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New Britain herald., 1917-01-17

once to dispatch some of Sampson's battles,hips to the Far East, and a cov- ering squad under Commodore Wat son, was made up to see them safely through the Suez Canal.
 This strategic plan was masked, however, by a great deal of inspired talk about naval attack on the coast of Spain; and though naval experts in Spain: and though naval experts in Spain, as we'll as those in America, must have realized the absurdity of this public opinion in both countries was fired by the possibility of Amer ican ships fighting in European wa ters. Camara's squadron, which was composed, in fact, of Tame ducks" and had never made very satisfactory progress toward Manila, was recalled, and Dewey was left in the certainty tht his forces were sufficient to cope with any situation. About this time, too, the protected cruiser Charleston reinforced him, conveying the first installment of the army from Cali fornia; and when the two monitors slow, but heavily armed and armored and of great value in a possible fight in the land-locked bay, came in soon afterward the Germans gave no fur ther trouble.
 Meanwhile General Merritts army was slowly gathering at Cavite, but was not in a position to attack Ma ] nila until early in August. At Dewey's l insistence the assault was put off un- 1 til it was certain that the army could | take the city without relying on the assistance of the Filipinos; but mean while the negotiations which led tc 1 the peace protocol were in progress 1 and it began to appear likely that tht war might end with Manila still il
 Spanish hands Dewey had cut tht cable that connected the island capi
 tai with Spain after his defeat of the
 Spanish squadron and in those day:
 before the wireless was in use there
 was left plenty of time to proceed
 with military operations before dis
 turbing information could arrive. So
 when Merritt was ready he attacke e6
 and Manila was captured the day the
 peace protocol was signed. That the
 United States not only wiped out
 the Spanish fleet, but had taken the
 capital of the archipelago and held clear title to it, was almost wholly the
 work of Dewey.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
Presented With House.

The New York Times in an editorial on May 13, 1899, entitled: What Shall We Do for Dewey?' suggested the raising of a fund by the newspapers of this country for the erection of a residence for the Admiral
 The project was enthusiastically ap- proved by Secretary Long and naval officers at Washington, and it was not long before a committee was formed
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
A GRADUATE
 NURSE
Why She Recommends Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
 Compound.

Chicago, 1ll.-t1 was in poor health for two years, caused by displacement,
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
, b feel
 FreshandFit

ryou must keep your stom- th well, your liver active, he bowels regular, andyour hood pure. Your physical bndition depends on the lealth of these organs.
 When anything goes wrong
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
6uSt take

few doses of Beecham's Pills Ind avoid any serious illness: k.hev are a fine corrective and |pnic for the system, and a treat help in maintaining good Aealth. A single box will
 prove the remedial value of
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
~. s. BOY SCOUT" SUIT.

The Boy Scouts Of America has no
time nor desire to interfere with any
organization which is helping boys.
All the boys In all the boys organiza-
tons in the country form only small
percentage of the boys who need d.
rection in their activities and charac-
ter development, says Scouting. There
is plenty Of room for every legitimate
and useful boys organization.
Scout officials should help to make
it clear to the public that this is not
a row between rival organizations. 1t
is an attempt to protect boys from be-
ing misled and to protect contributors
against the possibility OF having funds
intended for the support Of the gen.
uine Boy Scout movement used for
some other purpose.
The counsel Of the Boy Scouts Of
America Is former Justice Charles e.
Hughes. The Boy Scouts of America
has federal charter, and it's uniform
is safeguarded by the army reorgani-
zation law.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
MINERS PRAISE BOY SCOUTS.

Following an address by II. w.
Wester, the new executive at Birming-
ham, Ala, of the Boy Scouts Of Amer
lea, the United Mine Workers Of Ala
bama passed the following resolution ::
BE it resolved, That the convention
Of United Mine Workers union dele
gates do hereby heartily indorse the
scheme of the Boy Scouts of America
as laid down by the national headquar-
tiers Of the organization, and urge that
our members encourage their boys to
join this movement, which has for its
purpose the making Of men and for it's
creed the upbullding Of good citizen
ship, good-fellowship and pure democ-
racy."
All Of the hundreds Of thousands in
terested In the Boy Scouts will be glad
to know that the Mine Workers have
come to realize that there Is and can
be no antagonism between the ideals
Of organized labor and those Of the
Scout movement.
This change Of attitude Is revealed
In a letter which was sent to the off,
GERS and members Of the organization
from the headquarters in Indianapolis.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
Billy S Belated
Revenge
BY Alice E. Ives

Copyright, 1917. by ". @. Chapman.)
Billy could never quite understand
why he was considered bad boy. Bill
iy being at this time nine years and
eight months old had not as yet de-
veloped q keen, analytical ability in
determining moral obligations. He
thought it odd that whatever he want
ed to do was exactly the opposite of
that which Mrs. Perkins wanted him
to do; and when he ventured to make
his own choice, and do the thing he
wished, Mrs. Perkins always called
him bad boy. He failed to see Mrs.
Perkins right to invariably oblige him
to 60 contrary to his natural inclina-
lions. Doubtless good many small
boys share at this moment In Billy's
views on conduct. But some reason
able ideas as to the value Of the more
mature grounds for obedience In the
opinion of their elders have been in
stilled IN their fallow minds with love
and patience, and considerably modi-
fed their moral outlook. Little Billy
had never had this advantage.
Mrs. Perkins sent Billy to school be-
cause she would have been blamed by
her neighbors, If she had let the boy
grow up in ignorance. He was neither
exceptionally bright nor dull. but just
about the average pupil. After the big
motor car works started on the edge
Of the town, Billy's percentage in
school examinations visibly declined;
and his rating as bad boy correspond
Ingly rose. True this rating was the
work almost exclusively Of Mrs. Per-
kins; but now that he had taken to
hanging about the machine shop, and
gazing through the windows at the
wonders going on within, his studies
suffered from q divided interest. The
garden also suffered, and this together
with some doubtful reports from school
caused Mrs. Perkins to reinforce her
words with more frequent applications
Of the rod.
When Billy was little past ten
years Of age he fell into the hands Of
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
FEED DAIRY COWS ROUGHAGE
Should Be Given to Limit Of Animals
CapacItyAsoy Bean Hay is
CIassed With Alfalfa.

"Roughage should be fed to the limit
Of the dairy cows capacity" says
Prof. @. G. Hayden Of the Ohio expert
ment station. Relatively, the rough
ages, like hay and corn and slower, are
much cheaper than grains and hay
is Of unusually good quality. Rough
age, of course, should not be fed exclu-
sively, as such feeding might lead to
compaction and death even In dry cows
and heifers. Some grain Is needed in
every dairy ration"
This dairy specialist also declares:
"Choice alfalfa hay at $40 a ton is
cheaper than bran at $50. Our ex-
periments show that soy bean hay Is
In the same class as alfalfa, and clo-
yer Is third. With corn at 81 BUSH
Ell, clover hay should be worth about
$50 ton, or SIS more than 1t Is now
quoted"
Timothy hay Is recommended for
milking cows only In small quantities
to replace such grains as corn and
hominy. Leguminous roughages have
proved far superior in numerous ex-
periments to timothy for cows in
milk
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
SCOUTS LEARN LIES FIGHT

Every parent who has been con-
demned by his offspring to read out
long disquisitions from 1.-THE Swiss
Family Robinson" on the simple and
satisfactory pastime of being cast away
Is entitled to grim appreciation of
the tale of the lost souls of Cliperton
island. These poor Mexicans did not
find life on lonely strand as gay and
comfortable as did those marvellous
Swiss, says an editorial In the New
York Tribune.
Set face to face with nature, unas-
sisted by any tools Of civilization, they
failed to make a living, quite as you
and l would probably fail. Most Of
them died Of scurvy or starvation.
Given paradise, precious few mod
erns could do more than skimp along.
We are highly educated by comparison
with less learned centuries, but not
educated at all in the raw business Of
squeezing life out of reluctant Moth
er Nature. The farmers boy would
do better than some on a desert is
land. The plainsman would do best
Of all. Most of us would die of starva-
ton before we could remember how to
make a fire with sticks or invent
fishline or plant last peck Of pota-
toes so they would grow.
The Boy Scouts are putting some
rudimentary sense back into coming
generations. Perhaps, also, universal
military training may help. All mod
ern education is based on the notion
that actual contact with the hard facts
Of life has been neglected and is both
interesting and useful. A little prac-
teal training in how to wrestle with
the world with bare hands would be
equally good for both hands and souls.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
SUPERIOR RATION FOR SWINE
Pigs Fatsening More Rapidly on Pea
Ration Than on Any Other at
Washington Station.
(By FRED SCHROEDER)

(By FRED SCHROEDER)
Experiments being conducted on the
Washington state college farm with q
pea ration for pigs shows that the
hogs are fattening more quickly than
on other standard rations. Fifty hogs
are being used In the experiment be-
Ing conducted by Benton M. Bangs,
whose work In supervising the expert
ment will entitle him to masters de-
gree in agriculture.
The animals are divided into four
lots, and are being fed as follows: Lot
1, barley 60 per cent, shorts 80 per
cent and oil meal 10 per cent; lot 2,
peas go per cent, shorts 80 per cent,
tankage 10 per cent; lot 3, peas 60
per cent, shorts 80 per cent, oil meal
10 per cent; lot 4, barley 80 per cent,
shorts 80 per cent, tankage 10 per
cent.
Lot 2, handled, is showing the best
results, with lot 8 second, both being
a major ration Of cleanings or cracked
peas. The hogs are being weighed
every week, the experiment being con-
Quoted over a period Of eight weeks,
being now in the last week.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
TABLET HARD TO SWALLOW
Physician Has Provided Safeguard
Against Accidental Poisoning by
Bichlorlde Of Mercury,

At the annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Pharmaceutical association, Louis
Spencer Levy described "safe bichlo.
ride tablet" The user is safeguarded
against mistaking 1t for a headache
tablet, probably the most frequent mis-
take, by the addition to the ingredients
Of about l per cent Of pungent oils,
such as capsicum or mustard. and by
shaping the tablet so that it is prac-
hcally impossible to swallow.
Regarding the latter form Of protec-
ton the author says: Every few per-
sons find much difficulty In swallow
Ing pieces Of food of considerable size,
but anything Of rodlike shape, about
TX inches long, cannot be swallowed
without great difficulty, If at all, even
with water. I have, therefore, de-
signed tablet Of this length, about
one-fourth inch wide and about one
eighth inch thick, weighing about 1.0
grammes. If you try to swallow any
thing this shape, you will get the sur
prise of your life."
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
PLAN FOR CONVENIENT BARN
Nc Better Way to Keep Young AMI.
mails Than to Provide Pens in
Which They Can Run Loose.

By C. G. HAYDEN, Ohio Experiment
StatioR)
There is no better way to keep
calves or yearlings than to provide
pens In which they can run loose in
small groups. Managers and stanchions
should be provided along one side Of
the pens, in which the calves can be
fastened while eating.
The accompanying sketch shows
simple yet convenient plan. The d.
mansions are 30 by 40 feet. A space
10 feet wide is taken across one end
to be used as feed room. The re-
mainder is divided into four pens, two
on either side, each IL by IA feet. A
feed alley 5 feet wide runs through
the manger with six stanchions to q
pen.
The stanchions as shown are two
feet apart which is sufficient for even
yearling II fastened only while eat
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Weary Eyes Staring Uncomprehend-
inaIy at Him.

a new teacher. She was a CHEEKY,
pleasant faced young woman who
smiled easily, and the little chap began
to have an odd ambition to call forth
one Of those smiles exclusively for
himself.
Miss Terry, the teacher, one day
read the children story about a boy
who was determined to be president
Of college, and how he persisted in
his ambition till he achieved it. Then
she said the children might ask any
question they wished. Billy's hand i'm
mediately came up, and Miss Terry
nodded.
Suppose boy wants to make mo-
tor cars, had he orter-"
"You mean" she corrected, fought
he to make motor cars?"
eyes," assented Billy.
"Of course he ought to. But he must
begin right down at the bottom, and
learn first to make little bits of the
machine no larger than that" and she
measured an inch with her fingers.
"But when folks won't let him"
demurred Billy.
"Folks?" queried the teacher rather
mystifed. do you mean his family 2"
It was Billy's turn to be slightly en-
barrassed. He did not mean a family.
BE meant Mrs. Perkins, but he felt it
would be rather personal to mention her
name. The teacher was pausing and
waiting for him to answer, so 1t was
incumbent on him to say something.
q mean just folks" he said.
II don't think" she said, not yet
compromising the boy, "that Just
folks If they are not ones immediate
family ought to bear any weight In G.
boys choice Of his life work, that is
supposing 1t is something useful. and
machinery is Of great use to the world,
besides one ought to do the thing he
loves to do. If he does not he will not
do 1t WELL"
"Then why don't folks let boy do
what he likesw asked Billy.
Because he Is not wise enough yet
to know what is good for him. He has
to grow up" Their she laughed and
added: "Some people are not grown
up when they are seventy"
Billy pondered this new aspect Of
things In his mind. II it really was
right to do what you liked, then it was
not wrong to want to make machinery.
AS for waiting till he grew up, that
was too dreary a prospect to be toler-
ated. He would defy Mrs. Perkins,
and begin his life work. He went to
the machine shop, and edged into the
busy place unobseryed. But when he
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
DEMAND FOR PORK is SHARP
Farmer Who Does Not Raise Hogs Is
Losing Chance to Expand Profit
able Phase of Farming.

Disease, such as cholera, has been
taking a smaller toll the past season
than In recent years; more purebred
and high-grade hogs are available than
ever before; prices Of hogs are now
past the 16-cent level; demand for pork
for home consumption and for export
Is keen. All Of which means that the
farmer who does not raise hogs is los
ing chance to increase the supply Of
pork and thus serve the country and
at the same time expand a profitable
phase of farming.-United States De-
partment Of Agriculture.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24

hog house with % narrowing pens we
made the one shown in the cut after
considerable thought, writes F. @.
Schroeder in Wisconsin Agriculturist.
The troughs were built of concrete.
The doors, sides and tops were made
OF home-sawed, well-seasoned one-inch
red elm lumber. The by As were hem
lock. Elm lumber will withstand very
much abuse and Is excellent for such
purposes.
Lever A is 3-16-inch by 1A-inch iron,
the length being governed by the
width Of the door. An offset in the
lever makes 1t easier to operate. The
distance between bolts M and N is
inches, the bolts heads being counter
sunk to prevent friction on the door.
O and are as-inch round rods fiat
tened where bolted on the lever at M
and N and are held in place by clamps
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24

ing. The width OF the Manager, the
spacing of the stanchions and height
of the stanchions can be varied in diff
ferent pens to suit sizes Of calves.
The partitions between the pens
should be about four feet high and a
gate provided so that both pens can
be thrown together. Gates can be
placed at each end Of the managers,
giving easy access to all pens from
the feed alley. The stanchions, parti-
lions and gates may be made of by +
inch stuff.
Ventilation should be provided the
same as in any dairy barn.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
Highly Satisfactory Feeder.

e and p. Clamp D keeps A firmly in
position when operated. In four years
time we have experienced no trouble
and to all appearances will last life
time.
We constructed the troughs the same
on the pen side as shown In the Illus
tratlOn, SO that when feeding we could
lock them back. The weight Of the
hogs on the doors did not injure the
latches nor were they able to open
them. The work was done by q black
smith, but could be done at home II
supplied with forge and tools.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
AIice's Bluff.

The other day my little niece, Alice,
and her playmate, Helen, were playing
IN Helen'S barn. Alice asked Helen If
there were any llice in the barn and
Helen replied that she did not know.
Then Alice called, ''Here kitty, kitty"
But you haven't any Kitten" said
Helen.
NO." replied Alice, ''but If there are
hear me calling kitty."-Chicago Tri-
bune.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
AMONG THE SCOUTS.

Omaha (Neb.) Boy Scouts visited
10000 houses and collected $4,000 In
Red Cross campaign.
Comfort bags to the number OF liz
were made by the Providence Or. H.
Boy Scouts for the members Of the
coast artillery.
In the recent Liberty loan bond cam
paign Boy Scout Troop No. Sc of Cleve-
land, O., visited over 5000 homes and
collected $1,0O9,35O in subscriptions.
There are 48 Scouts in the troop, and
40 took part in the campaign.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
SCOUTS GOOD VETERANS.

When the f1fty-frst annual state
Of the Grand Army Of the
Republic, Department Of Wisconsin,
was held in Kenosha, Wis, not train
entered the city, not meeting was
held nor an entertainment given with
out Boy Scouts being on hand to rem
der any necessary service.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
They Come Hloh.

A North Vernon youngster had sew
eral clerks in local grocery guessing
the other day when she called for
quarters worth of hypocrites. Later 1t
was learned that she wished 25 cents
worth Of apricots.-Indianapolis News.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
SCOUT BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS

The soldiers who are guarding the
bridges and other public utilities
throughout the country would undoubt-
eddy be glad to receive through Scout
troops magazines whose first readers
have no further use for them.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24

The WatertOwn News will be
pleased to receive all items of in
terest to Its readers. Phone 80
or send by mail, or reporter will
call Ii notified. We wish to make
the News a strictly home news
paper, containing all that is of
interest to the people of Water
town, and our people can mater
tally assist by notifying the office :
selves or their friends.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
FEED TROUGHS OF CONCRETE
Doors, Sides and Tops OF Device Illus
trated Were Constructed Of Red
Elm Lumber.

My earliest recollections Of hog
feeding remind me of the unsatisfac-
tory locks provided on the doors of
bog -troughs. When we built new
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
WHOLESALE
GASOLINE FILLING STATION
Clean Spark Plugs and easy starting
GA MAIN ST.
DObriCk s. PetrO
He Had No Idea.

Patients Wife-'Do you think my
husband can stand an operation?"
Doctor (absently)-"My dear madam,
you know his financial affairs better
than l do."-Puck.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL
East

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL
East.
Pass. No. 2, aily-----------2:39 a. m.
"Pass. No. Sc, daily--------3:17 a. m.
Pass. No. 4, :09 a. m.
Pass. No 80, except Sunday-6:O3 a. m.
Pass. No. "a. daily-------7:03 a. M
Pass. No. 16, aily--------7:54 q. m.
Pass No. 10, except Sunday-9:19 a. m.
Pass. No. 46, except Sunday 1920 p. m.
Pass. No. Is, daily----------5:06 p. m.
Pass. No. 6, daily-----------5:39 p. m.
Pass. No. 40, Sundays only--5:20 p. M
Pass. No. IA, except Sunday -6:55 p. m
West.
sPass. Nc. Is, 80 a. m.
Pass. No. 55, aily----------5:55 a. m.
Pass. No. 5, daily----------12:01p p. m.
Pass. No. II, daily-----1:4S p. NJ
Pass. No. %, except Sunday-6:45 p. M
Pass. No. Al, Sunday only--10:02 a. NJ
Pass. No. l, daily-----.--10:15 p. M
Pass. No. 101, daily-----11:38 p. m.
Train No. 40 arrives from Milwau
kee at 2:55 p. M. Saturday and Sunday
only
Train Nc. A leaves Watertown for
the east at 1850 p. m. Saturday and
Sunday only.
Train No. SO arrives from Milwau-
kee and departs for Madison at $50
a. m. except Sunday.
Train No. 410 arrives from Madison
at 9:19 a. NJ, except Sunday.
Train No. arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at 3:11 p. m.
daily except Sunday.
Train No. % arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at 6:45 p. m.
except Sunday.
Train No. 81 arrives from the east
at 5:55 p. N. daily except Sunday.
Train No. SO arrives from the east
at 1850 p. 10. daily.
Sunday excursion train arrives from
Milwaukee at 1902 a. m. and goes
through to Madison, returning at $40
p. m.
Train leaves for the east at 1850 p.
~, Sundays only
+These trains stop at Watertown
Junction only.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN.
South.

GAINESVILLE passenger 7:15 p. m.
500 a. m. train makes close con-
nections for the west at Jefferson
junction and also for Milwaukee.
Both HOS a. m. and 7:15 p. m.
trains make close connections at JET
ferson Junction for Madison and all
points west.
North.
"Green Bay passenger------7:65 a. M,
Green Bay, Sundays only----S:1O a. m.
Screen Bay passenger------2:43 p. M
sNorthern Michigan p. m.
Rockford passenger arrives at Wa
tertown at $40 a. m. and goes no
farther
The 1855 a. m. train makes connec-
ton at Clyman Junction for trains
east.
The 1870 train south makes cOnnec-
lions at Jefferson Junction for points
east.
A train goes west from Clyman
Junction at 4:45 p. "a.
*These trains leave daily except
Sunday.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
WOVEN WIRE SHEEP FENCE
Two or Three Additional Strands at
Bottom Of Barb-Wire Fence is
All That Is Needed.

Woven wire makes an ideal sheep
fence, but If you have a good, three
strand barb-wire fence, such as every
one should have who keeps cattle and
desires 10 be on good terms with his
neighbor, all that is needed Is two or
three additional wires at the bottom,
and you have a good sheep fence.