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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1908-11-27

@arft bIep oerpaa inausureret TOM
Statens eretitipe Gbef og aflasbe fin
Gmbeoseo. Ssiaa ban bolot en-
9ale. @arit bill bIipe itaaenoe iom
@alpernsr til aarets llosans, bpor.
efter ben npbaIate @upernsr, Gar.
roll, opertager Stpret.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1908-11-27

@intcrrn bar beapnbt at iubiinbe
iig i 3orbpciteu. Sra fIere Steber
bcrettes ON Snc, &e9n og Club |
SirSoaaS oe SuSOoss; %fornemmeIis
ira Rorb Safota % oct ncroIiee Mir-
neiota. Ger bar oeiau oGret femme.
.lia ItcrmfuIbt Seir. s enfelte Strsa
or ScIciou. % SelesrafIeSniuscr BE-
tpbelia Ifaoet.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1908-11-27

Spcafer Cannon bar oifentIig9iort
Ell Grfl9rtng. Der | aortbeo gaar no
paa, at mar BET bar o9ret iagt, at
ban bomiuereoe Observation-Disclosures
og piloe benptte lin Stining til at
forbinbre Ell o~rbeutlig Heuiiion al
Sarifen, iaa er bette aloeleS f~eila9tig.
Sarifen bill blipe repioeret affurat
iaaleoes iom gGIgerne bill bape bet,
flyer BON, og bertil bill ban poe i'm
beoite Ststte. San ben9gter, at oct
er en- paa Sorbaauo afsiort Sag, al
ban bill blipe sienpalet til Speafer /
ben 61oe Gongres.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1908-11-27
9iliammerr. ...... S135.95
Sioligcre ipitteret for ...... 706.S7

Salt inofon,met til 3ato.. 80. $S42.s2
gibrag mpotases iremoeleS, iaa Der eno'
MI er Guleontng til at ere meb ps bioruse
Ell liSen efjGro til oisie baarSt bjemisste
"Statfels Smaa~.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1908-11-27

I'll Hclu Yurfs Euliti oiiuelbtes
i 1907 $4,000 Epperier peo bpilte
ser bIeo ~itiaaIet for t5 Dill. 9oQ.
1854 Icrioner arreiterebeS for Sp.
beri men fun 420 funbe bepiie8.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1908-11-27

Gn @ptteritatue at General Sberi.
Dan bIep afilsret / @aibinston ! Sns-
bags. Der bIep bl. a. boIOt en- Sale
af Hr9fioent M~ooiepeIt.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1908-11-27

Two things a man will have to do
get free from the bondage of other
men; and liberate himself from the
phantoms of his own mind.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1908-11-27
9sosialS.

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horb Nabben bcraf 9perL 6s6e plllo.
ieIig Sirsoags sfteu / fit Stem /
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Smeb al Grofesiiou, bIeo orHtrcnt
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fire aar hot nleget al @iat. S0l
efterlober iig Some og A Born. Sans
Saoer reiite | SnSbagS Serneb for at
btooane Segrapelien.
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Sbos. q. 8ingerS Suitrll, Ssoe / lit
Stem oeo Gnlmar ben 200e Hopbr.,
liot oper 5912 Iur gammeI, %
bIep bearnpet ocn 23oe. Eait. Saul
8oren fprrctteoe | Srict % / airfen
iaurt neo @rapen.
gf6ebe bor fsot pon S~o6eIauo Ben
Sbe Rai 1S49, cg fou til gmeritn
/ 1869. Gen 30te 4op. 1872 blep
bun gift meb SbomnS q. @iuGcr,
% De bapbc / tit sGgtcitnb Is gsrn,
al bpiIfe be 8 Ieper. 6orllocn i'm
Innb % fine 9ern e~fterIabcr bun
iig o9iaa en- 8ro6cr.
On al GIpmoutb HocfS rIbitc SSub'
baanere, Hils ellington, ofaif pes
Ge6cn Ben 17oe Nooember cfter IGlts
gcre Sio5 2toeIie al @taocfrrit. San
blen ]bearurcn bCu 19oc Uco Orleans
&irfe bpiS Ieuigbco ban tilhbrte.
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9orgc, Sen 25oe Somlor 1854, 90
eiterInber 'iq Gnfe % : 9oru, Scr
besrpoer Sobct al Ell firr Taber oQ
t%rofoit sGgteiGuc. ct Barn or Qooet
forIo for ham. SeIQeu0c al @er.
meme bar tiIitche oe0 6ooercuS %aorc.
Sennerne gbUnro 90 Scnrp, ior Il
6en biemmc. SIiper ira 6onNo, Y
9nf. Getreue, Wir$. 6. u. Noro
Quit fra IiuneopOIi5, Miun.. %
@IaSp8, Sen pngite, Jon cr bicmm
hos gtobereH.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1908-11-27
Spbn gmnnoiun, GIerf Of Courts

Spbn N%mnnoipn, Slerf OF Courts
/ emmet 9ormtp, beoe iornpIig | III
Stem / gitberoiae eiter Here Tigers
2iocIier oi Ncrpeieber, @tr. arumo.
ION bleo gienpoI9t til lit embeNc peb
iioite @aIg. og 9ommer Soilu en.
Ifeoe III at uSurone Afbsoe$ Suitri,
til at iploe @afnncen, men 9opeil
piite iig at barre I'll Sinbcr berfor.
Subpis g~retaneer, SaGfsrer. 805
YaIaee Clubbing. WinneafoIis, &inn.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-19

length of those on French flyers. This
consists in different models of one or
two vertical cloth-covered frames.
AT the rear. balancing the machine
and as near the center as possible. are
two propellers. Below the frame work
and toward the rear is Il skid. similar
to the runners Of sleds. This is used
for landing and differs in this par
ticular from the French machines.
which are equipped with wheels. For
portion Of twelve feet at each end
the upper and lower frame work is
provided with a surface of strong cot
ton cloth.
I'm the center of the machine at the
bottom is a small double wheel truck,
which, running on a monorail, is used
while the machine is acquiring speed
enough to leave the ground The
monorail is easily movable in any di-
rection.
THE Wright machine weighs about
800 pounds, and in addition to its own
weight, including a our-cylinder mo-
tor of between twenty-five and thirty
horsepower, devised and made by the
Wright brothers, the machine can carry
two men and fuel enough to drive the
machine 800 miles. 1t can carry
enough fuel with one man aboard to
travel 500 miles,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-19
Some Men.

Some men spend most of their lives
making the rest miserable.
Some men are so little that they can
not see the greatness of trffies.
Some men will waste four dollars
worth of time trying to save twenty
five cents.
Some men think they see everything.
They are the ones who invariably go it
blind"
Some men are so dishonest that they
suspect every honest man of playing a
game too deep for them to get on to.
Some men are only a little removed
from their monkey ancestors-they are
always busy, yet never accomplish any
thing.
Some men, who readily admit that a
straight line is the shortest distance be-
tween two mathematical points, cannot
see that exactly the same principle ap-
plies in morals.
Some men manage to succeed in spite
of their most earnest endeavors.-War-
wick James Price.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-19
EASY HOSPITALITY.
Food Abundance in Virginia In the
Seventeenth Century,

seventeenth Century.
Few countries of the world have
possessed so abundant and varied a
supply of food as Virginia during the
seventeenth century. This party ex-
Century" the hospitable disposition of
the people even in those early times
The herds of cattle, which ran almost
wild, afforded an inexhaustible supply
of milk, butter, cheese, veal and beef.
Deer were shot in such numbers that
people cared little for venisOn. 50
abundant were chickens that they were
not included in the inventories of per-
sonal estates. No planter was so bad
ly off that he could not have fowl
on his table at dinner.
Vast t1ocks of wild ducks and geese
frequented the rivers and bays and
were looked on as the least expensive
portion of the food which the Virgin
ians had to procure. Fish of the most
delicate and nourishing varieties were
caught with hook or net Oysters and
shellfish could be scraped up by the
buShel from the bottom of the nearest
inlet or tidal stream.
Apples, peaches, plums and figs grew
in abundance. Not only were grapes
cultivated, but excellent varieties grew
wild through the forest. Such an
abundance of wild strawberries could
be gathered that no attempt was made
to raise the domestic berry
The watermelon fourished, and in
hominy, the roasting ear and corn pole
the Virginians possessed articles of
food Of great excellence, which were
entirely unknown to the people of the
old world. There was produced on
every plantation an extraordinary
quantity of waInuts, chestnuts, hazel
nuts and hickory nuts. Honey was
obtainable in abundance, both from
domestic hives and from hollow trees
in the forest.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-19

was made for patents which the
French government issued last Janu-
airy.
To the partial description of the in
vention given by the Wrights them
selves, but one new fact is advanced,
the plan by which the aviator is en-
abled to maintain the equilibrium of
the aeroplane despite sudden and vari-
abled to maintain the equilibrium of
by means Of building the main planes
in three sections, the center one of
which is rigid while the other wings
are so pivoted that a turn of a wheel
at the operators hand causes one
wing to lift slightly while the other is
correspondingly depressed, thereby in
creasing the angle Of resistance III one
wing and decreasing it in the other,
the effect of which is to return the ma
chine to an even keel.
Prevention of d rotary movement be-
ing given to the machine by the action
Of the air currents on the wings is
effected by a "fish-tail' rudder that is
set at the rear of the machine and is
connected by cables with a similar
rudder on the front Of the machine
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-19
The Crows.

Faithful friends of the white man.
comrades of the pioneer and the soldier
in battle with the Sioux and the Chey-
enne. the Grow, or Absarake. are now
passing from the face of the earth al
most forgotten. The tribe inhah;ts q
tana, and the whites are striving to
open it for settlement, which causes
protest from the Crows-a protest
which will go unheeded. Gratitude for
past favors done should protect the
Absarake to-day, but when did the
white man show gratitude TO the Indian
who owned good lands?
The Crow, according to some eth
nologists, are of the Shoshoni race,
while others classify them as a branch
of the Dakota. They are probably
mixture Of the two races, crystallized
into a compact tribe by the exigencies
Of war and the pressure of powerful
enemies 1t is doubtful if they ever
numbered more than 1900 souls-that
was an estimate placed on them by
total about LOO. The decrease among
them has been greater in time of peace
than when they were at war. In 1854
they numbered 1926; this number fell
to 2,456 in 1888, and has now shrunk to
about 1920. Consumption is mainly re-
sponsible for the immense death rate of
the tribe.
The Crows are of great stature, and
proud, yet courteous bearing. As war
riors, they ranked high among the
tribes, and, for their small number, did
splendid fighting against the Sioux,
Cheyenne and Blackfoot Their Mon
tana hunting range was one of the rich
est in the country, and the Absarake
managed to hold it despite the ceaseless
attacks Of far more numerous foes.
From the first arrival of the white
man, the Crow nation was the new
comer's friend The Crow warriors
fought in countless battles with the
prairie terrors, and it was q Grow who
alone escaped from the slaughter of the
Custer massacre.
OF late years the Absarake have tax
en- great interest in farming, stock rails
ing and irrigation. They are fast &C
quiring civilization, but are dying so
rapidly that only a few of them will be
left in another generation.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-19

and Granny of the walls. At night they
loosen themselves and literally swarm
about the grounds. For years it has
been impossible to live in the time
mansion. Now the heirs of the AyIett
estate have decided to burn the house
The pest of the bats began six years
ago, after the death of William AyIett,
when the house was closed for a time.
the furnishings undisturbed. When the
house was closed a year later the lessee
could not occupy it. A literal swarm of
bats greeted his entrance. Every known
means OF determination has been ex-
hausted without result.
An effort TO make the house bat
proof was a failure. Hundreds of dol
lars were spent in repairs, but the bats
still found means of entry. They held
possession against every onslaught
Thousands were killed by negroes, a
prize having been offered to the person
who killed the greatest number. One
man, standing in the doorway one
evening, killed 1000 with a tennis
racquet. Still there was no appreciate
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-19

There is just one city in this coun-
try where new guests in the two lead
ing hotels drink water just for the
says the New York Sun.
1t is the JOY Of the life Of the in
itiated to invite an unsuspecting visitor
to the hotel to eat. There is always an
expectant look on the face of the host
as the guest settles himself, and the
host who does not get his Iooked-for
laugh is rare.
AS the guest settles himself sudden
Iy there descends by his ear down to-
ward the table like a shot a stream of
water. Most people jump, according to
their jumping abilities.
The stream always safely hits the
drinking glass, and as the guest rallies
and looks up for the source of the
stream there is a grinning colored gen
tleman holding high something like a
small tea kettle with a pretty long
spout. The higher the guest jumps the
more gratifed this person looks.
Almost everybody will drink two
glasses of water and signal for a third
just to be sure the knight of the tea
kettle can hit that glass. Where the
custom originated nobody seems to
know, but Terre Haute always refers
to it with something like pride
For the coIored gentleman who is
the smartest one Of the bunch at the
trick three feet is nothing to fire a
stream from the water can" as it is
styled He will juggle it first close,
then further away, and gradually fur
Their and then down again without
splitting a drop. Doctors don't have to
advise water drinking to people in
those hotels.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-19
STATE NEWS NOTES.

ALLOWANCES Sunday the cOrne' stone
of EmanueIs Lutheran church at kolberg,
Wis, will be laid.
NEENAH-About One-haIf of the students
of Lawrence university, Appleton have
come to the lake resorts in this vicinity to
spend portion of their vacations.
La CROSSE-All but four of the seventy
societies of the Northwestern SaengcrDund
have applied for quarters here during the
saengerfest in July and the affair promises
to be the biggest of its kind in the history
Of the organization.
MADISON-The state capital commission
awarded q contract to the Fred NJ. Prescott
company of Milwaukee for two general
service pumps and battery of electric
fire pumps for the separate heating and
power plant of the new capitol for $1,000.
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN-The claiming
season has opened although the stage OF
the water is high. The marketings of the
week aggregate over $1,000. The richest
find was made by Joseph Vavra, who
picked up two gems which brought him
nearly $1,000.
GRAND RAPIDS-C. E. Blodgett OF
property owned by Robert Parrish OF this
city. The property is one of the best bust
ness locations in Grand Rapids. Mr.. Blod-
gett contemplates erecting a hotel and opera
house during this summer.
NEENAH-A pest that has been an uncom-
Portable feature of summer resort life on
Lake Winnebago is believed to be at an
end. This year it is noticed that the
dragon files in large numbers are quickly
eXterminating the lake flies, and very few
of the latter are to be found.
LA CROSSE-A wedding of much inter
est was that of Miss Jennie Mueller, daugh-
ter of Emil Il. Mueller, and William b.
Fraser. Miss Mueller is a daughter of the
manager of the g.. Holman Brewing com
pany. Mr.. Fraser is a son of Z. E. Fraser,
postOffice inspector of the western district
of Wisconsin.
CHIPPEWA FALLS-LeOn Demares com
mitted to the Mendoza asylum from Chip
pewa county, jumped from the window or
a car near Mcmillan Junction while the
train was going at the rate Of forty miles
an hour. The man was found unconscious.
having struck on his head. He was soon re-
yiyed and will recover.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-19

is invariably the stronger. The force of law is in
the public opinion which prescribes It. Social esteem
and standing power and high place in the professions
in public Office in all associated enterprise, depend
conformity the standard Of conduct in the community
Loss Of these is the terrible penalty society in
fic
The rules Of international law are enforced by the
sanction, certain and peremptory but
continually increasing In effectiveness Of control
"A decent respect to the opinions Of mankind did not
begin or end among nations with the American declara
ton Of Independence but it is interesting that the first
public national act in the New World should be APP
peal that universal international public opinion the
power and effectiveness Of which the New World has
done so much to promote.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-19

dlminution Of their number. The ne
groes claim the bats come from all d.
rections.
"Montville' is the last Of the revo-
lutlonary homes in King William
County. The land on which it stands
was decided to the first Henry. who
came to America, by Charles II. in
1910 The original "Montvi1le" was
burned by the British in 177S. The
present house was built by Patrick
Henry Immediately after the surren-
der of CORVALLIS. 1t was inherited bv
the present owners through Elizabeth
Henry, sister Of Patrick Henry, who
married the grandfather Of the late
William Aylett.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-19
2-CENT LAW MAY CALL MILITIA.
Fare Regulation in Missouri Now Threat
ems Serious Clash.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, June 70
Whether NIissouri's military arm is TO
be brought into the conflict between the
railroads and the state over the 2-cent
fare statute is agitating officialdom. In
case Federal Judge Mcpherson, before
whom the case comes Saturday at Kan
sas City, should deny Attorney General
Hadley's request for sixty days to reply
to the railroads application for an in
junction against further enforcement
of the law, which the railroads have
voluntarily observed nine months be-
yond the ninety-day test ordered, it is
believed the railways will Immediately
attempt to restore the Scent rate on
main lines and cents on branches.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-19
Women Wear OveraIIs.

A woman can wear oyeralls any old
time in the State of Arkansas and not
violate any Of the laws, providing that
she does not attempt to disguise her
self as man.
This, according to a Little Rock dis
patch, is the gist Of a decision handed
down by Attorney General Kirby, at
the behest Of woman inquirers. Kirby,
1t is said, admitted in his opinion that
the wearing of overalls by women
might be desirable at times, but hoped
that it may not become a general pre-
vailing style.
But there is a lot of uneasiness all
over Arkansas, from the hotel rotundas
Of the cities to the front porches of
cross-road stores. For it is feared
that, in view Of the decision, "wom-
ems rights" leagues may be started
and the members urged to wear over
alls If they care to-
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-19

American colleges show greatest indifference and
least willingness to accept responsibility.
entirely that policy of exclusion needs to
be administered with greatest sympathy well with
extraordinary But it should be remembered that
the path Of worthy student ougc to be kept free
and clear possible and that the reputation Of the
university must be considered and maintained
Said Oxford officer speaking Of students who bare
Iy formal academic requirements of bachelors
degree, generally known "The presence Of
q pass in university is anomaly closely and dan
gerously bordering upon a scandal"
is sadly to be feared that some American institu
lions have long endured frivolous and idle men,
another, that they really fear to apply
the knife
No university ought to tolerate ennui ideness indo
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-19
COX WILL LEAD
PROHiBITIONISTS
IN WISCONSIN
MILWAUKEEAN NOMINATED FOR
GOVERNOR AT CONVENTION
OF PARTY.
COMPLETE TICKET Is NAMED.
Advice of E. w. Chain of Illinois Re-
garding County Option Is Ignored
in the Platform.
NATIONAL DELEGATES SELECTED.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 12.-190S
W. d. Cox of Milwaukee will be the
Prohibition nominee for governor at the
November election. By a unanimous
vote of sixty or more delegates his name
was approved to be presented to the
voters at the primaries. Mr.. Cox is the
state chairman of the party.
y complete state ticket was nominated
this forenoon and four MISUNDERSTANDING
TO the national convention at Columbus
in July We're chosen.
Names or Prohibition Ticket.
Following are the other names to be
placed on the nominating ballot: Lieu
tenant governor, {. II. Forward, Osh-
kosh; secretary of state f. II. Park, RAJ
cine; treasurer, William Agur, Eau
Claire; attorney general, j. Is. Smith,
Madison; insurance commissioner, ID. w.
Emerson, Emerson. The deegates-at-
large are: w. ID. Cox, ]. &. Smith.
William Agur and ID. w. Emerson.
There will be forty-nine district dele
gates at the national convention, these
names to he decided upon by the nomi-
mating committee.
The platform adopted by the prohibit
ton men, after much discussion and not
little wrangling, contains planks de-
manding a constitutional amendment pro-
hibiting the sale, importation, eXporta-
ton and transportation of alcoholic
liquor for beverage PURPOSES the en-
fOrcement of the interstate commerce
law regulating corporations, public own
ership Of public utilities, prohibiting the
advertisement i'll newspapers and maya
zines of saloons or other places where
liquor is sold, and the nomination of
President, vice president and senators
by direct vote of the people.
No Mention of County Option.
No mention is made of local or county
option, although in the discussion proceed
ing the adoption of the platform the dele
gates seemed to strongly favor county
option, entirely disregardng the advice
of Candidate Chain of Illinois, who de
clared it to be a farce. The convention
adjourned this afternoon, the executive
committee being empowered to fill vacan-
cies for district delegates to the national
convention.
E. w. Chain, candidate for governor
on the Prohibition ticket in Illinois,
stirred up the Prohibitionists Thursday
evening when he told them that TO sue
coed as n political factor they must get
over the idea that the drink evil can be
abolished by the adoption of resolutions
The saloon, he said, is a business and
If the ProhibitiOnists ever hope to win
a great victory it must be through a po-
litical party which is opposed to the
traffic. Local option, said Mr. Chain,
as a solution of the liquor problem is
the greatest fallacy and the greatest
fraud ever perpetrated in the name of
justice. He predicted that this would
be the last battle between che Repub-
llcan and Democratic parties.