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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-05-21
+ DISEASE lin THE scHoo OILS!

H More than 100, ] 900 hildren Of school
age are annually laid prostarte BY the
three preyenta bile diseases of diptheria
tuberculo and SCARE fever. and 2O,,.
Goo Of these Illnesses terminate fatal
diptheria and scarlet fever,
the infection GENERALLY passes from
pupil IS pupil q the early stage Of; the
disease, which onl med ical inspec.
lion can detect
# How Wild spread may be- the infec-
ton iesulting from the presence of
Eones source Of ssconta ion Isl forcibly
by# an occurrence il q
scnoof MI lgrove. Ohio, where
hoy with inc ent measles infected
every member OF the school. including
The teacher So til al fell sick with
ten lays. disc Fered early the
sick are not onlly pre- vented from a:
fecting the vel but ars, a. mos cas-
ses, easil cured IN one year about
100 pupils ~ theria. scarlet fey-
Sar and tube SIS were found Az Az
tending the schools of dassachu setts.
aDurin the same period several tll lt.fll.
sand children with other cont gious
diseases such as measles, humps,
grippe. ana Ills were excluded
iron, These schools III the Interest of
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-05-21
WORK ! OF AN|A TICS
PROMINENT IA by A-T WEBSTER
IL RECEIVES E or TIL Es CHAIN:
.ETTERs

promi nent lady, living at Webser
Is Id receipt Of a letter which is on
the chain order and which the writer
rs should Be careful Oh they may be.
landed behind the bars The latter
contains 3 threat which Is contrary
to law to send through the malls and
persons sending itsare liable to prose
cution BY the government
The letter which IS II gned anonI.:
mously reads Sas follows:
Dear E iend This was sent to me-
by a friend and win send HI to you,
copy and send ~ to your friends and
see what VIII hap pen. is said he
who VIII not write this prayer win
meet with some mist rtune. but he
who VII write 81 for nine days com.
|mencing on the day received Wilmeet
with some greatly 81 "a 8 ninth day
On the reverse side Of the Sheets
written the fo1loWing pra TEL:
Oh Lord Jesus. & enp lores thee have
mercy on an mankind Keep is from
evil by the precious blood and take
us toS dwell with thee III etsrnitt
lowing the praye appears the
following admonit ton:
Iaos not break thi chain make Il
wish lille ting and do not fall to
40 this much ffor ttllle lbette rnnent Oh
the lsorl a. our Fri md.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-05-21

5eral other publishing houses mail
issues Of several hundred thousand.
each. The ding Of magazines.
however, IL easier III an that soff stamp
Eed mail The record batch of stamped
mail handled snnder the new cancelled
stamp arrangement ~ means ofs which
81 firm buys stamps already Cancelled,
$50 as to save that work being done at
the post f1ce.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-05-21

TWO BALL GAMES SUNDAY

ss: There were two ball games played
in Devils Lake Sunday one between
Poplar Grove Indians and the Great
Northern Shop team which resulted
II q score Of 4 to IS 8 Ii favor Of the
Shop team. The other was between
members of Co ne and Heath's
'Tramps. The soldiers done the
tramps up in a bundl If +
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-05-21
ORDER CITY DIRECTORIES.

M. ORDER CITY DIRECTORIES.
Owing % the expense Of producing
the new Directory Of Devils Lake, we
will only print few more copies than
we have ordered at the time Of going
70 press, and we would therefore re-
guest those who are going to want a
copy and have not already ordered, TO
enter their order at once either with
Mr.. E. II. Howe, G. Q. Mills, or at the
intero office.
Devils Lake Directory Co.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-05-21
trance fee has been paid.

trance an. fee has been paid. i ~ :Ss Il. i.
The University Of North Dakota
made the Association a proposition to.
furnish lectures and special class work
in connection with the Biological sta
ton to be estab lished at the Chautau-
qua qua The proposition was accepted By
the Association. ST :. =$ ~. .. 3 i.
p 7. Reese has been awarded the
contract 6 for drilling new wen in the
south part Of the grounds and has
commenced work on it. ES 80. II. IF.
The base ball privilege was offered
to the ball team Of the state Univers
Esity. NJ 1. \; .=53; Z .g
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-05-21

about 10000 Of the school attendants
during the year are excluded at some
time, because Of diseases which men
ace the health Of their associates
From Slaughter Of the Innocents,,',
III June Technical World Magazine.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-05-21

q
-. -
oney % loan on farms see rcd
ID Locke al
Hilma Freeburg was n II
Toxic Monda 81
1ryille Duell was 81 Gafske 81 sbusi
j ness SATURDAY.
Ned oata for q sale Z Il winter a
Anes elevator
Niss5 Jennie Th,onas Vas. down from
Webster saturd
ana Beek, 1aakota yisitedsE
sin this ely isullnday
arm loans at lowest rates SEQ
John Maher.
D. Huntsr zas D, q ov q from raryI|
1 o. business tarday
Miss shand. of crary was q Devils
Lake visitor sat,ulifidl
ius OMEN Mas business yiaitort
BsrWViic Saturday sl
# S|SS Mrs. AQUA aud Miss Stella Jaqua
were "a from odo saturda
ocal parties are willing to buy
I snaps IA land. Frank Hy1and.
Mrs. Robert Nicholg son, 81 'WarWick
was shop ping So Devils Lake satur-I
day
Victor Ruth Of Tokio was q Devils
AXE visitor the latter part q last
Il week.
George Elmslie was 9 Sbusines yisi-
Tor II Hampden the latter part % last,
week.
List your land and all other pro
perty You want to sell with Frank
H Hyland.
Charles Houaka off Bisbee. was i
3 business visitor - this city the latter
part last week. a
Misses Amanda and 81 Josephine
i bsson, Of Grand Harbor were II
this city saturd ay. Hui
6. smeallie, the good Snatured mersI
chant sof Toxic was ii Devils Lake Del
tween trains Friday last.
"a. W. Cogswell has been en-
ttertalning Miss Helen deyille, of
II Grand Forks the past week
Miss Katherine Ne LEHMAN spent
Saturday and Sunday At the home of
her uncle Orr, JJr. al Crary
s You can stop that coughing w ~
Ing Ghambsrlain's Cough Remedy y
relieves the lungs aids expectoration
and eftects & prompt and permanent
& cure.
The lowing teachers ofs the Crazy
public schools were III this city sat
rday: Misses eatrice Pendroys
Mildred Hurd, Jessie seamore, and and
Jean saunde len.
eli Carlson 81 Crazy was; ~ Devils
y Lake on business saturd day. lille Sin
the city ME- Clauson made this once
pleasant call and paid his subscripss:
4 ton another year Al advance.
The dance given BY the Royal
Dancing club at the Odd sFell lows hall
Friday evening was largely attended !lts,5lS
and u very enjoy able evening was
spent by those present Music was n
furnished by Zero /; orchestra
H. Huesgen II having 81 sale during
81 May Oh Watches, Diamonds and jew f'
elry, espec ially suited Tor commence
nent presents s.S35
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-04

They Are Making Great ImDrovs-
menfs an Rio Grnnde Do Sui.
William G. Dudley, Of Brazil. Is at
the New willard Hotel. and be brings
information Of remarkable Industrial
Development here under the leadership
OF American engineers and business
men. IN Rio Crande DO SUI said he,
(which is one Of the richest states in
Brazil. and which is 10 the temperate
zone, the climate being similar to that
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-04

It is possible to predict from the hair
Of parents the form Of their chiIdren's
hair. Two blue eyed. straight haired
parents viii have only blue eyed.
straight haired children. Two wayy
haired parents may have straight.
wavy or curly haired children. but the
chances OF curly hair are slight Two
curly haired parents may have chill
dren with either straight, wavy or
curly hair. but the proportion Of curly
haired offspring Will probably be large
American Naturalist.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-04

OF Virginia. great things are going on
Charles H. Coehalls. an American en-
gineer who was assistant to Capt Eads
when the latter opened the mouth OF
the Mississippi and made New Orleans
great shipping port By deepening the
channel In the river. Is at work there
on a similar project that is to cost
100000
He Is to deepen the channel into a
lagoon so that the largest ships can
enter II Is this province that Germany
has been casting covetous eyes on for
years In the interior Americans are
building a number OF railroads One Is
at the head OF the Amazon. running
around the falls up there and cutting
across forests. In which white men have
never been seen before. to the richest
gold fields In the world. Americans are
also building new street car lines In
Rio Janeiro.
Word has reached Buenos Ayres
that numbers OF fine race horses are to
be shipped from here there because Of
Lne ne" repreSsiVe lawn In the United
States One Of the men who has been
making inquiries IS Col. Milton Young
'f Kentucky Argentina certainly wants |
,hese men and the horses and 1t would |
not surprise me II the government Of
Tered some financial fnducement for
hem TO come there
The country Is agricultural. growing
bout everything that is cultivated In
he United States Large numbers Of
lorses are also raised and -acinx Is
ne OF the national sports The city Is
he largest spanish-speaking metropolis
D the world. the population being near
y 100000 It is a cosmopolitan and
commercial city. with all the hustle and
ustie that distinguishes the busy cities
the United States"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-04
Q|g!IG2RSIlRgg}

The blind population Of Great Brit
ain Is about 10000
Up to the year 1854 the newspapers
Of England labored under the handicap
Of special government tax
The japanese system Of individual
licensing Is decreasing opium smoking
In Formosa- The number o. users fell
from 1870 In 1900 to 10000 IN 1905.
Washington Is the only one OF the
Pacific Coast states IN which coklng
coal has been found. Its coke produc.
ton last year fotaled s2.o2s tons. an
increase over 1906 OF e,3ss tons
Condensed milk imports IN Japan
are Increasing enormously. rising from
value OF $4,000 In 1901 20 sf.0of.-
900 In 1907 The United States sup
plies IS per cent. Great Britain - per
cent. and Switzerland 10 per cent.
Mrs. A. +. Goddard. OF Arlington.
Mass. has resigned her place a.
church organist after a service OF
forty-four years. said TO be the longest
term Of any woman In the church his
tory of New England she has been
q successful director OF choruscs and
1uartets and has produced several pop
ular musical compositions
John Boyes. the white king OK The
kakykas. will. Il h said. pilot Prcsi-
sent Roosevelt In his great hunting
rip through British East Africa.
Boyes has lived In British East Africa
or ten years. after having been ship
He was made king Of
arge tribe. and his authority Is rccoe-
lied by the British government He
8 Yorkshireman by birth.
Miss Janet NJ. tombstone. a teacher
q the girls school In Kanazawa. ia
an. says that the class Of 1908 Is the
lrgest IN the history OF the school.
he reports that there has been a won
erful increase during the last few
ears In the japanese womeu's inter-
81 In athletics. They are no longer
'illlng to be a race OF little people.
q their anxiety to become tall they
re willing 10 take almost any amount
exercise. Walking especially has
scome extremely fashionable.
Medina. the holy city. which has
zen rejoicing over the opening OF the
Iedjaz railway. triumphed long ago
fer all the rivals In various parts Of
ie world which bore the same name.
hich means simply city" Notable
nong them were the old capital nj
alta and Medina sidonia IN Spain.
be Arabian city was originally known ]
Yathrib, but owes It's later name.
Medina 1.-THE city, or Medinat Ra- !
] Allah (the city Of the apostle OF
'd), to the Koran. To a good Mo Z
Immedan there is only one city with a
big c. n
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-04
FAcTs ABOUT POOR SICILY.

The largest Island In the Mediterra
mean Sea A part Of the kingdom o
Italy.
OF triangular shape. and has an are
OF about 9,70O square miles.
Population was 2.9o7.0O1 In 1891. and
S,529- 266 In 1901.
Traversed throughout its entire
length By a chain OF mountains.
Mt Etna. near the eastern shore
rises 1870 feet.
On the north and east the coasts are
steep and well Indenfed. aYordIng sev-
eral good harbors.
On the west and south the coasts are
nat and unfavo-able to navigation.
The rivers are mostly short and
swift, and generally dry up during the
summer.
There are many sulphur and other
mineral springs, which were famous
resorts In ancient times.
Temperature is moderate and seldom
falls below the freezing point.
Summers are almost rainless and ne
sirocco. wind from Africa, brings in
folerable dry heat
The interior is almost entirely de-
forested.
Principal source OF the worlds sup
ply Of sulphur. which Is the chief min
eral wealth.
Exports OF sulphur amount to efrh,
70 ten million dollars a year.
Rock salt and asphalt largely pro
iueed for export.
Once the '.granary OF Italy" and az
Is stiIl the main industry. |
Methods primitive.
Extensive cultivation Of the vine.
Ilmonds, olives, oranges. lemons. beans /
md sumach.
Deep sea fisheries give employment |
o more than 10000 persons.
Condition Of large numbers Of the
sboring classes. particularly In the suI-
hur industry, is deplorabie.
Railway lines have a total length Of
bout 1000 miles.
Elementary schools inadequate. but
igher education IS provided for In COL
'ges at Palermo. Messina and Satanic.
Syracuse, now heap Of ruins. was
the time Of Cicero pronounced By
I'm the most beautiful Of all cities.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-04

Electricians whose Expcftmeakz
II Are startling aaa Convineirs.
n The power Of mind over matter Il
/ illustrated Ia recent electricity expert
ments made BY DIR. Otto Won der Pfor'
dten, who believes he has shown that
the action OF electricity In the human
body may be modified or even neutral
lied By the state OF the mind Aspl-
nails has already noted that electric
ians who, when asleep. have touched
dangerous live wires have suffered no
injury except burn; and Jellinek
found that an ordinarily deadly current
did not harm rabbits when they were
ehioroformed or greater interest still
are the eases where the action Of the
current Is neutrallzed BY mans
strained expectation or attention. Eiec-
tricians, he says, often touch parts OF
the machinery 10 ascertain II there u
a current In them and while this con-
sfious and deliberate act results In no
harm. uninlentlOnal contact with a
less powerful current proves fatal. In
experimenting on himself Jellinek has
found that an unexpected shock OF $50
volts was terrible. whereas an ex-
pected shock OF 500 volts made little
impression But this was a bagatelle
compared with the exhibition OF eour-
age given By Herr Won DobrowOlsky.
who broke a wire containing 5000
volts and picked up one end Of II In
the presence OF several dismayed ex-
perts without suffering the least harm
To do such . thing one must be alb
solutely fearless Of death, or else one
must have the force Of an engineer
who has learned 20 control the power
fu electric huid The force. DR.. Won
der Pfordfen declares. Is VIII power.
and BE- adds: There Is something Inn
posing In this idea that the will power
IN such case opposes Itself 10 death
IS an equal force and COMES out trium-
'hant.". DR.. Hufeland was conyinced
hat most nervous disorders are caused
" mental influence and passlyeness. a
weak yielding 10 bodily sensations and
Impressions. As he cites Pinel. who i
ound that during the excitement Of the
french revolution many persons who
ad Tor years been weak and slckly be-
anne healthy and strong. this being true
specially among the lndolcnt members
I the arIstoeracy. whose nervous trou-
les disappeared eptirely.
The japanese have a special method
Z training the win frpm early child
God. and Il has been plarsibly argued
hat Il was this study Of win power
lore than anything else thar enabled
hem 70 overcome the Russians.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-04
THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE

The desire OF knowledge Is wholly
praisew0rthy ambition. but It should
Be grafifed By reflection as well as by
experiment The first electric telegraph
IN Persia was put in operation by the
English government. and T. s. Ander
son was sent out as superintendent OF
the line In the earlier years Of Its ser
vice At that time the Persians knew
nothing Of electricity In his book.
MY Wanderings In Persia Mr. Ander-
son tells how one inquislfive citizen OF
that land gained his first impression Of
this wonderful force In nature The
occasion offered was the bringing Of an
house OF the local governor
The old governor himself brought the
invitation He was accompanied By a
few OF the principal VILLAGERS. whose
black eyes beamed with curiosity as
they. wandered from one object 10 an
other In my coy little bungalow. An
English clock. my rife. and few pic
lures hanging on the mud walls were
themes OF hushed conversation A |
large medicine chest and the tele-
graphic apparatus were. to their af
frighted minds. objects OF mystic
majesty
One. more courageous than the rest
Jet with apparent timidity. crossed the
room to where the apparatus stood. and
cautiously examined the screws and
brass work Of the battery connections
EmboIdened by success. be yentured
with both hands to prosecute his search
after knowledge more infinitely. For
some time be did not happen to touch
more than one terminal At last, how
ever, thinking probably that be had be-
come considerably advanced In the sci
snce Of electricity. he grasped with both
hands the two screws from which flows
The electric current. A sudden yell
rram the pursuer OF knowledge and a
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-04

On. II we had only saved those
coupons our tobacconist gave US dur
ing the year, boarded up our soap
wrappers; kept our tea tickets: hung
onto our trading stamps. we might even
now be doing our Christmas shopping
with the aid OF a premium list, and
who can tell what valuable pieces Of
cut glass, silverware. furniture and
bric-a-brac we might have been able
to distribute on Dec. 25th7 Aireadv
we have seen an elegant Iithoeraphed
FISH Get that we could have had FOR
900 coupons, swell picture OF bunch
Of grapes, at for any ones dining
room. for only sevenfy-ave tea tfckets
and our soap wrappers would have
purchased for us berry spoon that
would look as though It had been
bought. IN a real jeweiry store Verify.
we are a thoughfless and short-sigbf.
I'd cuss.-Detroit Free Press
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-04

Portly Passenger--Why don't Won
get up and give one OF those ladies'
your seat, Tommy
Tommy-Why don't yon get up and
let them all sit down.-The Taller.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-04

she-And when he struck you on the
one cheek did you turn to him thu
other7
He-No; what was the user II hurt
all over my face.-Yonkers Statesman
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-04

Il met Jim Jones the other day ana
he told me that just now he WIS living
high" -
80 he 4. Jim's motorinnn on tho
elevated road Baltimore American.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-04

in 'front.' the quake
Palermo the u
Of
far the
Campo beautiful
fu views The Tesato-he OF
visited for its Here
SclIa, coast
pirates Crme
cke) alusn occupied
by fusives from samOs and Metns and
maintained that status
Dnysiuy
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-04

Put red uniforms on eight band men
ana they look Ike thirty men when
they march down the street
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-04

We wish we could hear Of a woman
who, knowing the men, was satisfied
with them
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-04

A woman never gets along with the
driver Of a milk wagon longer than
three months.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-04
NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES
AND LIVES THEY CLAIMED

Notable earthquakes have taken a
million lives since 1857. as follows;
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-04

After a woman has talked about %
long her husband Is anxious to turn %
the gas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-01
TO REIMBURSE OREGON.
Court of Claims Gives a Finding for
Nearly 100000.

The Court of Claims has given a find
ing in the case of the state of Oregon
VS.. the United States for nearly 100000
for moneys properly expended by the
state during the civil war in its protection
of the adjoining territories of Washington
and Idaho The claim has been fire.
quently before the departments and in
Congress. but without result until now.
AT the beginning of the civil war Oregon
was left practically defenseless, the
troops at that time guarding it against
Indian outbreaks being withdrawn and
taken east. The state of Oregon there
upon, being so requested by the Federal
authorities. raised a large number of
troops to fulfill the duties not performed
by the United States. but up TO this date
has not been recompensed or Its right to
compensation judicially determined. The
state was represented by Ralston & Sid
dons of this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-01
MRS. EDDY VERY Low.
Specialist Called to Treat Senator
Beveridge's Mother-in-Law.

Advice from the residence late today is
that there is no Improvement in the cob
dition of Mrs. Augustus NJ. Eddy. 11f5
10th street, mother of Mrs. Albert j. Bel
eridge. wife of the senator from indiana
Mrs. Eddy has been suffering for sonic
time with disease which her friends fear
may prove fatal.
Leaving his wife at the bedside of her
mother. Senator Beverage left hurredly
for New York yesterday in order to obtain
there the services of a noted specialist for
Mrs. Eddy. He Is expected back late to-
night.
1t had been hoped. and in fact ar
ranged, that Mrs. Eddy should be taken
on special car yesterday to Chicago,
her home. but her condition was such
that the idea had to be abandoned, for
the present at least.