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The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
Sewing Club

In Albany, n. Y, a very pretty idea
for a sewing club was carried out last
winter by nine young ladies' They met
every Friday evening, taking their own
sewing, and always accompanied. if
possible, by their mothers. Each one
sewed as much or as little as she de-
sired. and there was generally music
or reading. Simple refreshments were
served by the hostess Of the evening.
but nothing elaborate was allowable.
Once during the winter they had a
supper, and at another time sleigh
ride But the most delightful part Of
their program was the charming asso-
ciation of mothers and daughters that
is too often overlooked in our social
plans. The Oldest member of the club
was over 20 and the youngest IS
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
Rhythm in Nature

"Buzz-z-z," said the golden bees,
They meant they were too busy;
l watched a spider spin a web,
Until my head grew dizzy
Plunge. went the freckled frog,
saw the. waters dimple,-
l heard the eawing of a crow,
His story seemed so simple.
Sweet sang the robin red;
mo sweeter'' teased the sparrow,
/ saw a pigeon wing its flight
As straight as flies an arrow
king rang the pasture chimes.
I love their silvery tinkle;
The golden coined bright dandelions
The fields and pastures sprinkle
'Honk," came a distant call
The wild goose mate is crying;
1 watched a lowering kinghsher-
Low Ger the small pond flying
An acorn fell-that frisky squirrel
He's thinking of the future;
1 learned upon my country walk,
There's rhythm in all nature.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
Influence

A little bit of sunshine.
A gentle shower of rain
A little cloud and shadow
And then the sun again.
A little bit of melody
AS brides sweetly sing
A bursting forth of verdure
And then the welcome spring.
A kindly word of welcome
May bring TO you a friend.
A little loving sympathy
May cruel sorrow end,
A little help you've given
To some one in distress
Unconsciously may carry
The laurels Of success.
And loving smiles from you. dear,
Or whispered words of love
Shall raise me from life's pitfalls
To spirit realms above
1t fills with pure endeavor
This troubled soul of mine
And bind il. dear. forever
In perfect love TO thine.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
Under the Greenwood Tree

Under the greenwood tree,
Who loves to lie with me,
And tune his merry note
Unto the sweet birds throat.
Come hither. come hitler, come hither;
Here shall he see
No enemy,
But winter and rough weather.
Who doth ambition shun.
And loves TO lie i the sun,
Seeking the food he eats 4
And pleased with what he gets,
Come hither, come hither, come hitherI
Here shall he see
No enemy
But winter and rough weather
William Shakespeare
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
Ingenious Johnnie

Mother had a bright red apple which
she wished to give to the children at
the same time teaching the little
brother a lesson in generosity. John
ME had a peculiar fondness for apples
Calling him to her side she said,
Now, dear, mamma has a nice, rosy ap-
pie to give you, and she wants you TO
be generous" That word was not in
Johnnie's vocabulary, so he said.
Mamma. what do you mean by being
generous?
"Oh, dear, that means you are to
divide the apple into two parts and
give sister the larger"
Johnnie was silent. Suddenly his
face frightened as he handed the ap-
pie to his mother, saying, Mamma -
give it to sister and tell her to be gen
erous"-The Delineator.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
Wishing

Do you wish tie world were better?
Let me tell you what to do;
Set a watch upon your actions,
Keep them always straight and true;
Rid your mind of selfish motives.
Let your thoughts be clear and high;
You can make little Eden
or the sphere you occupy.
Do you wish the world were happy?
Then remember day by day
Just TO scatter seeds of kindness
AS you pass along the way;
For the pleasures of the many
May be ofttimes traced to one
As the hand that plants the acorn
Shelters armies from the sun.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10

Her Malady

It's been the awfuleSt longest while
My mothers been away
You see, my grandma's pretty sick,
And don't get well so very quick;
Course mother has to sty-
Aunt Nan is kind. but she don't maks
The rightest kind OF curls,
Or know just how to button me.
She isn't used to IL, you see
She has no little girls.
And father. well, he doesn't know
Just how I go to bed.
He gets things all hindside before.
And hangs my clothes UP by the door,
Away above my head
Now, mother always puts them cross
My little willow chair:
That's pretty comfor BILE. think
She brings me something nice to drink,
And then she braids my hair.
But father sometimes he forgets
To wash my hands and face.
And he can't ever remember where
He stopped in telling bout the bear:
He just forgets the place.
There's something father does I like,
When have said my prayers;
He tells me stories in the dark:
harki
And lovely creepy scares-
But then when have snuggIed down.
All confoTbly in bed
I wish that mother would come in,
And cuddle me, and- then begin
To sing and smoove my head
OF course Aunt Nan and father do
Their best-I know they've tried;
And every body's very kind
try my hardest not to mind.
But something aches inside.
I don't believe it's homesickness
That makes my eyelids prick;
I wish I knew what tbs I've got
Course, homes right here-but moth.
er's not,
/ believe I'm mothersickl
Edna Kingsley Wallace in The
Century
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
How He Corrected the Sentence

Father. Miss West gave US each a
sentence to correct. and mine was. I
went to the tonsoriaI parlors to get
hair cut" "And how did you correct
it?H asked the father. why. I corrected
it the only way you could correct it. of
course; and Miss West laughed when
she read it, and then she read it aloud,
and every one in the class shouted.
They didn't know it was my sentence.
but / did, But what did you writer"
why, father What would any one
write? / wrote. went to the tonsorial
parlors to get my tonsils cut, of
coursei'-Youth's Companion.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
Police Dogs

AS a result of the successful work
of the 10 Belgian hounds doing police
work in Brooklyn, their working hours
have been heightened and their beats
will be extended. Police records show
that since the advent of the dogs. about
year ago, the number of burglaries
has been reduced at least so per cent.
They previously occurred at the rate of
about three a week.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10

infusion of certain roots and a solu-
ton containing camphor, caoutchouc
and rosin. The sheets formed from the
pup are calendered at various tenn
peratures The paper is light, wash
able and very difficult to tear. 1t is
used to initiate leather and India rub
Der, and for a great many purposes
Scientific American
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
ScotIand's Strange Birds

From the small island of st. Kilda,
off Scotland. 10000 young gannets and
an immense number of eggs are annu-
ally collected, and, although this bird
lays only one egg per annum and is
four years in obtaining it's maturity its
numbers do not diminish. Obviously
such birds must reach a great age or
they would long ago have been ex-
Terminated
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
The Blossom

Merry, merry sparrow,
Under leaves SO green,
A happy blossom
Sees you, swift as arrow
Seek your cradle narrow
Near my bosom.
Pretty, pretty robin.
Under leaves so green.
A happy blossom
Hears you sobbing, sobbing.
Pretty. pretty robin.
Near my bosom.
William Blake
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
Waterproof Paper

japanese waterproof paper is made OF
fbers Of bamboo and eucalyptus, mixed
with fbers Of the gampi and other
shrubs The lbers are torn apart
dried. cleaned. scraped. boiled In weak
lye and washed with water. They are
then beaten and mixed with a viscous
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-09-17
SUMMARY OF NEWS
CONVERSATIONS OF THE MORE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS.
BOTH At HOME AND ABROAD
General, Political, Religious, Sporting,
Foreign n Other Events Re-
corded Here and There.
Foreign.

w. w. Russell, American minister,
received from the Venezuela foreign
office a check for s59.375, which is to
zuela company.
A cable message. asking American
support for the Swedish strikers, was
received in New York by c. E. Tholin
n John Sandergren. two of their
delegates who arrived on August "a.
Baron Kagora Takahira. Japanese
ambassador at Washington. who was
called home by the government to at.
tend a conference on various import
ant international matters. arrived in
Toxic and was warmly welcomed at
Shimbashi station.
The sultan of Turkey left Constan.
tinople on board the imperial yacht for
Brusa, Asia Minor. He was accompa.
MED by the heir apparent. the princess
and the grand viZier.
The west wing of the parliament,
building at Toronto was completely
destroyed by a fire. The loss to the
building is about 500, 900. fully GOV.
cred by insurance, but the fine Mo-.
wat law library, n of the best col
lectiOns in the Dominion, is a total
loss, with no insurance.
A number of men on strike III
Stockholm have received notice to
leave their homes October l unless
they return to work in the mean
time. The unions have issued a
proclamation that no strikers are to
pay rentals due in October. The
strike leaders maintain it will be
impossible to turn thousands OF
families into the streets.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-09-17

New York, Sept. 10.-With the pass.
ing of F.. H. Hartman from the rea,m
of business, where he had long Occu-
pied a prominent position achieved by
remarkable genius and intense energy,
the attention of the hosts of his friends
and admirers turned today to the
stricken family in the silent house on
Tower Hill at Arden.
The magnificent courage with which
Mr.. Hartman faced the unconquerable
Enemy was characteristic Of the man
and stirred the emotions, not only of
those who had been close to the rail-
Dad financier but elected tributes
from men who a been his opponents
in the business fray. Almost to the
very last the mind of the man, who
had never given in to defeat, contin-
ued actively directing the great bust
ness he had built. His last instruC-
tons We're delivered to a subordinate
only a few hours before his death.
A "Self-Made Man."
Edward Henry Hartman, who, by
the sheer force of his indomitable will
merged and made himself king of the
ties and the steel rails-65, 900 miles Of
American railroads-described himself
in an interview once as a "self-made
man."
Hartman was born in the ~rectOry
of the Episcopal church at Hampstead.
l.. l., a few miles from New York. His
father was the late Orlando Hartman.
jr.. rector of the little village church.
His salary was stipulated in the con-
tract with the church at 5000 a year;
thn salary WAS NOT ALWAYS maid. Min
lister Harriman's parishioners let it
fall into rrears, and there We're no
ravens to bring him food. On the
promised salary of less thar 81 a week,
this gOOdly minister sought to bring
up a family of six sturdy children
with normal appetites. 1t was a ter
rible burden, n most of it fell upon
his wife, the mother Of the flock. Oft
entimes bread and water made up the
meal of the family; prisoners in peni-
tentiaries mutiny when offered so lit
tie.
Today the little church is replaced
by a magnificent edifice, richly en-
bowed. 1t is Edward Henry Harri-
mans monument to his pious father,
and his Woodworking mother.
Al a business man Hartman Is de-
scribed as cold, calculating and re-
pellant: self-cOntained and seeking
few friends and no c%ontidants. He was
slight in stature, keen to a remarkable
degree; far-seeing. hopeful and cour-
ageous. In his own home and among
his own family he is considered to
have been a model OF aRecttOnate
fa%therhood and cOnjugality.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-09-17
EDWARD H. HARTMAN.

Born February %. 1S4S, Hemp
stead, l.. l., n of six children of
an Episcopal clergyman in poor
financial circumstances.
Had only two years education,
received in church schools.
Was an office boy at IA, a clerk
at is, sharing profits in the con-
cern; and at % had purchased a
seat in the New York Stock ex-
change.
At % married Miss Mary Averill,
of Rochester, N. Y.
At 40 became vice president Of
the Illinois Central railway.
At so began reorganization of
Union Pacific road.
At 60 vas recognized leader
among railway men of the United
States-the "wizard" of railway
finance, and worth perhaps $780,
600, 600.
Afflicted with cancer, for treat
men of which he had been to Eu-
rope. returning in August.
Died September 8, 1909, at his
summer home, near Arden, n. Y.
Funeral obsequies, Sept. II. 1909.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-09-17

Charles w. Morse, the financier re-
GENTLY released from the Tombs prison
,nder $125. 900 bail, has begun his ef-
'orts to rekabilitate his fortunes.
September 20 is the day that Presi-
lent Taft is scheduled to be in
Omaha.
Lieutenant Benjamin D. Foulois OF
the signal corps, has been detailed to
represent the wal department at the
International a~eronautical conference
to be held at Nancy. France. Septem-
Der 1924. He will sail for Europe on
September s.
Panama has just paid Uncle Sam
81, OOO for ~mistreating Americans.
A deputation representing all OF the
pulp and paper manufacturers and all
Of the Canadian owner of rights to
cut timber on crown lands in the
province of Quebec, called upon Prem
Ter Gouin and asked the government
to prohibit the export OF pulp wood to
the United States.
The Burlington has decided to
make war in earnest with some OF
the other lines anu
to thai end. in addition to a fast
train to Seattle from Chicago, will re-
duce the running time two hours on
fast Chicago-Denver trains, Nos. l
and s.
DR.. Cook. the American explorer.
reached the north pole April 81. 1908,
according to a telegram received at
the colonial Office in Copenhagen.
The message was received from Ler-
wick. Shetland Islands. Details are
awaited with much interest.
William Jennings Bryan was the
principal speaker at exercises in Wa
terloo, Ill.,. in celebration Of the found
ing 100 years ago of the Bethel Baptist
church. the first protestant church in
Illinois.
The secretary of the interior will
open bids at Denver. Colo, October
IS at the office OF the reclamation
service for building the Pathfinder
dixie in connection with the North
Platte irrigation project in Nebraska
and Wyoming.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-09-17
General.

The state department is watching
political events in Mexico with some
concern.
King Frederick of Denmark is a
believer in DR.. Cooks claim that he
discovered the north pole.
At Monroe, Ia, nineteen persons
narrowly escaped death in the burn
ing of a boarding house. Many guests
were forced to jump from the upper
windows and two were seriously in
iured.
E. Lefevre, the French aviator, has
been killed by a fall from his aero
plane, in which he was practicing over
the aviation field in France.
Lord NOrthcliffe, owner of the Lon.
don Times, in an interview at Winni-
peg, Man.. predicted war between
Germany and Great Britain. He said
in TIE krupp gun works alone, one
hundred thousand men are working
night and day and on Sundays pre-.
pairing for war.
Right on the heels of DR.. Cooks dis.
covery vas flashed the word from
Lieutenant Peary that he, too, had
located the north pole.
Captain Bartlett of the Roosevelt i'll
a message says the Peary party got no
trace of Cook.
DR.. Cook received the news of Pea
rvs discovery of the pole, and said
he was glad to hear it.
There is political unrest in the
northwest owe the new tariff law.
Since 1853 seven hundred and fifty
five lives have been lost in hunting
the north pole.
President Taft will urge posta,
savings banks on next session of con.
gress.
Walter S. Bond of New York has
climbed Mt. Blanc from Chamonix in
nine hours. He thus broke the record
OF nine hours and a half made by
Morehead, an Englishman, in 1865.
Col. CELSIUS Price, son of Gen. Ster.
ling Price, and serving on his staff in
the civil war, died in st. Louis, aged
sixty-eight.
Cook, the explorer, says: LET
skeptics who disblieve go to the north
pole. There they will find a small
brass tube which | buried under the
flag. That tub contains a short state
ment about my trip. l couldn't leave
my visiting card because | didn't hap
pen to have one with me-"
The long pending controversy be.
tween the Southern Pacific Railroad
company and the government of the
United States relative to the right OF
the road to select indemnity lands
within the limits of the old Atlantic
and Pacific railroad grant will be de-.
termined by the supreme court of the
United States if a suit filed by the
railroad company in that court re.
Gently reaches a final issue there.
An advisory staff has been appointed
for temporary service in the special
work of the census.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-09-17
w Washington.

"Aptltude' as a characteristic OF
fitness for a naval career was made
the subject of observation during the
recent practice cruise of the naval
cadets. AS a consequence, Captain
BoWyer, the head Of the Annapolis
academy, acting on the reports of his
subordinates, has found it necessary
to report five midshipmen for separa-
ton from the service on account of
inaptitude.
Rear Admiral w. S. Cowles, chief of
the bureau of equipment of the navy
expressed his delight over the Peary
announcement. 1T was my under
standing" said Admiral Cowles, that
when he left here it was his hope to
reach the pole about this time. Peary
is a most deserving officer. He has
pursued his purpose under all sorts
Of adverse conditions.
To enable postmasters of the third
and fourth classes to attend the con.
vention of the National League Of
Postmasters of the United States, to
be held at Syracuse, n. Y, October 6,
I, and s, Postmaster General Hitch.
cock has granted them leaves Of alb
for as many days as may be
necessary, provided the amount does
not exceed fifteen.
The bureau of the census announced
that approximately three thousand
temporary clerks would be appointed
in connection with the work of taking
the thirteenth d%ecennial census. The
first examination will be held through
out the United States on October 3,
next Blank application forms and a
circular of instructions, the bureau
announces. may be obtained after Sep
tember 10 by addressing the civil SER
vice commission, Washington, ID. G..
A lot of old French junk that has
been accommodating along the line of
the Panama canal is about to be sold
oy the Isthmian canal commission.
The amount has been v%ariOusly estim.
ated at from $4,000 to 1870, 900 tons.
The postal deficiency for August
amounted to $4,000, 900 as compared
with half that amount for July. The
war department used over $12, 900, 900
tt4 as LHC ldoI Oll Willie llC
maintenance of the navy called for
4 little more than $4,000, 900.
The public debt, less the cash bal.
ance in the treasury at the beginning
of business September /, was
$1,0t7,211,0 900. This does not include
S~1,343,211.S 1863 in certificates and treas.
ury notes. which is offset by an equal
amount of cash in the treasury. The
recapitulation of the debt shows
s9l3,317,49 in interest bearing debt,
2.S14,475 in debt on which interest
has ceased since maturity and $780,.
4l1,144 in debt bearing no interest.
The federal circuit court at Chi.
cage made a ruling in what is known
as the Missouri river rate cases. 1t
favors the railroads.
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,Rumor Is Denied.

New York, Sept. lot was au-
thoritatively denied at the Office of
the Outlook today that a dispatch has
been sent to Theodore Roosevelt say
ing:
Keep it down. Crowded with Cook
and Peary."
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-09-17
Personal.

That rheumatism and nothing else
is the malady from which Associate
Justice William H. Moody of the
United States supreme court is suffer-
ing was the statement made a few
days ago.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, is in
Paris.
Lidji Jeassu, the crown prince of
Abyssinia, has invited Theodore Roose.
welt to a great elephant hunt, promis-
ing to beat up a white elephant for
mir, tn kill.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

He was interested I'm me only as
cog In the great machinery which
controlled this great corporation. AS
q man. I felt sure he would help me,
but as manager of the business. the
only capacity in which | could ap-
proach him, the strict demands OF
business organization made his help
Impossible.
AS stepped into the subway train
on my way to work, worried. tired
and discouraged, that awful feeling
of loneliness came over me which
comes only 20 one when in the midst
of a throng of people, feels that
there is no one to whom he can go.
At this juncture very fine looking
young man approached me and
placed in my hands a most attrac-
tive little circular, which read as
follows:
Money! Money! Money!
There is no disgrace I'm being in
need of money, but there may
be in not being able to get it.
We have it and you can get it
very easily, for our business is
making small loans. We pro-
cure loans for EVERY ONE"
railroad men, clerks. factory
employees, street car men. Office
employees, and all salaried peo-
Pile. Your promise to pay us is
all the security we require. II
does not matter whether you are
married or single, for we never
take a mortgage on furniture.
We loan from $40 to 5000 and
you can repay us in small week
ly or monthly payments to suit
your convenience. OUR RATES
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

low that no one should be without
money. All business and inquiries are kept
absolutely confidential and your employer or
fellow workman know nothing OF any transac-
tions made with us. We have brought happi-
ness and sunlight to many homes by loaning
a man enough to pay up many scattered bills
that were dragging him down. 1t does not
matter TO why, but II you are i'm need of
money, call on us today. If not, remember our
name and address,"
Tries salary loan.
TT HAT seemed to hit my case exactly I had read
Of great philanthropc organizations in the city
and felt sure that now had into contact
with their benehcent influence At the noon hour
sacrificing my lunch as | had been doing for sew
eral days for one of the kndnesses of fate is that
when one Is in trouble appetite bothers least 1
called at an office the one named upon the circu-
sympathy with seemed real She told me that
/ was only one OF a large army of laboring in
that great city who with the greatest care and the
most economic living. only able to meet the
necessary expenses of life. She told me that q
large number of my fellow employees had been in
exactly the same position and had been relieved
through the kind ministrations of her Office She
told that her boss had offices In a great many
of the large cities of the country that his work
of kindness and philanthropy known from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. / asked her III she could
loan me a sufficient amount of money TO pay the
doctor and the nurse. / assured her that my wife
would soon be well and with the assistance OF
Charley, oldest boy, she would soon be able
to take of the work. She took my name anI
address and the address and name of my employer
and promised me that, If | would fiji out a blank
which contained a large number of questions and
leave 1t with her she would do all in her power
influence her philanthropic employer to assist me.
The next noon again called upon the little lady
I first called her attention to what my friend had
told me concerning the danger OF loan sharks. She
only laughed and said: "Oh, yes. know what
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

Jney all say, put
don't you know
that some of the
most kind and
generous people
in all this world
are sometimes
shamefully mis-
represented" /
signed a large
number OF pa.
pers and to this
day l have not
been able to re-
member what
they were, for I
was so delighted
when / was sure
that / would re-
ceiVe the money
that the matter
of signing the pa
pers was of little
consequence. L
did start to read
one paper whicn
seemed to me to
be a little pecu-
liar, and / also
objected to sign
ing several blank
papers, but the
kind young won-
an suggested to
me that IL meant
nothing, only a
matter of form,
and that the pa
pers would per-
haps never be
used. I was
somewhat wor-