Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-10-30
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ys.x PERSONS AND THINGS -
As Seen by Gath.

LILO puZLo1 uUOuG lA0 oSO VI NAL
and Ann which appeared recently
in this department., is causing a mucf
intellectual trouble as does the age o.
the woman past thirty, who wants tx
marry. One bright young lady pupi,
of the high school sent in an answer
giving AIMS age at six years. W.
figured out eighteen years. But w
are certain tnat is not correct as W.
never gave a proper solution of {
mathematical problem in our life
If the young lady's answer is correct,
we shall take pleasure in giving hel
proper credit for her ability.
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There are many pleasures in hav
ing electric lights. One is that yor
do net have to wash lamp chimney
and ill lamps, and strike matches aud
hunt for them in the dark. Another
is the exquisite pleasure of cropping
about your work for half an hour il
the evening waiting for the lights tx
be turnel on. That is n of thu
greatest pleasures of life. It proves
you are not so old that you can not fee
your way in the dark, and then if yor
should suddenly be deprived of you,
eyesight, you have 80 cultivated the
sense of touch, that you could do al
most any kind Of work in the dark.
Yes, the electric light is a gzeat edu'
Gator.
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Here's a pretty good one on the
Pink Paper. The editor of that paper
is mi of most moral and upright men
in the state where the worst is not SO
very bad, and he would be as far re-
moved from anything sensational or
immoral as Alpha and Omega. But
the other day agentleman was looking
over the papers on our exchange table
and saeing the Pink Paper exclaimed
why you don't get the Police
Gazette, do your That's the way OF
the world. The Police Gazette is
printed on pink paper-you old sin
ners remember the scandalous thing
and it was at once associated with the
Pink Paper which carries its name in
its color.
Talk about this being a cold cl..-
mate! Yesterday we passed a flower
garden in the city kept by a lady of
aesthetic taste aud there on the twenty
seventh day of October In this year
of grace were sweet peas and other
flowers in full bloom. While the
thin skinned. people of Texas r shiv'
erlng over fires because of a small
frost, we are enjoying perpetual
spring. Don't believe the story
about the flowers? Well, just wall
past the cozy yard of Mrs. Reid o,
Second street, and see them for your
self.
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His felt hat pushed back from q lo1
cut brow,
His eyes with mean light afame.
When in this mood we can pity hi
frow
Who consented to share his name
For we are aware of his fame,
Disturb him not now at the cost Q
life,
Nor cen dare to breathe his name,
For this dispised man of newspape
strife
Who leads such an inky and pencile
life
Is Gath of the "Knockabout'' fame.
We can blow smoke in the eyes
the kernels man new, and pull b
whiskers too, if he had any. That
an honor he never had-the poem, NJ
the whiskers.
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Women have an easier time tbs
they had ffty-years ago. South D.
l kotas and Oklahoma divorce courts ar
f the New Jersey whipping post Fl
abusive husbands had not been invel
b ted. But in other ways besides the
. and voting she is better off. Fiji
8 years ago they cooked without a stow
sewed without a machine and W,
8 courted without an electric ligh
8 Then she carded the wool, spun Il
Q yarn, and weaved the cloth for Il
family clothes. Then she stood stoo
= ed over a tub of steaming suds a,
washed the family linen by a proce
that would break the back of a lovi,
husband in four minutes. Then 81
e spent another day out Of even
. ironing the anne clothes in a roo
g that gave her a first class Turk
bath, with irons that in the hands
a man slide about like butter on a b