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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-14
STRANGE STORIES FROM A MAGIC PEN nsHsn

headlong into the big electro-mag-
net-so violently that, as we found
afterward, he bruised his shoulder
and Jawbone cruelty. At that he
stepped back a pace. and cried out
with almost a whimper, What, in
heaven name. has come over
me" He stood, blanched with ter
ror and trembling violently, with
his right arm clutcling his left,
where that had collidcd with the
magnet.
By that time | was excited, and
fairly excited. "David>on," said /,
don't be afraid.
He was startled at my voice, but
not 50 excessively as before. | re-
peated my words in as clear and
firm a tone as | could assume.
Bellows" he said, is that
you"
Cant YOU see its me:
lie laughed. Il can't even sec ii 5
myself. Where the devil are we: :"
Here" said !, in the labora-
tory
The laboratoryr' he answered,
i'll a puzzled tone, and put his hand
to his forehead. Il was in the lab
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oratory-till that flash came. but
I'm hanged if I'm there now. What
ship is that
There's no ship" said I, DO
be sensible. old chap"
NO ship.' he repeated. and
seemed to forget my derial forth
with. Il suppose, said he, slowly,
were both dead. But the rummy
part is | feel just as though | still
had body. Don't get used to it
all at once. | suppose. The old
shop was struck by lightning, |
suppose. Jolly quick thing, Bel
lows-cigh -
"Don't talk nonsense. You're
very much alive You are in the
laboratory, laundering about.
louv just smashed a new electro
meter. | don't envy you when
Boycc arrives.
He stared away from me toward
the diagram, Of Cryohvdratcs.
II must be DEAF said he.
"'Thcy'vc fired gun, Tor there goes
the puff oi smoke, and never
heard sound.
put my hand ON his arm again,
and thi> time Inc was less alarmed.
I'VE seem To- Lave u sort Of i'll
visible bodies. >aid he. "Bv love
there's 4 boat c"nirg round the
headland! Its very much like the
old lie after all in 4 different
climate
shook his arm. "Davidson," |
cried. wake up"
1t was just then that Boycc came
in. So soon as he spoke Davidson
exclaimed: "Old Boycc! Dead
too! What a lark -
FASTENED t" explain that David
son was in a kind OF somnambuliS-
tic trance. Bovce was interested at
once. We both did all we could to
rouse the fellow ont OF his eNtraor-
binary state He answered our
questions, and asked us some of his
own. but his attention seemed dis
tracted by his hallucination about a
beach and a ship. He kept interpo
latinS observations concerning
some boat and the davits and sails
filling with the wind 1t made one
feel queer. i'll the dusk laboratory,
10 hear him saying such things.
He was blind and helpless. We
had to walk him down the passage,
one at each elbow, to Boyces pri-
vate room, and while Boyce talked
10 him there, and hunored him
about this ship idea, | went along
the corridor and asked old Wade to
come and look at him.
The voice of our dean sobered
him a little, but not very much. He
asked where his hands were, and
why he had to walk about up to
his waist. in the ground Wade
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'Wcll. everything YOU see is hal
lucinatory.
"Bi~h"p Ecrkelcy," said David
son. a
~D"nt mistake INC. said Wade.
I"N"u are alive. and i'll this room OF
Boycc>. Hut something has hap
! pencd tn Your eyes. You cannot
/ see: You can feel anG hear. but not
sec Do YOU follow nc
/ 1T seems to me that sec too
much, Davidson rubbed his
knucklcs into his eyes "Wcll
he said.
"That> all. Don't let it pcrplcx
YOU. Fellows. here, and ! will take
YOU home in cab
Wait bit" Davidson thought.
"lielp me t" sit down. said he,
presently: and now-I'm sorry 10
trouble you-but will YOU tell me
all that over again: -
Wade repeated it very patiently.
Davidson shut his eyes. and pressed
his hand, upon his forehead. YES,
said he. Its quite right. Now
my eyes are shut | know you're
right. That's YOU, Bellows, sitting
by me on the couch. I'm in Eng
land again. And we're in the
dark.
Then he opened his eyes. And
there, said he. is the sun just ris-
ing. and the yards of the ship, and
tumbled sea. and a couple of
birds flying. never saw anything
so real. And I'm sitting up to my
neck in bank of sand
He bent forward and covered his
face with his hands. Then he
opened his eyes again. Dark sea
and sunrise! And yet I'm sitting
OH a sofa in old Boyce's ROOM
God help me"
That was the beginning. For
three weeks this strange affection
of Davidson's ewes continued I'M
abated. 1t was far worse than be-
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had not come! They had great
holes in them, Bellows. and New
er mind Eut it was gIla>tIy!"
For three weeks Davidson re-
NAMED. in this singular state. see
ing what at the time we imagined
was an altogether phantasna'
world and stone blind to the world
around him Then. one Tuesday
when | called. | met old Davidson
in the passage
lie can see his thumh.' the old
gentleman said, i'll a perfect trans
port. He was struggling into hi,
ovcrc"at. lie can see his thumb
Bcllow,r' he said. with tears i'll
his eyes. The lad will be all right
yet"
rushed i'll to Davidson. lie
was holding UP a little book before
his face. and looking at it and
laughing in weak kind of way.
Its amazing" said he. There :
kind OF patch come there" He
pointed with his finger. I'm on the
rocks as Usual, and the penguinS
are staggering and Tapping about
as usual, and there's been a whale
showing every now and then. but
its got too dark now to make him
out. But put something there. and
| see it do see it. It's very dim
and broken in places. but | see it
all the same. like a faint specter of
itself. | found it out this morning
while they were dressing me- Its
like a hole in this internal phantom
world. Just put Your hand by mine.
No-not there. Nh! Yes, see it.
The base of YOUR thumb and bit
OF cuff! 1t looks like the ghost of
a bit of YOUR hand sticking out OF
the darkening sky. Just by it
there's a group Of stars like cross
coming out"
From that time Davidson began
to mend. His account of the
change. like his account of the vi
sion. was oddly convincing. Over
patches OF his field of vision tlfe
phantom world grew fainter, grew
transparent. as it were, and through
these translucent gaps he began to
see dimly the real world about him.
The patches grew in size and num-
Der. ran together and spread until
only here and there were blind
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hill toward Hampstead. the horror
seemed To drop from him. He SAID
it was good to see the stars again
though it was then about noon and
a blazing day.
1T seemed, Inc told me after
ward. AS if | was being carried ir-
resistibly toward the water. was
not very much alarmed at first. OF
course it was night therc-a lovely
night.
"Of course" | asked. for that
struck me as odd.
"Of course. said he. Its al
ways night there when it is day
here Well. we went right into the
water, which was calm and shining
under the moonlight-juSt a broad
swell that seemed TO grow broader
and tiatter as | came down into it.
The surface glistened Just like a
skin-it might have been empty
space underneath for all | could
tell to the contrary. Very slowly,
for | rode slanting into it, the wa
ter crept up to my eyes. Then |
went under, and the skin seemed to
break and heal again about NY
eyes.
The moon gave Jump TIP in
the sky and grew green and dim,
and fish. family glowing. came
darling round me-and things that
seemed made OF luminous glass.
and | passed through tangle of
seaweeds that shone with an oily
luster. And so | drove into the
sea, and the stars went out one by
one, and the moon grew Sreener
and darker, and the seaweed be-
came a luminous purple red. 1t
was all very faint and mysterious,
and everything seemed to culver.
And all the while | could hear the
wheels of the bath chair creaking.
and the footsteps of people going
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bars,
the characters properly justified print
advent the Linotype
perfected up point
Linotype controlled and operated by
readers of clear,
Printing the Leader The Linotype Way bigger
and Leader each week and family
appreciation ndeavor
future approval by publishing which will
wider publicity Waeown Jefferson and Dodge
the thereof More home
the readers will be management
an appreciation of
The which done
handle book work. law briefs, pamphlets
bills, and all and kinds job printing which
notp properly equipped handle.
Model Linotype will be position handle all
including booklet pamphlet folder
ealet with facility In act will
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consider ourselves equipped Then
speed handled Linotype
will promptly me
assertion show the with which
! job be
of The Way
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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-07-27
new GARAGE TO
OPEN HERE SOON
New EnterpriSlnq Firm Has Pur-
chased Film Exchange Build
ing. North Fourth st.

A new firm consisting of Forrest A.
Richards, Reinhold A. Guenthenberg
and Karl j. Wandschneider have pur-
chased the Davis film exchange build
ing on North Fourth street and will
soon open an automobile garage and re-
pair shop therein The deal for the
property was made through the real es-
tate agency of Louis Scholl G. Co., the
same having been consummated this
week. Messrs. Richards and Guenth-
enberg are already here to remain per-
manently, the latter, with his family,
having already moved into the flat of
Miss Millie Roller on Seventh street.
The necessary machinery has been pur-
chased and will be installed in the
course of few days and the mem
bers OF the firm expect to be rea dy for
business in about two weeks. 1t is the
plan to enlarge the building just as
soon as the business will warrant it.
The members of the new firm are thor
oughly versed in the automobile bust
ness and are starting in in a thorough
ly businesslike manner. Mr.. Guenth-
enberg is not stranger in Watertown,
having at one time been student at
Northwestern college.
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MRS. OESTREICH
WINS IST PRIZE
Wins Honor in Missing Word Con-
test of Last Week-ODly One
Corr eCt Answer In.

Mrs. c. Oestreich, OcOnomowoc, rural
route q, was the winner of first hon
ors In the Leaders missing word con-
test OF last week and Will receive the
$1.O cash .prize. The past week
brought large number Of answers, but
the one sent in by Mrs. Oestreich proved
the only correct one, therefore there was
no winner of the second prize-six
months subscription to the Leader.
One Of the missing words last week
was In the advertisement of j. 4. Dorm
field, the word omitted being in the line:
Economic Gas Producers and (Gas) En-
gines. The missing word being "Gas." !"
The second missing word was in the
advertisement of the Wisconsin Nation
al Bank. The absentee was in the line
reading: "will find ways of doing it if
(given) the opportunity. At the" The
missing word being given"
The management Of the Leader urges
that all get busy this week. The fact
that person has won prize does not
prevent them from competing again.
With the next issue of the Leader the
contest closes. So get busy. everybody.
In the contest page this week will be
found number of changes in the ad-
vertisemehts.
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Order Placed Last Week With Mergenthaer Linotype
Company-Promise Given that Machine Will
Be in Operation by August Doth.
Wonderful Device Will Mean Great Improvement
- in the Leader Newspaper MANY Advan-
tages Gained by ''The Linotype Way"

Linotype installed Leader ordered
week and have
that will
placed When this wonderful
will and cordial invitation
public general Leader
Office and the machine n operation.
growing brought
Linotype positive which
claims
ter advertisers.
The illustration shown herewith but faint idea of the
machine While the Linotype called machine
composing machine today
by like which
casting hot metal Instead of producing single characters
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-07-27
SKAT TOURNAMENT HELD AT
JUNEAU. aS
Sunday. Aug. lSt the Ddte-Sl 300
In Prizes Plan Good Enter
tdinment.

The summer tournament of the Wis
consin Skat League for the year 1915
will be held at Juneau, Wisconsin. Aug
ust 1st, 1915. The sum of s1,3OO.OO has
been appropriated by the Wisconsin Skat
League for prizes. The tournament will
be held in two sessions, the first session
will be called at 2:45 p. m. and the sec
Ond at 7:30 D. IN. The admission fee will
be $500 for both sessions of the tourna-
ment.
The rules of the North American Skat
League will govern the Tournment
Players attention is particularly called
to have every solo against 5 or more
matadOres, every touene against or
more matadoes and every high play of
l4o or points o. KID by skat-meister.
Unless such plays are o K'd by skat-
meister, same will receive no csnsidera-
tiOn by the Prize Committee.
Great care should be exercised in fill
ing out the score sheet, as general rules
for congress tournaments will be strict
ly enforced.
Every player should see that his name
and address is written correctly and
legibly and that every claim for prize is
recorded on back of score sheet under
record of claims. Be sure that every
player signs the score sheet before leay-
ing the table.
Within three doys after the Tourna-
ment the Secretary will mail to each
participant certified copy of the Official
List OF Prize Winners.
Within ten days after the tournament
a check will be forwarded to each prize
winner together with a certificate of
prize awards.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-07-27
THROUGH MAJESTIC SCENERY
TO CALIFORNIA

Nowhere will be found such cOntin-
uous panorama of stupendOus mountain
scenery as is presented successfully by
the towering mountain ranges along the
cool northern route of the Chicago, Mil
waukee q St. Paul Railway to the Pacific
North Coast.
From the time the train plunges into
the American Rockies in Montana until
it tunnels the snow-crowned heights of
the Cascades in Washington. it is a trip
of grandeur through natural part of
stupendous mountains, vast forests,
beautiful waterfalls, mysterious CANYONS
and lands golden with grain and green
with orchards.
LII desired you can break the journey
at Butte aud make a side trip to the
wonderland Of Yellowstone.
Another diversion is to detrain at ST.
Maries, Idaho, and take the "Trip of
Shadows" forty mile boat trip down
the picturesque "Shadewy" St. Joe River
and Lake DOeur d'Alene to Spokane
where the journey over the milwaukee"
is again resumed. This is an exclusive
feature of this route, and can be taken
without extra cost.
Over this route there is operated daily
two superb all-steel trains. The "Olymp-
ian and The Columbian" They are the
last word in luxury, comfort and per-
sonal service, and are the only all-steel
trains operated to the Pacific North
Coast.
From Seattle and Tacoma you can
journey south to California oyer the
scenic "Rainer- Shasta" Route and re-
turn home direct from either Los An
geles or San Francisco on the steel
equipped Pacific Limited" over the
central route of this company.
By making this "Grand Circle Tour"
you will see the principal show places
and the most of the wonderful resources
of the great west at moderate cost.
For information about low fares, time
of trains and for descriptive western
literature, apply to local agent of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.
-Ady.
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HubbletOn

Miss Anna Reynolds visited relatives
in Reeseville several days this week.
Sta tion Agent j. H. Rebstein of Ar
lingtOn, is spending few weeks at his
home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Amb0rn spent
Thursday in Watertown.
Mrs. w. <. Reynolds of Green Bay,
visited relatives here Sunday.
. Mrs. M. .Rollert returned Tuesday,
after an extended visit with relatives in
Waterloo.
Passengers to WatertOwn during the
week were Mrs. Frank Engelbrecht and
drughter Rena, Mr.. and Mrs. William
KiesOw, the Misses Katie Kruepple, Hat
tie Preinfalk, Elsie Lemke, Ethel Reyn-
Olds and Mary Rebstein.
Mrs. Frances Gingles and daughter
Frances called here Friday.
Mrs. Robert McNaughton and children
of Minneapolis, are guests at the home
of A. E. Cunningham.
Thomas Reynolds and son Harry spent
Thursday in Watert0wn.
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Concord.

Otto Kerchensteiner and family of JEFF
fersOn, visited relatives here Tuesday.
Mat Fink is reported being very ill.
Miss Clara Mason of Lake Mills, is a
guest of friends here.
The ice cream social at C. B. Adams
was enjoyed by a large company of
friends from this vicinity and Water
town.
Some from here attended the Holstein
association picnic at TivOli island, Wa
tertown.
Will RhOda and E. j. Goetsch sold
pure bred Hoist ems to parties in Penn
sylvania.
Rev. John White and Frank Rhoda of
OcOnomOwoc, were visitors recently with
Mrs. E. RhOda and family.
c. Oesterich, Jr., and family with
Oconomowoc friends, enjoyed fish fry
at Genesee Lake the first of the week.
Miss Ella Flint of Watertown, will
teach the school in Dist. No. 3 the com
ing year, and will board with Mrs. Chas.
Oesterich, Jr.
Miss Elsie Vaughn of Sullivan, is a
guest of Mrs. Friesch.
Mrs. MyrOn Piper and daughter Lucille
of Milwaukee, were recent visitors here.
The golden harvest is being gathered
in and prosperity ahounds everywhere.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-07-27
SChurZ Daughter Dies.

Miss Agatha SchurZ, daughter of the
late Carl SchurZ, died at Bolten Landing,
Lake George, New York. Miss Schurz
had been operated upon. and complica-
tions set in which caused her death.
Miss Schurz was educated In Philadel-
phla, New York and Germany. Her
mother died while Gen. SchurZ was still
in public life, leaving her the mistress
of the household. While her father was
secretary of the interior she took her
mothers place throughout his entire
term OF service. Gen. Schurz died before
his memoirs could be finished, and this
task was left for the daughter who work
cd indefagigably compiling letters and
documents until the work was complet-
ed. She was buried in Sleepy Hollow
cemetery, Tarrytown. A sister, Marianne,
and brother, Carl survive.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-07-27
Auto and Bike Collide.

Garret Mentink, a ten-year-old youth
who resides at 405 Western avenue, had
a narrow escape from serious injury
last Thursday afternoon when he collid-
ed with an auto driven by a MIR. Oes
treich Of New London.
The accident occurred at the inter-
section of Main and Fourth streets. The
lad was riding bicycle, going west on
Main street. He passed carriage driy-
en- by woman, who pulled up at the
crossing to allow the auto to pass. The
lad rode ahead and was struck by the
the auto, and thrown from his bicycle
against the curb. He was not seriously
injured, though one arm was painfully
bruised and scratched.
While the youngster escaped without
serious injury, his bicycle was complete
ly wrecked.
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WdtertOWn-ROute b.

Mr.. and Mrs. P. West and daughters,
Ethel and Irene, visited Saturday in
WatertOwn.
Several from here attended the ice
cream social at the home of F. Engelke
Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Albright are the
happy parents of baby girl, born to
them on Saturday, July IL.
Mrs. A. Birkholz and Mrs. August
Kaatz spent Tuesday in Watertown.
Rev. Relnke visited Tuesday at the
home Of w. Albright.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Bergdoll spent Thurs
day in WatertOwn.
Gertrude Brown of Necedah, is spend
ing the week with relatives here.
Edward Wallitz spent Sunday with
friends in Madison.
Mr.. and Mrs f. F. AmbOrn of Hubble
ton, Mr.. and Mrs Y. Subert and son
Gerald, of Watertown, were Sunday
visitors at the home of f. W0llitz.
Mrs. f. BOhnsack and Mrs. August
Wendt visited Tuesday at the home of
W. Albright.
R. Miller transacted business in Wa
tertown Friday.
Misses Frances and Lydia Albrecht,
Frieda BirkhOlZ, Frances and Adeline
Bergdoll and Mrs. A. Miller spent Thurs
day with Mrs. W. Albright
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Mt. Pleasant.

Mrs. Augusta Borchardt is on the sick
list.
A number of friends were entertained
at the home of Richard Drought, Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Stieghahn of Wa
tertOwn. spent Sunday with the latter's
mother, Mrs. Freitag.
The ice cream social held ON Fredrick
Engelke's lawn Tuesday evening was
quite largely attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis SteindOrf and
Ludwig Stiemke were Sunday evening
visitors with Edward HeitZ and wife,
Andrew flanagan, wife and daughter
Eileen, are guests at the home Of Simon
Engelhart.
Friedrich Engelke and wife were Be-
lott visitors during the week.
Amelia Funk and Gertrude label spent
the fore part of the week with Esther
Engelke.
Herman BOrchardt of WatertOwn, is
visiting at the Borchardt home.
Several of the young people are plan
ming on attending the dance in Cleve-
land hall, given by the Saxaphone Or
chestra
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Social DOings

Tomorrow at Roosyllle, Ca, a suburb
of Chattanooga, Tenn, Miss Marian
Morrison, daughter of an old Georgia
family, Will become the bride of Lieut..
Harley B. Bullock, formerly of Water
town. The wedding is the result of a
romance of the Texas border camp back
of Galveston, where Lieut.. Bullock has
been stationed since his graduation from
West Point. He met his future bride at
an officers dancing party, when she was
visiting friends ut Houston. Lieut..
Bullsck is the son OF A. M. Bullock, a
former we'll known Wisconsin MethO-
dist clergyman, and is nephew of Lieut..
Col. j. A. Watrous, U. S. A., retired, Of
Milwaukee, Since his graduation from
West Point in 1913, he has been with the
Twenty third infantry, stationed at
Texas City, near Galveston, on field SER
vice ready for any emergency in case Of
trouble with Mexico. This regiment Is
part Of Gen. FunstOn's division, part of
which was sent to Vera Cruz.
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Forty Ways and More to the Call
fOrnid ExpOSitlOnS

Is the title of an attractive booklet
issued by the Chicago & North Western
Ry., which outlines in concise form forty
different attractive routes from Chicago
to California, gives explicit information
regarding fares, ticketing conditions,
side trips, stopoyers, etc., and also shows
plainly by series of outline maps how
you may visit both Expositions and see
the grandest scenery and the localities
most interesting the West has to offer
the sightseer en- route.
You should have this booklet to prop
erly plan your trip to the Pacific Coast
and the California Expositions. 1t will
save you time and money.
Copies may be obtained free with
other literature describing the places
you wish to visit en- route and giving
fares, complete train service and full
particulars, on application to any ticket
agent of the Chicago & North Western
Ry. G. P. Booth, agent. Phone Blk
ADV. ASST.
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Breeders Enjoy Picnic.

HOlstein breeders of this vicinity,
members and friends of the Inter County
Holstein Breeders association, with
their wives and families gathered at
TivOli island last Thursday to enjoy the
first annual picnic of the association.
There were real picnic features and at
noon a luncheon was served. In the
afternoon the farmers all gathered in
the grove to listen to the speakers, in
cluding j. A. Roirdon of MayvilIe, vice
president of the state association. Prof.
WOtja and C. A. Voss Of the college Of
agriculture of the state university
Dancing and other amusements followed
the afternoon program.