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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05

1t is cruel to force nauseatinu,
harsh physic into a
sick Cniu.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on - caster ell, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form Of
physic simply don't realize what they
do The children's revolt is well-found-
ed Their tender little "insides' are
injured by them.
If your childs stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs" It's
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that a teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row
Ask at the store for 5O-cent bottle
of california Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. ADV.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
BADGER NATURALIST DEAD
John Muir, Noted Scientist, Explorer
and Artist, Dies Of Pneumonia
at Los Angeles.

Portage.-John Muir, explorer, nat
uralist philosopher and artist, who
died in Los Angeles, Cal, on Thursday
from pneumonia, spent a large part of
his life here, and his death will recall
to many Wisconsin people incidents
surrounding his career in this state.
Mr.. Muir was born in bar, Scot
land, in 1888, and came to Wisconsin
at the age Of II years, was graduated
by the University of Wisconsin with
the class of 1864.
His descriptions of the Yosemite
valley first brought it into national
fame To the great glacier Muir discoy-
cred in Alaska in 1881, his name was
given, and as member of the De
Long relief expedition he made fur
Their valuable polar reports.
Although he removed from this
state many years ago members of his
family continued their residence here.
His mother died in Portage in 1896.
His brother, David, was member Of
the firm of Barry & Muir, a leading
mercantile firm here many years.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
GRANDMA USED SAGE TEA
TO DARKEN HER GRAY HAIR
She Made Up Mixture of Sage Tea
and Sulphur to Bring Back Color,
Gloss, Thickness.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff, itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
was to make it at home, which is
mussy and troublesome. Nowadays,
by asking at any store for "Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy" you
will get a large bottle of the famous
old recipe for about so cents.
Don't stay gray Try it! No one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, as it does it so naturally
and evenly. You dampen a sponge or
soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time, by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another APP
plication or two, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, thick and glossy
Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
DEADLY POISON FLY PAPERS
List of Accidents Covering Only Few
Days Should Show the Danger
in Their Use.

Considering the safe up-to-date
methods of destroying that pest, the
domestic fly, it is remarkable that peo-
pie will persist in using the poison fly
papers. The basic toxic principle OF
all these papers is arsenic, one of the
deadliest and most insidious of poi
sons. The danger to children is great,
and the danger to adults is by no
means inconsiderable. The danger in
general is proved by various items in
our exchanges. We present herewith
a partial list of accidents from poison
Gus fly papers which speaks for itself.
The list covers only the period be-
tween July 1, 1914, to August "a, in
elusive, and cover 35 cases of poison
ing, five fatal and 80 non-fatal or I'M
certain. The list by states: Illinois,
4; Indiana, 6; Iowa, 5; Kentucky, q;
Minnesota, 4 Nebraska, 2; New York,
2; North Carolina, q Ohio, 8; Penn
sylyania, 5; total, 35.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
How "Sake" is Made.

The crown prince of Japan sent a
consignment of sake" to the British
crews attacking Kiauchau. This bev-
erage, which should be drunk warm
to appreciate it's full flavor, is of a
clear, light yellow color and tastes
like highly-seasoned sherry. 1t is
made of steamed rice, treated by a
process which converts the starch i'm
to sugar; fermentation sets in and
sake is produced The character Of
the water has a definite effect on the
liquor that results. Hence, for the
best quality of sake only the best wa
ter is employed. An excise duty
equivalent to % cents per gallon is
levied on sake, the amount thus raised
in 1912 totaling $2S,0O0OO0. The name
is said to be derived from the town OF
Osake, which, from time immemorial,
has been famous for sake brewing.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK 'CAsCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.

Sick headache, biliousness. dizzi-
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testines, instead of being cast out
of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. ADV.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
WHERE RASTUS FELL DOWN
Rather "GiVeaWay" Was His Eager
ness to Demonstrate He Gould
File an Alibi.

At a special session in Washington
reference was made to the matter OF
making bad breaks, when Congress-
man James A. Frear OF Wisconsin was
reminded of an incident along that
line.
Some time ago, he said, a farmer
out his way began TO miss his chick
ems, and in order to better protect
them he had the door of the coop fitted
with iron bars. Still the fowls dis
appeared, and finally a party named
Rastus was arrested OH suspicion.
There seems to be no evidence
against this man." said Rastus' lawyer
to the judge at the subsequent trial,
land | ask your honor to discharge
him"
Il will let him off with suspended
sentence" answered the Judge, pro
viding he can file an alibi Can you
file an alibi, Rastus?" he continued,
turing to the defendant.
"Yassah, boss. Yassah!" was the
prompt response of Rastus. Il kin
If dey amt no harder dan de bahs on
Mistah Johnsing's chicken COOP
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
TAKE SALTS TO FLUSH
KIDNEYS IF BACK HURTS
Says Too Much Meat Forms Uric Acie
Which Clogs the Kidneys and
lrritateS the Bladder.

Most folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggish and clog
ged and need a flushing occasionally,
else we have backache and dull misery
in the kidney region, severe head
aches, rheumatic twinges, torpid liver,
acid stomach, sleeplessness and all
sorts of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces of Jad
Salts from any good drug store here,
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, com
bined with lithia, and is harmless to
flush clogged kidneys and stimulate
them to normal activity. 1t also neu-
tralizes the acids in the urine so it
no longer iTritates, thus ending blad-
der disorders.
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive;
makes a delightful effervescent lithia.
water drink which everybody should
take now and then to keep their kid
neys clean, thus avoiding serious COM
plications.
A well-known local druggist says he
sells lots of Jad Salts 10 folks who be-
leve in overcoming kidney trouble
while it is only troub1e.-Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
Sea Water a Disinfectant.

Sea water electrically treated has
been found to be of great value as a
disinfecting means and is now used
regularly in a number of English cities
for cleaning swimming pools, school
rooms, hospitals and similar places.
1t is very effective and quite cheap.
Where the salt water is not obtainable
an artificial sea water is made at a
very slight addition to the cost. Pub
lie swimming pools are maintained in
sweet condition by the addition at
the first filling of about thirty gallons
of the treated water to pool of about
eighty-five thousand gallons, and then
an addition of the treated water is
made every few days.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
EXPRESS TAXES
LESS THIS YEAR
WISCONSIN TAX COMMISSION
MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT
OF LEVIES.
PULLMAN COMPANYS MORE
Property of Only Sleeping Car Com
pany Operating in State Shows
Increase in Valuation
and Taxation.

Madison.-The Wisconsin tax COM
mission announces the assessment
and taxes levied on express and sleep
ing car companies in the state for
1914
The assessment of express compa-
MES is 1881, 900 as against $807. 500
last year. The taxes of express com
panies for 1914 are $10,835.61 as
against $9,554.69 last year.
The property of the Pullman COM
pany, the only sleeping car company
operating in Wisconsin, is assessed
at $2,200,000,, as against $500, 900
last year. The taxes of the Pullman
company are fixed at $30,52288, as
against $21,298.38 last year.
The assessments and taxes of each
of the express companies operating
in Wisconsin for 1914 were as fol-
lows: Adams Express company,
$4,000 assessment, $95496 taxes );
American Express company, $780,
600 assessment, $4,16221 taxes;
Northern Express company, 100000
assessment, $1,248.66 taxes; United
States Express company, $21, 900 as
sessment, $291.35 taxes; Wells Far
go Express company, 100000 as
sessment, $4,162-21 taxes; Western
Express company, $4,000, $416.22
taxes
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
FOUND THINGS HAD CHANGED
Auto Made 1t impossible for De Wet
to Repeat Famous Deeds on
the VeIdt.

Christian De Wet was the most pic
ure on the Boer side of the South
African war dozen years ago. The
efforts of the British forces to round
him up were futile for many months.
He and his followers were always turn
ing up in the most unexpected ways
and places. His maneuvers, his STRAIT
Ggems, were deemed real additions
to the "art of war" in the cavalry
branch, or rather in the handling of
mounted infantry" to be technically
correct
Hence when General De Wet went
into instruction against the Union
of South Africa and on the side of Eng
lands foes there was general eXpecta-
ton Of a gamesome time Whatever
the effect, if any, on the final outcome
of the war of his operations. it was ex-
pected that De Wet would supply the
material for a lot of STORIES" as
amusing to neutral readers as they
were eXasperating to his military op-
ponents. But the event proved that
De Wet had not reckoned with the
new factor that has come into war
since he ranged the veldt a dozen
years ago.
He and his followers rode and raided
with all his old skill and invention.
The difference was that they never
had a chance to rest. They had
horses in plenty, they knew the coun-
try like the backs of their hands, but
no matter how fast or skillfully they
rode they could never really get away
from their foes. Though their horses
wearied and died, behind them the mo-
tor cars of their foes, the horses of
steel that fed on gasoline, kept re
morselessly chugging on.
The Herald has before suggested
this should be termed THE Automo-
bile War" The running down of De
Wet, the unequaled horseman of the
Veldt, emphasizes the merit of the
gestion.-Chicago Herald.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
SAYS STATE PAYS
MORE THAN SHOULD
INSURANCE Commissioners SAYS
FIRE INSURANCE RATES
ARE TOO HIGH.
EKERN URGES RATE RULE
Losses In State Being Reduced More
Rapidly Than Premiums, is
Statement In His Annual
Report.

Madison.-That the states should
regulate the rates charged for fire in
surance; that such rates should be
made by the companies in cooperation
through bureaus examined and super
vised by the state; that all insurance
agents should be qualified, and IL
censes subject to refusal or revoca-
ton; that fire prevention work should
be pushed; and that cities should be
made Immediately fire-proof through
sprinkler protection, are among the
recommendations made in the report
of Commissioner of Insurance Herman
L. Ekern, filed preliminary to the com
ing session of the legislature.
Summarizing the situation in Wis
consin with respect to fire insurance
the report states that:
The people of Wisconsin pay much
more than their share Of the premiums
collected by stock fire insurance cor
porations throughout the United
States.
Losses in Wisconsin are being re-
duced more rapidly than the pre-
miums.
Wisconsin leads in fire prevention
work, promising still greater reduc-
ticns in losses.
Dividends, profits and gains have
constantly increased since 1906.
Continuance of present conditions
will yield excessive profits in the flu
ture.
The fifteen large companies tran
sact half the business and take two
thirds of the dividends, profits and net
gain.
Fire prevention work, to be per-
manent, must be recognized by a re-
duction of premiums, including ex-
penses and profits, to keep pace with
the reductions in losses.
The right of the state to regulate
fire insurance rates has recently been
put beyond question by the United
States supreme court.
States must supervise and regulate
the making of rates.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
WISCONSIN CORN AT FRISCO
ST. Croix County Maize, Winner OF
Many Blue Ribbons, to Compete
at Exposition.

New Richmond.-St. Croix county
corn, the pedigreed Wisconsin No. s.
will be used to represent Wisconsin al
the Panama Pacific exposition 1t was
grown by William Schwandt of Stan
ton, secretary of the St Croix County
Order of the Wisconsin Experiment as
ISOLATION, and at the recent state ex
hibition of the association in Madison
Mr.. Schwandt's corn took the blue rib
bon. Mr.. Schwandt has previously
won number of county, inter-county
and state trophies.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
Husband Is Poor Companion.

The fact that one party to mar
riage is a poor entertainer and COM
panion is no ground for divorce, &C
cording to the holding in Brown YER
sus Brown. 146 Northwestern Report
er, 271. Plaintiff and defendant we're
married at Kalamazoo, and lived to-
gether about eleven years, when the
plaintiff left the defendant and ap-
plieG for a divorce on the grounds of
non-support and extreme cruelty. At
the time of the marriage, and all the
time thereafter, the defendant was a
Waterman at railroad crossing, max
ing $35 a month, working very long
hours and every day in the week.
Plaintiff was an Industrious and am
bilious woman, working out without
the desire or knowledge of her hus-
hard They both contributed to the
family expenses. Defendants salary
would not allow a very elaborate ex-
istence. Plaintiff complains that de-
PENDANT after coming home from work
would net be entertaining, would new
er talk B her, or take her out to
places of amusement, but instead he
would sit around the house, read the
paper and go to bed. The supreme
court of Michigan held that the plain
tiff failed to show such conduct on
the part of the defendant as would
justify granting a divorce.-West's
Cases.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
STATE CIRCUIT JUDGES MEET
Urae Legislature Have Commission
Case Appeals Tried in Circuit
Where They Originate.

Madison-The circuit judges of the
state at their annual conference here
decided to ask the legislature to
amend the statutes so that cases
brought against the state commissions
may be tried in the Circuit in which
the complainant resides instead of
the Dane count circuit court as now
required by law
The former officers of the confer
ence were reelected as follows: Chair
man, Judge Fowler, Fond du Lac; vice
chairman, Judge Reid, Wausau; secre-
tary, Judge Park, Stevens Point
The legislative committee on i'm
provement of courts in the state met
with the judges and took part in the
discussion. This committee will for
mulate its report to the legislature at
a later meeting.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
WI. LEAGUE Is NO MORE
Six Club organizations Will Replace
Old League, Decision of Annual
Meeting.

Milwaukee.-The Wisconsin-Illinoi lois
league is no more. The circuit, con-
sisting of Appleton, Oshkosh, Twin
Cities, Wausau, Racine, Rockford,
Madison and Green Bay, passed into
baseball oblivion at the annual meet
ing of the league, when it was decided
to dissolve and organize two leagues
of six clubs each, one in the northern
part of the state and the other in the
southern section.
The cities to be placed in the new
circuit have not yet been selected.
There is every probability that all of
the present franchise holders will con
tinue in that capacity and that Beloit
Rockford, Freeport and two northern
cities will be included in the makeup
of the leagues.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
At the Telephone.

A convenient telephone index is
made to slip over the mouthpiece-or
rather under it, for the mouthpiece
must be unscrewed to put the index
on. 1t is circular in form, and the
little index flaps, Of green leather let
tered in gold, radiate from the center.
They push in and out, behind and in
front of each other, to expose the little
wedge-shaped sections on which the
numbers are written. There is one
division headed Emergencies" on
which the police and fire numbers, the
doctors number and any frequently
called numbers may be written.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
Couldn't Beat Her.

Ellanora had been the negro maid at
Mrs. Hopsons for several years, and
left to get married, says the Delinea-
tor. She moved to another city and
nothing had been seen of her for a
couple of years, when one day she
called on her former mistress.
And so you have little son, Ella
nora?" said Mrs. Hopson.
"Yes'um," smiled the woman. "a
nice little boy"
"And what did you name him?"
queried Mrs. Hopson.
well, we calls him Eggnogg," re-
piled the colored woman.
"Eggnogg!" said the other. That's
a funny name for boy"
well, yo' see, missus," explained
Ellanora, "det cullud woman what
lived mex doah to me named her twins
Tom and Jerry, an didn't want to be
outdone by her."
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
Had a Familiar Sound.

It was just after spring cleaning
She was reading in a low, thrilling
voice:
when the packing begins in earnest
it seems as though there could be no
spot on the earth's surface unshak-
en-"
He reused himself from a somno
lent attitude in an easy chair.
"Who wrote that, Maria? He's been
through it, whoever he as. l wonder
who he married."
why, you great stupid" said she
''it's Amundsen writing about the ice.
STRAY Stories.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
SCHOOLS GET STATE AID
School Fund Income Apportionment
Among Counties of State Is
$3,321,75S.84

.-Apportionment of the
school fund income among the coun-
ties of the state has been made by
State Supt. G.. P. Cary and certified to
Secretary of Stated. S. Donald, the
total amount apportioned being 1921
1854.
This income accrued up to Dec 1,
1914, together with the amount to &C
crue to it from the state tax levy and
the 100000 appropriated from license
fees and taxes paid by corporations.
Milwaukee county will receive the
largest allowance, the sum of $435,-
245, to provide for a school population
of 142,S15 children.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
PATROL TO GUARD BORDER
fected Cattle Shipment From
Illinois.

Madison.-The Wisconsin livestock
sanitary board has decided to estab-
lish patrol along the entire southern
ing in of cattle from quarantined dis
tricts in Illinois. The board has in
formation cattle breeders in northern
Illinois are driving cattle into Wiscon-
sin at several points along the state
line. The patrol will cover every
highway and railroad crossing the
state line. The board also contem-
plates prosecutions against cattlemen
who have violated the quarantine
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
Yellowstone Park.

The Yellowstone park has an area
of 2,142,720 acres. The park is in
Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, and
was established in 1872. The only
park on earth that can compare with
the Yellowstone in size is the one in
New British Columbia, Jasper park,
recently taken over by the authorities
of the new northwestern territory,
which covers 100000 acres-about
the size OF the state of Connecticut.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
HENRY C. BAKER Is DEAD
Noted Attorney, Former Law Partner
of U. S. Senator Spooner,
Dies at Hudson.

Hudson.-Henry Chapman Baker,
president of the ST. Croix County Bar
association, dean of the lawyers of
western Wisconsin, former law part
ner of former United States Senator
John G. Spooner, then a resident of
this city, died here after a lingering
illness.
Mr.. Baker was born at Stafford, N
Y, in 1881. He settled in Hudson in
1859 and became identified with the
organization and construction of west
ern and northwestern Wisconsin's first
railroads.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
JOHN D. IS COLLEGES SANTA
BeIoit, Ripon and Lawrence Are GEN
erousiy Remembered by Gen.
eral Education Board.

gregating $10,582, 591 are listed in the
annual report of the general educa-
ton board, made public in New York.
John d. Rockefeller established the
foundation.
$3,052,625; western colleges $3,967, 781,
and eastern colleges $3,562,591. The
entire sum to be raised by these edu-
cational institutions is $50,384,322.
Wisconsin colleges receiving gifts
are: Beloit college, $15O,O0O; Law
renee college, 100000; Ripon college,
$4,000
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-01-05
SEEK BETTER PROTECTION
Grievances Against Railroad at SUI
perior to be Heard by Rate
Commission.

Superior .-Exasperated at the re-
fusal of various railroads to keep their
promises to make certain improve
ments for safeguarding life and prop
erty here, the city commission has
determined to take the matter before
the railroad commission. For several
years an effort to get the Great
Northern to strengthen the viaduct
has failed; the 500 line has just an
nounced that it Will not build SUBJ
way promised on highway between
the east and west ends of the city;
and other grievances will be aired