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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-03-10
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Miss Lizzie Hanson is visiting
with friends in town.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. ].
Jirik last Monday, a daughter.
Frank Bina and wife are up
from Lakota for a few days visit.
John T. Bina is figuring on
building a good dwelling house
in the near future.
Esten Ophaug, an old time
Brockettite, was seen on our
streets last week.
An impromptu dance was given
b. the Royal Neighbors after
lodge meeting last Friday night.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. j. L.
Trueblood on March LIST, a
daughter. Mother and child
doing well.
A. F. Moravetz has his ma
chine depot we'll under way, and
when it is finished will be the
best building of its kind in town.
The last chance dance was
given last Monday night in Mel
sons hall, and it is safe to say
that those present had a good
time.
Wild geese have been reported
IN this neighborhood, but the
scribe has not been favored as
vet with the pleasure of seeing
any.
After three weeks of the fin
est kind Of spring weather it be-
gan showing on Monday morn
ing Of this week and is still
showing. This will be a fine
thing for the crops, ais it was
getting quite dry.
Sheriff Mel Lean dropped III the
other night and took q hand ia
che deal and won out actually
breaking the bank which has
since closed its doors. We
mean the bank Of Monte Carlo
of course.
M. ID. Butler and wife return
ed from their wedding trip last
Friday, and will be at home to-
ali callers III their rooms over
the Palace drug store. They
were met at the train BY d team
Of eight of our stalWart young
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men hitched to a nicely decora-
ted carriage, in which they were
hauled through the principal
streets to their home.
1t is reported that Addie Long
has scarlet fever, and that her
fathers house, four miles south
east, is now under quarantine.
Later word from the sick room
to the effect that she is improv-
ing rapidly.
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plosion of the gasoline engine,
one arm being very sore yet.

one arm being very sore vet.
Joe Valencourt has returned
from Hot Springs, Ark, where
he took treatment and is feeling
much better.
Luther Welsh and wife are
spending a few weeks at La
Fayette, Indiana, VIII ere they
were called by the serious illness
of relatives.
st. Patrick's day will be cele.
brated by a grand masquerade
ball in M. w. hall. Several
prizes will be given. Supper
will be served at the Hub hotel.
The infant child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank c. Loudon died last
Friday morning. The parents
have the sincere sympathy Of the
entire community in their sad
bereavement.
This village needs some fire
apparatus ard our people should
get together and purchase that
offered for sale by the city Of
Devils Lake. It is the cheapest
proposition the writer has ever
heard of.
D. L. Ross has moved his
family to Indiana where they
will make their future home.
Mr.. Ross came to this country
about six years ago, and has &C
cumulated a snug little fortune
which he carries back to his old
home.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-03-10

cross the track directly in front
of the approaching train. When
on the track, they attempted to
return, but the team balted, and
carried them off the track Just as
the pilot caught the buggy. The
team ran away and the buggy
was reduced to splinters.
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lesley Olson is on a trip to Al
berta and Mrs. Olson is visiting
at Grand Forks.
p. A. Blocker has returned
from a visit with relatives at
New Rockford. B.
Miss Jennie Graham has been
the guest Of the Misses Haig re-
Gently.
S. A. Denoyer expects to erect
q fine residence in the village
this spring.
Morgan has returned
from an extended trip to Texas
and other points Of the south.
Michael Heron who has been
entertaining the lnumps for sew.
eral days isnoW able to be about.
Ed. Elliott is suffering from 4
severe attack of the grip. He
has not yet recovered from the
burns he received from the ex-
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The debate between the high
schools of this place and Rolla
has been cancelled.
The scheme for securing one
of the desirable toWnsites in the
Deep River country has been
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-03-10
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One bay mare, star til fore
head, weight between / 900 and
1920 pounds. One bay horse,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-03-10
Financial Statement
City Of Devils Lake, N. Oak.
Semi !. Annual Report From
Sept. 4, 1904 TO Feb.
20, 1905.

List OF warrants issued from September LIST.
& 1904 to February 2Sth 1905, f93 ~
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
The Weight of Hats.

"What do you suppose this hat
welghs?" said the halter, taking up a
fine eight dollar top hat of silk
"About pound,' the patron hazard
ed.
"Only little over quarter Of q
pound-five ounces, to be precise. No
esoA kst," said the halter, runs over
four or FIVE ounces nowadays.
''Thls white felt haiti is worth S25-
weighs less than an ounce. This new
flve. dollar derby hat weighs four
ounces. Straw hats run from two to
four ounces in weight.
ut pays q man to make the weight
an, important consideration in the
choosing of hat, for light hat is n
prevention Of headache and its injurl-
GUS effect on the hair is reduced to a
Observation-Disclosures Bulletin.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
A Rrine,r M,.arprehenrion.

II was the first Sunday In their pret
ty new fiat, and Mrs. G.. determined
to celebrate the joyous day with a
dinner which would make her young
husband think he had married not only
"the sweetest girl in the world" but
''the best cook" 1t was perfectly
lovely to set the little round dining
room table with the incest presents,
and the preparation of tempting
salad and dessert was not exactly a
trying ordeal, but the roasting of the
chicken made her little nervous. Aft
er succeeding, with the assistance Of
large ollcloth book, in getting the
fowl Into the oven she sang from sheer
relief. A little later, when the music
had ceased and the silence in the
kitchen became suspicious, Mr.. c..
opened the door. Kneeling down be
fore the oven, with flushed face and
fearful eyes, was MRS G. On the
floor beside her was the cookbook, and
In one hand was long needle with
white thread. "Oh, dearie," she cried,
ut Is going to burn my hands just
dreadfully to baste this chicken every
fifteen minutesP-What to Eat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
Castor OIL Cocktail,

"Give me n castor oil cocktail" said
the man at the drug store counter.
The clerk poured bottle Of sarsapa-
rllla into glass, dashed n few drops
of paregoric into 1t and then poured
in some castor oil. The man drank 1t
with pleasant face and walked out
as If he had drunk soda water instead
Of castor oil. "Yes, we have quite a
call for castor oil cocktails" said the
clerk. "If mans system Is little
out and he needs dose of castor oil
the only way to take it Is In the cock
tail form. You wouldn't know there
was drop of castor oil in 1t. If you've
ever taken castor oil neat you will rec
ognize the value Of the cocktail
Detroit News-Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
"Of" For "From."

As stranger in Philadelphia I was
much amused by certain provincial
isms. One of these was the use Of the
word or instead of from" please
buy flowers off me-" say the youthful
street venders. One day while waiting
for some groceries young lady, evi-
IDENTIFY unused to housekeeping, ap-
preached the raw Irish clerk and tim
idly asked: Il want some mutton to
make broth. Shall l get 1t of the
neck?" "No, ma'am," was the solemn
reply as the clerk pointed to the butch
er busy at his block, I'VE git it of that
mon" n."-Presbyterian.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
The Sen Lion.

Very little Of the sea lion Is wasted
by the natives of the Icy north. After
being cleaned the intestlnes are dis
tended with air and allowed to dry in
that shape. Then they are cut into
ribbons and sewed strongly with sin
ews taken from the back of the animal
into that most characteristic garment
of Alaska, the "kainlaika," which, while
being fully as waterproof as India
rubber, has far greater strength and Is
never affected by grease and oil. 1t Is
also transparent in Its fitting over
dark clothes. The throats are served
In a similar manner and when cured
are made into boot tops, which are In
turn soled with the tough skin that
composes the palms of this animals
fore fippers. The stomach walls,
which look like overgrown gOurds or
enormous calabashes, with attenuated
necks, are used as oil pouches, while
the tough, elastic mustache bristles
are objects of great commercial ac-
tivlty by the Chinese, who prize them
highly as pickers for their opium
pipes and several ceremonies peculiar
to their joss houses.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
His Political Glory.

During one of the informal receptions
which followed one of the Democratic
mass meetings in New York in the
campaign of 1904 gentleman was in
troduced to ex-President Cleveland as
"Mr. Frank Brooks"
81 am Frank II. Brooks, Mr.. Cleve-
land" said he, "and l am very glad to
have the honor of meeting you, as 1
owe you the only political glory l ever
had"
Indeed" said the ex-president. "And
how was that pray"
"You appointed me consul at Tri-
est"
Indeed. And was that an agreeable
place to go?"
81 can't tell you," laughed the other.
II didn't go. The salary was not such
as could accept, so you changed the
appointment to consul general at st.
Petersburg"
THAT was BETTER" replied Mr.. Cleve-
land. "How did you like that capitalT'
Mr.. Brooks laughed again. 81 didn't
go there either" said he. II was COM
PEELED by family reasons to refuse that
gift too"
Shake hands again." exclaimed the
statesman heartily. II have met many
notable men in my time but never be-
fore Democrat who had refused two
offices. s."-Criterion
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26

When the settler ON the western
prairie sees Jack rabbit for the first
time he has an idea that he can just
skip out and lay hands on the creature
without any trouble, but that Is where
the man gets fooled. The rabbit Is
awkward, appears to be lame In every
joint, holds up one foot as though 1t
panied him and altogether creates the
belief that he Is n dilapidated wreck
Of an ungainly, animate thing. The
settler Is surprised that he cannot
grab" him. The settlers dog also is
confident that he can quickly make an
end of the rabbit He bristles, runs
lelsurely toward the rabbit, doubles
his speed, doubles 1t again, triples that
quadruples the whole, when, To- the
rabbit disappears. There Is some fly
ing grass, vanishing streak of light
a twinkling of two prodded feet ex-
tended rearward, and he is gone. The
dog sits on his launches and concludes
that he did not see a rabbit at all.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26

1t Is doubtful, said n blographer, If
any repartee ever surpassed in deli
cacy the reply made by an East Indian
servant Of the late Lord Dufferin when
he was viceroy of India
"Well, what sort Of sport has Lord
- had?' said the viceroy one day to
his shlkaree, or sporting servant, who
had attended young English lord on
a shooting excursion.
"Oh," replied the scrupulousiy polite
Hindoo, 'the young sahib shot divine
ly, but Providence was very merclful
to dhs birdsl"
Fhis story calls to mind one told by
the writer Of some "reminiscences of
Sydney Smith. On one occasion the
celebrated physician, Sir Henry Hol-
land, told the witty divine that he had
failed to kill either one of brace of
pheasants that had risen within easy
range near Smiths house.
why did you not prescribe for
them2" came the quick reply.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26

Most of the great men Of history
were of lowly birth. Lord Wolsey was
the son of butcher, Columbus the son
of a weaver, Horace the son of man
ufacturer, Sir Richard Arkwright the
son of barber, Shakespeare the son
Of wool stapler, Watt the son Of a
blockmaker, Virgil the son Of porter,
Stephenson the son Of fireman at a
colliery, Burns the son Of plowman,
Franklin the son of tallow chandler,
Oliver Cromwell the son of brewer;
4Esop was slave; Beaconsfield was
a lawyers clerk, Thomas Paine stay
maker, De Foe hosier, son of butch
er; Demosthenes was the son of cut
Ter, Ben Jonson bricklayer, Bunyan
travelling tinker. Dickens a reporter;
Edmund Kean was the son Of stage
carpenter; Cervantes was common
soldier; Homer was farmers son and
is said to have begged his bread. The
list might be extended through col
umns
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
BoER TOBACCO.
entives Use IL, but II In Too Much
For White Men.

After Transvaal tobacco, but long
way after. comes Boer. The name Is In
reality nowadays a misnomer, for this
tobacco Is grown largely In Natal and
Cape Colony 1t Is also cultivated In
the Orange River Colony, is sold by the
roll and can be obtained for about SO a
pound IL whole roll is purchased. 1t
Is also sold by the sack.
White men buy these sacks, but they
do not smoke the contents themselves; ;
they use it to reward the Kaffir serv-
ants for working overtime or doing any
Transvaai tobacco Is an acquired one
1t also takes a certain time before a
man gets used to the scent. No white
man who has come from distance has
SO far lived long enough to acquire Il
liking for either the taste or the smell,
but 1t has its uses In the case of the
natives. and it Is also useful IL you
have an undesirable visitor whom you
are anxious to get rid Of. Offer him n
pipe of Boer tobacco and he will never
enter your house again.
The traders purchase this weed large
ly. They also use 1t upon the natives
In the shape Of presents, as every Kaf
fir who makes purchase In country
store always asks for free gift, and
the competition to secure the native
trade Is so acute that the request can
not be refuscd.-South Africa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
SUNDAY MEALS.
DO Not Overeat and You VIII Feel
Better on Monday.


Better on Monday.
If it Is desired to begin the week re-
freshed and ready for labor, rested in
mind and body, the eating customs Of
Sunday will have to be readjusted.
Have later breakfast, If desired, but
have then very light one even If you
are hungry, or, IL it must be hearty,
then do not upset your digestive hab-
its any more than may be avoided and
have but two meals on that day and
eat no other 1t would be far better to
have three light meals, lighter than
usual, If that could be arranged to fit
with the other household arrangements
The custom of noon dinner ON that day
arises from the usual absence Of cook
or maid at the later one, and this may
be unavoidable. Very well, then; treat
this as rest day for cook and diges-
tive apparatus as well as from other
labors. Have light breakfast, a light
dinner and a chatting dish supper as
near the ordinary hours Of meals as
possible and remember as you are go
ing to take less exercise than usual
you demand a lesser amount Of more
easily digested food.-Helen johnson
in Good Housekeeping.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
Make Up Your Mind to Seek II Rath-
er Thnn wait For II.

1t Is a dangerous thing to wait for
opportunities until 1t becomes a habit
Energy and inclination for hard work
ooze out in the waiting. Opportunity
becomes invisible to those who are do
Ing nothing or looking somewhere else
for it. 1t is the great worker, the man
who Is alert for chances, that sees
them.
Some people become so opportunity
blind that they cannot see chances any
where-they would pass through a gold
mine without noticing anything pre-
cious-whle others will find opportuni-
ties In the most barren and out of the
way places. Bunyan found opportu-
nifty in Bedford Jail to write the great
est allegory in the world on the un-
twisted paper that had been used to
cork his bottles of milk. A Theodore
Parker or Lucy Stone sees an oppor-
tsnity TO 70 to college in a chance to
pick berries. One boy sees an opening
to his ambition In chance to chop
wood wait on table or run errands.
where another sees no chance at all
One sees an opportunity to get an edu-
cation In the odds and ends of time,
evenings and half holidays, which an
other throws away.-O. S. Marden In
Success Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
The TOP of the Ladder,

There is plenty Of opportunity for
superior talents. The top Of the ladder
Of success offers plenty of standing
room and invites guests. The lower
part only Is fearfully crowded. There
is no excuse for the universal wall Of
lack Of opportunity, for there is no
lack. The trouble lies with the de-
mands laid upon those who aspire to
first place. One thing is certain, there
Is no quarter for the wilmer and pre-
cious little encouragement for those
who do not care to work with might
and main.--Chicago Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26

The position Of brusher In the barber
shop of a large hotel In New York is
worth at least $50 week If young
man attends to his business. Hotel pa
irons are liberal tippers. The brusher
is expected to find seats for customers
II the BARRIERS chairs are filed and to
hand around the morning and illustrat-
ed papers. The boss barber pays them
no salary. Permission to work In the
shop is considered sufficient .compensa-
ton: The hours are long, and in most
cases brushers are allowed boy as an
assistant
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26

1t is curious fact that boys hair
grows one-half slower than girls.
In boys the average rate Of growth is
three feet three inches In six years,
being an average Of .01S inch a day.
During the twenty-frst and twenty
fourth years mans hair grows quick
er than at any other period. 1t takes
an eyelash twenty weeks to reach a
length Of 400 inch, and then its life
is from 100 to $50 days. By means
Of camera the wink of an eyelid has
been measured, and 1t was found that
twenty winks can be made in four
seconds.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
Fish out of water.

Many people think that fish when
taken out of water die because air has
a fatal effect on them. The real rea-
son, however, is that their delicate gill
flaments or membranes become dry
and stick together, so that no air can
can pass between them. Thus they lose
the power to imbibe necessary oxygen,
and the circulation Of their blood stops.
The painful gasping of fish out Of wa
ter is natures effort to free the pas
sage through the filaments.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
Notice for Convention of School Dire ctor
to Elect County Superintendent.

TO the School Directors Of Jefferson Co.:
Gentlemen In pursuance of the
forty-third section of the act of May s,
1854, you are hereby notified tc meet in
convention, at the court house, in
Brookville, on the first Tuesday in May,
A. D. 1905, at 230 p. m. being the
second day of the month, and select,
viva voce, by a majority Of the whole
number of directors present, one person
of literary and scientific requirements,
and Of skill and experience in the art of
teaching, as county superintendent, for
the three succeeding years and certify
the result to the State Superintendent
at Harrisburg. as required bv the
thirty-ninth and fortieth sections of
said act X. B. TEITRICK,
County Supt. OF Jefferson County.
April 10, 1905.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
An Oversight of Nature.

1t is desirable to exclude light and
sound, but, while we have eyelids, no
apparatus for closing the ears Is
known. save, 1 believe, In certain ami
mails which inhabit the sea and whose
ears are of small auditory Importance
In these days, when noises of all kinds,
more or less nerve wrecking, assail the
ears by night as well as by day, one
may be pardoned IL he sighs wearily
for ear lids.-London Academy.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
A NOcturne.

"You will have to accompany me"
said the new and jealous officer of the
law, laying firm hand on the arm Of
the seedy young man who was making
night hideous with cornet.
Certainly" said the musician, af-
fectienately linking his arm in the po-
liceman's. "What do you wish to sing
and IN what keyT
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
A willing Worker,

"Ma, what are the folks In our church
gettin up subscription for?"
''To send our minister on vacation
10 Europe"
"An' won't there be no church while
he's gomez"
mo preachin' services. I guess"
MA, got $1.23 saved up In my bank.
Can l give that T-Cleveland Leader.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
THE OTHER MANS PLACE.
A Little Lesson on the Policy of
Charity For All.


One rainy day l boarded a street car
for which | had waited in the inclem-
ent weather long enough to ruille my
temper. The conductor stood on the
rear platform, and | paid my fare to
him there. He then went into the car
and to the forward end of it, ringing
up my fare as he went.
At the next corner another man came
aboard and took my place on the plat
form, while | went inside the car The
conductor, well forward in the car,
saw me come in and supposed | was
the man who had just boarded the car
Presently he came back to me and re-
quested my fare.
81 paid my fare" said |.
He looked doubtfully at me mo-
ment. | didn't like it bit | thought
[ had suffered enough through being
compelled to wait so long for the car
1t seemed like rubbing 1t in to have the
conductor now stand there and by his
manner plainly tell my fellow passen-
gers that | was FIVE cent thief.
Buih my idit W you oh thC piut-
form when came aboard l said.
Then he thought he had me.
81 amt been on the platform since
you came aboard" he answered con-
fidently.
Now, right here is where Lincoln
came in and kept me from making a
fool of myself.
"With malice toward none, with
charity for ALL" said the great, good
man, at time, too, when he himself
was the target for more shafts of NAL
Ice than have ever been hurled by
Americans at any other American.
And the echo of the words turned my
anger into charity.
| had only to put myself in the con-
ductor's place land that Of itself is
charity to see that he had some rea-
son for doubling me. l had only to
recall to mind that inspectors and spot
ters are watching him and that If he
misses a fare he may be thought to
have stolen 1t.
With malice toward none, with chari-
y loi all, Slllltu anu tOOh Hllh III u
friendly way by the arm. Leading him
to the door, | said:
"If that man in the brown derby
doesn't pay the missing fare I will"
The conductor opened the door, and
the man in the brown derby hat passed
up his nickel.
Then the conductor came back to me
and made manful apology, and with
touch Of that greatness which / had
borrowed from Lincoln for the moment
l eased the poor conductors manifest
embarrassment by telling him in all
sincerity that his mistake was a per-
fectly natural one; that had been in
his place l should probably have made
1t just as he did and finally that no
body but very foolish man would
take offense at It,
Yet, dear reader, don't mind confid-
Ing to you that l came all fired near to
being that very foolish man.
SO by the aid of that momentarily
borrowed greatness l made friend in
stead Of an enemy-two friends, l may
almost say, for l was on much more
friendly terms with myself than I
should have been If l had let my un-
charitable passions rise.
Little matter, wasn't It? Well, how
many little matters make big matter?
Brooklyn Eagle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
Crushed.

81 think l never saw Rymer so utter
ly crushed as he was when bis first
poem appeared in print"
"What was the mattsr7 Some typo
graphical error in the poem?"
"No, that wasn't it. What crushed
him was that the paper was sold for
q penny copy, Just as usual"