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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
CANDIED FRAGRANT FLOWERS.
Demand in England for Sugared Rose
Petals and Candied Violets

One of the latest developments of lux
ury is said to be the candying Of fra
grant flowers. The notion is not alto
gether new, for violets have been made
into confections for the palate, as well
as INTO bouquets for the olfactory organs,
from time to time for a long period.
1T any rate, it seems that the fashion
1as got new impetus Of late. and a can
died violet is coming to be regarded as
an acceptable "bonne bouche" to be pre-
scented to a lady. There is also, we are
told, a demand for sugared rose petals,
which is being catered for by some en-
terprising artists in sugar. 1t can hard
1y be pretended that flowers made into
sweets" are Of a medicinal efficacy,
though damask rose leaves have long
held recognized place in the materia
Inedica.
Whether the violet has any therapeutic
qualities does not appear, though the
leaves mot the fower) have just now
some rcputation-Outside the medical
faculty-as a cure for cancer. The best
that can be hoped for, if flowers are to
be eaten as well as to be seen and
smeIled, is that they may in all cases
prove to be innocuous. II is nice qucs-
zion whether the perfume is always 4
Eafe guide.
Perhaps the modern craze is, after all.
Dnly form Of luxury A candied violet
Or n dish Of rose leaves could not pos
sibly enter into the category Of cheap
.Iwcets for the million-LOndon Globe.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
His Nuggets Were Safe.

I'm Black Jack" he said. as he flung
himself into the Palace hotel early yes
terday morning, ''and [ want TO sleep
here. I'm just down from Alaska" he
added, as he scrawled his name across
the page of the hotel register. Then he
slammed a poke of nuggets in front of
the clerk and admonished the latter to
take care of them, after which the bell
boy escorted him to his room. Last
evening "Black Jack" was shaky and
also anxious about his nuggets. and ap
preaching the clerk said in a whisper:
Say, have you seen any rocks around
this dump? I've lost some somewhere,
and am worrying a little"
rs this what you are looking for?"
answered the clerk, dragging the poke
from the safe and placing it before
Jacks hungry eyes.
1T is said Jack, as he seized the
poke. Lets go and have a drink"
The poke is now reposing in a bank,
and BLACK Jack" feels safer.-Seattle
post-Intelligencer.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
FOUND OUT.
A Trained Nurse Discovered Its Eff
fccts.

A Trained Nurse Discovered It's Ell
fects.
No one Is in better position to know
the value of food and drink than
trained nurse.
Speaking of coffee q nurse of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, writes: Il used to drink
strong coffee myself and suffered great
" from headaches and indigestion.
While on visit TO my brothers | had
a good chance to try Postum Food COT
fee, for they drank it altogether In
place of ordinary coffee. In two weeks
after using Postum, | found l was
much benefited and finally my head
aches disappeared and also the indiges-
ton.
Naturally l have since used Postum
among my patients, and have noticed
marked benefit where coffee has been
left off and Postum. used.
Il observed a curious fact about Pos
tum used among mothers. 1t greatly
helps the flow of milk in cases where
coffee is inclined TO dry it up, and
where tea causes nervousness.
II find trouble in getting servants to
make Postum properly. They most al
ways serve 1t before it has been boiled
long enough. II should be boiled 10 or
90 minutes and served with cream,
when it is certainly a delicious bey-
erage."
There's a reason" for Postum.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
Physical Culture.

4 rational system Of physical culture
should insure to every man and woman
who adopts it perfectly erect. poised
figure, straight spine. broad. deep
and capacicns chest, upn1ted and fiexi-
BILE, and harmonious development OF all
the muscles. He or she should be easy
and graceful! in every movement, pos
sessed of marked muscular power and
endurance, splendid health aud n voice
of notable equality and power.
So much would the rational system of
physical development do for those who
followed it. And any method which will
not accomplish all of these things even
for its least promising students. is nso-
much incomplete and false. The object
of physical culture methods is to render
the body more perfect instrument, more
strong. more enduring. more ohedent to
the commands of the Withholding Maya
zine
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
PAVING FIGHT IS OVER
GREEN BAY FINALLY AWARDS CON-
TRACT TO OHIO CONCERN.
Barber Company, Whose Agent Confessed
to Bribery, Loses $4,000 Job by
Small Margin.

GREEN BAY, Wis, April 2S.-LSpe-
al.I-The spirited paving controversy
III progress here for three weeks was
terminated apparently last night, when
the common council unanimously voted
TO award three contracts for pavements
this year on Main, Washington and Pine
streets, two miles in all, to the Andrews
Asphalt Paving company of Hamilton
O., which bid on Bermudez asphalt at
Sl.91 q square yard.
The prices for the three contracts ag-
gregate SS2,214.27, which is exclusive of
nearly $4,000 worth of brick paving
to be done between and adjacent to
street car tracks by the Green Bay Trac-
ton company.
The council rejected four of the pro-
posals for the reason that the material
proposed was not up TO specifications and
additionally in two of the four instances
because of Il doubt as to the competency
of the bidder
The competition was narrowed to the
Andrews company and the Barber As
phalt company. The aggregate bid of
the Barber company was $50. IA. 90, or
a little more than $500 above the aggre-
gate bid of the Andrews company.
y majority OF property owners on the
streets to be improved petitioned the
council to award the contracts TO the
Barber company, while others at mass
meeting passed resolutions requesting
the council to eliminate the Barber COM
pany from consideration.
The latter attitude was shared, it is
claimed, by majority of the alder
men and Mayor Minahan and was
prompted by the recent graft disclosures
involving Charles NJ. Carpenter of Chi
cago, general agent for the Barber COM
pany in Wisconsin, and active represent
atiye of the company i'll the local nego~
tiations. Carpenter pleaded guilty at
the time to bribery
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
Football in Darkest Africa.

A woman explorer, Miss Hall, has re-
GENTLY returned from the heart of Africa
She struck northwest to Lake Nyassa
and waited six weeks for a boat to carry
her across Lake Tanganyika. Then she
travelled to Lake Victoria Nyanza, and
only twice did she meet white men. Two
German soldiers and number of serv-
ants accompanied her. When at last
Miss Hall reached Uganda she saw
sight which must have brought cheer TO
her heart, an indication that civilization
had indeed penetrated the dark country,
for the King of Uganda and his men
were playing football. Miss Hall gave
a wonderfully interesting account of her
travels and of her interview with this en-
lightened monarch. She cannot speak
too highly of the courtesy and kindness
which she everywhere met.-Kansas
City Star.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
Shellfsh Make Silk.

Silk is obtained from species Of she'll
fish known as the pima, found in the
Mediterranean. The shcllfish has the
power Of spinning Il silk which the 81
cilans make into very handsome
fabric. TIE silk is spun by the sheIlfsh
In The first instance for the purpose IF
attaching itself to the rocks. 1t is able
10 guide the delicate filaments to the
proper place and there glue them fast,
and, if they are cut away, it can repro
ducc them. The material, when gathered
(which is done at low tide, is washed in
soap and water, dried, Strengthened and
carded, one pound Of the coarse flament
yielding about three ounces of fine
thread, which, when spun, is a lovely
golden brown in color.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
AWFUL SUFFERING.
From Dreadful Pains from Wound OF
Foot-system All Run Down

From Dreadful Pains from Wound OF
Foot-system All Run Down
Miraculous Cure by Cuticura.
Words cannot speak highly enough
for the Cuticura Remedies. | am now
scventy-two years of age. My system
had been all run down. My blood was
SO bad that blood poisoning had set
in. / had several doctors attending
me, SO finally / went to the hospital,
where / was laid up for two months.
My foot and ankle were almost beyond
recognition. Dark blood flowed out of
wounds in many places, and l was so
disheartened that | thought surely my
last chance was slowly leaving me. As
the foot did not improve, you can
readily imagine how | felt. / was
simply disguised and tired of life. I
stood this pain, which was dreadful,
for six months, and during this time I
was not able to wear shoe and not
able to work Some one spoke to me
about Cuticura. The consequences were
/ bought a set of the Cuticura Rene
dies of one of my friends who was a
druggist, and the praise that 1 gave
after the second application is beyond
description; it seemed a miracle, for
the Cuticura Remedies took effect inn
mediately. | washed the foot with the
Cuticura Soap before applying the
Ointment, and | took the Resolvent at
the same time. After two weeks treat
ment my foot was healed completely.
People who had seen my foot during
my Illness and who have seen it since
he cure, can hardly believe their own
yes. Robert Schoenhauer, Newburgh,
~ Y Aug 81, 1905"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
MILWAUkEEANS GETJOBS.
Charles Z. Nelson and Charles Kremer
Become State Bakery Inspectors IN
der Civil Service Commissioner

MADISON. Wis. May 1-[Special. l.
The civil service commission has just
completed the list for cheese and bakery
inspectors of the dairy and food depart
ment. Cheese inspectors who passed
are: Wilder +. Clark, Stevens Point,
and Otto y. kietZmeir. Mauitowoc: bak-
cry inspectors, Charles Kremer, Milwau-
kee; Charles +. Nelson. Madison; Jacob
IL; Schultz. Milwaukee; Joseph Vale
cake, Kewaunec
Thirty-seven stcnographers passed the
examination. Clarence J. Hartley of
Superior ranked first with Il standing Of
20 There are three on the eligible list
from Milwaukec-Mary y. McIver. who
was No on the list; Beulah Thompson,
No. II, and Louise Knoeppel No. 70.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
Short-W Weight Packages.

If q grocer uses scales that weigh short
he is in danger of being hailed 10 court
and fined for I misdemeanor. Yet II he
stocks his store with short packages,
With ten pound" boxes of raisins, for in
stance, of which two pounds are wood,
glass and paper, or quart bottles nt
olive oil. whose real measure is little
more than pint. and it he does Il brisk
business in selling these goods at good
profits he wins the praise which the
world pays the prosperous.
But why does custom establish such
distinctions? Are they not palpabiy fall
lacious? Does not the untrue package
swindIe the public as much as the untrue
pair Of scales? Should not the customer
when he asks for Il pound of provisions
get pound, no matter whether it is
weighed before his eyes or taken down
from the shelf in the wrappings in which
it was packed at the factory? And if the
retailer does shift the blame To the
wholesaler, and the wholesaler 10 the
manufacturer Is the fraud any less Il
fraud?
To such extremes have dealers gone in
pushing the short package business that
the more observing of them see danger
ahead. The state of North Dakota has
already taken up arms against this form
of swindling, and is preparing to enact
statutes to stop 1t. Other states Will
probably soon follow this lead. y fed
eral law providing that all package goods
made articles of interstate commerce
should be marked with the real weight
of their contents might be useful and
proper. Bottles should indicate their ac-
tual capacity; and. as in Germany and
France, they should be marked 10y lines
in the glass. so that customer at a
glance can tell just how much fluid one
of them contains.
4 full package law, we believe. would
have the support not only of the public.
but also Of the great majority of packers,
and dealers. Business is crippled, not
strengthened, by deceit and trickery
The average American wants Il square
deal, both in business and in politics.
Now NnrI- TTrihrIno
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
FACTORY GIRL GETS FORTUNE.
Mrs. Walter Davis, Left Widow After
Day, Successfully Contests Will.

LA CROSSE, Wis, April 3O.-By a
decision in the A. H. Davis will case,
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, widow of Walter
Davis. is to receive her husbands share
of a $4,000 estate during her life, pro-
viding she remains unmarried. Mrs. Da-
Wis, who was employed in a local fac
tory, married Walter Davis a year ago.
and forty-eight hours afterward was left
n widow. She contested the will of A
H. Davis. which provided the income of
the estate should be equally divided
among Mrs. 4. II. Davis and two sons.
asking her husbands full share of the
estate
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
FRATERNAL PROBE LIGHT.
Insurance Investigator Says Only Sugges-
lions for Remedial Legislation Will
Be Made.

MADISON, Wis, April 3O.-[Spe-
ciaI. Three members of the insurance
investigating committee, Messrs. Ekern
Beedle and Braddock, are in the commit
tee room looking over some of the de-
tailed reports that have been made upon
inquiry of outside insurance companies
doing business in the state. Speaker
Lenroot was in conference with the COM
mittee nearly all the morning. Mr.
Braddock said:
Il imagine the fraternal investigation
will consist very largely in the sugges-
ton of remedial legislation to the com
mittee by the several fraternal organiza-
tons. Whether or not these suggestions
will be Incorporated in the committees
report has not been determined
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
Look 1t Up.

ton was in the habit of saying-s-T
a very good point, indeed; look it up for
yourself once much disguised with
a student who had failed to answer
very simple question.
Mr.. Jones,' said he I'm surprised
that you, who are going to teach, cannot
answer such an elementary question.
Why what would you do if one of your
pupils Were to ask 1t z"
well, professor" replied the other,
''if such thing had happened before I
came here I'm afraid L would have said
plainly that / didn't know; but now
think I'd do just as you do, and say
look it up, my boy, look it up"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
Leader Nav Be Next Victim

In justification of Pfiffner, it is said
that the hazing, which was the most
severe that has been done in years, was
the result of personal malice by few.
1t is also said that the next man likely to
be introduced to the lake will be the
liking" himself
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
JUDGE HOLGATE is DEAD.
Marinette Civil War Veteran and Close
Friend of William Jennings Bryan
Succumbs to Diabetes.

MARINETTE. Wis. April 30 Spe
cial. Judge Amos Holgate of this city,
one of the most prominent Democrats
and politicians of northern Wisconsin,
died today of diabetes. He was 81
years old. He served through the Civil
war with the Fifteenth Illinois and par
ticipated in all the great battles Of the
west He had been a Mississippi pilot
before erlisting at Vicksburg and took
charge of one of the transports when
they ran the forts of Vicksburg. He
was a close friend of William Jennings
Bryan and had been a delegate to every
Democratic national convention for
twenty years past. He served as county
Judge for sixteen years.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
MUENTER WAS TUTOR IN RACINE.
Accused Harvard Professor Cannot Be
Found at California Home

RACINE, Wis, May Erich Muet-
ner. tutor in Harvard college, who is
being sought by the police of Boston and
Chicago on the charge of poisoning his
wife, was for several years Il member of
the faculty of Racine college, being in
structor of English, German and French.
He is the son-in-law of NJ. Krembs, n
wealthy Chicago chicory manufactures,
who owns factory and farm south of
Racine.
Los ANGELES, Cal, May 1.-Erich
Muentner, who was thought to have to
come to Los Angeles, is not at the home
of his mother, twenty miles from this
city
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
HOW'S This -?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fer
any of Catarrh than cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the Undersigned, have known b. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN IS MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
Forest Fires Rage at Wausaukee.

WAUSAUKEE, Wis, April 2S.-
Especial. Fire destroyed the cedar
yard of the n. Ludington company, a
Marquette concern, six miles west of
here on the Milwaukee road. The loss
is about $4,000. Forest fires are raging
west of here
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
GERMS LIVE IN PURE WATER.
Typhoid Organism Dies More Quickly ii
Polluted.

MADISON, Wis. April 28.-Resuts
of a series of interesting investigations
which have been carried on in the by
gienic laboratory at the university show
that the vitality of the germs causing ty-
phoid fever is not very great when these
germs find their way either into pure
water or into sewage infected water. 1t
has been shown that in flowing water
taken from Lake Mendoza the organisms
live from eight to ten days, while in
water polluted by sewage they survive
but five days. This leads to the con
clusion that the typhus bacillus is killed
of 5y the presence of other organisms in
the sewage infected water
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
UNIVERSITY ATTENDANCE IS HIGH.
New Catalogue Shows 1871 Students
Doubled in Last Decade.

MADISON, Wis, April 2S-[ Spe-
cial. THE catalogue of the University
of Wisconsin, now in press, shows that
the attendance this year is the largest
in the history of the institution. The.
total number of students is 3571, an in
crease of 229 over last year. In five
years the attendance has increased 81
per cent, and in the decade from 1896
to 1906 the attendance has more than
doubled. In 1896 there were 1912 stu
dents, and in 1906, 3571, an increase of
1859, or 10S per cent.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
TRY TO ROB PAYMASTER.
Mysterious Air Is Given Alleged At
tempt to Steal $4,000 in
Racine

RACINE. Wis. May Special i
1t was reported this morning that five
men had attempted to hold up the pay
master of the Belle City Malleable Iron
company. who had $4,000 in his posses
sion to pay the employees of the factory.
while he was on his way from the bank
to the shop. Officers of the company re.
fuse to admit or deny the report, and
the police claim they know nothing about
II. Five men were arrested but booked
on Cnarge Of diSnrdorlE condmcr.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
Porous.

4 milkman in q country town was
brought before the local court to answer
a charge of adulteration of milk. You
are charged" said the judge, with Il
most serious offense, of selling adulter-
ated milk Have you anything to say in
answer to the charger
We'll, your honor" replied the milk
man, the night before it was raining
very hard, and the only cause | can give.
is the COW must have got wet through. >
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
FRAT" MEN OBJECT OF HAzERs.
University Episode Brings to Light Con
spiracy by "AntiS."

MADISON, Wis, May 1.-The hazinG
OF Freshman Pfffner Saturday night has
brought to light q conspiracy on the
part of freshmen to conduct an aggres
sive hazing campaign against fraternity
men who, it is alleged by the conspir,
ators, escape because they belong to
Greek letter organiza tons. One partici,
pant in Saturdays episode admitted that
there were three other Greek letter men
marked for the lake. 1t is said that all
fraternity men who were candidates for
class offices during the year will also &c
into Mendoza.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
Bracelets in Fashion Again.

glove have aided the jeweler by bringing
the bracelet into fashion again, so will
the collarless waist be a profitable mode
for the same merchants by strengthening
the vogue for necklaces. Chains and
various other neck ornaments have been
popular for some time but the roun2
necks and the little Dutch collars that
are going to be worn so much this spring
and summer will call for strings Of
beads and close fitting necklets as an adj
jrnct and put another item Of expense
in the feminine wardrobe.-New York
Sun.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
Official Report of Accident.
.HELPEDTO BUILD MONITOR
Isaac v. Holmes, Who Also Began Pres
ent Fairbanks-Morse Plant in
Beloit, Is Dead.

BELOIT, Wis, April 3O-[Special ]
Isaac V. Holmes, superintendent of
construction on the famous Monitor at
the Novelty Iron works, New York, dur
ing the most exciting Civil war period,
and an old resident of this city, is dead.
He also built the Eclipse windmill plant
here. which is now the great Fairbanks
NOISE plant. He had never been sick
Il day of his rs years and death was due
to rheumatism of the heart.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
COLLEGES CAN MEET IN DEBATE.
Wisconsin to Enter a Quintangulal
LEAGUE ON Novel Lines

MADISON, Wis, May 1.-[Special1
The formation of Il quintangular inter
collegiate debating league to include Min
nesota, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and
Wisconsin is being considered by the
committee on intercollegiate debating.
Minnesota is in favor of the plan, and
proposed it to Wisconsin. If accepted,
the affair will be in the nature of a tri-
angular league. All members of the
league debate the same question on the
same evening and enter two teams, one
of which debates the affirmative, the
other the negative