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Evening star., 1909-06-25
DO YOU
Need a Lawn Setteey

The proper kind is the jamestown Pattern
New this season Sold last year and so far this
year over 100. And the price is right, 100, at
81. 90
EDWARD MuLLIN. 1l01 and 1909 b st. NV.
tcn3-IttO
Evening star., 1909-06-25
Dismissal of Maj. Clarke.

The President has approved the sen
tence of dismissal in the case of Mai.
Charles J. T. Clarke. 18th Infantry who
was convicted by court-martiaI on
charges of misconduct III financial af-
fairs, involving violation of the sixty-first
and sixty-second articles of war
Maj Clarke is now at sea- returning
with his regiment from the Philippines.
He is a native of New York. and first
entered the army as private i'm No
vember, 1870 He was appointed second
lieutenant from sergeant in April, 1SS2.
and reached the grade of major July ~,
1903
Evening star., 1909-06-25

Maximum temperature past twenty
four hours, SO; year ago, SO.
Evening star., 1909-06-25
Condition of the Water.

Temperature and condition of water at
8 am: Great Falls-Temperature, 81;
condition, 81. Dalecarlia reservoir-Tem-
perature. 81: condition at north connec-
tion, 10: condition at south connection,
20. Georgetown distributing reservoir
Temperature. 50. condition at inf1uent
gatehouse, +5: condition at effiuent gate
house, ID.
Evening star., 1909-06-25

FhobAI II tob Rl-JuSIlce Gould.
Estate of Daniel Moran; will dated No
vember -. 1904. filed.
Estate of Frederick w. Tower: petition
for probate of will filed: attorneys r. A.
Ford and A. T. Hoffman.
Estate of Annie G.. Lusby: petition for
letters of administration filed; attorney,
Robinson White.
Estate of Sophia Dempsey: petition for
letters of administration filed; attorneys,
Wolf e. Rosenberg
Evening star., 1909-06-25
Up-Riyer Water.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY. w. Va. June %
Both rivers muddy this morning.
Evening star., 1909-06-25

DISTRICT COURT-Justice Gould
In re condemnation for Rock Creek
sewer; report OF commission ratified
In re condemnation of land for Ana
costa sewer; report of commission rati-
fed.
verdict of iury filed
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
Dry Potatoes for Food.

Consul Frank S. Hannah sends re-
port to the Department of Commerce
and Labor relative to some recent ex-
periments in the drying of potatoes
under the auspices of the German I'm
perial Interior Department, which
may offer a new field for farmers.
The potatoes are reduced by this proc
ess to about one-quarter Of their orig
inal weight, and can be kept in a
good condition in this compressed
form for an indefinite length of time.
The military authorities have made
thorough experiments with this prod
uct and have become convinced that
its nutritious value is fully equal to
that of corn, and that the dried pota-
toes can take the place of one-third
of the former ration of oats. The fact
that the potatoes are reduced to one
fourth Of their original weight brings
about corresponding reduction in the
price of freight, so that 1t will pay to
grow more potatoes than has former
ly been the case.-Michigan Farmer
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
Severely Reprimanded.

Gen. Slaves was raminet, a stickler
for etiquitte, a man with a prodigious
sense of his own dignity, and when Pri-
vate S. Weigh, the bugler, one day
failed to honor him in passing with the
customary salute, he few-internally-
into a towering rage.
''Knutt," he said that afternoon to the
colonel, Private Weigh failed to salute
me this morning. A breach of etiquette,
sir! A piece of impertinence-my dig
nity-haw! See that the man is severely
reprimanded."
''Bisket," he said, Private Weigh
failed to sal tie the general yesterday.
Please see that he is severely reprimand
ed"
Right SIR said Capt. Bisket, and
the next day he spoke to the sergeant.
Sergeant" he said, weigh didn't sa.
lutte the general. See that he is severely
reprimanded."
Look here, Binks,' said the sergeant
next day to the corporal bugler, give
Weigh a good talking to, will you? He
didn't salute the old general the other
day"
Finally the corporal bugler coEmuni-
Gated with Private Weigh.
Look here. funny face" said he. ST
you don't salute old Pokerback next time
you meet him, what-ho, young Teller,
you'll get a blooming clout on the ear
'olei'-Iit-Bits.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
OSCAR WILDE'S REMAINS.
The Body Will Be Removed to Pere-
Lachaise. Paris.

From an obscure grave In the cemetery
Of Bagneux in Paris the remains of Os-
ear Wilde will be transferred to Pere-
Lachaise. When he died alone in Paris
IN 1900 his body was placed in the Bag
neux cemetery with practically no funer-
al rites Now the revulsion of feeling in
England has enabled his friends to do
what they have been planning for years,
namely, to place Oscar Wilde's body in
Pere-Lachase, where many great writ
ers and artists are buried.
The legal formalities in connection with
The purchase in perp-tuity of grave i'll
this cemetery have all been carried out
by Robert Ross, Wilde's friend, executor
and biographer, and q monument to the
memory OF the dead man is on the point
Of completion. This monument, which
is symbolic of the literary genius of
Wilde, is the work of a young Russian
sculptor, Jacob Epstein.
The removal of the body will take
place next month and a funeral cere-
mony will be held. Many of the writer s
friends and admirers in London will
journey to Paris to be present.
The children of Oscar Wilde are being
brought up in absolute ignorance as tC
their real name or parentage. They live
In the country under care Of relatives
If the reaction Of the last few years con.
tinues to spread it is probable that they
will be informed of their real name anC
will take their places in the London
world.-New York Sun.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
HOME TESTING.

A Sure and Easy Test on Coffee.
To decide the all important question
of coffee, whether or not it is really
the hidden cause Of physical ails and
approaching fixed disease, one should
make a test of 10 days by leaving of
coffee entirely and using well-made
Postum.
Ii relief follows you may know to a
certainty that coffee has been your
vicious enemy. Of course you can take
it back to your heart again, if you
like to keep sick.
A lady says: II had suffered with
stomach trouble nervousness and ter
rible sick headaches ever since I was
little child, for my people were al
ways great coffee drinkers and let US
children have all we wanted. I got
so l thought l could not live without
coffee but I would not acknowledge
that 1t caused my suffering.
Then | read so many articles about
Postum that | decided to give it a
fair trial. / had not used it two
weeks in place of coffee until l began
to feel like a different person. The
headaches and nervousness disappear
ed and whereas l used to be sick two
or three days out of a week while
drinking coffee I am now we'll and
strong and sturdy seven days a week.
thanks 10 Postum
Il had been using Postum three
months and had never been sick a
day when l thought I would expert
ment and see If it really was coffee
that caused the trouble, so I began
to drink coffee again and inside of a
week l had sick spell. I YVES so i'll
I was soon convinced that coffee was
the cause of all my misery and l went
back to Postum, with the result that I
was soon well and strong again and
determined to stick to Postum and
leave coffee alone in the future"
Read the little book, The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a Rea-
son."
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from tiT1ie to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
BRIGANDAGE IN THE CAUCASUS.
Bands Boldness in Demand of Ransom
for Kidnapped Boy

The police at Tiais are endeaVoring to
capture a band of brigands who for some
time past have been carrying on opera
tons in the Caucasus.
About six months ago the son of q rich
Tiflis merchant named Tefesoff was cap
tured by the brigands, who asked a ran
som of $4,000 rubIes for his release
The lads father stoutly refused to be
terrorized into paying any such sum and
promptly informed the police of what
had occurred. Three days later he was
found murdered in the street not far
from his home, and despite the efforts
Of the police no definite clue could be
found to incriminate any one in partic-
ular.
Young Tefeloff still remains with the
brigands, who have increased their de-
mand to 100000 rubles. The chief of
the band had the audacity to call per-
sonally en- the wife of the murdered man
and informed her that after what had
happened they were unwilling to accept
the $4,000 RULES which they had at first
asked and had doubled their demand
in consequence of NJ. Tefeloff's Urea
SON"
There the matter stands at present.
| The police believe they have succeeded
| in getting on the track of the miscreants,
but Nine. Tefelof is in hourly fear that
her son may be murdered by his captors
and is inclined to give way to the rob
bers' demands.-London Globe.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
Care of Setting Hens.

When sitting the hens in order to
keep the lice from bothering them,
good plan is to fill the nest boxes
with wood shavings, preferably those
that have some odor about them. Ce-
dar shavings are excellent and so are
cedar twigs, and the hens will appre-
ciate the nest Of such materials. Lice
are a great drawback to hen when
she is on the nest, and many times
they compel the sitter to leave her
nest when she does not desire, and If
there is anything the poultryman can
do to keep the sitting hen comfortable
he will be amply repaid for it in the
end. The shavings are inexpensive
and are easily destroyed. They do
not pack hard in the boxes and are
quite comfortable for the hen. Try
some of them when sitting a hen and
see how useful they really are.-Rural
World.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
Dry Farming Fruit.

Dry farm fruit promises to yield an
abundant crop this year in Colorado,
according to E. R. Parsons, of Parker,
Colo, one of the most successful dry
farmers in that State. Mr.. Parsons
created much interest in the subject
of fruit growing On non-irrigated land
when he described his orchard in an
address at the third dry farming con-
gress at Cheyenne, and has promised
to send an exhibit of his dry farm
horticultural products to the inter
national exposition Of dry farm prod
ucts when the dry farming congress
holds its fourth session at Billings,
Mont, October 26, q and % next.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
TOLD TO USE CUTICURA

After Specialist Failed to Cure Her
Intense Itching Eczema - Had
Been Tortured and Disfigured but
Soon Cured of Dreadful Humor.
81 contracted eczema and suffered
intensely for about ten months. At
times l thought l. would scratch my
self to pieces. My'face and arms were
covered with large red patches, so that
| was ashamed to GO out. l was adj
vised to 60 to a doctor who was a spe
cialist in skin diseases, but I received
very little relief. l tried every known
remedy, with the same results. |
thought l would never get better until
a friend of mine told me to try the
Cuticura Remedies SO I tried them,
and after four or five applications of
Cuticura Ointment | was relieved Of
my unbearable itching. l used two
sets of the Cuticura Remedies, and
am completely cured. Miss Barbara
Kral, Highlandtown, Md, Jan. 8, 1908. :"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. Of Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
American Hostesses in London.

There was time in the Victorian era
when the American hostess in London
was rara avis, but with the strong
social ties which have been established
during the last quarter of a century she
has now become an integral part of Lon
don society. The annual influx of Amer
icas beautiful women from the United
States is looked forward to with ever in
creasing interest as tending to tighten
still further the bonds which bind the
two greatest section of the Anglo-SaXon
race. May is the month that brings
them and great houses from royalty
down Immediately begin to reverse their
lists so as to include the more dis
tinguished of our visitors from over the
water. Unfortunately some of these
visitors go back, but others stay to add
a fresh and piquant element to British
social ife.-Gentlewoman.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
Florida's Seventy-Foot Bamboo.

Possibly the tallest bamboo in America
grows in Arcadia, Fla, and is about 20
feet high. The clump has a spread of 90
feet and the diameter at the ground is II
feet. The specimen is only S years old.
This is the common bamboo of India,
probably brought to south Florida from
the West Indies. In Jamaica it has be-
come naturalized and is popularity sup
posed to be indigenous. This bamboo
makes an astonishing growth during our
rainy season, the canes often attaining
their full height in six weeks, after
which they begin to put on leaves The
canes are from 4 to 5 inches in diameter
at their base. Unfortunately this spe-
cies cannot stand low temperatures and
the specimen in Arcadia has frequently
been damaged by cold-Garden Maya
zine.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
Farmers Must Watch the Crop.

In order to determine what elements
Of plant food are deficient in soil,
it is necessary to carefully study the
growing crop. Many farmers seem to
be of the opinion that a chemical
analysis of the soil will show the
amount of plant food contained there
in This, however, is mistaken idea
The chemist can only determine ap-
proximately the amount of nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash in a soil
without specifically showing what pro-
portion of these elements can be taken
up by the growing plant. A large per
centage of these elements is not avail
able to plant food. Hence the neces-
sity for them in an available form.
We must turn, then, to the crop, and
by watching it closely during its
growth and by a careful examination
when matured, see whether the soil is
deficient in plant food and what ele-
ments are lacking.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
A Celery Spray.

Celery blight can be controlled by
spraying with ammonical carbonate OF
copper. To make this, dissolve 8
ounces copper carbonate in g pint Of
ammonia, and add 20. gallons of water
To make copper carbonate, dissolve 6
pounds copper sulphate (blue vitroD
in gallons of water, also s pounds
carbonate of soda in 5 gallons OF
water. Mix the two solutions slowly,
stirring well. Let the mixture stand
until next day to settle, after which
pour off the liquid. Pour on 10 gal
Ions of water, let stand until next
day: and repeat the operation, after
which strain and dry the blue powder
which is the copper carbonate.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
To Get Rid of Vermin.

My hogs got lousy last year before
knew it. I could not afford to build
a new dipping tank, SO I put into
three quarts of hot soapsuds one-half
pint Of kerosene oil, boiled and stir
red vigorously for ten minutes. When
the emulsion had cooled sufficiently
poured it through a sprinkling can
along the backs and over the heads
of the pigs The ticks and lice quick
ly disappeared, but I repeated the
dose twice more during the summer
j. G. Barnes, Indiana.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
Calculating Interest.

One of the shortest and simplest
methods known for calculating interest
is to multiply the principal by the
number of days and divide as follows:
For 4 per cent, divide by 80.
For per cent, divide by ~.
For 6 per cent, divide by 60.
For Z per cent, divide by SO.
For s per cent, divide by 45.
Then point off four decimal places.
For instance, to find interest on $3.50
for go days at per cent, multiply $3.50
by 80, divide by Is and point off four
decimal places. The result is $736
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
Profit in Sheep.

There is one thing the farmer can
not afford to overlook in sheep rails
ing. and that is thrift Thrift means
health, gain in quality, quantity and
productiveness, the elements out of
which the profits are derived. It must
be the first object of the owner to
keep his sheep in thriving condition
The quality of the wool, as well as
the quantity, and the general product
iveness Of the flock make this require
ment imperative.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
MUNYON'S
Eminent Doctors at
Your Service Free
Not a Penny TO Pay for the Fullest
Medical Examination.

If you are in doubt as to the cause
of your disease, mail us a postal e.
Questing a medical examination blank
which you will fill out and return to
us. Our doctors will carefully dag
nose your case, and if you can DO
cured You will be told so; if you can
not be cured you will be told So You
are not obligated to us in any way, for
this advice is absolutely free. You are
at liberty TO take our advice or not. as
you see fit. Send to-day for a medi-
cal examination blank, fill out and re-
turn to us, and our eminent doctors
will diagnose your case thoroughly.
absolutely free.
Munyon's, SD and Jefferson streets.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
Watering Greenhouse Plants.

experienced in plant culture it may be
stated that no greenhouse plant should
become quite dry at the roots from May
to October. If a plant does not actual
~ suffer it comes to & standStill as soon
as the roots can no longer draw up
moisture; therefore there is a distinct
loss of time, certain amount of the
growing season being lost. This fact is
so we'll recognized by market growers
that a man in charge will be rardoned
almost any fault rather than that of neg
lectful MISUNDERSTANDING Illustrated.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
Live Stock ana Prosperity.

Live stock is the chief element of
agricultural prosperity. 1t is the foun-
dalton upon which both the present
and future profits are established. We
boast of our great wheat and corn
crops, and we have a reason for so
doing, but if we depend upon them
alone we rob ourselves and our chill
dren by selling off the fertility of che
soil with each years crop. For many
years the soil will continue to yield
their crops, but they will get poorer
and finally fail unless they are fed.
How much better to make your farm
richer instead Of poorer; to get the
benefits of the increased crops during
your own lifetime and then leave a
rich and valuable farm to your chill
dren after you have done with it.
Live stock will do it as nothing else
can.-Kansas Farmer.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
Woman Workers in Australia.

may seem strange that the thronging
of women to earn wages has not pro
duced marked disturbances in the indus
trial world. The explanation is to be
found in the fact that the labor of wom-
en- is being used more to develop new
feminine industries than to compete with
man on his own ground, though of
course there is a certain amount of the
Age.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23

twenty-five cents worth of sage seed
will furnish about 1000 plants
Enough sage can be picked the first
year to pay for all the labor Of SOW
ing and picking the sage. Early in
the spring the plants should be re-
moved, set in rows 8 feet apart one
way and half that distance the other.
II the plants are planted in good soil
and properly cultivated, they can be
picked three times each year for sew
eral years
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
The Plain Farm err.

Speaking Of farmers Institutes, one
man says: Il would like to know
what is in the mind of the working
farmer in felt boots, who sits in the
back seat" He adds: "A few people
who are good takers praise the work,
but what about the silent ones who
listen and say nothing?"
The Rural New Yorker, comment
ing on these statements, says: The
institute speakers can not do any
wiser thing than to learn how to en-
courage and keep just this class of
farmers. The retired farmers and sue
cessful men who make up good
share Of the audience are well able to
take care of themselves. 1t is pleas
ant to entertain them, and their
praise gives a man a thrill of salts
faction. 1t is truer service to the
State, however, to gain the confidence
of the plain farmer and help him"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
A HatleSS Club.

Omaha has a Hatless club. Two hun
dred bald headed men, discouraged after
using barrels of patent hair 'restorers"
and scalp 'inyigorators," have organ
lied and agreed to get back to nature
and go hatless, in the hope that air and
sunshine will do for their shiny pates
what nostrums have failed to do Mem
bers are pledged either to go without
hats or to wear head coverings with the
crown cut off
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23

The sort of frame here pictured is
called the plank system and is a hip
roof braced from the sill and plates
without post. The sketch explains it
self, but to make certain that no mis-
take will occur key to the numbers
Is given. No. l is the main side post
buodt Of two pieces Of in. 8 in;
No. 2, purline post built of two pieces
2 in. 8 in; No. 8, purline roof sup
port, one piece in. x s in.-10 in;
No. 4, main tie, one piece, 2 in. s
in; No. 5, sub-support, one piece, 2
in. in; No. 6, stay, two pieces, 2
#. 4 in; No. 7, tie, 2 in. in,
or in. in; No. 8, strut, in.
6 in; No, 2, sill or main cross tie,
two pieces, 3 in. x s in. No 10, line
showing pitch of roof; No II, main
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
Bogus Butter.

A recipe for making fancy cream
cry butter'-of a kind-came out in
the course Of the prosecution of an
oleomargarine case in the United
States District Court in Chicago. 1t
reads: Take thirty pounds of white
oleomargarine, sixty pounds of poor
quality butter and thirty pounds Of
water; mix well and add coloring
matter to suit Four truckloads Of
the stuff made after this formula
were seized by government officers.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
The Flavor of Butter.

It has been a generally accepted
theory among teachers and writer's on
dairy subjects that the production of
good butter necessitates the develop
ment of a certain amount of acid in
the cream, for two reasons-to de-
velop a desirable flavor and to i'm
prove the keeping quality. Recent in
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
Lived 81 Years in One House

The death has occurred at Braunton
at the age of "a of g. T. Hartnoll, who
had been church warden of st. Bran
nock's church, Braunton, for fifty years
He was born in the house in which he
died and had only slept away two nights
during the whole of his life.-London
Standard
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
Spiced Currznrs.

Spiced currants make an excellent
relish to serve with meats. Allow
to each pound of the fruit pound
of sugar. Make the syrup in the pro-
portion of one pint of vinegar to each
four pounds of sugar, two teaspoonfuls
each Of mace, cinnamon and allspice.
teaspoonful each of cloves and salt
When boiling add the currants, cook
twenty minutes and put up in glasses
the same as jelly.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23

pains, lameness and
stiffness, dizziness,
headaches, tired-feel-
ing, urinary troubles.
Doan's Kidney Pills
cure the cause. Ma
than R. Hill, Stryker,
Ohio, says: Kidney
troubles pulled me
down until l was skin
and bone. | could not