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The Washington herald., 1906-11-15
Needs Warming Up.

From the Cleveland Leader
Vice President Fairbanks can now take
his boom out of cold storage.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15
Severe Test.

A gentleman's a fellow that
On being kind is bent;
And might. perhaps, without a spat
BE called a gent.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15
Wise.

Madam. could you give a starving wo-
man work?"
u might. How many afternoons off
would she expect a week."
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15
NiRWnniR1.

"Ah, old man. you're a star at last.
Yes"
Assisted by u large company. eh?"
We'll, not retarded much"
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15
EcIinned hv RooseveItt

From the Cleveland Leader.
Where do the Ohio Senators come in2
What evidence is there that they showed
any especial power or popularity?
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

King Edward says the German game Of
'skat' Is much better game than
bridge whist It may be something akin
to the great American game. minus the
kitty
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

Some German students have been ar
rested for compelling their companions
70 scrub up the barracks with tooth
brushes" This must be something like
digging the Panama Canal with type
writer's
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15
Cleaned

He cleaned him up a million bones
This magnate grim and glun,
Ard then exclaimed in strident tones:
Now. that's tidy sum-
Boston Herald
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

Mr.. Gompers now SAYS he won "a moral
victory" This kind OF victory seems to
be quite popular this season with those
who got good and sufficiently licked.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15
Herbert Knox smith.

Although he has been deputy comrr1s-
sioner Of corporations nearly since that
trust-busting bureau was organized. very
little has been heard Of the Hon Herbert
Knox Smith, who viii step I'D into the
chief place when Commissioner Garfield
succeeds Secretary Hitchcock next March
Mr.. Smith is even younger than Mr.. Gar
field, and looks 10 be about thirty. He
belongs to that large class of college grad
uates discovered by President Roosevelt
and brought into prominent places in the
public service Mr.. Smith served as n
member Of the New Haven city council
soon after graduating from Yale and
made a record there as a munlcipaI re-
former which attracted the attention Of
the President He is one Of the coterie
of young men who are honored so fire.
quently with invitations to ride and Diav
tennis with the President. and besides
he is one of the best golf players of the
Chevy Chase Club. He is fond of society
and lives in handsome apartments at the
Farragut Mr.. Smith has devoted himself
mainly to legal questions arising IN the
Bureau of Corporations The duties of
Commissioners will not be entirely new n
him, as he has frequently acted in that
capacity while Mr.. Garfield was out of
town.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

The Pennsylvania man who dropped
dead when he tried TO vote a straight Re-
publican ticket was probably overcome
with surprise to find that It wasn't
crooked.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

Milwaukee man has declined an Office
TO which he has just been elected. IT
takes something pretty strenuous to add
anything to Milwaukee's fame
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15
Reaching Out for the Pole.

From the Boston Transcript.
We are getting there by degrees
eighty-seven OF 'em so far
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

Somehow, ii seems strange that a trust
with such a suggestively odorous name as
the smelter trust has gone SO long
without representation in the Senate.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

The Tacoma Ledger says that Mime
ja-ja' is the correct way to pronounce
the famous Indian maidens name. That
sounds more Ike a wav % preserve II
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

A Kansas man has invented a machine
for counting money. Do they make Il
faster than they can count 1t by hand in
Kansas these days?
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

All the big circuses will discard horses
next season and substitute automobiles
Alas. for the lady in the green tarIatan
skirt-to have to ride bareback automo-
bile,
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

A good many ardent Jap fans during the
war are beginning TO think that distance
may lend enchantment to the view.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

Count Boni expresses himself as "havin9
the greatest confidence in the countase,
ultimate forgiveness Boni ought IN
know; for if there is one game that he
does seem final authority upon. it is the
confidence game.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

Reading is threatened with an oyster
trust If this thing keep up, a man may
have to eat church fair oyster soup right
in his own home
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

The Democrats made a gain OF twenty
seven votes in the late South Carolina
election This ought to be viewed with
great alarm by South Carolina RepubH-
cans
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

Arizonas refusal 10 come into the
Union. right in the face Of Presidential
advice TO the contrary, looks like a rank
case OF lese majestic
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

II Panama really has the baseball
fever, Mr.. Roosevelt may take a rain
check and have a look at the game later.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

A Portland newspaper man thinks one
Of the bankers in that town the funniest
man IN the country. He probably never
tried 10 borrow money from him
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

That Georgia murderer who has added
the fifth to his collection Of death sem
tences must surely feel that he is getting
close 70 the end of the chapter.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

The wireless brought the thrilling in
formation that the President spent much
time pacing the deck, Sometimes for
ward. sometimes aft" He gave both
ends Of the deck a square deal.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

There is no American type" says an
English tourist. Evidently he never. saw
New York American extra.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

Look out for Murphy" said Mr.. Hearst
early In the campaign, and it seems that
Mr.. Murphy did.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15
Thev &c Nor Financiers.

the adapJabiIity Of the successful news
paper man, as OF the successful lawyer,
to conspicuous participation in large af-
fairs was illustrated By the presence in
Washington this week Of Walter B.
Stevens. Of st. Louis, and Frank A. Van
derlip. Of New York, as delegates to the
National Bankers Association. Both Of
them are now successful hnanciers, and
until they were past forty they We're
active newspaper men. For twenty years
4lr. Stevens was the Washington CORE
spOndent Of the St Louis Globe-Dem
crat, and for about the same number Of
years, Mr.. Vanderiip was a member OF
the Chicago Tribune staff. When the big
Worlds Fair was decided on at St.
Louis. Mr.. Stevens resigned his news
paper nOsiuOn 10 accept the secretary
ship of the fair, and now that he has
about wound up the affairs Of that great
enterprise. he has become identified with
the large financial interests Of the Mis-
souri, metropolis. Nj Vanderlip came 10
Washington at the beginning Of the Nc
kinley administration as private secre-
tary 10 Lyman J. Gage, Secretary OF the
Treasury. lie soon was made an Assist
ant Secretary Of the Treasury. and grad
uatcd from that position into a partner
ship with j. Pierpont Morgan & Co, OF
which he IS now a vice president. II the
real history Of the settlement Of the Rus
sian-Japanese war Is ever permitted To
see the light of publicity Il viii be shown
that Mr. Vanderiip had about as much 70
do with that as any other American citi-
zen When an old newspaper friend. some
time ago. asked Ar. Vanderlfp for assist
ance IN his efforts 10 break into the Wall
street game Mr.. Vanderlips advice was
this; Don't try T. any further. There
is not a happy man in Wall street. I am
sorry ! am in the game" Mr.. Charles A.
Conant. treasurer OF the Morton Trust
Company. IS another New York fnancieT
VINO came out Of newspaperdom-forn
erlV Washington correenoDde,e
The Washington herald., 1906-11-15

The gentleman whose name suggests an
Alpine yodle has been reelected Delegate
from Hawaii.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-26
ROSES FED ON MEAT.
(Chicago Chronicle.l

Il have yet TO see a rose equal to
thoEe grown i'm Rome" said the anna.
teur hOrticulturist Thick bloom In
the greatest abundance all through the
winter and they are as large and rich
and velvety as American Beauties, hv-
ing out of doors, climbing like ivy on
honeysuckle over the crumbling mar
bic walls OF ruined temples, cleaning
in crimson and green masses upon an
cient columns, giving TO the grimmest
and saddest OF medieval paiazzos an
air OF gayety and youth.
zone day on the Via Sistina. as
passed the garden that had once been
the garden of Lucullus. I saw an old
man tending the superb roots that
grow there. he was pouring on their
roots a dark. rich-looking fluid
Why are the Roman roses so beau
tiful and abundant / said 10 the old
man.
Because they eat meat he an
swered
e Eat meat? Nonsense, said I.
Well they drink meat-meat ex-
tract. which is the same thing. said
the old man. We Roman gardeners
have for centuries watered our roses
thrice week with a strong decoction
OF fresh beef-a rich grade OF beef tea.
They are meat eaters. That is why the
roses OF Rome are as hardy and prolific
is weeds and at the same time as rich
~. delicately beautiful and as sweetIy
perfumed as flowers growing under
glass"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-26
FEELS LIKE RICH MAN.
New York American)

John d. Rockefeller is ahead of the
game 81 100000. and a good digestion.
Years ago he offered that sum for "a
new stomach" but nobody earned the
money. Recently he has turned to golf
and other exercises, and so gratifying
has been the result that he was led to
exolaim TO a friend yesterday:
81 now feel like a rich mani"
Rockefeller. is 30 longer sallow. He
swings down Fifth avenue with a
springy step. talks with a vivacity that
startles those who knew him six years
ago. and he ehucks babies under the
chin with an interest he could not sum-
mon up In the days when dyspepsia
preyed upon him.
He IL taking keen interest in the
building OF his $500, 900 castle on Kyknil.
the highest point on his estate at Po-
cantices Hills. The home. which will be
about 100 feet long and 50 wide. IL
planned so that the sun Will shine on it
from the time II rises until II sets. Mr..
Rockefeller ~ fond of sun baths. and he
has arranged for az inclosed veranda
around the entire house.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-26

hy
careful
and thus getting ahead OF rising
blankets the of buying the better
buy blankets sand comforts
profit will glad
Of blankets
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-26

Hundreds of high grade fine wool
and half wool blankets, the COM
plete sample line of a salesman
representing the best blanket
mills in America. Salt Lake was
his last stop, he jumped from here
to New York City, and in order to
save paying excess on the Blank
cts he had no more use for he sold
them to us at half-price. True,
some are slightly sOiled, but at
half-price it will pay you to put
them through the tub before
using.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-03
Sheep for Mountain Meadows.

Thirty cars of sheep went up to the
top of Rollins pass on Tuesday, number
ing 5000 head. These sheep have been
sent into this country by $. +. Burgess
of Oregon. who is trying an experiment
in ranging. The slopes of the pass are
in government reserves, and the owner
pays 6 cents Il head for the privilege CT
the range.
Mr.. Burgess has examined the hills
carefully and decided that there is plen
ty of good grass ut the high attitudes
especially for sheep, which browse close
The cool nights will also be excellent fol
them. and they should take on wool as
we'll as fat. One big saving that he fig
ures on might not occur to the layman
and that is in the wool. Sheep ranging
among brush will lose hundreds OF
pounds of wool that is torn from them
On the mountain slope they will he free
from that and the wool should also be
clean and free from dirt when shearing
time comes.
An interesting feature was the way
that the sheep We're unlOaded on the
pass Tuesday night. There are no pens
and rundowns there, so the animals
were made to jump out of the cars into
the big snow banks and were then herd
ed and driven down to the PROPOSED
ranges.-Denver Republican.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-03
EVER TASTE CHIRSCHMUS?
1t Sounds Powerful Good-Anybody Can
Make It,

Last summer l ate genuine Swiss
chirschmus twenty years old, says Il
writer in the Ladies' World. 1t tasted
like 4 concentration of all the richness
and sweetness of the most perfect cher
ries. In appearance it was purplsh
black mass. Age had not impaired it in
the least.
Upon inquiry | learned how this cherry
connection with its wonderful preserving
quality is made. The cherries used must
be perfect-very large, ripe, juicy black
ones. and, above all, very sweet.
The juice of them, pressed out and
strained through bag, is put in large
preserving kettle, at the bottom of which
Is placed Il piece of smoked pork fastened
to block of wood. The wood serves as
a weight to keep the fat down and pre-
vent the juice from burning as ii thick
ems.
The cherry juice is boiled for about
twenty-fOur hours, without sugar, but
stirring it from time to time, until it be
comes Il mass of sweetness so firm and
thick that it would not fall if the kettle
were inverted.
That is all, q simple process, but the
result is delicious. This chirschmus Is in
general use in Switzerland with the
"suesse Ankle" (sweet butter) and bread
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-03

This is intended for 6-foot stall and
can be any width. Stall posts are set
up in front of troughs also, two feet
back, with cross piece mortised into
each, two feet from floor, for trough to
rest on. Trough two feet wide, finch
breast plank, 9-inch front. Entire
trough made of Pinch oak plank. Hay
board two feet wide, one inch thick,
hinged to edge of trough. Brace on
outer edge Of board TO bottom of
trough. l use an old buggy top joint
Board can be dropped down out of way
when not In use. Rack fits space be-
tween stall posts, hinged at top SO as
to swing back when placing grain feed
In trough. Rack is made Of 2x2-inch
hemlock, corners smoothed off. Horses
will not chew hemlock. Rack can be
made of iron or any kind of wood. No
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-03
Poultry Instruction.

In response to the urgent demand for
Institutional and investigation work
along poultry lines, the board of trus-
tees of the Iowa Agricultural College,
at a recent meeting, created a new po-
sition in the animal husbandry depart
ment, that Of instructor in animal huS-
bandry, in charge Of poultry Howard
Pierce, a graduate Of Cornell Univer-
sity, has been placed in charge of the
work Mr.. Pierce is one Of the best
trained men in America along all lines
of work pertaining to the poultry in
dustry, and the college authorities con
slider themselves most fortunate in Sc
curing the services of SO competent a
man to build up this new and import
ant line Of college work.
Plans are now being prepared for the
erection of the most modern and COM
plete poultry plant to be found at any
educational institution in America. The
plant will be located on the farm re-
Gently purchased for the dairy herd
and poultry work. Both Institutional
and investigation work Will be COM
menced with the opening of the college
year. During the first few years spe-
call attention will be devoted to the
most economical methods of feeding for
egg production, and of fattening chick
ems for market
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-03
Snort SuEEestiOns.

Paraffin can be used the second time
to cover jelly and jam if it is washed
clean and boiled before being turned
over the fruit again.
Unpainted wire netting not only
makes good rest for fat irons when
several thicknesses are used, but is most
effective To clean them on.
One Of the best ways to stop q mouse
hole is to fill it with common laundry
soap. This will prevent mice from
gnawing through again in the same
place.
Beating the cocoa with an egg heater
before removing from the fire is an i'm.
provement, and a few drops of vanilla
in the cocoa pot will make it still bet.
ter
1t is said flies will not congregate on
the outside of screen door if the
woodwork is rubbed occasionally with
kerosene. the odor of which seems TO be
offensive to them.
If in whipping cream the amount OF
cream is limited add the white of an
egg. which will increase the quantity
without hurting the flavor and will
make ii whip much quicker.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-03
To Can Cherries.

Get the large, dark ox-hearts if you
can. but if not, the white ones will do,
or the small dark red ones. The lighter
colored they are the more sugar they
take. Stone them, and let them stand
all night. In the morning pour off the
juice, add sugar to taste. and water, if
there is not juice enough. and boil and
skim it till it is Il rich syrup; if the
cherries are sweet Il pint of juice and
three-quarters of pint of sugar will
be about right. Heat your cans and
put in the uncooked cherries till they
are nearly full, and then pour over
them the syrup and put on the covers ;
set the cans in the wash boiler and ill
it with very hot water and let it stand
all night. The heat of the syrup and
that of the water will cook the fruit,
but the flavor and color will be those of
the fresh and uncooked cherries. This
is the way used for all small fruits
except strawberries, and one who tries
it will never, never go back to the old
method
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-03
AS VEST POCKET RESERVE.
People Constantly Carrying with Them
100000 900.

The west pocket reserve" says an
eastern writer. plays highly important
part in the money situation III flush
realize.
\ Wall street banker with Il penchant
for the odd things appertaining to money,
gave his idea and observations on the
subject in this wise:
Ia hard times the poor man carries
about i'll his vest pocket Il reserve of %
cents to 81: in good times the amount is
raised to 81 or 81. The 81 man carries
50 and the 50 man raises his reserve
from so to SO.
The man whose bedrock reserve in
periods of Stringency is $50 and SO feels
uncomfortable when money is flush with
less than 500 to 500 Immediately avail
able. There are 15.OO0.0oO wage earners
working full time these days, besides the
small merchant and independent
Everybody who wants work can get it
in flush times, and the idle class is re-
mate 2O0O0.O00 men and women carry
ing about with them vest pocket re-
serve at the present writing averaging 50
above the hard-time standard. This
means S10O,O00,000 taken out of circula
uoli-locked up as completely and as
definitely as it could be by any syndicate
attempting to corner the money market
In addition to that amount must be
taken into account the increased bureau
drawer reserve of the housewife. That
would lift the aggregate at least 500
OOO,0O0.-Detroit Free Press
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-03
What the Elephants Did.

The best act of the circus which per-
formed recently at Rumford Falls, Me-,
was presented to a select crowd of vii
layers who waited until after the show
to see the tents come down. The ele-
plant man was guiding his cavalcade OF
seven pachyderms down the main street
to the railroad station, when two coun-
trymen drove past and began to taunt
him and call him names. The elephant
keeper kept his temper as long as he
could and then laid open the scalp of
one of his tormentors with his goad
stick.
The countrymen called for the police
and Officer Frank Brooks arrived. The
driver of the elephants was ready for
him. He said in an undertone to his
The big creatures quickly closed
around him in circle which could not
be easily penetrated. Then to the big
gest elephant the driver said, Look out
for that man. and the anger of the
elephant being kindled he charged on
the officer. who was only too glad to
take to his heels. The mischievous
driver let the animal pursue the fleeing
officer. to the great amusement of the
crowd. until he saw that the mans
breath began to fail him, then he called
a halt and the cavalcade proceeded to
the station.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-03
MAKING OVER A MOUNTAIN.
Helena Objects to Great Big Bald Hill
VIII Make Park on It

The strahgest and most interesting
park projec: ever undertaken in this
country i to be found at Helena. Mont.
writes John II. Rattery in the Technical
World Magazine tor Iuly. where the cit
liens are engaged in transforming the
bald slopes Of Il cCnical mountain which
towers nearly 400 feet above the city
into forest park
There Is ne spring. We'll, brook or
pond upon the bare sides or rocky sum-
mits of this singular park: nor will il be
possible To raise water from the valley
for the irrigation of trees. shrubs and
flowers; Yet the expert fOrcSters of the
federal bureau who spent last summer
planning fc" the planting of the park
are agreed that several varieties of ever
green trees will flourish there without
water or attendance.
y spiral footpath has been graded
from the city to the summit of Mount
Helena, and there an ornate pavilion
has been er 'cted upon the highest point
of rock. 400 feet above the main street.
In the cliffs of the peak there are two
spacious natural caves, which will be
tenanted by specimens of the native
bears, lions and other carnivora of these
mountains.
Parks enclosing herds of deer. ante
lope. moose, elk and buffalo will be
added as the present limits of the tract
are extended upon the desert lands
which lie back of the mountain.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-03
The beautiful Scale.

1t is about hundred years ago that
Admiral Beaufort proposed the scale for
estimating wind force which remains in
use. although most people probably have
not much more than a haZy knowledge
of it's meaning. There were no anemOme-
ters III those days. We have plenty of
thermometers now; but the relation be-
tween the velocity they record and the
actual wind velocity is still much dis
puted and that may be one of the
chief reasons why the Beaufort scale
has survived Admiral Beaufort num-
bered a calm zero, and a hurricane III
which no ship could risk any canvas
II: and lie fixed the intermediate num-
bers for wind force by the amount of
sail which Il good ship of a special type
OF rigging could carry. The rigging of
ships has undergone many changes. The
Beaufort scale meant something to the
sailor, howevr. and was. with modifica-
tons. adopted even on land. The various
attempts made from time to time to as
sign definite wind velocity and force val
ueS to the Beaufort numbers have not
met with universal acceptance.-Engi-
leeT.ET.