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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
SKIN TROUBLES CURED.

Two Little Girls Had Eczema Very
BadIy-In One Case ChiId's Hair
Came Out and Left Bare Patches
-Cuticura Net with Success.
81 have two little girls who have
been troubled very badly with eczema.
One of them had it on her lower limbs.
l did everything that | could hear of
for her, but it did not give in until
warm weather, when it seemingly sub
sided. The next winter when it be-
came cold the eczema started again
and also in her head where it would
take the hair out and leave bare
patches. At the same time her arms
were sore the whole length of them.
took her to a physician, but the child
grew worse all the time. Her sisters
arms were also affected. | began using
the Cuticura Remedies, and by the
time the second lot was used their skin
was soft and smooth. Mrs. Charles
Baker, Albion, Me, Sept. q, 1908"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corps, Sole
Props. OF Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
Fresh Water for Poultry.

1t Is essential that water for fowls
unless it is kept celan it will occasion
disease. Should q fowl be i'll, and the
owner not be aware of it, as it drinks
it Is bound to contaminate the water
from some discharge, perhaps from Its
nostrils CT from the breath, says the
Mirror and Farmer. A sick bird, Of
course, should always be removed, but
sometimes the farmer or poultryInan is
unaware that the fowl is sick until it
Is too late to undo the harm it has
done by communicating the drinking
water. The best plan is to keep the
water as fresh and the drinking yes
sells as clean as it is possible to do. A
few drops of carbolic acid in the drink
ing water will assist in keeping it
pure, but the acid should be used care
fully on account Of its poisonous quail
ties. Washing the drinking fountains
or vessels daily will do more to keen
the water fresh and pure than any,
thing else. When water is allowed to
stand, even If only for a few hours, on
throwing 1t out there will be the small
est accumulation Of slime In the fOun-
tain, and if they are refilled without
washing them, the coating increases
until the water, although freshly put
in, is unfit for the fowls use As the
warm weather advances there is more
necessity Of watching the drinking YES
sells
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
Famous Golf Match.

The projected golf match between two
well known amateurs and a leading
member of the London stock exchange
for a stake of $500 recalls the famous
foursome in which the Duke of York,
afterward James IL, took a prominent
part on the Leith links in the year
1852. 1t was really an international
contest, in which the duke, with John
Patersone, a golfng shoemaker of great
repute, championed Scotland against two
noblemen of England, a heavy wager
depending on the issue. The duke and
the cobbIer had an easy victory, thanks
largely to the man of the last, and John
Patersone's share of the stake was SO
substantial that he was able to build a
goodly house in the Canongate, in a
wall of which the duke caused a stone
to be placed bearing the Patersone arms
with the motto Far and sure"
tribute to the cobbler's driving powers.
Patersones house, we understand,
survives today.-Westm Gazette.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
Early PRIVILEGES

The doubt of University of Chicago
professor whether King Solomon, as the
husband of 700 wives, is the best author
ity for the world of today upon such
domestic matters as the treatment of
children. reminds the Cleveland Leader
Of a story told so often by that great
English prelate, Archbishop Magee. A
Worcestershire lady was reading the
Old Testament to an aged woman who
lived at the home for old people. and
CHANGED upon the passage concerning
Solomon's household.
Had Solomon really 100 wives?' in
quired the old lady, after reflection.
'Oh. yes, Mary 1t is so stated in
the Bible
Tor. Num- was the comment.
what privileges them early Christians
hadn'
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21

want every person who suffers with
ny form of Kidney ailment, no matter
W many remedies they have tried, no
after how many doctors they have con-
suited, no matter how serious the case, to
give Munyon's Kidney Remedy a trial.
You will be astonished to see how quickly
1t relieves ell pains in the back IONS
and groins caused by the kidneys. You
will be surprised TO see how quickly
It reduces the swelling IN the feet aud
legs also pufnness under the eyeB after
taking a few dOses OF this remedy. You
win be delighted to see the color return
ing to your cheeks and feel the thrill of
vigor and GOOD cheer. II your Urine is
thick milky. If It Is pale and foamy. If
1t ccrg1ins sediments or brickdust II Il IL
highly colOred or has an offensive Mnell,
II you urinate frequently. you should per
sist In taking this remedy until all symp-
toms disappear. We believe thiz remedy
he's cured more serious kidney ailments
than all the Kidney medicines that have
been compounded. Professor Munyon be-
lieyes that the terrible death rate from
Bright's Disease and Diabetes is unpec-
essary and viii be greatly reduced by this
remedy.
Go 1T once TO your dtaRgist and purchase
a bottle OF Munyon's Kidney remedy. If
st falls to give satisfaction l will refund
your money.-MunyOn.
For sale ~ all dTuggistA Price pc.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
Hardly a Sanctifed Odor

Ambassador Lloyd Griscom, at a din
ner that he gave to a party of PhiIa-
delphians visiting Rome, praised the
well known American yeneration for
antiquity.
TT is seldom enough" said Mr.. Girls
com, that we find an American phleg.
matte before the treasures of Rome :
past. have only found one such per-
son.
He is a southerner, and l gave a day
TO showing him about. The first church
we visited was, l think, the Ara Coeii
on the Capitoline hill.
This church, Calhoun said 7, is
500 years DID,.
"'Humph, said he, it smells a lot
older philadelphia Record.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21

The Indian corn crop for 1908.
amounted to 2,643, 100000 bushels. The
crops Of three years have exceeded
this, but only the crop of one year
(1906) exceeded it very much. The
value of the crop is estimated at ST.
S15,000,000. The price of corn is ex,
ceptionally high. There are only two
years in which the farm price of this
crop was as high as it is for this year.
In 1881 the price was $50 cents: in
1901, when there was only two-thirds
of an ordinary crop, the price was
COS cents. The total value of this
crop is by far the highest ever reach
ed. The crop of 1902 was worth a bill
lion dollars, and the crops Of 1904,
1905 and 1906 were worth 100000. 900
more; the great increase of 100000
900 over the crop of 1902 was made in
1907, and now the increase is $500, 000,-
000-equal to the gold in the treasury
of rich nation.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21

The Crop Reporting Board of Blu
reau Of Statistics of the United States
Department of Agriculture estimates
the numbers and values of farm ami
mails on farms and ranges in the Uni
ted States on January /, 1909, as fol-
lows: Compared with January /, 1908,
the following changes are Indicated:
Horses have increased 648,000; mules,
$4,000; mich COWS, 526, 900; other cal
tie decreased 694,0O0; sheep increased
1,453,000; swine decreased ,937, 900. In
average value per head, horses increas-
ed 1928; mules, 8 cents; mich COWS,
S1.69; other cattle, so cents; sheep de-
creased 40 cents; swine increased so
cents. In total value mich COWS in
creased $50, 900; other cattle, ST.
$4,000; sheep decreased $500, 900;
swine increased 15,764,OO0. The to-
tai value of all animals enumerated
above on January 1, 1909, was $4,525,-
$4,000, as compared with $4,331 ,230,-
900 on January l, 1908, an increase
of S194, O29,O00, or As per cent.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
SOLID WOOD BLOSSOM.
Peculiar Flower Found on Trees Growing
in Crevasses of Mount Aqua.

L
in CrevasseS of Mount Aqua
Through the gift of friend who Wis
tied the remote region where it grows
Herman Silver of Los Angeles has come
into the possession of q specimen of the
Strangest and rarest flower known to
scientists.
1t is the Rose of He'll" a gigantic
blossom of solid wood. which grows only
on the edges of a Central American vol
cano and gets its name from the Indians
who believe the crater is the entrance of
hell and the blossom a native OF the
regions inside
Mr.. Silyer's specimen is one of few
that have ever been brought TO this
country, and perhaps the finest. At first
appearance it seems to be a tough
gnarled knot of q tree which has been
Splintered, but closer examination dis
closes the fact that it has petals of wood
and bark and the rough outlines of q
flower. The petals, concaye in form, are
arranged much ike the petals of a half
blown rose. Their inside surfaces are
covered with fine lines, which have the
delicacy of fine hand carving The stem,
which is about a foot long, is of some
unusual wood, which is light and strong
1t is covered with heavy bark, which
seems to have been cracked by heat
Both flowers and stem are dark brown
the color of weather beaten boughs-and
dry as finder. The flower grows on
tree of great size and strength. The
blossom measures about u inches
across.
The trees grow in the crevasses on the
sides of Mount Aqua, high peak among
the rugged mountains of Central America
and near the volcano of Fuego The
Guatemalan Indians have known of it
for a long time and have associated it
with the fiery vengeance of the subter-
ranean regions.-Los Angeles Times
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21

Two telephone girls were talking over
the wire Que afternoon. The subject of
the conversation was lawn party,
which was to take place the next day.
Both were discussing what they should
wear, and after five minutes had come
to no decision.
In the midst of this important CONVEX
sation masculine voice interrupted,
asking humbly what number he had. The
lack of any reply did not squelch the
inquirer, for he asked again for the mum
Der
One of the girls became indignant, and
scornfully asked:
What line do you think you are on,
anyhow"
''WeH," said the man, Il am not sure.
but judging from what | heard l should
say | was on clothesline." -Philadel-
pha Ledger.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
Hot Ar on Pixies Peak

While hunting in the vicinity of Ute
Pass, above Manitou, Bert Webb. for
merly of the Colorado city police depart
ment, claims to have found Il huge crew
ice in the side of mountain from which
a strong current of hot air issues. Webb
declares that the hot air keeps the at
mosphere warm for distance of sew
eral feet from the opening. 1t is pos
sible that the opening leads into one of
the many natural caves known to exist
in the vicinity of Manitou.-Denver Re
publipdn
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
Snfe md Sure.

Among the medicines that are recon-
mended and endorsed by physicians
and nurses is Kemps Balsam, the best
cough cure. For many years it has
been regarded by doctors as the medi-
cine most likely to cure coughs, and it
has strong hold on the esteem of
all well-informed people. When Kemp's
Balsam cannot cure cough we shall
be at a loss to know what will. AT
druggists and Dealers 25c.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
WOMAN'S TRAVELS IN PERSIA.
Ten Days Ride at Hard Gallop on Gun
Carriage.

In times of peril in Persia the medical
missions have proved to be the safest
places not only for Europeans but also
for the Persians themselves. DR.. Emme-
line Stuart, niece of the veteran Bishop
Stuart, had q remarkable story to tell of
her own experiences when preparing to
leave the country.
The only escort available through the
disturbed country from 1spahan to Te-
heran was offered to her by the military
authorities, and she accepted it, to find
that it entailed travelling on a gun car
riage harnessed six in hand and that for
ten days double stages were effected at
d hard gallop, while the shelter of the
carriag &c formed her canopy at night.
DR.. Stuart testified to the unfailing
courtesy and kindness of the officers to
the traveller placed in their charge and
treasured the committee as to the abso-
lutte safety of the missionaries during
this period of unrest by saying that the
mission compound at Ispahan was one
of the safest places in the city. In fact
members of the families of officers of the
Shah have in the last few months re-
sorted 10 it as an asylum.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
STONEWALL JACKSON.
Battle Scared" Bottle Scared" and
Battle Sacred"

a..
Battle Sacred"
The death of John William Jones, D.
D., at Columbus, Ga, recalls what is
probably the funniest series Of typo
graphical blunders which ever actually
occurred, says The Waterman. The
writer can testify to the accuracy Of
this series, because he read them at the
time there were made in the two journals
involved. After the Civil war DR.. Jones
was southern correspondent of the New
York Examiner. At that time there was
a rival Baptist paper in New York city
called The Watchtower. In writing Of
the death Of his friend Stonewall Jack
son DIR. Jones praised highly his charac-
ter, and referred to him as a battle
SCARED veteran"
The printers Of The Examiner amend
ed this, and it was stated to the readers
that StOnewall Jackson was "a battle
scared veteran" The WatchtOWer saw
chance to make a little fun OF its rival
paper and attempted simply to reproduce
the error Of The Examiners printer; but
the printer Of The Watchtower took his
turn and make it read that StOnewall
jackson was "a bottle SCARED veteran"
Now The Examiner had a good chance
to get back at its rival, ana made merry
ut the trial to correct one error by max
ing worse one. But alas! it seemed
that the expression was doomed to q
comedy Of errors, for when The Exam
iner's triumphant counter appeared, it
informed its readers that III attempting
to correct the error in The Examiner
The Watchtower had said that Stone
wall Jackson was "A battle sacred veter-
an" At this both the editors gave it up
as bad Job.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
Sowing Vegetable Seeds.

If the soil has been properly watered
after the sowing of vegetable seeds lit
tie attention in this direction will be
needed before the proper time for
transplanting. This will depend large
ly upon the character of the weather.
In bright, sunny weather, when free
ventilation is required, the flats may
need an application of water almost
daily. Excessive watering, however,
should be guarded against, as it tends
to produce tender, spindling plants.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
being a constitutional disease. requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure IS taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing it's work The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure
Send for list of testimonials
Address +. ]. CHENEY CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
Hours of Labor on Farm.

Prof. Boss of the Minnesota Agricul-
tural College says that statistics of the
actual hours Of labor on the farms in
vestigated show that farmers work
nine hours a day in the summer and
between four and five in the winter.
Prof Bailey of the Roosevelt Farm
Life Commission tells the story of the
school ma'am working from 9 until
until she married farmer, and had to
work from to g
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
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Suburban or Village Barn.


The building herewith shown is we'll
suited to the needs OF the suburban or
village resident, or Of the man own
ing small tract of land, and making
speciality Of gardening, poultry,
bees, or fruit. Size can be varied with
in certain limits.
AS shown it has one single and one
double horse stall The latter can be
used as a box stall. There are two
single COW stalls. The COWS are loose,
being kept in by chains behind them.
There is harness room, shelves for
milk pail, etc, medicine cupboard,
ventilator, three feed bins IN hopper
form so as to take little room in the
stable and filing from above, and
stairway with door balanced with
weights at top. The carriage room is
large enough for set of vehicles, or
part can be used as a repair shop.
The hay loft will hold at least Two
loads, and some bedding The store
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
Farm Mechanics.

Every farm should have a work.
shop. The building may be large or
small. It Is not necessary to have it
very expensive The tools may be few
or many, but what there are should be
good. No man can do good work with
poor tools, and good tools cost but lit
tie more than poor ones. A building
10 by II feet will answer for a black
smith shop with a small wise bench In
one corner II this Is fitted with q
good chimney, forge, anvil, hammer,
tongs and good steel wise, considerable
blacksmithing work can be done to ad-
vantage.
There should be a small stove to
make the shop comfortable in winter
This is very important, because there
IS more time to work in shop in the
winter, and you can't work with black
smiths tools in a frosty atmosphere.
Carpenters work is different A
carpenters bench may be placed
against the side of the building and
covered with q shed roof, for, if neces-
sary, carpenter work may be done out
side if you have a covered place for the
bench and tools
a much better arrangement is to
have blacksmith shop in one end of
a larger building and carpenter shop
in the other end, with a partition be
tween. There should be no shavings
lying about a blacksmith shop; there
is too much danger from fire. For an
other reason, the two kinds of work
do not jibe well together. 1t is com
paratively easy to keep a blacksmith
shop in order, but there is great deal
of litter about a woodworking shop
and a farmer never finds time to keep
such things neatly in order.
In buying Woodworking tools the
best are the cheapest. 1t is poor econ
omy to buy cheap tools. Not many are
needed for common repair work, and
good kit may be had for few dollars
instruction books on mechanics may
help a good deal The principles may
be studied out and applied in the
shop. The boys on the farm take up
such things easily and often make
good mechanics Epito
mist
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21

1t oppressed my heart and | was in
such condition that l did not take
an interest in anything AS a last eff
fort l began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. The kidneys responded quickly,
began carrying off the poisons, and
when 1 had used twelve boxes the
trouble was all gone. I now enjoy
better health than ever before"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
FosterMilburn Co., Buffalo, n Y.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
The SiIo,

The s1lo should be depended upon,
not only for winter feeding, but for
the entire year, in case pasture is
scarce or poor in quality. 1t is the
cheapest way to get succulent summer
feed if the land is at all limited in
area, or If the pastures are not sucn
as TO produce good feed in dry wealth
er In parts Of Massachusetts, large
milk producers consider that it costs
L cent a quart more to produce milk
without stiage than with it.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
GOOD BARN PLAN.

room fills a general neeo Outside
walls are covered with drop siding,
and roof has prepared roofing Foun-
dation is Of grout, brick, or cement
blocks. Stable floors are of cement,
with wood blocks in stalls. The style
of exterior finish may be varied to
harmonic with that OF the other
buildings. A cupola may be substi-
tuted for the iron vent cap. This de-
sign gives in compact form complete
small barn and stable, at moderate
COST. L. Marsh.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
The Rascal's Baedeker.

There was once man arrested on sus-
picion of a generally fraudulent life. On
him was found a map of England and
certain of the towns were marked with
the initials T. W. X. The detectives
who traced his career of deception from
town to town took quite a long time to
discover that those letters were a per-
isonal warning, and stood for TOO Well
known. London Chronicle.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
Drain the Feed Lots.

There is no place upon the farm
where a system of drainage can be
more proftably installed than in the
feed lots and around the hog pens. In
too many instances large wallows are
formed around the hoghouse and
these are both unsightly and unsanf.
tary II the hoghouse is not so situat
ed that drainage is natural an ertH
fetal drainage system viii repay its
cost many times.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
To Revive Grass

No top dressing or fertilizer will do
more to revive grass than nitrate of
soda, and it should be used in combi-
nation with materials containing phos-
phoric acid and potash. A mixture of
$50 pounds Of nitrate of soda, $50
pounds of acid phosphate and IS
pounds of muriate of potash is recon-
mended. Grass, even in the old mead
ows, will respond very quickly to this
treatment
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
Wanted to Change.

That even earthquakes have rivals is
proved by an incident that occurred at
the time OF the trembler at Charleston,
S. c., several years ago. \ resident of
the shaken city sent his 6-year-old son
out of the danger and confusion to the
Three days after the boys arrival the
Charleston man received this telegram
from his father: Send us your earth
quake and take back your boy."-Chi-
cago Daily News.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
The First BALDWIN ADuIes

The place where the first Baldwin
apple tree grew is marked by a monu.
ment. This first tree was a chance
Seeding that came to maturity on a
farm near Lowell, Mass, about 1740.
1t was not until 1884 that Col Bald.
win became interested in the apple, de-
veloped it and gave it his name. The
original tree lived till after 1917, and
did not live In vain. For the Baldwin
apple is one Of the best.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-21
Packing the Fleece,

One of the best ways to pack the
fleece is to lay it upon table, turn in
the head and tail, then the tanks.
After this roll it up into a neat roll
and tie it firmly, using such a device
as here illustrated.
The tying box is made from light
lumber with slots, as shown, through
which the rope is passed. The fleece
is placed upon this rope and the roll
easily tied Wool buyers prefer to