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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-12
Democrats Protest
 Underwood to Wait

Washington, Sept. 12-Because of a Democratic revolt in the House against the freight tax proposed in the war revenue bill, Democratic Leader Un- derwood today decided to await the return of President Wilson to the cap ital before introducing the measure.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-12
80 VESSELS BUILT
 HERE IN AUGUST

Washington, Sept 12-There were 80 sailing. steam and unrigged vessels of 21,477 gross tons built in the United States and officially numbered during August, the, department of commerce. announced today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-12

John Dudi1. six years old, of Passaic, N. J.. was kil1LI and two others in jured while playing in a cave which collapsed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-12

Six persons were killed when an au- 4ornobiIe owned by Ellsworth Be1ch. of Dayton, Ky, was struck by a PenusyIvanla Railroad train.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-12

All the companies in the Butte dis trict have refused recognition to the western Federation of Miners or the BaslSs assna Werkexs' Union.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-12
THE WEATHER

Fair; Sunday Cloudy, Warmer
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
Artistic Borrower.

An English visitor to New York tells
the story of an impecunious French
man who was one of the most artis-
tic borrowers of whom / have heard.
He would start the year by borrowing
a hundred francs of friend. A week
later, he would borrow two hundred
francs Of another friend and with
that loan he would repay the first
and still have hundred francs left
for the weeks expenses. The third
week he borrowed three hundred
francs and repaid the man from whom
he had borrowed the two hundred.
And so he went on by steady pro-
gression to the end of the year. Then
he would begin all over again. The
man from whom he borrowed in the
last week of the year Of course would
never get his money back. But
though the borrower had created one
enemy, he had cemented the friend
ship of 81 persons during the year and
established a credit on which he could
run for the year following. He was
writer, but he seems to have had
good business head.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
Maunificent Alaska

1t behooves every American to get
better acquainted with this important
territory, declares a writer in the
Christian Herald Take your atlas and
study Alaska You will get again your
schoolboy thrill to note that the United
States reaches up into the arctic cir
Gle, almost touches Asia, and stretches
westward in the north Pacific by way
of the Aleutian islands distance from
San Francisco as great as from San
Francisco to New York. The mighty
Yukon, flowing 1900 miles to the sea
(the Hudson is 210 miles long,, a mile
wide for 600 miles from it's mouth.
will hold you in awed surprise once
more. Lakes, rivers, limitless plains,
mountain ranges proclaim this coun-
try by itself, needing no annexation to
another to give it dignity and worth.
And yet it was bought by the United
States for $7,200,000, and for nearly a
half century has been the free stamp
ing ground for fortune-hunters who
have dared it's cold forbidding noun
tain passes and rushing streams to
seek for gold A half billion has been
their reward.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
Eisherman's FIb.

The Webb City Register takes OF it,
lid" to Bill Swegard of Youngstown.
who lured two friends to the fishing
grounds by telling them the following
true story OF q recent catch he made:
II was sitting here on the bank and
had just baited my hook, when all at
once a great big nsh just took that
bait, hook, line, pole and all right Cdt
Of my hand and swan down stream
with It. I rushed back to that farm
house and we got rope and I went
down there to the dam, and when we
finally baited the hook with Il young
rabbit, and got that fish good and fast
on that hook, we had to take the farm
er's team of mules to pull it out Of the
river 1t was the biggest cat ever
saw, and when we got that thing out
on the bank it just bawled like young
calf"
OF course, we are not making any
remarks about Cartervil1e having re-
Gently gone wet" adds the Register,
but we didn't know the "red-eye" they
were selling over there had such mag
nifying powers.-Kansas City Journal.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
ODD WAYS OF TELLING TIME
Glance at Clock or Watch 10 by No
Means Absolutely Necessary, AZ
This Article Shows.

A clock or q watch was about as
rare in Turkey so years ago as an
aeroplane is in America today. Even
at the present TIME in the smaller
cities and villages the house with
timepiece in it Is unusual, for a clock
or watch is considered luxurious con-
venience to be INDUCED in only by a
few Of the weather. class
Nature is the clock of that land. A
most reliable clock, which never stops
or fails to serve its purpose. Should
you inquire the time there you would
be referred to the crow Of the cock, the
sun, or the condition of the cats eye.
forenoon, noon, afternoon and evening.
Sometimes he crows at irregular peri
DDS. Woe unto him! For superstition
demands that his head be chopped off,
demand which is complied with with
out delay, for to tolerate an ill-crowing
cock is to bring bad luck, according to
a native superstition.
One of the methods they have of
telling time by the sun is the follow
ing: They hold their thumbs touching
one another horizontally, and extend
the forefngers up perpendicularly.
Then they divide the thumb and fore
finger of each hand into six parts,
nominal hour points, one hand repre-
senting the morning and the other the
afternoon. Where the thumbs join be-
ing twelve o'clock, the tip Of one fore
finger representing six o'clock in the
morning and the tip of the other six
o'clock in the afternoon, by holding
the hands in the described position
toward the sun the shadow cast by one
forehnger upon the other will point
to the correct time, as judged by the
hours nominally marked in mind. The
hour divisions may be divided into
additional parts, as the quarter hours.
To tell the time by the cats eye
sounds at first humorous, but 1t can
be done. The average person perhaps
is not aware that the shape Of the
cats eye undergoes changes during
the day. In the morning the pupil is
normally circular, but gradually it
narrows until noon, when only a mar
row streak is left. AS the day pro-
crosses it resumes it's normal shape,
becoming oval about three o'clock in
the afternoon. In Turkey it is COM
mon for the old folks to call the cat to
their sides in order to ascertain the
time
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
Poor Kind of Sport.

II can't understand" she said after
she had witnessed the opening game.
why people think baseball Is In
teresting."
That" he replied, 'is because you
don't understand the fine points Of
the game"
But how can there be any fun I'm
watching game where nobody has
to be carried out all covered with
blood and where there Is no danger
that the place will be pulled by the
police?"
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What He MiQht Say.

What" cried the speaker, who had
worked himself up to a fine frenzy j
what, gentlemen, l ask you, would
Thomas Jefferson say if he could drop,
in here today? What would the fa-I
Their of Democracy say if he was here
at this moment to"
Il think yelled little man who
sat in the rear end of the haH, "heI
would say you ought to get acquaint-I
ed with the subjunctive mood
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19

had Just Soon adorn Hat Cage Bird And what
is More to the Purpose the Hat Becoming AS it h
Then will Give Sister Both the Birds said her
Later Young Man begged the Aunt Introduce him her
Niece.
(Which one ?" said
The One with the Yellow Wing her Hat replied the Young Man
II did Not Notice any Other"
My Other Better Disposition, said the
Kinder Heart She would the Life Birds
but keeps Hers Cage and Devoedy Attached to Them Would
you to meet Her"
81 think Not replied the Young Man. 81 Especially Admired the
One with the Yellow Wing And Personally do Not Care for Birds
Pets I Think they Noisy and Messy"
This teaches that Bird in Worth Two the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
THE WOMAN WHO DELIBERATED

There Woman who Endeavored Please Husband
in Every Particular This very Difficult Thing
among the Faults of he
s Brightness You Jump Hastily Conclusions If would
Devote the Mature Consideration Affairs
they would Meet with Better Success Wish would Remember This
he Informed that he About
with Fine Piece of Christmas Present He Invited her
Him her Selection
When they Reached the Fur Shop the Woman Said to Herself Now
the Time Delight Him with my Mature Consideration will Not
Jump Hastily That Coat but Weigh the Merits of the Other
Pieces"
Accordingly she Reasoned as follows:
I will take the Long it Too but will
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
Her Grief.

What's the matter, darling? You
look as if some great sorrow had come
to you"
Mrs. Watterson came over to seej
the baby this morning and She tn-l
sisted that he looked the very tmags
of you
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
worId,s suppIy Of Coal.

The production of coal in the United
States Is about equal to that of the
United Kingdom, Germany and France
combined. In 1912 1t was All, 100000
tons in the United States. $4,000, 600
tons in the United Kingdom, 172,000r
900 tons in Germany, 100000 tons
in France, 26,000,000 tons In Russia
and 100000 tons in Belgium. Tho
reserves of coal in the earth in the
United States are nearly equal to those
Of all the rest of the world combined.
according to recent estimates
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19

ing CArtIeSSIys
I'd like to hold an Office which
Might be left to another's care,
While 1 sought pleasure with the rich
Or sat at blissful ease somewhere
But / have noticed that the men
Who have the privilege l lack.
Who may depart, not caring when
Their interests shall call them back
I've noticed that those who possess
This privilege, which seems sublime
Are overcome with WEAKNESS
About three quarters OF the time
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
After Dinner Statistics.

1.-THE doctors speech didn't add
much to the hilarity Of our banquet
How was that?"
He told us that not half OF us
would reach the age of sixty, and
eight per cent. Of US would be struck
down within the year."
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
Posinu,

Reporter-We are SO interested In
your book, 1--WE Wish to Be Admired
Only for Our Brains" that we would
like to publish your photo in our pa
per.
Madame Wait a moment
while put on another hat This one
is SO unbecoming.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
lmaQination.

'That poet has wonderful magma,
ton, hasn't he?"
II should say he had. I'll bet he,
could develop case Of hay fever by
merely looking at a painted stalk OF
ragweed in a painted field"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
UNDISMAYED.


"a n d W b q t.
asked the anxious
girl, did father
say? ?"
He denied my
petition" replied
the b a n d 8 O m q,
y GU n & attorney,
'hllt nnunp mind
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
Melancholy DAYS.

Don't you feel melancholy when au-
tumn days are gray and chilli" asked
the poetic young woman.
NO" replied the square-jawed
Young man. s'What makes me melan-
choly is to be pl epared for gray, chill
weather days end then experience
week after week OF muggy warmth"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
He Couldn't Helm IL

II have to laugh every time / see
that man.
He can't help his looks"
II know; but his wife thinks every,
other woman is trying to lure him
away from her"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
His Prowe.a

Jack boasts of his ability as
wrestler-says he can throw anybody
pitted against him."
Nonsense. All he can throw Is his
shadow on the pavement
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
The pemaaoa Defined.

Father" said small boy, what
Is a demagog?"
"a demagog, my son, is man who
can rock the boat himself and per-
suade everybody that there's a ter
rible storm at sea-"-Woman's Jour
nal
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
Paw In a Hurry.

Berlin-Failure to report to street
car conductors instead of waiting to
be. asked for fare Is now misde-
meanor in Berlin Offenders will be
arrested.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
IQW@al-l SODne

I'd like to be among
the few
Who, needing rest.
may be at ease:
l mean those lucky
people who
May turn from
duty when they
please
The ones who. feel
ing WEAKNESS,
, May knock of
early for the day
And have no fear
that pitiless
Taskmasters will
reduce their pay.
I'd like to have the
right to let
Some other who
was under me
Remain at work to
stew and fret
While i went row
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19

1t seems to be impossible to get,
egotism and the sense of humor to-
agree to be companions.
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The Difference.

Teacher-What is the difference be1
tween monogamy and bigamy?
Pupil-It takes bigger fool to get
Into bigamy.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
Defined.

PA, what's an infidel?''
"A mss who has never had reason
az yet to believe his time had come
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
Her Chances.

How many chances out of hun,
dred do you think a pretty girl has,
of getting married."
"A million, if she wants them"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19

1t frequently happens that woman
worries a great deal over the question.
of calling on another woman who
doesn't care in the least whether che
calls or not
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
CANDID OPINION.

If the average man thought as much
of his reputation as the average wom-
an thinks of her complexion, rascafity
would soon go out OF fashion.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19

Fine feathers may not make fne
birds, but it is rather difficult to be,
enthusiastic over a plucked chicken
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19

will Not Colaret would Not be
Enough but will Try On will not take the Stole for it will Not
Look Cost Enough but will Try On will Not take the Cape
Fashionable but viii Try it On And she did So
could himself No "For Heavens
Sake, Make Up your MDdp he cried You will Drive Me
Asylum with your Diddling Way should Have Had
the Garment half Worn Out by Now will Cure Shopping
Nothing Else Take what On and Get
Awayp'
When they had Reached their Home he Addressed her Thus
ha Stole Not Nearly Becoming the Coat would Have
Been w
that the who Deiberates Bossed
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19

For some reason a girl alwaysl
thinks every fellow who proposes to-
her is a hero
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A Tribute.

know a lovely chaperon
For whom my love grows day by day5
She has soft and winning tone.
And always looks the other way.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19

sweetheart, / shall at once appeal on,
a writ Of error, and carry the case upI
to your mother"
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The Average Mans Idea

sHave you ever read Self Heip?' -
mo. What's the use? What want,
most is outside help"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19

Lack of neatly fitting clothes does
not make the statesman
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19

Floral gave Jack the thirty-secont
degree last night.

Dora-Are you Mason?
Flora-No; but that's the freezing
point, isn't it:-Judge.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
INTERNATIONAL,
SUNlASQlO(l,
LESSON
By O. E. SELLERS. Director of Even
ing Department The Moody Bible Insti-
tute Of Chicago)
LESSON FOR MAY "a
IMPROBABLE SERVANTS.

LESSON TEXT-Lpke 17:1-10
GOLDEN TEXT-"He that glorieth, let
him glory in the Lord" I Cor 1:31
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19
Horse Saves Man From Mad Bull.

Newark, O.-An Infatuated bull
which he was leading from his stable
was trampling Russell Nehis, young
farmer, and he was in danger OF death
when his pet driving horse broke loose
from it's stall and kicked the bull to
death.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19

This teaches that the Woman who Deberaes Bossed
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19

The dairy COW has been specially
As consequence Of her high state of
perfection as milk producing animal,
she is predisposed TO numerous dis
eases. the chief one being mastitfs, or
I'm Ia m ma ton If fha uddpr
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19

Truck crops, such as potatoes, beets,
ETC., use large amounts Of potassium,
and where they are grown on land not
having good supply of organic mat
ter or where manure from nearby
towns is not available, the use of
potash fertilizers Is Important.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19

Fertility may be restored to worn
out land by saving all animal manures
and putting them onto the land; by
making use of all crop residues. that
is, putting back into the soil every
thing not used for food; by turning
under green manuring and catch
crops.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-19

The manure spreader Is almost in
dispensable on the farm. By taking
manure from the barn as fast as a
load accumulates and spreading on the
land at once, nearly all of the fer
tility is saved. and by the use of the
spreader will go farther and, prevent
waste
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-08
80

glorious to receive her New England
guests"
The meeting referred to in the in
terview, to be held in Atlanta in No
vember, is the American Good Roads
Congress.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-08
MOTORIST BUYS A CHICKEN
and GETS IT DRESSED
Han Over and Killed a Half
Dollar Bird

An Americas motorist had broiled
chicken for breakfast yesterday morn
ing, and the price was not excessive
fifty cents. While speeding to Myrtle
Springs with a load of peaches"
fringed in diaphanous lingerie he raj
over the bird on Prospect Heights.
Too busy to stop at the moment, he
drew up upon the return trip and, az
ter expressing to the lady who owned
the dominecker his deep regret at the
homicide he offered to pay for it.
Forty cents will pay the damage"
said the lady, smilingly.
A silver cartwheel was produced.
Also a request that the murdered roos-
ter be produced
But you surely don't want that dead
said the lady of the villa in
apparent surprise.
Sure I want it; l am paving WOW
the price, and I want the chick" said
the motorist. After a slight pause the
lady went inside and, returning in a
moment, produced the bird, all nicely
dressed and ready for the frying pan.
1T will cost you fifty cents now;
a dime extra for the picking and dress
ing" she said nonchalantly. And the
motorist paid the silver half and bore
away the beauteous bird.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-08
'DELICATTE lessen SHOP
SCENE OF HOT BATTLE

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. When Peter
lkanakoff and Dimitri Jokavitch met
this week in the little delicattessen
cafe of Paul Michaelis and somebody
began discussing the war in Europe
the wiser heads moved out in the
streets, for Peter is Austrian and Dim
itri halls from the sunny hills of
Servia, though now engaged in peddl-
ing chewing gum on the streets.
Nobody could tell afterwards who
threw the first sausage, but for several
minutes the delicattessen shop was
filed with a shower of liverwurst,
bockwurst, cheese ranging from Edam
to Roquefort, picked anchovies and
sailed mackeral. When the loose pro-
visions gave out Dimitri seized a
cheese knife and started toward Peter.
who was rapidly approaching with a
butchers clever in his good right
hand.
If Dimitri had not slipped on
treacherous dill pickle and fallen be-
hind barrel and if by-standers had
not rushed in and stayed Peter des-
scending right, there would have been
one or two less soldiers for the big
draft that is coming. There wouldn't
have been anything in the courts if
Michaelis had not insisted on making
the two combatants pay for the dam
ages to his delicattessen. 1t cost
them 500 each and costs.
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i + = * = = + y &
STAKES THEY FIGHT FOR
Congress.

Austria is fighting to put down
agitation for Slavic union among
her own subjects and to extend
her influence in the Balkins.
Servia is fighting for her ma
tional life against Austrian domi-
nation and to free 100000 Serbs
from the sway of Austria.
& Russia must protect her Slav
brothers in Servia and establish a
commanding sphere of influence in
the Near East
4 Germany, Austria's ally, is
sworn to come to her aid when
Austria is attacked. More than
this, Germany must keep Russia
from extending her power.
France is an ally of Russia, and
hopes always for the recovery of
Alsace-Lorraine from Germany.
Italy is an ally of Austria, and
must in addition preserve her own
influence in Albania.
Great Britain, to preserve the
balance of power in Europe, must
see to it that the sea power of her
allies, Russia and France, does not
suffer at Germany's hands.
Germany is also England's great
naval rival.
4 x x x 4 X X * * * X X x x X X 4
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-08
New England Would be
Friends With Georgia

The following appeared in the AU-
gust Bird issue of Current Affairs, ="
published by the Boston Chamber Of
Commerce, and was copied by all of
the Boston newspapers:
The establishment of closer trade
relations between New England and
Georgia is urged by Charles J. Haden,
president Of the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce, who visited the Boston
Chamber of Commerce Thursday Pres
ident Haden, who has spent part of
the summer visiting in New England,
suggests that the Boston chamber or
ganize a delegation of New England
business men to visit the Southern
state next November.
Massachusetts is bound to us by
the closest ties of trade" said Mr.
Haden. You are the largest pur-
chasers of our great cotton crop, and
cotton is Georgia's chief product, Your
industrial prosperity is tremendously
important to us; on it depends a
large measure Of our prosperity, and
vice versa. But somehow we don't
know each other very well, and it has
seemed to me and to leading members
of our State Chamber of Commerce
that the things to do is to get ac-
quainted right away. We want to in
vite the business men of New Eng