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NO. 43.

ing that there was Market Tor the SKINS ana
rattles, as well as for the OIL The skins he
sells at from % cents to 81 each, TO be
dressed into leather for ladies' belts, slip
pers, etc, and the rattles are mounted as
jewelry for pins, earrings, and the like, and
bring from % cents to 81 string. The oil
brings % cents per ounce, and a big, fat
snake will sometimes yield an ounce. The
hunting season is in the spring as they are
leaving the den, and in the autumn as
they gather for winter. When they come
out they assemble in intertwined groups of
from three or four to fifteen, lying in the
sun until they collect energy for their sum
mer's jaunt in pairs to breed. In the fall
they come back, he says, apparentlyin in fam
lilies, the old ones with from ten to fif-
teen or twenty young ones foot or more in
length.
Davis is the only professional rattlesnake
hunter in the world. He has been engaged
by owners of summer cottages near Hague
to hunt for month spring and fall next
year, as he has for the past four years, at
fifty dollars month, and this pay, with the
bounty and proceeds of the oil, skins and
rattles, occasional live snakes sold, and
income earned by showing and handling the
reptiles at county fairs i'll August and Sep
tember, makes him respectable income.
He devotes his winters TO reading, and now
and then day as chopper
He says the snakes on this side of the
lake are growing visibly scarcer, and thinks
that they can be ultimately exterminated.
Davis very quietly admits the hazard of his
occupation, and cooIly says he ''presumes
likely he will get bitten some time, and like
enough die from the effects if blood vessel
happenS to be hit -
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MARCH 20. 1899

country in the world has ampler or ueuIer
provision for this purpose been made.
A still more significant indication of
woman's high position in this country is
seen in the Difference that is universally
accorded her. She possesses a degree of
social freedom that is unknown in older
countries Americans do not feel the need
of guarding the character of their women
by the barriers which are thrown around
them in the old world. They are treated
with confidence, allowed to be a law to
themselves, and as a result inspire more
profound respect by conduct which is, un-
doubtedly to a larger degree than else
where, irreproachable. This respect ac-
corded to woman is as pronounced, though
obviously with ruder manifestations, on the
frontier as in the older parts of the coun-
try, and seems to be the direct outgrowth of
our ideas of equality. We are so much &C
customed to this that it never occurs to US
to suppose that it can be otherwise any
where. But let US see the contrast which
Prof. Bryce notes: "a European can not
spend an evening In an American drawing
room without perceiving that the attitude
of men to women is not that with which he
is familiar at home. The average European
man has usually a slight sense of conde-
scensop when he talks to a woman on seri-
Gus subjects. Even if she is his superior in
intellect, in character, IN social rank, he
/ thinks that as man he is her superior, and
consciously or unconsciously talks down to
| her. She is too much accustomed to this to
resent 1T unless it becomes tastelessly pal
! pable.'
! We may well congratulate ourselves upon
/ having struck, in this respect at least, one
/ of the highest notes of civilization. The po-
sition accorded women has always been re-
! Qarued as a test of n nafl0n'S nPOOPaSS
Woman is the natural perfecter of manners,
morals, culture and religion That we are
in advance of other nations in the treatment
| of women may be taken as the best possible
promise THAI the developments of the future
will be in the line OF the worlds best
achievements. How far it has already had
beneficial effect upon our National insti-
tutions and character we must again ap-
peal to Prof. Bryce to determine: '"rhe re-
spect for women which every American
man either feels or is obliged by public SEN
timent to profess, has wholesome effect on
his conduct and character. and serves to
check the cynicism which some other pecul.
iaritles of the country foster. The nation
as whole owes to the active benevolence
of its women, and their zeal in promoting g
social reforms, benefits which the customs
of continental Europe would scarcely have
permitted women to confer Europeans
have of late years begun to render the we'll
deserved admiration TO the brightness and
vivacity of American ladies. Those who
know the work they have done and are do
ing in many noble cause will admire still
more their energy, their courage, their self
devotion. No country seems to owe more tC
its women than America does, nor TO owe
to them so much of what is best IN social
institutions and in the beliefs that govern
| oOD6uot
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MERIT AND LUCK"
According TO Goethe the Two Arc Yer.
Closely United.

According TO Goethe the Two Arc Very
Closely United.
''The chapter of accidents" it has been
well and forcibly said, lis the Bible of the
fooi, :" remarks the author of the Way to
Fortune. This is one of those sayings
which are apt only to seem smart and
striking, but are really deeper than they
look. If the world and ali it's affairs pro-
ceed according to purpose and moral law,
then it is clear that causation and not acci-
dent obtains in the smallest thing az well
as in the greatest, only we are purblind and
do not perceive IL, any more than the
senses, prisoned in this muddy vesture of
decay" can perceive the celestial music of
the spheres which, indeed, is, after all,
another and more poetical name for causa-
ton. Dean Swift says: 1.-THE power of
fortune is confessed only by the miserable,
for the happy impute all their success to
prudence or merit
shallow men, says Emerson, "believe
IN luck, believe in circumstances. 1T was
somebody's name, or 1t happened TO be
mere at the time, or he was so then, and
another day 1t would have been otherwise
Strong men believe III canse and effect"
And again:
" All successful men have agreed in on.
thlng-they were causatlonists. They be-
iieved that things went not by luck but by
law, bhaL lncfe was not a weak or a cracked
link In the chain that joins the first and last
Of things"
OF all men the poet should be inclined TO
recognize some kind of propitious influence
as controlling the destiny of individuals, and
| yet the greatest and most successful poets
have practically taught that they believed
/ IN no such thing. And IN this respect, If in
] no other, poetry has advanced from what
/ the positlyists would call the metaphysical
| TO the real or positive stage. No poet now
adays deems of addressing himself for help
totnat abstract and perfect parsonage, the
] muse, who figured so prominently in poetry
J from the dag 5 of Homer down to a compara-
I lively recent period The poets have
/ learned self help. They not only believe.
/ but act on the belief that the inspiration Is
| within, and that only energy and sincerity
TO self can develop their genius So, there
fore, Goethe d clares that industry IS nine
tenths OF genius, and adds 10 it this axiom
/ as the result OF his own experience: 1t
never occurs to fools that merit and good
| fortune are closely united-n Notwithstand-
! ing all that has been sad of LUCKY hlts," !"
1 the best kind Of success IA every man s life
is not that which comes by accident. So
] saws Mr. Smiles, and this Is but a generaii-
satlou from the wide circle of biography.
/ To see an advantage with clear eye, TO mark
il out unwaveringly, aud to follow 1t up
rosnIuteix. is not luck.
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n II q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. 80.
W liz % Regular Communications, hrst
and third Monday evenings in each month.
Mrs. EVA L. MERBEiL, W. NJ.
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How to Prevent "BalIInr. ;,

The Live Stock Journal gives an account
OF contrivance adopted by Colonel A.
thompson for the protection of horses, feet
from snow, from which medical men may
take hint-many Of them finding it diff
cult to get through their work, owing to the
delay caused by the insecure footing af
forded their horses. Colonel Thompson
takes sheet Of gutta-percha about q
quarter Of an inch thick, cuts out set of
plates larger than the hoof inside the shoe,
softens them in hot water and molds them
inside the shoe over the frog so that a.
lace Of gutta-percha touches the ice and
snow, and "balling' with snow is impos-
sible. The plates remain until the end Of
ba weather
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-20
ISAAC DAVIS, p. r. K.
The Only Strictly Professional RattIesnake
Killer in the Wnrld.

Isaac Davis, of North Bolton, the rattle
snake hunter whose history and exploits
were first given to the world in the Albany
(N. Y lJoarnal, has since that time added
upward OF 800 snakes to his score, making g
more than ], 100 rattlesnales he has killed
since he commenced snake killing for the
bounty OF = cents a snake and two months
wages year at $50 a month, four years
age One hundred and fifty of the falls
catch we're killed in three DAYS in a new
den which he discovered on the mountain
west OF Sabbath Day Point These he killed
ss they were gathering IN the den in Oc-
tooer Tor the winter, seventy-five the first
day, forty five the second aud thirty on the
third.
Davis says he lost considerable money the
srst year OF bis snake hunting by not know
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-20
Grants Memory for Faces,

On his return from the tour around the
world at the reception rendered him in New
York, General Grant invited the Bishop of
Minnesota to receive with him. People by
the thousands streamed by, mostly unknown
to the General. One lady especially at
tracted his attention as she approached.
" Genera" ;" she said, ssyou do not remember
me.'' "Yes, madame, 1 do; met you at a
momentous crisis in my bfe; wait, do not
tell me when, and he paused TO think; then
with flashing eye, as If echoes OF booming
cannon stirred his soul: at was just be-
fore the last engagement at Vicksburg, and
prior TO the surrender; / stopped you as
you were hurrying from the city as ap-
preached it on foot. Iasked you some ques-
lions which you answered in a considerate
manner, betraying your good breeding and
Southern sympathies, but not your cause."I
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I. w. STOUT, Secretary.
CYPRUS CHAPTER No. 63, X. y. NJ. meets
in Masonic Han every I'd and attn Thursday.
Visiting brethren cordially invited.
T.. A. SIMMONS, RI. p.
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R.,urn.,, TO George III.

Roger wolcott, at meeting OF the Mas
sachusetts historical Society, alluded to the
fact that the equestrian statue OF KING
george, in the city of New York, after nav
ing been pulled down. was carried TO Li.cn-
field, Conn, aud was buried in the neld Oh
Oliver Wolcott, Governor OF the state. pc
;r,, made of lead. it was cast into bullets by
his shil6ren. and these were distributed
among the soldiers, so that it was said that
IL was returned to his MaIesty's troops
with the compliments Of the men OF Con-
necticut. 4
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WORSE THAN MARRIAGE

A bachelor old and cranky
Was sitting alone in his room;
His toes with the gout were aching,
And his face was o o'erspread with gloom.
No little ones shouts disturbed him,
From noises the house was free;
In fact, from the attic to cellar
Twas quiet as quiet could be.
No medical aid was lacking;
The servants answered his ring.
Respectfully heard his orders,
And supplied him with every thing.
But still there was something wanting
Something he couldn't command;
The kindly words Of compassion.
The touch OF q gentle hand;
And he said, as his brow grew darker
And he rang for the hireling nurse:
Well, marriage may be a failure,
But this Is a blamed sight worse"
Boston Courier.
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CHURCHES.

DAPrIST-Pre Preaching each sunday at II a.
DIN. and at 1880 p. III, at the courthouse. sun
duy school at IL O'Clock III. Prayer meetlnS
"Wednesday evening of each week. Rev. w. A
Cain Pastor Residence ON North Walnut st.
OHRISTIAN.-Prea every Sunday at
~ IL o'clock, a. m, and 30 p. m, by Elder
David Nation. Prayer meeting every We'd
ncsday night. Sunday school at 10 o'clock a. III.
every Sunday.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.-Serviccs every
Gf1 Sunday at II 800 a. m. and 30 p. m. sun
day school every sunday at 10 a. M. Prayer
meeting every WedncsdayscVcning at ':jO.
Strangers invited. X. SANDERsoN, Pastor.
SBYTERIAN.--Scrviccs every sunday at
i II Il. IN. and 30 y. N. Sunday school nt
10 a. m j B. NORTH, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Services on End
sunday of every month at Shcrlocks hall, at
1000 a. m REV. BITTER Pastor
GERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN-IIoldr reg
VI ular services at Miugonu, Barber county,
the second and fourth sundays in each month.
At Forrest school house on the second sunday
Cedar Creek school house ON the third sunday.
BY Elders Shnmbcrger, smith and Nchcr.
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Medicine Lodge omcers.
SOCIETIES.

"A AT. & A. NJ, Delta Lodge No. t.
"a Regular communications, first and
U y third Saturday evenings III eHch
~ month &. Il. FREEMAN, w. NJ
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1889-01-19

Hon. q. A. MATTHEWS, delegatc.elect
from Dakota, started on the 10th for
Washington. He goes at the invitation
Of Delegate Clifford. with whom his re.
lations are, most friendly. To a friend.
he stated that his object in this visit was
70 aid in the most speedy division and
admission Of the Dakotas. It was sug.
gested that the admission Of Dakota by
the present congress would destroy his
Office before be could take his seat, to
which Mr.. Mathews replied that he
could not consent, for mere personal
considerations, to the continuance of
the territorial government, which had
20 long stodd at II menace to Dakota's
material interests; that, while it would
crafty him to represent SO great a con.
stituency as thatTby which he had been
elected, Us believed it would he even
more gratifying to. feel that lie, in com.
mon with his fellow sufferers, were full
6sdgsd citizens Of the United States
TO that end he had worked in the pas,
and would contipue TO work until sue
csnshalth have crowned the efforts Q
ths laithful.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1889-01-19
I'm the soup.O

Col. Plummer's lecture was we'll at.
tended Tuesday evening, and our c,ti.
Gems were given q genuine treat. The
title of the lecture kept many Demo.
Gratis away, but the colonel fooled them;
he didn't talk politics.
The c%olonel's lecture was devoted to
an illustration ofhow people made mis-.
takes. or got "into the soup" He spoke
Of the ancient wheat corner on the Nile
to show that "Old Hutch" was not the
first sinner in this respect. The lecture
was replote with anecdote aud amusing
comparisons. His definition offs farmer
and an a9r%iculturallst was thoroughly
appreciated. He said . farmer was a
man who made his money in the country
and spent 1t in the city, and the agricul-
,turalist was. q man who made his money
In the city and spent 1t in the country.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1889-01-19

VXThsreas, default hiss been made In the oonditious Of
w y ~. SIN mortgage, duly executed aud delivered
by James Nash and Ellen Nash, bis wife, mortgagon.
10 Juhn z. Gleason. mortgage, dated the 18th day Of
July, A 1855. and recorded In the oadcs ofths beg
ister otDeeds in and for the eouutv Of Ramssy In the
Territory Of Dakota, on the 18th day Of July A.. D.
1855, At three O'Clock pm, in book G Of mortgages, on
EaIe vt the date Of this noties. the amount Of ats
hundred and nifty one dollars and thirty cenn.($tSl.3O)
aud no aciion or proeeedlus has been i~nctitutsd At
lsw or in equity to recover the debt secured BY said
mu'tE .ge or amy part thereof.
Now, therefore, nUtice Il hereby given, that BY
virtue of = power of sails contained in said mortgage,
and of the statute in such case made and provided, tie
said mortgage will be foreelosed BY . sale " tbs mort.
gagged prentses therein described. which sale will "
made at the front door Of the court house In the city
Of Devils Lake, in the county Of Ramsey. and terri:
tory u Dakota. 1t public auction, by the sheriff Of said
county, or by his deputy, on 4onlAy the 1lth day Of
February, A D 1889, at 2 o'clock in Tie afternoon, t.
satisfy the amount which shall then be due on said
mortgage, with the interest thereon, taxes and cost
and expenses Of sale, and City dollars attorneys fees,
US stipulated in said mortgage In case Of foreclosure.
Tho premises described iu said mortgage, and 30 to
be sold, arc the piece or parcel Of land situated IN the
county of Ramsey and territory Of Dakota, and known
and described a follows to-wit: the south half of the
Of the %so9t!sas. quarter (ns z Of se;3, Of ssssio.
quarter Of. the southwest quarter (nwN ofswN ct
section NUMBERED twenty.f0ur (2t) in township. mum
bsred one hundred and ffty.six Q6G) north OF range
numbered sixty four (6i) west, containing one humid
red and sixty (IC0) acres, NOR or less.
Dated December Is, A.. D 1sss.
job E. GLEASON, Mortgage.
F. ". WllDER, Attorney for Mortgages so4s
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1889-01-19
MORTGAGE SALE.

nErAULT HAS BEEN MADE IN TIE CoS.
ditions Of q certain mortgage, duly executed and
delivered by Richard J. Colder to janice H.. Ryan
bearing date the Srd day Of July A. D. 1855. and duly
recorded In tho once Of the rseiatsr Of dseds 10 aud
the 9Th day Of July A. D. ISIS, At 1870 o'clock .. m.
10 book 8 Of mortgages. on page 1873. Said mortgage
contains . CLAUSE which authorizes tho mortgage, on
default being made by tho mortgagor In the payment
Of tho sum Of money therein secured, when tho sum
eribed at public %.netion. The money therein secured
- due and unpaid. There Is clained to 10 due on
said mortgage at the date Of this notice tho sum OF
one hundred aud five dollars sad ~forty.two cents
Q0S. %2) and no action or proceeding ct law or other.
wise having been instituted to recover the debt &C.
Now therefore, nohcs 10 he"eby given. that bv vir.
tue VIA powcr II saio ~containsd IN aid mortgage and
pursuant to the statute In suee case made and provided.
The said mortgage will be fUreclosed, aud the premisss
described in and covered bS said mortgage. Wig: Lot
ayel6) Of Francis I. Richardson Q subdivision ofa part
Of tho southeast quarter Is. Il. ~ Of section twenty.
seven (ec. ~, IL township ond hundred and my.
four nurth L ISL NJ 0f range sixty -four west u 81 W.
according to the plat thsreof rsc0rded In the once Of
the register Of deeds for said kansey county, In Ram
sey cour.ty and territory Of Oak q; with tue heredl.
taments and .. purteuanees, will be sold At public
auction, to the highest builder for cash, " pay said
debt and interest, and the taxcs, il any, ON said prsml-
So, and twenty-five dollais attorneys fees, - stip'
ulsted in and BY said mortgage in case Of foreclosure;
and the Disbursements allowed by a~; which sale Viii
deputy dulv authorized, ut the front door Of the court
house In the city Of Dsvils Lake In said county and
TERRITORY, on Tuesday the 9Th day Of Mach Al u. 1883,
at 10 O'clock ~ n Of that day, subject to redemption
q any time within oIe year from the day OF sale. a.
Dated January II, AID. 1850.
JAMD II. RYAN. Mortgage.
". W. WisHARf, Attorns3, Devils Lake. D. I. $40
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1889-01-19
M Wife is a Terror"p

said q mild tempered imam in. our hear
ing. ''She snaps and snarls, spanks her
children, and finds fault continually. I
can't bear 1t any longer" Don't be too.
severed on herr my friend; you little
f fesiass west ss 'afspositioa. y and aai III loi Ses III
is the cause. Or. Pierce's Favorite Preas
!cription will make her well. For female
diseases, functional arrangements, bear
hg-down pains, and the long list Of Ills
that render women miserable, no medi-
cine can compare~with this. It Is the
onsy medicine for women's peculiar
weaknesses and ailments, sold by. drug
the manufacturers, to give satisfaction
in every case. or money refunded. See
guarantee printed on bottle wrapper.
For all arrangements of tho stomach.
liver and bowels, take DR.. Pierce's
Pellets. or. Ant. bilioIs Granules.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1889-01-19
A New Nye.
Churchs Ferry Sun /.

This week the editor of the Sun has
been tenderly nursing a large and AFRO
CANT boil with q Bismarck complexion
during the legislative SESSION., the same
hsying prs.empted the greater portion
Of bis right cheek. A boil that will
tackle an editors cheek ia n daisy and
this one is Of that denomination. It is
probably the largest. most vicious and
tetotally depraved "bile" that has been
turned loose upon suffering humanity
since the days Of Job. That is the way
it feels. however it may look.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1889-01-19

THERE is q scheme on foot in the
legislature TO have the eastern tier Of
townships in this county set oyer to
Nelson county. 1t would 10 we'll for
the residents of those towns TO petition
the legislature against such a change.
They will certainly do SO if they know
the difference in taxation and the value
of public property in the two counties.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1889-01-19
The Artestnn Well.

Work upon the artesisn we'll has again
been temporarily suspended. owing to
the infiowing.sand. twill be yenler,-
bored that when work was suspended
for a short.tims III December II was. for
therpurpose OF procuring 200. feet OF 81.
inch pipe: w.i.ha view Of using 1t to case
Off the sand so-that the drill might be
sent deeperi the hope Ut touching sand
rock. The 3iinch pipe was lowered to
the sand strata tl430 below the SUR.
face) and by pressure applied from above
It was forced into the sand Are or six
feetat atimes The pump was then put
into the sihstr .Ripesand the sand taken
ont. When the pipe had been forced In
to thSsand 70 TIE depth of about.70 feet
the prsssare re- upon it was SO great that 1t
could be sunk nofarther, and. the sand
came up the pipe from the bottom so fast
that the pump could not take it away.
There Ii now about l2O feet or sand In
the pipe.
The contractors have decided that 1t
will be necessary to have 1900. feet OF the
81 inch pipe which they will attach to
the. 200 feet 81. pipe of the samesixe now
in the sand. making q continuous string
OF pipe from the top. They: will then
apply Jack :screws at the top and force
the pipe further into the sand until an
other hard strata IL reached. What that
hard stratazwilibe cannot now be deter
mined. Tit is sand rock 9 good flow OF
water is almostcortatn. It It is conglom-
crate, 1t willSbeinecessarY to put the drill
ID. and bore through 1t with, the hope Of
finding the water bearing or sand rock
below. II, however, It should be gram
Ito. then wesinust,dsylss ssome-means Of
getting allow ostthe sand that Is giving
the contractors their present %dinicuity.
That there is4 al abundant. supply Of
good water n this sand strata has been
demonstrated. The trouble is to keep
the sand. backsnntil the water makes .
permanent channel by throwing the
sand out ht tho top.