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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
mission to return to the rnited STATE

mission to return to the United States
government. L expect to see another
Grand Army encampment down South
DO not let your people get the notion
that we cannot give them proper care
when they come. Didn't we receiSe
YOU with open arms and extend hospi-
tally to you those four years OF war!
We are better prepared now. and want
to see you, besides. Keep hammering
and the boys of the two old armies will
meet together. fraternize and hold their
national gatherings in each others sec
lions. 1t will be good for both" Men
in both armies who saw such service
as Whitefield did discovered long ago
that the war is over.-J. A. Watrous.
in Chicago Times-Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

The word banquet formerly meant
dessert.
Bean cake is the chief commercial
fertilizer in China.
California oranges are now sold ex-
tensively in London.
Pottery Is the oldest and most widely
known of the human arts.
The motto, I'm God We Trust" was
not placed on American coins until
1865.
The Irish language is now being
taught in $500 schools in Ireland
The Duchess of Newcastle is a great
driver, angler, shot and judge of dogs
Glasgow, Scotland. spends on drink
s1G.00O.000 year. an average of S2L25
head.
Mosquitoes are found in mines ZOO
and even 1.J0o feet below the earth's
surface.
In Iceland horses are shod with
sleeps horn: in the Soudan kind of
sock made of camel's skin is used for
the purpose.
The central markets Of Paris use
more than 100000 worth of baskets
every year.
4 large percentage of the people IN
Brazil go barefoot except on Sundays
and holidays.
The dryest spot In the world is Death
Valley, with less than five inches OF
rain annually.
Grand Duke Constantine of Russia
is said to be the most cultured Ro-
manoff nov living
Famine prevails among the natives
Of German East Africa; many of them
live like cattle, on leaves and rootk
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

TO build a new tariff law would be
the most difficult task the next Con-
gress could possibly undertake. 1t
would invite the opposition Of every
section of the country. New England
wants certain schedules lowered. while
the West wants the same schedules
left as they are. The South aid West
will naturally want other schedules
lowered to which the East will strenu-
ously object. 1t is obvious, therefore,
that no general revision can be had
without long struggle and only after
a multitude of compromises, the result
of which no one can foretell. Why.
then, should the party enter upon a
proceeding of so doubtful propriety
when there is no general demand for
1t? When business conditions warrant
a change of certain schedules there Will
be no objection to changing them, but,
until that time arrives. it would be
suicidal for Republicans to rush head
long into a laborious and prolonged
effort to do something for which there
is no demand.-St Joseph Mo- Ga
zette
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
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Pattern Department
UP.TO-DATE DESIGNS FOR
THE HOME DRESSMAKER
- -


An ever-present problem with moth
ers is how to keep the small daughters
prettily and becomingly dressed every
day. Materials need not be expensive,
nor designs elaborate, for the simplest
dressed children often look the best.
The desired effect. then, must be gained
through design and colorin2 Here is
a charming little French frock that
illustrates this beautifully The ma
terial is an inexpensive cashmere in a
soft shade of red. bit Of plated silk
filling in the square cut yoke. The
blouse and skirt are both box-plaited,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
s,mulx Couldu,t suppo.e II

Scottish folk are proverbially canny
and prudent in money matters, and
the following shows that the younger
generation is no exception to the rule
A teacher in a lowland school was
taking mental arithmetic with class
of boys. She asked one urchin:
allow much would your mother give
you to buy four pounds of tea at one
and six a pound?
"We na'er get sac much at once as
that, num-
Never mind that. FoW pounds at
one and six"
"But we Gamma afford The one and
six, mum. We always hae the one and
twa."
Answer the question. What would
she give you to pay for four pounds of
tea at"
"Nawthln,' num-
what do you mean by 'nothing?"
.'She'd ma gle me only bawbees.
Shed tell me tae ask the mon tae pit
It DOOM
"Oh, dear. on. DEAR But, supposing
she did,"
With plying smile came the reply,
"a can see y're ne'er met ma mither.
mum. "-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
The Crops for 1907.


Translated into terms which the
wayfaring man understands, the gov
ernment's report OF crop acreage and
condition. which has just been made.
means this: The aggregate yield Of
wheat. winter and spring. will be
about 634,0O0,OOO bushels. as compared
with 735.0OO,OOO for 1906. Corn will
furnish us with 2,J60OO0,OOO bushels
this year. as against 1927 100000 last
year. There will be 9T3.OOO,OOO bushels
of oats. while 1906 gave us 964.0O0.0O0
and barley will furnish us 163, 100000
bushels, as against 17S.OOO,O00 last
year. This is the outlook for 1907. as
figured from the code published by the
department of Agriculture at Wash
iigton.
Therefore, there is a falling off in
al the important cereal crops except
oats. which will show slight increase
1t is altogether possible that the pres
ent forecast may be different from
what the actual harvest will show.
Changes may occur between now and
the gathering of the crops which will
make the present estimates too high
or too low. Guesses about the corn
crop which are made at the opening
Of July are especially liable to diyerge
from the aggregate revealed at the
general roundup of the reapers in Oc-
tnher The weather of the next two or
three months may plan fantastic tricks
with the estimates OF Secretary Will
sons experts. There are chances how
ever. that the harvest will be better
than the present outlook, and these
give the country some hope.
In case the present forecast turns
out to be correct, the wheat crop Of
1907 will be below those of 1898, 1901
ard every year since then except 1901.
The corn yield will exceed any pre-
vious crop except for 1905 and 1906.
Oats will beat all the records except
for 1902, and barley will break all the
records save that of 1906. The situa-
ton at the end OF the harvest will.
consequently, be better than was fore
Swallowed a month ago. As the gen
eral average Of prices is somewhat
higher than 1t was last year at this
time. the grain growers are likely to
lose little in the aggregate, but the con-
sumner will be compelled to pay some
what more for his food. On the whole,
the outlook is favorable for the con-
tinuation of the country's prosperity.
for a large part Of the good times still
depends on the record which the farms
make.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

The Lewiston Sun solemnly declares
that it was not the tariff but currency
that caused the hard times of 1S03'
The year 1893 was a period of appre-
hension and consequent depression
among business men who were not dis
posed to take chances in the face Of
the declared intentions Of a new Dem
ecratic administration controlling both
branches of Congress. and outspoken
I'm its hostility to the Tong established
policy of protection. Panic conditions.
however, and universal hard times did
not come until the latter part of 1894.
following the passage of the infamous
free trade Wilson bill, which closed
cur mills and factories all over the
land by putting them inD competi-
ton with the mills OF Europe operated
5y cheap labor. These hard times CON
tinued, getting worse and worse. until
after the passage Of the Dingley law
July "a, 1900. since when the country
has enjoyed an era of uninterrupted
and unexampled prosperity.-Augusta
Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
a's Fl =

"Cheer up" advised the good
natured man. "You look as II you
didn't have a dollar or a friend on
earth. What's the matter with you?"
"Oh. nothing much" replied the lu-
gubrious Individual. 1--WE got a lit
tie neuralgia that's kept me in agony
for the last few days and it's just
coming on again. That's all"
well, WE'LL" said the good-natured
man. alphabetically. 800 bad! In
termittent. eh? It's a good thing 1t
isn't troubling you all the time. That
would be even worse. EN-? Lucky 1t
isn't toothacbe. too. l generally find
that neuralgia yields to treatment, but
there's no cure for toothache. Don't
encourage 1t by looking dismal, any,
way. 1t may pass of. l thought when
I saw you that something had been
going wrong with your business
Something's been going wrong
with 1t for q time," said the lugu-
brious individual Its going to the
dickens. Where we sold a carload
about ten years ago we aren't selling
4 couple Of crates today"
"You save on freight then, don't
your" said the good-natured man,
jocularly. Il guess you're making It
out little worse than it Is. But you
know what goes up comes down and
you may be doing business on a car
load basis again in month or two"
There wouldn't be much In it II
we were," said the lugubrious indi-
vidual. Competitions too keen. It's
cutthroat, by jini1s! But we've got to
meet 1t IL we don't make expenses.
Talk about competition being the life
Of business. It's going to be the death
of mine."
Anybody in your lines doing
mighty well IL he does pay expenses, /"
said the good-natured man. IL know
two or three aren't doing that and
Wicks has gone into the hands of a
receiver. How'd you like that? 1
guess you'd have some excuse for
kicking II you had got into that shape
Brace up, old man. Sell your crates
and be thankful. How's your fam
ilyf"
'Wife's SICK" replied the lugubrious
Individual. She's been threatened
with nervous prostration for the last
year and she's killing herself now
nursing our little girl through the
whooping cough"
There's scarlet fever in our neigh
borhood," said the good-natured man.
You're fortunate that the little one
hasn't got that Yes, sir. | met our
doctor this morning and he told me of
three cases he had. That's q bad
thing, scarlet fever. Whooping cough
isn't pleasant, l know, but it's some
thing all children have some time"
"And our cook has left right in the
middle of it," said the lugubrious in
dividual Didn't give us word of
warning Packed her trunk and then
came downstairs with her hat and
Jacket on and said that her family
wanted her back and would we please
pay her wages and let the expressman
take her baggage when he called"
1--WE had a girl played us worse
trick than that said the good-natured
man.
"Then don't tell me about It,
snapped the lugubrious individual. 81
don't want to hear IT,
AZ didn't mean to be unsympa
thetic," said the good-natured man. 81
was only trying to show you thai
things might be a great deal worse
But you don't seem to realize thai
they might be a darned sight better
said the lugubrious individual. That's
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

! If the German agreement does not
promote differentiation and fraud,
then the German pegotiators belong in
an institution for the predetermined.
If the agreement does promote under
valuation and fraud, where do the
Americau neootiators belong?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

Have Pursued n Practical Course.
The fact remains that the Republi-
can party is the only one which has
shown any ability to solve the problem
of tariff legislation in harmony with
the Industrial growth of the country.
The Democrats have tried upon sew
erai occasions to reach solution, but
their failure is easily accounted for
by the fact that, as President Harri-
man said. they are students of max
fms rather than of markets"
Tariff reform cannot be successfully
achieved in a students closet. 1t is
not the doctrinaire teacher of political
economy in colleges or essay writer
who is to blaze the way of revision
along lines that will beIiefit instead of
harm our industries. Before solution
Of the right kind can be obtained the
business men must be consulted, and
whenever they are brought into the dis
eussion the Democrats are compelled TO
retire.
The success of the Republicans in
dealing with these matters is due to the
fact that they have pursued a practi-
cal course They have consulted the
great commercial and manufacturing
interests. and thereby they have pro-
NOTED the welfare of the whole coun-
try.-Denver Republican.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

A great many summer waists are
made with yokes that give a chemisette
effect, yet that are all In one. Here is
a simple example that is made of white
pongee with lace and pretty banding
The yoke and cuffs are oddly shaped.
so giving an air of Individuality to the
blouse. The cut is simple in the ex-
treme and the making means very little
labor. Washable materials are suit
able. and when made from lawn. either
linen or cotton, or any similar ma
terial, the waist can be combined with
some pretty skirt TO make a most sat
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

DIR. Dougal, of Keith, who was made
an honorary member of the Aberdeen
Society in 1915, had reputation for
bluntness. A talkative woman went to
him one day and said to him: Doctor
what is the matter with my tongue?
Just needin' rest" he replied, short
ly, On another day a patient went to
him and complained: Il have a deal
to suffer with my eyes, DOCTOR" where
upon he answered: Better suffer with
them than without"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
Can Cut Our Quite. In Two.

If all the German exporters can ar
range to do their own valuing at orr
custom houses they can not only secure
a reduction in duty amounting to 20
per cent. but they can cut our ad
valorem duties in two by merely cut
ting in two the actual value Of their
goods Not only can the German ex-
porters do this, but all European ex-
porters can do IT, for, of course, it is
our purpose TO apply the ew customs
regulation to imports from all favored
nations. If this is the situation which
actually confronts our customs depart
ment it is quite in order to suggest
that Congress shall take some action
to prevent such wholesale notification
of the tariff duties enumerated in the
Dingley law-Sioux City Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
s.;x;,,r n, Ooportunsty.

EInployer-You wish to be married
next Friday, do you, Thomas? Haven't
you some misgivings about marrying
on Friday?
Assistant BoOkkeeper-No sir; the
only thing that troubles me is that In
marrying on $15 a week.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
POIiCl| Comment.
Trusts In Great Britain.

Intelligence of most terrifying and
astounding character comes from Eng
land. John Bull is not given to sensa-
ton, but in this respect he seems to
have outdone some of his much-derided
trade competitors. The news is that
there is about to be organized in Great
Britain Il mammoth steel trust, com
posed Of nine large firms and boasting
q capitalization of S130.o00.O00. The
avowed intention of the merger, it is
declared, is TO fight German and Amer
lean competition, which is increasing
year by year. The largest company in
the merger has already absorbed thir-
ty-six independent concerns. and the
deal. when put through, will control. il
is estimated, fully 90 per cent of the
steel produced in Great Britain. While
the details of the combination are not
yet completed. it is likely that it will
be based upon the principle Of the
German trust. involving the regulation
of prices, adjustment of the output to
the demand and equal distribution of
orders.
Now. all this would be alarming in
protection America, where the people
are chained TO the chariot wheels of
the trusts and are rapidly being re
duced to serfdom, but in free trade
Great Britain. where competition is
supposed to be as unrestrained as the
air. it becomes positively horrifying.
Certain amiable gentlemen, in cam
Iaigns past, have taught us to believe
that so long as our Industries and labor
are protected by tariff duties on for
eign imports, just so long will we re-
main under the domination Of the
trusts and monopolies. Remove or
reduce the tariff they have cried.
-and competition will take the place
of monopoly" Now comes word of the
formation of a monstrous trust in steel
by capitalists of a country which Is
not cursed by a tariff, but where every
man .must, by nature OF that country's
economic system, be able to buy and
sell in the open market. What does
this mean? Aha, we have it, 1t is
another diabolical conspiracy on the
part of the American Protective Tariff
League, headed by Wilbur f. Wake
man, arch conspirator, the dark and
bloody purpose of which Is to mislead
and confuse trusting public and draw
attention away from the Midnight
deeds of the League and its emissaries.
This is the only rational explanation
of an outrage so iniquitous as this
Des Moines Capital.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

the serious increase in railroad fatalities.
In the last three months of 1906 there were the
United States according to reports published by the
Interstate Commission 1739 derailmens with q list of
146 persons killed and 1.517 injured. Recently
average of deraments and casualties has be-
yond the former figures In four the deraments
and tragic list have grown beyond the expansion
road systems and the population Proportionaey there
accidents and resulting damage
and property
1t is represented by the trackmen that In cases
the rails and roadbeds defective that
maintained to watch and repair them Is insufficient
They state that more rails broken
proper support by ties than by faulty manufacture
steel mills 1t is further claimed that the patrol of
by day and night is enforced thoroughly
in former years. and that government or State inspection
of tracks has become necessity. AS the tracSmen
in close touch with roadbeds physically their statement
it may be assumed, will be carefully weighed by railroad
officials who desire much any class, that tracks,
and all branches Of the service shall be safe and efficient
st Louis Globe Democrat
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

tsfactory tub gown. The blouse itself
Is prettily tucked and Joined to the
lower edge of the yoke. III the fulness
OF the waist is held in place by tape
run through a casing at the waist line
it can be Numbered with very little
trouble indeed.
The above pattern will be mailed to
your address on receipt OF 10 cents.
Send all orders to the Pattern Depart
ment of this paper. Be sure TO give
both the number and size Of pattern
wanted. and write very plainly. For
convenience. write your order ON the
following coupon:
Order Coupon
No. 1850.
SIZE -....-...... ....-........-...-
NAME $50. --....-.....-..--.-
ADDRESS .... .....-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
. woman Furniture Mover.

At Hanwell, England, lives woman
furniture mover. She has printed on
her vans the following appeal to the
public: Don't worry-get married
and keep on moving. indianapolis
News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

improvements made IL surgery have
been the means of reducing the mortal
ity Of amputatlon operations to 6 per
cent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15


rules 1t the deahbed of the old Louisiana Lottery
and the decedent is believed TO have left no heirs rev
mourners ard a memory that il is most charitable TO
forget.
The end came through the acceptance of plea OF
guilty by thirty defendants. from several
different States the charge of consprng to cause the
interstate carriage of lottery advertising.
This is the elimination OF legal fight which the gov
eminent has carried for forty years, and moral
fight which the American people have carried on FOR
much longer time The mails were closed to lotteries
in companies turned to transportation
by express, and it not until 1895 that law was
which Interstate transportation of lot
terry advertisements This drove the louisiana
company United States to Honduras and caused
a change its The consttutonality OF the law
attacked and fought through the courts
until 1903 the Supreme Court decided against the
lottery company.
Since the business of distributing tickets and
advertisements has been by messenger but agents OF
the able present strong case OF
conspiracy the express companies too that the
conviction resulted.
The lottery, then, is dead Let hope that 1t will
stay dead conceived in the faseho0d that few
should profit at the expense of the many 1t robbed
the widow and the orphan, and fattened the work
mans slender wages 1t bred false hopes broke down
sefreance and steadness of character and furnished
convenient cloak for dishonesty.-Houths Companion
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

much Indifference among the people From these
scandals arise which reproach to system of
government and which are costly to those levied upon
for it's support
The youths who have devoted four years to acquiring
a classical education by this very training fitted
themselves leaders in the parties to which
they elect themselves They be of marked service
In making these agencies the peope-what they
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

Miss Gushir $50 you are an au-
thor?
Mr. Wright-Ye-es.
Miss Gushing--Oh, how delightful 1t
must be to earn one's living by WELD
ing the pen
Mr.. wright-Ye-es, 1 always imag-
ired it would be.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

The Mohammedans of the world are
estimated at 200,000,00O.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

joined by n, stitched band OF the same
material that does not break the lines,
the plaits being seemingly continued
from blouse TO skirt i'm an unbroken
line. The three-quarter length sleeves
are finished with frills OF lace
The above pattern will be mailed to
your address on receipt of 10 cents
Send all orders 10 the Pattern Depart
ment of this paper. Be sure to give
both the number and size of pattern
wanted, and write very plainly. For
convenience, write your order on the
following coupon:
Order Coupon.
No. 1852.
SIZE ............ ..................
NAME 49,. .--...-...........
ADDRESS ........ ...............
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
ADVISING THE GRADUATES.

HE baccalaureate addresses to college grad
~ yates were attuped to one key-that the
young men going forth TO battle in the world
should find it imperative to take part in
rsl,s s, !, tie. the m.s STANDARDS s1 of political i
there is some dishonesty. and there is too
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
BRIDE IN A oUANDARY.

what makes me sore."-Chicago Daily
News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
SAFETY IN RAILWAY TRAVEL.

3HE National Union of Railway Trackmen
y has filed complaints before the railroad COM
missoners of various States in regard to
- dangerous conditions the trackmen some
MI times contend with. This question has
III Gently become more urgent on account Of
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
THE END OF THE LOTTERY.

beds are not usually places for re-
I jocing nor it Is often that the old rule
" l about speaking noting but good of the dead
~ may be broken. A recent scene ID the
D.se' Of R as5s@. 9ss for tine ssS
10 these