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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

What the result win be in beef cat.
tie prices, when the short-fed steers
now in the feed lots go to market, Is
a question that feeders and dealers
are slow In answering, says the Omaha
World-Herald. It is generally be-
lieved that prices must go higher.
Feeders are not disposed to put steers
into the feed lots on h%igh-priced corn
and hay in the face of an advancing
feed market and not see where the de-
mand for the beef cattle will justify
this venture. The ordinary risks in
cattle feeding, under the usual con-
dltlons, are sufficiently hazardous
where the feed supply Is in favor of
the feeder, without taking any chances
or manipulated markets. The scarcity
OF winter feed on large areas of the
western range has caused thousands
OF cattle and sheep to be put onto the
market as feeders and stockers, and
as the cattle feeder is very cautious
just now, in his investments, this class
OF stock is selling low. Even the
farmer who usually has large crops
OF fodder and straw to dispose of in
wlntering stock cattle, is not now dis
posed to buy cattle, but prefers to sell
the roughness to the cattle feeder and
dealer. The present condition cannot
last long. The fat cattle supply will
be short, and the demand will be no
less among the consumers. This must
result in higher prices for beef and
higher prices for beef cattle. The
cheap stock cattle that are now forced
upon the market on account of the
scare of a feed shortage will be SELL
ing high next spring. There is every
prospect of an increased number of
sheep to be fed this winter, and sheep
feeders being able to get this stock
at lower prices than prevailed a year
ago figure that sheep feeding offers a
good interest for profit. The infu-
ence OF a shortage in the grazing and
nay conditions of the range districts
west and the shipping demand for
corn throughout the c~orn-growing
country has presented an illustration
OF how the markets can be affected by
providential influences. A big crop
or grass and hay places the stock
raiser in a position to defend his pro-
ducing interest by holding his stock.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

Ohio capitalists closed a deal recent
,ly for the purchase of 1900 acres of i'm
proved Florida lands, located on the
st. Johns river, forty-fiye miles south
of Jacksonville. On the land is a
beautiful magnolia grove and it is SO
situated that it is very desirable for
residence purposes. During the COM
ing summer the new owners will erect
several handsome houses thereon, and
the entire tract will be fenced and used
las a game preserve for the enjoyment
of the owners and their friends.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

A queer sentence closes the inscrip-
ton on a tombstone in a churchyard
in Leigh, England. After announcing
the name and other particulars Of the
lady there buried, these words follow:
"A virtuous woman is IS, to her hus-
band" The explanation is that space
prevented ga crown" being cut in full,
and the stonecutter argued that a
crown equals IS.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23
Clover Seed.

Glover seed is now in the market,
and the forehanded farmer will 500
be making his purchases for the spring
seeding. In this connection some fig
ures sent out by the Vermont expert
ment station will be interesting. Out
of many samples Of clover seed bought
last year in Vermont markets and ex-
amined by the Experiment station, 81
per cent were below the official stan
dard of purity. Some samples were
seriously off color. This is a bad show
ing and calculated to make the farmer
scratch his head and think.
The worst feature OF the case is that
what is not. clover seed Is apt to be
largely weed seed. Some of the worst
weeds which the farmer has to fight
are bought at the store in the package
with the clover seed, and cost him SO
a bushel. There may be thousands Of
weed seeds in every pound. One SAM
pie sold in Vermont last year con-
tanned the enormous number of SO. BIO
weed seeds to every pound of clover
seed! The weeds most commonly pur-
chased in this way are green fox-tail,
pigweed, red-stem plantain, smart
weed, English p~lantain, sheep sorrel,
and curled dock. The only way to be
sure of getting good clover seed is to
examine it with a magnifying glass.
One can seed most Of the weed seeds
with a small hand lens. Or a sample
may be sent to the Experiment station.
where such things are examined free,
as far as possible.
nha o,,+n.4 aa - e -
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

Over SIT, 000, 900 was spent on 102 yes
sells purchased by the navy department
during the war with Spain. Seven Of
these were transferred to the war de-
partment, sever were sold and two
sunk; thirteen are used by the state
militia and five are at tho navy yards
or stations. OF all the remaining
thirty-two seventeen are at the Asiatic
station.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23
Are You Using Aliens Foot Eases

Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
stores. 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress. Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

During the past eight months dona-
tions and subscriptions amounting to
over a23,0o0 have been received for
the Roman Catholic cathedral of
Westminster, which structure is exter-
nally now practically complete.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23
The Meaning in n Squeak.

Gus de Smith-Those new boots OF
yours squeak awfully; perhaps they
amt paid for yet?
Johnny-That's all nonsense. If
there is anything in that, why don't
my coat, and vest, and my trousers,
and my hat squeak, too?-Exchange.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23
Descendants of the Jungle Fowl.

D0SCOAOSnGS OF the Jungle Fowl
The general tendency of modern
poultry farming is away from the nat
ural methods. 1t is a part of the di-
vine plan that man should improve
upon Nature and Natures methods,
but success cannot be attained by ig-
norlng the lessons which Nature
teaches.
Modern methods on the poultry farm
are the results of mans efforts to meet
The imperative demand for increased
tood supply resulting from an in
creased and ever increasing popu1a-
ton. Centuries ago mans brain en-
ergles began TO be directed towards
this problem. The result has been
that the Jungle Fowl (Gallus bankiva,
and various allied species from India,
the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago)
have been chosen and modified by Sc
lective breeding to conform to certain
demands, chief among which are
a~daptability to climate, somewhat ar
bitrary standards of coloring, in
creased size, and, most conspicuous of
all, increased reproductive capacity.
The immediate results are seer in the
ever increasing number of new breeds
and varities, each especially adapted to
special conditions, to meet particular
needs.
But the process of Nature in poultry
raising is too slow tx meet the de-
mands of a hungering population. The
rate of multiplication must be in
creased; the process of growth must
be stimulated. Science ii. e., common
sense) is the agent which has been
invoked, and not in vain. Scientific
poultry raising is already al work. and
is accomplishing wonders. Pause for
a moment to consider what would be
the price of poultry meat and eggs if
we were still obliged to depend upon
wild poultry for these staples! Note
how considerably the cost of living
has been reduced by those practical
students, who by judicious experiment
tation have succeeded in growing sew
eral pounds of poultry meat where but
one grew before, Compare the weight
of a good Brahma, Plymouth Rock. or
OF other improved breeds with the two
or three pound Jungle cock.)-Rhoda
Island Experiment Station Bulletin.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23
Pile and Fistu1a Cure.

Sample treatment of our Red Cross Pile and
Fistula Cure and book explaining cause and cursr
of Piles, sent free to any address for four cents in
stamps. Rea Bros. & Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23
Old Reader 50

not worship them, but God. who made
them His Instruments.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

Your picture on a frst-class Photo Button,
only 10c, from any Photo; same returned un-
harmed. Other Photos cheap. Sample button,
&c stamp. Rogan's Studio, whitehall, Wis.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

No wonder the fair sex is claInorihg
for equal rights. AS 1t now stands.
when a man dies his better half is en-
titled to only a third OF his estate.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

The situation that has not it's duty
was never yet occupied by man.-Car-
lyle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

Fire and sword are but slow engines
of destruction in comparison with the
babbler.-Steele.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

1t is generally admitted that a cow
will give more and richer milk if al
ways MIXED by the same person. But
as it is manifestly sometimes inconve-
nient, and at others impracticable to
comply with this rule, it is believed by
good dairymen that it is better to
train a cow to be occasionally MIXED
by a different person. A cows be-
havior is largely a matter of habit, and
neither in%convenient nor bad habits
should be encouraged.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

Col. B. w. Wren, traffic manager of
the Plant system, says that the ship
ment Of oranges this year from Flor
ida is beyond all comparison with for
meryears. This year the shipments will
reach 1850, 900 boxes. He says: '"This
Is the best yield of oranges Florida
has made since the freeze of 1895, when
everybody thought the death knell of
orange growing had been sounded"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23
Poultry Briefs.

The pheasants are coming into favor
and we may expect to see before many
years some such interest manifested
In them as is now shown in the Bel
gian hares. At the poultry shows they
are now given a good deal of atten-
ton, and are being exhibited in their
most pleasing aspects. Among those
that are said to be best suited to
aviaries we might mention Silver
P~heasants, and Golden Pheasants. The
Silver Pheasants are the commonest
OF those kept in confinement.
The Rhode Island Experiment sta
ton two years ago began an investi-
cation as to the causes of mortality
among incubator chicks. During the
spring and summer of 1899, 826 dead
chicks were examined. OF these 387
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23
were males snd 4ss sysbe TfenaIs.

were males ana 4ss VsSe females.
showing that during the time the
chicks were in the brooder q larger
proportion OF females died than males.
About one-third of all the chicks died
as the result of abnormalities produced
by bad conditions during incubation.
These bad conditions" were alternate
heat and cold in too great degrees.
ABOUT 10 per cent of the dead chicks
were killed by tuberculous. Inn
proper feeding caused the greatest
losses, by di~sarranging the gall blad-
der, liver or intestines. or the chicks
examined 75.7 per cent had abnormal
livers; 1876 per cent had various forms
of intestinal disorders.
One of the great losses was caused
by heredity and shows that the par
ents of our broods must be carefully
selected. A part of the report on the
o investigation says: "(1) Con-
genital or constitutional weakness, re-
sultlng (a) in liability to sickness, or
In cases, (b) in actual malformations,
- % A. OAOW ul1u6ud1 HUI
tality in the lot No. 7B, made up of
chicks from breeding pens, No. 6, 9
and 5. The results from hatch of eggs
from pen No. 5, were remarkably poor.
OF fifty eggs from pen No. 5, only
twenty-seven proved to be fertile, but
nineteen chicks Matched, and of these
twelve died within ten days after
Matching. Six were tuberculous, all
twelve had enlarged gall bladders.
The tuberculosis was apparently con
tracted after Matching through an in
fected b%rooder, three cases of tuber-
culosis having appeared among previ-
GUS occupants Of the brooder. Not one
of the lot reached maturity. The cause
of the later deaths was the same as
indicated above. This case of eX-
cessive mortality seems directly at
tr1butable to congential weakness, in
herited from the parents, and not to
conditions during incubation or to i'm
proper feeding, since chicks from
other parents under exactly similar
conditions did we'll" 1t is somewhat
OF a surprise to find tuberculosis cut
ting so much of a figure in the case,
though it is known that in Germany
about one-tenth of all the fowls that
die, succumb to tuberculosis. We have
not hitherto been on guard against
this dreaded disease among our poul-
try.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

The output of rice for this season In
eastern Texas is not less than 80, 900
tons.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20
AN HEREDITARY MOLE.
And the Influence 1t Exereed Over One
Familys Fortune.

And the Influence 1t Exereed Over One
Family Fortune.
They were in the Turkish bathhouse
and a oosely-draped sheet exposed a
mole on the left shoulder of the blonde
one. That started the conversation
Have it removed" she echoed in
response to the suggestion of her dark
friend We'll, not just now. 1t would
be somewhat of trial, I'll admit, il
it was little higher up. but my even
ing gowns are not cut down to it yet
Even if fashion decreed that they
should be, 1 would hesitate about part
ing with it, Have you one? No?
Well, perhaps that has nothing to do
with the case after all. 1 don't know
that ordinary moles have any effect
on the fortunes of their possessors, but
there is something about this one Of
mine that makes it very dear to me-
Oh, there's no secret about it and
don't mind telling you
You know 1 am quite superstitious
about many things Well, this mole Is
not the first to appear in our family.
In fact. my great-grandfather. my
grandfather and my father each had
one, and as there were no sons OF my
parents the family mole seems to have
girls has one.
What happened to my great-grand-
fathers mole does no. appear N the
family records and he probably kept IL
to the end of his days. Not so with
my grandfather. He yielded to per-
sonal vanity and got rid of it in the
old-fashioned way by tying SILK
thread around it. Luck promptly
turned against him and he died poor.
My father started in life with little
or nothing, but was successful in a
central New York business, and while
still young man amassed a comfort
able fortune About this time some
new electrical treatment for the cure
| of skin blemishes was widely adver-
| tised and my father fell a victim to 1T
and had his mole aiken off. Shortly
afterward he decided to give up his
business in New York to enter what
| looked like more promising field in
| California
I'VE all moved out there and the
country and climate were admirable,
| but business was not and complete
| failure followed OF course, sou may
| think that the removal of the mole
had nothing to do with this fact, but
| to do with it.
Now, 1 have been fairly prosperous
| ia my limited career, and 1 intend to
avoid the errors of my ancestors and
| cling to the MOLE
And the dark one nodded her head
| in silent approval
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20
HAS NO USE FOR A LIAR.
How Minister Wu Squelched an Untruth
full Correspondent.

How Minister wu Squelched an Untrutfi
full Correspondent.
One of the most commendable char
acteristics of the Chinese minister at
Washington is his franksess. He does
not hesitate to express his opinion up
on all matters that are brought to his
attention. One day he was visited by
Washington newspaper correspondent
who is perhaps not alone in his profess
sion in regarding himself as a great
man. Before he had learned anything
whatever from Mr.. WI, Mr.. WI was
plying him with his usual questions
When the query as to the amount OF
his weekly stipend was put the cor
respondent heaved up his chest
stroked his mustache with pride and
prepared to astonish the simple celes-
tial. zone hundred and fifty dollars a
week." he exclaimed. 'sIt is too much -
came quick as a shot from the minis
ter's lips; lit is altogether too much
you are not worth more than $25 a
week"
Later on, by dint of cross-examina-
ton of other newspaper men, Mr.. WI
learned that his $150-a-week visitor
had prevaricated to the extent of about
$50 per week. The next time this gen
tleman called at the Chinese legation
and sent his card to the minister he
was accorded an audience, but the first
thing the minister said to him was:
You lied to me about your salary. II
you will lie about such thing as that
you will lie about anything. 1 do not
trust you. / have nothing To tell you.
1 want to revise my former estimate OF
your value-instead of being worth $25
a week you are not worth anything,
sir Good day
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20
Danger of Reading Too
Much New
Trash

more than mere information. It is a
condition, a state of mind, a sort of
habit of knowing. Almost no facts
can be unimportant to one who has
made them a part of his real knowl-
edge. Even though he may never use
them directly. they will. greatly in
f1uence his method of handling practi-
cal facts and affairs. So it is that his
torical study is so vastly important.
1t broadens the mind, widens the out
iooA. cultivates the sympathies, ena-
bles one to see things in their true
relations. and makes it impossible for
one to think of even the newest move
ment or development as wholly new.
Information is of the greatest value,
but it requires genuine culture to deal
with it intelligently and satisfactorily.
literature and political affairs. Sound
of mind, depth of character and COM
prehensiveness of thought-these
come, not from hastily acquired in
formation about what is now going on.
but from patiently and slowly accum-
ulated knowledge of the great
movements of history, knowledge
which has been pondered, and fully
absorbed, and which is really a
part of the man himself. And
this is true culture. To gain it
one can well afford to pass by many, if
not most, of the novels that are now
being written, unless one have time
to devote to them without sacrificing
the greater good which comes from
serious study of the past. New knowl-
edge, like new wealth, is almost GER
tain to have it's vulgar Side.-
Indianapolis News.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20
Is A MAN OF GENIUS.
THE REMARkABLE CAREER OF
PROF. PUPIN.
Inventor of Ocean Telephone Was .
Poor siav EmIKrant Boy-Came to
This Country from Austria in 1874
A Remarkable Career.

Prof Pupin, of Columbia university,
who has recently gained international
reputation as the inventor of the ocean
telephone is the hero of a remarkable
career.
Few men even in America have risen
SO quickly and in the face of so many
obstacles as he. The man who has an
nounced the greatest invention since
the telephone, came to New York in
1874, almost penniless and without
word of English. In 26 years he has
become an authority on electricity, a
professor in Columbia university and
disposes of single one of his inyen-
tons for half a million dollars.
OF Slovenian Descent.
Prof Michael l. Pupin is Slav, COM
ing from the military frontier OF Aus
tria. Like all young men of his coun-
try, he was sent to a military school.
He ran away in 1874 and came to this
country. The appearance of New York
struck the young Slav with terror. He
was unable to ask for a direction, and
every business seemed barred against
him. He was without a single friend.
Like most immigrants in his posi-
ton, he went to the country and began
work on farm as day laborer. With
in a month he had learned to speak
enough English to warrant his return
ing to New York. His teacher was the
daughter of the farmer who employed
him. The lessons followed the long
days work and lasted usually till past
midnight.
The next five years saw a severe
struggle. Pupin worked at anything
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20
PROF. MICHAEL I. PUPIN.

PROF. MICHAEL 1. PUPIN.
and everything which would yield an
honest living. Then he invented a hold
er for newspapers, and this little ven
ture netted him several thousands in
profit. He Immediately prepared him
self for Columbia, entering the college
in 1879. He graduated in 1888.
Self Supporting Student.
While still supporting himself, Pupin
went to the University of Cambridge,
Eng, and afterward to Berlin, where
he specialized under the famous Prof.
Helmholtz He took his degree of Phi.
D. with honor in Berlin, returned to
New York and was appointed an in
structor at Columbia in 1889. When the
electrical engineering department was
started at Columbia he was placed in
charge.
Prof Pupin has been favorably
trician. He has patented electrical in
yentions which promise wide utility.
The Importance of his latest discovery
can scarcely be overestimated 1t en-
ables telephone circuits to be connected
over ordinary telegraph wires, thus
disposing of the necessity of using cop
per wires. 1t will be possible to tele-
graph and telephone over the same
wire at the same time. With the new
system we will soon talk across the
continent Within five years, says
Prof. Pupin, we will talk by telephone
from New York to London.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20

A novel experiment in colonizing is
about to be made in the Argentine Re
public. 1t has been found that the
French, German and English immi-
grants for the most part have selected
the cities and larger centers of popu-
lation for their residences. In these
places they have got control of many
industries and take leading share in
the commerce of the country. The Ital-
ians have been engaged ksSEilF 81 C;v-
er navigation, while the stream E
Irish, which used to supply the de-
mand for agricultural labor, filed the
ship yards, and supplied the labor of
docks, flows no more. Some French,
Swiss and German peasants have
founded agricultural colonies and in
certain places the Russians and Poles
form the bulk of the rural population.
But the Argentine government has
decided that none of these nations sup
plies in different numbers a rural
population for the development of the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt.

AS the wife of vice-president of the
United States Mrs Roosevelt will be
obliged to assume a prominent position
in the world. and it must be said for
her that she has yielded to the inevi-
table with grace and dignity. The
state of Mrs. McKinley's health pre-
cludes the possibility of her taking
active part in society, which relegates
the responsibilities of the first lady
in the land to Mrs. Roosevelt. There
is much curiosity in Washington So
ciety concerning the new leader There
will not be much seen of her until next
year, however. The vice-president's
family will not take up a permanent
residence in Washington until next
fall
Mrs Roosevelt was a Miss Edith
Kermit Carow She is now about 50
years old. and. while not beautiful
woman, possesses an unusual attract
iveness of face and figure. SIZE mas an
unmistakable appearance of racial dis
tinction, and has also the simple, gra-
cious manners of a truly aristocratic
woman She dresses extremely well.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20

There is an old tradition in the
highlands of Scotland to the effect that
the owner of Balmoral dies when the
snow lies on particular spot of Loeb
magyar, which is rarely covered even
in the severest winters. In fact, ac-
cording to the local report, the snow
las lain there this winter for the first
time during the reign of her late ma
jesty- 1t is not generally known, either
that the custom of stopping the clocks
at the moment when LAIRD dies
and keeping them SO until after the
funeral was practiced at Balymoral
castle. where the clock in the tower
was stopped at the hour of Queen Vic
toria's death, just as the flag was at
once lowered to half mast.