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which somehow fails TO offend even the
fas ious. II seems a part of the man and
Is accepted a. merely notice that con-
ventionalities are barred
A Quaker settlement near Greensboro
y. c., was Mr. Cannon'S birthplace and
in appearance, in dress and IN speech le
still shows signs of his Quaker training
though he married outside Of the faitb
and there was a mutual announcement
long ago, The story goes that il was M
q i, time that he began 10 study the gcntl,
art Of profanity.
A fatherly Quaker soon came TO him
with proposal TO return TO the fold ri q
only CONDITION was that 10 atone for tie
sin in wedding a wording he must saw thai
he was sorry he had marriod Mary.
But I'm damned if I'm sorry and III
be damned If I'll say it," was tho reply
of Joseph.
II was then that diplomatic relations
with the brethren were severed
That was long ago, but the hat il of strong
language has remained. "Cncle joe i.
now a man of 90 He has n thin. norid
face clean-shaven upper lip and a hin
fringe Of reddish grav whisf"rs His hair
is white bit his ~ are II II zen and
piercing III $ ar, ~ : a curious mixtl,r
of the careless and the particular-im
maculate' linen. llack string tie and ,
frock coat, His cv rcoat is almost in
variahly on his left arm and almo,t invari-
ably the edge of Il drags In the Al root ns
he walks along deep ip thought.
He smokes almost constantly md whom
he does not smoke he chews tobacco JJo
has tie old country habit of passing III.
plug around when he takes chow.
II is a reminScenCe f TIE Wabas sh yallo,
and it sticks When be needs chew i'm.
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Ever since II was built the house has been
~" Metca for people Of every station in
hlo from all over the district. For ono
of th" chief Characteristic. of Mr. Cannon
l. his approachahenese.
In his library hundreds of Young men
har" received the first impetus to lives Of
usefulness. They are widely separated
now, but in many towns the choice for
next Speaker of the House has awakened
a feeling that is deeIcr than mere satis-
faction.
The house is often an indication Of the
character OF the owner The first thing
that strikes the spectator about Congress-
man Caunon'- dwelling is that it be,okens
an owner who believes in permanency
II i, Of red b ick, perched upon a terrace.
with square tower in front and round
tower az the side. The lawn is left rough
and large trees above il form in summer
cool retreat. Thick vines overgrow the
walls and not much attention is paid To
landscape gardening
But within, all sense Of grimness and
angularity in the house vanishes. The
old-fashioned hall is furnished with perfect
taste. To the right Is n music room with
many pictures and much dainty bric-A -brac
gathered abroad; beyond it the dining room
with massive black carved furniture. Good
pictures. bits of sculptured marble and
bronze are everywhere.
1t Is not with these rooms, however. but
with one that Is at once library and study
that most Of his visitors associate the { on
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about six feet IN diameter, TO which
are hinged fourteen curved snoves OF
hNe-SlNteent' Inch plough steel, II takes
Two men nan an hour To drive the shovels
l"G le'l INTO clay SOL. Iheir ecees meet
uh"' 'he roofs. iheh WIN DARE across
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Two Young men, who fish at the mouth of
Guuld-burough Bay, stocked $3.50 during
ihaD MOI ia "a Il many theirs were equally
I'"EV. In SCI trnber the fishing fell or
greatly ard from then on the catches have
been very small
Capt G. aries Haradpn who lives OH the
road b,tW"cn St'ubeu village and Rogers
Point, Washington county. remembers
when lobster iisnug was what he terms a
snap Capt Haradon was born on the
sNu'" OF Guuld~horuugh Ray. and long
before he bcCam" master of n vessel ply-
ing between Amer can ports and Euro
pean countries u" lobster fshed" in the
bay
In th"~c day. fishing for the market was
new, and there Wa~ but one canning factory
near, lhat being AT Southwest HarboS.
{ 'p' H1r1dcu >gr> that lob-tcrs in Goulds-
borough Bay We're then moro plentiful than
the pebbles that cover The shore
II wasn't unusual then to get twelve or
h''''h phNt"rs from every trap, and they
were "I great size. - eager were they 10
get at Inc hpit that often when he pulled
trap J." world iiud half a dozen grea,
green fellows q ngng To the out side, their
claws fastened into the laths with a wise
lik" grp
He had only thirty traps and never had
70 s"' them Tar from SNor" After fll ng his
boat h" would set sgil and make for South
west Harbor, where he q posed of the catch
at the canning factory If he had received d
from Ofo IL cents ap'eC". aS do the fisher
men AZ IN" present time. he SAYS, he could
nave retired with a fortune in year or
two.
4 common pract O. for the people living
along the bay half a century ago was TO
walk along tho shore N low tide. armed with
pi'chfork>. With these weapons every
C'ev'Ce in the wced-Coycred rocks was
proddcd and some great Holsters wero
cap'urod.
Now it's oil over The Holsters arc so
scarce that the fishermen can hardly make
"A living
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LOBSTERS SCiRCER THAN EVER.
Maine Fishermen Have iiardi, Made N
Living AT Catching Them This EaIl.

ELLSWORTH, Me, Nov 20 With the
coming of cold weather, the great toric
FOR discussion along the Maine coast j.
the unusual scarcity of Holsters this fall
In previous years the thousands Of men
who brave the win,ry weather and suffer
all sorts of hardshire in their cndeayors
to proviie their fariiics with comfortable
homes have always been repaid for their
labors, but for the las, month or six weeks
many complaints about the poor fishing
have been heard.
The men who haul the traps every M )rn-
ing al daybreak are not the only ones who
are finding fault Owi.ers of pounds all
along the rocky shore say that they dol.
remember season when HOLSTERS have
been so scarce. The result of the poor
ishing has been a failure To fiji the pounds
MANY new oLes have been built this wear
at various points along the eastern Maii t.
coast and il was the iItci.t ion of the owierS
to put in a great stock, Tut only IN few
ases have they been able to secure any
whore hear a fair supply. One Found at
BIZ, ill, which has "A caracity of $50 coo
aow contains but 2O,UW and this IL only a
sample Of III" prevailing condition at al
most every ne from here down to Calais,
II has been a srasmodic year for the
lobster fishermen. and there is a possibility
that before the real hard wifter sets il
the fishing will have temporary period
Of improvement, tarly in the summer
the inshore fsha,g was poor; in fact, il
was unusual for man to get more than
from twenty to forty HOLSTERS in u day.
and the ofshore men had the same story
TO tell when they came to the villages for
new twine for their trap heads
In the latter part Of July the industry
began TO pick up Considerably and in August
there was a harvest almost everyw here
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IN CANADA'S NORTHERN WILDS
j. ". TYRRELL'S DISCOVERIES IN
TIE BARREN GROUNDS.
Report on a Memorable Journey In an
t'nmapped Region About Great slave
Lake-A Great River Disco, ered--The
Natives and Their Wastetui Hunting.

The Canadian Department Of the Interior
has Just published J. W. Tyrrell's report of
his survey Of the wide region between
Great Slave Lake and Hudson s Bay. across
the Barren Grounds. In this journey he
crossed an ca of about 10000 square
miles to the Lorth of Doobaunt Lake. Il at
had never been mapped till he brought lone
rich material for this purpose.
He accomplished i,7?9 miles Of surveys,
and in doing this work he and his small Part y
travelled 4,8oo miles with sledges aud ca
noes. He fixed the geographical al position
Of many hundreds of points; obtained 200
photographs, the larger part Of which
appear in the volume now published; dis
covered a river. hitherto unknown, that is
nsvigabe for hundreds Of miles; and found
the position Of the Height Of Land that
separates the rivers flowing to the Arcti ic
from those which run to Hudsons Bay.
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Mr.. wilkins finds that with this device II
l. quit" praC,lcdhl" To move a tree at any
'ln'~ OF tho year. II l. lust a. well & o trans
PLAN thr tree In the summer VIII, il is full
Of .'!" ~ IN tn" winter. According 10 the
oIi custom II was better To transplant in
winter. whom the ire" was dormant
Mr.. Wilkins made n special experiment
with his Invention recently. During the
ina INA Nla'" Fair, held a short time ago,
h. had hi, trausplantor on exhibit ion, and
IN II tree that had been taken up Just be-
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trees has been slow and Ci1cuIt Tnor.-
suit was generally uncertain. Sometimes
the tree transplanted hour,hed, sometimes
II died.
One difficulty in the psf has been the
risk of injuring the bark. which j. 'h"
tenderest part of the trco Mr. wilkins
saw this danger and he haS avui 'el il.
He has made his device in ha-'ic' shape
nnt IN various sizes 10 suit yarI ,u, 'rrc~
The old method of freezing the earth ahol {
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. olks Who Get That Tired Feeling

find that melanoholia is driven away by
reading the human interest stories which
appear only III TuE SYN aud TuE Ev1NIso
kuS.-Ads.
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SHADY LAWNS MADE TOORDDR.
TREES EASILY TRiNSPLtNTED
Bl 4 NEW DEVICE.
II Clutches the Tree by the Roots and
Carries II on without Disturbing lis
GrOwth-Transplantin Possible at An,
Time NOw--TwO Men DO the Work.

Beautiful shady lawns al f'w days
notice are no longer an impossibility.
At least that Is the promise of the new tree
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VINO Read "The Sum?

Persons With money, and brains 70 sp~nt
y wisely. Therefore, IL you've anything 10
TO sell that's worth buying. advertise 4 In
TIE SUN.-Adr.
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the roots of the tree befo myI it
not neCe sary nov but the 'lrth h" To- b.
thoroughly wet bef, re tn mac inc i
brought into action.
T - tree ia encascd in steel grazing
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'orc the fair opened. Until the fair was
closed TN tree remained in the machine
II has b IN planted and he saws that i; is
trowlng bc't"r than any of the trees around
IT,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-25
"Huckleberry Queen" Dying.

1.-The 'Huckleberry Queen" wo-
mon once famous throughout this Sec
tion of the country, whose reckless
will reigned supreme over a molly
horde of ruffians and criminals, is dy-
ing in a hut near Valparaiso. The
IndlanapolisSentinel Sunday had an il
Illustrated article concerning this wo-
man who is recollected by every citi-
zen who resided here twenty years ago.
when the Queen" reigned during the
huckleberry season at the big marsh
near WalkeIton. In closing its arti-
Gle the Sentinel says: County Clerk
Charles r. Hughes, Of Peru, well re-
members an encounter he had with
the "IIuckleberry Queen. F" He said:
Il was running on the north end OF
the Lake Erie many years ago and
was just pulling freight train out of
Plymouth when / observed woman
climbing up between Two cars. /
stopped the train and walked back to
where she was and found her stand
ing on the dead woods. one foot on
one car and the other foot on the next
car She had her hands pressed against
the cars TO steady h9rSelf. She was
drunk and cursed blue streak when
| told her TO get down. Conductor
Frank Reanl then appeared on the
scene and both of us managed to un-
load her. While l held her Conductor
Ream gave my fireman the go-ahead
signal and the train pulled out. When
the caboose passed me let 60 of the
Queen and jumped on the train. She
fired stones at me, but escaped un-
injured. She was the cause of many
similar incidents on the Lake Erie. p"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-25
Old Glory Floats From Building No.
s, at BriQhtside.

A beautiful flagstaff presented by
Mr.. G. L. Morris has surmounted the
roof of No. 5. ever since it was COM
pleted, only lacking the big ball and
bronze ornament at the top TO make ii
fitting support for the stars and
stripes.
Thursday morning when Mrs. Work
paid visit to the shop to see how the
plumbing in the new kitchen was pro.
crossing, she was somewhat surprised
to find Mr.. Wiser aud his helper, Cliff.
ford Swartz. engaged in putting the
finishing touches to the ball and arrow
for the top of the staff.
The mystery of this depression from
the regular plan of work for the day
was explained when, on Mrs. Work IS
return from her morning trip to town,
she was requested to cast her eyes up
ward and behold a half-dozen or more
men on the platform at the top of the
building hosting most beautiful
flag.
For moment she thought it was the
flag used on tbs school-building, which
was presented to the children several
years ago by Mrs. Mary T. Clarke OF
Laporte, but, a word from Miss Barr
prepared her for Mr.. Robertson S pre-
sentation a little later. In few well
chosen words, Foreman Robertson in
behalf of all the workmen employed in
the construction of No. 5, begged
Mrs. Work to accept the flag as a
token of respect for herself and as an
expression of hearty goodwill toward
the Institution and its management
Following is the list of donors:
Fred Appleman, William McDuffy,
John Mcdonald, Sam Carl, Ed Lach-
er, Work Wonderlich, John Cox,
David Wiser, Barney Hillsman. An.
drew Stafford and w. S. Robertson.
These names with the presentation
and date will be painted in gold let.
terS on white silk pennanu and at.
tached to the flag.
1t is needless to add that the FLAG
will be used only on state occasions
and will be treasured among Mrs
Work S choicest possessions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-25
MANY Indians i'm Want.

The Navajo tribe of Indians in Ari-
IONA, numbering 20O,0 men, women
and chilnren, is rapidly approaching
the starvation period, and, unless
speedy and substantial aid is rendered
by the government or by the people
unofsicially, fearful distress and great
loss of life will result, according to a
statement just made by Frederick 1.
Monser, of San Francisco, the scien-
tist and lecturer, who has just return
ed with party from a six weeks ex-
ploration and collection trip among
the Navajo, Moqui and Pueblo In
dams in that state. Continued drought
and the barrenness Of their country he
says brought the Navajos to their pres
ent condition.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-25
lIliteracy Decreasing.

The illiteracy of children is decreaS-
ing in the United States, according to
to 1900 census. IN all the states there
was an increased per cent. of children
under ten years of age that were
able to read and write. If the increase
of the reading and writing children is
not great in the year to come. 1t will
be because all can do SO. By the Gen.
SuS of 1900 Nebraska headed the list
of states in the per cent. that could
read and write, the figures being 1896.
In 1890 Iowa stood first 1928. par
cent, but now it is second, with 49, SO.
Massachusetts was second in 1890,
but now it is the ninth state on the
list, though its percentage is higher
than in 1890 In 1900 Indiana was
twelfth on the list, with a percentage
of 90: in 1900 it had risen to 99.4
standing sixth in the list. Illinois has
fallen from the sixth place in 1890,
with 1915 per cent, to the fifteenth
place in 1900 and 99.1Sper cent. Ken
lucky, while down the line in both
decades, had Sl.56 per cent. in 1900,
against S5.1 in 1890. South Caro-
lima and Louisiana are at the bottom
of both lists The greatest illiteracy
is in Louisiana, CLIP per cent, of the
children being able to read and write,
which is almost 10 per cent. better
than in 1890.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-25
Roosevelt Sized Uo.

The London Times and the Stand
ard both devote editorial articles to
reviewers OF President Roosevelt Is
chances for the presidential nomina-
tion in 1904. The Times says:
The popularity of the new president
is sometimes greater and sometimes
less, but what is certain is that al
along Mr.. Roosevelt has produced a
deep and enduring impression on the
public mind. Even now the people OF
the United States do not appear tC
have quite made up their minds
about him, but no doubt is entertained
in any quarter that he is the man, the
strong man, the determined man and
the man with clear views of his own
and the courage TO assert them re-
CARELESS of the power of party wire
pullers and other influences. PreSi.
dent Roosevelt, whether in the right
or wrong in the controversies which
have risen during the last year, has
never heSitated: he has declared his
policy and placed it frankly before the
country.
The Standards comments on this
subject are somewhat similar to those
made by the Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-25
Forest Fires Are Spreading.

A special from Wyoming Wednes.
day Sept. 18th, says the forest fire
situation is growing more alarming
along the Wyoming Colorado line.
The residents of Pearl, Colo, and
Encampment fear that unless the flies
are soon checked the towns may be
wiped out.
The fires are creeping dangerously
close TO the mining camps and ranch
ing settlements, and while no loss of
life has been reported, it is feared
that isolated miners, prospectors, and
sheep herders may get caught in the
sea of flames sweeping over the dis
trict, and perish before aid can reach
them
Following the dispatch received by
Governor Richards from Secretary of
the Interior Hitchcock, in answer to
a request for more assistance in fight
ing the fire, c. w. Garbutt, forest
superintendent at Saratoga, has been
instructed to proceed at once to the
relief of Supervisor j. S. Atherly who
is fighting the fire near Pearl, Colo:
and in the southern part of this state.
He has been empowered to employ all
the help needed to bring the flames
under control. The Hahn's Peak Rail-
road company has sent every available
man to Mill Creek TO combat the tim
Der fires, which have broken out
afreSh.
Three townships have been burned
over by forest fires along the Wilson
river inTillamook county, Ore. destroy
ing timber estimated to be worth ST.
500, 900. Large bodies of timber
lands in that section have been pur-
chased by eastern capitalists during
the past year. The timber is said to
be the finest in the state, and very
little of it has been cut, owing to its
inacceSSibilitv TO market.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-25
One Thing at a Time.

The decision reached by the presi-
dent and the leading republican sem
atorS with whom he has conferred.
not to attempt tariff revision at the
next session of congress, is the only
one expedient at this time.
The industrial situation in this
country is not an abstract mathemat-
ical problem to Re solved upon great
principles. In the great field of
American prosperity the wheat and
the tares are so intermingled that to
adopt any sweeping method for re-
moving the tareS is to run great risk
of destroying the wheat as we'll.
The question is: Which do the
people desire the more-that the over
weening abuses of the trusts be curb
0r that the incidental hardShips of
Tue tariff be removed?
To that question sober and practical
men have but one answer. PrOtec-
tion benefits millions who neither
gain nor lose by the trusts. There
fore let the tariff alone and attend to
the trusts.
The first step toward curbing trust
evils is plainly indicated by the facts
and practically agreed upon by all
concerned. 1t is that these great
corporations shall give a wholesome
publicity to their dOingS. That step
can injure no legitimate enterprise,
and will be opposed by no man whose
intentions are really honest.
When that step is taken-when the
results of publicity are seen-then
other steps may be necessary. One
of these steps may have to be a revis-
ion of the tariff. But to ir Sjst upon
taking that possible step now is both
unnecessary and reckless.
For we cannot, without endanger-
ing prosperity, curb the the trusts
and revise the tariff at the same
time. One industrial situation is too
complex thus to be dealt with on all
sides at once. To take up both these
questions would call in question the
whole foundation upon which our
Industrial system is built.
All lines OF Industry would halt
until the uncertainty as to their future
should be ended. The mill would
work upon positive orders only. The
merchant would buy only what he
felt sure he could fell at once Con-
sumers would purchase for immediate
needs only. Producers would have to
wait until the terms upon which they
should hereafter produce were deter
mined. And such conditions are what
we call ''hard times.''
When confronted with such situa-
ton, in which the welfare of all the
people is bound up, it evidently be-
hooveS the nation and its chosen
leaders to move cautiously. Complete
success in the whole task can be
achieved only by doing one thin g at a
time.-Inter Ocean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-25
DR.. hurty Fears Smallpox.

DR.. J. n. Hurry, secretary of state
board of health says that unless I'M
usual precautions are taken there will
be greater epidemic of smallpox this
winter than anv previous season. The
disease, which has been appearing in
mild form only, is beginning to take
on more serious character, and DR..
Hurry says the kind of smallpox en-
cOuntered this winter will be the
severest. In several communities in
the north part of the state smallpox
in its severe form is causing consider
able trouble.
"The people will not learn, said
DR.. Hurry, until it is too late. Pre-
cautions should be taken now that
would prevent further spread of the
disease, but from precedent 1 doubt if
they will be. You know the evil pro-
phet is always looked down upon, but
latter. when it is too late, the situa-
ton is different. l do hope the peo-
pie of Indiana will learn from the way
in which smallpox has invaded the
state to be more careful and take pre-
cautions, particularly since the dis
ease has taken on its severeSt form.
Smallpox next winter will not be what
it has been. Lives will be lost"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-25
Mound Builders Relics.

George Method, a farmer north oil
Milford, last week plowed up mum.
Der of rare relics which evidently be.
long to the Mound builders age
They consist OF portions of a mill of
that era for grinding feed, two round.
finely polished stones with ridges
around them horizontally, the largest
weighing seventeen pounds. At the
same time Mr.. Method found a pecu.
liarly shaped stone of fine quality, up.
on which the most delicate razor can
be honed to unusual keeness in a few
minutes. Another of the relics has
been pronounced by j. P. Dolan. ex-
superintendent Of the Syracuse
schools, to be ''guzz" or family
record OF that time, upon which each
child's advent was recorded by a
mark, which was carefully crossed of
in case Of the child s death. This record
shows eight children In the family.
1t had hole IN it so IL could be hung
about the neck.-Napranee Advance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-25

The withdrawal of Speaker Hender-
son from the congressional race came
as stunning blow to Washington. IL
is the only sensational political sur
prise of recent years. Its possibility
had never been discussed by the busy
political gossipers who tackle almost
everything which is possible or impOS-
sible. The first conclusion was that
it was political trick, and that a
second republican convention would
refuse to accept the resignation. This
conjecture did not seem to tit very
well after the letter had been read.