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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
riders that I swap. and to save trouble

orders that I swap. and to save trouble
he took my shoes and l took his clum-
sy moccasins. Before the day was over
most of our men had been compelled TO
swap shoes, and the fact that they did
so without protest insured us better
treatment from both men and officers.
'srhe man who said swap to me in
Chicago was the fellow that borrowed
my shoes off to the east of Knoxville
in December, 1868, and a short time
after our meeting he told the story to
some of my friends in way to have
them receive the impression that | had
voluntarily done him great favor. In
a trip through the South | met another
one of Longstreet's men who had been
in the shoe-swapping business, and he
told me the story in q way to put the
credit of swapping all on our own fell
lows. but all the same it was very se-i-
Gus business to us in that mid-winter
campaign '-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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platform represented in 1896, even as
it does to-day, the real conservatism
of the country. Owing to the unprece-
denied production of gold, the money
question is not and will not be dis
cussed in detail, as 1t was in the Chi
cago platform, but the underlying prin.
ciple of bimetalism. the cumulative
theory. his been amply vindicated, and
is now generally recognized
This talk about the spirit of 1896
will ch.ciz the rush of gold Democrats
over to Bryan's side. His devotion to
what he calls 1.-THE underlying princi
pies of bimetalism" shows that he has
recanted nothing. He stands lust
where he stood in 1896, except that be
intimates that for the moment 1t will
net be expedient to make any open
declaration in favor of throwing the
minis wide open to the coinage of sill
yer at tue 16-to-1 ratio. He takes back
nothing Of what he said In favor of
the debased dollar ten years ago or
six years ago. He merely comedies thai
the Republican party and the gold
miners hdve taken the money issue out
of politics for the time.
But tue rise in silver is likely "a
give Bryan and his friends courage to
renew the battle for 16-to-1. silver
has recently averaged 66 cents an
ounce. 1t has gone up 10 cents an
ounce In few months. The Bland
coin Is no longer a Accent dollar. AT
the market price for silver. 1t is now
a 51-ceut dollar. Silver to-day is about
where 1t was ten years ago. when
Bryan began his war in favor of
throwing open the minis at the 16-to-I
ratio without waiting for the aid or
consent of any other nation. The
Bland Bryan coin may be 52-cent OR
55-cent dollar by 1905. If the pres
ent rise IS maintained to that time
there will be q strong pressure on
Bryan's party to renew its old warfare
in favor of silver free coinage. In
principle Bryan is, as he shows in
his paper. free silverite. Despite
his lodging, his nomination In r)OS.
IL 1t takes place, will put the silver
issue at the front. and make the third
battle more disastrous for Bryan and
his dupes than was the second battle
or the frst.-St Louis Globe Demo
crat.
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ONE BATH EACH YEAR.


Task of Washing an Elephant Is n
Serious Event I'm Circus.
Some folks object to the unclean an
pearanee of an elephant, but they prob
ably do not know that an elephant has
only one bath year, and has to con-
tent itself during the remainder of the
time with a dry rub of sand or fust.
The elephants bath is serious thing
not only for the elephant, but for the at
tendarts as we'll 1t takes from ten to
twelve weeks TO wash thoroughly the
herd Of forty elephants at the winter
quarters of big circus. Thousands of
square feet Of hide must be cleaned
and softened-
The skin is first prepared by care
full oiling, the ointment being rubbed
well into the hide by six or eight men
at work on each animal.
The oil is applied with swabs of cot
ton waste, some of the Iaen attacking
the elephants legs, while others climb
ladders and rub the upper regions of
the huge neck. A keeper stands beside
the animals trunk with a hooked stick.
ready for any emergency, for If lad
der should be overturned by q kick the
oily back would be hard holding for
those on top. A course of massage
completes the amounting and work is
suspended for two weeks. The next
treatment consists of thorough scrub
bing, which brings of heavy layers of
crust which have been loosened by the
oil.
Then the entire surface is sandpa-
pered-a most tedious operation. As
many as ten men are detailed for each
animal, and they are scattered all over
the enormous body. The sandpapering
is a sort of beauty treatment. for 1t
eliminates all the deep wrinkles. On
its completion the elephant comes forth
to all appearances as good as new.
After 1t has had I. steaming somewhat
after the manner of Turkish bath, its
toilet Is completed and it is ready for
public presentation.
The arduous season on the road gives
the animals plenty of exercise. Tween
ty of them are performers In the ring
and their education has progressed TO
such an extent that they are said to be
able to do almost anything except
thread needle or read Shaks ,eare."
The other half of the herd does the
drudgery work of the show and Is an
essential part of the working crew that
loads and unloads the trains. One oc-
cupies the position of monitor and
maintains discipline In the herd: an
other Is a sort of a maid who carries
hay and other food for baby Boo and
her mamma elephant There are no
loafers in the herd, each having duties
which require daily attention.
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a ton of coal produces nearly tel
thousand cubic feet of gas.
st. Petersburg is to have a school OF
agriculture for women only.
The first lighthouses had fires OF
wood and coal kindled on top of them
The smallest bone in the human body
IS to be found within the drum of the
ear.
The small steel screws used in watch.
making are WORTH six times their
weight in gold.
''Hoch der Kaiser'-for he is now q
grandfather at forty-seven. 1t is rap
idly becoming the style for great men
TO be grandfathers before they are
fifty, according to the Springfield Re-
publican. Mr.. Bryan is a grandfather,
and he is only forty-six. Mr.. Roosevelt
Is forty eight and has his chances of
arriving in the grandfather list before
lis fiftieth birthday. Yet many people
still look upon all three as young men
who have but lately blossomed out in
the worlds affairs
Lord Kelvin has recently celebrated
his birthday. Though one of the most
eminent of the worlds scientists, Lord
Kelvin has a most modest view of his
own attachments. He once walked IN
cognito through some electrical works,
and asked a workman the simple ques-
ton, what is electricity" Il am sure
don't know, sir" the man replied
well, don't either said Lord KEEL
vim. He said tie other day that,
though he had studied hard through
fifty years of experimental inyestiga-
ton. he could not help feeling that he
really knew no more than he knew
when he first began.
1t is rather interesting TO know that
9 large number of buttons supposedly
made of horn or bone or some such sub
stance are In reality made out of the
common potato, which, when treated
with certain acids, becomes almost as
hard as stone. This quality of the po-
tato adapts 1t TO button making, and a
very good grade of button Is now made
from this tuber The potato button
cannot be distinguished from others
save by a careful examination, and
even then only by an expert, since they
are colored to suit the goods IN which
they are to be used, and are every whit
as good looking as button of bone or
ivory.
The monkey is catching up. He Is
climbing the evolutionary ladder with
an agility to be expected Of one of his
arboreal habits. There Is spider
monkey In Breslau, Germany, which
bas been operated on for cataract and
now wears glasses. For more than
year after 1t was received at the ZOO"
it was very healthy and lively; then 1t
became very quiet, ceased to play, and
crouched in corner. 1t was examined
and found to be suffering from cata-
TACT, so 1t was Immediately taken to the
eve hospital and operated on. In less
than a month it was fitted with pair
Of spectacles, which it wears with be-
coming gravity.
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A Missouri paper tells of a farmer
who came along the other day to where
his neighbor was engaged In putting a
new roof upon his barn. What did
the lumber for thar rocf cost?' asked
the farmer, who happened to be DEM
ocrat. About $780," replied the neigh
Dor. That's robbery" said the Demo-
crat. why, sir, under the Cleveland
with the low tariff in
effect, that lumber would not have cost
more than $780," 'sThat may be true"
replied the other, but l want to call
your attention to the fact that under
that Cleveland administration which
you refer to could not afford any
barn at all. and even had to live In an
old shed covered with straw" In this
is found one good reason
why Missouri has swung into the Re
publican column. and why the country
is well satisfied with Republican good
times-Augusta (Me.) Journal.
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rectify his Men who rallied to his assistance
received injuries from which recovery impossible
An unspeakabe clique of rogues propered far too long
while the innocent and the subjected to
cution.
These facts that should not be overlooked when
the vndcaton of the accused considered The restora
ton to his rank in the army is insurance for the fu
ture his reputation and the regulations of his support
ers have finally overcome caumny but atonement for the
cruetes of the past is impossible.
The impressive decision of that great court of forty
nine judges must be regarded though 1t concerned
other defendant namely the Republic of France and in
this view 1t is confession. The judges say in effect
that the French army dominated by contemplate
scoundres and criminals that ministry after ministry
aided condoned the oenses of these vilainous
sDrators; that the legal trials of Dreyfus
cry, and that the Infamous "afaire' stain upon
the honor of the nation 1t is impossible to develop
enthusiasm over such retrospect. The most that
be done is to dig up of political conditions
and these were long wasted foreigners But bet
ter late than never and France will profit in reputa
ton by the action of the Supreme CourtChicago Rec
ord Herald.
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n
From June, 1861, to June. 1862, wss
one of the crew of the L. S. s. Susque-
hanna, of the North Atlantic squad
ron. One dark night think April
10, 1S62-we lay off Charleston, S. c.,
at anchor, outside the bar, with fires
banked, but standing regular sea
watches. The night was Of Egyptian
darkness. / was in the starboard
watch, foretop, and came on deck at
midnight At o'clock a. IN. one of
the masters mates said: Keep quiet,
men" / knew there was something
up. There was a slight breeze, just
enough to fill sail, and approaching
us not far away was vessel We
could not see her distinctly, of course,
for she had no lights; neither had we.
but she seemed to be headed for
Charleston. When not more than $50
yards from us the captain of the brig,
for such she proved to be, spoke to
the man at the lead, saying: How
much water have you got, SMITH Just
them the captain ordered, Let go the
anchor" which was done. We heard
them paying out chain. That settled it
II he had kept on his course he would
have gottes over the bar all right, and
have been lying under the guns of
Fort Sumter In the morning. instead of
those of a big warship. We lowered
the second and third cutters ana took
them by surprise. We gave them no
time to make any resistance. When
daylight came we sent the captain and
crew on board the Susquehanna and
placed a prize crew on the brig and
sent her to New York. The brig was
loaded with salt and quinine, and had
six nice brass field pieces, with Gals
sons. etc.. and full equipment. The cap
tain Of the brig swore and tore around,
but it was no good. He had sailed
from England, and had his bearings
all right, but thought he had better
wait till morning before going into port.
Then ii was too International Trib-
mo
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

The annual value of the mineral
products of Germany is about $780,.
100000. Coal and iron are the most i'm
portant.
Europe has a population Of about
395.0OO.fO 90. or about one-fourth Of that
of the whole world. Belgium has the
densest population.
Great Britain and Ireland expor'
every year about $25. 100000 worth OF
linen goods. of which one half is ship
ped TO the United States.
Lyons. in the Valley Of the Rhone
in Frsnce. is the largest silk manufac-
lrring center in the world. producing
annually about $s0.oG0,o0o worth.
The Alamaden mine in Spain pro
duces about 80 per cent of all the quick
silver used in the world The mine has
been worked for more than 500 years.
1t Is stated that the capital invested
in industries and agriculture In Peru
amounts to about $30o.o00. 600. and that
the value of machinery thus far i'm
ported for those industries Is In the
neighborcood of $4o,0oo.Ooo.
The worlds consumption o. tea out
side Of the countries In which it Il
grown may be taken to be about 500.-
100000 pounds per annum, valued al
$S5,000,000. About 80 per cent Of th6
tea exported from Asia is consumed By
English-speaking people.
The highest buildings in Italy are the
National Museum, at Turin. which y
542 feet; ST Peters Cathedral. 459
feet, and the Church OF Gaudenzio. al
Novara, 1872 feet in height. The highesl
structure in the world Is the Eiffel
tower. in Paris, nearly 1000 feet II
height
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

While General Wheeler was in Mont
gomery, an old Confederate cavalryman,
who fought under General Wheeler in
the Civil War, met him in the Capitol,
where the governor of the State was
entertaining President Mckinley. The
Albanian looked General Wheeler
over for few moments. feasting his
eyes on the generals new uniform. At
last, scratching his head, he said slow
ly: General Wheeler, what In HI do
you think Jubal Early will say wien
he sees you walking into heaven in a
blue uniform?"
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deal of force of character and will I'M
doubtedly make lively campaign. The
Republicans of Tennessee and North
Carolina are organizing for strong CAM
paigns and are not without hopes of
success, due in part to Democratic dis
sentions in those States, and in part to
a growing protective tariff sentiment In
the South.
A half century ago Tennessee and
North Carolina were Wing States and
the inherited protective tariff beliefs
have been reinforced by favoring in
dustrial conditions under the Dingley
law. 1t will be hard work for the
Iowa revisionists to convince either
Tennesseeans or North Carolinans that
the time has come to scale down the
customs schedules to let in foreign mer-
chandise which those States are now
Burlington Hawk-Eye.
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1t the facts in connection with corpora
ions, to control their interstate trans
actions, t. punish their misdeeds. to
make them play fair, it owes to Re
,ublicans. Nearly every effective local
light made in the several States against
corporation aggressions has been made
~ Republicans.
1t may seem paradoxical in some
quarters TO speak of the Republican
party as the radical rather than the
conservative party. Yet 1t will not be
10 to the veterans who remember its
appearance on the national theater as
he champion at once of human free
iom and of stronger central govern
nent The Democratic party took then
he position. to whicIs ii had been COM
nitted by its history, that the nation
lid not have the power to put down
slavery in the States. It's own logic is
irving ii into similar position now.
4 the American people are to be bound
Nv "strict construction" and a glorifi-
ation of Estate rights at the expense
II the national government they Will
Ne baffIed in their attempt 10 curb the
:reat interstate corporations which in
liyfdual states have chartered.
Only by turning its back on its own
history could the Democratic party, the
,arty demanding weak central gov
.rnment, qualify itself to do the work
which the people are requiring now. 1t
8 an old reproach that the Republi
an party is '.paternal,v and so it Is.
rhe abolition of slavery was paternal,
he protective tariff Is paternal, the
Intervention Of Roosevelt In the an
hracite strike of 1902 was patterned. the
supreme court interpretations thit en-
arge the nations power to handle In
erstate transactions are paternal.
Nothing but paternalism can meet the
present problem. "Paternalism," as
Republicans translate it, is mastery
IN effective assertion that the nation Is
bigger than any Of its constituents or
my Of Its creatures.
he antitrust law, as the Democratic
World said In frank editorial in 1904,
vas framed and first executed by Re
1ubIicans, and that when the supreme
curt declared 1t constitutional "the dis
;enting minority Of the court included
every Democratic Judge Of that tri-
1unal." 1t was the logic Of party his
DRY that the Saratoga platform of
1904, on which the New York Demo
rats presented Judge Parker to the
nation, declared for "the maintenance
If state rights and home rule; no cen
.ralization.' BY this same irresistible
ogic Bryan himself is driven to the
Trotesque necessity of advocating the
breaking up of the railroads Of the
country into as many systems as there
are states, and their taking over by
he states, instead Of their control by
The nation.
The next step In national progress Is
not going to be confided to the party
whose motto Is, you can't do it,
New York Mail.
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in visiting distance of her neighbors
The nearest farmhouse my be half a mile away and
the village th miles, The lines poles and the wires
perhaps merely the wire fence have suddenly
into intimate relation BOTH her before
To who has experienced the solitude of the
farm it is hard to realize the JOY the wife mother
ut being abb consult friend about the cut of the
babys coat the recipe for mince pies cough
strip.
The demand for the telephone in the country imper
alive Everybodys got ONE said the village sorekeeper
to city visitor why there's three families that's being
helped by the town. and every of got tele-
phone Old Mis- Bearce says she'd rather go without her
victuas than have the telephone taken out!
What testimony to Che desire for human companion
ship. The gossiping instinct cynical critic will
say But after ALL what is that but the wish to COM
notes the perenniay interesting study human
naturea study fascinating to the unknown country.
woman to the famous psychologists Com
panion.
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"There Is one big advantage In thi.
matinee-idol business" unused the hand
some actor, as the curtain went down
on his thirty-third encore; "when you
hit miss, you are always sure that
you will never miss Baltimore
American.
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bryan stick. to silver.

Bryan is making a vain attempt to
dodge free silver. In recent issue
of his Commoner, the leading editorial
bears the ominous title OF I'm the
Spirit Of 1896" Several things are
in the editorial which also call up
unpleasant association for bis party.
1t says:
Democrats have no disposition to
forget the Chicago platform. for that
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Order Coupon.


There is a most thoroughly comfort
able. yet withal smart. new design for
outing waists this season This. as
shown in our sketch. has short sleeves
with roll-back cuffs. and roll-oret
collar, with which is worn fetching
little scarf Of bright silk. The back OF
the blouse Is quite plain. and even the
front has no decoration save the shoul
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

1t seems almost pity that such
'obes de mutt as are shown among the
beautiful French lingerie should have
% be worn only in ones bedroom They
ire truly marvels of delicate materials
and dainty workmanship and appeal ir-
'esistibly to the feminine aesthetic
taste. The trouble is. alas, that their
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

1t was stated recently at public
hearing in Australia that f1,0OO, 600
worth of rabbits were shipped to Eng.
land every year; that the rabbit, as a
commercial commodity, was "only In
its infancy" and that the trade would
probably grow to f5,000,000 year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

In Russia it is unlawful to give
kisses in public. A kiss in the street
is penalized by fine of 81. and on a
street car by fine of So. Declaration
Of love on postal card renders the
sender liable to a fine of $3.50.
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T. EDI ORIAISAkZ


Some of the great railway companies planting
by the millions to provide ties for the future The gov
eminent has been feeby attempting experiments in for
estry But far more thorough measures than any yet
undertaken must be resorted and that speedily If the
next generation of Americans is left without
lunber.-Kansas City World
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der plaits to give the desired fullness
1t is buttoned down the front with
pretty white pearl buttons. Some pre-.
fer to have the collar and cuffs stiffen.
ed, but the greater number like them
soft. These waists are quite tine smart
est thing for outing wear and are great
favoritss for golf, tennis. or boating.
The sic sycs are up. out OF the way. and
the low neck relieves one from the ne
cessity of wearing a high stock. which
the out-of-door girl duly appreciates
The pattern, No. HIP. is cut in sizes
from "a to A inches bust measure.
The above pattern viii be mailed tc
your address on receipt of 10 cents
Send all orders to the Pattern Depart
ment of this paper Be sure to give
both the number and size of pattern
wanted, and write very plainly. For
conveniepce write your order on the
following coupon
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tons of this slaughter of the forests may be appreciated
by imagining the lumber to be all of inch thickness
making board walk" 1900 feet wide from New York
to San Francisco.
Black walnut has almost disappeared. Oak has be-
wood. Georgia pine cheap, is costly
There is little white pine and of the diff
culties building that no substitute of
quite SUI versatile usefulness Only So per of the
years cut from this noble The despsed
hemock furnishes almost three times much In the
scarcity of better lumber poplar and Eastwood which
the American 1850 did consider fit for frewood
furnish than white pine.
Maine and Michigan longer the great dumber
States The Pacific slope and the gulf lead to-day Wash
ington being the chief lumber State and Louisiana second
Arkansas, Mississippi North Carolina, Texas Alabama
Georgia and Virginia make with Louisiana eight Southern
Der produced.
How the huge annual cut OF lumber and the ravages Of
fires well shall be replaced is of the
important problems with which this country has deal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

In some of the Partisan cemeteries
there are open vaults connected with
electrical appliances to prevent the
burial of persons who may be only in a
trance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

We have noticed that man who
raises only fifteen bushels of wheat per
acre, always doubts a story that an
other man has raised thirty.