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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01

One of the greatest works which CIV
nization to-day is accomplishing is the
opening up of blacklist Africa by The
railroad. Five years ago there we're
less than 5000 miles of complete1 rail-
road in that continent To-de, there
are over 1900 miles. Very little Of
this railroad development in the past
few years has been in the civilized
lands like Algeria and Tunis, Egypt,
Cape Colony, and Natal, which are
fairly well supplied. but the tracks
have been extended through the jun
Eles, forests and deserts of the tropical
colonies. In 1899 the length of these
colonial railroads was only 1.226; to-
day there are AIS miles of colonial
railroads In operation, and thousands
OF native laborers are at work on over
LOO miles, which will probably be
added to the completed mileage with
In another year. The prospects are
that within the next six years there
VIII be $4,000 miles of railroads in At
rica.
The brain of the whites and the
hDawn OF the blacks are carrying on
tAis wonderful work The barbarous
African has been enlisted In it. He
has everywhere supplied the rough Ia
Dor except on the Uganda Railroad,
where sufficient hands could not be
secured among the scattered herder
folk Of the interior. and so some thou
sands Of men were imported from In
dia- Not only in railroad building but
also In all other industrial enterprises
throughout Africa the barbarous Afri-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01
POINTS WHEREIN THEY DIFFER

One of the Sex Contrasts American
Women UnfavorabIy with English.
Despite all the loudly expressed
opinions to the contrary, nothing can
touch the really smart English woman
as one sees Ger at the Carlton or at
Princes at the luncheon hour. There
Is bewitching, graceful femininity
about her that is in evidence in every
detail of her costume and a certain
something that, for lack Of a better
word, we must call refinement
Our most charmingly gowned women
in America have all a tendency to ex-
travagance in dress and ornament.
The well-dressed English woman is
simple in her style, despite her frills,
and it is only in the evening, when she
puts on her low-necked gown, that she
allows any Of the daring extravaganza
that one sees 20 freely displayed at
our fashionable hotels on Fifth avenue
where women meet for luncheon.
Then, the English woman's face is
patrician even when she is far from
beautiful. The finely modelled noses
and chins, the long, slender necks are
the rule. and, although good eyes and
mouths are not SO plentiful, the clear
lines of the faces under the frilly hats
are very satisfying from an artistic
standpoint.
Our bifurcated girl and our gentle
manly young business woman. in her
stiff collar and her four-in-hand scarf.
have, Of course, stood for something
fine, vigorous and gloriously independ-
ent.
We have chummed with our mascu-
line kind to an extent that has made
the most popular type of society girl,
the racy, washing woman who above
all scorns any suspicion Of being an
ingenue.
Many Of our younger matrons have
astonished restaurant groups by affect
ing the style of the most popular ac-
tress or opera singer in the manner Of
couture or Of corsage. II has been
absolutely impossible to detect the diff
ference between the successful demi-
monde and the society leader, so far as
either dress or manner Is concerned.
And, at the same time. the English
woman of society is inclined to be fast,
but she is never unfeminine For that
reaso, she never suggests that under
her baby lace hat and its chin ties
turks the same deviltry, coquetry and
desire for the subjugation of man that
first possessed Mother Eve and broke
up the light housekeeping in Eden
Life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01
The Situation in Ohio.

Republicans of Ohio are preparing
for live, aggressive campaign, says
the Toledo Blade. The organization is
in excellent shape and thoroughly
drilled for the work. 1t has won nota-
BILE victories before under the splen-
did management of Senator Dick, and it
will add another laurel to the wreath
in November. There are ne dissen-
sions in the ranks, no differences of
opinion over the platform, and absolute
unanimity as to the ticket.
The modern normal plurality in Ohio
Is very close to hundred thousand.
President Roosevelt may fall short of
this few thousand, and, allowing that
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01

forgetting all about the deadly NUS
ance, tried to establish a route between
the port of Beira and the gold fields
filled three coaches and off they drove
in high spirits till they reached the
tsetse belt, where all the horses died
in a day. The ruins of those aban-
doned coaches may still be seen from
the cars as the trains now slip through
that jungle region.
Where Human Sacrifices Abounded.
In the tropical belt, wherever the
track winds along the sluggish rivers,
the traveller is usually RECALLED with
the sight of the hippopotamus and thu
rocodile lazily watching the progress
OF civilization from their oozy beds in
the fetid mud; and during the nights
at forest stations he becomes familiar
with the hideous cries of every beast
Of prey that Africa harbors.
Perhaps the story will never be told
of the terrible sufferings that the rail-
roads have cost through the low jun
giles and forest belts. The difficulties,
for example, in the building of the
Beira Railroad were almost super
human, and heavy toll in human life
was exacted by the deadly soil and eli.
mate.
The colonial powers are already be-
ginning to feel the great advantages
derived from the lines they are pushing
into the interior. Before the road was
built around the Congo rapids it cost
5000 ton to move freight along this
stretch of 235 miles Before the Rho
dasian railroads were built from MAIZE
king to Bulawayo, 492 miles, the price
of freight was $500 ton, and a pas
sage ticket cost $50 between the two
places. The cost of freight and pas
sage on all African roads is still very
high, but the railroads are reducing
| it to fifth or a seventh of the former
rates.
Steam communication by water and
rail still exist between France and
the famous city of Timbuctoo, which
twenty years ago no white man bad
entered except in disguise Through
trains are running between the IndiaI
ocean and Victoria Nyanza. and {
steamboat takes passengers from Por
Florence to Mengo. where only a few
years ago King Mwanga was burning
hundreds of native Christians to death
The locomotive whistle is heard dali!
at Kumassi. whose name Is infamous
in the history Of the most horrible hu
man sacrifices in Africa. A railroad
IS rapidly extending along the DIR,
lands between Berber, on the Nile, ant
kim, on the Red sea, through til
zion where Egyptian troops battles
in vain with the forces of the Mahdi
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01
Dangers that Confront Us.

Dangers that Confront Us.
The greatest blunder the Republican
leaders could make would be to as
sumo that the election Of President
Roosevelt is a foregone conclusion. The
victory eight years ago was made de-
cisive because the perils of Organism
were made apparent, and voters turned
out for self-protection.
But when party lines are strictly
drawn there is no safe Republican ma
jority. no safe Democratic majority. 1t
Is largely a question Of which party
can draw the independent vote, which
ticket appeals to third party Of I'M
certain numbers but which yields a
potent influence in national affairs. For
the past two campaigns the Republic
ans have won this element, and should
win 1t again.
There is nothing In the Democratic
platform to reassure the country. 1t is
evasive on every great issue, and even
the tariff plank is constructed In a
manner that satisfies no one. It de-
clares that protection is robbery, but
instead Of promising to stop the
wrong" plans reasonable revision,
a paIpable sacrifice of principle in the
great game Of vote catching.
The antics of the st. Louis conyen-
ton on the money question were so lu-
dicrous that it's candidate for Presi-
dent, after agreeing through his spokes-
men to swallow any kind of pill the
delegates might offer, was forced to
recant. and its juggling of the Panama
canal plank showed plainly the differ
ences that exist within the ranks.
There is a well-defned determine
ton on the part Of Democratic leaders
to pay no heed to principle. to let all
issues drift where they may. but DO go
after the votes The platform there
fore is mere assembly of words.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01

women are not wearing rings as
they did several years ago." said a
well-known gem expert when asked IL
rings are no longer stylish. 'rhey
buy more rings than ever before, but
they use them only for full dress.
''Why, as recently as five years ago
the sex had craze for making pawn
shop displays on their hands, and wore
rings morning, noon and night, any
where and everywhere. Even women
IN the deepest mourning did not dis
card their rings.
But it is not so now. The matron
is content with wearing her WEDDING
ring, even putting aside her engage
ment ring. while her single sister, Il
she wears even one ring. usually adopts
a plain dull gold seal ring adorned with
her coat-of-arms or somebody else's.
Rings are brought out with the
stars, but it Is now considered quite
vulgar to burden the hands with them
In the daylight"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01
Attacking the Tariff.

The Democratic party, Including
Bryan, admits defeat until the next
campaign on the issue of honest
money. So it is proposed to fight this
wear on the issue of the tariff.
For eight years the Democratic par
ty has fought the honesty of the Ia
borer's wages. Now the fight is against
tl:e sufficiency of the laborer's work.
The people resisted successfully in
1896 and in 1900 the fifty-cent dollar in
the pay nvelope, and will resist as
successfully half-time in the works OF
industry.
The Republican party and its candi.
oates represent steady employment at
american wages. That party and tta
candidates will be victorious over the
tariff tinkers as over the dollar plug.
gers.-Troy Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01

equipment, about the construction and
fittings of these tropical railroads.
White ants and osher ravenous insects
would make short work of wooden
bridges and timber ties. All such
things are made of steel. There are
some stone bridges and they are ex-
cellent specimens of masonry; but
most Of the bridges are Of steel that
were cast in parts in European and
American shops, giving skilled work
men a chance to see a bit Of Africa
while spending a few months at this
or that stream where bridges are
erected.
The locomotive. however, triumphs
over one insect pest, and that is the
tsetse fly. whose bite Is fatal to horses
and cattle. A stage coach company,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01
OMMENT

of Democratic opinion The chairman
Of the Michigan Democratic State Com
mittee has repudiated Parker; TIE for
mer chairman of the Iowa Democratic
State Committee has publicly an
nounced his support of Roosevelt. In
the Missouri Democratic convention,
which named Folk for Governor, Bry-
ans name was received with mighty
cheers when it was mentioned, but
Parker's was received with cries Of
who is Parker?'
These are straws showing the direc-
ton Of the political winds Of the West
The Democrats detest David B. Hill,
and resent the capture of the party by
him and the Wall street crowd. They
look on Parker as the tool of Hill and
the trusts, and on the trust proposition
alone they will vote for Roosevelt The
nomination Of Davis, a West Virginia
railroad and mining property promot-
er, strengthens their view that the par
ty is in the hands of the element the
Western Democrats call 'the plutocra-
cy." There is no hope for Parker in
the West-Toledo Blade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01
HOG NOTES

Charcoal given to the SOW will cor
rect scours in pigs.
A small handful of oil meal will
have good effect on the system.
The hog pasture must have shade,
or shelter, and abundant water.
Drain off the filthy wallowing holes
and give the hog bath of clean wa
ter to plunge in.
Young sows that do well with their
first litters may be considered good
brood sows.
Watch the hogs and be sure that
they are not lousy If lice are found.
spray the hogs with some good dip
or kerosene emulsion.
Hogs thrive best when they are
surrounded by clean, dry conditions
and not compelled to wallow in filthy
holes and stagnant pools.
When the pigs begin to smell round
the trough, give them some milk and
oats or middlings in a small trough.
in pen not accessible to the SOW.
Twenty-four hours after the pigs
are born give the SOW a slop of wheat
middlings or bran. A little warm wa
ter or milk will do no harm at any
time.
Always give water or slop to a
hog before feeding him grain. This
will greatly increase the gains and
viii tend to keep him in better health
than if allowed the grain first
Every man who rarses pigs should
take enough time each day to look
over his herd and note the condition
OF each hog. If any show signs of
ailing they should receive attention.
-Kimball's Dairy Farmer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01
DISEASE ON TREES.

Never wait for disease to spread
on trees. If the "yellows" appears In
the peach orchard dig up the tree
burn it at once and examine the trees
at least once week. Black knot on
plums and blight on pear trees shouid
be looked after before damage is
done, but if remedies fail 1t is Detter
to burn the trees than to allow other
trees to become infected.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01
GRAIN IN SUMMER.

On the farms where fowls have I'M
limited forage, one feed of corn DAY
will be found sufficient during the
spring and summer months, unless Dy
reason of drouth the supply OF insects
and vegetable food be cut on. IN
such cases the necessary variety
must be supplied.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01
AR0IIT SWEET CORN.

Sweet corn is used before fully ma
tured, and does not, therefore,
ouire as long a period for growth as
field corn If standard varieties are
PLANTED now there will be ample tlnle
for successive supplies if the ground
Is in good condition and fertilizer
also applied.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01

can Ia the instrument that is being en-
ployed under white guidance, IN the
colossal task Of Transforming the con-
tinent He is a powerful and neces-
sary factor in the work, and on the
whole he Is doing his part well.
Maintaining Lions a Hardship.
AL kinds Of strange and unexpected
experiences have marked the progress
Of this tropical railroad building, One
day, as the Indian laborers were load
ing dirt on a train of fat cars on the
Uganda Railroad. lion sprang among
them, seized a man by the middle, and
plunged away with him into the jun
gle. His skeleton, stripped clean. and
fragments Of his clothing were fou,
a day later. Lions seldom make these
bold forays. As a rule, they fee the
presence r. man unless they are
brought to bay or enraged by wound
or an attack on their young. But If it
eve "opens that they eat human
De- i i1ey are likely to crave for more
AMI include the human race among
their prey.
The man-eating lion, as he Is called,
"a not numerous, but he creates the ut
most CONSERVATION whenever he ap-
pears. In the course Of three or four
days three other Indian coolies were
dragged off into the jungle. and the
whole force Of laborers gait work. went
into camp and prepared to defend their
lives. 1t was nearly three weeks be-
fore another spadeful Of earth was
lifted A large area Of jungle was sur
rounded and a grand hunt organized.
With the result that several lions were
allied; there was no more trouble with
the man-eating variety.
It Is a somewhat novel experience
Cor a traveller to find his train brought
b q sudden standstill. and to see on
Me track in the rear the mangled re-
mains of a half-grown cub which had
stood on the track fascinated by the
spectacle of the approaching train, and
aid not know enough to get out of the
way. This has occurred on several
pccasions.
It Is almost impossible in the jungle
and forests to keep the rank growth
Of tropical vegetation from choking
TIE track. 1t Is continually being cut
away from the sides OF the roadbed
and from underneath and overhead
but as the train joys along at ten OF
0fteen miles an hour the traveller often
hears the swish Of the leaves and
twigs brushing against the roof or of
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01
STATUES OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND
PRINCE ALBERT IN MAUSOLEUM AT FROGMORE.


remains Queen Victoria her
When died the
placed the tomb At the time statue Of the made
the that
of fe The
jeweed wn, holding a
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01
The above shows an improvement

The above shows an improvement
every month since January. The liabil-
tiles for May and June, 1904, as COM
pared with the same months Of 1903
and 1902, were as follows: 1904, $751;
2S7, 500; 1903, $20,64O, 800; 1902, &c.,
3O3, 751. Democratic spellbinders should
cut out the above figures and paste
them in their hats for use this sum-
mer. They fit in well with the savings
bank statistics and all other general
evidences of a substantial prosperity,
unaffected by midsummer dizziness or
the business lull Of a campaign year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01

to the proper maturing of lambs, as
sometimes the struggle between them
in their endeavors to reach the feed
trough is so severe that the lamb is
outclassed, loses courage and gives
up the battle in despair, with a con-
sequent loss of flesh. which means a
stunning of its growth.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01
Decreasing Failures.

In the matter of recent failures there
is evidence Of our general prosperity,
and the fact that our protection is
panic-proof The liabilities for the
past six months were as follows:
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01
RAILROADS In AFRICA
TOOT OF THE LOCOMOTIVE is
HEARD IN THE JUNGLE.

Iron Horse Now Goes Where a Few
Years Ago FriShtfu1 Human Sacri-
fees Were Practiced Civilization Be-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01
PoMpEII HAD SOME POLITICS


Been Found There.
Recently Joseph Oxford read paper
before the Society for the Encourage
ment of the Fine Arts in which he
described what must have been q
municipal election In Pompeii shortly
before. In 70 A. D.. the ashes and lava
of Vesuvius overwhelmed it and Her
culaneum. It is the claims Of candi-
dates that we read in these strange
ana long undecspherable inscriptions
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01
formed to deceive the unwary.

formed to deceive the unwary. The
free trader will be shown that tariff
is robbery. The protectionist will be
told that the party Is pledged to go
no further than reasonable revision"
The silver Democrat will be appeased
by the declaration that the money
question Is merely held in allegiance
and that his principle will triumph all
the sooner for its present suspend
ed animation, while the sound money
Democrat Is to be convinced by Par
ker's telegram that he is for the gold
standard. 1t Is against this double
barreled proposition that the Repub-
ncan party must make its fight and it
will require yeoman effort to bring the
truth to light that all may see.
The Republicans have plenty Of am
munition to use upon this ambiguous
structure. There Is nothing evasive In
the Republican platform. Not an issue
Is lodged. Every principle is blazoned
ON the party standard. And the people
have the glories of past performance
as pledges for future action. The Re
publican record speaks for itself. The
administration of President Roosevelt
stands out conspicuous for It's Ameri-
canism, for It's courage. for It's fidelity
to conviction; and it would be remark
able, indeed, II the masses Of the voters
can be led astray by the lying stand
ards Of the opposition-Toledc Blade.
A Texas Prediction.
The tariff plank prepared by the
subcommittee and rejected by the fIlll
committee would have been more &C
ceptable to the East. The substitute
which was adopted and which appears
in the platform declares that "p-otec-
ton is robbery" This is the Bailey
Bryan idea, and Bailey and Bryan at
heart are free traders. 1t is not the
idea of the East OF the Southeast. who
are com ritted to tariff for revenue
and protection for local industries and
local staples Louisiana demands pro-
lection for sugar, Alabama and Ten
nessee for iron and coal. and North
Carolina and South Carolina for the
output OF their cotton mills. Free
trade, to use the picturesque language
of old Bill Allen. of Ohio, 'is a Id
barren ideality." Tariff reformers
may win; free traders never in this
country. Ten years hence the South
ern wing of the Democratic party will
declare for protective tariff-Dallas
Herald
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-05-12
sketch Of EIrod.

Samuel H. Elrod. the candidate for
governor, is native of Indiana. and
was graduated from Depauw university
ait Greencastle in 1882 in class two
years ahead of the one in which Sena-
tor Beverage of that state was gradu-
ated. He came to South Dakota the
same year and went to Clark on con-
struction train to make his home when
there was not dwelling on the town
site He also studied law while at De.
oauw, and was admitted to practice in
South Dakota by Judge Kidder, one of
he pioneer iurists Of the state, at Wa
tertown in 1882. He has been states
attorney of Clark county for ten years
in all and is now holding that office.
In 1898 he was candidate before the
Republican state convention at Mitch
ell for a nomination to congress, but
was defeated by Mr. Burke. the pres
emit incumbent He has held no Office
save the one at home. He has always
been the first citizen of his town, and
has been prominent in making it one
of the most substantial and comely of
the county seat towns of the state. His
political and personal relations with
the late Gov. Mellette were of the clos
est character, and his debut in politics
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-05-12

state convention at Sioux Falls. in
dorsed Roosevelt for president. elect
ed delegates who were instructed to
vote for Roosevelt's nomination at the
national convention, named presiden-
tial electors, nominated full state.
congressional and Judicial ticket, and
adjourned sine die aster being in SEES
sion about six hours.
Most of the state ticket is made up
OF men who are now filling the posi-
tions to which they were nominated by
reclamation.
The delegates to the national con-
vention are o. A. Ringsrud, Elk Point:
Harry Goddard, Edgemont ;R. H. Dris-
coll, Deadwood: G. e. Warner, Bryant;
8. Ell. Davis. Plankinton: John Hughes,
Gettysburg: N. =. Finch. Webster; r.
ID. Andrews, Geddes.
Judges Haney, Carson and Fuller
were nominated for reelection to the
supreme court.
j. M. Green of Chamberlain was re-
elected as South Dakota's member OF
the national committee
Congressman Martin and Burke were
nominated by reclamation for re-elec.
tion
The principal contest was between
s. III. Elrod and Coe /. Crawford for