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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
HURRY TRIPS BY ACTORS.
1Mansfiald'e Record Quick Jump From
New Orleans to Chicago.

Envious persons have been known to
poohpooh the actor who thinks that
his life is not all cakes and ale. Many
years ago we thought the limit had
been reached when E. L. Davenport
acted al a matinee in Philadelphia and
duplicated the performance In New
York the same night. Later came the
sensational jump Of Lawrence Barrett
by special train from New York TO
San Francisco in less than four days
and the Joseph Brook-Janauschek leap
from Milwaukee to Philadelphia be-
tween Saturday midnight and Monday
in time for regular performance in
the latter city.
Once Richard Mansfield's energies
comprised a hurry trip between New
Orleans and Chicago. On a Saturday
evening he presented Julius Caesar"
in the Crescent City and on the next
succeeding Monday evening he repeat
ed the experience In Chicago. Mean
while he had travelled thousand miles
and transported all the ponderous i'm
pediments of his well remembered pro-
duction of the Shakespeare classic.
This is how it was done:
A special train in ten cars was under
steam in New Orleans at the close Of
the engagement AS soon as a scene Of
the play was worked off it was con-
veyed on trucks to the waiting spe-
cial. When the curtain fell on the last
act the players who appeared in it,
without changing their costumes were
driven to the railway station, and the
train was out of sight of New Orleans
before midnight Right of way was
given for the entire distance, and re-
lays of fresh engines were provided
from division to division. Thus a new
record between the gulf and Lake
Michigan was made. The running time
for the thousand miles was twenty
three hours.-Kansas City Journal.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

The "Watertown and Jefferson
tain complimentary paid matter for
many of the business houses of Jeff
erson county including a number from
almost all of the local advertisers of
this issue are of the class who do not
believe in the merits of news paper
advertising. Just the same the mon
ey spent in the local newspapers fin
ally reverts to the advertisers, where
as the sum given for one of these out
of-town "write-ups" is a donation to
some slippery stranger-Fort Atkin-
son Democrat
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
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 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 suff-
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, 1917-01-17

The newly elected treasurer of Jeff
erson county, Philip Mueller, will con-
duct the office personally. This is an
innovation as it has been the custom
to have the deputy treasurer at Jeff
erson attend to the duties. The sal
airy is small one, only $500 a year
and where a resident outside of Jeff
erson is elected he could not afford to
move to Jefferson for this niggardly
'alary The workman is worthy of his
hire and the county board should pro-
vide a sufficient salary for the office.
Dodge county does things differently.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
NORTH DAKOTA PASSES
EQUAL SUFFRAGE BILL

The North Dakota house of repre-
sentatives Tuesday afternoon passed
the woman suffrage measures already
passed by the senate, one of which,
modelled after the Illinois law, would
grant the vote to women on all offices
but those provided by the constitution,
and the other would provide for a
constitutional amendment giving full
suffrage. The former goes at once to
Gov. Frazier for his signature and if
approved by him becomes effective
July l.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
UGeSIHT1GCHIEN
SNAPPY PRESERVES.

ounce marmalade is delicious. To
~ make it pare, core and slice
enough ounces to weigh four
pounds and enough apple to weigh two
pounds. Pour over them two quarts of
water and the juice of two lemons and
boil until tender. Add three pounds of
sugar and boil carefully until it is Of
the thickness of marmalade. Be care
ful not to burn after the sugar is add
ed. Pour into jars and seal.
Spiced Grapes.-Pulp and seed grapes
sufficient to weigh five pounds after
preparation. Add four pounds sugar,
pint Of cider vinegar pure) two ia
blespoonfuls Of cloves and two table
spoonfuls cinnamon. Bring all to a
boil and boil half an hour, with con
slant stirring. Seal while hot in jars
or glasses. Currants may be prepared
in a similar fashion after stemming.
Ginger TreatS.-Ginger is particular
ly good in combination with the flavor
of pears. Clipped ginger pear is ia
yorite preserve, easily made. One rec
ipe calls for eight pounds of sound
pears, skins and cores removed and
cut in small cubes. Add six pounds
sugar and juice and rind of four seeded
lemons. Peel the lemons thin and cut
the rind with scissors into strips hal?
the size Of match.
Boil one-fourth pound of green gin
ger root until soft, take off the skin and
cut In small bits. Add the ginger to the
other ingredients, add a large cupful OF
water and boil slowly for two hours or
more, until thick. Put into jelly tum
blers and cover with melted paraffin
This is delicious on hot buttered toasi
or mullins with afternoon tea.
Spiced Crabapples. - Choose sound
crabapples, but do not pare them
Make a rich vinegar strip. adding cas-
sia buds, few cloves and mace if you
like. Put the crabapples III this and
allow to heat very slowly until they
are warmed through, but do not allow
them to crack. Seal while hot
To make orange marmalade remove
the skin from three thin skinned or
anges in quarters, cook an hour in two
quarts Of water and one teaspoonful of
salt, drain and remove the white part
from the peel, cut the yellow very fine,
remove the pulp Of the oranges very
carefully so that there will be no skin
put into agate saucepan, adding the
peel and cupful of granulated sugar
Boil slowly an hour.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

A prohibition bill is proposed in
Nebraska which if passed will make
some Of the inhabitants sit up and
take notice. Among the provisions
are the following:
Any police officer may arrest any
man whose breath gives him away.
1t is criminal offense to tell a man
where he can get drink
Advertisements of any intoxicants
are prohibited.
Flayoring extracts and whiskey
tablets cannot be sold
That certainly will do away with the
morning nips. But then there is such
a thing as OVERRIDING matters in law
as well as in everything else
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

The modern style of bedmaking,
however, is better calculated for warm
than for cold weather sleeping Some
thing has to give way. Either we
shall have to secure warmer beds or
return to warmer bedrooms The
former alternative is to be desired.
By the way, why shouldn't peoples
bodies rest on feathers, if feathers are
acceptable for pillows? If the perky
daughter of the family approves CT
the down-comforter, why should she
be fearful that the neighbors may learn
that an otherwise up-totdate home
harbors a feather bed?
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

The sudden death of Hon. William
F. Wolfe at Madison Thursday is de-
plored by host of friends in Wiscon-
sin. He was but recently appointed
United States district attorney for the
western district of Wisconsin and had
been the democratic candidate for
United States senator at the fall cleo
ton. He was brilliant speaker in
the prime of life and his death is re-
grettable.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Kaisins as Food.

AS producer of energy the raisin Is
a marvel. One pound Of raisins in this
respect, according to a doctor, will
more than equal "a pound of beef or
five pounds Of fish. two pounds Of eggs.
four pounds of potatoes, two quarts Of
milk, half a peck of apples or dozen
bananas" And the advantage Of the
sugar in the raisin is that it is almost
Immediately digested, assimilated and
transformed into energy.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Cheese Market.

Spring Green, Wis, Jan. 15.-Offer-
ings of cheese on the Spring Green
dairy board of trade on Monday was
SIS boxes of single daisies cheese; 325
boxes sold at 21c; 100 boxes with
drawn. Next meeting on Jan. 20.
Plymouth, Wis, Jan. 15.-On the
Sheboygan callboard on Monday if
teen factories offered 678 boxes of
cheese. ALI sold as follows: al
cases longhorns, 221sc; 527 cases long
horns, 22s; 10 young Americas, 22hc.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

Good wholesome dairy butter will
always find ready market as will al
so the buttermilk by product. 1t is
is limited that the time is near when
many farmers will return to the task
of butter making on the farm dispos-
ing of the butter product and the much
sought buttermilk at figures in excess
of what they are now receiving for
milk. Good buttermilk will find a
ready sale anywhere.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

The first bills to. be presented to
the legislature were introduced on
Thursday by Senator J, H. Bennett.
One measure provides for the state
equation Of fire insurance rates
Another prohibits the intermarriage
of negroes and whites. The third
bill aims to reduce the number of
divorce cases by making the district
attorney in the several counties q
divorce council whose written con
sent must be obtained before divorce
proceedings can be instituted.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

The death of Buffalo Bill recalls the
facts that the noted scout visited Wat
ertown on two occasions. His first
appearance here was with a theatrical
company in the 70's and he showed in
Turner Hall, the piece being "The
Prairie Wait" Fancy rifle shooting
was a part of the exhibition. The
second time was after the Chicago
Worlds fair when he was here with
the Wild West shows.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
FIRE PREVENTION.
How Our Enormous Annual Losses
Might Be Reduced.

Might Be Reduced.
The average annual loss by fire In
America is over half as much as the
cost of building the Panama canal.
This Is an actual loss. Insurance, Of
course, restores nothing destroyed. but
merely passes the hat for the benefit Of
the individual losers. TheslOss to the
community is total.
But little thought has been given to
the communal aspects Of the economic
system Of fire insurance, writes DR..
Maynard NJ Metcalf In the Scientific
Monthly. 1t has been viewed chiefly
from the standpoint Of the individual.
Insurance companies repay to individ-
uals their actual losses, and it is SIM
pier for the individual to gain security
against loss by fire by hiring an insur-
ance company to carry his risks than it
Is for him to prevent loss from fire by
building fireproof buildings.
Suppose we should appropriate a
quarter Of billion dollars, the amount
Of a single years fire loss, to the or.
ganization and support of a bureau of
fire prevention, calling to the work Of
this bureau the three best chemists, the
three strongest physicists and the three
keenest engineers In the world How
long would it be before they had found
very inexpensive methods of protecting
all buildings against fire, however in
fammable their construction? The
problem is childishly simple beside
those which men of science are attack
ing daily and with success.
How absurd it is that we have fires
today! They should long ago have be-
come thing of the past.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

The Milwaukee Wisconsin says that
the law that makes people who live in
homes which they own pay an income
tax on the rental value of the property
in addition to the real estate tax is
essentially unjust. The recommends
ton of Governor Philip that this in
justice should be abolished ought not
to escape the attention OF the legisla-
ture
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
The Ku klux.

The "Ku Klux' was a secret order
in the South, organized soon after the
war, for the purpose of combating
negro carpet-bag rule and safeguard
ing the homes and civilization of the
white people. The organization had
a membership Of between four and
FIVE hundred thousand, practically all
Of the white men of the South, and
lasted until it's work was accomplished,
say about 1872.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

There are places where the direction
Of plumb line is not vertical. Irregu-
larities of density in the crust of the
globe may produce this phenomenon.
remarkable instance in point was
found in the island Of Porto Rico,
where the deviation from the vertical
is so great that in mapping the island
the northern and southern coast lines.
as shown In the older maps, had each
to be moved inward half a mile
Scientific American.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
More ENTERPRISE.

"That landlord is certainly an enter
prising Teller"
How now?'
"He has installed outside roller tow
story hotel. Guests on every floor can
lean out of the windows and wipe their
hands"
"But why have the towels outsider
"Oh, that's SO the rain can wash
'em."-Kansas City Journal.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

Revised estimates place the amount
of standing merchantable timber in the
United States at approximately 2,767
billion board feet. Of this amount
1,464 billion board feet, or SO per cent
of the total, is in California, Wash
ington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

The Horizon Advancement associa-
ton has raised the sum of $3.50 by
popular subscription for the band boys
who have been giving open air con-
certs for the public That certainly
shows proper appreciation of the
boys efforts.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Power of tbe prase

The productions Of the press, fast as
steam can make and carry them, go
abroad through all the land, silent as
snowf1akes. but potent as thunder It
is an additional tongue Of steam and
lightning by which a man speaks his
first thought, his instant argument or
grievance to millions In a day.-Chapin.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
ALI NntIra

All the books in the great libraries
are yours If you can read them. All
the paintings in the great galleries are
yours If you can enjoy them. Legal
ownership could only enable you to
prevent others from using them or en-
power you to give them up for money
Youths Companion.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

President Wilson has again given
the suffragettes to understand that he
will not lend his support to the pro-
posed constitutional amendment grant
ing equal franchise The chief exeeu-
tive contends that the question is one
for the individual states to decide and
also declines, through his own action,
to put his party on record as favoring
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Nth Decree.

Talk about torturev'
YES"
Nothing is worse than sitting in g
BARRIERS chair with your mouth full
Of lather watching the boy trying to
give another customer your new hat"
Life
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Both Deadly.

Young Wife Cat table)--Dearie. what
would you do if horrid burglar sur
prised US now?
Hubby-I'd make him eat this cake
Of yours or hit him with it-New York
Globe
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

Strictly fresh eggs are selling at
81 cents a dozen in Milwaukee and
coal has advanced % to so cents a
ton. There are some advantages in
living in a small town.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
ProposaI.

Mr.. Plane (who is fond of dogs)-
Miss Waite. don't you think you ought
to have an intelligent animal about the
house that would protect you and.
Miss Waite-Oh Mr.. Plane. This Is
SO Sudden-Philadelph Press.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Those Queer GirIs.

He-Why didn't you answer my let.
ter? She-I never received It. He
You didn't? She-No. and. besides, ]
didn't like something you said In it
Boston Transcript.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
So l1nexpee$e5

rs Plunkers q confirmed pessfmist?"
lone Of the worst you ever saw. II
happy thought should strike him he
would be stunned for a week."-Ey
change
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

The annual meeting Of the Stock
holders OF the Jefferson county fair
association will be held in Jefferson on
Tuesday January 23rd, at 2::30 O'Clock.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

1t is estimated that in 1915 about
10000 forest fires occurred in the Uni
ted States, which burned over about s.
100000 acres and caused a damage OF
approximately 100000.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

suffrage. 1t is now up to the women
vote seekers to try other tactics, but
it is evident that they do not propose
to abandon the fight for the ballot
Fond du Lac Reporter.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
a Valid ExcIJse

Madam, why do you want to get
out Of doing jury duty?"
Judge, haven'ta thing fit to wear"
"Taleswoman excused" - Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
4 II x/
How Singular!

RIO" singular!
Mrs. Jones had a singular boy.
So singular was this young Jone
That he never made more than one moi,
And he played his duets all alone.
At school he was rather erratic,
For, though mentally quick as a weasel,
He would study but one mathematic,
And when sick he had only one measel.
Robert Rudd Whiting in Century.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
Under the Peach

I saw them kiss beneath the bougn-
No tattling tale shall reach,
For l do not believe a peach
Should peach upon a peach
New York Sun
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
A Bold Faced Type.

To print kiss upon her lips
He thought the time was ripe.
But when he went to press she said,
1T do not like your type"
Boston Transcript.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

Much as some people would like to
do it they cannot blame the war for
the present prolonged cold SPELL
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
PRONUNCIATION.

according to our English cousins.1
Said lady of forty named Beauchamp,
Who desired beaux, but never could
reauchamp.
'''Tis my dark, ugly locks
At which mankind mocks.
So I have decided to bleauchampr"
Exchange.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17
r LOCAL MARKET.
EIgin Butter Market.

Elgin, H., Jan. 12.-A1, sales of but
ter were at 3S15c, a decrease of 15c
from last weeks price.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-04-20
Didn't Get Shaved.

SO accustomed had Michael Sulli-
van, a well-known New York newspa-
per man. become to the ways Of a
certain barber shop uptown that he
Invariably started unbuttoning his
collar as the front door clicked behind
him. His next step was to give the
back button Jerk, hang the collar
Ind tie on the rack, carefully draped
about his hat, and then, and only then.
would he turn his gaze toward the
chair, where his faverlte Tony was
wont to operate. In true form he
went through his routine yesterday,
and then--behold, stranger in Tony's
place. The stranger grinned at Sulli-
van. "You look for Tony? He Is In
the crazy asylum. He go mad last
night while shaving his best friend.
1t run In the family" With this. he
bowed Mr.. Sullivan into the chair,
Then he added: II am Tony's broth
err" Mr.. Sullivan resumed his tie and
collar In the street,
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-04-20
NATURE HOLDS BALANCE EVEN
Creatures That Prey, and Those That
Are Preyed Upon, Have Natural
Increase Limited.
MAKERS OF JEWELRY
100 NAN STREET SALT LAKE CITY

However smart and awake to the
frequent dangers that may mt any
time assail them, the creatures that
are preyed upon are often caught: the
preying ones get them from time to
time, and II this were not SO they
would increase beyond all bounds. 1t
is true also that those that prey often
20 hungry, and they, too. have enemies
or diseases, which later amount to the
same thing in the struggle for exist
ence and the limiting OF numbers. SO
nicely Is nature balanced as gen.
eral thing between the killers and the
killed that II but an unusual influence
enters In, as an additional number Of
carnivorous creatures In any neighbour
hood, or the growing up Of an addl-
tionnl amount Of cover, there will be a
falling Off, on the one hand, or con-
siderable increase, on the other, of
those animals that are preyed upon.
Thus Is seen the influence, both
ways, Of mans part In natures COM
plicated contest. The gunners and
trappers weigh heavily in overbalanc-
ing the otherwise normal balance
against both flesh and vegetable eat
ers. and where, in the unusual good
ness of his heart. man has endeavored
over considerable areas to protect
nearly all wild life, the result is
shown by n rapid increase among the
protected animals.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-04-20
NOT LIKE LOWER ANIMALS
Mans Consciousness Places Him Out.
side Darwin's "strugoIe for
Existence"

M0n Is a thinking animal, because
he Is q conscious animal writes w. p.
Pycraft In the Illustrated London
News. 1t is his consciousness of him
self and his surroundings that has
placed him outside the operations OF
his animal and physical environment.
The lower animals depend for their ex-
istence on their ability to respond to
the conditions imposed by their phys
ical environment and their powers OF
adaptability to their animate environ
ment, the struggle to obtain food, to
avoid enemies, and so on. For them
there Is indeed struggle for exist
ence." But the struggle for exist
ence" has nothing to do with human
progress. For man is a thinking and
scheming animal. He lives by his
wits.
The failure to realize this, the prone
ness Of the layman to apply Darwin's
great generalization to the develop
ment of the human race today, Is an
swerable for much perniclous doctrine,
eliminating in the most disastrous war
which the world has even seen.