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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17

Porcupines are good climbers. and
when unable to get enough apples
wind-biown TO the ground, swarm q
tree and cut down the finest bearing
limbs as quickly and neatly as beav-
er can sever the trunk of young
nemlock. Besides that, when other
food is scarce they nibble the bark
off young apple trees, and can destroy
a newly planted orchard in short
time They also are great enemy to
the young spruce, but why they cut
them is a mystery, as it is not found
that they even eat the tenderest
shoots
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Don't Want EN- Back.

An economical young man who was
much bored by the requests OF tickle
young women to return their photo
graphs decided upon desperate meas
ures to put a stop to the unnecessary
expenditure OF time and postage.
He announced his intention OF start
ing a Venus collection to contain the
pictures of the 100 most beautiful wo-
men in the world, and now the girls
never ask for their pictures.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Beware OF Lazinesx.

Burton In his famous Anatomy or
Melancholy" says: 'Laziness Ia pois-
on to body and mind. the ailment OF
perverseness, one of tie seven deadly
sins; it's the devils pillow. III; bolster.
his main support. A lazy Cog is full
of the mango. and how shall lazy
man not be otherwise? Laziness of
mind is also much worse than laziness
of body: an unused talent is misfor
tune; and TO the mind rust Is pest
a hell"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Youth and Ace.

"The difference between youth and
age was never SO well put" said Rev.
c.. w. PenlOw, in an address at an
Ocean Grove beach meeting, ''as by
a playwright who wrote:
Youth. which Is forgiven every.
thing. forgives itself nothing. Age.
which forgives itself everything, 10
forgiven nothing.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Trinity Church in Debt.

Trinity church, New York, rich as
everybody agrees beyond the thoughts
of money value, is $2,35S, 394 in debt.
Contrary to it's former practice, II now
tells in it's annual reports the values
of it's properties, it's income and its
debts It's report OF last year, JUST
issued, values productive property
owned at $15.117 900, of which $13,-
$4,000 is real estate at city assessed
valuation.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Since Teacher Did No, Know.

1t was in the primary class OF a
graded school in western city and
the day was the 22d of February.
Now, who can tell me whose birth
day this is?" asked the teacher.
A little girl arose timidly.
We'll, Margaret. you may tell U.s."
said the teacher.
Mine" was the unexpected reply.
--E,yerybody's Magazine.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17

This is one Of the highest COM
pliments ever paid to the level-head-
ed, common sense Of Americans
who cut off about two hundred mil
lion pounds of coffee when they
found by actual experiment Tin the
majority of cases. that the subtle
drug caffeine, in coffee, worked dis
comfort and varying forms of dis
ease
Some people haven't the charac-
ter to stop habit when they know
it Is killing them, but ii Is easy
to shift from coffee to Postum, for,
when made according to directions.
it comes to table a cup Of beverage,
seal brown color, which turns to
rich golden brown when cream Is
added, and the taste Is very ike
the milder grades of Old Govt Java.
Postum is a veritable food-drink
and highly nourishing, containing
all the parts of wheat carefully pre-
pared to which is added about ten
per cent of New Orleans molasses,
and that is absolutely all that
Postum is made Of
Thousands Of visitors to the pure
food factories see the ingredients
and how prepared. Every nook
and corner is open for every visit
or to carefully inspect. Crowds
come daily and seem to enjoy it.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
How, Fldo Lost Out.

"My girl used to think lot OF her
pug dog. but I've managed to get the
edge on him since we married"
How did you work tt?'
"Fido wouldn't eat her cooking, and
did"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
The HAPPIER Ace.

The Bronze Age man chuckled.
IF was steel, | suppose they would
dissolve me-" he cried.
Herewith he rejoiced he didn't live
too late.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Silent lnnuendo.

THAT woman always speaks kindly
of others
YES" replied Miss Cayenne; 'but
she always does it in such a way as
to imply that she is making some ter
rlble mental reservations"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
ApicuIturat.

Mother-Yes, Johnny, the queen bee
is boss.
Johnny-How about the presidential
bee?
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17

The public has an inconsiderate way
OF remembering the prophet when the
prophecy fails, and of forgetting him
when 1t comes true
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17

It Is much easier for us To forgive
come one for being an enemy to our
friends than for being friend to our
enemy.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17

Few Hens in England.
of territory
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Casting Aside a Fortune

land he kindly refused the offer. A
few years later big clear diamonds
were found On this waste stretch. and
now millions of dollars could not pur.
chase it
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17

Daughter-Pa, why do you let the
furnace go out every evening Mr.. Ro-
nance comes to see me?
Father am trying to freeze out
the microbe of love, my deluded
daughter.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17

Every time yo,! meet a crouch hand
Il a lemon.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
There's a Reason

Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Creek. Michigan
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17

Let us continue to quote from his
article.
Notwithstanding the enormous
increase in population during the
past three years, coffee shows an
appalling decrease in consumption"
+
Then follows a tiresome lot OF
statistics which wind up by show
ing a decrease of consumption IN
two years of, in round figures, two
hundred million pounds.
Here we see the cause for the at
tacks on us and the Brazilian.
sneers "a Americans who prefer to
use a healthful, home made break
fast drink and incidentally keep the
money in America, rather than
send the millions to Brazil and pay
for an article that chemists class
among the drugs and not among
the foods
VIII the reader Please reTnem-
Der, we never announce that coffee
hurts all people"
Some persons seem to have ex-
cess vitality enough to use coffee.
tobacco and whiskey for years and
apparently be none the worse, but
the number is small, and when g.
sensible man or woman finds an ar
t:cle acts harmfully they exercise
some degree of intelligence by
dropping it.
We quote again from the article:
These figures are paralyzing
but correct, being taken from
Leech's statistics, recognized as
the most reliable
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17

Will the reader please renem-
Der, we never announce that coffee
hurts all people,"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17

Then the article proceeds to de-
nounce Postum and works into a
fine frenzy, because we have pub
Iished facts regarding the effect OF
coffee on some people.
The narrowing tale goes on.
"Where a few years ago every
body drank coffee, several cups a
day, now we find in every walk In
life people who imagine they can
not drink it. (The understanding is
ours.) Burly blacksmiths, earpen-
tiers, Iaborers and athletes have dis
continued or cut down the use OF
coffee; as there is not person
who reads this and will not be able
to find the same conditions existing
among his own circle of aequaint-
ances. is it not well for the Brazil
ians to sit up and take notice?"
Isn't it curious these bur
ly" strong men should pick out cof-
fee to Imagine" about? Why not
Imagine" that regular doses OF
whiskey are harmful. Or daily slugs
of morphine?
If Imagination makes the caf-
feline in coffee clog the liver, de-
press the heart, and steadily tear
down the nervous system, bringing
on one or more Of the dozens OF
types of diseases which follow
broken-down nervous systems,
many people don't know it.
But it remained for the man who
has coffee. morphine or Whlskey
to sell, to have the supreme nerve
to say: You only imagine your
disorders Keep on buying from
ne.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02
IN FELLOWSHIP WITH CHRIST
Necessity for Close Relationship n
One Would Understand His
Teachings

The people complained that they
could not understand Jesus. Tell us
plainly" they said. Jesus answered,
that he had told them, and has con.
frmed ais claim to be the Christ by
works in his Fathers name. He de-
clares that they did not believe his
teaching because they were not in the
spiritual relation to him in which it
would be possible to understand him
"Ye are not OF my sheep. My sheep
hear my voice and ! know them and
they follow me-" Without this rela.
ton to Christ it is impossible to under.
stand his teaching. ohere must be
common ground, common state of
mind, before the speech of one can
be understood by another. What
man knoweth the things of a man,
save the spirit of man which is in him?
Even so the things of God knoweth no
man but by the Spirit of God" The
things Of God are spiritually discern.
ed. We must be in the Spirit. The
pure in heart, and they alone, can
see God They who believe can under
stand the words of Jesus, because they
are brought in such relation that what
is of one may be communicated to the
other
When Jesus talked of the things of
God an. the human soul, the great
body Of the people belonged to a diff.
ferent life; they lived in n different
atmosphere; their minds and thoughts
were not IN. harmony with his love
of truth The gospel is to some the
savior of life unto life, but to others
of death unto death There is not
an open heart to receive it, and II,
therefore, hardens the heart II is Of
Importance for us to keep in mind the
fact that it is our own attitude and
spirit that determines the effect of
the words of God upon us. Many
of the people Knocked at the claim OF
Jesus, but others were in such hos
tility to him that they could not com.
prehend his words or understand his
works. To mind absorbed in world
ly things spiritual things have no
meaning. Men reject the love Of
Christ, because they are not of his
world of love Many a one in the
crowd touched the garments of Jesus,
but virtue went out of him only to
t., one who touched the hem in faith.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02
For Lent.

In so-called society" social func.
tions assume simpler character dur
ing Lent and many overworked ma.
irons who live in a grand whirl Of din.
ners, balls and teas are recuperating
for the summer season by resting at
southern resorts.
During the next few weeks sewing
circles will spring up like mushrooms
and really a surprising quantity Of
work will be turned out for the benefit
Of charities and friendly aid" all
over the country.
A coterie Of young matrons have
formed themselves into what they call
the Doll Brigade" and they are each
pledged to dress five dolls during
Lent with clothes that will come off.
An Interested set Of young men have
promised to provide each doll with
trunk and next Christmas these self
same dollies are going to a certain
ward in a large city hospital that
bears the placard "lncurable"
Perhaps we all do not keep Lent,
but say any season of the year that
causes this sometimes apparently sey-
ish world to stop and think how best
to help others is a good thing and
hope to be able to chronicle some
scheme for lending the helping hand"
each week in this column until the
glad Eastertlde.
MADAME MERRL
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02

IN THIS sketch we show a useful lit,
/ tie watch stand and trinket.holder
for the dressing table, made by aid Of
a small cardboard box and some rem
uauts of silk
The lid is removed and fitted over
one end of the box in an upright poa
ton, and fastened in its place w&
two paper fasteners run through ION
either side The left hand sketch H.
lustrates this.
The next step is to cover the card.
board foundation smoothly with some
pretty remnant of silk or brocade and
pack both the box and lid, as far as
possible, with cotton wool. A strip of
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02
. T1Ngq 4
IN VOGUE: :

The black hat of course, is all the
thing.
And It must by all means have a
white or a black and white orna
mcnt.
Most Of these ornaments can be
made at home very ineXpensiyely.
For which reason. listen well to
their kinds.
Satin quills, with velvet midribs.
Cockadcs in alternate stripes Of
black and white.
Kid ornaments In all manner Of
shapes and sizes.
(And a white kidshn two feet
square costs rs cents)
Pompons which are nothing but
loops upon loops Of knitting zephyr
Suff little bows cf narrow gros.
grain ribon. for wear with tailored
hats.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02

specially designed in the proper sizes
so one may do the stamping at home.
The size most in use for tablecloths
are letters three inches long in an in
terlaced script II old English letters
are used one large letter is preferable
to two or three For napkins the let.
ters should match the cloth only
about two inches in length. Sheets
have the same size letters as a table.
cloth and pillow cases the same as
napkins
Before deciding upon the marking 1t
is well to look over designs. There
are linen cases for holding Just a
dozen napkins and another pretty way
to keep napkin sets together Is to
have straps made Of fancy white silk
elastics with clasps to go around both
ways. Towels may be kept separate
In the same manner
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02
A Novel GUESSING Contest.


The following contest is most enter
tanning for a crowd OF high school
girls and boys or for real grown-ups
The list may be increased indefinitely
at the discretion of the hostess. This
outline | found in a magazine and
hope our readers will enjoy It and find
their requests granted for a new con.
test:
AMERICAN CITIES.
The head mana measure OF weight?
,Boston)
A boat landlng-soil? Portland)
Syllable Of the scale-a state OF mind7
Ua Crosse)
The care OF God? Providence)
a species OF grape2 Concord. etc.
NAMES OF STATES
The numerical state2 (Tenn)
The agricultural state? (R. ~
The haymaNng state? CMo)
The maldenly state? (Mss)
The state In which Noah lived7 (Ark)
The mineral stato2 (OreJ, etc.
FOREIGN CITIES.
A popular girl-tight? (Belfast)
An organ OF dlgestion-gam OF bill
llards? G.iyorpooD
A boy In a donkey? OEdlnburgh)
Cattle-our abiding placer Stockholm
A shell-an inlet OF the sea? (Bombay).
etc.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
a lower-a kind OF cloth? CRoosevelt)
A stony chlp2 tRockefellor)
A gay autumn flower? (Astor)
An accident by hre-a vital organ?
(Bernhardt)
A tiny pie? PattD. etc.
BOOK TITLES.
A critical moment? (Tho Crlsls)
A parent-a fowl7 (Mother Goose)
one who steers high? (Thc Sky Puot)
What you want when m? CThe Doctor.)
Yourself wagon, a garden tool7 Gvan-
hoe). etc.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02
unIque Party for chlldren.


A mother Of three lovely children
confided to me that her great success
In entertaining children was due to
her aim to have each little guest
equally interested.
With this idea in mind she is going
TO give this novel and really fasclnat.
ing party She calls It "Tradesman's
Carnival" The very name has excited
the curiosity Of the children as well
as their mothers. The hours are from
$500 to $3.50 on a Saturday afternoon.
The ages Of the guests are from eight
to twelve, and there win be 10 If
all accept, her three making IS, about
all she can seat comfortably at small
tables in the dining room.
The tradesmon she is to have rep
resented are tailor, dressmaker. pot
ter, jewoler, flower maker sign paint.
or, artist, basket maker. upholsterer
and carpenter Two or perhaps three
viii work at the same trade. When
the guests arrive they will be given
cards with the name Of the trade they
are to represent Then the little
craftsmen so to a table, where their
materials are prepared ready for them
and one or two assistants to show
where they are to work One hour is
TO be the time allotted to make the
finished products, then a bell will
ring and the articles collected and
placed on exhibition. The children
are to be allowed to vote as to the
first, second and third best piece and
the prizes win be awarded. Each
child Is also to take home the object
made and each receive a souvenir, so
an will feel satisfied.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02

\ ''.5, range Of mountains Of
'o'umhia contains an abun.
4 %. black and grizzly bears, to be
W. lue spring on the open slides,
\ Up, Young grass first begins to
green at the foot of the snow.
and in the late autumn along
maui creeks where the salmon
\ TO spawn, and afford an abun.
,ood supply for the bears be.
Phey hold up for their long win.
peer Here, too, the quaint noun.
'eoat and the little black.tailed
.ore more numerous than in any
The province, quite sufficiently
'eu oy the inaccessible nature of
loroIddon range of mountains. a
"u miles in length and a hun.
4 "'leS IN width, mostly unex.
A sua practically impenetrable
4 Instance from salt water or the
'', 'sabIe stretches of the in.
4 ay'eams' The white man in
4 'o' ooat and the Indian in his
" marry the outskirts of this
4 out until the perfection of
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02
Couch Cover Made at Home

An attractive and artistic couch
cover may be evolved from six and
two-thirds yards of burlap and some
linen floss.
Purchase two colors of burlap, three
and one.third yards of brown and the
same amount Of natural linen color,
if 1t is to harmonize with mission FUR
niture.
The dark burlap is then cut length
wise In three strips and the lighter In
two long strips A strip of the darker
sorms the center, with wider strip Of
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02
Newnst Tea cosles.

Quite the newest tea cosies are
fascinating creations made of white
linen heavily embroidered in an open
pattern to show OF a silk lining of a
gay color That the cosy may ut
over any sized teapot, even the most
capacious, It has end pieces let in,
and these are of plain linen, un-
adorned like the rest, so that here the
colored lining does not show through
The seams of the cosy are covered
by a handsome white cord, artistical-
ly knotted here and there to give a
pretty effect
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02
Change of Heart
By DONALD ALLEN

,omily of Judge Winters had
-,yr the family of Colonel Bellaire
I Years and years. That meant that
1 Rellaire and Agnes Winters had
4 nm each other as boy and girl,
q fathers hadn't settled 1t over
wipe and cigars that there
H. he a marriage. In fact, the
4 young people didn't take to each
y yery well. It was only in after
- when Fred had finished college
A Miss winters was in society, that
4 was any feeling stronger than
onalntlnceship.
\ was not necessary that young
,noire should choose a profession.
i had been left money, and he
n ,ed along as other rich young
!, do-tho OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
a aufoing and the races. And
H. intervals he spent his time ad-
H. Agacs Winters and falling In
4 with her. On her side, she liked
n bpt she had no stronger feeling.
i was q Bit of a prude and had old
uhioned notions.
IA would have stood better in her
unatIon had she found him with a
-,opfgrs apron on and a saw in his
M He had asked for her hand, and
hout giving her time to reply had
In her to think over it for a week.
Il have thought" she said when the
IA had expired and he was back
Dis answer.
%nd and you are going to decide
sbrt mel" he whispered as he read
Il answer IN her face.
4 am. and / want to give you my
Mons. You are a butterny-a frit-
~ You have accomplished moth.
4 and YOU have nothing in view.
ide from the society journals. you
Id nOnantity.'
ID you say 80 to the south pole I'm
m stoutly replied Fred.
You wager on the races and other
|nes You play for high stakes at
\ club You have the gambling
|rit IN YOU"
'But ] almost always win"
"Then it's even worse. You've got
,ney but you throw 1t about in the
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02

soft silk is then sewn to the upper
edge of the lid and the sides and front
of the box, and allowed to hang down
loosely in the manner shown in the
right hand sketch.
A large dress hook is sewn in the
upper part of the silk, on which a
watch may be hung, and the stand may
be ornamented in any other way that
suggests itself. The edges might be
decorated with a silk cord, for in.
stance, carried into three loops at each
corner or tiny ribbon might take it's
place. The portion of the stand in
front of the watch forms a receptacle
for rings, studs. pins, buttons, etc.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02
Sport in British Columbia

the aeroplane the game in the middle
Of the coast range is absolutely safe
from It's worst enemy. When man
really learns to ny as easily as he
can pull boat, the mountains will
hold no more secrets, and nothing can
save the game from determination less
than a total upsetting of the modern
Tower Of Babel.--Wide World
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02

Mrs. Gumm-And what dyer think
of that there Jones as IS moved in
next dore but one TO you?
Mrs. Jawkins-Why. l don't Ike
talking about my neighbors; but as to
Mr.. Jones, sometimes | think, and
then again don't know, but, after
all, | rather guess he'll turn out to be
q good deal such a sort Of man as
take him to be.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02

the tan on either side and another
strip Of the brown on either side Of
the tan, having the two selvidge edges
on the outside for the edges of the
cover.
These strips are sewed together on
the machine, one end hemmed and
the other cut to required length. then
the pieces cut off are trimmed in con.
yentional shapes to applique on the
ends and front, the dark on the light
and the light on the dark.
The lengthwise seams are opened
and pressed fat, then the right side
Of seam IS cross-stitched for finish
and to hold the raw edges in place on
the wrong side.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02
THE DRUGGIST KNEW
FROM EXPERIENCE

I have been selling DR., Kilmer's Swamp
Root for the past three years and those
Of my customers who buy it, speak 10
vorably regarding it. | have used ii in
my own family with good results, and ]
believe the preparation has great curative
value. You may use this as you like.
Very respectfully,
c. b. RUPE & SON,
By c. b. Rupe, Mgr.
Seymour Texas
Personally appeared before me this
Goth day OF July, 1909, c. b. Rupe Drug
gst, who subscribed the above statement
and made oath that the same is true in
substance and in fact
X. c. JAMES,
j. j. and Ex.Ollicio.