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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
HOW TALL SHOULD A MAN BEp
The Ideal Height Is Said to BE q
Little Under Six Feet.

The Ideal Height Is Said to BE
Little Under Six Feet.
Recruits who are much over six feet
tall are not desired for the United
States Army. There are exceptions. of
course; but as a rule men who run
much over six feet lack depth of chest,
and by reason of inadequate lung ca
pacity fall below the average in power
of endurance.
The ideal height for n man, accord
ing to observations from military
point of view, is an inch and n half
under six feet. 1t does not seem to be
intended by Nature that the male hui
man animal shall exceed this stature
if due regard Is to be had for develop
mcnt at all points. On the other hand.
ii is an obvious disadvantage for ply
steal effectiveness to be under the aver
age number of inches. AT five feet ten
and a half a man attains his best de-
velopment of muscle and bone, with
highest vital efficiency.
Just what is the average height for
man seems To be not satisfactorily
settled. Obviously. it differs largely
with race, we and the japanese repre-
senting among civilized peoples the two
extremes On the other hand. the Am
erican Indians are taller than we are
and the aborigines of Patagonia must
be considered the loftiest folk in the
world, inGsmuch as the men commonly
run over six feet in height When the
early Spanish explorers described them
as a race of giants they were not far
from the fact.
Even in the United States stature
seems TO vary considerably with local
ity. During the civil war. from the be-
ginning to the end of which our gov
eminent put into the field and on board
Of fighting ships more than 100000
men. the tallest recruits came from
Kentucky, averaging over five feet
eight and n half inches. Kansas. Min
nesota, Missouri, California and Neva-
da came next. in the order given-all
of them over five feet eight. Maine.
llllllOlS siuu ofNAN6NN NV ANNa
seven and four-fifths inches. and Ohio
and Pennsylvania a trifie less. Recruits
from Massachusetts, and Connecticut
stood at the foot of the list, measuring
| five feet six and half inches.
After so years of age the human
body begins to undergo a progressive
shdinkage. Not only do the muscular
| tissues lose bulk, but even the bones
| become smaller. Meanwhile. there is a
| contraction of the cartilaginous tissue
between the vertebrate of the backbone.
which causes a loss of height, mal
originally six feet tall frequently los
ing as much as an inch and half OF
his stature by the time he is 20 years
| old
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04

EN- employed in this city as clerks,
bookkeepers, cashiers, stenographers,
filing clerks. saleswomen, etc.-the fol-
lowing seems to be true:
They generally begin at )S7 or So
per week
1t generality takes about three
years to advance to $40 or So per
week.
1t generally takes five or six years
more to advance to SIS per week.
Not more than 10 per cent ever go
beyond S15 per week.
Advance in wages is very rare after
ten years service, except with the 20
per cent who develop peculiarly strong
characteristics and are advanced to ad-
ministrative positions.
1t must be remembered that this COW
ers only employees who can properly he
classed as 1.-The best" Others begin at
So, 81 and S. week, and rarely rise
above 81 or IS week.
1t seems also true that the younger
women and the better equipped women
crowd out the older women, as appears
from the fact that except among "the
best few remain after 30 or 80 years,
and even among 1.-The best few remain
after 40 or 45 years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
What Influences Men.

Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait presi-
dent of the Equal Suffrage Union,
does not In any way suit the descrfp-
ton usually fitted by chivalrous men
to woman suffragists Far from being
plain-visaged. badly-gOwned, rather
pugilistic person. Mrs. Gait is alto
gether charming. q delightfully."- wom-
anly woman and quite interested as to
the style and beauty of her dresses
and hats. Nothing in the world so in
censes Mrs. Gait as for a person or
newspaper to mix her personality
with her propaganda.
Zone of the most brilliant writers
on woman suffrage" she remarked
not long ago, ELLIS Meredith, of Den
yer. has this to say about certain
phase of enfranchised women, and |
wish all men who discuss the subject
would treat ii rs tract. 1T Is says
this caustic chronicler, "A singular
fact that men seem unable to consid-
ct the abstract question OF voting
quite apart from it's personal bearings.
For instance, n well-knOwn Denver
writer laments that since the disas-
trous year of 1898 he has seen upon
the streets of Denver the sad faces of
| unlo-ed woman. Both before and
since that time the sad faces Of I'M
loved and unlovable men have not been
absent from our thoroughfares. but
who ever thought of such thing as
DISTINGUISHING n man in order that he
might be rendered attractive? So
crates would never have received even
honorable mention in n beauty show.
Yet this sort Of thing is accepted Sc
riously. and men are influenced. not
by arguments. but by the personality
Of the one who represents them when
II is matter of wOman's enfranchise
ncnt.' Yet question If judge ever
thinks whether the pleader before him
is good tn look on or the opposite. or
whether his collar is clean. and his
face showing the effects OF morning
soap 1t is his brief which counts.
That is all women ask, that their brief
be given respectful and diligent medi-
tation"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
INDIANA COUNTIES GO DRY"
Four Practically Swept by Militant
Anti-Liquor Forces.


Anti-Liquor Forces.
Complete returns from four Indiana
counties holding local option elections
Tuesday show that four have been
added to three that entered the dry
column some three weeks ago. In every
county the victory was more decisive
pected and rout of the liquor forces
comes with crushing fierce because
overwhelming results were not antici-
pated. In Decatur County the MAORI
ty is close to 1,5O0, with only per
cent wet: in Putnam, LISA, with only
two precincts out Of thirty four wet;
in Upton, 1927, with all twenty-four
precincts dry, and in Hamilton the ma
jority will reach 1000. with possibly
only one or two precincts wet. Elec-
tions in all the counties were quiet
and orderly. The anti-saloon elements
were busy all day. Women in cities
and towns took leading parts in get
ting voters to the polls. In some cities
church bells were ruug at regular in
tervals. In others, teachers marched
at the heads of their classes to the
polls, wearing badges. In country dis
tricts and i'm cities and towns schools
were given a holiday and the children
went out with the teachers election
eering.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
GLAZIER IS FOUND GUILTY.
Former Treasurer of Michigan Liable
to IA Years Imprisonment.

Frank Il. GlaZier of Chelsea. former
Michigan State Treasurer. was found
guilty in Lansing of converting State
funds to the use of the Chelsea Savings
Bank, of which he was president and
the largest stakeholder, making him
liable to fourteen years. Imprisonment
When the bank failed it had on deposit
S6S5000 of State funds.
The jurors deliberated four hours
and twenty minutes. They reached a
verdict after taking three ballots. On
the first they stood . to for conyic-
ton. AS soon as the verdict was au-
nOunced Judge West gave the defend
ants counsel until March to file n
motion for a new tril, and a bill of
exceptions, so that the case may be
reviewed by the Supreme Court
Mr.. GlaZier, until his failure in De-
cember, 1907, was regarded as a man
of large wealth. He was connected with
a number of enterprises in Chelsea and
elsewhere in Washtenaw County. and
was serving his second term as State
Treasurer Banking Commissioner Zim-
norman Immediately closed the Chelsea
Savings Bank, and it was made public
that the institution had heavily over
loaned to Mr.. GlaZier and TO enter
prises of which he was the head. AZ
investigation of his action i'm depositing
State funds in the bank Of which he
was the head and which has suspended
through excessive loans to himself re-
suited in indictments being found
against Glazier by the grand jury in
Lansing, charging misrepresentation OF
State funds.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
WARNS OF U. S. WHEAT PERIL.
Government Expert Reports Indur-
try at Home May Be Outdone.

Government Expert Reports InduS-
try at Home May Be Outdone.
If the United States is TO hold its own
as a wheat-raising and wheat-producf
manufacturing nation, every available in
1uence must be invoked. according to a
report made to the Department of Com
merce and Labor in Washington by one
of its special agents, who has been study
ing conditions in relation to flour and
grain shipments in Europe. The aren't
declares that unless Americans make
what development they can in this matter
within the next ten years they will find
themselves behind in the race. The
American milling industry, he adds, needs
legislation to help in extending market
possibilities. 1t also needs wisely di-
rected care in the production of its raw
material.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04

That persons who do not wish 10
lose their books, mark their name not
On the title page only. but on a GER
tain fixed page in book as well.
That what is known as steel wool
is an excellent cleaner for sinks,
kitchen utensils. wood floors and for
rubbing down paint.
That shiny clothing will look much
better if the shiny spot is rubbed light
" with fine sand paper and then
pressed on the wrong side.
That in starting hem on the ma
chine. the needle will be less apt TO
clog If a piece of paper is placed I'M
der the needle and sewed, through for
about two inches before going on to
the hem The paper is later pulled
away.
That kerosene is an excellent polish
or for rubbing up furniture. 1t may
be applied with a soft, wooden rag,
rubbed In well and later dried of with
a clean piece of flannel.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04

isn't always conspicuous for beauty.
this clever girl; she Is often rather
plain than otherwise, but when 1t hap
pens, as 1t frequently does, that she
combines beauty with cleverness, She
has pretty nearly everything her own
way. She Is ever well-pOised and never
appears extensively learned nor boldly
aggressive. Neither is she retiringly
shy. She lets her cleverness be re-
spected rather than known, and at the
apropos moment she shines forth like
Il brilliant light In the household
she may seem rather like Gagged
bird. but when the right man appears
on the stage of life, her fiuttering
ceases, and with the steadying infiu-
ence of real love the clever girl Is
transformed into the clever wife and
mother. and because her home affairs
run smoothly her husband is satisfied.
devoted and proud. and her children
rise I'D to call her blessed among WON
en-. May the clever girl never grow
less.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
Cure for Cnrc.


Don't you trouble trouble
TIL trouble troubles you.
Don't you look for trouble;
Let trouble look for you.
Don't YOU borrow sorrow
You'll surely have your share,
lie who dreams of sorrow
Will find that sorrows there.
Don't you hurry worry
BY worrying lest it come
To furry is 10 worry;
Twill miss you if you're mum.
If care you've got 10 carry,
Wait till it's at the door;
For he who runs to meet it
Takes up the load before.
If minding will not mend it,
Then better not TO mind;
The best thing is TO end it
Just leave il all behind.
Who feareth hath forsaken
The Heavenly Fathers side;
What He hath undertaken
He surely will provide.
Then don't vol trouble trouble
Till trouble troubles you;
You'll only double trouble,
And trouble others. too.
The Observer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04

A bachelor, who is known among his
friends and their children as being al
ways in the happiest spirits. singing
gayly and whistling the newest songs
recently took unto himself a wife.
Hearing the news the S-year-oid
daughter of house to which he goes
frequently, asked her mother doubt
fully:
Wont Mr.. Smith sing or whistle
any more. mother?"
"Why, OF course" said the parent
wondering. why"
Because married people don't seem
to sing much" quoth the cynic, sadly
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
AMONG OUR NEIcHBoRs

Former Judge Chaplin of the Superior
Court died in Fort Wayne of injuries
sustained when he was struck by a street
car. He was "a years old.
A dispute over % cents in the saloon
of j. Il. Scott in Fort Wayne resulted in
the killing of C. T. Thornton by Scott.
A revolver was used by Scott.
Charged with embezzling a small fund,
George Davenport. aged IL. committed SUI
icide in his cell in the Evansville police
station by hanging himself with necktie.
While Emma Fryer. N years old, was
returning to her home in the northeastern
part of Brown County, she heard a cry
for help. She went to a haystack in a
field nearby and found tramp almost
frozen to death. He begged the girl to
help him. She told him to wait until she
went home for her father. When she
reached home her father was not there
and the girl hitched up a horse and drove
Jack to the haystack for the tramp. After
much hard work she succeeded in getting
him into the buggy and took him back
home. The tramp was able to leave the
next morning.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the
Touring mill of George Phipps at Hunts
Vile Mr. Phipps was unable to estimate
his loss. but said he thought il would be
not less than 5000 on the machinery and
grain stored there. which was partly COW
cred by insurance.
When aroused from his slumber by a
peculiar noise, Mayor Charles R'gdon, OF
Warsaw. State Secretary Of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles. discovered a mouse car
rying of his three karat diamond ring.
valued at $50. The mouse had the ring
half way through a small hole, twenty
Feet from the table. where il had been
placed nj night.
an effort to have statue OF schuyler
Colfax. Vice President Of TAI Unite
States in President Grants frs. lera
and for many years neinter OF Con-
~rcss. erected In that city has heea IN
leriaken BY the Soath Bend Chamber OF
Commerce. Ia resolutions recently pass
Il i'Ie chamber ASKS the Indiana Leg
stature to Appropriate $4,000 fo- a monu-
mont.
Leaving her husband under the impress
sion that she wouid retRrn the next day.
Mrs. Delos hItC0y of Orleans. drove To
her father horne, twelve miles distant,
and hanged herself from pear tree. The
young wonan's parents discovered the
body on their return from church
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
Not Eafr.

Look here. Abraham" said the
judge, Its been proved right here in
court that instead of doing something
to help support your wife and children
you spend your whole time hunting
'possum
The old negro hung his head
Now, Abe, you love your wife,
don't your
"Ah suttinly doesW
''And your chlldren?''
''Yas, suh!'
"And you love them both better
Better ev'ry day, jedge1 Abe
broke in.
better than a thousand pos
sunni
'Look hyah. jedge." exclaimed Abe
with widening eyes, ''dat's takin' a
coon at a pow'fIl disadvantage THE
Bohemian Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
The Clever Girl.


It's rather hard on the girl who
is clever TO feel that she is regarded
by the majority of men-the sort of
men in whose hearts turks the old.
fashioned idea that woman is some
thing of a household chattel-as some
thing that should be seen and not
heard. Perhaps, however, writes Karl
Kramer, it is just because she is cley.
er that she can rise above this mascu-
line prejudice and keep right on In her
own way. 1t takes a clever women
to live down a mans prejudice. Then
too, poor little girl, she can't help be
ing clever, and, on the whole, the clever
girl is one Of the best in the entire
category of the fair sex.
She's never tiresome, always enter.
tanning and companionable, and makes
the best kind of a friend TO a fellow
Her cleverness helps him over bad
places and her advice is always good
She's the girl that appeals, first to
a mans brain and intellect. and then
if he is real man, to his heart, which
she holds. even against himself. She
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
Promoters Kieran surrenders,

p. J. Kieran, the much-wanted head Of
the Fidelity Funding Company. who has
been sought all over the world for two
months past on account of the big dis
crepancy between the company's assets
and liabilities. has voluntarily surrendered
to the authorities at Pittsburg and given
bonds for his appearance in court at New
York, asserting that he was prepared to
make good every obligation of his COM
pany. Many Catholic institutions were
believed to be involved in Kieran's af-
60 ire
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
Women Helm College,

A new scholarship has been estab-
lished at Bowdoin College, the Annie
T.. burlington scholarship for which
Mrs. A. Webster King gave $1,000 In
memory Of her sister, the object being
to assist some deserving student
through college. 4 fund of $1,000 has
been established by Mrs. James Drum
mond ard Mrs. Charles f. Dole and
daughter in memory Of the husband
and father, Mr.. james Drummond.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
American Working Girls.

A consensus of opinion, appearing
from conference with two high-grade
employment agencies, four large COM
mercial houses mot department
stores), three large professional Of
fees, and q large number of miscella-
neous men of experience in the business
world of New York City, says Harper's
Bazaar, which has been conducting a
symposium Of working girls expert
ences, Is that:
Taking education, family training
and influence, and personal qualities
and characteristics, into consideration
in determining what is meant by 1.-The
best''-of the wages of "the best wom-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04

1t is an excellent plan to battle the
eyes with the lids wide open. To do
this bright silver coin should be
tossed into a bowl of clear, cold water
1t will. OF course. sink TO the bottom
and when the face is plunged into the
water the eyes should be firmly fixed
upon the glittering silver bit. Then
let the eyes be kept open and the head
gently moved from side to side The
men and women who will persist in
this daily bath will soon find that
their eyes are brighter and stronger
and it will preserve the sight beyond
what is supposed to be ITS allotted time
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
Happiest Couple in Europe.

Germany. are said TO be the happiest
royal couple in all Europe. Their home
is delightful, thirteenth century castle
at Kiel Princess Irene has furnished
the rooms in bright chintzes and gay
hangings and has made il most modern
and comfortable looking. They are sell
dom separated for any length of time
and their perfect happiness is the won
der and envy of the many disconnected
royal couples numbered among their &c
quaintanceS
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04

In the Maryland Court of Appeals the
United Garment Workers of America
have won a notable victory in the affirm
ing of the illegality of blacklisting by EN-
ployers. The case arose from the act OF
a Baltimore employer who. not content
with discharging a man who urged an
other to ask higher wages, had written to
other clothing manufacturers OF the city
asking them to bar the dismissed one from
employment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04

A primary requisite in keeping the
teeth clean is n suitable brush, adapted
TO the form and position Of the teeth.
For babies the very best brush that
can be made is a piece of soft linen
wrapped around mothers finger and
dipped into glass of water. When
the gums are infiamed it is soothing
and comforting. For children small.
soft brush should be used up to about
the tenth year, then the sitter brush
substituted. Many complaints incident
to childhood could be readily averted
by mothers teaching them the import
ance of the daily care Of the teeth
and mouth
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04


The and plabe that cng the
chiffon broadclo
which
which perfectly of The
trimming The material employed the pgeongray Princess
to EN-
to gray
black quilts
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
IN ola Remedy.

A remedy that has stood the test Of
years in family noted for their hair
is made from sage and green tea. This
has been known TO step falling hair
and bring back the natural luster when
all other means have failed Put sage
ard green tea in the proportion of AZ
ounce each in preserving kettle and
cover them with a quart and pint OF
boiling water. Cover tightly and sim
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04

five-room house belonging TO George
George and occupied by Samuel Foxwell
of Harmony. was destroyed by fire. The
origin is unknown Loss about 81 100;
partly insured. The home of William
Russell at Benwood was destroyed BY
fire. The family awoke to find the roof
falling in and barely escaped with their
lives The loss is about $1,000, insur-
ance 81 700
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
Monitor worker Dead,

John Maddocts. 60 years old. senior
member of the foundry firm of Maddocks
& Herschell in Princeton. fell dead Of
heart disease at his room in the St.
Charles Hotel. He worked as an expert
machinist in the construction of the IA
nous ironclad Monitor and was with her
in the engagement with the Merrimac
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
HOME PAPER cUPID's PASS.
Youths Must Also Taboo Drink and
Tobacco, Say Girls.

score or more of pretty young girl
at Beayerville have formed i league &c
promote refinement among y.sIng men.
and, among other things, have .esolved tc
marry no man who DRINKS, smokes or
chews and who does not take the home
paper. Drinking is cons,i rel the chiei
evil. smoking and chewing come newt
while the young women assert that when
a man does not take ia, home paper i.
is evidence of want IF intelligence. and
that he will prove too s'Insy to provide
for family, educate his children and
encourage institutions of learn;ag in the
community.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
HOUSE HAUNTED, THEY SWEAR.
Eight Policemen Bear witness to

Ghosfly Sounds by Night.
Eight policemen of Gary are convinced
after having made a personal investiga.
ton, that a certain small cottage mile
from Tolleston is the abiding place of s
genuine ghost The squad of officers
came to this decision after having spent 8
night of terror in the haunted house
Means, raps and other sounds continued
in mysterious manner through the night
they say. Until two months ago the
house was vacant. Steve Gradochic and
family then moved in. Walls and sounds
of a struggle have nightly disturbed the
new tenants, and they called the police to
investigate. Several years ago a farm
hand committed suicide, in the cottage
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
Child Thrown to swine.

f. NJ. Clark was arrested and placed
in Jail at McLeansboro, ILL.,, on a charge
that evoked wrath. He was living with
a woman named Ollie Lane at Dale, and
it is charged he took the woman's infant
and threw it to a drove of hogs, which
devoured IL
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
Girl Killed by Lean Mt Fire.

A fire which destroyed the home of
Philip III. Rankin, lawyer, in Newark,
n. J., resulted in the death of a mFd
servant. Annastasia Burns. and serious
injury to her sister, Nellie Bnrns, both
of whom leaped from third story win
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
Confessed Highwayman sentenced.

James Burke and Oscar Plumer. Cd
trisl before Judge Wilson in Bedford,
on the charge of highway robbery. plead
ed guilty and were sentenced to the JEFF
fersonville prison for a term Of two tc
fourteen years. Two weeks ago they hello
up Paris Ketcham, a well-known stock
buyer, and got $40.