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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Unbidden Guests Dine Free

UNLIMITED guests are declared to be
becoming the bette noire of London host
esses. Many smart young men are said
to indulge in the practice of dropping
in at houses where there is a party.
The person responsible for the state
ment says things have come to such a
pass in these days of brought men"
that it is possible for any well dressed
presentable man TO walk into almost
any big house when a party is going on
and, if he behaves discreetly and an
pears at home, he may eat good SIN
per and go away with one of his I'M
known hosts cigars in his mouth.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
PRESIDENTS AND WHISPERS.
Martin Van Buren, First Chief Ex
ecutfyo 10 Wear Them

Martin Van Buren, First Chief Ex-
ecutivc TO Wear Them.
Speaking of whiskers," said the man
in the chair when the barber gave him
a chance to slip a few words In
around the edges, did you know that
Martin Van Buren, was the first Pres,
ident Of the United States to wear
whiskers?
We'll, he was" the sitter contin,
ued, according to the New York Herald,
land it was such a new and strange
style that he didn't dare to go to ex,
tremes and wore only small punches
in front Of his ears. Something like
we call 'presbyterians' in these days,
you know.
Martin had no precedent" the man
in the chair went on. For Washing,
ton, Adams, Jefferson and all his
predecessors, irrespective of party, had
smooth faces. After Van Buren, there
wasn't another President with hair OH
his face until Abraham Lincoln. He
wore whiskers part of the time, but
never a mustache. His successor, An
drew Johnson, was smooth-faced, but
Grant, who came after him, wore a full
beard. whiskers and mustache. as did
Hayes, Garfield and Harrison.
Grants was the first presidential
mustache, although the mustache alone
did not appear until some time later.
Arthur wore mustache and 'sideboards,'
the ideal gentlemanIy whiskers, and
they matched his style to a nicely.
He couldn't have worn any other kind.
Cleveland was the first President to
introduce the mustache without the ac-
companying beard, and Roosevelt is the
only other President to adopt the same
style McKinley's face was as smooth
as his manners. If Vice President Fair
banks should ever come to the chair he
will wear a cut unlike that Of any Of
his predecessors and one nearer than
any to the typical Brother Jonathan
fashion. Not quite that, but run them
out to a long point on his chin, and
he's got the B. J. mighty near.
"Oh, no." replied the man, after q
slight toweling. "he doesn't wear them
that way because he's a Hoosier. He
does it because whiskers on the jaw
have a way Of getting gray quite early
in life, and Mr.. Fairbanks is too young
and active a man to have the wind
blowing through a collection Of gray
whiskers. I know" smiled the man.
softly, because mine are on the same
pattern, and I'm no Hoosier. Neither
are a whole lot of other middIe-aged
men who are still on the active list
and are just a bit vain or sensitive
about their age"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Worlds Output of Metals,

German metal company has com,
piled the following facts and figures
about the world production of metals
in 1907:
The production of copper showed a
decrease for the first time in fifteen
years, the total being 10000 tons. of
which the United States produced 421.-
400.
Lead production was about o92. son
tons, Of which the United States nro-
duced 34O,70O.
Tin mines yielded 9S,7OO tons: the
consumption was 1O1, 100, of which the
United States used 80, 700
The production of zinc was 73s 400
tons-226,S3S from the United States
and POS, 700 from Germany. The United
States also led in the consumptiop Of
226,S3S tons, Germany using TIA 900
and Great Britain 10000.
The nickel production was 14.1OO
tons and that of aluminium 1880 tons.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27

There is more to the story, but this
shows the trick
When the girl sits down on the
bench the film is stopped while the real
box is removed and piece of scenery
painted to look like it is uncovered.
This is opened from within in such a
way that 1t seems to be opened by the
fairies. The apparently diminutive
size Of the fairies is produced by plac-
ing them 80 or 40 feet farther away
from the camera than is the girl, and
as they are seen through the opening
wnich the spectators regard as the lid
Of the box the illusion is complete.
Most of these tricks are accomplish
ed much as similar illusions on the real
stage are produced except that the il
fusion is the more perfect In the NOV
ing picture because of the possibilities
of change of properties which the
'arret' provides, but the ability to set
the scene and produce the effect is
based upon the same sort Of knowledge
and skill that is required in properly
staging any theatrical performance.
Mechanical MarveIs.
Mechanically, the kaleidoscope is be-
coming rather well known. The pic
lures are taken on a sensitized film,
Is inches wide, and varying in length
from 100 to 1900 feet. The film pass
es in front of an aperture inch by
three-quarters of an inch in size, stops
dead still for the fractional part of
second, and passes on, the process be-
Ing so rapid that at the normal rate of
speed of operating the machine. sixteen
exposures are made every second of
time.
When these pictures are reproduced
and passed through the machine which
projects then upon the screen. they are
usually shown at exactly the same rate
of speed at which they were taken. and
thus the natural effect is produced.
In showing the pictures the film,
which for reproduction has been
changed from a negative to a positive
and probably colored in the same way
that ordinary lantern slides are color
over an aperture of the same size and
shape as that through which the pic
ture was originally taken, and the en-
largement Of the projected picture is
accomplished by means Of lenses in
front of the picture. Light is furnish
ed by electricity and, as In all stereop-
ticons, passes through the picture into
the lens, where it is refracted to form
the great spot of light upon the screen.
1t is the manipulation of this light
that is the dangerous feature of NOV
ing pictures. The film is celluloid and
highly explosive. and the point Of light
that falls upon it Is so intense that If
permitted to rest for single instant
upon the film, the heat produced will
cause an explosion. While the film is
moving there is no danger, but it can
not be stopped without danger, unless
the machine is fitted with an auto
matte shutter, which falls over the
aperture as soon as the crank stops
turning.
Artistically the cinematograph is de
veloping with amazing rapidity. When
moving picture shows were first open
ed in the cities of this country they
were regarded as a rather low order of
amusement resorts. Already they have
climbed several classes, and the char
acter of pictures the best ones are
showing now brings them almost on
plane with the first-class playhouses.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
LIFERS TO AID SCIENCE,
California Physician Suggests That Con-
victs Be Experimental Upon to De-
termine Origin of tuberculosis.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Nov. %
The state board of prison directors is in
receipt of a letter from DR. w. A.
Briggs, vice president of the board of
health, suggesting that condemned muir
derers at the penitentiary be used in
making tests for the determination of
the origin of tuberculosis infection in
human beings. The prison directors de
cided to make the suggestion public and
allow public opinion to guide them. The
condemned men must be willing before
such experiments could be made.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
ASKS TO BE EXCUSED.
Andrew Carnegie Declines to Appear Be-
fore House Committee on Tariff
Matters.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov %
Serene Payne, chairman of the House
ways and means committee, today, re-
ceived a reply to the invitation which
he extended to Andrew Carnegie to ap-
pear before the committee at the hear
ing on the metal schedule. Mr.. Carne-
gle thanks EIr. Payne for his invitation,
but asks to be excused from appearing
before the committee, saying that he has
served his full term in Washington upon
tariff matters.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
STRIKERS FIRED UPON.
Employees of New Jersey Firm, 1t is Al
legged, Started Trouble by Attack
ing the Plant.

PERTH AMBOY, n. J.. Nov. PA
crowd of strikers from among the 900
employees of the National Fire PROBING
company at Keasby, who went out for
his wages, last week, was fired upon by
a squad of special deputy sheriffs in that
village today and four men were wound
ed, two seriously.
The strikers, it is charged, had at
tackled various parts of the manufactur-
ing plant, and by throwing stones
through windows had injured several
men and women employed in the office
Gov. Fort has been informed that
militia may be needed. All saloons of
Keasby have been ordered closed
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
FRESH-WATER PEARLS.

Only One in Hundred of Those
Found of Any Value.
At more or less frequent intervals
persons residing in various parts Of this
country learn of the pearls which have
been found in fresh-water clans and
forthwith proceed to try their luck at
searching, says Country Life in Amer
lea.
To be of value q pearl must be per-
fectly round or drop shape and its col
or must be even. glossy, slightly trans
parent and pure white. Having all
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
HAS BIG BOND ISSUE.
Erie Road Asks Permission to Sell $780,
100000 to Meet Obligations and
Improvements.

ALBANY, n. Y, Nov. 25.-Applica-
ton was made to the public service COM
mission, Second district, today by the
Erie Railroad company for permission
to issue bonds to the amount of $3O,OOO,-
900 for the purpose Of refunding obliga-
tons and for improvements to be made
within the next two years.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
MANUEL NOT IN DANGER
King of Portugal Was Not Attacked
by Lisbon Mob, as Was
ReDOrted

LONDON, Nov. 25.-There is no con-
frmation here of the reports circulated
in the United States that King Manuel
of Portugal was attacked by a mob in
the streets of Lisbon. King Manuel was
in Oporto yesterday reviewing the gar
rison there and he met with a hearty
reception from the assembled troops.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Spooner Talks in New York.

NEW YORK, Nov. %. = Senator
Chauncey NJ. Depew, Joseph Benjamin
Dimmick, mayor of Scranton, Pa; Ches-
ter Nye Farr, Jr., Philadelphia, and
former Senator John G. Spooner Of Wis
consin were the principal speakers at the
banquet given by the Psi Epsilon fra
ternity at the ldorf-Astoria last
night President-elect Taft and Presi-
dent Roosevelt sent their regrets.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
FoRGER's QUICK SENTENCE.
Arrested, Tried and Sentenced
Within Four Hours.

Within Four Hours.
For twenty years regarded as one of
the most prosperous and reputable citi-
zenS of Chicago, with a pronounced ten
dency toward philanthropy, and for the
same twenty. years a forger, a criminal
and a living lie-such summarizes the
career of Peter Van VIissingen, real
estate dealer, who in the short space of
less than four hours was arrested, in
dicted, tried, convicted and sentenced
to an indeterminate period Of impris-
Onment Of from one to fourteen years,
in Chicago.
Van Vlissingen, who was arrested on
the charge of having sold a forged
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27

We have noticed that if you thiDt
before you speak, the other fellow get!
In his joke first.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Through Space

Behold! The airship sets the pace,
And with a majesty serene
Proceeds to take long flights through
space
The space in each months magazine.
Washington Star.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27

After a man has boarded four or five
years, he takes the halos off all the
saints he meets, and piles them on top
of anything from soup to pickles that
is home made.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27

No man can afford to say all tn,
things he would like to say.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27

If you have a secret, you may as
well tell it to fifty as to enc,
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Fairy Pictures.

F&1Ey PICTURES.
One way Of producing the blend is
doubling the film, and this is the meth
cd most often adopted when suDernat-
ural appearances or disappearance
are depicted. For example, a fairy ap-
pears to a child, talks a moment, and
then disappears First, a film Of the
scene, with the child in the foreground.
is taken, the object being gradually
thrown out Of focus as the registration
proceeds. Next, a film Of the scene
and the child with the fairy is taken,
out of focus at first and gradually
brought into focus. Then the two films
are placed one upon the other so that
they register exactly, and the result is
Of the fairy out Of nothing. The fairy
is, of course, much smaller than the
child in the picture. In reality they
are about the same size, the apparent
difference being due to their respective
distances from the camera.
In the cases Of apparent defiance of
natural laws, such as stones running
UP hill and jumping into open win
dOws, or people walking upon the cell
ings, the effect is produced in a diff
ferent manner. The exposures are
taken in the usual way. The stones
fall out of the window and roll down
the hill, and the people walk on the
floor like civilized creatures while they
are being photographed. But when the
reproductions are made the films are
carefully reversed, run backward, as
it were, and the result is the reversal
Of the action part of the picture This
is a simple trick enough, but is hard
to understand unless you have seen it
done, and is one of the most puzzling
Of all the many illusions Of motion pic
lures.
A Girls Vision.
The Errand Girls Dream shows
another way of working a little trick
on the audience In the first scene the
girl is shown leaving her home to go
to the shop where she is employed. In
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
A Girls Vision.

The Errand Girls Dream shows
another way of working a little trick
on the audience. In the first scene the
girl is shown leaving her home to go
to the shop where she is employed. In
the second scene she is shown at work
in the shop and afterward starting out
with big box to deliver some goods
to customers. These two scenes are
shown with their natural backgrounds.
having been taken without preparation
IN typical sections of Paris. But after
the girl starts on her errandS the oper-
ator Of the kaleidoscope leaves her and
returns to the theater, where he finds
an actress made up to look like her
and a scene painted to represent the
street through which the girl is likely
to pass.
In this scene the actress is saunter-
ing along the street. Seeing a bench,
she sits down, places her box beside
Der. and is soon lost In day dreams.
Suddenly the box opens and out of it
comes a party of fairy creatures who
bow prettily to the girl, and then jump
ing down, go through a merry dance.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27

Everybody knows how a moving pic
tlue camera photographs a bali game
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27

President Roosevelt addressed the as
semblage and pronounced splendid trib-
ute to the valor and the military genius
Of Sheridan. Horace Porter, formerly
ambassador to France, also spoke in
honor of the soldier and patriot and told
of his daring deeds OH the field of battle
Tey+ of A6drooc
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Has Relics of War.

A large glass and mahogany cabinet
contains the generals spurs, the various
swords which he carried or which were
presented to him, his medals and decor
atoms and great portfolios of original
autograph letters from him to Sherman
and other Union generals. In the house
also are numerous flags which have fig
ured in the career of the cavalry leader
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-24
.GETSHONTS WITH GOODS
Customs Officers Find Dutiable Merchan-
disc in Home-No Intent to
Evade Law, 1t Is Said.

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-Dutiable
goods valued at between $1,000 and
$500 upon which no duty was paid
when they were brought in from Europe
by Mrs. Theodore P. Shonts and her
daughter were found by customs officials
who made a search in the Shonts resi-
dence yesterday. This statement was
made today by a representative of Mr..
Shonts, who had been authorized to tell
of the result of the investigation. 1t was
said at the same time, however. that no
effort at concealment had been made
when the family arrived, that the twenty
trunks which they brought in We're thor
oughly examined by the customs officers
at that time; and that the only reason
duty was not paid was because none had
been assessed In the statement given
out today it is said that the report to
the customs officials was made in a spir-
it of spite by a woman servant who had
been discharged for cause, and Mr.
Shonts regards the report as proven by
yesterdays investigation to have been
unfounded.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-24
OIL SHIPPER IS VICTOR,
Valvoline Company Granted Stoppage
Privileges by State Railroad
Commission.
MADISON, Wis, Jan. 21.-[Special

MADISON, Wis, Jan. 21-[Special.]
The state branch of the Valvoline Oil
company, an independent company
which is competing with the Standard
Oil company in this state, won almost Il
complete victory before the state rail-
road commission today.
The company asked that when oil
was shipped in carload lots for example,
from Chicago to Madison, it be allowed
the privilege OF stoppage to take off Il
part Of the lot at two intermediate sta
tions at the regular additional charge of
S. made by the company.
The commission ordered that one stop
and that rate TOR a carload shipment
between the starting point and the point
of destination be applied. The order
issued today is against the North West
ern, the Milwaukee, $780," Wisconsin
Central, Illinois Central and Omaha
roads,
, The commission also heard the mat
ter of the Central Heating company of
Milwaukee for an adjustment of rates.
The tax commission today heard the
matter of the valuation of the Stanley,
Merrill & Phillips road. S. G. Moon
of Eau Claire is president and he claims
that the valuation of $4,000 is too
high.
G. G. Yackey Of Hazelton, president
of the Hazelton & Southeastern, whose
property is valued at 100000 by the
commission, said the valuation was ex-
cessive.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-24
HELD FOR THEATER FIRE
MAN WHO REMOVED CALCIUM
TANKS ARRESTED.
Coroner of Boyertown, Pa, Regards Ac-
ton of w. r. Javers with
Suspicion.

BOYERTOWN, Pa, Jan. 21.-A
sensation was created here last night
when w. r. Javers of Quakertown, Pa,
was arrested by the state police in con-
nection with last weeks fatal fire. He
was taken into custody on a warrant
sworn out by Coroner Strasser and IS
accused of having been instrumental in
the removal from the ruins of the theater
Of the two tanks used in operating the
calcium light at the entertainment. The
coroner wants to learn whether the tanks
were tempered with and evidence of
criminal negligence removed.
1t is alleged that an order which was
represented to have Been written by the
coroner was presented to those who had
charge Of the ruins requesting them to
permit the bearer to remove the tanks so
that they might be transferred to q
place of safety. 1t is further alleged
that the tanks were taken to the railway
station and shipped to Quakertown IN
the name of ]. r. Ransom, owner. Two
tanks were shipped to Boyertown the
following day in the name of the same
party. These are now at the station.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-24
SOCIALISTS IN A RIOT.
Hurl Missiles at Berlin Police, who
Draw Sabres-Several Are Bad
ly Injured.

BERLIN, Jan. 21.-There was a
serious collision at late hour this after
noon between the police of this city and
a mob of unemployed men who earlier
in the day had attended one of the mass
meetings organized and addressed by the
Socialists. The police used their sabres
when the crowd hurled missiles at them
and before order was restored many men
were wounded.
At the height of the encounter there
was heard a defamation, which undoubt-
eddy was some. sort of a firecracker set
off by boy. The police, however, came
to the conclusion that a revolver had
been fired and they acted in the most
energetic manner The police on foot
drove the manifestants, numbering about
1000, mostly young men and boys, into
the mounted squad. and the latter made
most vigorous use Of their weapons.
Many of the men were arrested and
the remainder driven and scattered to
the side streets in the vicinity.
Five mass meetings of the unemployed
organized by the Socialists, were held to-
day in the outlying districts of Berlin
Fully $4,000 men were in attendance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-24
PEABODY IS ELECTED.
Newport Man Chosen n Rhode Is!a..d
Over Col. Goddard-Williams
Formally Chosen, Too.

PROVIDENCE. R. l., Jan. 21.-For-
mer United States Senator George Pea
body Wetmore of Newport was elected
to the United States Senate on the first
ballot cast in both branches of the Gen
eral Assembly here today, receiving a
total of SO votes. Col. Robert Fl. l.
Goddard of this city, the Democratic
and Lincoln Republican nominee, was
given a total of 36 votes, while Col
Samuel P. Colt of Bristol received 5
votes.
JACKSON, Miss, Jan. 21.-The Leg
islature today elected John Sharp Will
liams to the United States Senate.
FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. 21.-The
House of Representatives, balloting sep
arately today, gave Beckham Al and
Bradley 4S votes with scattering. The
Senate separate ballot for senator re-
suited: Beckham. II; Bradley, IA; J.
B. McCreary, 2; J. G. S. Blackburn, 1.