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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22
The DAUGHTER of
DAVID KERR ste
BY Harry Kin5 'lootle
Illustrations by EAY WAA=@s %

her friends to join her in her descent
on Belmont The wall paper with big
yellow flowers, the carpets with big
red flowers, the rocking chairs with
the crocheted tides, and the marble
topped table in the parlor with the
inevitable plush album upon it, were
no less distressing than the wax flow
ers under the glass case, the steel en-
worshiping in a mountain glen, and
the tin bathtub She even gave thanks
that she had not brought a maid
"Mistah K.,' said a negro nanny,
putting her head in the door Of the
living room after Kerr and his daugh-
ter had finished going over the house,
Tom wants to knew eff you is goin'
to town dis mawnin'."
mo, Lily, amt going to town TO-
day. Tell Tom to send Yellow Sam
with the spring wagon for Gloria S
trunks.
"Dey's ben te!ephonin' you from
town. Dey say it's pow'ful important
business. Miss Glory she done will
in to stay wifi me. jes' lax she use
to. Amt you. honey?"
To this Gloria gave laughing as
sent, but her father shook his head.
I'm not going to town today. And
| tell the telephone operator not to con
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22
ECZEMA SPREAD OVER BODY

Roxbury, Ohio.-"When my little boy
was two weeks old he began breaking
out on his cheeks. The eczema began
just with pimples and they seemed to
itch so badly he would scratch his
face and cause a matter to run.
Wherever that matter would touch it
would cause another pimple until it
spread all over his body. 1t caused
disagreement while it lasted. He had
fifteen places on one arm and his
head had several The deepest places
on his cheeks were as large as a sill
yer dollar on each side. He was so
restless at night we had to put nit
tens on him to keep him from scratch
ing them with his finger nails. If he
got a little too warm at night 1t
seemed to hurt badly.
1--WE tried treatment and he didn't
get any better. He had the eczema
about three weeks when we began
using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. l
bathed him at night with the Cuticura
Soap and spread the Cuticura ONT
ment on and the eczema left"
(Signed) Mrs. John White, Mar. 10,
1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. l., Boston."-Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22
Mountain of Solid Minerals.

Cerro de Potosi, the great conical
mountain that is responsible for the
existence Of the city Of Potosi, Bo-
Iiyia. is practically solid mass Of sill
yer and tin ore, ranging in richness
from a point where it is valueless TO
ore running so and so per cent. Of
silver and tin The mines hapa been
worked for $50 years, and during that
time something like s4,O00,O0o,0OO
worth of silver has been taken from
the mountain. Water power for the
mines Is obtained from numerous res
eryoirs, built at various times between
1545 and the close of the seventeenth
century. So thoroughly were they
built by the early Spanish engineers
hat they have never broken.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22
AN OLD NURSE
Persuaded Doctor to Drink Postum.

An old faithful nurse and an eKper-
fenced DOCTOR are pretty strong com
bination in favor of Postum, instead
of tea and coffee.
The doctor said
Il began to drink Postum five years
ago on the advice of an old nurse.
During an unusually busy winter,
between coffee, tea and overwork, /
became a victim of insomnia. In a
month after beginning Postum, in
place of tea and coffee, ! could eat
anything and sleep as soundly as
baby.
I'm three months / had gained TWEEN
ty pounds in weight. ] now use Pos
tum altogether instead of tea and cot
fee: even at bedtime with a soda
cracker or some other tasty biscuit.
Having a little tendency to Diabe-
ties, / used small quantity Of sacchar-
inc instead of sugar, to sweeten with.
| may add that today tea or coffee are
never present in our house and very
many patients, on my advice, have
adopted Postum as their regular bev-
erage.
In conclusion / can assure anyone
that, as refreshing, nourishing and
nerve-strengthening beverage, there is
nothing equal to Postum"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for booklet, ''The
Road to MELVILLE"
Postum comes in two forms.
Regular Unjust be boiled).
Instant Postum doesn't require boil
ing but is prepared instantly by stir
ring a level teaspoonful in an ordinary
cup Of hot water, which makes it right
for most persons.
A big cup requires more and some
people who like strong things put in
heaping spoonful and temper 1t with
large supply of cream.
Experiment until you know the
amount that pleases your palate and
have it served that way in the future.
There's a Reason" for Postum
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22

Kingdom was more extensive than she
had thought. the court life would also
be more brilliant
Gloria had not long to wait for her
father An old-fashioned carriage COW
cred with mud and drawn by fat bay
horses drew up before the drug store.
Out OF the vehicle a somewhat pom
derous individual pulled himself-a
smooth-shaven man who appeared to
be something over fifty, with heavy
jaws and piercing eyes which looked
clear through you from under beetling
eyebrows. With cry the girl flung
herself upon him and smothered him
with kisses.
You old dear," she exclaimed.
You haven't changed a bit I'm SO
glad 20 be at home with you Isn't
IL Just dandy 20 be back in Belmont.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22
Unique Russian Eating House.

Possibly the most generous meal
in the world is at the railway halt be-
tween St. Petersburg and Moscow"
writes a traveller. 1T is about mid
night You walk into a huge hall,
spread with hot and cold meats, tea,
vegetables, fish of all kinds to be sam
pied, vodka at hand. Everybody walks
round and takes what he wants at the
moment The train sounds the depart
ing note. The passengers walk out
and say at the door what they have
eaten and drunk and pay. Russia is
said to be a dishonest country. but
this system is profitable"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22

meet any one with Locust Lawn all
day. | amt going to be disturbed
D. you understand"
Aunt Lily, Who probably was given
that name by some ante-bellum joker
because of her ebon hue, nodded her
acknowledgement of the order and with
drew.
The reasons David Kerr had for not
wishing to get into communication
with any one in Belmont were several,
but the most potent was his desire to
be uninterrupted while engaged in
studying his daughter and evolving
some plan whereby she could be taken
from Belmont before her slightest
suspicion had been aroused.
One episode in their tour of tire
house had given him much comfort.
Gloria had paused in the old-fashioned
parlor and gazed long at his life-sized
portrait, done in oils, over the marble
mantel Then she had looked about
the room, and not finding what she
sought, had asked:
Where is one Of my mother?'
There Is none, he confessed, and
added quickly, but I'm going TO have
one painted for you. That was given
me recently by the First Ward club" "
Whats the First Ward club?"
"A political organization
Politics. Do you know anything
about politics?
David Kerr almost smiled
Il don't know whether the presi-
dent is a Democrat or a Republican"
she added.
Don't bother about it."
oh, I'm not going to. l don't want
TO be a snffragette and march in a
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22
HAPPINESS in Work.

To augment human happiness, a
writer in the Edinburgh Review re-
marks, must be the purpose. main or
Incidental, of every person. Absolute
ly incidental with NEST. it mHst be be-
lieved The activities connected with
the business of living ia world witt
other men and women absorb US. Hap.
piness is a by-product OF these activi
ties of the common life.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22
Proved His Point,

Gertrude ran to mother, her eyes
big with indignation. Mother, Fred
die says you told q falsehood!" she
painted. Freddie was summoned, and
questioned, pleading mot guilty"
"Oh, you did," accused Gertie. No,
mother; | said you lie" Mother
does not lie," responded mother,
reaching for the stitch. aDon't you
lie in bed at night" And Freddie
lodged under the bed.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22
He'd Have Won.

The man who was always looking
for q chance to bet fell among Indians
and was scalped After the operation
he staggered to his feet, pulled out q
roll of bills, and shouted: Come on,
now, you red butchers, I'll bet you ten
to one you can't do it again"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22
Accomplished Youth.

Farmer Bentover - What's your
nephew that's home from college dom
now?
Farmer MISUNDERSTANDING, and he's
got more original ways of accomplish
in it than any Teller you ever seem
Judge.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22
Effective.

"You say your first speech made
several converts"
eyes," answered the orator regret
fully, from my side to that of the
ODDOsitiOn"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22
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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22
Awful Thoudht.

Small Eve-Mamma, don't like this
milk.
Mamma What's wrong with it?
Small Eve-It tastes as if an onion
had taken a bath in it.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22
The Re

"Why won't they let women make
wills in some places"
Because they think it is waste or
energy. Women have wills already
made"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22
Retort Courteous.

Nell-My face is my fortune.
Belle-Then you need never bs
afraid of fortune hunters
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22
Its Readers Are Legion.

Has Judkins' paper much of cir
culation?"
HAS it? I don't suppose there ia
straphanger in this entire town
that isn't a subscriber to it"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-22

energy.
made.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-05-22
Big Business In Brazil.

The Canadian, Farquhar, who has
been exploiting all kinds of big
schemes in Brazil, seems to have
found an unsparing antagonist in LIE
Bresil Economique of Rio de Janeiro
the great commercial paper of South
America, and the big banks of Paris
and Brussels will probably 20 no
further in financing the great trusts
which now, the Economique init
mates, call for government interven.
ton to save Brazil. The paper charges
that thus far 250,000,000 francs
about $4,000, 000-remains in the peck
cts of the exploiters Of these schemes
and the Intermediates. There will
be crash" says this paper, zone of
the most formidable of the century,
and this syndicate will take with il
the credit of Brazil. The appetite of
this group Is Unsuitable. In a single
week 1t has asked 69,240,O00 francs
of French and Belgian loans" The
successors to John Law of the Mis-.
sissippi bubble scheme, of more than
a century ago, seem to have found
fruitful soil in South America.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-05-22

cost, the house is set on cedar posts
insteal Of having a cellar. This is
done because there are men who
could afford to build a cottage house
costing $1,000 or 1,4OO. when it would
be impossible for them to raise the
money for a house costing $4,000. 1t
is better to build in this way, and put
a cellar under the house afterwards,
than to keep on paying rent year after
year with the expectation of building
just as you want to in three or four
years time, because the three or four
years slip away quickly, and you are
in no better position to build then
than you are now.
A little determination goes a long
way in making a start for home. OF
course a little money is necessary;
but the amount paid out for rent each
month would soon pay for a $1,000
cottage, and leave the owner in posi-
ton to go ahead on something larger
If he needs 1t. Sometimes people get
so attached to little home which is
are in no hurry to leave it. My ad-
vice has always been to make a start,
and make it modest enough so that
you are not embarrassed in making
your payments; and l believe it is
great deal better to be good deal too
slow than to go little bit too fast
| like to see good houses; and when
a person can afford it, | like to see
them living in an expensive house;
but l do not like to see young fellows
start in with a property good deal
larger and more expensive than they
need, when they have not the means
to pay for it, because know it means
many months and years of hard work
and a good many nights of worry-all
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-05-22

Srder to have it look right when fin
lshed; but this was a mistake. Moth
Ing looks better than a plain house If
the proportions are right. OF course
you must have relief of some kind.
In this case you get 1t in the veranda,
which reaches clear across the front
1t is not large veranda and not ex-
pensive; but it makes finish for the
front of the little house, and 1t pro
vides very comfortable open-air sit
ting room In summer, and it is a pro-
lection from snow and other storms
winter The money that this veran-
da costs Is money well spent. No mat
ter how cheap the house, you do not
want the front door to look bare and
unprotected; and you cannot protect it
In any other way quite so well as by
building a solid-looking. comfortable
veranda.
In size, the plan is 80 by 40 feet;
and in this space the architect has
planned and laid out five rooms, all
large enough to hold the necessary
furniture. To save expense In first
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-05-22

quickly. Sometimes a house built for
sale does not sell right away. If it Is
well built, it may be rented to adj
vantage until purchaser comes
along; but you must not rent a poorly
built house unless you are looking for
trouble.
The cheapest way to build house
is to put up box like this. and put a
straight roof over it. 1t makes all
straight work Stock sizes of all kinds
of material work in without waste.
and cheap labor can be used to ad-
vantage in putting 1t together. Every
thing for the house may be purchased
ready to go together. at the building
supply Dealers
Years ago it was considered neces-
sary to put up some fancy design in
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-05-22
"BIO Peas"

An English farmer, up in town.
went into first class hotel for din
ner. AS an appetizer. the waiter placed
a tray of large olives before him.
Giles eyed them critically for a
while. and then motioned for the
waiter.
Say" he began, 81 don't want to
trouble the likes of we that has plenty
to do, but if you wouldn't mind, I'd
like to see one of them"
One of what sir?"
One of the pods that them green
peas came in" explained Giles.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-05-22
Militant Spirit.

We were lined up at the booking
office window, taking our places. In
front of me was a burly man. AL
went we'll until a woman broke the
line and planked her twopence In
front Of the burly man. The man
swept 1t aside. I've always taught
my wife," he said, ito be polite tc
gentlemen" I'm very glad l am not
your wife," said the woman. The man
In front Of me took his ticket anG
said, as he moved on, II took that
precaution some years o."-London
Chronicle.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-05-22
Our Wonderful Enerov.

Andre de Fouquieres, whom so
ciety lionized during the New YORK.
season, praised on his departure fol
Paris the wonderful energy of the
American business man.
II once asked an American bush
ness man." he said:
"'Do you know what leisure
means?
why, to be sure, I do the bust
ness man replied. Leisure is spare
time that can be devoted to some
fresh job of work."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-05-22
KANSAS WOMAN
WHO SUFFERED
From Headache, Backacher
Dizziness and Nervousness,
Restored to Health by
Lydia E. Pink hams
Vegetable Compound.
Lawrence, Kans. ga year ago was
suffering from number of ailments. I

always had pain and
was irregular. Dur
ing the delay l suf~
fered q great deal
with headache, back
ache, dizziness, few
erish spells, nervous
ness and bloating.
l had been married
nearly three years.
l took Lydia E. Pink
hams V e getable
Comnound and now
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-05-22
A BOYS LIBERTY
STOLEN BY STATE
twenty-five Years In Prison For
Trivial things.
GOV. HODGES ISSUES PAROLE
Kansas Executive Believes That So.
ciety Had Committed a Crime
Instead of Arthur Patten
of Usage County.

Topeka.-Because he believed co.
ciety had committed a crime against
Arthur Patten, who has spent twenty
three of his thirty years behind pris-
on bars, Governor Hodges issuel a
parole and sent the young man to a
farm to become citizen. Patten is
a victim of environment and later Of
the law. Ever since he was seven
years old Arthur Patten has been in
custody, except for two weeks. He
never stole anything except an old
watch and meal, but has served
twenty-three years penal servitude
for it.
The boy, having no home training,
was picked up by the police and sent
to the state reform school, when sew
en- years old, as an incorrigible youth.
After some years the boy was sent to
the state industrial reformatory for
stealing a watch worth SO.
After four years at that institution
Patten was released on parole and
went to work on a farm in Usage
county He worked only about ten
days when the work ended and he
was out of job. While hunting for
work the boy spent all his money and
finally landed without money and
hungry in Usage. He still could not
get work.
One night he broke into house
while the family was away. He found
the remnants of the supper in the
pantry and ate it. He just about had
a square meal when the owner of the
home returned, saw the boy and had
him arrested. Patten was taken back
to the reformatory and on the day of
his release there he was arrested, re-
turned to Usage county and tried and
sentenced to prison for burglary in
the second degree. He has been in
the prison since 1906.
Governor Hodges and the prison
board feel that in this case society
had committed the crime instead of
Arthur Patten, and when the facts
were laid before him, with the plead
ing of the young man to be give one
more chance to make good, the gov
ernor issued the parole.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-05-22
NelqhborIy.

Not long since man moved into
certain village. After a week or
so a friend called on him and asked
how he liked his new home.
pretty WE'LL" he said.
Have you called on your neighborE
YETI"
NO" he replied; but I'm going to
II any more Of my wood Is missing"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-05-22
Mean Endowment,

Mrs. Miggles has returned from
abroad. You should hear her talk
about the Riviera"
Does she describe 1t well?"
"Oh, it isn't the way she describes
it that entertains me, but the way she
pronounces It"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-05-22
Love Would Be Short.

"Oh, swear not by the moon, the In
constant MOON" said Juliet.
How about the modern maidens who
are going to be loved till the sands
Of the desert grow cold?"
Don't their physical Biographies tell
them that the sands of the desert
grow cold every night, lowing to the
lack of aqueous vapor" Ours used to.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-05-22
Cruel Woman.

Woman is essentially cruel as well
as thoughtless. else she would never
force father to beat carpets in the
spring time. before he gets a chance
to get his muscle up attending a sum-
mer school in the baseball bleachers.
Toronto Star.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-05-22

E. Chambers, assistant freight traf-
fic manager for the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe System, has been appoint
ed vice-president in charge of traffic
to succeed the late George T. Nichol-
son, who died March 80.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-05-22
BRIEF BITS Of NEWS
PICKED UP FROM EVERYWHERE
interesting Items Gathered From All
Parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben.
eft Of Our Readers.
Washington.

President Wilson has determined
that no warships or troops, shall be
moved or anything resembling a mill
tary or naval demonstration carried
IN by the United States while diplo-
hattie negotiations are pending with
Japan over the California Alien Land
bill.
Charles C. Neill, for eight years fed
eral commissioner of labor, and ia
nous mediator in labor disputes, has
resigned to accept a position with the
American Smelling and Refining Com
pany at salary of $4,000.
Representative Underwood, majority
leader of the house, has announced
that there will be no general iegisla-
ton at the special session of congress
except tariff and currency reform.
Senator Chamberlain resolution
proposing a woman suffrage amend
ment to the constitution has been or
dered favorably reported by the SEN
ate committee.
Comparisons of statistics of Amer
lean and English manufacturers show
that 1t requires one-sixth more power
and so per cent more workmen to
make $1,000 worth of goods in Eng
land than in America.
The customs court has decided that
European nations are entitled to the
free entry of wood pulp and paper
under the most favored nations
clause of their treaties.
The federal supreme court has TAX
en- recess until May 26 without an
nouncing decisions in the state rate
or other important cases before it.
A bill has been introduced in con-
gress making it unlawful for any en-
ployer to attempt to influence the
political activities of his employees.