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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
STRANGE INDIAN REMEDIES.
Virtues That Are Ascribed to Claws and
Horns

Great virtues are ascribed in India to
the claws and horns Of certain animals.
Tiger claws are i'll great demand with
the common people. One or TWO claws
may be Worn near the loinS. but should
one possess larger number the fortu-
nate owner makes Il garland of them aud
wears them around his neck.
beers horn ground into fine paste is
an excellent balm for pains and swell
ings. \ more curious use is found for
the same substance; it is sometimes
made into Il powder which is supposed
to aid the growth of Stunted women.
The joints taken from the long and
slender tail Of the black scorpion are
supposed to keep illness at arms dis
lance when children wear them on their
waist thread.
\ red or swollen eye is cured by hav-
ing it touched with the bolt or chain of
a door. 4 remedy which | have seen
applied with considerable effect i'll more
than one epiieptic fit is to place bunch
of keys in the palm of the sufferer. |
have heard it said that the tit passes
away as readily if the keys are placed
on the head. \ rather quaint remedy
in the case of a sprained neck is to use
an iron measure for Il pillow.
Sore throat is cured by splitting on red
hot iron-Quite the simplest and least
expensive cure known to the native doc
tor. Peacock's flesh is Il good medicine
for acute rheumatism.-Nad Mail.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
WindfalI Apples.

What to do with the windfall apples
is a problem that gives the owner Of
every large orchard considerable con-
Germ as the time for picking apples APP
proaches. Where one is provided with
an evaporation or is SO fixed that he
can convert this defective fruit into
vinegar, the problem Is comparatively
simple. But where neither method of
disposing of this product Of the orchard
is possible it is question what is the
best thing to do. An effective method
Of disposing of such apples and one
which gives a certain return is to turn
droves Of hogs or sheep into the or
chard periodically and allow them to
clean them up. This not only disposes
Of the apples, but the worms as well,
as such apples are usually wormy. In
any case it is best to remove the wind
falls from beneath the trees, and If
they cannot be disposed Of in any Of
the methods suggested it is best to put
them on the pillow land with the manure
and turn them under.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
Corn Root Louise,

Time spent in killing insect pests
must usually be set down as so much
time lost from the constructive work
Of improving the filth of the soil, and
attending to the other needs of the
crops. Occasionally, however, an i'm
proved system Of cultivation gets rid
of our insect enemies at the same time
This is conspicuously the case in the
method recently proposed by Prof.
Forbes, Of Illinois, for destroying the
corn root louise.
The pest works havoc to both sweet
and field corn. The small brown ant
attends the louise and is responsible
for carrying it about the field. Pro
fessor Forbes found that by using a
disk harrow one to three times early
in the spring, before the corn is plant
ed, from so to % per cent of the ants
and corn root lice are DESTROYED. and
no further treatment is required dur
Ing the season. The peculiar virtues
Of this remedy are that it IS simple.
effective and good for the corn. since
the soil is thereby put in a better state
of cultivation.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
Imported English Gardens.

Up at Ophir farm the gardeners are
busy fashioning an old fashioned Eng
lish plot, designated after one in the
Queens private grounds at Windsor
Mrs. Reid has been in ecstasies over the
English gardens, and she has dispatches
many flowers. shrubs and trees to hel
home On the Hudson and she hopes thai
they will be in full beauty when she re
turns from her foreign sojOurn. Trail
ing arbutus, so rare in this country, is
to form the drapery for a summer house
and the English favorites, fuchsias, CO.
raj honeysuckle and hawthorne, are tc
make the hedges radiant, and some eigh
teen or twenty varieties of old fashioned
flowers which Queen Alexandria espe
cially affects Most of these blossoms
are ignored in American gardens. but are
pretty. nevertheless, and Mrs. Reid
hopes to make her new Windsor garden
one of the loveliest spots il her beautiful
home.-New York Press.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
LibeIOus Valentines.

The Philadelphia comic valentine case
has reached another interesting stage.
1t began with the sending Of the offend
ing missive last February, and was then
enliyened by the recipients lawyer de-
handing that the sender be brought into
court to answer to the charge of crimi-
nal libel. Both the complainant and de-
PENDANT are women and related by mar
riage, and the proceedings show an add
ed bitterness on this account. Several
months after the charge was made the
grand jury returned bill of Indictment
and then the lawyer for the defense filed
n demurrer to have this Indictment
quashed. But the judge refused to sus-
tain it. He declared that valentines of
the character of the one under discus
sion, in which the recipient was alluded
to as a scandal-monger, a busybody, q
mischief maker, afford ample grounds
for suits of the character instituted, and
that when such libelous valentine
leaves the sender's possession it is clear
ly in circulation according to the letter
of the law.
1t is possible that this Philadelphia
case will prove warning and deter
rent for those persons who, under cloak
of anonymity, use the socalled comic
valentine as means of venting their
malice If so. it will not be prosecuted
in vain.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
RUN DOWN FROM GRIP
Or. Williams Pink Pills Have Cured
This Form of Debility in
Hundreds of Gases.

"Four years ago." says Mrs. T. Nor
rison, of No. 1922 Carson street, South
Side, PlttSburg, Pa, Il took q cold
which turned into the grip. This trouble
left me all run down. | was thin, lad
backache much of the time. had no APP
petite, my stomach was out of order aud
| felt nervous and unstrung.
"While | had the grip | had a doctor,
but | really suffered more from the con-
dition i'll which the influenza left me
than did from the disease itself. | felt
generally wretched and miserable and
the least exposure to cold would make
me worse. | couldn't seem to get any
better until began to take DIR. Williams
Pink Pills. l very quickly noticed a
benefit after [ began taking them and
they restored me to good health and
strength. DR.. Williams Pink Pills are
a wonderfully good medicine. Thanks
to them | am now i'll fine health and
have had noreturn of my former trouble
| recommend the pills to everyone who
is ailing and take every opportunity to
let people know how good they are.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cured Mrs.
Morrison because they actually make
good, red blood. When the blood is red
and healthy there can be no debility.
The relation between the blood and
nervous sy tenn is such that the pills
have q very decided action upon the
nerves and they have cured many severe
nervous disorders, such as partial pa
ralySls, locomOUor ataXia and St. Vitus'
dance, that have not yielded to ordinary
treatment. Their double action, on the
blood and on the nerves, makes them an
ideal tonic.
All druggists sell DR.. Williams Pink
Pills, or they will be sent by mail post
paid, on receipt of price, so cents per
box, six boxes for So. So by the DR.. Will
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, NY.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
Grow Feed on the Farm.

The Massachusetts, State crop report
contains an article by Prof. T. S. Cooley
on Some Causes Affecting the Profits
of Dairying." On the subject of feed
ing dairy cattle the professor urges
that feeds be produced on the farm as
far as possible. Usually the best prac-
tice is to purchase only feeds rich in
protein and raise the coarse folders
on the farm. Cows fed on starvation
rations yield no profit, and those over
fed with expensive feeds are also kept
at loss. The point Of highest profit
in feed must be determined by expert
ment and calculation, and varies with
the locality and circumstances of the
feeder
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
Farmers and Poultry Fanciers.

The farmer has a real grievance
against the poultry fancier, in that he
has done all of his crossing and in
breeding Of fathers, daughters, uncles
and aunts without any regard to prac-
teal utility, says Farming, whether the
hens from which he has been breeding
were producing sixty eggs a year or
200 made no difference His whole
aim has been to breed out foul flight
feather or two, or to create a better
comb, or eyes Of a better tint at a
sacrifice of everything else The result
is that when a farmer goes into the
market to buy thoroughbreds with his
money in his pocket ready and willing
to pay for the best stock, he not only
often pays for qualities he does
not need, but actually pays
premium for something that
has been obtained at a sacrifice
of the very qualities which he does
need. There are a few men, however.
raising thoroughbred stock that is
bred to lay" or to meet certain market
demands, and those are the men that
should be patroniZed.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
Care of Orchards Pays,

Fruit growers about Saugatuck,
Mich, have been busy trimming their
apple trees, says Country Gentleman.
Ten years ago they were thinking of
cutting them down and setting out
peach trees. To-day every half-dead
tree is trimmed, and if there Is not
enough manure, fertilizer is bought for
these half-dead trees. Six years ago
one Of Saugatuck's young farmers mar
ried Chicago girl who used to spend
her vacation there. She loved country
life, and was a subscriber to agricul-
tural magazines. Her husbands or
chard was just like the rest, untrimmed
and had never been sprayed. She made
him buy manure, trim the trees, pillow
and spray. Two years ago he began
to hire his neighbours orchards. Last
year he was the only one who had ap-
pies to sell, and cleared $4,000.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
Sheep the Market Demands.

Says Western writer on sheep
The market calls for sheep with a darl,
face and legs, and a close fleece is a 1
advantage. There never has been a
time when a fair profit could not be
obtained from the keeping of sheep.
There are in the world to-day 9O,OOO,O0O
fewer sheep than twelve years ago, and
the consumption Of mutton and wool is
rapidly increasing, hence it is safe to
conclude that sheep to the farmer is a
safe proposition. Do not start on q
large scale; begin low and work up
The Western farmer does not like to do
this, and you are no exception. You
have never planted the apple because
you did not expect to stay to eat the
fruit. You must rush on and do big
things. Do you not know that in the
animal as well as the vegetable world
rapid growth means rapid decay? Plant
this live stock business and then give
it time to strike its roots deep down,
and after it is fairly rooted allow the
top to grow.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
Phil MAYS Prompt Wit.

The late Phil May was once on his
uppers in small town in Australia. &c
stave off starvation he sought and found
employment as waiter in a fourth-class
eating house. One day man who had
known the famous black-and-white art,
list in London dropped in and took a
seat at one of the tables. When May
went to take his order mutual recogni-
ton followed.
Phil Mayr' the visitor exclaimed
"And compelled to work in hole like
this
'.Oh, HE'LL retorted the artist indig-
nantly. I've sunk pretty low, I'll adj
NIT, but I haven't yet got so far down
that l have to eat here. "-'Under the
Spreading Chestnut Tree" in Every
body's.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
Care of Machinery.

Thousands of dollars worth of farm
machinery is now being shipped into
the country that will never again be
protected from the weather.
This exposure means an appalling
financial loss to the farmers, since it re
duces fully one-half the period of use
fitness of an intricate machine.
When buying your new implements
promise yourself that you will provide
them shelter and the best of care. Make
your arrangements for housing befor;
YOU purchase Summer rains are as de
structiye as winter SHOWS
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body. 1t is claimed that chickens
should have - much care as human
being to insure the best results, and
modern methods certainly tend in that
direction. The chicken coop shown here
is y good example. 1t is simple, etfi-
Gent and durable. As shown here it is
rectangular in form, being made OF
sheet metal. The top and sides are
bent to shape, with fianges at the bot
tom which connect with the flooring.
AT each side are supports which hold
the coop slightly above the ground,
tending to keep the coop moisture
proof and preventing rain or other
water from entering. At each end are
perforated doors, which are very east
ly held in position. At the bottom of
each door is an extension, through
which passes a rod, the latter extend
ing through the top of the coop and
also into the ground, preventing the
coop from being displaced. In this way
the fowl are rendered safe against the
attacks of animals.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
Table Manners.

The antiquary took down small, fat
volume, vellum-bound, with a brass
clasp.
This is a Book of Manners" he
said. TT was printed in 1913. Here are
a few extracts
And he read!
do not gnaw a bone like a dog nor
suck the marrow out of a bone.
in peeling pear begin at the stalk,
but with an apple begin at the top.
DO not wipe the hands on the
clothes, nor suck them, but use the
cloth.
DO not eat an apple all alone, but cut
it in two and give a neighbor a piece.
Wipe your nose and mouth when you
have drunk, and do not cough into the
cup. "-Minneapolis Journal.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
Beware of Ointments for Catdrrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from reputa-
BILE physicians las the damage they will do
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co, To-
ledo, o., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. In buy
Ing Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t is taken internally and made
In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free
Sold by Druggists. Price, T5c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
GEN. GRANTS REPLY.
An Instance CT His Characteristic Brevity
OF Speech.


Edward Young. an cid resident of this
city who for many years was in official
life and who has had intimate acquain-
lance with many prominent men. told a
Washington Star reporter the following
story illustrating the brevity displayed III
conversation by Gen. Grant, which was
characteristic IF the man. Said Mr.
Young:
In the summer Of 1872, being then
chief Of the bureau Of statistics. | was
an official delegate from the United
States to the eighth session Of the inter
national statistical congress. held at St
Petersburg. the president being the
Grand Duke Constantine. brother Of the
Emperor Alexander. During my stay
there | became intimately acquainted
with Baron Andrew Rosen. grand master
Of the court Of the Emperor, an official
Of great influence. My last interview
with him was at dinner i'll the palace
Of the Grand Duchess Helena, widow of
an uncle Of the Emperor Alexander, her
self a native vf Germany. and said to
be the most learned lady iii Europe.
las he sat beside me at dinner he as
tonished me by his knowledge of political
affairs in the United States, and asked
me this question: WHY is it that Mr..
Greeley. a Republican, is a candidate in
opposition to Gen. Grant, also Il Repub-
lican%
"On my return to Washington early in
November | called on the President,
whom I met as he was leaving the white
house, and after thanking him for my
appointment to the Congress | told him
Of the question that Baron Rosen asked,
to which | was unable to make a salts
factory reply. Removing the cigar from
his mouth. he gave the reply that might
have been made by me, in the following
words: Greeley wanted the office and |
didn't After making this long speech
lie replaced his cigar and walked away"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19

as the hog does. A good deal of nour-
ishment in liquid form is needed, and
also some tender grass. 1t does
not take much grain, but they like a
bit of oats, wheat or corn. Their teeth
cannot handle much that is hard
hence softening it by soaking will be
beneficial. Sweet milk and middlings
warmed with hot water will appeal to
their appetites at weaving time, and
it need not be made as strong as when
fed later. 1t is generally known that
sour milk should not be given.-Field
and Farm.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
Routing Crab Grass with Glover.

Crab grass is like the dog in the
manger, it kills out every other stem
of green grass and then turns brown
itself. 1t makes a coarse and ugly
cover in the lawn and the individual
who attempts to eradicate it by dig
ging and cultivation may be entirely
without a lawn for two or three years.
If anything can get the best of crab
grass in a fair contest, it is white
clover. In a number of lawns in Wash
ington and elsewhere white clover has
furnished the means for a final vic
tory over crab grass. The white clov-
ier gradually invades the area of crab
grass, replacing the latter with a close,
dark-green carpet
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19

tons passed almost inv0luntarily. My
left leg swelled until it was 81 inches
around, and the doctor tapped it night
and morning until | could no longer
stand it, and then he advised amputa-
ton. refused, and began using Doan's
Kidney Pills. The swelling subsidized
gradually, the urine became natural and
all my pains and aches disappeared. |
have been we'll now for nine years since
using Doan's Kidney Pills.
For sale by all dealers. 80 cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, n. 7.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
Danish English.

The following amusing advertisement
is copied verbatim from a local Danish
paper: 1.-The hotels charmingly situation,
surrounded of a nice garden the good
cuisine the kindly accommodation with
moderate charge and good conveyances
with easy occasion for salmon and trout
fishing, the ascending of the surrounding
mountains has done this place well
known and praised Of all travellers. n.
B.-The Landlord is spoken English
very good.''-London Tribune.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19

trouble from the time
| was mustered out
of the army, but in all
my life | never suf-
fered as in 1897.
Headaches. dizziness
and sleeplessness first,
and then dropsy. |
was weak aud help
less, having run down
from $50 to 125
pounds. | was having
terrible pain in the
kidneys and the Sacrp-
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
ImUrOyin& the Herd.

Select as far as possible females
which conform to the standard Of ex
cellence Of the breed. If this is accom-
plished it will insure uniformity in
dition to this it is possible to select
cows and heifers that are similarly
bred they will be more likely TO pro
duce uniformity in their offspring.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19

To be q successful wife, to retain the
love and admiration of her husband,
should be q woman's constant study.
At the first indication of ill-health,
painful or irregular periods, head
ache or backache, secure Lydia f.
PinIham's Vegetable Compound and
begin its use.
Mrs Chas. T. Brown, Vice-President
Mothers Club, 81 Cedar Terrace, Hot
Springs, Ark, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham-
"For nine years dragged through miser-
able existence, suffering with Inflammation
and female weakness and worn out with
pain and WEAKNESS. / one day noticed state
nent by a woman suffering as | was, but who
had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
et0Ele Compound, and | determined to try it.
At the end of three months | was a different
woman. Every one remarked about it, and
my husband fell in love with me all over
again. Lydia f. Pinkhaln's Vegetable Com
pound built up my entire system, cured the
trouble, and | felt like a new woman. | am
sure it will make every suffering woman
strong, well and happy, as it has me-"
Women who are troubled with pain
full or irregular periods, backache,
bloating tor fiatulence), displacements,
inflammation or liberation, that bear
ing-down " feeling, dizziness, faintness,
indigestion, or nervous prostration
may be restored to perfect health
and strength by taking Lydia E.
Pinkham,s Vegetable Compound.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19

The amateur can make thlS very cas-
lily: Take of hard soap half pound
and dissolve in one gallon of boiling
water; then add two gallons Of kero-
sene and churn thoroughly for ten min
utes. The efficiency Of the preparation
depends upon thorough mixing. This
stock mixture is diluted four times
for scale or up to twenty times for lice.
The stronger dilution will have one
gallon of kerosene TO six and a half Of
water. Where the water is very hard.
use one gallon of sour milk to two GAL
Ions Of kerosene.
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course this includes
those who are in
this business on a
large scale for prof
it, and also those
who probably keep
a half dozen fowl
in the back yard.
Nevertheless, wheth-
err for business or
pleasure, C b / elk en-
raising Is an inter-
esting pastime that
orrnoIc RI nro1r
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
Easy Way to Get Rid of stumps.

A method Of getting rid of stumps
which has been highly recommended
and which, to be effective, should be
done now, is as follows: Bore a hole
one or two inches in diameter and
about eighteen inches deep into the
center of the stump. Then put into
this hole one or two ounces Of salt
peter Fill the hole with water and
plug it up. In the spring take out
the plug, pour in about one-half gall
lon of kerosene oil and light it. The
stump will smolder away to the very
.extremities of the roots, leaving moth
ing but the ashes.-Farming.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19

tnsi q Wemen;s Shoes Sd 90 to $3.50.
Misses s. Children's Shoes, So. 25 to S1.oo.
Try w. L. Douglas Women's, Misses and
Children's shoes; for style, fit and wear
they excel other makes.
ii could take you into my large
factories at Brockton, Mass. land show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better,
wear longer, and are of greater value
than any other make.
Wherever you live, you obtain w. l..
Douglas shoes. His name and price is stamped
on the bottom, which protects you against high
prices and inferior shoes. Take no sabStis
tute Ask your dealer Tor w. l.. Douglas shoes
and insist upon having them.
Fast Color Egefets used: they LuH not brGSsy
Write for illustrated Cetalog of Fall Styles.
w. l. DOUGLAS, Dept. IA. Brockton, Mass.