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The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
Anarchy In Francs.

An item of news from Paris gives
indications of Sc .ious conditions in
France A party of soldiers, re-
serves, openly cheered anarchy and
shouted for social revolution. When
the police attempted to quell the
disorder, they were charged upon
by the soldiers and overcome. Paris
lives in constant dread of a recur-
renee of the commune. 1t is small
wonder. When the red chapter of
history was written by the COM
mune, the army was not so possess
ed of anarchistic doctrine as at pres
ent. The commune sprang mainly
from obscure streets and byways,
but at present anarchy stalks OPEN
ly upon the boulevards of the gay
capital, finds lodgment in the arse
nails and expression in the military
barracks.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
Earning Their Fee.

Recently an indianapolis jury
brought in verdict of guilty
against a woman charged with pro-
family, and then paid the fine i'm
posed upon her themselves. AT
first it was supposed that they were
influenced by gallantry, until it was
revealed that their own fees for
service in the jury box depended
upon conviction. For superlative
nerve that jury is entitled to the
blue ribbon.-San Francisco Chron-
icle.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
The Visitor From the MountaIns.

An old native inhabitant of a vii
lage in the mountains of Japan
came out of his seclusion recently
and paid visit to the city of Ku-
mamoto for the first time in 2S
years, says the Chicago News. 4
quarter of a century and three years
had naturally made a great change
even in the old town, and everything
the aged rustic saw there was a won
der to him. More mystifed than
astonished, the man went back to
his mountain recesses and the first
thing he is reported to have said to
his wondering villagers was:
"Well, | declare! For the soul
Of me l don't know what the Ku-
mamoto folk do with so many wis
taria vines stretched along the
streetsp'
He meant the telegraph wires.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
Prince Rupert's Drops.

Glass is an extremely bad con-
ducto-' of heat, and the reason why
tumblers and other vessels made of
glass crack when hot water is sud-
denly poured into them is that the
interior of the glass expands before
the heat can penetrate through the
particles on the outside, which are
consequently then riven asunder.
Small glass toys called Prince Ru-
pert's drops, which may be obtained
at glass blowers, show very clear
iy the effect of heat on bad conduc-
tors. They are made by dropping
small quantity of glass while al
most in liquid state into water, by
which means a globule with spiral
tail is instantly formed; the outside
of the globule cools and soidifies
the instant it comes into contact
with the water, before the inner
part changes, and this, as it gradu-
ally hardens, would contract were
it not retained and kept in its form
by its adherence to the outer crust.
If the tail is broken off or any 9TH
er injury done to the globule, it will
burst with slight noise and fall to
pieces. In order that glassware
may be durable it is annealed-that
is to say, it is put into an oven, the
temperature of which is allowed to
decrease gradually.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
VERY MUCH WANTED
The Last Few Years Has Shown a Re
ma kabIe Increase of SIeepIessness
How to Overcome 1t.

SIeeplessness is one OF the most proli-
&c sources producing weak-nervous
and restless condition-There is no sense
in using opiates, they only undermine
the constitution-Nothing has ever been
known to perfectly control this condition
until the advent OF DR.. A. w. Chase's
Nerve Pills Their action is so gentle and
soothing sweet refreshing sleep follows
then nature has a chance to build up.
Mrs. j. Swearinger of us West South
st., Plymouth, Ind. says:-s'Dr. A. w.
Chase's Nerve Pills we got at j. W.
Hess's Drug Store proved with us an ex-
cellent nerve and general tonic. Weknow
the results obtained from il will make
weak nerves steady, build up the run
down and debilitatsd and give them
streEgth and to the restless at night
bring sleep by it's quisting tonic proper
ties. 1t is good medicine and an glad
to recommend it,
DR.. A. w. Chase's Nerve Pilla are sold
at Soc. box at dealers or DR.. A. w
Chase Medicine Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. See
that portrsit and signature Of A. w.
Chase. N. D. are on every package. 1o
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
Feeding an Obstinate ostrich.

The ostrich which the king sent
from Windsor to the zoo some time
ago has shown his disapproval of
his change of quarters by going off
his feed. To prevent his CON-
mitting suicide by starvation the
keepers have consequently found it
necessary to resort to a process of
"stuffing"
While one keeper holds the bird
in a corner another, with deftness
gained by long practice, seizes the
upper part of the beak with one
hand and causes the ostrich to open
his mouth. Then he thrusts down
the unwilling throat large ball of
nourishing food, and the ostrich
is left to digest it at leisure.-Lon-
don Express.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
Ruilt With ronato Cans.

a remarkable little building
stands ON the lawn of DR.. Naamali
II. Keyser's house on Church lane,
Germantown. 1t was erected by
DR.. Keyser himself when a boy,
some addition or alteration being
made to it each year during his va
cation.
The architecture of the quaint
little building is old English. The
lower part is wooden, and the up
per part has the effect of tiling, the
tiles being made out of old tin cans.
The youthful architect persuaded
the boys of the neighborhood to col
lect cans from the various dumps,
1000 of them being used on the
building. The bottoms of the cans
blocked over wood formed circular
tiles, with which the roof is covered,
and the remainder of the tin, being
beaten out fiat and also blocked,
made square tiles for the upper part
of the walls.-Philadelphia Record.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
A Stout Man Demonstrates the Harm
Done by Fool Diet.

care you aware, sir, what you are
doing~ The stout, forid faced
man in the restaurant, who was
about to help himself to a generous
portion of mince pie, looked up in
astonishment at the nervous, thin,
little individual opposite.
"What do you mean ?" he asked.
M have been watching you," said
the nervous man, eating your din
ner, and impelled as / am by love
of humanity l cannot see you leave
this table without a protest at the
diet which you are killing yourself
with. First, you had fish chowder; j;
no prote'n, but slight hydrocarbons
ates.. Then you had corned beef
and cabbage, containing full 80 per
cent of deleterious matter. Then
you had pie, with a mountain of
sugar. Are you aware, sir, that
this can only be digested by the
duodenum? Think of it You'll
be a wreck in few years."
The stout man he addressed
gazed at him compassionately for q
moment.
"You don't look as if your diet
was doing you much good" he said
quietly.
~That, SIR replied the thin man.
els no argument ct ell You were
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
A Sentinel Who Wouldn't Allow the
King TO Pass.

The test of the fidelity of a SEN
tinel by the "powers that be" has
resulted happily in the case of an
Italian soldier who "held up" the
king. King Victor Emmanuel is
fond of making himself personally
acquainted with the thoughts and
feelings of his soldiers and for test
ing their courage and fidelity.
The osher day he was walking
alone, dressed in black, in the OUR
inal gardens, and approached a SEN
try on guard, who at once presented
arms.
"You know, then, who l am ?''
the king asked.
"His majesty" was the unhesitat-
ing reply.
The king smiled and continued
his walk, making as though he
would pass the guardhouse.
"Your majesty cannot pass this
way" said the sentry resolutely.
The king pretended not to hear
and walked on.
"Without orders from the cor
poral of the guard, | must not let
any one pass, not even the king"
Victor Emmanuel, pleased and
smiling, turned back, saying to the
man, "You are right"
The next morning the captain OF
tie Calabrian company, to which
the sentry belonged, handed to the
soldier a fine silver watch bearing
the arms of the house of Savoy and
the words, "To the Soldier Who
Knows How to Obey Orders"
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
The American Girl.

Minister Wu says that as far as
marriage is concerned the American
girl is too particular. He does not
seem to realize that the fact stated
keeps up the standard of the Ameri-
can man. He judges from the
oriental point of view. The Chi
nese girl meekly takes what she can
get. The independent American
girl takes only what she wants, and
that stimulates the American man
to enter into the competition
Baltimore American.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
Windmill Electricity.

Electric energy from wind has
been successfully obtained in both
England and Germany, but it is in
the latter country that it has been
actually put into use NJ. G. Couz
of Hamburg used windmill with
a regulator. which would keep its
speed constant, no matter what the
speed Of the wind was, and succeed.
sd so well that there is a strong
probability that it will be used in
small villages In Germany and sup
ply light and power at small cost.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26


the sky. There was a balloon as
cension at the county fair at Hills
horo, and as the big gas bag shot up
Stanley got tangled in the guy
ropes somehow and was jerked high
into the air. Women and children
tainted at the sight, but the boy
kept his wits, grabbed the ropes and
hung on tight while the balloon
scared nearly half mile, with the
aeronaut trying in vain to get hold
of him. Finally the man, after tell
ing him to keep holding tight, let
some gas out of the balloon, and
they slowly came down. Stanley
had been gone only eight minutes,
but the crowd was so glad to see
him that it almost smothered him.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
Home Remedies

Glycerin is recommended by a
physician as being good for sore
eyes.
Camphor and vaseline should be
used for bruises, the camphor be-
ing an antiseptic and calculated to
prevent the injury from assuming a
malignant form. Vaseline is an ex-
tract, from petroleum and is soften
ing and healing.
A dentist prescribes the following
remedy for toothache: Take mus
lin bag about an inch long and
one-third of an inch wide and fill
with ginger. Place in the mouth
between the cheek and the gum
where the irritation is felt. This
will effectually remove all infamma-
ton.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
The Original of Tom Brown Of Rugby
the Schoolboy Hero.

Few better books are known
among English speaking boys than
"Tom Browns School Days at
Rugby" Thomas Arnold, Jr., was
at Rugby when Thomas Hughes,
the Tom Brown of the school life,
was a pupil there, and in Passages
In Wandering Life" gives his rec
objections of the boys hero.
Tom Hughes at fifteen was tall
for his age; his long, thin face, his
sandy hair his length of limb and
his spare frame gave him lankness
of aspect which was the cause, I
suppose, of the boys giving him the
extraordinary nickname of "execu-
TONER"
No name could be less appropri-
ate, for there was nothing inhuman
or morose or surly in his looks, and
still less in his disposition The
temper of a bully was utterly alien
20 him, and he was always cneer1ul
and gay.
He was one of the best runners
in the school, and many time have
I seen him in the quadrangle just
before Share and hounds"-he be-
ing one of the hares-lightly clad
and with bag of "scent" strapped
around him.
He was too keen eyed and OBJ
servant to be specially popular, but
all the small boys liked him because
he was kind and friendly to them.
He reached the sixth form, but
left before he had risen high in it,
feeling, no doubt, that his work lay
elsewhere.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
The Yellowstone Geysers.

Edwin -Hinckley Barbour, pro-
fessor of geology in the University
Of Nebraska, thinks the geysers in
Yellowstone park are disappearing.
'The rapid decline of the geyser
phenomena in the Yellowstone Ma
tional park" he says, "seems to be
but little understood, but to those
who will visit the spot frequently
the changes seem startling and to
the geologist alarmingly rapid. If
cne may judge from impressions, it
seems safe to assume that if the de-
cline in geyser activity noted during
the last four years should continue
for the coming eight or ten years
the features which most impress
the geologist will have disappeared.
AS warning, every geologist who
intends visiting the park should not
postpone the trip a year, but should
visit it at once"
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26

healthy to start with, and I wasn't.
You'll 60 to pieces in a short time,
and I'll live to be an old man, be-
cause know the percentage of fruit
salts the human system can stand"
you'll live for years beyond
your allotted time, will you?" said
the stout man.
"Yes, sir; | will"
'"Then," said the stout man as he
rose and paid his check, ''that only
bears me out. 1t only shows what
harm can be done to humanity by a
fool iet."-Life.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
A YOUNG Patriot.

While some soldiers were passing
through Kentucky one morning re-
Gently on their way south a small,
barefoot boy, with a tin bucket in
his hand and a look Of complete alb
sorption on his face, was standing
near the train when it stopped a
few minutes at wayside station.
The soldiers were taking a long
ride and had had nothing to eat
since the night before and they were
quite hungry lot. One of them
called to the boy, "Sonny, what
have you got in your bucket ?"
"My dinner"
'1'll give you dime for it," said
the hungry soldier.
The lad quickly handed the
bucket to the speaker, but when
payment was offered he shook his
head.
'No, sir, I wouldn't charge a sol
dier for anything to eat. You are
welcome to it." And when the
train moved off one lad trotted din
nerless to school, but with a pa
triotic heart beating loudly in his
bosom.-H. G. Wood in American
Boy.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
L0UBET'S QUEER TROUSERS.

President Loubet has five Prince
Albert coats-two for summer, two
for winter and one extra for grand
occasions. This last one has been
worn only three times-at the open
ing of the exposition Of 1900, at the
reception of the king of Sweden and
at the garden party in honor of the
shah of Persia This gala coat
differs from the Others in that it
has heavy silk lining and lapeis. Nc.
Loubet invariably wears a pain,
black satin tie-not tied by hand,
but sewed together and attached
with a clasp. NJ. Loubet used
formerly to wear false cuffs, but one
day while making a sudden gesture
the right hand cuff slipped off and
rolled on the floor. This happened
at the Luxembourg palace, when NJ.
Loubet was president of the senate.
Since then NJ Loubet's shirts have
been made with permanently attach
ed wristbands.
NJ. Loubet's trousers are very pc
culiar. They are black or gray in
color, but their cut is of the old
fashioned pattern, with the top of
the trousers coming up as high as
the armpits. NJ. Loubet has always
worn trousers Of this quaint type,
and IS so accustomed TO snem that
he has an inveterate dislike for
evening clothes, which with low
cut, open waistcoat, render the arm
pit trousers impossible. The presi
dents wardrobe is, however, pro-
vided with several pairs of evening
trousers suitable for low cut open
waistcoats.-Argonaut.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
The Honest Man Wins.

The world at large soon recog-
nizes the honest man in business,
and it is quick to give him its ap-
proyal. "Why do you deal with
Mr.. Jones" asks one person of an
other. Because he always deals
squarely with me-" is the reply
Such a reputation soon becomes
widespread. Nobody wants to be
cheated of the least farthing, and so
everybody focks to the place of
business of him who gives value for
value and who trades according to
the tenets enunciated in the Deca-
logue. An honest business man is
not only the noblest work of God,
but he is the crowning triumph Of
struggling humanity.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
The Cuss Came.

Some time since, when Laurence
Hutton was travelling in southern
Europe, Mark Twain had occasion
to write him. Knowing he would
be in Florence on certain date, he
so addressed his letter, substituting
for "poste restante" the injunction
in good plain English, "Keep it till
the cuss comes"
'8They kept it." Mr.. Clemens re-
marked afterward, "and the cuss
came"
eyes," rejoined Mr.. Hutton, "and
the cuss kept the envelope too.
There it is, framed, on my desk. I"
New York Times.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
Petrified Forests.

The petrifed forests of Arizona
were recently examined anew under
the direction of the general land
Office. The silicified logs lie in the
greatest abundance within an area
of eight square miles in Apache
county. In some places they lie
more thickly than they could have
stood while living as trees, and it is
thought that they must have been
carried there by swift current of
water in the mesozoic age.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
He meant the telegraph wires.
A "KathIeen Mavourncenv LON.

William H. Rogers, cashier Of the
Nassau bank of New York and also
one Of the best known men IN
banking circles in New York city,
tells the story Of a customer who
came to the bank and said he haC
just declined to make 'kathleen
Mavourneen" loan, says the New
York Times. In his long expert
ence in banking Mr.. Rogers had
heard Of many varieties of loans,
but never one Of this genus. So he
asked what kind of loan 'sKath-
leen Mavourneen" loan was.
One of the sort that S'may be for
years and may be forever"
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
The BiIIionth Minute.

When the twentieth century
dawned on the world, the number
of minutes which had elapsed since
the beginning of the year l A. D.
was 99S,640,000, and we shall cele-
brate the thousand millionth min
ute at the end of April, 1902. Or,
if you prefer to have it so, the ammo
Domini clock will tick for the sixty
thousand milionth time at 1O:4O
on the morning of April 80, 1902.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
Too Coed to Be True.

Truly this is an age of inventions,
and the west is at the front in de-
signing them. Somebody has in
vented a housekeeping machinel
a big red van is stationed in front
of the house. The operator runs a
hose into the rooms, and with an
odd little device resembling car
pet sweeper inverted he cleans
everything in sight and out of sight,
walls, draperies, upholstery, every
thing is made clean without clearing
the rooms. 1t sounds too good to be
true, doesn't it?
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26

waiting to see the president he slip
ped off the offending shoe. When
he tried to get it back again, it
would not go on At this juncture
Secretary Cortelyou said:
Senator, the president is DIV
waiting to see you"
The West Virginian looked per-
picked. 1t would not DO to keep the
president waiting. In a few mo-
ments he reached in his trousers
pocket and pulled out s9illy Bar
low" knife. With this the cffend-
ing shoe was cut, and Senator Scott
was thus enabled to slip It on
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
To Cook White Onions.

A delicious way to cook young
white onions is to peel them and let
them soak in cold water, slightly
salted, for about six hours. At the
end of that time pour off the water,
put them in a saucepan over the
fire with enough cold water to cover
them well. Cover the saucepan
closely and let the onions boil slow
ly until thoroughly done all
through, then pour off the water,
and to a dozen small onions put in
a generous tablespoonful of butter,
a half teaspoonful of salt and a salt
spoonful of red pepper. Stand the
saucepan back on the stove and let
the onions simmer very gently for
twenty minutes after the butter and
seasoning are added. Serve with a
very little chopped parsley sprinkled
over the top of the onions.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
Our Biuuest Gun.

Some spectacular particulars are
given of the United States gun
which will preserve Americas in
alienable right to possess the 'big-
gest thing on earth" 1t viii weigh
126 tons, will have a length of 49
feet inches and a diameter-fine
by degrees and beautifully less
varying from 60 inches to 2S
inches. 1t will be able to fire
its 5 foot 4 inch projectile an
extreme distance of nearly twenty.
one miles -2O.97S miles is the
exact fgure-and a projectile fired
at the elevation required for this
distance will attain a height of
30,516 feet, "higher," says the pic
turesque recorder, ethan the com
bined elevations Of Pixies peak and
Mont Blanc" Thus the record
distance fired by a Krupp go inch
gun on April %, 1892, when twelve
and a half miles were covered and
a height of 21,456 feet was attain
ed, will be completely surpassed
London Post.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
kaEsa Boring.

A novel method of boring holes
IN fiat bar of iron was recently
adopted on ship where a break
down occurred. To repair the
breakage it was necessary to make
bolt holes in spare bar, and, as the
engineer was without the appliances
required for the purpose, he marked
the exact places in chalk and then
fred a 80 caliber bullet through
each from rife.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
lows and hangings that were put
out of sight during the summer.
OIeo Has a New Rival.

Anxious housewives will be glad
to know that "vegetaline," made by
a Marseilles firm by refining OIL ex-
tracted from the copra (dried
cocoanut), and now placed on the
English market, is not, as it was
feared, an imitation butter or even
a substitute for butter in its do
mestic uses. According to the
makers agents 'vegetalinep is al
most entirely manufacturers arti-
Gle, although it can be used in the
kitchen for making pastry and viii
be supplied in retail if there is any
demand for it. But the value of
the process by which "vegetaline"
is made will, it is claimed, be in pro-
viding bakers and biscuit manufac-
turers with a substitute for butter
which is not only pure and cheap,
but which, for biscuits in particular,
iG better than butter.-London Ex-
press.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
HOLIDAY TRIPS
A Reduced Fares vIa Pennsslvanls Lines.

Al Reduced Fares via Pennsylvania Lines.
Excursion tickets will be sold Dec.
oath, 25th. and 3lst, 1901, and Jan.
1st 1902, via Pennsylvania Lines, ac-
count Christmas anO New Years HOli-
days. Rate for adults will not be less
than 30 cents, nor less than i cents
for children. Tickets will be good
returning until Jan. ID, 1902, inclu-
sive. For details about fares. time of
trains, etc, call on or address Ticket
Agent HANEs.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
The PekIno eazette,s Adventures

The Peking Gazette, which justly
claims to be the oldest newspaper in
the world, having been founded in
113O, may be said to have appeared
with an irregularity tantamount to
suspension during the late Chinese
troubles. A very few copies of this
journal have survived those trou-
bles, as the Boxers made a point of
destroying all the printed matter
they could lay their hands on con-
tanning edicts, etc., hostile to their
cause and of decapitating its pub
fishers. Consequently The Gazette
had to be secretly printed, and it is
only lately that some members of
the editorial staff have been able to
return to Peking under the protec-
ton of the American authorities
there. It is a significant circum-
stance that during its existence for
seven and a half centuries every sus-
pension of its publication has been
followed by the establishment of a
new dynasty.-London Chronicle.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
The Real and the Unreal.

"Do you expect to realize for
tune from your latest invention ?"
asked the capitalist.
No." said the inventor. 81 don't
really expect to. l had some hopes,
but I suppose it will be the usual
programme. I'll imagine the for
tune and some one else will realize
it. Washington Star.
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
Reciprocity.

Congressman Littlefeld of Maine,
himself total abstainer, is telling
of a temperance advocate who re-
Gently offered saloon keeper $40 to
be allowed to hang a temperance
placard behind the bar.
"T'll give you the same amount, I"
was the reply, eff you let me hang
my ad. back of your pulpit"
The Plymouth tribune., 1901-12-26
Schley's Prize Money.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. "a
The treasury department yester-
day drew warrant in favor of
Rear Admiral Schley for 50. 334.
his share of the prize money due
him for the destruction of the
Spanish feet at Santiago on
July 3, 1895.