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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
THE TEUTONS STILL WIN.

While the kaiser proposes peace in
Berlin Won Hindenburg and mis- able
generals win victories in Roumanla.
In the east the fighting is severe; the
Germans are rolling the Russ-Rou-
manian armies back and are now
knocking 1T Russian frontier.
drive at Odessa, Russia's great sea-
port on the Black sea is by no means
an improbability.
Almost all of Roumania is now IN
German hands; even her capital and
greatest city; the invasion of Russia
through the rift is in progress; things
look none too good for the bear.
The entrance of Roumania into the
conflict proved failure as trump
card: it was more of an embarrass-
ment than assistance to victory. 1t
simply heightened the already over
long Russian lines; it opened gap
for Teuton invasion of Russia; it
added another great victory to the
central powers-a victory that is still
growing in Importance.
Perhaps Germany is proceeding at
this breakneck speed for peace effect,
but her successes appear real. They
are important. If as Britain is wont
to exclaim, the allies have not yet
begun to fight" they would do we'll
to start in at once-Milwaukee News.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10

Every one who keeps an aquarium
knows that it Is advisable to place a
few snails in the tank, not only because
snails are interesting in themselves,
but because they are good cleaners,
says the Popular Science Monthly. If
the keeper of the aquarium knows that
too much sunlight will produce too
much plant growth and has placed the
vessel In a partly shaded place where
the proportion of light and shade Is
about right the snails, If they are nu-
merOus enough. can control the growth.
Nature has provided them with Pc
culiar anatomical structure resembling
a narrow ribbon, which In detail is like
the band of teeth on a carpenters
rasp. Under the microscope these SO
called "lingual ribbons" or tongues,
are seen to be thickly set with rows of
sharp edged teeth which are them
selves tOOthed and which rasp off mi
croscopic plants and carry them into
the mouth.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
ORIGINAL Home of WeIshmen.

Jutland was probably the original
home of our Kymric ancestors, as we'll
as lat later period of some so called
Saxon invaders. 1t was peopled in
classical times by the Cimbri, identi-
led by ethnologists with the Cymry.
or modern Welshmen The Germans
magnanimously declined to annex Jut-
land with Schleswig- Holstein. 1t was
then considered worthless waste of
moors, sand dunes and marshes But
the Industrious Danes have transform.
ed what one English traveller styled "a
forsaken Wilderness into the most
prosperous pastoral countries of west.
ern Europe.-Westmins Gazette
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10

If the members of the Wisconsin
legislature will take just as much in
terest in the protection of child work
ers as they do in the protection of
game, the coming legislature is going
to see some mighty good laws writ
ten. The real plea of the modern in
dustrial world is better protection for
the little fellows. Kenosha News
And with good grace the members
of the county board might follow a
good example and provide a place
where the unfortunate citizens aff1ict-
ed with tuberculosis might receive
treatment. The opinion of every can
didate for supervisor next spring
should be demanded by the voters be-
fore election.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10

The legislature of Wisconsin con-
vened in biennial session at Madison
today An effort will be made to re-
duce the length of the sessions to at
least three months. This move would
reduce the cost to the taxpayers $780,
600, considerable item in these days
of high living cost. Senator Charles
Mulberger and Assemblyman H. J.
Grell are in favor of lessening the
session to a reasonable time and their
example is worthy of emulation by the
other members of the legislature.
From an economic viewpoint alone
the sessions should be restricted and
not be allowed to trail over from jan
uary until July. A good start has
been made in the preparation of the
budget and now it should be faith
fully carried out
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10

Not every community that aspires
to good roads can afford to lay down
concrete. Where there is not money
enough for the best roads, why not
provide the best that are possible un-
der the circumstances? When this is
done conditions will be so much i'm
proved as to attract traffic and hasten
development and bring nearer the
prosperity which will enable the con-
struction of highways as good as can
be made-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
The "Ear of Dionysius.D

4 cunningly constructed prison cav
ern. consisting of large chamber con-
nsctsd with one Of smaller dimensions
situated near Syracuse, Italy, has gone
into legendary history with the title
OF the Ear of Dionysius."
The smaller chamber was unknown
to the prisoners kept In this under
ground dungeon, and the tyrant by
whose name it is known had habit
OF secreting himself there to listen to
the converse Ion Of the convicts, who
were mostly political offenders
An ingenious device constructed at
the smaller end of the larger chamber
transmitted the sounds through the
partition, thus enabling the suspicious
ruler to hear even the whispered con-
versations of his suspects"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
Third Degree In Turkish Army.

At last we arrived at the prison and
were locked into separate cells. That
same night we were tortured with the
falagy, or bastinado, writes Alexander
Aaronsohn in the Atlantic Monthly
The victim of this horrible punish
ment is trussed up, arms and legs, and
thrown on his knees; then on his bare
soles a plant green rod is brought
down with all the force of soldiers
arm. The pain is exquisite; blood
leaps out at the first cut, and strong
men usually faint after thirty or forty
strokes. Strange to say, the worst part
Of 1t Is not the blow itself, but the
whistling of the rod through the air as
1t rushes TO its mark. The groans of
my older comrades, whose gasps ana
prayers 1 could hear through the walls
of the cell, helped me bear the agony
until Inconsistencies mercifully came
to the rescue.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10

The growing desire to ''let the gov
eminent do it" has an illustration in
the demand for municipal ownership
and operation of markets. Quite like
ly this agitation will proceed until a
few cities have tried it, thrown their
local merchants out Of business, and
demonstrated the superiority Of pri-
vate enterprise Out in Portland,
Oregon, few years ago, the city
authorities tried to relieve the army
of unemployed by establishing NUM-
cipal wood yards, paying laborers for
cutting and piling cordwoOd When
it came time to sell the wood, a meas
urement showed that the city was
100 cords short of what it had paid
for. And no one could tell whether
the city had paid for wood it did not
get or some one had stolen and hauled
away 100 cords without the city
authorities knowing it. What is
everybody's business is nobody's bust
ness"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
Scotsmen Are French Citizens.

Every Scotsman is a French citizen,
with all the rights and privileges of
such, if he chooses to claim them In
other words, every Scotsman born in
Scotland is also a Frenchman and is
thus possessed of two nationalities.
surely unique position
After his coronation at Rheims in
1920 Charles VII. promulgated a de-
cree that, in return for the assistance
rendered by the Scottish soldiers TO
Joan of Arc. who defeated the Eng
fish and made his coronation possible,
Scotsmen were for all time to be con-
sidered free citizens of France.-Lon-
don Answers.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
Hen Raises Quails.

Bedford, Ind.-A son of Eliza Smith
when working in a wheat field found a
lquaifs nest containing thirteen eggs.
He took the eggs to his home and put
them under setting hen. The hen
Matched them out Since then Biddy
has raised them with her other chicks
and seems as proud of them as though
they were her own kin. She looks
after them the same as the others
feeding them tiny grasshoppers, etc
The little Quails run to her when she
calls them and hover under her a.
night the same as her own chicks.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
Organize New Company.

H. H. Drew, who is engaged in man
ufacturing at Edgerton, passed the
Christmas holidays with his family
Mr.. Drew has organized a company
under his name and is manufacture
ing a new line of stanchion and other
barn equipment. The company has
recently placed on the market an au-
tomato regulator for coal stoves and
furnaces for which there is an in
creasing demand. Besides being a
regulator the apparatus is a ventilator
and fuel saver-Waterloo Democrat
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10

A determined effort will be made by
Milwaukeeans to retain the Soldiers
home. Senator La Toilette has pledged
his support and the same should be
forthcoming from every Wisconsin
representative. There are nine ma
tional homes for disabled volunteer
soldiers of the United States. The
Milwaukee one, known officially as the
Northwestern branch, was the first,
and there is only one other that has
cared for as many soldiers.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
WARSHiP FIGHTING TOPS.
They Are Now Mainly Used For Sentry
and Signaling Work.

They Are Now Mainly Used For Sentry
and Signaling Work.
Lord Nelson was killed by a musket
ball fred from the crosstrees of his
French antagonist Because Of this
fighting tops came into existence and,
being developed to keep pace with
other parts of naval construction, con-
tinue to be a traditional feature of the
worlds navies.
A century ago. when lighting men
marines, boarding parties, gun crews
crowded the upper decks of warship,
sharpshooter posted aloft picked off
many man. But big battleship in
action today shows not mark to the
man In the fighting top.
In the days when 1t still remained
possible for boatloads of armed men
to swarm up the sides and board a
fighting ship plunging shots were drop
ped from the fighting top. But with
great steel walls Overhanging the
waves and never an accommodation
ladder swung out for their welcome it
is impossible for unlimited guests to
set foot on the modern deck.
The captain of the fighting top is
usually in control Of flag, semaphore
and heliograph signaling. leaving the
wireless to an invisible operator in
termed somewhere in the ships vitals.
He is the sentry against small inquisi-
tive craft and may enforce his orders
by the rattle of a light quick frer
He has the outlook, reports and ques-
lions passing ships and has virtues as
detective against spies. His func-
lions, however, are limited. He Is not
high enough placed to see the subma-
rine creeping along a score Of feet be-
meath the surface or to note its wake
of broken water.
The fighting top is in big cruisers
quite massive affair and no longer
the tiny breastwork behind which the
picked rifemen Of the ancients knelt.
A duplicate set Of range finders is usu-
ally kept there and used to check off
the work of the experts in the fire con-
troll tower. There are light quick frers
and machine guns, possibly also high
angle gun or two for use against air
craft.-Pearson's
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
Bees Double Stomach,

The bee has two distinct stomachs
In the first it stores away the honey ii
so fndustriously gathers up from the
flowers until such time as it is ready
to yield it, up. while the other stoma ch
Is used SIMPLY and solely for digestion
purposes. Thus the food and the honey
are never mixed. When the bee re.
turns to the hive and is ready to de-
post the honey it has gathered it con-
tracts the muscles Of the stomach, by
which act the honey is elected through
the mouth. AS to bee food, it is vari-
Gus in kind. consisting largely Of the
honey it SO patiently makes for others
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
DR.. E. j. HOERMANN
DENTIST
Corner First and Over Wggenhon's Jewery Store
ENTRANCE ON FIRST STREET
Stiff. Sore Muscles Relieved.

Cramped mucles or soreness follow
ing a cold or case of grippe are eased
and relieved by an application of
Sloan's Liniment. Does not stain the
skin or clog the pores like mussy oint-
quickly without rubbing Timber up
your mucles after excerise, drive out
the pains and aches of rheumatism,
neuralgia, lumbago, strains sprains
and bruises with Sloan's Liniment.
Get bottle to-day At your Drugg-
it's, Csc. 3
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
Business Instinct,

Mary's mother found her busily en-
gagged in cutting up potatoes. why,
Mary" said the astOnished mother
what are you doing that for?''
Pausing a moment in her task, Mary
looked up and replied, Il heard the
man over at the store say that there
was money in potatoes this year, man.
ma, and l was just looking for some"
New York Times
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
Plumbers Examinations,

Applications to the state board OF
health indicate the largest class yet
assembled will take the state examin-
stions for master and journeyman
plumbers licenses, which will be held
this month in three cities. Approx
imately seventyfive will take the
tests. Examinations will be held
Jan. II at Ashland; Jan. Is at the
School of Trades, 331 Virginia street,
Milwaukee; and Jan. 10 in Madison.
The state examining committee con-
sists of ]. E. Robertson and H. E.
Heine, Milwaukee, and w. G. Kirch-
offer, Madison.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
No "Poor Land"

'"That land Of yours was mighty poor
when you bought it" a friend of ours
remarked to the wide awake owner Of
a beautiful farm we passed the other
day, whereupon the owner delivered
himself Of a faithful saying and wor-
thy Of all acceptation-or mighty near
ly so. You're mistaken" he said
There's not any poor land when you
manage it right" 1t is true rule that
there is more in the man than there is
In the land. "-Progressive Farmer.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
Looking and Seeing.

There is much in knowing how tc
see sights. The discreet anG skillful
person when confronted with a variety
Of attractions will carefully select
those that are for him the best and
then will devise means to see them
with the least wear and tear. But
there are excitable people who set out
to see everything. tire themselves out.
see only half of anything and are dis
satisfied in the end
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
How Mines Are Laid,

On one deck of vessel are several
narrow tracks supporting the mines,
each of which is mounted on wheels.
Each mine is In turn rolled to the stern
and by means of special launching
tracks is dropped into the sea without
fitting. A mine of this character is
made up Of three parts-a spherical
floating chamber containing the explO-
sives, etc.; an anchor chamber, which
is connected with the former by q ca
bic, and weighted sounding line.
The length of the latter is equal to the
depth at which the mine is to float.
When the end Of the sounding line
strikes bottom the lessening of it's pull
throws a pawl, which prevents the
drum in the anchor chamber from pay
ing out more cable to the sphere. Con-
sequently the latter is drawn under
water to depth equal to the length of
the sounding line as the anchor cham
Der settles to the bottom.-Popular Me-
chanics.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10

A non-partisan judiciary is what
the electorate of Wisconsin have al
ways stood for and the same is true
in Dodge county where county judge
is TO be elected this spring. The pres
ent incumbent is Hon. William H.
Woodland, who was appointed by Gov
ernor Philip to the place He is
making good on the bench and should
be and doubtless will be retained.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10

Plymouth, Wis, Jan. Son the
Plymouth call board on Monday twenty
two factories offered 2,872 boxes of
cheese Bids passed on 425 boxes of
daisies Sales were: 217 boxes square
twins, q prints, 22c; so boxes twins,
215sc; 40 twins, 211ac; 103 twins 21c;
I1198 boxes daisies, 23c; 367 daisies,
22Ac; 20 cases young Americas, 23A C
20S cases longhorns, 23c; 235 long
horns 22%c.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
TreIIis for Indoor Flowers

A painted tin lattice work, sur
mounted by two painted tin parrots,
and with tin receptacle at the bot
tom to hold growing bit of ivy or
other plant that needs trellis sells
for 81. The colors used are different
shades of blue and green on an oyster
color background.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10

Attorney General Owen has caused
suit to be brought against retail coal
dealers at Ashland for boosting coal
prices higher than market conditions
warrant He calls it a trust and con-
spiracy in restraint of trade It is the
first of many to be brought in the
state.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
Constipation Makes You Dull.

That draggy, listless, oppressed
feeling generally results from consti-
patton. The intestines are clogged
and the blood becomes poisoned. Re-
lieve this condition at once with DR.
Kings New Life Pills; this gentle
non-gripping laxative is quickly effec-
tive. A dose at bedtime will make
you feel brighter in the morning. Get
bottle to-day at your druggist, Csc
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
Couldn't Fool Him.

Lecturer Tin small town)-Of course
you all know what the inside of cor
puscle Is like. Chairman Of Meeting
Qnterrupting)-Most Of US do. but We
better explain it for the benefit Of
them that has never been inside one.
Puck.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10

We are in receipt of No l volume l
of the Waterloo Enterprise launched
this week with Alex Archie as editor
1t is seven column eight page paper
rion, the paper will be a newsy sheet
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10

Several Milwaukee druggists are
under arrest charged with adulterat-
ing drugs and using inferior ingredi-
ents. If the price of drugs has ad-
vanced as is claimed it would be more
honest to charge the consumer more
but give him the pure article.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
Superstitions of Royalty.

Caesar, Napoleon, Bismarck and 9TH
ers were not above the superstition
Of "lucky" and "unlucky" days. Thurs
day was the "unlucky" day of Henry
VIII, of his son Edward and Of his
daughters. Mary and Elizabeth. 1t is
strange that they should have died
upon this day.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
As Regards Vanity.

"All is vanity. At least so says the
philosopher
Il don't know about that" chimed
In the Plunkville sage. "but there is
enough Of it to keep the drug stores
doing a good business in complexion
contraptions. "-Exchange.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10

New Lisbon is to hold a homecom-
ing the week of July f. Watertown
was the originator of the idea in the
west and the feature became very
popular especially in Wisconsin The
homecoming was abandoned here.
however. several years ago.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
Hon1inn Pinecns

Homing pigeons are not only en-
dowed with marvellous speed, but with
great endurance. Some years ago 3
bird belonging to the late King Ed
ward. who was a great pigeon enthusi-
asst, made a record for SIG miles at q
velocity Of 1907 yards a minute.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
Got Familiar With Than.

PROFESSOR Fugue - What do you
mean. Mr.. Jones. by speaking of Dick
Wagner. Ludie Beethoven, Charlie
Gounod and Fred Handel? Jones
Well, you told me to get familiar with
the great composers.-Musica Amer
lea
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10

Congressman NJ E. Burke has de-
clared himself in favor of universal
military training, so the dispatches
announce. He also favors the reten-
ton of the National guard.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
Children and Reading.

That the child who reads rapidly gets
the most thought out Of the books read
Is the result Of every experiment that
has been made In this line.-Miss Mary
Downey at Chauta1Qua
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
Just Chance,

Mrs. Bacon-Does your husband car
~ any life insurance? Mrs Egbert-
Well, l never happened to run against
any when I've been going through his
pockets at night.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10

ton with the democratic State Cen
trail committee 1t is not likely that
the dove of peace will have the olive
branch all to himself.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10
LOCAL MARKET.
EIgin Butter Market.

Elgin, ILL.,, Jan. 6.-All sales of but
tier were at 39c, same price as pre-
vailed last week.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10

Wisconsin democratic editors are
meeting in Madison today in conjunc-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10

No matter where located Or what it
is we get results on anything big or
small, both city and farm property.
We have representatives all over the
state. Remember, you don't have to
sign any contracts or bind yourself
in any way. Call at our Office, 116 n.
Third street., WATERFOWL, Wis. Write
or telephone 24-x or 375-y.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-10

1t seems they have not plugged up
that leak at Washington yet.