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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20
POIiC0| Comment.


The people understood that we were
% have a revision downward; the men
who made the platform understood it,;
we understood it; everybody under
stood 1t, and no amount of sophistry
can otherwise explain the party prom
Ise. The American people have deter
mined upon revision downward. Ii
may be in your power to act contrary
to the wishes of the people, but so sure
as you do the tariff will be revised, not
by the friends of protection but by the
memies of protection. The Hon. Mo
ses Edwin Clapp of Minnesota, in the
Senate
Senator Clapp's statement of the sit
IatiOn Is exact, and his warning to his
Republican colleagues is timely. Mr..
Taft was elected and the Republican
party continued in power on exactly
the understanding and the promise he
describes The Republican party must
make substantial reduction of tariff
taxes or convict itself OF bad faith.
The state of the treasury. the condi-
Ion of business, the need of more reve
aue for useful purposes, the disorgani-
ZatiOn of the party in the Senate by
scatter-brained uplifters. make it in
convenient and difficult to reduce Gus
toms revenue. But the party's pledge
has been given, and the people have
accepted it and look to the party for
it's fulfillment.
There were Republicans last year
who regarded a pledge to revise down
ward as hasty and untimely. But that
pledge was given TO the people and ac-
cepted by them. Good faith demands
that 1t be reasonably and substantially
kept and not lodged or denied.
Since revision downward means less
revenue from customs, revenue must
De obtained by other taxes. 1t is the
business of Mr.. Aldrich and his Repub-
lican colleagues to face the facts as
hey are and deal with them as facts.
II may be unpleasant to impose other
taxes, but revenue must be had and the
PARTY pledge redeemed
The House has kept faith. The or
der of the day for doubtful and reluc-
tant Republican Senators is to- keep
faith. The dose is unpleasant to many
Of them for many reasons, but it
should be taken. Keep faith and take
The dose you helped to mix. Take your
medicine, and keep faith.-Chicago In
ter-Ocean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20

The fact that protection is not a
local issue, as a former Democratic
candidate for the Presidency declared.
is plainly shown in the columns of
the Southern newspapers. which tell
how, under the benefcent guardian
ship of the Mckinley law industries
are being built up that promise at nc
distant date to give employment and
good wages to hundreds Of thousands
Of worl5men. Here we have the Louis
vile Commercial. published i'm the
Democratic border state of Kentucky,
asserting that there are more pianos
in the houses of wOrkingmen in Louis
Vile than in. the houses of all the
workingmen of England; and probably
there are more workingmen owning
their homes in Louisville than in all
England" No: protection is not a
local issue,-Freeport Qll.) Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20
The Outlook.

Business is climbing back to normal
planes. improvements are noted by
the weekly trade reviews in many
lines Only two uncertainties appear
in the road to recovery, the tariff dis
cussion and the seasonal uneasiness
over the conditions of the crops. Rail-
road earnings, which have always
been considered a fair index OF the
state of the country. have shown a
gam OF IL per cent In the first two
weeks ofApril over the same period of
1908. Bank clearings are decidedly in
creased Advantage has been seized of
the lowered cost of lumber, stone and
brick, giving the building industry
something like a boom. Bradstreets
announces that building expenditures
projected in the first quarter of 1909
exceed all but two quarterly periods
in the cCuntry's history. Activity in
pig iron may cause the early removal
OF the immense storages of ore in the
lake ports and stimulate the carrying
trade before the date counted upon by
shippers. While wheat is still some
what backward, an Improvement has
been noted, AS for the tariff debate.
that will be brought to a halt soon.
The President urges the Senate to
hasten in order that business and man.
ufacturing may adjust themselves to
new prices
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20
Guests from Afar


She glanced at the postmark on the
envelope. The letter had been on its
journey six days. In four days more
Elmer Morse would come
She quickened her steps. There was
so much to do in those four short
days. No. she would not keep him
waiting.
A glow of triumph filled her heart
She had not waited in vain. How
many times she had been told that
she was wasting her years by her con
stancy. Even her aunt, with whom
she lived, had expressed doubts of FL
ners faithfulness. At least. she had
told Elinor that she would do we'll to
think twice before she let any good
chance to marry slip away from her.
And there had been chances, more es-
pecially that thrifty farmer, John Tor
rington. 1t was this middle-aged
wooer, sturdy and respected, whom her
aunt especially favored.
But Elinor's heart was not to be
shaken in it's constancy to her first
lover, the lover who declared himself
when she was still a schoolgirl and
who had gone into the Far Western
wilderness to win the fortune that was
to bring them together. A chance had
been offered him by distant relative
lie had eagerly accepted it. He hoped
to return in year at the latest But
fortune was elusive and five years
had passed
And is Elmer going to stay here?"
her aunt asked, after she had heard
the lnOmentous tidings.
Why, yes" Elinor replied.
Here in Clintville?"
"Of course"
'lt isn't much of a settling down
place for man who has seen the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20

tered down the steps and tie pathway
and disappeared behind the hedge at
the roadside.
The colonel has come" said Scotty.
You should have talked faster,
Harvard" said the second man.
You said 1t beautifully" added the
third man, but / dunno as twas right
to make the girl cry.
IF you'd said another blamed word, y
put in the fourth man. you'd had me
snirfin. too"
Scotty looked at the younger man
anxiously.
What do you think, Harvard?"
The youngest man refused to venture
any opinion.
You can tell as we'll as / can" he
said.
1T looked pretty dubious to me.
Scotty muttered.
Here they come" said the second
man III hoarse whisper. Brace up"
Up the pathway came the tall col
onel and the girl.
His arm was around her waist and
he was so absorbed by, her presence
that he did not see the waiting group
on the steps.
When he looked up he gave a quick
start and rubbed his hand across his
eyes.
Where am II" he cried. Then he
suddenly laughed and gripped the
hands that we're thrust at him.
Welcome to our fair village" said
the irrepressible Scotty.
The tall colonel drew back and
stared at the group in a puzzled way.
This is very good of you. boys" he
said.
Then he looked back at the girl.
Her face was pale, but her eyes
were shining.
Il am afraid haven't made 1t clear
to our wedding guests how very well
come they are." she said. Perhaps 1
can make amends later on. Because
think they are going to know me
much better" She laid her hand on
You, see. Elmer, you and our friends
here are going back to Montana to-
gether-and I'm going with you" Her
voice shook a little And because
Montana needs u.s." she added with a
laugh, I'VE are all-all going to stay
there."-W. X. Rose In Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20
Trust Prosecutions.

1t was a tremendous inheritance OF
litigation that was left to Sr. Tafts
administration. Not ano Ter of the
executive departments ) entering
upon such excessive la'Eis as that OF
Secretary Wickershan Cases of i'm
mense Importance are to be fought,
cases involving not serely all the In
tricate and dispute, toints of the anti
trust laws, but t life of those pro-
hibitory acts as ell.
Sixty or serenity actions are in
course of trial are docketed for trial
within a few months. The Standard
Oh Company will come in for a big
part of the bombardment. The great
combination of steam railroads and
electric lines in New England is under
fire. The powder trust must answer
for It's existence. Harriman's railroad
mergers may have to undergo reorgan-
ization if the government wins its
pleas Prosecutions of violations OF
the Elkins law are pending against
railroads and other corporations. The
Qcpdi ltlcHl dlSO upon u
prove the constitutionality of the EN-
ployers' liability act
The President will have attained
great credit for his administration II
these cases are carried through with
speed and efficiency. They will prove
of immense value to him when he pre-
sents his candidacy four years hence
for another term In the executive man.
sion-Toledo Blade
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20
They Quarreyed-

Among the applicants for domestic
employment in the service of a Brook
Ign household. says a writer in Har-
per's, there once came a big, husky
Irish girl yclept Annabel.
What was your reason for leaving
your last place, Annabel?" asked the
mistress during the course of examine
ton.
Il couldn't stand the way the mas
ter an mistress used to quarrel, num-"
was the reply Of Annabel.
Dear, dearw exclaimed the lady.
did they quarrel all the timer
"All the time. num-" repeated An
mabel; IAN, mum, whin IL wasn't me
an him. 1t was me an her"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20
TO MAKE HENS LAY.
Mr.. Tim mons Puts an Original Idea
Into Practice.

MIR. Tim mons Puts an Original Idea
Into Practice.
Il got all these today" said Mrs.
Timmons, holding out her apron and
showing seven fresh eggs. Mr.. Tim
mons said nothing. There was nothing
for him to say. He knew why Mrs.
Timmons showed him the seven eggs,
because she had been showing him eggs
daily since the warm weather began.
1t was Just her way of protesting
against his having paid So each for a
dozen fine fowls which would thank
lessly eat large quantities of fancy
foods; as thanklessly inhabited yards
he had specially made for them, and
which produced two eggs per week for
the lot
Mrs. Timmons, on the other hand,
had bought eight hens and a monde
script-lOoking rooster from a farm
wagon that passed. They were a badly
assorted lot Of hens, no two alike, but
they were grateful for the occasional
handful of table scraps she gave them.
and each laid practically daily. 1t was
maddening
Sitting In his office next day, Mr.
Timmons had an idea. 1t was not an
original idea. but he believed 1t woult
help things along. He would buy &
few eggs and place them In his nests,
thereby not only deceiving Mrs. Tim
mons, but encouraging his hens to lay.
That nuonfnU ha I'll
into his confidence, the agreement
being that every evening he was to slip
in the back gate and place eleven eggs
in the nests.
"Well." said Mrs. Timmons next
morning, your old hens have walked
up. 1 went back there and they'd laid
eleven eggs"
Sure enough" said Mr.. Timmons
delightedly. They're remarkable lay
ers."
Next day it was the same A couple
Of days later Mrs. Timmons came to
him with the eggs In her apron.
Those are the most remarkable hens
I ever saw" she said. 81 wish mine
were like them"
ut pays to get good stock" said Mr..
Timmons. grandly. "Why, there is a
world Of difference between my birds
and those mongrels you have"
Il should say there is" agreed Mrs
Timmons. "Why. your eleven hens have
laid fourteen eggs today, and one Of
them is a goose egg"
"Hah, hah!" cackled Mr.. Timmons,
weakly. Somebody's let some other
hens in that pen. They'd better let
my birds alone or I'll kill somebody"
Galveston News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20
UnpOised Lives.

The life of the criminal is simply an
IMPOSED life. If a person were per-
fectly poised, wrong-doing would be SO
repugnant that it would be unthink.
able.
1t Is the one-sided, the IMPOSED
mind that goes wrong. 1t is just as
normal for the balanced mind to
choose the right, the good, as for the
magnet to draw to itself whatever Is
kindred.
Just as the needle in the mariners
compass always points to the north
star, no matter how thick the fog or
how the tempest RACES, there is a
needle within every human being
which always points to the north star
of rectitude, of right, of truth, no mat
ter what storms Of discord, of weak
ness, or Of crime may be raging in
the individual mind. Nothing can pre-
vent this little Indicator from point
ing to the right. no matter how far
the individual may drift from it, how
low he may sink in vicious living
From Success Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20
Kidney
AilTllent

/ want every person who suffers with
any form OF kidney silment. no matter
how many remedies they have tried. no
matter how many doctors they have con-
suited, no matter how serious the case to
give Munyon's Kidney Remedy a trial.
You Will be astonished 10 see how quickly
IL relieves all pains = the back loins
and groins caused by The kidneys. You
viii be surprised TO see how quickly
IL reduces the swelling IN the feet and
legs. also pufiness under the eyes. after
taking few doses of this remedy. You
Will be delighted TO see the color return
Ing to your cheeks and feel the thrill Of
yigor and good cheer II your Urine is
thick or milky. II Ii is pale and foamy. IL
1t contains sediments or brickdust. IL IL IS
highly colored or has an offensive smell,
II you urinate frequently. you should per-
sist In taking this remedy until all symp-
toms disappear. We believe this remedy
has cured more serious kidney ailments
than all the Kidney medicines that have
been compounded. Professor Munyon be-
neves that the terrible death rate from
Brights Disease and abetes IS unnec-
essary and win be greatly reduced BY this
remedy.
Go at once 10 your druggist and purchase
a bottle Of Munyon's Kidney remedy III
II falls TO give satisfaction / will refund
your money.-Munyon.
For sale by all druggists Price 25c.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20
LIGHT BOOZE.
Do YOu Drink IT.

A minister's wife had quite a tussle
with coffee and her experience is inter-
ssting. She says:
During the two years Of my train
ing as nurse, while on night duty, 1
became addicted to coffee drinking. Be
tween midnight and four in the morn
ing. when the patients were asleep,
there was little to do except make the
rounds, and 1t was quite natural that
should want a good, hot cup Of coffee
about that time. 1t stimulated me and
i could keep awake better.
After three or four years of coffee
drinking / became nervous wreck and
thought that l simply could not live
without my coffee All this time | was
subject to frequent bilious attacks,
sometimes so severe as to keep me in
bed for several days
After being married. Husband
begged me to leave off coffee. for he
feared that it had already hurt me al
most beyond repair. so | resolved TO
make an effort to release myself from
ta0 hurtful habit
Il began taking Postum and for a
sew days felt the languid. tired feeling
from the lack of the stimulant. but |
liked the taste Of Postum, and that an
swered for the breakfast beverage all
right.
Finally began to feel clearer head
ed and had steadier nerves After a
years use Of Postum I now feel like a
new woman-haye not had any bilious
attacks since I left off coffee"
There's Reason" Read The Road
to Wellvii.e." in pigs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true and full Of
human interest.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20

Is she making him good wife!
Well. not exactly; but she's making
him good husband"
Johnny-The camel can go eight
days without water-Freddy-S could
/, if ma would let me.
Dyer-Did his widow succeed In
breaking his will? Duell-Yes; long
before he died.-Pick-Me-Up.
She said she'd marry me IL | felt
the same way year from then" Did
your Yes; but toward another girl"
Belief wish the Lord had made me
man. Nellie-Perhaps he has, ,only
you haven't found him yet.-Cleveland
Leader.
Hotel Clerk-Do you want room
with a bath? Uncle Hiram-Wa-al no;
/ don't calculate III be here Saturday
night.-Princeton Tiger.
did the wedding go of smoothly"
About as smoothly as such affairs
always go off, The only hitch that
occurred was when the pair stood up
to be united"
How do you ever get on so well
with your wife? Don't you ever have
any differences of opinion?" "Of course
we do. But don't let her know it,
Cleveland Leader.
Little Mary sat seriously thinking
out some hard problem, when she re-
marked, Grandma, l don't know yet
which I'll be. a nurse, or a storekeeper,
or get married. and be nothing"
Johnny-They're maxim shingles
out o. cement nowadays. Dickey-I
don't mind that so much, but IL NAV
ever gets pair o cement slippers I'm
going to run away.-Chicago Tribune.
I'm getting out line Of common
sense footwear for women" do wom-
en- want common-sense footwear"
They'll want mine. I've added an ex.
Herald.
Il see the wireless phone is fail
ure," he said. I'm glad of it," replied
his wife. Just think of the remarks
you uldh0 WAcn SCAbi AiAASatCS -oos
and those floating around In space fer
any amateur to pick up"
Mr.. Simple see that this here
piano-playin' Paderewski has got the
rheumatism in his hand so he can't
play. Mrs. Simple-Then why don't
he use one of these mechanical pianos!
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
rs June the favorite month for mar.
riages out here, too" asked the New
York lady. II don't think So" replied
the Chicago woman; I've been mar.
ried six times In other months, and
only twice in June. States
man.
Minister-Tm sorry to find you com.
ing out of a public house again. Ha'
mish, after all you promised me. Ha-
mish-Ay, sir. it's wonderful what an
awful deceivin' thing this mist is!
Dive ken, | went in there the moo
thinkin' twas the butchers shop!-
Tit-Bits.
Now" said the magistrate, you
must testify only to what you know.
no hearsay evidence. Understand?
Yes. sir" replied the female witness.
your name is Mary Bright. l believe.
Now, what's you age?" Il won't tell
you. have only hearsay evidence on
that point"-Catholic Standard and
Times.
He (desperately)-Tell me the truth
1t is not my poverty that stands be-
tween u.s. She (sadly)-Y-e-s. He
with a ray of hope)-I admit that 1
am poor. and so, unfortunately. is my
father; but | have an aged uncle who
is very rich, and bachelor. He Is an
invalid and cannot long survive. She
(delightedly) How kind and thought
full you are! Will you introduce me
to him New York Weekly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20
Fell from Scanold and Injured HE
Rack.


Thirty years ago James c. Lee. OF
100 9th street, s. E., Washington,
ID. c., fell from scaffold and seriously
injured his back. In telling about it he
says: "My suffering was terrible; from
the small of my back all around my
stomach was just as If had been beat
en- with a club. / tried all kinds Of
Observation-Disclosures capcine and por-
ous-wi.hout getting relief, and bought
so-called electric belts but none OF them
did me any good.
One day, while working near my
daughters house, my back panied me
so badly that l had to quit. l went into
the house and lay down for ease My
daughter had a bottle Of Sloan's Lini-
ment in the house and she rubbed my
back well with it and gave me some
to take home. / used six and a half
bottles Of Sloan's &c. Linlment and
can do as much work now as any man
in the shop, although 1 am sixty-seven
years old. I would not be without
Sloan's Liniment for any consideration
anc recommend II to anyone suffering
pain"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20

The United States is not alone In
labelling its foods as strictly pure"
A writer in the Strand Magazine
quotes the following from a bottle Of
''Tonatoe Sauce" purchased somewhere
In the Straits Settlements:
TONATpE SAUCE
The sauce are pur. The flavor are
terrific. Hope not think imitation as
good fine as us sauce. We havnt put
nothing but nice tonatoe i'm sauce which
give us such fine terrific favour. Once
taste will have more.
Januwala & Co Main Road
TAPPING Straits Settlements.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20
Meanness Of a big Measure

The sugar trust has paid the last in
'tallment of a fine amounting in all to
s2,134,00 for defrauding the govern
ment out of trickeries with the scales
The payment amounts virtually to an
admission of guilt and makes ridicu-
lous one of the pleas of the combine
that 1t was unaware of the existence
of the swindling springs. The sugar
trust is one of the greatest beneficial
ries under the tariff, but this has not
cOntented it. Its greed recognized no
frontiers within honesty. There is
only a difference In degree between
the malefactor who goes after millions
and the small one who beats his Gus
toners out of pennies. And he has
the less claim upon popular respect
He cannot present the excuse of temp
tation, the defence of harassing bills
and the approach OF a cold-hearted
andlord.-Toledo Blade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20

world" her aunt suggested, In her ex.
asperating slow way.
Elinor flushed
THAT Is all understood" she said.
Elmer knows that would never con.
| sent TO leave my old home and my
friends and go away among those wild
strangers
Such things have been DONE" said
her aunt. sententiously as she turned
away.
1t was little early for the train,
but every detail in the simple pro-
gram of welcome had been arranged
The pretty cottage was swept and gar.
nished; the appetizing luncheon was
prepared. and now the gentle Elinor,
her heart beating with anticipation.
sat on the shaded porch with her ex
pectant gaze on the road among the
willows.
And then she saw group of men
there were five OF DEMONSTRATING nv
the roadside as IL not quite sure of
their bearings. Presently they came
forward and disappeared behind the
high hedge.
A moment later Elinor saw them at
the gate. One of them pointed toward
the house. Then the gate was openej
and they came up the pathway in sin
Gle file.
1t was quite evident they were stran-
gers. Elinor had time to inspect them
before they reached the porch.
For a moment she was alarmed
We're these\ strangers the bearers of
bad tidings3 She quietly arose and
stepped forward.
But. no. they were smiling as thew
halted and drew up in line. And then
every hat came off as IL at a concerted
signal.
1t was the youngest man who spoke.
1--WE are friends of the colonel. from
Montana. Miss Barnes"
From Montana" she cried. and
looked at him wildly.
THE colonel is all right, Miss
Barnes" the youngest man hastily an
swered her. I'VE managed to get here
little ahead OF him."
THE colonel?" Elinor repeated.
Col. Morse" the youngest man ex.
planned.
Everybody back yonder calls hin,
colonel" said the stout man.
Elinor gave little gasp.
And you-you have come all the
way from Montana" she cried. and
put out both her hands.
He glanced about at his companions.
Having given you his PROMISE" the
youngest man resumed. the colonel
wasn't the man to tell you what he
was sacrificing. That wouldn't be like
him. He wouldn't tell you what a
foothold he had gained out there and
what a power for good he had become
and how We all need him. He wouldn't
tell you that Nature had fitted him
for man of action, a pioneer, a build
er, leader of men. He never limited
that the confines of this little town
would be to him like prison bars. And.
Of course, he didn't tell you that we
want him for our Governor, that our
state needs him and that he's the
only man the friends of reform can
elect,"
He paused and drew a quick breath.
The girl was softly crying. Somehow
the words OF this earnest young
stranger hurt her, and yet they filled
her with pride.
1t was because Elmer Morse would
not tell you these things" the young
est man went on, that we are here.
We wanted you to know the truth. We
love the colonel and we need him,
lady. We have come here to ask you
to give him back to US. And We want
you. too
He paused again. The girl had
turned and was looking toward the
roadway.
And then without a word she fut-