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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
The Life Line In one,. Hana.

There are three prominent lines in
the palm-the line of life. that Of the
head and the heart line.
The line Of life begins on the inner
boundary Of the palm. about midway
between the thumb and the foreinger.
If we imagine the left hand to be a
map. with the fingers pointing north,
this line runs toward the southeast,
then curves toward the south and in
some hands curves finally toward the
southwest. 1t thus skirts the base or
"uprise" Of the thumb, known as the
uprise of Venus. II it is deep. broad,
Of good color and extends nearly or
quite to the wrist and If the rest of the
hand indicates vitality and cheerful
ness the subject maybe expected to live
to a green old age; he has a good dispo-
sition and the qualities which good
health and good temper usually create.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
steven.on,s Cup Of Misery.

r. L. Stevenson, writing in 1893 to
George Meredith. in an epistle quoted
In q new edition of his Letters" says,
with heart touching pathos:
For IA years l have not had a days
real health. l have wakened sick and
gone to bed weary. and I have done my
work unfinchingly. have written in
bedaand written out of It, written In
hemorrhages. written in sickness, writ
ten torn by coughing. written when my
head swan for weakness. and for so
long, 1t seems to me, ! have won my
wager and recovered my glove. | am
better now-have been, rightly speak
ing, since first came to the Pacific
and still few are the days when l am
not in some physical distress. And the
battle goes on-ill or we'll Is a trife so
that it goes. l was made for a contest,
and the powers have SO willed that my
battlefield should be this dingy. inglori-
GUS one Of the bed and the physic bot
tie. At least, ! have not failed, but l
would have preferred a place Of trum-
petings and the open air over my
head"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
DEVILS LAKE INTFR-OCEAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1901
BIG PRICES FoR ANIMALS.
\ Small siEed Fortune Needed 10
Buy . Giraffe.

4 Small Sized Fortune Needed ia;
Buy . Giraffe.
Because OF the difficulty Of getting It
to America and Of keeping it alive aft
er it arrives q good giraffe is quoted at
$1,000.
Next to the giraffe in the aristocracy
OF cost come the rhinoceros and the
htppopotamus, worth from $4,000 to
5000 each. If q dealer could breed
these animals. he could get rich, but
the big mammals rarely breed in cap
tfvfty. About the only place in America
where hippopotami have been known
to raise their young is in the menag-
erie in Central park. New York.
chimpanzee Of size Is worth S, Zoo.
and when one reaches the intelligence
Of the late Mr.. Crowley. Chico or Jo-
hanna he is beyond a fixed price. The
monkey kind are most uncertain prop
erty. The animal man says they are
certain to die. But the ordinary ones
can be bought very cheaply.
One can buy a nice. young baby ele-
plant for $1,000 ut times, but a really
good animal is worth from $500 to
$1,000. An elephant does not command
the maximum price because Of the
beauty of his co%untenance, the ele-
gance of his figure, his intellectual en-
dowments or his size. but because of
a sweet. sunny disposition. A mean
elephant is about the most evil of liy.
Ing things. Sooner or later he has to
be killed, usually after he has slain
two or three keepers and done more
damage than he is worth. OF two ami
mails Of equally good disposition the
larger and finer commands the higher
price. Of course. but the most magnif.
cent beast with an inclination for MUIR
der isn't worth as much as a very com.
mon n that is trustworthy-that is.
ordinarily so. for the sweetest TEN
pered have days when they seem in
spired Of satan.-Junior Munsey.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
A Fish and Lizard story.

One afternoon l thought l would go
down the river and troll. had on my
hook q live minnow and in q little
while had a strike, and 1 hooked my
first fish. which seemed to be quite a
large one. l reeled him where I could
see him and, found it was a large pike
25 or 80 inches long. l pulled him up
to my boat. but when l lifted him
from the water he was as light rs a
feather. ! measured him and found he
was just 30 inches long and should
have weighed eight or nine pounds.
while he only weighed two. He was
just skin and bones. l killed him, took
my knife and cut him open and found
a live lizard. five inches long. in his
stomach. The reptile was as black as
coal and very lively. living "a hours
after took him from his prison.
Field and Stream.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
Hawk and Partridge.


In "Reminiscences Of a Fnlconer,
Major Fisher describes the tactics of q
partridge when pursued by a tame
falcon.
The falcon was descending upon the
partridge when the partridge stopped
short and fell to the ground as II dead,
He seemed to be lost in the short Stub
BILE Of the field. He was.far too know
ing to trust himself again on the wing,
and the hawk had no alternative but
to take him on the ground. which he
speedily attempted to do.
But on the ground the partridge was
far more agile than he, running this
way and that with great speed. The
hawk would jump awkwardly up and
dart after the scudding partridge, who
just at the right moment jumped from
the ground and over his back, descend
ed on the other side and commenced
running harder than before.
Time after time this was done. At
every attempt the partridge met the
hawk with outstretched neck and rails
ed hackles. In the attitude of a fighting
bantam cock, Jumping up to avoid be-
ing clutched whenever the hawk struck
at him. In fact, his whole action was
that Of a plucky little game bantam.
This went on for some time, until. as
l regret to say, / ended the unequal
strife by putting. the partridge once
more. fairly on the wing, when, Of
course. the hawk readily overlook and
captured it, not overmuch to his credit
and still less to mine.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
CAUGHT IN AN %PLoslo
4 Miner Description OF His Feel.
ings When He Was Blown Up.

"A Miners Description Of His Feel.
tngs When He Was Blown Up.
A miner who was blown up while
blasting a rock describes his sensations
thus:
"You see, it's so sudden. It's over
just about the time you begin to under
stand that something is happening.
You know. l had the cartridge In my
hand and put it down. Then l got
afraid Of it. All at once everything
was light. I don't think l saw the
fash. Anyway my face was not ex.
actly toward the explosion.
"But then everything got light, lighter
than day-kind Of binding. There was
an awful crash. 1t was just at the
same time. l was terrified and wanted
to get away. 1t vas just as If l was
having the nightmare. Somehow
though. l knew just what the matter
was. A man can think faster than he
has any idea of. knew that some OF
the others were nearer the explosion,
and said to myself, They're blown in
bits. that's certain
1Ou understand. this was all In q
second-all at once. really. Then 1t wa
exactly The same as If | had been hit
with a stick. l thought 1t was a big
stick. bigger than any man could swing,
and that it must be worked by ma.
chinery. 1t hit me on the head and all
over. l went sailing into the air q long,
long way. My ears reared. and the wind
blew. into my face. knew when |
struck the ground. for l remember say.
Ing to myself. Well. I'm done for
Il don't know just when I lost nv
right senses or when they came back,
but when they did come back it seemed
queer that ! was there still. l thought
had been thrown somewhere else. |
could feel fire burning me 1t was nv
clothes. They were smoking and al.
most blazing. l al bruised oil over
n could not hear very well. NV
voice sounded a though somebody else
were talking. That's oil l can tell you
about it."
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
DEBT AND WEALTH.
Figures on the Former Are More
Easily 'O~btainab1e Than ON
the Latter.

Increase in the national debts and
the wealth of the world are keeping
pace with each other, and each is in
creasing enormously, according to the
recent figures given out by the bureau
of statistics of the UnitedStates treas
ury. During the last 100 years the ma
lions of the earth have Increased their
debts tenfold, and the wealth Of the
peoples of the nations has advanced to
the same extent, says the New York
Herald.
At the. beginning Of the nineteenth
century the aggregated debts of the
world were about S 3,1O0, 000, 900, to
which a cipher must be added to get
the debts of to-day. These figures are
more easily obtained than are those on
wealth, for little is known of property
statistics in most of the countries, and
still less was known a hundred years
ago. In 1900 the wealth of the United
States, United Kingdom, France and
Spain was estimated at $20,244, GAG. 900,
while Mulhall now places their wealth
at about $195, 300, 100000. With these
increases in debts and wealth, popula.
ton has increased $50 per cent, and
gold and silver, which form the basis
of the money with which payments are
made, have increased 800 per cent.
The bureau of statistics charges
these debts principally to wars, stand
ing armies and works Of public utility.
OF the latter, canals, harbors, river i'm
provements and railways are the prin-
cipal. Of the railways, which cost
$4,000, 000, 900, about one-third are
owned by national governments.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
The First

Canaries, which were originally
green and gray in color, were native
to the islands from which they take
their name, and first taken to
England on ships plying between
English ports ana the south Of
France. From this stock have been
derived a number of distinct varieties,
such as the crested, the green, the
lizard, which initiates the reptile in
its v~ariegated markings, and the Bel
gian, which has a strange, hump
backed appearance.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
Crane Island.

In Lake Minnetonka. Minnesota, there
is a picturesque island which takes it's
name from the. fact that 1t is unin-
habited by man and given over to the
cranes. Generations back these birds
decided upon this spot for a summer
resort. AS times went on and the sur
rounding islands populated no man
had the heart to disturb them, until
now Crane island is pointed out from
passing boats as y Of the curiosities
Of the northwest.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
SILENT NAT HEIRESS-LOVE.
Queer Personality and Odd Charac-
teristics OF the Great Yacht
Builder.

7" form, with stopped
shoulders and q loose, disjointed
frame, with the knees slightly
"bucked," from Capt. Nathaniel
Greene Herrreshof's general appear
ance no stranger would ever take
him to be the foremost yacht design.
er in the world, or see in him the ia.
ther of a royal line of cup defenders
-Vigilant, Defender, Columbia and
Constitution. His large, hard hands
and heavy, slouching gait proclaim
the slow-witted plodder behind the
plow rather than the genius whose
cunning has devised the fastest ma
chimes that ever ran burrows in old
oceans hills and valleys, says the
New York Times.
Yet this man, whoSe appearance
calls to mind Markham,s lines OF
1.-THE Man with the Hoe" is master
Of as many difficult professions as
was Leonardo da Vinci. Yacht de-
signer. navigator, expert sailor,
petallurgist; a recognized authority
in all these lines, were it not for his
shrewd face and his keen eyes a
Broadway bunko steerer would hail
him as a gift from heaven.
Thoroughly undemonstrative, car
ing neither for praise nor adverse
criticism of his work, and despising
publicity with deep-rooted hatred,
"The Wizard of Bristol" as he has
come to be called, has made his
sleepy little home town more wide
ly known than many home or foreign
capitals.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
shave. ana Colds.

It is not generally known among men
that close shaving Is apt to bring on
cold. BARRIERS, however. are acquaint-
ed with this fact. and 1t is rather on.
account Of it than through any desire
to bring their patrons back o again
thar they do not, unless ordered to, ad-
minister close shaves.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
A Latter-Day Marriage

Downton-so you are really going
to be married?
Upton-Yes; it's all fixed. We've
rentedNa furnished fat, and I've hired a
dress suit for the occasion, and Marie
has borrowed her cousins wedding
ring, and a new caterer has agreed to
lend US his plaster-of-paris show
cake, provided I mention his name in
the papers.-N. Y. Weekly.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
FEW GREEKS IN GREECE.
Most Of the Present inhabitants of
That Country Are OF Slavontc
Origin.

Greece died because the men who
made her glory had all passed away
and left none of their kin, and thereA
fore none of their kind. IT'S Greece,
but living Greece no more," for the
Greek of to-day, for the most part.
never came from the IONS of Leoni-
das or Militiades. He is the son of
the stable boys and scullions and
slaves of the day of her glory, those
of whom imperial Greece could maize
no use of in her conquest of Asia.
Most of the old Greek race" says
Mr.. W. ii. Ireland, has been swept
away and the country is now inhab-
tied by persons of Slavonic descent.
Indeed, there is strong ground for
the statement that there was more
of the old heroic blood of Hellas in
the Turkish army of Edhem Pasha
than in the soldiers of King George,
who fed before them three years
ago" King George himself is only
IN alien placed on the Grecian throne
to suit the convenience Of the out
side powers, which to the ancient
Greeks were merely factions of bar
barfans, says David Starr Jordan, in
the Popular Science Monthly. In the
late war some poet, addressing the
spirit of ancient Greece, appealed to
her:
OF all thy thousands grant US three
To make a new Thermopylae.
But there were not ven three-not
even one-"to make another Mara
than," and the Turkish troops swept
over the historic country with no
other hindrance than the effortless
do,rao;o+;on of Chr;e+opdor
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
stroke Of Economy

A Stroke of Economy.
Reginald has a fit of economy on
him, mamma, and I do all l can to en-
courage, him."
81 always told him you would make
a good wife, Mary"
Eyes. I sold his dress-coat for SIT
last week and it was just enough
to buy me a new morning wrapper"
-Leslie's Weekly.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
without q Ring.

A wedding without a ring seems In.
%congruous, but in Cadiz. Spain. no ring
is used. After the ceremony the BRIDE
groom moves the flower in his brlde's'
hair from left to right, for in varlsus
parts OF Spain to wear a rose above
your right a Is to proclaim yourself a
wife. Thus the rose takes the place Of
the ring.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
Rutned cities Of Yucatan.

There are altogether in Yucatan
seven cities, IS towns, 62 ruined
cities, 143 villages, Is abandoned set
Elements and 1913 haciendas. Scarcely
any of these places has as many as
10000 inhabitants, the population OF
the great majority falling below 1e0o
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
An Inquiry.
cocoaHWtS

The Milkman-Oh, yes; cocoanuts
have milk in them.
His Little Son-And how do they
water it?-Puck.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
A Doubtful Compliment.

Look, papa!" cried the maid Of
sweet II, showing a mass of fluffy
c%anininity into her fathers face.
"Cholly just sent me this lovely puppy.
Isn't it just like his generosity?"
"Yes," agreed the stern parent. "1t's
Just like him.'-N.Y Y. World.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
rare Treat for His Nibs.

Rare Treat for His Nibs.
The Cannibal Chief-You say you
are going to give me a batter pudding.
to-day, for dinner?
The Cannibal Chef-Yes, your excel.
lency. We found a stranded baseball
nine near by, yesterday. = Yonkers
Statesman,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
Not So Very Strange.

Milkman-Strange thing just hap
pened up my way. A woman had
been ailing for a long time, and yes
terday they found that she'd had q
live bullfrog in her stomach.
Housekeeper-Did she take milk Of
you?-N. Y. Weekly.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
How He Looked

How He
II saw Dick Giddings to-day" said
Mr.. Darling to. his wife.
1.-THE man who owes you $l00?"
"Yes."
How did he look?"
HE looked the other ~way."-Pitts.
burgh Chronicle.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
strateRy.

"Peckham's wife doesn't chatter as
much as she used to-"
"No; Peckham cured her. He told
her that when her lips were close to-
gether they formed a perfect cupid's
bow."-Philadelphia Press.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
In the Right Place,

Daisy-Jack Higgins heart is in the
right place.
Winnie-What makes you think SO,
dear?
Daisy-why. he gave it to me last
night.-TitBits.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16

Among the Burmese a newly mar.
ried couple, to insure a happy life, ex-
change a mixture Of tea leaves STEPPED
In oil.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
Not His wife.

Closefst-Does your wife eternal.
" poster you for money?
Graspit-No! The people she buys
things from do that.-Ohio State
Journal.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
A Time for Everything.

11"S "VSN
Accused OMcer-I admit dat I wuz
drunk and insulting people; but / wuz
off duty and in citizens clothes, sir!
Police Commissioner-That is just
the point, sir! When you are off duty
and in citizens clothes you have no
more right getting drunk and insulting
people than anybody else, sir!-Puck.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16

A boy is like a fountain pen. You
can't tell from what he costs whether
he will make his mark or not.-Detroit
Journal.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16

Employer-Katie, come here quick!
Katie-Just n moment, until I
have finished this ,chapter!-Lustige
Blaetter.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
The TIVE Reuufsftes.

She-What does it require besides
patience to make a good fisherman?
He-An utter disregard fos IL
truth.-Yonkers Statesman.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
An Accepted Opportunity.

Mr.. Henpeck-IW have you know
I'm not a fool yet, madam.
Mrs. Henpeck-Well. you're pretty
near one.
Mr.. Henpeck-so 1 am, madam.
I'll just walk to n side a Bit
Judge.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
.The FIxinR Yi.it,

That mans my friend who just steps in
My Office, makes his errand spin,
Then says: I'm off, must not stay
I see this is your busy day"
Chicago Record-Herald
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
Had to start the came.

Amos squashbeak-No. sir; / Won't
give you nothin' to eat. I'msjes' sick
an tired feedin' fellers thet hain't
willin' ter work. Why, jes' yesterday
my wife give a loafer a hull dried-apple
pie, an the ongrateful scamp went
right to the wood shed an'stole 9 new
s%ix-dollar crosscut saw.
launching Henry-Wel, he had ter
git de pie open some way. didn't he7
Judge.
Just So.
This world is like a crowded bus.
A few good men perhaps
May find q seat, but most OF US i
Must hangaon by the straps.
HARLEM Life.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
DENMARK.

The members of the new cabinet ara
editors. Mr.. Horup. the editor Of Poll
tiken, the most powerful daily in the
country, was made minister Of public
works. Edward Brandes, a brother of
Georg Brandes, the great literary critic,
Will hereafter be editor-in-chief OF Poll.
tiken. Mr.. Korup has been ridiculing tho
conservative ministry for years. Now
the king will give him q chance to show
the country what he can do himself.
A number Of farm houses in Upland
were struck by lightning and burned
down. Many domestic animals persisted
in the flames. A farmer named Jens
Skov, near Lemvig, was killed by light
ming.
The manager Of the Tivoli amusement
resort had planned a great confagration
on an artificial island in the lake as a
special attraction. but the police nipped
the plan in the bud, on the plea that
such a fire would threaten the Art Mu-
scum with destruction.
The conservatives made a final effort TO
include the king to appoint a mixed cab
met. But the venerable gentleman had
had more than enough vexation on ac-
count Of the immense unpopularity of
the conservatives, and he made a clean
sweep. TIL members of the new cab
met are all pronounced ~leftists, and they
are unquestionably some OF the very abb
est men in that party. The common PEG.
pie are jubilant over the change.
1t was reported in these columns a few
months ago that a certain Mr.. Olden had
invented a new method OF preserving
eggs. 1t was afterwards ascertained that
he had changed the year marked on the
package in which the eggs were pre-
served. from 1901 to 1900, the eggs being
only a few days old. It was also ascer-
tanned that his name was Christensen.
These discoveries resulted in a term of
eighteen months imprisonment for the
benefit of the experimenter.
A statue of Dalgas was unveiled at Aaf-
hus. July 16. Dalgas did more thar any
other man for retaining the heaths and
bogs Of Upland. and a powerful organiza.
ton is still continuing his great work. He
died in 1884. About 50 societies attended
the unwilling Of the monument. The
statue faces the railway station.
The boss family. A Copenhagen daily
offered a pig to the family reporting the
largest number Of children, and the
grunter Is most likely to go to Ole Jen-
sen. a farmer at Fredriksund, n his
wife. They are IS and So years old, re-
spectively. and they have had Is chill
dren. q OF whom are living. The oldest
son is 80 and the youngest 2 years old.
Ellegaard, of Odense. won the first prin
at an international cycling match It
Friedman, near Berlin. the distance BE-
ing WI kilometers. The prize had ben
put up by Kaiser Wilhelm.
Gear Nicholas. Of Russia, is expected -
visit Copenhagen In the latter part a
August. The czarina may accompany
him. Dagmar, his mother. was to -
rive on the last days Of July.