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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
The First Order.

How many pople ever heard of the
Order of the Golden Horseshoe. the
first ever founded in America?
In 1924, when Virginia extended
from the Atlantic into the unknown
west. few of her colonlsts had crossed
the Blue Ridge or the Alleghenies. SO
full of dangers from savages and wild
beasts and so full of natural difficult
ties was the passage of these terrible
heights, that Governor Spotswood, set
ting out to discover a pass, looked on
the expedition as so hazardous that he
took with him a guard of soldiers,
gentlemen and pioneers" armed and
carrying provisions. These scaled the
pass with great hardships and perils
and returned after the governor had
cut the name of King George in the
rocks on the highest peak.
He then constituted the society, or
order, of the Golden Horseshoe. Each
man who had scaled this high pass
was made a member of it and to each
one he presented a golden horseshoe.
On the side was inscribed in Latin I:
$50 1t pleases him to cross mountains"
Any man thereafter who could prove
that he Lad read with his own eyes
the name Of the king on the height was
entitled TO become a member of this
order.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
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did you ever know" said the hyp-
notist as he played with a curious, gilt
tering hypnotlzing machine of crystal
and silver, Ibid you ever know that
hypnotism Is practieed among Insects? ~
NO"
"Well, 1t is a fact. A queen bee can
hypnotic her whole hive whenever she
wants to. She makes a curious hum
ming sound. and within a moment or
two every bee In the colony falls into
a hypnotic trance.
1.-The deaths head hawk moth is also
a h~ypnotist of great power. This crea-
ture, indeed, makes It's living out of
hypnotism. Entering a hive, 1t makes
a sound not unlike the queen bees
note, and, the bees Immediately sink
ing into slumber, the moth proceeds to
plumber at its leisure."-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

I have known Theodore Roosevelt a
great many years. l have known him
well and have remarked always that
he had ideas upon every subject that
he studied. Sometimes | agreed with
him and sometimes / did not, and /
have succeeded sometimes in bringing
him to agree with me, and he has Sue
ceeded sometimes in bringing me to
agree with him, and sometimes we
have parted agreeing to disagree. Still,
| recognize the fact that Theodore
Roosevelt has a warm place in the
hearts OF the American people, in the
hearts OF the plain men, in the heart
Of the intelligent citizen, In the heart
of the righteous citizen, of this repub-
lie such as has never been occupied by
any public man In his day or genera
ton. He sent us his annual message,
making various suggestions and vari-
Gus recommendations. He sent us a
message the other day reinforcing the
suggestions Of his annual message, and
our friends On the other side seem to
be disturbed because we do not put
them all on the statute book at once
They had better read a little deeper
into his message, for the President him
self realizes that 1t Is a task of years
to work out solutions Of the problems
which he suggests. = Congressman
Payne.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

Is still sultry a faint suspicion Of q
zephyr stirs the leaves behind US.
Just then there is u stir on the other
side. a rumble as of rolling wheels, a
glimpse of a futtering guidon. a bugle
call or signal, and before the Indiana
"heavies'' can reach their stations n
battery opens from behind the clay
bank yOnder and shells are speeding
and screaming toward US over the
waste between. We know that screech
with its Where's dat Niger? Where's
dat nigger?" query. 1t is the voice
of WhitwOrth shells made in English
hands and fired from English guns!
And now the PARROTS talk back and
iron compliments are returned in Yam
kee metal from Yankee guns.
1t is a little unusual, this artillery
duel in the early afternoon. Is it the
prelude to a sortie?
We know the 'JOhnnies' are on
short rations and that corn IN aud
mule meat are scarce on the Port Hud
son plateau ever since our batteries
destroyed their only meal mill, five
days ago.
Are they going TO assault and at
tempt to break our line of investment
Now and then a battery man. struck
by the flying missile, goes down the
hill with a shattered arm, a bleeding
face or a streak of dark red staining
tie light blue Of his trousers.
Sharp eyes are peering toward the
front through the smoke. Will they
come? Are they forming for the
charge?
The general comes up. glass in hand
Heavy details now line the rifle pits
and still the guns pound away. but nc
line of gray comes out Of the forest and
over the works beyond.
The gathering clouds above have
grown black as we waited and the air
grown dark, and presently the iurid
tongues of flame from the mouths OF
the great guns are ~quenched by dazzling
lightning-and the cannonade Is drown
ed in the roar of heavens artillery.
AS if by common consent the guns
cease firing on both sides, and as the
storm breaks upon the combatants they
likewise break for shelter-all. saw
the pickets in the trenches.
An hour of tropical storm such as nc
pen can truthfully describe and Their
the clouds roll away and the sun, de.
scending over the river to his resting
Mace behind the cvnreSS swauns
glances across the dripping branches
where the rain drops shine like scat
tered diamonds. while all the air Il
fresh and filed with sweet forest
odors, and for the space of three hours
there is peace before the darkness
comes again.-W. C.. Reddy, in New
York Advertiser.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

Silly free trade writers are harping
on the treasury surplus as n OF the
causes of the existing situation. They
never stop to think that because Of this
very surplus the government was able
to rush $25,00O,O00 Of currency to the
relief Of banks which would otherwise
have peer compelled TO suspend pay
ment and close their doors. That treas
ury surplus has proved an anchor Of
safety, a fortress of financial strength.
The government had no surplus with
which to help out the banks In the free
trade regime of 1897. 1t was instead
issuing bones to the extent Of $260,00O.-
600 to cover treasury deficits. Protec-
ton SURPRISES are sometimes handy
things to have.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

glass has placed upon the poor mans table in midwinter
such articles of food as not even the rich could secure
a generation or two ago.
Finally. there is the matter of fashion, which now pro-
vides evening clothes for children whose parents, in child
hood, did not own a suit of any kind. Even the humble
shirt waist, sensible as 1t is, means an increase in the
laundry bills.
AS a woman professor OF household economies said, in
an address in New York a few weeks ago, I'VE are told
TO drink certified milk, and yet COWS refuse to give GER
titled milk for less than fifteen cents a quart"
1t may cost more to live now than 1t used, but whether
the cost of living is greater is something which will bear
exam;nation.-Youth' Companion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
The Administrations Record.

| do not rise at this time for the pur-
pose of defending the present admin
istration. 1t needs no defense with the
American people. Its record will IL
lumine the pages of United States his
tory and mark an epoch in popular gov
eminent. To 1t the student of the flu
ture will point as the period when the
people came into the possession of their
own by establishing as facts the there
tofore theories of a republic where by
legislation and administration 1t was
declared that special interests must not
prevail when In conflict with the com
MOI good and that Federal law is en-
acted for no class or financial condi-
ton, but for the %people-not the rich
people, not the white. not the black,
but all OF the people, rich and poor,
great and small, white and black.-Con-
gresham Townsend of Michigan.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Legal Information
Observation-Disclosures


The Kentucky Court of Appeals In
| Scholl vs.. Bell and Peter VS.. Wilson,
102 Southwestern Reporter, 24S, most
severely condemns the frauds perpe-
trated at the city and county elections
in November, 1905, and declares the
elections void and the offices filled by
such elections vacant.
A provision of a city charter that the
city should never be liable for any
damage sustained by any person in
consequence Of the neglect Of any per-
son to keep any sidewalk clear of
snow, etc, or other obstruction, was In
Maclam VS.. City of Marquette, III
Northwestern Reporter, 1919, upheld
by the Michigan Supreme Court as
valid, and not open to the objection
that 1t was class legislation.
In Du yivier & Co. VS.. Gallice, 149
Federal Reporter, us, so C. C. A. 500,
the United States Circuit Court of APP
peals for the Second Circuit holds that
a corporation organized by the mem
bers of a partnership, to whom all the
stock is issued, TO take over all the
property of the partnership and con-
tinue its business at the same place, is
liable for the debts of the partnership
even though such debts were not ex-
pressly assumed by the corporation.
That decisions of to-day are some
times governed by precedents which
appear to have outlived their useful
ness is illustrated by the recent deci-
sion Of the New York Supreme Court
in De Wolf VS.. Ford, 104 New York
| Supplement, $40. The court In this
case, on authority of an early English
case (Calye's Case, / Smiths Lead.
Cas-. rs Ann. Ed 249), held that a
| guest at a hotel could not recover for
insults heaped upon her by a servant
of the proprietor of the hotel. In the
English case the rule was laid down
that an innkeeper's liability extends
only to injuries to the movables of his
guests. He is not liable for insults or
injuries to the person. AS the court
| could not find that this case had ever
been questioned In England, it consid-
cred itself bound. Judge Mclaughlin,
however, dissents from the decision of
the majority.
In Pickering VS.. Winch, 81 Pacific
Reporter, 763, the Supreme Court of
Oregon notes that residence and domi-
| cile are not interchangeable terms, and
draws a distinction between such
| terms. Residence denotes a place of
abode, whether temporary or perma-
nent, while domicile denotes a fixed
and permanent home, and need not be
the actual place of abode Domicile
| does not depend upon mere naked resi-
| dence, but Is the legal, the j%uridical
| seat of every person-the seat where
he is considered to be In the eyes of
the law, for certain applications of the
law, whether he be corpOreally found
| there. or whether he be not found
there. To constitute n change of domi-
| cile, three things are essential-first.
| residence in another place; second, an
intention to abandon the old domicile;
| and, third, the intention of acquiring
a new one
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Attracted by Good Grub"

A story is told of "a man who hac
volunteered in the Confederate army,
Lad been captured, paroled and sent
home. The Union army encamped near
the town ia which was his home. and
his two boys went down to camp tc
take & look around, and when some
friends whom they met there RECALLED
them with all the crackers and coffee
they wanted they made up their minds
TO enlist in Uncle Sans army just tc
get an amount and quality of grub
to which they had long been strangers
The old man was much disturbed, and
went down to see what he could do tc
get the boys out of the scrape. But
he found that he himself was like the
man who said he could resist any
thing except temptation" for his first
taste of the Yankee coffee won him
from his allegiance to the stars and
bars, and he, toe. enlisted for the wal
on the Union side. This story, vouched
for as a fact, illustrates the seductive
power of a good commissary for the en-
tertainment of recruits.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Worth Reading.


Edward VII. skates well In the stiff
English style.
The mines of the world employ s.
100000 persons.
Russians do not eat pigeons because
OF the sanctity conferred on the dove
in the Scriptures.
Walrus skin Is used to cover small
boats, to which IL Is attached with the
points of the walrus tusks.
It is said that dried currants given
occasionally to horses in lieu of oats
will increase their powers OF endurance.
Teach the children to put on rubbers
every time they go out in the wet, and
so save doctors and shoemakers' bills
A Nottingham (England) miner has
patented a safety pit cage, which is
said to be a great advance on all 9th
ers.
The total member Of recognized Meth
odist ministers throughout the world
is fixed by the official "Kalendar" al
51,311, with 1O3. 1872 lay preachers.
The Paris motor omnibuses use a mix.
ture Of equal parts of alcohol and ben
zol for fuel. The average consumption
is nine centiliters a ton kilometer.
There are now In this country eighty
four societies Of the National City
Evangelization Union, their annual ex
penditures being upward Of $25O.OOO.
Holland butter is being imported into
Chile and sold at 45 cents United
States gold per pound, while the
Chilean product is sold for 60 cents
per pound.
The price Of eggs In England has adj
vanced greatly in late years. The value
Of last years home products was f2.
100000 greater than that of twelve
years ago.
A commission agent in the Paris
fruit markets recently shipped a bas
ket containing 60 selected peaches t.
London. The price paid for the lot
was $40, or about 50 each.
The entire standing army of the
Tonga Islands has just been disbanded
II having been decided that an army
is of no further use In the kingdom
The army consisted Of six officers ant
thirty men.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

1T Is not Often" said General +. ID
Grant, at a dinner in New York, that
a man can perform at the same time
a swindle and an act of patriotism.
Yet this happened during the war. A
New York sharper then conducted q
swindle at which even Washington
would have smiled approvingly. II
was at the time when we stood in the
greatest need of soldiers. This man
inserted in the papers everywhere an
advertisement that read as follows:
"'NOTICE.-For 81 | will give any
person positive Information whereby
he may avoid the couscription.'
Replies came fast. They came al
a rate of COO a day, and dollars ac-
companied them. Then an enraged
dupe, beside himself at having lost a
dollar, took the advertiser to court
where the entire transaction was
periodically declared TO be quite
legal.
1.-The answer that had been sent oui
by the sharper was:
Enlist"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Ohio Republican Platform.

With a few additions and with tie
elimination of matters referring exclu-
sively TO state affairs. the platform
adopted by the Republicans of Ohio
might, with judgment and propriety,
be chosen as the voice of the party
Then its representatives assemble ut
Chicago in national conference.
Words cannot be framed to express
a stronger Endorsement Of the Presi-
dent and Of his policies than is con
tanned in the Ohio p-rOnouncement.
Reference is made TO these policies, in
Guiding both those which nave already
been put in effective operation, such
as the rate bin, and those for the legal
enactment of which all the energies of
the administration are bent, such as
the employers liability law, a greater
navy and merchant marine, an expen-
sive system of internal waterway inn
provements and a national board OF
health.
The tariff is disposed of in a sen
tence, which is an unequiyOcal declara-
ton for revision by the next Congress
assembled for that purpose on a pure
ly protective basis that will take into
account the interests of the producers,
farmers, wage earners and manufac-
turers. 1t covers the ground without
waste of words.
The demand that the civil and politi-
cal rights OF the colored man be re-
spected in conformity to the letter and
spirit Of the fourteenth amendment.
with the recommendation that in those
States where these rights are withheld
the representation in Congress and the
heartily approved by every citizen who
believes in justice and equal oppor "
ity.
Reverting TO local issues, the plat
form briefly reviews the record of the
present administration for economy
and efficiency and makes many recon-
m%endations, including the extension Of
the merit system, competitive bidding
for supplies in state Institutions, a
compulsory primary election law, SUI
| pei NiSiOn VI SlUiC aim anu YUM
panies, the abolition of child labor. i'm
provement of public highways. the
restoration of the canals and the re-
| peal of the bill authorizing political
parties to make the approval or dis
approval of proposed constitutional
amendments a part of their ticket.
The platform declares likewise in IA
vor of a law whereby the people in
political subdivisions shall have a d.
rect voice In the matter of grants and
franchises for the use of the streets,
highways and other public property.
This is opposed TO the pet scheme of
Tom Johnson, who Is supposed to be
sponsor for a bill now before the legis-
lature the purpose of which is TO per-
nit a new company to succeed to ex-
pired franchise rights without the con-
sent of the people.-Toledo Blade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
He Had No objection.

We've want you to marry u.s.
said the blushing young man, indicat
ing a young woman with downcast eyes
and smiling face who stood a step be
hind him.
Come in." said the minister, and he
endeavored TO ease their embarrass
ment for q moment; but he soon de
clded that 1t was useless to try.
"Will you be married with a ring?'
he inquired.
The young man turned a helpless
gaze on his companion, and then look.
ed at the minister.
If you've got one to spare and II
can come out O. the two dollars, 1 guess
she'd like It," he said, at last.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

Pattern Department
UP.TO-DATE DESIGNS FOR
THE HOME DRESSMAKER
Misses Blouse.
- - -

Even young girls are glad to have
at least one blouse in the wardrobe
that can be closed at the front and
which does not meal the necessity for
assistance in the putting on. This one
is charmingly girlish and attractive.
while it includes that feature and is
adapted to n generous variety of ma
terials. In the illustration it is made
of taffeta with trimming of velvet rib
bon and chemisette OF simple embroid-
cred net and is lined to make a thor
oughly comfortable waist But il can
be utilized for the lighter silks. such
as crepe de Chine and louisine for
plaid as well as for plain colors, and
also for all ~seasonable wool waistings
and dress materials, while also ii
would make an excellent model for
pique, madras and the like with the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

n million to n million and a quarter aliens are admitted
to American ports. Some come to work and save and
found new homes; others to work and sweat and save
so that, finally. they may relapse into a life Of ease In
the land of their nativity. They form the westward
flowing stream. Out of this stream there is created that
other one whose current is eastward. But, whereas the
first is of humanity, the second is of gold.
Out of the savings of the foreign-born in America $3.50
100000 a year is now going abroad. The annual increase
is about 10 per cent. If this money We're retained here.
it would be sufficient, every, four years, to liquidate our
interest bearing debt. 1t cannot be controlled. 1t is the
quid pro quo, the international credit balance, to which
the immigrant laborer is entitled If he is worthy Of his
hire.
The annual distribution of this great sum of money
throughout Europe is in the following proportions: Italy,
7o.OOO,O0 Austria Hungary, SCI, o 0OOO; Great Britain,
$25,Oo0,O00; Norway and Sweden, S25,OOO,OOO; Russia,
S25,OOO.O00 Germany. S15yOOO,0OO; Greece, So O0,OOO:
all others. including France, Switzerland, Belgium and
Denmark. Sl0,0O0,000-North American Review.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

All over the World.
Palestine has 10000 Jews at the
present time.
King Edward has a collection Of 10
curious walking sticks.
Key West has a salt water fire and
sanitary flushing system.
The ancient Egyptians used a form of
blast furnace 1000 b. c.
Australia is spending s100.000.0o0 on
a feet Of torpedo boats and destroy
ers.
Forty thousand persons are engaged
in the manufacture of stockings in Eng
land.
A North Sea Goldfish boat usually
carries eight miles Of lines and 5000
| hooks.
A web two and a quarter miles long
has been drawn from the body OF a
single spider.
The mother of the King of Portugal
is said to have been bankrup.ed
through her passion for dress. The
King has virtually banished her to
Italy.
1t is stated that at a depth of 1000
feet at oxton, nine miles from Noting
ham, England, a thick seam OF hard
coal had been found. Steps are being
taken to develop the field.
The largest yield of bone from sone
whale was taken in 1888 by the Mars
and Helen. 1t amounted to 100 pounds
which was worth about SI-sp00 ut tn,
price which prevailed at theNu-
The United States government and
thai Of Canada are ~resurveying the
boundary lines between the latter coun-
try and ours as far east as Vermont
Many of the marks had disappeared.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

The skirt that is made in narrow
cores is always a becoming one. 1t fits
with perfect smoothness over the hips.
yet it provides abundant and graceful
fulness at the lower portion. Ii is
adapted to all of the heavier materials.
both the suitings and those designed
for gowns and for odd skirts. Ii can
be finished with a simple stitched hem
as illustrated. or il can be trimmed
with folds or bands or with braid APP
piled in any way that may be liked.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

twenty-five years ago. There is truth in the statement,
but perhaps it is not the whole truth, or the most i'm
portant part of it. Each mans experience has TO do, of
course. with his own family and families have a way Of
beginning small and increasing. Moreover, as children
grow older it costs more to keep them.
A more accurate statement is that the actual cost Of
the necessities, although greater now than a year or two
ago, has not materially increased since 1870, but THAT the
tastes and ideals of the people have made the expenses
of the family greater.
The education in hygiene has made a necessity of the
bathtub, which was formerly regarded as a luxury, and
has insisted that all the plumbing be open. The adj
ditional plumbing, In turn. makes higher water rates.
The network OF trolley cars offers inducements to
spend a nickel for a ride. and makes it easy to take
shopping trips, on which other nickels are spent. The
telephone means another outlay. Refrigeration has made
possible q far more varied diet, but it is also a more ex-
pensive diet and the cultivation Of vegetables under
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

Gunner-Harker appears to be In a
good humor to-day.
Guyer-No wonder. He smashed a
dozen records last night.
Gunner-Great Jupiter! Bowling
records?
Guyer-No, the records of his wife's
monograph. Now he can get some rest
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

Tommy-Do you believe it is fortu-
nate to be the seventh son?
Micky-Naw! I'm the seventh son.
Tommy-But the fortune tell.rs say
the seventh son has all kinds Of luck
handed down to him.
Micky-Huh! All 1 have handed
down to me Is six brothAsr old clothes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Certainly WouId.

City Man Ito villager)-Wouldn't it
open your eyes IL you were to look
across at that lot there and see one
Of our city skyscrapers covering It?
Village Man-Wall, 1 guess it would,
SEEM as I've got twenty head O. cattle
grain there.-The Bohemian.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
A Prospective snub.

Phoebe-"You would hardly know
Freddy since he got back from Monte
Carlo. He lost all his money there
and
Evelyn-"Hardly know him! Why,
I shan't know him at all."-Illustrated
Bits.