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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
A . Box Party.

A young peoples society gave the
following unique affair that resulted in
a most enjoyable evening for all the
participants: The invitations We're de-
livered in tiny pill boxes and asked the
guests to bring a lunch prepared for
two in Il box to consist Of sandwiches.
hard boiled eggs, cake and waters.
The entertainment committee provided
potato salad, coffee and olives. The
first test was for girls only, and each
was given an empty box, Il piece of pa
per and some string. Scissors We're
also placed accessible to all, and five
minutes was allowed for seeing who
could do up the neatest parcel. A prize
was awarded, consisting of a box Of
homemade candy. The next test was
for the boys, and the same boxes Were
used and Il number of articles produced
to be packed, and the man who dis
played the neatest box at the end of
five minutes received 4 box Of sailed
peanuts. The luncheon boxes were
hidden. and the company was divided
into pairs by matching animal crackers
and hunted the boxes. Then after the
feast a boxing glove was produced.
and each one in turn had to put it on
and write his or her name and the date.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
Swimmers Cramp,

If you should be seized by a cramp
while in the water. don't lose your
head. II the cramp is in your hand or
your feet, you should be able to swim
to shore by using only n hand or one
foot, as the case may be. If you are
very far from shore and are not sure
Of your ability to do this you may try
to kick" or rub the cramp away, but
perhaps the safest thing is to make for
shore Immediately as we'll as you can.
Can for help, Of course, If any n Is
near you, but don't lose your head and
seize your would be rescuer about the
neck, for that is dangerous for you
both. If the cramp is in your stom-i
ach it is more dangerous. Try not to
double up. This is what you will feel.
like doing, but you must not yield to
the instinct. Turn over on your back
and push yourself toward shore with,
your hands. =.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
TIMELY TIPS.

Don't allow the grocer to weigh your
butter, lard, etc, in a wooden dish.
These dishes weigh from one to three
ounces, according to their size, and you
are therefore paying for that much
wood at the price of butter.
Don't let the butcher weigh your
meat and then trim it and charge you
for the trimmings that you have paid
for. The fat can be rendered into lard
and n bones used in soup. The butch
er knows that they have a value, for
when you do not take them he resells
them for 6 or Z cents a pound. Do not
be afraid to ask for what is your due
and to demand honesty and full meas
ure.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03

1ney nau peen paying eu-
~ chre. She suggested a game
of hearts.
NO, thanks" he said, II am not SO
stupid as to play a game Of hearts with
a coquette. Your Tictims are already
sufficiently numerous without adding
so unworthy a person as myself"
You know very well what l mean.
You simply wish to say something
smart"
She was shutting the cards, but her
mind was not on them. What her
mind was on, or, rather, what was on
her mind, did not interest him. She
was right in inferring that his remark
was intended to be something quite
smart.
While she was l~istlessly shutting the
cards she leaned forward SO that the
perfume Of a flower she wore in her
Her red lips We're still nearer his. She
was looking down at the cards, but
presently raised her eyes. They met
his resting upon her admiringly, but
she dropped them at once.
Shall l tell your fortune:' she
asked.
DO"
She began to distribute the cards on
the table in four piles. Whenever she
put a card on the fourth pile she
paused and studied it. He asked her
what process she vas using and she
fold him n u.uS nnn S1n had 1noy,n1
from a fortune teller. A spider laying
for a fly is not expected to speak the
truth.
She put down four cards, then an
other four cards, the second fourth
card being the knave of spades.
That's you," she said.
I'm no knave."
But you're awfully smart. You
scintillate with bright sayings"
He swallowed this little bit Of pre-
liminary bait, and it made him hungry
for more.
Presently the ten of diamonds fell OH
the second pile of cards.
That's Il wealthy girl who is angling
for you," said the fortune teller.
whats her namc%'
Il know her name, but I'm not going
to tell YOU"
The two of spades fell in the first
pile.
"A black deuce indicates that she is
crafty. Better look out for her. She
will make you a lot of trouble"
The ten of hearts fell on the first
pile.
"That's the girl who really loves you.
She is true hearted. and if you return
her love she will make you very
happy"
Il don't quite understand this
scheme under which you are working
all this out" he said, with a puzzled
expression. 81 don't see why the ten
spots are a couple of girls or why you
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
Who Is a "FooI Monkev?"

In this as in so many games it lends
ease if the players sit in u circle and
select a leader.
The leader then starts the game by
naming an animal whose name begins
with a." as antelope" The player
on his left at once takes this up and
adds to it another animal, the nam
beginning with 3D." saying, "Antelole,
bison," and passing the turn to his left
hand neighbor, who repeats the list,
adding, say, Camel for &C." And 50
it goes on. soon becoming il serious tax
on the memory and alertness Of the
players.
Whoever bungles the catalogue or
fails to find an animal With the letter
for which he or she is responsible is
hailed in mOckery as fool monkey,
and this name must be mentioned by
succeeding players instead of the ami
NAL which the delinquent ought to
have uttered, but muddled.
Experience shows that the ranks of
the fool monkey" will soon be we'll
filled.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
To Presarue Linen.

A very excellent plan for preserving
linens and underwear and one which
was used successfully by a very good
housekeeper is to place the fresh arti-
Giles as they come from the laundry at
the bottom of the pile in sideboard,
dresser or linen chest, leaving the ear
lier ones on top. In this way the same
articles are not used week after week,
but come into use every three. four or
five weeks, according to the supply.
1t will thus be cen that the Wear
and tear is less than if they We're in
use constantly and going through
weekly washings, as is sometimes the
case If no system is used in piling them
away.
If this plan is strictly adhered to it
will be found Of inestimable value.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
1Omen's Ways and Fancies
YOUR WINDOW GARDEN.
Some Hints That Will Be Of Service
For the Box Plants.

The most suitable size is usually six
to eight inches deep by ten Or twelve
wide and as long as you desire. You
can buy them or make them either In
plain wood land do paint them green
or brown and not red or in natural
cedar. The latter is much more at
tractive. But whether the natural fin
iSh is used or not the wood should be
cedar. since 1t outWears several boxes
Of softer wood, not rotting easily. The
color of painted boxes should harmo-
nize will, the porch and house. The
most attractive boxes are in natural
cedar.
There are various self watering boxes
on the market that are a decided I'M
provement over the ordinary sort.
There is a false bottom which supports
the soil. Under this is the reservoir,
which Is supplied by a tube from the
corner of the box. Sponges touch the
extreme bottom Of the box and extend
upward into the soil in which the flow
ers are planted, thus supplying water
by subirrigation.
These boxes need attention only at
intervals of ten to twelve days, depend
ing on weather and time of year., ex-
posture to direct sun and the size of
the box. The box described is made Of
galvanized iron, painted green and is
practically indestructible. There are
also self watering hanging baskets and
jardiniere pans. Their nondripping
and nonrotting mean great comfort.
and plants grow better in them, the
foliage being heavier and the blooms
larger.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
For the Papers, younger Readers
HOW MANY CAN YOU ANSWER?
Here Are Some Battles For Your
Friends to Battle With.

sI'SttOS " odeIIS With
When your friends come give them
each a paper and pencil and see how
many can write the correct answers
to these questions:
Name a battle found in every farm
yard?
Name an uninhabited battle?
Name a battle unpleasant to bare
foot boys?
Name two battles that are found in Il
forest?
Name a good luck battle?
Name Il stimulating battle?
Name al observing battle?
Name Il comfortable battle?
Name a college battle?
Name Il wealthy battle?
Name a cleanly battle?
Name n suspended battle?
Answers: Cowpens. Wilderness.
Stony Point. Fair Oaks and Seven
Pines. Horseshoe. Brandywine. Look
II Mountain. Fort Pillow, Prince
ton. Rich Mountain. White Plains.
Suspended Rock.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
One of p Ways
BY THOMAS A.. BOTHA

infer those things, no matter what pile
they fall on
"Of course you don't. What kind of
fortune would it be if you did?"
BY this time she had dealt all the
cards and, putting them together
again, shuftled them and began anew,
this time laying them in six rows,
placing one card beneath another. so
that all were exposed. The third card
in the first column was the ten of dia-
monds, and the fourth card in the
sixth column was the jack Of clubs.
"Too bad."' exclaimed the fortune
teller. "The expected has happened.
The rich girl has thrown you owe for
a man who is brutal"
"Ihats the queerest fortune telling
system to understand l ever came
across,' he said.
She continued to deal the cards very
slowly. They We're both watching them
intently as they fell, gradually bending
lower and lower eel them. At last a
rebellious strand of her hair grazed
his forehead. A fine wire is sufficient
to carry an electric current, and a few
hairs may carry a love current. The
ten OF hearts fell at the bottom Of the
fifth column. She left her hand on
it. and, putting his hand on it at the
same time, he touched hers. She did
not withdraw hers, and he maintained
his position.
Don't go any further till you have
explained to me why this card falling
at the bottom Of the fifth column means
that the girl who loves me is
"Is what!"
what you're going to say about her"
"What am l going to say about her:'
This dialogue, spoken slowly and
softly. is not especially brilliant, but it
was quite sufficient to serve the u
pose Of these two-that is. keeping their
hands in touch. She raised her lashes
and looked into his eyes with some
thing that might have been reproach-
full; it might have been inviting; it
might have been anything he chose
to infer it to be. Meanwhile the fra
GRANGE Of the flower mingled with her
breath, circled about his nose and per-
meated through it up into his brain.
1t would be sacrileyious to follow
further the blending Of these two
young hearts. Besides, it would be Il
repetition of what has occurred since
Cupid first began his FRANKS. And yet
the little rascal has an infinite variety
of ways of practicing his profession,
and nothing Is achieved in life in so
many different ways as the drawing
together of a pair of lovers.
II say, mummy" he said when their
daughter was receiving attention from
a desirable parti, you'd better teach
her that fortune telling game you
taught me-"
1T is not necessary" replied the
wife and mother. With dignity.
"Humph! That's about as intelligi-
BILE as your fortune system"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
DOOR KNOCKERS REVIVED.
These Articles, However,, Do Not En-
tireIy Replace Use Of Electric Button.

tireIy Replace Use Of Electric Button.
No old English or early American
home was built without a knocker of
brass, bronze or iron upon its outer
door, and frequently smaller knockers
We're placed upon the doors Of bed.
rooms or studies If the doors were kept
closed much Of the time The use Of
the knockers began visibly to wane
with the invention of the bell.
The presence of a knocker at the out.
er door of a house does not, however,
preclude the button Of an electric bell
conveniently near. The replacing OF
the knocker might be regarded as q
concession to the increased interest in
what is old fashioned and picturesque,
giving a certain "~atmosphere," just as
we value the. fireplace, with its open
hearth, though we depend for protec-
ton from chill blasts upon the hot air
furnaces or the steam or hot water "a.
diator.
For use upon the inner doors Of q
house. however, the quaint little knock.
er fultills a function Of its own and Is
winning steadily in popularity. The
makers Of such wares have searched
the world for examples to serve as pat
terms for reproduction, and one may
choose at moderate cost a knocker Of
English, Scotch, German or early
American pattern.
So extensive is the range Of choice
possible that the knocker selected may
be of a pattern highly dignitied and
architecturally correct or else one may
choose something frankly grotesque
and freakish.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
TRYING to Cure Insomnia.

The immediate cause of, insomnia is
the presence of too much blood in the
brain. The feet go to sleep first, so
use a hot water bag or a soapstone
first of all to sec if you cannot draw
the blood to the extremities or soak
the feet in hot mustard water just be-
fore retiring, but YOU must not do this
too often.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
Game Of Four Pin.

-Four pin is q lively outdoor game
that all will enjoy who have a croQuet
set. Select a level part Of the lawn
backed by a fence, or put up a board
or netting. About six feet from the
fence drive four stakes we'll into the
ground ten inches apart. Number the
stakes l. ?, ; and 4. Measure out from
the stakes anywhere from thirty to
eighty feet, according to the condition
of the ground and the strength Of the
players. Mark the point so that it may
be overstepped.
Let each player in order step to the
starting point. and roll the croquet ball
from his hand with full force at the
middle space. Keep the score a. fol-
lows: Ball between stakes 2 and 8
counts s, between l and . counts 4.
and between 3 and 4 the same. If the
ball touches , or g., it means a loss of
II point; touching I or 4 cause loss
Of ? points. If outside of l or 4 the
loss is ) points. The number Of points
to make a game can be determined
before play.-Youth's Companion.
When is a man immersed in bust
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
When Hair parkens.

Light hair grows darker as one grows
older. The woman who is troubled by
her hair darkening might add the juice
from half a lemon to next to the last
rinsing water when she washes her
hair. If her hair is not too dry it will
not harm it to put Il teaspoonful Of
borax in the shampoo bath.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
Interesting Bird Items.

Birds seen eating army worm; We're:
Robins, catbirds. meadow larks, che
winks, thrushes and Wrens.
In Germany the owners of vineyards
are encouraged by their government to
distribute nesting material and erect
birdhouses in their vineyards to at
trac. feathered foes Of insect pests.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
To Clean Bronze.

Dip the bronze object into boiling
water and rub with Il flannel cloth
dipped in soapsuds made from yellow
soap. Dry with a soft cloth and then
polish off with Il channels.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
Religious
Religious Life In Country.

Religious Life In Country.
Desiring to take a survey Of the
rural churches, Farm Life asked for
an expression from the ministers at the
recent conference at Purdue university
and from other country ministers, and
the answers received have been sur
prising in many respects.
The first point noted in regard to the
churches reporting to Farm Life is that
the salaries average larger than was
expected. The lowest salary reported
by any individual church was $3.50. and
in this case the minister was serving
three churches, and his total salary
was $500 a year. The highest salary
was $1,000, the average for all
churches reporting being only a little
less than 5000. These salaries, while
not always sufficient for a fair living,
are paid with reasonable promptness.
The average membership of the
churches reporting Is unusually large
241. Some Of these congregations were
In small towns rather than the open
country, it is true, and some of the
minister's Of group Or circle churches
have evidently reported total member
ship instead of that of the individual
churches.
Attendance, too. shows up we'll, be-
ing an average Of 112, or practically
half of the membership. The Sunday
school attendance Is almost the same,
being an average of III to the church.
There is a tremendous falling off,
hnyvoy,or 1rhnr ~ e,~o ~ %ho .c~2
meetings. Some Of the churches have
no midweek prayer meeting at all, but
Of all those reporting the average at
tendance was only 1914.
What Is the matter with the prayer
meeting? Something undoubtedly is
wrong when a group of churches aver
aging pa in membership has only an
average of fifteen at the midweek
prayer service. The ministers feel this
kecnly, but they are not able to explain
it further than as a lack Of spiritual in
terest on the part of the congregation.
Chinese Divinity Students.
There are at present seven men in
the senior class of Boone Divinity
SCIIOOA uCLdl1S, Nulllu, anu SlA new
men have just been admitted. Six
new men have also entered All Saints
Divinity school, Hankow. OF these
nineteen divinity students one belongs
to the district Of Honolulu, one to the
ANGLICAN district of Kwangsi, two to
.Anking and the remaining fifteen to
the district of Hankow.
Travelling Libraries In China.
The Boone university library at WI.
chang, China, maintains over a dozen
travelling libraries which circulate
among the government schools, the
Young Mems Christian association or.
ganization in Hankow and Wuchang
and the Chinese soldiers stationed in
Wuchang. These libraries are made
up partly of English books and partly
of TRANSACTIONS.
Railroad Aids Religion.
The projected government railway
for Alaska, which is to run from
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
Railroad Aids Religion.

Railroad Aids Religion.
The projected government railway
for Alaska, which is to run from
412 miles, will be a great factor In
simplifying and developing missionary
work there.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03

When is a man immersed in bust
ness? When he is giving swimming
lessons.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03

A TABLE was between them.
~ They had been playing IL
A chre. She suggested a game
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-05
ID PUSH CAMPAIGN
 FOR THE BOND ISSUE
Meetings Will Be Held In Various Parts of City
 This Week

Campaign Manager Sydney J. Bowie stated last night that the campaign in behalf of the bond issue would be active ly waged throughout the week, meetings being held in all sections of the city for the purpose of permitting well informed speakers to discuss the subject before the voters.
 Tonight a meeting will be held at Ems ley and tomorrow night speakers will address a meeting at North Birmingham. City Commissioner James Weatherly has been asked to address the citizens of East Lake during the week and will do so at a date yet to be determined, his speech to be a general discussion of the work of the city commission and not alone an address on the bond issue. The meeting is to be an open mass meeting, 1t Is said and have no connection with the East Lake Civic league. which is said to be the only civic organization opposed to the bond issue.
 Chairman Bowie stated last night that he was delighted with present condi- tlons 'I have been surprised at the ease with which the real truth In regard to the bond issue is winning votes. l believe before we started an active cam peign that aside from the political op- position all we would have to do to the voter who sincerely wished to do the right thing would be to show him the real facts in the case, but I was not prepared for the way in which the opposi- ton to the bond issue melts before this campaign of education. It only again demonstrates to me the real sterling char acter of the great mass of Birmingham'x ' electorate.
 Any man who has a just cause need never for a moment fear leaving it's fate in the hands of the voters of Birming- ham,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-05
RADCLIFFE WELL PLEASED WITH TRIP States the Plans For Jack son Highway Will Now
 Be Pushed

"Our trip to Chattanooga Saturday to the good roads convention there" yester- day states Secretary w. c. Radcliffe of the Chamber of Commerce. ''was made mainly for the purpose of developing the real attitude of the people who were ba clting the Dixie highway proposition.
 we are well pleased with the trip. AL though we did not secure for Alabama any part in the Dixie highway, we forced the convention delegates to show their hand in their scheme to completely elimi- nate this state from the Dixie highway route. Of course we were merely put ting in as we did not even have any invitations to the convention. We hoped to at least secure recognition, but in be-
 ing denied this we developed the real plans of Atlanta. Chattanooga and other cities to exclude Birmingham and other Alabama cities from the very start.
 i"The delegation which went to Chatta- nooga now intends to take up the Jackson highway and push 1t actively. A meeting of the good roads committee Of the cnam- ber the delegation which went to Chat tanooga and all citizens interested prob- ably will be called soon to form plans for this road, which has been discussed for some time and which is to lead from Chicago south through Louisville, Nash vile, Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile and so on. This highway probably would connect with the proposed Dixie highway somewhere in Tennessee probably Nash ville."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-05
NEGROES TURKEY
 TROT INTO JAIL

When officers Alexander. Watson and Riley stepped into the negro dance hall located at 17171a Second avenue yesterday morning about a. m, there was general consternation on the part of the dancers who were having the time of their lives doing the turkey trot and the "buzzard lope" With the aid of some negro gin and their natural propensities for the dance craze. they were cutting up con- siderably. The whole crew was rounded up by the officers and brought to the city jail.
 The prisoners claim, without exception, that they did not realize it was Sunday morning. the time had merely slipped their memory. they were so <engrossed in the melodfous strains of the musicians, accompanied by all the dances from the pigeon wing to the Mobile buck Judge Turner will listen to their plea this morning at 8 o'clock.