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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21

at each other, moved the furniture OF
the box, lifted the cloths and the
chairs and particularly examined the
armchair in which the mans voice
used to sit. But they saw that it was
a respectable armchair, with no magic
about it. Altogether, the box was the
most ordinary box in the world, with
it's red hangings, its chairs, it's car,
pet and its ledge covered in red vel
vet. After feeling the carpet in the
most serious manner possible, and dis
covering nothing more here or any
where else, they went down to the
corresponding box on the pit tier be-
low In Box Five on the pit tier
which is just inside the first exit
nothing worth mentioning either.
Those people are all making fools
of u.s." Firmin Richard ended by ex-
claiming. 1T Will be Faust on Satur-
day: let us botn see the performance
from Box Five on the grand teri
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21
SYNOPSIS.

CONSERVATION is caused on the last
night that the Opera is managed by De
bienne and Poligny because Of the ap-
pearance of a ghost said to have been
in evidence on several previous occasions.
Christine Daae, member OF the opera
company IS called upon to hll a very
important part and scores a great sue
cess. Count de Chagny and mis- brotner
Raoul are among those who applaud the
singer Raoul tries to see Christine IN
the dressing room, but Is unable TO do 50
ard later discovers that some one IS max
ing love TO her She energies alone, and
upon entering the room he finds 1t empty.
While the farewell ceremony Tor the re-
firing managers is going on, the opera
Ghost appears and informs the new man
ayers that Box No is reserved for him.
Box No 5 is sold with disastrous results
The managers receive a letter from the
Opera Ghost calling attention TO the err
ror Christine Daae writes Raou! that
she had gone TO visit the grave Of her
father He goes also, and in the night
follows her to the church. Wonderful
violin music Is heard. Raoul visits
graveyard.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21
Passes to the Ball Game Worked a
Speedy Cure of MIR. Jack
sons Ailme vits.

Dan Lane, the well-known stock
broker. and also a director Of the
Armory club, was commenting on the
actions of a fighter in some nearby
town. The fighter in question had ap-
perently been all in up to the last
round, when he came back and put
out his man
What do you make of it?" asked
the friend.
TITS like a friend of mine named
jackson" replied Mr.. Lane. Jack
sons wife had a habit of thinking up
little odd jobs for him to do on his
day off, so he concocted a scheme by
which he should be sick on his day OF
rest
Everything went well until after
dinner and he was allowed to stay in
bed. Early in the afternoon his wife
entered the room AID asked him if be
didf'' &c I.rtle better.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21
DeQuincey's "Our Lady of Tears" Did
Not Suggest the Character to
Dickens.

1t is remarked OF Charles Dickens
that no modern writer was less open
to the charge of having received sug-
gestions from the characters and plots
of his novels from others than was
be. and this for the reason mat ms
plots and characters were chosen, not
from books, but from people and IN
cidents in the living world about him.
Some time ago, however, an Engilsh
author thought that he had founo In
DeQuincey's essay, "Our Lady OF
Tears" the suggestion for the beaud-
full pathos of Little Nell, in The Old
Curiosity Shop" A little lnVestlga-
ton, however. showed that De
Quincey's essay was published IN lS4s,
while THE Old Curiosity SHOP
published five years before The ex-
tract here given from DeQuincey's es-
say is interesting:
THE eldest OF the three sisters is
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21
Treatment of Wet Shoes.

If you get caught in the rain with
a good pair of shoes on, remove them
as soon as you enter the house, and
if you do not possess pair of trees.
stuff them tight and hard with tissue
paper, squeezing it we'll into shape.
Wipe off all the mud with soft rag.
Place the shoes in a draught, soIes
upward, and let them dry slowly On
no account put them to dry by the
fire.
Never forget to place your shoes on
trees or to stuff them with paper when
they are not in wear
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21

had already pushed open the door and
entered the church But | was quick
err than the shadow and caught hold
OF a corner of its cloak. At that mo-
ment, we were just in front OF the
high altar; and the moonbeams fell
straight upon US through the stained
glass windows of the apse. AS | did
not let go of the cloak, the shadow
turned round; and l saw terrible
deaths head, which darted a look at
me from pair of scorching eyes. l
felt as If | were face to face with
Satan; and, in the presence OF this
unearthly apparition, my heart gave
way, my courage failed me
and | remember nothing more until
recovered consciousness at the Set
ting Sun"
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strict confidence. A woman can freely
talk of her private illness to a woman |:
thus has been established confidential
correspondence which has extended over
many years and which has never been
broken. Never have they published a
testimonial or used letter without the
written consent of the writer, and never
has the Company allowed these conf
Dental letters to get out of their pos
session, as the hundreds of thousands
OF them in their files will attest
Out of the vast volume of experience
which they have to draw from, it is more
than possible that they possess the very
knowledge needed in your case. Moth
ing is asked in return except your good
will, and their advice has helped thou
sands. Surely any woman, rich or poor,
should be glad to take advantage of this
generous offer of assistance. Address
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., icon
fidentiaD Lynn, Mass.
Every woman ought to have
Lydia E. Pinkham's SO-page
Text Book. 1t is not book for
general distribution, as it is too
expensive. 1t is free and only
Obtainable by mali. Write for
1T today.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21
Ration for Fattenino Chickens.

When chickens are being fattened
for market, the feed should consist of
two parts of buttermilk to one part
of ground grain. The ground feeds
may be composed Of corn meal, wheat
middlings, and oat -four, all of which
are easily digested. Skim milk is
nearly a.. good as buttermilk and may
be USED in its place. The milk and
the grain should be mixed and fed as
a sloppy ration, the birds receiving nc
other food The birds should be fed
twice day and as near twelve hours
apart DIS possible.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21
HEN MANURE AS FERTILIZER
Has Greater Value Than Any Othe,
Kind Used on Farm-Should
Be Well Taken Care Of.

Hen manure as fertilizer ha:
greater value than any other fertile
er on the farm. 1t is generally sup
posed by some pouitrymen that the
manure will pay for taking care O
the hens, but this depends much or
how it Is kept. The dropping boards
under rne roosts should be kept GOV
cred with some absorbent to preserve
the strength of the droppings.
Land plaster or South Carolina rocl
is good. Never use wood ashes OF
lime with the poultry droppings. The
ammonia or nitrogen would be SCI
free, and part of the value of the fer
tiliZer lost
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CHAPTER V-(Continued)

Its you, Raoul, who say that? You,
an old playfellow of my own!
friend of my fathers, But you have
changed since those days. What are
you thinking Of? ! am an honest girl,
M lie Vicomte de Chagny, and | don't
lock myself up in my dressing-room
with mems voices. Ii you had opened
the door, you would have seen that
there was nobody in the room"
That's truei | did open the door,
when you were gone, and l found no
one in the room
so you seei Well?"
The viscount summoned up all his
courage.
Well. Christine, | think that some
body is making game of you"
She gave cry and ran away. He
ran after her, but, in tone OF fierce
anger she called out: Leave me!
Leave mel" And she disappeared.
Raoul returned to the inn feeling
very weary, very lowspirited and
very sad. He was told that Christine
had gone to her bedroom saying that
she would not be down to dinner.
IAclluI ul1td etlOItCJ III q NCly SiOCihJ
mood. Then he went to his room and
tried to read, went to bed and tried
to sleep. There was no sound in the
next room.
The hours passed slowly. 1t was
about half-past eleven when he dis
tinctly heard some one moving, with
n light, stealthy step, in the room
next to his. Then Christine had not
gone to bed, Without troubling for
a reason, Raoul dressed, taking care
not to make a sound. and waited.
Waited for what? How could he tell?
But his heart thumped in his chest
when be heard Chrtstine's door turn
slowly on its hinges. Where could
she be going, at this hour, when every
one was fast asleep at Perros? Softly
opening the door, he saw Christine's
white form in the moonlight, slipping
along the passage. She went down
the stairs and he leaned over the
baluster above her Suddenly he
heard two voices in rapid conversa-
ton. He caught one sentence: Don't
lose the key
It was the landlady's voice The
door facing the sea was opened and
locked again. Then all was still.
Raoul ran back to his room and
threw back the window. Christine's
white form stood on the deserted
quay
The first floor Of the Setting Sun
was at no great height and q tree
growing against the wall held out its
branches to Raours impatient arms
and enabled him to climb down I'M
known to the landlady. Her amaze
ment. therefore, was all the greater
when, the next morning, the young
man was brought back to her half
frozen, more dead than alive, and
when she learned that he had been
found stretched at full length on the
steps of the high altar OF the little
church She ran at once TO tell
Christine, who hurried down and, with
the help of the landlady, did her best
to revive him. He soon opened his
when he saw his friends charming
face leaning over him.
few weeks. later, when the trag-
edy at the opera compelled the inter-
vention of the public prosecutor, NJ,
Mifroid, the commissary of police, ex-
amined the Vicomte de Chagny touch
ing the events of the night at Perros.
I quote the questions and answers as
given in the official report PIP. $50
ct sea-:
Q. Did Mile. Daae not see you
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CTO BE CONTINUED)
phone Faster Than Sound.

An example Of the relative rates oil
speed with which sound waves travel
by air and telephone wires comes
Manhattanward from Paterson, N. j..
via the New York Telephone Review
The manager of a large manufacturing
plant in Paterson, while standing al
the telephone in his residence, which
is two miles away from his factory
heard the whistle OF the factory blow
for one o'clock.
The sound came over the wire and
continued about five seconds. Several
seconds after it had ceased the fac
tory manager heard the same blow
ing of the whistle carried by air
waves through an open window.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21
Thackeray's First English Home,

A Thackeray house has come into
the market-the cottage at Hadley
Green, near Barnet, which was the
residence of the novelist's mother.
1t was here that Thackeray was
brought from Calcutta as a child of
/. and there he wrote his first record.
ed letter TO his Mama" and Can't.
Carmichael Smyth, his stepfather
prototype of Col. Newcombe).
1t was while staying with his rela
at the size of the little boys head
The aunt sought the advice of Sir
Charles Clarke, who assured her that
she should not be afraid, adding: 1T
is a big head, but there is a good deal
in it."-London Daily Graphic.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21

No ne answered, I'm a sick
man: too sick to go puttering around
the house, putting on screen doors
and other such things"
1T isn't that, dear" she replied
but Jones is out here with two
passes for the ball game"
I, er-er, | am, er, | am feeling a
little better" he said. getting out of
bed.-Boston Traveller.
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H~T& ~IIIfT4TTTT1 lin Yse11rrrdiAL --rc~-~~-.~o-
H.
IRat-Proof Hen House.

over the top of the post an old three
gallon tin bucket. Set your house on
these posts and when Mr. Rat at
tempts to climb post and go into the
poultry house he simply goes up in.
side the bucket and does not accom-
plish his purpose.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21
KEEPING RATS FROM POULTRY
BY Inverting Tin Bucket on Posts
Supporting House Rodents May
Be Kept Away.

If there are many rats In your vicin-
ity it will pay you to make it i'm
possible for them TO enter your poul-
try house. Put post in the ground
for every corner of the house, says a
writer in the Iowa Homestead. Invert
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21
Killing a Turkey.

The proper way 70 kill turkey is
to tie Its feet together, hang on a
pole, then cut the throat and allow to
bleed freely. Dry pick, leaving head
and wings on. After picking, dip in
hot water and then in cold This will
give the skin a fresher look.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21
Cruel to Be Kind.

What makes you carry that horri-
bic shrek machine for an automobile
signal?"
For humane reasons" replied Mr.
Chuggins. IF l can paralyze per
son with fear, he will keep still and
can run to one side of him"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21
Irresistible Earnestness.

'How can any man be weak who
dares to be at all? Even the tender
est plants force their way up through
the hardest earth, and the crevices of
rock; but a man no material power
can resist. What wedge, what a
beetle, what q catapult is an earnest
mani What can resist him ?"-Tho-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21
Chance Turkey Breeding Stock.

Turkey breeding stock should be
changed about every three years. Ma
ture protests against inhreeding by
giving warning with club-footed and
Unconditional chicks.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21

There is one thing a woman never
boasts Of and that is how little it
costs to have her last years hat re,
modelled
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Perfect ANALOGY.

Shortleigh-My Uncle Frank is q
Veritable KlOndike.
Iongleigh-Why, how's that?
Shortleigh-Plenty of wealth. but
cold and distant.-Smart Set.
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FREE ADVICE
TO SICK WOMEN
Thousands HaveB eenRe,ped
By Common Sense
Suggestions.
Women suffering from any form Of
female ills are invited to communicates

promptly with the
W o m a n s private
correspondence de-
partrent of the L.y-
dia Z. Pinkham Med
icine Co., Lynn,
Mass. Your letter
will be opened, road
and answered by a
woman and held In
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21

Give just been reading in this his
tory of France all about Charlotte
Corday. She sure was grear-dame.
all right"
What did she do 2"
KILLED guy what was taking a
bath"
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PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS
Your druggist viii refund money if PAZO ONT
NENT fails to any of Itching, Blind.
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in TO ID days. Soc.
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However, the man who knows Just
how to manage a woman never tried
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It is the real Joy of friendship that
one may think out loud to friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
E. A. BROWN
Prominent Ncrro At1ornc

Attorney E. A. Brown has been engaged
in the practice OF law in this city for
more than fifteen years. during which
time he has built up large and lucrative
practice. After his graduation with honors
from a college in Pennsylvania he. plIr-
sued the study OF law in the office os
one of Ohio's ablest jurists. at Cleveland.
and was admitted to the bar by the s1
preme court of that state. In choosing n
field of labor he decided to come to the
south where he felt that he could be of
greater service to his people, while work
ing out successful career for himself.
His two-fold purpose mas grown into ac-
complished fact As a lawyer he has
established a reputation for ability, high
character and the careful, safe and sue
cessful handling of his clients interests:
and it is only fair to say that this repu-
tation is richly deserved Quiet and nm
assuming in manner. with courteous bear
ing and never failing TACT he is enabled
TO handle with ease many difficult situ-
tons. ~
Many of the business enterprises con-
Quoted by colored people in the Birlnin;.-
ham district, including the two banking
institutions, owe much of their success TO
the able counsel and safe guidance of this
man of the law.
In addition to what has been stated, ii
may be added that both as a citizen in
the community and as leader among his
people, Attorney Brown exerts a whole
some influence along many lines, and as
result enjoys the confidence and respect
of the best people of both races.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

working out the details for the state
| meeting.
To save expense to the organization.
the local meetings were held alternate
ly in the directors room of the Pruden.
tial Savings bank, the assembly room
OF the Alabama Penny Savings Bank
building and in the assembly room of
the Echols-Strong building. 1t has
been pointed out that this better spirit
of cooperation for the mutual good
or merchant and customer could have
been brought out long ago If the league
had had the right sort of leader. If a
man with the perspective and the mi
t1ative had come on the scene.
Perhaps the time was more oppor-
tune. Certainly the negroes are in
better frame of mind to support negro
enterprises than ever before, and any
negro enterprise has fair chance to
succeed with the ordinary push and
business acumen According to Presi-
dent Driver, as long as he is president
of the league it will continue in its
work of keeping in close touch with
the man and woman who spend the
money and Will exert every effort to
see that that man and woman get value
received. a1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

ers, insurance men and they got to
work
From this scheme has come an organ
ization of real estate dealers as well
as the executive council of insurance
organizations. In the meantime the
meetings were continued with more
than gratifying success, and everybody
was talking about the negro business
men. DR.. J. c. Reid fathered a move
ment whereby the negroes would form
customers leagues in each church-al-
ways the church, the center of every
form of negro activity. The customers
leagues were going to insist that all
negroes should patronize negro enter
prises, and from all these events there
has come greater returns to the me-
groes in business and much more satis-
faction all around.
The negro business men are nearer
together than ever before. They real
could do but little alone, and evetyone
is anxious to help each other. The
most helpful thing that has come from
the campaign which President Driver
inaugurated and carried on to sue
cessful conclusion is not so much the
fact that negroes were taught to pa
tronize negro enterprises more largely
but that the negroes in business saw
the necessity of studying their trade
with a view of giving a larger degree
of satisfaction.
When the State Business league met,
1t found a compact body. acting under
ran1h1a
the best meeting in the history of the
organization. Much of the credit of
the success of the Birmingham Negro
Business league is due to the remark
able support the negroes in business
gave President Driver in this campaign.
There was no" exhibition of petty jeal-
ousies. Every man was apparently
willing to sink his personality for the
general good, and all profited thereby.
1t was small matter to raise from
the business men the amount of money
necessary to properly entertain the.
State league, and according to a re-
port of the finance committee, there is
a goodly balance in the treasury for
future campaigns.
or particular help to President Dri-
Yer in all of this work have been DIR.
J. S. Jackson, financial secretary of the
a. NJ. p. Zion church, who Is chairman
of the finance committee; Dr. l. b.
kigh secretary, and Peter f. Clarke of
the Penny Bank, treasurer. Oscar w
Adams of the Birmingham Reporter,
j. w. Williams, w. w. Hadnott of the
Prudential Savings bank, and r. w.
Taylor secretary of the Birmingham
Negro Business league, and others rem
dered valiant service in arranging for
the meetings in the campaign and in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

EXECUTIVE BOARD
Rev. J. A. Bray, A. NJ, D. D., pFes-
idcnt.
Rev. T. H. Williams, vies-presi-
dent.
DR.: Jno. w. Gilbert, vice-presi-
dent.
G. A. Payne, secretary.
Rev. J. w. Turner.
Bishop n. 3. WtIllamss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

In 1910 there were II $40 per cent
more colored farmers and II 9-1O per
cent more white farmers in the state
than in 1900. There are about 100000
acres of land under control of the col
ored farmers of the state that is owned
or rented by them. This is 356,O00 mo, c
acres than they controlled in 1900.
Three million five hundred and sixty
three thousand acres of the land under
the control of negroes is improved land,
which is 100000 more acres than they
were farming in 1910. Colored farmers
of the state control SO 40 per cent
of the total improved land. The av-
erage value of land per acre for white
$14.52. The colored farmers of the state
control s97,370.600 worth of farm prop
erty. This is 1o7 $40 per cent more
property than they controlled in 1900,
when it was si6,91S,oo0.
The colored farmers of the state own
or control one fourth of all the farm
property in the state In 1900 the coll
ored farmers of the state owned $685.
900 worth of farm machinery In 1910
they owned sS.332000 worth. There
are 1882 colored farmers in the state
who own land. The number of colored
farm owners in the past 10 years in
creased 81 per cent. They own 1,500,-
900 acres of land. which is about ESQ.,
600 acres more than they owned 10
years ago The value of the land and
buildings owned by these colored farm
ers in the 10 years, 1900 to 1910. in
creased s6,642,000 to s17.2S2, 600, or $50
per cent. The value of domestic ami j.
mails, poultry, and bees. which the col
ored farmers had in 1900. was S9776,OOO.
In 1910 is was $20,119,000.