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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-03-29
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real estate at seven Der FL cent. 55

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real estate at seven 4 il per cent \
Cashier French of The Penn
State Bank, and Frank 4 G essner.
were in the city sterday 4.
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trad away, use the Inter
Ocean want columns { " ~
Have YOU tried ll:i L 4rits that
del cious kfast food made by
the Farmers mil
s u Mr. and Mrs. II rank HYland
LEFT Tuesday for lakkot as Frank
will return the fi0l lowing day.
while Mrs. yIand viii remain
Tor q few days visit whit friends
lend al, 81 prosperous Il,
and well koWIl farmer Of Dry
Lake township, returned from
alifornia NJ AZ
h Isorl q IN Il. and Mrs Mike
Csillin of Kal ispel ], Montana, ol GIL
Monday, 1arch 9Th j, q daugh-
|Cer. Mrs lin is is a daughter;
az Judge Pattee. M /. and Mrs
GiHin visited il this Cit last.
Hsnrnrler :.5S
and Mrs IaslanI
and l and s !. E Burgess
Eresurll1ed Sun ay f.tter1lo III 4 from l,r
Etheir several lslonEh ss sOjjourn I'LL
form IA. tbolgii they spent
most M tim st Los Ange les,S
the priAcffp Ies ies of Califor-}
mia ashin III and gegonl
were legl eetel1 ALL
had very pleasarlt and inter
sestin time
nicer Fits N se the Great
takes III 4 N ID keep
YilIg HE new iii pert cts
|ter.irn and his respon si-.
cred and placed
#cards iii HE bull a i ii pro- biting,
expect rating 5oil the Hoo @
II List those artticl es you amt
Ito seI with n ,yIand He
MI Sell them f &, llaat they are
worth an bic cornb ton
auction Sal e Isl tos
otto user Red ing
sIIinll. has accep tied position
with rIaliittur and
Piano IAN II illherts ii.
sIISyserS IL Ali experienced fsIr1li-
|ture ma a and md erta Ser " It'll
aIlers laa r,s has
Ea bunch of hustl ers that hard
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-03-29
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first N tional Bank loans money
] mot onlJ ON farms, bUs On good city
as well 4 s5s5$ ~ 558 g
I Miss Blanche FEox i, Id has
been attend ding Che lev City
Normal returned iii ONE ssatnr-:
day 10 spend the Easter holidays
1 with her parents is this city 81
James &c ollinson, Dan Bren-
n nan, Orville Duel !, Lyle CoWall,
Miss Maude Spragu ne and Miss
Nellie Norton returned from the
university to their n respective
homes in this city to pend the
Easter cation 81 33 " 81 # Z 81
Ligh aaky, tempting cake
81 and biscuits, the kind tlas melt
Il III ypllr mouth are onl 81 possible
when good n la ing poWders 4 is
used, like Hunt Eerffect. sees
fdemberS the nam 81 IA
Hans Peters has efated his
farm to nareW Ant erson Oh
shares, heagree cement being that
the seeding shal I Il, done with
Is Mont drill pure sed of
Peter Iialey
Dry oak wood, sawed
liyered m !! III hort 4 G &!
Farmers mill NJ l
Hereafter the able
special ist DC visit
Devils Lake esday 81 lld
not Wednes day Is. Il ii is next visitt
this city day,l
pril 18th.
s is YOU il intend a iaa hand
made harm sssss ii seas
ffeergetI to sss liitEz4
IIIgerald. id "a g tos KIN
der, and galar aGis faeti ion
both AS ia l,'il lasi aual it
I rhes ar1ng I'll ii pre..
pared geinel feed sOra hort.
10 i'd 1ks9 Sai sS a5syIsfsa
1sss2S 81 81 'Ss IN
Sss ss,sA ss.s sSss
PIC SAFE VIII " u p a.
held ins lewis during stti,e
q April sstIl sttos 30 PEG
Ie having prop ert Id list will
leave desert tloll It'll rank III.
Wand s ssss
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-03-29

James II " &c &c, after ta q 3 two
months wish; to his old home I'M ill,s
|pennsyl wanna, returned yester-
day Ie says Devil Lake is the
best, town iiIl$ the JJnioia for ts
size. He ought to see che city
||ttIlis spring Of 9
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WEIGHING THE MAILS.
Done Every Four Years - . Basis for Ran.
road Contracts.

road Contracts.
The railroads are paid for carrying the
mails on the basis OF a contract running
four years. Once during this period ad-
ditional men are put on the mail cars. whose
duty is to weigh all mail received and de-
livered at each station.
The figures thus secured are assumed to
represent an average OF the amount Of mail
carried on that route. and become the basis
Of the contract. Four years later a Dew
period Of weighing 10 begun, and the con-
! tract Is revised In accordance with the new
figures.
The United States 10 divided into four
contract districts. nays System. and the
weighing ia carried on simultaneously in all
parts OF a district. The following year
some other district 10 weighed, and thus the
circuit Of the country is covered In the four
year period.
Each district contains several weighing
div isions. For example. in the district
which comprises the North Central States,
weighings will be conducted simultaneously
in the divisions c~entring at Chicago, Cleve-
land and Cincinnati.
IL 10 in the tabulation n compilation Of
the reports sent m by these Official weighers
that the system devised by Garlic c. Hunger
ford Of the railway mail service is en-
plooyEed,
pose OF awarding the contract Is not a new
was part Of the old system. The mail
weighers have cards on which they record
the weight Of the mail taken on at each
station on the route. and also the weight
put of. Another card records he weight
on the return trip between the same points.
-Thi process Of daily weighing is kept up
for ninety days. and the totals must be
footed at the end OF each week and the
end Of the whole period, Formerly each
on a large tabulating sheet three feet long
and two feet wide, and figures had to be
totalled vertically and horizontally.
The size OF the job can be seen when
i tell you that the report OF just W trains
took up thirteen OF these large sheets.
THE work kept twenty-five mon busy
in the Chicago headquarters during the
time OF the weighing. and for three months
a%fterward. Then there was liability OF err
so we developed the plan Of doing away
with the tabulating sheet altogether. We
used the adding machine and make its
record strip the permanent record OF the
weights. Instead Of first entering the
figures on the large sheet and then trans
ferring them to the machine, one man
reads the amoun from the weighing re-
port and another operates the machine.
The figures for a wook arc kept To-
gether, and totals taken for zach town.
At the end the totals are taken for the whole
route.
The cipher In the middle OF the column
marks the dividing line between the columns
fer mail put OF the train and mail taken
on. At the end OF the weighing period
the totals for the various weeks are footed
on the machine.
We can do the worn with half tho olerlu
that were formerly needed. It takes three
months TO finish the reports after tho weigh
ing closes. Heretofore We had to keep
twenty-five men at work tabulating and
work.
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brought up together In Missouri, and James
trusted Brunststter implicitly.
They walked 70 the room back OF the
store. James told Jed that no was passing
through on his way back TO his plant In
St. Joe, where his wife was, and had de-
cided to dig up Jef, whom he hadn't sssn
for a long time. From my position on the
sack OF bran. 1 heard Brunstettsr expostu-
lating with the visitor. though l didn't
catch the words.
taking such q daring chance a. walking
around the edge Of L~eavenworth came
pto. when there were q lot Of fellows about
IN the. district Who might recognize him
from having been by when James was
putting over bank and train and other
Then James said:
They're going to get me. Not the
posse people, but somebody. l don't
know who. But I've got a feeling. had II
for months, that I'm near the cash In.
me a good licking when We were young runs.
and I've always liked you for IL. Hege's
something to keep, IL you want IT, and'the
outlaw tucked a hand beneath his linen
custer at the belt line. pulled Q cartridge
IL over TO Brunstetter. so long. II won't
be long before you'll be hearing hat some
body has got me-
'Brunstetter pooh-poohed all that and
advised James TO try to reach the west coast
and make Australia, where he could begin
over and on the level with the bank roll
that he had put away. james shook his
head over that suggestion and with a
grip OF Jeffs hand strolled carelessly out.
As he passed me he reached out a hand
and gave me a pat on the head. At tho
same time he caught sight Of the title at
the top OF the dime novel l was reading
IN James Boys at Blue Cut or some
thing OF chat sort.
His jaw frightened when ed read the
title and then he shook his head and sort
Of smiled grimly and out he passed. swishing
his riding whip. He MOUNTS q big thor
~oughbred 'sorrel that was standing without
tying across the street and rode away
Something less than q month after that
my mother took my brother and myself
up to st. Joe to spend a couple Of days with
p sister who was attending a girls seminary
Mt that place. Ford killed Jesse James In
the %latter's home on the day after VI ar
rived in st. joe.
THE dead outlaw was laid out in q BORT Of
state in his home. and all Of the population
Of st. Joe we're allowed TO pass by his bier.
l got my ears boxed by my good mother
when l suggested to her tina I wanted to go
TO the James house TO see the dead outlaw.
But l went all the same. And for the second
time | had the peculiar experience Of reoOg-
nizing, in DEATH, a celebrated bandit whom
/ had seen and been touched by only a little
while before when he was in life
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-04
COUNTESS HENCKEL'S NECkLACE.
TT Three strings OF Pearl That Form It
Valuable Black Pearls.
From the Wesim,nsfrr Gazette.

From the Wesfntn sfrr GdetNe.
The late Duchess of Sermoneta's pearl
necklace, OF viii Oh one has read SO much
lately. Ia doubtless very beautiful and valua
bile. but IL can scarcely be considered the
most costly necklac e in the world
This distinction more probably belongs
to the famous pearl necklace Of the Countess
Henck Ell. . lady well known In London and
Paris society. the value OF which 10 said 10 be
ESQ, 900. II Ia really composed Of three neck
laces, each Of historic interest. One was the
property Of the ex-Queen Of Naples. sister
OF the late Austrian Empress: the second,
once the property OF a Spanish grandee. IL
known to fame rs the necklace OF the Virgin
OF Atochs" while the third was once owned
by the Empress Eugene.
Not long ago q necklace composed Of ti2
pearls IN eight ows the property Of the late
Duchess Of Montrose. was sold for Ril IN.
The Empress Frederick Of Germany 10 said
to have possessed O necklace Of thirty-twO
pearls worth at least 10000; whibs Lady
Ilchester's necklace Of black pearls IL valued
at about f26, 900.
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From Park and Cemeierp.

From Park and Cemetery.
Prof. George Z. Stone. who 10 In charge
OF the work. writes as follows concerning
che course In tree culture given at the Hatch
Experiment Station OF the Massachusetts
Agricultural College. Amherst. Mass:
AT the present time We have seven senior
students who are taking work In . course
which l term the Physiology and Pathology
Of Shade Trees So far a. ! know this IL
where else. and We are turning out quite Q
few young men who are especially trained
to hh inteiigently such positions as city
foreeters or helpers In parks.
Many of our men at the present time
have established firms for the care Of trees.
and all OF them are meeting with remark
able success. some Of them employing as
many a. 200 men. l started this course ten
years ago at the request Of students, and
has developed"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-04
No shop Talk.
FROM the Washington Sta

From the Washington Star.
A Washington educator 10 telling q story
about a young medical friend OF his who 10
Interested In insanity symptoms and II .
sort Of amateur a~lienist. The other day the
student got q chance to visit one Of the wards
in the asylum for the insane. and having
heard that there was q man confined there
who labored under the halluctnadon, that
allowed to see this patient frst, a. he ap-
peared tho most promising for investtSation.
He was taken to the ward where the lunati0
ensued:
Student-Ars you the Deity7
~Lunatic-From everlasting unto everlasting
an he.
Student-wcll. I've been looking for you
for Q long time. Ihsys Q question % 81 yeN.
dsstinstion and Free vfhf
The lun4tto drew himself up 70 he fp1y
s sissss ; fsSu.sa! gag 4, az s:.s @: q. / +: :. :s:' sse
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-04

WxOl8N 70 Auu Viz NolOhuoO ttiut ytotu phnCOI
gold In such quantities that, given water.
the output Of Cripple Creek and Tonopah
would be made to look like q grub stake
proposition
Water is not. but there 10 wind The
dry washer is merely . rude bellows OF the
current OF air through q sheet OF muslin
set on an inclined plano and crossed at
right angles by sticks OF wood called
muslin Incline. while the bellows lifts it
over tho rifles The gold, being heavy.
10 caught and held under the cross pieces;
pebbles and sane are elected at the bottom.
Various forms OF the dry washer have
been patented, but the simplest type re-
Of tarpaulin, half . yard Of fine muslin
and . little baling wire are all the materials
required for Its construction. The whole
apparatus need not weigh over twenty
pounds and the prospector. can pack IL
from place to place on his back.
Dow In southwestern Arizona the Next
can Ia credited with tho invention Of the
dry washer and nothing else. II Ia the
last resouroe OF the prospector who cannot
get q grub stake. For miles around Yuma,
on either side Of the Colorado, one may
q day with this Crude appliance. and As IS
will grub stake q man for q month there
10 little excuse for being, dat broke.
For twenty miles north Of the confluence
Of the ella and the Colorado, the barren
gulohos are honeycombed with tbs work
Of tha dry washer. The work Of the white
man ID. easily distinguishable from that
Of tho ohula.
In places the bedrock has been exposed
for hundreds Of. foot along the bottom Of
the shallow guloh, tho cement strata swept
clean. with . whiskbroom, since pay dirt II
found mostly at the bottom. This 70 the
work Of the American. Ths Mexican
seldom hys bare moro than . square yard.
and from that, % the snvious 0nngo as
ssrts. b 0ses what be n after.
A stfu mors simpse and primitive method
q DRY washtng h Indicated BY tnnumsrable
besenllke dsprlqg3ons along the stdes Of
these guldhss. Prom each has been taken
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A SIMPLE WEDDING GOWN.

| the original, and the tint given by the very
pale pink lining under the sheer white, a
tint which seems more like a faint glow
than a color, is extremely attractive.
A lace coat with a lace trimmed bodice
and skirt of marquisette, chiffon, silk
mousseline or chiffon wolfe is greatly liked,
and a good lace coat, though necessarily
expensive, may be used for a variety Of
purposes and with almost any dainty sum-
mer gown. The importers have brought
over countless picturesque coats OF this
sort, and incidentally it may be noted
that some Of these coats nave been marked
down to tempting prices In the sales
through which exclusive shops clear stock
after their season Is over and their fashion
able patrons have left town. II, how
ever, one can not afford TO buy q lace coat
Of really good quality, it is far better to
abandon the idea altogether.
The question OF the coat is an important
one in trousseau considerations and to be
we'll coated means n considerable outlay
Of money, for the fashionable woman to-day
10 a woman OF many coats. She must have
a lightweight dust cloak for travelling,
driving, hot day motoring, DC. She will
need a heavier motor and travelling coat
OF tWeBu OF CIcNlOb.
An evening wrap is essential and this
may be as elaborate or as simple as she
chooses, for there are dslectable envelop-
ing capes and picturesque draped cloaks
OF lightweight cloth which have little or
no trimmings but answer all purposes for
summer evening wear. One OF the ar
tistically cut and draped clpeS OF white
or delicate hued %broadcloth should GER
tainly be included in every trousselu this
summer.
Some jaunty short separate coat or
wrap adapted 10 street wear il needed
in every outfit and in the matter OF separate
lace coats or coats OF richly embroidered
linen and lace only purse limitations need
call a halt. II would be easy 10 show scores
Of sketches OF attractive coats that would
do credit TO any trousseau, but we have
contented ourselves with only one sugges-
ton for n dust eoat Of French tussor In
khaki color with embroidery OF shaded
browns and black bordering neck and
sleeves. The oachet OF this French coat
lay In the graceful arrangement OF plated
body and sleeves and the excellent lines
obtained by this kimono body in conneo-
ton with a shortened empire waist hne.
or bodice and skirt gowns In soft silk,
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a retired sea captain. recently observed hi
golden wedding and died a few months
later. Another brother became one Of
the first and oldest carriage manufacturers
in early Ohio; still another rounded Cape
Horn in the first gold days OF California and
accumulated a fortune in mining; while one
hardy old sea captain died ia New York 6
few years G after nearly seventy years
adventures around the globe. One moro Of
the brothers was one OF the first bolt manu-
%facturers in this country; a sister was the
mother OF Isaac p. Lamson, the millionaire
foundryman Of Cleveland, Ohio, who 10
now a s~eptuagenarian.
MIR. Miller represents a pioneering gener-
alton. He was one OF the early sugar men
OF Michigan; drove one Of the first herds
OF sheep from that country into the New
York market. and became one OF the first
soda water manufacturers in the metropolis:
He later engaged in the manufacture OF
mechanical rubber goods and bis family
is now developing one OF the first cult
waited rubber plantations in Mexico.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller nave four children
living, Francis Trevelyan Miller. editor
of the journal OF American History; Wallace
Hull Miller, editor OF the Bristol, Conn.
Press; Lanette Miller Foster. a writer and
artist for Modern Merico; Grace Emily
Miller. a writer OF sketches on Mexican
life
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In place OF this bordure. Liberty satin lie
often used for these bands and the girdle
may be OF the same liberty.
The French makers are showing some
lovely simple gowns in delicately tinted
mulls and batistes, which would be pretty
not only in these materials but in tussor,
crepe de chine and other silken stuns.
One OF these models is illustrated here and
would be charming in a light blue tussor,
though the original was in blue batlste.
The arrangement OF the wide sleeved'
plated bodice. with its embroidered white
~pastilles and its soft frill OF lingerie and lace
is delightfully."- chic despite Its simplicity,
and the tiny bow Of black at the throat
and the black girdle and larger square bar
at the girdle top add a distinctly French
touch to the delicate color scheme.
The possibilities OF the dainty lingerie
and lace fr~ills-generally classified as Marie
Antoinette frills-in smartening a simple
bodice or blouse are hardly appreciated
even in this day Of their popularity. Any
woman can make these pretty accessories
for herself, and by using the finestof lingerie
stuff and narrow edgings OF real valenciennes
and putting the frills together by hand,
she can obtain effect quite out OF proportion
to the cost. A dainty frill OF this sort on
the simplest OF sheer chemisettes fills in
one of the popular V-cut bodices very at
traotively, and one Of the pretty frills show
ing between open coat fronts will lend an
air OF feminine piquancy TO even the plainest
OF tailored coat and skirt suits.
One or two linen scat and skirt suits,
plainly tailored or more elaborate, as the
buyar nrofera n Jumper frock Of embroid-
cred linen or Of silk suitable for a shirt waist
frock, blouses as fine and dainty as can be
obtained, a few plain tailored shirt waists.
some separate pique or linen skirts and
several pretty negligees-and the trousseau
is fairly complete, though it is easy to make
additions ad libitum to this sketchy outline.
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maruuisotte, lingerie. fnuslins. DO, the
summer bride MAJ have az many as hhe
can afford, and she will have no dtficulty
this season In finding desirable smodels
for such frocks. The French aptocrats
while showing their skill in orgies Of elabo-
rate detail upon many handsome frookS
have turned out an unusually large num-
Der OF comparatively simple models in
wolfe, marquisette, tussor, foulard, ak
mousseline and other modish materials,
and while the frook copied from one OF
these models will doubtless not have the
perfection OF cut and line which distinguishes
the original. a clever dressmaker can make
the copy an attractive thing.
Take, for example, the little frock OF rose
and white checked ~marquisette shown
among our cuts. This is in process OF be-
ing copied from a French design in green
and white. and while the French rock
was probably much the smarter OF the two,
the copy promises to be very charming,
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and picturesque, but many artists say
that they are not SO effective under a veil
as a robe defining the natural waist line
and curves-that they tend 20 make the
general silhouette a trife b1nchy. The
separate bodice and skirt with high girdle
are much used and are a safer proposition
in the hands Of the ordinary dressmaker
than is either the princesse OF the Empire
model.
Any n OF the softly draped fichu or
v-out bodices 80 popular at the moment
can furnish inspiration for a pretty we'd
ding gown bodice. but the kimona sleeve
associated with many OF them should be
avoided in the wedding gown, for there
again one would get a thickness and bunchi-
ness Of silhouette opposed to aesthetic
rules. Several June brides whose gowns
we nave seen have ~disregarded this ruling
and have big armholes and draped sleeves
in their wedding gowns, but while the
gowns In themselves are lovely, IL 10 ex-
tremely doubtful whether the wearers will
look 30 well under their wells an they would
look in more clinging gowns.
The original model Of the frock pict-
ured in the large cut was made for a Euro
pean Princess by one OF the greatest French
makers and illustrates excellently the point
we have been making in regard to sim
plicity OF outline and grace Of drapery.
Some makers object TO any horizontal
trimmings on the bottom Of the wedding
gown on the ground that 1t detracts from
the apparent height and, in consequence.
from the desired effect Of slenderness; but
u a bride has sufficient skirt length this
double founce OF laoe-one straight and
one draped with tiny sprays Of orange
blossoms-is an attractive trimming.
II the skirt length will not stand cutting,
a perfectly plain. gracefully cut skirt, or
one with some fat. inoonspicuous bottom
trimming lie desirable In the satin wedding
gown. To out and drape such a princesse
model as the one shown in the sketch de-
mands skill. but nothing il ~loVelier for a
bride than such n gown II IL is cleverly
made. The fchu folds Of fine dotted net
laid from shoulder 20 bust between the
satin and the lace Of the guimpe are grace
full and becoming and the simple sleeve
In modish without being extTe me.
The elbow sleeve has made lite way into
the bridal gown. which for q long time
retained the long transparent ouh; but
recently indications have been seen Of a
return u. the long, wrinked. transparent