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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-01-26
Letter to
Dr.. Kilmer b Co.
~Binshamtos, \. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root viii Do For You

rroVe WHAT S~wamp-Koot WIN Do For You
Send to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y, for a sample bottle. It will
convince anyone. You will also re-
ceive a booklet of valuable informa-
ton, telling all about the kidneys and
bladder. When writing. be sure and
mention this paper. Regular ffty.cent
and %one-dollar size bottles for sale at
all drug stores.
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Beneath the Table,

George-"Didn't you notice that :
pressed your foot at the dinner to
night:" Mazie-"Why, 1t wasn't m,
foot you pressed! Oh. George. | won
dered why mamma was smiling sc
sweetly at the Observation-Disclosures
GargOyle.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-01-26

Ben Jonson declared fer a fac,
marked by simplicity. flowing hair ant
4 sweet neglect"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-01-26

lous. "Why-why. Of course. Mr..
Coast did It,"
his wrist-a chill that ate into his
soul.
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SYNOPSIS.

Garrett Coast. a young man Of New
1ork City. meets Douglas Blackstock. who
INVITES him to q card party. He accepts.
although no dislikes Blackstock. the rea-
son being that both are in love with Kath-
erlne Thaxter. o fails to convince her
That B1ackstOck. IL unworthy of her
friendship. At the party Coast meets two
named Dundas and Van Tuyl. There is
e quarrel: and Blackstock shoots Van
Tuyl dead.
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UNCLE SAM NO ATHLETE.
Medical Record" Gives Form OF
American OLYMPIC Contestants.

Lieut. Col Charles F. Woodruff, in the Medical
Record.
The fear frequently expressed in Amer
lea that Americans are becoming degen-
crate and are bound to die out Is absurd
pessimism'' without ground. But there
is plenty Of evidence that certain types in
the nation have a higher death rate than
others and that there is constant slow
change in the general average.
Our civilization has been built up by I'M
migrants, and it Is law Of nature that
change of racial residence is always fol-
lowed by extinction or alteration OF type
through the survival of the nttest Tor the
new environment. Also. he says. the
process Of decay of certain types is quick
er in America and new blood comes into
prominence quicker than in England,
whose civilization has not been built up
by immigrants
It is high time that We find out who
are the fittest in each part OF America.
Every bit of evidence is OF some value,
and that is the reason why the tremen-
dous victories of the American Olympic
athletes have such scientific and popular
interest
An analysis Of the victories OF 1905
made by the North American Review
showed that to a large extent the win
ners were foreigners or OF foreign born
parents, while the old personal---very.
stocks were In the conspicuous minority.
Moreover. II was discovered that the sue
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Columbia Lodge, No. %, will confer
the rank Of page at it's convention We'd
nesday evening.
Webster Lodge, No. Z. had large at.
tendance at its convention last Tues.
day night to pay fraternal visit in a
body to Excelsior Lodge, No. H.
Syracusians Lodge, No. 10, was recent
~ presented with an enlarged photograph
OF Its late outer guard. Past Chancellor
energetic worker Of the lodge for many
years. The presentation was made on
behalf OF the widow and family by J. w
Cheny. A unanimous vote of thanks and
appreciation was rendered the donors.
This lodge is now working under it's new
bylaws. they having been approved by
the grand chancellor.
Inasmuch as the encampment of the
Uniform Rank will not be held this year,
an outing for it's membership at one OF
the nearby summer resorts.
Royal Princes Albert Kahlert and A. j.
David of Ascalon Temple. No. 81, D. Q.
Il. K, made a pilgrimage to Baltimore
Wednesday evening to witness the cere-
monial session of Ben Hadad Temple,
No. -, of that city. They report the
work as the best they ever witnessed.
A strong friendship exists between the
two temples. Several intercity visits
have been made in the past, and pros
poets are bright for a continuance of
them. A pilgrimage by the entire men,
bership of Ascalon Temple, No. 81, may
be made in the near future. Interest
in this branch is awakening The new
ceremonial team won great praise for
the manner in which the last ceremo-
NAL was conferred.
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Mrs. Mayberry and Mr.. and Mrs. Fillius;
Naomi, No. 3, Mr. and Mrs. Plumley and
Mr.. and Mrs. Poynton; Martha, No. 4,
Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell: Esther. No. .,
Miss Hay and mother and Mr.. and Mrs.
Bush; Bethlehem. No; !: Mr. and Mrs.
bastian and Mr.. and Mrs. Barnard
Areme. No 10. Miss Carter and Mrs.
Wilson; Brookland, No IL, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hampton and Mr.. Cheeseman; Takoma,
No. II, Mr.. and Mrs. Galloway; Temple,
No. Ii, Mr.. and Mrs Henry; Cathedral,
No. Il, Mr.. and Mrs. Hamill.
The past week has been busy one for
Martha Chapter, No. f. On Tuesday quite
a delegation from Martha Chapter visited
Alexandria Chapter and spent pleasant
evening with that new chapter Wednes-
day evening a benefit at the Columbia
Theater was given for the chapter fund
and a neat sum realized. Friday even
ing, their regular meeting night. the past
matrons and past patrons of the chapter
were in attendance, the evening having
been set aside for them. The matron,
Mrs. Woodward, welcomed the past Of
ficers in an appropriate manner eulogiz-
ing them for their work In the past,
which makes the chapter what 1t is to-
day.
The degrees were conferred with the
past matrons and past patrons occupy
ing the respective chairs Past Grand
Matron Ella Espey, first matron Of
Martha Chapter, acted as matron, with
Harry Cook. first patron. as patron:
Viola De Shields associate matron:
Hattie Hutchinson, past grand matron of
1910 conductress; Annie Cawson. as
sistant conductress; George Bowman,
secretary; ]. E. Hutchinson, treasurer;
Marion Macathran. Adah: Julia Earn
shaw, Ruth; Ella Luckett, Esther;
Flora Campbell, Martha; Grace krieger.
Electa: Efie Briggs, marshal: c. NJ.
Buckley. chaplain; Martha Harper, war
der musical and literary program
was rendered by the following: Mrs
Holland, Mrs. Davidson, a quartet con-
sisting Of Mrs. Austin and Mrs. Fisher
of Ruth Chapter, Mr.. Mellins and MI.
Richardson. accompanied by Mrs. Heb
bard, organist. Each of the past officers
was presented with a bunch of pansies.
banquet was served at the conclusion
of the evening by Mrs. Gates as chair
man of the refreshment committee. In
June will be celebrated the seventeenth
birthday of Martha Chapter. and spe-
cial program has been provided for the
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the attendance will exceed that of any
previous assembly, although the general
attendance at all these functions has been
larger than the canton expected when ar
engagements were made last fall for hold
ing monthly assemblies.
Federal City Lodge, No. 20, reports that
the initiatory degree will be conferred
next Wednesday evening. The annual
roll call session of the past week was I'M
usually we'll attended. On the 18th instant
the lodge will visit the lodge at Indian
Head, Md, and confer three degrees.
Grand Master George Gerberich. &C
companied by a full corps Of the
grand officers. paid Ruth Rebekah
Lodge. No. 2, its annual visit
tation until next october the attend
ance was exceptional. The examination
of the officers in the unwritten work was
reported satisfactory to the grand repre-
sentatives and the grand master. The
treasurer showed the lodge. notwithstand-
ing the Withdrawals to form the new Re
bekah lodge, Miriam, No. q, last January,
has made a numerical gain this year The
report of the grand treasurer showed
that it's financial standing was vastly i'm
proved over that of a year ago. At the
close of the official visit the committee
on entertainment presented an exceiient
program, musical and otherwise followed
by refreshments All of the Rebellah
lodges in this jurisdiction were we'll rep
resented, there being also present Wis
itors from other jurisdictions. Speeches
were made by nearly all OF the grand
officers and by several visiting degree
members.
Washington Lodge. No. 6. at its session
Tuesday evening conferred the first de-
gree upon one candidate of its own and
one from Salem Lodge, No. %. Next
Tuesday evening the lodge will confer
the second degree, and the presence of
members from other lodges has been re
uuested. The lodge is said to have sum-
cient degree work on hand 10 keep II
busy every week until warm weather
puts an end to work.
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A Born Bird lover.
chm Burroughs. In the Atlantic,

Pom bufOu80o, N the Atlantic.
The birds have always meant much to
me; as farm boy they were like . gold
a thread that knit the seasons together.
in early manhood 1 turned to them
with the fondness OF youth, reinforced
with an impetus obtained from litera-
kure. Books. especially the poets, may do
this for . man: they may consecrate a
tubject. give 1t the atmosphere Of the
IDEAL. and lift 1t up in the field of uni
Sersal interest They seem to have done
something like that for mo In relation to
Oards I did not go to books for my
knowledge Of the birds. except for some
technical knowledge, but / think litera-
interest 10 me. and relate them to the
Deeper and purer currents Of my life
What Joy they have brought me! How
they have given me wings to escape the
sedious and the deadening! I have not
studied them SO much as I have loved
them; at least, my studies have been
inspired by love.
How much easier and surer knowledge
PONIES through sympathy than through
The mere knowing facultiesi It seems as
q I had imbfbed my knowledge Of the
birds through the pores Of my skin.
Through the air have breathed, through
the soles Of my feet. through the twinkle
- the leaves and the CLINT of the waters.
have gone a-hshing and read their
eecrets out OF the corners Of my eyes,
have lounged under q tree and the book
Of their lives has been opened to me-
2 have hoed In my garden and read the
Histories they write In the air Studied
khe birds? No. have played with them.
camped with them, gone berrying with
them, summered and wintered with them,
md my knowledge Of them has filtered
Into my mind almost unconsclously.
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cesses were almost exclusively in short
events recurring an enormous expenditure

cesses were almost exclusively in short
| events requiring an enormous expenditure
of energy in a short time, while in slow
| contests Of endurance the Americans were
| hopelessly outclassed by Europeans. Tho
phenomenon was interpreted as another
of the many proofs that this sunny
southern land is highly stimulating, blu,
as in the case Of other stimulants. ex-
| haustion follows in time, though perhaps
| 1t may require several generations to be
noticeable.
Northern races have always died out
| when they migrated this far SOUTH fol-
it must be remembered that most Of Eu-
| rope is north of the fOrtieth degree OF
latitude, and the races which first stocked
this country always lived north of the
!. fiftieth parallel. The successes of 1905
Olympic athletes present new evidence in
support Of those general conclusions, and
it viii be highly profita BILE to look into it
| a bit, so that we may not overdo the mat
ter of athletics in the physical training
of boys
| OF the 100 best athletes who went to
London from America eighty-three re-
ported their ancestry. and the report
showed that about three-fourths of the
best athletes of the country are of the
stock which arrived here after the begin
ming Of the nineteenth century, and the
great majority of them arrived in the
two or three decades following 1s4O 1t
! is therefore not true that the Olympic
games were victories for old American
families, as so commonly believed.
The records also showed what seemed
an interesting fact, that nearly all the
athletes were born north of Mason and
Dixon's line, and that the part of the
| country furnishing no athletes at all has
| the highest percentage Of native born cit
izens.
1t has been said that this Is due to the
fact that no attention is paid to devel-
oping athletics in the south, but the alb
sence Of athletes is the reason why there
is SO little time given to these sports
That is, the farther south the greater the
physical decay.
The slower, more stolid nervous sy stem
of northern Europe will always be the
winner in loW-pressure sports requiring
endurance over extended periods. The
youthful games on two sides of the At
lantic will always differ like base ball and
cricket because of this difference in nerv-
Gus tension. Low-pressure games like
golf are the only ones suitable for both
nations, and survive because men can
play them long after they have lost abil-
ity for those requiring youthful high ten
sion. It is to be noted, too, that the mid
dle-aged Europeans can indulge in the
athletics of youth longer than we can be-
cause Of the lower pressure needed, as IN
cricket. So let us try to- introduce low
pressure games in which we can indulge
until OFT hair Is white, and do away with
the system which exiles us to the bleach
ers thirty years too soon-
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A dray filled with trash stood before an
! F street store and a colored man lumber
ing up from the basement with a bag OF
more trash on his back showed that the
stores head was a working member OF
the clean city league.
The dray was heaped high with broken
boxes, slabs of pasteboard. crumpled
wrapping paper and-and everything like
| that-and propped up behind the driver
seat was a half-life-sized photograph in
a furnished frame. The glass was cracked
and the paper beneath followed the
broken lines with snuff-brown ridges of
dust. There were brown and gray
rosettes of mildew scattered over the
once white mat and a cobweb draped one
corner of the frame.
Hundreds of people scurried by in the
couple of minutes that a woman paused
to watch. but if they saw the picture
they paid no attention.
But the picture itself seemed to have
seeing eyes that were sad with the premo-
milton OF the death that was to come to
its original-and Of the forgetfulness that
was so soon to follow.
And yet it seems only the other day
that one Czolgoz fired q shot at Buffalo
that was heard around the world.
Two women at a cafe table were talking
vacation plans over their buns and coffee.
The one who was considering a trip to
Panama asked the other If she would not
like to join the party.
What! In the summer time? Why,
that's place to go to in winter. You'll
melt down there in the tropics
That's where you make your mistake.
Marcy went to Jamaica one summer, and
she says there is always an evening
breeze from the ocean-and they give you
fresh gathered pineapples served with
crushed ice and"
Yes. but look how much you have to
pay for 1t all"
1.-TWO mistakes at one sitting! Summer
rates are about half, and, being an un-
fashionable season. each passenger gets a
whole stateroom-'
With hurricanes and earthquakes
thrown in
well. Marcy didn't have hurricane
earthquake. Why. it's going to be per-
fectly fine to see that canal before 1t
takes to drink. Come along, can't your
"Oh, I'd like it well enough. of course,
but I've seen 1t twice. I'd rather go some
place they don't show in moving pictures"
And the question is where on earth can
that woman go?
Say, why don't they take down that
fence around the Botanic Garden? Can't
you make them7
1t Is big square OF delight inside those
weather-dulled bricks and iron ratings:
big. blossoming trees; grass like that
wore the time she was crowned queen
Of fairyland for q century and day.
Remember? And lilacs and bridal
wreath and all sorts Of pink and gel
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|l1MQNG THE i
IL FRATFRNlTlESl

TAKE place Thursday evening at the Co
lumbia Theater. Appointive officers in
the commandery are announced as fol-
lows: Associate prelate. John A. Meyer;
sentinel. Edward kolb; third guard.
George X. Davis: second guard. NJ.
a. Wertz; first guard. Charles r.
Bartlett: surgeons George X Baier.
M. y. Grant S. Barnhardt. NJ. D.;
charles W. Brown. NJ. D.; Oscar II.
1oumbe NJ D.: S. Clifford Cox. NJ. D.:
frank h. Gibson. NJ. D.: Stuart c. john
son. NJ. u; Frederick Yates. M D.; adju-
.ant, Frank f. Gibson: quartermaster
Iownley A. Mckee; commissary, Louis
Behrens; assistant cohmissary, George
W. Rae: color bearer, William E. Wal
ton: assistant color bearer, F. Lawrence
Walker; armorer and member board of
governors. Albert S. Riddle; electrician,
p. A. Nelson. jr; herald, Harry E. Walls:
musical director. Charles E. Myers; Or
gan1st, Oscar A. DanZenbaker.
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| low blooms: and a fountain apd strolly
paths, and-and everything,
There is also the Grant monument, or
to be quite truly truthful, there is the
pedestal. You have to take the monu-
ment for granted. Those lions on guard
| needn't scare you. They couldn't, be-
| tween the four of them. harm that
| Aesopian mouse we all know about-but
! there is none Of that tired feeling" about
| the just-come horses Those horses are
| tearing along at a rate that makes you
| feel that all you've got to do is to stand
around awhile and you'll see the field
piece go smash and the cannoneers be
| flung headlong into eternal bye-bye. 1t
sure is greaf
And. unless they have grubbed the dear.
| historic things up to make hole to put
! the monument in, there are also trees
with thrills to them. One is an oak
/ grown from an acorn that fell on the
grave of Confucius. Another tree served
| John Quincy Adams as a hitching post
perpetuate the names of John j. Crit
tenden and Robert Malloy, who strove
! for peace at the beginning of the civil
| war. They brought the acorns from their
native Kentucky and-just to show how
true it is that tall oaks from little acorns
grow, Supt Smith sent 300 shoots from
those peace oaks to be planted on the
| battlefield of Chickamauga. Then there
Well. sir; talk about your parks and play
grounds What's the matter with the
Botanic Garden? All you've got to do is
to take down the fence, put in benches,
turn on lights and build a band stand.
and the thing is done.
If the country really belongs to the
people, seems like they might be allowed
a chance to know it, once in a while.
Still. maybe there's beneficent reason
for the fence and the seclusion ii stands
for. You never can tell. So don't let's
worry about 1t.
A. tho codo counfer.
She was a pudgy woman who looked
as II her LIES aim was to fight flesh.
She had lost a half pound Of fat and
this is the way she accounted for 1t to q
lath-lke person who listened with the
superiority that goes with straight fronts
and bones:
Name told me that roller skating is
fine for reducing the hips, SO the minute
got to Atlantic City I hunted up Q
rink The first thing l did was to en-
gage q teacher at a dollar an hour for
the exclusive privilege OF knocking him
down and tumbling on top Of him. When
he had hauled me to my feet-don't ask
me howl upset young woman who
was gliding along as easily as II she wore
creased wings After that wrecked .
couple that was doing fancy stunts, and
by the time had got two dollars' worth
of tumbles and bruises, ruined my silk
one Niece burst my gloves. crushed my
hat and everlastingiy lost my temper
got weighed, and found l had dropped
half a pound in the skirmish. I never
was SO grateful for anything In all the
days Of my life
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Distracting Power Of Prayer.
From the Atlantic


It is interesting to follow the develop
ment Of long prayer-especially If one
be q member of little community and
understand the illusions. 1 confess that
have not seldom sat up suddenly In my
pew at home, and looked at our minister
breathless. What was he going to say
next? That sort Of thing is exciting. Sc
are the obviously particular references to
which one has no clue, such as an allu-
sion to an 'atfiiction which happened at
half-past 10 last night, and has not yet
had time to become generally known.
Episodes like the latter have power to
stir whole congregation and set peo-
pie signaling one another all over the
church. do you know what he meant?''
No" Dear mel perhaps But
saw her this morning" Only the most
guilelessly disinterested pastor ever al
lows himself to produce such an effect on
his congregation; 1t works havoc with the
attention due and desired by his sermon.
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ODD FELLOWS.
LODGES.

LODGES.
May 6-Union. No. II; Covenant. No. ID;
Beacon, No. 10. and Langdon,
No. %; business.
May 7-washington. No. 8: degree.
Golden Rule, No. q, and Amity,
No. q; business.
May S-Eastern. No. Z; Harmony. No. 8,
and Federal City. No. 20; de-
gree.
Friendship, No. II; business.
May 9-Columbia. No. 10: Excelsior, No.
II, and Salem. No. %; degree.
May 1O-Metropolis, No. 16, and Phoenix,
No. %: degree.
Central, No. 1; business.
ENCAMPMENTS.
May columbian, No. 1; degree.
REBEKA All LODGES
May 6-Naomi, No. 1: degree.
May 1O-Dorcas. No. 4: degree.
PATRIARCHS MILITANT.
May 7-Canton Washington. No. !; regu-
lar monthly meeting.
May ll-Canton Washington, No. 1, canton
drill and social
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MASONIC.

IoDtrES.
May Temple. No. 80 :; pm. memorial
services for Maj. Archibald w.
Butt. National Theatcr.
May G-potomac. No. ;. i. e.
REM. r. French. No Is. F.. 4.
Anacostia No. 21, r.. A.
l'entalpha. No. %. F.. A.
Mount Pleasant. No. 49,
May National. No. IL. ". NJ.
Arminirs. No. p. +. {.
King David. No. 2S. NJ. NJ.
May Strand Lodge reports. general
st. Johns Mite Association.
May 9-The New Jerusalem. No. o,
special, q pm, r. c.: stated,
7:30 pm. r. G.
George c. Whiting No. % NJ. NJ.
May 10-Hope, No. 20, f. A.
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS.
May LA Fayette. No. ). r. A.
Washington Naval, No. 6, mark.
May S-School Of Instruction.
May 9-Washington. No. 2, p. NJ. and
NJ +. NJ.
May 10-Ereka. No. mark.
KNIGHTS TEMPIAR
May 6-Orient. No. 3. important business.
ANCIENT AND. ACCEPTED SCOTTISH
: RITE.
May 7-Mithras Lodge Of Perfection,
business.
EASTERN STAR CHAPTERS
May 6-Ruth. No. ].
May 7-AIizpah. No. s.
May S-Naomi, No. 3; Brookland. No. II.
May 9-Wm. F. Hunt, No. IS, special
entertainment.
May 10-Takoma, No. II; Cathedral, No.
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The last OF the series OF assembly
dances that Canton Washington, No. /,
p. NJ, will take place Wednesday even
ing. Special arrangements have been made
to make the occasion one Of unusual in
terest. Capt. Rogers has ordered the
canton out In full force. and IL 10 expected
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.

LODGES,
May equal. No. II: Amaranth, No.
Is. and Century, No. 80, busi-
ness.
May 7-Webster. No. {: Excelsior. No.
"A; Capital. No. "a, and Myrtle
No. %. business.
May S-Mt. Vernon. No. 5: Hermione.
No. IL, and Union, No. 20
business. Columbia, No. 30
rank Of r,oe.
May 9-Harmony. No. 81, business.
May 1O-Syracusians. No. 10, and Rath-
bone Superior, No. %, business
PYTHIAN SISTERS.
May S-Friendship Temple, No. 8. degree
work
May 10-Rathbone Temple, No. s, degree
UNIFORM RANK
May S-Washington Company, No. 15.
drill.
May 81. T. Coldwell Company, No. Z,
drill
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