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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-29

others we discussed tonight; but I
have never played part before, never
sl1ulked in the dark. Tonight l simply
had to do it."
Then attempt no explanation" he
said, gently, and believe me, I shall
continue to trust you. Tonight, what
ever you wish may be. will abide by
It. Shall CO. or stay? In either case
you have nothing to fear"
She drew a deep breath. these open
words of faith touching her more
strongly than would any selfish fault
finding.
Trust begets trust" she replied.
with new flrmness, and now gazing
frankly into his face You can walk
with me a portion of the way if you
wish, but l am going to tell you the
TRUTH have an appointment with a
man"
Il naturally regret to learn this" he
said, with assumed calmness. But
the way is so lonely l prefer walking
with you until you have some other
protector"
She accepted his preferred arm, feel
ing the constraint in his tone, the
formality in his manner, most keenly.
An older woman might have resented
it. bat it only served to saaden and
embarrass her. He began speaking of
the quiet beauty of the night but she
had no thought of what he was saying.
Lieut.. Brant," she said, at last
you do not ask me who the man is. .
Certainly not, Miss Nadia; it is
none of my business"
Il think, perhaps, it might be; the
knowledge might help you to under
stand 1t is Bob Hampton"
He stared at her. The gambler
No wonder, then. your meeting is
clandestine."
She replied Indignantly. her lips
trembling. He is not a gambler; he
is a miner. over in the Black Range
He has not touched q card in two
years"
"Oh, reformed has he? And art
you the instrument that has worked
such miracle?"
Her eyes fell. Il don't know. but
nope So men SAS SAdANC0 OP ocNAA
wondering at his continued silence
Don't you understand YETI"
only that you are secretly meeting
a man of the worst reputation, on
known the length and breadth Of thi
border as a gambler and fighter"
Yes; but-but don't you know VIII
I amp"
He smiled grimly, wondering wha
possible difference that could make
Certainly; you are Miss Nadia Herr
don"
Il? You have not known? Lieu
Brant. l am Nadia Gillis
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-29
Deserts Shifting Sands.

The crescent-shaped sand dunes
which move in thousands across the
desert of Islay, near La Joya, Peru.
have been investigated by Astronomer
S. l. Bailey, who found the points of a
crescent to be $50 feet apart, while
the convex side measured ATT feet anu
the greatest width was more than 100
feet. The estimated weight was 5000
tons, yet it was carried 125 feet a
year by the prevailing south winds.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-29
New York,s Temperature.

The records for New York are fair
ly complete since 1922, and they show,
prior to the advent of the local bureau,
that our coolest year was in 1887, with
an average temperature Of AIS de
grees, and the warmest in 1865, aver
aging 55.5. This would make a diff
ference of about IA weeks in the pc
riod Of vegetation in the extreme
years.-N. Y Times.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-29

plicit," he acknowledged at last. II
ask pardon for my unwarranted intru-
sion"
At the door he paused and glanced
back toward that motionless figure yet
standing with one hand grasping the
back of the chair.
Before / go, permit me to ask a
single question" he said, frankly. Il
was a friend of old Ben ellis. and
he was a friend OF my father before
me. Have you any reason to suspect
that he was not Nadia ellis father?"
Hampton took one hasty step for
ward. What do you mean?" he ex-
claimed fiercely, his eyes two Goals of
fire.
Brant felt that the others display Of
irritation gave him an unexpected ad-
vantage.
Nothing that need awaken anger,
l am sure Something caused me to
harbor the suspicion, and l naturally
supposed you would know about it.
Indeed, l wondered if some such
! knowledge might not account for your
very deep interest in keeping her so
erfirelv to Yourself"
Hampton's fingers twitched In q
/ nervousness altogether unusual to the
| man, yet when he spoke his voice was
/ like steel. Your suspicious are high
/ ly interesting, and your cowardly in
situations base. However, if, as
suppose, your purpose is to provoke
1l Il
to accommodate you"
An instant they stood thus, eye to
eye. Suddenly Brant's memory veer-
ed to the girl whose name would be
smirched by any blow struck between
them, and he forced back the hasty
retort burning upon his lips.
You may be, Mr.. Hampton" he
said, standing like a statue, his back
to the door, but l am not AS you
say, fighting is my trade, yet I have
never sought a personal quarrel. Nor
is there any cause here, as my only
purpose in asking the question was
to forewarn you, and her through
you, that such a suggestion had been
openly made in my hearing l pre-
sumo it was lie, and wished to be
able to brand it So"
by whom?"
"a fellow known as Silent Murphy
a government scout"
Il have heard of him. Where is
hep"
He claimed to be here waiting or
ders from Custer. He had camp III
the creek two days ago, but is keep
ing we'll out of sight for some reason
kilograms have been received fol
him at the Office, but another mar
has called for them"
"Who?"
Red Slavin."
"The curl" said Hampton. 'T reck
on there is a bad half-hour waiting 70
those two fellows What was it tina
Murphy said?"
That he knew the girls rea
,, name"
! Was that all?"
; Yes; I tried to discover his mean
ing, but the fellow became suspi
cious and shut up like a clam. l
there anything in it?"
; Hampton ignored the question
Lieut.. Brant," he said, Il am gla
we have had this talk together, an
! exceedingly sorry that my duty ha
= compelled me to say what I have sale
Some time, however, you will sincere
ly thank me for it, and rejoice tina
! you escaped so easily. l knew you
, father once, and l should like no.
to part on friendly relations with hi
> SON."
: He held out his hand, and scarcel
knowing why he did so, Brant place
= his own within its grasp, and as tn
= eyes Of the two men met, there was
;, consciousness of sympathy betwee
them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-29
An Electric Rock.

There is a story going the rounds
to the effect that a rock has been
discovered in the vicinity of Mont
Grey, Mex, which by simple rubbing
emits electric sparks and produces
a blue light of remarkable clarity.
Samples of the stone have been sent
to the geological institute at Washing
ton, D. c.. and also to Thomas A.
Edison for analysis
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-29
AlWays Holds 20 That.

Its remarkable how often a WON
an changes her mind" "Oh, not al
ways. There's one idea every woman
gets that she never changes" What's
that?" The idea that she's pretty"
Catholic Standard ard Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
BABY WASTED TO SKELETON.
In Torments with Terrible Sores on
Face and Body-Tore at Flesh
Cured by Cuticura.

MY little son, when about a year
and a half old began to have sores
come out on his face. They began to
come on his arms, then on other parts
of his body, and then one came on his
chest, worse than the others. At the
end of about year and half of suf-
ferin5 he grew so bad had to tie his
hands in cloths at night to keep him
from scratching the sores and tearing
the flesh. He got to be mere skele-
ton and was hardly able to walk.
sent to the drug store and got a cake
Of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura
Ointment, and at the end of about two
months the sores we're all we'll. He
has never had any sores of any kind
since, and only for the Cuticura Rem
edies my precious child would have
died from these terrible Sores I used
only one cake of Soap and about three
boxes of Ointment. Mrs. Egbert Shell
don, R. F. D. No. I, Woodville, Conn.,,
April q, 1906"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
SACRIFICE BOY IN RUSSIA
AMAZING STORY or FANAricisM
WHICH is BEING !NvEsTE2
GATED BY POLICE +
"saint" Grows Jealous Ct child's Popu.
Iarity and Induces Peasants to
Agree to the Sacrifice 81 the Boy
Revolving Ceremony S.

An amazing story Of fanaticfsm has
come from the village of .Susoyeh, in
Southern Russia. -.
I A peasant named Michailcff had an
exceedingly clever little boy, who be-
came famous in the village as a
prodigy, and was admired, almost as a
miraculous being. $3.50.
In the same locality there lived a.
rich and "relig;ous" peasant called the
Saint" who, was believed to be a
prophet.
y. This Saint grew jealous Of the
childs popularity and began to spread
rumors that should he be allowed to
grow up he would become the anti
christ and bring untold woe upon the
peasants.
On July 30 the prophet" called a
meeting of the thirty richest peasants
in the district, to whom he explained
that if the boy was killed they would
be made happy and prosperous and
the village would become the capital
of the country.
It was agreed to sacrifice the child.
Two days later the saint" gave or
ders to the men, took an ikon in his
hand and distributed lighted candles
among his followers.
He headed the procession to the
:chi1d's home at II o'clock at night,
and demanded that the parents should
hand the boy over, as he wanted to
pray with him.
/ The prophet" washed the youngster,
saying prayers meanwhile, and then
choked him by placing his foot on his
neck, in front of the parents.
Subsequently he ordered the awe
stricken father to help him tear the
child to pieces, and as the man re-
fused the body was mutilated with a
Ratchet. 80.
The remains were put into basket,
which was fixed to the tail of white
mare.
The Saint mounted the horse and
declared that it was the will of God
that the body should be buried at a
spot where the horse should volun-
tarily stop.
The horse was started, and the
peasants, still burning their candles,
followed.
At a certain point the ANIMAL halted
and the remains were bnrl<d with the
| Ratchet and the basket.
The police, hearing of she sccur-
renee, arrested tw~nty-e1gh: men. in.
Guiding the "Sa:s;,~ alu all are now
| awaiting trial.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
A WATCH FOR THE BLIND
TiMEPlEcE ENABLES sieHrLEss
: TO TELL HOUR BY SENSE: i:
OF TOUCH. >-'. -
Depressed Button Indicates the Hour
Of the Day, While the Position Of
a Pointer Gives the Minutes-In-
vented in France.

Timepieces for the use of the blind
are made in several forms, but all are
expensive. A recent invention of
George Meyer, described in La Nature
(Paris, July 27), may be said to be
effective, it being possible for a
sightless person to tell the time with.
in one minute by the sense of touch.
We read:
1.-THE hours are indicated by nova
BILE buttons IN relief of the dial: A
strong pointer shows the minutes.
The blind person passes his fingers
over the dial; the button indicating
the hour he finds to be depressed,
while the position of the hand gives
the minutes. The buttons are held
by circular plate beneath the dial,
which has at one point on it's circm-
ference notch into which the buttons
drop, one after the other, as the plate
revolves with the movement Of the
works. This plate, in fact, serves in
stead of the ordinary hour hand of a
watch. To avoid an undue loss of
motive force due to the necessity of
rotating the plate, the inventor has
furnished it with little spring Of it's
own, SO that, although controlled in
it's rotary movement by the machinery
of the watch, it's weight does not af-
feet the main movement
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
HOT WEATHER.
Africa Takes the. Cake for Intense
Condensed Torrid;fv

Africa Takes the. Cake for Intense,
Condensed Torridity.
They were sitting in the hotel Office
talking about the heat, three, OF them,
and citizen CHANGED to overhear the
conversation. The first man said:
You'll admit that it there is one
thing that gets hotter than another
during a spell Of this kind of weather
it's the sand on d sea beach?''
Eyes" replied the others. "Well,''
said the speaker, Il was at a beach in
the southern part of the country re-
| Gently when the sand was so hot that
| when I walked across it with a pair
| of heavy shoes on, it blistered the
soles of my feet"
II can easily believe that said the
second man, because I know of a
beach in Lower California where they
can give a clambake in ten minutes
| notice. Instead of having to build a
fire and let it burn for three or four
| hours to get the stones hot, they
| simply brush the sand off any of the
! rocks on the beach and they're ready
| for the bake!'
That's not bad for this country
said the third man, "but if you fellows
| want to see or feel real heat YOU
should travel. Now was on the west
| coast of Africa last year, arriving
there just as the hot season had COM
menced, and nobody could walk on the
sand even then. But the white traders
told me it was nothing to what it
would be later on. 1 was going into
the interior and didn't think much
about it, but after I had been up-coun-
try for three months all through the
hot season, l came back to the. coast
and what do you think I found? Why,
gentlemen, the heat was SO intense
| that for two miles that beach was
glass, shining glass! r. The sand had
| been melted!' ~~' -,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
MIGHTY HUNTER WAS BISHOP

From His "reminiscences Comes Good
Story of Rabbit Shooting.
Bishop Talbot, long and lovingly
known as the Cowboy Bishop" but
now bishop of Central Pennsylvania,
won the devotion of the rough men of
the West because, although holding
strictly to churchly standards when
ever principal was concerned, he was
never in the slightest degree "ten.
derfoot" or mollycoddle." He could
shoot straight and ride and stand hun
ger and fatigue, and was, in fact. a
man among men.
His book of "reminiscences, my Peo-
pie of the Palms." has been received
with cordial enthusiasm in England,
and he himself is warmly welcomed
there whenever he can find time to
cross the ocean.
A year. or so ago he was one of a
party, among whom were the duke of
Newcastle and the bishop of London,
at county seat in the north of Eng
land. He knew that the, estate, which
was one Of great size, was noted for
It's game preserves, and so he s1gnif1ed
a desire to go out and shoot. where.
upon his hest promptly assigned to
him the head gamekeeper, and the
two sailed forth.
The head gamekeeper could not
quite believe that bishop could
shoot-he did not know that Bishop
Talbot is "a mighty hunter before the
Lord'-and so it was with much mis-.
giving that he first led the way to
where there would be rabbits. He
liked the bishop, as everybody does
and was keenly solicitous over what
he felt sure would be failure.
docs your 1ordship'' Che thought
every bishop a lord bishop in the alb
sence of proof to the contrary, "does
your lordship think the rabbits
ahem!-will stand still enough while
your lordship shoots?'' he asked, with
deepest respectfulness, and meaning
to present the difficulties of the case;
then, with differential insinuation
IF can be of any help to your lord
ship
THANK you, John; but I used tc
handle gun once in while, and
guess I'll make try at it,
''Well,' with half sigh of mingled
doubt and resignation, "of course, il
your lordship can really hit 'em once
in a while a-runnin', of course. there's
chance!"
And the look of deepening amaze
ment on the face of the gamekeepe1
was a study as the bishop went or
bowling the rabbits over until he ha6
total of forty-two by luncheon time!
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
CONTROLLING THE COLORADO
How the Southern Pacific Company
Repaired Break.

How the Southern Pacific Company
Repaired Break.
Mr.. Hartman promptly took com.
mand of the forces of man against na.
ture. With feverish energy, the South.
ern Pacific company's 1aborers set to
work to repair the Lower Mexican
Heading break. Twenty-four hours at
a stretch they worked. Every freight
car for miles around was pressed into
service, hurried to the scene, and
pushed back and forth, dumping loads
of rock and gravel into the stream
Passenger trains even were held u1
time and again, while engineers Dor
rewed their locomotives for help in
the struggle.
In fifteen days from the time that
the work pwas begun, the break had
been closed and the Colorado hurled
back into it's proper channel. Seventy
seven thousand cubic yards of rock
gravel and clay had man expended in
the fight. With this he had patched
up break which the steady onslaught
Of the river had opened to width Of
LOO feet in the soft earth banks The
fight was won.
Day by day swarms of workmer
are making the great dam stronger
and higher One hundred and fort,
thousand cubic yards of material. 80.
900 of which will be solid rock, will
be used to withstand future onslauehts
of the river. The great wall, wher
completed, will be sixty-fve feet high
ten feet of which will be above the
level of the water. And the Colorado
as it laps this unyielding barrier
must realize that it's destructive wan
behring's are over for all time.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
important to Mothers.
MILLIONS OF OPIUM SMOKERS.
China Frightened at Her Own De-
moraIjzation as a Result,

moraIization as Result.
The casual observer may think that
the opium traffic-smuggling opium,
smoking opium, and eating opium-is
a minor trade, and INDUCED in by
to be waited to other worlds. This is
not so. The stamina and the charac-
ter of the entire Chinese race have al
ready been so Slapped by this drug
that the resulting decentralization has
frightened even the degraded victims
of the habit. To-day China, drugged,
debauched, frightened at her own des-
perate condition, is graphing with the
vice that has her by the throat. No
such heroic effort at moral reform has
ever before been made by human
government. And the Christians who
debauched her are looking on, skepti-
cally, questioning China's sincerity"
At Tien-+sin, where the Chinese Of
fcials had closed all the opium dens
in the native city, Mr.. Merwin found
the dens in the foreign concessions
licensed for revenue by the foreign
consuls, running wide open. In vain
the Chinese officials protested that
this laxity completely nullitied the eff
fort of their own prohibition. The
consuls could not see their way clear
to give up the revenue. Truly, it is an
extraordinary story.
The most conservative official esti-
mate of the opium-smoking population
in China is 100000 000-only 16,00O,-
900 more than the entire population of
the United States. Many officials
place the number at 100000, 000-Suc-
cess Magazine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
A Terrible Possibility.

Little Lucy came home from school
crying piteously. 1t was some time
before the family could learn the
cause of her trouble, but finally the
sobbing grew less violent, and she
walled out:
Teacher says-if don't get my
spelling lesson-she's going to make
an example of me, and-she puts ex-
amples on the blackboard, and If she
puts me there, I'm afraid the scholars
will rub me ou-t!''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

oy local applications, as they cannot reach the dis
cure Deafness and that by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an innamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube is naamed you have arun1bling sound or I'M.
perfect hearing and when ia entirely closed Deaf
ness s the result, and unless the Inflammation be
taken and this tube restored Its normal condf
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten caused by Catarrh, which 10 nothing
but an in1amed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case OF
Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
BY Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
RHEUMATISM RECIPE
PREPARE SIMPLE HOMEMADE
MIXTURE YOURSELF. =
Buy the Ingredients from Any Drug
gist in Your Town and Shake
Them in Bottle to
Mix This.

A well-known authority on Rheu-
matism gives the readers of a large
New York daily paper the following
valuable, yet simple and harmless
prescription, which any one can easily
prepare at home:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Mix by shaking well in a bottle, and
take a teaspoonful after each meal
and at bedtime.
He states that the ingredients can
be obtained from any good prescrip-
ton pharmacy at small cost, and, be-
ing a vegetable extraction, are harm
less to take.
This pleasant mixture, if taken reg
ularly for few days, is said to over.
come almost any case of Rheumatism.
The pain and swelling, if any, dimin-
ishes with each dose, until permanent
results are obtained, and without in
juring the stomach. While there are
many so-called Rheumatism remedies,
patent medicines, etc., some Of which
do give relief, few really give perma'
nent results, and the above will, no
doubt, be greatly appreciated by many
sufferers here at this time.
Inquiry at the drug stores of even
the small towns elicits the information
that these drugs are harmless and can
be bought separately, or the druggists
will mix the prescription if asked to.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
The New Club. Member.

He had lately been elected to the
Observation-Disclosures his unpopu-
larity was immediate. One day he
caught a member of the committee
Look here,' he said, 1--WE been in
suited in this club. A man offered me
thousand dollars if I would resign
my membership. I must do some.
thing. Now, what would you advise
me to do?" II advise you to hang on
a few days. You'll get better price,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
The Feminine Fever.

Bacon-Hear about my wife,? :.
.Egbert-What now?.. 4 y,
Bacon-You know she's always writ
ing people for samples? -.
!: E]gbert--Yes. = -
- Bacon-Well, She read in the paper
the other day: that the average valua-
ton OF the paper money printed daily
by Uncle Sam totals over s., 900 900.
And she wrote on to Washington for
them to please send her a sample:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
Identified,

"A certain nobleman, we'll known to
society, while one day strolling round
his stables, came ACROSS his coach
mans little boy on seat, playing with
his toys. After talking to the young
ster short time he said:
well, my little man, do you know
who I am?" "Oh, yes" replied the
boy; you're the man who rides in
my fathers carriage!"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
A Passing Thought.

A polite little girl was dining one
day with her grandmother. Every
thing at the table was usually dainty
and unexceptionable, but on this par
ucular occasion the little girl found a
hair in her fish.
"Grandmamma," she said, sweetly,
what kind of fish is t1is?"'
'Halibut, my DEAR
"oh,''' replied the child, II thought
perhaps it was mermaid"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
Laying Down the Law.

Laying Down the Law.
Jack, I'm going away"
Going away, Madge?"
Eyes, going away. But before 60
have something to say to you"
"Something to say to me, little
wife,
eyes, something to say to you. Don't
send me any poker stories in lieu OF
the weekly remittance. That'l be
about ALL"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
"Ha, Hal" Laughed Pat.

English John and Pat were two
friendly workmen, who were constant
1y fitting, each one trying to outwit
the other.
care you good at measurement? ~
asked John. d:
II am that" said Pat quickly. E
Then could you tell me how many
shirts l could get out of a yard" ask
ed john: ~. -: - .
Sure. said Pat. lit depends on
whose yard you get into.'' .