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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18

From the capital of Brazil. half the
land and half the people of South
America are governed. Ii is the chief
financial and industrial city OF the
greatest undeveloped empire on
earth. Rio Janeiro Is a fast-growing
town 1t had just crossed the half
million mark In 1890. In 1900 1t
reached three-quarters Of million,
and today it has at least 100000
more. 1t is bigger than airy town In
the United States excepting Philadel-
phia, Chicago or New York, and II Is
only 10000 less than Buenos Ayres,
which has now just 100000.
To my mind Rio de Janeiro is one
of the most beautiful cities of the
world. writes Frank G. Carpenter
The harbor is surrounded by great
mountains with their tops In the
clouds. The mountains are covered
with tropical vegetation from base
to summit. and they are OF most
curious shapes. One rises out OF the
sea like sugar loaf to a hight or
more than twice that of the Wash
ington monument; another Is a mighty
hunchback. and others are great forts
and massive battlements. The harbor
itself is shaped just like pear, but
it is so large that all the ships OF all
the world could anchor there and have
room to spare 1t is 100 miles around
it. and the water is almost everywhere
over 60 feet deep. The bay Is dotted
with islands which appear to foat. AZ
Il were, upon its dlamond-studded sur
faoa
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
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Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects :;

babe old folks goodby and cast his lot in the realm
Of hall bedrooms and killing competition
The small town Middle West the progressive
small town. and of them progressive nowadays
offers the ambitious young of wide open eyes and
unremtting energy probably as good chance to win
place. if not better than the great cities The world
moves and in the future biographies great there
will have be for that of the son of poor, but
respectable parents who did not betake himself to the
city at early age but who the contrary, looked
about him where he stood. he well located, and
proceeded make of surrounding opportunities
with profitable result. Even now there are seyerai
captains who had to to the city to get
their millions who went 100 miles from the spot
of their birth find the field of their operations and who
are thanking that they ddnt-Utica Globe
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
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When the postman brought Mrs. Cum
mings her weekly letter from her old
school friend, she held it, unopened, for
a moment, and addressed her husband.
who would have preferred to finish his
morning paper In peace.
Thomas said Mrs. Cummings,
Thomas, you'll have to read it for me !;
you know both pairs of my glasses
are at the opticians. You ought to be
glad, when you don't have to wear
Them" she added, moved to reproach by
her husbands expression
''Oh, of course am glad, delighted :"
said Mr.. Cummings, hastily; and he
proceeded to read, with many inter-
ruptions, an account of the doings in
Mrs. Lanes family, which might be
supposed to interest her friend
81 thought So" said Mrs. Cummings,
when the letter had been read, even to
Yours affectionately, Mary j. Lane"
"She never mentions that green-gage
plum receipt I've asked her for it in
every letter since April 18th, and here
it is June. Next time l shall write
pretty severely. If she's losing her
memory she might as we'll realize it,
and keep my letters at hand when she
answers"
"Hullo, there seems to be an extra
slip in here" said Mr.. Cummings, as
something in the envelope interfered
with the return of the letter to its GOV.
ering He took out the slip and read
"'When you send me Anna Conant's
address, for which I've asked you In
every letter since April Sth, I shall be
glad to forward the green-gage recipe
Perhaps your husband will helper
My dear. there's a most interesting let
ter from Madrid in the paper. / think
you'll enjoy reading it." said the merci
full husband, as he returned Mrs. Cum
| mings' letter to her lap.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
rhe pre.ident,. speech.

President Roosevelt's speech at Har-
risburg. Pa, was remarkable for the
amount of homely advice 1t contained
for the average American.
The keynote of II all was the injunc-
ton not to let the government degen-
crate into a government of the mob.
nor yet into government of plutoc-
racy. but to maintain it as govern
ment of the plain people. where each
man zealousiy guards his own rights
and no less scrupulously regards the
rights of others; government whose
guiding principle Is that every man Is
to be judged solely on his merit as a
man."
That counsel is especially wholesome
inst now. when in various parts of the
country we see dangerous demagogues
attempting to infiame ignorance into
passion and to upset II not TO over.
throw the government that has served
MS hitherto. 1t is no doubt true that
their appeals have found listening ears
but we have confidence that they are
not many. 1t is well, however, that
such sound doctrine as the President
uttered should be put forth, that the
people may be reminded OF their duties
and their privileges.
"Of all men," says the President
"distrust most the man who tries t
set one set of Americans against an
other" Let this be remembered wheI
attempts are made to rouse class feel
| ing In this country.-Chicago Journal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
WHY VOTE FOR REPUeLIcANs7
Because Democracy and Its Leaders
Fly the Banner of Destruction.

BECAUSE Democracy and Its Leaders
Fly the Banner of Destruction.
Within less than a month the Amer
lean people will be called upon to de-
eide what men, guided by what princi-
pies, shall be chosen to provide in mat
tiers of government for their welfare,
local and national, for a given time in
the future. In making this decision
there is one unavoidable and eternal
fact which, for his own welfare and
that of those dearest to him, every vot-
err is vitality concerned to remember and
act upon. This fact is that no public
official can be much better, stronger or
purer than his habitual associates In
public lfe-can be much above the
forces that make his public career pos
sibe-and that, no matter how well In
tentioned the candidate. it is, after all,
the successful party which must rule.
In local affairs considerations of per-
sonality may sometimes outweigh the
force of party principles. But when it
comes to the national field the average
man can find assured safety only by
considering. not SO much the personal
ity of the candidate-of which he can
really know little-as tire principles OF
the party which he represents and for
which he stands. In the present situa-
ton of public affairs 1t is difficult to
understand how any man, who really
thinks along normal American lines.
| can vote for any save the Republican
candidates for Congress. The Repub-
lican party stands for success, for
! achievement, for stability in govern
ment, and for prosperity as does no
other party. No other party has its
| record of attainment of these aims. NO
other party gives such promise, on its
| record of steadfastness in the pursuit
and achievement of them.
1t may seem srperfiuous to be al
| ways directing attention to facts SO
| Obvious. 1t may seem self-eyldent that
| the ideals and achievements of the Re-
publican party ought to he those Of
every party which aspires to the re-
| sponsibilities of the great business or
government Yet, In frequent re-
| currence to first principles is the safety
Of the people. We must come back to
the fundamental purposes of govern
ment. and point out which party has
steadfastly pursued and attained them
and which party only-as long as the
Democratic party and its leaders per-
s:stently array themselves under the
| bopnar of observation-disclosures Inter
Ocean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
THE REIGN OF REASON.

Although the son of the house had
seen something of life, he was impress
ed by the fine raiment and languid
grace of the summer boarder at Willow
brook Farm. But his father had seen
more Of life.
II had thought she was some older
than she says" remarked the son medi-
tatiyely one rainy morning as he and
his father were at work rubbing up
harnesses.
"How old does she allow she is?' In
quired the owner Of Willowbrook Farm,
no name being mentioned.
swell, last night as we sat out on the
porch" said the young man. with a
dreamy, reminiscent air. ''she said she
wished 1 could see spring steal over
the land down In the Evangeline coun-
try. She said, I've seen it nine times
l have never missed 1t since l was a
girl in my teens
.'Well," said the father, after a quick
glance at the unconscious face opposite
his own, "how old do you make her by
that?"
"She can't be more'n twenty-eight al
that rate" said the young man, his
eyes apparently fixed on a pitchfork.
Il guess you haven't considered how
backward some springs are" remarked
his father, dryly, after a short pause
"and how there's some Of 'em that don'i
do any stealing to speak of, on account
of being behindhand.
I'm a-going to let you be the one Il
go down to the village for the mail the
rest O. these summer evenings. Th,
ride will kind OF air you out--and there
isn't going to be much more moon fol
one spell, now she's Quartering in thi'
rain"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18

A Scotch surgeon recently called at
tention to the connection between an
uncared-for mouth with carious tooth
and form of eye disease. He describes
three cases in each of which the teeth
wede In very bad condition
The gums were soft and spongy,
bleeding easily, while tiny drops of pus
could be pressed out from their mar
gins. The breath had a sour smell and
the complexion was of muddy, sallow
tint.
In caring for these cases the first
step was to purify the mouth and put
the teeth into good condition. Such
procedure, together with suitable tonics
and local eye treatment, brought about
perfect recovery. This Is only one
example of the serious nature of dental
diseases.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
MRS. WILLIAM Aston.
Her Long nNd Honorable Social Ca
reeP IL Ended.

Her Long, nNd Honorable Social Ca
reer Ii Ended.
The long and honorable social career
of Mrs. William Aston is practically
ended, by the laws of nature. She is
failing physically and mentally and
while she may be spared few more
years, they will be spent In travel and
rest and she will not again resume that
leadership of New York and Newport,
which will probably never be dupli-
Gated.
Mrs Astor earned her right to the
position of social leader long before
Ward McAllister, the epicure, recog-
nized her as such. 1t was she who
gave the first grand private dinners,
which are now quite common, and 1t
Mrs. Aston became better known than
any woman of the time. Mrs. Aston 5
dinners were formal affairs, but they
were net stiff and irritating. They
we're. in fact, stately to a charming de-
gree, and her guests, though they were
always mdue dl edSe, even lelt tldt
they were participating In a function
and not romp.
1t was through these affairs that
Mrs. Astor. though she never sought
Cor anything but the pleasure of hel
friends, earned her right to social lead
ership. Nowadays such dinners as
Mrs. Astor astonished society with are
duplicated at Newport often five ant
six times In an evening, but 1t wa
Mrs. Astor who gave the first, ant
It was she who was alone in thus en-
PERTAINING for some years. Mrs. AS
tors formal balls were much like he
dinners, in that they were delightful.
formal without being cold and repell
ing. There were always indications o
lavish expenditure, but there wa
never any such vulgar features as off
en- characterize entertainments of to
day. She could entertain without tn
use of the negro minstrel and the rag
time. Her cotillon favors were Away
elegant rather than grotesqus an
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
BUCKET-sHoPs.

the recent failure of firm of brokers
l ~ l public, especially those persons who lost
- money were enabled to get a momentary
EW-Q8S glimpse into the workings of bucket
lV M%1y shop" bucket-shop is an establishment
ostensiby engaged in buying and selling
stocks other securities for customers. 1t diff
fers legitimate brokerage establishment in that
it has membership in any reputable stock exchange
nor any valid correspondence with member of such
exchange In its transactions stock certificate
any equivalent changes hands, The customer who buys
merely that stock will rise; the customer who
sells merely bets that stock will drop. Most custom
ers of bucket shops being ignoranty optimistic, are
:; they believe in rising market and therefore
buy A quiet or sinking market wipes out most of
their BETS the profit of the broker rising market
presses broker he conveniently into bankruptcy
the customer does not get his money and the swndler
goes again another under another
name.
secretary of any great exchange will inform any
one asks by letter otherwise, whether broker
Ia egitmaely connected Transactions with legitimate
brokers' although they always dangerous for ignor
ant investors nevertheless safeguarded against dis
honesty by the records of the exchange which be
brought show each who bought and
who Sold and what brokers agents. Trading with
bucket shop business standpoint, and
IL engaged in with full understanding, it is an ofenss
against public morality.--Youths Companion
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
PolYcAMY RARE IN TURKEY.
Law Allows Four Wives, but More
than One Ii had Form.

Law Allows Four Wives, but More
than One Ii had Form.
The ordinary idea Of a harem prob
ably accords little with the picture of
life behind the cafesses or screens coy
ering the windows of the seraglio pre-
scented BY Mrs. l.. Parks-Richards In
lecture at the Waldorf Astoria. In the
first place, Mrs. Richards stated that
there was as rule only one wife In the
harem.
'Polygapiy is practically non-existent
among the Turks" said Mrs. Richards.
The law allows man four wives, but
makes 1t so difficult for him to take a
second one by requiring him to provide
for her exactly as he did for the hrst
that it is seldom done Besides, among
the upper classes polygamy Is not con-
sidered good form. / heard OF haif a
dozen Turks who had two wives while
was in Constantinople, and or one
who had four, but these are rare ex-
ceptions.
"The crowd OF women found in a
Turkish harem is made up of servants,
slaves and female dependents. No
Turk ever lets relative suffer while
he has roof over his head and every
great house has numbers Of such de
pendents, both male and female
Neither is the life of the harem dull
according to Mrs. Richards. No man
ever enters it except the husband, son
father or brother of the mistress, bu'
she may receive women friends and e
| to see them.
The relation Of the inmates OF TN
harem to one another, Mrs. Richards
found very beautiful. Children were
great pets, .she said, and servants ant
slaves were treated with great consid
Grafton. Slaves are often treated Tx
members of the family, may marry
son of the house and are much sough
in marriage by men for the purpose o
avoiding complications with mothers
in-law.
1.-THE Sultan's harem." said Mi
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18

Richards, "is composed entirely of
slaves, as the law forbids members Of
the imperial family from marrying
into the great houses of the realm, lest
the latter be made too powerful"
The Turkish woman, Mrs. Richards
found. is quite satisfied with her lot,
while that of the European woman is
regarded with horror by the most en-
lightened Turks.
1T is true" said Turkish official
of high rank and much culture, that
we marry our daughters to men whom
they never see until their wedding day.
but we do not have the awful Euro
pean spectacle of angling for men.
We do not bring them into the open
market and sell them to the highest
bidder"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
s,.x,bus I'm Cuba.

~In re-establishing the Cuban gov
ernment.- said Senator Beveridge at
pes Moines. ..all the world knows that
we are doing the work of Sisyphus-
rolling a stone to the top of hill only
to see it roll back again In the end
destiny will have her way. We may
law down the task civilization bids us
10 %. but tomorrow that task will
reappear, and the inevitable will COM
mapd ms to do our deferred duty
The Cubans have had their oppor-
tunity of independent self-government
and have thrown 1t away. They have
failed, as all knew they would fail
They have failed because they have
not had as people the stern discipline
of necessity in learning the art of self.
government.
In that experience they are nearly
q thousand years behind us. They are
about where our ancestors were when
William the Norman came to England
"Set them on their feet and let them
alone, and after while they will Learn
to stand" is the theory and the argu
ment on which they are now dealt
with. Perhaps, In thousand years OIL
so, and If there were no steamships ant
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18

comic, and yet everybody always crav-
ed an invitation to ball at Beech
wood.
Her dinner companies were usually
given for some distinguished personal
ity, perhaps a prince, duke. or maybe
a count. She always had every for
eign notability in town on her list. for
each invariably brought credentials to
her from some friend at court
Thus Mrs. Aston has been a sort OF
social censor. She was the best known
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
Things to Think Abont.

Things to Think About.
Do not wash the food down with
liquids.
Hay is the most profitable crop in
England.
Pigs have been known to XIV and de-
vour sheep.
No Russian army officer can marry
before the age of %.
Football was crime In England dur
ing the reign of Henry WILL
whalebone may be easily cut IL 1t be
laid for a few minutes in hot water.
The liquor from oysters. being salt
md water simply, has no nutritive
value.
Ecuador will have worlds fair as
soon as the Guayaquil railroad is fin
shed.
The Teachers College, in New York.
will hereafter train teachers to teach
health.
AT Johns Hopkins University, Balti-
more, is a thermometer which is said
to be the finest ever made. 1t cost
$4,000.
One-twentieth OF the wealth of the
German nation Is In $500 share com
panies.
The practice Of fencing has been re
vived among Japanese young noble
women.
Jebel Naiba, mountain near Bona
In Algiers. is gradually sinking. Arouns
its base a huge depression grows stead
lily deeper.
Bokhara, the most populous part Q
rurkestan, is gradually being change,
INTO a desert by the incursions OF TIN
sand dunes.
Australia is to have a transconti
mental railway from Adelaide to Por
Darwin.
The River Orinoco has more tribu
taries than any other river. The tota
number is put at $500, including Al
large streams.
The first word in a physicians pre-
scription is "a recipe" abbreviated t
r.. which is a relic Of the astrologica
symbol of Jupiter.
More than nine-tenths of the 300,0 90
pounds of peppermint oil annually cor
sumed by the world is Produced With
ninety miles Of Kalamazoo, Mich.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18

yer had waiting list yard long TOT young men VINO
sought the position of reading law in his Office.
the bank could have the pick and flower of dozen high
school graduates when it to selecting bookkeeper
or clerk the stores mouse-eaten and dead He
simply had to go the city If he wanted chance to
show what was in him. And go he did, for majority
of population of cities halls from the
small town and the country The young man who stayed
in small town the old days regarded fellow
ness.
But now things different A young man is not
candidate for the loafers bench market square be-
cause he stays in the old home town after he is old
enough have started his climb to the top. In fact
the chances are that he wise boy that he has weighed
the advantages of city life their respective
opportunities and rewards we'll and carefully and has
chosen his way deliberately and in full consciousness of
what he does. And it is TO be said that there Is no
reason In the wide world why be is not wiser why his
choice is not better than fellow who has packed up.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
Leadinx Authority.

Mister said the sad-faced individ-
ual who had sneaked in the big sky
scraper, "can / sell you the great En-
cyclopaedia of Sporting EventsT
Nope" replied the busy man. I'VE
have one encyclopaedia of sporting
events already
THAT so? Where do you keep it,
"why, we try to keep him on that
stool over there addressing envelopes.
1 mean the Office boy. and he Is an en-
cyclopaedia on everything from game
of skiddoo to the Olympian games
Chicago News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18

The United States has more post
Offices than England and France COM
bined. There are 71.131 postof1ices in
the United States. France has 11.2S2;
Germany $500: and England and Ire
land together have 22,0yo.
The aggregate annual number of let
tiers transmitted through the postoffices
of the world is estimated at twenty
million. About twelve and one-half
million newspapers also pass through
the worlds postof7ices.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
Tn. Really Profitable Trade.

The bureau of statistics of the De-
partment of Commerce points out that
If the trade of Porto Rico and Hawaii,
which formerly were foreign countries,
were added to that recorded during the
fiscal years just closed our total for
eign trade would have passed the 3d.
600 600. COO mark This reference to
the fact that the trade of Porto Rico
and Hawaii is now statistically regard
ed as purely domestic is reminder of
the curious hallucination which once
prevailed that all trade between our
selves was mere swapping of jack
knives and that the only really profit
able trade was that between peoples
living under different flags. The Man
chester school of economists was re-
sponsible for this extraordinary delu-
sion. as 1t treated domestic trade as of
little or no consequence. Protection
lists and experience are teaching the
truth-namely, that domestic trade is
the really profitable trade and external
trade merely the slop Over.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18

Much of the prosperity of the treas
ury must undoubtedly be ascribed to
the steadiness of the policy pursued
since 1896. If the country had had
change of tariff every four years, or
even a series of attacks on the tariff.
during this period, as 1t had during the
preceding decade. the tables of income
would have made far less favorable
showing. Business depends largely
upon settled conditions and freedom
from change. There are doubtless
iniquities in the present tariff that
need reforming--no tariff the country
has ever had was free from some in
iustice-but these inequities AFFECT
trade less on the whole than shift
ing national policy that wobbles back
and forth between high protection and
free trade. The amount of tariff taxa
ton is important, bit not so important
as that this amount be kept as nearly
fixed as may be consistent with equal
ity and economy. BY such a course
business men arr enabled to know
what to depend On and to adjust their
contracts accordingly. This is a fact
which the tariff reformers ignore IN
their eagerness for lower rates and
their disregard of the disastrous effects
of sudden changes in schedules. If the
tariff is q burden on enterprise, as they
declare. it Is far less injurious than a
policy of frequent and radical change
Tacoma Ledger.