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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-08

sieve. Reserve the water in which
they were cooked and add it to the
vegetables while pressing through the
sieve, as it hastens the process. Blend
together two tablespoonful of butter
and flour, add pint of milk, stir until
boiling then add the potato and onion
pulp. Season we'll with salt and pep
per and serve sprinkled with chopped
parsley. This is most acceptable
soup for a cold winter night.
Liver DumpIings.-Ch together a
half pound of liver and quarter of
a pound of bacon, both raw. Beat
two eggs lightly and add fourth of
a cupful Of butter. Then add the meat,
seasoning of herbs, parsley and salt
and pepper and a cupful and half
Of bread crumbs. The mixture should
be just stiff enough to make mix
ture which can be formed into balls.
Divide into portions, roll smoothly in
the hands and cook in boiling water
Is minutes.
Savory Cabbage the outer
leaves of cabbage and put to cook in
boiling water for ten minutes. Drain
and spread the leaves apart and place
between them the following force
meat: One pint of bread crumbs,
moistened with soup stock, half
pound of sausage and one finely
chopped onion, salt, pepper and nut
meg to taste for the seasoning. Tie
the cabbage firmly with tape and put
into a deep baking dish. Pour over
it a pint of stock and cover closely
and cook until tender. Taste from
time to time during the cooking.
Serve very hot.
Fried Potato BaIls.-Mash two cup
fuls of potato very smoothly, add to
them a teaspoonful of chopped parsley,
one egg, and salt and pepper. Beat
until light Form into balls the size
of a walnut, roll in bread crumbs and
fry a golden brown in deep fat.
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Supremlty of Business.

tory when our national life has been
so interviewer in the transactions of
business representing as it does the
basic principle of progress and per-
manent success, and the sheer at COM
mercialism passes when we discover
militarism only a cloak for it The
United States is proving to the world
how inconseQuential are those things
which have been felt to be paramount
In the building up of a nation, such as
military power and frowning FORTH
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you call his attention to the mistake
and return the excess or would you
chuckle, pocket the swag and salve
your conscience by saying to yourself:
Well, 1t was up to him?' The other
day business man gave number of
coins to the cashier and told her to
give an extra coin to each of the first
rs persons getting change. She did
SO. Eight pocketed the change with
out looking. Ignorance, therefore, lets
them out. But Of the other II, IL
knowingly kept money that didn't be-
long to them-nine men and two wom-
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showing the WORK
ings of his clock
work vehicles with
metallic horses and
drivers, his fighting
ROSTERS and climb
ing monkeys. and
his automatic ant
mails full of plain
tive voice. About the
corners where most
people pass are sta
toned the familiar
men and women
with baby rabbits
and beribboned pup
pies Of d iv e r s
breeds. They know
Just how to make a
woman imbued with
the Christmas spirit
take pity on the lit
tie animals on a
cold day and buy
them in order that
they may have a
comfortable home.
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The Long Engagement.

Long engagements are an Injustice
to the girl, and the man, too. 1t cuts
her off from her man friends entirely,
and unless 'the" man happens to have
extraordinary powers Of entertain
meht, unhappiness is almost certain to
follow. Not that a girl should be
amused all the time, or the man eth
er, but memories will recur, and after
a long time spent in useless waiting
with no prospects of change, thoughts
of the others are bound to creep in.
A man is bound, hand and foot, by a
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such gifts the gifts of the London bus
mess millionaires seem small.
In fact" said James Douglas, the
liberal publicist. In an interview with
an American correspondent-"in fact,
the gifts of the Nizam of Hyderabad
and the Maharajah of Mysore and the
Gaekwar of Baroda give our English
merchant princes, who owe England
so much more, a look Of avarice; and
you know the definition of avarice.
Avarice, like a graveyard, takes In
all II can get and never gives anything
back"
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en- Six only stepped up and did the
right thing-two women and four
men. Analysing these figures, we have
80 per cent Of honesty among women
to bit over 50 per cent among men.
Is that, in your opinion, about the
average or wasn't the test decisive?"-
Kansas City Star.
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-ZH4<~eN

cations along the border, for business
is something that concerns individuals
and the home welfare, and requires no
apology in this day of glorifed peace
full industry, which is another name
for Observation-Disclosures "How's Bust
ness" Prominent Business Men, in Ma
tional Magazine
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greens man with his huge boxes of holly ana mis-
tletoe, and-more power and less glucose TO MIN
the candy man and something like ten Thousand
others display their from all SIDES. entlce
the passing throngs with hundred little devices,
aupeal no their sympathy and turn peace and good
will into hard cash. To both buyer and seiler,
from the biggest to the smallest. Christmas has
become science.
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LITTLE MATTER OF HONESTY
According to Test, Humanity Does
Not Rank Very High In What Might
Be Called Little Things.

How deep is your honestly" asks
the Wichita Beacon. Probably you
wouldn't rob a blind man or take PEN
mics from baby-at least we want to
believe that you wouldn't But IL the
man at the cigar or candy counter by
mistake landed you back too much
change and you saw the error, would
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Side-Stepplnd.

Whenever you make speeches, tha
candidate for whom you are talking
gets defeated" said the man who Ia
given to reproachful utterance.
Well" replied the orator, n
thought could rely on winning the
votes do you think I'd go on speaking
for other people than myself"
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to prepare them at home
With the foundation fol-
French creams made,
one is able to assemble a
large variety of different
kinds of candy.
An old-fashioned candy
pull is plenty of fun and
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muSh, made from White
corn meal. 1t is cooked
in boiling sailed water.
then put into a dish tc
cool. 1t is sliced and
fried in olive oil or drip
pings and often served
with tomato sauce.
Chestnut and Orange
Salad.-Boil a half pound
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sweet soups, as we'll as
the preparation of vege-
tables.
Potato and Onion Soup.
Cook four large pota-
toes and four onions to-
gether in boiling water
to cover. When quite
tender put through a
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long engagement. He cannot force
success or make an opportunity out
of the empty air, yet the thought of
the girl drives him on-sometimes to
desperate measures. OF the two, it
would be better to keep the engage
ment secret, and not to see each 9th
er too equently.--Exchange.
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SOME PEOPLE DO,

DID understand you to say that Willoughby
enjoys canned prunes?" asked the man who was
slightly deaf
No. answered the friend; ST said canned
tunes There's no accounting for tastes"
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Ample Reason.

The brides sister and the bride
groom's mother went along on the wed
ding trip to Europe and that was
where the bridegroom took to drink
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and cut in thick slices
eight firm tomatoes. Put
a layer of them in a deep
baking dish, dot with but
ter or sprinkle with olive
oil; add a little grated
cheese and a bit Of
chopped onion. Repeat
the layers until the toma-
toes are all used. Cover
with bu I + erad bread
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GOOD COFFEE

II You want a good, rich coffee bug
Godfrey's \
Gold Buckle Nothing Better 4
Silver Buckle IT'S Fine
Broadway IT'S Good
The best for the money. For sale by
all first-class Grocers. e. B. Godfrey
& Sons Co., Milwaukee, Wis.-Adv.
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DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW.

When we were first married you used to ad-
mire my clothes, but you only frown at them
now"
But, my dear, your father paid for the clothes
you wore when we were first married"
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Character Building.

We prepare ourselves for sudden
deeds by the reiterated choice of good
or evil that gradually determines char
acter.-George Eliot
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WALKING Graxexards.

Some Of the Indian princes have
given fifty to sixty lakhs of rupees
apiece = over $4,000, 900 apiece = to
Great Britain for the war. Beside
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N aturaIIy.

$50 your apartment house fnvesa
ment turned out badly"
"Yes; it was a fat failure"
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S7@zoKTIUI[N
aBHE$

No man can live happily who regards
himself alone, who turns everything
to his own advantage. Thou must live
for another, if thou wishest to live for
thyself
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half tablespoonfuls of Drowned flour
with two tablespoonful of water, add
to the sauce and cook three minutes,
season with salt and pepper and
serve.
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sAvoRY DISHES FROM ITALY.

The great national dish is polenta,
which is nothing more than common
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GOOD THINGS WORTH TRYING.

Baked tomatoes are not we'll enough
known as most desirable dish. Peel
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YULETIDE CANDIES.

Instead of buying the Christmas
candies this year, why not make it a
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The law of supply and demand has
nothing to do with the making Of mis-
takes.
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TIT TIT EHRZRS
Axe SCE1Y1TSS"

cents in cost. It is sur
prising how many attrac-
tive things may be had
for this money, and the
hard-pressed, busy moth
er, doting grandma, con-
scientious aunt or mex
perienced big cousin is
very likely to find there
the very thing to buy for
Tommy or Ruth.
The scientific Christ
mas has only begun and
before long we will have
exhibits for people Of all
ages and both sexes. As
1t is, the department
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YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOH
fry Murine Bye Remedy for Red. Weak, Wate0
inst Eve comfort Write for Book of the Bye
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
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SAVORY GERMAN DISHES.

If there is any dish which the Ger
man cook excels in, it is savory and
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q Ell 1RISIMAS As 4
IA2~ SCIENCE c5{n6&RR

Up there before the eyes is an inspiring pre-
sentiment Of the great Unselfishness. And here
before you, behind you and either hand are
the goods. just the things for all your kith and
kin. 1t is the shopkeeper's plan that you shall
buy while the spell is still on you while the dim
religious light beams out and the Christmas carols
burden the air. And you do You would be less
than human if you didn't. You may not think
that has anything to do with 1t, but 1t has, Inc
shopkeeper would not go to all that expense, you
may be sure If he did not know what results II
would biting him.
Even the small street takers use their wits TO
sell all they during the holidays. 1t Is their
harvest time of the whole year. And they select
the spots on the sidewalks which will be most
advantageous for sale Of their particular wares
They invent innumerable little devices for the
purpose Of attracting crowds. They, too, are sci"
entifc.
The toyman chooses spot where the greatese
number of children will pass, and SPENDS the gay
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-05
CARRANzA 7 D
DESTROY MAIN
RAILROAD IS
REPORT

Washington, Dec. Sir Cecil
SpringRice, the British ambassador.
informed the state department today
OF dispatch from British Charge
Hohlerin in Mexico CITY, saying re-
ports were current that General Car
rama was planning to destroy the
British owned railroad between Vera
Cruz and Mexico City by blowing up
certain tunnels.
Grave concern was expressed.
however. over the reported threat of
CarranZa to put the railway. the on
ly line operated between Mexico City
and Vera Cruz, out of commission.
If this were done, by destroying tun-
ncls, a long time would be required
to restore traffic. Meanwhile, Brit
ish subjects and other foreigners in
interior Mexico would not have that
means of escape from Mexico City.
Sir Cecil let it be known that the
British government has not tackn a
position of untriendiness toward the
possible candidacy ,of Villa for the
Mexican presidency. 1t is understood
that England will not undertake to
pass upon the right of any individu-
al to take the leadership in Mexico
That, however. does not mean that
any indemnity for the death of the
British subject, Benton, would not
be demanded from Villa should he
become president or from whoever
ultimately may be settled in that Of
flee.
The ambassador also Informed the
department that Carranza had seized
at Vera Cruz British cotton consign-
ed to interior mills. as well as other
shipments of British goods. He is
understood to have made no specific
request of the United States and his
action was in line with the estab-
lished policy of communicating to
the department all reports from Mex
leo City.
Bullion of the American Smelling
and Refining company by General
General Garcia and Mexican troops.
has been ordered returned to the
company by General ella. State
department advices today also re-
ported that the governor San Luis
Potosi has issued full guarantees for
the operation of the Santa Maria De
lie Paz mine, British property un-
der the rightful owners.
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WE[B0RN SHOWS Up Rockefeller
c2RRE{RR#2E!GE }f E{R}E2I yfiIkF N 1E{IR!' 1E{[RfE

Denver, Dec. 5.-'Is there any
one else you communicate with in
New York. except John d. Rockecel-
Ter. Jr?" Chairman Walsh of the
federal Industrial relations commit
tee. asked j. +. Welborn, president
of the Colorado Fuel and Iron com
pany. who resumed his testimony to-
day In the investigation of the Colo
Iado coal miners strike.
Mr.. Welboru said he had heard
from George J. Gould and others of
the seven New York directors of the
company.
''Tosave time, shall ask you to
file with us all the kilograms you
have received from Mr.. Rockefeller
and Jerome Greene said the CHAIR
man.
"I will bring all the kilograms
have" replied Welborn.
The witness then identified a tele-
gram from John ID. Rockefeller, .Jr.,
made public Yesterday by John r.
Lawson of the United Mine Work
ers.
But | should not care to have the
kilograms given out as this was yes
terday," he said.
Mr.. Welborn said the company has
IS directors. seven living in New
York and six in Denver, that the
meetings of the company We're held
in Denver. and communication witk
the Rockefeller interests as reure
sentcd by Rockefeller. Murphy and
Greene. He was asked to file with
the commission all communications
between the New York directors and
the Denver office.
Are you familiar with the speech
of Jesse G. Northcutt, now attorney
Tor your company, as to your COM
pany participating in politics in
Huerfano county," asked Mr.. Walsh.
i've heard of that speech: j never
read IT.. said Mr.. Ayelhpyas.. He de-
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ASKS GREATER
FORCE COAST
DEFENSE

Washington, Dec. Ten thou
sand moro men and 36i more officers
Tor the coas; artillery were declared
necessary by Bigadier General +. NJ.
Weaver. CHIEF of that service, who
appeared today before the house
military affairs commission consider
ing the army appropriation bill.
Il think we have the best coast
defense material in the world, SAID
General Weaver. but | think it is
not efficient. simply because OF the
lack of efficient men OF manage the
defenses.'
General Weaver said the necessity
of manning the coast defenses in Ha-
waii. the philippines Islands and the
Panama canal zone had depleted to
available force by coast artillery
troops in the United States.
Questioned by Chairman Hay.
General Weaver said that the guns
now on the coast defenses were OF a
pattern designed in 1890. He as
serted, however, that superior range
finding facilities of the coast defense
service. its heavier prOjectiles and a
longer range, which might be Sc
cured by altering the present car
riage would Put the coast defense on
equal terms with any attacking fleet.
He declared that til" supply of am
munltion on hand for the coast de-
Tense guns was. in his opinion, "rea-
sonably prudent
General Weaver said the depart
ment's plans had so far taken into
consideration in coast defense work
he great siege guns now in use in
the European war.
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-05
A THREE MILLION DOLLAR |NSURRECT|ON
United Mine Workers of America Has Spent
Vast Sum to Overthrow Government in COL
orado and Thousands of Coal Miners Have
Been Destitute for Months.
A three million dollar insurrection Think of it

A three million dollar nsurrection. Think of
Out of the treasury United Mine Workers America this
vast armed nsurlcc
Colorado conduct continuous campaign
bloodshed and destruction in the name of labor
dollars according tothe testimony Of District Pe
industrial relations
has collected from coal
establish
ed strike organized and
who
non Colorado
While this three dollars being spent for benefits
strikers rifles and dunn bullets be-
10000 coal Illinois and Ohio have
been idle of the time and their families without
bread much of the million dollars perpeuate
the have long been pouring into that
treasury ,-, :..
officials whose and
nr trouble and week doed out hungry who
have slverd Colorado winters lacked
the necessities of life for Is months
million dollars wasted to proposa crop of anarchists in
and malice against labor What has this got for its
expenditure! MI -,
r,ute and hundreds its deuded
The shame of which accomplished when the present
inoanable handling
million dollars of coal miners
honest of other districts devng
e r bloody resurrection the directors
hands of desperate death and destruction
the Colorado A three NIL
doll smear on the pages OF Colo!ado ' muoiy' .
million of frutiess atemn to
throttle the state The coal strlke-a three
million failure
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-05

clared the charge that the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company took part in
politics was false.
"Dothe employees of your company
hold political positions?"
"One of our store managers, | be
lieve. is state senator. know OF
no other.
The witness said it is possible that
election precincts In Las Animas
county are entirely surrounded by
barDed wire FENCES. He believed
that in the recent state election the
employees in certain coal camps rec
osnized the importance" of electins
certain law and order candidates
You are acquainted with the bull
letins The Truth About Colorado
and Facts About the Colorado Strug-
gle?' asked Mr.. Walsh.
Mr.. Welboyn said he would assume
responsibility for them. The writer
of them did not wish his name
known. The company had spent
about Sl2,1OD printing The bulletins
and had distributed about 10000
copies to educators, legislatures, min
listers and the general public.
He said he had questioned the
writer of the bulletins to assure him
self of the accuracy of the state
mcnts
Mr.. Walsh called tile witness at
t,ntion to a statement under the
caption. "Why the workmen are sat
isned, in which it was stated that at
some mines the general miners TO
the number Of 80 and 80 per cent
has signed statements TO that effect"
Were the statements maze on
their own vo!ition or by the request
Of the company?" Mr.. Walsh asked.
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-05
MURDER MYSTERY
STILL BATTLES THE
LOCAL OFFICERS

The veil oI mystery still shrouds
the discovery by troopers near the
fair grounds camp yesterday morning
Of tine knife mutilated BODY of an
unidentified Mexican. An examina-
ton shows more than i separate
wounds inflicted by a sharp instru-
nient and from all evidence in the
ranGs of the authorities the man was
murdered ana conveyed in a vehicle
of some kind 10 the SPOT where the
body was found. The crime was
probably committed two weeks ago.
A badly mutiated credit slip from
the Colorado Supply company and 20
cents in money We're the only two
articles found in his clothes and are
but small clews on which to work.
The Mexican was about 80 years of
age. One rumor is that the Mexican
is the coal miner who disappeared
from Morley about two weeks ago,
but it was later learned that the de-
s,riptions of tnetwo men do not tally.
The body is being held hoping
and that the murderers may be ap-
pretended.
The finding of the body Yesterday
morning makes two unidentified
bodies now being held at the morgue
asthere has been no Identification of
the man killed Wednesday night by
the Santa F'e train.
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-05
British Cruiser
Goes Ashore
in Storm

London, Dec. 5.-The British
cruiser Venus ran ashore in the
storm today. striking with her full
force. Her foremast and a portion
OF the bridge were carried away by
an enormous sea. The warship was
running for a port in tile south OF
England when the storm broke.
Another victim Of the gale which
is still raging along the coast is an
unidentified steamer, wl,ic is ashore
near Mercy.
Three life boats have gone to her
assistance.
The Booth Steamship companys
liner Antony. bound from Liverpool
for Para has been disabled by the
storm now sweeping over England
and is in distress 80 miles north of
the Lizard.
The captain OF local steamer re-
ceived the signal want immediate
assistance" but was unable to help
the Antony. his own vessel being
short of coal.
The Antony is of $3.50 tons net
register.
The Norwegian steamer Waterloo
of l.2S3 tons foundercd off the Liz
ard at midnight. Three persons were
saved. The remainder of the crew
is missing.