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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
MASONIC TEMPLE.

THE LEADER wants to express a sim
cere pleasure in the fact that the Ma
sonic temple is to be rebuilt. The
temple was Quilted by fire last Febru-
airy and the tenants Tossed heavily.
The site is a good and prominent one
and work should be commenced as
soon as possible on the rebuilding.
1t is, indeed, lamentable that a
building like the Masonic temple
should remain ruins for long period
of months. There seems to be no
cause to warrant such condition.
Our city is surely large enough and
progressive enough to float a bond
issue of $25, 900 in a shorter time than
twelve months or more In fact, THE
LEADER knows that Watertown as a
whole is that progressive.
Still, the fact remains that only
recently has a bond issue been offered
to the general public of Watertown.
THE LEADER can but hope that now,
since the bonds are for sale the work
of putting the Masonic temple into
tenantable shape will progress rapidly
and surely.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
By J. E. Jones.
A Noisy Gardener.

The question of party organization
OF the house of representatives is very
much in doubt. The Republicans have
PA members; there are 213 Demo-
Gratis: two Independent; two Progress
sives; one Prohibitionist: one Social
list; two contests. A majority of 21S.
! Presumably the Democrats are united
on Champ Clark. Up to a few days
ago it was supposed that the Repub-
licans wol'd be unanimous for James
r. Mann. But Gardner Of Massachu-
sets has spilled the BEANS" He
gives as his reason that Mr. Mann. by
virtue Of having endorsed the letter
of President Wilson to the nations at
war has forfeited his support AS
far as l am concerned, will tolerate
far as l am concerned, I will tolerate
no such leadership any longer I be-
lieve the happiness of the world re-
quires the destruction of the dynas-
ties OF the Hapsburgs and Hohenzol-
erns." says Gardner But Gardner
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03

Speaker Clark seems a bit peeved
at the New York Times on the ques-
ton OF u federal building for his home
town commented upon unfavorably by
the Times in q recent editorial The
speaker lives in Bowling Green and he
is pulling the strings for postoffice
there. The Congressional Record
says, the building is to cost $4,000
and that the population ofSBowling
Green is 1885. To these figures the
speaker makes objections, saying the
building should cost $4,000 and that
his home town has nearly 5000 inhab-
itants. We wonder if Champ has ever
heard the song, ut may be so, but We
don't know, but we think it's G.
D. LIZ"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
THE COMMUNITY TREE.

In the columns of our exchanges for
last b sex Tic community tree comes
in for a great deal of praise. Many of
the smaller cities around Watertown
experienced a pleasant community
Christmas for 1916.
1t is. of course, nothing very new
to find a large community tree and
community spirit in the larger cities,
but in the smaller cities and towns
the stunt" is still novel and inter
esting.
The result, however in the smaller
cities, according to the exchanges, is
very gratifying People come out to
celebrate Christmas who were wont to
stay at home. Children came who In
other years could not join n the fes-
tivities of church Christmas.
The poor and the rich mingled in a
spirit of Christian friendship. In Co
lumbus, in Portage, in Fort Atkinson
and in other towns the community
tree drew large and enthusiastic
crowd
In Portage, iona Gale, the famous
author of the Friendship Village"
stories headed the list of donors with
$40 Business houses contributed lib
orally, the total receipts being $11123
This small sum paid amply for a big
community tree and little details.
Watertown needs a community tree
for 1917. Our neighbors have proved
to US that lit can be done" Prepare
tions should be made to give the citi-
in 1917; give the rich and the poor,
alike, an opportunity to warm their
hearts with a thought of Christ
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
GUIDE YOUR BOY NOW.
Keep Him on the Road That Leads to
the Highest Citizenship.

Keep Him on the Road That Leads to
the Highest Citizenship.
This is a good time to think of your
boy. If you do not look after him In
the right way some one will do it in
the wrong way. Begin now.
Teach your boy to follow in the foot
steps of his father, to respect the law
to obey his parents, to regard the
rights of all men. to honor virtue. to
upon no one but himself for his ad
vancement
Teach him that the Golden Rule Of
life will be found in the Ten Com
mandments They are short They
have survived the ages They stand
today unchanged and unchaIlenged
They comprise the first great written
law given by God to man. Before
these few commandments all man
made laws fade into insigniicance
Teach them to your boy. There is dan
ger ahead if you do not.
The universal drift of mankind is to
ward decadence. Heredity pays its
The son of good father and an affec
tomato mother. brought up in an at
mosphere Of parental regard. never
will disgrace the family
The boys Of today are to be the men
Of tomorrow. The destinies of the
American people are to be in the hands
of their sons. If the boys are taught
respect for the law Goth human and
divine). obedience to authority. manly
independence and the fear Of God this
great nation will be a noble monument
to mans capacity for self government
and self control at time when all the
world is a seething cauldron of unrest
unreason and disbelief.
Teach your boy to rule but first tn
rule himself-John A Sleicher In Les
lies Weekly.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
Blossoms That Bees Love.

A person who has had no experience
with bees commonly makes the mis-
take of supposing that the roses,
peonies, sweet peas, dahlias or other
gaudy blossoms of his garden will fur
nish quantity of honey. Their value
is almost negligible except that some
of them yield little pollen 1t is to
the modest white clover in the orchard
or on the roadside or the weeds of
pasture or wood lot or the blossoms Of
trees ike the Eastwood that the bees
go for the bulk of their honey. 1t does
not pay to cultivate any plant for its
value as a honey producer The or
chard is a splendid place for the apiary.
where the bees can build up on the
first nectar in the spring and the bios
SONS have the benefit of the bees Wis
its. = John w. Love in Countryside
Ma gaZine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
Odd Numbers.

A hen is always given an odd num-
Der of eggs to be Matched. Why? There
Is no reason at all except superstition
Salutes from warships, forts, etc. arc
always given in odd numbers. yet no
valid reason can be adduced. 1t is a
remnant of the old "odd numbers are
lucky superstition.
Vergil records all sorts of charms and
spells practiced round odd numbers
never even ones. Seven is the favorite
Biblical number, and old divines taught
that it held a mystical perfection. 1t
Is an odd number
Falstaff. in the Merry Wives is en-
trapped for the third time. He him
self said, "They say there is a divinity
In odd numbers" because of the old
belief In odd numbers.
Physicians of other days always in
sisted that "bleedings' should be in
odd cumbersome, three, five. ETC., and
never an even one.-L0ndon Mail.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
Don't Let Skin Troubles Spread.

Red, pimply skin that itches and
burns is embarrassing, and gets worse
if neglected. Bad skin is a social
handicap and a constant sourse OF
worry. Correct it at once with DR.
HobsOn's Eczema Ointment. This heal
ing ointment kills the germ, soothes
the irritation and quickly restores
your skin to normal For babies stuff
ering the tortures of eczema, or for
grown-ups who have long fought
chronic skin ailments. DR.. Hobson's
Eczema Ointment is guaranteed
remedy. AT your Druggist, soc. z
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
8lunders In Quotation.

Errors Of quotation are common In
speech and writing. Byron quoted
Shakespeare, "An eagle towering In his
pride Of place." But what Shakespeare
wrote was, "A falcon towering in his
pride of place. Milton wrote not "as
thick as leaves in Vallombrosa," but
thick as autumnal leaves that strow
the brooks in Vallombrosa;" not fresh
fields and pastures. new" but "fresh
woods" Nathaniel Lee did not write,
When Greek meets Greek then comes
the tug Of war" but when Greek
joins Greeks, then was the tug of war;
very different thing. Doubtless, how
ever, the modification Of phrases by
popular usage is not wholly evil; it GER
ta1nly Is inevitable. The saying, Let
US eat. drink and be merry, for tomor-
row We die" is of curious origin The
preacher In Ecclesiastes says. "A man
hath no better thing under the earth
than to eat and to drink and be mer-
ry;' Isaiah, Let us eat and drink. for
tomorrow we shall die" Luke. Take
thine ease, eat, drink and be merry
indianapolis News.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
The Postal Savings Bank.

When people began to observe the
first operations of the Postal Savings
bank, and discovered that their de-
posits were all placed in the local
banks by the postmasters, there fol-
lowed a good deal of discussion as to
why the depositors should not take
their money direct to the local bank,
inasmuch as these Institutions are I'M
der the direct supervision of federal
and state authorities. The bankers
must have eventually decided that the
new system was good thing for
them; and since they have ceased to
oppose postal savings there has been
a big increase in the postal banks.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
Natures Moth Ball.

Ii some botanical wizard could eff
feet a ''cross" between this wild
flower Of the fields and some of the
agricultural crops the farmer wouldn't
need to worry about summer droughts.
If the corn crop, for example, had some
Of this flowers power Of resisting dry
weather the farmer could fill his silos
and corncribs with little trouble. The
flower is the moth mullen.
Like its big sister, the great mullen,
it prefers dry, open fields and mead
ows. Call it a weed if you will, call
1t an agricultural pest, and it will an
swer your epithets with stalks of
pretty white blossoms. If they grew
in garden you would call them beau
tiful.
The thick leaves Of the plant have
long been used by housewives in the
country to pack away with winter
clothes to keep out moths. So by ma
ture this drought loving flower Is q
camel; by adaptation it's q moth ball
Philadelphia North american.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
ORIGIN of the Grocer.

The modern grocery store is very
well known. The origin of its name is
not so well known. Several centuries
ago arose in England and France a
class Of thrifty and foresighted trades
men who went about buying up bar
gain lots of every conceivable kind of
merchandise, just as the modern Ameri
can buys fire damaged goods and bank
rupt stocks. The Frenchman bought
zen gros" and the Englishman came to
be called an 'engrosser.' He might
handle hardware thread. dried vege-
tables or anything else that could be
obtained in large lots, and he began
to call himself grocer" at a time
when our sort of grocer was termed a
"spicer." From that beginning comes
the name grocer as we know it today.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
Funny Errors In Advertisements.

Laughabie errors in illustrated adver-
tisements are often apparent to the
thinking man. It makes one wonder
why the designers of the ads. don't get
their information first hand from some
one who really knows. Accuracy, even
in advertisements has the same at
traction 1t has anywhere else.
For instance, when the settler bottle
in an electrical sign on Broadway is
filling the empty glass the level de-
sends as fast in the bottle as it rises
in the glass, yet the bottle is five times
as big 1t couldn't possibly be. accord
ing to physics.
Still worse Is a picture of piano
with pair of hands striking certain
keys Fortunate it is indeed that that
piano can't sound, for the particular
keys struck would be jangling dis
cord. Why couldn't the artist have
gone TO a musician for pleasing
chord among the infinite offerings Of
music?-Wall Street Journal
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
FREE EXHIBITION - WISCONSIN
PRODUCTS SPECIAL TRAIN.

An especially equipped train, being
practically State Fair on Wheels
and containing exhibits of the agircul-
tural products grown in the fertile
farm lands in upper Wisconsin will
be open free to the public at Water
town from 7:55 a. M. Thursday, jan
uary II, to 5:17 a. m. Friday, Jan. r.
Attractive pictures will be shown
depicting actual farm scenes in upper
Wisconsin and interesting lectures
will be given by the Commissioner of
Agriculture, Director of immigration
and other prominent agricultural rep
resentatives of the state.
Remember it is all free. Keep the
date in mind and do not fail to attend
1t will be an educational treat.
For particulars apply to ticket
agents, Chicago & North Western rail
way. 27-2t
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03

has broken loose before, and it will
be remembered that he was one of the
principal critics OF neutral policy
during the early days Of the war An
investigation before the committe on
rules of the house Of representatives
last January brought out the fact that
Mr.. Gardner and his family have been
heavy investors in general electric
stock, which is one of the concerns
that has been receiving millions OF
dollars worth of contracts from the
navy department. He belongs to a
very small group of men who cling
to the primitive belief that the path
way to civilization is at the end OF
the sword
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
Congress and Prohibition.

To submit a constitutional amend
ment to the states requires a two
thirds vote of congress. A careful
poll has recently been made of the
members, and it is said that the prop
osition cannot pass the present SEES
sion. However, congress legislates
directly for the District ofColumnia.
and majority vote will make the city
IF Washington dry. 1t is claimed that
if the measure now pending comes to
vote that prohibition will prevail in
the National capital.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
RILEY WAS SENSITIVE.
Why He Stopped Rectns One of His
Poems In Public.

"As an illustration of Riley's sensi
Jim and | went alone to the theater
to see Sol Smith Russell who also he-
longed to the Saints and Sinners Cor
ner. He was playing The Poor Rela
ton. In the play was a scene where
Russell took young boy and put him
In barrel while he removed his trou-
sers to mend them. The audience
roared with laughter at the comic sit
uation. Next to me in the box sat
James Whiteomb Riley. sobbiDg as if
his heart would break He saw no
humor in the plight Of the little boy
To him it was pathos
He, like Eugene Field. was devoted
TO children he loved them. but he
loved them artistically. | am not - e
that personally-that is. mind you.
hanging to d mans coattails-they Ell
Their of them wanted children around
They lacked the patience necessary for
daily contact with children. Riley and
Field could write heartbreaking verse
III respect of children and put into
them an inOrdinate amount of human
sympathy. but SO far as | know this
was at arms length from the young
sters themselves, especially in Field 3
case. Riley was ever exceedingly SYM
pathetic. One evening jim was recit-
ing his poem. "A Happy Little Cripple,
before large audience. He had scarce
~ begun the lines
I'm thist a little crippled boy an never
goin' to grow
An git great big man at all. cause
aunty told me so.
When L was thist baby onc't / failed
out of the bed
An got the curv'turo Of the spine'-'st' 8
what the doctor said
when he noticed man and a woman
In the audience leaving the hall. He
made inquiry and found out that they
had little lame child of their own
much like the one be was describing
He resolved never to recite that poem
in public again. New York Post.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
President an Eearly Riser.

There is an old saying that early
TO bed and early to rise" makes some
body a good and healthy citizen. Pres
ident Wilson is doing the best he can
to live up TO the old adage It is said
that he gets up before six O'Clock
every morning and the day is well
divided between pleasures and duties.
Despite the activities of the social
season pretty good hours are kept by
the White House family.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
Spanish Etiquette.

There is curious story OF how tbs
Duke d'Aosta when kin" OF Spain told
muleteer to whom he was talking t.
cover himself, the sun being hot. for
getting that by so doing he made tne
muleteer q grandee. Marshal Prim. to
prevent this catastrophe. knocked th5
mans hat out of his hand. and. &C
cording to some, the niNleteer had
something to do with PRINTS assassina
ton that followed soon afterward
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
.NE SUTOR ULTRA CRESPIDAM.-

Carranza refuses to sign the proto-
col which the Atlantic City conference
prepared.
The entente powers of Europe have
politely but very firmly indicated that
they do not desire the good offices OF
this government in securing peace. .
The people of Santo Domingo have
sent to the governments of South and
Central America a protest against the
action of this administration in Selling
ing control of the affairs of their
island.
1t cannot, therefore, be held that
American diplomacy as practiced In
this year of Our Lord is glittering
success.
But it has been demonstrated that
the state department can make utter
ances which will destroy values in
the American stock market, which will
wreck the financial prospects of thou
sands of small investors, and which,
properly leaked" will enable few
persons to reap colossal gains.
Would it not be wise, therefore, for
the state department to confine it's
operations to the stock market, where
1t has shown itself to be really po-
tential, rather than to continue to mix
and mud0ie in matters where it can
not accomplish anything, even for the
humanity" which it seems to be our
manifest destiny to serve, but which,
ungratefully, wishes to be let alone
Let the shoemaker stick to his last!
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
The High Cost of Food Stuffs.

Food embargo legislation; legisIa-
ton for government price-fixing; leg
islation to prevent speculation in food
stuffs, and legislation to make it pos
sible for the government to seize
goods when a corner" is attempted
is pending before congress. The new
issue of the congressional record
shows that there is genuine activity
in the attempts to meet these condi-
tions. The times are fraught with
great consequence, and responsibility
rests heavily upon the shoulders of
the lawmakers.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
Vineuar Kills Germs.

Wash and then soak all uncOOkad
vegetables in vinegar if You would es-
cape having typhoid fever. If lettuce
watercress and other green's to be
eaten raw be placed in vinegar water
three teaspoonfuls of vinegar to a
quart of water is the proportion) to
soak dmmersed) for one hour and a
quarter all danger of typhoid fever
viii be removed. The acidulated water
does not mar the flavor of the vege-
table
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
An Outrage.

When Major General Sir John Me
NeilI, Y. c., was badly wounded at Els
saman In the Ashanti war be emerged
from the bush exclaiming In angry
and indignant tones as If some one
had deeply insulted him. IAN infer
nal scoundrel out there has shot me
through the arm!"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
Unusual.

THAT man Thompson is one of the
best friends I've got in the world
Why. ten years ago he borrowed S.
from me-"
"And paid 1t back? 2"
"Oh. no. But when | meet him OIL
the street he's just as cordial as ever"
st Louis Post Dispatch.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
A straightforward Answer.

j. B. Lippincott once ventured to ask
Ouida. the novelist. how she came to
know so much about clubs camp life
barracks. gambling houses sand other
places which are only visited by men
She placed her hands upon her knees
and, looking straight at her questioner
sail 1t is none of your business"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
Richest Language.

OF the 1924 known languages on
earth the completest and the richest
Is the English. The late distinguished
German linguist, Grimm, declared that
no other language Is comparable to
the English.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
She Remembered.

The teacher. picking up an orange
that was lying on the desk, explained
that it was unit The next day tbs
Feelings had been left there, so, pick
ing up a couple, she asked what they
were. There was a pause. Presently
a brigbt-faced but shy little girl, an
swered, Why, that's the skin OF a
unit Little Chronicle.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
Unreasonable Woman.

Mrs. Pickleton with newspaper
Here's writer who figures out that 10
fifty years we undress for bed over
$4,000 times. Pickleton-And yet you
kick IL | break the monotony once In
awhile by going to bed with my clothes
on.-Boston Transcript.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03

i5,521 employees connected with depots,
lighthouses and vessels. The total
number of side maintained at the end
OF the late fiscal year was 14,947. OF
these 1928 are lights Of all classes and
584 are fog signals.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
The Stock Market.
sion.

Wall street is a bad guesser, even
though the sages of American finance
make it their headquarters But it is
the one place where men can not fig
ure out peace with profit The stock
gamblers are very much opposed to
the present peace movement, and are
especially bitter over any suggestion
that eminate from Washington
Another Two Billion Dollar Congress.
When the first billion dollar con-
gress" came into existence, the coun-
try was startled and amazed. That
was within the memory of most vot-
ers. Gradually the figure has been
growing and at the last session the
appropriations swelled upward tow
ard the two billion mark, which was
a hitherto unprecedented figure. 1t
is probable that the present session
will appropriate almost as much. Con-
gress is asked to vote 1919 000,O0O fol
the naval appropriation bill. This is
s66,O0O,000 more than last year. That
the appropriations this season will be
so large as to insure a great bond
issue is generally accepted as true.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-03
The Light House Service.

The light house service maintains
aid to navigation along 47,192 statute
miles OF coastline and river channels.
This is done by employing 5,791 per-
sons in the lighthouse service and