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STONE CARRIERS OF INDIA.
Laborers Of Powerful Physique with
whom Machinery cannot COmpete,tAS
From the Scientific Amer

From the Scientific Ane risaN. snfss
Recently an interesting water impoundtAE
scheme has been carried to suoeessfui
completion in southern India at the MARI
Kanave gorge upon the Vedarati River In
Mysore State.
When CONSTITUTIONAL work was In fuli
swing more thar 5000 natives were en-
ployed and the undertaking. offered . novel
and interesting example Of the -cheapness
Of manual labor as compared with the
mechanical appliances. , "a.
In India there exists q class Of laborers
generically described as "~nowgunnies.T or.
professional stone carriers. who, owing 70
their capacity for hard work, are In great
demand for such enterprises as this. They
are Of powerful physique and possess con-
siderable Stamina. They will work for ten
hours a day and transport from 10 to 100
pounds OF stone a man. They form
gangs according to the character OF the
work In hand. ranging from two. four, eight
twelve to sixteen men q unit. -
Although such transportation seems some
what slow In comparison with the possi-
bilities Of handling plants, yet they prose-
cute their task very ener eetically and the
scale Of pay. ranging from 10 to 10 centssa
man a day. is so low as to render suohfapor
far cheaper than, mechanical transport.
Indeed, a complete installation Of the latter
was laid down, a cable being stretched
across the gorge over the SITE bringing
the stone direct from the quarrfes on 'thS
hillsides to the site ready for setting, tdt
this had to be abandoned owing to It's bsing
far more expensive h the ~nowsunny'
labor. .r rex ~ is Ln.
These men carried the masonry from the
end Of the railroad track connecting the
site Of the barrage with the quarf5e4 70
tts destination and placed u In positicn.
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Hind Migratory Fish.
From the Field,

Few anglers are ware OF the not incon-
siderable number Of sea trout and salmon
that are totally OF nearly blind. IL Is no
rare occurrence for the bailiif when stepping
into the coop box to ind that all the fsh do
not f~rantically scatter about his feet. There
are salmon and sea trout which lie perfectly
quiet until touched. These when examined
q scaiy covering like the shell Of a pea that
has been boiled.
There can be no doubt that the fish which
haye thSir eyes SSnplstsly sRyeloped by
season on the Cumberland Derwent q anger
proportion han usual OF fsh so,afnicted.
blindness In sea trout and salmon no doubt
.ticular places.
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AFTER A SHADOW LETTER.
Odd Hobby OF . Man Who Scans the Ad.
yertised Mail Ls. Eu 500

Veruseu mait LsV.
One man with an odd hobby isn't a
person who gets much mail and what he
has or expects to have he can keep in
mind very easily. Probably ne never
had q letter which went astray.
Yet very time he sees in the news
r-,ers the list Of advertised mail sent out
from time to time by the General Post
ONCE In New York. he turns at once to the
initial letter under which his name comes
and runs carefully through the list. He
Y yet has found any letter that might
be supposed to be for him and further
more hasn't found any that might be for
any Of his relatives.
He taxi % an odd pleasure in doing II.
however. something with that eagernees
which impels q man TO grub through q
pack ct Of old letters In hopes that he may
come upon some rare variety Of stamp.
Really, II ever he found his name In the
list It probably would kill his enjoyment
Of the hunt forever thereafter.
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and he squared of. showing plenty Of
sand.
aThe swindler was q coward and he
looked relieved when the first officer
appeared just then and dispersed all
hands from the card room. The iuoident
exactly Viewed a. %soueaiers usually N
He had squealed Of course, but he had
got away with his squeal. which makes
q difference
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In Mixed Company.
From the London Graphic.

The sort OF people travelling and staying
at good hotels has become very mixed.
All classes and conditions OF men are now
sufficiently we'll OF to frequent the more
expensive places.
A lady found herself recently placed at
n table d'hote beside her dressmaker and
the owner OF o shop whore she bought her
perfumery. while q gentleman, recognizing
his hairdresser In the smoking. room. was
Il hope, sir, you will kindly keep nay secret,
but ! am staying here. as i usually do at
hotels. not In my " name. but as Major
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YES, / got ono; It's funny j should have
one, and not you, amt its That's the way
II always happens, though
The engineer replied with q like brom-
idiom and thsn inquired, what made
you think about the kid7'
oh, nothing much. only something
happened to-day. You saw mo rolling
tAe bones thsrei well-but I'll have TO
back up . little II I'm Asoins 70 tell you
about It.
Il blows In here from Reno this o
ing with Just four bits IN me clothes. I
gets a couple Of glasses q beer down at
that place you call the Red Top and 1t
leaves me Wit an oven two bits. Theu I
happened IN here. and wot docs I do but
hit the keno for O tencase.
AT hrst I was goin' to 60 out and t'row
q good feed into me. but just as I passed
tho crap table I had the strongest kind
OF a hunch on Little Joe. I tossed down
q one spot, and lure enough she comes.
Then I puts her on the line and takes the
bones.
me points Phoebe dice. Ididn't think
I had q chance In the world to make It.
but she comes. and after that ] couldn't
lose. Iplayed the come. the line. the ield
and tho six-eight, and every time the
dealer shoves the ooin across the table.
Before long I had q stack Of ooin 90
big you couldn't u and jump over II.
I eoss down to the faro table and gets
gold for II. I had an sven 800 bucks.
Me Wit 800 buoksi wot do you know
about tbati les funny, amt itf
49,
went out onto the street. I was hungry.
but I wanted TO do about eight different
things at once with that coin. But hrst
] hggered on q big. sisxlin' souse.
well. a. I'm tslin' you, ! went out
onto the street and looked around. I
cav one of them stew buns lookin' at
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-20
MUNSTER.

Joe Munster and Miss Della Kikkert
were quietly married at the home Of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
kikkert, last Friday afternoon. The
bride was unattended. Rev. Borgma
read the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs.
Munster left for Iowa Saturday
Miss Caroline StalIbohm Of Winnetka
Ill, visited relatives here yesterday.
Earl Crawford of Crown Point was
here yesterday.
A. baby boy made its appearance at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Kroos-
wyk yesterday.
Miss Alga Kaske attended institute
at Toleston Saturday.
Mrs Chas. Wilson and Miss Eva Will
son of Hammond visited here yester-
day afternoon.
Mrs. Vansteenberg and daughter of
Lansing visited friends here Yesterday
Mrs. De Young of RoseIand is visit
ing her mother Mrs. Jacob Munster.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-20
HOBART.

MISS Christina Hoffman of Hege-
wisch, is here visiting her cousins. the
Misses Fleck, for a few days.
The teachers met in township in
stitute today.
About fifteen Hobartites will go to
to Valparaiso tonight to attend the
Porter county oratorical contest. Ar
rangements have been made to have
No. II on the Pennsylvania lines stop
OF Hobart tonight for those wishing
to return.
Miss Mathleen Killgrew has been on
the sick list for several days.
Roy shearer and family. of Chi
cago, are here for few days with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
Shearer.
Mrs. Henry OILS. of Gary, was a Ho-
bart visitor yesterday.
Mrs w Struble was in Chicago yes
terday to meet her son, who has been
in Michigan for his health for several
months.
Rev. Thomas Jansen was visitor
yesterday at SchererviIle, Ind.
Good Friday was observed by both
the terra Gotta and brick yards, the
men having holiday and also chance
to plant some potatoes.
Mrs W. W. Truesdell of Chicago
spent Easter in Hobart with her
mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schroeder Of Chi
cago were visitors in Hobart Saturday
and Sunday.
Ed Kelly of Chicago was in town
yesterday and while here rented the
Gordon house on Michigan avenue. Mr..
Kelly will soon move his family back
to Hobart
Miss Stella Kent of Indiana Harbor
spent Sunday here with her mother
Mrs. Thomas Sholl
Miss Lena and Herman Nicholson
of Chicago visited with their parents
in Hobart over Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. William Tyler and fam
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here who attend the Whiting high
school are busy practicing for the field
meet at Crown Point, May Is. The
boys are very enthusiastic and say
they are bound to win.
Mr.. Raffels will discontinue his dry
goods business in Roberts avenue in a
few days and will move his stock to
Gary, where he will start a store. Mr.
Stout of Harrison avenue will rent the
store vacated by Mr.. Raffels and will
start an automobile repair shop.
Mrs. George Dobbine of Harrison
avenue was in South Chicago Saturday.
DR.. Kohr has just finished making
extensive improvements to his place
Of business on Indiana boulevard He
has built quite an addition to it, be-
sides having the whole building We
neered bith brick, which makes great
improvement to the place. Some time
in the near future DR.. Kohk intends
adding another story to the building.
Mrs. Louis Klemme and daughter,
Miss Hattie, were Chicago visitors Sat
urday.
The pupils of Miss P. Burnett's room
will give a candy bazaar in the Frank
fin school building Tuesday afternoon.
April %.
The Eastern Star lodge of Whiting
to which a number of Robertsdale
ladies belongs have received a beauti-
full new organ of which they are very
proud. On May II, a number of ladies
from here will be initiated into the
order.
A. Herrndobbler of Chicago visited
his brother, Louis Herrndobbler. of
Roberts avenue Saturday.
The pupils of room one of the Frank
lin school were dismissed Fridty on
account of the sickness of their teacher
Miss Mable Hooper
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-20
ST. JOHN.

Mesdames Edward Schmall and JOS
eph Gerlach from Chicago were the
guests of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. P. Ketlman, Saturday and Sunday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Pfeffer of Whit
ing, spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Pfeifer.
Nicholas Dahlkamp of the johnson
Player Piano company of Chicago. was
the guest of relatives here over Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jourdain of
Chicago were the guests Of Mrs. johann
ma Jourdain. Sunday
Miss Veronica Blocker of Chicago
was the guest Of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Bernard Blocker, Sunday.
Nicholas Lauerman and Miss Lizzie
Lauerman of Crown Point were the
guests of relatives here Sunday.
Henry Miller of Hammond spent
Sunday with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Miller. sr.
Misses Matilda and Susan Klassen
OF Chicago and Miss Mary Klassen Of
Lafayette, spent Easter with their par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob KIassen.
The announcement of the coming
marriage of Miss Eleanor Boiling Of
ST. John to John E. Hoffman Of Over
was made in church Sunday.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph f. Gerlach was christened sun
day.
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DYER.

Frank Klassen of st. John was a
business visitor here Friday.
After spending several days with her
sister at st. John, Mrs. Johnson and
children returned to her home here in
Dyer, Friday.
Phillip Austgen of st. John was here
Friday on business.
State inspector of the railroad inter-
locking systems was here Saturday to
look over and approve of the changes
made in the system on the E. J. & E.
the past week.
George Gard OF schererville trans
acted business here Saturday.
Miss Ida Ziesenhenna returned to
Dyer Saturday morning from a short
visit with relatives.
Peter Cope of Schererville made a
business call here Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Trinen and Miss
Theresa Keul of South Chicago came
Saturday morning to spend Easter at
the home of Theodore Keilman left Sat-
urday morning for short visit with
relatives at Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-20
EAST CHICAGO INDIANA HlRBOR

Mrs. Sauer, wife of DR.. Frederick
Sauer. was in Chicago Friday doing
her Easter shopping.
Miss Stella Kent spent Saturday in
Chicago.
c. P. Burdick was in Chicago satur-
day.
| w. B. Van Horne was in Crown Point
| Saturday on business.
]. w. Maxwell has just received one
of the finest landaus that ever has
| appeared in this neck of the woods.
| Come on, boys, there is no excuse for
walking your girls now
Judge T. M. c. Hembror was in
| Chicago Friday.
Attorney J. A. Patterson is sick with
bad case of bronchitis.
Abe ottenheimer and Jack Evans
were Gary Saturday
The Eagles held a business meeting
Friday night with the president, ]. D.
Williams, in the chair. The purpose
of the meeting was to arrange details
for the state convention to be held in
Hammond at near date.
Max Nassau was in Chicago Friday
on business.
William smallberger was in Chicago
Friday on business.
J.. D. Williams went to Hammond
Fridy on business.
Miss Ida Weiner and Dave weiner of
Crown Point are visiting friends in
the city.
NJ. H. Harris was in Chicago Fri
day.
The Misses Alta and Anna specter
spent the weekend in Chicago.
Herman FIehr and Joe Bartholomew
were at the Majestic in Chicago Friday
night
DR.. Goldman will move into the Of
fee vacated by E. W. Mickey.
Mrs. C. F. Moore Of worthington.
Mimi, is visiting Mrs F. NJ HascaIl
on Todd avenue.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Meth
odist Episcopal church at Indiana Har-
Dor met with Mrs. Charles Forester
at her home in Grapevine street Thurs
day afternoon. The question of pur-
chasing new organ for the church
to take the place of the present one
was discussed. It was decided to buy
the organ, with the help of the Ep-
worth league and the Sunday school.
both of which are pledged to raise
funds to aid toward this purpose
An Easter Monday ball will be given
by the William Mckinley Woman's
Relief Corps at Weiland's hall this
evening. An admission fee will be
charged.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-20
CLARK STATION.

Mr.. and Mrs. M Seller and daugh-
ter Miss Gwendolyn spent the day with
LaPorte relatives.
Miss M. Chosen of Whiting spent a
few days visiting with Clark relatives.
The Clarke baseball team was
matched to play the Toleston team Sun
day, and the Clarke White Sox, Juniors
played the Edgemore team.
F. Behn spent the forenoon attending
to business matters at Hammond.
Mr.. E. Chosen of South Chicago wit
messed the St. Louis-White Sox game
at Chicago.
Mrs. A Luck and daughter Miss Lydia
attended the German Luthern church
at Indiana Harbor. After church they
were entertained by Mrs. B. Schrieber.
Mr.. w. Diettman spent Saturday af-
ternoon at Toleston.
G. Scheurer of Clarke spent Friday
at South Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-20
FROM NEIGHBORING TOWN AND CITY

visit with his father, William Buck
ley, Saturday.
James Watson of Monon visited Ed
Walker and family here and his son.
Louis, who is attending Chicago uni
versity, Sunday. Jim formerly owned
a livery barn in Lowell. He is now
rural mail carrier out of Monon.
DR.. Achilles Davis and wife, of Chi
cago, visited his mother. Mrs ]. E.
Davis. here Sunday.
The Lowell high school baseball
team played Wheatfeld at the latter
place last Friday. Lowell got defeated
by score of Is to 8.
Miss Cora Everett of the postoffice
force at Rensselaer,, visited her sister.
Mrs. F. L. Hunt. and husband, here
Sunday.
Charley Cutler and wife, of Chicago,
visited his mother at Creston and rela-
tives in Lowell Saturday and Sunday.
Charley is still holding down his posi-
ton as head pressman with the Chi
cago American.
Fleur de Lis Temple. Pythian Sis
ters, of this city. are making great
preparations for the district meeting
that is to be held in Lowell Tuesday,
April 81. The district comprises Por-
ter. Newton, Jasper and Lake coun-
ties. 1t will be all day and part of
the night affair and there is expected
to be large attendance and much i'm
portant business transacted
Arthur Fuller and wife of Crown
Point visited her mother, Mrs. Libbie
Shurte, here Sunday.
Fred Wood and nephew, Vernon
Hepp, of Chicago, visited his brothers.
Charley and Alva, relatives and former
friends here Sunday.
Easter Sunday was a fine day and
our people thronged our streets with
their fine toggery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-20
CROWN POINT NEWS
Hub Gets Advertising.

Hardly day goes by without Crown
Point. the justices of the peace and
the county clerks office being men
toned in the metropolitan dailies.
Yesterdays Record-Herald gives an ac-
count Of a prominent Chicago million
aire clubman, poet and soldier being
married to a manicurist of that place
and the secret of their marriage having
just leaked out. Verify, all sorts and
conditions of men and women visit our
town and probably if all their ro-
mances could be told, it would make a
book well worth the reading.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-20
RENSSELAER,.

Miss Jessie McKeever, who is attend
ing school in Wisconsin, is spending
the spring vacation with her parents
here.
The funeral of Addison Parkinson
was held at the residence Sunday af-
ternoon. Interment was made in the
Weston cemetery.
Ross Benjamin, who has been in the
west for several weeks, returned home
yesterday.
Mrs. c. D. Martin of Cincinnati has
arrived here to be on hand for the
wedding Of her nephew. Mr. Leonard
Rhoades, to Miss Ruth Harris, on Ap-
ril %.
A. A. Boyer has returned to his home
in Dwight, Ill, after several days visit
with Ephriam Hughes.
Alfred Fairchild and Miss Edna P.
Hart of Denote were married here
yesterday afternoon at the NJ. E. par
sonage by Rev. H. L. Kindig. Both
parties are quite well known here.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-20

Henry E. Tuper, well-known
swindler, who operated in Gary for
some time, is now wanted badly in st.
Joe for forgery. A SIS reward is be-
ing posted throughout the country for
his arrest and return to that city.
While in Gary Upper wrote several
worthless checks, but was afterward
released upon promise to settle up.
He then returned to st. Joe where he
was wanted at that time for the same
charge and instead of settling as he
promised, committed a forgeryand then
escaped.
In a few more days Broadway will
be paved from the North end to the
Pennsylvania tracks, the main section
of the thoroughfares at the present
time. For many months the business
men and the team owners have waited
It's completion and now they are about
to realize it. With the great stretch
OF broad, well laid pavement, the
beauty and expanse of the splendid
street is more fully realized. In the
south part of town, the w. A. Cain
construction company will soon have
both sides of the street completed up
to the Michigan Central and north Of
Fifth avenue the work has been en-
tirely completed by Bloom &Son as
far as they can go.
Mayor Knots went to LaPorte Fri
day to testify in the condemnation suit
of the Chicago, Lake Shore and South
Bend, which is now being tried in the
superior court.
j. H Mcdonald a Waterman at the
bridge for the Indiana Steel company,
was arrested by a foreigner Saturday
for striking the man as he was leaving
the mill They were charged with
making a practice of this when they
became angry with the foreigners Nc
Donald was acquitted by Judge Huber.
]. c. Block of Elmira, N Y, was in
Gary on business. Mr.. Block may in
vest money here as he is favorably i'm
pressed with the city. He reports
business being berry quiet in the east
AS usual on a bright Sundey, the
suburban trains to Gary were crowd
ed with hundreds of visitors to Gary.
The streets presented gala appear
ance and Broadway was lined with the
largest crowd of the year.
A party of Chicago Heights business
men and their families came to Gary
yesterday in eight automobiles to take
in the sights of the steel city.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-20
HESSVTI.I.E

Miss Pearl Reich spent Sunday in
Hammond.
A large crowd went to Hammond to
attend the church services at st. PauFs
Lutheran church, yesterday.
Hessville will have the honor this
year of having the eighth grade COM
mencement exercises of the North
township schools. The exercises will
be held Thursday, May %, in Cor
mans hall. A committee consisting of
the principals of the differents school in
the township and Miss Henderson has
been appointed by Trustee Schaaf to
make preparations for this affair. The
Hessville school club will assist in the
decorating of the hall.
An informal party was given Miss
Gladys German last week, the occa-
sion being her birthday anniversary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-20
VALPARAISO.

| Harry Carson of Northwestern Me6i.
cal college, spent Saturday and Sun
day with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs
John Carson in this city.
Gerald Norris of Chicago spent Sun
day in the city with his parents.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cakes and Mrs. Mary
M. Todd of Wheeler, spent Sunday in
the city. They came up to attend the
Easter services at the Episcopal
church.
Miss Ivy Miller of Chesterton attend
ed the oratorical contest at the Uni
virsitp auditorium Saturday evening.
Miss Nell Watt returned from Oak
Park this morning where she spent
Sunday with her parents
Miss Grace SaIyer attended the
Easter song recital of Nine Nordica in
Chicago yesterday.
Miss Grace Leonard was anothed VAL
paraiso attendant of the concert of
the famous prima donna
At the republican Porter county
delegate convention held at Memorial
opera house in this city Saturday after
noon, the choice of the party for the
various county offices as indicated by
the primaries of Friday, was ratified
The convention was merely a matter
of form, there being no contest for
any office. When the vote for sheriff
was called for Ross Jones in behalf of
his brother, James Jones, the defeated
candidate, moved that the nomination
of Clayton Wood be made unanimous.
Mr.. Oyon, the defeated candidate for
surveyor then withdrew and Guy
Stinch1eld was declared nominated by
reclamation. Candidates ]. c. Carson
for nomination for coroner, L. H. Cop
lin for treasurer, and Amos Lantz for
commissioner of tbs South district
were nominated without opposition.
Gus Anderson of Chesterton and An
drew Bickel of Valparaiso, the pres
ent incumbents, were renominated for
commissioner from the North and Cen
ter districts respectively. defeating
temperance candidates L. H. Robbins
Of McCool and John Ritter of VaIna-
raise by delegate votes nearly two to
ane. Remarks were made by Hon M
L. Denote, who was chosen chairman
OF the convention, deprecating the prac-
tice of very large number of demo-
Gratis who voted in the republican pri-
maries, 1t is generally thought. for
the successful candidates for commits
SAolCA 1IOIn the center and North dis
tricts and for Trustee of Center town
ship who are generally considered as
being affiliated with the liquor inter
este. He said that he hoped that mot
a single republican would have the
cheek to vote at the coming democratic
caucus" His remarks were loudly APP
plauded. 1t is estimated that of the
l058 votes cast in Valparaiso. more
than 200 were those of democrats. 1t is
reported also that large numbers Of
democrats voted for their favorite can
didates in the country
The Fourth Annual Porter County
Oratorical contest was herd at the Uni
versity auditorium Saturday evening,
Valparaiso and Chesterton being tied
for the first place and Hebron receiv-
ing the silver medal for the winner of
second place. County superintendent
S. C. Terrell told THE TINES represen-
tative that he would issue a signed
statement today TO the effect that there