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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
SEEDS CARRIED FOR MILES
Varieties of Wild Plants Have Various
Means Of Assuring Propagation
of Their Species. =

It is well known that the same crop
cannot grow and flourish year after
year upon the same ground. The
wild plant knows this and takes care
that it's seed shall fall upon fresh
ground. Some, like the thistle and
the dandelion, have developed seeds
provided with balloons of down, by
means of which they are carried for
miles. The sycamore and the lime
grow little parachutes, which send
their seeds twisting through the air
for long distances. The burrs make
use of animals to do the work for
them. They grow rows Of tiny hooks
designed to catch in the coats Of ami
mails, which carry them away and then
rub them off against bushes. The
poppy has perfected an efficient form
of sprinkler. When the dry heads are
shaken by the wind, seeds are shot
out In all directions. The tropical
sandbox tree was the first inventor
Of explosives. Its seedpods are filled
with gas, which expands until such a
pressure Is reached that the sheath
bursts with a noise like a revolver
shot, and the seeds are distributed
over a considerable area.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
The Rural Appeal.

To be out of doors is the normal
condition Of the natural man. At
some period OF our ancestral life, so
dim in our thought but so po-
tential in our temper, disposition
and physique, we have all lived, so to
speak, In the open air; and although
city-born and city-bred we turn to the
country with an instructive feeling
that we belong there. There are a
few cockneys to whom the sound of
Bow Bells Is sweeter than the note of
the bluebird, the resonant clarion Of
chanticleer or the far-ofr bleating Of
sheep; but to the immense majority
Of men these noises are like sounds
that were familiar In childhood. !
have sometimes thought that the deep
est charm of the country lies In the
fact that it was the home and play
ground of the childhood of the race,
and, however long some Of Us have
been departed from it, it stirs within
us rare memories and associations
which are imperishable. The lowing
Of the cattle coming home at night
fall; the bleating of sheep on the hill
side pastures; the growing Of the cock,
are older than any human speech
which now exists. They were ancient
sounds before our oldest histories were
written. I know of nothing sweeter
to the man who comes out of the heat
and noise and dust of the city in mid
Summer.-H. w. Mahie.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
PELICAN A NAUGHTY BIRD
"Trout Hog" Is Charge Made Against
Him by Professor Of University
of Illinois.

Excitement is rife in the wild an
tmal community of the Yellowstone
National park since the scandal about
Mr.. Pelican received public attention.
The ducks are quacking about 1t, the
squirrels are chattering it and the bob
cats are scattering it broadcast In
their shrill voices.
Throughout all the whispers and
nudges of neighbors as he passes, MI.
Pelican maintains his stately mien,
seemingly unconscious of the jibes
Of the multitude. His actions would
indicate he still holds his valued place
In the community.
. His trouble started with the charge
by Prof. Harry B. Ward, head Of the
department of zoology Of the Univer-
sity Of Illinois, that he Is a trout hog"
and violator of all the tenets Of good
craftsmanship. Proof of these charges
probably will mean that Mr.. Pelican
will become an outcast with every
ones door closed to him and every
ones hand against him.
Professor Ward is conducting an
exhaustive investigation for the fed
eral bureau Of fisheries at Lake Vel
lowstone in Yellowstone National
park as to the relationship between
the pelican and the trout supply. His
investigation, which has been pro-
crossing several weeks, will continue
through the present seaSOn.
The flock Of pelicans that live and
breed on Lake Yellowstone numbers
about 400. They summer" aristocrat-
ically at the lake, feasting IN the
best the land affords, from spring I'M
til September, then 60 to their winter
escorts along the Gulf of Mexico.
The bird diets almost exclusively On
fish, and, SO far as the Yellowstone
and other Rocky mountain lakes and
streams are concerned, this means ex-
clusively on trout. He estimates that
the 400 pelicans consume more trout
than are taken during an entire sea-
son by sportsmen.
The pelican is no respecter of size
limits or open seasons, Professor Ward
charges. He declared he had seen a
platoon of 80 pelicans ranged across
a stream in regular formation, prey
ing On the trout as they swan up to
spawn. Hitherto the stream had
yielded trout eggs by the millions, but
hatchery men this year could gather
only a fraction of the normal amount.
The fact Is granted that MIR. Peli-
cans home life Is above reproach. He
Is a good provider, a good husband
and father and is strictly monogam-
Gus. For the 400 birds in the lake
flock, there are just 200 nests, one for
each couple and one mate for each
bird. There are no "triangles" in the
Yellowstone 400"
If further Investigations justify it,
Professor Ward will ask the federal
government to bar the pelican as sum.
mer visitors from the park. 81 :
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
that this latest amour must De sfopp6dE
I'LL any cost. she resolved / FOLLOW

that this latest amour must 10 stopped
III any cost. she resolved 20 follow
her.4
she did 10. She trailed her one
warm, dark night In the summer tn
Riverside park. Amy descended the
slope toward the river, rat down On
seat, and waited. Mrs. Armiger Brown,
not very far away, presently heard
mans Footsteps approaching. A dim
figure appeared and Amy sprang to
her feet with d Ittle cry, and I'd an
other moment she was folded IN his
arms. .S5 sss
Mrs. Armiger Browns blood ran.
cold. This meant the loss OF Amy.
She would never get q maid like her
again. Terror gave her q supernat-
ural cunning, and she edged forward
softly among the trees, until she could
hear what the lovers, side by side on
the bench now, were saying. 4:
. II think she suspects something,
darling" Amy said In a low voice.
"And after those tales she told the
bakers man and the icenan, she'll
stop at nothing" s==
The man laughed. "You did throw
her of the scent nicely about those
men," he laughed. "Poor motherl
she's so blind" b. #r.Ez
Mother" With a strangled cry
Mrs. Armiger Brown sprang forward,
to look into her sons face. r. II
Howard !" she cried in amazed fury.
Amy! You'll leave the apartment to-
night-this very night. OF all the out
rageous, wicked things" 2
"We can't be married till tomorrow,
Mother" said Howard, politely. $50
you'll really have to let Amy stay
overnight. 1t would be such a scandal
If you turned her out at this hour of
night. Sit down." he added, drawing
the panic-stricken woman down on
the bench, land let me tell you who
Amy u.s."
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
Metoor3,

Meteors ordinarily become visible
at a height of 100 miles above the
earth, but are generally dissipated be-
fore reaching Is miles from the sur
face. About one-third Of the number
Of elemental substances which 90 to
make up the earth's crust are found
as constituents Of meteors, among
these being iron, sulphur, sodium cal
cium, chlorin, carbon, etc. Usually
the bulk is stone, but often there lis
a mixture Of stone and iron, and In q
few instances iron predominares. a
meteor falling through the air is ac-
companied by d peculiar sound and
frequently 1t explodes after striking
the earth, Those which strike the
earth comprise only a small proper
ton of the total number that fall.
Meteors always seem to be falling
downward because when they come
within range of the earth's attraction
they are drawn toward 1t and are ret
afire by friction with the atrlos-
phere. Individual particles of q ma
teoric stream are too small 10 b
seen with most telescopes, u they
move III mn interplanetary space, ana
II ID only when they approach earth
and become luminous that W m
aWare of their ~existence, 5sas
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
THURSDAY 8 II. 1872
NOT MUCH Or Al SENSATION


TIE romantic young q had made
friends with the hotel detective early
iii Ills stay at the hotel, and he
gaished him most OF the time, waiting
10 sse something happen.
lie was just crossing the lobby on
lis way to breakfast n morning
when q woman entered the door, and
he saw the detective prick up bis ears
ana follow after her.
The romantic young man turned in
his steps and followed, too. The wom-
an was OF middle age, well dressed, re-
spectacle looking, and in the moment
that she crossed, unconscious of her
followers, all sorts OF thoughts flashed
through the youths head.
Perhaps she was d famous burglarl
Perhaps she was some sort of secret
AGENT Perhaps
AS she started to step into the ele-
yator the detective touched her Shout
der. She wheeled about sharply.
""SirY' she demanded,
The detective opened his coat to
show her his badge, and the romantic
young man waited b~reathlessly.
Il beg your pardon, madam said
the detective, "but it's against the
rules to have a dog in your rooms"
The woman started and there, peek
Ing out from beneath her fur coat, was
the pink nose Of a tiny poodle.
The romantic young man walked
back toward the dining room disgust
edly.-New York Globe.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16

To live long, to look young, to be
happy-all this may be summed up in
n word, says a famous Frenchwom-
an-.Forgetl" II we could make this
a rigid rule--and keep tive should
most certainly be better and stronger,
physically, mentally and morally. In
stead Of wasting our vitality on the
i~rrevocable past, we should garner up
our energies for the present and flu
ture, which may hold so much that
may demand our uttermost, both of
brain and body.
Forget all the pinpricks Of yester-
day and the day before; they made
life seem a blank at the time, all, all
those tiresome worries that cumber
every ones existence, and though Diff
ferent in detail are alike iii their power
to annoy. %H& ii
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
Stocking ParIor Aquarium.

The best water for an aquarium Is
from a river, stream or pond. Rain
water which has been exposed for some
time to the air is also excellent, but
the exposure must be Of some length
to render it safe. If water Is taken
from a hydrant, it should first flow with
full force into a bucket, SO that it may
be thoroughly aerated. Under no cir.
cumstances ought pump-water to be
used, as 1t is what is commonly called
dead" that is without aeration.
If the aquarium is to contain gold.
fish, OF other species that win live In
still water, it is unnecessary to change
the water frequently, especially II the
tank be well provided with suitable
aquatic plants. Simply replace that
which has been lost through evapora.
ton from time to time. IF care be ex.
ercised and the aquarium kept clean.
a complete change of water is only
necessary about once In six months.
It would be we'll to introduce at first a
few snails and tadpoles, and then, af.
ter two OF three days, the fish. = S
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
Had Good Reason for Smile.

John E. Milligan, chief clerk of the
public utilities commission, breezed
into his Office Monday in high spirits.
A broad smile adorned his face and
he went about his work with the alac-
rity of a man who has just inherited a
fortune.
His fellow-workers began to confer
with one another as to the prob
able cause of the chief clerks ju-
bilation.
"I1l bet he just got a ton Of COAL"
suggested n young statistician.
Maybe he struck a gold mine out
in his Maryland farm" another said.
Later in the day the truth leaked
out. Milligan had become the papa
of an eight-pound baby boy.-Wash-
ington Star.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
BOTH SIDES Oh A QUESTION
Possessions Bound Id Bring Respond
biIity, but There Iss Also Ado
uuate Reccrnpense.

Everything that you can think OF n
the way Of desired possessions brings
with It an accompanying load of trou-
Bile, care and responsibility.
And this lis something Of q consola'
ton for those who must stand outside
the barred gates and look ~yearningly
In. 3Ss NJ
After al, they can think, It's q lot OF
trouble to take care Of SO much; per-
haps It's Just as well to be without II
That's where the trouble part helps
them.
But Of. the other hand, it's worth
some care to have the real antiques
that other people are striving to find.
It's worth some responsibility to have
such beautiful old silver. = #
The house In perfect order, the vel
vety lawn and the garden that make
visitors gasp with pleasure are pretty
good payment FOR: all your thought and
work and planning and caring for
them. Ss' $ 81 IL
That beautifully shaped head and
graceful couture are surely satisfying
enough to make up for the pain and
the lost time. r =: a
If people who have things didn't
have some trouble with them, then
there would be the greatest amount OF
discomfort among people who haven't.
Mere possessing gets to be like a.
habit zone forgets all about what it is
that she possesses, whether it is valu-
able or not, and whether Or not one
should be grateful about it. ~.
But when a \Iittle trouble and diff
Guilty come aloag with it, n realizes
that it has. cost something and is worth
- $50. " a
something.--Kansas City Star.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16

INV the use of bleaching acics, lm
eradicaf0rs and Apenning : checks
made ont Ton, say, SAG. have been al-
tered to 81. and cashed for this
amount. When such q swindle occurs.
the bank concerned Is not responsible
for the loss unless the actual signature
has been forged. The only method Of.
preventing these crimes is the use Of
the patent eheck-writer, OF which there
are about fifty thousand In use. The
machine .tshreds'' the words and ig-
ures into the check. Acid-proof ink In
two coiors is used and a check would
have to be destroyed before any alter
alton could be made. ~
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
None So
Blind
49,
BY CLARA DELAFIELD

Copyright. 1922, Western Newspaper Union
Mrs. Armiger Brown could not see
that her new maid Was a lady, but
that was not her fault, because she
was no quite one herself. Amy Trem-
let's father had been a prosperous
lawyer, but, when he died interstate
and bankrupt, she had to work for a
living. And, being a home-loving body,
she deliberately chose domestic serv-
ice.
She chose it because she liked it,
and there was no one in the world to
dispute her decision. Mrs. Armiger
Brown admitted Amy was the best
cook in the world, the best girl she
had ever known. She was that hid
den treasure, the Perfect Maid. She
thought her a superior girl. But-a
lady? Well, Mrs. Armiger Brown was
not quite
Years had disguised her common
origin. Mr.. Armiger Brown was a
stock broker, and their son, Howard,
had Just left Princeton to enter his
fathers office. The mother ruled the
roost. She was very proud of her son,
very proud of their home and money,
their car, their friends-of course it
never entered her mind that Amy
Tremlett could be a lady.
The fear OF losing her was always
with her. Amy vas devoted to her,
her husband, and Howard, but-maids
marry. And it was about a month
after Amy's arrival that Mrs. Armiger
Brown thought she detected her in an
incipient Irritation with the iceman.
"Er-Amy," she said, II don't want
to interfere with you, but I suppose
you know that man who comes with
the ice. lis an ex-convict? Yes, his EN-
ployer belongs to an association for
helping released prisoners. You won't
whisper a word about 1t, of course,
but I thought you ought to be told"
The. bakers man, who next seemed
interested in Amy, was a different
proposition. Everybody In the town
knew young Hamlin. But Amy was a
newcomer. Mrs. Armiger Brown took
the occasion to look In at the bakers
shop M day.
IT told my maid to order rolls in
future" she said to young Hamlin,
but she gets more forgetful every day.
Poor thing, / don't blame her, though ;
she's worried about her husband"
"What did you say, Mrs. Brown
asked young Hamlin, bristling.
II said" snapped Mrs, Armiger
Brown, who did not like to be ad-
dressed as plain Mrs. Brown" that
the poor, child's worrying about her
husband. You see, he's In the peni-
Tertiary, and she has the two children
to support, and 1t gets on her mind.
Don't You say a word to- her about 1t
nobody's supposed to know"
The bakers man and the iceman
left their freight without dalliance,
and Mrs. Arminger Browns spirits
rose. But the third danger doomed up
presently III the shape OF q mysterious
character who used 10 engage Amy's
evenings off. And Mrs. Armiger Brown
could learn nothing shout him.
"Amy, who ID that q you meet IN
the eveningsr she asked her. II
Amy colored. "Oh, just q friend,
Mrs.. Armiger Brown she answered.
There was nothing more TO be said.
But Mrs. Arrniger Brown watched
Amy. This was reaIlysa case of love,
she decided. Amy looked SO very
spruce and lovely when she ret out In
The evenings for her unknown destina.
tion. Mrs. Armiger Brown noted Tho
49, N The girls face and decided
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
Phonoaraph Postcards.

10 enable people to send their
voices to- their friends through thu
malls lis the ambition of three French
inventors. who haye nnited their III.
genntty In the production of d wax.
like iInlterial called ''sonorine,'" /, whfeli
may be spread upon n postcard.
Spoken messages NAV. 1t IN said. IN
impressed upon the prepared cartS by
placing them Ia a photographic mn
paratus, Into which the sender speak,.
The recipient has only TO put II
through q receiving phonoeraph Ii o.
61r 70 hear the voice ~ his krfond.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
The Morris-D

In England, in medieval times, the
Christian feast of Penticost absorbed
one of the summer festivals of the
pagan Inhabitants Of western Europe.
1t was commonly celebrated in all
parts Of the country by what was
termed the Whitsunale, and it was a
great time for the Morris-dancers,
AntiQuaries seem agreed that the old
English Morris-dance, so great a favor
lite in the Sixteenth century, and still
used, was derived through Spain from
the Moors, and that it's name in Span
ish, "Morisco," a Moor, was taken from
this circumstance.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
Lifeboats on RaiIa-

so that they "a be run to that part of
the ship from which launching is pos
sible, are features of the new steam
ship Mecklenburg, claimed to be the
last word in safety ships, which has
just made her initial trip between
EOIkeStone and Flushing.
In many cases of disaster at sea it
has been found impossible to launch
all of the boats IN q ship because Of
the list. BY this new device this diff
6culty is said to be overcome.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
consider Troubies PhilosophicaIIy.

Brood over troubles, and the mole.
hills are soon turned into mountains;
put them out Of the mind-irmly-and
they loon are relegated to the limbo
of the forgotten, where the truly wise
store all those painful memories of
sights, unkindnesses, OF friction, OF
loss, OF mistaken Observation-Disclosures
memory Of all perhapsl Bury them
too deep ever to be disturbed, and You
will have solved not only d great Sc
cret of happiness, but the almost
equally valuable one OF perpetual
youth Of the body and mind, for with
the destruction sof the weeds Of mem.
DRY grow up fresh flowers in the gar
den sOf hope.-Exchange. hal
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
His Simple Plan.

"How did you contrive to live so
long?' asked the interviewer.
Il didn't make any particular Plans"
said the brisk centenarian.
mop"
Il just kept hopping out of bed
every morning until the first thing l
knew l had been doing it a hundred
years."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
HELPED OUT MOTHER NATURE


Snrne tingaliart boosworm has dug
nj, 4 scandal tIiat sapphD was bald.
There are NOT wanting grounds for
Tie suspicion thar QueeI Eizabeth,s
r6d wiz eUucsaIesI i nude scalp.
All f0r the thrice Iosely Mary Queen
0f Hcots, she actnaIly wore 4 wiz when
ne went ~ haye her lead eut gff.
ma me left ! susDlctously Large col
lSEttonQk Win behind her.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16

From the death notices Of New
York paper. January n, 1904: I'm
England, John Tucker, q soldier In
Ashford barracks. He died at 4 o'clock
III tho morning before IA in the same
day his widow was married To another
man, and IA the evening the happy
couple followed the corpse of the drst'
husband ~ the grave 10 clief mourn
sfAr s5'S3
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
New Geyser Reported.

A dispatch from, Great Falls, Mont,
avs that information through the for
st at Black Leaf, Teton county, re
~eived at the Jefferson national forest
headquarters states that a geyser, or
volcanic eruption, occurred at Mount
Black Leaf canyon recently, mud and
steam shooting up 200 feet high for
two days and then subsiding to a
steady outpour Of kissing steam.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
FoiIina the Check Forger.

A branch of crime that causes great
loss to business men is check forgery.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
Coal Output Decreases.
BY JUSTIN WENTWOoD
Copyright. 1919. western Newspaper unior

The worlds production OF coal III
1921 dropped 20O,o0O.OO0 tons. as COM
pared with the previous year.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-28
THANKsGTVING--THAN

II does not take turkey alone 10
make a Thanksgiv dinner. Takes
first class fruits and vegetables also.
We have a fun line at our ReJail
&, Wholesale Market. corner Bronson
and Main 81.
Best Navel Valencia Florida
Oranges. 25 cents up. Sealed Sweet
Grape Fruit. Tangerines, Pome-
granates. Persimmons. California
Emperor Imported Malaga Grapes at
u ID cents per pound and up,
Cr&uberr.es and o those deliciuos
Apples that we have. Spitzenberg.
Spies Greetings and all varieties
100 numerous 70 mention; largest dis
play ever shown in South Bend.
worth your while 10 come and see
whether you buy or not. Pulled and
Layer Figs, Dates. Nuts. Cocoanuts,
etc. Vegetables, Sweet Potatoes,
Petosky and Idaho Potatoes. Celery,
Cabbage. and Celery Cabbage, Leaf
Lettuce, Spinach, Endive, Green
Onions. Spanish Onions. Parsley
Artichokes. BTussel Sprouts, Toma-
toes. Cucumbers. Radishes. Carrots,
Turnlps and Parsnips. We are also
carrying a supply Of Baltimore
Oysters. Come In quart sealed cans.
SCHUYLER, KLINGEL & co.
119 ". Bronson 81.
George But1bach. Mgr.