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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-20
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A $20,OOO,COO terminal station has
been planned for the steam. electric
and subway lines of San francisco.
The average missionary contribution
for each pupil in the Sunday schools Is
higher in the Episcopal denomination
than any other.
1t is estimated that there are $50,
100000 Professionals in the world, as
compared with 250,000,000 Catholics
and 100000 adherents of the Greek
and Oriental churches.
4 pair of robins have built a nest
and Matched a family in the pocket OF
an old waistcoat which had been left
hanging on the wall of an unoccupieo
cottage at Lodsworth, England
In London tipping has become pub
lie scourge In West End restaurant
If you pay IA for your dinner and dc
not leave a fifth of that sum as tip
you are looked upon as a skinfint.-
Paris Annales.
In answer to an inquiry a German
paper says: 1.-The first 'Baedeker' was
published nj Coblenz, on the Rhine. In
1899. Baedeker was BON at Essen ir
1901 and was by occupation a tcrK
seller. There had been tourist guides
before his"
In Naples we have no races like Eng
land, no casino like Monte Carlo, nc
motor Omnibuses. no motor races. nc
Nihilists. no suffragettes. no directoirt
gowns, no conversation. no nothing. The
curious thing is that In Naples one ear
be happier than anywhere else.-Il Mat
tino.
Bishop Vincent says one great value
Of the Memory Hymns Is TO prevent the
decay of the faculty of memory that
often follows the leaving Of school, an6
the ceasing of tasking the memory tc
greater achievements. No savings banks
pay such dividends as deposits ''Lulle6
In the countless chambers OF the BRAIN
Western Christian Advocate.
Prof. Schiaparel.i. the head OF the
italian expedition in Egypt, is making
Roadway In his Investigations OF the
metropolis OF Azint. Some 200 Egyptians
are at work and a great number of FIJI
neral objects are being constantly
brought to light. besides many inscrip
lions which are OF great interest In con
nection with the early Egyptian his
tory In each burying place the explor
ers have found an effigy of the defunci
carved In wood.
The London Evening News, in order
to determine the musical taste OF the
English people, asked its readers te
name the musical compositions the per.
Torrance OF which gave them the mosi
pleasure The answers showed thest
to be the most popular In the order
named: The overture to 'Tannheu
SER" the overture 10 William TELL
Tschaikowski's "1Sl2." Grieg's 'Peei
Gynt Suite" Thomas "Mignon Ga
Vote" The Mikado." Mendelssohn's
midsummer Nights Dream"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-20
AMERICA USES MANY BARRELS.
Few People Realize the Extent of
This Great Industry

Upward of 15O,000.OOO barrels and
circular packages are manufactured in
the United States annually. according
TO the American Grocer. Few people,
except those whose business IL is 10
know. realize the extensiveness OF the
cooperage industry in this country.
The heaviest demand comes from the
cement business. The -four business
ranks next, closely followed by sugar.
Containers for fence staples. bolts, nuts,
nails and packages OF roasted coffee,
spices, crockery, fruits and vegetables
follow in the order named, while glass
manufacturers, baking powder compa-
MES. liquor distillers and candy, tobac-
co and cheese packers are big users of
barrels. The demand for barrels for
molasses. oil. lard and pork is also
enormous. while dry paint, glue, snuff.
oatmeal, screws. castings and general
hardware articles annually increase the
demand on the cooperage supply.
While the amount of expenditure for
barrels can be quite closely estimated
Tor given year. il - not possible To
say how many barrels ,:ie I'm actual use.
The life Of a barrel * r.Gt down at one
year by the trade, but this is far from
true. A majority OF barrels are used
many times. They begin rs sugar or
flour barrels and are then sold TO the
farmer for shipping his produce to the
market. 1t may be that they are re-
turned 10 him several times. carrying
potatoes to the market on the first trip
and tobacco or lettuce on the next, each
cargo being lighter in weight than the
previous ore. owing to the weakened
condition of the barrel. Finally the
barrel may serve out its life work as a
refuse receptacle and in the end can be
used for fuel. Thus 1t may be said
that barrel fills as useful career as
almost any other manufactured article
and its life is much longer than a sea
son.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-20

Baseball? / scorn to take its part
On lesser grounds than those of Art.
hear
Your sneer
But why is not the wide. glad view
or golden day, and action, too.
More than the little canvased square
That mimicry of Nature there,
Viewed in the stagnant gallery air?
Shall / not stay aud let you go
To cast yourself before Corot,
And grovel low before Vatican?
If Angelo impressed his time,
Did not another Michael's prime?
saint
In paint
Worth thousands Is impressive? Well,
What sum did Boston give for Kel!
Oft have l heard. as you. mayhap,
From ali the stands the thunderous clap.
And Good boy. Kelly tip your cap"
Did ever public glad the soul
OF any saint in stock and stole
With Hi vi tip your aureole."
Must Art be ancient ere it thrive:
Nug, tooh you ucIc 10 AT
TO view
A hue
Like Titan loved. behold the head
OF Donahue, forenamed THE Red"
Here stands the Discus Thrower-speak.
Why better if he were antique?
Hibernian gods are good as Greek.
Why should New York and its vicinity
Bow down before some Greek divinity
When they have had their own Mct;in-
nifty?
No matter of what school you be,
Tho Raphaelite, or Post or Pre-.
Take heart
OF Art.
For here il is and here it's fruits:
Here Hector fights and Priam roots;
Here burns the fire Time may not
quench;
With brow a-frown and fist a-clench,
Achilles sulks upon the bench.
Look-look again and again your fill
OF Art alive and feel its thrill
Ajax defes the umpire still q!
Success Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-20

1t is not strange that organized la
Dor is resenting the intimation Of Pres
ident Samuel Gompers that he controls
the votes OF the workingmen and can
deliver them in a bunch to Democracy
or any other party. When Gompers
makes the plea TO union labor voters
to vote once for labor instead OF for
party" the appeal really means vote
once for Gompers.'
1t is fair to assume Mr.. GOmpers
won his point at Denver because he
agreed to pay the price; that is. he
promised to deliver the labor vote to
Bryan He is now after the goods. but
their delivery is quite another matter.
There is no labor vote to be handed
over in a block. Organized workmen
are citizens before they are unionists,
and they vote as citizens. They will
not be delivered in body to Mr..
Bryan, Mr.. Taft or any other candidate
for the personal aggrandizement of
Mr. Gompers.
Leaders i'm the labor world are not
slow in taking the position that Mr.
Gompers does not represent them In
Thugs political. Henry White. the
well-known labor leader and formerly
general secretary of the United Gar
.ment Workers of America, says:
II am afraid that showdown will
once more prove and in way that
will be most convincing. that the labor
vote cannot be delivered to anybody
Union people think about the same
that others do. Because man Is a
member Of trade union for trade
benefits he does not hand over his right
to Judge political questions to anyone
who happens to be at the head"
James w. Dougherty, Secretary
Treasurer of the Brotherhood of Book
binders. puts the situation in a nut
shell when he says that 1.-The labor men
" no are Republicans will vote the Re-
publican ticket: those who are Demo
Gratis will vote the Democratic ticket. y
In short. the labor leaders them
selves are free In expressing the opin-
ion that Mr.. Gompers' efforts to influ-
encc the votes of organized labor will
prove unavailing.
Previous attempts TO set aside Il GER
tain class to be voted In block for
this man or that party have never
Leen successful. 1t has been tried time
ami again, but always met with failure.
The farmers refused TO act as politi-
c.'l unit, as did the anti-Catholic ele-
ment and those who were opposed TO
secret societies. Every ci -izen rejOices
in the right of carrying his sovereignty
under his hat, and the intelligent elect
or Is as jealous Cf his vote as he is Of
his good name.
Mr.. Gompers may have secured a
personal advantage at Denver, but
when November comes it will be found
that the members of organized labor
have been doing their own thinking,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-20
LIBERTY BELLS DID RING.
state Paid tho Bills for Those Merry
Chimes, Too.

Chimes, Too.
The SONS and Daughters of the
American Revolution, who held their
annual meeting in Belmont mansion,
Paramount park, Philadelphia. and en-
gagged in long discussion as TO whether
the bells were ruLg in thar city when
the declaration of independence was
proclaimed could easily have settled
the matter by reference Il an Old ac-
count book, which ought 10 be in pos
session of the state treasurer or among
the archives of the treasury depart.
ment. says the Philadelphia Record.
One of the speakers at the Pbiladel-
phia meeting is represented as saying
that there is Lo evidence that the bells
were rung. He has another guess.
When Capt. John w. Morrison, at pres
ant deputy banking commissioner, was
state treasurer in 1924, he was max
ing study of what it cost 10 run the
province Of Pennsylvania back in revo-
lutionary days and among other books
he ran across was a timeworn cash
book, labeled S"The Cash Book of the
Province of Pennsylvania from Deem
Der. 1775, to March. $780," 1t con-
tanned a record of all the payments
made by the thel province, many Of
them quaint and peculiar. Among them,
in bold round hand. was this entry:
paid William Devices for Ginning
the bells ON the Declaration of indie
tendency Bill, SIS"
This Is under date Of August 14th,
1776, and was entered after the treas
urer. or whoever made the entries, had
abandoned the pounds. shiliings and
pence characters for money and adop-
ted the dollar mark, about July 31st,
l776, and would seem to settle the ques-
ton whether the bells were chimed
when freedom was proclaimed and the
American eagle screamed defiance at
the British lion.
The iconoclast who says that Betsy
Ross never made the first American
flag; that George Washington as ideal
lied never existed: that Ben Franklin
was an amusing old myth. and that La
fayette never fit Into the revolution
airy war;" may say that the bells were
not chimed when Independence was
proclaimed - but the records are
against him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-20
BETWEEN THE TWO PLATFORMS.
The Choice Must BE I'm Favor of the
Principle of Protection.

The CHOICE Must be In FaSGr OF the
Principle of Protection.
There are differences. important and
complete. Naturally. the treatment OF
the tariff problem is one of the most
striking Instances.
Both parties declare for Il revision.
The difference lies deeper. The Repub-
licans stand firmly by the principle of
protection. The Democrats, for once.
are faithful to a historic party doc
trine-tariff for revenue only
Compared with earlier denunciations
of the theory upon which the wealth OF
America has been builded. the Demo
cratic plank is mild and meek. But.
after all ambiguous. vote-catchlns
phrases. the determination remains
clearly expressed to restore the tariff
to a revenue basis"
And here ii Is the time for the North
American to say that were all other
things equal-candidates. platforms
and all else-those tariff planks alone
would be enough To decide the course
for this newspaper to pursue.
Long study Of our history, of world
conditions and our present and future
national needs had bred in us the con-
viction that the tariff must be regu-
lated primarily for protection purposes.
with the thought of revenue secondary.
We believe that many existing sched-
uIes should be changed. This was the
first of the Eastern metropolitan news
papers of the Republican faith TO urge
tariff revision. But. considering the
history of free trade advocacy Of the
Demo- ratio party. we would no more
lend our influence to bring about the
intrusting of tariff mending TO its hands
than we would give a machine Of deli
cate mechanism, as toy, TO a fretful
child.
We are as fatty opposed to the mis-
use of the tariff to upbuild trusts as
Mr. Bryan himself-or as Mr.. Taft
himself. But corrective legislation
should be supplied nationally by be-
levers In the principle of protection.
When we seek healing we call for the
scalpel of the surgeon and not the
sword Of q foe.
We are for protection that will equal
ize the difference both of wages and
conditions at home and abroad. We
believe in periodical changes of sched-
ules as conditions change. But In the
Republican plank we see at least some
faint promise of what the Democrats
do not offer-the ultimate elimination
of the tariff from political controyer-
sies.-Philadelphia North American.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-20
CHEAP SUBSTITUTE FOR NICKEL.
Equal I'm Ducfile Strength and Costs
Much Less TO Produce.

Equal I'm Ducfils Strength and Costs
Much Less TO Produce.
new metal called monel, which Is
expected TO cause something OF a rev.
olution in the industrial world, is being
produced at the works Of the Canadian
Copper Company at Sudbury. Ont, says
the New York World. 1t is cheaper
than nickel, and it is claimed that it
possesses all the qualities OF the for
mer.
Monel Is a compound of copper, nick
ell, iron and one or two other minerals
Importance lies in the fact that Ii Is
much less costly than nickel, is less IL
able to rust and will serve all the pur-
poses for which nickel is at present
utilized The company has now got
beyond the experimental stage In the
production of this new metal. 1t costs
very much less to produce it than nick
el, as the costly refining process Is dis
pensed with.
1t was the result OF some expert
menus maue Dy r. H. Ciersue anu dis
chemist. Mr.. Sjostedt, aiming at the
production OF nickel steel for naval
armor plates. that turned the attention
Of the Canadian Copper Company to the
possibility arising from nickel alloys.
What greatly facilitated the expert
ments was the fact that the melting
point of nickel and iron are practical
ly the same. while that Of copper Is
very little higher.
The new metal Is said TO be OF equal
ductile strength with nickel and TO pos
sess all its other essential qualities.
but it is not yet claimed that 1t would
serve the purpose of nickel steel used
as arnor plate.
CAnH 4 fhA Henf-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-20
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Opinions of Great Papers important Subjects. {


take the credit to himself But the who goes to
the devil always somebody else of having
the way This is denying that there is force
In heredty, and more in early environment and train
Ing but it is force that except in instances
be overcome rightly directed And out of inherited
faults often bloom great virtues The belief that you
have weak spot is reason to especially guard yourself
there-a that the with the right stuff him
Will obey. There Is nothing in the world that is
tyranncal, yet more tractable. than the human wlN
Your will is either best friend worst enemy.
BY cultivation you can make it whichever you choose
Des Moines News
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-20
A Modern Substitute for the Old
Time Hand-Power Wfndlass.

A Modern Substitute for the Old
Time Hand-Power Wfndlass.
When underground conduits for cleo
trio wires were first put down the
wires were drawn through them by
means OF windlass manned by la
borers. Nowadays they use electric
winches
These are installed on the grea:
electric trucks used in carrying the
wire cables and tools. The newest OF
these giant trucks Is twenty-one ,feer
long and seven feet wide and it wdighs
tons, a heavy load to move in itself.
but the storage battery it carries con-
tains stored up power sufficient to move
it and its load Of tons added and also
70 operate its winches-
The electric winch is set In this
truck at its forward end and it does
not take up very great amount OF
room. IN pulling a new electric wire
cable through a conduit OF pulling an
old cable out the big truck Is first
backed up to the manhole and then
the rope. attached 10 the caDle n
brought up to the barrel OF the winch
ut the trucks forward end.
When they are all ready to haul the,
man tending the winch takes three or
four turns Of the rope around the bar
rel OF the winch and another man
takes the free end Of the rope leading
from the winch, and keeps that taut
to make the turns bind on the barrel
and then, instead Of four men getting
to work turning on cranks. the winch
man turns switch, which is In ap
pearance not unlike hand Oh the face
Of a clock, and turns the power into
the motor, and the snug little ap-
paratus that Is set in operation by the
power OF a finger begins to pull and to
pull irresistibly.-New York Sun
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-20

SHAkfENS SCISSORS out entaliing the
employment of skilled labor. 1t COM
prlses a base, which is clamped to a
table or other support. On the base is
a sharpening stone or other suitable
abrasive material. while az the opposite
end is an upright arm from which de-
ponds movable clamp.
The scissors are held In correct po-
sition over the stone by means Of the
clamp. The latter is then moved back
and forth across the arm, thus moving
the blade OF the scissors across the
sharpening stone. Where scissors are
employed to a great extent this simple
means of sharpening the dull blades
should prove both valuable and econom-
ical
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-20
SELF DELUsIoN.

Many People Deceived by Ce3eo.
We like TO defend our indulgencies
and habits even though we may be con-
vinced OF their actual harmfuIness
A man can convince himself that
whisky is good for him on a cool morn
ing. or beer on hot summer day
when he wants the whisky or beeri
It's the same with coffee. Thousands
OF people suffer headache and nervous
ness year after year but try to per-
suade themselves the cause il not cos-
fee-because they like coffee.
While yet child commenced
using coffee and continued IL" writes
a Wis. man. until I was regular
coffee fiend. I drank II every morn
ing and In consequence had q binding
headache nearly every afternoon.
MY folks thought II was coffee that
allied me. but liked II and would not
admit II was the cause OF my trouble,
so l stuck to coffee and the headaches
stuck to me.
Finally, the folks stopped buying
coffee and brought home some Postum
They made 1t right directions on pkg.)
and told me to see what difference 1t
would make with my head. and during
that FIRST week on Postum my old at
Fiction did not bother me once. From
that day to this we have used nothing
but Postum in place OF conee-head-
aches are a thing OF the past and the
whole family is In fine health"
Postum looks good, smells good,
tastes good. is good. and does good to
the whole body" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek. Mich. Read The Road to Well
yille," IL pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true ard full OF
human interest.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-20

Is Anti-InJunctiOn the Only Issuef
Is the anti-injunction plank the only
menace TO American industry to be
found In the Denver platform! One
would think SO on reading the frantic
and vociferous appeals for cooperation
now being sent out to business men by
J. w. Van Cleave, chairman of the Ma
tional Council for Industrial Defense.
Mr.. Van Cleave. 1t will be recalled, Is
also the president of the National Asso-
citation Of Manufacturers. Is Bryan's
attitude on the tariff Of no consequence
in connection with industrial defensei
Has President Van Cleaye trained SO
long with Miles Farquhar and the rest
of the free-traders who are permit ed
TO control the organization that he las
come to regard the tariff as negli-
gible quantity in industrial affairs? We
are glad To see the National Council
for Industrial. :. Tense on the ,warpath
against Bryan and Organism for any
reason whatever but we feel sure that
the force and effectiveness OF the cam
paign would be materially increased
IL a few rapid firing guns heavily shot
ted with protection explosives were to
be taken along Economist
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-20


when the cork fits tightly In the neck
OF the bottle and refuses to be removed
until the bottle has been placed between
the knees and the corkscrew tugged at
for several minutes. Then 1t invariably
comes out with sudden jerk. throwing
the contents In all directions.
After the corkscrew proper has been
inserted in the cork, the upright arm
forming a wedge is placed on the neck
OF the bottle. Using the handle as Il
lever. the most obstinate cork can be
readily extracted without endangering
the clothes Of the operator. When not
In use, the corkscrew and wedge can be
folded within the outer end of the han
de. which Is followed out to form
housing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-20

thor. the moral tendencies not communicated at ALL
They find little transmission OF troubles any
other diseases
More alirng lies and Subdivisions have been hung
that "heredity" than any other perhaps
all the lexicon speclous sophstry Heredty is
easy way Of accounting for wrong tendencies that it
appeals irresstbly certain classes of scientific
experts" il does to criminals drCnkards and oafers
Quacks gain repute for profundity by holding forth
THE laws OF heredity, as II they we're mysterious
ukases issued from behind natures VEIL which few
understand and resist Ninetenths OF 1t all,
cording to the Dutch doctors Is tommyrot
Every man. If he is ut at ALL is master of his
conduct Yes. he is MASTER too. Of his own thoughts
purposes ideals and everything OF high Importance In
makeup OF his character and the control of his
life. TO Que OF Americas greatest actors was transmit
ted by his father double tendency for the stage
other the bottle The cultivated the first
repressed the second ard achieved world wide fame
According the commonly accepted notions concerning
heredity should have reversed the order and
the gutter.
The whc gets ahead in life is usually content to
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-20
Mosc0w's Beggarx.

or the beggars SO chara cteristic OF
Russia's ancient capital writer says
1.-The old city of Moscow could NOT
easily be dissociated from the $4,000
beggars who haunt its streets. The
city belongs to them. If the city rats
own the drains, they own the streets.
They are part of the city; they are i'm
perfect harmony with it. Take away
the beggars and you destroy something
vital Some are so old and weather
battered that they make the Kremlin
itself look older. and Of those who lie
at the monastery doors some are so
fearfully pitiable in their de,repitude
that they lend power to the churches. Z"
When 1t comes to the scratch the flea
Is elsN4Nsre.