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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-07

The Kensington club will meet
this evening with Miss Grace Harri-
son.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-07

The vote in Hamilton county on
governor two years ago was as fol-
lows:
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-07

The ladies aid society of the U. B.
church will meet tomorrow afternoon
with Mrs. George Myers on Third
street.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-07

The Past Noble Grands association
will meet at the home of Mrs. A. H.
Horn, 1915 Bank street, Thursday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-07

The English Lutheran ladies aid
society will meet at $3.50 tomorrow
afternoon with Mrs. Henry 1ngert-
son.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
MANS BEST LIFE PRESERVER'
In These Days the Girl Who Knows
How to Cook and Keep House Eco
nomically Is a Treasure

That domestic science, practically
applied, is becoming popular with
young women is an encouraging sign,
particularly to young men who have
an eye upon "the not impossible She"
but hesitate over the matrimonial
plunge because of the expense. How
much of the happiness and welfare Of
home will be increased by this re-
newed devotion to home interests is a
matter of conjecture. The young man
who marries fluffy girl, pretty to look
at, but about as useful as Christmas
tree, has a courageous SOul-Whch
will presently be overcome by the diff
culties of making income equal out
go. The girl who can get up hot meals
and wash dishes is a helpful PROPOSE
ton, and wears we'll even if she isn't
too frilly. We seem to have before US
a period of high prices. Everything
has "gone upw People with elastic
incomes and salaries must, according
to the old proverb, "cut the garment
according to the cloth" The wife who
knows how to buy and to cook, and
can keep her house herself is the best
life preServer a man can have, and
any agency that ipstructs her to that
end is a benefit to the community
Detroit Free Press.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
FINEST OF ROYAL PALACES
Writer Tells of Beauty of Schoen-
brunn, Where Emperor Francis
Joseph Died.

| have seen the summer and winter
palaces of eleven important kings and
emperorS. Almost any laynan after
seeing them would vote Schoenhrunn
the finest royal spot In which to spend
a restful day.
That is where old Francis Joseph
died. His palace in Vienna looks like
barracks, but Schoenbrunn's sur
roundings look like home.
Versailles, the product of French
mans fantasy, is far too artificial
the trees too much on one pattern-to
appeal to an ordinary mortal.
The mikado of Japan has a delight
full place at Nikko-in Japan they say
If you haven't seen Nikko you cannot
say beautiful-but 1t Is much less pre-
tentious than the death palace of one
of the longest-reigning monarchs in
history.-Girard in Philadelphia Led
ger.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
Custom Had orfqin in PLAQUE.

For many centuries plague was a
menace to all Europe. At intervals
it would spread like wildfre, wiping
out whole populations. In its Ordi-
nary, or "bubonic," manifestation, it
depended for it's distribution upon
rats. But after while it was liable
to assume the pneumonia" form, at
lacking the lungs.
In this form the malady spreads
with frightful rapidity. The plague
germs are in the air. People acquire
the infection by breathing. The af-
nicted scatter the germs by coughing
and Sneezing.
1t viii be understood, then, how
It came about that people, centuries
ago, adopted the precaution of shield
ing the mouth by turning away the
head when coughing, sneezing, or
yawning. Today we continue to do
the same thing. for the sake OF polite
ness; but in reality the custom is a
survival of the days when the common
prevalence of plague made it a neces-
Sity.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
Robber Crab

The robber crab is a large and pow
erful land crab Of the East Indies, re-
lated to the hermit crabs. It lives in
a hole in the earth under trees, lining
its burrOw with the fibrOus cocOnut
husks. 1t has an almost lung-like
modification of the gill-cavity for
breathing air directly, yet visits the
sea annually in droves to spawn. This
crab goes abroad only at night and
feeds on coconuts, though it does not
climb for them. In Amboyna and
elsewhere this crab is eaten. Darwin
has graphically described how it tears
the husks from the coconuts and
hammers on the round depressions at
one end until entrance is effected. It
is also called the rObber palm or CO.
conut crab.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
THERE Is SOMEBODY ELSE
One Thing the Average Man and Won.
an Ought Always to Keep
in Mind.

One thing that the average man, and
there is somebody else. 1t is not actual
and offensive conccit, it seems to be
simply self-absOrptiOn, forgetting that
there really is anybody else. We have
nothing to say against the cOndemna-
ton Of careless and reckless drivers Of
automobiles. The offenders deserve it
all. But nobody knows how many
lives are spared every day by the care
full drivers.
1t is customary for foot passengers
TO step from the sidewalk to the high
way without thinking to look up and
down the street. Sometimes they do
look one way and keep on walking into
and across the street with eyes pointed
steadily that way. An automobile com
ing from the other direction is of no
more interest than n comet said also to
be approaching. If it were not for the
obnoxious horns, there would be many
more killings than there are. Nobody
gets any credit for this. Instead, the
hOrrid horns are condemned as a nui-
sance. This habit of self-absOrptiOn is
not limited to people who risk their
lives IN stepping into the crowded
streets. On the regular sidewalk often
people turn sharp around without look
ing to see what or who is coming and
it is they who get mad at the collision
they produce. When they do not turn
they often stop short. Bump follows
and it is the bumper who is to blame.
Such is life.-Hartford Courier.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

scrubbing work with enough to buy the
only meal of the day and bushel of
goal.
Weston had never penetrated into
these realms of misery and suffering
before, and he looked pretty serious as
he viewed a phase of life with which
ne was unfamiliar. More than once
his hand stole unostentatiOusly to his
pocket, and he tossed coin or bank
note to the occupants of a cherries
room unnoticed by his escort.
"Theres only one slide left he an
nounced, as they started to leave
building that had presented unusually
appealing conditions of poverty and
discomfort.
ooh, here is a subject we must
have! !" cried Mrs. Bellew, one of the
party, pushing open a door and show
ing an interior fairly typical of the
furthest limit of restitution.
Weston foscussed his camera, and
took a view of q corner of the room
where the sunlight shone strong across
a frost-covered window. With the
click of the shutter the group started
to leave the place, when Mrs. Throop
exclaimed sharply, suddenly.
"Why, there is a man lying on the
floor under that Window
With a shudder of grewsOme awe
the three other ladies huddled forward
and stared. Weston advanced and bent
over the PROSTATE figure. 1t was that
of an old man miserably attired, his
face thin and blOOdless. Clenched in
his hand was small flat key.
"He is dead" pronounced Weston,
and a thrill ran through the little
group. 1--WE had better call someone
in the place who knows him."
Evidently the man had just died, for
when a crippled man occupying the adj
joining rooms was summoned he made
the remark:
poor old Eben Short! This is pretty
sudden, for he passed through the hall
outside not a half an hour ago"
.'Who is he?" inquired Mrs. Throop
He's lived here for two years, he
and his niece, Elma. They aren't our
poor sort and / understand he was
once very rich. They say he was
miser, but this poor layout doesn't
show it, does it? The girl-here she is
now. Let her know the bad news
gently, for she was like daughter to
the old man."
a young girl Of about seventeen en-
tered the room, started, gasped, parted
the onlookers and then threw herself
upon the floor beside the dead man.
1t was pitiable to witness her grief. It
was pathetic to listen to her loving
words. telling that all her interest in
their poor life was centered about the
dead man. Mrs. Throop lifted the
stricken creature in her kindly arms.
Don't take on SO, DEAR" she soothed
and she allowed the poor child to nestle
In her motherly arms and weep away
her sorrow.
Weston saw to it that Short was
decently buried. Mrs. Throop took
the girl Elma to her home. The story
told by the latter seemed TO confirm
the report that her uncle had seen bet
ter days.
HE was very kind to me- she told
Hbut we lived. oh. so poorly, Many a
time he would tell me to be strong
ard patient, for some day l should
lie IN a palace He must have meant
this" she would say ENORMOUSLY, look
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
LOOK OVER CARS CAREFULLY
David Harum Had Nothing on the Men
Who Make Practice of Selling
Secondhand Autos.

Many dozens of places are now oper-
ating secondhand motor car bust
nesses, and while some of them are
quite reliable, it is still sad fact that
taking cars is a common occurrence,
observes the Scientific American.
One purchaser of a so-called rebuilt
car in New YORK paid 5000 for ma
chine which is no longer built. 1t was
guaranteed to be in running order, and
worked fairly well on the way home,
a distance Of ten miles. The follow
ing morning he was unable to crank
the car, and upon removing the cylln-
ders he discovered a very unique hard
wood piston in the front cylinder. The
car being out of date, the dealer had
been unable to obtain a piston for 1t,
and had improvised one. The oil and
heat of the cylinder combined to warp
the wood and make the motor STICK.
The wood had evidently been treated
with some heat-resisting compound, as
the charring on the surface which had
been exposed to the heat of combus-
ton was not severe.
In another case, purchaser VI
secondhand runabout detected a most
peculiar noise in his timing gears,
which in that model were mounted on
the front of the engine. Removal OF
the gear case revealed the fact that
the gears had been packed in heavy
grease in which was mixed chopped
cork and sawdust. The bearings of
the gears were badly worn and the i'm
perfect meshing which resulted made
them very noisy. The cork and saw
dust effected a temporary remedy.
third purchaser of the running
order" gamble found that after he had
driven his car a dozen miles, three
leaks developed in the cylinder cast
ing In the pan he found three pieces
of dried chewing gum that exactly fit
ted the holes.
Among some of the other features
of such bargains" are cast iron ball
bearings, papier-mache radiator, hose
covered with aluminium paint, steel
breaker points in magnetic instead of
platinum, window glass in wind
shield, and cracks in crank case filled
with putty painted over. In view OF
all this, who can wonder what has be-
come of the good old-fashiOned horse
trader?
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
Not to Be CAUGHT,

II think children are not so obServ-
ing as they used to be-" said member
OF the school board 60 teacher whose
class he was visiting.
81 hadn't noticed it," said the teach
2r.
''Tll prove it to you," said the school
officer, pompously. Turning to the
class, he said:
Someone give me number"
"Thirty-seven," said little girl,
eagerly.
He wrote "73' on the board. Moth
ing was said.
'Well, someone else give me a NUN
ber.'
"Fifty-seven," said another child.
He wrote rs end smiled knowingly
at the teacher when nothing was said.
He called for a third number, and fair
ly Gasped at the indignation manifest
ed by a small, red-faced urchin, who
said:
"Seventy-seven. and see if you can
change that" -Harper's Magazine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
Venice Has Electrical Ears.

According to q newspaper CORE
spondent who recently visited Venice,
the Austrian airmen have made more
than thirty raids on that famous city.
The observation station there is pro-
yided with sensitive electrical micro
phones, which are said to detect the
noise of the motors on the Austrian
planes the moment they leave Triest,
some sixty miles away. Electric 81
rens are Immediately sounded to warn
everyone of the approach of hostile air.
craft, which cover the distance be-
tween the cities in something like forty
minutes. Thus ample time is afforded
FOR completing The antiaircraft ar
tillery preparations before the first Aus
trian airman heaves in sight.-Scien-
tific American.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
Elrna'S
Inheritaro
~ ~
By
FRANCES LILLIAN
HENDERSON
1916. by w. G. Chapman

Copyright, 1916, by W. u. Chapman.)
1t was a good deal of a bore to Roy
Weston when his sister, Mrs. Breda
Throop, invited him to accompany her
self and three lady friends on a slum-
ming tour. Not exactly that either, for
there was a purpose to the expedition
truly charitable. The four were men,
bers Of q group that had done i'm
measurable good helping the poor and
unfortunate Their present purpose
was to examine conditions in a certain
tenement square that was to be ap-
portioned to them as their own especial
territory for the winter.
''And / would like to have you bring
your camera along, Roy" suggested
Mrs. Throop.
whats the idea?"
1--WE are anxious to get some typical
pictures of the way these people live"
exclaimed his sister, ito show in lee
tire"
Il see. Very well, although 1 shall
ladies at one time, I'll follow direc-
tiOnS."
1t was time for these charitably dis
posed ladies to get busy, for winter
had come on bitingly sudden. There
were squalid rooms they penetrated
where the temperature was that of an
icehouse, not a fragment of fire in
sight and children huddled under rag
ged bedclothes, shivering away the
hours till mother came home from her
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

ing about the comfortable home that
Mrs. ThroOp had provided for her.
Under her new surroundings Elma
developed marvelously. Arrayed in
neat garments, her beauty of form and
face came out strongly She was the
happiest being in the world, she told
Mrs. Throop, and every word and look
evinced her gratitude and love for her
protectress and her brother. Elma was
CHEEKY and helpful about the house.
She would devote hours to arranging
and rearranging the room where Yves
ton did his writing, for he was a
writer on scientific subjects.
Please let me stay and just watch
you turn out all those wise, wonderful
pages!' Elma would plead. "Tu be
quiet as a mouse"
One day Mrs. Throop came to her
brother in his literary sanctum.
Roy" she spoke, 'the society wish
20 use some of those views of the tene-
ments which you took when we diScov-
cred Elma. Won't you get your neg
atives and select those most appropri-
ate for an illustrated Lecturer"
1t was through one of the pictures
that of the room in which they had dis
covered dead Eben Short, that Yves
ton made a remarkable discovery. The
frosted window panes showed micro
ScOpically clear in the print. He OBJ
served that one pane was married with
letters, words. In a flash the truth
occurred to him. Helpless dying, Short
had essayed to leave a message. He
had traced it with the key he had
found in Shorts hand and possession
of which Weston had retained, the
only mementO of the tragic death.
II leave all to my faithful Elma," it
read. Take the key to the Fidelity
Depo-" there the writing stopped.
A CLEAN of enlightenment came
speedily to the quick mind of Weston.
Fidelity Deposit vaults" he muir
INJURED, with glow of keenly aroused
interest. "And the key! 1 think 1 I'M
derstand."
He understood so well, that within
the hour he found that the key fitted
to a safety deposit box in the vaults
of the company named. Within it was
found the savings of the miser, over
twelve thousand dollars, and a signed
order to pay it over to Elma in case
of the death of Eben Short
"Oh, don't send me away" pleaded
Elma, actually on her knees before
Weston. "And, ah! please take all the
money and keep it, but keep me, too!"
He thrilled as he read in those long
ing eyes that to which his soul quickly
respOnded-lOve She had become
much to him those few brief, pleasant
months Of companiOnship. He could
not do without her, and he told her so,
and his indulgent sister smiled happily
when he informed her that he and
Elma were engaged.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

Witch al uIOiJ IL put
into cold water. Take three quarts
of freshly popped corn picked over to
remove all old bachelors Chose that
won't pop), then pour over the strip,
and mix well, and make into balls at
once. They may be wrapped in tissue
paper to keep them.
Sugared Nuts.-Take a cupful of
brown sugar and boil with two table
spoonfuls of water for five minutes
into this stir two cupfuls of pecan
meats: stir until each nut is evenly
coated with sugar, then put them to
dry and cool on a buttered sheet.
Maple Cream Candy.-Take two
cupfuls of maple sugar or the same
quantity of brown sugar, using the
maple extract; one cupful of cream
may be substituted. Cook, stirring
constantly, until it hairs from the
spoon, then stir in two cupfuls of nut
meats; stir until too stiff to pour, then
pack into a creased pan to mark off
in squares.
Walnut Creams.-TWo cupfuls of
graduated sugar, One-fOurth of a cup
full each of milk and water; boil stead
lily for five minutes, then pour out on
an unbuttered platter and while beat
ing with a fork, add vanilla. When
cool enough to handle, roll in balls
and place a walnut meat on each side.
This same cream may be used for va
riOus other candies, for filling dates
and making peppermints and winter
green waters.
Fudge That Never Fails.-Take two
cupfulS Of sugar, a half cupful of
milk, a tablespoonful of butter and
a square of chocolate, with a third of
a cupful of corn strip; cook until it
hardens in cold water; remove from
the fire, and when nearly cold stir I'M
til creamy; pour into q buttered pan
and set away to harden. Cut in
squares before it is too firm.
Honey Hermits.-Take one cupful of
butter, i II cupfuls of honey, one tea
spoonful of soda, three eggs, five
cupfuls of sifted flour, q teaspOonful
of salt, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon,
PA cupfuls each of chopped raisins
and nuts. Dissolve the soda in the
honey, warm and then add the but
ter, cream together, add beaten eggs,
salt, spice and flour, then stir in the
raisins and nuts.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
Women in Educational Positions.

Women hold many executive educa-
tional positions in the United States.
OF the $4,000 conspicuous positions.
largely of an administrative character,
? 800 are held by women. They include
college presidents, state and county
of education. directors
of industrial schools, heads of depart
mentS in colleges and universities, di-
rectors of schools for afflicted, and
librarians. Twenty-four out of 60
colleges and universities are presided
over by women. OF the nearly 5000
county superintendent, sos are wom-
en- OF the 30 institutions for the
blind 10 are directed by women.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
HOW TO TREAT DANDRUFF
itching Scalp and Falling Hair With
Cuticura. Trial Free.

On retiring touch spots of dandrufr
and itching with Cuticura Ointment
Next morning shampoo with Cuticura
Soap and hot water. A clean, healthy
scalp means good hair and freedom, in
most cases, from dandruff, itching,
burning, crustings and scalings.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuncura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold everywhere-Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
Tracing Origin of MYTHS.

In ancient Egypt was a tale of a
master who beat his slave for a fam
cied offense, only to find that the
slave had disobeyed in order to save
the masters life. This same legend
turns up in Wales with a dog as it's
hero A similar myth sprang up in
Chicago slum the other day-a story
of a "devil baby" sent to punish a IA
Their who was cruel to his wife. In
all these we read the pathetic record
of defenseless folk protecting them
selves as best they can by their wits.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
MANY Stars Hard to See.

There is a good deal of difference as
science has lately found out, in the Wis
Utility of stars and planets when view
ed through a telescope by daylight.
This varies according to the color of
the heavenly bodies. The red or ye'-
low stars are much more easily seen
than the white ones. Unless the teles-
cone is focused with the greatest ac-
curacy often an extremely bright star
will be absolutely lost against daylight
field.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
His First Close Shot at Wolf.

81 have hunted wolves as a business
for more than thirteen years, and never
he'd Il close shot at a wolf BEFORE"
SAYS Il South Dakota 'wofer" in the
National Sportsman. after confeSSing
that he. missed this one chance of
his csiret-, Though bewailing his bad
luck in this case. the hunter was con-
soled by finding seven pup wolves in
the ,Ieu from which the cunning moth
er Wolf successfully escaped.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

Many plans have been devised to
keep wood from rOtting, and the best
means has been found to be the use
of some solution on the wood to be-
protected that worms and microbes can
not digest. These pests attack wood
by the millions and soon eat away so
much of the substance that the log or
timber is ''rotten" and falling to
pieces. Creosote is common preven-
tive, and salt water also tends to ward
off the insect army.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

this season they have been bought for
21a cents a pound, cheaper than the
native potato just at this time. Wash
and dry the potatoes, place them in a
hole in d bank Of ashes, cover, and
then place a shovelful of fine Goals
over the ashes. When the potatoes are
done, serve with butter.
Fried Sweet Potatoes.-Peel and
slice the potatoes rather thick, sprinkle
with salt, then pour hot water over
them and let them stand a few min
utes before beginning to fry. Now put
them, two layers at time, in an iron
frying pan with little hot fat which
tatoes. Cover and let stand until the
potatoes begin to soften, then put them
over the direct heat with the cover off
to brown. Drain on piece of paper,
put into dripping pan and keep them
hot until ready to serve.
Sliced Potato Pie.-Line an ordinary
granite baking dish four inches deep
with a biscuit crust, bottom and sides.
Slice ordinary potatoes One-fourth of
an inch in thickness, better not too
thin, and fill the pan fairly full, on
each slice place a good-sized piece of
butter, sprinkle with graduated sugar,
and dust with nutmeg, adding few
cloves here and there. When the pan
is nearly full, fill the spaces with wa
ter, and as it settles add a little more
to barely cover the potatoes. On top
of che potatoes place the butter, place
in i moderate oven and cook until
straw will pierce the potatoes, then
remove and put on 1attfced crust,
sprinkle with sugar and nutmeg and
bake until the crust is brown. This
is favorite dish with the old-time
Southerners.
Sweet potatoes baked and pressed
through a ricer are used in steamed
pudding much as carrots are used.