Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-10-09

disposition. He unburaened himself
to us. He was following a wife who
had gone with a handsomer man who
was not her father. The poor fellow
was actually in distress and we had the
head lines all prepared for rhe ac-
count Of the killing when he met that
man who had %trespassed on his neigh
boris matrimonial farm. He disap-
peared and it is supposed he is still
cunning for that same man. That's
a pretty good field for thought. The
Baptists, that's our faifh-believe
that a man once in grace is always in
grace. That is, that when he has once
tasted the good things Of the kingdom,
he will never forsake them. The
same theory is supposed to be true in
love affairs. But it isn't. That
woman either didn't love her husband
in the beginning of their married life,
or if she did she changed her mind.
No matter which it was, she is no
longer a wife. Should the irate
husband kill her paramour. and the
woman return to her first lord, she
would be tainted with the flavor of
the tendeloin, and forever be degraded.
This feature Of married life is be.om-
ing a serious menace to the social
system, and must needs be remedied
ere long
"Do you believe in %hypnotism p
asked a gentleman who saw a bill
printed at his Office the other day for
one of that profession. Never had the
thing tried and therefore we DON t
know. Some people say they have
experienced the delightful sensations
of being under the control of someone
else. You know the witch of Endor
called up the spirit Of good old Samuel
to prove that she was no quack.
You'll find that story in the bible
and it goes PARKWAY towards prov
ing the doctrine of old Cotton Math-
err, if we are to accept the literal
reading Of the matter. Well, that
not %hypnotism, but it comes close to
the borders. We once knew a man
who signed an order tc a travelling
salesman who pretended to be giving
two dollars worth Of goods for one
and which afterwald provided to be a
good sized note, claim that he had
passed under the mystic spell while he
attached his name to the fatal paper.
Guess it must have been true for he
changed his fathers estate for the
vinegar with which the cloths were
dampened to place on h 8 head when
dying.
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The Other ~ a box car merchant
that's a 9li undertook to criticise
the spelling and capitalization of the
Inter Ocean. He is one of those un-
fortunate people who happened to be
born at a time when buckwheat batter
was more abundant than brains and as
a result, he has not been able to keep
the brain pan on an equilibrium.
There are occasionally a typographical
error in the paper and intelligent
readers understand that those things
occur and are unavoidable. In the
use Of a, 900 to 5000 words daily for
weeks it is not impossible that a few
errors will occur. The funny thing
is that nobody but chaf Drained ediots
c1iticise them. Gath saw a book that
was put upon the market fol- its
mechanical attractiveness and in it a
line was twice repeated. The box car
dude doesn't like the job work done at
the Office, because Kraut was com
menced with a capital on a bill of
fare. That copy was written by one
of the best chefs in the state and he
knew what he was doing. va.
critic should not gag at such things
when he comes in contact with spoiled
goods every day in his business.
X X
In these days, a loafer ABOUT the
city stores is struck with the characte,
OF goods purchased by the average
North Dakotan. For instance, a tende,
foot thinks he is paying large price.
for goods and expects to be annihilat
, ed financially with the enormous bill.
This is especially true of new corners
They compare prices paid here will
those paid elsewhere. but do not com
pare the quality. The result is tina
they get an idea that everything i
high priced. Now if they would con
slider the quality the price would b.
reduced rather than advanced, Yo,