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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
P9E9. CESERO or RENEz OELA
MEN CT EARLIER AGES.
We're They the Mental Peers OF the
Men of Today.

We're They the Mental Peers of the
Men of Today.
The general idea that our enormous
advances in science and command over
nature serve as demonstrations of our
mental superiority to the men Of ear
lier ages is totally unfOunded. The evil
dence of history and of the earliest
monuments alike goes to indicate that
our intellectual and moral nature has
not advanced in any perceptible degree.
In the second place we find that the
supposed great mental inferiority Of
savages is equally unfOunded. The moro
they are sympathetically studied the
more they are found to resemble our
selves in their inherent intellectual
! powers
Even the so long deSpsed Australian
savages, almost the lowest in materia!
| progress, yet show by their complex
language, their social regulations and
often by an innate nobility of charac.
ter indications of a very similar inner
nature to our own. If they possess
| fewer philosophers ard moralists, they
are also free from so large a proper
ton of unbalanced minds-idi0ts and
| lunatics-as we possess. On the other
hand, we find in the higher PaciG,
types men who, though savages as re
CARDS material progress, are yet gener>
ally admitted to be physically, intei.
Iectually and morally our equals, if no:
our superiors. s. g Thirdly, wa
have no nrOOf wbatPvpr that pvaO fha
men of the stone age were mentally or
morally inferior to oursel1 es.-AIfred
Russell Wallace in Fortnightly Review.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
THIRD GOULD ROMANCE ENDS?
Frank J. Replaces Howard and Anna
in Gossip.

NEW YORK, April 1S.-When Frank
]. Gould and Helen Margaret Kelly
were married on December >, 1901,
every one said here is one of the Gould
marriages which is bound to turn out
all right" For this 4 riage was ro-
mantle. The wedding had been planned
for a month later, but the young couple
wouldn't wait and made Mr.. Gould's
9th birthday the occasion for an early
ceremony. The bride incurred the pen
atty of accommodation for being mar
ried by clergyman not of the Roman
Catholic faith.
But those who thought they knew
were wrong. Two years ago the young
est of the bridal couples began to have
serious differences and several times it
was reported that they had separated for
good. Now they have separated again
and this time, it is said. Mrs. Gould has
begun action to make the separation le-
gal.
Mr.. Gould now is living ut the Hotel
Plaza and Mrs. Gould, with her two chill
dreu, Helen, years old, and Dorothy,
aged ,. are at the Gould home, S3S Fifth
avenue Mrs. Gould and the children
are going south in a few days. Gould
also is going to leave town, out he is
not gong south.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24

willow, for baskets to hold bread at
meals; white and yellow willow bas-
kets are used for corn meal: those Of
red willow as colanders for washing
wheat and hominy, and those of max
tsu-tsf as sleeves for wheat and beans.
White willow baskets are painted with
white clay, stained red, yellow or black
with native dyes or now dyed with
aniline dyes, for use in dances. Either
white willow, or all the different kinds
Of willow mixed together. are employed
for this purpose. Sacred baskets. tina
i-nai, are used to hold plume sticks
and masks.
The women have q dance in the fall,
called Ahyuna, in which they use bas-
kets painted with different colors. 1t
is said that the name is Pima. and that
the dance, which is to secure rain. was
brought to Zuni not many years ago by
two old men who visited the Pima with
Mr.. Gushing. An inverted painted bas-
ket, corresponding with the box or
gourd resOnatOr of the Hopi. is put
under the notched stick. ki-wi-a-nan-
mai, which is scraped with Il stick as
an accompaniment to dances.
The Zuni also manufacture small
glObular baskets Of salt willow in
which they collect lOcustS used as food.
Panniers to carry peaches, melons, Gu
cumbers and other fruit are made Of
red willow. Twilled baskets of yucca,
similar to those seen at other Dueblos.
are used to dip up salt from the Salt
lake. The art of making these bas-
kets, which are called hO-tsi-lai. was
learned from AcOma. The Zuni also
make a rectangular twilled tray Of the
same material, with an edge of cedar
or oak, which they use to put paper
bread on, or to lay long plume sticks
or images upon at the yellow and blue
corn dances Swallowing sticks were
formerly placed upon such trays at the
stick-swallowing dance.
The Zuni formerly had a number Of
old coiled globuiar and iar-shaped bas-
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
SEEING LINCOLN IN 1868.
How = Private Soldier Attended n
White House Reception.

How = Private Soldier Attended n
White House Reception.
It was in the spring of 1868. when l
was stopping for while in Washing
ton. says contributor to the Boston
Transcript. I attended, one day, q re
ception at the White House. The
rooms were, of course, crowded with
officers of the army, legislators and rep
Tesentatives of foreign courts in great
abundance. Mr.. Lincoln held his re-
ceptions in the blue room. opposite the
main entrance. For a long time the
passage to him was crowded. but later
the crowd thinned out about him, so
that he had short spac $ of rest. I had
been wandering around. and at last
found myself close to the main on
trance. Soon l saw q common soldier
come up to the hall. He was an ex-
ceedingly rough looking specimen. His
clothes were worn and soiled. his boots
outside his trousers, dirty beyond de-
gree. You could hardly conceive a more
unfit person to enter that great crowd
He evidently had great desire to see
the President. but knew his unfitness TO
enter. But it was not long before he
mustered courage to push his way IN
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
ANNA and HELIE
WE'D IN GERMANY
THIS IS THE STARTLING AN.
NOUNCEMENT MADE BY NEWS
PAPER IN PARIS.
MARRIAGE KEPT A SECRET.
information Is Complete" Says the
Journal of the Fashionable
Set in France.
MAY BREAK LEGAL CEREMONY.

PARIS, April 1S.-Thc Cri De Paris,
which processes to chronicle the doings
of the fashionable set of Paris, insists in
its issue of today that the marriage of
Nine. Anna Gould, formerly the wife of
Count Boni de Castellune, and Prince
Helie de Sagan, his cousin. already has
taken place. The paper announced some
time ago that this marriage had been
celebrated secretly in Germany.
Information Is Complete.
Today il says: I'VE are now in n posi-
ton TO complete our information. This
marriage was celebrated secretly IN a lit.
tie town on our eastern frontier When
III New York Mime. Gould informed her
family that her wedding already was an
accomplished fact, and this is why the
members of her family 50 quickly con
scented. We would add that for certain
legal reasons. which deliCacy prevents us
from divulging, this marriage can be
broken. This possibility greatly consoles
the families which have been so crushed
by the marriage. but we hope that they
will not by any rude process trouble the
happiness of the young couple who dur
ing their sojourn in New York were SO
much together
Breaks with the Past.
Continuing, the Cri de Paris adds that
Nine. Gould has resolved irrcyocably To
break with the past. She is selling out
her celebrated wine cellar, IA merchant of
Bordeaux having already purchased
$4,000 worth of her stock.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
STRIKE UNDER CONTROL
State Police Have Situation in Chester
(Pa) Trouble Well in
Hand

CHESTER, Pa, April 1S.-The state
police who have been ordered here to
maintain order during the street car
strike appear to have the situation we'll
in hand. Here and there occasionally
there are small street fights, but nothing
approaching a riot has occurred since the
troopers took charge. The Chester Trac,
ton company, whose men struck because
their wages had been reduced 10 per cent.
did not attempt Il general resumption Of
traffic during tie forenoon.
At noon the Chester Fraction company
resumed the running OF cars through the
city streets. about twenty cars were in
operation, eacn one being guarded by
eight mounted state policemen. The
cars however, took no passengers.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
TTANKIND'S FIRST DOCTORS
In the Old Days Heaters scared the
Devil Out of Patients

In the Old Days Heaters HSCared the
DeviI" Out of Patients.
''If the folks Of the present day had
TO undergo some of the treatment that
our forebears Of almost forgotten ages
had to contend with when they were
invalids, they wouldn't be so much
growing about the medicines that we're
prescribed for them now" said the in
telligent pharmacist, who is out again
after a long siege Of the grip.
what were the usual doses Them"
he was asked.
well, I can't believe there were any
that could be called favorites," replied
the druggist. but the books tell us that
before the days Of the great father of
medicine, Hippocrates, when a man be-
came afflicted with any sort of disorder
the astrologists and fetch men and 9th
ers of that ilk who doctored their fell
low humans, almost always diagnosed
the sickness as the production of the
devil, or some other evil spirit. who
had taken possession and ACQUIRED an
occupancy of the sick mans corporeal
frame, and had to be driven out by 9th
er devils, specters and apparitions and
these medicine men generally had an
assortment Of demons on hand to do
the business. They acted on the ho-
meopathic principle, similia similibus
curanter, or, in plan English: Like
things are cured by like things So
the doctors Of those days set their
fiends at work to scare the devils out
of sick people, and let imagination do
the rest, and it was not until the great
Grecian introduced and promulgated a
sound system of medicine that these
early doctors retired from practice.
Il know to-day of sensible people
who wear charms and amulets to guard
them against any kinds of evil, and ac-
tually have faith in their efficacy. Of
course, that comes within the range Of
superstition-at least, that is nv indf-
yidual opinion-but it is widespread
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
TRAGEDY BLIGHTS LOVE
Wisconsin Woman Goes 1000 Miles to
Her Fiance-Finds Him Turned
Insane.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, April IS
After journey OF 1000 miles across the
continent from her home in Mcdford,
Wis, in fulhllmelt Of promise she had
made four years ago to marry Joseph
Scollard. a lover of schoolmate days,
Miss Mabel Kilmer arrived in San Fran
cisco yesterday only to learn as she
stepped from the Pullman that her lover
had suddenly became violently insane.
On the eve of the wedding that was to
have been the girl sank fainting into the
arms of her mother, her happy anticipa
tons changed to deepest grief The ply
sicians i'll attendance say there is a.
fighting chance for ScOllards recovery.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
NOT MERELY IDLING.
Wherein the Writer ResembIed the
Man on the Buoy.


Man on the Buoy.
THAT writer" said a publisher, re.
ferring to an author who seemed to be
idling away his time. sis in reality try.
ing hard to work, to get his ideas flow
ing, but he is stuck.
"He said to me himself that he re-
sembled a man who made a bet one
summer day at the shore that he would
swim out a mile and half to a certain
buoy. The bet was accepted, and the
man stripped and plunged in. His
friend retired to the hotel to watch
his progress from the window
''From the window with a field glass
the friend saw the swimmer reach the
buoy in due course, draw hin-elf up
out Of the water and sit down COM
fortably, with his legs dangling over. So
far so good. Evidently he was resting
we'll pleased with his feat.
Some minutes passed, and the swim
mer had not moved. The watcher re-
turned to his book. But every now
and then he looked up, and still the
swimmer sat in the same position OH
the buoy.
"An hour, two hours went by Still
the swimmer remained. 4 white, slim
figure seen against the oncoming dark,
he sat on the buOy's edge His feet
dangled in the sea. He seemed to be
muSing.
FINALLY it began to grow quite dark.
and, thoroughly alarmed at last, the
watcher got a boat and a couple Of
bargees and rowed out to his friend.
Out there the mystery was soon ex-
planned. The man was stuck fast to
the buoy, which had been freshly tarred
that morning. '-Mashington Star.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
BACK TO THE MINES,
Between $4,000 and $4,000 Men Will
Return TO Work in Penn
sYlYania.

PITTSBURG, Pa, April 1S.-The
miners and operators Of the Pittsburg
district arrived home from Toledo, o.,
today. Both sides are well pleased that
the trouble has been brought to Il con
clusion. President Feehan of the miners
said today: Work will be started on
Monday by the miners of the district
pending the final adjustment of the scale
Between $4,000 and 1900 men will go
back to the mines next week and | have
every reason 10 believe that they Will
stay there for the next two years. The
operators appeared to be quite fair and
were DESTROYS of having harmony pre-
Nnil''
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
KAISER OBJECTED
TO HILLS POVERTY
AMERICAN AMBASSADORS SCANTI-
LY REMUNERATED, SAYS
LONGWORTH.
SCORES NATIONAL PARSIM0NY,
Diplomats Must Be Millionaires to Hold
Highest Foreign Posts, and Be
Persona Gratia.
PLEADS FOR INCREASED SALARIES

WASHINGTON, d. c.. April IS
"The objection to DR.. Hill as ambassa-
dor to Berlin was simply and solely that
his private fortune would not enable him
TO represent properly the dignity Of the
American nation"
This statement was made today i'll the
House of Representatives by Mr. Long
worth of Ohio, son-in-law of President
Roosevelt, during the consideration of the
diplomatic appropriation bill. Mr.. Long
worth was making Il plea for the main
tenance by the government of suitable
legation buildings at the various foreign
capitals. He referred to the press dis
patches stating that the German Empe-
TOR had refused to accept Or. Hill and
the official denial given to the published
stories.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
GAG AN UNDERTAKEN.
Robbers Tie Up Young Marinette Ran
and Then Rifle Shop-Secure
Small Amount.

MARINETTE, Wis, April 1S.-Bur-
glars entered the undertaking shop of L..
ID. Martin early last evening and
knocked unconscious Edward Colvin, the
young man in charge Of the shop, bound
and gagged him and rifed the shop. They
secured SO. The safe was unlocked. The
burglars pulled down the shades, turned
out the lights and did their work quietly
while the people We're passing on the
street. Colvin was in a bad condition
from nervous collapse when found an
hour after the robbery was committed.
They stuffed n large sponge in his mouth
and tied his hands and feet with muslin
which is used in trimming caskets.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24

You're looking for new quarters. I
hear" said Kidder, at the breakfast ia
BILE
Yes replied the talkative boarder.
''Why?"
Here's an ad in the paper that
should interest you particularly: To
rent-Nice room for gent with gas.'"-
Philadelphia Press.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
CANNING INDUSTRY PR0sPERs.

RANDOLPH. Wis, April 1S.-TSpe-
cial. The buildings of Prairie View
Canning factory are fast nearing com
ton with the Randolph Canning fac
tory and the Bonnie Meade Canning
factory. promises a very busy season for
this vicinity. Farmers find it to their
advantage to rent Their land to these
cOmnanieS.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
Wiser,

Hes been in Paris for a year. I be-
lieve. He must be very wealthy"
well, he used to have more money
than he knew what to do with"
You mean he isn't as wealthy as he
was?"
'Oh, no; I mean he has been in Paris
long enough to acquire more knowl-
edge. "-PhiladeIphia Press.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
DICKINSON IS A WRECK.
Former Postmaster General Goes to a
Sanitarium Suffering from
Breakdown

DETROIT Mich, April 18.-Former
Postmaster General Don NJ. Dickinson
Of this city. who held the portfolio under
President Cleveland todav went to
sanitarium at Flint, Mich, accompanied
by his family, to recupcrate from a nerv-
Gus breakdown. He was taken with
nervous prostra ton a.,out six months ago
and has since been suffering acutely.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
WILL HONOR LINCOLN.
Educational League to Give Schools
Tablets Of His Gettysburg
Address

NEW YORK, April 1S.-Thc Lincoln
Educational league has provided a fund
of $4,000 to be used toward placing in
the schoolhouses throughout the country
bronze tablets bearing the full text of
Abraham Lincoln's address at Gettys-
burg. The fund provided by the league
is to be devoted to paying one-half the
cost of each tablet, if the school or any
person interested in it will contribute the
other haif.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
School Alliance INCORPORATES.

MADISON, Wis, April 18.-[Spe-
cial. l-ArticIes of incorporation were
filed in the office of the secretary of
state today for the Women's School AL
lance of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, with
put capital stock Incorporators, Emma
Quarles, Rose r. Friend and Helen a.
HoltOn.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
ZUNI INDIAN BASKETS.
Made by Expert Women and Coiorsd
to Suit Intended Use.

Made by Expert " omen anu toioESd
to Suit Intended Use.
The Zuni Indians make great use Of
baskets, especially in connection with
grinding -four. They commonly employ
for this purpose coiled baskets which
they obtain by trade from the Apache
and Piute. and value highly. They,
themselves, manufacture wicker bas-
kets which are not much esteemed. The
industry is entirely confined to women,
They employ an awl of deer bone and
use some six kinds of willow, which
they make into circular trays and
bowls, tsi-lai. One kind, salt willow, is
used for baskets to hold paper bread in
the house, the willow giving it a salt
flavor, and another kind, smooth
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
WILL GRANT DIVORCE.

NEW YORK, April 18.-Thc report Of
Referee David Mcclure, who heard the
evidence in the suit Of Mrs. Alfred G.
Vanderbilt for divorce is expected to be
filed with the supreme court on Monday.
1t is believed that the granting of
divorce will be recommended by the ref
cree, whose report will have to be either
confirmed or dsapproyed by a justice of
the Sunreme court.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
Girl Defeats Man Rivals.

CHICAGO. H., April 1S.-For the
first time in the history of any hospital
IN the United States, young woman
has captured the coveted first place in
the competitive examination for internes.
This honor goes to Miss Grace Meigs,
who triumphed over all her men com
0atitorS
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
PIONEER FOUND IN RIVER.
Mystery Surrounds Death Of William
ReiChert. MaYville.

NAYVILLE, Wis, April IS. = [Spe-
iaI.T-William Reichert, aged 50, one of
the oldest residents here, left his home
Wednesday afternoon and was found
last evening in Rock river, lying in shall
low water, dead. He leaves a wife and
two daughters, who are married, in Mil
waukee. The cause of his death is IN
known.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
Miss Crawford to Wed Prince.

NAPLES, April 18-The marriage of
Miss EIeanora Crawford, eldest daugh-
:er of Marion Crawford, the novelist, to
Cavalier Pietro Rocca will take place
next Monday. The witnesses viii be
Prince Sonnini Prince Summonto Colon
Ia, Marquis Strevi and Marquis Campo
attaro, ex-mayor Of Naples.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
Disguised Rats

Bacon-I see it is said that rats are
judges of music.
Egbert-I guess that is right. We
haven't had one in the house since va
got the Observation-Disclosures States
man
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
In Quest OF Proof.

Charity begins at home" remarked
Titewad to the beggar.
THAT 500" replied the mendicant
"Sposen you ask me up to your bouse
for dinner, Observation-Disclosures Led
ger
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
"WETS" ACCUSE 135 STUDENTS.
Champaign Saloon Men Say Illegal Votes
Mada TnWnShin eDrvn

CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, April 18.-Alleg-
ing that 135 University of Illinois stu
dents voted illegally at the Champaign
township local option election which re-
suited in a dry" victory by a majority
IF I've votes, agents for six brewing COM
oanies have begin contest.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24

"NcvertheleSs.' said Mr.. Longworth.
there is no doubt that there was foun-
datiOn for these stories beyond mere
rumOr and it is undoubtedly true that
persons high i'll authority i'll Germany for
some time have ben saying that DR. Hill
was not persona gratissima TO the En-
peror."
These objections. however. he declared
could not be because DIR. Hill was not
experienced i'll diplomacy, nor sufficient
ly learned in International law, nor that
he was not sufficiently representative.
the fact, that because he was not sufli-
GENTLY we'll off to pay the difference be
tween the amount paid him as salary
and the amount necessary to maintain
his position as ambassador he would not
be able to keep up any establishment
Ii IL
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
Big Wind in Kansas.

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. April IS
4 heavy windstorm accompanied by a fall
Of hail, and followed by q torrent of
rain, caused much damage on the out
skirts of Independence early today. No
one is reported seriously hurt.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24

kets, the origin Of which is not def
nttely known. The pitch-covered water
bottles, which they use come from the
White Mountain Apache or the Navajo.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
Details Are Omitted.

Mr.. Longworth said without going
into the question as to whether Mr..
Tower had maintained too luxurious an
establishment dat everybody would
concede that the American ambassador
to Germany should at least have Il
house to live in and not be compelled
to live in Il hotel or Il fiat 1T is no
excuse" he said. that we do not act,
because the financial conditions do not
warrant the expenditure. An ofIicehold-
ing aristocracy is bad enough in any
country when based on birth and blood.
but when based on wealth it is infinite
ly worse, and worse than all in Il re-
public. [ would say that any amount of
money was well spent for uprooting
such a system from this country"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
Worse than Foolish.

The man who forgets his friends
may be ungrateful. The one who for
gets his enemies is Chicago
Record-Herald.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
Maple Syrup.

Maple syrup which has fermented
and become sour can be freshened by
heating to the boiling point and adding
little soda Stir thoroughly, then
skim
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-24
Badgers in Washington.

WASHINGTON. D. c., April 49,
Special III. NJ. Ogden and wife and
Mrs. Matthews of Milwaukee are in
Washington.