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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-28
A $5O,OOO PICTURE
WAS BOUGHT FOR ONE DOLLAR
 AND TwENTY-FlvE CENTS.
Henry Russell Wray of Cciorade Springs, Has Canvas Believed to be . Ribera-B0ught 1t h
 . Pawn shop.

Colorado Springs Special.
 | Henry Russell Wray, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Is the possessor of sn old painting that Is attracting the attention of art connoisseurs. The canvas is believed to be Ribera and Is valued at not less than s50.00o. although the owner paid only five shil- linES for 1t in Europe.
 |. The painting bears the seal of the King of Saxony, and was probably done in the sixteenth century. It is sup posed to have been, stolen from the Royal Gallery in Dresden. In no other way. it is thought, can it's possession by the dealer from whom Mir. wray purchased itqin Southampton. England. be explained. .~ Count Pourtales. who is living in Colorado Springs, and is familiar with
 the Royal Gallery. at Dresden, says he has never known a case where a paint ing from that collection was permitted
 to be taken away without the seal first
 being broken. As the seal on Mir.
 wray's picture Is intact and is plainli, that of the King of Saxony showing that the picture is from the Royal Gal lery, those who have seen 1t are con- vinced that 1t eas stolen. MT Wray has been trying to trace its origin for three years. All experts who have seen 1t are of the opinion that it is valuable and could not be purchased for $5o.000. Bellamy Storer, who is the possessor. of a fine Ribera, believes this is one, of that masters works. It is. the portrait of Spanish bandit It is Rembrandtesque in lights and shadows. and Is broadly
 handled in the Ribera style.
 There is every evidence that the picture was painted about 1880. Ribera held sway at that time. and there are few Of his originals extant. There is | only one, so far as local artists are
 aware, in the Metropolitan Museum The others. except those in private col lections, are in Madrid.
 MT. Wray got his picture in a pawn shop in Southampton from a broker who, because of perforations in the
 canvas, regarded 1t as almost worth less.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-28
Tips on Shoe Tins.

The woman who wears round length street skirts should remember this fact in buying her winter shoes and pur- chase those having patent leather tow CT portions or at least patent leather tips. Do not mind what the shopkeeper says; take my word and experience for 1t that ordinary leather will never look otherwise than shabby with an ankle length skirt which rubs against 1t with every step, while the more you rub against a patent leather the better 1t appears. The upper half of the boot may be of any leather you Choose, for there is no. wear there. and 1t does not show. In fact. a dull kid Is best, as 1t looks handsomer with patent leather.
 This season chinchilla may be pur- chased at a very low price, as 1t has rather gone out of fashion. In spite of this, no fur looks better with a black cloth suit than a. gray stole and nun. With a gray suit. of course 1t is the only thing to wear.
 Ermine will be done to death before the winter Is over; even limitations are seen displaying themselves shamelessly
 White fox has almost completely dis appeared from the list of evening furs while boas and muffs of coz feathers and marabou are all the rage. These come in pale pink, blue and even or dHSe, to match every costume. The idea. of course, is to be en suite from head to foot.
 I don't think the copper reds will outlast the season. I may be wrong, but don't think so. They are muddy shades at best and not overbecoming to pallid city complexions.
 The value of baum marten has gone up considerably, and, strange to say, the cost of Hudson bay sable is lower. so that muffs of baum marten of fine quality and of Hudson bay sable sell for the same price.
 The crushed velvet, which looks re- markedly like an economical attempt to make costume out of ones old fashioned sofa coverings, is very popu- lar among the class of people who ike to make great show on a very little money. l am afraid it will never sup plant the simple silk velvet in the eyes of refined women.
 Above all, let me remind you that the fashionable hat of the moment is not large. but is in rather small pro- portion to the head and very simply trimmed. In some cases the silk beaver tricones only have a bunch of velvet fruit dropping on the hair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-28
Tn nn lin Lacen.

The great thing to remember is that soap must never be rubbed on lace. It spells the color.
 Dissolve in warm water In which you can comfortably bear your hand enough soap to make nice father. Add a few drops of ammonia and put in the lace
 Leave for ten minutes, souse it up and down in the studs and squeeze be- tween your hands. To rub or wiring it is likely to break the threads If the lace is fine one.
 Put into another lot of suds prepared in the same way and squeeze and souse till all dirt Is removed Rinse in two l lots of clear water
 Real old lace should then be allowed to lie for at least half an hoursAa warm
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-28

milk then squetse as dry as possible This gives 1t the correct yellowish tint
 Iron at once on a board covered with several thicknesses of flannel or felt only, first under a rather thick cloth and finishing with only muslin or lawn between the hatiron and lace. A thick handkerchief does excellently.
 When half ironed remove your cloth and carefully pull out all little points and loops in the lace. then cover with tho muslin and Iron again until quite dry. pressing we'll to bring out the pattern. Lace treated in this way re- opires no stiffeninR.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-28
Using the eyebrow pencil.

them, even the darkest lashes Next, with an eyebrow pencil outline your eyebrows, following, however, the lines that nature has given you so you won t look unnatural. Last of all, go over your lips with little red salve Do not quite reach the boundary line, for if you do 1t Is likely to make your mouth look large. Then, with your features picked out, as 1t were, you can let the photographer put you in limelight, if necessary, without the chance of losing any of them.
 A good many women when they have pictures taken make the mistake of wearing strange and unnatural gar ments. It is a cast of a best dress, with their hair very much marcelled or stiffly done up. and then they wonder why they don't look as they do every day.
 The best costume for a picture Is a idecollette frock, because the fashion does not change. If you haven't a de- collete frock. in nine cases out of ten the photograp pher has a foundation with a bertha of lace-en 1t; or you can make one at home by the simple expedient of cutting a cotton lining to the right degree of decolletage and sewing around it a ruffle of good lace. Let the front blouse without seams in case a little of it would show. And now, with a last parting injunction not t0 crimp your hair too much, I leave you on your way to the photographers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-28

chirp back. My dear. you are a dream of beauty"
 l always agree with such people, which is one reason why I am SO de- lightfully unpopular with them. It re- mafned. however. for one woman to put 1t originally. She said: Dear me. there are days when I feel SO homely! Today Is one of them."
 But, poor thing. I should think she would feel that way all the time. Have you seen the new redingote suits2 They are made of fine cloth and are quite the smartest thing for street wear. Imagine coat coming to within foot of the ground. cut with, blouse effect and the skirts of the coat also having fullness! To define the figure there is a smart belt. The sleeves are rather fancy. The skirt, which shows for couple of inches, is plaited and clears the ground all around. This Is an ideal costume for winter travel. At last we have something more practical
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-28
Kx-'. ?. XM
No Rose Pure White.

Fortldnd OregOnlan.
 Probably the largest rose cut in this city this season is a specimen of the Marchioness of Londonderry, which Major Barnhart has had in a vase at his residence
 The species is credited with produc- ing larger blooms than any other. specimens six inches across being not uncommon, but the specimen produced by Major Barnhart is only trife less than seven inches across, and contains double handful of petals beautifully imbricated and appearing pure white, but there Is slight tinge of yellow discernible about the base. MT. Barn hart says there is no really pure white rose. the whitest known when placed alongside snow showing a tinge of some color. This huge bloom was not the result of disbudding or other fore ing, but was produced on shoot which came up in the center of the bush, and so was well shaded during the late warm weather, which caused 1t to at tain the extra size and its perfection.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-28

low in his foot steps,
 Still they so on their fell way,making the awkward more ungainly, pho- tographing big hands and big feet whenever it is possible. putting in evil dence bony el- bows and belts mixed up" in front, making the crooked more crooked and the straight more pokerlike than ever. until we wonder why
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-28
cone. Grouna. for Plants.

{ It is a good plan to mix coffee (srounds with the mold used in flower- pots Our grandmothers used to use lcotfee grounds for putting round the
 roots of their roses on the surface of
 the earth for thus the ground was kept damp. Psnsies. too, are all the better for similar treatment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-28

than the friv- olous blouse and short coat, and woman in her frantic desire to show her figure will not freeze herself around the hips any longer.
 Speaking of the cold weather reminds me of a sensible walking length petticoat I saw the other day. It was of heavyweight silk and linen sateen. from the knees 'out a five corded 2 AA ..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-28

plenty of room to walk in and prevent ing that dragging feeling so common to the short skirt petticoat. This was much more practical than silk, looked exactly like 1t and was infinitely more of a protection.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-28

med at the bottom with bias hounces edged with corded puffs and tiny ruff fies.
 The short bolero of silk opens over a high girdie of brown panne velVet which fastens with Louis bows. era vat of silk is arranged about the chem- isette of lace.
 The short sleeves have a wired pun at the top and wrinkle at the elbow where they finish with ruffles of SIX and lace.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-28
The CompIiment AnrIer.

I have no patience with the woman who fishes for compliments all the time. who says, Dear me l am so sorry to be out with you in this old tailor
 made! when it Is really very nice 1 tailor made. and she wants you to say sso, or. T am looking like the dickens
 cnight. when abe really wants you to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-28

The greatest dispeller of vanity is.l without doubt, the photographer: IL osJxht not to be that way from the point of view of his trade, but you will notice that the photographer who matters his subject is the rara avis--tne me man out of a hundred. To bs a,Ire. that one man makes his little pot of gold, charging practically whatever he likes, but the wonder to me Is that more of his brother artists don't fol-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-28
Gown of Chinon rane...

= This exquisite gown of striped chif- ion taffeta is developed in two tones of copperish brown. The gored skirt Is eased into the waist belt and trim
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-28

The bedding for childyen's cribs should be so and warm and the cov- ertng as ligL- as it. can be consistent with the requisite warmth during the cold season. After the first year horsehair or a good felt mattress is better for children than feather beds. unless in cases of delicate. thin chill dren, whose feeble circulation seems to stand in need of more indulgence In warth than the more robust
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-04-08
NEW CURE FOR LOcKJAw.
Midway Men Invent Electronomete
Which They Hope VIII
Do Much.

Capillary eIectronometer Is the name
of new instrument delicate enough
to register the minute discharges Of cleo
tricity in nerves and muscles The in
Eention will greatly aid the cure of lock-
jaw, they hope, and be Of great use in
nervous diseases 1t Is device con-
ceived by the research workers in the
physiological laboratory at the Uni
versity Of Chicago, its inventors being
c. c. Guthrie, E. P. Lyon and F. H.
Rieske.
A fine glass tube with q hole in it no
larger than a capillary gland on the back
OF human hand is the mechanism Of
the instrument The tube at one end
contains mercury, which penetrates the
small extremity Of the tube. The tube
rests In q cup OF acid, and the two are
Joined BY platinum wire.
s# All life action Is chemical and cleo
trical, the inventors believing, and by the
action of the electrical discharge from
a moving muscle on the mercury in the
tube the amount Of energy expended may
be gagged. 5 Il n
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-04-08
LAKE. ST. COR. STEVENS AVENUE.
Notice Of Mortgage Sale.

Notice is hereby given that that certain
sWenson and Nellie swenson, husband and
gee, dated the 18th day of December;-1 and
filed for record in the Office of the register of
deeds OF the county Of Ramsey and state of
1900, and recorded In book Is Of MORTGAGES at
page 207, and assigned by said MORTGAGE to
c. w. Olsen: which assignment has been duly
recorded, will be foreclosed by g sales.of the
premises in such mortgage and hereinafter
Described at the front door of the Ramsey
county court house in the city Of Devils Lake,
county of Ramsey and state Of North Dakota,
the 18th day Of May, 1904, to satisfy the amount
due upon paid mortgage on the day Of sale.
The premises described in such mortgage and
described follows All those s tracts are
cells OF land situate in the county of Ramsey
and state OF North Dakota and known and
quarter and lots thr g and four Of section
eighteen. in township one hundred f1fty.four,
north, OF range sixty-one west.
SAG miortgage and the note secured thereby
the mortgagors shall make default in the pay
ment Of any installment of interest when the
same should be due then and in that event the
mortgage and his assigns might declare the
whole amount secured thereby due and paya-
ole forthwith; and said mortgage containing
the fnsther provision that if the mortgagors
the amount SO paid should draw interest from
the time of payment at the rate of IL per
centum per annum and the taxes for the year
1908 not having been paid by said mortgagors
the assignee, of said mortgages did on the 18th
day; OF March, 1901 pay the sum of $14.26 to dis.
charge the taxes which were assessed against
said premises in the year 1908; and said mort
gagors having made default in the payment of
the interest which fell due on December 18th,
1903, the said assignee OF said mortgage has
elected to declare and hereby does declare the
whole sum secured by said mortgage due and
payable forthwith: and there will, therefore O.,
sum of five hundred ten dollars and ten cents.
Dated March 18th, 1904.
C. W. OLSEN, Assignee.
BURKE MIDDAuGH ~ - 3
Attorneys for Assignee,
Devils Lake, North Dakota. SO
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-04-08
Bids Wanted.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
school ard of Cleveland school district, No.
IL, Ramsey county, N. D., for the erection Of
one frame school house in said district Work
to be completed by May 18th, 1904. Specifca.
tions may be seen at the office of the county
superintendent. Devils Lake, and at the office
of tn clerk of Cleveland school district. The
board will meet on Saturday, April IS, 1904, to
right to reject any and all bids. Each enve.
lope containing a bid should be marked
Sealed PROPOSAL and addressed TO John A..
G, Dahlep, Webster, N. D. A bond in double
the amount of the contract will be required Of
the contractor in accordance with the law.
Done by order of Cleveland district school
board this 18th day OF March. 1904.
SEg, IT b. Maloney.
President Cleveland School District.
Attest: John 4. g. Dahlen, b.
District Clerk. 2.6
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-04-08
ORDINANCE. NO is


An ordinance amending Section /.
title of Chapter2 of the compiled
ordinances of the city of Devils Lake,
N. D. :
Be it ordained by the City Council,
City Of Devils Lake N. D.
|. Section l.. The second paragraph
of Section l, of title Q of Chapter 2
Of the compiled ordinances of the City
of Devils Lake, North Dakota, is
amended to read as follows:
The City Treasurer shall receive
the sum Of one hundred and fifty dol
lars per annum.
Section 2. This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and
after the date of its passage approval
and publication.
First reading March 7th, 1904.
Second reading April 5th, 1904.
Approved April 9Th, 1904,
IS. L .Wineman,
Attest: Mayor.
Ole skratass.
City Auditor.
Publication a pril sth, 1904. . ar.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-04-08
RELICS I'm UTAH'S CLIFFS.
Gently Been Discovered In
/ the Mountains.

The discovery of cliff dwellings In
Utah farther north than they have
ever before been found has been
brought to the attention of the local
branch of the American Institution Of
Archaeology at Salt Lake City. An
expedition is being planned to make a
scientific investigation Of the ruins, Of
which nothing has ever before been
written. They are in Nine-Mile canyon
and the branches are about As miles
northwest of Price and Carbon county
They are within 20 miles of Brooks
station upon the stage line running
from Price to Fort Duchesne and
Vernal, which has been the scene Of
several bloody tragedies.
So far as known the only explora-
tons of the cliffhouses made to date
was by party headed by L. s. Dick
inson. of Salt Lake City. There are
probably at least dozen cliff dwell
ings in this vicinity and perhaps, said
Dickinson, most of them are so high
that it is impossible to get to them by
ordinary means. They were able to
reach only three and had great diff
Guilty in doing that. They found dried
corn, some stones used in grinding it
and little pottery such as iB obtained
from the. cliff dwellings In the San
Juan country.
Prof. Byron Cummings. of the Uni
versity Of Utah, said the other day:
81 never before heard Of the existence
Of these cliff dwellings north of Price.
am anxious to see them. I intend to
bring the matter to the attention of
the Archaeological institute with a
tific investigation undertaken"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-04-08
APPENDICITIS CONTAGIOUS.
The Disease Declared to he Due to
Germ by DIR. G. 8. Sheldon,
.. of Madison, Wis.

tsDr. G. s. Sheldon, one Of the leading
physicians Of Madison. Wis. has made
the astounding declaration that appendi-
citis is contagious. He says that the dis
ease is of microbic origin and that the
only rational explanation Of it is that It
is the result Of germ that can be trans
ferred. The prevalence Of the disease,
he believes, substantiates his theory.
He says there Is an epidemic Of appen-
dicitis in this country
DR.. Sheldon is graduate OF Yale and
has been a practicing physician for the
last 40 years He has been secretary OF
the Central Wisconsin Medical associa-
ton for many years.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-04-08
REVENGE FOR BACHELORS.
Tables Are Turned Upon Famous
Mayor of Gowrie, Ia.--Has Twen-
ty-Five Offers OF Marriage.

The tables have been turned upon
Mayor E. w. Sortzer, Of Gowrie, Ia.
who is attaining national fame as the
friend Of old maids. Confirmed bachel-
ors are laughing at his peculiar pre-
dicament, while ne has fed to Des
Moines to escape the storm which he
has brought down upon his own head.
The trouble comes from Mayor
Sortzer's widely quoted proclamation
imposing a fine of not more than ten
dollars on all old maids and widows
who do not propose during this leap
year and fine of not more than $40
on all old bachelors and widowers who
refuse proffer Of marriage. The fines
are to go toward Gowrie's library fund.
u In issuing this proclamation Mayor
Sortzer overlooked one fact, but when
the confirmed bachelors in and around
Gowrie had got over their first burst
of wrath they remembered this one
fact, and from that day began the may
or's tribulations. This fact has gone
forth broadcast, together with copies
of the proclamation. 1t is:
Mayor Sortzer Is not married.
Here's your chance, girls"
Up to date Mayor Sortzer has re-
ceived Is proposals from all sections Of
the country-at least he confesses to
this number. Those who are laughing
at his discontinue say that the num-
Der is far greater, or If not will soon
be so. The great majority Of these let
ters contain the gentle hint that II he
does not desire to marry the writer the
$40 fine which he has stipulated should
be at once paid over to the library
fund. 'Tre' "
Hundreds Of letters have come to
Webster City from old maids, old
bachelors, widows, widowers, and even
young maids and men. All except the
personal offers ask the mayor to get
the writer helpmeet. Following Is
a sample letter sent from Yankton, s.
D., by J. z. Wilman:
"Have read your proclamation in
several of the papers. Am on quar-
ter-section ranch and need a wife.
Please put me in correspondence with
some lady in your town. am in ear
nest and do not want to correspond for
fun. mean business. Don't care
whether she is an old maid, widow, or
young maid. Women are scarce here.
1 will try to keep some Of your lady
folks from having to pay the fine you
propose to impose. .......-
~ II also have ten friends, each of
whom will take a wife. Write me by
return mail"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-04-08
Vital Statistics.

The following copy Of Sec. 274B of N. D. laws
passed at 1908 session of the legislature is pub
1ished in accordance with Sec. 274f said laws
.274b.. Notice to Proper Omcers.) Where no
physician is employed it shall be the duty Of
the parents to give notice to, the proper officer
within whose jurisdiction they reside, of the
births and deaths of their children or of the
presence Of any infectious or CONTAGIOUS dis
four hours, or three days if outside Of the in
corporated limits of cities, uowns and villages
as to births and deaths only, Of such occurrence
and the Oldest person ne It Of kin, the keeper
poorhouse, reform school, jail, prison, hos.
pital. asylum or other public or charitable in.
stitution shall give like notice Of any birth,
death. infectious or CONTAGIOUS disease occur.
ring among the persons under his charge.
Whoever neglects or refuses to give such no
tice within. a period Of twenty four hours. OF
three days if outside of incorporated limits Of
cities, towns and villages as to the births and
deaths only, after the occurrence of such birth,
death or infectious or contagious disease, shall
upon conviction forfeit a sum not exceeding
twenty dollars to be collected as other fines
are collected by law.
zlS Emil S. Eick, /
(Seal) ;sig County Auditor,
Dated, Devils Lake, n. D. 3.15.1s04. rs
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-04-08
The University of Minnesota
Summer School.

June Goth 10 July 3Oth; Six W eeks,
ELEMENTARY.
Especially for grade teachers, giving
instruction embrasing the subject
matter vf the COURSES anu Also methods
of instruction,
4 UNIVERSITY. For high school
teachers desiring better preparation,
and also for those desiring to gain uni
versity credits. Much the work, il
completed in satisfactory manner,
will be credited toward state teachers
certificates. Fees are nominal for res
idents of the state, Others $40. Gaia
logue, circulars and boarding list ready
by April lst. Address the Register of
the University of Minnesota 29*