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New-York tribune., 1900-12-28

never heard Breth complain. except that he said
ne ne hao been III before he came to the Academy.
Inc witness had been hazed himself, but he
cousa not say that he cruelty or brutally
u uueateo He said 'hazing' or 'bracing'' gave
the cadets an erect carriage
New-York tribune., 1900-12-28
BIG BLAZE AT LONDON DOCKS.

FIVE LARGE SHEDS FILLED WITH GOODS
BURNED UP
London Dec. N-One Of the most serious fires
which have occurred in the East End Of London
during the last ten years broke out to-day at the
East India Docks Five immense sheds filed with
goods. including thousand bales Of hemp and
quantities of jute were consumed. The shipping
in the neighborhood and other warehouses were
saved by the great exertions OF the hremen-
New-York tribune., 1900-12-28

in behalf of the House, all responsibility for the
letter Of the President of the Senate 10 Mr..
KRUGER on December /. In so doing the Senator
pointed out that the Senate merely authorized
the President to express sympathy with Mr..
Krijger
New-York tribune., 1900-12-28

TO GO NORTH WITHIN WEEK. STOPPING FOR
WHILE IN MOSCOW.
St Petersburg, Dec H.-The Czar and Czarina
will return to Tsarskoe-Selo. near here. about Feb
ruary 2.
Diplomatic circles here have been informed that
the Czar will leave the Crimea within week, but
will not arrive here before the Russian New Year.
spending the intervening period with the Grand
Duke Sergius, uncle of the Czar and Governor OF
Moscow, whose wife is sister OF the Czarina.
Court circles are pleased that the Czar will leave
abe unhealthy Crimea, where malaria is feared at
this season. and the diplomats anticipate the usual
erected for the annual ceremony of blessing the
River Neva by the CZar.
Tsarskoe-Selo is town Of Russia seventeen
miles south OF St Petersburg. II is chiefly noted
for a summer residence OF the Gar built and fur
nished in a style OF great magnihcence.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-28
DADY'S CONTRACT ILLEGAL.
DECLARATION OF THE CIVIL GOVERNOR
OF HAvANA-CUBAN NEWS.

Havana, Dec. 27-sehor Nunez Civil Governor
of Havana, has pronounced against the legality
of the Dady sewering and paving contract
The first formal reception and ball held IN the
palace since General Wood became Governor
General of Cuba was given this evening. more
than thousand persons attending
Tomorrow evening a reception and ball will
be given the German second class cruiser
Vineta which arrived here week ago from ST.
Thomas
The marriage of Alexis E Frye, Superintend-
ent Of Cuban Schools and Senorita Maria Teresa
Arruebarrena will be a civil ceremony. taking
place the evening of January 1 at the palace
formerly occupied by General Lee at Quemados.
Mr. Frye declined a cathedral wedding, because
ot the promises demanded by the Church. Mon
signor Sbarretti, Bishop Of Havana, urges a
church wedding contending that the example
set by a civil marriage will have bad effect on
Cuban teachers generally and he offers dis
pensation from Rome to remove the limitations
which objection is made Senorita Arruebar-
rena however is not disposed to acquiesce in
such an arrangement.
jose Miguel Gomez Civil Governor of the
Province of Puerto Principe, who is in Havana
on business connected with the development of
the industries of that section of the island. re-
ports that peace and prosperity prevail under
the American administration He says the cane
crop is heavy. and that wages are high, owing
to the shortage of men In his Judgment Cuba
is gradually becoming satisS ed, and wishes moth
ing radical from the Constitutional Convention.
The Rural Guards. he asserts. are doing good
service, and there is no brigandage to speak of.
He fatty contradcts the sensational reports
the subject of outlawry that have appeared in
some of the Cuban papers during the last few
weeks.
A decree has been issued putting the clerks
Of courts baliffs and other officers on salaries
from February l, and doing away with the fee
system. which has been greatly abused in Cuba
PORTO RICANS GOING TO HAWAII.
San Juan de Porto Rico, Dec. 27.-The New
York and Porto Rico Steamship Company's
steamer Arkadia, Captain Sargent sailed from
Ponce yesterday from New-Orleans having on
board four hundred Porto Ricans. 65 per cent
of whom were women and children. destined for
Hawaii.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-28
RUssIA's FIRST CONSUL AT BOMBAY.

POST SECURED AFTER DIFFICULTY NEGoTIA-
TIoNs WITH ENGLAND.
ST Petersburg, Dec H.-To occupy the post Of
First Russian Consul at Bombay the Government
has appointed NJ Klemm, for many years in the
Foreign ONCE service in Central Asia and atterly
secretary OF the Russian political agent at Box
hara.
Russia secured the right of consular representa-
ton at Bombay after long and difficult negota tions
the British Government being slow 70 admit that
the commercial interests OF Russia justified the de-
parture. The real objection naturally. fear
that the consulate would serve for political instead
OF commercial PURPOSES.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-28
LETTER TO NIB. KRUGER pIsAvowED

The Eague Dec. 27.-on the reassembling OF
the Senate to-day Senator Rengers discaimed-
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-27
"Chimney -

"Chimney climate is the latest for
the climate that is to be found in all
large cities Its characteristics, says a
man Of learning, are mildness. ABSENCE
OF rain and frequency of fog as col M
pared with surrounding rural districts.
And he gives a very clever explanation
of the presence of the fog. It is actually
manufactured right under our eyea
You know if you look crosswise at q
sunbeam you see in it a myriad Of very
small particles of dust. so densely crowd
ed together that some scientists even
attribute to them the color Of the sky.
And there is also about us an invisible
vapor and this combines with the parti-
cles to give us fog. It may be SO. II
sounds reasonable enough when n
takes into consideration the fact that
fogs are more frequent in large manu-
featuring cities than elsewhere. But if
it be 80, what are men of science about
that they don't find an antidote for
the evilf-Boston Transcript.
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Origin of the Boat.

Only lately has the original boat been
found in use and among the savages
Of the south sea islands. There the
natives take the stump of a tree whose
roots offer a good seat, and, launching
this primitive craft, they paddle around
as c%ontentedly as if there was no such
thing as a European steamer. and, to
tell the truth, they do not suspect it's
existence.
There can be no doubt whatever that
In this stump boat we have the original
method Of transportation by water.
Accident certainly contributed to this
discovery.
A tired swimming savage found a log
floating near him. He grasped it and
found that it held him above water.
he mounted his log and used a floating
branch to propel the log.
1t was but a step from the log to the
more comfortable root Of q tree and
another step from the branch propeller
to a shaped paddle.
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SOME INDIAN MAGIC.
QUEER FEATS THE FAKIRS PERFORM
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

A, Fire and Water Trick That II
Prett, R~rd'!to Explain and an APP
parent Display of Strength That
Passes Understanding.
The question of how the fakirs of
India perform their wonderful tricks is
a matter that has for centuries interest
ed scientists, and the best explanation
that has yet been offered Of the matter
is that !, Is done by hypnotic power
that is. that the fakirs simply hypno-
tie the entire audience and make them
think that they saw trees grow out Of
the ground in a second. Libraries have
been written on the subject In his
book entitled QUAINT Corners Of An
cient Empires" Mr.. Michael Meyers
Shoemaker deals in an interesting
manner with the Indian fakirs.
In writing about the fakirs he says:
"The statement has been made by such
prestidigitators as Hermann and Kel-
lar that they had never seen any tricks
by these men of India which they
could not explain. Be that as it may,
these common street magicians Of In
'dia do some very clever things.
Certainly the performance before
the Grand hotel, Colombo, this morn
ing, under the blazing sunlight and not
three feet from the locker on was re-
markable. AS to the mango tree trick,
there appeared a strong resemblance
between a tree grown yesterday and
the one produced this morning. Rnt II
was in the other performances that the
observers were most interested.
I'm n instance the fakir took q
small jar Of metal and handed it
around to show that it was empty.
Then, placing a copper coin between
his teeth. he began to blow. and smoke
soon issued from his mouth ana nos
trils. The jar, which was held aloft
all the time, was found filled with wa
ter, which commenced to boil f%uriously.
Passing it aside. he opened his
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-27
DO NOT BAND TOGETHER.
There Are No Such Things ~
sGanxs" Of Crimfnala.

There Are No Such Things ~
"Gangs" Of Criminals.
"The gang idea as applied to Grim
inals is a ridiculous blunder," said an
experienced detective. '"There are no
such things except in story books.
There seems to be. something about the
inner nature of confirmed crooks that
forbids them to band together. Honest
folks ~instinctively drift toward each
other and form societies and combina-
tons for self protection and mutual
interest, but criminals are exactly the
reverse.
"Safe burglars generally work in
parties Of three, but that Is because
three men are necessary to the average
'job'-two to manipulate the drill and
other tools and n to pipe or watch
the outside. Whenever it is possible
for a burglar to turn a trick as they
call it, single handed he is certain to
60 alone. It is the same with all other
thieves.
"You read Of q gang Of pickpockets'
descending on some country fair. They
do their work in pairs, SO in that case
it would simply e that six or eight
Of the crooked couples happened to
strike the place at the same time. The
detective novel theory is that criminals
are organized into great societies with
regular heads and cast iron laws and
bylaws, to violate which means sud-
den and mysterious death.
'"That is all rubbish. II such an or
g%anization was formed, the police
would know it ten minutes after tho
first meeting adjourned. One Of the
things that keep thieves apart is their
horrible %treachery. I have been a de-
tective for owe q quarter Of q century,
and I eve knew q single crook who:
would not betray any other crook
merely to curry favor with the officers.
They are we'll aware Of that little pecul-
iarity themselves and dread one an
other a good deal more than they dread
the authorities."-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
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mouth n eJecteO Jels y, ..7.z5 ssn,e.
Indeed the whole cavity Of the throat
appeared to be filed with fire, which
ignited anything with which it came
in contact. We all saw the empty jar.
the filed jar, the boiling water and the
fire, but the fire never approached the
jar.
Another trick consisted in causing
a dead and dried up cobra to come to
life. or so it appeared. The snake is
usually kept in a small, round, fiat
basket with a closely fitting cover.
This we saw was empty, and into ii
the, fakir laid the fiat, dried skin Of a
dead serpent.
Placing it not three feet from our
circle and in the brilliant light Of the
southern sun, he covered the basket
with it's lid and then made the usual
passes with the inevitable cloth, about
e yard square, which he held by two
corners to show that it contained moth
ing.
Ellis costume consisted of one gar
ment Of the shirt order, the sleeves of
which were tucked up at the shoulders.
afording, it would seem, scant .oppor-
tunity to hide anything, yettwhen, after
q few waves Of the cloth, he removed
the lid Of the basket the dead snake
was gone and in its place rose the ma
jestic head and neck Of enc Of the lar
gest Of cobras.
1T must be. remembered that when
we see such work in England or Amer
lea it is done ut a distance and on the
stage, with all the assistance Of stage
lights and shadows, but in this case we
were out in the plain air and near
enough for the serpent to have stung
us. T.. ,2#
1.-THE last trick consisted of a display
Of apparently wonderful strength. A
boy Of 10 years Of age was tied up in q
large scarf, with it's ends attached to
two strong cords. At the ends of these
cords were hollow brass cups about
the size of an acorn. The fakir, raising
the upper lid Of each Of his eyes, in
serted thase cups hereunder, with the
hollow side next to the eyeball, after
which he pulled the eyelids well down.
"Then, with hands on hips and head
we'll back, he arose to his full height,
lifting the boy a foot or more off the
ground and swinging him from side to
side, the entire weight Of course falling
upon the brass cups. 1t seemed a mar.
vel that the eyeballs were not destroy
ed.
perhaps those who understand these
matters can explain all that was done,
but certainly no magicians on our stage
have accomplished similar feats, and
yet these men are but common street
performers
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Th6 Fire Demon ABROAD
N TContinned from mage g

George Withney's residence a
total loss.
w. Coburn's residence a total
loss.
Frank Cockburn's barn a total
loss.
Branchhower's barn a total loss.
Fox's barn q total loss. j
LaRue.Miller Go. hold an extra
81. 600 insurance on the wheat and
grain destroyed. u. n, 4. ID. !.
G. G. Gibney lost valuable gold
ring from his watch chain. It
has a big set in and K. P. badge
on it. "A reward will be given for
its return. IN j.
The assurances on the buildings
are as follows:
John Daeley, Pierce's barn, Man
chester, $500.
John Daeley, Pierce barn, Norwich
Union, s5Oo.
Prosser l. S%erumgard, granary,
Hanover, partial, 500.
Mrs. Jane Hale, Hotel Reid, Brit
tanica American, Manchester, Norwich
Union, Lancaster Phoenix, of London,
approximate loss, $50.
Marie Pattie, hotel building, Traders,
Orient, American Fire, London Lam
caster Globe, (e5oo each) $1,000.
Marie Pattie, furniture, German
American, $500.
Marie Pattie, barn, Commercial
Union, $500.
Prosser & Serumgard, Budde build
ing, Hanover, tpartial loss,) $1,000.
LaRue Miller Co, mill building and
machinery, Phoenix, slooo.
LaRue Miller Co., mill building and
machinery, Fire Association, German
American Insurance company of North
Americal$2000.
LaRue Miller Co., grain, Orient
London & Lancaster, $1,000.
LaRue Miller Co., grain, Fire Asso-
siation, German American Insurance
company of North American, $3.50.
LaRue Miller Co., grain, coal, Irvine
and warehouse, Phoenix of Londor,
$1,10O.
LaRue Miller Co :,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-27
No Wonder You Can't Keen ont.

If you never wholly give yourself Ep
to the chair you sit in, but always keep
your leg and body muscles half contract
ed for a rise; if you breathe 1s or 10,
instead of Is times a minute and never
quite breathe out at that, what mental
mood can you be in but n of inner
painting and expectancy and how can
the future and its worries possibly tos-
sake your mindf. On the other hand.
how can they gain admission to your
mind it your brow be unruf1ed, your.
respiration calm and complete and your
muscles all relaxedR-':.The Gospel Of
Relaxation" by Professor William,
James, in Scribner'a
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-27
THE SAD o 1T TOLD.
Cuzzi's First Glance In q L0OkiA8
Glass In Fifteen Years.

Cuzzi's First Glance In q LookiA9
Glass In Fifteen Years.
Shortly after Cuzzi's rescue by Gen
eral Kitchener. when the latter entered
Omdurman. the long suffering man sPlid
During my Is years imprisonnel Int
I never saw a mirror, and gradually all
interest in my personal appearance
faded completely away. When it be-.
came sure that. an expedition was on
it's way to Omdurman, / began to live
again. When at last the cannon began
to thunder and the wild cries ofttS
battle penetrated the city, I laid my
sword ready, determined. should this
last hope be destroyed, to put an end
to my life, When finally the noise OF
the cannon ceased and the victor Kitch-
ener stood before me, congratulating
me on my release, I thought I shouA
suffocate with emotion. 4
"The next day I made my toilet In
an officers tent and held in my hand
the first looking glass I had seen for ID
years. 1 looked curiously at my refec-
ton in it and started back. I had gone
out into the world a young; active
strong man. and the image which hdlf
stared at me was that Of q sick, hollow
eyed, wrinkled. broken man. Never did
all that I had suffered enter my mind
with such strength as at this moment,
and I wept. wept like q child-the first
tears in Is yearsi
Tho day after I was made . prisoner
I saw my wife die. but my grief was
too great for the relief Of tearA my
child was torn from me and died Of
starvation fur away. and I could not
weep. I suffered d~eprivations and i'll
treatment without q sign Of weakness.
but now, before this small looking
glass, I was overwhelmed The paitf@
all that 7 had lost seemed concentrated
in thergrief stricken features reflected
in the mirror. At one glance I saw the
story Of my suderings."
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-27
Found.

Put this in your lost and found
column" he said, handing a slip Of
paper to the clerk. The latter read:
"A purse containing a considerable
sum of money and valuable papers.
Finder will keep money and return
papers,"
Don't you think" suggested the
clerk, that it would be well to say,
No questions asked?'"
NO." replied the other. "But you
might say, No questions answered.
I'm the Observation-Disclosures Press.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-27
SOLDIERS IN BATTLE.


If you take a dozen soldiers as like
each other as peas SO far as height,
weight, strength, age, courage and
general appearance 60 andwound them
all in precisely the same way, you will
find that scarcely any two of them are
affected alike.
One man on receiving a bullet in his
leg will go on fighting as if nothing
had happened. He does not know. in
fact, that he now contains a bullet.
But perhaps in two or three minutes
he will grow faint and fall.
Another man, without feeling the
slightest pain, will tremble all over,
totter and fall at once, even though
the wound is really very slight.
A third will cry out in a way to
brighten his comrades and will forget
everything in his agony. A fourth viii
grow stupid and look like an idiot.
Some soldiers wounded in the slight
est manner will have to be carried of
the field. Others, although perhaps
fatally injured, can easily walk to. the
ambulance. Many die quickly from
the shock to the nervous system.
A very curious case is recorded in
the surgical history of the American
civil var. in which three officers were
hit just at the same time. One had
his leg from the knee down carried
away, but he rode ten miles to the
hospital. Another lost his little finger,
and he became a raving maniac, while
a third was shot through the body
and, though he did not shed a drop of
blood externally, he dropped dead from
the shock.-New York Telegram.
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Vitality.

Because ones parents and grand
parents lived to be nearly 100 does not
make it certain that their descendants
will do likewise, for the inheritance Of
vitality may all be dissipated in 20
years Of high living. A small stock of
vital force well taken care Of may last
twice al long.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-27

In the time Of Louis Quatorze in
France food in general was placed up
on the table in one huge dish, and each
helped himself with his naked hand.
As late as the middle of the sixteenth
century one glass or gobht did duty
for the whole table.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-27
Cleaning Chamo,..

To clean chamois polishing cloths,
pour six tablespoonfuls of ammonia
into a quart of tepid water and soak
the chamois skin for about an hour.
With a spoon work and press il to <res.
as much. Of the Dirt as possible. LII
into q basin of tepid water and rub.
well with the hands: Rinse in fresh
wat9 until clean. Dry in the shade,
and when dry rub between the hands.
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Not Enough Pin Money to Go Round.
Ostend-Pa, I want a dollar to buy
a set Of tenpins.
Pa-Well, you just don't get it! It's
all I can do to keep your mother in pin
honey.-Chicago News.
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FOND OF EGGS.
Little Reptiles With Remarkable
Swallowing Ability.

Little Reptiles with ReAarkahNS
Swallowing Ability.
Among q lot Of very interesting speci-
mems OF prepared animals sent to the
Museum of Natural History at Paris by
Father Guilleme, a missionary in the
upper Kongo country. there is one group
Of native adders, in the act Of swallp1-
ing eggs, which excited uncommon ~
terest The most remarkable part Of it
is the relative size of this snake and it's
common food. This adder is rather
small; it is seldom longer than 20 inch
es, and its thickness never exceeds an
inch. Yet it feeds regularly on duck
eggs, the smaller diameter Of whiol13s
almost two inches
How the snake IAN get such an egg
into it's mouth is difficult to understand,
and the aspect of these reptiles while
swallowing the eggs is most strange.
The only way to account for this Pc
culiar manner Of swallowing whole
eggs is the presence in the neck,s Just
back Of the head, Of a series of pointed
bones slanted backward and piercing
the esophagus. These not only assist
to hold the egg in place. but act like q
saw. When the egg has advanced far
enough. their pressure will cut tho egg:
it's conteaas Gill continue into the stom-
ach. while the empty shell is crushed
afterward and thrown out through Ehe
mouth.
While in the act Of swallowing the
egg the snake is easily caught. for it is
then almost in a state Of complete in
ertia; it then looks very much like the
bulb as used by photographers for OPEN
ing their shuttera
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-27

Wales is the richest part of Great
Britain in mineral wealth. EnglaAd
produces annually about 60 to each
acre. Scotland a little less than 50, butt
the product Of Wales amounts to over
"a per acre q
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mercial:Un ion 1920.
R. Daeley, dwellings, German Ameri-
can, $1,000.
Mary A. Whitney, dwelling, London &
Lancaster, S400.
F. w. Cockburn, barn, Fire Associa.
ton, $400.
Ed. Hovey, shop and tools, American
Fire, $500.
Peter Haley, stock, German Ameri-
can, $500.
F. T. Fox, barn and feed, Home
company, $3.50, also small loss
on house and furniture. Fl
Making total of $l6,65l.
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At the present rate Of increase the.
population Of the earth will doutlbe
itself, it is said. in geo yeara
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Men have missed their opportunities
more often than opportunities have
missed them.-ENiott's Magazine.