The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09

chOruS-g1rlS has broken out again III
the British peerage, states the Argo-
nant Three young lords and mar
quis are depicting the stage OF the
same theatre. Contrary to the recent
announcement by the solicitor OF an
other peer that as soon as he married
an American heiress his debts wouio
be paid, these theatrical alliances can
have no financial motive. Yet the
chorus-girl marriages seem to turn
out as well as those arranged on pure
ly business principles. And marriages
out of their own circle keep the Brit
ish peerage more virile than the Con-
tinental nobility with their intermln-
able quarterings.
California miners have discovered
that considerable amounts OF gold can
be washed out of the moss that grows
on the rocks along the banks of auri-
ferrous streams. Incidentally their
discovery confirms the popular i'm
preston that a rolling stone which
gathers no moss isn't worth much.
In a recent issue we spoke of the
female sex being nearly 100000 In
the majority in this country, remarks
the Little Chronicle. 1t was mis-
take: we should have said minority
instead of majority. Continental
United States, with Alaska and
Hawaii included, has 1,S15,O97 more
males than females, according to the
census of 1900. Women are so much
in evidence nowadays that we got the
impression they outnumbered the
men; they do outnumber them in the
District of Columbia, and wherever
they are they dominate the situation,
vote or no vote.
Three classes of lines are recog
nized by Mr. Martin, editor of The
Electrical World. Of the 100000
miles of wire required for the tele-
phones of this country, 971s per cent.
are operated by companies doing bus
mess for revenue only. Something
like 11a per cent. of the mileage Is
under the control of mutual organ1-
cations, which find exchanges desir-
able, but employ their wires for the
convenience of the members and not
to earn money. A third class of lines,
nearly 5000 in number and having an
average length of ten miles, is owned
by farmers, who dispense altogether
with switchboard facilities.
None of those who advocate the
military salutation seems to realize
how little that form is used by civil
ians, observes the Pittsburg Gazette
The average man would be more like
" to remove his hat and possibly add
a bow to his greeting to the flag than
to attempt any military manoeuvre
that might make him appear ridicu
lous. The flag is the symbol of ma
tional honor, but a man need not inn
itate military form to pay it respect,
for it does not directly represent war
The simplest ceremony, therefore
would seem the most appropriate to
express the sentiment of loyalty
which ought to be invoked when the
flag is displayed in a ceremonial way.
The most natural act for the man to
remove his hat and for the woman 10
bow, courtesy, or wave her handker-
chief, according to her choice, the
main thing being the tribute of re
spect and not the form of the salute.
The Rev. w. Garlic, head of the
Church Army, and who had a special
audience of King Edward, the other
day, relates the Argonant in an inter
view recalling remarks by the Bishop
Of London and Ripon to the effect that
fashionable marriages where duties
of life are shirked and where mar
riage was made mockery, were even
more terrible than those irregular
marriages which the church had not
sanctioned, said: "The love of ease
and luxury among the upper classes
is mainly responsible for the nations
decay. The refusal of mothers to ac-
cept the responsibilities of mother
hood is, in my opinion, nothing less
than child murder l weep to think of
it: London becoming another Hercul-
aneum, another Pompeii. If we don't
mend our ways our fate will be none
the less terrible"
Two distinguished members of a
fashionable. Paris club, NM. Ma1roy
and Bourg, had a mortal falling out
and fought duel with swords in a
ball room. Bourg scratched Malroy
on the wrist, satisfying his honor
Dueling, Of course, is frowned upon
everywhere but in France, the Atlanta
Journal comments. There it is toll
Grated because the French duel is SO
harmless. Besides. it is an easy
means by which French gentlemen
may acquire a sense of honor" When
it is considered that some fierce but
bloodless encounter Is the only basis
of many a mans claim to honor, the
duel as played in France must be
recognized as a social necessity. But
the scratching of an antagonists
wrist is not fair play. 1t is a mean
and "cowardly" trick. Such practice.
If persisted in, will put the French
duel in disfavor. Surely French gen.
t1ovoon will insist upon disn1avinp