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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08

to enter there and take his place?-his
place!
This is a old ladies' home" he pro-
tested. What right you got a-takin'
in good-fer-nuthin' old man? Mebbe
he'd rob yew er kill yew! When men
git ter rampagin', yew can't tell what
they might dew
Sarah Jane nodded her head know
ingly, as if to exclaim:
Il told yer sol"
But Miss Abigail hurriedly ex-
planned that it was man and wife
that they wanted She blushed as she
added that of course they would not
take man without his wife.
mo, indeed! That'd be highly i'm
proper" smirked Ruby Lee.
Then Abe went stamping to the
stairway, saying sullenly:
"All right. I'll give yew all the
money yew want fer advertiser, an
yew kin say he'll be clothed an
dressed proper, tew, en- supplied with
terbaccer an readin' matter besides
but jest wait till the directors read
that advertisement! They had me
here sorter pertendin' ter be unbe-
knownst Come on, Angy. Let's go
upstairs an git our things. Let's"
Aunt Nancy half arose from her
chair, resting her two shaking hands
ON the arms Of 1t.
Brother Abe" she called quaver-
ingly after the couple, 81 guess yew
kin afford ter fix up any objections O.
the directors
Angy pressed her husbands arm as
she joined him in the upper hall.
Don't you see, Abe. They don't
realize that that poor old gentleman,
whoever he may be, won't be yew.
They Jest know that yew was yew: an
they want ter git another jest as near
like yew as they kin"
Abe grunted, yet nevertheless went
halfway down stairs again to call
more graciously to the sisters that he
would give them a reference any time
for knowing how to treat a man just
right.
That Teller IL be lucky, gals" he
added in tremulous tones. 81 hope
he'll appreciate yew as l alters done "
Then Abe went to join Angy in the
room which the sisters had given to
him that bitter day when the cry of
his heart had been very like unto:
''Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani!"
After all, what was there of his and
Angy's here? Their garments they did
not need now. They would leave them
behind for the other old couple that
was to come. There was nothing else
but some simple gifts. He took up a
pair Of red wristlets that Mrs Homan
had knit, and tucked them in his new
overcoat pocket He also took Abb
CALLS bottle of Jockey Club" which
he had despised so few days ago, and
tucked that in his watch pocket. When
he bought himself a watch, he would
buy a new clock for the dining-room
down stairs, too-a clock with no such
asthmatic strike as the present one
possessed. All his personal belongings
every one of them gifts-he found
room for In his pockets. Angy had
even less than he. Yet they had come
practically with nothing and COM
pared with that nothing. what they
carried now seemed much. Angy hesi-
tated over the pillow-shams. Did they
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08
YEARS SUPPLY OF BABIES
Facts Compiled by Statistician VIII
Come to Many as Something Of
a Surprise.

1t has been computed that about 36,-
100000 babies are born into the world
each year. The rate of production
is therefore about 70 per minute, or
more than one for every beat of the
clock
With the one-a-second calculation
every reader Is familiar, but it is not
every one who stops to calculate what
this means when il comes to a years
supply. 1t will, therefore, probably
startle a good many persons to find,
on the authority of well-known sta
tisticician, that, could the infants of
a year be ranged in a line in cradles,
the cradles would extend around the
globe
The same writer looks at the matter
in more picturesque light. He imag-
in's the babies being carried past a
given point in their mothers arms,
one by one, and the procession being
kept up night and day until the last
hour in the twelfth month had passed
by A sufficiently liberal rate is al
lowed, but even in going past at the
rate Of 20 minute, 1000 an hour,
during the entire year, the reviewer
at his post would have seen only the
sixth part of the infantile host.
In other words, the babe that had
to be carried when the tramp began
would be able to walk when but a
mere fraction of its comrades had
reached the reviewers post, and when
the years supply of babies was draw
ing to cclose there would be a
rear guard, not of infants, but of
romping six-year-old boys and girls.
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CHAPTER XXI.
nour Beloved Brother"

Our 6elONeQ 6FOLneF.
The services of the "Shoreville Her
AID" however, were not required to
spread the news. The happiest and
proQGest coupfe gu Long Island saw
their names with the story of their
sudden accession to wealth in a great
New York daily the very next morn
ing.
tall, ole gentleman with real
BARRIERS hair cut" shining, new
high hat, a suit of store clothes"
which fitted as if they had been made
for him, pair Of fur gloves, and brand
new ten-dollar boots; and a remark
ably pretty, old lady in violet bonnet,
long black velvet cape, with new
shoes as well as new kid gloves, and a
big silver-fox muff-this was the
couple that found the paper spread out
on the hall table at the Old Ladies'
Home, with the sisters gathered
around it, >peering at it, weeping over
it, laughing, both sorrowing and re-
joicing.
Abe" Aunt Nancy had shifted when
the news came over the telephone the
day before; and though Miss Abigail
had assured her that she knew Abe
would come to see them real often. the
matriarch still failed to be consoled.
"Hain't you noticed, gals" she per-
sisted, that thar hain't been a death
In the house sence we took him in?
An missed my regular spell O. bron-
chitis last winter an this one tew-so
fur" she added dismally, and began to
cough and lay her hands against her
chest. That was allus the way when
Twas a youngun," she continued after
q while; 81 never had pet dog or cat
or even a tame chicken that 1t didn't
I'D an run erway sooner or later. This
here loss, gals, II be the death O. mel
Naow, mark my words!"
Then followed consultation among
the younger sisters, the result Of which
was that they met Abe in the morning
with a unanimous petition. They could
neither ask nor expect him to remain;
that was impossible, but
Hip, hooray Hip, hip, hoorayl"
cried Abe, waving an imaginary flag
as he entered "Sam1 dropped us at
the gate. Him an Blossy went on ter
see Holmes tew decker erbout buyin'
back the old place. Takes Blossy an
Sam1 tew dew business. They picked
out my clothes between them yist'day
AFTERNOON deown ter Injun village, in
the Emporium. Haow yew like EN-
Splendid, Ell? See my yaller silk hand
kerchief, tew? Wesest dropped in ter
git our things. We thought mebbe
yew'd want ter slick up the room an
git ready fer the new"
He was allowed to say no more. The
sisters, who had been kissing and hug
ging Angy one by one, now swooped
upon him. He was Rugged, too, with
warm, generous congratulation, his
hands were both shaken until they
ached, and his clothes and Angy's 81
lently admired. But no one said a
word, for not one of the sisters was
able to speak. Angy, thinking that
she OWNED a touch of jealousy, has
tened to throw of her wrap and dis
play the familiar old worn silk gown
beneath.
II told Abe l jest wouldn't git g.
new silk until you each had one made
tew. B1ossy sent for the samples
Blossy-"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08
Simple Home Remedies.

A severe coughing paroxysm can be
relieved by taking teaspoonful of
glycerin in swallow of hot milk.
A salt bath is very beneficial and
restful. Purchase of druggist a box
of sea salt; dissolve about fourth of
it in hot water. Saturate bath towel
in the salt water, then let it dry. AT
ter the regular bath, rub the body with
the sailed towel, or use it mornings
after the cold bath.
If you want to keep from sneezing,
press the finger on the upper part of
the nose.
A bag of hot sand with tablespoon
full of vinegar sprinkled on will relieve
neuralgia.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08

seeks an indication of coming changes
in barometric pressure, such as the
paths of cyclonic disturbances, from
the observed relation between the
force and direction of the winds to
the force and direction appropriate to
the existing isobars and barometric
gradients, was first announced by its
author in 1891, and attained great
prominence among meteorologists
when M. Guilbert won the prize in a
weather forecasting competition held
in connection with the international
exposition at Liege In 1905.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08
PORTUGAL is IGNORED NOW
News of Revolution in That Once
Great Nation Has Attracted
Little Attention.

In a communication to the French
Academy of Sciences, M. Gabriel Gull
bert reports the results that have at
tended the application of his empiri-
cal method of weather prediction in
series of no less than 5000 forecasts,
published in a Partisan newspaper
This method of forecasting. which
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08

DIR. Leo S. Rowe, professor of po-
litical and social science at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, was made Sec
rotary general of the big Pan-Ameri-
can Commercial conference in Wash
lngton. Doctor Rowe has spent many
years in South America and speaks
Spanish like native. He has been
a member of various government COM
missions that have visited the repub-
lies to the south of us.
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Evidently Not.

Alice-What! Mr. Worth proposed
to youl Every one says he's a WON
an hater.
Katherine-Yes, but 1 don't seem
to be the woman.-Boston Evening
Transcript
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INTERNATIONAL.
SUNDAXSOIOOL,
LESSON

(By E. Q. SELLERS. Acting Director OF
sunday School Course of Moody Bible
Institute, Chicago)
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In the series of forecasts, it is
claimed that the movements of cy-
clones in all parts Of Europe were
correctly forecast "a hours in advance
in 80 per cent of the cases; variations
of pressure in sc per cent, and wealth
er conditions in more than 80 per
cent. 1t is claimed, moreover, that
nearly all the failures were due, not
to the method of prediction, but to the
sparsity of weather reports from GER
tain regions or other analogous causes.
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Russ LANGUAGE snreads

Russian is already the dominant
tongue of 100000 people, and the
statisticians declare that by 1850 it
will be spoken by no less than 3oO,-
100000.
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Common sense is a great stabilizsr.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-04-02

Then out of the stiffness SQUAD
was made. It was the sound Of Q
vcice-the voice of his mother.
Consider the lilies" it pleaded soft
ly.
The cashier sprang to his feet and
looked about him wildly. There was
no one in the big lily-laden church ex.
cept lf-himself-and the voice.
Consider the lilies" came the adj
vice to him once more.
The voice was unmistakable. Al
though his mother had been dead 10,
these twenty years, he could never
forget the gentleness of her voice. But
that was not all. The admonition had
a familiar ring which was not Of the
voice alone, nor yet Of some long.fors
gotten reading. The words were
borne in upon his senses now as in
that long-ago yester-year, when, as a
little lad, he had sat in the living
room OF his home listening to his
fathers ileartbroken confession to his
mother that he had failed in business.
It was Easter then as now. On the
broad easement Of the low French
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-04-02
URGES ITALY TO ENTER FIGHT
Crowd Attempts TO Reach Austrian
Embassy But Is Charged by
Troops and Dispersed.

Rome, via Paris, March pa large
meeting was held here by Italians who
favor the taking of Trent, Trieste
and Dalmatia. Forces of troops were
present to prevent disorders. A reso.
luton was unanimously adopted re-
uuesting the government to obtain 'by
arms the frontiers of Italy"
After the meeting the crowd at
tempted to reach the Austrian en-
bassy. but was charged by the troops
and dispersed. Several arrests were
made.
Among those in attendance were
senators, deputies and aldermen and
the representatives of over 5000 clubs
and associations, some of the latter
coming from other states.
The hall in which the meeting was
held was decorated with flags OF
Trent, Trieste, Istria and Dalmatia.
Several orators made addresses,
among them Signor Barseilai, native
of Trieste, who has been deputy for
Rome for Is years. He was greeted
enthusiastically when he said the mo-
ment had arrived to take Trent, the
key to northern Italy and Trieste, the
door to the Adriatic.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-04-02
SOME HARM IN MOONLIGHT
Scientists Have Been Giving the Mat"
Ter Attention and Now Ere Out
With Explanation

The alleged harmfulness of moon
light Is at last receiving scientific at
tention. It seems that the light OF the
moon, being reflected, is polar1Zed;
that is, the vibrations are in one plane
Instead of all planes, as in light com
ing directly from its source. 1t is
also said that it has less germicidal
power than direct light, and that de-
cay is therefore quicker.
All this may be true, and it may ex'
plain some of the folklore as to moon.
light. We have SO long believed these
tales to be the myths of primitive peo
pies that we are not inclined to take
any suggestions in this line seriously.
They are really mistaken attempts at
the scientific explanation of phe-
nomena noticed for the first time.
The folk-tales seem to have orig
mated In lands of very clear atmos'
phere, and it is extremely doubtful
whether in northern misty climates
moonlight has any ocular or nervous
effect one way or the other. Still we
are often surprised at the facts elected
from still more bizarre Investigations
Surely polarized light must have in,
furious rectinal effects, and it might
be well to find out that much.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-04-02

Among the things that only come
once in a lifetime are youth And old
aas.
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Not Now.

Asker-Smither has an automobile.
Tellit-Not a bit of it. He collided
with train yesterday.-Town Topics.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-04-02
British Ship Torpe doed,

London, March 30. - The steamer
Vosges, which was sunk off the Cor
nish coast, was sent to the bottom by
the shell fire Of a German submarine.
When it became known that the ves-
sci had been sunk there was no indica-
ton of the nature of the vessel that
fred upon her.
1t was learned that the Vosges was
under fire for over two hours. In ad-
dition to her chief engineer, who was
killed, two officers and two members
Of the crew of the Vosges and a woman
passenger were wounded.
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window stood row Of exquisite white
lilies. His mother had turned from
his stricken father to regard them, and
over her face had come that tender,
confident smile the little lad had SO
loved. Consider the lilies" she had
told the man, they toll not, neither
do they spin, yet Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one Of
these" And his father had taken her
into his arms with a great sob, while
the little lad had looked on, under
standing only that his mother had
somehow helped his father over a
great crisis.
And now in the crisis OF his own
life, when temptation had mastered
him, he sat alone N a lily-laden
church and 10! the voice of his mother
babe him consider the lilies" Whence
had it come? From the heart Of an
Easter lily? Or had it come into the
house of God with him with a ray of
moonlight? Or, was the voice in his
brain alone-born of memories? He
could not tell, and it did not matter.
When he had laid her away twenty
years ago he had not laid away the
influence that had been hers all
through his young life, her faith in
him, her smile, nor the memory Of a
certain day when he had been gradu-
ated from college and had promised
her that he would seek first the king
dom of God and his righteousness
through all the days that he should
live. And he had kept his promise
until tonight, when the greed of gold
became the dominating motive of his
life; tonight, when the thirst for lux.
ury had conquered him.
The cashier stood clutching the seat
Of the pew in front of him, his eyes
fixed on the lily-banls3d altar. Then
he squared his shoulders even as he
had seen his father do in that long
gone year. And when the first soft
flush of Easter day crept across the
eastern sky the money was safe in the
bank again. For the cashier kept faith
with his mother.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-04-02
ALARMING REPORTS OF ATRocs.
TIES ARE REcElVED-SixTY
MEN TAKEN FROM MIS-
SlONS AND HANGED.
STATS: Department IS
STIRRED BY UPRISING
Ambassador Morsenthau Is Appealed
to by Secretary Bryan to Urge
Turkish Government to Send
Protect to the Threat
ened Section.

Washington, March 29.-Alarming
reports OF atrocities, including the
hanging of sixty men taken from the
French mission, and five from the
American mission compound at Gulpa~
shan, Persia, have stirred the state de-
0artment to further efforts to obtain
protection for American missionaries
and refugees in the vicinity of Uru-
miah, Persia, where an uprising Of
Kurds threatens a general Christian
massacre.
Turks Promise Protection.
Ambassador Morgenthau at Con-
stantinople has been twice appealed
to by Secretary Bryan in the last few
lays to urge the Turkish government
to send protection to the imperiled
section, and it was learned that the
state department had received assur-
ances from tbs Turkish government
that protection would be rushed to the
scene.
Russians Delay Action.
II was learned through the British
embassy that the British consul at
Fabric, Persia, not far distant from
che Urumiah district, acting in con-
junction with the American consul,
Gordon Paddock, had appealed to Rus
sian commanders in the region near
riflis to send soldiers to the rescue Of
he helpless Christian populace. The
Russian generals, it was said, had de-
layed action awaiting orders from Pet
rOgTad.
In view Of present efforts Of the
American government to have Turk
ish troops sent to the region, it was
regarded as probable here that no fur
Their effort would be made to4get aid
from the Russian soldiery.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-04-02
IMMENSE QUANTITY
Of WHEAT TIED Up
There viii Stil, However, Be a
Heavy Deficit of the Worlds
Normal Crop.

A grain expert who has been watch
ing the grain markets and the worlds
grain fields for a number Of years.
says:-
There is at the present time about
two billion bushels Of wheat, the pro-
duction Of the countries at war, tied
up. This is about one-half the worlds
total production of wheat, which is
four billion bushels. One writer ar"
CUES that, granting that the warning
nations produce a one-half crop IN
the coming year, deficit Of one bill
lion bushels will still be shown. The
three countries upon which the filling
of this deficit Of one billion bushels
will rest are the United States, Can
ada, and Argentina. The combined
output of these three countries is only
1,249, 900, 900, their exportable surplus
would Of course be much less, SO 1t
can easily be seen that the question
is not one to be easily solved and 1t
behoo~es all the above countries to
increase their respective productions
as much as they possibly can, for
when the war is over and trade begins
to re-cstablish itself and the nations
undergo a process Of rehabilitation
the demand for all hreadstuffs will be
enormous.
During the three years following
the declaration Of peace TIE farmers
of all neutral wheat-producing coun-
tries will have ample opportunity to
market their wheat at good prices,
and it may safely be assumed that the
demand will be heavy. Canada has
an unusual opportunity In that she
las the natural environment for wheat
production; she is under the protec
ton of the British flag, and she Will
not be molested upon the water to
any great extent; she can increase
her acreage and greatly enhance her
production. In other words, she can
become a far greater wheat-produclng
country than she is at the present
time"
If the summing-up as made by this eX-
pert be correct, is there not the very
hest reason for the continued effoSt
that is being made by the Government
Of the Dominion Of Canada to secure
settlers on the productive vacant
lands of the country? Not only are
these lands capable of producing high
class wheat in large quantities, but
cattle, pigs, sheep and horses also do
| well. The climate is admirably suited.
advertisement.
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from every nook and corner they
cleaned white in the dim chancel
lights. They were like a prayer-a
mothers prayer for her children
pure, and clean, and white. Their deli
gate fragrance was pleasant to his
senses, but above all else it was their
whiteness which riveted his thought.
lie could not get away from it.
Suddenly he buried his face in his
hands to shut the lilies away from his
sight, while he went over the argu-
ment he had used to himself when he
mad taken the money from the safe.
But, strangely, in the midst of his
effort at justification, the whiteness
and purity of the Easter lilies surged
through his brain.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-04-02
War Party Wins in Japan.

Washington, March 29.-Returns
from the election in Japan, cabled to
the japanese embassy here, show that
the government party which favors
increase Of military strength. will
have a large majority in the new
house of Representatives. When the
Japanese diet will assemble, is not yet
known, although constitutions lily it
must be some time before May rs, five
months from the date when the pre-
vious diet was dissolved. 1t is be
lieved the emperor will issue his edict
soon.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-04-02
Shot in ChicatIo Riot.

Chicago, March 29.-One youth was
shot by policeman, and five other
persons, including woman, were
trampled in riot in the West Side
Ghetto, Alfred Helig, said to have
been one of the rioters, was shot while
running from policeman. The riot
started when a crowd Of roughs over
turned a furniture wagon driven by
Bores Melowsky. Jewish residents
went to the help of Melowsky and the
fighting became general.
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Easter.

'She, supposing him to be the gardener
Dead is our Christ and our hearts cry
"Where?"
We would peer in the tomb behind thee
All! Not there!
But as of old in the open air,
Out in the garden, Lord, we find thee.
Mary Eleanor Roberts, In Lippincott's.
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CONSIDER
~ ,:eS

HE cashier was alone.
He drew a pencil and
scratch pad from his
pocket and figured rap.
idly. Yes, he could do
Ii easily. Just a turn Of
the combination and the
s.x.s. g. ~xxo~ o~o~ ITS~ A3sN