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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Excursion 10 milwaukee.

Reduced rates of fare and half for
the round trip are offered to merchants
ia the West and Northwest by the Mil
waukee Association of Jobbers and
Manufacturers. The dates of sale at all
stations distant 100 miles or more from
Milwaukee are August 1913 inclusive.
tickets good returning until September :
and August 29-September inclusive,
tickets good returning until September
IT.. To obtain these rates merchants
must get from their local agent receipt
for one full paid fare to Milwaukee,
which. when countersigned by any Mil
waukee jobber or manufactures and by
the secretary of the Milwaukee Associa-
ton of Jobbers and Manufacturers will
entitle holder to return ticket for one
half fare.
Milwaukee jobbers and manufacturers
want the patronage of up-tO-date bust
ness men. They offer best goods at right
prices and believe i'll and offer fair treat
ment. The absolute superiority of their
manufactures Is known throughout the
world. Combine business with pleasure.
Milwaukee is one of the most attractive
summer resorts in the country. Visit the
Wisconsin State Fair. Sept. I'll. Bring
your family with you. Office of the Mil
waukee Association of Iobbers and Man
ufacturers, 1913 University Building,
corner Mason and Broadway.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Potato Pudding.

Pare and slice four medium sized po-
tatoes and cook in six cups of boiling
water. Put one level tablespoon each of
sugar and salt and one rounding table
spoon Of butter into a mixing bowl, and
onto these press the potato through a
cicer. Add the potato water, stir and
let stand one-Quarter of an hour. Stir
In two cups Of -four, and when luke
warm add one yeast cake dissolved i'll
one cup of lukewarm water ana sifted
-four enough to make a drop batter.
Cover and let stand four hours, or until
tight. Now add more -four to make a
dough that can be kneaded, keeping
well covered, then mold into four
Soaves; let rise nearly twice in size and
cake
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
IT SEEMED INCURABLE
Body Raw with Eczema-DfschargeJ
from Hospitals as Hopeless-Cuti-
Rel

Body Raw with ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
from Hospitals as Hopeless-Cuti-
cura Remedies Cured Him.
Prom the age of three months until
fifteen years old. my son Owens life
was made intolerable by eczema in its
worst form. In spite of treatments the
disease gradually spread until nearly
every part of his body was quite raw.
He used TO tear himself dreadfully in
his sleep ana the agony he went
through is quite beyond words. The
regimental doctor pronounced the case
hopeless. We had him in hospitals
four times and he was pronounced one
of the worst cases ever admitted. From
each he was discharged as incurable
We kept trying remedy after remedy,
but had gotten almost past hoping for
cure. Six months ago we purchased
a set of Cuticura Remedies. The result
was truly marvellous, and to-day he is
perfectly cured. Mrs. Lily Hedge, Cam
blewell Green, England, Jan. y, 1907"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
HOBGOBLINS IN A MAINE HOUSE.
Deputy Sheriff and Crowd Called Out
to Solve the Mystery

They are having quite exciting times
at the home of Elmer Dare, in Harmony,
about two miles from here.
June 8 the place was visited by spirits,
hobgOblins or some other obnoxious I'M
earthly creatures. The family was aWak-
ened in the night by cidar and vinegar
barrels being rolled over in the cellar,
doors slamming, chairs tipped over and
other noises TOO numerous to mention.
The neighbors were called in by tele-
phone and watched all night, but failed
to locate the cause of the disturbance
The next three nights the same mys-
ferrous doings were repeated, and several
windows We're broken. Although there
was a bright moon and several men
watched the place they failed TO dis
cover any cause for the unusual commo-
ton.
We have not heard the result of Satur-
day night. but crowd. with the deputy
sheriff for a leader, were fully resolved
to solve the mystery if possible. 1t may
be a case like what we heard at Union
several years ago when a certain young
lady endeaYored to persuade her father
to buy her an organ by getting Old I'm
Gle Ben Robbins to play ghost.-Athens
Cor. ROckland Opinion.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Concrete Water Tank.

line of concrete water tank with the
bottom and top finished, and a portion
in the middle Of the walls IN course
of construction. The bottom is shown
in position, but as matter Of fact,
the walls are built first, and the bot
tom put in afterwards. A quantity of
IA inch by inch unplaned board,
sufficient to make a large box of the
length and breadth the finished tank
is to be, and two feet deep, will be
required. The sides and ends Of this
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
4 CHINESE TRICK.
Rests Cur Across Arm When He Shoots
to Kill.

Rests Cur Across Arm When He Shoots
to Kill.
One peculiar fact developed in the
course Of the trial in the superior court
OF nine Cinnamon charged with the muir
der of one of their countrymen. and
that is no Chinaman when using Il re-
volver levels it straight at n person Or
1t an object. but rests the muzzle of
the gun on his left forearm, and with
the right hand holding the butt dis
charge the weapon.
Counsel wanted an explanation. hut
could not obtain il, and later member
of one of the tonSs in the corridor was
asked for Il reason.
Don't know why gun is used in
that manner" was the response, unless
it insures more secrecy than the Amer
IN way. For instance, a Chinaman
may wrap the gun in the folds of his
sleeve, leaving only the barrel hole free.
Then 4 shoe may be fired, when il would
appear as though the one who dis
charged the weapon had his arms folded.
There would be no CLINT of steel and
nothing but n curl of smoke to tell who
discharged the weapon" Boston Her
aid.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Ground Wire Fences.

In the summer season many farmers
sustain considerable loss of live stock
from lightning striking wire fences and
killing animals standing near. This loss
can be avoided if the fence is grounded
that is, connection made between
the wires and the damp soil beneath
This can be done by stapling a No. 9
wire along the post from top to bottom
and burying the end in the ground deep
enough TO reach damp earth. These
ground wires should be fastened to
about every third post. When the light
ming strikes a fence thus fixed the cur
rent is conducted into the ground in
stead OF being DETECTED into the body
Of some animal.
When q storm comes up stock in a
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
BLINDS THE HORST

BLINDS THE HORSE. the machine
coming, let him hear it, let it pass him
slowly at the other side of the road
the effect is likely to be the same. He
SHES, he rears, breaks his harness and
throws the occupants, the carriage
and himself into the ditch. The horse
cannot see in front Of him-only to the
right or left. A California man thinks
the safest plan is to let him see moth
Ing at all. He suggests enclosing the
eyes in the novel bride blind shown
here, which he recently patented. A
pair Of blinds are attached to the bri-
die. Normally these blinds remain
open. When the driver sees an APP
preaching automobile he pulls on a
strap which extends to the drivers
seat and the blinds are folded over the
horses eyes, completely obscuring his
vision. The danger of the horse be-
coming frightened and running away
is thus reduced to a minimum and the
occupants assured Of safety.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
GOOseberry Preserves.

A North country recipe Of unusual eX-
yellence: Weigh equal quantities of
fruit and sugar; put the former into a
preserving kettle, boil and break it, stir
constantly, and let it boil very quickly.
When mos. of the juice is wasted add
the sugar and simmer one hour. The
gooseberries should be very ripe; if not,
add to the fruit in putting over the fire
a fourth Of a cup of water. Use loaf
sugar which has been pounded, or, if
available, shaved maple sugar. The
maple sugar makes a delicious preserve
for serving with game in the winter.
The recipe has been in use fully 100
years in the maple sugar country.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
SOUTHERN OREGON.
Where Snug Fortunes Lite ally Grow or
Trees.

Where Snug Fortunes Lite ally Grow on
Trees.
In the Rogue river valley in southern
Oregon, +. III. Hopkins, in 1907, made
a profit of $4,000 off 1G acres of winter
Nelis peafs-$11S7.50 an acre. So
writes III. S. Gray in the Technical
World Magazine. In the same valley,
@. ii. Hover bought 10 acres of pear
orchard at $3.50 an acre. Fifteen
months later the crop brought him
$4,000.
Eight years ago J. l.. Dumass set out
30 acIes of apples near Dayton in the
Walla Walla district of southeastern
Washington. In the summer of 1907 he
bought 30 acres of apple orchard adjoin-
ing his property, at an investment Of
$4,000. The apples he picked from
these 80 acres realized S52,0OO-a return
to the owner of $4,000.
The statements are incontrovertibIe,
but you instantly demand: What is the
explanations:
\ climate and soil that are capable of
rearing such monsters as the redwood
trees and the sequoinS, which render
measurements Of vegetable growth in
other parts of this country puny and
scant, account i'll part for these Devil
dering figures.
But there are obscure valleys, narrow
and dimnutive. mere pockets. between
huge mountains, where in the past no
plant worthy of cultivation has found so
much as root-hold. And it it in many
Just such spots as these that the returns
per acre are the hugest. Irrigation, in
such cases, is the remaining factor that
explains the myStery-irri cation, which
brings to the barren soil, full Of wonder
full potentialities. water, that element
which is to render it SO marvelously pro-
ductiye
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
WONDERED WHY.
Found the Answer Was "Cot

Found the Answer Was Coffee"
Many pale, sickly persons wonder for
years why they have to suffer so. and
eventually discover that the drug
caffeine-in coffee is the main cause of
the trouble.
Il was always very fond of coffee
and drank it every day. l never had
much flesh and often wondered why l
was always SO pale, thin and weak.
About five years ago my health COM
pletely broke down and l was confined
to my bed. Ny stomach was in such
condition thai ! could hardly take suf-
fcient nourishment to sustain life.
During this time l was drinking cof-
fee, didn't think l could do with
out it.
After while l came to the conciu-
sion that coffee was hurting me, and
decided to give it up and try Postum.
l didn't like the taste of it at first, but
when Il was made right-boiled until
dark and rich-I soon became very
fond Of it.
| could eat more and sleep better. My
sick headaches were less frequent, and
within five months l looked and felt
like a new being, headache spells en-
tirely gone.
MY health continued to improve and
to-day l am well and strong, weigh
14S lbs. I attribute my present health
TO the life-giving qualities Of Postum"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek. Mich. Read, THE Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Correcting Her Answer.

A teacher in the Garfield school was
teaching a primary class the beginning
Of arithmetic.
Now | have one pencil n my right
hand and one in my left" she said.
How many pencils have I? Helen,
you may answer
Two" pIpcd a small voice.
"Thcn one and one make two, do they
not?'
Sure
The teacher frowned at the disrespect-
full answer.
That's hardly what you should have
said" she said. "Will some one in the
class tell Helen what her answer should
have bcen?'
There was moment of hesitation.
Then one brown fist shot confidently into
the air.
"Ah, James, you may tell Helen what
she should have said"
Sure. Nike" shouted Jimmie. in a
tone Of triumph.-Kansas City Star.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
To Corn n Small Piece of Beef.

Sometimes it is difficult to get good
corned beef, or it is desirable to save
a piece of fresh beef i'll this way. The
easiest method is to stir coarse fine salt
into cold water until a brine is made
strong enough to float an egg and eX-
pose spot as large as Il 1O-cent piece.
Put in the beef, lay a plate on it, and
a stone to hold it down. After two days,
or four at the most for five or six
pounds, the beef will be ready to use,
and is often relished better with early
vegetables than fresh meat.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Why His Love Turned.

Rev. DR.. r. S. Macarthur of Calvary
Baptist church said at dinner in New
York, apropos of international mar
riages:
Some of these marriages are from
every point of view desirable. Some
again are-hut a dialogue will illustrate
my meaning.
"'Oh, Helen cried a girl worth $1S.-
100000, do you think the duke is sim
cere?'
"'Sincere| was the reply. Why, of
course, he's sincere. He hasn't dollar
to his name.'"
DR.. Macarthur paused.
COR this" he added.
"A young marquis rushed upon his
American tancee and shouted bitterly:
Cruel, heartless girl! You swore you
loved me, and now / discover that your
father is bankrupt" New York Sun.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

Cream one-third cup Of butter with
one cup of sugar, add One-half cup of
milk, one and three-quarter cups Of
level teaspoons of baking powder, and
flavor with q mixture of One-third tea
spoon of lemon tiavoring and two-thirds
teaspoon of vanilla 1avoring. Bake in
little plain patty pans and cover the
top Of each with white icing Garnish
with two little leaves cut from angelica
and a bit Of red candied cherry.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

Open can of corn, run the corn
through a meat chopper to grind fine
all the whole and coarse grains. Place
Il baking dish Oh the stove, put i'll two
spoonfuls of butter; when hot add the
corn, tablespoonful of sugar, salt and
pepper, cook and. stir for a few minutes,
add and stir in well three beaten eggs
and place in the oven until slightly
Drowned remove. fold q napkin around
the dish. set i'll q pretty plate and place
upon the table.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Agriculture In Public SchooIs.

Oklahoma has law requiring the
teaching of agriculture in the public
schools In this respect it stands alone.
since no other state requires it, but it
has adopted a course that other states
must follow All agricultural states
must in time come to a recognition of
the Importance Of tits fea ture in the
complete education of its children. The
Arkansas Legislature is pledged to the
enactment of similar laws at the Ell
suing session, and 1t IS practically as
sured that it will be done. The Okla
homa law provides for a curriculum in
Guiding horticulture, agriculture, stock
raising, road building. flower culture.
fertilizers, dairying drainage and irri-
CATION, grazing, etc.-Little Rock Demo
crat
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Irrigated Fruit and Grain Lands.

We urge you to investigate for your
self, The Crab Creek irrigated fruit and
grain lands that are now for sale. The
new town Of Coletta. Douglas County.
Washington, on the Pacific extension of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Ry,
is growing daily. We invite inquiries
from merchants seeking Il location in the
land Of health and wealth. Milwaukee,
Washington Land 81 Orchard Co, 30
Wisconsin St. milwaukee,. Wis.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Dividing Line at Cape Hatteras.

Cape Hatteras is the true dividing line
between the north and the south. North
of it there is not trace of the palmetto
AMI other forms of vegetation which, sub
tropical N character. cease there also.
Mason and Dixon's line is an ina ginary
sort of 4 thing i'll the north, but Hatteras
is tie outer mark of the real dividing
line and II affords a fine opportunity for
study,-FCrest and Stream
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Wheat Fields Follow Civilization.

From the Atlantic coast the progress
Of grain production has advanced west
ward with settlement, until it now has
reached the banks Of the North Sas-
katchewan river and the foothills of the
Rocky mountains. In the days of our
fathers. the Richelieu valley was the
great wheat field. 1t bore forty crops in
succcssion.-Erom the Albertan, Cal
gary. Canada.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
STRUGGLE WITH 4 TIGER.
The Strange Story of a Homeric Contest
from India

Two brothers, Khuda Bakhs and
Shaikh Abdul CHAM Of Moradabad,
were dispatched recently to Rampour on
an errand, and while entering a grove
nj Khadpura a tiger sprang upon Khuda
Bakhs, who, being an athlete, warded
off the blow aimed at him with his right
hand. and caught oGe of the paws with
the other and maintained his hold
though the tiger was mauling the other
hand.
Abdul CHAM now rushed up with a
stout stick. which he forced down the
tigers throat. making it release his
brothers hand. when Bakhs seized an
other paw with his wounded hand. fore
ing both paws back. He wrestled with
the tiger. keeping it down by sheer force.
while Abdul CHAM balabored it with his
lathi and killed it.
The tiger was carried by the brothers
to his highness, the Mawab of Rampur
who kept the skin as a memento and
sent Khuda Bakhs to the state diSpen-
sary for eatment'-Indian Daily Tele
graph.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

box are made as separate shutters, the
boards being nailed to cross-pieces of
: inches by inches batten. put about
four feet apart The end shutters are
made TO 90 inside the side shutters,
and two of the cross-pieces. Ill this
case, are fixed right at the cid of the
boards
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

size. Doctors did not help and l was
fast drifting into the hopeless stages.
l used DOan's Kidney Pills at the criti-
cal moment and they really saved my
life"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box
Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, \. Y.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Rotation Crops.

Turnips, carrots and potatoes are ex-
cellent in the rotation Of farm crops.
A very successful farmer grows wheat.
clover. corn. oats and turnips, and tur-
nips, carrots or potatoes, beginning with
wheat again. By this system clover is
the main crop, and the land is benefited.
while corn and the root crops demand
cultivation, this keeping the land clean
and making a six-year rotation.
The orange tree is said to produce
about 10000 oranges during its life.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Refain CnInr of Potatoes

When peeling sweet potatoes or
parsnips place them in water in which
a teaspoon of vinegar has been mixed
and they will not turn dark. Sprinkle
Il pinch Of salt over apples before put
ting into pie and it will be improved
greatly.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years lydia {. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
andhas positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, f5roid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, tlatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness ornervous proStration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

automobiles
In fact, the
horse has de-
V e ! p e d a
Il e W prank,
called auto
p b o b i a "
making him
unsafe espe
cially for la
dies to drive.
Let him see
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

"Cabby, make your horse so a little
quicker" impossible; l am mem
Der of the Society for the Protection of
Animals" Ten minutes later, on arrival
-"Come. bourgeois, give me another good
pourboire." impossible; l am a mem
Der of the Temperance society.'-Le
AnuaieS.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

disease started with
slight irregularity and
weakness and deyel-
oped into dangerous
drOpSy. / became
weak and languid and
could do no house
work. My back ached
terribly. l had bear
ing down pains and
my limbs bloated to
tnyian thni,. ,on,s,,, IN I
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

F9TS St yui Dane. and Nervous Diseases per-
u - manently cured by DR.. Kline Greet Nerve
Esstoer Send for FREE 81 90 trial bottle treatise
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

The wealth of New Zealand, accord
ing to recent statistics, is $14SO per per
son, and is said to be the highest of any
country in the world.
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Prevents Runaway,

After being trained to pass Iocomo-
tives, bicycles, etc, without shying,
the horse must now be broken in to
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Pe-ru-Ha Did Wonders.

Mrs. Judge J. F. Boyer, 142l Sherman
Ave, Evanston, Ill, says that she be-
came run down, could neither eat nor
sleep well, and lost flesh and spirit. Pc
runa did wonders for her, and she thanks
Pernna for new life and strength.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP for
Children teething; softens the gums. reduces In
fammation allays pain. cures wind collie. rs
cents u bottle.
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ALL RUN DOWN,
Bliss Della .Strof1e. eOAo had Com
piet<Ly Lost Her Health, Found
Pelief from Pe-Tu-,1a at Once.
Reud What She Says.

MISS DELLA STROEBE, 10 Rich
1Nl mond ST., Appleton, Wis, writes:
''For several years I was in run
down condition, and ] could find no re-
lief from doctors and medicines. I
could not enjoy my meals, and could
not sleep at night. I had heavy, dark
circles about the eyes.
my friends were much alarmed. I
was advised TO give Peruna trial, and
to my joy began to improve with the
first bottle. After taking six bottles I
felt completely cured. / cannot say too
much for Peruna as medicine for
women in q run down condition.
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SAVED AT THE CRISIS.

Delay Meant Death from Kidney
Troubles.
Mrs. Herman Smith, 901 Broad
street. Athens, Ga, says: Kidney