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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

Tage Noey, engineer of pas
senger train wrecked at South
Bend short time ago, has re-
covered his eyesight in novel
manner. He was holding his lit
tie girl in his arms and the child
was wearing large straw hat.
Laughing in her glee at the sport
which she was having, she tossed
her head apd the rim of her hat
was driven in her fathers eye. For
moment the engineer felt as
though the eye was being pulled
from the socket but as the pain
gradually left he became aware
that he could distinguish objects
once more
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

1t begins to appear that Col.
William Hoynes is being groom
ed for congressional candidacy by
the democrats of St. Joseph
county, or at least by the conser-
vative wing. The Times publishes
occasionally excerpts from the lit
erary work of Colonel Hoynes,
and the issue for Tuesday con-
talns an editorial of over column
in length in discussion and COM
mendation of some of his utter
ances political and otherwise. No
one doubts Mr.. Hoynss' ability,
but his calling has ham2ered his
progress in ideas on certain
movements, and he is not up with
the times in all things.---Elkhart
Review.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
TIRES OF YOUNG WIFE.
Uncle Dan Overmyer is Seeking
Legal Separation.

Readers of this paper will
doubtless recall the manner Uncle
Dan Overmyer, a prosperous far
mer residing near Monterey, Ind,
took to secure wife He insert
ed a want advertisement in the
Rochester Sentinel and the in
ducements the well-to-do tiller of
the soil placed upon his hook
while angling in the matrimonial
sea attracted many who were will
lin. Araons other things Over
myers n Gposal, which was wide
ly copied in newspapers of the
sttae, was to the effect that the
lady must not be too old-any
place between 20 and 40 will do
and always in a good humcr.
Should we be married and /
should die nice property will re-
vert to her. | have nice farm
home, lots of good stock and am
a good provider to the extent of
killing three beeves year. | am
very active for an elderly man,
being able to SOW, broadcast
against the wind, thirteen acres
OF oats per day. l also want it
understood that | mean business,
and want no trifllers. In short, l
will give a good home to any
sound minded woman who is
hustling and willing to make an
old man a pleasant home, with a
prospect of a good lot of property
at my death"
The Monterey postofice was
almost buried under an avalanche
of letters. So many missives did
Farmer Overmyer receive that
time was too precious to wade
through them. While attending
the state fair he met, by previous
arrangement, Miss Mildred
Smith, maiden of 30, who con-
sented to become the bride of
Uncle Dan, aged 20.
The other day Overnyer was
in Rochester consulting some of
his friends concerning an un-
pleasans.less in his family. He
says his wife is very faithful to
him and when she's good she's
awfully good, but when she's the
other way she's like a ssswmill in
full steam. She's good worker,
he says, at fixing up .6nery and
fiububs about the house, but she
takes devilish little interest with
Uncle Dan in helping him with
the chores. Then, too, she doesn't
like to go to bed early and when
she does retire it wakes u. Gle
Dan up and he cannot go to sN ep
for two or three hours. She fee
quently threatens to leave him,
but she doesn't go, and so he
came back to the Rochester news
paper that advertised for the wife
tosee if it could help him let loose
of her. 1t couldn't.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
Wovk is Best.

In one of his addresses to a
company of farmers President
Roosevelt said that he regarded a
family of healthy children as the
best product of the farm. Then
he added:
"And now just word to you,
thy fathers and mothers and
teachers, as to these same child
rem: You often see the man who
says: 1 have had to work hard
myself and my child shall not
Now. that father and mother
Think they are being kind to the
children. They are not That
sort of kindness is a curse for
those to whom tits nominally ex-
ercised."
The President is right. Labor
is a blessing, and work, hard
work, is a benefit to any man or
woman. 1t is natural and proper
that parents should desire for
their children the greatest pos
sible enjoyment in life. But this
enjoyment should be rational. 1t
should be of the kind that brings
no reaction Of egret.-South
Bend Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

The Rev. Hugh M. Stova'i,
former pastor of lions Baptist
church in South Bend, and Mrs.
Helen Blake eloped to Niles,
Mich, and were married by JUS
tice Babcock. They are now en-
route to Harrisburg, Pa.
The Rev. Stovall four h.,..rs
previous to his elopement was
granted divorce by Judge Funk
IN the St. Joseph circuit court on
condition that he should not mar
ry within two years. The rum
away match is not surprise as
gossip had coupled Stovall and
Mrs. Blake for the past 1S
months. ]. w. Blake, the hus-
band of the woman, left South
Bend after every effort to stop
the clandestine meetings of the
couple had failed. He died two
months ago of a broken heart in
Milwaukee.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
Estimate of Asses.

The Elkhart Truth says !:
From all the information that
can be obtained, fair estimate
of the value of the assets of the
American Mutual Life Insurance
company would be $780, 900.
Straus Bros. of Ligonier, are said
to have offered $37 for the
old Barney driving park and to
hold an option on the property
at that figure. The Osborne
Colwell company of New York,
which owes the company $78. 900
rs believed to have assets that
could be made to realize $13. 900.
The New York company has
made an offer Of $4,000 in set
Element"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
Effect of the New Ditch Law.

The Supreme Court decided in
the case of Henry L. Taylor VS.
John N. Strayer that the drain
age law passed by the last Legis-
lature defeated proceeding for
the drainage of a chain of fresh
water lakes in which there had
been an order for the construction
of the drain which had been re-
versed on appeal. The drainage
act of 1905 expressly repealed all
existing drainage laws, except as
they were continued in force for
the completion of bitches which
had been ordered established or
in which there is no attempt to
and will not lower or affect any
lake." etc. The court holds that
where an order for the construc-
ton of a ditch had been reversed
on appeal the ditch had not been
ordered established within the
meaning of the law.
AS SO construed the new law
will defeat many pending pro-
ceedings for drainage in the
northern counties. The court de-
clares that one Legislature can
not determine the policy of sue
ceeding legislatures nor forestall
action which may be deemed ex-
pedient to protect the public
health or to promote the public
welfare. The court holds that it
was clearly within the power of
the Legislature to change the
laws and prohibit the drainage
of lakes, even though such change
of policy and probationary leg
islation might result in individual
inconvenience, hardship and loss.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
Died in Dakota.

The body of Perry Brownlee
arrived here Friday from Bantry,
N. OAK, and was taken to Poplar
Grove for interment. The body
was in charge of his sisters and a
nephew. Services were held at
the Maxinkuckee church. MIR.
Brownlee avs 40 years of age.
He left Culver nearly two years
ago.-Culver Citizen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
One Hundred and Six.

Aunt Lorica Cox, who lives at
Harrington, Me-, is the oldest
woman in the State, and probab-
ly the Oldest person of either sex
having attained the great age of
100, with very good prospect
of remaining in this world for
some years longer. Mrs. Cox was
born January IL, 1900, at Column
bia, Mass. Then Napoleon was
the most dreaded man on earth,
the revolution was still fresh in
the minds of the American peo-
pie, Maine had not been thought
of as a State, and there were no
roads of any kind east of the Pc
nobscot river.
At JOG years, Aunt Lorica
seems as bright and clipper as
she did when she was younger.
She still adheres to her habit of
smoking. She admits smoking is
not an elegant habit, and joking
ly says she doubts if she will live
out half her days on account of it.
She upbraided a nonegenarian
who came to see her the other
day for not taking her to a dance
over at Marshville, and thinks
that she would get married again
if a likely young fellow came
along-one not over ninety-hve
She says she doesn't believe in
folks waiting until they get old
enough to die before hitching up.
While her hearing and eyesight
are impaired, her memory is keen
and clear. She recalls the time
when the British prowled along
the coast in 1854, and all about
the water Cruel War" of the
Thirties, growing out OF the dis
pute between Maine and New
Brunswick, and of how General
Winfield Scott came to Maine to
straighten things out.
Mrs. Cox attributes her longev-
ity to a robust ancestry, and to
simple living. She spent very
much OF her time, up to the age
of ninety, out of doors, and al
ways had a fine appetite, which
she satisfied with plain food and
plenty of it. For medicines she
never had any use, save for such
things as pennyroyal and pepper
mint and homemade liniments.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
No Hope for Court Bill.

The members of the Indiana
delegation who are backing the
bill to create additional Federal
court subdivisions in the State
have practically abandoned hope
OF getting the legislation through
at this session. 1t seems doubt
full now if the bill could even get
through the House. 1t can not
get through under the unanimous
consent rule, and it seems GER
tain that it could not command
the two-thirds majority necessary
to suspend the rules. One-fourth
of the States representation in
Congress is opposed to the pro-
posed legislation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
Which Way Round.

Justice-elect Timlin of the Wis
consin Supreme Court would pro-
hibit multimillioaire from TAX
ing a seat in the United States
Senate. Was it Bryce who re-
marked that "some men are Unit
ed States senators because they
are millionaires, and some are
millionaires, because they are
United States senators?"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
Beveridge Congratulated.

Senator Beverage received the
following telegram from Frank
Frantz, governor of Oklahoma /:
"On behalf of the people of Ok
lahoma extend to you congratu-
lations and our deepest gratitude
for your unabating interest and
tireless activity in behalf of the
cause of statehood. A million and
half great and grateful people
are happy in the reality of a new
freedom and the majestic promise
of new independence to the glor-
ious equality of states"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
George AIDE Still Buying Land.

George AIDE, who recently re-
turned from Europe, is now visit
ing his farm in Newton county.
During his absence in Europe
royalties on his plays accumulate
ed in the Kentland bank to the
amount of $685. and he has in
creased his real estate holdings
in Newton county, having just
purchased a six hundred-acre
farm near Foresman, for which
he paid 800 an acre.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

INFANT MOI taAxty IN 1<u t441o~
At national conference on the
subject Of. infant mortality IN
England John Burns declared
that it was we'll within the mark
to say that 100, 900 lives are sac
ri6ced yearly through the neglect,
carelessness and ignorance of
British parents. He referred to
drinking among women of certain
classes as one of the causes of the
APPALLING rate of infant mortality,
and he spoke of this cause as "a
national reproach demanding i'm
mediate attention"
The question is not a new one
in Great Britain The trade union
congresses and the local govern
ment board have had it under
consideration for some time, and
if memory serves a mass meeting
was held in London several
months ago to demand adoption
of practical measures calculated
to mitigate the evil.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
Will Try Voting Machines.

The commissioners of Allen
county have decided to purchase
eight voting machines as start
er for that county. There are
ninety-two precincts in the coun-
ty and eighty-four of them will
have to be content to vote the
old-fashioned way. The matter
has stirred up big row. The ma
chimes cost from $500 to 800
each. The board buying the ma
chimes is Democratic.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
The Moore Law.

In the supreme court of Indi-
ana Tuesday six cases from diff
ferent parts of the state to test
the constitutionality of the re-
clause of the Nichol-
son law, known as the Moore law,
were consolidated and the court
will cover all of them in one de-
cision and that it is expected will
forever settle the question of the
constitutionality of the law.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

Gargiulo, the great Italian
band leader, whose band is the
attraction at Winona this week,
says his name is pronounced as
though spelled Gar-zhee-you-low.
The frst"g'is hard and is sound
ed as in garter ;" the second "g'
is very soft and blends into the
Italian (which has the sound of
"e;;" in smooth flowing manner
the gu" is sounded naturally as it
is in English and is the point on
which the name is accented.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
Saw Howard and Youtsey.

E. P. Rucker, editor of the Elk
hart Truth, is home from a visit
to his old hme in Louisville, KY.
while south he went through the
Kentucky state penitentiary and
saw Jim Howard and Yutsey, the
convicted murderers of Gov. Goe-
bel. He says they are kept hard
at work in damp dark place
in the prison and that death
would be preferable to what they
are now doing.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-03
Fine Music
WILL BE ONE or THE PRINCIPAL
FEATURES or THE WHEEL.
IEe sTATEg FAIR.

WHEELING. Sept. lat a circus
or a fair. one OF the principal things IS
to have plenty Of music Il It y the de-
sire to please the people. and'th man
agement Of the State fair realizing
this. has made arrangements for only
the best at the fair this year. and
there will be plenty oft. Two bands
have been engaged for the tafr this
year. and they are both frst-class in
every respect. AS has been the Gus
tom for the past two years a band will
be stationed at the grand stand and
the other one at the entrance to the
quarter stretch back of the exposition
hall.
During the forenoon these bands
will ride about the city on the street
cars playing concert music and enter
tanning the people. Right after noon
they will both go to the fair grounds
and will remain there until after the
races are over. Both of the bands
selected this year are Of the top
notch of the city, and there is no
doubt but that the patrons OF the fair
will more than appreciate the efforts
in this direction made by the State
fair management to please them.
Between the races and the Knaben-
shue airship, which are both some
thing new at the State fair this year.
it is pretty hard to tell in which the
greatest interest is being taken by
the people. OF course everyone Is in
terested in the big airship, and people
are coming for hundreds Of miles to
see the exhibitions; yet on the other
hand the lovers OF running races are
Just as excited over the fact that these
will be again inaugurated this year.
Everything is being put in good
shape for the fair this year, and by
this time next week the fair grounds
will be the scene of wonderful actiy-
fty; there will be many exhibits on
the ground. and every one will be fix.
ing up and getting things in hrst-class
shape for the one big week Of the
year when everybody gets busy at the
big State fair.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-03
wiz THE; 2 PERS
ARE SAYING
Mr.. BfaYAtlls SPEECH SEEMS TO
pfsAPPolMT MOST OF
ON tbe 8Boston. Transcript.

FROM tie Boston. Transcript.
Pine same man who has advocated
The government ownership Of all the
trunk lines 81 fearful that too much
power has been conferred Oh the In
tersstate Commerce Commission by a
regnlating law. IA similar contradic-
ton governs him in his treatment of
the trtist question, for while he is the
advocate OF indiyidaalism he also pro
poses that the President should be
vested with the enormous power of
placing on the free list all articles
coming into competition with the pro
ducts OF the trusts.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-03

From the Richmon TimesDispatch.
1t is striking thing to contemplate
"a Democrat who ought 70 believe in
decentralization and the development
OF the powers of the several States
finding bis remedies for political ills
only through Federal interference.
The whole scheme is one Of bureau
cratic Capitalization.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-03
ATTEMp lie oREAT

country now. Mt.fBryan made 1t so
In his speech at the reception given
to him IN New York Thursday night.
Mr. BRYAN does not advocate imme-
diate ownership, but HIS words are
definite enough To make It present
issue. aIr. Bryan has proposed a poll
cy that Is full Of dimculty. II not Of
danger.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-03

Think Of DR.. Shops Catarrh Cure
IL your nose and throat discharges
II your breath is foul or feyerish. 1t
contains OIL OF Eucalyptus. Thymol,
Menthol, etc, Incorporated into an Inn
ported, creamllke pertolatum. It
soothes, heals, purlhes. controls. Call
at our store for free trial box. e. A.
BiIlingslea G. Co.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-03
Fronl ths Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pfttsburg Dispatch.
Comparison of Mr.. Bryan's speech
with the achievements Of President
Roosevelt in dealing with the same
problems must be to the detrfment of
the theOrfst and to the credit of the
man of action. 1t will not be surpris-
ing II the beginning of the decadence
OF the third Bryan boom is dated from
his Homecoming address in Madison
Square Garden.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-03
.om the BaItimore NeRs.

From the Baltimore News.
Government ownership Of railroads,
whethsral federal ownership or part
State ownership. means a colossal
change Ia the economic and even the
political organization Of the Nation.
People will not allow this matter to
be settled by mere drifting.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-03
'un on to bed mi lam the life out en-
him Louisville courierSJournals

stYour family plays the piano later
every night said the visitor.
eyes Z, answered the suburban resi-.
dent: ..we.re trying. to keep the PEG.
pie next door up SO that they viii be
too sleepy to NOW the lawn In the
morning. And they're trying to NOV
the lawn so early that we won't feel
like playing at ntght."-waahlnEton
Star.
Farmer OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ye go
In ter give our city cousin for a
weddfn' present?
Ma Faddershucksw Well, was
thin1Sin' of a gold pie knife,
Farmer Foddershu Don't ye do
it. why, them city folks never eat
pie with knife nowadays cleve.
land Leader.
Read the Daily West Vireinian.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-03

CONTRACTOR ttpr pulIdlh SkyScTaPeTl
Have you ever worked high up In
the air?
Applicant for Job-Yes. sir; I-haye
helped gather several Kansas corn
crops Chicago Tribune.
Dlrector-say my man, how. is It
that shalzespeare's statue is standing
on the pedestal marked Scott?
Attendant-He must have got his
base on an error. sir Brooklyn Life.
Most people claim they "eat to live"
And vet that seems question.
These quicklunch patrons seemto eat
To dle-of indigestion.
Philadelphia Press.
First ,Barhstormer-Yes, my, old
daddy used to implore me not to be.
come an actor.
/ Second Barnstormer-1t was noble
of you to accede to his wishes
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Have you seen Professor Gabble-
ston, the scientist, lately?"
eyes listened to him for more
than an hour at the club last night. /"
Indeed! What was he talking
doesn't sing.
"He didn't say."-TltBits.
cynlcus-He fell in love with her
because of her voice.
silltcus-Her voice? Why. sho
Cynicus-I know. That's. the rea.
son he fell in love with her.-PhiIar
delphla Record.
Jack-Gractous! Why is there such
a rush for the services, OF Mrs. Nc
Wise to act as chaperon?
Evenly, she told all the girls
her eyeslght was falling and she
couldn't see anything further than II
yards Chicago News.
Cant you see the handwriting on
the WALTZ"
81 can." answered the Gear. impa-
ticntly. ''But what in thunder am
to do2 Every handwriting expert
call in has different interpretation
Philadelphia Bulletin.
"Paw!"
o"well, what Is 1t this hme?"
'rWhat has the tloatin' debt gotter
about?"
do with the sinkIp' fund.-"
maria, If you don't pack this young
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-03

From the Providence Journal.
1t would not be altogether unjust to
describe MIR. Bryan's long heralded
speech in New York Thursday even.
ing as a string OF patitudes. If this
is the best that Mr.. Bryan can do he
will not be half as formidable candi-
date two years henceFas it is now the
fashion 10 think he will be.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-03

Piles positively cured with DIR.
Shops Magic Ointment. It's made
for piles alone. and it does the work
to perfection. Itching, painful, pro-
truding or blind piles, disappear like
magic. Sold by e. A. Bllltngslea &
Co
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-03
Erom the Hartford Timss.

From the Hartford Times
What was there in Mr.. Bryan's ad-
dress in Madison Square Garden to give
offense to any admirer or supporter
of Theodore Roosevelt? -" Mr..
Bryan might have made speech in
New York Thursday night which
would have insured his election as the
next Democratic President of the
United States.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-03

From the Norfolk (va.) Landmark.
Here, in brief, is Mr.. Bryan's posi-
ton: Monopoly is the greatest politi-
cal evil of the day in this country. 1t
mas no! rights; it should be entirely
eliminated. The first step is the re-
moval sof the Republican party from
power. steps to follow should be the
vigorous enforcement Of the present
antitrust laws, the revision of the
tariff, the prohibition of campaign
contributions by corporations, and the
requirement of Federal licenses from
corporations doing an interstate bust
ness.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-03
Next Week Win occur ths Big eecu
the ". va. Espusition--1f
"A. MheeiEnn SEPT i0to a.

Everything In READINGS spie 1n1
span, at the largest fait and erposi
lion the State has ever held or even
contemplated Attractions multlpi7
Ing. interest pandIngi enthuslasin
growing as the date draws near. aud
the thousands ana tensoi thors.Dis
who wilIirtsit the big show viii ul1rte,
at its breadth aud scope Every buad-
ing and dopartment hiIeai to overflow
ing with magnIicent exhibits ans
meritoftols dtsplay attra etious nno
entertainments. the Isnasen siue sir
Ship. and hundreds 81 other attrac-
tions. Two big eonrert bands. horse
racing and a world q anu - .s.entz-
Go to the fair this scarf YOU never
went before.
9ssIiiisj3 -
New. people are arrtyln . 4Eir-
mt,a daily and place tAtl wants "a
n y,awanaaIfSyy nm fiiu3f Affifof
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-03

eRect, admitted that 1t IL not a prss.
emit issue. but something that may III.
timately happen.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-03
0m the washington Post.

The fact of overshadowing import
anca Us that William Jennings Bry-
an, who in the present posture of af.
fairs SIS the undisputed leader Of the
Democratic party. has made govern
ment ownership Of trunk line railroads
tlIe paramount issue for the campaign
OF 1908. Undoubtedly the opposite
party win welcome this issue with glad
acclaim.