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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
MOST FAMOUS OF LIGHTS.
Tne Eddystone Beacon q Lonesome
and Dangerous Post-Costly Az
fair to Keep Up.

No lighthouse the world over has ga
wide fame among mariners as that
which stands IA miles off the coast Of
Lands End. says the Chicago Chroni-
cle It is perhaps the most celebrated
in the world. It has often been used
as an illustration by poets and preach-
ers. for no other lighthouse is In such
lonesome or dangerous place and
none costs 30 much money and trou-
BILE. There are three keepers who live
there with their families, and two of
them, are always on duty, while the
third is on the main coast enjoying a
vacation. They relieve each other
each month, SO that none Of the keep
ers remain on duty more than two
months at time. This change and
rest is said to be absolutely necessary
to preserve the nerves Of the keepers.
The lighthouse is 1876 feet high, was
erected in 1882. at cost of S40O. 900.
and rises from submerged rock. The
first lighthouse was erected on this
rock as long ago as 1897, but was
washed away six years after and was
not replaced for a long time. The Sec
ond was burned down in IT'S, the
third stood from 1767 to 1882 and was
famous In history.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
YOUTH EARNS A FORTUNE.
Starts with Small Capital I'm London
and Now Makes 100000
.5sIf3 e U Year. $7tts

Evelyn Wdench. whose coming Of age
was celebrated by a banquet in the Hotel
Cecil at London recently, is a remark
able example Of Unborn business initia-
tive turned to profitable account. He is
q son of Privy Councillor Wrench, one
of the commissioners under the Wynd-
ham new Irish land act.
On leaving Elton School he went three
years to complete his education in Ger
many. There he foresaw the future of
the picture postcard craze. He returned
in three months to London and opened
a small shop on the Haymarket, with
agencies in Germany and other coun-
tries for picture post cards, and less than
three years trading finds him with more
than 100000. He began on $3.50, and
now is earning 100000 a year.
The business has been turned into a
joint stock company, which is publishing
sc, 000. 900 post cards per annum.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
OUR WONDERFUL AGE
m ana Electricity Have Corn
oined to Turn Us Into Race of
Giobe-Trotters,

Inc human race. they tell US. has
peen on earth at least 100000 wears
Until within the last 100 practica,lv
no gain was made as to the ease or
rapidly with which one might iournev
srom one place to another. Abraham
could travel as fast as Arthur Young
indeed. the modernness of our nres.
ent methods comes over me with
great impressiveness when 1 recall the
fact that I can remember the days of
the "Pony Express"
But steam and electricity have raw.
olutionized the world. Combined with
human curiosity and the love Of adj
venture. they have turned US into a
race OF globe-trotters. It is interest
ing to notice how soon the most
startling changes and the most won
dertul inyentiQns become common
place to us. The son Of the man who
contentedly took a week to get from
Boston to Washington now finds him
self perhaps profanely impatient II a
train Is an hour late, Of be has to watt
five minutes to get the use Of q teie-
phone.-From "The Influence OF
Travel" by Minot J. Savage, in Four
Arack News for November.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
WEARING OF TIE MonocLE.


The single eyeglass. or monocle, 10
worn by only two Philadelphians, says
the Philadelphia Record. A half-dozen
New Workers wear it, and, even In
Chicago. it has a couple Of votaries.
An oculist talked about it the other
day. .'lt.ss ssi5s
'sDr. Kitchener, back in 1924, thought
It a good thing" he said. Kitchener adj
vised its alternate use. now tn the right
eye, now in the left one. He said in his
book that he had cultivated the habit Of
picking up the glass. each time he wanted
to use 1t. with different hand. OF course.
picked up with the right hand, 1t had to
go into the right eye, and vice versa.
"As a matter of fact, the single eye
glass is Injurious. Itthrows all the work
on one eFe. It destroyes the harmony Of
the optic musclesand nerves. Iknowan
Englishman who has worn, for myopic
affection, a monocle in his left eye for IL
years. The left eye is all right, but with
the other the man can see practically
nothing.
Joseph Chamberlain wears his mo-
nocle in either eye alternately, and his
son does the same thing. The habit OF
The n1onocle continues to live among
the English swells." @
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
PLUMBER CAT.
Ingenious Device by Which Woman
@ Sets a Feline to Discover
Leak In Pipe.

Making her cat act as her plumber
was the ingenious feat that woman
Of Manayunk accomplished the other
day, says the Philadelphia Record.
This woman had noticed that one of
the pipes connected with the washstand
In her bathroom leaked, and she
wished to locate the leak precisely,
without tearing out any more Of her
wall than was needful. Accordingly.
she shut her cat up in the parlor-tha
parlor is directly below the bathroom
and into the basin Of the defective
washstand she poured vial Of the oil
of valerian. Cats are excessively fond
Of the odor Of valerian; cat would
rather inhale this odor than eat fish,
The Manayunk woman's cat, after il
had been in the parlor few minutes.
began to purr. Purring, 1t crossed the
room; it settled itself on the floor with
It's face to one spot on the wall. and
here its mistress found it when she
came downstairs, its nose glued to the
spot. smiling and purring ecstatically.
The wall was opened at this point. ana
here, sure enough, the leak was found.
Here the valerian had trickled through
imparting its intoxicating odor to the
cat. =
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
|MARvErso on FRU1T BREEDING.
How Orchard and Garden Hybrids Are
Created-Work That Requires
Plenty Of Patience.

1.-THE method OF crossing two fruits. 8
as described by Mr.. Marcus Woodward
in Pearson's, lis simplicity itself. The
horticulturist merely takes the pollen
from the flower Of one specimen and
dusts It into the stigma Of the flower
Of another specimen. The result is 9
hybrid, for better or for worse.
"Of course the experiment is not
made quite at haphazard without g
certain knowledge OF Natures myste-
rious ways and laws Of production.
There Is story Of q man who thought
he would produce some marvellous new
!Iruit or flower, he dared not think
which, BY collecting the pollen Of his
garden flowers, and busting 1t upon the
flowers Of hIs apple tree! But there Is
q limit even to fruit.breeding. Five
years possibly ten years-must pass
before there can be any certainty. Then
one spring. at last the seedlings them.
selves bear fruit. I;.5 Il.
"The fruit slowly ripens, and ID
brought to Judgment. There is an e3'
citing moment when It is tasted. Many
points are taken into consideration.
Is the flavor good? Is the fruit q good
color? Does the flesh separate freely
from the stone? Is 1t as juicy as It
should be? ss IA
IA great work Of selection now be.
gins Only. tue finest are2 allowed to
survive" 3.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
CRACKING A STEEL SAFE.
Nitroglycerin Does the Work without
Any Boring Observation-Disclosures
fully Simple Operation.

'The work Of cracking an old steel
safe has become very simple" said an
inspector of the post Office department
to a Washington Star reporter. ..You
see" he continued, "all the burglar
has to do is to pour nitroglycerin In
the cracks Of the safe. then throw
some combustible material over II. set
1t afire and get out Of the way. In a
short time the explosion occurs and
the door drops out as readily as II 1t
were made OF pasteboard.
This method Of going into safe i'd
known to all the cracksmen, and II
seldom occurs that we hear Of q case
Of burglaTizing q post office In the
small towns that has not been ACCOM-
plished In that manner. The old
method OF boring into . safe In order
TO insert the explosive Is no longer
heard OF. I do not know how this
practice can be stopped unless greater
care 10 taken In watching the post Of
fices or modern safes are provided. II
ID impracticable to equip all the post
Offices with modern safes, 90 that i
think the simple methods Of the bur-
glars win be used for long time to
come. HI
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
INTEREST IN COTTON GROWING
Prominent British Merchant says
America Will Soon Want Tor
Home Use All Raised There.

Interest has been renewed in the cot
ton growing experiments being con-
Quoted in West Africa, through an IN.
terview given by Sir Alfred Jones. a
prominent Liverpool, England, mer-
chant, who has been studying the pro-
duction Of cotton for three years, He
declares that the United States will soon
want for home uses all the cotton grown
there. .s 81 5;3f
About ten years ago." he said
america produced about 1000 600
bales Of cotton and Great Britain too,r
half Of II. Now America produces
II. 100000 bales and Britain takes No
more than she did ten years ago. Then
the British Cotton Growing association
was started and the results or the asso.
cations work have IDeen more sarrsiiae.
tory than ! anticipated. The whole oe
the West African colonies and the West
Indies have been made to take daen
interest In the question Of raising cot.
ton and are working exceedingly wen.
America may yet have TO look to west
Africa for her cotton supply, because 4
believe cotton viii be produced more
cheaply In West Africa than Ia the
United States" NJ, 55Es Az b
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
VAGARIES OF WATCHES.
NAeeA Energies of Timepieces Like
Those of Human ReinGa at Low
tf EDb at Night.

You know that the vital enersfes
ara at lower ebbc at night than. In. ths
daXttme." said an OLD wutchmaker
"Would gou believe that sana xatcnas
especially the<chaaper onas-ase aim.
alarly s1aatedfT -
You know good matchmaker al
ways wants several days In which ia
regulate q timepiece. That is because
the only way to regulate 1t properly
as to compare 1t with chronometer at
the same hour every day. Otherwise
the variations in the speed of the
watch will battle his efforts. y.
The man to whom I was appren-
tlced told me this. and thought the
adea absurd. We were working late
one night. and he called my attention
10 q lot of watches we had regulated
and ready to deliver. 1t was near mid
night and every watch was slow.
Inc better watches had Jagged be-
mind some seconds. The cheaper
watches were minute or more out Of
tne way. Next morning every one of
Tue lou was exactly right. --~
Inc TACT is. you can regulate a
"atcn to make exactly "a hours a dav
Out you can't persuade it to make inst
oo minutes in each of the "a hours. WIN
tnls Is no one can tell"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
SALT AS A FERTILIZER.
Has Curious Quality of Promoting
Growth of Some Plants and Him
dering OTHERS.

The action of salt, or chloride Of
sodium, as a fertilizer is sometimes very
peculiar by reason of it's apparently in
consistent influences. 1t has the effect
OF checking vegetable growth and at
the same time increasing the yield of
wheat and other crops to which It is
suited. says the Southern Farm Maya
zine.
/ Mangel wurzel, beans, cabbages and
onions flourish with liberal supplies of
salt It is also highly advantageous to
6he growth of asparagus. It is found
an every cultivated plant, and, there
Pore. may be considered, In small guam
cities. as generally desirable for all
crops. Lands which are near the sea-
coast are always literally supplied with
Enls ingredient by winds. which carry it
from the sea. e
I According to Henry Tanner, Of the
royal agricultural college In England,
one OF the most Important Influences that
SAT- exerts ON vegetation is due to its
power TO check plant growth. possibly
ariging from the action Of the chlorine
which It contains. This is q very Inn
gortant factor in agriculture, and when
gully understood win be more generally
ntalized. In the case, for instance, OF d
Mheat crop upon land that has been too
highly MANFRED. the tendency 10 to pro-
duce straw rather than grain, the grassy
character OF the plant being unduly en-
eouraged.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
MAY KISS ON SCHOOL STEPS.
"SpoOning" ON Stairvays OF Build
ings MT GAINESVILLE, Wis.,, sanc-
TONED by the Council.

Lovers can do all the 'tspooning' they
wish on the steps Of the public schools
ut GAINESVILLE, Wis. The city council
has 30 decided after long discussion.
Alderman Edward Council. the only
unmarried man ID the council, cham
pioned the cause Of the lovers and won.
The schoolhouse steps are theirs as long
as they care to occupy them. Alderman
Connell said he was once Q boy himself
and used to SIT on these same steps. He
did not favor kissing that was 90 loud Il
kept the neighbors awake. bat within
bounds II should be allowed without
fear OF the police.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01

Dependent Norwegian Took His OWN
Life BY Simple Method Of Refna-
ling to Breathe. TS .ssg

| ~ I'll i W .Et.E
That It 10 possible to commit suicide
by simply holding ones breath has
been clearly proved by a respondent
/ Norwegian, who recently killed him.
self in this very unusual manner.
When he determined to die he closed
his mouth and nostrils and by mere
( force OF will prevented his lungs from
doing their Lroper work.
This case ie the more remarkable,
says the New York Herald, as there
has long been q popular notion that no
human being could by mere will power
stop the seton Of the lungs for more
than one or two minutes. For this rea-
son it has attracted much attention,
and q French writer. commenting on
It, says: 5 !.
TO persons Of good taste who are
weary Of life this method Of commit.
ting suicide will certainly commend It.
self. one reason being because the body
Is not disfgured thereby. and another
because the act can be committed In
any place and at any time. It is true
that sensitive or nervous persons will
never be able to kill themselves in this
manner. for, simple as 1t seems, the
act Of retaining ones breath until
death comes can only be performed
BY one who Is either unusually phleg
matte or endowed with Q very strong
will
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
QUEEN HELENA WRITES VERSE
Italy Proud of Literary Accomplish
ments of the sovereign-Other
Royal Litterateurs,

Italy delights in the accomplish
ments of her beautiful Queen Helena
and is proud that she is included
among the royal litterateurs Of Europe.
As Q young girl she published in a
Journal at her home at Celtigne.
Montenegro, verses that were greatly
admired. sss
Dowager Queen Margaret Is the
author Of religious verses Included IN
all the italian anthologies. OF the
other royal percentages who are lit
erary lights the queen Of Roumania
Carmen syiya) has q reputation world
vidA Prince Ferdinand Of bulgaria
IL q composer OF operas. The king Of
Sweden and the emperor of Germany
have done much In a literary way.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
THE SLEEPING SICKNESS.
Three Congo Natives Are BEING Trea%.
led I'm Paris for Strange Disease
Il Caused by Parasite. z

Three Congo negroes who were
brought to Paris are undergoing treat
ment for the mysterious sleeping sick
ness. One. who is In the first stage.
does not present any symptoms. He
eats well and does not suffer. If any
thing. he sleeps too well.
The second, who Is in an advanced
stage, is wide awake at one moment,
and then in few minutes relapses
into a torpor from which he cannot be
awakened. He does nothing but eat
and Sleep
The third, a boy of 10 or IA, Of a can
nibal tribe, has shown the peculiar re-
suit that the disease neutralizes the
effects Of cocaine.
DR.. Wurtz does not think that the
sleeping sickness is caused by mi
crobe, but by trypanosoma belonging
to the same group of parasites which
attacks cattle.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
WILD RIDE on a PILOT.


When the midnight passenger train
pulled into Nangatuck, Conn, the
other morning . spectral-looking fg-
ure was clinging to the pilot Of the
locomotive. When the police removed
him he was too numb with cold To
stand, and was raving In delirium.
It was Joseph Collins, OF Ansonia,
who. intoxicated, had crawled on the
locomotive at New Haven to steal d
ride home. The distance to Naugatucl
10 26 miles. The train had made seven
stops. but Collins was too stir from
cold to get Oh. His hat was missing,
his coat blown into shreds and his
body plastered with mud and gravel
from head to foot, In the Naugatucls
police court he was given 80 days in
jail for fntoxication. .5tt
Speaking Of the ride, Collins said:
MY head was hot from drink, and
for about mile the ride was delight
fdl. Then 1t became bitter cold. AS
the engine rocked and careened around
curves l thought I was doomed, but,
winding my arms around an iron bar.
I chung with desperation. A deafening
roar filled my ears. The hard iron
bruised me terribly. Flying particles
OF dirt hit me singing blows, and the
air felt like shafts of ice. After twice
losing consciousness, awoke to and
the train standing in Ansunia.
y When started to- get or was
ipoWefasss to move. Az, thax train
moved on. however,3 L became filled
with a. Wild exhiiarations sndS seemed
20 be- flying through space Icrtadsts
tina engineeEst To- crowd On atuam. Thar
.-lss al 4 remanahsrs till L axoke. inathss
Naugatuck police station"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
800 PHOTOGRAPHS AN HOUR b


A machine which prtnta 800 photo
graphs an hour is In use at st. Louis.
. The machine is a compact AFFAIR In the
shape of a small table. Under the top Ia
Q small cabinet, containing q 500 candle
power electric light The rays Of this
light are concentrated upon q sheet OF
sensitized paper placed In . device on
top. \. III
The printing operation Is performed
BY the manipulation Of q treadle, which
is moved back and forth under the
table. and the prints are made almost az
sapidly as this can be done. In fact, the
speed OF the machine Is almost as great
% foot power printing press The pa
per used is sensitive to artificial light.
The machine is fed by hand The
operator puts the sheets in place and
drops the lid over it, insuring perfect
contact OF the paper with the negative.
Pressure on the treadle opens wing
shutter under the table top. which here
tofore protected the negative from the
action Of the light. (,
A second or two at the most is sum
Client Tor the exposure, and as the treadle
Is allowed to fall back into normal posi-
ton the shutter Is again closed.
Upon raising the lid the paper is
thrown out by spring attachment, leav-
Ing all in readiness fox the succeeding
sheet.
The operatorg'of this machine have he
come proffcisnt with this elessrs bitspf
vsno. -l,4>
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
MANcHURIAN TRADE FIGURES.
Stati"tics Regarding Expectations
from the United States for the
Past Few Years. sF

The trade of the United States with
Manchuria, China, shows no percepsi.
Bile change in 1909 as compared with
1901. Figures just compiled by the de-
partment of commerce and labor
through its bureau sre statistics show
that the total imports into the port OF
NeWchWang, the principal doorway
through which Manchuria is at present
supplied, amounted in 1902 to 1s,OOO.-
OO0 haikwan taels in value, against
100000 in 1901 and 5000, 900 in 1900.
The official report of the Chinese gov
eminent does not specify all classes OF
merchandise received into Newchwang
from the United States, but does spe-
city the four principal articles-Amer-
lean jeans, drills, sheetings, and kero-
sene. The total value of these four
articles of American production re-
ported as brought into Newshwang in
1902, either coming direct from the
United States or from other ports of
China, was 6,11S,920 haikwan taels,
which at the official valuation Of the
haikwan tael in 1902 would make the
total value in United States currency
1885 800. (The average value of the
haikwan tael during 1902 is shown by
the Chinese government in its report
as 63 cents.) A comparison of these
four articles from the United States
imported into Newchwang in 1902
with the figures for the same articles
In preceding years shows that the total
for 1902 was practically the same as
that Of 1901 and 1899, and much greater
than that OF 1900, or of the years pre-
ceding the year 1899.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
4 uniaue .contlest.

The marches des chansonniers was i
contest Of an original character recently
undertaken III Paris. The task Of the
competitors was 20 walk from the we'll
known Cabaret des Quatz, III Mont
martre. to suresne. and back. composing
. song en- route. The subject Of the
song, given out 5ust before the start, was
the Inconvenience Of having corns. The
prize was won by De La Fouchardiers.
Over q score cs celebrated chansonniesa
took part.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
EXCUSE FOR HIS FRIGHT.
BeltfmoFea0aan Goes Into Barber shop
Tor Shave and Avvalkes to Find
Cow Licking His Face. 3

When q sober man falls asleep In q
BARRIERS chair and awakea to find a
cow licking his face he will be ex-
cused If he shows fright.
That happened to customer Of
George ]. Graiser, a barber, of Balti-
more. The victim Of the cows ca
resses may be running yet, for all
Graiser knows.
It was seven o'clock in the morning
"nen the stranger entered, and, re-
marking that he guessed he would be
shaved before going to bed" threw
himself into the chair and went fast
asleep. Graiser had partly lathered
him when Mrs. Graiser told the barber
that breakfast was ready.
AS Graiser was hungry and as h;s
customer was snoring oontentedly, the
barber went after cup of coffee. His
back was hardly turned when a COW
wandered In. 1t strolled up to the
chair where the sleeping customer lay
and began to stroke the mans face
with its rough tongue.
The sleeper awakened. gave ono
scream and darted, for the door.
The commotion brought the Grais-
ers. AS they rushed in the cow, whose
nerves had been somewhat upset, made
q rush to get out. and in doing so
knocked down stove, overturned two
barber chairs and demolished a mir
TOR that cost Graiser $42.
Graiser later found the owner Of the
COW, and has presented a bill for the
damage, which he estimates at s125.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
MARK



Reported by Edwards, Wood g Co.
Minneapolis cash close III
No. ! northern $685.
Oats 3sH
Barley 81
Dec. wheat, sly
May wheat, S41S
Duluth:
No northern, 50
No 2,79H II
No 8, rex
Oats 35H
May fax 1.03A
Barley "a to SO
Cash flaA 100
Chicago:
May, wheat, SAX
Dec. wheat, 80
May oats 1915
Dec oats, s4H
May corn, 45A
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01

Makes No differences TO Uncgc sana.
Kaiser Wilhelm should rest assured.
sayssthe Chicago Daily News, that. IL he
wishes to challenge for the Americas
cup, Uncle Sam will find as much pleas
#ure In taking II away from him as from
anyone whom be happens Just new Ia
call 70 mind.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-01
a PecuIfaR AcosdenIs,

Awoman named Keys. who carries On
D draed-ash business 81 nottingham, met
with an extraordinary accident the other
day. While frying fish the lid Of the
pan was fastened down too tightly, and
sufficient steam was generated In the
vessel to cause an explosion. The sides
OF the pan were blown out. and the boil.
ing Fat Jew all over the shop. Mrs.
Keys was severely burned.