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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13

other easily. you're five feet ten and
you got gray eyes and a scar on your
temple and are wearing & blue suit
with q gold horseshoe and one of your
front teeth is filed with gold. | want
you if your names julius Caesar"
"You must want me mighty bad,
then" said Smith," struggling up.
where are we?"
"In port at Waukegan.'
"Say, you'll give me five minutes,
won't you? l want to see the girl l
picked out of the water"
Il guess So" answered the other.
Seeing as it's a ship. No jumping
overheard, though"
1--WE had enough of that" said
Smith"
They admitted him to the girls side.
She was lying in the captains cabin.
She was conscious and smiled weak
ly at him.
"Never mind" said Smith" as she
began to thank him. He cast one eye
toward the door, where the deputy lin
gered. 81 came to say good-by."
But we must meet again." an
swered the girl. "My mother will new
er forgive me If l don't give her the
opportunity of thanking you for saw
ing my life"
Il don't know" murmured Smith"
81 live here. l was going across on
an excursion, to see some friends.
You'll be in Waukegan for some
timer"
"Smith" shook his head I'm GO
ing a long distance away" he an
swered. "But I'll come sometime
sure. What is your name?"
"Hilda Winter. And we live at 900
Molasset avenue. And you must
come" the girl pleaded, MIR"
Smith. John Smith,"
81 shall look for you, Mr.. Smith.
How long will your journey take your
Smith" walked to the door. "Say,
just minute longer" he pleaded.
Suppose | was Smith instead of Mil
ton, how much do you suppose I'd
get?"
you can search me-" answered the
other 1.-TWO years, maybe"
ooh, then I'm wanted for that stock
affair, eh?" asked Smith" vastly re-
lieved. II thought it might have been
something else"
He went back to the girl. Suppose
l didn't come for two years, would you
have forgotten me?" he asked.
Il shall never forget" she answered
earnestly. But two years, Mr..
Smith,"
''Ah, well, you see my business is of
very complicated nature" Smith"
answered. But I'll come, | surely
will"
He bent and kissed her hand. Then
he hurried to the door.
81 guess you were right about my
name after ALL" he said. "Come, let's
get it over. Pm anxious to begin on
those two years"
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SMITH"
an m m m m NJ M m N NJ NJ m
Copyright. 1916. by w. G. Chapman.)
By
EDGAR JENNINGS


1t was the last thing Smith" had
expected, and it came with the sud-
denneSS of the expected.
Smith had been watching the girl
with bitterness in his heart, the bit
terIess which he felt toward all hui
mainly. Even a criminal can feel the
pangs of exile, and "Smith" was shak-
ing the dust of his native land off his
feet forever.
To be more precise, when Smith"
boarded the boat that ran across Lake
Michigan, sheriff's deputy was about
five minutes behind him. In front of
him lay Canada, and Smith" knew
that he had succeeded in throwing the
deputy off his trail long enough to en-
able him to reach the coveted haven of
new land without having to answer
any inconvenient, not to say imperti-
hent questions about his past. In plain
er words, no wire had been sent to
search the boat for him.
And Smith" had been disguised at
the sight of the girl. She seemed
somehow to remind him of that past
when he had not spent his days plan
ming to circumvent the law. She was
bright and winsome and free, and her
clear eyes, which looked upon the
world in friendly fashion, betokened
that she was at peace with it and
feared nothing.
She had looked in the same friendly
fashion upon Smith" and smith
had muttered under his breath and
skunk away.
He was still looking at her from a
distance when, without any warning,
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Hard to Keep Cider Sweet.

It is very difficult to keep cider
sweet for any length Of time without
the use of preservatives and special
treatment. Personalities are not per-
mitted under the federal and state
pure-food laws. Sweet cider may be
filtered, boiled and bottled in a man
ner similar to that used when can
ming fruits, then it will remain sweet !;
that is. no fermentation will take
place for several weeks. 1t is desir-
able even then that it be stored in a
cool, dark place. This is somewhat
expensive and is seldom done, espe-
cially if the cider is to be sold on a
small scale.-Dr. Charles X. Francis,
chemist, experiment station, Okla
homa A and NJ. college, Saltwater.
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The Penalty.

Senator Fall was talking in New
York about the Mexican situation.
This imbroglio." he said, disgust
eddy, abiding TO an earlier phase,
twas due to Observation-Disclosures. Well,
observation-disclosures in affairs of state
gets punished as sharply as in affairs
of love.
81 once knew an absent-minded dry
goods clerk who was in love with a
spirited girl. He took her hand one
night and drOned:
"FDear. dear little hand! / wonder
I wonderland then his absent
mindedness got its work in, and he
said:
81 wonder if it will wash?
"The girl gave a sudden start.
"'No. George she Kissed, it won't
wash. and | may as well tell you, too,
that it won't cook, or sweep, or darn
socks. either. Good evening r"-
Washington Star.
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Began to Support Her Under the
Shoulders.

the unexpected happened. The vessel
quietly tipped on her side and cap
sized.
She went right under and floated
hull upward. Some structural defect,
the blow of wave, a shifting of the
cargo? Nobody ever knew. 1t was
one of those unexpected things that
happen. Smith" found himself in
the water.
He was aware of the cries of the
passengers who had been flung from
the deck. Those imprisoned in the
hull had died very painlessly and
quickly. But two score of unfortu-
mates were fighting for their lives, just
out of sight of land. "Smith" was one
of these. The girl was the other.
He fought hard, He looked about
him for spar, but there waS no
wreckage. 1t was not a wreck, it
was a catastrophe. One minute the
ship had sailed proudly across the
lake water; the next it was floating,
screws upward, upon its surface.
"Smith" saw the girl near him. She
was swimming plucl1ily, but it was evil
dent that her strength would not SuS-
tain her very long. "Smith" made his
way toward her through the waves.
He did not know what impulse it was
that prompted him; perhaps an ances-
trail one, derived from generations of
honest, sturdy forebears.
''Trust yourself to me-" he shouted.
She nodded, and "Smith,' turning
on his back, began to support her I'M
der the shoulders. The water was
warm, and Smith" unaiding her,
could have swum indefinitely. Oddly
enough, he remembered something
that his father had said to him, years
before, when he met with an accident
on the river:
you'll never drown, Johnny; you
were born to be hanged"
He was smiling at the memory now
as he tioated, bearing up the girls
body. They were alone upon the sur
face of the lake. The unfOrtunates
about them had gone under.
In the distance q steamer was max
llS5 llC1 way "" dio ASAAO heAN
seen the disaster; but it was ques-
ton whether Smiths" strength would
sustain him. And the girl was grow
ing weak from her immersion; If she
tainted Smiths" task would become
infinitely harder.
Help is coming!" he shouted, as
her eyes began to close. Look yon-
deri"
She smiled family. Smith" mar
veled at her courage. The steamer
was quite close now, and was lower
ing a boat Somehow Smith" man
aged to support the girl until they
were drawn aboard. Then they both
tainted in the bottom of the boat.
The steamer had come from Wau-
kegan and was putting in to shore
| again. Smith discovered this when
he opened his eyes. He would never
see Canada-at least, not until he had
completed his interview with the law.
For at his side waited patiently the
deputy who had wanted him so badly
Hard luck, Milton!' he said con-
solingly.
| ''My name is Smith," said Milton.
Its all one to me-" answered the
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understand the last owner gets It
for nothing with a bonus of $4,000
thrown in. And even then he is well
come to the house for all of me-"
That's because you don't know
what it is like to live in the country,
Zapp," Birsky said
81 think I've got a pretty good idee, y
Zapp retorted. cts something like
being southern salesman for line of
goods where you've got to make a
different town each day. The dis
lance you travel is the same, the rail-
road accommodations amt no better,
but instead Of getting every night a
rotten dinner and good game of
pinOchle afterwards at dollarand-a-
half day hotels, American plan, you
go home and get good dinner and
no game of pinochle at all from one
years end to the other. Yes, Birsky,
it's very unjust the way the world
looks at things. For instance. once
In five years Mr.. Roosevelt makes a
trip Of about 10000 miles, y'under-
stand, and when he comes back, yum
derstand, a dozen magazines Is fall
ing over themselves that Mr.. Roose-
Welt should accept five thousand dol
lars apiece for an article telling about
these here ten thousand miles he trav-
eled; he writes q book about it, Bir-
sky, and gets paid at the rate of a
dollar a mile, or $4,000, for it; he
gives q lecture about 1t in Carnegie
hall and six people sends letters to the
papers and complains of the man In
the box Office because he says all right
he's liar then, when he told them
two hours after the advance sale
1ppnpd that the entire house was
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1Y RUN across Max Paikes yester-
day afternoon" Louis Birsky
the real estater said one morn
ing "He was telling me that you
spent Sunday with him at his place
in Sand Plains"
"He amt lying to you" Barnett
Zapp the waist manufactures admit
ted.
"What kind OF property has he got
up there?" Birsky asked.
Hes got all the cOnveniences OF a
Teller living in $40 q month cold
water fiat, without janitor service, be-
fore steam heat was invented, except
that he amt so handy to a delicates-
sen store. The bread run out at lunch
time, Birsky, and for supper we had
10 eat Fig Newtons with dried her
ring and luncheon bolony, as Mrs.
Paikes didn't know the neighbors
good enough to borrow a loaf from
them on account of only living up
there three years"
"But amt the air elegant up in
Westminster County," Birsky insisted.
Say" Zapp exclaimed, latter a
Teller escapes with his life from the
subway at 42nd Street, understand,
and travels up to Sand Plains every
night in q combination baggage and
smoker along with five or six dozen
decent respectable Woodworking Ital-
fener ash cart drivers, understand me,
when he arrives in the country,
BirslEy, the air must got to be elegant,
other@ise it wouldn't be too much to
expect there is waiting for him a
couple of soda water tanks full of
oxygen like they give it to pneumonia
patients with rating of A to C, credit
high"
what are you talking nonsense,
zapp?" Birsky said. 81 bet you wasn't
on the train half an hour Sand
Plains is one of the most convenient
suburbs to get to-"
"Sure l know" Zapp said, 'but
Paikes don't live in the suburbs, Bir-
sky. He lives in the suburbs of the
suburbs, and he says to me on the
train that from the station to his
ho1se is only twenty minutes by troll
ley, but he practically never takes it
as his OitermObile is waiting for him
ut the station practically every night,
and gets him to his home in ten min
utes. Well, after we got out of the
trolley, Birsky, we walked another ten
blocks, and at last we reached the
house. If ever you go up to Sand
Plains to see Paikes and the oitermO-
bile should practically not be at the
station, Birsky, you couldn't miss
Paikes's house. Keep to the right
after you cross the tracks and it's
the 956th white colonial house with
green blinds and a For Sale sign on
it."
rs Paikes's house for sale?" Birsky
asked.
"Sure it is" Zapp replied. "What
do you think-Paikes is such close
friend of mine that he asks me up for
pIeasure?"
For why does he want to SELF"
Birsky inquired.
He says before lunch that his wife
takes a dislike to the place on account
In summer the smell of the flowers
reminds her of the cemetery where
her Uncle Jake's first wife is buried,
and for that reason he would take
$12,250 for the house. After lunch
he also said that his hay fever was
something terrible up there and he
might be willing on that account to
call it sn even twelve thousand. After
supper he says If it wouldn't be that
his father-in-law is getting pretty
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feeble and might go off at any mo-
ment, corner of S9th Street and Mad
Ison Avenue, y'understand, he wouldn't
take penny less than S11 800 for the
house. and just before l got on the
train to come home he says how much
would / give for the house"
But Paikes really and truly paid
twelve thousand for the house." Bir-
sky declared.
''Then how could he expect to get
rid of it for S11,5OO?" Zapp demand
ed. IF you would read the Sunday
papers, Birsky, you would know that
the standard amount below cost which
they advertise country houses to sell
for is $1,000. In fact, / often figured
1t out, Birsly. that as everybody is
willing to sell his broom house with
3 baths, sun parlor and every mod.
ern Improvement for $1,000 below
cost, if such a house originally cost
$4,000 and changes hands six times
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many homes, is most annoying when
guests are present. In one home it
was made the rule that the children
might take part in the conversation
when guests were present, provided
the children could contribute some
thing of interest concerning the sub
ject under discussion. This taught the
children to listen carefully to what was
being said. This, in itself, is of un-
told advantage to the child, for, in
q home where people with bright ideas
concerning all the questions of the
day gather around the table, the gen.
eral conversation is of great educa-
tional value to the child. The child
cannot fail to become a good con-
versatiOnalist with this early train
ing.
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The Cane Fashion.

In nearly all the pictures of mems
fashions, and they are quite frequent
these days as the women's, there is a
cane in evidence, as if that was a
necessary adjunct of the reigning fash
ion. 1t is not an unpleasant feature
Of a mans apparel. AS a matter of
style it is attractive, and as a contribu-
ton to his satisfaction it is more So.
There is a drawback, to-wit, that in
order for man TO carry a cane sue
cessfully he must dress well.-Colum-
bus Journal.
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No Bank Failures in China.

Nine hundred years ago China had a
bank failure, remarks the Sioux City
Tribune. Hi Hung, ruler of the Celes
tial empire ut the time, investigated
ana discovered shady conduct on the
part of the bank officials. He immedi-
ately issued an edict that the next time
bank went to the wall the heads Of
its president and directors should be
forfeited Since then there have been
no bank failures in China This meth.
cd of dealing with frenzied finance
may not be appealingly poetic, but it
appears to have been indisputably eff
fectiye.
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Papa's Limp.

Mother, what makes papa limp that
way?" asked George.
Papa fell and hurt his leg when he
was a little boy, and they had to put
it in plaster, and it has never been well
since"
That night there was company for
dinner, and George called out in true
enfant terrible style:
Papa, l know why you limp. It's
cause you got d mortar leg.
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The Child at Table.

The table is the ideal place for fam
lily interchange of thought, and the
children who are old enough to come
to the table should be encouraged to
take part in the conversation. One
good result of this is that it helps to
keep the child from eAting too fast.
However, the children's chatter, in
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Ea sier Profit.

'eWhen you go to town nobody offers
to sell you a gold brick any more"
"No," replied Farmer Corntossel.
''They don't have to go to all that
trouble when they can get 80 cents a
plate for pork and BEANS"
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TEN USEFUL HEALTH HINTS

Light promotes cleanliness.
A clean mouth is essential to good
health.
Bullets kill thousands-flies kill their
tens of thousands.
Efficient muzzling of dogs will eradi-
cate hydrophobia.
Bad temper is sometimes merely a
symptom of bad health.
Physical training in childhood is the
foundation of health in adult life.
The protection of the health of chill
dren is the first duty of the nation.
In the lexicon of health there is no
such word as neutrality" against dis
ease.
Headache is natures warning that
the human machine is running badly
and needs adjustment.
The death rate of persons under
fOrty-five is decreasing; the death rate
of those over forty-five Is increasing.
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THE MORNING CROUCH

It's horrible!
A crime against society.
Kick 1t off with the covers.
Exhale it out of q wide-open win
dow.
Douse it in a quick, invigorating
bath.
Dance it underfoot on the bath.
room floor.
Snub it into nonexistence while You
briskly dress.
And then, should the disgusting
monster still survive, laugh in it's ugly
face, shut it into the bedroom with q
bang and skip triumphantly down to
the bacon.
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Shocking Affair.

Police MagiStrate-What is the pris
oner charged with. officer?
Officer-Electricity, your honor.
Police Magistrate-How's that3
Officer-He stole battery.
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Smokino Girls.

"There is a very excellent reason
why a girl shouldn't smoke"
"What?' she demanded.
makes her less agreeable to kiss"
swell, I'll wait till somebody wants
to kiss me-" she said; when they do,
I'll give up cigarettes-and take to a
pipe r'-Margaret Deland, in the Wom-
ans Home Companion.
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A MISER OF THE SOUL
He was not loyal to others.

he was not loyal to others.
He never hesitated to sacrifice their
reputation for his advantage.
lie was always saying mean things
about them In their absence.
He did not know the value of
thoughtfulness in little things.
He never thought it worth while TO
spend time in keeping up his friend
ships.
He never learned that implicit gem
erouS trust is the very foundation stone
of friendship.
He regarded friendship as luxury
to be enjoyed instead of an opportu-
nifty for service.
He did not realize that friendship
will not thrive on sentiment alone
that there must be service to nourish
it.
He was suspicious Of everybody. He
never threw the doors OF his heart wide
open to people, or took them into his
confidence.
He was always ready to receive as
sistance from them, but always too
busy or too stingy to assist them in
their time Of need.
He measured them up by their abil-
ity to advance him.-SucceSs.
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Beginning to believe that the I'M
appreciative waiter who hands us a
pot of beans would look just as thank
full if we handed him lead slug in
stead Of brightly polished nickel.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13

By royal order the celebration of
Arbor day has been made obligatory
in every township and municipality
in Spain, and tree planting is to be
more extensive than heretofore.
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Miss Amy Stubs new hair covers
her ears so that she can't hear moth
ing. Elmer Sphinx proposed to her
three times last week.
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The trouble with the life insurance
agents is that they always pounce up
on Teller when he has got forty 9TH
er things to do.
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Based on the present price Of every
thing, it doesn't seem hardly worth
while to mint any coin smaller than
dollar.
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We can't see what keeps the chaw-
ing tobacker factories going. Nobody
will own up that he uses the stuff ex-
cept ball players and telegraph opera
tors.
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There is only one class of people
as foolish about the styles as the
women, and they are the men.
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SAYS THE PESSlMIST

When some women put on stylish
gowns it looks like takeoff.
Women of uncertain age usually re-
main certain age a long time.
The fool bigamfst tries to get rid or
his first wife by taking a second.
If a woman suffers In silence the
fact that she has to be silent may bo
the cause of her suffering.
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If the fool and his money didn't
soon part some other people would
have to stay poor.
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UNCLE ABNER

There amt nothing in this world
that sounds as cheap as q lot of talk.
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SOME REMARKS

Best to hang on to the old friends
until you see how the new ones are
going to pan out.
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He never hesitated to sacrifice their
reputation for his advantage.
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snub it into nonexistence while You
brisl1ly dress.
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lie was always saying mean things
about them In their absence.
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lie did not know the value of
thoughtfulness in little things.
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Dance it underfoot on the bath.
room floor.
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He measured them up by their abil-
ity to advance him.-SucceSs.
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Douse it in a quick, invigorating
bath.
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1Y RUN across Max Paikes yester-
day afternoon" Louis Birsky
fba roaI acfator cold ono morn.
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The protection of the health of chill
dren is the first duty of the nation.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13

In the lexicon of health there is no
such word as neutrality" against dis
ease.
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He never thought 1t worth while TO
spend time in keeping up his friend
ships.
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Exhale it out of wide-open win