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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
The Statehood Question.

Notwithstanding the unexpected OPP
position that has developed in regard
10 the admission TO Statehood of Ari-
IONA and New Mexico, it is probable
that the effort will he successful if the
advocates of Statehood will bring the
proper pressure To bear on Congress.
The Statehood bill has been favorably
reported by the House Committee on
Territories. which gives a reasonable
assurance of its passage by the lower
house, but opposition has arisen in the
Senate, which threatens TO be fatal to
the measure unless some extraordinary
influence is set to work. Senator Bev-
eridge, chairman of the Senate Com
mittee, processes to see an awful eX-
ample of the unwisdom of haste in
the fact that several important errors
We're made in the bill admitting Okla
hOma. and as consequence he thinks
his committee ought not to take the
risk of passing n Statehood bill in the
limited time afforded by the short SEES
sion. If the bill fails at this session.
it will stand no chance at the special
session, 10 be called i'm March, and
will be postponed indefinitely.
II, is needless to say that this talk
of the dangers of haste is rank poppy
cock in view OF the fact that New
Mexico has been knocking at the doris
Of Congress for more than genera
ton. and every fact pertaining TO its
case. as well as that of Arizona, is as
well known now as it can ever be.
Both territories are fully qualified for
Statehood, and each has more popula-
ton, churches, schools and other APP
purtenances of self-sustaining civiliza-
ton than a number of territories had
when they We're admitted to the Union.
There Is not the slightest danger that
either territory will be rotten
borough like Nevada. Both are rap
idly filling up with progressive Amer
lean homeSeekers, who are passing
through Kansas City at the rate of
10000 Il month to settle In the genial
country of the Southwest, and all that
is needed to make Arizona and New
Mexico ideal places of residence is the
right of self-government and the re-
moval of the limitations of territorial
government There is, or ought 10 be,
no politics in the question, inasmuch
as both parties pledged themselves in
their national platforms in favor of
admission. and no valid reason exists
why the pledge should not be kept at
the earliest opportunity. The infn-
entail newspapers and citizens every
where who believe in fair play should
join in the demand for equal rights for
the citizens of these territories
Kansas City Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
Good In Our Tariff.

The tariff is not an evil. 1t Is about
the best way ever devised to pay
taxes. Would that we could pay our
city, county and State taxes in the
same way. One hardship of taxpaying
is that man has TO plank down"
Il great lot of real money at one time.
We pay our national taxes in broken
doses and we pay them more cheer
fully. Furthermore. everybody who
buys food or clothes. or tools. or fur
niture, or anything else. helps pay the
national taxes. Thousands of people
pay no city, county or State tax. The
tariff gets a lick at everybody
The government method of collect
ing taxes is the best way ever devised.
Nobody wants to pay their national
taxes In cash, even though they would
be less. We need never hope for any
less taxes.-Birmingham (Ala.) Led
ger
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25

me that reading with the natural eye
can read with more intimate and a
clearer understanding
$50 much for my reading without
spectacles. and now here is the thing
that is queer to me. If when | am
reading thus, with my glasses off,
somebody comes along to speak to me,
why, then, to get clear understand
ing of that question | must have on
my spectacles.
$50 | say, or | would say if this hap
pened at home where | know the peo-
pie, Wait a minute till / get on my
spectacles.' and / would put them on
and then say, Now go ahead. and real
ly, with my spectacles on, with my
power of seeing at its best, with the
sharpest definition of things i'm general
to the eye, | get the clearest apprehen-
sion OF things said TO me.
$50 in reading 1 do best with my
glasses off, but in understanding things
said TO me, in listening. | do best with
my glasses on. There is one modifica-
ton to this-where there is no light. as
in dark room, where l can't see,
can understand equally well with or
without glasses New York Sun.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25

good move. politically; not so anxious
to show the Democratic hand. They
are far from certain that Il tariff bill
embOdying sweeping reductions in the
existing rates of duties would com
mand united support among the DEM
Ocratic members OF the House and Sen
ate. The South, which furnishes the
biggest part of the Democratic repre-
sentation in Congress. could not be re-
lied upon TO stand by a free-trade bill
or any set of schedules which should
reduce the measure of protection which
Southern industrial and agricultural
interests need and must have. Accord
ingly the situation is full of embar-
rassment and hazard for the Demo
cratic leaders. On the other hand. the
Republicans would be only too glad to
have a minority bill brought forth. 1t
would crystalline the issue and simpli-
fy things greatly. BY all means let
us have a chance at a Democratic mi
nority tariff bill.-American Econo-
mist
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25


Many a man fails because he does
not dare to take risks, to take the
initiative.
When do you expect to do anything
distinctive in life? When do you expect
TO get out of the ranks of mediOcrity?
The men who do original things are
fearless. There is IL lot of dare In their
makeup, a great deal of boldness. They
are not afraid to take chances, to
shoulder responsibility, to endure incon-
venience and privation.
There never was a time when the
Iuality of courage was so absolutely in
,ispensable in the business world as it
S to-day. 1t does not matter how many
success qualities you possess. young
man. if you lack courage you will never
get anywhere Not even honesty or
perseverance will take its place There
is no substitute for courage.
1t does not matter how well educated
YOU may be, or how good n training
you may have had for your vocation.
if you are a hesitator. if you lack that
courage which dares to risk all on your
judgment. you will never get above
mediocrity.
The men who stand at the top of
their line of endeavor stand there be-
cause they have the courage of their
convictions. They had the courage TO
climb. had the nerve to undertake even
against the advice of Others-Orison
SWEET Marden. in Success Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
Concentration of Resources.

Probably the most important mat
ters to be discussed by the TRANSMITS
sissippi Commercial Congress. the call
for whose 1909 meeting in Denver
next august has been issued, will re-
late to the conservation of the ma
tional resources and particularly The
timber supply. In connection with
this phase of a subject which has
already attracted the serious attention
of the federal and state authorities
throughout the country, it is interest
ing to reflect that half a century ago
the problem was how to destroy, not
save, our forests. The great menace
to the development of the vast wooded
areas Of many portions of the West
was the very trees whose destruction
is now lamented. In the pioneer days
the pathfinder found his way blocked
by almost impenetrable forests IN
many portions of the Central and Far
West. When he settled in a promising
location he had to attack the trees be-
fore he could plant his crops \ for
est fire was, generally speaking. more
often a blessing than otherwise. for
ii saved him the labor of clearing off
the ground. IL was rarely calamity
save when 1t destroyed lives or prop
erty in the little settlements which
formed the sparse GASES in a desert of
trees. to use paradoxical metaphor.
The trees which were cut down were
for the most part in the way There
was little market for them and no
way to get them to the few markets
that were opened, until the railroads
blazed the way to the uttermost from
tiers of civilization. Uncounted bill
lions of cubic feet of timber were
worse than wasted. ike nuggets of
gold thrown away because there was
nothing to buy with them. To-day we
are lying awake nights and calling
big congresses and conventions trying
10 devise remedies for the colossal ex-
travagance of those who wasted our
arbOreal patrim0ny. The sins Of the
fathers are being visited upon the
third and fourth generation in this re-
spect, and the chances are that we
shall pass the punishment on TO pos
terity, even as we suffer for the deeds
of our own ancestors. Nothing could
speak more eloquently of the tremen-
dous progress of the United States
than this transformation of menace
into necessity. If an intiniteslmal
fraction OF what was ruthlessly de-
stroyed fifty years ago could be mirac-
ulously restored, how many problems
Of to-day could be solved. All this, of
course, belongs in the domain of spec
ulatiye sociology. The pressing need
Of to-day is TO send big delegations to
the conservation congresses.-kansas
City Journal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
esssssssssssssssssssssse .
WMANS LOVE OF FINE CLOTHES
ENSURED B PROFESSOR THOMAS.
sSExMS

W.
1 4 o entitled
which analyses and discusses motives
E4fRS illustrations passion
why cOle themselves Clothing
n
the body After dwelling detail this point he that 1.-The in
object
society tendency
Fashions
further battling silver the
of his Illustrations This
alleging that 1.-The
acerized by tight Iacng nng"
than would
which made
barbarim We wealthy
And is down
will
dependent and of themselves experience the expu
ton
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
SIOO Reward. SlOG.

The readers of this paper will be pI-1s7d
TO learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure In
all Its stages. and that is Catarrh- Halls
known to the medical fraternity Catarrh
being a constitutional discs sc, requires a
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the sys-
ZEN. thereby destroying the foundation OF
the disease. and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assist
Ing nature in doing its work. The proprle-
tors have much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case tnat II fails to cure Send for list
of testimonials
Address: F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists. T5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25

1t will soon be eleven years since
the battleship Maine was blown up
in Havana harbor, yet the wreck of
that splendid fighting machine still
rests on the muddy bottom of the sea.
not only an obstruction 10 navigation.
but constant reproaeh TO the country
that owned it. Numerous efforts have
been made to get the wreck removed,
and finally President Roosevelt has
called the attention of Congress to the
matter. Now that American domina-
ton of Cuban affairs is n thing ac-
complished, 1t would seem that the
last argument against removing the
hulk had been itself removed. There
should be a new slogan, Remember
the Maine" not In the vindictive sense
or "a the overwhelming wave of pOpu-
lar fervor which precipitated the Span
ish-American war, but in the interests
of our RATIONAL honor and for the
glory of history.
There have neen guesses that the
removal of the Maine will disclose the
fact that the explosion which de-
stroyed the ship was caused by tie
Spanish. and, on the other hand. there
have been contingencies that the
facts will show the explosion to have
been due to natural causes entirely
independent of the Spaniards. What
ever the facts disclose, there can hard
" be any question that the wrecl,
should be removed The disclosure Of
the secret is only incidental, but even
that should not deter the government
from acting. If an injustice has been
done to Spain in this particular re-
spect. 1t is too late for more than for
dered. But the war did not rest on
the uncertainty of the blowing up of
the battleship Maine, and there was
ample warrant for this country's act
ion completely beyond the destruction
of the ship. If the fact is that the eX-
plOsion was due to the Spaniards, 1t
Is equally too late for reprisal.
The Truth can hurt or help no one
now, but it should be known neverthe-
less. The ocean hides the secret, and
it also hides the remains of many gal
\ liant American seamen who found a
watery grave. Something is due to
them ard their memory. The last
place in all the world for the wreck of
the Maine is the place where it rests
at this moment.-Kansas City Jour
\ nal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
For the Steel Trust and Europe.

Protection has built UP our indus
tries. given employment to our people,
made our country rich and prosperous.
Tt is now proposed. by taking the duty
off steel, to ruin the Independent steel
operators in their property and bust
ness, turn hundreds of thousands of
men out of employment to seek work
in other directions, by giving up our
home market, which we have enjoyed
so long under protection, to foreign
countries and the steel trust. The
proposition of Mr. Carnegie advocating
free steel Is nothing more or less than
legislation in favor OF the steel trust
and Europe, and against the interests
of the people of the United States.
There would then be nothing TO pre-
vent the formation of a great interna-
tonal trust, made up of the United
States Steel Trust on this side and the
German and British operators on the
other. Such a trust would drive all
other steel concerns out of business and
control the steel production and steel
markets of the world. Free steel
would lead to just such a result
Washington Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
Illuminating New York.

1t took 33OC0.OOO,OO0 cubic feet Of
gas to light New York during the last
twelve months TO say nothing of cleo
passed through 1,0SG,026 meters, and
the electricity through 1OS,239 meters.
For the latter there were S4,474 con-
sumers, and for gas 997.752 consumers.
II all the gas was stored in pipe one
foot square in cross section the pipe
would go 2iS,0cO times around the
world. The meters set side by side
would reach from New York City to
Washington.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
The Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

To the casual observer Ii may seem
strange that physicians often find it
iifiicult to determine whether patient
s OF \; not suffering from consumption.
The cough. the emaciatiOn, the hectic
lever and the night sweats seem TO De
sufficiently characteristic Of the disease
10 render its recognitiCl easy. even 10
he non-medical person. And so, in
Iced. it is ordinarily In these advanced
stages. but it is very different at the
beginning Every one knows. that the
earlier treatment is begun, the more
likely is it to be successful 1t is eX-
tremely important, therefore, TO be abe
to detect the very beginnings OF con-
sumption while yet the person Is appar-
emily in almost perfect health-and
here lies the difficulty.
If there Is no cough. no hectic flush,
10 undue perspiration at night, and If
examination OF the expectorated mat
tiers does not show the presence OF the
tubercle-bacilli, the only departure from
health being perhaps a tendency 10
and a rather rapid pulse. the expert
enced physician may suspect q begin
ning Of tuberculosis, but he would be
rash to assert 1t as a fact.
Within year or so several new
methods OF detecting the disease in its
incipiency have been devised, and one
at least of them promises to be of great
practical utility. These methods all
consist I'm the use of tuberculin, but
they differ in the mode of application
IF this substance. II has been known
for years that the injection Of tuber-
,ulin will be followed. IL the subject Is
tuberculous, by symptoms or reaction"
that Is. by fever, headache, pains in the
bones. and other signs OF malaise. But
this method has never found favor
among physicians generally, because Of
the belief that IL Is dangerous 1t was
very dangerous as formerly used large
loses were injected. and the reaction
that followed was at times very severe,
and i'm certain cases it was known to
have rekindled the disease in persons
in whom il had become quiescent, and
who were practically cured. 1t was
also feared by some that the disease
might be caused in one of weak resist
ing powers by incubation with the
tuberculin. These dangers do not, how
ever. exist, now that the substance is
used in very small doses. and in a form
containing, as it does. only the glycerin
extract of the tubercle-bacilli. and
never the bacilli themselves. Never
theless. other more simple methods have
now been devised, and are used in pref
erence to the injections OF former days.
These methods will be described in q
future article.-Youths Companion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
Always Keeps n Bottle In the House.


About ten days before Christmas
got my hand hurt SO badly that | had
to stop work right in the busy time Of
the year." says Mr.. Milton Wheeler,
POO Morris ave. Birmingham. Ala. AT
first l thought | would have to have
my hand taken off. but someone told me
TO get a bottle of Sloan's Liniment and
that would do the work. The Liniment
cured my hand and l gladly recommend
it to everyone"
Mr.. J. f.. Matthews, proprietor Of
St James Hotel. Corning. Ark, says
my finger was greatly inhamed from
a fish sting and doctors pronounced IT
blood poisoning. / used several appli-
cations of Sloan's Eminent AMI it
cured me all right. / will always keep
a bottle of Sloan's Eminent in my
house."
Mr.. ]. P. Evans of Mt Airy, Ga.
says After being afflicted for three
years with rheumatism l used Sloan's
Eminent, and was cured sound and
well. and am glad to say haven't been
troubled with rheumatism since. My
leg was badly swollen from my hip
to my knee. One-half a bottle took the
pain and swelling out"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
Cheap board.

New Curate-Can any of you tell me
how much it costs to board an automo-
bile here?
Old Resident-About thirty dollars
think.
Young NJ. D.-But it only costs TWEEN.
ty-five to board horse.
Miss StenOgrapher-And 1t only costs
five cents to board trolley.-Success
Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
The Truth Comes OKt.

please, mister help pore Grip
pie" whined the husky hobo.
Sure" rejoined the kindly old
gentleman, as he handed out a quar-
tex How are you crippled, my poor
fellOwp
Financially. mister" replied the
hobo, as he pocketed the quarter and
made a hurried getaway.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
Why They Wanted George.

The young wife answered the phone.
That's another cal for George" she
said to her mother. Somebody wants
him to come somewhere and play
bridge. It's the third invitation he's
had this evening"
That would seem to indicate said
the mother, that George is very popu-
lar"
TIE young wife shifted.
lit unquestionably indicates" she
said. that George is an easy loser
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
A Democratic TariG Bill!

Generally speaking, the Democratic
newspapers are i'm favor of having
tariff bill reported out by the Demo
cratic minority of the Committee on
Ways and Means. They would well
come such an opportunity to show the
Democratic hand on the tariff ques
ton. But the minority leaders are
not so certain that this would be
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
One on the Teacher.

The teacher was explaining TO Tom
my the difference between the words
foreign" and domestic"
"Now, when anything is foreign it
cannot be domestic she added.
Eyes, it can, ma'arnY spoke up Tom.
my.
Impossible. II you think so, Tom
my, give us an example
Tommy thought n moment and then
said:
Our cook is foreign, but she is also
a domestic"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25

Here's a sort of queer thing" said
nearsighted man. Il am very near
sighted. Strong glasses are indispensa-
BILE to me for ordinary. general seeing
in my goings about, but when | sit
down 10 read | take off my glasses
and bring the print up to within the
natural focus Of the eye. 1t seems to
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
The Answer Came.

Dashaway-I wired the old man,
Where is that money i wrote you
fOrT
Hashaway-Get an answer?
Dashaway-Yes. His answer reads !:
In my inside pocket"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25

A Boston woman is charged with
throwing pie in her husbands face.
That's a fine way TO waste pie :
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
The Only One.

"You say your son is hard to manage,
Mr.. Jims. Does he display any natural
bentT'
Eyes, | think he is going to be 9
crook. "-BaltimOr American.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
Placing the Blame.

Seedie-So the moths caused the loss
of your spring overcoat?
Hardup-Yes. They ate hole
through the ticket.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
Honors to the Flag I'm the Navy.

1OnOES I'D the IN
1 am not so familiar with the Gus
toms of the army in regard to the flag.
but in the navy 1 know that they are
admirable, and decidedly worthy of
haps know that the flag of a ship does
not fly during the night. 1t Is taken
in at sunset, and | think the simple
little ceremony which attends the haul
ing down of the ensign at sunset is one
OF the prettiest in existence. The first
time | ever saw Ii | was sitting on
the quarter deck Of the United States
Steamer Yantic, conyersing with three
Of her officers. We had been dining
together. and were enjoying the cool
evening breeze under the awning. |
knew that it was nearly time for even
ing colors." and | was anxious TO see
whether the ceremony in the navy was
different from that abroad first class
yacht. l speedily learned that there
was a difference.
4 few minutes before shutdown a
bugle-call sounded from the flagship,
and the call was Immediately repeated
by the buglers of the other ships of the
squadron.
What is that?" | asked.
That's Stand by the Colors." said
one of the officers.
Two sailors came aft, cast off the en-
sign halyards. and stood by with their
eyes on the flagship. In few mo-
ments we heard bugles sounding again
for You must know that on board ship
many Of the commands are conveyed by
n few musical notes upon the bugle. n
marine came aft. and saluting. said:
Haul down. sir"
"All right" said the officer of the
deck. Sound off,
At that order the bugler Of the Yantic
blew the lovely call, Evening Colors. =
The moment he sounded the first
note the officers arose from their chairs,
faced the colors, took off their caps
and stood silent, In respectful attitudes
while tile lWO Scdihti SiONis hANAN'
down the cOlors, bringing them In over
the rail as the call came to an end
When the colors reached the deck and
were gathered in by the seaman. and
the last note of the bugle died away
the officers put on their caps. resumed
their seats, and went on with their
conversation. Removing the cap in
honor of the colors is the common
form of salute in the navy. When an
officer comes up from below he always
lifts his cap i'm the direction OF the
Ouarter-deck and all boys should re
member. when visiting a man-of-war
that the proper thing TO do when you
90 on board is to turn toward the sterT
OF the ship, where the ensign always
flies at the taffrail staff and raise the
hat. If the officer of the deck sees vol
he will return the salute; but whether
anyone is on the quarterback or moi
always raise your hat when you e
aboard. The salute is to the flag, not
to any person. and surely every Ameri
can boy ought to be proud to lift hi:
hat TO the flag of his country.-St
Nicholas.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
You Can Hef.

DiX-Girls VIII De girls.
Nix-Yes, and old women will be
girls, if you believe what they tell you
about their ages.