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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-07-06
Very sine cerely yours,
Ell. G. Hansbrough.
Genuine Cyclone

On the evening Of June the 2Sth
#about8 5 p. m. a funnel shaped.
cloud was noticed a few miles
west Of Cando, N. d. II travelled
in meand dering course southeast
passing Egeland about five miles,
west. The writer was in the town
of Egeland at the time, and the
first building in this vicinity in
path Of the storm was g.
Mensens' barn The wind took
off the roof and abeam like sheets
of paper and raising them q hun
|dred feet in the air literally
smashed it to kindlewood
The next place was Jacob Vote;
his house and barn we're crushed
like egg shells, and some stoves
and machinery were utterly des-
troyed. Fol lowing on the tWister
carried away Alf Haines' stable
and smashed tito splinters. From
this the farm building Of B. E.
Vote was ruined. Mr.. Vote had
just about completed a fine new
house and stable. The house was
4Ox40 and two story high. 1t was
picked up bodily and when high
in the air crushed and twisted IN
/ til not q board or timber three feet
longWas left. Mr.. Vote and his
family were at supper at the time
and hearing the terrific roar Of
the approach ching cyclone rushed
his family into a cave thus escap-
| ing any harm.
Nine head Of horses were killed
lat this place and as many cattle.
As number Of shacks were totally
destroyed. It is reported that one
man lost his lite, but nothing
definite could be found / out about
the matter at the present writing.
What damage the storm did furth-
.er down at the point Of beginning
we donot know. Someone said
the Bnghtben farm west Of Cando
was visited and the barn destroyed.
a family of one Of the above
named nnfortunates had taken to2
the cellar. the house was carried
away and q horse was dropped in
to the cellar embarrassed, but fall
ing In some lnauner crushed D..
small boy severely. tt is reported
that the injuries may prove fatal.
Horses and cattle were picked.
up and carried half b mile Fence.
posts were twisted OF ike straws.
One horse was rolled along q barb
wire fence and che wire wound
around his neck ass neat as if itf
had been done by hand. About
one hundred pounds I should
Judge Was about his neck An-5
other horse ~ nned to Tie sod
with q scalif ling and held np foot
or more on sila Tonnd. 81
A thTesliing Uutlit was ruined:
The aeparators crushed 10 lindling
wood; the cylinders carried one
and half miles and planted iii d
hole; the jacket on the boiler Of
the engine was torn oR.
One party d Mr.. Hammer and
his wife saw the black Whirling
clouds approachin and leaving his:
home ran to one side and although
the cyclone passed more than 80
rods 10 one side of them the wind
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manner in which the situation can
be cured is by ssional action.
An act affecting cases Of a similar
character to these now under con-
sideration was passed In 1896
I Page 2S2 Of the General Land
|Circular) and this may serve as q
precedent for curative legislation
in behalf Of the situation now pre-
Isented. OF course it is to late to
do anything in this direction at
this time, but early in next Dec
enaber / will introduce bill along
the lines Of the act Of 1896 referred
to, confirming title in all cases
where proof has been accented and
final receipt issued prior to the
8Secretary's decision Of Fsbuary,
1906, and do what I can Ia secure
its enactment. The Departnent
is eight or nine months behind in
it's work, and if the entrymen in
all instances would appeal their
cases would possibly be held in
allegiance until relief could be.
afforded by the passage Of the leg
islation referred to. his seems
to be the only solution Of the
problem and is the hest that can
be done.
Very sincerely yours,
H. G. Hansbrouph.
/ think the suggestion, that all
settlers whose proofs have been
held for collation. BY the Gener-
al Land Office appeal their cases
and thereby protect their rights
until something can be done, is
timely and this is the main reason
why / ask for space for this letter.
Respect ctfully,
Ole Serumgard
Register u. s.. is. @.
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An An Import Ruling
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An Important Ruling
Devils, Lake, N. u. July 3, 'Ue.
Inter Ocean,
Devils Lake, N. ID.
Prior to February last settlers
We're allowed to make commuta-
tion proof on their homesteads
When they could show this theyI
established residence before the
expiration of six months after the
date Of the original entry and 81
months actual residence subse-
quently, but it was not necessary
that this 8 months actual resi-
dence should be continuous. For
Instance settler could establish
his residence at the end &c his
six months, then go away to work
q few months, come back to- his
claim and live few months. 90
away and return and when the
different periods Of actual resi-
dence on the claim aggregated 81
months he would be allowed to-
makes Communication proof the first
six being credited to him as con-
struction residence so the total
made "a months. Hundreds Of
claims have been patented on this
kind Of showing in this land dis
trict. On Feb. ~, 1906 the Hon.
Secretary Of the Interior held in
the case Of Katie f. Brecht;; ssIts
is true and the Department has
held. that when residence has in
good faith been established with
in six months from date of entry,
the six months construction resi-
dence may be. added to the 81
months actual residence and others.
the full period Of fourteen months
residence required by the law in
commutation Of homesteads may
be made out. In such cases the
law not only requires that it shall
clearly and satisfactorily appear
from the proof the bona fde resi-
3dence was established within six,
months from the date of the entry.
but also thatthe actual residence.
Upon the land has been continuous
from time it was established until.
date Of the making Of the final
proof. !. Following this ruling the
General land office under the old
construction Set tiers who wish to-
make commit utation proof at the
end Of l4 months from date Of
entry must establish residence
within the first six months and
follow it with eight months actual
continuous residence Hf they
should be forced to be absent any
time during these eight months
they were not only to lose credit for
the first six months continuous
residence but all residence prior to
the absence, and will in this case
be- compelled to make ia months
actual continuous residence before
being allowed tomake continuous
proof That these are rather harsh
conditions for many poor settlers
anyone familiar with conditions
on the frontier will admit, but.
when the new construction is.
made to apply to settlers who sub
mitted proof during the latter half
OF 1905, had them accepted by the
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Shell souvenirs for 225 cents Sc.
II. Huesgen Il
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Lincoln as a Farm Hand.

As man Of all work Lincoln did not
prove altogether satisfactory to his en-
ployers. He was too fond of mounting
stumps in the field and practicing polem-
les on the other farmhands, and there
was something uncomfortable about a
ploughman who read as he followed the
team, no matter how straight lis fur
rows ran. Such practices were irritat-
ing. If not presumptuous. and there is a
we'll known story about a farmer who
found the hired man lying in field
beside the road, dressed in his not too
immaculate farm clothes, with a book
instead of n pitchfork in his hand.
What are you reading?" inquired the
old gentleman.
I'm not reading; I'm studying" an.
swered Lincoln, his wonderful eyes still
on the page of his book.
Studying what?"
Law. SIR
The old man stared at the speaker for
/ moment in utter amaZement
"Great-God-Al mighty" he muttercd,
as he passed on shaking his head.-Cen.
fury Magazine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Vitality of a Frogs Heart.

There is no living creature. according
to a West Philadelphia surgeon, that
has heart with so much vitality as a
frog, especially the species commonly
known as the water frog.
1t is generally known that the aquatic
frog will survive for months after the
hind legs have been removed. OF course
he cannot hop about as he could before
losing his principal means of transit,
but his forelegs help him to crawl wher-
ever he desires to go.
When l began TO learn surgery ]
made a special dissection of a frog one
day. | laid the various parts of the
body on table and discovered that life
was extinct within a few hours in every
organ except the heart.
The heart showed valvular motion
for a day after it had been severed en-
tirely from the body.
II am not aware that any other crea-
lures heart is possessed of such vital
ity. '-Philadelphia Telegraph.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Birds Lost in Fog.

4 gannet or Solan goose, the bird
which has made the Bass Rock so IA
nous, has been picked up in an exhaust
ed state in a garden at Billingborough.
Lancashire. 1t is rare that a bird 50
absolutely dependent on the sea for its
existence is found so far inland.
Fogs, it has been shown, act as Il
deterrent to migration. causing the NOV
ing hosts TO rise above the fog level and
so to pass over places they usually visit;
or, overtaking them, they temporarily
bar further progress.
The list of British birds owes its con-
tinued increase to fogs and other adj
verse weather conditions. During the
last year or two British ornithologists
aided by lighthouse keepers, acting with
the consent of the Elder Brethren of
Trinity house, have done much to clear
up the mysteries of migration.
During heavy wind and rain birds fly
low when crossing the sea. barely over.
topping the waves, instead of. as was
supposed, rising above the clouds. Where
lighthouses are stationed the birds fy
to the white light in boisterous weather.
and the death rate in consequence is an.
palling, tens of thousands striking the
lantern and falling into the sea.-London
Daily Mail
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Femininism in Modern Music.

Chopin's psychical delicacy need not be
dwelt upon here. 1t is Il thricet told tale.
Everything from the material envelope t.
his inneromst nature was feminine, NOR
bidly feminine. He stamped every bar of
his maZurkaS, yalses and nocturneS and
impromtus with this feminine seal, fierce
ly masculine as are many other OF his
matchless compositions. And the woman
" element played an important role in
his life, more so than with any composer
except BerliOz or Wagner While the
polonaises, scherzos, ballades, the greater
of the etudeS and preludes. are of heroic
quality, the major portion of his music
may be trutlfully called feminine.
MendelsSohn is another of the slender
delicate men who wrote music Hyper.
refined, wealthy, he was an aristocrat in
his habits and fastidiouS in his coInDosi-
tons. The diStinctively feminine note is
generally there. and his music is all
nerve, motion, tire-but little substance
Not SO in Franz Listz, who recalls one of
those chivalric figures in Hungarian his
tory, at once warrior and 4 cOurtier
Only that there is an overpiuS of orna-
ment, SNOWY and barbaric. i'll his piano
music, his muse is masculine. That he
could paint i'll tone the feminine soul is
proved by his Faust Symphony, with
It's poetic Gretchen section and also his
Dante symphony. And the Songs-they
are redolent of feminine poesy. IIarper's
Bazaar
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Trailing Reynard IN Automobile

y Nashville CTenn.) fox hunting en-
thusiast, Prof. j. +. Draughon, puts his
automobile to novel use whenever he
starts out ON the trail of willy Reward
He designed and had built trailer for
carrying the dogs, and this he attaches
to his motor ear and bowls away To the
best fox hunting grounds, some fifteen
or twenty miles distant from Nashville
The trailer holds twenty dogs and has
an upper deck. Tents are carried on this
part. while underneath is a compart-
ment which is used to carry cooking
utensils, etc, in the event "A long hunt
IS planned and executed. The professor
Int upon the plan of attaching a trailer
to his car To enable him and his friends
to leave Nashville late in the afternoon
ana yet reach the hunting ground with
out worry or loss of time from his bust.
ness aud turn his dogs loose fresh and
ready tor the sport. When he arranges
Tor trip ut some distance he sends his
horses In the hunting place or some con
Nenient rendezvous in the afternoon. and
when he and his friends arrive the horses
are Saddled and the dogs let out of the
ralier fresh aud the fox is soon going.
AFTER the chase, by special signal the
HoIS come IN. get into the trailer and the
hunting party IS soon on the return trim
20 the clty.-Alotor Age.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Oil of Lemon Extracted by Hand.

This oil of lemon" said The spice
merchant, lis an exquisite thing. 1t is
hand pressed-pressed by hand out of
lemon rind. Smell it,"
The odor of the clear oil suggested
sunlit lemon groves, miles in extent, on
mountainside overlooking the blue sea.
I'm tell you how the oil of lemon is
extracted" he said. "a man sits with a
sponge in one hand and a piece of fresh
lemon peel in the other. He presses the
peel against the sponge, giving it finally
certain difficult and dexterous twist.
and this breaks the cells in the rind. and
the oil-there's only half drop of it
comes reluctantly out upon the sponge.
When the sponge has taken up the
dribblings of about 100 rinds, it is wet
enough TO be squeezed out. An ounce or
so of clear and fragrant oil then flows
from it.
There is no way to extract this oil
within lemon rind except by squeezing
and twisting the ring by hand. 1t takes
the rinds of about 1900 lemons to make
one pound of oil.
Did you, by the way, ever watch a
bartender hold a piece of lemon peel
over a cocktail and give the peel sud
den, quick twist? Well, he was then
flavoring the cocktail with oil of lemon.
though the quantity he extracted was
so small as to be quite invisible
Imagine doing that bartender twist
until you had collected a quart or so of
this rare oil."-New Orleans Times-D Dem
Ocrat
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Heat That Isn't Hot.

1t has been my fortune to visit some
of the hottest places i'll America at the
hottest period of the year, and the read
er may be incredulous when | say that
have been vastly more uncomfortable
in Boston. New York, Philadelphia. Bal
timore or Washington in summer than l
have at Yuma or in the heart of the
Mojave, California or Apache desert. or
any of the great pseudo summer deserts
that reach away i'll general line from
Yuma 70 San Antonio, Tex
| recall entering restaurant ut In
dio. on the edge of the Mojave, when
the heat called to mind proximity to a
furnace. l suggested TO citizen that
it was hot No" he replied: "yester-
day was hot; it was 100 degrees in the
shade: today it is only 11J Degrees
yet / have been more uncomfortable in
Boston with the thermometer at 90 de-
grees. In Boston the heat was humid;
one perspired. AT Indio or on the desert
the heat was absolutely dry and at
night the chances We're that a blanket
might he required, nature giving one
an opportunity to recuperate, which is
not always the case in the great Cities
Country Calendar.
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MODERN cRUsoEs.
Story Of Shipwrecked Crew Of Bark
Anjou


\ stirring story Of three months spent
on an uninhabited island by the ship
wrecked crew and passengers of the
bark Anjou (2Uo tonsI, consisting Of
nearly forty persons, was told by the
captain on the arrival Of the liner
Ernest Simens at Marseille lately. Tie
AnJou. while on voyage from Sydney
TO Falmouth. was wrecked on one of
the Auckland group. in the Pacific
The captain stated that they left sgd
ney on January 20 and, during n thick
fog and Tough weather on February 4.
the ship struck on a reef. The masts
fell and smashed some of the boats and
there was considerable panic ON board.
Fortunately all escaped in the boats
that remained, but many were only par
TALLY dressed. After Il terrible expert
ence in a heavy gale they reached the
shore the following afternoon and
landed.
Half dressed and many wounded. we
looked like a band of phantoms march
ing to the conquest of an Internal is
land, said the captain. A big fire was
lighted and sea birds. attracted by il,
were captured and eaten. The party
started TO explore the island and three
days later discovered Il shelter, showing
that shipwrecked people had been there
before. On the following days they
killed number of albatrosses and
caught quantity of shellfsh. on
which they subsisted a small seacow
was also captured and eaten. As
chance of making their condition known,
several albatr0sses which We're caught
alive Were again set free with cards tied
round their necks stating i'll French and
English the position of the shipwrecked
people.
Later, in the interior of the island,
they found some wild sheen aud estab-
lished sort of fold in which to keep.
the animals for use as necessary. Boots
were made of pieces of wood and sheep
skin, and the skins We're also used for
clothing. A signal of distress was hosted
on the highest point of the island 10 at
tract the attention of shipping.
New Robinson Crusoes, we were lv-
ing an extraordinary life, fishing, hunt
ing. getting our food sometimes in Il
cave, sometimes on a rock, according 10.
the weather, and sleeping where we.
could, said the captain. "A great deal
of the weather was very bad while we
were OH the island" On Mary {. after
months. the New Zealand government
steamer Hinomoa rescued them. This
vessel had on board TWO daughters of
Mr.. Mills, the New Zealand minister of
commerce, who showed the shipwrecked
people the greatest kindness. As me-
mento cat which had been saved from
the wreck and had gone through all the
vicissitudes with the shipwrecked folk
was presented by them to the Misses
Mills.
The steamer passed the spot where
the AnjOu was wrecked, and there was
then no trace Of the vessel 1t is %
most dangerous place for shipping, ten
large vessels having been wrecked in the
vicinity in the last fifteen years, includ-
ing the steamer Gen. Grant, with loss
of seventy-three lives. The shipwrecked
people received the greatest Kindness in
New Zealand and have been sent home
by the French consul.-London News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
A LAMENT FOR THE SNOW.

Old fashioned folk, whoe'er you be,
Who love 10 dream the happy past
Again, by grace of memory,
Do these light flakes which do not last,
But fall and melt in dying blast
Recall Your ehildhood's joyous play?
Or does yonr memory stand aghastI
Where are the SHOWS of yesterday
All, well can we recall the kind
OF snOwstOrms that our hearts raised high
With Visions filling all our mind
of SNOWFALL battles to a tie
OF cOasting revels by-and-by.
Down snowy hills with naught TO stay
Our feet sleds, swift as birds to fly!
Where are the SHOWS of yesterday!
Gone are the days when skaters art
Drew buoyant youth 10 shining ice;
When frosty airs did thrills impart.
Like sparkling wines of costly price,
To make life glorious in a trice,
As fast we sped our winged way.
Now sports not worth a throw of dice
Where are the SHOWS of yesterday?
Where once the happy girls and boys,
With checks of red and frightened eye,
Ran laughing with their healthy noise,
Through snowdrifts piled In pathways
high,
Now pale-faced beings wander by,
In mJist and listless airs of gray.
While Hutterng, feeble flakes scarce lie
Where are the SHOWS of yesterday?
Josh Wink in Boston American.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
GAMUS IRDE.

Laila. Moon of my Hearts delight,
The horses are bridledy the girths are tight.
viii you ride once more? Then TO horse and
away;
One more ride with me, Moon, | pray,
One more ride by the Kabul river
Before we are parted, perhaps, for ever.
Riding is good in this glorious weather
Even though this is our last together.
Laua saws Yes" SO as fast as we may
Let Us jump on our horses aud of and
away.
The sunshine streams from the clear blue
sky;
The Pampas grass shakes as we gallop by,
And the jackals hide In the jungle grass,
AS the laundering hOofs of our horses pass.
The mild.eyed buffaloes sleepily stare
AS We cleave, like an arrow, the rushing
air.
Had they seen such lunatics anywhere0
Lunatics? Lunatics? Well, who knows:
Though man proposes, the Gods dispose.
It's only a very fond foolish loon
who sobs out his soul for the golden Moon
And it's only fool who cries out against
when The Finger has written TOO late,
too late
Gallop. LET'S galiop whate'er betide.
For it's not too late for Il glorious ride
Through grassy giades where the long
reeds culver
Down by the banks Of the Kabul river,
Galloping. galloping all the time
To the sObbing music of Gamu's rhyme.
Gamu wrote 1t and rhymed 1t. Aye,
But we have ridden it, you and ].
From the Afghan in London Spectator.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

the HindOos, While eating. Now the be-
ter classes use the table and chair with
the usual accomplishments of a European
dinner.
The Parsees seem to have lost all their
military spirit and many follow CONNER
cial pursuits. They provide for Their
own poor and intirm. In point of in
teliigence, education, wealth. refinement.
and public charity, the parSces stand
pre-eminently at the head of the races
Of Western India.
Adopt Hindoo Customs.
Owing to their contact with the Hin
docs, the ParSees adopted a number of
customs of the latter, among them the
practice of infant marriage. The GUS
tom is no longer followed by the Par
sees in Bombay. but instances are still
said to occur in out-of-the-way places in
GuZerat. The most sensible persons
among them have always disapproved of
the absurd custom, and it may be stated
that the practice of infant marriage
among the ParsGes is now Il custom Of
the past Marriages are generally ar-
ranged by the parents of the contracting
parties AS the principals are invariably
young. separate accommodation is sell
dom allotted them after their marriage,
and even when they have attained adult
age they remain under the parental roof.
Though father has six or seven SONS
they all reside with him, with their
wives and children.
Built Towers of Silence.
The Parsees build their Towers of ST.
lence on the tops of hills. If possible,
and spare no expense in the work of
construction. So that the towers" may
endure and the earth may be protected
against contamination The towers
are surrounded by about sixteen acres
of ground artistically laid out and orna-
mented with beautiful flowers and tr0-
pical plants. They are alike in plan,
but vary in size. The largest Of them
measures 21G feet in circumference. or
about 30 feet in diameter, and is sur
rounded by circular wall. 20 To 30 feet
in height. built of the hardest stone. and
faced with Chunam or white plaster
There is an opening or door just above
the ground level. through which the dead
bodies are carried by the professional
corpse-bearers. who have gone through
certain religious ceremonies and who are
alone privileged to carry the cOrDSeS into
the tower. Nc one else can enter OF
touch them. When the corpse has been
completely stripped of its flesh by the
vultures, which is generally accomplished
within an hour at the outside. and when
the bones of the denuded skeleton are
perfectly dried by the powerful heat of
tropical sun, they are thrown into q pit
where they crumble into dust the rich
and poor thus miaglng on n common
level of equality This mode of dispos
ing of the dead. which the Parsces have
practiced for countless generations, is re-
pulsive to the sentiment of nations ac-
custOmed to bury their dead in the
ground; but it is thoroughly sanitary and
solves one Of the problems of sanitary
reformerS III cities. 1t is estimated that
about 800 vutures make their homes in
the lofty tropical palms in the gardens
that surround the towers.