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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05

as agricultural exports have brought
him in enough foreign money since
1891 TO enable him, If he wishes. to
settle the railway problem once for all
by buying every foot of railroad in
the United States
Such is our new farmer man
for whom there is ne name In any
language. He is far above the
farmer of the story books as a 1908
touring car above jinrikisha. In
stead OF being an ignorant hoeman in
oarnyard world, he gets the news by
daily mail and telephone; and inei-
dentally publishes 700 trade journals
OF his own. Instead of being a money!
less peasant. he pays the interest on
the mortgage with the earnings OF a
week Even this is less of an ex-
pense than it seems. for he borrows
the money from himself out of his
own banks, and spends the bulk of the
taxes around his own properties.
Farming for a business. not for a
hving-this is the motif of the new
farmer. He is a commercialist-a
man of the twentieth century. He
works as hard as the old farmer dfd
but In higher way He uses the
four Ms-mind, money, machinery and
muscle; but as little of the latter as
possible.
| Neither is he a Robinson Crusoe
I OF soil, as the old farmer was His
hermit days are over: he is man
among men. The railway, the trolley.
I the automobile and the top buggy
have transformed him into a suburb
ante In fact his business has become
50 complex and manysided that he
/ touches civilization at more points
and lives larger life than if he were
! one Of the atoms of a crowded CITY.
| All American farmers. of course. are
not of the new variety The country
/ like the city, has its slums But after
having made allowance for exceptions.
/ II Is still true that the United States
/ is the native land of the new farmer
he is the most typical human product
| that this country had produced. and
the most important, for, in spite of
It's egotistical cities, the United States
1t still a farm based nation"
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LABOR NEWS

A delegation of French leather work
ers is making a tour of American fac
tories.
Hebrew painters and paper hangers
of Boston, Mass, are reforming their
old union.
San Francisco (CaD Building Trades
Council has organized an athletic as
ISOLATION.
Carpenters of the City of Mexico
have organized labor union affiliated
with the A. F. of L.
More union car men are wearing the
union button in Chicago today than
ever before in the history of the or
ganization.
White and negro longshoremen at
New Orleans have signed a five year
contract with the stevedoors and
steamship agents.
seeding organization from the
Brotherhood of Railroad employees has
taken the name of Brotherhood OF
Railroad Station Employees.
The convention of the National Fed
Grafton of State. city and town EN-
ployes' unions will be held at Boston,
Mass, Sunday, August 2.
The next convention of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Stationary
Firemen will be held in Detroit, Mich,
commencing August 10.
The next convention of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Bookbinders will
be held during the second week in
June, 1910, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The railway trackmen are planning
for the establishment of home for
their aged and INDECENT members. 1t
is proposed to acquire a tract of 500
acres near Ft. Scott, Kan, as the loca-
ton for the institution.
ST. Paul Typographical union has de-
cided to make a label exhibit at the
Minnesota state fair, and will ask the
Minneapolis union to join with it. Last
year the st. Paul men made a label
display which was very creditable.
Initial steps are being taken by the
Canadian Pacific toward securing the
army of harvest laborers that is called
for from the west every year. Ad-
vices from Montreal indicate that 25,-
900 men will be needed. Large crops
are indicated.
The National Brotherhood of Opera
tive Potters has fixed an age limit for
apprentices entering the trade. Reso-
lutions were adopted which will here
after make it necessary for all new
apprentices to be 16 years old or over
The unions Of the men of the trolley
lines of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad have been admitted
| to membership in the federated coun-
ell of the organizations of the men OF
the shop, mechanical and other branch
es of the roads service.
Boston (Mass.) c. L. L. has sent the
question of parading or not on Labor
day to q referendum decision of the
| affiliated locals, the return to be made
not later than August 2. Already
nearly every union which has acted or
| the question has voted against having
| a parade this year.
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THE CREAM OF THE
Morning News

Five Chicagoans are drowned while
on summer outings. In one case two
brothers and their wives sink in the
Mississippi as the result of rescue at
tempt
Sixty-three babies die in Chicago in
twenty -four hours, and the heat, which
reaches "a degrees, is blamed.
Rev. P. J. O'Callaghan at Auditorium
meeting flays States Attorney Healy
for his part in the Billik murder trial
and urges the officials defeat.
Elevator fire calls attention to peril
trict and arouses advocates of high
pressure water system.
Dereen campaign managers charge
that the liquor interests contributed
$4,000 to the Yates campaign fund.
Senator William B. Allison of Iowa
is dead and Governor Cummins an
nounces his candidacy for the vacant
seat
Rapid building of air navies by pow
ers of world Will be result of Captain
Zeppelin's feat, but United States is
conducting experiments on too small
a scale to count.
Good work for temperance in Ire
land being done by Father Augustus, a
Franciscan.
Count Zeppelin conquers the air by
continuous flight of nearly 261 miles,
steering his balloon perfectly.
Grain list has considerable reac-
ton; provisions weak; cattle and sheep
lower; hogs higher.
Armour brothers sail Handy Andy II
to first place in class A yacht race of
Northwestern Regatta association on
Lake Geneva.
"Cy" Young holds White Sox to four
hits, Boston winning first game OF
series by score of to /.
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T0DAY'S NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.


Corpus Christi. Texas. Aug. 5-A
well attended conference of Texas
Methodist laymen began today at Ep-
worth-by-the Sea and will continue
over tomorrow
Sandwich. Mass. Aug. 5.-The annual
reunion of the Nye family in America
began at the old homestead here to-
day. A considerable number are in at
tendance, including several from dis
tant places.
Saskatoon, Sask.. Aug. 5-The sum
mer fair for which preparations have
been making for several months opened
here today under favorable auspices.
The exhibition will continue through
the remainder of the week
Hot Springs, Va, Aug. 5.-"The Man
and the Corporation" was the subject
of the annual address delivered by ex-
Senator Lindsay of Kentucky before
the meeting of the Virginia Bar asso-
citation here today.
Guatemala City, Aug. 5.-Many dele
gates have arrived for the fifth ses-
sion of the Pan-American Medical con-
gress to be held in this city Nearly
every state in North and South Am
erica will be represented at the con-
gress.
| Paducah, KY, Aug 5-Arrange-
ments have been completed for a meet
| ing to begin here tomorrow at which
it is expected to complete the organi-
cation of a Kentucky branch of the
Farmers National Union.
Paris. Aug. 5.-A hailstorm in the
district of Beziers has laid waste 49,
900 acres of vineyards The quantity
| of wine lost to the owners is esti-
mated to be in excess of 10000, 600
gallons.
Niagara Falls, n. Y. Aug. 5.-The In
ternational Apple Shippers association,
which has a membership extending
over large part of the United States
and Canada, began its annual session
here today for the discussion of trade
topics.
Carleston. Mich, Aug. 5.-The two
| cannon set up as memorials of the
battle of Brownstown and Monguagon,
in the war of 1912, were dedicated to-
day on the wyman farm. near Gibral-
| tar. The Grafton was delivered by
Ward N. Choate of Detroit.
! Intervale, N. H., Aug. 5.-The So
ciety for the Protection of New Hamp-
shire Forests held Its seventh annual
meeting today at the Intervale House.
Governor Rollins presided and a num-
Der of others of prominence took part
in the proceedings.
Sioux City, Ia, Aug. 5.-The Corn
Belt Editorial association will meet in
annual session here tomorrow. The
program prepared for the meeting
covers two days and provides for nu-
merous papers, addresses and discus
sions.
Beloit Wis. Aug. 5.-The Master
House Painters and Decorators asso-
citation of Wisconsin began it's annual
meeting in Beloit today with an at
| tendance of members from nearly all
the large cities of the state. The
meeting will last until Saturday.
Clinton, l., Aug. 5.-Clinton is pre-
| pairing for the entertainment of the
Upper Mississippi River Improvement
association, which is to assemble here
in annual convention next month. The
local committee already is In receipt
of advices that point to an unusually
large and representative attendance at
the meeting.
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THE FARMER rs KING

If the American farmer went out
of business this year he could clean
up thirty thousand million dollars. :"
says the American Review of Re-
views. And he would have to sell
his farm on credit for there is not
enough money in the whole world TO
pay him half his price.
Talk of the money mad trusts,
They might have reasons to be mad
II they owned the farms, instead of
their watered stocks. When we re-
member that the American farmer
earns enough in seventeen days to
buy out Standard OIL and enough in
fifty days to wipe Carnegie and the
steel trust off the Industrial map, the
story of the trusts seems like the
short and simple annals of the poor
One American harvest wauld buy
the kingdom of Belgium, king and all;
two would buy Italy: three would
buy Austria Hungary, and five. at a
spot-cash price. would take Russia
from the czar.
Talk of swollen fortunes With
the setting of every sun the money
box of the American farmer bulges
with the weight of twenty -four new
millions. Only the most athletic
imagination can conceive of such a
torrent of wealth.
place your finger on the pulse of
your wrist and count the heartbeats-
one-two quick throbs, day and night
thousand dollars clatter into the
gold bin of the American farmer
How incomprehensible 1t would
seem to Pericles, who saw Greece in
her golden age, If he could know
that the yearly revenue of his coun-
try is now more than one days pay
for the men who till the soil of this
infant republic.
Or. how it would amaze a resur-
rected Christopher Columbus if he
were told that the revenues of Spain
and Portugal are not nearly as much
as the earnings of the American farm
ers heni
Merely the crumbs that drop from
the farmers table otherwise known
as agricultural ex ports) have brought
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Heart to Heart
Talks.
DID HE LOVE his MoTHER7
BY EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright. 1905. by Edwin A. Nye.

To the best mother a boy ever had
These are the last words you will hear
from me. Lovingly, CHARLIE.
Having written the above, Charles
Jacobs of New York city, young man
OF nineteen, put bullet into his brain
There was no good reason why he
signed for the act When his mother
heard the pistol shot she fastened to
his room and was crazed by the shock.
Query?
Would boy who really loves his
mother kill himself and break his
mothers heart?
Certainly not, If he was sane.
The incident and the note serve TIC
remind us that there are altogether
too many young men like Charles.
Perfervid expressions of love for
mother like the above are mere oozings
of sentimentality. The expression is
cruelty belied by the action.
1t is easy to compliment ones moth
er, quite another to repay the moth
er love by a course of conduct that
will make her happy.
1t is easy to sing the refrain, eff you
love your mother, meet her in the sky
The sacred theme lends itself to the
haunting notes of the tune But 1t is
an entirely different proposition to
make mothers last days her sweetest
The grisly bum who infests the po-
lice courts easily prefaces his maudlin
plea for clemency by the sniff1e, 'I had
one of the best mothers a boy ever
had"
The declaration is an indictment
which leaves no room for special pity.
More is to be expected of him who had
a good mother And if the son goes
down despite the mothers goodness the
more delinquent his conduct appears
1.-THE best mother boy ever had
If only the Charles Jaeobses could
see the full significance of the words
The pity of it is they cannot under
stand that such a mother calls for
THE BEST BOY A MOTHER
EVER HAD!
The mother of Charles Jacobs will
find in her heart a great pity and a
great love for her boy. Mothers are
made that way. But
If Charles Jacobs had been consist
ent he would have written these words
in farewell to his mother:
To the best mother boy ever had I
go contrary to every instinct you have
given me. : choose to plunge a dagger in
your heart. CHARLIE
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named institution he taught school in
Bardstown. He then began the study
of law and was admitted to the bar
in 1898. The same year he was elected
a member of the Kentucky house of
representatives. He was twice re-
elected and was chosen speaker of the
house in 1898 In 1899 he was elected
lieutenant governor, becoming the chief
executive at Governor Goebers death
Feb. 8, 1900. The same year he was
elected governor for the full term. end
ing in December, 1907. In 1906 he
was nominated in a state primary by
the democratic party as candidate for
United States senator from Kentucky
over James B. McCreary. the incum-
bent. In the general assembly, how
ever, Mr.. Beckham was defeated for
the nomination by former Governor
Bradley, republican.
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has been spending good deal of time
rusticating at his summer home, near
Laporte. Now that the first pressure
of business is over, following the per
fectipg of the organization of the party
over the county, Mr.. Schaaf feels that
he can take a little rest. In a few
weeks the campaign will be at its
height and from that time until the
votes are counted in November there
will be little rest for the weary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
Up AND DOWN IN INDIANA

when Gait struck the mule several
blows ON the head, which so angered
it that 1t wheeled and began kicking
at Gait. After the injured man had
fallen the mule trampled on him and
bit him.
HANGS ON A RAFTER.
The body of George Anaeker of In
dfanapolis, As years old, was found
swinging from a rafter in the attic of
his home, 1851 Nordyke avenue, yes
terday morning by his wife after he
had failed to appear at the breakfast
table. Anacker's feet were twelve
inches from the floor, and a small key
lying on its side nearby gave evidence
that the man had stood on this while
adjusting the rope about his neck and
then swung to his death
ANOTHER TABLE OPENS.
The Canton glass factory a Marion.
which manufactures table ware and
glass novelties, resumed operations to-
day after being closed only one month
because of the hot season. A steady
increase in orders makes it necessary
to begin work at this time. The fac
tory employed 200 men.
BAR SAVES FIREMAN.
An iron bar lying on the floor of his
locomotive was all that saved the life
of A W. Peipff, Big -Four locomotive
fireman, who, while returning from In
dianapolis to Wabash fell in a faint
overcome by the heat. He almost fell
from the engine cab, but caught on
the bar until the engineer could grasp
the man and rescue him.
MORE MURDER IN LAPORTE.
A murder mystery developed today
with the finding of the body of a we'll
dressed man about 40 years of age
buried under a pile of rails about a
half mile east of Rolling Prairie. at a
point near the Murdoch street car line
and the Lake Shore road
FIGHT FOR CUSTODY OF CHILD.
The Indiana supreme court is to set
tie a controversy between a grand
father and a grandfather for the
custody of a 6year-old child, Loren
Livengood, now living with his pa
ternal grandfather George Livengood,
at Waynetown, Montgomery county.
David Shoaf great-grandfather on the
| maternal side, who seeks the custody
of the little boy, has appealed from a
! decision of the Montgomery circuit
| court.
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
August 5.

1763-British troops defeated the In
dams at Bushy Run.
177S-The British burned their fleet OF
Rhode Island on the approach of the
French fleet under Count d'Estaing.
1S1S-Ameriean privateer Decatur cap
tured by the British schooner Do
minica.
1S29-First locomotive regularly used
in the United States run on the
Carbonate and Honesdale railroad
in New York.
1S64-Admiral Farragut entered Mo-
bile Bay with thirty-two vessels.
1S74-An Ohio river steamer burned
near Aurora, Ind. with loss of 25
lives.
1ss4-Corner stone laid for the Statue
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05

A recent election in Georgetown,
which is located in the heart of the
distilling section of central Kentucky,
was carried by the anti-prohibitionist
element by the extremely narrow ma
jority of one vote The contest was a
most exciting one.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05

You've got to have sand to
propose, and you've got to
have rocks to get marriec.
and then, afterwards, it
dust to keep things going.
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of Liberty in New York harbor.
1SS6-Parcel post established between
Canada and points in Great Britain.
1S90-France and England reached an
agreement respecting their possess
sion In Africa.
1S94-The great strike of the American
Railway union declared off.
19o7-The French navy bombarded
Casablanca, on the Moroccan coast.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05

United States District Attorney Harry
Skinner, who is somewhat famous for
his ability as an orator, may be hon
cred with the republican nomination
for governor of North Carolina WHOM
the state convention meets at Char
lotte on August 26.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
HOT WEATHER ARITHMETIC.

Example In Subtraction.-We yester-
day referred to DR.. Bryning as the old
fashioned sort Of a man who wears the
same weight suits winter and sum-
mer. He says we are mistaken; that
he takes off his vest in summer
Atchison Globe.
Example i'm Additional number of
his friends say that Engineer f. Lar
son and a Downs girl are on the list
Atchison Globe.
Example in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Shell.
" says that this is a good item, be-
cause 1t is the first one: A boy baby
was born yesterday to Dr.. and Mrs
Allen, at Doniphan.-Atchison Globe
Example in Division. - Admiral
Thomson and whiskers visited Fair
play last week. The former returned
on schedule time, but the latter turn
ed up missing. Fairplay Colo.
Flume.
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THIS rs MY soTH BIRTHDAY.

J. Crepps Wickliffe Beckham. former
governor of Kentucky, was born near
Bardstown, KY August 5, 1859, and
received his education at the Bards-
town academy and at the Central Uni
versity of Kentucky. For several
years after graduating from the last
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05

Do you ever stop 20 think, Mr.. Bus
mess Man, that the newspaper which
boosts your city, which seeks to i'm
prove the town you live in, which
helps to fight battles which is re-
fiex Of the progress of the community
is entitled to advertising patronage in
return2
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
DELEGATBs BEING SELECTED.

DELEGATES BEING SELECTED.
Edward E. Neal, president of the
Indiana Lincoln League. has received
from the vice presidents of the two
congressional districts the names of
men recommended as delegates to the
national convention of republican clubs
to be held in Cincinnati Sept. p.
TOMATO CANNING BEGINS.
With tomatoes ripening fast upon
the vines, the opening of the canning
season in Newcastle is but short
time away and will probably com
mence within the next two weeks. In
a number of towns of this county there
are canneries which have contracted
with farmers for several thousand
acres of tomatoes
TAFT COMING TO INDIANA.
The Marion club of Indianapolis has
invited w. H. Taft, republican presi-
Dental candidate, to attend a banquet
to be given by the club shortly after
election. Mr., Taft indicated that he
will accept the invitation if possible.
TONICA is NOT BOOZE.
'Tonica," the beverage manufac-
tured by the Indianapolis Brewing
company, winch has attracted conslo-
cradle discussion as to it's ingredients,
is not an intoXicant, according to a
decision of Judge Thomas c. Whallon
in police court yesterday. AS the re-
suit of the decision. August Erbrich. a
grocer, is found not guilty of selling
liquors without a license.
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE PLANNED
John W. Kern, democratic nominee
for vice president, will have a confer
ence with u. S. Jackson, chairman of
the democratic state committee, today
regarding the date of Mr.. Kern's noti-
fication of his nomination to the vice
presidency.
WILL TRY TO SAVE SONS.
Determined to free his sons, Milo and
Walter Long, who are in prison at Gull
bertson, Mont, charged with murder,
John A Long, a wealthy Wabash farm
er, today asked Mayor Joseph w. Muir
ply to go to Montana and make their
defense. Mayor Murphy will probably
accept.
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AS far we can figure it out, ].
Kirby Risk will require some time be-
fore he can recover from the flatten-
ing out he got under somebody's steam
roller.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05

There is an awful difference be-
tween the estimation of n mans
worth as figured by what he thinks
of himself and the salary he gets.
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There is lull in the political storm
which followed the nomination Of the
candidates for president and vice presi-
dent at the recent national conventions,
but 1t is expected that soon there will
be a renewal of activity and 1t will
not be long before the country will be
plunged into campaign which prom
ises to be a memorable one.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05

You can't blame Mr.. Hearst for re-
fusing to be a part of the tail of Mr..
Bryan's kite, when by some earth
quake of human events he might be
king maker.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05

Colonel Frank L. Smith. who is a
candidate for the republican nomina
ton for lieutenant governor of Illi-
nois, has sent an appeal to every voter
in the state by the name of Smith ask
mary which is to be held next Satur-
day
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05

A bachelor is a man who thinks
It's no trouble to do the family
washing and bring up the chill
dren.
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The weather is so tarnal hot that
the general public doesn't care about
knots in either party's platform.
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05

WOMAN WHO REvELs IN Cos
SIP is BAD ENOUGH, BUT THE PEN
GIL Is PALsIED IN THE HAND To
ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE A MAN
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A man never learns to be good
his own touring err gracefully.
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WHO so FAR FORGETs HIS SEX TO
GOSSIP.