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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-05-28

Hereafter road supervisors will be
elected by the voters OF the road dis
trict in which they serve. Hereto
fore the entire township voted for
road supervisors, and the voters of a
road district really had very little
voice in the matter. Under the new
law better opportunity will be af.
forded for residents of road districts to
select the man they desire.
Section l and 2 in chapter 1S4 OF
the Acts of 1908, the last session
says: IAN election shall be held the
first Saturday after the first Monday
in January, 1905, and every two
years thereafter in every road dis
trict in each county.
1.-The trustee shall post up or cause
to be posted up in at least two public
places in eoch road district on or be-
fore the first Monday in January.
written or printed notices of an cleo
tion for . supervisor In said road dis
trict. An inspector shall be named
by the trustee, said trustee being in
spector In his district. The inspector
shall appointStWo clerks, who, with
the inspector shall form the election
board, and none but legal and quail
flied voters In the district will be al
lowed to vote therein.
"This AFT of the general assembly
prevents az voters in an incorporated
town or city to vote for a supervisor
Ia . rural road district.
Said election board are to serve
without pay"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-05-28
Rev. o. S. Thornberry Goes to Bucyrus.

Rev. o. S. Thornberry has finally
decided to accept the call of the Pres
byterian church at Bucyrus, o.. and
will leave for his new field of labor in
two or three weeks.
At a meeting held Wednesday eve-
ming the church here accepted his res
ignatiOn, feeling that taking all
things into consideration it was the
best for Mr.. Thornberry and the
work In which he is engaged.
He and his wife have endeared
themselves to the church and the en-
tire community. Their going away
will be distinct loss to the entire
CITY.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-05-28
Fred Bertsch.

Fred BertSch died at his home in
Bourbon at l O'Clock Thursday morn
ing. He was about SO years old and
had been a resident of Bourbon and
vicinity many years. His wife died a
few months ago. He leaves six chill
dren, all married. Funeral services
were held at Bourbon Friday.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-05-28
Big Profit and Surplus.

The annual statement Of the Lake
Shore for the fiscal year ending De-
cember 81, 1902, shows that the gross
earnings were $50. 449, 292: operating
expenses and taxes, s21, 9s9, O64; net
earnings IS. 460,22S; income from
other sources, s1,66S. $40; gross in
come, $40, 12S.792
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-05-28
Notice.

The popular st. Joe excursions via
l. l. & l. r. r. will start May 81, and
be run each Sunday thereafter during
the summer. Good fishing, boating,
bathing and in fact all sorts of amuse-
ments. For further particulars see
the bills, inquire at L. /. s. 1. ticket
Office, or address, w. L. Ross, ID p. A.
StreatOr. Ills.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-05-28

Avoid all dryiag inhalants and use
that which cleanseS and heals the
membrane. Ely s Cream Balm is such
a remedy and cures Catarrh easily and
pleasantly. Cold in the head van
ished quickly. Price 80 cents at
druggists or by mail.
Catarrh caused difficulty in speak
ing and to a great extent loss Of hear
ing. By the use Of Ely s Cream Balm
dropping of mucous has ceased, voice
and hearing haye greatly improved.
-. W. Davidson, Atty at Law,
Monmouth, I'll.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-05-28
Fatal Accident in Polk Township.

Alfred Ewing, resident of South
Bend, aged 20 years, who was hauling
lumber and shingles from Walkerton
to George Dolph'S, near Teegarden,
fell from his wagon Friday and the
hind wheels passed over his body and
his head killing him almost instantly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-05-28

The 1. 1. s. l. B. b. will inaugurate
their popular cheap rate excursions to
st. Joe, Mich, May 81. There will
be more attractions this year than
ever before and good time is insured
yor everyone. For rates and full par
ticulars inquire at 1. /. G 1. Ticket
Office or address W. L. Ross, d. P A..
Streator, Ills.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-05-28


buy the entire holdings of the smaller
company. Included in this deal will
be thousands of acres Of Adams county
land. The purchase price will be close
to 81 ,000. 900, of which amount $500, :
600 will be for leases in this part of
the field.
After iaborious search of the
scriptures for a justification of the
tobacco habit, a Goshen man who
started with the first chapter of Gen.
esis, but reached the last chapter OF
Revelation without finding anything
worthy Of note, was swaying on the
verge Of despair, when in the middle
OF the eleventh verse at the second
clause, be paused, read twice, slapped
his leg, took fresh chew and read
aloud: HE that is filthy, let him be
filthy still. .-Goshen Democrat.
An officer row at Fort Leavenworth
is reported to have found thSt mar
rage to a Filipino woman, which be
regarded as merely temporary alli-
ance. is legal in this country and will
interfere with The fulfilIment of his
engagement to an American girl.
The Filipino wife has arrived in this
country to look after her rights, and
is causing him much embarrassment.
A number Of other officers, to say
nothing of privates, who also loved
and married and ran away, win. it is
said, be much Disconnected by this
discovery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
Why He Didn't Go Home.
the Philadelphia Press.

FROM the PhlIadelphla Press.
You're looking bad" said Snuggins.
Buggns certainly did look bad. His
eyes had large dark rings under them. his
face was pale, and his left cheek was hor-
ribly swollen.
"Bad!' he snorted. 80 would You look
bad If you'd been through what have"
What's the trouble?"
We'll. I've had jumping neuralgia since o
O'Clock this morning, If that's what Won
want to know. But that's not the trouhIe
The trouble is that I've been walking about
the streets with 1t since daylight
But the streets are no place for vo,, -
protested Snuggins, IF you have neurai-
gla You ought to stay home"
That's all you know about It," snar1ed
Buggins. Homes no place for me when
I'm sick" "iieh
Why, your wife used to be a trained
nurse"
Exactly. She can give me the best at
tention-from a medical standpoint: she
knows just what ought to be done and
does it. But there the matter ends. SYM
pathy's what l want, and that she won't
give to any sick man. She saws she
wouldn't have been good nurse If she
hadn't got rid of her sympathy in the frst
year of her training. She is always we'll
herself and can't appreciate what pain is.
Go home? Not much!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
NEST-BUILDING FISH.
Nature Affords Safe Asylum for the
Helpless Fishes.
From the Scientific American.

From the Scientific American
1t is doubtful whether protective mfmicry
among animals is better exemplifed than
IN the case of the fish commonly known
as the marbled angler of the Sargasso sea
Pterophryne histrio). Owing to it's peculiar
structure, 1t is poor swimmer and it
therefore spends most of its life moving
slowly about on the bottom. among corals
Seaweed, etc, which these fishes CLOSELY
resemble in color and in outline They
cnng, too, to the floating masses of sar-
sassuin weed with their pediculated fins.
and the color markings of the fish closely
resemble the weed itself Not only does
the weed thus furnish a home for this
species. but the fish actually constructs a
nest from 1T and therein deposits it's eggs
one OF these nests, found in connection
With the Hassler expedition in 1871, was
described as consisting of a round mass
OF SargaSSum, about the size of two fists
rolled up together. To all appearances It
was made of nothing but this gulf weed.
the branches and leaves of which Were,
however, evidently knit together and not
merely tangled into a roundish mass, for,
though some of the leaves and branches
hung loose from the nest, it became al once
visible that the bulk of the ball was held
together by threads trending in every d.
rection among the seaweed.
By close observation it became appar-
ent that this mass of seaweed was nest,
the central part of which was bound up
in the form of a ball, with several loose
branches extending in various directions,
by means of which the whole was kept
floating. On still closer examination the
nest above described was found TO be full
of eggs which were scattered throughout
the mass.
Nature has thus afforded q safe asy-
lum for these somewhat helpless fishes,
whose cutaneous filaments, which are plen-
tfully provided on the belly, around tho
mouth and the dorsal spine, so nearly
resemble the weed itself that predaceous
&c, foil to ncrFnizn ha 1iyfn
animals, and thus the latter escape eX-
termina ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
Tricking the Bartender.
from the Philadelphia Record.

An Atlantic City bartender contributes
this to the symposium exploiting the dead
beat: "a man comes in the other day
and says: Give me a glass of beer
draws the beer, sets 1t before him and he
says: That's too big. Give me a short
one.' draws him a short one and he looks
at 1t suspicious like. That amt good beer
he says, holding 1t up to the light VIII
you exchange 1T for a drink of whiskyP
Sure 1 says, and sets out the bottle and
glasses. He drinks the whisky and starts
for the door. Come back and SETTLE I
says. He comes back all right. but says:
I don't owe you anything. You exchanged
that drink of whisky for the short beer
That's right says I, but you didn't pay
for the short beer L know he says. but
1 gave you the large beer for it, But you
didn't pay for the large beer I says. I
didn't drink it. says he. and begins to
laugh. Well, say, he had me all right. and
I had to laugh, too. gave him a quarter
and told him to go across the street and
work the same game over there. He took
the quarter, and then says: I've worked
that place already. The bartender over
there gave me quarter to come over hero
and try the game on you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
Weight as an Indicator Of Health.

From SUCCESS.
In children at the growing period" We
are assured by a recent medical writer,
weight is quite the most important indica-
ton of general health that we can have.
The Importance of keeping careful and
systematic record of weight at this time
cannot be exaggerated. Such observations.
taken, say, at intervals Of two weeks apart
for several years. are of great value TO
the physician in furnishing information re-
garding the childs real condition of health.
A growing child, the writer goes on to say,
should weigh, at five, about a pound for
every inch of its height, and after this the
increase should be about two pounds per
inch of growth, or a little more. When
weight exceeds this 1t is rather sign or
good health than otherwise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

our studio to be used models. The fact
that We tolerated it shows how much we
thought of Luna. He showed a most bar
barrie disregard of the dead-the only orr
entail trait / ever noticed in him. He
thought nothing of lifting and throwing
the lifeless bodies around as IL they were
mere sacks of potatoes Rodriguez pro-
tested one day, saying:
Show some respect for death, Luna;
they were once living men like We
Bah" answered Luna; they are dead
and can't feel What prejudices you Euro
peanS have. We believe more in treating
the living with respect.
Luna was a most obliging fellow. He
thought nothing of posing for several hours
as a model for some impecunious fellow
student unable to hire a model. 1t was
strikinEly funny to see his brown body
in the garb of Greek warrior or a Calab-
rian brigand, but his fine physique made
him desirable model.
Toward the latter part of his four years
study, in 1883. he finished his first master
piece 'Spoliarium.' One day he was hard
at work. lost in the esthetic delight of lay
ing on the colors. / was watching him from
a divan in the corner of the studio. Suddenly
| heard steps on the stairway, and the por-
there's of the doorway, just behind Luna,
parted. jumped up, for there stood King
Humbert and Queen Margherita Of Italy.
with their suite. Luna was too absorbed in
his work to have heard. He was dressed in
his worst rags, for he had habit of WHIP
ing his brushes on his clothes
The king and queen paused behind Luna
and gaZed with admiration at the painting
of heroic size before them. The king held
up his hand. demanding silence. Thus all
of us stood. Detrified. while Luna pranced
up and down before his canvas, unconscious
of his august audience.
Suddenly he turned and saw the king.
For a second he was daZed, then instinct
lively glanced down at his t-besmeared
clothes.
Your majesties.' he said, I would offer
my hand, but 1t is full of paint
THAT visit meant great deal to the
young Filipino artist. Their majesties were
in ecstasies over his work, and offered to
buy 1t al a high price. Finally the Spanish
minister to Rome heard of it. and he per-
suaded the royal couple to let the Spanish
government have it, as Luna subject
of the Spanish king. So today Luna's first
great painting hangs in the Prado Of Mad
rid"
Since then Luna has done much work, some
for various European monarchs. Several
years after he married white woman, who
caused him to become involved in a great
scandal, wherein his fierce tropical temper
ament asserted itself. and he shot and
killed her. However, a French jury in
Paris acquitted him, and today he lives in
Europe. Late reports have it that he will
soon present to the artistic public a paint
ing. the subject of which will be an incident
of the late wars in the Philippines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
A Yankee Trick in Matches.
From the New York Times.

"WiN you let me have a few matches ?",
asked the cigarette smoker at a bar up
in Connecticut the other day, and the
bartender passed out long box contain
ing matches twice the usual length.
What are these big sticks for?" asked
the youth.
ITO make the matches awkward to
carry away" explained the bartender.
Every smoker who spends q nickel for
drink used to fill his vest pocket with
matches, and 1t cost me a pretty penny.
would take box of them. Then caught
on to this Yankee trick. These matches
won't go into a vest pocket, and a box of
them lasts as long as q gross Of the 9TH
ers. My match bill amounts to almost
nothing now"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

ploy a number of gentlemen who bore the
sonorous titles Of assistant superintendent,
purchasing agent and the like but who did
not apparently devote themselves to print
ing" I infer from this part OF the super
intendents report that, while he Is I'M
doubtedly an excellent man for the place he
holds, he Is not a success in providing for
statesmen who pose as live statuary IN me
corridors of Boston's city hall. Possibly,
though, he pleases the taxpayers all the
better because of that deficiency" To one
not interested In the municipal patronage
of Boston a perusal of Superintendent
Whalen's report conveys the conviction
that he is 1.-THE right man in the right
place." AUGUST DONATE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
He Objected.


From Puck.
First ..iephant-'How does Tusas. like
to be a circus elephantT
Second Elephant-''Well. he doesn't mind
being circus elephant, but he complains
that sometimes they make a monkey Of
him"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

"Pa." said the little Kansas boy, "here's
a queer word, B-dOuble-o-z-e-booze. What
does that mean7"
THAT, my son." said the prominent citi-
zen of the prohibition state. ''is an eastern
slang term for 'spiritus frumenu.' "-Phila.
delphia Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

What" asked the inquisitive person.
us the difference between q thief and a
kleptomaniacT
"The former steals 10 live" replied the
wise guy, "and the later lives to steal
Chicago NeVA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

Mrs. North-'How does the weather here
In Washington agree with your"
Mrs. Weston. don't mind It; but It
has never agreed with my husband"
How long has your husband been in the
weather bureauT.-Yonkogo Statesman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

A meeting of the alumni association of
the Washington College was held in Vino
daughsis headquarters last Thursday even
ing. Mrs. Jennie ]. Munroe is the presi-
dent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

The Beneficent Society of the Peoples
Church gave a surprise house-warming to
Mrs. Kent at her rev home on r street at
II O'Clock on Thursday, and presented a
sum of money to her for the church. About
forty ladies were present. Mrs. Hattie E.
Abbott is the president, and Mrs. George
r. Davis the secretary of this society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

Unique Invitations in rhyme, printed on
square of brown pasteboard, have been
issued for the Halloween party to be held
by the Edith K. Roosevelt Auxiliary of the
Spanish War Veterans this evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
In Premature Blossom.

'"rhat explains why when a few warm,
sunny days come in mid-winter Gas have
seen in the public parks of the city of
Washington such Towering shrubs will
break out in premature blossomsT I said.
Exactly. Let me add that in temperate
climates the repose Of many plants does
not correspond at all with the winter, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

ed to Washington are fencers. Recently
they organized a fencing club with head.
quarters on 10th street near the British ems
Ia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

daSten1nS the Bloom.
'IIow soon will they bloom if they are
now treated in the forcing hothouse2' I
asked
IF you are treating liacs, ten days after
ward the thyrsus are developed and the
Towering is complete in period of from
five to eight days. Lilacs in the same state
of advancement not treated by ether-even
when they are most apt for forcing-would
require from ten to twenty days longer,
not to speak of the fact that their vegeta-
ton and Towering will be much more in
complete, by reason of the aborting of a
great number of their buds. Also, with
ether. the thyrsus are immensely better de-
veloped the flowers perfectly opened, and
accompanied by an ample growth of leaves;
all this in gaining time enormously, the
more SO the further off happens to be the
normal period of Towering.
DO you always use ether?' I asked,
finally.
mo; chloroform will do as we'll, and in
some cases, such as the Deutzia gracilis and
the Prunus triloba, 1t does better but in re-
duced doses. It's density is twice as high
and it's action four times as strong as that
of ether. Therefore it's dose, by cubic meter
of air ought to be between so and 100 gram
mes. And further, as 1t penetrates more
slowly and acts less quickly it demands a
longer time to make your plants properly
drunk.always more than forty-eight
hours"
Happy dowersl" I exclaimed. Does any
one know how and why booze has so fortu-
nate an effect upon them?"
Now you are coming to biology" said
my horticulturist. There Is hot dispute
among biologists. Some say that as plants
have no nervous system they cannot get
drunk
THAT seems reasonable" answered
"Others say that as plants get drunk
they must have a nervous system"
And that seems reasonable, too.
STERLING HELLO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

Mrs Grace Boynton Logan, member of
the Thursday Literary Society, gave read
ing for the blind last Monday on THE Ma
donna in Art"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

Mrs. ]. Ellen Foster. president Of the
Woman's National Republic, has gone to
Canada to visit her sister. Mrs. Charles
Pierce. who is seriously i'll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

Miss Ida Finney Mackrille, vice president
of the Womans Suffrage Club. left last
Monday for a few weeks in Atlantic City.
She has resigned as member of the COM
mittee appointed to decide on the Elizabeth
Cady Stanton Memorial, owing to the con-
dittOn of her health
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-06-12
A Terrapin Farm.

When he gets it into working condition
according to bis present plans, w. Rulon
Williamson will have the unique farm
of South Jersey. He is going to raise
diamond-back terrapin, and he has the
details all worked out for winning a for
June from the product Of his labor and
pains, for the diamond-back terrapin, the
joy of the eplcure's heart, are very scarce
and very high in price.
Mr.. Williamson has laid out IL acres OF
proper land in the vicinity Of his home at
Hancock's Bridge, this county, OH which
to grow his crop. The plot will be sur
rounded By a 12-foot mud bank, our
mounted by a 4-foot fence, SO that rob
bers may not break in and steal his treas
ure, and that the treasure may not break
out and wander away. He says he win
have the farm ready by September 1,
when he will "plant'' 1000 cow terrapin,
each one Of which will be expected to lay
at least 20 eggs each spring, which," ar
CUES MI. Williamson, "means 20, 900 ter
rapin, and / would be able to have 10, 600
terrapin, counting one-half to be lost. AS
they grow to be counts in IL years, it
would mean, at the price, $50 per dozen,
$4,000"
Mr.. Williamson says his farm will also
be devoted to raising German Carp and
bull-frogs for market.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-06-12
BenedictiOn.
Fishing Notes.

The shad fishing season will close on
Monday. A few continue to fish this
week, but the catches we're small. On
Monday as high as from 20 to 80 were
caught. Edw. S. Harris & Son made an
exceptional catch Of 40. Mr.. Harris also
caught six buck sturgeon.
The price was $35 this week.
The shad fishing season has been about
as profitable to the fishermen as usual as
the increased price made up for the small
er catch. The average price of shad this
year will be 4 little over $25 a hundred
for the pay fishermen and a little less for
the river men, with a general average of
about $25. The best Bay nets have
caught from 5000 to 1900 shad and CASH
ed from $500 to 81, 900. The River fish
ermen have caught from 1000 to 5000 shad
and cashed from $500 to $3.50 for the best
nets.
1t has been q very poor season for the
carriers because they receive only SO
much per shad whether the catch be
large or small. The shippers also have
not had q very profitable year.
The sturgeon fishermen arrived home
from the Bay this week. They have had
a mor profitable season than for some
years.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-06-12
Civilized ~snappcrs..


The pet loggerheads, or swapping tur-
ties which Mrs. Joshua Thorpe has
civilized, have been sent to the Zoologi-
cal Garden, Philadelphia. As they are
known to be Of very slow growth. she de-
sired tp learn about their probable age es-
timated at any weight.
Mrs. Thorp placed the eggs i'll a com-
mon flower pot, filed with sand, keeping
it at an ordinary degree OF moisture. The
receptacle was set in a flower bed i'll the
garden. The eggs were set on June 20,
1900, and matched on October 8, 1900.
weight when Matched one 3 drachms, two
81 drachms each. On Feb. 8, 1901, when
4 months old. two weighed 64 drachms
each, III 81 drachms. On June s, 1901
they weighed one Il two q ounces.
When IL months old they weighed "a, Al
and 4 ounces On June 5 1903, weight
n IA ounces, others 81 ounces.
They had been kept in an aquarium
and fed by hand and were so homestead.
ed that their wild vicious nature was alb
solutely unnoticeable. They were fed on
meat or fish every day all the year round
which caused such rapid growth that
their shells did not become hard and
they were at least twice the size of those
in a wild state, of the same age.