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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04

been inside the alligator, how could
he have been hurt when l fred?"
Gentlemen concluded the king, 81
sec you are laughing with your eyes;
but it is very difficult to rule over a
people untaught and given over to SUI
perstition
What did l do? Why, if 1 had left
him free they would have killed him as
soon as I had gone on my ship, so l
saved his life by chopping off his left
car"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
GET OUT OF LEAD IS. d. BUILDING
ONLY WITH GREATEST DIFF
FICULTY.
NONE ARE KILLED OR INJURED.
Twenty-six Flee in Night Clothes When
Plttsburg Structure Is Partly
Destroyed.
PROPRIETOR AND WIFE BURNED

LEAD, s. D., Feb. 3.-The lives of
100 non-union men were endangered
early today by fierce blaze which de-
stroyed the Campbell hotel here. Many
escaped with the greatest difficulty, but
none was killed or injured.
Flee in Night Clothes.
PITTSBURG, Pa. Feb. 3.-The Ho-
tel Birmingham, south side, was discov-
cred ablaze early today. Twenty-siX
guests in night robes We're forced to fee
down fire escapes. Clayton Williams,
proprietor of the hotel, and his wife were
seriously burned in their efforts to qucll
the flames. The loss was slight.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
ROBS POLICE JUSTICE.
Sneak Thief Takes Long Chances if
He Gets Caught.

FOND DU LAC, Wis, Feb. s.
Especial. Police Justice Il. c. Fair
banks is the victim Of thief who seem
ingly knows how to figure out safe com
binations. The Justices safe was opened
today and $50 distracted. Later the
safe in Attorney H. G. Swett's office
was unlocked but no booty was secured.
Fred J. VOLTS safe was opened several
days ago. The jobs, seemingly were
done by the same man.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
WARM ON CHEoUAMEGoN BAY.
Shortage in Ice Crop May Be Result of
Unusual Winter.

WASHBURN, Wis, Feb. 2.-[Spe-
cial. $50 mild has the weather been IN
the Chequamegon bay district this win
ter that there is likely to be a shortage Of
ice the coming season. unless cold wealth
er comes soon. At present there is only
eight inches of ice on the bay, and this
is not thick enough for cutting. Other
years there has been from eighteen
inches to three feet of ice at this time.
The weather has not been below the
zero mark since Christmas. The oldest
settler does not remember a winter that
will equal the present one.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
SEINE STILL DROPPING,
Paris Gauge Shows Fall of Nearly Five
Feet from Crest of Recent Flood
in France.

PARIS, Feb. 3.-The River Seine CON
tinues it's recession, the gauge today
showing a drop of nearly five feet from
the crest of the flood.
The relief contributions from crowned
heads amount now to Approximately
$4,000. Other foreign subscriptions ex-
coed 100000. OF the $4,000 already
transferred to Foreign Minister Pichon
by American Ambassador Bacon $32 900
has been turned over to the French Red
Cross in conformity to the wishes of the
donors.
Rodman Wanamaker, who desires to
pay the bread bills of food victims for
one month, has forwarded first INSTALL
ment of $1,000.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
DEATHS NOT EXPLAINED.
Coroner's Jury Adjourns to Await Re-
suit of Chemical Analysis.

LADYSMITH, Wis, Feb. 2.-Wheth-
er poison caused the deaths of August
Wolf and the Richards woman on Satur-
day is still undecided by the coroner's
Jury, which has adjourned until Febru-
airy IA. awaiting the examination of the
stonlachs of the victims. Some of the
whisky found was tested by local drug
gists, but showed no poison A rousta-
bout at the house of which the dead
woman was an inmate testified that she
had left after a fight with the landlady.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
SLEIGH TRAGEDY YET UNSOLvED-
Chicago Chemist Is Examining Stomachs
of Victims Of Mystery.

IADYSMITH. Wis. Feb. 3.-The'
tragedy Of last Saturday, when the bod
les of August Wolf OF this city ana
Mabel Richards were found underneath
an overturned sleigh near Glen Beulah,
remains unsolved. Local physicians at
the post norton found no trace Of poi
son or ''foul play" \ Chicago chemist
is .csy examining the contents OF the
gtCrracI.S
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
THIRD POISON VICTIM DIES.
No Clew Discovered of Manner IN Which
Family Was Affected.

WASHBURN, Wis, Feb 3. "A 127
year-old girl, the third member of the
Behrend family, died Wednesday as the
result of poisoning. Little hope is held
for the recovery Of the other three chill
dren The nature of the poisoning is baf-
fling the physicians. Food poisoning lsi
doubted. One of the children refuses to
take water from a cup, having apparent
ly great fear.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
New Normal School Assured

MADISON. Wis. Feb 3.-The board
of normal school regents have decided
to build a new normal school at Eau
Claire. That city has provided a site
and the last Legislature provided the
appropriation. George B. Nelson of
Stevens Point has been appointed to
succeed D. 3. Mcfarland, whose term
expires next week.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04

bachelors and fewer compelled to work outside
of their homes.
Our young women won't do housework." The
iority of salaries paid them cannot keep
servant besides there servants enough meet
the demand and the result is that rapidly be-
coming nation of boarding houses and hotels crowded
with people ought to be in modest homes of their
own and like parents realize the dreams of their
youth by working and rising together.
What we need several million sensible women
who realize that the mightest institution earth
the home who instead of aping the vulgar rich
the silly poor will revive the od-fashoned virtues
thrift and domestic economy.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
1t Depends,

How do you pronounce s-t-i-n-g-y?"
the teacher asked the young gentle
man nearest the foot of the class. And
the smart boy stood up and said it de-
pended great deal whether the word
applied to a man or bee.-London
News
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
Ex-Iudge Sues County for Fees.

WAUSAU. Wis, Feb. 3-[SpeciaL1
Former County Judge Henry Miller
has brought suit against the county for
S42O41 as balance due on his claim
of SToS. 9S for services rendered while
county Judge, for examinations of ap-
plicants for permits TO work.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
DENTIST DIES OF SCARLET FEVER
Sixth Death from Disease Is Recorded
at Wausau, Wis.

WAUSAU, Wis, Feb. 81 Special. i
DR. Thomas Johnson, prominent den.
fist, aged ~, died early this morning of
scarlet fever after an illness OF two days.
This makes the sixth death from this
disease this winter. There are a number
of other cases in the city.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
Won't Amend Corporation Law.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Feb. 3.
President Taft today announced that he
did not consider an amendment to the
corporation tax law necessary in order
TO prevent rival concerns from obtaining
information as to the private affairs OF
competitors.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04

gtage known In childhood and forgotten in maturity
Much of subconsciousness consists of these sub
merged experiences, memories thrown into the back
ground but recoverable.
When a philosophy a science is quickly grasped
and applied, when is mastered without study
memory is there in though past facts of learning
are forgotten Plato said, it is Renaissance. When
we feel intimate with stranger first meeting, mem
ory s there the spirits recognition of friend of ages
past: when we shrink with strong repulson from
another stranger, memory is there the spirits recog
milton of ancient foe.
Not until pleasure and pain, however have been
in the light eternity the crowding memories Of the
mast be safely confronted when they have thus
seen then those memories calm the emotions of the
present and that which would otherwise have crushed
becomes a support and consolation. Goethe rejoiced
that on his return earth life he would be washed
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04

clean of his memories and lesser may be content
with the wisdom which starts fife its way,
enriched with the results but unburdened with the rec
objections of its past.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
Shoe Dealer Is Bankrupt.

MANITOWOC, Wis, Feb. 2.-TSpe-
ciaL1-Simon Sokolwitz, shoe dealer, has
filed a petition in bankruptcy. Liabili-
ties are given at $500, with assets of
5000, mostly represented by merchan-
disc.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
GIRLS EXTRAVAGANZA HINDERs MARRIAGE
BY Rev Dr. Madison G.. Peter

The men who made this country-S0 per
cent of them-began their married life with
out a dollar. They began in an humble way,
worked together, saved, reached up and grew
up, and if the four millions OF women in
America who are now bread-winners became
bread makers, and married for love of worthy
men, and began their married life as our IA
theirs and mothers began, there would be few
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
WHY OUR PAST LIVES ARE FORGOTTEN.
By Annie BeSaHf


No question is more often heard when re-
incarnation is spoken of than: IF | were here
before, why do | not remember it?" Many
people cannot remember learning to read,
yet the fact that they can read proves the
learning Incidents of childhood and youth
have faded from our memory, yet thev have
left traces on our character. Fever patients
have been known to use in deirium Ian
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
London.

The Romans built London about the
year so A =, but London wall was
not built untll 306 A. D.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04

In the race for wealth the average
man looms up among those who also
ran.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04

the left to escape gradually through
tubes This movement of water creates
a vacuum-Popular Mechanics.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04

1t takes q child to make a wise man
feel like Al ..oc-ant fool.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04

ment is hard furnish evidence for things unseen
to our Grass minds anyone do it, these lotus
eaters For them work is joke and dreaming a
fine art The only things they take seriously are
Arabian Nights" and castles in the air.
insist upon being alert, energetic wide awake to
opportunity which declare grmly, knocks but
then leaves that soIrest OF fates,
INDECENT obscurity. And forget the happy family
blissfully dreams the ragged sumberer We say
the Lord helps those who help themselves. But the
waiter on Providence knows how the falls from
heaven those that without bread All the heart
that of gded mechanisms of existence
slumberer and lotus keeps breathing and
While we gaining the whole world he knows that
somehow he is saving his soul
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04

By Ada May kreCker.

1t is said by travellers that the inert, brut-
ish folk of parts uncivilized chant their work
songs in order to dssipate their lethargy.
They find it almost as hard to begin to work
as it is for to cease. Yet even at this early
point in their industrial evolution they eVt-
IDENTIFY are possessed by the same notion OF
the desirability of labor that burdens us and
eggs us on to toilsome and marvellous achieve
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04

And when a cigar is called a weed
the reason is obvious.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04

known when the decalogue framed and ancient
morality fixed The people had not then gone to gov
enng themselves to voting franchises and undertaking
great public works. immortality private, also
morality Only rulers could be immoral large scale,
and they few and thought to be incapable of
that immortality practiced and confined to the
common people
Morality is a larger subject than hitherto. Hence,
say the morality be formulated in the old
precepts and prohibitions. AS men have forms of
business and conduct them with injury to their fellows
they must work out ways Of avoiding this injury
Morality is varied the vices operate, and the
of doing good as countless the ways OF causing in
jury. In learning a method Of achievement we
should learn what uew vice is involved in it.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
to Save Time

Bacon-Is that hen of yours indus
trious?
Egbert-Well, rather She tried to
do two days work in one, today.
How so?"
She laid double-yolked egg
Yonkers Statesman.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
BY Austin Bierb0Wer.

Those who most wrong the men who
wreck railroads and banks, thereby wiping
out the fortunes Of thousands; great corpora
tons which monopolize the necessaries of life,
raising prices and making it harder for the
poor to live; politicians VINO levy extrava CANT
taxes and squander them without public ben
eft; diplomats who plunge nations into war
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-04
MACHINE SMOKES CIGARS.

The curious apparatus
here illustrated is a cigar
smoking device used at the
Department of Agriculture
at Washington to test the
burning qualities of cigars.
The smoking is accom-
plished by allowing the
water in the GLASS voccaI 81
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
An Astonishing Invention.

Perhaps one of the most astonishing
inventions on record was the device
Of a Frenchman who suggested the
laying down of huge suction tubes
from the coast out to various points in
the open sea. When war broke out
and hostile fleets approached the coast,
machinery on shore would be set to
work, the enemys vessels would be
caught by the irresistible suction,
drawn to the ends of the tubes and
there held firmly as prisoners. The
one essential part Of this idea which
seemed to be missing was the ma
chinery which was going to draw a
$4,000 ton warship backward with its
engines going at full steam ahead
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
His Sarcasm Was Lost.

In his early days at the bar the late
Lot 4gUsu prosecuted prisoner
who had been caught in Il house at
night crawling downstairs with his
boots off and carrying portable prop
erty. The evidence was SO overwhelm-
ing that Bowen venIured TO indulge in
a little irony and remarked on the
thoughtfulness Of the prisoner in re
moving bis shoes. thus disturbing no
body. and in selecting only solid sill
Yer articles from the plate basket SO
that the family had enough forks and
spoons left for breakfast. The jury
were so impressed with these extenu-
ating circumstances that they acquit-
ted the prisoner. Bowen never en-
ployed irony again when addressing a
jury.-London Spectator.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
The Medieval Kitchen,

1t was the middle ages before the
kitchen had been raised to the dignity
Of an established apartment. Strange
doings went on in those medieval
HGhens. Butchers slaughtered ami
mails there. which were skinned and
dressed as we'll as cooked in the kitch-
en-. The family blacksmith kept his
fire there and repaired the plows and
wheels of the estate. Coal began TO
be used as a kitchen fuel in 1245,
though not generally for 200 years
after. The oven did not come into
use until the year 400, and then it
was the old fashioned brick even,
which persisted for hundreds Of years.
The stove when invented took the
place OF the separate oyeu and the
fireplace. with its hanging pots.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
The Milky Way.

The Milky way is an irregular lumi-
nous belt that encircles the celestial
sphere and has the general shape of 4
great circle, inclined at an angle of
sixty-three degrees to the equinoctial
Its luminosity is due to the myriads of
stars or suns composing it, many of
which have been revealed to us by
means of the telescope. 1t varies in
width from four to twenty degrees and
at one point of its course splits up
into two nearly parallel branches OF
unequal brightness, which do not re-
unite for distance of $50 degrees.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
She Wasn't Fret+ino.

A fond mamma had found occasion
during the morning to reprimand her
small daughter with more than usual
severity. 1t seemed to hurt the child's
feelings considerably. In the afternoon
the little girl sat on the sofa staring
vacantly out of the window, apparent.
~ wrapped in meditation. The mother
relented and, coming over to the side
OF the little girl, placed her hand on the
child's shoulder and asked, What are
you thinking about, dear?'
81 'uZ JUS finkin." said the little
girl, eff I want six or eight brides.
maids. Every body's.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
Not So Mild as She Looked.

4 knot of tourists in the Chinese
quarter stood before a little Chinese
girl dressed in her festival clothes OF
bright colors, with blue and yellow en-
broidered pantaloons. They stood ad-
miring her as one admires some Gu
riosity and voiced openly their opin-
ions. One of the party, young Ital.
ian, said in 4 loud voice that he thought
she might make "fne ornament in
my parlor."
The little Chinese girl quickly turned
upon him and said:
"Why. you big stiff of a wap. for
cents I'd stand you on your big flap
cars"
The tourists gasped and hustled The
italian youth away with them.-Ncw
York Sun.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
How's This :?

We offer One HundIed Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o
We, the undersigned, have known +.
J Cheney for the last 8 years, and be
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
bv his firm
Waldiug, Kiuuan s. Marvin
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
~, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of thc system Test
monialS sent free. Price IS cents per
bottle, Sold by all Druggists,
Take Halls Family Pills for con
stipation.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
TRIBUTE OF THE GOLDEN AGE
TO SENATOR A. S. CLAY

Among the many beautiful tributes
to Senator Clay is the following from
Mr.. w. D. Upshaw, once Cobb coun-
ty boy, now editor of The Golden Age;
THE death of United States Sena-
tor A. S. Clay has brought the tribute
of thousands who genuinely loved the
great and good man. Rising step by
step from the very heart of the people,
he never climbed above the dear
companionship OF men They We're
with him in his first political ambi-
ton, and they stood close about him
at the last when he stood victorious
Oh the mountain height.
"He occupied the remarkable dis
tinction of never losing political bat
tie, and he loyed-really loyed-his
people who thus crowned him with
their love. Our Steve, as we used to
call him in dear old Cobb county, was
one of the heroes from real life in the
writer's platform lecture, Climbing
Upward, and all over the land the
story of his heroic, victorious struggle
has inspired other ambitious boys to
dare and do We loved him for what
he was and for what he did. Best OF
all, Senator Clay was a Christian
statesman, and his stricken wife and
manly sons walk amid their sorrow in
the lustre of a truly honored name"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
A Chinese Trick.

The Chinese are past masters in the
art of trickery, and some Of their
tricks are very ingenious. One is a
method by which they can make a
postage stamp do service almost in
definitely. The sender of the letter
passes over the stamp some paste
which in appearance is not unlike the
gum at the back of stamp. When
the stamp is obliterated it takes the
impression, but 1t is not even "skin
deep" The receiver of the letter must
be confederate, and he passes a
damp sponge over the stamp. This
removes the paste and with it the
postal mark, so until the stamp is
worn out it can be used over and over
again.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
Plate vindicated.

fhe author of genius" said William
Dean Howells, expresses the Thoughts
OF his time. He speaks out those tbincc
that his generation has all along been
thinking, but thinking silently and ner.
haps little mistily.
IAN author of transcendent genius
speaks the thought of all time. For
example, one summer at Sunapee !
lent volume of Plato to a leap
shrewd farmer. When the volume .yvas
returned | said:
Wen, hsw did you like PlatoY
First rate the farmer answered. T
see he's got some of my ideas"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
The Ptarmioan.

There are few birds whose plumage
Is so variable as the ptarmigan's. Three
times in the year it's plumage changes
1t has separate coats for spring, au.
tumn and winter. At the beginning of
November it puts on the last costume
Of the season. It's spring brown and
summer gray serve well to hide It
among the scanty heritage of it's haunts
from the keen eye of the soaring fal'
con.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
CONFINEMENT.

That happy state Of mind, so
rarely possessed. in which we can
say Il have enough" is the highest
attainment Of philosophy. Happi-
ness consists not in possessing much,
but in being content with what we
possess. He who wants little al
ways has enough.-Zimmermann.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
KNOW THYSELF.

1t is of dangerous consequence to
represent to man how near he is to
the level Of beasts without showing
him at the same time his greatness.
1t is likewise dangerous to let hun
see his greatness without his mean
ness. 1t is more dangerous yet to
leave him ignorant Of either, but
very beneficial that he should be
made sensible Of both.-Pascal.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02

The Baptists having started move
ment to have Atlanta absorb Mercer
University in consideration OF a $3.50
coo donation, Macon retaliates with a
suggestion that the State capitol be
moved to that city. The Legislature
ha@ IS sins to answer for, but to have
TO meet in Macon every summer
might come under the head of "cruel
and unusual punishment" prohibited
by the constitution.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02

The Federal government has begun
proceedings in New York to dissolve
the sugar trust, known as the Ameri-
can Refining Company, and the TWEEN
ty-nine other corporations which com
pose it. The companies have a com
bined capital of $230.OO0,OOO 1t is
charged that unlawful combinations
have been formed and unlawful meth,
eds used to crush competition.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02

All Russians have a weakness for
handsome footwear, and the result is
that there are more pairs of snowy
boots worn in the cars empire than
anywhere else on earth. This pref
erence extends to the women as we'll
as to the men.