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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-07-22
Looking for Recruits,

Dennison Wheelock, leader of the
Indian band at Carlisle, Pa, was at
Fort Totten Saturday. He is
looking up expert musicians among
the different Indian bands in the
country with the intention of organic
ing a band of sixty pieces to take to
the Paris exposition. Two boys from
Fort Totten are already members of
his band, and he will probably select
several others during his stay here.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-07-22
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

sapreme Court-N.O. YOUNG, Pembina.
COngress-B. +. 4PALDING, Cass.
GOVERNOR. B. TANCHER, Stutsman.
Lieutenant Governor. N. DEYINE, LaAIoure.
Secretary Of State.-FRED. FALLEY, kichland.
Auditor-A. N. CARLBLOM, Sargent,
Attorney Genersl--JOHN r. COWAN, Ramsey.
Insurance Commissioner-GEO. w, HARRISON,
Treasnrer-D. W. DR1sC0LL, Walsh.
Superintendent Public Instruction--JOHN G.
HALLANO, Trail.
Commissioner Of Agricultural. U. THOMAS,
Benson.
Railroad Commissioners. L. WALTON, Wells;
HENRY ERICKSON. McHenry; JOHN siMONs,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-07-22
19-tf

DR.. D. F.. Hunter, of Grand Forks,
will be in Devils Lake Wednesday
noon, July Goth, and remain until Sat
urday noon, the 23d, to attend to all
who may require his services. All
modern improvements used to relieve
pain in filling or extracting teeth.
Prices moderate. Consultation free.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-07-22
$1,000 Reward for Lost Horse.

While in the possession of one T. X.
in Township 156, Range 81, Ram
sey county, a horse belonging to the
undersigned got away and has not been
since. Description: Chestnut
mare, about seven years old, weight
about 1850 pounds; a few white hair in
forehead. She got away about July I'd;
finder will receive ten dollars for infor.
nation leading to her recovery.
JOHN E. LOFTHUs,
ct Address Park River, N. Oak.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-07-22
Strayed or Stolen.

Two we'll grown lemon and white
pointer pups, one male and the other
female. Body of each dog is solid
lemon color, with white feet and white
strip in face and on back of neck. A
suitable reward will be paid for infor-
nation leading to their recovery.
C. w. EaNER.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-07-22
A Child Enjoys

The pleasant flavor, gentle action. and
soothing effect of syrup Of figs, when
in need of a laxative, aud if the father
mother be costive or bilious, the
most gratifying results follow its use;
so that it is the best family remedy
known and every family should have
a bottle. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-07-22

II think DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
is the finest preparation on the market
for piles" So writes John G. Dunn, of
Wheeling, w. Va. Try 1t and you will
think the same. 1t also cures eczema
and all skin diseases. G. w. Greene.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-07-22
Bucklen's Arnica salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chappedhands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and
positively cures piles. or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
G. w. Greene.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-07-22

JOIN COwAN was offered the nomin-
alton for congress, but wouldn't
touch it.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-07-22

Hoods are the only pills to take with
Hoods Sarsaparilla. Be sure to get
Hoods
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-07-22
Very Little Trouble.

II have found Hoods Sarsaparilla an
excellent medicine. I suffered from
pains in my stomach, but l have had
very little trouble from this source
since taking Hoods Sarsaparilla. The
medicine has done me a great deal Of
good, and 1 gladly speak in its praise"
Mrs. M. f. Howard, Kaspar, South Da-
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-07-22
BILLY BULGE was remembered.

GRAND FORKS COUNTY is now in line
for the senatorship.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-07-22
Mccormick
Binders
......The Old Standby

Not much need to tell farmers Of
the advantages of the Mccormick
Binder. They know it's good points.
1t stands the wear and tear of the har-
vest field and will do better work in
either thin, heavy or lodged grain
than any other machine. The McCor-
mick is the standard machine by
which others are guaged.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-07-22

Win your battles against disease by
acting promptly. One Minute Cough
Cure produces immediate results.
When taken early it prevents con-
sumption. And In later stages 1t
furnishes prompt relief. G. ". Greene.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-07-22
Notice to Hunters.

Notice to Hunters.
Hunters are hereby notified not to
hunt or in any way trespass upon land
belonging to the undersigned.
FRED AYERsT,
FRED COYKENDALL,
FRED WEBER,
19-tf FRED MAURIS.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-07-22

Strayed
From my pasture, one red and white
muley steer, two years old.
F. w. COCKBURN.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-27
Wren's Little Trick.

When Sir Christopher Wren was build
Ing the town hall of Windsor, fdgcty
member OF the corpnration--so the story
gocs-insistcd that the roof required fur
thcr support, and desired the architect TO
add more pillars In vain did Sir Christie
phcr assure him that the danger was imugi-
nary. Ho knew better The alarm spread
and the great architect was worried into
adding tho desired columns
Years passed. and in later times, when
architect and patrons were dead, cleaning
operations in the roof revealed tho fact
that the supposed additional supports did
not touch tina roof 10y two inches. though
This WAS not pcrccptible to the gazers be-
low.
BY this ingenious cxpedicnt did Wren
pacify his critics, while vndcating his
own architectural skill to future genera
tions
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-27
A LIZARD HARD TO KILL.
Stabbinr Ats Brain md Soaking In Alco.
hoh Doesn't Worry It.

Ihe monitor is distinguished among nil
lizards by tho difficulty of killing it, 1t
owes its name to it's habit of wbistlinp to
give warming of the approach of orocodilos
naturalist who undertook to kill one
writes:
Having caught ono of the speoios by
the NECK SO that she could not bite mo- /
got largo worsted needle and gave her
several punctures with 1t, not only in the
heart, but in every part of the Uranium
which was in contact with tho brnin.
Ihls, however, was so far from answering
my purpose, which WAS to kill hor In tho
most speedy and least painful manner.
without fnangling or mutilating her, TINT
she seemed to have still enough life left to
he able to run away.
After this my host undertook to put
nm emu TO her. and, having givon her sew
ernl hard squeezes about tho chest and
tied her feet together, hung her up by the
neck in moose, which he drew ms tight no
he possibly could
"From this situation she was found in
space of 4S hours to have extricated bor.
sell, though she still remained near tho
iarm, appearing at tho same time to be al-
most exhausted. Upon this wo tied hot
teet Close behind her, so that with her long
and sharp claws, of which she Ind 0ye
upon each foot she could not damape tho
serpents ana other animals. which kent
In u cask OF brandy, and among which I
put her with my own hands, holding her
long time under the surface of tho lio
uor. Yet she was so far from being sufro-
Gated immediately that she founccd about
ana even a quarter of an hour afterward
convinced us by her motions that she hud
still somo lifo remaining i'm hor.''
Inc Milo monitor or varan (Varanus
nilotious) is perhaps the largest mem
Der OF tho family and has been known
to attain length of over feet In struc-
tural character it is somewhat distinct
from other lizards, approaching in several
respects its enemy tho crocodile the lar
gest OF existing reptiles. 1t is on tho eggs
Oh crocodilcs or the young oooodiles them
selves that it chiefly feeds, habit which
is SAID To explain tho fact that it appears
on tho monuments of the ancient Egyp-
tians Ii Is still common to tho Nile,
though it mas also been found in the rivers
Oh South Africa rs well as in Senegal and
near Sierra Lconc.-Now York journal.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-27
Slum Work In London.

10 accomplish any substantial result
III slum work ill London, woman must
not only give time and strength but
life itself. Miss Meredith Brown, the
English philanthropist, who has been
tho champion of tho factory girls for
some years, says that women who know
only tho slums of New York and Chica-
go have no conception Of the horrors and
misery of the slums close to the aristo-
cratic parts of London. The girls which
Miss Browns special mission reaches
arc so rough and lawless that the Sal
walton Army would not take them in,
and the directors of mission which
had invited the girls to tea refused to
allow them into the building again.
Tho girls came to the feast with pillow
slips under their aprons and snutched
everything to eat off tho table before
their hostesses could stop them.
Finally the courageous women inter
ested Ill tho welfare Of these young
semisavages decided that to reach the
girls they would have to live among
them. Ten dauntless women took up
their residence III a rickety old house in
Che very heart of all the misery and
squalor which makes the wild girls
what they are, and their efforts at last
were met with more than an encour-
aging response. But it is very hard ON
the health, says Miss Brown 1.-Two
years will break down any one, SO we
have lost some of our best workers. -.
New York Commercial.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-27
Her Remedies.

doctors Ill the "hackwoods" districts Of
ten lind that their patients will refuse all
medicine as long rs they fancy that there
is any possibility of cfrecting u cure with
out its aid. Their belief in charms is
difficult to unsettlo or combat
"A young doctor WINS called to attend tho
lather OF largo family, n stalwart bnck-
woodsinan, who was in the grip of ina
lnrial fever OH which his wife. with nil
her supposed Skill had been unable TO
make any impression.
On his second visit the doctor noticed
that ono OF tho children had around her
neck Il string from which danglcd some
small bones.
What arc those intended to cure-rbeu
mntism?" he asked tho mother. with u
smilo.
No, doctor; those are so NIirandy'll
havo an easy time a-gettin her teeth, "
was the response. "Those nro rnttlesnnko
bones. The crittcr was plowcd up last
spring when the mon folks broke up new
piece O. land. jest took and billed him n
couple o. days and strung his bones OH II
string to hitch on to Mirandy's neck when
twas time. Sho WANT but 6 weeks old
then. Instrust they might bo good for
rheumnttcs too, but faint best to run no
risks. / s'r0sc you know tho best thing
for rhcumntics?''
Perhaps don't know your remedy"
said the shrowd doctor
II reckoncd everybody knew" said the
woman, with momcntary animation.
Why, you jest take four pieces of cclskin
about three fingers widc and bind 'om OH
your ankles and wrists. 1t drives tho
worst kind O rhcumntics Off, they say.
Doctor" said this believer in charms,
with dubious glance at the tumhlcr of
medicine prepared for her husband, che
you surc that amt anyways p'isonous9
Cause amt tried bindin raw tomatoes
on him yet and therc'd be some by the
first q next week !'--Youth's COMPANION.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-27
An untrodden Canadian Wilderness.

The vast country north of the gulf of
81. Lawrence is to the monumental OK
plorer tho most interesting region on this
continent, if not in tho world For nearly
four centuries tho ships of civilization
have sailed by it, yet, except at the very
waters edge, there has been no intrusion
upon it. The rivers which ponr forth from
every opening in tho hills bear witness
that the back country is n network OF
lakes and water courses. Ask tho commits
sioncr of crown lands of the great province
of Quebec today what his department.
knows of that region and no will tell You
That it is the least known portion of North
America; that only Il few of the lakes
have been surveyed; that two exploring
parties have recently crossed tho PENN
suli; that Il handful of fshcrmen's houses
fringe tho gulf; that for the rest of il the
wandering Montagnas Indians are the
only tourists who traverse half II million
square miles uf territory Steamers go I'D
tho Saguenay. Lake st John is reached
by rail, but AWAY To tho northeast is IA ire
mcndous tract of country whcncc issue
streams greater than the Hudson the head
waters of which no white mln has ever
seen. Frederic Irland in Scribncrs.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-27
DON'T BELIEVE IT.
When Friends Say sYou'u be
All Right BY and By"
You Must Act for Yourself il Won
Want to Get Wei.
You Can Certainly Be Cured By DR..
Greene'S Ncrvrra.

Wien yoa arc i;lfro,n ovc.work, worry,
exposure or excuses, when your viyor
has departed and your strength and vital
ity is lost and your friends say, ooh,
don't despair, you'll be all right b. and
by don't believe it. When your friends
tell you to cheer up and hope for recovery
through the ordinary processes of nature,
they simply express their wish. They
want to see you we'll, but their wish will
not save you. You must act yourself.
You are on the downward road and need
4 sure and effective medicine to arrest The
progress of the disease and restore Won TO
health and strength.
There is only one medicine which will
surely cure you, and that 5 DR.. Grcenc's
Ncrvura blood and nerve remedy. the
grand health givcr, which mas cured so
many sick and suffering pcopc.
Maine, saws:
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-27
KNOWN BY HIS SCARS.
That III tho Way Uncle Sam Keeps Track
Of His Enlisted Men.

1t.e1 IN tho way Uncle Sam Keeps Track
Of His Enlisted Men.
While q good many people know in
y general way of the BertiIlon system
for the Identification of criminals, com
paratively few know Of the simnie
method which Uncle Sam has been
using for number of years past to keen
track of the men who eat his rations
and wear his uniform in the regular
army. The system employed by the war
department might be termed the mat
ural methcd" and is at once simple and
ingenious. 1t does away with all ap-
paratus except u vertical measuring
rod and Pair of scales 1t is known as
tho scar system" and has been found
wonderfully effective.
There Is an unwritten theory in the
army that every man who enlists will
Mt some time or other desert. This is
not entirely true, but tho assertions are
numerous enough to make it worth
While to keep track of the offenders. In
war the penalty for desertion is death,
but III peace it is long term of impris-
onnent, and the subject is liable to pun
;shment no matter how long term has.
elapsed since his offense was committed.
Strange rs 1t may seem, the men who
desert moss readily are the ones who
straightway go back and enlist again.
though usually in some remote section,
of the country
The recruiting card, as it is called.
is big enough to contain two 6 inch,
outlines of mans form. front and rear
view, with good sized border for mar
glnai notes. When the recruit is strip-
ped for his physical examination. he Isl
gone over from head to foot, and overy
apprec1able scar or permanent skin,
plem1sh is recorded. It's location is ac-
curately noted by Il dot ON the card, and.
us description is written on the mar
GIN. The hands and face usually have
tho greatest number of scars, but those
on the body arc apt to be the more
pronounced and characteristic, az it is
usually more severe wound that pene.
trates the clothing and leaves its record
on the flesh beneath. Moles are also
noted, their color and Dimensions, and
other blrthmarks or blemishes that
would not ordinarily disappear with
time.
The question may arise as to what if
man have no scars, moles or birth
marks That would be enough to identi-
fy him, for in all the thousands of men
who have been catalogued by tho de-
partment there has never been one who
bore less than three clearly defined
scars, while seven or eight is the more
usual number, and there are some cases
Where the number runs up to 80 or SO.
Further so infinite are tho chances of
combination that thcro have never been
two individuals whose height, weight
and the number and location of their
scars came anywhere near coinciding.
Washington Star.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-27

want to tell of the benefit have dc
rived from DR.. Greene's Nervura blood
ana nerve remedy. When l commenced
using this medicine had been sick in bed
Tor nine weeks. l suffered terribly with
my back, and my limbs were so numb at
times that would pinch them to sec if L
could get any feeling in them | was
very nervous, had no appetite, and could
not sleep.
suffered so much that was reduced
TO very weak state, and was almost u
skeleton. took seven bottles of Dir.
Grccne's Nervura blood and nerve remedy,
ana began TO improve almost as soon as l
began taking it. For the last six months
have been able TO do my homework for
a family of six and have har,ilv had sick
day. give thanks for what Dr. Greenc's
Nervura has done for me-
Use DIR. Grccnc's Nervura and he cured
You can consult DIR. Greene, rs West
18th St, New York City, absolutely free
OF charge, personally 81 by letter.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-27
A MAN OF NEW IDEAS.
ALFRED KARMswoRTA is THE NAPo-
LEON OF ENGLISH JOURNALISM.

Discarded the Traditions of Eject Street
and Struck Out Boldly In Now Fields.
Now His Thirty Papers Have n Com
bincd Circulation of 100000 Copies.
In America tho name of Alfred C..
Harmsworth is dimly connected with q re-
cent arctic expedition. Throughout tho
United Kingdom, however his namo is n
household word. He is known to tho
British public as n publisher of many sue
cessful newspapers. He is the Napoleon of
English journalism.
Here in America wo have no ono to
Whom no can be compared Our Danas,
our Pulitzers, our Taylors, our Hearsts are
not in tho same class with Harmsyvortb
the great. They control one, or at tho
most two, powerful journals Hc not only
owns the most successful Of the London
dailies, but 30 other publications in vari-
GUS parts of Great Britain.
And MIR. Harmsworth has reached this
journalistic pinnacle entirely through his
own efforts. When he was graduated from
Oxford at 81, he had before him n most
commonplace future. His father was n
moderately successful barrister, and it was
ms intention That his son should achieve
the Same modest height. But Harms
worth junior was not commonplace In
spite of parental misgivings he broke away
from the traditional course and launched
himself into newspaper making.
Almost before the ordinary man would
have got his first bearings he hnd planned
IN enterprise OF his own and was carrying
IL out with cool assurance that was as
founding to his slower paced coworkcrs.
On an almost microscopic capital he start
cd IL weekly paper called Answers. 1t was
an entire novelty, and it was IL success
from the start 1t filled n previously I'M
occupied niche. 1t was something which
tho public wanted
But, having once hit tho bullscyc, ho
did not hang up his rifle and retire from
the field. He was young and ambitious,
SO he tried other ventures along various
lines. He had no foolish ideas about Gle
waiting the taste of the reading public. Ho
just found out what the public wanted to
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-27
He Told Her.

y good highland minister was cntlcavor-
Ing To steer u boatload of city young ladies
To landing place. n squal WAS bursting
Tho steering WAS difficult. Ono of tbs
girls annoyed him by jumping up and call
ing nnxiously, "Oh, where arc we going
to:' IF you do nos sit down and keep
stili. my young Teddy" said the minister
2ilor succinctly, that will vera greatly
ierand On how You were brought M. -
San Francisco Argunaut.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-27

The ordinary temperature of an adult
when IL thermometer is placed i'll the
armpit is 9S.4 degrees, in tho mouth
80. 5 degrees. The blood is about 100
degrees. Blood heat is marked or the
thermometer at 90 degrees L. III fevers
this is much exceeded, and the heat of
the patient may rise to 105 degrees or
LOG degrees. A higher temperature than
this will generally prove fatal unless
it descends very quickly. The highest
temperatures recorded have been in
some cases of rheumatic fever, when
that CT tho body rose to 100 degrees
aiisi even to Ill degrees.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-27
PlGKAAiRNIES WONDER

That W.. ES. Andrews az Co.'s
coal can he SO much blacker and more
shining than themselves. The people of
Roanoke wonder how they can keep their
coal so uniformly clean and free from
dirt, and of such good quality and fair
price. They are in the coal business tc
stay and know that one patron pleased
will brina five.
Their teams are all belled.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-27
elizabeth, n. J.. Oct. 10. 1896,

elizabeth, y. J., Oct. ID, 1876.
Ely Bros. Dear Sirs:-Please accept
my thanks for your favor in the gift of n
bottle IF Cream Balm. Let me say have
used it for wears and can thoroughly rec
ommend it for what it claims, if direc-
tions are followed. Yours truly.
(REV.) II. w. HATHAWAY.
No clergyman should be without it,.
Cream Balm is kept by all druggists.
Full size SOC. Trial size 10'cents. We
mail il.
ELY BROS, Sc Warren ST., n. Y. City.