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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25
BATTLED FOR THEIR BRIDES.
The Most Thrilling Wedding Day In
the Worlds History.

Do you know what was tho most
thrilling wedding day in the history
of the world? There have been MANY
romantic marriages and many nuptinl
services that had to be deferred bc-
cause of the opposition of parent or
rival, but all of them pale into dinyy
gray when compared with the colorfu,
spectacle of the abduction and rccan-
ture Of the Venetian brides in the early
winter OF 023, when Candino H.. tho
noble doge, was lending his presence
to the biggest wedding party In the
history OF the Church of san I'ietro
1t had long been the custom for all the
noble brides to be married OH st. Ma
rvs day. 1t was, moreover. the Gus
tom for the brides to bring with them
all their jewels and their dowrics. in
gold coin. Enclosed in handsomely cary
ed chests.
The latter fact Was we'll known i'm,
Trieste, that ancient Roman colony
which was the harbor for bands of nj
rates who were most clever n%avigators.
On this richest of all st. Mary's we'd
ding days the ceremony for more than
Il score OF brides had already begun
when the pirates from Trieste burst
into the church. captured the brides
and their hoWrics and carried them
to the waiting boats. Thanks to the
Trunkmakers' union, there were sew
cral boats waiting. and in these the be-
reft b~ridegrooms and the sturdy trunk
makers gave pursuit. There was Il
battle royal. one OF the most thrillin.
sea fights on record. dowrics and
brides We're recovered, and before mid
night Ill had been safely married.
st. Louis Globe-l)cmocrat.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25
CAMELS OF THE DESERT.
Their Peculiar AdaptabiIity to Life In
the Sandy Wastes.

The camel thriyes only in desert
regions. And herein lies it's useful
ness to man. ful. by its means alone is
he enabled to cross barren tracts 9th
crWise impossible. This ability to live
without water and with little food for
long periods is due to two natural res
crvoirs. Water is stored in special
pockets in the lining of the stomach.
while 4 large mass Of fat is stored Oh
the back, forming the characteristic
hump, though, according to popular be-
lief, it is here that the water is held.
Though it will manage to subsist for
long periods On the thorny scrub such
us forms the only vegetation of desert
areas and with very little water. it's
complacency in these matters NAV be
o~vcrtaXed, as was d~iSaStrously shown
during the first expedition to khartum.
Two other factors in the adaptability
of the camel to Il desert life have to be
taken into account. These are the feet
and nostrils. The first named have blt
two toes, protected by very thick.
horny pads to resist the burning sand
while the nostrils are long and slitlike
and can be closed ut will, thereby on
aiding the animal to survive the awful
sandstorms which SO frequently en-
danger the lives Of travellers in these
inhospitable regions.-St. Paul Pioneer,
Press.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25

had been given the surname recorded
by Luke, which may be translated as
son Of eXhortation" Or of '~consoIa-
tlon. All references combine to de-
plct him as a man of gentle and SYM
pathetic spirit, loved throughout the
early church because Of his brotherly
character.
verses 1-o.-A bitter lesson.
But all was not unity and generosity
IN thee early church. AS the story of this
sin and its crushing punishment shows.
Ihe Spirit OF God at work in the com
mlllllty came into conflict with the
spirit OF scltishncsS and sin. and the
result was a lesson which made a
lasting Impression upon the people. 1t
IS n of the most surprising evidences
or the mighty power with which the
Spirit was working in the early church
of which VIC have any record. "a cer-
means "Jehovnh has been gracious.'
"Sapphira.' If the word is Greek it
means "sapphirc,' if .Aramaic "beauti-
full kept back part OF the price"
In the Greek word there is the idea of
setting aside for oneself Wrongfully."
drought Il certain part with the I'M
pllration that it was the whole, seek
ing the same measure of credit that
had been given Rarnabas and others.
AT the apostles feet" probably dur
ing some public gathering. Lie to the
Holy Spirit The offering was made
to God and was AN attempt to cheat
him. Peter was but the spokesman
Of the Spirit, Thus it was thar his
faculties g sharpened to perceive
the trickery. He recognized the evil
as being directed against the bower
that animated the community rather
than the members of the community
themselves. His next words prove
that h Christians We're under no com
pulsion to dispose of their property.
Lied II unto Cod Ananias had
lied unto men. but the sin was so
to deceive God that Peter swept il
out of consideration. "Ananias, hear
ing these words and being overwhelm-
ed with the sense of his guilt, fell
down and gave up the ghost" Our
physician-autllor has used the techni-
cal medical term for "eXpired'' here.
Ietcr was probably as much astound-
cd as any of the onlookers at this pun
ishment. Sappllira, implicated in the
same deceit and losing her chance for
safety by another lie. met the same
stern fate. No wonder 'ereat fear
came no all that heard it,"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25
coLoRs OF MErEoRs.
Three Stages Through Which They
Pass to Reach the Earth.

An article by Alfred Wegencr in the
Scientific American offers an cXplana-
ton of the marked difference Of color
observed in meteors. IN to an alti-
t'de of about forty-tivc miles the prin-
rlpal constituent OF the carth's ntmos-
lhere is nitrogen. \. second stratum
or the atmosphere, extending up to
about 10 miles. consists mainly of nv
drogen. Still higher. Wcgencr himself
has sought to prove the existence Of 4
stratum consisting OF an excessively
light gas which he calls "~geocoroni-
UNI
When entering the atmosphere from
outer space mcteors do not become
luminous in the very tenuous "%gcocoro-
MUM Sphere" but only when they en-
ter the Hydrogen sphcrr.' and most of
them are dissipate1 before reaching
the nitrogen atmosphere. The largest
fireballs, however. penetrate deeper
and may reach the earth OF explode
not far above it.
ID. Weyener finds hat the metcors
that penetrate deep enough pass
through three color stagcS-viz, Yellow
white. green aud deep red. The great
majority exhibit only the first stage,
i'll which the color (white, yellow,
sometimes reddish, is that of the i'll
"andeSrcnt meteor itself. The green
stage WrGeilcr believes to DE due to
the incandcsrence of the hydrogen
through which the mcteo is passing,
while the deep red stage is due to the
incanleSccncc of nitrogen in the lower
atmosphere.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25
Ready For the Tackle.

Poct-Will the editor SEQ mo?
Office Boy guess SO. He's taking
off his coat.-\eW York Globe.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25
@HERE are in the possession of
David Prescott Hall of the
New York bar a series Of

David Prescott Hall of the
New York bar a series Of
quaint old manuscript volumes
which look as if they had seen rich
service.
AS they We're written in the camp Of
the Continental army during the war
of the American Revolution, some
times on the knee of the writer, some
times on a drumhead, as they were
carried about from place to place,
borne off in hasty retreats or in forced
marches, it must be confessed that
their looks do not belle them.
Nevertheless the clever eleven short.
stout, sturdy books are in q. very fair
state OF preservation and are easily
legible, save occasionally in the cor
hers, which are in some places frayed
and worn
When I add that these orderly books
contain the general orders Of Wash
1ngton to his army it will be seen that
their interest and value are very great.
These orderly books are in the hand
writing of Colonel Grosvenor.
On their yellow time stained pages
one a trace the record Of Washing
tons daily struggles to organize and
discipline the army from the day when
he first took command of it under the
spreading elm at Cambridge. They
abound with the most minute details
OF the situation and give a photographs
&c picture of the army and its surround
lngs, all in the quaint language and
peculiar spelling of that bygone time.
One cannot help smiling at these at
times, but one hardly knows whether
to smile or weep at the forlorn condi-
ton of our little army which is here
SO wildly revealed.
The l%oftiness and nobility of Wash
ington's character shine out in these
pages. But he often gives expression
to his surprise and sometimes to his
Just Indignation at the conduct Of otii.
GERS and men who found it very diff.
cult and distasteful to submit to dis.
cipline.
WashingtOn's early experience as q
soldier had taught him the absolute
necessity Of discipline and obedience,
and he gradually enforced both in the
little army Of raw militia, who had
to learn that bravery is not the only
qualification necessary for Il soldier.
Washington's First Command.
Headquarters, Cambridge, July the
Sd, 1875.
Parole outlook.
Countersign sharp.
Field officer for the day tomorrow
Colonel Gerry.
Field officer of the main guard TO.
morrow. Major Poor.
AdJutant of the day, Gibbs.
General orders by his eNceIlency Gen
eral Washington. Esq. commander in
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25
O.iphant Some Athlete.

Elmer Oliphant. the Army football
star, whose work featured the annual
game with the Navy. is the first West
Point man to vii four letters in sport.
which he has done in football. baseball.
track and basketball. He is a boxer
of ability and also plays hockey.
His early athletic training was got
at Purdue university. He has cleared
III. feet pole vaulting. ran Il quarter
mile in II seconds, Il half mile in .
minutes = seconds, Il mile in + min
utes 81 seconds, covered the DO yard
hurdles in - seconds and cleared 81 Ia
feet in the broad jump.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25
Topics of the
Sport World

New MANAGER For Pirates.

James j. Callahan. former manager
or the Chicago White SoX, has been
appointed manager of the Pittsburgh
N;ttlonal league team. to succeed Fred
Clarke, who resigned at the end of
last season.
The announcement came as a COM
pete surprise, as Callahan's name had
at no time been mentioned in conncc-
ton with the position. 1t is UNDER
stood the neW manager signed Il ON
tract for one year only. Callahan
managed the Chicago White SOX for
three years. being succeeded last sea-
son by Clarence Rowland.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25
The Sunday School Lesson
SENIOR BEREAN,

Golden TeXt.-Loye one another from
the heart %fervently Il Pet. i, 22).
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25

team for the Irish American club of
New York for several years and is now
claSsed among the best handlers of
athletes in the country. Athletic eX-
per1S are of the opinion that Robert
son would be Il great success at Penn,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25
Robertson Nav Be Penn Coach.

III are now in circulation to the
effect that Lawson Robertson, the
coach of the Irish American A. &.
team, has been offered Il position as
coach of the University of Pennsylva-
mia track team for next season.
Robertson has turned out a crack
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25
How He Loved Himself.

She-Just think, Henry, we've Y
had a cross word. He-No. Name.
Amt l the patient cuss?-Exchange.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25

Awkward Situations Arose Then
Which Would Be Considered a
Laughing Matter With Modern
Soldiers, but Were Very Seri-
GUS In the Days of the Modelling
of Our Nation.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-12-01
NEW YORK. Nov. 22, 1916.

The principal activity of the week
has been the examination of the new
Connecticut Shadeqrown tobacco. 1t
is reported that contracts were entered
into last week running into over ST, 900, :
900 1t is to be feared, however, that
many of these contracts are of the
loose and easily broken character which
have given SO much trouble in past
years. It would seem that the manu-
facturers and Shade grown raisers
should have learned a lesson by their
past experiences, but if some of the
stories which are coming back from
Connecticut are true, the ground work
has been laid for great many law
suits.
So far as the other standard domes-
tic types of tobacco are concerned, with
the exception of one or two large sales,
there has not been great deal of bus
mess done. If such thing is possible,
it might be said that there is not
enough tobacco to go around. Holders
of Wisconsin, Ohio and other types of
domestic tobacco have constantly beg
ged their customers to satisfy them
selves with as small quantity of to-
bacco as possible, and they felt happy
when they were able to squeeze down
their customers demands by few
cases, with which to meet the general
market demand. The enormously high
prices at which the tobaccos are held
necessarily have operated against any
large tranSactiOns.-Lea
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-12-01
Pennsylvania.
LANCASTER, Pa. Nov. 22, 10

ee LANCASTER, PA, Nov. 22, 1916.
1t is said that more than 95 per cent
of the Lancaster county crop has now
been disposed of. What remains in the
farmers hands is being held for the
highest prices possible, and very prob
ably the demand will be met. The last
tobacco that found market went at
twenty cents, and subsequent sales will
undoubtedly show higher figures than
that. The local packers seen to have
been rather up against it this year.
The shortage of tobacco created what
might be termed mild panic among
the cigar manufacturers, who ''came
down like wolf on the fold," and got
what they wanted at the earliest possi-
bile moment, paying whatever the grow
ers asked. This state of affairs made
prices soar to point where they were
out of reach of the majority of the
packers, who accordingly lost lot of
business which ordinarily they would
have transacted and made money on.
Stripping has begun in some quarters,
though so far most of the crop is not
sufficiently cured for that. The farm
ers will lose no time, however, as soon
as it is ready, for they are anxious to
be rid of the crop and see it safely in
the packers hands.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-12-01
WISCONSIN ! TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERToN. WIS. Dec. /. 1916.

& The stripping of the tobacco crop is
now quite generally under way in all
growing sections for the casing spell
last week gave growers an opportunity
to remove from the curing sheds from
a quarter to third of their hanging
tobacco. Mild weather has prevailed
also much of the present week and the
leaf has again come into case and more
of the crop is likely to be taken down.
Thus the work of preparing the crop
for delivery is so we'll started that
warehouse handling might start this
month should packers desire, though
most of them prefer to wait until after
the holidays. es M
The only transaction in old leaf COM
ing to notice is the sale of the L. P.
Hoyum packing of Is at Deerfield of
some 800 cases, sold to Spitzner, though
there is plenty of inquiry for filler
stock of which the market is mostly
bare.
The shipments out of storage reach
400 cases and four cars of bundles since
last report.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-12-01
New England.
JcEEIn Mass !

SPRINGFIELD, MASS, Nov. 81, 1916.
The warehouse season has begun in
earnest in the Connecticut Valley. In
Sufield, Conn.,, which packs more to-
bacco than any other town in the belt,
upward of 800 hands are already en-
ployed, and the force will be increased
as the season progresses. The Sufield
Establishments in which operations are
under way include those of James Root
(packer for the P. Lorillard Co. J, John
F. Barnett Jr. (packer for Kutinsky,
Adler & Co.., William S. Pinney, Karl
Kulle, Edward Viewer (packer for Kei-
ser & Boasberg), Howard Russell and
E. G. Hastings. Good help is in de-
mand. Last year the yield was so
small that the labor problem was less
acute than it otherwise would have
been. This year, in addition to nearly
an average yield OF sun-grown tobacco,
the warehouses will handle the biggest
crop of shaded tobacco ever grown in
the Connecticut Valley.
-
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-12-01
New York.
New YORK, Nov. 25. 1916


Some stirring events, detailed else
where, are to be reported from the
leaf market. The ups and downs that
agitate it's neighbor, Wall street, do
not affect Water street. There all is
up, going up with no chance Of any
tumble this year. Tobacco stocks
prove the safest investment as to fut-
ure returns, for the market is getting
barer and barer of any old accumula-
tions and getting ready to absorb the
new crops as fast as they become mer-
chantable. The holiday next week is
likely to prove veritable Thanksgiv-
ing Day for the leaf market. 1t cer-
tainly has every reason in the world to
be thankful for it's present prosperity
and the rosiest kind of prospect for
continued prosperity. journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-12-01
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES

The season of casing weather last
week continued long enough to bring
most of the hanging tobacco into con-
dition for removal from the curing
sheds, and from 25 to 80 per cent of
the crop was taken down to be strip
ped. A larger portion might have come
down but the soft weather put it into
such high case that growers were
afraid to proceed with this work. So
much moisture had been absorbed by
the leaf that fears of wet tobacco re-
strained them. The stalks, too, were
dripping and the leaf would soon stain
if the bulks were left long before strip
ping, which of itself is a good reason
for letting it remain hanging. A few
farmers, we learn, rehung portion of
the tobacco taken down because of it's
high case condition. 1t is quite prob
able that most of the small crops every
where were taken down, for these
could be quickly stripped, and the
larger growers generally have removed
a portion of their crop so that the
work Of stripping might be started.
The next tobacco damp will see much
larger portion taken down provided
conditions are right. Growers, how
ever. generally understand the dangers
of permitting the leaf to absorb too
great an excess of moisture. Certainly
enough Of the crop will be in the bun
die to enable warehouse men to start
packing operations in December if they
choose to do SO. an
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-12-01
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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-12-01

The United Cigar Manufacturers Co.
of New York are gradually concentrat-
ing their packing interests at central
points in the different cigar leaf states
where they do business. A few years
ago the company operated several
warehouses in Wisconsin, which has
finally been reduced to two points, Ed
gerton and Portage. In Pennsylvania,
Mr.. Levy, who packs for the United
Cigar Manufacturers Co., is busy now
abandoning his eleven tobacco ware
houses located at various points in Lam
seester, concentrating all of the
business at the big plant being erected
on North Charlotte street beyond James
street. The first warehouse to be
abandoned is the one now occupied by
him as his headquarters at Lemon and
Prince streets. It is expected the en-
tire operation will be completed by
January /. At his new plant Mr.. Levy
will have storage for 10000 cases,
which is sufficient to- take care of the
entire crop of Lancaster county raised
in one year. The plant comprises nine
buildings, all of the most modern con-
struction. AS result an extremely
low insurance rate has been obtained
by Mr.. Levy. In addition to his city
plant, Mr.. Levy will retain his six
warehouses in the county, which COM
bined have as large capacity as the
Lancaster establishment.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-12-01


Word has been received that Ger
many has appointed commission to
take over the buying of tobacco. This
would indicate, if true, that Germany
is about to remove the ban on ship
ments of tobacco to that country, but
according to other rumors that are
heard in Water street, it develops that
Germany has sufficient tobacco within
her borders to last her until next July
and that the ban against tobacco will
not be lifted until then. These rumors
have not been officially confirmed and
are printed merely for what they are
worth. Naturally the local export
merchants are interested in this mat
ter, and the interest extends further.
The general belief is that, if such a
commission has been appointed, it is
the forerunner of the establishment of
the reggie system by the German En-
pire, and if that happens the Sumatra
market may also be affected. AT pres
ent Germany is able to use certain
grades of Sumatra that are not used in
America, and to that extent supplies
herself without American competition.
Austria, on the other hand, which has
a reggie, buys principally the same'
grades that the American market
wants. If the establishment of the
monopoly by Germany causes her to
buy more heavily of the grades that
America wants, it will undoubtedly
make it more difficult for American
buyers to get our usual supply of to-
bacco.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-12-01


Most of the So, 100000 worth of
American tobacco which it was thought
here had been released by the British
authorities through an agreement an
nounced by the State Department a
month ago still is held up on the
wharves at Copenhagen in 5000 casks,
according to information that has
reached Washington. Tobacco which
has reached tidewater in this country
also is delayed in shipment to Europe,
despite the British agreement, on ac-
count of the refusal of the Holland
American line to accept the shipments.
The allies several months ago forbade
the Importation of tobacco to countries
contiguous to Germany or Scandinavia
and shipping companies will not accept
cargoes without letters of assurance
from the British Embassy here that
the goods will pass the blockade with
out delay. Most of the tobacco held at
Copenhagen was especially prepared for
GERMANY, ard is nf grade which will
.deteriorate rapidly. Sursgs fseilities
at Copenhagen for this grade are poor.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-12-01

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