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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Short SuRxestions.

Never scrape an iron enamel pot or
pan, as that is what ruins 1t.
Charcoal tied IN bag and dropped
into the cistern will purify the water.
Zinc is best cleaned with hot. soapy
water, then polish with kerosene and
coal ash.
When polishing stoves a fine gloss IS
obtained by adding teaspoonful Of
alum to the ordinary black lead.
To clean a ishy flying pan fill with
cold water and place on the fire to boil.
When boiling put Led hot cinder III,
then wash in the usual way.
To prevent cake from sticking to tins
when baked first grease tins. then -four
them. lightly beating Cut all loose fou-.
leaving only what clings to the grease,
thus doing away with the old form Of
lining with paper.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
The Right Answer.

George Harvey. the editor, was talking
about literary prize competitions.
These competitions no doubt do good,
he said, but they excite a great deal of
rage and bitterness. If, for instance,
there are 500 competitors for a prize, it
is likely that 400 of them will be dissatis-
fed with the award
Mr.. Harvey smiled.
Lucky is the judge, he said, who
can answer the disgruntled competitor rs
a friend of mine once did.
My friend was the judge in a sonnet
contest. Over 1000 sonnets were sub
mitted. My friend read them all, award
ed the prize or SO to young gentleman
of Boston, and in a few days received
from another competitor a letter saying:
"'Have you not made mistake and
given the prize to the worst instead of
to the best sonnet?
My friend wrote back: No, for if L
had, the prize would undoubtedly have
fallen to you
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
DISFIGURING SKIN EUMOR.
Impossible to Get Employment, as
Face and Body Were Covered with
SoreS=Cured by Cnticura

SoAsS-Cureu Dy COClCura.
Since the year 1894 | have been
troubled with very bad case OF
eczema which have spent hundreds
OF dollars trying to cure, and went
TO the hospital, but they failed to cure
me, and ii was getting worse all the
time. Five weeks ago my wife bought
box of Cuticura Ointment and one
cake of Cuticura Soap, and am
pleased to say that ] am now COM
pletely cured and well. 1t was impos-
slble for me to get employment, as my
race, head and body We're covered with
1t. The eczema first appeared on the
top of my head. and it had worked all
the way around down the back of my
neck and around to my throat, down
my body and around the hips. 1t itched
so | would be obliged to scratch it,
and the flesh was raw. am now all
well, and | will be pleased to recon-
mend the Cuticura Remedies to all per-
sons who wish y speedy and perma-
nent cure of skin diseases. Thomas
Nj. Rossiter, 300 Prospect Street. East
Orange, \. J. Mar 30. 1905"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Indian Curry,

Take one onion, one ounce of butter.
six or eight sweet almonds, two eggs, one
slice of bread, half a pound of cooked
neat, one tablespoonful of curry pow
der. Slice the onion. fry it nice
brown in butter. Put the slice of bread
III milk, and CRATE the almonds into it.
Beat the eggs in half q cup of milk.
and mix all together with the meat
minced fine, and small lump of butter
and the curry powder. Grease a pie
dish well, and rub it with a little leu
Oh juice. Put in the mixture, and bak,,
in a slow oven. When done turn out
and pour some good gravy round, and
serve with boiled rice. This is an ex-
celient dish, and one highly to be rec
commended for a cod winters day.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Not in the House.

Mrs. William Alden Smith, wife of
Representative William Alden Smith of
Michigan. frightened burglar out of
her Washington home early one morning
recently. Sine heard suspicious noises in
the house, and upon going to investigate
them scared the burglar.
Because of this members of the House
are repeating q story told them several
years ago by Mrs. Smith.
She thought she heard burglars in the
house and awakened her husband.
Get up, William AIden"' she said
''get up! There are robbers in the
house
mo, no, my dear" Representative
Smith said sleepily. There may be in
the Senate, but certainly there are none
in the House"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
ARMADA RELIC FOUND.
First Clue to Treasure Believed to Be al
Bottom of Tobermory Bay.

The search for Spanish gold at
Tobermory, Scotland, grows more exc;t-
ing and promising every day. The spe-
cial find which has invigorated all con-
cerned is the massive breach block of
an armada cannon.
This breech block, which weighs fifty
six pounds and is of bronze. was found
i'll a hole five feet below the main ex-
cavations. The breech block is cylin-
drical, and still contains the charge Of
gunpowder. 1t is 91a feet long, and the
diameter at wide end 80 inches. taperins
to AZ inches. The bore. which was
partially choked at the mouth with ooze
and rust measures 81 inches i'll length
and 2 inches in diameter, and the vent,
where the match would be applied, is
~ inches from the wider end. The
handle, which is of most comfortable
dimensions, would enable gunner to
draw back the breech block for reload
ing. But the much desired bullion still
remains in Dayy Jones locker.
The Impartial OIadrid) suggests that
if the remains of any Spanish sailors are
found during the quest for the lost gal
leon in Tobermory bay they shall be
carefully collected and accorded a ma
tional funeral.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08

Those who do spraying on a consider
able scale fully realize the Importance
of the very best outfits for the purpose.
Those who have but little spraying to
do will find smaller implements which
will answer the purpose, but will no
tice that there is a great difference in
the prices for the same capacity nipple.
ment. This difference represents the
difference between something valuable
and something made to sell, the only
value such latter implements have is
for use in the small agrden where but
a few trees or bushes are to be sprayed.
Better pay double the price asked for
the cheap sprayer and get something
that may be depended upon to do the
work properly and effectively and
which will not be worthless the FIRST
time the metal comes in contact with
the chemicals. I,l.lf
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Don't Neglect the Stables.

Many dairymen who are inclined to
be exceedingly Clearly about the sta
bles during the winter give them lit
tie care during the summer when the
COWS are largely MIXED in the pasture,
plan of milking many follow. There
are days and nights during the summer
when the cows must be housed and the
milking done in the stables, hence if
they have been neglected the milk is
surely to absorb any undesirable odor
that may exist.
We find it an excellent plan to clean
the stables thoroughly just as soon as
the COWS are turned out to grass, and
this thoroughness consists in washing
the walls with a strong solution of car
bolic acid, then going over them thor
ughly with whitewash. In this man
ner all germs and odors are destroyed.
This is by no means all, for each week
the stables are thoroughly purified. so
that there will be no possible odor to
spoil the milk.-EXchangC.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
THREE TIMES THREE 1 A.. THIRTY.
When Three Tomato Plants Grow Three
Months IN California.

The largest tomato plants in the word
are found in California. One grower has
three plants which have reached a
length of thirty feet.
In three months from the time the
seeds were planted, says What to Eat
they had climbed to the top of twenty
foot treIIis. When they reached this re-
markable height they grew backward
until they attained length of thirty
feet.
They have no special care or cultiva-
ton and have had no protection from
the weather; yet in spite of every disad-
vantage they kept on growing ard fruit
ing in the most astonishing fashion.
The trunks are one and half inches
IN diameter, the foliage thick and lux
uriant Enormous quantities Of tomatoes
have been picked from these three plants
and the fruit is Of unusual size, posses
sing fine flavor.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08

The feeding problem, in some sec
tions, is quite as formidable in the
summer as in the winter, and this is
particularly the case where the feeding
is largely done in the barn, which, by
the way. is becoming more popular
every year among dairymen. What
grains one shall use depends largely
upon the methods which individual
feeders have found most profitable III
the past, but corn, in the summer ra-
ton, must be sparingly used. The
stock foods or the concentrated grains
purchased already mixed, ought also
to be handled carefully and particu-
larry so when little or no pasture is
given the animals.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Farm Notes,

Be slow to condemn an old SOW that
does good work.
More money is lost by feeding hogs
too long than by selling too early.
For making good grating wax melt
together four parts resin (by weight :
two parts beeswax; one part tallow.
If you desire to hit the bulls eye
aim high and in doing so load so as to
obtain more bushels from fewer acres
When clover fields are infected with
the root borer, allowing them to stand
but two years will help to subjugate
the pest in any locality.
In the spring the muscles of a horse
are soft and they tire easily. Let them
take it easy until they become accus-
toned to work and then you can push
on the lines"
Paint, judiciously applied to farm i'm
plements, will give better returns than
when applied to buildings. Paint build
ings for appearances and implements
for durability.
The increasing price of fence posts,
and the decreasing supply is causing
men to reflect about the future post.
We will have to get some good substi-
tute or plant trees.
Potato scab can be largely prevented
by submerging the seed for two hours
or more in a formalin solution made
by dissolving one pint Of formaldehyde
in thirty gallons Of water.
Every farmer should have his seed
corn testing patch, on which competing
selections from his own fields and va
rieties secured elsewhere may be sub
jected to a careful field test under his
own eve
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Pumpkin Pudding

Press a pint of dry, cooked pumpkin
through & colander; let one-half pint
of milk get scalding hot and add to it
one-quarter pound each of butter and
granulated sugar; when the butter is
melted, beat in very gradually eight
eggs, which have been whipped until
very light, flavor with the juice of a
lemon, a grated nutmeg and a large
teaspoonful of powdered mace and Gin
namon mixed. Line shallow pudding
dish with good pastry, pour in the
pumpkin mixture and bake in a quick
oven. This is delicious
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08

when the hen has sprung it the door
falls and the opposite end to the screw
catches in an iron staple which pre-
vents it from being moved by the cap
tive hen.
The top Of the nests are provided
with n few Stats at the forward end
for light and ventilation, and each
compartment has q trapdoor hinged at
the top SO the hen can be removed from
the nest. The nest box is provided
with two screws at each side just for
ward from the middle. These rest on
blocks with a Vshaped top.
The nest is balanced SO the weight
IF len when she steps on the front
edge will tip it down, thereby releas-
Ing the wire end that holds the door
and allows it to fall. Two pieces Of
wire are used. One is made fast to
screw eye driven in the front edge Of
the box and extends up nearly to the
under side of the top, where a piece Of
cord is tied to it. The cord passes
through a screw eye and toward the
front Of the box, where, four inches
from the eye, it is tied to the longer
piece Of wire that extends to the door.
The wire and string are adjusted so
the front end of the wire passing
through hole in the board viii pro-
iect 4 quarter of an inch and support
the door. When the hen steps on the
box and drags the wire down that pulls
the long wire in and the door drops.
BY opening the trap door at the top it
is easy to set the door again.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
In the DAVIS Work.

81 see that Maxim Gorky is in Berlin
experimenting the production of his play
The Children of the Sum- said news,
paper correspondent. Later on he will
come to America and shall be glad tC
shake his thin, cold hand again.
Il met Gorky in Petersburg. He is
delightful. He told me that a Russian
soldier only gets about 81, or three rou'
bles. a year-say FIVE copecks a day.
"'During the war said Gorky, "a prl
vate soldier stole a shirt worth half
ruble, and was condemned to be shot.
"'As he was being led away TO death
his colonel met him.
".'Ivan, IVAN said the colonel re
proachfully, wat a fool you were to risk
your life for the sake of fifty copecks;
"."Colonel," Ivan answered. Il risk i
every day for FIVE copecks.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Carrots and Parsnfps,

An excellent mode of planting carrot
and parsnip seed is to drop the seed in
small quantity, six inches apart in the
the row. By this method the plants
will come up in stools, and can be
.hinned out of too thick, whereas if the
seed is scattered the plants may come
up struggling. as the seed does not ger
inmate very easily under adverse condi-
tons. Extra plants taken from the
rows may be planted elsewhere. The
seed drills do the work well in that
respect
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Chile Con Carne,

Cut two pounds cf steak .ato small
pieces and fry in dripping or butter.
Seed six chiles and cover with boiling
water, soak until tender, then scrape
the pulp into the water. When the
steak is done add -four to the fat in
the pan and brown it, stirring con-
stantly. Cover with the chile water.
add little garlic and thyme and sim
mer until the meat is tender and the
gravy thick and smooth.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Logic.

Two Irishmen were moving some kegs
of powder when one noticed that the 9TH
er was smoking, and the following con-
versation enSued: Look here" said one.
"ain't We got any better sense than to be
smoking whilst we're handling these ERE
kegs of powder? Don't you know that
there was an explosion yesterday which
blew up a dozen men?" Faith, but
that cud never happen here" replied the
other. why notT' 'Bekase there's
only two of us on this job.'-Graphic.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Rank of Sheen Industry.

Sheep and wool are the seventh lar
gest industry In the United States. The
number of sheep in the world is esti-
mated at 600,0O0,00O; of this number
one-third are claSsed merinos The
Leicester breed of sheep was founded
in 1902 by Lord Polwarth, of Mer-
toun. The Spanish merinos were first
imported into England by George III
In 1871. 1t is said that wooden goods
before the Christian era. The domes-
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
warning Apple Trees.

Apple trees are dwarfed by grating
them on trees Of the same general type
but of smaller stature. There are two
stocks in general use in Europe and
in this country. These are Paradise
and Doucin. Paradise produces fully
dwarfed apple tree Of very small size
The Doucin is a tree of intermediate
size, and therefore, does not dwarf
the stock SO emphatically as the Para
disc
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
French BeefsteaLS,

Place in roasting tin a piece Of
the best rump steak; dredge with -four,
pepper and salt; almost cover with wa
ter, roast for twenty minutes; then
cover with sliced onions, pepper, salt,
roast thirty minutes; cover with sliced
tomatoes, roast twenty minutes; then
sprinkle over with grated cheese,
roast again for ten minutes. Serve on
a hot dish, and if basted every ten
minutes previous to sprinkling on the
cheese it will be very tender and de-
ICiOus.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
IL. !.
How to nrON II Steer.

Here is a very simple but sure way
to throw a large or small steer. Use
rope, three-quarter inch, about % feet
long, is best passing one end Of the
rope around the steer, and tying in a
lard knot; pass the rope back and
around the body again In front of the
hips, passing the end of the rope under
the rope, SO as to form draw, extend
ing the end of the rope straight behind
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
blouse Moss"

One day mother said to her: Betsy,
you are getting very careless about your
work lately"
"Hoccum?" said Betsy, bridling
"Well, for one thing, about sweeping.
Now look at the nursery; you just give
it lick and a promise, and the work is
s'What, me, Mis- Thompson? 1 dun
sweep dat room cherry day dis week!
sho did, Mis- Thompson"
Now, Betsy" said mother, in her
most conciliatory tone, you know you
have been careless-just look at the dirt
under that bed"
Dirt" said Betsy quickly. Then
stopping down and looking under the
bed she broke into broad smile. 'Lor'
chile, OATS JUS house moss" -National
Magazine.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08

Scald one quart Of oysters in their
own liquor; remove them from tue
liquor; chop them small and rub them
through fine sieve; put two level
tablespoonfuls Of butter in pan, when
melted add two tablespoonfuls of flour i;
add one cupful of oyster liquor. the
oyster pulp, salt, pepper and paprika ;
just before serving add one cupful of
whipped cream, beating it well into the
soup.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08

taking DOan's Kidney Pills / passed
several gravel stones. l got well ard
the trouble has not returned. My back
is good and strong and my general
health better"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
A Parallel Ca Sc.

Nobody seems to want our territory
said exDelegate l.. S. Rodney of New
Mexico. and there is no telling where
we will have landed by the time the
statehood fight is settled. Our status
is as uncertain as that of an old negro
slave | once heard of. Somebody asked
him whom he belonged to. 'Ah don't
know, suh,' he replied; ole marse, he
upstairs playin' pokah.' "-Argonaut.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Red PepDer CafSun.

Take four dozen red peppers; put
on the fire in a quart of vinegar and
water each, with two roots of horse
radish grated and six sliced onions
Season with salt, pepper, spice and
mustard seed; boil ten minutes and
strain. Then add teacupful of brown
sugar, two ounces Of celery seed, one
of mace and pint of strong vinegar.
Boil one hour and bottle.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Chocolate Cake Filling,

Wet a half cake of grated vanilla
chocolate with three tablespoonfuls of
milk, rubbing them together, a little
at time, that they may be thoroughly
blended; heat the mixture into an egg
that has been whipped light with a cup
of powdered sugar, then cook in a
granite-lined saucepan until thick, stir
ring constantly.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Cream Wa#1eS

Beat two eggs with a pint Of sour
cream; add a teaspoon of soda, half
teaspoon of salt, with -four to make
thin batter. Pour in well-greased
waffle irons, bake brown, butter and
serve very hot.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Hickory Nut Kisses.

Whites Of six eggs beaten to a stiff
froth, on pound and one cup of pow
dered sugar, one cup of hickory nut
meants chopped and a piece of citric
acid the size Of a pea. Drop in tea
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Maple Cream Fudge,

Break pound of maple sugar into
bits and crush. Add to it q pint of
cream into which you have dropped a
pinch of soda. Put over the fire and
stir until the sugar is melted Boil,
stirring constantly, until a little drop
ped into cold water is brittle. Add a
tablespoonful of butter, and, when this
melts, pour into creased pans and mark
off into squares.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08

Sift one quart of -four; add half a
teaspoon Of salt, teaspoon Of sugar, a
tablespoon Of lard, one beaten egg, two
teaspoons of cream tartar, one of soda
and a pint of sweet milk. Mix to a
thick batter, drop in squares on a very
hot, creased griddle, and bake brown
on both sides Serve with butter and
honey
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08

The necessity of q continual water
supply for sheep is a much controvert-
ed point, says Farm and Live Stock
Journal. We are unable to find any
definite and decisive data on the ques-
ton and think it would MAKE a good
topic for our experiment stations.
There are many farmers who would
like to know whether the pasturing of
sheep at any or all seasons of the year
in lot where water is not accessible
is q losing practice. We believe that
experiments would prove that it is, as
We can see no reason why they are SO
different frGm other stock rs not to re-
pay attention to their water supply.
Buggy Steps for Harness Hooks.
Old buggy steps make good harness
hooks one gets at the stores, writes
socks one gets at the stores, writes
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08

ticated sheep we're first introduced in.
to America by the Spaniards about the
year 1900. The Robert Taylor clip OF
Montana. 100000 pounds, is the lar
gest clip in the United States raised by
one grower
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Pigeou's Long Memory.

A homing pigeon which was sent to
the Isle of Man two years and four
months ago returned TO its home, cote in
Blackburn the other day. 1t is the prop
erty of Sergt. Johnson. the Blackburn
coroner's officer.-London Daily Express.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08

and how to cure
them. Mrs. W. G.
Davis, of Groesbeck,
Texas, says: Back
aches hurt me so |
could hardly stand.
Spells of dizziness
and sick headache
were frequent and
the action Of the kid
neys was irregular.
Soon after | began
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Sympathetic Strike Is a Boycott.

The opinion of the circuit court of
Cook county, by Mack, j., holds that
the sympathetic strike is a boycott with
in the language of the Illinois statute
and it is the duty of a court of equity
In this state to enioin such boycott.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
A CRITICAL Period
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Dangers and Pain of This Critical Period
Avoided by the Use of Lydia f. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.

How many wo-
men realize that
the most critical
period in a wo-
mans existence
is the change of
life, and that the
anxiety felt by
women as this
time draws near
is not without
reason ?
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Many Worship Cobra.

In many provinces of India the cobra
is still worshiped, and not only wor-
SHIPPED, but pampered and protected.