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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24

"ForeOrdination' savors too much ot
heav.' topics.
Lick"
Wien Ivy Chudleigh, Chicago born
but IF Australian parentage. found il
necessary to go to farm near Lin
denwOod, ILL.,, TO overcome the abnor-
mai effect of too strenuous social ex.
istence on high-strung nerves, she al
first took kindly 70 the idea. A few
days on the farm OF apple" Crane
dlspeiled, however, the book bought the.
DRY that the simple life Is Utopian
Miss Chudleigh began to pine for the
excitement Of the electric-lighted
streets
The means Miss Chudleigh adopted
as surcease of ennui was character
f5tic of the up-to-date American, born
and bred Ia large city. First she
asked and obtained permission from
Farmer Crane to assist in the packing
Of apples In the vast orchard. Her
pink lips, her city-whitened cheeks and
her wondrous lingerie, made a vast i'm
preston on the bluejeans-clad and
gingham-gOwned youths and maidens
at whose side she worked. Ivy speed
lily became the pet Of the apple-pIclI-
ers-
Daddy Crane" she said, one day.
with attractive urban impudence
"where do you suppose these apples
VIII 90? Just think Maybe some OF
them will go to Australia, where my
mother and father lived Perhaps
some Of the men and women who knew
them when they were young, will eat
the apples their daughter is packing .
In few minutes she tossed aside a
defective pippin and ran. singing, to
the nearby farmhouse.
Up I'm her gabled chamber she turned
her writing desk inside out. At last
she found what she wanted. a snapshot
Of herself. one of the mementoes OF
the summer and a modernized country
lad who had utilized his camera fer her
pleasure. Then she wrote on a Gainty
sheet OF note paper:
II wonder who you are, you who are
opening this barrel of rosy-cbeeked ap
ples and finding this note and this
photograph OF me perched up in the
branches Of The old tree the apples
came from. Won't you please write
and tel he who you are? I'm dying
of curiosity TO know. Yours sincere
~"
TO this massive she signed a fcti
tious name. giving the number of the
box I'm the village postoffice that she
had rented for her sojourn In the coun-
try. She reumed the packing of the
barrel she had left so suddenly. and
when she was unobseryed deftly pulled
the envelope from her belt end buried
Ii among the rosy checked fruit.
The apries were shipped the very
next day. That was Oct. 3. On riding
into Gown Nor. 90. she found In her
mali box lot.er addressed TO the &c
titioUs person whose name she had
placed 10 tho spple harrel. The en-
reIope bors B.lt.sh stamp and the
postniark :. .cvp IN England.
-Arcl..s 80 So,o- Wrens:ordslez." shs
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24

A good story is told Oh Sam Craw-
ford, the heavy slugger OF the Tigers
BY trade Crawford is a barber. The
other day he went into a restaurant,
drew himself up to table, stuck his
feet under and looked satisfied.
Waiter, little beefsteak and on
ions, please"
"Yes, sir. Have some nice ham and
cabbage alsor"
NO"
SLOW about some prime roast beefY'
Don't want any,"
"a little of our elegant tripe would
do you good"
John" called the proprietor, what
dye mean by annoying a customer like
thatT'
Just trying to make him feel M
home, sir. He's q barber"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
Feminine Idea of Church Finance.


That evening / spent with the pastor,
n his barren, comfortless study. He
had broken himself down In the serv-
ice of a debt-laden city church, and
bad come to the country for rest.
Indeed said he, 1.-The financial prob
lem is a serious one with US. Not that
the people get behind with the salary,
as Is SO often the case In small
churches. My eight hundred dollars
comes in promptly every year. But
how is 1t raised? You have seen this
afternoon. There are hardly any men
left in my church. Regular subscrip-
lions have almost ceased. Why? These
deplorable moaey-making schemes have
driven all sound finance out Of my
church and out of many another as
WE'LL"
CURED.
Perhaps it was somewhat this way
There were originally handful OF
women in the congregation whose hus-
ldtntlo tOOh LIZ StOeh Al
religion and would not let them have
any money to put In the contribution
baskets. So they struggled cakes and
pies and fancy work out Of the house
sold them and gave the money 20 the
church. Presently the other women
not to be outdone, were on band with
their eatables, their albums and theiI
eternal underwear. They got up a sale
and realized a tidy little sum. Tho
men folks felt the financial pressure
Oh them relaxing, and began to let up
on their subscriptions. So it was vi
to the ladies more and more, until
finally things arrived at the pass where
you find them to-day"
The pastor sighed deeply.--Roberl
Haven Schaufiler, Ia Success Magazine
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
Cause Of the Deficit.

United States Treasurer Treat, IN
his annual report, points out the ffaa
cause OF the large shortage Ia the
treasury. 1t Is the Increase ia ex-
penditures. The receipts In the fiscal
year 1903, az he shows. were In excess
OF those Of any previous year except
1907. But the expenditures were
swelled cut of all relation to the needs
Of the public service. Thus II trans
pired that surplus of $s4.O00.000 IN
1907 was turned into deficit of S5S.-
100000 in 1908.
In calling the attention OF Congress
and the country to this drain. Treas
urer Treat is doing his duty as q Wig.
liant public officer. Mr.. Roosevelt, In
his annual message to Congress a Few
days hence. should repeat the warn
ing. Although only five months of
the fiscal year 1909 have expired, the
deficit is about $55.OO0,O00. 1t is like.
ly 10 pass beyond the S1O0.0Ooe00
mark by the end Of the year, on June
30 next. The Democrats, In tho re-
cent canvass, called attention 10 this
treasury shortage, but they had a bad
candidate and a bad cause, and the
country refused to listen to them IL
the deficit should continue until the
congressional canvass of 1910. how.
ever, the Democrats would have n far
better chance to make votes out of IL.
This Is doubtless the reason why
Chairman Tawney of the House APP
preparations Committee issued his
warning to his fellow-Republicans tho
other day to cut out all expenditures
except those needed for the benefit OF
the public service
Let the Republican Congress re-
member that the treasury shortage
In the current fiscal year is sure to 20
beyond any figure seen since the civil
war. days. In 1899, during the Span
ish war. ir went up to $90,O00,000,
but In the present year, during pa
riod If peace, 1t will go far beyond
that mark. The present generation
has seen no deficit which closely ait
proaehed the one which will be shown
by the treasury statement which will
be issued on June 30 next. The ap-
Populations for the current fiscal
year were made last winter and can
net. be changed. But those for the
year which begins next July are still
to be considered. The Republican
Congress should see to IL that no out
lay Is authorized for the coming fiscal
year excepr such as may be necessary
tG keep the wheels Of government In
motion. though an exception might
lie made in favor Of waterway I'm
proyement, which VIII benefit he
whole country.-St. Louis Globe Des,-
ocsat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
report you to the doctor. You're|not
humOrlng me-"

report you to the doctor. You're|not
hum0rlng me-"
She did not answer. She smiled. hay
ing warded Oft the danger which his
milder manner had warned her of
She seated herself In a chair and took
up book which she had put down Oh
the table when his visitors had entered
What's tlatY he demanded peev.
ishly. "Whae are you reading?,
"Don'ts," she answered laconically.
'Don'ts?"
lone Hundred Don'ts for Nurses =
she read from the cover. Things we
are not to do"
well, don't worry. Your sins have
been all Of omission It's the things
you have not done"
She smiled serenely at the page.
You might read 1t out at least" he
said.
Let me see" She turned the pages
II think that is probably included IN
the prohibitions Don't let others know
the secrets of the profession"
He clutched the arm OF the chair.
You're teasing me. Let me read
that book or I'll get up"
She laughed and passed 1t to him
He began TO read:
Don't sit I'm rocking chair and rock
while resting" Don't injure the fur
niture in any way and be careful OF
all fancy decorations" He looked
about him. The wreckage has been
| appalling in this palatial apartment. "
He read again. well, great ELL" he
cried, and looked up at her. why
it was you?"
Come here, please"
She went to him. He pointed with
thin finger to an accusing "Don't
kiss your patient"
She flushed under her dainty Swiss
cap.
Not even dellrious patients?" he In
quired.
She turned her back on him from
The window
Not even those who have an flu
mination Of reason?" he persisted. She
could find nothing to say. do you
, know" he said, "I've been puzzling
over 1t ever since. 1t was Just before
| fell asleep and woke up to my senses
again. At first l thought 1t was my
aunt who brought me up, and then sud.
denly 1 thought 1t was an old chum
of mine at college. You look very like
| him. Why, your names are the same
Was Jim Blakely a relative of yours T.
| He was drowned"
She turned on him with a cry of
"Jim-Jim was my-my dearest
brother"
Good Lord" he gasped, and tried
to rise. lie sank back weakly in his
chair and sat there staring at her
What O chump am" he said at last
80 you're little Marjorie" He remem
bered Jim's picture Of her in his den
How proud he was of you" The
thought of her position there came to
him In a shameful contrast. "What 4
brute I've been," he said, "and you
wait ON me hand and foot like that
What q brute. Jlms sister,"
Her back was to him. She stood
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
CAIRO IMMUNE FROM FLOODS.
Overhows mt Confluence of Missis-

OverHows mt Confluence Of Missis-
sippi and Ohio Rivers Conquered
Mayor Parsons, of Cairo, Is blond
haired man of medium size and a vast
amount of nervous energy. He is an
indefatigable worker, and deeply inter
ested in all sorts of public improve
nlents. He is vice president of the
ohio Valley Improvement Association.
and has done yeoman service for the
betterment of that great water way.
lie is equally interested In the deep
waterway project Of the Mississippi.
the national good roads movement and
various kindred schemes Of internal i'm
proyement.
Cairo is bound to be one Of the
greatest cities on the Mississippi or the
Ohio" he said, returning to the one
subject uppermost in his mind. with
the completion of the Cairo and Thebcs
Railroad, connecting us directly with
the great railroad lines from the South
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
THE GLORY OF WORK.

There the workman his labor taking bearing fruit
Like tree with splendid branches
Looking at the distant city, temples towers
Felix cried In exutation "Al the mighty
Every mason In the quarry, builder the shore
Every chopper palm at the
"Iewing wood drawing splitting and eavng sod
AL the busy ranks of labor, of God
March together do the
Honest toll holy
Henry Van Dyke.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
Rest from Reformers.

1t Is not whether the tariff will be re-
Used, but what 1t will provide when ii
s changed that scares all the manufac.
-urers and business men. 1t would be
good idea il Congress and all the
state legislatures were to all meet next
gear, clean everything up as clean as a
hounds tooth and then adjourn for a
few years and thus allow everybody to
get adjusted to conditions. What we
need all along the line is a rest from
frenzied reformers, who are reforming
all the time and do not give anybody a
lance TO get adapted to prevailing con-
iltlons.-Melrose (Mass.) News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24

and send him back to his native land for burial Not
even after death will his country renqush her claims
him. Why should the Chinese government be inter
ested I'm keeping American-born Chinese familiar with
the reading and writing of the old language when
is presumed that they and their children will remain
in America henceforth? The answer is that such is
the presumption. The governments theory is
that Chinaman here only by the accident of birth
get money, and when it becomes possible he will
take his money and to live and enjoy 1t In the Flow
cry NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Cd CD Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
Texas Bees bring Much Money.

The output of honey in Texas last
year was 100000 pounds. California
came next, with 1861. 600 pounds, and
New York third, with 3,422 900 pounds.
Missouri was fourth, with 3,01S,929
rounds. Texas also stands first i'm the
number of colonies of bees, there being
417,O00. The honey crop Of Texas
brings an annual revenue of approx
mately 100000, the price for which 1t
sells ranging from 8 to 10 cents a
pound. In addition the beekeepers sell
many thousand dollars worth OF bees
each year. These colonies of bees are
shipped to all parts Of the United
States and to foreign countries
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24

sight, which places them great disadvantage in
following Instructions given by Of blackboars
charts Others deaf and frequently suffer Sc
riousy by of going through school without their
disability being noticed These two defects most
Of ALL
Many of the diseases of childhood responsible for
permanent troubles that affect the development
For instance. children may suffer from neuralgia the
thyroid gland may be imperfect, or is very fire.
quenty the case adenods may fill up a large part of
the breathing passages and render a child dull and
slow.
opment and the French experts believe that the
of the dental system affect the brain much greater
extent than generally suspected They the
careful examination of every child least
by competent physician necessary complement of
the school observation-disclosures News
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
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G<EDII0RlAl>SszZ|S ]
Opinions of Great Papers Important Subjects. s


to reach those into whose lives the least of health
full joy and the smallest opportunity knowledge
New York City alone has than hundred of these
lecture centers, all well-known wepatronized
Although free TO the audiences, these lectures and
other entertainments Of course, not free to the
municipalities which maintain. them. Yet they
useful, and so admirably adapted to educating,
talnns and uplifting the people, that the country
town could spend money wisely by the organization
such courses.-YOuth's Companion
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
CHAPTER III,

He was sitting in his armchair TAX
Ing q sun bath at a window that look
cd ont on the dazzling white of melting
snow. His visitors had just left him.
at his Doctors orders. He was waiting
for the return of Nurse Blakely," with
an impatience which he might have
recognized as longing If his physical
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24

Bob-Introduce me to the old guy.
The hostess-Why, you must know
him. He's the president OF your COL
lege.
NO, l don't. He isn't interested In
athletics Life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
singing at IL. Face value

They tell me, Grimbey, that your
daughter sings with great expression"
Greatest expression you ever saw.
Her own mother can't recognize her
face when she's singing"-Home Her
aid.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
Upholstered.

Knicker-The fashionable woman's
figure is like a Stat.
Bocker-While the mattress, bolster
and pillows are worn on the head
New York Sun.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
WHY CHILDREN ARE BACKWARD

RENCH scientists have been devoting con-
siderable attention of late to the problem
of the backward child. They regard the
vast majority of such eases as the result
OF false abnormality, and the remainder
as physically imperfect. Many children
are backward in school through poor eye
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
TOO MANY WOMEN TEACHERS.

- Resident G. Stanley Hall, of Clark Uni
versity, never talks without saying some
n thing, and his ks before Tween
Ez=xusxES tieth Century Club revealed a new phase
Es1SSSss5 of experimental psychology, in which the
s.Elf5Ekly learned MASSACHUSETTS is authority
Dr.. Hall criticized what he termed the
fenlinizaton OF the American public school, which he
holds responsible for lack Of physical
Ing of boys The Observation-Disclosures of women teachers
he contended falls short of proper discipline
out uniformed hoodlums who leave the classroom to add
to juvenile crime
There Is perhaps some truth in this but how DIR.
Hall propose to remedy the preponderance of women
In such poorly paid profession school teaching?
Poor textbooks and the very short average of 151
school days to each year hardly be expected to
exert very great influence toward character formation
on the pupil. Added to that the that the girl who
takes up school teaching regards it a temporary
occupation. to be set aside for matrmony and
nent of influence is decidedly lacking.
Dr. Hall may be quite right when he condemns too
much attention to manners and not enough to MORALS
but there Is just trouble with experimental psycho
ogy-it always points ont plenty of faults. but it is
mighty slow at finding remedies.-Chicago Journal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24

The raTest seashel Is the "Cone OF
the Holy Mary" Only two specimens
ar. known. one Of which Is In the Brit
ish museum.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
ONCE CHINAMAN ALWAYS CHINAMAN.

IIINA is yet land and people ruled by
ancestors A Chinaman belongs, soul and
body, to his home land because his ances-
tors belonged there. The wandering Mongol
who dies in II strange land has paid tri-
butte all his toiling years to a brotherhood
whose Sncred duty IL To coffin hir ho,,os
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24

a mothers idea of as good luck as
anyone can ask for IS to occasionally
End pair Of stockings in the pile
that doesn't need darning.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24

That mighty unfair trick of killing
the fatted calf for the prodigal causes
more family rows than anything else
on earth. except the division OF
Fathers Money.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24

There are many occasions to say
human nature shouli be changed, but
YOU can't change it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
FREE PUBLIC LECTURES.

III ii
tXs I cline Of the lyceum system, which did
ssxA-,rzA much to raise the standard of taste and
EEGMNnE knowledge q generation ago. There are
yz2QGl still courses of public lectures and
tainments which enliven winter evenings
IN many small towns and In the cities but the
tenn has changed its characteristics and lost measure
of its influence In its place, however
thing which may be even more mportant-the free
lecture maintained by many of the larger munich
palities, such as New York, Chicago and Boston
The old yceum lecture dealt frequently with philo
sophical subjects, and usually delivered by some
Of wide reputation. An admission fee was charged
and the illustrations. If there any,
not often produced by the magic lantern. The
patrons drawn mainly from the cultivated and
well-to-flo.
The modern municipal lectures free and are
usually delivered in the public sehoohouses. The audi
composed largely of persons who afford
pay much for the instruction entertainment they
receive but who eagerly embrace the opportunity for
mental culture The subjects of the lectures cover an
immense The frequently diversified
by evenings which are given 10 music other whole
entertainment They enjoy the great advantage
of the stereopticon and the ytascope and enlist the
services Of many eminent specialists Their purpose is
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-04-03

singing crazy nothines in the voice Of
insanity.
Captain Ball went over to him and
called up, 'W'hcre's Hanrahaf:'
He winked and pointed Gown into
the tank, ~" the king Of :!o castle, Ct
he sang. I'm the king Of tie castle
I'm the king-what's II&n"a%'nn? Pete
Pete, Delicate Pete: Oh. he's sne!!
binder he said with a grin. Hes n
spcllhlldcr, talkin' hot air. Comi,i
up? """,e on up. 1t amt rs bot III
here as it was"
And they found HanraIan, uncon.
ScioC' bet alive, still ti>:! to t." lid,
!"r 80! ho?tiNS with g., hr.; lie.
tween ~" rlng3.
~" weeks later. when Ctr'2"n re-
l',A4:-a,! i'r Cuty at IT," c'l%.ne h,% -.
his H">: Hne~tion Was frt "I!>t:,2'"
Pee" "1Eim| the Hem. a:nt aid.
oh T." po!t the Department. Hes
so.H' u join the police"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-04-03
Southern tI4i.U,a)
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 3, 1871
Trains leave Durham, y. {.

Trains leave Durham, y. c.
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Connects III CIR, ems ORC with SO. Hr,rt'.
for DanVi|e and Richmond, and >cu'L
with Nos. 20, 50, II aml s., for -H,,,
bury, Charlotte, Columbia, Savannah
Charleston, Jacksonville, Atlanta, au'
New Orleans; at Salisbury Tor A,Eevi,lc
Ki oxvillef Chattanooga, NashIi'i" and
other points west
3:o7 a. M, No. II2, eastbound, daily
for Raleigh, Selma and2 Goidshoro ( a.
ries Pullman Sleeper Greensboro to Raj
eigh
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meets at sc ma with Atlantic ( CAST Line
north for Wilson, and Rocky Mount, at
GOhlstoro for Tarb0io aud Norfolk: at
Selma for Fayct' eville and Florence.
$50 a. IN, No. 1917, westbound, daily
Tor Greensboro and intermediate local
points; connects al Greensboro with L.
). Fast Mail for Danville, Lyrchburg.
Washington and all poinls North and
West, as also with No 7 for Charlotte
and III ermediate stations. Sm'hell
Railway Dining Cars operated on train
Nos. So AID 90.
e:o5 a. M, No. II6, no.thbound. dali,
for Oxford, Henderson. TctirieS, KEYS
vile and Richmond, where close con
nection is made to all points north. Close
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Steamboat Lines to WASH ingtun. Bait,
more, New YorS and Boston
n %a Il
for Raleigh, Selma, (,"losboro and III.
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$50 p. III, No. I35, wcstboHn.l, dali,
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Jacksonville, Atlanta and New Orleans
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