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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
ORKNEY ISLANDERS.
Proud of Their Morse Descent and Pre-
fer Scenery to Trees.

Proud Of Their Morse Descent and Pre-
fer Scenery to Trees.
Miss Elinor Root, who has been visit
ing in the little known Orkney Islands,
tells us that the natives are very proud
of their Morse origin, Indignantly repu-
dating the idea that their forbears
were Scottish.
People do not speak here with near
" so broad an accent as the people In
Scotland" Miss Root remarked to her
hostess, land notice the names do not
sound Scotch-Cutt, Twatt. Flett. Cur
sitor, and so on. How is thatY'
My hostess stiffened yislbly.
"They are not Scotch We are not
Scotch. We did not come from Scot
land. Have ye never heard Of the
Norsemen from beyond the seas? We
are the descendants of them. We are
not of Scotch blood. Ye do not call the
Irish English; yere not to call us
Scotch"
II beg your pardon" returned hum
bly,, and to change the subject plunged
into the theme of afforestation. The
venture was an unfortunate one, as
trees refuse to grow in the islands.
Trees spoil the scenery" declared
my hostess. I'VE would not have them
il we could. If we go to the southland
We cannot see anything of the scenery
for the trees. We like to see scenery. >
-Lippincott's Magazine.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
A Personal Application.

A well known business man in Law
renee. Mass, once had customer who
contracted debt that ran unpaid for
a year or more, and even several let
tiers failed to bring about a settlement.
One day. while CHANGING over the re-
ligious notices in a local paper. the
business man saw something that gave
him IA new idea. He went 30 his desk
and wrote the following note to the
debtor:
My Dear Sir-I see in the local press
that you arr to deliver an address on
Friday evening before the Y NJ. c. A. on
THE Sinners Balanced Account" / in
close yours, as yet unbalanced, and trust
that may have the pleasure of attend
ing your lecture
A check came by the next mail
Youths Companion.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
INcENDIARY BOMBS.
Terrific Heat of Thermite, the Stuff
With Which They Are Filled.

Incendiary bombs are one Of the
most fearful engines of modern war
fare. The reason they throw out such
a terrific heat is because they are filled
with thermite.
Thermite is so hot when it is fired
that it will melt iron and steel with
the greatest ease and even burn its
way through granite.
This marvellous substance was dis
covered in 1902. 1t is really a mixture
Of coarsely powdered aluminium and
oxide of iron. 1t cant be fired by It
self, but has to be started by another
mixture consisting of finely powdered
aluminium and barium peroxide.
Tie wonderful heating power of this
terrible substance has been made use
of all over the world in iron and steel
welding, Steel Joints are welded solid
~ together In d few moments by plac-
ing a little thermite round the joint and
firing it.
The thermite mixture is as safe to
handle or store as sawdust-safer, In
fact. Only the special mixture or Il
very high temperature indeed will set
It on fire. If necessary the two sub
stances from which thermite Is made
can be taken separately and mixed
when required, and there is no danger
whatever in aluminium powder or OK
ide Of iron, which is, practically speak
ing, iron rust, yet the mixture makes
up one of the hottest substances
known.-Pearson' Weekly.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16

The weekly news letter Issued by
the federal department Of agriculture
says that many Florida celery grow
ers have been careless in spraying
their celery, and that copper sulphate
In excess of what is healthy has been
found on the celery when offered for
consumption. This warning should
be noted not only by growers but by
consumers-the growers for the pur-
pose of preserving their trade; the
consumers for the purpose of pre-
serving their health. It's very se-
rlous matter to use a poison on a
plant like celery and not thoroughly
wash 1t Off
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16

Luck is the main difference between
failure and success. 1t rises like some
mysterious fairy from the chaos Of
events and crowns its victors with an
apparently hopeless ignorance of jus
tice.
Luck must be n woman; no man
could be SO tickle, so fantastic in a
choice of favorites.
Luck, however, has one great virtue.
Although she will desert the gambler
as suddenly as she came to him, she
is likely to be faithful to those of her
proteges who are the steadiest work
ers. she appears to be on the side Of
the biggest battalions-L
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16

Tho Medical Times has new
name for a certain species of the ge-
nus homo with which most of us are
familiar. The man who has culture,
but lacks creative genius" and who is
ambitious to achieve the fame that
can only be won by the latter, seeks
publicity through channels and in
fields that win him headline notoriety,
the wonderment of the unenlightened
crowd, and the distrust and amuse-
ment of his intelligent associates.
There are many of such men-the SEN
sationalists of science, of literature,
even of art. The Medical Times de-
scribes them as highbrow paranoids.
1t is a goodly epithet. an understand
able combination of the vernacular
and scientific nomenclature.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
Navy Wavs of sayinn Il.

Strain at a gnat and swallow a
camel" came from the lips of an old
friend as Gag at straw and swallow
a whole load of hay" OF a certain
girl she said, "She smiles like frog at
the girls and grins like rag carpet at
The boys" / have never seen rag
carpet since but it resolves itself into
rows of grinning teeth, and as for the
dropping smile of the frog, it certainly
speaks for itself, as it were. -Woman's
Home Companion.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16

II it Is indeed true that an antisep-
tic has been found which will render
infection of wounds impossible, long
step will have been taken to mitigate
some of the worst horrors OF war. And
as the invention and science of the
age has developed so much in the way
of new and terrifying weapons of at
tack, 1t is in the way of compensation
that they should also yield under the
unusual spur some mitigation of hui
man misery.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
A Disturbing Sound.

''There is no excuse for man being
run down by motorcar All he has
TO do is to foen his wits about him"
"Of course, replied the recent victim.
in sarcastic tones. There is nothing
more conducive to rational thinking
than n loud 'hOnk' heard unexpected
~ In ones rear. Birmingham Age
Herald.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
Or. Yates, Trousers.

st. Catharlne's was the first Cam
bridge college to produce a don who
dared to stagger humanity by wearing
trousers. He was DIR. Lowther Yates,
"a large, square man from Cumber-
land" suspected of radical opinions,
who was master of Cats" during the
closing years of the eighteenth century.
As Yates, when vice chancellor. walk
ed In procession to the university
church, wearing trousers instead OF the
orthodox knee breeches. somebody
shouted from a window:
Gadzoons. gadzoons,
Lowther Yates in Pantaloons!
The profane impromptu poet was
captured and proved to be Yates own
nephew. "Gadzoons" was a Cumbrian
expletive with which Yates was wont
to express intense astOnishment.-
Westminster Gazette.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16

When a mother is awakened from
sound sleep to find her child who has
gone to bed apparently in the best of
health struggling for breath. she is
naturally alarmed. Yet if she can
keep her presence of mind and give
ChamberlairtS Cough Remedy every
ten minutes until vomiting is pro-
dueed, quick relief will follow and
the child viii drop to sleep to awak-
en- in the morning as well as ever.
This remedy has been in use for ma
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
His Great Need.

A new pastor was met by one of his
parishioners who was fat and of many
years and who said to the pastor. You
must feed the sheep"
Whereupon the pastor replied. my
dear old man, you do not need food;
you need exercise"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
Dan Emmett.

Dixie" one OF the most famous
American songs, was written in 1859
by Daniel Emmett. an American song
writer and minstrel who was born in
Ohio in 1915. He appeared in many
cities of this country and England and
at one time was associated with Dan
BRYANT
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
Opened Her Eyes.

Clara-Can it be, Dolly, that you are
to marry Mr.. Smith after saying TO me
repeatedly that you could not endure
himl DOlly-The truth is. Clara, dear.
that until l heard that his aunt had
died, leaving him fortune. was de
ceiyed in my own feelings toward him
London Telegraph.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16

Stories of preserved mammoth
meat grow better right along. Now
they have found in Alaska stratum
of mammoth sandwiches between
strata Of rock. If they had reported
that the rock was fossilized rye bread
the thing would have been complete
from an artistic point OF view.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
Tia Dram Nutann-

To protect itself from the rain the
orang outang crooks its arms over its
head, The hair on the orang's upper
arm points downward, while on the
lower arm 1t points upward. the ap-
parent purpose being to shed the rain
like q thatch.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
Exnlaininn the Delay.

She reading Divorced
1913 a. M. weds again 3 p. m" What
do you think of that? He-It would
take that long to get the license
Judge
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16

A man in Philadelphia cured him.
self OF Indigestion by fasting twenty
two days. He also discovered in this
cure the most effective one for the
high cost of living, but he win have
hard work making it popular.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16

Never take pepsin and pTepala','e'-
containing pepsin or other olsrs'. =.
ferments for Indigestion a. w.. nc :,
YOU take the more you VIII na' l,k
take. What is Bleededtis . 'g- 20 m
Chamberlain's Tables thai " y. y ,an-
able the stomach to perform, US -, Nv
tions naturally. 0btainaole s''''
where.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16

If there was anyone who doubted
the decency of Pittsburgh. what will
he think now when 1t is announced
that the Smoky City has provided for
u bureau Of censorship to pass upon
the morality of magazines before they
may be permitted to be sold on news.
stands.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16

It's an incurable cynic who says the
pay-as-you-enter cars have taught
Americans pohteness. as now they in
vsriably let the other fellow go in
first-on the chaness that he may take
1t into his head to pop in two fares
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
Sounded Like a Knock.

Mrs. Bacon-How many biscuits
would 1t take TO make ten pounds,
John9 Mr.. Bacon-Well it all depends
on whose biscuits they were, dear
Yonkers Statesman.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16

lie is a mean father who doesn't.
once in a while, let his children think
they are fooling MIN.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16

He who does not stretch himself ac-
cording to the cOyerlet finds his feet
uncovered.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
Methodist Epis-
c@[paI GhuurcLh..s.
AAC'l'iS OCA w Fourth Avenues
Why Do for Others?

/. Because one is happier, in the
long run, to do for others than doing
others. at is more blessed to give
than to receive"
2. To do for others ennobles and
strengthens the character of the one
acting, enriching the soul or nature
as nothing else will do. A beautiful
example of this, is to be found in a
nurse, who spends her life as sacri-
flee for others.
3. Serving the interests of others
broadens the vision of the one help
ing and helps that one to live "a life
larger than their own desires. 1t
makes us alirulstic rather than ego
tistic
1. BY doing for others, and not do
ing others, we contribute to the wei
fare and betterment of our communi-
ty and all humanity. Ii is then that
we live in red house by the side of
the road and become saviOurs to men.
Doing for others has it's rewards.
Men reward their fellowmen who
serve unsellishly. The man who is
selfish in his service here will receive
his reward accordingly, He who seeks
to be an unsellish servant of the peo-
pie and serves the best and highest
good of the people, will some day, if
not now, be praised and justly re-
warded. History is not without ex-
amples of such men and women.
6. Not only will men appreciate
and reward true service, but He who
rules the hearts of men, Will and does
take notice. Surely if He rewards the
one giving a cup of cold water in the
name of disciple then certainly God
sees all the efforts we make in trying
to help. Freely, We have received,
freely give" The bible is full of
promises over 32.00o-of blessings
and gifts God promises to those who
are willing to receive the unspeaka-
BILE gift, who is Jesus Christ. To
real Christians, service is lasting
Joy,
Sunday at the Methodist Church.
Morning worship at 1880, William O.
Trezise, speaker.
Sunday school at 1890 Elisha Heals
Naaman. Kings >.
Junior League at 2:30. A trip around
the world.
Epworth League at 6;15. A Golden
Rule in Government.
Evening worship at 700. Chester l..
Harries, speaker.
GEO. b. THOMPSON,
Pastor.
%+% : ~ ss'sf -
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
HnrIncflgestIon.

nv years with uniform success
tainabIe everywhere.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-04-30
AG1ance att Current Topics and Events

laeologos), died in the thick of the
fighting, and the Turks poured in over
his corpse to plumber and devastate his
capital.
1t is in what may lie under st. So
phia that the interest Of archaeologists
will center. These vaults have al
ways been jealousy guarded by the
Turks. and few indeed have been the
outsiders allowed Il peep at them.
Splendid libraries, containing prob
ably practically all Of the lost classics.
are undoubtedly buried at Herculane-
UNI, but even easier and more direct
methods of finding the lyrics Of Sap
pho. the plays of Menander. the lost
books of Livy and Aristotle will offer
themselves to the present day repre-
scntatives of the old Humanists when
Constantinople is taken.
There are known to be 5000 manu-
scripts in the sultan's library. Among
the buildings that Frederic Harrison
wants thoroughly explored is the inn
pcrial %seraglio. He believes that it will
be found to contain Greek, Roman and
Byzantine treasures of extraordinary
value.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-04-30
Murdoch Goes TO Press Auain.

Washington, April 2O.-Victor Muir
dock of Kansas, who has just retired
from congress. has begun the job of
editing his Wichita newspaper.
Mr.. Murdoch, after twelve years in
congress, is bullying with ideas how to
run a newspaper. He intends to intro
duce what he describes as a "sane and
adiectiveless society page"
He is going to be a bear on Wash
ington news and will print ono page in
big type, the easy to read kind,
pleasing alike to the old, the near
sighted and the tired business man
who wants to skim over his paper in
a hurry. A page that a man can read
at arms length is his big idea.
He will also run a Saturday review
Of the stories and articles in the week
ly and monthly periodical press.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-04-30
PROLOGUE e.

Mr.. Lambert becomes foreman Of the
fury in the trial Of Alice Emory for
the murder Of her aged employer. In
a series of adventures he meets the
fair Barbara Frayne, friend of the &C
cused, and helps to rescue the murder
ed mans housekeeper, Madeline Mapes,
and Bethna Field, a maid, from Hunt.
assistant to Barstow, the counsel for
the defense. Lambert's interest in the
case is noted by Dick Gilbert, the
prosecutor, who calls him as a wit
ness. This brings forth vigorous pro-
test from Barstow, his u%tterances pro-
voking the court. Barstow's tactics IN
trying to make out Madeline Mapes
the murderess causes Alice Emory to
demand a hearing, and she begins to
tell her story, revealing her engage
ment to Barstow. AS she unfolds her
story the threads Of evidence tighten
about Barstow, who had told her that
Hunt was the murderer, and he wish
ed to shield him. Hunt on the stand
astounds the court by revelations as to
Barstow's duplicity.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-04-30
Pan.Anerican Unity In May.

Washington, April 19.-Treasury Of
icials are going ahead with plans for
the Forthcoming conference Of Pan
American f%inanciers in Washington,
when ways and means will be consid-
cred for strengthening the financial
and commercial relations between the
nations of the Western Hemisphere.
It will be held On May 10 under au-
thoriZation of congress, the date hav-
ing been chosen by President Wilson.
An appropriation of $4,000 was pro-
vided for the purpose.
An elaborate program is being pre-
pared for what promises to be II of
the most, if not the most. important
gathering ever held in the United
States for tho promotion Of its fiscal
and trade relations with other coun-
tries. Already the Central and South
American nations have indicated an in
tention to participate by sending their
ministers Of finance and leading bank
ers to confer with American financiers
and treasury officials. In addition to
sending formal invitations to foreign
governments, American cabinet Off
GERS, diplomats from the Central South
American countries here and the fed
eral reserve board will be invited to
DarticiUatc.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-04-30
Striped Uniforms For War.


London, April 1S.-The experience of
this war may lead to the trial Of sol
diers' uniforms striped like the zebra
or banded by the colors of the rain
bow, In the opinion Of some military
observers. who have serious doubts as
to the effectiveness of khaki, blue gray
or any of the other colors now in use.
In India and South Africa, where
khaki got its reputation as a uniform
cloth. it fitted well into the back
grounds of the landscapes. but in the
different atmospheres and landscapes
Of Europe both the khaki and the blue
gray show up c~onspicuously in mass.
Nature, the color experts now say,
did not stripe the zebra by way of or
nament, but as a protective measure.
1t is the unbroken mass of color, no
natter in what shade, that catches the
eye in the distance. Colonel Maude, a
we'll known expert, recOunts an In
stance in India when his party, APP
preaching a parade ground from a dis
lance, were unable to see but one Of
three battalions until comparatively
close up. The troops all wore scarlet
jackets. But two battalions We're
made invisible by white pipe clay belts
and cross straps, which broke the mass
Of color, while the conspicuous body
had dark straps which blended in with
the red. Tigers. leopards, birds. liz
ards. snakes and most living creatures
use the notified coloring.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-04-30
Wireless Without Tower.

Boston, April 20.-Experiments on
Quoted by the wireless society Of Tufts
college have shown, it was announced,
that messages MAJ be transmitted and
received without using high aerial an
tcnnae. Tests have shown that the ap-
paratus can be ready for use within Il
third of the time required for setting
up the aerial equipment. Two ordinary
wires ninety feet in length when
stretched on the ground in q direct line
With the transmitting station We're
found to DC sufficient to receive mes
sages from fifty to seventy-tive miles
distant.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-04-30
Toymakers Look to Guatemala,

.SOS w
Washington, April 2O.-Both whole
sale and retail toy dealers Of this coun-
try are greatly interested in the report
Of Garrard Harris, special agent of the
department of commerce, who is sta
toned at Guatemala. The isolation Of
the chief toy supply of this country by
the war, he says, would not be felt IL
the toy importers would look to Guate-
mala as a new source of supply. Both
the Indians and the city jewellers, he
declares, are clever as we'll as artistic.
and the toys they make would please
any child and would appeal ven to
their elders because Of their novelty.
In part the report reads:
"Around the 'portales' Of the plaza in
Guatemala City n few days before last
Christmas the display was b%ewildering.
In all the other cities and towns-Zaca.
| pa, Quezaltenango, Antigua, Huhuete-
mango, E%scuintla, San Marcos, Chimal-
tenango-thc same Christmas sale was
| going on. 1t was the chance Of the
year to sell the toys made by the wo-
men and the girls at odd times-a
manufacture which has great possibili.
ties of development as a house indus
try if a market is provided for these
toys in quantities. The prices asked
are very reasonable, and makers Of the
toys plying their trade while waiting
for customers said that If quantities
were ordered cheaper prices would be
made than were asked at retail"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-04-30
To Paint War Scenes.

Paris. April 11.-Whilc Germany
stimulates public sentiment with cine
matograph films of the war. France.
says the Petit Journal, purposes to al
ter the military zone to make a more
permanent record of the noteworthy
Genes
Although the 1916 salon will proba-
bly, be Cancelled, instructions have al
ready been given to certain generals ia
give facilities to artists to work under
their supervision.
The Petit Journal names TinAyre,
Scott, lacquer and General Niox
among the artists already at the front.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-04-30
Admiral Frank F. Fletcher to Com
mand Mighty Fleet.

the following morning, there to remain
at anchor while the officers and men
enjoy shore leave until May II, the
day before the big Laval game is to be-
gin. The assemblage OF the great fleet
will give New York its first o%pportuni-
ty to see the mighty organization since
Admiral Fletcher became commander
in chief, and it will be the first time Il
four starred pennant. the flag of an
admiral, ever has been e on Il
Dreadnought in these waters.
The war game will last from May IS
to May 80, and on June l the various
ships will proceed to their home yards
for docking and necessary repairs be-
fore starting on the long voyage to San
Diego, San Francisco and Seattle via
the Panama canal. The feet will as
semble in Hampton Roads on June 81
and is scheduled to sail for the canal
on June %.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-04-30
ITO be ~continued.1
DIRK and Disease Germs.

"lf we would only eliminate all the
preventablc causes Of disease" SAYS
q noted physician. eve wouldn't know
our cities and towns in two months.
Our people are very careless with re-
gard to the elimination of waste and
rubbish of all kinds which carry dis
case germs. Nobody makes it his bust
ness to see that ordinary cleanliness
and ncatncss are maintained. Who
would think of approaching a man
tearing Il letter to shreds ana casting
it in the street and telling him he was
doing wrong? Yet in Berlin a man
would be arrested and fined for such
an offense. We should have u similar
law here and enforce it."