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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-14
MICHIGAN CITY

The Michigan City Bridge team will
be entertained at the home of Mrs.
Allen. Michigan avenue, LaPorte. on
Tuesday Dec. II. with a IL o'clock
luncheon followed by bridge. This Is
the fourth game of a series begun last
August between eight of the best play
ers in Michigan City and a two-table
club of LaPorte women. The first
score was in favor of LaPorte, the
second and third went to Michigan
City The players are Mesdames Glenn
ents. Hitchcock, Morris Street, Van
Spauje Vail. Willis and Miss Eddy Of
Michigan City, and Mesdames Allen.
Crumpacker. Fox. Arnold. Osborn,
Weaver, Lay and Kessler of LaPorte.
l. j. Brinkman. agent for the Michi-
gan Central. is in Detroit today at
tending a conference of the roads gen
eral agents with the general superln-
tendent.
There were six tables OF guests at
a charming bridge party given yester-
day afternoon by Mrs. A w. L. Gilpin
High score was made by Mrs. Edmund
Morris but in accordance with a grow
ing sentiment against prizes, the host
ess presented each guest with a large
La France rose instead of giving them
all to one.
Suit for 1895 damages was filed yes
terday afternoon in the superior court
by Henry L. Schnick against the Michi-
gan Central Railway company. While
driving the meat wagon OF Edward
Miller across the tracks on June is,
1907. he was struck by a passenger
train and suffered a bruise of the foot,
sprain Of the hip and injury to the
spinal column, which he claims are
permanent. He alleges that the flag
man was not at his post.
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WHEELER NEWS

Mrs B. A Colt was Valparaiso
visitor yesterday.
Mrs. Harris was a visitor in Valpa-
raise Friday.
Mrs. John Colt was among the pas
sengers for Valparaiso Friday.
Rev. an dMrs Brooke Of Valparaiso
returned home Friday morning. after
haping stayed over the evening in
order to attend the bazaar.
The skating was fine last evening and
was enjoyed by quite a number of the
young folks.
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HOBART NEWS

Mrs. James Murray and Mrs. Jake
Kramer were visitors in Chicago yes
terday.
George Smith. organizer for the I. o.
F. of A, who has been working at
Hebron, is home for a few days. He
expects to organize court of Forest
ers at Gary soon.
Prof. HIGHWAY of Crown Point was
in Hobart for a few hours Wednes-
day evening.
Miss B. Melin is clerking at J. T.
Testers store during the holidays.
a number from Hobart and vicinity
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CROWN POINT NEWS

George S. NJ Beck and Peter Schmal
transacted business in Chicago yester-
day.
Miss Linda Wells in assisting at
Roses jewelry store during the holt
days.
Ono. Einhof of West Pullman is Wis
iting his sister. Mrs. T. Thomen. this
week
otto BarfeIdt Of Chicago is visiting
with his paNents for few days
p. williams was given the contract
for carrying the mails from the post
office to the depots. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Williams will buy O'Brights
bus line, if they can agree on the
terms. Williams bid was a little less
than $500.
Ed McMay Is driving bus in the place
Of Charles Smith.
A large number Of Crown Pointers
attended the Weis funeral at Scherer-
Vile yesterday Some Of those In at
tendance We're Charles Johnson, Mich
ael Gummer. Anton Horst and Joe
Young
Miss Florence Hegedorn is assisting
at Heide's store during the holidays.
JudBe McMahOn suspended sentence
on Ed Berry yesterday, who was ar
rested some time ago with Frank
McColly, for stealing a bushel Of ap-
pies. McColly is now serving his time,
but Berry jumped his bond and was
only apprehended two weeks ago.
William Gibson, real estate man
of Chicago transacted business at the
court house. yesterday
Frank Shine was down from Ham
mond yesterday.
Miss Lucille Hipsely Of Palmer, was
in town yesterday
Henry Kenecke, while working on a
scraper east Of town fell from the
front end, between the horses He
tried to catch himself, but in the fall
broke his wrist. The wound was so
painful that he had to take chIoro-
form before the bone could be set
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
William SCHNEIDER. Chicago. ....30
Lizzie Brunke, Chicago. ......42
Milton u. Goddard, Chicago. ....2 5
Nellie Louise Bell, Chicago.
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are at Hammond today. taking the
civil service examination for mail car
rier.
Mrs. John Hillman has been quite
sick for several days.
Mrs. William Foreman. who has been
visiting friends in Chicago the past
few days. returned home today.
Hobart has another five cent moving
picture show.
Today is institute day for the Ho-
bart township teachers
Frank Pho has been considerably I'M
der the weather the past few days.
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MONON NEWS

Alden Nordyke OF seaheld. is visiting
his son. VIII Nordyke.
Belle McBee entertained the T. +.
rs. last evening at the home OF her
sister Mrs Jack Ward
Emma Butler, a sister OF Mrs. S A.
Rose. is here on a short visit.
John Heltzel and wife are the proud
parents OF a baby girl
The school is preparing to give a
Christmas entertainment at the high
school building, Friday evening. De-
cember 20.
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How the RattIes Are Worn.

The rattles lie edgewise. 1t is evil
dent that they must do so, inasmuch
as they are but combinations of the
backbone. The snake carries the rat
ties on the ground except when he
raises them to sound his warning.
This will be evidenced by the fact that
in every snake OF any size that is
killed the rattles are worn through on
the under side.-Forest and Stream.
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Missing from his home at One Hun
dred and Fifty-fi street West Ham
mond, Emanuel Szafraniec. 10 years of
age. Left home oct. 25. Any infor-
nation concerning the boys where
abouts will be received at THE LAKE
COUNTY TIMES or at the home of his
father, Mr. J. Szafraniec
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NOTICE

R E. Workman viii address the peo-
pie of this vicinity in regard to the
climate and productiveness OF the state
of Montana tonight. Saturday. Dec.
~. at 1870 sharp at the Highlands
school house. Everybody come.
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Fashions Fancy.

Emerson says: Fashion Is good
sense entertaining company; it hates
corners and sharp points OF character.
hates quarrelsome, egotistical, solitary
and gloomy people"
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Are Aceilmzfed

The native women of Ecuador are
so used to strong heat and light that
tLey even do their spinning out Of
doors in the blazing sun.
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n.
II IS impossible, simply impossible, for any
one TO enjoy the best OF health If the bowels
are eonsupated. Undigested material, waste
p'ooucts, poisonous substances, must be
oaiiy removed from the body or there will
DC trouble, and often serious trouble, too.
aver Pills aid nature that is all z c Aver Co.
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ALBERT GIVEN,
THE TAILOR,

STYLES and Prices Right.
To Chicago avenue, East Chicago. Ind.
We are now ready to sell Ladies'
skirts aud Furs in addition 10 Tailor
ing.
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1.-THE WEARING OF THE GREEN"
Good Joke on Official Who Had Pro-
hibited the Song.

The Wearing of the Green" which
Dion Boucicault used to sing In one
Of his Irish dramas at the old Adelphl
theater. was sung for the first time
in the house of commons last week on
the occasion of the dinner given to
the colonial premiers by the Irish ma
tionalist party, says the Pail Mall GA
zette. II reminds one of the joke
lTacticed by the late Sir William
Wilde Gather Of Oscar Wildel on the
then attorney general for Ireland, who
had prohibited Boucicault from sing
ing this same song. when performing
in Dublin with his company It must
be remembered that there is no IL
censor of plays in Ireland but the
Castle has often put its foot down
ID the case of songs with seditious
reputation, Shortly afterward Sir
William Invited Boucicault to dinner
o meet "a friend The dramatst
came, and sang the terrible tune to
The friend, who that morning had Of.
hcially prohibited it at the old The
alter Royal, being none other than the
attorney general himself
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Size az centraI-Amerlcan States.

Very few people have a correct inn
preston OF the size Of Central Amer.
lea as a whole. or of its states. taken
separately. says writer IN the Re
view of Reviews. California seems
ike a large state 1t extends no
miles along the Pacific and has an
extreme width OF 375 miles. If
California were laid end for end on
Central America it would cover 1t
with the exception of Salvador. which
IS JUST the size OF New Jersey and oc-
cupies a little over 1000 square miles
Stated in another way, il Central
America were lifted bodily and laid
down on our Atlantic coast it would
inst hide all New England, New
York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey
In short, II has a combined area Of
approximately 10000 square miles
Individually, aside from Salvador, al
ready mentioned, the states could
be compared as follows: Honduras
70 Pennsylvania, $4,000 square miles;
Gaptemala to Mississippi $4,000; Mic
ragua to New York, 10000; Costa
8ica to Vermont and New Hampshire.
5000.
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TEACHER WAS ALL RIGHT.
Had Answered All Questions in Sat.
isfactory Manner.

| was staying over night with far
mer. says a writer in the Chicago
Daily News, and after supper we We're
talking about educational matters,
when / mentioned the fact that | had
passed a schoolhouse about two miles
west of his farm that afternoon and
that the female teacher who was
standing in the door, was an intelli-
gent-looking girl.
Yes. got her the place" he re-
Piled
Then you are what is called ethe
moderator? You had - ask heryari-
GUS questions to see If she was fitted
for the placer"
We'll, not so very many. asked
her about the Rocky mountains and
the Atlantic ocean and who Shake.
speare was, and she answered right
off. Then ] said something about
Turkey and how many times 10 went
into so and her answers showed me
she was right up to the mark Then
asked her in case my old woman
died during the summer If she'd mar
ny me in the fall, and she said she'd
he burned glad to- and | told her TO
bring along her buds and take the
job
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AMUSEMENT FOR THE BOYS.
Scientific Playthings Which Are Not
Hard to Make.

1T Is "A great wonder TO me-" said
an old chemist to Philadelphia Rec
ord man, why more boys do not take
mp chemical experiments as an amuse-
ment. Why, | can do things with the
common materials of everyday life
which really seem to be more magical
to the uninitiated than any of the won.
dors that are ordinarily performed by
magicians on the public stage, Some
Of them are so simple that by carry
ing them ont at a parlor entertain
ment a bright boy could achieve the
reputation of a magician. Now, there
are those curious little bubbles OF
glass known variously as Prince Ru-
pert's drops and as Dutch tears APP
parently they are little globules OF
glass with elongated tails made by
heating a small glass rod in a fame
and allowing the molten drops to fall
into water After they have cooled
you may pound the thick part with a
hammer or mallet, yet you cannot
break them On the other hand, If
you break little piece off their tails,
or touch any part of them with
qhartz crystal. they win disappear in
70 the surrounding atmosphere quicker
than snow will melt on a hot fire. To
The person who does not know how
this has happened the performance is
50 astonishing as to seem uucanny"
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Loves Manic Power.

George had been away on business
for a whole long week. and during that
time be had sent Clara ten letters, six
postal cards and ~ picture postcards.
Why. then. was there a touch OF
coldness in her greeting when he flew
to her arms on his return2
Dearest" he whispered. what Is
the matter?"
"Oh. George she said. you didn't
send me a kiss in your ninth letter.
MY precious he replied that
night ] had steak and onions for din
ner.. aud you wouldn't have liked a
kiss after onions. would you?'- Stray
Stories.
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haauard Tells a Story.

In letter TO the London Times con
corning statement recently made
that he was responsible for the land
policy OF the British government II.
Rider Haggard, the well-known novel
list, tells the following story:
am reminded of a story of a GER
tain Daniel Lambert of Boer who,
being caught mapping by savages,
rushed to his horse exclaiming, o,
Lord, help me mount So abundant
and vigorous was the heavenly aid
youchsafed that he not only reached
the saddle, but flew right over it to
the veldt beyond, and as the Zulus
came up and speared him was heard
to declare reproachfully. 0, Lord. thou
has helped TOO much" In like fashion
] may say, O government thou has
helped too muchn for | have always
aimed, not at revolution, but reform"
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4
minated happy wock ages egh boys and girls
show another juvenile Thus boyvle and grdom eenaet
in pantomme a oyciic that old when history began.
The order points specified most admired in the other sex by the
young men and women in their teens follows Eyes hair teeth
and complexion checks form Of bead throat
chm hands neck nails and fingers and shape Of face
In Drew Of $50 love Of college students and hair also
lead where kisses ae unreal and dreams ncied Charms Of hands
sNoetcas songs pou sigh smile, and chewing gum also
specialized Vaccinations
Light per young susceptible lopng shoulders
per Of c girls specify broad shoulders per cent favor
regular and white teh long ahes charm five cent Of
the Young long pink finger nails often given chei
eyebrows among girls find special susceptibility in four per cent Of the
youths while cowlcks charm three per cent.
Often the specialization Of taste and preference lay great stress upon
The Of the hair shape Of The hands fingers slightly
eo1ss long neck prominent eyes, dmp and freckes have
special erogenic power.
Passing the voice has greater number Of
preferences se affected by high by low voice The rs
ing Infection crne heNby lisp special nonatons, accents,
dialects pepoent Mode laughing while
carriage gait gesture roll the eyes pose of the head
and shoulders mode Of tanning Of handkerchief holding the dress
way az sitting signing may each nave special preemnence.
In dress toilet hair leads and length mode Of parting dress
ing curling detailed Rings bracelets and ribbons come next
with he girls and with the boys clothes that especially those at the
shoulders and waists Canes glasses fur collars teeth filed with gold
clean linen white handkerchief pronounced style hats and para
mode gearing watch chains style Of collars fr coils neat
ness all have adnrents.
include whole body and soul The fact that woman
generic being than closer the and less mulated by
Specifications by defomy of body soul makes easy for
see in his chosen Helen the entire
Marriage can IDEAL inabe and mpeabe without rquir-
ING any paonc supervision elders
points, those the which here
oe been partial provisional and preparatory becomes complete in
mutual spiritual appropriation and mastery.
Without children love incomplete If woman is not satisfied and
the functions other sex as her right it
because failure The fact that love eenazes the
influences of makes generic factor evolution art
eraturc material religion and to extent science
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MADE USE or HER LEGACY.
Aunts Request Of Use to Ease Nece's
Feeling.

When people asked Miss Amanda
| Green what she received from hel
| aunt In the city rs a legacy, Miss
! Green always smiled grirnly and step
ped toward her fireplace.
Aunt always said she should re
member me in her will Miss Green
would say, and although ! knew the
family traits, did calculate on a few
hundred dollars, she being worth
somewhere up in the hundred thou.
sands. But what she didn't leave to
her son all went TO the college where
he got his education.
1T was stated in the will that
was to choose any remembrance
from among the household furnish
ings that l wished.
Il chose this pair O. bellows, and
Miss Green would lit a well-worn
article from the peg where it hung.
Some folks wouldn't sense the fun
I've got out o. these old things. Aunt
Rebecca wouldn't ever let EN- be
used for fear they'd start the fire up
too much. I've sat over a dying blaze
in her forenoon with my eyes on
this pair o. bellows till 1t seemed as
1T my gaze would fetch EN- right off
their hooki
Now ! take 'em down. even when
'tisn't necessary, and | work EN- back
and forth hard as I can, and it eases
my feelings so that by the time hang
'em up I'm ready to say: Poor old
Aunt Rebecca!' instead of-well,
quite different. Youths
"a
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-31

One of the peculiar phenomena OF
The arctic regions is "sea smoke.
he boiling kettle which rises from the
water when the temperature is IS de
grees below zero.
At 40 degrees the snow and human
bodies emit this vapor. which
changes into tiny icicle particles
which fill the cir and make a light
noise lilso the rustic Of e
A. 40 degrees tree iria6s burst
With VI 500 e,7-5t, rocks breaE up and
streams of smoking water flow from
great cracks in the earths surface,
knives break in cutting butter and
lighted cigars so out by contact with
the ice upon the beard.LPhiladelphia
Record.
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BUSINESS MEN
OF NEW YORK
TO PETITION PRESIDENT TO IN
TERFERE IN THE TELEGRAPH
LOCK OUT.
HAVE LOST MILLIONS
BY Failure of Companies to Transmit
Messages--No Action Taken
In Calling Out Brokers
Men.

| New York, Aug. 3o.-The tela
lgraphers' strike received the creates
boost since its inauguration today
when it was announced that confer
ence Of New York business men, dis
| gusted With the conduct of the Pos
Ital aud Western Union telegraph
lpanies since the strike began, We're
about to appeal to President Roose-
welt for relief. This conference, ac-
cording to the accounts, declared that
lnilli0ns OF dollars OF business had
Ibcen lost to them through the UNI
founded claims of the telegraph COM
panies that they could transmit mes
sages from East to West on time
1t Is expected that the appeal for
relief will be made to oyster Bay
within the week through Commits
sioner Neill who is now at Atlantic
City, but who will confer again with
the president shortly upon the sub
ject of mediation,
Will Stay Out Till Christmas
Another impetus comes from the
women strikers, who, under the lead
ership of Miss Hilda Syenson, an
nounced that they would not only
parade, full strength, on Labor Day,
but win stay out until Christmas if It
is necessary TO help their fellow
workers win
The telegraph companies sent out
from Chicago the only case of report
ed violence since the wall1out CAME.
1t was from Waukegan, where strik
ing telegraphers, returning from an
excursion. We're said to have scared
away Manager Laux Of the Postal Of
flee there. and afterwards demolished
the tables and instruments. This was
later denied in an official dispatch
which showed that the operator had
bcen merely serenaded and had fed,
fearing a more serious demonstration
Meeting Continued.
The brokerage operators continued
their adjourned meeting today Pres
ident Small appeared and delivered
an address exhorting the members Of
the Wall street chapel to do every
thing in their power to make the
strike OF the commercial operators a
success and force the companies to
replace tho nonsuuion operators on
the several boards OF trade and ex
changes with union men
A committee was appointed to in
vestigate conditions in the Wall
street district and report next Tues.
day. No definite action was taken on
the question of calling out the broker
age operators until this committee
has made its report.
Tomorrow will be the regular pay
day of the telegraph companies, and
the strike relief funds will be dis
at union headquarters. bntit
is not expected that the drain on the
funds win be any heavier than it was
last week. as most of the strikers
have SO far felt no financial distress
and regard their temporary release
from work as vacation
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38 eatlrRe Jnrrrasttu9
3HnHathtltttpE
By J. w. SMITH.
offhe Government Weather bureau.

There was time when three forecasts necessary
In h morning forecast of the day weather made after
there for the night and after that there
cast Tor the morning
Weather foccasiug not then established anything like
lass today Experiment and study have resulted very
and oncrnge prediction. At present forecastng
IS hours advance with greater accuracy than for eight
lor periods the earlier years Of the weather bureau work.
Justly that great atmospheric disturbances
pronounced cold hot sweep
try without warning
Slight changes in temperature and ordinary atmospheric disturb
may be od with complete accuracy but the extraordinary
disturbances noted in time to give ample warning.
The ability employ wireless tegraply in the work of obtaining
meteorological and reports Of points
spreading Information Of approaching disturbances
addition the usefulness of the service Of forecang
The science nceoroogy has made great progress the past few
decades The Development of boonng has made possible many inter-
cng experiments which have facilitated of fore
casting The experience which the foeaser has has
been Of great service
he range Of possibility that for
year made the future These forecasts viii undertake
predict the DAYS the months but the char
actcr a season. whether dry unusually hot
such forecasts viii require far greater knowledge only
the atmosphere bu Of e atmosphere Of the relation
its the action Of terrestrial wind There
reason. why much progress toward this be
:. g.. e '' '' ':' accurate '' '''
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churehysrd Under the Sea.

When the coast erosion commits
sioncrs visited Walton on the Maze
yesterday they we're shown a spot
north Of the per, and abou; a mile
from the shore. which was formerly
"a cbnfchyad, saws the London Dali
News. a quarter OF a century ago
the tombstones could be seen under
water al ebb tide. but since then the
sea mas further encroached. and even
when the tide is extraordinarily low
hid the sea clear the old buryiH
mound is scarcely discernible ffoH
he sea level
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AUGUST II ~ HISTORY.

1Ge1--B4cn DAvueoar took office
IS governor of Canada.
155l- The city of Afcot India. taken
bysELord Cliyc.
1871 George Hammond. first minis
ter from Great Britain. receiv-
ed by President Washington.
1ss7-S amueI u. Hubbard Of COnnee.
ticnt became postmaster gener-
nj Of United States.
nssl-Gen. Fremont proclaimed mar
tiai law in Missouri
1xc4-Batfle OF Jonesboro. Georgia.
1Sso-ceneral Roberts relieved Kan
dahar
1<S6- Sixty -seven persons killed N
earthquake at Charleston. S. G.
1xei-S Santiago taken by iHsurees'
Chllesns
1ses-rrssh ortbTczk Of the rebel
lioa against Spanish rule in the
Philippine
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Citizens Of Pasadena, Cal. have
made complaint to the authorities that
bees and flies. intoxicated on fer
mented orange juice, have become n
nuisance that should be abolished
They say that the proprictors of a
nursery near the town have q large
force of Japanese employed extract
Ing seeds from partly decayed or
anges, and in the process Of squeez-
ing the seeds from the oranges a
small stream Of orange juice flows
from the place, which attracts mill
lions of flies and bees, which become
Incorporate The nursery uses the
seeds for planting.
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Be sinnular.

Are we growing too much alike?
Some one has asked this disturbing
question. and some one else-evi-
IDENTIFY in psnic-has been rushing
about taking stock" of the appearance
of people In general They may be
prejudiced when they record that ~
have no higher ambition than to be
mistaken for our neighbors; still. II
cannot be denied that few of us are
content to rest in condition which
marks us as singular among the
many, even though It may be Singh.
larly beautiful, healthy, happy. or
wise.--Lady's Pictorial