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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
LOVE inc ~
HlJPRY ~
BY GELETT BURGESS
ILLUSTRATED 6IRAY WAL1TBS

Opening the letter box on the door,
she took out dozen or so envelopes.
One set she inspected critically-they
were all in feminine handwriting
and then rather unwillingly laid them
aside. The others she tore briskly
open, each received a keen, shrewd
look They were filed or thrown away.
Little and whimsical and odd, Flo
dies appearance had something of the
humor of a puppy, the sad wisdom of
monkey. The combination made her
face pathetic. Crinkly, colorless hair
and hazel eyes had Flodie Her fine,
regular teeth were her best asset, and
when she smiled, her main relief from
plainness. From her costume, which
was careless, to her gestures, which
were queer, Flodie Fisher was an orig
inal. She had charm and magnetism
Whether she made one laugh or weep,
eccentric little Flodie was distinctly
lovabIe.
Mr.. Smallish now reappeared with a
loaded breakfast tray
put him on that table in the stu
did," Flodie commanded.
Have those giddy green garlands
come for tonight?" she asked
why, yes, they're out in the hall
Miss Fisher. What time does the
party begin"
Zone minute past ten"
''Will there be many here, Miss
Fisher?"
"Oh, l don't know, Alfred, about
| twenty, l suppose-men, ladies anC
women. Especially women! They
| don't usually refuse Mr.. Bonistelle's
| studio invitations, l notice! Therel
be too many anyway. There won't be
half of EN- come till the theaters are
over, though. We've invited a squad
of actresses"
Alfred stopped, his arms loaded with
garlands. What, real ones?"
mo, only half-ripe, l guess. MOI
nearly so real as the other womeI
who'll be here, anyway. There are
more good actresses off the stage thar
on, Alfred! It'll be good as a play
for mel"
Alfred gazed longingly from the
threshold, his eyes afre. Say, Miss
Fisher, are you going to be dressed
UP like you was the last timer"
She dropped a fantastic courtesy
Precisely the same, Alfred; our good
old friend Crepe de Chine. Now yor
gallop along with those evergreens be
fore your eyes drop out, Mr.. Small
ish!"
Alfred left, with the love light un
extinguished.
Flodie went into the studio ant
pounded at the chamber door again
"Mr. Bonistelle! Hurry up! YOU
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
PRIEST MAKES CONFESSION
Pastor, Accused of Serious Crimes,
Says He Will Plead Guilty and
Take Punihment.

Marinette.-"I am guilty. / commit
ted the awful crime. shall plead
guilty and take the consequences"
This was the alleged confession OF
the Rev. j. NJ Phelan, pastor of st.
Anthony's Catholic church, Niagara,
made in Marinette county Jail where
he is held on a serious statutory charge
against Irene Shafer, IA years old.
Ever since his arrest the accused
priest mas been nervous to such a de
gree fears are expressed as to his men.
tai condition. Many claim he is insane
The confession was made voluntarily
The mental strain was too much to
bear, he told Jail attendants in ad-
hitting he had improper relations with
the young girl.
He voluntarily agreed to pay $4,000
to the girl. During the confession he
said that the first assault took place in
his home in November and that the girl
was past IA. He said that no force was
used The girls father, John Shafer,
alleges the first act was committed
Sept 80, 1914, and that the girl was IA.
The priest added that Shafer de.
manded a monetary settlement. He al.
leges he offered the father $4,000, but
the man asked $4,000. The girl went
to the home of the priest to work. The
mother of the girl alleges her daughter
returned home and refused to go back.
She said she forced the girl to return.
She said she was to blame for her
daughters downfall for she sent the
girl, not knowing of the alleged acts.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
ASK FOR MORE MONEY
GEN ORLANDO HOLWAY WOULD
INCREASE NATIONAL GUARD.
Head of State Militia Pleads for Larger
Appropriation 70 Provide for
1000 Men.

Madison.-The Wisconsin National
guard is model for the whole coun'
try, according to reports of inspectors
of the war department. 1t was called
to the attention of the committee on
finance of the legislature by Gen. Or.
lando Holway when he appeared be-
fore the committee to speak for the
bill which grants the National guard
or the state an increase of 900 over
the present appropriation.
The increase is asked that Wiscon.
sin may carry out its part in the war
department program.
Ihls state, together with Minnesota
and Iowa, he said, weSe, under the
plans as drawn, placed in one division
Each state is expected to furnish GER
tain sections, which will go to form
the complete division. This CALL Gen.
Holway said, was almost as strong as
a call for volunteers by the president
IN case of war in that it was expect
ed that the states would see that the
demands made on them were carried
out.
To meet the demand on Wisconsin
1t was necessary to increase the Ma
tional guard of the state from 5000 tc
1000, and to train this increased force
$4,000 more was necessary, Gen. Hol
way said.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
JITNEY DRIVER ARRESTED
Ralph Gentle, kenosha, Faces Charges
by Woman Passenger Who
Asks $4,000. !

enosha.-Ralph Gentle, known
as king of the Jitney Drivers" was
arrested on a civil warrant to insure
his appearance in court to answer
charges Of a sensational nature in
suit for damages brought by Miss
Lena Phillips, Kenosha woman.
Miss Phillips charged that Gentle,
when she entered his jitney bus as
passenger, made advances to her. She
declares that she was forced to leap
from the automobile and that she
was so badly injured that the in
juries are permanent. She demands
judgment to the amount of $4,000.
Gentle is wealthy and with his
brother has a half a dozen of the jit
ney cars in operation in Kenosha.
He denies the charge. I
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Petition Is Dismissed.

Madison. - The state railroad
commission dismissed the petition of
George II. Dobbies and forty-seven
other residents of Fremont, Wau-
paca county, for an order requiring
the 500 railroad company to stop it's
northbound passenger train No. 1 on
signal at the station of Fremont. The
commission found that the present
service furnished by the road, which
consists of two passenger trains each
way daily, was adequate.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15

ally lie along 1t, and at one side is a
cupboard where umbrellas and foot
gear are deposited. A big drop octa-
gon clock on the wall, a low desk, a
hibachi and a pile of cushions gen.
orally complete the Office equipment
The travellers jinriki customarily de-
posits him in the vestibule, at the edge
Of the platform, beneath the overhang
of the roof. Shouts of 80 Kvaku SAN"
honorable visitors) apprise the mas
tiers and the maids that a guest is ar
irving, and all hurry forward to re-
ceive him, uttering cries of welcome
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Huuuenot Relics.

Henry NJ. Lester, president of the
Huguenot association of New Ro-
chelle, n. Y, is ha--ing the estate of
Miss Eliza Moulton dug up in a search
for the foundation of the first Hugue-
not church, which the women of the
Huguenot settlement there helped to
build in 1888.
Under the chancel, history says, the
bodies of three pastors of the church
were buried. There is also a tradi-
ton that some of the residents of
the town buried money and plate un-
der the church during the Revolution
airy war and that it was never recoy-
cred. The property faces Huguenot
street
The old church, because of it's
shape, was called the Stone Jug"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Wind Wrecks Farmhouse.

Superior.-A cyclonic storm pass
ing near Gordon, this county, demol-
ished a farmhouse half a mile east
of the village, the occupants escap-
ing injury by fleeing to the cellar as
they saw the storm approaching. In
Superior, hailstones as large as
grapes, coming suddenly, drove
throngs to cover
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Tomahawk Lake Hotel Burns.

Rhinelander.-Sev Milwaukee
and Chicago people, who were guests
at the Charles Sanders resort hotel
on Tomahawk lake, were forced to
change their quarters as result of
fire which destroyed the building. AS
the fire occurred during the day no
lives were placed in danger, and pa
irons Of the place were able to save
their belongings.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Woman Gets Appointment.

Portage. Mary 3. Clark as
sumed the position of superintendent
of the Columbia county schools. She
succeeds Chester w. Smith, who died
recently. The appointment was
made by State Supt. G. P. Cary Miss
Clark has been at Tomah for the past
five years and is former teacher in
the Columbia county schools.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
JAPANESE INNS ARE QUEER
Guests Must Leave Their Footwear In
the vestibule When Going to
Their Rooms.

The entrance to native inns In Japan
In most always rooted vestibule with
q well-trodden earthen floor backed by
s. raised platform about twenty inches
high, forming at once a seat and the
outer extension Of the first floor.
A scattered line of shoes. sandals
and geta belonging to the guests usu-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
MAY Lease Fair Grounds.

Madison.-Gov. e. L. Philip signed
the bill authorizing the state board OF
agriculture to lease the state fail
grounds. Several applications have
been made for use of the grounds this
season.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Club Bars MAY Be Licensed

Beloit.-All clubs having bars will
be required to pay the regular $500 Ii
cense fee and all saloons will be com
PEELED to remove curtains and screens
from their front windows if an ordi-
nance introduced at the last council
meeting is passed
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Red Cross Nurse Honored.

Neenah-Miss Matilda Kruger
has been elected an honorary member
OF the Winnebago County Medical So
ciety Miss Kruger recently returned
from Servia, where she was engaged
in Red Cross service.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Dam Builder Is Dead.

Wausau.-George McCrossen, forty
one years a resident OF Marathon coun-
ty, died after short illness, at the
age of rs years. He built a number of
dams on the Wolff and Wisconsin riv-
ers in the early days.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Wins Cow TESTING Prize.

Mauston-L. o. Larson of Lindina
won in the COW testing association held
here During the last month $50 COWS
have been tested, of which number
seventeen show better than forty
pounds of butter fat.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Gets Judament of s1.15o.

Wausau-Otto Prahl was given
judgment of SLIGO against the RoemeI
& Thakheim company for injuries al
legged to have been caused when his
team was frightened by an auto driven
by an employe of the defendant
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Ashland to Celebrate Fourth.

Ashland.-Plans are being formulat-
ed for the most elaborate Fourth of
July celebration ever held in this city.
There will be an aeroplane fight, cali
thumpian parade, water sports, ball
games and fireworks at night.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
ReIoit Bows VIII Camp.

Beloit-At least thirty Beloit boys
will go to the state summer camp of
the Y NJ c. A. at Phantom lake this
summer. Don c. Brown, boys work
secretary, has that number enrolled
and expects several more.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
curfew +o Ston SWIMMING

Neenah-No swimming after 9 D.
m. in Neenah's municipal bathhouse
will be allowed. Special rules were
drafted by the council committee hav-
ing the bathhouse in charge.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
BADGER Postoffice Chances.

Washington, D. C.-The postof1ce
at Etna, Lafayette county, has been
discontinued Send mail to Lead Mine.
William c. Mcmahon has been commits
stoned as postmaster at cumberland.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Storm DAMAGES Property.

acknowledgements of dollars
worth of damage to property resulted
from lightning and the heavy wind
which accompanied the storm which
swept this city and vicinity.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Amherst Gets State Road.

Amherst.-Work was begun on
state road through this village. The
part in the business section will be
paved, the village adding to the state
funds for this purpose.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Child browns in Tank.

Belgium.-A child Of J. B. Straus
drowned in tank of water one mile
north of Belgium. The child was 81
years old. Mr.. and Mrs. Straus were
working out on their farm.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
and bowling glossy black heads to the

and bowling glossy black heads to the
floor
AS the traveller sits on the platform
a servant removes his shoes and oth-
ers divest him of his wraps. Shoes
are seldom cleaned, and if they be wet
or muddy they are left untouched.
Habitual frequenters of inns often pro-
vide themselves with foot coverings
to slip over shoes and thus be able to
wear them to the apartment. With
out them one must don the heelless
slippers furnished or go to ones room
unshod.-Kansas City Tines.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
To Cut Number of Saloons

Ashland.-There will be fifty-three
saloons in Ashland after July 1, twelve
less than are operating at present The
city commission decided there are too
many saloons.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Racine Girl War Nurse.

Racine.-Miss Mary Williams of this
city, a graduate nurse of the Presby-
terrain hospital, Chicago, will enter the
Presbyterian hospital in London as
war nurse.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Gets SIS. 500 for Foot.

New London.---Max Schwartz was
awarded $500 damages from the
Northwestern railway company for
loss of his foot at their depot last win
ter
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Dies on Way to Weddino

Manitowoc.-WhAe walking toward
the house where he was to assist in
playing a wedding march, Louis Ur-
ban, for many years a musician in this
city, dropped dead.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Madison Has PoIicewoman

Madison-Mrs. Fannie c.. Hamilton,
Associated Charities staff, was elected
the first woman police officer in Madi-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-15
Woman's Wage Bill Killed.

The assembly indefinitely postponed
the Vint bill, which provided for a
minimum wage for women, by vote
of 81 to IS. This action was taken
after a prolonged and at times acri-
monious debate. The original bill
provided for a fat minimum wage of
$40 a week for women over IS years
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-09-02
CURE FOR ALL MALADIEs
Right Living VIII Aid the Individual,
as Well as Put an End to All
National Disorders.

A correspondent asks Doctor Ev-
ans, the noted hygienist, several
questions about the meaning of
health and the means to preserve it,
and after answering the questions
categorically, eight of them, he adds,
eyes, right living" That is the best
remedy of all.
But, then, it not only cures bodily
ills but moral and mental ones as
well, and not only individual ills,
but social and national distempers,
too. Right living is the cure for all
maladies of body, community, race.
In fact, there is no other reliable
cure. We may get some temporary
benefit from this medicine and that,
but, after all, the last remedy is
right living, and this includes not
only right food, pure air and water,
proper exercise and necessary sleep !;
but it includes states of mind and
heart, of disposition, habit, and the
kindly phases of life.
Health is harmony with the beau
tiful world, with its flowers, its birds,
its stars, its streams, its trees, and
everything that hasa language and a
song. a morbid, cross, quarrelsome
disposition contributes to sickness
in some form. 1t will attack the
liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the
nerves and put a malady in them all.
Ohio State Journal.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-09-02

should be just long enough to permit
the ear to turn down at maturity. If
earliness is desired, such stalks can
be kept separate. Do not gather the
corn until it is well matured. Mark
each desirable stalk with tag or by
some other method and leave it stand
ing in the field. II the corn is to be
cut and shocked, the marked corn can
be left and shocked separately.
After the Field Selection.
Field selection is Gf large import
ance. but there is work still to be done
after the corn has been shocked and
taken to the barn. Experiments have
shown that an ear which is cylindri-
cal, gently tapering, and has straight
rows of deep, plump kernels will pro
duce the highest percentage of grain.
The accompanying photograph shows
an ear of the desired type. The cob
should be medium to small. rather
than large. Large cobs mean a small
er percentage OF grain, as well as a
possibility of causing the grain to
mold on account of the cob's not dry
ing out. The grains should be long
and full. A gently wedge-shaped and
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-09-02
BETTER MARKETS FOR ASPARAGUS
Association Formed BY Growers of Five Towns Will Handle
Sections Output

Cooperating with the Office OF Mar
kets at Washington. Clemson College
Is working out some practical and eff.
hcient marketing schemes Some OF
the farming enterprises OF South Car
Olina have been operating at loss and
1t is up to all concerned 20 consider
and determine upon some plan of ac-
tion that will solve the problems OF
marketing the states products. Al
though the marketing situation has
not by any means. been definitely
worked out. some very significant
work has nevertheless been decided
upon and begun. One OF the market
ing schemes now under way is that
adopted recently by the asparagus
growers in the vicinity OF Ridge
Spring. Trenton, Wnliston. Elko and
Blackville.
ON July 10 about twenty of the as.
paragus growers met in an informal
way at Columbia with w w Long
director of extension at Clemson The
meeting was in the nature of round
table discussion, and the growers took
II as an opportunity to exchange ,heir
ideas and experiences. Ii developed
that, with very few exceptions. the
growers were operating at loss. The
consensus was that the growers sys-
tenn OF marketing was wrong. They
were unanimous in the belief that they
ought to get together upon some united
and concerted scheme of sorting, grad
ing. packing ard selling their product
The growers next invited the mar.
ket agent at Clemson College and c.
e. Basset of the once of Markets and
Rural Organization. II. S. department
OF agriculture. to attend an informal
meeting OF asparagus men at Ridge
Sprirg md another at Trenton. Al
tho Ridge Spring meeting 1t soon de
lgalaped that the growers had not sort
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-09-02
DEVICE THAT AIDS MEMORY
Automatic Enumerator Designed to
Help Busy Man to Remember
His Appointments.

A new device, particularly de-
signed for offices where great many
appointments are to be kept track of
is an automatic annunciator that
sounds gong when the time of an
appointment has been reached. The
memorandum is made on a paper
strip on which is marked in the
proper order the days of the month
and the hours Of the day. The paper
Is wound in by drum controlled by
elockworh. In using, the memoran-
dunn of the appointment is made on
the line corresponding to the date
and hour, and on the saU.e line a
perforation is made in the paper. At
the time indicated this perforation
reaches and actuates trigger, which
rings the gong, giving audible notice
that the memorandum should be ex-
amined. The paper strip is long
enough to last month, and can be
filed away after being used.-Popu-
lar Mechanics.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-09-02
THIS STATE GAN GAN GROW GROW MORE MORE CORN CORN
IF FARMERS WILL SELECT SEED
Proper Selection Seed One of Most Effective Methods of In
creasing Average Wholesome Points to y -
Look For in Corn. .sS>+.-

In 1914 South Carolina planted l.,
925.00O acres in corn. producing So
53S,000 bushels, or 1872 bushels per
acre. Wisconsin. in the same year,
planted 1,725,000 acres, producing 69,-
$4,000 bushels, or 1872 bushels per
acre Although South Carolina plant
ed 250,000 acres more than did Wis
consin. the latter state made 33,324 900
bushels more corn--almost twice as
much as this state.
This is not as ii should be. We
should be able to make as much corn
per acre as any state. The question
is, how are we to go abe I it? There
are two principal ways to increase
our average and under our conditions
both are necessary. The first step
lies in improving our land by means
of thorough preparation, increasing
the supply OF humus, and using com
mercial fertilizers intelligently. The
second step is The improvement of
seed by careful field selection. 1t has
already been demonstrated that our
improved lands are capable of max
ing from 40 to more than 100 bushels
be grown on one acre with properly
selected seed is yet to be seen. but we
should certainly by all means give
the seed question more serious
thought.
The livestock breeder is far more
particular in selecting breeding stock
than is the average corn grower in
selecting seed corn. Yet the laws
governing livestock improvement are
the same as those governing corn i'm
provement. The man who raises hogs
keeps only the best sows. which give
the largest and most vigorous litters
OF pigs. AS some sows give better
litters than others, so some ears OF
corn will produce more corn than
other ears. Therefore. make an ef-
fort to select the best ears for seed
After selecting them. test them to see
which yield best. Seed selection must
begin in the field. in order to know
what kinds of stalks the ears come
from and what kind of chance they
had.
Making Field Selections.
Before making selections. fix on the
To this type. Keep it always in mind
so that the selection will be alike
Selections should always be made un-
der uniform and normal cinditions
do not select from the best land
Always take an average spot in the
field.
The stalk must be the first consid-
Grafton. A large ear taken from a
pile of corn will not necessarily be a
producer of large ears. since it might
have had better chance than some
others in the field, the stalk might
have been too tall and slender. and
the ear might have been too high on
the stalk. 1t is. therefore. necessary
to know the stalk from which an ear
comes.
Select from stalks which are strong
and stocky. and gently tapering from
the ground mp. The ear should not
be growing higher than oner shoulder.
as this has an important bearing on
the labor of gathering The shank