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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-11

Mrs Frank Greenwald of Indiana
avenue visited Henry ProhI at the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11

The story Of how William lie Baron
Jenney saved a section OF Grants ar
my at Shiloh not only illustrates Jen-
but throws an interesting side light on
the great general
Part Of Grants troops. almost over
whelmed. were holding the river bank
1t was imperative that they be brought
across. Grant ordered Jenney TO bring
them. Jenncy rode down and discov-
cred some rusty. battered steamers
which had not had fire in them for
weeks. There was no wood, coal or
other fuel. He rode to Grant and re
ported.
"Nhat did | send YOU down there to
dof" asked Grant quietly.
why" stammercd Jenney, "to bring
those troops across
We'll" rcioincd Grant ego bring
them"
Jcnney went. lie had tile order
First he tore away the upper works.
Warehouses; and decks and fed them
20 the furnaces. Nothing more was
in sight An inspiration seized him.
He levied on the commissary stores,
and he got up steam and brought those
troops across by burning thousands OF
dollars worth Of hams and crackers
in the furnaces.
The hams and crackers were charged
to Grants personal account. and hc as
a joke switched and charged il against
Jenney's salary. and IL was cancelled
utter the war Chicago Tribune.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
K The <
lTanSgTeSSOT.
BY TROY ALLISON


The young rector of st. Johns adj
justed the student lamp until 1t threw
a mellow light on the library table and
then pulled down the window shades.
He had Just settled himself comfort
ably in the Morris chair when the bell
rang.
In a mere man of the world the
slight elevation of the eyebrows pro
duced by the sound of the bell would
have been interpreted as despair O..
disgust at the interruption. but the
Rev John Courtney's only attitude 10
ward the rebellion of the flesh was
that he had spent very busy. trying
day aud that even ordained flesh
Graves rest and solitude occasionally.
You, Miss Manning." he exclaimed
in surprise as the girl was ushered in
10y the rectors housekeeper.
Marion Manning sat down in the
armchair indicated and was silent
from the moments embarrassment
IL came 10 ask your advice, Mr..
Courtney. I'm In trouble" she said
finally.
The rector wondered what could
have happened in the quiet town t.
have brought such evident consterna-
ton 10 his young parishioner Since
his installation as rector of st. Johns,
six months before. he had known the
girl and had become accustomed 70
meeting her at every function as the
life and mirth of the occasion. Her
look of woe was entirely unfamiliar
to him.
I'm very cory, Miss Marion. What
has happenedT he asked, with real
concern.
Nothing has happened, but I've com
mitted a crime against the govern
ment" she said hopelessly.
THAT sounds very grave"
The rector could not for the life Of
him keep from smiling at the innocent
look of the self confessed criminal.
The girl spoke with a flash of spirit
"You probably will not smile when
tell you the whole of it. / don't know
but | think l could be imprisoned If it
were found out"
The rector still had difficulty in pre-
serving a proper amount of gravity.
suppose you tell me all about 1t"
he said.
She handed him a long official en-
velope.
81 have just received an appointment
as a $500 clerk in the pension office at
Washington" she said dolefully.
He took the envelope and looked at
the appointment with less pleasure
than he should have shown in view of
the fact that he had known all the
summer how anxiously the girl had
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
A Quaint Picture Of Harvey.

He civilian Harvey was not tall,
but Of the lowest stature, round faced,
olivaster complexion; little eie. round
very black, full of spirit; his haire was
black as raven, but quite white
twenty yeares before he dyed. have
heard him say, that after his booke Of
the Circulation of the Blood came-out.
that he fell nightly i'm his practice.
and that twas believed by the vulgar
that he was crack brained and all the
physicians were against his opinion.
and anvyed him; many wrote against
him. With much adoe at last. in about
twenty or thirty yeares time. ii was
received in all the Universities I'm the
world; and, as Mr.. Hobbies sayes in
his book "De Corpore," he is the only
man, perhaps, that ever lived TO see
his owne doctrine established i'm his
lifetime.
lie was much and often troubled
with the gowte. and his way Of cure
was thus; he would then slit with his
legges bare. IL il were frost. on the
leads OF Cockaine house. putt them in
to payle OF water till he was al
most dead with cold, and betake him
seIfe to his stove. and so twas gonnc
He was hott-headed. and his thoughts
working would many times keepe him
from sleepingc: he told me that then
his way was TO rise out OF his bed and
wake about his chamber in his shirt
TIL he was pretty coole. /. e. till he be-
gan to have n horror. and then returne
TO bed, and sleepe very comfortably
Andrews Lives"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
He Was Short.

Joakley--Queer thing about that tall
man over there. All his intimate
friends call him "Short." Poakley-Ah.
Just for joke, | suppose. Joakley--
No because that's his name.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
WOMEN'S WOES.

Alma Women are Finding Relief at Last
1t does seem that women lave more
than fair share of the aches and pains
that afflict humanity; they must keep
up" must attend TO duties in spite of
constantly aching backs or headaches,
dizzy spells, bearing down pains; they
must stoop over when to stoop means
torture. They must walk and bend and
work with racking pains and many
aches from kidney ills. Kidneys cause
more suffering than any other organ of
the body. Keep the kidneys well and
health is easily maintained. Read of a
remedy for kidneys only that helps and
cures the kidneys and is endorsed by
people you know
Mrs. Catherine Sipe, living on Alma
Heights, saws: Some years ago | told
i'm public statement about what Doan's
Kidney Pills did for me. l suffered
from kinney trouble, lame and aching
back and tired and depressed feeling.
can truly testify to the merits of
Doan's Kidney Pills and am glad to do
so whenever an opportunity presents
itsels. My advice TO anyone in need of
stch a remedy is to go TO Chas. Rhodes
pharmacy, get Doan's Kidney Pills and
give them a fair trial.
For sale by all Dealers. Price 80 cts
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York.
Sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name, Doans and take
no other.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
ANNETTE AND
THE ANGEL
CHILD.
By TEMPLE BAILEY.


Annette was from Baltimore. She
was little and brown haired and CO.
quettish. The angel child had come
out of the west He was big and
blond and the strongest man in the
summer school.
"Why do you bother with himf' An
nette's best friend asked reproachfully.
"He amuses me-" said Annette and
flashed bright glance across the table,
which glance the angel child met with
rapture.
"Will you go for walk with meT
asked the angel child as they went out
Of the dining room together.
mot until Saturday" Annette said.
Tomorrow l am going with the pro-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
"MAY I TAKE YOU HoMEYo HE ASKED.

''MAY TAKE YOU HOME p He ASKED.
fessor of chemistry, and on Thursday
go with the professor of English, and
on Friday l go with the lecturer on
pedagogy"
"But the lecturer on pedagogy is
married." said the blond giant staring
at her.
"But he is very nice" said Annette,
"and his wife is not here"
The angel child walked on In silence
for moment, and then he stammered,
II wouldn't if l were you"
"Wouldnt what?' asked Annette.
"Well, | wouldn't walk with the lee
tnrer on pedagogy" said the angel
child.
81 don't think 1t Is your affair" An
nette told him with dangerous sweet
ness, land if you don't mind | will
break that engagement to walk with
you on Saturday. / don't like to be
lectured."
"He was perfectly right" Annette's
best friend scolded that night as An
nette sat on the foot of the bed in a
distracting red kimono and recounted
the conquests of the day. You haven't
any right to walk with a married
man"
II don't want to take the walk" An
nette confded, but l won't be lee
tured-not 10y the angel child"
Il don't see why you take such an
interest in him." said the best friend.
"That baby stare of his is perfectly
idiotic."
That's why l call him the angel
child" Annette said. Hes positively
seraphic at times"
but he wears such clothesr
"He is studying forestry" Annette
reminded her. "He can't robe himself
in white flannel"
The best friend sat up in bed and
eyed her severely.
You know you will lead him on and
he'll fall in love with you, and then
you'll break his heart"
"Who knows| said Annette, but her
eyes laughed, and her best friend said :.
you haven't any heart. Oh, you
maven l any nedTl, Anuelle.
On Friday Annette took her walk
with the lecturer on pedagogy. Half
way up the hill that led to the High
rock they met the angel child. Osten-
sibly he was studying trees. but he
Joined them and walked with them TO
the top Of the hill, and when they
came down he walked with them to
the school
81 won't have you chaperoning me-
Annette told him that night furiously.
He blushed deeply
II won't have you talked about.
love you too we'll"
"Oh,' said little Annette, do you
really love meY
You know l do" said the angel
child. "And know 1t is hopeless But
that doesn't make any difference.
shall love you just the same"
"Now see what you have DONE" said
Annette's best friend when the little
lady told her.
Annette, braiding her long brown
locks for the night, looked through her
lashes.
Hes big and strong" she said
dreamily. The other men seem like
dwarfs beside him"
Hes like baby In your hands,"
said the best friend. "You have bro
ken his heart"
ut won't hurt him." Annette affirm
ed. Every man has to fall in love,
and why not with me?
But il did hurt him. and he left the
boarding house where Annette took
her meals, and when she met him go
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11

Elsewhere IN this issue Mr.. Timby
announces his candidacy for election as
delegate to the convention which con-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11

MISS NAHUM, HE BALD fEtBL1s
hoped to hear from the civil service
examination which she had taken in
the spring.
"Where does the crime against the
government come inf" he asked, look
ing helplessly from the innocent face
to the innocent appointment TO Office.
"You know. | went to Columbia TO
take the examination. Well, If You re-
member. my friend Rose Lawrence
went with me to keep me company and
TO buy her spring hat"
Mr.. Courtney was more at sea men
tally than before the introduction of a
second character and spring hat
Did she-er-buy the--er-hat?" he
asked helplessly and from merely po-
lite motives.
"Of course she bought a hat. You
don't suppose that have come here TO
tell you that we stole spring hat, do
your Miss Manning's scorn was
whitening, and the rector, who had al
ways been considered the bravest Of
the brave and who owned college tro-
phies for feats Of sport and daring, sat
abashed and humble before her.
"Er-certainly not-of course not.
Miss Marion. only thought would
try to talk ab00s hats until you felt
more nj ease"
The girls eyes twinkled
IL would really like 10 hear you try
to discuss spring millinery, Mr.. Court
ney. some day when | feel like laugh
ing but tonight.I don't feel like laugh
ing a bit. The trouble is this The
morning the examination was held
was SO sick I couldn't hold up my
head. and Rose took the card admit
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
The Magic No. 3.

Number three is wonderful mascot
for Geo. II. Paris, ofCedar Grove, Me-,
according to letter which reads
After suffering much with liver and
kidney trouble, and becoming greatly
discouraged by the failure to find re-
lief, tried Electric Bitters. and as a
result l am well man today. The
first bottle relieved and three bottles
completed the cure" Guaranteed best
remedy for stomach, liver and kidney
troubles by G.. Z. Sharrar. druggist. SOC.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11

Mrs. Boofer (medtatively over her
book)-How true this isl Mr.. Boofer
(bracing himself)-Well. Maria. don't
keep me in suspense What Is II about
us men?-Puck.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
When in DETROIT. Stop at
THE ADDISON


Single Rooms and Suites TO rent by the day
week or month. RATES REASONABLE.
The situation is the most Convenient i'm the
city for both shoppers and pleasure seekers.
Cor. Woodward a. Charlotte AYES.
Write for particulars. Telephone Grand 2sSs
r4sotr3
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11

DeWitt's Little Early Risers, famous
little pills. Sold by Chas. Rhodes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
A Fortunate Texan.

Mr.. +. w. Goodloe of i07 st. Louis
St, Dallas, Tex. says: "In the past
year have become acquainted with DR..
Kings New Life Pills, and no laxative
ever before tried so effectually dis
poses of malaria and billiousness. " They
don't grind nor gripe. 25c. at Geo. +
Sharrar's drug store.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11

A prompt, pleasant, good remedy for
coughs and colds is Kennedy's Laxative
Cough Syrup. Children like IL. Sold
by Chas. Rhodes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
A Grateful Gush.

Sandy McQuirk Ito porter. who has
been about ten minutes looking after
bis luggage)-Mon, I con-see-der we've
been vera obleegin. Will We TAX
peench o. uff?-London Tit Bits.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-16
THE FAlRT9S GIFTS

This Is a new and pretty ending to a
Halloween frolic. The fairy Ngodmother
should be dressed in a Mother Hubbard
costume, carrying a basket under her
cloak. She announces that she has a num-
Der Of gifts to distribute. She passes to
each a folded paper, cautioning each that
the contents must be kept secret. One has
written upon it Wealth" one Honor
and one Fame" Those whose papers o Il
tain names Of gifts are blindfolded and led
up to the fairy, before wnom they kneel,
saying;
Most gracious fairy, the gift you give
/ shall treasure and keep as long as live.
She hands the paper to the fairy, who
reads aloud, Wealth" Turning to a
basket she takes from 1t a new dustpan to
which Is a ribbon loop. She then recites
or reads:
Your oh ,Ice is bad when you lntrust
Your happiness where moth and rust
In time turn all y0ur wealth to dust.
She then hangs the dustpan around the
girls neck.
The next person repeats the performance,
k~neeling before the fairy.
The fairy says:
Your honor crowds shall loud declare,
But in your heart no crowd is there;
You'll find, alas, that honor's air.
She presents a pair of bellows, blowing
a puff rs she hangs them around his or
her neck.
For fame, the fairy bestows a wreath
of roses. Adjusting them as a crown, she
says.
When Fame doth weave a laurel wreath
He weaves thus subtle charm beneath;
Where pure thought and love reposes
The laurel wreath's a wreath Of roses.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-16
GUESSING DISTANCES

Almost every one knows that the head
Of an ordinary horse is as long as a bar
rel, but not many persons would have
thought 1t SO without measuring. When
you have a rainy day or a duh evening
try a distance guessing contest. Let each
player have pencil and paper and write
down the list of things to be measured.
All nave a voice in making up the lists.
Some one suggests height of the table.
III then write height of table, and each
puts opposite his guess of the height in
feet and inches. In the same way other
objects are selected and the distances
guessed-width of door, dimensions of
room, length and height Of mantelpieces,
distance around a circular stand. distance
around Claire's neck or Jacks head,
dimensions Of books and boxes, height OF
chairs, pictures and vases.
Finally the papers are signed aud ex-
changed. and some one with tape line or
rule measures the various distances. The
best guess for ach>sbjeet is marked by
n cross, the poorest by a cipher. 1t will
be amusing to see how wild some of the
guosses are.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-16
Am EARLY CALL

Ting a ling, ting a long, how the door bell
rang!
Out into the kitchen went the sounding
twangi
And a little maiden hot and hurried
there
Flung aside her apron. smoothed her
tumbled hGir.
While she said to Bridget. What a time
to call.
EARLY in the morning, faint no time at
ALL"
Then when faithful Bridget opened Wild
the door.
stood a smiling peddler, fairly bristlins
Ger.
Brushes for the kitchen. brushes for the
hull,
Brushes for the short folk, brushes for
the tall.
Said the little lady, Mothers gone away.
An just me an Bridget's keeping house
today
want two long brushes. couldn't use
EN- all.
Thank you. Mr.. Brushman, for this early
call"
Ward Preston.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-16
UNCLE JACKS
SATURDAY. TALK
NY Dear Children:

w ONhl &iiiihtfis
You have often seen the clocks at nome
being wound up. some every day and
others perhaps not needing this necessary
attention oftener than once a week, but
did you ever hear of Il clock that did not
need winding in forty years. Yet there
is such a clock in existence.
A jewcler, calculating that he would in
all probability live about forty yeRrs'
and during that time spend about sixty
days winding the house ~clock-allowins
two minutes each day for the task-de-
cided that he would make a clock which
would need winding but once during that
period. He spent his odd minutes at the
task, and has succeeded In producing q
clock which Is the only one of its kind
IN tho world.
This forty-year timepiece is fifteen inches
In diameter and weighs seventy-tlVe
pounds. The movement is so geared that
the barrel wheel, containing the main
spring, r~evolvns only once in two and a
hall years. When this wheel has made
f~fty-six revolutions somebody will have
to give the key seventeen turns. The
clock will then be wound lp for another
forty years. The first wheel from the bar
rel wheel crawls around at the rate of one
turn n year. The dial plate is six inches
in diameter The movement Is fully
1eweled. The clock is put In a hermetical-
" senled glass case, and 1t will work in
a vacuum, thus lessening friction and
preventing the oil from drying. Yours
i. truly, UNCLE JACA'
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-16
CHINESE CANDY MAN

If stores had TO be depended upon by
Chinese children for their tid-hits and
playthinga, they would practically be
without such things. As it is, the peddler
is a familiar sight in every Chinese city,
and when the children hear the gong Of
n seller 1t is a signal for a rush TO the
front gates to catch him before he gets
by. At a call these men slip the pole
from their shoulders and set their baskets
on the ground. They then make anything
in the shape of toys. Among the traps
Of the peddler you Will notice a lot Of
clay mouldS Of different kinds of AMI
mails or fruits or other familiar objects,
and for one cash you can take yonr
choice. The toy seller then opens up the
bottom tray in his rear basket and Shows
a BOWL Of yellow candy sitting over a pan
of burning charcoal TO keep It soft.
He rubs a little flonr in the moulds to
keep the candy from sticking, picks up
z q Httle Of the soft sweet. which he works
into a cup shape in his fingers, and then
draws out, closing III the hole. One end
rs drawn out longer than the other and
then broken OFF. He places his iips TO
the broken place and begins to blow, and
the lump Of candy slowly swellss Then
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-16
NOTES AND CoMMENT

Subscriptions to this column are So
hclted from all puzzlers. For terms
and Information address the editor.
The standing Of the solvers in the
follows number of problems pub
AFTER ALL 80; 10 MULLINS, 80;
= Aitchell, 20; O. N. r. One, n; 1ryon,
-; Annadee, 81 Musicus, %: Ted, 20;
Ess Ell. 10; Enavlicm, Is; Jimmie, IS;
Violet. 16; Fleur De Lis, 16; Shamrock,
Y; Alec Sander, ~ Remardo, II; Rus
ticus. II; Rex. 10; Wee Fling, 10; w. e.
Stern, 10i r.. O. Chester, 10; Jamaica,
10; LAllegro, 10; Dan d. Lyon, 10; l..
u. Rees, 10; Amaranth, 10; Ace, 10; Phil,
10; Wilhelmfna, 9; The Poser. 9. Ralph,
.; Quebig. s; Katy Did, s; Splash, Z,
G; Flora, s.; Grace Note, 8; Bah. 5;
Nevah, 5; Juno, 5; |. Scream, 5; New
arkus, A; Cincinnatus, =; Park, 81; Kra-
Nut, 1: Justa Parson. i. Total. SO.
ID. C. VER,S column has completed
its third year of usefulness. We offer
hearty birthday congratulations.
JIMMIE employs q compound word
in his numerical. which will. however,
be found in regular order in the die
t%ionary.
10 MULLINS pronOunces No. 2409 60
gINcINNATUS says: -Krawen's naif-
square IN No. 22S is q gem
ALEC SANDER, please send autkc-
PRIMROSE writes in reference to eis
transade. Il don't quite catch the drift
of the original but have made the an-
closed to have ~ INDIVIDUALITY N tise
as close to the original as possible
H1d yet be differcnt-I am forced. as
IT. were, 70 use q proper name in one
however that1 don't think the Dom
4 dehnition Is wanted for serial
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-16
A NEW N0NTHLY
CONTEST BEGUN

We begin a special and attractive four
weeks solving tourney with New Pu1-
zles No. 242.' A prize of 81 will be given
to the puzzier sending In the host correct
answers to the problems presented dur
ing this period. Three prizes of fifty cents
each will also be awarded, for a Sc
lected complete list of answers and two
for selected incomplete liTts from the solV,'
ers who have sent in during eaela
week of the compe ition. In case of a tie
the winners Will be determined by LOT.
We ky prizes will also he given as fol-
lows: Twenty-Five cents for n selected cor
rect list of answers recelveiI 10 the puz-
zles in each issue; twenty-five cents for q
selected incomplete list. and twenty-five
cents for a selected original contribution.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-16
POOR QuEENS

Lets play vou're a queen, said Freddy
to Faith;
Bat Feith shook her head. and she
sighed.
I'm sorry for queens. and 'twould make
me feel sad
Just to play | was one" she replied.
For the Queen Victoria sat on a throne
For sixty-long-years. mother said.
DO you s'pose it let down SO she could
sleep nights
As do we on a folding bed?
Poor queoni she didn't sleep sound, that
/ know,
Even If her throne would let down,
For my mother she said that uneasy lies
The head that is wearing a crowni"
:
And now. when You know how weary
queens get,
1 think that. with Faith. you will own
It's better to be just a gay little girl
Than to have a crown and a thronel
Little Folks.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-16
IMPORTANT RULES

The children writing to this depart
ment or answering the puzzles viii
please carefully observe the seven rules
which we print below for their guild
ance No prizes will be awarded unlesS
these rules are followed;
Rule No. 1-Write legibly and dis
tinetly
Rule No 2-Sign your full name and
address to all communications.
Rule No Estate your age,
Rule No 4-The answers 10 today's
puzzles must reach this office by We'll
nesdaY night. solutions and prize vim
ners VIII appear In nest ~asurdIys
paper.
Rule No. F@Gnlcss YOU use a postal
10 place Il two cent stamp on the en-
velope to avoid dclnv at the postoiflce.
Rule No. 6-No boy or nirl over IS
years Of age VIII be allowed TO COM
pete In the various contests except
those conducted by Abel EN-.
Rule No. Address vour lett srs %
Uncle Jack. EVENING STAR. Newark.
N. J.