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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-04

Colorado coal miners voted unani-
mously to reject proposition sub
mitted by Gov. Ammons. that they
settle the strike without insisting on
union recognition.
Sec'y of Labor Wilson says he will
make one more effort to get the oper-
ators and miners into conference,
and, if that fails. he will return to
Washington and make report to the
president.
The Colorado Federation of Labor
officials issued a call for special
convention to be held here December
16 to consider statewide strike.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-04
1T HELPS TO HAVE A PULL

1T HELPS TO HAVE A PULL
If you're the type of fellow that
sometimes get pinched and held with
out booking always provide yourself
first with the friendship of the politi-
cal boss who happens to rule your
district.
And you are particularly fortunate
if you happen to be train-bearer for
a boss as strong as ''Iot Stove" jim
my Quinn, who represents the
Reconsideration party in the Twen-
ty-first Ward. .,.
Yesterday Schuettler's gambling
squad raided a place at 752 N. Clark
St, and arrested several men, one
William Northrup being charged as
keeper.
Because Northrup had boosted of
his pull, the police decided to hold
him at the East Chicago avenue sta
ton without booking him. This is a
practice that has been denounced
several times. But it is still contin-
ued unless some pull is exercised.
And a pull was exercised in this
case. Shortly after Northrup was put
down in the cell Jimmy Quinn arrived
at the station. He was bristling with
peevishness.
He began with review of the
ancestry of the various coppers who
stood tremblingly before him. Jim is
about 5 feet 6 inches high. But the
way he dashed the big policemen sug-
gested Jack, the giant killer.
At the end of his outburst the po-
lice. very meekly, booked NorthTup.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-04

WANTS BUSINESS MEN TO RUN
GOVERNMENT
Washington, Dec. 4.-Democratic
governors and legislators, in attend
ance on the annual rivers and har-
bors congress, were today asked by
Gov. Martin H. Glynn of New York to
aid a nationwide movement to utilize
business men in running state gov
ernments. Glynn said he believed he
had solved the question of getting eff
ficiency in state government.
He is selecting an unofficial COM
mittee of % of the best-known bust
ness men in New York state to help
him carry on the states affairs.
Among those who have accepted are
William Church Osborn, noted attor-
ney; Cleveland H. Dodge, probably.
the one man in this country closest to
President Wilson and the man who
started the Wilson boom for the pres
idency; John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Chas.
fireman, big business man of Ithaca,
and Thomas Muley, president of the
Emigrant Savings Bank in New York
city. .-
In explaining his plan, the New
York governor said the reason there
was so much waste in running the
business of the state was that the
properly business men have
refused to take Office. The result has
been that politicians have attempted
to conduct the various departments.
Under the Glynn plan, business men
will give their time without compen-
sation. They will be asked to stand
ardize each department and to form
ulate efficiency rules that will get for
the state a dollars worth of supplies
or labor for every dollar spent by it.
1920
THE STRIKE IN COLORADO
Denver, COL, Dec. 4.-The striking
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-04

hours. It interferes with business
The preachers might as well go
way back and sit down, however good
their intentions may be.
Anyhow they won't have much in
f1uence with workingmen until they
take an interest in their bodies as
well as in their souls.
1890
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-05-16
Rapid Growth.

The most remarkable instance Of
rapid growth was recorded by the
French academy in 1923. 1t was a
boy six years Of age i've feet six Inches
in height. At the age Of Eve his voice
changed: at six bis beard had grown
and he appeared a man Of thirty. He
possessed great physical strength and
could easily lift to his shoulders and
carry bags of grains weighing 200
pounds. His decline as rapid as
his growth. At eight his hair and
beard gray: at ten he tottered in
his walk. his teeth fell out and his
hands became palsied: at twelve he
died with every outward sign Of ex-
treme old age.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-05-16
His Eye
Il Was Not Beautiful, but II
Served 4 Purpose
BY r. A. mitchell

In the good old days. a. some white
headed westerners put It, when every
man made his own laws and backed
them up with his six shooter, a rough
specimen Of the plains named Tom
Hawkins had the misfortune In q dis
pute over cards to have his right aye
half shot out. and It was necessary
for him to go to st. Louis and have
the other half removed. The surgeon
who performed the operation. on dis
charging his patient, gave him q green
patch to tie yer the vacant orifce
with narrow green ribbons.
Tom looked at the thing, ran the rib
bon through his fingers and remarked:
Purity, amt it? What's it furY"
You can year it to conceal the dis
igurement caused by the loss Of your
eye"
The whatY"
why, you don't look as handsome
as you did with an eye in the socket"
Jest So" said Tom ~meditatively.
much obliged, doctor. What's the
damageT
Hawkins got out of town as soon rs
possible, for the crowds bothered him.
It was a pleasure to e a hundred
thousand buffalo trooping by, but 4
lot Of scattering men, women and chill
dren going in every election broke him
up. Besides, he was In constant dread
Of being run over by teams Of different
kinds. especially street cars. He tied
on his eye patch, but it seemed to him
that it interfered with his sight. and,
not stopping to consider that there was
no eye behind 1t, he took It OF and put
It In his pocket.
When Tom reached that region not
far from where the Union Pacific rail-
road now enters the first rise of the
Rocky mountains he saw at once by
the expression on the faces Of bis
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-05-16

friends who welcomed him that his
empty eye socket shocked them. He
put on his patch, but the first shooting
match he had while wearing it proved
to him that he couldn't tell as well as
before just where his enemy was. So
he took it off and imagined that his
sight was improved by discarding 1t.
But the defect was so noticeable and
the shock to others so distressing to
Tom that he was at q loss what to do
In the matter.
"Why don't you put in a glass eyer"
asked a friend.
do they make glass eyes?" asked
Tom.
"You bet! They say you can't tell
'em from real ones"
So Tom wrote to a friend in st. Louis
to send him a glass eye. But it did not
occur to him that it should match his
other eye, so he said nothing about
the color he wanted. The friend could
not remember the hue of Toms re-
naming eye: he rather thought it to
be brown, though it might be black.
He looked through a case Of artificial
eyes in an opticians shop and. not be-
ing sure whether Toms eye was brown
or black, tipped up a half dollar to de-
eide which it should be. Black won,
and he told the optician behind the
case to pick out the best black eye he
had and do it up to send by mail. The
optician had one with an expression in
1t so diabolical that he had no hopes
of it matching any other eye and had
long despaired of getting rid Of it. So
he put it in a box and it was dispatch.
ed to Hawkins.
Tom was obliged to go to Denver to
get the eye put in. When he returned
the effect on his friends was worse
than it was with the empty socket ex-
posed. His natural eye was gray, and
the contrast between that and the
black n was quite enough to attract
u~nfavorable attention, but the expires.
sion Of the artificial eye besides would
scare Satan himself out Of his wits.
Tom endured the starts and exclama-
lions Of those who looked ct him for
awhile. then concluded to conceal the
difference between the two eyes By
covering the natural one. He put thu
patch over It with I view 10 lookinl
cut from under Il, but sonDe one told
him that II 10 Hould peick 80 r
4 sssn WITH : point no laf1se tAaA I
- ,hsAMa1 - giiu1psx 80 -
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-05-16
GIVE THEE ETERNITY.
How many paltry. foolish, paint
ed things

How many paltry. foolish, paint
ed things
That now in coaches trouble
every street
Shall be forgotten. whom no
poet sings,
Ere they will be wrapped In
their winding sheet,
Where l to thee eternity shall
give
When nothing else remaineth
Of these days
And queens hereafter shall be
glad to live?
Upon the aims Of thy superau-
Gus praise
Virgins and matrons, reading
these my rhymes.
Shall be 80 much delighted
with nv story
That they shall grieve they lived
not in these times
To have seen thee. thy sex's
only glory. III.
80 shalt thou ~ above the vul-
gar throng,
Still to survive In my Immortal
song.
-Michael Drayton.
CAEHsEE EfEslE sE2E&HNaMI ~ I&HA&AEE
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-05-16
Clean Up Now.

The soil at present ID in prime condl.
lion for weed pulling. blowing and
working over In general. Vacant lots
NOW covered with last years crop Of
dried weeds should be plowed and haf-
.rowed smooth and kept free from
weeds until the seeds have all started.
aftsr which they viii nssd no cars
until. nsxt year. Parkways should -
Nly0 s1milar treatment with hand
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-05-16
croeodHes and the Cure.

One does not usually connect cr0c0-
diles with a health resort-rather the
reverse-but the creatures are quite a
feature of the Indian bathing place Of
Manghapir. about nine miles from Ka-
rachi. This town Is a place of pilgrim
age for pious Hindus. but it is chiefly
famous for the value of its waters in
the cure Of the dread scourge OF lep-
rosy. The waters are hot. and more
than TO per cent of the sufferers who
ba the there annually. it is said. are
cured. The crocodiles are rather note
worthy in that they live In the hot
water. apparently suffering no incOn-
venience from its temperature or me-
dicinaI qualities. Wide World Maya
zine. 13G@
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-05-16
Awful End.

Awful End.
what became Of that Russian count
who insulted youY"
HE ch0ked to DEATH"
How did that happens"
II made him swallow his words."-
New York Mail.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-05-16
chinsss Cooking.

Chinese cooking h either stewing or
boiling. and Z kettle answers all posi-
bic purposes. n the Chinese houses
: very thin cast iron kettle = placed
oyer ~ dre. and everythine swhich -
tsmtly eat1 T. cooked therein.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-05-16

The department 81 Apulia. bordering
q the Adriatic. q ~ ancient division
q southsastsrn Italy. y comprisel the
provinces ~ Lerce. .FoGnia an1 Bar1
81 has 4 p~ornlatinn ~ peafty 1.2oo-
M
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-05-16
Generous Indians,

Among the Papago Indians who live
in the state Of Sonora. Mexico, there II
an ancient custom that prevails at har-
vest time. Those who have an album
dance freely share with those who
have l~ttletavery much after the man
ner Of American pioneers who used to
pass around the fresh spare ribs and
side pork to their neighbors when they
butchered- Il . Papago Indian has 4
bountiful harvest 10 = visitsd ~ his
relatives. friends ana even strangers
who have 20 other claim % him except
tAat they : also PapagoeA
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-05-16

anu WlLucF IT'LL duu us WuOIe LTIDe
The Indian did not understand a word
he said. but Toms pantomime. lifting
his clinched fist toward the heavens
and bringing it down with terrific
force; the vengeance displayed in his
natural eye: the devilish expression of
the artificial one. conveyed his mean
ing perfectly. The Indians groveled on
the ground before him. many of them
hiding their faces.
Tom. seeing that his scheme was
ripe. pointed at Kennedy and told him
to walk slowly away. Kennedy obeycd
the order. though he was burning to
run. Tom kept up his maledictions
upon the Indians till his comrade was
out Of sight. then commenced his own
retreat.
In order not to lose sight Of the In
dams for more than a moment at a
time he whirled as he moved. thus
frightening the mystical effect. But
the superstition Of the Indians had
been 20 worked upon that they were
only too glad to get rid Of him.. He
soon rejoined Kennedy. and they both
got safely away. s4
Hawkins not long after this procured
. gray artificial eye. hut "a long a. the
Indians remained IN that region he
kept Ais biack on alWiys handy. HI
odd that WhsNganon& ~ redakins c
G1dnsx MIND not having my weapons II
- Ind ~ 6ev11'ss jootint r4aG0.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-23
BIRD HUNTING I'M ARCTIC
Is PERIL0US BUSINESS
From the Boston Transcrir

The Thayer expedition to Wrangel
Island is reported only on too good au-
thority to be wrecked on the desolated
fce-ridden coast Of Siberia north of
Behring Straits. The leader of the ex-
petition, John Koren. is known to be
saved. but nothing SO far is known of
the other members. The specimens OBJ
tanned by a two years struggle with
the Arctic ice and the stress of a win
ter close to the boreal pole are left be-
mind. but have been cached and may be
fortunately saved by another expedi-
ton which is now on its, way or by
the return of the dauntleSs leader In
another craft. Such is the unfortunate
latest chapter in the story Of a pc
culiarly picturesque expedition to the
far north.
polar expedition I'm the ordinary sense
OF the word, yet 1t dared all the dan
gers OF the Arctic Ice n Of q winter
In the extreme north, conditions as
daYnting and az dangerous as any
which Peary or Amundsen undertook I
meet: In the. spring Of 1911 the little
auxiliary schooner Kittiwake set forth
from Seattle. The boat was one Of
those pigmy trading schooners which
dare h waters Of the wide Pacific on
all tta borders. yet which rarely attempt
ANYTHING 30 tar north - this expedi-
ton called for. The Kittiwake wa
only Is feet long, schooner figged and
htted with an auxiliary propeller turn
ed By q gasoline engine. With Captain,
Koren went four Norwegian sailors and
In BehrinB - NJ Esk1mos completed
the crew. The plan was to 80 north
course northwest some 400 miles TO
WrA090l Island. r0aChin0 this alm0at
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-23

Salvation Army officers. in response
to an appeal from a child. visited a
Baltimore tenement in which "A little
girl was acting as the mother of three
children ing Than herself. The Of
ficers noted hat the windows We're
closed. and asked the little girl why she
did no let in the sunshine. We'll. you
see she replied. the children want to
go out to play and they have no shoes.
So il the room is dark they think it is
night and do not AJAX to go out"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-23

The Christian Science Monitor points
out the advantage to book lovers of IA
reduction in the tariff on books. Just
now the tariff on books affects those
who are least able to pay a high price
such as scholars who wish English or
German texts or textbooks. A series
of books that was intended for the
working classes sold in England for Il
shilling a volume CAB cents) and in
his country was put on the market at
SO cents.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-23

Some time ago an old man revisitlns
London after 40 years in Australia was
asked what appeared to him most
strange in his walks about town. He
said 1t was the change in the public at
titude toward the cat. In his Young
days If a cat appeared in the street il
was a signal to throw stones at it or
shout at 1t or set a dog on it; in any
case to rouse a hostile demonstrae:.,n.
and the cat had to ga!lop for its Nife.
Now he saw them sitting undisturbed
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-23

The areas OF the principal public
parks in Paris are as follows: Eois de
~vlncennes, about ESQ acres: Bots du
Boulogne. 2.156 acres; Jardin des Tuif-
cries, q acres: Jardin du Luxemburg.
% acres: Buttes Chaumont, 81 acres:
Pare de Montmartre. 63 acres. There
Is also the Pare Monceau of about six
acres n n Champ de Mars, about
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-23

The first silk was made $500 e. C. by
the wife of a Chinese emperor. Aristo-
tie In $50 first mentioned silk among the
Greeks. The manufacture Of silk was
carried on in Sicily in the 18th century.
later spreading to Italy. Spain and the
south OF France. IT was not manufac-
tured in England before 1904.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-23

Until recently there were hardly any
Kinds of breakfast foods on sale in the
Amsterdam grocery stores. But now
several dealers are handling them. The
Dutch do not, as a rule. serve a warm
meat breakfast. but almost universally
take q cold. light meal. consisting OF
bread. cheese. cold meats, milk and tea
or coffee.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-23

An Atlantic violin maker has FASH
ioned q violin of exquisite tone from
the wood OF an old bedstead which he
FOUND in an antique shop. The bed
stead was $50 years old and has been
the property OF a famous southern
FAMILY. The artisan recognized the
it.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-23

A big program for Connecticut river
development has been suggested by the
members Of the Connecticut valley va
terways board in their report to the
legislature OF Massachusetts on their
Investigations OF the need of valley cit
les for rvier navigation and ~hydro-elec-
trio power.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-23

John NJ. Pratt. OF East Goshen. Pa.
celebrated his S5th birthday anniver-
sary by smoking a cigar. as has been
mis- annual custom for many years.
Many Of his friends presentshim with
cigars for the occasion. but he takes
to that extent WIN not injure his avs
tern.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-23

Members OF the Syracuse fire depart
ment have found q unique way of con-
8verting leisure time into profit. They
make hne Shetland shawls, weaving
them on q large wooden frame. The
ffst shawl completed was as soft a
silk and perfectly made. Three more
are now under WAY. -
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-23
rHE TABLE.
THE TABLE.
Graham Fruit Cake-The Of
a

VERBENA FOTPOURRI.
Potpourri made with lemen verbena Is
preferred by many people to the rose jar.
One simple but very effective method
Of making it IL by stripping the petals
from the flowers and thoroughly drying
them. throw them into a Jar. strew-
ing frst a handful Of salt on the bottom
of the jar, then a handle OF leaves and
30 on until all are used.
A tablespoonful Of alcohol should be
thrown on once a week and the jar should
be tightly closed-one. with a double top
being preferable.
Let is stand until the odor Of the chosen
flower comes from 1t, after which leave
the outer lid OFF so hat the odor may go
through the room.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-23

dissolved. Add the hour. into WhlD
baking powder has been sifted. add beat
en- whites of eggs, and add last the cup of
hot water. This recipe makes one large
and one small a
SWAT!
1t IL better to screen the cradle and
wear a smile than scott at the precaution
and wear mourning.
Flies in the dining room usually precede
nurses in the sickroom.
Screens in the windows prevent crepe on
the door.
Flies, as we'll as bad water. spread ty-
phoid.
A fly In the milk may mean a member
of a family In the grave.
A fly has natural enemies: the most per-
sistent and most effective should be man.
1t costs less to my a screen door than
to get sick and lay off for a month.
It's a short haul from the garbage can
to the dining room via the fly route.
If at first you don't succeed. swat. swat.
swat again.
this cake makes 1t we'll worth trying, as
no egg and no lard or butter are used,
although the result is a very soft and de-
licious cake.
Sift three cups of already sifted gra-
ham -four. two cups white flour. one tea
spoon each of cloves, allspice, soda, salt
and two teaspoons of cinnamon, two ups
sour or buttermilk. Beat thoroughly and
add three cups raisins or any other fruit.
slightly Toured. Bake slowly and long
an hour is none too much-and ice with a
boiled frosting.
Half of the above amounts make a good
sized cake. or one may use 1t all and bake
In two loayes.
Nut and Prune Calad-Cook prunes till
tender. Remove seeds and cut fruit into
eighths lengthwise. Arrange on lettuce
leaves with a mound Of cream dressing in
the center. Sprinkle chopped pecan meats
over all, or break the prune seeds and
chop the kernels.
huh PLEAS the season for rhu-
barb pies is at hand, 1 send my recipe.
which my husband and friends say makes
a delicious pie. One cup chopped rhu-
barb. one cup sugar, one tablespoon flour.
one-half teaspoon lemon extract, two
eggs.
Line apple plate with pastry, IN fill
In rhubarb. Beat together sugar. yolks Of
eggs, butter. flour and lemon extract and
spread mixture over rhubarb. Bake. n
when done have the whites Of the eggs
beaten to a stiff froth. to which a little
c~onfectioner's sugar has been added, for
a lmeringue for the top of the pie. Return
to oven till meringue il slightly browned