The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-30
Will NJ. Cochran. of the Marion

Will NJ. Cochran, of the Marion
News Tribune, was visiting his faith
er in Argos and came to Plymouth to
the Beveridge meeting. He was a
Marshall county school teacher ten or
twelve years ago.
The net earnings of the Illinois
state fair this year were So, Ito, which
goes TO show that, Notwithstanding
the drift toward the great cities,
many people are still interested in
matters relating to the soil.
The make up of the republican
county ticket this year is such that no
fault can be found with it. Every
man is well qualified for the position
he seeks and the ticket is well dis
tributed throughout the county.
Jules Levy, the Elkhart cornetist,
has brought suit i'll the United States
court at Indianapolis against ex-Con-
gresham Conn for $780, 900 damages.
He charges that Conn criminally IL
beled his reputation as a cornetist.
President Roosevelt is forty-four
years of age, but in spite Of the fact
that some railroads have no use for
old men over thlrty-tive he thinks he
might still, bust broncho or two if
necessary without losing his breath.
A famous statesman, ON being ask
ed what he considered the greatest
type of beauty in women, replied:
"The woman who is beautiful and
does not know it, and the homely wo-
man who by her intelligence and
graceful bearing makes you forget it. !"
The one poem most often translat-
ed into every language of the civilized
and uncivilized world was written by
a woman-"The Ode to Aphrodite, I"
by Sappho. Shakespeare sworks have
borne the test of but three centuries:
Sappho's have stood twenty-five GEN.
turies.
Some democrats say voters should
not support Milton f. Beck for county
surveyor because he has not had much
experience as surveyor, but many
other democrats do not know that
Harry CRUDE is surveyor. They
think that John Butler is the county
surveyor and A. North is his deputy
j. II. Roper, a prominent business
man of Hobart, member of the firm
of Roper s. Smith, died Saturday
morning of typhoid fever, He was
about 40 years old and leaves wife
and four children. Three other chill
dren are down with the same disease.
Mr.. Roper was brother of Mrs. E.
B Parish of near Inwood.
For many weeks recently there was
scarcely death reported in this vi
cinity, but last Sunday morning there
were four cOrpSeS in this city and
another near the city. They were
John w. Houghton, Mrs. Emanuel
Price, Mrs. William Everly. Bernard
Hillsman and Willard, the little son
of Mr.. and Mrs. BoSworth.
Mrs. William Everly, who had been
lying at the point of death for sever
al days, died Saturday evening. Short
funeral services were held at the
residence Tuesday morning at 9
O'Clock and the remains taken to
Palestine Christian church in Kos
ciuskO county near her old home
where services will be held in the
afternoon.
Living expenses may he greater
than they were two or three years
ago. But there is no doubt that the
average man, finding employment
easy to get and wages higher than
ever before, is not greatly distressed
at the greater cost of food or rent.
Men feel the pinch when, no matter
how cheap food may, they are out of
work and have nothing to buy with.
A London justice has just made an
important decision regarding dress
makers disputes. He will not have