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The Detroit times., 1913-08-26
Diary of Father Time

In the olden days, before pockets
were invented, the purse containing
money and other valuables being
worn at the girdle. became much
coveted prize for the dishonest, who
managed 10 obtain possession OF IL
by deity cutting the strings BY which
it was suspended. The thieves OF
London long enjoyed the reputation
OF being exceedingly dextrous in the
art OF stealing Such dexterity is not.
however, TO be wondered at, seeing
that the street-thieves of the period
were regularly trained TO their pro-
fession. In 1885, person named Wot-
ton, kept an academy for the educa-
ton and perfection Of pickpockets.
Perhaps the most noted pickpocket
was woman known as Moll Gut
purse. who was born In 1856. She
usually wore male attire and became
an adroit fencer and bold rider, and
in the character OF a highwayman.
robbed General Fairfax OF two hun
dred pounds on Thurslow Heath. She
used 10 work In company with two
other thieves. just as pickpockets DO
now Moll became quite noted
character and established herself IN
Fleet-st. as a broker and negotiator
between thieves and the public. She
is said TO have been the first English
woman to smoke tobacco At one
time she was worth small fortune,
but her generosity TO her distressed
colleagues left her little more than
one hundred pounds al her death.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-26
Would Please Him Most

Speaking of beautiful heart throbs
the other day. Senator Wesley |.
Jones, of Washington, told OF what
little Willie quickly decided would
please him most on his birthday.
Early on the gladstone anniversary
so related the Senator. Willie's
mother summoned the youngster TO
her side
Willie" said she. looking at him
proudly. today Is your birthday and
intend TO do something that will
please you But first, however.
must ask your teacher how you be-
have In school"
Say, mamma" seriously asked the
boy do you really want TO do some
thing today that will please me a
whole LOTT"
yes. Willie" smiled mamma.
That Is certainly my intention"
"All right, then mamma" was the
startling rejoinder OF Willie. Don't
ask the teacher. "-Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
no.,aI oavipva dapOaita amOunf IN
The Detroit times., 1913-08-26

Postal savings deposits amount TO
s28.0O0. 900
The Detroit times., 1913-08-26

Gladstone once talked with much
enthusiasm 90 James Russell Loweii
about the noble conduct of the United
States government in providing pen
sions TO the amount of tens of mil
lions or pounds sterling year for
men who had served In the civil war.
II do not wish TO disparage the gen.
crosby OF my countrymen," was Low
ellis reply. but | may just observe
that these persons are voters"
The Detroit times., 1913-08-26

A course in penal studies was re
Gently instituted by the University OF
Montpelier, France. Physicians, pub
i.cists, lawyers, police and court OF
ficials were among those who enrolled
for the course.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-26
Editorials by the People

Comm unfcataons must bear name
ana addreTA of writer. must
not coatafn >ersonai abuse and
must nos be over 200 words In
length.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-26

A complete census OF Mexico fol-
1910 shows the population TO be Is,
160,369.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11
VALE, JACK!

Jack Dorland Is dead.
Jack was a tramp printer and only
to newspaper men is It really known
to the old school when hand compost
ton was an art, this day was not his
day
The tramp printers accept it
philosophically. They never COM
plain There may be a hollow in
their stomachs and the seat of their
unmentionables may be out, but they
smile Just the same. They know how
to grin and bear and to give of their
bit when they have it to their still
more unfortunate brother. Some
times we envy them in their free and
easy Vagabondia. They are not tied
down in life. When the call comes
in spring they can wander.
OF these Jack Dorland was one.
Proud? Why Jack fought In the
great civil war attached to a gen.
erals staff, He carried bullet in
his body to the day of his death. He
wouldn't take kings ransom for his
war experience and he was Just a
tramp printer. It was the Open Way
he loved
He would come into newspaper
shop OF today with his head up in
the air, pass clicking whirring bat
terry of high-strung linotypes as II
they were nothing and stride into the
composing room where he could smell
the printers ink. He would lean on
an old stand of type, ask for a chew
of tobacco and be happy. He wa:
greeted with smile and had a wore
of good cheer for everybody. 1t wal
an event when Jack dropped in tbs
shop. Things might be going wrong
while everything was going top spec,
and it would be dangerous for an in
truder TO step into that holy o
holies.'' modern print shop five min
utes before press time but Jack coul
always get in.
Good old Jack Dorland, Our las
wish for him is that he got int
Heaven as easy as he got into tn
composing room and we'll wage
everything that's coming to us mex
Saturday that when old ST. Pete
saw Jack at the golden gate, he saic
Hello Jack, come In, how's tricks
And Jack answered, "Oh. $685."
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11
KEEP THE TOWN HEALTHY.

The life of this town, like the life
of a human being, we'll says the
Joliet News, should be held sacred by
everyone who calls it home. This
town. like the human being, needs
nourishment and care If it is to be-
come a factor in things material. A
town is as likely to become i'll, so to
speak, as man. woman or child.
Who is to help it regain a healthy
and vigorous condition, If not those
who make it their home? The ills
of town are. for the most part, of
such a nature that they can be pre-
vented, and those which are not can
be cured. There is a remedy for
every disease likely to inocculate a
town.
Physiology teaches that cleanliness
is a necessary adjunct to the health
lof the human body. This is true oil
| this town. How about refuse and
garbage? Is your backyard or alley
such that you are not ashamed Of
either? Disease and sickness Turk In
unclean places. How about the
streets? Would you travel over 6
bad street or road If there were a bet
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11
NO SYMPATHY FOR THEM.

Parbleu. and various other foreign
expletives. Is it not terreeble what
they do to les chapeaux-these GUS
toms inspectors? One cannot have
the aigrettes nor yet the feathers Of
the pheasant or grouse in ones hat
but they request one to take them
out when one arrives en- vapeur and
IL one does not-pouf, they take
away the hat and all. Tut alors, and
then again, Bonner und Bitten
Such are the sentiments of the fair
Opera singers and their less tuneful
sisters who arriving from Europe al
most daily on the great transatlantic
liners. 1t is estimated that over $40.
900 worth of fine feathers have beer
destroyed since the new law went in
to effect permitting passengers te
land in the United States wearing
plumage on their headgear or includ
| ing it in their baggage
| Pretty hard to squeeze out an,
sympathy for aigrette wearers how
ever when you think of the cruelt,
practiced in getting them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11
CLEAN HANDS.

The assertion is sometimes made
that it is alone the filthy habits of
the typhoid carrier that make him a
public danger. II he could be made
to wash his hands, it is alleged,
transference of infection would be
prevented. Those who regard bac-
terial cleanliness as simply a matter
of careful handwriting says the
American Journal of Medicine are
likely to obtain disappointing results
if recent experiment performed by
Cummins is at all indicative of what
may occur under ordinary conditions
of life. This observer, after dipping
the right index-finger in solution
containing TYPHOID baclli, proceeded tc
carry out measures of cleansing as
follows:
1. Rinsend in cresol solution 2.
Then hold the finger under the tap,
rinsing first in cold. then In very
hot water. g. Washed very care
fully in about 05 &C. of sterile
water. in a watch-glass. and plated
the whole of the water used for
this purpose. Result: Three hun
dred and thirteen colonies of
Bacillus typhosus on the plate. a.
| After the washing In sterile water
| mentioned, the tip of the finger
was thoroug hly soaked in absolute
| alcohol, allowed to dry, and the
| washing In sterile water repeated
/ The "washings' were again plat
ed" Result: Four colonies of B.
| typhosus.
| Even when the fingers ar
thoroughly rubbed with a towel an
the danger of finger infection there
by lesened, it is obvious that tn
towel in its turn may become in
fected.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11
| EM-7DAYl

HOW THE LEAVES CAME DOWN.
"PII tell you how the leaves came
down."
you're getting sleepy, Yellow and
Brown.
Yes. very sleepy. little Red;
1t is quite time to go TO bed"
al. begged each silly. pointing leaf.
"Let "a little longer stay.
Dear Father Tree. behold our grief.
IT'S such a very pleasant day.
We do not want to go away
So, for just one more merry day
To the great tree the leaflets chung.
FroIicked and danced and had their
way,
Upon the autumn breezes swung.
Whispering all their sports among.
l"Pefhaps the great tree will forget
And let MS stay until the spring
IL we all beg. and coax, and fret.
| But the great tree did such thing ,
| He smiled to hear their Whispering.
"Come, children. all 10 bed.. he cried,
| And ere the leaves could urge their
| prayer
He shook his head. and far and wide,
| Fsluttering and rustling everywhere.
| Down sped the leaflets through the
/ air,
1 saw them, on the ground they lay,
Golden and red, a huddled swarm,
waiting till one from far away,
White bedcIothes heaped upon her
Should come to wrap them, safe and
| warm.
The great bare Tree looked down and
Il smiled.
"Good-night, dear little leaves" hi
| said,
And from below each sleepy child
II Replied, "Good-night," and muir.
Il INJURED:
s1t Is so nice to go to bed!7
Susan Coolyidge.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

ter way to go? If your neighbor had
a truck farm from which he planned
to sell you and your other neighbors
his produce, and you and your neigh
bors sent to the city for your veget-
ables. could the truck gardener con-
tinue to raise produce? II your
home merchants have purchased
goods and brought them here for your
convenience and you send to the city
for the very same articles which the
home merchant carries, can he con-
sistently continue in his efforts to
serve you?
Help this town to keep healthy:
contribute your share toward the inn
provements necessary to make this
town a beacon light--a leader in
stead of trailer IL this town is
good enough for you to live in it is
unworthy of you to refuse to help in
keeping it healthy.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11
THROWN DOWN. y

Cancellation, compromise, forbear-
ance, reciprocity, give and take, YOU
scratch my back and I'll scratch
yours are the main props of politics,
but Great Britain Is just now consid-
ering a deal that distances anything
along that line.
The government is said to be en-
pertaining a proposition to grant
women suffrage on the unqualified
Reputation by its advocates of the
Women's Social and Political Union
land all its militant methods
This means recognition of the con.
lstitutionaI suffragists headed by Mr.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11
OUTRAGEOUS WATER.

Hammond's water supply Is moth
ing short of shameful. Since the gale
Of Sunday the drinking water re-
sembles nothing more than plain
liquid mud. The Almighty only
knows what manner of disease and
filth there is in it, but it is outrage
Gus that people have to drink it.
Some day the people of Hammond
will get their water from a point far
out in the lake through d tunnel
which will provide them with pure
water and plenty of 1t. It won't be
sucked out of a beach laden with
impurity and filth from Chicago's
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11
BILL SHOULDN'T WORRY.

Our news columns carried a story
yesterday from Cincinnati something
like this:
William Doolan. political en-
p1oye of this city. wants to know
what is growing out of one of his
fingers. A growth which began to-
day resembles hair. and IN one
hour grew twenty inches. X-ray
examination shows that Dolan's
fun of It.
We should be greatly alarmed were
we Bill. Let it grow 'Tis a human
be used for skin grating on sensi-
tive bald heads. belonging to editors
and others of their ilk.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11
FULL OF MILK AND THINGS.

One of our exchanges advertises a
COW for sale as follows: -"FuIlblood-
ed COW for sale, giving milk, three
tons of hay, a lot of chickens and
several stoves While we have al
ways had the greatest respect for
gentle, meek-eyed bossy. we never
suspected for a moment that she
would branch out into the junk shop
business. And she full-blooded, too.
No "yaller" dog or posthole in her
makeup. Too bad. too bad.-Hazel
Green (Ky.) Herald.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

back yard and the sewers of the
region.
The drinking water as it is now
will probably cause lot of sickness
in Hammond. There is of course no
means of knowing just what sickness
occurring in the city within the next
directly or indirectly to the water,
but there will no doubt be plenty of
lit.
We'd feel sorry for a boiler that
had to be fed with Hammond's drink
| ing water now let alone a human
stomach.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

vorced. saying she was in court when
the decree was granted, but the rec
crds failed to verify her statement as
did also her attorney
JAIL BREAKER RECAPTURED.
Floyd Mullen, who escaped from jail
at Brookville, Ind. yesterday morning
and stole a horse and buggy belonging
to Charles Singer, a farmer living east
of Brookville, was traced to Liberty,
Ind. where he was arrested. He had
the rig with him. He was returned to
Brookville.
PROPOSES WINTER ely WAR"
Kokomo's flies are to have no peace.
DR.. VIII J. Martin. city health officer,
proposes to organize the school chill
dren to carry on an all-winter swat
the fly campaign.
zone dead fly now means that $780,
1000 of his posterity will not be born
next summer" says DIR. Martin.
The health officer hopes to offer cash
Involvement TO boys and girls to search
cellars. atties and all the other winter
hiding places OF the flies and to effect
"a thorough cleanup of fy-breeding
places in Kokomo.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

and Mrs. Frederick William Pethick-
Lawrence, who left the militant Or
ganization at the request of Mrs.
Emmeline Pankhurst, and took with
them their paper. Votes for Wom-
en-"
To the world this looks like sur
render, but Great Britain probably
knows her own business best.
Next question is whether Mrs.
Pankhurst, who has fought, bled and
been forcibly fed for the cause, will
consent to be ignored in the final re-
|sult, or become the Sir Edward Car
son of an Ulster revolution or suffra-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11
UP AND DOWN IN
INDIANA
SEEKS TOO MANY HUSBANDS

Mrs. Julia Smith, a waitress of
Columbus, was prevented from COM
hitting bigamy late Saturday afternoon
by Deputy County Clerk Joseph Houk.
when he refused a marriage license to
her and John Shireman. While filing
out her marriage blank, the deputy
clerk recalled that an untried suit for
divorce, in which she was the plaintiff,
was pending In the Circuit Court at
Columbus. Mrs. Smith insisted that
she ought to know that she was di-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

was prominent as a publisher. Later
he became editor of "The Journal
Friedens- Warto." Since 1891, he has
devoted himself almost exclusively to
the international peace movement. He
was founder of the German Peace So
ciety. and has published a great many
articles on books on the peace ques-
ton. In the distribution of the Noble
awards In 1910, DIR. Fried shared the
prize with Prof. T. NJ. C. Asser of The
Netherlands.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11
NOW ISN'T IT.

Two men fought desperately In a
Hammond restaurant the other day
because some peas rolled off the knife
of one into the coffee of another's
dinner. Foolish thing to fight about.
Most coffee is largely dried peas.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11
IT'S TWO HEADED NOW.

When the progressives nominated
William Sulzer for the assembly in
the Sixth district, George w. Perkins
said this to Francis Bird:
You had better cable to Col.
Roosevelt that the gproeressives are
no longer q one-man party. New
York Evening Post.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11
$4,000 ErREz Ar Albany.

The three-story brick building at SOC
and sos Pear street New Albany was
destroyed by fire of unknown origin
yesterday morning, entailing loss OF
$4,000. The building was occupied by
the New Albany Furniture Company
as a wareroom and by NJ. T. Enos fer a
mill. The entire contents were de-
stroyed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

were ordered to Indianapolis on strike
duty their mothers. wives, sisters and
sweethearts were at the depot to bid
them weeping forewe1s. And when
they arrived at the scene of action the
boys complained that they had to sleep
in steam heated basement with no
other beds than blankets and straw
ticks. Shades of the suffering men at
Valley Forge,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

Up in Wisconsin farmers shoot care
less hunters who wing them in mistake
for a deer. Now if the foolkller who
rocks the boat and the didn't know
it was loaded person who points a.
pistol at people could meet similar
fate this world would be better off.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11
The Day in
HISTORY
NOVEMBER II IN HISTORY.

1620-Pilgrims elected John Carver
governor of tn enew colony.
194-Treaty concluded at Canadaluga
between the United States and the
Six Nations.
1S35-Many vessels and lives lost in a
tempest on Lake Erie.
1SS0--Lueretta Mott, labolitionist and
pioneer advocate of woman s
rights, died in Philadelphia. Born
in Nantucket, Mass, January 3,
1898.
1Ss9-State of Washington admitted to
the Union by proclamation of
President Harrison.
1911-King George and Queen Mary
sailed for India to attend the Dur
bar.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

ALL eyes are on Argentine wheat
crop, says cable But just the same
T. r. thinks that he will command
the bulk of the attention while he is
at that end of the world.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

FATTEST man in Seattle has gone
to the tropics to try mosquito treat
ment to reduce his flesh. Better to
be stung by the mosquitoes than by
some of the quack doctors that the
Chicago Tribune speaks of.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

THERE ARE MORE THAN THREE
TIMES MORE TIMES CIRCULATED
EVERY DAPY THAN ALL THE 9TH
Err DAILY PAPERS IN LAKE COUN.
TY PUT TOGETHEr
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

LONDON evofutionist who just died
made fereweu statement that the world
hasn't progressed any since the days
of the Egyptians. Chances are that il
the tango hadn't sprung up just be-
fore he passed away he wouldn't have
become such a pessimst.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

SULTAN of Morocco In said 80 have
just married HIS fortieth wife. Must
be trying to oufdo Nat Goodwin.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

Hammond Chapter No. 1T. II. A. N.
Regular stated meeting Wednesday,
November IL. Most Excellent degree
Visiting companions welcome.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

ASTRONOMERS at Harvard are
auarreling over whether Mars is in
habited. If they were newly married
they would be kicking about steam in
the house and would be quarreling
with the laundress instead
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

IF we get war with Mexico it will
be up to some one to write a poem
about All is quiet along the Rio
Grande tonight"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

COAL men say that coal
won't go up in price this win
ter. Well. this won't help US
out any. Landlord viii be
just as stingy as ever about
the steam heat.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

Hammond Council No. 90 r. & s. NJ
Stated assembly, first Tuesday each
month. J.. w Morthland. Recorder.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

Stated meeting Garfield Lodge. No.
$50. F. and A NJ. Friday. November IA,
D. m. E. A degree. Visitors welcome
r. s Caller, Sec. e. NJ. Shanklin, w. M
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

QUAIL season opened yesterday.
Men assert your rights and demand
That
The missus
Have quail on toast.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

Hammond Commandery No. Al. X. T.
Regular stated meeting Monday.
November II. Red Cross work Visit
ing Sir knights welcome.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11
ToDAy,s BIRTHDAY HoNoRs.

Alfred Fried, the noted Austrian
peace advocate, who last year was one
of the two recipients of the Nobel
Peace prize, was born in Vienna
November, II, 1854. In early life he
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

Smoke Nellie Canadian Club Mix
ture. For pipe or cigarette, best that
leaf and slkiIl can produces--Adv.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-11

FRENCH scientist declares that
some flowers feel pain. No question
but that some modest violets weep
when they behold the modesty of
some statesman.
WAR Is certainly hell. Last week
Smyrna times., 1913-05-28
TO UNITE IN CONFERENCE
Three Denomination to Figure in
Tri-State Meeting.

The second annual session of the
Delmarvia Conference of the Chris
tian Church which began in Dover
Saturday, in the Peoples Church was
of unusual interest. particularly from
the fact that fraternal delegates from
the Free Will Baptists and the Con-
gregational Methodist of Pennsyl-
vania, representing many churches,
will be present and in all probability
will seek admission to or amalgama-
tion with the Christian denomination.
Several distinguished members Of
the Christian Church from the South
and West were present, including
Rev. DR.. W. w. Staley, Of Suffol,
Va. resident of the Southern Con-
vention: Rev. DR.. Oliver Powers,
secretary of the Missionary Society,
of Dayton o.. Rev. DR.. L. w. John
son. Raleigh. N. c.; Rev. NJ. w.
Butler, of COnshocken, Pa, who is
president Of the Delmarvia Conference
Rev. George 7. Price. of Washington.
d. c.. and Rev. Price. of Wallace L.
Gennett. of BridgebOro. N. ]. The
business sessions of the conference
was held Saturday, and on Sunday
morning the services were at $50
with prayer service. At 10. 80 a
sermon was preached by the president
of the conference. and at the conclu-
sion of the service several candidates
were ordained into the ministry.