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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-08-28
HOW Queen Boss pined.

The setting out Of the dinner Of
Queen Elizabeth was ceremonious
function. First came gentleman with
4 rod. followed by gentleman carry
ing tablecloth, which, after they had
knelt reyerently three times, was
spread upon the table Then came two
others, one with rod, the other with
a saltcellar, a plate and bread. They
knelt three times, placed the things on
the table, knelt again and retired. Next
came lady in waiting. followed BY a
second. The first lady. dressed in
white, after kneeling three times. ap-
preached the table and solemnly rubbed
the plates with the salt. Then entered
twenty -four yeomen Of the guard clad
in scarlet and each carrying a dish of
gold. These dishes were placed upon
the table. while the lady faster gave to
each of the guards taste from the
dish he had brought in forSfear Of pos
sible poison. These guards were 5se-
lected. from the tallest and stoutest
men in all England. At the close Of
this ceremony number of unmarried
ladies appeared and with great solem-
nifty lifted the various dishes and car
We'd them to the queen ins her private
apartments. The queen dined and sup
ped alone. with few attendants, and 1t
was seldom that any one was admitted
at this time and then only at the inter
cession of some one in power. -.
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Coal Used bv Romans,

1t is believed by some historians that
coal was used by the Romans on the
continent and by the Britons4 on the is
land before the arrival Of Caesar. AS
early as 1884 Henry III. granted a Il:
cense to dig coal near Newcastle. but
a few years later the use Of coal was
forbidden in London, the smoke being
deemed prejudicial' to public health.
In 1906 the. London gentry petitioned
the king against its use, declaring that
in spite Of his royal order certain ma
licious persons persisted in burning it,
Goals began to be brought from New
castle to London in 1881. during the
reign of Richard IL. BY the year 400
coal was. commonly burned in London
as a fuel. though 200 years later, in
the reign of Charles L., its use was far
from being general throughout Eng
land. Anthracite coal. which. except
the diamond is the purest form of car
bon known, was first used by Con.
necticut blacksmith named Gore in
1858 and as domestic fuel by Judge
Jesse Fell Of Wilkesbarre, Pa, in 1908
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A Fairy Tale Kingdom.

The kingdom Of Uganda is fairy
tale. You climb up railway instead
Of a beanstalk, and at the end there is
a wonderful new world The scenery
is different, the vegetation is different.
the climate is different, and, most of
ALL the people are different from any
thing elsewhere to be seen in the
whole range Of Africa. Instead Of the
breezy uplands we enter a tropical
garden. In place Of naked painted
savages clashing their spears and glib
bering in chorus to their tribal chiefs
complete and elaborate polity is pre-
sented. Under dynastic king par
lament and powerful feudal sys-
TEN an amiable, clothed. polite and in.
telligent race dwell together in an Or
ganized monarchy upon the rich do
main between the Victoria and Albert
lakes. - Winston Churchill, M. P, In
Strand Magazine.
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Philadeiphia's Anti-tippina Scheme.

Philadeiphia's Anticipating Scheme.
A Philadelphia acquaintance has In
vented way Of getting rid of the
brushing nuisance. He, places 8
silver quarter in the hollow Of his
right hand and, turning to the boy
who is pretending to find dust upon his
clothes, says:
"You are such a tremendous brush
er' I will Civ you this money If you
can brush it out Of my hand /. Z ~, .
eyes, SIR" answers the boy with
glee unless he has tried the act pre-
viously. In that case he gives up the
Job. - ~ ~
AS general proposition, the most
facile "bSushing" will not sweep g
coin Off a human hand. Why this
happens to be true win be less under
stood after the reader has tried: It. him
self. One might almost say that q
coin cannot be brushed with q whisE
broom of the back as well as out OF
the palm Of q hand. - ,5,::j ! -
Give the hoy three tries and then
return the money to your pocket
Brooklyn Eagle.
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THE |: !. | HUMAN | ]! 4! NGINE.
TO Operate This !. Masterpiece Air n
:. I, ,':,5i the First Necessity. I5s3'

OF all the gines ScunningIy tipyis,.
BY man not}one can equal that master 1
piece OF conetruct ton, the engine OF }thlt5
human frame. To run that engine ahE
is the first necessity Construct 1t bop
you will, the greater part of th,$
energy which feeds power plant NJ
lost before 1t reaches the syapplyin.
machine. The body only has the powes;
OF using energy really economica1l,
and efficiently. Its food Is Its fuel
To. To be available all the constituents 4,
that food must be burned, producin,5
| heat and power. h For that burning III,
oxygen ,ofsthe airs essential. Euuall,E
true IS IT that nitrogen must be Alr {.
ent to prevent The rapid combustion
which would take place in oxyee,
alone. But, whether the combustio,
l be fast. or slow. the action is the same
i The body burns the carbon and nv
' drogen Of its GOOD and gives out th,
oxides #of these substances, carbo,
dioxide carbon acid gas, and hydrogen
oxide water. - - The water that II
formed within The body by tile bbT burn 4
ing OF hydrogen is of comparativel,
slight Importance in a consideration O,
the vital ss.,stions Of the effect of cit
air upon the individual. but the ,,othe,
factor, the carbon dioxide' formed IL
the body. is 'of direct Importance
Hollis Godfrey in Atlantic. t.. So, :, !
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TO The SUPREME COURT.
Primary Law Case Will Go to Highest
State Tribunal.

State Tribunal.
Before Judge C. F. Tempeton in
Grand Forks the two mandamus cases
Involving the constitutionality of. the
requirements that candidates of any
party must get 80 per cent of the vote
cast for secretar. of state in the
county at the previous general cleo
tion were taken up. A demurrer was
lnterposed by States Attorney Wine
man, appearing for the defense, in
which it was set forth:
"As to a return to the alternative
writ of mandamus heretofore issued
by this honorable court the defendant
demurs to the complaint on the ground
and for the reason that the complaint
does not stale facts sufficient to con
stitute a cause of action against said
defendant"
There were no arguments and the
court promptly sustained the demurrer
and notice of an appeal was at once
filed by Attorney JET Myers, who ap-
pears for the two compliments in the
actions. 1t is expected that there will
be a speedy hearing before the su-
preme court.
The action of the district court
brings the matter before the supreme
court.
Judge c. F. Templeton, who passed
on the case. is confident that the pri-
mary election law as it stands is ,un-
constitutional. 4.,~ -~e H.,
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FINDS NO TRACE OF POISON
Experts Report on Examination OF
Girls Body.

SIFiS OoNys
A pathological examination of the
stomach and esophagus of Beulah
Wright of Derrick, for whose death
Mrs. Mary Wright is in the county
jail at Devils Lake, showed no trace
of poison. Professor Babcock of the
University of North Dakota has report
ed to States Attorney Serumgaard
after an examination. The stomach
and esophagus have been forwarded to
Minneapolis, and. 1t is thought possible
that something may be found there.
There was, according to the exami.
nation, absolutely no indication Of
death by poisoning and no indication
that the girl had swallowed carbolic
acid, with which her lips had been
burned. An examination after the
death Of the girl showed her heart,
brain, lungs, kidneys, liver and other
organs. to be in normal condition.
Mrs. Wright has given out state
ment in which she asserts that the girl
had been affected by heart trouble at
various times when they lived at 10
gansport, Ind, and it was necessary
to call the doctor to treat her. This
doctor. whose affidavit will be an i'm
rortant factor in the murder trial,
told Mrs. Wright tint the girl would
not live to be very old. The girl had
one OF these peculiar attacks the day
she died, and it is asserted she gasped
and appeared faint, and finally Mrs.
Wright told her to go to bed. When
next she saw her she was dead, she
AYERS,
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The county board will pay two cents
each for gopher tails
Henry Wineman has returned from
Chicago. He looks an inch longer
A. J. Stade, the rustling merchant of
Grand Harbor, was in town Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cairnes leave
Tuesday for Toledo, Ohio, where they
will visit friends for few days and
then go to Bobs old home in Canada.
They will be absent about six weeks.
S. J. Dean got 26 bushels to the acre
and John Caffre 20 bushels to the acre
of No. l hard Don't look much like
a total failure in this section.
For three years prior to the first of
June Devils Lake was entitled to the
distinction as being known as the lend
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News Of the Week From IN Var|-
GUS Parts Of the State,
BURKE REQUESTS An OPINION
Wants Supreme Court to Deter
mine Validity of the Pres.
ent Hanging Law.

There are three prisoners in the
state penitentiary at Bismarck under
sentence OF death; r. s. Noah Of
Ward county, Joe Peltier and Charles
Peltier of Bottineau county. Govern
or Burke has filed in the supreme
court a request for an opinion as to
the constitutionality of the law re-
curing all executions to be done at
eAe state penitientiary by the warden
e that institution.
There liz NO question raised as to
ehe guilt of the three men under SEN
tence. Several years ago, however,
The legislature of the state passed
hw taking the execution Of condemned
criminals out OF the hands Of the sher-
to- Of the county and requiring death
sentences to be executed by the war
den Of the state penitentiary. Since
the passage of that law, the supreme
eourt has rendered a decision in the
case Of Temperance Commissioner
Murray abolishing his Office, because.
it was said to conflict with the duties
OF the regularly elected officers Of the
SOunIyS oASAAA6 GNU olotO cSIISA NY ..
Governor Burke thinks this decision
may be in point in the execution of
death sentences In the state peniten-
tiary, in that such a law might take
away duties sheriffs were regularly
elected to perform.
This is the first time the section of
the law has been invoked that gives
the governor authority to request an
opinion Of the supreme court as to the
suficiency of the record before a
criminal Is executed The question
involved is whether the three mer
should be executed at the state peni
Tertiary by the warden or by the sher
IFS Of Ward and Bottineau counties
respectively.
Noah is sentenced to be hanged
Oct. %. There has been one execu
ton at the penitentiary already under
the provisions of the present law, thai
of John Rooney, condemned for {
murder in Cass county. Rooney's
case went up to the supreme court o.
the United States in test of tht
present hanging law, but that did no
avail to prevent his execution.
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FOOD FOR cANNlBALs.
Ono Of the Many tragedies Enacted "
Polynesia. = !: -:

Polynesia. :. q -:
1t is not SO very long ago that can
nibalism was rife throughout Poly.
nesia, SO that to be killed, cooked and
eaten was the almost invariable fate
of sailors who CHANGED to be SO unfor
tunate as to be cast away on any OF
the outlying little visited islands.
Perhaps the most awful tragedy or
the kind on record was that which
happened in connection with the loss
Of the st. Paul, Captain Pennard. while
on a voyage from Hongkong to sgd
ney. This fine steamship carried, be.
sides a full crew. 1927 passengers, most.
~ emigrants. -
On Sept. 80, 1853, she was wrecked
on the. island Of Rossel, but all got
safely on shore. A little later the cap.
tain and eight of the crew left the
island in search Of assistance and were
picked up by the Prince of Den
mark schooner. Eventually the French
steamer Styx was dispatched to the
island and brought away one. emf
grant The remaining 326 had been
massacred and devoured by the ma.
tives.-Pearson's Weekly. : =,
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AFTER RED RIVER POTATOES
Buyers From Southern States Pur-
chasing Northern Tubers for Seed.

The Red River valley is being in
vaded by representatives of seed
houces in the Southwest who are after
the potatoes grown in this section to
use for seed potatoes through Kansas,
Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. Buy
.ers from that section make annual
trips to the valley AID secure a sup
ply for all that section. 1t is claimed
strip of country on both sides of
the Red river grows the finest pota-
toes in the world, and that they are
the best for seed purposes as we'll as
the most palatable for table use.
The industry is 4 big one, several
farmers on both sides of the river de-
voting hundreds of acres to the, crop.
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A War.e superatit;a,,,.

Boys in the west of England believe
tnat by squeezing a mole to death be
tween the hands and touching the az
fected parts with the blood that oozes
from the mouth Of the dying animal
warts VIII disappear and will not reap
pear. The culprits are convinced that
moles, worms and other subterraneah
jewellers have no feelings. and there.
fore 1t is not cruelty to put them To-
death in this way. ~ z% +$S2s:5..5
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A BIG POTATO CROP.

HoopIe Tiilers OF the 'rlbers planted
Large Acreage.
Farmers in the vicinity of Hoople
have taken up diversified farming in
no mean way this year, departing from
the all-grain farms and raising pota-
toes. Hundreds of acres have been
planted in potatoes and the yield, it
is stated, will be fair, considering the
dry weather that has prevailed. Nels
Folsom has just completed the con-
etr'.ction of a concrete potato elevator
in Hoople, the capacity being 10000
bushels.
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SLOW TO BUY COAL.

Sales to Individual Consumers in
- North Dakota Lighter Than Usual.
Despite the efforts Of the newspa-
pers, the coal dealers and the railroad
representatives, it is practically i'm
possible to interest North Dakotans in
the proposition to purchase their win
ter's supply of fuel before the rush of
the grain season. Two years ago the
fuel famine was so wildly impressed
en- the people that when the coal
shipping season began last summer
many purchased their fuel months
ahead, but the warm weather last win
ter has made them forget other ex-
periences ard the dealers say there
has been less coal sold direct to con-
sumers for future use than in many
years.
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A Promise unfulflied.

o. Henry, the well known story writ
er, once promised the editor Of mag
aztne that. be would deliver a short
story to him on the following Monday.
Several Mondays passed. but the muse
was refractory, and the story was not
forthcoming. AT last the wrathful ed
ftor wrote this note:
MY Dear O., Henry-If 1 do not receive
that story from you by 70 o'clock today
am going to put on my heaviest. soled
shoes come; down3to your house and Kick
iaes.I IT s"
whereupon O: Henry sat down and
wrote this characteristic reply:
, Dear sir-I, too, would keep my prom
Uses IL !, could fulflll them With my feet
~s'E:$>F Il Success Magazine.
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Death of a Prominent Mason,

Alex g. Mather, one of the most
prominent Masons of North Dakota,
died at hospital in Grand Forks. Mr..
Mather was born in Edinburg, Scot
land, and was sixty-four years old He
had resided in Grand Forks twenty
seven years. He was, a thirty-third
degree Mason and had been recorder
of ST. Oldepar eommandery since its
organization. He was grand treasurer
Of the Grand 'Commandery of North
Dakota. =. = .
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TWfNTY=TWO YEARS AGO
Items OF Interest Cleaned From The Devils Lake horOe Pub
|shed Under Date Of Saturday. Aug. Is, 1886.

of the track but the explorer whose
curiosity and love of research lead
him to that haven now, must travel
far beyond the city by the great 'in-
land salt sea-" Twelve hundred men
and five hundred teams have made a
pathway for the iron horse reaching
westward nearly 100 miles from Devils
Lake, and by the time snow flies in
November the Manitoba's main line
extension will have reached point
where the glare of the headlight will
illumine the snow-tipped peaks Of the
Rockies.
Seven of the Chicago anarchists
Spies, Parsons, Lingg, Fisher, Fielder,
Engle and Schwab-have been found
guilty of murder in the first degree
and will stretch hemp.
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Why, Of Course!

The editor of an agricultural paper
was grumbllng about.a7 puzzlIng Dues.
ton he had received from a city man
who had recently removed to the coun.
Try. The inquiry was this: "WiM you
kindly tell me how long cows should
be milkedY' *'s
The Office boy, passing near, heard
his superior repeating the question
aloud, +%F IT. -
"scuse me, boss" he said, 'but wy
don't yer tell him jes' de same's short
cowsT-Judge. .;>3s>,
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q Defect.

A little girl was playing with a girl
friend OF. her own age, on the porch
Of her home. An elderly gentleman,
her mothers father, and an elderly
lady, her fathers mother, were sitting
on the porch talking, pleasantly with
each other. The little girl had often
wished her grandparents were Of the
same name, like other chndren's grand
parents. Presently the little guest re.
marked, what nice grandmother
and grandfather you have"
"Oh, yes" she said, with a sigh.
'but they don't match"
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Scarcity Of EnaIish H,,n,or.

1T Is to be feared that if the papers
reserved a special corner once each
week for the witticism Of the week Ii
would be often left blank, There is nc
wit to speak Of. today. only feeble I'M
tation OF 1t which people are fond OH
calling the saving, sense of hunaor.
London Saturday Review. s 8 #:s5s5s:
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An Exclamation,

"How long has this restaurant been
openT" asked the would be diner. +
1.-TWO years" said the. proprietor. 4
II am sorryI did not5know it." said
the guest. II should be better off If I
had come here then,
YES" smiled the proprietor. very
much pleased. How is thatY' ..
Il should probably have been served
by this time If had.' said the guest
and the entente cordiaie vanished
Harper's Weekly.
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Mercer County Will Celebrate.

Mercer county will celebrate the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the or
ganization Of the county at Krem on
Sept. 5. Hon. C. A. johnson of Mi
not, Republican candidate for govern
or, will address the public. Five hun
dred Indians from the Fort Berthold
reservation will entertain, the people
with sham battles and war. dances.
The parades will be zone Of the best
features of the celebration This win
be one of the biggest Republican raj
lies in the state
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Normal Plans Musical Department.

The State Normal school at Valley
City is arranging to develop Its music
al department to conservatory propor-
tons, and will open the new depart
ment on Sept. %. Robert Boice Car
son, a tenor of Chicago, has been So
cured at a large salary. jas dean Of the
department and Instructor fl voice.
He will be assisted BY his wife, who
has also recently come into promi-
nence as "a singer and teacher.
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: ~ 20. !. 4 : :
Skilled.

How did you acquire such skin rs
asked the inauisitiYe one Of the clever.
Jnggler. s.>,. = #ss
4 = " have a natural talent
reditary. might say. MY father used
e g eatSpeas with a knife. - nudge. 52s
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Arm Badly Cut by Sickle

{ While driving binder for Anton
zaolbsrk who lives about nine miles
northwest Of Hillsboro, Gust Afelurn
was thrown on the seat tonic the plat.
Sgerm of the binder, and the flesh of
one arm was badly torn and cut by
ssas Sickle. 0 \, IL (. r>
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Burglars Make Rich Haul.

The Zealand department store at
Minot was burglarized last week.
Burglars entered through a window,
and, cutting the screen, opened the
safe and secured siAs lin cash and
checks and a large amount: Of .mer-
ehandiss The thieves escaped. II Il 81
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CIsTERN CAvE-lN IS FATAL
Young Farmer Meets Death In New
Excavation.


Fred Schell, aged thirty-one years,
was killed g. his farm between Ojata
and Emerald when big cistern, up
on which work had just been complet-
Cd, caved in.
: The mother and sister of the de-
ceased were in Grand Forks and were
guests of Louis Schell, a brother Of
the victim of the accident. They had
intended to 60 out to visit the; farm
and upon their arrival received news
$ef the accident. Mrs. schell, daugh-
ter and son left for the scene. The
deceased is survived by a widow and
a son two years old. He had been ir
North Dakota for two years, coming
! here from Aurora, ILL.,, where the
body will be taken for burial S&Fs
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Binder ManuIcs Farmer

+ Thorwald Strand, farmer living
near Warwick, was knocked down by,
horses and a binder pulled over him.
His right hand was cut off. head bad
.iy cut, back and shoulders severely
injured and his abdomen punctured,
He may die. e, ...cM.zs =, . ~. t s&zs -
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Cause. and Effect.

Old Hunks When l came to this
town sixteen years ago, real estate in
the block where live was higher than
It Is now. n: I,,s !. 49, :: AZ I.
Old Hewligus 1t would be so in any
Nek where you'd settle down. Chica.
80 Tribune. -, { 81 s5 ,5>,s .ss. szJ &
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Generous.

Mr. Smith lin. street carr Madam.
take my seat - Mrs. Jones twfio haa
been standing fifteen rninutesl- mo,
thanks; 4 get Off at the next corner.
Smith, hats all right. n 50 do i.
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just d Chance

Poor man! Have you always been
blind r. ggs5
No, num-. answered Tired Iafans5
unt tll1 Last week / yvuz lame,
but dere Wuzn't ennR Ii IT, Louis
vile Courier ournal. S