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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
Holiday Crowds.

For some men 1t Is sufficient recrea.
ton to have no work. The moment
that the "knapsack of custom" falls
from their backs they are happy. Not
to awake in the morning with the
thought of what must be done IN the
day Is In itself a sufficient recreation.
Naturally they have no very definite
taste in holidays. They go where 1t
suits their purses or their wives or
their children. To such men, though
they may spend all their working days
In the thick OF town, the sight Of ma
ture never becomes a necessity. 1t Is
q luxury, an agreeable augmentation of
the sense of doing nothing. A holiday
maker Of this type very often goes to a
watering place, one of those resorts
which 1T Is now the fashion for cult
waited people to desplse. Such con-
tempt Is affectation. A number of hap
py people create, no doubt, an exhilarat-
ing atmosphere. Well behaved pleas
ure seekers make an agreeable and
ever changing picture. A well kept
public garden, a good band and a fine
view form attractions which no con-
tinental affects to despise, and English
people do not despise it either If only
the brightly dressed crowd should hap
pen to talk in a foreign tongue.-Lon-
don Spectator.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
Flying Solved.

Santos-D umont says 1t is as easy as
falling off log.
He has it doped off that ere long We
will be throwing our autos away-that
is, those of us who have them, and the
others may then buy them for a song
just for the purpose of throwing them
away-and sailing off to business or
pleasure or away from our creditors.
There IS a heap of romance in the
possibility of flying. If all that man
has to do is to buckle up the straps,
ask the lady next door if his wings are
on straight and sail away. pray who
would stop in a country that didn't
suit him?
1t would be the sunny south on
diet of bread, fruit and bananas In
winter and the woods of Canada on
fish and game in the summer, and
meanwhile wondering as he flew over
why the few who remained home at
work did It. 1t looks good, and, while
the perfect wings are not here yet, the
cautious man may well think OF SELL
ing his railway stock
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
THEATRICAL NOTES.
AMATUER's TRY OUT.

After the performance of The Farm
ers daughter" last night given by the
DarlympIe Comedy company, the stage
was turned over to local talent and
some very interesting numbers was
rendered. Master Cyrus Campbell cap
tured the first prize which was $500:
Artie Finding came in for the second
and received $3,00; and Miss Emma
Koegler got third money which was
$500. All did exceedingly well and it
was difficult to decide which should
have the money.
The Dalrymple Comedy company
closes its engagement tonight with a
thrilling melo-drama, Sidewalks of
New York" a play written for their
leading lady, Miss Nina Griffin. who
has become a favorite with Hammond
theatre goers. Her work is natural
and with a personality that wins for
her many friends. This splendid com
pany has made a mex box-office record
that will be difficult for other roper
toire companies to reach, an immense
business having been done all week.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
NEW YORK LETTER.

New York, Jan. 12.-Notwithstandin
lower prices from London this morn
lng' the local stock market did not re-
Meet this weakness. On. the contrary
stocks opened strong and higher with
81 Paul the strongest issue on the list.
1t opened at 154% and quickly ad-
Vanced to 1861 on the very best class
OF buying both for investment and spec
ulative account. 1t is believed in well
informed circles that the Standard Oil
crowd are behind this bull movement in
st. Paul and it is thought more than
likely it will take the place of the
Hartman issues as a leader in the
stock market. There was no especial
news given out as to the cause of the
strength only that the company Is
showing large earnings, furthermore
there is apparently an unwieldy short
interest in it ever since the stock sold
"ex-rights" some time ago. Ultimately
this short interest will be made to COW
er and in all probability at much higher
prices.
OF the other railroad shares, South
ern Pacific was the strongest. Large
blocks of it We're traded in all during
the half holiday market. The buying
was presumably for the Hartman in
terest as brokers who usually operate
for them were the conspicuous pur-
chasers of the stock. 1t scored an ad-
vance of two points for the day ano
closed within fraction of the high
point.
The bank statement was construed as
favorable although it was not much
better than the trade generally ex-
pected 1t. however. had practically
no effect upon prices, the market con-
tinuing in it's even tenor after its pub
location.
The market closed rather strong
with fair advances here and there
throughout the list.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
Parchment.

Parchment is the skin of sheep or
other animals prepared in sheets to
render them fit for being written upon.
The heavier parchment, used for
drumheads, is made from skins of
asses, older calves, wolves and goats.
All these are similarly prepared. The
skin, being freed from the hair, is
placed In a lime pit to cleanse 1t from
fat. The pelt is then stretched upon
frame, care being taken that the
surface is free frem wrinkles The
flesh is then pared off with a circular
knife. 1t is then moistened and whit
ing spread over it. The workman then
with a large pumice stone rubs the
skin. He next goes over 1t with an
iron instrument and rubs It carefully
with pumice stone, without chalk. The
skin is gradually dried, tightening be-
ing occasionally required.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
Southern immigration.

The recent success OF South Carolina
in inducing immigration suggests to
the Louisville Courier-Journal reflec-
tions on the whole subject of southern
immigration.
The absence OF any means of OBJ
tanning immigrants except through in
dividual effort has been a great draw
back to the south and has existed
during the many decades in which the
northern and northwestern states have
been settled from that source. There
being no public lands in the south. the
tide of immigration flowed westward
under the inducement offered by the
homestead law and lands held at low
prices by the government and rail-
roads. Thus the northern states profited
without the expense which the south
ern states must incur In securing add
tons to their population But It will
be money well expended and soon re
paid by the increased prosperity which
will result from the movement.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
WITH THE EDITORS,
The Labor CRATER.

We hear continually charges of
graft in high places and undoubtedly
many men of supposedly excellent
character, prominent in social and
some of them even in religious circles,
have proven false to the trust which
their fellows have reposed in them.
Some of the worst OF recent disclosures
however, concern workingmen and
men who have been trusted leaders of
organized labor.
The scandals of San Francisco bring
into prominence the blackmailing and
dishonesty of professional friends OF
labor" and news dispatch from
Philadelphia tells Of swindlers who.
posing as labor leaders opposed to
strikes, have recently obtained many
thousands Of dollars from business
men in that city. According to sworn
testimony of a union officer, he and
the president of the international or
ganization OF teamsters called the
great Chicago strike, which resulted
in the loss OF several lives and mil
lions of dollars for a brlbe Of $500.
paid by the Garment Workers union
which wanted a sympathetic strikei
The grating operation Of Sam Parks
and his gang are still fresh in the
minds of New Workers, reminding the
people that there Is no grating in the
world that can outclass that of walk
ing delegate. These reflections are
not made for the purpose Of casting
opprobrium upon labor unions as such
but to remind those who are clamor-
ing against the corruption of the rich
that human nature is a good deal the
same among the rich and poor 1t is
not beyond the bounds of reason tie
suppose that some of the San Fran
cisco boodlers who now seem on the
road to receive their deserts may have
been the loudest IN their denunciations
of corporate rascality, while they were
themselves receiving blackmail from
corporations and from sources still
less reputaole-Leslie's Weekly.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
DIFFICULT TO STEER A SHIP.
Man at the Helm Works with the Cur
tains Tightly Drawn.

The work of steering a great ship,
Is much more delicate than one would
Imagine. The larger and faster the
ship the greater is the difficulty. 1t is
not enough to hold the wheel in the
same position to keep the ship on her
course, for the wind and waves and
the currents of the ocean tend CON
stantly to knock the ship off her
course. The great wall of steel-for
the hull may be 700 feet long and so
feet high-offers a broad target for
the wind and waves.
The art of steering is to humor the
ship to these forces and when she is
DETECTED to bring her back quickly to
her course. If you could watch the
pinnacle. especially in bad weather
you would see the needle of the com
pass constantly shifting from side to
side, which means that the great
steel Prov is not going forward in
perfectly straight line.
The most astonishing thing about
the bridge is to find the wheelhouse
with all its curtains tightly drawn,
as often happens, and the man at the
helm steering the boat without see
ing ahead at ALL At night or even
by day, if the light of the pinnacle
is confusing, the wheelhouse is often
completely shut in The man at the
wheel, it Is explained, does not need
to look ahead. The lookout high up
in the crows nest" and the officer
on watch on the bridge will keep him
informed If any object is sighted The
duty of the man at the wheel is to
keep the ship on her course. Through
out his watch of four hours he must
keep his eyes on the compass and no
where else.-St. Nicholas.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
SOUTH WATER STREET MARKETS.

Chicago, Jan. 12.-The poultry mar
ket conmhued 70 move in an unsettled
state. Inc arrivals were not so I'D
eral as on the day before, but there
was considerable stuff carried over and
these combined offerings Were mere
than the market could absorb. The
ment al the reduced prices. In eggs
prices, Butter values remained un a.
are taking a good deal of storage stock
ana THIS Is slowing up the demand for
Quotations on round lots ranged:
Butter Receipts, 5000 tubs. Extra
creamery, jobbing, sic; price to retail
e eas, &C. prints, sac; firsts. Y q 599e
daipes C 59424e; June extrass1 n 2se
ITeeihloVated' 23c; packing stock, 19Q
Eggs--Receipts. a,1os cases. Fresh
stock at mark. new cases included or
cases returned, q a CSC; firsts. 23c;
prime nrsts packed in whitewood cases
graalng 90 per cent fresh stock, 24e;
extra, 81 per cent fresh packed for city
Potatoes Receipts. So cars wis
ceoonsiin, Minnesota, white stock: choice,
20 g Ale; choice to fancy, Michigan, 40
red and white 37@3Se; common. small
req a and white. 34Q$5c. .oaez
per bri; No 3. sl,25 ai.5o per bri.
Veal-Quotations for calves in good
order We're as follows: so TO 50 lbs
to 100 lbs fancy, 10010hc; $50 to lie
lbs, good, meaty, 5Qb1ac.
Dressed Beef-No. l ribs. 131ac; NO
| / 1oins, lee; No. l round, 7c; No.
chuck, &c; No. / plate, 4Ac.
Live Poultry-Turkeys, per Id, lie
chickens, fowls, 101Ac; springs, &c
Fruits-Apples. $1.oO035O per brl
bananas, jumbo. per bunch, s140 q / so
straight, $1-1001.25; lemons, Califor-
MA sS;00Q3.75; oranges, California
$2.25Q2.15.
Green Vegetables 4o050c pei
carrots, 40Q60c per sack; onions, 40 d
| 75c per bu; parsnips, 75c per tub
spinach, 75c per tub; turnips, 60Q65'
| per sack
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
The Engriuhman Abroad.

An English observer says that he
finds the American abroad both civil
and genial: 'I climbed to the top of
Notre Dame in Paris and found there
party from across the Atlantic enjoy
Ing lunch. The day was hot, and a
young man In the group offered me q
refreshing drink. At the top Of the
lacework In marble which is the spire
of Milan cathedral three English speak
ing men met accldentally-an Ameri-
can, an English clergyman and myself.
He who hailed from the land Of the
stars and stripes offered me his field
glass; the other did not even return
our good morning salutation. In a
beer garden at Lucerne / followed the
custom of the continent and asked per-
mission before sitting at a table OF
those already seated there. The only
one who did not raise his hat and re
ply was an EnglishmRn, and the only
one to make excuses for him was 6
young man who prefxed his words
with I guess"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
HEARD ON THE BOURsE

Bears had their inning today, but
it was only a flash in the pan. The
buying all day was better than the
selling. The whole thing was in the
Pennsylvania issue of $500, 900. 600.
They are not going to give it away. 1t
is possible to believe they want TO buy
some property that is worth something
with it.
Atchison was held In simply beauti-
full shape, if this stock doesn't go up af-
ter this racket i'll the market, then
there is no use trying to bull anything
at all at any time.
Market still very professional. All
pool work. Money is manipulated all
the time, but still the undertone is
good for higher prices.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12

The largest amount ever offered as
prize for a literary contribution Is
100000 rubles. which IS still open
for competition and will be awarded
at st. Petersburg on Dec. |, 1925, TO
the writer of the best history OF Alex
ander I. of Russia. Araktcheief, found
or Of the military colonies OF Nov
gorod, left a fortune of $4,000 gold ru-
bles to provide for this unique prize
The prize giving day is the centenary
of the Gear Alexanders death, Dy
which time the money will, it Is esti
mated, have increased to 2,000,OOO ru
bles. One-fourth of it viii be used tt
defray the cost of publishing the wors
which wins the prize.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
TRADE RETURNS IRREGULAR
Unreasonable Weather Restricts Sales
of Heavy Weight Wearing Apparel,
but Building Operations Boom.

New York, Jan. 12.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
Trade returns are irregular because of
the cratic weather, unseasonably high
temperature restricting sales Of heavy
weight wearing apparel at some points,
while business is most satisfactory in
colder sections. Freight blockades
were relieved to some extent, but there
is still much complaint of tardy deliv-
cries.
But there Is unanimity regarding the
large amount of forward business on
the books of manufacturing plants,
and general confidence in the future.
Building operations have been greatly
facilitated at the east by open wealth
er, maintaining activity in markets for
materials beyond the customary date.
Prices of all commodities declined al
most ] per cent. during December.
Liabilities Of commercial failures
thus far reported for January amount
ed to S3,26S, 450 of which $1,511, S44
were in manufacturing, S1,469,319 in
trading. and 1921, 2S7 in other CONNER
ciaI limos
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
HER DREAM DIssIPATED
WEEDS Riding Master to Find Later
That She Is No. on
His List

New York, Jan. PA cloud has
arisen to mar the happiness of Mrs.
Oscar Hauter, the pretty daughter Of
William Hoffman,, the millionaire
brewer. and her riding master with
whom she eloped on Christmas Day.
1t has become known that the man
who wooed and won her while canter-
Ing through Central park had been
married before and has two children
in school.
The first Mrs. Hauter's whereabouts
could not be learned, though she was
said to be in Harlem. Hauter de
clared that he had been divorced from
his first wife and that his second wife
knew 1t when they were married.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
Southwestern Receipts and Shipments
Wheat.
Primary Increment.
WEATHER FORECAST

Illinois-Rain south; rain or snow
north, decidedly cold south tonight
colder sunday; fair, except rain or
snow south.
Indiana-Rain south. rain or snow
north tonight; decidedly colder; Sun
day fair, except rain or snow south;
colder.
Lower Michigan-Rain or snow and
clearing tonight; decidedly colder: cold
wave west tonight; occasional SHOWS
Sunday and colder.
Minnesota-Fair and colder with cold
wave southeast tonight; fair and con-
tinued cold Sunday
Iowa and misunderstanding and
decidedly colder tonight with cold
wave tonight; fair and colder Sun
day.
Missouri-Rain or snow and decided
" colder tonight; fair and colder sun
North Dakota-Fafr tonight. colder
southeast; fair Sunday, warmer west
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
Between Trains
Impartial.

Texas judge was robbed of a
horse not long ago, and the thief, be-
ing arrested, was brought before him
for trial. The judge eyed the prison
er with deep satisfaction for a min
ute or so, and then delivered himself
OF the following:
owing to a personal prejudice the
court will not hear the case. 1t will
be tried by the bailiff, who will find
a verdict in accordance with the facts.
In the meantime" he added, impress
stvely, the court Will go outside and
find a rope and pick out a good tree
London Tit-Bits.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
POPE AND The FRENCH
Plus x Comes Out in an Encycli'
cal Against the Church
Separation Law.
CONDEMNATION Is UNREsERvED
Makes the Fight Hotter Than 1t Was
and Swings the French Bishops
Into Line-EditOrial
Comment.

Paris. Jan. 12-The eagerly awaited
papal encyclical in which the pope
explains his reasons for forbidding
the faithful to make declarations I'M
der the law of 1881, and defining his
attitude towards the amended church
and state separation law, has been pub
lished here. This formally places the
seal of official condemnation on the
new law, and his unreserved condemna-
tion, while it was expected, can only
result in further embittering the con-
test between church and state, as the
Jan. 10, must follow the orders of
Rome. no matter what Individual ideas
may be held.
Comments OF the Editors.
The newspapers this morning COM
ment at length on the encyclical. Most
of them agree that 1t shows that there
is a necessity for negotiations, but the
clerical and anti-clerieal organs dis
agree regarding who should begin
them. The Figaro considers the docu-
ment incomplete, and foresees the pub
lication Of another giving directions
| for the organization of worship. The
| Steele, moderate, declares the en-
| cyclical is rich in condolences, but says
1t does not remedy the situation. The
| Gaulois and the Soleil, clerical, consid-
er the document a clear exposition of
| the doctrine Of leaving a solution OF
| the difficulties to Christian faith.
View OF the Agnostics.
The view of the socialists and free
thinkers is expressed by Humanite,
which declares that the pope's sole de
sire is to sustain the Roman hierarchy
absolutism and autocracy before every
other consideration, and without refer.
ence to the opinions of the flock. The
Temps considers the encyclicaI proof
! that the Vatican is determined to con
| tinue the war. As an illustration Oh
what it terms the speciousness Of the
papal arguments The Temps says that
the statement that priest cannot bt
a juridicial occupant Of a church il
no longer true under the new law, ana
that the disaffection Of churches, which
the pope says was never admissible
was possibility even under the con
cordat
Government Is to Reply.
It is expected that the government
will take an early occasion to reply
to the encyclical, either in the form
Of communique or by declaration il
parliament.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12

WHAT are those who cry out in
horror when a negro brute who is
dealt with summarily In the south, go
ing to do about that episode at
Charles City. Ia? Will the fact that
the Iowa lynchers opened their party
with prayer and that few ministers
were present, take the curse off the
proceedings? Does it make any differ
enee whether the mob approaches the
jail prayerfully and anticipates the
ends of justice with a crow-bar, OF
whether 1t cuts out the prayers and
intimidates the sheriff with a shot
gun? Can the Iowa lynchers assume
a class superior to the southern lynch
ers?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
In the Barnyard.

i hate to see a hem said the pig bit
terly 1T always makes me thing of
bacon and eggs"
The turkey sighed
And to me the sight of a bog" he
murmured-"espe cranberry bog
'
But the man bearing an axe at that
moment seized him by the Leg and his
sentence remained forever uncompleted.
Philadelphia Bulletin
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
At Which Age

An amusing discussion recently took
place between an artist and an author
as to which period Of her life a
woman was the most fascinating. Ac-
cording to the artist woman should
not be painted between the ages OF
TWENTY-FIVE and forty, as she was In
the greatest transition period Of her
life The author, on the other hand,
declares that she Is at the height OF
her fascination and beauty between
the ages OF thirty and forty. The cues
ton Is still Observation-Disclosures Zeitung.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
Five Million Enough.

The Chicago Chronicle. speaking OF
the death of Mr. Cassatt and the ten
denoy to exaggerate fortunes, says:
Alexander J. Cassatt's estate furn-
ishes another instance of the fashion
in which fortunes are exaggerated. At
the time of his death 1t was estimated
that his wealth would approach $780,
600, 600. It is now said that Il will
probably aggerate from s1o.00o,00o TO
$40, o0o, 600" If precedent goes for any
thing (and II the executors make the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
ENGLISH IN GERMAN PAPER.

Fort Wayne, Ind. jan 12-wfliam
Klinker has been granted a license
to sell intoxicants at Hunertown, de-
spite the protest of a number of Perry
county farmers, who asserted that he
had legally advertised his application
by printing it in English in a German
newspapers. The commissioners held
that the tad" was legal The com
plainants were asked if they had any
other objections to the applicant, but
they responded in the negative
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
humOr Gno Philosophy
By DUNCAN N. SMITH
PET AVERSION.

Oh. winter drear,
I like you not:
For me you DO
Not hit the spot,
Nor do your antics
Win my pelf:
I wish you would
Go chase yourself.
/ am not smitten
On your style:
Spring has you beaten
Many a mile.
Though one might think.
To hear you blow,
You were the whole
Blamed three ring show,
You pinch rs knowing
Well enough
We don't deserve
Such treatment rough.
Were / a justice
Of the peace,
You would be pinched
BY the police.
Your winning ways
/ cannot see.
They never did
Appeal TO me.
Let the misguided
Sing your praise
I'd like to give you
Thirty days.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12
Simple.

why is coal going up again?" the
dealer was asked.
It's just this way" he answered
pleasantly. You see the fellows who
owns the mines have found out that the
consumer, after he has bought a ton,
sometimes has % cents left
"Yes?'
We'll, naturally. they want that
quarter Simple, isn't 1t? How much
shall 1 send you today "-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-12

figures public 1t will probably turn
out that Mr.. Cassatt left about 5000
600, which is, after all, a competency.
The evaggeration of fortunes is one of
the developments of sensational journ-
alism, which can not bring itself to rate
anybody at less than the hundred
million mark.