The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-11-04

Of thought. Even had the young
girls diary remained to me. I might
by It have kept myself reminded Of
that other life ! had left behind me,
and 50 die sane. A single book would
have helped.
I had been credited with a nj Of
the ludicrous SO whimsical as to be al
most irresponsible. If now l could
invoke that quality in this grim situ-
alton, l might hope to be regarded as
a consistent humorist. If any person
al quality could see me through, It
would be that, since that is the n
effective shield against the poisoned
darts of the morbid. I wondered how
long l should be able to laugh. tried
it now, and the result was SO dismal
that l found myself smiling at its still
born hollowness.
Then, at last, I saw that the tide
was setting in, and realized that l was
hungry. When I had drifted inward,
and had once more under my feet the
feel Of solid earth, the sun was hang
ing near the ~snow-capped crater of
the volcano.
I left for the morrow all effort at
exploration, and, stripping, ran up and
down the soft sand of the beach I'M
til the blood was once more pulsinx
regularly through my naked body.
Then, on hand and knees, I pursued
and devoured numbers of the unpal-
atable crabs that scuttled hither and
thither to hiding places under Shiny
tangles Of seaweed. My throat was
hot and sticky with the parch OF
thirst, but as the night fell the jungle
began to loom darkly, a ~forbiddins
! hinterland, and no fresh water came
down to my beach.
l told myself that the melting snow
was a guarantee of springs, and that
a man can endure three days without
drinking if he must.
I found a place between two large
rocks just upward of the high-tide
line, and stretched myself out, ours
ing Cortez and all those perniciously
dCLlVC SOUS VIII lllS1oIOu oA
ing the Pacific ocean.
I did not at once sleep. I saw the
stars, close and lustrous, parade
across the night; and instead Of plan
ming, while I lay awake, practical
things for the morrow, as a good
woodman might have done, I was
thinking futilely of the psychological
features of my predicament.
Possibly the doctors prediction CT
insanity had lain dormant in some
b~rain-cell from which it was now
emerging to brighten me. Or was 1t
real-that weird, nebulous shape that
seemed to creep upon me from the
serried jungle that overhung my hid
ing place?
Govt ,nuet Next Week.
7 A New ice jug
The difficulty of keeping ice water
In a pitcher without a cover is over
come by a new ice jug with detachable
paris.
Well up near the top of a glass
pitcher is a narrow ledge on which
rests a lid through the center of which
runs a hollow tube that extends almost
to the bottom of the pitcher. In this
the ice is placed and is covered by a
glass stopper. These parts are not
only detachable, so that the pitcher
can be easily cleaned, but can be e
tirely removed and the jug used as an
ordinary pitcher.
Besides the advantage of keeping the
ice longer by protecting it from air,
there is no possibility of dust, flies and
germs getting into the water from care.
less covering.
If such a pitcher is not possible a
lidless ice pitcher can be covered with
a heavy paper bag. 1t keeps the Ice
from melting rapidly.
The most healthful way of having
cool drinking water is to fill clean bot
ties with pure water and stand them,
tightly cor1ed, in the ice compartment
3 of the refrigerator. If this is done
each morning and each bottle is re-
filled as soon as emptied there is never
. a lack of cool water.
Where water is to be kept cool over
night, as in a sick room, it should be
put in one of the bottles that main
tain liquids at a fixed temperature FOL
many hours. Be sure that the water
is ice-cold when bottled, also that the
bottle itself is clean and in good con
dition.
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