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obligations to them to such an extent
that If we attended several such func.
tons Jas these every year and paid
much more for the privilege we could
not nearly repay them for the sacrific-
es they make for the service of the
city.
The. big ball room was handsomely
decorated for the occasion with hun
dreds of yards of bunting and stream
sers Of red, white and blue. Dozens of
flags were also used throughout the
room with telling effect. -
Music was furnished by Tony Prete's
orchestra Of five pieces, and was in
spring, keeping the floor we'll filled
for every dance. Each number was
loudly applauded but owing to the rule
of the floor managers there were no
enchores allowed.
At midnight a lap supper was serv-
ed, which was not only appetizing but
plentiful. This supper was made up
from donations of the ladies of the
city. Requests were sent out for do
nations Of sandwiches, cakes, salads,
etc. The requests were literally re-
sponded to and as a result the supper
was amply provided for and there was
considerable left: .-.:
l. There were probably between 200
and $50 couples attended the dance,
and the floor seemed to be just as
crowded at two o'clock, shortly before
closing as 1t was earlier in the evening
which :attests to the fact that all were
thoroughly enjoying the occasion.
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Had to Do Il.

Champ Clark was showing constit-
uent about the capitol one day when
he invited attention to a solemn faced
room 49,. (
See that chapY asked Clark He
reads every one of the speeches deliy-
cred III the house." IS
what" gasped the constituent.
Fac. ." said Clark II eadsseeyery
word OF. ',em too!' go =. ......
"Who is he?' queried the visitor. re-
garding the phenomenon closely,
"A proofreader at the government
printing office explained Champ
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
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MRS. PAULSEN"DEAD.

:. AS we go to press we are in receipt
OF a telegram from Claresholm, .Alber-
ia, to the effect that Mrs. H. Paulson
had died at that place on Wednesday,
:, Mrs. Paulson and her husband form
.erly resided in Devils Lake and have
many friends in this vicinity who will
be grieved to learn Of her death and
whose sympathy will be extended; to
the Borrowing husband in his sad be-
reavement. 49, & -. -
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SPECIALIZING ON MARGIN.
American and English Ways Of Doing
It, Are Very Different.

American and English Ways of Doing
It, Are Very Different.
In America spectators capital
with an exception to be noted below
Is necessarily at least the size of his
margin In his brokers' hands, though
1t Is to be feared that In only Zoo many
instances II lis! just this and nothing
more.
On the London Stock Exchange all
other method prevails which. says
Moody's Magazine. 1t IN probable has
done more In the long ago past to give
stock speculation its bad name than
all the episodes of IN unsavory nature
which have ever. occurred ON Ameri-
can exchanges. In London after the
Inevitable Introduction 10 a broker the
new customer gives his order. but
makes no deposit at all.
The broker is supposed to learn
something Of his new clients means
and how far he should be allowed To-
commit himself Twice month the
English have what they call their set
tlement days A customer long Of q
stock whose commitment has gone
somewhat against him is then required
to pay the differences. as they are
called. between his purchase price and
the current quotation
He must also pay charge called a
contango for holding the settlement
over into the next fortnightly period
If he does not wish to close the COM
mttment. AS consequence Of this
way of doing business a Spectator
may be trading on few points mar
gin In reality or. in fact, on no margin
at all. He may be utterly penn1less
without the broker knowing it.
That this method works out with
fewer losses In England than 1t would
do here is due to the fact that the
social and economic strata to which an
Englishman belongs are much easier
to determine than the corresponding
facts among US. and also that an intro
duction means more there than here.
as the introducer is regarded as to a
certain extent responsible morally for
the business department of his friend.
1t is worth while observing (and this
Is the exception referred to above,
that in certain instances the methods
pursued In American stock exchange
houses are the same as those obtaining
In London. Little as the fact is known,
it is not an unfrequent custom for very
wealthy spectators to have no fixed.
margin or even no margin at all with
their brokers'.
If a man of this sort loses on com
mitment he sends his broker check
for the loss. If he wins his brokers
remit to him for his gains. The bro
ker dislikes to offend a very powerful
client by troubling him for funds. ana
hence takes risks with his account
which he would not dream of taking
with the account of smaller men. In
stances Of this sort sometimes become
public in cases where the broker is,
forced into bankruptcy. whether owing
to this cause or not
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:: GUN COTTON.
A Peculiar Characteristic Of This Ter
''''. rihie Explosive. 4

A Peculiar. Characteristic Of This Ter
rihie Explosive. =
: Many and odd are the materials en-
tering info the manufacture OF modern
explosives. but perhaps the most inter-
esting of ait these elements Of deslruc-
don ais well us the simplest Is gun cot
ton The gun cotton manufacturing In
dustry is large. as enormous quantities
are used III the charging of t"rpetoe>;
and for similar purposes, '.. :.
y The base Of gun cotton ia pure raw
cotton or even cotton waste. such as Is
used to clean machinery This Is steep
ed III Il solution Ut one part OF nitric
and three parts Of suiphuric 'acia. II is
the FORMER ingredient that renders the
mass explosive. the sulphuric acld he-
ing used merely to absorb all moisture.
thus permitting the nitric acid to com
bine more readily with the cellulose of
the cotton.
After being soaked for several hours
In the solution described the cotton
\ is passed between rollers to expel
all nonabsorbed acid. process carried
to completion by washing the cotton In
clear water This washing process Is q
long one. requiring machinery which
reduces the cotton to mass resem'
bling paper pulp. Should any nonab'
Sorbed acid be allowed to remain l,
would Geconpose the cotton.
If the explosive is to be used aftel
the: manner of powder it Is still fur
\ ther puIverized and then thoroughly
dried. but If intended for torpedoes II
is pressed into cakes Of various shapes
and sizes-disk shaped, cylindrical. fiat
squares and cubes. When not com
pressed gun cotton is very light. as
light as ordinary batting.
A peculiar characteristic of this ter
rible explosive is that a brick Of |,
when wet may be placed on bed OF
hot Goals. and as the moisture dries out
the cotton will fake and burn quietly
If dry originally. however, the gun cot
ton will explode with terrible force a'
about 800 degrees Of heat.
In general 1t is the custom to ex
plode gun cotton by detonation or ar
intense shock instead of by heat. In 8
torpedo the explosive charge Is wet
this wet cotton being exploded by
means of dry cotton in a tube. this
having been fired by cap of fuimi
nate Of mercury, the cap itself having
been fred by the impact of the torpedo
against the target--Harper's Weekly.
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Fred Hall, one of the drivers on the
delivery service for F. w. Mann &
Sons, was thrown from his wagon on
Tuesday afternoon sustaining a brok-
ent collar bone and other injuries. He
Is resting as easily as could be expect
ed at this time, and it is thought that
mo other complications will arise from
the accident. - =, :r <>ifN' 81 Ii
Mr.. and Mrs. e. T. Moen left We'd
nesday night for Hot Springs, Ark,
where Mrs. Moen will take treatment
for rheumatism, which has been both
.ering her considerably of late. It is
the hope Of her many friends in this
vicinity that she will receive much and
lasting benefit from her trip. Mr.. and
Mrs. Moen expect to be gone about
three months. ''". :
s. The Colonial theatre has been giving
their patrons good performance this
week. The pictures and song have
been good and the vaudeville above
the average. The first half of the
week, they presented Zealand & Let,
IN their laughable Irish sketch, both
tie people were good singers and the
;lM:ono]ogue was witty and pleasing.
AZ Tie bill that IS now, on is. Fairburn &
slFlaairburn, in their military sketch emit
st2ed, Defending the Fort" This lis a
very pleasing sketch and is giving ex-
cellent satisfaction. If, you have not
seen it you had better attend the Coz
onial tonight. .~...>..-.-". ..g.t.!,r :
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Could Do For Herself.

She was very delightful but a very
aged lady-over ninety-and her friends
and relatives and even chance az
quaintances. drawn by her exquisite
personality. all did her homage and.
as the saying is. waited on her hand
and foot, y. z,..
She accepted 1t all very graciously.
but with some inward rebellion. for to
q very old and close mouthed friend
abe once said. with quaint quicker
Of lips and brows: s.s
II am reminded sometimes OF the
old lines: -,
'"rwa were BLOWN at her nose. ef
And three were bucklin: at her shoon.
: S. .1 As ~ Youths Companion.
- { MinnesotSs First Book. :.s 8. e,
I, The first book printed In Minnesota
was a Bible. II was printed In 1885,
about thirteen years before the FIRST
issue OF q newspaper in St Paul.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-01-21
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Services for Sunday, January 23rd,
as follows: So .
s.. Morning worship at II o'clock. Sub
ject "Schechem," or 1.-THE Discount of
Faith
Sunday School at 70 o'clock
Junior Endeavor at 3 o'clock.
!. Senior Endeavor at $50 o'clock.
V Evening worship at 7:3O o'clock.
Subject "The dwelling of Jesus
Christ"
ITO these services the Church with
a welcome for the people, extends a
very hearty Invitation, and the hand of
welcome. All seats are Free.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-01-21

Il # Ed. Elliot went to Devils Lake on
Thursday on business.--L. D. Maurer
was a Devils Lake visitor last week,
returning on the Friday & morning
train.J collar, superintendent Of
the NJ. &. N. elevator company, was
up from Devils Lake Saturday. w. C.
McLarty went to Devils Lake Thurs
day to meet his mother and sister,
returning Saturday morning. M RS.
Peter Haley Of Devils Lake visited for
several days the pas. week at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. T. Dougherty.
n FRS. Geo. W. H. Davis returned Ito
her home In Devils Lake Thursday,
after visiting q few days with her son,
W 81. p. Davis. Mrs. Herbert Lyman
returned from Cando BY way OF Devils
Lake Saturday morning, where she
has been visiting the past week with
relatives, and 81 frien 10. he Misses
Maggie and George HOUR returned Ito
Devils Lake on the late Saturday
evening train slprenldln the holt
days with their sister, Mrs. Ora Deal.
At Devils Lake ednesday morning
OF last week occurred the marriage Of
Edward Hunter and Anna Gerlach.
The eerenaon nv was performed by
Judge Henry. The Times joins with
their many friends In extending con.
gratulat tons. starkWea Gather Times.
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LOCAL. NEWS
T!- 4. .I..7l- 80 .'-F7
Mrs. .Blaisdell is visiting at James.

Il :.
Mrs. Blaisdell is visiting at James
town. 49,. s., E&S&:'}5 = s5itE:;%+ !"
Charles Wright was over from Crary
Saturday. I'd s.r.
: James Kennedy Of Fargo was in this
city Tuesday. n: !, 'ss'.. - =. - ~
Jacob Pfuger was at Rugby on bus:
iness last week I :. J. !.3 IN, ~ III
W. G. Samuel was down from Web
ster Saturday. Ess :..s5 ss ED
r. D. Yoder was at Grand Forks Fri
day on business. ~ *s4EssSs' ']s.''s':-st
/: .Rasmus sorenson, was down from
Webster Monday. s..s '. s II ;s5s i
/. Fred Lang, Of Toxic was ii Devils
Lake last week. : s 81: 4 .,i. !, T. -
ssss Joseph Powell; 81 Toxic. was in Dew
lis Lake lastsweek.
Joseph Weinersis at st Paul having
his eyes treated. "a ~ :.
Mrs. O. W., Ohnstad has returned
from a visit In Iowa. ~ ~ !, !:
Miss Miller was in this city from
Crary last Friday. 5as 4. u ,ss sz.s
j. B. shortridge, Of Garske, was
Devils Lake Tuesday. .s:s3=
-. 7 .-l
A. ostagard, of ;Lakota, was Devils
Lake visitor Monday.
John Ebertz was at: Grand Forks on
business last week. IS &. +.
Tony Pretes was in Devils Lake
for the fremen,'s ball.
&: J.E. sandie, Of Lakota, ~ was q Dew
4 Ills Lake visitor Friday. e.s.@.55
/. Gus Knottineyer, OF Grand Harbor,
/ was In this city Monday. B. 1. s. 81. . :.sS
S.S Miss Iva Mckay was here from
Grand Harbor Monday. s...: s (,
~. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hadley b were
guests OF supt: and Mrs. Haigs Tues
day 81 $50 \. ~
Erickstad, of starkWeathe was
transacting business IN this city satur-
day s4s z.
a baby boy was born to- Mr.. and
II Mrs. Tom Jones last week ednes-
day. $s
B.$ d Cook, of Edmore. was in the
cityson business the latter part Of last
week.
H. e. Middaugh was at ToWner at
tending court the latter part Of last
week ssE
AlbeTl olsen, Of Warwick, was IN.
Devils Lake, the latter part Of last
week. .5 y
Mrs Frank Walrath returned satur-
day It'd her home Of Dunseith after q
visit at the u. Walrath home n this
city. 81 h
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Albert, Roberts has been at Fargo
this week attending the Grain Growers
conventio :3s N 4, & tS:y 81,
VIM: Hogan has gone to Alhambra
Springs, Mont, to take treatment for
rheumatism: Il: , i. = u.s.. yIst;sss,.s, ,. Fl.
/ : Dr.. a, @. sArneson, Of Neville, was
4 guest Of F. T. Cuthbert il this city
Tuesday night. 81 ss:,3s 8: =, .:5r
Miss Ella Seton, OF the lake town town
ship conso1lida Cd schools, was il: this
city Saturday &:
7 Pete: limbo returned Tuesday from
Fargo where he had been attending
1.-The U, s. court /: /: ss ;S: ,s:' " :.
IN Dr.. Cnthbert, of Tagus,,2s was III this
city the latter part of last week visit
ing with relatives. ~ ~: 81. .
Thomas Maloney, chairman of the
: board OF county commis sioners, was in
Devils Lake saturda az s::;:s III. Z
Hrs Hugh N cMil Ian, one of the promin-
sent farmers Of M orris township was in
Devils Lake saturd AZ. IF. i. ).
Emil Waterstrat went to Rochester,
l5lMinnesota last week, where he was to
s1lndergo an peration & s. s.. :. y
The Ramsey. county National Bank
has Money I'd Loan ON Farms, Money
ITO Loan SON City Property. Rates low,
Terms Eayorabl e. ..5s,. "a, NJ
John Regain was ii this city the first
of the WeekEon his way to his. homo in
Morris township from q trip to Mime.
apolis. e z &. .:5, 3 fls I; #
sss.S r. I'VE. Mann & Sons took advantage
of the fine weather last Saturday and
had a car load Of potatoes delivered to
/ Fort ID ten. v @
F. D. Kelsey, 81 Grand F i Ks was
!, In this city on business connected
with the Great Northern the latter
part Of last week: 5;5
%1 Supt. and Mrs. z. a. Haig, were at
Grand Forks last week. where Mr..
.Haig went to attend 4 meeting Of The
county superint dents... Isl .s.=z;
ii. John G. Knowlton, representing the
Grand Forks Herald, was in this city
ION business conn cted with that paper
the fore part Of; the week. 5.E
's Mrs. Rose Rugar and daughter Miss
:5sallie. left Tuesday evening for Gains;
vile, Florida, where they. will spend
Z the remand r Of the winter. a
I Misses sGoldie and Theresa Arnold
were Sunday isitors 5at Grand Earbor.
,Chas. G. Gessner,S Of Penn; was ii busl-
i ness visitor IL this city Monday ::s3ss5
RI u. hutchinson has resigned his
position III the Great Northern shops
LAT this place and has accepted q sim
liar position at Cut Bank. Montana
Mr.. and Mrs. Kelley are Yisiting
! Mr.. and Mrs. Powell of Devils Lake
and while here win take ii the
play Friday night kota Observer.
The Epworth league. Dc Bethany
lchapel I'VE miles northwest Of this
Iplace win serve an oyster supper III
1.-THE basement of the church this even
] ing
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g. lddaugn was ' ct La alt We'd led
;eusas u siesai business ness
~ MIS-. W.. Arnold arm Is visiting with
1T iaener = brook, indiana. ~
Ieo.se.N. olson' q York l' was greet.
ing trlenas Y TINS city Monday
Senator Macarthur, Of Bottineau, was
u; this city over night Monday. ,2 Z.
m. Orr spent Saturday and Sun.
!: Gay with relatives near Crary. s,s. ..: I
~ -
Il William mar Stoesser; Of Penn, was in
this city On business last Friday =
II 4 Kepman, of Michigan, was lin
I, this u.s. city on business Saturday,
Mr.: ana Mrs. Roy Wright 81 war
wick were 10, u this city Saturday. s +
rs r. Huff was over +, ON Fort Tot.
ten the latter part Of last week $
g: D. Haley returned Monday from
fas business trip to Minnea polls. s "a
5ss Nelss skow. was ii from Morris towy!.
1ship the latter part Of last week. 81 :.
Miss Violet Clunis sundayed at the
home of her brother at 4Rmerado
) =, sSsEj
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Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Well Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and crcditable standing. Accor-
ngly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal ard family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
| Co., only, and -,r sale " all leading drug
| gists.
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West Virginia ........1.77 1.67
Average rates in these
States ...............2. II |. G3
Decrease in rate from 1850 to 1900
in license States, 81 per cent.
The death rate attributed to aeo-
h0l, therefore, decreased 81 per cent
in these license States during the TWEEN
ty years from 1850 to 1900, as against
an increase of % per cent in the rate
in the prohibition States Moreover
the actual number Of deaths from al
rohollsm, regardless of increase in
population. reported from the prohibi-
ton States increased SO per cent from
1880 to 1900, while the actual number
of deaths IN the license States from
this cause decreased during the same
period , per cent. These facts are
much more remarkable when taken in
connection with the fact that during
the period named the license States n
creased about 30 per cent in popuia
ton, while the population OF the pro
hibition States was practically station
airy.
CHutT twenty years ol PiVh4Pltloi
then, the average death rate attribut
ed to drink had in 1900 increased il
prohibition States and decreased in thu
license States, and was in that yea
higher in the prohibition States thar
in the license States named. IN proper
ton to population 10 per cent more
people died from that cause in the pro
hibition States named than i'll license
Missouri. Kentucky. West Virginia, o
North Carolina, 60 per cent more thar
in Nebraska. double as many as il
Oregon, and nearly double as many a
in Texas
Nanifestly, whatever may be The
effect Of the use of alcohol upon TIN
general death rate, prohibition doe
not offer a remedy
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Divorce and Marriage.
Divorces in Ratio to Population.

Census I900-TWenty- \ ear Ierlod'
state Popu n. Divorces Ratio
Maine. .... 694,466 14.194 l to f.
New York 7,26s, s94 29,l25 to 25U
Twenty Years, 1887 to 1906, Inclusive
State pOpu Il. Divorces hatlo
New Jersey l,Ss3 900 7,44l to 30
Pennsylvania. 6,302, ll5 1856 to l6l
One divorce to Is marriages, Con-
tinental United States,
one divorce to 50 population, Con
tineutal United States.
Note also this significant, astound-
ing fact; =.
Maine, in which the liquor traffic
has been forbidden during more than
sixty years, has the largest number
Of divorces in which drunkenness is
given as the direct cause, with the
Single exception of Connecticut,
Inc percentage OF divorces granted
in which drunkenness or intemperance
is given as the cause for the Whole
| nited States is:
OF women, Ill; Of men, %.
In Maine the percentage IS;
..9meu. 81. Of men, 1863.
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NAMES DIVORCES.

1.-The licensed saloon IS Wrecker OF
homes and sunderer of the marriage
tie, " cry the advocates of prohibition
offered by the United States Census
Department in its recent report OIL
marriage and divorce.
Strange, yea, incredible to relate
Maine, the venerable parent OF PROM
bition. where the saloon exists not IL
the eyes Of the law. actually far sur
passes the licensed States in the mum
her of her divorces
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PROHIBITION AND DEATH.

(From Wholesalers and Retailers
Review
The assertion is freely made by those
who would prohibit all trade in aIco-
hoIic liquors that untold thousands
yearly 90 down to drunkards graves
in the United States, and on this as
sertion is based, in part, the appeal for
prohibition.
If this assertion is founded on fact
it deserves grave consideration. In
this Connection therefore, two inqui-
ries are of prime Importance; first, to
what extent is this assertion true, and
second, what effect has prohibition had
on the death rate caused by the abuse
Of alcoholic stimulants? The best
available source of information on the
subject is the census reports of the
United States.
On page of Bulletin So of the
census Of 1900 is found a table. or list.
Of the diseases or causes principally
responsible for death. In this list we
search IN vain for alcohol. or diseases
| growing out of the use of alcohol 1t
| is only by referring to the tables of
minor causes of death, on pages 6 and
"a of the same bulletin, that we find
any mention of alcohol as a cause Of
death From the table beginning on
the latter page we find the following:
| Total number of deaths in the United
States in 1900
From all causes ......,..l,0 39,094
! From alcohol .....-...... ISL
The number of deaths from drink
was, therefore, instead Of ''untoId
thousands" ISL, or about one-fourtE
of one per cent Of the total number OF
deaths. BY comparison of the mum
Der of deaths from this cause with the
number from other causes recognized
as minor, a truer idea Of the relative
Importance of alcohol IN producing
death is gained. In the same year We
find that in the United States the tota
. f,,- he
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MORTALITY IN MAINE.

Maine has had prohibition for more
than fifty years and yet from 1850 to
1900 the death rate from alcoholism
increased from l.57 to al, an increase
of 81 per cent. The death rate from
the same cause in the seventeen-hcense
States during the same period OF time
decreased from 2.41 to 1.62, decrease
of 81 per cent.
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1890, Kansas had, under prohibition,
1881 to the million. These figures, tax
en- from the United States census re
ports. that must be accepted as au-
thority, do not in any manner sustain
the contention of the prohibitionist
that the licensed saloon is the birth
place Of crime. and that with its
adjustment we should have a perfect
period of virtue