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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-06-01
The Cat Catcher.

The dog catcher is not the only per-
son in the city who is sincerely hated
by both mar and animal. There is q
cat catcher as well, and he comes in
for his full share Of antipathy. He
makes a living at the business, and a
very good one, it Is said. Few are
aware Of the fact that pussy's fur is a
very desirable article Of commerce.
There are any number Of dealers in
this city who are glad to pay all the
way from so cents to 81 for a cats
skin, according to size and quality.
The method Of catching the unsuspect-
ing cat is a particularly mean one. 1t
is a well established fact that cats
are very fond Of catnip and will troop
after a man who carries a bundle of it.
This greed leads to the undoing of
pussy, who will come to a stand If a
bit of the herb is thrown on the ground
and is thus made an easy prey. A bag
and a chloroformed sponge do the rest,
and many a household pet, the disap.
pearance Of which caused sorrow, can
be accounted for in this way.-Phila.
delphia Press.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-06-01

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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-06-01
A QUEER OCCUPATION.
Gathering the Down of Cattails In
the Jersey Meadows.

Gathering h Down of Cattails In
the Jersey Meadows.
One Of the q%ueerest industries has
grown up on the Hackensack meadows,
an otherwise apparently useless bog
upon which it is unsafe for man OF
beast to venture. In the summer GER
tain parts of the meadows are covered
with a dense growth of cattails. They
grow particularly rank and large.
Sometimes the tail, or furry part, is a
foot or more long and thick in proper
ton. The light, furry down is long
and soft. bearing a close resemblance
to down when first taken from the
stalk.
Certain people always more or less
quick to see the advantages of a waste
product have begun gathering the seed
down from cattails and are making it
a considerable business. Just before
the ice is gone in the spring is the
time selected. Provided with a large
sack in which to store the feathery
products, the gatherer goes about
among the tall flags, pulls off the down,
deposits it in his sack and takes it
home. 1t is not q particularly pleasant
piece of work, because the little bits Of
down fly all over one, getting in the
eyes, the nose, the mouth and ears, and
completely cover ones clothing. But
it furnishes work, and men and women
do it.
1t is taken from the sack, carefully
spread where it will dry thoroughly,
and it is then ready to be used in pill
lows or wherever else genuine animal
down is advisable. 1t doesn't last long,
because its fibers lack elasticity, but
for a time the pillow will be as soft as
any.
Those who gather it make reasona-
bly, fair pay at it, though hardly enough
when the danger and the di%sagreeable
character of the work are considered
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-06-01
A Well Merited Retort.

Ex-Assistant United States District
Attorney Sutherland Tenney Of New
York was graduated from the Column
bia Law school in 1875, when he carried
off the first prize Of $500. A disap-
pointed competitor congratulated him
and added:
II suppose it was because your thesis
was illegible, as usual, and the judges
gave you the benefit Of the doubt"
Mr.. Tenney, unruffied, replied, "How
much better you would do If you
adopted that practice in all your
workv-Saturday Evening Post.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-06-01
THE osHTA DOCTOR.
why He Did Not visit the Patie.s
Who Was Dying.

why He Did Not Visit the Patient
Who Was Dying.
Hospital doctors were under discus.
sion. Every man in the party had had
hospital experience at some time or
another, and each had a good word for
his particular doctor when the dis.
cordant nan came in. II tell you what
it is" said he; there are some mighty
cold blooded men among them. I was
in one Of the big hospitals not long
ago., visiting a doctor friend Of mine.
It was night and there was not much
going on. There were four or five doc
tors besides my friend around, and
some one suggested O game of poker.
I'VE hadn't been playing long when a
nurse knocked at the door and said,
Doctor, I think the patient in No. 8 is
dying; won't you come DOWN. Yes,
right away said the doctor. TIL draw
three cards. He filled his hand and
played it, and he kept right on playing
for about Is minutes, when there came
another knock at the door and the
nurse said: Really, doctor, that mans
condition is very serious. 1 know he's
uylnSS VOL =. you COiAC!A AuS uOSCOA
said: Yes, yes; oh, | forgot. I'll be
there in just a minute-Il raise you a
quarter, doc
"Well he played that hand out and
the next one, and then he said he
guessed he'd go see the patient: The
nurse met him half way down the
stairs and told him the man was dead.
Now, what do you think Of that"
"Well they get hardened, they see so
much suffering" said M Of the party
apologetically.
IF he'd gone when he was first call
ed, he probably couldn't have done
anything to save the mans life," said
the second.
Eyes," said the discordant man, "but
just as a matter Of form he might have
quit after he filled that first hand"
HE might" assented all the party.
"But the man was going to die any.
way."-New York Sun.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-06-01

arepractically annihilated
by the ocean cables and
land telegraph systems
which now belt the cir
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-06-01
The Two sides.

What the employer said: '"Thank
heaven, I've got rid Of that nuisance
at last. had given him hints enough,
but it was Of no use, and finally I actu-
ally had to kick him out of the place."
What the paper said, 1--WE hear that
Mr.. Benson Harding has severed his
connection with the Brownstone In
provement company."-Boston Tran
script.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21
500 Reward S100.

The readers OF this paper will be
please to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that sciense has
been able to cure in all it's stages, and
that is CAtarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh be-
ing a constitutional. disease, requires
a constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and n q
cous surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying The foundation 81 tas>
ease. and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in dviog its work
The proprietors have 80 much faith
10 its curative powers. that they off. I
Que Handred Dol ais for any case
that it fails to cure. Sand for list Of
testimonials. SOLD by all druggists.
Price Is certs.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21

When a Chinese girl is married
her attendants are always the oldest
and ugliest women to be found. who
are paid to act as foils to her beauty
It is said some exceptionally ugly
women make their living by acting
as professional attendants at we'd
dings.
To remove troublesome corn or
bunion: First soak the corn or
bunion in warm water to soften it,
then pare it down as closely as posi-
bic without drawing blood and apply
Chanberlaip's Pain Balm twice
daily; rubbing vigorously for five
minutes at each application. A corn
plaster should be worn for a few
days, to protect it from the shoe.
As general liniment for sprains,
bruises, lameness and rheumatism,
Pain Balm is unequaled. For sale
by J E Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21
Cold Steel or Death.

"There is but one small chance to
save your life and that is through an
operation" was the awful prospect
set before Mrs. I B. Hunt, of Lime
Ridge, Wis, by her doctors after
v+inly trying to cure her of stomach
trouble and yellow isaodice. He
dido't count on the marvellous power
of Electric Bltters to cure Stomach
and Liver trout BILE, but she heard Of
it, tuuk seven bottles, was wholly
cured, avoided surgeons knife, now
weighs more and feels better than
ever. It's positively guaranteed to
cure Stomach, Liver and Kidney
troubles and never disappoints.
Price 5Oc at j. E Ksufmann's drug
store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21
Latest Bucketshop Game.
New York World.

New York World.
The typewriter decoy" is the
latest thing in Wall street confidence
games. If you get letter signed
your own Carrie" addressed to yon
apparently by mistake, and telling
you how to turn 500 into $1,000,
believe it not. Such letters are be-
ing sent all over the country by q
bucket shop man to persons who are
likely to swallow the bait. he is
Carrie. The prospective victim gets
the letter in the business envelope Of
the bucket shop man. It is SEEM
ingly written by the firms type
writer to her best young maa and
tells him bow macy people are get
ting rich by sending their money to
her employers and how many thou
sands of dollars 10 profits she mails
back to them each mouth. Under
promise OF secretary she arranges to
send him her savings, which be is 70
mail for investment under bis own
name and at the end of the month
they are to be married and spend the
profits on their honeymoon. The
best thing about the typewriter
decoy" from the bucketshop mans
standpoint is that the postal suthori-
ties cannot accuse him of using the
mails to defraud.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21

season did not speak as they passed
by, but are now on the most amicable
terms, and all this on account OF
black cat.
These two housewives may be desig
mated as Mrs. A., and Mrs. B., the
former being the owner OF the cat IN
question, by which much store was
set. Il appears that Mrs. B. object
ed to the fire. 9 neut visits to her back
yard made by Mrs. As cat and one
day it is alleged that she was over
heard to say that she would poison
the intruder that very night. It fol,
lowed next morning that the cause OF
the annoyance was discovered on the
back lot as dead as Julius Caeser.
Now, what other inference coald
Mrs. A draw but that Mrs. B. had
rut her threat inlo execution? Tha!
the deed had been done by Mrs. b.
there existed DO doubt in the N nd Of
her nexs door dweller, ard 80 she
straishtway acclsed her neighbor OF
having committed the "crims".
This Mrs. B vigorously deDiel
The result wa, that all neigbbolly in
tercourse came abruptly to an end.
So much for circumstant;al evidence.
Now what happened subs qnently
is the sequel which restored friendly
relations between the two families
A gentleman living 10 the same block
had q pet canary at this time. Ooe
evening be discoveredseas big black
cat in bis room. But this was not
all, for the cat was then and there
making meal OF the bird. Now
what was more natu- II than for the
gentleman to slaughter the destroyer
of his featered songster, caught red
handed, as it were, in the very act!
A short time after this latter occur
renee the over of the canary incident
ally related to Mrs. A the loss of bis
pet bird and how he had slain q
a black ca! on that particular evening.
All doubt having been now re-
moved Mrs a. lost no time in &C.
quainting Mrs. B. with the fac's in
the case, and so the two ladies
kissed and made up.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21
br the county which the territory Is
transferred.

bg the county which the territory Is
transferred.
The provisions Of sections 3, 4 and
s referred to are that no county shall
be reduced to less area than 5Oo
square miles and less assessed taxa
BILE property than s2,ooo,ooo. nor to a
smaller population than $4,000 IN
habitants, and that in the formation
of new counties no old counties
shall be cut within eight miles
of its court house building.
These conditions may be easily met
by the present project. But no pro-
vision is made for vote IN the
county proposed to be argu-
nented, and therefore, should
Richiand be opposed to this annexa-
ION it would have to carry the fight
INTO the legislature.
We do not suppose that this will
,e done. Few counties are averse to
having their areas, populations and
tax ,ble values increased, and the coun-
commissioners of Richland have
lready indorsed this project. 1t re-
nains, therefore, a matter for the
3adgment of Couearee township and
he Legislature. We submit to the
Lexington Dispatch that if it does
.ot went to see it's county divided
oitteu off piecemeal, as it were-it
should advocate the establishment OF
Congaree county and move over bag
md baggage to Columbia, magnet
which has, as it no doubt realizes
now, great powers Of attraction.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21
A Night of Terror.

awful anxiety was felt for the
widow of tie brave General Burn
ham, of Machias, Me-, when the doc
tors said she could not lie till morn
ing" writes Mrs. S. Il. Lincoln, who
attended her that fearful night. "All
thought che must soon die from
Pneumonia, but she begged for Dr..
Kings New Discovery, saying it bad
more than once saved her life, and
had cured her of Consumption.
After three small doses she slept
easily all night, and its further USE
completely cured her." This marvel
GUS medicine ia guaranteed to cure
all Throat, Chest and Lung Diseases.
Ouly so cents and 81 90. Trial bot
ties free at J E Keufmsnn's Drug
Store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21
Will Benefit the South.

To an Atlanta man belongs the
distinction of having discovered a
process by which the common cotton
seed hulls can be made into paper at
about one half the cost of the manu-
faature from wood pulp. The inven-
tor is Robert Thomas, formerly
superi, tcpdent Of the Glendale paper
mills, and Col W. A Hemphill Mr..
Thomas is at present a resident of
New York city, ard has already in
terested several we'll known capital
ists iu the enterprise with the result
that $5,0oO,O00 company is to be Or
ganized at Tentou, n Y, for the
purpose of erecting large plats in
various parts Of the cotton belt. It
is expected that Mr.. Thomas discov-
cry will cut the present price OF
paper in half. According to the in
ventor himself this fastest consum-
nation of the cotton seed hull about
9 <hsusts the use of the cotton plant.
Mr.. Thomas was for many years in
the paper making business in the
south and few months ago, while
operating in small mill in Florida,
he learned the chemical action which
will reduce the cotton seed bulls to
pulp Realiz ng at once that he had
made and important discovery, he
disposed Of his plant and devoted
the entire proceeds of the sale in
Purchasing machinery With which to
prosecute his experiments. The cost
of producing the new pulp will he
about one half the cost OF manu-
facturing the wood pulp It's tensile
strength is said to be very much
greater than wood fiber, which will
make it invaluable for bags and
wrapping paler.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21
A Village Blacksmith Saved His Little
Sons Life.

Mr.. II. 81. Black, the well-known
village blacksmith at GrahamsVille,
Sullivan county, N. Y, saye: ''Our
little SOD, five years old, has always
been subject to Group, and 80 bad
bave the attacks been that We have
feared many times that he would
die. We have had the doctor and
used many medicines, but Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is now our sole
reliance. It seems to dissolve the
tough mncus and by giving frequent
doses when the. croupy symptoms
appear we bave found that the
dreadful Group is cured before it
gets settled" There is no danger IN
giving this remedy for it contains no
opium or other Injurious drug and
may be given as confidently tc a
babe as 10 an adult. For sale by j..
E Kautmsnn.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21
Sensational Story from Shanghai.

Shanghai, November l4-There
are continued rumors OF the project
ed transfer of the Chinese court to
Cheng Tu, but it is said that the
viceroy of the province SEE Shuen
objects to such an arrangement.
1t is also rumored that a rebellion
has broken out in the province Of
Kan su. Chang Obi Tung, the ,Nu
Chang viceroy, ia said to be raising
100000 troops and to have PROV osed
to the Nm Kin Viceroy that they
should combine forces to oppote the
the allies, making the Yang Sse their
base of operations against Shen 81.
London, November l6-The Daily
News publishes the following from
Pekip, dated November II.
L, is reported that Prince Ching
and Ii Hung Chang have requeste d
an interview with Count Won Walder-
see, which will probably be granted.
The field marshal intends to make
an excursion to tie Nan Ksu pass
and the Ming Tombs, as Psinc
Henry of Prussia did in 1885,"
Dr.. aSrisop yritirg to the Times
from Pekin, TO- -
"The Tartar general commaAgEel6g
in the province of SEE Chuan has
been nominated governor general of
Mancbu.ia, in Difference to Russia 3
invitation to China to resume the
government of that territory under
Russian protection.
1.-The Chinese peace commissioners
have received a telegram from the
empress dowager, dated November
10. censuring their failure to prevent
the dispatch OF foreign punitive e1-
peditions into the interior. The en-
press dowager continues to issue or
ders appointing officials to Office.
She is unable to realize her position
and has even appointed literary
chsrcellors to conduct examinations
in the provinces.
"Trustworthy dispatches from Niu
Chwang assert that, despite their as
surances, that they will not loot the
railway, the Rlssisrs are transfer
ring material from the Shan Hal
< aan line across the river at Nlu
Chwang to the Russian Machurisn
Railway"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21
Continued on Second Page.
A Monster Devil Fish

Destroying its victim, is type cf
Consumption. The power Of this
murderous malady is felt on organs
and nerves and muscles and BRAIN.
There's no health till it's overcome.
But DR.. Kings New Life Pills are g
safe and certain cure. Best in the
world for Stomach, Liver, Kidneys
and Bowels. Oaly 25 cents at J. E.
Kaufmanu's drug store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21
CircumstantiaI Evidence.
Baltimore Suu.

Baltimore Suu.
This is tale to demonstrate that
circumstantial evidence is not always
good evidence. 1t caused rupture
of friendly relations between two
bat was finally adjusted by tn
mere g. accident.
But hereby hangs tale which in
wolves the question of circumstantial
evidence, aud th It murder will out.
There are two Baltimore families in
the western section of the city living
next door to each other, who for a
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21
ROUNDlAP BALE A COMPETITOR.
That's Why the Compress and BaggIng
and Tie Interests Oppose It.

Mr.. S. E Watson, a merchant and
planter of Watson, Texas, in letter
to Senator James z Jones, Of
Arkansas, Chairman of the D-mo
cratic National Committee, said:
"The round bale press instead of
being trust is Just the opposite.
1t is a competitor of the bagsirg
trust and the compress trust. They
are all fighting it. The oagging
trust has raised the price Of bagging
and ties twenty cents per bale this
year. The farmers sll favor the
round bale, first, because it will save
them fifty cents per bale Of the com
press charges, and second, it will
save them a dollar bale for bsgsirg
and ties from the baggirg trust"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21
What to Give.

The trouble around Christmas
time is to know what to give, and, if
the present is not to be bought, bow
to make it. The D~lineator for De-
cember is full of Cnristmas sugges-
tioDs Several pages are devoted 70
holiday fancy work with illustrations,
also to the latest designs in crochet
ing, drawn work, and modern lace
making. Puddings, cakes and
Caristmas candies likewise come 10
for attention in the December De-
lipeator.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21
Knocking at the Door.
Columbia State.

Columbia State.
Our neighbor, the Lexington Dis
patch, is very much concerned about
the people of Congaree township,
Lexington county, including the town
of Brooklsnd, across the river from
Columbia, to secure their annexation
to this county. We reproduce else
where it's editorial on this subject.
We can we'll understand why the
people s $. eGongsfsee ""sould
be anxious to attach themselves to
this comfy. R;chland has no county
debt, isstaxes are lighter than those
of Lexington it has better schools
roads and bridges, and moreover it
is far more convenient to the folks
across the river than Lexington G.
Fl. is or can ever be. Brookland is
practically part OF Columbia and
all the townships interests are identi-
fed with ours. Moreover, there il
hope on the part OF our neighbors
over the Congaree that if they join
themselves to this county q free
bridge scrose the river will not be
greatly delayed. Every considera-
ton Of self-interest prompts them
to unite with Richland.
We have not taken any part in the
discussion If this matter for the rea
son that We believed that delay would
re suit in the absorption OF practically
all of L. qton county by Richland
That would be something worth
while, aud a free bridge across the
Congaree would be moderate fee
for the advantages it would gives us.
If the question of the annexation OF
Lexington county were at issue the
votes of the Congaree township peo
pie would be very useful in promot
ing that end; whereas if that town
ship should now be annexed to 4 ch
land. county its votes would not
count in furtheripg any new exten
sion Of our county limits. We .t;ll
believe in the feasibility Of consoli
dating Richland and Lexington into
one grand county-Congaree. This
idea may be materially checked by
the present annexation of one part
Of Lexington county, and therefore
we tave not felt disposed to commit
the State on the project now ad-
vanced.
But it appears that under the con
-stitution Richland county has no
voice this side of the legislative
halls in determining the matter.
Section 7, article VII Of the consti-
tuition reads as follow:
The general assembly shall have
power to alter county lines at any
time; provided, That before any ez-
listing county line is altered the cues
ton shall first be submitted to the
qualified electors of the territory
proposed to be taken from one county
and given to another, and shall have
received two-thirds Of the votes cast;
provided further, That the change
shall not reduce the county from
which the territory is taken btlo"
| the limits prescribed in sections 3. 4
| and 5 of this article; provided; That
| the proper proportion Of the exist
ins county Indebtedness OF the sec,
| tion so transferred shall be assumed
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21
AGENTS Wanted

For the Life of Booker T. Wash
ingtop,' written by himself. Every
body buys; agents now making over
500 0O per month; best book to sell
TO colored people ever published.
Write for terms, or send "a cents for
outfit and begin at once. Please
mention this paper. Address, j. L..
Nichols & Co., Atlanta, Ga. 2
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21
A FrightfuI Blunder

Will often cause horrible Burn,
Scald. Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's g
Arpica Salve, the b-st in the World,
will kill The pain aud promptly heal
it Cures Old Sores. Fever Sores,
Ulcers. Boils, Felons, Corns, all Skin
Erup,ions. Best Pie cure on earth.
Ooly 25 cts box Cure guaran-
teed. Sold by j. E. Kaufman,
Druggist.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-21
Teachers Should Attend.

There are about one hundred
teachers in this county and it is the
duty of every one to be present at
the first meeting of the Lexington
County Teachers Association to be
held Saturday, November 24;b, at
ten o'clock in the Institute building.
j E R K,zer,
School Com Lex CO.