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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-03-29
lnler-lcean, devils Lake. N. b. Mar. 1907
Influenza

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Inf Influenza derives It's nalne from an
t. Ian 4 word aiming ina
was thus entitled BY the italians i'd
the Yenteent til cen tnry abee ause they
attributed the disease ttoS the influence
Of the stars. A; very common belief lis
that !ill is q comp arati vely MOD
;ernS disease, disassocia lated from d gen;
eral class BY latter day medical men,
but this is far from being the case,
for the illness has been sIlen toned by
ancient writers as far back as the
fourteenth century, there being rec
ords Of its appearances In France in
1911 and 1903. IT. X ;.s ~
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-03-29
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Benson have q literary friend who
b so absentminded that when he went
to London recently he telegraphed
himself ahead to wait FOR Himself at a
certain place. Smith Did the, tele-j
gram have the desired result? Ben
son-No; he got it all right but he had
forgotten to sign his name, and, not
Knowing who it was from, lie paid no
attention to it.-Pearson'sS Weekly. IL.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-03-29
An Insinuation Feared.

Clergyman - Madam, You must be
with the thought that your
husband is at rest Widow--Do you:
mean that he didn't have any before
be died ?-New York Press
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-03-29
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J Lonesome; ed,

A letter has. been resolved BY
this ONCE from one offs Ed
ness comrades, and the snaes-
sage contained therein is5to the
effect that Ed has a longing for
North Dakota, and especially for
this part ocular spot id that state.
Ed lis now tationed at the mar
inc barracks, I'VE are Island, Cali
Effornia, and it seems that as he
hash much to do, time hangs
rather heavily On his hands, and
that he would like tes B Exchange
letters sor posEal cards with his
young friends Id this city lis
yotagl lady rsiianlls slloRld NOT
forget that ED S heart probably
often longs fes. word or two
from from them. IG is expected that
h lls vii seoa sail fol HE laii-I
pines.
E1y ri j ot1a. MOI hand
when YOU can sell rig-
#ialg mop BAL MOI s 1..E5s0
at eferson 3
I,aIsd per
bal 81 sal RE,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08

touched his meals; it's my belief he lived on brandy
and water for the last three days. and then late last
night just the servants going to bed my
bell rang and he told me to send for Merton. The
to be got ready, and it took Merton some
time. because he'd had part of the machinery dis
mounted. Merton set to at eleven O'Clock, but the
car wasn't ready till close four in the morning.
and all the time Mr.. Shecraft raging about be-
tween the house and the garage like possessed.
When it all ready and lit up he got into the
car and drove off. and that's the last heard
OF him. He was in terrible state, sir"
Invent out to the garage, which fitted up part
ly as a workshop The place struck clammy on my
senses 1t was cold and dark, and as clear of all
litter the play-room of child that has died. Mer
ton had been putting things in order. He was
capable-ooking mechanic of the better class, and
seemed to be genuinely distressed.
He's done nothing but pull the car about, and
make tests and experiments for the last four weeks,
he said; mo other card have stood the treatment!
I've been working nighN and day; and as for tires!
We've used up four sets in the last four weeks"
did you notice anything peculiar about the car,
Meron?" asked
The man looked at me narrowly. How do you
mean peculiar sir? The car was all right"
Il ought to tell you that your master wrote to me
at some length during the last week and told me OF
of the experiments he had been making. He
seemed to think" stopped. 1t seemed hopeless
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
n Strange 0bsession g rn=on YOUNG

rather not so much thinking about it as pcturing it
in various places In this find myself suddenly
picturing my standing in it's garage; 1 see the
curves Of it's body the sweeping lines of its Wings
the angles and circles of its wheels; and am con-
scious Of deriving kind of dull pleasure from this
imagining It is followed as a rule by a desire to
look upon the car, and to be sitting in it and driving
it, mpatience Of other occupations, succession
of imagined pictures of myself driving the car along
various stretches of road. This oppression of mind
may last for little time long time; but it re-
suits in my going out for drive in the car Often
am held back by the thought that there is nowhere
want to go to; and this difficulty is generally re-
solved by my always going on the same road-the
road which is best for the car, and on which one
can drive fastest / think that the highest moment
car is either that in which 1 finally make up my
mind that will go out for az drive or that in which
am sitting in the car and just making ready to set
out Actual driving, realize, is not in itself pleas
ure to me.
my disenjoyment of the motor car continues after
have come home from drive. am then sapped
and exhausted; not eat; continue driving in
imagination; am unable to bring my mind to any
other subject, although am always willing to talk
about my journey or about.my car
ut is now some time, however, since first made
a curious discovery; namely that just as my car
went better and worse various days. SO on various
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08

laid it the engine 1t registered fythree degrees
/ paused in my movements and listened intently; /
could hear this tiny and otherwise naudible ticking
or futterng sound. l took wrench and removed the
cover of the carburetor, listening again and testing
with the thermometer before The ticking sound,
ceased and the mercury fell gradually to the tenn
perature of the surrounding metal screwed on the
again. and when l had done so accidentally
switched off the light from my lamp; and in the
dense darkness. while was fumbng over the pipe,
was aware of lowering patch above the carburetor
that was no more radiance than 1t darkness, but
dimy luminous transparency of the atmosphere,
blush in tone, as though there indeed some
gbostly Internal existence breathing about the
metal At the time the olinkng sound recon-
menced; and my nerves, which for days had been
over-tried gave way with snap; switched on my
lamp and fed from the place; and that night had
recourse for the third time in my life to agency
that is my only means of escape from such nerve de-
rangement and went to sleep under the influence
of morphia.
Il have not been near the machine since then.
have made great effort to pull myself together and
to write this statement to you, which, although it is
somewhat diffuse is as clear and exact to facts
as can make it, and beg you my dear friend, to
hold all criticism in suspense, and to put any
gagement which you may have one side, and to
come to my assistance / feel the thing pulling at
me- feel the tides of my vitality shrinking and eb-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08

parts and gossamer discs acted by the volatile
sence of the petrol is contained that balance of prin
ciples the coordination of which we call life.
This is a statement wild and impossible enough;
cannot prove 1t yet, give you here all the rea-
sons that have led me- however unwillingly, to so
dire belief will only tell you of one experience
which you may account for If you can.
1T was during week in which the had not
been used, in which was trying to break myself Of
its habit The magnetic had been dsmounted and
sent away that it mechanically impossible for
the engine to have been running for five days. In
the depths of melancholy evening, when l was
still brooding on my strange experience, took an
electric lamp and went to the motor house.
While was examining some unions the inside
Of the engine heard clinking sound, very faint
and minute, but Enthusiastically coming from the en-
gine. 1t seemed to come from under the float of the
carburetor the sound was very faint and intermit-
tent, though tiny grasshopper were imprisoned
there. AS passing my hand over it was con-
scious of different feeling from that caused by the
dead cold of the metal of the engine. put my hand
on the carburetor and found that it was warm. No
one but myself had been in the motor house for three
days. there artificial heat of any kind in its
neighborhood the petrol supply turned off; yet
here was an unmisakable difference of temperature
and a positive warmth though of life or move
ment.
II took small thermometer from the bench ana
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08

days felt more or less well on returning from my
drive.
"I have since then certainly ascertained that the
is sensitive to and to it,; that act and re-
act on one another in which is not psychic
or neurotic but PHYSICAL that the car, through
obscure channel of sympathy, makes use of my
strength and vitality; that every instinct pos
sess struggles against and ressts this DRAIN and that
on the days on which my system is well tuned and
able to resist the car draws from smaller sup
ply of vitality and suffers correspondngly in its
being; and that inyersey, when am untuned and
unable to resist the car revves and thrives its
increased draught of life.
"As my health has declined the power and speed
of the car have increased, and within the last week
it covered a flying mile the level road near my
house at a speed of 7S.9 miles per hour.
''It is to the carburetor that believe have traced
this very mysterious, and to dreadful increase in
vitality should tell you that the carburetor my
car unlike any other have seen, is constructed al
most entirely of very light and thin steel 1t is of
very simple although original construction, and the
variation Of the air admission in accordance with
the speed at which the isrunning is produced by
pressure upon series of steel discs diaphragms of
the thinness of paper That is all that be said of
it mechanically; yet believe that this small steel
box is sensitive to and within limited degree gov
erned by forces other than mechanical other than
physical; in word that in its structure Of steel
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
FILSON

ing at my system; but if there is any strength left
in me- will endeavor, until you come to do nothing
but exist and suffer.
Yours in extreme anxiety.
EDWARD SHELLCRAFT."
III.
An hour after had read the letter was In the
train for London having telegraphed for my motor
car which / had left there to be overhauled. to be
waiting for me at Paddingon. 1t was not quite noen
when reached Bracken Hall. Shellcraft, who was
bachelor lived alone but for his servants; and when
i entered the house was struck with the gloom and
silence that pervaded it. Shelcraft had been missing
since the night before
The butler an old servant could tell me very little
"The master hasn't been In health for weeks ana
months sir and latterly he has been only shadow
of himself He doesn't seem to take no interest In
anything he never sees anybody nor goes anywhere;
when he isn't out driving on the car he is either sit
ting here brooding by himself or else he is out in
the garage working. Merton Chats the chaufeur,
sir) can tell you more about that than can; all
know is that master has been in a very strange way
for the last week. He wasn't out the car he spent
the whole of one day here writing sometimes he sat
for hours in that armchair as though he were In
dream, and sometimes he'd walk and rage about the
house like man with the toothache He scarcely
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
Copyright, 1907. BY Thomas H. Mckee.

i: : !: ]: :: :: 4 :: : e
hing into the gloom Night had fallen
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-11-20
THE PRESIDENTS SENSIBLE ADVICE.

the between the President and Secretary coyou
on Roosevelt conditions
sensible advice he following words:
needed the present time is that citizens
fundamentally busnessf conditions
cry are pernnt get panic
strngeney boarding their savings Of trusting
fectly banks There involved letting business
and the people help themselves and the
Try putting active circulation the they hoard
ing banks companies There is currency
country today there month when the
ample Ffye million dollars gold imported
deposited already 60 million dollars These facts and
appeal public cooperate With restoring normal business
government will that the people suffer only
people themselves win normal Crops good and business
conditions should the have cula
tion at tae aboundng prosperity.
@There analogy all the things 1898 No
year treasury l6l million dollars
gold yer treasury mil
lion dollars Of gold Ten years circulation s2823
Ss325 The steps that take the ability Of the
back them up, and the fact that particle Of risk
give fullest guarantees condition Of p
the condition treasury All that people
60 ahead with their business fashion and
he whole difficulty disappears; VIII achieved
normally condition country
business fully his acting
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-11-20

Now the time when chickasha needs hustler his entire
to the Office Of commercial club secretary first experienced town
builder who has business Such
with organization back Of him could accomplish
des for the city during the mex. year.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-11-20

William Bryan says he panic,
for fOven years They Wall that
Wall Street gambler fails world tembe ali
country
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-11-20

Even the Kansas City nothing
appeared eliminate the hope that Haskell viii fail the
people of the their first governor Oklahoma will naturally
breathe comfortably after this encouraging news.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-11-20

The statehood edition Muskgee Phoenix thing of beau
well value etoriay mechanically. The Dawn edi
tOral by Col Clarence Douglas Of the brightest that
came from the pen Of that brilliant writer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-11-20

It suspected opinion Of Hake adj
dress, ike his constitution wouldn't look well print
The Washington herald., 1907-08-16

Old Orchard. Ne. Aug. ia confagra-
ton swept more than half of the build
ings along the shore of this popular sum
mer resort into ruins within three hours
tonight. at loss Of more than $4,000.
The blaze was started by upsetting
kerosene lamp In the annex OF the
olympia Hotel. The Old Orchard hremen,
with only one engine and hose wagon
az their disposal. were unable TO make
the least impression on the flames.
Famed by a westerly breeze. the fire
soon attacked various buildings, inelud-
ing many large hotels, for an area Of
nearly fifty acres to the eastward Of its
origin.
Aid was summoned from all the sur
rounding cities. Portland. Biddeford. and
Saco, but by the time these departments
were al work the flames had control OF
about every building to the east.
At II o'clock. three hours after the start
Of the fire. these buildings had been de-
stroyed The Emerson House. formerly
tie Hotel Velvet; the Hotel Flske, tho
Hotel Alberta, the Lawrence House. the
Aldine House. the SeashoreHOuse, and
half a dozen smaller hotels, with more
than half hundred cottages and scores
of small hotels and stores.
The hotels mentioned are large struc-
lures. and were crowded with summer
guests. While every one had ample time
10 get out Of the hotels. many people
were so anxious to save their personal
effects that they rushed back into the
peril they had escaped from, and there
were many narrow escapes.
After II o'clock communication with
Old Orchard by either telephone or tele-
graph was cut OF. the last message re-
ceived from there at the BIddeford cen
trail Office being that three men had been
killed by dynamite.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-16
POLICEMEN MUST NOT LIE
New York Commissioner Hits
Straight Out at Finest"
Declares Lawyers Believe Word Of
City's Pence PreserVers Cannot
BE Accepted in Court.

New York, Aug. 15(-Third Deputy Pc
lice Commissioner Hanson. who presided
at the trials Of delinquent policemen at
headquarters to-day. delivered a lecture
on lying to the members of the force pres
ent. which created a strong impression
upon its auditors.
I want 10 have a word with you" said
the deputy. 'in regard to the lying in the
department. The first trial day two things
struck me, and I expressed my wishes to
you men. I said that I did not want you
70 send persons 10 me IN your behalf,
when charges were standing against you
''The first thing you have done, but you
have not obeyed my second admonition
about lying. I told you strongly that
wanted il cut out. You have paid no at
tention TO me, and conditions have gone
from bad TO worse. The stories you tell
me IN your defense have been ridiculous.
Policemen. you don't seem TO realize
what you've been doing, and the position
/ IN which you have been placing your
! selves. Judges and lawyers TO whom ]
/ have spoken of late, have informed me
/ that the word OF a policeman cannot be
/ taken against that Of the ordinary citi-
zen.
ITO you honest men that is a serious
thing. But TO the dishonest men, OF
course, it means nothing"
At this point the commissioner cited a
case Of a policeman who had been de-
teoted in a lie, and whom he had fined
thirty days pay. Had the policeman not
He'd, he would have only reprimanded
him.
But" added the deputy, the police
man went on and also made liar out OF
| his captain, who caught him reading a
paper while on duty This man was rec
| commended for immediate dismissal from
the force.
Il want you TO tell the truth and take
your medicine like men," continued the
deputy. You will find that it does not
pay 70 lie"
/ There were many amazed faces IN the
/ courtroom as the deputy concluded, and
/ for two minutes there was nothing doing,
| Everybody thus had a chance 20 collect
! his scattered faculties
/ There were forty cases on the calendar.
/ but such was the expedition Of Deputy
Hanson to-day that they all were disposed
/ Of before noon, although the first was not
called until HIS o'clock.
! James L. Henry, a. policeman attached
/ 10 the West Side Court squad. was &c
cused Of steering" a prisoner against q
/ lawyer, and the deputy became so excited
about It that he arose and shouted at the
/ policeman:
You'll have to stop this steering
game,"
T haven't done any OF H." INTERCEPTED
Henry.
You have. and you know you have?'
! shouted Hanson And so has vOur com
mander, Delaney. The practice got so
/ bad I'D in the Harlem Court when De
/ laney was in charge that we had 10 ex-
/ change him. understand we have made
( 4 50 hot for him that he is going to re-
sig.. I'll make monkeys of all Of you II
! yoa couutenance such a practice"
The Washington herald., 1907-08-16
NUMBER "2S" UNLUCKY.
CoIOred Boys Said to Have Stolen
Just that sum of Money.

JUST AAAAA SUM OA
AIphonzo Lacy and Edward Tucker,
both colored. and both fourteen years Of
age. are completely disguised with one OF
the present days most popular and ac-
cepted good luck omens.
They unanimously agree that the num-
Der 3 has no charm for them. and in their
estimation one score and three IS TO be
looked upon as something to be dreaded:
not wished for
The reason for their dislike for that
popular number was because of a report
made to the police by N. w Campbell,
a cashier Of the Tolman Laundry Com
pany. He said that on Wednesday night.
while in the presence Of both Alphonzo
and Edward, who were employed as
wagon boys by the company, he had
sorted, counted. and placed IN cloth bags.
preparatory to locking up for the night,
all the small change that had accumu-
lated during the day. In the midst OF his
work he was called away from the Office
for few minutes. He placed the bags
Of coin in the safe and did not take the
precaution 10 see that It was locked.
On returning in short time. he says he
found the office empty, the safe combina-
ton set, and the money missing. The mat
ter was promptly reported 10 the police
and Detective BaTbee was assigned to the
case Yesterday morning the boys were
arrested, and when brought TO police
headquarters were two very disheartened
individuals. The several score coins which
comprised their loot represented Just SO
sltogether but the number had been OF
no significance to them, having failed to
bring them any Of the good luck attrib-
uted to II, but instead charge of petit
larceny.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-16
YELLOWSTONE PARK
IDEAL IN SEPTEMBER

Every month Of the open is delightful in the Park
but the early days of September present wonderful charms
in the best light The temperature brang the atmosphere
without beish the view distinct and the roads at their
best The coach ride of AS miles by easy stages in full day
light makes this distnctivey close-to-nature outing
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers most attractive tour
leaving the East September arriving the Park on the
9th and remaining until the nth, allowing FIVE and one-half
days of perfect sightseeing
The return trip by of the busting cities of the North
Pacific Coast through Oregon Idaho Utah. and the scenic
trail Of Colorado enhanced in interest by the charm of the
season.
Excursion tickets including all necessary expenses will
be sold from Washington and Baltimore S22g and at pro-
portonate rates from other cities.
competelyapponted special train in charge of Tourist
Agent and Chapron for the exclusive use Of the party adds
to the unqueness Of the trip.
As the membership of the party necessarily limited ap-
pcaons Tor reservations and itineraries should be made at
NJ. Newbold P. A. S. E D. 18th and C Streets n
W.. Washington; Geo. W. Boyd General Passenger Agent,
Philadelphia, or to Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket Agents
The Washington herald., 1907-08-16
BOYS STEAL A HOUSE.
Caught Carrying Away Jamaica
Residence by PiecemeaI.

Jamaica, Aug. 1.-Two small boys,
eleven and twelve years old, were arrested
to-day as they were attempting TO carry
away house. piece by pieSe. They had
already removed about a dozen boards
from the front, and it was only a question
Of time when they would have succeeded
in carrying away everything but the
foundations. Their names. they said, were
Victor BOscher and Joseph Bahowski
David L. Van Nostrand, formerly
County Clerk of Queens, bought the house
at the corner of Rockaway road and
Bates avenue He intended to have It
painted and live in it. little furniture
had been moved in, but when he went to
the house two days ago he discovered
that thieves had carried away the furni-
ture.
He notified the police, and watch was
set, but nothing developed until this
morning. when a detective, Pendergast
saw the two boys removing the boards.
The captives denied that they had stolen
the furniture. They said they were carry
ing away the boards because they thought
they were mo good" as nobody lived in
the house.