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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13
PUMPING STATION BURNs.

The pumping station belonging to the
Citizens Natural Gas Company, near
Cleveland, Hancock county. burned last
midnight. It was built three years ago.
The machinery cost $1,000 and the
station $1,000; no insurance. The gas
supply will be cut off ten days at least
until repairs are made. 1t is thought
the fire was of incendiary origin.
1O4 APPLICANTS FOR HOME.
When the trustees of the Soldiers
Home assembled in Lafayette yester-
day afternoon for their May meeting,
they found 104 applications for admis-
sion awaiting their attention. The num-
Der of applications breaks all records
CORN CROP Is LARGER.
According to reports thus far re-
ceived from the township assessors by
State Statistician ]. L. Peetz. the corn
crop in Indiana last year was under
estimated in the annual crop reports
by about 100000 bushels while the
wheat crop was overestimated by about
1000, 900 bushels.
MAD DOG BITES FIVE.
The worst mad dog excitement which
Bloomington has yet had occurred this
morning when yellow hound, evident
~ suffering with rabies, ran through
the streets from to 10 o'clock, pursued
by the police and a posse of a dozen
men armed with shotguns. Before 1t
was killed the hound bit five people.
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE SUED.
A suit has been filed in the Franklin
court against former Trustee Homer C
Anderson and his bondsmen. asking for
a verdict in the sum of s54.679.93. Mr.
Anderson was trustee of Franklin
township for four years, retiring last
] January, and a recent investigation Of
his books showed a discrepancy Of
about $4,000.
/ Z. s. SHUMAkER SPEAKS.
r. S. Shumaker, superintendent Of
the Anti-Saloon League, was the prin
/ cipal speaker in a mass meeting under
/ the auspices of the Young Mems Option
League in Anderson, Tuesday evening
Thomas B. Orr, president Of the Ander
son Trust Company. and also chairman
of the Citizens Option League presid
ed and made a short address. Through
out Madison county dry and wet
meetings were held in halls. churches
schoolhouses and IN some barns las
night.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13
WE'RE THE MEANS FRAUDULENT


saloons thrown out of business
the the dry movement follow
time relation
secured
obtained fraud
and If
proven public relative the
of fraud fully entitled
dproved Immediately false
ought
The of Gary and of
Calumet a truth
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13

HE SAVED A SOUL.
This is a tale that is true and worth
the telling without comment.
If you can read 1t without being
touched by the story, you are less
easily moved than is the writer.
The reward which followed the mis-
sionary effort Of David s. Kidd OF To-
ronto, while unusual, is but incidental
to the story itself.
In 1897 Mr.. Kidd was a tea sales
man, with headquarters at Chicago.
He always carried with him a New
Testament
One day Of that year Mr.. Kidd met
Mary Burn, girl who had fallen into
evil ways.
Miss Burn was the daughter Of an
Australian millionaire. She was about
twenty years of age, handsome and in
telligent- Attracted by the girl, Mr..
Kidd drew from her the story Of her
life.
Recognizing the possibilities in this
Maynard soul. he took from his pock-
ct the Testament and turned to the
story of Mary Magdalene. This story
he read with all the force and feeling
he possessed.
The girl was deeply affected.
Mr.. Kidd pleaded with her to aban-
don her life of shame. He spoke to
her in the name of her mother.
She promised that she would reform.
| She said she would go to Pittsburg to
her aunt and forever leave Chicago
and her way of living.
That was In 1897. About year ago
Mr. Kidd received a letter from the
| girl, to whom he had given his card,
saying she was dying with consump-
ton and that she was on her way to
Florida with her father.
Miss Burn died last July.
Her father returned to Australia and
died few months ago. He had heard
from his daughter the story Of her
salvation.
| And, much to his surprise, Mr.. Kidd
was notified that the Australian mil
lionaire had added a codicil to his will
leaving the former a handsome for
| tune.
To further show his gratitude the IA
Their had left in trust a quarter Of q
million dollars for the founding anC
maintenance of a home for fallen wo
men.
A beautiful story of rescue.
And that is all-excepting this:
OF all the promises that stretch GU
to Us from the spiritual world thu
greatest is that which requites hin
who saves q soul from moral death.
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THIS is MY 45TH BIRTHDAY.
John +. NIoDuot.

John Ferrol Monnot, noted as met
allurgical and mining engineer, was
ty, New York. He was educated in
France and was graduated with hon
ors from the Ecole Supersure des Minos
de Paris Uupon the completion of his
education he returned to the United
States to begin work as a mining engi-
neer. He made several scientific and
mining explorations In South America
and Mevico. Mr. Monnot has added to
his fame by inventing many valuable
processes, among others one for ex-
tracing ruber from the bark and leaves
of trees. improvements in steam heat
ing and electric lighting systems, and
a process for making compound met
ais, known as Monnot metals.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13
WHAT Ais FLEMING ANYWAY?

entirely much
paper
in 0
s 1
assumption of authority
causing
he
of avs Steve i
by
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13
MORBID CURIOSITY

When trial which there testimony that
Post
trial collect its Of human
horrible
sensations delacy
a
weaker
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IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL MOVEMENT.


which
upon expert
are e
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corrections falling, her mother took her
to her room to whip her.
During this proceeding, the little
girls older brother opened the door and
was obut to enter. But in her prone
position across her mothers knee the
little girl twisted her head around and
said severely;
"Eddie, go out! Can't you see we're
busy."
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13
PLAN BIG BANQUET.
wHIsKEY PROMPTS SUICIDE
FIT rHRowER ARRTEsTED,

John Doolittle, suspected of being q
professional fit thrower" and of be-
ing the leader of the gang that is
working on the sympathies of Indiana
people. is under arrest at Elwood, and
an attempt will be made to convict
him of getting money under false pre-
lenses. The man came here from An
derson Tuesday morning and fell in a
fit" as soon as he left the train.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13

Routine is pretty hard. What
a job it is to keep on eating,
and sleeping and working md
then eating, sleeping and work
ing again.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13

The man who is the architect
of his own fortune is always
getting plans out for IA few new
additions,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13

1t seems waste of time for a
woman to spend an hour fixing
her hair when she puts on one
of the new coal scuttle hats to
go down town.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13

A man
Never chances
At the lacey lingerie I'm
store window without a guilty
Feeling that his wife would
Be madIy jealous
If she saw him
Do 1T.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13

There are several Lake county men
who are neither upward or downward
tariff revisionists. They are side-step-
per revisionists.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13


formulating would everybody nventing
n o practicable.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13

A man who bought a trunk at an
auction the other day for 40 cents found
1855 in it. This is getting line on
trunk not getting a trunk line.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13

The Monon is going to remodel its
deppo. and the Jasper County Demo-
crat man takes a new hitch on his gal
Iuses and says, THE world do move"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13
r A N DOM
THINGS AND FILINGS

It takes a bigger hat than has yet
been seen in Lake county to make our
girls look unattractive.
THE SAFEST WAY FOR A MAN TO
MANIFEST SUPERIOR STRENGTH
IS To FORCE EVERYBODY HE
KNOWS INTO LETTING HIS WIFE
HAVE HER OWN WAY
We note that Judge Huber of Gary
is claiming the official worlds record
for trying cases. but we believe he
ought to be more explicit. Does he
mean the mile or half-mile record, with
or without hopples?
Maybe you've heard this and maybe
you haventi
"a little girl know was very bad
one day. She was so bad that, other
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13

The real optimist is the man who
has the nerve to go down leading
street this time of the year with a
straw lid.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13

THE TINES COVERS LAKE CoUN-
TY FOR NEWS WITH FINE TOOTH
COMB AND C -yTS RESULTS.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13

Miss Birch will sail for May @ with her mother Mrs
will Venice following the custom
probably will be Venice the time that daughter
is s The
Miss Birch number sonatas composition which
o e
MARSHALL Field will attend 1
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SAYS destroy 1OOOOOOO Of
things that made Of Down with the ratsi
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13
UP AND DOWN IN INDIANA

SUNDAY BALL WINS IN Y. Nj. C. A.
The Y NJ. c. A of South Bend, ac-
cording to a decision reached by the
judges in debate among members of
the junior department. is in favor of
Sunday baseball. The argument of the
boys. which did not end until it be-
came hot and furious, was heard by
large crowd.
BARNARD TO WASHINGTON.
Representative William o. Barnard Of
Newcastle. in the Sixth District re-
turned to Washington this evening af-
ter spending several weeks with his
family here. He was accompanied by
his son. George NJ. Barnard, prosecut-
ing attorney of Henry Country. who
will spend ten days seeing the sights
of the national capital
PLAN CIVIC REVIVAL.
Representative of most of the social
charitable. military and commercial or
CARNATIONS of TT. Wayne, met with the
civic Identification" committee of the
Commercial Club this evening and made
arrangements for "vici revival week
was largely attended and very enthu-
siastic.
PLAN BIG BANQUET.
Invitations were issued in Indianaop-
oils for the third annual banquet of the
Commercial Club. and announce that
DR.. William A Allen. secretary of the
Bureau of Municipal Research of New
York, will speak. The banquet will be
held May 81, and the invitations state
that the dinner guess will be limited
/ to 140.
WHISKEY PROMPTS SUICIDE.
While suffering from the effects Of
squirrel whiskey, Peter Sargent {
young man about twenty-one years old
| at Shelburn, attempted to commit sui
eide with razor. inf1icting a four incl
cash across his throat He will recov
err.
xrrrC rrxxr1 OWED AnnurESTTHn
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-13

The new tariff bill forgot to say a
thing about jamming a little tax on
the mosquito.
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Fill out blank and send to Pattern
Department Of this newspaper
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Heart toHeart
Ta1ks.
BY EDWIN A. NYE-
20 SAVED a SOUL.

copyright, 1909, by American Press AssO-
ciation.l
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-10-06
Knew All Their Tricks.

Gentlemen" said Frederick the
Great. Il am entirely dissa tisfied with
the cavalry. The regiments are COM
pletely out OF hand; there is no ac.
curacy. no order; the men ride like
tailors. l beg that this may not occur
again and that each of you will pay
more attention to his duty but know
how things go on. You think am not
up to your lodges. but know them all
and will recapituate them.
when the season for riding drill
comes on the captain sends for the
sergeant major and says: ! have an
appointment this morning ut -. Tell
the first lieutenant to take the rides.
So the sergeant major goes TO the
senior subaltcrn and gives him the
message. and the latter says: What!
The captain will be away? Then ! am
Off hunting. Tell the second lieutenant
to take the men, And the second lieu
tenant. who Is probably still in bed.
says; What. both Of them away? Then
will stay where am. was up till
3 this morning at a dance Tell the
WI utt an III anu Ae NUM- tahe the
rides Finally the cornet remarks:
Look here. sergeant major. what is
the good Of my standing out there In
the cold? You know all about II much
better than do. You go and take
them. And so 1t goes. and what must
be the end of 1t all? What can hope
to do with such cavalry before the
enemy?"-"History of Frederick the
Grent :"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-10-06
ABSENTMINDED.
The Dinner to Which Wills, tho Artist,
Invited a Friend.

The Dinner to Which Wills, tho Artist,
Invited a Friend.
Mr.. Wills, the artist. was renowned
for his observation-disclosures. and the fol
lowing story. says Henrietta Cochran
In her book. celebrities and l." was
told of him by friend: "Wills invited
me to dinner one afternoon when l
met him In the Strand. accepted.
reminding him that as he was absent
minded he had better make n note of
the evening. As he had no paper In
his pocket, he wrote the date on his
shirt cuff.
"When the appointed evening arriv-
ed went to his studio. The door was
opened by Wills, and l could see that
he had forgotten all about the appoint
ment.
"'Ah, old fellow he exclaimed, do
not be too hard on me. The cuff went
to the wash and the date with it. But
there is fowl In the pot boiling here
continued Mr.. Wills Just come In
and wait few minutes
Il had my misgivings, but walked
inside and sat upon the only chair not
crowded with paint brushes and pal
cites.
AFTER waiting for about twenty
minutes. feeling deucedly hungry. I
groaned. This had its effect.
HE exclaimed In a dreamy voice.
The fowl must be boiled by this time.
and. coming forward. he lifted the lid
Of the pot and peered inside. 1t is
very odd.' he remarked, but l cannot
see the fowl. Extraordinary! No one
has been here, SO the bird cannot have
been stolen
We'll. the long and short of 1t Is
that week or two later called again
at the studio. noticed peculiar odor
and discovered the fowl wrapped up In
Il piece of paper.
'Ah! said Wills. Now l know how
1t all happened. When the fowl was
brought In there came smart visitor
Lady G.-about sitting for her por-
trait. must have thrown the fowl
behind a canvas and forgotten about
if,u
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-10-06
AN IRISH DUEL.
Rules Were Ignored and the Meeting
Had Happy Ending.

TAU 'NPPy @Vo'"b'
A duel with happy ending seems
IN anomaly, yet one Is commemorated
In Blackwood's Magazine In IN article
on Irish fire eaters" The duel as ar
ranged was between John Egan, a
county judge, and Roger Barrett. mas
ter Of the rolls. Both men were hui
morous, and the meeting upon the fair
ground Of Donnybrook was character
istic.
Upon the eombatants taking their
ground Barrett, who was the challen-
ger. promptly fired without waiting for
the signal to be given and then walked
coolly away. calling out:
Now. Egan, my honor is satisfied"
The judge, however, was by no
means contented and shouted: Hello!
Stop, Roger till take n shot ut your
honor!
Barrett thereupon came back and,
planting himself In his former station,
said composedly:
"All right. then. Fire away"
Egan presented his pistol and, taking
most deliberate aim, first Mt one part
Of the anatomy of the master Of rolls
and then ut another, seemed deter
mined to finish him outright At last.
however, he cried out:
81 won't honor you! l won't be both
cred shooting you! So now you may
20 your own way or come and shake
hands with me, whichever way you
like best"
Barrett chose to shake hands. and
amidst the plaudits Of the crowd the
antagonists departed from the field In
much good humor, the best Of friends.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-10-06

His Head For Trifies.

They were sitting in the cleaning.
planning the home to beat least. she
was planning. George merely listen
ed, pondered. listened and sighed.
And we'll have one Of those lovely
velvety Turkey carpets for the dining
room, Georgew she cooed
"Oh. my pet" he lifted, what a
trouble the crumbs and cigarette ashes
would be on a Turkey carpet. |
can't bear the thought Of my sweet
heart brushing and brushing, and
making those dear, sweet little hands
rough like the hands of any common
housemaid"
what head you have for triHes,
dear" she lowed softly.
Tell you what we'll do. dear"
cackled George. well toss for it,
Tails for the Turkey carpet. heads for
linoleum!"
Clink. And the linoleum had 1t.
How lucky" murmured George as
be picked up the double headed pen
NY How lucky 1t is to have head
for triHes-two heads. in factw-IIon.
don Iit-Bits
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-10-06

When p. IT, Barnum was In the mu-
f, scum business in New York one Of his
most jovial friends was Gaylord Clark.
n famous litterateur In the days of our
fathers. They were well matched
pair Of practical jokers. One day when
Mr. Clark dropped in at the museum,
as was his custom, Mr.. Barnum. APP
parently much excited, hurried his
friend Into the private office and said:
Gaylord, was about to send for
you. I want your advice. have a
chance to purchase the most wonder
full of all geological freaks. It's at first
n perfect fish, then 1t changes to a four
legged land animal, then 1t climbs
trees and
bah! You're Joking" interjected
Mr.. Clark.
ION my honor am not" impressive
ly replied the Snowman. But the ex-
pensew
"Oh. hang the expense" interrupted
Mr.. Clark, brmful of enthusiasm over
the business project Of his friend. III
you can get any such freak as that
your fortunes made. But what's the
thing called?"
well" replied Mr. Barnum, with
Just the faintest suggestion Of twin
kle In his left eye, sit belongs to the
batrachian family Of animals and IN
the vernacular Is called the-the-tad-
nala't
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-10-06
C0WED By MOSQUITOES.
A clergyman's Experiences on a British
Columbia Trip.

a Cier0yman's Experiences on British
Columbia Trip.
In 1860 the Rev John Sheepshanks,
later on the bishop Of Norwich. was
travelling through British Columbia.
His book. "A Bishop In the Rough"
relates his experiences on the Douglas
trail. where the greatest discomfort
was caused by the swarms of ferocious
mosquitoes. He met with Indians COW
cred with paint, carrying branches of
trees In their hands, which they were
sweeping around them as they walked.
They were evacuating their country,
being temporarily driven out by these
pests. II by chance a traveller arrived
at a clearing or an open space where
there appeared to be an immunity
from them. ere long they would ap.
pear.
"Quite early In the morning after
meeting those Indians l issued from
my tent and found an open space on
the rivers side where l could get my
BATH But no sooner had | emerged
from the water than l found swarms
Of mosquitoes assailing me, and. do
what would. slaughter them by doz-
ems, suffered severely.
at was on that same day. dining at
a wayside house. that took pnrt In a
scene which can never forget There
were twenty-five men going up to the
mines. Food was on the table. There
was n ceaseless hum in the apartment.
for 1t was literally brown with thou.
sands of mosquitoes
at was swelteringly hot. yet every
man had made himself as impervious
as he could. Each man wore his coat
buttoned up. strings were fastened
round his cuffs. and trousers also If he
had not on top boots. They had gaunt-
let's on their hands, their hats were on,
and wells hanging down covered face
and neck. A man would stick his fork
into piece of meat and pop In under
the veil as quickly as possible. When
drinking their coffee the men would
hold the cup underneath the veil, first
clearing out the bodies of the mosqui-
toes which possibly had been feeding
upon the hairy miner close at hand.
Not word was uttered during that
brief meal. for we were beaten down
and cowed by the insects. The first
words spoken were by miner in push
ing away his chair from the table. oh
this God forsaken countryy"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-10-06
A Costlv Expsrimsnt.

An enterprising Australian million
aire named Leonard took trip to
Peru some years ago. He saw great
focks Of the alpaca wandering on the
Andes. Being woolgrower himself,
be was struck with their splendid
fleece. He resolved to buy some and
take them home. He found that the
Peruvian government absolutely pro-
hiblted their export. He tried by
chartering a special ship to smuggle
some of, but was unsuccessful. Then
the idea occurred to him of taking
them out Of the country eastward. He
bought a large flock, engaged trusty
men and had the creatures driven
over the passes, $4,000 feet above sea
level, and then clean across the CONT
nent to Buenos Aires. This little ex-
petition cost him $4,000. But the
long march had so weakened the al
pacas that they all died on the voyage.
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A hauqhty Parsonage.

Professors In Germany are impor-
tant personages and know It, but few
probably ever reach the pinnacle OF
haughtIness attained by the one OF
whom this anecdote Is narrated.
He was one Of the greatest men In
the faculty ut Heidelberg. One day
the authorities Of that city ordered
that the street In front Of the pro
fessor's house should be paved.
"If you don't stop that noise,' re-
marked the professor to the PAYERS. Il
shall give up my position as member
of the Heidelberg faculty"
The PAYERS stopped work Mt once.
The municipal authorities sent around
to inquire respectfully OF the professor
when they might pave the street.
when | take my vacation" he re
piled
Then. and then only. was the street
On we'd