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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Councilman Henry Bolte, of Atlantic
City, is pushing a bill to prohibit ca
meras on Atlantic City's incompatible
white beaches.
There are cameras and cameras
said Mr.. Bolte the other day, land
some of them do nothing but good. Yet
/ am convinced that all must go,
though l can see the other side of the
question. too. Every question has its
two sides. 1t is like the dialogue of
Diogenes and Aristippus. Aristippus
one day passed by Diogenes the cynic.
where he sat before his tub eating
cabbage. Diogenes saluted with a sheer
the splendidly clad Aristippus at the
head of his glittering retinue.
"'Oh. Aristippus,' he said, sourly,
If you knew how to live on cabbage,
you would not have to fatter kings.
"Aristippus waved his hand airily
to the pessimistic philosopher
"'Oh, Diogenes,' he retorted, smil-
ing, If you knew how to flatter kings
you would not have to live on cab
bage.'"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Wit of the Youngsters

Teacher-Johnny, can you tell me
why donkey eats thistles? Johnny
Yes, ma'am; it's cause he's a donkey.
Fond Mother-This is your birthday,
Tommy. What would you like best
of all as souvenir of the event?
Small Tommy-Well. think / should
enjoy seeing the baby spanked
Now. Harold" said the teacher to a
small but unusually bright pupil, give
an illustration of the superiority OF
mind over matter" After a moment s
reflection Harold replied: 81 have to
mind you. That's what is the mat
ter"
"Oh, mamma" exclaimed little Mar
gle. who had narrowly escaped being
run over by an automobile, Il feel so
nervous" What do you mean by
nervous dear?" queried her mother.
why" explained Margie, its just
like being IN a hurry all over"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS AT
YOUR SERVICE FREE.
Net Penny to Pay for the Fullest
Medical Examination.

II you are in doubt as to the cause
OF your disease, mail us postal re-
QuestinS medical examination blank
which you will fill out and return TO
US. Our doctors will carefully dag
nose your case, and if you can be
cured you Will be told so; if you can
not be cured you will be told so. You
are not obligated to us in any way. for
this advice is absolutely free. You are
a. liberty to take our advice or not, as
you see fit. Send to-day for a medi-
cal examination blank, fill out and re-
turn to us, and our eminent doctors
will diagnose your case thoroughly.
absolutely free.
Munyon's. sd and Jefferson streets.
Philadelphia. Pa.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Who Bought Them.

A man engaged in buying a necktie
for himself turned the pile over and
over, and at last laid aside two as
not worthy of further consideration.
The salesman picked out one of the
rejected ties. and placed 1t in a sep
arate box. The buyer, according to
the New York Sun. asked if the sales.
man had placed it with those he was
looking at by mistake.
"Oh. no." was the response, but we
have orders when five or six men turn
down tie to take it out and put II
aside"
What becomes of them?" asked the
other.
I'VE sell them TO women who come
In here to buy ties for men,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

terribly from headaches, backaches
and extreme weakness. / had days of
depression and languor and at times
my ankles swelled. / was nervous
and worn out. Doctors and kidney
remedies failed to help until / used
Doan's Kidney Pills. l am in better
health now than l have been for
years, thanks to Them"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co. Buffalo. n. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
ITCHED TWELVE YEARS.

Eczema Made Hands and Feet Swell,
Peel and Get Raw-Arnis Affected,
Too-Gnyc Up All Hope OF euro
Quickly Cured by Cuticura.
Il suffered from eczema on my
hands. arms and feet for about twelve
years. my hands and feet would swell,
sweat and itch, then would become cal
lous and get very dry. then peel off ana
get raw l tried most every kind Of
salve and ointment without success. I
tried several doctors. but at last gave
Up thinking there was cure for &C.
zeiua \ friend OF mine insisted on my
trying the Cuticura Remedies. but |
did not give them a trial until | got
So bad that l had to do something
| secured set and by the time they
were used | could see vast improve
ment and my hands and feet were
healed up in no time. | have had no
trouble since Charles T. Bauer. r. F.
D.. 65. Volant. Pa, March II. 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole
Props. OF Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

God be thanked for books, They are
the voices of the distant and the dead
and make us heirs of the spiritual life
of past ages. Books are true Jewelers..
They give to all who will faithfully
use them the society. the spiritual
presence, of the best and greatest OF
our race. No matter how poor l am,
no matter though the prosperous of
my own time will not enter my OBJ
scure dwelling. if the sacred writers
will enter and take up their abode un-
der my roof-if Milton will cross my
threshold to sing to me of paradise,
and Shakespeare TO open TO me the
world of imagination and the work
ings of the human heart, and Frank
lin to enrich me with his practical
wisdom shall not pine for want CT
intellectual eompanionship, and I may
become a cultivated man, though ex-
Guided from what is called the best so
ciety in the place where l live.-Will-
lam Ellery Charming.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Salt in moderate quantities is good
for everybody. 1t aids digestion, and,
better still, it makes one thirsty. II
we eat plenty of salt and salty foods
we will drink more water, and most
people do not drink enough water.
Try eating a raw apple sprinkled with
salt. 1t is very good, particularly
good for children. Pepper, on the
other hand, and spices should not be
given to children. unless In the most
reager quantities. At many OF the
sanitariums the food is not seasoned
at all, except with salt.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Clearly UnpreJudfced.

The attorney for the prosecution was
examining the talesman with the
bushy whiskers.
Mr.. Skiles." he said, you say you
have read about this case. Have you
formed or expressed any opinion con-
corning it?"
NO. sir" responded the possible
Juror; Il never believe nothin' / see in
the newspapers" -Chicago Tribune
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
He DELAYED the Game.

An Eastern college graduate applied
for work in a Michigan lumber camp,
says a writer in Everybody's Maya
zine. He was told to occupy himself
with one end of a cross-saw, the other
end being in charge of an old and ex-
perienced lumberman.
At the end of the second day the
young mans strength began to wane.
Suddenly the old man stopped the saw
q moment.
sonny" he said, not unkindly, Il
don't mind yer riding on this saw, but
If it's Jest the same to you l wish
you'd keep yer feet off the ground"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

What becomes of a Joke when
gets too old for the newspapers"
"It goes on the stage"
And after that?"
ITO the theatrical program"
Where ii ends its existence,
s'pose."
''Oh, no; it lives honorably for many
years in Congressional cloakrooms."-
Louisville CoIrier-Journal,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
The Vegetable Garden.

iihb lhO "AhbNA OiAOios
Protest the caulifiower heads from
the heat of the sun.
Do not allow the tomato vines to
lie on the ground. Tie them to a
stake.
This is about the last CALI for tur-
nip sowing. Don't delay the matter
any longer
When the cabbage heads show signs
of bursting. the growth can be check
ed little by slightly pulling each
head so as to break few of the finer
roots.
BY at once gathering and burning
all diseased onions, onion smut can be
prevented.
The time to dig potatoes is when
the vines and tubers have reached
maturity.
The practical gardener does not
look so much to fertility as he does
to drainage, location and the POSSIBLE
ity of improvement.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
A Slowly Shifting Center.

II Slowly Shifting Center.
In 1850 the center of population In
I his country was twenty-three miles
last OF Baltimore, in the State OF
7 Maryland, or virtually on the Atlantic
J ihore line In 1900 the center was in
I he State of Indiana. its migration,
: The Geographical Journal says, has
, ,een slow and remarkably uniform,
I, 10Th in rate and direction. 1t has
; lowered for one hundred and ten years
. llong the thirty-ninth parallel Of lati-
: Hde. and its total variation in latitude
! las been less than one-third of a de-
3 tree.
I The westward movement has aver
: lged less than a degree in a decade.
! Notwithstanding the incredibly swift
: occupation of vacant continent by q
Movement of population westward. The
Z }asterly position of the center of pop
,hlation is also due to the more evenly
! distributed and more abundant TO
ssources of the United States.
Il 1t should not be forgotten that the
biographical center of the continental
limited States lies some hundreds of
,lbiles west of the Mississippi River.
Jfhe eastern half of the country there
fIore takes in the Atlantic lowlands.
! ihe prairies and Great Lake plains, the
CEulf lowlands, and the forests and
: minerals of the Appalachian Noun
: Iains and Appalachian plateau. Over
/. tgainst these are the arid and noun,
: famous areas of the West.
Certain areas viii be reclaimed ia
~ credible productiveness. and the min
ar.i,, wealth is vast; but the center ci
non,,t,,ation may be expected to remain
r,orn,.n, emily to the eastward of the
ran,.,, ical center OF the land.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Church Without Fees.

The rector ut Alderley, England, de-
clared at his vestry meeting that his
parish church was now entirely free
from fees. He stated that he had a
conscientious objection to receiving
either marriage or burial fees. and
thought they were source of abuse.
Alderley is said to be the only parish
church in England where there are no
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Jim Bludso was holding 'er nozzle agin
the bank.
ut amt my business to do that" be
said. That's the pilots job. But IL I
don't do il, begosh. it'll knock thunder
out o. John Hays pome,"
Raising his voice again, amid the thick,
black smoke, he continued to cheer the
galoots on the burning boat with his Gus
sadness
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Many people do not feed their hens
wheat simply because it is higher in
price than oats or corn. The feeding
of high priced feed to laying hens
may or may not be profitable accord
ing to the man, his methods, and his
flock. However, there are few other
ganeral feeds for laying hens better
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

A farmer who always has a number
of beehives has beep losing a num-
Der when they would swarm. He took
an empty hive and placed it 40 feet
high on one of the large oaks grow
ing in his forest. The bees discov-
cred the hive and he soon had a hive
of bees in il that he would have lost
had he not placed that box in the
tree. If you have no bees and want
to start in honey growing, put up a
small hive in one of the largest trees
about your home. This plan has been
known to succeed a number of times
in capturing a lost swarm of honey
makers.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Views on Peace.

Won't it be lovely when peace
reigns throughout the world?' she ex-
claimed.
YES" replied the man. land | think
thered be money in bidding for the
guns and other junk the nations would
have to sell.-Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Doan's Kidney Pills.
They cure all irregu-
larities and annoy
ances, remove back.
ache and side pains
and restore the kid
neys to health. Mrs.
John B. Whitaker,
303 Jefferson ST.,
Madison, Ind, says:
* / d n ey trou b lie
caused me IN Suffer
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
snicidc for n Scorpion.

II scorpion finds himself licked by
a centipede, which is usually the case,
though both little things put up a
desperate fight, the scorpion commits
suicide. 1t twists its tail portion and
stings itself in the back of the neck
and drops dead
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Speeder-That auto of mine doesnt
go fast enough
Roaster-What's the matter?
Speeder-Several victims have com.
planned that they knew what struck
them, which means something defec-
tive. And / am not cruel.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Sheep on the farm are a profitable
investment. Not a farm so small but
that there is room for few, and
where a few are handled the proper
tion of profit is larger than with the
large flock.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Here Is RELIEF for women.

II you have pains in the back, Urin-
want a certain. pleasant herb cure for
woman's ills. try Mother Gray's Austria
iian-Leaf. 1t is safe and never-failing
regulator. At Druggists or by mail SO
cts. Sample package FREE Address.
The Mother Gray Co. Leroy, y. Y
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
SSSSSSSSSSS

A Scotehman announces a new
method of keeping fine fruits fresh. .
He proposes to pick the fruit lin the
height of the sun" and pack it in
dry granulated sugar. The sugar may
be reused
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

A mother is very particular" about
the company her sixteen-year-old
daughter keeps; but she Is less par
ticular every year after that age.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

The old-fashioned. foul. ill-smalling
swirl barrel is a thing OF TIE past on
most farms. But if you are still cling
Ing to that old, easygoing method.
stop it. 1t is a menace to the pigs
and sure cause of loss to you.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

keep bees, | suppose.
Suburbanite-Some day, perhaps. At
present we are devoting our entire ener-
gies to keeping cook.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Dairying is good for sections where
the soil is naturally poor or where it
has been run down by careless cult
vation. 1t helps build up the soil. But
don't make the mistake of keeping
poor COWS to build up the soil, for it
Will prove a losing business.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Collie in horses is generally the re-
suit of carelessness or improper feed
ing. The stomach of the horse is small
and the digestion is limited, and if
the horse is hungry and overfed, or is
allowed 20 gulp down big feed, collie
Is the result. Also if musty hay. or
musty, sour feed is used. or il fresh
cut grass wet with dew or rain is
hastily eaten in large quantities, collie
Is often the result
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

1t requires some expense and
trouble to establish an asparagus bed
his land should put in bed, even if
II consist of but 100 roots. A we'll
cooked dish of asparagus is a luxury
that must be tried to be properly ap-
preciated. and when it comes the
grower will think himself well repaid
for all that it has cost him
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

A patent has been granted upon a
solder for joining aluminium, consist
ing of tin, zinc, antimony and phos-
phorus.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Flies will bother cattle in spite of
anything you can do, but the pest can
be mitigated by spraying the cattle
each morning with the following mix
ture before they go to pasture: To
one gallon of kerosene oil add three
ounces of creolin and five ounces of
oil of tar. Stir these ingredients
thoroughly before using.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

The most fruitful source of contain
ination in milk comes from the dust
In the air. For this reason too great
care cannot be taken to have the barn
as clean as possible and at milking
time to have as little disturbance of
the atmosphere as possible. Handling
of feed and hay should be deferred
until after the milk has been removed
from the barn to the milk house.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Some women just naturally cannot
get along unless they have love af-
fair on hand.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Mrs. WinsIows Soothing Syrup fer Chill
dren teething; softens the gums, reduces In
nammation, allays pain, cures wind collie 25
5epts q bottle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
On the Other Hand.

Another terrific eruption Of Mount
Vesuvius had just taken place.
There il goes again." exclaimed the
despairing observers on Mars. The
people on that planet have been flash
ing signals at us now and then for
hundreds of years. and in our crude
state of development we have not been
able to devise any way TO respond!"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
u,.sn HIS Usual Thunp.

NJ ya,,a, Lee Ondego-Did you feel
~. ,b-....,Ue shock this morning?
AZ. Sa1lIa- Va .Holme-very distinctly
but / thought II wa - my auso""o s'1As
out of bed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
A SURE SIGN.
When 1t Appears Act mt Once.

Trouble with the kidney secretiOns
is a certain sign that your kidneys
are deranged-that YOU should use
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
nou.f <pofI YOuP ClOthes


Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them
white rs snow. All grocers, 5 cents pack
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Sore. throat is no trio ing s',ne NJ
will sometimes carry infect. os - A. 'ns On
tire system through the food tn .,;s. -.
Hamlins Wizard Oil is a sure, O.. 'eA e''e'
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

Good Housekeepers Use the Best.
That's why they use Red Cross Ball Blue
At leading grOcers. cents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-20
BOY CONFESSES
MURDER; BLACK
HAND SECRETS

Chicago, July 20.-Tony Baffa, an
1S-year-old Italian boy. who has been
i'll this country only three years, yes
terday, confessed in the county jail
the murder of Giuseppe Fillipeii, a
grocer at 7737 Greenwood avenue,
st the same time laying bare for
what is perhaps the first time in
criminal history the inner workings
of those Italian societies. known col
lectively as "the Black Hand, whose
business is murder, mayhem, kidnap-
ing and extortion.
The organization to which young
Baffa belonged was called by its
members the "Loguisto," an iron
ical translation of which IS The
Society of Justice Its other mem
bers, according to Baffa's confessions
were Antonio Nudo, Rafaelo Nude
and Pasquale Nudo, three brothers;
Joseph or Giuseppe Caro- and man
called Ernesto,- whose surname Baffs
does not know All of the men are
laborers. Their purpose in banding
together, Baffa says, was extortion b.
means of BLACK hand" letters, ant
there was no crime they were no
willing to commit to accomplish theil
ends.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-20
BY TAV.


Especial Correspondence of The Argus)
Washington, July 17.-Will the pres
ident sign?
With the end of the conference over
the now famous Payne-Aldrich bill
close at hand. the question has be-
come the by-word of Washington
Some ask: Will the president have
the courage to o. K the bill? Others:
Will the president have the courage to
refuse TO sign the bill?
1t will be grave moment for the
new president when the Payne-Aldrich
bill is laid before him for his sigma
ture Upon his action will in all prob
ability hang the success or failure OF
his presidency In the moment that he
decides what course he will pursue as
10 signing or refusing to sign he will
be making or unmaking his political
future.
And, as a matter of fact, no one can
say whether as a political move il
would be wiser for the president tC
do one thing than the other, because
no one can read the future for Ger
tainty.
Here is the situation the president
finds himself in:
On the one hand he stands at the
head of the party of protection; he
was elected president of the United
] States with campaign fund furnished
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-20
STORY OF SUTTON
TRAGEDY IS TOLD
Lieutenant Adams Declares Youn.
Officer Took His Own
Life.

Annapolis, Md. July 20.-The sec
ond days session oc me naval court
of inquiry which is setting out to
Investigate the cause of the death
OF Lieutenant James n. Sutton, who
either shot himself or was shot by
an unknown person in a quarrel with
brother officers on the night of Oct.
II, 1907, opened today with Lieu
tenant Robert E. Adams, L. S. NJ.
c., still on the witness stand
Henry e. Davis, counsel for Sut-
tons mother, cross-examined Adams.
He took him over the scene of the
shooting again and dwelt on details
of distances and time in an effort
to place the exact spot where and
the time Sutton was shot. The wit
ness could only remember approx
lmately about these details. The
lawyers read excerpts from Adams
testimony at the first inquiry and
pointed out some discrepancies. The
witness insisted wherever the tes-
timOny seemed to vary that his ans
wers at the present inquiry were the
correct ones.
Annapolis, Nd, July 20.-A dra-
matte description of the midnight
fight which cost Lieutenant James
y. Sutton of the United States marin ?
corps his life was given by Lieutenant
ant Robert e. Adams today at the
opening session of the second inves-
tigation into the death.
At one point in his testimony
Lieutenant Adams and an orderly
enacted the struggle with Sutton i'll
the courtroom. According to Adams,
Sutton after firing four shots at his
comrades committed suicide by firing
the fifth into his own head.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-20
MOVE TO STOP
QUOTATIONS ON
COPPER METALS

New York, July 20.-The reform
committee of the New York metal
exchange, it was learned today, pro-
poses in report which it has sub
mitted to the board of managers that
the committee on quotations be abol-
ished.
The committee believed quotations
should be established by actual
transactions, as on other exchanges
of highest order. 1t therefore urges
the discontinuance of the present
daily quotations by the committee
of five of the metal exchange which
were criticized in the report of the
special committee appointed by Gov
ernor Hughes.
The reform committee further ad-
vocates the establishment of stan
| dard copper system under which all
present brands of copper, electro
lytic," "lake," and ''castings be in-
cluded under one term of standard
copper" subject to certain speclnl
cations as to delivery on contract.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-20
INVESTIGATION OF
SAYLER MURDER ON
Grand Jury at Watseka Is Expected
to Return Its Findings
Today. |

Watseka, ILL.,, July 2O.-Despite
the fact it was not generally known
a special session of the grand jury
shooting of J. E. Sayler by DR.. w.
B. Miller at the home of the former
in Crescent City, July IL. a large
crowd was present when the jurors
were called this morning by Judge
Hooper. At IL o'clock the judge
finished his charge. The jurors, with
States Attorney Pallissard. retired
pected the deliberations would be
finished and verdict returned this
afternoon. There are four farmers
and four bankers on the jury, the re-
mainder being merchants.