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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
o,erate on General Booth.

London, May 25.-Gen. William
Booth. venerable leader of the Saliva
ton Army, underwent serious opera
ton for the removal of a cataract in
his left eye here Thursday. The OPP
Grafton was satisfactory.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Hens of Country Prolific.

Washington, May 27-Two hundred
and seven eggs for every person IN
the United States were produced last
year by hens Of the country, according
to statistical statement prepared by
the department Of agriculture.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Usual NAV

Friend-Do you try to make your
self daily and an hourly necessity
to your husband, as | advised?
Bride-Yes, indeed | keep every
thing in its place, so he can never
find a thing without my help.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Was Principal for 10 Years.

Fort Atkinson.-Prof. J. A. Hage-
mann, who has resigned as princi-
pal of the local public schools after
thirteen years of service, will become
manager OF the Fort Atkinson can
ming factory.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Burned to Death on Davis Estat.

Elkins, w. Va, May 28.-Fire de
stroyed the lodge on former United
States Senator Henry Gassaway Davis
estate, "Graceland," Sunday, and Mrs.
Belle Phares, wife of the lodge keeper,
was burned to death.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
GEN. oRoZcO LOSES BATTLE
Fight at Relano, Mexico, LOST by Reb
els-Revolt Near End.

els-Revolt Near End.
Ell Paso, Tex, May 25.-Rellano.
over which the main columns of fed.
erals and rebels in northern Mexico
fought for more than twenty-four
hours, fell into the hands Of the gov
eminent Thursday. 1t is believed that
the crushing defeat of the insurrectos
marks the turning point in the rebel
lion against the Madero government.
The losses have been heavy on both
sides, but figures Of the dead and
wounded are only speculative The
government under General Huerta had
1000 men in the engagement.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
nsWered.

Fond Relatiye-What will you do
when you grow up?
JOHNNY s'pose l shall be at an in
formation desk; folks are always ask
ing me such fool questions.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Killed in AeropIane Fall.

Johannisthal, Germany, May Is
Lieutenant Schlichling was killed and
Aviator Fokker slightly injured here
last Sunday. An aeroplane in which
they were making fight crashed to
the ground.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
CITY PLANNING Meet Is On,

Boston, Mass, May 2S.-About 800
delegates from cities of the United
States, Canada and Europe are in Bos-
ton attending the fourth national con-
ference on city planning, which opened
there Monday.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Mexican Revolt Crushed.

Mexico City, May 27.-General Huer-
Ia. commander Of the federal forces
in the north, reported officially to
President Madero that the Orozco re-
volt had been dealt death blow by
the government victory at Rellano.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Strikers Back at Wnrk.

Marinette -Work has been re-
sumed at the plant of the Park mill
of the Menominee and Marinette Pa
per company, the strikers having re.
turned to work
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
MANY "REDS" ARE ARRESTED.
italian Anarchists Taken in Alleged
Plot Against Emmanuei's Life.

Plot Against EmmanueI's Life.
Rome, May 27.-Many anarchists are
being arrested in Rome, Bologne, Mi
ton with supposed plot against the
life of King Victor Emmanuel The
police still believe the attempt on the
life of the king on March IA was the
result Of an anarchistic conspiracy in
stead of the act of maniac The
new arrests are said to be due to the
disclosures made to the authorities by
the would-be regicide named D'Alba,
who is still in prison awaiting trial.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Collision Kills Motorcyc.ist.

MISUNDERSTANDING riding a mo-
torcycle on the Blue Mound read,
George Kieckhefer, aged Fl, son of
w. H. J. Kieckhefer, millionaire box
manufacturer, collided with an au-
omobile and was killed.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Girl Scales Mount Blackburn.

Seattle, May 2S.-A cablegram from
Kennecott, Alaska, announces the re-
turn Of Miss Dora Keen Of Philadel-
phia and party from a successful as
cent of Mount Blackburn, after en-
countering many perils.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
TO BETTER CIVIC CONDITIONS.
Conference Is Opened at Boston by
Address by Mayor Fitzgerald.

N3oicSS Wy WdyoT TltZ9eTdiC.
Boston, May 28.-Mayor Fitzgerald
welcomed the delegates to the fourth
national conference on city planning
here on Monday with formal lunch
con at the Lennox. About 300 repre-
sentative delegates from cities of the
United States, Canada and Europe at
tended the affair.
In the course of his brief speech of
welcome, the mayor. dwelt upon the
past performances of the conference
and announced that particular atten-
ton would be paid at this meeting to
the development of civic conditions.
The purpose of the conference Is the
intelligent guidance of the physical
growth of cities and towns.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Lots of lime Wasted.

We'll, Hans, did you have lots Of
gifts on your birthday"
Not half enough. considering how
good was for whole month before"
-Fllegende Batter.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Victim of Assault Dies.

Madison,--George Vesner, Aus
triar laborer. who was stabbed in a
local saloon by a companion, is dead
from the effects of the wound His
assailant escaped.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Same Thlno.

so you believe in the single tax
theory"
Not at ALL"
why. heard YOU yourself say you
thought they ought to tax bachelors"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Chicago, May %, 1912.

Cattle-Beeves, 6.10 @940; stock
ers and feeders, 44O@6S5; cows
and heifers, 800 100; calves,
5.25 @S.75.
Hogs-Light, 7.00@7.55; heavy,
100 % 1877; rough, 7.20 7.4O; pigs,
ATS 0D6.85
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
TURKS READY TO ARBITRATE.
Agrees to Submit Tripoi Seizure to
Hague Tribunal.

Constantinople, May 28.-It is re-
ported on good authority that Turkey
will not agree to a conference Of the
powers for the settlement of the Ital
ian-Turkish war. The Turkish govern
ment, however, it is announced, will
agree to submit the question of the
seizure of Tripoli by Italy to The
Hague tribunal for arbitration.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Minneapolis, May %, 1912.

Wheat-No. 1, hard, Lag; No.
1, northern, ia 3a; No. 2, northern,
1.12as. Corn-No. 3, yellow, ice.
Oats-No. 8, white, sic. Rye-No.
2, S5c. Flax-223
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
EVERY DAY CUSTOMS
Free Use of the Sword Hand-M edia-
 eyal Visiting Cards

Certain customs In vogue at the present
 day. such as shaking hands or offering
 the left arm to e lady. are of considerable
 antiquity It is said that Phoeniclans in- troduced the former habit into Britain,
 and that upon the shores of Mounts Bay
 many a bargain in tin between Eastern merchants and Cornishman was ratified by this method of clasping hands. Certain other customs no less widely
 observed have come down to us from
 later period, and yet one sufficiently re-
 mote. In mediaeval times he who shook hands, whether in salutation or q defen- sive measure retaining the sword hand
 while some treaty was being arranged
 must needs strip of his steel gauntlet.
 So at the present time men pull off
 their right hand glove before shaking
 hands with a lady. The wearing of glove | or gauntlet, indeed, at one period was something of a challenge in itself; thus | no men wore gloves in the presence of royalty, an abseSGe which indicated also
 absence of hostii-slntent.
 A similar idea in all probability ac-
 counts for the habit of showing courtesy by lifting or removing the hat. Only
 when no danger threatened would a
 warrior in olden days venture to stand | uncovered. in the royal presence was
 safety-thus ran the chivaric code-and therefore each knight who drew near king or emperor swept off his hemlet, | showing that he dared 10 stand uncover ed Helmet as time went on, were ex-
 changed for less warlike forms of head gear, but the custom becoming general, outlived all changes, and remains unto | this day the principal methods of show | ing reverence.
 The age of chivairy has left It's marks | upon several customs. Sword, helmet gauntlet-the fact that these were once part of the necessary equipment of knight or gentleman colors our habits even now. still a man offers lady his left arm, a practice which recalls times when es- cOrt was by no means solely natter of polteness, but when In orded to guard against sudden attack 1t was necessary
 to have the sword arm free.
 Still when a stranger calls for the first time he sends in his card partly no
 doubt in orded that his name and pos sible business may be made clear, but partly also because in olden days he i must send some token as warrant of peaceful intent.
 ! This token was perhaps a ring or some | jewel known to the lord of the castle, which would serve as guarantee for the | sincerity of it's bearer in a less artistic | age the stranger Who uesiies auhllsslon contents himself with slip of paste
 board whereon. his name is printed in black letters.
 The visiting card indeed is the un-
 doubted descendant of that ring or piece
 of parchment which often obtained for
 its possesser admission into the med laval castle Today the moat be gone,
 the drawbridge too, and armed retainers
 no longer peer over the battlements with
 arauebus or halberd in suspicious readi-
 ness, but the front door often acts as an deficient moat and retainers need not be | armed in orded to prove repellent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31

will be seen on the evenings of April 20 2l and %, and this year we have an un- usually favorable opportunity for observ- ing them, since the moon on these dates is nearly new. If, late in the evening, the observer will turn to the constellation iyra, he will see every few minutes a blush. very swiftly moving shooting star dart down from near the point $. Figure 1, and move in any direction across the sky while it may be that at times two or three shooting stars will suddenly ap- pear at once. The shower will continue all through the three nights and during the days as well, though when the sun is shining we can. of course, not see the stars.
 The stars of this or of any shower are a great stream of meteorc particles nov ing about our sun. through which the earth blows once each year. Each swiftly moving particle as 1t collides with our earth is burnt up by the friction of it's motion through our protesting air and the burning partice is what we see as n shooting star. That all the stars of any shower appear to move outward from one little area in the sky is merely the effect of prespeetive; the area is the vanishing point of the parallel paths in which the particles move. The present shower is the remains of the first comet of 1861.
 ERIC DOOL1TTLE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
Must the Squirrel Go?
thn christlan IIefald.

From the Christian Hefald.
 None of the half domesticated fauna In our public parks is so popular with young and olds as th- gray squirrel. The black and red varieties. though equally interesting tu the naturalist. are more cumulative and less easily tanned. so that we are not so familiar with them as pets, though not so long since the former literally swarmed in the woods of our middle west It would seem from present indications that squirrels in the great parks or the Pacific slope are co be destroyed in the interest of the people whom they recently delighted. We learn from the last bulletin on f'publle health reports" that many Of the squirrels in the parks and woods of San Francisco, and the country to the east, north. and south. have become infected with the deadly bubonlc plague, and are being indiscriminately de- stroyed The squirrels may have con tracted the disease from their cousins. the rats, against whom the same war of extermination is being carried on. It has been determined that there shall be a squirrel free zone of 6162 acres of land in Alameda coCnty, and to se- cure this poison has been freely used. In the same way S6sO acres in San Joaquin county and b3Gc acres In Stanis- Iaus county were covered with poison for the purpose of eradicating plague foci For the present. at least, squir- rels should not be carried between the far west and the east.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31

R. G. HEWITT CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY sUPER- INTENDENT OF EDUCATION.-
 VOTE FOR HIM..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
Figure 3-Showing
 IT May Be Seen

eclipse is over. As the moon does not rise, even to observers along our eastern coasts. until a few minutes after the latter time we will see nothing of thbs l eclipse ar all But to observers in Eu- rope, Asia and Africa the moon will he | high in the sky, and the whole interest ing occurrence can be witnessed by them. Before the eclipse is over the moon will also be seen to rise throughout South 1 America, except in the extreme north western part so that observers in this region will See the latter part of the phenomenon, the moon, Jas they see It, lrising ecipsed.
 The moon during the present eclipse will not entirely enter the shadow, but will pass only through it's upper edge, the center moving along the line AB, in Figure 3. Our satellite will, therefore not become entirely darkened.
 The Solar Eclipse of April 17 The shadow which the moon casts in space is of the form of a long cone, but it is very much shorter than the shadow cast by the earth. The distance from
 the moons surface to the exereme apex
 of it's shadow is very little less than the
 average distance which separates the
 moon from the earth. It therefore fol- lows that when the moon passes between the earth and the sun and it's shadow extends directly toward us that it is generally not quite long enough to reach the earth. When the moon happens 10
 be little nearer to us than usual. how
 ever. almost the extreme tip of the shad- ow may fall upon the earth and so form a little round, dark area. which is never more than 175 miles across. This sweeps
 over the eartfl's surface. tracing a nar- row strip across the lands and seas, and all observers inside this strip see the sun
 completely hidden.
 The eclipse of April is a very pecu-
 liar one The produced shadow cone first strikes the earth at A. Figure 8. at , hours 1 minute, a. nl and sweeps over the Atlantic ocean along the line ABCD. One hour and 1S' minutes after the beginning it has reached the point E. by which time the moon has drawn enough nearer to the earths surface so
 that. the shadow cone itself actually
 reaches the earth, and this continues while the shadow is moving from B to c. Observers on the path between B and c will therefore see a total eclipse; that is, they will see the sun entirely hidden, but when the point c is passed the distance from the earth to the moon again increases and the shadow no longer reaches the earth.
 By all observers along the narrow
 path ABcD the center Of the moon will be seen to move exactly across the cen ter of the sun. Observers anywhere 9s,.A- '<- t---
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31

within the area AIADN. north of sths path, will see the moon hide the lower edge of the sun from view; outside of the area MRN the eclipse will be wholly in visible.
 Residents of our country who live along and to the east of the line <L, which crosses eastern New York and Long Island will see the eclipse begin just as the sun is rising; those beiwecn the lines KI. and ME will see the sun rise partially eclipsed, while to those west of the line ME no part of the eclipse will be visible. By the use of a darkened glass the passage of the moon over the lower edge of the sun may be clearly witnessed but from no place in the United states will a very large part of the suns disc be hidden.
 The Planets in April The little planet Mercury passes to the west of the sun and becomes d morn ing star on April 15 at a. m, but it will not reaches it's greatest distance from the sun and so become easily wis ible until the middle of May On the morning of April 2S this bright little world will be found. so near the far more brilliant Venus that the two ob- ieets will look like a double star in the early morning dawns The observer has perhaps noticed how brightly the
 
 in the morning sky and how 2 also has been drawing so rapidly near to the sun that as the days go by it is seen with ever increasing difficulty On April 2S 1t may be detected in the dawn, a little way up from the east point of the horizon. for q short while before sunrise. and on this date the planet Mercury will be seen lying to the left of Venus at a distance away from it only one-third as great as the distance across the moon.
 The planet Mars will during the month move from the middle of the Milky Way to the center of the constellation of the Twins. In a small telescope this now appears but little more than one-half full. so that 1t resembles the moon when about two days past it's first quarter The large polar cap may still be readily detected, but the planet is now so very far away that no other details can be | well seen.
 1 Saturn Is now low in the west, and to-
 ward the close of the month will h,
 wholly lost in the suns rays It will no
 definitely leave the evening sky. however
 until May IA.
 Jupiter is moving slowly westward ir
 the constellation of the Scorpion, ana
 though in the early morning hours it i'
 beautiful and conspicuous object, riding l high in the southern heavens. 1t has not vet reached the boraders of our evening chart. IL is due east of the star A. figure | 1. rising at il o'clock on April 1 and at a l few minutes past 9 o'clock on April 30 An interesting eclipse of it's third moon may be observed on the morning of April l %, the moon disappearing at 1 hour $
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
Figure 2-Passage of the Moon Through the Earth's Shadow on April 1

that the shadow cast upon the moon by our turning earth Is always round con- stitutes one of the dearest and most easily understood proofs that our earth Is round world,
 When an eclipse of the moon is oc- curing in this wayzit can be witnessed equally we'll by all observers who live on that half of our world from which the moon is visible; everyone who can see the moon in the sky at all will see it's light gradually cut off as 1t passes into the shadow. But, unfortunately, on on the first day of the present month our moon first begins to enter the shadow at 25 minutes past 4 o'clock in the after noon, and by two minutes past the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
The Lunar Eclipse of April l

The earth as it journeys around the sun is always attended by it's great. round shadow, which extends out into space in direction exactly opposite to that of the sun to distance of S57O00 miles. When
 in the course of it's motion about the earth, our moon happens to pass into this shadow the light of the sun is hidden from il and We see our satellite dsrkened. It is of interest to notice that the fact
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
An Anatomical Nnyel

She struck him on the spur of the mo- '1ent. and then, after stabbing him in the interval. threw herself on his gen. erosity
 He overlooked her violence and, drawn toward her hy her wiles, kissed her on her protestations of repentance.
 She threw cold water on his project and damped his ardor.
 Feeling for her weakness, he jumped at her proposal.
 She wiped her tear-stained face on his pathetic entreaty.
 Brooding on his remark, she trampled on his generosity.
 Like a drowning man, he clutched at her explanation and. grasping her mean ing, kissed her on the spot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
Why He Deserved to Fail

From the New York Tribune,
 Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, looking very fresh and young, red carnation in his buttonhole of his motoring coat, was talking to a reporter about an unsuccessful competitor at the Med zison Square Garden horse show.
 He failed" said Mr Vanderbilt, and he deserved to fall. His ignorance of horses was incredible. It reminded me of an old farmer on my brothers farm.
 "The old farmer, throwing down an agricultural journal, once said to me with an oath:
 "I don't believe, MT Vanderbilt, that the editor of this here journal knows enough about farmin' to plant his feet in the road and ralse a cloud of dust"
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minutes P seconds A. M. fEastern time), and emerging from the shadow hours 10 minutes 39 seconds. later
 The April Shooting Stars
 This is the month when there occurs the bright shower of shooting stars known as the Lyrids, this 'name being given to them because they are seen to dart out ward in all directions from the constela- ton of Lyra, or the Harp. This beauti- fui constellation, with its very brilliant blue star Vega may be seen just rising in the northeast in the early evenings of April, while throughout the latter halt of the night if is high in the heavens. Ir observing the star shower f is therefore best to select a late hour of the evening even deferring the observation until after midnight. if possible.
 The greatest number of shooting stars
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
Hats in Politics

From the Newark News.
 MT. Wilson wanted 10 knock MT. Bryan into a cooked hat.
 MT, Roosevelt's hat is in the ring. Noi his Panama one, however
 MT. Bryan's hat is dying innocently in the middle of the road to Baltimore, flied with bricks.
 MT. Clarli's hat is being spoken of by admirers Of the picturesque
 MT. Taft's hat is being spoken through, it seems to us.
 Mir LaFollette will eat his hat if he has withdrawn. MT Harmon has a bee in his bonnet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31

for Nomination for the okSoe of fec, wee Additional Judge of the Circuit Court Ii Ha JEFFERSON COUNTY JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
 Author of Employ Liability
  Law Experiment. Stations. Law establishing office of Supernunlerary Judge  peInq Juvenile wv. State sanatorin for treatment of tuberculosis
  by
  ' Ns Saml Will John 8 Candidate Lesisu is announced candidate
  practcG law for forty not for the sole
  philosophy be enabled his people the right adm public life evidence that has been Register
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31

This. the second spring month of the present year. is usered in by the always interesting phenomenon of an eclipse of the moon, and two weeks later our satel- lite will pass between the earth and the sun and it's shadow. sweeping over our turning earth. will cause an eclipse of the sun But, unfortunately. neither of these eelipses can be seen to advantage from any part ofsthe United States, and the first is. in fact. eholly invisible to