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The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
Obeyed the Scriptures.

In the Iowa town where Mark Twain
used to reside, the following story of
him is occasionally handed about:
one morning when he was busily at
work an acquaintance dropped in up
on him. with the request that he take
walk. the acquaintance having an
errand on pleasant country road.
How far is it?" temporized Mark
Twain.
"Oh, about mile" replied the friend.
instantly the humorist gathered his
papers together. laid them aside, and
prepared to leave his desk
'Of course I will 60" he announced: ::
the Bible says I must"
why, what in the world has the
Bible to do with it?" asked the puz-
zled friend.
1T distinctly commands" answered
Mr.. Clemens, If a man ask thee to go
with him mile, so with him, Twain. i"
-Lippincotts.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
Protection for Husbands.

The inherent rights of man wara
given recognition recently bv q CIa,a-
land Judge who laid down the broad
principle that a man may talk foot
ishly in his own home The decision
OF the court should be noted hv oil
wives who would restrict their his
bands to conversation on art. soul m
lift and higher criticism. The ones
ton came before the court in an in
junction filed by wife who has mend
ing an application for divorce. Await
ing the outcome of the suit the coun1a
continue to live together. One morn
ing at the breakfast table the wife was
explaining the suit to her children Tho
husband Interrupted with that pow
ertul expression: "Oh, fudge" The
WIFE then asked that her husband ba
restrained from saying. 20, fudge" and
other silly things" The fniunction
OF course was refused as it should have
been The decision is one of far
reaching importance. 1t establishes
mans rights to say not only 20. fudge 3"
but Mercy" if he chooses in his own
nome and by differences gives him the
privilege of singing, so Long. Marv"
and other popular songs of the dav
Consequently every husband NAV feel
1ree to get just as silly as he pleases
for he Is secure in the protection of the
laW.-Lafayette Journal
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
WITH THE EDITORS.
The Pistol Habit to Blame.

me concealed weapon is responsible
for hundreds Of deaths every wear.
This refers to pistols in hip pockets.
1t is said that London is disturbed
over a record during the last wear Of
70 homicfdes and attempted homicides.
In nine months of 1906 New York had
% such killings, TO say nothing Of un-
catalogued attempts. For the wear re-
Gently closed Chicago one-third as
large as London, reported 1O9 bomi-
cides by shooting and added 163 suf-
cfdes of the same class There is opiv
one explanation Of the difference in
these death rates-in America there ia
widespread custom Of carrying con-
cealed weapons.
quick temper is encouraged bv q
gun in the hip pocket 1t is a cues
tionable adjunct for a wise man, while
fool and a pistol make a combfna-
tion that is almost certain to result
In trouble. A very large proportion
of the men who carry them have little
or no excuse for doing so. The presence
Of common sense is greatly promoted
by absence of the pistol Not only in
nearly all cases is it childish and use
less, but It is also Illegal dangerous
and a distinct abettor Of crime. It
AOAAiCNCS 4IOIIl men not only the
portunity but the necessity for clear
thinking. 1t menaces friends and foe
alike. 1t is the confessed resort of the
rowdy, the bully and the coward.
The fact that the concealed pistol is
against the law amounts to nothing.
We ignore thousands Of other laws.
It is proposition involving simple and
straightforward common sense. Take
away the gun and you probably re-
move four-fifths of the possibility of
homicide. The man who is most amia-
bic today may be the very man who
forgets himself tomorrow. No pistol
means no yielding to sudden criminal
impulse; it means fewer unjustiffable
homicides and more real safety for the
individual and for society
The gun is responsible in nearly
every instance. Coupled with quick
temper it does deadly work The man
without pistol IS better off, consid-
cred in all ways The pistol habit is
indeed a bad one.-South Bend Tribune.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
How Porlock Got Its Name.

IN North Somerset, England. said
hehry Bradley, one might be told that
once upon time the devil and a giant
4ald wager, the latter stalking his
soul, as to which could throw a stone
turthest. The giant threw his stone
TOUR miles, but the devil beat him by
couple of yards, whereupon the giant
exclaimed; Poor luck!" and so the
pace mas been called Porlock ever
since"
Mr.. Bradley then instanced the cor
ruption OF the word Kent (whose Brit
ish name was Cantion) from a Welsh
word meaning open country. It was
possible that the word CANTON was
derived from an old British word
meaning promontory. AS to London
the ancient name was Londinion
Llyn is Welsh for lake, and din for
town or fort. What was more easy
asked Mr.. Bradley, than to explain
London as lake fortress? But il was
known that in British of the second
century the compound meaning lake
fort would have been Lindodunon. so
Llynddin would not explain Londinion.
The only pathological explanation pos.
sible was that the place was called
after Briton named Londinos. mean.
ing wild or fierce.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
Merely Wives and Mothers. .

The hystertcal writer's for the yell
low press, who. nurtured on cocaine
and kindred mental condiments, have
been representing Evelyn Thaw as an
outraged innocent, will be put to the
limit Of their resources to reconcile her
now famous diary with their previous
estimate Of this young woman's char
acter The extracts from that very
delectable volume, as read in court yes
terday by District ATTORNEY Jerome
throw a new side light on the fair
Evelyn. They show her to be a cyn-
ical, sneering woman, with heart not
hardened by cruel wrong, but rather
rejoicing in the pleasures spread along
the paths of dalliance.
I have always had a weakness for
Rector's r's"-Rector's with it's wine
fast women and degenerate men. bask-
ing in the baleful light of Bohemia.
The pupils here are too good for
this world. They don't know ANYTHING
and Will never amount to ANYTHING
They will merely be good wives and
mothers. If they were given a chance
to live, things would be different"
Here, indeed we catch a glimpse of
that sweet sympathy and charity. so
much a part of Evelyn's character. ac
cording to her delirious biographers of
the schreeehing yellow press. Her pitv-
Ing contempt is expressed for limo
cent girlhood which seems to have no
lottier destiny than the Christian home
and the estate of motherhood. These
girls at the school will merely make
good wives and mothers" writes E,v
elyn with amused sympathy Merely
good wives and mothersr Good wives
and mothers! Huh!
Yes, little Evelyn, they probably all
became good wives and mothers. VET
one good mother outweighs ten thou-
sand such painted JezebeIs as Won
with your weakness for Rector" and
your preference for the stage "
Merely good wives and mothersr'
Yet since the world began these wo-
men have shaped its. destiny and di
rected its course, giving it what of
grace, beauty and charity it possesses
and In times Of stress and trial lending
to It that stern strength that estab-
fishes or overturns its institutions. As
sociey is founded upon the home, so
the home rests upon the mother. ex-
employing in her life all that is good
beautiful and true; all that is of per-
manency here and prophetic OF a bet
ter hereafter.
And Christian civilization recognizes
its corner stone. No harlot's sneer
can sully it; no drunken hoot from
the great white way can deface II.
It viii stand when heaven and earth
have passed away and the armament
is rolled up like a scroll. the price of
the salvation Of the people.-Fort |
Wayne News.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
PRODUCE MARKETS.

chicago, March Eggs Of all kinds
were IN active demand today. There
was good local consumptive trade, in
duced by the recent Decline while the
snlpplhg demand could not be improved
upon Eastern interior points We're ac-
we buyers here. owing to the rela-
88NsIy nigh prices at New York and
/ III4Ilaueip II phla, which points usually sup
Ply thelr wants Previous prices We're
lFmIy held and some of the more rad
-Gai DQlls We're predicting a reaction.
Weakpess. The high prices prevailing
are checking consumption and, as the
arrivals are increasing, stocks are ac-
cunuIat!ng. Prices to retailers We're
up Ic. Trade in vegetables and fruits
was RESTRICTED to some extent by the
wet and disagreeable weather.
NeaI-Quotattons for calves in good
order We're as follows: so to S5 lbs
f6a Sg 7G; SO to So lbs, 70 S44e: s. to 100
nsaty Ios, Ianey y gg loe' 15o to 170 lbs good
Dressed Beef-No. I ribs, 15c; No. /
chuck, 615c; No. l plate, &c.
Live Poultry-Turkeys per lb, 1Oc;
chickens, fowls, lie; springs, lie;
T99oqssters, 61ac; geese, $5.O07.0O; ducks,
f3ruits-Apples, $1.5o04.oo per brl;
bananas, Jumbo. per bunch, $1;40Q1;5
3.5Q; oranges. Cal, $1.75 q 3.15.
Green Negetables-Beets, soc per
sack; cabbage S1.25 q 1.35 per brl; car
rots, 50Q70c per sack; celery. 5000
$3.50 per crate; onions, 6OQ 75c per bu;
parsnips. 75Q95c per sack spinach.
35 475c per hamper; turnips, 40075c
per sack.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
CHICAGO LETTER.

Chicago, March Observation-Disclosures
tion begun with a vengeance in the
wheat pit this morning. The ASPECT
of the market looked as if it did not
have friend left. Prices ranged about
half cent lower at the opening and
gradually declined until the May on
tion sold at 76 cents. There was moth
ing particularly frightening in the
news TO cause the extreme weakness
Early foreign markets were quoted one
quarter OF penny lower Foreign
news in general way was not so
emphatically bullish as in the past
Receipts at this market very light
only 20 cars for the day Receipts in
the northwest about the same as a
year ago. Cash demand disappointing.
The market closed weak with a weak
undertone.
Corn:-Ruled lower in sympathy
with wheat. The selling was mostly
for the recent bull party who appear
willing to let the market take its own
course for the present. Car situation
unchanged. Liverpool markets a shade
lower. Corn in the sample market of
q quarter Of cent. Sales to the sea-
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
NEW YORK LETTER.


New York, March 2.-The stock mar
ket opened irregular this morning
with professional traders rather con
FUSED as tc which side of the market
10, operate upon. Lower prices from
London for the American shares in
daeed quite a little selling here at
the opening. The same erratic tone
was noticeable IN the Reading issues.
This stock is the undoubted leader of
the market at present. 1t opened at
116 7s sold down to 114B and back to
l16$s. The same class of trading in
1t as heretofore, the Frick crowd milk
ing the market both ways. on any
severe break they buy sufficient stock
to boost the market up and on the
rally sell 1t out again. The usual rum
or about the Reading company con
templating the issuing of a block of
short time notes viii not down. This
bear factor is dished up every time the
market becomes weak.
st. Paul, Union Pacific and Copper
We're inclined to weakness IN the early
trading but later rallied and closed
with very little change IN prices from
that of yesterday.
The bank statement was little bet
ter than the trade generally expected,
after It's publication a spasmodic rally
was instituted throughout the list. 1t
was. however, of short duration, on the
advance liberal selling orders appeared
which took the edge off the market.
The close of the market on the whole
was irregular and feverish. Some of
the shrewest traders in Wall street are
beginning to talk more optimistic on
the situation in view of the fact that
stocks have had a decline of an aver
age of about ten points. They argue
that a rally in prices is in order if
only temporary.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
Literary Fame.

'Zangwill, said magazine editor,
entered literature by the back stairs.
Instead of submitting his first story
to the magazine he had it printed in
pamphlet form, and sold it on the
news stands at a cent a copy. He
made out of it $3.50. Now had this
story been submitted to me l should
undoubtedly have rejected it.
'Zangwill has turned to plays be-
cause he doesn't think there is much
in books. Once I heard him say bit
terly:
"If you are blessed with talent,
great industry and eonceit 1t is possi-
bic. by dint of shaving day and night,
for years. during the flower of your
youth, to attain to fame infinitely less
widespread than a prize fighters
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
HARTMAN AND THE CANAL.

No matter what exists in the public
mind as an estimate of E. H Hartman
the crowned king of railroads, his simple
statements in regard to the building
OF the Panama canal, stamp him as q
man of sound, practical common sense.
He will find a great many who will
subscribe to his notion that federal
red tape is not a good shovel. He
would like to build the canal himself
and no doubt he would build it if he
assumed the task. But he would not
assume the task unless he could he
left untrammeled in the exercise Of his
judgment. He would not brook the in
reference and clogging of vacilIating
commissions, meddlesome congressional
committees, self-seeking senator's
scolding magazine writer's and fussy
presidents He would hire the men he
wanted and pay them enough to keep
them on the job. He would not have
to wait weeks and months to have his
work passed upon by persons who
know less about it than himself. In
short he would build the canal as he
would build railroad and his simple
system Of building railroads is to build
them. 1t is a patent fact that the gov
ernment gets less for a dollar than the
private individual or corporation gets
for so cents and that it takes more
time to put up a four-story federal
building than it does to put up a ten
story bank. BY the time the govern
ment gets through spending a million
dollars on the construction of a $780,
600 postofice the structure is either
too small for the city it is supposed
TO ornament and accommodate, or it is
ready to fall down This may be
thing apart but it involves the point
that Mr. Hartman is getting at The
digging of the Panama canal would be
a staple proposition in the hands of
the man who rebuilt the Union Pa
cifc 1t woud be simple proposition
in the hands OF the men who are
building Gary.
OF course. If Mr.. Hartman or the
United states Steel corporation built
the Panama canal the United States
would not own it. but If 1t is meant
that the present generation shall live
to sail through 1t that is the way it
shall have to be built.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
Between Trains
Reserve Seats Selling.

A Muncie dentist has signed a con-
tract to pull the tooth Of a big lion
in the Wallace menageries, now in
winter quarters at the mouth Of the
Mississinewa. He proposes to put the
lion under the influence of laughing
gas, remove him from the cage and
then try to complete the yanking pro-
cess before the animal wakes IN and
offers the dentist all the teeth in his
possession. Reserved seats eight or
nine miles from the farm ought to
cammond premium while this per
formance is being pulled off.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
That Currency Increase.

But cen should congress pass an act
10 make more ones, twos, flves and
tens
OF legal tender (things we've lacked).
Would help humble citizens
Who by their creditors are racked?
We greatly fear it would not, but
wed plot along the same old rut
The while those fat. unbusted
trusts,
Which parry all our cuts and
thrusts,
Would have 'em in their safes tight
shut.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02

board light. Cash demand for domes-
TIC consumption small The specula-
tive market steady with a slight loss
for the day
Oats;-Dul. narrow market with a
lower tendency. Nothing in the news
10 cause fluctuations in values. The
ohIy trade observable was that of pro-
resslonal scalpers who trade for small
prohts. Absence Of outside specula-
ton IN this market does not stimulate
activity. Cash demand fair for a Sat
urday, The market closed steady.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02

proud Of. such a newspaper when pass
Ing years have demonstrated its pur-
pose, must find that it has a uniaue
place IN the community-a place i'm
possible Of attainment by any individ-
ual or by any other institution.
No individual. no other institution.
IS given such responsibilities or must
meet such requirements. In such a
newspaper is concentrated a range OF
endeavor impossible to any individual
and 1t takes on the quality of citizen
shlp-a quality denied to the product
OF any other observation-disclosures Citv
Star
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
In the Garden of Eden.

Adam (returning to dinner, to Evel
GOOD heavens! o, these womenl
They cant leave anything alone. You
nave gone and made salad out of nv
Sunday elothes+Bon Vivant.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
WEATHER FORECAST.

Chicago and Yicinity-Fair tonight
and probably Sunday; not much change
in temperature; minimum temperature
Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, Iowa, North and South
Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Montana
Falr tonight and Sunday; not much
change in temperature.
Lower higan-Generally fair to-
night and Sunday except snow fiurries
west; colder tonight
Upper Internationally fair to-
night and Sunday except snow fiurries
near Lake Superior tonight.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
The Independent Newspaper.

\ newspaper that at the outset Joins
its destiny to that of it's community.
determined to win success for itself
by striving continually for advance
ment for the town. to encourage the
making OF that town better, and
better and yet ever better place to live
in and to do business in and to be
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
Chirp of the Cricket,

According to a government natur-
alist crickets have tendency to chirp
synchronously. or in time with each
other. 1t is said by this scientist
that they chirp more rapidly in warm
than in cold weather The increase
has even been rated at four chirps a
minute for one degree Fahrenheit rise
in temperature
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
Suicide Among Negroes.

The number of negroes committing
suicide is increasing rapidly each year,
but before emancipation such thing
as negro killing himself was almost
unheard Of Now they occur with
great frequency.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
For Sale

Nine room home on Michigan ave-
nue. near Holman. Bath, gas. hot
and cold water; so foot lot; street
Improvements; paid in full. $4,000.
Six room cottage on Douglas ave.
nue.. A snap at $1,000.
Twenty-Five lots on Calumet ave.
nue. $175 and up. Easy terms.
Two hundred and ten acre farm
near North Judston, $50 per acre:
will take Hammond property as part
payment.
Lots in G. C. Smiths add. to Ham,
mond $500 each. Easy terms.
Thirty-two foot lot 149th street and
Ash. A snap at $500.
JAC0BS0N'S AGENCY,
" So. Holman st.
Phone 1894. Residence 1882.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02

IT MAY be pardonable at times to
pun word in by the wool for the pur-
pose OF adorning a lie but 1t is never
pardonabIe to spell it wrong In the
bright lexicon of youth, middle age or
sen1lity there is no such word as Tar
cenious."
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
The Ostrich Habit.

They say that when an ostrich is
surprised he hides his head in the
sand"
1 wish to thunder he'd ever
iastingly hide his tail there" observed
the man who had just settled a blood
curdling millinery bill.-Boston Tran
script
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
Southwestern Receipts and Shipments
Wheat
Primary Movement.
LIVE STOCK MARKET

Union Stock Yards, March 2.-Hog
receipts $4,000; market steady; left
Light, $3.50 to 700; mixed. $3.50 to
7.o5; heavy, s6.7? to 7.o5; rough. S6.75
Cattle receipts, 200; market unchang
ed.
Sheep receipts. 1900; market, un-
changed.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02

s,aeSu, 1asw York March 2.-There was con-
I-ntan 1taoie profit taking in Reading and
tba l Faeitic and other stocks. but
vat s,ots are apparently not drawn in
~, ,nr @iIa the selling has not made much
f1rn, -1,' 07S'oh' Tone OF market fairly
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02

1T IS important # true that the sen
ate has confirmed the nominations of
Chairman Shonts and Chief Engineer
Stevens of the Isthmian canal, sub
mitted fortnight ago. in view of the
fact that both gentlemen have resigned.
Without this confirmation the canal
could not hope to be built
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02

THE LEGISLATURE will adjourn in
another week and the governor has al
ready signed some five or six bills and
has vetoed another. Mr., Hanly may
well say with the boy who was assign
ed fifteen tasks for the day, and was
caught lighting with another boy at
the close of the day. when I get
through with the job I'm at and do
fourteen more 1 will be all through"
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02

PROBABLY the s34.oOQ.0oo Chicago
& Alton steal looks nc bigger to the
railroad magnates than the cheating of
street car company out Of 4 five cent
fare look to the ordinary patron of
the railroads.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02

). F. Morgan & Company have pur-
chased and are now offering $4,000, 900
Atlantic Coast Line year per cent
notes and s5,o00,000 Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad company three year 5
per cent notes. The total issue of the
Louisville q Nashville was s6,50O,0
OF which Sl,5o0,O00 has already been
placed privately.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
LIVERPOOL MARKETS

Liverpool. March 2.-Wheat closed
ne-eighth lower; corn, three eighths
TO one-half lower.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02

THE INCIDENTS preceding the ad
Journment Of congress suggest that
boys VIII be boys even after they have
ceased to be boys.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
Stock Yards.

Union Stock Yards, March 2.-Hoga
closed weak.
Light, $3.50 to 700; mixed. $3.50 to
7.o5; heavy, s6.S5 to 7.o5; rough, s6.75
Cattle and sheep closed unchanged.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02

FROM A REPORT published in one
of the Chicago morning papers it can
be taken that Hammond is still re-
garded as a place of iniquity either by
a certain class OF Chfcagoans or BY
some of its newspapers. They seem
to think that when an Individual wants
TO drop into obscurity temporarily all
he has 70 do is to blow into Hammond.
This is re-tmpressed on reading in the
Chicago papers that George ". Fitz-
gerald, the suspected asserting teller
in the sub-treasury where the S17S.00O
is missing. was reported to be in Ham
mond in order to avoid further notori-
ETY.. That Fitzgerald was found in the
sub-treasury at the time when he was
said to be here, does not, however.
change the opinion that is being inti-
mated of Hammond in certain circles.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02

IT MUST be a terrible blow to man
to be asked out OF a clear sky whether
he is dead, when as a matter of fact
he is out in the back lot in the calm
pursuance Of his duty. feeding the
stock. There is some comfort. how
ever. in the knowledge that the re-
ported demise created enough Of a
sensation TO cause the police TO hitch
UP the ambulance without so much as
verifying the report. Some men are
born great, some achieve greatness and
some have greatness thrust upon them
Christ Goetz is entered in the third
class.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02
GRAIN MARKET.

Chicago, March Car lots today:
Wheat, % cars; corn, 374 cars; oats
13o cars; hogs, 10000 head.
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02

mere is practically no invos..
ouying or buying for a Lone ,,,l Iilent
clearly indicated by the dnI9., pun, as
Io1ows any substantial raIiv .nat nj,
tact Is that the investna,t ne
mas become so timid beoanse s1sineht ns en-
developments in the Hartman ~ me
cation that they are REMAINING So = Il
OF the market, while the big 9rs.ss eAr
are thoroughly disgusted. ''"ueFs
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02

One of the most uncommon things
IN the world is what is known as COM
mon sense
The Lake County times., 1907-03-02

THE ARREST Of the men who stole
s173.00O from the United States sub
treasury in Chicago still remains a
matter Of hourly possibility.