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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-01
Phenomenon Exclaimed.

A comparatively young man whose
mustache remained jet black while
the hair on his head turned white ex.
plained the phenomenon by saying 1t
was because his lips enjoyed all the
good things of life and his head had
10 suffer all the troubles.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-01
A Great Difference.

Yeast-lsn't the baby like its moth.
or? a.
Crimsonbeak-No,I I don't thinY go.
1t don't talk yet-Yonkers States.
man.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

At Fuerth, which is close to Nuremberg,
a fourishing trade and industry has
likewise sprung up since about the end
of the eighteenth century. Next to Nj
remberg and Fuerth the town and dis
trict of Sonneberg has for many years
enjoyed the best reputation for its toy
industry and trade, while in the Saxon
"Erzgebirge," a district comparatively
poor in natural products, the manufac-
ture of toys has likewise for some time
furnished a source Of livelihood to
thousands Of It's Inhabitants.
The TOYS made at Nuremberg and
Fuerth are chiefly Of the metal variety,
made either of tin, timed sheet iron
or Of tin and lead alloys. OF the more
than 200 toy factories established IN
both Of these towns, about 100 are de
voted exclusively to metal toys, the
only part of them worked by hand be-
ing the final painting, while all the rest
is manufactured by machinery. In this
respect this toy industry of the two
Bavarian towns occupies a rather diff
ferent position from that of all the
other parts of Germany, where it is al
most exclusively carried on by manual
labor; that is to say, by workmen and
women in their own homes. The sue
cess Of the Nuremberg and Fuerth met
al toy manufactures is mainly attribu-
table to the skilIful manner in which
the materials have been employed, and
in which the machinery and tools used
for the work have been adapted and
gradually improved by the toy manu-
facturers themselves, thus enabling
them TO produce large quantities of
articles within a comparatively short
time, and to reduce the expenses of pro-
duction, and in consequence also the
sale prices of the articles manufactured
by them.-Scientific American.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Barred FROM WEDDING.
French denomination Ban May Pre-
vent Fallieres to Participate in
Ceremony.

PARIS, Aug. 5.-The marriage of
Mile Anne Fallieres, daughter of the
President Of the republic, to j. j. b.
Lanes, the Presidents secretary, which
is to take place in the Church of the
Madelaine August 10, has raised the
question whether or not the President
can participate in the ceremony owing
to the fact that all French officials who
were concerned in the adoption of the
law prov ding for the separation of
church and state have been excOmmuni-
Gated.
According to the church organ. The
Gaulois, the archbishop of Paris, basing
his conclusion on one of the acts of the
council of Trent, has decided that in
asmuch as the ban of communication
was not published by Rome in the
churches and not given great prominence
in the religious world, the presence of
President Fallieres at the church would
be tolerated"
The President will not be allowed to
participate in the prescribed prayers and
sacred rites, but he may pray individ
ually. The Gaulois says Iurther that
the privacy Of the function because of
the mourning of NJ. Lanes will be ac-
cepted as a pretext by members of the
cabinet and other officials for not at
tending the church ceremony.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
BRINGS PINCHING BUGS.
British Steamship Weary of Battle
with IrrepressibIe Pests.


with Irrepressible Pests.
Bombay pinching bugs invaded an
Eveiess Eden when they climbed
aboard the British freight steamship
Strathairly at Bombay on July u, says
the New York Herald. To use the
words of the Strathairly's second OtIi
GER Mr. Kelso it was a pinch all the
way over, and the ship came into this
port yesterday literally on a pinch as
well. The pinching bugs of Bombay
have a habit of biting hard, and for
almost so days the sailors on the
against the little pests.
Visitors to the Strathairly came off
the ship with one or more Of the bugs
clinging to their clothes. If the visitor
did not watch out for them the bugs
would by easy stages reach the face
Of their victim and then-the pinch
Jig kiss.
Robert van FosshOller, Transvaal
sailor on board the ship, thought he
had a remedy for the bug plague in
liquid concoction with which he liber-
ally sprinkled the fO'cs'le quarters. He
| drove out the bugs and the other men
Of the crew as well. Then BaZin. a
Frenchman, the ships chef, produced
a bug powder that was warranted to
kill any bug alive. 1t blew great mon
soOns the day after the powder had
been sprinkled over the ship, and as
result every particle OF food not down
in the stores was made useless.
Captain Herne. Mr.. Duncan, chief of
ficer, and the second saw no humor in
the situation of the kissing pinching
bug plague, and in this view they were
backed up by the crew. Then the
SueZ canal was passed through, and
the bugs continued to multiply. There
was Il council of war, and it was de-
cided to ask for advice at Algiers. In
Algiers the commandante, or whatever
that officials title was, came aboard
and investigated and departed with
dozen samples of the Bombay bug
clinging to his robes.
At quarantine DR.. Doty disinfected
the steamer according to the rules gov
erning ships arriving from far east
ern ports. Everything in the way Of
microbes and germs aboard was official
ly disposed of-except the kissing bugs
They remained as stowaways, and con-
tinued with the Strathairiy to the Bush
docks, where they promenaded ashore
in pairs and quartets, and visited the
offices on the piers.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

The general public has little idea OF
the well-organized plans in operation In
nearly all large city retail stores to
check thieyery, says the head detect
i've in one of the largest dry goods es-
adjustments. BY the systematic pros
ecution Of thieves the losses do not
amount to onc-third Of what they did
three years ago.
Every large retail department store
fl New York and Chicago has its regu-
IarIy organized staff of detectives whose
duty it is to detect dishonesty in al
most every form inside the store while
many establishments have force of
detectives who watch for thieves who
may seek to rob the establishments
delivery wagons when out on their
tours. Part of this force are men and
part women. The employment of wom-
en- in this capacity is absolutely neces-
sary for women can do excellent work
where men would be worse than use
less. For instance, if a male detective
should be seen in the crowd at 4 bar
gain sale or at a counter where an I'M
usually large number of women were
Congregated, the suspicious of any wOm-
an shoplifter in the crowd would be i'm
mediately aroused and she would trans
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
in tn ovid country the O'Flahertys
and the O'Neills 90 Everybody"
FARMERS LAND WAS SOUR.
Simple Test with Litmus Paper
Showed Acid.

Showed Acid.
The State experiment stations are
doing great work for the farmers.
The following incident shows how sim
pie some of the tests are when you
know how" says a writer in Country
Life in America. A station official was
going over farm with the owner when
they came to a crawfshy piece of land
just back Of the barn; the very weeds
looked yellow AMI unhealthful.
Il am inclined to think" remarked
the agriculturist, that this land is too
acid for productivity. We can deter
mine this In a moment"
Taking blue piece of paper from
his pocket he stopped and dipped the
paper in some of the soil water that
was standing in a COW track. To the
owners establishment the blue paper
changed to red color as soon as it
was immersed.
There said the agricuturist, 1--WE
have our proof This is just a piece
of litmus paper. For ) cents you can
buy a similar piece at any drug store
Its change OF color shows that the land
is sour Crops cannot thrive on sour
land any more than children can thrive
on sour milk
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
WELLMAN TO TRY AGAIN.

NEW YORK, Aug. J.-Walter Well
man, who attempted to go to the north
pole in Il dirigible balloon, said last night
that he was planning to make the at
tempt next year. He said his airship,
the American, built for polar atmos-
pheric conditions could easily travel
from New York to Buffalo. Detroit or
even Chicago. 1t is, Mr.. Wellman said,
the second largest airship ever built its
100000 cubic feet being exceeded only
by the Zeppelin.
But in fuel-conveying capacity and
radius of action the American exceeds
the Zeppelin continued Mr.. WeIlman.
The total lifting power Of my ship il.
1880 pounds. | see no reason why the
America should not remain fifty to sixty
hours in the air and make a voyage of
a thousand miles, carrying five tons of
crew, fuel, etc. providing the wind con
ditions were not too unfavOrable."
Mr.. Wellman said lie expected to bring
the America to this country in the fall
1t is now being put in order in Paris
by his chief engineer.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

would make q chronic thief OF her by
reason Of the fact that she has been
arrested and badly scared by threat Of
prosecution and Imprisonment, but
whose plea Of kleptomania has been
accepted for the reason that it has
been her first cffense.
I'm watching suspicious persons and
detecting thieves, secret signals and
words are employed that to the unsus-
piciOus person, or even to the shop
iifters, have no particular meaning, but
which are well understood between the
store detectives. flOorwalkers and sales
men and saleswomen. Primarily, per-
sons against whom there seems to be
reason for suspicion are quickly sized
up by the store employe with whom
they come in contact.
"Of course many shoplifters study
to disarm suspicion both by their gen
eral appearance and manner of adj
dress. They exhibit no nervousness,
keep a keen watch of all that is 60
ing on near them, and, possessing plen-
ty of nerve and Self-cOnfidence, per-
form the theft at the most opportune
moment, taking care to make no false
move.
Many shoppers carry suit cases, as
do hundreds of honest shoppers, and
| on taking their place at counter leave
the suit case partly open at their feet,
so that articles may be quietly dropped
thnrnjn nrbon thp calnSnnpSnn &c NOT
| looking. A small purchase being made,
it is openly placed in the suit case and
| the shoplifter moves away. Other shop
| lifters carry q folded newspaper in one
| hand, and while the saleswoman'S at
| tention is diverted, slip some article
between its folds.
when suspicion is directed against
a shopper by Il salesperson, the fact
is quietly conveyed to one of the de-
tectives, who approaches seemingly as
if wishing to look at some object with
the intention of purchasing 1t. When
it is shown the detective makes some
objection to it, whereupon the sales
person moves few feet away, appar-
emily for the purpose of showing anoth-
er article of the kind wanted. This
gives the opportunity to speak a few
words of explanation.
Signals are sometimes given to
salespersons by detectives when they
have reason to be suspicious of a shop
per who is being waited upon at the
time, Again, words of seemingly no i'm
portance are used by the salespersons
to inform a detective or f1oorwalker
that a shopper has been detected in the
act of stealing.
when possible the shOplifter is led
| to the private Office or a room where
persons under suspicion are ques-
toned and searched. Once inside one
of the male and one of the female de-
tectives are summoned, and the thief
| Informed she must submit to be search
ed by the female detective. the floor
walker and the male detective waiting
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
REGRET IN WASHINGTON
ARMY OFFICERS SHOCKED BY AC-
CIDENT TO AIRSHIP.
Gen. Allen Points Out Need of Balloon
Houses to Protect Them While
on Ground.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. 5.-To
the officers of the signal corps of the
United States army who are about to be
gin experiments with dirigible balloons
and airships the news of the loss of
Count Zeppelin's airSnip comes home
with almost tragic force ana genuine re
gret is expressed on every hand.
Brighten. Allen, the chief signal Of
ficer of the army, who has been watch
ing the operations of Count Zeppelin
closely, said today that to his mind the
accident illustrated more than anything
else the necessity for having balloon
houses for the keeping of the arshps
when they are on the ground. With
their enormous area of canvas and no
protection, they are, he said, in constant
danger. They are us a ship without II
.harbor or dock. MoOred to the
ground the air may get around them at
any tine without the slightest warning
and play havoc with the whole outfit
For these reasons Gen. Allen is going
to make an effort to prevail on Congress
10 provide for the erection of balloon
houses as Il preliminary to the securing
of balloon outfit for the United States
army. In the case of the Baldwin bal
loon now undergoing preliminary trials,
a tent had been erected for protecting
it against the elements, particularly the
WIND. but this IS Tar from safe.
At Omaha the signal office is having
constructed Il balloon house of generous
dimensions for the use of the army. 1t
is to be 200 feet long, So feet wide and
10 feet high. In this connection Gen.
Allen called attention to the remarks of
Col Capper, of the British army, in IL
recent article on the subject as being
particularly applicable to the case ia
point.
AS long as drigible balloon remains
Iii the air it may be looked on as being
tolerably safe both in itself ana as Il
conveyance for passengers. Even if the
engine breaks down ii is in no worse
case than any ordinary free balloon.
When, however, it is brought i'll contact
with solid ground, it is Il different mat
ter. Even i'll light winds, unless it is
very heavily overweighted, it constantly
rises Il few feet and drops with consider
able force, so that the fragile framework
containing machinery and passengers il
liable to do serious damage, whilst in
high winds the pressure tending to tear
it away is 50 great that even large mum
bers of men are incapable of holding IT,
and its struggles to escape become so
violent that any rigid structure attached
to it will be dashed to pieces"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

came in a high falsetto and decidedly
Irish brogue this remark:
why the divil don't yez spaIpeens
pull tn cannon to yez right? Begor-
rah. yer a lot ov Iow-tide clans
L looked in the direction whence
the voice came and saw Il short China
man, as l supposed, with a long queue
and genuine Celtic cast of counte-
nance. He was holding Il little Chinese
boy by the hand.
WHO are youT l shouted at him.
An Amirikin, like yerself,' was the
reply.
- am u ese-Irish-American, an
me name is O'Flaherty.'"
Mr.. O'Neill said he had long talk
with the quaint fellow, who informed
him that he left Tyrone Pa, for China
about twenty years ago. and upon his
arrival in the celestial empire he mar
ried a Chinese woman. adopted their
manners and garb, including a false
queue He added that he was the IA
ther Of several little ChineSe-Irish
O'Flahertys.
why have you not dropped the 90
fOrninst your name" asked Mr.. O'Neill.
you seldom see an O'Flaherty these
days. They are all Flahertys."
Il didn't drap me % for tn same
r'ason We did not drap yers. Ye know
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Shower of Fish In Australia.

In a communication to the Royal So
ciety OF Queensland, Douglas Ogilby re-
cords the occurrence of q shower of
fishes which fell in Brisbane during a
severe hailstorm on Oct 7 last.
They were identified as the species
known as the trout gudgeon (krefftius
adspersus). Such showers Of small fish
are not unknown in other parts of the
world. Sometimes after a heavy rain
they are found swimming about in the
pools formed On the surface of the
fields
The explanation is that the waters
of pond or lake have been drawn up
into the clouds by a whirlwind, carry
ing some of the smaller fry with them
The latter, Of course, promptly descend
again in the rain.-London Globe
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
"NObuddyD Answered.

The average small boys opinion Of
himself is none too high, but the reply
of a small stable boy in Chicago may
scarcely be taken as the average. A
woman whose husband kept the driving
horse i'll one of the many boarding
stables" in tie city teIephoned the other
day to have the horse and carriage
brought to the house. A strange voice
answered the telephone.
rs this So X Sos stable?' queried
the woman.
YES" came the answer.
"WeII, who is this?"
cav, faint nobuddy. Wait a min
nit and III call somebody" came the
answer.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
GERMANY'S TOYS
Their Manufacture One of the Coun-
try's Big industries.

try's Big industries
Some interesting particulars OF the
toy industry Of Germany have been
published by the British consul at Ham
burg Toys constitute one OF the most
important branches of German manu-
facture In the year 1903 the total vol
ume of toys exported from all parts Of
the German Empire was 34.717 tons,
valued at $13,931,3T0. Though there is
hardly any country in the world to
which German toys are not exported.
the most important customer of Ger
many is Great Britain. which in the
year under review received 12,21S tons,
The second most important market for
German toys is this country. the eX-
ports to which amounted in 1903 to H.
900 tons. valued at S4,093.135.
The most important centerS for the
manufacture of toys in Germany are
Nuremberg and Fuerth in Bavaria. Son
neberg and some other parts of Thur
ingia and the Saxon "Erzegebirce. ="
Nuremberg, above all. has long been
known throughout the world for its
trade and industry, and German TOYS.
wherever made, still go in many couD-
tries by the name Of Nuremberg toys.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
HE WAS AN IRISH CHINAMAN.
How Celtic American Became a Ce-
IestiaI Citizen.

While on a visit to Washington, D..
c., recently, John B. O'Neill, a former
Washington attorney, who is now en-
gagged as military instructor in China,
related an interesting and out-of-the-
ordinary happening in which he was a
principal. 1t occurred, says the Wash
ington Star, about fifty miles from
Pekin.
I'VE were trying to get a big gun
across a little stream" said Mr.. O'NeilI
4 had about thirty Cinnamon engaged
at the task, while fully a hundred more
stood about the banks Of the stream
and looked on. When the cannon had
reached the middle Of the creek, or
river, it became stalled in the soft mud
at the bottom. l was yelling at the
'Chinke' in pidgin English, trying to
get them to extricate the gun, when
above the babel Of Chinese voices there
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
WHEATTAKES BIG JUMP
Reports of Dry Weather Causes Price
to Rise on Chicago Board
of Trade.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. J.-Wheat trad
ers, Influenced largely by dry hot wealth
er, bid up prices of that cereal in sensa-
tional fashion today. At the high level
prices of all options were more than
3 cents better than the, closing prices
Yesterday and at the close quotations
were but a slight fraction below this.
The most notable advance was made
in the December delivery. which at one
time was 33sc over yesterdays final fig
ures. May closed at 1895.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
To Furnish Light for State Line Towns.

FREEPORT, II, Aug. 5.-LSpcciaI
The village Of Winslow, H.. is to be
and power plant that is being construct
ed at Martintown, Wis, by w. b. Buch-
er, who Il few months ago purchased
the old Martin grist mill and its water
power rights at Martintown, and is pre-
pairing tC utilize as fully as possible the
splendid power that c2n he obtained
from the pecatonica river The viii
lage of WinslOw has closed a contract
with Mr.. Bucher to supply fifteen arc
lights for the first year, the number to.
be afterward increased as the board de-
sires The contract covers a period Of
twenty years. Lena and Warren, ILL.,,
and other towns in the vicinity of Mar
tintown will probably also be supplied
with electric light from the Martintown
power station in the near future.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
MAY HAVE BEEN MILWAUKEEAN.
Man Murdered at Laporte, Ind, Bought
His Clothes Here

LAPORTE, Ind, Aug. 5.-An au-
topsy on the body of the man found in
an improvised grave near here shows
that he was murdered. The man wore a
dark suit which had been purchased
of a Milwaukee clothing firm, and sew
eral articles i'll his pocket bore the names
of Grand Rapids, Mich, dealers. 1t is
presumed he came from one Of those
cities.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
VETERAN "PUG" ISDEAD
Henry Cartwright, Who Fought Before
King Edward in the sos, Passes
Away

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Aug 5.-Henry
Cartwright, a veteran English middle
weight, who fought with bare knuckIes
before King Edward when he was prince
of Wales, in the ffties, died here today
aged IS years. Cartwright's nom de
duerre was THE Fighting Blacksmith"
and under it he fought such men as Bob
Brittle, Bill Butler and Jack Gilbert. He
claimed to have won eighteen of his nine
teen fights. He died at the home of
married daughter.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
answer.
Too sympathetic.

There is such a thing as being too
considerable and tender-hearted"
whats the trouble now?"
MY daughter refuses to boil the
drinking water for fear Of hurting the
germs ''-Washingt Star.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
DROPS DEAD AT DEPOT
Postmaster Frank Owen of Footville
Succumbs to Heat at GAINESVILLE.

GAINESVILLE. Wis. Aug. 5.-[Spc-
ciaI. l-Oyercome by heat, Postmaster
Frank w. Owen Of Footville dropped
dead at the Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Paul ticket station in GAINESVILLE this
morning, just after he had purchased
tickets to Edgerton, where he expected
to attend the big temperance society
nicnic.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

Just outside the door. If the shoplifter
objects, which she seldom does, know
ing that the game is up, the police de
partment is notified by telephone, and a
city detective sent to the store, when
the thief is placed under arrest, taken
out Of the place as quietly as possible
and removed to a police station, where
she is searched by the police matron,
aud charge of theft made against
her. The experienced shoplifter usually
seeks TO make rs little disturbance as
possible when caught, relying upon
uuieter methods Of getting out of her
dilemma.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

We have never heard Of a man who
bought a farm with the money saved
by quitting smoking. Still, the Sunday
school books say such result is pos
Sihle
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

THE CALORIMETER CHAMBER.
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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

You people who quarrel easily, re-
member that no quarrel was ever real
~ made up.