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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06

flee began, mo smoking" signs have
been placed in conspicuous places on
the walls of the police headquarters.
and the use of the weed by visitors is
strictly tabooed.
For several hours each night Miss
Payne is in entire charge of the
force. Seated at a desk in headquar-
tiers from p. m. to 5 a. M, she re-
ceives the hourly reports of the patrol
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

AS Richard Wagner's widow de-
clared that the noise which they causl
ed was out of harmony with the poet
zeal atmosphere Of Bayreuth, the mu-
nicipal authorities have prohibited
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06
A Modified Appreciation.

do you place any reliance on the
weather predictions?"
Eyes," answered Farmer Corntossel.
II allus give 'em credit fer one thing.
The weather mentioned is always pro-
duced socuer or later, although the
dates areEt always strictly accurate. !"
Washington Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06

A modern man o. war is for
midable looking piece of mechanism,
but the danger it presents to an enc
my in war is altogether dependent on
the sighting ability of the man be-
hind the gun, AYERS the Atlanta Con-
stitution. Russia had some up-to-date
warships, but their gunners were as
children playing with toys.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06

Bicycles are scarce on the streets,
but automobiles are numerous, says
the Milwaukee Wisconsin. Were the
tandem-wheeled vehicle disputing pos
session of the streets With the power
vehicle, collisions would be far more
numerous.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06
WICkLNS WOODS
~ H.. TAYLOR
CHAPTER xII.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER XI1.-(Continued)
The wind increasing almost momenta-
rily, seemed to be blowing the rain away,
Tor 1t was not now descending in the
white strips and ribbons of water that
lad swept the woods clean all day. Still
there were intervals in which little spurts
or rain dashed in their faces, now COM
ing with the harder wind from the cool
northwest.
The level meadow that lay between
the Redden residence and the edge of the
village looked white and liquid as if
IL were a little lake, or an arm of back
water from the Wabash.
Across it, and far down into It's SEEM
Ing depths glimmered the bright yellow
reflections of few steady lights blazing
out of open doors and uncurtained win
dows, and showing where other watchers
held lonely and anxious yigils on account
OF those dear to them, and who were In
pain and peril
Following as well as she could in the
exact steps of her guide, Lizzy managed
to keep out of the deeper water and
mud, and skirting the grassy side of the
lane got out upon the watery, canal-like
opening of Overcoat road.
great limbs of the oaks about In way
that recalled to Lizzy's recollection the
first onslaught of that dreadful cyclone
whose path through the tall forest she
could distinctly see by the little starlight
that began to be reflected family through
the thinning margins of the smaller
clouds, into which the wind was break
ing up the great solid, vapor-loaded cloud
of the day. At the very uttermost end
of this hurricane path there cleaned a
faint red glow against the sky.
Looks lack hit mout be some house
aburnun. But / don't know whutfur
house hit could be. They haint nobody
alivun up thar at knows Nv" Mrs.
Redden said, in a low voice, almost
swept away by the wind
They were at the exact spot where
the Overcoat road merged and lost its
identity in the main street" around the
square"
Hello! Is that you, Miss Redeem"
some voice called out from an unseen
locality near them.
Yes; who is ut?''
"A huntun Clumburse, air yuh?" con-
tinued the voice, without discovering the
head and chest that emitted it.
mo; came up to find Coonrod>
gut awneasy bout i'm astayun so long,"
well, now, you're ashautun" said
the voice, beginning to materialize in the
shadowy dark figure that Mrs. Redden
recognized at once as the young Doc.
Hes gone trip at 1 wouldn't go fur
purity! He's gone up awnto the Big
Rattlesnake. clur up to the Backbone
Ridge, at the fur eend uh your Ian,
Lizzy. They's a lot a railroad fellers
eamped up thar, un they've ben duun a
little shootun' Nv one another. Un Coon
rod he went along with the shurf to rest
lot nv um-Mason, I'm s'more Nv um,
fur intent TO kill"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06

The finest music heard in heaven is
made on earth.
No man ever reached joy by jump
ing over duty.
Wandering afar is not essential to
the welcome of home.
Finding flaws in the sermon is cas-
Ter than following it any day.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06

In nothing are the Japs showing
their high degree of civilization more
than in their skilful surgical treat
ment and gentle nursing of the Rus
sian wounded, avows the Atlanta
Constitution. The spectacle of Ro-
jestvensky, their arch-enemy, captur
ed desperately wounded, being wooed
back to life by their hospital experts
and Red Cross nurses, is one that
gives the little brown men of Dali
Nippon greater moral victory than
the victory Togo won over the brave
man who lies with a fractured skull
in Sasebo Hospital.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06

Drink less, breathe more.
Talk less, think more. Sa1E
Ride less. walk more.
Clothe less, battle more.
Worry less, work more.
Waste less, give more.
Preach less, practice more.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06

"Oh, mamma, know there's a fles
on me-" cried little Ethel.
How do you know it is q nea
dear?" asked mamma.
why, because can't catch itr'-
Yonkers Statesman.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06

sleeves are finished just below the ell
bows with cuffs composed of bands Of
lace fagoted together like the yoke.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06

men as they go over their beats, and
marks the time of the calls on big
report sheet, which is the record of
the faithfulness of each officer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06
The SOLITARY.

Upon the messed rock by the spring
She sits, forgetful of her pail,
Lost in remote remembering
OF that which may no more avail.
Her thin, pale hair is dimly dressed
Above a brow lined deep with care,
The color Of leaf long pressed,
A faded leaf that once was fair.
You may not know her from the stone
So still she sits who does not stir,
Thinking of this one thing alone
The love that never came to her.
-Harper's Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06
CHAPTER XIV

"Mr. Redden, am sorry to say, is not
now here, Mrs. Redden," he said, taking
off his cap and bowling in a very formal
and elaborate manner. He came up
this afternoon upon important business,
but has gone on further-much further
than our camp / can assure you, though,
that he is safe and well. Miss Lizzy,
has your hurricane experience made you
admire storms to such degree that you
take the numerous risks of accident from
falling limbs and trees without hesita-
ton, on a cloudy day and inclement
night p
While a slight sarcastic smile linger-
ed about his lips, there was a puckering
Of the brows and a glitter in his dark
eyes, made darker by the black border CT
hair and cap, and also certain harsh
ness in the tones of his voice that COM
bined to make her feel that she was put
upon the defensive, and under censure
and reproof.
II do not know that l thought Of the
danger" Lizzy answered, blushing lit
lie. II suppose that after SO recent an
txperience-"
You ought to have thought Of 1t, he
suggested. mo doubt! No doubt. Even
by experience we mortals learn but slow
". and after many lessons. Mrs. Red
den, you will not think of going on far
Their in search of your husband? Can't
you take my word that he is well and
safe? 2"
He stood close to Lizzy-even touch
ing her with the folds of his gum-enam-
eled rain cloak, while he faced Mrs. Red
den.
II mout tuck your word fur ut, Mr..
Mason, eff ut nd aben three-four weeks
ago." said the determined and plain
spoken old Hoosier woman, de6antly.
'But you haint as much thought Nv, nur
your word haint as good as hit WAR then.
come up hy-ur after my man, I'm
want i'm before / 60 BAH"
There was 4 moments pause, In which
Mr.. Mason seemed to be upon the border
line between anger and surprised amuse-
ment.
Il am sorry to have lost the good
opinion Of yourself and 20 many Of the
kind-hesrted people Of sandttwn," he
said earnestly, and With . refon toward
|eonethine Ike what might b ternsd
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06

To make a -four ball for teething
babies, tie the contents Of a cup Of
-four in piece of muslin, drop in cold
water and bring to the boil. Boil
steadily for three hours, turn out the
ball, and dry for hours in an open
oven. When ready to use it, CRATE a
tablespoonful, wet up with little cold
water, and stir into half-cup of boil
ing water. Add little salt.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06

The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has made it apparent that it
can make good its 18-hour schedule
between New York and Chicago by
doing the distance in seventeen
hours. The New York Central viii
put on an 1S-hour flyer to meet the
defiance of its great rival. Perhaps
this extraordinary speed is justified
by extraordinary perfection of equip
ment on the competing railroads; bull
this is open to doubt. If it be safer
to go little slower that would be
the better policy. thinks the Phila-
delphia Record.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06

Unless baby is suffering from some
chronic trouble it can be kept healthy
and happy all through warm weather
by being frequently sponged in tepid
water during the day and kept clad
in two garments only. One of these
should be knit bandage, and the 9TH
er roomy "nightie" of cheesecloth or
scrim. Strange as it may seem, baby
will be cooler and more comfortable
than if clothing were dispensed with
altogether, especially when put down
to nap.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06
Woman Police Sergeant.

Miss Nettie Payne of Butler, Pa, is
engaged in az occupation which, Sc
far as known, is not followed by any
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06

according to the federal census
there were about $4,000 engineers
and surveyors in the United States
in 1900, states the New York Trl-
bune. Our contemporary estimates
that not more than 10000 persons
were entitled to be regarded as such.
Still, without making any discount
whatever, it appears that only year
or two later fully one-third as many
young men were studying with the
intention of engaging in the same
pursuits. The actual addition to the
various branches of the engineering
profession is to be computed, OF
course, from the number of gradu-
ates, and it is not an extravagant esti-
mate which puts the average for the
last three or four years at 1000 OF
5000, or from eight to ten per cent
of the total number of those who are
actively employed as engineers and
surveyors.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06

Numbers of Southern young men
have gone into the North for their
training, or at least a part of it;
hereafter, with the expansion of the
University of Virginia, the small num-
Der of Northern young men going
South for at least some of their edu-
cation will be increased Every man
born. and bred in the North who goes
to Charlottesville will gradually learn
20 understand from the community
point of view in many respects new
to him. He will learn by concrete
experiences how men value race in
tegrity when they think they see it
threatened, how they insist on the
value of man apart from his money
or his enterprise when the means an5
the spirit of commercialism are alb
sent, how they can exalt honor into
a force as powerful as greed or pas
sion when they have been bred to
do sn. Northern universities have
done inessimable service in giving
Southerners a pdint of view they
never could have obtained in the
South. The University of Virginia is
ia position to give Northerners q
point Of view that can be had only
II the South, concludes the New York
outlook.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-06
WRONG MEDICINES CURE.

Go be continued.l
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-23

Matthew S. Quay. As well-known indaron,
weekly says: Senator Quay stood for cor,".- nsu'
ton. His public career stands for notbinc oI1t
A statue to him would be a monument ra;aoII
Pennsylvania to its own cynical and disgIs+;os
shame. We have lies enough about the doa5
They are looked upon called for by the ooao
sion A permanent lie, in stone or bronze soo~N
hardly called for, even by the hypocrisy and so-
vile venality of Pennsylvania's official ruIino ~;
zens"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-23
CURRENT EVENTS: THE TREND OF THINGS
AS WE SEE 1T.

''Behold there ariseth little cloud out of the
sea, like mans hand"
We all remember this report of Eljah's SER
want. as he returned for the seventh time from
the top of Carmel, from which he looked out on
a land long, long stricken with drought and
famine GA little cloud like mans hand'-but
the story speaking of Elijah, goes one to say:
"And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, "Prepare
thy chariot and get thee down, that the rain stop
thee not" And it came to pass in the meanwhile
that the heaven was black with clouds and wind,
and there was great rain"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-23

change when he declared so strongly for rec1proc-
ity in perhaps the most statesmanl1ke speecn Oh
his career-made in Buffalo the day before his
assassination President Roosevelt has also OPP
posed the more glaring inequalities of the present
law but until now he has not been able to stir his
party to action But for it's own safety it cannot
afford to reject his counsel much longer. In fact,
so careful journal as the Review of Reviews has
declared that eff Speaker Cannon's views regard
ing the tariff should prevail the country must ex-
meet TO see a Democratic House of Representa-
tives elected next year"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-23
A Prohibitive, Not Protective, Tariff.


For If the National Government cannot stand
the results of its policy, what about its citi-
zens? If Uncle Sam cannot afford the luxury
of our present tariff rates. is not this also true of
the farmer or wage Garner from whom the great
protected interests levy tribute every day?
Protection may be right; it may be wrong. We
are not arguing that question. But the truth is
that we now have not protective but prohibi-
tive tariff 1t was before the excitement of the
Presidents order that Golfers Weekly two weeks
ago, commenting the Treasury deficit, alluded
to this matter, saying: "There is money enough
In the Treasury to provide for all needs for some
time to come but if the deficits continue to grow,
it will become necessary to consider seriously
some new means of raising revenue. The most
obvious method would be through the tariff. Many
of the present duties are prohibitory and reduc-
tion that would permit importations would turn
money into the Treasury"
That the Roosevelt order has called forth an
outcry against the Dingley rates is not surprising.
The wonder is that this outcry has not been made
before. President Mckinley saw the need of a
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-23
Russo Japanese War Movements.

Nothing has yet happened in the waters of tbo
Far East where Togo and Rojestvensky are ev.t
ing-nobody knows what else they are doing BE-
sides existing but it is again believed that Soma
thing is getting ready to happen. It was rumorad
at one time last week that Rojestvenskv had snf'
fered nervous collapse but this has NOT boar
confirmed. A more credible rumor is that Admi.
raj Togo's flagship has been injured leaving Janan
only three four available battleships. But in
armored cruisers and torpedo boats she is still ST.
perior to Russia, while everybody believes that bo
has an infinite advantage in "the man behind Re
gum" just as we had in the Spanish American
War. Beyod the laurels gained in their most ga.
liant attack the defenseless English fishermen
last fall, the Russian have nothing in their
past record to distinguish them, while the japan
ese fighters are the same men who met the Russian
vessels last summer and changed most of them to
the submarine type.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-23
Southern Industrial Progress.

In notable speech before the National Manu-
facturers' Association in Atlanta last THURSDAY
night, Hon. Victor III. Metcalfe, Secretary o.
Commerce and Labor declared that the South
within the last decade and at the present time has
grown and is growing in commercial importance
and manufacture more rapidly than any other
section of the country Her population and every
product of the SOIL her iron and coal production
he said, (and gave figures to prove), showed
higher percentage of increase than the Onl'eu
States as a whole.
These facts are especially notable Just no" III II
view cf the meeting of the Southern lndu'IrI~
Parliament which opens in Washington Cly " "
day, and over which Governor Glenn OF ->on i
Carolina is to preside Among the subjects 10 IY w
discussed are: Improvements of Southern pcl,, :n
and Southern oceanic transportation: dstrOcIicI 1II
and character of Souther nimmigratlon; the ;an I;@,
ian laborer in the South; industrial e''o'9T H.
for girls and young women; topography "ni api,,ro
mate with reference to vine growing hor'culsr
and trucking; utilization of water power p!' the
vation of forests; sanitation and hyglelgJ ana
growth of the South in manufactures; 'eCnI; n;ns
education for both whites and blacks "iray ,o1,
phases of negro labor in the South; rDe b ,o #
rate war between the Gulf ports; the grow" row. and
railways and the development OF the mILLr- [-;+es
lumber resources of the South and oPP9lI Conth
for the progressive Northern farmer III 'i''
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-23
Will England and France be Drawn Into War?

For a month now there has been serious dis
cussion of Frances alleged breach of neutrality
in allowing Russian vessels to coal and lnger in
French harbors. Frances reply is that, unlike
other countries, she has never declared that bel-
gerent vessels must not remain over twenty-fow
hours in her waters. But Japan insists that
France must observe the same rules as other ma
tions, and England endorses the protest of Japan
Moreover, the Anglo-Japanese Alliance seems
to require England to aid Japan should any other
nation aid Russia, and many have found in this
possible cause of international war But Eglam
is not very vehement in her denncation of
France, and one reason probably is that she may
now need the aid of France as against Germany.
Thus the Outlook of May Goth says: THAT the
impotence of Russia, partly occasioned and partly
merely revealed by the war with Japan, implies
danger to Great Britain is the opinion of many
students of European political conditions. 30
long Russia was Power to be reckoned with
England could trust to the alliance between Rus
sia and France to prevent the Triple Alliance
between Germany, Austria and Italy from threat
ening her security. Now that France stands prac-
tically alone Britons are aroused anew to dis
cussion of the defense of the Empire"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-23
ga Little Cloud Like Mans Hand"

On our own political horizon there came last
week little cloud like mans hand arising out
of the sea down Panama way 1t was the decision
of President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft that
the United States Government in building the
Panama Canal shall not pay the exorbitant prices
which our present tariff system enables the trusts
to demand in this country, but shall purchase all
ships, machinery and supplies In the markets of
the world. For long time we have known that
the Dingley law is such that many monopolies
send goods abroad. paying the freight across the
ocean, and sell them for less than the American
price. 1t is said that of the supplies which
the Panama Commission would have to buy,
be had abroad for nearly so per cent less than here
Our Pennsylvania steel dumping cars. for
asS9 II E4o6e fne afspee s fa Gent below
the rates in the State where they are made. More
over, the Panama Commission needed two steam
ships: they could be bought abroad at once for
800, ,0O0 or could be had in America after wait
ing eighteen months for building, for 81 100000
This was the straw that broke the camels back
and President Roosevelt gave e famous
order-fraught perhaps with far momentous
possibilities than he dreamed of. 1t has thrown
a searchlight upon all the inequalities and niqui-
ties of our present tariff schedules, and brought
them definitely into the glare of public criticism.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-23
Government Regulation or Government ownt

Government Regulation or Government Ownership
The same thing is true of the railway rate ag1-
tation The railways and the Republican Party
may choose between Roosevelt's mild policy OF
government regulation or heap up wrath against
the day of wrath when a long-outraged people
will turn to government ownership as remedy
As the Charlotte Observer said last Friday:
tIt was testified before the Senate committee
on railroads one day this week by official OF
the Northern Pacific that the Armour Company
charged $35 for icing over a certain route,
whereas the actual cost ranged from S110 to
$1.75 The difference between say $1.75 and $35 is
the tribute that the trucker and the consumer pay
to the beef trust Did say that this is
none of the governments business and that the
people would better let this whole matter alGneE"
President Roosevelt made his own position very
clear in his speech at Denver a few days ago:
'I want to say a word as to a Governmental
policy in which feel that this whole country
but part of general policy into which I think
our Government must go. l speak of the policy
of extending the power of the Interstate Com.
merce Commission, and of giving them particu-
larly the power to fix rates, and to have the rates
that they fix go into effect practically at once.
We see railways grow up, each of which
is controlled by single corporation individual.
sometimes several of them being controlled in
combination or by corporations by few indi-
afsis such is the case, in my judgment
it is absolutely Necessary that the Nation-for
the State cannot possibly do lt-snca4lld assume
supervisory and regulatory function over the
great corporations which practically control the
highways of commerce"
Following up this declaration of Administra-
ton policy Secretary Taft bearded the lion in his
den by expressing almost identical opinions in an
address before the International Railway Con
gress in Washington last week. II am opposed
to government ownership" he said "but you
not run railroads you a private business
You must respond to the public demand. If there
is danger of discrimination, then you must allow
the establishment of some tribunal that will rem
edy this discrimination
In Darkest Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia is one of the worst governed cities
of the world but the knavery of her politicians is
now becoming so fragrant that the people may at
last be aroused to some sense of civic responsible
ty. For some time seventy five year franchise
to the United Gas Improvement Company has
been pendinp before the citv council a1thouoh