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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-02-21
CHAPTER Ill.
The Mysterious Reason.

During this time, the farewell cere.
mony was taking place. Everybody
remarked that the retiring managers
looked cheerful, as is the Paris way
The foyer of the ballet is the last
place in which two men so knowing
as M. Debienne and NJ Poligny would
have made the mistake of betraying
their grief, however genuine it Nigh,
be- And they were already smiling
rather too broadly upon SoreIli, who
had begun to recite her speech, when
an exclamation from Jammes broke
the smile brutality.
The opera ghost."
Jammes yelled these words in .
tone of unspeakable terror; and heI
finger pointed, among the crowd OF
handles, to face SO pallid that the
deaths head in question Immediately
scored a huge success.
The opera ghost."
Everybody laughed and pushed his
neighbor and wanted to offer the
opera ghost a drink, but be was gone
He had slipped through the crowd
and the others vainly hunted for him
while two old gentlemen tried to calm
little Jammes and while little Giry
stood screaming like a peacock.
Sorelli was furious; she had not
been able to finish her speech; the
managers had kissed her, thanked her
and run away as fast as the ghost
himself They were to receive their
personal friends, for the last time, in
the great lobby outside the managers
office, where supper would be served
Here they found the new managers,
NJ Armand Moncharmin and NJ Fir
min Richard, whom they hardly knew
nevertheless, they were lavish in pro.
testations of friendship and received
f1attering compliments in reply.
The retiring managers had already
handed over to their successors the
two tiny master-keys which opened
all the doors-thousands of doors-of
the opera house. And those keys
were being passed from hand to hand.
when the attention of some Of the
guests was diverted by their d1scov.
cry, at the end of the table, OF that
strange, wan and fantastic face, with
the hollow eyes. which had already
appeared in the foyer of the ballet.
The opera ghost!'
There sat the ghost, as natural as
could be. except that he neither ate
nor drank.
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seemed gone forever, returned to MS

seemed gone forever, returned to MS
breast and was throbbing loudly
The mans voice spoke again:
Are you very tired?'
.Oh, tonight l gave you my soul and
| am dead" Christine replied.
Your soul is a beautiful thing,
child" replied the grave mans voice,
and | thank you. No emperor ever
received so fair a gift. The angels
wept tonight
Raoul heard nothing after that.
Nevertheless, he did not go away,
but, as though he feared lest he
should be caught, he returned to his
dark corner, determined to wait for
the man to leave the room. To his
great establishment, the door opened
and Christine Daae appeared, wrapped
in furs, with her face hidden in a
lace veil. alone. She passed him. He
did not even follow her with his eyes,
for his eyes were fixed on the door,
which did not open again.
When the passage was once more
deserted. he crossed it. opened the
door OF the dressing room, went in
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-02-21
TRUCK GARDENING
AND POULTRY RAISING
THESE, AS WELL AS OTHER
MIXED FARMING BRANCHES,
PAY IN WESTERN CANADA,

Truck gardening and poultry grow
Ing are two branches of agriculture
in which the farmers near the main
lines of the three transcontinental
lines traversing Western Canada are
much concerned. The abundance of
sunshine during the long days from
May to September, and adequate mois-
ture in the spring and early summer
permit Of wide variety of crops The
soil is rich and warm and is easily
worked. Close attention to cultiva-
ton has resulted in record yields of
all sorts of vegetable and small fruits
which bring good prices in the cities
and at the numerous railway construc-
ton camps
Mr. Harris Oium, an Alberta farmer,
came from South Dakota eleven years
ago and homesteaded the first 100
acres in his township in 1902, which
was divided between grain and pas
ture. He earned sufficient money to
buy quarter section of railway land
at $11 an acre The half section netted
proportionate profits and he gradually
increased his holdings to 1920 acres,
which was devoted to mixed farming
last year He values his land at $50
an acre.
Mr.. Oium markets from 100 to 125
hogs and similar number of beef
cattle each year. He has 200 hogs,
mostly pure bred Poland China, rs
head draft horses and So head of pure
bred Hereford cattle. By feeding bar
ley to hogs he estimates that the grain
nets him 80 cents a bushel, as COM
pared with 40 cents, the average mar
ket price when delivered to the ware
house. His average crop of barley is
40 bushels to the acre, while oats av-
erage 80 bushels.
BY writing any Canadian Govern
ment Agent, full particulars as to best
districts on which to secure home
steads will be cheerfully given.-Ad-
vertisement.
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CHAPTER II.
The New Margarit

The New Margarita.
On the first landing, Sorelli ran
against the Comte de Chagny, who
was coming upstairs
Il was just going 10 you" he said,
taking off his hat. ''Oh, Sorelli, what
an evening. And Christine Daae:
what a triumph"
Impossible" said Meg CRY. Six
months ago she used to sing like a
crock But do let us get by, my
dear count" continues the brat, with
a curtsey. I'VE are going to inquire
after a poor man who was found hang
ing by the neck
Just then the acting manager came
fussing past and stopped
What" he exclaimed Have you
girls heard already? Well, please for
get about it for tonight-anu above
all don't let NJ Debienne and NJ.
Poligny hear; it would upset them
too much on their last day"
They all went on to the foyer of
the ballet. which was already full OF
people. The Comte de Chagny was
right; no gala performance ever
equaled this one. Faure and Krauss
had sung; and, on that evening, Chris
tine Daae had revealed her true self
for the first time, TO the astonished
audience.
The whole house went mad, rising
to its feet, shouting, cheering, clap
ping, while Christine sobbed and
tainted in the arms of her fellowship
ers and had to be carried to her dress,
ing-room. A few subscribers, how.
ever, protested. Why had so great a
treasure been kept from them all that
time? Till then, Christine Daae had
played a good Siebel to Carlotta S
rather too splendidly material Mar
garita. And it had needed Carlotta S
incomprehensible absence from this
gala night for the little Daae, at a
moments warning, to show all that
she could do in part OF the pro
gram reserved for the Spanish diva!
The Comte de Chagny, standing up
in his box, listened to. all this frenzy
and took part in it by loudly applaud
ing. Philippe Georges Marie Comte
de Chagny was just forty-one years OF
age. He was great aristocrat and a
gOod-lOOking man, above middle
height and with attractive features, in
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Experiments Conducted by AgricuI-
tural Department in Attempt to
Produce Equivalent.

For several years there bave been
conducted. under suggestions afforded
by the department of agriculture. va
rious experiments in this country.
with view to the manufacturing OF
an equivalent of the famous Camem
bert cheese
In the production OF this cheese
much depends on two species OF NIL
croscopic fungi or molds known to
science as Pendulum camemberti
and Oidium lactis. Both species have
been artifcially propagated and fur
nished to the experiment stations.
The manufacture Of the cheese b.
gins with fresh whole milk heated to
IS degrees Fahrenheit Later on the
cheeses are inoculated with cultures
of these molds
The cheeses are shaped in galvan-
lied iron hoops, and afterWard treated
with salt rubbel On the outside Iney
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had seen the ghost behind the Per
sian, the ghost with the deaths head,
just like Joseph Buquets descrip.
toni
A silence followed. 1t was broken
by little CRY.
Joseph Buquet would do better to
hold his tongue. Mother says the
ghost doesn't like being talked about.
And why does your mother say
sou
Because-because- nothing"
This reticence exasperated the curl
osity OF the young ladies, who crowd
ed round little CRY, begging her to
explain herself
Il swore not to tell" gasped Meg.
But they left her no peace until
Meg began:
Well, it's because Of the private
box. It's Box five, you know, the
box on the grand tier, next to the
stage-boX, on the left Mother has
charge of it. No one has had it for
over month, except the ghost, and
orders have been given at the box
office that it must never be sold
and does the ghost really come
there?"
Yes. And he has no dress-coat
and no head. You only hear him
when he is in the box. Mother has
never seen him, but she has heard
him Mother knows, because she
gives him his program"
There was a sound OF hurried foot
steps in the passage and a voice
cried:
'Cecile, Are you there2"
Its mothers voice" said Jammes
She opened the door. A respect
able lady, built on the lines of a
Pomeranian grenadier, burst into the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-02-21
Julius Caesar.

The almost unanimous verdict OF
ancient and modern times is to the eff
feet that Julius Caesar was what
Shakespeare calls him: THE fore
most man of all this world" Never
before or since has any one exhibit
ed in so high degree all the quail
tiles of born ruler of men. And
never had any man a grander role to
play. To preside over the most i'm
portant crisis in the history of the
most important branch Of the human
race was a task that none by the
greatest of men could successfully
perform Caesar swept one obstacle
after another aside, and stood at last
where he meant to stand.
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dressing-room aud dropped grooming
into d vacant arm chair
How awful she said.
WHAT
Joseph Buquet is dead, Yes, he
was found hanging in the third-ioor
cellar,"
Its the ghost" little Giry blurted.
Sorelli was very pale
Il shall never be able to recite my
speech" she said.
Ma Jammes gave her opinion, while
she emptied a glass of Hqueur that
happened to be standing on a table;
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-02-21
Model Bow Found.

William Allen White, the Kansas
newspaper man, says that the model
boy, so long sought by all Sunday
school superintendent, has been
found. The discovery was made quite
by accident by a baseball fan while
discussing with a class of ten-year-
old boys, in Sunday school, the ques-
ton of Sunday amusements.
Now what is there a healthy boy
can do on Sunday afternoon" in
quired the fan, blandly, even while
his hayward thoughts dwelt on the
fascinating baseball game. What do
you think, Henry?"
Without blinking an eyelid Henry
replied, Read the Bible and pray
Hearst's Magazine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-02-21
Dazed by Skyscrapers.

over in Europe they are rather
dazed about American skyscrapers
just now" said the woman who spent
last summer in Denmark AT least
some of them are. When we began
putting up those tall buildings Euro
peans made fun Of US and predicted
disasters. We were sensitive about
their ridicule at times, because we
were not sure of the value of the ex-
pertinent ourselves. but as we have
gained confidence and soar reckiessly
from one gigantic. heaven-piercing
Europeans simply hold their breath as
they look at our postcards and other
pictures, which give them faint idea
of downtown New York"
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Specialized Member of Ancient Am
phibians Found in the Wichita
Basin In Texas.

4 primitive amphibian, specimen
of the eryops. which roamed through
he great coal swamps millions OF
years ago, has been placed on exhiol-
ton in glass case in the hall OF
fossil reptiles at the American Mu-
scum of Natural History in New York
It was found In the Wichita Basin.
Texas, and has been prepared by A
Hermann of the museum stan.
According to the scientists, the cry
Dps Is a comparatively large and spe-
eialized member of the ancient am
phibians. and skeletons OF the reptile
have been found in the upper beds OF
he coal formation of Pennsylvania,
but more abundant traces of the spe-
.imen have been found in the red
hales which overIie the coal regions
81 Texas
This type of animal once lorded IL
wa the deniZers of forests and NOR,
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spite of his hard forehead and his
rather cold eyes. On the death of
old Count Philibert, he became the
head of one of the Oldest and most
distinguished families in France,
whose arms dated back to the four
teenth century. His two sisters and
his brother, Raoul, would not hear of
q division and waived their claim to
their shares.
The Comtesse de Chagny, nee de
Moerogis de La Martyniere, had died
in giving birth to Raoul, who was born
twenty years after his elder brother
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To Make Camembert Cheese

are then transferred to the first rtpen-
ing room, the air Of which must be
quite saturated with moisture, and
maintained at q temperature OF from
60 to So degrees. From this time on
they are treated daily. During the
second week they are wrapped in tin
foil or parchment paper, after which
they are sent to the second ripening
room, the temperature Of which is
slightly lower than that Of the first
room In the second room the cheeses
remain one OF two weeks, when they
reach the best condition for consump
tion.-Harper's Weekly.
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Didn't Get Even the Brick

did that man hand you a gold
brick?' Il should say not" answered
the amateur financier; "he sol, me an
interest in the gold brick on credit
and took a mortgage on that togeth.
er with everything else owned. Then
he called the loan and foreclosed the
mortgage and took possession of the
gold brick along with the res-
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pronAr Thinus TO Say

To a young woman who has for
saken school teaching for matrimony
and housekeeping: Don't you fee
lost without anything to dor
To a motorman: Don't you some
items get tired of stopping for PEG
ple?'
irregular hours would almost kill you
To a newspaper man: But o.
course, | never believe more than hall
that / read in the papers"
To a postman: Don't your feet
ache by night?''
To librarian: You mus. enjoy
reading the new novels ahead of ey
a-yEoGv $50 - town Newark News
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and shut the door He found himself
in absolute darkness. The gas had
been turned out
There is some one hereI" said
Raoul, with his back against the
closed door, in a quivering voice.
What are you hiding for?''
All was darkness and silence
He struck a match The blaze lit
up the room There was no one in
the room,
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the ghost must have something to do
with it.
The news soon spread all over the
opera. The dressingroom5 emptied
and the ballet-girls, crowding around
Sorelli like sheep around their shep-
herdess, made for the foyer through
the iII-lit passages and staircases,
trotting as fast as their little pink
legs could carry them.
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(To BE CONTINUED
Experiment in Ostrich Breeding.

Experiment in Ostrich Breeding.
A new rival to South Africa in the
matter of ostrich breeding has come
forward This is the state of Las Bey-
la. little colony in the southwest of
Baluchistan, whence news comes that
a certain sum is to be set apart for
experiment in breeding the birds.
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Eryops Lived Aeons Ago

asses of the coal period, a sort of gi-
gantic tadDole, with wide fail head,
no neck and a heavy fattened tall
The eryops is the largest and best
known of the Permian amphibians in
America II lived before the advent
of the mammoth or mastodon
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journalistic Horror.

Old Subscriber-You and the edit
or of that paper down in Lonelyville
indulge in lot of cheap jokes on each
others town.
Editor (of Drearyhurst Argus)-Yes,
sir; we're going to put head on
them and call them "Interurbanites"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-02-21
Peculiarities of Taste.

The South Sea Islanders gazes with
disgust upon an American eating rare
roast beef, but he will eat a fish raw,
especially if he is an Hawaiian, with
great relish. He also finds dozen or
more relatives of the oyster on the
reef at low tide and thinks them highly
appesizing. There is the devil fish. for
L.
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Howe-I understand your friend
Bangs recently led charming widow
to the matrimonial altar.
Wise-I don't know about that
I'm inclined to think she pushed him
there.
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Misunderstood.

II hear that in the club Miss Old
girl was considered a bone of con-
tention."
Law, no. Name; they don't think
she's that thin"
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EiatterY.

Visitor-So he trimmed the people
here out of thousands of dollars? He
must have been smooth. How did he
do it?
Native-Simply by addressing every
Democrat in town, in an apparently
absent way. as postmaster. Puck
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The sin that is spared because it
pays is the one that kills
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His Doubt

Say. Billy" called the junior clerk
"how do you spell citizen?"
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Il know about the front end of it,
but is it sz-u-n or Sum-"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24
NORTH FREEDOM.

Mrs. A Knapp and Mrs. John
Gunnl'on went to Baraboo recently.
A. Putt had a horse killed by light
ming.
Mrs. McNulty of spring Green is
visiting with rel4tives in North Free
dom.
The Burden Sharers met at the
home of Mrs. Patterson.
L. Shredder was on the sick list.
George Hackett and family spent a
day at Devils Lake.
Mrs. Roy Andrews and children of
Rockford, ILL.,, are visiting at the
George Hackett home.
Mr.. and Mrs George w. Davies
came from Reedsburg recently for a
few hours stay.
Emil Hofsoos of Stevens Point is the
guest of LysIe Rackett this week.
Mr.. Weight, the State Weight and
Measure inspector, was in our village
recently.
The school board met in the school
house to receive bids on the new heat
ing plant that is TO be installed this
summer. A firm from Reedsburg
made the lowest bid and the work will
commence at once.
The members of the Burden Sharers
club went to Reedsburg and had din
ner at the home of Ed. Phillips.
While picking some berries near his
farm south of this village: George
Douglas killed a rattlesnake. 1t was
about four and half feet long and
had eight rattles.
A stage is being built in the Wood
men hall.
DR.. p. +. Miller has returned home
from business trip to Michigan.
Miss Grace King is on the sick
list.
q. Cooleyof, Madison called on friends
in this village.
Arthur Voeck is building a gasoline
launch.
DR.. F. Johnson went to Baraboo
recently.
Mrs. Thomas johnson is taxing
charge of the furniture store this week
while Mr.. Douglas,is doing some work
on his farm.
MisssD. Lange, ourLtelephone oper-
ator is taking her vacation this week.
Miss Florence Cook is "hello girl"
during her absence.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24
WE'D AT GREEN LAKE

A beautiful home wedding occurred
on Tuesday, July Is, in the village at
Green Lake at the nome Of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. F. Kruger, Jr., when Miss
Emma Kopplin was given in marriage
to Arthur E. Kruger of Baraboo.
Promptly at IL o'clock Miss Clara
Kruger played Lohengrin's wedding
march and the bridal party marched
into the parlor where the marriage
was selemnized by the groom's BROTH
er, Rev. w. W. Kruger, of DorcheS-
ter, Wis, in the presence of relatives
and few friends. The bride was at
tired in a gown of white silk null,
trimmed with shadow lace and carried
bouquet of cream roses. She was
attended by her cousin, Miss Elsie
Kopplin, of Columbus, Wis, who wore
a gown of white wolfe and carried a
bouquet of pink roses. The groom was
attended by the brides cousin, Harry
Kopplin, of Columbus, Wis.
Alter the ceremony all proceeded TO
the dining room where sumptuous
dinner was served, the color scheme
being carried out in pink end white.
The bride is one of Green Lakes
popular young ladies who has host
of friends by whom she is held in
highest esteem and will be sorely
missed by them.
The groom is an energetic young
man of an amiable disposition and
has many friends by whom he is high.
~ respected. Ee has filled promi
nent position with the Chicago 4
Northwestern railway for the past six
years and holds the position now al
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DU SAC
FOR NEW BRIDGE
Ito Be Cont1nued.)

The village Of Prairie du Sac and
the town of West Point in Column bia
county expect to build new structure
across the Wisconsin as provided by
law which has been passed by the
present legislature. The village of
Prairie du Sac will hold special cleo
ton on August Is to determine
whether or not bonds be issued for the
new bridge. The total cost is esti-
mated at something like $4,000,
divided as follows:
Prairie du Sac village. ...$15, 600
West Point town. 80. ..... 1000
Sank county. .......... ...... ID 900
Columbia county. ............ $4,000
State of Wisconsin. ......... $4,000
The bridge is sadly needed between
the village an the town. A few days
ago team driven by DR.. Richard
Kuoni went into the stream and mar
rowly escaped drowning.
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few days and from there will continue
his journey to Iowa to remain several
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. U. Won Valid of Madi-
son are at their farm west of town to
lemain few days. Mrs. Won Wald's
mother, Mrs Mary Flint. is visiting
friends about town.
Miss Erna Ellis, who is nurse in
the Post Graduate hospital at Chicago,
returned to her duties today after a
two weeks visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Ellis.
The Indian school at Tomah, Wis,
will have $4,000 addition this sea-
son and a new $4,000 heating plant,
which was included in the Indian
appropriation bill just signed by the
president.