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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05

If new wall paper can not be put on
this autumn and the old paper has
been spattered with grease in the din
ing room mix powdered pipe clay with
water until it looks like cream. Put
this on the spots and let it remain
until the next day Take Il stiff brush
TO get it off, and If this is not success
full try a knife Thick crusts of very
stale bread rubbed downward will re-
move many other kinds of stain and
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05

sires, which would have found no root
in real home. With day filled with
wholesome tasks and an evening in
the society of the man for whom the
woman cut loose from the pleasant as
sociations of her girlhood, no reason
able woman can find fault.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05

have been beloved by the four
women whose love was of the most
comfort TO me-my mother, my sister.
my wife and my daughter. | have
had the better part, and it will not be
taken from me, for | often fancy that
the judgments which will be passed
upon us in the Valley of Jehoshaphat
will be neither more nor less than
those of women, countersigned by the
Almighty.-Ernest Rehan.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05

L. w Fitzpatrick. consulting archl-
tert of the International Society OF
Building Commissioners. says the fire
less IN the United States every year Is
$lC0O00.000 greater than the amount
spent in new construction. In this
estimate is included the money paid
annually for Insurance and the cost Of
fighting fire
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05
'lI4g
E249@zzU)

In spite of the rage for big hats,
there are still many small ones. These
are generally draped three-corner or
oval turbans
Very charming are the new direc-
tOire hats-flat to the last extreme of
fairness and perked down n bit in
front and provided with ties which are
carelessly knotted and ingeniously
pinned to the hair at the left or right
side
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05
PAS Uitimatum.

Then, father, you will have to pay
he dukes gambling debts"
There / balk. If you must marry
4 gambler | insist that you at least Sc
.ect one who can earn cigarette money
at it,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05

TO remove shiny spots from black
wooden garments place the garment,
ironing board. Wiring a cloth from
water, spread carefully over the gar
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05
Good Remedy for FrecISIes

Ordinary buttermilk is one OF the
best cosmetics at this time of year.
The Tactic acid in the milk has most
beneficial effect on The Skin and causes
fading of the little stalns-due to de-
composition Of the secretion of the
skin which are commonly called
freckles.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05

lie had lent her his stylographic pei
md she commenced TO write letter.
She-Oh, it writes beautifully. | de
clare I'm in love with this pen.
Helm in love with the holder.
She saw the point.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05

How to Place Your Pillow at Night.
You have probably been accustomed
to sleep since your childhood on a pair
of pillows lying broadwise to your
head. Sometimes you cannot sleep.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05

The worst possible life for n woman
is one without responsibility. House
keeping is not popular save with the
humble classes, and the idleness OF
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05
Amputating His Hcnd,

l was wounded at the battle of An
tietam, and was taken TO a farm house
which was used for hospital The
lower floor was full of wounded sold
iers, placed with their heads to the
wall, and among them an Irishman
who was wounded In the leg. There
was a soldier lying next to him on one
side who was wounded i'm the head. 1
was lying on the other. There were
three doctors who went around to ex-
anime and see where legs and arms
had TO be amputated, and when they
came to the Irishman wounded In the
leg, they wrote '.amputation" above his
head. After they had gone the Irish
man swore they should not take OF his
leg. SO he proposed TO the soldier who
was wounded IN the head TO change
places with him So they changed, and
when the doctors who were doing the
cutting came around to where sampu-
tation'' was written above the soldier
who was wounded in the head, they
said, s." -. Cut man's head
off? Those fools must have been
drunk !"
SO the freshman saved his leg and
got well. and / hope is living today.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05

If people would be true to them
selves, and to each other, instead of to
superstition, what a blessing it would
be-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05
Aunouncfne En-a-ement.

Announcing engagement.
a clever hostess announced the forth
coming nuptials of n young daughter in
the following manner: The table was
beautifully decorated with bank o.
white roses and asparagus ferns in the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05
Gond for INDIGESTION.

The juice of an csange in a cup Of
hot water, taken before breakfast, is
healthful and good for indigestion and
constipation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05

What has become Of the old-fashioned
COY who, when asked his name, replied.
"Pudentaine?'
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05

A butter churn holding but one qaart
of cream is now made for domestic use.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-05

Following a practical demonstration
OF Its value in that field. the govern
ment will use concrete buildings In
which to store explosives In the canal
zone
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-05-30
lueer Actions of Count Gizych Recalled

Her parents are said to have been
keenly annoyed by their daughters
action, and some means Of making the
engagement formally known then was
decided upon. Mr.. Patterson was
genuinely provoked, and insisted that
the engagement should be announced
merely without the formula stating
that the parents of the prospective
bride authorized it. Mrs. Patterson,
it is said, seeing that her daughter
was fully determined to become the
Countess GiZycki, persuaded her hus-
band to make the announcement In
the regular way. The wedding fol-
lowed soon.
In his visit to Washington, Count
Gizycki was not invited to be a guest
at the Patterson home, but remained
at the New Willard, where he occupied
a room on one of the upper floors, and
in the least desirable section of the
house. He was attended by a man
servant, who came to the hotel when
needed.
After the wedding the count left the
Patterson home and returned to the
hotel to get his luggage, and it was
currently rumored that he did not go
back to the Patterson mansion for
his bride, but telephoned that he
would meet her at the station, and
that the new countess left her home
in company with her parents and her
brother.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-05-30

FENCING be-
all agility
while the the
HE and extremely
O.
Many girls will that that must take
but her benefit
until
fos and the
of the
said
II would wide
a
It lends interest to
a muse of heb
fash,
Ia there better 80
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-05-30

The project of police OF Paris has IS
sued an edict barring all hand-organs
from the streets. This action has
called forth a storm Of protest, not
only from the organ grinders, of whom
there is an army, but from multitudes
of residents, young and old, who ap-
pear to regard enjoyment of the form
of music in question as an inalienable
right. But the project remains firm,
and the hand-organs must go. Just
what ground the project takes is not
stated, but, remarks the Troy IN. "
Times, 1t must seem to the average
American at least that there are worse
evils than organ-grinding. II the OBJ
ject Is to get rid of the noise, which
no doubt is Objectionable to some SEN
sitive ears, think how much worse Is
the racket made in other ways. Some
visitors to Paris have declared that
the noises of the French capital are
more varied, nerve-racking and ear
piercing than any heard in the United
States. No doubt the organs add to
the din, yet there is no occasion for
surprise that there is indignation over
the attempt to suppress "the music of
the people"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-05-30
RIGHT KIND OF PUBLICITY.
How to Use Newspaper Space to the
Best Advantage.

It is the hard blows from the black
smiths hammer that Yields the iron.
it is the continual chipping away of
the sculptor that is necessary to finish
the statue. 1t is the word after word
written down by the writer that con-
stitutes the completed novel, and it
is the constant advertising that brings
success to the merchant, combined
with the ability to carry out all bust
ness agreements.
If you will note the successful mer-
chant in any locality, you will find that
he is the persistent advertiser. There
are exceptions, Of course, where bust
ness has been built up perhaps without
ever a cent being spent for printers
ink. The pioneer storekeeper in new
country may have such a demand for
his goods that he may be able to sue
coed. He may be able to retain his
customers and thus go ahead for
awhile. But his business is not likely
to be permanent. Some advertisers
will start in his field, and by liberal
use of methods of publicity gain in a
few months time trade greater than
the pioneer took years to build up.
Any merchant who has common
sense essential to success should have
all the qualities required to construct
drawing advertisement. He knows
the quality of his goods, the prices, the
class of customers he has in his
neighborhood, and with these points
as a basis he should be able to ar
range matter for an attractive adver-
tisement. He no doubt can secure
pointers from his home editor; that
is, If the editor has any ideas, and
most of them have. One reason why
advertisements in the country papers
sometimes do not show up well is be-
cause of the scanty supply of type the
editor Ia compelled to struggle along
with. It matters not how good the
wording of an advertisement may be,
it must be well "set" to attract atten-
ton. A clumsy printer can spoil the
pulling power Of the best-worded ad.
Vertisement.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-05-30
ROUND THE CAPITAL;
Information and Gossip Picked I'm Here
and There An WashineOR
Present Congress Thus Far Shv on Talk

conversation. But as the average con.
gress does things and talks about
them, it is not SO much. For example.
the second session of the Fifty-ninth
congress, which ended on March 4, CT
last year, filled nearly as much space
IN the Record as has this session I'D to
the middle Of April, 1908. The first
session of the Fifty-ninth congress had
filled more space by several hundred
pages. Similarly, the present congress
will stand comparison with several
other talkative congresses.
The longest speech in either house
was made by La Toilette. The SEN
ator from Wisconsin consumed the
larger part Of three days In attack
ing the Aldrich bill. The Browns
vile case has not occupied a great
deal OF senate time thus far, but there
are several speeches yet to be made
upon it.
Aside from the fact that the senate
has not INDUCED in much protracted
talk, 1t has not been working as a
body as regularly as usual this ses-
sion. Most of the time it has been ad-
journing over from Thursday to Mon
day-which is not true of the house.
But if congress cannot fairly be &C
cused of talking more than usual, it
must be admitted that it is going a
rapid pace in the matter of introduc-
ton of bills. In the house alone
about $1,000 have been introduced up
to date-an average of nearly so for
each member.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-05-30
School Books in phi,ippines

The other day took my company
On practice march to Mariquina.
When we reached the river we had
to wait several minutes for the old
rope ferry to come over. Just then
two Filipino boys came along on their
way to Pasig.
I asked one Of them, lad of about
IL, to show me his school books.
These consisted Of second reader. a
speller and an arithmetic, and diff
fered from those in the United States
principally in the words. Was there
no interesting tale of apple stealing?
Not exactly: it was "mangas" the bad
boys stole; yet the same terrible retri-
button had overtaken the thieves as
had overtaken them when our great
trust magnates were schoolboys. It
was Pedro" not "John,'' who was
drowned because he went fishing on
Sunday. The arithmetic had ex-
amples in bananas and pesetas instead
Of in plums and dimes.-From Army
and Navy Life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-05-30
Roller Skating Popular at the Capital

1t is daily sight in F streets shop
ping district to see young women, and
matrons, as well, swing to the curb In
front of department store, slip off
their skates and enter, bearing them
in their hand, ready to be donned again
when the shopping is done. In some
of the shops skates may be checked.
Gray bearded men plug along sedate-
ly, twisting and turning to avoid wag-
ons and trolley cars with the nimblest
Of the youngsters. Some of the
elders are so skilled in the art that
they manage to maintain a respectable
rate of speed while reading a news
paper or a magazine, but few take
these chances unless the street is
reasonably free from traffic.
Butcher boys deliver steaks and
chops on skates; the clash and ring
of the tiny wheels betokens the APP
proach of the matutinal rolls and
cream; the newsboys skate; letter car
riers in the outlying routes use skates
to get about speedily and easily.
Lovers no longer stroll about in
the parks, but glide hand in hand
where the skating is good and in
streets where the electric lights are
not too thickly sprinkled. A rooted
over skating rink would starve to
death in Washington, where almost
every one has rink room gratis in
front of his door.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-05-30
WASHINGTON has more skates to

VIZ has more skates to
w the square mile than any other
city in the union. There is no call
for opponents of the liquor traffic to
view this statement with alarm. It
merely means that the capitals long
stretches Of almost perfect asphalt
pavements afford an ideal surface for
roller skating and that people take adj
vantage of the condition.
In Washington roller skating is as
much business as it is pleasure.
A stranger is surprised by the num-
Der of persons he sees fitting about on
rollers. People skate to and from
business in Washington. So general
is the habit that traction companies
complain of dwindling revenue.
In Pennsylvania avenue between the
treasury and capitol the skaters out
number automobiles and horse-drawn
vehicles two to one. One might ex-
pect to see children, in majority,
but more grownups skate in Washing
ton,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-05-30
Power Of the eousrnn,sn.

The arraignment before a United
states district Judge in Chicago OF sc
men charged with violation of the anti.
lottery laws and arrested in different
parts OF the country recalls the extent
OF the lottery business until federal
laws rtgidly enforced put an end to
the concerns SO far as existence in the
United States was concerned. Lot
fertes OF the character possessed in
earlier times, which hourished under
the enormous patronage enjoyed and
which were carried on openly, are now
unknown here. The very facts in the
cases under consideration go to show
that the concerns in question were
conducted under false pretenses. They
could not do business otherwise. But
sooner or later, says the Troy IN. "
Times, the federal power which sup
pressed the great lottery corporations
once supposed to be impregnably in
frenched overthrow the business. and
a demoralizing influence came to an
snd. incidentally the history of Ameri-
can lotteries goes to prove that nation
al authority can do what states some
times seem powerless or disinclined
to accomplish. And everyone inter
ested in the moral welfare of the peo-
pie is content to see such power exer-
cised.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-05-30
CITIES AND TOWNS.
What Is Essential for Their Upbuild.
ing and Permanently.

Cities and towns are built up where
there are certain natural advantages
that afford economic means for man.
ufacturing or for the distribution OF
products. Towns and cities may be
classified as manufacturing towns and
commercial towns. Large cities are
built up by support from industries
that empty people. There are few
communities that can exist within
themselves and upon home resources
without The assistance of other com.
mun1ties. The city must draw from
large trade territory. All parts OF
the word contribute toward the sus.
tenanc3 Of such great cities as New
York, Eoston and Chicago. It is the
support thus received that makes these
cities great. The country town has
its trade radius limited. Unless the
prayer effort be made to protect this
t'ade, to care for 1t, to cultivate it, It
s likely to drift elsewhere. It re-
quires push. continual exercise of en-.
ergy to build up a good trade center.
Competition is constantly growing
keener. It is pulling together and
constant work, push and enterprise
hitched up with common sense that
always wins.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-05-30
Sway of the Tvnewriter-

The typewriter is playing an impor
tant part in civilizing the world. The
latest invention in this line is a ma
chine capable of TRANSFERRING the Jap.
anese ideogram; but typewriters i'm
printing Arabic, Syriac, Armenian, He.
brew and other oriental languages
have long been used.
In Turkey the printing of anything,
from a circular letter to a book, can
only be done under a permit from the
government. Therefore, typewriters
which imprint Turkish or Arabic char.
acters are prohibited from passing
through the custom house. Never
theless, the increasing demand has
somehow produced a small supply.
Bagdad, city of 100000 inhabitants,
has 20 machines, all of which write
Arabic. In Syria, one of the most poly
glot countries in the world; Syriac, Ar
able and French writing typewriters
are used by many of the business
houses. Persia, which used the Arabic
script, is learning to adopt the type
writer. To go farther east, number
of Hindustani writing machines are
now used in Bombay and other cities
OF India Chinese seems to be the only
language which still resists the type,
writer's endearments. Harper's
Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-05-30
HustIers in Demand.

The world likes hustler, and has
little use for the 1aggards. No town
was ever known to get to the front
when its affairs were in the hands
of a lot of pesslmistic moss-backs. It
is the optfmist who has a well-regu-
lated balance wheel who is the safest
one to take the helm. One good push
er and worker in town who has the
right kind Of mettle in his makeup,
though he have not cent, is worth
@ dozen men without progressive
ideas who may be leaders in financial
affairs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-05-30
IN coLoRs TO MArcH FRock.
Dainty Cotton underskirts sor the
Woman Of Small Means.

There is an unusual abundance Of
embroidered petticoats in linens and
cottons this spring. A well-made,
prettily embroidered cotton petticoat,
having it's embroidery or chief color
matching the costume with which it is
worn. is In far better taste than a torn
silk skirt, and is much daintfer. as it
can be tubbed after every wearing or
two, and be as fresh and attractive "a
ever.
Some of these come in stripes, some
in plaids. For example, a Charming
Scotch Bingham is in blue and white,
and the lower rufle, set on an UNI
brella flounce of the plaid, is EN-.
broidered in white
Another is in pale pink and white
striped madras, with the rufle EN-.
broidered in pink.
There are also plain chambrays, en-
broidered in white, and almost any
costume can be matched IL one takes
the time.
The wisest way for the woman with
time and limited means is to buy ma
terlals in fast colors and dainty de-
signs with embroideries, and get a
sheath skirt pattern. one having the
yoke instead Of the band finish. at the
top, and have the skirts made in the
house. OF course, in this way one can
seldom get embroidery done on the
skirt material itself, but torchon laces
may be used, and much tucking done.
and for knockabout wear the elab-
orately tucked skirt and tucked ruffle
skirts are most satisfactory.
Dimities figured in tiny rosebuds or
forget-me-nots, and having edefngs
and insertions Of German valenciennes
make delightfully."- dainty petticoats.
The little cord In the dimity gives
them body. Heavy white net NAV he
used not only for deep umbrella
hounce, set on the chambray or other
skirts, but may and should have mar.
row rutfies set on the umbrella. for
without them the latter has little hodv
Each ruff1e should be finished ar its
lower edge with narrow band of the
cnambray or madras to give body to
the net
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-05-30
Avoid Narrowness.

There is such thing as carrying
principles of economy in business to
extremes, of practicing the trimming
operations until harm results. Too
much cutting down of expenses means
decreased business and loss. It is
narrowness that should be avoided.
How many times do business men
seek cheap help rather than those
whose experience and aptness iusti-
fies their asking for good wages?
Cheap help is generally expensive and
poor help. The clerk who receives
five dollars a week cannot be expected
to be much more than an automaton,
a machine, and he may be all right
in certain capacities, but he will never
prove trade winner for the merchant
who employs him. Many merchant
fails in business just because of his
niggardly way Of running things, on
account of his ideas that he can win
out with cheap help, and can do bust
ness without advertising.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-05-30

Observation-Disclosures dis
w closes that congress has not
talked SO much during this session as
many of its critics allege. Other
congresses have talked more and have
consumed more space in the Congress
sional Record.
All this in face of the fact that the
present has been widely attacked as a.
do-nothing congress, bent only on end
ing the session without passing any
measure that could be assailed in the
presidential campaign-with each
member intent on filing as many
pages as possible of the Record with
burning thoughts for the edification Of
his constituents, and for impressing
them with the idea that the in.
cumbent is the best possible man to
return to Washington.
Up to date about 5000 pages have
been taken up in the Congressional
Record with the proceedings of con-
gress-that is, with its doings and
sayings. This looks like a lot of
space, and would appear to the casual
observer to afford room for a lot of
legislation, as well as a great deal of