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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
SHORT METER SERMONS.

Any yirture dies as soon as it vaunts
itself
vindictiveness is the jaundice of
memory.
A large heart does not go with the
big head.
He who has a work has no will to
wander.
It's hard to be convincing without
convictions.
Conceit of ourselves breeds no conf
dence IN others.
Serving two masters is stealing from
one or both.
1t always makes the adversary happy
to see you sad.
He is not brave who does not fear to
do the base thing.
He only is going to heaven who is
bringing heaven here.
He who is afraid Of any truth is a
friend to error and a lie.
No man knows whether he is brave
until he had to stand alone.
The good that shall be tomorrow is
the good we can see to-day.
No man is true to the truth of to-day
who does not press beyond It
4 lot of faith in eternal damnation
has come out of present bad digestion.
When your religion is nothing but
listening it hears nothing from heaven.
The amount of any mans possessions
depends on his powers of appreciation.
Faith is the power to discount the
toll of the night by the promise of the
day.
Some think to kill all the wild oats
Of the week by a frozen face on Sun
day.
Live the ethics of Christianity and
its arguments will take care Of them
selves.
A good many people have given up
praying because it costs so much prac-
ticing.
Many a vice is a virtue which has
passed from being a servant to become
a master.
The man who tries to preserve his
virtues by putting them in a vault al
WAYS augments his vices by circulating
them.
Don't condemn everything you don't
approve in other people. Many a man
fancies he is fighting when he is only
faying his neighbours foibles,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
TORNADO KILLS MANY.
Nebraska Storm Destroys Five Lives,
and Badly Injuries Great
Numbers.

GENEVA, Neb., June Cat least
five persons were killed, four fatally hurt,
and several others seriously hurt in yes
terday's tornado across Fillmore county
and destroyed everything in its path.
The tornadoes, two in number, were
the climax of series of smaller storms
which have passed over western and
southwestern Nebraska for two days.
Starting in the southwestern part of the
country, the tornado clouds became larg-
er as they moved northwest, destroying
everything in their path.
Apparently separating, the two lorna
does in Fillmore county swept separate
paths across the country, leveling farm
houses, killing stock and destroying crops.
They rose and fell at intervals, the first
destruction being two miles east of
Shickley, where one man was killed in
his home and another fatally injured.
Moving toward Geneva, the velocity of
the clouds increased until they struck
ground half a mile west Of here, entire
ly destroying the home of John Shively.
The 4-year-old daughter was instantly
killed by falling timber and an elder son,
Ross Shively, received injuries from
which he will probably die. Mrs Shive-
Iy also was dangerously injured and her
husband badly hurt.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
ONE ON BRYAN.
An Incident that Kept His Head
from Undue Swelling.

An Incident that Kept His Head
from Undue Swelling.
The last time William J. Bryan was
at the national capital he told a story
at his own expense, concerning his
early career as an orator. The Incl.
dent he related took place several years
before Mr.. Bryan sprang into national
prominence as presidential candidate,
Il stumped my State" he said, 't1l
lively gubernatorial contest and madd
red-hOt speeches against the Republican,
candidate. I said such severe things
that l thought at the time that it might
prove to be a little embarrassing If !
should ever meet the gentleman person.
ally. The Republican candidate was
elected and a short time afterward
accepted an invitation to attend q nom
political meeting in Omaha and deliver
an address. l think that it was an
entertainment for the benefit Of some
charity. l know that there were sew
eral speakers down on the program
also a number Of singers. The Cover
nor-elect presided. The chairman of
the Entertainment Committee introduce
ed the speaker or singer to the Gov
ernor and he would then present them
to the audience.
when it came my turn to be pre-
stnted to the Governor l had some mis-
giv1ngs as to the reception he would
give me, on account Of the bitter
speeches l had made in the campaign.
The Governor gave me a pleasant
smile, however, and, turning to the
audience, he said:
Ladies and gentlemen, I have the
honor to presenting to you, William J.
Bryan'-then, turning to me, and in a
stage whisper that could be heard, /,
seemed to me, half way across the
house, said: Singer or speaker, Mr..
Bryan?
"That experience kept my head from
swelling. The Governor and l after.
ward became good friends, but he told
me that he had actually never heard O;
me before the Omaha meeting I hayd
mentioned. And l had been under thd
impression that my speeches in that
campaign had stirred the State from
end TO end :"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
THE MOST DANGEROUS DEBT.
Ru Henry r Co

"Owe no man anything, but to love
one her."-Romans, 3:S.
Many a man who prides himself on
paying his way and on being out Of
debt would be in absolute bankruptcy
if compelled to square his accounts
with life. He may have paid for all
the goods he has bought, but he has
failed to make any adequate return for
the good that has come freely TO him.
Life is much the business of paying
to the present those debts which we
owe to the past, of putting into the
universe and back into our humanity
at least a part Of that which we have
drawn for our own enriching from
these resources. Love is life's great
law, because love is the principle of
self-giving in action.
We are all debtors one to another
No man can avoid the Indebtedness foc
the sacrifices which men have made be-
fore him, which alone make possible
his present advantages. You may boast
that you owe no man anything, but
what of your fathers toll for you,
your mothers devotion? What of the
price paid by the founders of our ma
ton for the civil liberty which you en-
joy?
Our creditors stretch far back, a long
line beyond our ken. Some man long
ago conceived a great principle. the
enunciation and defense Of which cost
him his comfort, strength, and, at
length. his life. At that cost he pur-
chased our right to live in the freedom
of that principle. We call him a hero !;
but we do not discharge our debts to
him by the erection of monuments or
the writing of poems in his honor.
He who talks of himself as self
made thereby gives evidences of the
incompleteness Of the process Of his
making, his powers Of self-understand-
ing are undeveIoped. 4 thousand lives
go into the making Of the least life.
None can live to himself nor by his own
resources. It is good to cultivate the
spirit of independence, but the fact Of
Indebtedness none can escape.
What self-respecting man would be
content to eat at another's table, to be
clothed at another's expense, and make
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
(c) Semi-bituminous.
Cd Bituminous.
(e) Sub-bituminous.
Ignite. CD Ignite.

Ignite. (f) Ignite.
(a) Anthracite Is too well known to
need description. (b) Semi-anthracite
is low grade OF anthracite. (c) Semi
bituminous is a high grade Of bitumi-
nous, such as the Georges Creek coal
of Maryland, Pocahontas coal Of Vir-
ginia and West Virginia, and the car
boniferous coal of Arkansas. Cd BIZ
luminous is the common grade of coal
found throughout the Eastern coal
fields and in limited areas in the West.
(e) Sub-bituminous is applied to Goals
below the grade of bituminous, but
above that of Ignite. They are black
and shining, but are light in weight
and slack badly on exposure to the at
mosphere. These Goals are common in
the western fields of Washington, east
ern part Of Montana, Northern Wy
oming, about Denver in Colorado. and
in Northwestern New Mexico (f) Lig-
mite is brown and woody, and occurs in
North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas,
Southeastern Arkansas, Mississippi and
Alabama.
The classes noted above include all
of the different kinds Of coal that are
known, but certain peculiarities of Goals
within the bituminous class have led
to distinctions which are of great i'm
portance; thus the property Of coking
which is limited entirely TO the BIZ
luminous class, has given to Goals pos
sessing this popularity a value far
above those Goals having similar com
position, but which do not possess this
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
ROAD TO CROSS STATE.
Wisconsin Central Proposes to Complete
Line Across State by a New
Branch.

JEFFERSON, Wis, June 3.-[Spe-
cial. IA representative of the Wisconsin
Central railroad, who visited this city
recently, stated that the management of
that road were contemplating the i'm
mediate construction of a branch from
Portage to Burlington which would give
the Wisconsin Central practically a
straight line through the state from Su-
perior to Chicago. The proposed branch
would pass through Waterloo, Milford,
Jefferson, Palmyra and East Troy, con
Meeting with the Wisconsin Central at
Burlington.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12

characteristic. The reason why one
coal will coke and another will not is
not understood; a practical test Is the
only way by which the coking proper
ties Of a coal are determined. Most Of
the coke is produced in the Appalachian
coal field in Pennsylvania, West Vir-
ginia, Tennessee and Alabama.
The areas of the coal fields that lie
within the various States differ great
Iy, even more than the production.
1t will be surprise to many to
learn that the coal fields Of Montana
are more extensive than those of any
other State, and that Texas is a close
second. In this connection it must be
understood that each Of these States
includes an enormous territory, equal
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12

no sort Of recOmpenSe? Yet in what
manner does such a course differ from
ours if we live day by day with no
other thought than to get more and yet
more out of life for ourselves. Human
ity is our host Even the bread we
eat and the clothes we wear we never
could gain for ourselves unaided; the
efforts of all mankind have been nee
essary to their production.
Even for our food. our Clothes not to
mention other and greater benefits, we
never can pay with money. We may
earn the loaf, but who shall pay the
sower of long ago, the miller, the me-
chanic, the thinker, the pioneer who
gave their lives to make our wheat
fields and turn them into bread?
Sheer business honesty with life will
force us to ask, How can l pay these
debtors? What return can l make for
all that l have received? The answer
is simple, that we should do for hu~
mainly what humanity is doing for us,
that since we are recipients we should
be givers, that we should be led by
that law Of love that already has
wrought for our blessing.
If to lives Of long ago we owe faith
and freedom what good things are our
lives passing on to those who follow
us? If through the service of our fell
lows we are enriched to-day to what
extent are they enriched through our
service? We have received; have we
given?
There is no gain to the life that is
all getting. 1t loses itself. Such a
life is a parasite, an abnormality and
deformity in a world where giving is
the law of living. No other life is
quite so empty as that which thinks
only of filling itself and never of en-
riching others.
One can lay aside all sentiment here
and see a plain business proposition.
We are debtors to our fellows, we owe
those of the past and those of the pres
ent; what are we but defaulters If,
knowing these things, we continue
evading the payment of our debts, con-
tinue with greed seeking only to get
and never to give?
Such a course is the saddest kind of
suicide. Yielding to self-love the man
ignores the claims Of his fellows or
hides them under sophistry and, CIV
ing himself to gains, is surprised to
find life so barren, so disappointing.
Defying life's law Of love he has lost
the power of loving, the sensibility of
love, the prize Of life itself, the power
of living.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
SHOTS ARE FIRED AT BALLOON.
Aeronauts Tell of Narrow Escape from
Bullets at Poestenkill, N. Z,

NORTH ADAMS, Mag, June C.
While the balloon North Adams No. /,
carrying n. NJ Arnold Of this city as
pilot and C. De Angels Frua, said to
be an officer Of the Italian army, was
passing over the village Of Poestenkill,
\. Y, rife shots were fired at it, accord
ing to Pilot Arnold who returned here.
Mr.. Arnold says that four shots were
heard and that one Of the bullets appar-
emily passed between him and his com
panion in the car, as both felt the wind
of it and heard 1t whizzing. At that
time the balloon was about 800 feet
above the earth. None of the shots
penetrated the bag or the car of the
balloon.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
BANDIT Is KILLED
IN GRNG'S REFUGE
PITTSBURG DETECTIVE CORRALS
HOLDUP MEN IN BARN
NEAR CITY.
DESPERATE BATTLE IN SIGHT.
Officers Are on Their Way to Relieve
Posse Which Has Surrounded
the Place
CAPTURE IS AN IMPORTANT ONE.

PITTSBURG, Pa. June Ga tragi-
cal sequel to Il number of hold-ups and
robberies in this vicinity occurred about
10 o'clock this morning at Elizabeth, near
here. when County Detective John Eng
TART shot and killed one of the four men
barricaded in the farmhouse of John Pat
terson. 4 wood chopper, near Elizabeth.
Detective Englart was himself shot
through the wrist and side ami is i'll Il
critical condition. Patterson is under ar
lest. but the three companions of the
dead man, armed with rifles and re
volvers are holding i'll check Il large
posse of officers and citizens from Eliza
beth.
Desperate Battle in Sight.
When word of the shooting was re
ceived at the county detective hcadquar-
tiers, an automobile carrying six officers
was started Immediately for the scene.
Upon their arrival it is expected Il des-
Derate battle will be fought. The name
of the man killed is said to be John
TreverS.
All the men are alleged to be impli-
Gated i'll the holdup and robbery of the
Monongahela Consolidated Coal and
Coke company's general store last
Thursday morning. The robbery was
committed by two men, who We're
masked and on horseback, and who,
after rohbing the store, galloped through
the mining town of Boston, firing re
volvers right and left. 1t is also in
timated that the men are implicated i'll
the holdup and robbery of Il Pittsburg
Railway company street ear at Boston
several weeks ago when two masked
men at the points of revolvers robbed
eleven passengers and the crew and es-
capped.
Shots Follow Command.
The men were traced to Patterson's
house by Detective Englart by means of
following horses footprints over isolated
country roads and fields since Thursday.
Patterson was arrested early today and
after taking him to Jail Englart went
back to the house to watch for others.
In the meantime the four men had
reached the house and were surprised by
Englart. His command to surrender
was met by fusilade of shots.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
Bugs Got Seasons Mixed.

After remarkable quest in the far
east for natural enemies of pests that in
fest American orchards George Compere.
entomologist, arrived in San Francisco
on the liner China successful He left
in western Australia parasite that was
reducing the ravages of the fruit fly to a
noticeable degree. This parasite was
discovered five years ago in India. but
previous attempts to introduce it into
Australia failed on account of the oppo-
site seasons
Bv putting the bugs to sleep in India
with ice. Compere got 100000 of them to
Australia alive. He woke them up in
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
ARE HEAVY DRINKERS.
Problem to Keep Supply of Distilled
Water for Teachers During Con-
vention in Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, o., June 6.-Thirty-
one thousand members of the National
Educational association have signi6ed
their intention of being present at the
convention of that organization to be held
in this city June % to July 3, inclusive
The attendance may swell to 10000 or
more. One of the problems that tho
local executive committee has been called
on to deal with is the furnishing of dis
titled water. 1t is estimated that over
8, 100000 glasses of water will be re-
quired. Fifty tons of ice a day will
be required to keep the water cool
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12

before going to bed. he says. is to eat
an apple. Persons uninitiated in the
mysteries of the fruit he continues.
ARE likely TO throw up their hands in
horror at the visions of dyspepsia which
such a suggestion may summon up. but
no harm can come even to delicate sys-
TEN by the eating of a ripe and juicy APP
pie before going to bed. The apple is
excellent brain food. because it has more
than any other fruit 1t excites the
action of the liver, promotes sound and
healthy sleep and thoroughly disinfects
the mouth. This is not all: the apple
prevents indigestion and throat diseases. =
Pathfinder.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
HYMNS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
The Everlasting Rock.

The Everlasting Rock.
0, God, the rock of ages,
Who evermore hast been,
What time the tempest RACES,
Our dwelling place serene.
Before thy first creations,
o Lord, the same as now,
To endless generations
The everlasting thou!
Our years are like the shadows
On sunny hills that lie,
Or grasses in the meadows
That blossom but to die;
A sleep, a dream, a story
By strangers quickly told,
An unremaining glory
Of things that soon are old.
0 thou, who canst not slumber,
Whose light grows never pale,
Teach us Alright to number
Our years before they fail;
On us thy mercy tighten,
On US thy goodness rest,
And let thy Spirit brighten
The hearts thyself hast blessed.
Lord, crown our faiths endeavor
With beauty and with grace,
Till, clothed in light forever,
We see thee face TO face.
And JOY no language measures,
A fountain trimming DER,
An endless flow of pleasures,
An ocean without shore.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
BRIDGE ISSWEPT AWAY
Flood in Alberta Wrecks Canadian Pa
cific Structure-TTafic at
a Standstill

MACLEOD, Alberta, June 6. The
Canadian Pacific bridge at West Mac
LeOd was swept away last night. ST.
Marys bridge, between here and 10th
bridge, is Il total wreck and the Canadian
Pacific railway pumping station has been
swept into the river. The bridge at
Brooket on the Crows Nest line is ex-
pected to go any time and mail, freight
and passenger traffic is at a standstiIl!
These are the developments to date as a
result of floods due to recent torrentiaI
rains.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
UNCLE SANS COAL AREAS.
Montana Can Boast of Most Exten-


Montana Can Boast of Most Exten-
sfye Field.
The Scientific American has made al
interesting abstract from an address by
Marius r. Campbell, of the United
States Geological Survey, to the Ma
tional Geographic Society
Coal, according to the address, may
be divided into three main classes, an
thracite, bituminous and Ignite, but In
the trade these main classes are broken
up into several groups, which are repre-
scented in the following diagram:
DIAGRAM SHOWING CLASS OF COAL.
Anthracite. (a) Anthracite
OBJ SemI-antbracite
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
Fewer Students Go to German

The number of American students at
the German universities is lower than
it has been for years. At the Univer-
sity of Berlin the figures are the small
est on record. Only sixty-eight men and
twenty-seven women from America are
enrolled, as compared with a total of
more than 200 three years ago and
more than 400 ten years ago A similar
state of affairs is said to exist in all
the other German institutions.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
DOUBLE WEDDING ODD.
Fort Atkinson Girl Married at Golden
Jubilee Of Parents Union in
WedloCk.
FORT ATKINSON, Wis,

FORT ATKINSON, Wis, June g.
[SpecialI.-When Mr.. and Mrs. David
ding at st. Joseph's church here this
morning, their daughter, Catherine Janet
Nee. became the bride of James Bernard
Cunningham of Chicago. Both cere-
monies were performed by Rev. J. T.
Mccarthy of Fl. Atkinson, assisted by
Rev. T. 3. Knox of Madison.
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face face with spiritual laws For the distinctive
thing about is not that he has body, but that he
has mind. Is this thought world this world spir-
itua realities in which lives, unity like the phys
zeal world? If then the great unity Of the physical
world is great mind soul in the spiritual world.
Older than the history Of religion in the world is the
law Of righteousness in the soul The justice which the
ten commandments demand is written in the constitution
of Without obedience that justice in slight
degree could not have risen above the brute. The
love for which the New Testament procaims CLEANS
from the of that far-o mother who seeks pro-
tect her child from impending harm minister its
helpless needs Such is the witness Of science declaring
that the fundamentals Of and love
of the universe.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
Picking Out the Tree.

Willie-Teacher told us to-day that
there's a certain kind O tree that
grows out o rocks. l can't remember
what it was.
His Pats a family tree, I guess
Philadelphia Ledger.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
DAVIDSON PETITION IS OUT.
Requests for denomination Sent
Through State from Madison.

MADISON, Wis, June 3.-The pres
ent state officers, other than governor,
are all candidates for reelection, accord
ing to the usual custom of the Republi
can party to give state officers a second
term without contest. None of these Of
fcers expects to make formal announce
ment of his candidacy. The blanks for
the nominating petitions for Gov. Da-
wilson have been sent out from the ex-
ecutive office to every county IN the.
state.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12

the Australian winter The parasites
apparently thinking they We're still in In
dia. went to work with a will. Three
generations of native born bugs saw the
light before Compere left the antipodes
Mr.. Compere has brought 10 California
a parasite to destroy the mealy bug. a
pest that causes great grief TO the
orange grower. He discovered this
friendly bug in Japan.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-12
BISHOP POTTER BREAKS DOWN.
Illness Causes Pre!ate to Abandon Pro
posed TRY to Europe.

NEW YORK, June G.-Bishop Henry
c.. Potter is at his home in Cooperstown
suffering from nervous breakdown. He
has been sick for a month or more. A
clergyman close to the bishop declared
that the latter's indisposition had caused,
him to abandon his trip to Europe.
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Its Danger.

Nurse-Please, ma'am, l can't find
little Franzi anywhere. We've looked
all over.
Mistress-Did you look to see if he's
been gathered up by the vacuum clean
r?-Transatlantic Tales.