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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
MR.. O'BRIEN'S PLOT.
The Plan He Conceived In 1882 to
Capture Dublin Castle.

The Plan He Conceived In 1882 to
Capture Dublin Castle.
In his recently published volume Of
'Recollections" William O'Brien, Irish
member of parliament, tells how he
conceived a plan in 1882 to capture
Dublin castle. At that time there was
a strike of the royal Irish consta bu-
larry against the government, and Mr.
O'Brien had been invited to address
the strikers. He writes: my notion
was y without disclosing my plan to
anybody, except one to be presently
mentioned-to go to the police mass
meeting, to raise to the highest possible
pitch the excitement with which they
were boiling over and straightway, I'M
der cover Of a deputation to the vice
roy, to march my thousand constables
through the ST Gets to Dublin castle,
helping ourselves to revolvers in the
gunshops on the way and, having made
q separate arrangement to seize upon
the guard at the entrance to the upper
castle yard the moment they tried to
SAOoO ShS SoSS, IAhC pOooScoiOA VI NAC
viceroy and his chief secretary, convey
them to place Of safe keeping whence
they and we could negotiate and in
the meantime get possession of the
wires and precipitate a revolt Of the
royal Irish constabulary throughout
the country to strengthen us in the ne
gotiations.
MY one confidant in the matter was
Parnell, against whose absolute veto
there would be nc proceeding further
He happened to be staying at Morri-
sons hotel, and when 1 drove over I
was surprised to find he thought the
project less harebrained than had an
ticipated. AS he sat over a late break
fast, with a heap Of unopened letters
and newspapers beside him, he talked
over the whole plan with the detach-
ment with which he would examine a
handful Of alluvial gold from his own
river at Avondale. The only CLINT Of
sentiment was the soft whisper, The
one thing that can be said with GER
tainty Is that you can't come out alive
from it-or perhaps some more Of u.s. 4"
Mr.. O'Brien proposed t. have fifty
armed Fenians concealed in the neigh
boring corporation building, "who
would be in position to make rush
for the gate If necessary at moments
warning" Parnell expressed himself
as doubtful. Mr.. O'Brien saw the
leaders Of the two rival sections into
which the Irish republican brotherhood
was divided. They declined to do any
thing. when l returned to Morri-
sons hotel" says Mr.. O'Brien, "Parnell
received the tidings with gentle pooh
Of the lips and the ironic smile with
which he could convey whole columns
of comment on his reply: I told you
what these gentlemen were worth. I
think I've got time to catch my train
at Harcourt street."
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
PURE FOOD LAWS.

Some time ago the government,
through the Bureau Of Chemistry, IN
the Department Of Agriculture took
up this matter to determine the effe-
cts of the use of food preservatlves,
not only as to digestibility, but also
as to the effect of the chemicals them
selves on the system. This work has
been carried on with great thorough
ness by Dr. Wiley, the head Of the
bureau. One of the practical tests
devised by him was to place num-
Der of healthy, normal men exclusive
ly on a diet in which the preserva-
tives were used and a careful nota-
ton was made of the results. Pre-
liminary reports have been published
and DIR. Wiley has become thorough
" convinced that the use of borax
and boracic acid and other chemicals
as preservatives are to be condemn
ed.
In a recent address in Vermont,
Congressman Adams, of Wisconsin,
spoke on food adulteration.
He says the real battelfields today
are the worlds markets. Food adul-
treation is always fraud on the
pocketbook and some times it makes
an attack on the health.
For hundred million dollars is low
estimate of the loss to the people of
the nation from food adulteration.
The food loss is yet greater and not
estimated in dollars and cents. One
important class of adulterants is
chemical antiseptic preservatives.
If they kill germs that help digestion.
Antiseptics are godsends to the
thriftless and unclean.
Heat and cold are the natural pre-
servatives. The poison that a man
might throw off-suffering no injury
would kill baby.
Alum baking powders also do a
great deal of harm and should be
continuously avoided in the kitchen.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
DEFEAT THEN HARMONY.

All the talk about harmony in the
republican party in this state is di-
luted moonshine There will be no
harmony until after the state has gone
democratic a time or two, and the
primary and civil service laws have
been repealed. Then and not until
then, will the party get together on
a sensible platform and work in unity
and peace. In the meantime, there
may be new alignment of parties or
a new party organized that will sweep
the country like prairie fire, con-
Stunning all of the old political stubble
that is of no earthly good.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
A Decorated Room.

They are laughing in Paris at the
trick Of not unknown artist who, hav
ing been given notice to leave his apart
ment, conceived a novel way of taking
revenge upon his landlord. Before be
departed he painted the whole Of the
ceilings and walls Of the place black
and then relieved them in white paint
with deaths heads, skeletons and cross
list, but the judge held the artist had q
right ito decorate the rooms as he
liked SO long as he did not ''deterior-
ate" them
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
--T~gs--IsVas gs.e.r
Sir HumDhry Dayy.

Sir Humphry Davy married widow
as peculiar as himself. His pet affec-
tation was lack of time. He was al
ways in hurry. He pretended that
he had NO leisure to dress himself and
when change of linen became neces-
sary he simply put one shirt over an
other until he was known to have on
five or six shirts at time. Of course
he could not wear this amount of ap-
parel without appreciably increasing
his size, and his friends not in the Sc
cret were sometimes surprised to see
him fall off in apparent weight twenty
pounds in day. His wife's great anx-
iety was to keep him eft for company"
but as he did not care a fig for COM
pany she had no easy task, and domes-
tic discOrd was a common thing.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
"Want an AutOmObilef 2"

Says Eugene Wood in his amusing
essay, do Want an Automobile?" in
Every body's:
"Let me see, now. 1t would be the
dickens and all getting it up and down
the cellar way. And there's the fur
mace and the two coal bins. No, the
cellar won't do at all. AS for the attic
I wouldn't lug that big, heavy thing
up and down stairs IL you gave it to
me. There isn't room under the front
stoop, for I've measured. And If /
built me a. Say, how do you pro-
nounce that word anyway? Ga-which !
Oh, yes! Ga-rozh Ga-rozh. Accent
on the last syllable. l must rememb Der
that.
If I built me a-you know-out in
my back yard, what becomes Of all
those raspberry canes and currant
bushes and things that the nuseryman
soaked me so for last fall? I'll tell
you what, I'll bet they've got automo-
biles, one for every member of the
family-the nurserymen have. And the
baby cuts his teeth on tires at $40
each"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
BETTER FIRE HIM.

Gorky, the Russian novelist, recently
came to this county with woman
who is not his lawful wife and put up
at one of the leading hotels in New
York, from which he and his female
companion were driven by a sentiment
of decency. Gorky is socialist for
whom there was much sympathy in
this country on account Of the hostile
attitude of his government toward
him. 1t is now understood, why he
is not held in high esteem at home
except among those of his kind. The
woman will probably be deported and
Gorky should be given to understand
that his room is better than his COM
pany.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
HUMAN BLOOD MARKS.

A tale of horror was told by the
marks of human blood in the home
of j. w. Williams, we'll known mer-
chant of Bac, KY, He writes
'Twenty vars ago 1 had severe hem
orrhage of the lungs, and was near
death when began taking DR.. King S
New Discovery. 1t completely cured
me and l have remained well ever
since. 1t cures Hemorrhages, Chr
onic Coughs, Settled Colds and Bron-
chitis, and is the only known cure for
Weak Lungs. Every. bottle guaran-
teed by R. II. Brennecke Druggist.
SOC and SLIGO. Trial bottle free.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
FEW ELECTRIC SPARKS.
(By Associate Editor,)

Everything considered, Uncle Joe
Cannon, may be pardoned if his
thoughts occasionally take ramble in
the direction Of the presidential chair.
"Coin Harvey, the free silver ad-
vocate, in the first Bryrn campaign, is
running summer resort in the Ozark
Mountains, but all money looks alike
to him now.
Senator LaFollette appears to have
left Wisconsin in good hands. It, has
loaded it's gun for the Standard Oil
trust.
Possibly the parties to the coal
strike were just trying to test the
truth of the rumor they had heard
to the effect that T. Roosevelt was
president of the United States.
1t looks as if it would be necessary
to nominate three or four Democratic
candidates for the Presidency in order
to satisfy the many different kinds of
Democrats now scattered over the
country.
Before long, at this rate, Editor
Bryan will be caught in the act of
showing Prof. Grover Cleveland out
of the chair of Conservative Democ-
racy," and clamly take the place.
Anyone who loves excitement and
is not particulr how he gets it, can
always fall back on the expedient of
quoting President Roosevelt Incorrect
ly.
Chorus of Consumers Old king
Coal was greedy old soul, grouchy
old soul was he, In the pile Of con-
sumers he made big hole, but he
doesn't mind them, not he.
Judge Parker says the Republican
party is 'rotten to the core. - Even
before it buried him alive, the Re-
publican party never struck him as
being the correct thing.
If you need President Roosevelt S
autograph to complete your collection,
watch your chance and misquote him
some day.
1t is already apparent that a presi-
Dental possibility, George B. Nc
Clellan will never get beyond the
"also mentioned class.
Legislatures are getting more care
full about giving to unknown compan-
les, charters to do anything on earth
and in the waters beneath.
There is on conference or talk of
arbitration when the coal operators
contemplate revising the scale Of
prices to the public.
Mark Twain hopes there will be
no cars or grand dukes in Heaven.
Evidently Mark expects to go there
himself some day.
The South Dakota veteran of three
wars, who committed suicide must
have been brooding over the fact that
he was doomed to end his days in
peace.
Although something of an artist in
that line himself, Mr.. Schwab' S
sensational ambitions evaporated when
Billy Mason declared the Senate to be
''the greatest con game in history
Steve Elkins approves of the rate
regulation in principle, "All that
he objects presumably, is rate regu-
lation in practice. A San Francisco
| Clergyman ask, "Will Heaven be
crowded?" He can search us. Though
the crowds are headed for the other
station just now.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
DISTRIBUTE THE SURPLUS.

The investigation now in progress
at Milwaukee has revealed tho fact
that the old, conservative Northwest
ern Life insurance company is not
free from suspicion and that the Off
Gals have been casting an anchor to
the windward. 1t has been matter
of surprise to the writer how men in
the employ of the company could be-
come rich in a few years. The con-
tention of Insurance Commissioner
Host, that all SURPRISES should be dis
tributed among the policy holders has
been established and that cheaper life
insurance should be given the people.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
IS THE MOON INHABITED.

Science has proven that the moon
has an atmosphere, which makes life
in some form possible on that satel-
lite; but not for human beings, who
have hard enough time on this earth
of ours; especially those who don 4
know that Electric Bitters cures Head
ache, Biliousness, Malaria, Chills and
Fever, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Dizzi-
ness, Torpid Liver, Kidney comp
laints, General Debility and Female
weaknesses. Unequalled as general
tonic and appetizer for the weak per-
sons and especially for the aged. 1t
induces sound sleep. Fully guaran-
teed by R. II. Brennecke.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
A Cousin Of Lord Curzon.

Bradley Curzon, a truck driver In
New York, had occasion the other day
to make complaint to the police about
a certain matter. The desk sergeant
said by way Of a joke: That's a dis
tinguished name you bear ANY rela-
ton to Lord Curzon?' The complain
ant answered quietly, Il am his cou-
sin," but refused to discuss the rela-
tionship further. The mans appear
ance clearly indicates that he has not
been accustomed to his present humble
mode of living.
There is some doubt about Virgins
capacity"
HE has improved, If that is the
case" answered Mr.. Hammerslug.
''Wh men knew him there was no doubt
whatever about his incapacity."-
Washington Star.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
n BOOK MAILED FREE.
A LUCKY POSMISTRESS

is Mrs. Alexander, of Cary, Me-, who
has found DR.. Kings New Life Pills
to be the best remedy she ever tried
for keeping the stomach, liver and
bowels in perfect order. You'll
agree with her if you try these pain
less purifiers that infuse new life.
Guaranteed by R. H. Brennecke, drug
gist. Price Csc.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
BrightS Disease and Diabts
ARE Cura ble-=

Pamphlets have been sent to H 7. Ebere druggist at
Watertown Wisconsin Couragent hee) under the above
heading that almost ndspntey that long sought
for Bright Deasease and Dialects has been found They
deal frankly with they question that they have been laid
aside to loan those afflicted People who have relatives
with either of these heretofore fatal Diseases ought ceray
to them If you will call agent he will be glad
answer any questions regarding these remedies.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
A Pointer.

Two thieves were breaking into a
door when the master of the house.
hearing them, looked out Of the VIM
dow and said: Friends, come a little
later. We are not yet in bed."-"Hu-
NOR Of Spain"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
A Way.

Pumperdinck Ito his barber)-I wish
/ could find some disguise for the
masked ball, SO that no one would rec
OgniZe me-
Barber-Why don't you let my as
sistant shave you? - Meggendorfer
MA ftn.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
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H,H KIDNEY q BLADDER DISORDERS.
IL lSKIN DISEASES. Mango. Eruptions,
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J.K. ,3AD CONDITION, Staring Coat.
CURES INDIGESTION, Stomach StaggeFs.
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At druggists, sent prepaid on receipt Of price
Humphreys Medicine Co.. Cor William and John
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Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1906-08-09

nestpfiestdnld, mutta fen iiiaan nm,
mdrlimdi be pubua mile pbteistun.
nan idieniue, ioista mabimmin oil
pioettp buolta, (. o. tebbasten tpDs
miebile. Sarra0 rufous. pibettp
ulfona feboaa, ipaifutti ieuaii.n ib,
miiiin t%oiieIa tamalla, tmin oppineet
laarnat. irita pappien fuultiin lufe.
fpan firfoisia. 0libin Mebotista a.
lettui. iiind tdpttpi muori, meta, las
feus ibmiliud, toiiinaan fofoontui
beitd ddrettomid ioffoia 10000, 3d..
900, 10000; puitten otiiua, lebtien
ndlistdtin ndbtiin fasmoia tirfiste-
leiodn. Selttoia ppstptettiin, fanIaa
fulfpaili, pDt pdipdt. teIdt talmet,
tesfelld lumen peittdmid fenttidfin.
ultammasti itIednia malmistamatta
pitt pappi tdaad IaarnanIa Ipnnista
ia parannufi esta, ia tamaQiiesti fos'
t'mat bdnen omat lanania bdneen
nun, eta ban ipuooatti r,nlnita fpps
neltd. Saarna tartoitti fanIaa ia
tosfi fanIaon ia miebdttdmdt uubet
nirret &oarlo oil runoiIiiabenfi =
ltldlimdt main tuota liifuttopaa pais
futnsta. Yn ia tdbbet, piImet ia pitt
fdinen pdiwd, faitti tarioIipat pm.
buialle fnfpoutIia runIaasti, toiIi.
naan bebfumia fuipoutIia beltpes
tintulesta ia tillitinestd.
&aupun9eisi afin Iaarnottiin, Iefd
Sonoon'isia ettd Sristol'isIa; Iaars
nastuoli fuletettiin ulos marftinotos
rifle ia ppstptettiin tdGQd marionetti-
teatterien ia tauppapuotien fesfeue,
iosia aIbaiIo bdliii fatiellen nprffis
ianfarien ndptteitd: ,me bdtpptdm,
me pertelettd bdnen omasIa linnasz
I%anIo!" &aitfiolla lama fanIontul
ipa, ia lie moifutti tunbaniiin, tuten
fplmd rpDpppiauno, iofa berdtti bor'
r%otiista. Sorminaista Ell pIut, eta
buotaufIet ia buuoot testepttimdt
Iaornomiestd, tabi ettd iofu FULL
ioista iai Itonenmebon. Soattoipa
Iuonenipetp fulfutauoin taipaua tarts
tua perdtpsten uIeampiin, joifo mas
foiiipat ia pibtoiipat tuteu boaippi'
tetilt tappelutentdud. YSeslep'meIief.
Iid birmitti, fun he emf ferran ndfis
nGt tGlloista, mlltto he tottuifpot I'd,
ban ipdbiteIen min, ettd tdIainen
ubfunien tunteitten p%ubfeominen
ndfpniin lopufIi mieIptti beitdtin.
(Satt.)
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-11-16
eRon,eIrIoNIsTs PLEASED.
Claim Largely Increased Vote In Many
States.

Chicago Those In charge Of the
prohihitfonist national headquarters
In this city arc conyrntulating them.
selves upon the excellent showing
which they claim the Prohibitionists
made In the different states Tuesday.
A large number of dispatches have
been received. and Charles r. Jones'
chairman of the national committee.
said that the total vote of the party
In the different states will exceed 1885,
900. whereas, the total for Swallow for
President in 1904 was 257.i19.
In New York. Francis ID. Green. Pro.
hibition and Independent candidate.
was elected senator. and in Seattle
George T. Cotterrill, national grand
chief templar. was elected state sena.
tor on the Democratic ticket, backed
by the Prohibitionists and 1ndepend.
ents. in n district that gave Roosevelt
800 majority in 1904.
In Illinois the Prohibitionists broke
all records. their candidate for state
treasurer. Allin, receiving $4,000 votes
and carrying over dozen counties.
At least six Prohibitionists are re.
ported elected to the Legislature. In
massachusetts the Prohibitionists are
credited with 10000 votes for Moran.
who carried twenty.eight cities despite
his defeat for governor. The Prohibi.
ton party polls balance Of power"
vote in at least seven states-New
Hampshire, Rhode Island. Pennsylva-
MIA. New York, Illinois, Iowa and
Kansas.
Dispatches from the Oklahoma Pro
hibition headquarters indicate that n
large majority of the delegates.elect
to the constitutional convention are
favorable to the insertion of prohibi.
tion clause in the organic law of the
state.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-11-16
Mxsterioua Find.

She went down to n swell play the
other evening. attircd In superb
white gown and wearing n splendid
opera cloak. In fact. she was stun.
ming. As she seated herself. shc was
about TO remove the long red cloak
when with horror and CONSERVATION
depleted on her face she discovered
something! My. what a prcdica'
mcnt! She had prepared supper be-
fore leaving for the show. and there.
covering the front Of tho white skirt
was lowly calico checked apron.
She managed to remove II after the
house had darkcned. and the next
morning the sweeper at the Colonial
found an apron under ono Of the seats.
-Pittsfield Journal.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-11-16
When Fork. Were Novelties.

The flrst mention o: the use OF forks
In history. tho New York Herald says.
was at tho table OF John. the good
Duke Of burgundy. and he possessed
only two. ono OF gold and the other of
silver. Al that period tho loavcs of
bread were made cylindrical. They
wcrc cut In slices and piled upon n
trcnchcr and placed beside the host.
who carved the meat with a pointed
carving knife. holding the joint with
n nkowcr Of wrought gold or silver.
which hc stuck Into the joint to hold II
secure while cutting tho meat Before
tho unc Of this skcwcr fork" icg or
shoulder Of mutton always had piece
Of white frillcd paper decorating tho
shank. which the carver held to steady
tho joint. This decoration Is stili the
vogue In our dciicaicsscn stores. When
II first became customary TO usc forks.
gentleman. on receipt of m invita-.
tion to dinner. would send his servant
with his knife. fork aud spoon. or. II he
had no servant. he would carry them
IN his brccchcs pockets, as n carpenter
carries his rule to-day. This ancient
custom stiil obtains among tho peas.
antry Of certain countries Of Europe.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-11-16

Hero Is something from govern.
.ment report that sounds like anomaly.
iyot In fraught with the graves, sisnifi'
cameo: During the seven months end.
ing July II, 1906, there was but one
case OF yellow fever In tho city OF
Panama and that was not fatal. Dur.
ing tho single month OF July there
were 1874 deaths from paeuhiOnia in
the city Of Panama. The significance
'ot this Ia that pneumonia becomes
moro and more the captain OF the
men OF DEATH" and this under the
equator rs well as In colder ciimes.
Medical science has no more pressing
duty than finding means to fight this
cvergrowing menace to the human
race.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-11-16
Rocky Ford Enterprise
ROCK. FORD. COLORADO.
A Passing Art.

Among the cherished memories OF Q
certain charming old lady is that OF n
teacher OF her childhood. whose theory
OF life was reduced to u simple princi.
pie: Learn to read well. young ladies'
to enunciate distinctly. to modulate
the voice pleasingly. to interpret the
words OF the author with sympathy
and understanding: learn to read well.
and all other virtues will follow" 1t
is possible that the requirement OF all
tho virtues seems slightly more COM
piicated matter than It did to the old
less. the advice is not to be laughed
away. II only because It RECALLS the
days when reading aloud was counted
one OF the most desirable of the fine
arts OF life. This is no reflection upon
tho art OF reading as taught In these
latter days: the question Is not of the
actual process. but OF the place that
reading aloud used to hold In family
life. Many a sray-haircd man or wom'
an who never heard OF round tables"
anu never uibGoNsTeu TINT authotn hah
early or late styles. yet knows his
Scott or Thackcray or Shakespeare as
few young people of to-day ever know
them. In part. this is due to the fact
that the field OF reading now covered
by young people is much larger than
II was half century ago. a deeper
cause lies In tho decline OF tho habit
Of reading aloud. declares the Youths
compaaion. We have no time now To
read aloud. we say. Perhaps not: yet
before We decide. might II not be well
to consider whether any other rccrca-
tIon offers more permanent pleasure
or greater enrichment to tho life.
Books read aloud winter evenings
about tho frc. with the whole family
sharing tho interest and tho discus.
sions. will hold warmth OF color
which time will not dim. Between
their pages will lie countless happy
mcmorics-a treasure whose value will
deepen through all tho years to come.