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The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
GETS GAY WITH ELEPHANT,
BUT HE LAUGHS TOO SOON,
Smart Young Man Plays Joke In Lin
coin Park Zoo and is ShOWered with
Mud and Water for Ills Pains.
Chicago Tribune

A smart young man in a light suit
mixed up with the elephant in the
Lincoln Park Zoo yesterday, and the
young man did his laughing early in
the game.
A crowdSof children were feeding
the elephant cookies, peanuts, and
sweets. when the wearer of the light
suit got playful. Thrusting his hand
into one of his pockets he produced a
quantity of ''phony'' peanuts and
threw them at the elephant. They
were eagerly picked up, but when the
animal found the shells were filled
with paper advertisements it express
ed its displeasure by shaking its
head and trunk.
Here the young mans visibility be-
came active, but the pachyderm was
counting time and soon its turn tC
move came. 1t lowered it's trunk in.
to a pool of mud near by, then point.
ing at-its tormentor, let fly a volley
of slime and water. All over the light
suit, the straw hat, and the mirthfu
young man the mud spattered. The
crowd laughed, the elephant turned
its trunk into clean water and spurteo
vigorously, while the joker found he
had urgent business elsewhere.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
GET YOUR MONEYS WORTH.

The fifty-two weekly numbers Of
THE REPUBLICAN would make 1928
pages of the ordinary book size, or
twenty books such as sell at the stores
for $3.50 each. Thirty dollars worth
of reading matter is furnished every
year to our subscribers for $3.50. The
800 daily numbers of THE EVENING
NEWS would make $500 book pages,
or ga books worth 500 at $3.50 each,
which our readers get for $500.
The matter in these papers is more
varied and covers more diverse in
terests than can be found i'm any book.
Every phase of human life and acti-
witty, every human impulse and emo
ton, every passion, every vice and
virtue, every form of expression is
touched upon and represented in the
pages of the paper. Its pages present
Kaleidoscope picture of life as it ex-
lists, from grave to gay, from the
moral to the most depraved, from the
intensity Of business to the frivoilty
of society. The paper has its place in
the store, the Office, the shop ID the
pome and is valuable and interesting
80 all ages and classes, however far
apart they may. It's pages glow and
throb with humanity and life as no
book possibly can, for 1t comes while
the things it describes are new and
fresh and have local and personal in-
terest. Every individual, IL he be
more than a mere vegetable, is con-
cerned in the flow of activity about
him and wants to know what is going
on in the world. The newspaper is
the only reliable source of general I'm
formation.
Besides telling the news the paper
aids in forming opinions, and in adj
dition TO that it serves to its readers
feast of specialties, such as goot
poetry, interesting fiction, instructive
articles for the betterment of al
classes, lively humor, descriptions OF
travel, accounts Of the achievement:
of science, and the like. Every issue
shows forth something of educationa
value to every reader. IL all the
branches of editorial effort the TIVE
papers mentioned above aim conscien
tiously to occupy high ground, ant
the better to accomplish that we have
adopted the practice of making thu
entire paper at home, for in that wa.
we have full control of all our col
umns and can select and prepare 70
the readers we serve every particle o
matter that goes into them Their
is no weekly paper in northern In
diana so large as THEREPUBLICAN tina
has the advantage of being all hom
made anG under the absolute cCntrO
of the editor. Our readers are set
ting the full worth of their money.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22

Of dyspepsia and other diseases OF The
stomach and organs of digestion and
nutrition by the use of Dr.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. 1t always
helps. It almost always cures.
o. S. Copenhaver, Esq. of Mount
Union, Huntingdon Co., Pa. (Box 777).
writes: rAbout twelve years ago 1 was
suddenly taken with q pain In the pit
of the stomach which was so violent
could not walk straight. 1t would grow
more severe until It caused waterbrash
and vomiting of q Shiny, yellow water.
I consulted physician and he told me
I had a form of dyspepsia and treated
me for about six months with but little
benefit. l still kept getting so weak
could scarcely walk. then tried an
other physician and he told me my liver
was out of order and that had indiges-
ton. He gave me treatment and
got some better, but only for short
time. / then tried another one who
said I had chronic indigestion, ulcera-
ton of the lining Of the stomach, torpid
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
ADIRONDACKS STAGE HOLDUP
apprehende,

GLENS FALLS, N. Y. Aug. Is.
The Blue Mountain stage.
loaded with summer resort visit
ors, was held up in true Dick
Turpin style on the steep noun
tain side near North river yester-
day afternoon, the robbers secur-
ing ZOO in money and jewelry.
Eight passengers were aboard,
five men and three women. Two
masked bandits, springing sud
denly from the woods on the
mountain side, shot down the
leaders, who fell, tangling the
wheel horses in the harness and
throwing the driver, Bill e.
bridge, an old time stage driver,
in among the kicking horses.
Four of the male passengers
sprang from the stage as the
shots were fired, and, in spite of
warning cries and shots fired in
their direction, escaped into the
brush. One man, who had his
wife with him, remained with the
frightened women.
The stage was returning to
Blue Mountain Lake after having
met the train on the Adirondack
railroad, due at North Creek, the
terminal of the road, at 1O:1o.
Besides passengers Driver Ell
bridge had in his charge valuable
mail and express packages con.
signed to the resort.
The stage had reached a spot
a mile above Dunlap's Hotel,
half way up the steep four mile
climb of Blue Mountain, wher
the bandits made their attack.
Eldridge thrown in among his
horses. remained still, being
stunned by the fall. The rob
bers. after vainly trying to stol
the fleeing passengers, turned
their attention to the women an(
one man who remained. The
man succeeded in hiding most o
his money and thus saving it
The women were forced to Civ,
up their diamonds and jewelry
and their purses were taken.
The robbers then ransacket
the mail bags, taking all regis
tered packages and overhaulin:
the express packages. The driv
er was overlooked and the $40
which he carried was not taken
The holdup was over within
few moments, and before tn
driver could reach the neares
house and raise the alarm tn
robbers had secured long start
Searching parties of natives ar
securing the woods, but as We
without result.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
Cure for Cholera Infantum.

Last May" Gays Mrs Curtis Baker.
Of Bookwalter, Ohio, IAN infant child o.
our neighbours was suffering from chol-
era infantum. The doctor had given up
all hopes OF recovery. took bottle OF
Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy to the house. telling them
felt SIRE it would do good il used &C
cording to directions. In two days time
the child had fully recovered, and is now
NEARLY year since) vigorous. healthy
girl. / have recommended this Remedy
frequently and have never known it to
fail in any single instance" For sale
by j. w. Hess.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
Good Word, Fifty Spoken.

The Rochester Republican is ono of
those papers that believe in building
up, not down. 1t breaches progress,
aggressiveness and a united front. 1t
wants Rochester to throw off the swad-
ding clothes and break away from the
influence of mossback kickers, and it
says SO in vigorous, up-to-date Eng
lish. We hope it will win and sug-
gest that hint for our own beautiful
thrifty, modern city of Plymouth
might be found in the following ex-
tract from our Fulton county con-
temporary:
We say stop forever this thing of
looking on the dark side of our COM
mercial picture. Our desire is to
teach every human being in this beau
tiful little city to take off his hat and
shout hurrah for Rochester. Let
every man feel the keeneSt interest in
his own town. Have every citizen
understand that he is one of the guard
ians of the fair name of Rochester,
and let him feel that should it be as
sailed the aSSailant must either fight
or run. That is one of the nerves
that helps make city-the universal
word of its inhabitants that it is the
best spot of ground in the state.
Now that this town is about to get
two new railroads and experience a
business boom it behooves every man
to assist his town. If he is too poor
to help in a financial way let him do it
with his mouth. 1t has been mouth
that has hurt us on the wheat trade,
now let it be mouth that will assist i'm
advertising Rochester TO advantage
when we have the highest wheat mar
ket of any of the surrounding towns.
Let us praise our wheat buyers,
praise our groceries. praise our news
papers, praise our mercantile in
terests, praise our churches, praise our
schools, praise our college, praise our
public buildings and public institut-
ions, praise our lake and parks, and
when we have spoken good word for
all these let 1t be known we have
spoken a good word for ourselves.
More power to the elbow of the Re-
publican and God speed Rochester in
its advance toward better things! If
it is race, let'sput Plymouth in it.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
Held Up the Wrong Man.

LAPoRTE, Ind, Aug. H.
Five armed robbers, who evil
IDENTIFY had designs on the United
States Express company's ex-
press wagon, which transfers
night express from the Lake
Erie station, where it arrives
from Indianapolis and other CEN
trail Indiana points, to the Lake
Shore station for consignment to
Chicago. Cleveland, Toledo, But
falo, and other cities, held up q
transfer baggage wagon at :
O'Clock this morning on Washing
ton street, almost in the heart Of
the city. Upon learning then
mistake they allowed the driver
William Luther, who was scared
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
MORE CROSSINGS NEEDED.

The need of more and better street
crossings over the Pennsylvania rail-
road in Plymouth has long been felt
and now is the best possible time to
force them through. if force shall be
found necessary. The Improvements
now being made by the company, in
yolying an alteration in the railway
grade through the city, afford the op-
portunity to demand more open
streets and better approaches to the
tracks, an opportunity that is not
likely to arise soon again. The
Pennsylvania company will be much
more inclined to grant the demand
peaceably now than after the present
work is completed.
There is narrow. steep, difficult
and dangerous crossing at each OF the
extreme limits of the city, east and
west. and there are two others neal
the center Of the town, half a mile
AWAY from either of those at the out
skirts: of these, Michigan street il
carried under the railroad, under ;
low bridge and INSTRUCTED in the view
of the track by trees and buildings s.
as to be exceedingly dangerous, am
center street is carried across tn
track at grade and on a curve, by stee
approaches, and this alone is protect
ed. a Waterman being stationed Their
during the daytime. Three OF thes
crossings will be made worse by tn
changes now contemplated unless til
city authorities act promptly and wit
determination.
The things that are needed, tina
residents of the south side deman
and that all citizens are interested !
having for the general good are be-
ter approaches at the Fifth street an
Novelty crossings, an alarm OF som
kind at Michigan street to wal
drivers of coming trains, an improve
and adequate crossing atCenter stree'
and two new crossings at Miner stree
and Third street. These are all re;
sonable requirements and enforceae
by law. and the growth of the city
those parts most affected by the raj
ysav barr: er makes them necessary.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
Wreck on Bic Four.

ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. H.
Train No. 36 on the Big Four,
eastbound, was wrecked yester-
day at Raleigh, one mile west of
Pendleton. The train consisted
of two mail cars, one combination
baggage, and day coach, and two
sleepers. The train was running
fifty miles an hour. The engine
went to one side while the coach
es veered the other way. One
mail car went into a cOrnfield
and remained upright. The en-.
CINE and tender separated, and
lay about twenty feet from the
track. The only person injured
was fireman Lilly. The track
was badly blocked. The trair
carried about seventy passen
gers.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
Village Wiped Out.

MARION, Ind, Aug. 17.-Fire
yesterday completely destroyed
the village of Landesville. Moth
ing is left standing but the grain
elevator, passenger station, and
two storerooms. The fire started
in barn and rapidly spread to
the Odd Fellows block. This
building. as we'll as the Stude-
baker stock pen and scales, the
Crumrine drug store. two build
ings owned by County Com
missioner Lugar. and eleven res
licences were destroyed. There
is no fire protection. The total
loss is estimated at 100000.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22

of pure wantonness; which kicks in sea-
SON and out of season, at everything or
at nothing as the case may be. The
term kicker scarcely needs definition.
We know exactly what 1t means, as
we'll as we know the chronic fault-hnder
1t designates.
THR RISE OF THE KICKER
ANY one who cares to trace the rise of
the kicker will find that he keeps pace
with the prevalent American disease,
dyspepsia. All kickers may not be
dyspeptics, but all dyspeptics are surely
kickers. They are everlasting fault
finders. Nothing goes right for them
in the family or In business There Is
always dead fly in their ointment. It
is a miserable condition for the dyspep-
tic and his friends. He really can't help
himself. His nerves are strained to the
limit of endurance. His ears are like
megaphones magnifyiHg every little
sound to the shock of thunder. His
eyes lose sense of perspective and he
sees mole-hills as mountains. He Is
suspicious, jealous, unreasonable and
obstinate; and all these things are only
symptoms Of the disease which Is starry
ing and weakening the entire nervous
system and reaching out toward heart,
liver, lungs, kidneys and other organs.
WHAT CAN BE DoN1 FOR HIMf
What can be done for the victim Of
dyspepsiaf
He can be cured. He can be given a
new start in life. He can be made the
amiable. companionable man he was Of
old. He can once more eat with ap-
petite and enjoyment, work with energy.
end sleep the night through in sound.
dreamless slumber.
This is not . mere empty claim I'M
supported by facts. The statement that
the dyspeptic can be cured is made on
the authority of thousands of men and
women, wbs have been entirely cured
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
SENATOR FAIRBANKS HURT.
Hurled to the Street in a Runaway and
Rendered Unconscious.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. Aug 10.
United States Senator Charles
w. Fairbanks, Indiana, had an
almost miraculous escape from
death Saturday afternoon while
driving with district attorney
Robert G.. Evans.
On nearing toe home of the
latter, 203o Queen avenue, the
horses attached to the carriage
were attacked by a vicious dog.
The spirited animals became un.
manageable and Senator Fair.
banks jumped to the ground. As
he did SO the frightened animals
reared and plunged. The sena
tor was hurled forward and rem
dered unconscious by the force
with which he struck the pave
ment.
Had he been precipitated
short distance further his hea(
would have struck directly o.
the stone curbing and dealt
would have been instantaneous
AS It was he was rendered un
conscious for fully half an hour
The senator sustained sever
bruises on the right side of tn
head, face, arms and body. Hi
clothing was badly torn, showing
with what force he had bee
hurled to the ground. After re
gaining consciousness he coul
not realize for some time wha
had happened and constantly in
quired as to where he was.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
THE KICKER.
Theory of His Rise and
Progress.

The word wkicker" is no more slang,
but an honorable term admitted by the
photographer to the round table Of
English speech. This acceptance of the
word proves that there was a real need
for il that certain class of people had
no word in the English language to
ftly designate them. AS class these
kickers must be as modern as the word
which describes them. They are in eff
feet a new product of our latest civiliza-
ton. The word which describes the
kicker is picturesque. 1t suggests the
mule whose kicking Is usually done out
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
STATE CLIP.
Barns Destroyed by Fire.

NORTH LIBERTY, Ind, Aug. l6.-
Two barns filled with hay and grain
and other outbuildings on the 0. r.
Fulmer farm, two miles south of town,
were destroyed by fire last evening.
The fire originated from the explosion
of lantern. The barns were insured
i'm the Farmers Mutual.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22

speechless, to proceed, after they
had made sure he mad no money
in his clothes. The express
wagon, with it's valuable con-
signment, in charge of two heav-
lily armed messengers, had pre-
coded the baggage wagon. The
would-be robbers have not been
apprehended.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22

LAPORTE, August 16.-The county
commissioners yesterday granted a
franchise to the Michigan City, Val
paraiso & Chicago Electric Railway
company for so years. The conces-
sion covers two miles of the county
line road and one mile in Michigan
township.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
WHERE TO HITCH
A Question Of Importance Now Asitat.
ing the Public Mind.

Lie QutSU1Ull VI llltCliliiS pOoto oioiiS
the paved streets is one Of the burn
ing issues just now and the members
of the council are giving it their
earnest and careful attention. 1t is
practically agreed that the posts are
unsightly and obstructive and ought
to be abolished, their places to be TAX
en- by rings in the walks if hitching
is to be allowed at all on improved
streets. There seems to be little, if
any, objection to this plan on the
part of property owners and business
men, all of whom agree that hitching
racks or rails ought not to be tolerated
i'm any event. There is, however, a
wide divergence Of opinion on the adj
visibility of prohibiting the occupancy
of the streets in the business portion
of the city by standing teams. The
practice of hitching teams in front of
business houses and leaving them
there for hours at a stretch has long
been tolerated here and has drawn
out many protests. The horses SO
left often become nervous and injure
the street by stamping and paving,
which no surface can withstand with
out damage, or they climb up on the
walks and become a nuisance or a
source of danger there. They leave
the street in filthy condition, draw
pestiferous insects, obstruct u.e
traffic on the highway and prevent
the occupants of adjacent property
from having that accessibility 90 their
business houses to which they are en-
titled.
On the other hand there is in
volved the matter of hospitality and
convenience of customers; farmers eS-
pecially do not like TO be debarreo
from hitching where they please wher
in town to trade and they feel unwel
come if restrictions are placed upor
them. The problem is not easy o.
solution.
Some years ago the Business Meni
association took the matter in han(
and after some discussion referred i
to a committee, but nothing definite
ever came of it. The only practica
plan seemed to be either the purchas'
of convenient vacant lot, CENTRAL,
located, to which hitching should b'
confined as far as possible, or thu
establishment of large hitchins
shed, where a small price would b.
charged for the service rendered. 1
has been more recently proposed tina
the city buy the triangular piece o
ground lying between Michigan street
the railroad and the river and cree
racks and sheds there, but the water
works whistle is serious objection.
Some of the merchants desire a
much hitching space in the immediat
neighbOrhood of their stores as the,
can provide, upon the theory tina
such hospitality aids their trade
while others are in favor of prohibit
ing such use of the streets as far a
possible. The council will endeavO
to find way out of it by some metho
that will be satisfactory to all int
ereStS.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22

A marriage license was issued late
Thursday to Jay L. Bartlett and
Bertha J. Baker, both of Union town.
ship east of the lake, and they were
married in the evening by Rev. Nc
Kenzie.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
New Electric Line.

ANGOLA, Aug. ia gang of men
and teams began work yesterday just
north of town, on the electric railway
about to be built from Angola by way
of Lake James, Nevada Mills, Onland
and Lagrange to Goshen. The force
will be increased to upwards of fifty
teams i'm a few days.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
Peru's lnterurban Line.

1t will not be very long before
Peruvians will have opportunity to
ride from Peru TO Fl. Wayne on in
terurban lines, for the Southwestern
Traction Co. has its line from Hunt
ington to Fit. Wayne nearly cOmplet-
ed and has begun buying a right Of
way from Huntington to Wabash.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
Insured for Sweetheart.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Aug. IL
Miss Nellie A. Taylor, of West
Lafayette, has received a check
for $1,000 insurance on the life
of Thomas Alfred Clark, of Pur-
due University, killed by the
cars at Trenton, N. j., early in
July. Clarke and Miss Taylor
were betrothed, the marriage to
occur this fall.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
Two Old Soldiers Poisoned.

MARION, Ind, Aug. 17.-As a
result of the alleged wrong solution
being administered to two inmates of
the National soldiers home hospital
here Thursday night through mistake,
Daniel Carruthers, aged sixty-tige
years, a paralytic, and Thomas
Pinkerton, aged nine-one, years died
today.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22

81 am inoebted to One Minute Cough
Cure for my present good health and my
life. was treated in vain by doctor
for lung trouble following la grippe. l
took One Minute Cough Cure and re-
covered my health" Mr.. e. 81. Wise
Madison, Ca. J. W. Hess.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22
Ell Thompson Convicted.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. Led.
P. Thompson, formerly of this city and
recently charged with postal irregu-
larities in Havana, has Unexpectedly
been convicted and sentenced to inn
priSonment for six months or a fine
of s4OO. His numerous friends here
are astonished and disappointed at the
result.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-22

Those famous little pills. DeWitt's
little Early Risers compel your liver
and bowels to do their duty, thus giving
Won pure. rich blood to recuperate your
bodv Are easy to take. Never gripe.