davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
Destroying Weeds.

In destroying annual weeds one
method is to disk the stubble fields,
causing the weed seed to terminate.
after which they can be killed by sub
sequent cultivation or by frost. Anoth-
er method Is to turn live stock, espe-
cially sheep into these stubble fields to
eat up the weeds and weed seeds The
value of cultivated crops, rotations and
summer fallows is also discussed.
The eradication Of perennials is more
difficult than in the case of ANNALS.
For these they tried smother crops,
bare fallow, chemicals and tar paper.
For small areas of quack grass, cover
ing with tar paper was found effective.
but was too costly for field applica-
ton. As quack grass is similar to Ber-
muda grass in its habit of spreading.
and it equally persistent, this method
may be of interest to those who wish
to kill small areas of Bermuda.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
Tea Much MaIigned.

One is always being warned against
tea as bad for the nerves, but one con-
tinues to drink it and seems none the
worse. We think tea must be maligned
to a great extent. A survey of the Gus
toms of Russia has convinced us of this.
Russians drink tea which is composed of
the stems of the plant compressed by
adhesive gum into cakes of various sizes
at the rate of about twenty pints Il day
If human beings can stand that sort Ct
thing then we hold that the ordinary tea
consumed in England cannot do much
harm. 1t is curious how the success of
ones day really depends on tea. The
practice of taking a cup in the morning
before breakfast has become almost uni
versal nowadays. Ones state of mind
for at least a part of the day depends
almost entirely on whether this cup is of
the right sweetness and temperature or
not. Men have done their best to break
UP happy homes by exhibitions of ma
tutinal temper, which might have been
avoided had their morning cup of tea
been satisfactory. And it is a well known
fact that woman deprived of her after
noon tea becomes a thing of nerves and
irritability. Tea is like tobacco. 1t must
be taken in moderation and not too
strong And it has this advantage, that,
unlike coffee, 1t does not suffer from
lust as good imitations.-London
Globe
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
REMAINS THE SAME.
Well Brewed Postum Always PaIa-
table.

The flavor Of Postum, when 'hG.led
according to directions, is always the
same-mild, distinctive, and palatable.
1t contains no harmful substance like
caffeine, the drug in coffee, and hence
may be used with benefit at all times.
Believing that coffee was the cause
of my torpid liver, sick headache and
misery in many ways" writes an Ind.
lady, Il quit and bought a package of
Postum about year ago.
My husband and l have been SO we'll
pleased that we have continue to
drink Postum ever since We like the
taste of Postum better than coffee. as
it has always the same pleasant favor
while coffee changes its taste with
about every new combination or blend
Since using Postum l have had no
more attacks Of gall collie, the heavi-
ness has left my chest, and the DID,
common, everyday headache Is a thing
unknown" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek, Mich. Read The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
HUNTING WILD HORSES.
A Favorite Sport in New South Wales
How Animals Are Broken.


Whether ''brumby' is survival of
the aboriginal name for wild horse or
a corruption of ''unbranded," appears
to be question which philologists have
left undecided, but brumby hunting is
still q favOrite SPORT in New South
Wales
Districts like the Clarence and Ste
phens and Manning river watershed are
still the home of numerous drOves of
brumbies, and hunting them is declared
TO be very exhilarating pastime. The
first step taken is to stake out corral
and make all secure except a narrow en-
trance, which can subsequently be gated.
On either side of the entrance and pro-
jecting from it funnelwise booty
fence" is prepared.
To the simple minded brumby it pre-
sumably looks like stockade, and
pieces of tiuttering cotton make it look
impregnable. When this is ready the
young bloods, well mounted, gallop out
and round up the wild horses, driving
them with shouts and much loud snap
ping of stock whips toward the mouth
of the funnel.
In a group of brumbies there is al
ways leader, and when,once the hunt
ers have got the leader heading for the
corral they are pretty certain of he rest
of the drove. The futtering cotton IA rs
of the sham fence are sufficient to deter
the brumbies from breaking through the
fimsy barriers, and in less time than it
takes to tell the wild horses are safely
corralled and the big gate shut on them.
Then they are left for four and twenty
hours without food and water to reflect
on the situation. and fter that they
can be broken in without much difficulty.
i ondon Standard.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
CURED HER CHILDREN.

Girls Suffered with Itching Eczema
Baby Had Tender Skin, Too
RELIED on Cuticura Remedies.
Some years ago my three little
girls had a very bad form of eczema.
Itching eruptions formed on the backs
of their heads which were simply COW
er@l l tried almost everything, but
failed. Then my mother recommended
the Cuticura Remedies. | washed my
children's heads with Cuticura Soap
and then applied the wonderful oint-
ment. Cuticura. l did this four or five
times and l can say that they have
been entirely cured. l have another
baby who is SO plump that the folds Of
skin on his neck were broken and even
bled. l used Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment and the next morning
the trouble had disappeared. Nine
Napoleon Duceppe, Al Duluth ST.,
Montreal. Que, May 81, 1907"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
TIE
General Demand

of the Well-Informed of the World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect.
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its en-
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufacture by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
CLEvELAND-THE COMMONER.
He Was Fond of Old Clothes, Simple
Life, and Was Unaffected.

Of all the heterogeneous celebrities
whom it has been my business to meet,
l have never known one as simple and
unaffected as Grover Cleveland. He had
absolutely none of that veneer of vanity
which makes most great men ridiculous.
He was the only Democratic Presi-
dent since 1861: and no career in Amer
lean history had been more triumphant
and sensational than his; yet he contin-
ued to the last to be as supplemented
and as ready to listen TO the small talk
of the people, as though he had spent
his life raising chickens on q bush farm.
The older he grew, the more attached
he became to the simple life of the coun-
try. He was fond of old clothes and
loose slippers and the soft grassy earth.
Once he told me with great gusto how
George Washington fed to his farm
from the batteries and intrigues of pub
lie life, writes Herbert n. Casson in the
New Broadway Magazine.
In 1897" he said. when the coun-
try demanded that Washington should
leave his farm and return to public life,
he squealed like pig. He always pre-
ferred his farm to the white house"
He had no aristocratic misunderstood
one. He was commoner TO the core.
Every man was a man. to Grover CleYe-
land. The richest individual had no
glamour; and the poorest had no smudge
in his eyes. One morning, while he was
debating an interview. very ragged
tramp came up the path TO the house.
Mr.. Cleveland opened the door. listened
to the mans story, and sent him away
with half dollar and good luck to
you"
Who is that man, papa?" asked little
Dick Cleveland, who had been romping
in the hallway.
Dick" replied his father. He is long
distance from his home, and he is try
ing to walk back
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

weight of some kind at the end Of the
wires and the thing is done. This ar
rangement also saves the trouble Of
putting on hangers as it answers the
same purpose. Two wires to each length
Of boards, about two feet from the
ends, and as many sections as may be
needed for the length of stack, putting
ends tapping over the next one, is all
the material that is needed. In using
the hay section of this cover may be
taken off by drawing out the staples
and the stack cut down so as to leave
the cover on the remainder. The same
boards can be used over and over again
for a number of years.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
Stack Cover.

The accompanying illustration shows
a cheap device for covering a stack
of clover hay, where there is no slough
grass at hand TO put on top.
In making this cover common boards
may be used from - to 16 feet long,
a foot or more wide, putting one on
top Of the stack first, then slipping one
on each side under the top one, about
two inches and fastening by driving Il
common fence staple over a smooth
wire just at the edge of the upper
board, SO as to make a sharp bend IN
the wire ever the edge, and so on
down as far as wanted. Six or eight
boards on each side will generally be
sufficient; then fasten a post, stone or
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
GUIDES TIE SAW.

the tree is a rod, from which is sus-
pended a cord. At the end of the
cord is an adjustable clamp, to which
one end of the saw is secured. At the
other end of the saw is a handle In
operating the saw to cut the tree, the
end opposite the handle is supported
by the cord in the same position as if
operated by hand. With the employ
ment of this guide the necessity of an
extra man to manage one end of the
saw is eliminated.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
QUININE IN ITALY.
State Sells It and Uses the Profit to
Fight Malaria.

The sale of quinine in Italy is carried
on in a peculiar fashion. The government
sells the drug to the peasants in malari-
GUS districts and then uses the profit to
fight malaria.
The first aim is to protect the peasants
from mosquitoes. But it is almost i'm
possible to get them to take care Of the
wire screens which are given them for
their houses.
As for their fearing wells and gloves
when they go abroad, as they are urged
by the authorities to do, anybody who
knows the Italian peasants can guess
how many of them will do it.
The government has therefore to de
pend chiefly on draining and filling up
the pools where mosquitoes breed and on
what is called bonificamento, or the i'm
provement of the land in various ways.
Last year the government sold to the
peasants about 100000 worth of qul-
nine, with a net profit Of about $4,000.
New York Sun.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
QUEER WEDDING EFFIGY.
Mock Attention Paid by Brides Party
to Bridegroom's Relatives.

There is n curious custom still preya-
lent in the Bellary district OF India in
connection with the wedding ceremonies
among certain Brahmin families.
Just prior TO the close of the feasting,
hideous efigy of a male figure, fan
tastically robed in rags, supposed 20
represent the bridegroom's father, is
carried along the streets in procession,
under the shade Of q sieve adorned with
tassels of onions and margosa leaves.
Every few yards during the procession
the feet of the etfigy have to be reverent-
ly washed and its forehead decorated
with a caste mark by its living spouse,
the bridegroc.ns mother. The bride
grooms other female relatives have sew
eral mock attentions paid TO them by the
women of the brides party.-London
Standard
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
Children's Fishing Contests.

members of the Rechabite lodges and
bands of hope. have had their annual
outing and fishing competitions at Eek
ington, Derbyshire. This is the sixteenth
year of the competition, which began
with thirty-two children. The children
pay three-halfpence a week. and each
child received prize worth s shillings >
pence, while the thirteen who caught
fish received extra prizes proportionate
to their catch. The catches ranged in
weight from quarter of an ounce to
ounces.-LondOn Standard
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
"plCkLES AND PEPPERS"
The Great March and Two-Step.

OF the numerous marches and two
steps submitted to campaign managers
Pickles and Peppers" has been selected
as the one with the most catchy melody.
1t is said by many TO be greater than
Hot Time" 1t was written by a Wis
consin woman and it is considered the
best Rag march ever published A
piano copy will be mailed to you for lie
Ivy addressing the publisher, Joseph
Flanner, Milwaukee. Wis. Complete
catalogues free.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
Potatoes and Dairyinr,

Potatoes are a crop that is well
adapted to most farms where dairying
is being carried on. They come at the
time Of the year when the dairy work
IS not pressing, and outside Of digging
they are as easy to handle as the same
number Of acres Of corn. When we
buy large amounts Of commercial feed
stuffs and mill feed the amount Of fer
tility removed by selling the potatoes
is more than offset by what is brought
on the farm by buying grain food for
the cows. Then the same amount of
help required to manage the dairy
work can handle the potato crop. Plant
a large enough field to make it profit
able TO own a digger, as this saves the
most disagreeable part of the work.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
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, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous 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, 1908-09-04
strawberry ROrer

Frequent crop rotation is the only
practical remedy for the well-known
strawberry crown borer. The infested
field should be burned over III the fall
and the next year planted to some
other crop, upon which the pest can
not thriya
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

Western timber
man. In using
these saws two
men have hereto
fore been neces-
sary, one at each
end of the saw.
The arrangement
of the drag-saw
guide is shown in
the illustration.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

In amount of capital of national
banks New York leads with $l51, 651,-
600, with Pennsylvania Hext and Ohio
third. Pennsylvania, with 764, leads in
the number of national banks, with Tex
as second and Illinois third
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
A Grateful Concession.

try to tell you the story of my great
love for you. I'm afraid l can't find
words properly to express my feeling,
but
The Society Editor Gnterrupting)-
You may boil it down to Il stickful,
George.-Brooklyn Life.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

l had a bad fall and II
affected my kidneys.
Severe pains in my
back and hips became
constant, and sharp
twinges followed any
exertion. The kidney
SecretionS were badly
diSordered. | lost
flesh and grew too weak
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

10 Work. Though constantly using
medicine l despaired Of being cured
until l began taking Doan's Kidney
Pills. Then relief came quickly, and
in short time | was completely cured.
| am now in excellent health"
Sold by all dealers 80 cents Il box
Foster Milhurn Co. Buffalo y. Y.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
Blessing Free.

"And will you give us Your blessing?"
asked the clipping bride, returning to
the parental roof
Freely replied the old man. mo
trouble about the blessing. but board
and lodging Will be at regular rates"
The United Presbyterian.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

has enlisted the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture in the work of re-
storing to its old-time standard this
beautiful horse, and for that purpose
has decided to the government 500 acres
Of pasture and woodland. The horses
now on the farm are headed by a stall
lion that cost $1,000.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

One Thing shat VIII live Forever,
PETTITS EYE SALVE, first box sold
in 1907, over 100 years ago sales increase
yearly. All druggists or Howard Bros,
Buffalo, n. Y
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
Too Early

you'll have to pay your subscription
to the paper in advance, hereafter" said
the country editor to the caller.
'But l hain't got no vegetables up yit!'
replied the bearded farmer.-Y onkers
Statesman
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

In a well-proportioned man the dis
lance between the tips of the middle
fingers when the arms are stretched OUT
laterally should be equal 10 the length
of his body.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

Acting on the suggestion of Mrs.
George +. Lowell the women OF Newton,
Mass, are investigating the question
whether the women teachers of Newton
are getting fair pay.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

EUTC st. Ntus Dance and Nervous Diseases per-
4 Il - manentiy cured by Or. klnes Great Nerve
Restorer Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise
DR.. 4. II. KLINE, Id g3l Arch Street Philadelphia Pa
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

A Siamese jungle is described as a
forest of fish hooks and knives laced
together with barbed wire.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP for
Children teethng; softens the gums, reduces IN.
nammation. allays pain. wind collie. %
cents bottle
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

Cupid carries his bow and arrow in
one hand and a copy of Bradstreet's in
the other.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
HER GOOD FORTUNE.

After Years Spent i'm Vain Effort.
Mrs. Mary e. II. Rouse, of Cam
bridge. n Y. says: Five years ago
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

A very simple method by which one
man can manipulate a drag saw to
cut down trees has been devised by 4
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
The Horses Teeth at Nine Years.

At nine years the mark in the corner
teeth of the upper jaw is clearly de-
fined; the mark is still visible in the
middle teeth, but has almost disap-
peared from the nippers
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
Preserving the Morgan Horse

Colonel Batteil of Middlebury, Vt,
is entitled to the honor of preserving
the Morgan horse from extinction. He
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

Three out of the four of the Old
South prizes given III Boston have been
won by girls.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
4 buy Furs 4 Hides. Write for cataIog 105
n. w. Hide & Fur Co, Minneapolis, MINI.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

This woman says that sick
women should not fail to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as she did.
Mrs. A. Gregory, of 1856 Lawrence
ST., Denver, Col, writes to Mrs.
Pinkham:
II was practically an invalid for six
years, on account of female troubles.
I underwent an operation by the
doctors advice, but in few months I
vised Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and it restored me to perfect
health, such as have not enjoyed in
many years. Any woman suffering as
1 did with backache, bearing-down
pains, and periodic pains, should not fail
to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Cou,po,1u6 -
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

Sold throughout the world. Depots: London, q,
Tharterhouse So Paris ), Rue de Ia PaiI Austria
Calcutta; China, Hong Kong Drug Co. Japan,
Maruya, Ltd Toxic; Russia, Ferrein. MOSCOW
Potter Drug Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston.
Hs-Post-free, Cuttcura Book on Care of the SKIN.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-13
APPEAL FOR BABIES
WOMAN CONTENDS IF ROLLS ARE
RE-oPeNEO THE NEW BoRNs
SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE


This Is an appeal TO the citizens OF
the five civilized tribes iu regard OF
the new born babies I SEQ where there
is To Doc a bin passed ,o reopen the
rolls to those that have been stricken
from the rolls only say if tbry are
pcIod let them bee for tho new born
they that have the blood that th,ie
fathers or mothers had. then there Us
no lay suit and mo- red tape attached
to those little ones Some of them are
orphans with no ohmcs. some whose
fathers au mothers ar. dead. and as
Ia general thiul there is a mortgage on
the surplus SO the new born babies
are knocked out
one case know of that m, father.
au Indian by blood. married his sec
oud wife. she being white woman
She got no land and In October 1907
'a baby s.rl was born to them and in
January 1905 The father died leaving
a homestead Of one huulr,d and thir-
tv-niuc acres that will be- divided with
four children of his former wife.
There is mortgage ON the surplus
that the mother can never pay and
there are numerous other cases that
are In the-fivo civilized tribes.
say that those who have the blood
Jet them share in the four million
acres OF land that remains unalloted.
Hoping that other people will see
this as ! do. ami that some one who is
competent will take the matter up.
I When there are little ones that have
no Land. who are LEFT orphans. there is
no one that will say. Il will take care
ef the baby. / will be- lis guardian.
and then it is lctt to relatives or some
Kind person that will give 10 a place
20 stay
/ think This four million acres OF
land belongs 10 them. they ought 10
have home the same as their sisters
and brothers.
hope the citizens viii consider thi,
matter for the little ones sake
\ Reader of 'hc Ardmorcitc