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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-09-09
lost and Found.

Lost, between $50 p. M. Yesterday and
noon today, bilious attack, with nausea and
sick headache. This loss was oecasioned by
finding at f. 8. Leadbeater q Sons drug
store a box Of DIR. Kings New Life Pills.
Guaranteed for billiousness. malaria and
jaundice. 25c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-09-09

Trial Caiarrh treatments are being mailed
out free. on request, by DR.. Shoop, Raclue'
Wis. These tests ase proving to the people
scientific prescription known to druggists
everywhere as DR.. Shops Catarrh Remedy
Sold by E. s. Leadbeater d Sens.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-09-09

Tor RENT.-Seeord story FLAT Of ave
I rooms suitable for light housekeeping, TO
small family. Inquire at the premises, north
east corner Of Queen and West streets.
eept9 tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-09-09
MEANING nANCE on THE SEASON

The Alexandria Dancing Club will give
the first dance Of the season at Odd Fellows
Hall, on north Columbus street, TUESDAY
EVENING, September I6th. sepI -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-09-09
Local Matters.
Sun and Tide Table.

suu rises tomorrow at 5:36 a. m. and sets
at 600 p. m. High water at $40 a. m' anu
Q.A2 ID. LII.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-09-09

Now is the time to put your lights in order
for the fall.
Welsbach Gas Lights, complete, at Zoe.
The new style Inverted Lights, complete
at $1.25.
Gas Nantes at 10c, 15c and 25c.
Jelly Glasses, for lOc.
Jar Tops, 25c dozen.
Jar Rubbers, &c and lOc dozen.
Quart Mason Jars, DC each.
Half-gallon Mason Jars, &c each.
Tin Cans, with sealing strings, 45c Dozen
Parafine Wax at 15c cake.
Sealing Wax, sc stick.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-09-09
Weather Probabilities.
PRIMARY ELECTION.

For this section, probably showers tonlght
q ID Tuesday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-09-09

Ousters fried, stewed or raw. Fried clans.
Hard shell crabs. Clam Soup three times a
weeL. Stews of all kinds. Q. ii. thinner
man. Market Space. feb 26u
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-09-09

For price and terms on
above properties apply to
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-09-09
JOHND. NORMOYLB

Room 3, Alexandria Natl Bank Bldg.
N. e. Cor. King and Royal Streets
Bell Phones 224. Capital City Phone i2'
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
BAKER WAS POISONED.
Young Man Whose Will His Rel
ativeS Contest.

BOSTON, Mass, Nov. 30.-POisoning
by arsenic caused the death of Walter
e. Baker of Wellesley. Mass, at Bogo-
ia, n. j., last month, according to a re-
port forwarded to Bakers relatives to-
day by experts.
In view of this finding the Baker fami
ly has been urged to continue inyestiga
ton of the theory of murder and Judge
Grant of the local probate court has APP
pointed George Il. Blinn of Boston to be
special administrators of the estate of
young Baker, who was wealthy.
Edward Baker, the brother of the de-
ceased, is cOntCSting Il will which was
executed a short time before young Bak-
err died.
Mr.. Bakers death occurred at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hurd,
with whom he had lived short time.
and according to the terms of the Will
about one-third Of his estate was given
to Natalie Hurd and special gifts were
made to Mr.. and Mrs. Hurd. One-tlrd
was given to two sons of his brother Ed
ward and the residue of the estate to
Harvard.
According to the New Jersey authori-
ties Bakers death was due to pneumo-
MIA. Edward Baker ordered an autopsy.
The chemists report is that arsenic was
discovered in every organ III the body
and declares the belief that the poison
was administered in small doses from
time to time.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
RICH ITALIAN IN PERIL
PITTSBURGER FINDS DYNAMITE
BOMB ON HIS PORCH.
BLACK Hand" Society Sends Repeated
Demands for $4,000 Under Penalty
of Death to Joseph Ballagha.

PITTSBURG. Pa. Nov. 30.-Dyna-
mite encased IN piece of lead pipe, to
which long lighted fuse had been al
tached, was discovered on the porch of
Joseph Battagalia's home early this
morning. Only the failure of the fuse
to burn properly prevented an explosion
which would have blown not only the
one house into atoms but several others
in the neighborhood. 1t is supposed to
have been the work of "Blackhand"
members.
Battaglia is one of the wealthiest Ital-
ianS i'll this city
During the last two months. from
time to time. Battaglia has received let
tiers bearing the skull and crosshoncs
and demanding that he deliver $4,000
to an agent of the society. There have
been ten of these communications in all
and they have been sent from New
York. Buffalo and Pittsburg. In none of
the letters has there been any date or
place mentioned as when or where de-
livery of the tribute was to be made.
Two letters from New York told him
he was a marked man. that he had in
Cured the enmity of the "Blackhand"
society and that he could escape the
death penalty only by paying $4,000.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
wheat in the Cotton Belt.

The first week in November is early
enough to SOW wheat throughout the
middle portion of the cotton belt. This
crop often succeeds well sown as late
as Dec. 1, provided the conditions shall
be favorable for termination for two
weeks after sowing (not too cold and
wet). Land covered with a thick
growth of grass or other vegetation is
not considered the best condition for
wheat, for the reason that wheat likes
a compact, smooth surface soil. Turn
your land well, then harrow, then roll
with heavy roller, then SOW the seed.
A one or one and a half ton roller run
over a freshly plowed surface once or
twice will compact the three or four
inches of surface soil. The wheat seed
should then be put in with regular
wheat drill, says Southern authority.
I would not apply less than 400 pounds
Of fertilizer per acre and would prefer
500 to 600 pounds unless the land be
already rich. I recommend this for
mula: Two hundred pounds acid phos-
Dhate, 400 pounds of cottonseed meal
and so pounds of murlate of potash
per acre, supplemented with top
dressing of so to rs pounds Of nitrate
of soda in March If the appearance of
the plants seem to indicate the need
of more nitrogen.-EXchange
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06

1t may not be generally known, but
many twig diseases of trees are spread
by the pruning tools. One very sue
cessful nurseryman dips his pruning
knives and saws in a solution
Of carbolic acid before beginning to
prune another tree, so if any germs
are on the tool this treatment will de
stroy them. AS soon as wound is
made it is a good idea to disinfect and
paint it to keep out the moisture. There
is danger Of trees contracting disease,
as the germs enter the wounds and dis
eased places result, or the exposed parts
will begin to decay as soon as the mois-
ture gets a hold.-AppIe Specialist
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
SnrnTinG POtafoes.

Careful potato growers can no longer
doubt the advantages of spraying in
blight" years; but some doubt whether
the practice is profitable year after
year Tests along this line have been
continued for five years by the Expert
ment Station at Geneva; and the evil
dence presented in Bulletin No. 300,
giving details Of the fifth years test
and summaries of preceding ones, seems
conclusive in favor of the practice.
The gain each year has been profitable;
and there is already much more than
enough excess Of gain over cost to pay
for spraying five years more. Similar
gains, though not quite so great, were
obtained by farmers under tests care
fully checked By the station and by
much larger number Of farmers who
SPRAYED independently.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
LUMBER JACKS UNIQUE FAD.
Men from the Woods Wear T1ntypes
in Gilt Frames ON Their Coats.

Men from the Woods Wear T1ntypes
in Gilt Frames ON Their Coats.
What does a lumber jack want Of a
little round tintype Of himself in a
near-gilt frame to pin on his coat?
What does an elephant want of mill
tary hair brush? In the latter case
he doesn't, but in the former he thinks
he does. Ask the man who is taking
the tintypes down on Bridge square
If you want to-he doesn't know. 1t
isn't exactly wise to ask the lumber
jacks, for they aren't feeling any too
meek and mild these days, says the
Minneapolis Journal.
When you have S175 or 5000 to spend
in two weeks and theaters and clothes
and other things are not for you, when
you are so constituted that you
wouldn't think of wandering above
Washington avenue-well, maybe that
answers the question Of what the Ium-
b~r jack wants with a tintype of him
self to pin on his coat. Whether they
want them or not, they are buying
them
1t seems to be part Of this years
initiation ritual into the ranks of the
lumber jacks to wear a tintype In q
near-gilt frame pinned on your coat. In
this case the spruce young man with
the machine, which looks like a pocket
edition telescope and IN which the pic
lures are turned out, is the initiator,
and for his services the unorganfzed
order of lumber jacks pays him on an
average of 20 cents a minute. For
fashion is fashion, even among lumber
jacks, and with tintypes-gilt frame
and all coming at 10 cents each-they
line up and get through with it as fast
as possible.
But even admitting that they want
tfntypes in gilt frames, what reason
they have for holding their hands In
front of their faces while the pictures
are taken has got even the policemen
on the beat puzzled.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
An Electrical Plant.

a plant has been discovered in Mica
ragua which appears to lie charged
with electricity. If one Of It's branches
is touched with the naked hand a dis
tinct shock similar TO that produced by
q battery is felt Its influence upon a
magnetic needle is noticeable at a dis
lance Of half dozen yards, and as
one gets nearer the plant this fnfu-
ence increases If the instrument Is
placed in the center of the bush 1t win
assume a circular movement The IN
tensity Of the influence manifested
seems to depend upon the time Of day.
Kansas City Journal.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06

The strain Of the Red Texas oats
which has given the largest yield for
TWO seasons and which stands third in
order of yield for the four years trial
has been grown at the Kansas station
for four years and has seemed to i'm
prove rather than to deteriorate in
quality and yield. Oats are not consid-
cred we'll adapted for growing in this
State. 1t IS the general experience
that oats soon run out" in Kansas,
and farmers consider it necessary to
secure new seed every two or three
years. The trials at the Kansas sta
ton, however, indicate that it is not
only possible to maintain the quality
and yield of oats. but also to even i'm
prove them by good culture and by
sowing only the best grade
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
MONASTERY IS BURNED.
Two Perish When st. Joseph's Church
and School Near Covington, La,
Are Destroyed.

CONVICTION, La. Nov. 30.-One life
is known to have been lost, a fireman
is believed to have been killed and over
100000 worth of property was de-
stroyed in fire near here today. when
st. Joseph's academy, st. Joseph's con
vent, St Joseph's monastery and st. Jo-
seph's Catholic church were burned. All
of these institutions occupied a lot to-
gether near Covington. When the ruins
" searched this afternoon the charred
body of Rev Joseph Buck, who was at
tached to the academy, was found. lie
had been cut off from escape by the
flames in the academy building and
burned to death. 1t was also discovered
after the fire that one of the Covington
fremen who had responded to the alarm
was missing and search is now being
made in the ruins.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
- 49,
I = ftiE

moral judgment Of the community is keen and
In this find just for satisfaction.
In democracy stability depends upon the reign Of
and it is the fact that people that
gives US assurance for the future. Democracy has
santly struggle against three abuses. This is illus
rated by concerted attempts the part Of those whe
find themselves in strong position to put others at
disadvantage by unfair 1t Is the business Of
free government desiring far possible to give each
individual fair chance to put stop to improper prac
tces designed restrict the OF opportunity Then
there is the abuse Of privileges received from the
eminent itse-the misuse Of public franchises granted
upon condition that they shall be used to benefit the
public. It is the business of free government to
the just of such franchises for the public benefit
There also the the system government it
self by prostltuting representative to selfish adj
vantage guard against these abuses and put end
them where they exist the people must be constantly
alert.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
Hlaz;;aizzp7IIS1 ~

as it can be and 1t wouldn't be at all
noticeable"
IT'S lovely" agreed his wife. And
as far as being noticed is concerned no
body is likely to notice anything wear.
What does 1t matter2"
Don't talk that way" pleaded the
man. you know want you to have
what you want and don't grudge the
expense. But you say yourself that I'm
right"
Eyes, you're perfectly right said
his wife. But 1 want the hat!
want the hiatt I want the hat I"
Then If It's like that" said the
man, wisely, you certainly will have
to have it,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06


A good time to do your dehorning is
to dehorn the calves with a good de-
horner when they are a few days old
Mark them with an aluminium earmark
so you can keep a record Of them.
Keep a record Of the breeding Of
each COW, so you will know when she
is due to calve, and then allow her to
go dry six weeks before calving.
The dairy bull should be fed like a
working horse and should receive plen-
power.
The milking is one of the most i'm
portant parts Of the dairy business.
TIE COWS should be MIXED quickly
Clearly and quietly. Do not excite your
cows or they will not let their milk
down. Don't abuse a cow because she
kicks. If she kicks there IS some cause
for 1t. Look for the cause and remedy
it. It may be sore teat, it may be an
inf1amed uddCr or it may be that she
has been misused and regards her milk
er as an enemy that she must fight. If
such is the case, treat her kindly and
she will soon learn that you are not
going to harm her
Clip the long hair off the udder and
TANKS and tail, and wipe off the udder
with damp cloth before milking, and
you will be surprised to see how much
cleaner the milk will be.
Weigh each cows milk with an ac-
curate scale and test the milk with a
Babcock tester and you will be able to
see how many of your cows are paying
for themselves-Dr. David Roberts,
Wisconsin State Veterinarian.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
KILLS BY JAP METHOD
WOODSMAN DISEMBOWELS HIM
SELF IN ''HARI KARIo STYLE.
Found in Marinettc Hotel with Intes-
tines Severed-Dying Man Claims
to Have Been Stabbed.

MARINETTF. Wis. Nov. 30.-LSpc-
ciaI. Herman Schultz, 4 tie maker of
Wausaukee. was found early this morning
in his bed at the Norway house mortally
wounded. His abdomen had been cut
and then some of the intcStincS severed.
Part of the intcstines severed were
found lying on the tloor and rusty
jack knife was also found on the floor.
The theory is that Schultz opened his
abdomen with the knife, then pulled out
the inteStines and cut them. He lived
four hours before he died, he claimed
that he had been stabbed by two men
who wanted to get his insurance money.
Coroner Tweedie is investigating.
Schultz had been drinking and there is
no apparent motive for either suicide
or Il murder.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
A New Trade

In a New York school a teacher was
asking the children what trades their
fathers followed but one little girl at
first refused to tell. Come, Rosie, you
must tell" said the teacher.
We'll, ma'am, he's a worm-eater,"
said Rosie.
"A worm-eater?"
Yes, ma'am. A worm-eater in an
antique"
The puzzled teacher made a journey
to Rosies home, and found 1t was all
true. Her fathers work was boring
life-like vorm-holes in imitation an
tique furniture, to make it look genu-
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
Saving the Glover.

1t is a failing of the American farm
er when blade Of grass or a stem Of
clover makes a strong showing to try
to turn it into beef, mutton or pork.
In this effort to utilize it he entirely
forgets that the plant may need little
winter protection. He does not under
stand how little is often sufficient to
save the plant from frost destruction.
Where the clover is not pastured it is
often allowed to perfect it's seed, which
is as fatal to the crop next year as the
winter freezing. Clipping would save
the crop where it is so forward as to
bloom and perfect seed.-Rural New
Yorker
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
SEE MOTHER KILLED.
Jealous Chicago Husband Kills Wife Be-
fore Children, Then Tries to
End Own Life.

CHICAGO, H., Nov. 3O.-John Hob
mann, a machinist, shot and killed his
wife and then turned the revolver upon
himself inhicting a wound which it IS
thought will prove fatal, at the Hob
mann home in Elmhurst fifteen miles
west of here today The shooting was
done in the presence Of six children Of the
couple one of whom, girl of IA. tried
in vain to save her mothers life. Jeal-
ousy is thought to have prompted the
shooting
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06

Would you wear your straw hat
down to the office to-day?" asked the
mans wife.
"By no MEANS" replied the man.
~That is different altogether If l wore
my straw hat I'd have a crowd follow
Ing me. I'm wearing the same hat that
I wore last winter. though"
Because 1t isn't conspicuous. If it
made you conspicuous you wouldn't t.
You know perfectly well that you
wouldn't You'd go straight to q hat
ter's and get something that was in
style. But you want me to be conspic-
uous and l am"
do you mean to say that sweet lit
tie hat you bought spick and span new
only last fall would make you conspic-
uousY' demanded the man.
when every woman is wearing a
totally different style2 Certainly 1 do
bis wife replied, in nowise Modified by
the implied fattery.
Every woman?"
Every woman"
Every woman wearing those invert-
ed, saucer-shaped abominations?"
Yes, If you want to call them that :
Then, l think l should want to be
conspicuous said the man, decidedly.
You can wear your straw hat, them
retorted his wife. "Of course If you
feel that you can't afford to have me
dress as other women do l have moth
Ing more to say. I'll wear a shawl
over my head if you think it is abso-
lutely necessary. But I think"
Now, don't get excited, my dear"
said the man. You know perfectly
well that It isn't question of money.
don't care anything at all about that.
was just arguing that 1t was absurd
to go to the expense when it seemed
to be entirely superfuous. When you
get the worst of an argument that's
the way you always are"
Il don't see that have got the worst
of it," said his wife.
You never Will see it." said the
man. ''I'll show you that you are quite
Illogical. You say that you don't want
~ DC GOISp1CllOuS anu y ct you say CudC
the trimming is going to cost S15."
IF I get the plumes but then l can
use them on some other hat You said
Just now that you weren't talking
about the expense"
won't - you please-wait-u
I've done-talking? begged the man
Il was going to say that If you didn't
want to make yourself conspicuous
what do you want to stick slumes in
your hat for? Tell me that"
''Oh. I'm not going to argne about
it, said his wife III wear my old
hat 1 suppose that ought to be good
enough for me-
Don't you think I am rightY'
''Oh, Of course, you are always
right"
And that style viii go out before
the winter is over" said the man. "All
these very marked fashions do. They
get Initiated IN the very cheapest kind
OF materials until the best peopIe-the
really fashionable people-throw them
away You know that is so. I've heard
you say that myself"
Yes that Is So" sighed his wife.
We'll, isn't it? And that last falls
hat Is really as tasteful and becoming
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06

Beans can be med to swine only IN
the cooked form. The pig seems to be
unable to utilize beans which are at
all hard or firm, even though they have
been boiled for some time; hence it is
very essential that they be thoroughly
and carefully cooked, says R. S. Shaw,
Michigan. To supply a single feed Of
half-cooked beans to a pen Of hogs robs
them Of their appetites and relish for
their food, if indeed it does not put
them off their feed.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
OUR SOUND MORAL STANDARDS.
By Gov. Charles 3. Hughes.

| believe that the moral standards of
the American people were never more
sound than they are today. Consid-
ering the tremendous Increase in the
opportunities for wrongdoing, the Sc
ductive and refined temptation and
the materialistic appeals that are in
cident to our mode of life and the
material comforts which invention and
commerce have made possible, 1 be-
lieve that the manner in which the
ethical development of the people has
kept pace with their progress in 9th
er directions may fairly be called ex-
traordinary. We have disclosure of
shocking infldelity to trust and to pub
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
Currant Cuttings.

Take UP the currant cuttings and
plant In nursery rows, and throw a
ridge of earth over them, so that they
are covered about two inches deep. In
the spring this covering should be re
moved. so that the tips are left just
below the surface of the ground. In
this way currants are readily propa
gated from hardwood cuttings made
from weIl-ripened shoots of one sea-
sons growth
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
Only Healthy Animals Pay.

Pure water only should be allotted to
the hogs Do not think that the hog
will eat anything and it will be best
for him. Clean food and drink are bet
ter and more profitable for any animal
Healthy animals only are profitable IN
this age. J. Waterstripe, in Swine
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
HoN to Pack Apples.

Two layers Of fruit should be placed
in the bottom of a barrel, with stems
down and as close together as possible.
These will form the facing, for this end
will be the top when opened. Fill in
with the same grade, shake often, and
when near the top put in two more
LAYERS with stems up, letting the last
layer stand a full inch above the chine
of the barrel. Now put on the lid and
slowly press into place, shaking the
barrel in the meanwhile-Farm Jour
nal
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
Lamb Values Advancing.

During the past ten years there has
been a building up period in the lamb
trade. Lambs are now in demand IN
every consuming center and the trade
appears to have no limit The fact Of
the matter Is that lambs are becoming
scarcer each year. Any frst-class
lambs will be sure of strong prices for
many wears to come.