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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
AMONG THE HEAVY EATERS
Remark able Gastronomic Feats That
Are Hardly Believabie, Though
All authenticated.

Champion Fried Egg Eater of the
Berkshires was the title of Louis
Morris of Housatanic. Mass. before he
entered in a recent egg eating contest
on a wager He had record of TWEEN
ty-two eggs and the wager was on his
contention that he could easily in
crease this record to twenty-five.
When he reached seventeen eggs he
was seized with an attack Of acute in
digestion and a doctor worked over
him for an hour before he was re-
stared to consciousness and pro-
nounced out of danger. He also has a
record for tifty-four ears Of green
corn.
At the beefsteak dinners of many
political clubs astounding records are
made in the consumtion of viands.
Some Of those who take part think
nothing of eating ten and twelve
pounds of meat at the sitting, At one
clambake held at College Point re-
Gently eight baskets of food We're eat
en- by one diner. This basket includ
ed a leg and a breast Of a chicken,
twenty-h five CLAIMS, two ears of corn
and four potatoes. This record is de-
clared acurate and authentic and is
posted up in an East side clubroOm.
A Rhode Island farmer had Il rec
ord of half a bushel Of walnuts, of
which he was extraordinarily fond.
He used half bag of salt while eat
ing them. A New Jersey blacksmith
on recent wager ate nearly a peck
and half of cherries. He said he
could go on eating forever" as he
put it, but those who witnessed his
feat declared they had seen enough to
prove the eater a wonder. A Chicago
man inordinately fond Of mush and
milk, lived on it for week not long
ago. eating four great bowlfuls of it
three times q day.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Tornado Near La Crosse,

La Crosse-Many miles of telephone
wires were torn down and commun-
ication with rural districts made i'm
possible as the result OF a tornado
here. Thousands of dollars damage
was done to growing crops in this i'm
mediate vicinity, grain being laid low
over a wide expanse of territory. Many
Windmills were demolished by wind,
while dozens OF. farmhouses were I'M
rooted and fences blown down. The
greatest damage in this city was done
along the river front, where many
lighthouses were destroyed and
launches blown upon the shore. Trees
eighteen inches in diameter were
broken off close to the ground. One
of the new factory buildings of the
La Crosse Plow company was demol-
ished.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
DRESS SQUADS FOR MARKET
After Penetrating Brain With Sharp
Knife Bird Is Allowed to Bleed
Thoroughly.

(By MICHAEL X. BOYER, New JerseyD
One-half dozen or more SQUAD are
hung on the rack at one time. The
is done by drawing the wings closely
together in the back, allowing one
wing to overlap the other. 1t holds
them firmly and causes no pain.
The mouth OF the squad is held open
with the thumb and first finger of the
left hand, the head and shoulders be-
ing held in the left hand. With a knife
in the right hand the blade is inserted
through the crown of the head, pene-
trating the brain.
At once the operator releases his
grasp and allows the bird to bleed
thoroughly before starting to pluck the
feathers.
By the time about half dozen OF
the birds have been stabbed the first
killed has bled sufficiently to be ready
for picking. The SQUAD is then re-
moved from the rack and held in the
hands while plucking the feathers.
This method Is said to be the most
$50 squad can thus be dressed in a
day by a good operator.
Some pigeon men believe in holding
the bird while killing, but it has been
proven that birds held do not bleed so
thoroughly as when hanging, owing to
the fact that the hand more or less
congresses the fine veins, thus retard-
ing the flow of blood
When bird is not sufficiently bled
it shows itself in blisters. These bis
tiers are red blotches that form on the
backs Of the birds, aid which develop
by the time the cizraasses reach the
market.
Fresh water should be given twice
daily, but Only the very best of grain.
Avoid damaged stuff
Do not fail to bear in mind that the
profit is derived only from the mated
pairs.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
ECZEMA BURNED AND lTCHED

203 Walnut ST.. Hillsboro, Jll.-"My
child had a breaking out on the lower
limbs which developed into eczema.
The eczema began with pimples which
contained yellow corruption and from
the child's clothing they were greatly
irritated. They seemed to burn, which
made the child scratch them, resulting
in 4 mass of open places. They made
her so cross and fretful that it was
impossible to keep her quiet. They
caused her to lose much sleep and she
was constantly tormented by severe
itching and burning.
II tried several well-known RENE
dies, but got no relief until I got a
sample of Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment, which did SO much good that
got large quantity that cured her in
ten days after she had been affected
for two months" (Signed) Mrs. Edith
Schwartz, Feb. %, 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, 1913-07-11
BUDGET TO TOTAL
TWENTY MILLION
HUGE SUM APPROPRIATED TO
PAY RUNNING EXPENSES
OF WISCONSIN.
ONE BILL YET TO BE PASSED
Estimated Receipts for Next Two
Years VIII Be Largely in Excess of
All Expenditures, However-Four
Large Bills Get Bulk Of Money.

Madison.-The appropriation bills
chat will be passed by the present leg
islature will total s20,000,000 for the
next biennial period. The total re-
ceiptS for the same period, from all
sources, will total s31, 100000. OF this
sum about 100000 will be returned
to the towns, counties and school dis
tricts-
The total appropriations and total
receipts are to some extent estimated.
Until the session closes it can not be
known exactly what the appropria-
tons are The receipts, too, can not
as yet be exactly known, but they
will differ but little from the figures
given.
Both appropriations and receipts in
ciude everything connected with the
state finances. Each represents every
thing that will be paid out and all in
come from all sources that will be re-
ceived OF the latter, as stated, about
one-third is returned directly to the
towns and counties, the state treas
ury being merely junction point or
clearing house.
The appropriations already made, or
contained in bills passed and the three
big appropriation bills passed by the
assembly this week, total about ST.
100000 for the biennial period There
is still TO come one other big appro-
priation bill for the state departments
which will carry about $1,000,e09.
This, with other appropriations, will
bring the total up to nearly if not
quite $20,o00,00O. Two-thirds of this
Is carried in the four large appropria-
ton bills-the university and normals
the state penal and charitable insti-
buttons, the state departments, and
the highways. Phe remainder is made
up of odds and ends.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Early Wall PAINTINGS.

1t is probable that the earliest wall
paintings were those of the Egyp
tians Those people employed dis
temper containing dissolved gum and
their principal pigments were white
chalk, a vegetable yellow ochre, ETH
opian cinnabar, blue powdered glass
stained with copper and charcoal
black The walls of Assyrian and
Babylonian dwellings were treated
in much the same way, and the prac-
tice was certainly in vogue in Assyria.
1t has been believed that the Greeks
understood true frescoe work, appor-
emily on the strength OF phrase oc-
curing in Plutarch, Ito paint on a wet
ground" Vitruvius also speaks Of
wet ground and says that colors
placed on a surface SO prepared are
teristic of true frescoe work.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
WILL MANAGE NEW ASYLUM
DR.. Rock Sleyster, Naupun, Appointed
Superintendent of Building
Nearing Completion.

Waupun.-The state board of con-
troll has appointed Dr. Rock Sleyster,
for four years physician OF the Wis
consin state prison, TO the position of
superintendent and steward of the new
hospital for the criminal insane, ap-
preaching completion in this city Dr.
Sleyster, who is only 81 years old,
was born in Waupun.
The Wisconsin Hospital for the
Criminal Insane will care for insane
criminals, criminal and vicious insane
1t is planned to care for 90 the first
year and $50 the second year
The only wall to give suggestion
of prison will be in the rear to
enclose the exercising park 1t will
be conducted much as the Mattewan,
N. Y, hospital and probably viii be
opened on Sept. l.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Predicamenr of a Suffrauist.

A well-known university professor
who has taken much interest in the
woman suffrage movement was per
suaded to carry a banner in a parade
that was held in New York some
months ago.
His wife observed him marching
with detected air and carrying his
banner so that it hung Imply on it's
standard, and later she reproved him
for not making a better appearance.
Why didn't you march like some
body, and let people see your banner?"
she said.
My dear" meekly replied the pro-
fessor. did you see what was on the
banner? II read, Any man can vote
Why cant 70"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Rebuked.

A distinguished English surgeon,
who was rather untidy i'll his attire.
was one day called for hurriedly by
another doctor When ready to start,
however, his friend demonstrated with
him c. he shabbiness of his dress.
and suggested that as Lord - was
most particular man, lie should at
least change his hat, which, after some
grumbling, the surgeon consented to
do
The caller waited for him impatient
ut last was surprised to see the door
partially opened and a new silk hat
thrown to him, with a curt remark
There's the hat; but | thought you
wanted the man. Goodday."
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Diese, Enoinet Vessel.

The ship Hagen. which Is the larg-
est vessel 10 the world to be propelled
by Diesel oil engines, recently made
her trial trip in the lower New York
bay. The vessel. which was built for
the Standard Oil company, measures
four hundred feet over all and has a
displacement of $3.50 tons. She is
equipped with two six-eylinder Diesel
engines of two-cycle type, adapted TO
develop 2,400 horsepower at l40 reyo-
lutions a minute. At sea the steering
engine is driven by compressed air
When nearing port. steam from dom
key boiler is used in the steering en-
CINE. The vessel is lighted by cleo
tricity and the living quarters are
heated by hot water system, the wa
ter being heated by the main exhaust
of the engine. During the test The
vessel ran at about eleven knots.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
GIRL CLUBBED WITH PISTOL
Chippewa Falls Miss May Die as the
Result of Beating Received
from Youth.

Chippewa Falls.-Raymond Short,
Is years old, is in Jail here, charged
with entering the home of Roderick
McPhee, the next door neighbor, go
ing to bedroom occupied by Nc
Pieces three daughters. and attacking
Miss Mauretta with a revolver 1t
is claimed he attempted to shoot the
girl and the revolver cylinder failed
to work. He then turned the gun and
beat her over the head until she was
insensible. Short ran from the house
and barricaded himself in his fathers
barn, where he was later captured by
the police. 1t is thought the girl Will
die.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
CATTLE DISEASE A MYSTERY
MaIady Makes Appearance Over Night
and Animals Are Starved and
Cs,oked to Death.

Grand Rapids.-A new and strange
disease is attacking cattle in the vi
cinity of this city. 1t has proven
fatal to almost every animal that has
contracted it and veterinarians have
been unable to check the growth of
the disease after 1t has secured a grip
on an animal. A COW may be all right
when MIXED at night and the follow
ing morning be found with huge
swelling under the neck, unable to eat
and apparently choking. 1t is thought
it is the same disease which attacked
cattle in Massachusetts several years
ago and for which no cure has been
discovered. The only fact known in
regard to the malady is that it is con-
tagious.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
LEGISLATURE WORKS AGAIN
Calendar of Seventy-four Bills
Awaiting Senate When 1t
Resumes Sessions

Madison--After nearly two weeks of
lnactiOn the senate met on July to
take up the work OF legislation where
the assembly left off before July f.
A long calendar of Seventy-four
bills awaited consideration, most OF
them, however, Of minor Importance
The most important measures on the
schedule are the Balls bill authoriz-
ing the Wolf River Improvement COM
pany to build dams on the Wolf river;
the sterilization bill, the Martin anti
lobby law, appropriation for the board
OF control and the bill amending the
wOrkmens compensation act.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
CUBS FOOD
They Thrive on Grape-Nuts.

Healthy babies don't cry and the
Eell-nourished baby that is fed on
GTape-Nuts is never a crying baby.
Many babies who cannot. take any
other food relish the perfect food,
Grape-Nuts, and get we'll.
My baby was given up by three
doctors who said that the condensed
milk On which I had fed her had
ruined the child's stomach. As7'e of
the doctors told me that the only
thing to do would be to try Grippe
Nuts, so got some and prepared it as
follows: | soaked / - tablespoonfuls
in one pint of cold water for half an,
hour, then strained off the liquid and
mixed Z teaspoonfuls of this strained
Grape-Nuts juice with six teaspoonfuls
OF rich milk, put in a pinch of salt and
little sugar, warmed it and gave it
to baby every two hours.
In this simple. easy way | saved
baby's life and have built her ZIP TO
strong. healthy child, rosy and laugh
ing. The food must certainly be per-
feet to have such a wonderful effect
as this. I can truthfully say l think
it is the best food in the world to
raise delicate babies on and is also
delicious healthful food for grown-ups
as we have discovered in our family"
Grape-Nuts is equally valuable to the
strong. healthy man or woman. 1t
stands for the true theory of health.
There's a reason and it is explained
in the little book, The Road TO Well
Vile" IN pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
6ne apnears from time TO time. They
are genuine. true. and full of hun N
interest.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Meat Ration for Hens.

The effect of meat rations for hens
was tested at the West Virginia ex-
pertinent station, where one pen of
fowls received a ration largely Of
corn and other starchy grains, while
another pen was fed partly on meat
and fresh bone.
The meat-fed fowls laid 1856 eggs,
while the granted fowls laid 3,431,
or less than one-half as many as
those receiving the heterogeneous ra-
ton. The eggs from the meat-fed
fowls were larger, much firmer,
rather better and produced far more
vigorous chickens than those of the
others Both lots of fowls remained
in a healthy, vigorous condition.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
COL. c. (. TOWNSEND DEAD
Only Surviving Member of Wisconsn's
First Territorial Legislature
Passes Away.

Madison,-Word is received that
Col. f. {. Townsend had died at his
home in Shullsburg. Col. Townsend,
who was So years old. visited Madison
about two weeks before his death and
made an address before the assembly.
OF which body he was a member in
1861.
He believed himself to be, and
probably was, the only survivor who
attended the session of the first Wis
consln territorial legislature at Bel
mont in, 1886. He was remarkably
well preserved and did not look to be
over So
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
USEFUL PLANK STEp-LADDER
One Shown in Illustration Is Easy OF
Construction and Is Quite Handy
About Barn an3 Mouse.

For convenience, there should be Il
step ladder at the house, one at the
barn and two or three of different
sizes for the orchard. Step ladders
built on the plan as shown in the cut,
are easy of construction and require
but little material to make them very
stout. For use about the house, ma
terial as follows is necessary. To
make ladder that is two and one-half
feet long and three feet high, (Which
is tall enough for washing windows,
lures about the housed will take, .
pieces. ks inches, 21a feet long for
the steps, pieces same kind Of ma
terial for the legs, and some strips
upon which the steps will rest. The
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Breeding Immature Ewes.

A good many sheep owners practice
the plan of breeding eve lambs,
which is q poor practice from any
standpoint These immature ewes
cannot be reasonably expected to pro-
duce strong, vigorous lambs and sup
ply animals that will make a good
growth End develop into profitab BILE
feeders, and at the same time reach a
desirable degree of development and
maturity themselves.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Plank Step Ladder.

strips for the middle steps should
reach across as shown in the drawing,
this braces the legs and prevents them
spreading when in use.
ders of this model, may be used as
trestles by placing piece of 2x6 inch
stuff, six or eight feet long on them
when used as in making farm gates,
etc, and shorter pieces for ordinary
work. Many uses will be found for
these ladders about any we'll arranged
farm home.-J. w. q.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
WhiteWash in Dairy Barn.

Dr. Marshall, a Pennsylvania insti-
tute speaker, says that embarrassing
of dairy barns should be done for
the sake of general sanitation, but
the main point in the fight against
tuberculosis is the elimination of the
dark stables and filthy stall condi-
tions.
When clean methods are used in
the keeping of cows, he advises the
use of compound made from one
pound of chloride of lime and five
gallons of whitewash, which, when
put on the walls and stable partitions,
acts as an effective preventive of dis
ease
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Wnrldix Advice

"Equivocal advice, that" said Sen
ator Hitchcock, in tariff argument.
Such advice can be taken in two
ways. It's like the advice of Hown-
dar.
"A youth told Rowndar that he was
passionately in love with parlor
maid eleven years his senior
"'She's all the world to me- said
the youth. What would you advise
me to do?'
"'See a little more OF the world, old
chap Rowndar replied"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
VETERAN OF '48 SUCCUMBS
w. g. Morand, Green Bay, Survivor
OF Mexican War, Passes
Away, Aged 81.

Green Bay.-William +. Morand.
aged 81, only survivor of the Mexican
war in Wisconsin, and one of the five
survivors known in the United States,
is dead here. He fought under Gen
Taylor and later under Gen Scott. He
came to Green Bay in 1854, where he
conducted a small hotel for many
years.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
ChaflnQ Hives.

This troublesome skin affection is
difficult to diagnose at the outset. Be
on the safe side, therefore, and when
ever the skin is irritated use Tyree's
Antiseptic Powder Immediately and
avoid further trouble Csc at druggists.
Sample sent free by J. S. Tyree,
Chemist, Washington, D. C.-Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Takes Much Tetanus Serum,

Oshkosh.-William Milbriet of Am
herst, who is being treated for lock-
jaw here, has had $4,000 units of tetan-
us antitoxin injected into his system
and is recovering. The cost of this
serum was $75 and it is over thirty
times the usual dose given.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Goes from Lawrence to ober,in

Appleton.-Prof. David R. Moore of
Lawrence college has accepted the
professorship of European history at
Oberlin college, Ohio He has been
instructor in history at Lawrence col
lege three years
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Popne Wins Loo Contest.

Chippewa Falls.-In a log rolling
contest here for the championship of
northern Wisconsin, Albert Poppe OF
Black River Falls defeated Ole Mad
lin of Eau Claire The contest lasted
an hour and a half.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
RACING Hotel Man Dead

Racine,-Henry D. Schwabe, aged
IS, proprietor of the National hotel,
died suddenly from congestion of the
heart. Two hours before his death
Mr.. Schwabe was buying supplies for
his hotel
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Suicide on Railway Tracks.

Superior. = Under conditions that
suggest a suicide, the body of an I'M
identified man was found on the North
ern Pacific tracks at South Superior.
The head was severed
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Would Prevent Drowninos.

Lake Geneva.-The city of Lake
Geneva has had three drags built and
placed at different places about the
bay to use in case OF a drowning acct
dent. Pulmotors are also at hand for
restoring persons.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
May SuY Water Works

Menomonie.-M enomonie will hold
a special election to vote on the pur-
chase OF the Menomonie water works
system and the issuing of bonds to
pay for the plant
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Body Found in Subway.

Madison.-T body of Caloreo Lii
core, an Italian, was found in a dark
railroad subway three blocks from his
home The body had bullet wounds
and a deep knife wound in the back
of the head.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Train Kills Circus Man.

RhineIander.-Ed. Ryan, aged 30,
was killed by train at Three Lakes.
From a meal ticket it was learned that
the man was a member of Sparks
circus troups, and his residence at
Chicago
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
Settle Bankrupt Case.

Green Bay-A complicated bank
ruptcy case has been cleared I'D at
Sturgeon Bay and the Equity Eleva-
tor company's creditors were prom
ised per cent The indebtedness of
the company was $50, 1858.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
St,O4o for Death of Son.

Grand Rapids-The parents of Ed
ward Maus, killed in local paper
mill, have been awarded $1,000 by the
industrial commission. The sum will
be paid in monthly installments.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11

Fond du Lac.-Norman, the Agar
old son of Ed. Schumacher of Calumet
vile, drowned in a mix can contain
ing foUr inches of water The child
fell into the can head first
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11
License Limit Is Reached.

Janesville.-The forty-second saloon
license, over which there was trouble
in the council, has been granted. This
makes the entire number of saloons
which can run here under the Baker
law