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The new age., 1907-02-09
First Word a KNOCK.

James l. of England, and VI, of
Scotland, was as every one knows, de-
ficient in vigor and steadiness. Having
heard of a famous preacher who was
very witty in his sermons and peculiar
ly so in his choice Of texts he ordered
this clergyman to preach before him
With ali suitable gravity the learned
divine gave out his text in the follow.
ing words: James first and sixth. in
the latter part of the verse, He that
waverth is like wave of the sea driy.
en- with the wind and tossed"
"Ods-chickens! he's at me already ?
exclaimed the king-Scrap book.
The new age., 1907-02-09

The social settlement worker had
been telling the story of Moses to a
class of small children in a mission
school.
Now, children" she said, "you shall
tell me the story. Who found the baby
lying in the riverT
"a beautiful lady" came the prompt
reply.
ITO whom did the princess give little
Moses to be taken care Off"
His mother" shouted the delightful
class.
What did Moses mother do with
him when he grew a little older?" ask
ed the teacher.
For an instant there was silence
Then a small girl was seized with a
sudden inspiration and replied:
81 know. She put him into pants."-
Harper's Magazine.
The new age., 1907-02-09
BUSINESS WAS HIS HABIT.

$%O~ONSNr%%@NOSO0<S-
Only a single cabbage remained of
the wagon load of produce with which
the huckster had started in. 1t was
a good head, and the keen-witted huck-
ster was alive to the chance of selling
it, although the hour was late. AS he
glanced from side to side of the street,
seeking a purchaser, says a writer In
the New York Sun, he was hailed from
doorway by housewives cry:
what are you selling?'
whoa, Bill !" said the vender to his
horse; and to the prospective customer
he called, "Only one cabbage left, miss
usw
"Is it a good one?" she asked. from
the curb.
Sure; as good as any ever came
from Jersey"
How much do you want for it?"
"Its worth dime, lady, but want
to sell out, so you can have it for a
nickel"
After pulling off some of the leaves
to make sure the head was fresh and
sound, the woman handed the huckster
a nickel. The coin was transferred to
his pocket, already well-filled, and the
cabbage was placed in the woman's
arms.
AS she turned to go, another woman
who had come up during the bargain
ing said to the merchant:
"GOt any cabbage"
"Yes, ma'am; one head left"
''How much Is it?"
"Ten cents"
as 1t a good headW
"Finest kind of Long Island cab
bage."
The woman who had just bought the
last head of cabbage was astonished by
his calm assertion that he had one left
when she knew the bottom of his cart
was bare. She waited to see how lie
would satisfy the second woman.
When the last conner said, "I'll take
it," the huckster turned calmly to the
owner of the cabbage, took it from her
arms and handed it to the new custom
er. At the same time he took her dime
from her fingers.
AS the first woman stood with mouth
open, too astonished to protest, the Sec
ond walked away. Then the woman de-
prived of her cabbage found voice to
say, Indignantly:
THAT was my cabbage! How
The huckster interrupted her with !:
"Yes, ma'am, know it. Here's the
dime got you for it. You're a nickel
In"
"But 1 didn't want to sell it."
Didn't want to sell 1t ~ he axclaim-
ed, in a sorrowful tone. "Sure you did,
when you could make profit like that.
Never miss chance to make money,
lady. That's the way to get rich.
Here's your dime" and as the wom-
an, still dazed, took the dime, he said,
"Git up, Bill v'-Youth's Companion.
The new age., 1907-02-09
DOGS TRAINED TO RESCUE.
Employed ON the Life-Saving COrpA
of Paris Police Force.

Employed ON the Lffe-Saving Corps
of Paris Police Force.
The training Of the young Newfound-
lands that are periodically added to
the police staff is one of the sights of
Paris. 1t takes place in the headquar-
tiers Of the agents plongeurs, a small
building on the quayside not far from
the Cathedral Of Notre Dame. Dogs
and men enter into the exercise with
zest and there is usually a crowd of on
lockers. Only dummy figures are used,
but the rescue is nevertheless real
istic affair.
The big dogs know perfectly well
what the exercise means and they wait
with comic enthusiasm until the dunn
my is thrown into the water and an
agent plongeur rushes out on hearing
the splash and outcry Of the spectators.
While the men are busy with lines and
life buoys the dog plunges into the
water, swims to the dummy, watches
with rare intelligence for an opportun-
ity to get an advantageous hold and
then 1t either swims ashore or waits
for it's master, who brings to the rescue
long poles, cork belts and the like. The
more experienced dogs, however, will
easily effect a rescue from first to last
without human assistance, and 1t is an
inspiring sight to watch them looking
for a foothold on the slippery sides Of
the river bank and pulling the heavy
dummy into place of safety.
1t takes about four months to train
the dogs efficiently. They are also
charged with the protection Of their
masters when attacked by the desper-
ate ruffians who sleep under the arches
of the bridge in summer. Thus in Paris
the police dogs are a proved success.
The new age., 1907-02-09
Modern Terseness.

Recently a city editor in Ottumwa,
Iowa, was informed by phone at late
hour that prominent citizen had died
suddenly. Calling one of the reporto
rial staff, the city editor instructed
him hurriedly, and the young man shot
out Of the Office on double quick. Some
twenty minutes later he returned, and
as he FASTENED to the corner where his
typewriter stood, the city editor asked
him:
"Well, what about it?"
"Oh, nothing" said the young man
as he began making the keys rattle
"only as Mr.. Blank was walking alons
the street, he says, I'm going to die,
and he leaned up against the fence anc
made good."-Judge.
The new age., 1907-02-09
The Jealous Wife.

81 don't see why she isn't happy with
him. He's certainly very attentive to
her."
That's just it. She argues that he
couldn't be so attentive to her If be
hadn't lot of experience with some
one se."-Catholic Standard and
Times.
The new age., 1907-02-09
Contradictory.

"That photographer you recommend
ed does indulge In some of the most
nonsensical talk" said Peckham.
"How so?" asked his friend.
swell, when he was taking my wife's
nicture the other day he said, Look
nleasant, now. Be natural '"-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17


blrmingnam Ala. was selected az sD|
location Tor a new s~ub-treasury by . caq
Gus Oh southerh senators hepresenu1
~
in'or"at'on mas oeen received mere q
a prospective lnnux OF over z'VVv jan
ahese mo she 'ni'ed Stases from Me1
ice. some Oh them nave arriSedfM
others are expected to arrive at Me-
ian- -
Representative Hay of Virginia
dneed a resolution IN the House
concerning the death q ~
eft vance Freeman, a former emD q
the poison squad, OF the Department q
Chairman hun OF the iiouse commit
zee on n'ii'a's anai's. repor'e' '"e mn NJ
NY approprlation bili. carrying 40
es :s~s.rn 80 p'''' ~
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sa ~ SUI" &c
-
AZ noose committee On appropri4
ions mas nn'sned us consideration OF Tot
anu oeeiueo :" Iepo.ts ~.
an ppiop''"'ion y e7s7i's'V~
,s~, oss en- "s.n go p ~ -
~ sst..es
busse ~ workins pelof;
fne department q the fiouse comm,
zee on pos,o'nces TOT improvements 10 tni
pos,ai service n,aso. p eon
""n menoeIs % tue lineage eensre
E1xAn aIA rod XALAMA -
s,onai deiesa'ion ana appeared oeioIe m
fiouSe eonnni,'ee framing inc Posto"c
apPiopi'"''on oni' (,
ena Allison was In his seat thf
other day for the first time during thi
session. lie has been detained at hi
home by illness.
Major Gen. Leonard Wood. command
ing the Philippine division. probably VIII
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17
MAKING OF UMBRELLAS.
Output Each Year in Unitec States
Ii 1S.OOO,OOO.

VO4R04 A1aCm 4(8E N &844
Ii 100000.
Up to a few years ago it is said only
seven patents on umbrellas had been
issued in the United States in ten
years, this despite the fact that the
annual production of umbrellas In this
country is close to 100000 accord
ing to the American Inventor.
The ribs and the stem of an umbrel-
la are generally made in factories hav-
Ing a speciality of these items, and are
Here, first, the man whose work ii is
to assemble the parts inserts a bit of
wire into the small holes at the end OF
the ribs, draws them together about
the main rod and puts on the ferrule.
In cutting the cloth seventy-fye
knes or thereabouts are ar
ranged upon a splitting table, at which
skilled opelutors work. In another
room are a number of girls who oper-
ate hemming machines. A thousand
yards of hemmed goods is a days work
for one of these girls. The machines
at which they work have a speed of
some three thousand revolutions g min
ute.
After hemming, the cloth is cut into
triangular pieces, with a knife as be-
fore, but with a pattern laid upon the
cloth. The next operation is the sew
ing of the triangular pieces together by
machinery.
The covers and the frames are now
ready to be brought together. In all
there are twenty-one places where the
cover Is to be attached to the frame
in the average umbrella
The handle is next glued OF and the
umbrella is ready for pressing and in
spection. BY far the greater number
Of umbrellas today are equipped with
wooden handles. A large variety of
materials may be used, however, such
as horn, china, bone, agate, pearl, ivory.
silver and gold. Gold and silver quite
naturally enter into the construction OF
the more expensive grades Of umbrel-
las, some of which. in price, have been
known to bring as high as $50 to $500.
A wooden handle may likewise be ex-
pensive, de-. ending upon the quality OF
the wood used. Ebony, petrifed wood.
fir, oak and elder are well known to
the umbrella maR-15,0O0,000 umbrel-
las a year. .
The umbrella has been developing
rapidly during the last few years. We
pick up even a cheap one nowadays,
press a button and the top spreads It
self like an eagle ready for its fight
We are going away and an ordinary
umbrella is too long to put in our grip.
We find among our assortment of UNI
brellas and parasols one that is meant
for just such an emergency, and which,
in a most accommodating manner, folds
up to suit the size of our travelling bag.
Other new one lock with a key. Some
spread their shade over eight or nine
feet Of territory and manufacturers
aver that these are only a few of the
improvements which we may expect
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17
FEATURES OF INTEREST
CONCERNING PEOPLE. PLACES
AND DOINGS OF THE WORLD.
Courts and Crimes, Accidents and
Fires, Labor and Capital, Grain,
Stock and Money
Four Policemen Killed I'm Russia.

Desperate fighting between police
and revolutionists occurred in the
Okhta quarter of ST. Petersburg dur
ing a domiciliary search. When the
police appeared five workmen, who
were in tae building, extinguished all
the lights and opened fire. The police
responded and the fusillade was con-
tinued for some time. The workmen
retreated after killing two district in
spectors and two policemen and
wounding three policemen. A guam
tity of firearms was discovered in the
house.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17

BY the breaking of a scaffold on an
addition 10 the Kanawha Hotel at
Charleston, w. Va, John Hover and
Harvey Stewart, working on the cor
nice, were precipitated eighty feet to
the ground. Stewart was killed out
right and Hover SO badly mangled that
he will die. The men had just finished
the job when the scaffold gave way.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17
Motor Boat E.pIode., Two Burned.

Martin Horner, machinist helper,
was fatally burned, and Henry Will
Jams. machinist, seriously burned at
V~incennes, Ind, as a result of an eX
plosion of a gasoline boat. The boat
wa owned by the Indiana Handle
factory and was completely destroyed.
Loss $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17

The British ship Pengwern captain
Williams), from Taltal, Chile, October
6. for Falmouth with a cargo of salt
petre, grounded of Scharporn, about
ten miles northwest of Cuxhaven, Ger
many. Twenty-four men comprising
the crew were drowned and her cargo
Is a total loss.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17
Councilman Fouud Guilty..

William A.. Martin, a member of
Common Councils Of P%ittsburg, Pa,
vas found guilty of soliciting a bride
in connection with a proposed fran
chise granting the Pittsburg and Tube
City Railroad Company an entrance to
Pittsburg. Martin was recommended
to the extreme mercy of the court.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17

do you think the time will come
when there will be no money In poll
tics?" said one. boss.
81 don't know answered the other.
1T won't be u fault If 1t doesn't. We
have done the rest we could to take
out all there was In it"-Washington
Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17

Fireman j. t. Fike vas killed, Fire
man C. E. Cummings probably fatally
injured and six other trainmen were
injured when two light engines on the
Chicago & Alton RAILROAD collided at
Bloomington, Ill. during a fog.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17
Five Klrled in Rock Island wreck.

Running at a high rate of speed
Rock Island passenger train No. 80
dashed into an open switch at Barney,
N. M, 100 miles north of FL Paso,
Texas. Five persons were killed and
eight injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17
believe youth Murdered.

Following a six weeks search in Brit
ish Columbia no clew to the whereabouts
OF G. Edward Dale, a wealthy young mar
of McKeesport, Pa, has been discovered
and his relatives believe he was murdered
and robbed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17

Four young people were severely
hurt and about fourteen others were
less seriously hurt, by the overturning
OF a large sleigh in which a party of
about twenty were riding at South st.
Paul, MINI.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17
Society Man Football victim.

Clarkson Potter, society man and for.
mer Yale athlete, connected with a prom
inent brokerage firm, is in st. Luke's
hospital, St. Louis, in a critical condi-
ton from an injury received New Years
day ar the Country Club in a game of
football.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17

Antonio Monies. considered to be
one of the foremost matadors of
Spain, was fatally gored by a bull in a
fight given in the City of Mexico.
Monies was about to place the sword,
when the bull caught him. The doc
tors in attendance say that he cannot
survive.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17
Four Prisoners Break Jail.

Harry White, Allen Miller, William
Everhart of Alliance, Ohio, under irdict-
ment for murder, and Edward Brown Of
Orrville, another prisoner, escaped from
the county Jail in Wooster, Ohio. Five
other prisoners made no ,ffort to get
away.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17

William Winter, aged so, his wife and
John O'Connor were suffocated in a fire
which destroyed the American hotel in
Delhi, N. Y. The other guests escaped
by leaping from the windows in their
night clothing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17
million Dollar Fire.

A fire which started in the tobacco
warehouse of s. r. Moss & Co. at Lam
caster, Pa, spread to adjoining prop
erty and caused a loss estimated at
$40 .00e.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17
WORK OF



TIL Brownsville affair occupie6D hos
the time in the Senate MondAy, thI
principal discussion being Oh a fesoiufio{
offered by Senator Lodge prDyiding for al
investigation and by silence conceding TIL
authority of the President to take TIL
action he did in dismissins colored sol
Senator Gearin made an address
on the Japanese question. advocating
directing negotiations for a n
vision of the treaty with Japan. Tn
House passed a bill providing for a judi
cia' review of orders excluding person.
from the use of United States mail faci,f
ties A day in February was set apar
for e%ulogies on the life and public servie
of Rockwoo Hoar. late member for tn
Third Massachusetts District.
Tie Senate occupied itself Tuesday il
discussing to a more limited extent q
Brownsville ARRAY Senate
Daniel of Virginia made i speech in suf
port of the Presidents action. Senafd
Foraker said that other speeches Wer<
to be made and indicated that he would
defer closing the argument he began untI
a later date. Senator Overman Of NortK
l'na SPOKE IN opIos'.'on o'n9 ~
poseu leoerai eh,'o iaoor ,A~r, nIs ~:
S 'e."s oaSsu on ~ o.oe'
i.sn' i~ o'' '''ns !.
u a-rc. ~as e"s'ose ~
nn III mneS '.-S@
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CI.;-m.n Hill -. -nrr.t 5ch-<~ 49,
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- ~ s.ss- -s;l--5 -
zoo ooo naar. than La o<S~I
1890. o ~ Ss- c,.ss -
on his hin ~ d;scont;nna ~ .c1;-<~~
Gad;.s. ..;s.t 49, ~,
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-"
ssco,,d snn;rarss-r &c ~. h..H. - ~
or,~,n.
In the senate Wednesday muco um{
was devoted TO the Dill limiting ne 2our{
Vi railway EMPLOYEES. Inc nro9 y
hl@s.er was postponeo az tne suee<
OF senator oraker: VINO ave AZ then
son ina, senator i,i'man' VINO rs 'oo<
poseo' sesIreu 10 make an ADDRESS On ~
suoJect. Inc House began the cons,oe:s3
uon Oh the army ppropriat'on ON q
sect'ons unaer the n'e-minuee RUE
point OF order vas made against Tie pan
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17

The Spaniards had driven out the
Moors.
Seven hundred years., they said, is
a long enough visit for anybody to make,
but they wouldn't take any hints, and we
just had to get rid of them somehow"
Later, however, as will be remembered,
the people of this same country got on
Their ear and wanted to fight somebody
when it wa intimated that they hsA
made their little visit in Cuba several
hundred years too long.-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17

Fire destroyed a large part of the
east side business district of Mendon,
Ohio, entailing a loss of about $45,-
5a0- The fire is supposed to have been
of incendiary origin. The west side of
Nendon was totally destroyed by fire
about six months ago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17

The Peoples State Bank at Hunt
ingburg, Ind is closed by the order of
State Bank Examiner E. NJ. Hinshaw,
Who is at present in Huntingburg and
has taken in charge the affairs of the
institution, pending the appointment
of a receiver In the Dubois Circuit
Court.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17

A dispatch from st. Petersburg says
information was received there that
the chief of police at Daghestan was
murdered. The assassin escaped.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17


The law in Indiana still permits the
inhiction of the death penalty as pun
ishment for murder. The law requiring
such punishment does violence to my
every moral sense and I canno stand
acquit at the bar OF my own conscience
until I have done what / can to put an
end to the practice in Indiana 1t is out
of keeping with the spirit of the age in
which we live. 1t is always and for
ever in conflict with the teachings of
the religion in which Christian men be-
lieve. 1t has no place among the SOL
emn enactments of an enlightened and
Christian people. 1t has but one defense
even in the minds of its adherents, that
of public necessity. l have given this
matter patient study n much research
and have been unable to find any re-
liable statistics that justify the belief
that logical executions make the crime
of murder less frequent. There is not a
State in the Union where the death pen
atty is inhibited which does not have
fewer homicides than most Of the
States whose laws impose IL.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17
Temperance Legislation.

The Sixty-fourth General Assembly
mended the law relating to the licens-
ing and sale of intoxicating liquors by
signed by the majority of the legal vot-
ers of a township or ward, against the
retail rattle in such township or ward,
and making a successful remonstrance
effective for two years. This amend
ment has been sustained by the SUI
preme Court, and is proving a most eff
1ective means of restricting the traffic
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-17
The INDIANA LEGISLATURE
Governor Hanly's Message to the Sixty-Fifth General
Assembly at Indianapolis.

rest upon so many substantial reasons
that IL will bear analysis and debate
with certainty Of justification in the
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-14
FAIRFIELD COUNTY
BROOKFIELD.

CURTIS SCHOOL CLOSES.
 The Curtis school closes on Wednes- day, the boys leaving for home on Thursday. The school has been as sue cessful as usual, with full numbers and equally satisfactory work done. It will be pleasure to all who are acquainted with the teachers to know that all are to return at the close of the vacation for another year.
 The strawberry festival of St Paul's Guild was quite a success, both in attendance and patronage. Every thing was sold out, with calls for more. Had not the weather conditions been so uncertain a more liberal supply would have been provided. The total receipts were $45, leaving a net of $32.
 Miss Mary Kellogg of Bridgeport has been the guest of Miss Flora Griffin and other relatives.
 Mrs Edmond Weld and daughter are
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-14
by Miss May Nc Grath, was very en-

by Miss May Nc Grath, was very en-
 tertaining. After MT Hollister award
 ed the prizes, Rev Evan Evans made a
 most interesting address on Education
 and the Simple Life" The closing
 numbers consisted of songs and all joined in America. The following is the list of prizes: Annie Terick, Reba Lyman, Waldemar Anderson, prizes for leaders general excellence |: Jennie Peterson, prize for faithfulness |: Stuart Johnston, prize for English III j; Flora Seabury, prize for English II j; Mary Nc Grath, prize for English l j; Raymond Hallock, Laura Carlson, Louis Randall, George Cable, Ger trude Winters, Merrill Fenn, prizes for botany, best collection and best mounted; Everett Mitchell, prize for botany in 1906; honorable mention: Reba Lyman, English II; botany FL eanor Eckman, English II Felia Hull, English II; Edna Wyant, English III John Me Conaghie, English III; Annie Terick, English I; Waldemar Ander- son, English II; Waldemar Anderson, Latin; Agnes Crowther, German; Jen- nie Schneider, French; Maud Ander- son, Ella Bacon, Lima Wyant. attend ance.
The Newtown bee., 1907-06-14
"A West Avenue, South Norwalk Conn.

gowned in pure white. Allen Russell was best man., After the ceremony, which was impressive and instructive, the happy couple received the congrat- ulations of their friends. Young friends served refreshments which con sisted of chicken salad, rolls, meat, olives, Neapolitan ice cream, cake in abundance, last but not least came the wedding cake to be taken home, lemon ade and coffee. The bride was very generously remembered with solid sil- yer, glass ware, beautiful pictures and china dinner set. Very noticeable among the many presents was pair of
 linen sheets of ''ye olden time, ''in a
 fine state of preservation, spun and
 woven by her grandmother in 1918. When the bride left to don her going | away gown the groom was treated to
 showers of rice and confetti.