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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24
HEALTH FOR THE CHILD.

The careful mother, watching close
~ the physical peculiaritias of her
children, soon learns that health is in
a great measure dependent upon nor
NAL, healthy, regular bowel action.
When the bowels are inactive, loss of
appetite, restlessness during sleep, IT.
ritability and dozen and one similar
evidences of physical disorder are soon
apparent.
Keep the bowels free and clear and
good health is assured. At the first
sign of constipation give the child a
teaspoonfui of Dr. Caldwells Syrup
Pepsin at bedtime and repeat the
dose the following night, If necessary.
You will find the child will quickly re-
eat and sleep normally.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is far
preferable to salts, cathartics and
purgative waters which are harsh in
their action. Syrup Pepsin acts on
the bowels easily and naturally, yet
positively, and causes no gripping or
discomfort. It's tonic properties build
up the stomach, liver and bowels, re-
storing their normal condition.
Druggists everywhere sell DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin in soc and S1.00
bottles. If you have never tried this
remedy, send for a sample to DR.. w.
B. Caldwell, 201 Washington ST., Mon
ticello, H. He will gladly send a
trial bottle without any expense to
you whatever.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24
III 0e1z2zRT H0KE

buildings, all of the homes are similar, for they
operated the plan of giving and all
the same. Some Of the homes, like the one at
Hampton, Va, situated upon the banks of a
stream, but then there is in the mountains,
another in the land of continual sunshine and
flowers California, while each possesses some
natural characteristic to differ it from the other
That, however, is the immaterial side of the
homes, for it is the comforts and conveniences
afforded the inmates that draws the attention of
visitors and sends them away filled with thoughts
of kindness and proud of being citizens of
nation that is SO lavish in its care of those who
have upheld the honor of the flag in the face of
the enemy.
Amid parklike surroundings are the buildings,
fanked with broad porches which are the
settees, where, basking in the sun, may be found
those old soldiers who more content to re-
pose with pipe and paper than to join their COM
rades beneath the trees strolling around the
grounds.
First and all important, is the military side Of
the home. Each inmate is always in uniform
and army discipline prevails. All ablebodied
men on the grounds salute their superior officers
as they pass and there stated times for do
ing stated things, so that there must be abso-
lutte order
At $50 in summer and 5:45 in winter the
turn out After breakfast the return to
their barracks, make UP their beds and put their
things in order. Then unless assigned to duty
as room orderly guard mount, at which all!
in the barracks have to take their turns, the sol
der is at liberty until tattoo at $50, when he
must be on hand to retire when taps sounded
at 9.
While at liberty during the day the soldier may
leave the grounds by applying for a pass. He
may secure pass to remain outside the grounds
not only for day, but even for 80 days, if he SO
desires and his behavior has been good. There
is but little restraint upon the men and they ara
practically as free though they lived in their
homes.
For those who prefer to remain within the
grounds of the home there is much with which to
drive away either discomfort ennui. Besides
splendid libraries where may be found not only
books and magazines, but daily papers from diff
ferent parts of the country, there is at each home
an amusement hall where there are billiard and
pool tables and many small tables for cards,
checkers and dominoes
Another diversion is the band concert each
afternoon. Another amusement and an i'm
portant one, is the theater. Each of the homes
is equipped with hall large enough to seat prac-
tically every inmate and at the end is stage of
generous size. Theatrical companies playing in
nearby cities are engaged to give a "one-night
stand at the hall and the performance usually
proves great treat
In the seating of the veterans there is system
exercised, for the deaf and the dim-eyed are Civ
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24

the time limited by statute for begin
ming a prosecution. In discussing
this objection, the Supreme court. in
Wilson versus State, Sc Southern
Reporter, ia, after holding that "a
short time" might be taken in the con-
nection In which 1t was used to re-
fer to a period less than IL months,
said, by way of illustration: THE
expression a long time would refer
to very different period of duration
and have a widely different meaning
in measuring time when used by an
archaeologist having reference to the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24
LOOKING Forward.

The husband and wife were making
q call on friends ole evening. The
wife was talking.
Il think we shall have Marian take
a domestic science course along with
her music and regular studies when
at college"
All" said a man present, who had
been a stranger until that evening,
you look rather young to have a
daughter ready for college,"
"O! said the mother, naively, "she
isn't old enough now; she is just eight
months old, but l do SO like to look
forward "-Indianapolis News.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24
The Day of Memories

Memorial customs, introduced at the close OF
the Civil war in compliance with plans made by
Commander-n-Chief John A. Logan, will be OBJ
served this year in thousands Of cities, villages
and hamlets, the surviving veterans still taking
leading part In the exercises.
1t is they who have made the arrangements for
The ceremonies they will go early to the GENE
teries and place blossoms upon the graves OF
their brother soldiers; they will constitute
pathetic and inspiring feature of the parade.
Some day they will not be here to plan anc
execute for Memorial day. Some day they al
will have gone into camp on the plains and In
the cities of the dead Some day grateful
public will look in vain for any of them in the
parade Then, what? Will the day and its beautt
full patriotic customs that dear to them
cease to be remembered and observed? Were
that question submitted to the people today it Is
certain that the votes against remembrance anc
observance would be too few for enumeration.
The soldiers have led the way; they have shown
the people how to plan and execute for a sue
cessful observance of the day. There have beer
not few but thousands of deeply interested par
Elephants. All of the patriotic societies that have
grown out of the Civil war among them, anC
their members are numbered by the tens of thou
sands Then there the societies which have
come into existence as rsult of the revolutionary
war, the of 1872, the with Mexico, the
Spanish-American and the Philippine insur
rect1on And these are not all. Millions of mer
and women who have come from the schools and
other millions of boys and girls In the
schools, would forbid suspension of Memoria
day observances.
Pass the word along the thinning ranks of every
veteran parade in the country they served so wei
that the custom initiated by them and their sleep
ing associates shall not be abandoned; that il
shall be handed on from generation to generation
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24
Hw arv Rank Notes

The Swiss National bank, with head
quarters at Zurich, has just completed
printing at Geneva war" banknotes
of twenty francs each for sun OF
$6,000,000, but they will not be put
into circulation unless war breaks out
in Europe. While the notes were be-
ing printed special police guarded the
printing offices and the bank night and
day. The notes are now stocked in
the cellars of the bank of Zurich.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24
Long Time" is Defined

droughtiness of the interval which
made it seem long. In prosecution
for the illegal sale of whisky in Ala
bama, a witness testified that he had
bought a pint of liquor Of the &C.
cused "a short time" before the grand
Jury returned the indictment against
him. 1t was objected that this evil
dence did not show that the prose
cution had been begun within 12
months after the sale of the whisky.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24
Kind of ThinQ to BUY.

I'm thinking of going on a tour on
the Rhine this summer, and ] should
like your advice about the best things
to buy there. You've been there,
haven't you?"
yes, but it's long time ago. /
shall have to refresh my memory.
Waiter, bring the wine card
Fliegendc Blaetter.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24

rades on the other side his body is borne to the
chapel. a minister of his religion says the last
rites over him and then, in casket borne upon
a caisson and escorted by squad of men under
arms accompanied by fife and drum corps
plaving a dirge he is given full military honors.
including the rattle of muskets over his grave.
The cemeteries by the homes are growing each
year, but every stone is a monument TO brave
heart who gave his best years in order that TN
nation might endure
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24
Remark of Governor of North Caro-
lima to Governor of South Caro-
Ena Brought Into Court.

Tho oft-quoted remark of the Gov
ernoP of North Carolina to the Gov
ernor Of South Carolina has at last
been brought into court, carefully
construed, and found not to be so
long as some other times. 1t is prob
able that it was the exceeding
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24
The Plain Truth.

HAS that man a mania for oscu.
lation?"
mo, he's a plain kissing bug"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24
EQuIXCCA al.

What's in that report about private
still in the mountains near your
placer"
ION, that's all moonshine."
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24

That irritable, nervous condition due to
Garfield Tea.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24
paradoxicaI Politics

There is one odd thing about the
English candidates for parliament"
What is that?"
They stand for a seat"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24

Mrs. Wtnsiow's Soothing Syrup for Cnildren
teething, softens the gums, reduces iniamma-
tion, allays pain. cures wind collie, 25c a bottle
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24

backache, too, with
some kidney disor-
ders, get Doan's
Kidney Pills, which
have cured thou
sands.
Anthony Ruff, 504
w. Elm ST., Chip
pewa Falls, Wis,
says: My limbs
were stiff and sore
and almost paralyz-
ed with rheuma-
tism. My condition
became so serious
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24

was taken to the hospital but was
not helped. Through the use OF Doan's
Kidney Pills, l gradually improved,
however, until entirely cured"
when Your Back Is Lame, Remem-
Der the Name-DOAN'S s." soc all stores.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24

period of existence of the Egyptian
pyramids, than when used by Caro-
lima Governors with reference to the
time between drinks" The court
may be right, but probably the Gov
ernor of North Carolina measured
time as recommended by the poe
who said: I'VE live . In feelings
not in figures on the dial."-Colliers'
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24
Taking Their Measure

do those people who moved into the fla
across the hail seem to be desirable neghbors?
asked the man.
No replied the II watched every
thing that out of the moving van. They
haven't thing that would care to borrow"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24

SINKING OF THE TITANIC"
Fastest selling book we have ever published Gives
full details OF awful disaster including report Of
invest eating Com. at Washington; complete books
now ready. $50 pages, magnificent photographs:
Agents coming money; one agent reports bO sales
first day, Price only 81 Cost to agents Soc. Outfit
free Write today. GeoG Depsk PhiisdeipsinPA
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24

Howard-Do you know any one who
is satisfied with his present position:
Coward-Yep-our hired mana
any rate. he never moves.-Lifa
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24

Mans favorite brand OF love is usu-
ally the latest
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24

Some people lead such placid lives
that nothing ever seems to happen to
them, not even the unexpected.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24

The man who hesitates may win by
watching others lose.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24
BACkACHE AND ACHING JOINTS.

Together Tell of Weak or Disordered
Kidneys.
Much pain that masks as rheuma-
tism is due to weak kidneys-to their
failure to drive off uric acid thorough.
ly. When you suffer achy, bad joints,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24
BUT WOULD SHE HEAR 1T?

Ella~-Our new minister has a ger
fectly lovely voice.
Stella--Yes. 1t would be worth
while to die just to hear him read the
burial service.
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n RFEAFo Watson E. Coleman, wasA
I - k1v - est references Best results

100 A, IN MONROE CO.. WIS: BEST PRODUO-
ing land in Co.: stones; | mi from Warrens,
bar; small cash pay. Warren, Box $40. Chicago.
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Rz@105G zzxxZNC ar NEx0l1aL !

n the first rows, then follow those less afflicted
S possible to arrange.
In the vast amount of work to be done at lle
zones the inmates take their part and thereby
arm a little extra for themselves, for the gov
rnment pays them according to what they can
o. Some of the homes have farms attached
n which the men do considerable OF the Work.
It other homes the men look after grounds, while
It all of the homes there are those who act as
yards or guides
The money they receive for their work is all
Extra for they receive their pensions just the
same and they at liberty to either speno
heir funds for Injuries at the comm1ssary OF
send checks to their relatives One
great trouble that the commandments
a. of the various homes have had mas
I'm been the control of the soldiers who
3&{N persist in patronizing the saloons
\ that are to be found just beyond
= the gates but by vigilance, the old
aSM\ men are kept from getting into any
trouble.
When a soldier is stricken with
da4 4f&J&t illness he is sent to the hospital
- 6SSN where every possible attention is
given him. His diet is specially
(S8a&W prepared to suit his needs and there
&~A is nothing too good for him.
y s. !: :: 4: !: ::
IGN might be added that the hospital is
n @ always we'll occupied, for there are
iX many who are failing in health and
<HtW strength and patiently waiting
$a the setting of the sun.
When the last day has come and
the soldier has gone to join his com
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performed under It's flag.
The veterans of the various wars, notably the
Civil and Spanish-Amercan, who went through
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-13

Did YOU notice the Silver Thawo
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-13
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

She needed pots and a new floo.
broom,
And window shades for the children's
room;
Her sheets We're down to a thread
bare three
And her table cloths were a sight to
see.
She wanted scarfs and a towel rack
And good, plain, useful dressing
sack,
Some kitchen spoons and box for
bread,
A pair of scissors and sewing thread
She hoped some practical friend
would stop
And figure out that she'd like a mop,
Or &. bath room rug or a lacquered
tray
Or a few plain plates for every day.
She hoped and hoped and she wished
a lot,
But these, of course, We're the things
she got:
A cut glass vace and a bonboniere,
A china thing for receiving hair,
Some oyster forks, manicure set,
A chatting dish and cellaret,
A boudoir cap and a drawn work mat,
And a sterling this and a sterling that;
gilt-edged book of a lofty theme.
And fancy bags till she longed to
scream;
Some curling tongs and a powder
puff
And a bunch of other useless stuff
But though she inwardly ragged she
wrote
To all of her friends the self-same
note,
And said to each of the damfool host
needed most?"
Ella Bentley Arthur.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-13
80" . 49,

In view of the Chatting" attitude
the New York brokers take towards
the money inquiry
Where the Probe now on at Wash
Is Needed. ington the following
comments by the
New York World on one phase of the
investigation are of interest. The
World says.
Mr.. Untermeyer's request on be-
half of the House committee for de-
tailed reports of loans by New York
banks on Stock Exchange collateral
should be persisted in.
While the figures sought will not
prove or disprove the charge that
there is a Money Trust, they will
throw much light upon the uses made
in this city of the Nations currency.
1t is known that under the banking
laws money is naturally attracted to
New York and that on frequent oc-
casions it is used recklessly to feed
the fires of speculation 1t is known
also that there are times when SO
much money is tied up in Wall street
that little is left for legitimate com
mercial uses. A Wall street panic,
which ought to concern only those
who operate in that centre of chance.
may easily involve the whole country.
The first requisite of a trust In
money or in anything else is monopo-
ly. The National Banking law makes
the monopoly of money comparatively
easy. An honest statement showing
the disposition that is made of the peo-
pies money when, as often happens,
most of it is concentrated in New
York. will show to what extent the !
bankers of this city have taken ad-
vantage of conditions that necessarily |
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-13
TALL STORY OF TALL CORN.

The big corn yield in Kansas this
faI recalls the story of big Kansas
corn at the Philadelphia centennial.
Among the Kansas agricultural ex-
hibits at that fair was some corn on
stalks grown in the Neosho river
bottoms. 1t was twenty feet high
and the ears looked as long as stove
wood.
An old lazy from Vermont gazed
at it and then declared that the stalks
were spliced. Then she took another
look and changed her mind. But"
she said, sit didn't grow that big in
ne year. 1t must have grown for
tVn seasons"
The man in charge of the Kansas
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-13

IF I had $40 and coal was 81 a
ton, how many tons of coal would
| get "
Three tons"
That's wrong"
'I know it is, but that's what they
do nowadays"
You're smart little boy"
II used to be when I went to
school"
"Then tell me who is the father of
our country?"
"I wasn't there that day."
'1've got a very bad cold in my
head"
I'm glad you got something in
there at last"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-13

promote favoritism, coercion and op-
preston.
III the banks refuse this informa-
ton, Congress should act quickly to
make it obligatory. Too many OBJ.
stacles have been placed in the way
or this inquiry already. Too many
Interested parties have assumed airs
o. defiance. Too many people and in
stitutions that ought to be investlgat-
ed have refused TO be investigated.
Congress can override them all, and
there should be no hesitation about
il"
The people of the west who suffer-
ed from the panic of 1907 when it
was not of their doing at all will read
lily agree with this view of the affair.
If the New York brokers chafe at
being held in Washington they should
remember that other people have
chafed more than once under Wall
street misbehaviour.
SS~~~
Those who believe IN capital pun
ishment and voted against the anti
hanging bill Nov.
They Are Having have had their
nNhniR
posed law was de-
feated and this morning the death
penalty was imposed upon four pris-
oners at Salem. A fifth man would
have hanged had not the governor
committed his sentence to life impris-
onment.
1t is we'll for the state that the
sentence of Taylor was committed.
His death would have been a legal
murder, rather than an execution,
The story of his crime shows it could
not have been a first degree offence
He killed a man under great provo
cation and his conviction should have
been for mansiaughter. A number of
cases somewhat similar have been
tried here and invariably the verdict
has been manslaughter or acquittal
I, is probable that Taylor did not
have money with which to wage a
proper defence or he would never have
been sentenced to hang.
That is one of the chief troubles
about the death penalty. Men are not
hanged because they commit terrible
crimes but because they do not have
sufficient money for lawyers fees ant
with which to make appeals. 1t is g
rare occurrence for man of wealth
to be executed. The law does not
provide, as it should, that men should
stand before the bar of justice naked
OF worldly wealth. 1t allows them
to take their coin with them and to
throw it upon their side of the scale
A man who has no money for de-
fence is liable to be hanged not be-
cause he is more guilty but because
somebody must be punished and his
conviction is easy. He is the goat"
However, capital punishment was
endorsed by the people of the state
al the last election and so capital
punishment we will have for the time
being at least Those who enjoy it
should get all the satisfaction they can
while it lasts.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-13
. ~<~<<~~%~>~~~~~~
GODS WILL.

| know, l know where the vio- 4
let's blow z
Upon sweet hillside, Z
And very bashfully they grow 4
And in the grasses hide. 4
, 1t is the fairest field, trow, Z
In the whole world wide. 4
, One spring I saw two lassies go,
, Brown cheek and laughing 4
eye; 4
They swung their aprons to and 4
fro, 4
They filled them very high 4
, With violets-then whispered 4
low 4
SO strange, I wonder why. 4
, l know where violet tendrills 4
creep 4
. And crumbled tombstones lie, 4
, The green churchyard is silence 4
, deep; 4
, The village folk go by, 4
, And lassies laugh and women 4
, weep.
, And God knows why.
, BY Robert Louis Munger. 4
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-13

exhibit was somewhat of a prevari-
Gator himself. "Ledy," said he in
great solemnity, eve are almost ash
AIMED to exhibit this corn. This has
been a hot dry year in Kansas and
We have not been able to raise very
large corn. But we felt that it
wouldn't do to have Kansas exhibit
without corn, so we brought this lit
tie stuff along. In a really good year
the corn grows so high in Kansas that
eagles build their nests in the tassels,
knowing full we'll that they are out
of range of the farmers guns
Kansas City Journal.