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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13
SLAVES IN MASSACHUSETTS.
EARLY Church Discussion on Shaver
-Dandifed Negro Walter.

EARLY Church Discussion ON SIavcry
-Dandifed Negro Waiter.
The colored "mammy," devoted, 10y
al and autocratic, n thinks of as be-
longing to. the South and the days be-
fore the war, but in the far-away time
of slavery in New England she was
known there also, a J the Youths
Companion.
One such nanny, happy and below
ed. but despotic, was Violet, the slave
Of the Rev. Moses Parsons of Byield,
but the real ruler of the household and
his lively brood of boys. Her husband,
Primus, belonged TO their neighbor.
Deacon Noyes.
The revolution was scarcely over, but
even then in that quiet corner OF Mas
sachusetts the anti-slayery spirit was
stirring and its first result was to pre-
cipitate a violent church quarrel. Dea-
con Colman had scruples against slav-
cry and he expressed them with vigor
and not always with entire respect for
his slave-owning pastor. He was sus-
pended; there were meetings, discus
sions, appeals and denunciations and
only at the death of Mr.. Parsons was
he so far softened as to admit, while
yet maintaining his principles, that he
had urged them with undue yehe-
mence and asperity." He was then re-
stored to the church and his office Of
deacon.
In the ne:gh3oring town of Newbury
port were n number of slaves and freed
slaves. concerning some Of whom anec-
dotes have been handed down to the
present day. One negro man, hoeing
barefoot in the fields, struck suddenly
with his hoe at what he tool to be a
large toad In impertlncntly close CON.
pany with him. It was his own naked
big toe, as he learned painfully when
he had neatly sliced the top off with
the blow.
Another colored man of much higher
station and more complete and elegant
attire was a dandy waiter employed in
the old Wolfe tavern. Noting an es
peclaily fine pair of boots owned by
one of the patrons, a local magnate,
Ebenezer Moseley, he went to the shoe
maker to order a pair Of tie SAME sort
LET 'em be jes' Ike Squire Nose
ley's," he commanded. inagniicently,
"only Ii quarter-doilar better"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13
For Pretty Hands

Women of fashion, though capricious
about many things. stick TO the prac-
tice of wearing chamois gloves when
asleep, to keep their hands soft. Mrs.
Arthur &C. Burden, daughter of Mrs.
Aurel Batonyi and granddaughter of
Frank Work. has perfect hands. and
women who know her we'll say she
never goes to bed without drawing on
such protectors. Gloves worn for sleep
ing ought to be three times as large
as those usually required. An excellent
plan is that of Sitting them up 10 the
buses of the fourth finger and thumb
respectively, so as to permit of a free
circulation of air, the several seams
being laced with ribbon and tied round
the wrist.
A good cream must be rubbed ON the
hands after washing them, an excellent
homemade skin food being that of an
ounce of shredded wax and half an
ounce of myrrh stirred together in a
bainmarie until the wax is melted. A
couple of ounce of honey and a little
distilled water should then be added,
with n t~easpoonful or more of pure
glycerine, and stirred until the mix
ture is of cream-like consistency, a deli
cate scent being given by means of
orrisroot powder. After washing when
the weather is cold, the operation of
drying cannot be too thoroughly per-
formed. Many women take the wise
%precaution of rubbing n little oatmeal
powder or almond neal over the backs
OF the hands, the fine powder absorb
ing any suspicion of moisture which
may not have been removed by means
OF the towel.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13
PACIFIC FISH INDUSTRY.


IWenty IhOusnn0 ROUNDS sold Dafly
in Los Angeles Markets.
The fish industry, extending from
Vancouver on the north to San Diego
On the south, is one of great Importance
IN the Pacific coast, says the Los An
seles Herald. Locally nan thousands
Of dollars are invested in the business
and the product of the sea finds quick
sales in Los Angeles ndNneighboring
cities.
Halibut is regarded as the standard
fish, ranging in weight from one to
forty pounds and can be had the year
round, except during the months of Oc-
tober, November and December.
Barracuda is next in popularity. This
product is caught every month in the
year from San Pedro to San Diego.
Nets and troll lines are used for catch
ing barracuda and when both methods
are adopted the local market becomes
glutted with the product. The average
weight is five pounds.
Sea bass are caught from Santa Bar
bara to San Diego. This fish is one of
the best products of the sea. Weight
from four to fifty pounds.
The red snapper or rock cod is in ac-
tive demand in the winter season. The
fish is caught around Catalina or on
1.-The banks" known to the fishermen.
Weight one-half to ten pounds. Sar-
dimes are used for bait.
Bonita and yellowtail are fine table
fish that are caught in nets and set
lines. Bonita, four to eight pounds T;
yellowtail, six to thirty pounds. Abb
core is an oily fish popular with cpl
cures.
Rock bass is a choice fish caught in
the kelp; weight one-half TO six pounds.
What is known as horse and Ameri-
IAN mackerel is in the market during
the spring months. Mackerel run in
schools; are caught with hook and line;
weight one-half to three pounds.
The smelt season is from Sept. l to
Jan. ], seines being used most success
fully. Surf fish, or suckers, croakers
IA hAhich auQ pIl1Ai are ullltlS tDc SUR
fish. The sandal is caught with hook
and line along the coast; herring is
caught at San Pedro, San Diego and
Santa Barbara from January to March.
Herring is fine bait for the professional
fisherman.
The pompano is q delicious fish that
retails at 40 cents tt 81 a pound. 1t
is n Of the choice articles of the
menu cards in first-class restaurants.
The prong is equally popular.
Goldfish, sculpins and other fish are
brought to the market.
Holsters are in the market from
Sept. 10 to April J..
Tuna is q fish caught by sportsmen
at Catalina. 1t is not marketable. The
Jewish are among the heavyweight den
liens Of the deep at Catalina. Big do
ings always follow the catch of a 300
or 4O0-pound Jewish.
Turtles Of heavy weight come from
the Mexican waters.
Professional fishermen make bic
money If they have good luck. Their
losses are chiefly due to damage to
nets and seines by sharks and seals.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13

the newest tailor coats are being car
ried out in velvet. plain or striped and
trimmed with wide strappings of cloth,
to match the cloth of the skirt with
which they are worn.
Simplicity is the keynote of the
hour. and the only trimming permissi-
bic on these tailor-mades. besides the
braids and ~soutaches, which are al
ways in vogue. is the quaint embroid-
cry. some of Egyptian design and col
oring. which is seen in the vaistcoat
or appears in the collar and cuffs.
The prettiest afternoon and evening
dresses seen this season are those of
mousseline, trimmed with cloth. Band
ed ut the bottom aud trimmed lightly
ut the corsage, the effect is lovely. If
lace be used, filet is the best, and it
should be dyed to match the others.
Such a gown is not perishable, and
may be worn by women of almost my
age. In black it is wonderfully strik-
ing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Fire in the warehouse of Henry Co
burn & Co, Indianapolis. caused a loss OF
81 100000.
In Lebanon Missori V. Lucas. aged IS,
was placed under arrest over an unpaid
board bill. He later shot and killed him
self.
The Rev. W. III. Daniel, one of the best
known preachers in the Methodist Epis-
copal church in Indiana, died in Decatur
after a lingering illness of several months
He was 60 years old
With liabilities of $4,000 and assets
of $4,000. Ed Rosenbaum. Wabash cloth
Ter. assigned to the Wabash Loan and
Trust Company. His principal creditors
are Mrs. Rosenbaum and her two broth
ers, Abraham Meyers and Jacob Meyers
Of Kokomo.
Judge j. c.. Winfrey or the Evansville
police court has declared himself an adj
vocate of the whipping post for wife beat
ers. In the last two or three months a
large number of wife heaters have been
arraigned before Judge Winfrey, and
l.avy fines and long Jail sentences have
not tended to stop the epidemic in the
city.
Indictments against Henry Marshall
of Lafayette. former Speaker of the In
diana House of Representatives. on ac-
count of street patching asphalt con-
tracts in indianapolis. held by the West
ern Construction Company. of which Mr.
Marshall is president. were stricken from
the records, as were those against George
Baxter, Thomas Shufelton and John Ro-
! sasco. Two indictments against Harry
Brunaugh, indianapolis agent OF the com
! pany, remain.
Lake Shore Fireman w. a Roderick
of Elkhart found a can of giant powder
in a shovel of coal ne was about TO throw
| into the irebox of a big freight locomo-
tive at Edgerton, Ohio, a few days ago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13
COSTLY BLAZE AT MOROCCO.
Five Buildings Destroyed with Estt-
mated Loss $4,000.

Five uilding Destroyed with Estf-
mated LOSS $4,000.
The other night, beginning shortly be-
fore IL o'clock. five business houses in The
heart of Morocco. were reduced TO ashes
The fire started in the rear of Mcdonald
* Russell's restaurant, and was driven
eastward by a high wind along the north
side OF State street till stopped by the
fireproof building occupied by Kessler &
Co., general merchants. The total losses
include the following: /. 7. Purdy, meat
market; Bell & Atkinson, barber shop;
Irwin building, with harness and shoe
shop, implement store and photograph
gallery; Bowling brick building, unoccu-
pied, and the V. p. Hope building, where
the fire started. The wind and the heat
hampered the fremen in their work. The
Irwin building alone was uninsured. The
others are fairly well covered. kessler
K Co. are heavy losers by goods hastily
removed and dumped in the streets. The
cause of the fire is unknown. The total
loss will reach $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13


1t goes without saying that the bed
roo.n, according to DR.. Woods Hutch
inson in the American Magazine,
should be well ventilated. especially
in view of the heavy storing of oxygen
in the tissues which goes on during
sleep. All windows should be open
from the top. at least one. and better
two or three inches. so that a gentle
current of air can be felt blowing
across the face. 1t is just as pure
and as wholesome as day air. Night
fogs and rain are only injurious in
so far as they brighten you into shut
ting your windows. No air that ever
blew outdoors is so dangerous or
poisonous as that inside a bedroom
with closed windows. The clothing
should be as light as consistent with
warmth. the mattress elastic but firm.
the pillows as high as the breadth of
the shoulders. so that it will keep the
neck and head horizontal or slightly
above when lying on the side. The
good. hard common sense of humanity
has solved all these problems. and the
modern hair mattress or its equiva-
lent, single pillow and blankets. or
cheesecloth-covered comforts" which
can be cleaned and 9rated by turning
the hose on it. can hardly be much
improved on. Beyond these there is no
virtue whatever in hard beds, fiat or
no pillows and cold bedrooms. The
boggy feather bed, collector of the per-
spiration and diseases Of successive
generations; the bolster. the eiderdowD
quilt. the hard sailcloth-like counter
pane. both alright. and the latter
heavy as a board, have gone TO the
attic or the ash heap. where they be-
long, with the four-poster and its cur
tains, the nightcap and the warming
pan.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13
Health and Beauty Hints.

When a cut will not heal. saturate
a piece of absorbent cotton with coal
oil and bind on.
Certain kinds of toothache can be
relieved by painting the gums with a
solution of one-half glycerin and one
IF cloves.
A weak solution of salt water snuff
ed up the nostrils will often break a
cold that seems 10 have taken firm
grip On you.
Sprains should be treated as quickly
as possible with hot water, after which
the part affected should be rubbed
with liniment.
Heat applied locally for n~euralgic
pains is very soothing and effective
1t is best to have d hot-water bag al
ways in the house.
If your feet get very cold when
you are out, instead of stamping them,
as is the usual way, rise on the toes
as many times as you can.
Be extremely careful when the grip
Is rampant, not to get the feet wet.
More colds are taken through the feet
and ankles than in any other way.
No application is better for luster-
less hair than salt. Rub we'll into the
roots of the hair Mt night, then tie
Up in q large handkerchief or wear
u nightcap. Brush out the salt in the
morning.
Physicians declare that women are
doing themselves serious injury i'm
their efforts TO get thin. Exercise is
all right, but exercise SO violent that
it leaves a woman tired out is not
to be advised. any more than is too
little food taken in the interest of
slenderness.
For all sores and b~listers whose
character is not serious there is no
bettc- dressing than the spermaceti
ointment sold by druggists. 1t con-
tains spermaceti. white beeswax, al
mond oil and benzoin. 1t is just the
simple. harmless thing to be put in
Il corner of ones bag when going on
4 walking tour.
If the rims of the finger nails re-
fuse to look clear and well kept des-
pite all ones care, try dripping
the ends Of the fingers in a half-lemon
every day or two. Let them stay in
the acid for five minutes, then rinse
thoroughly in water as hot as can be
endured. wipe carfully and polish with
a good nail powder.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13
Indiana
State News
BOY ON SPREE LOSES FORTUNE.
Waltor Louis Mack, of South Bend,
4 T,I-.u Int. Cu~S,I-

WaItor Louis Mack, of south Bend,
AXE Into Custody.
Two detectives suddenly stopped q
feast spread before two chorus girls in
a Dearborn avenue restaurant in Chicago
and spirited away the chorus girls host
on charges of forgery. Walter Lewis
Mack, a former student at the Leland
Stanford and Notre Dame universities,
was the surprised host who in this fash
ion brought to a hasty end a S1,oOO-a-
month spree, covering a period of n
year and a half. Miss Lulu Bishop and
Mrs. Percy Leach were the young women
with Mack up to the moment he was
taken into custody Oh the complaint of
August Nagle, proprietor of the restau-
rant, who charged that Mack had given
linn a bad check. Mack, whose fatte r
vas a prominent merchant of South
Bend, came into an inheritance of $4,000
about is months ago. With this sum he
set out on a sightseeing tour about the
country. He lived at fashionable hotels,
bought expensive jewelry and lavishly
dined and wined his acquaintance A
few days ago, it is said, his money rave
out and the alleged forgery followed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13
The Cigarette I'm London.

City men in London are charged with
being too fond of my Lady Nicotine"
A physician, whose practice is almost
entirely anon stock exchange men,
considers that his clients are as q rule
worse offenders than any other class
of professional or business men.
ut Is rarely outside the city," he
says, that you will find the chronic
smoker who persists in the abuse of the
habit until nicotine saturation all but
amounts to nicotine poisoning. You
would find in my practice books the
most frequent entry opposite the names
of patients to be cigarette throat or
nicotine heart"
Cigarette smoking is the dran
drinking OF smoking, the habit of nip
ping between meals. / advise my pa
tients to smoke once after meals and
never continuously till after dinner In
the evening. If smokers generally
adopted this plan the world might sleep
on both ears, so far as My Lady Nico-
tine is concerned.
Usually" continued this philosophi.
cally minded observer, "the old respon-
sible stock broker Is a very careful liv-
err. He is fond of curling a roseleaf'
round a good cigar, but he is careful
not to smoke injuriously. 1t is the
new fry during active times who habit
ually sport green cigars or the fayorite
brand of cigarettes. The cigar is the
barometer OF prosperity, the cigarette
the indication of pace-the narcotic IF
restlessness. Among clerks and juniors
the chief danger arises from the cheap
cigarettes, The cigar, owing to the
lack of business among the speculative
fraternity, has long been abandoned
with q mufled Observation-Disclosures
Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13
American Girls.

The average American girl is blase
almost before the English girl is ready
to leave her school. says n writer in
the American Word Magazine. The
English girl leaves her governess
and home before she is eighteen, while
at the same g the American girl has
seen much of the world. Yet tie
American girl retains her yivacity and
her interest in everything, and it is
that n quality, l think. above all 9th
ers, that wins for her the admiration
of the English woman. The American
woman never looks to Eer husband as
master, while the English woman is
taught to do so from her birth.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13

Twelve women in England can write
VI. Il. III. after their names, which fif-
teen years ago was an unheard of
honor.
The only woman maker of violins in
the world, as far as known, is a young
Hungarian girl living in Denver, Colo.
Her instruments are noted for their
fine tor
Among those whose private fortunes
are said to exceed $780, 900 there are
three women, Bertha Krupp of Ger
many, Mrs. Hetty Green and Mrs. An
ma weightman Walker of the United
States.
Miss Mira l.. Dock, who is one of the
vice presidents of the State Federation
unique honor Of being the only woman
on the forestry commission of Penn
s%ylvania.
The capped and kerchief grandmoth-
err is a thing of the past and in her
place have come spirited young women
Of 50 WHO can ride to hounds with
sweet 16. Mrs. Annette WILDER, of
Maryville, Ohio, in her S0th year, has
become an enthusiastic member of a
recently formed riding club of that
city.
The woman who needs %prodding TO
keep up physical exercises would per-
haps do better If they knew it is a
fad for queens. Queen Alexandra rides
an automatic horse, the cZarina has an
artificial rowing machine, Queen Hell
enc of Greece climbs imaginary noun
tains in her gymnasium M Marie of
Roumhnia has a stationary bicycle ON
which she can pedal miles indoors.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13
Remnxe Soat from s

In burning soft coal the SCOT accu-
mulates quickly in the lower part I'M
der the oven and prevents things from
baking on the bottom. When | find
that my oven Is not hot enough and
baking as it should on the bottom. |
leave the damper up, open the SCOT
door, and put in a newspaper or two
and set fire to them. The draft caus-
ed by the burning of the paper blows
the SCOT up tie stove pipe. In a few
minuses | have my oven ie good bak-
Ing order and things are not spoiled
by the operation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13
He Held Up the Trnfn.

A German traveller VINO tried To pass
a meal ticket on the train was told by
the conductor hat lie would have tc
pay the regula: fare oc 81 cents. The
German argued and refused 10 pay
more than % cents, wLereupon the con.
ductor stopped the train and put him
off. In a twinkling the traveller ran
ahead of the engine ard started to
walk on the track. The engineer blew
his whistle, but the irata German turn
ed, shook his fss and called out: "You
can vissle all you want 20. 1 Son'i
come pack"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13
How 10 SIT Gracefully.

When sitting, says The Delineator, be
sure that your hips are never brought
farther forward than your shoulders.
The proper way is to get your hips as
far back as possible in the chair and
firmly settled there. Then you can
imagine the upper part of your body
q Stem,: swaying as it will. You can
bend onward or sideways. but you Will
never want to bend back, and even if
you grow to be stout, you will still look
well when sitting; and if you want to
lean back in a steamer chair you may
even be graceful.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13
High stakes mt bridge.

1t is Il fact that many women in So
ciety have found themselves in seri-
Gus difficulties because of their losses
at the gaming table. There is no more
persistent bridge player than
the women whose i'll luck becomes a
joke to the members of her social
circle. One of the stories is that of a
certain young matron who risked a
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13
The Great Bua,ard.

The great bustard Is the rarcst bird
that comes under the head OF game.
This bird formerly haunted ali the lev
ell counties of England ard was partic
ularly common on Salisbury plain
From the reign of Henry VIII. repeat.
ed measures We're passed IN order to
protect it, and 1t is expressly included
under the head Of game In the statute
of the first year of the reign of Will
lam ". which codlGed and reformed
the laws relating to game.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13

magnificent set of Russian sables. n
Christmas gift from her husband, on
a rubber at bridge and won. This
same young woman lost in a few
months the income from her fathers
estate for a year, and she still is play
ing the game with the same ~feverish
recklessness. But this is only one in
stance out of many. The few women
who dc win, however, are able to in
dulge their tastes for extravaganza to
the full. and that is the way the money
goes in the end.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13
biting the Nails.

This is a habit that should be imme-
diately corrected in children, because
if permanently deforms the nails. Dip
ming the finger ends in some bitter tine
ture will generally prevent children
from putting them in their mouth. If
this fails, each finger should be en-
cased in a stall until the propensity is
~eradicated.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13
As to arrangements.

When an engagement takes place the
relations Of the happy man should i'm
mediately express a wish TO be intro
duced to his fiancee, if they are strang-
ers to her, in order that they may well
come her as a future member of their
family. If they live in the immediate
neighborhOod, they call upon her and
her parents; if at a distance, they in
vite her to pay them a visit. when her
lover accompanies her and introduces
her to his family.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13

Whether or not a man has a right TO
eat peanuts and throw the shucks on the
floor of an interurban car is to be tested
in court by Leroy L. kobb of South Bend
against the Chicago. South Bend and
Northern Indiana Railway Company
Kobb alleges that because he wanted to
eat his peanuts the conductor threw him
off. Kobb wants 5000 damages.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13

Goodness me-" exclaimed q man to
a companion as they were walking.
Did you we see such a wretched
sight?'-and he pointed to a poor, mis-
erable-looking horse that was toiling
I'D the hill In the b~roiling sun with a
heavy load behind it. Suddenly the ami
NAL fell and expired.
well" said one as they ran up,
whatever made it dep
Cant you see?" cried the other.
"why, the poor beast is so thin that the
sun shone through his ribs and set the
hay on fire that it had eaten, and the
smoke choked it,"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13
A Manicuring Tin.

If the hands are not good and the
latter by training the cuticle. Every
night soak the fingers in hot water for
five minutes. Then with an orange
wood stick press back the cuticle to
lengthen the nails. Afterwards rub
i'm cold cream. Do not omie this or
the soaking will make the cuticle very
dry
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13

Henry Meters, As years old, night POI
lice sergeant, fell on the ice in yincennes.
discharging q revolver in his overcoat
pocket. The bullet went through his jaw,
lodging in his neck between his jugular
vein n the carotid artery There Is
slight chance for his recovery