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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
FIND FISH ALREADY BR0ILED
Volcanic Peak In South American
Andes Throws Out Dainty MorseIs
Which Indians Appreciate. 80.

There is a volcanic peak In the
South American Andes that serves
broiled fish for breakfast. Not infre-
qucntly they also are on the bill OF
fare for luncheon and dinner as well.
This peak is called the Tunghurahua,
and is regarded as special instru.
>ment Of the gods by Indians living In
the vicinity. s|i..
They believe that when an eruption
takes place, running their crops and
perhaps sweeping away their homes,
the mystic spirit Of the Tungurahua
provides the broiled fish so that they
will not want. But the scientific ex.
PLANTATION is somewhat different.
Far underneath the mouth of the
volcano is subterranean lake. When
the volcano begins to spout fame and
lava the suction draws up tons of wa.
ter, carrying along the fish, which are
cooked by the inferno they pass
through. After an eruption the In.
dams find thousands of the fish in the
ashes and lava from the volcano, and
many of these are just crisp enough
for a dainty breakfast. -
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
On. r,o,,.,nd Miles Fresn Land.

one Thousand Miles Prem Land.
It is possible for a ship to reach 2
point In the ocean where It b LOU
miles from land In any direction. ~
fact, this can be done ut several points.
BY leaving San Francisco or Vanco1-
yer and sailing into the North Pacdnc.
Z spot II reached where there Il no
land, not even an islet,. for q thousand
miles in any direction. So. too, sailing
from the southern point Of ancient
Kamchatka southeastwaras, ship viii
reach 4 point more than thousand
miles from land, the nearest to the
north being the Aeutian islands, and
to the south the Sandwich islands, or
Hawaii. In the southern Indian ocean
1t is possible to sail q thousand miles
out from the southern points Of Aus
tralia and New Zealand. and still be
rs far away from any other land and
the same may be done In q westerly
direction from Cape Horn.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
ssfakina Of Umbraas."

Barrie'ss famous story In "When a
Mans Single" about the 'staking of
Umbrage' Is said to have been by no
means fictitious. The incident" was
actually the work Of a practical joker
on the, staff Of a well-known provin-
cial paper In England. It was in 1854,
at the time Of the famous Seven Days
War waged by Austria and Germany
on Denmark. This. journalist, know
Ing how late news was dealt with ut
the Office Of a certain other paper con-
trived that a message should reach
that paper early one morning, announc-
Ing, under the heading of 1.-THE War
In Denmark" 1.-THE Enemy Have
Taken Umbrage.' "Umbrage' was
given asa place on the Norttssea, and
full particulars about 1t were sup
piled. The plot succeeded. The mo-
mentous news item was published, and
the taking Of Umbrage" was the talk
Of the town for several days.-The Ar.
gonaut.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
Bad People In Literature.

,Hildegarde Hawthorne in speaking
Of some juvenile criticisms Of Steven
sons kidnapped" in prize contest
says some Of the writer's seemed to
think that a book must have only
good people In 1t, and because kid
mapped" has SO many bad or half
way bad folks in it, 1t was, by 50
much, mistaken. As a comment on
this she adds: ~. .sz.
: ''There is no such thing as q vi
lage or a town or a house or q world
that is all full Of good people because
there is not SO much as single one
of us that is entirely without fault
And In wild. and bitter circumstances
you will find wild and bitter men, and
In times Of stress tempers ,sdll crnck
and sad things will hopper. " Miss
Hawthorne's statement Is as appu-
cable to q class Of grown-up readers
as to children. It Is very ccnm0n 20
hear 1t said Of 4 book that It - OBJ
jectionable because 1t has bad peo-
pie In 1t.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
why We Read.

We should not. supposing each OF
Them to render life as he saw 1t, quar-
sci with Fielding, whose idea Of cause
ana effect is that drinking makes q
man q fine, genial fellow. any more
than with lola, who wrote book
called ..L,Assor1,noir." Actually "Ton
Jones" since 1t is more filtered work
since It IL product of the authors
experience OF life, whereas Zcla's book
q product, not Of experience, but
s,e OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Jones" will prob.
ally have a more persistent vitality.
gt . rendering of life as It Is. suca
N Il Is picture OF manners 1t in-
tercsts because 1t cxcttes our curiosity.
Aftee an, we most of rs read because
- want TO know because We want 10
know % many things.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
Eou,noctiaI Storms

!, The month Of September brings in
Its train the first touch Of cold wealth
er and frost and the co-called sequi-
noctial storms The sun Crosses the
line" on September q, the a1tumnal
equinox, and summer is automatically
at an end. The seasonal change Of
weather generally brings about that
time a violent storm with its attendant
disaster to shipping. As similar storms
occur in March while the sun Is near
the spring equinox, there has natural
~ down through the centuries grown
up the impression that the suns cross
Ing the equator Is directly responsible
for these equinoctial storms. Nothing
could be more absurd. The equator in
the sky is as imaginary a circle as the
equator on the earth. Weather is
not made on the spot, but is the result
Of influences spread over large areas
Changes in. the moon and spots on
the sun have been the phenomena most
generally blamed for changes in the
weather - but apparently without
scientific reason.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
Eamou. Edlter,s Eplarams..

OTvSOUO sSssSs .fsUsS'''S'- =.
Sir Herbert Tree had reputation
In England for making epigrams. One
of his obituary articles quoted several
times that he made when playing In
this country. "In America" he said,
'.there are many babies but few chill
dren.r 'aThere is something in the
air in New York." he thought, "that
stimulates and solaces activity; one
ought always to be tired, but never
YEARLY" More ambiguous, but without
doubt honestly meant in compliment
airy sense, was his remark after .
conversation with Cardinal Gibbons !:
"Of great men one sometimes learns
little things" This would have been
better II he had said, "From great
men, etc, 90 perhaps he did. In his
own line Of theatrical work he said :
sIf the commercial managers OF Amer
lea had but served Shakespeare as
they have served musical comedy, he
would not have been deserted In his
old age" Probably Sir Herbert had
heard Of our famous ''tired business
man" but apparently he forgot him IN
this remark about so-called musical
comedy. al.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
Knew Value Of Relaxation.

elbow Is It that You are able to do
so much more than other people?" ask
ed a tired, nervous woman who stop
ped Mrs. Palmer for word at the
close Of one Of her lectures.
because" she answered, with the
sudden CLEAN of smile. II haven't
any nerves nor conscience, and my
husband says I haven't any back
bone" ~." o.
It was true that she never wor-
ried. She had early learned to live
one day at a time, without Shocking
before and after" And no one knew
better than Alice Freeman Palmer the
renewing power of JOY. She could
romp with some of her very small
friends in the half hour before an i'm
portant meeting; 90 for a walk or
ride along country lanes VIXEN a vex-
ing problem confronted her; or spend
q quiet evening by the fire reading
aloud from one of her favorite po.
cts at the end Of busy day.-Aary
r. Perkman. in st. Nicholas.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
LIST SPOILED BY ADULATIon
Great Plano vireuoso Never Employed
80 Best Advantage the Great Gift
s5 Ss. That He Possessed. - -.

It Is only when we remember LISTS
profession that we can read the riddle
Inc presents. tFrom childhood up, he
was the idolized plano virtuoso. He
was petted and yadored all his life. He
kyas smOthered all his life under the
ladulation shOwered upon him in every
capital Of Europe, showered upon him
bin every tangible form by women OF
1.-The highest society. His was not q
character profound or fine enough to
fright itself. He never managed to de-
Relop out of that stage, to contact
with truly nourishing things. On the
contrary, he became completely up
rooted, came to exist entirely In this
modern Capua, came to love it and to
Grave the rose leaves and the clouds
LOT perfume. His music is largely an
inspiration toward 1t, an attempt to
perpetuate about him the admiration
and adulation, the glowing eyes and
half parted lips, the heaving bosoms,
BIT is a mechanism for procuring for
himself the Pascha power he desired.
Indeed, beside List, Chopin seems a
Heritable anchorite. True, Liszt in
terested himself in music for another
reason. If 1t served to procure him
the particular 'place In the sun" that
he craved, it furnished him also with
n most engaging pastime. He inter-
ested himself In music as one might
interest oneself In sport Us one be-
comes more proficient In it. He stud
led its rules, it's teachings, its tricks.
with what keepness he mastered them
his compositions show. But that inter-
lest was only minor. The other was
the major.-Paul Rosenfield, in Seven
ARTS Magazine.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
kim Jasnes' Razor.


It IL related that when King james
II ned from the battle Of the Boyne
and the siege Of Londonderry, In July,
1890, he carried with him among other
personal effects . razor, hand ground,
but with very slight concave, II any,
and made from hand forged English
steel at Belfast. Ireland. The handle
IL genuine ivory, with heavy, solid
gold back. While the blade itself Is
81 little or no value as compared with
modern American made razors, the
handle has q valuation Of approx
mately SIS, says the Christian Herald.
During the flight the king slept one
night In the house OF Rev. John
Dickey, at Carnone. County Donegal.
In the morning, after he had shaved,
he placed his razor In q drawer and
forgot to take 1t with him when he
left. 49,.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
be HONEST WITH Chill DREN +
Especially Pernlcious Are the Foolish
Threats That Arc frequently.
= y = @ Made by Parents,

Do not lie to- children. They will
soon learn you are lying you will lose
their confidence, and their respect for
you win be gone. When you tell them
fairy stories, let them understand they
are stories. Enjoyment of the tales
will not be less. Some try to control
children by telling them they will be
whipped, thrown out of the window,
that the 'bOgy man" will catch them,
that they will be "sold to the rag
man." or the policeman will get them,
and by making many other untrue,
senseless threats. The child soon dis
covers that none Of these things &C.
cur. He ceases to fear the threat and
becomes as disObedient AZ ever-per-
haps more SO, since such threats act
like dares to continue. s;:Lsts,s ~.
One bad threat often made to chill
dren is that the policeman will get
them and take them to jail. Children
should be taught that the policeman Is
a friend, not an enemy. They should
be trained to know the policeman is
one to guard them from harm and to
help them In trouble. - xsss 81 -
The evil Of lie to q child cannot be
estimated. 1t does not correct the
shild's behavior. One loses the child's
respect, and ones authority is conse-
quently weakened. A more serious re-
suit, however, is that the child learns
to lie. Any lie is an attempt to de-
ceive and must have evil consequences,
both for oneself and the child to whom
the lie is told. One should never make
a threat one cannot perform. Threats
are bad at the best. There are other
ways to accomplish ones purpose. If
you would keep your children honest
with you, be honest with them.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
Poets and Coffee.

: Poets have neglected coffee; partly
because poets are greatly under the In
fluence of tradition, partly because
coffee is a hard word to find a rhyme
for; one had hoped that vers libres
would give scope to coffee lovers. But
the vers-librettisti and vers-librettistae
Chose gentlemen and ladies who write
poetry for the eye and the ear rather
than for the intelligence) have been
equally negligent. Philosophers do
not care for breakfast. Kant took q
pipe and stroll for his morning meal,
and IL we were to inquire into the
habits of the extremely modern poets
we should be likely to find that they
are equally reckless of breakfast. I
suspect them Of Cruel or mutton
broth. z& =,
To return, as have said, no poet
has celebrated coffee. Shakespeare
came too soon. Pope has a mere rel
erence: y,
Conee, which makes the politician wise:
And see through all things with his half'
shut eyes. 81
But In Pope's day coffee was an
affair Of afternoon and company did
not appeal to romantic sentiments as
breakfast coffee does.-Henry Dwight
Sedgwick In the Yale Review. -.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
.WELLcALLED GREATEST GIFT
Hard 20 overestlmate What the DUAL.
ity Of Imagination Has Done
-. VII 3s r. for tho World. =. ~ =.

A man may be denied health,
wealth, friends, education many Of the
other good things Of life, but there -
one thing which, If he be SO happy as
to be endowed Herewith, can never
be taken from him no matter what
his condition, in life may be-and that
is the quality of imagination. This
quality it is which inspires all hope
and furnishes the wings for faith,
which peoples the heavens with an
gels and lights up the very shadow OF
the tomb. Imagination It Is that
opens the windows, of the soul and
allows man to see back down the
vistas Of the past and far along the
lanes of coming time. It Is imagina-
ton that brings happiness and con-
tentment into the lives Of the sick, the
Impoverished and the oppressed. It
makes noble men sing In prison vet
haunts with awful dreams the tyrant
on the throne. Without imagination
there would be no "Pilgrim's Prog
ress,' no Paradise Lost" no mid
summer Nights Dream" nor would
there be ever any invention or archi-
lecture or music that Is "the wine Of
the SOUL" or sculpture or painting that
reflect in form and color the ideals
in the minds Of men. Blessed be
imagination, the greatest gift Of SUI
preme wisdom and power to the chill
dren of~earth.-1os Angeles Times.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
TWILL POWER ALWAYS COUNTS.
Well to Realize One Has Got to Want
Things Hard In Order to .5
.- Get Them. -zll5

=; Just wanting something will rarely
obtain it for you. You've got to 60 out
and get5it for yourself. In an article
called Increase Your Driving Power"
in the American Magazine, writer
quotes an authority as saying:
"After all, "a man does what he
wants to do. Therefore, he must be
taught as child and he must learn in
adult years to teach himself, to want
to do the right thing and the big thing
and to want 1t SO hard that he is
bound to arrive at the wished-for goal.
Anybody can sit down and say, I'd like
to be the head Of my company, or the
president Of the United States, or the
best salesman in the world That much
is easy. It is exactly what. the baby
does when 1t sits on the floor and
squalls for piece Of candy. But It Ia
a very different thing from wanting
something SO much that one Is willing
to set about it and undertake at once
the doing Of the impossible. %z
1.-THE trouble with the average man
is that he does not want things hard
enough. And one reason for this Ia
that he has not been taught the value
of this wanting He has not been
shown in his schools and In his life
that man has tremendous resources for
wanting and for willing, and that, as
he continues to will and will, he will
find himself unknown and unsupported
layers of energy. There -is always
enough energy to supply mans de
sires for success if he will tap the
source of it." .'.. -
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
FEW GIVE LUCID TESTIMONY
Average Person Seems TO Get Badly
Fiustered When Talking g
.s Lawyer or Detective. -,

Sand after the choking" prompted
the lawyer, who represented the
plaintiff in a recent trial for assault.
ooh, there wasn't any choking that
I saw" said the witness. .s; - =,
'.No choking? But didn't you tell
the officer that the accused sprang
upon his victim from behind and
seized him by the throatT' ~,
eyes, sir, surely. But there wasn't
any choking. He just squeezed him
till he couldn't breathe" -
e "Well, wasn't; that choking, I'd like
to know? ;, - +. -' p 4s&~- f..
'sWhen body chokes, he coughs till
he splits 1t out" explained the witness,
''but the old man didn't have any
thing In his mouth, and he didn't
cough, so he didn't choke. he was
squeezed till the life was most squoze
out Of him, that's ALL" 49,. -
= If the court was not enlightened by
such q finely Disseminated point,
neither was the truth beclouded. But
William J. Burns, the famous detec-
tive, declares that 1t Is nearly impos'
ssible for the average person to give
simple, lucid information to lawyer
or detective. He gives as an exam
pie the Office boy who was asked, ibid
Mr.. Jones or his partner usually reach
the Office frs? ?" -. !.
''Well." said the boy eagerly, blush
Ing and stammering with excitement,
..Mr. Jones at first was always last,
but later he began to get earlier, till
at last he was first, although before
he had always been behind. He soon
got later again, although Of late he
has been sooner, and at last he got
behind as before. But / guess he'll be
getting earlier sooner or LATER
Youths COMPANION. 80. = a.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
WELL TO START At BOTTOM
Reasons Why Lowest Runo 2of the
Ladder 10 Frequently Better
Than the Middle Ono. X.

There is plenty of room at the bot.
tom. It is better to start there ana
climb to the top than to start half.
way up and stick. " :: ~ ~ i
$50 many boys and young men are
getting the wrong start" says mer-
chant in the New York Times. '.rhe
salaries paid by most Of the Wall
street houses are high, believe, be
cause, first OF all, the business Just
now can afford them; and, secondly,
there must be some premium Tor the
lack of opportunity. In other WORDS
the boy is paid high wages to start.
because he can't get much higher from
the position he fills" 90 ~. : s.|z,. .z
In the mercantile field, says the
writer-who himself has several POSI-
tons oben which he has been unable
to fill-there is unlimited chance Tor
the young man who wants 70 make
something out Of himself. For, once
he has learned q business from the
bottom up, he has training that VIII
pay better in the end than the JOB
with the high salary at the start.
1T Is more profitable to start low
and have your salary grow every year.
than to stick around the same marx
or lose ground as time goes on. As
far as hours 60, we have long day.
But If the work II congenial ana the
employee knows he is getting ahead.
hours don't count. We generally turn
down the applicant whose first cues
ton is, What hours do I have to
work =" ~. IS
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
Equity.

Let the tears Of the poor man fnd
In them more compassion, but more
justice, than the pleadings Of the rich.
Try and discover the truth, % well
among the promises and presents OF
the rich man as among the wailings
and opportunities Of the poor.
Where equity can and should have
place, charge not the rigor of the law
upon the delinquent, for the fame OF
the righteous judge stands not great.
or than that Of the merciful.
: II perchance you should bend the
rod of Justice, let 1t not be with the
weight of bride, but with that OF
mercy.
When it should happen to thee to
judge the cause OF some enemy Of
thine, turn thy mind away from thine
injury and set It on the truth Of the
case.-Cervantes.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
GLOOMY DAY HAS ITS USES.
For Ono Thing. It Gives Man an op.
portuntty to Mediate and Be
STRENGTHENED.

A gloomy day now and then serves
a useful purpose. It enables fellow
to sit down and take stock Of himself.
for there is something about the lower
ing clouds and dismal weather which
causes one to contemplate more seri-
ously the realities Of life, the Dayton
News observes. - i: -E.2g., =.
And gloomy day at this season, Of
all gloomy days! Sodden, sullen.
dreary! The gloom seems to hover
over and settle down upon one and
sink into his soul. The mind refuses
to run in cheerful channels. The very
muscles seem to relax and to rebel
when asked to do q task. The blood
flows slowly through the veins and the
nerves grow dull. At least, that 10
the way it seems upon a gloomy day
at this time Of the year.
It is pretty hard to think seriously
when the sun is shining. Life seems
to be sort Of a Joke. The world
smiles and you smile with 1t, and all
is fickleness. It is no time beneath the
smiling skies Of q pleasant day to
mediate. But gloomy day-what
are we on earth fort From whence
did we come? Whittier do we go2 IL
it all worth while? Should we struggle
on, with the reward so small or end It
all? These are the questions that
come to the fellow who sits and gazes
out into the sullen air Of a gloomy
day. - .s... ~ -;
But the beauty Of it is, he answers
his own questions to his own satisfac-
tion, and arises from his place at the
window, renewed In strength and In
determination to do the right thing :;
for he comes to understand the
beauty Of these gloomy days, to value
them ut their worth, and to know that
he who sits and meditates is prof1ted
thereby.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
K,noh,rd /. ch,valrous Fighter.

Klnebtrd 10 chivalrous Fighter.
2 The scientists call the kingbird Ty.
rannris tyrannus, doubling up on the
tyrannical significance Of the thing be-
cause this bird Of ours tyrannizes
over other birds, but It IL grateful to
say that his pecking pugnacity re-
strains Itself In the cases Of birds
smaller than himself -
There are some good friends OF the
kingbird who will tell you that the
uranus OF his name - used II .its
extremely ancient significance. which
Was that OF ruler rather than tyrant,
but the kinsbird Is q tyrant, neverthe-
hess, as one can .6nd out by asking
any crow or hawk which flaps or sails
within the domain Of this guardian Of
he helds
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
MISSES INFLUENCE ON CHILD
Hard to Exao0erate How important 1t
Can BE Made In the Training =
,'s .... ,T,-~ Of Youth.


standby Of youth, gleefully anticipat-
ing the soothing close of the day. Ev-
cry mother, too, has appreciated these
minutes day after day, as blessing in
the training and development of her
child. It is an indisputable fact that
a child never absorbs more than when
It is interested and amused. So dur
Ing the pleasant story hours the child
learns about the joys, the sorrows, the
disappointments-in short, all the les
sons of life. TX TX
& But now some resOurceful mother
has discovered how to improve this
ancient institution. How? BY setting
It's libretto to music; by putting into
song all the little tales Of the hour
cheerful tunes for tales Of joy; low,
soft tunes for sad tales; clamorous
tunes for victories. =
) Heretofore SO many children have
grown to manhood and wOmanhoOd
without the helpful influence of music,
probably because the mother has put
forth such feeble excuses as II am not
musical; can only play for my own
amusement" II don't know enough
about music to teach It to my chill
dren." These ideas are old-fashioned
now, and no longer hold water. Any
little tune, no matter how weakly sung
or played, but fitting In with the mood
of the tale or actiOn of the moment,
delights the child, and unconsciously
leaves behind IN indellble influence
and a recollection Of happy days.