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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
South Africa's Locusts.

Millions and millions Of locusts set
tie, and millions and millions continue
flying to settle farther on. They have
been settling in myriads for a hundred
miles and more, and yet enough are
left flying to hide the sun. On the
ground nothing can be seen but To-
Gusts. So thickly do they pack that
not square inch of earth or grass is
visible. AS you walk through them
narrow wake is left for a few seconds
in your track where they have flown
out Of your way, and as they rise in
thousands before your feet the noise
Of their wings is like an electric power
station.-Grand Magazine.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
Mr.. and Mr.. Vim. Korf spent Easter

Mr.. and Mr.. VIM. Korf spent Easter
with friends at Columbus.
Mrs. Pat Stanton of Clyman, was
a visitor in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Ralph Peck of Columbus, was
visitor in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Emil Creuz entertained the
sewing circle yesteld day afternoon.
Ernst Behlke returned to Juneau
yesterday having CONS to spend
Easter.
Hugo Herzog was home from Mil
Waukee to spend Easter, returning
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Cook returned
last evening from visit with Oshkosh
relatives.
Miss Alice Kehoe returned to Chi
cago yesterday after enjoying a visit
with N. Bickner.
= Mrs. William Breckenridge of
Milwaukee, is visiting at the home of
her mother, Mrs. M. Tesch.
Paul Behlke left yesterday for Mil
waukee to accept his new position
as manager of drug store.
Mrs. Joseph Harvey of Milwaukee,
has been in the city the past two days
looking after property interests.
Miss Hannah Buglemann was here
from Milwaukee to spend Easter with
her aunt, Mrs. August TanLk, Sr.
Miss Fannie Carey of CIyman,
underwent successful operation for
appendicitis at st. Mary's hospital.
Jack Daily uf Johnson Greek, was In
the city for a few hours yesterday
afternoon on his way to Johnson
creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Rusch spent
Monday in Milwaukee, the guests of
their son, friedrich and daughter.
Frances.
j. +. Braemer left Monday after
noon tor trip through northern
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, ex-
pecting to return May l..
Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. Crandall, North
Warren street, spent Sunday and Mon
day in Milwaukee, guests OF an aunt
to Mrs. Crandall.
Born yesterday morning to Mr..
and Mrs. E. L. Schempf, a son.
The happy father. since the advent
of the little chap, has been the recip-
lent of many congl atulations.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. J. Romdeere
of Milwaukee, have returned home
after enjoying a few days visit with
her mother, Mrs. S. Green.
The young ladies of Redwood it
will be remembered had made great
preparations for leap year ball to
be given at Cleveland hall there on
the twepty-eIghth of February, but
were obliged to postpone the same
on account of the small pox scare
prevailing at that time. They have
now arranged for the event to take
place on Friday evening. May L. The
music tor the occasion will be furnish
ed by Wheeler's orchestra of Lake
Mills.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24

ending "red" a second time were less,
a third time less still, and so on.
This of course would be q sound
enough argument provided that you
regard some dozens of games of rou-
lette or losses of a coin all as one con-
tinuous event. 1t is quite safe, for In
stance, to offer beforehand big odds
against a coin turning up heads ten
times running But in practice the
public house loafer does not do this
What he does is to bet on each sepa-
rate toss by itself, thus defeating his
own aims. The odds against a coin
turning up heads eleven times are as
has been shown, something like 1000
to 1. But suppose you only start bet
ting at the tenth toss. What are the
odds against the eleventh toss again
being head?
The odds, so far from being 1000 to
1, are actually 1 to 1! To use an
Irishism, the odds are even-that is
to say, if you split up the eleven losses
into eleven separate events to be bet
on separately your bets should be
"even money all the time, however
often heads turn up running But if
you view the eleven losses as one COM
bined event and you offer a prelimi-
nary bet against the whole eleven re-
suits being heads you will have to
give gigantic odds.
All this goes to prove the absolute
uncertainty of gambling. The great
est mathematicians of the day cannot
be certain how a coin will fall, so that
the man of merely average abilities
who stakes anything important on the
toss of a coin is allowing that part of
control-Pearsons Weekly.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
RANDOM THOUGHTS.

In 1892 the Populist party worked
up to ,04I, ACT votes and a score CT
twenty-five in the electoral college.
Then it fused with the Democrats and
has seen nothing but guose eggs since
that mercenary flop.
President Roosevelt's latest dec1ar-
alton in favor of arbitration and more
warships has all lnharmunious sound,
but harmony must not be thought of
when country Is striving to be a
world power.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
A Trade Union Inconsistencies

One Of the anomalies of trades union
Ism is the demand for "closed shops"
and the advocacy of municipal owner
ship when it is inevitable that every
industry transferred from private to
public ownership VIII become an "open
shop" In public employment eli con-
ditions and wages of labor must be
determined by laws and ordinances,
No law excluding nonunion men from
public employment can stand the test
of its constttutionality- Policy,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
THE TOSS OF A COIN,
mathematics of the Turning of
Heads or Tails.
CHANCE AND THEORY CLASH.
If Heads Turn Ten Times In Sequence,
Theory Says the Odds Are Against
Another Head, Yet Chance Says the
Odds on the Next To& Are Even.

Odds on the Next Toss Are Even.
A famous mathematician, Professor
Karl Pearson, once spent the greater
part of his vacation deliberately toss
Ing shilling and making careful notes
Of how it fell. He spun the shilling
$4,000 times, and pupil of his, work
ing separately, spun q penny 5000
times and also tested the drawing of
5000 tickets from a bag.
1t may seem strange that a learned
professor should put himself to such
an amount of trouble to demonstrate
what every schoolbOy who had ever
tossed coin already knew. Yet, as a
matter of fact few really do grasp
the laws which govern such an appar-
emily straightforward matter as the
tossing of coin. In the words of the
arithmetician, the theory of runs
that is, heads turning up repeatedly
or tails turning up repeatedly-is pre-.
cisely as follows:
The chance of q head is one-ha1f; Of
two heads following, is one-half multi
piled by oDe-half-that is, one-quarter;
Of three heads in succession, one-half
multiplied by one-half multiplied by
one-half-that is, one-eighth. Now,
what do you suppose is the chance of
a run of eleven heads? It is safe to
say that not many persons, however
accustomed to tossing coins, have rea-
soned this out. The fact is that one
run" of eleven heads is on the aver
age only to be expected in 2,O4S sets
of coin tossing.
Although the man in the street may
not have reckoned this, he is always
quite positive that If, say, a coin has
fallen ten times head upward he is
safe to start backing tails. He puts
his money on tails turning up be-
cause, he says, it stands to sense that
the run of heads can't continue. But
does it? At the eleventh toss the head
of the coin is just as big as it ever
was. What mysterious influence can
past event, the tossing of ten heads,
have on a future one which has no
link with them-namely, the tossing
of the coin the eleventh time? Surely
each toss is an event by itself, as Sir
Hiram Maxim said of a game at rou-
lette at Monte Carlo:
ct is pure, unadulterated question
of chance, and it is not Influenced in
the least by anything which has ever
taken place before or that ever will
take place In the future"
A nasty piece of plain speaking this
for the cranks who had published
schemes for breaking the bank and
whose plans depended entirely on the
theory that if one game ended in a
win for red" the chances against it
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
Aged Woman Called.
tFrom Wednesdays DaiIy.D

TT TUm " tuutsuaE DaIIy.l
Yesterday morning, Mrs. Elizabeth
Roth passed away at the family home in
this city in the eighty-third year of her
age. She had been a resident of the city
for over thirty years, the last ten or
twelve being bedridden. Her husband
passed away five years ago and she is
survived by two sons, John ana Philip.
She was a native IF Germany and came
to this country in the year of 1852 The
funeral will be held at 9 o'clock Friday
morning at st. Mary's Catholic church.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
Basketball Season Ends.
(From |ednesday's Daily.)

IL rom .feuneSQaY S Dally.)
The basketball season closed last
evening with three games at the
Turner opera house. The opening
game between the second High school
and second Turner teams resulted,
first half 9 to II in favor of the
Turner's. The second half ended in a
tie, II to II. The Turner's, however,
won by field basket.
The second game was between the
first and second girls High school
teams. resulting in victory tor the
first team by a score of 10 to 3.
The third game, between the boys
alumni and boys first High school
team resulted in victory for the
latter by score Of So to G8.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
kntiduity of the Mortoaoe.

The legal document known as a mort
gage can be traced as far back as the
dawn of authentic history. The mort
gage comes directly down to us from
the Romans, but its antiquity is much
more remote than the Roman nation.
The Greeks, Carthaginians, Persians.
Egyptians, Babylonians, all knew Of
the mortgage and daily used it in their
business transactions. 1t is safe to
say that the custom of giving mort
cages is practically as old as settled
human socIety.-New York American.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
Sl.50 Per Year Strictly In Advance
sample Copy Free. Advertising Rates are
Furnished on Application.
WdtertOWn. Wis. Friday. April "a
REFORM HOUSE RULES.


The Washington Herald in speaking
of the action nf Hon. ]. NJ. Nelson,
member of congress for this congress
sIonal district, relative to change in
the rules governing the procedure in
the House of Representatives, said:
"An indication Of the unrest among
members of the House over the re-
strictlve rules which hamper indiyid-
ual initiative and strangle legislation
favored by majority appears IN
resolution introduced by Representa-
tive John M. Nelson, Of Wisconsin,
for select committee on parliament
airy reform to undertake revision of
the existing system for ules. There
is precedent for such revision, as
select committees for that purpose
were appointed in 1880 and again in
1890 but neither accomplished any real
reform, merely Strengthening the
puwer of the Speaker and the Com
mittee on Rules. Mr. Nelson s reso-
luton provides that the proposed
select committee shall consider a re-
vision of the rules with reference to
these general aims:
'The more speedy economical, and
considerat. dispatch of the business
of the country; the restoration of the
rights, the standing, and the dignity
of the House as coordinate branch
of the Congress; the equal, fair, and
just recognition of the legislative
rights and privileges vested by the
Constitution in the representatives of
the people of co-equal Congressional
districts; the remodeling of the hall
of the House and the substitution of
benches for desks; the introduction of
some time saving, safe, and consti-
tutional device for recording the yeas
and nays; the disposal Of private bills
under general laws or through the;r
removal to some specially constituted
court, commission, or department.
"A suggestive and in several
respects worthy programme of par
liamentary reform, significant of the
trend of thought among many able
and patriotic members of the House.
We wish we could be assured that
Uncle joe would think favorably of
it. Mr.. Nelson asks US to bring
pressure on that gentleman, who,
with three or four others, control the
legislative power vested by the Con-
stitution in House of Representa-
tlves chosen by the people, in order
that the resolution may be considered
at the present session. Thus reform
must be sought at the feet of those
whose power it is sought to reform
away. The dictator must be politely
requested to consent to means whereby
he may be compelled to abdicate.
Perhaps iG may be accomplished, but
it will be difficult job, and possibly
better time to try it would be after
election. All the good things are
going to be done then
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
Card of Thanks.

We wish to extend our heartfelt
thanks to the kind Watertown friends
who extended US aid after the death
and during the burial of our beloved
mother, Mrs. W. Czech. We wish
especially to thank the pail bearers
and members of the quartette.
Mr.. and Mrs h. J. Wagon.
Charles Cesh.
Mrs. Clara link.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
PLENTY OF TROUBLE

is caused by stagnation of the liver
and bowels. To get rid of it and head
ache and biliousness and the poison
that brings jaundice, take DR.. Kings
New Life Pills, the reliable purifiers
that do the work without grinding or
gripIng. 25c at Chas. A. Gamm's
drug store.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
WHOOPING COUGH.

| have used Chamberlains' Cough
Remedy in my family in cases Of
whooping cough, and want to tell you
that it is the best medicine l have
ever used.-W. F. CASTOR, Posco, Ga.
This remedy is safe and sure. For
sale bv All Druggists.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
More Than Luck.

do you believe in special provi-
dence?'
"Sure! When l was boy the school
l attended was struck by lightning one
night and burned"
Nothing special about that"
"Oh but it was just the night before
the circus came to toWnr'-Philadel.
phia Ledger.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
GENTLE AND EFFECTIVE.

OLN III AND TT EIII ' Il.
A well-known Manitoba editor
writes: GAS an inside worker l find
Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets Invaluable for the touches of
bilousness natural to sedentary life,
their action being gentle and effective,
clearing the digestive tract and the
head" Price Is, cents. Samples
free. All Druggists.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
Election of Officers,

At meeting of the board of water
commissioners Monday evening, the
following appointments were made for
the ensuing year:
President--John Habbegger.
Secrstary-Wm. F. Voss.
Superintendent Bonner.
Assistant, day duty-Emil Cruel.
Assistant, night duty-Frank west.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
Loss BY Fire.

Frank Callahan, residing about
three miles northeast Of Clyman. had
the misfortune to lose large barn
and granary by fire about 9 O'Clock
Friday evening.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24

II IOu 1ueSud1 DdiISsJ
Mrs. W. j. Jones is visiting her
parents at Sullivan.
John Roller of Redwood, was a
visitor in the city yesterday.
Edward zautner Of Sullivan, Wis.
tied friends IN the city yesterday.
William Dierksmeier of Lake Mills.
spent Sunday at the home of his par
ents here.
Mrs. Herman Schultz. residing near
Redwood, was a visitor in the city
yesterday.
john Q. Grell and wife of Johnson
Greek. spent Easter with friends and
relatives in Watertown.
John Flath. one of the energetic
and wIde-awake farmers on rural route
No. 5, was business visitor IN the
city yesterday.
The Misses Margaret, Flora and
Anna Hertel and Catherine Green en-
joyed pleasant afternoon with their
friend, Miss Mary Nimm, on the
West read, yesterday afternoon.
From Wednesday DaIly.l
j. A. Swenson was business visit
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24

1t is from the remembrance of joys
we have lost that the arrows of af-
Fiction are pOinted.-MackenZie
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24

j. A. Swenson was a business visit
or ut Lowell YESTERDAY.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24

Smoke "Sea Rose" SC.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
:: OF Local Interest. ::
(From SUNDAYS Daily.

(From Sunday Daily.)
George Book of rural route No. 4.
visited his brother, Henry, of Emmett,
yesterday.
Mrs. Fred Grell and son, Fredrick
of johnson Creek, were visitors in the
city Friday.
Charles Killian of Milwaukee, is
home to spend Easter with his mother
on the west road.
Mrs. Louis Seid1er of rural route
No. 6 left last evening for Waukesha
to attend the funeral of cousin.
Miss Meta Haggamann of Reese
vile, spent Friday night with Miss
Martha Volkmann, on her way to Chi
cago.
James Duffy Of Clyman, was here
yesterday to meet his brother, M. O.. i.
who arrived from Butte, Mont. in The
morning.
Mrs. Albert Zautuer returned to
her home at Sullivan yesterday, ac-
companied by her daughter, Mrs. VIM.
Jones, who will spend Easter there.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24

tFrom Wednesdays Daily.l
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-09
Courts.

Sspe-o- Co1u -Ra-ph ka-Euan Judge
Mo- -1. -r~t Nerlay IL January March Nay
Sep---- r-r a-l Noveul1-r
Just ~ Co----F- Z. Craig. = Lce Lyons ".
q Eslrey.
Police Co-rt-C-ty Hal. r L. Purdin Police
J1lEe
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-09
Ward Boundaries.

FIRST Warl-A. The t.rriIory east - Peai
street.
~eo.-1 Ward-AI The territory ~esl G
Per- ~.rs--
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-09
Grange Directory P. Of H.

T. mona G-a.-e. T I C4lkins. worthy
alas.-r Nee every third Ironth. Special
r-4et.--, upon 81. u the Master.
Eue1>tlr. GRANGE. C. l. Nlndy. Worthy
SIa,aer NJ ;he lr>t Wednesday ana thru
SATURDAY Of cash month. a. l;5l M Grand
amor Hal.
~0.th El.-ita, Gran-e. T T Wilson Worthy
tla>,e- A-e.- me n-~i FRIDAY Of each month
>l1t- kit-l-a> hal az : i ".
Tho-n Grao-e. +. L. Calkils Worthy
Xa,--r. Meets The hrs, and third Friday Of
each u-o1tl al = y. Thorp hall
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-09
Turner'S HALL DIRECTORY 40 PINE ST

1lode-n Maecafees Every THURSDAY ererins
Industrial L--lon. - aid 5-d Mondays II
cash month
A,ricau u I Church. Every sunday q, u o.
u. and 80, p n
sunday school a. ZOO ?. II.
Adreati--. l~t and 3ri SATURDAY "a zach
month a. 80 = H.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-09

First Christian Church
Coz. Fourth and RUBY
R--I1 sargent Pastor

IL ~l--'---- E7l>-9.-
a--L-a- ~srvice- Sunday az u -lra. II. and 30
. u Prayer >=ry 60 thursday 90 ? II
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-09
County Officials
City Boundaries.

on tLr ua-th ty 18th street OF the south by
Na--t1u4 sF.. OF TIE cas-. by a liEe drawn -
tsat1 Popular and M4p.e s,TCst>. OF The wesi
from Mar -utfl 4s- south - rl.l> v.,>t @. ne y
= r.f.ssv t-ies thence norm - RODS. thence
se~i ~ ross aL1 -or.h 70 line between llih
a-. h. IL sire. -
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-09
County Election Precincts.

C E--u E-.=->-Ire. East kli:i;as- Ea>to-
:. .na--v Mer4>.a~1. Mountain. North ki;tita'
Res 81. >o1-1 E.eu~clr-- S01th hl.tita.
Saa1k Tes-4Uay We. kitt-ias
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-08-29
A FAREWELL CHAT.
interview Between the Boss and th'
Man He Fired.

interview Between the Boss and the
Man He Fired.
Neither of the partners had arrived,
and the clerks that morning were in
dulging In their usual bout of gossip.
did tell you, chaps, that l was
leaving7" drawled the languid swell
Of the stan. whose incompetence was
as palpable as the splendor Of his at
tire.
Heard you'd got the sack" replied
the specialized cashier grufiiy,
Il answered an advertisement yes
terday for what looks like first class
Job" resumed the overdressed one, ig-
norlng the remark. 1--WE pitched rath-
or strong yarn, but you've got to do
that II you want to keep up with the
times"
Just then the senior partner entered,
and all wrote lntently.
Within FIVE minutes the "old man."
who had been opening letters, called
the last speaker into his room, and the
following dialogue became plainly au-
dible to those outside:
AAaNV SV0 bNSA NhA SANtSN oNNVh
yearsT
'NO, sir; only fifteen months"
"And is your salary "a los. week r.
''Eh, no. sir; so shlllings."
"And are you In entire charge Of the
counting house?"
No reply.
"And are you leaving us because OF
difference with the firm regarding
the management of our colonial
branches?"
Dead silence and a short pause.
Then the old man:
"You should be more careful in your
statements, sir. This Is n small world
The advertisement you answered was
for the situation you are leaving on
Saturday. That will do."-London Tit
Rita
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-08-29
DRYING THIN GLASSES.
a Dealer Tells Why the Maid Breaks
Them So Often.


Them So Often.
"our maid certainly worked destruc-
zion on those sherry glasses, those del
lcate little glasses" said the customer
TO the dealer. There were six. and
she broke three inside Of three
months"
"Oh, you got OF easy, judging from
the stories that come to u.s." replied
the store man.
"Well, see how it is," responded
the customer. II tried wIping few
of these glasses myself the other night.
and the FIRST thing knew wiped the
side right out of one. AS the maids
say, Why, they break right in the
towelv"
Now, If you would walt until they
were nearly dry" remarked the dealer,
you'd never break any ut all. Take
this cordial glass with the very thin
stem. You naturally seize 1t by the
foot and turn 1t while you wipe. the
bowl with the other hand. While the
glass Is wet the dish towel, gripped
between two fingers. holds the bowl
like a wise. and you just naturally
twist the stem In two. But If you let
the glass get nearly dry the towel
slips, and the danger is over"
Doesn't that make streaked glass
es?"
mo, not If the water and towels are
clean. OF course you ought to have
towels that you use only for glass
ware. Towels that have been used on
dishes are likely to have grease on
them, and grease Is the great enemy
of briliancy In glassware"
"Then can soap be used in the wa
terY'
"Oh, yes. We use pure white soap
with ours. The main point Is to have
the water hot enough. That helps with
the drying, too, because when you take
glass out of very hot water and set
1t aside to drain 1t will dry itself be-
fore you can take towel to 1t. Tis.
sue paper Is good as polsher because
usually 1t has never touched grease.
Alcohol has reputation as pollsher
but its function is rather to clean. Cut
up potatoes are good to shine up the
lnsdes of pitchers and carafes. New
York Post.