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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02
A PERILoUs EXCURSION.

Il know of no spot more beautiful
than that which We must pass this
morning. But our path is no ordinary
one. The journey can be done only on
foot" said Padre Giulo. who was the
companion of Reginald Vyon in his
journey to the. source of The Cierna,
over the border from Montenegro. In
1.-The Balkans from Within Mr.. Wyon
describes this perilous excursion.
'Go carefully" exclaims Padre Giu-
10, as come slipping and sliding after
him. Look" and seizing me firmly
by the hand, he bids me look feneath
me. We are on the brink of a preci-
pice the sight of which makes my blood
run cold, so suddenly and abruptly
does 1t sink from the curtain of bushes
before u.s.
Very carefully we proceed. sliding OF
the slippery grass and clutching at the
bushes. No need to ALLURE me to eau
ton after that terrible glance into the
ravine.
The forest breaks off suddenly, and
brings us face to face with the source
Of the Cierna. Out of the living rock
4 rush of creamy water plunges into the
steaming depths. A little higher a
streak of silver comes down the precip-
ltous mountain. Shelves of pine-clad
rock rise in ridges, until the final bar.
rier of native cliff cuts into the blue
sky In wild, Jagged outline.
1t Is romantic and savage enough to
characterize its mission as boundary
between two nations who have lived in
blood feud with one another for more
than five centuries.
For some hundred feet we descend
steeply, and the gorge surrounds us like
the walls of prison. A thread, scarce.
ly more than foot wide. skirts the
bare rock, and disappears round the
bend of a cliff, the summit of which
overhangs the base. At least we car
walk upright This is no place to con
template the roaring cascade The cor
ner is passed, the cliff has receded
somewhat from our path. which is
however, still upon a steeply slantine
angle.
1T was here that q woman fell las,
year." explains the padre, and scarce
ly have the words left his lips when We
round a bend. and find an old woman
and two young girls staggering under
huge loads of wood. They are stand
ing helplessly. and as we come up t.
them the woman and girl lie dowr
On the upper side of the path to let u.
pass. and we see the second girl in {
terrible predicament.
Her foot has slipped over the lower
! side, and she is balancing between lif,
and death. The load upon her back I.
too heavy to permit her to rise. and tn,
loose earth on the shelving bank allow,
no foothold.
A grasp Of hand, and she is NJ
safely once more on the path. smiln,
zayly. as it were most common acct
dent
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02
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few takers for his 6 per cent bonds,
have thought could he have foreseen
the scrambling for the per cents in
RoOsevelt's days?
Il would give 100000 for a place
at the head of the line at the sub
treasury Oh redemption day" is what
leading financier of New York is re-
ported to have said when Grant. in
1915, signed the greenback redemption
bill, which was to 90 into effect on
January 1, 1879. Many persons thought
it would be impossible for the govern
ment to collect enough gold and silver
in the interval to hand out TO the
holders of greenbaeks who would be
the hard money which had been invis-
ible for years. But there was no rush
for the specie. Under the impulse of
the redemption law. the government
credit steadily improved, greenbacks
and the rest OF the currency advanced.
and par was reached by the beginning
of 1879. The spectators, seeing that
they could get gold for their boards
of greenbacks, preferred to hang on to
the greenbacks. Ever since that day
the credit of the United States Govern
ment has been steadily advancing. The
low interest bonds of every other gov
ernment are below par Ours are far
above that line. OF course, one reason
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02

tut sctdbC SCI VIC vi
the Grand Duchy of Baden, where he
qualified for military service and be
came an officer in the reserve. Seven
years ago he entered the diplomatic ser
wee, spending year at Washington
as attache TO the German legation and
going thence to Pelin. where he re-
manned until 1903. The following yeaI
he became secretary of legation to the
Prussian minister at the Vatican.
From his early youth he and Bertha
Krupp were friends, but had lost close
touch with each other during the early
years of his diplomatic career. In Rome
they renewed their acquaintance and
this acquaintance rapidly developed
Tito love.
Won Bohlen during his studies and
travels has acquired an intimate knowl
edge of French, English, Italian and
Spanish and working knowledge OF
literary Chinese He has developed
ability as an antiquarian and it wa:
while escorting Bertha through the
Eternal City and telling of the former
elories of ancient Rome that he woI
the girls affection. He will now become
by his marriage the head Of the grea
Erupp works, for this arrangement /.
according to her fathers will.
These works were worth at the time
OF Herr Krupps death $40,000000 ant
are now worth $45,O00,0OO. Bertha.
income last year was S3,OOO,OOO and IL
addition she is said to have $4,000,
Cn0 worth of property.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02

| was ordered to carry some ammu-
milton to- the boys at the very front
The regiment lay against the hillside
under CALLING fire. One hardly dared
lift his head above the ground, fearing
to be killed l got my bundles of car
tridges to the men and sat down In a
depression in the hillside. / was safe
as long as did not move. Once more
I had a chance to think, there with
the bullets whizzing within three feet
Of me- We could go neither forward
nor back. We were just sitting around
and being killed. Still, the attack had
not been given up. Sitting in that pro-
tected spot, dozen soldiers, with
heads bowed low, crept past me- Each
carried a musket and little ladder.
They were to make the desperate at
tempt to try and place these ladders
across the ditch, when the regiment
would climb over them and cross into
the works. These laddermen passed SO
close l could look into their eyes. For
once, at least, 1 felt death to be how
ering very near. These men had surely
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02
Wages and the Tariff.

In speech In Congress the other
day Hon. John Sharp Williams review
ed the coming OF immigrants TO this
country, the swelling stream ever since
colonial days. He said they came to
better their condition; that there was
a falling off in panic years. but that
the rule was a steady inflow. He gave
as one reason the higher wages paid
in this country, and said:
There never was a period from the
time the pilgrims landed on Plymouth
Rock up to the adoption of the Consti-
tuition OF the United States when wages
for the blacksmith. the carpenter. for
the skilled artisan and the unskilled
labor In the field, were not about dou-
bic what they were in Great Britain.
No tariff, high tariff. low tariff-alI
sorts of tariff-it made no difference
what the tariff on our statute books
was. they came.7
That Is very reckless talk for a lead
er in Congress. Can Mr.. Williams ex-
plain why there was always a falling
Off in imrnigra ton when free trade was
the rule in our country?
Without celebrating or going back
beyond the memories OF middle-aged
men. it is enough to say that in 1898
1894 and 1895 skilled laborers' wages
fell 40 per cent; common laborers
wages fell 80 per celit, and thousands
and tens of thousands and hundreds OF
thousands OF laborers. skilled and un.
skilled, were unable to find employment
on any terms. This may NOT have APP
piled to Mississippi, but it did apply to
the entire Northeast, North and West
1t is just as plain that If the tariff
were struck down to-day a million OF
skilled laborers would be without work
in a month, and in two months immi
grafton would be cut down go per cent
Salt Lake City Telegram.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02

Common Sense and Common Tact.
John Sharp Williams has lately ex-
pressed this conviction regarding the
outlook for rehabilitation of the shat
tered fortunes of the Democratic party /:
I'VE are upon the eve OF carrying the
House of Representatives IL we only
act together. shoulder to shoulder. and
show common tact and common sense"
To expect the Democratic party,
which Ingersoll used To characterize
as IAN organized Appetite to show
common tact and common sense under
any imaginable conditions, is as unrea-
sonable as to expect the leopard to
change his spots. 1t is difficult to re-
call period Of time within the past
fifty years when the Democratic party
failed to do the wrong thing at the
right time. Total incapacity to correctly
judge the trend of things has been its
almost inyariable record. Clearer proof
of that fact could not be asked than
is to be found in that party's mistaken
adherence TO free trade and its foolish
antagonism toward the policy of pro-
lection. Its single opportunity since
1860 oe showing itself worthy of being
entrusted with the care of the country's
best interests occurred In 1892, with
the result OF infiicting loss upon the
country moderately estimated at ten
billion dollars. The total cost of Demo
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02

IN wait in rooms where the plaster has
rot had time to harden.
drove from the station in a "drosh-
HI with monstrously old horse. Time
had bent his forelegs into a very good
imitation of a switchback railway
and as we plodded solemnly along the
brand-new asphalt roadway, with the
brand-new houses on either side and an
occasional brand-new electric car. with
brand-new driver in brand-new uni
form, l found myself wondering what
that old horse must think of it ALL One
day he may have been grazing in an
open field-and when he passed that
way a week or so later he found a new
broad boulevard, with hotels and shops
and churches and great blocks Of flats.
all sprung up like mushrooms.
Berlin. then. is great deal too per-
feet TO be satisfactory. 1t Is the ma
cbine-made, not the handmade article
1T was very decidedly made, not born
There Is no spontaneity in it, no life /;
compared to, say, London; it Is like a
Oeautiiui mafoic ssoeute W living
woman.
Berlin is, In fact. an awful object
| lesson to emperors and others who try
to make a capital city out of a respec-
table village. 1t is easy to put up i'm
POSING buildings-if you have the
noney-and to cut out broad tree-lined
roads and have everything neat and
nice and fine-but you OILY make your
village bigger and finer without making
1t any the more a capital city. There
is no getting away from the feeling
that Berlin Is village-a big village
beautiful, rectilinear. new-out-o f-the-
handbook village, but a village all the
same.-London Chronicle
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02
WHAT MEXICO OWES DIAz.

Almost Incredible Improvement Eff
fected During His Long Rule.
For 300 years Spain ruled Mexico in
the same manner that she ruled her
other colonial possessions, for the bene-
fit of Spain and Spaniards. SPANS
colonies were regarded only as tribu-
taries to the mother country and the
conquered people became little less than
slaves to the conquerors. Yet with 1T
all there was among the people an up
ward development which eliminated in
revolt and the overthrow of Spanish
authority. The flag of revolt was
raised on Sept. 10. 1910. but independ-
ence was not proclaimed until Feb. "A,
1921. On Sept 81 of that year Itur-
bide made hi striumphal entry into the
capital.
The next sixty years marked pc
riod of almost incessant domestic war
fare, during which the land was drench-
ed in blood and comparatively little
progress was made Then came Mex
icos strong man, Porfirio Diaz.
Under the rule of this large-minded
statesman Mexico has become new
land He introduced sweeping and
practical reform measures, increased
revenues without e.Iously increasing
the burden of taxation and set on foot
plans for the development of national
resources. He maintained peace at
home and established friendly relations
with foreign powers. The results of
the new policy were soon apparent.
| Diaz saw that political peace and In
dustrial prosperity were alike depend
ent upon railway communication In
1875, two years before the first election
of General Diaz, Mexico had only about
800 miles of railway. Twenty years
later she had nearly 1000 miles and
she has to-day approximately 10000
miles, Much of this work has oeen
done by a costly system Of subsidies
but there can be no question of the
wisdom of the investment. Aside from
the effetc of the railways on the indust
rial growth of Mexico, without them II
would have been practically impossible
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02

Those who throw bricks should no
expect bouquets in return.
See that in avoiding cinders you ster
not on burning coals.-From the Latin
The most active center of railroad
work during recent years has been the
Southern Gulf States.
New York's cemeteries, with Their
3.155 acres Of land, are sufficient fol
the burial of the city's dead, at the
present rate, for $50 years.
Bjornson kept his pockets full of thu
seeds of trees, scattering handful'
broadcast in his daily walks. He ever
tried to persuade his associates TO dt
the same.
lola would pass whole weeks in tn,
the belief that he was an idiot. While
in this state he wrote more than a
any other time. He would never &C
'cept an invitation to dinner.
In the turquoise the wearer has tai
isman for self-possession. The pretty
re gem will enable her to think clear
and keep her preseiice of mind under
the most trying circumstances.
John d. Long, ex-Secretary of thu
Navy, is much opposed to the proposed
new system of spelling. He says: "Tt
spell we'll is the distinguished mark OF
a scholar. as much as good manners arr
of n gentleman"
The Countess of Suffolk, formerly
Miss Daisy Letter, promises to become
an expert shot. Until she was married
she r,as opposed to the killing of wil(
birds Now she has become so enthu
sastic in practicing with her shotgun
it is said. that she will take promin
ent part In next seasons shoots.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02

Staggering as it is from the unwar-
ranted furore over the packing indus
try, for the cattlegrowing business to
be further crippled through a reduc-
ton Of the tariff on hides would be un-
pardonable. 1t will at best be slow to
recover from the publicity that has
been given the one. and Congress owes
1T all the counteracting encouragement
it can give. After all, it is on the pro-
Queer of live stock that the cost will
fall. Such to-day are feeling themselves
between the upper and neither grind
stones of Congress and the packers
Denver Republican.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02

In the fall of 1864 we were in wesl
Tennessee on short rations. Our regi
ment had been fighting hard. One day
Captain c. and myself sat eating
only beans and coffee-when shell III
close to our tent door. We could SEE
the blue smoke curling from its fuse
The Captain at once clapped his hat
over our coffee and beans, and went
down under the table, while / Went
under eur bunk. With fearful reporl
that shell burst. covering everything
about US with sand
Jumping up, the Captain took the
hat off from the beans. put 1T on hi.
head. sat down, and finished his eating
remarking. "Ratlons are too scarce Il
lcse any by foolishness."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02

About forty years ago on spring
morning. Abner Crull, of the Four
teenth Regiment, Indiana Artillery,
saw his army chum, Caleb Trees,
thrown into an ambulance and started
for the pesthouse, a victim of small
pox in an advanced stage Physicians
stated there was no hope of recovery,
and the Hoosier soldier mourned for
the man who had fought shoulder TO
shoulder with him through three long
years, as for q lost brother.
Recently the Alvin Hovey Post G..
A. r., of Indianapolis, held its lstalla-
ton of officers. Among the g.siy hair
ed veterans who took part in he cere-
monies was Abner Crull, 1902 Nordyke
street He was standing in the rear
of the hallway when suddenly friends
noticed that his bronzed face paled.
His eyes were fixed with an intent
look upon the face of man whose hair
was as gray as his own-a portly
stranger. however, who was gazing ut
him as intently as he was being scru-
tinized.
Closely the two men came together.
Their hands were outstretched. Not a
word did either utter until each, with
a gulp, has swallowed lump which
evidently would not down.
Sab" said one.
'Cal,' hoarsely calculated the other
Those who saw the meeting say that
big tears rolled down the cheeks OF
the two old soldiers as they stood, re
gardless of surroundings, gazing with
out word at one another.
Many times since the close of the
great civil war have comrades oil
bloody battle fields clasped hands
after long separations, because of TIE
ties which bind members Of the Crane
Army of the Republic.
Members of the Hovey Post. how
ever, who witnessed the meeting of thu
two old artillerymen, state that the,
never saw another which was SO af
fecting.
1t was hours before the two bad'
one another goodnight. They has
fought over old battles; recalled oil,
army tales both had all but forgot
| ten.
ABB was stalwart 1S0-pound sol
der on that morning in '65 when ii
saw his comrade carted away Cal
was slender 19-year-old boy Nov
"Ab' is slender little man. con
ductor on the Belt Railway. 'Cal
carries $50 pounds of avoirupois east
| ly and has retired after years of pros
porous farming.
The smallpox did not kill hin
though for weeks he lay at death
door, and when he rose froas his be-
the war was over and he had near
that his comrade had been killed in
final scrimmage.
After living in Wayne County 70
years. few weeks ago Mr.. Trees dc
cided TO move to Indianapolis to b
with his children. The family resid
at 631 Birch avenue, West Indianapo
lis. AS soon as he became settled Il
his new home the veteran sought on
the G. A. r. gatherings. and tn, meet
ings of the two old comrades resulted
Only a few months interviewed be
tween the two birthday anniversarie
of the old soldiers, both being in ihei
61st year. Their declining years vii
be cheered by the companionship be
| gan forty wears ago on the battlefield
Of the Civil War.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02
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Opinions of Great Papers important Subjects s
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cruel farce 1t sometimes plays in the hearts of If
success be fairly it may be known by the peace it
brings if unfairly becomes like dead ashes the
lips When gets large measure of good out of him
self and of worth of life he is hero conqueror when
gets large of bad out of himself and Of
rnworthiness out of life lie is cheated in the end.
Galiene puts the standard hgh-necessarly- not
too high None of gets all the good out of himself
out of life, but the up to the standard
the nearly do come to success-Indianapos
Sun.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02
Unfamiliar Facts.

The king of Bavaria receives 1885,
100 year for his royal services.
All the blood of mans body passes
through his heart once every two min
utes.
Coffee has been cultivated in vene-
zuela since 1879. 1t Is now that coun-
try's chief commercial product.
The great pagoda "Shwe Dagon" In
Rangoon, Burma, has been recently re-
gilded with heavy gold plates at cost
Of over 100000 pounds.
The proportional increase in the pop
ulation of the cities was less during
the last ten years than previously.
At the present time Cape Colony has
approximately 19.O0a.000 sheep and
goats, roughly valued at $47.500.00o.
Twenty-three hundred million bush
els of wheat are required annually by
the 517.O00.0O0 bread eaters OF rhe
world
Consumption is four times as fire.
luent in families whose annual income
is less than $500 as ii is in families
receiving more than $1,000
Bates-Why does that preacher tax
up the collection before he breaches
the sermon? Yates-He doesn't want
to take chance on getting all pen
MES.
Lake Huron contains 1900 Islands.
Lock Erne, in Ireland, has 365. The
Lake of the Thousand Isles is only an
expansion of the st. Lawrence river,
and has LOO.
Last year nineteen persons were as
sessed In Great Britain on incomes of
$4,000 year; 219 on incomes between
10000 and 10000. and 433 on in
; comes between 5000 and 10000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02

in it for you"
That is comprehensive. Let us note where the EN-
phass consists in getting of
self all that is in but all the good that is in
you 1t consists in getting out of ife not all there is
YOU all of worth there is in it for First
get out of yourself all the good there is IN YOU That is
by education. For the real meaning of education
Is in the meaning of the word from which it comes
educate-whch means to draw out You are to draw
out of Yourself all that is in YOU You may be
educated and draw out of yourself all that is
bad within you You sharpen all the faculties of
shrewdness rascality if you desire Trickery
hypocrisy deceit may be helped by education. Or you
may draw out of yourself the inherent goodness that
abides in honesty. decency, sympathy.
The education that is merely mental may be curse
rather than blessing And so of the success that comes
of getting O. of what thereis IN iyou get that
which is unworthy if you desire. You get those
exterior things which your real self will one day declare
TO be false cheap. Those things are unthnking
ship-noney, position place-may become the most mis-
rable baubles with which the soul has sted ache
Success What glittering. fascinating word! What
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02
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Pattern Department
UP-TO-DATE DESIGNS FOR
THE HOME DRESSMAKER
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Charming Fancy House.

This novel and pretty blouse is made
from the design of j clever Partisan
dressmaker and has a quite unmistak.
able air of grace and individuality
Pale blue crepe de chine is used, With
trimming of a delicate silk embroidery
in blue, white. and gold. The upper part
of the blouse is tucked while The lower
part of front and sleeves are plain and
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02


about them that some one has recently said,
ave getting well with the Panama Canal-our
writer's steadily at work on it,
Where to build the canal, what kind of canal to build,
how long it ought take how much it ought to cost
whether United States government is competent to
build it. whether this that official is doing his work
properly-all these things have been abundanty dis
cussed.
To ordinary citizen thing is evident the prob
lens of business of politics and of engineering in the
construction of the canal great that only those
who have full information and expert In these and
Kindred problems form opinion worth consider
ing The enterprise is tremendous and the corporation
that has undertaken to perform it, the American
ernmen has before attempted anything like it.
The canal be built without perpexites delays and
be plumbers good while after they
committed.
The sane American. while he exercises his right to
deliver opinions with democratic freedom
will remember at the time that those who are in
know more about it than most of those who
are not The administrators, legislators engineers and
others authority probably doing their part with
skill and integrity and the part of almost every one
else is to trust them cheerfuy and wish them well in
stupendous task.-Youth's Companion
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02
IL They Wait Long Enough.

German manufacturers have been
warned that they must prepare fer a
tariff war with the United States. II
our German friends will postpone that
war until after the next presidential
election maybe it can be averted alto
gether. as a tariff for revenue only
should obviate any friction now threat
ened.-Knoxyllle (Tenn.l Sentinel.