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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE.
By Rev. Charles E. Locke, D

BY Kew. Charles T. Locke, II. -.
Text: Nothing shall be impossible
to you"
Tertullian once said of an event: ''It
is certain because it is impossible" and
Richard Golden, when told that a Ger,
tain thing was impossible, replied: III
that is all, let us set about it at once.
General Armstrong of Hampton, said !
Doing what cannot be done is the
for Indian and negro youths became
possible. Carlyle impatiently wrote
Impossible! 1t is not lucky word
Who is it says there is a lion in the
way? Sluggard, thou must Stay the
lion; the way must be travelled" Mira.
beau shouted: impossible, that block
head of a world" And the great Ma
poleon characteristically declared: I'm
possible! 1t is not a French word.
Genius is the art Of overcoming the
impossible"
Christianity is the art of overcoming
the impossible Impossible is not In
the vocabulary Of the Christian. This
is the program Of Jesus.
Christianity has already achieved the
impossible in the overthrow Of the vast
Roman empire.
Christianity has achieved the impos-
sible in the final eradication of human
slavery SO, indeed, shall the day sure
ly come when nations shall not learn
war any more.
At the dedication Of the Bunker Hill
monument, when it appeared that an
accident was imminent by the surging
crowds against the speakers platform,
Webster requested the people kindly to
move back. A man in the crowd ans
wered: at is impossible! Thereupon
the great Massachusetts, statesman
cried out: Impossible! Impossible
Nothing is impossible on Bunker Hill ~
And so let us keep near the cross. The
battle of the ages was fought there,
the freedom Of the race was there
achieved. Nothing is impossible on the
Hill of the Cross-on Calvary.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
REFORM DUE TO BRYAN,
DR.. Jacob G. Schurman Praises Nebras-
kan as Well as Roosevelt and
Gov. Hughes

SALT LAKE. Utah, Dec. 22-In. an
address, before the Utah State Teachers
association at the Tabernacle last night,
DR.. Jacob G.. Schurman, president of
Cornell university, said in part:
eff asked to name to whom the great
reform in elections is due, l would I'M
hesitating1y name William J.. Bryan.
More than any other one man to arouse
the spirit which demands the applica-
ton of principles of general honesty
to public affairs has been Theodore
Roosevelt.
History will show that the great
reforms of the age began with the work
Of Charles e. Hughes in the now famous
insurance Investigations in New York
and to him is due the original awaken
ing.
THE Sherman antitrust law must be
repealed because it strikes at combina-
ton which is the foundation of Twen-
.ieth century business.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
NATURE Is MANS AID.
By Rev. J. Lewis Hartrock

By Rev. ]. Lewis Hartrock
The stars in their courses fought
against Sisera.-Judge V. 20.
The first lesson that we learned In
our contact with life is that in nature
great forces operate which have the
power to deliver or to destroy. Law is
irvariable; nature Is constant and man
is variable.
Our first conclusion, therefore, and
which we may learn by the simple ex-
Derience Of burning our hands with
fire, Is that whether things shall hurt
or not lies primarily with US. Deborah,
in that immortal poem known as THE
Song Of Deborah" recounting the vic
tory Of Narak and the host Of Israel
over Sisera and the Canaanites, sang
The stars in their courses fought
against Sisera." This strange judgment
is the poetic statement Of that which
is profoundly and eternally true. The
stars-which is but symbolic for ma
ture-fought against Sisera, because
Sisera was against the stars.
The principles Of morality have their
roots IN the foundation Of the universe,
and he who does evil is at war with the
principle Of the universe The laws
which undergrad society are not mere
rules made by man or voted by govern
ment. They are laws which run
throughout the universe. Renee a
mans conduct bears a relation to the
great universal life. Sisera was
against the hosts Of God, and he who
Is against God finds Gods world against
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25

handicapped in a measure because some
of Allison's friends will not readily for
give him for trying to secure Allison's
seat while that veteran was still alive
They reason that the veterans services
to his country were SO great that he
should have been permitted to retain
his place without fighting for it.
Mr.. Cummins is a man somewhat of
the La Toilette stamp and is expected
to join forces with the Wisconsin re
former. On the matter Of tariff he
says: '9The time has come TO quit talk
ing tariff reform and take action. Re
vision must come quickly and we must
get the best we can."--Utica Globe.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
GOPHER MILLERS
FILE COMPLAINT
RATE ON FLOUR FROM NORTHWEST
TO ATLANTIC SEABOARD SAID
TO BE EXCESSIVE.
CAN'T COMPETE WITH EAST.
Tariff on Wheat Said to Discriminate
Against Western Manu-
facturerS.
CASE INVOLVES ~ RAILROADS

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. o.
"A complaint of enormous Importance to
northwestern millers, particularly those
located in Minneapolis and vicinity. was
Med today with the interstate commerce
commission. 1t is Joined in by forty
two flour milling concerns against the
Great Northern Railway company and
twenty-seven other interstate carriers do
ing transportation business between
Minneapolis and the Atlantic seaboard.
The complainants all are engaged in
the manufacture of flour from spring
wheat. The Minneapolis mills alone rep
resent an investment of $14,0000OO.
They have grinding capacity of 1OO,-
0lhOoO bushels of wheat per annum.
They allege that the rates-all rail and
rail and water-from Minneapolis to the
Atlantic seaboard on flour are excessive,
unreasonable and discriminatory, i'll that
1t costs them more to ship their flour
from Minnesota points to the Atlantic
seaboard than it costs Buffalo millers to
ship spring wheat from Duluth points
to Buffalo and the ground -four from
Buffalo to Atlantic Seaboard points.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
MAY BAR LOUISIANA Strip.
Southern Product Said TO Contain Sui
phuI DioXide

MADISON, Wis, Dec. 22.-[Special.I
Alarmed over report that the state of
Wisconsin might bar Louisiana syrup
and molasses from the markets OF this
commonwealth because sulphur dioxide
is used in their manufacture, the gov
ernor of Louisiana has sent Gov. David
son several kilograms urging him not to
shut out the southern products. Gov.
Davidson replied that he had not con-
templated such action, but if later it was
found upon proper examination that the
Louisiana molasses and syrup did con-
tain substances deleterious to- health and
prohibited by the pure foot laws, their
sale would be prohibited here.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25

Jefferson, Jackson, Polk, Pierce, Tyler,
William Henry Harrison and Lincoln.
The featherweights of the line were
Harrison, all three being below the av-
erage height and slender. Harrison,
however, broadened out after he be-
came President, and Van Buren, after
he retired. Hayes was of middle
height and thin.
Washington was tremendously boned
and muscled. but there was not an
ounce of superfluous flesh on his body.
His weight was 200 pounds. He wore
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
NEW LAW OF HEREDITY.
Certain Qualities Appear Incapable
of Destruction in Stock,


Some time ago an English scientist
w. Beach Thomas, contributed to the
English press an article on Mendels
great discovery concerning heredity In
plant and animal life. THE scientific
world" he said, lis on the point OF
giving full recognition to a new, strange
and deep-rooted law, and it is a salts
faction to know that in a few months
some of the most striking of it's prac-
teal results will be published by a
body of English scientists"
Briefly. the law, which seems to
touch the ultimate mysteries of hered-
ity, is this: When pure stock or strains
are crossed. it is found that a certain
list of qualities remain, so to speak,
indestructible, and appear uncontami-
mated in a definite proportion of the
offspring of all generations after the
first
Some concrete examples will best
show the practical effect of the law,
says the Technical World Magazine.
When the tall variety Of sweet pea and
the short variety of sweet pea are
crossed, the first generation are all tall.
Tallness is the dominant quality over
shortness, which is called recessive. But
in the second generation it is found
that just one-quarter are dwarf, and
not only are they dwarf but they will
remain pure dwarf, without any rever-
sion. and when crossed with dwarf will
never again show signs of tallness. The
other three-quarters will be tall, and
of these tall again just one-quarter will
be pure tall, and never again show
signs of dwarfness. The remaining two
quarters will be impure, but again
when crossed with their like will give
both pure tails, pure dwarf and mon
grels in due proportion SO that we
find in all grandchildren, so to speak.
of pure strains, the proportion 1 2 1
has a mystic application-that is. one
quarter of these grandchildren will be
exact or pure reproductions in one DUAL.
ity Of their grandmother, one-uuarter
will be pure reproductions of their
grandfather, and two-quarters. though
resembling one grandparent. will have
latent in them the qualities of BOTH
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25

No. 13 boots, and his hands were so
large he was obliged to have his gloves
made to order, while his finger joints
We're so prominent that they were con-
sidered genuine curiosities" He had
large, thick nose that always turned
scarlet upon exposure to the wind. His
hair, in middle life, was a chestnut
brown and his eyes a light blue, some
times approaching gray.
John Adams figure was Sarge and
round" Jefferson was half an inch
TALLER than Washington, but of long
franc, thin and spare His head was
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
The Apotheosis of Sauerkraut.

Is there any greater art, may be
asked. in converting a crude block of
marble into a figure so lfelike that it
almost walks from its pedestal, than
a tangled skein of the same golden. rip
ping sunshine which warmed the seed
ling in the fertile ground and brought it
to a head? There is not. say the deli
catessen clerks. as they lift out of the
dark depths of the barrel a dripping
mass of sauerkraut and gently wave it
back and forth in the light, so that each
strand catches and reflects the light
from its glistening thread.
See the evenness of the strings" says
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
DESPERATE A CHURCH.
San Francisco Edifce Is Entered and
Valuable Vestments and Furnish
ings Are Demolished.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Dec. %
The Church of St. Dominic In this city
was entered yesterday by an unknown
person or persons and vestments valued
at $1,000 were slashed and torn beyond
repair. The furnishings of the sacristy
were destroyed and indecencies Were
scrawled on the walls. The hands were
torn from the sacristy clock and the rec
ord book was slashed and torn.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
PUTS TO SEA IN GALE.
Cruiser Maine Leaves Norfolk, Va, When
Wind Is Blowing Thirty-six
Miles an Hour

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 22.-The cruiser
North Carolina put to sea today i'll a
northeast storm with the wind blowing
thirty-six miles an hour. at Cape Henry.
The battleship Maine passed down the
coast today i'll the storm and with
wind velocity off the Hatteras coast of
twanty-six miles an hour and high seas
prevailing. Admiral Arnold is sailing
southwark with partially sealed orders.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25

the artist Mote the light golden color.
1t is as beautiful as the glossy hair of
blonde doll. 1t shimmers like the head
piece of blue-eyed woman as she comes
from the waves at the seashore. 1t is
the only true food for midnight, when'
men eat. not to sustain life, but for
friendships sake. Irvine these festoons
of sunshine about the deep, rich-red col
umns of the frankfurters, and there is
something more than food. There is art
and atmosphere which the Welsh rare
bit does not even suggest.
Does anybody think that a mere gro
cery clerk could make that? If we
strike the public indignation of less than
week of midnights will force the pro-
prietors TO comply with our demands
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
ALBERT B. CUMMINS,

IOwa's Governor, Who Succeeds
William b. Allison in the Senate.
Albert B. Cummins, Governor of
Iowa, has been elected to fill the place
Of the veteran Allison in the United
States Senate. Perhaps it would be
more accurate TO say that Senator
Cummins will fill part of the place left
vacant by Mr.. Allison. No man with
out many years experience in national
legislation could hope completely to oc-
cupy the shoes of such a man as Ali
son, whose brilliant mind and vast ex-
perience made him a power in Washing
ton. His experience was almost unpar-
alleled and his judgment was accurate.
Moreover, Mr.. Allison mad only friends
in the Senate. Mr. Cummins will be
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
OPEN HARGIS DEFENSE.
Prosecution in Famous Kentucky Murder
Case Concludes It's Evil
dence

cution rested in the trial of Beach Har-
gis for the murder of his father and
adjournment was taken till this after
noon when the, defense opened. The
case of the commonwealth was confined
to testimony as to the actual killing, lit
tie in addition being presented. It is
understood that the defense will go into
minute details as to Judge Hargis' con-
nection with Breathitt feud affairs, SEN
:ational revelations having been prom
sed by the attorneys for the defense.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25

Whether William II. Taft will be the
greatest of the Presidents remains to
be seen; but one thing is certain, he
will be the biggest. The chair Of the
chief executive Of the nation has sus-
tained many men Of many weights, but
none of such tremendous bulk as Taft,
says a writer in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat This fact suggests a phys
ical comparison with the presidents
who have gone before. The biggest
men Of the presidential line-big in
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
CARRIE LIKES KAISER.
Mrs. Nation Expresses Wish That King
Edward and Mr.. Taft Would Be-
come Teetotalers.

LONDON, Dec. 22-Carrie Nation
expressed herself as delighted when she
heard the story that the Emperor Will
liam had become a teetotaller. She urges
King Edward and President-etect Taft
to follow his example, and says it would
give them clearer brains for national
work
AS though the suffragettes had not
trouble enough in present conditions,
to join them.
Carrie Nation apparently misses great
Joy through not reading the newspapers.
Mr.. Taft announced nearly a month ago
that he had climbed upon the water
wagon and intended to stay there per
manently
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
Saved from Vat of Boiling Water.

MANITOWOC, Wis, Dec. 22.-T Spe-
cial. Plunged headlcng into a vat of
boiling water at the plant of the Eg-
gers Veneer company 1T Two Rivers,
August Pulls, a workman, was rescued
by fellow workers and will probably live.
The fact that the accident happened on
Monday and when the plant lad Just
been started, the water not being at the
temperature usually maintained, saved
Pulls from probable instant death, Pulls
gill be disdgured. He is 80,
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
COTTON VESSEL SINKS.
Captain and Four Men Go Down with
British Steamer Off Point of
Mizen Head.

CROOKHANEN, Ireland, Dec. d.
The British steamship Irada,. Capt. Rob-
erts, from Galveston, December ), for
Liverpool, is a total wreck on the south
west point of Mizen Head. Capt. Rob
crts, a stewardess, and four men were
drowned The remainder of the crew,
sixty-five. men, saved themselves by
climbing the face of the cliffs. The
steamer was driven ashore by heavy
weather during a dense fog She was
loaded with cotton.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
GOLFERS WILL SECEDE.
Western Association to Quit National
at Forthcoming Meeting in
Chicago

CHICAGO, Ill.,. Dec. 22.-That
Charles f. Thompson, of the Homewood
Country club, will be the next president
of the Western Golf association, is said
to be assured. The annual meeting Of
the association will be held here January
16 and no candidate against him has APP
peared. Interviews with Mr.. Thompson
and Albert r. Gates, present president
of the organization. today left no doubt
that the forthcoming meeting would de"
velop a movement to secede from the
National Golf association and form a
new organization to be called the Golf
Association of America.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25

height as well as in breadth-were
Washington, Monroe, Buchanan, Gar
field and Arthur All Of these men
were six feet and upward and large
Of frame. The heavyweights of middle
height were John Adams, John Quincy
Adams, Fillmore, Johnson, Grant and
Roosevelt. In the ''dumpy' class, short
and stout, might be placed Zach Tay-
Tor. Cleveland and Mckinley. The list
of tall and slender Presidents includes
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
Cure for DipsOmania,

Flesh food is the chief cause of dip
somania. When men are properly nour-
ished upon non-inflamrnatory diet that
is rich in proteid and nerve and It's
building substance-such as nuts
of all kinds and their products, cereal
foods wheat meal, oatmeal, macaroni,
rice, etc.), legumes (haricots, lentils
and peas), fruits of every sort and
dairy produce (cheese, milk and eggs)
they do not crave for strong drink.
nor are they in danger of taking alco-
hol to eXcesS.-London Health Record.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
WILL PAY TURKEY s2o,ooo,o 900.
Austria Ready to Give Compensation fol
Bosnia and HERZEGOVINA.

BERLIN, Dec. 22.-The Frankfurt
zeitung learns from a reliable source
hat Austria Hungary is prepared to
!rant Turkey $20,000000 as compensa-
ion for the annexation of Bosnia and
herzegovina. The paper adds that the
transaction only awaits necessary for
ualities,
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25

4 little girl, being punished by her
mother. flew. white with rage. to her
desk. wrote on a piece of paper. and
then going out in the yard she dug
hole in the ground. put the paper in and
covered it over The mother. being
interested in her chiid's doings. went
out after the little girl had gone away
and dug up the paper and read: Dear
devil please come and take my mamma
away'-Delineator
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
BRYAN EXPL AIMS j.
CAUSE OF DEFEAT
COMMONER DECLARES COMBINA-
TON IF INTERESTS ELECTED
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
DEMOCRATS ARE INDICATED.
Believes Taft Administration Will Not
Come Up to Expectations Of
the People.
HAS NEVER SOUGHT LEADERSHIP.

UNlONTOWN, Pa, Dec. 22-With
"A Battle Oyer-The War Begun as
his text, William Jennings Bryan last
party in his belief must continue its fight
for reforms, the abandonment of which
would be both disastrous and dishonor-
able, and said he would not give up the
principles for which he has fought nor
the fight for their adoption in the ma
ional government.
Democrats Are INDICATED.
The speaker took up the various things
for which the Democratic party has con-
tended during the last twelve years and
pointed out the indications that have
come to the Democratic position. He
said that the Republican. party would
not meet the expectations of the people
and that the voters would find relief only
in the application of Democratic prin-
ciples.
Concerning his continued leadership of
he Democratic party, Mr.. Bryan said
hat leadership had come to him without
effort on his own part and as long as the
party wanted him to continue such lead
ership he did not feel that he could re-
inquish it at the beheSt of those who
night be personally interested in such
lotion. upon his part.
Sees Campaign Combination.
Of the late election he said Mr.. Taft
lad been elected through a combination
If the financial, commercial and indus
rial interests of the country and that he
would rather remain a private citizen
thar be President and be subservient 10
5hese interests as Mr.. Taft must be rE-
Ter the conditions that elected him. Mr..
Bryan said that President Roosevelt had
degraded his high office by making it
he football of party politics during the
recent camnNirn
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
SHOWING IN VIRGlNI A
Storm Gives Promise of First White
Christmas in Years in One of
Dixie States.

WINCHESTER, Va, Dec. GA
heavy snowstorm is prevailing in north
ern Virginia and gives promise of the
first white Christmas in years Reports
from points further south in the valley
shows the storm to be general
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25

be properly classed as big men by rea-
son Of their weight. The little man.
the man who is both short and thin.
has mighty slim chance of getting
into the White House.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
In the Dime Museum

what did you do with my Their
mometer?" demanded the doctor who
had been called in to attend one of the
freaks.
81 swallowed it, doc" answered the
glass eater. Thought it was my medi.
cine"-Pittsburg Press.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25

A shabby coat may cover fat purse,
but the combination isn't always a safe
one to bet on
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Avengedlil

for twelve-hour day."-New York
Evening Post