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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13

The Guinea is said to be a native Of
western Africa and is very active
bird Of rather wild nature. The wild
nature of the beautiful fowls is an OBJ
lection with many pouItrymen There
are two breeds of guineas. the pearl
and the white guinea. The pearl guinea
is Of 4 wilder disposition than the
white guinea. Both breeds are about
the same size. The flesh of the pearl
guinea is darker than that of the
white, which makes the white guinea
preferable as 4 table fowl. Both breeds
Of guineas are good summer egg pro
ducers. They begin laying in April or
May and continue TO lay until late in
the fall. The pearl guinea is very sen
sitiTe about having her nest disturbed
and often leaves the nest if part of
her eggs are removed The white guinea
IS not so particular about her nest and
will continue to lay in the nest if only
one egg is left in it. Our white guineaS
often lay in the nest boxes in the poul-
try house with the chicken hens
Guineas are valuable insect destrOyerS
They will eat insects that the chickens
Will not, such as the potato bug and
gOOseberry worm. l noticed our guineas
picking the worms off the gooseberry
bushes and not worm escaped that
the guineas could reach. They picked
the worms off as high as they could
Jump
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
IN Uawelcone Interruption.

Prof c. A. Hill Of the National oh
scrvatory was describing the duties of an
astronomical corps during an eclipse.
The eclipse" he said, may last only
five minutes. Each man in the party
has 4 certain line of work mapped out
for him during those precious minutes.
One man makes hurried pencil sketches,
another man photographs, third takes
observations, while Il fourth jots down
his remarks.
And SO it goes. An astronomical
corps during an eclipse is Il very busy
body. An interruption would be as I'M
welcome to it as-as''--
Prof. Hill smiled.
An interruption would be as unwcl-
come to it as it once was to Il young
friend of mine in Elizabeth.
My friend, according to the story, was
calling on his sweetheart, who lived on
EllZabeth's outskirts.
AS the young man was taking leave
for the night his voice, as he stood on the
piazza, rose passionately in the still air.
Just one, he said. Just one
Then the young girls mother inter
rupted, calling from her bedroom win
dow:
Just /? No, it amt quite that yet.
But it's close on to II, SO | think ye'd
better be goin' just the same
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
Church Side" of a Hat.

A milliner who works in large city
says that one day a woman came into
the store very much excited and wanted
the trimming on her hat changed. She
said that it had been trimmed on the
wrong side.
But" said the saleswoman, "the trim
ming is on the left side. That is where
it ought to be"
1T doesn't make any difference wheth
err it ought to be in front or back, ol
right or left, it's got to be on the church
side"
Church side.'' gasped the astonishcC
girl.
Yes, church side. l sit right next tho
wall in church, and I'm not going t.
have all that trimming next the wall.
want it on the other side, so the whole
congregation can see it
The trimming was promptly placed or
the church side" of the hat.-Baltimor'
American.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
And So He Mailed It.

\ certain congressman from Virginia
has long retained in his employ colored
man. by the name of Ezekiel. One morn
ing the master left the house, leaving be-
hind him a letter he had forgotten. Some
time in the afternoon he remembered the
communication, and. as it was of some
Importance, he FASTENED back home only
to find that the letter was nowhere to
be seen in his library. He had distinct
recollection that the letter had been left
on table. He summoned Ezekiel and
asked if he had seen the letter.
"Yassah, yo' lef' it on yo' table,
Then where is it now?"
Il mailed it. sah."
You mailed it. Why. Zeke. I had not
put the name and address on the enve-
Lopez
'.Jes' so. sab, I thought it was one OF
dem anonymous letters. ''-American
Spectator.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
Seed Corn Breeding Pays.

orn-breeding work, still in its in
fancy, already has spelled profit for
many growers. Material increases in
yield, due in large measure to plant
ing improved tested seed, have been SO
general that farmers everywhere are
adopting better methods Of seed selec-
ton. And other countries, noting what
has been accomplished by American
corn breeders, have taken steps to fol
low their example. Recently an Ameri-
can seed-corn breeding company ship
ped 1900 bushels of corn to the agri-
cultural department of the Egyptian
government. The same company has
also exported an order of 10000 pounds
Of seed corn to Australia, where it will
be used in breeding work conducted by
the agricultural authorities Of that
country. 1t is to the corn belt of
America that the peoples of the earth
come for corn. Our corn crop is the
envy of all civilized countries which
cannot or do not grow corn.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
DOCTORS SHIFT.
Now Gets Along without 1t.

A physician says: Until last fall
used to eat meat for my breakfast and
suffered with indigestion until the meat
had passed from the stomach.
Last fall l began the use of Grape
Nuts for breakfast and very soon found
I could do without meat, for my body
got all the nourishment necessary from
the Grape Nuts and since then l have
not had any indigestion and am feeling
better and have increased in weight.
Since finding the benefit 1 derived
from Grape-Nuts l have prescribed the
food for all of my patients suffering
from Indigestion or overlooking and
where l want a food easy to take and
certain to digest, and which will not
overtaX the stomach.
Il always find the results l look for
when l prescribe Grape-Nuts. For
ethical reasons please omit my name"
Name given by mail by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
The reason for the wonderful amount
Of nutriment and the easy digestion OF
GrapeNuts is not hard to find.
In the first place, the starchy part Of
the wheat and barley goes through
various processes Of cooking, to per-
fectly change the starch into Dextrose
or Post Sugar, in which state il is
ready to be easily absorbed by the
blood. The parts in the wheat and
barley which Nature can make use Of
for rebuilding brain and nerve centers
are retained in this remarkable food,
and thus the human body is supplied
with the powerful strength producers
so easily noticed after one has eaten
Grape-Nuts each day for week or ten
days. There's reason"
Get the little book, The Road to
WeIlYille," in pkgs.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
STORY OF A SULPHUR MINE.
Only One in This Country, It Is Said
How Il Is Worked.

"There is only one sulphur mine in the
United States said Hubert Oser of
New Orleans The existence of the
mine is known to but a few and was
known to hardly any one until recent
years.
The mine is said to contain about
S37. OC0. 900 worth of pure sulphur. 1t is
located near Lake Charles in an almost
inaccessible region. 1t was discovered
by a famous m.neralogist, according to
one story, while another has il that it
was found by a party Of hunters who
had shot bears in the vicinity and found
the coats Of the bears to be filed with
a black. greasy oil. They were curious
to know where this came from and
tracked Bruin one night. going through
an almost lmpenetrable marsh and com
ing out on a high wooded knoll where
the oil pit was discovered.
Little was thought of the matter
until a few years before the Civil war,
when an attempt was made to sink a
shaft to get the oil. The war broke up
the business, but in 1868 another shaft
was sunk. this time with ID huge steel
rings. each twelve feet in diameter and
five feet wide. They were imported
from France and rolled across the coun-
try to the oil pit. Thirty-eight of them
were sunk in the one shaft, 100 feet
deep, but it filed up with oil and it
was found that nothing could be done
with the enterprise. A fortune was
, sunk in the attempt.
Later the Standard Oil heard of the
oil and came down to examine the
ground. Borings were made and it was
found that below the oil was stratum
Of pure sulphur rock from 12J to 25C
feet deep. Various cxpedients were
tried to mine the stuff, but all failed un-
til one of the engineers thought up a
scheme to extract the sulphur by melt
ing it and pumping it to the surface.
Borings made mile either way showed
the stratum to be about 200 feet thick
in every direction and the worth of the
mine was estimated at nearly 100000
coo.
~ unique and intricate process is
used to extract the sulphur. Huge iron
pipes are forced into the bed and hot
water pumped into them at $50 degrees
from a battery Of 100 boilers. After
about ten days the melted sulphur is
pumped to the surface and flowed into
huge watts. where it is allowed to cool"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
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FIome-gIade Grain Cox.

There is enough grain stored on every
farm to warrant the building Of Il gram
oUX, particularly when one can be bulit
for a very small sum and with but little
tabor. Such box is easily constructed
from dry goods boxes. using number
If the same size to obtain the desired
capacity and setting them end to end
fastening them together or not as de
sired. The fronts are cut so as to OBJ
tain the proper slant and then 4 cover
Is made so that the box or boxes may
be locked if necessary. Divisions are
made in the inside in accordance with
the quantity of each kind Of grain to
De stored. The boxes are set on legs
about fifteen inches high and each Of
-hese legs has an inverted cap of tin
placed on it near where the leg joins
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
Viking IeWelrY Workers.

In the remains of a Viking ship re-
gently unearthed on an island off the
coast of Sweden one of the objects found
was n well polished crystal hemisphere
cal in shape and nearly two inches i'll
diameter.
pincers. similar to those used by modern
goldsmiths. Several pieces of goldsmiths'
work were also discovered. 1t would
seem that, rough as the Vikings We're,
they made use of microscopes for deli
cate gold work.-British Weekly.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
The Kings Page Of Honor.

The post of page of honor to the SOW
ereign does not carry with it, as it used
to do, the right to Il commission in the
guards without examination of any kind,
but it is still coveted office, with priv
ileges attached to it which are much ap-
preciated by the sprigs of noble houses,
who are lucky enough to receive the APP
pointment. 1t is not for example, an
unpleasant experience for a fourth form
boy at Elton or Harrow to be summoned
up to I.0ndOn on ''v-l.ole school day"
for court at Buckingham palace or 9th
er state pageant, while his school fellows
are toiling at their books. Such sum
monses are of course. of the nature of
royal commands, which must be obeyed,
as certain head master discovered to
his cost during the week. preparatory TO
the coronation. when lie ventured to OBJ
ject to the frequent calls upon certain
of his pupils who happened to be royal
pages and were wanted to rehearse in
London for that august ceremony.-Lon-
don Modern Society.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13

There are cases where an operation
is the only resource, but when one con-
siders the great number of cases of
menacing female troubles cured by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound after physicians have advised
operations, no woman should submit to
one without first trying the Vegetable
Compound and writing Mrs. Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass, for advice, which is free.
Miss Margret Merkley, of 275 Third
Street, Milwaukee, Wis, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkhan:
'.Loss of strength, extreme nervousness,
shooting pains through the pelvic organs,
bearing down pains and cramps compelled
me TO seek medical advice. The doctor, after
making an examination, said | had female
trouble and liberation and advised an opera
ton. To this / strongly objected and decided
to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound The liberation quickly healed, all
the bad symptoms disappeared and l am
once more strong, vigorous and Well.
Female troubles are steadily on the
increase among women. If the month
" periods are very painful, or too fire.
quent and excessive-if you have pain
or swelling low down in the left side.
bearing-down pains, don't neglect your
self; try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
PE RI M STRENGTHENS
TIE ENTIRE SYSTEM

MIR Chas. H. Sauer, Grand Scribe.
Grand Encampmont !. o. o. (. of Texas,
ana Assistant City Auditor, writes from
the City Hall. San Antonio. Texas:
Nearly TWO years ago accepted a
position a. secretary and treasurer with
on" of the leading dry goods establish
ncntS Of Galveston. Texas.
The Sudden change from a high and
dry altitud TO sea level proved too much
for me AID | became afflicted with ca
tarrh and cold in the head, and general
debility to such an extent as to almost
ncapacitate me for attending to my du-
ties.
II was iuGuced 10 fry Peruna, and
after taking several bottles in small
doses am pleased 10 say thar l was
entirely restored my normal con-
difiOn and have ever since recon-
nerded tie use of PeruHa 10 my
frierds =
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
Did You Know This?

Say, dyou know anything bout
bosses, hey? Dye know they'll eat pork :?
Well, they will, when it's fed 'em an
they have to. The heaves stop, suisse
quent, though they're an ALFRED sight
wuss. afterwards. Belle went right onto
a meat diet, hog-meat an oil cakes. Yep.
linseed oil-it'H fat rail fence. Belle
took on weight amazin'. Gurus thing
bout oil-cakes, though: once a boss has
been fatted on 'em. an then grows pick
id again, there amt nothin' in Gods
worldll put flesh onto him a second time.
You can try as much as you're mind
to; it amt no use."-American Magazine
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
Good Tonic for the Hogs

If the hogs are growing as fast and
doing AS we'll as they can do, nothing
is needed in the way Of medicine But
if they are little off in any way, a
few doses of the following will straight
en- them up.
Wood charcoal, 1 pound; sulphur,
pound sodium chloride, 2 pounds; So
dunn bicarbonate, pounds; sodium
hyposulphite, pounds; sodium sui
phate, l pound; antimony sulphide, !
pound. PulveriZe and thoroughly mix
The dose is a large tablespoonful for
each 200 pounds weight of hogs to be
treated, given once a day. The hogs
will eat this mixed in their food, unless
very i'll, when it should be poured into
them, mixed in water.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
Field of a Million Acres.

The largest fenced pasture field in
the United States is on the Blackfeet
field contains 100000 acres, and the
200 miles Of barbed wire fence inclos-
ing it have been completed About 4OC,-
600 pounds Of wire We're required for
the work. There are 10000 head Of
cattle wintering in this pasture, half
Of which belong to the stockman, who
are paying for the privilege Of pastur-
age.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
Feed for Mare in FOaI.

While in foal the mare does not nee
essarily require food different in quail.
ity from that fed at other times, but,
all things being equal, the quantity
should be somewhat larger. Oats are
the best feed. yet shorts and bran may
he fed with beneficial results. Washes
can be given occasionally, and where
possible cooked feed may be supplied
at night three times q week.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
BeardIess Barley Crop.

Beardless barley is entirely free
from barbs, unless the seed is accident
ally mixed with some other variety. 1t
does not yield SO well as some of the
bearded sorts, nor is it a good mailing
barley. 1t is a good feed for pigs
sheep or fowls and for horses when
crushed. It's distinguishing advantage
is that it stands up we'll and ripens
very early, coming off the ground soon
enough to let the clover or alfalfa sown
with it take possession before it is
much weakened by shading. 1t is the
best nurse-crop yet found for clover or
alfalfa, and for that purpose is recon-
mended
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
She Yea Ea Sily,

THE late Hezekiah Butterworth, :
said a Boston journalist, had a high
prove woman mans superior in fancy, il
humor. in retort.
He related one day to me a quarrel
between a married couple that he had
overheard in the subway.
There is no calamity that can hefal
a woman that l have not suffered, the
woman said in bitter voice.
There you are wrong. Jane the
husband replied. You have never been
a widow
She frowned at him as she rejoined
L said Calamity sir New York
Tribune
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13

The South African goat Sultan,
sheared eighteen and one-half pounds
Of mohair at one clipping. This is the
record in this country and probably the
worlds record He was barred from
competition at the st. Louis Fair be-
cause judges would not believe that the
mohair then carried was grown within
the time specified by the rules. At the
Portland, Ore, Fair he took grand prize
for the best buck. He is said to pos
sess wonderful prepotent power.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
Shading Helps Young Grass.

Recently a farmer who had plowed
seeding with timothy and clover. 1t
was a rail fence, laid worm fashion.
and under the rails, where the heat of
the sun was shaded, the grass was Wig
orous, and at least three times as thick
as it was where no shade was had.
This burning up Of the plants by heat,
perhaps, explains some failures in
growing grass from seed without pro-
tao+ioD
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
Grow Sometime New.

Make it a point this summer to find
out some crop or vegetable everybody
seems to want, and that no one has
grown to any extent in your neighbor-
hood, and grow that yourself next year.
1t is quite possible to make a crop of
peppers, caulifiower, spinach or egg
plant or some other unusual thing. one
of the most profitable crops on the
farm. If the demand is good and the
supply in your neighborhood limited.
the same thing is often true of squash.
Along in the winter when fresh vegeta-
bles are scarce, there is always a de-
mand in the city markets for squash.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
How TO GfrdIe Crane Vines.

The girdling or ringing Of grapevines
is done to increase the size of each
cluster. 1t is not done generally, how
ever although some find the method
profitable. The bark is entirely re-
moved below the fruit cluster about
month before the period of ripening
which hastens maturity about a week
or two and enlarges the bunch and
berries The sap ascelds through the
pores Of the wood to sustain growth
but the elaborated sap descends through
the wood and the bark and can so 10
lower than the point at which the CIR
die is made, where it stops and is util-
lied in feeding the grapes. Some in
jury is done the vine below the g.rdle
and hence it may not pay on an extern
sive scale.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13

The White Pekin is a popular duck
which has a distinctive type especially
its own, and differing from all others
in the shape and carriage of its body
The legs are set far back, which causes
the bird to walk IN an upright position
In size these ducks are very large, some
reaching as high as twenty pounds to
the pair. Their flesh is very delicate
and free from grossness, and they are
considered among the best of table
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
THE oLD-FAsHIoNED JUMPER.

breaking a colt in winter as the old
fashioned Jumper" A jumper is sim
ply made Of two saplings twenty feet
or more long, weakened about five feet
from the butt ends by shaving the up
per sides half through, so that the poles
sag when the rider is on the seat and
the colt hitched. The seat Is supported
by four posts and the horse Is placed
far out in the shafts. A colt cannot go
over backwards with this.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13

the box. These tins will prevent yermln
in the shape of rats and mice from
easily climbing up the box and getting
at the grain. If desired the several
divisions may be lined inside SO as to
make them more vermin proof. The il
Iustration shows how simple this grain
box s.-Indianapolis News.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13

A calf kept winter and summer in
thrifty growth at ? years will make as
much more beef than one neglectfully
kept at twice that age. The profit will
all be found on the 2-year-old and the
loss on the 4-year-old: yet owners of
the latter have pursued such system
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
OPERATION AVOIDED
ExPERIENcEOFMIsS MERKLEY
She Was Told That an Operation Was
Inevitab bic How She Escaped 1t.

When physician tells woman suf-
fering with serious feminine trout BILE
that an operation is necessary, the very
thought of the knife and the operating
table strikes terror to her heart, and
our hospitals are full of women coming
for lust such operations.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
The Woman of IF

Mrs. Clearin-There's the woman who
lost her suit for alienation of affec-
tons"
Mrs. Almosthere-Where did she get
the money to settle?
Mrs. Clearin-Oh! by telling the Sun
day newspapers how hubby's affections
were alienated.-The Bohemian.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
Paget PAYS S1o,5eo for Yearling Col

Sydney Paget bought yearling colt
by Ben Strome-Strychinia. full
brother to the lamented Highball, a Win
ner of the American Derby, at the sale
before the recess recently for S10.500.
As in previous sales, high prices were
rea allied
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oregon Evolution,

We must have mill of some kind.
and since the gin mills are compelled to
close their doors next month. we trust
some one will be good enough to build 4
sawmill.-St. Helens Mist.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
For Town Travel.

A North London chemist has this win
dow announcement: To travellers by
NOTORIOUS. medicated. odorless wool.
suitable for ear stopping. london Tri-
hrrn
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13

The FIRST deaf mute in this country TO
become a nun is Miss Eta Mae Holman.
who was recently received into the Do
minican order at Hunts Point, y. Y.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13

MRS. wINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP for
Children teething: softeus the gums. reduces in
hammation. allays pain, cures wind collie %
cents 3 bottle
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13

fowls. They are excellent layers, aver
aging from 100 to 80 eggs each in a
season. They are non-setters, hardy,
easily raised and the earliest in matur-
Ing of any ducks.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13

Jumper to Break Colts.
A Canadian farmer says that there
is nothing yet discovered so useful N