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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Bes. Time

What are the duties of a steering
committee in congress?"
To get lot of legislation through
while the Washington ball team is on
the road
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11

'I hid in a barn when / discovered
that Confederates had arrived In town.
but I left 1t when 1t was peppered by
infantry fire and concealed myself at
the mouth of an alley" said Lansber-
ry. "Whiie I remained in the alley
two Of my comrades attempted TO DART
across the street to another alley
with a hope Of escaping from town.
They got to the middle Of the street
when guns Of Confederates stationed
at street intersections cracked and
they fell in a. heap. was soon found
and disarmed."
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11

The bowery branch Of the Young
Mems Christian association in New
York city. last year served meals to
28S.21S men
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Goinc One Better,

Angry Diner-"Waiter, you are not
fit to serve a pig" Waiter-'I am do
ing my best, sir."-Judge
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
All Been Used,

s'The managers of the San Francisco
exposition are up q tree in one re-
Spect"
What is that?"
They cant think up any new name
20 apply to a midway
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11

Wearing a tattered uniform Of
gray, Alexander Hunt Of Virginia was
the central point of interest on the
streets of the town. Mr.. Hunter was
wearing the identical suit and hat
wnlcn he wore at Gettysburg fifty
years ago.
The suit was in rags and has bullet
hole through one of the sleeves. He
carried all his accoutrements used at
Gettysburg and wore union belt
taken from 8 foe here. Mr.. Hunter
was a member Of the Black Horse cav
airy
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
One or the unadyerttsed reunions OF

ViI6 OF tUt UUdUVSTIfBGU EEUUIOUB OF
the celebration occurred In the con-
federate section of the camp. A fife
and drum corps Of men In blue tramp
ed up and down the streets OF the con-
federate part Of the city of tents.
They stopped before the tents, play
ed such a fanfare as only drums and
flies can make. summoned forth the
occupants and shook hands, threw
their arms about the gray shoulders
and in a dozen other ways showed
their feelings of friendship
They kept 1t up for hours and Wis
tied practically every "reb" tent.
Their reception was as warm as their
greeting.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Proof of Her Qualifications.

rs she a good musician!" Very.
She knows when to quit" Detroit
Free Press
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11

The Isle of Man, which has just
defeated the worknian's compensation
bill, is one of the most backward por-
tons of the British empire.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
WITH BLUE AND GRAY At GETTYSBURG

Many were the stories told and In
Vulnerable were the incidents, both
pathetic and humorous, which marked
the great reunion OF the Union and
Confederate veterans on the Gettys-
burg battlefield. Concentrating the
fiftieth anniversary of the most stub
bornly contested battle Of the Civil
faced each other in that conflict gath
cred to renew old acquaintances and
to recount the deeds of other days.
Here is a story which was told by
A. T. Dice, vice-president of the Read
ing railway:
Once upon a time there were vet
eran IN gray and veteran in blue.
They came to Gettysburg and in the
course of events and visits to hotels
they happened to meet. They looked
over the sights of Gettysburg and the
monuments Of the field. But they
found they must part.
The one in blue lived in Oregon;
the one in gray in New Orleans. They
went weeping together to their sta
ton and passed by train after train,
deferring the parting that must come.
Just what they said, just how they
reached the final grand idea Of the
meeting, Mr. Dice did not know.
But, however, yesterday they finally
decided that the time for parting had
come The one from Oregon could
not figure how to reach home via New
Orleans and his gray comrade, while
willing to see the west, didn't have
the money for ticket.
They lined upon on the platform as
their trains stood waiting and then
before the crowd, they slowly stripped
off their uniforms and exchanged
them there while the curious fiocked
to see them.
The Oregonian who came proudly to
town with a coat of blue, went as
proudly away with one Of gray and
the veteran from Louisiana who boast
ed the gray of the south sat with
swelling chest in his new uniform of
blue
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11

james H Lansberry of st. Louis,
Mo. who enlisted in the Third Indiana
cavalry from Madison, Ind, recited to
his comrades the details of his cap
ture in the town of Gettysburg by
Confederates so years ago. Following
the skirmish Just outside of town
which marked the opening Of what
was to be world-famed engagement,
he had been detailed to assist in car
rying a wounded officer to the old
seminary in { Gettysburg. While in
town frantic women Hooked about him
and begged that he tell OF the battle
He remained to tell the story with the
result that he had to spend several
DAYS in following the Confederate
army as a prisoner, After tramping
so miles over rough country without
shoes he succeeded in escaping and
finally made his way back to Gettys-
burg, where he remained till August
N assisting in the care of the wound
a. which were housed in the semin-
nary. churches, barns and public build
pgs.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11

A remarkable coincidence OF the
camp was the meeting of two men OF
exactly the same name, coming from
towns Of the same name, but in differ
ent states One fought on the union
side in the battle Of Gettysburg. and
the other with the confederates.
These two men are John Carson OF
Burlington. N. j., and John Carson OF
Burlington, N. c.
They met by the merest chance.
The Jersey Carson was walking along
one of the streets, and saw man in
gray. Just to be friendly. the Jersey
man stopped him and gave him
greeting. 1t was not until they had
talked for several minutes that they
discovered their names were Identical.
as Well as the names of their towns.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11

Harry K Thaw has come to the
financial rescue Of Gen. Daniel e.
Sickles from his cell in Matteawan.
He sent a letter to Chairman Schoon-
maker, having charge Of the celebra.
ton of the f1ftieth anniversary fthe
battle of Gettysburg, In which $1,000
in cash was -ipclased In the letter
Thaw wrote that he felt the deepest
sympathy for General Sickles because
If the misfortunes that had come to
Fin In his old age. This sympathy
the writer declared, was heightened
by the fact that Thaw had two uncles
In the Union army
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11

When the house of representatives.
recently undertook to name n commit
tee of it's members to represent it at
the reunion of the blue and gray az
Gettysburg it was found that not
veteran Of the Civil war sat on the Re
publican side of that body. The Only
Union veterans in the house, three il
number. are all Democrats, and six
veterans of the Confederate army also
sit on that side In the senate. how
ever, there are six Confederate veter
ans on the Democratic side and six
Union veterans on the Republican side
AS indicating the passage OF time, II
is a remarkable fact that there are
today In congress more veterans OF
the Spanish-American war than Of tha
Civil war Nineteen members OF the
senate are veterans of the war with
Spain. One member of the house, who
has not seen war service at all, served
five years In the signal corps OF the
army as a private, and Delegate
Quezon of the Philippines was "a staff
officer under Aguinaldo during the
Philippine rebellion.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11

A grandson Of Francis Scott Key,
composer Of The Star-Spangled Ban
ner," Is here. He is John Francis Key,
aged eighty-two, Of Pikeville, Md, and
he is veteran Of the Second Mary
land infantry Of the confederate army.
Wearing suit Of gray, Key came
into town, weak and almost dropping.
He has been in failing health, but de-
clared he was going to see Gettys-
burg on this occasion or die"
One Of the oldest veterans in the
big camp is Captain w. H. F1eig Of
Houston, Texas, who was ninety years
Of age on his last birthday, February
23 During the war he served with
distinction in the marine department
Of the confederate navy. Captain
F1eig Is one of the best preserved
men in camp and is more active than
many Of the other veterans score of
years less advanced
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11

My heart beats faster tonight, salt
Gen Daniel E. Sickies. The throng
ing hordes who have motored and
walked and trolleyed to my camp to
day have swept their hats off and hail
ed it as "Sickles Day"
1t was on this day q half century
ago that God gave me strength to
serve my country and my maker bet.
ter than ever had been able to serve
them before.
It was upon this day in '63 that ]
lost my leg and did my little part by
the mercy Of God to preserve the
Union.
July 2, 1863, broke hot and clear.
Just as In the early hours today mol
ten sun poured out Of a sky but a
triffe overloaded I had retired
shortly after midnight the previous
evening and slept the quiet, dreamless
sleep that Is generally attribute to
babes.
Last night | enjoyed just the same
kind Of sleep. But that Is to be ex-
pected Of young fellow who at nine
ty-three is still able to read without
his glasses, Ell?
Many men who came today to
shake my hand told me they were too
busy to do so SO years ago-that their
whole hearts and minds were
wrapped up In the conflict to come.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11

The camp is full of unexpected
meetings. Every day brings forth nu-
merous meetings between men who
have not seen one another for many
years. Many are commonplace, but
some are extraordinary. For in
stance, here is one
!. d. Munsee of Erie county, Penn
sylvania, soldier in the 111th Penn
syivania. was captured by the con-
federates at Peachtree Creek, Ga,
when he was one of Sherman's army
on the celebrated march to the sea.
He was being conveyed to the rear
by a confederate soldier when the
union batteries opened fire upon the
party among whom he was a pris-
oner. The man who was guarding
Munsee was hit and fell, knocking
Munsee down and lying on top of
HIM
Seeing his chance CT escape, Mum
see lay very still under the uncon-
scious confederate while the battle
ragged around them That night he
slipped from under the body and es-
capped to the union lines.
81 thought that fellow was dead"
said Munsee, but | saw him today.
Poor fellow, his minds bad, and he
didn't recognize me, but / was sure of
him. ] couldn't even get his name, but
Pm goin over later to the Georgia
camp and try to find out who he is"
One OF the most interesting places
in camp was the lost and found bu-
reau, located under the benches in the
big tent EveS~thing found on the
grounds was brought there and thou
sands applied every day for missing
articles.
There were at least 100 clutches
piled up in the bureau, dozen or so ap-
plicants having called for them. Those
who come to redeem their lost
crutches seldom can recognize them
and most of them go away with some
body else's.
There was one wooden leg also ly-
ing unclaimed 1t was brought in by
a Boy Scout, who had found it under
a tree.
Several sets of false teeth were
found
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11

One bearded veteran Of an Illinois
regiment told Of an incident that hap
pened SO years ago.
LAS we, rode through Gettysburg
that last time" he said, II remember
a little girl stopped my horse and said
she wanted to give me bouquet. /
got down and she pinned ribbon-a
little purple ribbon to my coat. Wear
that In the next battle you go into
she said.
Were not going to have any more
battles around here | told her.
Ives, you are she insisted. Those
hills back there are full Of rebels.
"T wore that purple ribbon through
the battle. l never saw the girl after
ward, but I've kept that ribbon, and
it's back at home in Illinois today"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11

A striking contrast is seen in the
menu provided for the soldiers fifty
years ago and what they enjoyed this
year:
-Breakfast-Ha bacon,
beans and coffee.
Dinner-Bacon, beans. bareback and
coffee.
Supper-Beans. bareback, bacon
and coffee.
-Breakfast-Puffed rice, fried
eggs, fried bacon, cream potatoes,
fresh bread, hard bread, butter and
coffee.
Dinner - Fricassee chicken, peas,
corn, ice cream, cake, cigars, fresh
bread, hard bread, butter, coffee, iced
tea
Supper - Salmon salad. macaroni
and cheese, fresh bread, butter and
coffee.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
FOODS

Starches, sweets and fats three of the principal
Matchmaking foods and at the time the three
staple articles of diet People such creatures of
habit that their doctor to prescribe meal emitting
any all of these things they would feel that they
being starved and probably their adviser
being crank, while in reality the overconsumpto
of these very things Is the Of only sunsroke
and heat prostration, but majority of stomach
and intestinal disorders Starches fats and sugars,
therefore. should be very sparngly during hot
weather fat is used by the body wholly the pur
pose of making heat.
The amount Of fat should consume at each meal
can be easily determined by the temperature Of the
weather. While starches sugar serve other pur-
poses, yet the rule should govern their
sumption
All grain products, such wheat barley,
oats, rice potatoes. honey and sugar cassed
carbohydrates (starch and sugar..
The principal fat foods butter cream, nuts olive
oil and meat While meat usually served contains
only from 10 to Is per OF fat yet s Matchmaking
property is confined entirely to the fat element
Meat contains large amount OF uric acid carbon dox
ide and toxic poisons which cast out Of the
body all OF which requires energy (heaO. This ac
counts for the immediate stimulating effect of meat
Potatoes and all grain products bread pastries break
fast foods, etc. belong to the starch family and these
together with flesh foods constitute the principal diet
Of large majority of the people Winter and Summer
These all heatproducing foods, and II the body is
able 10 them into heat and energy the
plus, which cannot be used, undergoes fermentation
and decay which call autointoxication. The crcula
ton is quickened the heart il worked overtime and
the superheaed in the effort of Nature
to rid the body of these posons. This becomes the
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the difference In taste depends entirely unon
the intensity of the matter that rests against
these little bulbs. for the greater it's intensity
the bigger the sensation 1t produces upon
the little nerves, which in turn repeat the
sensation of taste to the larger nerves, all
in a flash. This gives us the sensation Of
taste.
Some things that are extremely cold may not
be tasted at all for a moment, until the heat
of the mouth warns them sufficiently. And
some extremely hot things may not be tasted
until they are cooler
There are really two reasons for this. a
temperature of from so to so degrees Fab
renheit renders almost everything that has
a taste, stronger. or in a better condition to
be tasted. And again, swallow a mouthful
of soda water that is thoroughly chilled, and
for moment you get no flavor of It, only
sensation of extreme cold.
Take swallow Of hot chocolate, almost
boiling hot, and you do not get the chocolate
flavor at all for moment, you merely get
sensation Of burning This is because the
extreme temperatures, whether hot or cold,
have much greater effect upon the nerves
of feeling; that is, the nerves that tell us
what is hot and what is cold, than 1t does on
the nerves of taste. so while the nerves OF
taste do their work just the same the SEN
sation of taste is lost in the much greater
sensation of temperature
Sometimes a child with very loose tooth
afraid to have it pulled is made the butt OF q
rather mild form of joke His big brother
may get hold of the tooth and playfully thump
him on top of the head at the same time be
yanks out the little loose tooth The lad
jumps back and rubs his head and does not
know the tooth is pulled until he sees it.
The little pain OF yanking out the tooth was
lost in the bigger sensation resulting from
the playful but not dangerous thump or his
head. So it is that the sensation of heat
or cold DISCUSSES the sensation OF taste.
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direct cause of great number Of physical disorders
while II digestion and assimilation is good and the body
is able to make of them they up in the
form of fat and become great danger, espe
cally in hot weather.
The mild soda fountain drink cold fruit juices and
sweets in any form should be avoided during hot
weather Sugar of the great heat makers besides
the that cannot be used produces anguor that
is often mistaken for Spring fever want Of sleep
plain lazihess.
OF all drinks plain and cold water (uot ced) ia the
best If an abundance OF this drunk and
able amount of activity taken the body could be given
real Spring house cleaning the dav instead
of being menace to life could be made thing be
desired
Instead OF resting in the shade !olng upon sea
coast veranda and doing everything avoid the heat,
people should learn how make the healthfu
The hot day is necessary good health the cold
temperate
In health the food controls bodily heat almost
entirely therefore the remedy for sunstroke and heat
prostration back to the question:
goes back to the
The following diet regime which is given for one day.
if observed throughout the heated term of Summer,
prostrations that the average person could go about
their daily pursuits work play without the slightest
fear danger from heat
The first thing after arising take glass of cold water
minutes to taking moderate deep breathing
before open window. This should be followed by
cool shower bath and then short walk in the
air before breakfast
Breakfast (for the sedentary worker:
Melon, peaches berries.
Two very ripe bananas with cream, raisns ngs.
Two or three tablespoons of nuts one tablespoon
of peanut butter
One two glasses Of milk.
Tablespoon of Bran
Luncheon:
Onions carrots or parsnips.
Lettuce and tomato salad.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08

the blinds open and shades up allowing all the light
possible to in. The room is closed, and In the
Summer the light begins to pour in very early. BY
breakfast time there have been several hours of light
and all the flies in the naturally make for the
light They fly to the wire netting Stats and crawl up
ward. fly will crawl upward sideways, but never
downward--they always fly downward These Stats
admit them and they keep crawling up and up finding
out through the Stats. AT the there holes
Co through which they crawl They then in trap
The hole allows them to get into the actual trap Ej
where they cannot get out. The entire trap may be
removed and dipped in hot water to kill them
may wait until they dead and by turning knob at
F drop them out and burn them.
At night the inner is reversed in the pivot at
Fl and the trap side Is out of doors The light inside
again attracts them and the of catching them is
repeated without removing the screen resting in the
outside frame (Ci) from the window.
In this manner the inventor claims he has window
that keeps out the flies and at the time has
great advantage the ordinary which keeps
flies that in from getting out by actually
trapping those inside, thus keeping the outside
outside and catching those inside The inventor La
seeking to market this screen.
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How HEAT and COLD
Will AFFECT the TASTE

TITS known that the so.called seat of taste
is in the surface of the tongue and
portion of the upper section of the
throat. but that we are enabled to use this
sense of taste to greater advantage at GER
tain temperature than at others is one of the
interesting discoveries of modern times.
The sense Of taste is located in little flask
like pockets scattered over the surface Of the
tongue and upper part Of the throat these
little pockets are mbedded in the skin. and
each OF these bulbs has a fbrl, or nerve,
connecting 1t with larger nerve region. so
that the taste is instantly magnihed
For this reason anything that is to be
tasted must first be dissolved, or at least
reduced, to a gaseous condition in order for
the substance to reach the interior Of these
hask-like bulbs, where the nerves that actu-
ally do the tasting are located. and, OF course.
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When ''THE QUESTION" Must
Be ''POPPED" in WRITING

enacted almost verbatim in most of the States
The courts. however have not always agreed
upon Its Interpretation in its application to
particular cases, and that is why in some
States they have held that the law applies
to contracts of marriage just as much as to
ordinary contracts, while in other States they
have not.
In Maine, New Hampshire and Kansas for
instance, the question has been definitely set.
tied against the unfortunate maid who fails
to secure her suitors avowals in black and
white.
In those States all breach of promise cases
IN which it appeared that the day" was set
Tor NOR ethan year after the proposal have
been dismissed, because the fair plaintiffs
were unable to produce written proposal
and acceptance in support of their claims
In New York and some other States the
question has been definitely settled the other
way, and verbal proposal and acceptance
suhices, eve nthough the day is set for more
than year.