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Too Much "Perpetual Notion"

Washington, July 21.-Owing to the
growth in numbers of inventive "gen-
fuses" who declare that they have solv-
ed the perpetual motion problem the
officials Of the patent Office have had to
take steps to protect them.
Any IL can make an application for
Il patent, paying a fee of SIS. An eX-
aminer investigates the claim and, if
there is merit to it, calls for a model.
If there is no merit the patent is then
rejected and the $15 goes into Uncle
Sans treasure chest. Nearly every
n Of these perpetual motion in
ventors is in financial straits. The
loss of SIS, according to the officials,
is Il severe blow to them financially.
Hereafter the patent office will not
permit any One to file Il patent for a
perpetual motion machine unless the
application is accompanied by a model
of the machine, the model being one
that will perform. \. circular to that
effect is being sent out.
1T would keep two Stenographers
busy practically all of the time writ
ing to would he inventors of perpetual
motion machineS,' said Chief Clerk
WoOlard recently.
There is at least one visitor a day
to the patent office who has a perpet-
ual motion machine.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-31
Patrol Of DereIict Destroyers,

Washington, July 2S.-To free the
north Atlantic Of derelicts. the revenue
cutters Seneca and Miami have estab-
lished an international patrol in those
waters, as authorized by the internal
tional maritime conference in London
last year.
Now that the danger of icebergs has
passed. the two cutters have COM
menced search for derelicts which i'm
peril shipping.
One of the cutters will make it's
headquarters somewhere in the Azores
and confine its duty to the European
end of the transatlantic routes. The
other will make its headquarters in
Nova Scotia and limit it's efforts to the
American end of the we'll travelled
courses.
England will bear 80 per cent of the
expense of the patrol; France, Ger
many and the United States each Is
per cent, and the balance will be ap-
portioned among powers with fewer
ships in the north Atlantic.
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AGlance at CurrentTopics and Events

Beans have been cooked in the larger
spring with the same dispatch as on a
stove. Eggs encased in a mesh of
any kind have been cooked in three
minutes. Even fish have been caught
In the Clackamas river and without
being taken off the line have been
dropped into the spring and in a very
brief time cooked to a turn.
The waters come from solid rock
and are strongly impregnated with
salts, but not of sufficient strength to
make the taste Objectionable.
Many stories are told by the Indians
with regard to the wonderful proper
ties of these springs, and they have
been known to cross the mountains
from the reservation on the other side
to battle in the water of the big hole"
as they call it.
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lincoin's ENGLISH Ancestors,

New York, July 2S.-A committee
called the Lincoln memorial committee
has been formed in this city to erect a
proper tablet in bingham. England, in
honor Of the ancestors of Abraham Lin
coin. Lincoln's ancestors came to this
country from bingham, and at least
five generations can be traced previous
to 1857, when Samuel Lincoln, the
of
Abraham Lincoln, came to this II
try.
The tablet will be erected in the vii
lage church, one of the most beautiful
old priory churches in England. The
inscription will be, SIN this parish for
many generations lived the Lincolns,
ancestors of the American Abraham
Lincoln. To him, greatest of that lin
cage many citizens of the United
States have erected this memorial in
the hope that for all ages between that
land and this land and all lands there
shall be Malice toward non with
charity for ALL"
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safety First" on Electric Roads.

New York, July 27.-The American
Museum of Safety has just placed in
the hands Of 1000 electric railways
throughout the United States the con-
ditions of competition for the Anthony
n. Brady memorial medals. These
medals, n Of gold with replicas in
silver and bronze, are to be awarded
annually by the Museum Of Safety to
the American electric railway compa-
ny which for the year Of award has
done most to conserve the safety and
health of the public and of its EN-.
ployees.
The gold medal is awarded to the
company, the replica in silver to the
member Of the operating staff who has
most contributed to the successful rec
ord of his company and the bronze
medal to the employee of the company
whose services have been of the great
est value in the promotion of health
and safety. The first award will be
made the latter part of this year and
will be based on the records of cleo
trio railways for the year ended June
80. 1914.
Here are the conditions:
Every company entering the competition,
must file with the American Museum OF
Safety by Aug. 81 Of each year the record
upon which it POUNDS it's claim to the
award. An accident report form has been
supplied to every electric railway in the
United States. The award will also he
based on the protective and health meas
ures adopted by the company, such as
block signals. protective devices at rail-
road and highway crossings and other
points of danger. automatic stops, safety
devices In cars. shops, power houses, sub
stations and in connection with the sys-
tenn in general. The care and education
Of employees and measures to promote the
health. both of employees and the public.
such as lighting, ventilation, cleanliness
and sanitary conveniences. will also EN-
ter into the award. This is the sixth OF
the series OF medals which are now award
ed by the American Museum Of Safety
and means to the electric railways what
the E. H.. Hartman memorial medal
means to the steam railways.
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22O Degrees Springs Found.

Portland, Ore. July 2S%.-Springs hot
enough to cook meals and boil eggs in
three minutes have been found within
IL short distance of here. They are
on the Clackamas river. thirty miles
south of Estacada and seventy miles
from this city.
These springs are fifty in number,
and one throws out Il stream seven
inches in diameter. The springs have
been known to the Indians for many
years. A French half breed named
Michel Arquette. Il trapper, hearing an
old Indian of the Molalla tribe speak
of hot springs this side of the range.
made an investigation and found them.
The springs are supposed to be the
hottest in the world-22O degrees.
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e.

Anderson Cree, a West Virginia
mountaineer, elects his boarder. Kip
Ryerson. Anderson while hunting is
shot from behind. He exacts a prom
Use from his young son David. to kill
Ryerson, whom he suspects. After Da-
vid goes for aid Anderson relents and
prays to live long enough to relieve
the son from the promise. Only Mar
tina Lamire, a character Of the noun
tains, hidden behind the bushes, hears
his appeal. Ryerson is arrested, tried.
but acquitted. A forest fire is ravag-
Ing the mountains. The mountaineers,
accused by David Of cowardice, band
together and order Ryerson out Of
town. Four years later. on his six
teenth birthday, David had gone out to
a neighboring Draft to fulfill his prom
Use to his father, but learned that Kip
Ryerson was already dead. At twenty
two David is the devoted slave Of plain.
charming, irresistible Mary Reddin,
who returns his affection. Returning
home n day, David meets and chats
with Ellen Daw Of Drupe mountain,
the poor. beragged adopted daughter
Of Silas Daw. Mary Reddin. being the
only one in the Draft who succeeds in
getting along with Martha Lamfire,
visits the old woman at her home.
George Hedrick, the village storekeep-
er. is the most satisfied man in the
Draft with his lot in life, situated as
he was at the crossroads, where he
and the world met. An uncouth
stranger excites curiosity when he
stops at the store for tobacco. Hedrick
recognizes in him Kip Ryerson. Ellen
Daw, weary and faint from her lonely
asleep. Adrian Blair, a we'll to do
youth Of the Draft, notices the sleep
Ing girl and finishes her work. Walk
Ing, Ellen p%erceives her benefactor and
timidly tenders her thanks. On Sun
day the people of the Draft 1ocked to
the schoolhouse to hear Brother Brax-
toms farewell sermon. David. leading
the prayer. is suddenly struck dumb
as he catches sight of Ryerson, who
until then he had thought dead. With
the fury Of a raging lion he leaps at
his old antagonist. Strong arms re-
strain him, and Ryerson escapes. Leav-
ing the schoolhouse. Adrian Blair be-
comes Ellen's partner. Mary coaxes
David home with her for an hour, but
his love for her can't hold him longer.
His promise to his dying father proves
strongest. and he leaves on his errand
of revenge. Hidden from his distract
ed sweetheart, he filings himself on the
ground in an effort to adjust his con-
fused thoughts. Hours later. his mind
still racked with INDIGESTION, he reaches
home, where his mother had awaited
him. She learns of his inactivity. and
her terrible scorn sends him back to
fulfill his promised work Of destruction.
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Chippewa Chief 1923 Years Old,

Minneapolis. July pa recent WISH
tor to this city who attracted much
attention was Wa-be-ne-gew-wes. for
more than a hundred years chief of
the Chippewa Indians.
The ancient leader of that once power
full tribe is 1913 years old, as he reckons
1t, and his existence as a boy 116 years
ago is vouChed for by government rec
ords. From Cass Lake he made the
descendants. to see the city that stands
where once he saw the primeval forest.
Although bent and shrunken with age,
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Baldwin's New War Balloon.

Tuckahoe, n. ", July 2S.-Captain
Thomas S. Baldwin, veteran air pilot,
is the inventor and builder of a new
war balloon. 1t is Of the nonrigid type
and has been under construction secret
ly for several months here. The new
machine includes all the good features
of the German made Zeppelins and
many more Of his OWL construction,
the inventor asserts. The combination
of the salient points Of the German
machine with an addition particularly
of a device for contracting the evils of
contraction and expansion Of gas auto
matically, will make it especially valu-
able. The engine is 100 horsepower and
is expected to develop a speed of sixty
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-31
Solving Farm Labor Problem.

Lansing, Mich, July 27.-Labor Com
missioner James Cunningham has
started what he thinks will result in
the taking of a complete census Of
Michigan farm hands.
He has sent out blanks to every su-
pervisor with the request that they be
filled out and returned. The blanks
ask for the number Of farm hands EN-
ployed by the month, the average
number of months they are employed,
the average monthly wages. the num-
Der of farms operated by the wre
the lumber operated by tenants and
whether or not there is a scarcity Of
farm help in the district.
I'VE hope if possible to get some
data by which we may be able to
start a sort of a colonization system
which may eventually relieve the farm
labor market.
$50 far we have found that day
farm labor is what is scarce. On the
other hand, we have reports from
some sections which show that there
are many farms-large ones-which
are only partially cultivated.
"Our plan is to have the owners of
those large farms cut them IN into
small parts and put on them Hunga-
rians and other foreigners who are
natural born farmers, give them space
enough to live on and raise enough
for their wv needs and at the same
time guarantee them a certain amount
of day work in the vicinity. We think
IN this way we can relieve the prob
lem of day farm labor"
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New Governor For Canada,

Ottawa, July 26.-Canada is to have a
new governor general next fall, when
Prince Alexander of Teck, third son
of the late Duke of Teck, is to succeed
the Duke of Connaught in that impor-
tant office. The prince is a brother Of
Queen Mary of England. He was
born in April, 1874, and has a good rec
ord as a soldier. He is a major in the
Second life guards and was an aid-de-
camp in South Africa, for he served
in Matabeleland and in the Boer war,
winning a medal in each campaign.
Although he has had little admins
trative experience, the prince is a hard
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miles an hour. The car is of the
stream shape and is especially
adapted with its equipment for mill.
tary use as a scout ship by the army.
1t will carry five men, fuel sufficient to
run six hours, and will have an added
load capacity of several hundred
pounds.
AS the balloon. with it's equipment. is
particularly made for the use of the
army or navy it can be knocked down
in parts that can be packed in trunks
which can be readily transported on
mules, automobiles or in small boats.
The entire machine will weigh less
than 1,4OO pounds.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-07-31

THOR a little while after Mary Red
din left her Ellen Daw stood
still, looking with eager eyes
at the spot in the yellow green
mist of the woods where Mary's slen-
der figure had disappeared.
Mary loved her! Mary Reddin, the
sweetest and prettiest thing in the
Draft, loved Ellen Daw-Ellen Daw
for whom nobody had seemed to are
the least little snap of a finger. 1t
was all to her a wonderful and beauti-
full revelation, and with the revelation
there leaped up within Ellen a very
wildness Of delighted love for the 9TH
er girl.
In this new and radiant gift all
Ellen's imagined love for David melt
ed away into nothingness. He had
been a real person to her-he
was merely a frame upon which she
had built her wistful dreams, and now
In the face of reality the man Of straw
Observation-Disclosures so entirely and
completely that Ellen never even COM
pretended that she had lost him. He
had been created in her mind to fill
her need for something to love, and as
soon as there came a tangible outlet
for that need the intangible shriveled
up and blew away like a cloud that
had never been.
AT length the long slant of the sun
and the gathering storm clouds warn
ed her that she must not dawdle there
longer hugging her new found treas
ure, while her evening chores lay un-
attended at home, and with a last full
sigh Of happiness she started briskly
on her homeward way.
Once started she walked quickly. for
she should have been at home long
since. Indeed she had left her aunt's
almost directly after dinner with the
intention of getting home early, for
there was always plenty of work to
call her, and also that afternoon she
had had a more than usually shrinking
desire to get away from peoples eyes
and be alone in the mountains once
more. She had started homeward by
way of the road, but the path that ran
away ~ IN III past lHt nun
graveyard had lured her from the hot
dustiness of the main track, and thus
it CHANGED that sitting down to rest Il
few moments a little back among the
underground and wild azaleas she had
been n witness to the scene between
Mary and David.
AS she went on her way now, the
knowledge of her new possession kept
pace with her and seemed to touch
all life with Il radiant inspiration-put-
ting the elasticity of happiness into
her whole being, and her mind went
eagerly in quest of something that she
could do for Mary to save her from
the coming disaster, for with Ellen to
love was to do.
Ellen Daw had not lived a normal
life. and its unnatural lack of affection
and companionship had warped her ma
ture and made her different from most
young women. and thus, when at last
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worker and Il good organizer. He has
done much in the cause of charity, es-
pecially in behalf Of hospitals and in
the furtherance of cancer research.
The Princess of Teck, who will be Mt
the head of the social side of the
Canadian government after her hus-
band takes up the duties Of his new
position, is Il daughter of the late
Duke Of Albany, an uncle of King
George. She was born in February.
1883. and was married in 1904. The
royal pair are stepping into a nice
job. full Of h~andshaking. official balls.
ice carnivals and social functions in
general. l31 81
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Wa be-ne.gew-wes, indian Warrior,
shrunken With Age, but Still Active.

he is still able to walk, his eyesight il
keen n his brain active. He scorned
to use the bed in his room ut the hotel,
but wrapped himself in his blanket
and slept on the floor. He complained
of the noise. however, saying too
many wagons" Through an interpreter
he said: "My people are going. l came
to see Minneapolis before l die"
Seventy years ago he led the Chin.
peWa braves in the great battle against
the Sioux at Red Lake for the possess
sion of the hunting grounds. In the
great Indian uprising in 1862, the most
historic warfare incident in Minneso-
ia, he went north after the New Ulm
massacre to WARN the white people of
their danger. His friendliness for the
whites marks a part of the history of
that time. The old chief also told with
pleasure of Il man ut Cass Lake who
sold him a jug of whisky for So.
When he got to the woods he found
only water in the jug. "No kill him."
he said, mo kill" But he had an old
horse about to die of old G He killed
1t. skinned the hind quarters, took it
to the man who had deceived him and
said, choose meat" The man bought
the meat for $40. \ week later Wa
be-ne-gew-wes Went back to Cass Lake
and said to the man, Moose meat"
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Want Spelling Reform In EnoIan

Want Spelling Reform In England.
London. July oG.-A petition to the
prime minister for the appointment Of
Il royal commission on spelling reform
is being circulated by the Simplified
Spelling society. 1t is declared that
the commission should include schol.
airs. teachers, men of letters and men
of business to consider the whole cues
ton and report whether the reform is
practicable and, if so, indicate what
ought to be its nature and how it may
best be introduced.
Among those who have already sign.
ed the petition are Sir Frederick Pol
lock. Professor Gilbert Murray. Bishop
Weldon. William Archer and Profess
sor Walter Rippmann.
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Ellen Daw Says Farewell.

a little while after Mary Red
din left her Ellen Daw stood
still, looking with eager eyes
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-10-02
Score One for Science.

Speaking of rats-and there was
rat-killing crusade a while ago all
along the Atlantic coat, wasn't there?
one of the difficulties of civilization
has been to find a rat-trap that the
wise old rat could not in some way
cheat. Of course, there are scores or
rat-traps, most of them very efficient
provided your rat can be lured into
them. But some rats seem possessed
Of a sense, an instinct or a cunning
that enables them to evade capture or
death. Even some poisons fail to fool
some rats. But over in Philadelphia
new trap has been invented which
both fools the rat and kills 1t at the
same time. It consists of an iron
plate and a spike, both connected with
electric wires. On the spike is
piece of cheese. The rat steps on the
plate, reaches up and bites the cheese
and drops dead, having completed
the circuit and so electrocuted itself.
Score one for science.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-10-02
VAST iUNGLES or PANAMA
Described by Traveller as Dense and
Mysterious as Are These
of Africa.

There are juHgles in Panama
stretching away from the banks OF
Gatun lake, as dense and mysterious
as those of Africa. The only canal
men who know the jungles Intimately
are the surveyors who have charted
the topography Of the watershed. or
who have made special Investigations
at various points. One Of these men
is Mr.. O. e. Malmsbury, who is in
charge Of the land surveys under
Colonel Goethals. In speaking of the
jungle recently, in the New York Sun,
he said:
When I try to become definite about
the jungle, I realize hos little even a
man who has seen much Of it knows
about its life. There are strong i'm
pressions Of beauty, mystery, and fear,
lure with menace, q smile that
only half covers a snarl-and every
thing else that / know about the jun
gle can be told in few isolated in
cidents that have happened to pass
under my notice.
An orchid beckons from the branch
of a tree, pair Of wild pigs dash
away into the brush, g. tiger cat shows
it's bright eyes for a moment, and, in
a flash, the heron balances daintily on
a reed by the river, an alligator slides
from mud bank into the water, mon
keys lark in the trees, lion grOwls
such slight things sum up my jun
gle lore.
One hour the sun looks through
trees and bushes, and traces a thou
sand patterns on the ground; the next,
rattle of rain on the leaves Is deafen-
ing. Night falls, and the parrakeets.
unending chorus; then the howl Of
monkeys adds to the din, and now
and again the cry of the wildcat and
the growing bark of the mountain
lion makes man glad that he is be-
side bright fire with his machete or
gun close at hand.
The lion Of the Panama jungle is Of
two kinds-black and tawny. Full
grown, he stands 80 inches high. His
breast is broad, like that Of a bulldog;
his legs are long; his head is square,
but catlike. He growls like lion,
but ends with bark. l never heard
of his attacking a man, but the ma
tives Of the jungle fear him. He
would be dangerous adversary at
close quarters. The only way to be
certain thai he will not attack a man
Is to try one out. Personally, don't
care enough for the knowledge to
risk the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Compan-
lon.
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LEARN TO SWIM CORRECTLY
Expert VIII Not Tire Himself in Ex-
ercise Which Will Cause Ex-
haustion to Tyro.

The trouble with good many
swimmers is that they do not know
how to swim. Most Of the energy
which would carry them along
smoothly and rapidly, if properly ap-
piled, is wasted in faulty movements.
Time and again have seen men
thrash away madly for short space,
arms and legs, then stop
suddenly, putting hard and in distress.
To such tyros swimming means a
stubborn fight to keep going, and there
Is no doubt that If they tried to swim
for exercise, frequently serious harm
might come from it. But can this
parody of workmanship be considered
swimming? Hardly, according to the
present-day standards.
Watch a skilled trudgeon or crawl
exponent and note the difference. He
will take a graceful dive, strike out
move along without fuss
or furry, rolling gently from side to
side and emerge from the water fresh
and inyigorated, barely breathing
hard Rest assured it is not he that
will suffer, even from daily practice
Outing.
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American COINAGE.

More than once the government has
sought to obtain more artistic designs
for our coinage Why, they have asked,
should we not have as beautiful coins
as those of Greece in the fourth CEN
fury before Christ? One reason is be-
cause we desire Glow relief" that Is,
figures that will not come out higher
than the edges, so that our coins will
stack. Moreover, the modern coin
loses less by abrasion than the ancient.
Thus the interests Of beauty and util-
lty stand in conflict-and this Is a
practical age. Nevertheless, our mint
has offered from time to time coins
protesting an esthetic appearance, as
witness the gold pieces designed by
Saint Gaudens few years ago. With
reference to the new nickel piece,
there seems to be difference Of opin.
lon as to it's beauty.-Popular Me-
chanics
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-10-02

Full line of mounting board in the
various weights and colors at the
News-Budget office. Reasonable
prices.