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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-12-12
TOM REED DEAD.
His Death Came as a Shock to the En-.
tire Country.

tire Country.
. Washington, Dec. 6.-Thomas
Bracket Reed, former speaker of the
house of representatives and for many
years prominent in public life, died
here tonight at 1910 O'Clock in his
apartments in the Arlington hotel.
The immediate cause of death was
uremia.
A change for the worse was noted
in Mr.. Reeds condition early this
morning. At $50 O'Clock he was
given subcutaneous saline TRANSMISSION
in order to stimulate his kidneys
which were failing to perform their
proper functions, about three quarts
of fluid being used. His heart be-
came weaker and weaker, but the
patient retained consciousness until
coma came IN.
Mr.. Reeds mind was in such a
state during the day that he did not
realize the seriousness Of his condi-
ton. He was cheerful and c~onversed
with those about his bedside. When
it became apparent that he would not
survive his illness his wife and
daughter were notified and they re-
manned constantly at his bedside until
the distinguished patient breathed his
last.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-12-12

cultural lands within the Red Lake
reservation. near Thief River falls,
in Minnesota, is very much in de-
mhnd.
sTreaties for the sale of these lands
have been negotiated with the Indians,
but they have failed of ratification on
account of determined opposition on
the part of "Uncle joe Cannon and
other "watch-dogs of the treasury
in the house. The treaties providing
for the sale of the Red Lake lands,
those on the Rosebud reservation in
South Dakota, and a large tract en-
braced in the Fort Totten reservation
in North Dakota, passed the senate at
the last session.
They were held up in the house,
where they are still pending, All Of
these measures carry large appropria-
tions to reimburse the Indians.
The opposition is not primarily
directed against the sale Of the lands,
but rather on the assumption that the
government will not be reimbursed.
1t is urged against the Rosebud and
Fort Totten treaties that their passage
will be followed by a demand that
the provisions of the "free homes"
law shall apply to the lands affected
when they are open to entry. No
such objection a be made to the Red
Lake treaty, as the people in and
around Thief River Falls, who are
principally interested, have expressed
an eager Willingness to pay a good
cash price for the eleven townships
available.
1t is the purpose of the Mi. nesota
and Dakota delegations to unite with
others interested in this class of legis-
lation, and a meeting will soon be
held to decide upon a line Of action.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-12-12

The proposed packers trust is Lot
to organize because SO much opposi-
ton was met. The attitude Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt was very discouraging.
It was discovered that the country
was in no mood to tolerate the merger
and SO the promoters dropped it.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-12-12
WANT MORE LAND.
Delegation In Congress to
Act Unitedly.

Washington. Dec. "a concerted
movement has been ipaugurated by
members of the Minnesota, Dakota
and other Northwestern delegations to
secure the enactment Of legislation at
this session providing for the purchase
by the government Of desirable Indian
lands with a view to having them
opened to settlement.
Thousands of acres of such lands
are located in North and South Da-
kota, and a valuable tract of agri-
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-12-12
RAIN OR SHINE

The station agent is on duty. On his exact commune
millions of dollars in property, each day: In his haste
he runs out in the rain or the snow hatless and unpro-
tected. Then comes the sequel bronchitis or some
the proftless experience with doctors who cannot
vreach the case" followed by experiments, with all
sorts of scough syrups" and vlung balsams," which in
the very nature Of the case cannot heal. The opiates
contained in such medicines often quiet the cough and
seem to soothe the irritated tissues. But there is no
real help or healing in spirits. Just as alcohol makes
the body into a passing insensibility to pain. But they
no more cure the pain than alcohol rids the drunkard
of his troubles. The one medicine which does cure
has in it no drop of alcohol, and is absolutely free
from opium, cocaine, and all other narcotic poisons.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-22

Some people are not enthusiastic over
football as she is played in this coun-
try, but of course such people aren't
up to date, and nothing better can be
treal Sun know about football here?
And yet it says: The game as consti-
tuted in America observes to die. 1t is
slow in it's movements, tiresome to the
spectators and brutal in the side fights
between players. The officials are
neither obeyed nor treated with respect.
If player wants to hit man he gen.
orally does it so as to escape the UNI
pire's eye, or kicks him instead. Many
an unfair and deceitful blow, in the
shape Of an upper-cut, is given in the
scrimmage. Umpires and referees are
often coerced, and games are won in
defiance of any known football laws.
Weight is the factor that wins, and
brutal power Is king Of the Rugby foot
ball match. The best type Of team is
one which can keep the ball out of
sight in a. scrimmage for a whole after
noon. The players have no chance to
get away from each other, and the
game no longer enthuses the specta-
tors. Abolish wing play, let US have
more play in the open, more punching
of the ball and less punching of heads,
cleaner Language and better manners in
the field, and so save fine sport from
extinction.
These are the wingless words of one
who thinks he knows. Now let us turn
to the words of one who knows he
doesn't know, but who doesn't admire
football. A Bowdoinham farmer saw
the -Bowdoin game at Brunswick
the other day. A neighbor asked him
about it. "Nothin to TELL" he said.
Just let twenty big hogs out on a soft
field any day and then throw down
peck or so of corn in a sack and see
'um go for it, and you'll know bout
what a game of football looks like to
farmer"
These sporadic cases don't count.
Most we'll constituted and well regulat-
ed people like football and some of
those who do will be in New Haven to-
day.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-22
4NOTH FIR.

1t is pleasant to read that Miss Lulu
Hillyer, who has been employed at the
Jersey City central of the New York
and New Jersey Telephone company,
and Thomas Joiner, a foreman in the
employ of the Hudson County Gas I'M
provement company, were married
Thursday evening at the home of the
brides parents. 22S First street, Jersey
City. And it is further pleasant to
read that before Mr.. Joiner met her
with whom he has been Joined he fell in
love with her voice as she answered his
call over the telephone WIRE
When the village blacksmith heard
his daughters sweet voice as she sang
in the village choir it made his heart
rejoice, and a sweet voice has the same
effect on other men as it did on the viii
lage blacksmith. Since the telephone
was founded there have been many
marriages caused by the impression
made by the voices Of the girls who an
swer the calls and never forget to speak
sweetly. There have been so many
marriages so caused that we have no
doubt that there is material enough for
an elaborate paper on 1.-THE Influence
of the Telephone on Matrimony." We
hope such paper will be written and
read before some society for the better
ment of the human race. 1t would be
interesting and encouraging. Of course
everybody doesn't fall in love with the
sweet voice of central" and when she
persists in saying wires busy" or
cant get 'em" many don't notice the
sweetness in her voice. But it is there,
and we are glad to see that it does it's
appointed work as often as it does.
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F00TB4LL DAY.

To-day is Football Day in New Ha-
ven. It is the day before which Fourth
of July Day, Thanksgiving Day, Glass
Day and Labor Day hide their dimin
ished heads. It is the day of all the
week the best, in the estimation of
many, though it is not by any means
an emblem of eternal rest. 1t is rather
an emblem of eternal activity and ever
lasting strenuousness. The railroads
will work very hard to-day. So will
the fakirs and the pickpockets. Lovely
Woman will also work hard at her pro-
fession of being pretty and pleasing,
and having a good time. And the
elevens! They will crowd into a few
brief minutes work enough to raise a
great many pounds foot high.
And what will be the situation when
the shades of evening have fallen on
the strenuous day? Where will Vic
tory be found perched. and where will
the pure joy that comes from winning
honest bets be found? 1t is treasona-
BILE to think that victory will be found
perched otherwhere than on Yale's
standard, or that the pure joy above
spoken of will be anywhere but in the
bosoms OF those who bet their money
on the blue OF course there is lit
tie nervousness just before the battle,
as there usually is. but that doesn't
mean anything. General Grant used to
support his courage with the knowl-
edge that "the enemy" were just as
scared as he was. and his example is
a good one for the nervous rooters for
Yale to follow. If Harvard should hap
pen to win the people of this region
would need all their fortitude and the
consultations Of religion which to-mor-
row would bring. But Harvard isn't
going to win, IL the mighty men who
represent and advertise Yale can pre-
vent it. and they think they can.
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ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.

deVour. Their feet, therefore, are far
less formidable than those of the
hawks and owls. the claws being small
The parrots have very interesting
feet with two toes behind and two in
front. This arrangement makes it easy
for the birds to climb and swing head
downward; it also enables them to use
their feet to hold food while they dis
sect it with their bills.
Woodpeckers also have their toes ar
ranged two front and two back to ena-
BILE them to climb trees and hang from
the branches. Unlike parrots, howev-
err, they cannot use their feet to grasp
their feod.
Such birds as night-hawks, swifts
and humming birds, have very small
and feeble feet, an fdor the very good
reason that they have little use for any
limbs except their wings. They have
no large prey to strike down Or hold,
and they feed while in the air. 1t was
once a common belief amongst ignorant
and unobservant people that swlfts had
no feet at all, since they were never
seen to alight as other birds do. The
less any limb or organ is used the
weaker it becomes; that is why people
who insist on taking the cars for all
distances over half block, cannot
walk and run as the American Indians
used to do
The feet of most of the perching
birds such as orioles, vireos and war
blers, are slender. but much stronger
than they appear to be. They are fit
ted for graspihs the twigs and branch
es of the trees and bushes where the
birds spend so much of their time.
Crows, jays and some others of this Or
der, also use their feet to hold their
food, when they cannot manage it with
their bills alone. Jays will thus hold
nuts and acorns while they hammer
them to pieces with their bills and
saw a crow put a piece of bread into
the water and then hold 1t with one
foot while he devoured 1t piecemeal.
Every one knows how the domestic
rooster uses his feet when fighting, and
how terrible weapon Is the natural
spur with which he not infrequently
kills his antagonist.
Pheasants and many other birds use
their spurs in the same way, particu-
larly in the breeding season, when the
rival males are contending for their
mates.
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES.
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FUDDLED BEARS.

They Had Filled Up on Fermented
Pomace.
Jonas Hoover, who lives on Beer Creek.
had a rather exciting experience the
other night in which two black bears
played prominent part. Hoover has
a small cider press located about half
mile from the house at the edge of
woods and directly along the road. e.
This press has been busy ever since
apple picking time, and as result a
great pile Of pomace, or apple pulp, has
accumulated at the press. This pile Of
pomace has been soaked by an all
night rain of a week or more ago and
then fermented by the rays of the sun
day after day until it became as rank
a mess of sour mash" or third-class
applejack as ever twisted the legs or
reeled the head, of country swain.
About ten o'clock the other evening
Hoover had occasion to go to the press
for demijohn of cider which he in
tended to take to market the following
morning. 1t was a bright moonlight
night, and when hundred yards down
the road he could see to the edge of the
wood where the press stood .,f ri =.
He discerned great, bulky forms hur-
rying to and fro about the press and
he concluded that the thieves We're
there helping themselves to his cider.
Procuring his gun he took a round
about way and came out suddenly at
the edge of the timber within two yards
of the building in which the press
stood.
Here his ears were greeted by a Sc
ries of the queerest sounds that he had
ever heard. They were not human
he could tell that. He could see moth
ing, for the shed was between him and
the location of the sounds. Making a
detour of the woods he came out on the
upper side Of the press, where the moon
glinted full on the scene, and there he
beheld picture that was at once ex-
citing and ludierous.
Two old bears had Toasted and wall
lowed in the ferrnented pomace until
both were SO drunk that they acted like
two tipsy woodsmen. One Of the bears
had laid full length in the succulent
mash"
The second bear was engaged imam
effort to arouse her lazy mate, but
without avail, for the old fellow seemed
determined to enjoy his cheap drunk to
the fullest extent. Once the female
bear, herself as unsteady as a sailor
half-seas over, struck the old man a
cuff on the head that made him Shrek
with pain. It was the she bears con-
slant squealing that Hoover had heard.
Hoover, thinking that his family would
enjoy the picturesque sight Of two
drunken bears, crept stealthily back to
the house. They had retired, however,
and before they could don their clothes
and reach the cider press the farm dog
had gotten to windward Of the bears
and they shan1bled off into the woods.
Hoover could easily have shot both
bears, but he declares that he could not
have taken advantage Of even bears
when they were drunk.-Philadelp
Record '.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-22
TIE EAMINE IN RUSSIA.

The official report Of the Russian
Minister OF the Interior on the famine
of 1901 shows that the famine affected
seventeen Governments and two Terri
| tories, with population in all of TWEEN
ty-four millions. The work of relief
was under the supreme direction Of a
special committee, including members
of the Ministers of Finance, of Ways
of Communication, and of Agriculture,
as well as a representative of the
Board of Imperial Control. The work
Of local organizations was in the main
entrusted to the district marshals of
nobility, who were endowed with ex-
tensive powers Some thirty million
pools of grain were distributed, Of
which thirteen millions were used as
food and the rest as seed. The money
spent on this and on other measures
amounted to 39,5O0,OOO rubles. Attempts
were made to provide work for the I'M
| employed peasantry. The Ministry or
Ways of Communication found occu-
patton for $4,000 men, and 1900 men
were taken from the famine districts
to work on the northern railroad and
other lines. According to the report,
there was little famine scurvy except
in the government Of Ufa, where $4,000
people were affected, and one of the
districts of the province of Saratoff,
where the disease prevailed through
out the whole year. though with less
intesity. At the conclusion of his re-
port the Minister suggests that perma-
nent measures should be taken to pro-
vide work for the ADMINISTRATOR and
that reserves of grain should be stored
in places which are too remote for
| ready access.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-22

Mrs. John-I can't see any sense in
the way that young couple across the
hall quarrel.
Mr.. John-Giye them time, my dear
they will do it better when they have
been married longer-Brooklyn Life.
A small boy was taught the Lords
Prayer and found it much to his taste.
For few days he kept it going with
great assiduity, but then he announced
to his mother in disgust:
Il heard another fellow say that pray
er to-day, mother. It's going to get all
around town."-Kansas City Star.
Mistress-Poor darling little TopsyI
I'm afraid she will never recover. Do
you know, Bridget. I think the kindest
thing would be to have her shot and
put her out of her misery!
Bridget-'Deed, ma Fam, wouldn't do
that. Sure, she might get better after
all, an then ye'd be sorry ye'd had her
killed!-Punch.
Il think" remarked the man who had
recently won s1,70O at the races before
he woke up, that I'll play 50 each way
on this horse"
Il see" said the Innocent Party, who
is anxious to learn, that's SO if he
turns and goes in the opposite direction
around the track you win just the same,
isn't it?"-Cincinnati Commercial Tri-
bune.
Here" said the playwright, sis the
dramatization of the Book of Genesis,
which you wished me to make"
HIM" replied the manager after
glancing hastily through the play. You
don't seem to have made any provision
for the Introduction of Mr.. Dooley' or
good rousing stein song. Take it back
and see if you can't do better. "-Chica-
go Record Herald.
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EPOR r..

NO" said Mr.. Bliggins, II haven't
any use for philosophers"
why not?"
MY idea of a philosopher is a man
who pretends he enjoys hard luck
Washington Star.
Mrs. Witherby-We must give some
sort of affair, dear, If only to maintain
our position.
Witherby-I suppose you want it to
cost as much as possible?
"Oh, more than that!"-Life.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-22

In an Australian theatre recently a
man arose in the front row of the gal
lery during the third act and remark
ed: "This is bad play, and the act
ing is even worse than the play" The
leading actor came to the footlights
and retorted: you've no right to in
terrupt. If you don't like it, go out
side Excuse me-" rejoined the mall
content, "I have the right to criticise
what have paid for If buy a pound
of butter and find it is bad I say so.
j have bought a shilling's worth of
this show, and it is an imposition. I
want my money back" At this point
"a stalwart attendant interposed. Claw
ing, supplementary language and
smashing Of furniture ensued. Eventu-
ally the champion of playgoers' rights
emerged triumphant from the fray.
Holding shilling on high, he ex-
claimed: tits all right; I've got my
money back. The play can now pro-
ceed."
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-22

Z. Addicks, the gas man, is said to nave
been the person who suggested origi-
nally to William Rockefeller and H. H.
Rogers, of the Standard Oil company
the formation of the Amalgamated
Copper company. If this is true Ad-
dicks will hereafter look to many I'M
fortunates even blacker than he has
hitherto been painted.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-22

At the dinner of the Boston boot and
shoe club the other evening Congress-
man Roberts told the following: zone
day, the venerable chaplain of the Sem
ate was, heard to pray; o. LORD
make us considerable of the trusts COM
rnitted to our care That day they
passed the Dlngley tariff BILL
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smiles aud SIghs.

See him comm down the street a-lookin'
mighty fine!
Window curtains goin' up all along the
line:
Every one a-cheerin' an a-wavin' of their
hands;
Street car horses steppin' to the music
of the bands!
He's smiled on by the missus: he's the
idol Of the cook;
People stop an turn their heads to get
another look:
Isn't anything on all this earth too good
and great
For him, the hero of the hour, the winn'n'
candidate.
Somewhere in the town there is meIan-
choly chap
A-fggerin' hard on the returns an studln'
of the map;
There amt no folks a-smilin' as they
grab him by the hand,
An telling him right to his face how fine
he Is an grand:
His family says they wonder how he got
In such q fix;
They told him all along he wasn't at for
politics;
He sees folks smile an whisper every time
he comes in sight.
There amt no balm whatever for the man
that lost the fight.
Washington Evening Star.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents. and other email
advertisements. One Cent Word each To-
sertion. Five Cents 4 Word for full week
iasVen slEaeal.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-22

A Frenchman recommends that al
cohoI for fuel be manufactured from
the Jerusalem artichoke. The tuber is
easily cultivated. The writer considers
that the by-products would almost pay
for the cost Of production, leaving the
values of the alcohol, less the cost Of
distillation, as clear profit. The pulp
he says could be used for fattening
cattle, the leaves could be converted
into ensilage while the stems could be
utilized for fuel.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-22

The Missouri Supreme court, in the
case of Schuermann VS.. The Union
Central Life Insurance company, holds
that Misrepresentation in the applica-
tion for insurance does not void the
policy if the Misrepresentation is
claimed after the death Of the assured
and was in no way responsible for and
did not affect the death of the assured.
The contract, according to the opinion,
should have been Cancelled during the
life of the deceased.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-22

h It appears that the Beers were not
the heroes and angels in war that some
thought them. Advance sheets of Cen
eral De Vets book on the war show
that while he criticises and condemns
England for beginning the war and for
its methods of conducting it, he is also
very severe upon the Beers. Noble
characters, he says were very rare
among the fighting Beers. Stupidity,
cowardice, lack Of discipline, faithless-
ness and abominable treason We're to
be met with among them to an appal-
ling degree. Had there not been so
many traitors in their own camp the
Beers would never have been so utterly
defeated.
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Georgia is great State for peaches.
"a country newspaper there thus de-
scribes two of them: 1--WE noticed two
beautiful country girls in town the 9TH
er day. They wore home manufactured
clothing, the loom and wheel operated
by themselves, and were perfect pic
lures of health. They had walked some
eight or ten miles to make few pur-
chases. They were hale and hearty,
with perfect forms and cheeks as red
as a rose Their health has not been
injured by tight lacing or sitting in the
shade without any exercise in order to
have a. tender appearance"