The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-04-20

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bkI Liz TUT. AlI6I /
ms !nIH the preacher had
E&&NIN dug down in his
mN~ jeans, and given
,I:NMn his money to the
IXa ;NIilM highwayman. b e
Vy.jI, AtAEt rebuked the man
,HaasE afl for adopting that
ea.~ way Of making a
living.
you CAN DO THE "Can't help It,
SANE, YOU KNow!" brother" said the
strong arm man. Il need the coin.
am only taking up a collection: you can |
do the same. you know. and get away |
with It twice as easy as l can. Thanks
for the favor."-Exchange.
~; +. ------ II Il,
incentives.
~ Without one thought of gain. ,
No world heights to attain.
/. MOI honor, brief as vain.
Fight thou the fight. -,
BY no ambition moved,
Nor life hopes that you loved.
Nor day dreams dearer proved.
Maintain the right.
Fame is a little thing,
Success a bird on wing;
The songs that pleasure sing
Are songs of days.
But, oh. Gods INC are strong,
Although his ways seem long.
His might and truth the song
Time chants always.
Accept no ends but his,
For no mirage Of bliss,
No halfway arbors, miss
You loftiest aims.
katharine Read Lockwood.
Tho Postscript.
Hello! This you. Grace? This is me.
Edna-Edna SINNERS. Oh, didn't you?
oh, nothing special. l just thought I'd
call you up. How you been, Grace:
That's nice. Oh, l thought you said
well. That's too bad. Oh, have you?
Geraldine Toots had to go to the hospi-
tai with that.
"Say, Grace. who do you s'pose I saw
downtown yesterday? Imogene Spiggs.
Positively! Funny how we think
Of her as Mrs. Skattles. Grace, guess!
She's left him! What? But I've got
her own word for it. I always mis-
trusted that man. My dear, the ties he
wore!
"Did you see my picture in the
Blaze? I was bridesmaid, you know.
Oh, didn't you? l warned the reporter
not to put my picture in the paper
when I gave it to him, but you can't
trust those reporters.
a"Oh, by the way, Grace, while ]
think of it, are you using your car
Thursday night ?"-Detroit Free Press.
LoeaI Pride.
A metropolitan theatrical production
which carried its own orchestra played
a small town. As the theater had an
orchestra of its own they doubled up"
One night there was an awful discord.
and the. man in charge Of the produc-
ton noticed that the local musicians
were playing half a tone lower than
the company's orchestra.
"What's the matter?" whispered the
producer to the local orchestra leader.
"Your men are playing half a tone
lower than the Others"
"Sure, they are said the leader.
That's the only way We can let the
audience know that we've got two or
cbestras New York Times.
Warming Symphonic.
The practice Of medicine in the c0un-
try has it's peculiar difficulties The
calls from great distances and from
the NEST urgent cases usually come at
night during very bad weather. The
following is an example: ~a -
A, doctor was aroused: about mid.
night BY. continued ringing and knock.
ING. A terrific Thunderstorm was, in
fuh swing. 80 he felt reasonably sure
Ethat the messenger had9come many
miles. When. he reached the door. he
1onad man drenched to stAe skin, hut
0enber OF = ".pe' whiteH family who
dtrsd In an adjoining cosnfyt.ac1oss
three creeks with iong stretches az bad
road between. The visitor Was pant
ING from exertion and n~erveusness. but
he managed to tell his tale: j ~ :,
"Doc." SAID he, --git 70 hem quick
and come 70, see ny sister. She Was
took with . lump. in her. stomach. then
# dew! up and, stopped her heart, ASom
beatin' and then It, went .up IN, her
throat and ehoked her. We rubbed, her
VITA Eminent until It jumped up In
her head. When it hit. the top Of; her
head It threw her into q dumb. chill.
Ma rays you better bring along some
thin for conjure"-New York Post
Speeding the Parting.
Even .conceding the theatrical season
Of 1914-15 to have been as bad q season
rs undoubtedly it was. still there was
hardly justification for q witty Chicago
p~ragrapher to be so cruel.
T.. On q Monday evening In the latter
part Of February he stepped into a
place much frequented by Chicago
newspaper men and other writer's.
Come on, fellows" he said, holding
up 4, shear Of passes; ''let's an 80 over
to the Blank theater and see the clos
ling Of the show that's opening there