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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23
HAD NO SYMPATHY COMING
For He Own Good, Farmer Wao
Given Altogether Too Much
to Inference.

One day, as a good citizen of Posey
county was out in the woods looking
for later bugs he observed a small
animal Of some sort dodge into a hole
In a bank.
las the hole Is none too large for a
cat, | must infer that the creature is
not a bear" unused the farmer as he
drew nearer.
Standing of a few feet he examined
the hole with interest and c%ontlnued:
Yes, I must also infer that the ami.
NAL is not a stray wolf. No large ami.
NAL can conceal itself in a small
hole"
This was philosophy not to be dis
puted. and after patting himself on
the back the old man continued:
Il infer that 1t is not a coon as I
Saw no rings around his tail. Had 1t
been a fox It would have moved with
greater celebrity. A woodchuck would
have left hairs behind him, and as
there are no tracks / must infer that
l have not holed up a 'possum Yes.
my inference does me credit. but I
sha thrust In q pole and bring the
animal out just to see what species he
really does belong to-"
Half an hour later as he approached
his house, his wife stood in the door.
way and called out:
Mercy on me, Samuel! What have
you been doing?"
II got a critter in a hole and poked
him out" he replied.
But don't you know better?"
Il inferred that It was neither q
bear nor a fox"
"Of course It wasn't. Phew!"
And l inferred that 1t was neither
= 'possum coon or woodchuck."
Keep away, Samuel, keep away"
And SO I poked with a stick to
see what 1t was"
Eyes; that's like an old fool! When
you was inferring all them infers, why
didn't you infer that 1t was a pole
cat and let the thing alone? We won't
get rid Of the smell all summer"
Our hindsight is always better than
our foresight.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23
ARE ALWAYS ON THE WATCH
How eattleships At Sea Keep Informed
&. Of the Whereabouts Of IN
Enemy's Fleet.

Every b%attleship at sea has its
wireless installation adjusted SO that
1t can send and receive signals ard
messages to other s%quadrons at sea
or in harbor and to stations ashore.
One ship is always in direct touch
with the admiralty, whence the latest
information received at headquarters
from all parts of TIE world is INN 81
ately transmitted to the feet, while
each Of the other SHIPS Imposing the
fleet is similarly responsible for some
particular station ashore or for a
cruiser squadron or totilla OF torpedo
boat destroyers
Fol the purpose OF obtaining infor'
nation as to the whereabouts of the
enemy and guarding against surprises
wireless telegi Apply IS. Of course, inval.
liable, says the Wireless World CLon.
DOM. A great number OF cruisers are
sent out ahead and spread a number
Of miles across The duty of these
ships is to keep a thorough lookout
and report to the ship in the battle
feet looking out on their particular
wavelength. This ship, in turn, re-
ports by ~semaphore or Morse.lamp to
the admiral Of the battle feet The
cruisers are sometimes assisted bv
torpedo boat d%estroyers. Now, II 80
OF these ships are used it will be read
lily seen that the area Of their vision
Is enormous. and It would be almost
impossible for a fleet to pass unob.
served. Immediately any of the ships
sight the enemy's squadron they would
report at once by wireless, stating the
number Of ships sighted, with their
speed. latitude and longitude, etc. The
admiral would then give his orders,
also by wireless.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23
%RrvER-LTTTUE KNOWN
the Characteristics Of the Great
Alaskan Waterway.

The Yukon mean so much as a wa.
terway to Alaska that q report by the
United States geological survey on its
discharge at Eagle and on some Of the
great rivers characteristics have espe-
cial interest. The Yukon is the fifth
river in size in North America 1t
drains an area Of 100000 square miles
and its length, including the Lewes
and reslin rivers, is 1900 miles. The
Mississippi Missouri rivers are 5000
miles long; the Mackenzie, 1865; Col
oradoGreen, 1000, and Ohio-Allegheny.
1900.
The discharge of the Yukon varies
from a maximum Of 254, 900 cubic feet
4 second to 10,100 cubic feet, average
Of 1920. This discharge is relatively
small compared with the average flow
of the Mississippi, 695, 900; Ohio, 300..
900, and Colorado, $4,000. The Nile,
with a drainage area of 1852, 900
square miles has an average flow OF
10000 cubic feet a second.
The comparatively small flow in re-
lation to it's drainage area is attrib-
uted to the fact that the interior Of
Alaska has the small rainfall charac-
teristic of that portion of the United
States that lies between the Rocky
mountains and the Sierra Nevada
north of the latitude of Salt Lake
City.
The Yukon means so much to
Alaska and the territory means so
much to the United States in gold
production and in other latent mineral
and other development that the lack
of general knowledge regarding its
characteristic must be surprising to
the sojourner in this country who
tomes from it's banks.-New York
Commercial.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23
Cat Was Soldier1' Pet,

The "Grenadiers' cat" was picked up
by a man of No. / company in an en-.
campment in Bulgaria, and embarked
with the regiment for the Crimea.
The cat went through the campaign
in q soldiers knapsack. occasionally
peeping out from its shelter, and sur.
veying the novel aspect of a battle
with great ~contentment. Like most
pets the cat did not come to a peace
full end. 1t finally became an inmate
of the regimental hospital, that being
the only quiet and safe refuge to be
found for it, got worried, and died at
Balaklava. Such "a the end of Bull
garian Bell" the only instance prob.
ably Of a cat going into action.-Lon'
don Tit-Bits.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23
Famous French Writer.

Victor Hugo was born in Besancol.
France. in 1902. He was the son Of a
colonel in the French army and re.
ceived a classical education. After the
revolution of 1880 his plays of ma.
rion de Lorme" and THE King
Amuses Himself" we're performed at
the Theatre Francois. He was ere
ated by Louis Philippe a peer OF
France, with the title Of %viscount, but
he arose above this honor in being the
author Of Lies M~iserables." He op.
posed Napoleon III and was banished
from France, but he returned on the
in 1885 and was buried in the
Pantheon.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23
War Booms Home Brewino.

The new beer tax in England has
had the effect Of reviving the obsolete
art of home brewing in the country
districts. II home brewing becomes
widespread, one of the main sources
to which Lloyd George has been look.
ing to raise funds for the war will
be cut of. The brewing industry
will suffer. Ale can be brewed at
home at ~ cents a pint, or AZ cents
cheaper than it a be bought at a
public bar. Small ho%useholders pay.
ing less than $50 a year in taxes are
allowed to brew for home use free
from any excise tax. Empty casks
are bought up to store the home
brews, and brewing coppers are lent
among neighbors.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23

outside stake. Find the center Of the
middle hole as before. When these
holes are brought opposite each other,
one end of the back slab will lie 16
inches nearer the center of the road
way than the front one. The holes
should be two inches in diameter. Care
must be taken to hold the auger plumb
In boring these holes in order that
the stakes shall ct properly.
The two slabs should be held 30
inches apart by the stakes. The
stakes should taper gradually toward
the ends. There should be no shout.
der at the point where the stakes en-
ter the slab. The stakes should be
fastened in place by wedges only.
When the stakes have been placed III
position and tightly wedged a brace
two inches thick and four inches wide
should be placed diagonally to them
at the ditch end. The brace should be
dropped on the front slab, so that it's
lower edge shall lie within an inch of
the ground, while the other end
should rest in the angle, between the
slab and the end stake. A strip of
iron about three and one-half feet long,
three or four inches wide, and one-half
of an inch thick may be used for the
blade.
An ordinary trace chain is strong
enough to draw the implement, pro.
vided the clevis is not fastened
through a link. The chain should be
wrapped around the real stake, then
passed over the front slab. Raising the
chain at this end of the slab allows
the earth to drift past the face Of the
drag. The other end of the chain
should be passed through the hole in
the end of the slab.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23
In Jaro OF Pottery.

Water is made deliciously cool by
putting it at night into Jars Of coarse
pottery and placing these out doors
where the night air can reach them.
The pottery is 50 porous that some
Of the water will ooze out during the
night, leaving the rest delightfully."-
cool. Glazed pottery cannot be used
for the purpose. Each jar must be
protected by a covering Of fine wire.
mosquito netting or cheesecloth to
keep the contents clean and yet admit
he air.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23
Where Home Folks Come First.

in Chicago men who need work are
being given blue tickets. These tick
identify the holders al bona 6de
residents of Chicago. The object is to
give needy ~Chicagoans first call on
jobs and charity and to shut out an
army Of driftefs who crowd into the
city in the cold months to live on
charity. OF course, the blue tickets
d. not doom to starvation all strang.
ers who reach Chicago in a starving
condition. They simply insure pref
e"~nce to Chicagoans when aid is ex'
tcLded and discourage the professional
hoboes.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23
French Physician in Demand.

Doctor Doyen, the French surgeon,
is generally considered to be the
wealthiest medical nan in the world
He is also one of the busiest, and it
8 proverbial in Paris that no healthy
nan a ever get a talk with him. Pa.
tients come from every part Of the
world to his private hospital in the
Rue Duret. and in recent years he has
had all his more important surgical op.
nrations cinematographed, with the OBJ.
ject of leaving exact records Of his
work for the aid Of other surgeons.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23

Even adult white men succumb 70
measles when they are herded very
closely together and exposed to .
virulent infection. There have been
outbreaks in logging camps which
were terrible. The onset Of the germ
was strong enough to break down the
resistance Of the ordinarily immune
individual. On the other hand, the
Chinese are said to be almost com.
pletely safe from scarlet fever. and
the fact that japanese take this dis.
ease even more readily than do whites
% one Of many proofs that there 10
= strong admixture Of Polynesian a.
Malay blood In he people Of NlppoA,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23
Children's Bureau.

The children's bureau at Washing.
ton has appointed q social service ex-
pert, to make sure Of having q gen.
orally equipped person to take up ef.
fectively such topics as Juvenile
courts. broken family relations. feeble
minded children, with an understand
ing Of the importance Of their indus.
trial, civic and social inter-relations.
All Of these topics are touched upon
n the oct establishing tho bureau.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23
Crushed Stone Industry.

Crushed stone is the largest factor
Of the stone industry in the United
States, Figures showing the value OF
c"ushed stone were first published by
the United States Geological Survey
ir 1893 and amounted to $4,O31,4 45.
b, 1913 the output was valued at vel
81 0 5000 OF late years stone
crushed for making concrete has
largely taken the place of building and
foundation stone.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23
City'o New Move,

The health commissioner Of Milwau
kee is planning to establish free dis.
~pensaries and clinics in school build.
ings at regular hours. not only for
service to the children. but to the
general publlA.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23
Make-Up Of Dairy Cow.

A wide, deep and full barrel or side
Ii very important in a dairy COW. She
must have plenty of room in which to
manufacture milk from food and q
large barrel indicates large digestive
organs. A wide mouth and long, strong
jaws also indicate that Bossy Is, like
Bill Nye, fond of food" She ought
also to have . large belly and moder'
ately high flank.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23
Absolute Devotion.

Absolute Devotion.
Il think that women ought to have
the ballot"
DO they really want it,"
They must want it. Some Of them
are working 80 ardently for suffrage
that they are paying absolutely no at
tention to dress."-Kansas City Jour
nal
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23

Partly Shank.
what sort Of mind has her
wen, bis chain Of thought has many
. mioo3uG Nnk."
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-23

eeautify Home Grounds.
Set out fruit trees whore they WIN
odd 70 the beauty q the gJoundA.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-16
ACTION. MOL ARGUMENT.

The virtual expulsion Of Ambassador Dumba for his
improper meddling with domestic affairs is regarded
the beginning of a in Washington diplomacy.
For year the administration has labored to uphold
American rights and in far it had opportunity the
rights Of humanity general by Of whose pacific
nature there could be question European con
roversies growing Of the have been conducted
with scrupulous courtesy and regularity We have met
aggressions with friendly protests constructed logic
and law We have assumed that Germany. Austria and
England we're our friends and wanted Justly
But the words though admirable had little effect
The hopes aroused recently by promises have
proved false Perhaps because the offending powers
concluded that we would remain content with words,
they have steadily traed with us and refused neglect
ed to change their conduct
Now the presidents prompt handling of the Dumba
case may shock the offenders into a Of decency
It should be promptly followed up If the proof is as
strong it appears to be- that Captain Papen the
German military attache has been associated with DR.
Dumba in trying to dsorganze American industries by
bribery and the assertion of foreign sovereignty Amer
lean soil he should be about his business just as
promptly And the presidents action should not stop
there No foreign representative even if it be the Ger
man ambassador himself should be tolerated in the
United States hour after it becomes clearly evident
that he has abused his and hospitality by plot
ting against the nation II foreign diplomats and con
agents will behave with propriey and decency
let them be packed off to Europe without ceremony to
practice their tricks in a congeniaI atmosphere
It is time for a new American declaration Of ndepend
And that declaration be written best not
in words but in deeds
We do not want with any nation. We do not need
have But stin less do need to have anything
do officially with any foreign nation that will not re-
spec our independence neutrality our honor our
laws and the lives of our citizens
Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-16
THE TYPHOID SEASON.

The United States Public Health Service has issued
bulletin calling attention to the danger Of typhoid
fever the summer and fall This is the time when the
Aourshes particularly and therefore good time
to point out it is totally unnecessary and
inexcusable alment The 100000 people in the United
States who typhoid every year and the $4,000
who die of it paying the penalty of careessness or
ignorance Every family ought to know the nature of
this disease and the best safeguards against it.
The warning Of the Health Service is a sermon on
cleanliness
Typhoid fever is a disease of filth" it says at can
only be contracted by taking into the system waste
products of one previously i'll of the disease These
waste products conveyed from individual to an
other usually by means of third object such as water
nies milk Even if the disease itself were never con
raced in this manner we should revolt at the abhorrent
idea Of such uncleanliness
For every case of the infection developing some one
either the municipality or individual has been
ponsibe and the public opinion will regard such
carelessness as criminal"
Flies are recognized as the carriers typhoid
germs and relentless war against flies is perhaps the
most satisfactory of the preventive measures Atoms
with that however necessary to see to the purity
of the-water and milk supply
It is possible inocuate people against typhoid
just they made immune from smallpox by vaccina
ton The method has been proved eminently effective
in United army and in the foreign armies nov
lighting under necessarily unhygienc conditions Mos
persons, however would much rather insure their inn
munty by eating no polluted food than by destroying
through innoculaton the evil effects Of filth taken in
/ to the system
The Public Health Service properly urges that eth
eradication filth is the duty of every citizen, an
that should that his own surroundings clean an
mat his household buys no food from dealers dsr'
gard the rules of cleanliness
Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-16

Gen Orozco. the famous Mexican reyolutionist was
oiled Texas the other day a raiding expedition.
The first reports suggested that he implicated in an
ambitious plan the state Of Texas from the
Union and it to Mexico reversing the process
" which General Sam Houston made Mexico part OF
he United three quarters of century Later
eports, however, show that he hunted down and
hot simply a horse thief Most Of the other Mexican
revoluonists" would found a careful analysis, TO
re Of about the same caliber and most them unques
Ionably deserve the same fate
Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-16
AERoPLANEs At BETHLEHEM.


JERUSALEM, Sept, 18-Armed air
ships and areoplanes are continually
flying over the birth place of the
Prince of Peace at Bethlehem, ac-
cording to the Bote Aus Zion CTha
Messenger from Zion) a paper pub
lished in Palestine by a Swiss mis-
sionary. Nearly the entire Holy Land
has been transformed into a military
camp. Soldiers are manoeuvering
every day on the Mount of Olives at
Golgotha and Jerusalem. The English,
French and Russian converts have
been turned into barracks and be
tween Judea and Jericho, where trans
portation was by mule pack in the
days when Christ came to bring
"peace on earth, a road is being
constructed for armored motor cars.
Long columns of buffaloes, driven
by Arab peasants, are hauling carts
loaded with powder, projectiles and
other supplies for the Turkish army
the favorite routes of pilgrims in Pal
estine. Fast dromedaries of the camel
corps maintain communication be-
tween the camps in Palestine and the
Turkish headquarters. II is supposed
that the concentration Of the young
recruits in the Holy Land is with a
view to another attack upon Egypt
Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-16
STATE UNIVERSITY
FINDS LEGISLATURE
WAS Quite LIBERAL
Authorizations Provided for All
Essential Needs and Budget
of Expenses Is Prepared for
First Time.

TUCSON. Sept. 15.--When the Uni
versitv of Arizona regents, which met
Yesterday. considered all of the ap-
nropriations made for maintenance
and improvements at the university
they came to the conclusion that the
legislature had been very liberal with
the institution, an things considered.
For the FIRST time in its history the
university is being run on the budget
system. p complete budget of all eX-
penses having been prepared by the
president and submitted to the legis'
lature. Heretofore the budget system
had been followed out only in a gem
eral way DR.. Won Kleinsmid figured
the expenses this year down to the
last cent and the legislators examined
the budget very carefully
The appropriations included 1924
600 for maintenance Of the institution
repairs and furnishings for the new
agricultural building An appropria
ton of $4,000 was made for campus
extension and $4,000 for the general
extension fund of wFch Professor
Morse is the head There are also
appropriations for the various farms
and dry farms over the state
For a heating plant the sum Of
$4,000 was Appropriated. The uni
Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-16
Isl ENnER AND -LEooY .

According the sartorial Art Journal the Of
fashion the coming will be slender leggy but with
a we'll balanced and athleucseeming body"
Fat men with fashionable tendencies will now proceed
fast shorlegged will have their legs stretched. AS
for the rest the tailors take Of it.
unduy small above the equator or man with
too slender underpinnng get the proper balanced
effect from judcious cutting and padding. The same
process can make the most anemic gentleman look
from distance at east-like d tennis champion
star half-back
There is much virtue in that phrase, "ahletcseemnl
body" Just leave it to your tailor
And yet, IN the name even Of sarorial art why mus
we be am alike? Have the taiors more Imagination
and individuality than The fiction writer's and magazine
artists?
Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-16

versity regents are considering plans
for this plant which will probably be
located in the rear of the engineering
group which will be just north of the
old main building, this being the high
est place on the campus.
A conditional appropriation of SIS,
600 was made for mining buildings,
A similar amount must be subscribed
from outside sources, but the uniyer-
sity authorities anticipate no difficult
~ in raising this money Such a
building will only serve to tie the
mining school more tightely TO the
main institution and prevent such a
disastrous step to the university as
division
Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-16
. 8 . o . . Q
. A BATCH OF SMILES .
. . . . . 8 . . .

At a concert a young fellow got into
conversation with the man sitting next
to him Presently a very pretty girl
came on to sing.
81 say isn't she lovely" exclaimed
the unreasonable youth And just
look at her splendid teethi'
Yes they are very nice" replied
his neighbor And It gives me much
pleasure to hear you praise them"
That so? Is she your daughter,
them"
mo"
Are you her brother"
No" was the answer. "but Pm
glad you like her teeth"
They're absolutely perfect. But
er-l shoulder what's il got TO do
with you?"
Pm the dentist that made them
Perhaps I can do the same little job
for you? f1 u
Sister (writing letter TO brother al
the 'front.' haze We onything else
tae say father?
Father -Ay. Tell Donnal that II
he comes over your German waiter
that gaed us bad saxpense fol
change when we had bit dinner in
London while syne tell him tae
ttsk--steady aim
Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-16

Recent dispatches from Albany, n y, seem to convey
he impression that if William Barnes ever was boss OF
he state he has lost his grip. An the bossing done I'm
he constitutional convention is being done by Elihu
loot; every time Barnes and have FLASHED any
lsue Root has
Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-16

The chief OF the federal biological survey that
here are 5OOOOOO hunters in the United states But
Judging from the quantity Of they bag it isn't evil
that we have 100000 men trained to arms and
It to man trenches without preparation .