The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-25

A Hammond lady tells the story but
We don't know whether it is original
or not.
She was telling some ladies about
the burglary scare in her house short
time before.
I was awfully afraid" she said ex-
citedly, Il heard a noise and got up
and there from beneath the bed I saw
la mans legs sticking out I was scared
70 death and screamed
oh, OH" said the lady she was hold
ing converse with, the burglars legs.
eh?"
No" said the lady. they were not
the burglars" They belonged to my
husband. He had heard the noise be
fore I did and got out of the way"
81 have often wondered at the care
less manner a large number of people
have of adopting names and titles for
people. regardless of what their names
may be-" said Hammond man yester-
day who is around the business district
4 great deal.
For example, I know of a man who
! calls me John Now he has known me
as a speaking acquaintance and in a
professional way for dozen years, and
he invariably calls me John, though it
is not my name.
Another man that 1 have known for
sixteen or seventeen years calls me
Fred. though that is no nearer my
name than John. Still another calls
me Mack, another calls me Frank and
still another name that l am addressed
by is George.
Il have never taken the trouble to
put these people right on my name"
Ha, ha, maybe DR.. George W. Stiles.
meteorological chemist of the depart
ment of agriculture, has solved the
problem. What causes appendicitis in
the present epidemic form?" DR.. Stiles
blames it on cracked, Clipped crockery
found in restaurants and private
houses. In recent cleaning up in Wash
lington. among other germs disclosed
by DR.. Stiles was the bacillus coli-re-
member the name!-"a detestable atom
in the ground OF undesirable bacteria
when associated with foods in any
manner. This bacillus coli is associated
with many inf1ammatory conditions in
man, such as appendicitis. There you
are. Colonies of these germs were dis
lowered on the collection of cracked
table furniture examined by DR.. Stiles.
He found % distinct species of organ
isms in the debris contained within the
cracked and seams of the plates and
dishes which owners deemed too good
10 be consigned to the dump. Deadly
germs, every one, and sources of end
less diseases. Examine your china
closets and. above all. the kitchen
dresser, with its cooking utensils and
weed out every dish, cup or plate that
: has a chip" or crack For what is
dangerous in public lunch rooms is no
: less so in private houses.
There are some things which appeal
to Hungarian more than a celebra-
ton of the opening of a great harbor-
Theo Their day when the ore steamer
E. H. Gary majestically sailed into the
Gary harbor and the crowd of Ameri-
cans stood on the docks and on the
5 deck of the boat wildly cheering. the
! foreigners viewed the whole affair with
? stoical Indifference.
They were there because they were
there. and there was no other explana-
ton for their presence. excepting that
f the boss was good enough to let then
off for few hours
Even the fervid oratory utterly
failed to interest them Their heavy
eyelids batted now and than. but that
was the only sign that they We're in
terested.
Finally some one discovered bot
tie of beer in one Of the empty cases
and tossed it to one of the foreigners
on the deck. Instantly there was {
surge in the direction of the man witt
the wet goods. 1t tickled him to see
the mob below him craning their necks
and using almost human intelligence
in their efforts to indicate that they
wanted more beer, and so he hunted
around until he found a case of it,
He tossed bottle after bottle into
the crowd, and it looked for a minute
0 as though they would push each other
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