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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1901
Page
7
A collage of humorous snippets from humor periodicals includes verbal scraps about a hungry man denying a meal, a lazy loafer punished with a dull pie and a new crosscut saw, and quips about work, marriage, and economy. brief dialogues feature judges, editors, and family banter, with punchlines on appetite, manners, and misfortune.
A harsh essay argues that modern Greece lacks the heroic Greek blood of antiquity and suffers from foreign rule. It cites W H Ireland and David Starr Jordan, noting Slavic descent, alien monarchs, and Turkish advances that overwhelmed the land with little resistance. It laments the absence of a new Thermopylae or Marathon.
The United States treasury bureau reports a century of parallel growth in global debts and world wealth. Debts grew about tenfold since 1800 while wealth in major nations rose from about 20.2 billion to roughly 195.9 billion dollars. population expanded 150 percent and base money gold and silver rose 300 percent. Wars and public works drive debt, with railways costing 30 billion, a third of which is government owned.
Silent Nat Herrshoff is described as angular and stooped yet a master designer and inventor. The New York Times notes his genius spans yacht design navigation metallurgy and sailing while his unshowy persona and hatred of publicity earned him the nickname The Wizard of Bristol. His quiet town has become well known through his legacy of fast vessels.
Canaries native to their namesake islands were first moved to England via ships between English ports and southern France. From this stock developed varieties such as the crested, the green, the lizard, and the Belgian with its hump backed appearance.
The Yucatan region contains 18 towns, 62 ruined cities, 143 villages, 15 abandoned settlements and 333 haciendas. Most communities have populations under 1,000, with scarcely any reaching 10,000 inhabitants.
In a Junior Munsey piece, buyers weigh values of giraffes rhinoceroses hippos chimpanzees and elephants with prices from 5000 for a chimpanzee to 7000 for a giraffe and up to 88000 for exceptional elephants. The text notes breeding difficulties and risk, noting Central Park hippos and temperamental elephants as key factors.
Pelican pouches hold seven quarts of water while camels lag in efficiency in Abyasia and other highland lands. Sparrows nest within 24 hours of site choice. The red grouse is native only to the British Isles and ducks’ and mulaird knights’ forms remain unexplained. Birds form a V with a leading head, ostriches descend from ancient giants. Madagascar deposits reveal 14 to 15 foot tall ostriches once lived there.
In an 1893 epistle quoted in a new Letters edition R L Stevenson writes to George Meredith about fourteen years of near constant illness. He details waking ill and laboring through sickness, coughing fits, and hemorrhages, yet notes a sense of stubborn endurance and a preference for brighter surroundings if health allowed.
A palmistry note describes the life line as starting between the thumb and forefinger, running southeast then south and sometimes southwest. It states a deep broad line reaching the wrist and paired with cheerful disposition suggests a long life, good health, and a pleasant temperament.
In Lake Minnetonka Minnesota a picturesque uninhabited island known as Crane Island hosts cranes as a summer resort for generations. Passing boats once highlighted it as a Northwest curiosity amid surrounding populated islands.
It is noted that close shavings are believed to trigger colds among men. Barbers know this, and they typically avoid close shaves unless requested, to prevent patrons from returning soon due to illness.
A poetic fragment questions whether a girl loved the pursuing lover after a quarrel. The narrator moves through shifting emotions as the girl remains mute and distant, leaving truth about affection perhaps unknowable to onlookers. The verse hints at concealed feelings and the vagaries of love.
A miner describes the instant of a blasting accident with a flash of light, roaring ears, and feeling of being hit by a stick. He recalls thinking others near the blast were killed, then losing and regaining senses as smoke and fire scorched his clothes and bruised his body.
Major Fisher recalls a tame falcon pursuing a partridge. The bird drops to ground to feign death but the partridge dashes and hurdles the hawk, running and leaping with plucky agility. After many efforts the partridge finally takes flight and is caught.
A river fishing note describes a large pike about 25 to 28 inches long that weighed only two pounds. After lifting it from the water, the fish appeared light, and upon skinning, a five inch live lizard was found in its stomach. The reptile was black and lively.
A faded item notes Cadiz brides wear a rose behind the right ear to signal wife status, replacing the ring. The article also mentions a groom shoving a flower, a boy with a fountain pen, and Burmese tea leaf customs in marriage rituals, suggesting varied cultural practices and hopes for lasting unions.
Norway annual heat drought and forest fires. towns and farm prices reported. Norway's coastal towns rise in abstinence movement. Hagerup expedition returns with counts of bears and foxes. Sweden reports railway discipline moves, emigration of soldiers, forest fires across Jemtland and other counties. Denmark cabinet changes and local lightning strikes on farms. Copenhagen cycling prize and royal visit plans noted.
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