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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-10

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., one who has
had experience in selling high grade
coats and suits. Apply at osgoods
10-9.2t-2943
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WANTED = Trimmer in MiIiineryI
Dept, Apply Osgood's. 10.9.2t.2944
WANTED - Assistant milliner, one
who is good maker. Apply os.
goods. 1O.9.2t.oea5
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WANTED

~. r1T@>>N|7so-r-o-@-N-~
WANTED-5000 old feather beds,
Highest cash prices paid. Mail or.
ders PROMPTLY attended to. Write
Pullman Feather Company, P. O. Box
2171. West Virginian. S.3l.tf.2771
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T7.os5

'Ex-div. xcash.
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HELP WANTED-FEMALE

WANTED Lady for Hotel clerk. One
that has some experience in type.
writing and bookkeeping. Bartlett
Hotel, Warrington, W. Va.
10.62tpooo
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03

stituents Of milk and unless the ration
supplies these minerals in abundance
there canuot be be heavy flow, says
the Kansas Farmer. Experiments have
been conducted that show conclusively
that mineral matter has a most i'm
portant place in milk production. Il is
possible also that failure to breed
may at times result from lack Of
minerals IN the feed
The Kansas dairyman Is especially
fortunate because alfalfa supplies
plenty of ash material and COWS fed
alfalfa will seldom lack for mineral
matter in their ration.
I Very heavy producing cows, however,
cannot digest enough mineral matter
to keen up the maximum milk flow. so
in order TO get full flow of milk from
cows of such large capacity it is neces-
sary that a reserve be stored 1t is pos
sible for the animal to do this Just as
it Is possible to lay up a store of fat
to be used later. A heavy producing
cow will actually transfer mineral mat
ter from the bones of her body to be
used in making milk. 1t is thus highly
important that milk COWS be fed such
feed during the dry period as will build
up the mineral part of the body.
Nearly all grains are deficient in lime
and other minerals. Feeds richest In
mineral are the legumes = alfalfa,
clover or cowpeas. We habitually
think Of these as imDOrtont sourceS of
Protein. but they are none the less i'm
portant sources of mineral matter. aud
this can be accumulated and stored in
the body. Protein cannot be so stored
Any In excess Of immediate require.
ments is wasted.
The important point is that the dry
cow Of large capacity must not be fed
too cheap a ration. Corn fodder, silage,
straw and other cheap feeds commonly
used In maintenance ratiOns cannot
build up the animals reserve of min
eral matter during the resting period
For this reason COWS of large capacity
should be fed ratiOns that will supply
them plenty of mineral matter during
the dry period Unless some reserve
Is stored they may not produce sp to
their maximum capacity when they
freshen.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03

1t Is Steam, Not Water, the Cetacean
Spouts Into the Air

Spouts Into the Air
Since whale breathes air when il is
below the surface the breath must be
held, for if water should be taken into
the lungs the animal would drown.
thus as soon as a cetacean comes TO
the surface its breath is expelled and
fresh supply inhaled before it again
goes down.
The breath which has been held i'm
the lungs for considerable time under
pressure is highly heated, and as it is
forcibly expelled into the colder outer
air it condenSeS, forming a column of
steam. a similar effect may be pro-
duced by any person if on a frosty
morning the breath is suddenly blown
from the mouth.
. That whales spout ont of the blow
holes water which has been taken in
through the mouth is probably more
widely believed than any other popular
misconceptions. As a matter of fact.
such performance would be impossi
bic, because a whales noStrils do not
open into the back of the mouth. as do
those of a man, and the animal is not
able to breathe through its mouth" as
can ordinary land mammals. i Row
Chapman Andrews in New York indie
pendent
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
VALUE OF BoRIc ACID.
tss Use M DiainfectAnt and rs n
Healing Remedy.

A physician writes to Farm and
F1reside saying that the very best
disinfectant known to science does not
seem to be known to some people at
all.
II aHude TO boric acid or as some PEG
pie call it, boracic acid. 1t is exceed
ngly efficient safe and economical,
1t is a white powder and makes the
best dressing for wounds that modern
doctors have ever discovered.
I'm using peroxide or hydrogen 1t is
always necessary to remember that
while it is disinfectant it Is not a
healing remedy at all, as it is acid in
reaction and stimulating rather than
healing to wounds.
"Boric acid is mild and safe in its
action, promotes rapid healing Of
wounds, can be used as dressing
powder or dissolved in water as a
cleansing solution. Boric acid in solu-
ton makes an excellent garGle for sore
mouths or lotion for sore eyes, and
as it is not at oil expensive a pound
box of it should form part of the do
nestle supplies of every family.
Always remember that boric acid is
nonpoisonous in any ordinary quantity
usually used, while bichloride of mer-
curry and carbolic acid are exceedingly
poisonous -"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
why Eiephants Fear Mics.

II seems almost Incredible that so
small and harmless an animal as q
mouse Is able to friglteD IN elephant
almost out Of his senses. yet one little
mouse in the hay on which they are
feeding will stampede an entire herd.
In the elephants native land there
are little animals known as chacanas.
whieh feed on small soar berry of
which elephants are very fond.
They live In settlements, something
after the manner of prairie dogs, IN
der the berry bushes, and sometimes,
when feeding. the elephants trample
upon the little towns, and the chaca-
mas II their fright frequently run up
the tubes of the elephants trunks
Their long, sharp claws catch in the
flesh. and they cannot be elected.
The more violently the monster blows
through it's trunk the more firmly the
hooked claws of the little animal be-
come imbedded In the flesh, and in
f1ammatiOn and death are the result.
In captivity. therefore, the elephants
think they are In danger of the deadly
chacanas when they see mouse and
show signs Of great fear.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
The kinu'a wav.

1t was characteristic of the late King
Edward VII. that he never showed too
much or too little courtesy, but Just
enough to maintain his reputation of
being the most gracious gentleman Of
Europe. Some years ago. according to
the author of THE Peoples King his
majesty visited Aberdeen and knighted
the lord provost. At the luncheon
which followed the king sat next to
Mrs. Lyon, the wife of the lord pro
vost, and noticed on the table the card
denoting her place.
Il must alter this the king said
smiling on the lady.
With his pencil he effaced the word
Mrs. and in its place substituted Lady
and graciously handed the card to her
newly made ladyship.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03

reaches the earth and its consequent
power Of penetration The velOcities
rs given by various observers vary be
tween two and forty-five miles a sec
0nd The greatest recorded depth of
penetration of n meteoric stone is that
OF Knya hinva Hungary. where q goo
pound stone penetrated to a depth of
eleven feet On the other hand still
heavier masses have been found under
such conditions as to lead one TO infer
that they scarcely buried themselves
All statements relative to the temper
allure of meteOriteS Immediately after
reaching the ground must he accepted
},1ardedly. owing to their extremely
contradictory character Some stones
which fell in Stvria in 1859 are stated
TO have remained III state of mean
descence for over five seconds and for
quarter of an hour were too hot to
be banded On the other hand the
Dhurmsala stone is said to have been
intensely cold when picked up immedi
atelv after falling
The largest known meteoric mass is
that brought by Commander Peary
from Cape York. Greenland 1t weigh
ed 10000 pounds The next largest
lies In the plain near BaCubirito. In
Mexico. and has been estimated to
weigh some $4,000 pounds. while the
third is that Of willamette Ore.
weighing 81 107 pounds. These are all
iron meteoriteS The largest known
individual aerolite of meteoric stone Is
That Of Knyahinya Hungary. weighing
soUe $50 pounds now in the Vienna
Nationa! museum
hr. Merrill says that ali known me
teorites wore produced by the action
OF heat and have Yielded no traces Of
animal or vegetable life. although PARTS
of their peculiar structures were at
one time mistaken for organic remains
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
CORN FOR The SILO.
Best Time For Cutting Is When Lower
Kernels Are Fully Denied.

Silage crops should be allowed to be
come thoroughly matured if possible
because Of the food nutrients which
develop during the last growing period
of the crop. Corn does not increase
greatly in bulk after it tassels out; but.
due to the storage of protein and
sstarch in the stalk and ear between
the time it tassels out and the time ii
is thoroughly denied, it Increases from
eight to ten times its original feeding
value.
] In case a crop becomes too dry be-
fore it is placed in the silo the condi-
ton may be remedied by adding suffi-
cient moisture to cause the silage to
pack well. This can be done by pour
ing buckets of water on the silage, but
where water pressure IS available sim
ply turn the hose into the blowpipe
The right time for making silage
from corn Is when the kernels are
thoroughly denied and the lower blades
have begun to burn. Sorghum should
be cut for silage when twO-thirds of
the heads are thoroughly ripened. II
is necessary to get at the corn imme
diately when dry winds begin to burr,
1t up. Sorghum, feterita, Kaffir or milo
will wait several days for cutting with
out serious damage
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
Origin of the Gas Jet,

William Murdoch, the inventor of
the gas jet, first burned the gas simply
as flame from the end of pipe. One
day III an emergency he wished to stop
the illumination. Hurriedly looking
around for something, Murdoch seized
his Wife'S thimble and thrust it over
the light, which was Immediately ex-
tinguisbed.
There was a strong odor of gas, how
ever, says the Popular Science Month
ly, and the experimenter applied a
hghtto the thimble, discovering that it
was full Of holes, through which tiny
jets of fame appeared The irnpor-
lance of the result was that the illumi-
nation from those two or three tiny
Jets was much brighter than had been
given by the great fare from the end
of the pipe. Acting on the principle
which this chance discovery revealed.
he constructed what was known as the
Cockspur burner.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
An Anecdote of Handel.

On one occasion Handel was caught
In shower of rain and was obliged to
seek shelter in a blacksmith's forge.
Either Handel was In a silent mood or
else the blacksmith showed no cenver-
sational symptoms, for in little while
the latter began hammering away at
his anvil, accompanying his work with
a song. Handel was listening all the
time to the strokes of the hammering
on the anvil, which, by producing two
harmonic sounds, according in time
and tune with the tune the man sang.
formed bass accompaniment. Handel
ON reaching home, remembered the air
and the hammer accompaniment. He
wrote down both, and so we owe to q
shower of rain the composition known
as The Harmonious Blacksmith
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
Discovering a Star.

Long had he worshipped her at
distance, but his shyness prevented
him from proposing.
Then one evening, for the sweet sa Ike
of charity, theatrical performance
took place in which the charmer was
leading lady and more adorable than
ever. Afterward the shy admirer drew
near, his love made valiant by the
sight Of her beauty.
You are the star of the evening""
be said as they stood alone In a cor
ner
"You are the first to tell me So" said
the damsel, with happy blush.
Then he retorted promptly, may
| claim my reward as an astronomer"
The lady looked puzzled.
What reward?' she asked
why, the right to give my name to
the star | have discovered" said the
young man, speaking boldly at last
Chicago News.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
Unpopularity of Old Sires.

When herd of well bred dairy COWS
is offered for sale the animals are
snapped up quickly at good prices,
says the Kansas Farmer No class Of
live stock sells better at the present
time than dairy cows. When it comes
to disposfng of the registered herd
bull, however. it is a different story.
Finding a buyer for a mature bull is
not an easy task. Men will get work.
ed UP to Il high pitch in buying tho
COWS. but when it comes to the bull
that sired them they lose interest. and
such animal frequently goes beggine
for buyers Many aged bulls that have
proved their merit as sires Of dairy
quality are sacrificed because of this
indifference. 1t seems hard to explain
this lack of appreciation of the tried
sire
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
Eyes of a Giraffe.

No matter from what direction you
may approach the giraffe, the top heavy
looking animal is sure to discover you.
1t has been called the original rubber
neck" 1t Is not generally known that
nature, because Of the height of its eyes
from the ground, has supplied it with
talent peculiarly its own for making
observations. AS a matter of fact,
giraffe can see in all directions at the
same time without moving its head.
The eyes are large and prominent and
so placed at the side of the head that.
bullying out as they do they are capable
of seeing backward as well as forward
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
He LOST HIS FREcKLES.
James Whftoemb Riley'e TATE Of How
the Trick Was Turned.


the Trick Was Turned.
As a youth James Whitcomb Riley
was burdened with freckles. Always
sensitive regarding anything rejecting
upon him personally, he grieved over
what he considered an insurmountable
misfortune He told of his effort at
emancipation:
Zone day l saw in drug store win
! dow what was said to be sure cure
for moth, tan, freckles, etc. | ponder
ed possession OF a bottle, but-5O
cents. Of course could never buy 1t.
Why, l didn't get 80 pennies in a
whole year"
But he managed TO finance himself
by manipulation of the market money
when doing errands for his parents
and he bought a bottle of the magic
stuff. He ran with it to the haymov
and rubbed it all over his face, then
raced off fo school to make. up the
tine he had lost.
When | stepped inside the door all
the school started to laugh at me-" he
says. THE teacher asked me what !
meant by coming to school in such
condition. Rewildered and ignorant
of what it all meant | followed her
out the door. She showed me my face
in mirror. and it was lie a yellow
Easter egg The directions had said
to rub it Of Immediately with salt
water and white of an egg, all Of
which had missed. To get the stain
off. my face lad to be rubbed until the
skin left it. But when it was all over
the freckles we're actually gone and
never came back"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
The History of Motion Picture Industry
BEATRIZ MICHELENA


Four hundred years after Christopn-
er Columbus discovered America, the
nations of the earth, in recognition
thereof, gathered at Chicago, Illinois,
on the southwestern edge OF Lake
Michigan, and declared it the greatest
world fair ever held up to that da,e,
which was 1899.
Like Columbus, whom they would
honor, the majority of the visitors to
this fair found there voyage to the
New World one OF veritable and var1-
able discovery.
Among other things, they discov-
Thomas A. Edison, which, for exterior
impressiveness, Jared but i'll with the
maelstrom of machinery, monstrous
and driven by the lightning, pounding,
vibrating and roaring terrifically,
which the fair featured, and with
which it astonished.
AS if shrinking back in modesty or
CONSERVATION from the faremore i'm
pressive and powerful Cif the meas
Jrement be in horsepower exhibits
about it, the Edison kaleidoscope was
Aoused in little building, that made
n almost impeTceptible speck on the
,ig fair grounds. A sign, also mod
est, or the outside of the building
announced to the passerby that, by
stepping inside and depOsiting nickel
n the slot of machine, to be found
here, he might see pictures, taken
ON actual life, in actual motion.
This thing promised to be even more
'fshy" than the Terrible Turk, who,
.hree or four doors beyond, made pre-
tense Of swallowing knives and ex-
Mailing live flames from his nostrils.
However, there was something about
the announcement to whet curious1y.
The pacserby paused, considered, anG
then, with a shamefaced glance or two
his shoulders to make sure there was
no acquaintance near to witness his
ignominious fall to the dupe, hurried
~ ducked inside the little edifice.
(To Be Continued Next Week.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03

Heretofore the motion picture in
dustry had been merely the STRINGS
and the movement Of the seed under
meath the soil. There was an expand
ing, almost imperceptible, and a CROP
ing upward toward the light, but
everything was as yet hidden below
the surface. David w Griffith's, or
Davy = &c hen was, rode his trick
horse, heller SHELTER up stairs and
down, all imperturbed and unconsci-
Gus of the destiny that was shaping
for him. Carl Laemmle, with his
scant partrimony, was contemplating
the possibilities of the tailoring bust
ness. There were others too, of the
present day film magnates, going
about the ever revolving and return
ing humdrum life, empty in pocket
and iscouraged in spirit, little reck-
oning that a great, but still shrouded
future had fixed her eye on them, ana
would soon, with one breathless and
exhilarating swOop, sweep them up
among the seats Of the mighty and
the famous.
lut duft1lL vi lllc Hill pei -
fected by Eastman and Walker, mark
ed the breaking of the seed though
the soil. At first it was a very small
plant, and everyone uncertain as to
its sturdiness of fibre and precocious-
ness toward growth. But the main
point was established. it now stood
in the full light of day, with the
chance, if the strength was in it, to
spread out its branches and noun;
toward the sun.
At just this point, when all was
doubt, and speculation@and the indus
try most in need of just that impetus
that a mind well trained scientifically
and at the same time practical, might
give it, the name of another American,
of already recognized genius and
achievement, began to loom large in
connection with it. 1t is a name that
has ever since irdelibly associated
with motion pictures, that of Thomas
A Edison.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
More Labor Than You Thou1ht.

To write single letter of the alpha
bet, it Is roughly estimated, requires
from 100000 to 100000 distinct proc
esses, all Of which are controlled and
directed by the mind To make the
letter o, for instance, takes but = sec
ond, yet If all the mental processes in
volved had to be performed conscious
ly years would be consumed In the
performance. First, the making of the
O is willed in the brain, setting in mo-
ton the activities of thousands OF cells
in the hearing areas, the seeing areas,
the speech motor areas and the muScu-
lar motor sreas. Hundreds Of nerve
threads connecting these cells with va
riOus cells and nerve threads in the
brain are set to work to organize the
movement, while. other nerve centers
attend to the business of furnishing
the requisite amount of blood AS q
result, the spinal centers are actuated.
and finally the smaller nerves i'm the
fingers direct the forming of the o.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
Witherinq.

EnOch Eastman, an old time Iowa
lawyer, on one occasion appeared be-
fore a young judge and to enforce a
point be desired to make brought with
him and attempted to read Blackstone
to the court, whereupon the young
judge, after moving uneasily about La
his seat for awhile, said, Mr. East
man, I've read Blackstone"
ooh, hev yer responded Enoch.
looking at the judge over the top Of
his spectacles with an air of surprise.
Case and Comment.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
MILITARY MARCHING.
The Pace Varies With the Quality and
Sire Il the Command

V
Sire Il the Command
The Arm Drill Book" tells that
trained aEd hardened infantry can
cover from twenty to twenty five miles
day when in small bodies. As the
size of the command increases the dis
lance covered becomes less, as the rate
is lowered and time Is needed to get all
the units into and out of camp.
With regiment or less of avera ge
troops-regulars- marching over aver
age roads the rate should be from two
and three-Quarters to three miles an
hour. Large bodies will travel from
two to two and a half miles an hour,
while a division cannot be expected to
accomplish more than twelve and one
half miles a day.
or course all these figures will vary
with different conditions of roads and
weather. Unframed troops could not
approach them until hardened Though
they might do better for day or two,
they could not keep up the steady pace
or the seasoned regulars for a long dis
lance.
Marching with full equipment is hard
physical work and, like every other
form OF labor, requires proper period
of training. The seasoned force will
keep up steady pace with ten minute
halts every hour. a fifteen minute stop
being made at the end of the first half
or three-quarters of an hour. Green
troops are apt to struggle badly.-Out-
ing
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
ORIGIN of the Word mEarnn.N

The origin of the word farm is as
follows: In the Saxons' time the es-
tates which the lords of manofs grant
ed to the freemen were at. first but for
term of years, with q render of
rent which in those days was of corn
and other products The leases so
made were called fermes or farmes.
but times ensuing turned the produce
into money and terms Of years to
terms Of life and inheritance.-West-
minister Gazette.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
PAINFUL COUGHS RELIEVED.

DR.. Kings New Discovery is a
soothing, healing remedy for coughs
and colds that has stood the test OF
nearly fifty years. For that, cough
that strains the throat and snaps the
vitality try DR.. Kings New Discovery.
The soothing pine balsams and mild
laxative ingredients soon drive the
cold from the system Have a bottle
on hand for winter colds, groups
grippe and bronchial affections At
your Druggists, SOC. Q
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
Sloans Liniment For Stiff Joints.

Rheumatic pains and aches get into
the joints and muscles, making every
movement torture. Relieve your suff-
ering with Sloan's Liniment; it quick
ly penetrates without rubbing, and
soothes and warns your sore muscles.
The congested blood is stimulated to
action; single application will drive
out the pain Sloan's Liniment is
clean, convenient and quickly effec-
tive, it does not stain the skin or clog
the pores. Get a bottle to-day at
your Druggist, 25c 2