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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-11-16
CO.
GETS GARY
CONTRACT
Construction Peo-
pie Will Grade Site for the
American Bridge Com
pany-C Construction Work
to Follow Immediately.

The contract for the grading Of the
site ef the American Bridge company
was yet yesterday from the general Of
fees I'm Pittsburg to the Hardisan Con-
struetion company of Indiana Harbor
for $4,000. The figure also included
the excavatng work, which will be
done by this firm.
The letting Of the first big contract
means that the construction Of the big
plant will be started Immediately and
will be rushed through to completion.
The men and teams will be placed on
the field ready for business just as soon
as the papers can be signed and the
bonds approval and other incidental
matters OF this character arranged.
The start of the grading work will
not be later than next Monday. accord
ing to the local representatives of the
American Bridge company
job TO Lake County Firm.
Tents viii be pitched for the graders
to reside in for the present on the site
OF the works. two miles east of Broad
way. As many teams as can be prop
erly utilized will be placed at work to
follow up the men engaged in clearing
the underbrush OFF the dense tract
superintendent Gerbef OF the Ioca
concern is now in the city and will re
main here to oversee the. grading anC
| the other work in connection with th'
construction of the plant.
1t was expected that the contract 70
the grading would be let last week
either Friday or Saturday. but the mat
ter was delayed until yesterday. Con
siderable pride is expressed among thu
Lake county contractors that the worl
should have been given to contractot
of Indiana Iarbor for job of sucl
magnitude as this one. The Hardigal
company is well known throughout tn
country.
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Good Word for Novels.

There is nothing to be said against,
but a great deal in favor of. a we'll
selevted collection of Boyels.-Dr.
Hew Morrison
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-11-16

WHY TAKE A CHICAGO PAPER
ron SPORTING EvENTss TUEY
DON'T GIVE YOU LAKE COUNTY
EVENTS. THE TIMES DOES. AND
ALI. OTHERS As wELK.
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MOE GETS TT
Contract for. Two Story Flat
Is Let.

Ingwold. Moe yesterday received the
contract to erect a two-story. stone
and brick fiat for Harry Haskell. to
be erected OH jackson street, near Sixth
avenue The fat viii cost in the neigh
bornood of $1,000, and viii be modern
in every detail. The site of the new
building is just adjourning the Has
kell apartments, recently completed by
Mr. Moe.
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May Upset the Election.

THE NUMBER OF COPIES OF THE
TIMES SOLD N THE STREETS ALONE
EXCEEDS THE ENTIRE CIRCULA-
TIoN OF ANY OTHER PAPER IN THE
CITY
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-11-16

If YoU IRE 4 poor LETTER
WRITER. SEND THE TINES TO YOUR
FRIENDS WHO LIVE OUT OF TOWN.
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Queen Bee a Busy Worker.

A queen bee at the height of her
season deposits three times her
weight in eggs a day.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-12-17
Brief Truths.

The female bargain hunter knows al
the countersigns.
The married beauty always locke
upon her nd as the beast.
No woman wants her offspring ta
pose as an object lesson at a mothers
meeting. -
One Of the things man can't uA-
derstaDd is why his enemies seem Co
have SO many friends.
The smile of a good woman will do
a man more good than dozen handed
TO him by bartender.
After man has been married a
year be can't see any reason why his
wife should want new hat.
1t sometimes happens that aian Is
kept from buying mining stock be-
cause he hasn't got the ready cash.
Once in awhile man In toe prouE
to beg and too honest to steal Then
the only alternative be has left is to
go to work
Occasionally married man does !,
lot Of talking when be is away from.
home. because that is about the onlr
chance he gets.
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Colonel
John Sneed's
Conversations
on Domestic
20 :,
Problems E ::
!. ~. Il .xt- rs 81 s.
copyrish,. isos. ~ c!sss. Yo;s. ]; q !,
"a. u Y, . ~. ~
III. -DAnsers Of the Ele
waited Nose
copyrlsh,. 1900. - c!:ss.&Y o = 1 |.

WxNUT what's the matter with
them. honey?' demanded the
colonel. ''Ain't they good peo-
pie? Amt they honest? Don't
they behave themselves about as well
as any Of your friends? Don't they
''Yes, papa. yes" interrupted his
daughter. They're very nice people,
and have no fault to find with them,
but And Mrs Rollins turned up
her pretty little nose and gazed silent
ly at the fire.
"Uh. huhr' grunted the colonel. II
understand. They just amt in your
class. accordin' to your way Of lookin'
at it. But, honey, l wouldn't twist my
face up that way if was you. It'll
make wrinkles quicker than anything
in the world. and the worst kind Of
wrinkles too. You know. there's wrin-
kies and wrinkles. Some wrinkles
light up the plainest face with beauty.
Yes, honey, that's fact. And then
there's some that make the most beau,
tiful face look ugly. You're develop
in some of that kind when you turn
up your nose in that way. Uh, huh!
I thought that'd make you drop it.
And now you're maxim some Of the
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WRONG PERSPECTIVE. ship.
You see. honey. an elevated nose is
q good deal like one of rhose old fash
toned blnnderbBsses--it hits Whole
lot OF people that you didn't aim AT.
and whoever il hits it hurts. Nobody
can tell where it's goin' to strike. and
SO they get in the habit OF dodgln'
whenever It comes around. There's a
good many folks you can scold and
abuse and they'll take 1t good natured
and keep on being friends. but just let
,em get the notion thar you're sneerin
at EN- aud it's all of Most nj at H.
have an idea that we're abOuf as gsatd
as the nest aBe. and nothin' makes us
madden than turned up nose. aud The
greater the difference between MS III
wealth or social station the madden We
get about Il.
err you're goin' TO get the best there
Is cat of tbe world and otit OF the Iss,-
ole 81 H yoG'se got to meet felix's or
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they say it's all covered over with wrin-
kies, and the scientific fellows have lot
Of theories about them. But I've got a
notion that they're caused by the same
thoughts and feelin's and emotions
that put the lines on the countenance.
Anyhow, If an elevated nose don't
make its mark on the outside Of the
brain it does on the inside. and it
amounts to the same thing. for the
movements OF the face that go to make
up what we call expression are nothin'
more than fhe sign of the workin' Of
the mind When you curl up your
little probostfs. like you did bit ago
that's a sign that you was thfnkin'
yourself little better. maybe whole
lot better than the people we was
talkin' about.
Now. honey, l want to tell you that
that's a pretty risky attitude for any
body to take. ! believe In man
thinkin' We'll Of himself or woman
thinkin' well of herself, but when you
begin to make comparisons between
yourself and other folks to the disad-
vantage Of the other folks you're get
tin on dangerous ground. for two
reasons. In the first place. you're cul-
twain an opinion of yourself that
amt warranted by the facts. You're
settin' yourself up on pedestal that's
full of cracks. and one of these fine
days it'll crumble to pieces, and down
you'll drop like load of bricks, for
whenever a man or woman raises
himself in his mind above his fellows
he's gettin' ready for fall. II be
don't topple over Of himself somebody
will pull, out the props from under him.
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NV fsOWSpoOfe cS0bSVS~ sSVSSCS~ W oSs"s
A few more words, and he hurried
back to me. He was transformed.
Enthusiasm had succeeded depression.
and it needed but few words to ex-
plain the change.
eve have the town beaten" he said.
'sThey have just found Thompson. and
he is in the chiefs office now; been
there about ten minutes. We have a
clear field, and we can't fail. The
only possibility is that some other
newspaper man may come in. If he
does it is your business to keep him
out of that room and to keep him so
busy that he won't have time to sus-
pect what is up
"But how?" asked.
"By any possible means. By murder
If necessary. but keep every newspa.'
per man out Of that room. Come on.
We've no time to spare"
We hurried into the waiting room,
which contained desks for reporters.
At one of them sat youth with his
back toward us. Moulton glanced at
him and nodded to me meaningly.
Then he went to the door of the chiefs
Office and knocked softly. 1t opened. a
little, and there was d whispered con-
sultation with some one inside. 1t end
ed favorably, for Moulton was admit
ted, and the door closed behind him. l
was left alone to face the situation.
/ sat down at desk. My pose. de-
cided, would be a carelessness Of de-
meanor that would tend to divert sus-
picion. SO l scrubbed idly, the while
humming tune half under my breath,
but loudly enough for my companion
to hear. l was between him and the
Office door, and there intended to re-
main. thought grimly to myself that
1t would be too bad to STAY such an In
offensive youth. The reflection made
me smile. and the boy. for he was little
more. got up and came over to me.
"Pardon me; Are you a reporter he
lsked politely. looked up at him.
Eyes. Are your
''Well, I'm trying to be. but I'm not
Doing much at it." he answered, with
= faint smile.
What's the matter?' I asked, keep
ing my eyes on the Office door. He
was plainly eager to talk, and i was
even more eager to have him talk.
Il suppose my experience is a COM
mon one" be began. 81 came down
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"A MIGHTY wABBIY WORLD.

Ml6d11 WAbbA1 "OnAO'
other was a ditch digger who couldaaa
spell his own name
But even when you size up people
accordin' to the standard Of your cluas
it amt safe to turn up your nose, for
this is a mighty wabbly world. and
the folks that's up today may be down
tomorrow. and the ones that's down
tomorrow may be up at the top oa
the heap next week. If you're goin' 10
judge people by that standard you've
got no right to object If they measure
you by the same rule and it's mighty
embarrassin'. imagine, to find the
folks you've been turnin' up your nose
at in position to elevate their noses
at you. But. say. little girl. it's bed
time. and here Eve been fussin' aud
scoldin' the whole eveDin' Don't VOC
feel bad about it, though. honey Yose
old daddy thinks you're the finest ever.
but he don't want you to find 1t osf
Good night"
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''The c1s'.ter hos gone to see the latter
with $50, o0o" nod emphatically
Standish walked quickly over to where
I sat.
"Pm sorry the older men are all out.
Mr.. Gordon" he said. but it's the
chance you have been waiting for.
am going to send you to Mrs. Thomp-
son. Get an interview Of some sort
with her Use tact. Don't be obtru-
sive, but get whatever facts are in her
possession. Be back here within an
hour at the latest. but don't come until
you have a story" Too dazed to do
anything but obey without question,
took some paper from the desk. seized
my hat and rushed for the elevator
down which Moulton had already
gone.
l had no time for worry. and as it
proved there was no occasion for It..
Mrs. Thompson, although nearly fran
dc from grief. seemed relieved to tell
what little she knew about her. hus-
bands disappearance. : It was not
much. but it was story, and I has
tened back to the Office greatly elated
over my success
| wrote out as quickly and plainly
as ! could what had been told and
banded it to the city editor He
glanced over it and nodded approval
Good stuff" he said When he had
made few alterations and handed
the copy to boy to take to the COM
posing room he turned to me:
Il won't need you any more today.
but wish you would go to the bank
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THE ONLY GOOD YARDSflCA.
God made little apples. A sDeer i'm
the brain is sign of fermentation.
and fermentation, you KNOW comes
mighty close to bein' rotten.
Nov, then, gettin' right down tn
brass lacks. as the fellow says. the
only reason you've got for eAewatin'
your nose at the people we was itaikilA'
about is that they don't run lin your
set Well. what If they don't? as
your set the standard by which ala
others have TO be measured l reckeH
not. 1t takes all kinds OF people TO
make a world, as you've heard before.
and some of the best ones in it make
the least show.
"You can't ten by lookiR' at the
people you meet on the street how
many Of them's beneath you and how
many's above you. You can't tell 10y
lookin' at woman's clothes or count
in the money she's got In the bank
whether you've got right TO look
down on her or she's got right Fte
look down on you. You can't tell by
hearin' woman quote Ibsen whether
she's better or worse than you. It
amt money. or clothes or blood OF
culture that counts when it comes 10
measurin' up men and women. The
only yardstick that's good anywhere
on earth and in any society is char
acter That's common. or uncommon
to rich and poor. and your washer
woman may have as much of it and
be as much entitled to your respect as
the president of your club. One Of
the two greatest men ever had the
honor to know was professor. {
English in the state university; 1aar
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and see II Mr.. MOultOn has anything
yet We ought to have the first Of it
for the last edition soon"
/ walked down the street toward the
bank in very contented frame of
mind. Before I had gone two blocks
I met Moulton. knew from his face
that his errand had not turned out
well. but before he would say any
thing about it he insisted on hearing
how | had Jared. He congratulated
me heartily on what he called my ''ten
strike" and then, in answer to my
questions, he said:
81 haven't line. I couldn't drag an
intelligent word out Of the old fossils
They wouldn't admit that Thompson
had gone or that any money was miss
ing or that there was any trouble OF
any sort. II / had accused them OF
being alive don't believe they would
have admitted it,. His disgust went
beyond words, and I've walked along
for a moment in silence. Then, at
Moulton's suggestion, we turned doYn
toward police headquarters: 49,
II simply can't ,gos'back without
sometAlng," he said. "Stanaish is
backing his reputation on ?this sstory.
and Tor me to fall down like this;
AS we mounted the steps. OF. the gray
old shuilding l noticed.stha Sergeant
MuIlaly was on duty at the desk. He
was an old friend Of Moultois, and as
he saw us he beckoned to him ex-
citedly with fat hand. Moulton' went
to his desk, and they whispered to-
gether. The sergeant looked at me
and said something. Mohlton nodded.
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kind that add to
,bea uty--the wrfn-
kies that come
from smiles.
Eyes. indeedy.
% y de ar. the
turned up nose
is a dangerous
thing. 1t not
only makes ugly
wrinkles on the
face. but it makes
ugly, wrinkles on
the brain. Never
thought a bou t
that. did you?
No. I reckon not,
but it's true. !
never ga " q hu-
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pected. For three "Are you u reporter
weeks all did find was a lot of advice
to go back to Scarboro. | think would
have done it If it hadn't been for my
mother. You know what fellows
mother Is and how she banks on his
success"
Indeed did, and found 1t necessa-
~ to stiie a feeling of sympathy for
the poor chap. He went on:
Because | ran the Scarboro Eagle
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She Found Out.

81 thought I'd stop for minute and
inquire the price of tomatoes" she
said to the grocer as she set down her
basket.
"Yes'm-they are cents apiece"
whist. but isn't that high?'
cit is. But we must have protec-
ton for the American raiser you
know"
"And how much for washboard to
day?"
Thirteen cents--reduced from ID"
What makes thatY'
'The tariff. ma'am."
"Oh. / see. And bow much for
taters. if you please7'
"They are up 80 cents q bushekrr@
> whist again. but what makes
that?"
What they call ad valorem."
''Of course. And what's the price OF
natirons, il not too much troub,e?"
'They are down. cheaper than ever"
"And it's because
That's free trade"
"Um; see. Well. Patrick will be
thankful to them great men in Wash
ington when I tell him what you say"
"You understand 1t. do you?
GAS plain as day. sir The price of
fiatirons and washboards has come
down to give the poor chance to live.
and the price of tomatoes. and taters
has gone up to give the rich squeeze,
as should be the case Thankee. sir,
and good day to ."-Pittsburg Press.
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and then the peo-
pie he's b e e n
iookin' down on
will look down
on him and laugh
i u st "a U g b.
That's the second
reason why the
turned up nose is
bad business. 1t
spoils you, and
then 1t spoil
your friends. for
the b a b it of
thought that ex-
presses itself IL
Il b e turned up
nose is fatal to
i he kind Of self
esteem that ey-
erybody ought to
have. and it's ia
tai to frien d.
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from Vermont a
month ago with
the idea that 1
was made for a
newspaper man.
and He paus-
ed.
- 81 We GU
C b a a 6 e d your
mind 2" I asked.
mot entirely.
but I don't fnd
1t as easy as l ex-
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around the room
and groaned.
"Of course it
had to b a p p e q
when everybody
is out" he said.
| felt his eyes
upon. me and bent
over my work.
My. b e art was
humping wildly.
/ heard a whis-
pered consulta-
ton with Moul-
ton and looked
up just in time
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How the Gazlets.l
Lost a Beat
By ALLEN L. CHURCHILL
Copyright. 1909. by American Press Assoc
citation

III
IL the city room. standish. the
city editor, after vainly seek
ing for assignments to keep
busy the half dozen idle reporters, had
cut the knot by driving them into the
street with orders to stay out until
each had found story.
1t may be guessed that the Gazette
was not-<a metropolitan newspaper.
But, while our little city did not give
herself airs, she boosted three daily pa
pers Of which the Star and. the Ga
zette were published in the afternoon.
The rivalry between them was nat
urally keen. The Star had. beaten US
badly on a. local story the week, be-
fore. and It was common knowledge
in the office that Standish was burning
to redeem his reputation as the clev-
crest newspaper man In town. There
seemed little likelihood that he woula
do it on day like this:
A newcomer on, the staff of the Ga
zette and beginner in newspaper
work. had thus far found the life
singularly lacking in that. excitement
which is popularity supposed to be the
accompaniment of, the reporters ca
reer On this particular day | was
working in the graveyard" This Is
not ias' ominoris as it sounds. The
graveyard" in newspaper parlance is
the cabinet which contains the obit-
uaries of all persons whose decease is
likely to require extended notice.
These must, of course. be kept up to
date. and / was adding to them from
various sources and filing the complet-
ed notices away in the cabinet. -
1t was a tiresome business, and
was glad when Billy Moulton, our
"star" reporter, came in just after the
general exodus. Moulton and I were
alumni of the same college. and this
fact, with some other things that we
had in common. had made US as good
friends as was consistent between the
'1star" and the cub"
He nodded to me and walked to the
city editors desk. With a freedom
which I contemplated with awe he
chatted with that august parsonage as
II he were an ordinary mortal. Sud-
denly the. telephone bell rang.
Answer that, will you. Billy?' said
Standish. Moulton took the receiver
and listened. Then he turned to
Standish.
IT think you had better take this"
said he.
whats the matter? Has anything
broken loose?'
Moulton, without replying, handed
the receiver to him as he came for
ward. The city editor listened intent
~, making rapid notes on the pad by
his side. A few sharp questions. and
he hung up the receiver and fastened
to his desk
Anything in it," asked Moulton.
Eyes. a lot. if we can get it. It's
from Morgensen. He has found out
by accident that Thompson. the cash
Ter of the Fifth National bank. has
gone with $4,000 of the banks money.
The police are after him. but they are
keeping it quiet If we can get hold of
the facts before the last edition we
will score beat that will make the
town sit up"
had never heard the city editor say
SO much at one time before. A flush
on his impressive face showed that he
was unusually excited. Moulton had
seized a handful Of paper and stood
waiting. Standish looked at him.
you will do the bank end. Let it
run for all it's worth" He glanced
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A Dreary Land.

The country from Jerusalem to the
Jordan valley is as dreary and DESC
late as could be imagined. The hills
look like great banks of rock and sand.
Not even the Sahara itself looks more
forbidding. 1t is the country not in
habited." the wilderness into which
the scapegoat was driven. We are all
glad we went. but none of US could
be induced to 60 again.-Zion's Her
aid.
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PeeIino Onions.

Peel onions from the root upward
ter and smart.
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slaughter the innocent as we'll as the
guilty. You'll get hunk with me yet"
eff he doesn't I'll kill him." Billy
said fercely, ''even as I'm going to kill
Mullaly after I've had that cigar"
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the level. You 90 up to the top of y
skyscraper buildin' and look out eng
window down at the men and women
in the street below. and they all look
mighty small-not more'n half as oas
as you are. But when you go down m
the elevator and get out. on the pave
ment you find they average up abouf
the same size as yourself It's all .
matter of the point of view. ana the
turned up nose gives you wrong per
spective. 1t gives you false notions on
your own Importance and your oWn'po-
sition, while everybody else can see
that you're just one of the comnaoa
run of folks and have noright to feel
yourself any better than they are
And; so You get out of touch and out
Of sympathy:with the rest Of the world
around you. and then you begin TO
sour. That's just as certain as tna1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-08
Great Men of Lowly Birth.

Most of the great men of history were of lowly birth. Lord Wolsey was the son of a butcher, Columbus the son of a weaver, Horace the son of man. ufacturer, Sir Richard Arkwright the son of a barber, Shakespeare the son of a wool stapler. Watt the son of a blockmaker, Virgil the son of a porter, Stephenson the son of fireman at a eolliery, Burns the son of a plowman, Franklin the son of tallow chandler, Oliver Cromwell the son of a brewer; Esop was a slave; Beaconsfield was B lawyers clerk, Thomas Paine a stay maker, De Foe a hosier, son of butch CT; Demosthenes was the son of cut Ter, Ben, Jonson a bricklayer, Bunyan travelling tinker, Dickens reporter; Edmund Kean was the son of a stage carpenter; Ce-vantes was a common soldier; Homer was farmers son and is said to have begged his bread. The list might be extended through col umnS.