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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03
Premature Burial.

NJ. Thoinot, professor Of forensic
medicine to the Paris Academic de
Medicine, has been lecturing upon
premature burial, an accident the fear
Of which is, perhaps, not so prevalent
as it was in the days Of Edgar Poe.
He gave an interesting description OF
the many inventions devised for the
avoidance of this, including the inser-
ton Of breathing tube in the mouth
of the corpse, which Is brought
through the lid of the coffin and pro-
jected from the grave But he declared
that no precaution was so satisfactory
as that of delaying the burial until
the signs of putrefaction are apparent.
The provisions of the code Napoleon.
which ordain that no burial shall take
place until twenty-four hours after
death and inspection by the medical
authority of the district, are, he said,
entirely adequate on this point, and
If they are carried out to the full, nc
one need have any fear Of being, bur
led alive.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03

same, when it comes to the value of
the drill
Edward Lefot Of Minnesota says:
Five pecks per acre Is the usual
quantity sown when the wheat is
drilled and six pecks broadcast. Ex-
periments seem to indicate that a
larger quantity of seed does not in
crease the yield. | prefer drilling to
broadcasting, mainly because it places
the seed where each kernel will ger
inmate at once and there is absolute
ly no waste of seed"
A Pennsylvania farmer says: Drill
ing proves best here"
In Virginia, 80 bushels per acre has
been and is being harvested each
year from broadcasted seed.
In Kentucky drilling Is said to have
given far better results than broad
casting.
4 Missouri farmer writes: 81 pre-
fer the drill, as 1t distributes the seed
more uniformly"
From North Carolina a farmer
writes: IF the seed is evenly dis
tributed we think broadcasting best
in the south, as 1t keeps down all
other vegetation"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03

Come up!" called Burgess Hurry
It's the smallpox. The darned hook
er's rotten with It. For God sakes
come quick."
He ran TO the rail, yelling orders tc
Bill and Thoph who were fraRtically
| busy with the dory. Ellery began to
climb the ladder. His head emerged
into the clean, sweet air blowing
across the deck. He drew breath to
the very bottom of his lungs.
Then from behind and below him
| came the voice again.
Gimme a drink" it walled Gimme
drink of water Amt one of you
cussed swabs got decency enough to
fetch me drink? I'm dyin' for G
| drink, | tell you. I'm dyin"'
The minister stood still, his feet or
the ladder. The three men by the raj
were working like mad, their faces
| livid under the sunburn and THEN
hands trembling. They pushed each
other about and swore
Thoph and Bill sprang over the raj
into the boat Burgess turned and
beckoned to Ellery
Come on!" he called. What arr
| you wattin' for?'
The minister remained where he
was.
Are you sure" he faltered.
Sure! Blast it all l found the
log. It ein't been kept for fortni't
but there's enough. It's smallpox.
| tell you. Two men died Of it three
weeks ago. The skipper died right
afterwards The mate No wonder
them that was left run away as soon
as they sighted land. Come on! De
you want to die, too?"
From the poison pit at the foot OF
the ladder the man in the bunk called
once more.
'Water." he screeched. Water!
Are you goin' to leave me, you d-n
| cowards?"
For Heaven sakes!" cried Burgess
clutching the rail, what's that?"
,Ellery answered him. 'Its one of
Them" he said, and his voice sounded
odd in his own ears. It's one of the
crew"
The minister turned "Hush!" he
called, in answer to the voice, hush !!
I'll bring you water in a minute. Bur
CESS" he added, you and the rest go
ashore. | shall stay
You'll stay? You'll stay? With
that? You're crazy as loon. Don't
be fool, man! Come on! Well send
the doctor and somebody else-some
one that's had it, maybe, or AIM
afraid. 1 am and I'm goin'. Don't be
a fool
Thoph, from the dory, shouted to
know what was the matter Ellery
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03
Hard, Foot and Nose of Common Mole.

The strength of these little animals is
marvellous. They will heave up the
surface of a path trodden so hard
that repeated blows of a pick will be
needed to break the crust.
Ordinarily the mole makes his way
through the soil as a root does, or a
stake when driven by the blows of a
sledge. The earth is not eXcayated,
but simply crowded aside. When the
ground becomes very hard, of course,
the mole is obliged to eXcavate the
passageways and push the loose dirt
out through the openings Of the roof
Of his tunnel.
The mole keeps at work all through
the winter in places where the ground
is not frozen too hard. He works
more frequently in the morning and
evening.
Moles do very little harm to the
roots of grain, grasses or vegetables,
except in pushing the soil aside, and
they live principally on the white
grub, earth-worms and beetles.
He thus proves himself to be a
friend to mankind, because grubs are
the greatest scourges of grass and
otner valuable plant roots.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03
PREPARING FOR
NEW SETTLERS
EXTENDING THE AGRICULTURAL
AREA IN WESTERN CANADA.

For sometime past the Canadian
government has had surveyors at
work plating new areas for the ac-
commodation of the largely increas-
ing number Of settlers coming in to
occupy the agricultural districts of
the three prairie provinces. There
were those connected with the work
or securing settlers for western Cam
ada who last spring prophesied that
there would be as many as $4,000
new settlers from the United States
to Canada during the present year.
and there were those who doubted
that the previous years figures OF
$4,000 could be increased Recent
computation made by the officials OF
the immigration branch at Ottawa
show that the largest estimates made
by officials will be beaten and that
the 100000 mark from the United
States will be reached. AS great an
increase will be shown in the figures
of those who will reach Canada from
other countries this year The re-
suits of the years work in Canadian
immigration will give upward of
total of 100000 souls.
But this is not to be wondered at
when it is realized what is offering in
the three prairie provinces and also
In the coast province OF British Co
lumbia, which is also bidding strong
ly and successfully, too. for certain
class of settler. the settler who
wishes to go into mixed farming or
fruit raising. When the central por-
ton of this province is opened up by
the railway now being constructed
there will be large areas of splendid
land available for the settler
Reference has frequently been made
of late by those interested in develop
ing the American west to the large
numbers who are going to Canada,
high officials in some of the railways
being amongst the number to give
voice to the fact. The more these
facts become known the more will
people seek the reasons and these
are best given when one reads what
prominent people say of it. What the
farmer thinks of 1t and what his
friends say of it. James A. Flaherty,
supreme knight of the Knights of Co
lumbus, was in western Canada a
short time ago. He says:
''If I were a young man I would
sell out my interests in less than two
months and come right to the Cana
dian Northwest, where so many OPP
portunities abound" -Advertisement.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03
METHOD OF STOPPING LEAKS
te-Waterproofinq Work Is De.
scribed by Correspondent of the
Engineering Record.

The method of stopping leaks in
concrete, described by a correspond
ent of the Engineering Record, con-
sists in plastering the wet, leaking
surface of the concrete with water
proofed mortar. The mortar is kept
from being washed away by suitable
bracing against properly constructed
gasket
Assuming that leak is to be re-
paired in basement wall, Fig. l.
one foot or more above the floor, the
loose material should be scraped or
dug away, leaving a saucershaped
cavity as large in diameter as neces.
sary. If the holes through which the
water is leaking are large enough
they can be stopped with plugs GOV.
cred with patches of burlap driven In
tightly.
The form Is then prepared. In case
the diameter of the saucer-shaped
hole is six inches, a board. A, Fig. 2,
two inches thick and eight inches
square, will be required A one
fourth-inch twisted burlap rope, B. is
tackled on the board and the latter
nailed to q brace G.
Enough one-to-two mortar, water
PROCEED, is prepared, to which has
been added, just before leaving the
mixing box, bichromate of soda to the
amount of one or two per cent of the
cement. This is added to make the
mortar quick setting. The mortar is
placed on the board in a coneshaped
mass and then thrust quickly and
firmly with a twisting motion into
the cavity. The brace is driven into
place at the same time. The process
is illustrated in Fig. 3, The twisting
motion aids in forcing the mortar into
the smallest crevices and drives away
such parts OF the mortar as may have
been squeezed out between the con
crete and the gasket
A very simple application of the
method is shown in Fig. d. A more
difficult application, but not imprac-
ticable, is one where it is desired to
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03
SYNOPSIS.

Mrs. Keziah Coffin, supposed widow, Is
arranged to move from Trumet TO Bos-
ton, following the death Of her brother.
for whom she had kept house Ryan
Pepper. widower. offers marriage, and ts
Indignantly refused Capt. Elkanah Dan
tels. leader Of the Regular church offers
Eeziah a place as. housekeeper for the
new minister. and she decides TO remain
In Trumet KeZiah takes charge OF Rev.
John Ellery, the new minister and gives
him advice to his conduct toward
members of the parish. Ellsry causes
sensation By attending "Come-outer
meeting. Ellery's presence is bitterly re-
meeting. Grace apologies for her
guardian and Ellery escorts her home in
son. becomes a hero by bringing the
packet into port safely through fog and
storm Ellery finds Keziah writing let
ter 10 some one inclosing money In re-
startled when informed of the arrival of
Nat. Nat calls on Keziah, and IT 6evel-
ops that they have been lovers since
youth. Daniels demonstrates with Ellery
for attending "COme-outer' meeting. I'll
Jerry is caught by the tide and is rescued
by Nat They become friends Ellery
meets Grace while walking In the fields.
md learns that she walks there every
Sunday The clergyman takes dinner
Sundays with the Daniels. Annabel, the
captains daughter. exerts herself to
make an impression on him. She no
tees with VeEstion his desire to get away
every Sunday at a certain time She
again importunes Keziah to marry him.
He says he has had a quarrel with his
father, who wants him to marry Grace.
Ellery asks Grace to marry him She
confesses that she loves him, but says
she fears to dispiease her guardian. FL
kanah Daniels tells Eben about the meet
ings between Ellery and Grace. Eben
declares he will make Grace choose be-
tween him and the preacher. Grace finds
him in a faint following the excitement
Of Elkanahs visit. Just before he dies
Eben exacts a promise from Nat and
Grace that they will marry. KeZiah
breaks the news to Ellery and later ne
receives note from Grace saying she Is
10 marry Nat. and asking him not to try
to see her again. Keziah tells the story
OF her own marriage with a man who
turned out to be a ood-for-nothing, and
VINO was reported to have been lost at
sea. and Of her love for Nat, whom she
cannot marry because the husband Is
alive Captain Nat sails for Manila to
be gone two years. He says he and
Grace have decided not to marry until
he returns.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03

before her in the path, and her cheeks
flushed and her eyes fell.
''Er-Miss Van Horne" he STAN
mered, Il merely wanted TO tell you
how deeply I've all feel for you in
your trouble. IL am so sorry
have heard so much Of the captain
from"
From Aunt Keziah? Yes, she was
Mats warmest friend"
Il know. Er-Mrs. Coffin tells me
you are going away. | nope you may
hear good news and soon | shall
think of you-of him l want you to
understand that l shall"
She held out her hand and he took
it. He knew that his was trembling,
but SO, too, was hers. The hands fell
apart. Grace entered the house and
John Ellery went out at the gate.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03
Snare the Birds.

1t Is an economic folly to constantly
increase expenditure and labor for ar
tif3cial destruction Of insects without
turning a hand to prevent the deci-
nation of our bird life-nature's In
tended check against insect pests, gov
ing the birds with the goods IN them
and Audubon-born sentiment and sta
tistics are both valuable aids, but the
farmer himself must be induced to
study the problem Of bird values.
Then he will act for bird pre5erva-
ton and bird multiplication without
much loss Of time.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03

now; it's pretty nigh smooth as d
pond. You'll take an oar, won't you
Noah?"
Il can't leave the light very we'll My
wife went over to the village last
night. You and Charlie and Bill go
Want to go, too, Zeb?"
NO, I'll stay here, 1 guess. The old
iady made me promise to keep my feet
dry afore left the house
You want TO go, Mr.. Ellery? Lots
of room"
The minister was tempted The sea
always had a fascination for him and
the mystery of the strange ship was
appealing.
Sure | won't be in the way?"
No, no. course you won't" said
Burgess. Come right along. You set
in the bow, If you don't mind gettin
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03
CHAPTER XIV.
In Which the Minister Boards the San
Jose.

Hey, Mr. Ellery!"
1t was Captain Zeb Mayo who was
calling. The captain sat in his antique
chaise, drawn by the antique white
horse, and was hailing the parsonage
through speaking trumpet formed by
holding both his big hands before his
mouth.
The minister and Mrs Coffin, the
former with napkin in his hand, had
emerged from the side door of the par
sonage and now came hurrying down
TO the gate.
Land Of Goshen!" exclaimed the
captain, you don't mean to tell me
you amt done breakfast yet, and it
after seven o'clock Why, Mr.. Ellery,
l tell you: EN- lous Sparrow, the fish
peddler, stepped up TO our house a few
minutes ago. He's just come down
from the shanties over on the shore
by the light-where the wreck was.
you know-and he says there's a
'mOrphrodite brig anchored three or
four mile off and she's flynn colors
haf mast and union down They're
gettln boats crew together to go
off to her and see what's the row. I'm
goin' to drive over and l thought may
be you'd like to go along"
A moment later the minister, having
donned his hat and coat, ran down the
walk and climbed into the chaise be-
side Captain Zeb. The white horse,
stimulated into creaky trot by repeat
ed slappings of the relns and roars
to Get under way!" and Cast off,"
moved along the sandy lane.
They found a group on the beach.
A few fishermen, one or two lobster
men and wreckers, and the lishtkeep-
er were gathered on the knoll by the
lighthouse They had a spyglass, and
a goodsized dory was ready for
launching.
Where is she, Noah?" asked Cap
tain Zeb Of the lightkeeper.
shes a brigantine, zeb," observed
the keeper, handing up the spyglass.
And flynn the British colors. Looks
if she might be one Of them salt boats
from Turks Islands. But what she's
dom out there, anchored, with can
vas lowered and shown distress sig
nails in fair weather like this, is more'n
any of us can make out She want
there last evenin', though, and she is
there now"
"She amt he only funny thing
along shore this mornin', nuther," an
nounced Theophilus Black, one of the
fishermen. Charlie Burgess just come
down along and he says there's
ships longboat hauled up on the
beach, bout a mile n a half t'other
side the mouth of the herrin' crick yon-
der Oars In her and all. And she
amt no boat that b'longs round here"
Captain Zeb. who had been inspect
ing the anchored vessel through the
spyglass, lowered the latter and
seemed puzzled. Blessed if she don't
look abandoned to me. Can't see
sign Of life aboard her"
I'VE couldn't neither" said Thoph.
I'VE was just cal1atin to go off to her
when Charlie come and told us about
the longboat. I guess likely we can go
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03
Concrete Work.

plaster large areas. A little expert
ence and patience makes the matter
easy.
A good waterproofing mixture is
made as follows: Concentrated lye,
one-third pound; powdered alum,
three-fourths pound, which should be
mixed in one gallon of water at least
one hour before using. All of this
mixture Is used to one sack of cement,
and is poured in at the same time as
the water, used to temper the mortar
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03
GARDEN ana
FARM NOTES

Have you good crop rotation on
your farm?
Success in farm work depends large
! ly on knowing how.
A silo is kept air tight SO that the
silage will not spoil.
Sorghum hay properly cured Is a
good roughage for horses and cattle.
Much garden soil seems to need
lime, and probably a complete ferti-
liZer
The best and cheapest way to fight
insects is by a good, efficient rotation
of crops.
A well established alfalfa field
should Craze from fifteen to twenty
pigs per acre.
Corn-husking time is when tonics
to aid digestion are out of sight and
out of mind.
It is best to build round silo. be
cause in the square silos the silage
spoils easier.
Corn fodder that is dry and dusty
will be improved a little by sprin-
Cling in the hangers.
Ii you want 10 be really up 10 date.
sweep down the ceilings of your sta
bles and whitewash them.
Sweet sorghums are more palatable
and therefore relished better by both
horses and cattle than corn slower.
It takes mellow soil to grow corn,
and you can make the soil mellow
before planting time by blowing now.
While considerable is known about
the value and use of alfalfa for graz.
ing. much remains to be determined
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03
Ventilation Test.

A single way to tell whether your
room is properly ventilated is to
place wide-necked bottle Of water
into which you have put half an ounce
of lime water, in the room, letting it
remain uncovered over night. IL in
the morning the lime water is milk
the ventilation is bad. II the lime Wa
ter becomes milk on your covering the
bottle mouth with your hand and
shaking the vessel, the ventilation IL
not sufficiently good If the lime water
remains clear, the air Of that room Is
pure.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03
Work for Sprinp Garden,

A good way to insure a good gar
den next spring .s to thoroughly pre-
pare the plot in the fall so that 1t will
be subject to the chemical action
brought about by freezing and thaw-
ing. 1t will make the soil all the
more workable ir the spring, and will
tend to insure better and earlier crops.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03
VALUE OF THE DRILL SYSTEM
sions on Wheat Raising Is An
swered by Many Farmers.
CBy l.. c. BURNETT.)

The value of the drill is the ques-
ton most frequent In discussions on
wheat raising. The results of four
years tests in Iowa are found to be
Az bushels of winter wheat gain per
acre when the grain was drilled, over
that which was broadcasted. This,
figured at 70 cents per busheI. the
average price Of wheat for the time
covered by the experiment, shows a
balance of 1926 per acre in favor of
drilling.
The opinion of farmers in all parts
of the country seems to be about the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03
MOLE WORKS DURING WINTER
Little Anima! Keeps Busy Where
Ground lis Not Frozen Too Hard
His Strength Is Marvellous.
Try II IA STHEFFERN

(By T. III. SCHEFFER)
The mole, like the pocket gopher,
Is more or less active at ali seasons
of the year, but it is during the rainy
period, when the soil Is moist. that
his work is pushed most vigorously.
Shallow runways are then rapidly ex-
tended in all directions and old run
ways repaired
When a mole makes up it's mind
to go in a certain direction, nothing
but concrete or stone will stop him.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03
Inherited.

Was there ever an informer in
your family?"
What do you mean by such ques-
ton as that, sir?"
Il noticed that your baby liz In
clined to be a squealer.'
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03

Many a girl who wouldn't make a
good wife for poor man would make
poor wife for rich man
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03

ALFALFA So Timothy and Clover mixed
1850. Farms for sale and rent on crop pay
ments. j. MULHALLI, Sioux City, Ia Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03
Its Materials.

Il am building lovely castle in
Spain"
What of? Gold bricks?"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-03
TIRED BLOOD
TORTURES THE SKIN

We all recognize
these forms of
skin trouble as
the evidence OF
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-18
Money In Tourists
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Best OF All "Crops'

an estimated expenditure of ten dol
lars day, these travellers will be
bringing to Hawaii nei about Seven
thousand dollars day by February ]
These figures are less than ALLOW ed
by the Southern California experts.
Adding those who arrived here prior
to January l, and the amount the
tourists are spending here reaches
about 10000 a day, or about $300,t..)
a month. The profit reaped by the
BUSINESS and commercial interests of
he territory will be about 100000.
z Practically all of this traffic, says
Mr.. Wood, comes from the publicity
work for the territory, which is costing
about $4,000 a year. He declared
that last year every month with the
exception of November, was a profit
able one, and that he expects this
year to be even more profitable. He
pointed out that already the results Of
the work that is being done by Wauer
G. Smith are being reaped, and that
they will increase as the year grows
older.
lie added that the committee has
many plans for an enlargement CT the
promotion work, but that these are
being held Up pending the derlsion
OF the be of supervisors and the
Legislature ~"garding the upurDpria-
tions for thz work that ne committee
is trying to do.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-18
Keen RIVALRY
IN MERCHANTS
Assn. BALLOT

Following the situation described in
yesterdays Star-Bulletin, an interest
ing change took place in the arrange
ments for the election of the nine di-
rectors of the Honolulu Merchants
Association to be held next Thursday.
There are two states now, one nomin-
ated by the committee and the other
by members, and in consequence
some lively interest is being taken in
the election.
The second slate is not exactly an
opposition one to the first, but was
in a way forced on the committee.
Certain members on the first one did
not wish to serve and the committee
adopted a suggestion to present some
alternative candidates. Two members
that were consulted proposed certain
names, in one case five and in the
other four, which made enough for a
whole ticket.
Never theless the rivalry will not
be one between tickets but have rela-
ton rather to individuals, for it is
conceded with practical unanimity
that Charles Bon is to have the presi-
dency Of the association. Following
are the states as they stand:
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