The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-05-12

started out with revolver to stop the
gambling In that town and is reported
to be meeting with success. 1t is ap-
parent that there are occasions, after
all, when a man with gun may do
good work.
Two beet-sugar factories In Wiscon-
sin will turn out product this year
of 81, 200, 900, or double the output Of
last year. This industry has flouriShed
highly in Europe, and there is no
reason why it may not be equally
prosperous in this country.
.sSpring." exclaimed the Chicago
girl, rapturously. "What a relief it
is after being coOped up all winter
with nothing to do but drink, smoke,
gamble and violate old proprieties day
after day, to get out with ones auto
mobile aud killsomebody."
A writer OF popular songs tells the
Sunday papers that his method is to
jot down meaningless words to fit his
melody, and afterwards to substitute
sense for the nonsense. Readers will
be glad to learn of one who does this
so many song writer's forget that last
step.
Mrs. Elmer E. Whistler died at
Bourbon at 10 O'Clock Saturday eve-
ming from a disarrangement of the
pancreas after a very short illness, the
NEST skillful physicians being unable
to afford any relief. She was % years
old and her maiden name was Dora
A. HaneS.
Natural gas is used for cooking in
more than half million homes and
more than tour and half million per-
sons use it as an illuminant, accord
ing to the report Of the Geological
Survey. 1t is the fuel in 5000. fac
tories and supplies the world with
lamp black.
The general manager of the Lake
Shore and L. E. & w. railways went
south in an elegant inspection train,
Thursday morning. A nicely up
holstered apartment with plate glass
windows is located over the pilot and
from that point the chief moguls took
in all the sights along the way.
Gen. James n. Tyner. of the post
Office department, under arrest for
frauds perpetrated while assistant at
tOrney general for the poSt0ffice de-
partment, is DOW on trial. He is old
and infirm and has many friedds in
this section of Indiana who regret
that his old age is so full of trouble.
Hezekiah Summers, farmer living
near Lapel, whipped his eleven-year-
old daughter with buggy whip un-
Til she was unconscious, and the best
the justice of the peace could do for
him was a s25 fine. There are times
when the latter-day citizen longs for
the return of the whipping post and
the stocks.
Veterans of the civil war we'll re-
ubered last Friday as the day the
eventual battle Of the Wilderness
took place, its dreadful carnage and
its doubtful issue. The Spottsylvania
fight took place c.hy a few davs later
in the month. Besides these gigantic
struggles. even the Immense land
battles" in the far east look insignif-
i, a IT.
The short, plump girl read an allur-
ing advertisement of how TO grow tall.
She measured four feet six and her
ruling desire was to be stretch ed out
to six feet. The advertisement said
SEMI 81 and learn how to grow tall.
She sent the wealth and got the note
saying, chang by your chin on a cross
bar until your neck grows one foot
and six inches longer
Ex-Speaker Henderson is going back
to his old home in Iowa and ex-Gov.
Campbell is going back to his old home
in Ohio. Both declare that they have
no Lind Of idea of entering politics
again, but they are unit in the opin-
ion that New York is too big. too
noisy, too nerve straining to them and
they long for the peace and quiet of
their former village homes.
There S new buffalo at the Gin
cinnati Zoo, tiny baby born a few
days ago. He is worth nice sum. as
buffaloes are getting Scarcer and
scarcer, and the herd at the Zoo is one
of the few in the United States which
is doing its part to keep the buffalo
from becoming extinct. Fer num-
of years the herd has been very profit
able, as the old and young bring fancy
prices.
Several fine brick business buildings
will be erected in Plymouth this sea-
son. Work on Mr.. CreSsner's new
room on the east side of Michigan
ct-oot hoc couononcod Cwindell