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The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
Show 4 Bad Example,

A grocer who was noted for his
carefulness had an advertisement
inserted in local newspaper for a
message boy. and young fellow
who understood the kind of gen.
tleman who was advertising came to
apply for the situation, and while
the grocer was telling him how care
full he must be fly settled on a bag
OF sugar, and the grocer caught it
and threw it away. The boy then
said:
1f you want me to be careful
you are showing me bad exam
ple."
"Why?" replied the former.
Because" said the boy, "you
have thrown that fly away without
brushing the sugar off its feet."-
London Mail.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
rruthfuI Boy.

Thomas said Mr.. Smith as he
gazed into his sons eyes with a
soul searching look, ''have you eaten
any of those peaches | put in the
cupboard?''
Father said Tommy, Il cannot
tell lie. have not touched one. .
Mr.. Smith eyed him wrathfully
as he plunged his hand into the
pocket of his coat and drew forth
five incriminating stones. which had
each once been enshrined in the lus-
cious flesh of a peach. but which
were now staring in all their horrid
nakedness.
"Then how is it." said the parent
"that l found these peach tones in
your bedroom, and there Is only one
peach left in the Cupboard"
"Father," said Thomas i, he al
lently but swiftly left the room and
placed a chair in such position
that Mr.. Smith would fall over it II
\ ne . followed o! too quickly, father,
that is the one l never touched pr
Pearson's.
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Not InfaIiible.

Harriet Martineau. the English
author. was shrewd and practical
and had what men are pleased to
call masculine intellect" But she
was not always correct in her de-
ductions. fact illustrated by the
following anecdote, told in her
Memoirs by Sir Charles Murray,
who was then the English consul
general in Egypt:
One afternoon we met at the
villa of my old friend, S. W. Lark
ing, on the banks of the Mahamou-
dieh canal. In the course of oul
stroll through the garden we came
to a small gate, the pattern of
which was new to Miss Martineau
who was walking in front.
She stopped and, looking at the
gate in an attitude of intense ad
miration, exclaimed:
GLOW truly oriental! What won
derful taste these easterners have
in design"
She went on, and as Larkiny anc
followed through the gate he
whispered to me, 81 got it ont las,
week from Birmingham"
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
Sermon In q Few Words.

We are very much impressed by
something we saw and heard while
passing along the street a few even
lngs since. A young girl was stand
ing in front of a store, and near her,
with a hangdog expression on his
face, was young STRIPPING of a
youth. As we passed the two the
girl said to the boy, "Any one who
speaks of my father as the old man
is not worthy of my respect" From
the tone of her voice we knew that
the girl spoke from the impulse OF
a moment. but there was a whole
sermon in her utterance. We don't
know the girl, but if she lives she
Will develop into a noble woman.
hood, and the world will be bette,
for her having lived in it. And the
boy, if he has any redeeming quail.
ties in him, will profit by the lesson
given him in that one sentence
Burlington Chronicle.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
HUNTING THE WALRUS.
The Guards Of the Herd Are Shot, tho
Rest Killed With Axes.

Whalcrs begun to turn their at
tention to walrus catching apou'
the wear 1865. During the first par'
of every season there is but httl,
opportunity to capture whales, they
being within the limits Of the lel
barrier. As result much of the
vhalers' time during July and An
gust was devoted to capturing wal
ruscs.
Men would be landed on the Alas
ka shore in June and left to watch
for the animals to haul up on the
beach at certain points. According
to the government reports. the wal
rus must either come ashore or get
on the ice to sleep. When herd
is well ashore one or two old bulls
are generally left on watch.
The best shot among the hunters
now creeps up and by successful
rifle shot or two kills the guard.
Owing to their very defective hear
ing the noise made by the rifle does
not wake them. The gun is then put
aside and each hunter, armed with
sharp ax. approaches the sleeping
animals and cuts the spines of as
many of them as possible before the
others become alarmed and stam-
pede for the water and escape.
The white hunters rarely make
use of ANYTHING but the two long,
curved tusks with which the animal
is equipped and which average
about five pounds TO the pair. If
time permits. however. the flesh is
boiled and the oil saved. To many
of the ESkimos, especially on the
arctic shore, the walrus is almost
necessity of life. and the deyasta-
tion wrought among the herds by
the whalers has been and is vet the
cause Of fearful suffering and death
to many of the natives.
The flesh is food for men and
dogs. The oil also is used for food
and for lighting and heating the
houses. The skin when tanned and
oiled makes a durable cover for the
large skin boats. The inteStineS
make waterproof clothing. window
covers and floats. The tusks are
used for lance or spear points or are
carved into great variety of useful
and ornamental objects, and the
bones are used to make heads for
spears and for other purposes.
In addition to hunting the wal
rus themselves the whalers also pur-
chase from the Eskimos the tusks,
or ivory, that they have secured.-i
New York Sun.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
Queer Idea. Of Beauty.

The amiability of Moorish wom-
en- strikes me greatly, writes an
Englishwoman in Morocco in the
National Review. / visited some
the other day, and they were full
of kindly interest. They liked nv
fair hair, they liked my clothes
One old crone suggested how lovely
L would be were | to paint my
cheeks a brilliant red, stain nv un-
der lids coal black, adding three
black vertical lines on nv forehead
and one in the middle of nv chin
also stain my teeth with walnut
juice, my hands with henna. |
therefore rubbed my cheeks with
my handkerchief till they turned
crimson. That amused them hiph-
ly, and they laughed and said I
needed no paint, but did need hen
ma and backing! Another woman
gazed at my waist and groaned, ex-
claiming she would be i'll had she n
waist as small as mine.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
FaIse,

tie was country cousin on a visit
to London, and as he sat in the
theater he observed that LONG
sllken tress was hanging DOWN the
back of the lady in front of him.
Excuse me, miss" he said, lean
ing over, "but your hair = com;no
down"
She turned upon hin. a tace ac;d
enough to make several o. Ions of
homemade lemonade. W -
my hair'" she asked icjly
But the country visitor was not
SO yerdant as his native fields
IL beg your pardon no said
your hair" e"' ~ WAS
Fortunately the band .tr,ck mn
just then and dnwned tba u'A fa;p ~
malden's reply.-Lon don ATsv.ra @ ra''
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
New Trains on q. P.

The Union Pacific las made some
changes In the time table the last
week and also added a new train
which will greatly convenience pas.
sengers on the Julesburg branch.
No. 2l1, Greeley local, leaves Sterl.
ing at a. m. and arrives at Greeley
AT 9:3o a. m. No. 220, Greeley pas
senger, leaves Greeley 1:l5 p. m. for
Lasalle to connect with the Chicago
train and returns to Greeley at 2:05
p. m. No. 2:ls, Sterling local,
leaves Greeley at 2:45 p m. and
waits at LaSalle until :25 p. IN. for
east bound passengers on No. lt7
from Denver and arrives at Sterling
at 30 p. m.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
No Benefit.

A well known actor, lying on his
deathbed, according to the phvsi-
cans, was approached by a brother
Thespian, who said: s:Blank. old
man, you are long for this world
yet; We are going to get up bene-
fit The dying man of tragedy
lifted himself up by his left elbow
and, shaking his long index finger
OF the right hand in the visitors
face, hissed: Benefit! Benefit,
Benefit! Oh, Shakespeare. Now
indeed do l know that death is at
hand. My time is come. A bene-
fit! Goodby, old boy. See that ]
am decently buried But no bene.
fit!-New York Press.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
Be Not Afraid.

He has not learned the lesson of
his life who does not every day sur
mount fear. If you have no faith
In a beneficent power above you,
but see only an adamantine fate
coiling its folds about nature and
man, then reflect that the best use
OF fate is to teach us courage. If
you have no confidence in any for
eign mind, then be brave because
there is always one good opinion
which must always be of Importance
to you-namely, your own.-Ralph
Waldo Emerson.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
PARTISAN DUELS.
There Arc Three kinds-Trieks It
Gain Time While Fighting.


Duels are common enough II
France nowadays, but they are rob
bed of their picturesque side, says
the Household Brigade Magazine
They may be divided into three
categories, which | place in the or
der of their frequency of occur
rence-journalists' duels, duels that
are the outcome of Il tongue toe
well hung or fabricated by an over
dose of alcohol. and, thirdly, those
where the opponents are out to Nil
if they can. The above order also
represents the degree of publicity
accompanying each.
OF those due to an i'll considered
or i'll bred remark comparatively
few come to an Interchange Of shots
or thrusts. but tizzle out after an
interchange of cards. Morning
brings a more reasonable frame of
mind. and things are quietcd down
by those unfortunate individuals
who have been selected as seconds.
When such encounters do take place
at least one of the principals Is only
too desirous for privacy to be MAN.
tanned. the safest possible condl-
tons are arranged. and one only
hears about the affair after it is all
over
The materials for disagreement
are usually a night restaurant and
the one extra bottle which might |
have been dispensed with Only
recently a respectable married man
found himself confronted in COM
bat BY an unknown Argentine with
whom he had apparently had dis
agreement the night before at a
well known second rate cosmopol-
itan cafe much frequented between
about 2 a. m. and breakfast time.
Neither of the gentlemen knew
quite what it was all about. but
their seconds said it was all right,
SO they had to 90 through with it,
and no harm was done. The third
type Of duel is serious and very
rare. 1t usually takes the form of
a row about lady.
There are a good many tricks to
gain time in dueling. Dropping the
sword is one. resting the point on
the ground or making a wide parry
so as to scrape the ground is anoth-
er. In either of these cases the
point has TO be sandpapered and
treated with an antiseptic or held
IN flame, so that there may be no
risk of wound being poisoned.
With pistols the conditions are
arranged according to the serious
ness of the quarrel. As rule, duel
ing pistols at twenty-five PAGES are
nsed. The dueling pistol is muzzle
loaded and rifled. Its pull off is
regulated by the circumstances;
also the powder charge. Seconds
often arrange to put in only suf1i-
clent powder to drive the bullet out
of the bore. Sometimes they drop
the bullet into the left hand when
loading and hammer an ina ginarv
one down the barrel.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
Meeting Tonight to Discuss the
Question

| At an informal meeting OF the
public utilities Committee held in
the Commercial club rooms Friday
evening, it was decided to hold a
series of public meetings for the
purpose Of ..discussing....... the adyis.
ability of municipal ownership of
our lighting plants. The. first of
these meetings will be held in the
Commercial club rooms on Thursday
evening, Nov. IA, at 1880 .. M, to
which the public is cordially invited.
Those interested who wish to
speak on the subject must hand In
their names and state which side of
the question they wish to speak on,
to Secretary Starkey by 4 O'Clock p.
M, Nov. IA, so that the committee
Can arrange the program SO as to
give equal time to the different
views presented.
There will be enough meetings
held to hear all speakers ssand notice
Of subsequent meetings will be pub
lished In due time. This Ia mat
ter of vital importance to every citi.
zen of Greeley and there should be a
good attendance.
The matter OF franchises will be
taken up as soon as this matter is
disposed OF. .~---
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
A Good Llnlmant.

When you need good, reliable
l1niment try Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. 1t has no superior for spraips
ana swellings. A piece OF flannel
slightly dampened with Pain Balm
is superior to plaster for lame back
or pains In the side or chest. 1t
also relieves rheumatic pains and
makes sleep and rest possible. For
sale by all druggists.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
The Blind Mans -.

n,,rnhon ~ o,ino i. man was sitting with a
1 huinber OF persons. When thew
laughed m he would laugh also. Some
one asked him, "What Laye 9O vn,,
seen that you should ' ""Ye you
am only echoing your IaagL '. ..wa
are are, laughing at you" soma ,, we !,
uaeo une man replied.-From rI,e CHI.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
THE TOAD.
It's Eyes and Its Venom ans the
Changing Of its Skin.

Moving slowly through tn .or
grass is n small, rough skinned rrr
ture, almost the color of the carr
that shows at the roots ol (,
trees" writes nature observc
is a toad just emerged, SON a
tardily, from his winter ka..
place IA hole about rs big a h."
self and only now awake to e
ternal influences. Lethargic an
sleepy though he is. he is quit :,
ficiently alert to know that a
looking at him and wonderin-
see how his skin has lost all il o.
from the long absence of the -l
1t is hardly possible to tracc an
shade of olive green and dush ye
low or ashen gray and brown un
the warty surface of his back. An
the darker markings which som,
times form irregular bands ovcr r5
back and legs are merged into lh
general dullness and dustiness
the soil which has covered hin f.
so long. As rule, toads and iro-
and other alternating animaI, ar
seen in the open as soon as tht fir,
warm days of spring restore the
lowered temperature.
"Some people wonder w.a
Shakespeare meant by the pr
jewel in its head The br.iI.1H
eyes with their yellow rings, like
gold setting to the onyx, are a
gems laid upon its head. WonleJ
full eyes they are in their range O
vision and able to see meal worm
placed to the rear far quicker tha
when some distance ahead. Ih
venom of the toad, which is a
acrid, milky fluid concealed in ,a
glands al the back of the heal, hu
been many times described b. nat
uralists as harmless. unless
touches some abrasion of the ,k.n
when it causes local irritation. BD
though not particularly virllcn
when swallowed by another ANNA
yet injected into a wound it is yer
active and causes liberation and a.
the symptoms of irritant poisoning
\ dog which has once seized a toa
and tasted this bitter fluid au,
burnt his tongue will never at,ar,
one again. Snakes will starve rarh
er than swallow toad.
During the warm weather tn
skin is sloughed, and the ponderou
toad shakes off the thin film tina
covers him and emerges in a new
skin, fresh and bright. So also dt
the frogs change their skins in tn,
course of the summer, assisting il
the process themselves. The ole
cuticle divides down the'eenter O.
the back and the two h11sra .ffAd
ually fold and recede farther I'm,
farther from the center. BY con
tinued twitching the folds ar
brought down the sides, and thel
the hinder legs, first one and thel
the other, are brought forward un
der the arm, which presses dow
upon it and thus draws off the oil
skin inside out"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-27
Cost of the saItop Sinh

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 27. = The
overflow of the Colorado river at the
Imperial valley dam has been stopped.
The dam has stood a test Of two weeks
and another outbreak of the Colorado
river Is believed to be averted. The
building of levees will be finished BIZ
April IS. The cost OF work on the
twentF-mile levee is nearly $1,000
day, and the total expense of curbing
the river will be between 100000
and 100000. This money will be ex-
pended by the Southern Pacific.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-27
KENSINGTON NEWS

Mrs Vincent OF Kensington avenue
IS very III with pneumonia.
Mrs Seully of Lafayette avenue
spent Monday afternoon in West Pull
man.
Roland Matthews Of 834 18th street.
who has been III for the past week. Is
improving.
Mrs Woods Of Dearborn street en-
tertained q number Of her relatives
Tuesday afternoon
Miss Lynch Of West Pullman has
charge OF the elocution class at the
Holy Rosary school
Miss Mollie Brown Of 1891 Dearborn
street has taken a position as cashier
with the Peoples dry goods store.
Lawrence Myers of 1875 state street
has been quite sick with very bad
cofd. lie is somewhat better, but not
yet able to be out
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-27
TONIC IN A SUN BATH.
IN Most Cases Better Than Any Medl.
cine Taken internally.

Some one called the sun Gods anti
septic and sterilizer, and certain it is
that not half the people 90 the earth
realize how large part sunshine can
play in cleansing, purifying and MAX
ing whole.
NO one can overestimate the value
Of sun bath, and each year you see
an increased number of children,
wrapped up from the cold and COM
Iortably tucked into the perambula-
tors, on the sunny end of the piazza,
getting the benefit of this greatest of
natures tonics.
Sun baths that are taken as a rem
edy for rheumatism, or to ward
against sleeplessness, have better eff
1ect If they are followed by a warm
sponge. If they are taken for any
skin disease land in such troubles
they are exceedingly valuable), they
should be followed by a warm bath.
Even when there is no special dis
ease to fight, but Just a sense of Ian
guor and fatigue, and a rundown ner-
vous system, the sun bath will do good
work-better than NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Herald.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-27
SOUTH DEERENG

sick list
s Zarkman was in Chicago Tuesday
on business.
Mrs j. Ward Of Tooth street, enter
tanned out Of town guests today.
Mrs. R. Roberts and Mrs. Dewitt
were shopping in Chicago Tuesday.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Finn Of
1o455 Terrence avenue, daughter.
Several Gypsy fortune telIers have
invaded South Deering the past two
Mathew Donnelly is suffering from
sprained ankle which he received
while on sojourn in the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Hydro, who have
resided here for most of the past wear
have returned to their former home in
Fort Wayne
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-27
GRAND DUKE WAS III PERIL
Attempt to Blow Up His Train Is
Bafied, but the Assassin Gets
Safely Away.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 27.-The Novoe
Vremya this morning publishes a sen
sational account of the folling of a plot
against the life of Grand Duke NichoE-
as Nicholaievitch, president OF the
council Of national defense and second
cousin of Emperor Nicholas. This plot
Is said to have been discovered shortly
before the time scheduled for the ar
rival here Of the imperial train bring
Ing the grand duke from Tsarskoe-
Selo.
A guard paTolling the track near the
station at the st. Petersburg end of
the line caught a man dressed as a
workman in the act of placing a wood
en- box In the middle of the track at
point 200 yards from the imperial pe-
vilion. The assassin escaped and the
box on the track was found to contain
an Internal machine of enormous pow
er. The mechanism was designed to
cause explosion from the vibration of
the train as it passed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-27
TOLLESTON NEWS


Frank Fisher is on the sick list.
Mrs. Stimpfg was in Hammond to-
day on business.
Trustee Sears Of South Gary was in
town yesterday on business.
II. A. Townley transacted business
in Hammond this afternoon.
Messrs Harms and Gordon were in
Hammond Monday on business.
Harry Burge of Hammond trans
acted business in town yesterday.
Miss Nellie Wanders of Hubert, md.
is visiting her sister Mrs NJ. r. Bell.
Miss Lena sagers went to Indiana
Harbor last night to be the guest Of
friends.
Owing 10 the dissatisfaction by some
the newly appointed trustee viii not
accept the position.
- 60 AAAbOAA pAGdGCu 10 see I01C
Miss McAvoy is convalescent after her
recent illness.
". F. Cox a carpenter at Roberts
dale. is working for Contractors Cal
lagher & Williams.
Gallagher & Williams have secured
the contract for another large saloon
building in Gary in Washington street
near the Michigan Central tracks.
DR. Watson OF Hobart has rented the
vacant rooms IN the new bank build
Ing and intends to move his family
here in the near future
The sold leaf lettering was put on
he new bank yesterday and is de-
,vided Improvement The bank is do
ng a good business at the present
ime
Rev Stewart has started out wen
n his collections for the new church
getting about SIS last Sunday from
rs congregation
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-27
WHEELER NEWS

Mrs. Martin Meister was yaIna.
raise visitor Tuesday.
Rev. G. r. streeter transacted bust
ness in Valparaiso Tuesday.
Arthur Barney was called to Fort
Wayne on business Tuesday.
Mrs. Lantz has returned to her
teaching, after an illness Of a few days
The boys Of the Wheeler high school
met Monday afternoon and organized
an athletic association.
J. p. Perrine, manager OF the Mon
arch Book company at Wheeler. paid
Chicago q business visit Tuesday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-27
NO ARRESTS ORDERED
But the Coroner Finds Who Were Re.
sponsible for the Railway Hor-
FOR at Fowler, Ind.

Fowler. Ind, Feb. 27-Charles s..
Comiey, coroner Of Benton county, has
rendered his finding in the case Of the
Big Four disaster at this place, Jan.
10 He finds that George ". Sears.
assistant train dispatcher at Kanka-
kee; Charles Mills, conductor, and
John Robbie. engineer. both Of freight
train No. 50, and the head officials
and management and the Big Four com.
pany were guilty Of gross negligence.
He also finds that Edward ". Trim
engineer of the Inflated passenger
train, was running his train at reckless
speed when the accident happened.
The coroner, however, did not order
any arrests.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-27
BURNSIDE NEWS

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs Williams OF
1920 S8th place. fine baby boy.
Mr. and Mrs oliver Jones are the
proud parents Of a new daughter.
Mrs. simms Of 1850 92nd place en-
tertained friends at luncheon Tuesday
evening
Dr. Curtis has been appointed medi-
cal inspector Of the Burnside school
Mrs. r. Brinkman Of Cottage Grove
avenue visited with friends in the city
Yesterday.
Mrs Dillon will be hostess to the
Ladies Aid society tomorrow afternoon
at her home in seth place
The W. H. NJ. s. of the Vincent NJ. Is.
church met at the home of Mrs. Ben
son in seth street yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Richard Benson entertained the
Home Missionary society at her home
IN goth street yesterday afternoon at
o'clock
Mrs VAIL Of 9419 Burnside avenue
entertained her niece, Miss Gertrude
Neville, Of the West Side, last sun
day.
Fred Bason, who has been foreman
Of the tin and sheet-iro workers at
the Nickel Plate shops for the past
fourteen years, has left his position. |
Thos. J. Evans was appointed as his
successor.