Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-02

ture of Mauser bullets, smokeIess pow
der and gun cotton
An Atchison man thinks he is enti-
tied to the Carnegie hero medal His
daughter, princess. had company in
the parlor; the young man was her
hearts desire, worked in a bank and
always wore good clothes. But the
father walked boldly into the room
and sat down, and he had on his barn
clothes, too. His daughter gave him
such look of scorn it stopped his
watch, but he stayed anyway-Atchi-
son (Kan.) Globe.
I The Times enters a protest against
the present method Groton takes with
tramps, AT present they are given a
loaf of bread and can of salmon or
piece of cheese and directed to the
lookup, where they find the door open
to receive them. They build a fire,
make themselves at home and go
whenever they like. If this continues
| Groton will be the tramps' headquar-
tiers and the village at their mercy
! Groton (Vt) Times.
The great controversy which now
F.; agitates South Norwalk, Conn, over
the question whether a lobster swims
| forward or backward recalls the ia
nous definition of a lobster in a GER
tain French dictionary-"a red fish
which swims backward" Six words.
containing three gross errors. 1t is to
/ No ~,
| Norwalk will not refer to that die
tionary as an authority for settlement
! of their dispute.-New York Tribune
When Andrew Carnegie offered to
build seventy-eight libraries for New
York City on condition that the city
would provide the sites and books, it
was estimated that the municipality
would not have TO spend more than
| SZ,OOO,OOO to carry out its part of the
contract. Controller Metz recently re-
ported that the city has as yet only
secured fifty-five sites and in purchas
ing these has overTun the original esti
mate. He figures that by the time the
city gets the remaining sites the cost
will be $3,3S7,53
1t has recently been discovered that
the leaves of the fern plant, which
grows almost anywhere, is an excel
lent preservative for packing articles
of food, fruit and even meat 1t is
said that on the Isle of Man fresh her
rings are packed in ferns and arrive
on the market in as fresh a condition
Uvho
Der of experiments have demonstrated
that potatoes packed in ferns keep
many months longer than those pack.
ed in straw. In fact potatoes packed
In fern leaves are as fresh in the
springtime as when they were first
dug in the fall.-Eternal Progress.
Prince Buelow once invited Herr
Won Holstein to dinner, telling him
that 1t was to meet the Emperor
But" replied Holstein, ct don't be-
lieve that [ have dress coat at pres
ent. l will try, however, to get one
made in time, and if I can't, perhaps
the Emperor will take me as 1 am"
This, the Times says, was reported to
his Majesty, who said that Herr Won
| Holstetn was to appear in any garb he
! pleased. When the meeting took place
Hoistein was in his usual frock coat
and the Emperor laughingly tapped
him on the shoulder and said: 81 see
the dress coat wasn't ready. 1t doesn't
matter. London Evening Standard
The Deutsche Theater-Zeitung, of
Berlin, relates that at a recent dress
rehearsal in that city the bell had
sounded for an important scene, when
the leading lady called excitedly mot
yet. Not yet! Waltz" Inquiry on
the part of the stage manager revealed
the fact that the doorway through
which she was to enter was not broad
enough for her hat. Change the hat"
commanded the stage manager.
'FWiden the door," answered the
actress. Both insisted on having their
way until the director cast his vote
| in favor Of tbs actress anc the stage
carpenter was instructed to change the
setting to admit without danger to
| it or the wearer" the monster head
! dress.
The official figures relative to peni.
| tertiary conditions in Chile show
| great decrease in the number OF
crimes. During the years 1902, 1903
| and 1904 the people of both sexes
sent to Jail were, respectively, 63,448,
64,403 and 63,425. In 1906 there were
only 50,443 persons incarcerated, of
whom 1857 were women. This shows
| that alcoholism has greatly decreased
, in Chile. A law was put in force in
! 1902 which had been strictly applied
| to the inebriates, who formed So per
| cent of the total Of prisoners. OF that
total, in 1906, so per cent were illit.
crate individuals, So per cent belonged
| to the Catholic religion and there were
| 3,217 foreigners, mainly Peruvians and
| Bolivians.
Famous poets make interesting wills
| Browning's was written in his own
/ beautiful hand, with the initials of all
| the nouns substantive in capitals,
after the olden use, and the attestine
witnesses were "a. Tennyson" and "F.
! T. Palgrave" Matthew Arnold's, also
referred to, was remarkable for its
! brevity A bakers dozen of words
were deemed enough: 81 leave every.
| thing of which l die possessed to my
| wife. Frances Lucy" This, however,
because no executor was aDpoinfed