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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29
AUTHORS COMMON FAULT.


why So Few Writers Go Straight to
the Point By Short Cut.
Why is it that so few writer's are
able or willing to say plainly and di-
rectly what they mean? Among 100
men who live by the pen hardly twenty
will be found that have mastered the
art of going right 10 the heart of a
subject by the shortest cut, which Is a
straight line, says the San Francisco
Bulletin. 1t is the faulty fashion or
the times in literature to approach a
point by devious roads. To get the
meaning of much smart modern text
one must read constantly between the
lines. How many writer's there are
whose compositions the reader. as he
goes along, translates into his W
more homely and fortnight phrasing!
Competent o p readers In newspaper
offices and readers of manuscripts sub
mitted to magazines and publishing
houses observe, more closely than
others, this almost universal failing or
writer's. 1t is a rare amateur In let
tiers who does not dilute and enfeeble
his narrative with indefinite phrases.
ellipses and other yagaries. The trick
of plunging in medals res is esoteric.
Only the master craftsmen have it.
The usual writer. opening an article,
makes as many feints and useless mo-
tions as a scared pugilist who comes to
the center at the clang of the gong int
fddles with his fists out of pure ner'
n One OF the most character
istic marks of the apprentice and the
man who has nc instinct for literary
expression Is the unnecessary introduc-
ton.
Speech is a mere tool, and those
stylists who think rather OF how they
express a thought than Of the value
and clearness of the thought itself go
on a wrong theory and are vicious
Language is only the clothing Of ideas.
The main thing is what is said. anc
q writer should strive first of all to
be clear and accurate. There Is a
school of modern writers who deem
clarity crudeness, n see IN suDuety
or obscurity the sum Of all literary vir-
tues. Their aim is to give the reader
just sufficient data TO enable him to
guess their meaning. Such writers in
cases enjoy a transient vogue among
that large class of watery-bralned per-
sons who never get a thought clear In
their heads; but there is no classic in
any literature that cannot be under
stood readily by any fairly intelligent
person who knows the language.
Good writing. after all. Is the prod
uct of clear thinking. Marshal your
facts and array your arguments in log
ical order in your mind and you VIII
possess most of the secrets OF rhetoric.
A man who has a firm grasp of his
matter cannot help writing lucidly. and
is very likely TO write with feeling.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29
CONQUERING THE TARPoN.
Sensations of One Who Has locke
n Fish of That Kind.

Sensations Of One Who Has locke
"a Fish of That Kind.
The boat stops still yonder is a
swirl on a wave and a great, ark
body, with a greenish back and large
protecting fin appears above 1t; 1t is
a breathless moment. says a writer in
Outing. Look out dar," yells Tony /;
there Is a splash about thirty yards
away, your line become taut and
Is gliding out like lightning before you
can apply the brake. When you do it
Is almost terked from your grasp and
simultaneously the tarpon leaps and
writhes above the water again. There
Is no sight more beautiful to the an
gler than the graceful, silvery form of
he tarpon, like u CLEAN of light from
darkness, leaping forth from the green
sea-.
That moment whenthe tarpon has the
bait and you strike is the n of all
others most fraught with intense ex-
element. 1t is the frst crisis In the
battle. He is down again and your
hook holds. He darts back and forth,
ever going deeper in his wild rushes.
IL is an earnest fight The first ten
minutes seem like an hour. Rush i'm
reel up, don't let rest; following the
advice. your arms tire, your hands be
come numb, II may be, bleeding and
blistered. but you save your fish. Thus
you are lowed out toward the sea, al
ways fighting.
In his first mad rushes the huge fish
gained on you, taking out nearly 10O
yards Of your line. During the first
half hour he has decidedly the better
of the fight and keeps most of the
line. During the second half hour you
gain the lost line foot by foot and the
hoilors are about equally divided. Now
the long PUSHES and leaps begin to tel
and he loses wind. If he did not helI
to kill himself by these wild rushes
and leaps, you could never land him
BY some kind of intuition an angler
can tell when he has gained the mas
terry over a fish. You feel instructive
ly that the second crisis has beer
! passed and the boat turns back towart
the bench and as the beach is nearet
! you reel In and fight at close range.
Once he dashes almost up to the
boat and suddenly turns about; yor
| nearly lost him that time. You soor
lead him back. however. Now he lies
! near the boat; you see his gleamin:
J side glisten In the light. "Stiddy now,
says your man. as the boat touches thu
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29
THE BILLION DOLLAR FORTUNE.

Rapid Increase of . Great For
tune.
The Astor properties now increase as
never before, writes Burton ]. Hend-
rick in McClure's. Land values In the
last five years have jumped 80 and 100
per cent. The forces already described
have been especially marked since
1900. The city's population grows at
the rate OF 100000 a year. In many
sections New York has been largely
reconstructed new headquarters OF re-
tail trade and business have developed;
public improvements initiated since
then-tunnels, bridges. subways, rail-
road acknowledgements In cost not
far from 100000 There a been
q general movement OF corporations to-
ward New York: practically all the
newly organized combinations. for ex-
ample, have located there. When John
Jacob died in 1890, his estate, inherited
by William Waldorf, was estimated at
S1J0,000.000. If il were worth that
then. it is worth $500. 100000 now The
estate OF William Astor, who died In
1892. inherited by the present John
Jacob, was generally paced ar about
$65. 100000. IL that were an accurate
figure it must now aggregate at least
S100,000,000. The combined Aston for
tune thus increases with accelerated
momentum. In fifteen or twenty years
at the present rate Of progress II will
have reached the billion mark. And
then 1t will go on ever faster. until the
ordinary mind Is appalled, at the pro-
~tentious figures. We have seen that
the 100000 invested by John Jacob
has multiplied at least 200 times In
100 years. 1t has reached, at a censer
vative estimate, $450.000.O00. II the
same rate be maintained for another
century, the Astor fortune win attain
The u~nimaginable total OF eighty bill
lions. We stand aghast at such a pos
sibility, but not more sc than would
nave John Jacobs contemporaries had
they foreseen the present reality. In
1890 John Jacob was the only man in
New York who was worth a million
dollars.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29
Not ,,,.h publtc Lana Iest-

or the public land, some 375,O00,oW
acres, or one-sixth of the original ter
ritory, remain-tut nearly every acre
is too arid for settlement OF the origi
nal plan. or State land the amount il
limited, save swamp and overflow
tracts that can hardly be settled by In
dividual effort.
Over 100000 acres of wet lands
might be reclaimed to form homes fol
100000 people, the American Review
of Reviews says. while 100000 OF
00,000,000 acres Of arid lands might be
irrigated to sustain as many more, but
this cannot be done by individual OF
family pioneering, and must be done. il
at all, either at collective cost in the
public interest or by corporate enter.
prise for personal interest. No longer
is Uncle Sam "rich enough to give US
all a farm - his princely possession Of
a century past is already given.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29

The explorers were sitting n on
each side Of the President when DR..
Stein produced from his waistcoat
pocket a small spring tape measure in
u tiny aluminium drum. 1T is a very
curious thing" said DR.. Stein, but in
1905, when / was In eastern Thibet,
picked up this measure at the DOT OF
an old ruin. l have carried 1t ever
since and use IL constantly" DIR.
Sven Hedin took the measure in his
hand. This is mine," he said at once.
Il lost it in Thibet in 1901" and he
named the spot where he believed he
had dropped it, with the number OF
miles 1t was distant from a certain
great lake. This proved to be the spot
where 1t was found--Pall Mall Ga
zette.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29
A Declining japanese Industry.

The forging of sclmiter blades in ia
pan was once a flourishing industry,
and the workers formed a close and
powerful corporation. But the indus
try has declined for years, and now
only two makers are left. Messrs. Son.
kyama and Myamoto. No young ia
panese has come forward to offer him.
self as an apprentice and the question
was referred to the mikado with a view
of perpetuating the industry.
The mikado has come 10 the rescue
and has founded two scholarships of
f1OO to induce two lads to offer them
selves for initiation into the art and
mystery of making scimiter Blades
London Globe.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29
FOOD FACTS.


IN
A prominent Georgia physician went
through a food experience which he
makes public:
1T was any own experience that first
led me TO advocate Grape-Nuts food
and 1 also know, from having pre-
scribed IL to convalescents and other
weak patients that the food is a won
derful rebuilder and restorer OF nerve
and brain tissue, as well as muscle. liz
improves the digestion and sick pa
tients always gain just as l lie in
strength and weight very rapidly.
Il was in such a low state that 1
had to give up my work entirely, and
went to the mountains OF this state,
but two months there did not improve
me: in fact. l was not quite as well as
when l left home.
MY food did not sustain me and
1t became plain that l must change.
Then / began to use Grape-Nuts food.
and In two weeks 1 could walk q mile
without fatigue, and In five weeks
returned to my home and practice.
taking up hard work again. Since that
time | have felt as well and strong as
I ever did in my life.
"As a physician who seeks to help
all sufferers. 1 consider it a duty to
make these facts public"
Trial 10 days on Grape-Nuts when
the regular food does not seen 70 us
tain the body, will work mirat@
There's a Reason"
Lock in pkgs- for the famous little
book. "The Road to MELVILLE"
Ever read the above letter? A
new m appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29
WOMEN
There Are Said to BE Twenty-Five
in the United States.

~ S0Aa 10 Dc ttenty.ElV9
i'm the United States.
One line OF work which women have
recently taken up Is accounting. There
are said TO be about twenty-five wom-
en- engaged In this work In the United
States. They have come into this field
within the last two or three years and
have met with unexpected success.
1t Is hard work. but 1t is far more
remunerative, according to a writer I'm
the Bookkeeper, than n other of the
professions In which women have here
tofore engaged. A director in a lead
ing commercial school of New York
says:
Il know or W. women I'm well
known concerns who have mapped out
and put into operation a complete new
system of financial methods for their
employers and who have ever been in
trusted with big funds for profitable
Investment and whose advice has been
followed In many other important bust
ness undertakings. The number OF
such women who have proved their
ability and liking for this responsible
and remunerative work is eadily
growing. 1t offers a splendid field for
the woman who Is not loath TO accept
responsibilities and who has a liking
for the hard work 1t entails and who
is ambitious"
Nearly all the commercial schools
show n steady increase in the number
Of woman students over previous years.
One OF them reports that four-ifths of
its students in the regular business
course this year, which includes stem
ography, commercial law, banking,
English and kindred subjects, are wom-
en-.
In the bookkeeping classes there are
about as many women as men. A
very large proportion Of these women.
who appear to have marked out a bust
ness career, are college bred and many
Others are high school graduates. One
reason given for this tendency Is the
overcrowding Of such professions as
teaching.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29

that there should be no politics in the
work of taking the census. Presi-
dent Roosevelt vetoed the bill which
was passed shortly before the end OF
his term. because it would have given
the SpOilsmen a chance TO control the
appointments under it.. He wanted
the selections to be placed under the
merit system. AS the bill with the
Objectionable clause could not be
passed over the veto it was dropped,
and in the bill which has just gone
through both branches that clause is
omitted. 1t was omitted because Mr..
Taft holds precisely the same ground
on that point that his predecessor &C.
cupied.
TIE taking of the census is a very
important work. 1t is a business
proposition. and business principles
should be observed in doing it. Ac-
curacy is an imperative demand in it,
and this requires intelligence in the
selection of the census takers and in
the allotment of their tasks. On
their work will be based all the cal
culations which will be made for the
next ten years regarding the country's
population. wealth and general con-
dition. As the allotment of represen-
tation in the popular branch Of Con-
gress and in the electoral college de
which is made. every one of the states
has an interest in having the count
correct.
As the country is growing with con-
siderable speed it is we'll that the CEN
sus taking should begin early. and
should be pushed with all the vigor
and intelligence which the bureau
can put into it. The country wants
the figures just as early as 1T can get
them. and it wants to have them cor
rect. Politics will have no place in
the selection of the men TO do this
work. The past ten years has been a
period Of wide development in all ac-
t~ivities throughout the country. and
naturally much interest is felt in
learning just where we stand. The
correct soIution of many social prob
lens will depend upon the accuracy
with which the various fields are COW
cred in the enumeration OF 1910. One
census long ago was viewed with some
distrust by the country, but possibly
the suspicion may have been misplaced.
The people want no tainted figures this
tlme.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29

One day, while performing for the
inmates of an orphan asylum. Kellar,
the magician, walked up to a sedate
little girl in the audience and asked /:
Twill my little lady please examine
this handkerchief"
The blushing child did AS she was
told.
"Now," proceeded the %conjuror. I'VE
will see If We can find in Ii some
candy" and. slowly rolling the hand
kerchief into ball, he held it out to
the small maid.
please blow on It," he said
The mex moment there WAS a shrek
Of laughter from all sides. The child
had taken the request literally and
had noisily performed the habitual
rite.-Success Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29

rigid routine. In spite Of his desire
to snooze In the morning he finds him
self rising at 6 o'clock and he Is at
the police station when the rest Of
the boys" report. When h squad
starts out to begin the days work
Michael becomes restless, and by the
time the last of the men has filed from
the building the millionaire" has 'fal-
len In" and steps as lightly and as
proudly as he did twenty years ago.
He passes the greater part of the day
on his old beat with his successor. Its
great to be rich," says the former
patrolman, but what good do l get
out Of retiring If l can't quit the beat?
My heart is In the work and my feet
won't let me stay away"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29
CHICAGo's RICHEST POLICEMAN

persons understand the term, is o to
the liking of Michael Hassett, who re-
tired from the Chicago police force re-
Gently, 1.-THE richest policeman I'm Chi
cago." Hassett has travelled a beat
three years, and. although not an old
man by any means. he thought he need
ed a rest. Now that he has the op-
p~ortunity to remain in bed until 10
o'clock in the morning and nave his
breakfast brought to him, he finds that
he cannot break away from the habits
which have been formed by a life of
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29
Dirtiest Railway Carriage.

She looked ~complacently at her spot
less white kid gloves.
Il would never wea these on an
English train" she said An English
railway carriage is the flthiest and
most ~inconvenient one in the world.
1T holds eight persons and to leave
ii you must open the window, lean half
way out. reach down about five feet,
push back the filthy outside bolt of the
door. and then turn the filthy outside
handle. For this door won't open from
the inside. Its opening entails an aero
batic feat, to say nothing Of a black
ened glove.
The English like the seat by the
door. but they wrangle holly over who
is to open it at the terminus. In third
class carriages these wrangles often
wind up in a free fight.
But a free fight is hardly more Ia
borious. it hardly dirties II up more
than the opening of these doors"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29
Inst Before the Spankinx.

Pop, does a chicken come from an
egg?"
Yes, my son."
And does an egg come from a
chicken?"
Yes"
We'll, if a chicken comes from an
egg. and an egg comes from a chicken,
which
New see here. If you are going to
prolong this line Of thought you can go
right to bed"
But. pop"
well. what?"
How does a chicken come from an
egg
"Oh. any hen can sit on an egg and
hatch it,"
Gee, I'm glad / amt a hen. 1t
must hurt to sit on a Ratchet"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29
when Cold Breathe Dcepiy.

A simple way to get warm after ex-
posture to cold is to take a long breath
with the mouth firmly shut. Repeat
this several times until you begin to
feel the heat returning. 1t requires a
very short time to dc this. The long
breath, according to the Family Doc
tor, quickens the pulse and thus causes
the blood TO circulate faster. The blood
flows into all parts of the veins and
arteries and gives out a great deal of
heat. 1t is stated that this method Of
deep breathing prevents colds and a
great many other ailments If begun In
time.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29

probable that the comparatively short distances from land which te sbiDs
of our inland waters &C does net impress the government officials as offer
ing an element OF danger sufficiently great to max this legal reouiremen
necessary. The system car be maintained and operated only Mt great X
pense, but no complaint from the companies operating the leviathans of the
sea has ever been made Recognizing n this modern triumph IF mans skill
and inventive genius the most efficient protector against loss of both life
and property 10 far known the vessel willingly ssum te burden
Of the large expense incurred by the installation and operation OF the sys.
tem- The government maintains the shore stations and with the utmost
vigilance skilled operators ever are alert fr b first click IF te signal
key Work already is under way for the installation Of the wireless system
Inter Ocean.
The advantages accruing from having the wireless system N lake vessels
ave been abundanty proven. The big steamship Theodore Roosevelt owned
by the Indiana Transportation Company, has had the system in operation
for I'M time. being the only boat u to dmet to be SO qufppei On on or
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29

kidneys and an extreme
Doctors finally said there was no hope
for me. but l began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills and gradually recovered my
health
Sold ry all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29

"Don't you think" queried the report
er, 'there ought to be an honorary de
gree to be conferred on men who havs
distinguished themselves by conspicuous
acts of bravery"
Il do" answered the college president
I'VE nave been discussing that mattei
lately, and it is probable that at oui
next meeting we shall establish the hon
orary degree of c. .. D."-Chicago Trib
uDa
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29
Pure Fiction.

Singleton-Haye you seen the maya
Zines this month? They're just full
OF illustrated fiction.
Marryat-Yes. and the greatest piece
OF illustrated fiction in them is the
lad" showing how stylish you'd look
in $50 and Sos 81 ssit."-PhIladel-
phia Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29

lDOn Nlidl Il ndfc EOuc
through, it seems a
miracle that l live.
and 1 feel that 1 owe
ii to Doan's Kidney
Pills. My case devel-
oped gradually. First.
b ackache e. floating
spots before my eyes.
weakness and exhaus-
ton, then a terrible
steady pain over the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29

A medicine that will cleanse the
bowels and put them in condition to
dc their proper work unaided will do
more than anything else to preserve
health and strength. Such a medicine
is the tonic laxative herb tea, Lanes
Family Medicine. Get a 25c. package
to-day at any druggists or dealers
No matter what you have tried before,
try this famous herb tea.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29
Too had.

The glowing reporter who wrote
with reference TO a w%ell-known beauty /:
Her dainty feet were incased in shoes
that might have been taken for fairy
boots.'' tied his wardrobe UP in his
handkerchief INT left for parts I'M
known when it appeared the next
morning: "Her dirty feet were incased
i'm shoes that might have been taken
for ferry-boats. Royal Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29
Earning IL.

Earning IL.
"My wife kisses me whenever she
wants money"
Gee. II she was like my wife she'd
have your face kissed of by this time"
Houston Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29

Il suppose a man never begins to fee.
really DID," said Uncle Allen Sparks
until he happens TO catch his boy ia
the act Of shaving himself"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29

II you must abuse someone, abuse
your enemies. A good many people
abuse their friends. and call 1t crit
ciSm-"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29
Point of View.

Wifey-Uow does my new spring hat
look!
Hubby-Well. it looks like a weeks
salary to me, but probably looks like
30 cents TO any other man.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29

The Legislatures of a
number Of States are
again considering the an
cient question of taxing
bachelors but why. asks
a heart specialist in the
st. Louis Globe-D Demo
crat. should bachelors be
taxed any more than old
maids? People grow hys-
terlcal over the declining
marriage rate, and rail
violently against men
who will not take upon
their shoulders the yoke
of m~atrimony. But is not
there something wrong
here? Are not the wom-
en- more at fault than the
men? Why, / have known
a young woman TO re-
eelve seven offers Of mar
rage between the ages Of
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29
WISHED FOR DEATH.

Sufferings from kidney Troubles
Were So Acute.
Mrs. Josephine Jeffery, oath and
Washington Sts., Marion, Ind. says:
ssTo look hack unon what / have gona
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29

beach; o climb out and, resisting
his last waning strength, as he lashes
spray upon you. pull him out upon the
san and the fight Is won.