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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03
Proverbial Philosophy BY the Hotel
Clerk.

Paste it in your hat that the people
of the highest position and greatest i'm
portance, as a rule, make the least
trouble.
1t may seem an absurd proposition to
some people, but hotel clerks were re-
ally not invented for the sole purpose
of answering foolish Suggestions.
1t isn't the ''loudest" or most lordly
person who receives the greatest atten-
ton. Every hotel in the land has shell
tered bigger men than you.
Don't spend half your time IN trying
todevise ingenious ways to make trouble
for the servants, and the other half in
making a row over your bill.
A little genuine civility to walters
and employees goes further than an at
tenuated 'tip'-and further than a big
Tip" with the p%oliteness left out.
The hotel was not built for the ex.
press convenience and exclusive ac-
commodation of any one person. This
is official, and it will pay you to re-
member it.
There may be plenty of faults about
the hostelry you honor with your pres.
ehce, but don't make the mistake OF
trying to correct them. There is moth.
ing in the Constitution of the United
States to force you to remain if you are
not satisfied. -Hotel Register.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03
FOREIGN.

A committee has been selected at Berlin
to raise a fund for Bismarck, as q national
expression Of confidence.
Russia intends to transfer her naval head
quar- crs In the Black Sci from Nokolaipr
70 Sebastopol. The change will cost ST.
00O, COO.
"A cablegram from Leipsic states that
three OF the anarchists who attempted tile
life OF Emperor William were sentenced to
death, and two others were condemned to
ten years penal servitude.
London Truth states that at tile recent
conference between the Gar of Russia and
the Emperor OF Germany a marriage was
arranged between the Czarowltz Nicolas
Alexandrovitch and a daughter Of Crown
Prince Frederick William OF Germany.
With the permission Of the Spanish Gov
eminent, the fact is now publ shed that the
earthquake last Wednesday nearly Destroy
ed six towns, In one OF wh.ch two hundred
persons were killed by the first vibration.
The work of recovering corpses Is inter
rupted by fresh shocks daily. Official re-
ports place the mum her killed in the Prov
!lces OF Malaga and Granada, which suf-
fered most from the earthquake, ut :68,
The population Of the City 81 Granada IA
encampel in the public squares. Ove1 half
the inhabitants Ut Albunuelas were killed
and Albania is mostly III ruins. The snock
was not felt In the northern and northwest.
I'm provinces.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03

A good many people went into rap
lures over the dressing of Mr.. Irving's
company. In the opinion of one who
has spent a lifetime in studying cos
tunes, he does not equal MI. WaIlack's
great production of "Much ADO" or
Mr.. Booths first presentation at his
own theatre of Romeo and ssHam-
let Some of the critics have had the
irving mania so badly that their eyes
are no longer trustworthy. I'll tell you
a little story. When Mr.. Irving reach
cd Boston some of his scenery was SO
knocked about chat he couldn't use it.
He played a Shakspearean piece with
the stock scenery of the Boston Thea
ire, n next morning two or three
critics said that such exquisite stage
pictures had never been seen there be-
fore. That is i solemn fact.-.N,w York
Sua.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03

Messrs. Miller and Lux, two cattle
Kings of the Pacific coast. were poor
men twenty years ago, and are now
rated as worth SO, 100000 to O,OOO.-
0O0. They have about 10000 head Of
cattle and 115, 900 head of sheep, Of
which latter they Kill 5000 per month.
They own an irrigating canal worth
81, 600, ZOO, fences 500 miles in length
'(a'foftune in itself III California s600,-
600 acres Of land In Nebraska 10, OOO
acres, and $4,000 acres of alfalfa grass.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03
During the 800 Years hetween

During the 800 years between A. D.
IA and 3l3 the Roman Empire had fifty
eve rulers. OF these twenty-three
were assassinatcd, one was poisoned by
his wife, three were killed by their own
soldiers, five killed themselves, one was
strangled by his mistress, one was cap
tured by the enemy and tlayed alive,
several'were killed in battle, one was
drowned, one died of plague, and two
or three were formally executed Al
together the rulers of the empire would
not have made q promising field for
the. operations Of a life insurance COM
pany.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03

The New York Catering Company,
which was organized about a year ago
with 100000 capital for the purpose
of supplying families at their own homes
with breakfasts and dinners at so much
a head per week. has failed. The fail
ure is alleged to be due to lack of man.
a0emcut.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03
Weather Statistics.

Following is an official record of the
on file at 1T. Totten for the past three
years:
Thermometer readings and the rainfall, b, months,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03

The figures in the fur right-hand columns indicate
tile degrees of temperature.
The winter of lS;I-sS was very remarkable. De-
ceinber was lo below zeru; the 5th was % below. aud
1t was not below "gnin during the month. January
had eleven days below zero: the coolest were the 9th
and 9th, 2ao below; the 22d, 18th and 18th were 80 be-
low; the 18th was 38o above and 1t was not below again
during the winter. February 1, 8. 81 and &c were AGO
above zero.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03
HOUSE,

DEC. A.-There were less than a hundred
members in the House. MI. Randall called
up til. resolution for q holiday recess, and
the Senate amendment fixing the time from
Dec; 2+to Jan. 5, was cOnc1rred. III, when
the House adjourned TO Jan 5.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03
Lodges,

cRorToN LODGE NO. 16, I. o. o. !.
Meets every Saturday at 8 o'clock p. m. at their hall,
Devils Lake, DIT. Visiting brothers are cordially In
vited to attend. FRANK PALMER, NC.
Il. C. THOMPSON, Rec. Sec.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03
Nearly Ninety Thousand.

Following are the names of the indi-
viduals who have made improvements
in Devils Lake, and the cost thereof,
since the great fire of July 2sth last:
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03
Official,

County Commissioners-John Barton, Chairman; W
7. Ruufney, n. N. Creel.
Register Of Deeds-John A. Perciva.
Probate ~Judge-Frank b. Prosser.
sherid-Ever Wagness.'
Treasurer-John W. Maher.
' Superintendent of Public S~chools-JamesV v. Brooke.
County Surv.yor-John Huuehn.
Coroner-T. s. Benham.
Justices of the Peace-V. B. Noble, ]. F. Cowan, NJ.
Campbell, J. G. Lamoreaux.
: Constables-A. G. Requa, Ed Hovey, A. J. Wirtz, F.
". Becker.
Land Office Oficials-H. W. Lord, Register; A. O.
Whipple, Receiver, Devils Lake District, Devils Lake.
B. g. Tiffany. Register; W. J. Anderson, Receiver,
Grand Forks District. Grand Forks.
-. CITY OF DEVILS LAKE.
President-John A. Burnett.
Trustees-First ward, Will Campbell; second ward,
Sam NJ. Dodd; third ward, Frank 8. Converse; fourth
ward, John A. Burnett; fifth ward, VIM. N. Moore.
Clerk-Chas. s. Smith.
Mashal-B.F STANLEY; assistant marshal A. .Requa
Treasurer-Chas. s. Smith.
Assessor-B. +. Stanley.
JustIce-B J. Mcintyre.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03
Churches.

Westminster csbyterian Church-Rev. G. q. Con-
verse. Services every Sunday ut II a. m and 7 p. m.
Sunday school at ~ o'clock. Prayer meeting Wednes-
day evening at pastors residence. A cordial invitation
10 extended to all.
Me- ~Church-Services Mt the school house each al
ternate Sabbath, morning and evening, by the Rev. J.
r. Yost, as follows: Dec. 28, Jan. II and 25, Feb. 8
and %, March 8 and %, April s and 10. Sunday
school every Sabbath at $50 p. m.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03

&nHk1I00 wanted for The Lives Ut all the Presi-
AlrHN " dents of the US. The largest, hand
AuulV N soonest, best book ever sold for les
,.-,, than twice our price. The fastest SELL
ing BOOK in america. Immense profits to agents. All
intelligent people want 1t. Any one can become a
successful agent. Terms free. Hallctt Book Co.
Portland, Maine. all
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03

nDI71 Send six cents for postage, and re-
Il PkIIH ceive free. n costly box Of goods
IL l lllll, which will help YOU to more money
uu :, right away than an. thing in this
worin. All, Of either Sex, succeed from the first hour.
u "roau road to fortune opens before the worker
absolutely sure. At once address True / Co., Augusta
'""'n0' lily.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03
Railway Time Table.

Z Through passenger train leaves Devils Lake, at
1l:@5 g. M, and arrives at st. Paul at 1880 next Morn
ing. .
Leaves St. Paul, at 1870 p. m. and arrives at
Devils Lake at $40 p. NJ.
Direct connections made at Grand Forks with trains
for GrltOn. Neche and Winnipeg on the north. and
Fargo and Fergus Falls on the south.
Freight train leaves Devils Lake, daily except Sun.
days, at $50 a m. and arrives at Devils Lake at Ais
o. N.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03
METEOROLOGICAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

The dash ~, where used above, means below zero;
figures without dashes indicate above zero.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03

Total improvements in twelve months. ...... $50 ,9H,
Fine job work at St. Paul prices at the
JNTER-OCEAN printing rooms.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03
DIRECTORY.
Arrival and Departure of Trains.

Arrival and Departure of Trains.
Mail from tho east arrives at $40 p. M; leaves at
1G:35a. M; closes at 10 lisa. m.
Devils Laket to Grand Harbor, daily-Arrives at 10 a
m; leaves at 8 p. m. p D.
Devils Lake to Rogers and Jerusalem, daily-Arrives
alto a. M; leaves at 1890 q. m. ,
Devils Lake to ~Locke-Arrives Thursdays and Sat.
urdays at II a. M; leaves at 2 ?. m.
Fort Totten to M%innewaukan mails run semi.
weekly. H. c. HANsBaouoH, Postmaster.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03

matrimony.
w: F. Macarthur. district attorney
for W%imnebago. county. Wisconsin,
was, on Tuesday. fatally shot by u
cripple named Paul Stcinel. all old res
ident of Nepnah. The difficulty arose
from a suit III which Macarthur was
Steinel's counsel.
Jacob Avery, who alone operated a
fouring-mill near Greenbush. Illinois,
was on Saturday night found by his son
In a condition which showed that he
had been caught by a shaft and pound
ed to a Jelly, nothing but a boot being
left on his body.
Nearly forty members of the demo-
cratic state central committee of Ne
braska held a meeting at Lincoln Tues
day evening. J. Sterling Morton urged
that the local democracy select their
candidates for federal offices, and the
plan was urged uFon the party.
A ,wedding-party at the house of
Charles White. near Lexington, KY,
was interrupted by a gang of roughs.
who perpetratcd various indignities.
Daniel Hays, a tobacco-grower, shot
n of the intruders dead and wound
ed another. The rest escaped.
The passenger, agents OF the eastern
trunk lines have agreed to Withdraw
to-day all round-trip tickets from New
York to Chicago. The Northern Pa
citic, road recently sold to an eastern
syndicate, for Sl0O,NIO, twenty-seven
sections Of land on the jamestown
branch.
Rudolph Schicke, formerly book
keeper for a Cincinnati notion house,
was arrested for the. embezzlement of
$780, He was permitted to step into
abandoning room, where he took cya-
hide Of |otassium, and in two minutes
was q corpse: He was to have been
married Wednesday.
General T. o. Osborne, Of Chicago,
who for many years has been minister
to Ruauos Avres. caused the 1amaipi
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-27
Exploration of Hudson Bay.

In the month of February last a report
was laid before the Parliament OF Canada
detailing the results of an expedition dis
patched by the Government OF that coun-
try particularly for the purpose OF lnqulr-
ing into the navigablity of Hudson Strait
and Bay, and, at the same time, OF gather
ing information concerning the resources
of that region, and It's availability as Il field
for settled habitation. This report pre-
sents the first properly organized attempt
that has ever been made to pierce the
secrets of Hudson Bay for the public
benefit.
II is at first blush not easy to understand
why this mighty expanse of water, occupy
ing the peculiarly important position that
it does, should remain for so many genera
tons comparatively unexplored, and
wholly unutilized, except as hunting
ground for a few New Bedford whaiers, or
q medium of easy communication between
some half-dozen scattered factories of
the Hudson Bay Company. Although
called bay, it is really an inland sea-
l eco miles in length by 600 in width,
having thus an area of about 500 600 square
miles, or quite half that of the Mediterra-
mean. It drains an expanse of country
spreading out more than 1000 square
miles from east to west, and LOO from
north to south, or an area of 5000 600 square
miles. Into its majestic waters pour
feeders which take their rise in the Rocky
mountains on the west and in Labrador on
the east, while southwark stretches out its
river-roots away below the forty-ninth par
allel until they tap the same lake-source
which sends stream into the Gulf
of Mexico. Despite its distance north
ward, its blue waves are never bound by
icy letters, and its broad gateway to the
Atlantic is certainly navigable four months
out Of the year, and possibly all the year
round to properly equipped steamships.
Its depths abound in finny wealth. from
the mammoth whale to the tiny caplin.
Its shores are serra:ed by numerous
streams, some nayigable for long distances
inland, and all stocked with the finest of
fresh-water fish, and clothed as to their
banks with valuable timber ready
for the lumberman's axe. Its islands are
rich in mineral ore of many kinds.
The country whose margin its tides lave is
well adapted for tillage and pasturage
while all around the region swarms with
animals and birds whose flesh or fur renders
their chase a highly lucrative employment.
u. Macdonald OXley.
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truer and broader than that of Plato, q pol
tics better than that taught by Pericles,
history wider and more complete than the
annals of Thucydides and Tacitus, a drama
equal perhaps to that of Eschylus. a ro-
mantle literature beyond that of Homer
and Virgil an art greater than that of APPEL
les and Phidias and then comes a public
education Greece never knew, usefulness
all through life of which Athens had never
a dream, a womanhood TO which the Greek
girl was a stranger religion which puts to
rout and to shame the gods that were as
sembled upon Mount Olympus.
Finding itself in this marvellous held OF
life, the modern soul must stand. 1t must
not run away, must not sit down and re-
pine, must not lie down and sleep away the
tremendous years but putting on the ar
NOR of the times. it must drink in inspira-
ton from the great encompassment as
though by some law of harmony great
minds should rise up in great world
Professor David Swing
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Grandeur Of the 18th Century.

Old Egvpt has some great things, but
only few: and then what cruel, savage
kings what slaves Greece had beauty in
all its forms; but what a bad politics !!
What a supreme importance attached to
the progress of the body What q con-
tempt for useful laborsi What q degrade
ton of woman Pause by the long and
chaotic centuries which are seen since
Greek and Roman days and while each
generation possesses some form OF merit
within and without, you come almost to
the nineteenth century before you find a
beautiful union Of liberty educati n, IN
dustry, equality, art and science body and
soul Compared with the past, this is a
great day in the history of man.
Pause n moment by this landscape Of
modern man. What glory is absent that
was present in old Athens? Our literature
surpasScS that Of Athens. We can oppose
score OF HamltoEs, Reds, Stuarts,
Cousins, Rants, Lockes, to the name of
Plato; can array q thousand historians
against Nerodutus and ThrCydides; can
name regiment OF scientific writers from
Linneus to Tyndall against the Aristotle
and Piiny Of the past; and can array
Burke Webster Sumner and CASTELAR,
against him who Illuminated over Greece, p"
and him who hurled his bolts against Cata-
line. Amazing as was the career of the
two classic States. unsurpassed rs their
literature may be in lis quality. that scene
on the shore of the Mediterranean is
thrown into shadow by the immensely and
the dazzling splendar of the scene on the
two shores Of the ocean. The difference is
one of magnitude and of variety-in which
respect the present is to the past what the
Worlds Fair at Paris is to a fine show
window upon our streets-thc difference
not being one Of elegance so much as of
variety and quantity. Greece was like an
island of rich beauty; the nineteenth cen
! fury is like a whole grand world. While
the modern Platos are thinking within the
domain of philosophy. there are others to
build a steam engine and invent a flying
train; while our Virgils are composing ro-
mances. there are others to remake the
farm, the orchard and the garden while
our orators are busy in the affairs of state,
there are millions of citizens following the
many paths of honorable peace; while our
PAINTERS, sculptors and musicians are pro-
ducing their forms of human delight, there
is besides great people whose temples and
homes are worthy Of a lofty decoration, and
whose minds can turn from shop and field
to a deep appreciation of the arts.
Thus lies the world before the rising
myriads. We discern in it q philosophy
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-27
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
5oHNNY's ExAMINArIoN.

Johnny sat by the fire in an easy rmchaig,
And fell into meditation
He had worked for q week in the pulling
affair
OF the winter examination.
So he shut UP his eyes and leaned back in the
chair
Just to rest his eyelids he meant
He thought it all over while thus sitting there,
And this is the way that il went.
The indicative mood of three times fifty-four,
And the cube of the torrid zone,
Make what per cent. of Il baseball score
In longitude seventy-one?
There is something wrong about that, l know,
And the next one is just as bad,
About parsing the ratio of Borreo
To the treaty Of Trinidad.
III try the next: WHAT rate per cent.
Ofthe battle OF Bunker Hill
Is the present tense of continent
II the discount is charged in the bill
/ could work that out f knew the price
Of the d Vidend's passive voice;
For the principal products are pronounS and
rice
Aud schoolroom of gi, Is and boys
I'll never get through ii go on thus,
But the adectiyes administration
Began by the downfall of minus and plus.
BY the square OF the first coDjugation.
Oh. me, II is all 9 terrible mix,
And it's nearly the time for closing
Hello What's that? It's the cIock striking
six,
Icertainly must have been doing.
PostSc,gpt-T6e Result
Master Johnny insists on my adding line
To tell you he came out quite straight;
His average standing was just eighty -nine-
His lowest mark Seventy-elght.
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Competition of Irrigation Machinery.

The following will interest many OF our
machinery manufacturers, who, We trust
will not be behind foreign rivals in making
use of this opportunity for widening our
markets In order to foster the practice of
irrigation, the Italian Minister of Agricult-
ure. Industry and Commerce has decided
10 hold an international competitive ex-
hibition of water-raising machinery and
wind motors at Leccc, from September 18th
to October 18th Of the present year. The
articles that are suitable for exhibition are
composed in the following five classes ::
a. Well-sinking apparatus and pumps );
(2) tools for boring and exploring (3) wind
motors suitable to be used in conjunction
with water raising engines a. swings, rope
and chain pulleys. boxes, WATERWAYS
ing wheels, hydraulic rams, pulsomcters
and pumps; o. plans and schemes for irri-
CATION suitable for the provinces of Lecce,
Bari and Foggia. The prizes consist OF
gold and silver medals and the Govern
nent will spend 1920 in the purchase Of
machines. besides buying two of the type
that obtains the first prize in the frst-c'ass.
Intending exhibitors must apply to the
Directory Committee, at the Royal Office
of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce.
Rome, not later than August 18TH and must
send a separate application for each article,
ACCOMPANIED with a general description OF
its purpose, the space required, the amount
of power needed. and the like. The COM
mittec will undertake all the expenses of
the trials, but the exhibitors will have to
defray all costs of transport Engineer
and Mining Journal.
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Is YOUR BLOOD PURE?

For impure blood the best medicine known
sCOVILLs SARSAPARILLA, OR BLOOD AND
LIVER SYRUP, may be implicitly relied on
when everything else fails. Take it in the
Spring time, especially for the impure secretions
of the blood incident to that season ofthe year
and take it at all times for Cancer, Scrofula
Liver Complaints, Weakness, Boils, Tumors
Swellings, Skin Diseases, Malaria, and the
thousand ills that come from impure blood
To insure cheerful disposition, take SEQ
Wills BLOOD AND LIVER SYRCP, which
win restore the mind to its natural equilibrium
:
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-27

Is THE Color OF THE Sun BLUE 1t may
be asked, What suggested the idea that the
sun may be blue rather than any other
color? My own attention was first directed
this way many years ago, when measuring
the heat and light from different parts Of
the suns disk. 1t is known that the sun
has an atmosphere of its own, which tenn
pers its heat, and by cutting off certain ra-
diatiCns, and not others, produces the spec
trail lines we are all familiar with. These
lines we customarily study in connection
with the absorbing vapors of sodium, iron,
and so forth, which produces them; but my
own attention was particularly given to the
regions Of absorption, or to the color it
caused; and | found that the suns body
must be deeply blush, and that it would
shed blue light, except for this apparently
colorless solar atmosphere. which really
plays the part of q reddish VEIL letting a
little of the blue appear on the center of
the suns disk where it is thinnest, and
staining the edge red. so that to delicate
tests the center of the sun is pale aqua
marine, and its edge a garnet The effect |
found to be so important that, if this all
but invisible solar atmosphere were dimin-
ished by but a third part, the temperature
of the British Islands would rise above that
of the torrid zone; and this directed my at
tenti0u to the great practical Importance of
studying the action Of our own terrestrial
atmosphere on the sun, and the antecedent
probability that our own air was also and
independently making the really blue sun
into an apparently white OH {. - Prof,
Langley, in Science.