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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-28

President Rooseyelt's public state
ment regarding the present financial
situation is sober and correct. This is
4 rich country. All that we, as n peo-
pie. need to make it steadily richer is
to have confidence in the country con-
fidence in its business confidence in
ourselves. This confidence, as the
President indicates. has been impaired.
II not lost. The reasons for this it
would be ungracious to repeat in this
connection.
The truth is. as the President says,
that the way to restore prosperity and
the even course of commerce. trade.
and finance is simply to behave as if
nothing had happened, to cease hoard
Ing currency. to go about our business
have faith in the future. The waves
Of unrest have been rolling higher since
the first of last January. The Presi-
dent now commands them to be still.
We all hope that his reassuring
words, and the practical measures TAX
en- by the Treasury Department to give
them force. will have the desired eff
feet. We all hope that the unrest will
cease. that the waves will no longer
roll. and that the placid tranquility
Of universal confidence will now be.
with us as a result of the Presidents
words 1t is pious wish. May it be
fulfilled Chicago Inter Ocean
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-28
FAMOUS NEW ENGLAND TREES.


Havoc Wrought by Recent Storms
Among Cherished Antiquities.
None of our antiquities are more
cherished by healthy natures than our
ancient and historic trees, says the
Boston Transcript.
When the old elm on the common
blew down, about thirty years ago,
there was genuine grief among the
older residents and there was a gen.
eral scramble for souvenirs of this
patriarch of our oldest park, even down
to the smallest twig.
The charter oak at Hartford has
given its name to numerous institutions,
and its remains have been scattered in
various forms, artistic or otherwise.
through the homes Of Connecticut and
even other States.
The old elm in Cambridge, under
which Washington received his commits
sion from the continental congress, but
now fast lettering TO its fall, has been
the shrine of hundreds of thousands OF
patriotic pilgrims The severe storm
recently was almost as fatal to two
more remarkable sentinels of as many
towns. The revolutionary tree at Ar
iington was two-thirds destroyed. and
probably the remainder has sustained
more injury
But Lancaster mourns an even great
er loss. Her chief native distinction is
practically destroyed. Her queen elm.
which has been declared the largest in
Massachusetts, IS wreck. For years
it has been braced with rods and
bound with iron bands, but the force
of the incipient tornado was too strong
even for these The diameter of It's
spread was thirty-five feet and the
ground circumference of its trunk near
ly thirty-seven. To these two towns
the storm brought general bereave-
ment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-28
"Rebsv and "Yanlss.v

"Why is everyone so careful" writes
q "reconstructej' Confederate veteran,
Ito call the members of the Southern
army in the civil war Confederates?
1t seems to be regarded as the polite
thing to do, to avoid the word rebels in
speaking of us, but we have no feeling
but of pride in the name. 'Rebs we
were called, and so we called ourselves,
and the Northerners were 'Yanks.'
81 wouldn't have known who they
were talking about during the war IL
L had heard anything about the Con-
federates. OF course l was but a boy,
but 1 went through the war with Nor
gan's raiders until was gathered in
by the 'Yanks' and brought, a prisoner
Of war, to Camp Douglas, Chicago.
'Rebs' were 'Rebs' In war days,
and 'Yanks' were 'Yanks,' and no one
In either line cared to be called Con-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-28

1t was a colloquy at north side
butchers shop. "Oh," said the little
woman, that's an awful big bone In
that small steak / don't like to have
to pay for all bone"
"Yes'm," said the butcher, politely,
but with a touch OF irony In his answer,
that do seem to be good deal Of
bone, but the animals what's comm to
this market now seems to have more or
less bone in 'em. And really az animals
is built now don't see how they can
get along without bones"
THAT may all be true" said the lit
tie woman, and there was wicked
twinkle in her eye, "but this morning
found a good sized bone In the sausage.
and / leave it to you, honest now,
don't you think that Is going little too
far?"
And the butcher could not say word
in rcply.-Indlanapol News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-28
federates or Federals "-Chicago Jour
LfncoIn,s Captivating Way.

ION my last visit to Washington /
called on President Lincoln at the
White House." said Alexander Mac
donald of Dumfries, Scotland, to 9
Washington Post man. Il was then
young man, reporter on a New York
newspaper, and 1 had been sent by my
managing editor to join the army Of the
Potomac. When l reached Washington
l went to the officer commanding the
troops stationed here and asked for
pass to cross the river. The officer to
whom applied sent me to another one
and the latter to some one else, until
finally l got tired OF tramping around
with another newspaper man
strolled up Pennsylvania avenue and
sat down in the park opposite the
White House. Then the thought occur.
red TO me, why not ask the President
for passT l spoke my thought to my
companion, who laughed at me, saying
that | would be put out of the executive
mansion IL l went there Nevertheless
| was determined to try, and, being OF
foreign birth and possessing plenty of
nerve, 1 walked over to the door of the
Presidents house.
Il was closely scrutinized by the
doorkeeper when l assembled the steps
and when / communicated my desire
was told that President Lincoln could
not be seen. Not discouraged, / asked
permission to go through the White
House, which request was granted
that is, l was told could 90 through
certain rooms. / went into the east
room, and as l entered / saw approach,
ing from the other end a woman who
seemed familiar. with the place. With
an indiscretion, you might call ii, born
OF inexperience, / asked the lady some
questions about the White House and
was answered civiliy enough. Then
asked if 1t were possible to see Mr.
Lincoln. The lady asked me my mission
and told her. She asked me ID wait
a moment and disappeared. Presently
she returned and told me that the Pres
ident would see me. / was shown into
the Presidents private Office and there
l saw a man who appeared to me Il
be the most awkward and ungainly per
son l had ever seen, but when he aros'
and extended his hand / saw one OF
the most kindly faces it had ever oecr
| my privilege TO behold.
Before l left I thought him thI
handsomest man l ever saw. Mr.. Lin
coin chatted for few moments ant
then wrote me out a pass. The lady
who had carried my request to the
President was Mrs. Lincoln. When
left the White House and went bacl
to my newspaper friend, who was wait
Ing in the park opposite, he would no
believe that / had been successful unit
l showed him my pass written in Lin
coins own handwriting"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-28
You Old Yank..


Seems like, old boys. you're getting gray,
You old Yanks.
You surely amt got long to stay,
All you old Yanks.
The "Old" succeeded by the New,
So fast they go-there re left but few,
Old Father Time is after you,
He'll get you all, fore he gets thro Ugh,
All you old Yanks.
But never mind-you took the, chance,
You old Yanks.
In sixty-four made rebels dance,
All you old Yanks.
Danced some yourselves, as we'll you
know,
To rebel tunes that were not slow,
Danced light when Johnnes said to Go .
In Dixie land-so long ago,
All you old Yanks.
With "Old Pap" Thomas, Little Phil
You old lanks.
With Grant. whose name will ever thrill.
All you old Yanks.
/. on this page. recall the day
You often faced the boys in gray
On lines of fire, when told to stay,
For this, you know, was Hooker's way,
All you old Ianks.
You love your country and its flag.
You old Yanks.
In its defense you'd never lag,
All you old Yanks.
But long as heart beats in each breast,
You'll think of those who now at rest
Meath flowers by south winds soft ca.
ressed
Made this hand, one of the best,
All you old Yanks.
A silent toast TO them now drink
You old Yanks.
To comrades dead, let glasses clink,
All you old Yanks.
You drink to brothers that you knew.
Alas, to-day they're lost to view
To brave old boys who wore the blue,
Now sleeping meath the southern dew,
All you old Yanks.
Now when Old Gabriel blows his horn.
Close up the ranks.
Be ready in line, on that great morn,
All you old Yanks.
AS YOU have ever proven true,
The captain then will say to you,
Take your seats in that front pew,
There's nothing here roo good for you, "
All you old Yanks.
"a. II. Blakeslee, Eddyville, Neb.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-28
PETS OF SMART SOCIETY.
What LOndon's Fashionable WON,

What LOndOn's Fashionable Women
Buy-Snakes Are Cheap.
Though society loves fluffy canine
atoms such as Pekinese and japanese
spaniels and Pomeranians, it also
knows the worth of q good watch dog,
and with the dark evenings coming
along the sale of watch dogs is getting
brisk. says the London Express.
The manager of an animal store told
an Express representative that the IA
yorite house dog is q fox terrier-fox
bull or Irish-and that the SIZES of
them at from to guineas each al
ways form q big item of business in
the autumn.
II remember" he said, selling an
Irish terrier last year for 2 guineas,
which. the purchaser told me a month
later, had proved to be worth at least
$40. For the dog had held up thief
with that amount of stolen property
packed ready for taking away.
1.-The ultrafashionable dogs are still
the Pekinese and the Japanese spaniels,
but Pomeranians are holding their own
well, for the reason that they are small
dogs to lift into the arms. Their coats
stand ont well all around. They look
large, but their fine fluffy hair goes
into nothing when you lift them, and
that is why they are popular. A Pom
weighing four pounds will sell for 20
or 80 guineas, but weight of only
half pound less will send the price up
to 40 or so guineas.
"We have not obtained a popular
weight with Pekinese and japanese,
yet there Is q steady boom In these
pets. and / am Offering now for %
guineas litter Of very young puppies
whose grandsire was the celebrated
Yohohl. which Lord John Hay brought
from the Pekin palace. A full-grOwn
dog of the same kind would command
90 guineas,
1.-The children of society people are
going In largely for keeping snakes,
which, varying from twelve to forty
inches In length, we sell at from Is to
5s Cd each. We also have a big de-
n,and for tortoises and lizards, the for
mer selling. for pence each. Many
hundreds of green-tree frogs have also
been purchased here during the last
three months.
'Then the canary season Is just
starting. The birds are coming into
song now. and were never so popular
among society ladies as they are at
present. German rollers are always in
demand. and ordinary singing birds
sell at anything from as Cd to 15s each,
while the more skillful singers some
times command as much as guineas.
Piping bullfnches run from 5 to 10
guineas each, and we have two or three
aristocratic customers who are always
looking out for any really clever birds
we obtain.
"There is never diminishing call
for love birds, guinea pigs, rabbits,
doves. pigeons and parrots. There is
an accomplished African gray parrot
here now for sale ut 10 gunieas. The
bird can whistle. dance, laugh, bark,
meow. cluck, call a cab, spell B-r-i-s
toll. and then pronounce it and sa.
numerous other words"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-28

Jimmy may be all right, but he's
too much of blowharG TO suit me"
said the hackman, dangling his legs
from his perch on the box of his vehi-
Gle.
Il never had no use for him." said
the saloon porter. That's right about
him bein' .blowhard. He never did
nothin' else but blow. You'd thought
he was the whole thing when he went
to work fer Hennessey. He was 1t, but
he never give no one the chance to find
1t out for themselves"
well, lie seems to be 1t now, all
right" remarked the hackman.
DO you think you kin drive this
team? says Hennessey when Jimmy
struck him for job.
eff can't nobody cam says Jimmy.
AN kin you load up all them pack
ages an not make no mistakes about
deliverin' emp says Hennessey.
"'Sure thing / cam says Jimmy.
I'd like to know what's TO bender me.
It's easy
eft amt so easy as you may think.
says Hennessey.
"'It's easy fer me- says Jimmy.
You give me the chanst an I'll show
you how easy l kin do IT.
That's the way he was about every
thing. At the end O. the first week
what jer s'pose he says to Hennessey ?
You amt never had a delivery man
could come anywhere near DOM what
I've done. have your he says"
what did the old man say?" asked
the hackman.
'The old man was a chump." replied
the porter. "He scratched his head a
moment an then he says, NO, Jimmy,
don't know as 1 ever did. You do
mighty well.'i
"'You bet do Jimmy says.
"And then the next thing he wants
TO go into the store an clerk.
"'You sell goods? says Hennessey.
"'If can't beat any clerk you've got
sellln' goods | won't ask no pay from
you,' says Jimmy.
IF I'd been the old man you kin bet
no, he put him behind the counter
Well, 1t wasn't much more than q year
afore he wanted the old man to put
him in charge. ] guess Hennessey was
kin o. sore at first. He asst him If he
| thought he knew more about the busI
ness than he did.
eff 1 didn't whatd / want to run
It for?' says Jimmy. If you let me
DO the way / want I'll double the bust
ness inside O. six months
"Then he started up them branch
stores an married Hennessey's girl
He told Hennessey It'd be 4 good thing
for him to have a man like him In the
family.
"Say, he always made me weary
Then he goes to Breitman and tell:
him what he's a-goin' to do with the
ward IL he'd help him turn down Jake
Green. You'd have thought he had tn,
ward I'm his vest pocket. An the blow
be made when he run for the council
An the way he bluffed the street whei
be got hold o. that bakery. He wa'
goln' to underseil everybody off th'
face o. the earth.
"'Can I do it?' he says. It's easy
You've got man with brains to dea
with now he says. I've got the brain:
and I've got the push an I've got th'
money
81 don't see why he don't get meg
iphone an stand out in the street an
tell what lalapaloosa he is"
"Hes made good, though" observed
the hackman, thoughtfully.-Ch
Daily News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-28
PnxxIex the Refornners.

Tariff revision puzzles the good
tariff reformers A little reduction
would SO stimulate imports perhaps as
to increase the revenues, and Uncle
Sam does not need more revenue; III
fact he has more now than he needs.
A deep and sweeping reduction which
would positively diminish the revenues,
would stimulate imports TO the extent
of closing mills and factories and
throwing wage earners out of employ
ment. Now what are the good reform
ers going to do about it. Usually any
one of them Is able to solve in fifteen
minutes by the meeting house clock.
the most intricate proposition that can
be presented TO the human mind
Champaign CID Gazette.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-28

A Georgian i'm Camp Douglas.
l was 4 member of Company n. Sec
ond Tennessee cavalry, under Forrest,
and was prisoner of war in Camp
Douglas, Chicago, from December 90,
1862, to June 10, 1865. On the morn
ing of the 10th of April, 1866, after the
assassination of President Lincoln,
flags were ordered to half-mast The
lanyard of the garrison flag was caught
and hung few feet from the top, and
could not be moved either way. Col.
Sweet, the post commander, ordered a
man detailed to climb the pole, $50 feet
high, to fix the rope. The detailed sol
der climbed the pole, but just as he
reached the top and before he could
fix the pulley he lost his hold and fell
fearful fall to the ground.
The entire garrison Of 1900 men and
thousands Of prisoners witnessed the
appalling sight. The man lived about
two hours. On the morning of the 10th
the colonel called for volunteer to
climb the pole, but out the entire force
of 5000 men not one would volunteer
for the hazardous climb. Then a re-
ward of $500 was offered but, strange
to say, no one accepted the offer.
TRY the Johnnies," said Col. Sweet
"Out of the $4,000 prisoners we will
find q man who will climb that pole.
The prisoner who climbs 1t and adjusts
the lanyard and flag shall have $500
and transportation home at once"
Barrcks No. ], near the gate, was
called out, 80 in number The propo-
sition was explained ana a volunteer
called for. Instantly lean, lank,
ragged Georgia boy. an artilleryman,
about 10 years old, stepped to the front
and went at once to the flag pole. 1t was
now the evening Of the 10th. In the
prison and garrison and even in the
city excitement was intense
Thousands watched the Georgia boy
climb the pole The entire garrison off
duty was gathered around the flag pole,
sailors swarmed in the rigging Of their
ships on the lake, and people on the
hOusetops, all watching one Of the most
daring and thrilling acts of the war.
The boy from Georgia reached the top
Of the pole, swaying in a gale Of wind,
and In a few seconds fixed the rope
then, waving his old confederate hat
three times about his head, threw it at
the crowd below.
A mighty cheer went up as he started
or his descent. The prisoners caught
1t I'D, and for the first and only time
the rebel yell was heard in northern
prison.
AS he came down and in reach the
Federal soldiers pulled him Off the pole,
and, on their shoulders, carried him to
the provost officer nearby, where he
signed the oath or parole, and there
were handed to him five one-hundred
dollar bills and his transportation
papers home. He started home on that
evening.
He had no idea of climbing that flag
pole thirty minutes before he started
UP It. l would like to know who he
was and If he is still living-Confed-
crate Veteran.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-28
Worth Reading.

yermont's marble quarries are the
best I'm the world.
There are forty publications In the
world devoted to Esperanto.
The salmon is said to live about ten
years, but pike and carp sometimes
reach 40 years.
Books are maintained at Russian
railway stations for the registry OF
complaints of passengers.
The water of the natural brine
springs OF Droitwlch is twelve times
stronger than sea water.
The Russians as nation probably
give more attention to the subject VI
dancing than any other.
The chance Of mans being over
taken with sudden death is eight times
greater than that of woman.
Few New Workers are aware Of the
fact that the East River was known
as the Salt River 200 years ago.
OF recent years only six deaths oc
cur to each one hundred amputatIons
This is owing to the improvements in
antiseptic surgery.
An American firm from Chicago is
opening the largest 3, 10 and 15-cent
store ever started in Kingston. There
are several other branches in Canada.
The Peacock Throne of Persia is
the most extrayagant thing of the
kind in the world. It's value is esti-
mated between ten and fifteen million
dollars.
A New York man who has spent a.
years in making models for inventors
to send to the patent Office says that
there are ca men in New York whom
he knows of who are working on per
petual motion machines.
The head maid of the queen-dowagei
of Italy makes a thousand pounds d
year from the sale of her mistress
CASTOR clothes, which are given to bel
as a perquisite. The purchasers are
for the most part, American tourists.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-28
BABY 1rcHEp TERRIBLY.

Face and Neck Covered with In
famed Safn-Doctors No Avail
Cured by Cuticurn Remedies.
MY baby's face and neck were COW
cred with itching skin similar to ecze-
ma, and she suffered terribly for over
a year l took her to a number of doc
tors, and also to different colleges, to
no avail. Then Cuticura Remedies
were recommended TO me by Miss c..
1 did not use it at first, as 1 had tried
SO many other remedies without any
favorable results. At last ] tried Cuti-
cura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and
Cutlcura Resolvent Pills. and to my
surprise noticed an improvement
After using three boxes Of the Cuti-
cura Ointment, together with Cuticura
Soap and Pills, 1 am pleased to say she
is altogether a different child and the
picture of health. Mrs. A. c. Brestlin,
III y. Lincoln St, Chicago, ILL.,. Oct
20 and 80, 1906"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-28
THIS MAYCALLAHALT
RAPID DISAPPEARANCE OF our
EXCESS OF EXPORTS.
increased Imports Are eating
Down the Trade Balance to n Fig
ure Which Should Cause Tariff
"Heformers" to Seriously Consider
the Situation.

According to the New York Herald,
passengers on ocean going ships from
Atlantic ports for the season of 1907.
IT is estimated that. including passage
money, both ways, American travellers
abroad will spend at least an average
OF $1,000 each. Allowing for the for
eignerS who have returned home, the
American east-bOund passengers will
probably not exceed I'm number 10000.
At the rate of $1,000 each. these 14O,-
600 Americans will have spent AMER
scan money abroad reaching a total of
Sl40OOO,OOO.
This is a much larger sum than has
heretofore been estimated as the
amount taken out and left out of rhe
country each year by American ;our-
lists 1t is a big item in our foreign
fixed charges. But there are other big
items TO be included. There is $780,
100000 to $2000O0,O0O paid to foreign
steamship companies for hauling Amer
lean exports and imports; somewhere
from $5O,CO0.OOO to $15,OOOO0O paid in
interest and dividends TO foreign hold
ers Of American investments; and
about S5O.OOO.OOO sent abroad in postal
orders and small drafts by American
wage earners to foreign relatives. Thus
the total of our foreign fixed charges
Is brought considerably above $780,
100000 annually.
Protection trade balances. arising
from excess of exports over imports.
have heretofore taken care of these
huge fixed charges. and left something
over. Will tariff reduction and reci-
procity trade balances take care of
them? Not if we are 10 have con-
tnued decrease of exports over i'm
ports And it is in order TO increase
our imports and decrease ouT excess Of
exports that tariff reduction and reel
procity tariff concessions are adyocat-
ed.
Already our favorable trade balance
is falling off heavily-frOm SJ11, OO0.-
GOO in 1906 and S41S,000,OG0 in 1907
fiscal years. to $225. 100000 in the
first nine months of 1905 Fiscal year,.
This is at the rate of but little more
than S30O.OOO.CG0 for tie full twelve
months. and az the rate of decrease in
the last four months it may fall below
that figure.
Ii is not at all unlikely that the inn
perative needs Of American finance will
call halt in the movement for tariff
reduction and reciprocity tariff conces-
sionS.