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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
THE DATE OF THE FLOOD.
Bible Facts on Which the Bishop
Based His Question.

Bible Facts on Which the Bishop
Based His Question.
Some people had fun over the re-
ported rejection of eight candidates for
the African Methodist ministry in the
south by the examining bishop because
they could not tell the date Of the
flood. Nevertheless the bishop who
asked the question knew what he was
doing. 1t may not have been a fair
question, but there is a concise answer
to it in the Bible, and he no doubt
they were we'll versed in the Old Tesla
ment, would answer it at once
The date Of the flood vas 1855 years
after the birth of Adam, in the second
month and the seventeenth day. 1t be-
gan then and continued for 40 days
and nights. This is how it is figured:
The third verse Of the fifth chapter Of
Genesis reads thus, "And Adam lived
40 years and begat a son in his own
likeness, after his image, and called his
name Seth" Then in the sixth verse
it is told that Seth lived 105 years and
begat Enos. Adam, says the fourth
verse, lived 800 years after the birth
of Seth, and the latter after the birth
Of Enos lived SO7 years. So it goes on.
Enos begat Cainan when he was go;
Cainan begat Mahalaleel when he was
IS; Mahalaleel begat Jared when he
was G5; Jared begat Enoch when he
was 1852. Methuselah was born to
Enoch when the latter was 65, and
when Methuselah was 1877 he begat
Lamech. and Lamech's son Noah came
into the world when the father was
1872. This brings us down to the birth
Of Noah, which, according to the added
ages of the several patriarchs at the
time their sons were born, occurred
1,056 years after the birth of Adam.
In the seventh chapter Of Gensis the
eleventh verse reads as follows: ''In
the six hundredth year Of Noah's life,
in the second month, the seventeenth
day of the month, the same day were all
the fountains of the great deep broken
up and all the windows of heaven
were opened" This was the. flood,
and it came to pass in the year 1856
after the birth of Adam.-New York
SIin Y.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
DEVILS LAKE INTER- OCEAN, FRIDAY, NUAR II, 1901

playin checkers or sunthin, but I don't
see how yru are to git out of it. How
ever, you won't never hev to go up
there ag'in. When you git ready to
buy me a gravestun, you kin send it
up by a man. I s'pose you'll buy a
stun of some sort, won't you?"
Mr.. Gallup didn't hear. In the fourth
testimonial a man declared that he had
been saved after one whole lung and
three-quarters of the other were gone,
aud 1t was = sketch to thrill the reader
clear down to his toes.
"Of course I don't keer about no
g%ravestun for myself" said Mrs. Gal
lup as she tried to wipe away her tears
with the glass stopper of the bottle,
"but If you don't put one up the nay
burs will call you stingy. Get a cheap
one, however. If you kin git one fur
$40 and trade a lot Of carpet rags in,
I'd do it. I used to think 1 wanted a
whole lot of readin on my gravestun,
but I've changed my mind. Jest put
on that Susan Gallup expired in the
forty-ninth year Of her age of gineral
disability and that she has found rest
where asthma, boils, backaches and
rheumatic a from troublin. You
needn't say a word about maxim 40
yards Of rag carpet and a bar'l of soft
soap last year while enjeyin sore eyes
and a boil on my arm or that 1 allus
kept catnip, smartweed and pepper
mint herbs in the house and was a
nurse to all the nayburs. No, Samuel,
you needn't-say a word-about them
things. Make tia cheap-gravestun,
and you needn't-never go up there
and-and"-
And when Mr.. Gallup had finished
the testimonials and fully determined
to buy at least three bottles and hide
them in the wood shed he rose up,
yawned and stretched and looked
around to find Mrs. Gallup asleep and
the camphor wasted OF the floor.
NJ. QUAD.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
Advice From a Butcher.

"What the newspapers should do is
to devote less space to describing what
people should wear and more to what
they should eat" remarked the butch
er. "Fashionably dressed women come
in here every day who don't know lamb
from mutton or a hen from a rooster.
No wonder men have dyspepsia! 1 find
that men know more about the quality
Of food stuffs than women do. Many
of the latter don't even know the few
simple tests that might help them to
distinguish an old fowl from a young
one, and about meat they're greener
yet. A young woman came in here the
other day and asked for two pounds of
veal outlets. l showed her the loin /
proposed to chop the outlets from, and
she remarked, Yes; that's very nice,
but isn't it rather thick to fry?'"-
Philadelphia Times.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
Sherman for Speaker.

Springfield. ILL.,, Jan. 9.-Battles over
organization of the house and senate of
the Forty-second general assembly
have been settled in caucus. For the
republican nomination as speaker of
the house, a nomination which is equiv
alent to an election, Judge Lawrence
Y. Sherman has no opposition what.
ever. State Senator John j. Brenholt.
of Alton, has been agreed upon for
chairman pro ten. of the senate. 1t is
claimed that 70 votes, 10 more than a
majority, are personally pledged to
Senator Cullom for his reelection.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
TOOK
Leader of the Royalist Party in
Hawaii Ends His Life-Speaker
of House Dies.

Honolulu, Jan. 1, via San Francisco,
Jan. 9.-W. Horace Wright, journalist,
lawyer and leader among the forces
of the royalist party in Hawaii, COM
mitted suicide on the night of Deem
Der 81 by taking carbolic acid. He
was found dead on New Years morn
ing in his editorial chair in the office
of the Independent, of which he was
associate editor.
David L. Naone, speaker of the
house of representatives at the first
session of the legislature under the
republic of Hawaii, and a leading Ha-
waiian, died at his home in Honolulu
from PARALYSIS.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
Packer ParOled.

Denver, COL, Jan. 9.-The last official
act of Charles H. Thomas upon retiring
as governor of Colorado was to grant
a parole to Alfred Packer, a notorious
prisoner sentenced in 1893 to a 4O-year
term. The release was secured through
the efforts of the Denver Post, and it
was during the agitation over Packers
release about that an attempt
to assassinate H. H. Tammen and F. G.
Bonils, of the Post, was made by a law
yer, W. W. Anderson. They were at the
point of death at one time, but have
since recovered.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
Poor Richard. Bread nox.


Benjamin Franklin was q hearty eat
err in the good old days before the
vending of lightning rods became a
profession. When history caught one
of her first glimpses of him, he was
eating a roll in the street. After he
laid the cornerstone of the Pennsyf-
vania hospital in the happy reign Of
George II, he was a frequent visitor in
the halls Of that institution. His la
bors there being arduous, it CHANGED
that he frequently fell hungry at work.
He appeared at the hospital gate
n day with a big tin box under his
arm. Disregarding the gaze Of the GU
rious, he marched through the cor
ridors to the dispensary, brushed aside
a few cobwebbed beakers from a shelf
and in their place planted the tin box.
what might this bel" .queried his
friend DR.. Rush.
"This," said Ben Franklin, els Poor
Richards bread box. Help YOURSELF"
The box was filed with penny cakes.
When the supply ran out, Ben Frank
lin bought more cakes. That was $50
years ago.
Since Franklin's time, new hospital
buildings have crowded the old out
Of existence and the hospital has
grown to be one Of the most noted in
the world. Yet an old tin box; much
battered and denied, stands on a shelf
in the drug room, and it contains cakes
and ginger snaps. Whenever the resi-
dent physicians or nurses visit the
room they go to the box, take out a
cake and eat. When the cakes are
gone, the hospital steward charges the
box Observation-Disclosures Press.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
PANAMA
RevolutiOntsts Advancing on City
United States to Vigorously Pro-
tect American I~nterests.

Washington, Jan. 9.-Consul Gen.
eral Gudger, at Panama, cables the
state department from Colombia that
the Colombian government announces
that the revolutionists are approach
ing Panama and making preparations
for a fight which is likely to occur
soon. The state department. intends
taking vigorous action if the city
is threatened with bombardment, to
protect American interests and to
carry out the duties we have assumed
by treaty for the protection of the
1sthmus of Panama.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
Tryine Il on the Butldinx

Trying 1t ON the Building.
Markleigh-Your Office seems badly
mussed up. Have you no janitor?
Barkleigh-We have one, but since
he became a faith curist he has been
giving the Office "absent treatment
Baltimore American.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11

Copyright, 1900, by c. B. Lewis.1
AS Mr.. Gallup lighted his tin lantern
after supper and started out to buy
half a pound of Rio coffee for break
fast and call at the postofice Mrs. Gal
lup was in excellent spirits and had
most of the dishes ready for washing.
He was absent 80 minutes, and when
he arrived home he found her huddled
up in the big rocking chair, with a pill
low behind her head and the camphor
bottle in her hand. She took three long
shifts at the bottle and gave three long
drawn signs as he entered, but it was
labor thrown away. Mr.. Gallup blew
out his lantern and hung it up behind
the cellar door, and, having deposited
the coffee on a shelf in the pantry, he
removed and hung up his coat and hat,
vat down and took off his shoes and
then, taking a circular from his pock-
ct and putting on his glasses with
great deliberation, began to read. 1t
was a circular regarding a new discov-
cry in the cure of consumption, and he
had not yet finished with the first tes-
timonial when Mrs. Gallup sobbed four
times in succession and family asked:
Samuel Gallup, do you know that
your dyin wife is present in the room?"
He made no reply. That testimonial
from one who had been cured after
his coffin had been purchased made
him hold his breath as he read.
Eyes; she is present." dolefully CON
tinued Mrs. Gallup after several shifts
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
Brixht Little Sammy.

Sammy (who is never allowed to stay
out Of schooi)-Howdie Hurlburt didn't
come to school all day.
Mamma-Why not, Sammy?
Sammy-'Cause his mother died. .
When you die, may l stay home ALI
day?
Mamma-Yes, darling; you may stay
out a whole week.
Sammy (suspiciously)-Oh, 1 know.
Life.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
Shoots His Brother-in-Law.

Springfield, I'LL, Jan. AT New
Athens late Saturday night George
Horsley, while intoxicated, fired four
shots from a shotgun at his father
in-law. John Coxen, and wife, but
none took effect. Robert Coxen, II
years old, his brother-in-law, shot
Horsley twice, one bullet taking eff.
feet back of the neck and ranging
upward into the head and the other
into. his back. He will probably die.
Young Coxen was ~exonerated.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
Want New Railway,

Green Bay, Wis, Jan. 9.-Initial steps
have been taken by Green Bay bust
ness men to secure a new railway line
from this city to Duluth and Superior,
to u through the state in a north
westerly direction by way of Shawano
and Merrill.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
Shot While Resisting Arre,t.

Denver, Col, Jan. 9.-Herbert Mary.
nissen, a Belgian, was fatally shot by
Policeman Frank j. Kratke while re-
sisting arrest. Marynissen was sus-
pected of being the man who has been
committing murderous assaults upon
women for the past six months.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
Look. for Develonm.,+..

Omaha, Neb., Jan. 9.-Chief of Police
Donahue said when asked what was the
latest news of the Cudahy case that he
could not give the contents of the
anonymous letter dated at Lincoln.
and which was answered by means of
an advertisement in the Sunday pa
pers. All that he could be induced to
say was that he confidently looked for
important Developments soon.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
!, WINGS.

The gods but half reluctantly
Grant US the gift of song;
Yet, tawny throat, they give to thee
Pure notes and pinions strong.
To those blue worlds that arch above
We look, aspire-and fail.
Thou, thou dost mount the skies we love,
The stars we never scale.
Thou knowest not, winged soul, the fires
OF that old discord strange,
The vast and infinite desires,
The all too finite range.
So sing for us! Our Threats are still,
And song no solace brings
To whom the gods have given the will,
But not, alas, the wings!
Arthur Stringer in Ainslee's Magazine.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
German Diet Opened.

Berlin, Jan. 9.-The diet was opened
Tuesday in the name of Emperor Will
liam, who is suffering from a slight
cold, by the imperial chancellor,
Count Won Buelow, who read the
speech from the throne.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
Railroad Omcial Convicted.

Memphis, Tenn, Jan. o.-Frank
Smith, assistant manager of the Mem
phis street railway, was convicted in
the criminal court of fraudulent
breach of trust and given one year in
the ~penitentiary. Motion for a new
trial was entered. Smith was charged
with making unlawful use of i $500
bond intrusted to him.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
Hoods ~Sarsapas-iNa
THERE WASN'T ANY ROW.
1T Was Simply a Case of spontane-
GUS Combustion,
That is ScTofula.

- o"S ok SRO1k0ncS
GUS Combustion
He was a very young man, almost
too young to be out on the street at
that time of the night, $50 p. M, and
his general appearance indicated that
he had been picked up by a cyclone
somewhere during his meanderings.
He was not utterly demoralized, but
there was something in his manner
that would lead the close observer to-
the conclusion that all had not been
we'll with him.
Gee" he exclaimed as he spun
around the corner and went bump into
a policeman.
"Hello," calculated that worthy, in
stinctively grabbing at him; whats
the roww
"There wasn't any, responded the
youth.
"What are you running like that
for?' persisted the policeman.
1--WE just been up against a case of
spontaneous combustion"
"You look too green to burn" chuc-
killed. the bluecoat.
Its on me, just the same. My girl
oAOuAS IuC SOluCl, duu i Welt 10
see her. l thought it was an"-
"Where does the combustion come
in?" interrupted the officer.
Come out, you mean," corrected the
youth.
Come off" exclaimed the officer.
"Tell me what the row is before I
chase you"
"Well, that's what I'm trying to d."
pleaded the boy. 1.-THE girls old man
and l don't harmonic a little bit, and
when he met me at the door he fred
me so suddenly that I had vertigo. If
you don't call that spontaneous COM
bustion, what the dickens do you cali
it?"
ooh, excuse me-" a%pologized the po-
liceman, you III along home and get
into your trundle bedw! and the blue
coat gently waited the remnant on it's
way.-Detroit Free Press.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11

A story first heard at a mothers knee
is seldom forgotten, and the same may
be said Of other things received at a
mothers knee, which will readily recur
to the reader.-Chicago News.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
.

Unmarried women are called spin
sters, o. spinning women, because it
was a maxim among our forefathers
that a young woman should not marry
until she had spun enough linen to fur
nish her house. All unmarried, old or
young, were then called spinsters, 4
name still retained in all legal docu.
ments.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
Lived II Years.

Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. Emmanuel De
Souza. a pioneer Portuguese resident
of this city, is dead. He was born on
the island of Madeira and is reputed
to be 116 years old.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
Two Great obtect..

'They say" remarked the very Gym
ical person, that in this corrupt and
superficial age the great object is not
to be found out"
THAT shows you have very little ex-
perience with bill collectors" answered
the impecunious friend. "My great OBJ
ject is not to be found in."-Washing-
ton Star.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
Destructive Fire.

Pittsburgh,Pa Jan. 9.-Wilkinsburg.
asuburb of this city, was visited by the
most destructive fire in its history, en-
failing a loss of $15o,00O to bushes,
men.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
The & Word,

"Why do you speak of him as a fin
ished artist"
Because he told me he was utterly
discouraged and was going to quit the
profession. If that doesn't show that
he's finished, l don't know what dees."
Chicago Post.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
The Connected Peer.

A certain conceited nobleman once
observed to Charles Townsend, when
l happen to say a foolish thing, I al
ways burst out a-laughing." Town
send eyed him cuEiolsy and at length
remarked In the Mst deliberate man
ner, "Ah, l envy you your happiness
for you must certainly live the meHd-
est hfe Of any man In Europe"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11

When you are invited to a real old
fashioned wonlau's house for supper,
she always has floating island. This is
q sure test.-Atchison Globe.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11

A physician says n should never do,
any work before breakfast. Some day
science will recognize the great truth
that working between meals is what
is killing off the race.-Minneapolis
Times.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
Grip in Chicago,

Chicago, Jan. 9.-This city is in the
clutches of the grip. According to
rough estimates made by physicians
there are 100000 in Chicago at
present.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
BIG NOTED.
Figures Issued by Post Office Depart
ment Showing Amount of Stamped
Paper Issued.

Washington, Jan. 9.-The post Of
flee department has issued the fol-
lowing comparative statement of the
issue of stamped paper to the five
largest offices for the quarter ending
December 81, 1899 and 1900:
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11

A book published in Japan 1000
years ago notes that at that time good
silk was already produced in 25 prov
inces of that country.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11

The temple of fame stands upon the
grave. The name that burns upon its.
affairs is kindled from the ashes Of
dead men.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11

"AS~s
Farmer-See here. you! You remem-
Der putting two lightning rods on my
barn last spring, don't you? Well, that
barn was struck six weeks after and
burned down. i
Peddler-Struck by lightnin? =
at was"
"In the daytime"
"No; at night"
"Must "a been a dark night, wasn't
it,"
eyes; dark as pitch"
Lanterns burninY !
"What lanternsY'
"Didn't you run lanterns up ZEN on
dark nights?"
"Never heard Of anything like that"
"Well, If you don't know enough to-
keep your lightnin rods shown you
needn't blame me. G-lang" New
York Weekly.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
ConSuIn

is destruction of lung by a
growing germ, precisely as
mouldy cheese is destruction
of cheese by a growing germ.
If you kill the germ, you
stop the consumption. You
can or can't, according to
when you begin.
Take SCOTS Emulsion of
Cod Liver Oil take a little
at first.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11

1t acts as a
food it is the
east e S 70 o d Z.
Seems not to be
food /; makes you
hungry eating
is comfortable.
Yougrows strong
T,La~ore
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
HER SUMMONS CAME.
A SIGN IN WHICH MRS. GALLUP READ
HER DEATH WARRANT.

That Fatal Warning Spent the Bal
ance of the Evening In Telling Mr..
Gallup How She Thought He Ought
to Run the Funeral.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11
at first.

tAhC no OlQoI.
not too much enough is as
much as you like and agrees
with you. Satisfy hunger
with usual food whatever
you like and agrees with you.
When you are strong
again, have recovered your
strength---the germs are
dead ; you have killed them.
If you have not tried it, send
for free sample, it's agreeable
taste will surprise you.
SCOTT & BOVINE,
Chemists,
400 Pearl ST., New York.
soc. and $l.oo; all druggists.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-01-05

This dignifed conduct was produc-
tive of most undignified retreat The
boyards had to put their pride in their
capacfous pockets, which seems to
have been made for holding that I'M
bounded element They fed out OF
Pekin and returned to the banks of
the Neva with doleful countenances
and empty wallets. 1t Is needless to
say that all treaties were broken on
between the tea-producers and the
drinkers of that beverage
In 1926, however, the Russian car
determined to attempt to patch up the
breach. To this end he sent his envoy
Golovin with a compact body OF 500
Streltzis famed for their marksman-
ship. Along with the envoy were also
1 400 officers and a large retinue of
servants
The cars program, with which he
intrusted his clever representative,
was rather ambitious. He desired him
to ratify a trade treaty with China; to
establish a permanent mission at Can
ton; to propose a permanent legation
at the court of Pekin; to establish
trade with India by way of Thibet.
and to secure free entrance for Rus
sian merchants into China.
Colovin succeeded in nearly all these
objects and after his mission was over,
tea became quite common once more
in Russia Peter II. extended and am
plified this treaty and the Russian
import of tea increased yearly.
When China again SINNERS down
to its usual peaceful pursuits, Russia
and China will do bigger trade than
ever. When the Manchuria railway is
complete and Russian influence is
paramount in Manchuria and Mongo-
liza; when the predatory robber bands
have been broken up and the men
dwell under their own vine and fig
tree without fear. the volume of trade
between Russia and China, especially
in tea, will increase marvelously. OF
late, cheap Russian tea from the south
ern province has been sold at very rea-
sonable prices with the Chinese article,
but neither of them is so good as the
Chinese tea.