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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01
Marry the Man who Smokes.

at w0man'S club meeting in Chi
go recently an elderly matron said
to a gathering of young girls: Never.
ON any account, think of marrying a
man who doesn't smoke. 1 have had
a good deal of experience with men,
and l have found that non-smokers are
invariably peevish, querulous, full of a
nervous ill-humor Especially in the
evening. after dinner, when he should
be at his best, the non-smoker is hard
to put up with The smoker, after din
ner, lights his cigar or his cigarette,
and at once falls into placid mood, a
happy. contented, angelic mood. But
the non-smoker PAGES the floor restless
ly, finds fault with this and that and
everything, and at Word flies into a
nervous and historical rage.
Il am convinced that Providence in
tended men to smoke, and for that rea-
son placed tobacco ON the earth. With
the man who doesn't avail himself of
this kindly gift of Providence there is
something wrong, there is much wrong.
and if you want to marry happily re-
ject every non-smoker who proposes
to you"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01

HANK NORTH 1t has been called
1.-THE toughest precinct in the tough
est ward in the world" and no one
will claim that North ever tried to
plant the seed Of virtue in it. This
fellow is about to retire from bust
ness, and the Chicago papers are
printing much about him.
That even those whose daily life is
amid depraved surroundings have a
touch of humanity is shown by the
following from the Record Herald:
Hank Smith has his own grave
yard. He has certificates for twenty
seven graves in Oakwoods cemetery
which he bought as occasion demand
ed to bury some poor unfortunate.
eyes. sir" he said, taking a tin box
from his safe and showing the certifi-
Gates, 'T've planted twenty-seven peo-
pie out at Oakwoods. Four or five Of
them were women. Several Of the
men were musicians who made my
place their headquarters. They cash
ed in and had to be buried. Anybody
that died while stopping at the St
Lawrence-that's the name Of my ho-
tel-never went to the college. II
had to mortgage the bar fixtures I'd
see that they were buried decently.
And it's the same way when any Of
the boys are taken sick. You don't
catch me sending them out to the
county house to be killed. They go to
private hospital and the bill comes
tc Uncle Hank"
The average divekeeper would have
considered the potters' field an appro-
pirate burying place for such as these.
Not so Hank. Twenty-seven graves in
Chicago cemetery represents an ex
penditure of several thousands Of dol
lars, and the sympathy that leads to
such acts suggests that there were
splendid possibilities in such a soul
had its avenues been more prudently
chosen
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01
Induluence of Children.

No children of any generation or
country have been INDUCED more than
the children of the present age are in
dulged. Instances OF parental control
are exceptional. Children are turned
over to teachers in many cases to save
parents from responsibility and care
which it is their natural and moral
duty to assume.
The fancy in some heads appears to
be that boys should be left to play all
the time; should never be punished for
their offenses; should not be given the
hard lessons Of obedience; should know
no hard tasks. The truth about the
matter is that their loose and imprac-
ticable theories of training the rising
generation would be apt to fill the land
with idle and worthless sports.
Sport is all right. Freedom for the
young is very much in order. Open
spaces, rallying grounds, swimming
pools and good schools should be pro-
vided. In many places these are now
provided The main mistake is made
by those who fancy that it is all of life
to play.-Galveston News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01
KEEPING THE AIR MOIST.
Health Endangered by an Excessive
Dryness of the Atmosphere.

Health Endangered by an Excessive
Dryness of the Atmosphere.
Indoor humidity has again been dis
cussed by a member of the medical pro-
fession, who takes the stand also that
the excessively dry air of houses dur
ing the heated season is injurious to
the human organization, because the
dry air in passing over the membranes
Of the respiratory passages and the
skin calls for an enormous output Of
the fluid elements of these tissues.
This physician, Dr. Henry Mitchell
Smith of Brooklyn, n. Y, holds that
this leads to glandular overactivity and
its consequent evils, bat he does not
offer the specific proofs which. it has
been asserted, are lacking to show that
direct deleterious effects are thus pro-
duced. In his contribution. which was
made to the Brooklyn Medical Society,
he mentions, however, some tests he
had conducted with a radiator having
an experimental moistening apparatus
attached, and he obtained results
which concur with general beliefs as
to the relation of the humidity and
temperature.
He found that with a relative humid
ity, never below 80 per cent nor above
40 per cent, 30 degrees Fair. was I'M
comfortably hot, 6S degrees was warm
and Go degrees comfortable. 1t was
determined by repeated experiments
that temperature of Go to 6S degrees
and a relative humidity Of 60 per cent
produced the most comfortable condi-
tons, which were in marked contrast
to a temperature of y degrees, with a
relative humidity Of 80 per cent The
former felt warm and balmy, he said.
and the latter, Notwithstanding the
higher temperature, chilly and dry and
apt to leave the impression Of draft
ness. He did not describe the moisten-
ing apparatus, but said that the me-
chanism was such that the control OF
the temperature and Of the moisture
was Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01
Brusher Is We'll Paid.

A woman who appealed to a charit
able society for help one day last week
said her son was able to assist her IL
he would.
He is the brusher, and has charge
Of the bootblack chair in hotel. He
makes between $50 and $40 a week"
An agent was sent out to investi-
gate and found the son employed in
one Of the big hotels of the city, where
he has been for six years.
This young man told the agent that
the position OF brusher in a large no
tel was worth at least $50 week, al
though there is no salary attached to
it, if a young man attended to his
business. Hotel patrons are liberal
tippers. The brusher is expected to
find seats for customers if the bar
ber's chairs are filled, and to hand
around the morning and illustrated pa
pers.-Chicago Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01
FASHION NOTES.
Bows of all sizes are in favor.

Bows of all sizes are in favor.
Pink and blue Vatican combinations
are frequent.
Knife-plaited skirts are newer than
the killed sort.
The skeleton bodice is about the best
name for it yet.
Serge seems to be the favorite ma
terial for tailor suits.
Soft, supple cloth is in great favor
for reception dresses.
Nobody claims that the modern
sleeve is a thing of beauty.
Lace insertion and ribbon velvet
will be used for coffee coats.
The whitewash coat is to be the rage
only it won't always wash.
That trim town and country blouse
suggests good times out of doors.
Those new silk blouses cut like a
mans negligee shirt are having a ire
mendous go.
Most of the cloth dresses seen, of
tailor-made styles, are made very tight
over the hips.
Girdles may be wide in back and
narrow in front, or the other way
round, which is most becoming.
Silk is the reigning material, and
next to silk comes cashmere and wolfe,
plain and fancy follows suit.
Lilac blue, snuff brown, raspberry
red, gooseberry and ivy green are the
colors you want to ask for.
Only the very youthful or the very
Indifferent venture forth in one Of the
severe regulation sailor hats.
Smart coats Of light cloth and black
satin or glace will be much worn, and
the smartest boleros are those of either
black or white glace silk.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01
In Record Time.

Piney Flats, Tenn. May 29-(Spe-
cial.)-Cured in two days of Rheuma-
tism that had made his life a torture
for two years, ID. S. Hilton of this
place naturally wants every other suf-
ferer from rheumatism TO know what
cured him. 1t was Dodd's Kidney
Pills.
"DOdd's Kidney Pills are the grand
est pill on EARTH" says Mr.. Hilton, II
would not take any sum of money for
what they did for me. For two years
i had what the doctors called rheuma-
tism. l could hardly walk around in
the house. 1t seemed to be in nv back
and hip and legs. / tried everything,
but nothing helped me till got Dodd's
Kidney Pills.
1.-TWO days after took the first dose
all pain left me and it has Ter come
back since. 1 can't praise Dodd's Kid
ney Pills too much"
rheumatism is caused by uric acid in
the blood. Healthy kidneys take all
the Uric Acid out of the blood. DOdds
Kidney Pills make healthy kidneys.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01

cry hair upon their scalps, is plucked
out by the roots from childhood up
Lady Florence Dixie is the worlds au-
thority upon Patagonia.
Miss Gordon-C Cumming, Of the we'll
known English Gordon Cumming fam
lily, has explored over a hundred small
islands of the southern Pacific, and in
Tibet she was the first European to
visit many perilous and remote places
Miss III. NJ. Kingsley, Charles Kings
ley's niece, explored the CAMERON re-
gions and gorilla country of the Ga
boon. She fought gorillas as a Japan
csc fights a Russian, and found them
worthy foes. None ran away from
her and her party. Some even attack
ed her. In this expedition the daunt-
less lady slew seven gorillas with her
own hand. Miss Kingsley, after her
gorilla hunt, assembled the Rembwe and
visited the Fangwes, nation of con-
firmed cannibals.
Among the Fangwes," she said,
"there are no burial places. The dead
are cut up and kept in larders, precise
ly as civilized people keep their fresh
meat. The bones, after the flesh is
eaten, are scattered about the coun-
try"
To Mrs. Jane Moir, another African
explorer, England owes the acquisi-
ton of Nyassaland.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01
THE LESSON OF 1912,
Need of a Fleet Powerful Enough to
Prevent Coast BIockades.

Need of Fleet Powerful Enough to
Prevent Coast BIockades.
In reading a criticism in tO-day's
Times of Historian Roosevelt's" re-
marks concerning the soldiers Of 1872
it struck me that you might well have
taken exception also to his comments
on the naval situation in that war,
says a writer in the New York Times.
His protest against our unfortunate
custom of teaching inaccurate his
tory and his plea to have us both &C
knowledge past humiliations and draw
profitable lessons from them is most
cOmmendable. In the same speech,
however, the President is reported to
have said that I'VE won on lie sea"
in 1912 because of our previous prepa-
ration for naval war.
Is not that an example Of exactly
what we are warned against? 1t is
true that in duels between light-armed
ships-viz., frigates-our navy cover
ed itself with glory, but these CON-
bats had little effect beyond showing
that our navy had no superior where
forces were equal. The really decisive
feature of the naval war was that
England, by reason of the lack Of
fighting units-L e., "ships of the
line"-in our navy, was able to block
ade our coast, to bottle up" practical
ly all the ships of our small navy. to
bring our commerce to a standstill and
to direct as she pleased raids along
our seacoast, such as that on Wash
ingtOn.
The only naval victories that had
decisive results were those on Lakes
Erie and Champaign, where the fleets
on each side were improvised. On the
sea, where the real naval strength was
tested, we were overwhelmed no less
than on the land. though the afore-
said preparations did prevent the dis
graceful features of the land warfare.
which were due mainly TO our lack of
regular troops. The truly important
lesson TO be drawn from the naval
war is the necessity Of a powerful feet
Of fighting ships, which can prevent
the command of our seacoast by an
enemy.
The speech of the President is in re-
freshing contrast to the spread-eagie
oratory habitual to our Congressman
but he does not avoid the pitfalls
against which he warns us and fails
to draw from the war of 1912 what is
perhaps its most salutary lessen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01
Health and Beauty Hints,

Try a few drops Of spirits of turpen-
tine on a cube of loaf sugar for hack
ing cough.
A half-hour's sleep after dinner is,
to many women, worth two hours
sleep in the morning.
For felon or 'run-a-round' use stra-
mOnium ointment-a preparation OF
jimson or jamestown weed.
1t is said neuralgia Of the face may
be quickly relieved by mustard plas-
ter applied to the elbow.
Hold a piece of ice to burned fin
ger until the smarting ceases and no
blister will form on the skin.
If you are annoyed by an endless
succession Of pimples take out of your
daily bill of fare pork and veal, all
fried foods and rich pastry, hot breads
and sweets and make point Of eating
salads and greens"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01
Kicked Ont of Camp.

After the retreat from Yorktown In
1862 the Seventeenth Virginia Infan-
try, to which 1 belonged. was encamp-
ed below Richmond. Frequent COM
plant was made by men Of the differ
ent companies Of thefts committed
on their effects. AS the men were we'll
acquainted with each other, and had
fought and bied together, it was hard
to lay the finger of suspicion on any
one. A strict watch was kept, and at
last the thefts were fixed upon two
recruits who had lately joined one of
the Alexandria companies. A court
martial condemned the aforesaid
thieves to have their heads shaved,
placard marked "thief" attached to
their backs, and to be drummed out of
camp before the assembled regiment
to the tune of the "Rogue's March," It
happened that was corporal Of the
guard in charge Of the prisoners on
the day the sentence was to be car
ried into effect, and it was my very
disagreeable duty to act as tonsorial
artist for the occasion, to make the
finishing toilet Of the pilferers, as 1t
were. felt sorry for the men, bad
as they had shown themselves to be,
for the disgrace which they must un-
dergo seemed little preferable to death
itself. Entering the tent where the
men were confined, 1 found them play
| ing cards.
you men must undergo your SEN
tence at O'clock" said 1, "but you
must bear up. You have brought it on
yourselves"
| "Oh, never mind, corpy," said one of
them, and they were both laughing.
Were glad to get loose. Well be en-
Joying life while you fellows are food
for the worms"
Utter disgust seized upon me and ]
felt no more conjunction of conscience
Calling for two Of the guards to hold
the scoundrels In convenient position
seized the shears and took my first
and last lesson as a barber. I think
the job was well done, for cut to the
skin in some places and left their heads
striped like a zebra's neck At d. m
the regiment was drawn up as IL fol
dress parade, and I marched the
thieves ont with file Of bayonets a.
the back of each, and when all wa:
ready paraded them up and down be
fore the line with flies and drum!
rafting away merrily at the Rogue.
March" behind them, amid roars o.
laughter from the men who had beer
dishonored by their presence. Takins
the pitiful fellows to the boundary o.
the camp they each received a kick IL
the rear from the guards ana were sen
on their way rejoicing.-Ex-Co nfeder
alta
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01
Ex-Empres. Eugene.

The ex-Emoress Eugene has been
enjoying herself very much in Egypt,
where she travelled under her usual
incognit0 of the Countess Of Pierre
Ponds, name which causes much
difficulty to the ordinary English SER
want, who is apt to announce her in
many strange ways. She is one of
the most surprising ladies living, when
one thinks that she soon enters her
eightieth year and remembers all her
varied experiences since she first went
to France as the Countess of Montijo.
The beauty for which she was famed
at the zenith of the third empire has
changed into that of an elderly woman.
Though she is somewhat lame and has
difficulty in getting out Of her carriage,
she still holds herself straight and
looks every inch an empress. But
what impresses one most about her is
her intarissable faconde, the inexhaust-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01
Return of the Hoopskirt.

Authorities on fashions assure us
that every twenty-five years the hoop
skirt returns to feminine favor again.
1t was in evidence in 1855 and in 1880.
and the twenty-five years appear to be
up. Therefore the hoopskirt is once
more to be in the midst of us who are
men; and our mothers, wives, sisters,
and the other fellows sisters are to be
in it midst. Like fiery comet which
portends feminine and various other
unpleasant things, our feminine reia-
tons are henceforth to be bright spot
of humankind preceding and followed
by vast amount of less brilliant trail
If there were any way of postponing
or enjoining. or appealing the hoopsslri
to a higher court than that Of fashion
it is likely that men would institute
proceedings, and do It now. The hoop
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01

She says:
II drank coffee freely for eight years
before l began to perceive any evil eff
fects from it. Then 1 noticed that I
was becoming very nervous. and that
my stomach was gradually losing tho
power to properly assimilate my food.
In time / got so weak that / dreaded
to leave the house-for no reason
whatever but because of the miserable
condition of my nerves and stomach.
/ attributed the trouble to anything in
the world but coffee, of course. dosed
myself with medicines, which in the
end would leave me in a worse condi-
ton than at first. 1 was most wretch
ed and discouraged-not 80 years old
and feeling that life was a failurel
81 had given up all hope Of ever en-
joying myself like other people, till one
day l read the little book, 1.-The Road
to MELVILLE" 1t opened my eyes, and
taught me a lesson 1 shall never for
get and cannot value too highly. l
Immediately quit the use of the old
kind of coffee and began to drink Pos
tum Food Coffee l noticed the begin
ming of an improvement in the whole
tone of my system, after only two
days use of the new drink, and in
very short time realized that could
go about like other people without the
least return of the nervous dread that
formerly gave me so much trouble.
In fact, my nervousness disappeared
entirely and has never returned, al
though it is now year that have
been drinking Postum Food Coffee.
And my stomach is now like IRON
nothing can upset it!
Last week, during the big Con-
clave in San Francisco, was on the
go day and night without the slightest
fatigue; and as l stood in the immense
crowd watching the great parade that
lasted for hours, l thought to myself,
This strength is what Postum Food
Coffee has given mel" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
There's reason.
The little book. 1.-THE Road to Well
ville," may be found IN every pkg.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01
Motbers. Don't Forget That

The hours that even the busy woman
gives her children must not be the "fag
ends" of the day. One cannot hope to
gain a place in their lives unless one
gives them the best of oneself. The
chief point is never to be tired when
you are with your children. 1t is a
difficult task, but you will live to re-
gres it in their merciless criticism if
you grudge the time you give. And
so one should never let anything inter.
fere with certain hours of companion.
ship. rides or walks, or evening talks.
However busy one has to be, one can
fit these in somehow If one makes up
ones mind to do SO.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01

A pretty suggestion for linen frock
has a panel front heavily stitched and
strapped just below the waist line in
round scallops, held in place with pearl
buttons. The same effect is carried out
on the front of the blouse, and the
unique sleeve fastens from elbow to
wrist with buttons matching those on
the skirt and bodice.
Girdles of different shades are worn
if desired but those of white kid are
in better taste. The turnover on stock
is Hardanger embroidery.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01
The Hair,


The hair is quickly affected by the
dirt that is blowing and must be kept
fresh and clean. To wash it oftener
than once month is an error that may
result in losing the greater part of it.
and this applies to hair that is oily as
well as to that which is dry. 1t is
possible, though, to brush out much of
the dust getting a dry cleaning, as it
were. Those women who are not will
ing to spend money on this part of the
toilet can get the same effect by using
white corn meal as fine as can be
ground. Perfume, with a little orris
root, and rub quantity of it dry into
the hair near to the scalp; massage
well and bring the powder through the
long part. Then. with a long fibered
brush, remove all the meal. This is
not difficult thing to do if the brush
has long fibers. The strokes need not
be hard, and, indeed, should not be, or
the hair will be pulled out. The best
way of brushing is to hold the hair
out in one hand and brush through
each strand, beginning near the hand
and working down to the head.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01
Female Policeman.

In the city of Honolulu there is a
female policeman. Moreover, she is a
woman of means, who undertakes the
duty for the fun of the thing, and re-
fuses to accept payment. She is Miss
Helen Wilder and her father is a
wealthy sugar planter. She is permit
ted to be a mounted officer, and was
granted the exceptional privilege of de
signing her own uniform, choosing a
soft felt hat with a pretty silver badge,
and a becoming skirt of dark blue. She
carries a revolver also, and looks the
part to perfection.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01
For Marrying.
-

June is first choice.
In Holland girls prefer to become
blushing brides in May.
About an eighth Of Scotch marriages
take place in June.
One-seventh of the Swedish mar
riages occur in .'the month Of roses"
Germany favors April, regarding 1t
as the first of the spring months.
February is first choice in Italy, es-
pecially the period preceding the begin
ming of Lent.
Russia's favorite marriage month is
January. So marriage. like death, has
all seasons for its own.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01


Bake potatoes thirty to forty min
utes.
Steam potatoes twenty to forty min
utes.
Boil potatoes Gin their skins twenty
to thirty minutes.
Boil potatoes pared) twenty to
forty-five minutes.
Asparagus young, fifteen to thirty
minutes.
Beets young, forty-five minutes.
Corn (green), twelve to twenty min
utes.
Caulifower, twenty to forty min
utes.
Cabbage young, thirty-five to sixty
minutes.
Celery, twenty to thirty minutes.
Carrots, one to two hours.
Lima or shell beans, forty-five min.
utes to one and quarter hours.
Onions, thirty to sixty minutes.
Oyster plant, forty-five to sixty min
utes.
Peas, twenty to sixty minutes.
Parsnips young, thirty to forty
five minutes.
Spinach, twenty to sixty minutes.
String beans, thirty to sixty minutes
Summer squash, twenty to sixty
minutes.
Turnips (young), forty-five minutes
Tomatoes (stewed, forty-five to
sixty minutes.
When the vegetables are served
with boiled salt meat they must be
cooked in the liquor from that meat
after it has been removed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-01
A Runaway.

She was a very little girl from the
wilds of Maine, and it was her first
sight of an automobile. 1t was one
of the small, saucy, runabout kind.
She looked at it spinning by, then a
comprehensive glee overspread her fea-
lures. "Oh, auntie," she gurgled, do
look at that naughty little carriage
running away from its mother"