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WEEKLY WATERTOWN LEADER.
VOLUME XLIX
Money and Character
Poverty is evidence of inferiority
of character—those who are poor gen
erally deservee to be poor. —San Fran
cisco News Letter.
Notable examples are St. Paul,
Jesus Christ. Socrates, St. Francis uf
Assissi, Christopher Columbus, and
more recently Tolstoi, and Mayor
Johnson of Cleveland, who has lost
almost all of his money.
On the other hand, us examples of
character in the making, we have Mr.
Harriman, Mr. Rocketellar and Mr.
Ryan.—Life.
And still the News Letter is right
just as “Life” is righgt. The trouble
with both is they do not define the
kind of character.
An accepted definition of character
is the combination of properties,
oualities or peculiarities which distin
guishes one person from others;” but
in a more generally defined sense,
that Life has in view, “ r ihe sum or
ethical traits which give to a person
his moral individuality.”
One of the characteristics of iron is
hardness; of wool is softness; of
feathers lightness; of water or glass
transparency, but each of these things
has other characteristics, qualities
or properties, and the sum of these
go to make up the thing so that it is
clear that character dues not necessar
ily deal only with or refer only to
moral equipment.
Emerson and Longfellow and Lowell
did not have any. of the characteristics
that mark a swinish Kyan a hypocrit
ical Kockelfeller. Theirs were of a
different, a higher, and an infinitely
superior kind, Kyan has characteris
tics of the hog that would drive every
other pig away from the trough.
Emerson had those characteristics
that enabled him when he found a
g iod thing to invite all the world tu
come and share it with him.
The chrracterisU"B that went to
make up the life of Jesus said “Give,
give, give; give all, all, for ail
time. ”
Kyan and Rockefeller and Morgan
end that ilk are made up of character
istics, properties, qualities or pecu
liarities that say, “Take, take, take,
take all, from all, through all time.”
The Ryans are like the barnacle
that sticks and accumulates and cor
rodes and ruins; the other like the
flower that blooms to bless its world.
You meat the Kyuns every day just
as you meet mon of the Socrates and
Tolstoi type. Each has character but
if bo vastly different kind. Those
who believe that the purpose of life is
the piling of dollars or the securing
of the things money will buy, will
continue to believe that the dollar
getting character is the superior.
Those who s or who have learned
that the dollar-getting people are ones
wi'h low ideals, will think otherwise.
—New Hampshire Patriot.
Will heceive Salary
The common council a the regular
meeting Tuesday evening adopted a
resolution fixing the nalray for in
coming aldermen at SIOO. per annum.
The*salary is all right andjnone too
much, but at the next meeting another
resolution should te adopted providing
for a fine of $lO to be paid by alder
men for absence from any regular or
special meeting of the council or from
*ny meeting of any committee duly
called.
The writer has always thought that
city “dads” should be paid for their
services the same as other municipal
officers and that it was not fair to ask
them to attend twenty six meetings
annually and perform committee work
uftimes at a loss to themselves, ter
nothing, many times without even
the thanks of the public.
No salary was provided for the
mayor as the present incumbent holds
over, but there is no doubt but in due
time a salary will be provided for the
head of the municipality, as it is not
just to ask a man to occupy the
position and work without pay.
Probably. False Keport
It is intimated, that John I. Beggs
of the Milwaukee Western
Electric railway company, which pro
poses to construct a trolley line from
Oconomowoc to Beaver Dam, and if
such a line is constructed, no trolley
line will run north from this city.
The writer knows nothing as to the
truth or falsity of the rumor, but
hopes it is merely a report without
any foundation in fact. The people
of Watertown have been exceedingly
good to the Milwaukee Light, Heat
and Traction company in giving it a
valuable franchise and it doas not
seem possible that it will not carry
out its promises.
Found Not Guilty
It will be remembered that last
summer, three boys whose homes were
in Milwaukee, were arrested for
beaking into a frieght car, so it was
alleged in the complaint and warrent,
had their trial in the circuit court at
Jeffeisan, on the 3rd inst., and were
found not guilty by the jury before
whom tried. Their name were Ma*
Thomss, Kosted Walda and Peter
Sterkerski, an American, a Norweg
ian and a Polander.
State Historical Society
For An Idle Mounenl
George Ade was intruf iucing guests
at a dinner in Chicago once bv mak
ing plays cn their nan jes'going ta.k
to the alleged derivatic ns and poking
fun at the names. H e was getting
along famously until it came time for
him to be introduced .
“Gentlemen,” said the man on
Ade’s right. “Tbia i E George Ale--
aid—atsistance —help— relief—sutp.-
—succor —”
That ended that.
Senator Beveridge 'was speaking to
an early morning crowd in Hunting
ton, Inrt., says the Saturday Evening
Post. School had not been called be
cause of the senator’s visit, and the
school children were there wth the
gruwn-upg.
Two or three disgusted Democrats
walked, by, scorning to stop and listen
to the arguments.
“Huh!’’ spiffed one. “Now what
do you think of that? They had to
let out school to get a crowd.”
“Anything- I ran show you, sir?”
“Yea; Ivvant to get some kind of a
toy for my 3-year-old boy Have you
anything that’s indestructilbe? Some
thing he cant’ break the first time he
play with it?”
“I think ao. We have come toy
flatirons. ’ ’
“Have thev got handles on ’em?”
“Of < ourse. *’
“Well, they won’t last him five
minutes Show me something else.”
The secretary of one of the college
classes at Princeton, is sending out
each year a list of questions to be
answered by members of the class, in
order that the results may be duly
tabulated and so forth in the univer
siy annual, and he always, includes in
his list this question: “Are you en
gaged?”
It would seem that one of the
members was cursed with doubt in 1
this respcet for in the blank space
given over to the query mentioned he
made h>s return as e ollows:
“Do not know. Am awaiting
letter.”
The late Bishop Potter once, in his
early days, had occasion to officiate at i
a christening in a small fishing vil
lage. The proud father, a young
fisherman, awkwardly holding his
first-born daughter, was visibly em
baraased under the scrutiny of the
many eyes in the congregation, and
his nervousness was not decreased by
the sudden wailing of the infant as
they stood at the font.
When the time for the baptism ar
rived, the bishop noticed that the
father was holding the child so that
its fat legs pointed toward the font
“Turn her this way,” he whis
pered. But the father was too dis
concerted to hear or understand
“Turn her feet around,” the bishop
whispered again. But s<ill there vas
no response.
The situation was fast becoming
critical, when an ancient manner at
the back of the church came to the
rescue. Putting his weather-beaten
hand to his mouth, he roared across
the room:
“Head her up into the wind, Jack ! ’
And she was headed.
The minister ot a large parish in a
certain western diocese had for some
time been much troubled by the scan
dalous gossip that seemed to be occu
pying the minds of a portion of his
flock, and after exercising a great
amount of tact and perseverance, at
last succeeded in running to earth th
originator of most of the settlement’s
society slander. The guilty one was
a regular attendant at the schoolhouse
services and the minister knew that
should he take him to task personally
he would inevitably lose a sheep
albeit a black one: so he decided to
sermonize him. Accordingly, a special
discourse was prepared and, the fol
lowing Sunday afternoon, literally
hurled at the oifending member as he
sat on a desk in the corner of the
schoolroom. Everybody present ap
peared to fully appreciate the situa
tion. and, at the close of the service,
departed quietly and thoughtfully for
home. All except the .b'acK sheep,
who lingered to v assist “parson” to
hitch up his team and to remark:
“That wer’ a fine sermon, sir; I’ll
bet that hit some on ’em pretty hard. ” I
A hard-looking citizen who shewed
every indication of having made a [
night of it and then some, walked !
along Beacon street, in Boston, and
sat down wearily ui.on one of the '
marble steps of a handsome residence.
The owner of tte house, at a lower
window, watched him for some time
as he sat with his bewhiskered cbm
sunk upon his breast, in an attitude
of dejection, an expression of utter
disgust upon his face. A last he
opened his mouth and said in a husky
and cantankerous voice:
“To hell mit the church; To hell ,
rait the Pope; lo hell mit everybody
—’cept Rosie!”
There was another long silence.
Then suddenly he arose and said defi
antly as be walked away;
“To hell mit Rosie!”
Chief of Police Herman C. Block i
visited Jefferson officially Monday. :
Apolio C:ub Keiiearsal
i’he Apollo club of this city is con
templating to produce cn a large scale
j onfc! of the grandest and most beautiful
mas cal works, Hayden’s “Creation”
at Their next concert. In fact the
r hearsals of this masterpiece h ve
b ttun and there is sufficient artistic
i-i* among the - embers of h- club
guar&n’ e a pr f:d p odu - ion
But, i take a !a-ge chorus to nuke
this composition effective, to bring
ft n pov, arful and wonderful har
monious chouruses and to make the
beauty of tb ir meloibes impressive,
especially in such choruses as “The
Heavens Are Telling.” The manage
ment of the Apollo club therefore
wish to arouse the interest and enthu
siasm of everyone who is interested
in music and chorus singing and bsks !
them to join the club, to help swell I
the number and the volume uf the j
voices, to profit by studying this j
grand work and to assist in the pro
duction of one of the finest composi
tions ever writen. Let every one who
feels so inclined, be present at the
next rehearsal in the Masonic Temple
on Tuesday evening, February 12 at
8 o’clock sharp. Part of this rehear
sal will be devoted to the study of the
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WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN
choruses for the Lincoln memorial
celebration, fur which occasion a large
chorus is also desirable. But besides
a large chorus, the financial support
and backing of oar public spiriled
citizens is necessary for the undei tak
ing of such a great work. An or
chestra uf at least eighteen pieces of
Bach’s best musicians is needed to
make the production worthy of the
masterpiece, besides soloists for the
different solo parts. In fact the ex
pense will be extremely high and the
management of the Apollo club has
therefore set a list in circulation for
a guarantee fund, each signer to
guarantee a pro rata share of five
dollars of any possible deficit.
The endeavors cf this club to offer
to the music loving public only the
best at its concerts deserves a belter
support than has been given heretofore
and the management feels, that this
is their last effort to secure this
support. If sufficient interest and
enthusiasm does not exist among the
citizens of Watertown to give the
support and approve the faithful wors
done by the Apollo club, then the club
has no cause for existene. It would
indeed be too bad if a city like Wa
tertown cculd not keep a musical or
ganization above water.
Ex-Mayor Wertheimer transacted
business in Chicago during the week.
SUCCESSOR TO THE WATERTOWN REPUBLICAN.
WATERTOWN. JEFFERSON COUNTY. WIS. FEB 5. 190*
Neither Fair nor Just
The editor of the Milwaukee Jour
nal has spasms over the attitiude o+‘
Assemblymen Chappie cf Ashland and
Ingalls of Racine, in the senatorial
fight, they standing by tba result of
the primary election, although thev
represent progressive constituents.
How ib at one, Bfa n > the senator
I fr-jni Gnn- county , hieh yavt* Steph
jtnson a majority of over 1,400? If
1 the Journal was fair, onsistent and
'’onscientious, it would upbiaid Blame
: f r not representing those who sent
him to the senate. If the editor of I
the Journal was disposed to be fair,
he would insist upon an investigation
covering the past eight years, and not
single cut one man v.-bo only did what
the primary law permitted him to do,
and he did no worse than the other
aspirants for the Republican nomina
tion—and spent his own money which
he had a right to distribute where it
would do him the most good. As to
the moral phase of the issue, the man
who plays penny ante, is just as much
of a gambler as the man wbo plays
fifty cent ante, and it looks like
“straining at gnats and swallowing
camels” to single out one man for
condemnation and let the others go
free. Amend the resolution: mike
it general and go back and expose the
acts of men in the past. Were the
writer a democrat and a member of
the legislature, there would either be
a full and complete investiagtion or
none, and it is the best and only
reasonable position the democrats can
take in the matter.
Up the Legislature
The governor has passed up to the
legislative the charges made by Waite
against insurance commissioner Beedle
in which he charges the commissioner
with retainittj f ees amounting to
thousands of mSfars annually which
belong to the state and should be
fumed into the state treasury; aiso,
the opinion of the attorney-general
who held that the matter was of a
character to demand investigation.
It is true, that the commissioner
has only followed the practice of his
predecessors who*|oocketed] the fees
and were thankful for the privilege.
When Walter L. Hauser was Secre*
tary of State, he called attention to
the practice and complained to the
attorney-general of the state, but no
attention was paid to his complaint
and about 5200,000 which belonged to
the people went down into the jeans
of the commissioners.
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The Youth's Companion in 1909
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Contributed by Men and Women of
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in a Score of Professions.
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Including Six Serial Stories; Hunio.-
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Character, Heroism.
1000 UP-TO-DATE NOTES
Or current Events, Recent Discoveries !
in the World of Science and Nature,
Important Matters in Politics and
Government.
2000 OJNE-MINUTE STORIES
Inimitable Domestic Sketches, Anec- J
dotes, Bits of Humor, and Selected
Miscellany. The Weekly Health Ar
ticle. the Weekly Woman’s Article,
Timely Editorials, etc.
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ION'S new Calendar for 1909, “In
Grandmother’s Garden,’’ lithographed
I in thirteen colors.
THE SOUTH’S COMPANION,
144 Berkeley Street, Boston, Mass.
a Suggestion
Some inventive genius can make a
fortune by inventing a trolley line for
the delivery of mail cn the rural
routes and thus save to the govern
ment the enormous expense occasioned
by the employment of rural mail car
ters. Whether ic is feasible, is beyond
the ken of the writer, but in these
days of great inventions, it may be
possible that there is a man who can
study out some device by which mail
might be delivered expeditiously and
correctly on the rural routes. This is
but a suggestion, which may induce
someone to give the matter seme
investigation, but it is hardly possible
that such an invention could be made
practical, and the rural mail carrier
need not entertain any tear of losing
their jobs, for the horse and mail
wagon will be used for the distribu
tion of mail matter in the rural dis
tricts for many years to cme, pos
sibly, so long as it may be necessary
to have ruial routes.
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the Parcel Post Bill
A hardware merchant cut in North
Dakota gives the most convincing and
cogitate reasons for his opposition to
the enactment of a Parcel Post law.
“This Proposed law," says he, “is
unjust and absurd from every business
point of view. While the government
pays eight cents a pound to the rail
roads for carrying the mails, tl is
bill proposed to carry | freight under
the same contract at two and on a
I quarter cents per pound any distance,
making the loss to the government of
! about $5.70 on every hundred pounds
carried. Such a law would be a fine
i thing for the railroads, who would I
j than carry millions of pounds of
freight at mail rates and draw : on
the government for their pay; and it |
would be a tine thing for the large |
business concerns in our commercial |
centers who want to reach out into the I
remotest country districts for trade, I
but how about the local rnert-hant
who finds that his customers can pur
chase by mail cheaper than he can by
freight, if it s carried any great dis
tance. ana who will be taxed to help
pay the government? Where is the
justice? Where is the fairness?
Where is the business sense in such
a law ?
“The question therefore arises,
have we rut a right, as business men
and American citizens, to demand at
least that Congress shall not enact
any parcels post law that carries a
less rate of postage than the :ontract
price that the government pays to the
railroads for transporting such com
modities?
Have we nut a right to object to
being taxed to help pay the govern
ment deficits and the freight^ on mer
chandise that con es in direct compe
tition with our own business? The
supporters of such a law are not only
tr\ing to compel the governmental
great loss to help the retail establish
ments of our great cities to reach out
into the remotest parts cf our conutry
and destroy the business interests of
our “local merchanfs”arid “country
stores” but to many times multiply
the profits cf the railroads, under
their present sytsem of carrying the
mai s. ’ ’
It is suprising that the postmaster
—general who is supposed to know
something in order to hold the posit
ion he holds, reommends a postal post
law which ’vill beniHt sf w at th'- #
expense of the many, increase the post
office deficit and thus increase gover
nment exi enditures and burden the
people with taxes.
It Will Not Pass
A bill haa been introduced in the
state senate which provides that in
curable insanity shall be a cause for
the legal separation of couples. A few
years ago a similiar bill was intro
duced in the state legislature in the
interest of a prominent citizen of La
Oroese, but an unfavorable report of
the judiciary committee killed the
bill as should be the fate of the pres
ent bill. Such a law would be a
positive disgrace to the state and in
conflict with every sentiment uf jus
tice. When people ent j r into the
marriage compact, they promise to
remain true to each other so long as
life shall and it would be a rank
injustice to the unfortunate wife or
husband and contrary to every sense
of civil and divine law.
The bill, no doubt, haa been intro
duced in the interest of some individ
ual whose name may not be mtde
public and looks like special legisla
tion for the benefit of an individual
for but a very few men would so far
forget love and duty as to take advan
tage of such a law, even should the
legislature so far forget honor, as to
enact it.
will Lecture at M. t. Church
Mrs. Florence Richards of Leipsic,
Oh'o, national lecturer ut the Wo
men’s Christian Temperance union and
delegate’ to the general conference. !
will lecture in the First Methodist |
church on Wednesday evening, Febru
ary the 10th at 7:45. Admission,
free. Mrs. Richards will be the guest
of Rev. and Mrs. Evcrsz thru whose
efforts, her management arranged a
step over on that date. The public is
most cordially invited to hear this
capable woman.
tleclrical Display
Tuesday noon, there was consider
able excitement in the city, occasioned
by the fire alarm being given. The
alarm was caused by electrical dis
plays in the grocery store of Stallman
Bros, at corner of Third and Market
streets, Gamra’a crockery store, corner
of Main and Fourth streets and Her
ro’s fruit store, and the store of W.
F, Brandt & Cos. Main street.
The explosions were caused by the
crossing of the electric light and
trolley wires conveying a voltage
greater than the meters could stand
resulting in explosions and fires. Had
it occurred in the night time, the
damage and loss might have been
great, as it was, it was only slight.
Why sic on a keg, when you can
buy nice new chairs so cheap of The
Central Trading Cos,
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MILWAUKEE
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WILL NEXT VISIT WATER
TOWN
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