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Lemme show you. You are nearly sew
enty years old; you've got eight chill
dren and two or three grandchildren,
and 1t seems to me that you ought to
be satisfied to pass the rest of your
days with them, kinder patriach
s'ronnded by your descendants and
your flocks."
But they've all gone an left me-
None of 'em won't live at home with
me cause It's so far out Of the way !;
an then l can't leave my place and
live with any Of them. 1t would go to
rack and ruin. There amt nobody In
the world that is more in need Of q
wife than I be-"
ut looks to me that If you married
vt Your time Of life you'd be a big
goose, and If l married you I'd be a
bigger one. II I should take up and
marry now don't know how Sid's
wife's baby ever'd get proper raisin'.
The trouble is that I've got several
nephews an neices that Just couldn't
do without me-"
Don't you believe 1t. l bet ii the
truth was knowed every one Of them
wishes you'd tend to your own bust
ness and let them alone"
What" cried Miss Dinah, aghast.
"You don't think any of them would
wish that?
That's what l mean."
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-27
CRACKING Palm Nuts.

In Central America ten tons of palm
nuts an hour are cracked by a machine
including fast revolving drum wheel
into which the nuts are fed from hop
per. A force of 1900 pounds is re-
qnired to crack the half-inch shells, but
the drum-wheel, making 800 revolu-
tons per minute, skaters each one in
to several pieces by hurting it two feet
on tangent against the breaker blocks
continuously lining the inner surface of
the main drum shaped casting. The
wheel rOtates on a vertical spindle.
The blocks defect the fragments down
ward into a discharge pipe, and air
from blowers separates the shells from
the useful portion of the nuts.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-27
Easy to Exterminate Skunk,

Some authorities hold that skunks
are the most abundant Of all wild ami
mails. This is hard to believe after
one has long watched the squirrels and
the rabbits, but it may be true It
must he remembered that the daylight
skunks are the exceptions, and that
most of the tribe only show themselves
by starlight. For all we know, every
field may be chock full Of skunks at
midnight. If it be true that they are
our most plentiful species it must be
apparent that the harm they do is not
tremendous. It would be compare.
lively easy to exterminate them as so
many of our small woodland species
have been exterminated. Besides,
skunk pelts are valuable. With the
double incentive Of revenge and profit
skunk hunters should be able to make
mephitis extinct in a few years.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-27
Legal Notice

First publication May Is, St.
STATE OF WISCONSIN. - COUNTY
Court, Jefferson County, in Probate
In the matter of the estate of Will
liam Filenius, late of the town of Con-
corn, in said county, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that at spe-
cial term of the county court, to be
held in and for said county, at the
city hall in the city of Watertown, in
said county, on the 9Th day of June,
A. D. 1918, at the opening of court on
that day or as soon thereafter as the
same can be heard, the following mat
tiers will be heard and considered:
The petition of Amelia Filenius, exc
cutrix of said estate, praying for the
examination and allowance of his final
account therein including debts and
claims paid not filed and allowed, and
determination of Inheritance tax, and
for the assignment of the residue of
said estate to the persons entitled
thereto.
Dated this 18th day of May, A. D.
1918. a. By the court,
r. B. Kirkland
County Judge.
Otto KuenZli, Attorney.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-27

"Why, some OF my nephews and
nieces think that belong to them,
and I'm sure it would be wrong In me
to go on and marry when they need
me so much"
"They amt like other young folks
then. But that's neither pro nor con.
l tell you solemnly that the Lord never
made as fine woman as you be and
intended her to be single. You amt
exactly old woman, but you're get
tin along, gettin' along. Where's your
home? Amt got none You air Jest
Twin round fust one place an then
the other. No, Stree, you're too good
woman for that sort of thing You
need solid, steady old man for hus-
band, who will give you home to
boss and who will take care of you.
know you could get handsomer men.
amt perfect f1gger. I'm little short,
my feet are too fiat and my heads not
proper shape, but there's nothin' the
matter with my heart. It's sound as
dollar, Miss Dinah, and every, heart
beat In 1t is for YOU"
"Pshaw! How you DO talk" said
Miss Dinah, blushing and then hurrying
to get back to the argument There's
another reason why you shouldn't mar
ry, Judge. Think Of your children. Ev-
cry one of them would be furious with
me as well as with you. I can't i'm
agfne what put this marryin' notion in
your head. In the first place every
body'l be laughing at you If you
should marry again Then there'H be
howl from the children and lastly
you are too old and have got too many
mortgages on you. And you ought to
be thinking about religion, too. and
preparin' yourself for the hereafter
instead Of filling your old head with
all these here lovesick notions"
"You talk mighty hard. Miss Dinah."
said the Judge. who was visibly dis
couraged and who. as he sat in the
moonlight. did look very old and lone
ly. IF you jes' knOwed how hard 1t
was to me to kill time on my place
with nobody but the servants there,
you'd change your idee about my bein'
so silly; hut I've laid the case before
you and II YOU won't give me no de-
cision tonight. I'll ask you to consider
1t and give me an answer when I come
again.
every well. TIL do that: but in the
meantime you had better consider
what I've been a-sayin' to w" before
you come again. You Just '.e about
a week and steddy it over
AS she went into the house the pic
ture Of her aged sutton. departing sad
ly to his desOlate home, remained with
her; and in her room she spoke to her
sister-in-law in this vein: eyes: he
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Case of Double
Persuasion
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(Copyrishts 1918. western Newspaper Union
1t was pleasant night in September
when Jonadab Bsggs came to the
point. Miss Dinah Revins was visit
Ing her brother, who lived not very far
from the judge, and he was laying
siege to her heart at that place. The
front porch had been surrendered by
the family to Miss Dinah and her sui
tor. and annoying Interruptions from
the children had been carefully guard
ed against, for to the acute sensibili-
ties Of Dinah's sister-in-law the indi-
cations that evening pointed to a pro-
posa1.
"How do you do this evening,
1udge?" was the greeting Miss Dinah
gave him as he came up the walk that
memorable night
II was feelin' kinder lonesome-hke
at home, and I thought I'd come over
and see you,' he replied, taking chair
and depositing his hat and cane by his
side on the porch.
Il shouldn't think that a man like
you would ever get lonesome" she re-
marked.
"Well, jes' do. You see my place
Is set back from the road and there
amt no other houses in sight there,
and since my son and his wife went
Off to Texas there's nobody left; and
l tell you, Miss Dinah, it is lonely
place. But / know somebody who
could make mighty big change over
there"
"Who is he?" she inquired blandly.
"Tain't no he. It's a her, and you
know who mean."
Il amt much of hand at guessin'
conundrums, judge" she said, land II
you mean anything particular you bet
ter talk 1t right out"
"Well, mean you, and nary one
else. l guess things would change me
teetotally If you was to take charge
of the place."
X should think they would. I'd cut
away about half of them trees there,
for they amt good for nothin' but
chills; and I'd have that old barb wire
fence down in no time and nice pal
In fence In place of it. 1 certainly
would swop things around there If I
had the management of it."
"Jes' you take me then, and come
over and improve the place as much
as you are a-mind to-"
do l understand Judge Jonadab
Boggs that you are asking me to mar
~ your
THAT'S exactly what I'm trying to
propose to you, and II you will only
do it you'll cure one OF the worst cases
Of lonesomeness in this civil deestrict."
Il amt doctoring the lonesomes now
nor keerin' much about curin' EN-. but
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-27
Heart Pumps 70 Gallons Every Hour

Heart Pumps 70 Gallons Every Hour.
The heart weighs only half a pound,
and it must pump 70 gallons Of blood
through the human system every hour,
or as Joseph Jackson in the Philadel-
phia Public Ledger estimates, 1906
600 gallons each year.
It has the power to propel the blood
through the arterial system at the
rate. Of 621 feet a minute and this
means that the blood requires about
q seconds in an adult to- make q COM
plete circuit of the blood vessels. Be
ing pumped over and over again, the
blood travels a distance of 81 900 miles
in a year, or more than twice the cir
conference Of the globe. The hurried
man abuses it so constantly that the
increase in deaths from heart dis
eases are enormous. The remedy is ::
more exercise; less hurry; and more
cAreful eating,
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-27

want to discuss this here matter
with you. How old are you, judgeT
"I'm about sixty, more or less" an
swered the judge shiftly.
considerable more, guess. Nearer
seventy, amt your"
II guess l am, but come Of long
lived family. My grandfather lived to
be hundred and six"
"Never mind; he's dead. Now femme
tell you, judge, do you know what I
think of man Of your age goin' round
accounting in this here swift way?"
mo, don't, but ] had to be swift,
cause | amt got time to spare"
swell, you ought to be plum 'shamed
of yourself. Don't you know that
you've got no busif. marrying"
"No'um l don't know that l think
I ought to git married; and pari pos
sum, as the law says, l think you
ought to-
mo, Jonadab Boggs. you're wrong.
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CALL ON
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No publicity, no exclusive options.
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junction only.
Train No. 33 arrives from Milwau-
kee and departs for Madison at 1898
q. m. except Sunday.
Train No. Z arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at 1929 p. m.
daily except Sunday.
Train No. 423 arrives from Chicago
and eparts for Madison at 700 p. m.
except Sunday.
Train No. 80 arrives from the east
at 7:50 p. m. daily.
Train No. 40 arrives from Madison
at 9:15 a. NJ, except Sunday.
Sunday excursion train arrives from
Milwaukee at 1862 a. m. and goes
through to Madison, returning at $50
p. m.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-27

asked me to marry him, but I didn't
give him no answer. He's too old to
marry, and I'd be goose If I did; but
then he does live lonesome kind Of
life. That old man certainly does
need helpmate and then he set me
to thinkin' about myself. Here / am
nearly fifty years old without a home,
and I've been forcin' myself very like
ly on lot Of young people that didn't
want me. / suppose it's time for me to
quit it. Well. Jonadab-I mean the
iudge-wants me to be his'n. Of course
l give the best advice could and told
him he was q fool to think of marry
ing; and I've done full duty. / never
let on to him about it, Maria, but
Jonadab has actually convinced me
that / ought to git married, and I'd
Just as soon marry him as any other
man I know; and he's soft-hearted
critter too, and so l guess I'll take
him. He's powerful close reasoner
Jonadab is, and he's got me persuaded
though he don't know it yet"
On the evening when the judge was
to have returned for his answer Miss
Dinah had arrayed herself with a lit
tie mere than her usual care in antfci
patton of the VISIT. After supper she
took her seat upon the porch which,
dered to her. and she was enjoying the
balminess of the night and meditating
upon her best plan of surrender when
the barking of little terrier at the
front gate announced the arrival Of
negro boy. He brought with him let
ter FOR Miss Dinah, 1t was ''from de
jedge, an dar warn't no answer"
Miss Dinah took the letter into the
house, thinking it was anything but
what it was, for this is what the Judge
wrote:
"Dear Miss Dinah-I have been
thinking over what you said to me the
other night. l have went over the
pints seriathim. as the lawyers say,
and your argument is like yourself,
perfect. You have convinced me that
I am an old fool ;,.1 that I amt got
no business with & new wife at my
ion as I oughter have, and I'm a-going
to get some more. Tcu are right, Miss
Dinah, and you've convinced me that l
was wrong. If you ever need friend,
call on the undersigned. l hereby with
draw my suit for the hand Of the most
sensible woman I know. Yores to
command,
"JONADAB ROGGS,
"Justice of the Peace"
"Well." remarked Miss Dinah to her
self, rs she tore up the letter. "He
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-27
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.

CHICAGO q TH-WNSTERN.
Chicago passenger-------- 1880 p. m
South.
Chicago passenger----- $50 a. m.
chicago ng0r---------1l:OI q. m.
GAINESVILLE passenger------ 7:16 p. m.
$40 a. m. train makes close con-
nections for the west at Jefferson
Junction.
Both HOT a. m. and 7:16 p. m.
trains make close connections at JEFF
ferson junction for Madison and all
points west.
N0rth.
Green Bay passenger q. m
Green Bay, Sundays only----S:1O a. m.
Green Bay passenger-------2 AZ p. M
Northern Michigan----------8:3O p. m
Rockford passenger arrives at Wa
tertown at $40 =. m. and goes no
farther.
The 1855 q. m. train makes cOnhec-
ton at Clyman junction for trains
east.
The 1870 train south makes connec-
tons at Jefferson Junction for points
east.
A train goes west from Clyman
Junction at 4:46 p. m.
+Daily.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-27

Wheat flour must be retailed same
as rye flour at profit of not over SOC
per barrel where sold by the sack of
one-eighth or 6ne-quarter barrel, and
at a profit of not over 20 per cent
where sold out by the pound in small
er quantities.
WHEAT BREAD
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United States Food Administration
Daily Food Bulletic
WISCONSIN

SUGAR, FATS sPARINGIY
Retail which should
low Variation retail is difference
These CHARGE AND
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"JONADAB HOGGS,
SInctioo of tho Doooo

"Well." remarked Miss Dinah to her
self. Ms she tore up the letter. "He
never will know that ne persuaded me
just as l persuaded him" And she
went to find Maria and tell her that
after all she didn't believe that she
would marry the Judge.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-27
J. G. Draeger
Electrical Contractor
PHONE NO. 5s1.J

We Take Care of Everything in the
Electrical Line-Repair all Kinds of
Electric Apparatus-Old and New
House Wiring-Prompt Service Ever.
Offlce-116 N. THIRD ST-WatertOwn
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Raise something, whether 1t Is a pig
In the parlor or fish in the bath.
tuh
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-03-28
Blocked in SOmme Advance, Germans Extend Opera tions Toward Arras; Te1tons Open Heavy Bonn bardment on Old British Lines South of Lens Germans Heavily Repulsed Along Albert
 Front; Haig Forces Regain Captured
 Ground on .Sofnme Front

 he to 10 adv beginning 
 
 
 
 
  slightly
   offensive. disclose
  O g moved the mile along tvcenh he SOmm nc The allied commanders evidently playing waiting to  to In  the Ems portsf from o
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-03-28
Special to the Nugget By Associated Press

front the army headqu indicate that Flanders British
  s in
  tie vicinity making 
 
  striking back AbeItoye line   prisoners   Puiux   of a battle the
  the 
 
  in military along the present lines of
  situation which the Germans find themselves make further he compelled find  well n the Lens region
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-03-28
Berlin Claims Losses Within Normal Limits.

2SCeneral reaching Grand Hcadqu Prince penetrated depth of thirty
  front
  elevation  ubborRc statement relative  The slightly wounded
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-03-28
JUNKERS ADMIT GERMANY FIGHTING FOR
 WORLD DOMINANT TON
Special to the Nugget by Associated Press.

March 28Thc BundeHand a o-
  February n Q German newspapers reaching here print detailed statements relative to addresses showing coucusvd
  activities referred desire urooslou discussed in allies 
 The German papers also at the Juke- denounced the Reich which held the principle declaring  imperial The J1h 2 n q
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-03-28
WILLIAMS DECLARES LAFoLLETTE SHOULD ExPELLEo
 BERGER iNTERNEo.
Special to tho Nugget by Associated prcss.

WASHINGTON March Williams
 
   declared
  patriotic  nation in drastic mann
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-03-28

PARIS,  
  fuio in Inc Fenchr ranks
 Force Noyon.
   driving distance three hlome long en kiloneer
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-03-28

 participated
  a brought  which suddenly thrust cxceled French
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-03-28
Av|ATOR. R.CADET
 FALLS TO DEATH
Special to the Nugget By Associated Press

FORT WORTH Texas March 2L soocn Canadian youth be-
  in  Montreal O division a ovator-codet n British established here fall accidents  tumbe American avostudcns
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-03-28
HOG ISLAND PLANT TO
 BE COSTLY AFFAIR
Special to tho Nusoo. By Associated Press

WASHINGTON, contemplating building total
   completed ship building which 
  
 
  matee o
 
  n consrdcion of subscrbs NUGGET your money.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-03-28
WATSON FIRST BOAT
 FOR ANCHORAGE
speeial to the Nunoet by AssooIatcA Pre...

Special to the Nugget by Assooaci
 SEATTLE March 2aThc Admiral Watson will be Alaska Anchorage this
 The Watson scheduled leave for tho Aas 6h will be If Cook Inlet
 Anchorage cay
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-03-28
Germans Preparing New Line Of Advance

28Reports reaching the  treaner righ of battle line attacked heavily  virtually No  fghting for the of villages continuous intensive bonbaldnent of the
 
  displaying intention the wardh Flanders The announcement o east of the
  the Tutnns advan direction Sonme the divert the major portion the Flanders h IS e- as a event of he fighting
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-03-28

  French ines night threw assault against War Office com Is nor
  hand hghuhg fall back before superior Following retirement the French took positions on the summit of resenee 
 Hag Counter Attacks Throwing Germans Back Near Albert
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Henry Schwarz left for Neville last
Wednesday where he will spend the
summer with his brother, Walter, on
the farm. 81 '.l",.' 49,.
c. p. Baker returned home Monday
after a two weeks visit with relatives
near Franklin Grove, ILL.,, and in Chi
cago.
Mrs. J.. P. Murphy returned home
from Denison Monday after spending
the past two weeks in the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. L. M. Owens, helping
to care for the new granddaughter.
J. p. Murphy transacted business IN
Ida Grove Tuesday.
Mrs. Kroeger, of Schleswig, visited
at the home Of her son, Will, several
days last week.
Miss Henrietta Murphy finished her
winter term of school in No. 4 Friday
and left Monday for Denison, where
she will spend her two weeks vacation
with her sister, Mrs. Gene Owens.
]. H. McGratf went to Denison Mon.
day to see his nephew, Leonard
OBrien, who was one of the boys to
leave for Camp Dodge Tuesday. After
visiting couple of days at the home
of his niece, Mrs. f. M. Owens, he
returned home. '';''
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Christensen
and family, from near, Ute, were week {
end guests in the ]. c: York home. 52s
John Christensen spent Sunday at
the home of his brother Julius. - u
Ed Langholdt and family moved to
a farm south OF Charter Oak last week.:
Gus Quade, Of Boyer. came Tuesday
for several days visit with his cUus-
ms In the H. E. Dorale home. =
About fifty friends gathered at the
Jim Cunningham home Wednesday
evening as q farewell to them before
they left for their new home near An
thon. The evening was spent in a So
cial way and at d late hour a dainty
lunch was served, which the guests
had brought with them. i
Oscar Huttendorf and family moved
Friday to their new home near Deni-
son. . @&'N z
A company of about twenty friends
were entertained at the ]. c. York
home Sunday evening. -
Walter Lii and Johnnie Carlson
were business callers in Battle Creek
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Else and little
son were Mapleton shoppers Thursday.
Those going from this vicinity to
Denison see the soldier boys OF were
Miss Emma Schwarz. Martin Buen-
ger, John and Henry christensen and
Jas. McGrath. ~; ..' ~
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the week from TT. Dodge, where she
has been teaching school.
Mrs. Tom Costello and daugnter'
Florence, were shoppers in benson
Saturday.
Mrs. Ed Downey returned home on
Sunday from Omaha.
Mrs. Vim. Dozark and son. Melvin,
of Boyer. were visitors here Friday!
Mrs. O'Doyle. OF Pleasanton, visited
relatives here last week.
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DENSoN PEOPLE g..
SHOULD EAT MORE PIE

Pie is wholesome, combining both
fruit and grain. Those who have
trouble digesting pie should take ONE
SPOONFUL simple buckthorn bark,
glycerine, ETC., as mixed in Adler-i-ka.
This flushes the ENTIRE bowel tract,
removes foul matter which poisoned
your stomach for months and relieves
ANY CASE sour stomach, gas or con-
stipation and prevents appendicitis.
Leaves stomach in condition to digest
ANYTHING. Phi. A. Schlumberger,
druggist. e.&
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1t is hoped that T. r. doesn't at
tempt to cut more than three cords
of wood the first day he gets out
of the hospital. ... {:
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''GetS III" 2 Drops
Then to the Dance
Goodnight to Corn Pains-corns
Peel OF With "GetS-It".

"say. girls. yau can laugh at
tight shoes or damp, corn-pulling
ON eI the soies Of your feet, corns be-
tween the toes, hard and soft corns
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Leslie Mae, youngest daughter of
Frank Leslie and Catharine (Dobler)
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Evening journal., 1918-01-15
Teachers TEAR PAGES
OUT CT GERMAN BOOKS

That the school children and teachers
OF this city are absolutely loyal was
the statement made at the meeting Of
the Board Of Public Education last
night by Dr. Clifford J.. Scott. superin-
tendent Of schools. who stated that
where German propaganda Is found in
public school text books the pages con-
tanning such matter are torn out by the
teachers under the direction Of Princi-
pal Berlin, Of the High school. German
is an elective and not compulsory study
at The High school
The pupils are helping the govern
ment by purchasing Thrift Stamps. II
was said that nearly 1900 Thrift
Stamps have already been purchased
and about 300 Baby Bonds have been
subscribed for.
10 was also stated by Or. Scott that
the school children would cooperate
with the government and January 30
would be observed as Tag Day for
Coal Shovelo." The schools will be
closed half an hour earlier that day 20
enable the children TO assist in tag
ging shovels.