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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-14

You'll be Christchurch man,
thenY'
Not me, mate. I'm buckingham
hire-Stowley born"
| Hurd with difficulty suppressed a
start. Stowley was the place where the
all important brooch had been pawned
by nautical man, and here was the
man in question. Il should have
thought you'd lived near the sea-" he
said cautiously, "say Southampton.
"Oh, 1 used t'go there for my ship"
said the captain, draining his glass,
"but don't go there no more"
Retired, eh?'
|, Jessop nodded and looked at his
friend-as he considered Hurd since
the invitation to dinner-with a blood
shot pair of eyes. Come storm. come
CALM" he growled, I've sailed the
ocean for forty years. Yes, sir; you
bet. l was slip Of a fifteen cabin boy
on my first cruise, and then l got on to
being skipper. Lord" Jessop smacked
his knee, 'tae things I've seenr'
We'll have them tonight after din
ner," said HHrd. nodding, ''but now, 1
suppose. you've made your fortune"
NO." said the captain gloomily, mot
what you'd call money. I've got
standby, though" and he winked.
"Ah. Married to q rich wife?"
mot me. I've had enough of
marriage, having been the skipper of
a mermaid with tongue. No, sir"
he roared out another line of some
song floating In his muzzy head, "a
saucy bachelor am l." then changed to
gruf talk. land l intends being one
all my days. Standby l have-tain't
a wife, but can draw the money regu-
lar and no questions asked" Again he
winked and drank another glass.
Hurd reflected that perhaps Jessop
had killed Aaron Norman for Mrs.
Krill. and she was paying him blood
money. But he did not dare to press
the question. He therefore proposed
an adjournment to the sitting room.
Jessop agreed quite unsuspectingly, not
guessing he was being trapped. The
man was so large and uncouth that
Hurd felt behind his waist to see that
his revolver was loose and could be
used should occasion arise.
Miss Junk brought in the dinner
with her own fair hands, and explained
that Hol1ar had made the curry, but
she didn't think it was as good as
usual. The mans shakin' like a
jelly" said Matilda. II don't know
why"
The detective nodded, but did not
encourage conversation. He was quite
sure that Hokar was being watched by
the smooth faced policeman and could
not get away. Besides he wished to
talk to Captain Jessop. Miss Junk,
seeing that she was not needed, re-
treated after bringing in the curry and
left the gentlemen to help themselves.
So here was Hurd in pleasant room,
seated before a well spread table and
with a roaring fire at his back, waiting
his opportunity to make Captain Jar
vey Jessop confess his share in the
dual murders of Lady Rachel Sandal
and Aaron Norman.
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5.S5I waters and did full justice
S&S to the curry, which was really
excellent Hurd did not breach any
unpleasant topic Immediately, as he
wished the man to enjoy his meal.
If Jessop was guilty, this dainty din
ner would be the last of its kind he
would have for many a long day.
Moreover, Hurd wished to learn more
of the mariners character and piled
him with questions, which the unsus-
pecting sailor answered amiably
enough.
Me an you might become mates, as
it WERE" said Jessop, extending his
large hand again and again. Put it
there"
well, we'd want to know something
more about one another to become real
mates" laughed Hurd.
'Oh. you're a commercial traveller,
as you say, and I'm the captain of as
fine barkey as ever sailed under Cap
ricorn. Leastways I was. afore gave
up deep sea voyages"
You must miss the ocean, living at
Stowley.''
Inland it is,' admitted the mariner,
pulling out dirty clay pipe at the con-
cluSion Of the meal, and ocean there
amt round about fur miles. But I've
got a shanty there and live respecta-
ble'
You are able to, with the standby"
limited Hurd.
Jessop nodded and crammed black
tobacco. very strong and rank, into
the bowl Of his pipe with a shaking
hand. 1T amt much" he admitted,
folks being stingy. But If l wants
more" he struck the table hard, -
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-14
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Corn POne.-Isn't It queer that old
fashioned dishes. like old songs are
often the best? Ny grandmother used
to make corn pone from the recipe
which I am sending in. In the morn
ing place three quarts of sifted meal
in a crock Make hole in the center
and add boiling water until half OF
meal is well scalded; add one teaspoon
full salt and cold water TO make a
stiff batter; let stand near a warm
stove or in the hot sunshine TO keep
warm until evening.
Then add one cup sugar and one
egg stirred in lightly. Have an old
fashioned iron skillet CREASED and very
hot. Pour in and bake slowly for two
hours. The skillet should be covered
with an iron lid to keep all the steam
in while baking. Let remain in stove
all night we'll covered and in the
morning 1t will be found warm and
very moist. Weep in skillet until all
is used, as the secret is in not letting
it get dry. This is fine served with
fresh butter and maple syrup and
fried ham.
Peach CObbIer.-By the same mail
with the recipe for corn pone. came
another old-fashioned dainty-peach
cobbler. 1t is delicious for dessert. The
dish is made much like an apple tart,
a deep dish being lined with pastry,
the peaches put inside with one or
two peach stones, the top crust adj
justed and the whole baked in the
oven; when done, the top crust is re-
moved and mixture of sugar, butter
and sherry stirred into the hot fruit;
of RI
for a moment and then serve hot with
whipped cream and a hard sauce.
Another Cake RuIe.-Another white
fruit cake recipe which Mrs. L. asked
for, sounds delicious It is: One cup
butter. two cups sugar, II cups flour,
two-thirds cup sweet milk. whites Of
six eggs, one pound blanched almonds,
one pound citron sliced thin, Il tea
spoons baking powder It will take
two pounds of almonds before Smelling.
Cleaning Lace.-In reply to Mrs. S.
o." on how to clean her black lace so
she can make 1t into a waist I would
say, squeeze it first in a lather Of
CASTLE soap made with tea instead of
water. 1t should then he rfnsed once
or twice and left to soak for several
hours in an infusion of tea made with
teaSpoOn1uI each or tea and gum
arabic to a pint Of water while many
people recommend as an alternative a
lather made of soap and milk instead
of soap and water.
Raising Plaintiff you wish to raise
plants in a fat where there are gas
and steam heat, Mrs. L. o." try Ger
man and English ivies, asparagus,
ferns, and ivy geraniums. Wandering
Jew also VIII grow in rooms where
every other kiHd of plant drops Off
I have a window box where 1 grow
the plants I have been telling you Of.
under the same conditions that you
mention. and wandering Jew is my
standby You can raise It from a slip,
and 1t grows very quickly.
Requests.-Will some other mother
tell me what she puts IN her children's
school lunches? 1 have two in high
school, and find 1t hard to get variety
without great expense.
A MOTHER
How do women who have had
experience with both carpeted and
hardwood stairs like the latter? We
have got to repair our front hall stairs
and I can't decide which to have.
HAMMOND HOUSEKEEPER.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-14
FIoridn Chicken-Prepare the ch,cke,

Florida Chicken-Prepar the chicken
as for boiling; salt and pepper, roll
each piece in -four, then in bread
crumbs; put in dripping pan and bake
20 minutes. Then pour one-half cup
melted butter over IL and brown.
Dreamed OniOns-Peel a quart OF
medium sized onions. cover with boil
ing water. adding teaspoonfuI OF salt
for each quart OF water. Boil rapidly
10 minutes with the cover partly on,
then drain and cover again with fresh
boiling water. Cook until tender, drain
and add milk to cover. Simmer until
quite done, then thicken with a table
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-14

II would seem that stripes must have
had their day ere this. but If so. they
are about 70 enjoy q second day" as
the stripe vogue is still raging abroad.
and bids fair TO run well into the win
ter on this side OF the water; for we see
stripes in all hues, but so much more
artistically and tremendously blended
than were those OF the past season.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-14
GLOVES.

White kid gloves are a worry to
every woman because they soil so
easily. A good idea is TO wear a pair
of washable ones over them until you
have arrived at your destination, then
take them Off and you have fresh,
clean gloves underneath.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-14
CHILDREN GIVE THEIR VIEWS.

West Hammond School.
To THE LAKE COUNTY TINES I am
greatly interested in the story Of Mar
ME. 1t Is story that all the children
like. ] hope that the author will be
able TO write and publish many more
stories for young folks. The char
acter like best is Marine Hoping
you will have another story treat for
US soon,
Yours truly.
GERTRUDE BRADBURN
Grade 7; age 13.
am very interested in the story OF
Mamie" have been reading the
story every evening except the first
few evenings and then my fathes
hadn't subscribed for the paper / like
the story so far and hope I willyall
the way through I would hate to 90
to an orphan asylum because anybody
would be liable to tell some one that
I did something when I did not, az
Jennie Cowles did to Marine
One OF your readers,
NOLAN DEAvER.
Fifth grade.
am very much interested in thu
story Of Marine" because it is about
children. I am very anxious TO read
it. II I do not read It at home / have
the school children tell It to me. I like
Marine and Marshall because they are
so brave. I hope Jennie will be re-
formed and make right the wrong she
has done to Marine. Hoping you will
write more stories.
I am your story reader
MARGARET MAYER
Grade Z; aged Il.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-14
DRINKS FOR VARIOUS PEOPLE.
LInhtnIno sneed.

A Munich firm has just run a loco
motive and train weighing 2ss tons
from Munich 10 Augsburg at an aver
age spaed of 81 miles an hour.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-14

spoonful butter rubbed smooth with a
tablespoonful of -four. Add salt and
pepper to taste. cook. stirring all the
time. then pour into a hot dish to
serve.
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CTo be Continued.)
Mohammedan Lunar Year.

The Mohammedans use the lunar
year, which is 10 days and 81 hours
and q few seconds shorter than ours.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-14
CHAPTER Xxx.

APTAIN JESSOP ate as
greedily as he drank strong
waters and did full justice
to the curry, which was really
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-14
TODAY'S MENU
BREAKFAST.

HhLAAF Isl.
Peaches. Cereal
Fish Balls.
Cornmeal Mullins.
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Bullion.
Florida Chicken. Potato Chips
Olives.
Burberry Cake Tea.
DINNER.
Oysters on Half Shell.
Broiled Mackerel Dreamed Onions
Baked Potato.
Apple Pie. Coffee.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-14
What the South Needs.

The great need for the develop
ment of the agricultural resources of
the South is not immigrants, as some
seem to think, but it is the inculca-
ton of right ideas and correct prin-
ciples of agriculture into the minds
and practices Of the people we al
ready have, and nothing will enforce
them so much as the scarcity of labor.
We certainly don't need labor to en-
able us to make more cotton. The
fear that we will make too much cot
ton has become as a nightmare to the
cotton farmer already.
But we have not started to write
about immigration. We want to talk
about farming, and we mean farming
not merely cropping or robbing the
land; and If we can help some strug-
Cling farmer to get out Of the ruts
and get on the smooth track, the
purpose of this article will be accom-
plished. Progressive Farmer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-14
How a Tin Can viii Help.

Many different receptacles may be
used in which to grow plants so as
to have them of good size before put
ting them out in the field. Flower
pots, paper pots, tomato cans, split
wood boxes and paper bags are per-
haps the most important OF these,
paper pots, tin cans and split wood
boxes are best, though for a few
plants paper bags of two-pound size,
made of heavy glazed paper, answer
we'll. Cut them to four inches in
height, fill with three inches of soil
and plant seeds in them.
The cylinders made from old tin
cans or from tin secured from the
tinsmith, are excellent. If made from
should be placed in fire and heated
just enough to cause the tops and
bottoms to drop off. The seam can
be melted apart, too, but it takes a
little too much heat, enough to seri-
ously injure the quality of the tin, so
it Is best to open them by cutting
them from top to bottom. Then wrap
a bit of wire around them to hold
them in place, or bend the edges with
a stove-pipe joint so they will catch
and hold in the form of a cylinder,
no bottom and of course no top. Set
these on board in a frame or
kitchen, or somewhere where it is
warm, fill with good soil and plant
seeds Of tomatoes, eggplant and pep
pers, cucumbers, melons, cantaloupes
and squashes for the early crop.
When the plants are well grown and
the weather is right, transplant by
scooping out a hole deep enough to
receive the can, set the can in place,
unlock the joint or slip the wire off
and there stands the plant in its ball
of earth. Draw the earth up about
it, and that plant will never know it
has changed it's quarters.-H. Harold
Hume, in the Progressive Farmer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-14
Cardinals and Nationality.

AIT the present time the College OF
Cardinals at Rome has fifty-six mem-
beers, of whom thirtyflve, almost two
thirds, are Italians And yet Italy
constitutes only one-sixth Of the whole
Catholic world. The complete college
consists of seventy cardinals, and pro-
portionately Italy should have only
eleven. There are in the United States,
as per Catholic reports, about L..
600, 900 Catholics, of whom about TO-
000, 900 are communicates, with $780,
900 in the Philippines and 100000
in Porto Rico, Hawaii and Guam, a
total Of 21,5e0,o00 There are also
10000 In Cuba. On the estimate
Of population there should be eight
cardinals for the United States and
it's dependencies. There is only one
Cardinal Gibbons, Of Baltimore
Australia, with only 100000 Cath
ollie population, has one.-Newark 40
vertiSer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-14
Cats Ate Tipsy Mice.

John Koenig, 518 Willis avenue, the
Bronx, owns two fine tiger cats, Tom
and Jennie, usually sedate creatures.
The cats behaved most disreputably
yesterday. Tom staggered about the
house like gilded youth in a lobster
palace at 3 a. M, January /. Jennie
sat up like a squirrel and, smiling
sweetly, made passes with her front
paws at something she only saw.
Koenig. sober man, was greatly
shocked that his pets should begin
the new year So He learned how
they had gone astray when he found
in his pantry the remains Of fine
fruit cake and of several mice.
The fruit cake had been seasoned
for weeks in brandy. Rich, redolent
and tempting, it was TO have crowned
Koenig's domestic feast last night.
The mice had filled themselves with
fruit cake and brandy.
The cats had filed themselves with
mice, fruit cake and1brandy.
Tom and Jennie suffered severely
from katzeniammer last night, but
Koenig had no sympathy for them
New York World.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-14

like to see her photograph! You have
photograph Of her. am sure. Don't
deny it."
1t was easier to own the soft i'm
parchment than to disprove it. and
the fair one whispered, You will lei
me see it, won't you? Dol" Then
seeing that he hesitated Che had nc
photograph to show, she added, q
thought you would have granted me
just that one little fayor!" He could
only exclaim, I'll fetch 1t at once!"
and rush below.
will you lend me your album for
a moment, Mrs. Fortescue?" he asked
a middle aged lady, friend of
Etheps, whom he met OPPORTUNITY on
the saloon stairs. She good natured-
~ handed him the volume. Turning
over the leaves, he came upon the
photograph of an actress dressed up
as a young Quakeress. "This one will
do as well as any" he said to him
self, slipping it out of the album and
carrying it on deck.
'There." he exclaimed, as he placed
1t in her hand. There you see the
only girl l have ever loved or ever
could love!"
She gazed at the photograph mo-
ment; then, with little cry Of joyful
surprise, threw herself upon his bo-
som.
"Oh darling she murmured, ST
never in all my life heard or dreamed
of such charming way Of propos-
ing!"
What could he do but kiss In 81,
lence the sweet upturned face?
THAT was taken years ago." she
went on, when was staying at the
Fortescues. We all went to fancy
dress ball and dressed as Quaker
ess and was photographed in costume
next morning. But can give you
much nicer one than that
They were married in due time,
and, according to variant of the le-
gend, it was not till after many years
that he discovered that it was not
his wife, but her sister, who had been
a guest of the Fortescues and that
it was the sister who had gone to
fancy dress ball in the dress of
Quakeress.- John K. Legs, in the
Grand Magazine.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-14
Juat : eonu at Twlllo11t.

That Lucy Is girl Of quick percep-
ton any fairminded Granger win adj
NIT. In one Of the Grange degrees
the lights are low, and it was on
such an occasion that Lucy exhibited
her mental Quickness.
/ "See that girl with the white
waist?" she asked OF the bashful
young man sitting next to her ador
able self.
Yves; what about herr"
why, John, amt she simpler"
"How Is she simple. Lucy?"
"well,, you SEQ, John. that-er-
why, that is, II you pat that arm
around her your black sleeve shows
up against the white waist, but II you
put 1t around black or brown
waist 1t doesn't show at ALL"
John saw the point and also that
Lucy wore black waist-Hartf6rd
CkN1rAut
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-14
SOUTHERN !: FARM !: NOTES.
d-=p @u--p
I0Ps ofM7EREsT s7ocxMAwAxo muck GROWER

measured, should not be given any
consideration, but to know the exact
amount Of milk COW gives Il should
be weighed with an accurate scale:
foam adds nothing to the weight of
milk. When the milk from a COW
Is weighed morning and evening.
then her daily production can be esti-
mated, but it is better to know the
weight Of milk produced for num-
Der of consecutive mi1kings and to
take an average of these for deter
mining her daily production.
After determining the amount of
milk produced per day in pounds and
ounces, then one should know the
average butter fat contained therein.
This can be determined by taking a
sample from each milking, and form
about five consecutive milkings, put
ting these samples together and de-
termining the per cent of butter fat
in this composite sample This will
be an average per cent. of fat for the
time during which the samples were
taken. From the average daily pro-
0tSSAOA "a AAilh cIQ tAC average per
cent. of fat the average amount of fat
produced daily can be ascertained.
AS six pounds of butter fat thus de-
termined will make about seven
pounds of butter, the value of the
milk for butter-making purposes can
be determined. AS butter fat is the
foundation of cream, the value of the
milk put into cream can be estimated.
While this method does not give any
idea of the amount of milk and but
ter fat cow will produce during her
milking period, it does show how
much she is producing in butter or
cream for the time being
No dairyman should be without
this record of each one of hts COWS
at any time. 1t will enable him to
know when cow is not producing
an amount which justifies her keep,
and she can then be replaced with a
better cow. Where records are kept
as has been suggested at the end of
the milking period the amount of
milk and the amount of butter fat
from each cow can be estimated and
her value for that period pretty close
ly determined.-Wm. D. Saunders,
Dairyman Virginia Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station, Blacksburg.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-14
WHY SILHOUETTE.
A Curious Bit of History Wrapped Up
in the Word.

a Curious Bit OF History Wrapped Up
in the Word.
The making of silholettes can hard
ly be classed among the lost arts,
since there is 50 little art about
them. The best of them represent the
human profile in a crude way, and
they were regarded as rather cheap
kind of pictures even in the days
when they were most popular. In
deed, the very word silhouette means
something poor and cheap and it had
its origin in spirit of ridicule. 1t
is taken from Etienne de Silhouette,
who was French cabinet minister
in the year 1859, when the treasury
of France was very low because of
costly wars with Britain and Prus-
STA and by the extravagances of the
government. When Etienne de Silhou-
cite became minister OF finance he
set about making great reforms in
the public expenditures. He was, by
nature, a very CLOSE" man, and he
went to such extremes In keeping
down the public expenses that he
brought great ridicule upon himself,
and finally anything that was cheap
and poor was referred to as la Sill
houette.
A very crude picture was popular
at that time It was made by tracing
the. shadow or profile of a face pro-
| jected by the light of candle on
sheet of white paper and the out
line defined with pencil. This was
such very poor and cheap sort of a
picture tina. 1t was at once called
silhouette in further derision of the
very saving French minister, and the
name has stuck" 1t is an Instance
Of the curious derivation of some
words in common use, and this I'm:
kind slur on a man who was really
trying to introduce needed reforms in
the spending of the public money has
long been accepted as a good and
proper word: Indeed, there is NO 9th
ed word used for pictures of this kind,
although there were such pictures
long before Monsieur Etienne de Sill
houette had his name attached to
them in SO embarrassing a way
From Morris Wade's when the Cam,
era Was Unknown" in st. Nicholas.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-14
Dress Among the Artists:

Interested Philistine Ito friend, who
has taken him to Bohemian gather
ing)-And who's the horsey- looking
man with the big cigar?
FriendLOh-he's Gustavls Browne,
the artist. You remember his "Soul
Triumphant Over Earthly Love" in
the last r. A?
I. P.-Really, you surprise me! And
who's the other artist he's talking to-?
Friend-Artist! Good heavens!
He's not an artist! He's a retired UNI
brella maker who bought the Soul
phant!"-Punch.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-14
ENDURES ECZEMA 5 YEARS.
Sores Behind Ears Spread to Cheeks
Best Doctors Fail-But Cuti.
ra Remedies Effect Cure.

Ia ncmeUcS E1IcCC cure.
"Words are inadequate to express my
gratitude for Cuticura Remedies. I had
been troubled with eczema for five years
on my ear and it began to extend on my
cheek. I had been doctoring with the
best physicians, but found no relief what
ever. When informing them that could
not bear the itching / was told by one Of
our best doctors, mot to scratch As the
medicines and salves did me no good
thought would get the Magic Three
Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and
Cuticura Pills, costing me one-half of one
visit to my physician. After using as di-
rected, with plenty Of hot water, / can
truthfully state that I found instant re-
lief When / had used three boxes Of
Cuticura Ointment and two cakes of Cuti-
cura Soap I found my skin as soft and fine
as baby's. My circle of friends is very
large, and / am persuading them to use
Cuticura Soap and give up the kinds they
were using. find no trouble, as my case
has proven to them that if Cuticura ONT
ment Is good, Cuticura Soap must be like
wise. Miss Meta Ayers, l3l Franklin
Ave-, Brooklyn, N. Y, Sept. and Is, '06."