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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-04
Woman's Opinion of Women's Opinions.

And SO you weep for La Fronde? But,
mon annie, it was doomed from the COM
mencement. How was it possible for
the clever women at the head of the un-
,dertaking to imagine they would find suf-
hcient women supporters for a political
newspaper? That men, in any number,
should read the questions Of the day,
treated from a womanS point Of view
was not to be reckoned on, and that
women would take their opinions from
women, no. matter how well seasoned
and expressed, was the very last thing
they We're likely to do.
l have known many women. in many
countries, and I have invariably found
that they have no faith in women's opin-
lens ON ANYTHING but clothes. We are all
alike in this respect. We will talk chif-
to her. and believe in her judgment; but
politics, or theology, or painting, or mu-
sic with anybody but a man? Certain
" not, and we never shall We women
will be charming to each other, and
laugh together over anything comical,
drink tea, and go shopping together, but
we never want to hear each others opin-
ion on any subject but dress, and we
never get it.
Why is this? Can I dare write the
truth? Be prepared to be shocked or to
agree. It is simply because women are
not as natural with women as they are
with men. Think it out, and you will
see that I am right. You may imagine,
perhaps. that all this has very little to
do with the end of La Fronde. But it
has.-The Inquirer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-04
Chewing Gum for the insane

Chewing gum is regularly supplied to
inmates of asylums by the Minnesota
state board of control. It's use is often
found to have an excellent effect upon
patients, soothing them during violent
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-04
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.

written a brilliant essay on some deep
and intricate subject ?''-The Sun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-04
For Sale-A Blue-Eyed Boy.

"a woman came down to Park row
the other morning with baby in her
arms, and, peerng through the advertls-
ing windows of one Of the big dailles,
dictated the following and asked to have
it inserted:
FOR SALE-MY LITTLE LEOPOLD
Wagner. He is only year and months
old, with blue eyes like the sky and light
hair. and chubby and good like an angel.
l cannot support him any more. I am
Leopold. but will sell him for $500 if l
get it from nice Jewish family. Mrs.
Nellie Wagner, 81 Cannon street.
This clipping from a New York paper
is one that will touch the heart Of every
mother.
Think of it, women of Philadelphia.
Take it to yourselves, mothers Of fam
lilies. Perhaps you, too. have a little
son with eyes blue as the sky and light
hair, chubby and good as an angel.
Suppose the dreadful day came that
there was no more milk to be had for
to give him a crust. You do all you can,
but the large family needs more money
| than you can earn.
So this woman offers to sell the dar-
ling of her heart for $5O0-if a nice jew
| ish family can be found to take him.
| She will battle him for the last time and
kiss each dimDle of the fat, sweet body
goodbye. She will put on clean Clothes
however old or faded. She will comb
| out his light hair and look fondly into
the blue eyes.
Her mother heart is breaking, but it is
| the best that can be done. She will hold
him to her heart as if to crush him. But
the parting moment will come, and she
will hear his toddling feet for the last
time A thousand kisses do not suffice.
Goodbye, little Leopold Wagner. God
keep you, little son, in His care. Good
bye, blue-eyed darling Of my heart.
She goes home, and the bitter comfort
ing truth is in her heart that he will soon
forget her. He will miss her a day or
SO, but if lhey are good to him and the
home is pleasant he will in time forget
her
So she, perhaps, will get her $500, and
the other children will benefit thereby.
Her heart aches. but women's hearts are
made to ache. Five hundred dollars is a
good deal to her, even if it is a paltry
sum to the woman who pays more than
| that for a gown.
Yes, $500 will buy a gown or supply
the flowers for a fine dinner or ball IT
will not buy the rich woman's automo-
bile nor purchase a certain Oriental rug
she yearns for.
But it is this child's price, and the
mother sacrifices herself and her baby
for the want and need of just that sum-
Verify this is a strange world.-Tele-
graph
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-04
Who Pays.

w 1Ao avs.
Should allow man to pay my car
fare and church collection? If I ask
him to do something for me that involves
expense, how should / manage about Civ
ing him the money!"
Lots Of girls who want to be sure
about the little things of social life, ask
these questions. And it is just as we'll
they should know. It is hundred times
than too careless in her money transac
tons with men.
The girl who tightly asks man to
stamp letter, or SEND a telephone mes
sage, without giving him the money, is
at fault. 1t is not likely to impoverish
him, indeed. 1t is not the mere amount
OF these trlfilng sums, but the fact that
she PUTS herself under obligations to him
by borrowing money, and acquires at the
same time an unmistakable reputation
for carelessnesS and 1axity.
Whenever you ask a man to do any
commission for you give him the money
before he goes to execute it. Give him
just the right amount if you know it;
otherwise, more than enough to cover it,
and trust the masculine carefulness in
money matters to bring you the right
change, without asking how much it was
AS to church collections, a girl who
cares to give at all will wish to give her
own. She should not go to church with
man without being prepared to make
her own Offering; to expect him to make
il for her is about the same as sitting
back listlessly in her seat while he ex..
erts himself to fill both her part and his
own in the service.
If for any unavoidable reason she Is
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-04
Little Essays About Girls.

There is one good result which l firmly
believe girls are going to get out of their
collective life, and that is a fuller devel-
.opment of the sense Of honor. This is a
delicate subject. Everyone knows that
women are generally better than men.
Their standards of purity and temperance
and reverence and kindness and self-sac-
riice are higher, and they are more in
earnest about living up to them. But one
thing is lacking-a clearer conception and
q stronger sense of that fine flower Of
fair dealing which is called honor.
Women are inclined remember, l am
speaking collectively, and with full allow
ance for a multitude of beautiful eXcep-
'tions) to think somewhat lightly of obliga-
tlons which rest merely upon a taclt I'M
derstanding and mutual confidence. They
are not trained to state Of things IN
which nod of the head amounts to a
binding contract, and a gesture of the
hand is a promise to pay good money
They have SO long enjoyed the privilege
of changing their minds that they regard
1t as a reserved right. only surrendered
when they have actually signed a docu-
ment. Within the limits of the law they
will do their best to get out of things that
they do not like. 1t is not easy for them
to see why they should not take an ad-
vantage when it is for their interest to do
SO. They have a tendency to regard the
states of love and war as perpetual and
universal, and to deal with their rivals
and their enemies according to the old
maxim which says that everything is fair
under those conditions.-Dr. Henry Van
Dyke, in Harper's Bazaar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-04

the other morning with a baby in her
arms, and, peering through the advertis-
ing windows of one of the big dailies
dictated the following and asked to have
If insert ed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-09
Storm Did Much Damage.

The storm of Wednesday afternoon
and evening did much damage. The
rain was very heavy south and south
east of this city aud In Fulton and
Miami counties.
Perry Sarber's barn, on his farm
five miles southwest of Plymouth.
was struck by lightning and burned
to the ground. Two hundred bushels
of wheat, 100 bushels of corn, all his
hay, oats and some farming utensils
were destroyed by the fire. Seven
head of cattle and one horse persisted
in the flames and another horse was
badly burned.
A section of the L. E. & w. rail-
road was washed out between Tiosa
and Rochester, and another section
was washed out near Denver. All the
low land in the vicinity of Rochester
and Denver is reported under water
and trains were delayed from eight to
ten hours. Hail also did considerable
damage in the country near Bourbon
and south of there.
In the country few miles north of
Plymouth there was only light
shower, and there was not too much
rain in this city. The Presbyterian
church here was struck by lightning
and the lights burned out, but was not
much damaged otherwise.
Mr.. Sarber held 81, 800 insurance in
the Marshall Home company, but it
will not cover his loss by several hum
dred dollars.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-09
A Word Of Caution.

The approach of Independence day
has caused the state board Of health
to sound the usual warning for the
careful treatment of the children who
are sure to fall victims to fireworks on
the GLORIOUS Fourth. 1t points out
that last year forty-two out OF the
sixty-tbree deaths from lockjaw were
caused by Fourth of July accidents.
Most of the cases were caused by the
improper treatment of the injuries.
A blank cartridge wound is really
dangerous. If left to nature, lockjaw
will result il almost every case. The
lockjaw organism is not on the cart
ridge, but frequently is IN the dirt on
the child's hand. The wad or piece
of metal drives she dirt deep into the
wound. where it remains. The mi
crobes grow readily there, and lock-
jaw follows. Every firecracker or
blank cartridge wound should accord
ingly be thoroughly cleansed, disin-
fected and antiseptically dressed.
This should not be neglected simply
because it hurts the patient.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-09
MORTUARY
Mrs. John WensZier.

Rosa G.. wife of John WenSzler,
died at her home 10 this city. Wednes-
day afternoon, July 1, 1908, aged 60.
years, i months and II days.
Deceased was born in Basel, Swift
zerland, Feb. IA, 1843. Her parents
died there and she came to America,
landing in this country in August
1870, where she married John wensz-
Ter few hours later, came to Plym-
outh, and resided here until her death.
She was kind and faithful wife,
mother and friend, but for nineteen
years had been confined to her home
by complication OF diseases, and for
four years previous TO her death she
was almost entirely helpless.
She leaves a husband and one daugh-
ter, Rosa, who during all the long
years Of her mothers illness was her
constant attendant. three sons, John,
of Fort Wayne, and Fred and Willie,
OF this city.
Funeral services were held at the
home just east of the Brownlee bridge
at $3.50 p. M, Friday. Services were
conducted by Rev. c. e. Weiss of the
German Evangelical church, of which
deceased was member. and the re-
mains were inferred at Oak Hill.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-09
The Punishme nt Of Crime.

Secretary Butler of the State Board
of Charities declares that the popula-
tion of prisons in the country is stead
lily decreasing. He says this is par
ticularly true of the prison at Michi-
gan City. Some of those who give
some study to this question of crime
and its punishment believe that there
are two causes for this decrease, the
reform of the methods of furnishing
crime in various states and generally
prosperous condition of the country.
These two reasons may possibly have
helped somewhat, but there is third
and we believe more potent reason,
and that is the growing laxity in the
enforcement of law against crimes.
The present tendency toward lynch
Law has some foundation in the TACT
that people have no established con-.
fidence that certain crimes will meet
punishment, and the delays. Of the
law, necessary and unnecessary, cause
many a Charge to 60 unmade and
many a crime to go UNPUBLISHED.
Crimes which filled our prisons twenty
i've years ago too often escape public
officials fail to do their duty, juries
tend to acquit, and lawyers secure i'm
munity from punishment by tricks of
law. Twenty five years ago 1t was
rare case if an official failed of convic-
tion when he was caught taking the
public funds, but now the bondsmen
hurry up to the captains office and
settle the deficit when they can find
among the goods and chattels Of the
defaulter sufficient to reimburse them,
and the jury acquits of crime because
the money taken was paid back. We
are fain to believe that the decreas.
ing population of state prisons is due
far more to the laxity of enforcement
of law, and to the apathy that gen.
eral crime is not punished.-Elkhart
Review.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-09
Competition For Packers.

1t is altogether likely that compe-
ution, either latent or active, will pre-
vent the establishment of any very
oppressive monopoly in the packing
business, but we cannot be quite sure
that the effective competition will be
supplied by concerns a,owedly estab-
lished to flight the big packers, -
such as are said to be under way in
the west.
Such concerns may derive their
original capital, as appears to be the
present instance, from parties and In
terests naturally hostile to the mono
poly which is to be fought. Wealthy
stockmen. small shopkeepers and labor
unions are said TO have supplied most
of the original capital for the "trust-
busting" packing plants, and SO long
as these interests keep control some
thing like effective competition may
be expected.
But experience has shown that in
such cases the monopoly fighters are
likely to be swallowed up by the mo-
nopolists. There is nothing to hinder
holders OF stock from selling or mo-
nOpOlists from buying, and the latter
lind various ways OF bringing pressure
to bear on the former to sell. They
can subject the young and compare
lively weak rival concern to losses by
underselling, when stockholders in the
rival, having to pay assessments in
stead of receiving dividends, quietly
sell out to avoid further losses until
the monopolists get control of the
rival.
Sometimes, indeed. the rival is or
gained for the purpose of selling out
and then its existence usually is short
lived.
The best safeguard of the public
against monopoly is latent COMPETE
ton. The monopoly may be able to
swallow the comparatively weak COM
petitOr, but it costs good deal to do
the swallowing. 1t pays better, there
fore. to keep prices down low enough
to discourage competition and depend
for profits on the advantages which
they enjoy as producers on very large
scale CHICAGO Chronicle
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-09

Some excellent thoughts have found
their way into the. editorial columns
of the Star, the newly established pa
per at indianapolis. Worthy OF espe-
cial mention is a recent editorial ut
terance wherein it is declared that
'the essence of theft is to get from
others what one has not earned, nor
received as gift. If an employer
prospers, and pays less wages than he
ought to pay, he steals from his men.
If an employe wastes time and sights
his work, he steals from his employer.
II company is promoted and stock
is sold with a promise Of dividends
that are uncertain, and with contracts
that cannot be lived up TO for long
periods of time, it is theft. Get-rich-
quick schemes are at the bottom usu-
ally of thieving enterprises, for they
seek to get money for people who have
not earned it. Unfortunately, there
are too many who would scorn to DO a
small theft. and would be che first to
have petty thief thrown into Jail,
who will engage in business enter
priSes on large scale, which are real
ly more criminal.
1.-THE entire speculative element In
trade needs new conscience. There
must be legislation to protect invest
ors from commercial robbery, and to
help men with weak consciences and
powerful greed, to do right. But it
is OF more importance that the faml-
ly, the church and the school, give
attention to the ethical training of
the young In these practical matters. "
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-09
Seward INDICATED.

When Secretary Seward bought
Alaska he was much ridiculed by the
press for Throwing away" $1,000
900 for a lot of icebergs, Esquimaux,
walruses and frozen rivers. In the
last six months of 1902, this much de-
rlded territory imported from the
United States 50, 4lS, 942 in merchan-
disc and the precious metals, while it
exported to this country s24, 1888, 1873
in value. This total trade of the ter
ritory for tie period mentioned
amounted to $50. 1872, 65s. which is
over four times as much as was paid
for it. .'Bill'' Seward, as his ene-
mics called him, would seem to be
indicated. The American Farmer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-09

What is an ''agrostologist?" The
average person will have to consult
his biggest dictionary to answer this
question, and when he does, be will
find that an agrostologist is one versed
in the science pertaining to grasses.
The government wants man of this
kind, and announces that IL it can
find him, 1t will pay eco a mouth in
return for his Services. Inasmuch as
an agrostologist must be versed In
botany, both theoretically and practi-
cally, and understand all about grasses
from the scientific standpoint, be will
certainly I've worth the salary offered
by Uncle Sam. Even psychologists"
whose only connection with grasses
consists in cutting them down with
scythes and moving machines, are
able to earn two dollars a day in the
haying season.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-09
Labor Leaders Disa gree.

Samuel Gompers and Clarence s..
Darrow, two labor leaders. are decid-
edly at variance with reference to the
proper course for wageworkers to pur-
sue. Darrow has reached the copclu-
sion that unionism is on the wrong
track and that the unreasonable de-
mands in season and out of season for
higher wages must inevitably lead to
disaster. Gompers dissents from this
vies. and contends that while it may
readily be admitted that some unions
have gone to extremes, in the main the
efforts of organized labor have been in
the interest of humanity.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-09
Needs More Than Book Learning.

There is man in Lancaster, Pa,
who has taught school there for forty
one years and has never been beyond
the county limits in that time. No
matter how good, or honest, or COM
petent a man NAV be in such a capac-
ity is he not likely to be too narrow,
too much contracted Of idea to be a
first-class instructor OF the young?
The best teachers in any branch of
learning are these who have had the
most practical experience, who have
had the opportunityof enlarging upon
their theoretical knowledge and ideas
by coming IN contact with things in
the world as they actually exists.
B. Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-09
SUMMER OUTINGS.
Low Rates to SeAshore, to the Lakes and
to Other Attractive Resorts.

Vacation trips to attractive places
for outings, including popular summer
resorts, may be enjoyed at low fare by
purchasing excursion tickets over the
Pennsylvania lines. A list of points
which may be visited include the
national capital, Philadelphia, New
York, Boston, the seashore. Niagara
Falls, summer Ravens on the Great
Lakes and in North Michigan, in COL
orado and California and cool retreats
in the mountains.
Tickets to Chautauqua Lake, to
Lakeside and Put-in-B Bay, to Petoskey,
to Macklnac Island. to Traverse City,
and the scores of cool retreats in
North Michigan; to Devils lake and
the Dells of Wisconsin, and to the at
tractive resort of the northwest and
west, may be obtained at principal
ticket offices of the Pennsylvania
lines, every day during the summer.
On July 6 to 8. inclusive, special
low fares to Denver will be in effect
for the Christian Endeavor meeting.
On July Is and Is tickets to Detroit
will be sold at low fares for the Ep-
worth League meeting. On July 81
tn Al1p Il fares IN San Francisco will
be very low account the G.. A. R.
national encampment, and OF Sept.
1s. 10 and 20 a trip to Baltimore may
be made at low rate, tickets on sale
those dates account the 1. o. o. F.
meeting.
In fact opportunities are offered for
outings at low fares via Pennsylvania
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-09
Mrs. Thomas K. Houshton.

Sarah j., wife of Thomas K. Hough-
ton, died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Rollo B. OgleSbee, in Laporte,
Saturday evening July 4, after long
illness. caused by falling down stairs
several months ago. Her age was
y years. 6 months, 6 days.
Deceased was the daughter Ct
William Durham, one of the first
settlers Of this city. She was born
in Wayne county, Indiana, and came
with her parents to Plymouth in 1886
and was a resident Of Plymouth sixty
six years.
She was united in marriage with
Thomas K. Houghton December %,
1854, and to this union six children
were born, four of whom are living
They are Mrs. r. B. OgleSbee. Mrs.
John H. Green, Jas. K. and Anna Z.
Houghton.
Her husband, Thomas X. Houghton
now lies at the point of death at the
home of Rollo B. Oglesbee in Laporte.
Brief service were held at the house
at Laporte by Rev. DR.. Hartley of the
Presbyterian church.
The remains were brought to
Plymouth on the 1898 a. No.. train
Monday and were inferred at Oak Hill
cemetery.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-09

Gratifying results Of the monetary
legislature known as the Gold Stan
dard Law continue to accumulate.
One of the important provisions of the
law was the authorization Of banks
with a minimum capital of s25, 600
in the smaller towns. During the
year just closed 537 new national
banks have been organized, Of which
339 are in towns of less than 5000
population, having capital of $685.
600 or little more. This means a
very wide distribution of banking ia
cilities among agricultural communi-
ties, which have heretofore had to de-
pend largely upon the indivi-
dual money lender with his Shy
lock propensities. 1t means that the
carload of cotton or corn or wheat for
the countryside can be gathered and
moved without taxing the life out Of
the owner of the crop to pay tribute
at half q dozen different points.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-09

The accounts of the government are
kept so close up to date that on July
i the treasury authorities were able
to announce the total receipts and ex-
penditures during tine fiscal year end
ed the day before. For the fiscal year
ended on Tuesday there venues from all
sources were s25S. 1897, 296 and the ex-
penditures were s5O6, 176, $50, leaving
q surplus Of s55, III, 1886. The surplus
is unnecessarily large and will probab-
ly call for a furthe- reduction of taxes.
The repeal OF taxes is not nearly sc
difficult as imposing them, and yet
it should be done with discretion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-09

Perry Sarher's horse which escaped
from the burning barn, was tied with
rope halter, which caught fire and
burned SO that the horse succeeded in
breaking it and made rush for the
barn door, which was hung on rollers
and had been shut SO as to leave an
opening for the air to get in.
The horse pushed his nose through
the opening and succeeded in pushing
the door back on the rollers and max
ing bis escape from the burning build
ing. The animal.is badly burned but
will recover.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-09

The South Bend Times notes that
very few republican papers in this
part of the state appear to be in a
bury about declaring themselves for
this or that aspirant to gubernatorial
honors. They seem to think there is
plenty of time to make choice lit
tie nearer to convention time. In pol
itics it is not always the early bird
that catches the worm. Many voters
are getting tired of having candi-
dates nominated a year before cleo
ton.