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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Short Suggestions

Keep vegetable brush to remove
the silk quickly from ears Of corn. \
new nail brush with a handle is equally
useful
If an iron is not at hand when mark
ing clothes with indelible ink, hold the
writing against a lighted lamp chimney
or gas globe.
To Extract Juice from Onion.
Cut a slice from the root end of the
onion, remove the outer skin and press
| onion on coarse crater, using a rotary
motion.
If when using lemon for Favoring,
you need only half a one, put the other
| half on plate and cover with a glass
tumbler. This excludes the air and
prevents it from drying up or getting
moldy.
Always use a wooden spoon for stir
ring batter, soups or fruits, as it will
not wear out a sieve, stain, nor spoil
the favor. To keep it white dip in hot
water before using, as that will fill the
pores so they cannot absorb much Of
anything else.
Should the clothes be widowed, the
stains may be removed by a mixture
| containing equal parts Of soft soap and
starch, half as much common salt and
the juice Of half a lemon. This may
be spread over the spots, and the arti-
Gle should be laid on the grass all day
and all night until the stain entirely
disappears.
Table linen which has been stained
with egg should never be placed in boil
ing water, as it has the effect Of "set-
ting" the stain and making it almost
permanent The best method is to
soak the cloth in cold water, which
will make it perfectly easy to remove
the stain before sending it to the wash.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
The Gag.

Henry r. Dixey, at a dinner in New
York, talked about gagging-about the
ability, reasonably common among act
ors, Of introducing impromptu jokes into
a part.
NEARLY all of us can gag" said Mr..
DiXey Usually, though, the gagging
is OF n selfish nature. I'll explain to
you what l mean.
Once, at the beginning of my career,
l played the part of a footman. l wore
In this part a very broad white collar, a
kind Of Elton collar. Well, the leading
man told me one night that with my help
lie would introduce Il gag.
All right said |. What is the gag
to be-?
You know how said the leading
man, in the third act [ write a letter
while you stand beside me and wait to
carry it to your mistress? Well, after
the letter is finished I'll reach over to
you in an absent way and wipe my pen
on your white collar. OF course it will
make a large black stain, but you will
sect will bring down the house.
81 laughed harshly.
'Capital,I said. And I'll finish the
thing off with a little gag of my own.
AS soon as you have wiped your pen on
my nice collar, I'll wheel round and
knock you down. OF course it will hurt
you a little but you'll sect will be the
hit of the show '-Washington Star.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
breaking a Colt.

Every farmers boy should break q
colt to ride and drive before he can
call his educa ton complete 1t will be
an experience that the boy will be
proud of and which Will do him much
good. Three things must be taught
every colt to make it useful. They are
courag &c, obedience and good workman
ship. The first is necessary to prevent
horses becoming frightened at unusual
things; the second is required in order
that it may be of good service, and in
the third case the horses value depends
upon the neatness and consistency with
which it performs its work.-FieId and
Farm
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Renewing the Soil,

sixteen years ago purchased a farm
of 100 acres that had been owned by a
widow who rented fields to her neigh
bors On shares, and Of course the ten
ants took their portion home and fed
it on their farms and returned nothing
to this farm" writes a correspondent
When I commenced to farm it, I
found the clay land only produced ten
to fifteen bushels Of corn per acre, the
black ground from thirty to forty bush
els. The clover was so light on the
clay land it did not pay to cut it. l
put in a good many rods of tile ditch,
fed all the grain except wheat that
grew on the farm, saved all the manure
and spread it on the poor spots and
raised one crop of corn, one Of wheat
and one of clover in succession. l plow
eight inches deep, but never pillow or
turn stock on ground when wet.
"Now the clay land will produce thir.
ty to forty bushels and black land fifty
to sixty bushels Of corn per acre, wheat
fifteen to twenty-five and clover sd
heavy that all had to be stirred before
it would cure. l have never used q
pound of commercial fertilizer. l ex.
pect to continue increasing the fertility
Of the farm by the same process"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Loco Weed.

1t has been found by Government
experts that the poisonous action of the
loco weed is due to barium Investiga-
lions have been in progress for the past
few years to determine the cause of
this condition of range stock, which
has come to be known as '1ocoed." The
reason the weed is SO poisonous in some
sections and not in others is that on
some soils it contains no barium. The
Bureau Of Plant Industry, in a recent
bulletin, says that it is possible to kill
out the weeds if the pastures are
fenced, as the weeds grow in patches.
There is no feasible way Of Kidding
ranges Of the weeds, however.
1t was found that locoed cattle can
in most cases be cured by course of
treatment with strychnine, while
locoed horses can generally be cured by
course Of treatment with Fowler's
solutions. The animals under treat
ment must not be allowed to eat the
loco weed and should be given onIv
nutritious food, but as far as possible
food with laxative properties. To this
end magnesium sulphate was admins.
tered to correct the constipation, which
is almost universal among locoed ami
mails. 1t should be noted, too, that
magnesium sulphate may serve to some
extent as an antidote to the poison.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
STAG HUNTING WOMEN.
Many Feminine Followers in England Of
Trying Sport.

In spite Of the roughness of the coun-
try and the long days in the saddle stag
hunting is a sport which seems to have
always held an especial fascination for
women.
In Miss Strickland's Life of Queen
Elizabeth" we read that the virgin
Queen was so enthusiastic a stag hunter
that when the French ambassador came
to discuss the question of her union with
Monsieur lie Due d Alencon they were
kept waiting three whole days, the
Queen having started "a large swift stag
on the morning previous to that ap-
pointed for their audience; she pursued
it all day and till the middle of the
night, and was 81 greatly fatigued in
consequence that she was compelled to
keep her chamber all the next day."
The number Of ladies who hunt with
the Devon and Somerset staghounds
during the three autumn months are as
the sand on the seashore, innumerable,
and every season we see more and more
feminine converts to the cross saddle.
Whatever the difficulties may be for
most women in obtaining good grip
when jumping astride, there is certainly
much to be sad in favor of it on Elk
moor, the majority of women seeming to
find it less firing than side saddle when
doing very long days, and those who
let out hirelings welcoming the innova-
ton as one likely to reduce the number
Of sore backs in their stables.-Gentle-
woman.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Graft and Stock.

The question of the influence of the
stock on the graft and vice versa has
been much discussed. The experiments
recorded by NJ. L. Guignard in the
Complies Rendus were made with a
view of discovering whether there is
any migration of chemical substances
from the one to the other. Plants rich
in compounds Of hydrocyanic acid were
chosen. as this is easy to detect 1t was
found that when a plant containing a
hydrocyanic glucoside is grated on one
destitute Of it, or inversed, there is no
passage of this substance from the one
to the other. The general conclusion
seems to be that grating is a sort of
artificial symbiosis in which each spe-
cies retains its Individuality.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27

The increased use Of whiskey for
rheumatism is causing considerable dis
cussion among the medical fraternity.
1t is an almost infallible cure when
mixed with certain other ingredients
and taken properly. The following
formula is effective: "To one half pint
of good whiskey add one ounce of Torfs
Compound and one ounce of Syrup Sar-
saparilla Compound. Take in table
spoonful doses before each meal and
before retiring"
Toris compound is a product Of the
laboratories of the Globe Pharmaceuti-
cal Co., Chicago, but it as well as the
other ingredients can be had from any
good druggist.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Attend the Institutes.

The farmers institute season is at
hand Now, Mr.. Farmer, these meet
lngs are for you. They are held for the
bOrs together to discuss the fundamen-
tai principles and facts concerning your
great business. State speakers will be
on hand to instruct and lead the dis
cussions, but you must be there to get
any benefit from the meetings. 1t Is
your duty to yourself and your neigh
borS to attend and take part in the
farmers institute when it is held IN
your county or township. Do not go
in a critical mood, but go with desire
to learn more about farming and If you
have some problem that is worrying
you, tell about it and may be someone
can help you out. Perhaps your expert
ences will be of direct value to some
other man who is having a hard time.
The farmers institutes were estab-
| lished for the same purpose as our ag-
cicultural colleges and experiment sta
TONS for the purpose Of furthering the
cause Of agricultural education; of
! helping the man Oh the farm better I'M
derstand his business and thereby make
greater success The State speakers
ere all thoroughly practical men and
women who have had experience IN
what they talk about and are willing
to give help and information whenever
! they can. But the success of any farm
ers' institute meeting will depend upon
| the farmers themselves whether they
will attend and take part in the pro
grams. Enthusiasm is generally mark
! ed by numbers and when an enthusi-
astic body of men get together, there
| is sure to be some good come Of it
| Farmers Guide.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Fate of His Old Friends.

Arch Cook, the district passenger
agent of the Southern road, is from Dan
vile. This fact leaked out when he told
another story yesterday.
An old inhabitant who had been absent
from Danville for fourteen years re-
turned on visit and was inquiring after
some of his old friends.
How is old Bill Jones?"
Poor old Bills dead. Yes, he drank
himself to death. We buried him right
ovnr there"
rs that fact! And how about
George Jones?"
"Old George went the same route a
couple of years ago. Drank himself to
death We buried him right over there.
We'll, well! Does old Bill Smoots
still talk politics?"
Il hardly think so. Old Bill died
about year ago. He drank himself to
death"
Guess you buried him right over
there with the rest?'
mo, we just poured him back into the
barrel. louisville Times.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Bee Marmala0c.

The analysis of a remarkable japanese
confection is reported in recent bulle-
tin of the college of agriculture in Toxic.
This is no less than d bee marmalade."
said to be made of young wild bees and
seasoned with soy. The results of the
analysis show that the reputed compo-
sition of the sweetmeat is quite cor
rect. The marmalade is said to be ex-
ported in alright cans. \ French COM
mentator remarks sarcastically that it
will doubtless be welcomed at tables
where they serve grilled locusts. as in
Africa, or the Chinese dainty made of
Sllkworm cOcoonS.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Vegetable Soup.

Cook two cups of navy beans in wa
ter to which q little soda has been ad-
ded- Rinse two or three times, then
put them into a kettle, cover with sew
eral inches Of water, add a good-sized
onion, sliced, and a stalk of celery, or
the dried celery leaves. Cook until the
vegetables are soft, rub through q
strainer, return to the fire and add Il
half cup Of cream with salt and pepper
to taste. If you prefer you may use
milk and butter instead of cream.
Serve at once.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Onion Pickles.

Take small white onions, pour boil
ing salt water over them, let stand
three days. then pour off and add fresh
brine. After three days take vinegar
according to quantity Of onions, two
ounces tumeric, heat vinegar hot, cover
jar, stand ten days, pour off, put in
fresh vinegar with red pepper, horse
radish, celery seed, mustard and mixed
Spices
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Cheese Pudding.

Heat in a double boiler q pint OF
milk to which you have added a tiny
pinch of soda, and as soon as warm
put in a cupful of bread crumbs and
soak them for ten minutes Add to
this two eggs beaten light, a table
spoonful of butter and cupful Of
grated cheese. Season to taste with
salt, add pinch of red pepper and
bake in pudding dish in quick oven,
covered, for fifteen minutes, uncover
and brown. Serve at once.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27

as shown in the sketch, and attach the
mower to the lower end Of it SO that
the straw or grain will just strike the
knives where the grass usually comes
into the mower. A crank and q belt
arrangement makes it easy for one man
to feed and turn the the cutter. This
is a good use for lawn mower in the
winter time when it is not working
OutdOorS.-FaIm and Home.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Make Your Vinegar.

Mix six pounds of light brown suga"
with five gallons Of water. Put i'll q
key, tack piece Of cloth over the bung-
hole. Lay the key on its side in the
backyard, where it will get the sun Ill
day. At the end Of three months you
will have better vinegar than you can
buy. If you wish to make it in the
winter place the key back of the fur
mace and it will take a much shorter
time to make.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
w eIsh Rarehit,

Heat half pint of good ale in chat
ing dish blazer and put with it half a
pound Of shaved soft cheese As 1t
melts add a tablespoonful of dry mus
tard and one of salt, pinch of cay
enne and a tablespoonful of cream.
Stir until all is hot through and
smooth ard serve on buttered toast.
If you have no cream, substitute butter
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27

Select large oysters Clean and par
boil slightly to draw out water. Drain
and dry on towel. Roll in cracker
crumbs, dip in mayonnaise dressing,
then in crumbs. Let stand for five
minutes, and if moist dip again in
crumbs and cook in deep, hot fat for
one minute.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
NO SKIN LEFT ON BODY.
For Six Months Baby Was Expected
to Die with Eczema-NOw Well
Doctor SniG tn IIsn Cuficura.

For Six Months Baby Was Expected
to Die with Eczema-Now Well
Doctor Said to Use Cuticura.
six months after birth my little girl
broke out with eczema and L had two
doctors in attendance There was not
a particle of skin left on her body, the
blood ooZed out just anywhere, and we
had to wrap her in silk and carry her
on pillow for ten weeks. She was
the most terrible sight l ever saw, and
for six months l looked for her to die.
l used every known remedy to allevi-
ate her suffering, for it was terrible
to witness. DR.. c. gave her up. DR..
B recommended the Cuticura
Remedies. She will soon be three
years old and has never had a sign
of the dread trouble since. We used
about eight cakes of Cuticura Soap
and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment.
James J. Smith, Durmid, Va, Oct. IA
and %, 1906"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27

ing the bottles to retain the gas and
exclude the air. With the higher
pressures Of gas, souring Of the milk
was delayed indefinitely; as bottles
charged under pressure of 175 pounds
to the inch remained sweet for five
months. The milk thus treated makes
an agreeable drink, and it is believed
that the process will be valuable for
preserving milk for use on sea-going
vessels, in hospitals, and elsewhere.
Full details of the tests are given in
Bulletin No. 292 Of the station. which
may be obtained on application.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
heeping Milk Sweet,

In some Of the milk studies made at
the New York Agricultural Experiment
carbonic acid gas in the milk tended
to prevent its souring. This seemed
worthy of further investigation and a
series of tests was conducted in which
the gas was combined with the milk
under varying pressures, using the
ordinary soda water charges and seal
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
A DESK WHEREVER he GOES.
Commercial Traveller Invents Portable
Article He Long Needed

An Illinois commercial traveller who
has found poor conveniences for business
in many hotels. has invented portable
writing desk and has made an applica-
ton for a patent. Closed, the desk is
about the size and shape of dress suit
case, which it closely resembles. Open,
drawers and pigeonholes after the most
approved fashion of a big roll top. Metal
legs of the lazy tong principle unfold to
form a support, and supporting rod
holds what might be termed the lid in
the position of a writing table. 10 the
top is attached handle by which the
whole may be carried. The desk fills a
want that has been experienced by every
man on the road, and it is remarka BILE
that some genius did not bring it out
long ago.
ago.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27

There is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was sup
posed to be incurable For great many
years doctors pronounced it a local disease
and prescribed local remedies. and by con-
stantiy failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutional treatment
HaIl Catarrh Cure, manufactured by h. J.
Cheney 4 Co, Toledo. Ohio. is the only con-
sututional cure on the market 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They oHer
one hundred dollars for any case 1t fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address: f. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. Toe
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Potato Starch.

Rub up five-tenths part by weight Of
well-washed raw potatoes on a CRATER
and boil the pulp thus obtained for a
few minutes with three parts Of clean
water. Then take it from the fire and
gradually stir in fifteen-thousandths
part of pulverized alum, and finally
beat it up with wooden spoons until
perfectly clear.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Enough to Scare Her.

"BilI'' Smith is a Bucks county store
keeper, and last spring he came down
to Philadelphia to purchase his stock of
goods for the summer trade. The goods
were shipped Immediately, and reached
his store before he did. Among the lot
of cases and packages was u box shaped
something like q casbet. When Bills
wife saw this one she uttered a scream
and called for a hammer. The drayman
hearing her shrilI cries, rushed in to see
what the trouble was. The wife, pale
and faint, pointed to the following in
scription on the box:
Bill inside. "-Philadelphi Ledger.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27

A Denver dealer in dairy COWS places
the valuation of an animal by fixing
the price at the rate Of SO a gallon of
milk given daily rich enough to show
81 per cent Of fat. To this price he
adds or subtracts 81 for every one
fourth of one per cent By this rule a
cow is bought entirely on her merits.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fbroid tumors, Irregularities;
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, f1atulency, indiges,
ton, dizziness ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Feed for P0uJfr

In raising feed for poultry it should
be borne in mind that corn and wheat
can always be purchased on the mar
ket, and, therefore. it is better to grow
sorghum, broom corn, popcorn, mfllet
and sunf1owers, which afford a greater
variety and are not usually found il
the markets.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Easy to Scale Fish.

Use curry comb when scaling a
fish. 1t is easier to handle than knife
and prevents the hands from smelling
fishy and the scales from working un-
der the nails.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Rice Rails.

Boil cupful of rice in water and add
salt. While warm mix well in quarter
pound Of butter, two eggs well beaten,
and tablespoonful of cinnamon. Make
this into small balls and fry in deep
fat. Drain and roll in currant jelly,
then powdered sugar
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
To Cream Butter.

Put the butter in a bowl and work
with a wooden spoon until the butter
is of soft creamy consistency. Should
buttermilk exude, it should be poured
off
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To Scald Milk.

Put milk in the top Of a double boil
er, having water boiling in the under
part. Cover and let stand on top Of
range until the milk has a beadlike
appearance around the edge.
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could not sleep, my
limbs swelled and the
secretions were trou-
blesome; pains were
intense. l was fast
in b ed for four
months. Three doc
tors said there was
no cure for me and /
was given up to die,
Being urged, l used
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Not n Cure-AII.

A great many have had an idea that
pasteurization was going to solve all
Of the difficulties regarding our milk
supply, but after close study of the
matter we believe that it is often used
as cure-all for milk and cream that
is not fit for human consumption It
has been proven that the pasteuriza-
ton given in the usual commercial way
kills only the Tactic acid germs which
nature placed in the milk as a pro
lection, while the pathological germs
which are the real menace to health are
left in an alkaline instead of an acid
medium all ready to multiply when
other conditions are favorable.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27

Grant was graduated in the class of
1913 at West Point-number q in a
| class of 80. Gen. William B. Franklin
was graduated at the head of the class.