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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05

1t may be objected that the lady
whose frugality is celebrated in this
bit from the Cleveland Press is an
economist of the penny-wise variety;
but as long as her husband is salts
fed, outsiders need not criticize.
Il hate to boast" said a Cleveland
lawyer. "but my wife is certainly one
of the most economical women in the
world
1.-The other day she told me she
needed a new suit. ] said she ought
to have it. by all means. but asked
her not to spend any very large sum
of money without letting me know
about it.
"Weii. the. next day she remarked.
The tailor said he couldn't make that
suit for less than one hundred and
fifty dollars. ] thought 1t was too
much, but told him to go ahead.
"'WeH, ! suppose it is all right I
said, but why didn't you consult me
first?'
Why. deary. didn't want to
spend car fare for two visits
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05

The knglet, smaller than any of our birds, save
the ruby throated humm1ng bird alone manages
10 i've through all the cold Northern winter and
be all the while cheerful as a robin in April
The knglet, as far as the experience of one per
son is concerned at least prefers to get his sum
mer food in the thick bushes and seemingly has
preference for those which are near clamberine
vines. The hnglets cast about for likely places
in which to pass the winter. AS far as can be
ascertained they simply get into the heart of some
thickly twigged bush through which run vine
branches and there all night long they defy both
cold and snow.
The great northern shrike, which is due in the
northern states from it's home in the
British possessions about October l. spends his
nights close to the bole of evergreen tree.
There is a little clump of evergreens we'll within
the limits OF the city of Chicago where a half
dozen of these birds roost nightly from October
to March lnasmuch they live diet of
English sparrows and spend all the daylight hours
in the laudable vocation of killing the imported
feathered pest the exact location of their roosting
place will not be given for fear some champion
of the sparrow might disturb the rest of these
feathered friends, whom many unkind enough
to call butcher birds
AS matter of fact need feel little anxiety
for the welfare of the birds that stay with us in
winter. The nursery ditty of what will the robin
do then, poor thing?" is tearcompelling, but the
robin, the bluebird, the jay and the chickadee
will all Tor themselves and will feel no envy
of man in his steam-heated fat.
During the bitter weather of winter while peo-
pie with hearts in the right places scattering
crumbs and seeds at their doorsteps for the little
feathered land visitors the great city of Chicago
as whole is doing its best to feed the storm
blown birds of Lake Michigan. Not all the
age OF the city, Notwithstanding the completion
of the drainage canal, is sent towards the Missis-
sippi. Some little of it still finds it way into the
lakes with its burden of garbage and there the
gull scavengers by eating much of the output that
from their point of appetite is edible do their best
to aid in purifying the water supply.
In the dead of winter when the cold is so in
tense that it seems that exposed creature can
live, the waste of water between Chicago and
St Joe, Mich, is peopled with strange feathered
visitors who shun the same water stretches when
the wind blows soft out of the south. storm
which rose and preceded spell of zero
weather brought with it from the north scores
of strange, beautiful arctic visitors known
long-taed ducks. They may be seen all through
the winter well out into the open water of Lake
Michigan. They fairly revel in cold weather
and in cold water. 1t is highly probable that
they would never come to the great lakes at all
it not for the fact that everything north
ward is frozen solid The male 'long-ta' is
beauty with his strongly contrasted black and
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05

marriage shall follow Lord. but
who'd have thought there was so
much romance in building a housed"
If you've said enough foolish things
now you may 60" announced the aunt.
i have corns, and I've got to go to
the chiropodist's.
Enter corns; exit romance See
the architect before your feet are out
of bed in the morning"
Two weeks had passed when a lady
caller at the Darboy residence re-
marked:
is Mr. Westcott building that house
for sale?"
you don't tell me he's started to
build!" was answered.
why, of course: There is a cellar
being dug. and he's around bossing
things. Does it mean an early mar
riage?"
Il can't tell you what anything
means in connection with Charles
He may take notion any day to
open a popcorn palace at summer
tCSOi l. ANSAI VIC hSc,i AS II NC udS lllS
the dirt thrown back to fill up the
cellar"
But this did not happen The
architect furnished the plans in time
and the work went on and Mr.. West
colt stuck to his job. AS far as other
rooms went, he left them to the archi-
tect, but the library was all his own
planning. 1t was not room on the
square. and neither was the length
greater than the width. 1t had right
angles and left angles and kitty-cor-
ners. 1t had skylight and a fire
place, but no windows. Mr.. Westcott
said it was his retiring den. When
he had retired therein and shut the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05
Wanted the Documents.

Commissioner General of Immigra-
tion Keefe was hearing the case Of a
woman who appealed to enter this
country notwithstanding serious
charges had been brought against her
morality
Her attorney pleaded that she might
do better if allowed to start on new
life here. Look at the case of Mary
Magdalene," he said See what was
done in her case. Why cannot the
same be done in the case of this WON
an?"
Mr.. Keefe had been preoccupied He
called to the clerk and said: Get me
the record in that Magdalene case. -
New York World
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05

PEELED to KEEP him in custody until the
coroner's verdict is rendered, at
least"
DO you mean to tell me that you
are going to lock my boy in cell to-
night?"
Il am sorry. but that's what We shall
have to do
to be right next to some person who
has been arrested for stealing loaf
of bread This Is an outrage. Yol
have 10 right to be he Ding rHbli'
position"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05
Eg % -. ES3|E
This House to Rent
copyright 1917. by Associated Literary Press.)
By BRYANT C.. ROGERS

When Mr. Charles Westcott found
he had a surplus OF fifteen or sixteen
thousand dollars on hand and no par
ieular place to invest 1t, he casually
mentioned the fact to his aunt. Mrs.
Darboy
Take the money and build you a
house on one Of your vacant lots.
was the advice
But Why"
ITO live in"
But I'm without wife"
The wife will come after the house
is built"
TT will be a long time after. I'm
afraid"
Charles, you are sort of grace
less scamp said the aunt, as she put
on serious look. twenty-five years
DID, we'll off, cynical. dawdling. hardly
more than civil to my sex, no matter
how great their charms, Young man,
you are getting a bad reputation"
Sorry, aunt, and | promise to
change"
"Pouf,"
ou oOu lulUh L III III earnest, Out
just wait. Why, tomorrow I'll see an
architect about the house, and as
soon as he can draw the plans the
contract shall be let
'Oh, la, la"
By, George. I'm struck on the idea
OF building a house. 1t will give me
something to do. shall take my
coat right off and make things hum
Brick and stone for the material, and
interior finish of wood from the Holy
Land. The library will be wonder"
so Will the rest of the house, if
you have anything to do with it,"
And about the wife l am to find?
| can't be planning and contra citing
and painting and papering and car
rying the hod and be looking out, for
wife too"
LET her fined herself"
Good old auntyl That is, not so
very old. Just old enough to be wise.
Yes, the wife shall find herself I'll
fall in love with the first young lady
that steps over the threshold, and
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05
RATES HIGH ENOUGH
SECoND-cLAsS INCREASE PLAN
sTlRS PUBLISHERS.
@''e'enoy OF Hitchcock's Management
OF the Post Office Department
attacked by the A. N. p. A.

Washington.-The A n. p. A
through Its postal committee of which
Don. c. Seitz of New York IS chair.
man mas Joined in the fight against
the proposed increase In second-class
rates and In its last bulletin the com
m1ttee attacks the management Of tbe
post office department The bulletin
Is as follows:
The extent to which the nost
office department does not carry sac
ond-class matter is we'll revealed in
the following abstract of inquiry Of
publishers conducted by house com,
mittee on expenditures in the post
office department (William A Ash
brook, chairman concerning. The vol
ume, weight and handling of the out
put of publications entered as mail
matter of. the second-class for the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1911:
Inquiry was made of all publish
ers, approximating thirty thousand. of
which nearly seventeen thousand are
weekly publications
More than ten thousand returns
We're received, embracing sixty-six
plus per cent of all tonnage of pub
locations.
The publications reporting repre-
sent an annual output of more than
six and one-haif billion copies, the
weight of which was one and three
quarter billion pounds
These publications delivered by
mail in such period weighed 633. 012,-
902 pounds.
They delivered by their own car
riers, newsboys, and news companies
4O,466,574 pounds, Of which an unas-
certained percentage was carried to
destination by express and other rail
shipments outside the mail. They de-
livered by express, 202, 729, $40 pounds,
and by other rail shipments 121,491.-
74S pounds. The rate by express and
rail varies from u to / cent per
pound, but the bulk of these ship
ments went at r rate of a to u cent
per pound. +
The post Office for the year end
ing June 80, 1911, handled 951.0O1,-
669, and excluding one-half million
pounds free in county matter, it re-
ceived one cent per pound
All this goes to add to the alb
surdity of the proposed Hitchcock leg
islation doubling the second-class rate
from one to two cents per pound, and
limiting the privilege to publications
that carry as much reading matter as
they do advertising.
The proposition was stupid enough
when the postal deficit reached ST..
O0O,000 two years ago 1t becomes
preposterous in face of surplus.
What business has transporta-
ton corporation, which is all the post
office is, to prescribe how a business
shall be conducted?
Newspapers cannot afford TO ex-
pand their columns beyond the call
of the days news, nor can they be
expected to control the requirements
of their advertisers who have a right
TO reach the public as copiously as
they care TO-
1T cannot be assumed that such
legislation will ever get by congress.
But publishers are requested to fight
the theory that the right to send their
output by mail is privilege" The
figures show it is not
"The post office is a badly man
aged business. That is all We
should fight its dictation, its censor
ship and it's inefficiency"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05
Went Deep for Foundation

In excavating the foundation of New
York's municipal building new
record has been made for depth At
the southern end of the structure,
which will house between 5000 and
5000 city employees when finished, the
"sandbags' went down 139 feet below
the curbline, or 107 feet below sea
level.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05

In the Philippine portion of his
book, THE Memories of Two Wars"
General Funston tells of unique in,
stance at the siege of Malabon: Com
rany L was firing a few volleys. and
one Of the men. having just discharged
his piece felt second blow against
his shoulder, it being almost as hard
as the kick of the gun. Upon trying
TO reload it was found that the breech
81 the piece could not be opened and
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05
Odd Incident of War

it was laid aside to be examined by
daylight. which was done in the pres
ence of a number of US officers
Upon forcing the breech open it was
found that the base of the copper shell
CT the cartridge that had been fired
just before the weapon had been dis
abled had been shot away, while mixed
ali up in the breecb mechanism we
found the remains of the steel jacket
and the lead filing of Mauser bullet.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05

There was very pronounced dent on
the muzzle of the piece.
What had happened was that while
the man had the gun extended in the
firing position bullet had gone down
the muzzle. This weapon is now in
the Army Ordnance museum in Wash
ingtOn :"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05
A BacksIidinq Santa Claus.

Mrs. Peavish says that before they
were married Mr. Peavish used to say
that il she would let him be her Santa
Claus he would devote his life to slid
ing up and down the chimney Tor
her. And now it makes him mad to
have to take up ashes from the crate.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05
Hioh Finance.

New York thief chloroforms his
victims before he robs them of their
money. Probably he is human
to get money from some people that
an anesthetic is absolutely necessary,
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05
Love at First Stuht

And did you ever love any girl bt
fore you were introduced to ms
Charlie?" said the bride of a fey
months
"Oh, yes" was the mans reply.
You did,"
Sure! When I first saw you"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05
A Candid Admission

Are you sure you know all about
that topic you write 90 at such
length" Certainly not" replied Mr.
Ribrow. IF l were sure | knew al,
about it shouldn't be sufficiently in
terested in it to write about it."
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05
In New York

New York now has all-night banks,
all-night saloons, and all-night restau-
rants We are informed that the
churches continue to close early
Chicago Record Herald.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05
Consistency.

II suppose you always say exactly
what YOU Think" Il try to-" replied
Senator Sorghum; but / also try 10
avoid thinking anything it would not
be expedient for me to say"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05
A Difficult Matter

1t Is said that the gaze OF hu
man being irritates a wild animal ane
IT Is best to pretend not to see him.
"Umph! I'd hate to, try to snub {
lion in Jungle"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05

the woodpecker is felt to
keep him as a companion
throughout the winter a
piece of suet bound firmly
to the limb Of a tree and
occasionally renewed will
insure his presence as a
guest as long as the snow
flies, and with him, tempt
ed by the suet, will be a
goodly company Of jays.
chlckadees, and golden
l.,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05
Sarcastic.

Sarcastic.
What late hours your husband
keeps" she said with a sheer.
Yes. He tells me that hoe loo,
many an hours sleep because he had
to take your husband home first" she
retorted with grin of victory
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05


mere is puzzle for the scientists even more COM
pick than that offered by the spectacle of migration
1t is to get the solution of the problem of why some
Dlrds with the recurring autumns invariably seek
warmer climes while others apparently much more
poorly fitted by nature to withstand cold weather
conditions, stay about the familiar nesting scenes
when the snow lies deep and the cold is like that of
st. Agnes Eve
The titmouse, the Concord chickadee of Emerson
IS little feathered gem which looks as though
breath of cold would set it all ashver Yet this
little fellow sticks by his Northern friends all
through the winter when bigger more heavily feath-
cred and apparently hardy species have sought
out the orange and the magnolia groves of the gulf
1here are scores of other birds which remain with
us to pipe cheerful note over the snow wastes
While their southern-fyng friends are silent amid
their congenal surroundings
One of the most interesting bird studies is that
"hlch leads to a personal knowledge of how the
1eathered species for themselves during time
when exposed man, even though heavily clothed at
tunes freezes to oath 1t is question if many peo-
pie know how the despsed English sparrow whom
we always have with US, manages to pull through a
Northern winter without offering himself I'D as
sacrifice 10 Jack Frost 1t is matter of current but
mistaken belief among those who have noticed the
great bulky nests which the sparrows have built in
almost every tree that these punches of straw dried
grass, and feathers form the abiding places of the
sparrows during the coldwinter nights AS a mat
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05
Outrageous.

Madam, | am very sorry that / can
not release your son. While he was
exceeding the speed limit he ran over
and killed a child. and | shall be COM
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05
The True Economist

''I tell you, it's these little econo-
mics that count, ?"-Youth's Com,
panion.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05

ter of fact, a sparrow sell
dom goes near a tree nest
IN winter. If he has found
q lodging for his summer
home in d cornice of a
building he may go there
TO sleep away the long,
cold nights, but the tree
nest is deserted from the
moment the last brood is
Matched.
If one wishes to know
where thousands of the
sparrows sleep in winter
let him on some cold night
take a stout club and rap
with all his might upon an
electric light pole that is
fitted with an overhanging
hood. There is a little
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-05
ZfLMfW lLBR}zzE[zRgzZp& 0Vy7iz7ZPZHE& ElMN1D :
" WINTERS BLASTS Epvnx aM : a,.rx

HE greater battalion Of the army
o. the birds is in the southland for
the winter. The warblers were the
pioneers in the march to escape the
cold. The naturalists of the world
would give much to know what it was
In the torrid time which told these
daintiest of the feathered creatures
that they ha
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-23
Starting tn. Pursuit.

One day an old farmer borrowed a
mule from his neighbor: after he had
finished his work he sent his 14-year-
gone about half mile when the
mule stopped and positively refused to
go any farther. After the boy had al
most pulled his arms of. trying to get
him to go. an old doctor came along
and asked: why. my son. what is
the matter with the mule?"
why sir. can't you see? He has
baked" cried the boy
We'll, said the c!1 :ccc, opening
his case and taking out bottle label
ed 'Carbolic Acid well see what we
can do for him." and he poured some
of the acid on the mules back, and in
much less time than 1t takes to write
it, the mule was galloping down the
road at a rate he had never gone be-
fore.
The boy looked up in surprise and
said: ("Doctor have you got any more
Of that stuff
yes answered the man.
Well doctor, are you sure you have
got a whole 10. more Of it?" ne asked
II think I have plenty. What do
you want to know for?" he asked with
e smile.
Well wish you would pour some
or me, doctor, for I've got to catch
that mule answered the boy.-Na-
tional Monthly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-23
GrinnelI and Vicinity.

Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell Feb. 23-Dr. J. W. Cogswell
and Miss Edith Boyer were married
Yesterday at high noon at the resi-
dence Of the brides father. Mr.. c. w.
H. Beyer. of this city. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. ]. D. Stops,
with a brother OF the groom from
Cedar Rapids. and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
L. Boyer, of this city, as witnesses.
The bridal pair took the Rock Island
train at l.: 35 for Chicago, where they
will spend few days and then be at
home again in Grinnell. The wedding
took their many friends somewhat by
surprise at this time, tho the happy
event was expected at an early date.
County Recorder Miss Ethel Malcolm
has had the biggest job OF recording
lately that this county has ever seen
in the mortgage. deeds, ans; agreements
connected with the recent transfer OF
the property OF the Iowa Central rail-
road to the Minneapolis & ST. Louis
Company. The deed has $500 words;
an agreement between the parties, 3,40o
words. and the mortgage. $4,000 words.
The cost of recording was s55.25.
At the home of the bride in this
city, at o'clock on Wednesday eve
niEg, Rev. Elias Handy, of the Methp-
dist church, united In marriage Har-
ley Mintle ard Stella L. Owens. with
twenty five relatives ard friends to
witness the ceremony. The parents on
both sides are residents OF this city. as
the young people have been most Of
their lives. The welded pair will take
up their life work on the Ernest
Mintle farm several miles, southeast OF
the city.
Mr.. Thomas Applegate, Of Mortezu-
ma, recently received the news from
his nephew, John Applegate. whose
home is in Wichita. Kan. that their
little 1s-months- old child had an al
most miraculous escape from death
a short time ago. The child was play
ing in the yard and broke thru some
rotten boards covering an old well that
none of the people knew was there.
There was about eight feet OF water
In the we'll but the little one managed
to keep on the top until help came.
and he was rescued The mother was
alone at the home and had to summon
neighbors to help in the rescue.
Hon. George E. Grier, born in Powe-
shiek county. graduate Of Iowa Col
lege, ex-state representative, and cash
Ter of the bank Of Deep River, has given
up his position in his home town and
accepted q position in Iowa City as
ma mayer Of the Citizens. SAVINGS and
Trust COMPANY