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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17

MILK AND BUTTER,


In nearly every community the ma
jority of the milk and cream producers
realize that a large sum of money is
lost annually because of the low score
of butter sold at l or . cents per
pound less than the best grades and
are interested in the production of the
kind Of a product that will make good
butter. Tho few that are disinterest-
ed or will not accept the advice of the
butter maker as to how Il better grade
OF cream can be produced are the ones
that are responsible for the low quail
ty OF much butter.
a great deal of butter that sells for
so cents per pound and the other kind
that sells for u cents per pound is
raised on the same land with only Il
rail fence between. The difference
lies entirely in the brains Of the men
who produce it and the MAJ who puts
it ON the big markets.
Every dairy farmer should have Il
milk house whcsr it is possible to take
care of the milk and the cream with
out letting it become contaminated
with undesirable odors and 1lavors.
Some people think that the dry COW
needs no care. but t...ose that make the
best records have the best care during
their period Of rest.
\ concrete tank will not spring a
leak. and ut the same time it will al
ways be ready for use.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
BEES THAT AID ALFALFA.
There Is a Mistaken Notion About
Which Kind 10 Most Helpful.

Investigations of the United States
department Of agriculture have shown
that a mistaken notion has been held
regarding the kinds Of bees that aid
alfalfa seed. While leaf cutter" bees
will "trip about 90 per cent Of the
flowers they visit and bumblebees
about 80 per cent, %honeybees trip
less than"5 per cent. Even though a
hOneybee trips only ) per cent Of the
flowers it visits the great number OF
such bees that can be kept on an al
falfa field, taken in connection with
their activity, compensate for the low
efficiency Of each bee.
The wild bees that are most efficient
in tripping do not store mp honey Of
commercial value. nor is there any
way known of holding them perma-
nently in any locality.
Certain investigators have thought
that some species of bee from the Ia
tive land Of alfalfa might prove more
valuable than others. If such could
be found and introduced the yield Of
alfalfa seed might be materially in
creased. There are so many different
kinds of bees in different parts Of the
world that there is considerable room
for experiment.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
Diplomats Who Won
By DIANA E. RICHARDS

to put off finishing her work till the
count was ready to set off for Zurich.
Kapperswill was delighted with the
eye as it was and begged for it. but
received it only at the last moment.
Count Kapperswill had scarcely de-
parted before Thorwald and Anna set
out in great haste for Lucerne. and
Thorwald told the governors Of the
foul cantons to send an ambassador
at nee to Zurich to meet and defeat
if possible the II sent by the Duke
Of Hapsburg. Thorwald could not 80
himself, for he would be recognized by
Rapperswill. So one Thunwalder was
sent at Thorwald's suggestion, not be-
cause of his s~hrewdness, but because
he possessed a very amiable counte-
nance.
The two diplomats arrived at Zurich
at the same time, and u meeting was
called Of the government authorities
to hear their arguments and decide be-
tween them. Rapperswill with true
Austrian arrogance claimed to speak
first and last, and the amiable Thun-
valdez aSsented.
Count Rapperswill was an admirable
speaker and presented his case remark
ably well. But he had not been speak
ing long before his auditors noticed a
very crafty look in one of his eyes.
This naturally prejudiced them against
him, and the longer he %spoke-his
crafty eye giving a crafty interpreta-
ton to everything he said-the greater
grew the prejudice.
When he had finished the opening
address and Thunwalder arose, the
envoy of the confederates being a
very tall man, the audience expect
ed to hear him below like a bull. In
stead, he spoke with a soft voice and
great complaisance. He had scarcely
opened his mouth before he won the
when he sat down he was greeted
with a round of applause.
The Austrian ambassador, at a loss
to know why he was making a failure
at the hands of one who made no eff.
fective argument, arose to finish with
a determination to meet Thunwalder's
amiability III kind. He spoke with
frankness and a great regard for the
Swiss people and their interests
! That crafty eye belied him. 1t seemed
to those who saw and heard his voice
that he meant the opposite Of every
word he spoke. When he had finished
he was greeted with a grim silence.
The four cantons had won, and Zu,
rich entered the confederation.
Thorwald was made a baron. ant
his daughter, who had put the crafty
look in the artificial eye. was present.
ed with a thousand tlorins and voted
the freedom of Lucerne.
This episode in the formation of the
Swiss confederation is not mentioned
in history, but there is no historical
reference to the legend of William
Tell.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
y. those days when the confeder-
ated states Of Switzerland were
fighting to free themselves from

y those days when the %confeder-
ated states Of Switzerland were
fighting to free themselves from
Rudolph, Duke Of Hapsburg,
whose descendants now sit on the
throne of Austria, four cantons, Lu-
cerne, Schwyz, Uri and Unterwalden,
formed the original nucleus of the
Swiss republic. Now, there was Il time
when both Rudolph and the four can
tons We're anxious to form an alliance
with Zurich.
The heads of the four cantons got
together and sent a spy to Kudolph's
court with a view to heading him off
in his negotiations with Zurich. The
name of this man was Thorwald, and
he took with him his daughter, Anna.
The two settled themselves ut the
base Of Rudolph's castle and waited
an opportunity to make his %acquaint-
ance. Anna was fond of painting and
occupied herself sketching the Aus
TRAN scenery about her. One day
while she was sitting on a rock just
beneath the base of the dukes castle
painting the valley below Rudolph
rode by and. seeing the maiden at
work, stopped to look at what was on
her canvas. So pleased was he that
he bought her picture and gave her
orders for others. Thus did Thorwald
| through Anna gain access to the duke.
Thorwald wormed himself into the
confidence of Rudolph, pretending that,
though Il Swiss by birth, he was an
Austrian in feeling. He e%ndeavored
to persuade the duke to send him on Il
mission to Zurich for the purpose of
%persuading the authorities to submit
themselves to the house of Hapsburg.
But Rudolph was too shrewd to trust
any but one Austrian born on such an
important mission and sent one of his
tried ministers, Count Rapperswill.
Count Rapperswill was a soldier as
we'll as a diplomat and in II of his
battles had lost an eye, which had
been taken out of it's socket. Thorwald
no sooner heard that the count vas to
go to Zurich than he began to think
how he could cause his mission to re-
| suit in failure. Meeting Rapperswill,
he asked him why he did not wear a
glass eye in the empty socket. The
count replied that he had tried to find
an eye that would match the natural
one, bat had failed. Thorwald told
him that if he would give his DAUGHTER
Anna a glass eye and sit for her to
paint it he would guarantee that she
! would do the work to perfection. To
this the count gladly agreed.
The next day he appeared at Thor
wald's lodgings with one of the artifi-
cial eyes he had discarded and asked
Anna to paint it to match his natural
eye. Anna did so, but was not salts
fed with her work till the count had
given her a number of sittings. The
| truth is her father had instructed her
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
Melon and Pumpkin Seed.

Professor Hills of the Vermont ex-
pertinent station found that two and
one-half IONS of pumpkins, including
seeds. are equal to Il o Of corn silage
for dairy COWS. The old belief that
pumpkins diminish The flow Of milk
when fed to COWS is erroneous and has
been exploded. At least there is no
foundation for such Il theory. The
value of these s%uccuicnt fools for feed
i'm: COWS with ether feeds rich in dry
matter and feeding nutrients is such
that they should be utilized whenever
possible. by far more cows 30 dry
from not having succulent food than
are turned dry by consuming the seeds
of pumpkins and melons.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
VOTERS ONCE ABDUCTED.
Wholesale kidnapping Was Not Un.'
common In Ancient England.

Wholesale kidnapping Was Not Un.'
onmon In Ancient England.
In England u generation or two ago
kidnapping was u regularly organized
feature Of political warfare. On the
eve of an election especially menSof In
f1uence on either side would mysteri.
ously vanish to reappear later With
strange tales of forcible seizures, mad
races across country in post chaises
driven by yelling positions, followed
by longer or shorter terms of gllded
Imprisonment in great mansions, where
they were wined and dined in sump-
tuous style and treated right royalty
in every way, only their liberty being
denied them.
Quite humble voters, too, were forci.
bly, abducted, but these did not always
fare quite so well. Thus one victim
made complaint before a magistrate
that he had been decoyed from his
house by a ruse and kept, shut UP in
coal hole for three days.
Wholesale kidnapping of voters in
patches, too. was not unknown, the
process being rendered easier by the
custom of candidates paying the trav-
cling expenses of their electors to and
from the polling places.
For instance, at a certain Newcastle
election a whole shipload of freemen
of the borough, dispatched from Lob.
don by sea, were taken by the captain
who had been heavily bribed-to Os-
tend and there left stranded.
During the same contest, too, and
under similar circumstances a number
Of Berwick electors who happened to
reside in London were dumped down
in Norway, and a group of dirty Ips-
witch voters found themselves on the
day of the poll cooling their heels upon
the quay at Rotterdam. Pearson's
Weekly.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
WHEN MARRIAGE FAILS.
Difference Between Romance and His.
tory Not Always Recognized.


That there should be such involved
discussion and so many amazingly
contradictory theories about the cause
of the failure Of marriage is surpris.
ing.
The plain fact is that marriage is all
ways the end of romance and the be-
ginning of history. This is so true
cient Greece reckoned their ages not
from the birth date, but from the we'd
ding day. A good many husbands in
this twentieth century are a good deal
more certain about the number of
years their wives have lived since mar.
riage than about the summers and win.
ters they had numbered before they
became wives
Failure to recognize the difference
between romance and history causes
failure of marriage. Romance is all
play; history is a serious business.
Courtship is pie; marriage is potatoes.
The comedown from pie to potatoes
sometimes overstrains matters serious.
ly. But if this crisis is safely passed
another awaits.
Love is the spice Of life, but friend
ship is the nourishing food without
which life, except to unusual individ-
uals. becomes a burden. The marriage
which is all spice and no food soon
gives II or frequently both Of the
parties thereto acute Indigestion.
When the ecstatic emotions of the hon
eymoon have fled. marriage must find
some other subsistence or i. cannot
thrive. And the only satisfying food
is Observation-Disclosures Magazine.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE.

struct il comprehensive scheme of
drainage in the delta of the Nile.
Eventually abovt 100000 acres will be
reclaimed.
1t is predicted that from 1910 there
will be Il heavy and increasing short
age in the supply of rubber.
Katmai volcanoes dust cloud. which
caused Il general haZinesS of the atmos-
rhere over much of the northern hem
isphere. reaching Il marked maximum
in August, 1912, appears to have now
practically disappeared.
The long proposed Crocodile river
(South Africa irrigation scheme is like
~ to he realized. the cost being esti-
mated ut not less than S3.310,O0O. The
area brought into condition for cult
vntion will be $4,000 acres.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17

In nearly all parts of Switzerland
women have their hair cut by N
La GazZetta. founded in 1900 by the
poet GozZi, is still being published ut
Venice.
In the north Pacific ocean Il new
volcanic island has appeared in the
BONN :"roup, three miles east by south
of IwOjima island. 1t is five miles in
circumference and attains Il height of
1000 feet.
Following an annual custom, Il Phil
adelphia firm is giving away. without
any strings attached. fifty piano.; to
families in which there are people OF
musical ability but unable to buy the
Instruments.
Lord Kitchener. the British consul
Ceneral for Egypt, purposes to con-
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
A Minute or So With the FUNNY Man
All In the Same Glass.

What did they say to you:' asked
little Harry's mother. after his first
visit to the neW Sunday school.
1.-The teacher said she was glad to
see me there
"Yes?"
"And she said she hoped l would
come every Sunday"
'And was that all she said:"
NO; she asked me if our family be-
longcd to that Observation-Disclosures
Record.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
MANAGING A CALF
At Birth Always Give First Milk
Yielded by Cow.
1T IS NATURES MEDICINE.

IL the Young Animal 10 Deprived Of
This and Castor Oil Substituted It
Never Is the Same Afterward If It
Should Survive at All.
There are several different systems,
designed to suit particular circum-
stances, of managing the calf at birth,
but there should never be any depar-
ture from the rule of feeding the new
~ born calf with the first milk yielded
by the COW, writes a correspondent of
the National %Stockman. Mixed milk or
that from Il stale COW will not do as
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
Assertion Set Apart For the Farmer
FOR COW OWNERS.

Records in the dairy are the -.
guideposts which point the way
to success. ,
1t is better to raise your
calves, for then you know what .
you have. To buy up heifer
calves promiscuously is an uncer- :
tain business.
Give the cow a chance. She is
usually better than you think.
j. BLOOD will tell" but SO will care .
and the proper feed.
Any check in Il calf's growth is .
Il loss to the owner. A stunted
calf will never make as valuable .
Il cow as it's inheritance would
certainly warrant.
Vitality is a very important
characteristic in the dairy COW
or any other farm animal. If
weak along this line the best re-
turns cannot be expected.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
Loss by Electric Shock.

Loss to stock in pasture from electric
shocks that follow wire fences may be
almost entirely prevented if the wires
are grounded. This is dore by taking
wires three all a half or four feet long
and attaching the end to the top wire,
giving it il twist around each lower
wire and showing the free end into the
ground eight n ten inches. The
grounding wires should be placed along
the fence at intervals Of five or six
rods.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
Crowino His Own PIums,

"Then you can't get me Il govern
ment plum:'
NO." said Senator Wombat. But
what's II paltry government plum?
I have secured for you some plum
seeds from the department of agricul-
ture. Go home and start an orchard
of your own, my friend."-Judge.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
The Gentle Elatterer.

"Of course mothers should be exam
pies for their daughters" said Mrs.
Evergay.
"And they are" replied Colonel
County,. THE girls of today will be
entitled to congratulations if they sue
coed in being as good looking as their
mothers w Star.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
She Knew Better.

"Why vas that young lady so indig
nant? Didn't we have what she
wanted?"
NO." said the drug clerk. "She ask
ed for love powders and got mad when
l told her there vas no such thing
Kansas City Journal.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17

Beulah-Don't you think he's al aw-
full bore?
Belle-Why, no., l don't.
"Why? Didn't he talk necessarily
while he was with you:"
"Yes. but lie talked about me-
Yonkers Statesman.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
Orc WAY or the Other.

"My husband never comes home"
said the woman with melancholy eyes.
"Men always go to extremes" said
the woman with the firml. set lips.
Mine won't do anything but sit around
the WASH Star.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17

Photo " Illinois agricultural experiment station.
The Illinois gricunur experiment station has conducted fertilizer experiments
with muskmelons at Anna, in Union count and at kmnundy, in Marion county,
for several years. The chief bjects of the expeimentsw were to determine the.r ea:
tvee efficiency of different amounts OF manure md methods ola applications OF manure
thu effect of suppementng manure with commercial forms of hosphorus the effect
Of usng a complete commercial fertilizer in connection with manure ad the efe
In both localities he experiments were conducted on tpical melon soil of he re
gNn tina at n n being unglacEated yellow silt loan ad thu at Kinmundyg gray
silt loan
Attempt to grow melons without manur we're not very encouraging. When the
ompet commercial fertilizer was used i. the hills in place of mi the yields
greatly reduced This was especially marked in the field planted crop, where
many plants we're knled outright by the fertilizer ad the maturing oft he melons
vas greatly delayed IN those tats survived. Steamed bone applied to the hills gave
fair results ut the yields were smaller han from the use of manure in the hills.
IN som years the plants we're burned" by HI fertilizer. ESPECIALLY in the field
planted crop. The checkp plat without manne or fertilizer reduced SMALL yields,
the field planted crop, wheret the melons also rpened very late
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
A Riq Poultice.

The largest poultice known to medi'
cal science was recently applied to a
twenty ton baby elephant belonging to
a circus. 1t contained forty-ive pounds
Of mixture and, although slow in nc.
ton, was perfectly successful.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
Artistic Iemperament.

The CustOmcr-These grand opera
p%hOncgraph records are no good.
can't get anything out of half of them.
The Salesman-Yes; they are III fin
est achievement. You never can tell
when they'll sing. they's so tempera-
Mcntal.-Puck.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17

Professor of Physics-Are your stu
dents thoroughly familiar with your
views On the subject?
Professor Of Psychology-They must
be familiar with them, considering the
contempt they show for them.-Chi-
cage News.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
Another Tune,

"That heireSs seemed much agitated
when she met you. Is it possible that
you have entered her life before in
some romantic way?"
Nothing particularly romantic" said
the newcomer at the summer resort.
Il collect the payments on that heir
ess' pianO."-Pittsburgh Post.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
BUGS In Flour Bin,

The bugs or weevils that the par
ticular housewife often finds at the
bottom of her flour bin are there usual
ly because of the carelessness of the
owner of the mill where the cereals are
ground.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
The M odern Idea.

Speeder-Think of it! Here's this old
earth making one rotation in twenty
four hours, the same as it did 5000
years ago.
Jinks-Well, what of it?
Great Scott. man! Can't we devise
some way to speed her up u little ~
Life.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
Severe Changes.

Patience-And YOU say her love grew
very cold?
patrice-YeS, indeed.
What caused it,"
"Nhy. she kept him continually In
hot water.'-Ionkers Statesman.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
In the City Of Canals

Bacon-What was your first impress
sion of Venice?
Egbert-Why. nearly everything APP
peared to be floating before my eyes,
YOnkerS Statesman.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
Up AGAINST It.

DO you believe in saving up for a
rainy day?'
II certainly do. but what's a fellow
going to do when his salary hardly
keeps him going in fair weather:"-
Detroit Free Press.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
Maoic Word.

Diner-I've forgotten what I wanted
to order and l had it on the tip Of my
tongue.
Waiter-What did you say about
tip. sir?-HOuSton Transcript +.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
A Lastinu Proposition.

Gibbs-I tell you. old man. Il wife is
a very expensive article.
Dibbs-True. But YOU must remem-
Der Il wife lasts u long time.-Philadel-
Dlia Ledger.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
His Proud Achievement.

You look as if you had achieved
some great triumph said his wife.
YES" he replied. II kept a million
aire waiting twenty minutes in my
anteroom today.'-Chicago Record-Her-
aid.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
The Cozy Little Flat.

"How do You like our kitchenette:"
"Rather small. isn't it:'
"Oh. no: it's plenty large enough.
We take all our meals ut."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-17
Not His Fault.

"Have you ever been indicted for
%anything?"
mo. I've never been able to induce
people to let me figure in the large at
fairs Of trade."-ChicagO RecOrd-Her.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-09-10


Considerable business has been tran
sacted during the present session of
Somerset County's Probate Court,
Judge Small presiding. Yesterday a
will case was in court. the subscrib-
Ing witnesses being examined by The
attorneys The will in question was
that Of the late Elmer CUNT Of Ne%
Portland and no evidence VAS offered
by the relatives who it is understood
propose Ia take an appeal Everett
Qunt was appointed executor, his SONS
having been the beneficiaries mention
cd in the document. Out-of-towh at
torncys III attendance daring ihr Ncek
have been County-attorney l. L. Fd-
som Of Norridgewock Judge H. H.
BRAZIL of Fairfield Turner Boswell
SCION. Royden V. Brown, Bingham aud
Judge John f. Holman of Athens.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-09-10

Switches in all shades and prices, at
Miss Towne's.
Table girl and dish washer wanted
at Hotel Coburn at once.
The Aggressive Clothing Sale al Geo.
L. II Smiths is still on. The entire
remaining Smith & Bussey stock must
be closed out in the next ten days. re-
CARELESS Of former cost or selling
price.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-09-10

See our Clothing Window showing
the advertised new Fall Suits this
week.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-09-10

Monday evening last a reception
VAS rendered Mrs Ellie II Crowell.
Grand Matron of the Degree IF Honor.
A. 0. L. W, at the home of Mrs B S.
Fiagg. Mrs Crowell was literally
showered with beautiful flowers while
2 wreath of pansies presented by Mrs.
Ella 6 French. added the crowniug
beauty Ice cream and cake were
served by the hostess and a dolightfa.
evening was enjoyed
While out riding sunday DIT A.. b
Borden and party came across body
Ia the road near the farm of +. \.
Merrill Investigation proved that II
MIS- Lester Austin and while he vas
considerably dazed he was found 10
b. living He was removed to the
Merrill farm house and Dr. Stinchtield
was summoned TO dress the wounds
and attend to other injuries which 1t
was determined were caused by Aus
TINS falling from a motor cycle upon
which he had been riding.