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The Washington times., 1908-12-03
Pardon, You Are
MademOiSelle Girard!"
By Leonard herrick

All Paris was hunting for Mademoiselle GIard.
On the bOuevards, in the cafes and shops, was
heard on all sides, Pardon, YOU are Madem-
oiselle Girard p Young men resigned promising
occupations 10 engage in the search. No lady,
cOmely o. uncomely providing she was young,
was free from the accusing, " Pardon, you are
MademOiselle GiraTdr % Who found Mademoi-
selle GiraTd is disclosed in one of the most
interesting stories OF the year.
The Washington times., 1908-12-03
The Triple Cross
By George Randolph Cheste

One of the best stories that Mr.. Chester ever
wrote. II tells how Get-RiCh- Quick Waing-
ford made his first visit TO New York, and how
peeviSh he became over the coarse and I'M
imaginative methods Of New YOrk's Conf
dence men and green-gOods brokers'
The Washington times., 1908-12-03
The Last Christmas Tree
By James Lane Allen

Uy JaIhSs LINT aiIeu
The author OF "The Kentucky Cardinal" and
The Choir Invisible" has written, IN this Christ
mas idyl, story that will entrance every reader
by its riCh imagery and poetic conception.
Il is the first magazine story published by Mr..
Allen in eleven yedrs-the first published word
OF his that has appeared in the last FIVE years.
The Washington times., 1908-12-03
The Thin Santa Claus
By Ellis Parker Butler

Why Mrs. Graft was awakened on Christmas
morning by a great silence; why she didn't like
"taking-away" Santa Claus; why the tOObeT-
ChlOsiS bugs freeze up III theWinterand get brittle
and bust into thousand peCes-a all IS told in
the drOlleSt Christmas story published IN years:
a story in which the author OF PIGS IS PIGS
proves that sometimes chickens Is chickens
The Washington times., 1908-12-03
A Tug and a
Daughter-in-Law

A story "of ropes and things, and ships upon
the seas" Also OF Young waterman ashamed
OF his job and his dad; nice girl ashamed of
the boy, and :. wise old tug-boat captain wholly
shameless IN his efforts to make a man of his
son and a daughter-in-aw OF the nice girl. A
Christmas story OF a spot in Greater New York
where the hive-dweIlers have neighbors.
The Washington times., 1908-12-03
The Pedigree Hunters

To meet Catharine the Great in the Subway, or
% see Henry the Eighth, with wooden leg
beggir- aims on lower Broadway, is not So
amazing when you reflect that in America there
must be tens OF thousands descendants OF kings
OF that pt rod and earlier. Some astonishing
stories connected with the search for ancestors
are revealed in this article
The Washington times., 1908-12-03
What Happens at
RehearSalS By cAannir

The astonishing trivial incidents that make or
break play are more numerous than the
holder of a parquet seat dreams OF. In this
article you are taken behind the scenes and
shown all the intimate and interesting secrets
that never get over the fOotIights
The Washington times., 1908-12-03
The Sleeping Column
By Brand Whitlock

tells remarkable story OF a Southern boy.
who was not a spy, yet served in both the
Union and Confederate armies, and was per
sonally mentioned by the two leading generals
OF the opposing forces
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
HAS EYE ON VENEZUELA:
UNCLE SAM MARKING
TIME.
Secretary Sleeper of American
Embassy at Caracas Sails
on Gunboat Marietta

The State Department is mark
ing time in the Venezuelan ques-
tion. Events that have occurred
have produced a situation that
promises little change for some
time, and this Government is
merely awaiting the course of
events.
The gunboat Marietta left
Curocao Saturday for Guantan-
amo with Jacob Sleeper, secre-
tary of the American embassy at
Caracas and Lieut.. Francis a..
Ruggles, military attache. Moth
ing has been learned at the Ven
ezuelan legation concerning the
events in Caracas, SO that no new
light can be shed upon the diplo-
matte tangle.
Some interest is attached to
the fact that in ordering the Mar
fetta from Curocao to Guantan-
amo, no instructions were given
for the return of that vessel TO
Venezuelan waters. The reason
given for this is that there IS
no further use for the gunboat to
ply between Porto Caballo and
.Willemstad.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
AIRSHIP STANDS
HARD TEST
Zeppelin's Machine Aloft Six
Hours and Attains High
Speed.

Count Zeppelin's. airship at
Friedrichsllafen, Monday stood
brilliantly the longest and most
searching test it has yet under
gone. 1t remained in the air for
six hours and three-quarters, at
tanning an average speed of thir-
ty-four and a half miles an hour
throughout, although for a short
period the speed reached thirty
eight and a half miles, the high
est rate yet accomplished. The
airship carried fourteen passen-
gers.
The wireless apparatus sue
cessfully underwent severe ex-
periments. The balloon left the
floating shed shortly before noon
and was towed mile by motor
boat. Then, utilizing only its dy-
manic force and without casting
out any ballast, it assembled slow
ly to an altitude of 1000 feet. 1t
turned in the direction of Ro-
manshorn, in Switzerland, where
it went through long series of
maneuvers, all the apparatus
working to the utmost satisfac-
ton 1t then made a descent 70
the surface of the water and CON-
municated with the accompany
ing motor boat. The trip ended
within two miles of the balloon
shed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
FINDS FOR THE
EXPRESS cos
SUIT OF RAILROAD COM
b MISSION TO COMPEL
DELIVERY IN TOWN
FAILS ON INTER
STATE BUSI-
NESS.

The judgment refusing to
mandate the Adams Express Co.,
the American Express Company
and the United States Express
Company respectively, at the suit
of the Railroad Commission, to
deliver packages free in all cities
having a population of $500 or
more, was Tuesday affirmed by
the Supreme Court. The court
says that the alternative writ was
so framed as to cover all express
packages, whether coming from
within the State of from another
State. and it holds that under the
interstate commerce legislation
OF Congress the State otncers and
State Courts have no jurisdiction
over shipments by express from
outside the State. The opinion
written by Judge Gillett, con-
cludes with these words:
1--WE may further say that it APP
pears to us that if the conduct OF
The express companies, in respect
to interstate commerce, is OBJ
jectionable by reason of a failure
to pursue the course demanded OF
them by the alternative writs
complaint should be made to the
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and not to the courts.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
BETTER HEALTH IN MAY
THIS YEAR THAN IN
LAST.
Showing from the Reports
Which Have Been Compiled
by the State Board.

Reports which have just been
compiled by the State Board of
Health show that health was
better in Indiana in May, 1908,
han in the corresponding month
of last year. The most preva>
lent disease last May was rheu-
natism, followed by tonsilitis
and bronchitis. Pneumonia
which stood fifth in prevalence
IN the preceding month, stood
eleventh in May. The total num-
Der of deaths was 1854, with a
death rate of lis, against 1882
With death rate of 1876 in May
1907. Two hundred and seventy
Ave cases OF smallpox were re-
ported in 33 counties with no
deaths. In the corresponding
month last year, 119 cases were
reported in 81 counties with one
death.
Tuberculosis wrought its us
llal havoc says DR.. Hurry, sec
rotary OF the board. This dis
ease is not diminishing, and the
fault lies with the people, be-
cause it is a disease which fol-
lows the wrong living INDUCED
in. tuberculosis caused 3Ss
deaths. The male victims num-
5ered III, and female 215. Tu-
)erculosis is a house disease, anC
more female victims die from i,
because they live more in the
house than men. The disease in
he one month made 20i orphans
under twelve years OF age and
invaded 361 homes" Typhoid
fever caused p deaths, and there
were 81 cases reported from 2t
counties. Dipbtheria caused
Pdeaths, with 81 cases reported If
Ii counties. In the correspond
ing month last year, 176 cases o
diphtheria were reported, with
Is deaths in "a counties.
Violence caused 221 deaths; II
the corresponding month las
year, $50. The murders mum
bered 2 ,4suicides Al and the re
mainder were accidental deaths
OF the accidental deaths, steam
railroads caused 33, street car.
and mterurbans, 4 !; lightning anC
electricity, 5; burns and scalds
20; drowning, %; ptomaine pois
| oning. 2.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
Annual Day of Insanity.

Youths Companion: On the
last FIVE independence days more
than eleven hundred persons
were killed, and the manned and
blinded outnumber the army that
Washington brought through the
terrible winter at Valley Forge,
the army that created Independ-
ence day. We deliberately burn
up millions of dollars worth OF
explosives for the sole purpose
of making noise-this does not
include evening fireworks, which
are justified by their beauty-and
we burn up millions in accidental
fires. Our glorious Fourth is a
day of anxiety and labor COR fire
departments, police departments,
hospitals, surgeons, nurses, prop
erty owners and parents. And
all for what Not, surely to ex-
press spontaneous joy in the fact
that our country was born, and
not to honor the memory of the
men who made the nation. The
men who played on Cambridge
Common before marching to bat
tie would not feel honored by a
ceremony which burns down a
house, blinds child and robs a
working man of the hand by
which he supports himself.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
DR.. Shops
Restorative
SOLD BY L. TANNER.
REVENUE CUTTER RUNS
DOWN ALLEGED PIRATE
Seavy Leads Officers a Merry
Chase on Lake Michigan I'm
til Cannon Banks.

A thrilling story of piracy on
Lake Michigan was brought to
light Monday by the arrest OF
John Seavy, a yacht owner BY
United States Deputy Marshal
Thomas Currier in the revenue
cutter Tuscarora. Seavy was cap
tured by the cutter in his pri-
vate yacht, Wanderer, after hot
chase, which the government
warsfip brought to a finish by a
cannon shot across the yachts
bow.
That was sufficient, for the
Wanderer lay to and Seavy sub
mitted to arrest by the govern
ment official. 1t was charged by
r. !. Mccormick, owner and cap
tain of the Nellie johnson, lum-
Der schooner, that Seavy, with
Two other men, boarded and cap.
tured the schooner, sailed away,
sold its load of lumber and finally
abandoned it.
Captain Mccormick obtained
warrant for the three men be-
fore United States Commissioner
Foote June Is. He said that
while he was on shore at Mon
tague, Mich, May IL, the three
men seized the boat and left port.
They stole a load of lumber. ac-
cording to the captain and sold
it.
After he procured the warrant
Deputy Marshal Currier was de.
tailed to search for the men with
the aid of the revenue CATER. He
went to Michigan City. St. Jo-
seph. South Haven and Frank
fort, Mich. AT the latter place
they found the schooner water
logged with a load of lumber
aboard.
They then began their chase
for Seavy, who was sailing north
in the lake, apparently heading
for the Canadian shore. When
seven miles north of Frankfort,
the revenue cutter overlook the
Wanderer and fired a shot at the
Yacht. Seavy then stopped the
boat.
Seavv was then placed in irons
and brought back to Chicago.
The other two escaped and are
believed to have fled to Canada.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
WRITES DYING
SENSATIONS
Student Who Takes Morphine
lots Down the Advance of
Death.

Dragging out his death through
several hours, John >Tcherniac, a
college student at Guelph, Ont,
set down a record of the symp-
toms of successive doses of NOR
phine tablets Monday. His body
was found in a chair with the
head and arms on a table. and
with the pencil with which
Tcherniac had written of APP
preaching death still clasped in
the nerveless fingers.
The youth took thirty tablets
in six doses of five tablets each
dose. His watch lay on the table
before him, and he recorded the
time of the doses. Each interval
was of half an hour. Fifteen min
utes after he had swallowed the
first five tablets Tcherniac wrote
Have gone FIVE morphine pei
lets on the way to death, and
with fifteen minutes reeled off
since the dose am feeling bully,
Nothing that looks like death in
view as yet
lust before he took the fourth
dose the youth wrote: "The stuff
is beginning to get in its fine
work. Am sweating as though
pitching hay on July day with
the mercury blowing its head
off," With approaching weak
ness Tcherniac became serious
I've taken twenty-five tablets
so far" he wrote."I can't go back
now, and what lies ahead of me
| try TO see, but there is only
blackness. Am very weak and
the pencil feels heavy as lead
The last entry was as follows:
Taken FIVE more tablets
Won't be long now. This is the
end; I'm gone, I'm gon-"
A faint streak across the pad
showed where the student had
tried to finish. the sentence, and
instead had sunk down to death.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
IMPORTANT
STEP TAKEN
MOVEMENT TO ORGANIZE.
FEDERATION OF COM
MERCIAL CLUBS IN
STATE HAD START
IN RICH
MOND

The board of directors of the
Commercial club of Indianapolis
has announced itself as favorab-
" impressed with the effort to
form a State Federation of Com
mercial Clubs, provided a suffi-
cient number of the cities join in
the plan to make the organiza-
ton a strong one. The secretary
of the Indianapolis organization
has been instructed to inform the
secretary of the Commercial club
at Richmond to this effect, and
also to say that the Indianapolis
Commercial club would be pleas
ed to send representatives to at
tend the meeting proposed to
form such a state Organization.
\ communication was receiv-
ed by the directors from the
president and secretary OF the
Richmond Commercial club, say,
ing they were instructed by their
club to make an effort to form
State Federation of CONNER
cial clubs and were DESTROYS oil
having representatives from the
indianapolis club present at a
meeting, probably in September
in Richmond. 1t was set forth
in the communication that there
we're many things in the way OF
municipal and state legislation
in which the interest was COM
mon, especially such laws as at
tected the commercial interest
Of cities and towns, and that with
united effort on the part of the
commercial bodies of the state
IN influence could be eXerted or
legislative bodies that would al
once command recognition.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
Rebate Coming Soon.

When the E.lkhartans who had
gone to Plymouth to attend the
congressional convention return
ed by way of Warsaw and the
interurban, sixteen of them turn
ed over to County Chairman
Wilson Roose. their return trip
coupon from Plymouth to South
Bend for the purpose of collect
ing the rebate from the Vandal,a
and Mr.. Roose turned them over
to County Chairman Thomas of
South end,who took similar ac-
ton for the St. Joseph county
delegates. Mr.. Thomas is now
distributing the rebate among
Suth Bcnders and Mr.. Roose ex.
poets to hear from him within
a day or two.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
PERFECT CONFIDENCE.
Plymouth People Have Good Reason
For Complete Reliance.

Do you know how
To find quick relief from backache;
To correct distressing urinary ills;
To surely cure sick kidneys?
just one way-your neighbors
know
Have used Doan's Kidney Pills;
Have proved their worth in many
tests
Here's Plymouth testimony.
Mrs Nellie Holly, living on South
street, Plymouth, Ind, says: Severe
pains over the kidney regions and
heavy backaches had bothered men
for ten years. The condition of my
kidneys was not normal and I suffer
ed severely from the trouble. Doan's
Kidney Pills came to my notice and
procured box at the Hess, now
the Rinard Pharmacv 1t was not
long before Doan's Kidney Pills re-
moved the kidney complaint and
stopped the backache and pains in
the loirs over the region of the kid
news I have often endorsed the use
of Doan's Kidney Pills and consider
it p privilege to do So"
For sale bv all Dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo.
New York, Sole Agents for the Unit
ed States. s. / 4 | IN
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
PEARY STARTS FOR POLE
Will Probably Be OF Inside OF
Two Weeks-Expects to
Reach Pole.

Active work looking forward
to the departure of Commander
Robert E. Peary, from New
York, on the ship Roosevelt, in
an effort to discover the north
pole has been begun under the
direction of Captain Bartlett,
who has put his men to work
getting the ship in order for the
hazardous trip, which will begin
the first week of July.
Commander Peary is now in
the Maine woods, taking a rest
before he starts the trip to the
pole. He will join the ship on
the Newfoundland coast, and the
voyage will really begin at that
point.
eve have many notable inn
provements in the Roosevelt this
year, said Captain Bartlett. "The
most important is the Scotch salt
water boilers. We were handi-
capped on the last voyage be-
cause we could not carry enough
fresh water to make out the trip.
This time our tanks will only be
used for the drinking water, and
the sea water will suffice for the
boilers. This is an immense ac-
QUESTION to our equipment, and
1t will, | believe, give us suffic-
lent power to reach The, pole.
Besides this we have a new
stern to take the place of the one
that was lost during the previous
trip, when we got so near the
pole and had to turn back. Then
it must be remembered that we
burned part of our hull to keep
the boilers going, and this also
has been replaced. Our bow
has been strengthened and the
overlapping beams and plates
have done much to add force to
the vessel in going through the
ice.
The commander hopes that
he will be out some fifteen
months. We will go to the ia,
north this summer and then wait
for the first of the winter to be
over, and as soon as the sun be-
gins to appear we will press our
way forward and make the dash
for the pole that you hear Sc
much of. We have an excellent
crew of seasoned men; out stores
and dogs are we'll looked after
and there is every hope that we
shall come home this. time with
the pole on board"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
Roosevelt's Latest Scheme.

The Washington Post says
that President Roosevelt believes
TIE time has come when the in
tereSts OF the District of Column
bia demand better form of gov
eminent, and that he wishes to
have a one-man head of fairs
for the national capital in place
of the organization headed by
three commissioners, which has
prevailed since 1874. 1t is stated
that he will make this recon-
mendation to congress next win
ter, asking to have the power OF
appointment, as in the case of the
commissioners, as we'll as the
power of removal placed in the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
CHINESE HISTORY
COMPILED
Work Ordered by Emperor Con
sists of 221, 100 Pages.

The Chinese throne has order
ed the compilation of history of
the reign OF Kuang Hsu, present
Emperor to include all the inn
portant affairs of the government
in the entire dynasty. The gen
ealogical history of the Manchu
imperial clan from 1914 to 1907
has been compiled under the di-
rection OF two commissioners.
One hundred and twenty-three
literary officials who assisted in
the writing and compiling have
been rewarded for meritorius
services. The work contains 221.-
100 pages and is bound in GAY
volumes. 1t was seven months
in preparation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02

If one feels dull and spiritless, IN
the springs or early summer, they call
it Spring Fever But there is no
fever-usually 1t is the after effect
of our winter habits. The nerves are
mostly at fault Tired, worn-out
nerves leave rs languid, lifeless, and
without spirit or ambition. A few
doses of DR.. Shops Restorative wsll
absolutely and quickly change all of
these depressing symptoms. The Re-
storative OF course won't bring you
back to full health in a day or two.
but it will do enough in As hours TO
satisfy you that the remedy is reach
in that tired spot" Druggists every
where are advising its use as a splen-
did and prompt general tonic. 1t gives
more vim and more spirit to the
spoonful than any other known nerve
or constitutional tonic. 1t sharpens a
failing appetite, aids digestion, frees
sluggish livers and kidneys. and
brings new lie. strength and amb.-
ton. Test it few days and be con-
vlnced. For sale oy Tanners Drug
Store.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
STOPS ANY ITCHING.
Doan's Ointment Cures Eczema
and Itching Piles-Ply-
mouth People Recon-
mend 1t.

One application of Doan's
Ointment stoN any itching.
Short treatment cures eczema,
itchingpiles, salt rheun-any skin
eruption or skin itching. 1t is
the cheapest remedy to use, be-
cause so little of it is required to
bring relief and cure. Here is
Plymouth testimony to prove it;
I'd. S. Hogarth, grocer, living
on Center street, Plymouth Ind,
says: For many years l suffer
ed all the misery of itching hem
orrhids and doctored and used
several ointments and remedies
claimed to be a cure for this per-
sistent and irritating disease
One physician told me there
would be no relief until an opera,
ton was performed. l was using
a box of Doan's Kidney Pills for
severe backache and they cured
me and while using, | noticed an
advertisements regarding Doan's
Ointment being good cure for
itching ihemorrhoids, aad upon
This, | procured a box of Doan' s
Ointment at the Rinard Pharma.
cy. | have never regretted read
ing the ad. referred to, as I found
Doan's Ointment a thorough re-
lief and cure for this tedious dis
ease, that had bothered me fof
years
For sale by all dealers. Price
80 cents. Foster Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's
and take no other.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
Latest Thing in Soci .ty.

Swimming parties are the real
swagger thing in nigh society.
circles in Columbus, Ind, just
now. There is no bathing beach
there, SO local swimming pool
1t a sanatorium is utilized. On
the hot afternoons the young
men call up their young women
friends and invite them TO go
swimming. The invitation is gen.
orally accepted, bathing suits
hurriedly provided and swim
ming party is then held.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
Heart Strength

Heart Strength. or Heart Weakness. means Nervu
itively. not one weak heart IN hundred ID. In Il
self actually diseased. Il 10 almost s,-1ys .
hidden tiny little nerve that really Is ID faulk
simply needs. and must have. more power. more
stability. more controlling, more governing
strength. Without that the Heart must contdnus
to fan, and the stomach and. kidneys also have
these same controlling nerves.
This clearly explains why. - . medicine. d..
Shops Restorative has in the past done 20 much
the of al this painful pslpitating. suocat.
ing heart distress. Dp Shops Restorative I'LL
popular prescriptions alone directed 70 thes1
weak and wasting nerve esnters. n bstlds;
II you would have strong Hsarts. strong ~
gestion. strensthen these nerves - rs-sstAbliSa
Them as needed with