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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-03-22
SINCL AIR COLONY
ROUTED BY FIRE.
EXPLOSION IN BALLROOM WRECKS
HELICON HALL, SETTLEMENTS
UNIQUE HOME.
FlFTY-FIVE FLEE FOR LIFE.
Five Persons, Four of Them Women, In
jured Jumping from Windows
Workman Missing.

ENGLEWOOD, \. J., March 10
Helicon hall, the home of Upton Sin
clair's colony, was destroyed by fire early
today. The blaze was preceded by an
explosion which seemed to occur in the
ball room.
The flames spread with such rapidity
that the ffty-fve coIonists had to flee
for their lives without having time to
save any of their belongings. Some
OF the colonists were injured i'll jumping
from windows.
The dead:
co BRiGGs lester Pro S r. H.
burned to death on the third floor
Eight People Are Injured
The persons injured by jumping from
windows were taken TO the hospital.
Ihey are:
Miss Helen Knowles, assistant house
keeper at Heicon Hall, injured internally.
Miss Grace Cook, internally injured;
Miss Alice MCGOWAN, back injured.
James McNitf, burned about the head.
Miss Leonie Fichtenberg, ubrned on face
and body.
Mrs. Henrietta D. KimbaIl, illustrator,
suffering from shock.
Fire Ends Brief Career
The Sinclair Cooperative colony was
established last October and included
number of educators and men and won,-
en- engaged in literary pursuits. The
cooperative servant plant was adopted
the meals being served in common in
large dining room.
Victims Barefooted in Snow.
Some had provided improvised FIRE
escapes of rope which were used to good
advantage in lowering children and Wom-
en- from the windows.
Those who were not injured walked
barefooted through the snow to nearby
cottages.
On Investigation it appears that the
explosion was the result of leaking gas.
Sinclair and Matron Heroic.
Mr.. Sinclair suffered cuts from broken
glass, but assisted in holding the blan-
kets as fire nets while the others jumped
into them.
Mrs. A. c. Noyes, who was the house
manager, and who had apartments on
the first floor was the first to discover
the danger. She had no time to dress
but fled, clad only in her night robe, to
the latticed tower, not far from the
main building, seeking the bell rope. 1t
was gone, so she climbed up, hand over
hand; fifty feet to the top, where she
seized the rope and rang the alarm.
Three London Warehouses Burn.
LONDON, March 1G.-Three big
warehouses in LOndOn'S busiest induStri-
al center were Quilted by fire this morn
ing, causing damages to the amount of
about $1,000,00O. Starting in the
premises of Cox Il Co, hat manufacture
ers, the flames envelOped the establish
ment of the Maxine Co, wood turner's,
and spread to the warehouse of Green
4, oh T,,,fr, 1,+,,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-03-22
Viewers Want More Wages.

WARREN. u. l., March lo.--N strike
has beer declared l.y $50 Wcuycra at the
.'arlscr mills. Thvy demand an increase
# ! per cent Ii IS said that 100 en-
yloycs in other departments Of the mill
VIII be thrown out Of work.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-03-22
Imaginary Powers.

What is the extent of his mental
powers?"
Great. He thinks he's a wonder in
many ways. In fact, all Of his ability
is in his head."-Kansas City Times.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-03-22
HONOR THE GREEN
WITH JOHN BARRY.
Statue of Famous Commodore Unveiled
in Philadelphia by Irish
Hosts

PHILADELPHIA,P Pa, March 10
One of the principal features of the OBJ
servance of St Patrick's day in this
city, which will continue through three
days this year, was the presentation this
afternoon to the city by the Society of
the Friendly Sons of st. Patrick of a
statute of Commodore John Barry. He
was one of the society's members along
with George Washington.
dwelling Is Picturesque.
The statute, a heroic bronze figure of
the commodore, stands i'll Independence
square, and great crowd turned out IN
the Spring-hke weather to witness the
unwilling. This honor fell to Miss Elsie
Hazel Hepburn, a 12-year-old great
-grandniece of Barry.
The national government was repre-
scented by Brig.-Gen. Duval and Rear
ADMIRAL Tilley, commandment of the
League Island navy yard. A detaCh-
!ment of marines and sailors from the
war vessels at the navy yard acted as
guard of honor.
Stewart Presents Statue.
The exercises began with salute at
the navy yard after which the Rt.-Rev.
Alexander Mackay-Smith, bishop coadju-
tor of the Protestant Episcopal diocese
of PENNSYLVANIA, delivered the invoca-
ton. The presentation address was de
livered by Thomas j. Stewart.
The statue was accepted on behalf OF
the city by Mayor Weaver. The grafton
was delivered by Rear Admiral Melville
ret) Among other things, he SAID:
The subject of our paeans today was
a seaman in all that it means-an OIL
Ger of the navy before we had a navy,
A man in the acceptatiOn OF the ancient
and honorable meaning of the word.
No Kid Gloved Sailor.
Gle could not only sail, manage and
navigate his ship all over the world, but
could build, rig, and equip her, and also
could place, man, and fight her guns
This he did on many occasions. He was
no 'kid-gloved' mariner.
"'Old Jack Barry he was lovingly
called by those who knew him. But to
us of a latter generation, his name and
the record of his deeds makes him fight
ing Jack Barry the father of the Amer
lean navy"
Archbishop Ryan Indisposed.
HI, l.,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-03-22
Archbishop Ryan Indisposed.

The benediction was delivered by the
Rev Gerald 2. Coghlan. rector of the
Roman Catholic church Of Our Lady of
Mercy in place of Archbishop Ryan who
is slightly indsposed.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-03-22

Advertise in Your Home Paper.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
The %Typhonoid,

vessel, claims that II cannot be cap,
sized. except possibly when making
shoit turn at high speed, when great
skill on the part OF the steersman Is
| required
The motive power consists of two
fc"r.cyllndcr V.type motors Of SO
horsepower each, coupled together
and to the propeller shaft. Double liz.
milton by magnets and by accumula.
tors is provided TO lessen the chance
Of failure. The screw Is 3lh inches
In diameter, which is placed at the
bow The inventor has guaranteed
Il speed of 100 kilometors, OF more
than 62 miles an hour.
In the new boat the centrifugal dis.
placement and the central void are
thus converted into beneficial effects,
and the limit TO the advantageous in.
crease in the velocity Of rotation of
the propeller Is removed. The "typho,
mold" is derived from a Greek word
which means a whirlwind, and the ap.
paratus is designed TO act by suction
Ia the manner Of a waterspout.
According to experiments. the
typhOnoid viii produce the maximum
of speed for a given expenditure of
power, and as 1t presents no project
Ing edges. it is maniiestly superior to
the ordinary screw propeller for the
navigation of shallow waters contain.
ing vegetable growthR. The typhonoid
propeller consists of a number of
blades-six in this instancc-symmet.
really distributed around an axis and
terminating in a cylindrical tube.
Each blade Is composed OF two sheets
or surfaces. One sheet is spiral.cy-
lindrical, like a loosely.rolled sheet Of
paper, with It's inner edge at the axis
and Its outer portion forming part of
the enyeloplng tube. The other sheet
is smaller, inclined and ~helicoidal, like
the blade of an ordinary screw pro.
peller. It extends from the front
edge of the cylindrical sheet to a
spiral line traced some distance be.
hind the front OF the cylindrical sheet
Of the preceding blade.
The principal dimensions of the
typhonoid are: Length over all, 50
feet; length On waterllne. seq feet;
greatest width over all, 81 feet;
greatest width at waterline. 4 feet Z
moulded depth, 4 feet ~.
inches; mean draft, . feet IA inches;
area of am%idships sections, 7.1i square
feet.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
rs PROOF AGAINST RUST.
New Workers Secure Rights on a Val.
liable Invention.

Cansul Albert III stead, Of Birming.
ham, reports that an option on the
American rights to a patent roces
called "sheradising,' which. 1t is as,
serted. makes iron and steel rust.
proof, and has been successful In Eng.
land for q time, has been sold TO n
iirm In New York. He adds:
az rs claimed for this process that
1t coats iron and steel with zinc as
well or better than ordinary wet gal.
%vanizing, and that the iron and steel
thus coated can be brilliantly pol.
ished. In the process zinc dust 10
placed In a cylinder which has been
brought to a temperature of 400 to 500
degrees Fahrenheit; that is, below the
melting point of zinc. The articles
Il is desired to "sheradize" are put
into the cylinder, which is then re
volved. The zinc in this process is
not actually melted, but forms an al.
10y through the surface of the articles
absorbing the zinc, and then a coating
covering the ws7.e visible surface Is
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11

EASILY MIXED RECIPE FOR KID
nEYs AND BLADDER.
Tells Readers How to Prepare This
Homemade Mixture to Cure the
Kidneys and Bladder and
rheumatism.

Get from any prescription pharna-
cist the following:
Fluid Extract Dandeiion, one-half
ounce; Compound kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Shake well in a bottle and take a
teaspoonful dose after each meal and
at bedtime.
The above Is considered by an emf
nent authority, who writes in a New
York daily paper, as the finest pre-
scription ever written to relieve Back
ache, Kidney Trouble, Weak Bladder
and all forms Of Urinary difficulties.
This mixture acts promptly on the
eliminative tissues Of the Kidneys, n
abling them to filter and strain the
uric acid and other waste matter from
the blood which causes Rheumatism.
Some persons who suffer with the
Affections may not feel inclined to
place much confidence In this simple
mixture, yet those who have tried it
say the results r simply surprising,
the relief being effected without the
slightest injury to the stomach or 9TH
err organs.
Mix some and give 1t a trial. 1t
certainly comes highly recommended.
1t Is the prescription of an eminent
authority, whose entire reputation, 1t
is said, was established by 1t.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
Wind Guard Open and Closed.

viii cover the bowl 10 any extent de.
sired, and that It may be readily fold.
ed out OF the way In order to give the
smoker ready access to the bowl when
desired. The guard is formed of teles.
coping plates. which in folded posi-.
ton lie approximately level will, the
top of the pipe bowl. They are hinged
to a ring which is secured to the pipe
by means OF pins that project into an
annular groove near the top Of the
bowl This method Of attachment per.
mits the guard to be rotated to any
desired position. When in use, ex.
plains Scientific American, the tele-
scoping plates are raised, and form a
hood which rises over the mouth OF
the bowl, at the same time leaving
opening for the admission
air. The extent to which the bowl
Is covered may be governed by the
number OF members which are raised.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
SURELY HAD PRIZE FLY.
Money Invested in Incubator Was Not
All Lost.

Poultney Bigelow, the brilliant ALL.
thor and journalist, said the other
day of the chicken farm that he is
about to set up at Maiden:
IL hope to succeed with this farm. I
hope u experiences won't too closely
resemble that of my old friend Hora-
ito Rogers. Rash Rogers lived in the
suburbs. On the suburban train one
morning he said to me with a sour
laugh:
1--WE got something nobody else has
got, Mr.. Bigelow.'
Have you, Rash?' said |. What
Is it?'
well said Rogers, 4 bought a
$50 incubator last month, put SIS
worth of eggs in it, and Matched out
a blubottle fy.'
He frowned, then sighed.
Yes he said. I've got the only
$65 bluebottle fly in the world"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
Protecting the Wateroourses.

So extensive has the utilization OF
streams for industrial purposes be.
come in France that the minister OF
agriculture has instituted a commits
sion to study the best means of pro.
tecting them. II is stated that many
streams have been virtually destroy.
ed for the sake of industrial establish.
ments, that certain small water.
courses have disappeared entirely,
and that the effect in some places has
been to transform the physical fea.
lures of the country. The intention Il
not to prohibit the use Of the waters.
for modern industry demands more
and more Of that, but to regulate 1t so
the streams may at the same
time be preserved for their beauty
and their usefulness.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
THE STORY.

THE expedition against the Ammon,
i ties had already been DELAYED he.
yond all reasonable excuse, and .Joab
The captain of the hosts OF Israel chat.
ed and fumcd under the restraint
Experienced mar of war as he was
he knew that valuable time was be.
Ing lost and the time of year when
the campaign could be conducted
most successfully was slipping away
Had he had his way. King David
would have started three weeks ago
but he did not now seem any nearer
the point of departure than he a
at that time when he had informed
him that the army was in readiness 70
move against the enemy Joab knew
that II was not cowardice upon the
part OF King David which kent him
at Jerusalem. for 70 drawer mnn ar
more able commander ever led the
armies of Israel than he. And for
this reason 1t made the situation tho
morc puzzling.
joab waited as long ms he could. and
then sought the presence of the king
and demonstrated with him,
Each day that we larry here but
adds to the strength of our enemies,"
he exclaimed. impatiently.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
LARGEST CAVE IN WEST.
Most Remarkable Cavern Discovered
IN California Mountains.

Two gold.prospectors recently dis.
covered in the Santa Susanna noun.
tains, about so miles from Los An.
seles, Cal, the largest and most re.
markable ave in western America.
While looking for indications of gold
they found mn opening which they
entered. The opening led to a great
cavern. consisting of many passages,
some of them wide, but most OF them
narrow and lofty. The passages lead
into great halls, some containing
an acre, studded with stalagmites and
~stalactites, in some cases so thickly
that 1t Is difficult to get through. The
walls of one of these halls are covered
with rude drawings, some almost OBJ.
liberated. but others still clear. The
drawings represent incidents of the
chase, showing Indians on foot pur-
suing bear, deer and other animals,
One wall-painting shows the bear pur-
suing the hunter. The work is done
with a soft, red stone much used by
the Indians for that purpose.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11

Littjs one Wanted q Pick ~ I'm
notwithstanding Flowers.

A
When the first little granddaughter
was big enough to want TO pick the
garden lowers. the grandparents tried
every guiieful means to save their pet
posies from devastation. A truce was
reached when it was agreed that Har-
riet should let the garden plants alone
and pick only "children's flowers" .
descriptive name bestowed at once
alike on dandelions, buttercups.
daisies and clovers. After this there
was peace In the family. One day
Katherine. the newest granddaughter.
was contentedly pulling grasses while
grandmother shipped OF blossoms
from the forget-me-nots. Katherine
remembered that fresh flowers had
not been gathered for the dinner ta-
BILE. She a ave to grandmother and
promptly coined one Of the longest
words a four.year-old ever used.
Grandmother" she begged, cant I
pick the underchildrenable flowers
for dinner??"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11

Ea4S lNJSA8
NEW TYPE or MoroRsoAr.
inventor OF the "Typhonoid" Gusran-
tees Speed Of So Miles an Hour.

The latest type OF motor boat was
launched last month at the Bellyaire
ghipyard, q "a Nantes, France. The
boat IL the invention Of NJ. Andre
Gambin and presents a novel and dis.
tlict departure from present styles CT
motor boats. NJ. GambIn, after Is
years OF fruitless attempts to improve
the action Of the ordinary screw pro.
Deller, conceived the idea Of convert
ing the defects of that apparatus into
advantages by the adoption of the
'typhOnoid' screw, from which the
boat takes its name.
When aloat the boat presents a
very trim appearance, with no sugges.
ton OF the peculiar apparatus by
which II Is propelled. NJ. C%hauvaion,
the assistant constructor OF the little
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
TRANSFORMATIONS.
Curious Results When Coffee Drinking
ls Abandoned.

1t Is almost as hard for an old coffee
topper to quit the use Of coffee as 1t Is
for q whisky or tobacco fend to break
on, except that the coffee user a
quit coffee and take up Postum with.
out any feeling Of n loss Of the morn
ing beverage, for when Postum Is well
boiled and served with cream. II II
really better in point Of iay9r tan
most Of the coffee served n3ws ,.
and to the taste Of thu connoisssrr It
Ia like the flavor Of ine. mild lava
A great transformation takes place
in the body within ten days or two
weeks after coffee 10 left Oh and
Postum used. for the reason that the
poison to the Observation-Disclosures
been discontinued. and In it, place IL
taken ! liquid food that contains the
most powerful elements Of nourish-
ment. .sg
It a cary 10 make this test and
prove these statements BY changing
from coires to Postum. Read ~The
Road to wsllville." In pkgs. There's
. Reasonl
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11

adapted to be vihrated. The respec.
tive plates have apertures Of different
sizes, the apertureS of one plate be-
ing smaller than the plate above. A
stacking arrangement is attached to
each plate. The coins are dumped
into the apparatus and the plates vi
brated by the handle. They are thus
caused to circulate, the smaller coins
dropping through into the proper com
partment. They are then gathered
into the %stackers, being then removed
and tied in bundles, as is customary.
Street railways and other oncerns
handling immense quantities of small
coins daily, suggests the Baltimore
American, would undoubtedly find
this apparatus a great time ard labor
saver.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
Known by His Friends,

A forlorn looking man was brought
before a magistrate for drunkenness
and dlsorderly conduct. When asked
what he had to say for himself. he
gazed pensively at the judge, smooth
ed down a remnant Of gray hair, and
said:
Your honor, Mans inhumanity to
mar makes countless thousands
mourn I'm not as debased as Swift,
as profligate as Byron, as d~issipated
as Poe, or as debauched as" ISL
THAT will do" Numbered the mag
istrate. Thirty days! And, officer,
take a list of those names and run 'em
in. They're as bad a lot as he is
Lippincott's Magazine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
The Necessary Evil.

81 have a friend who says he doesn't
eat much through the day" remarked
the woman, but every now and then
he takes a little nip to comfort him
self, l suppose, for not eating. He
says it's very good for a man who Is
on the shady side of so to take little
nips of something strengthening
through the day"
you tell him frum me-" said the
Kentucky colonel. that when ge gifts
to be on the shady side OF the sixties.
it'll ben OF only good fun him, but it
will be absolutely necessary to his
existence"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case Of Catarrh that cannot BIO cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
FIJI. CHENEY h CO., Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j. Cheney
for tho last Is years, and believe him perfectly hon
orabie 10 all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his frm.
WALDINa, KISNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hairs Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price rs cents per
bottle. Sold by ali Druggists.
Take Hans Fam ly Pills for constipation.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
Knew What She Wanted.

"a foreign loobing woman, rather
well dressed, came in the other day."
said the librarian at one of the East
side branches, land asked for Cot.
tage Cheese l supposed. of course,
that some one had directed her to a
dairy or perhaps a grocery, and that
she had got into the wrong place. But
she insisted that she was in the right
place and that it was Cottage
Cheese that she wanted. It's the
name of a book she said. That gave
me the tip that she simply had a title
mixed up, and, sure enough, it was
Scottish Chiefs "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11

Justin Mccarthy tells a story Of the
late Henry Ward Beecher. Mr..
Beecher entered Plymouth church one
Sunday and found several letters
awaiting him. He opened one and
found 1t contained the single word
Fool" Quietly and with becoming
seriousness he announced to the con-
gregation the fact in these words: II
have known many an instance Of a
man writing a letter and forgetting to
sign his name, but this is the only
instance l have ever known of a man
signing his name and forgetting to
write the letter."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11

deposited TO any desirable thickness
Articles thus treated are said to have
an even and adherent coating, which
wears excellently and does not strip,
and that by the use of a lime mon
are easily polished. Aluminium and
anthony can be substituted, II ia
said for zinc, with success, while
when copper and Its alloys are sub.
lected to this process their surface is
so hardened as even to turn the edge
OF a steel tool.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
conceit.

"There goes the big-feelin'est man
In town." pessimistically said a citi-
zen OF Pettyyille, indicating with a con-
temptuous jerk of his thumb a POM
pous-appearing personage who was
passing, He thinks SO darned much
OF himself that he won't loaf in a gro
Gerry store like ordinary folks-if he
can't loaf in the bank he won't loaf
at all. And, as far as l can see, he
amt so ALFRED better than some Of
the rest OF us, neither!"--Puck.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
Witty Jury Verdict.

There is a lot of humor and, be-
sides, a splendid moral for the young
business man in a verdict recently
rendered by a c%oroner's jury.
I'VE, the jury, find from the physi-
clans statement that the deceased
anne to his death from heart failure,
superinduced by business failure,
which was caused by speculative fail
ure, which was in turn the result of
failure to look ahead"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11

weighted with rocks placed over the
block. When the button is pressed
or the circuit closed In some other
way, says Popular Mechanics, the dis.
charge occurs, The distance between
the nail points-which must be bright
and clean-should be just enough to
give a good, fat spark.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
Grammar and grippe,

A professor at the University Of
Virginia was %endeavoring to impress
upon the youths of his class the mon
strous crime of using the adverb
badly" where the adjective "bad"
should be used. x
Now" he said, after an exhaustive
explanation, "if a man should say to
you I feel badly what would you
think?'
I'D think he had the grippe, SIR"
responded the wag Of the class.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-11
ASSORTS SMALL COINS.
Divides and Stacks Quantities OF
Quarters, Nickels and Dimes.

1t would be impossible for any one
person to assert and stack a million
small coins In six months, yet the task
could be readily accomplished with
the aid of the apparatus shown here,
the invention of a Kansas man. This
coin assorter and stacker comprises
IA series Of s~uperposed sorting plates
secured equal distance apart. A ease
surrounds the plates. the latter being