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,ndispensahle.

Three tamels presented themselves at the dock where the ark was tied up, whereas but two animals of kind had been called for
 "One of you fellows will have to step aside." shouted Noah very per emptorily.
 But the three ships of the desert smiled knowingly.
 "I," said the first of them, "am the camel which shall pass through the eye of a needle sooner than rich man shall enter the kingdom of heaven."
 "I," said the second, am the camel which so many people swallow while straining at gnat."
 And l." said the third and last lam the camel whose back was bro ken by the last straw"
 Whereupon Noah, perceiving that posterity could Ill spare any of these and would be lost for illustrations without them. graciously made an ex- ception in their favor.-Puck.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-04-09
MOSCOW CATHEDRAL.
.Fantastio Looking Edifioe Erected by
 Ivan tho Terrible.


 One of the most extraordinary and fantastic Christian places of worship sin the world is the Cathedral of Mos COW, known as vasili Blajenni, strange not only in outline and conception, but even stranger in its history. No one knows the architects name. but the story goes that the czur ordered his eyes to be put out directly the church was completed, so that he should nov CT be able to surpass his work. Tac idea of the building was inspired by the wickedest and maddest monarch who ever sat on Il throne-Ivan tb" Terrible, czar of Muscoyy.
 The architecture Is in every respect extravagant and barbaric. and the col bring Is garish in the extreme. It has nine chapels, roofed by nine cupolas, each different and each stranger than the other. One resembles a pineapple, another melon. q third Is said to ape a hedgehog in it's appearance, and the rest are more or less grotesque. Some are gilt; others are painted in brilliant hues. Indeed. the only description is that 1t Is nightmare of a church. tho fitting legacy of ruler who grilled his counselors in frying pans and cIothed his subjects in bearskins in order that trained dogs might worry and tear them to pieces.-Strand Maga- zine
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His Experience.

Casper" said Mrs. Grigson, who was looking over the morning paper, There's a story of woman who was robbed on a street car in broad day light, and yet the thief got away un- suspected"
 MT. Grigson said that he had seen the item, but that 1t was either a typo graphical error or else the story was pure invention.
 "Why do you say thatT' asked his wife.
 Look at the item again. It says her purse contained $100 in currency, does 1t not?''
 "Yes."
 'It says there was also a receipted bill for a five dollar hat, does it not? P
 "Yes"
 "Well, no woman with $1O0 in cash in her possession would buy five dol far hat."-Youth's Companion.
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A kina's Hobby,

The late king of Siam had an extraor- dinary 'hobby-that of collecting empty matehboxes of all nations. In this connection an interesting story is re. lated. During one of his visits to Eng land the king while passing down Bond street one afternoon, accompanied by two members of his suit. espied an empty matchbox which had been dis ,carded by its owner and thrown away into the middle of the thoroughfare. Without moments thought the mon arch dashed into the middle of the crowded traffic. graspcd the much GOV eted treasure and was nearly run over by a passing cab. The fact. however. that he was able to add new speci- men to his collection gathered under such circumstances more than com pensated him for the risk which he had run.-London News.
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Cliff of Natural Glass.

A cliff of natural glass can be seer in Yellowstone park. It is half milt long and from 15O to 200 feet high the material of which 1t consists being as good glass as that artifcially manu factured The dense glass which forms the base is from seventy-five tc Q hundred feet thick. while the upper portion. having suffered and survived many ages of wind and rain. has natu rally worn much thinner. Of course the color of the cliff is not that of nat ural glass-transparent and white-bul is mostly black and in some places mottled and streaked with brownish red and shades of olive green and brown.
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DIsLlKEs INNOVATIONS.
henes the Rhino BIindly Attacks Any
 xk;r1 Ne,u 4o Fl ir,1

henes the Rhino BIindly Attacks Any
 thing New to Him.
 Sir Frederick Treves, the distinguish ,d British surgeon, in his book "Ugan- da For a Holiday" has word or two to say about the rhinoceros.
 "The rhinoceros is the embodiment Inf blind conservatism" he writes. Its hide is impenetrable, it's vision Is weak. while It's intellect is wcaker Y has' however. two marked quailties-coui- het,veoess md n seneo Of smell. T. V aroused to its maximum energy by the nresence of anything that Is new. 4 hl:' ohiect need not be thing tbst is ag- sressiye or inconvenient. It's offensive ness depends upon the fact that t Is unfam md the more unfamiliar the object is the worse the rhinoceros Scts.
 .sWhen a rhinoceros smells man he vflI charge him with maniacal vio- lence, although the man may be mere sN sitting on a stool reading Milton, The massive beast will dash at him like a torpedo or runaway locomo- 
 tive simply because the smell of him b novel. Actuated by this insane hate of whatever savors of an innovation, the rhinoceros has charged an iron wa ter tank on the outskirts of camp and has crumpled 1t up as blacksmith would an empty meat tin.
 "A conservative rhlnoceros with a senile dislike of anything new once charged train on the Uganda railway, but with no more serious results than tho tearing away of the footboard of a carriage. As regards the rhinoceros in this case, 1t appeared surprised that a thing composed, as it had imagined. of flesh and blood could be so hard. It went on with an additional grievance and an increased swelling of the head"
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Sona of autohara.

Three of the stained glass windows in the hall of the Butcher Guild, Lon don. contain the portraits of Cardinal Wolsey. William Shakespeare and Daniel Defoe in recognition of their connection with the meat trade.
 The cardinal was the son of Ire spectable'' butcher at Ipswich. in Suf- folk, and "the immortal bard" assisted while a youngster butcher in his na- tive town of Stratford-on-Avon.
 Defoe. nowadays known as the au- thor of Robinson Crusoe," but in his day an adventurer and secret agent of his government. was the son of a butcher in Fore street and member of the guild.-National Provisioner.
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A Rare Autograph.

"What is the most expensive auto graph you ever sold?" inquired the re- porter.
 "That of Thomas Lynch, Jr.." an. swered the dealer The reporter looked perfectly blank Never heard of him, " he confessed.
 Well. he was signer of the Decla. ration of Independence. He signed it as proxy for his father, who was ill at the time. Soon after he went to sea and was never heard of again. Now. autographs of Declaration signers are much sought by collectors None ap- proach in rarity those of Thomas !.'~'l"h. Jr. In fact. so far as l know. there is only one in existence.
 This is affixed to an autograph letter addressed by Lynch to George Wash, ington. which lends it additional value. It was owned at one time by Jared Sparks. president of Harvard college. Subsequently it passed to Thomas Ad. dis Emmet. from whom I bought it for the sum of $4,0O0. I sold it to Au- gustin Daily. who was keen auto graph collector. for $4,5OO. Later Em. met repented of letting the autograph go from his possession and secured it from Daly for $5,250, presenting it afterward to the Lenox library, New York, where 1t is now" ."-Philadelphis Ledger
 Not Vet Ripe.
 The Fair Purchaser-Your eggs are all very small today, MT. Jones.
 Mr. Jones-Yes'm, they are. But I'm sure don't know the reason.
 The Fair Purchaser-Oh. l expect yot took them ont of the nests too soon.-' Sketch.
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Gothic Architeeture.

< Gothic architecture began about the ninth century after Christ and soon
 began to spread all over Europe. It's great feature is the pointed arch. and sit was at first called the pointed Istyle,"' Most of the glorious old world 'eathedrals are in the Gothic. and 1t ls generally conceded that for religious purposes no other style of architecture !1s so perfectly suited IL has been said sthat the first idea of the Gothic was by the interlacing boughs md trunks of the great woods in which
 Geeman Christianity was f0rmed: 'hence the name Gothic.-New York
 American.
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A Famous Vine.

In the Cumberland Lodge portion of the royal gardens at Windsor there is a vine, known all over England as the Cumberlar 1ge vine. which is . shoot of 6ar vine which grows it Hatn. 1t, but the shoot has far outt.a Its parent in dimen- Tion' 9''' tivcness. In England :srapGA ..z .erally grown under glass, and t,, cumberland Lodge vine has 2 rtcat g.,lSs structure. i2O feet .oay l's - " .da. all te itself. Growing with astonishing luXuriance. the vine spreads itself over roof area of 2,4O0 square feet and bears annually a crop of approximately thousand huge punches of the finest harcrn' crapes. These grapes are frequensi. q on the royal table, and the subje,, who IS presented with a basket of them con siders himself highly favored. The shoot from which the great vine has grown was planted in 1775.
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His Critic.

"The greatest compliment that ever received" says Opie Read, twas crit icism. Several years ago l went to Arkansas and visited the scene where one of my stories is laid. The landlord of the little hotel said to me:
 "'Here comes little old fellow to whom I loaned copy of your book He can't read, but his wife reads to him. Let's see what he says about the book.
 s"Hello, Jason, did your wife read that book to you?"
 "'"Mawnin', sah. Yes, she done read it to me-"
 ""Well, what do you think of it?'
 "t"Huh? That aint no book at all I done lived hear fo' fo'ty yeahs an I done hearn folks talk that away al, tn time" "-Cincinnati Inquirer.
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ExcIusivo.

At an evangelistic service at Glasgow the preacher at the end of his address cried, "Now. all you good people who mean to go to heaven with me. stand up" With a surge of enthusiasm the audience sprang to its feet. all but an old Scotchman in the front row. who sat still. The mortified evangelist wrung his hands and. addressing him. said, My good man, my good man. don't you want to go to heaven?"
 Clear and deliberate came the an swer, Aye. Awm gangin. but no wi . pairsonally conducted pairty"-St. James Gazette.
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Kindly Fruits.

The expression in the prayer book Kindly fruits of the earth" has for most persons no definite meaning on account of the difference in signif- canoe now attached to the word kind ly from that used when the expression was first written. The word kindly in that connection meant as nearly as possible "of its kind." and the express sion kindly fruits of the earth meant "the fruits of the earth each after its kind"
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Love and the Laundry.

"The only thing find to say against you is that your washing bill is far too eXtravagant. Last week you had six blouses in the wash. Why, Jane, my own daughter never sends more than two."
 "Ah, that may be. num- replied Jane, "but ave to! Your daughters sweetheart is a bank clerk. while my young man is a chimney sweep. It makes difference. mum."-London Tit t-BitS
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The Froug Department Store, PA Main St, Pine Bluff, is progressing rapidly with the old Lloyd building and the installation of modern fixtures Carpenters, painters, plumbers and electricians have been kept busy the entire week in order to have ev- erything ready for the opening on April 18th
 New spring merchandise is beginning to arrive-one solid car load and several To- cal shipments were unloaded yesterday.
 The bargain department, second floor, promises to be one of the strongest features of the big new Froug Dept Store The ladies Ready -to-wear department is sure to be favoriate on account of it's splendid fresh stylish grments at popular prices. The Millinery and dry goods section, in fact every department will present some spe- cial feature new to Pine Bluff
 Mr. Froug states that each department is headed by managers who have had years of experience in serving the public In fact the entire sales force was selected be- cause of their special training in the lines of goods which they are to show. The Froug Department store service will be the best in Pine Bluff
 Everything will be in readiness by Sat urday, April 18th, and no one should miss the store on that day
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1ime. but No Money.

Street Missionary-My good friend why idle away the precious hours in this fashion? Don't you know that time is money?
 Loafer-Don't you believe it, guv'nor. If that was so I should be a bloomin milionhair, should. I've been doing time on and orf ever since 1 was & nipper.-London Mail.
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Why Waste His Breath?

Teacher-Now. Tommy. suppose you had two apples and you gave another boy his choice of them. You would tell him to take the bigger one. wouldn't you? Tommy-No. mum. Teacher Why? Tommy-Cos 'twouldn't be nee. essary.-Suburban Life.
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atill Nor. Painful.

' TAs Young Politician-I can assure syou there is nothing more painful than
 having to make-er-er-One's first
 Speech In public. Young Politicians sWife- Oh, yes. there is. dear! Young Politician (displeased)-Then what is
 if. pYayf Young Politicians Wife ltsweetly)-Having to listen to it. my
 dear.
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Hit Both Ways.

''It ain't no fun bein a kid" observ. ed boy bitterly. You always halter go to bed when you ain't sleepy an git up when you are"-Toledo Blade.
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he Was Considerate.

ehe-I should like that lovely pearl necklace. Look what beauties they are. He-It's better not to have such large pearls, my dear People always think they are false.-Journal Amusar+.
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Fairly Warned.

He-My dear. can't afford to buy you that hat. She-Still. you'd save money if you did. He-How so? She Because I'll just be i'll if don't hay" 1t, and you know what doctors hills are.
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Tho Mean Thing.

' VI0 VsoW1s ' I's1'6s Phyllis is the meanest kind of gos- sip.'
 What makes you think so?" Because she never tells you any thing herself. but gets you to tell be, all you know"
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M arriaae.

.Marr1aRe," said the serious man, '1s m education in itself
 ayes," commented old Crouch, it teacher you what not to do after you have done it."-Roston Transcript.
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A poor Dian.

The trouble with some men who reach the top is that they go right on over and down the other side.-Chica go Record Herald.
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Cleaned Them Out,

First Girl-Was your bazaar great success? Second Girl-I should think SO. All the gentlemen had to walk home. They hadn't even penny in their pockets to pay their tram fares. London Bits.
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A Partinq Shot.

Cabby (badlv worsted in the dispute Well, 'opes as the nex' four wheele' ye tikes. mum, will be an 'ear Punch
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flow 1t Is.

How 1t Is. "How is it. if Love is blind, that we hear of love at first sight:" Ut is after love at first sight occurs that Love usually goes blind. ."-Ch: cago Record Herald
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lave of our neighbor is the only acr out Of the dungeon of self.- Mac Donald
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It is worth thousand pounds a year to have the habit of looking a she bright side of things.-Johnson.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-10-20
Theatres

Max Bloom and his company of win
some maids played to a large and ap-
preciative audience at the Grand opera
era house Monday night
While the production itself is bit
shopworn and curled up around the
edges, it is saved by the really good
acting of Max Bloom and some of his
support.
The Yiddish comedian himself is
full of merry quips and mirth that is
truly contagious. He kept the house in
an uproar from the time he made his
first appearance until the last curtain
While many of the situations and
jokes were a little antique they were
in good repair and were made to scin-
tilate through Mr.. Blooms very clever
personality.
Alice Sherr as "Flossie Ring and
Johnnie Gilmore as George Hay" did
some good work and very able sup
port, while J. E. Coughlin and
Jack Leslie, as Irish comedians, were
laughable.
The rest of the company while not
lending any particular individuality
to the piece were good to look at and
made up cast that carried along with
a rush and much rollicking humor
1.-THE Sunny Side of Broadway"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-10-20
WHAT HE HAD IN THE CHEST
All Was Made Clear When the Man
Carrying It Got Off the
Train.

Man in an elevated car with a small
chest about twice as big as the box in
which a carpenter carries a selected
lot of tools around with him on his
shoulder. A row of augur holes bored
in the end of his chest and handle
on top by which to carry it.
There were only three or four peo-
pie in the car and this man with the
chest sat away down at one end, and
with that chest on the floor in front
he would about once in so often raise
its lid just little, but you couldn't
see in.
In due course of time the train ar
rived at the station where the man
was to get off, and then he hooked
the lid of that chest down and took
1T by the handle and walked out in
the most matter of fact manner pos
sible, but when ne had got about ten
feet away from the foot Of the steps
he set the chest down and unlocked
the hooks and threw back the lid and
out hoped two small, white, shaggy,
odd-looking but intelligent dogs. They
wagged their tails with evident pleas
ure at getting their feet on the
ground once more and out in the open
air.
The man hooked the lid of the chest
down again and picked It up by its
handle and then with the two dogs
trotting beside him, each on a leash
held In the other hand, he started on
for where he was going.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-10-20
SELECTION OF SEED CORN

Every farmer who has field of
corn should be constantly on the look.
out for choice ears to be used as sead
or for exhibit purposes.
The season of 1911 has been a most
favorable one indeed. 1t was possible
TO plant during the first days of May,
while killing frosts came late in the
rail-. Any corn not ripe this fall is
surely too late a strain for this sec.
ton.
What To Look For,
Maturity.-Every ear selected for
seed or exhibit purpose this fall shouId
be perfectly ripe and sound.
Size.-Medium to large ears ,ro
best.
Butts.-Full and we'll turned.
Ilps.-Size carried we'll forwa ri
with tips covered, giving the ear 4
distinctly cylindrical appearance.
Rows.-Straight and even. Il
kernels.-Broad and deep,
What To Avoid.
Observation-Disclosures by softness,
moldlness, or by loose and shrunken
kernels.
100 Large Ears.-They are likely to
represent poor quality and are not 50
apt to ripen
irregular Butts.-Either contracted
and weak, or large and swollen.
Narrow Tips with cobs protruding.
Shallow kernels on big cobs
Narrow shoe peg kernels.-These in.
dlcate a weakness in terminating DOW.
err
Flinty kernels in a dent variety.
Denied kernels in flinty variety.
Mixtures.
Differences in type.
In selecting for seed, the grower
VIII do we'll to go over large amount
picking out only the best according to
the hints given above. Corn should
be cured in a dry shed or building
where there is plenty of ventilation
When thoroughly dry it may be sacked
but must still be kept perfectly dry
Now in case an exhibit is to be made
at the North Dakota Corn show, the
very best ten ears from all the seed
corn must be selected. The show will
be held in Fargo during the Tri-State
Grain Growers convention, January
1919, 1912. A most attractive line OF
premiums is offered by the First Ma
tional bank of Fargo. The secretary Oh
the association will also put forth ev
cry effort in an endeavor to secure
other premiums. This will undoubted
~ be the largest and best exhibit OF
corn ever made in the Northwest.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-10-20
u" EXHIBIT
AN EYE OPENER
North Dakota's Big School Doing
Its Share In Developing +
Material Resources

The idea of university doing its
part toward developing the material
resources of commonwealth is
comparatively new one in this state,
but visitors at the Industrial EXPOSE
ton at Bismarck, which closed last
Saturday, have carried away with them
some very definite ideas on this score.
The showing of Ignite briquettes,
made at the university mining station
at Hebron, and Of many different useful
products that may be developed from
North Dakota clay has been revela-
ton to many people.
From financial standpoint, the bril-
quoting process, which has been work
ed out by the university, when the
people of the state have fully awaken
ed to the possibilities that are thus
opened, will fully justify every cent
that has been spent for the mainten-
ance of the university in the past for
many years to come
ue WOlh VI Tie experiment SLdClOu
has now progressed so far that thee
is no longer any doubt about the prac-
teal phases of the work and it re-
mains now only for men possessed OF
sufficient capital to take hold of the
manufacture of these briquettes and
the fuel problem of this region will be
solved.
Equipment is being added to that al
ready in place in the School of Mines
at the University, so that this process
can be taught to the students there
This, together with the work already
done in the teaching of how to make
the clays of the state into articles Of
use and beauty represents a phase Of
mining engineering that is very practi-
cal indeed for this state, and in these
times of effort, young men who have
a taste and adaptability for such work
may well find abundant opportunities
for advancement.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-10-20
DIDN'T NEED TO SWEAR orr
1t Was Really Monkey the Ohio
Man Saw In His Hotel
Bed,

The story of the monkey that was
discovered in the bed of a visitor at
the Waldorf a few nights ago struck
a responsive chord in the recollection
of an Ohio man who once came to
New York for a week Of rest and
recreation.
The day he landed he got into a
poker game and for seven days. he
stuck at 1t, the game being punctuat-
ed as many poker games are. On the
last day he started In to play at 3
o'clock in the afternoon He quit at
1920, cleaned out.
Going upstairs in his hotel and
opening the door, he noticed his valise
sitting on the floor and decided he
would get clean handkerchief out of
1t and sit down and think it over. As
he stopped over his glance fell upon
the bed. From the spot where his
head might have been two beady
green eyes in a hairy little face
cleaned at him.
According to the Ohioan's account
he made not single exclamation
He simple closed the valise,, turned
out the light and shut the door from
the outside. He went downstairs,
took two or three turns about the
lobby, gave 1t up, called for a cab
and spent the night driving about,
first to one place and then to another.
Daylight found him still going about,
and he did not revisit the hotel until
late in the afternoon. when he went
up to the room clerk to apologize.
While standing there he heard
somebody say, well, they found that
monkey after ALL
Good Lord, am saved" shouted
the Ohio man, to the establishment of
the clerk Then it was a monkey aft
er all, and there is no need of my
swearing off"