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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

During the year 1862 President Lin
coin visited the War Department tele-
graph office frequently writes David
Homer Bates in Lincoln in the Tele-
graph Office" and his visits grew more
and more prolonged. 1T was in the
telegraph Office" continues Mr.. Bates,
who was manager OF the War Depart
ment telegraph Office and cipher oper-
ator. that | recall having first heard
one of his humorous remarks
General Robert c. Schenck, who
after the val became minister TO En-
gland, was in command of u forces
neal Alexandria. One evening he sent
a telegram announcing a slight Skin
mish with the enemy, resulting in the
capture of thirty or forty prisoners, all
armed with Colts revolvers.
las Mr.. Lincoln read the message,
he turned to the operator, who had
handed it to him, and said, with a
twinkle in his eye, that the newspa-
pers were given to such exaggeration
in publishing army news that we might
be sure when General Schenck's dis
patch appeared in print the text day
all the little Colts revolvers would
have grown into ho~rse-pistols.
MANY years afterward a gentleman
supplied me with a sequel to this story.
On March Il, 1905, while crossing the
Atlantic on the CunGrd liner Caronia,
| addressed to the cabin audience some
recollections of Lincoln, which were
listened to by passengers of many ma
tionalities, and l repeated the story
above quoted.
ION the following day the gentleman
| haze just mentioned accOsted me on
the promenade-deck, and said, oh, /
was very much amused last evening by
your anecdotes of President Lincoln,
and particularly. by that one about the
Colt revolvers growing into horse-pis-
tolls. That vas quite funny, don't you
know but tell me. Mr.. Bates, did the
newspapers actually print 'horse-pis-
tolls" as Mr.. Lincoln said they would? 2
Il was compelled to tell my question
er that so long a time had elapsed. /
had really forgotten how the dispatch
read when published"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
That Handy su-pius.

Silly free trade writer's are harping
OF the treasury surplus as one of the
causes of the existing situation. They
never stop to think that because Of
this very surplus the government was
able to rush S25,O00,OOO of currency to
the relief of banks which would other
wise have been compelled to suspend
payment and close their doors. That
treasury surplus has proved an anchor
of safety, a fortress of financial
strength. The government had no sur
plus with which to help out the banks
in the free trade regime OF 1S93'97.
1t was, instead, issuing bonds to the
extent of S26O.OOO,OOO to cover treas
ury deficits. Protection SURPRISES are
sometimes handy things to have.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

hospital. Mr.. Mitchell murmured
somewhat, but had to give way to mill
tary necessity, Col. Harrison assuring
him that he should be paid for the use
of the house, even though Harrison
should have to pay out of his own
pocket. The war ended, and the years
went on. Mr.. Mitchell was well to do
and presented no claim. Finally, when
Harrison became President of the
United States, Mr.. Mitchell concluded
to send his bill directly to the Presi-
dent. He did so, and President Harri-
son sent him his check for the money"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

ing day would be correspondingly shortened. Nothing
of the sort has occurred. The speed with which trade
can be effected has simply accelerated his pace, and he
not only works faster, but more hours than ever, with
corresponding increase of business and responsibilities.
To keep up this energy he eats too much-soIhetimes
drinks too much-for a man who spends most of his
working hours at his desk and takes no open air exer-
else. Physical deterioration is inevitable, and when a
neriod OF more than usual stress and anxiety arrives he
is liable TO succumb.
down. take wholesome recreation, and, above all, quit
worrying, even over real troubles when they come, where
as most of them now worry over troubles that never
come-New York Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
The Mainstny of Prosperity.

Republicans assumed control Of this
country March 4, 1887, with the install
lation of President Mckinley, when tin
kering with the tariff left the business
interests in q deplOrable condition, the
agricultural element in insolvency and
the industrial masses dependent upon
with small wages and tiny dinner buck
cts to carry their meals. The tariff
was readjusted and out of chaos came
order. Out of adversely came prosper
ity. And from that day TO the present
the country continued to prosper.-Lin-
coin (Neb.) Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

Pattern Department
UP-TO-DATE DESIGNS FOR
THE HOME -DRESSMAKER
Rows shirt Waist.

Every boy requires shirt waists. and
usually a generous number is found
necessary for his happiness and well
being. Here is a model that can so
easily and readily be made at home
that it is quite certain TO win approval.
The tucks at the front give quite the
effect of a grown mans shirt, while
the box plaits at the back relieve the
severity at that point. Again, it allows
a choice of the attached collar that is
rolled over, leaving a slightly open
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Unfamiliar Encfx.

The daily consumption OF pens is
100000.
The coal mines of the world employ
1,25o, 900 men.
On the average, boy babies weigh
about a pound more than gicis.
Statistics show that married women
live two years longer han single ones.
The various countries OF the world
now use 13,4O0 different kinds of post
age stamps.
The film OF a soap bubble is so thin
that %5O,OO0,OO0 of them wonld be re-
quired to make / inch.
The railway companies of South Aus
traIia spend $4,000 a year in removing
weeds from their lines.
The average duration of the reign of
English monarchs for the last GOO years
has been twenty-one years.
Strong feeling is raging In German
and Austrian trade circles against CO.
operative shops, which are practically
running the inrernal trade OF these coun-
tries.
The worlds ,oal production for 1906
was about LOG, 700 short tons. or this
amount the United States produced
Ala, 167 800 tons, or 37.5 per cent. In
1868 this country's percentage Of the
worlds output was only IA per cent 1t
is only eight years since the United
States supplanted Great Britain as the
leading coal producer. In 1906 the
/ United States produced 437 per cent
more than Great Britain, and So per
cent more than Germany; excluding
Great Britain, this country produced
more coal in 1906 than all other coun-
tries combined
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
THE TREES o
Something About VIM Is Called
Plant Intelligence.

something About WHAT Is Called
Plant Intelligence.
As the animal is nearer to us than
the vegetable. so is animal intelligence
nearer akin to our wv than plant In
telligence. We hear of plant physl-
ology. but not yet of plant psychology.
When a plant growing in a darkened
room leans toward the light the lean
ing. we are taught, is a purely mechan-
zeal process. The effect of the light
upon the cells of the plant brings 1t
about in a purely mechanical way.
but when an animal is drawn to the
light the process Is a much more com
pick N and implies a nervous system.
1t Is thought by some that the roots
Of a water-loving plant divine the
water from afar and run toward IL.
The truth is the plant or tree sends Its
roots in all directions. but those on
the side Of water find the ground moist
er in that direction and their growth
is accelerated. while the others are
checked by the dryness Of the soil. An
ash tree stands on n rocky slope where
the soil Is thin and poor twenty or
twenty-five feet from my garden. After
a while ii sent so many roots down into
the garden and so robbed the garden
vegetables of the fertilizers that we
cut the roots off and dug a trench to
keep the tree from sending more. Now.
the gardener thought the tree OWNED
the rich p~asturage down below there
and reached for it accordingly. The
truth is. ] suppose. that the roots on
that side found a little more and bet
ter soil and so pushed or till they
reached the garden. where they We're
at once so well fed that they multi
piled and extended themselves rapidly.
The tree waxed strong and every sea-
son sent more and stronger roots into
the garden.-John Burroughs. in Out
Ing Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Reaxsurfuu.

Business will be treasured in the
absence Of tariff tinkering. II Con-
gress will get into Lille with the Presi-
dents recommendation touching trust
regulation. the chief objection to the
present tariff will De eliminated not by
tariff tinkering. but by sincerity in the
enforcement OF conspiracies against
protection led by such gentlemen as
Morgan, Rockefeller and Hartman. If
the Steel Trust is promoted rs an in
ternational enterprise by free trade in
England and by protection in the Unit
ed States, the necessary Democratic
conclusion would be to eliminate pro-
lection from America and free trade
from DISQUALIFICATION (Me.) Jour-
nal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Harrison "Made Good.,

DR.. j. n. Mccormack, of Bowling
Green, KY, tells a story of the late
President Benjamin Harrison. Dur
ing the civil war;" says the doctor,
Col. Harrison, for he was then colonel
was for a time in command at Bowl
ing Green. Many soldiers were sick,
and he appropriated the hotel of the
place, the Mitchell House, for use as a
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

Sentiment of the Great Majority.
If the protective tariff has harmed
the industries of the country those en-
gagged in them have not found it out.
Last year, the official figures show, the
mills and factories turned out S15,OOO,-
100000 worth of goods, and the figures
for the export of manufactured pro-
ducts show a large increase. The pro-
tective policy is doing well for the
country, and any party that makes war
upon that policy will run against the
sentiment Of the great majority Of the
people.-Morrisyille (Vt.) News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
OmfnOus Pose.

81 hear you've got a new minister,
Tommy"
"Yeh, an I don't like him at all he
must "a been a school teacher onct."
"Why do yoC think that?"
"'Cause whenever he talks to me he
The Catholic Standard and Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

introduced the bill in Congress to name
the new waterway Ambrose channel.
In conclusion | would say that my
father was born in Ireland and came
to this country with his parents when
a very young child.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Over Blouse or Jumner.

Each new variation of the over blouse
seems a bit more attractive than the
last, and each one is certain to find a
place in the wardrobe. This one is
novel in many Of its features and is
graceful and becoming, yet by no means
extreme. The modified kimono sleeves
give breadth, while they are shapely
and becoming. and the tucks are so ar
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

too visible all the week, running" the church, and ex-
haustins his nervous energy in serving tables TO such
an extent that he is in speech contemplate on Sunday.
You canrot plow with a race horse and expect him to
keen his speed. 4 man absorbed in business for six
DAYS cannot emerge as an uplifting speaker on the
seventh An orator must be plus who hopes to be a
true master Of assemblies-not one whose thoughts and
spring have been drawn down to minus by exacting la
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Plan to Escar 4.

Mrs. Peckem-"Henry, suppose you
and = were all alone on a deserted ISL
and, what Is the first thing you would
do?'
Peckem-"Thank goodness that
know low to SWIM"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

Mrs. Annetta E. McCrea, the first
woman landscape architect in this
country, is the official landscape archi-
tect for the st. Paul road, and consult
ing landscape architect for other West
ern roads.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
THE LEVEL OF COST.
Prices Have Advanced Throughout
the World.

Prices Have Throughout
the World.
Many persons IL our own country
who have complained of the Increased
cos. of the n~ecessaries Of life nave
talked and written as if the condition
were peculiar to the United States and
affected us alone. The fact, as Is lSnown
to students of broader view, is that
high prices have been ana are world
wide. Increased cost here is coinci-
lent with increased cost abroad. If
prices had risen in the United States
only we might blame the tariff or the
trusts or anything else prominent in
the political discussions with better
show OF reason, but since the foreign
suffers with the American consumer il
ought to be clear that the things most
dwelt upon here as underlying causes
of greater cost are not b responsible
onts.
n deputy speaking in the German
Reichstag recently ON the increase in
the cost of living in, Berlin. said that it
amounted to 80 1-3 per cent in the last
ten ears; hat the price of articles of
general consumption had in some in
stances advanced over 90 per cent, as,
for example. in the case of rye, which
had gone up 62.7 per cent, while wheat
had risen 10 per cent since 1901 and
flour 81 per cent since September, 1906;
barley had risen 10 per cent and pota-
toes i per cent since last year; in
1906 the price of beef had risen 80 per
cent, veal 41.5 per cent, mutton 30 per
cent, and pork 40.6 per cent, compared
with what they had cost ten years be-
fore during the last twelve months all
these prices, except in the case of pork,
the price OF which had slightly de-
creased, had recorded further adj
yances.
Prices of things which enter into
general consumption tend everywhere
to a common level. Special causes in
terfere to make the price of some ar
ticle or some class of articles a little
higher here or a little lower there, but
in general when the price is high or
lew in one country it is the same in an
| other and all. There is the important
difference always, however, that the
purchasing power of our own people is
| greater than that Of the peoples of
other misunderstanding Gazette
Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Never More Deserving than Now.

v tnaa NObhs
During the campaign Ve shall hear
something about protection and free
trade. Mr.. Bryan and his friends will
argue from the assertion that protec-
ton is the mother Of trusts, and that
the surest means of dealing with trusts
is t. destroy protection The Republi-
cans should welcome that debate
should welcome even the most yelled
attack on a system which stands so
thoroughly justified by experience. If
protection cannot be defended, nothing
can be. 1t was never more deserving
of the title 'the American policy than
it is to-day, with America, under it's
application. in the front rank of pro-
ducing and f~iourishing ENTHUSIASTICALLY
ingtOn Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
She Was Posted.

"And do you doubt my love?" he
asked passionately.
mo, Samuel" she answered, with
admirable tact, 'but when you say
that the day you call me yours will
usher i'm an era of lifelong devotion
and tender sOlicitude you - pardon
me, dear, you put 1t on a trifie too
thick. You seem to forget. Samuel.
that / am a widow."-London Tele-
graph.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

The heaviest transforms recorded In
the United States are 11.5 inches at
Campo, Cal. in one hour; S. inches In
one hour at Palmetto, New, and Go
inches In ffty-fve minutes at Tridel-
phia. W. Va.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

The novel-writers have a nice way
| Of saying that a girls face wac framed
in hayward curls when II is meant
that her hair was frowsy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
AMERICANS WORK FAST AND DIE EARLY.

MUSICIANS have long been preaching the
doctrine that American business men live
too fast. With the telegraph, the ocean
cable. the telephone and other modern IA
cilities the man of affairs can do in one
hour work that formerly would have occu-
pied six. 1t might be thought his work
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
THE VALUE OF PREACHING.

INDIVIDUAL cases. at least, the breaking
down of the preacher by the cares of the
administrator, seems clearly traceable. 1t
may have happened in the old days that q
clergyman was invisible all the week. and
incomprehensible on Sunday; but to-day
the trnnhle Is ant to be that be is only
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

Russia is as fond of tea as of revolu-
tons. Last year it imported 20, 900, 900
pounds of tea. Its revolutions are all
home grown.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

fully reinforced by the selfindulgence of the more we'll
to-do classes, who crafty their passing emotions and
impulses 10y indiscriminate charity. The idle rich con-
spire with the idle poor TO swell the tide of social de-
moralization and to encourage the unft.-London Times
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

The worlds sheep shearing record
is 1884 animals in nine hours. 1t was
made In Australia.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
WORDS OF WARNING.
1T WOULD BE WELL TO co SLOW
ON TARIFF REDUCTION.

with surplus disappearing
and Great Public Enterprises Call
Ing fGr Heavy Expenditure, 1t Is
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
INDIscRIMINATE r

HERE are thousands who need every incen-
tive to honest labor that can be found,
and they are readily demoralized by the
spectacle of men enabled to live in comfort
without any labor at all. Maladministra-
ton of the poor law is largely responsible
for fhic 81 20 of fhinrS hut IL ic nnu-or-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

There never was a circus or q Christ
MAJ as good as expected.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

throat, and of the neck band TO which
the higher collar can be attached. 1t
is appropriate for the wash fannels
that are so desirable for everyday
wear, for p~ercale, madras, linen, in
deed, all materials that are used for
boys waists and the advantage found
in making at home and fitting to the
special figure are sure to more than
compensate for the slight amount OF
labor involved.
The above pattern will be mailed to
your address On receipt Of 10 cents.
Send all orders to the Pattern Depart
ment Of this paper. Be sure to give
both the number and size OF pattern
wanted. and write very plainly. For
convenience. write you order o7 the
following coupon:
Order Coupon
No. 5S46.
SIZE .-....-.....
NAME
ADDRESS $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
THE BATTLE FIELDS.
OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER ARMY
EXPERIENCES.

The Blue and the Gray Review Incl
dents of the Late War, and I'm n
Graphic and interesting m
Tell Of Camp, March and Battle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

ranged as to give the best possible lines
to the figure. AS illustrated the ma
terial is pongee In a very beautiful
shade of amethyst, while the trimming
is velvet and embroidery worked onto
the material.
The above pattern will be mailed to
your address on receipt of 10 cents.
Send all orders to the Pattern Depart
ment of this paper. Be sure to give
beth the number and size of pattern
wanted. and write very plainly. For
convenience, write your order on the
following coupon:
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

No. 1904.
SIZE ............
MAMIE
ADDRESS ........
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-01-24
RUNDOWN
CONDITION DUE
70 ovERWORK
A Battle Creek Woman Describes
Her symptoms and Tells How
DR.. Williams Pink Pills
Cured Her.

The symptoms described in the fol-
lowing case are so common today
wherever overwork and worry have re-
suited In decline In health that the
means by which . cure was effected
deserves the careful attention of every
thoughtful man and woman. It is such
conditions as are here described that
are COMMONLY neglected until the in
jury to health IL past repair. It Is
therefore the part OF wisdom to take
the remedy that cured Mrs. James Stru-
win, OF 4ss West Main Street, Battle
Creek, Mich, as soon az the first warn
ing symptoms are noted. She says:
For several months was sick
with anaemia and part Of the time had
to remain in bed. It was brought on
by overwork which produced run
down condition. didn't have much of
an appetite and had to be careful what
ate. My kidneys were weak and the
secretions contained a sediment. My
cheeks and lips were white. I had
bad headaches. dizzy and fainting
spells and would see black spots float
palpitation Of the heart, could get no
rest from sleep. was nervous. low-spir-
tied and weak. My blood was watery
and / didn't have strength enough to
work. y, 4
1--WE employed doctor for six
months, but without avail. Then read
about DR.. Williams Pink Pills in a
paper and soon after began to take
them. A few boxes cured me, giving me
strength and plenty of blood, and I
have been we'll and strong ever since"
So general Is the success OF DR.. VIII
liams' Pink Pills in curing anaemia
that It may be safely stated that they
are the most certain remedy for all
conditions of thin, weak and watery
blood. They are also a tonic for the
nerves and have cured indigestion and
general debility, where the stomach and
other organs of the body are weakened
ana disordered simply through lack of
proper nourishment. They have also
been especially successful in curing
rheumatism and after-effects of the
grip and OF fevers.
A pamphlet on Diseases of the
Blood" and a copy of our diet book
will be sent free on request.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists, or will be sent. post
paid, ON receipt Of price. so cents per
box six boxes for $3.50. by the DR..
williams Medicine Company, Schemes
tady. N. 7
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-01-24

Whether viewed In the light of a SUI
premely impressive drama, or as a stu
pendous stage spectacle with magnifi-
cent surroundings, picturesque scenes.
resplendent costumes and intricate me-
chanical features. including the most
sensational exhibit known to the stage
that of the chariot race, Ben Hur,"
which comes to The Grand on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday evenings
next, and a Special Matinee to be given
Saturday. is by far the greatest en-
tertainment in the history Of Amer
lean ADJUSTMENTS. 1t Is an event of a
lifetime to be enthralled by General
Wallace's fascinating story as 1t has
been given life and action in the dra-
matization. The sumptuous stage set
tings provided by Klaw & Erlangey
give to the entire production a rich.
ness and grandeur that eclipse tho
most sanguine expectations. More than
three hundred persons are engaged In
the Interpretation OF the drama. in
GLIDING a special orchestra carried to
render the musical score of Edgar
Stillman Kelley in the nature of an
oratorio, which has contributed so much
to the artistic completeness and i'm
pressiveness of the whole perform
ance.
Seats for the four performances will
be placed on sale Monday morning at
the Box once. Sale of seats to each
person limited to Six Seats only Tor
any performance adv.