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to company of Englishmen. During
the French invasion the mine was
abandoned to be reopened by the crown
about 100 years ago. In 1873 English
bankers offered a good round price
and the Spanish government turned
the property over to them; public
company was formed and the shares
offered investors. The yearly output
was enormously increased. and since
the English took possession some $780,
100000 worth of copper has been
mined. In 1906 and 1907 dividends of
S10,000,000 were declared, the largest
ever paid by any copper mine in the
world. The steam shovel has added
generations to the life of Rio Tinto.
AS the property has been entered
deeper and deeper the ore has become
poorer-rich ores were all extracted
years ago. Six years since, when the
owners were pulling over mining the
low-g grade ore at a profit, along came
an American with an idea. A few
steam shovels, he showed, would do
IAS "OI N VI luOuSdHuS VI Spanish
and even though the miners
were paid only 6 cents a day steam
shovels would save much money. The
English timidly sent to the states for
two shovels; now American shovels
are granting and snorting all over
Rio Tinto, within sight of the old Stag
piles Of the Romans, Carthaginians and
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-18

Inc common snail has lungs, heart
and a general circulation, and is In
every respect an air breathing creature
This notwithstanding, he can live m
Indefinitely without inhaling the least
atom OF air, that which is usually con-
sldered the essential to existence in all
creatures supplied with lungs.
Leppert says: TO ali organized crea-
lures the removal of oxygen, water.
nour1shment and heat causes death to
ensue When that statement was
made he did not appear to consider the
snail as one among the great host of
organized beings" for the experi-
ments made by Prof. Spallanzani prove
that any or all the usual life condf-
lions can be removed in its case with
out terminating its existence or in anv
way 1mpairing its functions.
1t is fact well known that the com
mon land snail retreats into his shell
on the approach of frosty weather in
the fall and that the oDeninp ar
mouth of the shell is hermetica1Iv
sealed by a secretion which is of .
SILKY texture and absolutely imnervi-
Gus to air and water. In this condi-
ton It Is plain that he is deprived of
three out OF four elements Of life
mentioned by Leppert-viz.. air va+or
and nouriShment.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-18
SERMONETTES.

Anxiety tries to see the mountains
in the way and trips us up over a
pebble.
To refuse the friendship of con-
science is to double the power Of all
your foes.
Character is what you are when it
seems that the conductor will not look
for your fare.
Many seem to think that the mark
of a level-headed man is that he has
thrown away his heart.
You cannot tell much about a mans
bank account in heaven by his ability
to coin pious phrases.
Many men would be religious If their
friends were not SO anxious to make it
seem petty and ridiculous.
Many man thinks he is sure of
heaven because he Is SO well satisfied
with what he hasn't done here.
The people who cry for practical
preaching are the first to demand "the
simple gospel when they get hit.
Much religious speculation Is like
trying to explain the worlds anthems
by the ether waves that carry them.
The fact that you cannot get along
with this universe does not indicate
that you are ordained to rule in an
other.
Many a saint would have less trouble
wrestling with the devil if he would
get out and wrestle with a ball for an
hour or two.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-18
ANCIENT COPPER MINE.
Deposits Found by Phoenicians Near
Gibraltar 5000 Years Ago.

Deposits Found by Phoenicians Near
Gibraltar 5000 Years Ago.
The most ancient copper mine in the
world is the Rio Tinto, in Spain. Three
thousand years ago the Phenicians
found just beyond Gibraltar extensive
deposits of copper ore, says the New
York Times. Copper was one of the
most desired metals of those days, and
the Phgnicians, skillful artifcers, set
to extracting it. When their sea trade
was usurped by Carthaginians several
centuries later ore from the mine was
carried to the various ancient trad
ing ports. When Carthage fell, the
Romans took possession and worked
the Rio Tinto for centuries Then
came Goths, and later Moors. digging
more gold out of the Iberian noun
tain side
When Ferdinand and Isabella drove
the Moors out of Spain the crown took
possession of the Rio Tinto mine and
leased it from time to time to adven-
turers from various countries of Eu-
rope in the seventeenth century it
was leased to a Swede and later to a
Erenchman; in the eighteenth century
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-18
SMELL FUND INSANE,
Illinois Supreme Court Finds Millionaire
Was of Unsound Mind When He
Disinherited Son.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. 16.-That
Col. Thomas Smell, the Clinton, III,
muIti-millionaire, was of unsound mind
when he disinherited his son, Richard
Smell, in favor of his grandniece, Mabel
Snell-McNamara, is the judgment of the
Illinois supreme court in decision hand
ed down today. The decision liz the ont
come of three sensational trials in which
tricities of the aged Lothario were de-
scribed. On the first trial the jury dig
agreed, and on the second the supreme
court reversed the finding On the third
trial the jury returned a verdict that
Col. Smell was of unsound mind and in
this judgment the supreme court con-
Cured
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-18
THE AMBITIOUS MAN.

By Rev. Vance, D. D.
Text.-"Then there arose a reason
Ing among them, which of them should
be the greatest. And Jesus
said unto them he that is the least
among you all, the same shall be
great. Luke 9: 1918.
THE Ambitious Man" is a portrait
of all the disciples in one. Unsatis-
fed lust for place and power has taken
possession Of the twelve. For the time
being they are dead to the great spir-
ltual facts of Christ's kingdom. The
holy voices of the beatitudes are
drowned in jargon of strife The
patient, self-denying example of the
Master himself fails to act as either
restraint or rebuke to these ambition
driven men. They do not stop to con-
slider their fitness for the high places
they seek. 1t does not occur to them
that weightier responsibilities attach
to positions Of larger trust. In their
insane scramble for preferment, they
are blind to all save self-promotion
and now, crowding against each other,
in selfish haste, they come to Jesus
with the question: (Which of us shall
be the GREATEST"
1t is unquestionably ones duty to
make the most of himself and his oD-
portunities. The absence of aspira-
ton OF this kind is an unspeakable
calamity. 1t makes the difference be-
tween q dead man and a living one.
II the parable of the talents means
anything it is that God expects every
one to get the best. But this is not
the spirit that looks down upon US
from the face In my text. This Is rath-
er ambition sanctified, ennobled, puri-
fed, transformed to righteous aspira-
ton.
The highest achievement is not to
capture the prize, but to. make the
race; not to surrender to sense, but to
touch the infinite and embody that
which will outlive the tick of the
clock.
Let us crowd out ambition with the
spirit of the cross of Calvary. Let us
open the heart to child trust and child
love. All hail to self-sacrifice and to
that devotion which lays down life for
great ideals! This is the spirit Of true
greatness. 1t will save the world. AS
it grows stronger the angel with the
drawn sword at the portal Of sinless
happiness will vanish, the gates Of
that pristine paradise will turn on
their golden hinges again, the light
from the better land will fall upon us.
Earth will move up to the doorstep of
heaven, and the door will be ajar.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-18
SAVINGS BANK MEASURE DOOMED
TO DEFEAT IF AMENDMENT is
NOT MODIFIED.
THE CRISIS Is NOW IMMINENT.
Senator's Proposal Would Require In
veStment of Deposits in United
States Bonds.
FRIENDS OF TAFTS PLAN TALK.

WASHINGTON. ID. c., Feb. 10
Unless Senator Root can be induced to
withdraw or materially modify his
amendment TO the postal savings bank
bill. requiring the investment of postal
deposits in United States bonds, that
measure probably will be defeated III the
Senate. The friends of the bill prac-
tically admit that this is the situation
and they consider the crisis very llnlnl-
nent.
The situation developed suddenly soon
after the Senate met today, ana came III
connection with peculiar parliamentary
tangle. Senator Beveridge, III charge OF
the Alaska legislative council measure,
undertook to get it out of the way Tor
the postal bill. by agreeing to have the
first named legislation displaced us the
unfinished business; but under the Sen
ate rules this cannot be done without
unan' nous consent until O'Clock Sen
ator Hepburn refused to acquiesce ami
rs there was no other business to be
done, Senator Carter was forced TO move
an executive session, which at Ito p.
m, resulted in adjournment for the day.
Some Support Root.
While the executive session was pro
ceeding a number of the friends OF the
original postal savings bank bill got to-
gether and upon comparing notes, found
themselves unalterably opposed to the
Root amendment. On the other hand,
there are many senators who are
staunchly supporting the Root provision,
and unless a compromise can be reached
the doom of the postal savings bill is
admittedly sealed.
The statement Of the President in his
Lincoln day New York speech that if
the Root amendment should prevail, the
funds would be invested in the > per
cent bonds, which have failed to find
market, has had the effect of rendering
the antagonism to the amendment far
more intense than it was. The opponents
of the amendment take the position that
the money arising out of the postal de-
posits should be deposited i'll the local
banks and concentrated in the United
States treasury or any other one deposit
tory.
May Modify Measure,
On the other hand, it is cOntended that
the government could not afford to permit
the funds to be invested III banks over
which the United States would not have
supervision. There is some hope of OBJ
tanning a modification of the Root amend
ment, but until this is accepted there
will be no effort to get vote on the bill
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-18
MEIs;1BDHHV56AR
l1hqD|f WIN WIN:
qN{l 5
DON'T FOLLOW THE CROWD.

By Rev. J. Lewis Hartsock.
Thou shalt not follow a multitude TO
do evfl.-Exodus 22:2.
This ordinance in the book of Exc
dus is an evidence of that wisdom
which marks Moses as the greatest
statesman of ancient days. The warn
Ing of this old command is simply,
Don't follow the crowd" The peril
Of the city IS the excess of the instinct
for association. Civilization, progress
Is the growth and development of the
associate life Of men, but the peril OF
city life is that this instinct is over
done.
People hate to be alone What pro-
portion of the 10000 witnesses Of a
football match would stand for an
hour or more in The wind and rain
II each man were isolated from the
rest Of the crowd and saw only the
players? In spite Of only dirt and
disease, congestion and high rents,
the cities are growing at an enormous
rate, while the towns and villages are
diminishing. This instinct to be In a
crowd Is one Of the most serious de-
velopments IN modern civilization.
New York Is not civilization; 1t is
a great railway station" The 1nev-
liable result Of association IN a crowd
is to do as the crowd does. The tenn
per of Broadway, which is damning
thousands of careless lives, IS the sub
tie cry which calls, do as the crowd
does"
All about us are people who lower
their standard to suit Che crowd. It
is astonishing how far we are influ-
enced by the practice and opinion Of
our fellows. Fear of unpopularity, a
desire to be one with the rest, has led
many prodigal into the far coun-
try. The history of the SHINING world
in nutshell is simply doing as others
do, going the way the crowd does.
Obviously those who follow others
come to have no autonomy of their
own. They lose the power Of indie
pendent judgment, the strength and
disposition for personal initiative, and
finally the sense OF personal obliga-
ton.
This Is the kind of atmosphere in
which many are living to-day, eager,
restless to be in the current of things
where, in the ceaseless fret and foam
Of the sea, the mans identity is lost
and his personality merged in the
great composite. Moses speaking to
ancient Israel uttered a warning and
command which was never more po-
tent than to-day: Thou shalt not fol-
low multitude to do evil" Resist
ance is power. Life has been defined
as the sum total of the forces that
resist death. Resistance is life. In
the centripetal force which keeps the
planet from flying off into space, there
operates the law of resistance whose
might Is the secret Of creation. In the
moral and spiritual world the secret
of life is the might Of ones resistance.
When ones sense Of personal respon-
sibility and obligation is lost, his re-
sistance is gone, and when his resist
ing power is gone the man Is gone.
Follow not the crowd, but the chal-
lenge Of thine own soul. Be a whole
man to the whole of life and vertically
thy feet shall be established, thou hay-
ing done all to stand.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-18
AT THE HEAD.
Branch of National Conservation Asso-
citation Forming in Wis
COnSin.

OSHKOSH, Feb. 1G.-The members
of the committee to organize what is to
be known as the Wisconsin State Com
mittee Of the National Conservation as
ISOLATION are: William NJ Bray, chair
man, Oshkosh; II. +. Brittiugham, vice
president, Madison; e. NJ. Griffith, Sec
rotary Madison, and G. r.
Van Hise, state representative on ma
tiOnal board of governors, Madison. The
president of the national organization is
Clifford PinchOt.
Chairman Bray has issued statement
quoting from what former President
Roosevelt said on conservation at the
conference of governors in Washington,
May 10, 1908, and saying that Wiscon-
sin is expected to form an organization
with 5000 or more members.
1t is expected that meetings at which
speakers will deliver addresses illustrat-
ed with stereopticon views to show exist
ing conditions an, make propaganda for
conservation sill be held shortly ut va
rlous ,rc,uts in the state,
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-18
NOTES OF FOREIGN LANDS.

Furnished in Consular Reports and
Gathered from other Sources.
A limited stock company has been
formed in Berlin by leading German
Industrial concerns for the manufac-
ture OF flying machines Of the Wright
system Wilbur and Orville Wright
have conveyed all the rights for Ger
many to the new company. The Gen
eral Electric Company OF Berlin and
New York is Interested
Schools are being established in ev-
cry part of the Chinese Empire and
are being put in charge of educated
Chinese who have studied in Japan,
Europe and the United States, says
consular report No. 1886. Popular
education is a strong feature of the
new movement in China for the gem
eral betterment of the country and its
people, all tending toward a limited
monarchy in place of the centuries
ola autocracy
The new dealers annual license tax
OF $Sl.10 imposed at Alden may injure
the sale of American kerosene in that
busy city, and force the natives to re-
sumo the use of candles Next to cot
ton goods, kerosene has for years been
the leading American export to Alden
after driving Russian and Samaritan
oil out Of the market
One hundred thousand dollars is TO
be spent for improvements in the SER
vice of the fire brigade in the city
of Sac Paulo, Brazil.
In the effort to reorganize the rub
Der factories of Scotland on American
lines American experts are being put
Ia charge of the principal depart
ments OF manufacture. The salaries
are much higher than the British
standard. The industry turns out
about 100000 worth of rubber goods
yearly. American competition abroad
Is forcing the change, says our consul
at Edinburgh
Liberia, West Africa, Is energetical-
~ calling for American goods even
among the 100000 aboriginal popu-
lation
China buys 100000 worth of for
etgn-made printing paper every year.
Fhe American share is insi rnificant.
Why? See consular report No. $685..
The Euphrates river will probably
be bridged at the three points where
the crossing Is now done by ferries.
The first bridge will be constructed
next spring.
Mining concessions are being snap
ped up in Turkey. The new governor
of Adana is favorably disposed to con-
cessionaries.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-18
ONCE A MESSENGER,
NOW THE MANAGER.
B. Brooks Works Way Through West
ern Union Ranks to Top of the
Ladder.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1G.-At the meet
ing of the directors of the Western
Union Telegraph company today Il.
Brooks, general superintendent of the
eastern division, was appointed general
manager of the company. He will as
sumo charge of the operating end of the
business Immediately, so that President
r. G. Clowry may devote more time to
administrative matters and to working
out the policies of the new management
General Manager Brooks. who came to
New York from Denver, had been with
the Western Union nearly forty years,
starting as messenger boy and working
his way through the ranks His promo
ton Is the first important change since
the new interest came into the hoard.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-18
HYMNS AND THEIR AUTHORS
EVENING SONG.
BY George Washin Etan Doane.
~~~~~~AN%N~

1.-THE Rev. George Washington Doane
D. D. (Trenton, N. J., May 27, 1893
Burlington, n. J.. April 81, 1850, indie
fatigable pastor, professor, bishop. and
writer, is best known to our day as thu
author Of several beautiful hymns. Suns
to the appropriate tune. Seymour" THU
hymn often is used in the evening service
of worship
Softly now the light Of day
Fades upon my sight away;
Free from care, from labor free,
Lord, 1 would commune with thee.
Thou, whose all pervading eye
Naught escapes without, within,
Pardon each infrmity,
Open fault, and secret sin.
Soon, for me, the light Of day
Shall forever pass away;
Then, from sin and sorrow free,
Take me, Lord, to dwell with thee.
Thou who, sinless, yet hast known
All of mans infirmity;
Then from thine eternal throne.
Jesus, look with plying eye.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-18
THE PATIENCE OF GOD.

By Rev. Richard S. Storrs, D. D.
Text: Now the God of patience
and consolation grant you to be like
minded one toward Rom.
xv:5.
The God of patience That state
ment strikes us, perhaps, strangely as
coming from the energetic, aggressive
and impatient apostle and his describ-
Ing Him who is enthroned in heaven
and glories in His majesty. We think
Of Him, and think justly, as God of
infinite wisdom, of unbending might
and justice, bringing retribution upon
those who offend against Him, of
eternal authority, carrying on His
power from the heights of the throne
upon which He Is forever established.
And this is the correct view of God.
This is the greatest thought that has
ever entered within the range of
human mind. It is the thought on
which all noble character and all noble
civilization of communities and of
states are builded We do not think
VI 111II ciS q dOu VI pcll1SuCG.
Every summer in its progress and
from its close really reminds US that
God Is a God of patience How long
a time there is between the setting
of the tender shoot to the wealthy
growth of grass. How long the time
between the flower stem just appear
ing above the brown earth and the
consummate blossom on it's stalk, wav-
ing its body and exhaling its beauty
on the air. A lady spoke to me of
her summer having been passed in
a hospital, in the trying monotony
Of hospital, in the experience of
lingering hours when days seem to
pass perceptibly. She took no note
of time, or, at any rate, hardly knew
how long she had been in the ward,
suffering with sickness and pain.
When I went into the hospital" she
said, 81 brought with me a branch
OF apple blossoms which friend had
sent to me. AS I came out and moved
across the pavement to the carriage,
there were apples on a stand near by,
and l felt at once there is an interval
from the blossom to the perfect fruit"
1t was to her a kind of sociological
chronicle, sort Of aerial stop watch,
making the interval between the be-
ginning and the end
God of patience! So events are
slowly established and gradually
woven. Social relations between men
only slowly perfect themselves, forms
Of government only slowly come to
their full power The simple improve
ment in society is so slow that man
almost breaks his heart sometimes
over the slowness, until he feels that
he would hurry all If he had the
power God does not. He is a God
Of patience and it is His way Of edu-
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-18
STRANGE FATALITY
FOLLOWS SCANDAL.
olNth man IN Capitol Disclosures at
harrisburg, Pa, Dies-Important
Witness at Trial.

HAhkiSBuRG, Pa, Feb. l6.-The
strange fatality that has pursued some
OF the principal figures in the capitol
scandal was again brought to public mind
today when John L; Stott, one of the
chief witnesses in the celebrated case,
was found dead in the bathroom of his
nome lie Is the sixth man in the case
to die HIS death was due to heart trou-
BILE '-0N
Stott was secretary TO the hoard of
public grounds and buildings which let
many OF the contracts that brought more
tnan dozen men TO the bar of Justice
lie was a witness i'll two trials already
held and was to take the stand in the
case OF Joseph NJ. Huston, architect of
the capitol, whose trial will come up next
month
Two of the six men who died were I'M
der two years sentence, one was await
ing trial, and two were important wit
neSses, Besides these one Of the many
men under indictment has been confined
III an insane asylum.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-18
DON'TS FOR CHURCHMEN.

Don't try to keep ideals alive by
simply proclaiming them.
Don't fail to practice the truth that
you are lighting for.
Don't try to lift the church by hid
ing your faults beneath it.
Don't water your sorrows when you
bury them, lest they spring up anew.
Don't forget that the gravestone tick
ct to glory is engraved too late to aid
you.
Don't try to learn the way to heaven
by inquiring as to the waywardness of
your friends.
Don't forget that the clock which
strikes the loudest is frequently far
thest off in time.
Don't permit the habit of prayer to
mean as little as the habit of profan-
ity does to some men.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-18
TRAINS GO WITH TILL.
"Plaster Doctor" Leaves Wisconsin
Town and 500 Road Expresses
Now Fly Past.

MADISON. Wis, Feb. Special
DR.. John Till, inventor of the famous
plaster cure" has brought sadness TO
the little village of Almena, which he
made famous almost in a night. When
he settled in Almena il September, 1908.
thousands of people came to see
him, making it necessary that better
train service be given and accordingly the
500 road ordered two Of the fast trains
gone, the two trains no longer stop and
the village has applied to the railroad
rate commission for the betterment of the
service but the commission held that the
service is not unreasonably inadequate
and dismissed the petition.