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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH TREE.
1t Is the Cherry and Is Found Wherever
South Germans Settle.

In late April the countryside in south
eastern Pennsylvania is everywhere
white with cherry bloom, says indoors
and Out. Here and there are old trees
3 and even 4 feet in diameter, all but
dead, but still putting out lush bloom
from two to three branches; trees whose
height and spread and girth would al
most persuade us that they were the first
seedlings from the cherry orchards and
cherry lanes of our German ancestors.
The gardens of old Germantown were
thick planted with the many sorts of
cherries dear to the hearts of South Ger
mans; the lanes of old Germantown were
cherry lined, and thence for generations
on generation cherries had been bird
sown over the surrounding hills.
There is hardly a township i'll the tier
of German counties of Pennsylvania that
has not its Cherry hill or Cherry valley,
and in the German counties nearer Phil
adelphia, and between the Delaware riv-
er and Mason and Dixon's line you will
find many places named from the South
Germans favOrite tree.
There IS scarcely n cultivated township
in this district in which the cherry is
not a conspicuous tree. 1t has followed
the Pennsylvania Dutch in their spread
westward, and wherever there are Ger
man communities in Ohio, Indiana, Him
OILS and Iowa you will meet with cult,
waited cherries about the farmhOuses and
along the fences.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25
Why the Hair Turns Gray,

The color Of the hair depends on lit
tie granules, which can be seen if the
hair be examined under a powerful mi
croscope, says St Nicholas. Sometimes
the hair may become white in a night.
Brown-Sequard tells US that when he
was 40 years old his beard turned white
in two days. This took place when he
was perfectly we'll and without any
especial cause. Sometimes, however,
sorrow or illness produces the change
earlier in life than it would usually
take place.
AS to the cause, some have said that
the hair becomes filed with small air
particles which make it look gray; 9TH
ers have said that the outer part of
the hair becomes altered so that it is
like ground glass and you cannot see
the color. But man by the name Of
Metchnikoff tells US that the real rea-
son is because small movable bodies in
the hair devOur the grains of coloring
matter and move them to the root of
the hair. Sometimes poisons in dis
ease, or some result of sorrow, bring
about an effect upon these small mi
grating bodies (cells), causing them to
become active in the above fashion.
That is said to be the reason why the
hair grows gray.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25

mento mort over the door where the
dreadful tragedy Of the LyncAeS was
acted in 1893. If Galway s the G2a,ue
Of COnnaugLt James Lynch tfc:Stt-
phen, the mayor, may be consi 1o:.ce, rs
the LuciuS JUniu> BrUtuS thereof.
Lynch had Z son w,:0 went 10 Spain
rs master OF one Of his fathers ships,
and being OF wild. eXtravaganC lG"A,
there contracted debts. drew bills and
alarmed his fathers correspondent.
who sent clerk aid nephew OF his
own back in young Lynch's ship to
Galway to settle accounts. On the fiji
teenth day young Lynch threw the
Splnard overheard. Coming back to
his own country, he reformed his life
little and was on the point Of marrying
one OF the ElakeS. Burkes or BoGsljas
or others. when Il seaman who had
sailed with him, being on the point d
death, confessed the murder N which
he had been 4 participation.
'IIereon the father, who was chief
magistrate Of the town. tried his son
and sentenced him 70 death. ana when
the elan Lynch rose in 4 body to res
cUe the young man and divert such 4
disgrace from the family it is said that
Titzstephen Lynch hanged the Culprit
with his own hands. \ tragedy called
The Wa. den of Galway has been
written on the subject and was acted
a few nights before my arrival. New
York Times
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25
THE PERSISTENT GIPSIES.


Such as wake on the night and sleep
on the day, and haunt taverns and ale
houses, and no man wot from whence
they come nor whittier they CO. So
quantity describes an old English stat
ute against the Gipsies. Ever since
the year $780, says writer in the Lon
don Standard, Great Britain has tried
to get rid of this strange people with
out appreciate success. Every year or
so some county is up In arms against
them, yet they persist in returning, and
apparently thrive under persecution.
The Gipsies are popularity supposed
to come originally from Egypt, as their
name indicates, but their origin is
traced farther east than the land of
the Nile. Wherever they come from,
they are a separate people, tribe quite
by themselves.
They appeared in England about
1908, and twenty-six years later Henry
VIII. ordered them to leave the coun-
try in sixteen days, taking all their
goods with them. IAN outlandish peo-
pie" he called them. The act was in
effectual, and in 1862 Elizabeth framed
a still more stringent law, and many
were hanged.
But what numbers were executed"
says one old writer, yet notwithstand-
ing. all would not prevaile. but they
wandered as before, uppe and downe."
They got into Scotland and became an
intolerable nuisance. Both in that
country and in England legislation
proved quite Intellectual. The acts
gradually fell into oesuetude. Under
George ". all that was left of the ban
against the Gipsies was the mild law
that any person telling fortunes shall
be deemed a rogue and 4 vagabond."
"Gipsies are no longer prescribed
class" says a recent writer. Probably
the modern Gypsy does little evil be-
yond begging and petty theft. but his
determination not to work is as strong
rs ever. and it seems curious that an
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25
WEIGHING TIE WORLD.

Of the The World To-
Day Tells How 1t VIII be Done.
Science is dissatisfied with the &c
certed figures Of the earth's weight.
They are considered i triie antique for
u twentieth century standard Ameri-
cans are to lead the way in weighing
the world once more, writes Perez
Trenchard in The World To-Day.
1t may sound absurd TO some to speak
of weighing the great earth and yet it
has been done and is to be done again
More than half a century ago Dendu-
lums were swung, under Airy's direc-
ton, at the top and bottom OF an Eng
lish coal pit The comparison OF their
times Of swing showed how heavy the
whole earth was compared with the
outermost thin shell. 4 She'll OF the
thickness of the depth OF the coal pit
Since geoio@isJs we're able to give 4
fair estimate Of the weight OF this sur
face shell. the weight OF the entire
earth became mere matter OF multi
plication.
The same experiment is to BE repeat
ed by Il scientific expedition from the
Survey Departmental Washington. Pen
dulums are to be swung at the apex
Of the great pyramid and in the cham
bers at it's center and base. IRON the
swing Of these pendulums the compara-
tive weights Of the earth and of the
pyramid can be learned. and the weight
of the pyramid having been estimated,
the weight of the world will be, as in
the case Of the Airy experiment. a mere
matter of multiplication.
All this may be a little puzzling to
the lay mind. but the explanation is not
difficult Asked to describe the method
of weighing the world in plain I'M
technical language an official of the
Survey Department said:
The principe is that the weight of
q body is proportionate to the atuac-
ton which it eXerts. BY the pull that
the sun exerts over the earth as shown
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper Will be pleased
to learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has ben able to cure In
all It's stages, and that Is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
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upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
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prOprietors have so much faith In Its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
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Send for list OF testimonials.
Address f. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25
PRINCE TO SAIL SKIES
JAIME AND EXPERT TO CROSS 3. =
TIC FROM ENGLAND.
Trip of a Thousand Miles to Be Latest
Stunt of Many Others Performed
by Blue Blood.

NEW YORK. May 21.-The Uerald's
London correspondent says that more
remarkable than any feat of aerial navi-
cation on record is Il balloon trip to be
made from London this week by Prince
Jaime, son of Don Carlos. the pretender
to the Spanish throne, and Baron Josef
Won Korwin. lieutenant in the Aus
trian army.
The aeronautS will attempt to cross
the Baltic sea to some point i'll Austria.
covering distance approximately of
1000 miles. The expedition will be with
out q parallel, the nearest approach be
ing Il voyage made by COmte de IN
NauiN, from Paris to Kieff in Russia
during the Paris exposition. Baron Kor-
win explained that the balloon will be in
iated with pure hydrogen. The balloon
and its equipment weighs 900 pounds.
and ballast 1000. while the human
weight will be 300.
The trip is planned i'll the interest of
the Austrian government. Prince Jaime
is a brother of Archduchess Blanca of
Austria. During the Russo-Japansse
war he fought for the Gar, subsequently
being decorated for gallantry. Baron
kOrwin has made 1000 ascents and $50
voyages during the last ten years. He
is the head of the balloon department in
the Austrian army.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25
COLLECTING DOUBLE.
When the Minister Had the Huck-
ster Mt His Mercy.

Gov. Blanchard, Of Louisiana, was
describing the precautions that a Ger
tain veteran physician had taken
against the spread of contagious dis
ease.
knowing the people he had to deal
WITH" Gov. Blanchard said, ''he saw
that his rules were carried out before
one of these people left their homes.
They had tricl1ed him in the past. He
would not be tricked again. He was
like the Camden clergyman of my boy
hood.
''This clergyman once married GER
tain huckster who, after the ceremony,
declared he was unable to pay the
wedding fee, and so, willy nilly, the
clergyman had to let HIM off.
Some years later the good man
found the same huckster before him
with another woman. His first wife
had died. Now he desired to yoke with
a second.
The minister was willing enough to
remarry the man, but this time he
would take precautions.
$50 leading the bridegroom to one
side, he held out his hand and said in
a low voice:
"'My fee
ooh, yes, Of course, said the buck
ster, confusedly, and he placed a bank
note In the clergyman's palm.
""Thank you said the clergyman,
with q bland smile. That is for the
first time. Now we will have the fee
for this occasion, please.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25
OF THE OLD SCHOOL.
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The educational system Of to-day has
not a monopoly OF wisdom. Several
centuries before the words child psy-
ChOlOgy" were heard a worthy school
master and sage wrote down theories
upon the instruction of the young
which are more In accord with the
principles of the present time than
with the methods of the rod and ruler
prevailing forty or fifty years ago. At
q recent book auction q volume was
sold for two hundred and twenty-five
dollars. The book was Roger Ascham's
The Schole Master, or PLANE and per-
fife way of teaching children to under
stand, write, and speak, the Latin
Tonge." 1t was printed by John Daye
of London In 1911.
If child doth WE'LL" says the gen
tie ''schole master" praise him and
say, Here we do WE'LL For | assure
you there is no such milestone to shar-
pen a good wit and encourage a will
to learning as is praise. l know by
good experience that a child will take
more profit Of his faults gently warned.
/ now declare at large that love IS
better than fear, and gentIeness bet
ter than beating. to bring a child up
rightly in learning.
Yet some men will say that chill
dren, of nature, love pastime and mis-
like learning. because one Is easy and
pleasant and the other hard and weari-
some. Which is an opinion not SO true
as some men ween. For the matter
lieth not SO much in the disposition
of them that be young as in the order
and manner of bringing up of them
that be old.
The clean, pure wit of a sweet young
babe is, like the newest wax, most able
to receive the best and fairest print
ing. Therefore to the goodness of ma
ture should be Joined the wisdom of
the teacher in leading young wits into
right and plain ways Of learning.
THE schoolhouse should be counted
as sanctuary against fear"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25

by the earth'S motion, we estimate that
it's attraction is 352,2SO times as great
as the earth's and therefore that the
suns mass is that many times greater
than the mass of the earth. Knowing
the weight of the earth it is easy to
estimate the weight of the sun by this
method of comparison. In the same
way the weight of Jupiter, Saturn, We
nus. Neptune or any other planet may
be ascertaned by comparison with the
weight of the sun, baSing the calcula-
tions on the amount of attraction the
sun exercises over these planets. But
first the earth's weight must be esti-
mated to form a basis for the other
calculations.
"The same principle is applied. The
pyramid will be used as d basis for the
first estimate. \ plumb-bob will be
swung from the apex Of the pyramid,
observation and calculation will deter
mine the force of the attraction of the
small body, namely, the pyramid for
the plumb-bob and the greater attrac-
ton of the large body, the earth, for
the plumb-bob. The weight of the py
ramid having been estimated, the
weight of the earth will be calculated
by multiplying the pyramids weight
by the number Of times the attraction
of the earth for the plumbbob is great
er than the attraction Of the pyramid
for the plumb-bob. From the standard
thus fixed the weight Of all other bodies
in the solar system can be estimated.
Here are some old figures for you;
the number of cubic miles in the earth
is about 259, sOO,OOOOOo; each cubic
mile contains IA, 20O,OOOOOO cubic feet
and each cubic foot, upon the average,
weighs SGT times as much as a cubic
foot of water, or 354 pounds, ounces
avoirdupois. Figure it out for your
self"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25
Handle Work with Gloves.

~ hope" said the woman who was
ordering q pair of slippers made of
Powered satin, that you will tell your
workman to wash his hands before he
begins to make these up
Wash his hands! ~ repeated the
clerk. why, madam, ne never will
touch these with his bare hands,"
Then the clerk explained that all
workmen employed in making slippers
OF light colors worked with white gloves
on.
Try to keep them clean" he contin-
ued. L should say they did. They
try so hard that they change their
white gloves three times day Which
is not SO fantastic as it may seem, for
If a shoemaker soils material of this
kind the expense to him of replacing
the material. to say nothing of the loss
of his time. makes it worth his while
to work in gloves and keep them clean
at that.-New York Press.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25
A LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES.
Inducements Held Out by weStcruI
tausia Are Powerful

Inducements Held Out by WeStcrn
Canada Are Powerful
\ recent number of the Winnipeg
(Manitoba) Free Press contains an ex-
cellent article on the prospects in West
ern Canada, Il portion of which we are
pleased to reproduce
The agents of the Canadian Govern
ment. located at different centres in the
States, will be pleased to give any fur
Their information as to rates, and hcwl
to reach these lands.
Just now there is Il keencr interest
than ever before ON the part of the
outside world III regard to the claims
Of the Canadian West as field of set
tlement. At no previous time has there
been such 4 ru5h Of immigration. and
the amount Of information distributed
broadcast is unpvcgpdcntCdly great.
In the majority of the States of the
Union and in Great Britain the npror-
tunities for home-m&king and tho
achieving CT even modest compctruce
are at the best limited Moreover. ac-
cordinS TO the social ana Industrial con.
dltionS prevalent i'll those communities,
thy future holds out no promise of bet
to- things 1t is not strange. then. that
energetic young men should turn their
eyes to Canada'S great wheat belt.
where every man can pursue fortune
without the hindrance of any discour-
aging handicap.
The inducements held out by West
ern Canada are powerful and made
manifest by the great movement now
In progress. That the prospects are
considerably more than reasonably GER
tain is borne out by the history of the
country and its residents. The prom
Use Of gain is powerful, but when added
to it there is the prospect of CORE
spending social and civil elevation, 1t
should prove Irresistible to young men
of a particularly desirable class for
any new country.
The Canadian West is alive with op-
portunties for the young man who
aims at becoming more than Il mere
atom in the civil and national fabric
Some of the eager young fellows, who
arrive on the prairies daily. are des-
tined to become more than merely pros
porous farmers. In the near future
great municipal and Provincial develop
ment will be in the hands of the peo-
pie. The stepping stone to both tinan-
cial prosperity and civil prominence is,
and will be, the farm. For every pro-
fessional opening there are hundreds
of agricultural openings. The Cana
dian prairies are teeming with oppor-
tunities for the honest and industrious
of all classes, but they are specially
inviting to the ambitious young man
who seeks field for the energy and
ability which he feels inherent within
him. The familiar cry of Back to the
soiln is more than a vain sounding
phrase when applied to Western Can
ada"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25
AGAINST SUNDAY BURIAL.
Presbyterian General Conference Ex-
presses Views-To Collect 100000
for Frisco Churches.

DIES MONIES, Ia, May 21.-The
Presbyterian general assembly, in an
nual session here today, unanimously
adopted a resolution calling on the Pres
byterian churches of America to raise
$500, 900 for relief of churches which
suffered from the San Francisco disaster.
The third Sunday in June, or as soon
thereafter as possible, is the date fixed
for taking up collections in every church.
On the overture of the presbytery of
Topeka, Kan, protesting against Sunday
funerals, the assembly disapproves all
work on the Sabbath and requests all
ministers and members to aid in dimin-
ishing Sunday funerals, except where abb
solutely necessary.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25
FIRST CASE OF LYNCH LAW.
Hanging of a Murderer by His Heels
in the West of Ireland


SO many different versions and ex-
plantations Of the term lynch law have
at various times been given and occa-
sionally are even yet added to, that it
dent which has since given a name to
so many calamitous occurrences not
only in our land but on occasion also
in that of others.
The very name of Lynch" gives the
direct clew to the land Of its origin
Ireland. And when We recall the fact
that during the latter part Of the sew
enteenth century there was compare
lively a large immigration from the
north of Ireland and the south of
Scotland, coming as settlers to the Car
olinas, from which much of this ma
terial spread westward into Kentucky
and Tennessee, and, realizing the
tenacity with which these peoples hus
band. nourish and perpetuate their
folklore and traditi9ns, it needs only
to relate the incident which Thackeray
In his Irish Sketch Book graphically
recounts to show how natural it was
to apply the memories and such a term
to the individual exercise of justice
and punishment
Thackeray. in the book referred to
and in chapter l, which treats of Gal
way, thus speaks Of an occurrence
within its precincts which in 1872
and probably does to this day-bore
the grewsome ''memento" so grimly de-
scribed in the words following:
Then there is Lombard street, 9TH
erwise called Deadman's lane, with a
;:w lad and crossbones and a me-
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25
Ben Buffers Way.

The last time Gen. Butler was in
Washington he was closeted with Sena-
tor Eaton. He held some papers in his
hand IN such q way that an underscored
marginal note, Insult the judge"
caught Eaton's eye, and he was asked
what it meant.
Its a case before Judge Shaw" But
Ter replied. eff | can only rouse his in
he is so just-painfully just
that he will give me the case for fear he
is being biased against me by his per-
sonaI feelings"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25

industrial people like ours continues
to tolerate a horde of professional
ldlers. How numerous the horde is
may be gathered from the fact that the
number who wintered in Surrey one
year was estimated at ten thousand.
The language as we'll as the life Of
the Gypsy tribe has a tenacity of it's
own. Many Of their words have taken
firm hold in half-slang, half-permissi-
bic way. Shaver is the Gypsy word for
child. Pal is pure Gypsy. Codger means
a man. Cutting up is Gypsy for quar-
reling, and cove stands for that fell
low
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25
ROYAL Treasures Found in Brazil.

In looking for some old documents the
director Of the treasury at Rio de Japeird
recently made an astonishing discovery.
He found in a box which apparently
had not been disturbed for many years
gold, silver and diamonds to the value OF
at least 100000. Among the treasures
is an imperial crown, and scepter, as
well as an imperial cloak, with gold bor-
der.
The box is said to have stood in the
treasury since 1S30.-Jewelers' Circular
Weekly.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25
sucCoRS WOUNDED ANT.

Lord AvellnG Convinced! shat .l,e In
sect IS Possessed OF fLeaSon.
Lord Aveling, better known rs ST"
John Lubbock, the famous scientist,
writes: I'm one of my nests was an
ant which had come into the world
without antennae. Never having pre-,
viously met with such a ease, l watch,
ed her with great interest, but she new,
er appeared to leave the nest. Al
length one day l found her wandering
about in an aimless sort OF manner, APP
parently not knowing her way at ALL
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25
PIRATES GET BRITISHER.

GIBRALTAR. May 21.-The British
vessel Felucca Consueio has been cap
tured off the Anghera coast by pirates,
who are adherents of the original bri-
gand chief Valiente. The sum of $4,000
is demanded as ransom for the vessel
and the release of her crew.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-25
France Lacks Fire Protection.

With the exception of the larger towns
the precautions against fire in France
are remarkably inadequate. Many towns
of from 500 to 5000 people have no wa
ter supply other than ordinary wells,
operated generally by bucket draws in
stead of pumps, and no fire apparatus
except a hand force pump such as is
uspd by contractors.