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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-07

Ordinarily the best investment
the man who has a few hundred
dollars ahead can make is to buy a
farm with his savings. Put into
good agricultural lands, such as
are found in Ramsey county,
money is absolutely safe and sure
to bring good returns.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-07

The stern punishment recently
dealt out to several recalcitrant
West Point cadets furnishes con
elusive evidence chat the govern
ment, not the young men who are
being educated at the peoples ex-
pense, are to run that institution
in the future. This is as it should
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-07

The healthy activity that has
prevailed. in the North Dakota
land market for some time past is
an Indication that prosperity has
come in earnest. All we want
now to make everybody in the
state happy is a good wheat and
flax crop, and this is now assured.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-07

The assured. recovery Of Mrs.
Mckinley is a source Of deep graft
ication to the American people to
whom she has become greatly en-
deared on account of her quiet,
unaffected and gentle manners
which reflects kind heart and dis
position. During the days Of her
intense suffering she had their deep
sympathy, as did the president
who watched by her bedside with
all the tender anxiety that could
have been displayed by the most
ardent lover. The example of de-
votion to his wife which the chief
magistrate of the nation has given
to the world is worthy Of his great
reputation and everyone must re-
joice that she is still spared to
him. May both live long and be
permitted to journey hand in hand
to a serene old age.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-07

late to our social and industrial
life. Things ire not always going
to remain as they are for that
would mean that the worlds pro-
gress is ended, but wisdom dictates
that no encouragement shall be
lent to those who are clamoring
for such quick and violent changes
as would disrupt social order and
bring about confusion and blood
shed. OF such beware. They are
the very worst Of mankind's foes.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-07

Do not fail to look after the
trees youplanted this spring. Now
is the time when they need most
careful nursing if they are to
thrive. It is useless to plant trees
and then neglect them as some do.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-07

To all appearances William j.
Bryan has ceased to be a stan ding
candidate for the presidency. He
has stated in the Commoner that
he is no longer posing for that
Office and the Democratic politi-
clans eagerly take him at his word
and are discussing other possibili-
ties, among whom are David B.
Hill, Richard Olney and Cleve-
lands unique mayor, Tom L.
johnson.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-07

Senator Clapp, Of Minnesota
complains to Secretary Gage that
the Badger state is not receiving
it's share of appointments under
the civil service regulations. The
complaint is not a new one, Con-
gresham Heatwole and others
having uttered it before, but
whether the contention is we'll
founded is a subject open to argu-
ments, since, when it comes to
looking out for appointments,
Minnesota politicians generally
secure their share.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-07

The next meeting ofthe tri-state
drainage convention will be held
in Fargo July 16, IL and 18 and it
is hoped the gathering will be a
representative one. The purpose
for which the convention is to as
semble is one Of great Importance
to the people of the Red River
valley and as many of them as
possible should be present. Moth
ing helps along a good cause like
having everybody take an interest
in its promotion.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-07

According to State Superinten-
dent Devine there are $4,000 child
rem enrolled in the schools of
North Dakota. This is a big crop
of youngsters, but it is going to
get bigger fast and what's more,
they must all be educated by the
state in the manner best calculated
to make them good and patriotic
citizens. The improvement and
proper maintenance Of our public
school system becomes, therefore,
an imperative necessity and duty.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20

would not act so. / have seen par
edges on the mainland act I'm the same
manner when / was near their young.
Then they began 10 search among
the shells. This alarmed the parents
50 much that they determined to try
their last and best trick The little
mother ran up close TO the men, fell
on her side and Guttered and cried as
II she were dying. The father bird
and two other plovers, who had a nest
farther up the shore ran to her and
rubbed her with their bills as II they
were anxious and so sorry about her
sickness.
Look mere" said the man who had
spoken before, that bird really must
be hurt have seen many kinds of
birds pretend to be injured, but have
never seen two play different parts in
the same trick" So they started to
catch her.
But Mrs. Plover seemed to get bet
ter and ran on for Is or 20 yards, and
then appeared to fall i'll again. The
other plovers gathered about her as be-
fore, and put their little bills under
her as If to raise and help the sick
one. The men went hurrying on; but
the lady bird again recovered enough
to run for a little distance. The young
p,overs saw the group pass off among
the dunes, the four birds in front and
the men following after. Twenty min
utes later the shrewd old birds were
back with their children, and the men,
entirely outwitted, we're far down the
beach toward their boat
Pretence of injury or lameness is a
common habit with many species Of
birds to attract a supposed enemy from
the vicinity Of their nests.-St Nicho-
las.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20

1t must delight the eye of humani-
tarians to see the great number Of
three and four horse teams now work
ing in our Streets" said the city sales
man. Il have been travelling about
New York for a good many years, but
never have l seen so many triple and
quadruple teams. The increase has
been most pronounced in the last six
months. Upon inquiry l find that the
Humane society has been largely in
strumental in this reform. 1t has
threatened and cajoled drivers and
tradesmen until all but the most fiinty
hearted have repented of their past
errors and burdens that were formerly
imposed upon two jaded horses are
now divided among three or four.
But notwithstanding these conces-
sions to the comfort of the poor beast
there is still room for improvement,
for even now there is many a horse
that is compelled to draw load en-
tirely too heavy for him. Only the
other day saw a wagon up on Sixty
sixth street freighted with five tons Of
coal which two horses were trying in
vain to haul from one yard to another.
This was an abuse which any man with
a spark of humanity was bound to re-
sent In most cities there is a regula-
ton limiting the load of each horse to
a ton or a ton and a half Such a
rule is not generally enforced here,
but am glad to see that many dealers
in heavy produce are observing it of
their own accord and that three and
four horse teams are growing in pop
ularity. New York Herald.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20
Bachelors Run the Farm.

The Virginia constitutional con-
vention has more bachelors in its
membership than any similar body
that ever assembled in the Old Do
minion or elsewhere. One of the
most prominent members is Charles
r. Miller of Pittsylvania county.
Mr.. Miller is the present owner of a
1900 acre farm, situated one mile
from Mount Airy, which has the dis
tinction of having been owned by
bachelors for a couple of centuries.
No married couple has ever lived in
the house. In speaking of the old
place Mr.. Miller said:
"The property descended to me
from my uncle, who died at the age Of
nearly eighty. Like myself he was a
bachelor My uncle was Crenshaw
Miller and the property was left to
him by a bachelor uncle For more
than 200 years no man and wife mas
ever lived in the house.
There was never any obligation,
contract, or understanding that the
heir or owners should never marry.
1t just happened that my uncle nor
my great uncle ever married. That's
all there is to it. In fact, prior to
my uncle's death, he constantly urged
me to marry, but up to this time l
have not compiled with his request.
"The farm has never passed out Of
the family since it was originally
granted, and it has never had a lien
OF mortgage on it nor has it ever
been delinquent for taxes"
While confirmed bachelor Mr..
Miller is fond of society and enter
tains many parties at his home
Chicago Chronicle.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20
Share Their Fortune.


Although NJ Maeterlinck is not a
scientist, yet most of those who have
read his book say that it contains
bore interesting facts about bees than
MANY a more pretentious work on the
same subject.
VA beautiful trait is the spirit of
good fellowship that prevails among
bees. That some of them which find
honey do not tell others of their good
fortune l admit, since it is only nat
ural that there should be among them
the same distinctions of character that
we find among men, and that some
should be loquacious and good ',earted
and others taciturn and secretiVe.
'And one who might have been with
me while l was making my obsePva-
tons would surely have noticed that
some of the bees were very vain and
selfish, and such bees, we may feel
sure, would not be inclined to reveal
khe source of their wealth, since by
eping it concealed they would gain
great reputation in the hive for their
i in discovering such an abund-
e of honey These, however, are
bees of a low type, which have little
in common with their colleagues.
quite different are those bees which
love to share with others whatever
honey they may find. MY notebook, in
nich l have carefully tabulated all
myA observations, shows that on an
ave 'age four out Of every ten bees
brought others back with them from
the hives as soon as they took hither
their first load of honey. On one occa-
sion / placed tiny mark on the body
OF small Italian bee so that l could
distinguish her in the future, and |
noticed that she had two other bees
with her after she returned from the
hive with her intention of securing a
second load of honey. | captured these,
but did not disturb her, and the next
time she came back with three com
panions, which l also captured, and so
I kept on, the result being that at the
close Of the afternoon had captured Is
bees l knew then that the little Ital-
ian bee had told 18 of her colleagues
of her good fortune and had invited
them to share it with her"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20

A heater article OF the national nad
never been put up on the home
grounds, and when the visitors picked
up the stick IN the final with the tally
standing 2 TO 2. everybody from the
Oldest fan TO the youngest paper seller
was standing on his seat and yelling
to the local slab artist to serve up his
choicest assortment Of rounl-house
benders, and keep whatever guy was
handling the ash plvoting at delu-
sions. The twirler was up to busi-
ness and laid 'em over so fast that
the receiving end Of the battery. who
wears a bird cage and liver pad,
looked as If he were Smelling peas.
The first two victims only tore
rents In the atmosphere, but the
third guy connected ami laid of a
flaming grosser which would have
made a projectile from a 13inch gun
look like a bean bag tossed from one
baby to another. The man on the
difficult corner was right there,
though, AMI tagged the horse-hide pill
with his sinister talon, assisting 1t
ever to the initial nassock in such
short order that someone yelled de-
risively, That fellow runs like an
Orange street automobile"
The home aggregation came to the
bat. Every one was confident that
they were going to pound the sphere
around the lot, but the opposing team
ran in new guy with a slow south
wing, and before they had expected
there were two man down and two
strikes on the next guy. But, oh,
Phoebe! on the next delivery he be-
came the father of bouncing swat
which landed in the last row of pota-
toes in the outer garden and enabled
him to press down three buttons AMI
scratch the rubber. Did the crowd
go wild?" Say, did you ever see q
game of ball?"-Yale Record,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20
Florlst., Lives Are short.

ct is commonly supposed that the
men who work in the mines or those
whose occupations necessitate the
breathing of poisonous fumes and gas
es are the shortest lived, said prom
inent physician. ''This is a mistake,
and it will surprise many to learn
that the highest death rate is found
among class who breathe in the
sweetest odors-forists. The reason is
a simple one. The florist lives at
once in the torrid and frigid zone. From
p greenhouse atmosphere of nearly 100
degrees in the winter months he must
step out into one that is nearly al
ways below freezing point and often
below zero. In summer he has change
to encounter, too, as in the spring and
fall. By force Of habit he grows care
less and often works without his coat
in the hot, artificial atmosphere, and
this increases the dangers to which he
is exposed. Lungs and throat and
stomach diseases, as well as rheuma-
tism, find in the florist the least re-.
sistance. Galveston News.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20
Daniel webster.

Daniel Webster, as a lad, is thus de-
seribed by John Bach McMaster, the
historian, in the Century:
AS the boy grew In years and stat
ure his life was powerfully affected
by the fact that he was the youngest
son and ninth child in family of ten;
that his health was far from good; that
he showed tastes and mental traits that
stood out in marked contrast with
those Of his brothers and sisters, and
and that he was, from infancy, the pet
bf the family. Such daily work as a
farmers lad was then made to do was
not for him. Yet he was expected to
do something, and might have been
seen barefooted, in frock and trousers,
astride Of the horse that dragged the
pillow between the rows of corn, or
raking hay, or binding the wheat the
reapers cut, or following the COWS to
pasture in the morning and home
again at night, or tending logs in his
fathers saw mill. When such work
was to be done it was his custom to
take a book along, set the log, hoist
the gates, and while the saw passed
slowly through the tree trunk, an OPP
GRAFTON which, in those days, consumed
some 20 minutes, he would settle him
self comfortably and read.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20
Sources of Ivory.

Today nothing but elephant ivory is
used in fine carving, says a writer in
the Home Magazine. In the past there
was walrus, narwhal, nylghau and
mammoth tusks varying from 10 feet
long, weighing 200 pounds, to smaller
ones, and the price is about $6 a pound.
Narwhal ivory is unlimited in supply.
owing to discovery Of large quantities
in the Arctic regions, where for I'M
told years it has been preserved in the
ice. It is Of no use for fine ivory cary
ing, but is used in all inferior types Of
work, such as low-prieed umbrellas
and stick handles. cheap cssssmen.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20
Ladybug's Mission.

Who could have guessed that the
British government would ever wish to
send to South Africa 10000 of those
seemingly useless little ladybugs or
ladybirds, whom we have all told a
dozen times to
Ely away home,
Your house is on fire, your children
will burn"
But this is actually the fact, and the
ladybugs will soon be on their way
across the sea from our own country
to Cape Colony, just because they are
better able than any other creature to
destroy certain insects which are spoil.
ing the crops there. Not many years
ago large ladybugs were brought to
California from Australia for this same
reason, and they earned $4,000 for the
state by killing the queer beetles that
had begun to injure the grapes.
The ladybug, as we see, is a wonder
fully helpful insect, even though so
tiny. She is a kind of beetle, and is
found in many parts of the world. Her
little round body, only an eighth of an
inch in diameter, is sometimes red,
sometimes yellow, sometimes bright
colored, and often covered with tiny
black spots. In France the children
call her the insect Of the good God"
because of her work for the farmers
in Kidding their crops of dangerous
bugs.
Your ladybug is always hungry"
the London Express tells us, feeding
upon the eggs of other insects and
upon the insects themselves if they are
small enough to be swallowed by a
specimen so diminutive as the ladybird
herself The lady ladybird lays
string of tiny yellow eggs She is
cunning enough always to lay these
amid a colony of plant lice.
'As soon as the larvae hatch out,
looking like miniature alligators, they
begin to eat, and being carnivorous
they fall upon the tiny insects around
them. In the five or six weeks that
they are growing up they destroy a
whole plant lice settlement. Then they
roll up as cocoons and hang suspended
head downward in nearly any availa-
nook. They come out of the shell full
grown ladybirds, and keep on their
carnivorous career.
"Curiously enough the ladybird it.
self has few enemies. It's only means
of defence is pungent liquid, which
is not poisonous, is not really of bad
odor and probably frightens none of its
haphazard foes. When it is frightened
it draws it's feet up close under it's
body and sticks tightly to the under
side of a leaf Presently, if nothing
alarming happens, it spreads its small
wings and flies away, all the time
watching sharply out of its brilliant
black eyes. The ladybird really has
two pairs of wings, although it seldom
gets credit for them. The front pair
fold over and form part Of the hard
shell that incases its body. The hind
wings are used for short flights.
Nearly every insect which destroys
the crops is the prey Of the ladybird.
Many of these are the ladybird's first
cousins, such as blister beetles, squash
beetles, bugs, cabbage beetles, weevils,
barkboring beetles, -four beetles and
bean beetles all of which belong to the
coleoptera order"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20
The Magnet in Surgery.

DR.. Garel Of Lyons has drawn a
French nail about two inches long
from the bronchial tube of a boy of 18
months from Buenos Ayres. The nail
had been there for some time, causing
the child to cough much Rontgen
rays showed the position of it, and an
electromagnetic drew it out. Another
successful operation of the same kind
has been performed by DR.. Piechaud
of Bordeaux, on child of years. In
this case the trachea was opened to get
a projection from the pole of the mag
net near the nail. These experiments
are well worth the attention of sur
geons everywhere.-London Globe.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20

Down on the beach among the sand
dunes at Cape Lookout there is a GER
tain small stretch of land where the
sun shines warm and the wind never
strikes, except when it whisks in little
eddles around the dunes and blows the
dry sand rafting among the broken
sea-shells. Here a pair of Wilson's
plovers, one summer, had their home,
and, despite the vigil of many enemies.
successfully guarded their nest in the
sand, until two of the three spotted
eggs it contained Matched out little
ia uncovered balls of peeping bird
"WH These odd baby birds did not re-
"Hfong in the nest, and their slen-
s4gs were soon carrying them rap
~ about after their parents.
One day some men came to the part
he beach where the plover family
The little ones were much
yened, so they sat very close to
ynd and the men did not see them.
Rr and mother Plover were quite
", however. They flew near the
and cried, and tried to get the in
rs to follow them away. The
n bird even pretended to be lame.
the men saw this, one Of them
Look at that bird; she has a
Of young ones near here. or she
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20
Indirect Classification.

New York" he remarked, "has a
social innovation called the dog lun-
cheon. Every one invited must bring
a poodle or a puppy Of some kind. That
must be jolly fun, don't you think?"
"a poodle or puppy, she repeated.
rehectively; 'if that idea ever becomes
popular in the west 1 shall be glad to
take you when I go to Chicago
Post
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20

Many restaurants and cafes in Ger
many employ what is called a piccolo
These boys have to run about helping
the walters, not infrequently Is hours
a day, without day off all the year
round
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20

Tommy-If I had a million dollars,
Billy. I'd give you half
Billy-You don't mean it.
Presently Tommy picked up a 10
cent piece and he never said a word
about sharing it with Billy. There's
q good deal of grown-up human ma
ture in boys.-Boston Transcript
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20

I Ope the fringe eyeldsl Let In the light
\ Through the frlnged windows OF bne.
Morn, with her bosom, has brushed away
night
Open your eyes TO my view
Somnus, you jailer. desist from your spell /
Unlock the doorways OF sense
Let the shut vision come out OF lts cell
Pack up your dreams, and 20 hence
The Christian Register.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20

During the past summer months ex-
periments we're made in Austria to de-
termine why the modern method OF
destroying hail-clouds by the use Of
artillery sometimes fails. The experts
found that failure was due usually to
the employment Of too small guns or
too little powder.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20

Twenty years ago kerosene oil was
practically unknown in China. In 1890
more than 1OO,0OO,OOO gallons were inn
ported.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20

Is the spectrum OF q solid or liquid
body veritably continuous, as is usu-
ally declared, or only apparently so3
II we admit that a material molecule
Is made up Of an assemblage of a num-
Der Of particles, each one of which can
emit only radiations of a single special
period, the number Of different radia-
lions contained in any spectrum what
ever is necessarily finite and conse-
quently the continuity shown expert
mentally can only be apparent
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20

The last vestige of worth in the SUI
gar beet is to be exhausted by the con-
version of beet sugar molasses into
neutral spirits. After the extraction
OF the sugar the pulp remaining is
used as cattle feed, but there has been
much waste in the disposition of the
molasses. Now distillery in Michi-
gan is giving money value to this
by-product Heretofore only small
quantities of rum have been made from
this molasses and that industry is con-
fined to the vicinity of Boston. But
the readiness with which the Molasses
may be converted into spirits opens
up new industry wherever the sugar
beet thrives. The process is simple.
The molasses is allowed to ferment,
and from this comes neutral spirits of
100 percent proof, used mainly in
compounding, for preserving speci-
mems, and for use in the arts. One
gallon of molasses will yield three
fourths of gallon of spirits.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-20

The suggestion has recently been
made that for permanent record sheets
aluminium might be used to advantage.
instead OF paper Aluminium can be
rolled to a thinness Of 1880 Of an inch.
and In this shape It is no bulkler and
rather lighter than paper.