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A strange disease has made Its ap-
pearance among the people OF the town
Of Parrilla. near Durango. Mexico,
causing many deaths. Physicians are
unable 10 check tts progress, which is
rapid. The body Of the victim turns
black after death II is stated.
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With school population of 5000, the
average school attendance in Caroline
County is less than half that number.
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Jesse whitehead. a negro. was con-
victsd Of burglary In the frst degree
by the Craven county superior court
u Newbern. N. c.. and sentenced to
BE- sieotrocuted April %,
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Bread made from cottonseed fiour
was exhibited on the board OF trade
at Chicago by Charles Stearns. Al
though ten days old. n was sweet and
palatable and resembled brown bread.
The seed was ground and the bread
baked at Ennis. Tex. The -four can be
had AZ $50 a ton. or IN cents a pound.
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To Investors:

We have for sale a limited
amount of Six Per Cent Bonds
we'll secured which we regard
as a highly attractive invest
ment. Price and particulars
on application.
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IF YOUR CHILD
Wanted.

1900 cords nice pine wood sawed feet
inches long, to be cut this winter for
the seasons Of 1910 and 1911. For
price apply to.
G. l.. HASTINGS,
pelmar, Del.
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Townsend Scott & Son
Baltimore. Md.
Investors Wanted

Who are willing to grasp an oppor-
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our company, who have gold mine
that has all the properties of becoming
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Gold Mining Co. Inc,
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Straw Hats and Autos

"You might scarcely think" said Mr.. Mac
Blink, that there was anything In common be-
tween straw hats and automobiles but by that
way of thinking you'd be surely forgetting
their cost of upkeep. in which respect they are
strikngly alike.
"They say it costs more to Keep an automo-
bile than it does to buy one; precisely the
same is true of the straw hat You take my
own experience for illustration.
early in the season bought straw hat
for which paid 81. know place where you
can get very good straw hat for that money.
and IL it hadn't rained all summer l should
have been on the straw hat account under no
additional expense
But 1t always does rain more or less,
lust as 1t has done this summer. and as is very
we'll known If a drop of rain gets on straw
hat it is all up. Raindrops on straw hat
will accumulate dust and then you have to
have the hat cleaned. and that costs money; in
some places 25 cents; in some 15.
81 find by reference to my books that
have paid out this summer in straw hat ac-
count for upkeep only $3.50, which is good
deal While the automobile man has been
spending his money for gasoline and things
| have been blowing mine for hat cleaning. and
1t has cost me more to keep that hat going
than it cost me originally
But in this find some slight satisfaction
In this respect at least md myself on the
same footing with the man who at the begin
ming of the season bought instead Of q straw
hat an automobile" 70 '-i
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crushed the creatures and so creased the rails
that progress was impossible for some time
The passengers said that they could have
stood the situation more philosophically II the
blockaders had been frogs. for then the ques-
t,on of the food supply would have been
settled for a lot of hungry people. Frogs legs
make good eating.
1t is not generally known, perhaps, to the
layman that toads like frogs, lay their eggs
in the water Countless millions OF eggs Will
be deposited in some morass. They hatch out,
the young get big enough. and migrate IN
body to the dry land. sometimes going long
d,stances as an entity These, 1t is said, are
the marching armies of toads which astonish
people and accounts Of which are spread
broadcast over the earth
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large "tanele-legged" grasshoppers Master
toad took kindly to this species OF food, but
owing to to the nature of the insects legs and
their extreme length he found d1Hculty IN
swallowing. In order to aid In the process, as
soon as he would get firm grip on the grass
hopper he would look for a stick or stone by
means of pushing against which he could force
his prey down his throat Now in order to see
what the toad would do II no stone or STICK
were at hand, all of those articles were re-
moved from his vicinity and then he was fed
another big grasshopper with great knotted
legs.
Now it must be remembered that the pres
ent writer is not vouching for this toad story;
he is simply setting 1t down as it has been
told by an observer, and II 1t is nature
fake" the blame must go elsewhere. The toad.
finding he could not swallow the big grasshop
per, looked about usual for stone and
finding none he attempted to use the ground
as pusher. He was unable to get the rlgnt
angle to secure sufficient force, and so as a
last and perfectly effective means. he stood on
his head and without the least difficulty forced
his food down his throat
This toad unquestionably was wonder.
One day. we are told, he happened to find an
angleworm of great length. He took mold OF
one end and succeeded In swallowing about
an inch and half of the worm. which tnen
realizing its danger apparently, wound the rest
of its body boa.like around the neck OF the
toad This gave the worm leverage enough
to enable it to tug away at that part which the
toad already had swallowed. The result was
that although by a mighty enort the toao
could swallow about half an inch. the worm,
when the relaxation came, succeeded in with
drawing three.quarters Of an inch. The toad
saw his breakfast slipping away from him. but
his infinite wit came to his rescue. 1t Is said
that he sat up like squirrel took one mighty
swallow and then before the worm could get
in its withdrawing work. he pressed his fore
feet against his throat and held the swallowed
part of the breakfast in place; then, SO the
story goes, by series of quick successive
swallowing and throat squeezing, the toad soon
had the worm in the dark interior where he
was needed for breakfast.
Toad migrations not extraordinarily un-
common events. They have taken place IN
MANY parts of the country and once the toads
in travelling succeeded in stalling railroad
train on the Canadian Pacific line. The story
of this runs to the effect that the wheels
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gulls appeared-birds never before seen in that
locality within the memory of man. They came
in tremendous focks and devoured without
stopping the hosts of the enemy, and they
completely saved the crops from destruction
Now the gulls follow the plains like chickens,
and in Utah at least 1t Is said that no one
has any desire to raise his hand against them
What the gull was to Salt Lake region the
toad was to one section of northwest Texas
county, some time ago. There was but COM
paratively small area of the county under cu-
tivation, but the growing things were threat
ened with destruction by horde of Rocky
Mountain locusts; then there appeared to the
astonished gaze of the resident Texans an
army of toads before which In numbers the
great army of Xerxes was but as score.
These dismal-lookng wartybacke Hop-o-my-
thumbs came along as on business bent. They
said nothing and they ate grasshoppers They
cleaned up utterly one entire flight of the crea-
tures And they quietly sat under the cab
bage leaves and beet tops to wait for more
They didn't come. The toads had saved the
crops and 1t may be Judged that II one wants
to be certain to get In a quarrel he can get 1t
If he will go that section OF Texas and ma
lign toad.
Should anyone be inclined to doubt the in
sect-eating capabilities of common everyday
American toad. let him listen to the evidence
of an experimenter. who is at once scientist
and clergyman. the one fact establishing his
accuracy and the other his veracity. This
theologue-naturallst, the record shows
found a toad In his garden and proceeded to
make pet of 1t. He went to call on master
toad one morning about ten o'clock and with
out knowing how many insects already had
fallen before the toads darting tongue. pro-
ceeded to feed him on plant pests. The toad
ate readily and greedily twenty-three large
squash bugs which were offered him. and then
looked up inquiringly for
The squash bug larder was depleted. SO the
clergyman turned his attention to caterpillars
OF these hairy. repulsive creatures the toad
ate ninetyfour, 80 the story record goes. and
then he shut down to hop heavily of to q
shady corner to take that rest which 1t ID
said aids animal digestion.
Now this same experimenter tells tales Of
toads which might appear q bit overdrawn.
were not the gentlemans cloth what 1t is. He
took In his experiments with one toad some
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Windham who did not thoroughly accept the m
depreciation were Colonels Dyer and Ederkin. IN
. few minutes the light Of the torches showed IN
immense ooncourse of toads or frogs, whicnevet
they were, bearing down the main street OF tne
town. croaking and "glucking" like myriad OF
night demons. It suddenly struck the people that
II Judgment day was at hand. Notwithstanding
the fact that Colonels Dyer and Elderkin seemed
to have been singled out by the visitors, the day
of accounting according to the Bible was an all
embracing AFFAIR. and thereat all the Windham
people started trembling violently.
There are living today good many persons
who are direct descendants of the Colonel Elder
kin whom the batrachians called to judgment that
night. In Chicago until recently there lived .
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Norris. direct descend
ant of Colonel Elderkin. Mrs Norris had heard
the story of the invasion Of the village score OF
times from the lips Of her grandmother, who al
a child was taken time after time to see the place
from which tho night disturbers came. To the
days of their deaths Colones Dyer and Elderkin
we're called Frog Dyer and Frog Elderkn, and
II local Connecticut authorities to be believed
there has not been seen from that day to this
either toad or frog In the meadow and pond
from which started that midnight migration.
To get away, for moment, from frogs and
toads and in order to lead back to them again.
let 1t be said that out in Utah the gull is care
fully protected bird. Olive Thorne Miller speaks
of them as great, beautiful snowy creatures who
look strangely out of place so far from the sea
shore" have been told that these gulls are
sacrsdly protected by the law and the people of
the western state, and have also been told that
the early settlers. the Mormons. believed that the
Lord has sent the birds to his chosen people.
It is no wonder that 1t was believed the guls
were specially sent Clouds Of grasshoppers had
destroyed the crops in that early day In many
of the western territories. They attacked Utah
by the million millions Then it was that the
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intention to do. they have inaugurated veri
table reigns Of terror.
Years ago. in the little Puritan settlement
OF Windham. Conn. out of which sprang as
many notable American families. perhaps, as
have come from any other colonial hamlet, a
migration of toads led the people to believe
that the tocsin of the last day had been sound
ed. and they were all summoned sinners and
sinless, to answer at the bar of judgment. Ira
dition says that the migration which brought
this fear upon the people was one of the frogs
Scientists of today lean rather to the toad
theory, but 1t made little difference to the
frightened populace which species of batra
chiap brother 1t was that brought horror into
their midst.
Now it happened that there lived In Wind
am two colonial colonels. big men and digni-
ned. by names Dyer and Elderkin 1t may do
no harm at this late day to say that both these
military titled gentlemen were more fond Of
good living SO the story goes. than was per-
haps exactly consistent with the strictest Pur-
itan thoughts Some of the elders of the place.
1t is said, looked bit askance at some OF the
views of Colonels Dyer and Elderkin. There
we're slaves in that day In Connecticut and
Windham held its share.
One peaceful night in May the Windham
families retired at their usual hour. not long
after candle light" At midnight they were
wrapped In the profoundest slumber, but no
sleep however sound could Withstand the roar
that broke upon that peaceful hamlet in the
watches of the night There were blended the
noises of a million throats. 1t was cultural,
harsh and horrible. and 1t came out of the
lefty blaokness of midnight. The people of
Wipdham jumped from their beds panic strick
On. threw on what clothes they could, and
rushed outdoors many bearing pine torches
which ate little light holes in the inky black
ness.
The slaves were prostrated with fear and
c1ung to the knees of their masters The noise
ceased not for an instant. but on the contrary
Increased with every moment. and then. to
The added horror of all, the noise found shape
In words which one quick-eared, imaginative
woman interpreted into this. all but two of
The people accepting the Interpretation read
ly: Judgment day; Judgment day; Colonel
over and Elderkin too. and catch Niger too"
1t is perhaps needless to say that the only
.un peoule amonG the white inhabitants OF
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Money in New Ysrk.

New York.-Money on call. firm. 2A
@ per cent; ruling rate, 2& per
cent; closing bid, 3 per cent; offered
per cent.
Time loans, firm, co days. Az; nine
ty days, 4A@6; six months, 4k@4A.
Prime mercantile paper. 5k to 8
per cent.
Sterling exchange. steady. with &C
tual business in bankers bills at $4.S3
@4.S325 for sixty day bills, and at
$4.S640 for demand.
Commercial bills, s4.S2k @4.s2A.
Mexican dollars, 45c.
Government bonds. steady; railroad
bonds firm.
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benefit may come to the people OF the United
States by the study of the habits of particu-
lar animal, that animal is studied forthwith
and studied carefully.
In folk lore history and in the history Of To-
calities which hardly can be classed as folk
lore the frog and the toad frequently have
been confused sometimes stories have been
told of frog visitations and 1t has turned out
that the invading army was composed Of toads.
The reverse of the statement also has been
found to be true ON several occasions.
Some years ago an army of track-hopping
tramp toads took possession of the gravel road
bed of the Sioux City and Pacific railway, and
in unbroken column miles in length. as the
local story had 1t, the toads marched past the
town of Blencoe, Iowa. It Is stated that there
we're so many millions In this mighty army
that nothing like an accurate estimate of the
toads could be made. The ground was said
to be brown with the color of its visitants.
II there was such army of the batra-
chians as 1t Is said there was 1t would be no
wonder If the residents of the infested district
might have feared that the toads would divert
their course from the railroad into the towns.
to repeat Pharaoh's plague of the frogs, when
the rivers brought forth frogs abundantly.
which went up into the houses. and into the
bed chambers. and even upon the beds. and
upon the people, and even Into the ovens and
into the kneading troughs." S.
Now the toad is not nearly so handsome a
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Kansas City Produce.

Kansas City.-Butter = Creamery.
73c: firsts 25c; seconds, 23c; packing
stock, 22c.
Eggs-Extras. 1ec; firsts, 23he;
seconds, tic.
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ST. Iouil Wool.

st. Louis.-Wool-Steady. Medium
grades, combing and clothing, 230
24sa light fine 19@21c; heavy fine'
l56l7e: tub washed, 25@33c.
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MinneapoIis Wheat.

Minneapolis. = Wheat - December.
s1.07M; May, $111%; cash No. hard.
$1.1Oh; No. Northern. $1.O9h@
l.09M; No. 2 Northern. $1.O4B q
1.O7M; No. ) Northern. SLOPES %
1,05M
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Upland, per ton, $15.00@16.O0; sec.
ond bottom. 1890 q 400; timothy.
$15.OO@16.OO; alfalfa, $13.0o@14.0o;
straw, $4.O0@5.O0; South Park wire
grass, $17OO@1S.O0. San Luis Valley
wire grass, $15.00@16.00.
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Chicago Options.

Chicago.-Cash quotations were as
follows:
Flour-Steady.
Rye-No. 2, 741zc.
Barley-Feed or mixing, 600 CSC;
fair to choice mailing, 6S@72c.
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NCLN SANS scientists have had
more than one good word to say
for the toad. Several govern
ment publications have been IL
sued. l am told. telling about the
toad and its good work. There
is no department in nature which
Ia overlooked by the scientists of
Secretary of Agriculture James
Wilson's department. II 1t Is be-
lieved by the experts that any
The new era., 1910-10-13
Butter.

ElSln ~
Creameries, ex. East, lb. 81 @32
Creameries, ex. Colo, lb. ..31 @32
Creameries, End grade, lb. .2S @29
Process and renovated. -. .27 @2S
Packing stock ... 80. 227
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Lead and Spelter.
st. Louis.-Lead-Dull, $4.25.
Spelter-Quiet at $5.40.
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belng as is his ffog cousin.
He never could "a-wooing
go" like his green-coated
brother. despite the fact
that Shakespeare proclaims
that his toadship has a Jew
ell in his head. Ugly and
venomous. the bard of
Avon writes the toad down.
and ugly and venomous to
the peoples mind in many
places he is to this day, al
though in reality he ranks
with the birds as one of
humanity's best friends. AS
a matter of fact, 1t is likely
that the brown-skinned ar
my which moved without
banners in military array
some years ago was on the
march to meet the great
army of Rocky Mountain To-
Gusts which was moving
steadily forward in an op-
posite direction and in Cen
eral Sherman's words, For
aging literally upon the
country"
Even though the toads
are so harmless and help
full, they perhaps will never
get anyone to love them. 1t
must be admitted that ap-
pearances are against them.
The Iowa people who some
years ago were visited by
the toads had no reason to
arrogate to themselves any
particular distinction on ac-
count of the visitation, for
in scores of instances the
animals have appeared in
immense bodies, and in
some cases, without any
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Sheep.
Grain.

Wheat. choice milling. per 100 lbs.
$1.37. Rye, Colorado. bulk. per 100
lbs, $1.1O. Nebraska oats, sacked.
$1.3O; corn in sacks, $1.20; corn chop.
sacked, $1.21; bran, Colorado. per 100
lbs, $1.00.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Galveston Cotton.
Galveston.-Cotton higher. lac.
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Euus,

Eggs, Denver candled, case 7.80
Eggs, case count, case -. 7.lO
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-10-11

four sons, who are in every way a cred
1t to their respective community, and
like Saint Paul. feet sthat they have
done a good work. Should they live
FIVE years longer they can have the
honor of celebrating their golden we'd
ding. May kind providence grant 1T.
Reports comes from Shelby that
Neil Brown, who had thirty lone head
of sheep killed by dogs, went cunning
for the CANNES and sent several to the
happy hunting ground in the vicinity
of Shelby.
| The dance given in the opera house
Friday night by the young people was
a most enjoyable and decorous social
event, and was well attended. 1t is
the intention to give one dance a
month during the winter season, thus
affording amusement for the young
| people.
| Arthur Pattee of Denver. Colo. ar
| rived in Lowell Friday to visit his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Tine Pattee, and
sister, Nora. He left for his home
/ Monday.
| DR.. A. Davis and wife of Chicago
| spent Sunday at the home of his moth
| er in Lowell.
Benton Harrington and Miss Ethel
Nichols of Edgewater, Ill. spent Sun
day at the home OF N L. Nichols.
| Thursday Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Lloyd
gave dinner party in behalf of their
relatives, j. H MCGEE and son. Harry
and daughter, Mrs ollie Carpenter OF
Terre Haute, Ind. who arrived here in
their auto Besides the guests of hon
or there were present the following
persons: Mr. Lloyd and family. Ed
&c
| VIM. Huffman and wife, Mrs. Chas. Ma
son and children, eighteen in number
After dinner a group picture was TAX
en-. after which the entire party wen
to the home of Joseph Chitwood, there
to have another good time. Mr.. McGet
and children departed for home Friday
Theodore Johnson, wife and children
of Crete. Ill, spent Sunday at thu
home of Henry Baughman.
De Longs Colts, baseball aggrega
: ton made up of boys from IA to 16
played the last game of the season
. Saturday, when they crossed bats witt
the Hebron team The Hebron buncl
must have thought the Colts were Low
ellis first team Judging from their owl
size and experience, which alone wa
enough to beat the local team. TIL
visitors won the game by a score of 2
to IL.
A reception was given at the HON
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Chitwood Thurs
: day evening in honor of J. H. MCGEE
his son, Harry, and daughter, Mrs. Oh
lie Carpenter of Terre Haute. Friend
l and relatives to the number of forty
one were present, and the time wa
: most enjoyably spent. music and socia
= chat being INDUCED in. At 10 o'cloc
light refreshments were served. At
a o'clock the guests departed for thei
homes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-10-11
RORERTSDALE.

Mrs. Shepperd and son. Russell, OF
Hyde Park were the guests of the
formers daughter. Mrs. James Landon
of Harrison avenue, yesterday
Mrs Thomas Turley of Lincoln ave-
nue. left yesterday for two weeks
visit with relatives in Yates City, Ill.
Msedames Frank Horlbeck and John
Farley attended the funeral of the for
mer's stepmother, Mrs. Dahms, at Ian
sing, ILL.,, Saturday.
Mr. Mcmillan of Robrs avenue visit
ed his brother in South Chicago yes
terday.
Mrs. William Rought of Cleveland
avenue visited her mother, Mrs. Nor
ton Phillips of Chicago, yesterday.
G. Harris the oldest son of Rev. and
Mrs. Albert Harris, is reported in a
very critical condition with typhoid
fever at their home in Cleveland ave-
nue..
Walter Schweikhart of indiana
boulvard spent Sunday in Chicago Wis
iting friends.
A. Benson returned home after {
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-10-11

weeks visit with friends in Ewing,
Mo.
Mrs. Elliott Aman was the guest of
friends in Chicago yesterday
John Blaul of Roberts avenue spent
the week end visiting at the Ebert
home in Lowell
Mrs. J. Ease of Roberts avenue spent
the day visiting friends in Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buehler of Chicago
were the guests of Mrs. Margaret
Buehler of Indiana boulevard over Sun
day
Mrs. John Murray of Roberts ave-
nue. visited friends in Gary Sunday.
Mesdames Fred Eggers and Alex
Hazelett were the guests of Mrs. John
Dresser of East Chicago Sunday.
Dick Blaul of Roberts avenue Wis
| Chicago. Sunday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Flaugher are en-
tertaining Mrs. Coleman of Valparaiso
at their home in Harrison avenue.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Soltwedel and daugh.
| tiers, Myrtle and Lillian, attended {
| family reunion at the home of theil
niece in Hammond Sunday.
| Misses Josephine Jewett and Heller
O'Hara saw Mrs. Temples Telegram
at the Calumet theater last evening.
The rally day exercises given a
| the Evangelical church Sunday even
ing were largely attended An excel
| lent program was rendered, which wa
thoroughly enjoyed by all present.
Miss Anna Sturm of Hammond Wis
| tied her sister, Mrs. Fred Binhamme
of Harrison avenue, Sunday.