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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
FIRST HUMANS BLACK HAIRED
Interesting Theory Formulated by
American Expert on Conditions In
the Tropical Regions.

Lieut. Col Charles e. Woodruff.
whose long experience as chief medi-
cal officer of the American army in the
Philippines makes him an expert on
tropical conditions, has written a book
called Medical Ethnology," in which
he advances some interesting theories
on dark-Skinned and white-skinned
races. The Lancet. in reviewing the
book, says:
1.-THE author holds that the first hui
man beings were black-haired animals
but not black skinned, as their seat of
development must have been in cold
country where conditions of life were
hard, necessitating a great develop
ment of brain, since only the most in
telligent could survive. They were
originally cave-dwellers After a time,
when the earth was largely peopled
with this race, there arose a large
blond type in northern Europe-Nietz-
sche'S blond beast" the Teutonic SUI
perman-who established himself In q
dominating position in many countries
by right of conquest.
ITO this race belonged the ancient
Greeks, the original Romans, the rul-
ing race in Egypt, and so forth. Un-
fortunately this type tends to die out
when 1T migrateS from its native eli
mate, and so in time the Romans died
out and their empire fell to pieces and
the glorious period of the Greek intel
lect was short-lived. In the same way
white races fail at the present day to
establish themselves permanently in
tropical climates
The Lancet quotes also some of
Colonel Woodruff's opinions on the eff
feet of light, which he considers al
most wholly harmful to white men.
The dark skin of tropical races
serves as protection by cutting off
the rays Of light; it also assists the
body in radiating heat but at the
same time favors absorption from a
hot environment, SO that dark races
stand such heat as that of stokehole
worse than light-skinned people.
Contrary to common opinion, the
author holds that bright light is bad
for children at school, rendering them
restless and irritable The neurasthe-
mia which affects white residents in the
tropics and their children is due. he
considers, largely to excessive light,
aided doubtless by high temperature
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
SYRUP Of figs FOR
A CH|LD'S BOWELS
1t is cruel to force nauSeating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

LOOK back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil. calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children It's different.
Mothers WHO cling to the old form OF
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well-found-
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
II your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
OF mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that a teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
OF California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Why EnoIand Is Called John Bull.

Every country has nickname, and
Is represented in pictures by an ami
NAL The British lion is the animal
which stands for England, and John
Bull is it's owner and master. The
lion is the country; John Bull is the
nation. The name John Bull comes
from a work written by John Arbuth-
not, witty doctor and writer, great
friend of Swift and Pope. He was
born in Scotland in 1867 and died in
1875. The sketch that he wrote dealt
with the political affairs of Europe at
the time and the countries were made
to appear as if they were men and
women.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

Chicago hotel Mr. Van Dorm is near
ly SIS years of age, and his physicians
have refused to allow him to think of
the legislature for the present. Word
comes to Madison that two more mem
bers are seriously i'll, and one probably
will not be in Madison this winter.
He is Otto H. Luehrs of Hayton, rep
resenting Calumet county. He has
been ordered. south for the winter, and
is thinking of resigning. The fourth
victim is Frank W. Schaettle of Mon
dow. who represents the Buffalo and
Pepin county district. Mr.. Schaettle
has gone to Rochester for an operation
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
DEATH AND ILLNESS LAY
MARK ON LEGISLATURE

Madison-Death and serious illness
already have laid their mark on the
1917 legislature, as was shown when
four members of the assembly, who
were elected in November did not an
swer the opening roll call Assem-
hlyman H. NJ. Laursen of Shell Lake.
who was killed in an automobile acct
dent, will be missed by all the old
members. The next accident befell A.
II. Van Dorm of BirnaInwood, who sus-
tanned broken knee cap in fall in a
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
CUTICURA COMPILATIONS
Are Usually Remarkably Soft and
Clear-TriaI Free.

Make Cuticura Soap your everyday
toilet Soap, and assist 1t now and then
as needed by touches of Cuticura ONT
ment to soften, soothe and heal. Moth
ing better to make the complexion
clear, scalp free from dandruff and
hands soft and white.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

nearly fifty per cent. | recommend
that that statute which permits the tax
payer to use his personal property TAX
receipt as an offset for income tax be
repealed
I also recommend the repeal of the
law under which the owner of home
is compelled to pay an income tax on
it's rental value / do this because
believe such tax is unfair and un-
Just.
| call your attention TO the numerous
recommendation made by the Tax
Commission. Their report has been
placed upon your desks. l cannot
agree to the proposition that personal
property shall be removed from the
tax roll According to the report of
the Commission that class of property
yielded S5,680,728 in taxes in 1915. In
view of the growing demand for public
improvements, all of which will neces-
state the expenditure of large sums
of money, the state cannot afford to
reduce it's revenues. If the system is
changed and personal property is
exempt, the loss of revenue must be
made up in some other way and the
greater part will naturally fall upon
our real estate. Our income tax is al
ready high. The same people who pay
the income tax to. the state pay an in
come tax to the national government
and it would seem that the amount
that is now demanded from that class
of tax payers should not be further in
creased To do so would, in my judg-
ment, interfere with the industrial de-
velopment of our state.
Highways.
One of the most important subjects
that you are called upon to consider
during this session is the matter of de-
vising an economical and effective sys-
tenn of highway construction. The de-
mand for better roads is general. 1t
is, however, a project that involves
tremendous expenditure of money and
we should, therefore, approach it in a
spirit of conservatism. The size of the
undertaking is best understood when
we consider it in connection with the
fact that the state has over 10000
miles of highways, the greater part Of
which need to be rebuilt if we expect
to bring al of our public roads to a
satisfactory standard.
l wish particularly to impress upon
you the necessity of making provision
for the proper maintenance of the
roads that are built. Nearly 5000
miles of state aid roads have been
built since the beginning of the state
aid system, at a cost of about $16,000,-
000 No provision was made for the
maintenance of these roads, with the
result that sections which were built
two and three years ago are worn out
and the investments has, therefore,
been lost.
The Congress of the United States
has appropriated a sum of money to
aid the states in the construction of
post roads. The total amount that will
come to our state from that source is
81 $685. The appropriation covers a
period Of five years and is made avail
able in the following sums:
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Maxine Assurance DoubIy Sure

The pupils in certain class in by
giene were told to set down on paper
the reason why, in their opinion, Gre
nation was superior to burial.
Cremation is good wrote one lit
tie boy. because the person might
only be in Swoon, and if he is buried
he cannot recover"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Her Customary Weapon.

"Woman's sphere" began Mrs. Gap
Johnson Of Rumpus Ridge, who had
been reading and bordering. "Wom-
ans spear" CALCULATED her husband
in establishment. swell, say; what's
the matter with using the ak, same as
you've always ?"-Kansas City
Star.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17


Under the provisions of the act
which appropriates these amounts the
aid from the government can be used
only for the purpose of construction
and no part of it can be used for pur-
chasing right of way, for engineering
cost, or any other preliminary work.
The law provides further that the
state must spend at least an equal sum
for the same purpose, the road must be
continuous, and must, therefore, be
part of a trunk line system, the plans
for which are subject to approval by
the United States Commissioner of
Agriculture.
In order to secure federal aid it is
necessary for the state to undertake
the building of a system of trunk line
roads as a separate PROJECT and l rec
ommend that you appropriate a sum
of money for this purpose which will
equal the sums that will be contribut-
ed by the United States government.
Insomuch as the counties in which
these trunk lines will be located will
be especially benefited, | recommend
further that you pass law that will
require appropriations in an equal sum
by such counties, the same to be ap-
portioned among the counties upon a
mileage basis.
If this plan is followed we will ex-
pend over S6,000,000 in the construc-
ton of federal aid roads in the next
five years. The appropriation passed
by the last legislature provides for an
annual expenditure of s7S5,000 in state
aid If we add the contributions made
by the counties and towns we will
spend over $12,000,000 under that sys-
| tenn during the same period. The
| sums that | have named, plus the
money that is being expended by coun-
ties Independent of state aid, will give
| our road building organization as
much work as it can intelligently sup.
| erviSe.
Education.
| The law which provides for the EN-
ployment of supervising teachers in
our rural schools is beneficial and Is
| admitted by educators to be an ad
vance step in rural education. l be
lieve, however, that We will improve
| this service and the results that we
will derive from it if we require some
| special training as a qualification fol
this position.
| also recommend that the minimum
salary fixed by law for rural school
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Germany Exports Copper.

Ironmongers in Holland are contin-
uing to receive copper utensils export
ed from Germany. People in Holland
are much astonished that SO great a
quantity of copper is still being ex-
ported from Germany.-London Globe.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Not in His Line.

Darwin went with his mamma to
visit his aunt, who had three little
girls. After a short time he came in
and sat down by his mamma, who at
once asked why he wasn't playing with
his cousins, and he replied: 90,
mamma, it is too much girl for me-"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Devotion.

Alice-Why are you taking up bot
any? Kitty-Because my f1ance is
interested in a plant of some kind and
| want to be able to converse intelli-
gently with him about his business
Brooklyn Citizen.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
House Census Shows Growth

Stevens Point = The population Of
Stevens Point is from 10000 to 1000,
according to house census just COM
pleted by local newspaper. There
are 2,174 residence houses in the city.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Use Care.

The top shelf of the medicine closet
may be kept for emergency supplies.
Especially where there are children
these things are ecessary-antidotes
for poison, antiseptic washes and such
supplies.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
RomanceS.

Romances are written and read not
because they are either true or un-
true, but because regardless of actu-
atty they give relief to the unused
emotional pressure of our hearts
George Soule in the New York Repub-
liz
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
No Previous Experience.

Traffic Cop Ito autoist whose car
has just been in bad collision)-
That's the most complete smash-up l
ever saw Autoist (proudly) Thank
you. And would you believe it, it's the
first one | ever had Puck.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Mostly of Average Strength.

Since the generality of persons act
from impulse much more than from
principle men are neither so good not
30 bad as we are apt to think them
Hare
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

We should manage our fortune like
our constitution: enjoy it when good,
have patience when bad, and never
apply violent remedies but in cases Of
necessity -Rochefaucauld.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Canvas Pipe for Ventilation.

For Ventilating in places where
blasting is being done there has been
invented a vanished canvas pipe,
which has the advantage of being
practically proof against damage from
blasts, it collapses if struck.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Never Paws to Wait Too Lona

Some of us let mighty good oppor-
tunities slip by, waiting for aspiration,
or the psychological moment, all the
time forgetting that idleness never In
spired anybody to do anything.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Necessary First Step.

DE world won't be ready fob no
universal peace" said Uncle Eben,
"till individuals quits gettin' mad
enough to fight bout politics.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Holds the Record.

A dramatic, writer says Joybana
Rowland is the original model for the
Gibson girl. Solomon had 700 wives,
more than that many original Gibson
girls.-Louisville CourierJournal
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Who Will Offer a BahY7

Il wish l had a baby brother-the
real meat kind-to ride in my gocart,
mamma said little Lola. MY dolls
are always getting broke when it tips
over"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Worth While Quotation,

Mere family never made man
great. Thought and deed, not pedi,
gree, are the passports to enduring
fame. "-Skobeloff
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Injured While Loading Ice.

Oshkosh One man was proba bly,
fatally injured, one man had his leg
broken and two others seriously in
iured when loading gallery at the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
An Example.

"Nebuchadnezzar ought to be
model in these times"
"Why SOP"
"When he found the cost of living
high he took to grass and lived In
clover"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

A correspondent suggests that a
strip of adhesive tape, fixed TO the
lower side of a straightedge used for
cutting glass, will prevent its slipping.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

Northwestern ice house collapsed. The
injured men were members of the
crew putting in the seasons ice sup
ply.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
A Word in Time

"Hey, Mike, don't come down on
hat ladder on the north corner. took
Il away."-Leland Stanford Chaparral.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

Ninety-three per cent of the floor OF
the ocean is devoid of vegetation.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

which will keep him from all of the
early work of the session.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

wives, mop and floor brush have been
combined on one handle.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
New BUILDING Pro iects.

Additional buildings are requested
by the University, the State Normal
Schools, Stout Institute and by the
State Board of Control for the Chart
able and Penal Institutions
In view of the present high cost Of
material / believe it wise policy for
the state to defer all building opera
tions, except such as are absolutely
necessary, to time when material can
be secured at reasonable prices, and
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-24
HUMltR OF TIE TAT

EIeI came across smallpox todayI
 She-Good heaveni Where?
 He-In the dictionary.-Puck.
 "How's your garden getting along?"
 "An right I haven't fnterferred with 1t yet."-Detroit Free Press
 Jane-Got any summer furs yet Mayme?
 Mayme = Nav! Too cold. Buff falo Express.
 Every time sing in public I give the proceeds to charity"
 Your conscience fund. suppose" The Lamb.
 What makes a man always give a lady a diamond ring?"
 The lady."-Orange Peel
 Your wife is very ingenious"
 I should say so. It seems to me she finds a new place to hide my dress shirt every time."-etroit Free Press.
 Miss Fad-Have you decided to do your bit?
 Miss Fit-Tm going in for farming. I think it will be perfectly grand just to vegetate.-The Lamb.
 First Alumnus - And don't things look familiar though?
 Second Alumnus They sure do- was at a dance last night and saw my old dress suit.-Widow.
 ''Whats the matter with Lady Cynthia today; she looks very de- pressed?"
 "Oh, don't you know? This is one of her bazaarless days" London Opinion.
 T like spring"
 ''Why?"
 T don't, care for work at any time. but it is only in spring that I find that attitude viewed tolerantly." - Louisville Courier Journal.
 ''The harder 1t rains the better I like it," observed a cheerful individ- ual.
 Chronic optimist. eh?" remarked a bystander.
 "Optimist, mol I'm an umbrella salesman."-The Jester.
 '"The first shall be last and the last shall be first" quoted the devout cit- izen.
 Tt makes no difference to me how you arrange 'em." replied the expert comm ercialist. 'Tll get mine either way. I'm the middle man.-Wash- ington Star.
 Doctor - What? Troubled with sleeplessness? Eat something before going to bed.
 Patient-why doctor, you once told me never to eat anything before go- ing to bed.
 Doctor Cwith dignity)-Pooh. poohi That was last January. Science has made enormous strides since then. Christian Register.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-24

Tonight Is Military night at the Majestic Roof Garden. The members of the Third and Fifth companies Of Norwich and all soldiers and sailors in uniform have been invited to attend. The two local coast artillery companies have accepted and will march in a body from the armory to the garden The feature photoplay for today is Darkest Russia. Alice Brady Is the star in this splendid offering and she Is seen in one of the most effective of the many ef- fective roles which she has assumed. Miss Brady appears as a young Rus sian musician who at a crucial moment and at a big assemblage refuses to play God Save the Czar. As the result of this refusal she is reparated from her sweetheart and Is sent to Siberia There she becomes an angel of mercy to the afflicted. Finally, under the most dramatic circumstances, she Is reunited to her lover. Art Arcord in The Frameup at Big Horn. a stirring Crama of the west, completes the pro- gram There will be a surprise dancing contest on Wednesday night. The pie ture program will be shown every af ternoon at 2.30 and all rainy nights at the Auditorium.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-24
TarnopoI Reported Burnina.

Copenhagen, July 23.-The Austro- German flood in eastern Galicia has been turned southward in endeavors to get behind the Russian armies between Brzezany and the Dneister, Austrian correspondents at the front report in despatches to their newspapers. The Teutonic forces engaged in this opera ton, they declare, have reached Ko- seva station, ten miles east of Brzeb- any, which is in Austro German hands. They have crossed the Kosev-Tarnopol railroad at several places
 These despatches forecast the Rus sian army's stand behind the Sereth and reiterated the reports that Tarno- pol was in flames.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-24
CoCCHi DENIES ANY
 CONVEYANCE WITH POLICE,
He Would Not Be Spared if They Sus-
 Pected Him of Crime.

Bologna, Italy, July 23.-"Not only was there no connivance between my self and the police, but it was the dread of the police which caused the crime" was the latest statement made by Alfredo COcchi, slayer of Ruth Cru ger, to Judge Zucconi, the magistrate who has the case in charge, during a cross xamination of the prisoner de- signed especially to throw light on his relations with motorcycle policemen in New York city.
 Cocchi admitted that through his business as bicycle repairer he knew a number of such policemen, especially William H. Enyon, John L. Ochsen- shirt. Thomas NJ. Kerrigan, William A. Helms and James F. Haggerty, but he was sure, he said, that none of these would have spared him if they had sus- pected him of a crime.
 When he approached Ruth Cruger with wrong intent, he declared. she struggled with him, and he realized he was lost if she denounced him to the police This idea terrified him and made him lose his head. He struck her. but his recollection was that he had done so only with his bare hand not using any weapon.