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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01
FATE AND THE FLETCHERS
Intervention That Made It Certain
Hour for Senator's Death Had
Not Struck.

Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Flor
Ida sought his berth one night on a
sleeping car on the way south from
Washington. Pulling back the cur
tains of a lower nine, he saw that his
bed was already occupied. .
Hi, there!" called the senator,
shaking the stranger by the shoulder.
The sleeper awoke and protested
angrily.
MY names Fletcher" explained
the statesman, "and this is my berth"
you've got nothing on me-" an
swered the other. MY names Fetch
er, and this is my BERTH
MY full name is Duncan U. Fetch
er," the senator elaborated.
SOS NINE" agreed the intruder.
"Ah, | see" said the senator, po-
litely. There must have been a mis-
take in reserving the same berth for
two men of the same name. "Tll go
into the next sleeping car"
The stranger, by this time, was fully
awake. and proceeded to apologize,
n to offer to give up the berth. This
the senator would not do, but went
into the car ahead, and found a place
to sleep.
An hour later the train was wreck
ed. The car in which the stranger
occupied the lower nine fell through
a ~trestle, and that Fletcher was
killed. The senator's car was not
damaged at all.-Popular Magazine.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01
and find your Way here2" the

and find your way here?" the
prince pursued.
Again Mr.. Grimm shrugged his
shoulders. For an instant longer the
prince gazed straight into his in.
scrutable face, then turned accusing
eyes on the masked figures about him.
rs there a traitor?" he demanded
suddenly. His gaze settled on Miss
Thorne and fingered there.
Il a relieve your mind on that
point-there is not" Mr.. Grimm as
sured him. "Just a final word, your
Highness, II you will permit me. l
have heard everything that has been
said here for the last fifteen minutes.
The details of your percussion cap are
interesting. I shall lay them before
my government and my government
may take it upon itself to lay them
before the British government. You
yourself said a few minutes ago that
this compact was not possible before
this cap was invented and perfected.
1t isn't possible the minute my gov
eminent is warned against it's use.
That will be my first duty"
You are giving some very excellent
reasons, Mr.. Grimm" was the DELHI
crate reply, "why you should not be
permitted to leave this room alive"
Further" Mr.. Grimm resumed in
the same tone, Il have been ordered
to prevent the signing of hat com.
pact, at least in this country. 1t seems
that / an barely in time. If it is
signed-and it will be useless now on
der me-every man who signs it will
have to reckon with the highest pow.
er of this country. Will O destroy
it? l don't want to know what coun
tries already stand committed by tho
signatures there"
IT will not" was the steady re-
spouse. And then, after a little: "Mr
insignificant as it seems, will receive
millions for it. Your silence would be
worth-just how much?"
Mr.. Grimm's face turned red, ther
white again.
Which would o prefer? An in
dependence by virtue of a great for
tune, or-or the other thing?"
Suddenly Miss Thorne tore the
mask from her face and came for
ward. Her cheeks were scarlet, anl
anger famed in the blue-gray eyes.
"Mr. Grimm has no price-1 hap
pen to know that" she declared holly
Neither money nor a consideration
for his own personal safety will make
him turn traitor She stared coldly
into the princes eyes. And we are
not assassins here" she added.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01
YES, THERE ARE FLATHEADS
Babies Heads Are BandaGed in Asia
Minor to Produce the Ap-
proved Shape.

People who are markedly broad.
headed are more or less f1attened at
the back of the head. Some of the
--LATEST headed people of the world
are among the Armenians and the
tribesmen in the highlands of Asia
Minor INC some Of them practice tho
custom OF bandaging the babies heads
in order to get them the approved
shape. 1t is just the opposite in
Crete.
With the exception Of the better ed.
ucated people in the towns and in tho
village in the mountains all Cretan
mothers bind the heads Of their chill
dren when tiny to make them of q
nice round form. In fact, when was
pressing home my questions in order
to make quite sure of the object the
mothers had in view one of them told
me that l had a very bad head and
that my bumps and ridges ought to
have been smoothed away in my in.
fancy. Yet, after a fairly exhaustive
inquiry, l came to the conclusion that
the bandage in Crete is never tight,
and lasts for SO short a time that
nothing is effeo edo. H. Halves, in
the Wide World Magazine.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01
1olstoy's

We quoted the lther day an inter
esting description e the count by an
eminent Russian writer. Everything
in Tolstoy's character. he said, attains
Titanic proportions. LAS a driuker
he absorbed fantastic quantities OF
liquor. AS a gambler he terrified his
partners by the boldness of his play.
AS a soldier he advanced gayly to bas.
ton four, the bastion of death. at
Sebastopol, and there he made dying
men laugh at his witty sayings. He
surpassed everyone by his prodigious
activity in sport as we'll IS in litera
ture."-London Times.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01
CHAPTER XIII.
The Percussion Cap.

Ihere was a long, tense silence.
The cowled figures had risen omin.
ously; Miss Thorne paled behind her
mask, and her fingers gripped her
palms fiercely, still she sat motion
less. Prince d'Abruzzi broke the 81.
lence. He seemed perfectly calm and
self-possessed.
How did you get in?" he demand
ed.
"Throttled your guard at the front
door, took him down cellar and locked
him in the c%oalbin." replied Mr..
Grimm tersely. Il am waiting for
you to burn It,"
And how did you escape from
from the other placer"
Mr.. Grimm shrugged his shoulders.
THE lamp is tn front Of YOU" he
said.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01

as would be the explosion of q mine
on dry land. You will readily see it's
value as a protective agency for our
seaports."
He replaced the spheroid on the
table.
But it's chief value is not in that"
he resumed. Its chief value to the
Latin compact, gentlemen. is that the
United States and England are now
concluding negotiations, unknown to
each other, by which they will pro-
tect their %seaports by means of mines
primed with this cap. The tuning of
the caps which we will use is known
only to US; the tuning of the caps
which they will use is also known to
us! The addition to the wireless ap-
paratus which they will use is such
that they can not, even by accident,
explode a mine guarding our sea-
ports; but, on the other hand, the al
dition to the wireless apparatus which
We will use permits of the extreme
high charge which will explode their
mines. To make it clearer. we could
send a navy against such a city as
New York or Liverpool. and explode
every mine in front of us as we went:
and meanwhile our mines are impervi-
GUS.
Another word, and l have finished.
Five gentlemen, whom l imagine are
present now, have witnessed a test of
this cap. by direct command of their
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01
ILLUSTRATIONS by Kxffn

possible until three years ago, when
the navies of the world were given
over into the hands of one nation-my
country. Five years ago a fellow
countryman Of mine happened to be
present at an electrical exhibition in
New York City, and there he wit.
messed an interesting experiments
practical demonstration of the fact
that a submarine mine may be *
pIoded by the use of the Marconi
wireless system. He was a practical
electrician himself, and the idea lin
gered in his mind. For two years he
experimental. and finally this result
ed He picked up the metal spheroid
and held it out for their inspection.
A 1t stands it is absolutely perfect
and gives a worlds supremacy to the
Latin countries because it places all
the navies of the world at our mercy.
1t Is a variation Of the well-known
percussion cap or fuse by which
mines and %torpedoes are exploded.
The theory of it is simple, as are
the theories Of all great inventions;
the secret Of it's construction is
known only to it's inventor-a man Of
whom you never heard. 1t is merely
h a the mechanism of the cap is so
delicate that the Marconi wireless
waves-and only those-will fire the
cap. In other words, this cap is
tuned. II l may use the word, to a
certain number of vibrations and half
vibrations: a wireless instrument Of
high power, with modifying addition
which the inventor has added, has only
to be set in motion to discharge it at
any distance up to twenty-five miles.
no obstacle, SO the explosion of a sub
marine mine is as easily brought about
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01
A Sussex Egg Collector,

Mr.. A. ]. Jorringe, a 1radesman OF
Ditchling, has a bantam which lays
her eggs in different parts of tie yard,
but his cat never fails to find them.
She takes the egg between her teeth,
carries it to the back, places it on the
step and rattles the door handle with
her paws until her mistress arrives ia
take In the egg. Not one Of the eggs
has yet been broken.-London Daily
Mail.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01

the reply. BE good enough to give
me that document"
He backed away as he spoke. kicked
The door closed with one heel, then
leaned against it, facing them.
"Or better yet" he went on after
a moment, burn it. There is a lamp
IN front Of you" He paused for an
answer. 1T would be absurd Of me
to attempt to take it by force" he
added.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01
XXI.
The Compact,


A room, low-ceilinged, dim, gloomy,
Sinister as an inquisition chamber; a
single large table in the center, hold
ing a kerosene lamp, writing materi-
ais and a metal spheroid a shade
larger h a one-pound shell; and
around it a semicircle of silent,
masked and cowled figures. There
were twelve of them, eleven men and
n m In the shadows, which grew
denser at the far end of the room,
was a squat, globular object, a mas
sive, s~mooth-sided, black, threatening
thing of iron.
One of the men glanced at his
watch-it was just two o'clock-then
rose and took a position beside the
table, facing the semicircle. He placed
the timepiece on the table in front OF
him.
"Gentlemen," he said, and there was
the faintest trace Of a foreign accent,
II shall speak English because | know
that whatever our nationality all of
you are familiar with that tongue.
And now an apology for the theatric
aspect of all this-the masks, the
time and place Of meeting. and the
rest of it," He paused a moment.
There is only one person living who
knows the name and position of all
Of YOU" n by a sweep of his hand
he Indicated the m%otionless figure OF
the woman. 1T was by her decision
that masks are worn, for, while we all
know the details of the Latin com
pact, there is a bare chance that some
n will not sign. and it is MOI de-
sirable that the identity Of that per
son be known to all of us. The rea-
son for the selection of this time and
place is obvious, for an inkling Of the
proposed signing has reached the Sc
cret Service. l will add the United
States was chosen as the birthplace
of this new epoch in history for sew
eral reasons. one being the proximity
to Central and South America; and
another the inadequate police system
which enables greater freedom OF
action"
He stopped and drew from his
pocket a folded parchment. He tapped
the tips of his fingers with it from
time to time as he talked.
The Latin compact, gentlemen, is
not the dream of a night, nor Of a
decade. AS long as fifty years ago
1t was suggested, and whatever differ
ences the Latin countries of the world
have had among themselves, they
have always realized that ultimately
they must stand together against
against the other nations Of the world.
This idea terminated into action
three years age, and since thai time
agents have covered the world in it's
interest. This meeting is the f@ruition
OF all that work, and this" he held
the parchment aloft, 'is the instru-
ment that will unite us. Never has a
diplomatic secret been kept as this
has been kept; never has a greater
reprisal been planned. 1t means, gen.
tlemen, the domination Of the world
socially, spiritually, commercially and
artistically; 1t means that England
and the United States. whose sphere
of influence has extended around the
globe, will be beaten back, and that
the flag Of the Latin countries will
wave again over lost possessions. It
means all Of that. and more"
His voice had risen as he talked
until it had grown vibrant with en-.
thusiasm; and his hands pointed his
remarks with quick. sharp gestures.
"All this" he went on. was never
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01
Gould Hardly Hear
Senses OF Taste and Smell Were Also
Greatly Impaired.

% was afflicted with catarrh,' writes
Eugene Forbes, Lebanon, Kansas. II
took several different medicines, giving
each a fair trial, but grew worse until
| could hardly hear. taste or smell. l
was about to give up in despair. but con-
cluded to try Hoods S~arsaparilla. After
taking three bottles of this medicine /
was cured. and have not had any return
OF the disease"
Hoods ~Sarsaparilla effects radical and
permanent cures of catarrh.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolatcd tablets called Sarsatabs.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01
In Boston's Rowerv.

Diner-"Ch1cken croQuettes-and
say. have plenty Of thick white gravy
over EN-" Waiter (calling out)-
Two mountain peaks with heavy ava
lanches!"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01

Pain and Swelling seldom Indicate in
tcrnal organic trouble. They are usually
the result of local cold or inflammation
which can be quickly removed by HasnIins
Wizard Oil.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01
Wasted BLESSINGS.

Aunty Gust arrived) -Bless your
sweet heart.
Marie-You needn't waste any OF
our blessings on him, aunty.
~Aunty-Ifim? Who?
Marie-My former sweetheart
We're mad at each other now.--Judge.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01

People who take the will for the
Iced never break into the millionaire
class.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01

A practical joke is never What it's
cracked up to be.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01
SYNOPSIS.

Count di Rosini. the italian ambas-
sador. Is at dinner with diplomats when
p messenger him to the en-
bassy. where n beautiful young woman
asks for a ticket to the embassy ball.
The ticket is made out In the name Of
Miss Isabel ThOrne. Chief Campbell Of
the secret service, and Mr.. Grimm, his
mead. detective. are warned that Il plot Is
rcWing In Washington, and Grimm goes
to the state ball for information. His at
tention Is called to Miss Isabel Thorne'
who with her companion, disappears. A
shot Is heard and Senior Alvarez Of the
Mexican legation. is found wounded.
Grimm. Is assured Miss Thorne did It: he
visits her. demanding knowledge Of the
affair. and arrests Pietro Petrozinni. Miss
Ihorne visits an old bOmb-maker, and they
discuss a wonderful experiment. Fifty
thousand dollars is stolen from tho office
OF Senior Rodriguez. the minister from
Venezuela. and while detectives are In
vestigating the robbery Miss Thorne APP
pears as q guest Of the legation. Grimm
accuses her OF the theft: the money Is
restored. but a new mystery occurs In
the disappearance of Monsieur Boissegur
the French ambassador. Elusive Miss
Thorne reappears. bearing a letter which
states that the ambassador has been kid
mapped and demanding ransom. The am
bassador returns and again strangely dis
appears. Later he IS rescued from an old
house in the suburbs. It is discovered
that Pietro Petrozinni shot Senior Alvarez
and that he is Prince d'Abruzzi. Grimm
figures in a mysterious Jail delivery. He
orders both Miss Thorne and d'Abruzzi
10 leave the country: they are conveyed
to New York and placed on q steamer
but return. Grimm's coffee is drugged
and upon regaining consciousness he finds
. sympathetic note from Isabel Thorne.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01

Marriage is a ~contract-and there
are lots of contract jumpers.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-12-01

Little Wallace-Pa, why does pop
corn pop?
His P~a-Because. my son, like men,
it doesn't know any better.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16
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Building
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This building lot is 50x
1870, and is on the west side
of Thirty-third street. 1t
is eighty feet north of Oak
street, and is surrounded by
several beautiful homes.
Tukey's Her addition, in
which this lot is located, is
situated between Omaha
and South Omaha, lying
high and beautiful, and ad-
jacent to Hanscom Park and
Central Boulevard. The
ana Council Bluffs
Street Railway. which runs
along Thirty-Second Ave
nue., increases greatly the
value of property in this
addition, and makes this
lot an ideal location for a
home. This addition is
growing rapidly, and it is
only a question of a short
period until property here
will be worth many times
Its present value.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-02-10
Gold STORAGE Measure.

Growing out of the food investiga-
tion and high-cost-of-living probe at
last years session, Senator Deaton of
Champaign recently introduced a bill
to prevent cold storage and refrigera-
tor plants from being used to cover
corners in foods. The bill is drastic.
When food is received it must be
tagged or marked, showing the date
received and whether in good, fair or
poor condition. The date it leaves
must be noted. Nothing, except fer
mented or distilled liquors or picked
OF cured food stuffs, is to be kept
longer than six months without the
consent of the dairy and food COM
missioner, who is given power of in
spection and to whom bimonthly re-
ports must be made. No foodstuffs,
with the exceptions noted, are to be
kept longer than IL months.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-02-10
LORIMER LASHED BY BROWN
Nebraskan Threatens to Hold UP Ap-
preparation Bills II Vote on Scan
dal Is Not Ordered.

Washington.-Senato Norris Brown
of Nebraska in a speech before the SEN
ate charged that Senator William Lor-
inner of Illinois must have known that
his election to the senate by the ILL.,
nois legislature was accomplished by
corrupt practice. He held that Sena-
tors Holstlaw and Broderick and Rep
resentatives Lee ONeil Browne,
White, Link, Beckemeyer and Wilson
had been bought to elect Lorimer SEN
ator; that Browne and Speaker Ed
ward d. Shurtleff of the Illinois house
of representatives were the political
agents of Mr.. Lorimer in accomplish.
ing his election, and that 1t was not
possible for the election to have been
brought about under the conditions
then existing except by corrupt prac-
tees. Mr.. Brown devoted most of his
remarks to an analysis of the testi.
mony which involved directly the rela'
tions of Lorimer, Shurtleff and
Browne and the relations of Browne
with his thirty minority followers. Mr.
Brown issued challenge to obstruc
tionists that he would hold up appro-
priation bills unless the senate votes
at this session on the Lorimer case,
the resolution pertaining to the cleo
tion of senators by the people, the bill
to create a permanent tariff board and
general service pension bill.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-02-10
PAINFUL FINGER NAILS CURED

II have suffered from the same trou-
periods of my life. The first time of
its occurrence, perhaps twenty-five
years ago, after trying home remedies
without getting helped, l asked my
doctor to prescribe for me, but 1t was
not for year or more that my nails
and fingers were we'll The inflamma-
ton and suppuration began at the
base Of the finger nail. Sometimes 1t
was so painful that I had to use a
poultice to induce suppuration. After
the pus was discharged the swelling
would go down until the next period
of Inflammation, possibly not more
than week or two afterwards. These
frequent inflammations resulted in the
loss of the nail. l had sometimes as
many aG three fingers in this state at
one time.
Perhaps ten years later 1 began
again to suffer from the same trouble.
Again tried various remedies, among
them prescription from doctor Of
a friend of mine, who had suffered
from like trouble. This seemed to
help somewhat for time, but it was
not a permanent cure; next tried a
prescription from my own doctor, but
this was so irritating to the sensitive,
diseased skin that I could not use it.
I began to use Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. / had used the Cuticura
Ointment previously on my children's
scalps with good effect. did not use
the Soap exclusively, but l rubbed the
Cuticura Ointment into the base Of
the nail every night thoroughly, and
as often beside as / could. had not
used 1t but a few weeks before my
nails were better, and In short time
they were apparently we'll There
was no more suppuration, nor infiam-
nation, the nails grew out clean
again. One box of Cuticura Ointment
was all that I used in effecting a
cure" (Signed) Mrs. I. ]. Horton
Katonah, N. Y, Apr. 13, 1910. On
Sept. 81, Mrs. Horton wrote: II have
had no further return Of the trouble
with my finger nails"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-02-10
FRENCH BEAN COFFEE,
A HEALTHFUL DRINK

The healthiest ever; you can grow
1t in your own garden on small
patch 10 by 10, producing so pounds or
more. Ripens in Wisconsin 80 days.
Used in great quantities in France,
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15 cents in stamps and we will mail
you a package giving full culture di.
rections as also our mammoth seed
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in addition to above 10000 kernels
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seeds-enough for bushels of vege-
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