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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
The DESTROYING ANGEL
BY Louis Joseph Vance
BY Louis Joseph Vance

Ember, always abstemious, lifted
his hand and smiled negative smile.
Whitaker dismissed the waiter.
"Well 2" he inquired cheer
fully.
"What right have you got to look
like that?" Ember demanded.
1.-THE right of every free-born Amer
lean citizen to make an ass of himself
according TO the dictates of his con-
backwards and abysm of the Bronx
afoot. Got caught in the rain on the
way home. Was late getting back,
and dropped in here to celebrate"
give been looking for you every
where, since morning"
81 suspected you would be. That's
why / went walking-to be lonesome
and thoughtful for once in a way"
Ember stroked his chin with thought
full fingers
you've heard the news, then?"
in three ways" Whitaker re-
turned, with calm.
"How's that-three wayS?"
Through the newspapers, the bill
boards, and from the lips of my
wife"
Ember opened his eyes wide.
you've been to see herr?
"She called this morning"
But Ember interrupted, thrusting a
ready and generous hand across the
table:
"My dear man, / am gladl'
Whitaker took the proffered hand
readily and firmly. THANK you.
l was saying: she called this morning
to inform me that, though welded
once, we must be strangers now-and
evermore :"
But you-of course-you argued
that nonsense out of her head"
'To the contrary-again."
"But-my dear man You said you
were celebrating; you permitted me
to congratulate you just now"
1.-THE point is" said Whitaker, with
a bland and confident grin; 1--WE sue
ceeded in arguing that nonsense out
of my head-not hers-mine"
Ember gave a helpless gesture I'm
afraid this is one of my stupid
nights
81 mean that, though Mary ran away
from me, wouldn't listen to reason, |
have, in the course of an afternoon
hard tramping, come to the conclu-
sion that there is nothing under the
sun which binds me to sit back and
accept whatever treatment she pur-
poses according me by courtesy of
Jules Max"
Whitaker bent forward, his coun-
tenance discovering a phase of seri-
BUSINESS hitherto masked by his twist
ed smile.
81 mean I'm tired OF all this poppy
cock. Unless I'm an infatuated ass.
Mary loves me with all her heart. She
has made up her mind to renounce me
partly because Max has worked upon
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
Mystery Solved.

George and Ethel were married a
few weeks ago, and returned from
their honeymoon to a ducky little bun
galow garnished throughout with the
usual valuable but useless silverware
and jewelry which kind friends show
er upon the newly married.
The day after their arrival two
tickets for a downtown theater reached
them, accompanied by little scented
note bearing the simple message
"Guess who sent them?" They found
it impossible to identify the donor, but,
nevertheless, decided to use them.
At the end of pleasant evening they
returned to their home to find the place
stripped of everything. On the din
ing-room table lay another little scent
ed note bearing the legend, 'Now you
know" New York Globe.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
MONROVIA NOT UGLY CITY
Unprosperous and "ShiftIess," but Still
in Many Ways Place of Attrac-
ton for the Tourist.

The one word that describes Monro-
via Is "shiftless." Here came the for
mer negro slave in the early eighties,
backed by philanthropists who wanted
to see him given a chance in his own
country. And here is the former ne
gro slave today, idling away his life
in the tropical luxuriance of the jun
gle, which feeds him without cultiva-
ton, and watching his one big chance
fall to ruins.
After all, the negro can hardly be
blamed if he fails in task that has
tried the nerve of white men. ColoniZ-
ing Liberia has not been all a delight
full experience. There are still many
lions, leopardS and snakes in the
jungle which make bodybuilding q
dangerous occupation, and occasionally
the interior tribes Of negroes get OBJ
streperOus and eat q couple of their
civilized brethren.
Monrovia is pitiful, but not ugly.
Over all it's shabbineSS and decay grow
the scarlet hibiscus, pink oleanderS
and other tropical flowers, decorating
with their brilliant blossoms the corpse
of d fine ideal.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
LION CRIES LIKE A WOMAN
Appetite of Americas Most Powerful
Cat Is Whetted by Sight of
Young Horse.

The mountain lion, next to the
Jaguar, is the largest of the cat tribe
native to America, e. w. Nelson writes
in the National Geographic Magazine.
In various parts of its range it is also
known as the panther, cougar and
puma. 1t is a slender-bOdied animal
with a small head and long, round
seven to nine feet and a weight from
about $50 to 200 pounds.
No other American mammal has a
range equal TO that of the mountain
lion. 1t originally inhabited both North
and South America from southern
Quebec and Vancouver island to Pata-
gOnia and from the Atlantic 20 the Pa
cific coast.
The mountain lion, while powerful
enough to be dangerous to man, is in
reality extremely timid. Owing to it's
being a potentially dangerous animal,
the popular conception of it is that of
q fearsOme beast, whose savage ex-
plOits are celebrated in the folklore
of our frontier. AS q matter of fact,
few wild animals are less dangerous,
although there are authentic accounts
of wanton attacks upon people, just as
there are authentic instances Of buck
der and moose becoming aggressive.
1t has a wild, weird cry, popularity
supposed to resemble the scream of q
terrified woman, which, is thrillingly
impressive when the shades of evening
are throwing mysterious gloom over
the forests
Although inoffensive as to people,
this cat is such fierce and relentless
enemy of large game and live stock
that it is everywhere an outlaw. 1t
often kills claves, but is especially
fond Of young horses. In many range
districts of the Western states and on
the table land Of Mexico, owing to the
depredations of this animal, it is i'm
possible to raise horses.
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A Physiological Phenomenon.

We are told that away up in the
mountain section of Georgia lives a
farmer who, like Caleb, Joshua's part
ner, owns a whole mountain and has
cleared it off, and has the surface in
cultivation. The mountain is cone
shaped and is one-fourth of a mile in
height and three miles in circumfer-
ence. To prevent the rich surface
from being washed away the farmer
Guns in rows all the way around the
mountain, beginning at the bottom and
working up to the top. The result of
continually walking around the noun
tain, always in the same direction,
has made the whole family short
legged on one side and lOng-legged
on the other.-ThomaSville (Ga.)
Post
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
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her feelings by painting some lurid
picture of his imminent artistic and
financial damnation if she leaves him,
partly because she believes, or has
been led to believe, in this destroy
ing angel moonshine. Now she's got
to listen to reason. So. likewise, Max.
You're becoming more human word
by word" commented Ember with
open approval. Continue; elucidate
l can understand how a fairly resolute
lover with the gift of CAB can talk a
weak-minded, fond female into deny
ing her pet superstition; but how
you're going to get around Max passes
my comprehension. The man unques-
tionably has her under contract"
But you forgot his god is Nam
mon," Whitaker put In. Max will do
anything in the world for money.
Therein resides the kernel of my plan.
It's simplicity itself: I'm going to buy
him."
Buy Maxi"
''Body-arttstic souI-and breeches, -
Whitaker affirmed confidently.
Impossible
"You forget how well fixed l am.
What's the use of nly owning half the
gold in New Guinea if it won't buy
me what already own by every moral
and legal right?"
HE won't listen to you; you don't
know Max"
I'm willing to lay you a small bet
that there will be no first performance
at the Theater Max tomorrow night
You'll never persuade him"
I'll buy the show outright and nv
wife'S freedom TO boot-or else Max
will begin TO accumulate the local
color of hospital ward"
Ember smiled grimly. You're be-
ginning TO convince even me. When
may l ask. do you propose to pull off
this sporting propositions"
"Do you know where Max can be
found tonight?"
AT the theater-"
"Then the matter will be arranged
at the theater between this hour and
| midnight"
81 doubt if you succeed in getting
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
Mr.. SMOOTH'S NEAT GETAWAY
insurance Agent With Keen Eye to
Business Came Near quitting
His Foot in It."

Slipping on an untenanted banana
skin, the homely young woman sat
on the pavement with an unmusical
splash. With efficient presence Of
mind, Eustace Smooth. agent for the
General and Particular Insurance COM
pany, slipped on another peel and sat
down beside her, with two muttered
curses.
Accidents will happen on the best
regulated pavements, won't they?" he
observed with snarl. "Oh, well,
luckily l happen to be an insurance
agent, and can insure you against
slipping on banana Feelings or even on
| cake of ice for the small sum of S14
week, and the first time you slip af-
ter being insured, one of our automo-
biles. with absolutely no advertising
| matter on the outside, will take you
home for S7.29, or, if you prefer, to
any old hospital"
''The ideal" scoffed the enraged
woman, its too much p
But think of the risk we run" pur-
sued Smooth. "Now other kinds of
insurance. such as insurance against
being bitten by wild beasts, come as
low as $40 a month"
all take one of Them she said
promptly. Il always was a great one
for bargains" And she handed him
her card, which read: Mile. Kutie.
Wild Animal Trainer, Lions, Tigers
and Leopards a Speciality"
Excuse me a moment, I gotta see
man." Stammered EuStace Smooth.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
CHAPTER Xxx.
Black Out.

The auditorium was in almost total
darkness. A single voice was audible
from the stage that confronted it like
some tremendous, moonlight canvas in
q huge frame of furnished gold. They
stole silently round the orchestra seats
to the Stage-boX-the same box that
Whitaker had on the former occasion
occupied in company with Max.
They succeeded in taking possession
without attracting attention, either
from the owners of that scanty scat
tering of shirt bosoms in the orchestra
the critical fraternity and those in
Inmates hidden by the manager to the
first glimpse of his new revelation in
stagecraft-or from those occupying
the stage.
The latter were but two. Evidently,
though the curtain had been up for
some minutes the action of the piece
had not yet been permitted to begin
to unfold. Whitaker inferred that Max
had been dissatisfied with something
about the lighting of the scene. The
manager was standing in mid-stage,
staring up at the borderS-a stout and
pompOus figure, tenacious to every de-
tail of that public self which he had
striven so successfully to make unfor-
gettably individual; figure quantity
incongruous in his impeccable morn
ing coat and striped trousers and flat
brimmed silk hat, perched we'll back
on his head, with his malacca stick
and Iemon-colOred gloves and small
and excessively glossy patent-leather
shoes, posed against the counterfeit
of a moonlit formal garden.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
CHAPTER XIX.
One WAY Out.

Toward eight in the evening, after
q day-long search through all his &C
customed haunts, Ember ran Whita-
ker to earth in the dining room of the
Primordial- The young man, alone
at table, was in the act of topping
off an excellent dinner with a still
more excellent cordial and super
excellent cigar.
He wore rough tweeds and they
were damp and baggy: his boots were
muddy: his hair was Il trifie disorder
ly. The ensemble made figure wildly
incongruous to the Soberly splendid
and stately dining hall of the Primer
dial club, with its sparse patronage
of members in evening dress.
Ember, himself as severely bea,lri-
ful in black and white as the ceremo-
niouS livery Of today permits a man
to be, was wonder-struck at sight of
Whitaker in Snch unconventional
guiSe, at such Il time. in such q place.
With neither invitation nor salutation.
he slipped into a chair on the other
side of the table. and stared.
Whitaker smiled benignantly upon
him, and CO, y Z waiter.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
old PRESCRIPTION
FOR WEAK KIDNEYS

A medicinal preparation like DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp-Root, that has real curative
value almost sells itself. Like an endless
chain system the remedy is recommended
by those who have been benefited to those
who are in need of it.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is a physi-
clans prescription. 1t has been tested
for years and has brought results to count
less numbers who have suffered.
The success of DR.. Kimers Swamp Root
is due to the fact that it fulflls almost ev-
cry wish in overcoming kidney, liver and
bladder diseases, corrects urinary troubles
and neutralizes the uric acid which causes
rheumatism.
Do not suffer Get q bottle of Swamp
Root from any druggist now. Start treat
ment today.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
U. S. Fire Equipment Worth S., ooo, 900

The forest service now owns i'm
provements valued at more than
100000. Their construction, has
funds would permit, and the rangers
have also done a great deal of inn
provement work during spare time.
There are now 2,52S miles OF road,
%, 124 miles of trail, 10000 miles Of
telephone line and 1.090 miles of fire
break, nearly 1900 field headquarters
ard quantity Of range improvements
which facilitate the administration of
grazing misunderstanding Star.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
Aid to Hiqh School Pupils.

The high school of Claremont, Cal,
operates a lemon grove which for sew
eral years has yielded revenue ex-
ceeding $500 annually after all ex-
penses are paid. The work of Guilt
waiting the grove, pruning and caring
for the trees, as well as picking and
packing the fruit and conveying it to
the commissioners, is all done by pu-
pills of the high school under the direc-
ton of the instructor in agriculture.
Each student is paid at the rate of
s. for each eight hours of work, and
this enables a number of boys to be
self-supporting while attending school.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
immensely FIattered.

Il went to town with Mrs. Twobble
this morning" said Mrs. Dubwaite.
II thought you said you would never
speak to that woman again." replied
Mr.. Dubwaitc, with a superior smile.
well, she asked me to go along
and advise her about some new drap-
cries for her living room ald of course
no woman could resist compliment
like that"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
Unique Performance.

You seem rather taken with this
sleight-of-hand performer"
Il must commend him for original
ity, at any rate"
"Why SOP"
HE went TO work without first roll
ing up his sleeves"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
Callers.

Newcomer-Have the neighbors
called upon you yet?
Mrs Newcomer should say they
had. They've called upon me for about
everything in the house.-EXchange
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
Mark of Honor.

First Girl-'What a horrid scar
Charlie has on his forehead" Sec
ond Girl-"Horrid? The idea Why,
ne got that in football game
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
Work Involved in Maxine Rifle.

The English rifle, the Lee Enfield.
fires 81 shots minute. 1t is made in
81 parts, involving ove~ 1000 opera
tons.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
Wearing Her Out.

'Mrs. Dubwaite has been under
great nervous strain for about six
months"
THAT'S too bad. What's troubling
her?'
"Some people moved in next door
who are evidently well to do, but to
save her life she can't find out where
they get their money"
immigration into Canada has fallen
off. The total for the fiscal year end
ing last March was only 1881
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24

Recently invented stuffed animals
for children have skins that can be re-
moved and washed.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24

Pope Benedict has firmly decided
that not to participate now in any &C
ton tending toward peace that might
appear to favor the central powers
rather than any other nation. 1t is
pointed out that there is great diff
ference between the religious mani
festations and prayers for peace and
the purely diplomatic action of the
United States, Switzerland and other
neutralS.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-01-12
Danger Signal

If the fire bell should ring would
you run and stop it or 90 and help
to put out the fire? 1t is much the
same way with a cough. A cough
is danger signal as much as fire
bell. You should no more try to
suppress it than to stop a fire bell
when it is ringing, but should cure
the disease that causes the cough
ing. This can nearly always be
done by taking Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. Many have used
it with the most beneficial results.
1t is especially valuable forithe per-
sistent cough that so often follows
a bad cold or an attack of the grip.
Mrs. Thomas Beeching, Andrews,
Ind, writes: During the winter
my husband takes cold easily and
coughs and coughs. Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy is the best medicine
for breaking up these attacks and
you cannot get him to take any
other" Obtainable everywhere.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-01-12
A REVIVAL OF THRIFT

The conditions resulting from the
war in Europe have brought about
a revival of thrift. In Germany it
is prohibited by law to peel pota-
toes before boiling them, because
some of the food next to the skin
might be wasted. All of the war;
ing nations are instituting economy
campaigns.
The high prices on all food pro-
ducts and everything entering into
the needs of our daily lives have
placed the people of the United
States in position similar to that
of the waring nations. Rigid econ
omy is becoming necessary in the
larger cities where families are en-
tirely dependent on the wages that
have not increased in proportion to
the size of the meat and grocery
bills.
Thrift has never been a national
trait in our country. We could
profit by some of the maxims writ
ten by Benjamin Franklin which
are being widely circulated all over
the world. In the British Isles the
following maxims are being posted
in large streaming posters to help
in the thrift campaign:
"You may think that little tea,
or a little punch now ant then, diet
little more costly, clothes little
finer and a little entertainment now
and then can be of no great matter
but remember, as Poor Richard
says: Many mickles make a muck
le," which is another way of saying
MANY Titles make much" Some
other of Poor Richards" sayings
are: ''It is easier to build two
chimneys than to keep one going"
"For age and want save while you
may. no morning sun lasts a whole
day." "Buy what thou hast no need
of and ere long thou shalt sell thy
necessaries;" cat a great penny
worth pause awhile;" "It is foolish
to lay out money in a purchase of
repentance" "Silks and satins,
scarlet and velvets, put out the
kitchen fire." A small leak will
sink a great ship"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-01-12
EXCHANGES

The sidewalk was icy-old skinflint
sat down;
He seated himself with "whop!"
And | grieve to inform you that he
died the next day
From his sad and unfortunate flop.
The doctors agreed that it wasn't
the shock,
Nor had he contracted a chill,
But he died in great pain when he
found, in his fall,
That he'd broken a two-dollar
bill!
The days are getting longer-es-
pecially Sundays.
Endless peace" seems to have
taken its place alongside of eggless
cake. There are about as many
recipes for it.
Frequently you hear that a law
yer has turned down a case for
ethical reasons. Some lawyers, you
know, are very we'll to do.
The scientists now proclaim that
Lilith was Adams first wife, and
Eve his second. No wonder Eve
had nothing to wear, with the ali.
mony and all.
When the movie producers decide
to put on newspaper film, as they
frequently do, they manage t.
work in a scene where the city edi
tor gives the star reporter his as
signment, and then bids him god
speed with a hearty handshake
And now the Kansas censors have
turned thumbs down on 1.-The Peril
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-01-12

The United States Department of
Agriculture has devoted a thirty
one page bulletin to "The Use of
Energy Values in the Computation
of Rations for Farm Animals. +"
How many farmers will receive any
practical benefit from the above
named publication?
The old cold storage building
that collapsed last fall, looks like
the ruins of Pompeii. People COM
ing in on the train get rather a
poor impression of the town at the
first glimpse.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-01-12

of Our Girl Reporters" So, it is
assumed, the city editor gave the
heroine her assignment, and then
babe her good-by with kiss longer
than ten feet.
1t is proposed by the administra-
tion to put a tax of SIP on each
motor car selling for $500 or less.
the tax to be levied at the factory.
Can Mr.. Ford leave off another
spring under the back seat and still
have Ford?
The feeling of the Allies seems to
be that seat at Germany's peace
table is too much plate.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-01-12
Presbyterian Church

DR.. Smith will preach next Sun
day at HOO A. M. and also at
7:3O he will deliver a sermonette
to the Christian Endeavor when the
officers will be installed. The Jun
Tor Christian Endeavor will have
their officers installed also.
Jr. Christian Endeavor at 2::30.
Sr. Christian Endeavor at $50.
1t is splendid start the G. Els
have made for the New Year.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-01-12
the plaudits of the Boise politicians

the plaudits of the Boise politicians
in the way matters are being hand
led. Now that the Governor has
the loyal support of his associates
there will be changes, in addition
to what has already been done, that
will give the general public conf
dence in the business manner in
which the important affairs of this
board will be handled. The first
weeks work meets with very gener-
al satisfaction.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-01-12
Methodist Church
KENDRICK

KENDRICK
Sunday School 1000 A. M.
No morning preaching service.
Junior Epworth League 800 P. M.
Evening preaching 7:30 P. M.
b AMERICAN RIDGE
Sunday School 1000 A. M.
Preaching Jan. FL HOO A. M.
FAIRVIEW
Preaching 1880 A. M.
Rev. Andrew Warner Dist. Supt.
will preside.