Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 19, Hammond, Lake County, 10 July 1907 — Page 4

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PULLMAN'S EXPERIENCE GARY'S LESSON. Pullman. " the model industrial city of the western hemisphere" is now a mere sub-division of Chicago to which It was annexed several years ago. Its Identity which has been slirrtr.tr ever since then, was lost entirely when a plat of Pullman sub-division was tiled yesterday with Superintendent Riley of the map bureau. Pullman is now open for purchase and settlement. This Is the end of an eight years fight to keep Pullman within tho lines laid down by its founders, which contemplated the perpetual ownership of the ground and tho improvements thereon by the company. In ISS'J the supreme court decided that under Us charter the Pullman company could not traffic in real estate. The filing of tho record was successfully stalled off until yesterday, although on" April 27 it was announced that employes of the company could purchase outright the homes in which they lived and would bo given the preference in sales. Now the formal listing of the property as a sub-division of Chicago places It in the open market. The builders of Gary profited by the failure of the builders of Pullman and took Into consideration that Ineradicable desire of the average human being to own a home. The builders of Gary took into consideration the sociological features of the plan and knowing full well that it is as useless to oppose the natural human tendency to homo making as it is to prevent the birds from building their nests lp the spring they have adopted tho plan of encouraging the owning and building of homes. Then there are psycological reasons for the failure of the Pullman plan. As inherent as the desire to own a home, is the jealousness with which a man guards his right's. It is true that the employes were not compelled to live In the houses that had been built for them. They could have gone elsewhere and been sheltered by a roof that was not tho property of the Pullman company but the logical thing for them to do was to follow the lines of least resistance and pay house rent to the company by which they were employed. Cut they chafed under It nevertheless. It was a kind of paternalism that reduced to a minimum that desire to own a home and thereby removed one of the greatest incentives to effort. Tho situation was almost as hopeless, In a way, as conditions In Ireland where the impoverished soil and tho tumble down farm houses was the result of a vicious tenant system with the ownership of the land in the hands of -fhe'few. But the laws of this country which prevent a corporation like the Pullman company from owning real estate was tho salvation of the people of Pullman and the company Is now selling to the rightful owners the property upon which they have been paying rent so long. Where the Pullman plan failed the Gary plan will win and as long as the people who compose that growing city are untrammeled in their right to build qn;l e.-'i cottages or palaces they will be happy. ' COLLIER'S FLAYS FAIRBANKS.

v. , ,'. kly continues to throw monkey wrenches in Charles Warren Fairbanks' campaign machinery. This weeks article exploits him as a trailer in the manipulation of stocks, a willing tool of the corporations, a prosecutor of Btrlking railroad laborers, a child of Wall street, a ravenous chaser of the mighty dollar, tainted and untainted, a man who purchased his seat in the senate with $50,000 and forced himself on the republican presidential ticket through similar means, a representati ve who never instigated legislation calculated to benefit the people and "a poor farmer boy" who has four million dollars to show for his 20 years of public life. The missing chapters in Mr. Fairbanks biography which Collier's claims to be supplying are not calculated to strengthen the vice president's candidacy before the republican convention. , LOCKIE SIMPSON and four of his barbers got up at five o'clock this mornIpg and took a swim in I,nke Michigan. And now Lockie proposes to sell this came bath water to his customers at 25 cents a tub. It is remarkable how early soma f these Hammond business men are willing to rise in order to put one over the unsuspecting public. O A JAPANESE GENERAL is quoted as saying that the American soldiers cannot fight and that the only time they shine is when they are on dress parade. Wonder if that Jap remembers the little dress parade Dewey pulled off In the bay of Manilla a few years ago.

WITH THE EDITORS Five years In prison for Mayor Sehmlt is an eminently fitting punishment. To be sure, viewed in one way. it hardly seems an adequate dose for a man who so shamelessly sold out his friends and the city he had sworn to righteously govern, but In another sense the blow is a crushing one. Five years' imprisonment no doubt falls harder on Schmltz than a life term would fall on tho ordinary criminal, tot the sentence carries with it something more terrible than confinement within walls of stone and steel. It means a fall from the honor and esteem of thousands to the execration of all; a descent from greater power to tho most abject and debasing form of servitude ; a loss of all that goes to make life worth the living. From his position as idol of the laboring men of the Facifio coast and chief executive of the greatest city on the slope, he is reduced to penal serfdom, a condition which must bo rendered intolerable by the stinging thought that his fall was brought about by his own rapacity and criminal greed. For him there is not the soulful solace that glorifies the martyr's crown. Ther is only the accusing vole of conscience, the cruel excoriation of futile remorse, and a too late realization of the greatness and sacrifice and the utter meanness of its object. Ha is forever undone. The glorious , pearl of opportunity was placed In bis hands and he trampled it in tho slim of the street. Fort "Wayn Nw

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PUBLIC l'OU INSPECTION AT ALL Fishing With a Sandsucker. "Say, mister, wher'd you oatch it?" "Ain't ha a whopper?" 'That's nothing; I've seen bigger ones downtown in a store." and such remarks from wondering boys greeted a workman Friday night as he stalked up Broadway with a carp over two feet long. It was a bi one, weighing nearly thirty pounds. The man did not step along jauntily with his phenomenon like a little boy showing off his first pair of long pants, in the fashion of all lucky anglers. He did not revel iii the gaze of all the cu rious eyes nor tell how he had almost caught a larger one when the line broke and that even this little one had nearly upset the boat. None of this bravado. He carried th big fish as he did his dinner rail in th other hand, as something quite ordin ary. He explained to the questions o where he caught it unexcitedly. "Why, I Just picked it up off the beach," h remarked calmly and patientlj "There was a whole carload of 'er there and I just picked out a fair-size one. Yes. it's a carp. Not very good eating; no. Hew'd they come on the beach? Oh, the sandsucker. The sandsucker just picks them out of the Cal umet and spouts 'em out on the beach oi the lake. You ought to see 'em wiggle then. Yes. there was more than a wagon load wiggling there when I left." No more questions were asked. Gary Tribune. If Ton hare something; yon do not vrsnt, and If somebody else has sometbinjr you rr ant, adrertlaa It la the Bar, ter and Ex chancre rolum. pm

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STANDING OF THE CLUES. NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. Pet. Iiicago r.5 it .7U4 New York 4z 24 .61 Pittsburg 42 27 .60!) Philadelphia 3 31 .551 Boston 30 3 .441 Cincinnati 30 42 .417 lirooklyn 29 43 .403 St. Louis 17 57 .224 AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. L. Pet. vlilcago ,.45 21 ,."2 Cleveland 44 2 .611 Detroit 3S 2i .577 Philadelphia 3S 32 .543 New York S3 34 .41)3 t. Louis .Hi 43 .411 Washington 22 43 .38 Huston 2'J 43 .377 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. XV. L. Pet. Toledo 47 20 .618 Columbus 4 1 r'.t .tlu3 Minneapolis 43 33 .otltJ Kansas City 3S 3H .500 Milwaukee 42 .462 Louisville 34 41 .453 Indianapolis 33 4 .407 St. Paul 31 4G .4U3 WESTERN LEAGUE. W. L. Pet I'es Moinc3 41 2S .094 Omaha 43 34 .558 Lincoln 3'J 33 .542 Denver 34 33 .507 Sioux City 3' 42 .417 Pueblo 27 44 .3S0 CENTRAL LEAGUE. W. L. Pet Springfield 37 24 .587 Wheeling 35 20 .547 Kvansvillo 3 i 23 .522 Canton 20 2S .509 Terre Haute 35 34 .507 Dayton 33 33 .500 Grand Rapids 27 37 .422 South Lend 27 Stf ,40y THREE EYE LEAGUE. W. L. Pet. Springfield 40 20 .6t7 Rock Island 30 21 .019 Decatur s 37 23 .617 I'eoria 34 24 .567 Cedar Rapids 34 28 .54S Clinton 27 S4 .429 Lloomington 24 35 .407 Dubuque 0 52 .143 GAMES TODAY. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Chicago at Brooklyn. Pittsburg at Philadelphia. St. Louis at New York. Cincinnati at Boston. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Philadelphia at Chicago. New York at Detroit. Boston at Cleveland. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Chicago, 5; Philadelphia, 1. Cleveland, 1; New York, 3. St. Louis, 5; Washington, 4. Detroit, 3; Boston, 7. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Brooklyn, 1; Chicago, 7. Boston, 5; Cincinnati, 1. Philadelphia. 4-2; Pittsburg. 8-0. New York, 5-6; St. Louis, 3-5. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Kansas City, 7; Columbus, 2. Milwaukee, 1; Indianapolis, 7. Minneapolis, 8; Louisville, 7. St. Paul, 4; Toledo, 5. WESTERN LEAGUE. Des Moines, 4; Pueblo, 1. Lincoln, 0; Omaha, 4. Sioux City, 2; Denver, 1 (ten innings). THREE EYE LEAGUE. Springfield, 9; Decatur, 0. Cedar Rapids, 4; Rock Island, 3. Dubuque, 0; Clinton, 6. Peoria, 4; Bloomington, 1. CENTRAL LEAGUE. South Bend, 10; Dayton, 9 (thirteen innings). Wheeling, 1; Evansville, 3. Canton, 0; Terre Haute, 8. Grand Rapids, 5; Springfield, 0. Doc White was the strong boy to chase the Athletics yesterday and he had them on the run which ended in defeat by a score of 5 to 1. Connie Maeh thought his younster Bartley was good enough to win from the home boys, but he found out his mistake before he had gone a great distance. It is true the Sox only got eight hits THE MAN

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'".4r A -A-A'A'A'A off the boy, but he failed to keep them separated enough to hold the score down, which was just what White did. Eddie Hahn was the victim of Jack Sheridan's dignity and was benched for slamming his bat to the ground after tha ump called him out on strikes. Hahn is a gentlemanly player and it was rather hard on him, as he did not say a word. The game was snappy all the way through and not an error was made by either side. Today Rube Waddell is going to try Ids arm against the champs and Ed Walsh against him will make the game real classy. Manager Chance is getting his just deserts for his Weird exhibition at Brooklyn Monday, and ho is now laid off indefinitely by Secretary John Heydler, who is acting lor President Pulllam, and can not even appear in uniform. Chance offers a plausible statement concerning his case and says that he was only removing the bottles from the Held. He must have forgotten that lie has a strong arm. The game proved another walkover for the Cubs and they won hands down by a score of 7 to 1. Bell was offered against Overall, and did well except for two innings when the total scoring of the Cubs resulted. After that he settlod down once more and held them fast. What is this we hear, Joe Gans rushing to the coast as fast as he can, and stating that he hopes to close a match with Nelson. That looks good from the road, as these two men should come together again before we can dope out who is the best of tho two. Of course opinion is with one or the other amongst the fans, but tho last battle was so good it would be a fine thing to have it over again. Tex Rickard of Goldfield, is said to have offered $40,000 for the pair, and Joe says it is all right for him, but that Batling must make 133 pounds and no funny business by Nolan. Joe takes little stock in the Nelson-Britt fight slated for this month, and nobody else does. The Glidden tourists are off today from Cleveland, O., on their jaunt to the far away New York City. The Hammond boys will have a chance to take a peek at them as they pass along on Friday, and they should arrive here early in the afternoon. There will bo some tall doings at Chicago during their two day's stay, and the races at Harlem will attract a large following from here. Roger Bresnahan, tho inventor of the shin guards, is out with a new one since he got that crack behind the ear. It is a headguard this time and it looks good from the road. The new guard is made of rubber and is not unlike a football headgear. It protects the ears, temples and a part of the back of the head. I wish he would invent a finger guard. The Whitney stable pulled off the two stake events yesterday at Sheepshead Bay. The winners were Dinna Ken in the realization, and Stamina in the double event. Dinna Ken won from such horses as Frank Gill, Salvidere and Zambesi, but the track was very heavy and Peter Pan and Colin were scratched from the events by the Keene stable. The lawyers of Hammond are going to play a team composed of men from tho Lake County Times office next Sunday at Harrison park. If they can handle a baseball as well as they handle a court case, they will be trimmed to death. One bet was made that the score would reach three figures, but I hardly think it will. New York again stopped the Naps yesterday and Boston held off Detroit from the lead, so the Sox took a good jump forward. The Highlanders played horse with Rhoades while Orth pitched a good game. West Hammond looks good as a boxing center if some manager does not get too hoggy and grab a good thing. The card for Monday with Anderson and Schrewsbee is fine. ON THE END. -Berrymn in Washtnaton- Star.

An Ancient Superstition. It 13 a hiscorical fact that, a, cock was publicly burned at Basel -In Angust, 1471, for the diabolical crime o, laying en egg, the egg being else turned lest it should produce a cockatrice, or fiery Hying serpent. "On the Thars day before St. Lawrence's day," writes Gross in his "Kurtze Basler KronikS "they burned a cock on the Kolenberg, together with an egg which ho had laid, for they feared that a dragon might be hatched therefrom. The executioner cut open the cock and found three more eggs in him, for, as Vicentius salth iu the sixth book of his 'Speculum Naturale,' it hath always been held that a cock in his old age may lay an egg, whence ariseth a basilisk if it be hatched out on a dung heap by the serpent called coluber. Wherefore the basilisk is half cock and half serpent, lie saith also that certain persons declare they have seen basilisks hatched from such eggs." Comhlll Magazine.

Against the Middle. "When Bill, the ranchman, came to Xev York to play the races he put up at one of the most expensive hotels In the city and took ouo of the most expensive rooms. Then he went broke. The proprietor of the hotel and the clerk held a private consultation. -We will let hi: stay here," they decided, "but from now on we will feed him liver and bacon until he pays his bill. Nothing does he get in this house from now on but liver and bacon." They fed Bill liver and bacon for breakfast, dinner and supper for about three weeks. Then his luck turned, lie forthwith walked out to a strange cafe to get something to eat. He looked over the bill of fare. "What's this in the middle?" he asked. "Liver and bacon?" "Yes, sir," the waiter answered. "Give me everything on the bill of fare both ways from liver and bacon," ordered Bill. New York Press. Plaster of Paris. For experimental purposes and where but a few castings of medium and light weight are required plaster of pads has many good advantages as a material for pattern making. It Is light, it can be given a smooth, surface, it Is easily given any required shape and it can be added to indefinitely. While it Is brittle, this is more than offset by the saving in. first cost and the quickness with which the pattern may be prepared. Tlaster of paris sets in from three to six minutes, but if for any reason it is desired to keep the mass plastic for a laager period one drop of glue to u five gallon mixture will keep It soft for a couple of hours. Tlaster of paris mixed with coM water has an expansion of about one-sixteenth of an Inch to the foot when hardening. Should this be undesirable mix with warm or lime water, and there is no expansion. Machinery. Bamboo Sap In India. In India the sap of the female bamboo is used for medicinal purposes. "Tabasheer," or "banslochan," is sold in all Indian bazaars, as it has been known from the earliest times as a medicinal agent It is also known in Borneo and was an article of commerce with early Arab traders of the east Its properties are said to be strengthening, tonic and cooling. It has been analyzed and has been shown to consist almost entirely of silica, with traces of lime and potash. From Its remarkable occurrence In the hollows of bamboos the eastern mind has long associated it with miraculous powers. A Court Fool's Joke. Scogan, the famous court jester of Edward IV., dearly loved a practical joke. Once he borrowed money .f the king and when the day for payment came was unable to make good his word. He feared the king's auger and decided to appease him by a joke. Feigning death, he had his friends carry his body before Edward. Tho king fell a ready victim to the deception and In his lamentations over the supposed dead fool said he freely forgave the debt Scogn immediately sprang to his feet, exclaiming, "The news is so revivifying that it has called me back to life." Bill Nye and Maartens. In the spring of 1805 the distinguished Dutch novelist known by the pen name of Maarten Maartens was elected an honorary member of the Authors' club of New York, says the Bookman. When the name Joost Marlus M. Van der Poorten-Schwartz came to the attention of the membership committee there was a gasp of astonishment Finally the late Bill Nye came to the rescue with the suggestion that the first half of the name should be acted on at once, but that the last half should be held over until the autumn, when the weather would be cool. His Choice. A witty member of tho legal professioa was once a guest at a dinner remarkable for its meagerness. Tbe dining room had been newly and splendidly furnished. Some of the guests congratulated the host on his taste In decoration. "For my part, I would rather see less gilding and more carving," said the wit. Conscientious. McAlister 'TbB threepence I'm owin ta ye, meenister. The fact is, I'm a conscientious mon, and I pit naethin' in the plate on Sunday. The smallest I had wl' me was a saxpence, and I didna theenk the salrmon was up ta it Dundee AdTertlser. We ought not to look back unless It Is to derive some useful lessons from pst errors and for the purpose of profiting by dear bought experience, Washington.

Wfct Flshln Develops. To those who are satisfied with a superficial view of the subject It may eeem impossible that the diligence and attention necessary to a fisherman's success can leave him any opportunity while fishing to thoughtfully contemplate any matter not related to his pursuit. Such a conception of the situation cannot be Indorsed for a moment by those of ns who ar conversant with the mysterious and unaccountable mental phenomena which fishing develops. We know that the true fisherman finds no better time for profitable contemplation and mental exercise than when actually engaged with his angling outfit It will probably never be possible for us to gather statistics showing the moving sermons, the enchanting poems, the

learned arguments and eloquent orations that have been composed or constructed between the bites, strikes er rises of fish. But there can be no doubt that of the many intellectual triumphs won in every walk of life a larger proportion has been actually hooked and landed with a rod and reel by those of the fishing fraternity than have been secured In any one given condition of the nonfishlng world. "Fishing and Shooting Sketches," by Grover Cleveland. Culling the Chicken. Ia England the calls chuck, chuck, or coop, coop, prevail; in Virginia, coo-cbe, coo-cbe; in Pennsylvania, pee, pee. This latter call is widely employed, being reported from Germany, Spain (as pi, pi). Bulgaria, Hungary, Bavaria and the Tyrol. In the Austrian province the term Is used in combinationthus: Pulla. pi, pi. The call pnllele, pu!, pul, also occurs there. In some parts of Germany the poultry are called with tick, tick; In lrussla, put, put, and young chickens with tuk, tuk (Grimm), and setup, setup, the latter being an imitation of their own cry. In eastern Prussia hens are called with kluckschen, kluck, kluck; also tippchen, tipp, ttpp. Grimm records also pi, pi, and tlet, tlet. Weinhold reports from Bavaria blbl, bibeli, bidll; pi, pi, and pul, pul. In Denmark the call is pootle; In Holland, kip, kip; in Bohemia, tyoo; in Bulgaria, tiri, tiri. An Old Medicine. "Ground oyster shells," said the physician, "were used as a medicine by the mediaeval doctors a medicine for the rickets and scrofula." "How absurd!" "Absurd? Not at all. Oyster shells contain lime, nitrogen, iron, sulphur, magnesia, bromide, phosphoric acid and iodine. Those are all excellent tonics. You know how hens eat ground oyster shells and thus produce eggs with good. thick, strong shells? Well, as the oys ter shell powder acts on eggshells so I have no doubt it acted in tho middle ages on the bending, crumbling bones of the rickety, putting strength and firmness Into them. Ground oyster shells, I am convinced, would be good things for frail children today. They would strengthen the frame, increase the appetite and have a splendid effect oa the teeth." Philadelphia Bulletin. A Cartons mid Hare Boole. The most curious as well as one of the rarest books known to collectors is the edition of the Vulgate Issued by Pope Sixtus V. some time between 15S5 and 1500. The book, as Disraeli described it, "fairly swarmed with errata." So numerous were they that a number of printed paper slips containing the proper words were pasted over the errors, and, this device proving Inefficient on account of the immense number of mistakes, as many of the copies as could be found were called In and destroyed. Only a few remain, and the book with Its paper patches commands an extremely high price. Scott's Narrow Escape. The world had a narrow escape of never having known a Sir Walter Scott When a tiny babe he was left in charge of a maid, but the girl's heart was in Edinburgh, whither she wanted to go to rejoin her lover. She was, however, compelled to stay and look after the infant at Sandy Knowe. The girl regarded her c harge as an obstacle to be removed and afterward confessed that she carried young Scott up to the Cralgs (under a strong temptation of the devil, as she expressed it), fully intending to cut his throat with her scissors and bury him under the moss. Historic Grapevines. The celebrated "king's vines" at Fontainebleau, planted under the reign of Henry IV., grow against a wall ia the park not far from the castle, and the grapes are highly esteemed by gourmets. Since the republic was established the grapes have always been sold by auction, the proceeds going into the coffers of the minister of finance. Her Intense Sorrow. He I called to see you last evening and the servant told me you were not in. She Yes; I was sorry to have missed you. He I thought you must be; I heard you laughing upstairs la such grief stricken tones that I almost wept myself out of sympathy. The Obstinate Cook. Father Cooking schools are of some use after all. This cake is delicious. Daughter Is it? I thought It would be a terrible failure. Father Why? Daughter I told the cook exactly how to make It and she went and made It some other way. The Fresh in an. "Is P.eggy Improving by bis life In college?" '"Oh, yes; he's already learned to toe la with one foot!" Detroit Free Press. After the joy which springs from light doing the purest and sweetest is that which Is born of companionship with spirits akla to our own-

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flayer and Sllher. In the firat number of the Atlantic Monthly Ralph Waldo Emerson had poem called "Brahma," which puzzled both critics and common reader. Some said It was tbe greatest poeia of the century. Some said it wa nonsense. The first verse ran ua follows: If the red slayer think he slays, Or If the slata thick he Js 6la.la. They know not well th abtla ways I keep and pass and turn ajala. That winter it happened that u relative of tho poet Longfellow, living la another state, bought a sleigh, and la a family letter to the cousins la Cambridge there was a wail lett the January thaw which had followed the purchase should keep them from enjoying the gay cutter that season. When th letter was answered, Longfellow contributed this verse, which, it is said, has never been printed before: TO ON THE PURCHASE OP A SLEIGH. If the red sUlpher thtnk ha sleighs. Or if the elelshin think it Is eleighSn. They know rot we'd the subtle ways Of snow, that comes and goes again. Surprised tho Ghost. A ghost, a vague white form whlca flitted about a small neglected graveyard in Gal way, much to the alarm of those who lived near by, one of the gentlemen of our party tmdertook to lay. Going out not far from midnight, he did indeed soon become aware of & white figure looming toward him through the darkness. Our frleud, however, held on his way undeterred. "Ghost" ho bald la sepulchral tones when he came near, "could you drink a glass of whisky?" "I could so, your honor," blithely responded the ghost taken off his balance by tbe unexpected offer and standing revealed as the principal poacher of the neighborhood, who had availed himself of this sictral guise to set his night lines and carry on hi other depredations undisturbed. Blackwood's Magazine. Ducks and Drakes. The momentous day had arrived, and the inspector was putting his usual series of inquisitive questions to a class of small boys. "Now. tell me," ho said, "why it U that a duck can swim and a hen can't." "Because a duck has webbed feet,' piped one of the miniature philoiiophers. "Yes," said the inspector. "Now, can any of you swim?" Stony silence, during which the Inspector and the teacher whispered together. "Come, come," said the inspector; "you should all know how to swinx. Your teacher tells me he can swimWhy Is it you can't if he can?" "Please, sir," said the same littla boy, "the teacher has very big feet" London Answers. Limit of fiuman Strength. Experiment upon a number of mel have shown that a man fire feet high, and weighing 12G pounds will lift, oa an average. 15G pounds through a vertical distance of eight inches, or 217i pounds through a height of L2 inches. Others G.1 feet high and weighing ISA pounds could lift the 15G pounds to ui height of thirteen inches, or 217 pound to a height of six inches. Other menj six feet three Inches high and welghingi 183 pounds could lift 158 pounds to ai height of sixteen Inches, or 217 pound to a height of nine Inches. By a greatf variety of experiments it was showni that tho average human strength is! equivalent to raising thirty pound through a distance of two and one-haliS feet In one second. How to Make Oil of Swallows. Among the valued specifics of a by, gone age was oil of swallows. Ia tho "Countess of Kent's Choice Manual" (1676) there are the following curious directions for making it: "Take ox.t handful of mother thyme, of lavender cotton and strawberry leaves .of each alike, four svallows, feathers and all together well bruised, three ounces of sallet oil, beat the herbs and the swallows, feathers and all altogether, until they be so small that you can see no feathers, then put In the oil and. stir, them well together, and seeth them ir a posnet and strain them through a canvas cloth and so keep it for your use." Easy Rhyming. William Makepeace Thackeray In hi lines "Peg of Limavady" acknowledges himself a cockney. It wan hardly necessary for him to do this, as not only in that poem, bat in others, he makes the syllable "ing" rhyme with syllables like "in" and "en," failing to sound tho concluding "g." llichard Harris Barham of Ingoldsby legends, a most facile rhymer, has done the same thins over and over again, thus lightening his labors greatly la the pursuit of rhymes. She Smacked of Books. "They tell me you ki3sd Miss Sor net the poetess, oa yesterday's automobile excursion." "Yes. That is true." "Indeed! And how did you ah find her?" "Miss Sonnet has a marked literary taste." New Orleans Times-Democrat. Best Sleep of A I!. T see that an eminent physician declares that two hours of sleep beforemidnight are worth more than six afteff that hour." "Nonsense! Two hours of sleep after you're called in the morning are worth, more than anything else." Philadelphia Pres3. Conflicting. "Haven't I told you," asked thofather, "always to tell tho truth?" "Yes. you told me that," the young man edsltted, "but at another time you told never to beccmo the slav of a habit"

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