Devils Lake inter-ocean., December 17, 1909, Image 3

About Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915

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By MOLLIE K. WETHERELL.
XCopyrlght, 1933, by American Press Asso
ciation.
"Papa." said Lucy Tisduie. "how
much premium do you pa.v to insure
this house and furuitui-eV"
"Why do ou Tot tie V"
"Well. h.ive a t.inc.v to turn ijivself
Jiito afire (crapau.v Suppose you drop
file iusuraiu-e ami fjive me the uioiity
to spend i.ti tire paraphernalia."
•Til tljluli a unit it."
Now. tlie toiid fatlier of this young
trouiau. by I lie wiy. was a Title
Jioidenisli. had uo idea of dropping
J.is but. having lieeii rac k
ji'ig (lis tmiiu for a tit Christmas gift
r-'-Svtt
her. he caught ou to the idea at
3 iete tire cuttit. He communicated Ins
Ian to "mother,'* by whom it was
-iiiet with violent opposition.
"John,'" she said, "you should lie
ashamed of yourself. Last Christmas
ou gave her a horse on which to jump
fences and things, the Christmas be
lore a bear to pet and before that a
football with which to disgrace her
t-elf. 1 do believe if she asked it you'd
ive her a lion to tame."
"She'd tame him." replied the hus
band decisively.
"1 should think so after taming
2ron."
"You .set her the example, my dear."
"1 didn't set her the example of
making a man of. herself. And now
Just as I have a reason for her to ap
jjear ladylike you encourage ber to
turn herself into a fireman."
"What's your reason? if it's a real
•iriwSason It's the first you've been able to
give me since we were married."
**Ifs an excellent one. 1 have a let
ter from Julia saying that young Lord
Arthur Trevelyan Vane'V
^Can't you remember tbe rest?"
"He's coming over and will arrive
«boot Christmas time. Juila aaks tljat
•&£ we try to keep
sick at the time of "ail others one would
wish to be with bis own
O
t-nce of piesenfing her with ohj. dale threw Herself iuto her father's
family."
ww-to
•p
fo catek
If yon *ian
way." *siy
erdo it In that way in tbe
ber climbing to tbe toot ot tbe
•jbaWta* Bad kH&n* Onwa
Brushes
Confectionery
BrassGoods
Perfumes
Stationery
Silver Pieces
Manicure Sets
Toilet iSfets
Books
Pictures
ing cniruney. About tbe same time
Lord Arthur Treveiyan Vane Fitz
Mortimer wrote a note on crested pa
per that be had arrived iu America
and would do himself the honor to
call. BeiiiR Invited to spend the holi
days with the Tisdales at their subur
ban home, he wrote again that hf
would lie on hand some titue during
Christinas day and partake of Christ
mas dinner with them.
After breakfast on Christmas morn
ing Mr. TKdale said to bis daughter:
"Come niitvkle with me. Tot. I've got
a surprise fur you." And. leading her
to til-1 auiiMtiobile house he showed
her vvti.ii itiioimh she had seen it ail
befiiv« mao«- ner heart leap for joy.
There us everything required for the
Ir!tei tlnii lit the house liud the lives
ct the family. uirindiiig a canvas chute
In i-ase *»f Mieir heing trapped on the
upper stories. There were tire extin
guishers. tire ladders. hose iu pleut^
and tile "tleai'i:t" little steam fire en
gine about tour feet long. Miss Tls-
arms ami covered his face with kisses.'
he nest thing was to get It all out
and play' the house was on fire.
"Mother" caught fright at once for
fear tier lordship would arrive "aud
see what son 61 Christmas present her
daukliter had received. She pleaded
that tile lire trial might be postponed
tilt a later date. She might as well
have tried to'stop the horses of a tire
brigade after the sounding of an alarm
as to deter her daughter.
Half all hour later a scene occurred
that will .not soon be forgotten in the
Tisdale family. The paraphernalia was
in the yard. Mr. Tisdale was oper
ating the fire engine, sending a small
stream ou to the roof of the'bouse-.
The canvas chute had been fastened
between a third story window and the
ground. Mrs. /tisdale was looking out
of an "L" window where she could
see everything: Lucy was nowhere to
be seen.
tbe daughter* of
glan^^^
uttVWi—
Mrs. Tisdale caught sight of an Im
maculately dressed young man coming crowds guilty of horrible atrocities,
op tbe walk. Her heart sank withto Qoes.Moned. afterward, they cotiUji
her. It was undoubtedly Lord Fits-j *c«unt,.for their actions. Some Inex
Mortlmer. Jit that moment Miss Tls- plicable change had taken place In
.dale appeared at the upper end of the them..and that inexplicable something
chnte. entered it. came down like light was the peculiar Influence
jning and. striking the ground, "turned crowd.
two Gr three somersaults. Heir motbei 'A tHea'trtiSCyySlence has the peculiar
ln a.swoon. Her father pick- psych0logy of,thi crowd An, oftensive
by Xiord JPitB- play pe^rmed "before it hasiin^fltjr^
her into the ly different effect FWwiltfei4'
life at all tajDred. but ptey woqld have lf re^d«K^rat^pand
pretended to be uo that she might bide privately By each indlridnaL The
b^rjHtttae at tbe exposure of lingerie crowd ir the re^l 'c^tVotllng facw '.ln''
lefore fhe guest the matters^-A. BT.^iWAlkley Befor#
-po sooner foopyawd than
hute himself. He made the deacent' I rpos*
In that rase.
tb«r disszrae*? herwiif bv accMentallr I/raisvllle Courier-Journal.
Knew What He Was Talking About.
An old German, wearing a faded
blue coat and a campaign hat, limped
into the office of a palatial dog and
horse hospital, bequeathed by a hu
mane millionaire to the town of X.
"I wish to be admitted to dis hos
pital," he announced to the soperi^
tendent "I've got heart trouble, I'm
a G. A. R. man, and can prove it."
"But you can't enter this institu
tion, my good man."
"Sure I can. I fight at Gettysburg
I half got a veak heart efer sence. 1
can prove it"
"Yes, but you can't enter this hos
pital It's a"
"Can't, eh? Vhy not? I vas a solcher.
I can prove it"
"But this is a veterinary hospital."
"I know dot. Aln'd I choost tellln'
you dot I'm a veteran ?"—Lippincott's.
There Is a justification for a preven-*
tive censorship in the peculiar nature
of the crowd. Collective psychology,
or the psychology of crowds (mainly
Investigated so far by French and Ital
ian inquirers), is a study still in its
infancy, -incompletely satisfactory ex
planation of tbe peculiarities of the
crowd is not yet forthcoming. But
those peculiarities are matters of com
mon knowledge.
Briefly, a crowd is a new entity, dif
fering in mind and will from -the in
dividuals who compose it. Its-intel
lectual pitch Is lowered. Its emotional
pitch raised. It takes on something
of.the, characteristics of a hypnotized
"subject." It tends to be Irrational,
excitable, lacking in self control. Many
Frenchipen under "the terror." gentle
and humane as' individuals, made np
ARRAY
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Cigars
'Smoker's Set
Hair Brushes
Christmas Novelties
...
Christinas Cards
Clothes Brushes
Combs
Fountain Pens
—so it was supposed—turning tne con
tents of a Are extinguisher on him.
spoiling bis suit and his silk bat.
Mrs. Tisdale was considerably mol
lified when Lord Fitz-Mortimer took
his leave, not till tbe end of the holi
days. madb? In love with ber daughter.
1
ur assortment of Xmas goods we would like to have you look
over before making your selection. Our stock is paramount
to any you may come in contact with. Candies, we have every
description, and the finest home-made fudges you ever eat, all
kinds of nuts and gum of every imaginable flavor. We carry all
the popular brands of cigars, also an abundance of X-mas box
cigars which you will find a very suitable present for your gentle
man friend. We will give you a trivial part of ouiy magnificent
and most Complete up-to-date stock of Christmas Selections, as
follows:
Tbe .French boatmen had a jmourn
ful t#le to tell, On board tbe! lugger
had been an Utiglisbman suffering
from an illness wtiicb soon proved fa-
ness he had tiegged the" captain not to
bury bitn at sea, but to keep his body
until a resting place could be found 1
for it under the green turf of a church
yard in his native land. Sympathy
with bis sad fate and tbe knowledge
that the lugger was not far from the
English coast had Induced tbprcaptain
to consent and now he had sent the
body ashore for burial. In spite of
his broken English, the FVeiicbmen's
spokesman told his tale well.
Both excise men and beach men—
especially the latter—loudly expressed
their admiration of the captain's con
duct. A parson was summoned, and
in a ilttle while a tuournful procession
made its way from the beacb to tbe
churchyard. Even the chief officer of
tbe excise men was present and is said
to have'shed tears.
That night the local "resurrection
ists" were busy! and at duwn the
churchyard contained a desecrated
grave. A little way inland however,
in the. midst of the^ marshes, a smug
glers' store received the addition of a
coffin filled wltb silks apd' lace.—
"Highways and Byways In Aast An
glia." by W. A. Dutt ii-
ON
powl^iM
THE FLAT SHELL
T. 'f'-r-Tr .in 7 Jll-'
Oystfrs.-0|MIMM| That Way
',v pose, the Waiter ,8a1
The waiter bad taken a. I
getting the oysters, but as
known, to bls guests and
him that occastooed no
'WfiM'tflje ousters were
waiter, set them down
--ttonw-^D^auked
.fltoer. "hot I don't
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Chamois Skins
Shaving Strops
Safety Razors
Razors
Collar Boxes'
Cuff Boxes
Jewelry Cases
Choice_Creams
Blank Books
Music Rolls
NOT BURIED AT SEA.
The Humane French Boatman *nd th.pt
.•v..pMdIEn8lishmf|9.
A long expected French lugger was
seen uiakiug for tbe roadstead, and
the Lowestoft free traders were on
the alert, anxiously' seeking aiw oppor
tunity for conimuuiCatihg Jwtth her
crew. While they waited fo^^ lapse
•f vigilance on the part of the excise
men a boat was lowered from the lug
ger and rowed toward the shore. A
carious crowd of beach men and exr
else men assembled to meet her, and
as she came iu on tbe crest of a roller
it was observed that she contained a
cofflu. ".
dnse In
as well
to to
mment
ht the
his en*
«y get the significance." 'pZ
•^Well, you see," said.the,, .waiter,
"they always kwp them Upstairs on
Ite^rand's^e!^ ofie calls
for ^oysters' 'if "Itiey dW come on the
round sbell It isn't a certainty that
they have been opened fresh. Some
tlmes-|they aren't good, just because
th^ i^ye ^een standlflg. W^en I ?a|l
fOjrTt^t^: ^n )t|}e ^Qn shell, astl-do ior
BOiOb Iroy. cflstomei^i then they "liave
to open them specially for that order.
Id that way you get them fresh."
"Ah. see!" remarked the diner.
But when be told tbe professional
cynic- about it the cynic safti some
thing about betting tbpt they kept
them standing opened In totb' ways.
"Besides, any one knows they look
fatter on the Oat shell, whicb is all'
I «v
the more reason they'd be likely to writing with assurance giving' to it
.. serve them to some folks that way. lfr! *h®lr best efforts. And yet the soc-
tal. In his last moments of conscious-| they asked for extra large oysters cessful librettists are few—tbe merest
they'd get tbem on tbe flat shell. The handful out of a harvest of three cen»
turies— Font m. i~' t-~
that actually prevents smofo
that holds the wick, in check
curately ad ust^d,. it
little things thaf
of the Perfection Oil Heater.
or Please.
The most satisfying heater vou .can buy-~alwavs
Little things annoy us—the little
curl of smoke that, If left alone^
would soon smudge the furnishings,
and make work for the house-wire.-
There are no annoying little
things in the
U"4'
name oystenT-dD toe curved shell would
go as. ordinary, sized oypters," remark
ed the cynic gloomily.—New York Sun.
The
Xiimbft'
Librettist.
In tbe history of opertf there' are
many curious anomalies, ^'hut perhaps
the strangestc is tbe role ilayed by the
librettist Fdr the most part obscure
and uitiihporlant and generally unre
%itnB4red, his ranks have neverthe
less been recruited from -the ablest and
most brilliant men of letters. Among
those who have undertaken the part
are such unlikely uames. as Voltaire.
Gqethe. Wieland. Addisoo| and Field
tog. while others of considerable poet
ic talent, as, for example, Metastaslo.
Galzabigl. Rlnuccinl, Boft^ and Cop
pee, have tried their band at libretto-
v-V
PERFECTION.
Ott Heater
(Equipped with Smokeless Device)
They've been banisttedb by hard^
thought and tireless worL In dieii:
stead there are little things that
please—that make for edihfort and
satisfaction. The little self-locking
2* v..
1
little lock on thelnside of the tubd
-keeps it belgw the smoke Mme, so ac- 1
"t go wrong—these are kfne of the 'a
ve contributed tothe name andfame
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