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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
THE OUTLOOK.

Notwithstanding the gloomy predlc'
lions of Eastern DANGERS and a few
respondent railway anagers-discour-
aged. as they well might be- by seeing
the fruits of years of energy and sa-
gacity in building great transportation
systems menaced with blight by short
sighted legislatiOn-it is pretty certain
that the prosperity OF the country Is
assured for another period Of months
if not of years. In spite of unfavor-
able weather during the early spring,
and the ravages of green bugs. seven
teen-year locusts, and other agencies of
destruction, the cOuntry's crops bid fair
to average we'll with those of the pros
porous past years thus assuring solid
foundation for the upbuilding Of all
other Industrial enterprises
The volume OF trade, wholesale and
retail, is still large, and universal con-
fidence reigns in business circles gen
orally. The best barometer of indus
trial conditions, the iron and steel in
dustry. is still forging ahead, with
more orders than can be filed in
twelvemonth, and as long as this con-
dition prevails little danger need be
feared of storms and disaster in the
great American business OF making
money.
The only drawback to the nations
prosperity-and it continues cloud
good deal larger than mans hand
i- no ir1ah Of ha dc fr, h
| tain sufficient funds to make the neces-
sary Improvements in tracks and term
| inals and to buy the increased equip
ment in rolling stock needed to pre-
vent the congestion of traffic which pre-
vailed last year. and which promises to
be worse next fall. II some assurance
could be offered to European investors
that the railways are not in danger of
| practical confiscation of their property
| by means of legislation cutting down
their earnings, a bountiful supply Of
foreign gold would be poured into this
country TO relieve the situation. For
| eign investors have a strong tendency
| TO invest in American railway securi-
| ties, and this bent of mind would take
its regular course, as in past years, but
| for the fears and distrust w--e.4 have
been aroused, more perhaps by the hos
tile tone of official utterances than by
anything that has actually been DONE
In the same way, if President Roose-
welt and our public men generally could
be prevailed upon to deprecate these
fears and dispel this distrust by as
surances that no radical steps are to
be taken in future, and that the offices
of the governments, state and national
will be confined to protecting the pub
lie against oppression and wrong on
| the part of the railroads, without in
| terfering with their rates, already the
| lowest in the world, there would not
be a cloud in our industrial skies, and
| the country's transportation systems
could be developed in equal step with
| its marvellous production Unless this
is done. however. and especially if the
next Congress INDUCES in much deIna-
| gogical threatenings, the processes of
business in the next two years will al
most surely be in the nature of recess
sion, or at least drawing in Of re-
sources, rather than OF progression.
| Confidence is the keynote OF credit, and
credit Is the keystone of prosperity
Kansas City Journal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

1t was generally believed that Gen.
Grant was not particularly DESTROYS of
Mr.. Lineoln's presence at City Point
and it was, in fact. somewhat embar-
RAISING factor during those trying days.
However that may have been, Gen
any ilnpatience, but gave to the Presi-
dent every possible consideration due to
his exalted position. That morning
was passed at Gen. Grants headquar-
tiers on the bluff. His log cabin was
roomy, with one large room used as a
meeting place and office The tents OF
his staff were grouped about it. Here
on this and several other occasions
when l was present, would meet the
general officers of divisions, AdIsiral
Porter. staff officers, Senators, Con
gressmen and other visitors. There
was no formality. The news of the
day was discussed, and dispatches were
read or referred to in the general con
versation All seemed confident that
Petersburg must soon fall. and with II
Richmond. Sherman would be coming
up VIGOROUSLY from the south and
uniting with Grants army. The end OF
the rebellion was near. In the discus
sion that forenoon Gen. Grant took lit
tie part, listening in grim silence. OF
only answering direct questions from
Mr.. Lincoln In short monosyllable ut.
terances The President and Admiral
Porter took the main parts in converse.
ton. Each related several anecdotes
apropos of The discussion. those told by
Mr.. Lincoln being always very pertinent
or Illustrative. He seemed in very
good spirits, and at his best when re
lating some of the war anecdotes that
reached him In Washington. Admiral
Porter told an old sea story, which navy
men knew by heart, at which, / re-
member. Mr. Lincoln laughed heartily
and said, admiral, l like your sea
stories; | never heard them before, =
| and running his hands with an upward
movement through his rlmpled hair
his eyes glistening. his face expressing
in every feature the keenest enjoyment
he would stretch himself out and look
at the listeners in turn, as though for
sympathy and appreciation. Gen
Grant did not have much. IL any, hu.
NOR, or was too much oppressed witt
his responsibilities he smoked stead
lily, and rarely did he even by the grim
NEST smile recognize the points of the
anecdotes.
When | first met Mr.. Lincoln l was
slngularly drawn to him, and brief as
had been our intercourse, it was al
such meetings and in the privacy of bis
own family, to which he admitted me
that came to feel an affection for him
that none other has ever Inspired. Fa-
miliar as all are with his features
through photographs, portraits, statues
and engravings, none do justice TO him
or can represent the kindliest Of the ex,
preston which ever betrayed the sweet
and gentle mind and heart Of this ma
lures Observation-Disclosures Magazine
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

or all relics of the Civil War the
ones which most touch me are the fad
ed, yellow letters from soldiers at the
front or in hospitals, and those other
Il tiers from home to the soldiers, show
ing the marks and creases caused by
being carried long In pocket and KNAPP
sack, until by some chance they drifted
back home again across the lines OF
faction and war.
One of the most pathetic and yet no.
bly, strong letter l remember to have
read, is one from Mrs Wallace, widow
of the gallant Gen. William III. L. Wal
lace, who met death at Shiloh, after
helping Prentiss to hold the center all
of that terrible first day, when the
whole Union army was crumpled up
and crowded almost into the Tennessee
River, only escaping by holding Pitts
burg Landing until morning came,
with Buell's advance on the field, and
the dispirlted troops of the day before
ready for a new trial before the grim
gods of war.
Mrs. Wallace, worried and anxious at
home, had started to visit her husband
IN the camp at Shiloh, and she arrived
at Pittsburg Landing on the steamer
Minnehaha before daylight Sunday
morning April 6, 1862. The letter
nm describing was written by Mrs. Wal
lace some ten days after the battle to
near relation.
She describes her arrival-the visit
was to be "A complete surprise to her
| husband-and she remained on board
of the river steamer, after sending
word to him that she was there, and as
she awaited him, as the sun rose over
the spring landscape, she heard firing
| but thought nothing Of it there, neal
I the great war camp, where thousands
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Cost Reduced by Protection.

The tariff on plate glass has at least
not prevented the reduction in price Of
that article from $3.50 per square foot
in 1876 to 80 and 81 cents per foot at
the present time. But the tariff on
plate glass has permitted the develop
ment of very valuable American in
dustry, and the existence of this in
dustry has had more to do with lower
ing the cost of all plate glass TO Amer
lean consumers than any other factor
in connection with that reduction Prin-
cipally owing to the difference in wages
paid, the cost Of producing plate glass
in this country is very much greater
than in France or Germany or else
where in Europe. These facts are re-
specially referred to those persons in
the Fifth Congressional District OF this
State who for local reasons are asking
for a revision of the tariff in behalf
of plate glass. The protective tariff
has been a good friend to the American
consumers of plate glass-Houghton
Gazette
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
WANTED THE GIBLETS.


There are innumerable stories OF
Revolutionary days In Charleston.
South Carolina. The old ladies used
to tell with glee how, when the Brit
lsh were supposed to be out OF the
way, the young fellows would come
home to dance with them. A message
would go to the nearest cousins and
friends, and n supper be cooked. Ii
might be only rice and bacon, but 1t
was good to hungry men, declares
The dance and the feast would con-
tinue until the stars grew pale.
Often these merrymakings were dis
hrbed by the enemy; but there was
always a negro or two on the watch,
and the harsh note of the screech-owl
Or the cry of the whippoorwll would
give the alarm. Then "partings in hot
haste,' a rush for the horses. a sharp
scuffie, a hot pursuit. and perhaps a
prisoner taken.
The young men had odd adventures.
One young fellow betrayed himself by
bis appetite. He was pursued and had
taken shelter at Mrs. Notes place,
On South Santee. She rolled him I'D
IN carpet, and pushing 1t against
The wall, told him to keep quiet until
the enemy had gone and she could re-
ease him.
Unluckily, he heard through the open
window his hostess giving directions
70 the cook about the chickens which
we're to be dressed for the dragons
dinner. He could not bear to be left
,ut, and thrust his head from the car
pet chrysalis. and cried out. Keep the
giblets for me-"
The soldiers heard, and he was at
,Dce caught and carried off. to repent
1t leisure OF his indiscretion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
THE FIRST BURGLARY.
How n King of Egypt, the Rockefei-
Ter OF His Time, Was Robbed.

Ter OF His Time, Was Robbed.
Robberies Of treasure reach back
into antiquity. and the latest achieve
ment Of the twentieth century cracks
man Is paralleled in the time of the
Paraohs. Ever since civilization has
been and wealth measured in precious
dollars, Jewels, and metals. mans
cupidlty has been aroused and thieves
striyen to gain ease and luxury by
stealing the treasure OF others.
The first burglary OF treasury vaults
50 far as known to history occurred
when Rhampslnitus was King of Egypt.
He possessed so much money that none
of the Kings relgning litter him in
Egypt were able TO rival aim In riches.
He was the Rockefeller of his time.
Thinking to have his treasure safely
kept he had constructed the best bur-
glar-proof vault that the builders Of
that day knew how to Mako solid
chamber of stone. The builder fitted
one of the stones 50 that It might be
easily removed by two men. or by one
| exceptionally strong. After the CON-
pletlon of this chamber the king laid
his treasures in 1t, thinking them safe
from designing hands. But when the
builder car2e to die he called his two
sons and directed them how they might
get the kings riches.
After his death the sons went to the
palace quickly removed the stone In the
wall. and almost depleted the kings
vessels of their money and treasure.
When the king opened the vault he
found ii nearly empty; yet the seals
on the entrance door were unbroken
and the chamber apparently secure.
He determined to set trap. He scaled
it as before Again and again he broke
the seals, each time finding the precious
treasure diminished and then he had
traps put about the treasure recep-
tacles. One day the trap caught It's
victim, and, the man being unable to
free himself. he ordered his brother to
cut off and carry away his head, that
both should not be ruined by the dis
aster This was done by one stroke of
the others sword.
The next day the king came and
found the headless body of man in
the trap. while the chamber was still
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
arder counor
Little Ahout Exerxthinx.


Acrobats and jugglers never smoke.
The autograph of Columbus is worth
81, 500.
The emperor of Japan has thirty
residences.
Mathilde Serao. wife of Naples edi-
ter, is one Of the most popular Italian
novelists.
The British Medical Journal asserts
that mems necks are longer than they
used 70 be.
Mrs. Howard Gould is said to have
the finest collection Of birds In the
United States.
The petrfication agate was named
for the river Achates. in Sicily. where
it was first found
The record cash payment for a novel
is the 100000 that Daudet got for
"Sapho' in 1884.
The choir OF the mormon temple az
Salt Lake City numbers $50 voices 1t
is the largest choir in the world
iht Shhdhcct iu"uiu lfth ia lht Ncattt
is the pigmy mouse of Siberia.
Three baths a lifetime is the Abys,
sinian rule--one at birth. the second
at marriage and the third at death
There are three Jewish peers In Eng
land and eleven baronets. while six
teen Jews are in the House of CON-
mons.
The world of women. according TO
Vanity Fair may be divided into two
halves-the half that dresses and the
half that merely wears clothes.
The Duke of Sutherland is perhaps
the hest locomotive engineer in the
British peerage and could earn a liy'
ing at the work did he so desire.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
of men were being drilled and trained

of men were being drilled and trained
in the uses of war.
Before very long she saw wounded
soldiers being brought on board OF her
steamer, and then came more anG more,
bleeding and panic-stricken. and they
all told the same story Of the early
morning attack and the driving In OF
the outer lines. and occupation by the
enemy, of the outer camps.
Her husband. she was told, was on
the field. in the very center Of the rag
ing battle. Vainly she tried to get an
other message to him. He was in the
Hornets Nest" where no one could
penetrate. Before noon the boat was
crowded with wounded. and Mrs. Wal
lace tried to comfort and assuage their
sufferings
In the afternoon the Minnehaha was
used to ferry over Nelson's regiments,
the advance of Buell's achievements.
AT last. when the boat landed on the
Pittsburg side, Il message was brought
to the anxious woman. Wallace's di-
vision, they told her had been falling
back, Wallace leading it, just having
been fianked by the enemy. Just clear
of the Hornets Nest" and as his com
mand came into the road TO the Land.
ing, the general had been shot and had
fallen from his horse and left for dead
One of his soldiers. an orderly, zone
who loved him." had carried the body
more than a quarter of a mile, and then
to avoid death and capture, had to lay
him down out of the way of tramping
feet. and leave him.
All night Mrs. Wallace nursed the
wounded on the steamer, and at 1C
o'clock Monday morning word came tc
her that the general was still breath
ing, and that he was TO be brought tf
her. Her dead was alive, and she re
joiced. She was allowed to take bel
husband to Savannah, a few mile:
away, on the river, and to nurse hin
for four days, before he breathed hi'
last.
Gratefully she tells in her letter Of
the comfort ii was TO both that the,
could have these last days together
The general could not speak, but hs
showed to the last minute that hi
knew his wife. and by the faint pres
sure of his hand that she held told hin
much it was TO him to have her ty hi
side.
Such Is the story told by the fadet
letter; to read it brings home TO thu
heart and imagination what the mel
and women of the country suffered ant
endured, more than a generation ago
that the Union might live. Reverent
~ l refer to this old letter from on
of the women if Illinois The survi
vors OF Shiloh will hear of it witt
r'ournful interest, am sure.-Ada
Sweet in Chicago Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

whether clear or cloudy, rosy sun
~ prcsages fine weather; a sickly
bskfng, grecnish hue, wind and rain
\ Aark, or Indian, red, rain; red sky
h he morning. bad weather or much
wind, perhaps rain; gray sky In the
.msrning, fine weather; high dawn,
wind: low dawn, fair weather. Re-
,nnrkable cIearness of atmosphere near
,she horizon. distant objects, such as
hslls, usually visible or raised by re-
xr1efion and what is called good
;.he4ring day." may be mentioned
tznsoug signs of wet, If not wind. .
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

Now look for the mlllers to agitate
again for the removal OF the tariff on
the Importation OF wheat, just because
our wheat producers have had unusual
troubles with nature this spring. This
Farmers are as much entitled to pro-
lection against foreign competition as
are any other producers, and the tariff
on grain Is the principal protective tar
iff affecting agriculture. Already the
South Dakota and Southwestern Min
nesota Millers' Club has resolved that
the tariff on Canadian wheat (20c a
bushel) should be removed.-North-
western Agriculturist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
- fI)I 7 ORIALSeaZ


ascertanng costs and attracting easier
to study business than BEFORE because business
is more nearly reduced to a science.
The new education has great attraction: it fits
young quickly for Job and helps him to get it
This in itself is good The only danger is that job
may come to look like the end TO be attained rather than
the means Oy which to attain it The is not making
living but living One must know business succeed
in it, but also know something more than bust
ness to make real success Of fe.-Youths Companion
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
How Clouds and Fogs Diner.

Clouds are bodies of moisture evapo-
rated from the earth and again partial
ly condensed in the upper regions of
the air. Fogs differ from clouds only
in one Respectively come in contact
with the surface of the earth while
clouds are elevated above our heads.
When the surface of the earth is
warmer than the lower air the vapor
II the earth, being condensed by the
chill air, becomes mist or fog. But
when the lower air is warmer than the
earth the vapor rises through the air
and becomes cloud. Fog and mist diff
fer in this respect-that mist is a fine
rain, while fog is yapOr not sufficiently
condensed to allow of its precipitation
in drops.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Pattern Department
UP.TO-DATE DESIGNS FOR
THE HOME DRESSMAKER
-


THIS simple little frock is certainly
as pretty and dainty as any small girl
could desire. 1t is cut so that 1t can
be worn either with or without
guimpe. When no guimpe is used it
makes Il charming frock for afternoon
Or evening wear. and. during the heated
term, these airy effects are very COM
portable even for morning wear. The
skirt is tucked all around the upper
part and these tucks give sufficient full
ness around the bottom where two
wider tucks and the hem help to hold
it out properly. A narrow band at
taches the skirt to the House The
blouse is tucked from shoulder to shout
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Order Coupon.
An Attractive Blou-e.

There comes time between seasons
when chic little blouses of pliable wool
rms or soft crepes are much in demand.
These are usually made over light lin
ing. and as they may be somewhat
more elaborate than the unlined ones
here Is opportunity for many pretty
md novel effects. Here is most fetch
ne little model, made up in chiffon
netallique Gone of the spring novel
:ies) of the daintiest blue with yoke
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
All Scrnppers.

Callahan-Oi want to git q book to
put tn photographs av all me rela-
tives in. Oh think this wan will do.
Clerk-But that isn't family al
bum, sir; that is scrapbook.
Callahan-Oh, that's all right, young
man; all av me relatives are scrap
Ders.-Puck.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

to seek Cities established departments of health gave
them ample powers and then insisted on their being
effective if their appropriations continued
The consequence has been that not only has much suf
fering spared but thousands-nay. hundreds
of thousands people alive who in the words
prominent sanitarlan. have business
they would have been dead If the death rate that pre-
vailed twenty years ago still obtained Had they died
their death would have been considered as from the
hand of God We know that their living the result Of
the taking of some simple measures for the pre-
vention Of disease.-The Independent
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

Father-Well, Tommy, what did you
learn at school to-day? Tommy
learned that two negatives are equiva-
lent to an affirmative. Father-And
what's an affirmative? Tommy don't
know. We haven't got that far along
yet.-Chicago News
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Looking backward.

well, doctor, do you think 1t is
uzything serious?'
oh, not at all 1t is merely boil
Un the back c. your neck, but would
nlyfse you to keep your eye on It"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
A Grammnrian.

THAT horse thief over there Is a
great stickler for correct English
"He is?'
yes He always finds fault with the
Judges sentences. cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

1sePreacher-Have you special rates
ssr e3ergymen? The Hotel Clerk-Yes,
rzr- we charge them a dollar extra.
The Preacher-Dollar extra! Why :?
srhe Hotel Clerk-They don't patronize
A.. axar-Broo<lyn Eagle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Succeeded.

"She married him to reform him"
did she succeed?"
"Sure. He used to be spendthrift
and pow he has nothing to spend. -
Houston Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
A New inheritance Tax Law.


Among recent notable state legisla-
lion is the direct Inheritance tax law
that is now on the statute books of
Massachusetts,, state that has given
the subject long and careful study.
Tn new law is supplementary to the
enc taxing collateral inheritances only.
Tea years ago a tax commission rec
commended a direct Inheritance tax of
per cent with certain exemptions.
Tie Massachusetts, Legislature that has
1ust adjourned practically accepted the
report Of committee in favor of a
graduated tax on direct inheritances.
Collateral inheritances, above $1,000,
except requests to charitable, religious
a. educational Institutions, will con-
tfnre to pay 5 per cent. Direct in
heritances by parents or children. with
exemption for $4,000 or less. Will pay
to 5 per cent. graduated according
- amount. Inheritsaces by brother,
siSter. nephew or niece, with $1,000 ex-
euption, will pay a tax of from 3 to )
per cent, the last-named rate for an
amount exceeding 100000.
This new Massachusetts law, 1t is
estimated, will add S1,5O0.OOO to the
revenue of the state. In addition to
100000 from the collateral inherit
znce tax, and will relieve taxpayers of
half the sum now collected as a gen.
eral state tax. Both real and personal
property will be subject to these in
kcritance taxes. In his recent James
town address President Roosevelt made
inheritance taxation one of his leading
topics Massachusetts, has covered the
subject by its statutes and, on the
Wkofe. has acted eonseryatively. I'm
der prolonged discussion liberal exemp-
tions were decided on and in no case is
the tax on inheritances under 100000
ard over $4,000 more than or pei
cent, the graduated scale for smaller
amounts being much less.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

der and the square-cut neck finished
with bands of embroidery edged with
narrow friIls of lace-the same finish
| is used on the sleeves.
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
warned, and write very plainly. For
convenience. write your order on the
following coupon