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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-16
6hur6hS F6ffu Department

Postmaster Chambers is q Jealous
worker in the up-building of this
lodge, and he points with pride to
the fact that the membership is
fast approaching the 100 mark.
Andrew Kildahl was in from
Maza Wednesday. MI. Kildahl is
one of the representative and pro-
[gressive farmers of Ramsey county
and a firm believer in diversified
farming. He says be will plant
land cultivate 80 ceres of corn this
year, and if anything should hap
pen to prevent it from maturing,
he figures that the fodder will be
worth something, while the cult
walton Of the land will put it in
splendid condition for a wheat
crop1the following year. He be-
lieves this will help the land more
than summer following. And he
is right. Last summer hail visited
a strip of country near Maza and
struck among others MI. Kildahl's
crop. He thought at the time his
wheat was ruined, but less than
two months later he harvested the
crop and the yield was IA bushels
to the acre, '.s&~ 4 -
Depot Agent G. L. Vaughn has
had. considerable sickness in his
family this winter. A run of
typhoid fever in the family neces-
sited the employment of a profes.
sional nurse from Minneapolis.
Shortly after her arrival the nurse
took sick, and another nurse was
brought from the Twin Cities.
The first one recovered soon, how
ever, and took up her work, the
other one returning home. E. O.
Keene, agent of the Imperial
Elevator Co., was living in the
same house with Vaughn, but
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-16
If Going to Europe in 1900

You should reserve steamship &C
commodations now. Steamers are
filling up rapidly. We represent
all Transatlantic lines, and lead
ing Tourist Agencies, and will
make reservations without charge.
Write for Illustrated Circular
showing rates from Duluth, and
other valuable information. Is
sued by Duluth, South Shore &
Atlantic railway. T. Fl. LARKE,
Assistant General Pass Agent,
Duluth, MINI.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-16

Mn. John Thompson is very
low with a spinal complication.
Fred G. Smith, representing
Wyman, Partridge & Co., Sun
dayed at the Ferry. -
Ed Beatty, of Maza, returned
Wednesday from the Lake where
he attended Co. D ball Monday
right.
j. G.. Jacobson's family has been
suffering from the prevailing
epidemic of grip, but are now re-
covering.
Mrs. G. T. Studness and son re-
turned home Tuesday after a
pleasant visit with friends in
Grand Forks. !
Henry A. Noltimier sold We'd
nesday.to the. Scandinavian Luth-
Gran church the south lot adjoin-
ing their ediice.
The Churchs Ferry Implement
Co. reports a splendid business
last year, but not quite up to the
volume of the year previous.
J. B. Church is doing a land.
Office business in Ignite coal
The two. carloads he received this
week he says is. the best he has
ever seen.
Banker jacobson is struggling
withsthe plans and specifications
of asa3A.0ee residence. which he
conf pptMes erecting this year
Theabui1liding will be a handsome
one, possibly the finest in the
county.
The Good Templars lodge al
this place is constantly increasing
in membership, several new mem.
bers being added each week
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-16
Books You Ought to. Read.

Quo Vadis, The Little Minister,
Harum, Red Rock, When
Knighthood was in Flower, The
Battle of the Strong, Richard Car
vel, Hon, Peter Sterling, Hugh
Wynne, Main Travelled Roads, No.
5 John Street, Via Crucis, Tess Of
the Durbervilles. Janice Meredith
and others, Come and get them
at the public library, court house.
MRS. RHUBERG, Librarian.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-16
Orders for Subscription, Advertising
or Job Work left with F. R. Stevens
will receive prompt attention. :


The Maccabees are making
preparations for a big crowd at
their masquerade ball on the %.
VIM. Pitt will take orders for
costumes.
Mrs. R. M. Calderwood returned
home last Thursday after a very
successful lecturing tour through
the state in the interest of the
w. @. T.. U.
A., W. Burt, who has been in
Chicago, has secured a member
ship in the open board of trade in
that city and is doing a regular
commission business.
E. E. Sparks. returned from his
visit in Wisconsin Monday. He
says he had a very pleasant time
despite the cold stormy, weather
which the weather man deals out
down there.
st. Valentine gave H. A. Nichol-
son a gentle reminder of the days
before he began buying wheat.
Harryrealizes that he istoopopula1
to escape notice on that Day.
Not many from here were
enabled to attend the Go. D dance
at the Lake Monday evening, but
those who did were enthusiastic
in their praises of the manage.
ment.
The morning service in the
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-16
Fire /! Fire

Always too late to protect your
money and valuable papers after
your house is on fire. LaRue-
Miller & Co. are selling a fire proof;
safe made expressly for farmers.
A small outlay will make your
valuables safe, whether you are.
home or absent. Call and examine.
sample, or write for circular.
LARuE-M1LLER Co.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-16
AS By SPANiARDS.

Say the Americana Only Hold Manila and
the Immediate North.
BARCELONA, Feb. 15.-The Spanish.
steamer Alicanc, from Manila, has,
landed 1,100 Spanish prisoners of war;
formerly in the hands of Filipino in
surgents. The Spaniards say that thes
Americans hold Manila and the imme-
date north, being unable to take the,
offensive in the interior of the island of
Luzon. They say Aguinaldo forced the
insurgents to release the Standards.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-16
6rdru Department
FRED r. STEVENS, Editor.


The 18th was Dick Turner's
busy day.
Mrs. Erickson's little boy is
repidly improving.
September fax is now worth
$l.13 in Duluth.
S. j. Dean writes that his father
passed away last Saturday.
Jas. Dolan is doing the tonsorial
act at John Ackerman's place.
The little folks had a party al
Frank Griffen's place Monday
night.
DR.. Davenport will be in Crary
four days each month in the
future.
MI Chas. Currier went down tc
ST.. Paul on business Sunday. after
noon,
A lively party Of young people
drove out to Alfred Stevens Sun.
day afternoon returning in the
evening in time for church.
Miss Josephine Ritten is with
her sister, Mrs. Miles Miller, again
after spending a couple of weeks
with Edward Kavanaugh's people
Fred Chamberlin claims to have
received more sweet notices Of
preferment on the 18th than any
other fellow in Crazy. Lucky dog
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-16
Church of the Advent.

Special Service on Monday even
ng, February 10, at 7:3O, when the
Sermon will be preached by the.
Right Reverend. Bishop Walker,
D. D., L. l.. D., of Western New
York. Offerings for Missions.
G.. TURNER, Rector.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-16
Close on Sundays.

Notice is hereby given the pub
lie, that on and after February H..
until April l, 1900, the meat mar
kets Of Devils Lake will be closed
on Sundays.
Signed: F. w, CoCKBURN.
F. T. Fox,
CHAs. F. COGELOW.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-16
North Dakota Weather.

The temperature for the past
week is reported by Day Operator
Pring, at the Great Northern de-
pot, taken from a protected Their
mOmeter:
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-16

The = IN the left Of the figures is above ger
on the right below zero.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-16

Powell sells Farm Lands.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-16

~ ~NSSo AAA
his illness was not so serious as at
first reported, and that Mark is
again enjoying splendid health
and a good appetite.
A person known by the cogno-
men Of "Tax," who drove to the
Lake Sunday is missing. AS he
was interesting himself ferreting
out the guilty parties in connec-
ton with the elevator fire at Penn,
foul play is suspected, he having
received several threatening let
tiers. Louis Stoeser has notified
Chief Hurst, of Devils Lake, and
will be pleased to hear of any in
formation Of the missing man.
The news received Thursday
afternoon that w. Millar had lost
his suit in the dog case against
Stenson, Of Grand Forks, was a
surprise here. The case has been
in the courts two years. The facts
are simply that the dog, a valuable
one, followed a man named Geo.
Damned, and meeting Stenson on
the road handed him over to him.
Stenson acknowledges ling
the dog, but claims to have lost
him. A charge Of grand larceny
was preferred against Stenson. A
jury trial was had and Stenson &C
quilted.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-16
Exercise and .HcdIth.

marked, restoring as it does, to
weak and jaded men and women
the clear skin, bright eyes and buoy
ant step which are the marks of
sound health.
There is no alcohol contained in
vGolden Medical Discovery" and it
is absolutely free from opium, CO.
caine and every other narcotic. It
is Strictly a temperance medicine.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-26
MINISTER CONCERTS MESSAGE.

It will be observed that the latest mes
sage from Minister Conger is not a dies.
patch, but communication pun porting
to be in his own handwriting. 1t was
received by Capt. Charles M. Thomas
OF the Brooklyn. and the fact that he
gives full credence to it, indicates that
he recognized Mr.. Conger's handwrit-
ing. The message is dated July a. which
is several weeks subsequent to the time
when it was first reported in Shanghai
that there had been a general massacre OF
foreigners in the capital 1t proves
therefore, beyond all question, that thai
report was false. The situation in Pekin
as described in this message is mu3h the
same as stated in the alleged despatch
from the minister, OF the 18th. The am
bassadors were besieged in the British
legation, were subject to constant attack,
and were in great danger of being com
PEELED to surrender. Both messages pre-
dict a general massacre in case the lega-
tion is not able to hold out, and both
point out the need Of quick relief. Both
also state that the attacks upon the lega-
lions were being made, not by a mob,
but by Chinese troops. If the despatch
was genuine, and its date was really the
18th, then the legation was holding out
two weeks after the day on which Mr..
Conger's written message bears date.
While Mr.. Conger in his message did
not intimate definitely how long the
legation could hold out, the use of the
expression grave danger . ''relief soon
if at all, indicates that he did not think
it could hold out but short tune. OF
course it may have held out until July
18th, and it may still be holding out,
but the admitted uncertainty OF the date
of the despatch and the fact that no for
eign government has received a word di-
rect from its representative bearing a
later date than July 4, though Chinese
officials are claiming to have received adj
vices since then. will serve to increase
the distrust as to the genuineness of the
despatch or at least as to the correctness
of the assumption of the State depart
ment that it was written on the eight
zenith. Minister Conger's message shows
beyond doubt that the ministers were
still alive on July 4, but it leaves the
question of what may have befallen
them since as mysterious as ever. If it
does not tend to discredit the despatch of
the 18th, it certainly does not tend to
confirm it. We must still wait for news
that will settle beyond doubt the fate
Of the ambassadors
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-26
COMFORT IN HOT WEATHER
Physician's Way of Taking Bath by
Which He Keeps Cool.

For the benefit of such persons as
greatly desire to keep cool-and this cate
CORY includes probably an overwhelm-
ing majority of the adult population
a well known physician, who is himself
a man of extensive adiposiy and therefore
subject to suffering from high tempera-
lures, has formulated simple plan which
is within the reach Of any person having
access to a bathtub
''Ihis is a method I have been trying on
myself with great success for three
tub and ends in the bathtub. There's
nothing else to it except a towel. A
great many persons advocate tepid baths
in hot weather on the ground that cold
bath produces a reaction that heats one
up rapidly afterward. Well I've got moth
Ing to say against the tepid-bath treat
ment For a pesron who has weak
heart or who is not cOnSt1tut1Onally
sound, it S an excellent thing, but for a
robust man the cold bath is better when
taken in the right way.
.'Ihe popular shower bath is tallacy
so far as helping one to keep cool is con-
cerned, for FIVE minutes after you are dry
your SKIN Is in a glow. The thing to Go
is TO ill your bathtub up with cold water
get into it, and lie perfectly still for sew
eral minutes. 10 begin with three or four
minutes Will be as long as you Will want
to stay. Later you will lind yourself re-
manning for eight or ten minutes
when you are thoroughly chilled
through and your skin is cool all over,
it is time to get out. Now comes the
important part. Most people think they
must scrub themselves furiOusly dry
with crash towel. That is all wrong.
1t simply sets up action of the pores, and
there you are perspiring again. The
proper way is to press off the drops that
adhere and do the rest by tanning your
self with a towel, Then get into your
clothes in leisurely manner, and you
will find that for three or four hours
thereafter you will be cool and comfort
able, though all creation around you
is melting It's collar.
"Take a bath like this just before
breakfast, and, II you possibly can, an
other in the middle of the afternoon
when the temperature is highest, and you
will find the miseries of City life in the
heated spell so mitigated that you viii
forget all about them. first tried this
two years ago when that terrific hot spell
hit the city early in August, and,
though l had to be in the city throughout
the heat, l got through it we'll and
most comfortably But it must be re-
mem bered that this treatment isn't for
invalids or people with weak lungs or
hearts. L don't want to be responsible
for deaths by heart disease and pneu-
mOnia, The safe thing to do Is to ask
your family physician whether you are
hardy enough to stand such a course be-
fore you Begin
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-26

OPPRESSION Kyes, who graduated from the
medical department. of Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Md, in June,
took rank entltling him to fellowship,
a record many desire but few succeed in
making, and since his graduation he has
been honored with call to become asso-
ciate professor of anatomy in the Univer
sity of Chicago, He Will accept this DO
sition, it is understood, and viii enter
upon the duties of his professorship in
October.
4Signor D'Annunzio, who has been
mixing politics with literature, has met
with a serious setback in his political ca
rear, and for a time at least will be OBJ
liged to contine himself to letters. He
has been defeated at Florence in his at
tempt to re-enter the italian parliament.
His failure is ascribed to his sudden
abandonment of the conservative princi-
pies which he formerly avowed and his
unexpected appearance under the color of
the radicals.
James A. Burden, chief owner of the
big Burden Iron Mills at Troy, N. Y,
has for many years donated $500 to be
distributed among the residents of th
wer section of the city, wherein the
iron mills are located. This sum has
been yearly placed in the hand OF the
foremen Of each of the departments of
the iron mills, who distribute the money
to the deserving people in their respective
localities. This year Mr.. Burden has
supplemented his generosity by giving an
order to supply ice to all who are too poor
to buy it this summer.
j. G. Schmidlapp OF Cincinnati, has
made an offer to the trustees Of the Gin
cinnati Art Museum OF $500, 600 to build
a wing to the museum as a memorial of
his wife and daughter, who were killed
in a railroad accident last spring near
Kansas City.
In Evansville, Ind, the city council ac-
cording to the Indianapolis News, is con
sidering an ordinance declaring bees a
public nuisance. There are about seven
ty-fYe colonies Of bees In the city, the
owners OF which have engaged a lawyer
to oppose the ordinance. Many people
have been sbung, and a number of runa-
ways have been directly due to the bees.
Tint was an interesting and useful in
novatiOn of Fire Chief Croker of New
York city the other day. When the ner-
curry was high in the nineties, he issued
a general order requiring every engine
and truckhouse to have flremen ready
through the day to play hose on every
horse that passed, If the drivers were
willing. Thousands of horses were given
thorough Wetting. Occasionally drivers
of smart cabs resented the readiness with
which the hose found it's way to their
animals.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-26

on account of sickness, disability or some
! important business or engagement, shall
neglect to comply with any such order,
he shall forfeit the sum of $40 to be re-
covered in an action of debt in the name
or to the use OF the town, by the treasur-
er thereof.
1t is claimed that under this statute
the city cannot legally pay more than il
cents an hour for distinguishing forest
fires on Peaks Island. The statute
was made undoubtedly to cover
places that have no regular fire depart
ment. Where there exists a fire depart
ment created by authority given by the
state to the city, and where the pay OF
the tiremen is fixed by the city council,
it is exceedingly doubtful if this law
would be construed as applying to the
regular members of the fire department.
1t might, however, apply to citizens
who were summoned to assist in an
emergency. The question is an intricate
one, and the opinion of the city solicitor
as to the scope and meaning OF the law
should be had before any action is taken.
We believe the city has been paying so
cents an hour to the men engaged in put
ting out the Peaks Island fires, and has
paid that for several years past, That
is probably not excessive for faithful,
work, but II the above statute is applica
BILE to this case the city cannot legally
pay so large a sum.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-26

MAINE STATE PRESS (YVeekly)-
BY the year. ST. in advance. on $1.25 at the
end of the year.
For six months, 80 cents; for three months,
% cents
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-26

Chapter 1872 of the Public Laws of 1891,
as amended by the laws Of $685. provides
as follows:
The seiectmen of towns shall be, ex-
OfficiO, forest fire wardens therein, and
shall divide said towns into three dis
tricts bounded as far as may be by roads,
streams OF water, or lot lines, and assign
to each of their number the charge and
oversight of one district as district fire
wardens therein. A description of each
district and the name OF the five wards
thereof shall be record ed with the town
clerk, The services OF such selectmen
acting as said fire wardens shall be paid
for at the same rate as is paid for other
official services. 1t shall be the duty of
the warden OF the district
in which fire is discovered
to take such measures as may be neces-
sary for its control or extinction. For
this purpose he shall have authority to
call upon any persons in the territory in
which he acts for assistance, and such
persons shall receive such compensation,
not exceeding Is cents an hour, as said
selectmen may determine, the same to be
paid by the town. But no town shall be
holden to pay for extingulshing forest
tires In any year an amount greater than
two per cent upon it's valuation for pur-
poses OF taxation. IT any person SO
ordered to assist, and not excused from
said service by said forest lire Wardens
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-26

Campaign hats are not selling we'll in
the West. That does not signify that men
are not interested in the campaign.
Rather, its meaning is that men are not
interested in the kind of argument type
fled by the campaign hat. That is to
their credit. A presidential election
ought to be decided by calm and intel
Iigent consideration Of men and meas
ures, and not by appeals to the senses.
The less blare of trumpets and the few
er campaign hats and buttons the better.
The climax of the spectacular campaign
was reached in 1910, when whole party
INDUCED in antics which would be
looked upon, if INDUCED in today, as
pretty nearly conclusive proof of insanity.
There has been plenty of red fire
ssince to be sure, but never any
aAhing approaching that cam
paign IN absurdity. OF late years
there has been a constant decline of de-
mand for spectacular features, and if they
disappear altogether no harm Will be
done.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-26

There seems to be well nigh universal
agreement that policy adopted by the adj
ADMINISTRATION in the Chinese matter is the
correct one. A few sensational Demo
cratic newspapers have made some at
tempts at unfavOrable criticism, but the
vast majority of the newspapers Of all
descriptions have nothing but words Of
praise, The beginning and the end of
that policy is the rescue of our citizens
in China, PREPARATION for Injuries commit
ted, and the setting up of a native gov
eminent which shall be able to maintain
public order and protect foreigners and
natives alike. When these things are ac-
complished we shall retire. Even foreign
nations which have been glibly talking
of partition1ng China, are beginning to
see the wisdom of our policy, and much
less is now heard about spheres Of infiu-
ence. Europe has had rude awakening
to the fact that to dismember China
means protracted struggle with gi-
gantic losses in men and treasure, and
subsequently no end of trouble in keep
ing the empire quiet.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-26

1t is almost as Important that the Re
publicans should elect majority of the
next House of representatives as to
choose Mr.. Mckinley President. TO be
sure a Democratic House can accom-
plish little or no positive legislation, but
it can block legislation which may be
needed to promote the interests OF the
country, Furthermore it could by threat
ening the currency, as it very likely
would, alarm the commercial classes, and
do much to bring to an end the present
prosperity Tt is mistake to assume
that because a Democratic House cannot
make laws it can do no harm. The
threat to make laws, even when 1t is
known that the threat cannot be consum-
mated, sometimes produces very disturb
ing effect. Public confidence on which
business depends to very large extent
and without which it cannot flourish
is often shaken by the veriest tritles.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-26

Altogether the most interesting and
suggestive deliverance on the State audi
Uorship question yet forthcoming was
that made by Governor Powers in the in
terview with him which was published
in the PRESS of yesterday. The Cover
morris explanation does much to clear up
the mystery why seven auditors can
not or do not prevent the State from los
ing thousands of dollars yearly through
wrong or excessive charges. 1t appears
that they have been sorely hampered in
their work by their desire ''to keep in
fellowship with their constituents on
account of which bills got through which
would not pass a State auditor. The
Governor characterizes the present system
as a ''sllpshod SYSTEM" an expression
Aone too strong In view of his bill of par
ticulars. The Governor has made the best
argument yet for the creation OF a State
authorship, and we are not sure but it is
a conclusive one. But great care must be
taken ii one auditor is to be substituted
for seven with any hope OF Improvement
that the one is a person who is not anx-
1ous ''to keep in fellowship with his
constituents. .
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-26
TERMS:

DAILY PRESS
By the year. Sc in advance or 81 at the end Of
the year.
BY the month so cents.