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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
Speed of American Spending.

Pleasure is limited by the time to
enjoy it. in enjoyment, time is more
than money.
1t is forgetfulness Of this fact which
makes much of our American spending
banal and sterile. With much money
to spend and few hours in which to
spend it we become addicted to quick,
concentrated, expensive pleasures. We
cannot initiate the placid, fruitful econ
omy of the Teuton, who takes his beer
and music ineXpenSively and at his
leisure. Nor are we like that abstemi
Gus German professor who, on his va
cations, travelled on the sloweSt Bum
melZug because that way the joyous
trip lasted longer. The meteOric flights
of our tourists through Europe are in
point: the automobile also, illustrates
the nervousness and swiftness of our
pleasures. Motoring is broadening and
delightful, but we are rushing into this
amusement with more than our usual
national abandon, and hardly even find
time to speed. When a pleasure be-
comes the vogue, conveniences and
even necessities are sacrificed to it.
We are like those travellers of old who
sold their lands to see other mems
Harper's Magazine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
Saved an EMPRESS.

With the filing of the will of Mrs.
Sarah Gray Crane in the Surrogate's
court a trust fund of $4,000 became
available for the trustees of Amherst
college. DIR. Edward A. Crane, her hus-
band, had left the bulk of his estate in
trust for the benefit of his widow
After her death it was to go to Am
herst. How Doctor Crane saved the
life of Empress Eugene from a Paris
mob of September +, 1870, was told in
the will. He planned the secret flight
Of the empress from Paris to Deau-
vile when the republic was proclaimed
after the news Of the Sedan surrender.
He arranged passage on Lord Bur-
goyne's yacht and took her 70 England
The empress rewarded Doctor Crane
with a handsome pearl.-New York
Times.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
Cockroach a TroubIer

Recently while inspecting a large
plant attention was called to a peculiar
incident. On a branch circuit there
was some peculiar trouble. Fuses would
blow out at various intervals running
from one-half TO twenty-four hours.
says the Popular Science Monthly. At
first no attention was paid, but when
the ground detector started to show
signs of trouble, first on one side and
then on the other, an investigation was
made. Covers were removed from the
outlet boxes and from one box a
shower of live and dead cockroaches
fell on the head of the examiner. On
looking into the box, it was found that
the insulation around the joints and
especially at the points had been en-
tirely eaten away, the vibration do
ing the rest toward creating the trou-
BILE.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
Irrigation in Euypt.

The Egyptian ministry of public
works, which has been experimenting
in cotton raising during the past ten
years in the Gezia region in the Sudan,
has issued an optimistic report to the
effect that it will be possible to do
better than double the yield of cotton
in the Nile Delta by means Of a sys-
TEN of dams for irrigation in connec-
ton with the White Nile and the Blue
Nile.
Vast quantities of water have been
stored already, and during the past 80
years nearly a million acres OF en-
tirely new land have been added to
the taxable soil of the country. It is
estimated that in this newly explored
region about 100000 acres of land
could be made capable of growing cot
ton. This, as a matter of fact, would
give more land than is now planted
with cotton in Egypt. Irrigation
works are now being constructed, and
plot of 10000 acres is being treated.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
MOST ACCIDENTS IN HOMES
Majority of Injuries Can Be Traced
to the Carelessness of
Individuals

The safety first" movement is or
dinarily understood to mean caution
in public, in crossing streets or board
ing cars, or carefulness in the factory
in handling tools or machinery, but, ac-
cording to the report of the coroner
of Cook county, Illinois, there is more
need for safety first" methods in the
home than in the street or factory.
In II years of the Chicago cOroners
incumbency the total number of deaths
by accident Investigated by his office
was 29,S64 Of these 1924 were ''ac-
cjdents at home" and 14,623 "outside
the home"
Most of the accidents at home are
traceable to carelessness. Burns and
scalds caused many deaths. AsphyXia-
ton, poisoning, suffocation, falls, ex-
posture and neglect, careless use of
matches, firearms, gas and oil stoves.
gasoline, liquid stove polish defective
stOvepipes and Aues, SCOT, etc, cost
thousands of lives. In Cook county in
1915, 105 children under five years of
age were killed by scalds and burns.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
POWER OF THE HUM0RIST
Tercentenary of Cervantes Recalls to
Readers Of History Memory of
Other Satirists.

The British are not the only people
who this year may celebrate the ter
centenary Of a great writer. Madrid is
erecting a monument to the author o;
"Don Quixote" Cervantes was more
than man of letters he was more
than a great humorist; he was an
epoch Master Of ridicule, he laughed
the defunct age of chivalry out OF ez-
istence.
People often forget the social func-
ton on the humorist, New York
Tribune writer states. He restores
sanity. He clears the atmosphere Of
extravaganza and humbug. Bergson
says that laughter has survival value"
as corrective of social abuses. Ger
fective reformers have been its mas
tiers of ridicule and satire. There are
humorists, like Mark Twain, in whose
laughter there is no sting, and there
have been bitter Satirists, like JOna-
than Swift and La Rochefoucauld, who
have simply Knocked the "all too hui
manness" Of mankind at it's noblest.
been some bold nonconformist spirit
whose laughter in the face of some
traditional scarecrow has ended the
tyranny Of a truth which had out
lived it's usefulness and become q lie.
Knighthood In the days of Chaucer
had still its noble aspects, but knight
hood after Cervantes wrote Don
Quixote" could never quite escape a
touch of the burlesque. Therefore, men
turned to less antiquated and more
real avenues Of human service.
Similarly, the laughter of Aristo-
planes wrought confusion among the
ancient Greek sophists. Lucian's mock
cry corrected much of the sentimental
ism Of the effete Greco-Roman So
ciety. The sound laughter of Eras-
mus, the humanist, spread the influ-
ence of the Renaissance in northern
Europe. Buffers "HudibraS" helped
correct the extravagances of early
English puritanism. Voltaire laughed
the last remnants Of medievalisn out
of the ighteenth-century France and
cleared the ground for modern democ-
racy. Carlyle's "Sartor Resartus"
made nineteenth century romanticism
ridiculous. The sly humor of Thack-
cray brought common sense into early
Victorianism, and the sardonic spirit
of Bernard Shaw in these times has
left little in modern commercial So
ciety upchallenged.
May the Cervantes monument stand
as a reminder to moderns that there
have been reformers with sense of
humorf
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
Instinct of Birds

While residing in the country, some
years ago, and walking out one eve
ming, l found nest of young black
birds. The young birds were almost
fledged. Taking them home with me,
1 put them in cage, and the next
morning hung them out under a tree;
and in about an hour / saw the old
birds at the cage, evidently delighted
to find their young. The old birds
came regularly every two hours and
fed them with worms and grubs. This
continued for two days, the old birds
trying all in their power to get the
young ones out. On the third day I
noticed the old birds bring q berry,
which they gave the young ones, two
of whom died that evening and the
the rest next day. The old birds then
left off coming. The berries on ex-
animation proved to be the seeds of
the Atropa belladonna or deadly
nightshade. This convinced me Of
what l had heard about these birds
destroying their young if allowed to
feed them in Imprisonment. | am told
that other birds have the same in
stinct.-Liverpool Post
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
Making More Mood Hour.

One of the new industries increased
by the European war is the manufac-
ture of wood flour in the United
States. Last month over 10000 tons
valued at 100000 was manufactured
chiefly in small mills which are scat
tered over the country from Maine
TO California. The flour is used in
the manufacture of linoleums as a
Spain before the war. and also enters
largely into the composition of some
of the heavier and handsomer wall
papers. Wood flour is made from
Sawdust and other waste lumber
which until a few years ago was
burned at most American Sawmills.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
FACING
HIS FAT F
Ih
CS
By Inez Lucille Botkir
Copyright, 1916, by w. G. chapman)
By Inez Lucille Botkr

Lost something's?
Yes, q small memorandum book"
as that it?'
Thanks bowed Nelson Page, but
there was no fervor in his gratitude.
Less than from any person in the
world was he inclined to accept a IA
vor from, or be under obligation to
the man who restored to him his lost
property-Cyrus Moore.
Six months previous, a stranger, in
need of work and with dead past to
which he never alluded, Page had
drifted into the little mining town Of
Parato and had remained there since.
a rich, but close, old fellow owned
the hotel and the two principal stores
in the place, and saw in the Intelligent
and well-appearing stranger the per-
son he needed to act as boOkkeeper
and manager of his varied interests
for a reasonable compensation. Page
was industrious, reticent and entire
ly satisfactory to his employer. Ne
was regarded as a man with a hidden
history, glad to buy himself from
past mistakes or misfortune in this
isolated corner of the world.
1t was, indeed, true that Page had
a dark secret in his young life, and
that he was an exile in hiding on that
account. He was fully content with
settling down into obscurity. He was
even more satisfied when he became
acquainted with Ruth Mortimer. She
taught district school q few miles
from her home and lived near it with
her father. The latter had a mining
claim which brought in small and
spasmodic returns, was in debt to
Moore for money borrowed On his
home and, but for the help of Ruth,
could not have eked out a living.
1t was the first dawning of love for
these two souls. To the earnest, in
nocent girl it was all happiness and
faith. With Page, however, a dull
cloud Swallowed. He felt that he was
a traitor to gentle, loyal Ruth in con-
cealing from her the secret of his life.
To enlighten her, however, was to
place a heavy burden upon her, and
would she understand?
Moore had been his rival, but, more
latterly, plainly discerning the pref
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
AIKEN at His Wnrd

A commercial traveller on the first
trip called upon a well-known chemist.
He was nervous as he put his hand In
his pocket and drew out a card
Il represent that concern" said he.
You are fortunate" replied the
chemist.
The traveller was encouraged.
al think so, sir" he said land the
chemist who trades with us is even
more so. My firm has the finest line of
cosmetics in the world"
Il shouldn't have thought it" slowly
responded the man of medicines. Her
complexion looks natural" And he
handed back the photograph which the
young man had given him in mistake.
The traveller didn't wait for his or
der.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
Dust.

We have often been told of the
enormous amount of energy stored in
coal which we are unable to use and
the truth OF this statement has re-
Gently had the strangest proof at a
Sheffield munition works.
A turner found scrapped. imper-
feet shell on the waste heap in the
yard, and placed it in the blacksmith's
FIRE. intending to use it as foot
warmer during breakfast time.
He didn't know that after the shell
had been punched a small quantity of
coal dust had entered the cavity, and
in the fire this dust became converted
into gas as the metal grew red hot.
Failing. in it's rapid expansion. to gain
a sufficiently wide outlet, the gas
burst the shell.
A piece of the metal as large as
a mans fist was blown completely
through the body of youth standing
near. and. passing on. it knocked down
a second man-The Little Paper.
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erence of Ruth for Page, he had
seemingly accepted the circumstances
philosophically. He feigned to be
courteous, but there was sinister gilt
ter in his eyes at times that warned
Page that there was deadly purpose
and enmity back Of the subdued man
ner of the man.
Especially on that day when Moore
returned the lost memorandum book
did Page observe an expression of
crafty, sinister meaning cross his face.
Page glanced within the book. His
lips quivered as he recognized that
some folded newspaper clippings had
been disturbed. His lips set firm. He
fastened after Moore and halted him.
Il wish to ask you," he spoke in a
steady but constrained tone-"you
looked over this book?"
Its contents. only" returned Moore
coolly. Naturally, as they might in
dictate the owner
"And you learned?"
THAT you are I wanted man.
Those clippings tell of the public Of
fer of a large reward for information
regarding one 'Elston Revere The
inference is plain-you are the man."
"What use do you intend to make
of the information" persisted Page
Simply, it suggests to me a prof
fer to you. We all have our pasts.
OF course, l am anxious to know that
r, u e.
Mortimer, marries a man worthy of
her. l might write to this lawyer ad-
vertising for you in the East to learn
why you are wanted
The inference was obvious. This
man was his enemy. He held his Sc
cret in his keeping. Page had showed
sudden resolution. He looked him
steadily in the eye.
you claim an interest in the well
fare of the Mortimers?" he said.
Surely" declared Moore.
Then come with me-"
Page led the way to the Mortimer
home. Father and daughter were to-
gether in the little parlor. Ruth
looked anxious as she noted a deadly
pallor in the face of her lover, as
though he were suffering mental an
guish.
My friends" spoke Page speedily,
II have something to tell you that,
perhaps. I should have told before |
came here something more than q
stranger-a fugitive. I was forced to
fee from my home in the East a year
ago because / killed a man."
John Mortimer gave a great gasp.
A covert CLEAN of satisfaction shot
from the eyes of Cyrus Moore. Ruth
swayed in her chair and covered her
eyes with her hands to deaden the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
terrible shock of the announcement
lust made

terrible shock of the announcement
just made.
ut was in quarrel. not of my seek
ing, with a friend. He assaulted me
with his cane / simply defended N.Y.
self. l had to, or cravenly take Sc
we're punishment. l aimed a blow at
his uplifted fist. 1t landed on his
throat. He sank like a spent shot l
heard someone coming. l hid. l
heard a man say He is deadp l lost
my head and fed. That is ALL"
"And you are Innocent" spoke
Ruth, coming to his side-"surely
there was no murder in your heart"
To-day, this hour" pursued Page
81 have made a resolution: For veal
or woe, to return to my old home and
face my fate"
at is right" murmured Ruth; land
remember one thing, that, though it
claims your life, am your spirit bride
to ali eternity"
SO Elston Revere went his way to
dree his wierd. Twice, amid her keen
anxiety, Ruth wrote to him. There
came no answer. She became pale
and dispirited How was she to
know that crafty Cyrus Moore had in
tercepted his letters-Cyrus Moore,
who had her worried father il his
power and pressed hard his money
claims.
Gradually he was forcing the old
man to influence Ruth to favor his
suit. And one night Mr.. Mortimer told
Ruth plainly that they would be home
less but for the indulgence of Moore.
Revere has forgotten you or, is I'M
der the spell of the law" he declared.
II shall wait" said Ruth firmly. IF
he lives or dies, l shall never wed an
other"
She sat at the window one evening
filed with painful thought, her hope
and courage well-nigh gone. Moore
was a visitor and sat planning great
things for her father in connection
with a mine he had just purchased.
He fancied that Ruth was to be daz-
zled with this important talk, but her
ears were deaf.
To him-but not to quick fOOtstep
on the garden path-how it vibrated
in her heart of hearts! The next mo-
ment Elston Revere was at the thresh-
old and she was in his loving arms.
His wOndrous story began with
three auditors. There were only two
when he concluded.
He was a free man, and guiltless.
He had never killed his friend. The
man had recovered, and the advertise
ments did not seek to apprehend him
as fugitive from justice, but as heir
to great estate, that of his uncle.
And Ruth shared it, as his loving
wife, and John Mortimer, in a beauti-
full Eastern home, while Cyrus Moore
and his evil designs were forgotten.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
industrious knitter.

81 never saw a more Industrious
woman than that Mrs. Crum," the
teacher remarked, before the Ken
lucky mountain boys and girls gath
cred at the school dinner table. why
even when I meet her on the road she
pulls her yarn and needles out of her
pockets and goes to knitting!''
Teachers manifestation of surprise
brought forth a volley of calculations
from the children, each of whom had
mother, aunt or cousin who was
equally ardent at woodworking.
oh" exclaimed one little fellow,
reaching the climax of the discussion,
Il had grandmother who was the
knltuest woman l ever knowed She
used 10 take her knitting to bed with
her, and every few minutes she
woked up and throwed out a pair O.
socks. "-Harper's Magazine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
New Life Preserver.

novel life preserver has been de-
vised to supplement the ordinary cork
jacket in rough water. By its use the
person in distress is able to breathe.
even when the waves sweep over his
head. The appliance adds to the cork
jacket a light metal chamber which
floats high, spout leading from 1t
rising two or three feet above the
water level. A tube leads from this
chamber to face mask. through which
the wearer of the jacket breathes.
Even if the water sweeps over his
head the spout of the air chamber is
still clear and the air supply unim-
paired.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
Generatinu Animation.

The professor was trying to dem
onstrate a simple experiment in the
generation Of steam.
What have | in my hand?' he
asked.
"A tin cam came the answer in
concert.
Very true. Is the can an animate
or an inanimate objects"
"Inanimate"
"Exa city. Now, can any little boy
or girl tell me how, with this tin can,
it is possible to generate surprising
amount of speed and power, almost
beyond control?''
One little boy raised his right hand.
you may answer, Rutherford
'Tie it to a dogs tail. "-Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
DANISH PIMPLES QUICKLY
Easily and CheapIy by Using Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. Trial Free.

Smear the pimples lightly with Cuti-
cura Ointment on end of finger and
allow it to remain on five minutes.
Then battle with hot water and Cuti
cura Soap and continue some minutes.
This treatment is best upon rising and
retiring, but is effective at any time.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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TOWNS REMEDY co.
929 Third St. Milwaukee, Wis.
FLAG SEEN I'M THE CLOUDS
Superstitious in Pennsylvania Town
Believed to Omen Fortelling
Wars Approach.

The spectacle of the American flag
depicted in it's natural colors wildly
on low, overhanging clouds one night
caused a sensation ar1ong supersti-
tious people of Pottsville, Pa, many of
whom considered the national emblem
in the heavens to be an omen of ap-
preaching war.
Courthouse officials have been keep
ing searchlight trained upon a big
flag flying from a staff on the top of
the courthouse, and believe the I'M
usual spectacle was the reflection Of
clouds.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
Modern Travel.

did you come home in the trolley.
Ethel?"
Eyes, mother"
But how did you keep your Write
dress so clean? The seats usually are
so dirty"
"Oh. it was so crowded, mother.
was in somebody's lap most Of the
time"
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Confirmed PeSsimiSt.

81 never hear you discussing the
weather"
whats the use?" asked the melan-
choly man. EVERY time it rains some
body steals my umbrella and every
time the sun comes out | get ink spots
on my Palm Beach suit and have to
send it to the cleaner"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-22
The Vital Question.

In Ss15-How many miles will it go
an hour?
In 1916-How many miles will it go
on a gallon of gasoline?-Cornell Wi
dow
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How disappointed most men must
feel every time they look into mir
rOr
Evening star., 1916-03-15
UPsETS IN BOWLING
Wholesale Changes Occur in Ameri-
can Congress Competition.

TOLEDO, March Is. - Wholesale
changes in the standing of the leaders
in the American Bowling Congress were
made in the play early yesterday and
late Monday night. The Old Bonds of
Columbus, now known as the Heinie
Riehls. shot 1885 for first place in the
fves. sykes" Thomas and Hank Ma
rino of Chicago cleaned up 1879 in
the doubles for another lead, and Rob
Raydl of Chicago ran second in the sin
giles. Thomas also put Chicago into an
other first place with 1919 in the all
events. one of the best marks on the
A. b. e. books.
The climb into first place by Thomas
and Marino proved one of the big SEN
satlons of the week. The pair had s97
for two games. and they got 3s2 at the
finish. Thomas opening with two rail-
roads. while Marino had the $40 that
cost him a break. The rest of their
game was clean. although they shucked
some pins by thin hits. Goetz and Hess
of Chicago ran l.224 for fourth position
Raydl's attempt to down Frank Shaw
was another feature. He had 459 for
two games and opened with four in 4
row that looked like the money A
railroad on top of the strikes stopped
him, and he spared and struck alter
uately TO the finish.