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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
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SndDDy WdyiGielo
This is Raleigh IN Shelby county
Tennessee" said the landlord
Are you the voice from the tomby'
inquired the judge. in tone OF play
full sarcasm
Darlington, amused, sauntered to-
ward him.
That's one for you, Mr.. Pegloe."
he said
81 am charmed to meet a gentleman
whose spirit of appreciation shows
his familiarity with literary ailu-
sion" said the judge, bowling.
I'VE amt so dead as we look" said
Pegloe Just you keep on to Boggs'
race-track, straight down the road,
and you'll find that OUt-every body 8
there to the hoss-racing and shooting
match | reckon you've missed the
hoss-racing, but you'll be in time for
the shooting. Why amt you there,
Mr.. Carrington?"
I'm going now, Mr.. Pegloe." an
swered Darlington, as he followed the
Judge, who, with Mahaffy and the boy.
had moved off
Better stop at Boggs'!" Pegloe
called after them.
But the judge had already formed
his decision Horse-racing and shoot
ing-matches were suggestive of that
progressive spirit, the absence OF
which he had SO much lamented at
the Jail raising at Pleasantville. Mem
phis was their objective point, but
Boggs' became a side issue OF i'm
portance. They had gained the edge
of the village when Darlington over
took them He stepped to Hannibaps
side.
Here, let me carry that long rife
SOM" he said. Hannibal looked ul
into his face, and yielded the piece
without word. Darlington balanced
it on his big palm. Il reckon 1t car
shoot-these old guns are hard tc
beat" he observed
"She's the closest shooting rifle
ever sighted" said Hannibal prompt
| ly
Darlington laughed.
There was a rusty name-plate or
the stock of the old sporting rifle;
| this caught Carrington's eye.
| whats the name here? Oh, Tur
! berville."
The judge, a step or two in ad
| vance, wheeled in his tracks with s
| startling suddenness.
WHAT" he faltered, and his face
| was aShen.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10

But Betty hardened her heart
against him and prepared to keep
him in place.
Will you sit down." she indicated
a chair He seated himself and Betty
put a safe distance between them.
Are you staying in the neighborhood,
Mr.. Carrington?" she asked. rather
unkindly.
NO, I'm not staying In the neigh
borhood. When l left you. | made up
nay mind I'd wait at New Madrid un-
til | could come on down here and
say I was sorry"
And it's taken you all this time? 2"
Darlington regarded her seriously.
Il reckon | must have come for
more time, Betty-Miss MaIroy." In
spite Of herself, Betty gIowed under
the caressing humor of his tone.
'RealIy-you must have chosen
poorly then when you selected New
Madrid. 1t couldn't have been a good
place for your purpose"
81 think if l could have made up
my mind to stay there long enough,
it would have answered" said Car
rington. But when a down-river boat
tied up there yesterday it was more
| than | could stand. You see there's
| danger in a town like New Madrid OF
getting too sorry. l thought we'd bet
ter discuss this point"
"Mayn't | show you Belle Plafn?''
asked Betty quickly.
But Darlington shook his head.
i don't care anything about that
he said. Il didn't come here to see
Belle Plain"
Then you expect to remain In the
neighborhood?"
I've given up the river, and I'm
| going to get hold of some land"
'Land?" said Betty, with a rising
| infection
Yes, land"
Il thought you were a river-man? p
I'm a river-man no longer. | am
going to be planter now. But III
| tell you why, and all about it some
| other day" Then he held out his
hand. Good by. he added.
Are you going? -good- Mr. Car
rington," and Betty's fingers tingled
with his masterful clasp long after be
| had gone.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
How the Nearsighted Old Man Al
most Slept Himself to Death,
Never Eating.

1t seems that an old man with some
property had married an elderly lady.
The lady was a sprightly dame, execu-
tive, lively and keen The bridegroom
could not see more than an inch be-
yond his nose, and he was pretty hard
OF hearing. too. So he depended good
deal on his wife, you understand. He'd
wake up In the morning and wonder IL
it wasn't time to get up for breakfast.
So he'd slide out of bed and look into
his wife's room. II she was up, he'd
begin dressing; If she was still in the
hay, he'd go back and have another
nap. Well, the lady got on to this habit
of his. She fixed up a dummy out OF
bedclothes one morning just before
she went downstairs. The old man
came into the room an hour later,
squinted at the bed and said. Annals
still asleep" and went right back to
the feathers After he had slept
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
EXTRA SESSION Of
LEGISLATURE ENDS
Wisconsin S0IOns Finish Work
on Emergency Measures.
WATERP0WER BILL KILLED
Twenty Two Laws Enacted in Seven
Days Session-Ony Three Meas
ures Proposed in Call Met Defeat
Public Lands Bill Loses.

Madison.-The special session OF
the Wisconsin legislature for 1912
came to an end after a session of
Just seven legislative days, soon fol-
lowing the signing by the governor
of the measures passed. Twenty-Five
laws were elacted-seventeen as
sembly bills and five senate meas
ures.
Thirteen bills were introduced in
the senate, five We're passed and
eight were killed. Three joint reso-
lutions and three senate resolutions
were introduced in the upper house.
The most important bills passed
during the session were:
Appropriating $106,000 to Black
River Falls to relieve the destitu-
ton caused by food, improve sani-
uary conditions and construct dams
and retaining walls to safeguard city
in future.
Appropriating $4,000 to strength
en- the levee system in and near the
city of Portage.
Appropriating $4,000 for a COM
mittee appointed to investigate the
general levee system in and neay
Portage and report to the governor
Providing for non-partisan NUM-
cipal elections in the city of Milwau-
kee and all Of the cities of the state
Providing that presidential cleo
tors shall be elected at the platform
convention instead of by presidential
delegates.
Validating election of delegates to
national convention.
Clearing up points in election laws
| and the fish and game laws.
Authorizing the use of short berry
boxes, properly marked, until March
1, 1913
Admitting the Lloyds insurance
| association to the state
| Legislation on three subjects in
the call of Gov. McGovern for the
special session failed of recognition.
They were measures for waterpower
! control, the legislation asked to
| limit the sale of state lands to set
! tiers and providing no more than
| 100 acres should be sold to any per-
! son, and the measures to place the
rough fishing industry in the hands
| of the state. State Treasurer Dahl
! believes a great mistake was made
in the defeat Of the land bill, which
| he says would have proved of great
advantage in preventing state lands
| falling into the hands of specula-
| tors. -.,5 a.
The issue in the contest over the
| passage of a water powers bill was
whether the state should grant mill
dam and water power franchises in
! perpetuity or for limited time The
| representatives of the water powers
were opposed to any legislation on
the subject, but if any act were pass
ed they preferred provision for per
petual permits.
The committee bill On the subject
authorized the state railroad COM
mission to grant franchises on condi-
tions relating to the construction and
maintenance of the dam It contain
ed a provision reserving to the state
right of repeal and provided for state
supervision and inspection of dams,
but imposed no fee to defray the eX-
pense of such supervision. The most
Objectionable provision to the water
power interests was the repeal
! clause
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
LOOK FOR JUMP IN
PAY OF TEACHERS
Conditions in Wisconsin Give
Rise TO Belief.
SUPPLY LESS THAN DEMAND
increased Wages in Other Desirable
Occupations, Scarcity of Educators
and improved Standards Expected
to Bring About Increase.

Madison.-That the average SAL
airy of the teachers of Wisconsin will
be materially increased this year is
the belief of the state superintend-
ent'S office and educational author
tiles. There are two agencies Mill
tating to increase the salaries of
these 10000 teachers.
First, there has been an increase
Of salary in other desirable occupa-
tions and teachers are becoming
scarcer.
Second, the standard of the teach
ing profession of the state has been
increasing gradually and there are
larger number of high school, nor
nal and university graduates seek
ing positions who demand higher
salary than the country school teach
er, who can offer instruction only
in the rudiments
In fact the salaries of teachers
have been increasing gradually for
the past ten years, and will increase
more rapidly this year" said Charles
l.. Harper, chief clerk in the office of
the state superintendent of public in
struction. In the country districts
men teachers were receiving an aver
age salary in 1900 of $43.S4 and
the women teachers $91.79. Two
years ago the average salary of men
teachers in the country schools was
S66.69 and of women teachers
$44.29. There has been a similar in
crease of salaries in the city schools.
In 1900 male teachers in the cities
received an average salary of $91S.24
and in 1910 the average salary was
1,0S6.46. In the same ten years
the average salary of women teach
ers in the cities has been increased
from $40S.92 to $527.73."
There has been a gradual increase
in the number of male teachers en-
ployed in Wisconsin. According to
recent figures compiled at the office
of the state superintendent only L.
718 men are now employed as COM
pared to about 1901 women. There
are about $500 teachers employed
in country school buildings OF only
one room.
"While the higher cost of living
has much to do with the increase in
the salaries of teachers in the past
ten years and will have much to do
with the problem this year, there is
still another factor to play a still
more important part" declared Mr..
Harper "The number of teachers
| who are graduates from the normals
and the universities is increasing.
These people are going into the
graded schools and the higher class
country schools, and they are de-
manding higher salaries for their
services"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10

Nothing, l was reading the name
here; 1t is yours, sir. 1 suppose?" said
Darlington.
mo, sir-no; my name is Price
Slocum Price! Turberville-Turber.
Vile" he muttered thickly, staring
stupidity at Darlington.
It's not common name; you seem
to have heard 1t before?" said the lat
ter.
A spasm of pain passed over the
judges face.
1--we heard 1t. The name Is on
the rifle, you say?'
Here on the stock, yes"
The judge took the gun and exam.
ined it in silence.
Where did you get this rifle, Han.
nibal?" he at length asked brokenIy.
IT fetched 1t away from the Barony
sir; Mr.. Crenshaw said l might have
it."
CTo BE CONTINUED
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10

what furtive existence for himself,
for Solomon Mahaffy, and for the boy
They kept to little frequented byways,
and usually 1t was the early hours OF
the morning, or the cool Of late after
moons. when they took the road.
A certain hot afternoon brought
them into the shaded main street OF
a struggling village. Near the door OF
the principal building. frame tavern,
man was seated, with his feet on
the HORSEBACK. There was no other
sign of human occupancy.
How do you do, STRIP said the
judge, hating before this solitary in
dividual whom he conjectured to be
the landlord. Whats the name OF
this bustling metropolis" continued
the Judge, cooking his head on one
side.
AS he spoke, Bruce Darlington ap-
peared in the tavern door; pausing
there, he glanced curiously at the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
The Old-Time Barber.

Old-time BARRIERS had to display
more variety than their successors. A
work published in 1892 describes a
BARRIERS greeting to customer: "Sir,
will you have your hair cut after the
Italian manner, short and round and
then frounst with the curling irons to
make it look like a half moon In a
mist, or Ike SpaniaTd, long at the
ears and curled like the two ends of
an old periwig, or will you be French
flied with a lovelock down to your
shoulders? The English cut Is base,
and gentlemen scorn it; novelty ia
dainty Speak the word, sir, my scis-
sors are ready to execute your wor,
ships will
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
He Depended on His Wife

awhile he took another observation.
Same business.
1t was ten days before he found out
how his wife had been fooling him. He
blame near slept himself to death,
meanwhile. He never had a meal and
he got weaker and weaker, but he
never get up. He didn't know it was
morning yet. And the old lady had
the time of her life; she had saved
'$1436 In groceries alone.
Higgins, the driver of the pie wag-
on, told us this. And he swears it's
true, but we swear not at au.-CIeve-
land Plain Dealer
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
Find Peculiar Skeletons.

Madison.-The discovery of sew
eral peculiar skeletons of human be-
ings while excavating a mound at
Lake Delevan prove that heretofore
unknown race of men once inhabited
southern Wisconsin. Curator Charles
E. Brown of the State Historical mu
scum, will make an investigation of
the discoveries.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
CHAPTER 4.
Belle Plain.

"Now. Tom" said Betty, with lit
tie air Of excitement as she rose from
the breakfast table that first morn
ing at Belle Plain, Il want you tC
show me everything!"
81 reckon you'll notice some
changes" remarked Tom.
He went from the room and down
the hall a step or two in advance OF
her. On the wide porch Betty paused
breathing deep. The house stood on
an eminence; directly before 1t at the
bottom Of the slight descent was a
small bayou, beyond this the forest
stretched away in one unbroken mass
to the Mississippi.
what Is 1t you want to see, any
how, Betty" Tom demanded
"Everything-th place, Tom-Belle
Plain! Oh, isn't it beautiful! | had
no idea how lovely it was!" cried
Betty, as with her eyes still fixed on
the distant panorama of wood and
water she went down the steps, him
at her heels-he bet she'd get sick Of
it all soon enough, that was one com
fort
why, Tom! Why does the lawr
look like this?"
Like what?" inquired Tom.
why, this-all weeds and briers
and the paths overgrown?"
Mr. Ware rubbed his chin reflective
ly with the back of his hand.
That sort of thing looked all right
Bet" he said, but 1t kept five or SIX
OF the best hands out of the fields
right at the busiest time Of the year.
Haven't | slaves enough?' She
asked
The dull color crept into Wares
cheeks. He hated her for that Il!
So she was going to come that OIL
him, was she?
Don't you want to see the crops
Bet?"
The girl shook her head and movet
swiftly down the path that led from
terrace to terrace to the margin o
the bayou. At the first terrace sh,
paused
Its positively squalid!" cried Bet
ty, with a little stamp Of her foot.
Ware glanced about with dull eyes
'I'u tell you, Betty, I'm busy thi
morning; you poke about and Sc
what you want done and Well do it,
he said, and made hasty retreat t
his office.
Betty returned to the porch an
seating herself on the top step, wit
her elbows on her knees and her Chi
sunk in the palms of her hands, gaze
about her miserably enough. She wa
still there when half an hour late
Charley Norton galloped up the driv
from the highroad. Catching sight c
her on the porch, he sprang from tn
saddle, and throwing his reins to
black boy, hurried to her side
Inspecting your domain, Betty?
he asked. as he took his place nea
her on the step.
why didn't you tell me, Charley
or at least prepare me for this?" sh
asked. almost tearfully
How was l to know, Betty?
haven't been here since you wen
away, dear-what was there to brin
me? Old Tom would make a co,
pasture out OF the Garden of Elder
wouldn't he-a beautiful, practica
sordid soul he isl"
Norton spent the day at Belle Plain
and though he was there on his goo
behavior as the result of an agre,
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made his way to the belfry and with
tar paper closed all exits by which the
insects could escape. Then he placed
four sulphur candles under the cupola
and lighted them. After the candles
had burned out enough dead insects
were found to fill peach basket to
overfowing, and the carpenters then
resumed work on the church roof.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10

A favorite sport in New Zealand, as
also in Australia and Tasmania, is
competition in wood chopping and
saving; and in these contests, which
attract a great deal OF interest, the
championship are always won through
the use of American tools. In fact
the expert woodsman working for a
prize would never think Of using any
other kind Of tools
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
Seven Pounds of Toothache.

A keeper, who was attracted the
other day by trumpetings and loud
roarings from the elephant cage in a
menagerie at Woodbridge, England,
found one of the elephants in an
agony Ct toothache. He was unable
to relieve it, and later heard a thud
on the floor. It was found that the
elephant had cast tooth weighing,
II is stated, about seven pounds.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
tasted for Fifty DAYS.

La Crosse.-Living without food
for fifty-three days, his inability to
take any being caused by fall, NJ.
G. Evenson, pioneer of La Crosse,
died at the home of his son in Sioux
City, Ia, at the age of 70 years. Mr..
Evenson sustained a broken thigh in
a fall Feb. rs. The bone knitted per-
fectly but the aged man was unable
to take a morsel of food.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
Yellow Jackets Held steen,e.

A contractor and three carpenters
were painfully stung when they
climbed to the top of the First Bap-
list church, in New Castle, Del, re-
Gently, to make repairs to the roofs.
Thousands Of yellow jackets had made
their home in the belfry, and they re-
scented the intrusion and drove the
men to the ground. One of the men
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
First Madison Resident Dies.

Madison-The first white woman
to reside in Madison, Mrs. Roseline
Peck, is dead at Elkhart, Ind. She
was 95. Mrs. Peck came to Madison
In an OK cart in 1887 Her son, Vic
tor E. Peck, now living here, was the
first white boy born in the city.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
Meat Contract Higher.

Madison-The board of control
contracts for meat for the coming
quarter for state institutions show an
extraordinary increase. Last quar-
ter the contract was let for S.
S13.85. This quarter the contract
price is $9,202.92.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
BERN Rock River Survey.

Janesville.-Initial steps for a sur
vey of the Rock river from James
vile to the Mississippi river, were
taken upon the arrival of H. E.
Reeves, government engineer, with Q
party of twenty-five.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
Can't. Orosby's BODY Cremated.

Milwaukee. = Funeral services
were held here over the remains of
Capt E. G. Crosby, president of the
Crosby Transportation company, who
lost his life in the Titanic disaster
The body was cremeated
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
Knights of Pythias Meet.

Portage. = Representatives from
all parts of the state were present
at the opening of the knights of Py-
thias convention here. About 500
are in attendance.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
Racine EIks Start Clubhouse

Racine.-Excavati for the new
club souse of the Racine lodge of
Elks has begun. The new club house
located on the lake front is to cost
when completed $4,000.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
Get Year for Stealing Hides.

Janesville-Earl and Ray Hop
kins, 20 and 90, pleaded guilty to
theft of hides from slaughter house
near Evansville and were sentence
to one year in states prison.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
Case Company Founder Retires

Odot OOTTTPdTTT OuTFUeI FFClTI CS'
Racine.-Stephen Bull, Sr., has re-
signed as director of the ]. l. Case
Threshing Machine Co, of which he
was one of the original founders His
grandson, Stephen Bull H., was elect
ed in his place.
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Trouble Forecast.

my wife says women ought to
vote said Mr.. Meekton.
well, have you any obiection?"
mo. But there's going to be a ter
rible row If the women Of our COM
munity get the vote and then try to
vote for anybody except her
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Nav Face Murder Charge.

Princeton.-Wm. Schimmel, aged
%, is under arrest here charged with
assault on Carl Otto, farmer, who
was found unconscious in a barn
yard. Otto is suffering from con-
cussion Of the brain and may die.
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CHAPTER XII.

The Shooting-Match at Boggs'.
The judges faith in the reasonable
ness of mankind having received a
staggering blow, there began a some
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
Wautoma Principal Resigns.

Wautoma-J. H. WheeIock, prfn-
cipal of the Waushara county train
ing school, has resigned to accept a
similar position of the training school
at Medford
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
Hunter Fatally Injured.

GAINESVILLE - James Adee, near
Footville, was mortally injured when
shotgun exploded, discharging the
shot into his stomach.
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AssembIYnan's Wife Dies.

Beloit-Mrs. Simon Smith wife of
Assemblyman Smith, is dead, aged
70. She had been a resident of Be-
lott for forty-seyen years.
Arizona republican., 1912-06-25
NJ FREE BOOKS
 FUR THIS YEAR
Provisions of New Text Book Law Cannot Well Be Applied to Public Action Until 1913. Board Postpones Action.

At a meeting of the board of educa- tion June 22, 1912, the following reso- lution was adopted:
 Owing to the fact that the free text book act does not become effective until August IS. 1912. and that prior to that date the board of education is unable to open competitive bids for prices on the school books. or to do any other definite or binding work relative to the purchase of text books and whereas the majority of the pub lie schools begin the middle of Sep tember and some as early as the last week in July, and whereas under the circumstances the schools would be without text books for several weeks after the opening of the term, and whereas the legislature found it inn possible to make this, the free text book act. an emergency act and whereas the attorney general has ad- Vised that it is within the power of this board to postpone this matter, therefore, be it resolved that no fur ther work on the part of the board to place free text books in the schools this year be attempted.