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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
TIPPING IN BOHEMIA.
Even the Street Car Conductor Gets Tips
Pay for Privilege of Serving.

In the city of Prague a tip to the
tramway conductor is considered de
rigueur. The orthodox tip consists of
but two heller, or two-tenths of a penny.
yet as strap hanging is allowed for
in considering the carrying capacity of
the car the conductors should have got
a goodly pocketful of the minimum coin
by the days end.
Tipping is was escertained in another
of Bohemia's larger towns, is so fully
recognized that the head waiter at a
cafe pays n rent for his post. supplies
all the journals for the coffee room and
looks after the other walters. and then
makes an income larger than that of a
university profeSsor-all out of his tips
After supper at one of the delightful
open air cafes of the capital it was
found that approximately one should
give half krone Qivepence) to the head
waiter who took payment. twopence to
the under waiter who brought the viands,
and half penny to the boy who brought
and even brought again as one glass
was fnished-the beer.-London Chron-
icle.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
Willing to Keep 1t Dark.

Rene La Montague, the crack polo
player, tells this story Of very small
miss, the 5-year-old daughter of a promi
nent member of the Cedarhurst set
Mr.. La Montague was driving a small
trap from the Rockaway Hunt club to
his home in Cedarhurst, when he en-
countered the little miss, who was out
for a walk with her nurse and a small
baby brother, who occupied a perambu-
latOr. Being an intimate friend of the
child's parents. he offered to give her a
lift rs far as her house. The offer was ac-
cepted, and on the way Mr.. La Mon
tagne was RECALLED with interesting items
of family news which were lisped out in
rapid succession, until he pulled up in
front Of the house.
The child alighted, and. as there was
nobody i'll sight on the grounds, he asked
her if she could get indoors safely.
"Oh, yes said the little tot, and
thank you very much"
Don't mention it, nodded back the
polo player; when to his surprise the
child opened her eyes very wide and
murmured:
Il won't. New York Times.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11

One-ounce packet Of the best isinglass
or gelatin, 4 ounces loaf sugar, or
anges, l lemon, 1 pint water. Soak the
packet of isinglass or gelatin in half
a pint of cold water; boil 4 ounces of
loaf sugar in half a pint of water till
it becomes a strip, then add the juice
of six oranges and one lemon and the
peel of two oranges and half lemon.
Place on the fire for a minute, skim
well and add a wine glass of cold water
by degrees to make the scum rise; put
in the isinglass, stir till dissolved and
strain through muslin.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11

The value Of nitrate of soda applied
to barnyard millet at the New Jersey
experiment station was stated by the
eXperimenters as follows: Amount ap-
piled, 100 pounds per acre; yield I'M
treated acre, 1853 tons; treated acre,
1888 tons; gain by use of nitrate,
SO tons; per cent of gain, 1874; value
of gain, at So per ton, SIPS; cost of
nitrate per acre, $3.50. net gain per
acre by use of nitrate over cost, $1365.
The crop was seeded on June 16 on
well-fertilized land at the rate of three
fourths bushels of seed per acre, after
crop of oat and pea forage had been
harvested, which averaged six tons per
acre. The nitrate was applied soon at
ter the plants were well rooted and
capable of absorbing food rapidly.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
Celery Pickle

Cut a dozen stalks of celery into inch
pieces, place in saucepan with water to
cover and boil slowly until tender. Re
move from fire and drain. Put one
quart cider, with alum size of a pea. in
granite saucepan; bring to boiling
point; then add one-half pound brown
sugar, one tablespoon salt, saltspoonful
pepper, one tablespoonful cinnamon, 10
drops onion juice; boil to a thick sirup,
then add one gill vinegar and the cook
ed celery. Boil five minutes, stirring
continually to prevent burning. Turn
into jelly glasses and cover with paraf-
fin.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
Chemical Action of Manure.

Although cultivation is necessary and
will increase your crops, no matter how
much you cultivate. or how you labor,
it should be remembered that the plant
food in the soil is the vital element of
crop production. The crop removes this
element, but by applying manure it is
put back again. Manure not only en-
riches soil with the elements of fertil-
ity, but also renders the stored plant
food of the soil more available, i'm
proves the chemical conditions. makes
the soil warmer and enables it to re-
tain more moisture and to draw it I'D
from below
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
Farming Notes

Remember the Importance of the
kitchen garden.
Some genius has figured out that a
bee will on q busy day draw sugar
from 10000 different clover heads.
When mustard is a serious pest the
fields are sprayed with a solution that
kills the weed, but does not harm the
crop.
The government spent $4,000 this
last spring planning ways to destroy
the green bug in Kansas, Oklahoma
and Texas.
Preaching economy doesn't amount
to much. You must practice it, but
there is such a thing as being too
economical
The Clairmont ranch, near Engle-
wood, in Clark County, Kan, consist
ing of $1,000 acres of fine land, will be
cut up into small farms.
One hundred and thirty-nine COWS.
comprising the best of thirty-six Hi
nois herds, produced an average of 3O1
pounds of butter fat last year.
A grist mill built at Denmark. Ok
ford County, Mich, 100 years ago is
still in a state Of good preservation
and doing business at the old stand.
A Swiss manufacturer claims to
have perfected an artificial wool from
jute which will stand dyeing-some-
thing hitherto regarded as impossible
Oatmeal and linseed boiled into
thin cruel is fine for lambs. They like
it and thrive nightly. They do not
need much water with this Cruel if fed
twice q day.
In Holland they rotate the fertiIi-
zers as well as the crops Each crop
has its particular coaxer. PERHAPS
that's why they farm successfully on
land worth $1,000 per acre.
a COW owned by William Maber of
Sheffield, H., gave birth to three good
sized and perfectly developed calves.
She is half Jersey, and raised the
calves the first three weeks on her
own milk
Two Illinois men will build an iron
and glass house 200 feet long and 30
feet wide at Olathe, Kan, in which to
raise cucumbers for the winter market.
This fruit last year brought from S1.5O
to 81 per dozen.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
Thorough Cultivation

If the ground is cultivated often
enough no weeds can grow, and if the
ground for crop is carefully prepared
before putting in the seed, by deem
blowing and frequent narrowing. the
cultivation required after the plants
are up need not be more than. one inch
deep. If this is done after every rain,
there can be no weeds, and they will
become fewer every year, while the
cultivation will prevent loss of mois-
ture in the soil by affording a loose
covering of dry earth
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
Ripe Curranf Pie.

Crush one cupful currants, add one
cupful of sugar. Beat the yolks of
two eggs, and two tablespoonful of
water and one tablespoonful of -four,
mix with the fruit and sugar, and cook
until smooth. Bake an under crust,
fill with the cooked mixture, make Il
meringue OF the two whites of the eggs
and two tablespoonfuls of sugar, spread
over the top and brown in the oven.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
COW STALL.

with her head under the feed rack. 1t
Is not necessary to have gutter in
stall Of this kind. There should be
short partitions. however, to keep the
COWS from turning around.
For building, use > by for bottom
feed rack; bottom Of rack 8 feet above
floor. Strips of 1 by 4, inches apart
form the rack, and should slope back
60 degrees. From Z to feet from front
Of stall place by 4 on edge; if set in
dirt use stakes
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
The Bishops Avoidance

1t is the man who looks for trouble
who generally finds it. When Bishop
Dudley was about to transfer the field
of his labors to Kentucky, some of his
friends were inclined to demonstrate.
80 you are really going to Kentucky -
said one of these.
Yes, indeed" replied the bishop.
But do you know what kind of a
state that isl" inquired the anxious one
why, L saw in the paper that in 4
Kentucky town one man killed another
dead for just treading on a dog What
are you going to do in place like that?'
Well replied the bishop calmly, 81
am not going to tread on a dog"-Ra-
leigh News and Observer.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
A Cheap Kitten.

"A corruptionist," said Senator Depew,
t'once entered a voters house. In the
voters absence he pleaded his cause to
the mans wife. Finally spying a
wretched kitten on the floor, he said:
III give you SO for that all mai.
ma am
''She accepted those terms.
THE cOrruptionist, thrusting the kit
ten into his pocket, rose to go. AT the
door he said:
husband to vote for me. ma'am.'
IN try to- said the woman. though
Jim's hard one to move when his
minds made up: but anyhow you've got
L real cheap kitten there. Your opponent
was in yesterday and gave me $50 for
its brother Washington, Star.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
II potassium salts in vegetable foods

Of potassium salts in vegetable foods
causes by chemical exchange an alb
normal loss Of common salt. This is
proved by the fact that the craving of
an animal for common salt is most no
ticeable when the food contains q large
proportion Of potassium salts, such as
wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, beans and
peas. The addition Of salt to animal
food increases the appetite, promotes
the repair of tissue by its searching
diffusion through the body, and stinu-
lates the rapid using up Of its waste
products. Boussingault's experiments
showed that salt increases muscular
vigor and activity, and improves their
general appearance and condition.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
requirements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, tibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
lng-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, or nervous 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, 1908-09-11
Willie WuggleS Told Tommy.

School Teacher-And now that we
have finished discussing the lion and the
tiger, who can tell me about the lynx
a painful pause. Finally a small hand
is hesitatingly elevated.
Teacher-Well Tommy, can you de
scribe the lynx?
Tommy-NO'm.
Teacher-Then why did you raise your
hand?
Tommy thought Willie Wuggles
could tell
Teacher-And what made you think
Willie could describe the lynx?
Tommy-'Cause his brothers a caddie
London Tit-Bits.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
Touching.

Soon after his first baby was born
his wife went upstairs one evening and
found him standing by the side of the
crib and gazing earnestly at the child
She was touched by the sight, and tears
filled her eyes. Her arms stole softly
round his neck as she nestled her cheek
caressingly against his shoulder.
He started slightly at her touch.
Darling" he murmured dreamily.
'Ies| she said softly.
What i was going to say is, it is in
comprehensive to me how they can pos
sibly get up such a crib as that for
SeHen-and-siN. London Times.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11

Why salt should be regularly sup
Piled to stock is thus put by a famous
English authority: Because in the
blood Of animals there is six or seven
times more sodium than potassium, and
that the composition of the blood is
constant To keep animals in good
health definite amount Of common
salt must be assimilated- The excess
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
Portable Canning Machine.

A machine by which the farmer can
prepare and can his fruits, tomatoes,
corn, beans or any other farm produce
which can be canned, in the fields or
orchards in which the vegetable or fruit
is growing, is described in Popular Me-
chantcs. Mounted on a wheelbarrow
arrangement the machine can be pushed
from one orchard to another or from
tomato patch to a cornfield as necessity
requires. Water for the process is heat
ed by a kerosene burner
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
HOUSE
WORK

Thousands of American women
IN our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty. .
= In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
brought on and they suffer in silence,
drifting along from bad to worse,
knowing well that they ought to
have help to overcome the pains and
aches which daily make life burden.
Il is To these faithful woman that
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11

When preparing dressing for fowl
sage is generally used, and the stems
aud leaves are found SO disayreeaDle
ID the dressing. A good way Of pre-
venting this is to steep a tablespoon
of sage in half a cup Of boiling
water Then this can be strained right
into the dressing.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11

INV DC NlE17' eOVI pO1 NIOhI OF V111
bottom being opened to permit the
bucket to be filled and closed to hold
the contents until carried to the place
of feeding. The contents can thus be
discharged into trough without
wasting it and without the liability of
splitting it upon the clothes of the
operator: The hinged portion Of the
bottom of the can is operated by rod
extending above the top, which term
mates into a handle. AS the bucket
is carried by the latter, pressure is
always maintained upon the bottom to
keep it closed. When it is desired to
discharge the contents the handle is
pushed downward.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
a. lydia e. pENKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

comes as q boon and a blessing,
as it did to Mrs. T. Ellsworth, Of
Mayville, N. Y, and to Mrs. w. P.
Boyd, OF Beaver Falls, Pa, who say {:
" | was not able to do my own work,
owing to the female trouble from which
] suffered. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound helped me wonderfully,
and am SO well that l can do as big a
days work as l ever did. l wish every
sick woman would try If.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11

PICKLE FORK. or refuses to go through
the neck Of the bottle. With the new
implement there is no necessity of stick
ing the pickle. Instead it is grasped
In a pair of curved prongs, like a pair
of pincerS, and thus drawn out of the
bottle.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
The Right Way to Pack Fruit.

If the fruitgrower simply tumbles
his apples into the barrel without sort
ing and without arrangement, in order
to get the greatest number into the
barrel, heads it up and ships to mar
ket, he will discover when he gets his
CHI ok that his fruit has been sold for
the lowest price. The only way to get
the top prices for fruit is to sort it
according to grades, arranging in bar
rels or boxes in layers, placing each
apple in by hand, and selecting for the
top layer fruit Of the same color. The
top layer should be made up Of apples
all Of the same size if possible, and the
fruit should come just to the top of
the slaves. Then the heading should
be carefully placed on top and gently
pressed down until it slips into the
chine. This can be done better by the
use Of a block placed under a lever
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
Same in the Hudson Valley in Nav

Wanted A young man for farm
work; must be able to drive milk, float;
live in winter. '-Agricultural Times.
Employer-And can you float and live
in the winter?
Applicant-Wen, sir, I've had expert
ence- | had job in April in the
Thames valley. EngageO.-Punch.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease FREE

Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy,
\. Y, for a FREE sample of Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to shake into your shoes.
at cures tired, sweating, not, swollen, ach-
ing feet. 1t makes new or tight shoes easy.
A certain cure for Corns and Bunions. All
Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it. 25c
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11

Raspberry water ice-Press raspber
ries through fine hair sieve-enough
of them to make three pints of juice.
Add one pound of powdered sugar, the
juice Of one large lemon and one tea
spoonful of raspberry extract. Then
freeze.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
StriuE-Rean Salad.

TO a cup of cold string beans cut
into lengths add a teaspoon chopped
onion. salt and pepper to taste, cut a
small slice of bacon into dice and fry,
add half cup vinegar, and pour over
beans while hot Serve very cold.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11

attempt to remove the
last few pickles remain
ing in the bottom Of the
bottle with the ordinary
pickle fork. In using
the latter, it is 4 very
easy matter TO pierce
the pickle with the
prongs of the fork, but
when it is hauled to the
top it invariably falls off
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
PAS Dentist Bill.

Il guess paw must have passed lot
If time at the dentists when he was in
New York" said Johnny Green
why do you think so?' Queried his
MA.
cause / heard him tell man today
that it cost him nearly $500 to get his
eye teeth cut" replied Johnny.-Bostop
Post
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
EcEIess Gingerbread.

One cup each of sugar, molasses and
sour cream, half cup butter, one table
spoon ginger, one teaspoon cinnamon,
one heaping teaspoon soda dissolved in
hot water; add soda last, then beat
hard and bake in a slow oven.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11

stock and IN the
handling Of fluid sub
stances is the inven-
ton of a Michigan
man. 1t serves in Il
sense as a dipper.
The arrangement
is such that it can
be filed by forcing it
bottom downward in
/. g receptacle Of
fluid substance, the
hiOpad norton of the
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
Maple Sirup Pound Cake.

One-half pound butter, two cupfuls Of
sugar, two cupfuls Of maple strip, six
cupfuls Of -four, one cupful Of milk,
four eggs, nutmeg and salt.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11

The Rev. Angus Bethune. vicar of
Seaham, England, who has died at the
age of 81, discharged his clerical duties
to the last. He was 81 years a clergy
man in the diocese of Durham.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
Ornn-e Filling for Cake.

Beat the whites of two eggs very
stiff, with one cupful powdered sugar,
add half the grated peel and the juice
of an orange. Whip to a soft cream
and put between the layers of a cake
when they are cool.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
Necessity the Mother

''Who got up those hanging gardens
of Bahylon?"
'Some king"
For what purpose?'
81 Judge he wanted to outwit the
neighbors' chickens. Louisville Courier
Journal.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11

Public streets III the towns of Java
are daily swept and kept clean by native
convicts. They go to work chained to-
gether in parties of twenty or thirty,
under the superintendent of native sol
diers.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
Cow Stall.

The stall as shown here is four feet
over all, but can be made less Cow
when eating will stand with her hind
feet just behind the by /, leaving the
droppings behind it.
When she lies down she will be COM
PEELED to lie in front Of the . by
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
Worth It's Weirbf I'm Gold

It's PETTIT"S EYE SALVE. strength
ems eyes of the old, tonic for eye strain,
weak and watery eyes. All druggists or
Howard Bros, Buffalo, n. Y.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11

ago | suffered mis-,
cry with lumbago.
Every movement was
one of pain. Doan's
Kidney Pills remov-
ed the whole Difficult
ty after only q short
time. Although l do
not like to have my
name used publicly,
l make an exception
in this case so that
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11

"A restaurant where a full course
dinner" may be had for cents was
opened recently at 200 Clinton street
New York.
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other sufferers from kidney trouble
may profit by my experience"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
FosterMilburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
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lie !k:s3;ksI4!:2
Improved Pickle Fork,

A distinct improvement in pickle
forks has been devised by a Louisiana
man, who realized how difficult it is to
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11

WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
& buy Furs & Hides. Write for catalog 105
n. W. Hide & Fur Co. Minneapolis, MINI.
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MRS. wINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP for
Children teething; softens the gums reduces In.
Elimination: allays pain, cures wind collie. 2,
cents a bottle.
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For Eeedinu StonI

A bucket of peculiar construction.
designed especially to be used by farm
ers and dairymen in feeding slop to
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a TEXAS CLERGYMAN
Speaks Out for the Benefit of Suffer.
ing Thousands.

Rev. G. NJ. Gray, Baptist clergyman
OF WhitesbOrO, Tex saws "Four years