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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-22
Farmers Want Boys.


The Children's Aid society Of New
York is asking churches with large
institutional work for greater co-opera-
ton in it's work of finding maynard
and homeless children. Just now it
can serve boys of five to eighteen
Years of age who are in need of help.
These boys will be sent to the So
ciety's farm school at Valhalla. n. T.,
where they will receive a special train
ing prior to placement with families.
The society is overwhelmed with re-
quests from farmers asking for boys.
many of whom are willing to adopt
small boys.
The older boys, from sixteen to
twenty years of age, will receive a two
months course of study in farming.
The farms to which they will 90 have
been investigated by the society's
agents. Farmers are in great need Of
boy helpers and will pay from $40 to
$25 per month. with board, for those
who have been trained at the farm
school.
Usually the school has an enrolment
OI lpO DONS at tnlS Jluo VI year, DuI
this year many Of the society's boys
in its lodging houses have been enter
ing the army and navy service instead
of going to the farm school. Recent
ly forty-one entered the army and
navy service for boys from sixteen to
twenty-one years of re.
The farm school at Valhalla con-
sists Of fourteen buildings, including
three dormitory buildings, barns, and
dairy, chicken farm. workshop, gym
nasium and schoolhouse.
Last year the farm school trained
and placed on farms more than 0
boys. Five hundred and sixty-siX boys
under sixteen years Of age were placed
in families and are under the supervi-
sion Of the society. In all, the society
has 5000 wards under its supervision.
The boys are visited twice during the
first year and once a year until eight
cen years Of age. Three hundred Of
the boys are now in high school and
forty-two are In college.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-22
Wit and Wisdom.

Why is a stick of candy like a horse!
The more you lick it the faster it goes
Difference between an auction and
SenSickneSS? One is the sale of effects,
the other the effects Of IL sail.
Why is the letter 4 like II O'clock /:
Because it comes in the middle of day,
What occurs twice in Il III and
not c in a thousand years: The
letter M"
Difference between q spendthrift ana
a pillow: One is hard up, the other
soft down.
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Soldiers.

The general gave an order then;
He shouted to his men:
"About face! March right Up that hill,
Then march right down again.
Then Will spoke up and said, II think
Your order rather queer,
For If you send them up, then down,
They might as We'll be here
The general looked perpleXed and sad.
His brow wore quite a froWn.
He said. IN march them up the hill,
Then only halfway down.
philadelphia Record.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-22
A Trick Blotter,

An ordinary hlotter may be rams
formed easily so that it will remove
ink completely when applied instead
Of leaving sufficient to recognize the
script by sleeping it in Il solution Of
oXalic acid. Permit it to dry after sew
eral applications of the acid. 1t will be
the source Of much amusement and is
useful as well.-Popular Mechanics.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-22
Boy Scouts Incorporated.

President Wilson recently signed a
bill incorporating the Boy scouts OF
America and giving the organization
the exclusive right of the use of that
name. Colin Livingston, president.
and other officials of the organization
and a group Of ranking Washington
scouts witnessed the signing. The
president was told that the member
ship was $4,000 boys and $4,000 men.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-22
Religious
Sees Good Out Of the War.

oSSo SOoO 0ut OF the war;
That out of the tragedy being enact
eel on the battlefields and high seas
will come inspiration and vitality for
the greatest spread of religious teach
ings since the dawn of the Christian
era was declared by the Rev. DIR. c..
H. Brent. bishop of the Philippine Is
lands.
Absolute supremacy of Christ and
the sutticiency of his teachings for all
times and nations was the theme de-
veloped by the bishop. He asserted
there is no moment more dangerous to
Gods purpose among men than when
advocates rise to contend with religious
truths. pointing to the present world
crisis as their accepted proof Of the
failure of religion.
Bishop Brent likened abnormal con-
ditions Of the day to those Immediate
ly following the world tragedy that
ended on Calvary. The same inspira-
ton and vitality taken by Christ's
apostles then. he said. will again be
asserted at the close Of the European
war and force an acceptance Of re-
ligious teachings by nations that here
tofore have been Indifferent.
Bishop Brent advised that none pray
for the peace prevailing before the
beginning of the war. but for such a
peace as shall abolish the mischief and
ruin that brought on the conflict of ma
lions. If Christian teachings are not
adequate for such times as these. he
said, they cannot prove Of value here
after.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-22

NE night a number Of men in a
mining camp sat around a ia
~ bic playing cards for money.
A mar in a white cravat and
other clerical indications entered and
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-07-06
sinn a sonn of sixnenoa.

The London Globes explanation OF
the rhine Sing Song of SiXpence" Is:
THE four and twenty blackbirds rep
resent the four and twenty hours. The
bottom of the pie is the world. The
top crust represents the sky. The open
ing of the pie is the dawn of the day.
when the birds begin TO sing. and
surely such a sight is tit for king.
The king In his counting house count
Ing out his money is the sun. The
money the king is counting represents
the golden sunshine. The queen, who
sits In the parlor. is the moon. The
honey she is eating is the moonlight.
The Industrious maid who is working
in the garden before the sun has risen
is the day dawn. and the clothes she
hangs ont are clouds. The bird that
so tragically ends the song by nipping
or her nose Is the hour of sunset"
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Elossie's Riqht.

| The incest thing about Clarence Cool
lum was his politeness.
When a woman entered an elevator
in which he was riding Clarence never
failed to remove his hat, though he
knew that too much air on his head
was bad for his brains.
The incest thing about Flossie Slam
son was her independence
Though her parents were poor, they
were honest. and as soon as strange
man began to think of getting fresh
with her Flossie. who gave a boxing
lesson on the side. always lit out with
her shapely but trusty right.
AS Flossie stepped into the elevator
of the Eggsenham building Clarence
the only other occupant. removed his
hat. Now, in Flossie's mind this was
n large piece of bold impertinence.
Jim. this poor simp's pretendinl to
know me-gettin' fresh-dipped his lid
-givin' me the mash-oglin' eyes at me
-spreadin' his face in a KNOWN grin.
Now. watch mel" she coolly said. This
to her friend who had just met her at
the elevator.
After the ambulance had clang-clang-
ed away and the crowd had dispersed
Flossie and Jim emerged. arm in arm.
from the ice cream parlor across the
Free Press.
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WHEN A SHIP TURNS TURTLE.
Often the Bottom of the Vessel 10
Blown Out as She Goes Down.

To turn turtle means in nautical
! language that n ship rolls too heavily
fails to recover herself and after a
brief period on her beam ends turns
topsy turvy. so that her keel points
skyward. Then. of course. she goes
down.
Frequently the compressed air i'm
prisoned in her hull blows her bottom
out as she goes down. or if she is a
steamer her boilers burst. with similar
results.
As rule. ships turn turtle because
they are burdened with too much top
hamper or from lack of sufficient bal
last or both causes combined.
Rarely does it happen that there are
any survivors, but there is one notable
exception in the case of the battleship
Captain. which was lost after this fash
ion in the bay of Biscay. In her case
exactly three minutes elapsed from the
time she first turned turtle until she
finally sank, and forty of her crew of
500 men clambered up her side as she
rolled over and on to her keel OF
these eighteen men were eventually
rescued and We're able to describe later
on precisely what occurred.-Pearson'
Weekly
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He Got Valuable Information.

The story is told of the times Of
Aretas Blood and the old Manchester
locomotive works that a student came
TO Mr.. Blood once and wanted to study
the business of locomotive building In
his vacation days. The student came
well recommended. and Mr.. Blood
who never had much use for these
tech people, sent him down to the
boiler shop and placed him in charge
of the old foreman. The old man took
the tech" man around, and in the
course of the inspection of the shop
they came across one boiler on the in
side of which was man at work.
How does that man get out?' in
quired the "tech" man.
"Oh." said the venerable pilot, ''he
doesn't get out. We always count
upon losing at least one man in build
ing a boiler. "-Manchester Guardian.
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LEGEND OF WILLIAM. TELL
The Story Was Old In Denmark Before
the Swiss Borrowed IL.

DO you know who shot the apple or
the head of The little boyf Why, vii
lam Tell. o. course. Everybody knows
the tyranny Of Austria. At least ey-
erybOdy used TO know. Unfortunately
for pure romance. the historian and
the investigator have been unduly ac-
tive in the past quarter OF a century,
and the result has left us few heroei
with enough clothing of romance 10
cover their skeletons.
We have read Schiller's beautiful
and inspiring play. either In our col
lege German course or In translation,
and we cling TO William Tell with all
the ardor OF youthful enthusiasm. And
along comes the historian and tells us
that il Is all a myth, that the dates
fixed by the Swiss chronicles on the
subject do not coincide with the dates
of the historic events that were sup
posed to be taking place in Austria at
the same time and that earlier records
of Switzerland make no mention of
the nrcher's master shot
The sefsame story is told In the
Danish legends. two centuries before
II crops out In the Swiss narrative.
and further investigation shows that It
was borrowed by the Danes. the origi-
nal apple having been shot from the
original chlld's head by German
bowman named Eigil. when King Nj
lung sought TO test the mans skill and
nerve. In that remote story 1t is re-
ated that Eigil concealed another ar
'ow in his bosom with which to kill
he king If he injured his child. John
'iske. the American historian, was |
argely responsible for robbing us OF |
William Tell.-St. Louis be-Demo-
rat.
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Oddities of Taxation.

In England there have been many
amusing taxes and more amusing eva
sions. At one time the horse was sin
gled out as peculiar victim. and the
farmer evaded the obligation by riding
his COW TO market or by Harvesting his
wife to the cart alongside of big dog
to drag the produce TO town. The tax
on chimneys resulted in the destruction
Of many fine old fireplaces. and the tax
on windows had the effect of making
the houses look as If they had been
boarded up and deserted. 1t also i'm
paired the eyesight Of hundreds of Eng
lishmen.
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He Had Qualified.

A stranger in an outlying village
thought he might improve the time by
attending service in the local church.
At the conclusion of lengthy talk the
minister announced that he should like
to meet the board.
The stranger. in company with sew
eral other persons, proceeded to walk
to the front of the church. The pastor,
thinking there must be some misun-
Outstanding. said to him:
Il believe. sir, you are mistaken.
This is just to be meeting of the
board
We'll" replied the visitor, II have
listened to you talk for more than an
hour, and if any one has been more
bored than | have been l should like
to know who it is."-Christian Herald.
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RADIANT HEAT.
II Is Not Rea' Heat, but Only Form
Of Wave Motion.

When a fire is lighted ii throws of
what we call heat rays or waves.
These waves are very much like the
waves Of light which come from light
or fire or the air waves which produce
sounds. The rays of light and heat
which come from the sun are like the
rays of light and heat from a fire
Heat is of two kinds-heat proper
which Is resident I'm the body, and ra-
diant heat. which is the kind which
comes TO us from the. sun or from a
fire. This. radiant heat Is not heat at
ali. but a form Of wave motion thrown
out by the vibrations Ia rhe ether. The
heat we feel Is the sensation produced
upon our skins when Il comes in con.
tact with the waves created by the fire
Heat was formerly thought to be an
actual substance, but we know now
that radiant heat Is known to be the
energy Of heat transferred TO the ether
which fills all of space and Is IN all
bodies also. The hot body sets the par
ticles Of ether in vibration. and this vi
brating motion In the form of waves
travels i'm all directions.
When these vibrations strike against
our skin they produce a heat sensation.
other objects these vibrations
may produce instead of heat sensa-
ton either chemical action or lumi
Mostly This is determined by the
length of the vibratory rays in each
se.-Philadelphia Press.
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How Gold Plate Is Made

! There is practically no solid gold
plate. The so called gold plate services
are silver gilt. and only few pieces
OF pure gold are owned by the Eng
fish crown or any other crown. 1t may
interest our readers to learn how this
fire, mercurial or water gilding-for it
is known by all of these three names
is done. Pure gold and mercury are
mixed into a paste. The silver article
to be gilded has been chemically clean
ed. is rubbed all over with this paste.
which has been placed in silk bag.
just as the blue used in washing is put
in bag. When the piece of plate has
been rubbed over it is perfectly white.
1t is then put into an oven. and grad
ually the mercury goes off in fumes.
leaving ON the article n deposit of pure
gold, which has practically become one
with the piece of silver and will last
for centuries.-New York Post.
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Explaininq the uproar.

Nope, there wasn't anything out of
the ordinary happened at my house
the night you speak Of replied Mr..
Gap johnson of Rumpus Ridge THAT
was the time we'd set to name the
baby and invited in a passed. of kin
folks to sorter help us achieve it. My
wife's mother was sorter present and
several of wife's brothers and sisters
and their families and such like and
about Il dozen of my kin and some of
the neighbors. All of 'em peared TO
have their preferences in the way Of
names and an earnest desire to stick
to 'em. But there wasn't anything
peculiar appened-nothing but what
you'd nacherly expect to occur when
a bunch of that size and sort rallied
round to name IA baby, Judge.
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An Anoloax TO Amanda.

This is TO apologize to a colored lady
whom we admire and respect. We
printed a little anecdote about her not
long ago. and in it we tried the impos-
sible-attempted to initiate her inim-
liable Mississippi accent. Then we
showed her the story. She wasn't as
tickled to find herself in print as we
expected her to be. While acknowl-
edging the truth of the story. there was
still cloud on her ebony brow.
whats the matter. Amanda?" we
asked. Didn't you want to get into
the paper?"
'Gittin' inter de papeh's all right"
she hesitated. but. mist. VII didn't
ought to put it down dat All talked
dat away. All don never use none
O. dat African talkr-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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Douglas Macdonald and his old GRO
ny. Donald MacDougal. were once op-
posed to each other in a famous curl
ing match. and the last two stones to
finish the game were the two cronies.
Donald MacDougal. with enormous de-
liberation, threw his stone He threw
it well. He made what is called pat
lid and jumped for joy Then it was
Douglas MacDonald's turn. His case
seemed hopeless, but such a splendid
throw did he make that the pat lid
was knocked off. and his stone Law at
the side Of the tee. winning the game.
In his joy the old fellow jumped sky
high. He came down so hard that be
broke right through the ice. He sank:
but. bobbing up again. he shouted from
the cold water:
Hi. lads. we've won. and If dinna
come DOT O here alive be sure We pit
that stone on my gravew-Exchange.
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FATHERS PERIL.
What Would You Have Done Had You
Been N His Placer


Just three or four time yellowed pages
in an old colonial diary. How the man
uscript came into my possession is i'm
material But here are two paragraphs:
February We tenth, 1928 This day
a most terrible thing happened to Fa-
Their. 1t hath been long, cold winter.
and ye members of our little colony
have suffered grievously, supplies be-
ing scant. Our larder being well nigh
bare. my goodly father started forth In
search of game. OF late it hath grown
exceeding difficult to obtain powder
and lead. Father had but one charge
left for his trusty blunderbuss; but,
being a famous shot. he had no doubt
that this would prove sufficient to
bring down some wild creature that
the household might be supplied with
meat.
HE had wandered some way from
We settlement when he sighted a wild
turkey perched on limb. Drawing
near, he took aim. At this moment Il
skulking savage leaped from behind a
tree near by. An arrow hurtled past
dear fathers head. barely missing him.
Quickly he turned his blunderbuss upon
We savage and prepared to fire.
But We thought came to him that his
wife and children were in dire straits
for food. Having but the one shot,
what should he do? To Stay We savage
would mean that We turkey would es- |
cape. To shoot We turkey would place |
father at We mercy of We cruel red
skin. Momentarily he hesitated; but,
determining upon bold
he took steady aim, fired and
slew ye"-
Here the manuscript breaks off. I'm
sorry that l ever ran across the con-
founded thing.-Walter G. Doty in Gin.
cinnati Enquirer.
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A Hot Retort.

In certain provincial town there
lives an old maid who has the reputa-
ton of being about the fastest talker
on record. added to which her tongue
has more than the average amount of
venom. One day recently. however
she met her match. A peddler called
and had the impudence to ring the
front doorbell. A moment later the
door was opened. and when the woman
saw who 1t was she at once gave him
piece Of her mind. finally concluding
with:
And now. then. you can be Off
There's nothing you can sell me that
will be of any use to me-"
The peddler. who was evidently no
novice at getting his own back, turned
on his heel. saying as he did so:
mo, mum. seem as 'ow I'm only
sellin' mouse traps an not muzzles, /
don't see as 'ow there is."-LondoD
Answers
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Stuck TO His Rule.

He had just been discharged from
the service. owing TO wounds. and
thought 10 raise few pounds by writ.
ing bis "reminiscences OF twelve months
lighting. Having completed the manu-
script while in hospital. he offered II
10 publisher for fl0o. II was a very
small volume. and such a price made
the publisher raise his eyes in surprise
and inquire the reasons for such de-
mand MY dear sir" replied the au-
thor. lit has been a point Of honor
with me. as a soldier. always to sell my
life as dearly as possible. London
Chronicle.
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No Doubt About IL.

An east side teacher was endeavor.
ing to elucidate some of the simpler
phenomena of electricity and at the
close of her little lecture said sweetly:
Can any of you children give me the
name of some nonconductor and tell
about it in a few Words"
A sharp eyed urchin exclaimed: 81
kin. teacher Sam Holly's old man is
one. They was spotter on his car
seen him knock down a fare. Old Hol.
ly's nonconductor ever e."-New
York Times.
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YOU'RE A BIG MAN NOW. HARRY.

days. You were always a smart lad,
and | was always more or less of
Ounce in the estimation of the other
chaps. And here | am. and here you
are" And he went no further because
he didn't want 10 make his old friend
| feel bad.
At the performance he saw MacPher-
son in box and after the show was
discussing it with the manager Of the
theater.
lis great tribute U the loyalty
of Old friendship" said Lauder. ITO
night there was man who paid $3.50
for a seat in a box because he knew
me when ! was a miner And he's
still miner. and lie couldn't afford it
either, | venture. His name is Mac
PherSon, and
TON MacPherson?' interrupted the
local Snowman.
YES" said Lauder HE was al
ways that sort of lad-willing to spend
his last cent for
The manager was coughing into his
handkerchief by now.
Last cent? he sputtered TON
MACPHERSON owns about $30.O00,000I
worth of mines and is the richest man !
in this vicinity
minute he stood dumb. HE always
was a smart lad" he said.-Philadel-
phia Press.
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SHE WAITED IN VAIN.
Pathetic End Of a Romance Lasting
Over Thirty Years

Over Thirty Years.
Many years ago while studying in
Boston | lived for time In private
most of the guests were wealthy wild
ows. | named it the House of Wells.
Among those coming in from the out
side to take their meals was Miss
Adams, n descendant of the historical
Adams family and woman of about
sixty years.
She was engaged to be married and
had been engaged for more than thirty
years Her lover called. took her to
dinners aud the theater. sent her flow
ers and sweets as in the days Of their
youth. Those who knew her told me
this story:
While stlil young she had been left
an income sufficiently large to main
tain herself in comfort. but not enough
for the upkeep of a home such as she
thought beftted her station in life. SO
she lived In lodgings. while her fiance
cared for his widowed mother. who
lived TO be very oil
"
held responsible position. and the
only obstacle in the way of their mar
riage was the aged mother.
They were devoted lovers at sixty
and had been devoted lovers for thirty
years. Being the longest engagement
of which | had ever heard or read. |
was interested to know the ending of
a story so unusual in life.
Some years after. meeting a former
guest of the House Of Wells, / asked |
about Miss Abigail Adams. The |
mother had outllved the son.
A sad and lonely old woman was still
living in lodgings. looking back to the |
pride and selfishness of her youth.
which had cost her a home and all that
home might mean.-Chieago Tribune.
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a,o 90 Tho ,+,oo+ MET WITH BUMP.
The result was they met with bump.
1t was a sickening collision, with the
little man down and out.
"You should have looked where you
were going" said the fieshy woman,
bending over the victim on the curb,
to which he had been carried by a traf-
lic policeman. But is there anything
/ can do for your
YES" he replied family, opening his
eyes q moment. Get the number OF
the automobile that struck me-"
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q Cobhler's Dozep

In most countries thirteen is always
spoken of as THE bakers Dozen" but in
Italy 1t IS called "a cobbler's Dozen"
There is tradition in that land that
formerly there was law compelling
cobblers to put twelve nails around the
edge of boot heel and that when nails
were cheap Il thirteenth nail was driven
In the center for luck.-London Mail.