Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 176, Hammond, Lake County, 12 January 1907 — Page 4
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THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES Saturday. Jan. 12. 1907.
THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES AN EVENING NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY THE LAKE COUNTY PRINT INQ AND PUBLISHING COMPANY...
"Entered as second-class matter June, J8, 1904. at the postofflce at Hammond, Indiana, under the Act of Congress, March I, 117 1." Offices In Hammond building-. Hamteond, Ind. Telephone, 111. Chicago Offlee. " Room 1502 Tribune Building, Hugh W. Montgomery, representative. Terns ef Subscription. rearly , 3.0 Half Yearly , fl.6t EIngle Copies ,...1 cent Larger Paid up Circulation than any other Newspaper in Northern Indiana. CIRCULATION HOOKS OPEN TO THE PUDLIO FOlt INSPECTION AT ALL TIMES. To Eabscribers. Readers of the Times are requested to favor the management by reporting any irregularities in delivering. Communicate with the circulation department, or Telephone 111. WHAT are those who cry out in horror when a negro brute who is dealt with summarily in the south, going; to do about that "episode" at Charles City, la? Will the fact that the Iowa lynchers opened their party with prayer and that a few ministers were present, take the curse off the proceedings? Does it make any difference whether the mob approaches the jail prayerfully and anticipates the ends of Justice with a crow-bar, or whether It cuts out the prayers and Intimidates the sheriff with a shotgun? Can the Iowa lynchers assume a class superior to the southern lynchers? THE Chicago Tribune stated Friday morning that the police in raiding a stronghold where stray dogs are won't to congregate, "will shoot any that may escape from the dog-catchers." Either the Tribune has unlimited confidence in its police force, or the proof reader overlooked the omission of a very j important preposition. WITH THEJEDITORS. The Labor Grafter. We hear continually charges of graft in high places and undoubtedly many men of supposedly excellent character, prominent in social and some of them even in religious circles, have proven false to the trust which their fellows have reposed in them. Some of the worst of recent disclosures however, concern worklngmen and men who have been trusted leaders of organized labor. The scandals of San Francisco bring Into prominence the blackmailing and dishonesty of professional "friends of labor," and a news dispatch from Philadelphia tells of swindlers who, posing as labor leaders opposed to strikes, have recently obtained many thousand of dollars from business men in that city. According to sworn testimony of a union officer, he and the president of the international organization of teamsters called the great Chicago strike, which resulted in the loss of several lives and millions of dollars for a bribe of $1,500. paid by the Garment Workers' union, which wanted a sympathetic strike! The grafting operation of Sam Parks and his gang are still fresh in the minds of New Yorkers, reminding the people that there is no grafting in the world that oan outclass that of a walking delegate. These reflections are not made for the purpose of casting opprobrium upon labor unions aa such, but to remind those who are clamor ing against the corruption of the rich that human nature is a good deat the tame among the rich and poor. It is not beyond the bounds of reason to suppose that some of the San Fran cisco boodlers who now seem on the road to receive their deserts may have been the loudest in their denunciations of corporate rascality, while they were themselves receiving blackmail from corporations and from sources less reputaole. Leslie's Weekly. still Southern Immigration. The recent success of South Carolina In inducing Immigration suggests to the Louisville Courier-Journal reflections on the whole subject of southern immigration. The absence of any means of ob taining immigrants except through in dividual effort has been a great draw back to the south, and has existed during the many decades in which the northern and northwestern states have been settled from that source. There being no public lands in the south, the tide of immigration flowed westward under the inducement offered by the homestead law and lands held at low prices by the government and rail roads. Thus the northern states profited without the expense which the southern states must Incur in securing additions to their population. But it will be money well expended and soon repaid by the increased prosperity which will result from the movement. Five Million Enough. The Chicago Chronicle, speaking of the death of Mr. Cassatt and the tendency to exaggerate fortunes, says: Alexander J. Cassatt's estate furnishes another instance of the fashion In which fortunes are exaggerated. At the time of his death it was estimated that his wealth would approach $100,000,000. It is now said that It will "probably aggerate from $10,000,000 to $40,000,000." If procedent goes for anything (and if the executors make the
figures public) it will probably turn out that Mr. Cassatt left about $5,000,000, which Is, after all, a competency. The evaggeratlon of fortunes Is one of the developments of sensational journalism, which can not bring Itself to rate anybody at less than the hundred-
million mark. Between Trains Impartial. A Texas judge was robbed of a horse not long ago, and the thief, being arrested, was brought before him for trial. The judge eyed the prisoner with deep satisfaction for a minute or so, and then delivered himself of the following: "Owing to a personal prejudice, the court will not hear the case. It will be tried by the bailiff, who will find a verdict in accordance with the facts. In the meantime," he added, impressively, "the court will go outside and find a rope and pick out a good tree." London Tit-Bits. ENGLISH IN GERMAN PAPER. Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan. 12. William Klinker has been granted a license to sell intoxicants at Hunertown, despite the protest of a number of Perry county farmers, who asserted that he had legally advertised his application by printing it in English in a German newspapers. The commissioners heM that the "ad" was legal. The complainants were asked if they had any other objections to the applicant, but they responded in the negative. In the Barnyard. "I hate to see a hen," said the pig bit terly. "It always makes me thing of bacon and eggs." The turkey sighed. "And to me the sight of a bog," he murmured "especially a cranberry bog But the man bearing an axe at that moment seized him by the leg, and his sentence remained forever uncompleted. Philadelphia Bulletin. Simple. "Why is coal going up again?" the dealer was asked. "It's just this way," he answered pleasantly. "You see the fellows who owns the mines have found out that the consumer, after he has bought a ton. sometimes has 25 cents left." "Yes?" "Well, naturally, they want that quarter. Simple, isn't it? How much shall I send you today?" Philadelphia Ledger. THEATRICAL NOTES. AMATUER'S TRY OUT. After the performance of "The Farm ers daughter" last night given by the Darlymple Comedy company, the stage was turned over to local talent and some very interesting numbers was rendered. Master Cyrus Campbell cap tured the first prize which was $5.00 Artie Findling came in for the second and received $3.00; and Miss Emma Koegler got third money which was $2.00. All did exceedingly well and it was difficult' to decide which should have the money. The- Dalrymple Comedy company closes its engagement tonight with a thrilling melo-drama, "Sidewalks of New York," a play written for their leading lady, Miss Mina Griffin, who has become a favorite with Hammond theatre-goers. Her work is natural and with a personality that wins for her many friends. This splendid com pany has made a nex box-office record that will be difficult for other repertoire companies to reach, an immense business having been done all week. DIFFICULT TO STEER A SHIP. Man at the Helm Works with the Cur tains Tightly Drawn. The work of steering a great ship, even with the aid of all the machinery, 3 much more delicate than one would Imagine. The larger and faster the ship the greater is the difficulty. ,It is not enough to hold the wheel in the same position to keep the ship on her course, for the wind and waves and the currents of the ocean tend con stantly to knock the ship off her course. The great wall of steel for the hull may be 700 feet long and 60 feet high offers a broad target for th wind and waves. The art of steering is to humor the ship to these forces and when she is deflected to bring her back quickly to her course. If you could watch the binnacle, especially in bad weather you would see the needle of the com pass constantly shifting from side to side, which means that the great steel prow is not going forward in a perfectly straight line. The moBt astonishing thing about the bridge Is to find the wheelhouse with all its curtains tightly drawn as often happens, and the man at the helm steering the boat without seeing ahead at all. At night or even by day, if the light of the binnacle is confusing, the wheelhouse is often completely shut in. The man at the wheel, it is explained, does not need to look ahead. The lookout high up in the "crow's nest" and the officer on watch on the bridge will keep him informed if any object is sighted. The duty of the man at the wheel is to keep the ship on her course. Through out his watch of four hours he must keep his eyes on the compass and nowhere else. St. Nicholas. Prepared for Her. ' "What's that little slip of paper?" "Oh, I mustn't forget that. It's a clipping that puts the buckwheat crop for the present year at 15.000.000 bushels." "What are you going to do with it?" "Show it to my wife the next time I ask her if we can't have hot cakes for breakfast, and she says there isn't any buckwheat in the market."
'PE AND THE FRENCH
'iu3 X Comes Out in an Encyclical Against the Church Separation Law. CONDEMNATION IS UNRESERVED Makes the Fight Hotter Than It Was and Swings the French Bishops Into Line Editorial Comment. Paris, Jan. 12. The eagerly awaited papal encyclical in which the pope explains his reasons for forbidding the faithful to make declarations un1U , -,001 a t x 1 , der the law of 1881, and defining his attitude towards the amended church and state separation law, has been pubished here. This formally places the seal of official condemnation on the new law, and his unreserved condemna tion, while it was expected, can only result in further embittering the con test between church, and state, as the French bishops, who are to assemble Jan. 15, must follow the orders of Rome, no matter what individual ideas may be held. Comments of the Editors. The newspapers this morning com ment at length on the encyclical. Most of them agree that It shows that there is a necessity for negotiations, but the clerical and anti-clerical organs dis agree regarding who should begin them. The Figaro considers the docu ment incomplete, and foresees the pub lication of another giving directions for the organization of worship. The Steele, moderate, declares the en cyclical is rich in condolences, but says lt does not remedy the situation. The Gaulols and the Soleil. clerical, oonsirler the document a clear exposition of the doctrine of leaving a solution of the difficulties to Christian faith View of the Agnostics. The view of the socialists and free thinkers is expressed by Humanite. which declares that the pope's sole de sire is to sustain the Roman hierarchy's absolutism and autocracy before every other consideration, and without reference to the opinions of the flock. The Temps considers the encyclical proof that the Vatican is determined to conwnat it terms tne speciousness1 or the papal arguments The Temps says that me statement mat a priest cannot be a juridicial occupant of a church is no longer true unaer tne new law, ana that the disaffection of ehurchps. which . ' - . tne pope says was never admissible, was a possibility even under the con--i cyiuau Government Ts to Rt1v. - lt is expected tnat tne government will take an early occasion to reply to the encyclical, either in the form rf a nn-m mTiniiii(i n-i Vitt danlorolinn in parliament TRADE RETURNS IRREGULAR Unseasonable Weather Restricts Sales of Heavy Weight Wearing Apparel, but Building Operations Boom. New York, Jan. 12. It. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Trade returns are irregular because of the erratic weather, unseasonably high temperature restricting sales of heavy weight wearing apparel at some points, while business is most satisfactory in rfAel c- r-i tf i - ti l. 17 rt 1 Y1.-wil-.w1,r. were relieved to some extent, but there is still much complaint of tardy deliv- K erics But there is unanimity regarding the Invert qmnnnt nf ffruroT'fl hnolndca rn the books of manufacturing plants, and general confidence in the future. Building operations have been greatly facilitated at the east bv open weathtJ-; ,t:u i e 1:1, mawLrtimijg, ncuvny in uiaiAtis iw materials beyond the customary date, Frices of all commodities declined al most 1 per cent, during December. Liabilities of commercial failures thus far reported for January amount ed to $3,208,450. of which $1,511,844 were in manufacturing, $1,469,319 In trading, and $287,287 in other commer cial lines. HER DREAM DISSIPATED Weds a Riding Master to Find Later That She Is No. 2 on His List. New York, Jan. 12. A cloud has arisen to mar the happiness of Mrs. Oscar Hauter, the pretty daughter of William Hoffmann, the millionaire brewer, and her riding master with whom she eloped on Christmas Day. It has become known that the man who wooed and won her while canter-
lng through Central park had been last J'ear and the demand for "unmarried before and has two children ber one northern wheat is very good, in school selling higher than the futures in Min-
T), ,.f r, xt x . v 1. neapons. snoris Dotn nere ana at MinThe first Mrs. Hauter's whereabouts ... th. hMt hlIVBr. n. tha
could not be learned, though she was said to be in Harlem. Hauter declared that he had been divorced from his first wife and that his second wife knew it when they were married. Said She "Talked Too Much." Milwaukee, Jan. 12. George C. Wapp. supposed to be insane, killed Mrs. Fredericka Freund, his mother-in-law by cutting off her head with a razor. The body was not found until Wapp volunteered to look for the f missing woman with one of her sons. He confessed the crime to the police, saying his mother-in-law talked too j much. He was recently released frro an insane asylum. France Is Lucky This Time. Cherbourg, France, Jan. 12. The submarine boat Algerian sank at her moorings here during the night. There was no one on board the veesel when
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NEW YORK LETTER. Xew York. Jan. 12. Notwithstanding lower prices from London this morning, the local stock market did not re flect this weakness. On. the contrary stocks opened strong and higher with St. Paul the strongest issue on the list. It- opened at 154 and quickly advanced to 156 on the very best class of buying both for i ni'Mtmpnt ami sneculative account, it is believed in well informed circles that the Standard Oil crowd are behind this bull movement in f,1' fau and lt is thought more than like'y it will take the place of the Harriman issues as a leader in the stock market. There was no especial news given out as to the cause of the strength only that the company is snowing large earnings, furthermore there is apparently an unwieldy short interest in it ever since the stock sold "ex-rights" some time ago. Ultimately this short interest will be made to cov er and in all probability at much higher prices. Of the other railroad shares, South ern Pacific was the strongest. Large blocks of it were traded in all during the half holiday market. The buying was presumably for the Harriman interest as brokers who usually operate for them were the conspicuous pur chasers of the stock. It scored an advance of two points for the day and closed within a fraction of the high point The bank statement was construed as favorable although it was not much better than the trade generally ex pected. It, however, had practically no effect upon prices,' the market con tinulng in its even tenor after its pub lioatlon The market closed rather strong with fair advances here and there throughout the list. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET DescDt. Open High Low 106 134 44ii 119 151 Vi 87 74 119 83 Close 106 134 44 152 Atchison . . Am. Sugar Am. Car . . Am. Cop. . 134 44 119 151 134 44 120 152 87 74 119 84 81 178 54 56 38 24 191 Vi 40 73 42 169 36 60 143 26 Vi 160 82 184 40 89 Am. Smelt Am. Ice Scs 87 LRcom ,1 Biscuit 84 Sr v T" 81 80 17 54 65 38 23 190 39 72 42 169 36 Jl 26 158 17 54 55 38 23 190 39 35 72 42 169 36 ches. & 0. .. c. F. & 1 fnl Smith Corn Pdts pnVer com Distillers ., fiic ' interboro f- ?. S. com 60 L. & N 143 Mex. Cent . 26 26 139 ?r-,.,Faa ui. ior. ore oiys (Jt. North ..184 183 "? T cm 22 S 39 88 40 1 Mia rau . . ssu w. x. cent 1328 9oy 46 38 93 136 136 39 99 Vi ft r 1 133 132 I t a - ont." & w. 90 46 80 45 38 96 130 136 89 99 23 62 93 ?1 154 47 k 85 179 48 106 37 18 83 Pacific Mail 39 96 136 138 39 99 Vi 29 63 95 31 156 47 35 180 49 106 37 18 83 t Opies IjES Pennsyl Reading . . R. I. & S.. Do pfd . R. Isl. com 1 '8 Do pfd . 62 South Pac 93 31 So. Ry. com St. Paul .154 St L&SF2dpf 47 Texas Fac 3 ova Union Pac 179 U. S. Steel 48 Do pfd ..106 Va Chem . . 37 West. Union 83 XEW YORK COTTOS MARKET. Month Open High 953 970 978 984 972 Low 942 956 969 977 967 Close 939-41 956-57 971b 978b 968-69 I Jan. . 0Z .970 .978 .982 .972 May BANK STATEMENT. $8,492,875 8,520,050 858,800 4.650,200 5,928,700 8,344.100 26,700 Reserve less' u. "s.! " '. '.inc. Loans Dec Legals '.".".'.'.'.'.".'.'..'. '.".Inc. Deposits Inc. K,iifuiai' .......... New York, Jan. 12, 1906. GRAIN AND PROVISION MARKET
Month High Low Open Close Wheat. May ..76 76 76 76 July ..76 V4 76 76 76 Corn, May ..43 43 43 434ax July ..43&i 43 43 43b Oata. Mav ..?6H 36 364 36 July ..33 33 33 33 Lard. May .,1640 1645 1630 1645 July ..1655 1660 1647 1660b Work. May ..940 942 935 942b July ..940 947 942 947 nibs. May ..900 902 895-97 902 July ..910 91a 907 915b
May CHICAGO LETTER. Chicago, Jan. 12. WHEAT Strong and higher this morning. Foreign markets were reported firmer; receipts in the Northwest lighter than dav Thelr operations brought about a raily of a half a cent in wheat, closmg the market strong at the highest price of the day. CORN A shade firmer although dull. Trading confined almost wholly to professional scalpers. A few scattered buying orders were disclosed around 43 for the May future. Receipts for Monday are estimated at over 500 cars. The car shortage situation remains unchanged from yesterday. The market closed steady. OATS Strong and higher. One of the more prominent bull speculators bid 36 for any part of a half million bushels. This is the highest price this option has reached in some time. The buying was much better than the sell ing and it enhances the possibilities of a higher plane of values for the present oat crop. The cash demand continues excellent, inability to pronrn oars in fnrwari ho Brain fa th rfrawback. Th market closed
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SOUTH WATER STREET JIAUKETS. Chicago, Jan. 12. Th n.-mltrv mar ket continued to move in an unsettled state. The arrivals were not so liberal as on the day before, but there was considerable stuff carried over and these combined offerings were mure than the market ro.nM absorb. The demand showed considerable improve ment at me reduced prices. In eggs trade was active at the advanced prices. Butter values remained unchanged, with trading slow. Buyers are taking a good deal of storage stock and this is slowing up the demand for fresh. Quotations on round lots ranged: Butter Receipts, 3 200 tubs. Extra creamery, jobbing, 3iC; price to retailers, 33c; prints, 34c: firsts, 27li29e; seconds, 22S7 24c; June extras. 29c; dairies. Coolers, 27c- firsts 24S"25e; renovated, 23c; packing stock, 19'a' I 19 c. Eggs Receipts, 3,106 cases. Fresh stock at mark, new cases included or cases returned, 21(??23c; firsts, 23c; prime firsts packed in whitewood cases grading 60 per cent fresh stock, 24c; extra, 50 per cent fresh, packed for city trade, 26c; storage stock, 19?20c. Potatoes Receipts, 55 oars. Wisconsin, Minnesota, white stock, choice, 40(9'41c; choice to fancy, Michigan, 40 B41e; red. fair to good, 376 SSc; mixed, red and white, 37 If 38c; common, small, red and white, 3435c. Sweet Potatoes Illinois. $2.252.65 per brl; No. 2, $1.25 S 1.50 per brl. veal Quotations for calves in good order were as follows: 50 to 85 lbs, 67; 80 to So lbs. 7 9 c : 85 to 100 lbs, fancy, 10?rl0c; 150 to 175 lbs, good, meaty, 5 (U 5 Vic. Dressed Beef No. 1 ribs, 13 Vie; No. 1 loins, 16c; No. 1 round, 7c; No. 1 chuck, 6 He; No. 1 plate, 4c. Live Poultry Turkeys, per lb, 11c; chickens, fowls, 10 He; springs, 9c; roosters, 7c; geese. $5.00 7.50 ; ducks, llllc. Fruits Apples, $1.003.50 per brl; bananas, jumbo, per bunch, $L40,1.50; straight, $1.10 1.25; lemons, California. S3. 00 3.75; oranges, California, 2.JJo ((8).15. Green Vegetables Beets. 40 50c per sack; cabbaere. $9.00(311.00 per ton; carrots, 4050c per sack; onions, 40 lou yci uu, .)tii axilla, t pci i-uw, spinach, 75c per tub; turnips, 50363c per sack. C. H. WANZER STOCK AND BOND BROKER. Stocks Carried on 3 to 5 Point Margin. Nominal Rates of Interest. 333 Rookery Bid?., Chicago. JOHN DICKINSON & CO, STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN, PROVISIONS. 171 La Sails St, Chicago. New York Office, 42 Baoadway. Members Chicago Board of Trade New York Consolidated Stock Exchange. Direct Private Wires East. Telephone, Central 5551 Automatic 4058. Central 551 LIVE STOCK MARKET. Union Stock Yards, Jan. 12. Hog receipts, 19,000; market steady; left over, 1.900. Light, $6.25 to 6.47; mixed, $6.25 to 6.55; heavy, $6.20 to 6.55; rough, $6.20 to 6.30. Cattle receipts, 400; market unchang ed. Sheep receipts, 2000; market uncnangea. Union stock Yards, Jan. 12. Hogs closed strong. Light, $6.25 to 6.47; mixed, ?6.25 to 6.55; heavy, 6.20 to 6.55; rough, $6.20 to 6.30. Cattle closed unchanged. Sheep closed unchanged. Hogs Cattle Omaha 6.000 2,000 Kansas City 6,000 1,000 St. Louis - 5,700 600 Sheep 1,500 LIVERPOOL MARKETS. Liverpool, Jan. 12. Wheat and corn closed one-eigntn lower. GRAIN MARKET. Chicago, Jan. 12. Car lots Wheat, 64; corn, 283; oats, 130. today Total Clearances. Wheat and flour equal 569,000 bush els; corn, 166,000 bushels; oats, none Intimates for Monday. Wheat, 103 cars; corn, 587 cars; oats, 228 cars; hogs, 44,oou neaa. Northwest Cars. Last Today Week Duluth 31 81 Last Year 126 Minneapolis 239 2.1 Chicago o 00 27 Southwestern Receipts and Shipments W heat. Today Minneapolis 256.000 66 000 JL,ast year zso.uvu Vi'VrW Kansas Citv S0.00O Last year 46.000 47,000 St. Louis 23.000 Last year 38,000 24.000 32,000 Primary Movement. Receipts Wheat, today 556.000 Last week ..654,000 Last year 564,000 Corn, today 500,000 Last week 744,000 Last year 657,000 Shpmnts 182,000 229.000 172,000 363,000 600,000 688,000 WEATHER FORECAST. Illinois Rain south; rain or snow 111, UrLlUCUI . 1 . 1 VI 3JA.IL LVIU5IIL, colder Sunday; fair, except rain or snow south. Indiana Rain south, rain or snow north trvntn-ht rfpclried v fnlrlr- Sim. day fair, except rain o"r snow south; l-uiue.:.. : .L,OWer .Uitiusaii naui ui eiiuw nun clearinsr tonight; decidedly colder: cold ware west tonight; occasional snows Sunday and colder. md colder. ota Fair and colder with cold itheast tonight; fair and conid Sunday. Minneso wave soul tinner! ccilft Snndav Iowa and v lsconsln Clearing and tonight; fair and colder Sun wave dav. Missouri Rain or snow and decided ly colder tonight; fair and colder Sun day fthewt? afSrtaiunday, wlfmer CwSl sou
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Wire to Lake County Times. South Dakota Fair east, possibly snow west tonight and colder; fair and warmer Sunday. Nebraska Snow west, fair east tonight, decidedly colder tonight with cold wave; fair and warmer west Sunday. ivansas Snow and clearing tonight; colder; fair and colder east Sunday and possibly snow west. Montana Snow tonight and Sunday; fair and warmer Sunday. HEARD ON THE BOURSE Bears had their inning today, but it was only a flash in the pan. The buying all day was better than the selling. The whole thing was in the Pennsylvania issue of $200,000,000. They are not going to give it away. It is possible to believe they want to buy some property that is worth something with it. Atchison was held in simply beautiful shapo, if this stock doesn't go up after this racket in the market, then there is no use trying to bull anything at all at any time. Market still very professional. All pool work. Money is manipulated all the time, but still the undertone is good for higher prices. Tloltdtar Crowds. For some men lt Is sufficient recrea tion to have no work. The moment that the "knapsack of custom" falls from their backs they are happy. Not to awake In the morning with the thought of what must be done in the day is In Itself a sufficient recreation. Naturally, they have no very definite taste in holidays. They go where it suits their purses or their wives or their children. To such men, though they may spend all their working days In the thick of a town, the sight of nature never becomes a necessity. It Is a luxury, an agreeable augmentation of the sese of doing nothing. A holiday maker of this type very often goes to a watering place, one of those resorts which lt is now the fashion for culti vated people to despise. Such con tempt Is affectation. A number of happy people create, no doubt, an exhilarat ing atmosphere. Well behaved pleasure seekers make an agreeable and ever changing picture. A well kept public garden, a good band and a fine view form attractions which no continental affects to despise, and English people do not despise it either If only the brightly dressed crowd should happen to talk In a foreign tongue. London Spectator. The Englishman Abroad. An English observer says that he finds the American abroad both civil and genial: "I climbed to the top of Notre Dame in Paris and found there a party from across the Atlantic enjoying lunch. The day was hot, and a young man In the group offered me a refreshing drink. At the top of the lacework In marble which is the spire of Milan cathedral three English speak ing men met accidentally an Ameri can, an English clergyman and myself. He who hailed from the land of the stars and stripes offered me his fieldglass; the other did not even return our good morning salutation. In a beer garden at Lucerne I followed the custom of the continent and asked per mission before sitting at a table of those already seated there. The only one who did not raise his hat and re ply was an Englishman, and the only one to make excuses for him wnm a . - . ,T , young man who prefixed his words with T guess.' Parchment. Parchment is the skin of sheep or other animals prepared in sheets to render them fit for being written upon, The heavier parchment, used for drumheads, is made from skins of asses, older calves, wolves and goats. All these are similarly prepared. The skin, being freed from the hair, is placed In a lime pit to cleanse it from fat. The pelt is then stretched upon a frame, care being taken that the surface Is free frem wrinkles. The flesh Is then pared off with a circular knife. It is then moistened and whit ing spread over it. The workman then with a large pumice stone rubs the skin. He next goes over it with an iron instrument and rubs lt carefully with pumice stone, without chalk. The skin Is gradually dried, tightening being occasionally required. A Literary Price. The largest amount ever offered as a tHhntlnn Is ,rpj,j'jj ruuit'S, wuit'U is 01.111 "i"-" for competition and will be awarded at t. x etersDurg on uec. i, the writer of the best history of Alex ander I. of Russia. Araktcheief, found er of the military colonies of Nov gorod, left a fortune of 50,000 gold ru bles to provide for this unique prize, The 'prize giving day is the centenary of the Czar Alexander's death, by which time the money will, it is esti mated, have increased to 2,000,000 rubles. One-fourth of it vrtll be used to defray the cost of publishing the work which wins rh nrize. At Which Asref , ,r,in rvTitlv tnnV AC amUSlUK UUiUMiuu rf place between an artist and an author ., to which nerlod or ner me a 1 " rnrnan the most fascinating. Ac .. . tVla -t(Bt a wnrrifln should cording to the artist a woman snouia coraing iu iuo 01 -"" " " not be painted between the ages of . . - w tn twenty-five and forty, as sne was m tha n-AfltRt transition neriod or cer - Hf3declares that she Is at the height of her fascination and beauty between the ages of thirty and forty. The quesI tlon is still unsetUj.-Bjremen ZeituBg.
Humor end Philosophy By DUNCAN M. SMITH
PET AVERSION. Oh. winter drear, I like you not; For me you do Not hit the spot. Nor do your antics Win my pelf; I wish you would Go chase yourself. I am not smitten On your style; Spring has you beaten. Many a mila. Though one might think. To hear you blow. You were the whole Blamed three ring show. You pinch us knowing Well enough We don't deserve Such treatment rough. Were I a justice Of the poace, You would bo pinched By the police. Your winning ways I cannot see; They never did Appeal to me. Let the misguided Sing your praise I'd like to give you Thirty days. Flying Solved. Santos-Bumont says it Is as easy at falling off a log. He has it doped off that ere long we will be throwing our autos away that Is, those of us who have them, and the others may then buy them for a song just for the purpose of throwing them away and sailing off to business or pleasure or away from our creditors. There is a heap of romance in the possibility of flying. If all that a man has to do Is to buckle up the straps, ask the lady next door if his wings are on straight and sail away, pray who would stop in a country that didn't suit him? It would be the sunny south on a diet of bread, fruit and bananas In winter and the woods of Canada on fish and game in the summer, and meanwhile wondering as he flew over why the few who remained home at work did it. It looks good, and, while the perfect wings are not here yet the cautious man may well think of selling hi3 railway stock. All Marriages Not Made In Heaven. "The devil loves old bachelors." "Why?" "He doesn't have to study any abont the punishment he hands them when they arrive." Steady Use For Them. "lie Is one of the great inventors of the day." "But does he work along practical lines? So many of our Inventors are visionary." "Sure. He Invents new cuss worda with which to drive mules." The Same One Maybe. We meet, we love and lightly lawgh And dream that time will find us fond. But when next year the glass we quaff Brunette has changed to dazzling blond. A Con Man. "There's a man who successfully makes bricks without straw." "What kind of bricks 7 "Gold bricks." PERT PARAGRAPHS. Lazy people are the only slmon pur heirs to the universe. It Is all a matter of temperament. Some men are bachelors because they are wise and some because they are foolish. People who have nothing to worry about start a don't worry club and then worry over the membership. We would all like to be there when the things our enemies have coming to them begin to arrive. A really good thing isn't apt to need a press agent or a special brand of advertising. The trouble with us seems to be that too many men are chasing the mighty million and are too far behind. Somehow the less you hear about honest men the more you believe In them.
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