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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-29
\ cracksmen Onen Safe.

Oshkosh-The safe of Zentler and
Kirk was blown by cracksmen and $50
in cash secured. The police believe
the Job was done by professionals
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-29

After man loses confidence in him
self it is not likely that anybody elsa
is going to. exhibit much enthusiasm
over his abilities
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-29
PRINCE sULKoWsKi AND HIS FiANcEE.

the innermost regions of his dragon
soul and smote the passion Of love till,
volcanic like, it changed his whole
Idea OF life and career.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-29
Sure Tmna.

& see that st. Louis brewer left
an estate worth s10.000.000."
"Ah, how he must have despiset
poets and poetry.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-29
The Contrary Way.

Il told our cashier ne must clear up
his accounts and what DC ~cu think
he did,
WHAT"
He cleared out
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-29
One Kind.

PA. what's poetic license.
Making again rhyme with pain
In the first stanza anc with men in
the second.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-29
The Light That Failed.

Nellie had the audacity to say
he was the light of my life, SO
turned him down.
Belle suppose he felt quite put
out about it.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-29
Plan for Compulsory Saving.

A proposition is pending before the
Munich fBavaria) town council to re-
Quire employers to deductsa fixed sum
from wages, TO be paid into a savings
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-29

ing for arrest, little relaxation. they
were told. Next they learned he was
on the ocean, and then the object OF
his mission dawned
None in Los Angeles knew the hand.
some, fair-haired, 1.-the German who
made his appearance at the Freese
home Few learned of mis- title for
weeks, and only then when their en-
gagement was unofficially announced
The official notice OF the betrothal and
the date Of the wedding are withheld
for the obvious reason-Francis 10
seph- But, his consent obtained. Los
Angeles expects TO witness wedding
festivities the splendor Of which will
rival that 81 court Of an Aztec king
For the Presses have the money and
the inclination to spend it.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-29
A Question.

avoid acting as if owned the earth. F."
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-29
His Opening.

The Japanese" said Mrs. Hen
peck. seem to be a people Of very few
words"
Yes" replied her husband as he
moved stealthily toward the door,
"and see how they are getting up.
Why don't you learn lesson from
the Japs?"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-29

gaZe5 long and wiStfulIy down broad
avenue OF palms, and queries VIII
her"
Blocks distant, in magnificent apart
ments, where the waves lulu out a
hngling love chord against the stretch
or sand and beach, Prince August
Btanislaus Sulkowski, lieutenant OF the
Second Austrian dragons, frets his
hours away and asks the same ques-
tion
Betrothed are the dashing Prince
August and the olive-tinted, petite
Marie He it Is whose father battled
with the legions OF Italy and Hungary
tn 1919; she the petted and pam
pered child OF rich Spanish house
hold known for it's lineage from the
nations Garden Spot" to the sun
aiRged palms OF Tampico
They wait the word of the grand
pid Francis Joseph that they may wed
or an imperious forbidding order and
should whisk the adoring dragoon Of
ficer off about his business to the vi
anna barracks.
But VIII she Prince Obey7
But win Prince August go, should
his ruling lord decree? No answer
comes from his lips: only a sharp
shrug of the shoulders, fash of the
light blue eyes and a heightening OF
his facial palior. He may-and he
may not. The reader may conclude as
he pleases
Tho luster Of love CLEANS from be-
meath the dropping eyelashes when
you ask Miss Marie to unfold the Sc
cret of an international betrothal that
may or may not eliminate in the hap
piness of life that is nature to young
hearts.
They are big, wistful brown eyes
she turns UPON you. Reproach is half
a mind to burst forth, but the ian
guorous disposition of the warm
blooded Latin creeps over her and she
murmurs: 1--WE can only hope. Why
shouldn't he? What are title and sta
tion In life when loye-the sort of af-
lection / am willing to bestow upon
my prince-iS at stake?
I'VE hoped to be welded this June,
she continued as she settled into a
cushion-ban porch seat and toyed
with the brilliant jade necklace that
heightened the color OF her graceful
neck.
But June came and went and never
word has August had from his pa
Sernal ancestor.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-29
May Defy the Emperor.

It's the stoical mien Of the soldier
that greets the visitor who penetrates
the privacy of Prince Augustus quar-
Eers. His hope is none the less strong,
but fighter-born that he is, a reverse
only would kindle his anger and per-
haps cause him to cast off the shackles
5f position and comparative wealth.
He doesn't say so in as many words,
but he gives, none the less. the i'm
preston that a forbidding word from
the emperor would signal an uprising
in his soul.
True, he admits his severance of
relations with the house of Francis
Joseph, because of his insistence upon
claiming this handsome girl as his
bride, would leave him penniless. But
there are ways to get along, he init
mates.
Came Wooina Two Months Ago.
months ago. He arrived to press his
suit after obtaining a leave of alb
sence from his regiment. It is con-
gessed he didn't take the trouble to
Inform his august relative OF the OBJ
ject of his mission over the Atlantic
and then on across the entire Ameri-
can continent One is led to surmise
this handsome dragon lieutenant
deep down in his heart cherished the
thought it was nobody's business
Once he set foot on American soil
the swiftest train was none too fast
10 carry this dashing Romeo westward
10 the family bower of the girl whose
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-29
Elaborate Wedding Planned.

There was no surprise when, months
tended leave Of absence He was GO
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Heroes In All Glasses.

II a great loss of life was averted
at Peru, this Is due to some heroes of
the Owen Wister type, river men and
water rats from surrounding lakes,
who by unbelievable prowess with a
pair of frail oars rescued the doomed,
and in splendid harmony with their
virile efforts shines the spirit of wom-
en- who valiantly helped, supremely
oblivious to distressing surroundings.
Among the latter are Mrs. R. H.
Bouslog, Mrs. r. c. Edwards, and
Mrs. Albert Shirk, all three wives
of local millionaires, and also leaders
in the self-sacri6ces required to pro-
vide sandwiches, coffee and smiles to
a panic stricken multitude in emer-
gency quarters.
Among the boatmen two brothers,
Charley and Ted knight, are praised
on the corners left in Peru. Ted, with
w. A. Huff, dentist, braved the tur-
bulent waters of the Wabash river,
cutting off Peru on the south side
and rendering uncertain the fate of the
Inhabitants Of South Peru. According
to the report the two rescuers reached
the opposite shore alive, after having
been overturned several times.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
The Man on the Roof.

There were two heroes on the Day
ton foods. Their names are M. Is.
Stohl and C. D. Williamson, and they
are employees of the American TeIe-
graph and Telephone company.
Stohl is a wire chief at Dayton. he
reached the Dayton office of his COM
pany late the night before the floods
came. The rush Of the waters put all
the telephone batteries and power out
of commission. Forgetting thoughts
of escape, Stohl rummaged around
until he found a lineman's test set.
With this he rugged up sending and
receiving apparatus, and cut In upon
the wire on the roof of the four-story
building. This wire connected him
with Phoneton, testing station eight
miles away. Thus he established CON-
munication with Williamson, whose
batteries were still working.
Then Stohl sent messages from the
flooded city, otherwise cut of from
communication with the outside world.
All night he stuck to his post. All next
day he remained. The following noon
found him still on the roof OF build
ing whose foundations were Delng
sapped by the waters.
There he stayed In the rain and coio'
With the prospect of death staring MIN
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Whole Families on Roofs

All Of the first terrible night, while
the city of Peru, Ind, was in inky
darkness because of the cutting off of
the gas and electric light supply, men,
women and children, and in some in
stances entire families. lay fat where
they had crawled to the roofs Of their
homes, waiting for doylight to bring
relief. Hundreds of others were
damned in the courthouse and lodge
buildings, which were in the only four
blocks of the city not under water.
The first thought of rescue parties
was to send into the town boats to
carry to safety those who were threat
ened with drowning. Telephone COM
munication had been opened with
points in the residence and business
districts and from those marooned in
buildings it was learned that many
persons, including some women who
held their children in their arms, had
been on roofs exposed to an almost
freezing temperature all night. One
man telephoned he had seen several
fall from exhaustion and slip into the
water. 1t was the purpose of the res
cuers first to reach those in greatest
danger. Hundreds of others huddled
together at the courthouse, although
In want Of food and water, were to be
taken later.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
ALL Tell STORIES
OF HEROIC DEEDS
Survivors of the Flood Disaster
Proud of Record Made by
Brothers
NEEDS OF OTHERS PUT FIRST
No One Has Cause to Be Ashamed of
Spirit Displayed in Aaonlztnu
Time-some Fearful Expert.
enees Brought to LIGHT.

Chicago.-"Women and children
first"
Th1s world-old cry, made more men,
oraole when the Titanic disaster
thrilled the world. echoed over the
nood-stricken districts Of Ohio and In
diana. Refugees who reached Chicago
told 1nnumerable stories of men risk
ing their lives to save the women and
children.
The unwritten law Of the sea was
observed on the inland rivers. The
entire tenor of stories told by refugees
was one Of bravery, self-sacrit1ce and
devotion to the weak and unprotected.
Women and children first"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Forty Dead at BRIDGE.

Richard Lee, an engineer on the
Pennsylvania, who brought in the last
train over that line from Logansport,
reported a terrible condition at the
Pennsylvania bridge over the Wabash
on the outskirts Of Logansport.
This bridge is braced across an
island and is as near indestructible as
a bridge can be made" said Mr.. Lee.
1T is eighteen miles down stream
from Peru and has caught all the
debris from that town.
Il think we saw the remains of
more than 100 houses stacked up
against this bridge, with the current
tugging and pulling at them. We
could make out thirty or forty dead
bodies in the crushed lumber, and it
seemed as If some section of Peru
must have been overwhelmed sudden
ly and swept down stream to destruc-
ton"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Something Seemed LackIno.

One Of the best known London
newspapers, in a review of "Lincoln's
Own Stories" collected by Anthony
Gross. commented on the anecdote
which Lincoln was fond of telling of
a family of such migratory habits
that they were able to get everything
into one wagon, and even the chick
ems were SO used to being moved that
when ever they saw the wagon sheets
brought out they laid themselves on
their backs and crossed their legs.
ready to be tied. The British review
er, with an insular sense of humor.
remarked: Zone feels a little as
though something must have been &C
cidentally left out Of this and of many
other stories in the book"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Passengers Give Refund Money.

TdSSSnSCTS SiVS nSIOHO
The flood relief fund collected in
Chicago was increased 1852 by the
two hours delay of the Twentieth
Century Limited from New York. For
every hour the train is late the pas
sengers are given 81 by the company.
1t arrived in Chicago two hours be-
hind time.
J. L. Daube of Philadelphia con-
ceived the idea of giving the 81 which
would-be refunded by the railroad
company to the fund. He made known
his Intentions to Joseph Horowitz Of
New York and Fred K. Townsend Of
Rochester, who also were passengers.
They became enthusiastic and formed
a committee to collect the refund
slips of all the passengers on the train.
Out of eighty passengers seventy
six readily gave up their slips. Among
the four was an Englishman just ar
rived. The food situation was ex-
planned to him and Daube pictured the
sufferings of the victims.
81 don't believe it," declared the
Englishman. ct is some bally Ameri-
can scheme to defraud strangers.
Show me your credentials. never
heard of any food. I know all about
your schemes In this country to de-
fraud travellers"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Heroic Rescues Common.

From all parts Of Dayton come sto-
ries of heroic rescues. The stolid
volunteers pay no attention to them.
All of them for three days have con-
stantly offered their lives to save
others. Several of these men have
given their lives on rescue work
Their names are unknown. Watchers
on the banks saw them trying to
reach persons in floating houses. saw
their boats upset and the men go
down.
Late in the day large frame house
f1oated down the river. Four women
were In the windows. AS they neared
the Main street bridge they waved at
the crowd on the banks and the build
ing struck the pieces. There was
swirl in the murky waters and a lit
tie farther down stream the debris
appeared, but none of the women.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Only Doctor a Drug Fiend.

Terrible scenes were reported from
West indianapolis. Conditions in the
flooded district were made worse by
the fact that the only physician who
was there to attend sufferers was a
victim of the morphine habit. In the
Methodist church q woman rescued
from the bottoms gave premature
birth to twins. The physician, what
with the horror of his duty and his in
ability to obtain more of the drug,
went insane, and after making three
unsuccessful attempts to jump from
a window, was placed in q straight
jacket.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Only One Of Manv-

What is your name?" asked the
registerer who received refugees at
Dayton, O., of q slender person in
mems clothing.
Norma Thurma." was the reply.
Norma came in with Ralph Myers,
his wife and little baby. Myers had
climbed a telegraph pole first. He let
down rope to his wife, who tied it to
a meal sack which contained their
baby, three months old. Myers pulled
the rope with its precious burden up
and then let it down to aid his wife.
Holding on to two thin wires, he trav-
eled across the cable full block to
safety.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Nlcfinas Are Cheerful.

One Of the remarkable features was
the cheerful spirit with which flood
victims viewed their plight. This was
Dayton's first great flood in many
years. Much Of the submerged area
had been considered safe from high
water, but as the majority Of resi-
dents of these sections looked out on
all sides upon a great sweep of muddy,
swiftly moving water, they seemed un-
disturbed.
In some of the poorer sections the
attitude of the marooned was not so
cheerful. AS a motor boat passed be-
fore the second floor Of one partly
submerged house a man leaned out
and threatened to shoot unless they
took off his wife and baby that had
lust been born. The woman, almost
diving. was let down from the window
bv a rope and taken to place of
refuge.
Further on, members of a motor
boat party were startled by shots in
the second floor of a house about
which five feet of water swirled. The
boat was stopped and a man peered
from the window of the house.
"Why are you shootfng?" he was
asked.
ooh, Just amusing myself shooting
at rats that come upstairs. When are
YOU going to take me out of here?'
he replied.
The bodies ola woman and a baby
were seen floating down Jefferson
street, one Of Dayton's main thorough
fares. It was thought they came from
the district north of the river.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Hano to Roof Thirty Aours

After hanging to the roof of their
home for thirty hours, with a strong
wind blowing and a heavy snow fall
ing, August Schmidt, wife and two
children were rescued None of them
could move a muscle, being chilled
through. They were removed to Van
Cleve School, where hundreds of other
rescued were taken.
I'D have fallen into the water II it
hadn't been for daddy" exclaimed the
little girl, who was first of the four to
recover sufficiently to talk.
when the water came into the
house we had to climb on the root
Daddy held me and mamma held
brother. Oh, 1t was cold. l thought
l was going to die. but daddy kept
hold OF me-"
A little boy, who, during the night
chung in full sight Of the rescuers,
was rescued. He probably will die.
The little fellow was discovered after
the flood had risen 80 high he could
not weather the waters.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
SnhinXeS.

An American archaeologist is said
10 have solved the riddle of the sphinx
bv boring into it's head and removing
the sand. Many a sphinx would be
one no longer after the head was sub
1ected to similar process. Not I'M
iii after it's head was bored into was
II SUSPECTED that the sphinx-head in
Egypt was hollow. 1t Is SO with many
other sphinxes.-St. Louis Globe-Dem.
ocrat
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
spFCIAL TO WOMEN
N YOU realize the fact that thousands
w Of women are now using
A Soluble Antiseptic Powder

q. remedy for mucous membrane at
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n rs catarrh, Inflammation or ulcera-
t;on caused by female ills? Women
T , have been cured say lit is worth
Us weight in gold" Dissolve in water
snd apply locally. For ten years the
Irdia 3. Pinkham Medicine Co. has
Commended Paxtine in their private
correspondence with women.
For all hygienic and toilet uses it has
m equal. Only soc a large box at Drug.
gists or sent postpaid on receipt Of
nrice The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston,
Mass
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10

places or safety, and on the roofs
OF buildings, only to die from expos
ure
The suffering of the survivors hud-
died together in the marooned build
1ngs was awful. Food and water
could not be taken to them.
Foreigners killed their country
men and even members of their fam
lilies in their desperate efforts to OBJ
tain food, according to John Volbrecht
OF Yukawa street, in North Dayton,
who was taken from the one remain
ing abutments of the Herman street
bridge. Volbrecht said he was at his
home with his family when the food
struck North Dayton The house. was
picked up by the current and car
r1ed against the Herman street bridge
Volbrecht said he chung to the bridge
and didn't know what became Of his
family.
One woman with a ten-day-old baby
climbed over the roofs of three houses
to reach the rescuers.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Robber Prices Of Boatmen.

Boatmen in Peru, Ind, recped for
tunes by carrying food sufferers
from the danger zone at exorbitant
prices, according to M. 8. Scott, a
travelling salesman of New York, who
arrived from Peru with two other
travelling men.
THE condition at Peru" said Mr..
Scott, cannot be told. l was at q
hotel across the street from the court
house and last night six babies were
born to women who lay on the bare
floor of the building. When we learned
Of this we had them rowed across the
street and gave them our rooms. The
boatmen charged S. each to row three
women across the street. We paid
SIS to be hauled three miles, and
were lucky to get off that cheaply."
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
purdueo Liver Powder.

Natures remedy for biliousness,
constipation, Indigestion and all stom-
ach diseases A vegetable prepare
tion, better than calomel and will not
salivate. In screw top cans at Csc
each. Burwell & Dunn Co. Mfrs.
Charlotte, N. C. Adv.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10

In the face every moment. He sobbed
a strong mans sob as he told his tale
OF death and desolation; of floating
wreckage bearing men, women and
children doomed to death: of dead
bodies borne upon the crest of the wa
tiers; OF piteous sights, in themselves
enough to unnerve the bravest of men.
But he stuck to his post.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Knows He's Riuht,

Knows Hes Right.
Does your husband ever tell you
you have poor taste?"
Frequently"
'And what reply do you make to
him?"
II think of what 1 married and say
nothing"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Many Rescued bv q Cable.

"any rescued by Gable.
Many thrilling stories were told by
the Dayton refugees who had been
trapped in their attics and on their
roofs in the very heart of the food.
A. J. Bard of Belmont avenue, who
was penned in the City National
Bank building on Third street, near
Main, Tuesday, was rescued,
"One hundred and fifty of us were
caught in the building" said Mr..
Bard. I'VE remained there until the
fire started, then we began to plan an
escape"
I'VE cut the elevator cable and OBJ
tanned bali of twine and some small
wire from one of the Offices. We at
tracted boatman, who risked his life
to come to us. We gave the boatmar
one end Of the Irvine and he rowed to
the old courthouse. He then pulled
the wire over and after that the heavy
cable.
"One end of the cable was made
fast in the bank building and the
other in the old courthouse. Then.
with only the light of the burning
structure, the $50 persons in the bank
building made their way, hand over
hand, along the cable over the swirl
ing torrent to the courthouse. be-
heve every one, men and women,
made the trip in safety. During our
imprisonment l had two crackers and
slice Of Clipped beef to eat.'
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Heredity,

That girl has such metallic
voice"
That's because her father made
bis money in steel"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10

many a man saves money by not
u'lng tobacco, but it is doubtful if the
~oney has the same soothing effect.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10

"nat woman doesn't know about
e. uelghbor is just what she wants to
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
90 insane. Stay Families.

There were stories of insanity caus-
ed by the food at Dayton. A father
had killed his four children and
his wife and then leaped into the
food.
Children had been born in boats
that were carrying their mothers to
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
Cruel,

Chappy-1 am going to try the mind
cure.
Dafy-What's it got to work on?
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10

ss Df r. rlerce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
ro 1 W Jake as candy, regulate and invigorate
lScn liver and bowels Do not grippe. ADV.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10

%T S Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure
lra c" olsI cases no matter of how long standing,
Insa 1eq by the wonderful old reliable Dr. Porters
a. th s quo Healing Oil. Relieves pain and heals
ue same time. Sc Soc. LOO.