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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-09

New York. always to the fore In
novelties of every kind has developed
new kind of beggars. The new type.
which has been given the somewhat
homogeneous name of Gentleman Beg
gar" may be found any evening along
the most fashionable streets of the
tenderloin district. The beggars of
this type are dressed in the most up
to-date fashion, evening clothes, pat
ent feathers, etc and present the ap-
pearance of wealthy clubmen. The only
thing homogeneous about them is that
they are walking and not riding in
cabs. And that is the point which they
rely upon to help them in their bust
ness. They approach well dressed and
apparently well-to-do strangers with
a familiar Hello. old chap" and then
try TO borrow a dollar or more for cab
fare. They pretend to have left their
money at home and never fail to ask
the person accosted for his car, so as
to be able to return the borrowed
amount the first thing in the morn
ing" OF course, the morning never
comes 1t is said that even young but
impecunious clubmen of good families
practice this new method of touching
and by 1t earn enough to keep up theil
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-09
STRAY TOPICS FROM
LITTLE OLD NEW YORK

standing in their club and enough be-
sides to live upon the frugal style.
Perverse Reasoning.
With the perverse reasoning usually
attributed to the gentle sex a woman
in this city cut one of her husbands
ears OF the other day. because "he
talked too much to suit her. 1t never
occurred to her that the surgical oper-
alton performed by her with remarka-
BILE neatnes. was not likely to remedy
the evil. Cutting off the ears would
undoubtedly have proved an effective
remedy had the woman cut her own
ears off. but to amputate her husband 5
ear was a blunder unless the man did
his talking with his ears. which is not
probable.
An Unusual Job.
A construction job, the like of which
has been done but few times in this
city. will be the erection Of a modern
edifice for the Roman Catholic Church
of st. Vincent Ferrer. at Lexington
Avenue and Sixty-sixth street. The
architects have arranged to leave the
present edifice undisturbed during the
construction. The new church Will be
built around the old one. which will
RACED when the exterior of the proposed
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-09
LAKE COUNTY FARMERS
INTERESTED IN PURDUE

The Purdue University Experiment
Station and School OF Agriculture will
again put up an exhibit at the Indiana
State Fair to be held Sept. 1916. This
exhibit win be larger, more attractive
and more educative than ever before.
The exhibit will be on display in what
is known as the Purdue building south
west of the new pavilion. All depart
ments OF the Station and School will be
represented Expert men from the diff-
erent departments will be in charge of
the exhibit and will answer questions
and give explanations of the different
parts OF the exhibit Valuable and re-
cent literature published by the Elk
pertinent Station will be distributed to
those who are interested in the contents
OF these publications. Live stock men,
fruit growers, corn and grain growers
and dairymen will find capable Purdue
men In charge of the different depart
ments. With these they are invited TO
discuss their problems and obtain in
formation and advice. Each depart
ment has made a special effort to make
IT'S portion of the exhibit Of the greatest
value to Indiana farmers.
See Milk Tests.
There will be something of special
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-09
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS.
No Need to Take ANY Further Risks.

Az 4sSSA - 4ts<AS 22&AS - "a sAxS4 4stoho<
why viii people continue to suffer-
the agonSes OF kidney complaint. back<
ache. urinary disorders. lameness.
headaches. languor. why allow them
selves 10 become chronic invalids.
when eereain cure 10 offered them7
Dcazzs Kidney Pills is the remedy
to uae because 1t gives to the kidneys
the help they need to perform their
work
II you have any. even one, of the
symptoms of the kidney diseases. cure
yourself now. before diabetes, dropsy
or Brtght's disease sets in. Can Ham
mond residents demand more convince
ing proof than the following:
James williams. 4S2S Alleott Ave,
East Chicago. Ind. says: II used
Doan's Kidney Pills and l know that
they live up to the claims made for
them. My back ached and 1 had other
annoying symptoms OF kfndey GEM
(! plant When Doan>s Kidney Pills
were recommended to me. I procured a
supply and IN short time after begin
| ming their use. the symptoms OF my
trouble had disappeared. I take pleas
ure In giving Doanss Kidney Pills my
endorsement"
For sale by ali dealers. Price SO
cents Foster-NfrIfburn Co.. Buffalo.
New York. solo agents for the United
States
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
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building Is completed.
The ssFighting Parson-"

Among the numerous queer charac-
tiers that may be found in this cosmo-
politan city there IS probably none more
queer than a certain ministerial look
ing negro of suave address and sancu-
monious air. who makes the rounds OF
the city during the day, collecting
charitable contributions for all kinds
of negro charities, mostly in the South
while at night he thrills Bowery crowds
with his indubitable prowess as a prize
fighter He is a clever clever boxer
and has quite a reputation s a success
full local pugilist throughout the Bow
cry zone. Even IN the prize ring he
never drops his sanctimonious air and
in the beginning of his career he caus-
ed no little merriment and banter
among his spectators. by kneeling down
for a short prayer before the beginning
of every bout. But the Bowery boys
became used TO his antics and. as he
proved a clever and plucky tighter, they
forgave him his little pecularities and
held the Fighting Parson" in grea
respect.
The sea serpent crop has utterly
| failed this year. but the season seems K
| have been decidedly favorable to thu
| development of fine spook crop
| Spooks have been reported fro mtim'
to time from a number of places arount
New York The latest reports are from
Newton. N. j., where a full-grown ghos
| is cutting up considerable in an isol
| ated farmhouse. and from Montclair, \
| j.. where children and even grown per
| sons are nightly terrified by the ap
pearance of a black spook-cat, black
with bushy tail and fiery eyes
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-09
DAY OF CIVILIZATION.

San Francisco, Spe.t 9.-This is Cali
fornia's day of jubilation, the Goth an
niversary of her admission to statehood
and the browning day Of the Admission
day carnival in this city BY proclama-
ton of Mayor Mccarthy the day was
observed as general holiday. while
the citizens, reinforced by thousands
of visitors, gave themselves up to the
enjoyment of the carnival pageantS
concerts, athletic sports and other fes-
gram
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HOLD OPEN =
AIR CONCERTS

Montreal, Sept. 9.-Today's most no
table contribution to the program of
the great Eucharistic Congress in ses-
sion here consisted of an open air re-
ligious service held this morning in
Fletcher's Field, at the foot of Mount
Royal. Thousands of persons gathered
about the temporary affairs and listened
to the sermons preached by Archbish-
op O'Connell Of Boston and Archbish-
op Touchette of France
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and appliances, artists and their prod
ucts. and other things of the like ma
ture.
Do not omit this building in making
the rounds at the fair. Do not miss
such an opportunity as this to get some
thing of value in the way of ideas and
impressions to take away from the fair
back to the farm homes
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THIS MIGHT Bic THE BEST DAY
OFF THE YEAR TO BUY 1T. READ
THE TIMES "ADS" AND SEE
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SYNOPSIS.

,,.,dv a fashionable Boston
rlcK hL Let his wealth. was Tilted
(man, cont by "A friend to take
d anu ,nerican Trading Company
pf an TO- on his journey through
h nI mel Stapleton NeVlile, Sup "
an Englishman. Iney ago. cue, w.
ahsr TO Russia. Because ot averol
|ln issrr,nstances they We're seyer,a u
|circuIs bv the Japanese. Hardy
tNsted and found upon ms pe eaSts
@pels S guiltless. On a train
Fwas pr Sano, daughter of a Jap
Aisq},u'' Neyille's shoes Jap found
~ ~ Urls proving him to be a
spy, Hardy departed LOT nus a
a steamer, whlcn was MA h,,
aansrward. He was rescued oy
ai'e ,,esmer. on reaching Vladi-
-an as we'll treated. He started
~ wa aSes,ing Princess Romanovna
a, Hardy boarded vessel for
Hardy showed the princess ms
Las as rifle shot. Inc steamer
landed The princess ana her
%sre attacked by Chinese haruy
ssir lives. The princess thanked
8sor his heroism. Manchurians
nm the craft. Hardy, slew thelI
n ~ arrows were hurled upon
ESnin's decks. An attempt was
M, nnard the vessel. The attacking
s oV repulsed. Romanoff sneered
w solicitude for the princess
messenger sent for help. was
Il cross on the shore. To put ar
he awful torture Hardy himself
Es out of his misery, taking his
4 in his hands.
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return, which they are certain to do,
"hen the fire subsidies"
There said the general. you have
your commands from an authority
winch you ought to respect, II you do
not need mine. shall have another
talk with the men. / am sure they
are ashamed of themselves by this
time"
III VIII be unnecessary for you to
trouble yourself further about the mat.
ter said the princess. bushing
slightly and looking down, for "a
--man-some one has already gone"
Romanoff started violently and
fixed his eyes on her.
Who was it?" asked the general.
The princess threw her head back
and regarded him dehantly. THE
American she replied.
Ten thousand devils!" exclaimed
Romanoff. THE meddlesome dog!"
But refused to let him CO." said
the general 1T is disgrace to the
Russian name"
Il take all the responsibility, said
the Romanovna, bravely. He asked
me as favor to write the dispatch
for him, and | did so. He has placed
me under certain obligations, and
felt | could not refuse
And | suppose sneered Romanoff
that If he were to ask you for kiss
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she extended her arm ana aa..
him. anu detained
;, stay" she whispered, 81 will write
tne dispatch for you" W
one went to her cabin and Hardy
. maze MS few hurried preparations for
departure, which consisted sir,,I,. a..
swaiiowing few mouthfuls Of %.
houska, in filling his flask with vodLa
ana IN slipping into his pocket eot
nU.''e' empty, but tightly corked
s wnen ne returned to the deck he
. .u the princess awaiting him. with
.he dispatch ready. Hardy wound a
INTO tight cylinder and poked il into
.he bottle, which he corked and mt
into his pocket. Pun
Ihank YOU" he said, simply, to the
princess. 'iie
she extended her hand. and he took
IT, holding 1t, but afraid to look into
her eyes 1t was an honest hand that
held MS own in strong, warm pres
sure. - GO
i shall pray for your safety" she
murmured, ALI the time till | see n,
hear from you again"
lie raised the hand to his Inns. then
climbed lightly over the rail ant
dropped into the river. The waite,
reached nearly to his armpits at thi.
place. He did not look back. but
throwing himself. on his face. swan
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Il became positively convinced that
the Japanese mean to make war on
Russia: that no diplomatic temporiz-
ing can postpone the struggle much
longer. The whole nation, to a man,
to woman, to child, is united
against us by the bonds of the most
fanatic hatred. Their population
comprises no classes, no disaffected
races; they are a unit in this matter
The war will be one to the death, and
they will fight until the last man is
killed. concluded, moreover, that
they are not foe to be despised.
They are formidable sea power, and
they can throw large and we'll
equipped armies into Manchuria and
Korea within very few weeks after
the first blow is struck. l shall advise
the Little Father to begin pouring
troops into the far east and to
strengthen the defenses and garrison
of Port Arthur Immediately. shall ask
to be sent to the front with the first
troops that 60"
"Of course you will, my brave
cousin!" cried the princess, admiring-
ly. land you will come back from the
war covered with glory and ! shall
be proud of you! But l can scarcely
believe that Japan Is so formidable
an adversary as you say"
You will see," replied Romanoff,
with conviction.
We'll, let her begin the war;" said
the princess. rising. her eyes flashing
There can be only one outcome of
it, and that will result in the added
prestige and power of Holy Russia!
But tell me more of your personal ad-
ventures"
why, they are not particularly in
teresting passed off all right
enough as an Englishman, till this
fellow Hardy came along"
"Mr. Hardy? You met him there
You did not tell me this, nor has he,
mo, and | surmise the fellow has
good reason not to. Soon after his ar
rival. became convinced that the
| police were on my trail, So / at
tempted to throw suspicion on him
conducted him to the Notifications
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CHAPTER Xxx.
Romanoffs Wooing'

"r tell YOU | can go! | can get
throreh somehow Men have gone
greater distances, worse wounded
than l." ,o,,irg
II was Romanoff who was speaking
He sat up and turned facing the gen I5,
oral as though he would rise, ms
wound had stiffened and the pain con con
senment ON the exertion caused nun
70 turn pale. but he did not vince ne
was living in the dining ROOM on on Y
Of tbe upholstered cushions tha' ca
D around three sides of it, ,.
"The current is at least SIX SIX, niue. nl,lea
IN hour" he insisted, and win So epa,
thing light to cling to eoulo Ho"'
the entire distance" ,,r+
The heat was sitting ana Tue p''
holes were milky with smoke on
i' At this moment the princess en-
tered, .,, poris." she
soid anxior.ly, "or you will neu l,., !,
, nD,' MI tb, good effects of my nuts'H ",
! think II ungrateful Of you not 70 A. ~ a,
stiu and let me show what ! can No.,
~, ives and leave you here TO s'" ao,.
Or he burned up, or. perhaps DC , t",
n ried off by the Manchurians VpeH 'D''
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for you, would wade through seas of
blood, but | would have you! / would
have YOU"
Romanovna shuddered, but she came
nearer loving him at that instant than
at any other moment of her life.
IF you will not talk of these mat
tiers now, will you, after we get to
Moscow"
Perhaps" she replied, softly; "but
tel us about Japan, unless it irritates
y71r wound to talk"
'IIhy, there isn't much to tell,
passed myself off as an Englishman,
and sounded all classes of people.
took note of the popular feeling. of
the strength of the national defenses
and resources, and made plans of the
principal Notifications and sea APP
proaches. All the time was thinking
of you and wearing my heart out for
another sight of your"
Yes" exclaimed the princess. "This
Ia most absorbing-about the condi
tions of affairs there, | mean. And
what conclusion did you arrive at, my
dear cousin2"
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of Yokohama, and he, in seeming in
nocence, took photographs of them. /
also made copy of my draft of the
Notifications and slipped it into his
overcoat pocket. We were arrested,
and, after much palaver, we were sent
on our way. There was a Japanese
girl on the train, by the way, to whom
he made love in the most open man
ner. They were as thick as two bill.
ing doves. He was infatuated with
her; said that her cheeks were tinged
with moonliglt, that she was yellow
because her mortal clay was mixed
with gold-dust and that she was a
Queen of Fairy-land--"
He must be something of a poet,
said the princess, laughing nervously
this Mr. Hardy, Now. If you could
talk to the women like that, my dear
cousinl Were you not jealous OF
him?"
Jealous? Jealous of his success
with coolie girl? Not l, who know
such women as you! Elizabetha, =
1 "But this japanese girl! This is in
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call 1t, II anything happened to you"
rs "Elizabetha," said Romanoff, eager
ly, you know why / endure 1t so i'll
when others perform services for you.
You know that l would undertake any
task that might win your regard, your
love; that | would gladly face any
danger in your behalf And now that
this--this American-has saved your
life, could kill him for itl'
you did not want my life saved,
them she asked, sweetly.
"Oh, you are enough to try the
temper of an angel! You know what
mean. | did not want him to do it.
You are under no obligation to him
! for saving your life. You know that
there is not man in your circle of
acquaintance who would not consider
1t the greatest luck in the world to
have chance to brave danger for
I you; and that such an opportunity
should have come to this, this"
BE generous, Boris. If you wish to
win my esteem" interrupted the prin-
cess. "and don't be unreasonable in
your envy. You have braved danger
for me, and are now wounded, fighting
In my behalf, and l am nursing you,
Can you not imagine that there are
those who would envy your present
position? You are not grateful even
| for the favors that you do receive
J Think of your wound. which is really
quite serious"
Well, then, you be serious for
once" said Romanoff. smiling in spite
of himself, and tell me that you love
me. Surely, you cannot doubt my de
votion."
DO you think 1t quite fair to bring
that subject up here?" she asked
when you know that you have me al
a disadvantage?'
But you always find some excuse
for not talking to me about it. You
always evade me in some way. But
am not man." he cried, fiercely
to be evaded or escaped. l love yot
as only Romanoff can love. | shall
not give up suing for your hand while
live, and woe to the man who crosses
my path! oh, if | could only figh
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RemarkablY erlef Sermon.

What was the shortest sermon.
One of them at least is attributed to
monk, who had to preach on st.
Stephens day Just before he began
his brother monks intimated quietly
that they we're very hungry and would
be Obliged If he would get his sermon
through as quickly as possible. So he
began; my brethren, year has
passed to-day since l set forth to you
all that there is to say about this
days saint. AS | have not heard that
he has done anything new since last
year it is unnecessary for me to say
anything further" And there the ser.
mon ended.
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you would think 1t your duty to grant
even that. Your gratitude, no doubt.
will be undying."
you forget yourself, sir" cried
Romanovna turning on him with Hash
ing eyes. you presume too much
on your relationship, One more, such
speech and shall cancel your name
from the list of my speaking ac-
quaintances. General, | await your
sentence. beg that you will not pass
over my offense lightly"
"Oh, this is all nonsense growled
the general. you know that l can
not punish you---would not If | could.
If one of the men had done this, /
should know what to do with him. But
no way has ever been devised for
managing an unruly woman, or pre-
venting her having her way!"
With this ungracious speech, he
turned and left the room. The prin-
cess gazed after him sadly. This,
then. was her punishment-the brave
old generals displeasure-and 1t was
not easy to bear.
81 choose to forget your extraordin-
arv remark, Boris" she said, sitting
down by her cousin. 81 shall remem'
her that you are wounded, and that
Won must be suffering, here in this
hot smoky air | sympathize with
vour irritation, too, and think 1t
noble of you. | would much rather
that a Russian had gone'-and she
laid her hand soothingly on his.
"Why did you not encourage my go
ing them" he asked, still sullen,
81 believe, with the general that
Won are unable to 60 that the effort
would almost certainly have resulted
in your death -,
And you don't want me to die,
suppose? You would be desolated by
nv nv departure for another sphere?"
-, Boris, don't be sarcastic OF
course ] should be desolated' as you
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tTo BE CoNTINUED.)
Cheering up.

When your work seems to be go
Ing wrong" says a woman who mixes
practical philosophy with her work.
blow yourself to something nice. Go
out and buy yourself a lovely dinner
at a nice place, or get new dress,
or buy some flowers for your apart
ment Yes, ! know 1t will cost money,
but the impetus 1t will give you in
your work will amply reay you. When
you see these things you will say
to yourself: Well, I'm doing pretty
we'll, after all, when can afford to
blow myself so, and when you feel
that you are doing well you will do
we'll"
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with easy strokes, the swift current
sweeping him rapidly downward, Soon
his knees touched the soft SAND, ana
he was able to walk for some ais
lance He had not gone far ere ne
came on a stranded and abandoned
raft and he rolled piece OF timber
from this which he guided 10 tne
deep current. He was glad 10 ne
down again and float upon this bit oil
wood, letting the water cover hls
bodv for he was coming to narrow
or part of the stream and the air was
very hot