The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-10

way over the horse
The trolley has the right OF way over
the auto.
The steam engine has precedence over
the trolley car. and is the only one
which does not concede the right OF
way TO any living or moving thing.
It's the king of them all
Cold Feet VS.. Oammy Hands
The Rahson separate maintenance
suit has been stricken from the docket
at the county seat. The parties have
been reconciled. the reconciliation be-
ing brought about by the Judge. who
suggested that If Mr.. and Mrs. Rabson
would be more tolerant Of each others
physical deficiencies they need not live
apart
Mrs. Rabson applied for separate sup
port, alleging that she could not get
along with her husband. Among other
complaints was that he had clammy
hands. Mr.. Rabson claimed an Offset
his wife had cold feet.
The Rubberneck Telephone Line.
Mrs. Rusty Riddle. wife of the man
ager of the Farmers Telephone COM
pany is an expert photographer. When
she amt busy at the exchange answer
ing calls, she is developing negatives of
her own taking.
Her husband says that If she would
spend less time in the dark room mon
keying with worthless negatives and
give more attention to the switchboard
the service would be improved and
there would be fewer complaints regis
tered
Mrs. Riddle retorts that the com
plants mostly come from the Rubber
neck Line the party line between Hop
kins and Bogus Island, which has thir-
teen phones on 1t. When one subscrib-
er is talking all the Others on the line
are listening.
A RurnI Visitor.
Mrs. Hank Henderson of rural route
No. 2 is visiting Mrs. Jaxon Smith Of
% Hay, Press avenue for the weekend.
Mrs. Henderson brought along enough
butter and eggs to more than repay the
expense of her entertainment
Beautiful Portrait Frames.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billion Blades have pre-
sented the public library with crayon
portraits of themselves. Mr.. Blades
was one of the library's founders, and
Mrs. Blades is one of its chief patrons.
The portraits We're enlarged from
photos taken some years ago when the
subjects were younger. They are
mounted in heavy gilt frames. which
attract more attention than the por-
traits do.
A Business Bust Up.
To quote an Irish bull: 1t would
have been money in Steve Testers
pocket if he had never been born.
For the third time Steve has failed il
the butcher business his place on Hay
Press avenue being closed by attach
ment writs Friday. The creditors ars
mostly Chicago stock yard firms.
Steve's liabilities are $500, asset.
about $40o. This will wipe him out
for even If there was any salvage
the lawyers would get 1t.
About all that Steve has left is stock
in the glue factory and his faith in the
Jonah and the whale story, neither
of which can be reached by creditors
Steve's glue factory stock is unpaic
for, and his faith in the Jonah and tht
whale story is not a tangible asset.
Entitled to a Medal.
The Cad Godfrey home was damaged
by fire, more by water than by fire
Saturday night, the local fire depart
ment combining the fire to the roof
but not the water, which flooded tn,
house.
When the fire broke out Mrs. God
frey displayed great presence Of min,
by throwing her drunken and worth
less husband out OF the second stor.
window and carrying the feather be-
down stairs.
Mayor Watson intends to recon-
mend Mrs. Godfrey for a carnegi
medal.
A Husband DisiIIusiOnized.
An accident lately befeI Henri.
Brown. farmer living in the soutl
end Of Pembroke township, which wa
both a misfortune or the reverse
whichever way it may be regarded.
For seventeen years Mr.. Brown ha
been partly blind. His vision was s
blurred that he could only distinguish
objects family A few weeks az
while rummaging in the woodshed h
came across bottle on far bac
shelf. Curious to learn it's contents b
opened it. 1t was a bottle Of hors
medicine many years old and chemica
: reaction had long set it. There wa
an explosion when the cork was drawn
the frothy liquid spraying Mr.. Brown
+ face and eyes. His already weakene
! eyes suffered intensely from the pair
A doctor was summoned who apple
T soothing remedies and bandages.
Next day the bandages We're remoN
ed. TO his Joy Mr.. Brown discovere
: that his sight was improved. The in
: provement continued daily. Finally /
could see fairly well, although M
I with the keeness Of former days b.
| fore his affection.
/ While the loss of eyesight is e.
lamity, yet its restoration is SONS
| times painful in its disillusions. Tn
was SO in Mr.. Browns case. Durin
the years of his clouded vision he Ia
y remembered his wife as she was befol
Z his affiction-full in form, plump
:. face and cheeks abloom. He liked be
: to recall her as she looked on the
9 wedding day when they walked prou'
" down the church aisle and stoC
before the parson. He had not take
account of the passing Of time and i
) whitening effect on humans.