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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-18
NORTHERN INDIANA FLOODED.
Reports are to Effect That Kankakee
River Has Done Much Damage.
Especial to Lake County Times.)

La Porte. Indiana, January IS
Reports received here this morning
state that the Kankakee river is the
highest known for years andthat it
has spread over miles of low lands in
Stark. La Porte. Porter, Jasper and
Lake counties. People living in the
low lands have been driven from their
homes and a great amount of damage
has been done.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-18
IGERRYMANDER SUGGESTED
FOR THE TENTH DISTRICT
LaPorte Politicians Scheme to Throw
This County Into the Thirteenth Dis
Especial to Lake County Time..l !


Especial to Lake County TimesO
LaPorte, Ind, Jan. 1S.-The proposi-
ton to take LaPorte county from the
Tenth Indiana district and place it in
the Thirteenth, is creating considerable
interest in republican political circles.
The new association might prove ad-
vantageous to the aspirations of Judge
John C. Richter. who is credited with
an ambition TO go to congress, but who
realizes the hopelessness of any race
he might make to defeat Congressman
Crumpacker for the nomination so long
as the Valparaiso man wants to be re-
turned to the lower house. The placing
of Starke county in the Tenth district
would introduce no possible con-
gressfonaI candidate. while LaPorte
might cause Mr.. Crumpacker some anx-
iety.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-18
SHOCKS FELT IN EUROPE

{speciaIt to county lines
1Ss Sharpe here from
Italy. No fatal
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-18
THE WEATHER.

Cloudy with light rnEn
and slight changes In tenn
perafure tonight and Sat
urdayj minimum tonight
about 30.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-18
CONGRESSMAN RAISE THEIR SALARIES
Especial to Lake Coun

Especial o Il
oincrea he
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11

In the Drayton household it Is said
that the father Of the family has a
way of presenting alternatives to his
children that never fails to bring them
into line.
Il wish you would speak to Bobby"
said Mrs. Drayton one night. I've told
him to take his medicine and then jump
into bed, and he won't do it. He just
hops round, and says he doesn't want to
take the medicine and he doesn't want
to go to bed.''
Mr.. Drayton stepped to the door Of
Bobbys room, and stood there, TALL
grace and impressive.
Bobby" he said, firmly. "if you
don't take your medicine at once and
then jump into bed. you Will be put
to bed, do you hear me, put to bed
without having your medicine at all ="
Upon which Bobby, alarmed and con-
fused, swallowed his allotted portion and
meekly retired fol the night
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11
PRINCE WINS PEOPLE.
Eitel's Act of Paying Workers of Bank
rupt Contractor Brings Young
Man Popularity

BERLIN, Oct 5--Prince Gitel Fred
erick, second son of Emperor William
has, as grand master OF the knights OF
Malta. famous for their bcnrl actions, ac
Quired great popularity by his decision
that the treasury of the order should pay
twice rather than that Il workman en-
plcyed on an extension of its hospital
at SOnnenburg should suffer by the bank
ruptcy of Il firm of contractors of Berlin.
The firm was given a contract. which
was sublet to the workmcn at Sonnen-
burg, and when the work was finished
and paid for by the Knights. the original
contractors became bankrupt and the
subcontractors could not recover the
amount due them from the contractors
or the treasury of the order. The work
men thereupon appealed directly to
Prince Eitel Frederick for redress and
were Immediately informed that the
amount due them would be paid, the
prince adding:
The knights treasury can afford the
double payment, but the workmen cannot
afford to lose what they have laid out.
as well as give their work for nothing"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11
Keen a List of Gamblers.

The chiefs of police of the European
capitals have prepared a directory or
gamblers index containing the names
Of the professional gamblers and card
sharpers Of Europe. This directory is
in the form of a small Autographed
book and it has been placed with the
authorities Of all the principal cities
and resorts OF Europe.
More than 1000 names are contained
in the index, among which are a num-
Der Of high-sounding titles, such as
prince, marquis and count. Some of
these titles are known to be fictitious,
while others are genuine.
Each name is accompanied with q
personal description and some biograph-
ical details Reference is made to the
particular method and tricks employed
by each, whether railway card sharp
ers, billiards, playing dark, false cards,
card sharping with accomplices, etc
The American traveller in Europe can
now acquaint himself with the names
of some Of the affable gentlemen who
delight in showing" visitors a good
time.-Harper's Weekly.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11
SENATOR B0RAH FREE
ACQUITTED OF CONSPIRACY TO DE-
FRAUD GOVERNMENT.
Boise Goes Wild When Verdict Comes
Cheers in Court and Brass
Band

BOISE, Ida, Oct. 3.-United States
Senator William +. Borah last night
was acquitted of the charge OF conspir-
acy 10 defraud the government out of
valuable Idaho timber lands. The jury
was out just long enough to take one bal
lot. The verdict was greeted by cheers,
which the court officers made no effort
TO restrain.
The demonstration in the courtroom
served only as Il beginning AS soon as
the news reached the outside bells were
rung and the fire department. made u
spectacular run through the principal
streets. stopping eventually nj the Ida
ho hotel, where Senator Borah. sur
rounded by several hundreds of his fell
low citizens, was escorted.
\ brass band appeared rs if 10y magic
and as, the senator reached the hotel
steps played Hail to the Chief" The
streets about the hotel were blocked by
Il cheering throng, shouts miugHng with
the strain of the fire engine whistles and
the clang of trolley car bells. Senator
Borah thanked his hearers for their dem
onstratiou and the confidence they had
repoSed i'll him throughout the trial.
The demonstration continued until late
in the night Borah WAS forced to make
second speech.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11
THE ART OF LOBBYING.
How National Legislators Can Be
Couxed or Driven as Desired.

How National Legislators Can Be
Coaxed or Driven as Desired.
Lobbying is like driving cows There
are times when it is best to say: sub,
boss Come, bossy! Nice bossy." and
to shake the peek measure invitingly,
says ellison Gardner in Success. And
then there are other times when the
only thing to do is to get behind and
boiler and throw sticks into the air.
At heart Congressman are timid crea-
lures, and a big noise is often mistaken
By them for big danger
1t was the big noise" method that
was adopted y the railway brother
hoods to ''shoo' lie Senate back from
passing IN anti-pass bill which would
cover railway employees and their
families. representative of the or
ganization who sat daily in the re
served gallery sent out a telegram of
warning. The response was spectacu-
rain Of kilograms" They began to
come early i'll the day. They contin-
ued until dark, and the desk of every
Senator was piled with scores of per-
sonll entreaties. All that night they
kept on coming The Western Union
Company was swamped, and Superin-
tendent Collins called on Philadelphia
and Baltimore for operators. All that
night and the following day the teIe-
grams poured in. 1t Is estimated that
there were no less than 10000, and
the tolls on them amounted to $780,
900. And in the Senate Democrats
We'd with Republicans for chance to
get the floor and to offer an amend
ment exempting the noisy class. 1t
was never intended they explained,
that railway employees should be made
to pay their fares, nor yet their fami-
lies. nor railway lawyers, nor railway
doctors. nor their families; nor the
sick. nor the INDECENT, nor the home
less nor any man looking for a job in
the grain fields. And so the Senate
framed up that momentarily foolish
list of exceptions to an otherwise good
law
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11

June, when the heavy-headed, white,
red and pink peonies open to the sun
shine, until late September, when the
tall and stately dahlias stand guard
and gorgeous masses of golden glow In
cite the artist to pause and empty his
tubes of precious cadmium upon the
canvas.
All this for the asking. May l paint
in the beautiful garden| Shall | be
in the way upon the Wharf?" Just Il
hint of courtesy is the open sesame, for
the dwellers of Gloucester are courte-
Gus and kindly disposed toward the
painter, unless he be careless one and
leaves behind him his paint rags, which
the family COW takes as perquisite
and which promptly causes her death
or, should smudge of paint be found on
linen bleaching in the sun, the smiles
of the welcome are no more and the
innocent must suffer with the guilty.
few modern studios there are, but
for the most part the artist must hand
up his canyases in the old fish houses
on the village street; or, if he is very
fortunate, he may secure for an atelier
an old barn at the foot of a grassy
slope, bordering on the very edge of
the water, and long known as 1.-THE
Steerage," a studio shop for a number
of years, and frequented by all visit
ors who wished quaint and artistic SOU
venirs of Gloucester.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11

clients is also proved by the fact that
it is mentioned in the book of Job.
During the year 1915 there was a
description of the black lead pencil
written by Conrad Gesner. He says
that pieces of plumbago were fastened
in q wooden handle and mixture of
fossil substance, sometimes covered
with wood was used for writing and
drawing. About half a century later
a good account of this mineral was
given, and it was then used in Italy
for drawing and mixed with clay for
manufacturing crucib1es. We are in
formed in Beckman's History of In
ventions" that the pencils first used
in Italy for drawing were composed
of a mixture of lead and tin, nothing
more than pewter. This pencil was
called a stile. Michael Angelo mentions
this stile, and, in fact, it seems that
such pencils were long used in com
mon over the whole continent of Eu-
rope At this period the name plum
bago or graphite was not in use, but
instead. the name molybdena or molyb-
doids, which is now applied to an en-
tfrely different material.
Graphite or block lead is formed in
the primary rocks. In the United States
it occurs in felspar and quartz, In
Great Britain in greensboro rock and
gnefss. and in Norway in quartz. The
mine at Barrowdale, England, has sup
piled some of the finest black lead in
the world, but the quality varies,
owing to the irregularity with which
the mineral occurs.
The Jews were for a while the only
manufacturers of pencils. It requires
great skill to perfect the manufacture,
according to the degree of hardness or
softness required. OF recent years the
manufacture of pencils has increased
to such an extent that the price of
these articles has decreased proper
tionately. Graphite and pure clay are
combined and used in the manufacture
Of artificial black lead pencils. and. on
the other hand the greatest perfection
is attained in the making of the higher
class pencils. Graphite is exposed to
heat to acquire firmness and brilliancy
of color. Sulphur is also used to Sc
cure a more perfect color Scientific
American.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11
Bees at Every Mans Door.


Bee hives on every front porch, Civ
ing each family a supply of delicious
honey close at hand, while at the same
time the bees will inculcate their lesson
of industry, are a possibility, for the
Department of Agriculture has sue
ceeded in importing from abroad what
may be termed peaceful bee, which
finds our tickle climate to its liking.
The newcomer is known as the eau
casian bee The name is derived from
its native locality, and is emphasized
by habits Of life which rank it dis
tincfTy as the white mans bee. It Is
civilized, dignifed, and high toned. 1t
rushes with reluctance into anything
that smacks of warfare, having, in
place of the belligerent instincts of 9th
ers of its class, predisposition to ar
bitration.
1t must not be inferred, however,
that the Caucasian has no sting at all.
Physically it is constituted much as are
other bees and has an equal capacity
for infiicting a wound, but its weapon
is sheathed in peace and used only in
cases of extreme emergency.
There is a truly stingless bee, which
is a Latin-American, but which has a
strong indisposltion to work, and when
temporary fits of industry seize it it's
labers are done in half-hearted sort
of way, and without plan or system
It will follow no architectural plan in
storing honey, and all efforts to cross
it with It's Caucasian relative have
hean unsuccessful
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11
HUNTED HUSBAND FOR 2s YEARS
Only to Find Him Happily Married-Said
He Had Forgotten Old Wife.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Oct 5.-After a
chase of twenty-three years after her
husband Mrs. Mary Collins Whan has
found him in Cleveland, happily married
agan ana n niaa,f 81 large fanny ~ az
vorce against him. The papers filed by
Mrs Whan tell how she trailed her hus-
band for more than a score of years
and how, in the last decade, she was
assisted by her grown son. She sets
forth that last July she heard her hus-
band was in Cleveland and she sold her
household goods to hunt him there. She
met him or the street and recognized
him only by his remarkable resemblance
to their son. She had him arrested, and
when she showed him her marriage Ger
tifcate he almost tainted, saying he had
forgotten all about her. He is now q
railway conductor running out of Cleve-
land and has another wife and three
children.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11

There are two reasons why ordinary
safety matches can be struck on
smooth glass. The head of the safety
match is composed of a mixture of
sulphide of anthony, chlorate Of pot
assium and powdered glass. A COM
paratively small increase Of tempera-
tire will cause this to ignite. Now,
glass is a bad conductor of heat, and
the rapid passage of the substance
over it raises the temperature of that
substance sufficiently for that purpose.
When the glass is rough the friction
crumbles away the loosely combined
mixture before the temperature rises
to the point of ignition; hence, given
tie composition of the match head. The
two circumstances which answer The
question are the comparative smooth
ness of the glass and its imperfect CON
duciivity Of heat
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11
COTTON PICKING.
Southern Negro in This Particular
Has No Equal.

Southern Negro in This Particular
Has No Equal.
BY the middle of December the cot
ton picking season in the South is gen
orally brought to close, but this year,
on account Of the great scarcity of
labor throughout the cotton States,
Christmas will find Il great quantity
of the fibre still on the stalks The
planters are paying from so to 60 cents
a hundred pounds. and as good work
er picks 400 pounds a day, the income
Is considerable
By far the best pickers are negroes.
Each picker is supplied with a basket
and n bag The basket is left at the
head of the cotton rows. and the Gag
is suspended from the picker's neck by
strap, and is used to hold the cotton
as it is taken from the boil When the
bag is filed it is emptied into the bas-
ket, and this routine is continued
through the day. When a basket is
filled it is dumped into wagon, and
when there is load ready it is hauled
to the gin house. almost every large
planter having his own gin.
Almost from the time the Dic1ers
enter the field and adjust their sacks
around their necks they begin to sing
Few negroes can pick cotton without
singing. The negro as rule works by
music, and the picker who doesn't sing
will prove himself mighty poor hand
The singing is music the Hike of which
you cannot hear at any other place
or under any other circumstances
low, soft hum, delicateIy intoned
rhythmic, mellow and soothing There
is nearly always a leader" and the
others join In. While from other coun-
tries may come laborers to aid in our
agricultural Developments none will
ever be found who can take the place
Of the negro as a cotton picker To him
it comes natural, and at the close of
days bending over the cotton rows
with nimble fingers drawing out the
long, fieecy staple, he is as fresh as
when he began lis work in the early
morning. His songs are continued at
ulSlllIdII Wuell lie returns from the
fields with well-filled baskets Of cotton
upon his head There appears to be no
such thing as making him tired, but
with the coming darkness he is ready
to take part in corn Stockings, dances
and socials. and if he gets to bed by
1 o'clock he is in luck No difficulty is
experienced in getting the pickers up
early and off to the cotton fields The
picker knows that an early start means
much to him, from the fact that the
heavy dew on the staple will make it
weigh. The picker gains many pounds
by getting into the fields by daylight
and working like a trooper until the
sun has dried off the dew.
When the crop is in. when the pick
ers have worked right up to Christmas
eve, the planters pay them off in good
coin of the realm, and then they are
ready for the Christmas festivities,
and the southern darby gets about as
much genuine pleasure out Of the holt
days as the next person. In the South
the Christmas festivities last a full
week, and to get any work out of a
negro during that period would be i'm
roSSihle
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11
OLD GLOUCESTER BY THE SEA.
Quaint Town in Massachusetts
Where Artists Find Open Sesame.

Town IN haSSachusGANs
Where Artists Find Open Sesame.
Nowhere on the New England coast
is the white umbrella more in evidence
than in the quaint old town Of GIou-
cester, says Town and Country From
under its grateful shelter one looks out
upon the varied scenes which have in
spired such masters Of the brush as
Duyeneck, Twachtman, Childe Hassam
and a score Of others, who in years
past have set up their easels and found
a painters JOY in the wealth Of color,
variety and picturesqueness Of this old
town by the sea. More than 200 years
have passed over its spires, roofs and
wharyes, dulling into perfection those
tints which only time can perfect. Not
only wharVes and ships are transferred
to the canvas, but quaint streets, with
their houses perched upon rocks which
crop out In a manner almost perilous
to the passer-by. Old-fashioned gar
dens glowing with color from early
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11
S5,251.74 IN DEAD MAIL
1905, $50 Letters Received at Dead Letter
Office in September, According
to Postoffice Figures.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct 5.-The
report on the undelivered mail matter
handled by the dead letter office in Sep
TENDER, 1907, shows that 1,005, $3.50 pieces
of mail matter were received and 235,-
961 pieces were returned to senders, as
compared with 1929 pieces received
and 200, 564 returned in September, 1906.
Circulars and non-returnable letters to
the number of 407 1913 were destroyed
last month, while in the same month last
year 554 247 pieces of such matter were
destroyed. The sum of $5251.74 was
found in the dead letters and $4371 CA
was returned to senders.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11
Thatched Roofs in London.

Every cabman knows that there - n
Thatched house in st. James street. al
though the name is a bare tradition of ;,
long departed roofing. Like woodeI
houses matched roofs are rare in Lo1,-
don. There is beautiful specimen IT,
Camberweu grove, not far from CaL
berwelI green. Standing back from tn.
street, it is embedded in the richest foIi-
of ancient date, in good repair and evil
IDENTIFY the work of highly skilled
thatcher At the beginning Of the grove
is a very old inn called the Plough,
which retains all the main features with
which it was invested some 300 years
ago-London Evening Standard.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11
WHITLOCK WON'T RUN.
Mayor of Toledo Turns Down Democrats
Because He Does Not Like
Platform

TOLEDO. o., Oct. 5.-Mayor Whit
lock today declined the Democratic nom
ination for mayor rendered him by yes
terday's convention on the ground that
the convention failed to endorse the prin-
cples of the Independent party, All
other Independent candidates for city
offices endorced by the Democrats de-
clined to permit their names to go upon
the Democratic ticket.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11
BIG LINERS OVERDUE.
Encountered Heavy Seas-New
York Hears Nothing.

LONDON, Oct 5.-Neither the
American line steamer st. Paul, which
left New York September % for South
ampton, and which was due to arrive at
Plymouth this morning, nor the Cunard
line steamer Umbria, which left New
York the same day as the st. Paul for
Queenstown and Liverpool and which
should have arrived at Queenstown late
last night or early this morning, had
been sighted up to $3.50 o'clock this
evening, indicating that they had ex-
perienced rough weather on the Atlantic.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11
PAYS S1,5oo,o 900 FOR HOTEL.
Chicago HosteIry to Make Room for New
Theater.

CHICAGO, H., Oct. 5.-Levy Mayer
has bought from Bryant H Barber of
Polo, H., the Stratford hotel, including
the building and land at the southwest
corner of Michigan and Jackson boule-
wards for consideration understood to
be S1,500,000.
The plans are for the erection of a
new eighteen-story hotel and theater on
the present site as soon as the present
building can be pulled down. The pur-
chase of the hotel was made in the in
terests of Klaw & Erlanger of the the,
atrical trust.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11

The editor was critieising the poem
lust brought in by the literary contrib
utor.
You speak of the spirit of the for
est" he said DO you think there is
such thing as a forest spirit, as dis
tineuished from any other kind?"
Yes. sir" fercely responded the lit
erary contributor. Didn't you ever
hear of such a thing as wood alcohol 2"
Chicago Tribune.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11
SIX GENERALS SNUBBED
President Promotes DuvaIl Over Heads of
Funston, Carter, Bliss, Barry,
Mills, and Edgerly.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Oct. By
direction of the President William p
Duvall has been appointed to be major
general in the army, vice Maj.-Gen. Will
liam McCaskey, present commander Of
the department Of the Dakotas. Six
brigadier generals were passed over, al
though they We're Gen. DuvaIl's seniors.
They were Gems. Funston, Carter, Bliss,
Barry, Mills and Edgerly.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-11
MISSING THAW WITNESS FOUND.
lea Veronica Simonson Expected to Tes-
tify Against Prisoner.

l9ITTSBURG, Pa, Oct. 5.-Ida We
roI4ica Simonson, the much wanted wit
ness in the Thaw murder trial, dropped
into Pittsburg as mysteriously as though
she had descended from the sky. Miss
Roger O'Mara, the Thaw detective, is
not worried about the presence of the
woman in Pittsburg in spite of reports
that she will take the stand and tell all
she knows against Harry Thaw.