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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
Cultivation of Corn.

At the several experiment stations
corn has received more than its share
Of attention, and many experiments
have been made in order to learn how
to derive the largest yields and to
grow the crop most economically.
Opinions differ, however, as climate,
variety and soil are factors governing
every crop. The Indiana station found
that the best results were obtained by
planting seed in May. 1t has been
shown that the greatest average yield
Of both ears and stocks have been OBJ
tanned when the stalks stood about
twelve or fourteen inches apart in the
rows. Thick planting, however, re-
duces the size of the ears, and the per
Centage of grain. but thick planting
has, in dry seasons, produced the
heaviest yield Of stalks and the high
est yield Of ears. So far as depth Of
cultivation is concerned the yields,
when corn was cultivated one, two
and three inches, have been equal. In
continuous corn culture heavy appli-
cations Of fresh horse manure have
not been profitable, but the effect of
very heavy application Of manure
has been noticed for many years.
There does not seem to be much differ
ence IN yields due to any particular
implement used, while hill and drill
paintings Of corn have produced the
same average yields. The Checking"
Of corr is still the most popular and
profitable mode Of growing the corn
at the least cost of labor The results
at one station may not correspond
with those obtained elsewhere, but
where the work has extended over a
number of years the results should be
accepted as important, if not conclu-
siyp
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
SENSE ABOUT FOOD.

Facts About Food Worth knowing.
1t is serious question sometimes to
know just what to eat when per
sons stomach is out of order and most
foods cause trouble.
Grape-Nuts food can be taken at any
time with the certainty that it will di-
gest. Actual experience of people is
valuable to anyone interested in foods.
A Terre Haute woman writes: 4
had suffered with indigestion for about
-four years, ever since All attack Of
typhoid fever, and at times could eat
nothing but the very lightest food, and
then suffer such agony with my stom-
.ach l would wish l never had to eat
anything
Il was urged to try Grape-Nuts and
since using it I do not have to starve
myself any more, but l can eat it at
any time and feel nourished and salts
fed, dyspepsia is a thing of the past,
and 1 am now strong and well.
My husband also had an experience
with Grape-Nuts. He was very weak
and sickly in the spring. Could not
attend to his work. He was put IN
der the doctors care but medicine did
not seem to do him any good until he
began to leave off ordinary food and
use Grape-Nuts. It was positively sur
prising to see the change in him. He
grew better right off, and naturally he
has none but words of praise for
Grape-Nuts.
Our boy thinks he cannot eat a
meal without Grape-Nuts, and he
learns so fast at school that his teach
er and other scholars comment on it.
l am satisfied that it is because Of the
great nourishing elements in Grape
Nuts"
There's a Reason"
1t contains the phosphate Of potash
from wheat and barley which combines
with albumen to make the gray mat
ter to daily refill the brain and nerve
centres.
1t is a pity that people do not know
what to feed their children. There are
many mothers who give their young
sters almost any kind Of food and when
they become sick begin to pour the
medicine down them. The real way is
to stick to proper food and be healthy
and get along without medicine and
expense.
Ever read the above letter? A
new ore appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
OUTLINES HIS LIFE POLICY.
Gen. Rucker Reaches SO and Is the Same
as Dead TO Insurance COMPANY.

Old residents here received with inter
est the announcement that Gen. Daniel
Il. Rucker. L. s. ~. retired. and more
than SO years old, but still in the enjoy
ment of his faculties. was notified lately
by a life insurance company that under
its rules he was dead and that the COM
pany was ready to pay his policy in full
Gen. Rucker denied that he was dead
but accepted the payment. The rule of
the company is that when a policy holder
reaches the age of 96 he is entitled TO
the amount of his policy
Gen. Rucker was for many years by
lntermarrlage Il citizen of the Cherokee
nation and was widely known at Table
quah and Old Fort Gibson. 1t was
while the then Lieut.. Rucker was sta
toned at Fort Gibson with the dragons
IN the early '40s that he married Miss
Flora Cooley. a daughter of Joseph
Cooley, a widely known Cherokee citi-
zen of the early days. Miss Cooley is
said to have been one OF the most beau
tiful young women of the nation and
her marriage TO Lieut.. Rucker was the
social event of the time.
The married life of Lieut.. and Mrs
Rucker was of short duration. for in the
year 1914 Mrs. Rucker died. Her monu-
ment may be seen in the United States
National cemetery at Old Fort Gibson.
In the years that followed his departure
from Fort Gibson RUcker attained high
rank, at one time OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
of the army. Long known as the dean
of the army Gen. Rucker has made his
home in Washington for a number of
years. Some years ago he paid a brief
visit to old scenes, spending day or so
in Tablequah.-FortG Gibson Cor. Dallas
News.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
THE GARTER.
An Order That Is Considered a Rare
Honor in Great Britain.

An Order That Is Considered a Rare
Honor in Great Britain
The rarest honor King Edward can
bestow, the Order of the Garter, was
lately conferred upon Lord Selborne.
The recipient of this decoration must
be man of the highest standing and
character. The insignia consists first
of the collar formed of symbols of the
Garter and in tWenty-siX pieces, cor
responding to the statute number of
members of the order. The badge Cor
George, so-called) is the figure of the
saint on horseback and is worn ap-
pended to the collar; while a second
pennant (the Lesser George is at
tached to broad blue ribbon thrown
over the left shoulder and under the
right arm. Then there is a silver star
of eight points, while the cross of ST
George in brilliant red enamel, which
can be worn when the knight is not in
the robes of the order. The mantle is
of blue velvet lined with white taffeta
and embroidered with a star on the
left shoulder. The hat is of black vel
vet, also lined with white taffeta, and
has a plume of white ostrich feathers
that contains a tuft of black heron's
feathers fastened to the hat by a band
of diamonds.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
rowing Hush HeanS

Bush or dwarf beans are easy to
grow and are one of the best and most
popular of garden vegetables. A sue
cession of them should be planted and
be coming on from the very earliest
summer till after the first frosts of
autumn Beans of all kinds are some
what tender and are easily killed bv
late spring frosts, yet they are easily
and cheaply planted and risk should
be taken in planting extra early. If
the first crop happens TO be caught bv
frost. ii is very easy matter to plant
the same space over again and little
will be lost by the trial, as one prep
aration of the soil will serve for a
succession of crops.
For bush beans prepare the ground
early in a dry condition, working it
down to a very fine and even seed
bed. Make the surface soil especially
fine and loose, since the bean some
times has difficulty in coming up in
three or four days. Give the young
plants clean and light surface cultiva-
ton TO conserve soil moisture. A
three or four-shoveled horse cultivator
may be used, out never in them while
the vines are in the least wet or moist,
as this will bring on disease. Plant
succession, about three weeks apart,
up TO the last Of August in central lat
itudes Pick the beans clean while
they are green regularly and the vines
viii bear longer. If beans are allowed
to ripen on the vines the vines will
soon die.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
Oh. Scissors.

The first grade teacher had been able
to spank Tommy with the greatest en-
thusiasm, but his next teacher had not
reached the point where she felt she
could do, justice TO him in spite of all his
naUghtiness.
Send him to me when you want him
spanked said the first grade teacher
one morning, after her colleague had re
lated his many miSdemeanorS.
About IL O'Clock Tommy appeared at
the first grade teachers door. She
dropped her work, seized him 10y the arm,
dragged him to the dressing room, turned
him over her knee and did her duty.
When she had finished she said, We'll,
Tommy, what have you to say!'
please, miss. my teacher wants the
scissor. '-Everybody' Magazine.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
Milk Contamination.


There are a hundred and one places
where milk can be contaminated from
the time it is drawn from the udder
till it reaches the table in the form OF
sweet milk, cream or butter. First, a
great deal of bacteria, impurities and
disease germs get into the milk at the
barn or lot in which the cows are
kept. Second, great many more OF
these owe their existence in milk to
the attendant and the place in which
the milk is kept. The moment the
COW shows signs of being Ill, or when
even a slight eruption is noticeable, a
person may contract disease by partak-
ing Of her milk. Impure water is an,
other way in which milk is contami-
mated If the COW is compelled to
drink out of a mud hole, filled with
disease germs, she cannot help but
drink large number Of those germs
into her system, some of them being
sure to reach her milk. Milking the
COW into an opeE pail when the barn
is filled with dust, and from which
there hangs an untold number of dirty
cobwebs, or milking her in an offens-
lively smelling lot, where the filth is
ankle deep, or milking a COW whose
udder, TANKS and legs are covered with
dirt and filth-in~ such cases 1t is i'm
possible to avoid contamination of the
milk. 1t is believed that more disease
germs are given the human family
through milk than are given in any
other agency; and we also believe that
less attention is paid to the care of
milk than to any other food consumed
upon the table.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
When Having Is Done.

There's a smile of relief and spirit
of fun
Comes over the farmer when haying
is done;
With his haylofts all swelling with
sweet-scented hay
His smile is as CHEEKY as sunshine in
May.
The summers half over, and out in
the field
He sees the approach of a bountiful
yield;
AS tall as his hat is the golden topped
corn,
Which waves its long arms in the
breeze Of the morn,
AS fair and as fragrant as gardens of
old
Are his fields with their stubble as
yellow as gold.
With his barn full of hay and his bed
ding stacked high,
A smile on his face and a CLEAN in
his eye;
The cattle provided with winter re-
past,
While apples and pumpkins are ripen-
ing fast.
There's a smile of relief and a spirit
of fun
Comes over the farmer when haying is
done;
The turnips are growing, the melons
are prime,
The harvest approaching, his boun-
teOus time.
All! Lucky the farmer who wanders
afield
And sees the approach of a beautiful
yield!
Boston Herald.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
ROCK AND CHEYENNE RIVER
INDIAN RESERVATIONS.

The opening of the Standing Rock
and Cheyenne River Indian Reserva.
lions in South Dakota and North Da,
kota in October will give thousands OF
people 160 acres of fertile farming
lands for a small sum per acre.
Aberdeen, South Dakota, on the
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL
RAILWAY, and Mobridge and Lennon,
South Dakota, on the CHICAGO, Mil
wAUKEE & PUGET SOUND RAILWAY, are
points of registration. You can regis
ter any day from Oct. to % The
drawing will take place at Aberdeen
on October 20.
This land opening will also give you
splendid opportunity to see the coun
try via the new line to the Pacific
Coast
Descriptive folder free.
F. A. MILLER,
General Passenger Agent Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul Railway, Chi
cage.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
INDIAN DANCING SEASON is ON.
Present from One Tribe to Another for
a Successful Entertainment.

Present from One Tribe to Another for
a Successful Entertainment.
In the midst of an annual payment of
leased land money, the Indians of south
western Oklahoma are now engaged in
one Of the greatest celebrations and
dance meets ever given.
Three dances and picnics are in prog
ress this week-one at the home of Els
chit, one of the principal chiefs of the
Comanches; one at Picody's, the Mexican
who was taken prisoner by the Indians
when a young man and is this year Civ
ing his eighth annual picnic near Fetch
err and a third at Anadarko near the
agency, in which kiowas, Apaches,
Wichitas, Caddos and Cheyennes are en-
gaging.
Yesterday the Cheyennes were the
guests of the kiowas and put on dance
for them of the most fantastic character
as a mark of appreciation of their hosts,
and, the dance given, kiowas presented
their visitors with sixteen head of cat
tie, fourteen ponies. $500 worth of blank
cts and $500 in cash.
Two thousand Indians will engage in
the great Indian dance to be held in
Lawton the night of August 6. Six
tribes will participate-COman Apa-
ches, Kiowas, Cheyennes, Wichitas and
Caddos.-Lawton Corr. Kansas City
Star.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
Satire and Charity.

Richard c. Baker, New York's deputy
commissioner of charities, at a recent
dinner exposed the professional beggar.
Mr.. Baker ended his study of the beg
gar with a number of anecdotes.
Then there is the proud and naughty
beggar," said he. An old lady, ac-
costed by one of this type, gave the fell
low 2-cent piece.
The beggar. holding the coin in his
dingy palm, looked at it haughtily.
what dye think I'm a-goin' to do
with this?' he growled.
"'Oh, keep it, said the old lady,
sweetly. Keep it and give it to some
poor beggar.' New York Tribune.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10

taking Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to see what it would do,
and | am restored to my natural
health. Mrs. ETA DONOVAN, Box
29g, Willimantic, Conn.
The success Of Lydia T. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and hcrDs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, inham-
nation, liberation, fibroid tUmors, IT.
Tegularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indi-
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton. e. - t- =, ,Tzz--t-ggs..e
t-' - -''-'-ys so 50. 4&' so s9~
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkhaml
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it to themselves
to at least give this medicine a trial.
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others, and why should it
not cure you2
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
Cooling Cream.

Different conditions on the farm
will govern arrangements for the cool
ing of cream. Where windmills are
used, many farms have cheaply con-
structed mflk-houses in which can be
placed tank or half barrel, through
which all water is led from the wind
mill to the stoCk-watering tanks. With
the cream cooled and held in these
tanks the arrangement is everything
required.
Where windmills and milkhouses
are not used, half barrel can be set
near the pump and a cheap shade con-
structed The water can be pumped
by hand with small expenditure Of
time and labor. The cooling of the
cream will heat the water. Run out
the warm water and pump a fresh
supply IN which tle cream can set
over night or through the day before
being added TO the supply can. When
another lot of warm cream is to be
cooled, the operation can be repeated
A large box can be set over the barrel
to protect the cream from the sun
The farmers ingenuity may suggest
some other protection equally as good
There are q dozen or more arrange
ments, inexpensively and easily made,
which can be devised on every farm
for the proper care of cream. These
remarks suggest only the principle of
keeping the cream in good condition.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10

Z student at the University of Penn
sylvania, whose name for obvious rea-
Bons will not be mentioned, had been 60
Ing fast pace with the boys of his class
and fraternity and had had frequent
interviews with father concerning debts
and other financial troubles occasioned
by the drain his pleasures had made On
his source Of supply.
Several times the governor" had been
compelled to get various articles of value
back from the boys uncle" and the
relation Of provider and spender was
strained.
One day the student wired father that
his watch had fallen into deep water in
the SchuyIkill river and he wanted cat
pnce" $50 to hire 4 diver to recover it.
The answer came as follows:
Nothing on the SO. Cheaper to
soak the watch where it is."-Philadel-
phia Times.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10

shod with a piece of iron Or steel, as
shown; moreover, it will do good
must be at least feet from scraper,
to allow for load, and to keep same
from under the horses feet. A very
large barnyard may be cleaned in a
short time, and several loads of
manure saved. Simply drive the load
where wanted, lift scraper up by the
haAdles. leaving load, and repeat the
operation.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
Treating Horse Corns.

Dr.. A. a. Holcombe, inspector of the
United States bureau Of animal hus-
bandry, says of treating horse cornsa
AS in all other troubles, the cause
must be discovered if possible and rel
moved. In a great majority of cases
the shoeing will be at fault. For a
SOUND foot, perfectly formed, a fat
shoe with heels less thick than the toe
and which rests evenly on the wall
proper is the best. In fat feet it is
often necessary to concave the feet as
much as possible on the upper surface
so that the sole may not be pressed
upon. If the heels are very low the
heels of the shoe may be made much
thicker. If the foot IS very broad
and the wall light toward the heels
far shoe, resting upon the walls,
may aid to prevent excessive tension
upon the soft tissues when the foot
receives the weight Of the body A
piece Of leather placed between the
foot and shoe serves largely to destroy
conclusion, and It's use is absolutely
necessary on some animals to enable
them TO work Among the preventive
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
An OminonS Outlook.

ooh, | don't want to go sailin'I"
walled little Willie, when the rest of the
excursion party was about TO board the
yacht Il won't go sailin'p'
But, Willie" said his papa, you
wanted TO go so much before What's
the matter Are you afraid of the wa
ter"
mo. amt 'fraid of the water" pro-
tested Willie. But amt goin'."
''Then what's the matter with -Ju,
child? Come along"
No protested Willie, tearfully
"Ain't goin' Uncle Tommy said there
was such a spankin' breeze. "-Baltimore
American,
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
Why He Ran So Hard.

The excited man dashes through the
gates just as the train is leaving. An
equally excited woman shrieks madly at
him from the rear platform. He sprints
for the train, but it gains Roadway and
leaves him standing in the middle of
the track. perspiring and breathless.
why did you run so hard, colonel?'
asks a track hand. That's the limited.
Might "a knowed you couldn'. catch it
after it started"
II knew blamed well l couldn't catch
it. I wanted to miss it, but that was my
wife on the back platform and l had TO
put up a bluff. "-Life.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10

my back and once l tainted. The kid
ney secretions were much disordered
and 1 was so far gone that l was
thought to be at deaths door. Since
Doan's Kidney Pills cured me l feel
as if l had been pulled back from the
tomb"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, ~ Y.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
MARRIAGE FOR THE SHAH.
The Boy Ruler of Persia Objects to Mar
rage and Saws He Is Unhappy.

The 12-year-old Shah, despite his pro-
tests. is shortly to he officially married.
His harem is now being arranged. Since
lis accession TO the throne the little
monarch has been unhappy. He weeps
continually and says he is the unhappiesr
boy in Persia. He desires to 20 to his
father, in exile, and his mother declares
that the Nationalists will eventually kill
him Once, when the little Shah was
beyond the precincts of the palace, he
galloped away and endeayored to reach
a carriage with which his father was
awaiting him. The Shah's attendant,
realizing the trick, pursued and drawing
a revolver, said: IF your majesty
doesn't dismount, I'll shoot myself"
When the Shah saw that the plan had
failed, he returned TO the palace heart
broken, and later attempted to commit
suicide.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
Scnurs i'm Calves.

A stockman claims that when calves
8 or 4 years old become sick and die
with scours it is due to indigestion,
apparently, and yields to treatment
with pepsin if taken in time. A tea
spoonful twice a day given in a little
warm milk after feeding will cure
it, and II given when the calf is born,
and continued for few days, will pre-
vent ii The pepsin is the common
kind sold in drug stores, and can be
purchased by the pound.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
The Asparagus Butts.

The best remedy IS to cut the shoots
soon as they appear above ground, as
the beetle attacks the tips. Many per-
sons prefer the green tops of aspara-
gus, but the best stalks are those cut
when the tips are white, as they are
theI tender from tip to butt.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
4 Har6 ScraDer.

Besides its use in the barnyard this
is handy for covering potatoes, level
It should be made of Pinch lumber,
and hard wood if possible; the scraper
should be TO s feet long, and feet
high; its life will be prolonged If
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10

ture. About twenty-three acres, di,
vided in number of fields, will bs
utilized for this purpose, each field
including a nonelectrified or controlled
plot for the purpose of comparison.
4 network of wires will be run over
the fields at a height of about Is feet
from the ground. The poles will be
put 200 feet apart one way and 800
feet another way. BY means of trans
formers the voltage for the network
will DC raised to 100000
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
The DifeIerce-

The office boy of certain Philadel-
phia lawyer recently approached his en-
ployer with a request for an increase Of
wage.
How old are you?" demanded the
lawyer.
Fourteen, SIR"
And you're drawing 81 a week."
Yes, sir"
DO you know, young man." said the
lawyer, with forbidding sternness, that
when I was your age l was receiving
only So per weekF'
NO. sir, l didn't know it," said the
boy. Then, after a moments reflection,
he added, quite respectfully, ''but, then,
sir, perhaps you weren't worth any
e.''-Harper's Weekly.