Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 130, Hammond, Lake County, 18 November 1907 — Page 8

8 Mondav, Nov. 18. 1907.

THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES

PRESIDENT HERS BOND HE ISSUE Panama Loan and Debt Certificates up to $150,000,000 on Market.

BEAR 2 MO 3 PES GENT

FT. HE HIS GAIL LIS ARE SQUANDERED HUGHES IS HIS CHOICE ADDRESSES GOVERIIORS

Mass Meeting Decides to Appeal to Congress in Behalf of Project.

Physician Says 1,900,000 Cases of Sickness Could be Avoided.

West and South to Get Much of the Money to Move the Crops Formal Announcement.

Washington, Nov. 17. President Iloosevelt took measures tonight to provide $150,000,000 in new circulation to tide over tlia financial .situation until such timo as congress can effectively and permanently deal with the question. The orders of the president, which were promulgated through Secretary Cortelyou, provide for the Issuing of $50,000,000 of thirty year 2 per cent Panama canal bonds which were approved by the act of 1902 and which .have never been issued. Provision is also mnde for the issuingof $100,000,000 interest-bearing government notes to run for one year. The net under which this latter item is provided is that of June 13, 180S, which was an act to provide ways and mean.s to meet war expenditures and for other purposes. W1U Send Proceed "West and South. In his letter to the secretary authorizing him to act the president says the proceeds of the sale of government r.otes could be deposited at once where the greatest need exists, and especially In the west and south, where there is an urgent need of ready money to move the crops. Tho president adds that he has the assurance that the leaders of congress are now considering a currency bill which will meet in permanent fashion the needs of tho situation. lie ends "With a plea to tho public to quit hoarding its money and to return It to the banks, which he declares are solvent, in order that business may resume its normal course. These bonds and notes are to be Issued In small denominations and are to be advertised for sale at the various subtreasuries and in the various ilnancial centers in the United States. Nearly 5240,000,000 Xow Out on Deposit. Secretary Cortelyou In his statement following tho president's letter, says there is an available cash balance at present In the treasury amounting to over $240,000,000, all of which, with the exception of a small working balance, is on deposits in the national banks in every state and territory.

ihe s-tatemem was issued after a

close conference at 6 o'clock tills even

ing between the president and Sec-rotary Cortelyou at the "White house. While the statement is credited to Mr. Cortelyou, it is known that It was the subject of conference at the White house on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. During some of these conferences there were present personally Senator Knox of Pennsylvania and Secretary Itoot. In taking tills action President Poosevelt has gone further in the direction of supreme governmental control without specific authorization from congress than at any time during his incumbency. The Issuance of certificates of indebtedness la authorized under an act approved June 13, 1S9S, relating in all provisions to raising funds for prosecuting tho Spanish-American war. Sell Certificate Iiiiniedintely. The bonds and certificates of indebtedness will be sold immediately. Tho

bonds bear 2 per cent interest and must be redeemed in twenty years. The certificates bear 3 per cent interest and must be recalled in one year. There was much hesitation on the part of the president to sell bonds when the government has $12,000,000 on deposit In national banks, but this is needed to relieve financial stringency, and the government cannot withdraw these funds at this timo without grave danger of precipitating serious commercial disturbances. Subject ot Mnny Conferences. For more than a week the president, Secretary Cortelyou, Secretary Root and Postmaster General Meyer have had the question of a bond Issue and emergency certificates under consideration. President Koosevelt has declared to his closest friends that he would do everything in his power to avert a p.inic, especially as lie did not desire to have one occur during his administration, lie has feared that if such a calamity would occur the glory of his administration would be dimmed. Other measures will be taken by him to avert trouble in the financial and commercial world, if such steps become necessary.

Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. IT. A massmeeting was held here last night to boost the suggestion that a canal be built between Lake Erie and Lake Michigan, with Chicago and Toledo as terminals and Fort Wayne as the halfway station. Speakers declared it is only a matter of time when this interstate project is carried out. The plan Is to construct a waterway to accommodate vessels of fourteen feet draft. The Toledo advocates propose that the Maumee be used as a high

way to Lake Erie.

Chairman Randall was authorized to

appoint a committee to interest Chicago and Toledo in the enterprise. The aid of congress also will be invoked.

Declares Scheme I'enslblc. The first speaker was R. S. Taylor,

member of the Mississippi river com

mission, who said the scheme was entirely feasible and that it would be realzed in time. It was not possible

for the railroads to keep up with the

growth of the country in the demand

for transportation facilities, and in the

swelling development of trade it becomes more necessary to cut down the cost of transportation.

The first thing to do, he said. Is to induce congress to include the Fort Wayne, Toledo and Chicago project in the bill providing for such Improvements. He predicted that the drainage canal built by Chicago would be extended to the Mississippi deep enough for vessels of fourteen .feet draft and that a canal would be built from the mouth of the Illinois river on to St.

Louis. xIIe said it was absolutely necessary that the people of Indiana and Illinois begin to look ahead for sources of cheap fuel, and the way to attain it is to provide for transportation of coal from the mines without breaking bulk through a system of canals from Pittsburg. Cliicugo Man a Hooster. William T. Harris, a civil engineer and capitalist of Chicago, said that twelve years ago he had surveyed the possible routes of an interlake canal and had made a report that the plan was entirely feasible. He differed with some in the course the canal should take after passing Fort Wayne. He said the canal could be built cawanl from Fort Wayne either along the line of the Maumee or following tho bed of the old Wabash and Erie canal, which is built for a distance of sixty miles from Toledo to Defiance, O. Iffe urged that immediate steps be taken to interest congress in the Interstate enterprise in order that the survey may be provided for without further delay. Clarence C. Gilhams, member of congress from this district, promised the promoters of the enterprise to give the proposition his active support.

Head of Cornell Says Work Makes New Yorker the Logical Candidate.

WAS TOO EASILY PERSUADED.

New Haven, Conn., Nov. 17. That one-third of the 5,700,000 persons who were ill or died during the last year could have remained in perfect health through the observance of simple health rules was the statement made by Dr. J. N. McCormack, chairman of

the committee on organization of the American Medical association, today. Dr. McCormack was speaking before a meeting of tMe committee of one hundred in Woolsey hall, Yale university. Much of this suffering was due, he continued, to the fact that the laymen, as a whole, regard physicans as workers in the occult field, and unfit to make the laws of the state. This belief, he said, continues even to the legislators. Dr. McCormack said in part: "As an argument for peace we are told that 210,000 men died as a result of battle in both armies during the civil war. As an argument for better health laws and policies, we tell you that 750,000 people died of tuberculosis in the United States during the last four years, and that at least half a million are constantly sick of it. Should not an effort be made to prevent this disease as well as typhoid fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria, cholera infantum, dysentery, and the other domestic pestilences. I.Ives Squandered in Cuba. "During the Spanish-American war,

we lost sixteen of our vigorous young

soldiers from preventable disease, for every one lost in battle, and 85 out

of each hundred of them were inmates

of our hospitals during that short struggle from the same class of diseases.

"Bad as is this record for the na

tion, the facts and figures make that for your own state even worse. During the year about one in ten of" your deaths were from consumption. It is

a common opinion that this is an in

herited disease, but it should be known that even if your father and mother

died of it, at the worst you can only

inherit the kind of consumption which makes you especially liable if exposed to it. But no matter what you have inherited you can no more have con

sumption witnout getting into your body the germs from a previous case

than you can raise corn on one of

your farms without seed.

"You had a large death rate from

typhoid fever and you have thousands

of cases of this disease every year

This is not only a preventable disease

but the most typical of the filth dis

eases. In cities it usually gets into

the mouth through Infected water. In stead of profiting by this we are rap

idly converting our streams and lakes into open sewers and pools, regardless of the complex sanitary and economic problems thus created for our own generation and the teeming millions to follow us."

One of the Troubles That Beset Hon. est Man In Politics.

Could Have Theip Choice. Frederick Sandys, described by Ruskin as the greatest of English draughtsmen, was once asked before he was known to fame to paint the portrait, of the mayor of a town, a most estimable grocer. Tho spokesman of the deputation said that the committee was prepared to pay as high as $50 for a good portrait, but on seeing the artist's face prow long, added that they only wanted a half length. "Oh, of course, that makes a difference." said the artist, most urbanely. "Which half would you prefer, gentlemen?'

I knew that a certain alderman in a certain town on Long Island was bitterly opposed to granting a franchise

to an electric line, and soon after I heard that the franchise had been granted and that he had voted for it, I met him on the train and said: "Then you changed your mind about that franchise?" "Yes, I had to," he replied. "Any particular influence brought to bear?" "Yes. My wife persuaded me into it." "And who persuaded you wife?" "Her brother." "And was he persuaded?" "Yes, a lawyer persuaded him." "And the lawyer?" "Well, I reckon it was the president of the company that persuaded him. I stood out and stood

out, but the persuasion was too great." "I have been told on good authority," I continued after a bit, "that the company gave the lawyer $1,500 to persuade with." "You don't mean it!" gasped the alderman. "But I do. Yes, sir, an even $l,ti00." "Then he's a durned skunk and ought to be shown up. He persuaded the whole family of us for $350 and put the rest in his pocket! That's what a man gets for being honest!" St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

President Calls Conference to Conserve the Country's Resources.

Xew York, Nov. 17. That his efforts to stamp out the evils arising from the misuse of wealth have made Governor Hughes the logical choice to head the republican ticket at the n.ixt election was the declaration made by

President Schurman of Cornell university tonight.

President Schurman, who had chosen

"A Day of Reform" as the topic of his

address at Cooper Union, was strong

In his praise of Xew York's chief ex

ecutive, his efforts for reform, and his

work in the office he now holds. He said in part:

"The investigation conducted by Mr.

Hughes into the affairs of the big insurance companies gave to the move

ment of reform an irresistible impulse, for it demonstrated the havoc which unprincipled greed and gambling was making of funds which had been con

secrated to the protection of the fath

erless and the widow.

Shows DiMcitMr; Then Cures It. "Mr. Hughes not only laid bare the

hideous disease but he prescribed remedies for its cure and preventives for

its recurrence. In the exercise of rate

constructive statesmanship he drafted a bill which placed the vast insurance

business on a firm foundation of honor and integrity and that without any impairment, but with an obvious augu-

mentation of its vitality and efficiency.

"Mr. Hughes was not a seeker after

his own political advancement, but when it became apparent that his party

could win at the polls only if lie ran

for governor, he accepted the will of

the people, refusing to dicker with

politicians. The politicians and bosses did not want him, bu the people paid

him the compliment of electing him

alone on his party's ticket.

Not Seeking I'rexldent'n Chair. "There is much talk today about making Governor Hughes the next president. But the governor is too busy and too deeply engrossed in the duties of his office to speak or think

of anything else. He will not lift a finger to secure the nomination, and his nice sense of what is due to New York from the officials he has appointed has led him to forbid them making any effort to advance his own political fortunes. "On the other hand, if the people summon him to service he would undoubtedly respond with loyal devotion to their call. Governor Hughes' confidence in the people and his devotion to their interests are unbounded but he will not serve or recognize any other political master."

TEACH BOYSJO COURT Advice Given by State Superintendent of Instruction of Illinois.

RAILWAY TIME TABLE.

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Washington, D. C, Nov. 17. President Roosevelt has invited the governors of all the states and territories to meet him at the White house on

May 13, 14 and 15, next, to discuss the question of means to conserve the natural resources of the country. Invitations also are to be extended to the members of both houses of congress and to the inland waterways commission. The importance and manner in which the subject is to be considered are indicated in the president's letter to the governors, which was made public at the White house today. The letter follows: "The natural resources of the United States were, at the time of settlement, richer, more varied and more available than those of any other equal area on the earth. The development of these resources has given us, for more than a century, a rate of increase of popu

lation and wealth without parallel in history. It is obvious that the prosperity which we now enjoy rests directly upon these resources. It is equally obvious that the vigor and

success which we desire and forsee for this nation in the future must have this as its ultimate material basis. Must Plan Future'! Prosperity. "In view of these evident facts, it seems to me time for the country to take account of its natural resources, and to inquire how long they are likely to last. We are prosperous now; we should not forget that it will be just as important to our descendants to be prosperous in their time. "Recently I declared there js no other question now before the nation of equal gravity with the question of the conservation of our natural resources and I added that it is the plain duty of those of us who, for the moment, are responsible to take inventory of the natural resources which have been handed down to us, to forecast the needs of the future and so handle the great sources of our pros

perity as not to destroy in advance all hope of the prosperity of our descendants.

"It is evident the abundant natural

resources on which the welfare of this

nation rests, are becoming depleted, and, in not a few cases, are already exhausted. This is true of all por

tions of the United States; it is especially true of the longer settled com

munities of the east.

"I earnestly hope, my dear governor.

that you will find it possible to be pres ent.

"Sincerely yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT."

COULD SEE NOTHING UNFAIR.

Spectator Understood Game of Poktr as Played in Tin Can.

WOULD NOT BE HURRIED

Rudely Aroused Oriental Made Indignant Protest.

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Cleansing Artificial Flowers. The best way of cleaning artificial flowers is to wipe them as carefully as possible with a soft flannel and then dip in gasoline. Ribbons and dress goods should be sponged with tlio same

The American traveler who endeavors to hasten the comfortably gaited oriental against its wish soon comes to a halt. That was the experience of "A Woman Alone in the Heart of Japan." "Make the rikman hurry. I have a date and can't wait here all day," sho paid to the "bos.-? rikman" at the station. lie blazed like a fiery dragon. "Veil, you get so mad, you no can wait for dis. you go find 'nodder riksha," he said. She answered very meekly: "Dear friend, you do not know me. I am not. the least bit mad. This is only a gentlo American hustle. If you want me to b real mad, I will show you the difference." "Veil, you vas almos' mad," ho insisted. "You seem jus' like mad when you say "No can wait; raus' have riksha quick; hurry up!" Youth's Companion.

Henry E. Dixey, the actor, was talking about the terrific fight that occurred recently on an Atlantic liner between two fat and elderly poker players. "It seems," said Mr. Dixie, with a smile, "that the first man lost $1,300 to the second and paid up. The second then lost $1,750 to the first, and refused to pay up. No wonder there was a fight, eh? If thi3 sort of thing keeps up, the smoking room morals of a liner will fall as low as the gambling-room morals of Tin Can. A tenderfoot once visited Tin Can and watched with interest the poker play. From saloon to saloon he passed. Everything was wide open, and very gay and lively. But as he looked on at a poker game that had no limit the tenderfoot suddenly frowned. He had seen the dealer slip himself four aces from the bottom of the pack. 'Gracious powers,' whispered the tenderfoot, excitedly clutching the sleeve of the man next to him, 'did you notice that?' 'Notice what?' asked the other. 'Why, that scoundrel in the red shirt Just dealt himself four aces.' 'The other looked at the tenderfoot calmly. 'Well, wasn't It his deal?' he said."

Gold in the North. Perhaps the most . -northerly goldfields in the world are those In Lapland, where the Rivep; Ivalo seems to be the center of an auriferous region, where gold dredging operations have been carried on for some time. Diggings to the depth of 300 feet have been completed with a view of finding out the real course of the ore. The gold discovered last year by a company, founded in the United States, amounted to only four pounds, valued at $1,500. This was found along a part of the Ivalo river, and the largest nugget weighed about 123 grains. There are three companies digging gold there now, the latest being the Ivalo company, organized in the United States.

Within the possessions of this . company lies Kultala, which was built in 1S71 by the Finnish government for washing gold.

WITH THE BRAND OF CAIN.

French Scientist Advocates the Marking of Murderers.

Wishing and Winning. There is a vast difference, fays a wise philosopher, between wishing and winning. Many a good man has failed because he had his wishbone where backbone ought to have been.

Keenest Disappointment. The worst disappointment that comes to a woman is to have a man fail to disappoint her when she expected him to. Florida Times-Union.

A French scientist has made a remarkable proposal in regard to the punishment of murderers in France. He is of the opinion that neither guillotining nor life imprisonment is an adequate or suitable punishment for mt;rder. The guillotine, he points out, inflicts absolutely no suffering on the criminal, who is probably a man who has passed his life in Inflicting suffering on others. As to life imprisonment, it entails a heavy expense to the country and generally reduces the prinoner to insanity. He suggests, therefore, that such criminals shall be branded on the face with a redhot iron and then released. The branding, he thinks, should be done in public, the "M," signifying meurtrier, the French word for murderer, being stamped as an ineradicable mark on the forehead of the criminal. He would thus bear about to the end of his days the mark of his crime, and be a constant warning to his kind.

Parish Registers. I was once being shown round a village church in the Eastern Counties, and was solemnly informed by the

somewhat garrulous parish clerk that

the registers went back to the time of William the Conqueror, says J. F. Williams in The Treasury. Lest the same startling opinion may be held by others, let me hasten to say that parish registers were unknown in England before the end of Henry VHTs reign, and happy 13 that parish which still possesses Its records even from that date. For our earlier registers have certainly had a very checkered career, and when we read the story of the treatment which has been meted out to them during the three or four centuries of their existence, we can only wonder that they exist In such numbers as they do.

Chicago, Nov. IS. The science of courtship will be taught in the public schools of Illinois if Francis G. Blair, state superintendent of public instruction, has his way. Supt. Blair does not insist that a new department of instrnction be added. Rather he suggests that the teaching and practice be made a part of the Instruction in English. certain masterpieces of English literature being taken as text books. He made his suggestion Saturday In Fullerton hall, at a meeting of the Chicago English . club, an organization of teachers of English in the Chicago

schools. HeHeves In It Thoroughly. "I believe, and believe it thoroughly," he said, "that courtship and marriage should be made subjects of instruction in our Illinois schools, just as much as your spelling and arithme

tic. Why do we spend years and mil-

ons with our children Instructing

them in theoretical studies, and turn

away entirely from tho tilings that are

closest to the life the child will live after school davs?

"I have seen this done In country

schools. It can be done, feasibly and beautifully. I have seen children taking the parts of Priscilla, Miles Stan-

dish, ft ml John Alden, and going

through the courtship without a trace of embarrassment or laughter.

Prepares Hoys for Wooing. "After the courtship the teacher

asked the children which was the bet

ter lover, and made them tell her why

one was better. That bov will know

how to go about It when he wants a girl to marry him. I think he'll get

her, too.

"There are other bits of literature

that might be used in the same way 'Enoch Arden,' 'Evangeline.' and even to a certain extent 'Silas Marner.' You don't equip your children unless you prepare them for life at as many points as -possible. Their parents, in

most cases, won't do It. And yet this state is full of teachers whose minds

are as poverty stricken on literature as vou can well imagine. Arithmetic,

spelling the routine, that Is all they know."

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Fertilizers. When using fertilizers beware of

using enough to induce a rapid

growth. Rapid growth among pot plants is, nine cases out of ten, weak, unhealthy growth, and flower growers should always aim to avoid it.

Terms That Seem Strange. There are many puzzling differences between Scottish and English law terms. For instance, bankruptcy is in Scotland "an act of sequestration," a solicitor is either a "writer" or a "law agent," the argument In a case is the "debate," and assizes is the jury, a wrongdoer is a "delinquent," an idiot in Scottish law is "a fatuous person." and a burglary is (with true Scottish caution), "housebreaking with an aggravation." Finally, an author is, in Scotland, not a person who writes, but the vender or seller of real property, from whom the title to it is derived.

Charles II. Wilson, the superintend ent of Alfred G. Vanderbilfs remark able stables, said at Newport of

groom he had discharged: "The man

was a bluff. He pretended to know all about horses, when in truth he

could hardly tell a hackney from

cow. We soon got on to him. His

case was like the fake blacksmith's There was a chap who thought black

smithing looked simple and easy, and

so, being out of work, he decided to have a try at it. He went to a smith and asked for a job. 'Well, said the smith, 'you are a strong, likely-looking fellow. WThat experience have you had?' 'Eleven years',' was the prompt answer. 'All right, I'll try you,' said the blacksmith. 'Shoe that mare while I go home to dinner. The smith, on his return from dinner frowned, and said to the new hand: 'What, haven't

you got that mare shod yet?' Tho bluffer bit his lip, flushed and replied: 'I cant' get her confounded foot in the vice."'

Paganinl's Violin. The famous violin of Paganini, which was preserved in a glass case, has been found to be rotting, and it is certain that the wood will not last many years longer. This discovery has caused agitation as to the means of preserving the precious instrument. It has been decided that to koep It a few years longer it shall be taken out once a year and played on for an hour by the best pupil of the conservatoire. Only once since the death of the greatest violinist who ever lived has the violin, which Is a superb Stradivarius, been touched, and that was some years ago, by the Spanish violinist, Pablo del Sarasate, to whom the city during a triunvphal tour through Italy wishad to offer a aignal honor.

Family of Blind Musicians. A concert as pathetic as it was Interesting took place recently at Hamburg. The concert givers were a sister and two brothers, all blind; a fourth brother, who is studying composition at the Berlin Academy of Music, and whose works have already been very favorably commented on, being similarly affected. The sister possesses a fine and well trained soprano voice of considerable compass, while one brother, who on this occasion acted as her accompanist, holds an appointment at Muhlheim-an-der-Ruhr as organist. The third brother is a 'cellist of considerable talent. The family are natives of Muhlheim.

Sehind the Times. "Well, one thing is sure; you ain't co lady, nohow," was what a Connecticut "lady" said as she stood with arms akimbo looking at Mrs. Grace Thompson-Seton, as she saw her out in the Rockies riding a horse astride.

Quite True. A class of Norwich, Conn., primary scholars were given a language lesson in which the word "organic" was to govern the sense of the sentence. One little fellow wrote better than he knew when he indited: "The Italian Is the most organic maa oa the face of the earth.!"

How the Judge Viewed It. Even a Judge on the bench likes his

Joke. A man whose name is Waters

was arraigned in Bilville court on a charge of assault and battery. "What

did you do to him." asked the judge, to make him assault you?" "We wuz at dinner," was the reply, "an' we got Into a dispute, an' all I did wuz to hit him 'side the head with a corndodger, an' a week arterward he come back

an beat me shameful! "Well," said the Judge, "you know wha the Scripture says: 'Bread cast upon the waters will return to you after many days!" Atlanta Constitution.

Polite English Shoo Girls. "I wish you would import more En

glish shop girls," said the inveterate shopper, according to the New York

Press. "I came across one yesterday.

was buying a little white evening

dress. There were about a hundred

styles to select from and I think I

looked at fifty, i looked at so many that after an hour, when I had at last selected one, I said to her with an apologetid laugh: 'I've been an awful

lot of trouble to you, haven't I?

think you II wish l ll never come

again.' 'Ir-deed, I will not,' she an

swered in her pretty English way. 'It was no trouble. None at all. It has

been a pleasure to wait on you." "

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Boots Worn by Great Protector. In London the other day a pair of riding boots worn by Oliver Cromwell were sold for $43. They were discovered 30 years ago during some excavations at Canonbury tower, Islington.

A Freak. "My curiosity is running away with me," said a farmer, his two-headed calf proving too strong for him and dragging him around the farmyard. Harper's Weekly.

A New Version.

After hard study Hilary felt sure

that he had the parable of the prod!

gal sor. by heart. All went well in

the recitation until he came to tho prodigal's return, which he described

in this way: "But when he was yet a

great way off his father saw him and

bad compassion, and ran and fell on

his neck ana broke it.' " But, my son.'

explained the mother, "he fell on hi3

son's neck and kissed him." "Oh!

thought he ran and fell on his own neck, and because he was an old man

be must tve broken it!" Ilarper'f

Magazine. An Object Lesson. "Miranda," said the mistress, "you are a good cook, and I just know that you are too good for us to keep. Some man will come along one of these days

and induce you to marry him." "Oh, no, mum," answered Miranda, fervently. "I've lived with you and your 'usband too long to want ever to get married." There are two conclusions to be drawn from the reply of the faithful servant; one is that she was loyal to her employers, the other is as it may be. Chicago Evening Post.

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Strange Behavior. Doctor "I regret to inform you Mrs. Tightwad, that I fear your hua band is aSicted with softening of thi

brain." Mrs. Tightwad "Goodness gracious! What makes you think so?" Doctor "He insisted on paying me la tdvaaca "

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Peculiar Matrimonial Ad. The following advertisement appeared in a Devonshire, Eng., newspaper: "Widower, no family, renting a small farm near Kingsbridge, wants a housekeeper; a chapel-going person, and one that has charity, which i3 the love of God. preferred; with views of marriage, if the Lord prospers my ways and she be willing. Apply, etc