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

e%loquence: the prosaic excursion con-
surles the time nee devoted to the
grand parade, ard the reckless chat
feur and careless street car motor
man usurp the place once proudly
held by the grand marshal.
So much has New York refrigerated
in patriotism the while she has been
advancing in material progress. But
she is not alone. The sad story is
tCld in every large city in the country.
Let a town begin to number its in
and it soon loses that community of
spirit necessary to concert of action
by its citizens. In the average Ameri.
can city today it takes more than the
hallowed memories Of the Fourth to
produce this concert of action.
Not so in the village and country
towns. There the spirit of rs still
lives and finds annual expression.
There the leading citizens Go not think
it beneath theiS dignity to celebrate
in the coed Cd fashioned way. In
most of these places bands play, can
o boom and the 'romp and parade
of Adams vision arouse the cheers
and enthusiasm of hundreds of thou
sands. in whom no city life has had
a chance to dull the wholesome Ameri-
can appetite for a GLORIOUS Fourth
Thrills the Heart.
And how they Go celebrate! If one
could only have taken a peep today
into tn villages and little cities of
the land he could verify the prophecy
Of john Adams in every word. Even
the suggestion of what went on there
thrills the heart of the business man
CT the metropolis and takes him back
in memory to his boyhood days IN his
native town.
For days the committee had been
at work erecting triumphal arches and
seeing that every home and store flew
tie Stars and Stripes. The local ar
til!ery company had placed its guns
on the hill. and as dawn broke Sleepy
heads were aroused by the booming
out of the national salute. With the
last gun every boy and girl and youth
were out OF doors, tasting the delights
of burning gunpowder in f~recrackers
and toy cannon. By breal asst time
the sidewalks ere carpeted with red
shells CT crackers, and the odor OF
burning punk contended with the
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
Jimson Juice.

The chemist who will extract the
bleaching principle from the common
jimson weed and place it within reach
OF family and laundry use has a for
tune in store. 1t is a we'll known fact
that there is no better way of bleach
ing the family linen during washing
than by putting a few leaves Of jimson
into the boiler; but there is an OBJ
lection to this practice, as a very
unpleasant odor is the result. This
can be removed, however, by placing
the clothes in cold water and boiling
them, or by repeated rinsing, but all
this is troublesome, and therefore
many who know the value Of the
leaves do not use them.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
isn't 1t a Fact

That a cavalry man endorsed is the
most easily cowed?
That n can show his temper only
after he has lost it?
That a contractor should be called
upon to expand a house?
That no young man ever rose rap
idly till he had settled down?
That the plo wmust be soiled before
the soil can be plowed?
That a susceptible fellow is hard
est hit by the softest %glances?
That in everything Except base
ball) you mus strike out to make a
hit?
That many students cannot state
bald facts without splitting hairs?
That the papers often refer to a
mans double life as a singular career.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

etable Compound had helped her, and
l tried it, and after the third bottle
was cured."-Mrs. ALvENA SpERL1Na,
II Langdon Street, Chicago, Ill.
If you are i'll do not drag along at
home or in your place of employment
until an operation is necessary, but
build up the feminine system, and re-
move the cause of those distressing
aches and pains by taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs.
For thirty years it has been the stan.
dard remedy for female ills, and has
positively restored the health of thou
sandsof womenwho have been troubled
with displacements, inflammation, ul-
ceration, fbroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, bearing-down
feeling, 1latulency, indigestion, dizzi-
ness, or nervous prostration. Why
don't you try it?
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
EAGLES VOICE is STILL HEARD
Bird of Freedom Screams as Of Old, Just as John
A@a1ns Said.

On July 8, 1776. the day before the
Declaration of Independence was
adopted by the constitutional %
Eress, but the day after the decision
to adopt it had been reached in COM
mittee of the whole. John Adams.
leader Of the Massachusetts delega-
ton and the one man of all who had
tabored most ~assiduously for com
plete separation from Great Britain.
wrote from Philadelphia to his wife:
"The second day Of July, 1176. Will
be the most memorable epoch in the
history Of America. am apt to be-
iieve that it will be celebrated by sue
ceeding generations as the great an
adversary festival. 1t ought to be
commemorated as the day Of deliver
nee by solemn acts of devotion to
God Almighty. 1t ought to be solem-
nized with pomp and parade, with
shows. games. sports, bells. bonfires
and Examinations from n end of this
continent to the other, from this time
forward forevermore.
You will think me transported with
enthusiasm, but l am not. l am we'll
ware of the toll and blood and treas
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
Chased and Killed by a Buzzsaw.

Walter Terry, a woodsaw operator,
was pursued and cut down by a wood
saw insecurity fastened that broke
away from a wagon bed on which it
was mounted at Ashland, Or.
The saw was whirling at a high rate
of speed, and when it broke from its
%fastenings it ran at Terry, who fed.
The saw overlook him and ripped his
back for a long distance and COM
pletely severed his right leg just be,
low the knee.
Terry was taken to the hospital at
Ashland, where everything possible
was done for him, but he died within
thirty minutes.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

smell of powder for a monopoly of the
air.
Toy pistols cracked. toy cannons
Numbered, niger chasers' sizzled
and torpedoes made elderly men jump
and urchins howl with glee. And just
as this joy begins to pail, the tread
of martial feet and the r~ub-a.dub-dub
Of the drum corps betokened the be-
ginning of the parade.
All, it is fine! My paw" is the
grand marshal and yours is the chief
aide. Respondent in red, white and
blue sashes, they caracole through the
streets, their horses dancing at the ex-
plosions, and issue martial commands
through real speaking trumpets.
The line is formed at last, and away
goes the procession, the village band
at its head, every menber bursting
with music and patriotism. All too
He calls upon the parson, who makes
the opening prayer, and then the band
plays Hail Columbia"
Next the immortal Declaration is
read. Young Mr.. Smith, who hopes
to be nominated for the legislature in
the fall, has been selected for the hon
or. In uncomfortable looking frock
coat, tightly buttoned, and with a
mien serene and earnest, he advances
to the reading desk and tenderly and
reverently lays thereon the book con.
tanning the Declaration.
While the audience is applauding he
pours out carefully and drinks osten.
tatiously a glass of water. Then
clearing his throat and loosening his
collar band. he reels off in high, pierre.
ing treble the rounded periods of JEFF
ferson, beginning, when In the course
of human events" etc.
The small boys do not understand
but they reverence it. They wish sew
eral times either that Jefferson had
written a shorter declaration or tina,
the perspiring Mr.. Smith would lowe,
his voice. but the end comes at las,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

dancing through the air, and pin
wheels as big as barrel ends scatter
sparks far and wide. The band plays
a few tunes, and the delightful day
closes with the greatest bit of fire.
works eve made-the set piece show
ing the portrait of the president of the
United States in living fire.
That is a Fourth of July such as
John Adams foresaw in his prophecy
of July 8. 1916, and such as he saw
realized on many a Fourth before he
died. But if once sought nowadays
for such, he must go, not to the great
cities, but far from the madding
crowd" in the country villages, where
the crystal spring of patriotism still
Eu!h'es pure and undefiled.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
WON'T MIX
Bad Food and Good Health Won't Mix,

The human stomach stands much
if you give it bad food.
If you feed right you will feel right,
for proper food and a good mind is the
sure road to health.
"a year ago became much alarmed
about my health for l began to suffer
after each meal no matter how little l
ate." says a Denver woman.
Il lost my appetite and the very
thought of food grew %distasteful, with
the result that l vas not nourished
and got weak and thin.
My home cares were very heavy, for
besides a large family OF my own l
have also to look out for my aged
mother. There was no one to Shout
der my household burdens, and come
what might, | must bear them, and
this thought nearly drove me frantic
when I realized that my health was
breaking down.
81 read an article in the paper about
some n with trouble just like mine be-
ing cured on Grape-Nuts food and act
ing on this suggestion l gave Grape
Nuts a trial. The first dish Of this
delicious food proved that had struck
the right thing.
MY uncomfortable feelings in stom-
ach and brain disappeared as if by
magic and in an incredibly short space
of time I was myself again. Since
then I have gained u pounds in
weight through a summer of hard
work and realize I am a very different
woman, all due to the splendid food,
Grape-Nuts."
There's a Reason" Trial will prove.
Read the famous little book, The
Road to Wellvilie," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter.: A new
n appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
Anterasl
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
Method Of a Snake Killinu Dou.


Edward Mccoy of this city, who is
in charge of a gang of men engaged
n peeling bark on the mountains adj
jacent to Granville. reports that Tow
ser, the camp dog, killed a six-foot
tlacksnake. The dog is a peculiar
specimen, wit hthe trai lof kindness
+ o children, but loathing a snake.
The dog circled round and round
his coiled up snakeship just beyond
striking distance. darting backward
end forward as opportunity appeared
to afford, until finallp the snake was
caught off it's guard, and grasping it
back of the neck he shook it as ater-
rier would a rat. On examination it
was found that the reptiles back was
broken in three places.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
PATENTS.

List Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & Johnson,
patent lawyers, 910 Pioneer Press
building, st. Paul. Mimi: NJ. Berg,
Battle Lake, Mimi, valve gear; R.
Carter, Rush City, Mimi, game ap-
paratus; A. F. Cralle, Aberdeen, S.
d., %extensible ladder; j. Henry, Grand
Forks, N. D., grain door for cars; ].
A. Larson, Hawley, Mimi, belt guide
and thrower; j. A. Linn, VerHillion,
S. D., child's folding bed; E. McClin-
took, st. Paul, Mimi, relay.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

operation. I had
already had two
operations, a n d
they wanted me to
60 through a third
one. l suffered day
and night from in.
hammatiOn and a
small tumor, and
never thought of
seeing a we'll day
again. A friend
told me how Lydia
E. Pinkham'S Veg
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
Uncertaintv,

Most men make the voyage Of life
as if they carried concealed orders
which they were not to open till they
were fairly in mid-ocean.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
THIRD
By Lydia E. Pinkham'sVe
etable Compound

Chicago, III. II want to tell you
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for me. l was so sick
that two of the best doctors in Chicago
said / would die if I did not have an
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

Don't delay! Wrigley's Spearmlnt Is
waiting for you with a spear on the
wrapper. It's fine for digestion.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

Barring wedding presents, it may
be nor blessed to give than it is to
receive.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

House square and there disbands. In
the stand draped in red. white and
blue sit the elder statesmen of the
town. Massed about are the wives
and sweetheerts, decked out in their
summer finery.
And Then the Band Played.
A tall mar in the center of the stand
arises and calls for order. He is the
president of the day, and most likely
the president Of the village as well.
ure that it will cost us to maintain
this declaration and support and de-
fend these states. Yet through all the
gloom I can see the rays of ravishing
light and glory. l can see that the
end is worth mor than all the means,
and that posterity will triumph in that
days transaction, even though we
should rue to it, which I trust in God
We shall not"
While posterity has chosen to cele-
brate the Fourth instead of the second
OF July, the fact remains that this re-
markable prophecy, penned 131 years
ago, has been abundantly fulfilled by
q nation whose greatest anniversary
festival has always been and still is
she day of independence. But if John
Adams could revisit his native land
today he would speak in vain in the
large cities for the "pomp and pa
rade,' the SHOWS, games, sports, bells,
bonfires and illuminations" which his
prophetic vision pictured among the
perennial features of the nations
birthday.
"Pomp and Parade" Lacking.
Time was, and not SC many years
ego. when he would have found
Father Knickerbocker on the job ev-
cry Fourth, but nowadays the "pomp
and parade" are lacking, and the cele-
bration is left to the small boy with
his f~1recrackers and blank cartridges.
Gone are the days of the old-fash.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

Shifting the blame for sin does not
uproOt it's sowing.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

Mrs. Windows Soothing syrup.
or children teethiIg, softens the gums, reduces IN
Gllays pain, cures wind collie. &c q bottle.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

The glory of love is that it never
knows it's own cost.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

The mosquito isn't a prohibition.
list, yet he wants the bars removed.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02
PERRY DAVIS PAINKILLER

is IAN ounce of prevention as we'll as
pound of cure" For bowel troubles ski
wounds. colds and other Ills. 35c and soc size:
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toned celebration; gone the resonant
iunged orator, who was wont to make
the eagle scream" gone the piping
voiced political %neophyte, who read
the Declaration to admiring throngs;
gone the .glittering procession, the
early morning salvo of cannon, the
might spectacle of fireworks on a large
scale.
The holiday alone is left. The stri-
dent voice of the baseball umpire
shakes the air once rent with patriotic
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-02

WE Z CREAM f OCR PRICE
Miller & Holmes. st. Paul. MINI.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-01-01
Tn. Irritating Mississippi.

The Mississippi Is the greatest fri
tant In the United States. Its tickle
ness, conscious powe. and haunting
eddies bring oaths to the lips of the
most respectable and law abiding resi-
dents along its lower course. The
greatest admirers Of the river, the peo-
pie who sing its praises with the most
emphasis, are the ones who go Off on
a tangent of temper quickest when
they find a new caving Of river bank
headed toward the newest and most
expensive levee. built to protect great
plantations, while just across the
stream rise worthless bluffs and useless
sand bars. Talk to Mississippi river
man-shanty boater, pilot, raftsman,
plantation owner or city merchant-and
he will brag about the river wonders.
Its bigness charms him and makes him
feel large and elated. Bring him
around to his own experiences with
1t, and suddenly a shade Of resentment
crosses his face as he recalls a shanty
boat wrecked by a cyclone, a steam
boat snagged, raft torn up In some
bend. a plantation undercut and wash
ed away or a seasons trade spoiled by
an overflow and crevasse.
1--WE love the river, damn it,! is
literal expression.-R. S. Spears in At
lantic.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-01-01
Beaten at His Own Game.

"A few days SINCE" relates a solicit
or, las was sitting with my friend D..
In his Office a man came in and said:
"'Mr. W., the livery stable keeper
tricked me shamefully yesterday, and
I want to be even with him.
estate your case said d.
"T asked him how much he'd charge
me for a horse to go to Richmond. He
said half sovereign. took the
horse, and when / came back he said
he wanted another half sovereign for
coming back and made me pay it.
I'D. gave his client some legal ad-
vice, which he Immediately acted upon,
as follows: He went to the livery
stable keeper and said. How much
will you charge for a horse to Wind
sorY
1.-THE man replied, "A sovereign
"Client accordingly went to Wind
sor, came back by rail and went to the
livery stable keeper, saying:
"'Here is your money paying him a
sovereign.
"'Where is my horse?' said w.
Hes at Windsor answered the
client. I hired him only to go to Wind
sor.' "-Pearson's Weekly.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-01-01
kuRIos FROM CORRESPONDENT

Q. sold gentleman fifty White
Wyandotte eggs. and he wrote me that
he got but three chicks from the lot
and the rest were rotten. / went down
to his place and found his hens set
right in with the layers, and the brood
les were disturbed all day. Hatched
lots of chicks from the same eggs. He
claims the eggs were rotten and
therefore infertile. / claim the oppo-
site. Now. we wish you to settle the
dispute and will abide by your deci.
sion.
A. All authorities agree that infer.
tiles do not get rotten.
Q. Which variety of fruit do you
consider best for the poultry yard, and
when should 1t be planted?
A. The plum is best The plums are
generally picked before fall. and the
hens destroy the curculios. In Pennsyl-
vania we plant in fall.
Q. l set fifty goose eggs in my incu-
bator, and at the end of two weeks
they smelled so loud I had to throw
them out. Was it the incubator or the
eggs?
A. The eggs were ancient.
Q. read great deal about trap
nests. I would like to use them, as
desire to Gull out the drones and breed
from the best layers. Do they open
and release the hen when she is
through laying?
A. No. You rntrap your hens about
every forty minutes If your flock is
good sized.
@. I am DESTROYS of entering birds Mt
country fairs. What are the condi-
tons?
A. You pay the entry fee and do no
knocking If you get left.
Q. An oval shaped bug, brown in
color and with head underneath. is in
my pigeon loft. No one around here
ever had 1t before. What is 1t, and
what exterminates It?
A. Tick. Scrape and scrub the loft
and spray with benzine. Examine
pigeons and touch ticks with benzine.
If you pull the tick off, the head sticks
and pigeon often dies.
@. am way out in Oklahoma and
am starting in the turkey business and
would like to know which Is the most
popular, healthy and heavy. We've
lots of grasshoppers and prairie, and
the latchstring's out.
A. The Mammoth Bronze leads.
Congratulations on your star joining
the galaxy. If we get the chance We'll
steer our airship your way and help
you carve a forty FOUNDER.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-01-01
Commissioners Notice

In the matter OF the estate OF Frank O. Ben.
nett, deceased.
We, the undersigned. having been appointed
by the Hon: Matthew Bush. Judge OF Probate
IN and for the County OF Shiawassee State OF
Mlenlgan, commissioners to receive. examine
and adjust all claims and demands Of all per
sons against said estate, do hereby give notice
that we will meet at the residence of the late
DECEASED IN the township OF Fairfield in sac
airy, A. I'D. 1909, and on Monday the 18th
day Of April A. d. 1909. at ten O'Clock
IN the forenoon OF each OF said days.
Tor the purpose OF receiving and adjusting all
claims against said estate and that four
months from the 10Th day of December A d. 1905
are allowed TO creditors to present their claims
10 SAID commissioners for adjustment and al.
lowance.
Dated, the 10th day Of December, A. ID. 1908
HARRY r DUNBAR,
WILLIAM T. REED.
Commissioners
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-01-01
A Queer Test.

The grocer said to the applicant:
"Your references are good. Show
me your style of weighing out five
pounds of sugar. There's the scales"
The applicant wreathed his face IN
the amiable smile all statesmen wear
and weighed out the sugar with dis
patch and accuracy. He put on too
little sugar at first; he added gently a
full half pound before the scale bal
anced.
you'll do" said the grocer. You
understand the scale trick. 1t is plain
that you learned your trade in the
thorough old school way"
"Yes, SIR" the other answered. AZ
learned in the country, and almost my
first lesson was that in weighing. You
must add, add, add, till the beam tips.
because all that adding pleases the GUS
tomer-seems to him almost like gift.
But it, on the contrary, you substract
from the quantity on the scale the
customer is affected in the opposite
way-you seem to be robbing him. He
goes away convinced that you are a
stingy cheat."-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-01-01
BOYS WILL Be BOYS.

You bet boys make an awful noise
And slam the kitchen door
And let the flies come In the house
And track mud on the floor.
They play horse 'mong the fiowerpots
And take toads long to bed
And twist themselves all into knots
And stand round on their head.
They take drop into the well
And climb to the housetop;
They sling "a ling the front doorbell
And let the baby drop.
They play circus and sli.n the cat
And crack the window panes;
"Toot, toot!' across the best carpet
They run their express trains.
They tear their pants and stub their
toes
And cut their shoes and rip their hose:
They hook the cakes and smear the
jam.
There. hear the doors - slam, slam.
SLANT
But, mother, keep your slipper on.
Keep sweet. dad, amid the noise.
IT'S of such stuff great men are made.
For "boys will be boys"
c. NJ. B.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-01-01
Got Even.

81 had q woman enemy once" said
the shabby actor "She was leading
lady In the company when I was lead
ing man. On the stage we were lovers,
but off the stage we didn't even speak
when we met ''Tis true, tits pity, and
pity it's it's true"
~ had one scene with her in which
had to clasp her in my arms, sir,
while her head sank upon my breast.
wore a frock coat and a beautiful
light satin scarf. And what did that
woman do?
"She used, of course, to make up with
grease paint, and when her head sank
upon my breast she would rub her
cheek against my tie, and-well, light
satin tie, sir, with red grease paint on
1t Is not thing Of beauty. had to
buy new tie for every performance.
"For five nights ! stood 1t, but re-
venge is sweet On the sixth evening
filled my scarf with pins. points out,
and when my lady rubbed her cheek
against my breast
"Sir, have you ever seen an under
done steakT'-London Express.