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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

Observation-Disclosures carry with them
that tinge Of tragedy that makes them
the more interesting.
Naturally there are quite a number
of thoroughly identified ghosts regis
tered in different parts Of the edifice.
The existence of the restless pilgrims
from another land is vouched for by
several of the employees of the build
ing, and while most of them are sup
posed to confine their operations tc
the basement, there are several who
are reputed to roam all over the
place. OF these there are tales both
pathetic and amusing. The antics OF
a very lively cat furnish a most
amusing tale.
When the body of President Gar
field lay in state at the capitol, an
old engineer, who was employed in
the basement, and who ridiculed the
idea of ghosts, decided to be revenged
upon the watchmen and policemen
who remained in the building through
the night. He procured two large
English walnuts and securely tied the
half shells on the four feet of the pet
cat and carefully turned her loose in
statuary hall. The noise of these
shells on the marble floors at mid.
night, in the semi-darkness as the dis.
tracted cat scampered about trying
to get rid Of her new shoes, gave the
watchers the worst fright of their
lives. The incident, though a harm
less joke, gave rise to the story OF
the spectral footsteps which follow all
in statuary hall after the building is
closed for the night.
The rotunda has it's own especla.
haunt. The prevailing belief in re
gard to this particular haunt is thai
on certain days, presumably anniver
saries, the bent and huddled up fig
ure Of a workman with his tools ma!
be seer fitting through this section
The foundation for this idea doubles!
arose from the account of the dealt
of a workman which occurred there
during the early days of the construc
ton Of the capitol. He lost his foot
ing upon a scaffold and was killed b.
the fall to the floor.
The wrath of John Quincy Adams
from all narratives on the subject
seems to be the one most often en-
cOuntered. At times it is alleged tina
he may be e e in s~tatuary hall, form
erly the old house of representative
and the scene of his death, accom-
panied by the whole congress of 1915
gathered in ghostly conclave. He i
also accredited with roaming about a.
parts of the capitol and may be see
at almost any time.
According to one of the many les
: ends which have been gradually az
cumulating eel since the buildin
: was completed, a corridor in the sci
ate wing basement has a frequer
ghostly walker of a foreign aspec
This tall, MISUNDERSTANDING ind
vidual is reported to confne his a.
~tivities to pacing up and down thu
particular ~passageway and giving
dignified military salute at frequer
e intervals. His identity is still a my
terry to the initiated in spiritual lor,
y but it is believed that it is the gho:
of Maj. L'Enfant, the talente
Frenchman who designed the city
Washington.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
Assisting the Good Cause.

A Bates county minister was hor'
rifed one Sunday to see a boy in the
rear of church pelting the hearers in
the amen corner with paper wads.
AS the good man looked at him the
boy cried out:
You tend to your preaching, mis-
ter: III keep 'em awaken
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

Eighth ST., Canon City, Colo, says:
Three years l suffered with rheuma-
tism, dropsy and kidney complaint,
and became utterly helpless. found re-
lief after using two or three boxes OF
Doan's Kidney Pills and kept on until
cured. Doan's Kidney Pills have
been a blessing to me-"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster.Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
Paris Adopts Tailored Hats.

The chapeau taileur is having al
astonishing vogue in Paris. So great
is the demand for this particular kind
of headgear that the leading Paris
designers and even those whose sDe
cialty until now has been the elabo
rate hat exclusively do not disdain to
devote some of their attention to it.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

blOating, etc., are
troubles that COM
monty come from
sick kidneys. Don't
mistake the cause
Doan's Kidney Pills
have cured thou
n of women af-
fiicted in this way
by curing the kid
neys. Mrs. G. Il.
Toresman, 113 S.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
Not.

"Jinx and a couple of us boys are
arranging for a little pleasure trip
next week"
Are US wives going along"
Il said a pleasure trip"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
A Dreadful Dilemma.

Guest-Won't you ask young Squalls
to rccite?"
Hostess-But l don't like recitn
tons.
Guest-Neither do l. But if the
young beggar doesn't recite he'll sing.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
Use Aliens Foot.

It is the only relief for Swollen Smart
ing, Tired. Aching, Hot. Sweating Feet
Ease, q powder to be shaken into the
shoes. Cures while you walk. At all Drug.
gists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Don't accept
dress, Allen S. Qlmsted, Leroy, N. u.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

Be promoted! Real Wrigley's Spear
mint with a spear on it promotes d.
gestion and sweetens breath.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

wise, WIN WHICH
to conjure up tales
OF other days
says a Washing
ton correspondent
Some of the tales
told by the old
employees of tha
building in refer
ence to these
ghosts are pictur
esque-OtherS are
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

Some preachers shout the glad tie
ings as though the. were a death
warrant.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

Words fail the average woman only
when she is about to attend her own
funeral.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

Dishonest but Industrious! Cheat deal
ers find it terribly hard work to sell
limitations of Wrigley's Spearmint.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

The limitations cost you just as much
as real Wrigley's Spearmint with a
spear on it!
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
Or. j. II. RINDLAUB (speciaIist),
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Fargo, N. D.
The Mean Thing.

my wife can cook" said the
benedict, proudly.
Don't worry! Maybe she WON'T
answered the bachelor.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

Time waits for no nan The only
chan who can beat 1t is the musician.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

The man who marries a %garrulcus
woman for her money seen begins to
realize the fact that money talks.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

Help yourself. Wrigley's Spearmint
helps digestion.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
GHOSTS IN CAPITOL
POPULAR BELIEF THAT HUGE
BUILDING is HAUNTED.
Employees Of the Building Are Espe
ciaIIy Emphatic in the DecIara-
tion-Wraith Of John Quincy
Adams a Visitor.

The big capitol building ON the hill
has it's ghosts, identified and other.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
WOMEN SUFFER NEEDLEssLY
Many Mysterious Aches and Pains Arc
Easily Cured.

Backache, pain through the hips,
dizzy spells, headaches, nervousness,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

Following a fad is a short cut to
folly.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
SOUR ST0M MACH

man. I have been a sufferer from dys-
pepsia and sour stomach for the last two
years. I have been taking medicine and
other drugs, but could find NO relief only
for a short time. I will recommend
Cascarets to my friends as the only thing
for indigestion and sour stomach ana to
keep the bowels in good condition.
They are very nice to eat"
Harry Stuckley. Mauch Chunk, Pa.
Pleasant, Palatable. Potent. Taste Good,
DO Good. Never Sicken, Weaken or Gripe.
loc, Csc, Soc. Never sold IN bulk. The gen.
uine tablet stamped &C.. Guaranteed to
cure or your money beck. 96
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-19
HI WIFE SAYS HcoEs.-
But It Sometimes 10 Bad for thu
Painting.

When q property-owner knows moth.
Ing about paint it is bad for the
property-owner, and bad for the PAIN.
er. 1t would not be so IL the property.
owner would always hire a skilled
painter. and then really leave every.
thing to him. But the HORSEPOWER 90
often fools himself on one or the other
OF these things.
The skilled painter In every commu,
nifty has some OF the most Incompetent
competitors that ever vexed a consc;.
entious workman or contractor. and
the incompetents get jobs generally by
working cheap. In the next place
when the skilled painter is hired, they
do not leave everything to him, as so
many property-owners boast they do.
They interfere most ignorantly and
most fatally. They insist sometimes
on using paint materials without in.
vestigating whether they are good or
not. Or perhaps they insist on the
painters hurrying the work.
Tn not going to have that painters
mess around my house a month" tbe
wife says, and what wife says goes
at the cost OF a lot Of wasted painting
money.
II the painter stays away a few
days to allow the paint to thoroughly
dry the owner says: THAT painters
%neglecting this work-guess he's side.
tracking me for Jones work. l won't
stand It,"
What chance does a painterhave to do
good work for a man who is continually
nagging at him and otherwise handi-
Gaping him without meaning 1t, of
course)? A poor job is the inevitable
result OF such interference.
Poor painting costs the ~houseowner
money-don't forget that. 1t might
pay you to get the practical paint
book, painting specifications and In.
strument for detecting paint adul-
terants, which National Lead Co. are
offering under the title of House
Owners Painting Outfit No. 10. Ad.
dress National Lead Co., 1902 Trinity
Bldg, New York City. This company
do not make paint (they leave that to
the painter to do) but they make
pure white lead ("Dutch Boy Painter
trademark kind, and they can tell
you how to save money by securing
durable painting.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-19

been a big strike in the Eclipse mine
and what was about given up as a
worthless property may o be worth
a million. They have tried to sup
press the news Of the strike until they
can buy In al much stock as they can.
They are paying so cents q share for
all they can get. You a see from
these clippings that the news got
into a couple of western papers in the
neighborhood of the mine. but these
papers do not circulate where any of
the eastern stockholders would see
Them"
Il don't see how it interests me that
Mehanty is going to make a stake"
Simpson broke in ~disgustedly. why
are you telling me all about his bust
-ness?"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-19
DIDN'T REALIZE
How Injurious Coffee Really Was.

|
Many persons go on drinking coffee
year after year without realizing that
1t is the cause of many obscure but
persistent ailments.
The drug-caffeine-M coffee and
tea, is very like uric acid and is often
the cause Of rheumatie attacks which,
when coffee is used h~ahitually. become
chronic.
A Washington lady said, recently:
Il am sixty-five and have had a good
deal OF experience with coffee. I con.
slider it very injurious and the cause
of many diseases. ! am + It causes
decay of teeth In children.
when / drank coffee l had sick
spells and stfll did not realize that
coffee could be so harmful. till about
q year ago ! had rheumatism In my
arms and fingers. got so nervous !
could not sleep. and was all run down.
A last, after finding that medicines
did me no good. / decided to quit cot
Tee entirely and try Postum. After
using II six months I fully recovered
my health beyond all expectations. a
sleep sound and my rheumatism is al,
gone" seTbere's a Reason
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich. Read the famous little
book. aThe Road Is Wellville, ? In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter: a new
nrssenuinea trues and fun Of human
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-19

I'm telling You because / happen tt
know where there is $4,000 shares O
Eclipse stock in one block and Mehanty
is trying his hardest to locate the maj
that's got it. The man that owns il
is the fellow who originally located
the claim. He's a drunken western
miner and sold out to Mehanty ant
his friends for i 1000 cash and this
50,O00-share block of stock. He's beer
On a six months jag, spent all of his
ready money and doesn't think his
stock would bring a ten-dollar note"
Hes where he can't get away from
us, but before l tell you where that is
you must agree to put up the money
to buy his stock and agree to give me
one-third of the profits"
"And what will the profits amount
to? What have We got to pay for the
stock?"
well I'm afraid he'll make us pay
a pretty stiff price now. He's as stub.
born as a mule and / foolishly went to
e him and asked him what he would
take to sell out. He was sharp enough
to scent that there might be some
thing doing and insisted on having
$4,000 for it. He ever threatened to
break my head when l made him an
offer of $4,000"
IF you are sure of being able to
land the stock for SIS, 900 and turning
it quick at so cents a share, that would
be $4,000, and q profit of $10,0 600
wouldn't be a bad days work, eh?"
unused Simpson.
"Oh, 1 can get it all right. You call
up the Office of the Eclipse Company
and find out what they will give for
$4,000 shares. You can find out that
they are good for any offer they may
make If you will look in your COM
mercial agency reports for their
rating"
I'll do better than that" replied the
astute MI. Simpson. .Tll get their
offer in writing" He then called his
office manager and directed him to
write a letter to the company asking
them for a firm bid for $4,000 shares
of Eclipse Mining Company stock, the
offer to be good for "a hours.
In less than half an hour a messen-
ger had returned with a written offer
of so cents a share and Simpson an
nounced that he was ready. to do bust
ness as Don as Danny Roberts would
produce the man with the stock.
Il can't bring him here, SO you'll
have to get the money and ONE with
me-" explained Danny.
And why can't you bring him
here?" was the half-surprised query
of Simpson.
Because he's locked up in the
Bridewell. You see the last big drunk
he indulged In he threatened to shoot
up a saloon and was fined 500 for
carrying aarevolver. He'd had quar-
rel with Alderman Mehanty directly.
after they made their trade because
Mehanty would not even lend him
money on hts stock. You rec the al
derraan thought 1t wasn't worth much
at that time. The man Is In prison
now serving out his time because he
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-19

Easy.
Once there was an old woman who
lived in a shoe. She had so man.
children that at first she DIDN'T know
what to do.
A friend of the family who hap.
pened to come along just then, how.
ever. made the following suggestions:
To put M of them in a factory.
To have a couple more operated on
and otherwise fused over by the doc.
tors.
To put a couple of them in a coal
mine.
To send one to a modern public
school.
To bring up another on a pure food
diet.
Which no sooner having been a
ried into effect than the old woman
settled down to a life Of easa and lone
someness.-New York Herald.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-19

yet did not offer the order for his 70
lease. They waited in a little reception
room while a guard brought out a sui
~len-looking individual whose face
seemed to wear a perpetual scowl.
you can go to the devil" was the
cheerful reply to Danny's proposition
to purchase the miners stock. 81
told you yesterday that you'd have to
pay SIS, 1000. and I'll rot here before
I'll take a cent less"
you must like it here, and I guess
it suits You at that" was Danny's re
ply. But my friend here is willing
to buy, SO I've fixed your fine and now
you can come back to town with us"
Ten beautifully engraved and sealed
stock certificates that were a work of
the printers and engravers' combined
art once more changed hands that day
when Rowley Simpson had counted
them over and paid into the hands OF
Jack Cleland, alias Robert Downey,
bosom friend of Doc Floyd, sentenced
to the Bridewell through the pull of
Alderman Mehanty with the police de-
partment, Is clean, 81 1000 bills.
Hurrying back to his office, Rowley
parted company with Danny Roberts
telling him to come to him on the
morrow and receive his share of the
proceeds Of the deal. Mr.. Simpson
then entered his place of business and
dictated a short note to the Eclipse
Mining Company, asking them to re-
turn their check in payment for the
$4,000 shares of stock which be in.
closed. In a brief space of time the
messenger returned with a letter and
the package Of stocks. Mr.. Rcwley
Simpson read:
Dear Sir: If you win again look at our
offer you will perceive that 1t was for
stock in h Eclipse Copper Mining Co,
not h Eclipse Mining Co. We regret to
inform you that the stuff you have sent
us belongs in the '.cats and dogs list.
In which we have never in
terested ourselves. (Signed)
ECLIPSE COPPER MINING CO.,
L. Sullivan. Secretary.
Fresh from a Turkish bath, which
he had taken through necessity to
wash away. the prison faint, and
clothed all in new raiment, Jack Gle
land let himself into the High Rollers
club, where he met Col. Powley, Alder
Mehanty, Danny Roberts and Doc
Floyd.
I'm glad that sentence wasn't on
the level and I only had to stay in
that hole one night" growled Cleland,
as he noted the smiles Of his fellow
club members.
won't old Simpson try to get his
5000 back?" inquired Danny Rob.
erts, addressing his question to Floyd.
Il scarcely think So" was the reply.
AYou see he got what he paid for. No
one mentioned the word copper to
him. I've heard OF one little comma
making = whole lot of difference in i
court document. In this case we have
q whole word to fall hack on"
.Still, I don't think I'd better go
around to collect my third OF his
profits tosmorrow morniag.. replied
Danny.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-19

didn't even have 4 friend in this part
of the country who would give hin
the money to pay his fine. Come or
and il he wiliagree to sell, I'll pay his
fine on our way to the prison and get
an order for his release. He told me
when ! saw him that the stock was
locked up in his trunk at the lodging
house where he was stopping before
his arrest"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-19

share. The mine is making good and
I'm going to sell it out to the copper
syndicate at a good price before very
long. / was afraid the property was
never going to be worth anything. We
spent a lot of money on it and only
struck paying ore a few days ago.
expect to get par value of a dollar a
share for my rights in the mine"
"All tight, alderman. / will get
Danny to start right in here as head
clerk and will instruct him what
to do"
Alderman Mehanty introduced Floyd
to his nephew, Lawrence Sullivan, ex-
planning to the latter that his friend
Floyd was to direct the machinery of
the Office until further notice.
Danny Roberts fitted like a glove
his new job in the Office of the Eclipse
Copper Mining Company. While there
was no work for him to do there was
plenty to be done in the way of fol-
lowing out the instructions that Floyd
had given him. One part Of Danny's
program was to appear daily at the
main bucket shop owned by Rowley
Simpson. While this place was os-
tensibly a reputable brokerage office,
it was none the less a booklet shop,
pure and simple, where pikers in the
game of speculation poured more gold
into the Simpson Golfers. Danny be-
came a regular customer of the place.
And SO it came that it seemed but
natural when Roberts requested a
private interview with Simpson on a
matter Of Importance. This interview
was granted, but Simpson was cold
as an iceberg when Danny hung up a
distress signal, pleading that luck had
been against him and that he had
~oyerplayed himself in the bucket shop.
Simpson, seeming a request for a loan
or credit, was old Taciturnity's full
brother as the supposed clerk poured
out his tale of woe. He pricked up
his ears. however, when Danny men,
toned the name Of Alderman Mehanty.
9" don't suppose l would have been
trading here" Danny was saying, IF
I had known that you were back of
this oncer If old Mehanty knew it
he'd tie a can to me in a second and
a half. I'm glad now, though, that
I came here and got to meet you. /
don't love Mehanty any more than
you do, and we both know how he hates
you. / know all about how you beat
him to it on that West side real es-
tate deal and was glad of it. He's
about to put through something now
that will net him more than 100000
for his share in q quick transaction,
and ! can make something out of him
If I can get some one to come into the
deal with me-"
whats the proposition 2" was the
inquiry of Simpson, more than half
suspicious, as Danny knew he
would be.
ITS that copper property OF his
He's going to turn It over to the, syn
dictate at a big price lust as oon as he
can gather in d bunch Of stock that's
owned by some outsiders. There's just
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-19

Less than two hours after Rowley
Simpson had agreed to go into a deal
to make a few thousand dollars OF
Alderman Mehanty's money an auto.
mobile with two passengers drew up
in front of the gates Of the Bridewell
prison. Simpson and Danny asked to
see Prisoner Robert Downey, but az
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-19

A m~aidservant in the employ OF q
Brooklyn woman was left the other
day in charge of the children while
her mistress went for a long drive.
"Well, Mary" asked the lady, on her
return, "how did the children behave
during my absence? Nicely. l hope.
Nicely, ma'am," Mary answered.
'but at the end they fought terribly
together"
Flight! Mercy met why did they
fight?"
'"To Decide" said Mary, which was
behaving the best."-Harper's Weekly.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-19
LDERMAN

LDERMAN M 4
HANTY had a
crouch d e S e
enough to chop
with a cleaver.
More than once
that day he had
heard some wag
allude to the fact
that his old enc
my had scored
against him. Also
he had heard
some w~ell-intend-
~