Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-02-06
MISSING LINKS.

Inc tAn'ous Carp'nt"r's Hall 10
Philadelphia was bu!.t ll5 years ago.
Siberian cats now crowd III. Maltese
from the warm corner of the hcartl:-
stone rug.
Lady Burde.t.C outts owns the small.
eat pony in the world. He is five years
old and thirteen inches high.
A novel Kentucky insurance scheme
Is n that guarantees married men in
demnity iu case their wives elope.
The egg crop of Maiuo is said to DO
more valuable than her apple crol.
There are 10. 900 hens in the State.
The remains OF Napoleon ILL and of
the Prince Imperial are. it is said. to
shot.
Tho new President of Vassar COL
lege, Samuel w. Duncan. is good.iook-
Ing. only Al. aud has a lnrge private
fortune.
Lieut. Schwatka and Engineer Mel
vile are still enthusiastic in their de-
sire to attempt another North Pole ex-
petition.
1.-The custom OF COMPRISING tho
foreheads of infants is fast dying out"
writes u correspondent among the Fiat
heads. grimly.
Professor Turner, anatomist, of
Edinburgh. is said to receive the largest
salary attached to any professorship.
go. coo per annum
Elk. Lieutenant Governor and Cen
eral Robert E. Wilhers. of Virginia. is
six feet, and stout and gray. and is I'm
active lawyer with 81 large practice.
Alady of Boston wishes to know why
some enterprising bootblack does not
establish u fitting place where Indies
can have their boots BACKED on rainy
days.
There are no professional wino-
tas,ers in America. They are nun,cr-
GUS in Francs. and their salaries range
from 1000 10 $1,000. according 10
ability.
A lady Of B%runswick. Ga. has a boil.
the feathers OF which were picked from
a dock Of geese during tho revoluti n
ary WAY. The feathers are just ;s soft
amt downy ~ over.
A New York politician. mistakinQ
Secretary. Endicott for Mr.. M.nninY
the "ther day. referred in the course Of
Q conversation with him to ''that Bo,-
ton oss.iic ,tion Eudicott."
A New York firm has split 1000
trade dollars and turned each dollar
into a pocket m~a,ch-ucx-a holiday
article to catch tue eye Of persons in
search Of cheap things to give.
The sn Hest book in the world"
as the Boston oournu! learns. ''ES half
the s.z. Of i postage sta mp, AM. is y"
cuitton Of tn. sacred puok ct the Sikhs,
belonging to the Eur! Ut Datferin.'
MIR. Yates SAYS that the American
book most likely to be in request in
London this aulumn is the Tito Of Mr..
Longfellow, by his brother, tao clergy
man. so well known in Philadelphia.
There are 2.40U stables of COW in
New York. tine milk OF which is sold
in the c y; ard these COWS from the
tim. they cnlo: the stable, until nu
longer able TO give milk. nover soc
grass.
A Huntingdon Spiritualist states tina,
bis tw~elvc-ycar-olu daughter. though
ignorant of the German Mnguaye. re-.
Gently spoke !lm"ntly in that tongue
whl'e being posscssc! with the spirit
OF u Gurnan.
According 10 IL decision Of the Iowa
Supreme Court. i h"tcikeeper who re-
ceivrs guests while knowing that Their.
is u contagious disease IN MS house i,
liable Tor damages 10 amy guest wuc
may contract the d.sease.
The Norwich men who arrived iu
New YORK recently from IL foreign por'
with Two thorou yhbcd dogs were sur.
o. prised 10 find That the duty ON III.
animals represented seven times ihcil
value. They left the dogs OF The boat.
Melbourne is cited as proof that tn.
star Of empire has taken u trip ~ The
southwark. The first house there WA,
;.ut up III 1885. and 0 there is /.
handsome cay with fine PARKS, IN,
public institutions. and SOC. 900 10,
hatitants.
The coyote has changed his habits i
20, his skin, according to u Western
correspondent. one of them having
freed y man and hept him there unit
rescued BY a party of hunters. Hither
!ectly harmless.
A pickle famine ia threatened thii
winter. the present supply at t.,
Eas: il set down at 10000. O0O-one
hnif only of what Is needed for tn
Eastern trade. The Western crop
have suffered, and heavy advances i.
prices arc looked for.
The body Of the first Napoleon
buried ut the lnvalidcs in Paris. is in
closed in five conins-the first in tin
and the others in mahogany. lead
ebony. and oak. All is placed in
sascophaguso of Finland granito-a pres
ent from Russia. The tomb was com
plotted in 1861. and cost 6,76O,O O'
francs.
mathematician citizen Hercule
Wilson. of Mcintosh. Ga. conld Civ
points to college graduates who wan
places IN tho along-coast custom
houses. Mr.. Wilson ia a representa-
tive in the Georgia legislature. bu
says he could do better ut home. as b
can make from IS 10 IS a day By lay
ing brick.
The maj who succeeded 90 we'll i,
wooing the Puritan maiden Pri-cill
had vigorous blood. William Dca'
Howeils says that when he went to Al
old house in Duxbury. Mass. the 9th,
day. he found therein four generation
OF John Aldens-rsnging from the tot
tering greut-yrandfalbsr to . chubby
rosy little lad of 4.