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The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30
EQURL OPPORTUNITIES.

The San Francisco Examiner, which
is not always rational, though nearly
always interesting, makes this obser-
walton:
What the American voter wants
from the political orator who under
takes to instruct him is not a lot Of
airy conversation about plutocrats and
aristocrats, but definite ideas as to
practicable and rational measures for
the maintenance of the equality of op-
portunity for all citizens and the equal
distribution of the burdens and ad-
tages of government on all.
If our San Francisco contemporary
may be accepted as a reliable authority
on the subject which it handles so
gracefully, what must one think of the
reasonableness of the American voter?
Shall we say that he wants the earth?
That would be but grain of sand in
comparison with the mountain range
of his wants, drop of water toward
filling the ocean of his demands. No.
it is not the earth, it is heaven he
yearns for; not this world of sin and
sorrow, where inequality of oppor-
tunities and burdens has always OBJ
tained, but that land of pure de-
light, where saints immortal reign"
According to our San Francisco con-
temporary, the American voter, when
he goes to hear political orator, wants
that which is as impossible as inter
planetary communication by railway
mail. Since men are created with un-
equal apacities-capacitie quite as
widely different as the fortunes they
achieve-and since the conditions un-
der which human beings are born, and
the environments into which birth ush-
ers them, are as unequal as their
capacities, it is manifestly absurd TO
look or hope for measures that will
eQualize opportunities and burdens.
Not here, not in this life, but in the
hereafter, will the equalizing be at
tended to, if, indeed, that process may
be set down as feature of the Eternal
Plan.
Inequality of capacity, which seems
to be fixed condition of the human
race, implies inequality of opportunity.
1t can not be rightly urged that man
has an opportunity to do a thing for
the doing of which nature disqualified
him. ''The equal distribution of bur-
dens and advantages" is the widest Of
socialistic dreams. The nearest ap-
proach to it is the commune
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30
'"1kRexA,~.---
PLACEBO PRESCRIPTIONS.
An Old Doctor Tells "a Secret of His
Profession.

Never tell a patient that there is
nothing the matter with him." said the
old doctor, who was revealing the So
crets OF his profession. "lf you do, you
make lifelong enemy and lose your
patient who sends for anothcV doctor.
Give him something, if it is only favor
ed water If the disease is only imagi-
nary, cure the imagination with a
harmless dose and your patient gets
well. In the profession we call such
prescriptions 'placebos, and more Won
derful cures are effected by placebos
than the world wots of. SO, ALSO when
you run across a patient who an
nounces the first thing that he cannot
take certain sorts of medicine, don't
tell him he must. Agree WITH him and
give him the medicine, if be needs it.
In disguised form.
There are thousands of people who
labor under the conviction that they
cannot take quinine and will tell you
that they have never taken it in their
lives, While at the same time they may
be taking large doses of it. The taste
of Quinine is hard to disguise, but if
administered in a pill the patient can
be made to take it and never suspect
what he has swallowed. The trouble
is the patient is apt to recognize a
quinine pill by its appearance, to sus-
pect, bite into the pill and thus dis
cover your ruse. To obviate this diff
Guilty druggists now have pills of qui-
nine made i'll odd shapes and colors.
Pink pills. containing nothing but qui-
nine and little harmless coloring mat
ter, are favorite form for use in cases
where an antiquinine crank has to lie
nedicated. In giving a placebo it is not
wise to have it taste too well. The pa
tent is apt TO suspect if you do. And
be sure that you grayely impress upon
the patient that only teaspoonful is
to be taken at time and that at stated
intervals. The whole virtue of place
90 exists in the solemnity and impor-
tance with which you surround it,
New York Press.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30
KILLED THE SPIDER.
Deadly influence of "a Small Magnet
ON the Insect.

DG&OES lnhu&hC& Oh ~ small magnet
ON the Insect.
An experiment made by a scientist
to test the influence which q magnet
Will have on spider is of interest.
The magnet employed was small
steel one of the u shape, the legs Of
which were about two and half
inches long by one-half inch wide and
One-siXth of an inch thick, the distance
between the poles being about one
quarter of an inch.
Having noticed a small spider active
ly running along his armchair, he
brushed it off upon the carpet, where
it began to run, but was somewhat i'm
peded by the roughness of the fabric
He now slid the magnet along the car
pet, following after the spider, till the
ends of the poles were within quar-
ter of an inch Of it. The animal, with
out being touched, almost instantly
stopped, and on withdrawing the mag
net the spider continued on his jour
ney.
The experimenter then placed the
magnet within half an inch in front Of
the spider, and, Withdrawing it slow
ly, the latter followed it in every direc-
tion which the magnet took, both in
straight and circuitous routes.
Gradually, however, the spider be-
came so strongly magnetized as to be
immovable for several minutes, the
magnetic influence seeming to lose its
further power On withdrawing the
magnet altogether the spider began to
recover somewhat.
The scientist ultimately placed a
tumbler over the spider and the mag
net, covering them both completely,
and at the expiration Of several min
utes the spider, after a struggle to es-
cape from the strong influence which
the magnet exercised over it, was
dead Exchange.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30

officials of foreign governments who
were anxious to get rid of that element
of the population. And it is not less
likely that the importers of these la
borers knew what manner of people
they were, and contrived the means Of
smuggling them into the country in
evasion of the law which seeks to ex-
clude such Objectionable immigrants.
The coal barons long ago discovered
that American laborers would not
submit to the tyranny and robbery
they practice to accumulate their large
profits. So they imported the lowest
and most dangerous class of Euro
peans. AS a result, the people of the
country are suffering for fuel, and the
people of Pennsylvania have to go to
the expense of keeping two regiments
of soldiers in the region to keep order.
If mines should be blown up by these
anarchists, if property should be de-
stroyed, if blood should be shed, who
should be held responsible? The coal
barons are responsible for the presence
of anarchists and for the tyranny and
starvation that have driven them TO
desperation and revolt.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30
Ancient Trades Uuious

Seven thousand years ago there were
trades unions i'll Nineveh and Babylon,
and so strict were their rules that in
some cases the penalty of death was
inflicted for infringing them. Each
mans work was strictly defined. and
even the number of hours that he was
allowed to work was stated in the
charter of his guild or union. Later
exactly the same state of affairs ex
listed in Pompeii, and Inscriptions have
been discovered stating specific ap,
pointments of officials to trades unions.
The most powerful of these appears
to have been that of the Fishermen's
guild.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30
The Word EIRfferN.

At first sight there would appear to
be little connection between fattery
and the wagging of a dogs tail, yet
in nearly all the northern language the
same word signifies both. and fiattery
is certainly derived from the word sig
nifying to wag the tail. In the old
Norman tlagra signifies to fatter and
also to wag the tail. In Danish logre
is to wag the tail, and logger for cen is
to fawn on one. In Dutch vleyden is
to fiatter and vleydsteerten is TO wag
the tail. In the old German wedc!n
is to wag the tail, and in English
wheedle is to gain ones end in flat
terry.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30
Nuthfng Wasted.

A Scottish farmer when going TO
market, it was observed, always took
hen with him in his trap. The reason
was never known until one day he took
place the farmer stopped he put the
nosebag ON his horse, and then the hen
was SO trained that what dropped from
the horses bag the hen would pick up,
SO there was nothing wasted.-Pear
sons Weekly.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30
S1uda0 secret.

Sometimes, sighed the weary papa
as he tried in vain to quiet the tur-
bulent infant, II wish was pho
tographer."
And why?" nonchalantly asked
mamma, as she turned to another chap
ter.
Because photographer seems to
be the only man in the world who can
make baby look pleasant when it
doesn't wish Photographic Times.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30
IleceptfVe,

"Dey oughter pass law" said Hun
cry Higgins, nursing his leg, ter COM
pei people ter call deir dogs be appro-
pirate Names
'Wots de matter now?'' inquired
Dusty Rhoads.
why. 4 woman down de road said
Il didn't sit out o her yard she'd call
Fido. O course | laffed. Den she
called Fido, and Fido didn't do ting
He was big brindle bulln'-Chicago
Tribune.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30
4 SpinY Monster

For sheer ferocity of appearance, I'M
redeemed by any milder facial attri-
buteS, lizard called after "AIoloch hor.
RID king" Moloch horridus is pre-emi.
nent among reptiles. The body of this
Australian reptile is SO covered with
splnes that, as it has been put, nature
seems to have endeavored TO ascertain
how many spines could be inserted on
given area. But. unlike it's tutelarv
deity. who seems really to have sn,lIed
himself Molech, the lizard does not de-
mand the blood of children. 1t is. in
deed, vegetarian and only fiery in that
1t has a curious faculty of absorbing
ana drying up water. A specimen
placed in shallow dish was observed
TO attract the water like Il piece of
blotting paper Westminster Gazette.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30

Commander McCrea of the Machias
reports to the navy department that
one of the great battles" near Cape
Haytien has dwindled down to two
killed and hundreds scared.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30

Ten thousand men are expected to
lose their jobs on account of the new
harvester combine. Yet the trusts in
sist that they are the friends of labor
and help to keep up wages.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30
Good Intentions.

Don't trust too far to yoh good in
tentions," said Uncle Eben, unless
yoh has skill back of 'em. Good in
tentions satisfies de man what has
'em, but dey is de ruination of a heap
of choir music, ,"-Washington Star.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30
ECliNAe1.

Hewitt What became Of the girl
that you used TO say was the light of
your life?
Jewett-Another fellow came be-
tween me and the light.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30

Henry Watterson will not go into
Kentucky politics on his own account,
but if he lived down here in Arizona
he would be apt to take a dip for self
protection.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30

At last we have discovered what the
Philippines are good for. The Sur
geon General of the army says: The
Philippines afford an excellent field
for the study of the cholera germ"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30
A ButtOnIeas Coat.

'Is there any kind of coat that never
has any buttons on it?" asked mis-
sion teacher Of a class OF newsboys.
Eyes, sir-a coat of paint" was the
instantaneous reply
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30

The virtuous indignation of one of
the trusts over an attempt to waylay
it in court would be more affecting if
the trusts were not in the highwayman
business themselves.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30

Patriotism is not the mere holding
Of great flag unfurled. but making 1t
the goOdliest In the world.--W. ]. Lin,
ton
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30

Reports of fights at Kentucky candy
pullings suggest that the cork had also
been pulled from the little brown jug.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-30

The cost Of producing and planting
young saimosi is under 81 per 1000.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-02-21
WEBSTER AND DE GROAT.

Mrs. Anna Miller has returned
from a months visit in Chicago.
Miss Gwennie Gozee spent a
week visiting with B. F. Hoy's
family at Dudley.
Mr.. Clemens is teaching this
winter in DE Groat where he has
an attendance of 10 pupils.
Miss Julia jacobson, who has
been i'll for some time, is now able
to visit her friends and neighbors.
The Misses Webster have re-
turned from their claims where
they have been spending the win
ter months.
Olaf Leet has returned from the
western part Of the state with a
carload of bronchos, and is now
having a delightful time breaking
them.
Miss Mae Brooks, one of Ram.
sey county's we'll known teachers
who is engaged in teaching this
winter at the residence Of B. F
Hoy, spent Saturday and Sunday
visiting in this neighborhood
Miss Brooks is well pleased with
her present location, but neverthe.
less she enjoys being among he1
old friends again.
A very pretty wedding occurred
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. j
Parry, Wednesday, Feb. 5, when
Miss Emma De Clark and Mr.. AL.
bert Swenson were united in mar
rage, the Rev. Mr.. Waddle ohci'
ating. The bride has made bel
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Parry fol
the past two years, and the groom
is one of Ramsey county's pros
porous farmers. The happy pail
we're attended by Miss Nora ia
cobson and Mr.. Bert Parry. AT
ter a bountiful repast had beer
served the guests INDUCED in the
playing of games, etc., for severa
hours, after which the bridal pal,
took up their residence at thei'
cozy home in the near vicinity
followed by the congratulations
and good wishes Of their many
friends.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-02-21
Horses, Horses.

Barrett & Zimmerman, Midway
Horse Market, St. Paul, Mimi,
have constantly on hand from 300
to 500 head of farm mares, draf-
ters, general purpose horses and
mules. They hold auction every
Wednesday with private sales
daily and have the kind Of horses
you want.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-02-21
No Transfer at Chicago.

All trains of the Baltimore and
Ohio, Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern and Nickel Plate Rail-
ways use the Grand Central Sta
ton at Chicago. Patrons of the
Chicago Great Western Railway
desiring to 90 east via any of these
roads will avoid transferring.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-02-21

When an agent calls on you re-
member that he has had a long
training in cunning. and that his
hope is to overpower you; remem-
Der that if he succeeds in his de-
signs on you, he makes a big prof
it, while you pay a high price for
something you do not need.
Are You a Mason?
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-02-21

The Life Saver is the best
nickle cigar sold.
Vegetables every Saturday at
T. A. Haslam's.
See us for farm, loans, low rate
of interest, with on or before pri-
vilege. Miner & Hartley.
McKibbin hats
For men
F. w. Mann & Son.
Allie Bond, who has been for
some time in Greene's drug store,
has accepted a position as cigar
salesman for Vic Haslam. Allie
reports business very good.
Last Friday evening the junior
and senior classes of the city high
school gathered at the pleasant
home Of Harvey Anderson and the
evening was enjoyably spent with
games, etc.
Last week Deputy Marshal
Hurst arrested Wahacaukaska and
Alex Iron Cloud for taking intoxi-
eating liquors onto the reservation
At their preliminary hearing be.
fore U. S. Commissioner McClory
Monday, they we're bound over tc
await the U. S. court at Fargo.
which convenes March 10th
Being unable to furnish bail they
were confined in the county jail.
Allan Tompkins, the Devils Lake
electric light, telephone and water
works promoter was in the city
Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week. He says that a company Of
which he is manager will run the
long distance telephone west from
Devils Lake this spring and that
it will connect with a local ex-
change at this place and also one
at Leeds which will also be put in
as soon as frost is out in the spring
Optimist.
Charley Pillsbury, who has been
in the employ of Ben Jones for the
past three years, has entered into
partnership with Jas. Highland, Of
Devils Lake and bought out the
business and good will Of MI
Jameson, the harnessmaker o.
that city. Mr.. 'Pillsbury excels as
a workman, and is.able and indus
trious enough to carve out success
with his own hands. he went
down Wednesday to take charge
of the shop and his wife will fol-
low him as soon as he becomes
settled. Sorry to lose these young
people, but they are going to {
good town, Prosperity attenc
them.-Cando Record.
The O'Callaghans.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-02-21
6ltu in Brl6t


Benefit of st. Vincent de Paul
Hospital.
New York is wild over Are You
Mason.
Lyle M. Fisher was down from
Barton a few days last week.
If you want to buy a good draft
horse, see Van Liew and Pitcher
at Gordon's barn.
E. W. Miner returned Tuesday
evening Of last week from his trip
to Minneapolis.
Mr.. j. G.. jacobson, of Churchs
Ferry, transacted business in the
city last week.
Nef & Rother do not wait for
land buyers to come to North d.
kota. They go after them.
Miss Minnie Jameson has been
assisting Secretary LaRue in the
Chautauqua Office for the last few
days.
If your farm is for sale at the
right price, Nef & Rother will not
keep you waiting long for a pur.
chaser.
Mrs. Jno. Gresens returned last
week from Houghton, Mich, where
she went to attend the burial Of
her mother.
First time ever played west o.
Chicago by amateur or professional
because it was just written, Are
You a Mason?
Pay up your past due mortgage
drawing high rates of interest, by
borrowing money of First Nationa
Bank. Lowest rates given.
Are You a Mason? Whethel
you are OF not, don't fail to SCI
Leo Detrichstein's greatest of al
farces, as presented by the O'Cal
laghans.
Mrs. w. A. Kimmerly and he
father, Mr.. Rombaugh, returned
: last week from a months visit will
relatives in Wisconsin.
MI and Mrs. O. Evans arrived
last week from Grand Forks anc
will put in a photograph gallery il
4 the new Brennan building, adjoin
ing the postoAice.
W. W. Wood has purchased tn
building occupied by the Salvation
aArmy, which he will thorough.
remodel and fit up in tip top style
Mr. Wood will put in a stock o
spaints and wall paper.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-02-21
McKibbin hats
Guaranteed
F. w. Mann e. Son.

G. W. Greene the druggist, will
refund you your money if you are
not satisfied after. using Chamber
lains's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
They cure disorders of the stomach,
biliousness constipation and head
ache. Price Is cents. Samples
free.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-02-21

You will save money by buying
a Van Brunt drill.
T. A. Haslam made a business
trip to Churchs.Ferry the first Of
the week.
w. F. Garfield, Of Oberon, tran
sacted business in the city the
first Of the week.
The best test on drills is to SOW
fax seed. The Van Brunt is the
acknowledged leader.
w. A. Powell, the Grand Har-
Dor lumberman, visited the city
the first of the week.
When you buy a Van Brunt
drill you insure yourself against
poor work and vexatious delays.
You like your own way. Ever
occur to you that possibly other
people like to have their own way!
The fitting lever on the Van
Brunt enables the operator to sci
the shoes to run on the heel more
or less, as the soil requires.
McKibbin hats
Best on earth
F. w. Mann & Son.
The First National Bank viii
not sell your horse notes, bnt will
grant extension in case of CROP
failure OF other mist ortunes, and
you all know it.
It takes some men a long time
to decide. At noon a reporter
asked a man if he knew anything
and at 2 o'clock he was still think.
ing.
If you want to buy a farm and
need money to carry the dea]
through. call at the Ramsey
County National Bank, Devils
Lake, N. D, Low rates.
M. E. Lynes and J. E.. Boone
have bought the Florence hotel al
Kenmare and will take charge
Feb. 18th. They propose running
a first class hotel and the public il
invited to call and see them when
visiting Kenmare. They viii
cater especially to the commercial:
trade. 1850
Charlie Pillsbury has, with the
young man who has been employed
by Harnessmaker Jameson, O
Devils Lake, bought the stock anc
business of the latter gentleman
and left Tuesday morning, to take
possession. AS soon as he can SO.
cure a suitable dwelling, which al
the present time are very scarce
Mrs. Pillsbury will join her hus
band in the Lake .-Cando Herald
Water Is Cents Per Barrel.
Will deliver water on shorr
notice to any part of the city at l;
oo- -o.Io..o DI>- NJ 100
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-02-21

The Minnewaukan stage ran in
to Churchs Ferry last week on
sleigh runners-the first time this
winter.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-02-21
Water Is Cents Per Barrel.

Will deliver water on short
notice to any part of the city at Is
cents per barrel Phone, Nc. 1873.
T. NJ. HAIG.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-02-21
Three Months for Is cents.

Mail us your name and address
together with Is cents, and we will
give you a three months trial
subscription to the most beautiful
musical magazine published con-
tanning four new, copyrighted
pieces of music, full size, each
month, together with reading
matter, illustrations, etc.
Every Month Publishing Co.
1123Broadway, N. Y. G.
For Sale.
A six room house and lot and
barn. Enquire of W. w. Wood.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-11
KiDlirg's Faith.

Bishop Brewster of the Episcopal di-
Geese of Connecticut told n new story
of Rudyard kip!inG in a recent talk
to Yale students on Robust Religious
Faith" ITO illustrate the masculine,
robust religious faith in kipling's writ
ings." B.shop Brewster said. during
the poets critical Illness; in New York.
when life was at u very low ebb, the
nurse went TO the bedside and, seeing
Kipling's lips ;aove bent over him,
thinking he wanted something She
heard these words uttered feebly. Now
I lay me down 10 sleep that familiar
prayer of childhood. The nurse. real
izing that Etipling didn't require her
services. said in an apologize whisper:
4 beg your pardon. Mr.. kipling.
thought you wanted something
81 do family observed Kipling: I
want my Heavenly Father. He only
can care for me now"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-11
Happiness In Helping Others.

How often we hear people say that
they are never so happy as when they
are helping others, and how true 1t Is
that he who lives for self cannot be
happy. Selfshness and avarice in the
heart are incompatible with happiness.
The social instinct is one Of the stron-
gest elements Of the human soul Its
basis is love. Love inspires benevo-
lence, and benevolence ~rejoices in re-
lieving the suferings Of others There
fore would you be happy during this
year? Then give some tire 10 comElu-
nicating joy and glidness 10 the hearts
OF others.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-11
Allow Others to Forget.


Not only forget your pardoned trans
gressions. but allow Others to forget
them. The chief stock on hand of
some people is to recount in prayer
meetings and pulpits what big scoun-
drels they once were. They not only
will not forget their forgiven deficits.
but they seem to be determined that
the church and the world shall not for
get them. If you want to declare that
you have been the chief of sinners and
extol the grace that could save such q
wretch as you were. do so. but do not
60 into particulars. Do not tell how
many times you got drunk or to what
bad places you went or how many free
Edes you had in the prison van before
you were converted. Lump it. brother;
give it to us in bulk. If you have any
scars got in honorable warfare. show
them. but if you have scars got in igno-
BILE warfare do not displaythem. know
you will quote the Bible reference to
the horrible pit from which you were