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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-01

inches long, and cut A inches of each
end round, as shown in Fig. A; then
bore the holes 3 and 4 through them
s inches from the ends, 3-8 inch in dia-
meter. These axles must be trimmed
4 trifle smaller than the holes in up
rights A, so they will turn freely. Aft
er the axles have been slipped into
place, connect the two uprights A Of
the support with the crosspieces d.
The lower portion of the teeter sup
port, to the top Of the diagonal braces,
should be set down below the ground
level Dig hole of the right size to
set the base in, and in filing in the
cath lamp it down around the sup
ports with the end Of piece of 2 by 4,
and pour in water to make it pack
down well.
Bore the three pairs Of holes 5 and
6, and s, and 9 and 10 through the
teeter plank, as shown in Fig. 5.
Holes and should be placed in the
center of the length Of the plank,
and 8 about 6 inches to one side of
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-01
Husband of Venus.

Mrs. B r Ito use the we'll
known Harper style) has three treas
ures in her home.
One Of these treasures Is a new
servant girl who is just exactly like a
new broom. You get US? The other
two are statuettes- plaster re-
productions of the Venus of Milo and
the Apollo Belvedere.
Enter the new servant with a new
broom. Starts in to live up to pre-
verbal wisdom by making a clean
sweep. Down goes a statuette with a
smash The servant goes out to CON
fess. "Plaze, num-" she says, fearful
ly, 1--WE bruk statoo."
"Oh, dear The Venus?"
mo, mum. Twas Misther Venus
bruk. His wife wor busted before I
came" -Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-01
Boom in Sanguinary Toys.

One result of the Balkan conflict is
a boom" in sanguinary toys for
Christmas-soldiers, cannon, military
aeropianes, and so forth. War and
bloodshed seem always to have re-
acted on the nursery. In 1898, for in
stance, the German child was humored
with a toy guillotine for Christmas,
and we find Goethe writing to his
mother at Frankfort asking her to
send one of these little instruments
for a boy friend. Nine. Goethe was
indignant. Dear son." she wrote, 81
have only one desire, and that is to
give you pleasure. / will execute any
command, but buy such an Infamous
machine of slaughter l will not in any
circumstances. If ever | could | would
arrest the makers and burn such toys
by the executioner."-Lon Chron-
icla
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CHAPTER xxIv-(continuedl

Then he lay fiat on the floor, as
zone does in wood, and declared that
Tue would wait until | found the door
Iof the forest as there was nothing
better to do, And he added that,
from where he was, the view was
splendid" The torture was working,
in spite of all that | had said.
Myself. forgetting the forest,
tackled a glass panel and began to
finger It in every direction hunting
for the weak point on which to press
In order to turn the door in accord
ance with Erik's system OF pivots
This weak point might be a mere
Ispeck on the glass, no larger than a
pea, under which the spring lay hid
lden. [ hunted and hunted | felt as
Thigh as my hands could reach. Erik
Twas about the same height as myself
land | thought that he would not have
tpiaced the spring higher than suited
his stature.
While cropping over the successive
panels with the greatest care, / en-
!deavored not to lose a minute, for |
with the heat and We were literally
roasting in that blazing forest
| had been working like this for
Ihatf an hour and had finished three
lpanels, when, as ill-luck would have
1t. turned round on hearing a NUT
itered exclamation from the viscount
Il am sitting" he said. "AII those
'mirrors are sending out an Internal
heat! Do you think you will find that
spring soon? If you are much longer
ABOUT it. we shall be roasted alive!"
was not sorry to hear him talk
like this. He had not said a word OF
the forest and | hoped that my COM
panion'5 reason would hold out some
time longer against the torture. But
he added:
What consoles me is that the mon
ister has given Christine until eleven
tomorrow evening II we can't get
out of here and go to her assistance,
at least We shall be dead before her.
Then Erik's mass can serve for all OF
lust"
And he gulped down a breath OF
hot air that nearly made him faint.
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Censorship in Russia.

1t is pleasant to learn-the story is
current in many Russian household
that the cookery books which had
been condemned because a recipe con-
tanned the words perfect freedom, -
some culinary process, have escaped
further mutilation and have been sell
ing without hindrance. On the other
hand, the list of books which continue
to bs suppressed is long and varied.
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try for a moment to break off the
branches, which | would have lit with
my dark lantern, but | knocked my
self also against the mirrors and re-
membered, in time, that we had only
images of branches to do with.
The heat did not go with the day
light; on the contrary, it was now
still hotter under the blue rays OF
the moon. | urged the viscount to
hold our weapons ready to fire and
not to stray from camp, while | went
on looking for my spring.
Suddenly. We heard lion roaring
a few yards away.
Oh" whispered the viscount, he
is quite close: Don't you see
him? There through
the trees 80. in that thicket!
If he roars again, | Will fire! "
And the roaring began again, loud
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Barrels.


Barrels! Barrels. .
Any barrels to SELF :.
My hand desiste1 from its work
M. de Chagny had also heard He
said:
That's funny! 1t sounds as If the
barrels were singing!"
The song was renewed. farther
away:
''Barrelsi Barrels,
Any barrels to sell? -
''Oh, l swear" said the viscount,
that the tune dies away in the bar
rel, :"
We stood up and went to look be-
hind the barrel.
It's inside" said NJ. de Chagny,
its inside!"
But we heard nothing there and
were driven to accuse the bad condi-
ton Of our senses. And we returned
to the bung-hole. NJ de Chagny put
his two hands together underneath it
and, with last. effort, l burst the
bung
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BONUS COULD NOT PURCHASE
Real Lover Of Art Placed Picture He
Admired Above the Lure OF
the Greenback.

when one loves ones art wrote
o. Henry, mo service can be too
hard" He might have added that no
sacrifice can be too great. There
lives in Kansas City young man
whose business it is to paint por-
traits Of prize cattle. A commercial
kind of art? oh, yes, but one must
live And besides, many Of the great
artists began that way.
At any rate, he was one of the
elect few who hurried to the Flndlay
Art companys galleries when the ex-
hibitions of thumb box sketches by
American artists was announced. And
there he saw a sketch that made him
stand still and open his eyes wide.
1t was sketch of three cattle, stand
ing in the shade Of a tree, sunshine
breaking through the foliage and
lighting up their brown backs In
spots.
He went away-and then came back
again. Three or four times he came
back to look at that picture. Then
he decided he must have 1t.
He inquired the price. IL was 900
Whew, He dug down into his trou-
sers pockets. I've got just dollar,
ne said. "Will you take it and hold
the picture for meg I'll have to find
some way to get the rest
you bet we will" said Mr.. Findlay.
A few minutes later Kansas City
collector who already had purchased
three of the little canvases, said to
Mr. Findlay:
I'D like to get that cattle sketch
| was looking at while ago"
I'm sorry, but this young man has
Just purchased It," was the reply
The collector turned to the young
artist "Ill give you bonus for the
sketch he said.
But the other smiled and shook his
head
Art has It's real followers-even in
KaUsas City.
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Superstition Royalty Respects,

Canterbury Cathedral, like most
Gothic cathedrals, is decorated with
innumerable inches for statues. At
Canterbury a series of these inches is
occupied with statues of kings and
queens Of England, and there are only
four inches left unoccupied
An old tradition has it that when
all the inches are filed the throne of
England will come to an end. Queen
Victoria was approached with view
to a statue of herself being placed in
one Of the four remaining inches. but
her late majesty was aware of the old
tradition, and refused
One wonders whether in the future
there will be four monarchs of Eng
land sufficiently Indifferent to super
stition to defy the tradition and allow
their effigies to fill the unoccupied
spaces-Stray Stories.
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Seas Perils Ever Present

mission, and to the constant exercise
they undergo. the picked officers and
men who serve in them do not incur a
risk out of all proportion greater than
their comrades in other branches.
Danger and risk are no peculiar
prerogative of the submarine Daily
faced in the routine of duty and daily
overcome, they form the very founda-
ton of naval character, and are a
pledge, in no small degree, of the Sc
curity upon which as nation we re-
pose
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Scorpion or the Grasshopper:
Which?


Which?
The discovery flung us into state
of alarm that made us forget all our
past and present sufferings. We now
knew all that the monster meant to
convey when he said to Christine
Daae:
Yes or no! If your answer is no,
everybody will be dead and buried"
Yes, buried under the ruins OF the
Paris Grand Opera!
The monster had given her until
eleven o'clock in the evening. He
had chosen his time well, There
would be many people, many mem
bers of the human race" up there, in
the Respondent theater. What finer
retinue could be expected for his flu
neral? He would go down to the
tomb escorted by the whitest Shout
ders in the world, decked with the
richest jewels.
Eleven o'clock tomorrow evening!
We were all to be blown up in the
middle of the performance II
Christine Daae said no!
Eleven o'clock tomorrow evening!
And what else could Christine say
but no? Would she not prefer to es-
pouse death itself rather than that liv
ing corpse? She did not know that
on her acceptance or refusal depend
ed the awful fate of many members
of the human racei
Eleven o'clock tomorrow evening!
And we dragged ourselves through
the darkness, feeling our way to the
stone steps, for the light in the trap
door overhead that led to the room
of mirrors was now extinguished; and
We repeated to ourselves:
Eleven O'Clock tomorrow EVENING""
(TO BE CONTINUEDO
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Parchment From Human Skin.

1t was a tradition of the horror
stricken Scriptures of "Oic Gaul' that
the Able Rivas, attracted by the ex-
IRENE tenuity and smoothness of the
leaves Of a Bible of the thirteenth
century. became convinced that the
satiny sKiE Of a beautiful woman had
furnished the parchment maker with
raw material for his unrivaled product
In another instance, one Gayer de
Sansale, famous bibliothecaire of the
College of the Sorbonne, at Paris. de-
clared that some one had dressed and
finished human skin to make the
parchment used for certain Decretals.
National Magazine.
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What a Lot Of Barreis!"

What's this?' cried the v1scount.
This isn't water!'
The Yiscount put his two full hands
close to my lantern. | stopped
to look and at once threw
away the lantern with such violence
that it broke and went out. leaving
us in utter darkness.
What I had seen in M. de Chagny's
hands was gun-powder!
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Brave Effort at English

of feeling to restock in my store your
company's fishing tackle, etc. Should
you have the kindness to send such
further countrys even in few par
take when we send the money in or
dering of them, should You?
Il am yours. yours truly.'-Detroit
Free Press.
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Strong Inducements,

An indianapolis woman answering
an advertisement about the rental of
rooms offers the following induce
ments: Myself and husband are
away all day with steam heat, hot wa
ter and all modern improvements"
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Road to Wealth,

Son, you will never be rich unless
you learn to profit by your mistakes"
counseled the millionaire.
Dad, you must have made big
bunch of errors" said the admiring
scion.-Buffalo Express.
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Household Sacrct.

81 can't get the sugar to stick to
the doughnuts."
81 know good scheme. but don't
tell anybody"
Every we'll"
use little library paste.
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Her Idea of Fair Audience.

Footlighte-And did you have fair
audience last night?
Miss Sue Brette-Nothing fair about
II. They hissedi
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-04-18

Frierson-Moore.
Mr.. Adley Frierson and Miss Char
ley Moore were quietly married at 1412
Hieman street, Sunday evening at 6
O'Clock. The bride is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Moore. The
groom is one Of the leading young
men of the city. Both are prominent
in society circles Members of the
family and a few intimate friends wit
messed the ceremony, which was per-
formed by Rev. S. L. Howard, D. D.
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CONGRESS DELEGATES FROM
COSTA RIGA.

Among the announcement handed
out from the Sunday-School Congress
headquarters was one of a deal Of in
terest because of the Importance at
tached to the individual. 1T was
stated this week by Rev. Henry A..
Boyd, Secretary of the Sunday-School
Congress, that he had received assur-
ances that Rev. VIM. Forde, pastor Of
the leading Baptist Church at Port
Limon, Costa RIGA, would be in at
tendance at the Sunday-School Con-
gress. Rev. Boyd stated that the
Rev. Mr.. Forde would come direct to
New Orleans from Costa RIGA, from
New Orleans he would come to Nash
vile in time to join the special train
party that is to leave for Muskogee.
Much has been said of Rev. Forde be-
of his ability as a scholar and
a minister. He Is a product of Ok
ford and is regarded as the leading
exponent of right and justice in Cen
trail America. After the Congress ad-
journs he plans to return to Nashville
to be the guest of DR.. r. H. Boyd, who,
it is said, hopes to give him an OPP
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DO you WANT THE RIGHT TO
VOTE?


Do you believe that matters affect
ing the general public should be sub
mitted to and voted upon by the peo-
pie? If so, ask your Councilman to
vote to submit to the people the
proposition as to whether or not a
right should be granted the Nashville
Traction Co. to build and operate new
and independent street railway lines,
to carry passengers at reduced rates
or fare, namely, school children a
round trip for Five (5) cents, and all
citizens six CO. fares for twenty-five
(25) Cents, and in addition to pay into
the City Treasury for the general use
Of the city, three per cent of
the gross car, light and power receipts.
And to give a bond satisfactory to the
City guaranteeing to build and operate
the lines and to carry out these pro-
visions.
Under the charter of Nashville you
have a right to know what the propo-
sition of this company is and to vote
on questions of this kind, unless your
Councilman votes in the City Coun.
ell votes to prevent you from exercis.
ing this right. Do you want to vote
on questions of this kind? If so, see
your Councilman.-adv.
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KAYNE AVENUE ENTERTAINED
THE SUNDAY-ScHooL UNION
SUNDAY AFTERNOON

The acting pastor, Rev. Tate, to-
gether with the superintendent of the
Sunday,sch0Ol, and the Metoka ana
GalNda workers made every possible
preparation for a large attendance,
which really materialized. The theme
under discussion was "The Duty of
the Parent to the Sunday-School." In
announcing the subject, Chairman T.
j. Lewis stated that those assigned
to lead were unavoidably detained and
called on Rev. Henry A. Boyd to open
the discussion. He was followed by
Mr.. ]. P. Porter, of the Spruce Street
Baptist Church, and Miss Grace Eaton,
of the Fireside cShool.
At this meeting the Union decided
that the forty odd churches in the
city, with their pastors, superinten-
dents and Sunday-school forces would
rally around the Sunday-Sehool Jubi-
lee celebration to be held at the Ma
Jestic Theatre Sunday, May 18th. The
committee, in making its report to the
Union, stated that the features of the
day would be a mammoth street pa-
rade in which four thousand Sunday
school children, with their superiu-
tendents and teachers, led by two or
N~ashville's leading brass bands, the
|. 0. ]. and the National Baptist.
would be foremost. The line of march
was not recommended by the COM
m1ttee, but the plcae Of meeting, the
Majestic Theatre, with the
ment Of a chorus of two hundred
voices, were a part Of their report.
The report was enthusiastically e
ceived and adopted.
Chairman Lewis announced that the
next meeting of the Sunday-School
Union would be held in connection
with the SundayISchool Jubilee at
the Majestic Theatre.
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The Ladies' Missionary Society Of

the MT. | Baptist Church.
The Ladies Missionary Society of
the Mt. Zion Baptist Church held its
weekly meeting Monday evening,
April 7, 1913 at the residence of Mrs.
M. L. Maberry of 14th avenue. North.
The opening song was led by Mrs.
Bushnell; prayer was ocered by Miss
Mabery. The missionary lesson was
taught by Mrs. Holder. Striking re-
marks were made by Mrs. NJ. L. Ma
berry and Mrs. A. C. Holder, after
which a delicious ice course was
served by the president. The closing
prayer was offered by Mrs. A. C. Hold
er, the closing song, God be with you
was led by Mrs. Bushnell. Those
present were. Mrs. Mamie Battle,
Emerline Bryant, A. C. Holder, M. L..
Maberry and Katie A. Bradley. Misses
Lillian Iightfoot, Isabella McGavock.
Carrie M. Holder, Bessie M. Taylor
and Bertha Ellis. At 5 o'clock the
meeting adjourned to meet with the
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-04-18

The Nashville Ladies' Domestic Club.
The N. Nashville Ladies' Domestic
Club met last Thursday afternoon
with Mrs. A. c. Terrell, 304 North
Clay street for the main purpose of
electing new officers and making
new plans for the success Of the club.
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president, Mr.. M. L. Maberry, Monday
evening, April IA, 1913. The presi-
dent urges all members to be present.
Visitors are welcome.
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Communitv Club.

The Community Club meets every
Monday night at st. Andrews Church.
All mothers invited to attend and see
what the ladies are doing. Kinder
garten every day; story telling hours,
Thursday at 3 o'clock; sewing class
every Saturday at 8 o'clock. Mothers
meet every Monday night at 8 o'clock.
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Misses Brown, Galloway, Glass and

MISSES oAOhag OaAAO0dyg NAdSo anu
Townsend.
r. L. C. Club.
The L. F. c. Club met at the home
of Mrs. Robert Carpenter, Rock City,
Friday afternoon. The meeting was
called to order by the president, Mrs.
VIM. Franklin. Song and prayer by
Mrs. Robert Carpenter. Part of the
time was spent in embroideTing, af-
ter which the hostess served a two
curse menu. The club adjourned to
meet with Miss Willie Carney, April
18th, on the Gallatin road.
In Honor of Drs. C. L. Rhodes and j..
C. Miller.
Miss Minnie Buchanan and Mrs. s..
G. Green we're hostess of a brilliant
social affair last Thursday evening at
the Buchanan residence, COS South
street. The parlor and dining-room
were artistically decorated with ferns
and flowers. In the d~ining-room, where
a two-course menu was served, the
table was ornamented with a large
fern in the center and narrow strips
of pink ribbon extended from the gas
lights to each corner of the table.
The cOlors, pink and white, were fur
Their emphasized in the ices. Dancing
and games were the features of the
evening. The guests we're DR.. C. L..
Rhodes, of Texas; DR.. ]. c. Mills, Of
Louisiana; James Kyle, Charlie
and James Scruggs, Howard Tenonn,
Edward Dillahunty, Ira Weaver, Isam
Carwell, William Connie, Sallie Lii
lie, Quintard Walker, Aaron Nc
Gavock, Roy Allen, Frank McKeever,
David Holdmand, David McLemore,
Katie Bowens, Emma Dora Brooks,
Julia Brown, Lena Brown, Bird Ella
Cary, Henrietta Floyd, ROBBIE Whitney,
Bette Belcher, Hattie Pettis, Martha
Pettis, Fannie Muse, Nora and Lucy
Muse, Fannie Mitchell, Louise Glover,
Ruth Towles, Cassandra M. Bang.
Mrs. Eugene Gibson, Mrs Arthur Bang,
Beulah Williams, Matte R. Rhea.
Luella Howse, Annie Lee Coprize.
Bessie Allen, Bessie Wilkerson, Maud
Wilkerson, Marie Lawrence, Sadie
Harris, Ernnie Williams, Robelia An
drews, Hattie Corbitt, Ida M. Clay
brooks, Maud Crockett, Bessie Had
docks, Miss Bryant.
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portunity to be heard and seen on
several occasions.
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SONG SERVICE SUNDAY MIGHT

There will be a song service rem
dered by Gay Street Christian Church,
choir, assisted by best local talent.
Sunday evening at 1880. Public in
vited.
Mr.. s. H. Johnson, of Jeffer-
son street, is out of the city this
week doing some special brick work.
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CARD OF THANKs

We wish to thank the many friends
for their kindness during the brief ILL
ness and death Of our husband and
father.
MRS. N. BOSWORTH,
MASTERS BOSWORTH.
MISSES S. & M. BOSWORTH,
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Atwaters- BolloW.

HtWdNNI o-IVIOW'
On Monday night, April 14th, Mr..
William Atwarters and Miss Nina Eal-
low were secretly married at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Mary Alexander on
Georgia street. The President of the
Eagle Club and members of the family
were the only mes present.
4 4
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Mrs. Graham Serves Dinner.

Mrs. Graham, of West Nashville,
served dinner Sunday evening In
honor of her nephew, Mr.. Philip
Thompson's birthday. After the bless
ing was asked by Master Phillip
Thompson, Jr., six courses were served
to the following guests, who expressed
themselves as being highly entertain
ed: Mrs. Galloway, DR.. Pickens, Mrs.
Townsend, Mr.. M. Thompson and the