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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Better Winter Feed Needed.

If farmers would give as much at
tention to improving their winter
treatment Of cattle as they have to
improving the quality correspond
ingly large increase in profits would
be realized, says writer in an ex-
change. Good breeding demands good
feeding. Much Of the feed is al
lowed to become over-ripe before it is
cut. The meadows being mown so
long without blowing the hay, consists
of wild grasses and weeds.S On &C.
count Of the deficiency Of both lime
and PHOSPHORUS the hay has but lit
tie clover in it, and it is impossible to
maintain flesh with such feed. / was
told that the average gain is about
800 pounds per head.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
ONE EXCEPTION.

The specialized highbrow, lectur-
ing on the high cost of living, pound
ed the table with his fist and ex-
claimed:
'What we must do is eliminate
the middleman. Nobody needs the
middleman
'You're wrong there, partner"
shouted a man in one of the back
seats; "we can't have a minstrel
show without middleman." p
Youngstown Telegram.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
SIMPLE ENGLISH.

eyes," said the earnest professor,
"what we want in literature is direct
and simple English"
The listeners gravely nodded.
i "Direct and simple" they echoed.
"Those conglomerated illusions of
vapid intellects,' the professor went
on, (which posed in 1amentable at
titudes as the emotional and intellec-
tual ingredients of fictional realism
fall far short of the obvious require
ments of contemporary demands and
violate the traditional models of the
transcendent minds of the Elizabeth
an era of glorious memory. Plain
and simple English is the demand
of the hour"
= Whereupon everybody applauded
and went home.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26

snow mat practically al unsprayed
fruit is ruined by diseases or insects.
In one orchard where a part was
sprayed and a part was left unsprayed,
only IL per cent of the Arkansas
black apples could be classed as clean
fruit after the trees had been left I'M
sprayed. In the same orchard, where
the same brand of apples had been
sprayed, the crop of clean fruit was
1877 per cent. Another orchard of
Missouri pippin apples experimental
with the same way resulted in 81
clean fruit for the unsprayed part and
88.5 for that part which was sprayed
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Don't Do IL AcaiA

Miss Dubbkins-Marrietta, STAN
mered Wimpleton nervously, Ger
wow-will yuh-you mum-mum-
marry me?"
Don't you ever ask me a question
like that again, Reginald Wimpleton,"
replied the girl proudly.
"Bub-but wuh-why, Mum-Mari-
eta? ?" suffered Wimpleton. 81 lul-
lul-love you dud-devotedly-"
Because" the fair girl answered
firmly, because it will not be neces-
sary for you to subject yourself to
the nervous strain. I will."-Harper's
Weekly.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
CAUGHT.

'SNow, remember" said the school
teacher, ga contagious disease is one
you can CATCH
as spanking disease?" asked the
worst boy in the class.
No; how ridiculous p :
swell, I often catch one"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
SUMMER BOARDER MADE GOAT
Store lounser's Triumph With Story
That Was Certainly a Credit to
/ His Imagination.

'Who is that prosperous man."
asked the summer boarder, pausing
on the steps of the store, as he
pointed to man in painfully new
clothes, with very heavy gold
watch chain suspended across a gor-
geous waistcoat.
''That man." said the store loung-
er, looking round for an audience,
for ne was the village humorist, "is
an inventive genius, and the richest
man in all this county"
'Hum, he don't look like an in
ventor to me-" said the city man, sus-
piciously. ''I'd put him down as a
farmer in his best clothes, ready to
60 on visit somewhere"
SWa'l, he's farmer, too," replied
the countryman, with a wink at his
audience-two boys and the owner
of the store. 'You see, he couldn't
raise nothin' but a mortgage on his
farm, because it was on such high
n dry land. But he thought up a
good plan to raise the best Eaters in
all the county. He plants his Eaters,
and then he sows onions among
them"
"Well, what of it?" asked the
boarder, impatiently.
"The onions makes the Eaters eyes
water, and tibet irrigates 'em. Hev
We got to 60 so soon ?"-Youth's
Companion.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Mint Growing in the West.

If a farmer has good land suitable
for peppermint he will probably, with
reduced forces, continue the cultiva-
ton. On the other hand those who
rent land and give a share of the
crop for rent and those who are en-.
gagged in other matters, such as CAPT.
talists in town hiring all the work
done, will drop out of the crop for the
present
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
One Way of Caring for the Herd

once commenced is difficult to break
of. Some farmers make it their Gus
tom to give to each cow her ration of
provender before sitting down to milk
her. This appears to me to cause
needless labor. Unless there is some
other person present to do it, the
mixer must make a journey round
into the fodder gang every time he
milks cow. Thus, if there are TWEEN
ty COWS to milk twenty journeys are
made, which must involve consider
able waste of time. The whole BUSH
ness can be done more expeditiously
by feeding the cows altogether before
commencing milking operations, and
IL the laborious habit referred to is
never started, the cows will never
miss that to which they have never
been accustomed.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
SPRAYING FOR SOUND FRUIT
Practically All Unsprayed Fruit 10
Ruined by Disease.

The man who still clings to the idea
that spraying does not aid In the pro-
duction OF fruit should be convinced
by the report of w. L. Howard of the
Department of Horticulture of the Uni
versity Of Missouri. By taking or
chards here and there over the state
OF Missouri, Prof. Howard has just fin
ished q series of experiments that
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Body Lice on Poultry

For body lice on poultry procure a
25-cent box of blue ointment at the
drug store and rub a piece the size
Of a pea on the skin, among the
fluffy feathers below the tail. 1t
should be we'll rubbed in. This will
not only kill the lice present, but will
destroy all the nits.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
The Perfect Car.

This story of yours is all right,
said the editor, "but your description
of the hero's automobile is simply i'm
possible. II there was an automobile
made as perfect as the one you de-
scribe, I'd buy one tomorrow. Where
in the world did you get your ideas?"
THAT was easy" replied the author.
Il got my friend, Bragley, to describe
his new car."-Judge,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26

Big G gorge
S a m sOn g a I
d o w n o n I n o
lounge where he
had found his wee
bit of a wife cry
ing In the sofa pill
lows and gently
lifted her to him.
isn't the house
party a success ?
he asked, gently,
"or has the cook
z o n @ wro n &
again ?"
VIII Cummings
is q pig headed,
obstinate brute,
and | hate him"
T g m ark e d I b 9
young wife, irrele-
vanity. And az
for Carrie Hep
burn, / will never
speak TO her after
t b Is party | 8
over"
And she stamped
h or Drpffy foot
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
LESSONS FROM THE DRCUTH
Stronger Emphasis Than Usual Is Laid
on Importance of Preparation
of Good Seed Beds.

A member of the crop production of
the University of Illinois reports that
the results as seen in crops this year
seem to emphasize stronger than usual
the Importance Of good tillage. They
have shown also how important it is
in year like the present to prepare
good seed beds for the grain; that the
beds should be we'll packed, and soil
on top loose, and mulch on the very
surface, in order that moisture be
conserved
There were two crops in Illinois that
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Manure and Moisture,

Manure from the barn lot adds
aumus to the SOL, and humus acts
like sponge, retaining the moisture
and making the soil more capable OF
absorbing more rainfall or holding it.
longer. Moral: Save and carefully
spread all barnyard manure over the
fields. Manure properly utilized puts
dollars in the farmers pockets.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26

aging father was
only a fagman at
the railroad CROSS
ing, and he was
rather a forlorn
figure In his shah
by coat with its
one empty sleeve.
At any rate, four
or five of the girls
who attended the
village school EVIL
IDENTIFY considered
1t obligatory to
ignore Bessie in
t b e ir rec e 9 s
& a m e 8, judging
from the sights
! they thrust upon
her.
| However, Bes-
sizes department
was something to
be emuIated with
profit; moreover,
she was an apt
pupil, and even in
a school yard may
be found a goodly
p e r C G n t a g e Of
young people to
whom qualities of
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
A Practical Soul.

Not long ago a country parson went
to preach in an old remote parish in
the southern part of Maine. The aged
sexton, in taking him to the place, in
sinuatingly said:
Il jest do hope you won't mind
preachin' from the chancel Ye see,
this is quiet place, no children about,
an I've got duck a-settin' on four
teen eggs in the pulpit. Harper
Magazine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Paw Knows Everything.

Willie-Paw, when baby gets sick
why do they call the doctor?
Paw-To cure it, my son.
,Willie-Well, why don't they send for
the curate, instead of the doctor.
.Paw-You go to bed, Willie.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Mere Film.

II suppose you are mammas darl-
ing?"
mo. ma'am, am my mammals NOV
ing picture"
Your mammals moving picture?"
"Yessum, she is always telling me
that should be seen and not heard"
Houston Post.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
EXTREME CASE.

Louise-Troubled with loss of
appetite, isn't she?
Julia-She doesn't want to eat
things that the doctors forbid.-Life.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Still Worse,

Bluff understand old Grimley cut
his son off with a shilling.
Gruff-Worse than that.
Bluff-How so?
Gruf-He cut him off with a shil-
ling and the family motor car.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Temporarily FORGOT II


Admitting Friend-Old boy, that's a
corking good series of newspaper
stories you are writing these days.
Great Ballplayer-What paper am I
writing stories for? o, yes. |
remember: much obliged, old chap.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Woman to Woman,

Crafty Milliner (coaxingly(-The
white feather on the hat makes
madam look about twenty-one.
Mrs. Sprite (eagerly)-Yes, yes.
Why not put on two or three moe?-
Judge.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Paw Knows EVERYTHING.

Willie-Paw, do you know all about
brass band?
Paw-Yes, my son. Why do you
ask?
Willie-Well, if horn player gets
sick does his substitute?
Paw-You go to bed, Willie.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Appreciation.

You never carry that beautiful
umbrella I gave you." she said, re-
proachfully.
81 can't afford to-" he replied. ST
feel as IL I'd have to take a taxicab
to keep from getting 1t wet"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Breaking OFF.

You say you occasionally smoke
one of your wife's Christmas cigars"
yes; I dug 'em up the other day
and they are a great help in my pres
ent situation
What is that?"
y am trying to quit tobacco for
good"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
PRECAUTIONS.

"Would you take contributions for
charity of tainted money!"
"Of course We would, but we al
ways disinfect them"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Hard to Satisfy.

"Some men are not even satisfied
when they marry and are supported In
the style to which they have been &C
customed," caustically remarked a
woma'a
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Fulfilled Ambition,

Look here! / want to make a
noise in the world"
There is only one way / know of
that you can do It. Go and join a
brass band"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
WORSE KIND.

Remember, there are ivers out
of Britain"
eyes, they say they are particu-
Iarlv bad in India"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
CASEY'S DEFINITION.

OBrien-An' phwat's tin we'd
din, Casey?
Casey-Shure, it's whin we've been
married tin years.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
IDEAL WIFE.

'Does your husband ever have to
work nights? %
|No, but he says he does, and [
let him think I believe him."
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Jared the Infant.

The Boston baby cried all night;
His nurse has foolish ways
And rashly told him Bacon might
Have written Shakespeare plays
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
FROZEN EGGS.

! Frozen eggs have been Endorsed by
Sthe United States department Of ag-
riculture. :.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
And Got a Sharp Look.

Il asked by husband for some pin
money this morning"
What did he say?'
He asked me how much pins were
a paper"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
Feed Well purIno MouIt

Tccu Wet IUfIlH FVIOUIts
One mistake In hen culture is not
to iced the hen well when she Is
dry" A moulting hen does hard
work.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26

A hotel for c&naries, built by a
Berlin man. hns elevators. electric
lights. winter garden and fountain
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26
He vEhTURED HIS LIFE
BY S. v. LEWIS.

There wasn't a thing against Bessie
Hicks, excepting the fact that her
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-26

The Writer-Can you use an article
on King Solomon?
Magazine Editor-Yes, If you can
furnish set of portraits of his wives.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-21
SERBS HARASS ALBANIANS.
Drivisg Them to MOuntaens
Starve, II IL Charged.

A private message received yesterday
BY the Rev. Or. Henry Otis Dwight, sec
retary Of the American Bible Society.
from an American missionary now making
his way from Scutari into the devastated
regions OF Albania. says that the Ser
vlans are engaged In what is there be-
lieved to he an attempt. to exterminate
the population OF several Of the eastern
Albanian districts.
Guards from the Servian army. the
message says. are patrollins territory
definitely assigned to Albania at dis
tance Of as much as twenty -flve miles
from the boundary to prevent any one
getting out OF or going into the region.
Thousands OF refugees are In the noun
tains without shelter or food. expatriated
and starving. feeding on roots. grass,
bark and twiEs,
II found near Iesh." said the mission
ary. "and all the way FROM Scutari a
great many villages burned and few
fields PLANTED. The country has been
ravaged by the Servians. by the Monte
negrins and by the Turkish army under
Essad Pasha. who thus punished the IN
habitants for refusing 20 help him save
Turkey. At kroya we heard Of four
women and forty eight men who had
been wantonly hanged shot or cut to
pieces with swords by the Servians"
The missionary carried with him into
the devastated regions first instalment
Of relief funds for the starving Albanians
supplied by the American Constantinople
Relief Committee OF 20 Bible House. New
York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-21
TABLET REVEALS ANCIENT LAWS
Important Archaeological Discoycry
Announced IA Philsdelphi..

FHILADELPHIA. July 2O.-What Is con-
s'dered an archaeological discovery Of tho
first Importance In the history Of the
university museum is announced to-day
In the finding Of tablet containing many
OF the missing laws from the code Of
Hamurabi. the oldest collection OF laws
and precepts extant. Hamurabi was
King Of Babylon" Of Akkad and Lord
Of the four quarters OF the earth They
betOken a much higher civilization In the
time Of Hamurabi twho ruled Babyionia
about 2lO0 to 23O0 Il. c.. according to
various estimates) and are similar to the
laws Of Moses.
The Importance Of one law Is that In
the history Of primitive people In many
civilizations. long after the Babylonian
period down to the Norman conquest Of
Great Britain. II was customary for the
creditor to seize the body Of the debtor
either for time or In perpetuity. The
text here indicates that when q debtor
had given up all ne had and had taken 4
receipt with witnesses his debt was dis
charged. In many respects this 10 one
Of the most impressive laws Of the whole
Hamurabi code.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-21
GOLDEN AGE FOR FARMHANDS.
Mells O1ers EliRible sisters and
Buggy RIdes as Lures.

ANpovEn. Ohio. July .O,-Ray Mells. a
farmer Of Dorset, near here. simply can't
keep help this summer. yet ne offers In
ducements that really ought to bring
him an army Of husky youths. Here are
a few Of the Inducements Mells offers to
lure some good. strong. willing farm
hands his way:
Each man may have horse and buggy
on Sunday or in the evenings.
The quitting time every evening is 6
O'Clock. with nothing to do on Sunday but
rig up In Sunday best and 20 to melting.
after which q good dinner will be walt
Ing.
Wages that will compare with the best
paid anywhere in the locality with the
most considerate treatment during work.
ing hours.
In addition to all this" says Mells. II
have two good looking eligible sisters and
have offered to let the boys get busy and
win them n they can. There's the horse
and buggy for their use every Sunday"
The harvesting Of crops In Mells's
neiEhborhood has been delayed two weeks
owing to the shortage Of help. All other
farmers in the vicinity have experienced
the same trouble A. Mells.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-21
OPPOSE MEXICAN LOAN.
france Not Eager to Have New Is-
sue Made At Present.

SPECIAL C0bfe Desp0sch TO TINE BUN
PARIS, July 2O.-It Is now said that tho
meeting OF bankers which was held last
Friday at the offices Of the BanQue de
Paris ct des Pays Bas was for the pur-
pose OF considering the question Of ad-
vancing money to the Mexican Govern
ment on account Of q new issue of 1885,
100000 In treasury notes which the bank
-rs have the option Of taking any time
within six months after June 80.
The Mexican Government is said to be
asking for 500, 100000 now as loan from
The bankers. Up to the present time the
banking group has refused to consider
as the public would not care to sub
scribe 10 1t so soon after the recent Mexi-
can issue
The French Government Ii reported to
be opposed TO the bankers financing Mexi.
can or any other foreign loans at the pres.
ent time. az the issue Of a 5000. 1000. 900
French army loan must be considered.
II Is understood that the bankers in.
'erest"d in the matter will meet again
tomorrow, when a decision will be made.
Otto H. Kahn Of the Arm Of Kuhn. Loeb
Co.. which was interested In the financ-
ing of the former Mexican loan. said last
night that he knew nothing Of any meeting
o' Paris bankers for the purpose OF con-
hder'ns a new Mexican loan.
The original issue was for &27.000.000.
Inc notes went very poorly here, although
Inc interest rate was high. American in
vestors were wary and the burden fell
upon Paris, Bankers refused to under
write the issue.
The feeling among Paris bankers Ia to
refuse 10 advance Mexico more money
Until the United States has recognised the
ne" Mexican republic.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-21
SHORT LIVED REVOLT IN
LISBON; MANY WOUNDED
MObs Throw Bombs at Police
and Soldiers. Then At
tack Barracks.
Special Cab,- Despcsch to Tny srS.


LISBON. July :0.-One person was killed
ana several others seriously wounded In
encounters het"een rcvolutlonists and the
police and soldiers here to-day.
the trouble started early this morning
when the suspicious of the police were
aroused by the movements OF an autouo.
bile which carried no lights. They stopped
the car aud arrested the two passengers
Each passenger had two bombs In his
possession and there was u basketful OF
oomhs In the automobile.
The police were taking their prisoners
to the station house when they were MT.
tackled by mob Two bombs were thrown
at the officers. One policeman was k!llad
and the driver Of the automobile and an
other policeman were wounded.
At the same time fighting began else
where between mobs and the police. A
crowd endeavored to rus, the barracks 81
the sailors. but were driven back and dis
persed. Three persons who were In n mob
which tried to enter the post Of the Re-
publican Guard were shot and seriously
wounded while resisting the soldiers
little later a soldier who was trlv-
Ing an automobile through the principal
street was ordered to stop by a crowd.
The soldier refused to obey and the mob
frsd. One occupant Of the car was s-ri.
ouaiy wounded. Men found carrying
bombs In various other quarters Of the
city were arrested.
The revolt, which seems to have been
counter revolution OF the extreme revo.
lutionists. was finally put down.