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The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-31
Bound to Win Vet.

Bound to Win Vet.
There is n song that M one else has
writ,
know, but can not fashion it
Not yet-perhaps. some time,
I'll get the rhyme
AND quit.
I've started 1t a hundred times. / think.
Grandly-and then, ere one could wink,
"he Inspirations gone
The som Is on
The blink!
How many things start well, but some
how miss
Connections-like a girls first kiss
Start w,,h a mighty shout,
Then peter out
Like this.
Ten syllables. a sonnet to begin;
Eight in the neXt-a metric sin,
Then siX-who would have known
1t could have grown
So thin?
But say!
One OF these times
I'm going to switch the rhymes
Around. by George. the other way
Start little and end big-I will, some
day!
cleveland Leader.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-31
Proof Against EVERYTHING.

A lad who was visiting at a rela.
tive's house was unused to the form
of saying grace before meals. He be-.
gan to eat at the dinner table with
out waiting or watching to see what
the rest did.
John" ventured his uncle. hest.
atingly, I'VE usually say little
something before we eat"
Say all you want, say all you
want" replied John, cheerfulIy, you
cant hurt my appetite!"--Weekly
scotsman.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-31
The Awakening of China.

Turning 10 purely internal evidences
OF the awakening Of China, they may
be found on every side, says Thomas
+. Willard in the February Scribner's.
In the prevalent western conception
of the Chinese there are, Mr.. Willard
believes, several radical errors. One
is hat they are adverse to modern i'm
provements; another that they have
no military capacity; another that
they are incapable of playing n signiii.
cant part in the political regeneration
of the nation, owing to absence of a
national spirit. Without pausing TO dis
cuss these propositions in detail. he
asks if these things could not have
been said, with a considerable sem
blanoe of truth. about Japan half a
century ago? And they were no more
true Of the Japanese people then than
they are Of the Chinese people today,
he asserts.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-31

A Kansas City nan has been fine1
for carrying ten bottles of beer under
his o Still, he Is better off than II
he had had them under his vest.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-31

According to the statement of Mrs.
Williamson she considers the abolish
ing Of football II of the greatest
steps in the interest of civilization
that have been taken in many years.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-31

Superior quality and extra quantity
must win. This is why Defiance Starch
Is taking the place Of all others.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-31

Fools rush In where angels fear to
wed.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-31

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching, Blind, bleeding, Protruding Piles. Drug.
gitts arc authorized to refund money II PAID
falls 10 cure IN 6 to II days. soc.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09

At the meeting of the allied
editorial associations of Indiana
at Winona Lake, John B. Stoll,
editor of the South Bend Times,
delivered an address on THE
Mission of the True Newspaper
Man."
Speaking of graft, bribery,
and other present day evils he
said: These evils are, indeed,
portentous. They threaten great
err dangers than have ever be-
fore beset the nation. Compared
with them the disunion plans Of
1861 lose their bad eminence as
the foulest treason in this coun-
|try's history. Those plans would,
indeed, have destroyed the ma
ton, but these debaucheries un-
checked will bring destruction
upon the people.
"The robbers and corruption
lists have no politics and there is
no politics in effort to resist
them. The most important part
of the mission of the true news
paper man is to exert the mighty
influence of the press in the
cause es civic righteousness.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09
Horses on the Increase.

The horse perpetually discred-
its the modern breed of prophets.
Every time anybody has made a
new invention in transportation
somebody has prognosticated
the passing of the horse.
1t is said that when De Witt
Clinton managed to get the Erie
Canal open there were mourners
for the destruction of the use of
the horse that they thought sure
to follow. When the steam rail
way was made a success there
was death song for the horse
sung by the stage drivers.
Then the bicycle was execrat-
ed because it was to do all the
light work the horse had done
and the cable and trolley lines
were to shut the horse out OF
STREETS and while relieving him oil
certain forms of drudgery were
certain, in the prophets of horse
ldom's estimation, to degrade hin
ito swill care service alone. More
recently the automobile has beer
hailed as absolutely sure to dis
place the horse from every ser
vice, even of the pleasure of rae
ing.
Yet within ten years there ha!
been an increase in the number
|of horses used in this country {,
Iquite one-third.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09
They Need Education.

w. Z. Curtis makes the re-
markable statement in St. Pet
ersburg letter that the wholesale
destruction of property by the
peasants in many of the districts
of Russia the burning of the
residences, barns, storehouses
and other property of the mobiles
and other rich people and the
slaughter of their horses and
cattle-has been at the instiga-
ton of agitators who told them
that the car desired it. These
agitators, who are the agents Of
the social revolutionists, assured
the peasants that the car wish
ed the mobiles punished because
they had refused to give up their
land to the people when he
asked them to do so. Not less
than $50,0O0,000 worth of prop
erty is said to have been de-
stroyed in this way, and the
peasants having thus deprived
themselves of employment are
waiting for help from the Dou-
ma, which they have not YET
learned has ceased to exist. i
would seem that this object les
son should teach the ruling class
of Russia the need of education
and enlightenment among thu
Icommon people.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09
Inspection Must Inspect.

This gigantic and distressing
bank failure at Chicago is suffic-
lent to convince any reasonable
mind of the propriety and neces
sity of State supervision of State
and private banks.
Here is one of the largest OF
the many considerable outlying
banks of Chicago whose affairs
ave been so loosely conducted
that it is believed to have been
Dotted of a million dollars. The
.ashier fees from his post, the
1epositors are in a panic and an
infinite amount of loss and mis-
sry will be inflicted upon thous-
lnds of innocent persons who
had intrusted their savings to
the institution.
1t is utter folly to say, as some
10. that banking is a private
business in which the State has
no concern. and that the success
or failure of bank and the sol
vsncy or ruin of its depositors
should be left to the natural op
|eration of commercial and finan
cial laws. The State has duty
to protect citizens from robber,
lbv bankers bv footpads or sneak
thieves.-Indianapolis Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09

Reckless driving Saturday ev-
ening resulted in Mrs. William
Ormond receiving very serious
injuries and Mrs. Jennie Wheel
err Logan. who was with her be-
ing considerably hurt and fright
ened. 1t seems lucky that both
escaped with their lives.
1t seems that Ed Rankin and
Clyde Unger of this city, and
Mr.. Warnicut of lnwood, had
been racing on north Michigan
street. Mrs. Ormond with Mrs.
Logan in the buggy drove out
from her home and started north
knowing nothing of the racing.
The fast driving began again
when the men started north from
the business part of town and
Unger's horse being blind be-
came unmanageable and dashed
into the buggy of the ladies'
smashing it to pieces and falling
on the ladies when the buggy
went over. Mrs. Logan fell un-
| der the neck of the horse and
was soon able to extricate her.
self but Mrs. Ormcnd was pin
ned down beneath the body Of
| the fallen horse and it took three
or four men several minutes to
extricate her.
She was unconscious and re-
manned unconscious for Amos
an hour. Her head was cut, hel
shoulder, breast and back badly
bruised and her injuries are ser
ious. but no bones are broker
and if there are no serious inter
nal injuries she will recover.
1t is not necessary TO common
on this matter. The law agains
reckless driving of all kind.
should be rigidly enforced.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09

There Is now every reason to be-
lieve that the Vanderbilt railroad ir
terests in northern Indiana will soon
be increased by notable addition,
that of the Chicago & Wabash Val
ely, or the Clifford Onion line whica
runs through Jasper and Lake coun-
ties. 1t is the most remarkable rail-
road in Indiana in that II was built
wholly by one man and entirely at
his own expense and without incur
ring a dollar of debt or issuing a
bond; also. that fully 90 per cent OF
its present twenty-six miles and sew
en- of its stations are on his own
land.
This man is Col. B. J. Clifford, who
until lately owned $4,000 acres OF
land in Jasper county, but who re-
Gently sold about 5000 acres
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09

r1IJn annual SdCrcQ concert
Tuesday evening August II,
will occur a sacred concert at the
German church. The Lutheran
and Episcopal congregations are
joining forces in this mid-sum-
mer effort which promises to be
delightful treat to all music
lovers, especially as it will be
given with the pipe-organ, a
feature everyone SO much en-
joys. Mrs. Bertha Mcdonald OF
the Columbia School of Music,
whom Plymouth people will en-
joy hearing again, has most
kindly consented to sing; as has
also Prof. Philip E. Baer. the OPP
cratic tenor, who is in the city
this summer. Prof. Baer is the
possessor of a remarkable voice
and his numbers will be attrac-
tive additions to the program.
|Others whose presence will con-
tribute greatly to the pleasure of
the evening are Miss Hortense
Drummond of South Bend, Mrs.
Maud Houghton, Mrs. Emma
Yockey Hoham, Misses Vinall,
Hess, Wilson, Kuhn, Hoham
and DR.. Ford Reynolds, Messrs.
Eldridge Thompson and Ralph
Leonard.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09

Daniel Baird Wesson, the ag-
ed gunmaker( who died Satur-
day, accumulated upward of
S2O,000,000 during a long life
time. This wealth was the
cause of his death. 1t has be-
come known that the principal
member of the firm of Smith &
Wesson, revolver manufacturers.
was on the verge of nervous
breakdown for several months
after the receipt last fall of
"black hand" letters threatening
to blow up his home with dyna-
mite.
Mr.. NELSON'S family laughed
at his fears. but the aged million
aire could not be relieved of anx-
iety. The fear that men were af-
ter him for his money and that
at any moment he might be
blown to atoms clouded the last
months of his life. He was lit
orally frightened into the grave.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09
WOMAN'S AWFUL DEED.
Doctors Wife, While Demented,
Sets Fire to Carpet With Fa-
tai Result.

South Bend, Ind, Aug. AS
a result of a demented womans
craving for fire, one of the worst
tragedies in the history of South
Bend occurred Monday. One per-
son is dead and four others are
terribly burned, two of them
probably fatally. The victims
are: Dead-Mrs. E. H. Denslow,
burned almost to crisp. Injured
DIR. E. III. Denslow, face and
hands burned and internally in
jured; Miss Eugene Balfour, bad
ly burned on body; Mrs. Gerald
F. Hunt, hands burned; infant
child of Mrs. Hunt, arm scorch-
ed.
The terrible tragedy occurred
at 5 o'clock in the afternoon at
The residence of the Denslows, in
1.-THE second story of the Hunt
home on North Main street and
was caused by Mrs. Denslow,
who temporarily released from
he watchfulness of her worn-out
husband, saturated the parlor
carpet and applied match.
Almost instantly there was a
/ fash and the woman stood a
blazing pillar in the center of the
lroom. With a scream she ran to
her sleeping husband, who awak-
ened by the cries of agony
fought the flames without sue
Icess.
The commotion attracted the
|attention of Miss Eugene Balfoul
sister of Mrs. Dcnslow, and sht
came running from a nearby
room, only to be seized aroune
1.-THE wrist by the burning woman
unable to break the death grip
Ishe also became a mass of flames
| In the struggle which followed
| at the head of the stairs Mrs
lDenslow stumbled and fell to tn
floor below, crashing into tn
Hunt apartments. Although
frightened, Mrs. Hunt did no
lose he presence of mind, and sh
fought the sffames with an oil
coat. at the same time crying to
assistance.
An alarm brought the fire de
partment and police ambulance
but before their arrival Mrs
IDenslow was dead. She was TAX
en- to the morgue. and DIR. Dens
low and Miss Balfour were take
to Epworth Hospital.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09

An old man named Leeper, re-
iding east of Inwood about two
miles, was robbed of $500 Satur-
day evening in manner that
leaves no doubt that the robber
knew that Mr.. Leeper had the
money and knew where he kept
it.
Leeper who is over 80 years
old, heard some one taking a
horse out of his barn Saturday
night and went out to see what
lit meant. He found man lead
ing the horse and when the old
man questioned him he threw q
grain sack or some heavy cloth
lover his head, struck him in the
back of the neck stunning him
| for a few moments and then took
from his waist the belt contain
ing the money.
Developments that will lead to
the arrest of the thief are ex-
pected soon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09

New York. Aug. 7.-While at
work on a scaffold at the seventh
story of building David b.
Miller, bricklayer, made a
misstep and fell to the ground.
Other workmen quickly sent for
an ambulance.
While the surgeon who re-
sponded was examining him pre-
paratory to placing him in the
ambulance Miller recovered con-
seriousness and Indignantly want
ed to know anat the surgeon
was fooling with him for. Then
he picked himself up and insisted
that he was all right.
The surgeon found, however,
that Miller had several wounds
and few bruises, and the brick
layer at last consented to go to
the hospital to be cared for. That
he survived the fall of seven
stories is believed to be due to
his striking several Instructions
before he reached the basement
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09

AS the time set for the depart
ure of the Weilman expedition
from Danes island to the north
pole in the great airship is near
at hand, a special interest at
taches to the recent balloon as
cension OF DR.. Julian P. Thorn
as from New York.
The interesting point is that it
is said that by il" all previous
balloon records in this country
were exceeded" and that the bal
loon was only af1oat twelve
hours and travelled only 225
miles. 1t is safe to add that not
one balloon voyage in twenty is
nearly so long and SO safe as
this one. In most cases the aer-
onaut is only too glad to des-
|eend in an hour or two after a
voyage of fifty miles without
breaking his neck.
1t can not be>expected that a
dirigible airship will do as well
IS DIR. Thomas balloon did
This balloon sailed before the
wind all the way and an airshlr
| is fortunate If it can sail against
| the wind at any speed at all, in.
stead of being blown countless
miles out of its course. Certain
lly no airship has ever made such
| a voyage as this balloon made.
In view of these obvious
facts one can see the appalling
chances which Mr.. Wellmar
takes in trying to sail in an air
ship 600 miles to the north pole
Most people when they are go
ling to incur a great danger like
| to have few things well triet
and certain, but Mr.. Wellmar
seems to enjoy infinite risk ant
uncertainty.
He is to travel twice or three
times as lar as any balloon o.
airship ever Travelled. He is te
travel in an airship twice a
large as any other, built on al
untried plan and operated. by al
|infnity of untried and delicate
machinery.
| Considering the number o
breakdowns and casualties tina
have attended comparatively in
Significant flights with these ma
|chines. one would have expecte'
Mr.. Wcllman to make a tria
"Trip in France before he mad
lone over the artic seas, but he !
mot built that way.-Chicag
| Chronicle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09
Goes to Cleveland.

Prof. J. L. Heald of Rolling
Prairie has been advised by the
superintendent of the Cleveland,
Ohio. high school that the board
of education of that city has ell
ected him as one of its corps OF
professors. The chair of Ora
tory and English is rendered MIR.
Head for his acceptance. The
position carries with it salary
of 81. 200. Mr.. Head is a grad
uate of the class of oratory OF
Northwestern university at Ev-
anston, Ill.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09
Gone Wrong Again.

Our Congressman's man Fri
day has gone wrong again. A
letter to Mr.. Thomas Kennedy
living FIVE miles northwest Of
this city, announcing the death
of sister, mailed at New York
City July 16. 1906, received at
Plymouth postofice July II,
1906, at O'Clock p. m. was not
for some unaccountable reason
delivered until August 6. 1906,
too late for Mr.. Kennedy to at
tend the funeral. Now what do
you think of that? Thomas
Kennedy came to Plymouth
with the construction gang of
the Pittsbusg r. R. and is
known to every old resident OF
the city and has been on a rural
route for years. Such shiftless-
ness ought to result in the dis
charge of Postmaster Yockey
from his position without delay
Patron of Postoffice
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09

If it were not a somewhat UNI
dignifed expression we should
be tempted to say that the Hon
orable Roger Sulliyna seems to
have a tail hold and down-hill
pull on the Democratic party in
Illinois.
If anybody else enjoys the APP
proval and confidence of the un-
terrified the Democratic primar-
les have not revealed his identity.
Mr.. Sullivan, to employ another
colloquialism, is the whole works
This is all the more surprising
since it involves flying in the face
of Providence so to speak. Bill
Bryan's voice of inspiration and
conservation doomed across the
ocean some ten days ago pro,
nouncing the Honorable Roger
anathema maranatha and com
handing him to step down and
out from the national committee
He was hidden to herd with the
goats and dwell in outer darkness
mot to mind a little mixing o
metaphors. 1t was supposed tha'
the political finish of the Honor
able Roger had about arrived.
There seems, however, to have
|been miscalculation somewhere
SO far from hearkening to thu
"silvery" tones of the itineran
prophet of the Trossachs the re
turns show that the Illinois Dem
|ocrats have elected Sullivan del
egates to the state convention il
every county heard from.-Chi
cago Chronicle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09

A few years ago the legislature
of the state of New York passed
a Eill providing that women in
factories in that state should not
work more than ten hours a day
nor more than sixty hours a week.
Later on persons interested as
serted that they had right to
work as many hours day or
week as they pleased, the fiat of
the legislature to the contrary
notwithstanding. And SO it hap
pened that the question as to the
rights of employers as well as
employees got into the courts,
and now the court of special SEES
sions has decided that the act OF
the legislature is in conflict with
the constitution of the state and
lis therefore void.
The court, Justice Olmstead
delivering the opinion. holds that
ito labor and employ labor are
inherent and inalienab!e rights
and can not be taken away in
whole or in part unless upon the
broad ground which must be ap-
parent and can not be predicated
upon Legislative dictum."
There is, according to Justice
Olmstead, no question of invol
untary se-vitude involved. The
DIGESTION is whether the state leg
islature has right to interfere
with and annul voluntary con
tract between the employer ant
the employed in which the,
Iagree as to the hours of labor ant
|other matters.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09
The County Chairman Case.

Judge Bernetha at Rochester,
Saturday, heard the case OF earn
and Goodrich for a change from
Marshall county OF the county
craftsmanship case.
kellisen and Lauer OF this city
appeared for MIR. Hendricks
while Senator Parks oil Ply
mouth, Holman and Stephenson
of Rochester, and Merrill Moores
of Indianapolis, were retained by
earn & Co.
MIR. Kellison raised the ques-
ton of jurisdiction and in an elo-
quent and logical speech OF more
than an hour, gave his reasons
and the points of law tending to
show that the courts have no
jurisdiction in this case. Mr..
Lauer also made a brief speech
along the same line and also
showed that there was no reason
TO take the case from Fulton
county if the plaintiffs were
afraid to try it in Marshall coun-
| ty
Mr.. Moores, in his reply adj
United that Mr.. Kellison had
made a great argument on the
question of jurisdiction and his
speech indicated that he was
ASHAMED of the course the bolt
ers had taken and that if he hao
Ibeen state chairman he would
have squelched the boilers al
1.-THE start and secured harmony
in the party. But having beer
employed by the state chairman
The did the best he could for him
The Judge took the case unde
Amusement and if he decides tina
he has jurisdiction the question
of change to some other count,
| will be decided Thursday bu
there really seems no reason
why the boilers should be afrai'
lof both Marshall and Fultol
counties.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09
This Land of Ours.

This is a great and good coun
try to live in. We should sink
the smaller annoyances in the
greater things. We should re-
member that the events which
seem overwhelming now will be
forgotten in decade.-John d.
Rockefeller on Coming Home to
Cleveland from Europe.
In common fairness we must
confess that Mr.. Rockefeller, ev-
en- If we were to take him at his
worst, has some reason for rath-
er preferring to live in some 9TH
er country just now, as he very
easily could do.
Yet there is no question that
Mr.. Rockefeller is unfeignedly
glad to get back again, despite
the annoyances to which he is
subjected here and from which
he could be entirely free else
where.
He feels, of course. as every
real American feels after having
lived for time in other coun-
tries. He realizes the spiritual
significance of the american S
answer to a European who
asked him what made Americans
so proud of their country. 9Th
er countries" said the American
No man who has once got the
American feeling into his bones
can ever be really contented
elsewhere. There was in Chica.
go-and he is there now-ar
Englishman whose conduct
clearly illustrated this truth.
In a trade entirely lawful and
respectable enough, though not
highly esteemed in fashionabl,
society, he had acquired a com
petence. He and his wife wen
back to Enr'Nnd to pass their
declining years. They selected ;
good house in a pleasant neigh
Iborhood and ordered carpets an'
| furniture and so on.
"Then it came over me" as h
himself told the story. that i
| wasn't worth while, and sai'
to my wife, Let's 60 back Il
three days we were on tn
steamer. And as we came int
New York bay | took hoff m
at to the big statue and saic
l'Old lady, we've come back an
we'll never go way again =
If the Americans who see S
many things perplexing an
wrong in this country could or
ly be compelled to live for a yea
+ in that foreign country who's
i ways they have been persuade
( are so much better than our
t they would be convinced tn;
they had been troubled abot
t nothing and would find that a
l the great "civic problems tn;
!, lonce seemed so serious to the
: had become very small.-Chic;
, go Inter Ocean.