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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-11-07

For my part can't see the diff
ference between gambling and specu-
lating by buying or selling things on
a margin" There is a big differ
eace. A man who CANDLES has a Ger.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-11-07

tain number of chances out of a
thousand to win. Record
Herald.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13

The United States department Of ag-
riculture has prepared a bulletin show
ing how all unmarketable fruit may be
utilized with profit, and evaporation
is the best method of handling it.
There is a good market for evaporated
stock and it would pay the larger pro-
Queer of fruit to build an evapOrating
plant and make use of his surplus
stock. Year after year a large part of
the crop is allowed to go to waste
through lack of some means to prop
erly utilize it. The fallen apples are
usually allowed to lie on the ground
and rot, while fruit that is not mar
ketable is also unused. In growing
fruit the orchardist should pursue an
economical course and utilize his whole
crop and oftentimes a large sum is
realized from the sale of the bypro-
ducts of the orchard. This bulletin
may be obtained free of charge by writ
ing to the secretary of agriculture at
Washington, and contains much that
will be useful to fruit growers.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
The KING of Spaiu's InCOgnitoS

The King of Spain is now travelling
as the Duke of Toledo. bur before his,
marriage his designation when on his
journeys was Count of CovaIonga-a tito
which recalls an interesting historical
event. 1t was at CovaIonga that Pc
layO, in the year rs. fought the battle
which saved a portion of the peninsula
for Christendom and put the Moors to
rout. Some of his men had climbed
the precipices and destroyed the Moorish
rear guard with showers of stones.
while Pelayo himself charged their
main body with the flower of his caval-
ry. Immediately after the victory his
followers proclaimed him King of Spain
in the village which was the scene of
MS triumph, and the title of Count of
Covalonga, which he simultaneously as
sumed. has ever since been borne by his
SucceSsOrS.-The Dundee Advertiser.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
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Portable Cot for Hogs.

Following is the description given by
the Wisconsin Agricultural Station Of
a valuable portable hog cot which will
be found of use on the farm. The cot
is six feet wide eight feet long, six
feet two inches high in front and three
feet high in the rear.
The floor is built first, with 2X4s
as stringers, and the frame is held on
the floor by blocks at each corner The
large sized house is provided with two
doors in front and a temporary NOV
able partition and a temporary NOV
able partition in the middle so that the
cot can easily be adjusted to accom-
modate two lots of swine at the same
time On q level with the glass win
dows, there is also a drop window,
preferably hung on hinges, fastened at
the top for ventilation and sunlight.
The lumber required for the house
IS as follows: Twelve pieces, two
inches by four inches, sixteen feet long,
for frame. Four pieces, one inch by
twelve inches, sixteen feet long
(rough) for floor. Thirteen pieces, one
inch by twelve inches, sixteen feet
long for roof and ends. Ten o. G.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
Farm Managem ent.

Economy is wealth. Extra and IN
necessary expense is a milestone around
the neck of many who otherwise would
succeed. discharge the Improbable
employe. Stop every leak of unneces-
sary expense. Money saved is money
made. Money invested in improved
machinery is economy. Money invested
in the best seeds and appliances is
economy. Time wasted, labor wasted,
is extravaganza
A successful farmer says he does not
have to inspect farm to see whether
it pays or not Just give me q
chance to look into the barn. The CON
ditiOn things are kept in is all the go
by | want" The barn is telltale on
the careless or wasteful farmer. In
fact, economy in farming begins at the
barn in the proper handling of food,
caring for the manure, care Of tools
and harness and the care given to the
live stock stabbed there. There is al
ways a best way to do things, and the
best way is generally the paying one.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
Short Suggestions.

To test a nutmeg prick it with a
pin. If it is good the oil will in
stantly spread round the puncture.
A little milk added to the water
in which muslins and prints are wash
ed will generally prevent their color
from running.
Save candle ends for, melted, and
with an equal quantity OF turpentine,
they make an excellent polish for
floors. oiIcloth. etc. This polish costs
almost nothing and is often considered
superior TO beeswax and turpentine.
To clean ivory make a light paste
of sal volatile, prepared chalk and oil.
Dip a rag in the paste and rub it on
the ivory; afterward put 4 little more
on the ivory and leave it to dry. Then
brush it off with a clean, rather stiff
brush
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13

inches in length. The bottom is made
of a good stiff piece of harness leather
cut out and sewed firmly into the hem
of the ducking. A leather strap is
riveted into one side of the mouth of
the sack. and a buckle is riveted on
the other, so that the whole may be
strapped on to the horses head. as
shown. In order to feed Il horse must
be unchecked, and he soon learns to
place the sack on the ground. where he
can push his nose to the bottom of it to
clean out the last of the food
For the farmer who takes a day to
go to town these sacks will be found
very handy, as horse can be fed with
them without any waste of grain pro-
viding he is unchecked. A little eau
ton should be used in placing the sack
on horse not accustomed to it. as it
may cause him to jerk back. How
ever, after he has once eaten a meal
from it he can be considered we'll
broken in.-Iowa Homestead.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
SUBMARINE CABLES ENEMY.
Little Creature of the Sea That IS Fond
of Gutta Percha

The vicisSitudes of Il submarine cable
are many. 1t may be torn by an anchor
crushed by Il rock or seriously damaged
by Il coral reef such as abound in the
tropics. Some of the growths often
found on a cable tend gradually to decay
the iron sheathing wires. Then, again,
Il cable is sometimes severed by Il sea
quake. 1t may be fatally attacked by
the Snout of 4 sawtish or by the spike OF
Il SwordtSh.
But perhaps the little animal that
makes itself most Objectionable from the
cable engineers standpoint is the insig-
niticant looking teredo navalis. This lit
tie beast is intensely greedy where gutta
percha is concerned. working its way
there between the iron wires and be
tween the serving yarns. The silica in
the outer cable compound tends to defeat
the teredo'S efforts at making meal of
the core and this defeat is further eff
fected by the core being enveloped in L
thin tapping of brass,
But where the bottom is known 10 be
badly infected with these Jtle<muIlSg ers
of the deep the insulator is often COM
posed of india rubber. which has no at
traction for the teredo and possesses n
toughnesS moreover, which is less suited
for its boring tool than the comparatively
cheeselike gutta percha.
From one cause or another faults occur
i'll most cables from time to time. These
require to be electrically localized from
the cable testing hut and Il ship sent ouU
to tine supposed position to grapple for
the line. pick it up and effect the neces-
sary repairs. When the cable has really
been hooked and picked up-an opera
ton which may entail several weeks OF
even months. if only in waiting for ia
vorable weather-the blight is secured at
the bows and afterward cut Each end
is then brought on board alternately and
tested electrically. If found to he sound
the necessary repairs are then effected
Magazine of Commerce.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
RECIPE FOR COLDS.
VIII Break Up II Cold in 81 Hours or
Cure Any Cough that Is CurabIe

Will Break Up Cold in "a Hours or
Cure Any Cough that Is Durable.
Mix half pint of good whisky with
two ounces of glycerine and add one
half ounce Concentrated oil of pine
The bottle is to be we'll shaken each
time and uSed in doses of a teaspoonful
to a tablespoonful every four hours
The Concentrated oil of pine comes in
one-half ounce Walls packed securely in
brentwood cases which are intended to
protect it from light and retain all
the original ozone. Don't use bulk oil
of pine or limitations of Concentrated
They are insoluble and work havoc to
the kidneys. Any druggist has the
Concentrated oil Of pine. 1t will also
be found a NEST excellent remedy for
lumbago and all forms of uric acid
rheumatism. For this purpose it is
taken raw, a few drops on sugar at
night and morning.
Concentrated oil of pine is the re-
suits Of many years experimenting by
one of Philadelphia's foremost DOCTORS
who after endless research at last Sc
cured a truly soluble oil of pine, so
make sure to get the real thing. 1t
also makes an excellent Salve to be
applied externally on the chest or
bruised parts For this purpose a tea
spoonful of the raw oil is added to a
saucerful of hot lard and applied hot.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
COwDea Hay.

H. Nj. Cottrell. after years of expe-
pea hay is nearly equal to alfalfa in
feeding value, and contains nearly one
half more flesh and milk making ma
terial than clover hay. 1t is rich in the
mineral matter that is needed in form
ing bone, blood, flesh and milk. These
qualities make it especially valuable
for feeding growing cattle and pigs,
dairy cows and fattening steers and
hogs. The cowpea enriches the land
on which it grows, the same as alfalfa,
clover and soy beans. 1t makes hard
soils mellow and aids in holding loose
soils together, and stands dry weather
we'll
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13

Sauce for Different Meats.
Corned beef, mustard.
Roast pork, apple sauce.
Roast lamb. mint sauce.
Roast duck, orange salad.
FriZZled beef. horSeradiSh.
Roast chicken, bread sauce.
Roast mutton, currant jelly.
Lobster outlet, sauce tartare.
Roast goose, tart apple sauce.
Port croquettes, tomato sauce.
Roast ptarmigan. bread sauce
Fried chicken, cream gravy, corn
fritters
Pork sausage tart apple sauce or
fried apples.
Roast turkey, chestnut dr Tossing,
cranberry jelly
Roast venison. black currant jelly
or grape jelly.
Veal sausage, tomato sauce grated
Parmesian cheese
Roast canvasback duck, apple bread,
black currant jelly.
Cold boiled tongue, sauce tartare or
olives stuffed with peppers
Roast quail, currant jelly, celery
sauce.
Sweetbread outlet. sauce bechamel
Reedbirds, fried hominy, white eel
cry.
With roast beef. grated horseradish.
With roast veal, tomato or horse
radiSh sauce
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13

battens, sixteen feet long, for sealing
cracks between boards.
The total cost Of material to build
the cot with floor, door, and window
complete amounts to about $3.50. For
neatness, economy, durability, and
comfort to animals, this type of cot is
excellent Where it is desirable to
keep a number of hogs in one lot the
large size is preferable. The cot will
accommodate from three to five mature
animals and the large cot from seven
TO nine. Although the Wisconsin sta
ton has a large hoghouse with feed
room, scales, etc, the cots have been
found a convenient means of enlarg
ing the facilities of the piggery.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
Heavy WEIGHT Kitchen Folks.

1T will do you more good to smell
food that is being cooked than it will to
eat it after it is cooked was the as
founding statement made by a local res
taurant man.
''That is the reason why so many pro
fessonal cooks are heavy-weights. You
never saw any one who became a chef
and stayed at it any length of time but
became fleshy. Cooks never eat to any
great extent, except to taste the food
at times while it is being cooked in or
der to- see if it is done. 1t is the odor
of the food in the kettles that makes
them fat.
THE same will apply in the case of
the housewife. Continuous work in the
kitchen makes fieshy women and healthy
women. Cooking is the healthest occu
patton in the world. "-IndianapOlis Star.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
Farfna Jelly.

Boil one pint of new milk; while
boiling sprinkle in slowly one-eighth
pound of farina; continue the boiling
for an hour (use double boiler) sea-
son with one-half teacup Of sugar with
a saltspoonful of salt mixed through it.
When done remove from fire; add, as
soon as it cools somewhat, one half tea
spoonful Of vanilla, drop by drop, beat
ing we'll to mix it in. Turn into a wet
mold Set on ice when cool. Serve with
whipped cream sweetened and favored
with vanillp; or with any kind of pre-
serve or sweet jelly and cream; or with
fruit Juice
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
A Murderer's Paradise.

Switzerland is the murderer's paradise,
if the story told Of Lucchesi, the Italian
anarchist and assassin of the Empress
Elisa beth of Austria. be true LuccheSi
did not act without reason when he
chose Geneva for the scene of his crime.
According to a well Informed correspon-
dent the assassin enjoys four meals a
day, plenty of fresh air exercise and per
mission to smoke his pipe at the eX-
pense of the government. He listens to
lectures delivered by a professor Of Ian
guages, engages in light work, for which
he is paid, and reads the best classical
and contemporary authors. 1t is not SUE
prising to hear that his health is excel
lent, and that after studying Voltaire,
MOntesquieu, and Jean Jacques Rous-
seau he is now preparing to write MS
own memoirs.-London Chronicle.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
He Practiced Law by Ear.

When Grover Cleveland was practcing
law in Buffalo one of his friends was a
lazy young lawyer who was forever pes
tering him with questions about legal
points that he could just as well have
looked up for himself. Even Cleveland :
patience had an end. One day as his
friend entered he remarked:
There are my books. Help yourself 10
them. You can look up your own case
The lazy lawyer stared at him in
amaZement.
See here Grover Cleveland" he said
Indignantly. Il want you to understand
that you and your old books can 90 u
thunder. You know very well that
don't read law. l practice entirely by
ear.''-New York Sun.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
Seal Killing in Boston HarbOr,

Two PASSPORT Indians have found the
killing of seals in Boston harbor Il
rather profitable enterprise.
Under the law the city pays a bonus
of So for each seal killed in the harbor.
Late in August two Indians, Dapa and
Sapiel, camped out on Peddock's island,
and among other things began looking
for seals to kill.
This forenoon the results of their Ia
bOrs were shown when the two Indians
brought into the office of City Clerk
Donovan the tails of siXty-two seals.
emitting the men to S1S6. After count
ing the tails Assistant City Clerk Priest
gave the men an order on the city treas
urer and the Indians went to the office
on the first floor and collected their
money.-Boston Transcript.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
Maiden Insurance.

The Maiden Insurance company" is
singular Denmark institution. 1t is
confined to the nobility, and the noble
man. as soon as female child is born
to him, enrolls her name on the com
pany's books, and pays in a certain
sum. and thereafter fixed annual
amount. to the treasury.
When the young girl has reached the
age of u, she is entitled to a fixed in
come and to an elegant suite of apart
rlents, and this income and this resi-
dence, both almost princely, are hers I'M
til she either marries or dies.
The society has existed for genera
tons. 1t has always prospered. Thanks
to it. poverty stricken old maids are I'M
known amongst the Denmark nobility,
but every maiden lady is rich and hap
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
For LOuSy Stock.


Dip or wash the animals with l OF
2 per cent water solution of q tar dis
infectant, such as kreso. A convenient
way to apply the remedy in the larger
animals is with a spray pump, and in
sheep or hogs by dipping. Whatever
method is used, the coat and skin must
be thoroughly wet with the solution.
After treating the herd, the stables,
sheds or sleeping quarters should be
sprayed with about a per cent water
wash may be used instead. This is
necessary In order to prevent reinfect-
ing the herd from the surroundings.
If there is much litter around the yards
other corals. Tar disinfectants in 1
or 2 per cent solutions do not destroy
the eggs or nits, hence it is necessary
to treat the animal again in ten days
or two weeks. Stockmen sometimes
ask if the feeding Of sulphur to lousy
animals will not drive away or de
stroy the lice. The feeding of small
doses of sulphur will do no harm, nor
will it help in getting rid of the lice,
and 1t cannot be considered remedy
for this class Of disorders when used
in this way. Sulphur is effective, how
ever, when used externally, and the
addition of four ounces to every gallon
of tar disinfectant solution used great
w no nffaa
remedy.-Field and Farm.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
ASK Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1908.
Electricity and Vegetables.

Considerable progress has been made
in the use of electricity in cultivating
farm and garden products. Sometimes a
wire netting is stretched across a field
just high enough not to touch the grow
ing plants. Through this a current is
circulated. Other experiments have
made use of charged wires underground
near the roots of the plants. BY the
overhead network method it is said that
Strawberries increased in product from
so to $50 per cent, corn from 30 to 40
scientists claim that an average of 10
per cent. could be obtained with nearly
all crops on fertile land by the electric
current. Whether or not the current
could be supplied and a profit maintained
is question: ble.-Pathfinder
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13


Both these weeds are ANNALS; that
is, they grow from seeds each year or
season and the plants die after ripen-
ing seeds. The way to keep them down
is to prevent the plants from ripening
seed and making sure that are no seeds
in the grain sown upon the farm. Fox
tail is troublesome, because it springs
up in cultivated fields after the crops
are laid by, and then it comes up in
stubble and in meadows and pastures.
Late cultivation of corn fields, and
moving the stuSble, meadows and pas
lures to keep seeds from forming, is
the way to attack this weed. Judging
from the way these weeds spring up
whenever conditions are favorable
there must be great stores of them III
cultivated fieldS-showing the seeds are
long-lived. Pigweed quickly springs up
in corn or potato fields, after cult
walton has ceased. These seeds ripen
from August IS to November /. so it
will take vigorous measures to get rid
Of them. In fact the only way to get
rid of these weeds is to cut them down
before seeds mature. If crop of
them is left to mature in corn fields.
and then the seeds plOwed under the
coming season, you have stored away
enough seeds to bother you for the
next ten years.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
What's Geography Good For?

This is from the philosophy of Mrs.
Louisa Schmitt, who berated a teacher
in the Nixon school for not promoting
her daughter because the latter was de
ficient III geography:
Teacher. you don't know it all, !
guess said the irate Mrs. Schmitt. Il
wish it that my daughter gets through
school so she gets a man. Never mind
about the geography; just promote her
without if.
why. ms other daughter. she didn't
know geography and she got a man. |
don't know geography and l got a man.
And you know all about geography and
you amt got any man at all. What is
this geography good for? See that my
daughter gets through school. Inter
Ocean.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
Kidney with Tomato Sauce.

Cut in small pieces a fresh kidney
and fry in hot lard. When almost
done add to it a sliced onion, half a
CUP of tomatoes and a slice of ham.
Let all fry together and when done
add a spoonful of -four, piece of red
pepper and a spoonful Of chopped gar
lie and parsley. Thin with a little wa
ter; season with salt and boil a few
minutes.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
Work of Earthworm

Earthworms perform excellent serv-
ice in enriching the soil. According to
Darwin. on meadow land earthworms
eject sufficient digested material to
greatly change the characteristics of
the soil, amounting to as much as
eighteen tons per acre in some cases.
and containing over one-third of / Der
cent of nitrogen. They also open the
soil and permit the better access of
water, air and warmth.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
BroilinS Mus hrOOms.

To broil mushrooms put them, after
they are cleaned, gill side down in a
wire broiler and keep them over the
fire for about five minutes At the end
of the time turn them over, put a dot
of butter inside each, sprinkle with
salt and pepper and cook for five min
utes longer. Serve cup side up on
toast
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
Guiphuiic Acid Hurts Buildings.

That the finest stone buildings and
monuments of many cities are disinte-
grating through the action Of the sui
phuric acid produced by the combustion
of coal is asserted by a writer in Cosmos
Paris. In London. especially, it has
been estimated that no fewer than 500
600 tons Of acid are thus discharged into
the atmosphere yearly.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13
Sayvdust and Soil.

Prof. ". S. Massey says sawdust from
reSinous pine decays slowly in the soil.
Even when used for bedding in stables
the manure is not worth half as much
as that with ordinary bedding. Look
about the remains of sawdust accumu-
lated about abandoned mill sites that
are common in the piney woods. and
you will see that it takes a long time
for any vegetation to start where saw
dust has been scattered.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13

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years, and that it has given entire salts
faction, not only in my own family. but
also that of others of my friends. And
would cheerfully recommend the use Of
Peruna, as ! certainly do endorse your
medicine"
Catarrh of Head, Nose, Throat.
Mr.. Charles Levy, so Allen St, New
York, n. Y, writes:
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My son, aged seven, who had ca
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head. nose, throat and ears. One bottle
of Peruna cured me-"
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