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Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-04-04


While crossing the isthmus Of Pana.
ma by rail some years ago the conduct
or obligingly stopped the train for Mr..
Campion to gather some beautiful
crimson flowers by the roadside. 1t
was midday and intensely hot. In his
ION the Frontier" Mr.. Campion tells q
peculiar story OF this flower picking
experience.
refused offers of assistance and
went alone to pluck the flowers. After
gathering handful I noticed large
bed Of plants knee high and Of delicate
form and a beautiful green shade. /
walked to them. broke OF a fine spray
and placed It with the flowers.
To my amazement I saw that I had
gathered a withered. shriveled, brown.
ish weed. 1 threw It away. carefully
selected large, bright green plant
and plucked 1t. Again I had In my
hand bunch Of withered leaves.
1t flashed through my mind that a
sudden attack of Panama fever, which
was very prevalent and much talked
of, had struck me delirious.
went "off my head" from fright In
a panic threw the flowers down and
was about to run to the train. looked
around. Nothing seemed strange.
felt my pulse. All right. I was In a
perspiratiop. but the heat would have
made lizard perspire.
Then noticed that the plants where
| stood seemed shrunken and wilted.
Carefully put my finger on fresh
branch. Instantly the leaves shrank
and began to change color. bad been
frightened By sensitive plants.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-04-04


The absurdlties OF oficialism have
perhaps never been better illustrated
than by the incident In the career Of
Lord Shaftesbury which the author Of
Collections and Recollectlons" relates:
One winter evening In 1867 he was
sitting In hls library in Grosvenor
square, when the servant told him
that there was a poor man waiting to
see him. The man was shown In and
proved to be laborer from Clerken-
well and one of the innumerable re-
cipients of the old earl's charity.
He said. MY lord, you have been
very good to me, and have come to
tell you what | have beard" 1t ap-
peared that at the public house which
he frequented he had overheard some
lrishmen Of desperate character plot
ting to blow up Clerkenwell prison.
He gave Lord Shaftesbury the In
formation, to be used as he thought
best, but made 1t a condition that his
name should not be divulged. II 1t
were, his life would not be worth an
hours purchase.
Lord 6haftesbury pledged himself to
secrecy, ordered his carriage and drove
Instantly to Whitehall. The authori-
ties there refused. on grounds Of OFF,
cial practice, to entertain the informa-
ton without the name and address Of
the informant. These, of course, could
not be given. The warning was re-
jected, and the jail was blown up
Youths Companion.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-04-04

In bis better moments stormy Car.
lyle used to say, kindness is the sum
OF life, the charm to captivate and the
sword with which to conquer"
Prof. Ivison, Of Louaconing, Nd.
suffered terribly from neuralgis Of the
stomach and indigestion for thirteen
years and after the doctors failed to cure
him they fed him on morphine. A
friend advised the use OF Kodol Dyspep-
sia Cure and after taking a few bottles
OF it says, at has cured me entirely. ]
can't say too much for Kodo Dyspepsia
Cure" II digssts what you eat. II. A.
n. Todd.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-04-04

The stomach en- sihtatio
Those who are hsc esd strong are
those who can eat and digest plenty OF
foed. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digssts
what you eat and allows you to eat all
the good food you want. II you suffer
from indigestion, heartburs. belching or
any other stomach trouble, this prepers-
ton can't help but do you good. The
most sensitive stomsehs can take it.
H. A. N. Todd.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-04-04

An accommodation train on a dis
tant railroad was dragging along. when
long, lean and sallow woman, In what
appeared to be subdued bridal 6nery.
leaned across the aisle of the car and
said seriously to a lady sitting opposite
her:
Dear mel It's a kind of a solemn
thing to be travelin with two hus-
bands, now. amt itf'
Il do not know what you mean," re-
piled the lady.
"Oh. mebbe not. Well. you see, my
1rst husband died bout year ago an
was buried over In Patrick county,
an last week | was married ag'in, an
me an my second husband have been
over In Patrick county on little we'd
din tower. an | thought I'd kind of
like TO have my first husband buried
in the graveyard nigh where I'm goin
to live now. an my second husband
was willlu. 80 we TUX my first bus
band up an he's In the baggage car
along with our other things. My sec.
ond husband is settin out OH the
platform takin n smoke, an | been
setiin here thinkin how solemn IL is
TO 90 on weddin tower with two
husbands. It's turribie solemn piece
Of blzness when you come TO think
Of it."-Laurence Lee in Lppincott's
Magazine.
Emperor William, according to a Ber-
lin dispatch, in addressing the Emperor
Alexander Grenadier regiment, used the
following remarkable words: III the
oity Of Berlin should again impudently
and disobediently rise against the king,
as in iS46, then, my grenadiers. it will
be your duty, with the points OF your
bayonets, to annihilate the impudent
and disobedient. The press of Ger.
many is puzzled over this pessimlst.c
talk, aud the Tageblatt hints that the
revolution Of 184S was not directed
against the Hohenzollern dynasty. and
appeals ''from the ill-inforned emperor
to the emperor rightly informed.
Rose Boudinot Lafayette OF Philadel-
phia was married at Brussels 10 Ga
ehassln Lafayette, aud died before she
had been bride ~ hours. Heart fail.
ure was the cause OF death.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-04-04
Az with Othsrs.

Shs-Were you ever troubled with
dyspepsia?
He-Yes; that's the way II affects
me.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19
A DANGEROUS RULE.

A member of the flint glass workers
union at Muncie, Ind, was convicted
by his -workmen of turning out
more fruit glass jars than the regula-
tions of the union permit the other
day, and a delegation waited upon
the employers and asked for the dis
charge of the offender. The demand
was not complied with, whereupon
thirty men dropped their tools and
walked out. They were later sent
back to work by the officers of the
union, pending settlement Of the
matter with the company. The men
are paid by the piece for this work,
and the only sufferer from the union
rule is the man with natural dizziness
and vigOr who wishes to ''get on" by
turning his quickness into money.
The rule, if generally enforced, can
not fail to keep the workman down on
the dull level Of mediocrity. Enforced
all through nation, as it seems to be
in England, the result is TO give COM
peting nations a decided advantage in
the race for the trade of the world.
Americas rapid advance in recent
years has been due TO the Sobriety and
the yigor of the American workman
and the enterprise of American capt.
tai. The union rule that caused this
trouble at Muncie is a subtle attack
upon the American workman's ad-
vantage. Should it become generally
adopted his natural productivenesS,
due to vigor, good health and enter
prise, would be kept in check by
arbitrary rules. The capitalist with
ambition to extend his trade to for.
eign markets would be impeded by
the restriction, but after all nobody
would suffer so much as the man in
whose interest the rule purports to be
made.-Nebraska State Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19
TURN ON THE LIGHT.

The Judgment of the fighters Is
with Schley; those who are against
him are the absentees and non-parti-
cipants. The people are with the
men who did the work. Dewey's
minority report is complete vindica-
tion of the hero of Santiago and tine
findings of the majority of the board
of inquiry will meet with the con-
tempt they deserve. The case is now
up to congress and the point at issue
is not SO much the question of Schley IS
honor as it is the matter of cabal and
conspiracy in the naval department.
Congress will be derelict in its duty
and curiously deaf to the popular de-
mand if it does not probe to the bot
tom the rottenneSS existing in that
department, and the welfare and safe
ty of the nation will be highly SUBJ
served if the war department is SUBJ
jected to similar investigation. The
bureaucracy in France disclosed by
the DreyfuS trial, the favoritism in
England revealed by the Boer war,
the disorganization in Germany en-
phasIzed by the Kaiser's Imperialism,
all have their counterparts in our own
military departments and there will
never be better opportunity for a
thorough cleaning up than is present
ed at this time.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19
A Notable New Year Issue.

The January Delineator has rich
and inviting table of contents, and at
tractive features are added to all the
existing departments. Ira D. Sankey,
the famous evangelist, wildly de-
scribes his journey through Egypt and
Palestine, and the personality of the
author gives to these papers an in
terest that is truly remarkable. They
are illustrated by photographs made
by L. Allen Sankey, who accompanied
his father. Recent mournful events
and the intense public sympathy with
Mrs. Mckinley make very timely an
article on Notable Pensioners of the
Nation, in which the annuities paid
to certain illuStriOuS ladies are made
public for perhaps the first time. DIR.
S. r. Elliott begins his series Of re-
collections of group of women note
worthy for personal character and at
tainmentS, and Clara E. Laughlin
tells with great charm the story of
Poe'S love and marriage. Some excel.
lent fiction is offered i'm this number:
the children are especially considered
and the various miscellaneous articles
the fancy work, cookery, the holt
day display, house furnishing, etc
have distinctly SeaSOnable flavor.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19
Cornelius B. futile.

By the death of Cornelius B. futile
Dec. II, while on visit at Ravenna,
O., West township loses one of its old
est and most respected citizens. Not
withstanding the severe inclemency
of the weather Sunday large con-
course of citizens gathered at Donald
son in the afternoon to testify to the
esteem in which he was held and to
lay his remains tenderly in the grave
in Donaldson cemetery. The funeral
services, which were impressive, were
conducted by Rev. G. L. Mattox.
Mr.. futile was born at Hartford,
Conn.,, May Is, 1927, and was brought
to Ohio by his parents at the early
age Of five years. He came to Mar
shall county after his marriage. He
knew from his own experience the
hardy life of the pioneer and was one
Of those who helped to subdue the
forest and make farms in this western
country. He died member of the
Presbyterian church, with which he
united in 1855. Mr.. futile was man
of high integrity and lived the life of
practical christian. He was for
many years trusted justice of the
peace in West township. There sur
vive him one son, S. G. Tuttle, Of Fit.
Wayne, and two daughters, Mrs. L. B.
May and Mrs. F. NJ. HouSer, both Of
whom live in Ohio. He was i'm poor
health long time before his death
and toward the last his mind beca me
clOuded.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19

Grasping at straws the democratic
press is making much Of the state
ment in Dun s Index that the average
cost of food neceSsarieS is higher now
than it was in the halcyon days Of
Cleveland's presidency and of course
the increase is charged to trusts and
protection. Let us see. A large por-
tion Of the list. used by the Index is
made up of vegetables, meats, br adj
stuffs and other products of the farm,
all Of which, are uniformly higher in
price. Is there trust in potatoes?
Is the farmer hurt because hogs are
high? If the laborer's present wages
enable him TO eat more beef and white
bread than formerly, is the laborer or
the farmer who feeds him any the
worse? Some of the staple articles in
the Index list are produced and sold by
so-called trusts and what Will the DEM
ocratS 10 y 'th the very positive fact
thai most of those articles are lower
instead of higher? There is sugar,
for instance, constantly tending down.
ward under the competition that the
sugar trust, in spite of its millions,
has never been able to smother. The
cost of living is always higher in pros
porous times than it is in adversely,
hut so is the ability to pay the in
creased cost create and there is left
surplus in the pc of bank de-
pOsitS, investment in realty, life in
surance, and other common invest
ments of small savings. That is what
constitutes republican prosperity: the
democratic idea isto have every thing
cheap and nobody able to buy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19

"Stay in the country: dom come to
the city," is a bit of advice frequent
ly given by preachers, editors and
public men to the country boys of
America, and it is advice that will
bear much repetition. Country boys
and young men are Impelled to try
city life because of the glitter of it,
the rapid movement, the rush; light
work. fine clothes, good times seem
easy of attainment to the young man
who goes to the city on Sunday
excursion and spends day at the
parks, while life on the farm seem,
uninteresting and without reward
The cities are filling up at the expense
of the rural communities and at the
same time the virility of the city peo-
pie is weakening. 1t is well to state
the facts. Where few farmer boys
succeed in their ambitions thousands
fail, utterly and mlSerably, In reallz-
ing their dreams of city life. Pass
ing by the public and moral questions
involved in the subject, the matter of
personal advantage alone is on the
side of the farm. Any wideawake,
intelligent young farmer who keeps
pace with progress in agricultural
methods can make more money and do
it easier, can have a happier home
and keep it safer, and can get more
comfort and real happiness out of life
and retire from active labor earlier
than can the average young man who
is drawn by pavements, streetcars and
show windows to seek his fortune i'm
the city. Free mail delivery, tele-
phones, electric lines, daily papers and
other conveniences are rapidly dis
sipating the disadvantages of farm
life and adding to it's pleasures.
'sStay in the country; don't come to
the city,"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19
/ AM A DEMOCRAT.

The circumstances that drew from
David b. Hill the phrase that un-
expectedly made him famous, Il am
a democrat, :" must be remembered in
order to grasp the full meaning the
honorable gentleman had in mind
when he uttered it and that made it,
possibly, original with him, though
the same woods had often been used.
1t is pointed out of late that Grover
Cleveland repeatedly used the phrase
in a public way before Hill, in a
Brooklyn speech in 1885, pronounced
it as a great new truth and with the
air OF an original discoyerer.
When Cleveland, in the first year of
his presidency, was overwhelmed with
hungry democrats demanding that he
make instantaneously clean sweep
Of the republican officeholders, and he
was trying his utmost to hold off the
eager horde Of Office seekers that ham,
mered ceaselessly at his door, his
desire to proceed cautiously and in
diligently, for the good of the public
service, in making changes was not
comprehended by his party. The
s'boys" had won d victory and they
wanted the Spots, and they did not
care two whoopS in tophet for any
consideration of the public welfare.
ssAfter the. battle the loot" was the
cry but Cleveland IS firm hand restrain
ed them.
Under these circumstances Hill, in
the speech referred to and with direct
reference to Cleveland IS slow recOgni-
ton of the heelers and bosses, exclaim-
ed II am a democrat, with emphasis
ON the 81" and he meant and was
understood to mean that he was not
the Cleveland kind of democrat, but
the kind the "boys" wanted, one who
would turn them loose at the pie
counter and make the clean sweep
that was demanded. Naturally
enough the "boys" were greatly
pleased with Hill, for he showed that
he understood them and was the kind
of democrat they wanted to drill
under. When Cleveland said he was
democrat he was referring to the
principles of the party md of course
the declaration attracted no atten-
ton. The difference between DEM
crat for pie and democrat for prin-
ciple was seen in the Chicago conven-.
ton of 1865, when resolution endors-
ing the Cleveland administration was
greeted with yell of dcrision and
voted down by large majority
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19

There is plenty of room and abund-
ant opportunity in this country for
the starving working people of Ger
many, but there is no longer place
here for the free soup houses at which
they are now being fed. We had our
experience with free soup houses dur
ing the panic Of 1898 to 1896. and
want no more of them. But freedom
since then from tariff and financial
agitation has reversed conditions.
American wage earnerS are now feed
ing themselves on the fat of the land.
We are not importing the products
of cheap German labor, nor haze we
need for them. Perhaps that is the
reason why German working people
are starving.-Elkhart Truth. (Dem. }
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19
REV. AUGUSTUS LiTTLEJOHN
Last Days Of a Pioneer Character IN
This Section of Indiana.

The following gossipy comment by
Major BitterS in the Rochester Re-
publican on some remarks by Gen.
Reub Williams in the Warsaw Times
will be read with interest in Plymouth,
where the character described vas
we'll known:
Gen. Reub Williams, the editor of
the Warsaw Daily Times and Weekly
Indianian, is writing series of re-
miniscenceS of Warsaw and KOsciuSkO
county and devotes one chapter to
Rev. Augustus Littlejohn, who was a
prominent character i'm northern Ind
lana from quarter to a half century
ago. He was temperance fanatic
but be was constantly engaged from
place to place in preaching temperance
and in the main he accomplished much
good. Notwithstanding the old man
had wheels in els head that sometimes
wobbled to degree Ct lunacy, he fire.
quently said some very good and true
things and the masses were always
pleased to hear him.
His last visit to Rochester was in
the fall of 1884 and he was physical
wreck. Newton Rannels, man who
was always good to the poor, gave HIM
food and lodging without charge, and
being thinly clad the poor old man al
most constantly shivered with cold
In addition to all this he had become
remarkably feeble and needed stimu-
lants every day to prevent separa-
tion of soul and body, and notwith-
standing he had preached sChrist and
him crucified" and the "pure gospel
of Temperance" for life time he
found it necessary to partake of that
which 'biteth like a serpent and
stingeth like an adder" and in order
to secure the necessary stimulants he
would occasionally go into the saloons
and beg for a glass OF wine or whisky.
The writer of this had not the
honor of personal acquaintance with
the noted evangelist and we followed
him into saloon kept by Joseph Ear
Itch in the building now occupied by
Kistler's grocery ard meat market.
We found him at the bar pleading for
glass of wine, but the saloon man.,
supposing him to be common tramp,
was deaf to his appeals. After giving
the poor old fellow a critical obser-
Walton, and realizing his condition we
laid down a dime and directed Mr..
Earlich to give him glass of wine.
He poured out tumbler of Catawba
and drank it down at one gulp, and
thanking us very kindly for the favor
he departed on foot in the direction
of Logansport. A year or two later
he attempted suicide at Michigan
City and finally succeeded in sshuffiing
off,"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19
cisgusted With Fairbanks Drink.

One of the campaign stories that
fioated through the cloakroom yester-
day related to Senator Fairbanks. of
Indiana, and Governor Shaw, of Iowa.
According to the story, these two re-
publican orators were stumping Ken
lucky.
After successful meeting, the
Kentucky colonel who had the two re-
publican statesmen in charge invited
them into the hotel barroom for some
refreshments.
"Whatll you have?" he asked Sem
atOr Fairbanks.
ga little apollinaris, was the re-
ply.
sAnd you?" said the host to Gov
ernor Shaw.
II think 1 will have glass of but
termilk.''
The barkeeper turned to the Ken
tuckian.
"What shall 1 give you, colone.?"
he asked.
The Kentucky gentleman heaved a
long sigh. "Under the circumstances, !"
he said, 81 think you can give me
piece of pie. Washington Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19

Schley totally destroyed the Span
ish fleet. he was after and he did it in
the c.aickeSt and most effective man.
ner. That is the thing that will never
be forgotten by the people. If his
necktie was not quite straight or his
language not entirely grammatical let
the naval cabal get all the comfort
possible out of such non-essential and
embarrassing facts.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19

Former-Senator Kopelke, of Crown
Point, speaking the other day of re-
cent newspaper experience of his own,
said:
Five friends and myself decided we
needed democratic paper and SO We
started one at Hammond. My share
of the cost of putting the paper on its
feet was about 5000. Well, We start
ed the sheet and called in man to
run it for us, and supposed all would be
well. Somehow the paper didn't prove
the success we anticipated, and after
we had run it a short time we were
glad to retire from the newspaper field
without any greater loss. All / got
out of 1T was TWO mileage books to re-
place my 5000.
Such experiences are not rare. Sew
eral Plymouth gentlemen could unfold
a distressing tale Of similar import,
with the additional circumstance
that they did not find it as easy to
retire from the newspaper field" as
the Crown Point gentleman seems to
have done. The idea that a newSpap-
er can be established simply by put
ting in a press, few quires Ct paper
and little type and calling in "a man
to run it," leaving it thereafter to
take care of itself, is very prevalent
delusion, one that can only be remov-
ed, it seems, in any particular case,
by the exchange of wad of money
for mileage book and some expert
oncp
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19

The Vandalia Line will sell Decem-
Der "a, 25, 81, 1901, and January /,
1902, return limit January 2, 1902,
excursion tickets at reduced fares.
For full particulars call on nearest
VandaIia Line Ticket agent, or adj
dress E. A, FORD, Gen y Pass'r Agent,
ST. Louis. Mo.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19

A significant prosperity item is the
remittance last week of twelve hund-
red thousand dollars to Europe in
small amounts as Christmas gifts
from American wage earners. During
the year twelve million dollars have
qeen sent to European relatives of
American workmen in small money
orders
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19
Plymouth, Ind, December 70. 1901.
Schley has been indicated by
large and convincing minority.

How would whole or partial re-
peal of the present tariff law improve
our foreign trade without interfering
with our domestic prosperity? Can
any revisionist explain?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19

Mrs. j. No matter what causes fac
ial eruptions, absolute cleanliness in
side and out is the only way to cure
them. Rocky Mountain Tea taken
this month will drive them away. 35c
j. w. Hess.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19

1t has been more tnan six years
since William Jennings Bran uttered
his once famous series of prophecies
plenty long enough for at least some Of
them to come true. Not one has been
verified and hardly one is remember
ed. He said then, among other things,
that one inevitable consequence of his
drew fearful picture of the distress
resulting therefrom to the poor corn
growers. No wonder he now hates to
make speeches.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-19

If you like Mrs. AUSTIN famous
Pancake flour, won't you egood. Tell
your friends how delicious it
is. 45t24 9t4