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Garpathia.

4arpathIa. z
This was admitted today by
Nice President Franklin, under
oath, before the senate investiga-
ton committee.
Franklin said the news was not
given out because it was not au-
thentic."
"a He failed to say why the reas-
surfing message given out by the
company were not Immediately
branded by the Company as equal
" mot authentic"
AT noon, Monday, Franklin
admitted the White Star received
a relayed wireless message from
Cape Race saying the Titanic's
boats had been picked up.
That afternoon the following
telegram was received by Rep.
Hughes, of West Virginia:
-. Titanic proceeding to Halifax.
Passengers probably land We'd
nesday. All safe. White STAR
SenatorSmith, chairman of the
committee, asked Franklin point
blank if he or any other official
of the company had authorized
the sending of this telegram, at
time they were in receipt of in
formation which, even although
mot authentic" announced the
picking upof the Titanic's boats.
Franklin said the telegram had
not been authorized by any officer
of the company, but admitted
that it might have been sent by
some Junior clerk in Our en-
ploy."
The frantic anxiety of 7. Bruce
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definitely established by Frank
lin. - -
Here is Franklin's testimony
in this.regard: -
81 received the following mes
sage from Mr.. Ismay, Thursday
afternoon:
Most desirable Titanic crew
aboard Carpathia be returned
home early possible. Propose
hold Cedric they can board. Pro-
pose return with them. Please
send clothes including shoes.
1Signed) "Yamsi."
"Yamsi is ISmay, isn't it?"
asked Smith. ,~s
Eyes sir" said Franklin.
q sent the following reply:
" Have arranged to, forward
crew,on Lapland which sails Sat
urday. w call consider 1T most
unwise to delay Cedric consider
ing circumstances:
Ismay replied as follows: ,sr
Unless impossible, arrange
for crew to sail on Cedric. Most
undesirable to keep crew New
York so long. -
(Signed) "Yamsi."
Il again sent massage saying
it was inadvisable to hold the
Cedric. A few hours later, l re-
ceived another wireless from Mr..
Ismay urging me to hold the
Cedric at any cost.
Il would not do So. Mr.. Ismay
then wirelessed me to meet him
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-10-11
BREAKING OUT ON LEG

Hilltop, Kan.-"About two years aga
! began to notice a breaking out on my
leg. At first it was very small but
soon It began TO spread until 1t formed
large blotches. The itching was ter
rible and almost constant. Many
nights could not sleep at all After
scratching it TO relieve the itching it
would burn so dreadfully that
thought ] could not stand It. For near
~ a year ! tried all kinds Of salves
and ointment, but found no relief.
Some salves seemed to make it worse
until there were ugly sores. which
would break open and run.
"One day saw an advertisement of
Cuticura Remedies. I got a sample of
the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint-
ment and began by washing the sores
with the Cuticura Soap. then applying
the Cuticura Ointment twice day.
/ noticed change and got more Cuti-
cura Soap ard Ointment and in n few
weeks | was cured. 1t has healed so
nicely that no scar remains" (Signed)
Mrs. Anna A. Lew, Dec. II, 1911.
Cuticufa Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample OF each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept l., Boston"
Adv
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Dancer in "ShuttIp kisaipc ~

Shuttle kissing" as a vehicle for
the transmission of diseases from one
person to another employed in Eng
lish weaving sheds, is the subject of
a recent report which has been issued
as parliamentary paper. The kiss
ing referred to takes place when the
operator puts the thread through an
eye in the shuttle. This is done by
placing the shuttle in the mouth and
sucking the thread through the little
opening. The report says that while
the investigation has shown the pres.
ent method to be uncleanly land may
even be possible means of spreading
Infection" the committee does not
think the time is yet ripe for insisting
either by act Of parliament Or by reg
ulations on the abolition of the exist.
ing form of shuttle.
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Henry Sparks stumbled over two
trunks, his daughters bicycle, parked
his shin. bruised his toes and finally
reached the door. There in the hall
stood young woman, comely and
strong looking rs this the place you
want a girl?" she asked.
A sudden joy leaped into Henry
Sparks heart. Yes" he said. Come
in. We have just moved; we're all up
side down here. Look out for the
boxes!'
Then Mr.. Sparks led the way into
the dining room and turned the caller
over TO his wife. Yes, we want a
girl" said Mrs Sparks; we've just
moved in, and it may be you won't
want to stay now; you see how things
are and what cleaning is to be done -
girl
I'm not afraid to work" said the
girl
At this answer. Henry Sparks, who
stood in a corner, almost tainted The
girl produced a letter from a Luther
an clergyman in a little country vii
lage II happened that Henry Sparks
knew the man. The girl was taken on
the spot, as she declared she was
ready TO go TO work then and there
and would have her things sent right
over from her cousins.
During the whole conversation Mrs
Sparks face had worn rather a puz-
zled expression. When the girl had
volunteered to stay Mrs. Sparks said:
How did you happen to know we
wanted girl"
Il saw your advertisement" was
the answer. Here it is" and the girl
pulled out copy OF the morning pa
per. Mrs. Sparks took it. Mercy"
she exclaimed. that's the advertise
ment of Mrs. Smithkins. who lives in
the fat underneath this. You came to
the wrong apartment"
Well. like the looks of this place
anyway. and I'll stay"
Henry" said Mrs. Sparks, won't
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Nuisance at the Table

slice of bread He made puns on the
vegetables and he had a habit of look.
ing with sudden suspicion at any dish
handed to him, no matter how famfI-
lar, and asking disgustedly, What is
this, anyway" Strangers always in.
splred him particularly to their enter.
talnment. Certain ancient. inherited
anecdotes could be endured by his
wife and children, even if with ach.
ing strain, but there was a bathtub
story Mr. Brentwood had in his early
boyhood migrated with his parents to
what was then the edge of the prai-
rles) beginning mendaciously. You
know, we never took baths when I
was boy that, though it was anus
ing. nearly went beyond the pale OF
refinement, and an awful toothbrush
story which positively did If people
laughed at bis stories, Mr. Brent
wood became practically untram-
meled.
Another common table remark bv
Mr.. Brentwood was that he never
had any use for potato salad. because
cold potatoes always reminded him
Of cold feet. 1t was also his habit TO
admonish people to eat slowly and
distinctly He got this from the old
saying, Read slowly and distinctly"
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More Schoo!boy "howlsrs."

The Salic law is that you must
take everything with a grain OF salt"
Julius Caesar was Renowned for
his great strength. He threw a bridge
across the Rhine
The zodiac is the zoo of the sky,
where lions, goats and other animals
go after they are dead"
The Pharisees were people who
liked TO show off their goodness by
praying to synonyms"
AN abstract noun is something
you can't see when you are looking at
IT."
"Algebraical symbols are used when
you do rot know what you are talking
about. Westminster Gazette.
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Butterfly EARN.

Business men from New York are
to establish in Red Bank, n. j., the
first butterfly farm in the world. They
will raise butterflies OF all varieties
specializing in specimens of brilliant
coloring and highly decorative appear
ance. The product of the farm is to
be sold to society women. who thus
will be enabled to satisfy their within
for having butterflies about their con.
servatories and parlors.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-10-11
Sto-y of the Man Who Always Tried
to Be Funny, Especially Be-
fore Guests.

In a story by Mary Stewart Cut
ting in the Woman's Home Compan-
ion appears the following characteriz-
alton CT a man who made himself a
nuisance by always trying 20 be
funny:
MIR. Brentwood was we'll born, well
educated and successful in affairs He
had, in the eyes of his family, one
fauIt-he had a masculine sense OF
humor of homely, almost rural type,
at which his family WINGED uncon-
trollably. Mrs. Brentwood, even from
the earliest days of their marriage.
had been wont TO imploTe her Theo-
dore when they were expecting com
pany, not to be funny
Certain jokes or mannerisms of
his at the table were Of daily occur
renee Hardly noticed any more when
they were alone, they sprang into
startling prominence when there were
guests He always said, People come
from miles around 10 hear US drink
soup. He joviaIly inquired If he might
borrow the butter or if Ellen. the
waitress. could spare him another
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of the janitor. He came up and
went all over the plumbing today
she said one night. HE said he
wanted to make sure that there
wasn't any sewer gas in the place "
There, it is just as | told you.
Eliza" said Mr.. Sparks; this janitor
doesn't want to see the family of an
old soldier suffer. I'll give him a box
Of cigars tonight. Eliza, this is the
finest kind OF life. Never talk to me
again about taking a suburban house.
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II be a case of false pretense II VIC
keep her?H
Not by a jugful. III send Mrs.
Smithkins the price OF her advertise
ment in an anonymous letter. To
have ard 10 hold is a good motto in
! case like this
That girl Rose, who stumbled into
the Sparks fat that moving day night.
was a dream. SEE cooked things TO
q turn; she was willing; she didn't
nave a cross word in her vocabulary;
she didn't care TO 60 to balls on Sat
urday night. and she was plump and
sCod-lookilg. The Sparks family life
was ideal.
One morning as Mr.. Sparks was
leaving the building 10 go to the Office
he met the jauitor who was coming
up from the basement leading a child
with each hand. Mr. Sparks had bare.
~ noticed the janitor before. This
morning something in the mans bear
ing struck MIN and turning, he said:
William, you've been in the service.
Yes, sir" said William, II put in
five years in the Fourth cavalry"
Il can tell q regular the minute
clap eyes on him" said Mr. Sparks
Il put in a good many years myself
You have two fine children here, VIII
lam
Yes" said William assentingly, and
then Mr. Sparks said Goodbye"
That night when Mr.. Sparks reach
ed home his wife said: The janito,
came up today and washed the win
dows. | didn't think it was part OF
his work, but he said it was all RICH.
and insisted He told me that he used
to be in the regular army and that he
knew you had been in the service
too"
That's it, Eliza" said Henry. an
old soldier likes TO do things for an
other old soldier He washed our win
dows because we had both done hard
duty on the plains. He must be 6
good, steady fellow. for he has wife
and two children. They have fat il
the basement"
Mr.. Sparks met William quite fire
quently after this. William always
saluted If he happened to be stand
ing still as Mr.. Sparks passed he
would come to attention" clicking
his heels together the while and salut
ing like the old campaigner he was
Almost every night when he reached
home Mrs. Sparks would tell Henry o.
some new act of attention or the par
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Vegetable Fiber for Shoes.

A Haverhill (Mass.) shoeman has OBJ
tailed patents giving him the right to
make vamps and tops of vegetable
fiber which he has invented and per-
fected to be used in the manufacture
of shoes. A few cases of shoes have
been made OF this material, which APP
pears to be good substitute for leath-
er. The fiber is said 10 be particularly
adaptable Tor warm weather wear be-
catse. being of woven material, air
can penetrate the vamp and top. The
inventor also claims that a shoe made
of this material is waterproof
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-10-11
Joke ON His Clerical Brother

Two brothers named Chalmers, one
a minister and the other a physician,
lived together in n western town. One
day a man called at the house and
asked for Mr. Chalmers. The physi-
clan. who answered the door. replied:
Il am he"
You've changed considerably since
| last heard YOU preach" said the
man. who appeared greatly aston
ished.
oh, it's my brother you want TO
see, he breaches and | pract. ="
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You are constipated. You have TAX
en- laXatives a great many years. You
have tried to select diet that would
keep your bowels regular. In this you
have failed and were Obliged to so
back to your laxatiyes again. This,
say, has been going on many years,
You also have slight catarrh in the
head and throat. You never imagined
that the catarrh had anything TO do
with the constipation. Suppose | were
to tell you that as long rs you have
that catarrh you will never get better
of your constipation. Would you be
lieve me? Well. whether you would
believe me or not 1t is the truth.
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IN A HURRY TO THE END

Where are the old ladies OF yester-
day. All around Us are young wo-
men of from fifteen to eighty. active
and wide awake. The self-acknow-
lodged old lady of fifty years ago is
no. more.
That this is due either 10 too much
or too little home life is not probable.
1t has come with the changing times.
The old-fashioned lady did not fret;
she grew old gracefully and quietly.
Eor her, life had long twilight The
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women OF today-and are men TO be
excepted from the rule?-stay young
until beyond the middle life; they live
in a hurry TO the end then, when the
time Of breakdown comes. it comes all
at once.
The old-fashioned old lady departed
before the age OF the turbine engine.
the wireless telegraph and the aero
plane. The memory Of her brings the
suggestion OF quiet aud repose, ike
tie delightful atmosphere OF some of
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Constipation and Catarrh

For many years / have been wrcst-
ling with the problem &C furnishing
the public an internal catarrh remedy.
PeruEa has been the remedy that |
have devised and 1t has certainly re
lieved many thousand people. yes hun-
dreds of thousands Of people, OF chron-
ic catarrh
Constipation was my chief difficulty
in treating these cases often felt
that il would be better II a laxative
element were added to Peruna.
feared to do SO. however, first because
of the number of catarrhal patients
who needed no laxative. and second
WAS afraid of making such a radical
change in remedy that was already
doing so well. Thus il was that / con-
tinued to prescribe with the Peruua Il
bottle of Manalin 10 those who needed
q laxative. At last. under cirCum-
stances explained in my booklet, | was
constrained to add the laxative ele-
ment to Peruna. This constitutes what
is now known as the revised Peruua.
Now those who take Peruna will.
first, find themselves promptly re-
lieved OF their constipation. Second.
the catarrh will gradually disappear.
And once the catarrh is cured the con
stipation leaves permanently. Then II
you follow the advice given in MY
book, YOU will never have to take pills
any more. Cathartics and laXatives
You can ignore. You will be perma-
nently relieved OF seth your catarrt
and the constipation.
Pe-ru-na. Man-alin and La-eu-pia
manufactured by the Peru-na Com
pany, Columbus, Ohio. Sold at alt
drug stores.
SPECIAL NOTICE,---Many persons inquir-
for The Old-time Pcrunn. They want the,
Peruna that their Fathers and Mothers used
10 take. The old reruna ia now called Ka-
tarno. II your druggist dealer does not
keep II for sale write the Kataruo Company.
Columbus, Ohio and they viii ten you all
about it,
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To Renovate Historic Caotie.

Loeb Dochart Castle. which wan
built in the thirteenth century on an
island in the loeh Of the same name
ara is associated with the famous Rob
Roy has now been taken in hand by
the Scottish Historical Antiquarianas-
ISOLATION. and is being renovated so az
TO insure its permanency.
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One Problem Settled.

Mrs. Stronghold had just thrown a
paving stone through a drugstore win
dow. merely to prove that she was
entitled 10 a vote (says judge. and
had been marched off to jail Thank
heaven said Stronghold THAT set
les the where-shall-we-spend-the-sum-
mer problem, anyhow"
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the low, wooden, wide verandahed
country houses our grandfathers
knew.
Now no woman is more than thirty
five-but we don't believe that wo-
mans clubs have had nearly as much
TO do with that as the changed spirit
OF the times, which makes it neces-
sary for the woman OF today to fret
at the steady monotony" OF home
Cincinnati Times-Star.
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Rama Cude Wells

It is stated by a returning traveller
that the yells introduced by tho
American athletes at Stockholm "caR
be heard all over Sweden
Some yells those
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! SPARKS FAMILY HAPPENINGS
THE KID EATS PAINTERS Pc
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK
s.gzsEagxaesgaaz ssasgss .
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK

Tommy, Just out OF a paroxysm,
turned his head and caught sight OF
the empty dinner pail Painters pies
good" he murmured.
Mrs. Sparks sank into chair laugh
ing and crying Historically. A grin
appeared on Mr.. Sparks face. The
doctor and the druggist looked dis
gusted. Mr.. Sparks gave the painter
dollar. Go to a rests rrant ard get
square meal" he said.
Henry" said Mrs Sparks, still in
struggle between two emotions,
what shall we do with that boy?'
Wen, answered Henry as he sur
Feyed Tommy and his surroundings.
i think from the cleaning these two
professional gentlemen have just Civ
en- him. that if we could turn him in
side out he'd make a good advertise.
ment for some brand of soap"
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Unha tterinq.

Hugo ATnot, the historian of Edin-
burgh, was one day waited upon by a
woman who requested him to advise
her how she might best get rid OF an
adnairer whose opportunities caused
her annoyance. The woman was the
reverse of fascinating, and Arnot, be-
Ing indisposed to fatter her vanity.
replied: "Oh, you had better marry
the fellow" Marry himi" replied
the astonished woman. Il would see
him hanged first Marry him
then, persisted the hurorist, and III
bet he'll soon hang h!~aseB
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The Sparks, Old Soldier Janitcr

Eliza" said Mr. Sparks on the
night of the day that they moved into
their new fat, this apartment life is
worse than one of Dante's circles. I'll
make just one more move before
| die, and that will be into a house
in suburb. Here we are just moved,
everything topsy-turvy and no girl. Of
course, the latest acquisition from the
employment bureau had to leave US
just to throw all the burden of the
packing up and the unpacking on us
Then again the janitors of all flats are
devils. III bet the one in this build
ing will prove to be worse than any
of the others, and even a man accus-
toned 10 using strong language cant
say anything stronger than that. Just
look at this muss. will you, and no
one to help us fix up"
Just then the front doorbell rang.
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While we send our influence abroad
as much as possible, we should livu
SO that we shall be benedctions tp
those nearest us.--Rev J. X. Miller.
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Ennuuh to Kill Ii.

"Oh, papa." exclaimed the young
girl, that pretty plant ! had setting
on the piano is dead"
Well / don't wonder" was all the
father said.
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Put it on Her.

Gibbs-Oh, yes. Jones is an ass and
all that, but you'll never hear him
say mean thing about his wife"
Dibhs-I don't know! He says she
made him what he is.
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Very Much So.

James tells me he has a very light
work with that hairdresser."
so it is He bleaches blonde
heads"
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Mrs. wiuslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
tecthiug, softeps the gums, reduces innamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
Adv.
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Between two evils. choose neither;
between two goods, choose both
1ryon Edwards
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What human nature wants is some.
body to paw the freight
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RS. SPARKS sat IN the
window OF the little
fat, darning. Tommy
Sparks, aged four, had
been allowed TO go
alone TO play in the
great yard that lies
between the apart
nent building and the
swell private RESI-
dence which faces the
drive. Mr.. Sparks was
at his office, and all
the young Sparkses,
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The beauty doctors tell US that rest
is a great beautifier-but they never
cite the tramp as an example
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Never do anything concerning tho
rectitude of which you have q doubt.
-PlinY.
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OF Course.

Her husband is a self-made man.
tions"
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CURES ITCHING SKIN DISEASES.
Coles Cartolisave stops itching and makes
the skin smooth. All druggists % and soc. Adv.
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Important TO Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, n safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1T
Bears the n /<cz=---~
Signature, of GsxsxzTZNZN<1I
In Use For Over so Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's eastoria
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Diaries.

in London and its suburbs there are
twelve thousand dair1es