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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-27
STORIES OF PLACES.
One Swineherd to a Village in Servia-'
Drying Milk in Australia.

In any Servian village there is only
one swineherd, and he leads all the pigs
Of the community. In the morning he
goes through the streets blowing his horn
and the pigs come out of their own ac-
cord and fall in behind him and follow
him to the pasture. At night he brings
them home and they dispense to their
sites in the same orderly way as they
pass the houses to which they belong.
They require no attention and no sim
Cling out.
Australia has adopted the system of
drying milk. The milk is dried between
steam rollers and sold as a powder, from
which nothing but water has been ex-
tracted and to which nothing but water
requires to be added to make whole
some, clean end sterile milk. A leading
medical officer is reported to have said
that the adoption of dried milk at some
of the asylums for consumptive patients
and in general hospitals has proved u
success.
This winter the Norwegians have va
ried the excitement of ski running by
yoking the runner to q motor cycle by n
long leather strap, which he grasps with
his left hand. The speed attained is
enormous and great skill is required to
avoid being pulled over, as the body is
apt to outrun the feet. The pastime is
growing very popular.-Chicago Daily
News
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-27
ATTACKED THE HEART
Awful Neuralgia Case Cured to Stay
Cured by DR.. Williams
Pink Pills.

Neuralgia in any form is painful but
when it attacks the heart il is frequently
ratal Complicated with indigestion Of
@ form that affected the vital organ it
threatened serious consequences III an in
stance just reported. The case is that of
Mr.. L. L. Graves, of Pleasanthill, La,
who tells of his trouble and cure as
follows:
q | travelled considerably, was exposed
to all kinds Of weather and was irregular
In my sleeping and eating. | suppose
this was the cause Of my sickness, at
any rate, III May, 1905, had got SO bad
that was compelled to quit work and
take to my bed / had q good doctor
end took his medicine faithfully but
grew worse. / gave up hope of getting
better and my ueighbOrs thought | was
surely going to die.
- had smothering spells that it is
awful to recall. My heart fluttered and
then seemed to cease beating. [ could
not lie OH my left side at all. My hands
ard feet swcllcd and SO did my face.
After reading about DR.. Williams Pink
Pills in a newspaper / decided to try
them and they suited my case exactly.
Before long I could see al improvement
and after taking few boxes L was en-
tirely cured. / am glad to make this
statement and wish it co1ld cause every
sufferer to try DIR. Williams Pink Pills, 4"
DR. Williams Pink Pills do not simply
deadeu pain; they cure the trouble which
causes the pain. They are guaranteed to
contain no narcotic, stimulant or opiate.
Those who take them run no danger of
forming any drug habit. They act
directly on the blood and it is only through
the blood that any medicine can reach
the nerves.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all
druggists or will be sent, postpaid, on
receipt Of price. 90 cents per box, six
boxes for 81 so, by the DIR. Williams Med
icine Co., schenectady, NY.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-27
HOPES THIS HOUSE WON'T BURN.
Newest Thing in Dwellings for Folks Who
Are Afraid of Fire

A house which is described as the
most remarkable dwelling in central New
York and probably the most indestruct-
ible" has been built recently by John IA
Osborn of Auburn.
1t appears that Mr.. Osborn has been
burned out twice and doesn't pine to add
a third experience of the sort, so he has
put up a REINFORCED concrete house.
for which the boast is made that it
could not be burned up. nor probably
blown up by anything but very ex-
ceptional charge"
The upper walls consist of four inches
of brick on the exterior, then eight inches
of concrete building blocks, then Il four
inch air space-heated in winter by "a
line of steam pipe-and a four-inch in
terror brick wall. The whole interior
structure is supported on the concrete
columns that rise from cellar to roof,
supporting the floor platforms.
Each concrete column has its spinal
core of twisted steel. Of the floors, not
only the main beams and lateral cross
beams are of steel concrete but the floor
areas themselves. Shafts three feet
square carry steam. water and lighting
pipes and various wires from cellar to
attic. The only combustible material
consists of wooden window and door
frames and the wainscoting of the dining
room and lower iloors.-New York Sun.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-27

The basis of a nations greatness to-
day is agriculture. Wherever a com
munity is devoted to development
along agricultural lines, there is found
progress and success along all other
lines of manufacture. Agriculture is Of
vast Importance to the manufacturing
world, and the demand of late years for
labor-saving machinery on the farm has
necessitated the employment of thou
sands of men. For these implement
plants, again, there is the requirement
for raw material. The employees of
these concerns demand articles which
require an infinite variety Of business
throughout the entire land, and so on.
until we can link to agriculture in one
long chain almost every kind of bust
ness known.
The last sixty years have been re-
markable ones in the development of
machinery for the farmers use Land
had to be titled, and experiments in
that line have led to wonderful results
Yet, viewing these to-day, we know that
1t IS possible that inventive skill will
In the next ten years bring forth new
ideas in labor saving machinery that
will alter conditions all over the world
The crudest implement of cultivation
originally was the plough. 1t comprised
simply the forked bough of q tree with
sharp point for share. a point of
attachment for the draft and a project
ing handle. Drawn by oxen or asses,
this was the primitive plough of 1000
years ago, as seen depicted on ancient
monuments in Asia Minor. To-day, this
same type is to be found in Egypt, In
dia and other Eastern countries. West
ern ingenuity has, however, modified
every part OF the implement. Steel has
been substituted for wood yet. strange
to say, there has been little variation
made in the general outline.
Some of the pioneer ploughs were of
wonderful construction. Often two
wheeled truck was used under the
beam. Among those who contributed
much to the improvement of the plough
was JethrO TuIl, who was in his time
an advanced exponent OF thorough Gull
tiyation. He is credited with having
introduced horseshoe tilIage into En-
gland. So much Importance did he at
tach to cultivation, that he considered
manure quite unnecessary. He dem
Onstrated the truth of his teachings by
raising wheat for twelve years in sue
cession on the same land, without any
diminution of yield IT was seen, how
ever, that his ploughs did not pulverize
the soil in the most economical manner.
The breaking of the furrow was at
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-27
SAY GAP0N IS HANGED
RUSSIAN CHURCHMAN KILLED BY
REvoLUTIONISTS.
Alleged to Have Acted as Spy for Police
and Mysteriously Disappeared
Former Colleagues Accused.

LONDON, April 23.-An extraordi-
nary story is published by the Manches-
ter Guardian today from correspondent
in Russia, asserting that Father Gapon
was hanged secretly April 10 by four
revolutionistS, who overheard him admit
that he was spying on his former revo-
lutionary colleagu in behalf OF the
Russian police.
1t was announced from ST. Petersburg
April is, that Father Gapon had myS-
teriously disappeared about a week pre-
viously and that his wife was greatly
alarmed. fearing foul play on the part
of his enemies, as the police insisted that
he had not been arrested and that they
knew nothing of his whereabouts.
The dispatch added that it was consid-
cred possible that GapOn had been kid
mapped by his enemies.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 23.-Thc
report that Father Gapon has been
hanged by revolutionists is not credited
here.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-27
a BUSY WOMAN
Can Do the Work of = or if Well
Fed.

Can Do the Work of if Well
Fed.
An energetic young woman living just
outside of New York writes:
81 am at present doing all the house
work of a dairy farm, caring for 2 chill
dren, vegetable and flower garden, a
large number of fowls, besides manag
ing an extensive exchange business
through the mails and pursuing my reg
ular avocation as writer for several
newspapers and magazines designing
fancy work for the latter and all the
energy and ability to do this / owe to
Grape Nuts food.
at was not always SO, and a year
ago when the shock of my nursing ba-
by's death utterly Frustrated me and
deranged my stomach and nerves SO
that / could not assimilate as much as
a mouthful Of solid food, and was in
even worse condition mentally, he
would have been q rash prophet who
would have predicted that 1t ever would
be so.
prior to this great grief l had suf-
fered for years with impaired digestion,
insomnia, agonizing cramps in the
stomach, pain In the side, constipation,
and other bowel arrangements, all these
were familiar to my daily life. Medi-
cines gave me no relief-nothing did,
until few months ago, at friends
suggestion, 1 began to use Grape-Nuts
food, and subsequently gave up coffee
entirely and adopted Postum Food COT
fee at all my meals.
To-day l am free from all the trou-
bles l have enumerated. My digestion
is simply perfect assimilate my food
without the least distress, enjoy sweet,
restful sleep, and have q buoyant feel
ing of pleasure In my varied duties.
In fact, ] am a new woman, entirely
made over, and l repeat, owe it all
to Grape-Nuts and Postum Coffee"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich.
There's q reason. Read the little
book, '"The Road to MELVILLE" in pigs
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-27
REUNION FOR THE GRAY.
Confederate Veterans Meet In New Or
leans Wednesday-Gen. Stephen D.
Lee Is Commander-in-Ch Chief.

NEW ORLEANS, La, April 23.-The
United Confederate veterans will meet in
sixteenth annual reunion in this city
Wednesday. 4 conservative estimate is
that 100000 visitors will be i'll New Or
leans during the week The United Sons
of Confederate Veterans will be in SEES
sion at the same time. The sessions of
the reunion will be held in the splendid
new auditorium erected for the occasion,
the interior of which will be aglow with
the flags of the Confederacy and stream
ers of red, white and blue. The conven-
ton will assemble Wednesday at noon.
and after addresses of welcome by the
mayor of New Orleans, representatives
of the various commercial bodies of the
city and the local Confederate camps.
response will be made by Gen. Stephen
ID. Lee, commander-in-chi The an
nual Grafton will be delivered by Judge
John b. CAN'T of Jefferson City Mo-.
Encouragement commanding the Missouri
division of the United Confederate Neter-
ans. The ball TO be given the same
night will be led by Gen. Stephen d.
Lee and Mrs. Gem Braxton Bragg.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-27
A Canadian Paradise.

Temagami is shaped like an octopus,
with long stretched-out arms, and it's
shores are indented with deep circling
bays, island strewn and eliminating in
sharp points and curves that add to
the beauty of this magical scene. 1.-THE
lake Of deep waters is the meaning
Of the Indian word, and they lie very
deep and cool in their bed of granite :;
in stiffness a perfect mirror, in storm
darkly menacing, with foam edged
waves showing fang-lke teeth
Being a hundred square miles In
area, Temagami forms one of Canada's
great natural reservoirs Mighty
rivers from the height of land to the
north flow into it, and it in turn feeds
the streams that flow southwark. car
rying their life-giving waters through
the forests to the peopled lands below.
There are 1,40O islands in the lake. and
the government has included the whole
area in a magnificent forest reserve of
a million and a half acres.-Four-
Track News.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-27
WOnlan's Trials.

The bitter trail in woman's life IS to
be childleSs. Who can tell how hard the
struggle may have been ere she learnt to
resign herself to her lonely lot? The alb
sence Of this link to bind marital life
together, the absence of this one pledge
to mutual affection Is a common disap-
pointment. Many unfortunate couples
become estranged thereby. Even if they
do not drift apart, one may read the whole
extent OF their disappointment in the eyes
of such childless couple when they rest
on the children of others. To them the
largest family does not seem too numerous.
In many cases of barrenneSS or child
lessness the obstacle to child-bearing is
easily removed by the cure of weakness on
the part of the woman. DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription has been the means Of
restoring health and fruitfulness to many
barren woman, to the great JOY Of the
househ old. In other, but rare cases, the
obstruction to the bearing Of children has
been found to be of a surgical character,
but easily removable by painless operative
gfcal Institute, Buffalo, n. Y, over which
DIR. Pierce of the vFavorite Prescription !"
fame presides. In all cases where chill
dren are desired and are absent, an effort
should be made to find out the real cause,
since it Is generally SO easily removed by
proper treatment.
In all the various weaknesses, displace-
ments, prolapsus, Inflammation and de-
bilitating, catarrhal drains and in all
cases OF nervousness and debility. DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription IS the most
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It has to its credit hundreds of thousands
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remedy put up for sale through druggists,
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the several schools of practice. All the
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on the wrapper enclosing the bottle, so
that any woman making use of this
famous medicine may know exactly what
she is taking. DIR. Pierce takes his pa
tients INTO his full confidence, which he
can afford to do as the formula after
which the wFavorite Prescriptions Is
made will bear the most careful exam
tnation.
Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
best ana safest laxative for women.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-27
TlLLMAN FOR PRESIDENT.
"Pitchfork" Is Latest Proposal as Roose-
velt's Successor-Offer Would
Not Be Refused.

WASHINGTON, d. c., April %
Has Senator Benjamin Tillman of South
Carolina been stung by the presidential
bee? 1t is asserted by some of the sen
ators that this busy little insect is buzz
ing about Tillman's head and that the
noise it is making is not at all disagree
able to him.
"All his actions" said a Republican
senator, indicate that Tillman is can
didate. He loses no opportunity to jump
into the arena as the champion of the
people. Apparently he is aiming to be-
come to the Democratic population what
Roosevelt is to the Republican masses.
He is doing everything possible to create
the impression that he is the real tribune
of the people"
1t is generally thought that if Judge
Parker's suggestion that southern man
be nominated is accepted, Tillman would
be willing to tackle the job.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-27
Chinese Football.

Football is no new game among the
Chinese. 1t is not, of course, played
according to association rules, but it re-
sembles in many ways the good old Eng
fish game A wicker basket is substitute
ed for the leather football and the object
of the game is to carry this basket into
the opponents end of the town. This is
often accomplished by stealth as well as
by brute force. There are no goals and
no half time" but the game is con-
tinued until one side has accomplished
its purpose, and often lasts for days.
The Captain.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-27

and then separates the wheat from the
chaff and straw. The horse as a mo-
tive power in the wheat districts of the
Western States required that enormous
stables be kept up.
The ploughs, drills, harrows and
threshers are built in various sizes for
teams of from two to sixteen horses
Sixteen-horse ploughs are by no means
uncommon. the main idea being to op-
crate large areas in the shortest time
possible. Very large farms are oper-
ated il sections of about two square
miles, each having its own supply of
horses, machinery and laborers. On
each section about twenty four-horse
ploughs are sent out in gang. one
following close behind the other. When
harvesting comes, as many as twenty
self-binding harvesterS will work to-
gether in one section. But it is when
the giant heading and threshing ma
chimes are in use that the biggest num-
Der of horses is required, the driver on
the high driving seat often having fifty
horses under his control. The NAM
moth "header' cuts a swath of fifty
feet, and will cover one hundred acres
of land in a day.
Mowers are machines which have to
stand very hard usage, and are conse-
quently carefully built and rigidly
braced. On many farms roots, stumps,
bitches and burrows have to be encoun-
tered and gone over. The cutter bar is
made of a solid steel slab, and fastened
to it are guards made Of malleable iron,
which may bend at times, but which
cannot break.
The hay loader is another machine
that has helped to revolutionize prim-
tive farming. Two men on a wagon,
with a machine, can load a ton in five
minutes. It's extraordinary capacity for
elevating hay affords facility for secur-
ing hay which, under the old style of
hand labor, in stormy weather would
frequently be lost.
And now the Western farmer has
progressed still another stage in adj
vance Of the reaping sickle of his fore
fathers He has substituted the steam
and gasoline engine in place of horses
to draw his machinery. Of course the
small steam engine has long been in
use to haul farm machinery along the
country highways, sometimes for
ploughing purposes when the engine
winds in a cable but the Western
tractor" does far more important
work. In it's wide tires lies one of the
secrets of it's strength. They gain a
grip on the sOftest road, so that the
wheels cannot slip under the heaviest
load. In California, where the clay is
stiff, from fifteen to twenty ploughs are
hitched up behind the tractor The
engineer pulls his controlling lever, and
the plough rolls slowly forward over
the Stubbe. When the wheels have
taken a good grip, the engineer pulls
his chunks of soil into small pieces.
The machine harrows the field with a
special harrow about ten times the or
binary size, covering some $50 square
feet of ground, armed with teeth biting
to a depth of six inches. With such a
harrow dragging behind, the tractor
covers twenty to twenty-five acres in
the hour.
When the time for reaping the har-
vest field arrives, the tractor draws the
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-27
GLASS HOUSES.
Unique Structures of Glass Being Built
in Des Moines.

Frank G. Perkins, in his article
Modern American Glass Houses" in
the Technical World Magazine, makes
the following statement in regard to the
structural characteristics of these odd
edifces:
a glass wall is of very light weight
compared with one of masonry. Fire
damage would be local and easily re-
paired, experience showing that the wire
glass prevents the spread of fire, though
the glass itself is shattered. With this
construction, however, replacing mate
rial is easier than would be the reglaz-
ing of window of the same size. The
expense of glass wall is some less than
that of q brick wall, and lacks all the
disadvantages of the latter. being much
lighter in weight, allowing a soft light
TO penetrate through and having sur
face which is self-cleaning in wet wealth
o. and which, in the case of tall build
ings in cities, reflects light to the lower
portions at the sidewalk"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-27
The Ideal Clothing.

In Montana, along the line of the
Great Northern Railroad, pelting rain
was falling one November day Inside
the section house, the rusty soft coal
stove, setting in its box of sawdust,
was red with heat. Two section hands
came in, dripping like the proverbial
rats, and proceeded to stand as close
to the stove as they we'll could without
being scorched Shortly clouds of steam
assembled from their soaked clothing,
and the small room soon resembled a
vapor bath.
Il tell you, Mike" said one as he
squeezed the water from the hem of
his trousers, "overalls is the things to
wear. fer no matter how wet they are,
they are soon dry"
Nav. Jawn, mackinaws is the byes,' y
replied the other, as he looked down
with satisfaction at his plain suit of
thick wooden. ''Mackinaws is the only
clothes, fer when ye are wet and cold,
they kape We so warrum and dhry."
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-27
OHIO STRIKERS ARE vICToRs.
Courts Hold Persuading Men to Leave
Jobs Is Lawful.

CINCINNATI, O., April 23.-The in
junction against interference by strikers
with those taking their places was dis
missed by the superior court. In delin-
ing an unlawful persuasion, which was
forbidden, Judge Hosea held the strikers
to Il stringent Interpretation of the term
and forbade them persuading men to
have by promise of employment else
where their transportation expenses TO
be paid. Judge Hosea held that this was
unwarranted interference with the con
tract rights of the employer and his
nonunion employees. Because of such
conduct Business Manager Henry Hin
nenkamp and Vice President John
O'Leary of the union were held to be
in contempt of court and fined $3.50
each. The superior court finds that nei-
Their was guilty of contempt 1t is held
that there was no coercion, no intimida-
ton, and that the men acted always en-
tirely within the powers of their indiyid-
ual will