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The Monticellonian., 1908-04-16

Entire change of programe or Monday. N cduesday. Thursda, and Saturday at Electric Theatre.
 Mrs. ] '. Erwin and danghtcr Miss Clyde, left last Monday foi Little Rock, where they VII. ra main for sometime.
 Buy your lawn mower, now. while the grass is new Big stock at
 iIauKins lidw Co
 Mrs. NJ. \. Blythe. Mrs Mary Phillips and Miss Matte Philips. of Warren are visiting relatives III this city.
 Misses Bertie Sowers and Jamie Nunn left last Sunday on visit to Prescott. They will, also, visit at Pine Bluff. before returning home. Miss Floyd Wheat. who is at tending the H U. $. in this city. visited relatives at Mist, Ashley county, last week.
 Mrs Easham, of Tyro. visited relatives here last week. She will visit relatives at Little Rock before returning home.
 Arkansas Liver Regulator, for Arkansas Livers = regulates the liver. Try 1t at
 Bordeaux Drug Store. The public school has closed for the summer. The New Brick building will be ready for the Fall term of school.
 New to-date spring clothes, for boys, young and all kind of men, get some before Easter
 II. NJ. N ilson X Go. Married, in East Monticello, on last Monday evening, Mr. J. C. Witty and Miss Mabel Terrell Rev. K. k Moore officiating.
 MI. Percy Pope left the first of this week for EIdorado, where he goes to do some civil engeneer work for the Goldman Town Lot Go.
 Rev. E. P. Kennedy and MT. T. E Hammock, of this city, and Rev. I. P. Osborn, of Montongo, are attending Presbytery at Pine Bluff.
 LOW cut shoes. the old reliab STAR BRAND, and II < NJ, beautiful styles, reasonable prices,
The Monticellonian., 1908-04-16

The strongest and simplest machines made. Are best adapted to Southern Lands. En- d0rsrd b! more Succ"Ssfui farmers than any other tuitiYatOr made. HOn't fail to cXasl- inc our line of implements before buying.
The Monticellonian., 1908-04-16

A big cut or little cut, small scratches or bruises OF big ones are healed quickly by De Witt's Garb5lizcd Watch Hazel Sa.Te. It Is esPetallye good for l1cS.
 Sold by
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-23
HABITS OF INDIAN TRIBES.
Always Honest, According to Leo
turer Who Lived Among Them.

w hO AANCu <AmOhk
At the regular meeting of the Socia;
center Of No. ii school held recently
Col. Samuel p. Moulthrop gave an adj
dress on 1.-THE American INDIAN says
the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Mr.. MoUlthrop took with him some In.
dian relics and presented series OF
lantern slides, many of which he bad
prepared himself.
Mr.. Moulthrop explained In detail the
condition of the American Iadians be
fore the colonization Of white men in
this country. They should not be
called American Indians, said the
speaker, but simply Americans, for the
name was given them by the first ex-
plorers and they were the only true
Americans in point Of fact. If the els
covery OF America had been DELAYED
1000 years the Indians would have
been as far advanced in civilization as
the people of the old world, said the
speaker. He said that many of the In
dian tribes who lived in the western
part of New York State had been thor.
oughly organized for many centuries
the confederation Of the five nations
claiming to be over 1000 years, while
the tribe known as the Iroquois was
800 years old.
Mr.. Moulinrop told of visit he had
paid to one of the elections of the In
dian tribes and said what he noticed
particularly was that the women vote
This has always been the custom among
the Indians, he said, and the vote of
one woman against a man proposed for
the Office Of chief is sufficient to throw
that man out of the running.
One of the best characteristics Of the
Indian was his honesty, he continued
and this was true in spite of the many
assertions to the contrary. He gave
several instances he had known person
ally to illustrate this fact. The speak
err then called attention to the relics
on the table beside him; many of
which were works of art coming from
the tribes In the great Southwest.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-23
BOAT-RACE IN THE EAST.


The American and the British uni
versity crews are not the only crack
oarsmen who send their racing craft
shooting through the water to the
cheers of watching. excited throng.
The Burmese boat races on the IRA
waddy are no less worth watching than
those Of the Thames or Hudson. Sir
James Scott gives a description of one
OF these events in his book on Burma.
At four o'clock In the afternoon the
sun still beats fiercely on the mileand-
a-half stretch Of river above and below
My-an-oung. The whole population of
the town is out, and excited family
parties from scores of villages about
are gathered on the banks Of the Ira
waddy. Girls wearing the brightest of
silk handkerchiefs, young men scrupu-
lous as to the set Of their turbans, and
staid old men and women all crowd to-
gether in hustle, excitement and an
ticipation.
October has come, and with it the
time for boat-racing. My-an-oung has
challenged Thokn-kna, the hitherto I'M
conquered champions of the low coun-
try.
The goal of 4 Burmese boat-race is a
curious affair. At the point of finish
q boat is anchored in the stream. A
Iong bamboo stretches across its bows.
and through this Is run a rattan which
projects a few inches from its mouth.
Each Of the boats has its own side on
which to pass. and as it rushes by, the
bow Oarsman drops his oar, rises,
snatches at the rattan, and pulls out
the long cane. Sometimes both get 1t
at the same time; then the boats up-
set, but the bOwsman who has presence
Of mind to stick TO the rattan wins.
In this particular race one boat,
that of My-an-oung, is decorated with
the figure OF peacock its rival bears
the sign of three fair flowers. The
crew Of the former Is young, q fine,
strong lot. The other chew is older.
with muscles of steel. The boats are
fifty feet long. but draw only a few
inches of water.
The boats take their places and a
hush falls on the crowd 1t is neces-
sary to propitiate the guardian spirits
Of the river with votive offerings. In
the stern of each boat crouches a man,
holding O bunch Of plantalns, cooked
rice, flowers and betel for the water
gods. This is q precautiOn which must
not be omitted, or there is no know
Ing what disaster may befall.
Now the boats start and the hustle
and din begin once more. Everybody
Is talking and shouting The Peacock
gains. The trainer OF the Three Fair
Flowers lets out a yell, and that boat
spurts ahead of Its rival. The people
Of My-an-Oung are In despair. Old
women tear their scanty hair, girls rush
TO the waters edge, and the young men
and boys rush into the river up to their
uecks.
Oo-Ohn, the old trainer Of the Pea
cock, shaking as IL in palsy, shrieks,
"Yonk-kyal" The crew quicken their
stroke and the boat shoots toward the
goal. Both bows throw down their
paddles at the same fine and catch at
the rattan. The Peacock's man comes
up triumphant, bearing the long cane
and My-an-oung is happy. The great
boat race is over and the Peacock has
won
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-23
From a Recent Novel,

She dropped her eyes; he threw up
his head.
Her face fell /; he ground his teeth.
Her cheek burned his heart sank.
She grew cold as ice; his brain was
on fire.
Her heart came up In her throat ;
Ills brow grew dark
Her eyes flashed fire; he tore his
hair.
Her very soul was rent; he could
lave bitten his tongue in two for say
ing 1t.
She cast the lie back in his teeth he
swallowed lump in his throat.
She shuddered as with a mortal
wound; he grew weak as water.
An icy hand clutched at her heart ;
then he trembled like an aspen.
She grew faint and sick; he was In
agony.
Plainly she strove for breath; his
eyes blazed.
She swept from the room; he fell
in a heap on the rug.
Plainly, after all this. life could
never be the same again for either Of
them.-Success Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-23
Cleveland. Prescription.


In his latest message to the Demo
cratic party, Grover Cleveland says ::
Our people need rest and peace and -
assurance; and it will be quite in line
with true Democracy and successful
policy to impress upon our fellow coun-
trymen the fact that Democracy still
stands for those things"
The objection to thevenerable EXPIRES
ident's sapient advice is that he is as
Democracy to be and to stand
for what Democracy was and stood for
in the days OF his active career. But
that which wears the livery Of Democ-
racy to-day is quite different from the
party Of the Cleveland regime. 1t has
buil& until the old lines are obliterated.
Democrats who couldn't conform TO the
new dispensation dropped out. Rene
gades from other parties and derelicts
floating aimlessly on the sea of politics
were picked up and given the places
made vacant by the apostates. And
the man who performed this work of
repair saw to it that he was obeyed
as the master builder. Since then the
Democratic party has been absolutely
controlled by one man to whom rest
and reinsurance" were strangers. He
ruled by melting unrest. and by ap-
pealing to the mass as against the class
There Is little doubt that Mr.. Cleve-
lands remedies are valuable and would
give the people comfort, but they will
never be applied by the Democratic
party as long as William Jennings
Bryan yields the scepter
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-23
S--.-.-~.-.-.-~.-.~-.

ourselves the that receive great
numbers Of immigrants from the less intelligent peoples
of Europe for many States ierates parent
age outnumber those whose parents born in for
egn lands In the State of New York In 1900 there
$4,000 illiterates of foreign BIRTH but $4,000 who
born in this country Moreover in the large cities
where foreign population is most largely congre
gated the of teracy lower than in cities
Of 25O00 less and in the large cities is greater
than in the country districts.
Iowa and Nebraska lead all the States In education
having only twentythree iiterates per thousand Kan
is next with Washington, Utah, Oregon, Ohio Wy
oming, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan Colorado Indiana
Idaho wisconsin following in the order named. I'LL
nos has forytwo per thousand The other extreme is
represented by Louisiana, which has 3S5 per thousand
Chicago Journal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-23
Bungle's had Break.

Mr.. Bungle always takes a deep and
sympathetic interest in the welfare OF
his fellow man. While out for stroll
one day he met friend, who seemed
in a great hurry.
Hold on, JONES'" said Bungle. grab
bling his friends arm. why this
rush,
"Bungle," said Jones, removing his
hat and wiping his brow, I'm hotfOot
ing it to a specialist I believe my
brain Is affected"
Mr. Bungle, to allay the fears Of his
friend and show the customary com
miseratlon, said, jOvially:
"Pshaw. Jones, you shouldn't worry
about such a little thing as that"
"Wh-hat?"
81 mean you shouldn't let such lit.
tie thing as your brain-that is, Mr.
Jones. you shouldn't get SO excited over
nOthing-of course-ah, good day, Mr.
Jones v'-Bohemian.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-23
separated. while II would be a pity for

separated, while 1t would be pity for
two persons who had been carefully
chosen out for each other beforehand
TO be placed by mistake at opposite
ends of the table. When she is con-
stantly entertaining. however. albeit In
an informal manner, elaborate dinner
cards will come TO quite an item in the
course Of the winter, yet 1t must be
acknowledged that there is nothing es-
pecially pretty about the plain gilt
edged card. and certainly 1t does moth
Ing to make the table more attractive.
A new style of dinner card lately
brought over from Paris is certainly
ingenious, for not only does 1t answer
all requirements from an economical
standpoint. but It also adds much to the
effect of the table.
This little novelty, consisting Of a
tiny wire rack on the order of tripod
or miniature artists easel, with one leg
in the back and two in front, and a
tiny rack to ho.d the cards. Tied or
wired to this small rack Is a tiny clus-
ter Of artificial flowers made with the
perfection only attained by French
workmen, which completely cover the
wire stand. while on the rack reposes
an ordinary pasteboard card with the
name Of the guest inscribed upon it.
The flowers may be changed according
to the decoration of the table-roses,
marguerites, ferns, carnations, etc
and If desired fresh flowers may be
tied to the rack with bright-colored
ribbon, and for large luncheon or
dinner this little ornamentation will do
much to help out the picture given by
the flowers. crystal. gold and silver.
These little hacks could be quite cas-
lily made with soft copper wire, and
the few clusters Of artificial flowers
would cost little or nothing and would
be delightfully."- easy to make up. The
dinner cards are but a small item and
altogether make quite a charming aj-
dition to the table, but the hostess had
better be watchful lest these card racks
be taken away as souvenirs, as Is said
to have happened once in the case of
individual silver salt cellars when they
were first introduced.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-23

takes on new duties to the public establishes bu
reaus and is placed under laws the occasion
arises for such laws. BY and by these things
done by one and not always with due regard for
what previously there inconsistencies
and even conflicts between the haphazard additions
Then legislature undertakes the of simplifying
and codifying the laws.
Congress in this task from time to time tax
ing one general class of laws each occasion At
time goes carefully through all the laws relating to
all the statutes passed In than century At
other it takes up the coinage laws and unies them
During the last few weeks it has been codifying the
criminal laws
Many inconsistencies and not a few conflicting pro-
visions crept into the statutes. committee of both
houses of Congress sat during the and presented
single which tho mtire criminal Inv of the
euserah eUssrmusnt In al alKaEsr 1t EaT2oyI
similar phrases which the courts have Interpreted SIM
plifes the language used md makes it concise
drops BesaIxiuDp tAR hlus become phurgts and Ii gen.
eral makes what Il should have been IL ali the
several parts of ii had been passed at one time.
The national criminal law not only has force in the
territories and In forts, yards and other places
under exclusive jurisdiction of the United States
but it extends oenses against national banks, the
post Office and any department of the government and
any company chartered by of Congress-Youth's
Companion
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-23
COFFEE EYES.
IL Acts Slowly but Frequently Pro-
duces Blfndness.

IL Acts Slowly but Frequently Pro-
duees Blfndness.
The curious effect Of slow daily poi
soning and the gradual building in of
disease as a result, is shown in num-
bers of cases where the eyes are af-
fected by coffee.
A case In point will illustrate:
A lady in Oswego, Mont, expert
enced slow but sure disease settling
upon her eyes in the form of increas-
ing weakness and shooting pains with
wavy, dancing lines of light, so vivid
that nothing else could be seen for
minutes at q time.
She says:
This gradual failure Of sight alarm
ed me and 1 naturally began a very
earnest quest for the cause. About
this time was told that coffee poison
ing sometimes took that form, and
while l didn't believe that coffee was
the cause of my trouble, l concluded
to quit it and see.
Il took up Postum Food Coffee in
spite of the jokes Of Husband whose
experience with one cup at a neighbours
was unsatisfactory. Well, made
Postum strictly according to directions.
boil ng 1t a little longer, because OF
our high altitude. The result was
cla-ming. l have now used Postum
in place of coffee for about 3 months
and my eyes are well, never paining
me or showing any weakness. l know
TO a certainty that the cause OF the
trouble was coffee and the cure was in
quitting it and building up the nervous
system on Postum, for that was abso-
lutely the only change L made in diet
and | took no medicine.
my nursing baby hasbbeen kept in a
perfectly healthy state. since 1 have
used Postum.
"Nr. a friend, discarded cof-
fee and took on Postum to see If he
could be rid of his dyspepsia and fire.
uuent headaches. The change pro-
duced a most remarkable Improvement
quickly"
There's q Reason" Name given BY
Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-23
TIE
General Demand

Of the Well-Informed of the World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, vet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-23

The Democratic cry that protective
proved by so many facts that its itera-
ton is but partisan noise During the
hast great coal strike it WAS urged that
the removal OK the duty of AZ cents a
ton o. imported coal would bring the
coal trust to terms and break its power.
Congress suspended the duty, and for
more than a year foreign coal was ad-
mitted free to any port in the United
States. The effect on the trust and
price of coal in this country was prac-
ticaIly nothing. Foreign holders Of
coal marked up their price for ship
ment here, just as the South Ameri-
cans several years before added cents
a pound to their price for coffee ex-
ported when the duty Of 2 cents a
pound was removed by the Congress Of
the United States.
In his rast notable speech in Congress
Senator Vest contended, and no doubt
believed, that the duty on foreign coal
was the mother of the trust. But the
removal Of the duty failed to benefit
consumers a single cent. The item of
AZ cents ton duty is too small a mat
ter to explain the operations Of the
coal trust There are foreign combina-
tions in coal that advanced the price
for cargoes to America when the duty
was suspended The American supply
of coal is immensely greater than that
eff Europe Large trusts exist In every
important european country. Belabor-
ing a protective tariff with the idea
that the blows fall on the trusts and
that free trade would abolish trusts is
time and effort wasted The result ex-
pected cannot be reached along that
road--St Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-23
P0IiCl| Comment.
A Political wrecker.

Politicians are up in the air" over
HE mysterious program of the indie
pendence League, the personal political
organization of William Randolph
Hearst. Rumors that the league would
support Roosevelt. or Johnson, or Bry-
IN led the editor Of a Hearst newspa-
per to divulge this much of the leagues
intentions, namely, that it would sup
port none of the men named, but would
have a candidate of its own and would
conduct campaign that would compel
the old parties to sit up and take no
tice
Bryan Democrats have already taken
alarm and are specializing as to the
probable influence the league will have
on the election. PROFESSIONALLY, with
q candidate in the field, the league
would draw more largely from the
Democrats than from the Republicans,
and the very character OF the Hearst
following would indicate that he will
attract men who would otherwise vote
for Bryan. This would amount to a
serious detection in the very Northern
States that Bryan must carry to be elect
ed Suppose, for illustration, Mr..
Hearst himself should run as the
leagues candidate, he would poll vote
Ia New York State so large that it is
q question if Bryan would run better
than third. And if the Nebraskan can
not carry New York it is useless to
consider any other Northern State as
being in the doubtful column.
Apparently it is the opinion Of the
leagues leaders that there is no chance
Of Mr.. Bryan's election. and that with
his defeat this year the Democratic
party will be hopelessly foundered.
In that case, the league will he on
hand to gather up the wreckage and
invite the discouraged Democrats to en-
list under its banner, with a view to
measuring strength with the Republic
IN party in the national campaign OF
1912
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-23
Light I'm Weight, Soft I'm Textu
and AbsoIutely Cold Proof.

Light I'm Weight, Soft I'm Texture
and Absolutely Cold Proof.
When winter set In and Eskimos be-
gan to visit the ship. Ii soon became
apparent that they were much better
clothed to meet the cold than were the
white explorers, though the latter had
everything that money could command
in the way of an approved arctic out
fit" The Finnish boots, or "Finnskor,"
used by hansen and other arctic ex-
plorers, were excelled both in light
ness and warmth by the native boots.
A single fur coat of deerskin made in
Norway weighed as much as an entire
Eskimo suit Of outer and inner gar
ments, with boots and mittens includ-
ed, and was stin as wet sailcloth,
while the native garments were soft
as a kid glove. A well-made Eskimo
suit-socks and boots, underwear, trou-
sers, and coat with hood-weighs ten
or eleven pounds. about as much as your
spring suit. and in it you could sit COM
rortably on a block of snow, with your
back to the wind, fishing through a hole
in the ice, with a temperature OF so
degrees f., as the writer has repeatedly
done. feeling cold nowhere but on the
face, the only part Of the body that
must be left uncovered. We found q
deerskin shirt with the hair turned in
warmer, lighter and more comfortable
than wooden. and a cap unnecessary
when the hooded coat is worn. There
was not an item of the arctic clothing
that was not advantageously replaced
by garments bought from the Eskimos.
No onewore garments Of European make
If he was able to get his hands on the
Eskimo equivalent.-V. Stefansson in
Haruor's MAGAZINE
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-23
Grant and n Small Johnny.


The widow of Gen. Pickett tells ar
interesting story of how the Yankee
troops honored the birth of one con
federate baby by building bonfires and
by sending a present through the lines
Gen. Grant had been a friend OF
my soldier" writes Mrs. Pickett in Nc
Clure's, lever since the Mexican war
At the time our first baby was born the
two armies were encamped facing each
other and they often snapped coffee
and tobacco under flags of truce.
Ion the occasion of my sons brit
bonfires were lighted in celebration al
along Pickett's line. Grant saw then
and sent scouts to learn the cause
When they reported he said to Gen
Ingalls,:
Haven't we some kindling on thi:
side of the line? Why don't we strike
a light for the young Pickett?
"In little while bonfires were fam
ing from the federal line. A few days
later there was taken through the line.
a baby's silver service engraved: I'd
George E. Pickett, Jr., from his father.
friends, L. S. Grant, Rufus Ingalls,
George Suckley.'"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-23
Discovered.

Church. am disappointed In Cut
hr
GOtham-Why SO?
81 took dinner with him the other
Day"
Have a poor dinnerY
at wasn't that; but, you know, he's
Q well-known sculptor"
Eyes, know"
well, / noticed that he couldn't
carve at the table any better than l
Fan !"-Yonkers Statesman.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-23
Woman Railway Workers.

In the South of France one may see,
Mt the little wayside stations, women
attending to the signals of the half doz-
en- daily trains; while the companies
regularly economize at the level cross
ings by employing female labor. The
husband can be seen at work at his
vines upon the hillside, while the wife
waves the green flag and keeps the chill
dren Quiet.-Detroit News-Trfbune.