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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-12-27

The legislature convenes on the 18th
Of January. Wheat legislation will oc-
scupy the attention of the salons to a
large extent. A strong Northern Pa.
ciic lobby has been organized to pre-
vent "tampering with the elevators" .
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-12-27

DELMQuENT subscribers should not
forget that prompt settlement Of their
accounts will have a soothing influence
upon the INTER-OoEAN printer, and will
greatly tighten the life burden of the
SSdelinouent.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-12-27

MAJOR EDWARDS lifts a great load off
our mind by stating that "the editor of
the INTER- OCEAN has brains" The Ma.
,jor is also "a man Of parts"-325 pounds
according to the city hay scales.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-12-27

FOURTEEN dollars per week is to be
the price Of board to members of the
Legislature at Bismarck this winter
.$l2O for the session, leaving the honest
legislator $3.50 for his services.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-12-27

Land Once at Devils Lake, DAB, Dc %, 1854
Notice fs hereby given thatthe folloving+namsd settler
under section 2sol y. q. B. i, In support Of his claim,
and that sid proof will DO made before the reeistar
or receiver ct Devils Lake, D T ON Jan 81, 1895, Viz
LIB, range IS.
10 names the following witnessed to prove his con.
anuous reeidsncs uron, and cultivation Of sald land
Clifford, all Of Towner ", D I.
AAb HENRY W. osp, Rsristse.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-12-27

THE Grand Forks Herald should be
more careful in it's editorial credit de-
partment. That article on the sold
Wheel Horses" belonged to the INTER.
OCEAN, :.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-12-27

SENATOR HARRISON sends the INTER
SOoEANshis two speeches in which he an
initiated Vest of Missouri on the Dakota
admission and division question. 4
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-12-27

In another column will be found an
article from a learned physician, who
tells of the healthful advantages of.
North Dakota. It is a most interesting
~orf;c1o tG ~
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-12-27

Land Oface At Devils Lake, I, Dec %, 1904
Notice u hereby given that the folloving.named settler
support Of his claim, and that said proof viii b msde
before the Register O. Receiver At Devils Lake, Dak, On
Fob 4, 1885, viz: THOMAS TANNING, D 8 OF, for
the neA sec Is, town l57. range 65.
He names the following witnesses to proys hi ooa.
anuous residence upon and cultivation Of mid lsu&:
Ih.ddsus G Dennis Oscar Buckley Jennie Meaahsf
hicaard Rue, all Of Coolin P O, Tovnsr u, D T.
HENRY W. LoAu, Rsgistsr.
Council 4 Eaton, Attorneys. 4n6
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-12-27
FINAL PROOF NOTICEs.

Land ONCE at Devils Lake, D T, Dec 26, 1854
Notice is hereby given that the following named settler
has hled notice Of his intention to make final proofin
before the Register or Receiver At Devils Lake D + on ,
Jan 81, 1885, viz WILLIAM r STEPHENSON, DIS
1o6s, for the nwA sec %, town l55, range g.
Gnuous residence upon, and cultivation o. satd lsnd:
David Dunkin George Copeland Henry A Iaks Nsr-
shal LynU, all Of Devils Lake, DIT. :.
HENRY W.. LORD. Rsxistse.
Jno. W. Maher, Attorney. zOT
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-12-27
SATURDAY, DECEMBER q, 1884.
Devils LAKE should be proud Of her
lire department. The machinery paid
for itself last Saturday morning.

Gov. PIERcE sends the INTER- OCEAN a
copy Of his report to the secretary of
the interior. It is an interesting stats:
tical editorial.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-12-27
ToRant

Several good 3dwsllings. Inquire Of
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-17
Rebuking Curiosity.
From the San Francisco Post I


The other day mysterious stranger
appeared in Petaluma and remained
five whole days without the inhabitants
finding out his name, where he came
from, or his business. Even the bar
room-loafers were baffied in their at
tempts to extract some definite infor-
nation, and the entire town laid awake
O. nights worrying over the matter. At
last the general agitation grew to such
pitch that the sheriff volunteered to
interview the stranger in behalf of the
public veal. Approaching the taciturn
visitor, as he sat in the offic of the no.
tel, the funetionaryremarked:
"Fine day, sir"
lis, eh?" said the stranger, obviously.
Going to stay long in these parts %
'Just foar days, two hours and thirty
one minutes longer" replied the other,
consulting his watch and time table.
"Tben may I-er-ahemt may I ask
what your business isl" persisted the
sheriff, as the crowd gathered closer.
"Well, I don't wish it generally
known" replied the stranger, confden-
TALLY, HbDt I'm Russian Nihilist."
You don't mean it?" gasped the
official
"Fact," replied the man, nournfully.
"But-er-what brings you here?" asked
the sheriff.
"Well, you see. I was captured in ST..
Petersburg last month, and-you know
how severe that government is on Nj
hilists, don't you?"
"Ohl-yes-of course 60 onp
"Well, they sentenced me to twenty
years in Siberia, or week in Petalu-
ma, and was fool enough to choose
Petalunos.
And with heavy sigh the condemned
man drifted in to dinner.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-17
Got the Elevation.
from the Cleveland Leader.l

from the Cleveland Leader.l
A pufy-faced, short-legged little Ger
man sat complacently on the roof of a
two-story saloon on Pearl Street yester-
day afternoon, drawing long whifs at a
ponderous meerschaum, and evidently
trying to conceal himself in a dense at.
nosphere of blue smoke. A crowd of
men and boys gazed up at him from the
sidewalk, and occasionally some one
would shout "Rats," but the little man
was oblivious to everything. Every
few minutes he would draw a little
nickel watch from his pocket and note
the position of the hands. No one in
fifty who stared at the plump beer dis
penser had the slightest apprehension
of what it was all about, but carefully
dressed young man, who sat in an arm
chair and looked mercilessly at the
unhappy individual on the roof, vol
unteered an explanation. The for
mer Constituent of Won Bismarck had
absorbed the great American idea of
betting, and had agreed in the event of
Cleveland's election to sit twenty-four
hours on the peak of his saloon, the
young man was to do the same if it
should happen to be Blaine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-17
Woodchuck Scheme in Cenneeticut
lFrom the Hartford Dispatch.J

Clinton and Avon are adjoining
towns in the Litchfeld mountains that
are infested with woodchucks. The
selectmen of each town offered bounties
of so cents for each woodchuck killed.
The Avon selectmen required as proof
the woodchuck's tail while the Canton
selectmen demanded the deposit of the
ears. For the past year there have been
unusually large demands upon the
town exchequer for bounties in each of
these towns, and, when by accident the
Canton selectmen and Avon selectmen
met and compared notes, they found by
a singular coincidence that the number
OF tails submitted to the Avon select.
men was precisely the same as the num-
Der of pairs OF ears shown up to the,
Canton officers. Investigation showed
that when,ths Avon boys caught wood
chuck they cat off the ears and tail, and
the Canton boys did its same thing,
and then they swopped ears for tails.
Thus one woodchuck did double duty.
The seleetmen OF both towns, with
great dignity, thereupon decided to
pay no more bounties for woodchucks,
and the farmers are indignant thereat.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-17
True POliteness.
[From the Detroit Free Press.1

(From the Detroit Free Press.1
An old gentleman was walking some
what gingerly along the 10y sidewalk
that extends west from the post Office
There is an excellent slide at this
point, and the old gentleman was pro-
ceeding with caution when wild boy
came along the slide with wboop and
knocked the underpinning from below
the pedestrian. They both fell, "Fitz
James above, and Gael below" The
old man, who was somewhat heavy
might have hurt himself were it not fo1
the boy beneath. AS the upper person
slowly rose he looked ct the fattened
boy and calmly said: Zone of us
hould apologize, and as you are rather
oat of breath I guess I'll do it. I'm
very sorry, FAY son, that this unseen.
ingly incident occurred"
The boy gasped out:
"Betcher hfe-old -ohap-ye amt
half's sorry's-I am"
And thus by mutual regrets, magnan-
imously expressed, all chance of future
trouble over the affair was happily
averted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-17

ing test, in which quality and quantity
OF MILK, as well as the length of time
since calV1ng, were considered, the
champion prize was given to a Short
morn COW not eligible to record, giving
81 pounds of milk in one day-hayine
calved May 3, last. Another Short,
horn COW gave AL pounds of milk.
The prize Jerseys gave 2O4 and 36
pounds. A Welsh COW gave Is pounds.
The largest quantity given was 30
pounds, by Dutch COW recently shown
at Amsterdam. The low percentage Of
fat in her milk prevented her taking
prize in this test The Agricultural
Gazette reporter is enthusiastic in his
praise of the class of forty-fve unregis-
tered Short-horn COWS, all of which
might have been highly commended.
AN Ohio gentleman, writing to the
Rural New Yorker, emphasizes the
adage, There is more in the man than
there is in the land" Seasons like the
past show the difference between good
and poor farming. The farmer with
good soil, who prepared it well and
planted good seed, early, has an aver
age crop, Notwithstanding the drought
which prevailed in many portions of the
state and country, while his adjoining
neighbor, with precisely the same quail
ty of land, but who has exhausted it by
overcropping without rotation, and who
planted with poor seed, which caused
late replanting, or who put in his seed
on an il-prepared seed bed, has less
than fourth of a crop. These sharp
contrasts are frequently seen in fields
separated only by a division fence.
Seeds have matured well this fall, and
the farmer, who, after the disastrous ex-
perience of the last two years, did not
select and cure a supply of seed corn
early, should have guardian appointed
to manage his business for him. Some
OF my neighbors would have have made
more money last spring had they paid
$50 bushel for reliable seed corn.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-17
A Remarkable Structure.
(From the Toronto Globe


The new cathedral of st. Savior at
Moscow is remarkable structure. 1t
was built to commemorate the depart
ure of the French army from Moscow.
Three months after the departure OF
the French decree ordering the build
ing of memorial temple was issued by
Alexander I. Plans were promptly
prepared, but little progress was made
for ten years, although the architect
and building committee during that
period succeeded in expendine q. OOO.-
900 roubles, for which they were ban
ished and their estates confscated.
The Emperor Nicholas adopted new
plans and selected the present site,
which cost upward of E18O,OOO. At
the outset nunnery and 10000 cubic
feet of earth had to be removed On
the 9th of July 1853, the foundation
stone was laid, and for twenty years the
building slowly proceeded. In 1853
the scaffolding, which cost FAC, 900, was
removed. Yet quarter of century
more was required to complete the fit
tings and decoration. The style is
ancient Russian. The five copper Gu
polas, for the gliding of which was re-
CURED 900 pounds of gold, cost 917O,-
900. The domes are surmounted by
crosses, the center one being 30 feet
high and $40 feet from the ground. The
largest bell weighs rs tons. The whole
edifice is faced with marble, the doors
are of bronze, ornamented with biblical
subjects and lined with oak. The prin-
cipal entrance is 30 feet high and IS
feet broad. Two of the doors weigh
Ii tons, and the total cost of all the
doors was G62,000. The building is
erected in the form of Greek cross.
The walls are adorned with frescoes
illustrating the chief events in the his
tory of the Russien Church. The total
cost of the marble in the building ex-
ceeded 100000. The galleries con-
tain thirty-six windows, and the cupolas
sixteen, all double, with frames of
bronze. Round the cupola is one row
of $40 candelabrs, which cost .e27, 900,
and second row of 600, costing G12,-
600. There are four lusters weighing 4
tons each. The total number of candles
to be Lighted throughout the building
is upward of 5000. The cost of ma
terials and workmanship, aside from the
altar space, was 100000. Throughout
the building are many of the most re-
markable paintings produced by Rus
sian artists. The whole cost of the
structure is placed at g2,25O,OOO ster-
ling, and it is said to be capable of con-
tanning 10000 worshipers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-17
The British Food Supply.
TFrom the London Times. I


Our foreign food supply unhappily
becomes matter of greater Importance
every year. We are almost as deeply
interested in the harvests of the utter
most parts of the earth as in our own.
Since the United Kingdom is no longer
self supporting, the next best thing is
that the empire should be able to supply
It's own wants. India is rapidly becoming
one of the greatest wheat-growing
countries of the world. From statistics
recently compiled by the government
OF India it appears that the area under
wheat in the Punjab, the Northwestern
provinces, Bombay and the central
provinces is this year about 10000 900
acres, and that the estimated yield is
24,5OO,OO0 quarters. Adding an estimate
for the districts from which reports
have not yet been received, it seems
probable that the total production will
be over 10000 quarters, of which in a
season favorable to the other crops upon
which the natives depend, at least one
fifth can be spared for export. The
quality of the grain is exceedingly
high; indeed, when crushed between
rollers, as is now the approved system,
instead of ground between millstones.
it yields to none. In certain qualities
required for the production of bread to
the English taste it is somewhat deficient,
but the defect can fortunately be cor
rected by an admixture of English
wheat. Our Australian colonies also
produce wheat of high character, and
the production appears to be increasing
upon the whole, although not in each
separate colony. The supplies of fresh
meat from the colonies are steadily
growing, although they do not, of
course, rival the quantities sent us across
the Atlantic. But, taking our various
possessions together, it seems probable
that in very short time they will be in
position to supply us with all that we
require of the necessaries of life,
though for its luxuries We shall still,
with our present habits, have heavy
bill to pay to the world at large.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-17

decidedly distant. He cast his eye hur-
rledly and anxiously around the table.
ALI the ladies wore piece of black
plaster in the center of the left cheek |!
That very morning the Hon. Marina
duke Gervoise found himself obliged to
hurry away from Birdon Court without
even saying Goodbye" to anyone bat
his host, and it was noticed that his
name was aforementioned in conversation
that evening, nor was any regret ex-
pressed at bis departure, only Miss
Merrieweather was confined to her room
by reason of bad headache.-T London
Truth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-17
IF ONE COULD EASE AN ACHING
HEART.
BY ROBERT BURNS WILSON.

If one could ease an aching heart,
BY breathing of the mountain air
And WOO the weary soul to part
little from the path of care,
A little from the beaten road
To turn away-an hour of grace
To lay aside lites dreary load
In some forg ettul resting place,
To turn and leave the dust and heat,
The common highway of mankind,
Where all the ploddlng, weary feet
Tread down the dust of death-tO find,
But once, some dewy cool retreat
In which the tevered heart and mind
Might put their burdens down, end meet
Some dream long lost, some hope resigned
some JOY at once complete
If one could lose loves vain regret
BY gazing on the shining sea,
Or still the trembling chords that fret
By wandering OH the upland lea,
Or find some balm and comfort yet
In hope of better things TO be-
If pale remembrance did not halt
To take each faded garland up,
Nor dropt her tears remorSetul salt,
To mar the taste of pleasures cup,
If tickle Fortunes Turing smile
Did not foretell her darkening trOwn,
And if her touch did not beguile
The temples with tinsel crown.
If there were never maddening sheer
On proud Ambitions lips of corn,
To mock the daring soul with fear,
And leave the broken clay forlorn,-
If sweet religion did not grow
To be blind and poisoned thing,
That taintS with death the limpid flow
Ofkindly Natures crystal spring.
Then life were not so sad dream
But that the waking might be pain;
Then home were not transient CLEAN
Like sunlight on the falling rain
Nor could dear heavens descending beam
Rest on the earth in vain.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-17

SLEEPNG-oAR companies enjoy hav-
ing railway companies cut rates. The
man who gets his ticket at One-half or
one-third the usual rate is pretty apt to
take the berth in sleeper.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-05-23
THE LAWMAKERS.

The Honorable Noble with large
boots had them both upon his desk
yesterday; they resemblcd the arms
of windmill.
The public will yet learn more
of the hidden meaning of orders or
resolutions, Gin Cabinet Council. "
They cover a multitude of sins.
100000 more of the super
fluous silver was lugged into the
Treasury vaultyesterday. oh, shades
of Wyllie, Gregg and Kamchameha,
what are we coming to?
The Minister of Finance does
hate to do anything he don't want to
do. He has not yet presented the
contract and papers relating to the
coinage. It'would not be surprising
if he would hate to lose his office by
and by.
The report of Hon. A. S. Cleg-
horn, as Inspector of Immigrants,
resembled the moral law in length,
but not in force. 1t probably would
have been more instructive had the
Inspector travelled more about the
Islands and attended to the duties
of the office. He has drawn q large
salary for nearly two years for this
service.
His Excellency the Attorney
General opposed the Prohibition Bill
on the ground that, if passed, it
would compel the Government to
trade in liquor, which he thought
would be Objectionable. A few days
before he opposed the opium license
bill which have repealed the present
opium law which compels the Gov
ernment to trade in opium. Is con-
sistency jewel OF not?
Logical arguments by q Cabinet
officer and an ex-Minister:
Ex-Minister-" My opinion on the
opium question is just this: (brings
fist down on table) and then agair
to look at it from a financial point
of view.'
Cabinet Officer" Yes, but what
we wish to consider is what will be
the greatest good to the greatest
number"
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-05-23
THE SECRETARY,

Mr.. w. o. Smith asked the Minis
ter of Finance to. produce a report,
the Minister said, che had not re-
ceived any official notice of the
resolution passed." Mr.. Smith then
asked the Secretary "whether he had
forwarded the resolution The
Secretary replied that he had not
presented it personally, che may
have written it out, and would look
it up
This would seen to imply that the
relationship between the House and
it's Secretary are not on very good
footing, if Representatives are salts
fed by such an answer as the above,
their Secretary holds in his hands
power to balk OF to hinder any
measure, which his own carelessness
or outside pressure may induce him
to endeavor to delay.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-05-23
THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
REBIlKED,

The opinion of the three Justices
of the Supreme Court settles clearly
the point that j. S. Webb and DR..
G.. w. Parker were incompetent to
hold Office prior to their receiving
letters of denization. Therefore,
the moneys paid them by the Min
lister of Foreign Affairs before that
time was an illegal disbursement of
public funds.
The matter of the money thus ex-
pended contrary to law, is, perhaps,
not of greater Importance than the
pernicious practice of the present
Ministry of appointing utter strangers
and adventurers to offices of trust.
This has been too frequently done,
to the detriment of worthy residents
who are better qualified to fill such
offices.
The opinion of the Court is 9
severe rebuke to the Minister of For
eign Affairs.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-05-23
THE. LEGISLATU TURE

THURSDAY, MAY 22.-Continued.
The President announced he had
received a report from the Judges of
the Supreme Court giving their opin-
ion on resolution passed, with re-
gard to denization. The report was
very lengthy one, and explains that
letters of denization conferred on
any one, gives them all the rights of
a native.
The report was laid on the table.
The House adjourned at 3:45
p. NJ.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-05-23

must draw largely on the value of
their exports to pay for their inn
ports. The surplus remains to be
sold for the benefit of othel impor-
ters, like the houses of Waterhouee,
Hall, May and Dillingham's and for
the large number of persons like our
immigrant laborers remitting money
home, and for the larger sums eX-
pended and invested abroad by our
well-to-do people.
We ask what prevents the few who
hold for sale this surplus of exchange
from placing it at Is per cent. The
net value in California of the eighty
six cent Spreckels dollar, or 81 per
cent, the net value there of two OF
these half dollars?
With a U. S. gold currency eX-
change could not go over about 1!
per cent.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-05-23

Referring to the above we,beg to in
form the business public that we are
prepared to make loans, discount approx.
ed notes, and purchase exchange at the
best current rates. Our arrangements
for selling exchange on the principal
points in the United States, Europe,
China, Japan and Australia are being
made, and when perfected, due notice
will be given. We shall also be prepared
to receive deposits on open account,
make collections, and conduct a general
banking and exchange business.
6lO 3mb (signed) SPRECKELS " Co,
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-05-23

tional Bank. The directors mem
toned in this bill are Mcssrs. Claus
Spreckcls, w. G.. Irwin, f. f. Low,
Sam Parker, S. G.. Wilder, James
Campbell and L. r.. Foster. Capital,
$1,OO0,00O, in 10000 shares of 500
each.
Mr.. Keau moved that as the bill
was so long it be read in the Hawa-
iian language by its title. Carried.
The bill was finally passed to second
reading.
The Attorney General gave notice
of bill to amend Section 552, Civil
Code, relatingj to certain duties of
Custom House officers; also to en-
dow chair ofinational science and
chemistry at Oahu College.
Mr.. Richardson read first time a
bill to amend Section IA, Chapter
II of the Penal Code, relating to
Hawaiians leaving the country.
Passed to second reading.
Mr.. Rowell offered a resolution
which he gave notice. of the previous
day, to amend Rule Ia of the rules
of the House relating to the duties
of the secretary which had seemingly
been neglected in not forwarding
resolutions to the parties concerned
when passed.
Mr.. Smith offered an amendment
that the secretary forward such mat
ter within twenty-four hours. The
resolution as amended was passed.
The Attorney General read frs
time bill relating to the keeping Of
books by merchants and tradesmen