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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12

Then q sort of crisis seemed to come.
He must do it or die. He rushed out
into the street and grabbed that cow
by the horns and prevented tragedy.
The cow tossed her head and lifted
Phineas clear of the ground. She
swung her head to and fro and swung
him with 1t, and In one of her swings,
house, she fell down and her owner
came up and recovered his rope.
Phineas wasn't much the worse for
his hero work. He was gone almost be-
fore the good-looking girl had real
lied her danger and recovered from
her fright. A small crowd gathered
and she was conducted across the
street, and every one had a word of
praise for the daring young man who
had seized the opportunity as well as
the COW. Phineas hurried down to his
shop, and he sat down to commune
ghost rise up before him. Although
he hadn't been in society much, he
knew the rules Of good breeding. He
had saved that girls life and he must
call upon her to talk the matter over.
If he didn't call she must think him a
boor.
It haunted him all day, and when he
went home at night he went by light
ed Street. He told his mother as soon
as he got in the house that he had
been feeling strange all day and
thought he would go to doctor. The
old lady was looking for something
like this, and she told him straight out
that he must make that call. Phineas
could not get out of it. He delayed
and delayed, and he went over to the
girls house like a murderer walking
to the electric chair. He made all
ready to run and then rang the door
bell. In half minute the door was
opened and there stood the girl her
self. She had smile on her face, and
she reached out well-shaped arm and
a soft hand and babe him enter. She
did all the talking for the first five
minutes. She thanked him again and
again, and praised his courage and
strength, and, before he knew what he
was doing, the bashful man was talk
ing. He went over there to make a
call, and he ended it by making visit,
and going home very jubilant to say to
his mother:
"Why, was there full hour, moth
er, and never tainted away oncel I
almost hope shall see her every morn
ing as pass along"
Phineas did see her good many
mornings. 1t took him about eight
months to peel off his bashfulness, and
the mother lived to see her son secure
what makes home and happiness.
Copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
INDOOR FAIR
will Be Held At the Turner N0yem
Der 1922.

The st. Pauls second annual indoor
air will be held in Turner Opera
louse November 10 to %. Elaborate
preparations are under way to make
t larger and better than the fair OF
asst year.
Articles of every description are be-
ng made and will be on sale at the
he different booths.
The free attractions will also be of
interest both for relaxation and OF
educational interest. Arrangements
or outside talent have been made
Two vaudeville teams will be here
rom Chicago to entertain both after
loon and evening. There will be in
lustrial exhibits and lectures under
he auspices of the the University OF
Wisconsin extension division. The
air will close with a big community
night on Thursday with many unique
features.
That it will be one Of the largest
and most interesting events of this
eason is assured both as 20 amuse-
ment and educational side of the fair
Jitney dances will also occupy the
program as they proved to be very
popular with the young people last
year.
Last but not least, one important
announcement with others to follow
the admission price will remain the
anne.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
HOW UNCLE SAM PAYS
FOR SOLDIERS DEPENDENTS

In case of the death or disability of
soldier in line of duty, the United
States government will pay compen-
sation monthly to his dependents.
For widow alone, SIS.
For a widow and one child, $35.
For widow and two children,
S475O, with SIS for each additional
child up to a
If there be no widow, then for one
child, $40
For two children, $50.
For three children, $40, with SIS for
each additional child up 10 2
For a widowed mother, $50. The
shall not be greater than a sum which,
when added to the total amount pay
able to the widow and children, does
not exceed SIS.
Compensation to a widow CT wild
owed mother shall continue until
death or remarriage.
Compensation to child shall
cease at the age of 10, Or at marriage,
unless the child is incompetent.
The United States shall pay burial
expenses not to exceed $100.
During the continuance of total dis
| ability, monthly compensation shall
be paid to the injured person.
If he has neither wife nor child
living, $50.
If he has wife but no child liv-
ing, s45.
If he has a wife and one child liv-
ing, $50.
If he has no wife and two children
| living, s65.
If he has a wife and three or more
children living, SIS.
If he has no wife but one child
living, $40, with sic for each addi-
tional child up to two
If he has a widowed mother de-
pendent upon him for support, then,
in addition to the above amounts, $40.
To an injured person who is totally
disabled and in addition so helpless
as to be in constant need Of a nurse or
attendant, such additional sum shall
be paid, but not exceeding $40 per
month, as the director may deem
| reasonable.
For certain specified conditions, or
| if the injured person is permanently
| bedridden, 500 monthly compensa-
ton is provided. But no allowance for
a nurse shall be made.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
Daily Optimistic THOUGH

The post of honor is the private sta.
ION in life.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
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!. !. IN DESPERATION 5
BY c. 3. LEWIS.


Phineas Talbot was bashful as
baby. If any neighboring woman came
in and lifted him up, he cried because
he could not hide his face. He was
bashful as boy. When he attended
school nothing SO gave him the fidgets
as to have his teacher call him or q
pretty girl smile at him. AS youth
he was still more bashful. His mother
had to coax and bride him to get him
to go on an errand to the store. If a
girl came to the Talbot house, away
went Phineas on the run.
Phineas grew to bashful manhood.
He learned piano making, and, in time,
he opened little agency. It was al
most torture to have two Or three
young ladies enter his place and begin
to talk music to him. BaShfulness hurt
his business, and men often talked to
him about it, but he was born to blush
and stammer. He might kick himself'a
dozen times day, but it would do no
good.
There was something in store for
Phineas, and the perspiratiOn stood on
his brow at the mere thought Of it. He
lived with his mother and lived very
contentedly, but she was old and grow
ing older, and the day would come
when he would have to set up a home
for himself. A single man, bashful or
not, cannot make home for himself.
He has got to have a wife to do it.
Great heavens! Phineas had got to
ask some woman to be his wife, and
how was he ever to get through with
it without being made a cripple for
lifel
Every morning when he went to his
place Of business he passed house
where there was good-looking girl.
Sometimes she sat in the window view
ing the street and sometimes she was
working among the flowers in the front
yard. OF course she never smiled at
him, and of course he took one look
AID then looked away.
On a certain summer morning the
unknown maiden ran across the street
bareheaded to speak to young lady
of her acquaintance. Just then Phtneas
Talbot came along. Just then, as well,
a man came along leading a COW.
Every sight was new sight with her.
She missed the blackberry bushes and
bullthistles growing in the pasture.
She was nervous. She was perturbed.
Presently she grew excited and afraid.
All at once that cow concluded that
she would return home before some
thing awful happened. She started on
her return down the street just as the
good-lceking girl started across the
street for her home. She made for the
girl with a below and her head held
low down. There was scream Of ter
ror-other screams from pedestrians,
and Phineas Talbot had jumped two
feet high. He saw and realized every
thing in a moment. 1t was his duty to
60 to that girls rescue. Bashfulness
chained his feet for. half q minute,
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
The Program.

st. Marks Orchestra
Song
School Children
Rev. J. KlingInann
Songs
BY Former and Present Choir Mem
bers
Address and Presentation of Gift
Emil Kaercher, for School Board
Congratulations "
A. Schauer, Teachers Conference
Presentation of gift by local teach
ers' conference --
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12

A million and quarter horses and
mules have been exported for war pur-
poses since the fall of 1914
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
Death to Apple Worm.

The apple worms mamma, from
whose eggs the destructive larvae de-
velop, Is the coddling moth. One cure
for the mischief is to spray the trees
with arsenical or other mineral poi
sons. The worms eat the poisoned
leaves and die. Thanks to this treat
ment, the choice grades Of apples now
adays come to market in perfect condi-
ton, with no wormholes and no worms.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
Conference a Success.

SC. MARK orchestra
Luncheon was served by the ladies
of the church.
Conference a Success.
The two days teachers conference
held in St. Marks school hall Thurs
and Friday by the Wisconsin Luther
an synod was success from every
standpoint
Prof. H. Eggerbrecht of Milwaukee
was named president for the ensuing
year, and ~E. Schneider of Green Bay
was reappointed secretary.
The next conference will be held in
Oconomowoc in 1918. A resolution was
adopted whereby the work to be taken
up next year would be of a more
theoretical character than heretofore.
The topic, standards of Judging a
Recitation" was of great interest to
the conference. The paper read
showed that the conference keeps up
with the world. The main idea Of the
treatise was that it should arouse the
initiative and self activity in the pupil.
1t showed where more benefit would
accrue in the vital ranches of school
work if the child were led to become
more active and the teacher more pas
sive.
A number Of practical lessons were
given by members of the conference
to the pupils of st. Marks after which
they were criticized by conference
members.
Another paper that was commented
on was the influence of the Refor1na-
ton in the work of schools. The pa
per showed how Luther was the
founder of public schools. 1t also
showed the formation of a christian
character in a Luther school and how
the shoolmaster must lead the child
into the right channels so that q good
christian character will be formed.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
Rev. ]. Klingmann

ST. Marks Orchestra
Luncheon was served by the ladies
of the church.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
Visit the Bows at Waco,

Low fares in effect on the first and
third Tuesday of each month Slight
ly higher winter tourists fares in eff
feet daily via the Chicago & North
Western Ry.
For train schedules and full partic-
ulars apply to ticket agents. 2tw-8t
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
GOSLINGS PENNANT HERE.
Now AdOrns Wall In "Pete" KrOnitz
Cafe.

The 1917 pennant of the Central
Wisconsin league is now in possession
OF the Costing team, having been re
cefved day or two ago by Manager
Pete Kronitz, and it may be viewed
in his cafe where it occupies a prom
lnent place on the wall. The pennant
is large one and bears the inscrip-
ton 1917 Champion Central State
League"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
Where FEELINGS Count.

"AIl great discoveries are made by
men whose feelings run ahead of their
thinkings. Charles H. Parkhurst.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12

You can have the union label on
Job printing promptly and neatly
executed at the News office. The
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12

You can have the union label on
your pruning at the News office.
The Holbrook news., 1917-01-19
Supervisors Proceedings
Continuation of Meeting Dec. 30, 1916.)


 The Supervisors correct the minutes Board of the meetings held November 9th and h 196 show that the following resolution is part thereof tO-wit
 Thereupon Supervisor C. CeswelI the adoption of the following resolution and order.
 Whereas Pursuant Board Supervisors of Navajo County Arizona made and entered of record the 2d day of October D. 1916 notice of sale of school bonds school district Mo- Is of Navajo County Arizona duly published and for the time required by the of and
 Whereas Pursuant published were re- eved before o'clock A. M of Monday the 9th day November A. D. 1916; and
 Whereas the time and place in said of sale of bond this board has the bids received for said $ school bonds said bonds Brothers Denver Colorado who and the highest and best responsible bd der for said bonds,
 Now Therefore by reason of the premises it is hereby re- ordered and directed that accordance with prov of said board adopted the 2nd day A there executed issued delivered said Keeer bonds of school district Mo- Is of Navajo County Arizona the aggregate principal of five thousand dollars @ OOO consisting five bonds numbered from inclusive denomination of thousand dollars @ 0 each said bonds being dated November s 1916 and due and payable seray follows:
 Bond No. and payable November 1st 1921
 Bond No. 2 due and payable November 1st 1926.
 Bond No. s due and payable November 1st 1881.
 Bonds Nos 4 and due and payable November 1st 1886 bearing interest at the @ per annum payable annually said bonds being issued the purpose raising funds for the purchase of school e erection of school building and the supplying same with necessary furniture equipment and fixtures district 16 of Navajo County Arizona.
 Approved the 9th day of November, A. D. 1916
 R. C. CreSWel, (SeaD Chairman, Board of Supervisors Attest: Dee M, Moss,
 Clerk, Board of Supervisors
 Thereupon Supervisor Geo. w. Hennessey ton for adoption of the foregoing resolution upon question being the roll called and the follows:
 Those voting
 Chairman: R. c. CresweI,
 Member: Geo. w. Hennessey,
 Member.
 Those voting None
 being further business before the the same thereupon adjourned
 Approved this 30th day of December A. D. 1916.
 R. C. Creswel Attest: M Moss. Chairman, Board of Supervisors
 Clerk Board of Supervisors
The Holbrook news., 1917-01-19
LanquaQe.

He had just been graduated from a northern university and could quote Caesar, in the original, as authority for the statement that all Gaul is di- vided into three parts, but he had not studied local idioms and peculiarities of speech in West Virginia, where ne got his first job as a handy man in big peach orchard. While he was carting a barrel of liquid chemicals for spraying trees, his team of mules run away. The spray mixture spattered over him, his feet were soaked in the stuff, and he was hanging on for dear life to the footboard of the cart, when a country boy yelled to him: Put on your rubbers! Put on your rubbers." "Oh, go to -i" shouted the Har- yard man. He thought the boy was trying to have fun with him. How could he know that throughout that countryside rubber" was technical for brake?
The Holbrook news., 1917-01-19
The Way 1t Goes.

While a boy is a boy he IS ruled by a certain philosophy. Many of the things ne sees around him are absO- lutely beyond his comprehension The ways of humanity are past finding out A boy cannot possibly understand them; so why wreck his intellect in trying? After he has reached man hoods estate and has shuffled along therein to where gray hairs and bald ness are fighting for the possession of his head, he again reaches the con clusion that the ways of humanity are past finding out, and such being the case it is not worth while to waste any more time trying to do so.
The Holbrook news., 1917-01-19
IceIand,s PoIicenan.

There is one country in the world. and probably only one. which gets along with a single policeman-that is Iceland. Iceland is peopled by the de- scendants of the Vikings including many famous warriors and heroes. but they are so law-abiding that they have no need of policemen. The solitary oficer-in spite of his great responsi- bility-has a very easy time. He is maintained more for ornament and dignity than for use. The Iceianders think it would not do to have Q capi- tai without policeman, and so they keep one. The police force is large In one sense. Its member is six feet high, broad-shouldered and handsome ly uniformed
The Holbrook news., 1917-01-19
The weasel and the Mice.

A Weasel, inactive from age and in. firmities, was not able to catch mice as he once did. lie therefore rolled himself in flour and lay down ill a dark corner. A Mouse, suppOsing him to be food, leapt upon him, and, being instantly caught, was squeezed to death. Another perished in a similar manner and then third, and still oth- CTS after them. A very old Mouse, who had escaped full many a trap and snare, observing from a safe distance the trick of his crafty foe, said, "Ah! you that lie there, may you prosper just in the same proportion as you are what you pretend co be!"-From Ae- sop's Fables.
The Holbrook news., 1917-01-19
Nenlected Duty.

There is one duty that human be- ings conspicuously neglect. It is a tremendously important duty. And it is also, for most human beings, the most attractive duty in the world. Nevertheless, in spite of it's attract iveness and it's importance, it is sell dom spoken of. There are millions of people who don't recognize it as a duty. So they neglect to strive for 1t. Then they wonder why they have not achieved the duty. Sometimes they complain, bitterly. Occasionally, by a chance, they do achieve the duty with out recognizing it as a duty Then they neglect it, and they suffer for the rest of their lives. Surely you know what the duty is. 1t is simply the duty of Icing happy.-New York Tel egram.
The Holbrook news., 1917-01-19
Untidiness Rewarded.

Untidiness' as well as neatness has it's rewards. A literary man the Oth- CT day married the woman he made his wife, according to the Pittsburgh Dispatch, because he happened one day to get a peep at her top bureau drawer. That can hardly be possi- ble,' said a woman who knew the bride: T have seen her top bureau drawer myself, and since top bureau drawers were invented there never was such topsy-turvey drawer as she kept Yes, but that is why he mar ried her." said the other. He felt convinced that a woman who kept her own things in such state of glorious confusion would not make his life mis- erable by trying to straighten up his desk
The Holbrook news., 1917-01-19
Explaining pandruff.

Anybody who wants to know what dandruff is can memorize this little statement: Tt is a disease of the sebaceous glands which open into the hair follicles and secrete an oily sub stance, and dandruff results when the glands become infected and commence to exude an infammatory substance into the follicles to such an extent that it dries into flakes" Makes badness seem unimportant.
The Holbrook news., 1917-01-19
How's This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, O. We, the undersigned. have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years. and believe transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm.
 Toledo, O. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mu- cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
The Holbrook news., 1917-01-19
Soon OUer His Cold

Everyone speaks well of Cham berlain's cough remedy after having used it. Mrs. George Lewis, Pittsfeld. N. Y, has this to say regarding it: Last win ter my little boy. five years, was sick with cold for two or three weeks. doctored him and used various cough medicines but mo- thing did him much good until l began using Chamberlain's cough remedy. He then improved rapidly and in a few days was oyer his cold. "-Adv.
The Holbrook news., 1917-01-19
ookad on Hiro se Mpikeru

Looked on Him as "Piker."
 '22Jo, don't speak to him." seid the convicted banknote counterfeiter. He's hardly in our set. He's in here for making bogus nickels.'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-20
ELvAsToN, ILL.

While the soil is in very good con
dition to work and farmers are all
busy blowing corn, the weather is
rather cool for growing crops. We
had light frost Saturday morning
but not enough to kill anything and ii
has been nice and cool, for June, since
Farmers say this is just the kind OF
weather to make good oats crop and
they are looking fine. Meadows, too,
are looking well. Timothy just begin.
ming to head.
Miss Harriet Lillis visited friends
in Keokuk last week.
Miss Catherine Campbell is still
wearing sling for her broken arm,
but will soon be all right again.
Two fine loads of hogs were shipped
from here Tuesday by Garard & Bal
don. Fourteen fifty, the price.
Mrs. T. w. w. Daw Of Wayland, Mo.
was visiting with her daughter. Mrs.
Frank Horney and other friends here
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. c. Garard and son
Chester visited last week with friends
in and around Basco. We are glad to
report that Mrs. Garard is much i'm
proved in health.
We are glad to report to the public
that our town now is free from the aw-
full mud hole on Main street and they
can go straight through town without
being stuck.
Lewis Lively is no better at this
time.
Rev. Stovall of the Baptist church
preached Sunday at Warsaw and re-
ports three additions to his little flock
there and will have baptismal serv-
ices the first Sunday in July.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Garvey visited
their son John at Jacksonville from
Saturday until Monday
The Presbyterian Sunday school
rendered their children's day program
Sunday evening to crowded house.
A collection was taken to be sent to
the starving Armenians.
The annual melting of the Prairie
Township Sunday School association
will be held. at the Presbyterian
church next Sunday, June "a, after.
noon and evening. Program is as
follows:
AFTERNOON SESSION.
2:3O-Devotional exercises-Mrs. H.
l.. Campbell
2:45-"The Boy'-Rev. E. L. stovall
5-Questions-Mrs Paul Mar
shall. Primary worls-Mrs. e. L. Sto-
vail.
Discussion.
3:30-Round table, led by Thos.
Garvey.
3:45-Business meeting-Report OF
officers. Appointment of nominating
committee.
EVENING SESSION.
S:0O-Devotional service-Mrs. Sto-
vsll.
Report Of nominating committee and
S:15-Address, Fathers Place in
the Sunday School''-Judge G. A.
James, vice president of County Sun
dav School association.
The Woman's Baptist Missionary So
ciety met with Mrs. Ellen Fisher last
Wednesday afternoon.