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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-14
AMALYZIMG A HAIR.
Science Reads It as Expert Woodsmen'
Read the Trees.

Science Reads II as Expert Woodsmen'
Read the Trees.
TO the German analyst hair is packI
Ell with information. The approximate
age and physical condition can no cons
strrcted by an examination of n single
hair.
Tho hair of every animal has cerloin)
distinguishing characteristics. If is
not to he mistaken by Il competent inl
v~esljgator. Some animals. as for ex-
ample The cow. have three types of
air. These will he known by their
structure. Under a proper microscon-
1cal examination hairs will be as easilv
distinguished by an expert as varie-
ties of trees in a grove will be distin.
guished by a forester.
There was a cas- in which a dagger
found on the prisoner had a few short
hairS caught entalgled in u nick Of
the blade. He explained this by say
ing that he had used the dagger to Kiln
a rabbit that he had found trapped in
I; hedge. The authorities reported to
~ i'oii's' aittT an examination or thd
dagger. that the hairs were not of hu-
man origin. but they also added thew
were not rabbit hairs; they were
squirrel hairs.
me police were extremely puzzled
until they finally discovered that ON
the night OF the homicide the prisoner
had worn a great coat trimmed with
squirrel FUR. lie had, in fact, careful-
~ washed the knife after the assassi-
nation and thereby removed every evil
dence OF his act: but. unfortunately
for him. he made the mistake of att
tempting to dry The dagger by wipins
it on The fur lining of his great coat
Melville Davisson yPost in Saturday
Evening Post.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-14
EDITING SHAKESPEARE.
Nicholas Rowe, Poet Laureate. Was the
First to Attempt It.


The first folio was printed uar,}v
from the earlier quartos and partly
from manuscript copies in the hands OF
players. 1t did not have the careful,
editing" that sc important q work
should have had. hut ii preserved from
destruction q number of the plays thar
had no, appeared in quarto form.
Nicholas Rowe. poet laureate amt
dramatist, in his edition Of 1909 made
inc first attempt to edit Shakespeare i'm
the modern sense. He modernizcd
spelling. punctuation and grammar,
added lists of uramatis ItrSonac and
divided h acts and scenes properly,
Since his time editors have been buSity
engaged in corrections and empnua.
tons.
Alexander Pope, the second editor,
issued his Shakespeare i'm 1928, and
this was followed in 1873 by Lewis
Theobalds edition. whose bitter attack
upon Pope in shakespeare ReStored''
led to the latter'S making Theobald the
dull and pedantic hero OF his Dun
clad" The handsome edition by Sir
Thomas Hammer appeared in l744 and
William Warbnrton's i'm l147. DR..
Samuel John>on's edition was publish.
ed in 1863. Then came Edward Ca
pel[S in l767-GS. George Stevens i'm
1913, Joseph Rams in 1864 and
Edward Malone's in l79O.-New York
Times.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-14
~ GA1f3>e4~ e4m A1oezz1zox

been made by the national committee.
The Republican convention, adher-
ing to the majority rule. will require
433 votes to nominate a candidate.
Hawaii. the Philippines and Porto Ri
go will be represented. as in 1912. by
ten delegates. but this year these dele
gates will possess no votes.
The Democratic convention will con-
tinue to require a two-thillS vote to
nominate a candidate. and therefore
The nominees selected at st. Louis in
y | must have at least 12G votes.
Out of the total number of delegates
in the Republican convention. which is
$50, there will be 613 selected by di-
rect primaries in twenty-five states.
This will leave 372 to be chosen by the
old fashioned method. Thus it will be
impossible for the national committee,
which makes up the temporary roll
OF the convention. to steam roll a
ma .jority of It's own choosing. because
the committee has already decided
that il will place upon the temporary
WI Ait Nv WI an Wv " l
who present certificates of election.
More than 81 per cent of the lcAl Re
publican convention will he of direct
primary selection.
Democrats Chosen by Primaries.
In the Democratic convention 'i2l of
the total number OF delegates will be
chosen toy direct primary and AGA by
the ul, convention method. This
means thai a little more thar - per
cent of The Democratic ~convpnlin, will
be CONFUSED OF primary delegates. The
primary delegates will not constitute
The 1wolhird> necessary to nominate.
The states which will elect delegates
To both conventions by direct primary
are as follows. the total number being
Twenty-Five:
Alabama. Indiana, Minnesota. New
Hampshire. North Dakota. Michigan.
Wisconsin. New York. Illinois. Iowa.
Nebraska. Montana. Massachusetts,
Ohio. Maryland, California. lcnlSyl-
vania. Oregon, New Jersey. South la
kota. West Virginia and Vermont.
In the Republican convention those
states which will have Il reduced
number of delegates over 1912. as a
result of the reapportionmtnt. are:
Alabama. Arkansas. Florida. Georgia.
Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-14
Walter Johnson. Washineton's Great
Pitcher.

hind 1%ohnson'S in sheer speed. but they
never got quite so much effect from
their speed. The reason is found in
the fact that johnson pitches with Il
Semi-Side arm movement and brings
his arm far in front of him before re-
leasing the ball. With Il particularly
long stride and bringing the ball far
in front of him. as he does. johnson
gets much nearer to the batter with
his hand and arm than any other
pitcher in baseball. In addition to this.
the ball comes floating out of the back
ground created by %JohnSon'S gray or
white suit. since he does not release
the bah until his arm is in front of
him.
Therefore the bail is ION top" Of the
batter more quickly than when most
pitchers throw. Furthermore. the
background OF gray " white with the
white ball affords less in the way of
contrast than the batter asks. 1t is
just this mechanism of .JOhnson's work
which arcpnlnale~ The value Of his
speed.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-14
MAGGIE AND A MYSTERY.
The Dark Secret Was Revealed After
the Maid Had Gone.

The Dark Secret Was Revealed Ate,
the Maid Had Gone.
AND so" said one north I'ennsy1va.
mia street malron to another. ..ynu LET
Maggie COZ
Yes. and | made the mistake Of nv
life. but | came to he afraid Of her"
Afraid OF her. for goodness sake,
why. b always seemed SO quiet
You noticed perhaps that she al
ways had n or two lead pencils stuck
III her hair: Well. We began 10 find
pencil mari everywhere-on the ape
lining the pantry shelves. on the pack
ages thai came from the butcher and
me grocer--the slrangeSt. most mystic
rions marks"
Wei | never"
"Nes: | had read of thieves marking
on gatepostS and all that kind of thing
the way they gave information to
each other. So let her go. One dav
when my brother Fred was here | told
him about it and showed him some of
the pencil marks. Then he laughed
and read them right off. one of the
markings said:
Don't forget to tell her we need
macaroni and cheese.
Another was interpreted by Fred to
read. Two quarts of milk for sunday
and another. 'Bluing and salsoda.'
why. said Fred. that's shorthand
ana mighty good shorthand a, that,
slster. YOU have let a bird go.-In-
diana polls News.
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Twelve Words.

Some years ago the circulation de-
partment of a London newspaper Of
fered a prize for the longest siXpenny
twelve Word-telegram that could &C.
tually be sent to it's office. This won:
administrator generals counter.
revolutionary intercommunications un,
circumstantiated. Quartermaster gen.
erals diSproportionableness character,
istically counterdistinguished uncon-
stitutionalistic Observation-Disclosures"
These twelve words contain exactlv
200 letters, and the telegram needs
two periods, two apostrophes and ona
hyphen to make it proper English. And
1t does not contain the longest posi-
bility in the language, "proantitranssub-
enthusiastically" either.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-14

. Sporting Notes
Walter Johnson's Pitching.
BY SQUARE DEAL.


Walter Johnson'S pitching is the
ing mechanically so far the superior
OF most of his rivals that he is not
FORCED to rely OH The cunning which is
the stock in trade of many fingers.
still there is in the very mechanism
OF .j"hlson's pitching something which
Is the finest Of pitching tineSse.
Grover l.oudermilk of Detroit and
smoky Joe" Wood, formerly of Bos-
ton. threw balls that were not far be-
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-14

Most OF the great battles which were
fought long ago We're over in a dav.
The famous engagements: Waterloo.
six hours; Sedan, twelve and a half
hours: Gravelotte. nine hours: Mars Ia
TOUR, ten hours: Koeniggratz. eight
hours: Alma. three and a half hours.
Leipzig. three days; Gettysburg, three
days.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-14
An Ingenious Astronomer.

The novel star finder of a Shang-
hal inventor has the form of a parasol.
When the parasol is opened and it's
stick is pointed toward Polaris the
stars and consultations charted upon
its covering are found to have the
same relative positions as in the sky
overhead, so that finding the celestial
objects is easy.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-14

The following table gives the repre-
sentation in the Democratic and Re
publican conventions of 1915. those
states which choose their delegates by
star in puch case.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-14

The Democratic convention this wear
Will consist vi the same nnluhpr of del
egnteS as in 1912, the total being LOSS.
no change in the apportioumeDt la wing
The midland journal., 1916-11-10
Resolved Never to Eat Again.

the interests and the outlook of chill
dren. In a normal school the young
women who are the next year to be
intrusted with the care of young chill
dren will be found very often to show
the same attitude of indifference and
antagonism toward their instructors as
younger children do so commonly.
Yet these same young women when
they are placed in front of class will
resent inattentiOn as if it were wan
ton and malicious affront to their au-
thority. The normal school student
will very often shirk work and avoid
responsibility but in a short while,
when confronted with similar conduct
on the part of her pupils, she finds it
difficult, if not impossible, to under
stand "how children can do such
things" The college student will
"bluff'' through his recitations in the
manner characteristic of the particu-
lar institution, and the following year
he will be outraged because some
sharp boys try to play the same trick
upon him.
If we did somehow manage to re-
member our own moods and our va
rious misdeeds and our youthful esca-
pades it is still quite likely that we
should not approve of the parallel man
ifestations in our children. But how
ever much we disapprove of them, we
could gain great deal from the bare
realization that the children are not
wicked or malicious. Understanding
their moods and their impulses does
not mean indifference to the conse-
quences or to the habits that they are
forming. 1t means ability to help them
over their difficulties, to guide them
because of our superior wisdom and
larger experience.
1t is for these reasons that those of
US who have forgotten our own youth
need to study what is known about the
The midland journal., 1916-11-10
ABsENTMlNDED Mr.. JONES
Although He Hadn't Forgotten the Fa>
vors, He Might Almost as Well
Have Done So.

| Mr.. Jones' wife says that he is the
most absentminded man in the world
She finds it necessary to look him over
every morning before he leaves for his
office, lest he should appear there in
his paiamas some day.
On the day that she entertained the
members of her club, Mrs. Jones took
great pains to purchase the bridge IA
vors, according to the New York
Times.
"Now," she said in the morning, as
he was about to leave for the day, do
please try and remember to go to the
store next door to your Office and get
% of the handsomest favors in the
store and send them up to the house
with boy this afternoon"
Jones promised faithfully to remem-
ber and promptly forgot all about the
matter until he reached the office. Then
his eyes lighted on the string his wife
had tied about his finger.
"Great Scott!" he cried, ''those fa-
vors!' Half an hour later, as he was
opening his mail, he came across let
ter from his wife.
sDon't forget those favors," it read,
"and be sure to pay for them."
Him, that's right" muttered Jones
abstractedly. 81 did nearly forget
them"
Shortly after receiving the letter, his
wife called him up on the telephone.
"Have you bought those favors?" she
inquired.
by Jover answered the husband, 4
did almost forget them"
At noon he left the Office, to be gone
the remainder of the day. At six o'clock
he walked up the stoop of his house,
tired but happy in the consciousness
that his days work was over. -,
At the door of the house his wife D let
him, in plainly wrathful mood. -
"Wretched mani" she cried.
Jones surveyed her in amazement for
moment Then an awful thought
pierced his mind.
why" he stammered, Il didn't for
get those favors after all, did II"
"No," she cried. "But three times
this afternoon you sent a boy here
with % of them each time"
The midland journal., 1916-11-10
Wonder of the Rose.

What service has the rose rendered
to our ancestors that we should admire
it beyond all rational measure? Did it
feed them, clothe them, warm them, or
serve to deck some otherwise unatrac-
tive maid and win for her wooer?
Did our ancestors, whether beasts or
human progenitors of retreating skull
and tusklike teeth, breathe In its
beauty and take fresh courage for the
battle of life? Can it be by chance that
man has come to find in flower the
great symbol of beauty? Why is not
the fruit more beautiful to him than
the flower? Why not the vegetable
than the fruit? Why not the fish than
the vegetable, or u lamb chop most
beautiful of all?-Henry Dwight Sedg-
wick, in the Atlantic.
The midland journal., 1916-11-10

child Of a given age. We are taken
unawares when a docile child begins
some day to run away from our side.
He is brought back and told to keep
within bounds; but before very long
he is off again, and we shudder to
think what hight have happened if a
vehicle had just then come along. y,
Or the neat child surprises us ny,
coming home with soiled clothes, fand
we wonder whether it was not one Of
the neighbors' children that brought
him to his plight. We know, of course.
that other peoples children are DISC
bedient, that they are untidy, that they
are wild" But when it comes Har-
old's turn we are caught unprepared.
Yet it is possible for parents to be
prepared to a degree. 1t is possible for
us to find out the general course of
the child's development and to know
what we have to look forward to. 1t
is possible to find out the distinctive
The midland journal., 1916-11-10
DEUTSCHLAND
BACK TO U. S.
Undersea Merchantmen Turns
Up at New London, Conn.
PRACTICALLY THE SAME CREW
Cargo Of Dyestuffs and Chemicals.
Vessel Had Cleared For "RaIti-
more Or Any Atlantic
Port"

New London.-Conn.-T million
dollars worth of dyestuffs and drugs
and, it was said, possibly stocks,
bonds and precious stones" comprise
the cargo of the German submarine
merchantmen Deutschland, according
to statement by Capt. Paul Koenig,
commander of the craft.
The Deutschland is in this port, after
having succeeded in making second
American coast, despite the watchful-
ness of British and French war YES
sells.
Under Capt. Paul Koenig, who was
in command during her first trip to
Baltimore, the Deutschland left
Bremen on October 10.
The submarine entered the lower
harbor shortly after midnight, coming
in by the Race at the entrance to Long
Island Sound For several weeks the
Eastern Forwarding Company, agents
for her owners, had tug each night
off Montauk Point ready to meet the
Bremen, but the tug was withdrawn
some time ago. 1t was evident that
the Forwarding Company had some
warning of tra Deutschland's arrival,
however, for d tug was engaged, and
Capt. F. Hinsch of the Company, ac-
companied by the health officer, steam
ed out to meet the submersible.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Willehad, which had been at her dock
here for several weeks awaiting the
arrival of German submarine freight
er, let her searchlight play on the
water marking the path by which the
Deutschland travelled to her wharf.
Delayed BY Collision.
Captain Koenig said that he had ex-
pected to leave Bremen on October /,
but that his boat was injured in col
lision and forced to put back for re-
pairs, which delayed her sailing for 10
days.
The captain and the crew of rs men
were in excellent health and high
spirits over the success of their Sec
ond venture. The Deutschland carried
clearance papers for Baltimore or any
Atlantic port"
The boat was no sooner moored
than she was screened from sight by
pontoon carrying high fence. Her
crew went on board the Willehad,
where quarters were awaiting them.
The midland journal., 1916-11-10
TEUTONS TAKE
10000 PRISONERS
ISL Rumanian Officers Are Also
Captured.
FIGHTING IN DENSE FOGs
Germans Check Russian Attempt
To Advance Southwest Of
Stanislau, On Eastern
Front.

Berlin.-Efforts of the Roumanians
to recapture positions along the
Pennsylvania frontier were without
success, the War Office announced
Since October 10 the Austrians and
Germans have captured more than TO-
900 Roumanians The announcement
follows:
Army group of Archduke Charles
Francis: Quiet prevails on the Tran
sylvanian eastern front. In the south
ern frontier mountains fighting goes
on in spite of heavy fog and snow
storms. North of Campulung, near
Boerzeny and north Of Orsova the
Roumanians attempted in vain to take
back heights captured from them.
Since October 10 General Won Fall
kehayn's army has captured 151 Rou-
manian officers. 1920 men and much
war material, including 81 cannon, At
machine guns and one flag.
ARMY group of Field Marshal Won
Mackensen: The situation in Do
brudja is unchanged"
Berlin claims the failure of Rou-
IHduIdu 6uUTIS u IGCdpIuI0 uSlSu
north of Campulung where the Aus
tro-German advance had pressed a con-
siderable distance into Roumanian ter
ritory southwest of Kronstadt.
Russian troops attacked the German
lines near Krashin, in the Shara dis
trict, but met with a sanguinary re-
pulse, according to army headquarters
announcement.
Important heights further south
were taken by German contingents,
who repulsed Russian counter-attacks
and captured 4 officers. ITO men and
8 machine guns. Russian attempts to
advance southwest of Stanislau were
futile.
The midland journal., 1916-11-10
FORHAGUE MEETING
BEFORE WAR ENDS
Worlds Court League Consider
ing Calling Of Conference.
MIGHT TRY PEACE MAKING
Plan To Organize An international
Council = League Would Be
clearinghouse OF Peace
Movements.

New York. The worlds Court
League announced here the Inaugural
tion of a movement to organize an in
ternational council with view to call
ing third Hague conference perhaps
before the close of the war. In the
latter event the conference would be
prepared to act as medium for peace
proposals. After the war it would
serve for formulating and codifying
new rules of international law
"To constructive statesmen and
leading thinkers" of all nations invita-
tions will be mailed this week, it was
stated, inviting them to accept ap-
pointments as members of the board
of governors of the proposed interna-
tional council.
The league, in purposing to estab-
lish itself as a clearing house of peace
movements, plans to go before the
world mot as sheriff assigned to en-
force peace" it was explained, but as
q permanent body which would be sus-
tanned by public opinion. If necessary,
however, the armed power of nations
nlSuL U0 Cdlleu W us SuppOIt, dCCOAu-
ing to the leagues plans, should pub
lie opinion not prove to have con-
vincing influence upon any of the
nations.
The leagues announcement was
made in connection with making pub
lie new set of principles and pro-
gram Of action adopted at recent
meeting it held in this city. DR.. John
Wesley Hill resigned as the general
secretary on October 1, it was stated,
and Dr. Samuel T. Dutton, member of
number of leading American peace
societies, was elected in his place
Under the plans the International
Council of Cancellation would be asso-
ciated with an international court of
justice representing all nations. This
court, Subject to the limitations of
treaties" would be empowered to as
sumo jurisdiction over international
questions in dispute that are justifi-
able in character and that are not set
tied by negotiation
The league intends it's program to
''afford the common ground" upon
which all peace workers may meet
and cooperate.
The midland journal., 1916-11-10
TRAINING TODAY'S
BOYS AND GIRLS
Preparedness for Parents Lies in
Their Own Memory.
CHILDISH MOODS ARE QUEER
Recall Your Own Youthful Misdeeds
and Peculiar Desires When Called
On to Judge the Little Person
in Your Family.
By sIpoNIE M. eRUENRERe.

by SlDONI= NJ. GRUENBERG.
ssNAI HEN was your age" said moth
w er, or father, or uncle, or even
an older brother or sister, Il ate every
thing placed before me without a
word"
Or,
Il obeyed first and asked why after
ward"
Or, at best,
Il wouldn't have thought of doing
anything like that"
These things are not said for the
sake of completing the historical rec
ord. You will have guessed that they
are said for the purpose of impressing
the young person with the abnormal
ity of his wishes or conduct and thus
with the unreasonableness or even
wickedness of his ways. But there are
two serious defects in the method.
Statements made in this form are like
ly to be untrue. And they generally
fail to produce the desired effect.
When father was son's age he really
did want a latchkey for weeks or
months before he had the courage to
ask for it; and if he now thinks it
prepOSterouS for Jack to ask for a
latchkey it may be that lis judgment
has mellowed. But to say to Jack,
'sWhen was your age is hardly to
the point. If the truth were known or
remembered the parent would not say
that. But when he does say it Jack is
likely to think to himself that father
must have been rather dull in those
days. Has mother forgotten the time
when she preferred considerations of
dress and parties to the humdrum of
the household? Or was she really the
kind of girl that never cared?
When we are inclined to lose pa
tience because the child objects to
wearing the clothes we have selected
for him, let us search the dusty cram
MES of our memory attics for the days
when we thought that everybody must
be watching our absurd blouse or out
landiSh hat. When we are tempted to
lose our temper because the child in
Inmates that we are unjust in our treat
ment of him, let us recall the days of
futile rage when we resolved never
to eat again, or when we wished we
had never been born.
Every child passes through these ex-
periences, and most of these same chill
dren grow up to be unseeing and un-
feeling parents, because they forget.
OF course, we are not to be blamed for
forgetting; that seems to be the nature
of the species. But we might at least
make an effort TO find out just what
we have right to expect and to de-
mand of the children of those forgot
ten ages.
1t is not alone the parents who for
get. All who get safely past childhood
are liable to detach themselves from
The midland journal., 1916-11-10
Vineyards of Argentina.

Mendoza is the southern California
of Argentina. Irrigation has long been
successfully applied to its vineyards,
which produce more wine than the
combined vineyards of the entire Unit
ed States of North America, according
to the National Geographic Magazine
The whole of the province lies at
altitude of more than two thOusaKd
feet. Italians are, for the most part.
employed in the cultivation of the
grapes, the whole family accompany
ing husband and father to the field
and assisting in tending the vines. The
babies are put to sleep in improvised
tents while their elders work.