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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-24
SOME QUEER DRUMS.

Drums have always been used by
primitive races to drive away evil spir-
Its. to terrify foes. to make men fight
better or to summon friends together.
They arc of all sizes. sorts and shapes.
In China drums are made OF baked
clay. bowl shaped With Il skin stretch
cd across the top. 4 drum from Cen
trail America is o n shaped. over four
feet in height and is followed III OF Il
solid block OF wood. An AShantce
drum is shaped like a bottle-a very
large one. \ Mandingo drum resem-
bles Il tenpin upside down. while II
Friendly islands drum, between four
and five feet high. is just like a post,
with Il head of leather not more than
six inches across.-Chicago News.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-24
FrillS and Fancies In Woman S Sphere
LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING.
What Detachable Edibles Can Be Con.
cocted If We Try.

cocted If We Try.
Many IL woman living in Il two room
and bath apartment and taking e
meals in al adjoining public dining
room yearns at times for something
''homemade'' and MISUNDERSTANDING
layer cake, for instance, or scalloped
oysters, or old fashioned molasses
cake, or soda biscuit, tender and piping
hot and made rich with little shorten
ing. One IN CONFERENCE.-The she
expresses ito live in IL luxurious
hotel apartment most of the year sat
isles her housewifely instincts by get
mcnt by aid of Il chatting dish. a coffee
percolator and Il one burner gas stove
with Il little oven about us big As a
baby's hatbox.
1t is surprising how many delectable
things can be baked in this absurd lit
tie oven. Out of it come small layer
cakes. pans of light biscuits, toothsome
little drop cakes, small pans of piping
hot Sally Lunn and rich gingerbread
for the Sunday night supper. The lit
tie oven bakes only a small quantity
enough biscuits for four PERSONS. twic.
around. and layer cake which makes
six good sized sliccs-but the Sunday
night opportunities to have a taste of
real home cooking are much appreci-
ated by privileged guests who also
dwell in boarding places.
No with fastidiOus taste
and thought for her neighbors-would
venture to cook steaks or fry potatoes
in an apartment house where odorS Of
cooking are not supposed to permeate.
but crea1ncd entrees, salads, baking OF
the sor- referred to and various appe-
tiZing scalloped entrees may be pre-
pared by aid of a chatting dish and Il lit
tie oven of the sort. These small! ovens
may be used on electric grills also,
and rare is the woman who does not
enjoy an occasional Cooking fest"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-24
FOR THE CATERER.
Hints About Giving Your Family
Enough Variety For Life's Spice.

OF the household routine duties per
haps none is more dreaded by the aver
age h~olSekerper than that of market
Ing, and this is often due to the fact
that she has had no special training
Alon. these particular lines and that
therefore she is apt to run along from
one month to another in the same old
rut, serving the nln foods cooked in
the same way without exercising her
w ingenuity to provide that variety
Whlch we are SO often told is 1.-THE
spice of life" 1t most aSsurcdly is a
fact that the ~housekeeper who assures
us that she sets a plain table is likely
to he the one whose grocery and meat
bills are very much higher than those
of her ncigllbor who apparently pro.
NlieS infinitely more variety and ap-
pears to serve more fancy dishes.
when in reality what has been spent
is time AND thought rather than money.
The little made dishes cruuucttcs.
huricots and rngouts-have an mex
peilSivc base, but their %plebeian origin
is masked and hidden by sauces and
gravieS carefully compounded and del
icately favored. In such Il household
il the meat course is scanty its lack Of
bulk is made up by Il heavy PURGE or
thick cream soup, hearty, yet mex
lcnSivr. just rs in the less expensive
table d'hotr dinners and lunches one
is given 1; generous service of vegeta-
Die soup. nluraroni and salad. which
prove so satisfying that the smallneSS
of the portion of chicken is scarcely
noticed. yet this is the only really cost
ly course OF the whole meal.
\. dinner of several carefully thought
cut courses in reality costs nu more
than the 50 called plain meal Of steak
or chops. two vegetables and pie or
other dessert. Yet the man of the
house will tie more than content with
the course meal. while the huuSckcep-
en- will have something extra to put
aside in her bank for the entertainment
of thu. guest. whose coming u
to demand somewhat more elaborate
service t!ltll that of the home folks.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-24
%HENDERSON'S OIL LAIM
By LILLIAN E. CLAYTON

able. If any one was, to assume the
leadership II We're not anxious to be
shot down in defense of property be.
longing to others. Deering was a deli
cate little fellow. and no one thought
of him in the matter of defense, though
he had Endorsed Henderson's notes for
the machinery, and if it passed into
other hands lie would be the loser.
But in that delicate body were both
courage and and these go far
to make up a natural leadership. He
told Henderson that he was going to
make ii defense. Henderson refused
to consent to Il defense under the cir
cuElstances, but he would not desert
the others. Deering offered the men Il
goodly reward if they would put them
selves under his command and outlined
his plan of defense to them. They
agreed to stand by him.
Deering ordered them to throw up
the earth in a circle surrounding the
boiler that produced the power for the
drilling. They made an embankment
five feet high in IL circle about twenty
feet in diameter. This having been ac-
cOmDlished. what wood and iron ar
ticles as We're at hand were piled on
the parapet in such fashion as to form
apertnres here and there in lieu of loop
holes This WAS all the preparation
that was made for defense. and when
it was completed the boring recon-
mcnced.
The next day half a dozen men We're
seen approaching the we'll. Some of
them had guns while the others were
armed With revolvers. Decriny told
Henderson and the men that since
there was only II weapon for de.
Tense and Ire could handle that him
self, they were at liberty to retreat if
they liked. They chose to remain. as
sorting that it might be necessary for
one or more of them to take his place.
When the approaching party saw the
carthwo1ks they stopped for a confer.
ence, then advanced again. and one OF
them called out a demand for a sur
render. Deering replied that he was
hard Of hearing and asked them tC
come nearer. At this every man lower
ed his rife from his shoulder or drew
his revolver. and they advanced in a
body. When they had reached Il point
to suit Decring lie directed a man at
the steam cock to turn on steam. Deer
ing holding the nozzle OF Il hose con.
nccted with the boiler. \ Jet of steam
struck the foremost man in the face
\ panic followed. Several shots were
fired. Dccrin= could have %parboile(
every man of them. but refrained from
doing so, pointing the steam jet aside
The MAI he had hit was in Il terrini,
condition. and the others took him II,
and carried him off.
That was the end of the claim jump
ing. Margaret Henderson Il few day.
later procured the signature she hal
been sent for. oil was struck in large
| quantities. and all We're made rich.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-24
The Cortentcd Frog.

A dear little frog,
All spotted and green
Indeed, just the cutest
Frog ever was seem.
Lived far from the town
In a pond, cool and clear.
And there he did dwell
Throughout the whole year.
He never went roaming
About, so twas said.
For he was a frog
That was most cOntented.
So there in his pond,
So cool and SO clear,
Lived little green frog
Throughout the whole year.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-24
In an Ancient Korean Coffin.

Workmen engaged in repairing the
ruins Of the old Shiragi dynasty tombs
in Korea, while employed in a nine
story tower, discovered Il stone coffin
about two square feet in the third
story of the tower. In the coffin were
a jewelcd ornament, Il gold bell. q sill
yer bell, some old coins, Il gold vase.
Il stone gourd, some comma shaped
jewels and several other rare articles,
all relics of ancient times, dating back
1890 years.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-24
Silent Water.

Three or more can play the game
called "silent water" First II is
chosen to be ''it." He or she is then
blindfolded and made to stand in Il
corner He then counts from II to
ten and says, "Silent water no
moving" The rest of the players. hay
ing run to some place. stand still at
the command. The first II found
and named by the blindfolded person
is lit"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-24

These doies, medalioned with portraits Of belguns king N queen, are
interesting samples of thu thirty different kind Of rare" war 1aces' tina. the
ion. relief in Belgium. II Broadway, New York, placed on sale fr
the beneh of the small III of idle hcemakers tht the war made. 1t is said
that very old omen- ool that eyesight fals. ad hands are pasied- make
these mehalions with he greatest devotion. Along With priceless bridal wells
and hedspreads tagged with four figures, point appHques not under thousands
of dollars, these onies are priced 81 fol- the queen. while King Albert costs a
franc more. The officials seal attached to every N of the thousands of pieces
of the sale. 1t is hoped that prominent womensc clubs will be interested to
AXE charge of local exhibits.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-24
Religious
Big Gain In Churchqoers.

0i9 0aln IN C~noecn9oerS
The European war apparently did
not seriously affect the prosperity of
the churches of the United States in
the past year. according to an exhaus-
tive statistical report prepared by DR..
Henry X. Carroll, former federal stat.
istician II now associate secretary
OF the Federal Council Of the Churches
OF Christ in America.
The report shows a gain Of 653,59o
communicates among ffty-two CLASH
fled religious denominations, whose
aggregate membership was 39.3sO,67O.
Some of the largest gains reported
during the year follow: Catholics, 1885,
GOO: Methodists. $4,000; Baptists, 49,
600: Presbyterians, $4,000; Episcopal
ians. 10000.
!. remarkable feature of DR.. Carroll's
statistics is that there has been a net
decrease instead OF the normal in
crease of churches. The actual loss
is not large. only 1853, but the report
before this one showed there was a
gain of over 300.
The Lutllerans. quite unaccountably.
appear to haze lost nearly 1000
churches during the year. partly due
perhaps to defective statistics. Even
in the south. Which had SO large an
~ingathering of members. there was lit
tie increase in churches. The southern
Baptist convention reports losses as
about otfsetting gains. The Methodist
Church South had a net increase Of
ninety-six and the southern Presby-
tcrians of only eight. The northern
MethodistS gained ISL.
"DOubtless the hard times,' said DIR.
Carroll. that seem to have come upon
the churches in the rural regions and
which have led to the closing of Il
number of churches which were for
merly 1iourishing and to the consolida-
ton OF many Others account. at least
in part. for the decrease"
The grand total OF ministers is $780,
bo'. an increase of over LOO: OF
churches. o22,.:3S334. a decrease Of 15S.
In their finances the churches gen.
orally nave not suffered. The total in
come for foreign missions was 81, $780,
GOO greater in 1915 than in 1914. That
for home missions shows a falling off
of about $73O,OO A large amount was
contributed through the churches for
war relief.
Religious bodies having more than
1.ON,UDO communicates. according to
DR.. Carroll, ne: Catholics. 14.O70, 2OS:
MethodistS. 7.412. 1OS: Lutherans. =, 1884,
1874: Presbyterians. 2,1O4.O33; Disciples
of Christ, 1.,o2S21: Protestant Episco.
pal. 1.OJ1 .G96.
1t is estimated that the number Of
adults connected with the 1,7G9 Jewish
temples and synagogues totals 100000
in round numbers.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-24

An Easily Made Sauce Tartare.
Season ~mayUnuaise dressing to taste
with finely chopped onions. capprs and
vinegar pickles. If too thick thin it
with vinegar.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-24
PATRIOTISM.

RREATHES there the nan with
SOU SO dead
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
whose heart hath ne'er within him
burned,
AS home his footsteps he hath
From wandering on a foreign
strand?
If such there breathe, go. mark him
we'll,
For him no minstrel raptures swell:
High though his titles, proud his
name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can
claim,
Despite those titles, power and pelf.
The wretch. c~onceltered all In self.
Living. shall forfeit fair renow
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust from whence he
sprung,
Tnwept, unhonored and unsung.
SCOTS Lay Of the Last Min
strel."
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-24
Old German Hymns.

Those who have any knowledge of
III h.ymnology would have recognized
two old favorites in the German wire
less message, says the Westminster
Gazette. They We're sung before the
chanccllor's palace in Berlin, and they
We're described as the old Lutheran
II a Mighty Fortress Is Our Cod"
and snow Let Us All Thank God"
OF course We know them in this coun-
try as "A Safe Stronghold Our God Is
Stir and the ever popular "Now
Thank We All Our God"
Both are great favorites in this coun-
try, as in Germany. whore the former
is known as Il battle hymn. In Ger
many a hymn is sung on the smallest
excuse. There are At least 100000
German hymns. Ten thousand have
passed into German hymn books. and
about LOCO are regarded as classics by
the German critics.
We have borrowed largely from the
enemy in this respect. and, indeed, un-
til the modern revival OF the transla-
ton of hymns from the Latin and 9th
err languages Germany was almost the
only source from which hymns other
than British We're taken for our hymn
books. Luther wrote a large number
marked by rugged and intense power.
and other writer's whom we know we'll
here are Richard, Won Lowenstern.
Frelinghausen and the Morayian
Count Zinzcndorf.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-22

mist cleared and the sun danced mes-
rily upon its shiny surface as she read !:
my Dearest: 1 have no right to
call you this yet, but am hoping that
you will give me the right by return
mail, for I am in town, Emmeline, sud-
denly called there by most pressing
and urgent business. had no time
to write and explain before left yes
terday. I am afraid you must have
thought my absence in the evening
strange, but if you love me, dear, you
will forgive me-. Love, you will find,
is mostly that-forgiyeness But do
you love me, Emmeline? That is the
question want above all others to
have answered. Had 1 leisure I would
write you words that, like faith, could
remove mountains of opposition and
compel love, but this business presses
so hardly on me at the moment that
it is with difficulty have snatched the
time to write even these few words.
But, whether or not you love me,
believe me that 1 am ever your devoted
lover.
"Ralph.r
The letter slipped from Miss Emme
lines hand with a little rustling sound
as of protest as it met the stiff silk of
her gown. Emmeline, white-haired,
sedately garbed, as she was, was in
the arms of her lover. What matter il
the man who wrote these magic words
were dead. and that it was Christmas
instead of spring? At last she need
be ashamed of her love no longer, she
could bring it forth, thing of joy.
into the sunshine of her thoughts. He
had returned her love. He had want
ed her. She had been the desire of his
youth.
Miss Emmeline rose proudly from
her chair. She trailed her skirt across
the room with the air of a queen.
When the butler answered her ring, she
spoke imperiously:
Barnes, want this telegram sent
at once. Also please tell Mrs. Yates
that am expecting my nephew and
his wife at any moment, and that I
wish rooms to be prepared for them
Immediately"
When the, man had left the room
| again Miss Emmeline walked across
to the Tong French window, and. smi1-
ing happily, threw it open. She was
anxious now to hear the bells. All the
bitterness of many years had melted
from her heart, as snow melts In the
sun. She could meet Walters wife
if5oW without hate nav with eagerness.
Walters wife, who might have been
her own child. She drew deep breath
as the bitter-sweet scent of the chrys-
anthemums came into the room on q
rush Of cold air. 1t was good world
after all.
The Christmas peace stole into Miss
Emmeline's heart as she looked upon
the whiteness of the hills. The bells
still rang loudly. for it was Christmas
day and the Christ child walked about
a happy winter world.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-22

sip that he had been caHeu- - -vs.-.
but from him there had come no mes
sage out of the void.
The days crept into months and
heightened into years, money came to
Miss Emmeline, and a spacious house
and friends in plenty. 1t was only
love that had passed her by. The
eager, happy girl turned into the cold,
hard woman. One day, she learned
from an announcement in the papers
that he had married-years after
wards from the same source, that he
was dead. And only few months be-
fore her nephew, the one human being
in the world upon whom she had law
ished what affection she had left in
her to give, had married the daugh-
ter of the man who had won her heart
one spring day and thrown it away
as carelessly as he might have flung
away a faded flower from his coat.
But had he? Was it possible that,
after all, they had been separated not
by his Indifference, but by some awful
mistake? Had fate intervened, po-
licemanlike, and diverted the traffic of
their lives into separate turnings? Had
he-NIiss Emmeline's breath caught in,
her throat with queer little spasm-
really loved her, after all? A mist
doomed up before her as the envelopes
fell away from the sheet. Then the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-22

them for ourselves. No stranger can
intermeddie with that dead joy that
can be made to live again for you at
your highest desire; no other heart
knows the bitterness that was in your
heart as you walked through the fire
In which your youth perished-as you
fought your way alone through the
floods that overwhelmed the years.
No written record could ever have
half the interest that that unwritten
record has for you, and will for ever
have while memory keeps its green
ness.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-22

are still prevalent in Switzerland dur
ing this period of the year. To the
unmarried folk Christmas holds that
magic key to the unknown future. On
Christmas eve, when the bells are call
ing to worship in the village church,
you must drink three times from nine
different fountains, and you will then
behold your husband or wife-to-be
standing at the church door.
Miraculous powers are also attribut-
ed to Christmas. Children born on
that day can see ghosts, and are able
to tell fortunes. Water can be changed
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-22
Food Clothing, Money, Smiles, Pats
on the Back-to be GIVEN AWAY

ago 1t used to be Santa Claus whom
the children hailed as the mystic donor
of their various gifts, consisting of
apples, nuts, prunes and small home
baked cakes. Later on the Christ
kindli," lovely angel with wings,
gradually started to take old Santa s
place in many districts of Switzerland.
Christkindli brought a wonderful, bril-
liantly lighted Christmas tree. decorat-
ed with glittering threads Of silver and
gold and heavily laden with manifold
gifts.
Many ancient and quaint customs
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-22

into wine, and if you are some sort of
an adept in the mysterious art of mag
guard yourself against all bodily in
juries. Farmers in certc in parts of
the country believe that ii they ferti-
liZe their fruit trees during Christ
mas week the same will bear especial
quantities of fruit for the next season.
And when the happy Christmas days
are over, there comes New Years eve,
with its jolly social and family gather
ings and its marvelously effective ring
ing in of the new year, when all the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-22

of the Oil-can. I oiled the bar; I
poured oil into the hole; a few blows
place. The Oil had not diminished the
size of the bar, nor enlarged that of
the hole. 1t had only relieved the fric-
ton. 1t had smOothed both surfaces.
A few drops of oil were more effective
than many blows Of the hammer. How
slow some people are to learn this
simple lesson! They take hold of an
important enterprise with great zeal.
They are immensely earnest, and even
morbidly conscientious. Everybody
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-22

1t is always hopeful. From the man
of highest and most eager culture, to
the last and dullest and most self
contented Philistine, you will no
where find soul living out it's days
without hope of some good it has not
yet attained.
If we have any vision, at all, any
sense of the picturesque, the pathetic,
the dramatic, we must certainly find
the past years interesting to look
back upon. No outsider can see the
fine and subtle Intervening of the
threads Of experience as we can see
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-22

church bells throughout the land are
lifting up their voices for half an
hour.
While Christmas, 1916, will hardly
be a general day of rejoicing in many
great country in Europe, Switzer-
land is preparing to celebrate it in it's
usual way. There will perhaps be less
laughter in the valleys and fewer bril-
liant festivities in the fashionable win
ter resorts above the clouds. Brother
ly love and sympathy for the bleeding
neighbors could not will it otherwise,
but Switzerland is grateful to the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-22
SWISS SANTA is AN ANGEL
"chrlstkindli" Brings Children Apples,
Nuts and Prunes at Holi-
day Time.

Extra festivities are, Of course, held
An Switzerland between Christmas and
New Years, that long anticipated time
of the year which signifies for the ma
Jority Of the natives a period full of
sacred mystery and the anniversary of
many day particularly specified in
old traditions. Some 20 or 80 years