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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08
The UnWelcome Truth.

Miss Braddon, the English novel
lst," said a publisher. made $500, 900
out OF her books, her publishers share
being $1,500,0 600.
Miss Braddon's great success, she
once told me, vas due to he1 avoid
ance in her books of truth. Truth.
she said, is the enc thing the average
novel reader doesn't want For truth,
you see, is unpleasant.
"She illustrated her point by a wife
who asked her husband:
George, how do you like the new
shade I've had my hair done?"
well, my dear, George began, to
tell you the truth
"'Stop right there, George, his wife
interrupted. Stop right where you
are. When you begin like that l don't
want to hear you" - Washington
Star.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08
He Beat the Clock.

Il once conceived the beautiful
idea,' says a Philadelphia school
teacher, "of requiring that my pupils
should write for their day exercise a
brief account of a baseball game.
One boy sat through the period
seemingly wrapped in thought, while
the others worked hard and turned in
their narratives. After school ! ap-
preached the desk of the laggard.
"Tll give you five minutes to write
that description l said sternly. If it
is not done by that time 1 shall pun
lsh you
The lad promptly concentrated all
his attention upon the theme. At last,
with joyful eagerness, he scratched a
line on his tablet and handed it to
me 1t read:
'Rain-no game. - Philadelphia
inquirer.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08
Where Politeness Ends.

q. The Moors are the politest and most
genial people, taken as. a whole. that
are to be found anywhere, a writer
in Travel reports in describing a visit
to Fee. Politeness ends, however, it
seems, in the vicinity of the mosque
Of Moulai Idris, founder and protector
Of Fee. The streets are barred of
by poles, and Christians, Jews and
even animals are forbidden to enter.
"A few days before our arrival a
Frenchman had been almost beaten to
death for trespassing in this quarter
the traveller says. The tourist natu.
rally made nc attempt to take pho.
tographs in this section; elsewhere
the polite natives did not object to
his use of the camera-a western in.
vention not usually welcomed in Mo.
hammedan towns.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08
Well Classified,

The Kansas story of how the farm.
ers put beer kegs instead of wheels
on their binders, in order to harvest
in wet weather, recalls to the Law.
renee Gazette the old story that was
often told in the days when prohibi.
ton was young in Kansas.
There was a law that permitted the
sale of liquor for medical, mechanical
and scientific purposes. A farmer
came in n day and offered to pur-
chase a gallon of stuff from the local
druggist. Out came the druggists
book, In which all sales and the pur.
pose for which the liquor was to be
Used must be recorded What are
you going to use it for-medical, me.
chanical or scientific purposes?"
asked the drug clerk. "You might as
we'll put it down as mechanical" re.
sponded the farmer. I'm goin' to
have a barn raisin'."-Kansas City
Journal.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08

Not Yours or Mine, but Those Of tho
Coming Generation Of United
States Citizens.

Or. Victor c. Vaughn's assurance
that the average length of life in the
United States has been increased ten
years since 1880 makes cheerful read.
ing. Coming from a man who has
been president of the American Med.
zeal association, the information IL
doubtless exact, but 1t may be easily
misunderstood. Doctor Vaughn does
not mean that ten years have been
added to the ordinary mans life. On
the contrary, there are plenty Of fig.
ures to prove that life has been cut
short rather than heightened from the
station fifty years and onward. The
so-called diseases Of maturity have
been making sad havoc among III
elderly men of late, and nothing has
happened to check the loss.
The gain of ten years to which Doc.
tor Vaughn refers has been effected
by saving the lives Of children who
would formerly have persisted Of pre-
ventable diseases. Each child thus
saved increases the average length of
life, though mature persons go on DIV.
ing prematurely, Just as they did be.
fore. Statistics are sometimes very
delusive.
The rapid extinction of our elderly
men with the rescue of young children
FROM untfmely death is filling the
country with a comparatively youth.
full population. The phalanx in the
neighhorhood of forty years is in.
creasing rapidly. That between fifty
and sixty is diminishing in proportion
to the whole number. This is not as
1t should be The mature man who
has outlived the competitive struggle
for success and a leisure to serve
the public is perhaps the most val.
liable figure in our national life
Portland Morning Oregonian.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08
SEES HARD WINTER AHEAD
Georeia's Negro Prophecies Declares
Winter Will Establish Record
NJ, for Severity.

Dalton, Ga.-Georgians would dc
we'll to lay in a large supply of coal,
for, in spite of the excessive heat Of
the summer, the approaching winter
Is bound to establish a record for all
round severity.
Aunt Jane" Barksdale has read the
signs, and Aunt Jane" who is an old.
antebellum negress, knows.
She has examined the spider webs
and has found them unusually thick
and tough, the webs being similar in
texture to those found the summer
preceding the coolest winter she ever
experienced-during war times. Torn
away, the webs will be reformed on
the morrow. It is an infallible sign
e . severe winter.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08
Ansinthe Plants Burned.

AS the manufacture and sale OF
absinthe have been prohibited by law
the little parish of Orly, Just south
of Paris, has lost it's chief industry,
the growing of absinthe plants for
the trade. The new law allowed COM
%pensation for the crop already plant.
ed, 80 $4,000 worth of plants were
handed over to the excise authorities.
They were weighed and burned. The
same operation IL performed at ell
places where the plant was grown.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08
As TO THE MAKING OF PINS
Ing One, All Conducted by
Machinery.

TO make q pin Is an intricate pro
cess, but it is all done by machinery
A spool of brass wire running on steel
posts is fed into jaws which bite o1
the length of the pin. A small length
is left to make the head, which is
formed by three rapid blows of Q
hammer which mover forward one
twentieth Of an inch at each blow The
pin then drops to an incline in which
are grooves deep enough to admit the
shank, but not the head. AS the pin
moves down Its point comes in con.
tact with a cylinder with a file-like
surface, which causes the pin to turn
around so that it is sharpened on all
sides.
It next drops into a receptacle
where a layer of pins is placed, and
then a layer Of finely ground tin until
the pan is filed. Heat and a chemical
solution coat the pins with tin. They
are then polished in a barrel revolving
rapidly. They are placed in the pa,
pers by a machine, which seizes the
paper and crimps it into divisions as
wide as the length of the pins.
The bottom Of the box is made Of
square steel bars, which allow the
shanks but not the heads of the pins
to pass through. The bars are in mo.
ton, thus shaking down the pins until
a row Is formed, when they are
clanaped in place by the bars. A fold
of paper is pushed up against them
and pressed into place. This is re.
peated until the paper is full, when
another takes its place. It all sounds
intricate, but being done by machin.
cry it is rapid and cheap, else we
could not have the billions Of pins that
Waste.-Exchange,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08
DISEASE IS SPREAD By RATS
Their Migratory Habits Explain Many
Facts Connected With DIssemina ,e
tlon OF Plague Germs.

That the migratory habits of 70.
dents nave a bearing upon the spread
OF disease is not generally known, out
the United States public health serv.
ice. as a result Of experiments con.
Quoted in plague epidemic work at
New Orleans, asserts that such is the
case. This is but another illustration
that the field of preventive medicine
is especially broad, and investigators
therein must be thoroughly familiar
with the life history and habits Of
flies, mosquitoes, ticks and even TO
dents.
Several hundred captured rats were
marked for purposes of Identification
by having their ears punched, care be.
ing taken not to render them conspic.
uous, as fellow rodents wage relent.
less warfare upon those which appear
different from their kind. They were
then released In the heart Of the city,
and allowed to shift for themselves.
Trapping was carried on in all sec.
tons, and each rat was labeled as to
the locality caught. Fully one-quarter
Of the rats made widespread excur.
sions, that is, they we're recaptured at
points from n to four miles from
where they were liberated. In one in.
stance, a rat travelled 10 blocks, cross.
ing one Of the widest and busiest
streets in the city, where there was
no subterranean passage and was re.
taken within 60 hours from the time
of its liberation. From the expert.
ments 1t is concluded that the semi.
domesticated rat has migratory hab.
Its similar to wild animals, and that
these habits are Influenced by. abun.
dance or scarcity of food, facility for
harborage, or the presence of natural
enemies. It is also believed that Ger.
tain tnexplicable instincts tend to
make the rat a wanderer. That in
this instance the 'homing' instinct
was not responsible for the migration
Of rodents explains many facts con.
nected with the dissemination OF
plague; 1t will also doubtless prove
enlightening to those who have at.
tempted to exterminate rats for eco.
nomic reasons. The Indian plague
commission was Of the opinion that
rats seldom journeyed from one sec.
ton of the city to another, but the
conclusion Of the public health Off.
Gals is quite the opposite. AS a meas.
ure of the success of trapping opera,
lions, 1t is interesting to note that
over one-half of the rodents liberated
were recaptured within a month.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08
Aesop on Preparedness,

A wild boar was whetting his tusks
against a tree, when a fox coming by
asked why he did SO. for said he, Il
see no reason for it; there is neither
hunter nor hound in sight, nor any
other danger that l can see at hand"
True" replied the boar, but when
the danger does arise J shall have
something else to Go than to sharpen
my weapons
It is too late to whet the sword when
the trumpet sounds to draw it.--Phil.
adelphia Ledger.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08
CoIeridQe-the Last Phase.

Professor Blackie in mis- autobio-
graphical sketch entitled Notes of a
Life" tells of a visit he paid to Cole
ridge, then living at Highgate, of
whom he remembers only two things,
"(1) that he was an old, infrm, down
bent man; (2) that he told me he had
thrown overheard all speculative phil.
osophy, finding perfect satisfaction in
the first chapter Of the gospel of
John"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08
Suggested a Settlement.

Mr.. Golden had a new Office boy. A
few days after his arrival some money
was missed from the cash drawer. :
Calling the new boy into the private
office, Mr.. Golden said severely:
There is ten dollars gone from my
cash drawer, Albert. Now you and I
are the only people who have keys to
that drawer"
WELL" replied the boy cheerfully,
"s'pose we each pay five dollars and
say no more about it."-Settlement
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08

way that 1t can be raised or lowered
by controlling levers. placed in con.
venient reach of the operators seat.
This scraper is drawn by horses, and
as the operator rides he can dig into
the ground, OF deposit earth as re.
quired, simply by manipulating the
levers. The trailing rollers not only
smooth down the earth, but make the
pulling easier for the horses.-Popu.
lar Mechanics.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08
Kid Glove Making In France.

, The superiority OF French kid gloves
over all others is due above all to the
perfection of the skins, the kids being
reared in villages by peasants who
own only a few goats and, therefore,
take great care OF them. Another
reason is that in France workman
takes the prepared skin and manipu.
lates it himself right up to the finished
ylove.-Newark News.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08
Waste Product for Roads.

Waste Product for Roads. y
It is reported that an experiment is
being made with a material that here.
tofore has been a waste product OF
glass factories for roadmaking. This
is q thick, sirupy liquid that hardens
when exposed to the atmosphere, form.
ing a substance that somewhat resem'
bles glass.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08
euslnesa and Pleasure.A

The man who makes his business q
pleasure is likely to live q good deal
longer and get a good deal farther
than the man who makes his pleasure
! Observation-Disclosures Record-Herald.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08

Patience Required
It takes q real Christian to drive
two miles through the mud holes, and
arrive at the church In IN exalted
frame Of mind.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08
SCRAPER BOARD ON ROLLERS
Device 10 Controlled by Levers and
Can Be Made to DIG Into Ground
or to Deposit Earth.

A roller scraper recently brought
out in California has a wooden scrapel
board mounted on rollers in such q
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-08
Cynical.

Cynical.
He-Men are what they eat.
She-I've noticed you're fond OF
calves brains.-Baltimore American.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23
THINK SUFFRAGE
WILL WIN OUT
Declare Defeat in Jersey Pre-
sageS Victory in Penn
sylvania
STlRS ZEAL OF WORKERS
Says All Four Amendments
Must Stand or Fall
Together
STIRS ZEAL OF WORKERS

Strange though it may seem there
is considerable elation at the offices
of the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage
Association in this city over the. effect
in Pennsylvania of the result of the
New Jersey election. This effect
strictly speaking is not a reaction, but
it is distinctly different from what is
usually produced by a reverse.
OF first importance in the informa-
tion coming to suffrage headquarters
is the response to the warning which
was part of the statement made by
Mrs. Frank NJ. Roessing, head of the
Pennsylvania suffrage forces, after the
New Jersey returns were in. In this
statement Mrs. -Roessing called atten-
tion to the fact that the New Jersey
| election indicated that all four of the
proposed changes in the Pennsylvania
constitution would stand or fall to.
l.gether. This. apparently, is now
thoroughly understood all over the
State.
Information is also reaching here
that the fate of the movement in New
Jersey has had the effect of stimulat.
ing the zeal of its friends in this State
The real nature of the opposition was
uncovered during the concluding days
of the New Jersey campaign and 1t IL
realized that there must be united
front by the friends of good govern
ment if the cause is to win in Penn
sylvania.
AS far as can be learned here, and
| this is a pretty good place to learI
things about politics throughout the
State, the political organizations are
maintaining a "hands off, attitude anC
will so continue throughout the res
of the campaign and on election day
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23
To Organize Young Mems
Hebrew Association

The organization of a Young Mems
Hebrew Association and Ladies' Aux
iliary in Harrisburg will in all proba-
bility be effected at a mass meeting
to be held this evening in the audi
torium of the Technical high school
building. The movement for the or
ganization was launched here several
months ago and already has a large
following.
It is proposed that the association
when formed will be affiliated with the
National Council, Young Mems He
brew Association. of New York.
In addition to speaking there is to
be music by the Y. NJ. II. A. orchestra.
1t is expected that representatives of
every Jewish family in the city will
attend
Louis Brenner, field secretary of
the National Council, Y. NJ. II. A., New
York. is scheduled to be present and
make an address. The other speakers
will be DR.. George A. Treiman, of this
city: Harry Fable president of the
B'Nai congregation, of Reading, who
will speak In Yiddish, and M. Brenard
Hoffman, vice-president of the Young
Mems Hebrew Association of PennsyI-
vania.
The meeting will be free but chill
dren will not be admitted.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23
DR.. Samuel A. Baer,
Former H. H. S. Principal,
Dies in Maryland

Word was received in this city this
afternoon of the death of DR.. Sam
uel A. Baer. instructor of pedagogy at
the Maryland State Normal School at
F'rostburg, Md. and a former principal
of the Harrisburg High school, now the
Central High school, this city
DIR. Baer died at Frostburg last even
ing following a. stroke of paralysis yes
terday morning. He is survived by
his widow, two sons, Joseph, a lieuten-
ant in the United States army, and
Carl, a civil engineer, and daughter
Mrs. James r. Kinslow.. of Charlotte
N. c., whose husband was the first
president of the Harrisburg Rotary
Club.
DR.. Baer was principal of the Cen
trail High school until the Spring oi
1904 when he resigned and went tC
Reading where he remained until
about six years ago. He was succeed
ed here by DR.. Frederick f. Downes
who was later elected superintendent
of the Harrisburg school district. DR.
Baer was 20 years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23
PASSENGER TRAIN
HITS AUTOMOBILE
AT HUMMELSTOWN
Sideswiped and Turned Over
Into Ditch on Top of
Autoists
GUESTS AT FOX HOME
Chauffeur Seriously Injured;
Six Others Have Narrow
Escape

Seven persons en- route from Hum
melstowp to Gettysburg this morning
had a miraculous escape from death,
when the automobile in which they
were riding was struck by train on
the Middletown and Hummelstown
branch of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railway.
The accident occurred at the Main
street grade crossing, TIummeIstown
The auto was sideswiped and was
turned over into the ditch, the occu-
pants falling under the car. Those In
the car were:
Ralph Holligan, chauffeur Phila-
delphia, left leg badly cut and bruised
head cut, and internal injuries; taken
to the National hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Gay, Phila-
delphis, scalp wounds, slight lacer-
ationS of the face and body bruises.
Ny. and Mrs. Harry G. Barnes, Phil
adelphia. scalp wounds.
Miss Mary Fox, ,Hummelstown, slight
cuts and bruises.
Robert T. Fox, assistant district at
torney, Hummelstown. slight cuts and
DIulSeS.
The party were overnight guests al
the home of Robert T. Fox, Hummels-
town They left about $40 this morn
ing, intending to make a brief stop
in Harrisburg. The train left
Hummelstown for Middletown at $50
and was travelling at five miles ar
hour, according to Paul Werner, en-
sineer, and S. D. Hartz, the conduc-
tor. The crossing is at the west end
of Main street.
! The automobile reached the crossing
@Iust about the time the train came
around the surve a short distance
north of Main street. The chauffeur
made every effort to turn his car away
from the engine, and this. it is believ-
ed prevented a more serious accident
Engine Sidcswipes Auto
The engine sideswiped the automo-
bile turning the car over into a ditch
near the road. All the passengers fell
Continued on Page Z
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23
GREAT BATTLE
IN PROGRESS ON
ITALIAN FRONT
Italy's Soldiers on Offensive
to Relieve Pressure on
Serbian Border
AUSTRIAN LINE PIERCED
Russian General Says His
Troops Will Land on Bull
garian Coast Soon

Italian front Advices from Rome
and Vienna indicate that the offensive
movement of the Italians undertaken
presumably to relieve pressure on the
Serbian front, is under full headway.
An official communication from Rome
states that this move is in progress on
the Tyrol and Trentino frontiers, along
the whole front to the sea.
The latest reports from Vienna
state that the Italians were repulsed
with heavy lossts, although they sue
ceeded in reaching the Austrian po-
sitions in some places. The Italian
staff, however, announces a series of
important successes. 1t is stated the
Austrian line was pierced in several
sectors and that many Austrian posi-
tions were captured.
German troops are following up
their recent offensive movements on
the French front but apparently no
fighting of great Importance has de-
veloped. The official report from
Paris to-day mentions three German
attacks and says that in each instance
the attacking parties were dispersed.
In Lorraine French forces occupied a
German trench.
Difficulties Encountered
An announcement made by the Ser
bian minister to Greece indicates that
the invaders of Serbia are meeting
with great difficulties. The minister
asserts that the Austro- German. Of
fensive south of Danube and Save has
been suspended for the time being,
and that in some sections the Serbians
have resumed the offensive. The min
lister also asserts that after reaching
Vranya, on the main Serbian railroad,
Bulgarian troops vacated the town.
Greek newspapers publish a note
setting forth the position Of the Greek
Government. Greece makes known
her purpose of maintaining friendly
attitude toward the entente powers.
but considers that 1t is not in their
province to interpret the Greco-Ser-
bian treaty under the terms of which,
1t is contended by the allies, Greece
is obliged to assist Serbia. A Russian
general detailed to the Serbian head
quarters is quoted as having said that
within fortnight Russian troops will
land on the Bulgarian coast.
The German Federal Government
has decided to assume control of food
throughout Germany to equalize dis
tribution and prices. Hitherto the
state provincial authorities have per-
formed this function. 1t is stated IN
Berlin that the food supply is abun-
dant.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23
Echo of Worlds War
in Dauphin Courts in
Drug Action Today

The inevitable echo of the worlds
war was heard in the Dauphin county
courts this morning when l. NJ. Leber-
mans Sons, Incorporated. filed an ac-
tion agaist DR.. ]. N Clark, druggist,
glycerine.
Leberman alleges that on September
5 he ordered 1900 pounds of glycerine
from Dr. Clark at the latter's quoted
price of twenty-four cents a pound.
After waiting a month Clark failed to
deliver the goods and the plaintiff had
a pound. The additional cost. he says,
amounted to s465, and he therefore sued
for that sum.
Dr. Clark. it is contended, was un-
able to supply the goods as he figured
because of the lack of the drug brought
about by the demand for its use in the
trenches of Enropean battlefields.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23
CONTINUED on Page ~
Won Hindenburg's Drive
Has Again Been Checked
By Associated Press

London, Oct. 2S, 1897 p. m.-The
latest official news from Petrograd
gives some indication that Field Mar
shall Won Hindenburg's drive toward
the Baltic port of Riga has again been
checked and that nearer the center
of the German lines. German counter
attacks have been repulsed. Fighting
on the left bank of the Styr continues
and the Russians assert they have
made further captures of large num-
bers of men. In the Caucasus lively
actions, in which cavalry is taking an
important part, are reported. Vienna
acknowledges Austrian troops have re-
tired in Galicia' under the pressure of
superior Russian forces.