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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26
"Those Youthful Prodiuies."

will wonders never cease?' said
Jones to his wife. Here is an account
Of a six-year-old boy who can work
the most difficult problems in al
zebra"
Remarkable" admitted Mrs. Jones,
but | know a four-Searold girl that
knows Greek. Where does your lit
tie wonder live?"
I'm Boston. Where does your lin
guistic marvel live?"
Mrs. Jones gazed out of the window
with far-away look in her eye as she
answered.: I'm Greece.''-Natoinal Food
Magazine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26

dian girls are making in various fields of en-
deavor is found in the heritage OF good health
which has come to them from generations OF
healthful ancestors, and the influence OF their
own early training and outdoor life Particularly
would this explanation account for the splendid
constitutions possessed by so many Indian girls
and which have stood them in good stead in
many exacting vocations, for instance, in nursing
Great numbers of Indian girls nave qualified as
trained nurses and the services OF most OF them
are in constant demand 500 month
The Indian baby, strapped to board or Sc
curely packed in elongated basket woven for
the purpose, can neither kick nor squlrm and this
proves an advantage which is farreaching IN its
effect in later life. Similarly is there danger
that the child will attempt to walk at an earlier
age than is desirable From earliest childhood
the average Indian girl has been subjected to that
rigorous outdoor life which results in making
them almost perfect physically. For instance
there may be cited the method followed in giving
Indian child a bath,-a weekly event. The
mother visits some convenient pool or stream and
the young member OF the household, after being
loosened from her odd cradle, is placed shall
low water to kick and splash her hearts
tent. In due course the dripping youngster is
lifted from the water and, instead OF being ten
derry dried with soft linen, is simply hung to the
bough of some convenient tree by means OF a
cloth tied around the waist, and there dries in the
air and the sunshine while the mother stands by
looking with approving eyes upon the progress OF
this heroic hardening process
In the old days the Indian girls accepted at
tender age the traditional lot of Indian women
that OF pack horse, and it was nothing unusuaI
in the average Indian camp to girls toll
ing along with bundles of wood, etc, almost as
large as themselves This condition yet obtains
to a considerable extent, although 1t is not so
universal as formerly. The capacity OF the In
dian girls for hard work, however finds daily ex-
empifcation in every walk of life which they
have entered. Incidently, it may be mentioned
that whatever influence civilization may exert up
on the youl woman in whose veins courses IN
dian blood she never seems to lose that love OF
ornaments and bright coors which charactertzes
all children of the wilderness and which the In
dian girl will let crop out in her Iatter-day
tunes, even though they be fashioned in accord
ance with the most conventional modes
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26

she called out, from the other side of
the room:
Why, Miss Jordan, what are you
and Mrs. Blank talking about all by
yourselves?'
Mrs. Blank is telling me how she
lost ten pounds | replied
We'll, you ought to have seen the
center rush. Every woman in the
room made a wild dash for US The
eyes of every woman were all alight
with eagerness. And from every WON
ans throat burst the one impassion
ed word: How
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26
Entire Country Interested

On January 1. 1905, there were
about $50 different agencies engaged
In anti-tuberculosis work, of which
number Ill were sanatoria. The in
crease to over 1000 agencies has EN-
phasized, the National Association for
the Study end Prevention of Tuber-
culosis points out, the Importance of
the campaign for the prevention of
consumption being carried on in all
parts of the country.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26
Brought Them Together

in" she said But there is just one
universally appealing topic.
There is one subject Of conversa-
ton that will draw every woman's at
tention She'll forget everything else
in the world to discuss It,
TT is the problem Of how to lose
weight
ITO illustrate my conviction, I'll tell
you a story This actually happened:
"One day last winter | was at din.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26

Doan's Kidney Pills, | passed a gravel
stone as large as a pea. The stones
continued to pass at intervals.
/ passed eleven in one day. Doan's
Kidney Pills finally cured me
and l have had no kidney trouble
since"
"When Your Back is Lame, Remem-
Der the Name-DOAN'S, SOCIAL stores
Fosrer-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26
One Subject for Which Body of Worn
on Readily Abandoned Other Top
les OF Conversation.

Elizabeth Jordan, who has just fin
ished a play, the second act OF which
ing the ether day about women beauty
parlors, and conversation
There are good many things that
good nany women are interested
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26

Oh! how l suffered. I
became so bad the
doctors said my left
side was paralyzed. |
could not walk with
out assistance. l grew
worse and went to a
hospital but was not
helped. My friends
all thought / would
die. Three weeks
after | began taking
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26
The Problem of Evil

Mother" asked four-year-old Ger
aid, who made all the burglars and
the cops and the Indians and the
mosquitoes and those bad things?"
Why replied his mother, slightly
taken aback, Il suppose God did.
dear"
well, mother" said the boy, with
a puzzled look in his blue eyes," what
90 you suppose he made 'em for?"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26
One of the Perils of liMnrca

How do you like your new papa,
little girl?" asked the neighbor.
Not very we'll" was the reply. 81
told ma yesterday that | could have
picked out better one myself DE
troit Free Press.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26
Slow.

'Myra, how long has Joe Nevius
been going with you?"
about IS years"
THAT seems an awful long time"
Eyes; l sometimes wonder if Joe's
ever going to ask me to marry him"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26
Asking a Good Deal CT Her.

Mrs. Back-Bay-I shall want you to
be dressed by three o'clock, Ellen,
to receive any friends who may call.
Ellen-Oh, lor, mum! Amt you
goin' to be In?
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26
Chorus Girl Repartee.

Trixie-O, you're not such much!
Zaza-No? don't see any Pitts
burg millionaire's picture on your
bureau, eitheri-Christma Puck.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26

Hamlins Wizard Oil is recommended by
many physicians. 1t is used in many pub
lie and private hospitals. Why not keep
a bottle on hand in your own home?
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26

It's easier tor a young man to write
satisfactory love letter during court
ship than 1T is to write a satisfactory
check after marriage.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26
Stop the Pain.

The hurt of burn or cut stops when
Coles Carbolicalve is applied. 1t heals
qlickly and prevents scars. 25c and 50c by
druggists. For free sample write to
j. w. Cole & Co.. Black River Falls, Wis.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26
The Curse.

May you hat tree sons, and
may dey all marry for London
Opinion.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26
EXCHANGE of SIanq.

you can go as far as you like"
''But don't want to go so far that ]
can't come back"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26

Constipation causes and seriously aggra-
Yates many diseases. 1t is thoroughly
cured by DIR. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar
coated granules.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26
Important to Mothers
Friendship.

Are they friends?"
We'll, one of them lends the 9th
ec money, but I'm not sure which is
which"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26

The man who is compelled to toe
be mark may develop into chronic
cicher.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26
LOST 81 POUNDS.

Another Terrible Case of Gravel
Cured BY Doan's Kidney Pills.
Chas. Understein, so w. 44th ST., Chi
cago, H., says: Kidney trouble ran
me down from 1876 to 1876 pounds and
| was but a shadow of my former self.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE."
That is LAXATIVE BROMO OUININE Look for
the signature of e. w. GROVE. Used the World
over TO Cure Cold in One Day. 25c.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26
Pax Mundl.

Pax Mundl.
Adam bit into the apple.
The first peace dinner" he cried.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26

Jones-If you keep on abusing me I
may forget that Pm a gentleman.
Mrs. Jones-You wouldn't have
much to forget.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26

HE Indian girl is progressing in
accordance with the example set
by her white sisters. Indeed, 1t Is
a question whether the Indian girls
are not, In many respects, ad-
vancing more rapidly than their
prototypes among the paIefaces.
However, it must not be inferred
that the present-day trend of Gull
ture and education and progress
among the Indian girls Is a paral-
lei as to aims and purposes with
that which prevails among her fair
nloYiQnod Gins (l1,ita ha
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-05
THEDoG's STORY

Z Showing the Loyalty of Beast =
x to Man. +
+ 4 < + + x X X r + =
Node" had been lying in a
corner all the time, with his eyes
half closed. He would look up
and lift his ears when the chill
dren laughed or applauded at a
story, but now he arose and slow
ly walked out of the room, with
his head down.
Nodes ashamed of our ami
NAL stories" said Freckleberry.
"He looks as if he thought he
could tell better yarns himself"
Suppose you do it for him, +"
suggested Angelimp.
"All right but you must make
believe l am Node. I've kept still
while you were talking and you
mustn't bark during my turn. If
you do, I'll bite you"
Freckleberry lay down on the
rug, where Node had been, and
curled himself up, saying, I'm
just dog. l suppose you would
say only a dog but I'm not sure
that it wouldn't be as fair for me
to say of one of you He's only
human! Suppose you were like I
am and had to wait to be fed and
wait to have a door opened and
wait to be spoken to before you
dared to get familiar with the
family, would you be as patient as
I am? guess not.
It's all right to have my bones
thrown at me, because I'd rather
eat 'em on the floor than at the ia
Bile, but if you knew how much I'd
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-05
you'd give one to every dog you i.

meet, too. .t.-..--. .
81 guess dogs are as good as >
boys and girls or grown-ups, eth
er, If not little better. Why,
had friend, big black New
foundland named General, and
he lived with Mr.. Murdoch and
his family, who lived over their
store There was a flight of stairs
by the side of the big front store
door and there were Some back
stairs leading down into the store,
and Mr.. Murdoch had clerk
named Sam who. slept in a back
room of the store every night-'to
catch burglars he said.
He wouldn't have been much
good, though, because he slept
like stone statue. l believe he
never WOULD have walked up,
even in the morning, if Mr.. Muir
dock hadn't trained General as a
sort of an alarm clouk. About 7
every morning Mr.. Murdoch
said, General! last call for Sam
in the sleping carr and General
would rush down and grab Sans
bed covers and tug till Sam
tumbled out. ~
Sam didn't like dogs and he =
hated General. He chased him
out of the store and he took his
bones and he was just generally T
mean.
''But one night the store took
fire and General was the first to
find it out, so he ran barking
through the rooms and pulling at :,
Blankets and jumping on beds
until everybody got up and got
Ot,t eyceOF one After \ while Mr. =
The Prescott daily news., 1912-12-26
HER YULETIDE JOY SUBDUED
Nebraska Woman Learns Capt. Smith of Lost Liner Titanic Was Her
 Long Lost Brother.

Brownsville, Neb.. Dec. 26.-Christ- mas joy was subdued in the home of Mrs. A. NJ, Tibbles, who has just dis covered that her brother, of whom she had not heard for nearly half a century, was Capt. F.. J. Smith of the Titanic, who went down with his ship Hast spring.
 Mrs, Tibbles saw the pictures of the Titanio's captain after the disaster and began an investigation through
 the steamship company to find Capt.
 Smiths family It was in this man.
 lsr that she learned Smith was her
 Brother.
 l When a girl Mrs. Tibbles, who was
 Emma Smith, was sent from her home
 n New York to earn her own living
 nd did not see her brother after that
 llme She declares Capt. Smith was
 ne only relative for whom she ever
 tared.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-12-26
SOON TO BE FREED, ESCAPES
With only Three Days to Serve, Pris- oner Digs Through Wall to
 Be Free Christmas.

Fond du Lac, Wis, Dec. 26.-Fred Hanson. with only three days more of prison life before him, escaped that he might spend Christmas with his family.
 With Charles Jones, also charged with burglary, he dug his way through two feet of stone and brick wall with only two ordinary case knives as tools.
 It also was necessar yfor the pris- oners to saw through the steel bars of their cell in the county jail.
 The tailer had not kept a very care full guard over Hanson, as he was to be liberated Saturday on parole.
 It is figured that as Christmas drew near he thought of his friends and relatives and decided to risk all to be at home.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-12-26
DEFENSE CONTENDS ACTION IR- REGULAR BECAUSE ACTS DO
 NOT CONSTITUTE CRIME.
BRIEFS IN CASE SUBMITTED
Attorneys Refer to Impeachment Pro- visions of Constitution to Support Their Argument-Criminal
 Offenders Only Liable.

Washington, Dec. 26.-The vital le-
 gal battle in the impeachment trial
 of Judge Robert w. Archibald of the commerce court opened when the house managers and attorneys for the accused judge submitted arguments
 as to whether an official may be i'm peached for acts which are not the subject of prosecution by indictment or information in a criminal court. The arguments are regarded as i'm portant because no claim is made in the Archibald case that the acts
 charged constituted crimes or misde-
 meanors punishable in the courts. They also discussed the disputed
 point of whether an official may be impeached for acts done before he en- tered upon his existing office. Taken From English Law. The house managers in the i'm peachment trial contended in their
 brief that the clause in the constitu-
 ton defining impeachable offenses
 was taken from the British parlia-
 mentary code prevailing at the time
 of the formation of the American gov ernment, and must be interpreted not
 by the light of the common law of crimes but by the light of "time-hon pred parliamentary usage" Ut may be" retorted attorneys of
 Judge Archibald, that in the early his
 tory of England cases will be found in which alleged political offenders | were removed from office by being sent to the block and having their en- trails held up before them while they
 were yet alive.
 Tt is assumed that the learned | managers in this case will not care to | rely upon proceedings of that kind as
 indicating what may be lawfully done today in the senate of the United l States"
 l The attorneys turned to the i'm peachment provisions of the constitu-
 tion to support their contention that l only criminal offenses were the sub | ject of impeachment proceedings. | Cites Constitution. | "Why the provision that the officer | convicted in an impeachment proceed l ing shall still be liable to indictment. trial and punishment, according to the
 law If any offense but those punish 1 able by law are intended to be the subject of impeachment proceedings?
 they inquired.
 "Why in the pardon clause of the
 constitution is impeachment excepted | from pardonable offenses against the | United States if impeachment was deemed to be for acts which are not offenses against the United States?" Above all, why in fixing the place of trial of all crimes, is impeachment | excepted If that be not a trial for a | crime?" .--..--
The Prescott daily news., 1912-12-26
2 ELECTION CONTESTS FILED
Illinois Actions Are Aimed at McCor' mick, Progressive, and Ashton,
 Democrat.

Springfield, H.. Dec. 26.-Two con- tests, in one of which lack of uualifi- cation was alleged, were filed with Secretary of State Doyle for the con sideration of the lower house in the next general assembly.
 In the contests the validity of the election of Medill Mccormick, Pro gressive, from the Twenty-ninth sen atorial district and of Henry NJ. Ash ton, Democrat, from the Third sena- torial district, is questioned.
 In McCormick's case, Harry s. Holmberg, defeated Republican, con tends Mccormick is not qualified to stand as a candidate because he had not been a resident for two years next preceding his election from the dis trict he will represent.
 In Ashton's case, William Astrom, the Republican who was defeated, all leges an error In counting of votes.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-12-26
ARKANSAS WOMAN IS m
Mrs. EImira Wsgoner Celebrates Her Birthday Anniversary and Christ
 mas-Active In Household.

Melville, Ark, Dec. 26.-Mrs. Elmi' "a Wagoner, residing in the northern part of this county close to the Mis- souYi line, celebrated Christmas and her l11th birthday anniversary here. Mrs. Wagoner Is believed to be the oldest white woman in the United States. She has resided in this sso- ton the greater part of her life, and her age of III years Is vouched for hy many grandfathers and grsndmothefs who knew her as woman of middle age when they were children. She enjoys remarkable health and vigor and still takes an active interest in her household affairs.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-12-26
TWO MEN HELD FOR ATTEMPTED TRAIN ROBBERY UNDER sPE-
 GAL SURVEILLANCE.
JOB MONUMENTAL BUNGLE"
Bandits Believed to Have Missed $5o,ooo on Big Money" Run Officers Are Puzzled at
 Bandits Escape.

Springfield, H., Dec. 26-Two of the hold-up of the Alton Hummer" have been ordered kept under special surveillance. They gave conflicting answers when questioned by w. s. Cain, chief detective of the railroad.
 The men are J. K. Hartnel, Chicago, and Elmer Vigus, Springfield Vigus has a local police record.
 Hartnel said he is a Chicago saloon keeper, but he was doubtful as to his street and telephone numbers and other ordinary details.
 c. D. Sunny of St. Louis, manager, ficers of the American Express com pany, say nothing of value was lost from the express car.
 Messenger Not Blamed.
 They hold Express Messenger Frank Anliers of Springfield blameless and will have him come to Springfield to aid in the identification of suspects.
 Sheriff Mester and his deputies have detained F. H. T. Waggoner, Jesse Wilkes and other suspects, but they were merely gathered in under the general orders to bring in every suspicious character"
 Detective Cain after again quizzing Hartnel, said there was good reason why he should be held in addition to the fact that he appears to answer the physical description of the men who kept the engineer and fireman "cov- cred" while the other bandit used the explosives in futile efforts to blow the express safe.
 $5o,0oo Loot Sought.
 The officers are agreed on few de. tails as to the manner in which the bandits escaped. Sheriff's deputies dc not believe that any officers really saw the men in flight, but several oi the posse insist they saw two mer who slipped out of sight and out oi range of the guns after the switch en zine with headlight darkened haC been discovered by the robbers.
 The bandits are believed to have fled across the fields for distance then turned and returned to the city from the east.
 Loot worth s5O,oO0 was the prize sought by the bandits.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-12-26
|slEAsE PARDoNs EIGHTYME
'South Carolina Governor Includes Ne groes and First Degree Mur-
 derers in Long List.

oolumbla, s. C., Dec. 26.-By order |0l Goy. Blease, 80 convicts, including 'a number of negroes, confined ill the elale penitentiary and serving on Enain gangs throughout the state, Pefe liberated, their pardons being |ssnted as Christmas presents. included in the list are prisoners naueted of offenses ranging from
 s' degree murder to minor infrac- 1Vas of the law.
 1eeently Gov. Blease, who repeated .s famous expression: "To hell with " constitution" declared to meet
 or governors in Virginia that he sOuid not try to defend negro who
 @ arrested for attacking a white .uuan and declared that if he had
 way he would pardon most of the 'Aent inmates of penitentiaries.