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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Situation Was Auuoving

The flames were shooting from the
windows of the tall building and re-
sembled huge red and scarlet tongues.
Smoke poured in volumes into the heav-
ems above, blackening the atmosphere.
The fire fighters were struggling des-
perately with their ladders and hose.
Hundreds of persons watched the great
and dramatic confagration when sud
denly every soul was terrified beyond
description by the appearance of little
boy at twentieth-story window. He
made no demonstration save to wave his
hand
Screams from the threats of the popu-
lace rent the air. The tiremen ran up
a ladder with ftful rapidly to save the
trapped human. One of them dashed
swiftly up the rounds through the dense
smoke and when he had reached the
eighteenth floor yelled out encouraging
ly:
-, Don't jump! Hold fast! I'll be
there IN moment
Inc circumstances of my predca-
ment are indeed peculiar" came the an
sWer from above. You can rest as
slred, however, that l shall not deliber-
ately plunge myself into space. although
may perish in this sitting and suffo-
eating smoke. The situation is very an
noylng. but after due consideration and
deep thought / have concluded to wait
unul you mount the ladder and reach
my side. l will not need your assist
ance III descending"
II goes without saying that after the
BOY was brought to earth it was found
that he was from Observation-Disclosures
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Farm Notes

Alfalfa seed is now selling in many
parts Of the West for 10 to - cents a
pound.
The irrigated districts of Egypt com
prise 100000 acres and support TO-
100000 persons.
Owing to prolonged drought in In
dia the productive area of wheat land
has shrunk from 100000 to 100000
acres.
In four years pair of rabbits could
secure progeny of nearly 100000 A
doe rabbit produces as many as seven
families a year.
Many important drainage projects are
under way in the marsh land in Lou
isiana, which will ultimately make it
Il great agricultural country.
dairy train which recently went
out from Lafayette, Ind, covered 500
miles on the MOnon route, and 1000
people heard the lectures which were
delivered from the cars.
1t is estimated that if the cattle ship
pers Of Iowa succeed in establishing
their claims against the railroads for
excessive shipping charges in Chicago
they will get back fully a half million
dollars.
Great Britain now imports every
year about 100000 bushels of apples.
one-half of which come from the Unit
ed States. Canada sends over about
100000 bushels and Australia nearly
all the rest.
An effort is being made to establish
in the Ozark region of Missouri an ex-
tensiye breeding station for farm an
finals. The project has the approval of
Secretary Wilson and DR.. Melvin. of
the Bureau of Animal Industry
The wool growers of Utah received
about 100000 for their wool and
mutton last year. Prices for wool at
the shearing stations averaged about 81
cents per pound. Owing TO vigorous
action on the part of the growers, scab
is reported to be almost extinct in that
State.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Trzxf6 Gr7G
Quality

appeal to the Well-lnformcd in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and crcditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laXatives is the fact that it cleanscs,
Sweetens and relieves the internal organs
Oh which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
FAMILY'S SKIN TROUBLES.

Eczema, Heat Rash, and Scalp Affec-
lions Afilict Different Members,
but Cuticura Cures Them.
My wife had eczema for five or six
years. 1t was on her face and would
come and go. We thought we would
give the Cuticura Remedies a trial We
did so and she has never had sign of
eczema for four years. / myself used
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
some time ago for falling hair. | now
have very heavy head of hair. We
used Cuticura Remedies for our baby,
who was nearly bald when young. She
has very nice hair now. She is very
feshy, and we had so much trouble
with heat that we would battle her
with Cuticura Soap and then apply
Cuticura Ointment, it would dry the
heat up so much quicken than anything
else. Mr.. II. 3. Springmire, 323 SO.
Capitol Street, Iowa City, Ia, July IL,
1905, and Sept 1G. 1906"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08

For neuralgia and sciatica Sloan's
Liniment has no equal. 1t has a
powerfully sedative effect on the nerves
-penetrates without rubbing and gives
immediate relief from pain-quickens
the circulation of the blood and gives
a pleasant sensation of comfort and
warmth
For three years l suffered with
neuralgia in the head and jaws" writes
j. 2. Hubbard. of Marietta, S. c., land
had almost decided to have three of my
teeth pulled, when q friend recon-
mended me to buy Il twenty fvecent
bottle Of SlOan's Liniment. 7 did SO
and experienced immediate relief, and
l kept on using it until the neuralgia
was entirely cured. l Will never be
without bottle of Sloan's Liniment in
my house again. l use it also for in
sect bites and sore throat. and l can
cheerfully recommend it to any one
who suffers from any Of the ills which
have mentioned"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Same Name. Different Man.

Gov. Hughes, at dinner in New
York. talked about disorderly political
meetings
"A friend of mine" he said, was
once good dealannoyed while addressing
a meeting by a man in the front row
who howled like dog. At every telling
point III my friends argument this man
would emit frightful bowls and spoil the
effect.
My friend asked the name of the
man, and was told that it was Harry
Loft. Then he said in loud voice:
Mr.: Loft, it is plain that our friend
Goldsmith had you i'll mind when he
said:
The watchdog's voice that bayed the whis-
perlng wind.
And the loud Loft that spoke the vacant
mind
&" He said that. did hep cried Loft
turlously, and he turned and struck IA
little fat man behind him hard blow
over the head.
1T was only after a five minutes
scrimmage and much profane abuse that
Mr. Loft was convinced that the Gold
smith referred to was the long dead poet,
and not the little fat man of the same
name."-NeW York Times.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Corn Slower.

Corn stover is used both shredded
and unshredded. Ordinarily the cattle
will waste considerable quantity
whichever way it is fed. The shredded
fodder is prepared because the cattle
eat greater percentage of it and the
manure is handled more easily. Fod-
der is often fed on the ground in the
open pasture field TO save the hauling
Of manure.
There is a saving. however, in hav-
ing the fodder shredded. Usually the
feed is taken care of earlier and there
Is less exposure to teaching rains and
weathering processes. Again, more
feed can be put in a smaller space,
thus requiring less storage space.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Brncinr CnrnRr POST

This method, while cheaply devised,
is used very effectively in bracing cor
ner posts. Use as a brace a pole nine
or ten feet long, four or five inches in
diameter and square at both ends Fit
one end of pole to the post half way
between its middle and top and place
other end of brace on a fat stone Sc
cure one end of wire around bottom
Of post, then take it to outer end of
brace and back to post again, fasten-
ing securely. With a short stout stick
twist wires together until very tight
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Showing a Bad Example.

A grocer who was noted for his caro-
fulness had an advertisement inserted
III Il local newspaper for Il message boy,
and young fellow who understood the
ing came to apply for the situation, and
while the grocer was telling him how
careful he must be a fly settled on a bag
Of sugar and the grocer caught it and
threw it away. Tie boy then said:
IF you want me to he careful you are
showing me bad example,"
'WhyE' replied the former.
Because" said the boy, You have
thrown that fly away without brushing
the sugar off its feet.''-Tit Bits.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Double RrOoding Coon.

The double brooding coop shown in
the drawing is four feet square and
three feet high at rear. two and one
half in front 1t may be built of tongue
and grooved stuff or straight-edge
boards one-half or three-fourths inch
thick The hinged lids should have two
cleats each to make them firm. In
front is a One-inch mesh wire netting
and at the edges are strips of three
quarter by one and one-haIf-inch stuff.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Rode No CVClopedias.

Even book agent sometimes fails of
achievement through unforeseen misun-
derstanding.
Colonel" said one of them affably to
q Texan whose record he had looked
up beforehand, those are mighty tne
boys of yours
The finest in the county. stranger"
said the Colonel. The finest in Texas"
Il reckon you buy them anything they
want?"
why. stranger. / buy them anything
they need, whether they want it or not. >
Then, Colonel, let me sell you a
cyclopaedIa for them. There's nothing
else will do them so much good"
The Colonel looked at him in astonish-
ment. why. stranger" he said. them
boys of mine don't need any cyclopaedia.
They ride mules. '-Youth's Companion.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08

When the horse stable opens into
the buggy room and it is necessary to
keep the door open for ventilation, l
find that a small gate constructed Of
light material is an excellent protec
ton against horses getting loose and
injuring the buggies. The cut here
with shows a light gate we have in use
in our horse barn. 1t is very simple
in construction. but serves a very i'm
pOrtant purpose. Were it not for this
light gate we would find it necessary
to keep the door closed between the
horse stable and buggy room, thus
shutting off ventilation.
The gate IS hinged onto the rolling
door with light strap hinges, explains a
writer in the Prairie Farmer, so that
when the gate is not in use it swings
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08

Nature and a WOman'S work COM
blned have produced the grandest
remedy for woman's ills that the
world has ever known.
In the good old-fashioned days of
our grandmOthers they relied upon
the roots and herbs of the field to
cure disease and mitigate suffering.
The Indians on our Western
Plains to-day can produce roots and
herbs for every ailment, and cure
diseases that battle the most skilled
physicians who have spent years in
the study of drugs.
From the roots and herbs of the
field Lydia +. Pinkham more than
thirty years ago gave to the women
OF the world remedy for their pc
culiar ills, more potent and effica-
cious than any combination of drugs.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is now recognized as the
standard remedy for Woman's ills.
Mrs. Bertha Muff, of 515 NC. ST.,
Louisiana, Mo-, writes:
e Complete restoration to health
means so much to me that for the sake
of other suffering women L am willing
to make my troubles public.
"For twelve years / had been suffer
ing with the worst forms of female ills.
During that time had eleven different
physicians without help. No tongue
can tell what suffered, and at times l
could hardly walk. About two years
ago | wrote Mrs. Pinkham for advice.
/ followed it, and can truly say that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice re-
stored health and strength. 1t is
worth mountains of gold to suffering
women"
What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound did for Mrs. Muff,
twill do for other suffering women,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Cheese CREeA

Cream one-half pound butter with
one pound sugar, beat in the yolks of
six eggs, the juice of one lemon and
the grated rind of two grated nut
meg and two rablespoonfuls of brandy
At the last stir in the whipped whites
Of the six eggs Bake in small open
shells Of pie crust, and if you wish you
can lay narrow strips of the pastry
across the top
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Muscadine Comfts,

Take four ounces of double refined
sugar finely beaten and searched, put
thereto two grains of muske, a penni-
weight Of orris root in powder. heat it
to perfect fine paste then roll it as
thin as paper, and cut it like to dia-
monds with your knife, as with a fine
Jagged rowell (rol) cutter; so dry
them in your stove and keep them.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
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Chocolate CuSfar5

Melt over the fire two ounces of
good cooking chocolate with little
water, and add cupfuI of sugar. Boil
two minutes and pour into a quart of
boiling milk. Add one tablespoonful
Of cornstarch dissolved in a little cold
water, with a teaspoonful of vanilla.
and add the yolks Of four well-beaten
eggs. Beat the whites very stiff and
dry, and fold them into the custard
when it begins to cool Put the Gus
tard into glass cups and cover the TOP
with layer of peanuts that have been
chopped very fine
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Corn Leading Western Crop.

The statistical bureau of the Union
Pacific passenger department issues a
statement compiled from government
reports showing the value of farm
products in seventeen States west Of
the Mississippi in 1907 to have been
S1,O91 100000. Corn leads in produc-
ton, being valued at nearly half q
billion dollars. Winter wheat is next
valued at $20O,OOOOOO, and domestic
hay was valued at only 100000 less
Rye, oats, barley and potatoes follow
in order. The report also shows an in
crease in live stock of $50 per cent
since 1870
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08

Three-fourtbS cup sugar, one third
cup water 1 level tablespoonful butter
? tablespoonfuls lemon Juice. Boil the
sugar and water for ten minutes. Re
move to back of range and add butter
and lemon juice. AS soon as butter
is melted serve on the bananas, with
lamb as an entree, or with cake as
dessert
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Mexican Rice.

Put cupful of dried rice into Il hot
frying pan containing a tablespoonful
of olive oil. Roast the rice until we'll
brown, but not scorched. Add to this
or . finely chopped tomatoes, a little
salt and > teaspoonfuIs Of Mexican or
chilli pepper pulp. Pour in a cupfuI
Of boiling wafer and let simmer until
the rice is soft.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08

brick (about seven pounds) and cord
to a dead weight of not far short of a
ton.-Fry's Magazine.
What Beef Men Think of siIage.
The success attending the use Of
silage in the dairy business has created
much interest among beef cattle men.
Silage furnishes a succulent food,
which is quite essential to the dairy
sow in keeping her digestive system in
good condition. The same will be found
true for the beef animal Twenty
pounds Of silara per day will supply
all the bulk and water needed in a
fattening ration. The other roughage
may consist of either long fodder or
mixed hay. The economy of using
silage for fattening purposes is well
brought out by Prof. A NJ. Soule Of
the Virginia station, who has stated the
following conclusions:
There was a difference of from s
TO D of pound of grain per head per
day IN favor Of the silagefed cattle.
They also finished out better and in
any discriminating market would GER
t9inly bring better price than the
dry-fed cattle.
"Of the three forms of roughage fed.
the silage was eaten with the greatest
relish, and there was absolutely no
loss, whereas with the stover the loss
amounted to 1875 per cent and with hay
4.1G per cent. Where a large number
of animals are fed this would make a
considerable difference in the cost of
ration, except that the shredded stover
can be utilized to advantage for bed
ding
Silage as it is put up to-day is bet
ter than when the practice was first
started. Good silage of corn is made
when the grain has passed the milk
stage and has commenced to glaze lit
tie. Silage is made also from sorghum.
corn and cOwpeas and pea vines.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Sponge Pudding.

One tablespoonful milk, one cup
-four, one cup sugar, one teaspoonful
baking powder, three eggs. Beat yoIks
of eggs and sugar together light add
flour and white of egg beaten very
light; add milk. Put the baking pow
der in the -four. Steam III cups TWEEN
ty minutes. This makes seven cups.
TO be eaten with ricn sauce.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Banana Short Cake

Make a shortcake as for cream-of-
tartar biscuits, and bake it in shall
low, round tin. Slice bananas in the
proportion of three to one orange
CRATE the best of the yellow orange
rind, and mix with one cupful of su-
gar. Split the freshly baked cake, but
ter and fill with the prepared fruit.
Four spoonfuls of sweet cream beaten
stiff is a great addition The white
Of an egg can be beaten with it, and
favor added.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Hogs for Cuba and Mexico.

Some Of the coast country farmers
while visiting Galveston saw that many
hogs from distant points in Texas and
Oklahoma were being shipped to Cuba
and Mexico and returned home I'M
pressed with the idea that if it paid the
North Texas and Oklahoma farmers to
raise hogs for the Cuban and Mexican
markets, it would pay the coast coun-
try farmers TO do the same thing
Galveston News.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Jelly Rice.

Boil one cupful of rice in sweet milk
until soft, adding a little sugar and
salt to taste. Pour into cups, and when
cool turn into a dish, scoop out a ia
blespoonful of rice from the top of
each. and fill the place with jelly Serve
in a glass dish with whipped and
sweetened cream piled over them light
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
East Indian Preserves.

Eight hard, green pears, chopped six
pounds of sugar, one-Quarter pound Of
green ginger root, one pint of water
three lemons. Pour the boiling water
Oh the ginger root, let it stand for i
few minutes, then scrape and cut THU
Chop fine the yellow rind of the lemons
and cook in hot water for fifteen min
utes. Put all the ingredients together
and cook for three hours or longer.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Poor Mans COnkies

One egg. one-half cup lard, one-half
cup molasses. one teaspoon salt, one
cup brown sugar, one-half cup water,
two teaspoons soda; spice to taste;
three cups -four stir in -four until 50
thick you cannot work any more, then
drop in pan and spread with fork dip
ped in hot water.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Cream and Banana Pie,

Heat together in basin little gran
ulated sugar and lump of butter, the
yolks of three eggs, a little milk. and
sherry and some banana thoroughly
mashed Pour the mixture into a deep
dish and stir in the whites of two eggs,
well beaten Bake in an oven not too
hot, remove and serve.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
If You Doubt 1t. Try 1t.

\ man once backed himself for a
large amount, which he subsequently,
lost, to move an ordinary brick attach
ed to two miles Of cord along a level
road outside Chichester. He failed to
move the brick, and it may be roughly
estimated that the friction of the cord
on the road inogeand the weight Of the
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
shears for Carving Fowl,

\ pair of carving shears has been
devised especially for those who find
the talent of carving hard to acquire,
says Popular Mechanics The upper
blade is a carving knife and the dented
lower blade forms a clip. The shears
are easy to handle and permit one to
successfully attack any part of the
fowl
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
DOUBLE BROOD COOP.

to insure rigidity. IN one corner, as
shown, is the nest, four inches deep
and fifteen or eighteen inches square,
according 10 the size Of the hens kept.
The board floor, explains the Orange
Judd Farmer, is covered with sawdust
or sand. Food and drink are more
readily supplied through the door,
which preferably lifts in front, as
CHI
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08

wished death might
end my awful suffer-
ings. The secretions
were thick with Sedi-
ment, my | / N b S
swollen and my right
side so nearly par
alyZed l could not
raise my hand above
my head. The doc
tor held out no hope
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08

around and fastens to the large door
out of the way. For material in max
ing the gate we use inch strips of good
right pieces are light strips gotten out
for fence pickets. I find a light gate
Of this character a good thing to keep
poultry out of the barn during the sum-
mer months
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
CrUlIers.

One and one-half cups sugar, one
half cup lard. two eggs. two cups but
termilk, two teaspoons soda, two tea
spoons cream of tartar, two teaspoons
cinnamon. Flour enough to roll out
This recipe requires about and one
half pounds lard for frying.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
Suspicious.

Send back that new batch of bill
heads They won't do at all said the
milkman.
why, l think they're very pretty"
faltered the clerk. "Whac is your OBJ
lection to them, sir?"
Cant you see they're water marked,
stupid?"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
The Fertilizer business

The total fertilizer production of the
United States is placed at 100000
tons annually, valued at over S6OOOO.-
Goo 1t is estimated that Nashville.
Tenn. has 100000 invested in the
fertilizer business.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08

of my recovery and had given up, but
at last started using Doan's Kidney
Pills and made a rapid gain. After
three months use l was well and NJ
work again"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
EoSter-MiIburn Co. Buffalo. \. Y.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
FRYING Potatoes

Always fry fish or potatoes in an
iron or steel saucepan, avoiding a tin
lined pan when deep fat is used. The
great heat is very likely to melt the
tin, and also it is a difficult utensil to
keep clean, for the inside is apt to be
come roughened.