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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
Experiment Station Bulletins.

1t always has been and always will
be true that scientists can but point
the way and practical men must dem
onstrate in q practical way all new
developments along the line Of i'm
provement in agricultural and breed
ing problems. Our experiment stations
are doing excellent work and are not
only introducing new ideas, but are
also condemning practices that were
considered good by those who thought
they We're right but had no way of
demonstrating their propositions. Prac-
teal men should be slow to discredit
the work of these institutions and
should work in harmony with them for
the general uplift of the cause which
they are all trying to better. The ac-
feasibility of the work done at these
stations makes it easy for every one
to keep in close touch With the work
being done. The bulletins issued are
cheerfully sent to all who will apply
for them without cost to the recipient,
so that there is no excuse for any one
not knowing just what is being done
by these Woodworking scientists who
are always glad to spread the news
of new discoveries or new ideas. If
you are not getting these bulletins regu-
larly from your own experiment sta
ton it is your own fault-National
Stockman and Farmer.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
Easily Tuned

A small boy was asked to take dinner
at the home of 4 distinguished profess
sor in Princeton. The lads mother, in
fear lest he should commit some breach
of etiquette, gave him repeated direc-
tons as to what he should and should
not do.
Upon his return from the great occa-
sion, the mothers first question was
Harold, did you get along at the table
all rightE'
'Oh, Jes. mamma, well enough"
You are sure you didn't do anything
that was not perfectly polite and gen
tiemanly?"
Why, no-nothing to speak of
Then something did happen. What
was it?'
But I fixed it all right, mamma"
Tell NE at once"
''Why, l got along pretty we'll until
the meat came but while | was trying
to cut mine it slipped off onto the floor.
But | made it all right
What did you doY"
oh | just said, sort of carelessly,
That's always the way with tough
meat. '"-ENcbange.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
Old Cannon a Clock Weight.

The most unique clock weight in Maine
is that of the Baptist church at Cherry
field, an old smooth DO. e cannon. The old
cannon was one of the old smooth bore
type ard was brought by Gleason r.
Campbell from Boston on one of the re-
turn trips of lumber vessels. 1t was
brought TO fire salutes, as the stirring
days Of the Civil war were at hand. Aft
er announcing many Union victories dur
ing the war, at the surrender of Lee in
1860 it was taken out for a final and
great salute. Robert L. Wiley, a soldier
of the war, who was at home on fur
Tough, was in charge of the cannon, and
through some mismanagement prema-
ture discharge of the gun threw Mr.. VIII
ley high in the air, filed his face with
powder and tore one arm off close at the
shoulder. The old gun was then spiked
by the angry citizens and did 10 more
salute service. When the Second Baptist
church building was built in 1873
weight being wanted for the clock, the
old gun was used. For thirty years it did
clock duty until 1903, when it once more
received a baptism of fire and fell in the
ruins of the church confa grafton that
December. When the new clock was in
stalled in the new church building in
1906 once more the old cannon mounted
the tower to do clock duty.-Kennebec
Journal.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
THOUGHT CHILD WOULD DIE.
Whole Body Covered with Cuban
1tch-Cuticura Remedies Cured at
Cost of Seventy-Fiye Cents

Whole Body Covered with Cuban
1tch-Cuticura Remedies Cured at
Cost of seventy-Five Cents.
My little boy, when only an infant
of three months, caught the Cuban
Itch. Sores broke out from his head to
the bottom of his feet. He would Itch
and claw himself and cry all the time
He could not sleep day or night, and 4
light dress is all he could wear. |
called one of our best doctors to treat
him, but he seemed to get worse He
suffered SO terribly that my husband
said he believed he would have to die.
l had almost given up hope when Il
lady friend told me to try the Cuticura
Remedies. | used the Cuticura Soap
and applied the Cuticura Ointment and
he at once fell into a sleep, and he slept
with ease for the first time since two
months. After three applications the
sores began to dry up, and in just two
weeks from the day l commenced to use
the Cuticura Remedies my baby was
entirely we'll The treatment only cost
me Toe, and I would have gladly paid
$1OO if l could not have got it cheaper.
l feel safe in saying that the Cuticura
Remedies saved his life. He is now q
boy of five years. Mrs. Zana Miller,
Union City, r. F. d. No. 1, Branch Co.,
Mich, May II. 1906"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
King Edward as a Farmer

The rich crop Of prizes which the
kings cattle and sheep have won at the
Bingley Hall show, Birmingham, is the
latest demonstration Of his majesty's
success as farmer, of which he is so
deservedly proud. When the king began
breeding nearly forty years ago the
Sandringham farm lands were in an al
most hopeless condition. barren and
barely capable Of cultivation. TO-DAY,
according TO Rider Haggard, cit s Il
wonderful farm, for nowhere is so much
high-bred stock to be seen on the same
area" But probably nowhere will you
find such an array Of plates and cups
won at shows as that which Sandring-
ham boasts. At single exhibition his
majesty once won no fewer than four
teen first prizes In 1903 he captured
five first prizes and cups, in addition to
numerous seconds and thirds: III 1904
his prizes numbered twenty. in 1905 he
won a champion plate, a challenge cup
and eighteen other prizes, including four
frsts, while last year he took at the
Smithfeid show ten firsts, nine breed"
cups and plates, six other prizes and
several "hIghly commendeds," and every
prize winner he has bred himself.-West-
minister Gazette.
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About the most sensible (and
might add, also, the most profitable,
beginning l ever saw made in the poul-
try business was by q young clerk, who
lived in the suburbs Of a nearby city
He sustained a severe attack of the
"hen fever" and. as is the usual occur
renee, became enthused over the "enor-
nous" profits to be made with poultry.
He did not, however, allow his
enthusiasm to get the best of the bet
ter judgment, and cause him to resign
his clerkship and Immediately embark
in the poultry business on a more or
less extended scale, as has so frequent
ly occurred; but, instead, he held on to
his clerkship, fixed up a good, comfort
able little house on back lot, bought
dozen standardized hens and a
rooster at a dollar a head, of a neigh
boring fancier, and thus made his
start.
This was early in the spring; during
the spring and summer he furnished
the family table with eggs and chick
ems, and, besides, Matched and raised
something like a hundred young chicks.
Out of these he retained twenty-five of
the best pullets for breeders, and, Of
course, at the same time charging his
house room; and 50, by the next spring,
we find that his business has, from nat
uraI causes, tripled itself, and all this
time our friend has been steadily and
rapidly gaining in practical knowledge
of the business.
This natural increase continued for
another year or two, and by this time
he had his business so firmly establish
ed on a paying basis that he was justi-
fed in buying a small farm out at the
edge of town, and then and there be-
coming a full-fedged poultryman, max
ing this his exclusive occupation.
Speaking of profits, he recently told
me that he scarcely managed to meet
expenses the first year, the second
year he slightly more than kept even,
while subsequent years have not failed
to show a nice little sum on the right
side of the ledger.-Outing.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
HEIGHT of Land. Depth OF Sea

The mean height of all the land now
above the sea is referred to by Lyell as
being 1000 feet. The mean depth of
the ocean is at least 10000 feet, that is.
it exceeds the height of the land twelve
times. This is because the extreme
heights Of the land, although probably no
less than the extreme depths of the sea.
yet are exceptional heights, while the
ocean meintains its dapth over enormous
areas. Owing TO the fact that the sur
face of the ocean to that of the land is
as two and a half to one, the ocean
would accommodate the whole of land
thirty times over We're it all pitched into
the ocean areas.-Knowledge and Scien-
titic News.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
Bishops Tale About Nurses.

THE late Bishop Fitzgerald" said a
st. Louis man, "once presided at the
graduation exercises of class of nurses.
He told the young women story that
pleased them nightly,
He said that during our war with
Spain a certain hospital had a corps of
nurses of exceptional beauty-just such
corps. in fact, as the young ladies
ranged before him would have made.
But it was whispered that these fair
nurses were inclined to a little frivolity,
inclined a little to flirt with the ailing
young soldiers in their charge.
Now, when q soldier felt that he was
on the mend a Irritation with a pretty
nurse was delightful, but when his
wounds were troublesome, then gallan-
try was a thing that he was hardly
up to.
And. indeed, it was said that some
times, pretty nurse in this hospital
would come to a favorite soldier and
find him lying with closed eyes, as if
asleep, on his cot, and this note pinned
on the cOunterpane:
Too i'll to be nursed today.-JO Ohm
Smith. "-BroOklyn Citizen.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
Farm Notes.

The truck farmers around Milan
Tenn. have organized in order to pro.
mote their interests.
A Colorado railroad is running potato
specials over its lines for the purpose
of teaching farmers how to raise bet.
ter potatoes,
The honey produced in the United
States last year would load a string
of freight cars from Chicago to New
York. This is certainly sweetness long
drawn out
If milk cans and utensiIe are washed
thoroughly and scalded last without
subsequent wiping they will be much
freer from contamination by bacteria
that if scalded and wiped dry with g
rag.
The heifer calf that is intended fol
dairy use should not be given too fat,
tening a ration. Oats, grass and milk
with a scant ration of shelled corn
will furnish about what she needs fol
her proper development.
The 1900 pound draft horse at three
years old can always be counted on by
the horse raiser as safe and profit,
able proposition. During the past few
years such an animal has been worth
from 10 to u cents per pound.
Some one who has tried it says thai
if -four Of sulphur is mixed literally
with the seed corn in the planter box
the cutworms will not touch the corr
so treated 1t is certainly an easy and
inexpensive recipe and at least worth
trying
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
Squash Bugs.

The squash bug never lays its eggs
on the stem, unless by accident, but
the under side of the leaves. The eggs
are of a dark chestnut color, globulaI
in form, and exist in clusters. They
may be found by turning up the leaves.
when the eggs may be crushed. An
other insect deposits its eggs on the
stem; this is the borer. The larvae,
as soon as Matched, eat into the stem.
and are then difficult to dislodge. One
of the most effectual remedies against
enemies of the squash is a solution Of
saltpeter, which is prepared by dis,
solving a teaspoonful in a quart OF
water and sprinkling it over the plant
though sawdust, saturated with tur.
pentine, is also used on the ground
around each plant with success.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
Destroying Pocket Gophe~s,

The Nebraska Experiment Station
has been investigating the destruction
of pocket gophers. AS effective and at
the same time inexpensive methods as
can be employed are: Trapping when
done properly and in conformity with
the animals habits; poisoning under
certain restrictions and careful prac-
tees shooting at certain times and
under some conditions; and lastly the
protection of the natural enemies of the
animals. It is urged that barn owls,
the long-tailed weasels and bullsnakes
especially be spared, since all these ami
mails are particularly noted as enemies
of pocket gophers wherever they are
found
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
Necessity a Harsh Master.

When the artist had finished his scenic
sketch of the stretch of woods skirtins
the suburban road, he looked up ami
beheld a serious-faced Irishman, whom
he had previously noticed digging in a
trench by the roadside, gazing queerly
at his canvas.
We'll" said the artist Familiarity, do
you suppose you could make a picture
like that?'
The Irishman moppcd his forehead a
moment, and, with deep sigh, an
sWered:
driY to Ut
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
A New Graft.

One of the latest types of swindle
that has been perpetrated on some OF
the unsuspecting farmers of a western
locality was worked in this wise:
There has been a good deal of talk
about bovine tuberculosis in the State
in question, and, taking their cue
from this, two fellows joined hands
to fleece the dairymen of the section
One, we'll dressed, wearing glasses and
having a professional and learned bear
ing, went through a neighborhood in
specting the dairy COWS, representing
himself to be a State dairy inspector.
In one instance when he ran across a
good looking herd of COWS he con-
demned a dozen animals as afflicted
with tuberculosis, but told the farmer
on leaving not to say anything about
it. but to sell them for whatever he
could get for shipment out of the
State. Two or three days after this
fakir No. 2 Informed on the quiet of
what had been done, came along tC
the farmers place and asked if he
had any cows for sale. The farmer
explained matters and thought himself
lucky to get $50 apiece for the sup
posedly diseased animals. When he
learned a few days later that the whole
business was a fake pure and simple
the dictionary was entirely inadequate
to furnish words which would express
his feelings. 1t is a pretty good thing
to give the good looking, glib talking
stranger a wide berth unless his iden-
tity can be established beyond a doubt.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
Right for Once.

In an argument upon modern phil
anthropy. of which, as it is usually con-
Quoted, he disapproves, Prof. Charles
Zeublin of the University of Chicago
had for opponent charity expert.
In the arguments course the expert
pointed out case where his society.
stepping in with financial aid, unques-
tionably saved the lives of an entire
family.
expert trfumphantiy demanded. "'
oh" grumbled Prof. Zueblin, 'even
modern philanthropy will do good some
times. 1t is like the case of West side
Mrs. Malaprop. The rain fell in tor
rents as she came out of church after
the Lenten service the other afternoon.
and she had no umbrella, and she had
not ordered her carriage.
How irrigating this is!' she ex-
claimed. New York Times.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
DANGEROUS ENOUGH.

Rear Admiral Mason, chief of the
governments bureau of ordnance, talked
of martial inventions at u recent dinner
in Washington.
MANY of these inventors" he said.
with their automatic torpedoes, their
new explosives, and what-not, fail to
take into account the danger to the
users of their inventions. They are like
the farmer and the bull.
"A farmer was driving a bull along a
fairly busy country road.
That's dangerous looking bull
you have there, FRIEND a millman said.
oh, no. said the farmer: he's just
as civil as sheep. He wouldn't hurt
anybody, unless, maybe, women and
children and such like "-Washington
Herald
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
The Stationary Clock.

4 West Philadelphia woman had not
heard the clock strike once during last
Sunday afternoon, and thinking per-
chance it had stopped she sent her hope
full. Il little boy about ) years old, down
stairs to see if it was running.
The little tot went down on the er-
rand, and after a hasty survey of the
long pendulum swinging back and forth,
he ran back to his mother with this in
formations:
"Why, no. mamma; the clock amt
running. It's standin' still and Vaughn
its tail. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
Admission BY Ticket.

Mandy was a young colored girl, fresh
from the cotton fields of the south One
afternoon she came to her northern mis-
tress and handed her a visiting card.
DE lady wha' gibe me dis is in de
pa lor,' she explained. ''Dey's annoder
lady on de do'step.
Gracious. Mandy" exclaimed the mis-
tress. why didn't you ask both of them
to come in?"
''Kase ma 'am," grinned the girl ''de
one on de do'step dom forgit her ticket
Brooklyn Life.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26

II tne dcCOIHpdHy- Easily CLEANED.
ing illustration.
The nest is made Of wire and is sup
ported in a suitable housing, both OF
which can be removed from the chicken
house when cleaning is necessary
When thus removed they can be con
veniently placed in a suitable recep-
tacle containing boiling water and
thoroughly cIeansed of all impurities
and undesirable insects.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
A Cnmnetent Witness

Justice Maue is regarded as the lead
hg }udc3 II t Tit IN EngIand f lie nad
on one occasion, and the man declared
that lie had been welded 20 the truth"
from infancy, says the London Tatler.
THAT may be-" said Judge Maule,
"but the question is, how long have you
been divorccdF"
A little girl was a witness before him,
and he proceeded to ascertain whether
she knew the nature of an oath. The
child, in answer to questions, said she
would 20 to heaven if she told the truth,
but would 90 to the other place if she
told lies.
care you sure of that, my dear?" JUS
tee Maue asked.
Yes, sir; quite sure"
LET her me sworn" said the court;
''she knows more than l do"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26

-Germany's war in southwest Africa
has cost $J0000,O0O, which has been
spent overcoming the resistance of one or
two native tribes. The losses in action
were heavy. Eighty-six commissioned
officers were killed and the non-commis-
stoned officers numbered 229: rank and
file, 1867; total, 1882. Among the CO.
lonial troops 16 officers and 195 men
persisted.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
A Blow at the Farmer

The following item of Information
from a report by the Department of
illustrates the effect of the
advance in prices Of meat
by the beef trust:
Amount saved by the American peo-
pie eating one-fourth less meat for a
year. sos, OOO Goo"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
Harvesting at Right Time,

Pick vegetables with the dew on;
they are superior to those picked in the
hot sun. Beans, however, must be
picked when dry; if vines or fruit are
handled when wet they will rust. The
following are better picked before full
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
Ignorant Woman.

"This thermometer" complained the
old lady, ''ain't no good. l can never
tell by it how cold the room is"
My dear madam" said the rascally
dealer, with a plying air, do you not
know the word thermometer is derived
from two Greek words meaning a meas
ure of heatY Naturally, therefore, it
isn't meant to measure cold. The Cath
Ole Standard and Times.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26

Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn.
Mass, together with her son, Arthur
w. Pinkham and the younger members
Of her family, sailed for Naples on
Europe and n much-needed
vacation
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
Income Is Low.

Of the 1125,OOO persons in Berlin
who support themselves or themselves
and families, only 5S,G11, or less than
5A per cent, have incomes of $714 or
more a year. About 1,066, 600 have less
than that amount. and more than half
of these even less than S214 a year.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26

a pioneer Of Colo
RADIO, now living at
21S East Nebraska
street, Blair, Neb..
says: Il had such
pains in my back for
Il long time that l
could not turn in bed,
and at times there
was an almost total
stoppage of the urine.
Nv wife and | have
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26

extended to the
poultry yard. The
Industrious hen is
to be provided
with a sanitary
nest which can be
readily W a 5 b e d
and scrubbed as
occasion demands.
This recent devel-
opment is shown
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
EGGS as livestock.

An Iowa man is undertaking 10 import
eggs from England under the classical
ton of livestock" The custom officials
do not see it that way, although it is
we'll known that many of the eggs ship
ped from Iowa to Chicago reach the CON
sumers us live poultry. Houston Post.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
Permits for Use of Alcohol.

gallons of completely denatured alcohol
per month are not required to secure a
permit. Those using more than that
amount per month must secure a per-
nit from the collector of internal rev
enue of the district in which the business
is locateQ.-POpular Mechanics
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
Water Pans for Poultry.

In the construction of q water pan
for poultry some provision should be
made to keep out dust and litter. The
forms shown in the Illustration permits
one time and presents the smallest
possible space for filth to enter. The
round cone-shaped top prevents the
fowls roosting upon it. 1t may be fixed
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26

Parker and his wife are about to be
divorced"
(which of them is to have the custody
Of their sE'-Town Topics.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
Bonus for NerYice

One of the large electrical firms in
Germany gives yearly from 81 to 81
to employees who have served for more
than year. The sum thus expended
exceeds $4,000 year.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
A Foreign View.

Mrs. Gunson-"Count, do you con
slider American girls good enough to
marry foreign nobleman?
The Ccunt-Ah, madam, re beggar
cannot be re chooser.-Sunday Maya
zine
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26
A Safety Razor for 10 Cents,

Attention is called to the ADVERTISE
mcnt of Edw. Schustcr & Company. Mil
waukee, advertising Standard Safety
Razor for 10 cents. If you have not read
the ad do so.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-26

II not you are missing half the pleasure
OF life. Just order from your grocer g few
packages Of "OUR-PIE" and learn how easy
II Is 10 make Lemon, Chocolate and Custard
pies that will please you If your grocer
won't supply you, go to one who will Put
up by DZerta Food Co. Rochester Y Y