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The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-01-11

In game marred by the useless
calling of fouls, the Oakes Higf
School was defeated in it's first game
of basket ball Friday evening at Cog
swell, 2s-19. With practically a green
team, the local high school not having
participated in basket ball for three
years. the Oakes team gave an excel
lent account of itself.
Cogswell was reputed as having q
very fast team, having taken a trip
through South Dakota and Minnesota
during the holidays. The. first half
was fast. the Oakes quintet leading
all the way up to moment before the
whistle blew, when Cogswell nosed
them out by one point, the score
standing 11-10.
The second half, especially, was
considerably slowed up by the need.
less calling of fouls. In this half
the Oakes boys suffered. On the
floor the local five outplayed Cogswell,
the passing of the local five being of
a high order.
The Oakes boys were royalty en-
tertained after the game to an oyster
stew feed.
The Oakes High School is assured
of goood team. The boys are put
ting in strenuous sessions in practice.
Minor will be the attraction at the
Times Hall, Friday evening at
O'Clock. Minor has been playing
since the middle of November and will
bring a strong, well-seasoned team to
Oakes in an endeavor to keep up their
winning streak.
Tho li.ao
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-01-11
ST. Johns Lutheran

English services Sunday evening at
s o'clock. The pastor will preach the
first Of series of sermons on 1The
Lords Prayer" AS this subject is
not much discussed it may be of in
terest to you. Don't miss the intro.
ductory service. Come and bring a
friend. German services as usual in
the morning at II o'clock.
Rev. H. Dierks, Pastor.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-01-11
Automobile Painting

Will commence painting automo-
biles at once. Please bring them in
at once SO they will be we'll dried be.
fore spring, when you want them. Can
handle three at a time. w. H. Marsh
5l2
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-01-11
Hauoe's Lutheran

There will be services next Sunday,
Jan. 14th, at IL o'clock in Oakes. Sun
day school at 1915. H. Moe.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

Vtaa66. Went IN Without 6sKlng Tor
Mrs. Hardesty. The lady was not at
homo. Mr.. Hardesty was In the study
and ON being told that Perkins and
Miss Rowley had called went in to see
what he could do for them.
He had scarcely entered the room
when there was a ring at the doorbell
and the balance of the Rowley family
entered.
There was surprise all round.
Amelia" said her father, you have
that 1t was necessary for you to mar
ry despite my consent. am ready
to give you away and have provided
your dowry."
Father" cried the astonished girl.
Il didn't come here to be married. l
came on invitation of Mrs. Hardesty to
take afternoon tea"
in the proceedings. He said there must
be some mistake, since his wife had
gone out and would not be back till
dinner time.
"Well," drawled Billie, "since you're
here, why not get married and have
done with it,"
Mr.. Rowley, we'll knowing Billie's
propensity for practical joking, looked
at her searchingly. She looked very in
nocent, but did not undeceive him. He
hesitated between giving her a severe
reprimand and helping her through
with her scheme.
Mrs. Rowley looked much perturbed
and arose to go. She was not con-
vinced that Amelia was not deceiving
them.
There seems to have been some mis-
take" said MI. Rowley, "but since we
are all here. ready for a wedding If
you two-referring to the lovers
choose to get spliced, 1 have no objec-
ton. This episode is bound to be
it is given out that the wedding was
expected by the family, 1t will be pass
ed of with no especial comment. If,
on the contrary. it becomes known that
1t is the ridiculous affair it is we will
all be the laughing stock Of the town."
Il agree with Mr.. Rowley," said Per-
kins. II think we had better have it
over with now and here. A formal
wedding would be a bore to me-"
But it wouldn't be a bore to me-"
moaned Amelia.
Il have u house ready for you," put
in MI. Rowley, land I have brought
the rest of your dowry," producing a
check for $4,000.
The grOom, Mr.. Rowley and Billie an
surrounded Amelia and in time brought
her round to immediate nuptials.
The ceremony was performed, and the
wedding party drove to the house Mr..
Rowley had provided for his daugh-
ter. 1t was a grateful surprise to her,
since she had believed that, her father
being opposed to her marriage with
Perkins, she would get nothing from
him.
II wonder" said Billie, chow came
that invitation to afternoon tear"
Her father cast a %reproving glance
at her.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
PUFFBALLS ARE GOOD FOOD.
And Of All the Edible Fungi They Arr
Called the Safest.

WV ~ NV wv .SsSsO S'8 IVY nv
Called the Safest.
Pufballs are the safest of all fungi
for the beginner, none of them being
poisonous, and they are at the same
time excellent and easy to obtain.
writes William A. Murrill, assistant
director Of the New York botanical gar.
den, In the American Museum Journal
Being tender, they cook quickly and
are easily digested. They should az q
rule be cut open before cooking to see
that they are not too old and that they
are really puffballs. If they are white
and firm like cream cheese inside, show.
ing no yellow or brownish discolora-
ton, they are Of the right age to use.
If the interior shows no special struc-
lures, but is smooth and homogeneous.
then one may he sure he has a puffball.
The "egg" Of the deadly amanita con
tains the young cap and stem inside.
which are readily seen when the "egg"
Is cut. and the egg" Of the %stinkhQrn
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
An Invitation
to Tea
By SADIE OLCOTT

Wilhelmina was her name, and she
was called Billie for short. Her name
was not the only thing about her that
resembled q boy. She was given to
sports, rode on horseback astride be
fore other girls got as far as divided
skirts, her own costume being a pair
Of baggy brooches. She was the best
chauffeur in the county and ran her
own machine without regard to speed
limits.
Her older sister, Amelia, was her op-
posite. Amelia was dignified and was
never known to do anything that was
not eminently proper. She was en-
gagged to a young lawyer, Ralph Per-
kins, whose clerical bearing marked
him rather for a clergyman than an at
torney. Amelia's father, Mr.. Rowley,
was somewhat opposed to the match
because OF Perkins want Of fortune,
but he had no idea Of forbidding it.
Among Eillie's idiosyncracies was a
love for practical jokes. This was her
greatest real fault. Practical jokers
are a burden on society. and the only
thing that kept Billie popular In spite
Of this propensity WAS that she was In
every other respect fascinating.
Papa" she said one morning, II
have come to IL knowledge Of some
thing that will pam ,"on very much"
what Is it. swc"tilr"Tt?"
amelia is very unuutiful. She Is
OOfnu RI 1icra.y., ri y,,,,r ,..i.I,no uoorn1k
ing Ralph Perkins. She's going to mar.
~ him despite YOUR objections to the
match"
"She doesn't need to do that. l have
never refused my consent to it."
Nevertheless she's going to do it.
This afternoon Ralph is coming to take
her to ride in his new car. They're
going to stop at st. James rectory and
be married."
you don't mean it,"
Eyes, I do. Now, I have a scheme
that should make the affair a very
pleasant me-. Let's you and I and
mamma follow them in my car and be
present at the ceremony"
That same afterneeN Perkins aad
Amelia started on their ride. They
had no intention Of being married, but
they were intending to take afternoon
tea with Mrs. Hardesty. the wife of
the rector of st. James church, having
received an invitation to that effect.
True, the invitation had been forged
by Billie, but the lovers didn't know
that and so it didn't deter them.
A second car containing MI. and Mrs.
Rowley and Billie left the house short.
ly after the couples departure and
kept them in sight until they reached
the rectory. The lovers were admitted
by a maid, and since they came by in
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
DOLLARS GIVE COURAGE
To 6s Psnniisas Makes q Man Feel %.
pendent and CowardIy.

TO Be Psnniisss Makes q Man Feel %.
pendent and CowardIy.
There 10 this to be said about wealth:
1t gives courage to the owner. Power
ty makes towards Of US all.
1.-THE man who is suffering with
fear" says q writer, because he does
not know where the next dollar is COM
ing from Is in nc condition to earn or
to attract dollars. Fear always makes
a man think he is weak, q nobody. It
always pictures the worst, sees no light
ahead"
We hear a great deal these days
about efficiency and about inetIiciency.
The fellow who has saved Il few dol
lars and has them in the bank or who !.
he can put his hand upon them is NOR
efficient than the fellow who is PENN.
less. Start out to find Il job with new.
er a dollar in your pocket. You'll have
a hard time You appear at a disad>
vantage Wien you approach u business
man. You feel your dependence. You
have a cUwardly air about you, an In
efficient air. You realize that you will
have to accept anything that is offered.
You are In N position to look the bust
ness man in the face and tell him your
qualifications. Want Is at your back,
causing you to cringe.
But with money in your pockets you
assume a different attitude. You real
lie that you are to that extent indie
pendent. You meet the business man
more nearly upon an equal footing.
You are more courageous, more self
assertive, NOR efficient. You know
that you are not compelled to accept
the first Job offered you. You can dis
cuss wages and contracts and condi-
lions Of employment If you are not
broke" So If for no other reason the
young nan should seek first Of all to
have q bank account. to have some
thing right In the beginning.-Dayton
News.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
The
Safeguard
By PETER C. TlSDALE

l was dining with my friend Ed
ward J. Emerson and his wife when
the news came that the Chinese people
were vibrating between q monarchy
and q republic. Emerson was a cler-
gyman and had done ten years mis-
sionary work among the Celestials. l
asked him If in his opinion the Chinese
were fitted for a free government.
mo people," he replied, ARE fitted
for a free government except those
who have reached a high degree Of in
telligence. There are a few Chinese
who are up to the standard Of our
western Civilizations but there are mil
lions of them who are sunk in the most
abject superstition. When l first went
to China l had a good deal to learn
about the people there. l was soon In
itiated. Do you see that paper?
he pointed to a scrap Of paper about
8 by 10 inches in size hanging on the
wall. On it were written Chinese char
acters. ....
THAT paper" be continued, "ac-
counts for my being here at this mo-
ment. Without it I would not have
been here. Soon after entering upon
my work in China l fell In with a very
intelligent mandarin who seemed to
take a liking to me I believed that If
I could make a Christian of him he
would influence others, and l set about
the work Of his conversion. He ap-
peared to be very much interested In
what I said to him, but l could not
bring him to the point Of declaring
himself a Christian. / believed, how
ever, that it was because by doing 80
he would bring down upon himself the
anathemas Of his people.
zone day he called a halt ON our con-
versations. Something was In the
wind, but l could not tell what It was.
In bidding adieu to me he handed me
that slip of paper you e hanging on
the wall, telling me that If l got into
trouble with his people to produce it
and it would protect me from harm.
Being new to the country, I did not un-
derstand what was written ON It. l
folded it and put it in my pocket.
1T was not long after this that the
Chinese common people gave vent to
their hatred of the foreign devils In one
of those massacres which from time to
time have occurred in that benighted
land. One morning I was Mortified by
one of my converts telling me with
fear and trembling that in a distant
village the heather had killed all the
foreigners and hundreds of converts.
"That day all the converts at the sta
ton went away, l knew not where, but
I perceived they were hiding from the
wrath to come, for it was not likely
that the massacre Of which we had
heard would be the last Of the move
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

Shows the stein ana 4 green mass In.
side, surrounded by a layer Of jelly-liks
substance.
Puffballs may be cooked alone In va
rious ways or used. in stews and ON
elets and for stufing roast fowls.
When used in omelets they should be
stewed first. All kinds except the very
small one should first be peeled and
cut into slices or cubes, after which
they may be fried quickly in butter Or
dipped in beaten egg and fried like
eggplant or cooked In any of the ways
recommended for the ordinary mush.
room. The smaller kinds are much in.
ferior in flavor to the larger ones and
need a few specimens of some good
mushroom to make them attractive.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

"Nrs. Emerson and I had been mar
ried only Just previous to our, departure
from America, and none Of q little
ones had then come to N. The ques-
ton was whether We should remain
where we we're or 90 elsewhere. We
decidedsthat w were as safe where we
were as In any other location. Our
station might not be attacked, while
another to- which we would flee might
60 down under the mob of 1nfurtated
fiends, so we concluded to remain.
Every day, at last every hour, we
heard Of massacres nearer and nearer
to us. But when the storm came II
broke all at once. One morning I
heard a distant din, and very o q
bowling mob came down the street.
1.-THE mind is a queer working bodily
implement, and since what it did for
me on that eventful morning I have
felt sure that there IL a lot about It
that we don't understand. I had put
the paper. the mandarin had given me
in a tin box where l kept other docu-
ments and had forgotten all about It.
Suddenly al l heard those yells and
shrieks it popped into my head. I f.
membered its donor had told me that
II I got into trouble with his people to
produce It. .
Il went to the tin box that contained
It, took it out and unfolded 1t. You see
that it is large enough to be read from
some distance. The point with me was
how to enable the mob to see it and
what it was before they murdered me-.
We were on the lower floor. My wife
was as white as a sheet, and I confess
I was no more self possessed. Ny
hands trembled 80 that I could scarce
~ hold the paper. l ran to the window
and placed it on a pane, the writing
out toward the street.
"There l stood while the bloodcurd-
Ing yells came nearer and nearer My
wife, woman-like, ran to the door and
locked 1t. No protection was thus at
forded, for one kick would have broken
It open.
presently I saw the scattered ad-
vance Of the mob coming like white
clouds shooting up In the sky before a
hurricane. Then came a mar bespat-
tered with the blood Of his fellow
men, and he made straight for the mis-
sion. I saw by the expression of his
face that he knew it was the residence
Of the hated missionary. He was In
stantly Joined by others, all making
for the door. One turned the knob, but
while doing 20 saw the paper I was
holding against the window. He stop
ped short and pointed to the paper.
All read it." paused and passed on.
Others came and wondered why the
station had not been destroyed till they
saw the paper.
II held it thus for half an hour,
dreading lest some fend should murder
rs before seeing 1t. When the last
man had gone by l called to my wife
to bring me some paste and fixed it ON
the pane"
what was the writing on the pa
PERI I asked. He read It: ~.
Respect this man N his family.
ITEM SANG. .
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
Round Shoulders,

An excellent exercise to straighten
round shoulders-good for girls or wo'
men who have to sit a good deal is
performed by placing a thin stick or
wand across the back and letting 1t
run out through the bent elbows. The
arms r bent so that the hands rest or
the chest. Keep the arms and shout.
ders pressed back and down and walk
about the room In this way for Eve OF
ten minutes.-Chicago News.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
Moisture and Temperature.

A cubic foot Of air at the tempera-
ture of zero CD can contain only 3 Of
a grain Of water vapor, at 80 degrees
1t can hold 2.13 grains, at 65 it can
contain 6.8 grains and at 90 it can
hold 1895 grains Of moisture in sus-
pension. These figures 60 to show that
summer air can hold at least nine
times the quantity Of dampness that
air a when reduced to the tempera-
ture Of freezing.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
Seasickness.

The old fashioned notion that a good
dose of seasickness was beneficial was
due wholly to the fact that upon re-
covery the victim Of NAL de mer is
usually 20 delighted that he Is apt to
imagine that lie never felt better in his
life, while feeling normal again is
merely so great a contrast to the
exceedingly wretched condition which
this disorder brings about that exag-
geration Of ones feelings Is the most
natural thing in the world. Seasick.
ness Is far from pleasant. 1t is not
beneficial. and in rare case it termi-
mates fatally.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
konesr Than Expected.

konoor Than
vandeventer-So at your request he
spoke at your dinner3
Broadway-He did.
"And did he come up to your expec
tations?"
"Why, he went an hour beyond itae
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
Ono of life's Traaedies.

Among the tragedies of life 70 the
good wife who has just observed her
twenty-ffth wedding anniversary, but
is still hoping for a set Of silver spoons.
Washington Post. =
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22
Pause--for a Prince Lies Buried Here
By Bonnie Burnham Randle.

nativity, the prince, during the early
part of the nineteenth century, had
found a home much to his liking IN
the Piedmont section of Florida, and
according to records, had busted nm
self in the acquisition of knowledge
and the more practical pursuit OF
planting. And then, in the year 1875,
there came a family from Virginia,
Colonel Bird Willis, with his w1fe,
three sons, and four daughters, TO
cast their fortunes with the little
settlement of Tallahassee.
The Beautiful Widow Gray.
Numbered among the members OF
the Willis family was the beautiful
Catherine Gray, who, although but
sixteen years of age, had been Wild
owed during the year before by the
death of her husband, in Virginia.
She was the loveliest of all the
daughters of Colonel Willis and his
charming wife, and she became IA
nous at once in the section for her
beautiful nature and unusual charm.
The dashing Prince Murat was
among those who came woolng, ana
after an ardent courtship upon the
were finally married in Tallahassee
part of the royal lover, the couple
in the year 1926.
A gentlewoman of the utmost re-
finement, the young Princess Murat
| quickly attracted the wit and beauty
and gallantry of the day about her,
/ and the home of the Murats, which
| still stands a short distance from the
city of Tallahassee, became a social
center of radiating interest during
the frontier days of Florida.
| Among their close friends were
/ Governor Duval. Judge Thomas Ran
dali, General r. X. Call, Colonel
Gadsden, the William Writ family,
and many others; all came to the
hospitable board where the prince
and his lovely American wife Gre
ated an atmosphere of the old time
Southern welcome.
4 Such is one of the pages of old
Tallahasseen history, gentle. con-
servative Tallahassee, with its old
time memories held as cherished
possession.
Occasionally there are thoughtful
white haired women whom you do not
! meet by accident, who will tell you
sometimes of the day when theil
mothers pinned orange flowers on the
wedding veil of princess, but you
do not hear the story often, now.
And there are the moss grown
graves in the sunshine, and mem
cries, and there is the romance II
the very air in Springtime that viii
ftell you softly of golden day thai
was, when, for an hour or two 6
prince trod the paths of time wher
the humber born, then laid himselt
down to rest.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22

One has to feel and hear and
scent the Spring-time down among
the Hills of Leon, and to thrill with
its voluptuous tenderness in the heart
triIls of birds and the radiant souls
of flowers to know that Romance
fingers there; for the green fields
and the peaceful valleys do not tell
their secrets off-hand unless your
ear, attuned to melodies Of the Past
shall listen attentively.
Time was, when the signing secrets
of the winds were redolent with real
ity-when traditions had not yet be-
come traditions, but were pulsing,
present things-when gallant men
and gentle women played their parts
soon after the very beginning of the
dream drama of things Floridian.
And now, with the calm conserva-
tism which came when the war clouds
of the sixties broke and were finally
swept away, and which has endured
through the years that have come
and gone, you find intelligences
CLEANED at this later day of time
that is past, locked in the hearts eff
only few who still bark back to the
paths of yesterday.
Oh, the birds will tell you of all
these things-and the flowers, and
the hills and the trees, if you lis
ten, for each breeze of returning
Springtime signs for the days that
were-you know this, too, if you
know the soul of Nature truly, and
can hear her heart-beats in the May
time!
A Prince Lies Buried There.
There is an old, old spot in ITALIA
hassee, in the quieter part of town,
which is endeared to many of the
men and women foremost in the af-
fairs of the state today, because it is
/ one of Gods Half Acres, and the
founders of many families, with their
earlier branches about them lie
sleeping under the live-oaks there.
Grave, sweeping, sympatheti,
strands of moss stir gently above
them in close in intimacy with thu
brooding loneliness of the place, anc
roses, which come back each spring
in their reincarnation, are blooming
there.
And in one of the quietest spots
where the skies smile always, lies M
less a parsonage than Prince AchillC
Murat, eldest son of the King of Ma
pies and Caroline, sister of Napoleon
Bonaparte, exiled from France anC
Italv during the political stress at
tending the overthrow of Napoleon
And by his side sleeps Catherine
his wife, the American Princes.
Murat, who was a niece of Genera
George Washington, and of a not
able Virginia family.
Driven from the country of h
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22
The Po,Uer of the Many
Is In Me-" Says Jack Dempsey.

''The power of the navy is in me-"
Big Jack Dempsey, fireman recruit
thus unburdened himself as he sal
with legs dangling on the turret of
the Virginia.
Around him seether the prepara-
tion, for war. From the huge navy
yard shops arose the din and clamor
of mighty force rushing the final
work to place in readiness the big
steel fighting machines which are to
play an important part in unfolding
the honor of our nation. On the
parade ground adjacent, couple of
hundred bluejackets were running a
quarter mile oval, hardening up for
their work ahead.
Something of~the inspiration of
this vitaly energetic scene glistened
in his eyes, as he swept his pipe stem
in a short semicircle before him to
emphasize the might Of which he was
master.
Huge of frame, horny of hand is
Dempsey. 1t was only two DAYS age
that he drifted into the navy recruit
! ing office to offer himself to hi'
country.
whether it's sailorin' or solderin
I told thin at the recruiting office
its the same to me so long as car