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ReaI Humiliation.

1T must be rough to lose the roof
over your head"
Yes: but think OF having the mort
gage foreciosed on your automobile. =
Pittsburgh post
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LADY Of the House-As it's Friday, i
have only plain broth 70 give you.
Reerar-Never mind. mum. I always
carry soda crackers about with me-
lFfiegende Batter.
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A DISADVANTAGES.

Farmer Burr-How do you like your
automobile. Ezrai
Farmer Root-waal. l can't go TO
deep on my way home from town and
wake ND in the barnyard, Ike l could
with old Dobbin.-Puck.
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Standing Of the Clubs

Games today: Boston at New York
(double-headerl. Brooklyn at PhilS
delphia tdOuble-header), Chicago al
Cincinnati. Pittsburg at St. Louis.
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THE WEATHER

For eastern New York and western
Vermont, cloudy, probably showers
tonight or Friday. Warmer south
east portion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-26

Impatience has wings and passes the
goal. Intention packs her trunk and
misses the coach. Resolve starts On
foot and wilma
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Fame is easier TO gain than IL used
TO be" Yes. but Il isn't so lasting
Boston Transcript.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-26
Work

Even the man who pulls rabbits out
OF a six hat has to work for a living
Wall Street Journal
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Standing OF the Clubs
National League

Games today: Cleveland at Chica-
go. st. Louis at Detroit. Philadelphia
at Washington, New York at Boston.
National League
New York 5, Boston l first game).
Boston 4. New York 3 (second
gameD.
Cincinnati -, Chicago 4.
Philadelphia IL, Brooklyn s.
Pittsburg 3. st. Louis ! ito in
nings).
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EIL.aWn Mowers

Ground by Automatic Machine. Fur.
niture Repaired, Saws Filed. Shears
and Knives Sharpened. Pattern Max
ing q Speciality. Bicycle Repairing,
New and Secondhand bicycle for Sale
II. S. AIIard & Go. 1873 North St
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-17
STEAMSHIPS OWNED BY STATE
In the Interests of Small Farmers,
Western Australia Has Provided
Four Vessels.

State-oWned steamships are dream
in some parts of the world. IL west
ern Australia they are reality
There recently arrived at Wellington,
New Zealand, from Bunbury, Western
Australia, the Kwinana, one of four
steamers owned by the last mentioned
state. On board was w. d. Johnson,
minister of public works for Western
Australia, who explained that as this
was the off season in the cattle carry
ing trade, the Kwinana had just taken
g cargo of jarrah wood to the domin-
ion to fill up time.
According TO Mr.. Johnson, the sta
tion-holders in the northwest OF the
state combined to get monopoly OF
the shipping of stock to Fremantle,
and the government Of Western Aus
tralia was compelled to step in, in the
interests Of the small farmers, and
provide state steamers. The govern
ment, it was added was working on
good terms with the shipping compa-
MES The state ships, that Is to say,
had not "cut" fTeights or inIerfered
with coastal rates, and at the same
time had been able to get the price
Of meat down by two pence a pound
and save Perth alone about $1,000 q
day in it's meat bill.
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CHAPTER TX.

The story Wright had printed the
the Banner the next morning caused
the News to be awaited with undis-
guised eagerness on the second after
noon. This was heightened on the
part of the men in the syndicate in
terested in the franchise by the peril
nent questions put to them iii the
morning by News reporters. David
Kerr was called on the telephone half
dozen times by his Heutenants, and
arrangements were made to have a
line open to Esmeralda Springs at
thTee-thirty, the hour when the News
was issued.
Although they were prepared to dis
count some of the story because OF
the questions asked them, yet more of
the ring men was prepared for a reve-
lation Of the scheme such as the News
made. Black headlines ran across
four columns and the story also took
up most Of the second page There
was map of the proposed interurban
route, and pictures Of pretty homes on
Maple Avenue. But from one end of
the story to the other there was no
mention of David Kerr or of the local
backing being given the bill before
the council. 1t was expressly stated
that the incorporators of the new com
pany were merely dummies and that
stock-yards company.
Amos Gilbert in an interview denied
any knowledge of the transaction. say
ing that his connection with the stock
yards company was merely nominal
and that he did not even know if the
company was interested in the line
proposed He did not see how, as a
company, it could be.
Gilbert sat in his office as soon rs he
secured a paper and read the story
word for word over the telephone to
Kerr. The latter promptly announced
that ne would be home the next day,
and ordered that Gloria be taken from
Belmont on any pretext whatever for
few days until the fight had been
allowed to die down. the next day
was Sunday, on which Wright pub
lished no paper, and Kerr would be
home before another issued appeared.
He agreed with Gilbert that the Ban
ner ought to ridicule the alleged ex-
pose
Sunday night, much to her surprise
but not much against her will, Gloria
went to St. Louis with Mrs Gilbert to
pick out furniture for Locust Lawn.
She did not know that her father had
returned from Esmeralda Springs that
morning and had been closeted all aft
ernoon with Gilbert and John Ken
dali, who had hurried to Belmont in
response to a telegram. The girl had
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-17
QUEER HEADDRESS IN CHINA
Married Women of Mongolia initiate
Elephant Ears With Their Hair,
for a Purpose.

The headdress of the Monaghan
woman is a very complicated affair
When the hair is made up in the
shape OF elephants ears 1t indicates
matrimony and when worn in a tail It
means that the woman is a spinster.
In order to give this shape to the hair
the woman makes a parting in the
middle OF her head, then drenches the
hair, each side by turn, with a pleas
ing mixture of fish glue and grease.
When 1t is thoroughly soaked she
spreads the upper part out thinly in
such a way that at its broadcast 1t
measures about six inches wide. To
keep the hair In this shape she en-
ploys wooden clips, which, when the
hair Is dry, are replaced. IL she can
afford it, by silver or golden ones.
The lower part Of the hair Is made
into a plat, with a silver or golden
ornament at the end to prevent 1t
coming undone.
These silver or golden clips and
hair ornaments are often set WITH
precious stones and princesses even
have the whole Of the plat hidden
by means of silver or golden rings.
As the making up of the hair takes a
whole day and the Mongol women are
very lazy and not particularly Clearly
in their habits. 1t is Dot surprising to
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CHAPTER K.

When Gloria Kerr returned from
ST. Louis she found half hundred
calling cards awaiting her. The wom-
en- she was anxious to meet had called
while she was out of town. Those
who delayed their visits until her re-
turn were people whom she readily
recognized as being quite on the
outer fringe of society. In them she
was not interested When Gloria went
to return the calls Of those whom she
had come to know were regarded as
the first families Of Belmont, she
found no one at home.
Somewhat mortified, but making no
confession of her feelings even to
Mrs. Gilbert, Gloria threw herself into
the work of remodeling Locust Lawn
with all the vigor she would other
wise have expended upon social du-
ties. Her active superintendent kept
her good part of the time in the
country, although she still made her
home with Mrs. Gilbert. Sometimes
she would pass the night, at Locust
Lawn out of sense of duty to her
father. The evenings spent in his
company were not ones Of unalloyed
pleasure. More and more she was
coming to acknowledge to herself that
her father did not, could not enter
into her life, into the activities which
gave her pleasure.
Kerr honestly tried, but it was i'm
possible. For one thing, he was en-
gagged in heated political campaign.
fighting to retain supremacy. Gloria,
on her side, saw that she had been
rebuffed socially, and was not on close
enough terms of intimacy with her
father to tell him about it. The girl
knew that he had been the social lead
er in Belmont, and she was ashamed
that she had not been able to win all
hearts as he had done
(TO BE CONTINUED1
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-17
A TOY ELECTRIC MOTOR TRUCK.

The idea illustrated below is a new
one, and it will be welcomed by every
boy experimenter who owns a small
electric motor, because it is easy to
carry out, and is Of a strictly up-to-
date nature.
Homemade electrical toys of light
construction are easily operated by
toy motor when the motor and bat
terry are not to be carried by the toy;
but when both are to be transported,
as in the case of a wagon, the con-
struction must be very carefully work
ed out, or the motor will not be pow
erful enough to drive the wheels.
In the motor truck shown in Fig.
/, the weight has been made as light
as possible, the axle bearings have
oeen prepared so as to produce very
little friction, and the battery is light
and Of powerful type.
Get an oblong shaped cigar box for
the bed and sides of the truck sew
eral large thread spools for wheels
and pulleys, two small silk thread
spools, four lead pencils, or sticks
Whitfield perfectly round and Il inch in
diameter, for the axles and steering
wheel post, and screw-eyes SIC inch
in diameter for the bearings.
First, place the cigar box in a wash
boiler or wash tub of hot water, and
allow it to remain there until the paper
labels have soaked off or loosened suf-
ficiently so they can be scraped off
with knife. Then after the box has
thoroughly dried, cut the two strips
A Zig. 81, and fasten them to the
bottom, one at each side. Screw the
screw-eye axle bearings into these
strips. Place them at equal distances
from the ends of the strips.
The wheels are made from the
fange ends of the large spools Fig
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not seen Wright all day. nor had she
seen him Saturday, but there came
from him a box of roses at noon
Little witch that she was, she meant
10 surprise him by sending him note
of thanks from ST. Louis. She knew
he would join her and Mrs. Gilbert
there on her hint that they would be
glad to see him.
Wright received her note and per-
ceived the slightly yelled invitation,
but he was too busy even &c answer
1t was week that contained more ex-
citement than Belmont had seen since,
q frontier village, 1t had struggled
with the question of whether the state
should secede or remain in the Union.
David Kerr found himself confronted
by a formidable line of battle The
Banner kept pounding away at the
News, but the afternoon paper was
not to be diverted from its purpose.
The citizens on Maple Avenue formed
the Maple League, and wore buttons
on which were a maple leaf and the
legend, Help US save our homes. "
The car line was to run through the
seventh and eighth wards, and the
aldermen in those wards were del
uged with letters, post cards, tele
phone calls and personal visits. Fin
ally they went to David Kerr an6
begged him that If he had enough
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ly your glass bottle is likely to split.
Label the bottle In which YOU put this
solution POISON
The bichromate solution attacks the
zinc element even when the current
is not being drawn upon, SO remove
the elements when the battery is nos
in use.
This solution will stain everything
it touches, and the acid will destroy
carpets, SO it is advisable to operate
the truck only where there IL no dan
ger Of running anything in case the So
luton accidentally spills. 1t you wish
to use az dry battery instead of this bi-
chromate battery, you can place the
battery upon the floor and make the
connecting wires running to the motor
long enough SO the truck can run back
and forth across room
Fig 2 shows how the battery cells
are connected. A small switch can be
fastened to the side of the truck to
shut off and turn on the current, but,
instead, you can simply withdraw one
pair Of elements from its tumbler to
shut off the current.
Fig. shows the seat and canopy
top details. Make these in about the
proportion to the cigar box shown in
Fig. l. Fasten the seat to the edge of the
seat-back, +, with glue and brads and
then fasten the side pieces A to the
ends of the seat The dash board e
is nailed to the bottom piece, d, and
D is nailed to the lower ends of side
pieces A Fig. 10 shows the pattern
for the canopy. Make this out Of light
weight cardboard, or heavy writing pa
per. Slash the ends, as shown; then
turn down the corners, lap them, and
glue them, to form the finished ends.
Fasten the ends to the canopy up
rights. with tacks. The steering
wheel is a section of a spool B-inch
thick, and is glued upon the end of a
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-17
Contradictory Terms.

An American visitor to Cambridge,
England, sought explanation of some
unfamiliar terms, which g genial Don
was delighted to elucidate. Full
term" he explained, lis three-quar-
tiers Of a term, and the May week
Is the first fortnight in June. A day
of general admission is the day on
which men leave the university, an
ordinary degree is one conferred by
a special exam, and an inspector Of
art is one who has been an arts stu
dent for at least six years"
The Yankee passed a hand across
his weary brow
And will they" he, queried, put
me in the London train If l ask for g
ticket to Cambridge"
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. shows the front axle. Slip the cen
ter portion of one of the large spOOls
onto this for pulley, then stick the
pencil ends through the screw-eyes in
strips A, and glue the spooI-end wheels
onto them. The rear axle is like the
front one, with the spool pulley omit
ted Gig. g..
The shaft shown in Fig 4 supports
a spool pulley like the one on the
front axle, and it's screw-eye bearings
should be screwed into the top edge
of the sides of the box Gig. p,
directly over the front axle. Slip a
silk spool onto each end of this shaft
to keep it's ends from slipping out Of
the screw-eyes.
AS you will see by Figs. and 3,
the upper large pulley Is belted to the
motor pulley, and another belt extends
from the upper shaft down to the pull
lev on the front axle. Rubber bands
make the best belts. Cut a hole
through the bottom of the cigar box
FOR the belt extending from the upper
shaft to the front axle to pass through.
Screw the toy motor to the cigar box
with it's pulley directly in line with
the upper shaft pulley. Wrap the
spool pulleys with bicycle tape to keep
the rubber band belts from slipping.
A dry battery is too heavy for the
motor truck to carry; SO we must
make a special battery. The battery
shown has two cells, each of which
consists of a glass tumbler, carbon
and q zinc element, and solution or
bi-chromate of potash, sulphuric acid,
and water.
Cut an opening through the cigar
box large enough for the two tumblers
to set in, and cut strip of tin about
inch wide and inches long, and
bend it into a "U" shaped hanger to
support the tumbler bottoms. Slip its
ends under strips A, and bend them
against the sides Of the box and fasten
with tacks Figs. and y.
An old battery zinc pencil will do
FOR the zinc element of each battery
cell. and a carbon from WORKOUT dry
battery will do for each carbon ele-
mept. Fastep together the zines and
carhons with rubber bands, as shown
in Fig. 8, first wrapping bicycle tape
around the upper ends of the carbons,
and inserting a small wad of tape be-
tween the lower ends OF the zines
and carbons to keep them separated.
The bichromate solution is made up
OF bichromate of potash, sulphuric acid
and water in the following proper
tions:
Four ounces bichromate of potash.
Four ounces sulphurtc acid.
One quart Of water.
In making up the solution, first add
tha acid to the water-not the water
to the acid-and then when the solu-
ton has almost cooled add the BIZ
cbromate of potash. Pour the acid
slowly into the water, because the
combination creates a great deal OF
heat, and if the heat forms too quick
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-17
The Daughter of David Kerr
BY HARRY KING TOOTLE


willing to change victory into defea,
and hand the city over to the rapacity
Of the Interurban Railway Company
only to retain his senatorial Office.
"All right" he consented, "but
you've got to do two things: take
care of some Of the boys and muzzie
the News. | can't have that rape,
making trouble for me-"
I'll take care of the boys all right
and I've told you what I'm going to
do-I'm going to buy the News
"Can your"
I've got to have it, and l don't care
how, but it's got to be mine"
Got any fdea?" asked the senator
mo, but every mans got his price,
Jim. in some form or other" If he
had time for reflection, David Kerr
would have enjoyed this remark, since
1t was given humorous turn by the
fact that he had just discovered the
price Of the junior senator from his
own state.
"I'll go up to the postof1ice and call
on some Of the boys" said McMinitry
as Kerr rose to go. "Tll have to tell
Davidson and Peake. When you get
word to them that the News is friend
ly, they'll pass the word along. You've
got three days; that ought to be
plenty Of time, but you must have the
paper or the deals off. Who'll take
it,"
Il don't know yet who We'll get to
take it."
'I'll take it,
Not much" Kerr replied grimly.
I'm going to put 1t where it won't
be no more trouble to me, and It's go
ing to be run from my office"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-17
Birds Sine Raotime.

That many singing birds in captiv-
ity can be taught to pipe bars Of
popular songs is well known. But
Mr.. Thomas J. Dawson Of Lower
Sloane street, London, states that
some of his bullfinches have been so
trained that they can sing with ac-
Toreador song from Carmen" THE
Soldiers Chorus" from Faust" and
the hymn, Now the Day Is Over"
Trained ia Germany by cobblers who
pipe to them, the bullfinches begin
their singing lessons just after they
are born, and when. brought to Eng
land are sometimes sold for as much
as SO each.
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SYNOPSIS.

Gloria Kerr. nnotherIess girl. who has
spent most OF her life in school. arrives
At her fathers home in Belmont. David
Kerr Is the political boss of the town.
and is anxious to prevent his daughter
learning Of his real character. Kendall.
representing the Chicago packers ts ne
gouating with Judge Gilbert Kerr's chief
adviser. for a valuable franchise. They
fer the opposition Of Joe Wright. editor
Of the reform paper. Kerr asks the as
sistance Of Judge Gilbert in introducing
Gloria to Belmont society, and promises
10 help him put through the packers
franchise and let him have all the graft.
Gloria meets Joe Wright at the Gilberts.
II appears they are on intimate terms,
having met previously ia a touring party
IN Europe. Gloria twits Wright on MS
failure to keep an engagement to meet
her in Paris. He explains that the death
OF his mother prevented his going TO
paris. The Gilberts invite Gloria TO stay
With them pending the refUrnishing Of the
Kerr home. One society bud who refused
70 meet Gloria is forced TO do so when
1er father Is made to feel Kerr's power.
wright begins his fight against the pro-
posed franchise in the columns Of his pa
per- the Belmont News.
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Their Choice, Not His.

A metropolitan matron once ven
tured to interrogate James Lane AL
len as to the reason for his state Of
celibacy. Are you bachelor from
choice?" she queried. Yes" came
the answer with disconcerting prompt
ness from the famous author. But
isn't that-er-rather ungracious and
ungallant?" protested the fair inquis-
itor. The novelist smiled You must
ask the ladies' he suggested gently;
1T was their choice not mine
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pencil or a stick Run the lower end
of the post through a hole in the bot
tom Of D. Fasten two small sticks to
the end Of the bottom piece d with
double-pointed tacks, for levers. The
seat arms are pieces of bent wire, with
their ends stuck into holes in the up
right and edge of the seat.
(Copyrigh 1913, by a. Nicely Hall.)
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-17
Woman Real Owner of Famous Min.

Woman Real Owner OF Famous Mine
Dr. Rose L. Bucham, whose efforts
resulted in the discovery and develop
ment of the famous Yellow Aster
mine, with a production to date OF
over s6,0O0000, grubstaked her hus-
band while he prospected in 1893. She
practiced medicine In San Bernardino,
southern California, during the pros
pecting days. When the Yellow AS
ter was proved she moved to the des-
ert property, and lived for time in
a tent, virtually assuming the manage
ment of the property. When incorpo-
ration took place she was made secre-
tary and a director. Since then she
has been power in all matters of the
company's policy.
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No Fear.

$50 you know the gentleman / have
Just been praising for his appearance?
Please don't tell him what | said, for
| don't believe in fattery.'
"You needn't be afraid of my fatter
ing that man. He's my husband"
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learn that this operation is performed
by come once a week, by others once
mont5 and yet others pretty low
down in the social scale-once a year
Wide World Magazine.
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INTERNATIONAL,
SUNDNSOlOOL
LESSON

(By f. o. SELLERS, Director of Evenin:
Department. The Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-05
COAL TAR MONOPOLY ENDS
Decree Met, Companies Coun-
sci Tells Federal Court.

The coal tar monopoly is now held TO
be legally dissolved. in compliance with
the decree Of the Federal District Court
issued in the governments suit under the
Sherman antitrust law. Former Senator
John {. Spooner, as counsel for the
American Coal Products Company the
Barrett Manufacturing Company and
other defendants, appeared before Judge
George G. Holt yesterday and said his
clients had complied with the require
ments OF the decree.
The governments petition alleged that
the defendants combined in an attempt
10 monopolize the trade by securing con-
troll of a substantial part OF the supply oil
coal tar in the United States, and by Sc
curing substantial control of large pro-
auctions OF coal tar from coke ovens, and
by purchasing and securing control oil
competing companies and firms doing the
business OF purchasing coal tar and man
ufacturing and marketing tarred feit'
roofing and paving pitch and other prod
ucts of coal tar"