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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-11

Garden furniture finished in white enamel is pretty and fashionable. Cow
cred settles like the ne illustrated above afford protection ron sun and rail-.
The other setteew with it's gracefully rounded back is suitable for either garden
. veranda. Furnished with gay cushions. these pieces of furniture make a
charming background for the summer girl
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-11
HELPS FOR THE COOK.

Before baking potatoes let them
stand in hot water for fifteen minutes.
They require only half the time Tor
baking and are more mealy and pal
utalle.
When using a gas oven place a hoWl
of water on the bottom shelf. This
prevents the meat. pastry or whatever
is cooking from burning. When the
cooking is finished the water does for
washing up purposes.
When cleaning 4 stove that has been
splaShed with fat from the frying pan
take 4 piece of rag and dip it into the
soft SCOT at the back OF the stove. rub
bling the greasy parts before applying
the backing. This improves the ap-
p%earance of the stove, and You can
polish it without any difficulty.
Never wash or scratch omelet panS in
any way. They should be used only
for omelets. When used rub we'll i'll
side and out with pieces OF soft paper
until clean: then rub with Il dry cloth.
If n pieces of egg have stuck t" the
pan put in 4 tiny piece OF dripping
and allow this to gct hot oven the tire
The pieces can then be removed With
ont any trouble.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-11
A Euchred Road Agent
BY F. ASHTON BARTON

good. "Now for the best two in three
gaines for $780, she said.
Bill stakel ten 500 bills against it,
and the game proceeded. He won the
first n Mary won the next two
games. Bill laughed a short, nervous
laugh and put up another thousand.
Mary won the first and the last game
Of this rubber. The next rubber Mary
lost and asked Bill if he would play
one more, double or quits" He GAL
lantly consented, and Mary won two
successive games.
Put up she said, raking in the
funds.
Put up? I'm busted! Shut up. you
mean, n so I do. You're the pluck
lest woman and the best euchre player,
man or woman, l ever met. If you'll
give me just one kiss I'll call this job
Off and let You and It whole kit go
scot free. with all the stuff
Mary was SO delighted with her sue.
cess, especially with respect to her fell
low passengers. that she threw her
arms about the robbers neck and gave
him a hearty smack. Then. taking a
twenty dollar bill from the money she
had saved. she said:
"Take that and drink my health with
it, and if ever you decide to leave this
life come to me and I'll get my father
to help YOU
Il won't take your money" said Bill,
"but some day l may accept your Of
fer"
Sn"n Woo PC 1nfnV q prncpnofnr NC mad
Stone appeared in the town where the
Ashtons lived and after his departure
was 'grubstaked' by Mr.. Ashton till
he struck a fairly valuable property,
upon which Mr.. Ashton organized a
gold mining company. This led to
other discoveries. and at last the a
became rich. Then there vas a great
scandal. The wealthy Stone was ar
rested and charged with being the re-
doubtable Redhand Bill. who years be-
fore had terrorized the country. When
his trial came Mary Ashton. whose ad.
venture with Pill had Deer long and
widely known. was called upon to iden.
tify him.
STAND up" said the prosecuting at.
torney to the prisoner. Then. to the
witness. Were you in a coach some
years ago that vas robbed:"
II vas"
"WaS this the man that robbed it,"
. Mary and the prisoner We're looking
straight into each others eyes.
: "\o."
l This virtually ended the trial.
: soon after his release Stone left the
. country and never has returned. Mary
Ashton is 4 spinSter.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-11
Lodoinos to let-A Game.

The company sit in Il circle. and 4
PLAYER stands in the center. There is
n snare chair, and the game is for
this player I" eel possession OF Il va
cant seat. when the game begins
every one moves as quickly as possible
to the chair next beside him or her,
and as This j. done all the time it is
difficult for the person who is looking
for '.lodging>" t" find a place by slip
ping in mon them. :nd his attempts
will cause much amusement.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-11
"Never Kill a Bee"

Once Il lillIr gypsy girl said to her
brother: "\tvtr Kill Il bee. brother. he
II size is like MS: she makes her Nv
ING by travelling about telling fortunes
to the flowers and collecting honey
from them. Just AS we tell ~fortunrS*to
pcuple and take money from them.
\aypr throw stones at the crows. be-
cause they are dark As we "ypSitS are.
carries his house about on his back as
we carry our tents.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-11
MAKING A COIN VANISH.

Take Il quarter of Il dollar between
the thumb and fnrplingtr of the right
hand: then hN Il rapid twist OF the tin
GERS 1Wirl the coin by tn" same mo-
tiun YOU would use in spinning Il top.
ut the same time rapidly closing Your
hand, and the coin Will disappear mp
your coat sleeve. Yea can NOW open
y"ur hand. and. lnuclI /" the
menI of your audience. the coin will
not be there.
This capital trick uay be varied in
numerous ways. One good way is 10
take three dimes OF quarters and, con
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-11

AH AIRY ASHTON had a remark- ,
able talent for all gaines.
Mary'S father went to Colo
RADIO with his family aud ell
gagged in banking before the days when
railroads carried people everywhere.
That was the time kedhanu Bill, as
he was called. was masguerading as q
road agent. He was II Of the gentle
manly ruScalS who invite men to hand
over their purses in true Robin Hood
style and was especially gallant to the
women he robbed. Onc day Mr.. Ash
ton had occasion to send $4,000 to 4
neighborin@ town. and there was no
one at hand by whom to Send it. He
was complaining at home of his want
of a messenger when his daughter
Mary spoke up:
"Ill take it. father"
"Iou? Suppose Eedhand Bill We're
to hold you up. What would YOU do:'
''They say he is very gallant to
WOmen.'
Mary perSevered. and her father.
thinking there would be no trouble. or,
if there We're, Il wom;t would fare no
worse than Il man. consented. The
next day Mary left with the money,
which she chose to carry in her grip
sack. The coach had traversed most Of
the route when a man stepped into the
road, leveled a rife at the drivers head
and called on him to draw rein. This
done, the agent invited the pasSen-
gers to alight and line up i'll the usual
way. He relieved them of their funds
nc great haul-but when he came to
Mary Ashton's bag his eyes stood out
with delight.
Good morning. Bill" said Mary.
Good morning. beauty" replied Bill
good natureu at his find. while a ire
NOR ran through the line at the girls
names Hill:"
ION. Eve often heard Of RedhanC
Bill and wanted to meet him. They
say YOU are 4 fine euchre player. I've
always wanted to see how You played
your hands. Can't We have Il @ame:'
Mary produced Il pack of cards. ant
Bill. after diSarIning the passengers
permitted them to lower their hands
and he and Mary sat down to a game.
"I'm Banker Ashton'S daughter. If
had a blank check I'd fill it in
The roan agent always carried blan|
checks. for he frequently compelled hi
victims to sign them. He dived int
his hip pocket. took one out ana hand
ed it to Mary. with Il fountain pei
which he found as available as TIN
blanks. Mary filled it in for $1,000
| %pltdging her word that it would b.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-11
PACKING UP TO GO AWAY.
Valuable Suggestions For Vacation
Time-Save Your Tissue Paper.


Much tissue paper Simplities the prob
lem Of packing. Old paper is just as
useful as new for this purpose. SO all
the tissue paper that comes wrapped
about purchases should be saved for
packing day. Make long twisted rolls
of it to put in the folds of waists and
skirts. stuff loose little WadS OF it in
bolices and sleeves and cover easily
Soileu clothes generously with it to pro
tert them from contact with other
clothes or the side of the trunk.
Shoe cases of some kind are 4 neceS.
>ity to the packer. but they can be
formed of folds of tissue paper il moth
ing more substantial is ut hand. Can
Ton flannel squares bound with tape
and with :: long strip of tape fastened
in the middle OF the square prove con
Vrnipnt for shoe covers The shoes
are wrapped in the squares and tied
securely With the tape. Shoe bags,
too. are useful II canton flannel or
linen bny for each shoe.
Many wrinkles disappear after a few
hours hanging. Wolfe and almost all
WOODEN materials loose their wrinkles
if they are hun" on hangers as >oon
as they are nnplrEpu.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-11
Mannish Costumes.

Women planning for out Of door
sports this summer are having made
white ratine for Wear with blue serge
tailored coats. Such coats are in the
manniSh style. with small notched col
lars and a straight rather cutaway line
at the bottom. They are designed
only for yachting and outing wear, for
the mannish. sternlv cut coat of this
sort is not worn in the street now with
modish draped skirts.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-11
Devoted to Our Boys and Girls
IN THE SUBWAY.
A Game In Which the Players Are
Kent on the Move.

The subway am is run at a party
where there are older boys and girls.
and it is easy to play. Prepare SIPS
of paper with questions written On
thpm-uuestion> that would start Il
conversation. like What is your favor
ite bouk:' do You want to vote:
..Whcre would YOU like to travel:' etc.
Arrange the chairs in two lines by
twoS. leaving an aisle between the two
rows. so that it is like a train. With
double seats ON each side OF the aisle.
Then the girls are told to enter ana
TAKE. the outside seats tarthe>t from
the aisle. and the boys take the other
seats. The questions are distributed.
and the players are allowed three min
ulpS' conversation ON the subject.
As usually happens in real SuhWaES.
they have to leave in the middle or
their talk. for the conductors informs
them that time is up. and all the men
move forward n place, while the
girls hand their questions to the girls
in back. Thus every II has 4 new
partner and 4 new question III every
change.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-11

M AIRY ASHTON had 4 remark
able talent for all
Mary'S father went to COlO-
II - .1 -.AI l.. H.-.I.-A.-l -A
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-11

cealin4 one in the palm of your left
hand. place the other two. one each be
tween the thumb and foretiliyer of each
hand the tWirl rs already described.
and. closing both hands quickly. the
coin i'll the right hand will disappear
up your Sleeve. and the left hand on
being untio>tu will "a found to con-
tain TWO quarters. while that which
WAS in the right will have Disappeared.
Thus you will make the surprised spec
tatorS believe that @ coniured the
coin from the right hand into the left
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-11
Pressing Linen Dresses.

every wOman knows how linen
rumples after one wearing. At 4 hotel
n summer" say INC girl. II found
a way to freShen my frock without the
aid of an iron. Turn the dress or skirt
out and lay it upon some flat surface
your bed or trunk: then take n damp
washcloth and rub hri>kly where the
gown is wrinklpd. Put On hanger. and
when it has dried you will find your
dress freShened and without wrinkles"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-11
Dainty Corset Covers,

Null. chiffon and net are the ma
worn under very thin blouseS, and
there is a great variety in the trim
ming effects.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-11
Woman'S Work and Fashions
HOME LAUNDERING.

!. lump of soda dissolved in n little
hot water and added L. the blue water
on washday prevents the blue from
settling in the clothes ANA makes them
perfectly white.
After washing white. clothes that
have become yellow lay them to soak
overnight in clean waiter. 10 which add
Il t~easpOoiIful OF cream Of tartar to Il
quart of water. When dry aud ironed
they look as white as snow.
TO wash dress shields, first place in
cold water to soak. Frr>piration can
not be removed it they are first wash
ed in warm water. Scrub lightly with
Il brush in tepid sud> and rinse. but do
not wiring.
TO clean delicate ribbons save the
water in which pared POTATOES have
been cooked and when tepiu wash
the ribbons in it.. :. certain amount of
suu> will he made. which washes the
ribbons free from all dirt. They must
be carefully rinsed in several waters
dried and irOned between two pieces
of muslin while slightly damp. SatiT
ribbon may be irontl on the satin side
and made frcSher than when ironed be
tween muslin.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-02-04
GRAND CANYON.

In the Grand Canyon the highest
sides are 6,233 feet above the stream,
but they are perpendicular for only
some 5000 feet, when the gloomy
chasm is often bua a few hundreds
Of feet wide. Above that the sides
slope off in a series Of cliffs to the
level of the surrounding country, and
if the world lasts long enough. and
a greater rainfall should come, a
deep and wide valley will exist there
some day. 1t would be folly to at
tempt to say when the erosion that
has made the canyon first set in. 1t
may have been as long ago as a mill
lion years. The exact time is pure
guessWork.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-02-04
Foreigners Are Interested
In American Education

Canadian educators are impressed
with the facilities for educational In
formation in the United States. DR..
David Soloan, principal Of the Nova
Scotia Normal school, considers the
federal bureau of education at Wash
ington one of the best and readiest
scources of information about the
schools Of Canada
Dr. Soloan is not the first educator
who has paid tribute to the wisdom
Of congress in providing a central bq-
reau for the diffusion of educational
information, but as an expert on ed
ucatiop his opinion deserves to be
quoted After speaking of the history
Of education in the United States as
Industrious" and describing the part
the government, through its bureau of
education, has played, he says: 1T
has saved uncalculated millions to ed
vocational effort merely through its
punctual record of each and every
educational enterprise, every attempt
ed reform, every individual initiative
1t has prevented duplication Of ex
pertinent, reported educational prog
ress in foreign countries, sifted sta
tistics, and from conflicting reports
gathered the facts the leaders Of ed
ucation in America needed to be Ger
titled Of"
Education is international. No mat
ter how local and national certain Of
its problems may be, the funda
mentals of education are identical ir
all civilized countries; and it is sure
ly worth knowing thaV in this inter
national exchange of ideas the United
States bears no small part.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-02-04
Work for Money but
Stay in School

They do not allow working to inter
fere with going to school in Ham
mond, Ind. Special arrangements are
made whereby boys and girls may
work half a day In certain commercial
establishments and attend school the
balance Of the day. Hammond Is a
manufacturing community, where the
temptation TO boys and girls is strong
to leave school and earn a living.
Superintendent McDaniel's plan makes
is possible for boys and girls TO earn
money. remain in school. and also
make themselves more efficient indus
trially.
The plan at Hammond IS based on a
full realization OF modern social and
Industrial conditions. superintendent
Mcdaniel proceeds on the theory that.
while there are certain general prin-
ciples underlying all education. each
community has its own special prob
lens that are too often disregarded
in the making of the schools. Besides
the cooperative school and shop ar
rangement, Hammond maintains a
night school with an attendance Of
TOO. where boys and girls may not
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-02-04
DEVIL TAVERN STILL STANDS
Public House THAT Was the Favorite
Resort Of Ben Jonson and
Other Poets.

At the present time il would be
difficult to discover a London tav-
ern ever called by the name Of 'The
Devil" But in the eighteenth cen-
fury ! Fleet street, still IN existence,
was so called.
"The Devils Tavern" was 50
called owing to the proximity Of st.
Dunstan's church and the fond rec
election of an interlude between the
saint and the Evil One
This was Ben Jonson's favorite
resort and here he presided over
club Of which he was the founder.
He wrote once:
"The first speech in my 'Catiline,'
spoken to Scylla's ghost, was writ
after l had parted with my friends
at the Devil tavern; 1 had drunk
well that night and had brave no.
TONS"
1t was also the resort of Shadwell,
pillorized as Og by Dryden in his
"Absalom and Achitophel"
Here the poets laureate used to
rehearse their birthday odes, so care
fully written with the minimum Of
emotion in the Augustan style, and
here Killigrew laid one of the scenes
in his "Parson's Wedding"
Swift, in his journal to Stella"
the human document Of a passionate
being, mentions dining here with
Addison and Garth. Pope has en-
balmed it in the amber of his classic
verse.
Here Goldsmith, in his prosperous
hours, played at cards, and in 1851
DR.. johnson assembled his merry
and almost famous party to celebrate
the publication of the delightful
Mrs. Charlotte Lennox' first novel,
''The Life of Harriet Stuart." New
York Sun.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-02-04
Opinion of High Court
Hits Everyday Citizen

No matter how much loss a person
suffers because a letter carrier delays
delivery of mail, a policeman fails to
walk his beat, a fireman neglects an
alarm or a water company Omits to in
stall fire plugs, the sufferer cannot re-
cover damages.
Such is the statement of Justice La
mar of the Supreme court in an Off
cial opinion filed the other day among
the records of the court.
This utterance was made in arriv-
ing at the conclusion that an individ-
ual inhabitant of a city cannot sue a
water company for failure 10 install
plugs and mains it had contracted
with a city to install. The case arose
in Spartansburg, S. c. The opinion is
contrary to the law in Kentucky,
North Carolina and Florida. but up
holds decisions in numerous other
states
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-02-04
RENDER GREAT AID
Cutter Service Answers Many
Distress Signals.
Importance Of That Arm Of Govern.
ment's Organization Is Shown In
Recent Reports Received at
Treasury Department.

Washington.-Six reports from the
commanding officers of vessels of the
revenue cutter service regarding aid
rendered vessels in distress we're re-
ceived at the division of the service,
Treasury Department, in the past few
weeks. Capt a. l.. Gamble, command
ing the new cutter Miami. which has
been kept busy since her arrival on
the Key West station giving aid
to. a big coasting schooner and a
steamship. in trouble in the vicinity
of Key West.
The schooner Lydia Mcclellan Bax-
ter. one of the big coal carriers from
the Chesapeake to Florida points,
was caught in the channels leading to
Key West in such a position that she
could not go ahead or turn around to
go back and was forced to anchor to
keep from going ashore. Word of the
vessels predicament was sent by the
consignees of the vessel at Key West
to Capt. Gamble. The Miami went to
the aid Of the schooner and assisted
her to her dock at Key West.
The liner Colorado, bound from New
York to Galveston, via Key West, got
ashore in that harbor and was foated
by the Miami, unlnjured and able to
resume her voyage under her own
steam.
From far-away Honolulu comes a re-
port from Capt c. S Cochran, com
handing the cutter Thetis, which In
the past summer did duty as a float
ing court in Alaskan waters, regard
ing the floating of the American
schooner Sophie Christianson of San
Francisco, which had gone ashore
while trying to work out of the har-
Dor at Honolulu under sail. The YES
sci was in shoal water and the cutter
could not get to her, but the men OF
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-02-04


onIy make up elementary deficiencies,
but also receive practical training in
specific phases Of commerce and In
dustry.
Vocational guidance forms another
feature OF the Hammond plan. The
schools furnish information about the
various industries IN the community,
the salaries paid IN different lines Of
work, the opportunities for advance
ment, hours OF labor, permanency OF
employment, and all the details that
are Of value in determining a choice
of employment. AS early as the sixth
grade the teacher tests the child's
interest and ability I'm various forms
OF elementary Industrial work, so that
he may come to have some idea Of a
future vocation. The school authori-
ties also maintain an employment bu-
reau, where present and former pu-
pills are registered and their qualifica-
lions carefully investigated.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-02-04
Rich Rhode Islander
Elected to Congress

There comes to the new house of
representatives Peter Goelet Gerry,
one of the richest young men in the
country. He is the son of the late
Peter Gerry of New York, but him
self lives in the Second Rhode Island
district. He was married two or
three years ago to Miss Mathilde
Townsend, of this city, one of the
very wealthy young debutantes of a
very few years ago. The Townsend
home is one of the most spacious and
magnificent in Washington, and the
young couple will make their home
with Mrs. Gerry's mother, so some
splendid entertaining is promised for
the new Democratic administrator.
Mr.. Gerry has filed his statement of
campaign expenses, and they were
within SIS of being $4,000 He also
gave $500 to the Republican state
committee of Rhode Island. II is
said that Mrs Gerry herself from her
own private fortune gave a goodly
sum.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-02-04
Increase in Canal
Zone Stamp Sale

The canal zone government has
turned into the United States treas
ury sum of $S7,55O.21 revenue re-
ceiyed from the sale of stamps and
post cards during the fiscal year END.
ing June /, 1912. This is an increase
Of $4,000 over last year.
During the past year 1858 regis
tered letters we're handled by the
postofilce there. Forty-seven per cent
Of the registered mail was sent under
official stamp; 43,s23 registered letters
were sent TO foreign countries.
There were 227,6sO money orders
issued during the year, representing
a value of S4.9l5.07729
On February last 16 postal savings
banks were established on the canal
zone, carrying total deposits of $685..
9i7. There were 2,4O2 depositors.