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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12
SIS a Pair for Sad Irons.


wine is not the only thing that i'm
proves with age said the proprietor
of big uptown laundry. 1--WE can buy
shirt irons, just plain sad irons, with
the bottoms 1uted with wavy indenta-
tons, for one dollar apiece, but we
have a lot of them in use here for
which we can get SIS pair any day.
No way has been found to season shirt
irons except to use them. A new iron
is an abomination to a laundryman,
and till it is from three TO five years
old he lets apprentices practice with
it. The futed bottom seems to hold
the steam just where it is needed to
put on the polish, but nothing but con-
tact with linen will smooth down the
flutes.
Il have never seen an iron that was
worn out, though they lose as much as
one-eighth of their weight in time, the
metal just naturally wears off against
the linen. Different ironers use their
irons differently. One man with long
use will wear quarter of an inch off
the toe, and another as much from the
heel
Good irons are more frequently
spoiled by overheating than by USE
Even in the most humid weather the
face of seasoned iron seldom rusts,
though the handle and top get rough
and ugly. York Times.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12
"SPECTER" SHE HAD IN MIND
Judging From Her Own Experience,
Child Thought That Would
Brighten Anybody.

It was the yearly inspection of the
school, and the inspector, tall, thin,
wizen-faced gentleman, was question
ing on the meanings of words con-
tanned in the reading lesson.
1.-The specter from behind him
rose,'" quoted he. Turning his eyes
upon a girl in the front desk, he
asked:
What is the meaning of 'specter? 3"
The little girls face paled as she
rose.
Please, sir, l don't know" she ad-
mitted, shamefacedly.
"Just think, girl" he said. "The
man was d-eadfully frightened, and
the 'specter rose behind him. and
frightened him still more"
She was going to say something, but
stopped.
Come on, girl" said the inspector,
"speak out. Don't be frightened. I'm
not going to eat you. Now, what is
this specter that usually frightens
people?"
He waited in silence. Then the lit
tie girl, suddenly bracing herself up,
answered:
"The school 'spector, sir"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12
SOLVE FARM HELP PROBLEM
Scores of Tenant Houses Being Built
for Accommodation of Men
With Families.

Year-round farming, with diversified
crops that furnish something to sell
at every season, tends to make uni
form the labor needs of the farm, a
writer in the Country Gentleman says.
Such places most need steady, depend
able men, with greater skill and a
knowledge of the details of a number
of different operations, and it is here
that the married man stands the best
chance.
Scores of little tenant houses are
being built this year as solution Of
the labor problem. An attractive cot
tage, with garden, poultry yard and
COW will go a long way toward per-
suading reliable man to sign years
contract. And when the landowner
has a man and his family we'll es-
tablished in comfortable cottage he
need not be worried over the prospect
of his helps disappearing after the
weekend holiday. The average farm
hand with family is more sober and
reliable than the fellow without at
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12
AT THE CHURCHES

First Church of Christ, Scientist
Services held every Sunday at 1890 a.
m.
Testimonial meeting Wednesday
evening at a'clock. All are cordially
invited to these meetings. Sunday
school Immediately following morning
service. Reading room, Cor. Fifth and
Spring streets, open every afternoon
except Sunday from 2:3O until 4:3O
o'clock.
REFORMED CHURCH-North Fifth and
Cole Street; F. W. Lemke, pastor.
Sunday school at a. m. Divine Service
at 10 a. IN. Ladies Society meets the
First Thursday OF every month at 2. p.
m. The Young Peoples Missionary So
ciety meets the First Thursday of every
month at 7:30 p. m
First M. E. Church-Bible School 10 a
m. Morning worship II a IN. EpwOrth
League 6:45 p. M; Devotional service
at 7:30 p. m. Services at Pipersville at
100 p. m. Everybody is cordially in
vited to these services. Strangers very
welcome.
st, Johns Lutheran church-Sunday
school at 9 a. M; services at 10 a. M. /;
English services every second and last
Sunday in the month at 7:3O o. M.
St. Marks Lutheran. church Sunday
school at 8 a. M; German services at 10
a. m. English services the first and
third Sunday of the month at 7:3O D. IN.
Moravian church-Sunday school at
9:l5 a. M; German preaching service at
1920 a. m. Y. P. S. C. E. at $50 o. m. {;
7:30 p. m. evening services.
German Baptist church--SuDday school
at 9:15 a. M; preaching services at 1890
a. M; young peoples meeting at $50 p.
m.; evening services at 7:30 o. m.
Congregational Chnrch-Sunday school
at 10 Oclotk. Sermon at II O'Clock; Rev.
n. Carter Daniel, pastor. Young peoples
meeting at 6:30P. M.
St. Paul's church-HOly communion
at a. M; Sunday school at $3.50 a. M;
morning prayer at 1870 a. NJ; evening
prayer at 4 80 p. N.
St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran
church Preaching services at 10 a. m.
and 7:30 p. M; Sunday school at p. m.
ST. Henry's Catholic church Low
mass at 500 a. M; high mass at 10 a. M;
Sunday school and yespers at $3.50 D. m.
st. Bernard's Catholic church-L0w
mass a. M; high mass 1920 a. m.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12

troubled with constipation, and have
tried many remedies, all of which
seemed to cause pain without giving
much relief. I finally tried DR.. Miles
Laxative Tablets and found them ex-
cellent. Their action Is pleasant and
mild, and their chocolate taste makes
them easy to take. 1 am more than
glad to recommend them
Clean up the bowels and keep
them clean,'' is the advice of all
physicians. because they realize the
danger resulting from habitual con-
stlpatlon. Do not delay too long,
but begin proper curative measures.
DR.. Miles Laxative Tablets are a
new remedy for this old complaint,
and great improvement over the
cathartics you have been using in
the past. They taste like candy
and work like a charm. A trial
will convince you.
DR.. Miles Laxative Tablets are
sold by all druggists, at rs cents
box containing rs doses If not
found satisfactory after trial, re-
turn the box to your druggist and
he will return your money. ~
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12
He Ouuht to Know,

LADY, should like to look at a fiat
which see is for rent in this building,
but no one has answered my bell
Man-Tll show it to you Right this
way, mum.
We'll, this is something like it. The
rooms will suit, I'm sure What sort
of janitor have they here?"
'The very best in the city, mum. -
"Obliging?"
'The kindest-hearted gentleman to
be found anywhere, num-"
'Honest?"
AS the day is long, num-"
is he attentive to his duties?"
Hes just working himself to death,
mum. Always thinkin up some new
thing to make folks comfortable"
well, | declare! I wouldn't lose
this fat for the world. Where is the
janitor now?"
I'm him, num-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12
No Alternative,

A niggardly Providence ordained, in
the beginning, but three principal
checks upon the tendency of popula-
ton to outrun subsistence, namely,
famine, pestilence and war
Modern devices of transportation,
not to mention the activities of char
ity, speedily put famine out of the
reckoning. 1t became practically i'm
possible for enough people to do any
good to starve to death any more.
So, too, with pestilence. The doctors
got busy and discovered so many Sc
runs and things that pestilence af-
forded but the scantiest relief.
''War isn't as Christian as it might
be, but it makes a noise like Hobson's
choice" people began to remark, or
such of them, at least, as were dis
posed to face the situation squarely.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12
AROUSED IN NICK OF TIME
Explorers Intuition Saved Him From
Death at Hands of Polynesian
Warrior.

When Mr.. E. J. Brady was making
he had many interesting experiences
with the Bushmen, and on one occa-
sion was fortunate to escape without
a Polynesian arrow in his back. His
wagon had come to lonely camping
place, and the driver had led off the
horses in search of water. Mr. Brady
was alone He relates the incident in
1.-THE Kings Caravan"
l might have lain in the shade for
a quarter of an hour when that intui-
tive sense of the presence of some
one that all animals and most Bush
men and some women possess, caused
me to turn over.
A barefooted islander, a walk-about
Kanaka, stood about twenty feet
away. In his sable ugliness he was
surveying me curiously from behind
tree. In one hand he held a long
island bow, to the string of which he
was just fitting an arrow l saw he
had more arrows in reserve, probably
poisoned.
Now / had done nothing to arouse
the animosity of savage in that lone
ly spot. But if | had ever read "mur-
der" written on a human face, Poly
nesia at that moment confronted me
with that word
The wagon stood to my left ten
PAGES. l concealed my convictions
while. I slowly drew up on my left
heel and said with great friendliness
to my blacH friend:
"Hullo! What fella your
The dogs, which had not been dis
turbed by the Kanaka's stealthy ap-
proach, started up barking. The other
fellows answer, if he made any, was
and remains immaterial. For | fol-
lowed the friendly query by digging
my boot heel well to earth, and flying
in two birdlike leaps to the wagon
To seize the shotgun, throw myself
behind the Wheel and lay two lovely
significant barrels across it, so that
Polynesia confronted Europe to Eu-
ropes greater advantage, was the
work of second.
Then / babe the islander BECOME /
banned him from my presence in the
loudest and worst language l have
ever used, and | uttered it so that all
northern Queensland might hear.
Polynesia left in a great hurry
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12
Ewes Growing Grave.

Jeddah is a most important town for
the entire human race, apart from be-
ing the principal landing place for pill
grims to Mecca. Just outside the city
is buried Eve. The reputed mother of
mankind, like a good Moslemah, lies
with her feet towards Mecca. Her
grave has gradually grown in size, and
is now of huge dimensions. Burton
calculated that our first parent
measured 120 PAGES from head to
waist and 80 from waist to heel, and
must have presented the appearance
of duck" Probably the reason why
the modern lover still uses that word
as a term of endearment.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12
Prehistoric Babies Nursing Bottles.

According to recent discoveries it
appears that nursing bottles were
used even in prehistoric times. This
is true at least for the age of polished
stone, inasmuch as French archeolo-
gist, when exploring a neolithic fu-
neral deposit, found a small clay bot.
tie, and this was quite intact. This
is not the only specimen of the kind
which comes from early ages Among
Gaulish burial places of Jonchery, and
more recently in the Gallo-Roman
arena of Paris.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12
Gives Novel Reason.

The principal of a girls school at
New York has received from the moth
er of one pupil a novel reason for wish
ing her daughter excused from French
conversation during meals. The ex-
cuse was accompanied by a doctors
certificate to the effect that the mon
tai effort of concentrating her thoughts
on French exercises while eating in
terfered with the proper function of
the young lady's digestive organs, and
if persisted in was bound eventually
to impair her health. AS yet the other
pupils have not learned the cause of
their classmates exemptions from
French chatter at the table If they
do find out it is feared that doctors
certificates will become epidemic.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12

tachment, who is inclined to float from
job to job at intervals of two or three
months.
No investment will pay quite so i'm
mediate a return as the money spent
in erecting a good tenants cottage
and in making it attractive The last
point is by no means unimportant,
since many a farm hand is kept on
the job because his family likes the
tenant house and is able to get a good
wages.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12

complication in the case
"The Parr envelope?" he tried to
say carelessly.
"Oh, threw it out yesterday" was
the Indifferent explanation. Had no
business there"
''Why-why-"
Mrs. Parr took her bond away
nearly six months ago. l ought to
have removed the empty envelope
then. Why, what ais you!"-for
Worth had dashed from the room. 1t
seemed as if he must shout, laugh,
cry, pray, Oh, the relief of 1t! oh,
The joy of it!
Copyright, 1914, by w. G. Chapman.)
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12
The Out-of-Doors Girl.

There is no anatomical reason why
girl should not throw ball as well
as boy, according to Leslie's Weekly.
All she needs is the chance to do it.
Beginning with dancing and games in
the kindergarten, and continuing with
gymnastics and athletic leagues in
grammar schools, high schools and col
leges, We are giving more attention to
physical training than ever before in
this country. Already this is begin
ming to show in a more vigorous type
of both men and women.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12
Speed at Which Sound Travels.

Sound travels LOO feet per second
at the regular temperature of the air.
To travel eleven and half miles at
this rate it will take SIS 1-5 seconds.
Suppose side wind is blowing at the
rate of five miles an hour. This is
about 440 feet a minute This will
make an actual path which the sound
travels somewhat longer and the
time required will be between IS and
so seconds. Roughly then it will take
one minute for the sound to travel
the distance of liz miles under these
conditions.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12

-
does not perform
b y force W h a (
should be accom-
'plished by persua-
sion is DR.. Miles
Laxative Tablets.
After using them,
Mr.. N. A. Waddell,
SIS Washington
St, Waco, Tex,
says:
almost all my
life [ have neeo
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12
"Clean Up the Bowels and
Keep Them Clean"

There are many remedies to be
had for constipation, but the diff
Guilty is to procure one that acts
MithOu violence rernedu that
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-12
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What's the Use of
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-09
CHARTERS ISSUED.

Charters were Issued by the state
c""noration Commission yesterday as
follows:
.soutnside Marine Railway and SUP.
ply Company, Inc, Urbnnna maximum
S1b,0o0; minimum, $4,000; par value
500; general merchandise and supply
business. w. &. Palmer, PRESIDENT
Saluda. Va; l., H. Leaf, secretary. Ur-
banna. Va.
Eastern Land and Trucking Corn.
Norfolk; maximum, $4,000: minimum,
$4,000; par value, SOD; real estate
business. H. l.. Warren, president.
Norfolk.
Chetry's, Inc. Richmond, maximum,
10000; minimum, $500; par value, s25;
ice cream and soft drink business t;uy
NJ. Cherry, president; Mary NJ STRAIT
ton. secretary and treasurer j. r.
Browning, vice-president, ali of Rich
mond.
Vends Five and Ten-Cent Company.
Inc, Harrisonburg. maximum. $4,000;
minimum, $4,000: par value, 800 per
share. Il. V. KoontZ, secretary and
treasurer. Harrisonburg: John s Fra
vel. president. Harrisonburg
Lincoln Amusement Company. Inc,
Norfolk: maximum, $4,000: minimum.
$4,000; par value, 400: operate the
aters. hotels, etc. Theophanis Karani-
cholas. president: Harry Karanicholas.
secretary and treasurer. both of Nor
folk.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-09
MINIATURE ALMANAC
SM00T is RECOVERING
wife Whom He Shot Lies in Critical
Condition at Virginia Hosnff,f

while Mrs. Leah Inez Smoot, who
was shot by her husband in their home
at 1907 West Main Street Tuesday
nisht, Is stu In serious condition as
the result OF two wounds, Joseph r.
Smoot is recovering from the wound
ne suffered when he attempted suicide
AFTER shooting his bride of only four
,. AS soon as he is sufficiently recovered.
Sinoot Will be removed to the CITY Jaii
hospital. and the police guard now
placed on him in Virginia Hospital will
he removed.
Both husband and wife, who occupy
peds not far from each other, have
made mutual Inquiries and expressed
hope that the other would recover
Mrs. Shoots more serious wound Is in
the lung. a second bullet struck ber
in the back of the head. but did not in
hict serious injury. The husband in
ficted on himself only a slight flesh
wound.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-09
ELECTRIC PERMITS.

The following permits were issued
Yesterday by the Electrical Depart
mcnt:
winston Electric Construction CO..
tor r. 5. Nuckols, 2ol2 Powhatan
Same. for BauGhman Stationery Co,
1922 West Broad street two nxtureE
Lyons & Williams. for c. T. Sprinkle.
Jr. III South Sheppard street, fifteen
outlets.
Same. for same, lila South street,
fifteen outlets.
Same. for same 29l2 West Cary
Street, twenty-siX outlets
Same. for same 29l4 West Cary
street, twenty-six outlets
Same, for same 23l6 West Cary
Street. twenty-six outlets
Same, for same. 23lS West Cary
street, twenty-six outlets
Same, for same, 292D West Cary
Street. twenty-six outlets
l.. r. Warriner, for l.. W. Hall. S07
Chamhsrlayne Avenue. two fixtures.
West Grace Street, twenty-seven fx.
lures
Same. for NJ. Greentree. 1904 West
Grace street, two outlets
Same, for Davis Brothers oaiB
Grove Avenue. twcnty-six outlets.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-09
cHANCERY DEEDS OF TRUST.
Eight Deeds Of Trust. Amounting

"" u"S -hhouht1nE
W. j. Gilman ct ux. to c. H Sutton
Lr., trustee. 20x55 feet east line Of
Dooley Avenue. lis feet south Of
FLOYD Avenue. June 10. 1918; s2.24o.
Estelle Walford Crcnshaw ct vir. to
J. b. Elan, trustee, 100Sl33.5 feet west
line OF Chamberlayne Avenue. COS feet
north of Maplewood Avenue. July 4,
1915: s6.4a0.
Jeff II. Powell to Harrison & Bates.
trustees, &c feet 3 inches by 90 feet
south line of Park Avenue, 81 feet I
inches west OF Addison Street. July
/. 1915; $500.
p. II. Melton ct uS. to Harrison &
Bates. trustees, % feet 3 inches by
10l feet inches south line of Park
Avenue, 81 feet 10 inches west of Adj.
olson Street. July /. 1915: s4,720.
Same, to same. &c feet 3 inches by
1oT feet inches south line Of Park
Avenue, IS feet ] inch west Of Addi.
son Street. July /. 1915; s4.720.
Addie SDrenkle ct vir. TO e. c. Har-
ris, trustee, 15xl+l feet south side Of
chafnn Street, 10 feet west Of Car
ter street. June IL. 1915: 1854.
n. l. Quarles ct viz. to Lewis B.
Schomburg, trustee. @5xl30 feet PIT
West Grace Street. July :, 1915;
$3.50.
Eva T. Clarke ct vir. TO Charles X.
Willis, trustee, 19 feet inches bv l01
feet south line OF Clay Street, south
west corner of Twelfth and CLAW
Streets. July /, 1915: s24a7
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-09
General weather Condition..

WASHINGTON. July S.-The center
OF the Western storm. after passing
eastward over the Middle Mississippi
ana ONO valleys. has finally reached
the Southern New England coast and
by Friday morning will have passed
out to sea. This storm has been at
tended by squalls on the Middle At
lantic and Southern New England coas,
and rains In the Atlantic States. tho
lower lake region and the Ohio Valley.
NO decided temperature changes are
indicated for the Eastern and Southern
states during the next forty-eiaht
hours. although the temperature will
be somewhat higher In the Ohio Valley.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-09
To-Day and Tonight
in Richmond

Baseball - International League,
RICHMOND vs.. Toronto, Broad street
Park. 4t3O.
Park concert, Kessnich's Munich
pal Band, Jefferson Park, . O'Clock.
Mass meeting, Madison Ward
property owners, to consider new
renl estate tax assessment, Cham
her OF Commerce, 10 o'clock.
BiNu--Bijou stock Company in
"Fhc Marriage OF Kitty
Lyric-Popular vaudeville and pic
turesJ matinee, $3.50, night, TAB and
0t16.
Standardization pictures, contin-
uoun performance, IL morning to II
night.
Lfttie-Motion plctureBt coDtinu-
ous performance, IL noon to IL night.
Standardization pictures, contiou-
Gus performance, IL morning 10 II
night.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-09
WATCH CHAIN FOR STUART
Governor Receives UNIQUE Present
From Citizen or Texas

Governor Stuart doesn't know 1T. but
he is the possessor of n watch chain
thirty-nine links In length. carved out
Of the eeeds of gigantic Texas water
melon. The odd gift was received
through the malls ut the executive
Office yesterday. The trophy will serve
as an appropriate ornament with which
the executive may adorn his waist
coat when he attends watermelon
feasts and agricultural fairs this sum-
mer and fall.
The donor Of the watermelon seed
watch chain Is r. Emden, of Houston.
In the small pasteboard DIX contain
ing the chain was n card from Mr..
t;mdcn bearing the following inscr!p-
ton:
"a gift from the Lone star State.
! take great pleasure in presenting
you with a gift froIp Texas. chain
cut out of Texas watermelon seed.
guaranteed never to rust or turn brass
"a chain that will keep us linked
together forever. Accent with my best
compliments, and, by special request,
answer when YOU receive same"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-09

II. Z. Richeson ct al. trustees, to
Garnett Il. Bowden, 50X132 feet cast
line or Thirticth Street. corner OF
Thirtieth and Streets. July 2. 1915;
$3.50.
II. n. Pollard. Jr.. trustee. to Roberta
u. Hunter, S45N50 feet east line Of
proposed Briel Street. dividing line of
East Virginia Land and Improvement
Co. and tho stephen Hunter estate.
June %. 1915: $4,000.
James ID. Carncal, trustee, to Thorn
az j. Trent. 16 feet inches by 1902
feet enst line of Bowe Street 204 feet
south of Leigh street, July S. 1915;
+: Thompson. 24X160 feet north line
OF Leigh Street. 23l feet l l-2 inches
west OF st. James street. July {, 1915;
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-09
COAL MINES BOOMING
Unprecedented Prosperity Reported by
Stntc MING INSPECTOR Lucns

Business I'm every line is booming
at greater height than I'm many years
in all parts of the coal fields Of the
Western part of Virginia, according
TO report received yesterday by Labor
Commissioner James b. Dohcr;y from
Inspector of Mines A. c. Lucas
Many of the coal mines are working
in fun blast. the inspector says. Mines
heretofore neglected or in operation
only day or two In each week are
now working to almost capacity OF
their yield Mine workers OF all classes
have steady employment and good
wages. The coal fields are enjoying a
wave Of prosperity unprecedented In
may years.