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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

A boy came down the quiet street
wheeling baby carriage, with baby
under the carefully canopy
As he turned the corner he saw another
boy half block away, and be gave q
shrill whoop.
where are you going?" called the
boy with the baby carriage.
Nowhere" was the prompt and loud
reply.
"Wait for me-" and the boy started
on a run, humping the perambulat0I
over the curbstones and rolling it along
streets and sidewalks regardless of the
small citizen of the world in charge OF
his big brother.
The comrades disappeared down the
vista of the tree-lined avenue, and the
last seen of them the baby carriage was
right side up.
Within a half hour along came lit.
tie girl, and she, too, had in her care a
baby carriage. AS she stepped along
sedately two little girls across the
street hailed her, and she answered
softly, with finger on lip:
FLUSH, the baby is asleepi"
But she waited in the shade Of q
tree. and the two little girls tiptoed
across the street and came whispering
and smiling over to her. She very care
fully lifted the covers and gave each OF
the children a peep at the baby. Then
all three walked slowly and quietly
along, whispering their chatter as they
went noiselessly on their way, wheeling
the baby carriage as If it contained all
their hopes for happiness-the little
motherly things!
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

Women rs Employers.

| A business woman of many years
experience was asked by a reporter
whether she would rather work for a
man or a woman.
"A man, by all MEANS" she replied,
Il have worked for both, and know.
The trouble with women is that they
get too familiar with you. What l
mean is that assuming you are any
thing like your employers social and
mental equal she is likely TO and gen
orally does mix business with friend
ship. She takes you into her conf
dences as to all her personal affairs,
and, sooner or later, that proves fatal.
/ mo two women friends can be with
each other day after day without some
kind of little tiff eventually occur
ing, and when you clash as regards
your personal relations, that means the
overthrow of your business relations.
mo, indeed! Business and friend!
ship don't mix, and the only way to
make sure of keeping them strictly sep
arated is TO work for a man.
Let scandalmongers gossip as they
please. the cold, hard fact remains
that the average business man employs
woman solely for the sake OF the
money she can help him make, and he
is shrewd enough to realize that her
usefulness to him can be maintained
only by his keeping proper distance.
'He may be kindly and considerable
and his manner habitually may be
characterized by the utmost cordiality,
but there is a line beyond which he
never steps even If outside of his Of
fee he Is constituencies rake.
"And so when she works for man
a woman seldom Is worried by embar-
RAISING condolences or compelled TO be
continually on her guard against I'M
| welcome familiarity. That is the re-
verse of what most people would think,
isn't it? But it's the truth.
Another reason why it's preferable
to work for a man Is that men are not
so petty as women. I'm sorry to say
this, but candor compels the admission.
A man looks to you to produce results,
and that's about all he bothers about.
But with women-Lord bless u.s. Most
women employers seem to think that
because they dole out a little money
to you at the end of every week they
have got a mortgage on your soul.
'Their pettiness Is manifested In
other ways, too. Once when / worked
for a woman felt guilty every time
called up personal acquaintance on
the telephone. although l knew 1t
wasn't costing my employer penny
| for the call. And the only person who
wanted to dock me for legal holidays
was a woman.
MY sex has its peculiar virtues, but
it's plain TO me that they don't shine
in the business world. Jour
nal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

Hosiery is inconspicuous as compa red
with that worn last year. Stockings
should be the same color as the gown,
but they need not necessarily match,
for a lighter or darker shade is consid-
cred smart If 1t harmonizes. Embroi-
derry is done in the same shade as the
hose, and the new eyelet work is in
high favor. Clocks are popular and
attractive, for the open work used in
many of them gives the foot and ankle
a slender appearance. One design has
a plain front. with an openwork clock
embroidered in light blue, violet, cream
and black. Silk hose with isle feet are
shown in brown, gray, black and white.
Brown is on the wane, and gunmetal,
a peculiar shade of dark gray, is taking
its place
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

cottage from tina royal army, who has
come to exchange the British wounded,
and who has an order from Colonel Sin
gletOn for their delivery.
And does he stay the night?"
Certainly, he waits for his cartel /;
but hasten, John, we have but little time
TO waste"
The gala suit of Captain Lawton was
easily adjusted to his huge frame, and
his companion being ready. they once
more took their route toward the cottage.
Miss Peyton accosted them with q smil-
ing welcome. Frances glided about tear
full and agitated, while Mr.. Wharton
stood ready to receive them. decked in a
suit of velvet. Colonel Wellmere was in
the uniform of an officer of the House
hold troops of his prince, and Isabella
Singleton sat in the parlor, while her
brother looked like anything but an in
valid. As it was the third day that he
had left his room, DR.. Sitgreave'. forgot
to reprove his patient for imprudence.
Into this scene Captain Lawton moved
with ali the composure and gravity of o
man whose nerves were not easily discom.
posed by novelties.
John" whispered the surgeon. with
awakened curiosity. what means this
festival? Observe, here comes the army
chaplain in full robes. What can il
mean?
IAN exchange" said the trooper; 'the
wounded of Cupid are to meet and settle
their accounts with the god in the way
of plighting faith to suffer from his arch
cry no more. Is it not a crying shame,
that sunshine hero. and an enemy
should thus be suffered to steal away one
of the fairest plants that grow on our
soil?"
IF he be not more accommodating as
a husband than as patient, John. fear
me that the lady will lead a troubled
life
Let her." said tie trooper, indignant.
ly; ''she has chosen from her country's
enemies, and may she meet with for.
eigner's virtues in her choice"
(To be continue3j
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
HIT BY THREE FLYING FISH.
They Were Pursued by Hungry DO.
nito, the Quarry of a shark.

They Were Pursued by Hungry Bo-
nito, the Quarry of a shark.
Over at the foot of 9th street
South Brooklyn, not far from acres OF
laid-up yachts, is cabled to the shore
the ST. Lucia barkentine Savoia, her
steel hull and spars almost hidden by
a pile of cedar logs that have been ex'
tracted by a winch and derrick from
her interior, says the New York World
The cedar Is from Santa Cruz, Cuba
but the incident of her smooth, sue
cessful voyage Is the luck Of her plucky
steward In being hit by three flying
fishes, knocked to the deck and landing
on the winged behring's without injury
to his own feelings.
1t was at the close of day off the
east and the barkentine on it, making
a fair picture, with square sails and
fore and aft cloths all set, as they had
been all the passage, and the vessel
dipping and recovering to roll the other
way.
While Captain Fernandez and the
mate were at sea the steward, who
has had heap Of experience with
leaping herring, went forward to cool
his brow in the fresh, smart breeze
The air was clear and the no'theasi
breeze pushed up the uneasy surface Of
a semitropical sea in regular pyramids
of green edged and capped with white
While the steward gazed and the
breeze caught his hair, tragic pro
cession, one of natures dog-eat-dog ex
hibitions, headed, like the flight of foS
and hounds, for the bouncing barker.
tine, distinctly marked in the red glare
of the sinking sun, at which time purs
suing fish are the most voracious.
In the van were three flying fish
which had sprung from a rising wave
about eighty fathoms to windward. the
impetus of the sea, their own jump
the wind and their poised fins bearing
them in a graceful curve for the ship
Indeed, they had seemed, previous tc
their final jump, to steer their flight
for the Savoia's foredeck, there to seeb
safety.
Chasing the flying fish was huge
Ionito, some ten fathoms astern and
gliding down the descending roof of o
wave, while only six fathoms asteru
of the hungry bonito was still hun
grier shark keen for its preying prey.
AS the flying herring came on, the
ship fell as If to receive them over the
bulwark and the three Of them struck
the steward with mighty force on the
breast and face. bowling him over
upon his back, while the bonito smote
shark, disturbed by the onward rush
OF the barkentine, dived and the bonl
to fell to the windward of his enemy
The steward picked himself up I'm
hurt and gathered up his flying fishes
which he vanished and mounted upor
a PLAGUE, where they are to be seer
In the cabin of the Savoia.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
WORK OF LORD LISTER.
Changed surgery by Discovery q

changed Surisery by Discovery Of
Antisepffc System.
1t has been aptly said that the his
tory of surgery can be conveniently
divided into two periods, before Lis
ter and after Lister" 1t would DO
impossible 10 overestimate what Lord
Listers work has done for suffering
humanity In the discovery of the anti
reptile system treatment Of wounds and
everything coming in contact with the
same. 1t has practically abolished the
horrors Of the hospital ward, where,
before its discovery there were con-
slant dangers of gangrene and other
diseases due to germs getting into
wounds. before or after operation, and
causing putrefaction of the injured
member
Lord Joseph Lister was born In Es-
sex. England, in 1927. His eightietb
birthday was celebrated last week His
father had taken keen interest In
science and done much in improving
the microscope. As a young man, Lis
ter possessed two valuable assets. a
first class microscope and an unbound
ed enthusiasm for scientific investiga-
ton. 1t was therefore natural that he
should turn his attention to such
branches of histology and physiology
as were within his reach. His first re
searches were in the fiber of invoiun-
tary muscles, the skin, the flow Of lac
teal fluid and kindred subjects Early
In his life he became interested in
wounds and the diseases that frequent
ly go with them He even sketched
bodies that he thought might be mi
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
The Plain Woman.

She need not appear plain.
She has at least one good point.
She may assume a number Of others.
She should experiment with her hair.
She must study her couture from all
points.
Badly arranged hair may greatly
exaggerate a defect.
WelI-arranged hair may balance and
annul q defect.
The choice of a hat has the same
good or bad effect.
A woman should beware of choosing
a too pretty chapeau.
1t is the same with a dress or any
thing else.
Rose pink or dead white, for instance,
Will emphasize a sallow complexion.
On the other hand, cranberry or a
flame red, or sunset shade, may make
a sallow sister radiant.
Colors which bring out her own color
are the things to choose when possible,
rather than those which kill 1t.
A trim figure goes long way, and
a good carriage, a good corset and we'll
fitting clothes do the rest
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
THE=SPT
BIZ JFENIr1oRE COOPER
A STORY OF THE REVOLUTION


contained new terrors. the footman re-
doubled his efforts until he had reached
his goal, when he discharged his musket
toward the surgeon, and was out of sight
| in an instant. To gain the highway and
throw himself into his saddle, detained
Lawton but moment, and he rode to the
side of his comrade just as the figure dis
appeared.
(Which way has he fed?" cried the
| trooper.
Where you cannot folow-into that
wood
The disappointed trooper. perceiving
| that his enemy had escaped him, now
turned his eyes. which were flashing with
anger, upon his comrade and gradually
his brow relaxed, and his look changed
from its fierce expression to covert laugh
| ter. The surgeon sat in digniied com
posture on his horse: his thin body erect,
and his head elevated with the indigna-
ton of one conscious of having been I'M
| justly treated.
"Why did you suffer the villain to es-
cape?" demanded the captain. "Once
within reach OF my sabre, and | would
have given you a subject for the dissect-
| ing table"
TWAS impossjble to prevent it, said
the surgeon. The rogue threw himself
on the other side of this fence. and left
me where you see; nor would the man in
the least attend to my circumstances, or
to an intimation that you wished to hold
discourse with him."
Here was nothing to stop you. man
could leap a platform through, boot
and thigh, without pricking with a single
spur. Pshaw! / have often charged upon
the bayonets of infantry, over greater
difficulties than this
You will please to remember, Captain
John Lawton, that l am not the riding
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
s.vine I'm the Kitchen.

1t has often been remarked that what
is thrown into the garbage can in our
rich country would feed all the poor,
says Harper's Bazaar. have seen
this proved many a time, and it is not
the well-to-do, but those who ought to
economic, who either know not how to
utilize instead Of throwing away things
or are too lazy to do so.
There are half loaves of white bread
what number of good dishes could
be made from them If people knew how
good this bread is waen dipped in water
and put back into the oven for little
while; and why dc we have anything
like cracker dust when we can have
fine, grated bread?
Just a few creamed potatoes, and a
few peas left, mot worth saving"-but
they make a delicious soup.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
HOW TO MAKE THE HAIR GROW.
Wcmen OF the Sewing Circle Discuss


wcmen of the Sewing Circle Discuss
This Subject.
you ought TO get the tonic use for
my hair. 1 just get the druggist to
mix 10 cents worth of quinine and 10
cents worth of glycerin and 10
rents"
WELL here put in the fieshy lady,
according to the Kansas City Star, Il
guess If you went by that rule ut
O"'s store you might come out with
an entirely different thing from what
you've been getting"
And anyhow" asserted the one en-
bordering the shirt waist, "coal oil is
just as good. When my sister was
getting over the typhoid fever she just
rubbed -"
"Oh, my, wouldn't have the nasty
stuff"
why, look here, girls-wait till I
show her this stitch-you just listen
to what happened where my aunt used
to live. There were two sisters who
had the loveliest hair, and they got It
by using kerosene, and"
sWell, L don't believe any one would
have much mind after using that stuff
while. l wash my hair in salt wa
ter"
"Oh, my! Don't it stick?"
"Unsalted butterll make it grow"
Sage tea is good"
"Oh, just common cold tea will do
it."
But 1t darkens it"
Yes, that's so; use egg shampoo"
| But that costs like fun"
When We used to wear night caps
we filed them with salt in the day
time" offered grandma. "we kind o.
thought that helped the hair"
YES" ventured Aunt Elizabeth,
land I've tried pulling the hair gently
around the roots, some folks think
that kind o. starts a circulation"
well, 1 should think it would-you
know brushings good for the hail.
said some one.
And massage is, too"
Les, always brush my hair nun
dred strokes every night"
"Oh! / never could sec that it mIde
mine grow much"
But it does, though. You ought to
see my sisters"
''See here, 1 was reading just the
other day that you mustn't brush your
hair, that 1t makes 1t fail"
'.Tbey say living near the sea makes
1t grow"
why, I've always heard that going
to a Ligh altitude and dry climate
stimulate
"I'll tell you, .sdies, 1t all depends
on your state CT health. If you're
strong in general you'll have"
''Oh, 1 don't know about that. Hav-
emit we all seen poor sick women
whose strength all went to hair. -
"Oh, hair hair! hair! Drop halrI
Get a wig"
Here come the refreshments"
"I've got the stem Of this tulip work.
ed anyhow"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

ruches of tulle mixed with velvet baby
ribbon in black and white, the black
velvet forming flowers.
Lace on lingerie, while still much in
favor, is less popular than embroidery
for trimming the corset cover intended
for ordinary wear. The latter both
lasts longer and washes better than
lace, even the durable German valen-
ciennes.
Evening coats of dyed lace are very
lovely, though sometimes it seems like
rank extravaganza to color so hand
some a lace as Irish point to meet what
must be at best passing fancy. A
handsome long empire coat of Irish
lace, seen not long ago. was of that
rich wine color called mulberry, trim
med with chiffon to match.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

crobes. Following his own researches
Lister attended clinics given by Syme,
the foremost physician of the day.
In 1860, Lister was appointed profess
sor Of surgery at the University of
Glasgow. 1t was while acting as sur
geon to the royal infantry that he made
the discovery which initiated the new
era in surgery. Before that time al
most all wounds, accidental and SUI
gicaI alike, underwent process Of In
fiammation and suppuration, accom-
panied by much pain and loss of health
The most trivial operations were not
infrequently followed by death. Many
patients died rather than face the hor.
rors of an operation Erysipelas te-
tanus and hospital gangrene were al.
most constantly present in hospital
wards
There was no knowledge OF tho
causes OF these diseases. They were
considered to be constitutional The
physician took no blame or RESPONSE
bility. Death was simply the victims
misfortune.
Such an appalling state OF Affairs
acted on Lister and he decided to
solve the trouble, If possible. At about
this time Pasteur demonstrated THE
fact of the existence of the germ and
that putrefaction and decomposition
were caused by certain micro-organ-
isms that came from without. Lister
applied this knowledge to the cause OF
wound diseases. =
The great deductions which Lister
made were (1) that "putrefactionr In
that these were introduced from the
outside, go that ''putrefaction" might
be prevented by keeping the wound
free from germs "a that this might
be effected by the employment of some
substance which would destroy tile
microbe. The antiseptic system was
founded on these principles Starting,
then, with the idea of destroying. BY
On antiseptic substance, the germs In
the wound, in everything coming In
contact with the wound, such as in,
struments, and In its surroundings
Lister made his original tests with car
bollc acid-a fortunate selection, for II
is still regarded as one OF our best
germicides.
He gave his method thorough trial.
1t proved successful. Now cases OF
gangrene and the like rarely follow
operations. Thousands of lives have
been saved by this one discovery. II
has revolutionized surgery.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

A correspondent of the Colwyn Bay
Herald describes fierce fight between
fox and a number of swans. The
fox, after hiding for a while among
some reeds, boldly swan toward q
number Of swSns. The latter were on
the alert, however, and when within q
gard the biggest bird attacked him
with wing and beak, entirely submerg.
ing him for two or three secondA
Nothing daunted, the fox made a final
attack, but ignominious defeat await
I'd him, as all the swans arrayed them
selves in single file and made a des.
perate attack on their assailant, which
eventually landed at the south side Of
the lake, his blood covering the felt Of
heather at the far end. The swans sp-
peared to have sustained no injury
whatever.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
NNNNNNNNN~

Hens of satin If added to plain ma
terials are usually headed with lace or
braiding of irregular forms.
OF the materials for lingerie gowns
of handkerchief linen, the mulls, ba-
tistes and dotted embroidered swisses
are the most used.
A smart sailor hat has clusters of
moss rosebuds in the form of floral al
grettes, high on either side of the front.
and a wreath of white hyacinths
around the crown.
A new neck piece of chiffon is kind
of ruche, wide at the back and narrow
ing to the front, made like the ruffs of
the time of Henry ". There is a knot
of black velvet at the back, with ends
and loops falling to the waist.
A very novel collar is made OF many
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
where They Were Not Bad.

A visitor who was going through the
penitentiary one day turned to the
warden and said:
II suppose you have a good many
bad people here?"
Bad Bad people here!" calculated
the gray haired warden, with an air
of comic surprise. What put that into
your head? There are no bad people
here. Why, If they wanted to be bad,
we wouldn't let EN-"
The warden smiled grimly. and the
visitor awakened to the fact that the
pen was not the place where people
could afford to be bad, even if they
wished. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

form, rub the garment all over and
hang out to air. Do the cleaning by
an open window, or out of doors. Chic
reform will remove spots without leav-
ing a circle outside of the spot. For
colored goods that are much soiled,
soak over night a 5-cent package of
soap-tree bark in a quart of warm
water, strain through double cheese
cloth, add half the quantity to about
two gallons of water In this wash the
goods, then in a second water with the
other half Of the soap bark water ;
rinse thoroughly and iron before quite
dry
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
AT A PERSIAN TABLE.


The new Shah of Persia, according to
a recent newspaper article, succeeds to
a most magnificent kitchen, the stoves,
pokers, tongs, and even the coffee-miils
of which are made of solid silver.
What is not of silver is Of copper,
heavily gilded. All the dishes, knives,
forks and such utensils are of gold, set
with precious stones The kitchen it.
self is work of art. Its ceiling is of
wondrous lacquer, and its pillars Of
marble and onyx. 1t is an apartment
fit for Aladdin's whims rather than a
place of cookery. Mr.. Wills, In "Per-
STA As 1t Is" gives an account Of Per-
sian culinary matters, and also de-
scribes the beautiful sherbet-spoons OF
the country, which, although not made
Of gold or silver, are highly priced.
The meals Of the Shah are not socias
occasions, and he knows little of the
benefit Of jollity combined with the act
of eating. His breakfast takes place
at II, solitary meal, the monarch
isquatting before fifty dishes or more.
From these he selects few of the
simplest, and quenches his thirst with
iced sherbets.
Dead silence relgns; the royal but
lers hand the magnificent plates and
bowls without a sound.
Dinner is eaten at o in the evening,
and differs from the morning meal in
elaboration and the fact that Il u en-
livened by a band.
The food is very varied and the cool>
ing extravagant. Lambs, roasted whole
and stuffed with almonds, raisins,
dates and plstachio-nuts, and sparrow
and pomegranate soup enter into tho
delicacies of the cuisine. Sherbets
are a favorite drink. They are merely
water sweetened and favored with
fruits, and iced.
This sherbet is drunk from large
wooden spoons, delicately carved and
of great value. A man often shows
his wealth in the great variety and
costliness of his sherbet-spoons. They
are made of pear wood, and are from
one to two feet in length, with bowls
which sometimes hold tumblerful.
The carving is as fine and elaborate
as lace-work, and the wood in places
Is cut so thin as to be translucent. The
bowls are often ornamented with in
scriptions. An oil with which they
are treated darkens the originally
light-colored wood. No two spoons are
exactly alike, and some are real works
OF art.
The Persian considers silver spoon
an abomination to touch to the lips.
The tiny teaspoons of silver have
ifiligree hole in the bowl, and are used
only for stirring.