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The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18

Chinese servant stories are epidemic.
Here's one, and it's true:
A west side woman a few days ago
was Boosting to caller of the virtues
of her Monaghan cook, and she empha-
sized the latter's systematic methods
as his special strong point.
John finishes his work at precisely
the same minute every evening" said
she proudly. Il always know exactly
where he is and what he Is doing at
any time of the day."
"Well, what Is he doing nowy was
asked.
Let me see. 1t is o'clock. Well,
he has just finished putting the dishes
away and at this moment is sweeping
the kitchen. Come, let's go out and see
If I'm not right"
They started through the dining
room and found everything in its place,
as prcphesied. In the pantry the dishes
We're neatly arranged in their custom
airy place. Then they opened the
kitchen door.
There in the center of the room was
John. and he was complacently wash
ing himself in the dishpan!
The embarrassed mistress and her
coHvulsed guest retired in haste, and
the servant problem was dropped
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18
TO Keen FIoweru.

If one wants to preserve flowers a
few days longer than they would keep
ordinarily, one should try this method:
Clip the stems ust little and put one
drop of ammonia and the tiniest pinch
of salt in vase of water. says the
Montreal Star. Put the flowers in this
and unless the weather is very cool set
them outside the window overnight.
Put them in fresh water, with the drop
of ammonia and pinch of salt, every
morning. and it will be found that they
keep fresh and will not lose their crisp,
'lifey" appearance for many days.
Roses have been known to keep in this
preparation for a full week without
dropping at ALL CT course, flowers that
have been worn for several hours will
not keep so long. but even they will
brighten up and seem grateful.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18
Shirt Waist Inxenfor

To Mrs. Robert Osborn of New York
belongs the credit of being the inventor
of the now popular shirt waist. A
member of the fashionable set at New
port, Mrs. Osborn was an enthusiastic
tennis player and instructed a man
shirtmaker of New York to build her a
waist after her design to allow free
play to the muscles while In active ex-
ercise. That first waist was made of
pale blue percale, and Mrs. Osborn had
the good fortune to originate a style
which has stood the test of time. Dur
ing the recent financial crash her hus-
band lost his fortune, and Mrs. Osborn
has started to build a competence by
designing gowns. Her dramatic break
fasts and musical teas have won for
themselves place in New York's Four
Hundred, and they are said to be
among the most successful functions
ever held in that city.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18
Benefit. of Hot water Drinking.

In cases of constipation a glass of
hot water taken Immediately upon ris-
ing each morning will be found very
beneficial.
4 glass of hot water taken immedi
ately before retiring will induce a rest
full sleep.
AS a cure for rheumatism, govt, dys-
pepsia and stomach troubles the drink
ing of hot water will give immense re-
lief. The water should be taken as hot
as possible about an hour before meals
when the stomach is empty. One glass
full is usually sufficient, but in severe
cases of illness several glasses are TO
be advised. The hot water thus taken
acts as an irritant on the coatings on
the mucous membrane of the stomach
and respiratory tubes and excites them
to action. They are thus able to throw
off diseased matter, and the water car
ries this matter off through the kid
neys. : Nora b. Werner in American
Queen.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18
Andersen. childllke vanity.

"Hans Christian Andersen" said one
who saw him often, was the most
charming egotist 1 ever knew" When
The Dss..:s I x;c. -'ese brought home
his Swedish bride in the SUMMER OF
1869, great assemblage of people
stood In the streets of Copenhagen to
see the royal couple pass
In one group were several distin-
guished women and the great story
teller, Hans Christian Andersen. The
women occupied front seats at the win
dow and received marked attention
from the court dignitaries in the pro-
cession.
Some one in the company remarked
that this particular window seemed to
possess peculiar attractions.
"Oh, yes" said the aged poet. pleased
and happy in his seat, where he had
been seen by nobody. Everybody
knows me-"
The quiet smile that went round the
group had no trace of unkindness. His
childish vanity was one Of the amiable
traits of the gentle old man. Every
body knew and loved it.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18

Then there floated Ivy a Bit of wreck
age, and 1 gave orders to bring the
boat about and TO lower the dory. By
the time the boat came around tho
dory was ready to go down. and four
men and woman jumped in. l look
ed about me Tor Mary Wood-that was
her name-and she was gone. Fear
fairly shook me as that little boat went
up over a swell and was lost beyond
the wave, to come into sight again the
next instant. That girl knew her bust
ness. She held the shell across the
waves till she got abeam the wrecked
man. 1t was a bold and daring thing
to do, but she did it-yes. sir. turned
that dory in the trough of the sea and
came up to the man in the water.
"He crawled into the boat over the
bow, and they all pulled away for the
Mary Ann.
''And the even dozen schoolma' ANS
had forgotten their troubles and were
notwithstanding like lot of boys al
football game. Finally they came
alongside and were hoisted to the deck
Some one got whisky, and the rescued
man swallowed it like a hospital pa
tent, but the young woman would
have none of it.
In the course of time the young man
got on shift of dry clothes and told
his story. He had been on a passen-
ger steamer when big wave swept
the deck. taking him and the chicken
coop and Strengthening out every foot
of coiled rope. His name was Samuel
Welling-a bank clerk on his vaca-
ton. The Mary Ann had II passen-
gers from then on. / cannot tell you
what was said by him when the man
dolins were trembling and the moon
was making the whole deck yellow, but
sometimes run on to him and see the
white waters splitting into lace and
diamonds across the figurehead.
Perhaps it was no affair of mine
but after we got back to Chicago |
looked up the fellow and found that
he had told the truth and that they
were to be married at the beginning of
the next vacation.
1T so happened that our luck had
changed with that voyage. and the
Mary Ann had all she could do the
rest of the season. Neither did have
time to busy myself about such affairs
for two winters. Then l set out. one
blizZardy day in January. to find my
former passengers. l found them
that is, l found Samuel. hard abed
where he had been for fully a year,
and not cent in the bank. Mary was
at her school then. but after awhile
she came home and cried when she saw
me, as if she had seen her father. and
told me how Samuel-she called him
Samuel-had fallen one day when he
was skating with her and how he had
never been able to get to the bank
again. More than that. lie could not
earn a cent, and before she got school
again they were absolutely penniless.
But they were sailing again. and two
could live on the wages of teacher.
snow, that is what l call bravery,
and is the reason l said she was the
bravest woman that ever was"
And the captain of the Mary Ann of
Charlevoix walked across the street
of Goose Island. = Chicago Record
Herald.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18

The Little Boy had been trying to go
into vaudeville, with i'll success, and
he was obviously in fault finding hui
NOR as he sat under the haycock with
Bopeep-
81 fail to see the reason why you Sc
cure such widespread advertisement"
he exclaimed pettishly.
: Especially" retorted Bopeep. when
you are SO vigorously blowing your
own horn"
"You neglect your charges shameful
ly. believe even now they are lost"
he pursued.
"Oh. they'll all come home. like your
press agents. bringing their tales be-
hind them" returned Bopeep airily.
Hereupon the Little Boy looked rath-
er sheepish for an instant Your long
continued association with crooks is
corrupting your morals and manners
he cried. recovering himself.
At this Bopeep blushed, but made no
reply. Perhaps. after all, it was jeal-
ousy that made the Little Boy Blue
New York Sun.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18
PAID $4,000 FOR POLICY
Illustration of Growing Confidence in
Insurance investments.

1.-The growing confidence of citizens
of Indiana in their own insurance
companies, said Wilbur S. Wynn,
secretary Of the State Life, yester-
day, ''could scarcely have clearer illus
tration than in the fact that last
night our company forwarded to wo-
man residing near Covington. Ind, a
ten-thousand-dollar, single premium,
paid-up investment policy of insur-
ance, for which she paid us in cash a
premium of $4,000.
II consider this confidence the
legitimate outgrowth of the operation
OF the new insurance law Of Indiana.
enacted in 1899. Under that law the
old-line companies are required to
deposit with the auditor of state
securities OF unquestioned soundness
to protect policies issued by them.
As fast as the people become
advised of this law they are turning
their attention to paid-up single
premium policies of life insurance as
desirable forms of investment. For
instance. this woman of whom ] have
spoken will get only guaranteed in
come of per cent per annum, but in
addition she will participate in the
general distribution of the surplus
earnings of the company, which will
amount to about Al per cent. Thus
she has an absolutely safe investment
without the labor and worry of look.
| ing after it. ''-Indianapolis Journal.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18

Testing certain feats Of strength be-
tween the members of young wom-
ans and young mems colleges at New
York has resulted. says The Humane
tartan, in the following comparison;
The athletic feats Of the college woman
equal those of boys of IA or 10, and are
far below those of college men, or even
Of high school boys. The young wom-
en- run 80 per cent more slowly than
men; they jump GO per cent as far
the average Of three events in each
case and they throw a baseball only
45 per cent as far. But 1t must be re-
membered that these figures are from q
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18

single woman's college. as against the.
mems records for all colleges The lat
ter are the supreme achievement OF
years of selection and training and Of
inherited traditions of form" Where
women have been trained for acrobats
as carefully as men much less allow
ance need be made for sex. Profes-
sional women gymnasts are little less
efficient than men III skill and agility.
and sometimes even in strength. The
softness of their muscles is favorable
TO rapid and dextrOus motion. Some
trainers have even held that there is
practically no difference in possible
muscular ability between men and
women of the same size.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18
Requested Not to Wear Trails.

The authorities in Ems have issued a
notice in regard to the wearing of
trains by women, in which the danger
is pointed out of causing dust to fly
about in a town where there are so
many invalids.
The printed notice concludes thus:
Ladies will perhaps find comfort in
the fact that men are also requested Ia
refrain from smoking during the hours
when the invalids are taking their
walks.
should this wish of the authorities
not be complied with, then a police or
der will be issued, which will be strict
" enforced. London Mail.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18
49,. &c., -
PANTHEiSM.

This IS thy brother, this poor silver fish.
Close to the surface DYING in his dish;
Thy flesh, thy beating heart, thy very lie;
All this, say, art thou, against thy wish
Thou may'st not turn away; thou shalt allow
The truth, nor shalt thou dsre TO question how.
There Is but one great heart in nature beating
And this is thy heart, this, say, art thon.
In all thy power and an thy pettiness,
With this and that poor selfish purpose, this
And that high climbing fancy and heart
Caught into heaven on cast in the abyss,
Thou art the same with ali the little earth,
A little part, and sympathy Of birth
Shall tell thee and thine openness Of soul
What fear is death and what a life is worth.
THE Poems Of Philip Henry Savage"
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18

The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all it's stages and that il
catarrh. Halls catarrh cure Is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity, Catarrh being constitu-
ional disease. requires a constitutions
treatment. Halls catarrh cure is takef
internally acting directly upon the blooo
and mucous surfaces of the system
thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease. and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and as
eisting nature in doing it's work. Tht
proprietors have 90 much faith in it
curative powers, that they offer ont
hundred dollars for any case that it fall
to cure.
F. ). Cheney & Co.. Props Toledo. o
75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists
Testimonials free.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18
MISS DOROTHY FLYNN.

a pupil at Forest Park seminary in st.
Louis and at Kee Mar college and
Georgetown convent.
Miss Flynn is quite a collector of
Indian relics, which she assiduously
gathers Oh her yearly visits to her
home at Guthrie. In her collection are
priceless relics of extinct races, and
direct gifts from many of the most ia
nous Indian chiefs now Eving.-Wash-
ington Cor. st. Louis Republic.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18

It's a wise mother who buys shade
hats for her youthful offspring. The
back tilted headgear may be decidedly
picturesque on the piaZzas. but when
the sun giares into baby faces all the
prettiness is married by frowns. The
tender skin is wrinkled up like an an
cient DANES and often becomes marred
by lines which should have no part 10
Juvenile existence.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18

mates in the matter of securing advan-
tage OF position. There is certainly
as good organization on one side as on
the other.
The strike differs from other great
strikes in that there is no disposition
on one side to lessen the earning ca
pacity of the men, and none on the
other to limit the output or to injure
the plants. The question of wages is
not at issue. No details of manage
ment or supervision are under discus
sion. Two great combinations have
locked horns on what both regard as
a matter of principle, and the UNDER
standing is that they propose to fight
it out.
As a matter of fact, the paramount
question with both parties TO the
struggle is how to maintain the pres
tige of the United States as the great
manufacturing nation of the world.
The welfare OF the workmen as well
as of the capitalists depends to great
extent upon the readiness Of the Tn
tied States to meet recent demands
made upon us for iron and steel work.
We are,apparently, at the beginning
of new era, in which the United
States is to lead all other countries in
the iron aud steel industry 1t is
certainly more important that the ma
ton should lead and that the extra
ordinary activity of the last two years
in iron and steel industries he MAIN
tanned than it is for either an .associa-
ton of capitalists or laborers TO win
ON a point that ought to have
been settled in conference.
The benetciaries of prolonged strike
will be foreign manufacturers and for
eign workmen. American progress in
the iron and steel industries has been
SO marked and we have invaded Euro
pean markets to so great an extent that
Great Britain and continental Europe
have considered schemes for a COM
mercial allegiance against us. All
the manufacturers OF Europe have
conceded that through the skill and
training of our workmen and the
energy and enterprise of our manu-
facturers We were going forwerd with
a momentum that could not be check
ed.
Now, will American manufacturers
and American workmen play into the
hands of Europe and, through pro-
longed controversy. bring about what
Europe has failed to accomplish?
This is almost beyond belief The
feeling in business circles that the
strike will be of short duration is based
ON common sense and patriotic view
of the situation.-Inter Ocean.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18
A Name Twice Made
Famous, Now a
Shining Mark for
ImitatOrS.

The name {" Chase" twice made famous,
Is a shining mark for the INSCRIPTIONS to
pounce upon and appropriate in order to
foist upon the public their worthless pre-
parations. These birds of prey, by using
the name Chase, expect the public to be
fooled into believing they are the medi-
cines of DR.. A. w. Chase, who first be-
came noted as the author of the world
famed Dr. Chase's Recipe Book and
family physician, and whose fame is now
doubly increased by the wonderful sue
cess of his Nerve Pills, with Nerve, Brain
and Blood troubles. They play upon the
name Chase. but dare not use the initials
IA. W."
They initiate, but dare not counterfeit
the portrait and signature of DIR. A. w.
Chase, which identifies the Nerve Pills
now recognized rs infallible for building
up pale, weak, thin-blooded, nerve ex-
hausted sufferers.
Who are nerve-tired and brain-weary.
Who are easily exhausted.
Who are wakeful-cannot sleep.
Who have nervous headache.
They remove the cause of blood I'M
purities, securing refreshing sleep and
impart strength.
They build up people who find their
strength and vigor waning.
They settle irritated nerves, replace Ian
guor and lassitude with energy and
animation. Cure Nervous Dyspepsia.
CAUTI0N.-The protection to the public
IN securing the genuine and original DR..
A. w. Chase preparation is in seeing the
portrait and signature Of A. w. Chase,
N. D., Is on each box. These and these
Only are the genuine. Do not be sati-
fed with anything bearing the name
- Chase" without the initials A. w. 50
C.. Of Druggists or DR.. A. W. Chaou
Medicine c., Buffalo. N. Y.
IsOLD INPLYMOUTH J.W. HE'S
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18
Fema1e miniature of sou...

Ex-Vassar girls enjoy recalling when
Miss Sousa. daughter of the SO called
march king, was with them at college a
year ago. She played the piano exact
" as her father leads his band, all his
poses and mannerisms being as faith
fully reproduced as if she were taking
him off, instead of unconsciously ex-
employing the laws of heredity.-Balti
more American.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18
plymouth nd. July IS 1901

The Plymouth Republican, the old
est newspaper in that city, has been
enlarged and appears in complete
new dress and in better style than
ever. 1t is one of Indiana S best week
lies and serves the community in
which it is published in a satisfactory
manper-South Bend Tribune.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18

On Sunday July Dist. 1901. the Lake
Erie & Western railroad company will
run popular cheap excursion to In
dianapolis only 81 90 for the round trip.
Special train will leave at 900 a, 10. Go
to the Capital City for a day of pleasure
or entertainment. Hundreds of amuse-
ments and an opportunity to visit your
friends after the long winter.
For further information call on ticket
agent L. z. & w. r. r.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18

Many women are making bead bags
for themselves just now and having
them mounted. They can have them
done in gold, French gray or gun metal.
Sometimes they bring in silver frames
for mountiDgs and some antiques
which look worn enough, but it is
doubtful if they would date back very
many years.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18
A DAUGHTER OF THE SOUTH
Miss Flynn, One of the Attractive
Young Women of Washington.

One of the most attractive of the
young women of Washington is Miss
Dorothy Flynn. daughter of Delegate
D. T. Flynn of oklahoma, one of the
best known and most popular men in
the famous Panhandle country" Miss
Flynn is highly educated, having been
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18
Must Knit. Sew. Wash and Cook.

Norwegian legislators propose that
girls who do not know how to knit.
sew, wash and cook shall be refused
permission to marry. Daughters of
weElthy men are not to be excepted.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18
"A Wreck Avsrtsd.

1t turned out to be a fortunate
thing, for had he not done SO many
lives and thousands of dollars worth
of property would have been sacrificed,
as the second section consisting OF
nineteen cars and eight sleepers con-
tanning the performers and the pro-
prietor of the show was travelling only
a few minutes behind. The train
men found the last half of the train
some two miles back and had scarcely
coupled on when the brakeman tagged
the second section which was thunder
ing not half mile behind the first
train.
Mr.. Robinson on hearing of the ac-
cident and the prompt efforts of the
engineer and crew, ordered his treasur-
Ell to reward the men for their vigil
ance
Had the accident not been discover
ed, the loss of iife and property would
have been great.
The elephant will no doubt, in fut-
ure, miss his nightly feast but the
Great John Robinson Show will ex-
hibit as advertised in Plymouth Mon
day July %.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18

"What salary are you getting. old
boyT'
You have a brutal and discourteous
way Of putting it. ! will tell you the
salary | am promised but wild horses
can't drag from me the amount am
getting." -Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18
NEARLY WRECKS A TRAIN
Elephants Trunk Creates CONSERVATION
Great Loss of Life and Millions of Dol
lars hsppiiH hverted.

Last night the first section OF the
John Robinson circus train consisting
of twenty-five loaded cars, left Graf
ton w. Va, where the Big Show ex-
hibited yesterday, for the next stand at
Clarksburg and everything went along
smoothly, and the train men had
orders to. run about twenty miles an
hour. At Celina Junction heavy
grade is encountered and for miles it
is a matter of rise and fall on this
particular piece of read bed.
Cause of the Trouble.
For a long time one of the train
hands who is stationed on one of the
fiat cars which precedes the mammoth
car in which the elephants are housed,
has been in the habit of feeding the
celebrated trained elephant Nero with
apples and other sweets.
As soon as the first section moves,
this elephant is on the lockout, with
the end of his trunk Totruding
through the end of the car for his re-
ward.
Last night his apples were not
forthcoming. and after his patience
was exhausted, in some manner has
trunk managed to touch the bar that
unlocks the Janney coupler, and the
train is cut in two, Later when the
engineer started he felt his engine
leap ahead and the train doubled
the speed. This being unusual going
up grade he decided to investigate
when the top of the grade was reach
ed.