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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31

GENTLY SHE EXPLAINED THAT SHE HAD
BEEN HIRED TO TEACH THE SCHOOL.
ulate herself that the boy against
not SO bad after all.
In vain his fellows looked for some
outbreak, and finally Tommy English
tWitted him on his susceptibility.
HE wants to marry her when he
grows up he jeered. Hell be bring
Ing her apples an candy next. The
amt afraid; he's just soft, that's all"
The glbe struck home, for Tim had
a big apple in his desk that he was
thinking of giving Miss Murtha If he
did not feel tempted to eat 1t himself
during the noon hour.
II amt a-skeered Of her." he said
contemptuously. Il was just waitin'
till could think somethin' up"
Yah" jeered Tommy. II didn't say
you was a-skeered- 1 said You was
stuck on the teacher"
The iron entered Tins soul. and,
with a dark You wait and see" he
raced of to the well.
He came stamping in when the bell
rang and went to his desk with a swag
ger that was quite like his old time
bearing. The desk next him was emp
ty. and with infinite care he twisted
two bits of slate pencil into rubber
band and dropped them into the other
desk. The unwinding band ratified the
pencils around in the empty box with
a crash that stopped the Fourth Reader
class and directed the eyes of the
whole school on him. Tim tried to look
unconcerned, but he could not refrain
from casting a glance Of triumph at
Tommy English. and therein lay his
undoing. for the teachers eyes were
quick and her intuition keen.
Tim" she said sharply. You will
stay in after school tonight"
4 amt done nothin'," he declared
stoutly.
Il did not say that you had she said
quietly. Il said that I wished you to
remain after school this evening"
Jaw" cried Tim. that amt fairr'
She said nothing. but went on quietly
with the class work. Tim had expected
her to answer, that he might talk back
again He could not understand this
quiet ignoring Of the matter and sat
silent and uncertain.
During the noon hour Tommy Eng
ush sought to persuade him into defy
ing the teacher, but when 4 o'clock
came and he made as though to go out
with the others a firm hand was laid
upon his shoulder, and Miss Murtha's
quiet voice reminded him that he was
TO stay in.
To stay after school meant to spend
q certain time IN study. Tim scufied
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31

They have been making quite a fuss
in Colorado this summer over the dis
covery of Pixies peak, as though it
had been a hard thing to do.
While it is true that it would have
remained undiscovered as yet in it's
grandeur and loneliness if some one
hadn't happened around, still the en-
thusiasts would hardly claim that dis
covering it was as difficult a task as
finding q needle in haystack
The mountain hadn't crawled in a
hole nor was it hiding behind a sage
bush when Pike happened along. AS
we understand it, it was standing
around on its base waiting to be dis
covered.
Great credit is doubtless due to the
intrepid explorers who brushed past
the Indians and took this grand old
mountain in out of the cold, but still a
man would have to be short sighted
who could pass it without noticing
something, it is SO very, very obvious.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
The Naughty Pilgrims.

1t is a great comfort to the rest Of
us who find it rather trying at times
to be a perpetual example to the young
10 learn that the pilgrim fathers were
only human and that some Of them
worked quite industriously at it.
Secretary Long has been digging
down into the records with deodor-
ICED muck rake and he finds that some
of those whom we We're taught to re-
gard as model citizens were only so in
spots. And while as suspicious char
acters they didn't approach to the
heights attained by the present Massa-
chusetts legislature, they did the best
they could in that direction, according
to their limited opportunities.
However, if we viii look closely into
the lives of most any people, no matter
what pretentions they make we will
usually find that they can prove rela-
tionship to Adam without much of an
effort, SO we may throw the mantle of
charity over the pilgrims, meanwhile
keeping up an industrious search for
the beam in our own eye.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
The star and Her Public.

OF course materially the star Is ex-
tremely well off She can, If she has
any business instinct whatever, easily
become q rich woman. She earns, we
will say, $500 a week and a percentage
Of the box Office receipts. At that rate
she need not be miserly to accumulate
a tidy fortune in the course of a few
successful years A few successful
years! All, there's the rub The public
Is dear, kind, sympathetic. fattering-
and tickle. Its regard is immediate and
perhaps ephemeral. 1t adores you this
year, hocks to see you, bursts its gloves
applaudfng you, warns the cookies of
your heart with its ready smiles, its
ready signs, losses you flowers, sends
you notes, makes you walk upon air
with gladness. And next year it doesn't
care for your play or there is some one
new, some one bewitching, enthralling.
Your personal popularity has evapo-
rated And you see yourself going the
inevitable way-the way that greater
actresses and greater favorites than
you have gone before you. to their neg
lected, half contemptuously pitied old
age-to the drummed up benefits and
the condescendingly bestowed charity.
Ethel Barrymore in Harper's Bazaar.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
Gn6aSdVG
PunfC6U7 emf
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
Copyright. 1906, by May McKeon
By JOHN J. o'CoNNOR

It was October when Tim came to
school. The family had been visiting
relatives in the west, and he had re
Joiced IN the prolonged vacation 1t
seemed rather hard to have to go back
to school, and it was with laggard feet
that he headed, with the rest Of the
scholars. toward the little frame build
ing where the tender mind Of district
No. was trained
The new teachers soft" volunteer
cd Tommy English. THE other day
Bill Hendricks brought a bean blower
and shot the teacher in the back, and
all she said was, Please don't
guess there's going to be fun"
Tim smiled weakly. 1t was encour-
aging to know that he could practice
his devilments without the risk Of a
thrashing. The last teacher had been
a man, and Tim had had good reason
to remember him, for of the younger
boys Tim was the ringleader, just as
Hendricks was the leader Of the older
boys. That Bill had eventually thrash
ed the teacher and forced him to re-
sign just before the end of the spring
term was no great consolation to Tim.
The trustees had put In a woman
teacher as an experiment, thinking that
perhaps feminine appeal might be
more potent than the hickory switch.
Tim rather expected q gaunt old lady,
as a certain Miss Flint had been, and
when he made his appearance in the
schoolroom and presented himself be-
fore the teacher he was shocked to
find so young a woman.
Marion Murtha was only nineteen,
and her fresh coloring and the liquid
brown eyes made so deep an impress
sion on him that for the first ten days
he was one of the model scholars, and
Miss Murtha was beginning to congrat-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
Fatal T,oconotive RIov In

Fort Wayne, Ind. jan 31-Penn-
sylyania railroad engine pulling a
freight train exploded twelve miles
west of here. killing two men, seri-
ously injuring another and practical
w demolishing theentire train Of TWEEN
ty empty stock cars. The engineer OF
the train w. c. Bender, or TT Wayne
had his head and shoulders literally
blown off Fireman Erwin Lowe was
terribly bruised and scalded. dying
within ON hour The head brakeman
B. J. Hogan, of Fort Wayne, was SCI
riously injured about the spine and
shoulders.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
Claim Agents Meet.

Cincinnati. O., Jan. 3L-Nearly all
railroads of any Importance in the Uni
ted States We're represented at the con-
vention of freight claim agents which
opened in this city yesterday. More
than 100000 miles of road were repre-
scented by over 800 claim agents, who
were called to order by Robert Kirk
land of the Illinois Central, president
Of the association. Secretary W. B.
Taylor explained that this was spec
ial convention to prepare a program for
the annual session at Denver in June
To an address Of welcome by Mayor
Dempsey a response was made by
President Kirkland Many Of tho dele
gates We're accompanied by their
wives.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
THAT PRINCETON FAILURE
President of the Elevator Company
Cannot Account for the Absence
of Assets

Princeton, Ind, jan 31.-One week
ago Henry II. Agar, exrepresentative
in the legislature and one Of the best
known grain men in southern Indiana,
disappeared from boat on the Wa
bash river near Mount Carmel. III.
Search was made at once for the body
on the supposition that he had been
drowned, but it could not be found
Now the president Of the Princeton
Elevator company, Of which Agar was
secretary and treasurer and practically
managed the business. has appeared in
the circuit court and asked for the ap-
pointment of a receiver.
He said he could not account, for
the complicated condition Of the az
fairs Of the company. as there ought
to be thousands of bushels Of wheat
In elevators in which there is none, yet
there is nothing to show what became
OF the wheat II sold or Of the money
if the grain was turned into cash. It
is now questioned if Agar was really
drowned when he disappeared from
the boat
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
Accident stilI ! Mystery.

Terre Haute. Ind. Jan. 81. = The
Indiana railroad commission has con-
cluded its investigation of the disas-
ter at Sanford on Jan. 10, and left
for Fowler to investigate the accident
there. The inquiry here did not deveI-
op the cause of the accident,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31

one of the most interesting features
of engineering now engaging tile at
tention of the scientific world is the
digging Of the new tunnel through the
Ration mountains IN New Mexico The
work has just been started and viii
take several years to complete Its
purpose IS to avoid the steep grades
on the approach to the mountain. one
being the steepest grade on the entire
Santa Fe system. This Improvement
will cost many thousands OF dollars,
but viii be a great relief in moving
trains.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31

State Secretary of Internal Affairs
Isaac B. Brown has prepared a state
ment showing the marvellous develop
ment of street railways in Pennsylva-
MIA during the last few years. In his
report to the Bureau of Railways of
internal affairs he shows that twenty
years ago the street railway companies
of Pennsylvania We're capitalized at
S25,5S8.811. Now they are capitalized
at S183,653441. Then there were sixty
seven corporations making reports,
now there arc 23S. In 1887 the cost of
the road equipment is represented to
have been $12,336.o69 now it is $14O,-
.916,495. The total trackage was then
519 miles, now it is 1925 miles.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
Wasns So 90 sir,,n

Messrs. Barratt, an English firm, hit
upon an ingenious device to keep
wasps away from an exhibition of
confectionery they are holding. All
round the outside of the marquee in
which the exhibition is being held sir
up has been placed, and the contriv-
ance has worked SO splendidly that
scarcely q single wasp has been seen
in the tent
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
Trainmen Appear in Court.

Deputy Prosecutor Parks received
word that the four b. & o. trainmen
Indicted by Porter county grand jury
which investigated the Woodviue
wreck would be here this afternoon to
give bond for their appearance in
court when the cases are caIled.-val-
paraiso Messenger.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
RAILROAD NOTES.

The troubles Of lines west Of Chi
cago over pass enger rates have been
adjusted, and the rates and sales Of
tickets which threatened to make some
trouble have been so arranged that
conditions viii continue tremendously.
much TO the qualification of connecting
lines east Of Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
DanGerous.

Kind Lady-My poor man. viii you
never keep away from booze?
Rummy Robinson-Weu mum, dere
IS one boose keep away from.
Kind Lady-And what booze Is that?
Rummy Why, de caboose.
OATS where de brakemen ride.-Chica-
go News
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
Bov of 70 T,.ies Sricide

Greenfield, Ind. Jan Because
his mother punished him for going
skating after she had forbidden him
to DO So Frank Hill, u years old, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Hill. of this city.
swallowed carbolic acid. and his life
was saved only by prompt medical
attention.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31

The small boy who says he likes to
90 to school is striving to be q hero
for his country's good.
When approaching Il millionaire it is
mighty hard to find the blind side.
Joy doesn't 20 around calling atten
ton to itself with half the persistency
that sorrow does.
Sometimes it looks as if only the wise
people are the fools
Your conscience is like your watch
not to be depended upon unless you
keep it always in running order.
Some people never have anything to
give, not even friendly greeting, I'M
less they can collect a toll for 1t.
Ignorance is rich in assurance and
superstition.
The natural bent of some men is the
crook of the elbow.
Trying to have good time comes
for choice just before trying not TO
have toothache.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
Value Of SeIfnari.l

Teach self-denial and make its prac
tice pleasurable. and you create for
the world destiny more sublime
than ever issued from the brain of the
widest dreamer-Sir Walter Scott.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
FROM DOWN
THE STATE
Telegraph News by Direct
Wire from All Over
Indiana.

rndiapaDolis. Jan. 31.-The explosion
81 mine No. Z, of the Dering Coal com
many. near Clinton, on the morning Of
Ian. IA. in which seven miners were
killed and four injured, was due, in
the opinion Of James Taylor, state
mine inspector Of Illinois, to powder
and not gas, fire damp or coal dust
As an expert witness, Taylor gave tes-
timony before a joint committee of the
senate and house, which is Investigate
ing the disaster God alone knows
what caused the explosion" the Wit
ness said, but in my opinion fire
dropped from the lamp of a miner into
q keg Of powder, which he had opened
with a pick, and his body was found
not far from where the explosion orig
mated"
He Found Little Trace of Gas.
The Illinois inspector said that the
explosion originated in what is known
as entry No. 10. 1t was not a terrific
explosion be said He found seven
powder kegs, but could not tell how
much powder they contained at the
time Of the explosion. He also found
other kegs which had also been opened
by miners with picks and these kegs
had gone through the explosion with
out their contents being touched off.
Tie said he tested for gas and fire
damp and found little trace Of either.
Coal Dust Cannot Explode.
'TheTe was no evidence of an ex-
plosion Of coal dust" he said In the
history of Illinois coal mining there
never was a coal dust explosion. Coal
dust cannot explode of itself, but it
can act as feeder to gases in a mine.
but the dust must first find a fame
which viii distill the gas it contains.
Then it can explode, or its gas can"
Tho witness said that at no time and
under no conditions should a miner be
allowed to use eight pounds of powder
In a blast to bring down the coal.
Inspectors Have Too Much to DO.
No state ID the Union, he said. which
produces as much coal as Indiana has
as few inspectors. The inspector in
Indiana has many more duties to look
after th0n does an inspector IN any
other state Under the present in
spection methods in Indiana" the I'LL
nOis man said, lit is a physical impos-
sibility for the mines to be duly in
spected.'
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
A New Kind.

do you mean to say that you are
real live cowboy"
''That IS the profession I follow for
a living"
rs it possible? I have been with
you for half day and you haven't
spoken a line Of magazine dialect"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
How's This9

We offer one Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Hairs Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY & co, Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned. have known
T. J; Cheney for the last 10 years,
and believe him perfectly honorable in
all business transactions and fnan-
cially able 70 carry out any obligations
made by his firm.
Walding. KInngn & Marvin.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Q.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Intern
ally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
5e boftia s sg9t re s PT9s 80 cents
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31

Rumors have been circulated among
the railroad people especially, regard
ing changes among the higher Of
fcials Of the Erie railroad. 1t is stated
that F. d. Underwood. president of the
Erie Railroad company, will resign
and that in his place will be one of
the leading men on the official roll of
the company.
The man slated for the new presi-
dent is George T. Brownell, vice presi-
dent and general solicitor of the road.
Mr. Underwood 1T IS understood, is con-
sidering a higher step in the railroad
work and viii leave on that account
Although the resignation has not been
affirmed and no appointments Of sue
cessors made, it is thought the change
is quite probable.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31

The Railway Protective bureau.
through Commissioner Donald of the
Central Passenger association, has ap-
pealed to the interstate commerce COM
mission in earnest to consider the ap-
plicatlon In the act to regulate COM
meree to the elimination Of ticket
scalpers, and the commission has
agreed to hear the argument OF the
railway men in the near future.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31

Be good and let who viii be cleve,
This ancient saw is understood,
] fear. today to read this way:
Be clever. Let who viii be good.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
With the Crowd.

TT is disreputable to 90 into politics
for what there is in IT."
''Sdli fellow doesn't feel so lonelJ
eNen -
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31

The Baltimore & Ohio road presented
Samuel S. Bailey, an operator for the
Western Maryland railroad at Junior,
o., a handsome check for catching a
runaway Baltimore & Ohio engine that
had escaped from Bellington, W. Va,
and was running past the young mans
station at the rate Of fifteen miles an
hour with no one on 1t. Young Bailey
stopped the engine just in time to pre-
vent serious collision and wreck,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31

The Monon is pushing the construc-
ton Of its Indianapolis & Louisville
branch, over thirty miles Of the track
between Clay City and Wallace June
ton. having been laid. And within
ninety days the company expects TO
have the road completed and in opera
ton in connection with the Monon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31

The Monon line earned in tho third
week of January $9O,S99. Since July
2 the lines have earned s3,132.921
The Glover Leaf earned in the third
week OF January $7O938. Since July
y the earnings have been 1925, 408.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31
Huraor ana Philosophy
BY DUNCAN NJ. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

An innocent look is good stock in
trade.
Feeling bad for other people on ac-
count of their bad children is a pleas
ant exclamation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31

Sometimes it looks as if only the wise
people are the fools.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31

When approaching a millionaire it is
mighty hard to find the blind side.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31

Some people never have anything to
give, not even a friendly greeting, IN
less they can collect a toll for 1t.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-31

Ignorance is rich in assurance and
superstition.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-09-12

/ VIM olfax aS anesznn y4<axm sPROsPECT
HILL, Opposite I1ouaxdtoWn, retaining my
dwelling and 10 acres hround 10. The part for
sale contains aho<x DO acres-e0 In timber.
Good wAeer-front with oyster shore. Good
house, three large harna with bton scales In
driveway. also large cellar. Wen and pump
In barn. Large saodz. Farm II one Of the
best In the county WIN cell ON easy terms
GEO. II. PABST,
Prospect Hul Farm,
LeonaFdt0wn, Nd.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-09-12
FOR SALE Ar A sACRAFICE.

Good larm near Mechanicsville, Md,
containing lao acres nicely situated to
ell eonyeniences. z room dwelling all
necessary outbuildings. Price 10000,
will take a mortgage for 100000 for 3
or 8 years. The property is fully worth
$15OO.OO, For further particulars, ad-
g. GWEN BURROUGHS,
Mechanicsville, Md.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-09-12
For Rent.

Blacksmith and Wheel Wright Shop,
With Six Room Building, and garden
attached, Recently occupied by l.. w.
Turner, at MOrganza, st. Mary's County,
Nd. One OF the best locatians in the
Co.. for q good Blacksmith and Wheel
Wright. Possession given at once,
Apply to
4. y. MORGAN,
May 16-tf, Leonardtown, Nd.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-09-12
For Sale.

I Yoke OF Young Oxen partly broken;
2 Large Mich Cows to pail full blood
Jersey; other half breed. A lot OF good
Pennsylvania Seed Wheat (Fultz.)
II interested call and examine or write
for particulars,
]. c. REEVES,
Sept. 5-1m. Chsptico, Nd.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-09-12

Want to sell eight Water Front Lots,
from two TO three acres each. Begin-
ming from the line adjoining Freeman's
Farm along Britton's Bay from North
20 South good high land and Oyster
tront. For particulars apply TO
g. G. i. and Anna HoLrz,
Aug. 2e-1m. Britton's p. o.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-09-12

At the solicitation Of many friends
throughout the County. / hereby an
nounce myself as q Democratic Candi-
date for the House Of Delegates. Ask
ing the support Of all Democrats, and
the people generally, and promising my
best efforts, II elected, for the best inter
est Of my native County.
Very respectfully,
GEO. Il. GARNER.