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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10
THE SSPI
uBT j. FENITORE COOPER
IA STORY OF THE REVOLUTION

The stranger motioned silently for him
to remove his hat, which the youth did
accordingly, and his fair hair blew aside
like curls of silk, AMI opened the whole of
his ingenious countenance TO the inspec-
ton of the other.
tbs like our native land !" exclaimed
the old man. with vehemence, improving
with time-God has blessed both"
why do you stare thus, Lieutenant
Mason?" cried Captain Dunwoodie. laugh
ing little; you show more establishment
than when you saw the falls"
"Oh, the falls they are thing to be
looked at on a moonshiny night, by your
aunt Sarah and that gay old bachelor,
Col. Singleton; but fellow like myself
never shows surprise, unless it may be at
such a touch as this"
The extraordinary vehemence of the
strangers manner had passed away, but
he listened to this speech with deep in
terest, while Dunwoodie replied, a little
gravely:
Come, come, Tom, no jokes about my
good aunt, l beg; she is kindness itself !:
and l have heard it whispered that her
youth was not altogether happy"
"Why, as to rumor," said Mason, "there
goes one that Col. Singleton offers him
self to her regularly every Valentine S
day; and there are some who add, that
your old great-aunt helps his suit"
Aunt jeanette !" said Dunwoodie,
laughing; dear good soul, she thinks but
little of marriage in any shape, l believe,
since the death of DR.. Sitgreaves."
The conversation was interrupted by
sudden and heavy explosions of artillery,
which were Immediately followed by con-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10

The many uses and inhammable
character Of celluloid have led to an
active search for substitutes. The new
material Of c.. Trocquenet, a French
inventor of celludoid, asbestos and the
organic matter contained IL oyster
shells. The cellulose is obtained by
treating seaweed successfully with
acid and alkali, and washing. The as
bestos Is ground with petroleum oil,
while the ground oyster shells are treat
ed with hydrochloric acid and the in
soluble residue is boiled with water.
washed with weak alkaline solution,
and collected on a filter. The mixtures
contain from IS to 65 parts Of the cell
lulose, 2 to IL parts Of the oiled ashes
tos, and 20 to As parts Of the oyster
shell substances. The mass Is treated
with formaldehyde, suitably colored,
and then pressed into any form or OBJ
ject for which celluloid can be used.
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A Most Inspiring Spectacle.

Governor Hughes Of New York pro
nounced the march Of the 10000 veter-
ans who brayed the rain at Saratoga
recently the most inspiring and pathetic
spectacle his eyes ever beheld. 1t is
the general testimony Of every one who
has watched the national Grand Army
parade.
Even the smaller displays Of Decora-
ton Day bring tears to the eyes of
people who are not emotional ON ordi-
nar6soccasions. At the annual encamp-
ment tjss year the veterans marched
along flooded streets in pouring rain,
and they were reviewed by Governor
Hughes and his staff, every man Of
them wet to the skin, for the wind
drove the rain through the frail shell
ter of the reviewing stand.
when the serious consequences of
that march in the rain to many of the
veterans are considered" said Governor
Hughes, ut Is a revelation of the cour-
age and determination Of the American
people such as Is seldom seen. 1t was
splendid. Magnificent!"
Governor Hughes Is not given to ex.
travagance, and his tribute to the
plucky Grand Army men was well de
served, and 1t came, without doubt,
from his heart.-Chicago Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10
Our Naval HistoSy.

The record of the American navy be-
gins with the exploits of privateers
who during the revolutionary war deci-
mated the British merchant 0narine.
Engaged in military and naval enter
prises in all parts of the world, En-
gland at that time could not spare the
ships required to shut our vessels from
the seas Notable American successes
in this period were gained by John
Paul Jones, Scotchman, who, happen
ing to be in Virginia in 1775, took serv-
Ice in the colonial navy. Commanding
the Providence, of twelve guns, he
crused between the Bermudas and Gut
of CansO, and in six weeks made six
teen prizes. His subsequent captures
broke up the fisheries of Cape Breton.
In 1777, having command of the Ran
ger, he harassed the cOasting trade of
Scotland and captured the Drake, q
sloop superior to the Ranger in force.
Two years later, with n squadron of
five vessels, including the Bon Homme
Richard, of fifty guns. he captured
twenty-six vessels of the English coast
within a month, and on September %,
1779, off Marlborough, took the Sera-
pis, of fifty guns, and Countess of Scar
borough, of twenty-five guns, after 4
desperate engagement. The ships Rich
ard and Scraps were dashed together
and the fight was to a finish. AS the
Richard and nearly all her crew were
obtained in France, the victory gave
Jones as much renown In that country
as in the colonies.
The war of 1872, if not so creditable
to our army, gave great glory to the
American navy, which worsted British
ships In nearly every engagement. At
the beginning of the war the American
navy was held In great contempt, and
few British vessels were kept on this
side of the Atlantic. British officers,
Intoxicated by their comparatively easy
victories over the French, Dutch, Por
tuguese and Spanish, attacked Ameri-
can ships, regardless Of disparity In
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mind was too childishly simple for any
such foresight or calculation. She had
only thought that he was in some wise
her property, and would be so till the
end of both their lives. He was hers.
and he was very fond of her, and she
II ought him a rather absurd young
fellow, and looked down upon him
from the altitude of her childish
womanlinesS.
'And to think that he should never
have told me he was going to be en-
gagged to her." she said. He must
have been fond of her from the very
beginning; and he never said a word;
AID he let me think he rather liked
me-or at least tolerated me- And how
could he like two people who are the
very antipodes of each other? IL he is
fond of her, he must detest me. If he
respects her, he must despise me-"
The thought of such treachery
ranked deep in the young, warm
heart Vixen started up to her feet,
and stood in the midst of the fire lit
room, with clinched fists, like young
fury. Violet Tempest had a heart to
feel deeply, too deeply for perfect
peace, or that angelic softness which
seems to us most worthy in woman
the power to suffer and be patient.
(To be Continued.)
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Those Days and Ours.

al really do not see." said an old
lady who in spite Of her seventy years
takes an active and lively interest in
present-day foibles, but that the ways
of our days and the ways Of your days
balance pretty evenly" says the New
York Sun. You tear up your letters
the moment you get them, and are in
consequence always losing addresses,
while we kept carefully everything the
mail brought US and so had such full
desks that we could never find ad
dresses. and were stupidity swamped
with useless letters. We may have
been downtrodden women, but we
didn't know it, while you apparently
are going to be emancipated whether
you like 1t or not. guess we did gossip
about our friends private affairs, but
you buy volumes containing 400 pages
of really unpleasant gossip and call it
modern literature. No, think on the
whole the balance is even, for though
we had simple tastes (even in hus-
bands), not to mention good manners
and kindliness, all of which have siuce
gone out of style, you have humor and
automobiles. And must admit that
I'm enjoying the two last"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10
Forts of Sand.

A substance of universal occurrence
along the seashore is sand. 1t is the
material Of all others which offers the
greatest resistance to the penetration
of projectiles. A mound of it thrown
up against the masonry Of our despised
fort affords more protection than steel
armor of many times its value. A fort
built thirty years ago can thus be con-
verted into a material element of de-
Tense. What can be done with vessel
built thirty years ago?
Our history bears testimony as to the
value of these forts. Fort Sumter,
three stories high, built of brick upon
an artificial island in Charleston Har-
Dor, was attacked on April Z, 1863, by
Admiral Du Pont with nine ironclads.
In forty minutes he was compelled to
withdraw, all of his vessels being more
or less disabled, and one, the Keelkuk,
sinking and falling into the hands of
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Weekly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10

size, and often paid the penalty Of their
cCnceit. In August, 1872, the American
frigate Essex captured the British
sloop Alert; later in the same month
the frigate Constitution captured the
Guerrero; in October the sloop Wasp
captured the brig Frolic, and the fri
gate United States captured the Mace
DOMAIN. In December the Constitution
captured the frigate Java. During this
first year of the war American priva-
teers took no less than 300 British
prizes. On Lake Erie, in September,
1913, Commodore Perry, with a feet Of
nine vessels, carrying fifty-four guns,
captured, after a fierce engagement, a
British fleet of six vessels, carrying
sixty-three guns. Earlier in the year
the American sloop Hornet captured
the British brig Peacock. The frigate
Chesapeake, however, having attacked
the British frigate Shannon off Boston
harbor, was herself taken, notwith-
stanstanding Lawrence's dying order
to his crew, Don't give up the ship"
In 1914 this loss was made good by
Macdonough's victory in the battle of
Lake Champlain, when the whole Brit
ish squadron was captured.
There were other victories which
were balanced by defeats. The Essex,
for example, the Frolic and President
were taken by British vessels, but the
Peacock, the Wasp, the Constitution
and Hornet effected captures of British
vessels. The war of 1912 showed that
American vessels, size for size, were
superior to the British in discipline, in
equipment, in gunnery and in the spirit
of their crews. The civil war gave
rise to some notable engagements, such,
for example, as the fight in Hampton
Roads between the Merrimac and the
Monitor, the battle In Mobile bay and
the combat between the Alabama and
the Kearsarge in the British channel,
the two latter being in favor Of the
Union ships. The victory Of the Moni-
tor, though not decisive, is famous as
having been the first engagement be-
tween ironclads. Various European
governments had before 1862 begun to
place armor upon warships, but the
engagement in Hampton Roads speeded
the movement, so that at present all
battleships and most important cruisers
now possess covering of iron or steel
to protect them from hard knocks. The
investment of England in her present
navy is some $5OO,O0O,00O-a mere
speculation, according to some author
tiles, as no one knows what her ships
are worth. The world, as a whole, has
some S1,2oO.OOOOOO invested in metal
lie ships.-Baltimore Sun.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10
Brief State Happenings.

Frank Cone fell into st. Mary's river
near Fort Wayne and was drowned
Mrs. John Routh of Kokomo, 40, deaf
mute, was burned to death when she tried
to start fire with kerosene.
Rev. Charles Carter, a Baptist minis
ter, has suddenly and mysteriously dis
appeared from South Bend, and the po-
lice have been asked to find him.
The BoonviIle City Council ordered the
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph
Company to remove its poles from the
city limits within thirty days. The COM
pany has no franchise, and the action Is
the result of several months wrangiing
on account of rates. A municipal COM
pany is being formed.
Charles Graves attempted to cross q
Wabash river trestle works south of Lo-
gansport and was caught by an east-bound
train. His head was cut of His father
was attracted to the scene by the crowd.
but did not recognize the head as that of
his son. He went home and told his wife
what had happened, and was startled by
screams from her, saying that she knew
the body was that of their son, as his
death had come to her by a premonition
while spending a wakeful night awaiting
the return of her sou from the country.
William Graberg. farmer living GEAR
Evansville, committed suicide by taking
carbolic acid. He was Respondent over
financial reverses.
Michael Roberts, 80 years old, while
walking on the Big -Four railroad at Amo,
was run down by a passenger train and
instantly killed. He was deaf.
Mrs Z. T. Baker, whose mind is
thought to be unbalanced, walked from
her horne in Marion to Elwood in a
drenching rain. She was found at the
home of her father, Thomas Mundell, and
made no objections to being returned to
her husband and baby.
During a crap game in negro labor
ers' camp in South Vincennes. John Ir-
win, negro, was shot and killed by an un-
known negro, who escaped.
John Reinhardt of Bloomington and
Miss Helen NJ. Liant of Evansville, both
students in Indiana university, were
ed, the horse taking fright at an auto
mobile.
Frank ID. Stout has filed suit against
the Pennsylvania railroad for $4,000
He charges that while employed as a sec
tion hand he was permanently injured by
tie falling on him as it was being un-
loaded from a car near Amity.
While gathering buckeyes for use as
charms, James Carson, aged II, fell from
tree near Evansville and was instantly
killed, his neck being broken.
William Horstmeyer, farmer, in
Aboit township, hanged himself to tree
in a woods near his home. He tied rope
to limb and jumped, dying from stran-
gulation. He was respondent over BUSH
ness troubles.
Frank Coleman has sued the city of
Logansport for $4,000 damages. He was
repairing boilers at the electric light sta
ton, and was inside of one when steam
was turned on from another, and he waA,
be charges, permanently disabled.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10
Progress of Dentistry.

Though dentistry became a science
under the hand of Professor Richard
Owen as late as 1889, there are evil
dences that it was practised in crude
way by the ancients. Herodotus refers
to treatment Of the teeth by the Egyp-
tians, and evidences Of attempts to
supply artificial teeth have been dis
covered In ancient skulls and mummies.
Galen was the first physician to
speak Of the treatment of troublesome
teeth, and Ambrose Pari, in his work
on surgery, in 1850, makes mention Of
the preservation of the teeth. 1t is
only in the last sixty years that dem
tistry has become branch Of surgical
science, however. Before that time
bad teeth were extracted, and mere
tooth drawing constituted dentistry
early in the nineteenth century. The
first dental school in the United States
was erected at Baltimore In 1899. In
1S45 Cincinnati boosted of a similar
institution, and in 1856 dental school
was erected at Philadelphia.
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Exuert Ftrem.u.htp.

A couple of Americans were inspect
Ing an English fire station. One Of
them. addressing the chief engineer.
said:
do you know, In New York We use
a nine-inch hose, not a paltry three
inch, such as you have hereT'
"Oh," replied the chief engineer.
that small hose is for watering the
station; this twelve-inch hose is what
we use at fires. Besides, 1t saves the
use Of a fire escape, for when we want
to send q man up to the top of build
ing we Just place him ON the top of the
hose, turn the water on, and he Is up
Their is no time!"
YES" remarked one OF the visitors,
"but how does he get down again"
WELL" replied the engineer, "he
simply places his arms around the Jet
and slides down.-Old Scrapbook.
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.Unknown U. S. soldier. !,

''Dulce ct decorum est pro patria mori.'
The hot sky would split with the uproar
That day when they fought;
This rest in the stiffness and shadow
Gives time for long thought:
He must think of one strange revelation,
One thrilling surprise
1t is better to think with cool darkness
Laid over your eyes,
Time enough for deep thought while the
J. branches
With winter are dumb;
When the great sun swings far to the
northward
And summer has come;
He lies hushed with the wonderful knowl.
edge
He holds in his breast
And the bright flag droops always above
him
To honor his rest.
Rough and reckless and headstrong and
violent,
Tingling with life,
Charmed once by the call of the drums
And the sound of the fife
That day when they waited and waited
And knew they must die,
Where was comfort for him, where waa
help
Beneath the hot sky?
All the life beating strong in his body
Revolted, out-cried
Against dying no courage or passion
But only his pride
Sent him on with the others, despairing
And hating it all,
And faint with sick horror at seeing then
Stumble and fall.
Far out on the crest Of the battle,
Up, up toward the death
ITO die for ones country is sweet p
he remembered,
And then, out of breath,
Met the shock and the pain and the terror
Unfinching and knew
In one instant's unbearable brightness
1t was true! 1t was true!
IS. H. Kemper in the Reader.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10
EXCITEMENT IN MARION.
Babies Swallow Odd Objects, Parents
Have Spaxms: Doctor Wfuks

Babies Swallow Odd Objects, Parents
Have Spasms; Doctor Wfnks.
One physician, a paddock, whistle, a
coin and three children, not to mention
six parents, had an interesting time in
Marion for three hours the other after
noon. First the 2-year-old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Murray Wetzel of Gas City
swallowed a paddock Then the daugh-
ter of Fred Glass swallowed a 5-cent
piece, and, for a third circumstance, the
5-year-old son of Charles Lorin swallowed
tin whistle. The six parents are re-
covering from their fright, the children
will recover, and the physicians frowns
are giving way to a pleasant expression
at the humor of it all and the probable
fees
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10
Mozart.

Mozart lived thirty-seven years. His
first mass was composed when he was
less than ten years of age, and the
enormous quantity of his compositions
was the work of the succeeding twenty
seven years. Mozart wrote forty-one
symphonies, fifteen masses, over thirty
operas and dramatic compositions, for
ty-one sonatas, together with an i'm
mense number of vocal and concerted
pieces in almost every line Of the art.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10
Indiana
State News
swINDLED BY CLAIRvoYANT.
5000 Charm to Get Rid of Wife Fails
UuhaDUV Farmer.


In trying to get rid of his wife, James
ID. Loop, a prosperous farmer near
Marion, lost 5000 to a clairyoyant and
still has his better half. Professor" j.
Victor Kenwood, the clairyoyant, is sup
posed to be in Chicago. Loop and his
wife had had difficulties. Loop decided
it would be good plan to have her de-
clared insane, and went to Kenwood for
advice. Kenwood said if he had 5000 he
could work the charm. Loop gave him
that amount, and Kenwood said he would
have to wear the money in mis- vest pocket
and go out of town to make the charm
work. Loop went to his farm and Ken
wood left Marion. Then Loop began to
grow suspicious. He visited the prose-
cutor and an affidavit was fled The po-
lice now want Kenwood on charge of
grand larceny
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10
Precautionary Ventilation.

The man who entered the smoking car
of the elevated train at Forty-third street
strobe to the rear end and opened the
doors.
Then he went half way back, sat down
and lighted a cigar.
An icy gale blew through the car, and
two or three men started for the rear
doors for the purpose of closing them.
wait few moments, gentlemen" said
the passenger sitting next to the new
conner. This man knew what kind of q
cigar he was going to smoke great deal
batter than we did. Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10

Six thousand visiting Catholics wit
messed the laying of the corner stone OF
st. Patrick's church in Kokomo Sunday.
Bishop Allerdipg of Fort Wayne pre-
sided over the ceremonies. The day mark
ed the thirt:-fifth anniversary of the pas
torate of ths Rev. Father Francis Lord
man. The new ediice will cost 100000.
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Glad He's Living.

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-This paper says
a normal man breathes 10000 times in
the course of one day.
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Yes, my dear |;
that is his privilege while the women
are talking.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10

Although past so years of age, Mrs.
Alena Dunfee supports herself unaided,
and the other day finished a weeks work
at the Wabash canning factory. She
worked as fast as many women many
years younger, and as a mark of their es-
TEEN all the women employed with her
donated one days pay to enable her to
take q prolonged vacation
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10
Mexican Church Legends.

Queretaro was a town before the
Spanish conquest and was made a city
In 1855. A legend Of Queretaro. is that
an Otomite chief, Fernando de Tapia
by name, undertook to convert the city
to Christianity In way that seems
novel to US, but was common enough
to his day. He came from lula with
a challenge to the people Of Queretaro
to a fair stand up fight. If he won,
the people surviving were to be bap-
TIED The challenge was accepted, but
while the fight was in progress dark
cloud came up and the blessed San
tiago was seen in the heavens with
fiery cross, whereupon the people of
Queretaro gave up and were baptized.
They set up stone cross to commem-
orate the event on the site Of the pres
ent church OF Santa Cruz. There is
scarcely a church in Mexico which has
not legent OF this kind attached to it,
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VIXEN
80
BY Miss M. E. Br0ddcn.

This serial interest the OF
mother
The latter handsome military
adventurer already o
which
of
strong
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are dining with my mother and I'm to
go home directly"
IF you please, maam, Master Vaw-
drey's servant has come for him." said
Vixen, mimicking the style of an
nouncement at juvenile party. Its
quite too bad, Rorie," she went on; Il
had made up my mind to beat you at
pyramids; but l dare say you're very
glad to have the chance of seeing your
pretty cousin before you leave
Hampshire"
But Rorie shook his head dolefully,
made his adieus and departed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10

Wabash banks have joined others in
northern Indiana and advanced the inter-
est on time deposits from 2 to 4 per cent.
Fort Wayne pays 4 per cent and Hunt
ington, Marion, Peru, Logansport and
others per cent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10

The salmon is for short distances the
swiftest swimmer of any fish. 1t can
travel at rate of twenty-five miles an
hour.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10

Mrs. ]. w. King of StarLe county was
probably fatally injured by a COW. The
animal attacked and trampled her. She
is injured internally.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10
THE BOOMING CANNON
RECITALS OF CAMP AND BATTLE
INCIDENTS.

Many Amusing and Startling Incl
dents of Marches, Comp Life, For
aging Experiences and Battles.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-10

ROdy Badly Mutilated Before Dis
covered by Family.

covered by Family.
Christian Gottier, 76 years old, was
found dead in hog lot five miles south
of Francesville. During the absence OF
the family the aged man is supposed to
have attempted to feed the hogs, and
while STOPPING over the fence he was
seized by apoplexy or paralysis, and fell
into the lot. When the family returned
and discovered his body, it had been badly
mutilated by the hogs.