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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-12

ut Is all very we'll to laugh at us
suburbanites," said one of them, but
think my scheme is pretty good
one"
And that is?"
Il rent my country home for the
summer for enough money to take my
wife and me to Europe and pay all
our expenses during the rented period.
We can live so much cheaper over
there that l am actually ahead of the
game, and, as we take different
route every summer. We are seeing all
Of Europe on a quiet installment plan
that we like very much and that We
should not feel we could afford ex-
cept for the extra income from our
home"
But you don't get any good of a
country home except in the summer,
and. being away. you miss all that
you really bought the place for"
mo, indeed. That is a theory you
city people have. On the contrary.
we people who really like to live in
the country enjoy 1t greatly in the
fall when the woods are at their most
gorgeous garb and our chrysanthe-
NUNS are the wonder OF all the neigh
bors; and in the spring we take great
delight in our hotbeds of early salads,
radishes. tiny onions, crocuses. violets
and other flowers and vegetables, as
well as In the miracles of spring
woods and wild flowers. We even
enjoy the country in winter-but 1t
would be idle to talk to a city man
about that. suppose. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-12
On the Potomac.

During the retreat of Gen. Early's
army from Maryland after the battle
of Fort Stephens. my regiment, the
One Hundred and Twenty-second New
York. was detailed TO support a sec
ton of artillery sent in advance Of
Cen Wright's command, which was in
hot pursuit. The opportune arrival
of the Sixth and Ninth Army corps
in Washington had defeated the plans
of the rebel army to seize and destroy
that place, and after spirited en-
gagement upon its outskirts they hasti-
ly withdrew towards the dividing line
between Union and Secession, viz, the
Potomac.
We pushed on rapidly until the
heights north of the river were reach
ed and then halted The artillery
went into position. and after stacking
arms, We rushed out to the brow of
the hill to see. if possible. some traces
of the retreating enemy. We had a
splendid view of the country south
ward and westward. But the enemy
of Imboden's cavalry only.
While we stood looking off across
the country we noticed the attention
of the artillery officers was riveted
upon a clump of small trees just across
the river below us For some time
field glasses were leveled at the little
grove, and then came the order to
IMAM the guns
What the artillerymen saw obiec-
tionable in that little clump of bushes
We could not at first perceive But
when Confederate cavalryman
dashed out of there and galloped away
toward the distant woodland the mys-
terry was explained Another shell
started eleven more. The whole party
took refuge behind an old barn. From
that point they commenced their re
treat toward the timber, one at time
One, two, three, and SO they went
went, until but one remained. Give
K to him. boys," shouted the captain
of the battery as the last lone Johnny
made his appearance beyond the barn
and began his race for cover.
Bang! bang. went the pieces. and
away flew the shrieking messengers of
death in pursuit of that poor rebel.
We watched closely the retreating
form, and as a cloud of dust arose
just behind and a puff of smoke just
in advance of it, we felt certain that
the Confederacy had one less soldier
ct for duty. Imagine our surprise
when we beheld him emerge from the
surrounding dust and smoke apparent
ly unframed and dart away into the
forest Go it, Johnnie," cit thar"
and like expressions were shouted
from the hilltop, and as he disap-
peared behind the timber a wild cheer
went up from a thousand Union
throats.-American Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-12

There will be no more bills framed
in the Senate like the Aldrich bill. L.
is the last of its kind. The standpat-
tiers in the upper house would be ex-
tremely unwise to risk what they
have obtained in the pending revision
by rejecting conference report and
inviting another experiment in tariff
making the next year or the year
after. With the President, the House
of Representatives and the country ar
rayed against them, they would be
driven to the defensive and would see
a revision undertaken over their heads
involving reductions in the wool and
cotton schedules. left practically in
tact in the House bill of 1909. The
range Senators and few other high
tariff extremists in the Senate will
show intelligent self-interest if they
cheerfully cooperate in getting the
conference report through.-New York
Tribune
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-12
When Lincoln Met Grant.

On the 10Th of February. 1864, Con-
gress passed an act reviving the grade
OF acknowledgement in the army, and
within a few days Grant was appoint
ed and confirmed to this office, says
Major General F. V. Greene in Serb
ner's. On March 10 he was by ex-
ecutive order assigned TO command
the armies of the United States" 1t
is stated in Nicolay and Hay that Lin
coin neither advocated nor opposed
this legislation The bill was intro
duced by Z. B. Washburne, member of
Congress from the Galena district in
Illinois. an old political friend of Lin
Just why Lincoln was neutral in the
matter does not appear. An ungra-
cious comment in Nicolay and Hay
reads as follows: Whether he was
or was not the ablest of all our gener-
ais is a question which can never be
decided. Grant was. beyond all COM
parison. the most fortunate of Ameri-
can soldiers" There are no facts what
ever to justify this depreciation. Grant
owed his success solely TO his clear
sighted appreciation of facts and to
the tremendous energy and resource
fulness with which he carried his
plans into effect-as Sheridan express
es it, to 1.-The manifold resources of
his well-balanced military mind"
Grant was ordered to Washington to
n l. 81 nd in,
coin for the first time on March 8,
1854 Grant says in his Memoirs"
that both Stanton and Halleck eau
toned him against giving the Presi-
dent his plans of campaign, because
Lincoln was so kind-hearted that
some friend would be sure 10 get from
him all he knew piece of advice
which, in view of Lincoln's discretion
and Grants reticence, seems quite SUI
perfluous. Grants only comment is
that the President did not ask him
for his plans, nor did he communicate
them to him-nor to Stanton or Hal
leck Lincoln said TO him that "all
he wanted or ever had wanted was
some one who would take the respon-
sibility and act, and call on him for
all the assistance needed" and he
pledged himself to use all the power
of the government in rendering such
assistance" In short. Lincoln> be-
lieved that at last he had found the
man competent TO command the ar
mics. and he promptly retired to the
tivities to the still mighty task of Civ
ing Grant the full support of the gov
eminent in every branch.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-12
POIiCQ| Comment.
Roosevelt for Congress.

A pei 6)n who pretends to know
what he is talking about is quoted by
one of the New York papers as saying
that Mr.. Roosevelt expressed his will
ingness, shortly before leaving the
presidency, to go to the Senate as the
successor of Depew or to accept cleo
ton to the House of Representatives.
According to this person, whose name
is not given, Mr. Roosevelt told him
this last February And, if his friends
urge him, he will return to the United
States early enough in 1910 to partici-
pate in the campaign work of that
year If true, this is interesting. AS
Mr.. Roosevelt loves activity, and as
he has a passion for politics, there is
a chance, a remote chance, that this
story may be founded on fact.
The Legislature which will choose
the successor to Depew will be elected
in 1910. While the Senator has done
little at least in the last twelve
months to rehabilitate himself he will
not get another term. Probably he
does not want another election. He
could not get it if he did want it. The
Senatorship has never brought him
much prestige. He originated no great
measure. On no important issue was
his influence felt. In all the debates
on all the questions which have been
before his chamber during the ten
years which he has been in it he said
nothing which the country remembers,
or which had any effect on the voting.
Mr.. Roosevelt or somebody else, prob
ably somebody else, will step into his
place on March 4, 1911.
AS Mr. Roosevelt is aware, If he
should go to the Senate or House he
would not be breaking all the piece
dents. After leaving the White House
John Quincy Adams served seventeen
years in the popular branch of Con-
gress. and he did excellent service to
the country there. Andrew johnson
had hardly left the presidency before
he began to seek election to House or
Senate. After several defeats in this
ambition he was chosen to the Senate,
but he died when he was only few
weeks in Office. Roosevelt would at
tract more attention in Congress even
than Adams aroused. Probably. too,
he would be able to render good SER
vice there. Yet his entrance into
either branch of Congress within the
next few years is unlikely. After his
return to the United States in 1910 or
1911, however, his movements will be
followed with great interest by his
countrymen.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
! crat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-12

The study Of the art Of putting
things is to be recommended to every
one who meditates plung into print.
Even the writing of death notice In
wolves q certain amount Of genius, II
the author wishes to keep clear and
we'll defined the fragile line which lies
between the serious and the funny.
That this Is true is shown by Ger
tain quotations from a Leipzig paper
given in Bishop John F. Hurst's Life
and Literature in the Fatherland."
Here are a few sentences extracted
from these obituary notices:
To-day death tore away from u
for the third time our only child"
Last night at five thirty the Lord
took to Himself during visit to the
grandparents our little daughter An
tome of teething."
The last speaks better than ii knew.
Here died Marie Wiegel. who was
the mother and seamstress of children
two"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-12
TREASURE IN WRECKS BENEATH WATERS SEAS

seas. Many of these vessels with rich
cargoes disappeared suddenly and mys-
teriously, as if smuggied away by an
unseen power Most of these cargoes
remain to this day for lucky fortune
hunters. In the wrecking OF $4,000
out and unwritten acts of heroism
played. Many fortunes have been re-
covered from the bottom of the lakes.
Not many years ago a treasure ship
came down from the North, the Will
liam H. Stevens, loaded with SOL $50
worth of copper. She went down off
Conneaut, o. Unavailing efforts to re-
cover her treasure were made until
Capt. Harris W. Baker, Detroit, fitted
out modern treasure-hunting expedi-
ton. He recovered 100000 of the
cargo. his share of the treasure being
$50, 1000 On the south shore of Lake
Erie, between Erie and Dunkirk, the
steamer Dean Richmond lies with $50
600 in zinc on board. The Richmond
disappeared between these two ports
and the bodies of the crew were
washed ashore Lake Huron is called
the Lake of the Sunken Treasure"
Ne-r Saginaw bay are more lost ships
Win valuable cargoes than in any 9TH
err of the great lakes. The steamer
City of Detroit. with a $4,000 copper
cargo; r. G. Coburn, $780, 900 copper
cargo. and the steamer Fay, with s20,-
900 in steel billets ON board. lie in the
bay The steamer Kent was sunk off
Point Pelee with much money in her
hulk. Eight men lost their lives on
the Kent.
Whisky and coal form an important
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-12
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-12

part OF the treasure which awaits re-
covery in the inland seas In 1916 the
Lexington, Capt. Peer, cleared from
Cleveland for Port Huron with a car
go of 10 barrels of whisky. The ship
foundered in midlake with all on
board. To-day the whisky is worth
S115 per barrel. The Anthony Wayne
sank in Lake Erie with 800 barrels OF
whisky and wine on board. The West
moreland sank with a similar cargo.
1t IS said that coal worth $4,000, 900
awaits recovery.
A terrible event on the inland seas
was the loss of the steamer Atlantic
off Long Point, Lake Erie, with 300
lives. Not until a quarter of a CEN
fury had passed was trace of the ship
found. Treasure worth 100000 was
taken from her. The Griffin, built by
La Sale at the foot of Lake Erie in
January, 1879. sailed across Lake Erie,
up the Detroit river and entered Lake
Michigan. She started on the return
trip in the fall of 1880 with $4,000
in furs on board. She was never
heard Of
Treasure hunters are now seeking
the $4,000 copper cargo that went
down with the steamer Pewabic in a
collision with the Meteor in August,
1866. The Pewabic went down in Lake
Huron. off Thunder Bay island. Five
men have lost their lives in attempts
to recover her cargo. The new attempt
is being made by a New York syndi-
cate. which has perfected a diving rig
that they declare will withstand the
water pressure at the depth at which
the treasure lies.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-12
EARLY LETTER ON THE UNION
DIR. Rush Feared n Too Quick Peace
with England Would he Harmful.


with England Would BE Harmful.
One of the finest specimens of let
tiers in recent sale of autographs by
Stan " Henkels in Philadelphia, was
written on April 10, 1882, by DR.. Ben
jamin Rush, signer of the declara-
ton of independence, to Maj.-Gen.
Nathaniel Greene, says the New York
Times.
DR.. Rush was physician-general of
the revolutionary army also. He prac-
ticed his profession in Philadelphia
and during the yellow fever epidemic
there in 1888 he treated it success
fully and it has been estimated that
he saved from death no less than
5000 persons.
He was firm supporter of the fed
eral constitution and his letter is
chiefly about that subject. He says:
at Is true France has done wonders
for us. But may not even this have
beneficial effect on our country here
after. 1t seems intended by heaven to
teach us the necessity of perpetual
union and confederation. If the COM
bined force of all the States was I'M
equal to the power of Britain, what
can be expected from the spirit or re-
sources of any one of them? ] am so
perfectly satisfied that the future
peace. safety, freedom of America
depend upon our union that /
view the debt of our country
with pleasure, especially that part
of it we owe TO ourselves.
/" Our danger at present arises
principally from two causes. First. a
too speedy peace with Britain, and.
second, from Britain's acknowledging
our independence. l wish the first
may be deferred till a naval war has
given us as many fleets and admirals
as land war has given us armies and
generals. The last event would un-
nerve the resentments of America and
introduce among us all the conse-
quence of English habits and manners
with English manufactures. To pre-
vent this and enable us to transmit
our feeling to posterity, l wish Brit
ain for fifty years TO come may con-
tinue in all her acts Of government TO
call us rebels and 'deluded subjects
We stand in need of all the follies
and vices of our enemies to give us a
national character"
On Sept %, 1888. The defnitive
treaty of peace was signed. by which
/ the independence of the thirteen
! United States was acknowledged by
Great Britain. 1t was not, however.
until after Jays treaty in 1894 that
this original treaty of peace was fully
executed by Great Britain.
Dr. Rush's letter sold for $50.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-12
BIRD CASTLES IN THE ROCKS.
Ten Thousand Birds Live Upon
Rock on the Magdalen Islands.


Rock on the Magdalen Islands.
To see the other rock-dweller5 we
must go on farther to the north.
From the Magdalens to the most
northern lands one will meet the
precipitous islands and headlands
tenanted by the hardy seabirds which
delight in sheer heights such as turn
most men dizzy. Great Bird Rock, OF
the Magdalen group, far out in the
turbulent Gulf of st. Lawrence, is the
most accessible from civilization of
any of the colonies of this sort, says
Herbert X. Job. in Outing. 1t almost
seems like mocker, though, to apply
to it the term accessible" 1t Is a
remote and hard to reach at its best.
Yet such a place as Great Bird Rock
is one of the seven wonders of the
world If any one who truly loves
wild nature desires a real and unique
thrill. by all means he or she should
somehow visit Great Bird Rock. 1t
towers from a stormy, fog-begirt
ocean, lonely. buffeted on every side.
exposing its towering cliffs to the al
most unremitted assaults of the ele-
ments.
1t has been my good fortune twice
to visit this great castle of the birds.
The first time we went in a schooner
OF goodly size, were left on the rock,
Ia<a bo
next time, four years after, the vessel
failed to keep the appointment. and,
rather than give 1t up, we watched
our chance and ran out from the Mag
dalens in an open lobster boat. We
were hurled ashore by the surf on the
one bit of rocky beach under the cliff.
Hurriedly hitching on the steam-winch
| tackle, we had the boat hoisted out of
danger, and scrambled up the long
| ladder ITO feet to the summit, where
We were loyalty cared for by the keep
| er and his family, who had received
but che visitor since the previous No
vember.
On the sheer walls of this precipi-
tous island, on the many lodges, live
some ten thousand sea birds. The
sights are impressive beyond the pow
er of any words adequately to de-
scribe. From below, as we approach
In the boat, we gaze upward with
awe at the circling swarm of the
] birds. note the rows and companies
upon the lodges, listen to the screams
of the birds and the din of the surf
which pounds away ceaseiessly at the
cliff. Our boat is plunging. in every
thing there Is motion, the height OF
the rocky wall Is appalling, and the
very universe seems to reel and stag
ger. And when, either by climbing
the ladder or being hoisted up by the
steam winch, we gain the summit
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-12
The Force Of Habit.

One of the campers had done some
thing peculiarly idiotic, and the dean
said. Dick reminds me of Thomas
colt.
What about Thomas colt?" asked
Dick, cheerfully.
why" the dean responded readily.
where I lived in Maine when | was
boy an old man named Thomas
raised horses. He once put out 10
pasture a colt. which had been fed
from its birth in box stall and wa
:ered at the trough in the yard.
1.-THE pasture lay across a small riv-
n. and in the middle of the day the
olt swan the stream to go up to the
'arnyard for a drink of water"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-12
SUCCESS OF PROTECTIVE SYSTEM

The success of a system of protec
tion involves gradual lowering o
duties. As an American industry de
velops, the margin of duty needed I
keep out threatening importations nee
essarily shrinks. Importations ceass
gradually to be a source of danger
They become in fact, only a benefi
cially negative influence in checking
excessive prices demanded at home
for domestic products. The progress
of the iron and steel industry illus
trates that transformation Thirty
years ago foreign iron and steel could
have driven American iron and steel
out of the market. To-day American
iron and steel makers sell their prod
ucts abroad, and have practically no
competition at home. Protective du-
ties or iron and steel are no longer
needed, except to discourage dumping
here in hard times On the other
hand it has become desirable to per-
nit steel and iron manufactures to en-
ter at low rates in good times. in or
| prices here.
Excessive rates encourage the be-
| lief that the government owes an in
| definite support to domestic indus
tries, when it really means to offer
them chance to show their capacity
| to make progress and to give return
for the benefits of protection. There
has been too great disposition shown
by some of the protected interests to
challenge the law that duties should
generally decrease as industries ma
| ture.
President Taft expresses the ortho.
dox protectionist view and gives voice
| to the demand of the great majority
| of the voters of the country, who are
also stanchly protectionist, when he
argues that revision now should be
downward and that a revision five or
ten years hence will probably be still
more downward.-New York Tribune
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-12

Among the encouraging signs noted
by the mercantile agencies in the last
week are:
Improvement in the condition of the
crops.
An enlargement OF the fall trade
among jobbers.
Increase in Industrial output.
Rising prices in manufactured
goods.
Heavier demand for money.
Increase in railroad earnings.
Firmer prices in the pig iron mar
ket
Associated with these signs of a re-
turn to normal business conditions are
reports of clashes between labor and
employers. These are partly due TO
the confidence of labor In the restora-
ton of prosperity and its determine
ton to share in the improvements,
partly they are due to the increase in
the cost of living The attendance of
strikes upon business gains is, of
course, to be regretted. but it must
be accepted as movement for the
more equable distribution OF the fruits
of prosperity.
The imports have been large in an
ticipation of changes of the tariff, but
the best showing is in the gains in
exports. The foreign shipments at
New York in one week of July reach
ed the total of s29.774,O2O. or $685.
957 over the business of the same week
in 1908 and within $4,000 of the
same period in 1907.
With the marketing of the crops,
which promise this year to break even
the marvellous records of 1908, the
normal state of trade should be reach
ed. October may find conditions upon
par with the best of 1906.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-12

Admiral Kimberly was in 1862 Lieu
tenant Kimberly and the executive
officer of the Hartford. in which Ad-
miral Farragut ran the enemy's bat
teries at Grand Gulf, on the Missis-
sippi River, under a terrible fire.
which disabled part of his fleet.
Lieutenant Eaton. of the Signal Corps
of the army. had just before this been
ordered aboard the Hartford that COM
munication between the fleet and army
might be carried on. When the ship
drew up under fire and her own bat
berly on the gun-deck fought the ship,
while Admiral Farragut walked one
side of the quarterback. and the cap.
tain of the ship the other. and poor
Eaton made himself as small as posi-
BILE at the extreme stern, and wished
the war were over. But the captain.
one of the old school, looking down
on the gun-deck as he finished one of
his quarterback perambulations, saw.
to his horror. that a sailor. one of the
for the moment. had deserted his gun,
and was leaning helplessly against the
mast "Mr. Kimberly. Mr.. Kimber-
ly," exclaimed the captain IN a high
pitched voice which penetrated above
the roar of the artillery. pray, what
is hat person doing there?" And he
pointed a terrible finger at the sailor
No sooner did Kimberly's eyes light on
the object of the captains inquiry
than he sprang furiously on the man.
seized him by the collar, and rushed
him with violent shake to his prop
er position at the gun. Then, turning
and facing the quarterback, ne touch
ed his cap with all possible ceremony
and reported: "Sir, the person you
allude to has returned to duty