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The Lake County times., 1913-06-18

ASTRONOMER reports that
the sun is gradually becom-
ing paralyzed. Considering
the turkey trots and the
tango hugs that are going on
when the suns back is turn
ed it's enough to give even a
planet paralysis.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18
PRETTY WARM NEAR COLUMBUS.

PRETTY WARM NEAR COLI MBtS.
Ray Jordan, a farmer living near
Columbus. brought load of corn to
Columbus yesterday and before he be-
gan unloading the corn hung his coat.
in a pocket of which was a box of
matches, a post. few minutes
later the matches were ignited by the
intense rays of the sun and the. coat
was burned.
ENGINE SPARKS FIRE CROPS.
A wheat field on the farm of August
Keel and timothy meadows on the
farms of Edgar McSweeney and James
Perry, in Bartholomew County. near
Columbus, were destroyed by fire yes
terday. caused by sparks from Penn
sylyania Railway engines. and num-
Der of other wheat fields and meadows
were set on fire in like manner. Penn
sylvania Railway section men and
farmers in that locality are patroling
the tracks to protect the farmers
against loss by fire and the railway
company against claims for damages.
MILLIONAIRE is AUTO VICTIM
| Arthur T. Lewis, 40 years old, mill
! lionaire member of the contracting
firm of w. T. Lewis Company, of New
York was killed last night when his
auto rolled down a twenty-five foot
embankment near Ligonicr. q His
chauffeur was not hurt. Mr.. Lewiss $
| head was crushed and he died at the
Lake Shore Station at Ligonier while
waiting for a train to take him 10 an
Elkhart hospital. He was enrcute
/ from Chicago TO New York when the
accident occurred
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Hammond.
FOR TREASURER.

FOR TREASURER.
Editor TIMESi
You are herewith authorized to an
nounce that L will be candidate for
the office OF city treasurer of the City
of Hammond, Indiana, ON the demo-
cratic ticket, subject to the Will of the
voters of this city, and L herewith ask
the support of my friends at the demo-
cratic primary election.
signed. OTTO III. DUELKE.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18
FOR CLERK.

Editor TIMES:
You are herewith authorized TO an
nOunce that L Will be a candidate for
the office of city clerk of the city of
Hammond. Indiana, the democratic
ticket, subject to the will of the voters
of this city, and i herewith ask the
support of my friends at the demo-
cratic primary election.
Signed, WILLIAM kOLB.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18
WHAT NEWSPAPERS DO.

The home newspaper is ever on the
go. Buildings and streets cannot be
seen unless one visits a city, but
newspapers go everywhere to the
limits of the postal service says the
st. Joseph, Mich, Press.
The home newspaper is the me-
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18
Up and Down in
IN DI A N A
ASKS SONS DEPORTATION.

Mrs. Sophia Seihert, once wealthy,
appeared in court yesterday and, with
tears streaming down her checks.
prayed the court to take steps to have
her son sent to some foreign country.
The woman told a pitiful story of his
abuse of her, of the squandering of her
fortune to keep him out of jail and of
her determination at last to cast him
off with the unusual plea which she
made to the judge. She declared she
would spend the last remaining dollar
of her fortune to have her son taken to
a foreign country that she might die in
peace
MAY UTILIZE STEAM POWER.
The men who will build the railway
connecting Laporte with Logansport
by way of Rochester and Lake Manitou
or Royal Center and Winamac, the
route not having been fully determin-
ed, have about decided to use steam
for power instead of electricity. The
engineers report, to be submitted this
week. will determine the route to be
followed, Eastern capital IL is said, is
ready for almost immediate construc-
tion. The right of way along two
routes, with franchises, has been prac-
ticaily secured
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FOR MAYOR.

Editor TIMES;
You may announce that I am n candi-
date for the nomination for mayor of
Gnry. subject to the decision of the
republican, and progressive primaries.
II. o. JOHNSON.
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FoR MAYOR.

Editor TINES
You may announce In your columns
that i am n candidate for the nonaina-
fion for mayor of Gary subject TO the
decision of the republican and pro-
Eressive primaries, and 1 ask the sup
port of my friends in this way.
CHARLES E. GREENWALD.
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For COUNCIL.

Editor TIMESs
Please announce to the people of
Gary that 1 am candidate for the
nomination for alderman of the first
ward, subject to the republican and
citizens primaries or conventions
THEODORE v. FREEBURY.
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For MAYOR.

Editor TIMES:
You may announce that am n can
didate for mayor of Gary, subject to
the decision of the republican and pro-
gressive primaries.
A. II. HOOVER.
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FOR CITY JUDGE.

Editor TIMES;
Please announce to the citizens that
1 Will be candidate for Judge of the
city court of the city of Gary, and So
Ifcit their support at primary election
to be held by the republican and pro-
Eressive parties.
ALBERT C. HUBER.
Gary, Ind, June q, 1913.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18

BERLIN cables say that the
kaiser's wife is worn out as a result
of Luise's wedding Come to think of
it she had to do a good deal of cake
baking and brushing up before the
ceremony.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18

ONE HUNDRED of the 700 members
of the Frisco Dishwashers' union are
college graduates. Yet there are some
men who will say that a college educa-
tion doesn't aid a man in doing clean
er work.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18

THEY have installed a re-
frigerating system at the white
house to keep things cool.
Don't see why they did. Office
seekers who called there report
the GOODNESS as being unusually
marked.
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Gary.
CITY JUDGE.

Editor TIMESs
desire to announce that shall be
n candidate for Judge of the city court
of Gary, subject to the republican and
progressive primaries
JOHN w. WAKE.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18
Political Announcements
Whiting.
FOR MAYOR.

Editor TIMES:
L announce herewith that i am q
candidate for the democratic nominal
tfon for mayor of the city Of whiting,
subject to the decision of the party
primaries.
j. j. DONEGAN.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18
FOR CLERK.

Editor TIMES;
You are authorized to announce that
I Will be "a candidate for city clerk,
subject to the decision of the Gary re-
publican and progressive primaries.
H. C. FRANCIS.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18

nomination of city treasurer. subject
to the decision of the republican-pro-
gressive primaries.
w. ID. HUNTER.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18

Hammond Commandery. No. Al K. T.
Stated meeting June 16, p. m. Order
of the Temple. Visiting Sir knights
welcome.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18

NOTE that all of the heat and mar
riage records were broken in Chicago
during the hot spell Well, folks are
liable to break ANYTHING on hot day.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18

Hammond Chapter No. III r. A. NJ
Regular stated meeting June 25. Roya
Arch degree. Visiting companions wei
come. Refreshments.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18

WE have defeated England at polo.
This is wrong. No need of the teams
to have clashed at all. Should have
followed Secretary Bryan's peace and
love arbitration methods and decided
the game without a contest.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18
THIS PLAN MIGHT WORK.

Another narrow escape from death
was reported to this paper last night
because of the failure of a Hammond
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18

Stated meeting Garfield Lodge. No
$50. F. & A. M Friday. June 20, pm.
F. c. degree. Visitors welcome. r. S.
Caller. Sec, z. NJ. Shanklin. w M
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18
FOR TREASURER.

Editor TIMES;
Gary that 1 will be a candidate for the
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18
DON'T forget that June, besides
being the month of bride roses, is
also the month of bachelor buttons.

HARD Guess they'll have to
TO change the constitution
BELIEVE. of Illinois to read that
all men and women are
created equal.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18

HOT weather bother you? Well, re-
member that there are a lot of folks
sick in bed who complain less than you
6n
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18

II you smoke La Vendor once you
viii always call for them.-Ady-
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18

Price of gasoline may go
up again. Great Caesar viii
it come to pass that Wen
have to lock up the stuff in
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18

TEE HEE. Eugenue Constantinitou
and Hariloos Sitooge got
married in Chicago. Compassion for the
proofreader precludes us from mention
ing the names of the best man and the
bridesmaid.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18
X ANDOM THINGS AND FILINGS

UNDERSTAND that John
No doubt John D., realizing
the high cost of coal oil, now
goes TO bed early.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18

AVERAGE wealth Per Capita in Ho-
bart is said to be $93250 No doubt
lot of Hobart natives are wondering
who this guy Per Capita is so that they
can borrow a few shekels.
The Lake County times., 1913-06-18
KEEPING the resources liquid is
the modern policy" Especially dur
ing the fishing season.

BIG earthquake reported over in the
Balkans. Now, couldn't there have
been a mistake about this? Night have
been the Gary reservists demanding
leaves of absences so that they can
return home and vote for Tom Knots.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20

, Journey. was old enough ard had read
enough to enjoy the temples and the
desert scenery and the general feeling
of romance but this in time would have
palled if had not also had the serious
work of collecting and preparing my
specimens. Doubtless the family had
their moments Of suffering-especially on
one occasion when a well meaning maid
extracted from my taxidermists outfit
the old toothbrush with which 1 put on
the skins the arsenical soap necessary
for their preservation partially washed
it and left it with the rest of my wash
kit for my own personal use. l sup
pose that all growing boys tend to he
grubby but the pathological small boy,
or indeed. the boy with the taste for
natural history of any kind, is generally
the very grubbiest of all. An added ele-
ment in my case was the fact that while
in Egypt | suddenly started to grow.
AS there were no tailors up the Nile,
when | got back to Cairo / needed new
outfit But there was one suit Of clothes
too good to throw away, which we kept
for Change" and which was known as
my "Smike suit" because it left my
wrists and ankles as bare as those OF
poor Smike himself
When we reached Dresden We younger
children We're left to spend the summer In
the house of Herr Minckwitz, a member
of either the Municipal or the Saxon gov
ernment-I have forgotten which. Ii was
hoped that in this way we would acquire
some knowledge of the German lam
guage and literature. They were the very
kindest family imaginable. | shall never
forget the unwearied patience Of the Two
daughters. The father and mother, and
shy thin student cousin who was
living I'm the fiat. were no less kind.
Whenever | could get out into the country
collected specimens industriously and
enlivened the household with hedgehogs
and other small beasts and reptiles which
persisted in escaping from partly closed
bureau drawers. The two sons were
fascinating students from the University
of I.eipsic, both of them belonging to
duelling corps and much Scared in con-
sequence. One. a famous swordsman, was
called Der Rothe Herzog tthe Red Duke.
and the other was nicknamed Herr Nase-
norm tSlr lNflluOtciOS) Dttdboc w VI
his nose had been cut off in duel and
sewn on again. / learned a good deal
OF German here, in spite of myself. and
above all / became fascinated with the
Nihelungenlied. German prose never be-
came really easy to me in the sense that
French prose did. but for German poetry
cared as much as for English poetry.
Above all. l gained an impression OF the
German people which l never got over.
From that time to this IL would have
been quite impossible to make me feel
that the Germans were really foreigners.
The affection, the Gemuthichkeit "a
quality which cannot be exactly ex-
pressed by any single English word, the
capacity for hard work. the sense or
duty the delight in studying literature
and science. the pride in the new Ger
many, the more than kind and. friendly
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part of Syria and visited Greece and Con-
stantinople: and then we children spent
the summer in German family in Ores
den NV first real collecting as a student
of natural history was done i'm Egypt
during this journey. By this time had
a good working knowledge of American
bird life from the specifically scientific
standpoint. | had no knowledge of the
ornithoogy of Egypt but | picked up In
Cairo book by an English clergyman,
whose name | have now forgotten. who
described trip up the Nile, and in an
appendix to his volume gave an account
of his bird collection. | wish | could
remember the name of the author now.
for owe that book very much. Without
II I should have been collecting entirely
I'm the dark. whereas with its aid | could
generally find out what the birds were.
Nv first knowledge cf Latin was obtained
by learning the scientific names of the
birds and mammals which | collected and
classified by the aid OF such books as
this one.
The birds obtained up the Nile and in
Palestine represented merely the usual
boy's collection. Some years afterward
| gave them. together with the other
archaeological specimens l had gathered.
10 the Smithsonian Institution i'm Wash
ington, and | think some of them also
IN tho American Museum of Natural His
tory I'm New York. | am told that the
srins are to be found yet in both places
and in other public collections. doubt
,,bether they have my original labels on
Il.
the Roosevelt Museum" consisting of
myself and the two cousins aforesaid.
had printed set OF Roosevelt Museum
bels in pink ink preliminary to what
,y.s regarded as my adventurous trip TO
rcvnt. This bird collecting gave what
was really the chief zest to my Nile
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lesson. and TO convince him that he was
merely having "A good time. Whether it
was the theory or my method Of applying
il that was defective | do not know. but |
certainly absolutely eradicated from his
brain any ability to learn what II was
and long after he had learned all the
other letters of the alphabet in the old
fashioned way he proved wholly unable
To remember "lI' under any circum-
stances.
Quite unknown TO myself. | was. while
n boy. under "A hopeless disadvantage in
stuyding nature. | was very near-sighted.
so that the only things / could study were
tbose I ran against or stumbled over
Whom I was about thirteen | was allowed
to take lessons i'm taxidermy from Mr..
Bell. a tall. clean-shaven. white-haired
old gentleman, as straight as an Indian,
who had been a companion OF Audubon's.
lie had a musty little shop, somewhat on
,be order of Mr.. Nenus's shop In our
Mutual Friend'-a little shop In which he
had done very valuable work for science.
This educational study" as | suppose 1t
,yo,ia no called By modern educators,
spurred and directed my interest In col
Letting specimens for mounting and
,,rosor,,a,,on. IL was this summer that l
ca, nv first gun. and 1t puzzled me TO
end that my companions seemed to see
things TO shoot at which could not see
a, all one day they read aloud an ad-
vor,isement in huge letters on distant
h,I,ho.rd and then realized that some
thing was the matter. for not only was
,,,.hlo ~ read the sign but | could not
o,,o, coo the letters. | spoke OF this 10
nv father. and soon arterward got my
ar., mir of spectacles. which literally
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opened an entirely new world To me. l
Lad no idea how beautiful the world was
until | got those spectacles. | had been
a clumsy and awkward little boy, and
while much Of my cumsiness and awk-
wardness was doubtless due TO general
characteristics. a good deal of it was due
to the fact that | could not see and vet
was wholly ignorant that / was not see
ing The recollection of this experience
gives me keen sympathy with those
who are trying i'm our public schools and
elsewhere 10 remove the physical causes
of deficiency in children. who are often
unjustly blamed for being obstinate or
unambitious or mentally stupid.
This same summer, too, | obtained va
rious new books on mammals and birds'
including the publications Of Spencer
Baird, for instance, and made an indus
trious book study of the subject. l dld
not accomplish much in outdoor study
because / did not get spectacles until late
In the fall, a short time before l started
with the rest of the family for second
trip to Europe. We were living at Dobbs
Ferry. on the Hudson. My gun was
breech loading, pin fire double barrel, of
French manufacture. 1t was an excel
lent gun for clumsy and often absent
minded boy. There was no spring 10
open it, and IL the mechanism became
rusty it could DC opened with brick
Without serious damage. When the car
tridges stuck they could be removed in
the same fashion. III they were loaded.
however, the result was not always happy,
and / tattooed myself with partly un-
burned grains of powder more than once.
When | was fourteen years old, In the
winter of ~ or 70. visited Europe for
the second time, and this trip formed a
really useful part of my education. We
went to Egypt. journeyed up the Nile.
travelled through the Holy Land and
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il is unquestionably the best part DO
not care for IL now; whereas the second
mart. containing the adventures or ROBIN
son Crusoe with the wolves I'm the Pyr-
enees and out in the Far East simply
fascinated me. What ] did like in the
first part were the adventures before
Crusoe finally reached his island, the fight
nth the SalIee rover and the allusior
TO the strange beasts at night taking their
improbable bath in the ocean. Thanks TO
being already an embryo BIOLOGIST. ! dis
liked the Swiss Family Robinson be
cause OF the wholly impossible collection
of animals met by that worthy family as
they ambled inland from the wreck. Even
in poetry it was the relation OF advent
ures that most appealed TO me as boy.
AT a pretty early age | began 20 read
certain books of poetry. notably Long
fellows poem 1.-THE Saga Of King Olaf
which absorbed me. rhis introduced me
TO scandinavian literature. and | have
meyer lost my interest In and affection for
II.
Among my first books was volume OF
q bopclessly unscientiiic kind by Mayne
reid about mammals. illustrated with
,ic,ures no more artistic than but quite
q. thrilling as those in the typical school
,aogranhv. When my father found how
deenlv interested | was In this not very
accurate volume, he gave me little book
hv G. Wood. the English writer of
nonular books on natural history. and
~, larger one of his, called Homes
yvi,hout Hands" Both of these were
cherished possessions. They were studied
eagerly. and they finally descended to my
ch,,dren. The Homes Without Hands.
hy the way. grew to have an ADDED as
soc,a,ion in connection with pedagogical
,o,,ure on my part In accordance with
In, believed was some kind OF modern
,hoorv of making education Interesting
ord not letting 1t become a Task, Ell
doavored to teach my eldest small boy
go mr. two of his letters from the title
oac. A. the letter III appeared In the
,,,,e an unusual number OF times. ! Sc
,oc,ed that 10 begin on. my eHort peihS
90 Lcep the small boy Interested, not Ia
let him realize that he was learning
The evening world., 1913-10-13

rather useless to rscry the saloon. does
IL not:
Some other delegates to the big con-
vsntion. ct which thirty nations will be
represented. have arrived from over
seas. They include Mrs. z. J. Nolan
from Australia, Nine. r. q. 0edikoff
from Bulgaria, Baroness Kali Tajifha
from Japan, Mile. de Levelye from Bel.
GUM, Mp. Van Domseilaar from IRA
quay, rroken Tora F'riess from sweden
Miss Forres.er-Pason from Scotland
Mrs. Cole from New Zealand, Frn sos-
napres. from Norway. Mrs. Dillet from
the Bahamas, and Mrs. fda Arms from
Chile.
Some Of the subjects tnder discussion
will be. Tho Medical SIDE Of Temper
anec," DR.. Louise Pur!.g,on; Juvenile
Courts" Mrs. Rutherford; Rescue
Work and white Slavery" Mrs. Lurenda
smith: Temperance Work Among For
elgu. speaking People" Mrs. N. Il Will
son: Work Amor.s Soldiers and Sailors,
Mrs. Ella Hoover Thatcher; Purity In
Ar. and Literature" Miss Harriet
Pritchard; Temperance and Legisla-
t,on," Mrs. Margaret Dye tnl!s. Mrs.
A. s. Ben,a...in will give . talk on Par
Elementary Usages."
Immediately after the world conven-
ton, there Will DO q national convention
Of tho woman's Christian Temperance
Union In AsDury Park. y. J. For tnis
az for tho world convention. special cars
a nd special railiVad and steamship rates
have been granted.
The evening world., 1913-10-13
LADY HOPE HAS PLAN
TO AID TEMPERANCE
WITH MOVIE CABARET
English Noblewoman Delegate
to White Ribbon Con-
vention Here.

40. I an not q sufYrasist: l am here
solely In the interests OF Temperance"
eaid Lady Hope. with ready smile,
when seen to-day at tho Hotel Savoy.
Lady Hope Of Manchester. England.
10 one Of the distinguished delegates to
attend the triennial convention OF the
worlds Woman's Christian Temperance
Wn!on, which will be held In Brooklyn
from the I'd till tho 18th Of this month.
Lady Hope VIII speak Mt tho conven.
popular among all classes. Her plan In
cludes the establishment Of halls where
q social evening can be enjoyed by
young men, minus .he influence OF the
saloon.
These halls woui dbe after tho
manner OF the Kursaais found In most
continental cities. but without tho
gambling Lady Hope explained. "Of
course We couldn't have gambling?
3onn Barieycogn and the roulette wheel
halls would. however, be furnished
with tables where refreshments could
b served at popular prices. and NOV.
ing pictures might take the place OF
tie cabaret"
When asked about dancing. Lady
Hope did not express disapprovsi Of
tho American Ounces. but intimatcd
that th.y seemed O. nocI no epe.,a
encouragement, Us tkcy seemed here
, 10 stay.
"As these halls would be places FOL
TIE young men to gather in. exclusive
Of women she explained, dancing
would not he included In the program
II has been said that In this countr,
the saloon lie tho poor mans club. This
seems 20 DC true. lou have mono OIL
the social life of some Of tho countries
OF Europe.
Liquor and soc!abiiity are so TAI
inextricably bound together AMI shoult
b separated. But until We give people
Q substitute for the saloon. (and ma nj
OF would be glad OF ~. II SCENT
The evening world., 1913-10-13
END INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, GAS,
SOUR STOMACH PAPE'S D|APEPS|N

made IL fsmou. the world over
Keep this perfect stomach doctor in
your homc--kcep it lpndy--gct II large
iifty-ccnt case from any drug store. and
then IL any one should eat something
which docsn', agree with them; IL " hat
they eat lays Ike lead. ferments and
sours and forms gas. causes headache.
dizziness and nausea. cructntions Of acid
and undgcstcd food--remen,ber as soon
as Papc's Oiapcpsin comes in contact
with the stomach. all such distress van.
ishcs Its promptncss. certainty and
ease In overcoming the worst stomach
disorders is a revelation to those who
try il.
The evening world., 1913-10-13
YOUNG HARRY DAVIS
MEETS SUDDEN DEATH
Son OF Athletics Former Star Was
at Shil,e Park with Mack's Men
During / asst Weeks Games.

PHILADELPHIA. oct. 1s. Harry Da-
Wis jr.. thirteen ear old son OF the for.
NOR captain and irst baseinan of the
worlds champions. died suddenly early
to-day at the home OF his parents here.
Young Davis did not complain OF ILL.,
ness. but was stricken suddenly and
died In a short time.
So far az physicians could determine.
dc,th was due " indigestion and heart
disease. The boy was on Shibe Park
fieid last week practising with his father
and the other Athletic players.