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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
NEED OF SYMPATHY
MATTER THAT MAKES FOR HAP
PINESS IN THE HOME
Wife Who Is Able to Make Her Hus
band Talk on Favorite Topic Can
Always Be Sure of Holding
His Interest

one of the greatest causes of I'M
happiness in married life is the lack
of interest in each others dOings after
the irrevocable step has been taken
and the newness Of being always to-
gether has worn off, remarks the De-
troit News-Tribune.
Then it is that unless the wife
makes the efforts to please that she
did in the counting days the husband
will so elsewhere for amusement. Yet
he is only following the natural in.
Stinct of humanity in seeking for SYM
pathetic companionship; the fault is
partly hers.
a man to be won and kept must first
be attracted and then made to feel
that he has q sympathy which draws
him out and makes him talk about
what interests him most. 1t is not
enough to make him listen while he is
being talked to. For time that will
hold him, but he will tire of always
being & listener, of always giving his
sympathy and receiving none.
To hold a man, q woman must I'M
derstand and study him, she must not
be eXacting, for to expect too much
only makes him feel that he wants to
give less.
y man usually goes out into the
world young; he leads a separate ex-
iStence at an age when his sister is
still surrounded by her home circle.
When his work is done he has only to-
think, What shall do today that will
give me the most pleasure?"
Can anyone wonder that many years
of indulgence In this, coupled with a
larger command of money than their
sisters, should make men more selfish
thinking of their own pleasure so firm
ly in their minds that it is practically
ineradicable?
1t may be OverpOwered for time
10y strong affection and all the cOun-
ter influences of courtship and early
matrimonyH but later, when these
have ceased to be novelties and a
man settles down to married life the
old habit reasserts itself.
A woman, on the contrary, is trained
in q different school. When her broth
er is out in the world earning his liv-
ing, or, at any rate, living a separate
existence, she is usually at home with
other members of the household, when
she has always to consider when any
plans or engagements however trivial,
have to be made.
Having thus to defer to the wishes
of her relations, she is duly trained
in habits of yielding to others and of
unseltishly giving up her will and
pleasure to them. SO he in his bache-
lor days is duly trained to selfshness :;
she in her spinsterhood is equally
brought up to unselfshness.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

Most business men would not feed
pened to be on hand if he could sell
that hay and buy other feed which
would produce more milk. Last year
sold $500 worth of alfalfa and pur-
chased feed valued at $296.95. 1 did
this SO I could have a balanced ration,
and I know my COWS like a change in
feed.
II try to make each COW as comfort
able as possible. l give her soft bed
ding, curry her, and speak to her kind
ly. / find that these increase the divi.
dend frcm my milk pals.
II make difference in the amount
of feed | give to a COW weighing 1000
pounds and one weighing 1900 pounds.
Reason shows me that although the
larger COW may not produce the larg.
est amount Of butterfat, mere feed is
required for her maintenance. This
feed, of course, will vary from the
kind of food fed for butterfat. I think
that the secret CT success or failure
in the dairy business lies in the worth
of the individual COW.
Il know it is possible and profit.
able to have one head of stock On
each acre. My silo and alfalfa fields
have helped me to unlock the secret
OF money-making on the small farm -
A few acres well titled often yield
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
Disaster of Nepotisn1.

Another name for nepotism is pull"
It puts the right man in the wrong
place where he can wreck enterprises.
1t also discourages other young men
because they see that a rival has an
opportunity merely because of rela-
tionship, not because of merit. This
evil is particularly strong in old en-
terprises that run through the second
and third generations. A man starts
a concern, hands it down to two or
three sons who vary in ability, and
by the time their sons have got good
positions all the way through the con-
Germ it is well fixed on the high road
to ruin. Almost any person of wide
observation can name few examples
in point.-Engineerin Magazine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
Those Chinese Junks.

The Chinese junk is to most western
eyes a curious, not to say outlandish,
type of vessel. Yet q nautical author
ity, in picturing and describing a ia
nous craft of this kind which visited
Europe and America as long ago as
184S, says that she proved herself an
excellent sea boat, with powers of
weathering q storm equal, if not SUI
perior, to vessels of western build.
This junk, the Keying, is also declared
to have made run equal to the time
of the best packet ships of the period
Information of this kind about foreign
methods is often truly educative to
Americans inclined to be boastful,-
The Outlook.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
WISCONSIN TEACHER IS FARMING
4O-ACRE PLOT WITH MUCH SUCCESS
To Succeed Farmer Must Enjoy His Work So That It Becomes
Pleasure Instead of Task-Study Each Field and Know Its
Weaknesses and Possibitie s - Secure Good Returns
From Availability to Make Each Cow Comfortable.

and 25 pounds Of barley to the acre.
Because Of the thorough preparation of
the seed bed the barley yielded 40
bushels to the acre.
Upon this field last year eight tons
Of alfalfa hay were cut from every
acre. My profit was $3.50 an acre,
after deducting the interest on the land
at $500 an acre, the taxes, the cost Of
blowing, disking, planting, fertilizing,
and lining, besides the expense Of cut
ting, tedding, raking, cooking, Gaping,
shaking out, and hauling the hay.
"In curing alfalfa to get the larg-
est return / cut the hay as soon as
the dew is of in the morning and start
tedding SC that can cock and cap the
hay in the afternoon. About three
o'clock the alfalfa is raked into wind
rows, carefully cooked (nct tumble6)
and then capped. | leave the hay in
the cocks from eight to ten days, de-
pending on the weather. Of necss-
sary to leave the hay in cock for sew
eral days the cocks should be moved
about 50 as not to kill or weaken the
plants under them.) Then the cocks
are opened up, but not scattered out,
and the hay placed in layers so that
the leaves DO not become brittle and
rattle off An hour or two later | be-
gin putting the hay In the NOW. 1t Is
surprising how the alfalfa retains its
color until it Is thrown out of the NOW
in the following summer.
Business Principles.
81 try to run my farm as the best
business men run their businesses.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
"HeIp Mel" She Pleaded.

embankment and crashed into moth
ingnesS!
Jim Davis was on his feet, staring
at the ruin. The girl who had
awakened his interest lay pinned be-
meath beam. There were heartrend-
ing groans and cries everywhere. By
miracle he, Davis, had escaped I'M
scathed. Gamblers luck
He did not stop to think of the suf-
ferings of his fellow travellers. The
wreck had taken place just at the out
skirts of his home town. Nearby a
trolley car had stopped. A crowd was
gathering, running from every quarter
of the compass. Davis cursed as he
pushed his way through them and
mounted the trolley. Soon he was
speeding far from the scene of the dis
aSter.
Half an hour later he was standing
in his apartment. 1t was queer that
Molly had left the door unlocked. He
would take it out of her for that. He
approached the little, barely furnished
living room quietly, intending to sur
prise her and see the happiness fade
out of her eyes. He flattered himself
that he could read his wife's face like
a book.
To his surprise he saw Douglas
standing there, and Molly, with tear
stained face, leaning her elbow on the
mantel and looking at him attentively.
81 am sorry" he said convention
ally.
"It is terrible" said Molly.
The newspaper gives his name
among those killed. l thought it my
duty to be the first to tell YOU
Molly put her hands in his. "Thank
you, Jack" she answered. Il can't
pretend to be sorry
"You ought to be glad" said Jack
Douglas. flushing.
Jim Davis chuckled. The situation
was amusing-extremely so. The
poor fool could have divorced him
years before, and she had felt bound
by her stupid promise at the marriage
altar. And even now these two dared
not tell each other of their love.
Jill WAS ulISiukeH liiClC. DouSii1
held her hands tight in his own.
molly, you know what this means to
| me-" he said.
She leaned her face against his
cheek. 'To me-" she murmured.
"He was a bad man, Molly
Sometimes I think of the man
| used to love-" she answered. He was
not wholly bad, Jack. But l shall try
to forget him."
She raised her head and their lips
met Incredulfty and rage swept over
| Davis face He had not dreamed that
| this love-making would go on in the
face of his supposed death. He thrust
| the door open and stalled into the
| room.
"a little premature, Douglas" he
sneered. I'm sorry to break up this
| love-making scene, but I couldn't die
when / knew how much il would mean
to you, Molly!''
| To his Amusement neither answered
him. Jack put his arm about Molly
| and drew her closer to him. Jim Davis
| ran toward him, his fists clenched.
! "Get out, you Backyard !" he
| roared, making a vicious swing at the
| other.
| His fist seemed to pass right
through Douglas. And still there was
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
Not Sufficient Inducement.

A well-known card player fell up
against well-developed faro game
during an unusually fierce and sangui-
nary argument with the tiger, and quit
AS he rose to leave the eilded arena,
the dealer remarked in a very cheerful
manner: Hold on a minute; we're
going to have a little lunch of cold
ham, etc, in a few minutes. Won't
you join us?" Join you be damned"
roared the victim of the combat, as he
turned on his heel with an air of dis
dain and quit the place; "do you think
l can eat sixteen hundred dollars
worth Of ham?"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
by @. H. AFFORD, State Demonstration
MARYLAND

by @. H. AFFORD, State Demonstration
Agent, Maryland.)
In Walworth county, Wisconsin, a
man who taught school for % years,
is farming a 40-acre farm with won
derful success. T. T. Showers is this
money-making teacher-farmer. He has
2 herd Of cows that made him a net
profit of $72 head in year.
Read his suggestions and story:
IF you are thinking Of joining the
union 50 you will have but an eight or
ten-hour working day, 90 not think OF
trying to operate small farm. TIC sue
coed in farming you must So enjoy
your work that it becomes a pleasure
instead Of a task.
In fact, success in farming depends
upon the man who runs the farm. For
If he thinks enough CT his problem be
will succeed no matter what lines of
farming he may pursue. Love and en-
joy your work Study each of your
fields to know its weaknesses and its
possibilities. Harvest your crops so
that you will receive the largest re-
turn from them. Give your herd a
chance. Produce, care for, and raise
only the best.
Study Each Field.
Il study each field 50 that | know
what crop it will produce to best ad-
vantage A farmer can do this on the
small fields. The farmer on the small
farm must utilize all the corners Of
the farm. The returns from some
fields on small farm will be equal
to the wastes upon many large farms.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN

The Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide
of Luxembourg attends all functions in
full state and also insists on a large
escort at all times, though the army
Of her country numbers only 200 men.
The cars second daughter, the sew
enteen-year-old Grand Duchess Ia
tiana, is one of the richest heiresses
in the world When she was one week
old the car placed 100000 to her
credit
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
Gambler S
Luck
90
TE
By GEORGE MUNSON
copyright, 1916. by W. G. Chapman


Jim Davis, in the train, cursed at
the delay in reaching his destination.
He was in a bad humor with the
World-not that this was unusual with
him. His gambling trip, which was to
have netted him enough for six
months of extravaganza and luxury,
besides the modicum needed for Molly,
had produced only a few hundreds,
thanks to the new vigilance of the po-
lice.
He watched the girl in the opposite
compartment. She was a pretty girl,
with a tear-stained face at which she
dabbed furtively with her pocket
handkerchief. She looked as Molly
had looked, ten years before, when
he had persuaded her to throw over
slow-going Jack Douglas and become
a gamblers wife.
He knew that Molly had regretted
her choice every week of her life since
then, and he had tainted her with it
and taken pleasure in inviting Doug
las to the house. He could see their
love for each other, uneXpressed.
What fool Douglas was, not to take
advantage of his long absences! But
what good thing that Molly was a
church member and SO incapable of
deceiving him.
He cursed again as the train sped
on. He had long since tired of Molly.
Still, it was convenient to have the
little household drudge at home, to
cook and slave for him in the rare in
tervals of his presence there.
Suddenly the train lurched, swayed,
swung giddily along the edge of the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
Last Word i'm Realism.

One Sunday evening the pastor of a
rural church selected Hades as the
text of his discourse. As he expound-
ed and applied the subject an absent
minded man in the congregation. toy
ing with a well-filled match safe in his
pocket, ignited the contents. The sui
phur fumes reached a pious woman in
the seat just ahead. 1T is wonderful
Mary" she whispered to her compan-
ion simply wonderful! I have hearG
Brother White preach many a sermon
but none so realistic as this"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
The Golden Fleece.

The Order of the Golden Fleece is
a bit of royal foolishness instituted
by Philip the Good of Burgundy,
about 1929, on account, it is said, of
the profit that had come to him by
wool-raising. The order is still in eX-
istence, it's membership being confined
to the rulers and crown princes Of
Europe, with now and then an Asiatic
potentate.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
What's the Use?

Observation-Disclosures, our domestic
science professor is teaching US how
to spend money.
Parent Gnterrupting)-Wh doesn't
he teach fish how to swim?-Pftt
Panther.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
PREPARATION TO AVOID RUST
csnphor Dissolved in Lard Is Recon-
naended for Bright Parts OF Farm
Machinery.

An ounce Of camphor dissolved in
q pound of lard is a good antitrust
preparation that farmers may use to
cover the bright parts of their ma
chimes. The scum that forms in max
ing this mixture should be taken OFF,
The mixture should be applied to
the well-cleaned parts and allowed to
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
SAYINGS OF A SPINSTER

If marriage is a failure, old man
much.
A man never realizes his true value
until he is sued for breach of promise.
The self-cOnceit of a grass widow
reminds US of squeaking shoe.
Women are wingless angels and men
are hOrnless devils.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

inoculated my alfalfa field with the
soil in which the clover had been grow
ing The stand did not satisfy ne, 50
that when | planted my second field
! fortified the field before blowing
it in the fall, disking and narrowing
in the spring.
"My first field yielded five tons to
the acre, but it did not satisfy me.
bought line sower and ground lime
stone, and inoculated the soil fron the
old field at the rate Of 500 pounds of
soil to 1000 pounds of ground lime
stone. | sowed 20 pounds Of alfalfa
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

remain about 90 hours. Any excess
may be rubbed off. The mixture forms
when rubbed with soft cloth. Axle
grease is also excellent fer keeping
pillow bottoms from rusting and may
be used fer the bright parts. Paint is
a good rust preventive but hard to
get off,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
OLD SAWS WITH NEW TEETH

A tight man and a loose dog are
equally dangerous.
Chickens that come home to roost
nave more sense than some men.
The coat doesn't make the man
not even a coat of tar and feather.
Talk is cheap-eXcept when a mans
wife begins to explain why she needs
the money.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

We have been born to associate
WITH our fellowmen, and TO join In
community with the human race
Cicero.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
Drawback to Fame.

1t is quite natural to long for fame,
despite the fact that fame makes it
just that much harder to dodge oui
creditors.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

vastly more pleasure and profit than
farms.
A silo is one Of the most essential
things on the farm. You may think
you can't afford silo, but you can't
afford to be without one. 4 silo should
be part Of the permanent improve
ments on every farm. There is no
doubt as to its advantages. 1t is abb
solutely essential for the economical
feeding of live stock, and especially
for the profitable production of milk
and beef
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

Just as a man boasts that he hasn't
a relative in the world his wife's rela-
tives all pile in on him.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

1t does not matter a feather wheth-
er man be supported by patron or
client if he himself wants courage
PlautuS.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
Stand af Alfalfa.

The more solid the seeded, the
more hope there is of obtaining a
stand with sweet clover or alfalfa
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

Poverty isn't the only thing coming
in at the door that makes love fly out
Of the window.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

In life it is difficult to say who do
the most mischief, enemies with the
worst intentions or friends with the
best.-Bulwer Lytton.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

Hostess, clap to the doors; watch
tonight, pray tomorrow. Gallants,
lads boys, hearts of gold, all the titles
of good fellowship come to you! What,
shall we be merry? Shall we have Il
play extempore? Henry ".
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

We see how much man has, and
therefore we envy him; did we see
how little he enjoys, we should rather
pity him.-Seed
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

1t is not the greatness of Il mans
means that makes him Independent.
so much as the smallness of his wants.
Goblet
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

People are very inqdisitive; still,
they manage to hide a good deal from
each other. A fire breaks out in our
community every few days from which
| had not detected any smoke.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
AND so 1T Is

Never make fun of a boy who wears
curls unless he is proud of them.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

The more q man denies himself, the
more he shall receive from heaveH-
Horace.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
WORTH REMEMBERING

Few men are both rich and gen.
erous; fewer are both rich and hum
ble.-Cardinal Manning.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

He who says misfortune drove him
to drink has the cart before the horse.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

heaven; they're not needed in the 9TH
pr place.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

Of all the riches that we hug, of all
the pleasures we enjoy, we carry no
more out of this world than out of a
dream.-BOnnell.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

Occasionally a man regarded as a
fool is quite successful, and has a
good business or good job, and you
wonder how he did 1t. Nothing is
asier,< however, than to be mistaken
men.-Ed Howe in the Sunday Mag
aZine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

The greatest luxury of riches is that
they enable you to escape so much
good advice. The rich are always adj
vising the poor, but the poor seldom
venture to return the compliment
Sir Arthur Helps.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
PROVERBS AND PHRASES

1t is part of the cure to wish to be
cured.-Seneca.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
STAGE SETTINGS

When it comes to drawing the
porous plaster has it on the aver
age actor.
Many q young man who thinks
he is stagestruck is merely SOU
brette struck.
The man who always occupies
a front seat at a burlesque show
nearly always takes a back seat
at church-when he happens to
wander into one by mistake.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
SAYINGS OF A SAGE

A grocer may smile when custom
err takes an apple, but it's diplomacy;
he doesn't have his heart in it.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

1t is an old saying that man is as
old as he feels. And you may depend
upon it that man feels as old as he
is.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-26
Won PAPEN'S OFFICE
NOT EMBASSY BRANCH


New York, April 2f.--Evidence pre-
scntod here today before the federal
grand Jury investigating the alleged
plot 70 destroy the Welland canal es-
tahlished. according TO federal au-
thorities' that Captain Franz von Pa
pens former office. at 90 wall street,
was not branch OF the German em-
bassy when Wolfe Won lgel was ar
rested there on April is and papers
clalmed by the German ambassador
seized.
The papers now are IN the custody
OF the department of justice in Wash
ington. They were sent to the capt
tai by United states Attorney Mar.
shall at the request of the state de-
partment, after Ambassador Won
Bernstorff's demand for their return
on the ground that they were seized
on German territory.
Attorney General Gregory and the
local prosecuting officers insisted
that the former office OF Won Papen
was not German territory The state
department announced that the re-
turn of the papers rested on this
point.
II also had an important bearing.
II Was said, on the status of Won lgel.
whose release the German amhassa-
dor demanded, representing that he
became member OF the embassy
staff In December 1915.