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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
Cheap Street Paving.

A story is going The rounds con-
corning an experiment made at Ham
mond with new method Of street
paving that is worth investigating.
If what is said as to results of putting
it down on sand is true as to quality
and cost it will solve the paving CUES
ton for towns with sand SOIL
The story is that a mason and ce-
ment dealer at Hammond, believing
that he had plan for making a good
pavement at very small part of the
|ordinary cost, secured permission
from the city authorities to make
test of it. He was allowed to try it
on two blocks in the suburbs, and this
is what he did: First he plowed the
street to be paved about six inches
deep, then narrowed it thoroughly
Next he broadcasted twenty barrels
10 Portland cement over the two
blocks, moistened the entire area
Thoroughly with sprinkling wagons
and then narrowed it over and over
until the cement was we'll mixed with
the sand. The finishing process con-
sisted of rolling the street with a
heavy roller, giving it the proper
crown and making it smooth. The
street was then fenced up for four
weeks in order TO give it time to
harden Last summer it was one of
the finest drives in Hammond, and it
| is said that the winter did not harm
it
The most interesting part of this
story is the cost of the street de-
scribed. The Hammond man states
that the street he made cost him
about two and one-half cents per
square foot, or less than twenty-five
cents per yard. This is practically
nothing compared with what brick or
any other kind of paving generally
costs. If good street can be made
on sand for any such money as that,
which would amount to less than $25
for the front of an ordinary residence
lot, there is no excuse for a town
having sand stree%s. The thing about
the story that looks unreasonable is
that ten barrels of cement is suffic-
lent for square. Mixed with a coat
of sand six inches deep it would only
be little more than one percent of
the whole, which would certainly
seem too weak mixture to form a
good road Further reports from the
Hammond experiment will be watch
ed with interest.-Knox Democrat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14

Referring to the Jews striking
their religious flag" by converting
Sinai Temple into a club house, the
Chicago Chronicle says: This move
nient is sad on account of what it in
dicates concerning religion in general.
1t shows that the religious indiffer-
entism is universal. We live in an
age which is violently secular, which
assails everything religious and which
seems to be only the beginning of a
great religious revolution in religious
thought the outcome of which no one
can see. So far as we know this state
of mind is unprecedented in human
history. Religious commissions have
marked all the centuries of the past,
but they were occasioned by one re-
ligion supplanting another. A move
ment in which secularism threatens
to engulf all religion is something
which the world has never before
Seen All rtngious leaders violently
deny the reality of such a movement,
but it is only. when someone else has
asserted it. AS soon as they are left
to themselves they begin to admit
and lament it. As this religious de-
cline is universal phenomenon it
must be closely connected with the
progress of science, learning and crit
icism, and possibly with trade. finance
and travel. 1t would be far more
interesting to know where it will ali
end, but that is far more occult SUBJ
ject than its origin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
The Alumni Banquet.

The tenth annual reunion of the
Plymouth High School Alumni was
conducted with gratifying success in
the auditorium of the Washington
school building, Thursday night. AT
late minute an emergency presented
itself in the fact that the Hon. c. p.
Drummond, of South Bend, who was
to have presided as POSTMASTER, an
nounced by means of telegram that
| he could not be there. 1t was the
good fortune of the association, how
ever, to have in its midst one of the
members of the first graduation class,
that of 1876, Mr.. H. A. Pershing, OF
South Bend, who kindly submitted
to the urgent requests of the assem-
bly, and took the place of the absent
man. Mr.. Pershing although speak
ing extemporaneously, managed the
exercises with great genius and ease.
The program has been pronounced
the neatest ever arranged in the SER
les of the ten annual meetings up to
this time. Its characteristics were
brevity, grace and spice. Some of the
musical numbers were of a quality
SO clever and fine that they might be
termed unique. The High School
Orchestra furnished the most salts
factory music ever given at any of
these affairs.
On the literary program there were
just four productions, each one of
which was full of fine suggestions
and fully in tune with the audience
which received it. Miss Alice Klinger
gave an excellent discourse. 1t was
entitled Soldiers of Fortunes" Allen
B. Cleveland gave witty and bril-
liant toast using "The Cost as his
subject. Mrs. Grace Aspinall pre-
scented spicy and ingenious paper en-
titled "The Masqueraders," and Miss
Olive Beldon. representing the class
of 1905, responded in clever man
ner to her number entitled "The
Crisis"
A good number though not upon
the printed program, was the address
of Prof Randall, which was full Of
kindly sentiment and was responded
to by hearty applause.
At the business meeting Mrs. Maud
Houghton was elected president for
the ensuing year and Miss Dora Cap
ron was elected secretary.
The retiring president, Ronald
Thomson, when asked concerning the
management of this occasion, which
is the most important annual social
event of this city, stated; 81 want to
give Mrs. Maud Houghton the credit
whicn is her due. She is surely one
of the loyal suls of the alumni and
her judgment and executive ability
at this time, has been our salvation
The meeting, next year, under her
direct management, is an assured
success.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
Honor for John w. Foster.

The news comes to Washington
d. c., that John w. Foster, ex-sec-
rotary of state, has been honored by
the Chinese government with an APP
pointment as its representative at the
approaching Hague conference. There
is only one other case on record
where the Chinese government has
done this sort of honor to foreigner,
and that was in 1868, when Bur-
lingame resigned his post as United
States minister at Picking to under
take the negotiation of a number of
treaties for China.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
Republican Business Management.

AS an evidence of the splendid bust
ness and financial management of the
Republican state officials, it is pointed
out that the legislature of 1906 made
the following specific appropriations
out of the general fund, without adj
ding one mill to the taxes Except the
six mills for school revenue) at
Southwestern hospital for insane,
$500, ZOO; epileptic village, $150,oOO;
industrial school for girls. 100000;
deaf and dumb institute, $150,OO0.
Here is a total of $1,O1O,OOO appropri-
ated for new state buildings and avail
able in the years 1905 and 1906, with
no increase in taxation. Compared
with the manner past Democratic adj
ministrations squandered the public
funds, it really looks as though Re-
publican administration could almost
have built the state house without a
special levy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14

Governor Warheld has appointed
William Pinkney Whyte. the noted
lawyer and former governor and
United States senator, to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of United
States Senator German. Mr.. Whyte
will serve until the next legislature
meets in January, 1908.
Mr.. Whyte is 50 years old. Corr
man, a quarter of a century ago,
knocked him out of a reelection as
United States senator and took his
place Whyte has been Mayor of Bal
timore, governor and attorney general
of Maryland. He has been antagonis-
tic to the regular organization for
years.
The governor, in appointing Mr..
Whyte, does SO on the ground of his
fitness to take up Immediately the
work in the senate and ALSO as a
tribute to the veteran Democrats life
long devotion to the interests of the
City of Baltimore and the State Of
Maryland, thus enabling him to round
out his notable political career in the
senate.
The appointment of Mr.. Whyte will
leave the field open for a free-for-all
race for the senatorship next year,
but at the same time the governor
has dealt the old German organiza-
ton blow. The leaders of the or
ganization would have preferred
either young Arthur P. German, the
dead senator's son; General L. Vic
tor Baughman, Joshua Miles. former
Governor John Walter Smith or sew
eral others.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
BRYAN IS ENDORSED.
Democrats of Indiana Meet at Indi-
annapolis.

The Democrats of Indiana il con
sention Thu. sday adopted platform
strongly indorsing William J. Bryan
for the presidency and selected /;
state ticket for all the Offices except
governor and reporter of the suprem,
court.
The platform says in part: "Tht
growth of trusts and other .nordinats
and dangerous combinations of capi
tai, tremendous and rapidly increas
ing absorption and Capitalization Of
the wealth of the country in the
hands of a chosen few, all due to pre-
neditated and systematic Legislation
in behalf of special interests by the
Republican party, demand a change
in the policies imposed upon the
country by that party and make the
passage of restrictive laws an impera-
tive necessity"
Protective tariff is denounced and
tariff for revenue only is demanded
The enactment of service pension
law and the equalization of widows
pensions are recommended.
The keynote speech was made by
B. F. Shively. His speech was almost
rehash of the speeches he has been
making in Plymouth for the past
twenty-five years, a speech which
most Democrats of Marshall county
know by heart" He made one new
departure, however which was pretty
good from Democratic standpoint
Referring to w. J. Bryan, he said:
That which is to-day eulogized
and approved as broad statesmanship
and enlightened patriotism in Theo-
dore Roosevelt was only few years
ago denounced as reactionary, revo-
lutionary and unpatrotic in William
Jennings Bryan. The aftersight Of
the one of almost equal to the fore
sight of the other"
The most difficult work of the con-
vention was to find men who would
accept nominations on the state tick
ct. Enough men were. finally drafted
and the following ticket was nominal
ed by reclamation:
For Secretary of State, James F.
Cox; for Treasurer. John Isenbarger;
for Auditor, Marion Bailey, for At
torney General, Walter ]. Lott, for
Clerk of the Supreme Court, Bert
New; for Superintendent of Public
Instruction. Robert J. Alley, for Cecil
ogist, Edward Barrett, for Statistican,
David N. Curry; for Judge of Su-
preme Court, First District, Eugene
a. Ely;cEor Judge of Supreme Court,
Fourth District, Richard Erwin, for
Judges of Appellate Court, First Dis
trict, M. B. Hottell and f. w. Felt;
for Judges of Appellate Court, Sec
ond District, r. r. Hartford, H. G..
Zimmerman and H. A. Steis.
The convention, the ticket and the
enthusiasm bore the Bryan stamp 1t
was most significant that among the
delegates who cheered the declaration
for the Nebraskan, among the lead
ers who had inserted it in the plat
form and among the political powers
who demanded it were more than 100
men who fought Bryan in 1896 and
who supported him in 1900 with apol-
ogies for their action.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
Goodrich Meets Committee.

State Chairman J. P. Goodrich met
with the Marshall county Republican
central committee Saturday and made
every effort possible from IL o'clock
to 2:30 to get Mr.. Hendricks to agree
to some sort of compromise, but
all in vain. He would not even go
before the committee, nearly all of
whom were present The committee
tried to get Hendricks and earn both
to resign and have a new chairman
appointed. Mr.. earn was ready to
do this but Mr.. Hendricks refused
Plymouth Chronicle
If Mr.. Hendricks is not chairman
why does Mr. Goodrich ask him to
resign. Nobody knows better than
Goodrich and Boys that w. G. Hen
bricks has never been removed from
the position of chairman of
the Republican committee of Marshall
county, and their, antics are truly
amusing. Mr.. Goodrich had his sec
rotary notify earn and all the men,
bers of tie committee that he wanted
to meet them Saturday morning, but
he sent no notice to Mr.. Hendricks.
OF course Mr.. Hendricks had no Of
fetal knowledge that Mr.. Goodrich
was in Plymouth or that he wanted
to meet the committee. In fact, he
left word at the Republican Office
that he wanted to meet Mr.. Hendricks
personally and not with the commit
tee. John w. Parks is witness to this
statement Goodrich finds that it will
soon become generally known over
the state that he is trying to disrupt
the Republican party in Marshall
county, and he will then be in a fix
from which he cannot extricate him
self.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
In the Darkness.

There's rumor afoat regarding
Robert Erwin and wife spending Sun
day at Fort Wayne. They went by
the Nickel Plate road. On. their re-
turn it is stated the brakeman assist
ed them from the train about mile
east of Tippecanoe and during a heavy
rain. AS we have considerable admi-
ration for Mr.. Erwin, we will refrain
from telling of the incident concern
ing the rain and darkness. Bourbon
Advance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14

H. E. Barnard, state chemist, an
alyzed tablet sold for effecting
liquor cure" 1t was found to con-
tain tartar emetic, costing about FIVE
cents. Tie tablet is put in drinks
and causes such sickness and vomit-
ing that further use is discouraged
and the patient knows not how it
happened 1
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LORD

Ames, Ia, December 49, 1896
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
SAVING BOHEMIAN TONGUE
Desirability Of knowledge Of the Language
for BOhsmians in America.
EFFORTS IN EUROPE TO END NATIONS
StIhing of Tongues and Literature the
Great Method of DenRtiOnRI-
iEinR the People once
independent.

These lines are written for Bohemian
Americana, by born Observation-Disclosures.
The writer knows well that this country
Is our home, that we do not think Of re-
turning to Bohemia. He Is well aware
that the American ideals are our ideals
more or less, and with our youth they Will
be so more and more. He knows that
language is only one part OF the great
problem Of every thinking person, that Is
the ideal life. That sometimes the at
tainment OF the main ideal requires sac
rinces Of the smaller ideal, the Bohemian
language. lie is trying to write without
prejudice, but being a Bohemian and hay
ing an appreciation for the beautiful and
the noble he can not write without feel
ing.
Mankind Is aggregated in various groups
that bear different names. For the pur-
poses OF this article let II be permitted
that the term nation" means a people hav-
ing the same government. A race Is a
group OF people having the same origin and
speaking the same tongue. nation is
rather a political division. while a race is
a natural division. Thus the German ma
ton means the citizens OF the German gov
ernment while the German race or Ger
mans, those people who are OF German
birth and speak German, be they any
where in the world A nation has many
attributes that are not universally dis
tinctive as, for example, language, GUS
toms. or physical character, like size OF
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
Rare Pledge of Minneapolis Business
Man whereby He PFOspered
financially.

H. o. Roberts, hardware merchant at
lO3 Western avenue, North Minneapolis,
was distrustful of his fellow men as bust
ness partners, so he drew up a written
agreement with the Lord This was in
May, 1890. The inscription he wrote on
the lyleaf Of his ledger OF each succeeding
year was this:
81 promise as the Lord shall prosper me,
I will act as His steward and give 10 Him
as follows: II I make $1,000 annually 500;
1850, $3.50 5000, 500; $500, SEQ; 500,
1900; $500. $500"
Roberts claims that he has prospered by
carrying out his agreement until he has
reached the last mentioned figures. He
says he has no desire to go back TO his
old method Of doing business before he
made the agreement, and, In fact. would
be afraid 10 do so, for he is certain that
his present business would never have
grown to It's proportions II he had con-
tinued along the old lines
Mr.. Roberts holds that the Lord needs
not only preachers and missionaries to
help Him carry out His work but that
He needs practical business men as we'll.
II take an invoice the first Of zach
year" said Mr., Roberts land I balance
accounts with the Lord, keeping his ac-
count separate, l sometimes find II
II
small portion of IT, but / always replace
! il with interest just as / would do wer,
I dealing with a Nicollet avenue business
man.
Il would have been by the first OF the
/ year able 20 give ono-half OF my income
/ $500 as agreed had recent misfortune not
J Overtaken ne. ] made two trips 10 Cali
/ fornia for the benefit of my wife's health
3 She died last week
'The only other misfortune 7 had was
/ during the paic Of 1923 Other business
men lost their all, but I told the Lord tina;
I half OF my business was his. and although
I went broke, I did not complain. 7 began
/ to prosper again right away Things came
my way that J never dreamed about
! mo, / am not a religious fanatic, I am
! Just a plain Methodist church worker, who
believes In following the admOnition OF The
I Bible Chicago Chronicle.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

are tAught in all OF them and Spanish
italian. Latin, Greek and Hebrew in most
of them. Besides these the following IAN
guages are taught in the universities named
below:
Chicago-Swedish. Norwegian, SanskTlt,
Ayestan Old Persian, Lithuanian Olo
bulgarian, Gothic and Japanese ,,.,,
Observation-Disclosures Ola fteNch'
Gothic, IcelaIdic and Roumeman,
Cornell-Arabian, Ethiopic, Assyrlah' Cop
tic Old Saxon and Old Morse. -
Haryard,-Cetic. Russian, Polish, PoTIu-
Rese, Dutch and Bohemian II some ono ue-
sired II. ,.,,,r,, ~
are usually taught. ,,....,,o,..-
I.elaI Stanford Jr.-The same lahB uu6es
as are usually taught, ~ 800
Michigan-Old Romance AND the same
languages as are usually taught.
Minnesota Scandinavian and the same
languages as are usually taught
Nebraska-The same languages as are
usually taught.
Wiscorsin-Old Saxon, Gothic, Morse,
Sanskrit Arabic and Assyrian.
II seems that almost all possible Ian
guages arc taught in our universities. The
most important condition for obtaining the
teaching Of a certain language Is a demand
from a sufficient number OF students. At
| the same time, the support Of the citizens
of the state exerts strong Influence.
r. w BOUsKA.
! Ames, Ia, December 49, 1906.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
CoLoRADo'S ANTELOPE HERDS
So Plentiful that There Is Agitn-
ton for an Annual Open
Season.

Railroad men running into Denver on the
prairie lines from the east say that ante
lope are becoming so plentiful in the vicin-
ity of Fort Morgan, Wray, Brush and
Akron that herds OF from thirty to hfty
are no uncommon sight, and many Of them
have become SO tame that they race along
the railroad tracks for miles.
The law against the killing of antelope
contains a clause allowing their being
hunted from October 10 to October % In
1907, for the first time in several years.
During the last few years the antelope
have been increasing rapidly They fire.
quent the neighborhoOd OF the smaller
towns and many families in Fort Morgan
have captured young antelope and raised
them as pets. They have also increased
in the South, Middle and North parks, al
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

though they frequent the prairies more
than the mountains.
1t is said that the cactus covered plains
in the counties in the eastern part OF Col
orado furnish the best adapted place in
the country for the rearing OF the young
Of the antelope. The young are usually
born in a hollow scooped out OF the sand
by the mother, in the midst Of a thicket
OF cactus In this way the baby antelope
are safe from the depredations OF prairie
wolves and coyotes who are not able 20
penetrate the cactus thicket, while the
mother can jump over the hedge without
injuring herself The coyotes are only
feared by the young antelope. the older
animals being able to protect themselves.
An agitation is now spreading among
spOrtsmen to have the short open season
OF antelope provided for next year perma-
nent for week each year. They claim
the animals have increased so in the past
few years that no injury win be done
in a short open season The season for
quail, however which will also open in
1907 will probably be abolished by the COM
ing legislatuTe.-Denver Republican.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16
How, Indeedf

Yes" young Mr.. Timmid admitted I've
always been bashful among the girls"
But why should you be-" asked Miss
Yern encouragingly
II can't help myself"
"Graciousr' she exclaimed pursuing up
her lips. II you don't help yourself how
can you expect 60 get any:"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

customs
what Makes a Nation.
The American nation has the same
language as the British. Norwegians,
swedes and Danes differ very little in this
respect. Switzerland has three Official
tongues. People having the same attrib-
utes as named above sometimes found a
new government, as was done by the
Americans, Mexican, and Swedish nations.
Identity Of ideals Is the force that unit s
individuals into a nation, and difference OF
ideals the force that divides a nation into
several nations. The power Of a nation in
certain direction is measured by the sum
Of the efforts Of the individuals of thai
nation in that direction. Nations are DOM
| mated by various ideals at various times.
Once it was art, at other times religion;
sometimes ideals Of conquest, some have
the preservation OF the race for an ideal,
others industrial development,
A language is a means g. E. a tooD for
expressing thought A person is judged
/ by his deeds. II his ideals are good his
deeds and words will be good also, be they
| expressed in any language. Nevertheless,
! q language is an important means and a
thorough knowledge OF a language is a
necessary part Of a good education. There
are many people all over the world who
spend a great deal Of time IN learning
other languages besides their native tongue
The knowledge OF at least Ons foreign
tongue is considered an important part OF
a higher education, What are the dement's
derived from q knowledge OF several
languages? OF course, It may be Of com
mercial advantage, but this depends or
conditions. The benefit gained by everyone
is culture. Intercourse between the mem
bers Of a family Is very pleasant. Each
member has a different personality ant
some different thoughts. The greater IN,
acQuaintanceshlp outside OF the family, tn,
greater the gain from knowing new per
soualities, ideals and views. A knowledge
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16

complexion None Of these are sufficient
to distinguish every nation from all other
nations. Many different nations have the
same ancestry, the same language, the
same physical characters and the same
customs