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carries 5000 pounds of butter, 1000 dozen
eggs and 300 quarts of milk and cream.
Another item not TO be overlooked is
5000 quarts Of ice cream.
These figures give a. ready basis for
computing the amounts of these .vari-
Gus commodities used each day on
shlpboard. In addition, it may be said
that fifty pounds of coffee and over
thirty pounds of tea are required daily.
Naturally a vast number of dishes are
required. There are 1900 silver spoons,
forks and knives. and 2500 of each vari-
ETY. Of plates, cups and saucers neces-
sary to meet all requirements.
To wash all these dishes is no light
task. For the most part it is done by
machinery. Big baskets Of soiled
dishes are lowered into tanks Of boiling
water which cleanses them thoroughly.
Then they are dried by hand. The
silver and finer china is washed by
hand, and this work keeps a force Of
twenty men busy.
OF table and other linen the Oceanic
requires enough to stock a shop to last
out a voyage. There are 1000 table
cloths, $4,000 napkins and the same
number of towels Unlike most Of its
household operations the ships Iaun-
dry work is done on shore at the end
of each trip in a plant maintained by
the company for that purpose.
The cooks are among the best paid
or the ships IabOrefS. CHIEF cooks re-
ceive from $50 to s75 per month accord
ing to the skill required OF them on
the other hand the stewards receive
the least of any class their wages be-
ing only about SO per month For the
most substantial part of their income
they must rely upon the tips of the
passengers.
While none of the ships employees
from the captain down receive rates
Of pay that are at all munificent. the
great number of men employed makes
the salary list mount UP to a heavy
sum On the Oceanic about SIS. 900 per
month is paid in salaries alone.
1t Will be seen from these figures that
the cost of operating great ocean liner
Is very large; for the vessel that has
been described il is between $40, 600 and
$4,000 per month. The extreme earn
ing capacity Of the Oceanic is about
$50, 600 per month. When the cost of re-
pairs, insurance and the deterioration
tn the value of the ship itself are taken
into account the profit remaining rep
resents only a fair return on the invest
ment of 81, 600 600, which this latest
triumph Of the shipbuilder's skill repre-
sents. z. w. MAYO.
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navigator under the directions Of the
captain himself. The second is the
engineers department. This is under
the direction of the chief engineer, with
whom the captain seldom interferes.
II is all important TO the welfare end
progress of the ship. but the passengers
see practically nothing of its opera
tions The third department looks after
the wants of the passengers and is un-
der the direction of a chief steward.
The first Of these three departments
includes the only men on shipboard
who can properly be called sailors.
Their duties, however are not those of
the traditional Jack tar. but consist
largely Of scrubbng decks and operat-
ing lifts and machinery. In fact about
the only item of their work that recalls
the Old-time duties OF the sailor is in
the drill for manning the boats, which
they are compelled 10 go through at
regular intervals. The men under the
direction OF the uayigators a&d their
sub-oticers number about 100 in all.
In the engineering department fully
200 men are employed The officers in
clude. besides the chief engineer.
score OF assistants hydraulic engineers,
refrigerator engineers, water tenders
storekeepers and a clerk There are
65 stokers. divided into three shifts,
whose duty il is to shovel into the
twelve furnaces the $50 tons of coal
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While cargo is being discharged from
one side great harges are pouring coal
into her hunkers from the other, The
Oceanic has a coal carrying capacly
Of 1900 tons, and burns upward OF sG00
tons on each voyage 1t requires the
service of sixty men working steadily
for forty hours 10 coal her, and the
operation costs about $1,000. The coal
itself costs about five times that
amount In other words. the coal bill
Of a vessel like the Oceanic while she
IS at sea amounts TO the tidy sum OF
$1,000 per day
While this operation is going on the
ship undergoes n thorough cleaning
that makes her shine like a new dollar.
Painters, repairers and cleaners swarm
over her. Truckloads OF provisions
amounting in the aggregate TO half a
hundred tons are put on board Every
piece Of her machinery, every plate and
rivet is carefully inspected, and by the
time the cargo is shipped and passen-
gers come aboard a matter Of $4,000,
aside from the cost Of coal and pro
visions, has been expended in prepar-
ing her for her voyage.
While the captain is OF course the
supreme authority the actual manage-
ment is conducted by three separate
departments The first OF these con
Germs itself with the sailing of the yes
sci, and IS presided over by the chief
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REQUIRED to keep the ship at full speed
during each twenty-fOur hours. AS
many more "trimmers" pass the coal
from the bunkers to the furnace door
and IS greasers look after the ma
fh,nery of the engine rooms.
The stokers, who perform the most
arduous labor it is possible to conceive
of. are paid $25 per month, While the
trimmers and greasers receive little
less than this amount. The men are
all employed in European ports. as it
is possible To secure them there more
cheaply than in America Most of
them are SCandnaVians or Irish, while
the engineers as a rule are Scotch and
the sailors English.
The culinary operations of the
Oceanic dwarf those of even the largest
hotels. No less than twenty-four meals
are served on shipboard every day.
There are four each for the first and
second cabin passengers and the Off
GERS There are three each for the
steerage passengers. the engineers
stewards and sailors, Each of these
seven big families has its own staff of
cooks, numbering between thirty and
forty altogether. There are about
seventy dining-room teWards-waiters
they would be called on shore-and
about the same number of bedroom
stewards or chamberlains.
The vast responsibility for supplying
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food to the steamship community rests
principally upon the chief steward
Every afternoon he retires to his cabin
and plans out the menus for the fol-
lowing day-a separate one for each of
his numerous families from the elabor-
ate course dinners of the first cabin
folks to the comparatively simple fare
Of steerage and crew
These menus are then printed by the
shipS printer and distributed to the
chefs of the various divisions. They es-
innate the amount of various food ma
terials that they will require and sub
nit these estimates to the steward for
his approval.
The next step is to make reduisttion
on the storekeepers for the various
meats vegetables and other articles
necessary 70 satisfy the sea appetites
of 2000 persons. The extent of this an
petite may he contectured from the fact
that the Oceanic ships for each trip
some ten tons Of beef. three tons OF
such other meats as mutton and veal.
two tons of chickens and nearly two
tons of ducks. turkeys and such game
birds as may he in season.
These are merely the fresh meats
which are stored in one big refrigerat-
ing room down in the depths of the
ship. The vessel carries also two tons
of smoked and dried meats 1000 dozen
oysters. With fish, green vegetables and
fruits in proportion. OF groceries and
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The case OF the largest liners has grown
TO be an enterprise of vast proportions.
requiring the services Of hundreds Of
men. ...-
For example, the operation OF the
Oceanic. the largest steamer ever built.
which arrived in New York on her
maiden trip last week. involves a null
tltude OF activities and IS managed on
a scale that seems almost incredible 10
Tie #landsman. An inlltnK Of her pro-
portions may be gained from the fact
that II would take miner TWENTY-FIVE
Years OF steady work to get ont the coal
required TO I'LL the hUU5ers OF thh
. Oceanic for a single trip. While the food
supplies that she demands for each
= voyage would more than support the
miner and his family daring the whole
of THAT time
To=appreciate the vastness Of the
business operations connected with the
greatest ocean liner 1t is necessary to
rfjl-oue's mind OF the idea that she is
n ship as our fathers understood that
term She IS not manned by sailors,
and the seameu form an incousiderable
number I'm the makeup Of her crew.
Nor As she a floating hotel as the mag
azlue writer is fond of calling her
There:.fs no hotel that compares with
her iu-the extent and variety Of its ac-
tiViUes. The Oceanic Is an ocean city
nothing less When she Is at sea she
has q population OF 2O00-as great as
many a town with county seat aspira-
tions can claim. A score Of different
trades and occupations are practiCed on
board her She has independent light
ing, heating and refrigeratng plants,
machine shops, q printing Office, q car
penter shop-in short, almost all the
equipment OF an up-to-da community.
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lDafmmootb Oceanic rs Largest Sbtp Ever Butpt>

together with much that ia peculiar to
herself.
To al practical purposes each voyage
represents a complete business venture.
All accounts are rendered separately for
each voyage, The crew, from the cap
tain down, are engaged at the European
port for each round trip. They are
technically discharged at the conclu-
sion OF the voyage. and must sign new
articles before they are shipped again.
at the end of one voyage the prepara-
tions for the succeeding one begin
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S @ e. s: Sc: :i C. :::; ::::: E: e; !; : !: :;:
=. by how many feet each would
overtUp the Washington monument or
how many city blocks it would I'll.
there fs. one feature OF the immensitv
or these ships OF whioh very little is
known. even. 10y the most experienced
travclera. This concerns the business
uanageincnt OF these vessels. which in
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such commodities as will keep indefi-
nitely the provision stores are kept
filled.
In another cold storage room the ship
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17
Auction Sale.

I will sell at public auction, to
the highest bidder, all my live
stock, farm machinery, household
goods, ETC.. at the Hollinger farm,
two miles west of lola postofice,
on Tuesday, November 21st, 1899.
The property consists Of two black
mares, s years old; two sorrel
horses, 5 years old; two bays, Z
years old; one baldfaced mare and
colt, s years old; one bay mare, 7
years old; one bay horse, 6 years
old; n span yearling mules, Isl
hands high; two mich COWS, both
fresh; two sheep, four sets Of work
harness, two lumber wagons, one
spring wagon, one top buggy, one
Mccormick binder new, one
walking pillow, one riding pillow, one
l8-inch New Deal sulky pillow with
breaking attachments, one Singer
sewing machine, three new home
made carpets, cook stoves, heating
stoves, beds and bedding, etc.;
fifty tons Of hay put up before the
rain; one pair new bobsleds. Terms
cash. P. A. R1GGLE,
Cleveland Township, two miles
west of lola postoffce.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17
BURo Nv INFERMAsHUN,
WASHINGTON, D. G.

Tu the Editur:
On mi wa back frum mi visit tn Mr..
Cleveland, I conserved it tn be mi dooty
tn switch off in Moo York and intervu
tibet distinguished Dimicratic STATESMAN,
Mr.. Richard Croker, and find out whut
he he'd desided tn hev the Dimicrats du
previus tn the openin wv the crate cam
pane Wv next yeer. Thare hev bin times,
in the past history Nv the party, wen it
woodn't add emmy strength tn a mans
politikal charakter tn hev %ennything tn
du with the Tammany leedurs, but tibet
time amt now. We air tn short NV votes
in Moo York staff tn be tn particular
abou the kind Nv company we keep, or
whit kind NV mems we use to git our
selves tugether. Therefore l conclooded
to sec NJ. Croker hi:sclf, and hcv him
disgorge hiz sentiments tn me, and map
out sum plans fer our shindy in 1900.
He hez an office up amung the clouds in
one NV the tall buildin's tibet scrape the
sky in Moo York city. l went in on the
ground floor and found a yung man
dressed in a yooniform. better hal a
Moo Gersey militiaman wares, and stand
in in frunt Nv a big steel cage.
"Hev an elevator" sed the yung man
perlitely.
Don't keer if l du." sed l. 81 am a
Dimicrat frum the staff NV Moo Gersey,
and I'll take a%pplejack in mine,'' and
then the yung man LATED enough tn kill
hizself.
Hoo du WI want tn see-Mr. Dick
Croker" sed he.
"Thet's whit 1 du," sed I, "but how
cum yu tn kno hoo l wanted tn see?"
"Never mind, step rite in," sed he, and
with tibet he snapped the door NV the
cage, and pulled sumthing in one corner,
and I'll be gosh hanged if he didn't pull
the whole room, with us intu it. morn a
thousan feet rite up thru the bildin. He
wuz the strongest little runt l ever seen,
and thot l wuz bein shot out NV a can
non before we stopped. He opened the
door Wv the cage, and sed, ''Thet's MI.
Croker's room," pintin tn anuther door.
Ez soon ez l Good git mi breth I sed,
Wood yu mind tellin me .whare WI
learned tn develop yure mussle so thet
yu Good haul a big room up here bi l
hand"" And then he LATED agin, and
shut the door wv the cage, and dropped
down out NV site intu a big we'll ez fast
ez he Good fall. I never seen nothin like
thet before, but didn't want tn appeer
ignorant, so l didn't 50 nothin tn the fell
iers tibet wuz standin around. 1 went
direckly intu Mr.. Croker's room with mi
he'd flying around ontil I wuz dizzy enuff
tn tumble over endwaze.
l suppoze l must hev appeered agitat-
ed, fer Mr.. Croker's private secretary
sed, "Will ~ hev a little elevator tn
stiddy yure nerves?"
Il hev he'd a tn burned big elevator tn
unstiddy EN- alreddy," sed 1, jest ez I
saw him pullin a bottle out Nv biz desk,
and then l realized tibet l he'd made an
luther big mistake. l soon shook off mi
unstiddiness, however, and introduced
miself tn Mr.. Croker, and told him I
considered it a crate homer tn be fired up
tn the sky intu the presence NV SIGH a dis
tinguished Dimicrat ez he he'd got tn be.
"Yu air." sed l. addressin him with con-
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17
A Sure Sign Of Group.

Hoarseness in a child that is
subject to Group is a sure indica-
ton Of the approach Of the disease.
If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
is given as soon as the child be-
comes hoarse, or even after the
croupy cough has appeared, it will
prevent the attack. Many mothers
who have croupy children always
keep this remedy at hand and find
that it saves them much trouble
and worry. It can always be de-
pended upon and is pleasant to
take. For sale at A. E. Hodgkin-
son.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17
Educational Association.

A meeting Of the Ramsey County
Educational association will be
held at the High school in Devils
Lake, Saturday, November 25,
1899, at 1:30 p. m. Everyone is
cordially invited to attend. Fol
lowing is the program:
Music. Association
Primary Lesson. Miss Allie Mcintyre
Current . .ClauS Morgan
Paper. .......... Miss Anne Rudser
Review, North America. Miss Kate Mclsaac
MUSIC. .1esoCia'io1
School Incentives. ........ Miss Rosetta Seward
The Relation of the Home to the School,.
Miss Lillian Nehlson
Recitation. :. NJ. V. Baker
Review, american Literature -.
Miss Florence Eddleman
Music QuarCetCe
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17
MR., EP|Z00T WILKINS
He Switches Off In New York stu Intervu Tibet Dis.
tinguished Dimicratic Statesman, Mr.. Richard Cro=
ker, Upon the Openin NV the Crate Campane."

siderable %enthooslasm, 'une maln sIu NV
the Dimicratic party in Moo York, and
with the politikal masheenery NV this
crate city in yure hands we shall look tn
w tn bring about sum startlin results"
II think I kin safely sa," sed he, "thet
I hev alreddy dun sumthing in tibet line,
and whut l hev done before I kin and
will du agin. The kountry must be re-
stoared tn its former condishun Nv
poorly, and the %corrupshun Nv the Re
publikin party must be rebuked."
"Yu air rite, Mr.. PRESIDENT mean
Mr.. Guvenor, or ruther Mr.. Mayor-er
-er-er," and then 1 begun tn realize
whit a burned fuke l he'd made, fer Mr..
Dick Croker hain't bin president, nor
guvenor, nor mayor, nor nothin else-only
a rich hoodlum hoo hez bin playin fast
and loose with the Dimicratic party tn
fether hiz own nest. l he'd to conseel mi
real feelins, tho, fer we need his munney,
his inhooence, his silk methods, and,
above all, hiz sistem NV countin votes and
maxim elecshun returns in order tn hit
up a Dimicratic majority in Moo York
next yeer.
"Whut du yu consider the main issoo
Nv the cumin campane, Mr.. Croker?"
sed l.
''1,het il pretty hard tn sa, at the pres
ent time" sed he, "but w kin rest as
shoored tibet the Dimicratic party kin
adapt itself tn circumstances. AS a sir
kumstance adapter the Dimicratic party
kin alwaze be depended on tn he'd the
processhun. We kin whoop er up fer
free silver, ez we did in 1896, or we kin
declare ourselves agin it, or sa nothin
about it. We kin make sum litenin
changes if thare il emmy need fer it. l
shood sa, however, jest at present, tibet
we he'd better pitch intu the Trusts and
the F%illipeen war. No doubt w hev OBJ
served how the people air bein rooined III
the Trusts, and air hevin their substance
eat out Nv EN- bi SIGH monstrus combi-
nashuns NV onscroopulous capitalists ez
hev made yure own stait Nv Moo Ger
sey the headquarters wv their diabolikal
machinashuns. The people must be
made tn see tibet tina will all be made
slaves if tina don't jine the Dimicratic
party Immediately, and save the kountry
and themselves frum everlastin annihi-
lashun.
"Ez tn the Fillipeen war l hev changed
mi mind ontu it, and uther Dimicrats
must du the same wen tina air told tn. l
confess l wuz in faver NV eXpanshun
ontil sumbuddy I met on the steemer
doorin mi resent European tower told
me we Good du better tn oppose it. I hev
concluded tn du so, and I expect every
troo Dimicrat to foller mi example. Now
we must be agin it tooth and nail and
proclame thet the president il keepin the
war along fer the purpuss NV gittin re-
nominated and reelected next yeer."-
"And du yu really believe him so short
sighted and unpatriotick ez tibet, Mr..
Croker" sed I. !
"Whut difference duz it make, I'd like
tn kno? I hev sed so, and whit I ga
goes. See?"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17
Thanksgiving Proclamation.

In grateful recognition OF AL
mighty God and the manifold
blessings bestowed upon us as a
people and in accordance with the
proclamation Of the President of
the United States, I do hereby de-
signate Thursday. the Both day Of
November as a day Of Thanksgiv-
ing and praise, and earnestly rec
ommend that on that day all the
people, withdrawing from secular
pursuits, join either in their places
Of worship or around the family
hearthstone in humble worship Of
God for all the mercies vouchsafed
us during the past year. We have
been blessed with a bountiful har-
vest; national prosperity has re-
turned to us in a measure never
before equaled in our history. We
have been victorious in war and
the brave young heroes who added
lustre to North Dakota and the
nation in that war have returned
to their homes and families. For
these and other gifts and mercies
thrown around us by the hand of
God, let us unite in returning sin
cere and grateful thanks to the
Divine Ruler Of the Universe, who
seems in all things to have made
this land of ours a land Of His
wonderful providence, and may the
remembrance of this move us to
deeds of benevolence and bounte-
Gus gifts to the poor.
Given under my hand and the
Great Seal of the state, at the CAPT.
toll in Bismarck, this 9th day of
November. A. D. 1899, and of the
independence Of the United States
the one hundred and twenty-third
F. B. FANCHER,
By the Governor: Governor.
FRED FALLEY,
Secretary Of State.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17
Notice.

All parties indebted to Ramsey
County on personal tax and seed
grain judgments will save costs
and expenses by paying the same
at once. I have the above for COL
lection. Call on me or upon my
attorney, Joseph Denoyer, at once.
If VIM. A. Hamilton.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17
Superior Dining Service.

Rev. Jesse R. Zeigler, of Mon
ango, N. D., recently went over the
Burlington on a trip to Pennsyl-
vania. He writes: Il found the
service and Accommodations Of your
route superior to any [ have known
in the west. This is especially
true of the dining service"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17

Geo. w. Gets has some great
bargains in furniture in the ar
load of goods he has just received.
Don't fail to look over the stock.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-07
JUDGE wHEELER's DECISION
In the Overall CRse---Case WIN Prob
ably BE Carried to the Court of Ap-

In the Overall Case---Case WIN Prob
ably BE Carried TO the Court of Ap-
peaIs.
Judge Wheeler's decision in the three
suits OF B. g. Corser against the Brattle-
ooro Overall company was filed in the
office of the clerk of the United States
courts in Burlington'S Saturday. One of
the decisions is in favor of the plaintiff,
one is partially in favor of the plaintiff,
and the other is in favor of the Overall
company. One of the suits was brought
upon patent dated Oct. %, 1887, and
granted TO the plaintiff for combination
metallic buckle and button holder The
principal improvement is a shoulder in
each side of the loop that goes over the
button, formed by bends in the metal, to
rest upon the button and prevent unbut-
toning when loose. The evidence shows
that the plaintiff had conversation with
others about this device when it was being
made, and they testify to suggesting this
Improvement, but not to doing anything
about it. The principal questions are
whether it amounts to patentable inven-
tlon or whether the suggestion defeats the
right TO the patent. The court holds that
a merely oral and casual suggestion, if
made as claimed, would not appear to de-
feat the patent. A decree is therefore
granted the plaintiff.
In the suit founded upon letters patent
No. 364, ,2l9, for a coat and the method of
making same, the court sustained the
third claim of the plaintiff. The patent
contains seven distinct claims. The third
claim reads thus: "The pattern in one or
more parts for the entire sleeve, provided
with longitudinal lines or equivalents. as
described, for locating the under-arm
seam, whereby it is adapted for use in cut
ting sleeves of given size, but which may
be made of parts having various relative
widths, substantially as set forth" The
4th, 9th, 9th and 7th claims, having refer
ence to the construction of the collar of a
coat and its manner of attachment, which
were considered as the most important of
the claims, were disallowed.
In the case predicated upon letters pat
entss 366,62l, for improvement in over
alls and containing six claims, the bill was
dismissed. The third claim was for high
back to the overall, called a railroad ser
vice overall, extending upward to a point
near the shoulder blades and of about the
hight of the bib in front, whereby the Gus
tomary strap connecting the suspenders is
dispensed with and means of protecting
the back below the shoulder blades and Of
excluding cinders is afforded.
The probability is that the cases will be
carried to the United States circuit court
of appeals. Waterman & Martin for the
plaintiff; Kittredge Haskins for the de-
fendant