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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08
GENIUS IN CONVICT GARB.
Many Useful Inventions Are Due to the
Inventiveness of Criminals.

1t not infrequently happens that
men immured behind iron bars in our
prisons give to the world inventions
whose value it would be difficult TO
estimate. One of the most important
Of recent minor inventions is credited
to the ingenuity of a convict in the
New Jersey State prison-Charles
Filler. 1t is a blind lockstitch sewing
machine which will enable one opera
tor to do the work of many. The &c.
vice was invented by Filler while he
was at work in the clothing shop OF
the prison. Outside capital was inter
ested in the machine and Filler re
ceived as his reward a cash payment
of $1,000, block of stock, his parole
and the promise Of position with the
company at a good salary.
Other convicts have figured in pat
ent office reports as inventors. One
whose name is recalled was Melchior
Farkar, who, while confined In Hun
garian penitentiary in 1892. devised
mechanism for giving a man clean
shave in twenty-five seconds. The ca
BILE report assured us that the governor
Of the penitentiary had tested the ma.
chine and declared it a success, but
what came of it is unknown.
\ convict of a mechanical turn of
mind is apt to find his confinement and
his isolation from lettering influences
most helpful in enabling him to &C.
quire greater facility. The exhibition
by the prison association of articles
made by convicts contained specimens
of high-class work done behind the
prison bars. Among them were an
elaborate iron door grill, a richly
carved oak staircase, chairs, desks,
banjoes, cabinets, iron bedsteads, plas.
ter casts, etc. A piece Of cloth woven
at Auburn came in for the highest
praise. Richard Barker, a life convict
at Auburn, made a box out Of 11,796
separate pieces Of wood which was
marvel Of skillful cabinet work. 1t
required a glass to see where the diff
ferent fragments Of wood were Joined
together. In the year 1885 the goods
manufactured by the conyicts of the
State Of New York were valued at
SC, $50, 800.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08
Something to Tie To.

It was at the last of the Inaugural
tion concerts given at the pension
building "in honor of the American
people," At one end of the great hall
was the platform. filed by the chorus
and the Marine band. Everywhere
else-in throngs upon the floor, in
closely packed procession pressing
through the upper gallery, filling every
chair in the various rooms-were peo-
pie of every class and station. women
In evening gowns and women In shirt
waists, men from city, farm aid prai-
RE, Saxon and negro, native and for
eign-born, in short-the American
people"
Presently there appeared at the en-
trance of one Of the rooms stout,
pleasant-faced woman with bevy Of
half a dozen young people. Just as the
group appeared two persons who had
been sitting in the room rose to leave.
The stout woman, with sigh of relief,
secured one of the chairs.
There" she exclaimed, now were
fixed! You young folks can go where
you want to, but I'm going to stay
right here. Now mind, you're all going
to meet here to start home. 1 shall
stay till every last one of you has
come, If have to camp here all night.
And you needn't any of you try to stir
me before that, for sha'n't bulge"
The young people laughed and scat
tered; the newcomer turned to the
| stranger next her.
'Tisn't any picnic to take half a
dozen young folks TO Inauguration"
she confided, but we've got along first
rate by my always giving them one
thing to tie to and leaving them free
for the rest. They're so afraid they'll
miss something, young people are.
They haven't learned that no mortal
living can see the whole of anything,
and that the biggest part of what you
see is inside your head, not outside,
anyway. They wouldn't believe it if
any one should tell them have better
times than they do, but 1 do"'
Yet it was easy to believe that she
did. Her shrewd, kindly face was full
of interest in everything and every
body. Several times in the course of
the evening some of her charges drift
ed backbone or two to rest, a girl to
have torn dress pinned up, and at
last, one with a message:
phil says he's found a quicker way
| to get out, and we'd better come down
| to him."
Then the spectators had new light.
you tell Phil that he's known his
Aunt Martha over twenty years, and
she hasn't changed in the last hour.
He'll come back here"
| SD Phil came, laughing but obedient.
Aunt Martha gave him a humorous
| glance, but the matter was not men,
toned between them. Promptly and
in good order she got her party off,
Wouldn't you like to have an Aunt
Martha to tie to'?" asked a woman
who witnessed the scene, of her friend.
I'D like to present one to every
family / know, including my own,'
was the prompt responsibility
Companion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

Here the electric cooker just fits the
situation to a dot. AS you never
have overmuch room in an apartment
house, the compactness of the cleo
trio scheme is a delight. Some of the
latest New York fats ere furnished
with electrical outfits so light and
tidy that after meals they can be
slowed out Of sight in the closet.
The ordinary and larger flats have
electric ranges, all tiled and hooded.
SO clean and free from smell that you
could almost run one on the parlor
carpet without differing up any.
To be able thus to cook with some
thing that doesn't turn your whole
fat into a furnace makes electricity
in summer q joy forever.-Warren
Harper, in the Pilgrim.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08
AZ to Ladies and Gentlemen.

ITS a fine thing to be lady or a
gentleman" said the bookkeeper.
What's your idea Of a gentleman? p
inquired the stenographer.
"a man that's clean inside and out;
who neither looks up to the rich nor
down on the poor; who can lose with
out squealing and who can win with
out Dragging; who is considerate of
women, children and old people; who
is too brave to lie, too generous to
cheat and who takes his share Of the
world and lets other people have
theirs"
And what does 1t take to make a
lady?" asked the stenographer.
"a perfect lady is a woman who
can hear choice piece of scandal
about her dearest enemy and then for
get it." answered the bookkeeper.
"Huhw cried the stenographer.
s'That kind of woman wouldn't be
a lady, she'd be in an asylum for the
dumb. New York Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08
To Clean Skin.

Enough tincture of benzoin to make
a slightly milky lotion makes an ex.
cellent skin cleaner. Apply it frequent
ly with soft old linen handkerchief
and you will find fewer blackheads
and coarse pores. SO few women IN
derstand that there are gentler means
of cleansing the face skin than plain
soap and water that it is scarcely to
be wondered at that blotches and
rough faces are common. Sweet milk
and water is a skin beautifier, and
milk, made pretty salt, is favorite
English cosmetic
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08
FEED you MONEY.
Feed Your Brain, and 1t Will Feed You
Money and Fame.

Feed Your Brain, and 1t Will Feed You
Money and Fame.
Ever since bcyhood I have been
especially fond Of meats, and am con-
WINGED 1 ate too rapidly. and failed to
masticate my food properly.
THE result was that found myself,
a few years ago, afflicted with ailments
OF the stomach, and kidneys, which in
terfered seriously with my business.
'At last I took the advice of friends
and began to eat GrapeNuts instead of
the heavy meats, ETC., that had consti-
tuted my former diet
Il found that was at once benefited
by the change. that was soon relieved
from the heartburn and the indiges-
ton that used to follow my meals,
that the pains in my back flo a my
kidney affection had ceased, showing
that those organs had been healed. and
that my nerves, which used to be IN
steady, and my brain, which was slow
and lethargic from a heavy diet OF
meats and greasy foods, had, not In
moment, but gradually, and none the
less surely, been restored to normal
efficiency. Now every nerve is steady
and my brain and thinking faculties
are quicker and more acute than for
years past.
after my old style Breakfasts
used to suffer during the forenoon from
feeling Of weakness which hindered
me seriously in my work, but since
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

rose In modern gtlise, or to take from
an ancient and too heavy bracelet the
big amethyst that figured in it as the
principal gem and adapt it to the re-
quirements of the moment, say, as a
pendant or brooch
Some women occupy their time
very pleasantly and prftably delving
and diving into the old curiosity
shops, where such things as bead
necklaces. curious old girdles, set with
seashore stones like agate and carne-
Ian, and like quaint gewgaws are
stored away. These they are adapt
ing to their needs with excellent re-
sults.-London Mail.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

some story of him Is not proudly told,
but few illustrate the qualities for
which he was beloved better than
these which the New Orleans Times
Democrat received from woman who
met the General on his last retreat:
The army had halted two miles from
petersburg, on the road to Appomat-
fox, and General Lee and his staff had
been asked to dinner at the home OF
well-known jurist at Summit. Iced
mfnt-tulep was the favorite beverage
Of Virginia gentlemen in those days,
and when the staff and guests had as
sembled, just before dinner was an
nounced, the glasses were passed. Gen.
eral Lee was in conversation with a
young lady. He offered his glass to
her, after the old style, then barely
raised it to his lips, and set it down
untasted- He took up snd drank in
stead glass of water. Looking round
the room, where all tie men were
drinking with relish, he said:
do you know really believe this
glass Of water refreshes the inner man
Tar more than the julep."
Even his hosts famous liquor could
not tempt him. 1t was said that a bot
tie of brandy presented to the general
store before the war was returned to
the giver unopened after the surrender,
with the request that she would use it
In some case Of need.
At the dinner General Lee took a
cup Of coffee and added sugar and
cream. 1t was especially fine Java,
brought in before the war, and his hos
tess exclaimed, 20 General Lee! Do
You take cream in your after-dinner
coffeer'
II haven't tasted coffee for so long"
he said, smiling, that 1 am afraid to
take it in its full strength"
1T is true" said one of his staff,
later. Every bit Of coffee that has
come into his hands he has always
sent to the hospitals"
As he rode away from Summit on
his famous horse, Traveller, he passed
the home Of a poor old woman who
had sent her sons to the army The
youngest, whom she called Dolly"
was her special pet. Like every poor
Southern woman, she believed General
Lee was the personal protector of her
son. When she saw him she. rushed
out and caught his bride.
20 General Lee" she cried, whats
become of my Dolly"
Although he was even then without
hope Of saving his army, and was en-
crossed with plans for making the last
desperate stand in the faint possibili-
ty Of union with General Johnston,
the great leader, divining at once that
Dolly" must be a soldier son, replied
in his gentlest manner:
Madam, If you will tell me Dolly's
name and the name or his company
and command, / will try to find out
for you"
His hostess said that as he rode
away all the tales she had heard and
read of warriors and their deeds rush.
ed to her mind, and she felt that never
Were their qualities of courtesy and
chivalry personated In another as in
the gallant general.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

grily watched the home leave-taking
of little companion as they set off
for school. "She has so much house
work to do" The much housework'
and other work seem to take prece-
dence of love in many households
where the members would be shocked
if they fully realized the fact. Love
their own? Of course they do, and
all the toll is for the sake of those
beloved ones, they say, and really be-
lieve. And yet the work has become
a fetish-not something for the fam
lily comfort, but something before
which all else must give way, to
which everything else must be sac
rifced.-Gentlewom
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08
He Got the Job.

During the civil war the captain OF
a certain company of mountaineers was
thoroughly Disguised with the laziness
Of the 60 men under him, says the Phil.
adelphia Public Ledger. He deter.
mined to shame them. One morning
after roll-call he tried it.
II have nice, easy job" he said
''for the LATEST man in the company
Will the LATEST man step to the frontY'
Instantly SO men stepped forward.
"Why don't you step to the front
tooY' demanded the captain Of the six
tieth.
I'm too lazy" replied the soldier.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08
To Wash Lace Collars.

Shave Ivory Soap in boiling water; add
a pinch of soda and drop the collar in,
stirring it until the dirt is removed. Rinse
in a pint of hot water to which has been
added a teaspoonful of gum arabic and
a few drops of coffee or real Indian tea.
To iron, pick out and press on white
flannel, press with a moderately hot iron.
ELEANOR K. PARKER.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

White lace gloves are smart wear.
Collar and cuff sets grow more
covetable every day.
1t looks as II tan footwear is to be
the only sort worn.
If you can wear almond green, it
seems to be the thing.
Pink and blue combinations are
reminiscent of Vatican.
You would never know by looking
in the fashion books that the athletic
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

girl is to exist at all this summer
But she will!
A Japanese coat is the model for
tie newest dressing sacQues.
There is a new red which is said
to be an exclamation mark.
1t takes just big bow Of ribbon
to make some hats look adorable.
New girdle belts are Of MORE silk
bordered and strapped with colored
leather.
Artificial flowers, to supplement an
evening toilet, should be frosted with
diamond dust.
The short ostrich scarf, going just
around the neck and no further, is
back again in favor.
Batiste fashions some charming lit
tie blouses with round yokes COM
posed Of narrow bands of their own
material joined by a jour stitching.
Hats are all more or less tip-tilted
this spring and are perched on the
head with an effect at coluetry that
the fat hats Of last summer could
never achieve.
One of the most noticeable features
Of the new collars and cuffs is the In
creased depth of the cuff, change
due to the change in the shape Of the
modish sleeve.
1t will be a good deal more fash
ionable this summer to wea- wrap
and perspire than to go coatless and
comf0rtable-else wherefore the
beauteous coat creations designed for
the hottest season Of the year.
The backs of most bodices are pref
lily trimmed, good deal Of thought
and artistic skill being expended upon
them. The bretelles crossed behind
over the slightly ruched material is
an example of this style.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08
Optifnistic.

what 1 like about Nate Bilhardt,"
said the proprietor of the Amosyille
store, SIS his optimism an his beauti-
full faith. He rose up from that chair
over by the stove yesterday an re-
marked that he had notion to go to
work an strike Oil on the farm
Detroit Tribune
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

It is said that yawning is most
healthful exercise, remarks the Chi
cago News. Now we know what the
magazine poetry departments are for.
Their main purpose is not literary
but therapeutic.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08
A c 3-Day Frock.

A class-da! or graduation dance
frock of PHI 4 silk mousseline. The
skirt is in fine tucks over the hips
three deep tucks. A round semi-low
neck is employed on the bodice,
which is effectively trimmed with a
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

The Hon. Edward Atkinson boldly
renews his assertion that $50 a year
But if any woman in the United
States dresses on that sum there is
only one reason for il. thinks the
New York Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

Dynamite and other explosives
should be shipped by railroads under
restrictions which will make CHASTITY
accidents like that at Harrisburg, Pa,
a practical impossibility, declares the
New York Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

Indianians spent s6,O00,O00 a year
attempting to cure themselves, and
only one-fourl:l of that amount to pre-
vent disease. We don't seem to take
much stock any more in the old
adage about the ounce Of prevention
and pound of cure, asserts the Column
bia City COMMERCIAL Mail.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

There are not enough qualified dent
lists in Great Britain to meet the de-
mand. Is the assertion Of London
medical journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

The gold mining industry in South
Africa has at last fully recovered
from the effects of the war, states
the New York Tribune. The output
from the Rand is now greater than
ever before IN the history Of that
treasure land. 1t is TO be expected
that the general prosperity of the
whole country will similarly increase.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

In hiring a herdic, coupe, or other
carriage, never forget to look at the
horses and hire those that look the
best and have no locked tails, admon-
ishes Our Dumb Animals. When we
tale a herdic we pick out one drawn
by a good horse, tell the driver not
to hurry, but take it easy, and give
him five or ten cents over his fare for
being kind to his horse. We never
ride behind a dock-tailed horse.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

GranQmOtner ana her JeWeIrys
Grandmother liked ller finger rings
to look neat and very refined. That
Is why the extraordinary snowy ones
Of yesterday, with their huge stones
and gorgeous settings, are declining
in favor, and simple hoops and half
loops are coming into fashion again.
The stones are cut all of the same
size, and are set quite close together,
so that they produce very little show,
but look exceedingly well.
But that is not the only way In
which the women Of this generation
are copying their clever grandmoth-
ers. They are displaying their jewelry
In divers forms. though It must be re-
membered that the jewelers. are not
quite SO generous as to permit them
to wear exactly the same large
brooches and wide bracelets that were
modish years and years ago. That
would not be at all good for trade.
But 1t il often quite possible to have
family treasure such as q cameo
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

The average fruit-growing farmer
has been putting off the spray prob
lem from year to year, dreading the
expense a little, but disliking still
more to learn new process, says the
Massachusetts rloughman. But the
time is right at hand when many of US
will have to buy a spraying outfit and
learn to use it right, or make up our
minds to get out of the orchard bust
ness. The new scale insect and the
brown-tail moth have added the finish
ing touch to an already threatening
situation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

Brown taffeta may be used to make
costume, which is extremely simple
but effective. The skirt is full and
finished at the bottom with three deep
tucks. The tucker front of the bodice
is all-over cream lace. outlined by a
shaped piece OF velvet, which meets
the deep girdle Of the same material.
Velvet also makes the unique cuffs
on the sleeves, and Is Of a contrasting
shade Of brown
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

Three miles in eleven minutes was
the record made the other day by a
New York hospital ambulance-a
plain, ordinary, old-fashioned horse
ambulance into the bargain. And no.
body objected to the fast driving,
least of all the man whose life was
saved by it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

double collar, cut in deep, round seal
lops and edged with a ruffle Of fine
white lace. A box plat down the
front is trimmed with small rhine
stone buttons and deep pointed CIR
die Of silk confines the bloused waist.
One large pun forms the sleeve,
which is elbow-length with a cuff Of
lace and soft pink ribbon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

AS the Civf War recedes farther
and farther from the present day there
looms larger and larger In the story OF
It the figure OF sax-al Robert q. Lee.
the adored leader Of the Confederate
armies. There Il scarcely household
Of importance In the South in which
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08
Chorus.

q is Uncle Sam and his boys in blue,
V is the veteran that always proves true
w is our wounded who need Ill our care
x is extra rations; all come get youl
share.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08
Chorus.

Y il the youth who beats on his drum,
z is the Zouave who goes on his bum;
Ny song is now ended and laid on the
shelf,
If you want any more of it, sing It your.
self.
American Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

There are three ways to learn the
value of a dollar, states the Troy
(Kan.) Chief. The first is to spend
it and see what you get for it. The
second is to earn it and see what you
give for it. The third is to save it
and yearn for all the things it might
buy if you were weak enough to
spend it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08
Too Rusv IN Love.

100 Bu6y 10 Loves
my mother'd love me a lot, too, IL
she wasn't too busy" Loyalty de-
clared a small maiden, who had hun
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08
Chorus.

@ 10 our Quartermaster, who rides all
about,
r is the rations that are daily served
out;
s is the suttler that nails all the dimes,
T is the trash that you call genuine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08
REGIME to Preserve a Husband.


Select a nice, kind, amiaDle, indus
trious man, and prepare him for the
ordeal of making him 60 through a
long engagement, which, effectually
renders him easy to handle. Gently
detach him from all old friends and ac-
quaintances, and remove any bad hab-
its he might have, says the Record
Herald. To preserve, deprive him of
his latchkey and throw a handful of
mother-in-law in the house. Shred him
OF all OF his finer feelings By nagging
and pound them into pulp by COM
plants When he has simmered down
put as much love into the heart as it
will hold, add an ocean Of sympathy,
word OF tenderness, pound OF for
bearance and ton or SO of patience
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08
Chorus.

NJ Is to march and muster to-day,
N 10 no noise, but answer for pay;
o IL on duty, 60 muster him now,
P In our private that kicks up a row.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08
Chorus.

I is to issue some order SO strict.
] is to jayhawk when things will permit;
K is to kill outside of our lines,
L is the Lieutenant that dresses so fne