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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01
WITH THE SAGES.

Undertake deliberately, but having
begun, persevere.-Wren.
Everyone has his place and voca-
ton on this earth.-Gladstone
Life has one great purpose, the
growth of Wesley.
No man is SO Insignificant as to be
sure his example can do no hurt
Renan
The greatest help to overcoming
mistakes is acknowledging them
Burrows
1t is right to look our life accounts
bravely in the face now and then, and
settle them honestly.-Bronte.
Pride is not bad thing when it
only urges us to hide our own hurts
not TO hurt others-George Eliot
Let us not seek to alter our destiny.
but let US try to make the best of our
circumstances.-C.H III. Sturgeon
We lose money and comfort and
even temper sometimes. by not learn
ing to be more careful-Dickens.
He who speaks honestly cares not,
needs not care, if his words be pre-
served to the remotest time.-Carlyle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

from her salary as teacher in the Day
ton public schools, came to their as
Sistance.
Stories of the aims of the brother
had appeared in Associated Press dis
patches prior to this time. only tC
awaken the disabilities of the acquaint
ances of the inventors. and the facl
somehow leaked out that Miss Wrigh'
was risking her laboriously hoarde6
money in the venture. This moved
her companions to well-meant remon
STRANGE and plying commiseration
Those doubling friends were very
much in evidence when the cheering
crowd gathered at the Union station
in Dayton to welcome the men and
woman who had just returned from re
ceiving the congratulations and hon
ors heaped upon them by the rulers
and scientists of Europe. In that for
eign field aviation had been given Sc
rious attention for several years only
to furnish the scene in which pair of
quiet Yankees suddenly appeared and.
at one stride. forged ahead of the
bright minds which had been backed
by the treasure of entire nations. The
history of those triumphs is fresh liz
the public mind.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01
A Real burglar Proof Safe.

curious modern invention is to be
seen by a favored few in the Bank OF
England. 1t is claimed to be an alb
solutely burglar proof safe. because at
night it is lowered into a sub-vault OF
heavy masonry and concrete.
When the safe reaches the bottom Of
the vault, it is fastened down by mas
sive steel Tugs. operated by a triple
time lock. Until these Tugs are re
leased automatically at a fixed time
no human agency can raise the safe
T. for breaking through the subvaulf
and walls of stone and concrete ten
feet thick, even with dynamite-well
the burglar must shake his head sor
rowfully and admit that he has met
his Waterloo in that safe.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01
What lot of insulting things you'd
L.. Il &

What lot of insulting things you'd
say to people if you dared.
A busy body never has any time to
attend to his own affairs. and is al
ways unsuccessful and shiftless.
Even woman weighing two hun
dred pounds. with good health, money
and happiness. likes to be called a
poor little thing"
When a man lives all alone the
people who mention it usually make
this cheerful comment: He'll be
found dead some day"
Nearly every smoker says he can
quit, but you will observe that very
few of them make good the assertion.
About the only difference between
a city and a country town is that the
people of the city take to the word
garage more naturally.
1t pleases a woman reader to have
it said of the heroine that "her sur
roundings are not in keeping with her
air of refinement and culture"
You are always hearing that chill.
dren should behave The same thing
applies to men and women. We grown.
ups do lot of fool things
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01
ATCHIsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

Why do people enjoy being mean?
Say what you please. we all like
foolishness more than we should.
Every man must be hsnpecked a
little, or be classed as No Gentleman.
1t is nearly always said of the
mother of the family: she never
eats anything"
Refuse to worry. and you have &C
complished one of the greatest things
In the world.
There is not much demand for
people with abnormal nerve, except
as book agents.
If you are at all "touchy," do not
have any friends; they will always be
hurting your feelings.
Whenever a new widow comes to
town TO visit. all the old bachelors
take a little longer to dress.
A little girl loves to take care of a
baby But how a little boy loathes it,
Should the boy be whipped?
Every man hates the thought that
his wife's patience is the outgrowth of
trying to get along with him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

a rooming house there. One day in
in the building was missed. Her name.
according to the story of the neigh
bcrhood, was Myrtle Read, and she
was an exceptionally pretty girl of
about % years Other inmates of the
house admitted that Read was not her
real name, and said that she came to
Chicago from the country Her dis
appearance came to the knowledge of
the police. An investigation was
started and three days after the young
woman's Disappearance her body was
found in a small room in the tower
of the house with bullet through her
heart. The case became another un-
solved mystery.
After this tragedy the police closed
the place and it stood empty for sew
eral years. About the end of the first
year of its desertion strange stories
began to be told about the old house.
Late pedestrians told of hearing
screams in the deserted rooms and of
seeing strange 1llcKerlng lights at the
empty windows.
These stories grew with the telling
until the building became, in the pop
ular mind, veritable haunted house,
and it became almost impossible to
rent it. Thereafter several tenants
tried to live in it. but, according to
the neighborhood stories, none could
stay longer than a few weeks, and
some only night or two, because of
the cries and screams coming from the
tower room Some of the tenants are
reported to have declared that the
ghost of the murdered girl appeared
before them weeping. wringing her
hands, and begging for mercy
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01
sasssss1
AN UNWILLING PIRATE.
''eseesesseaeee eeseseseese

Nr-S~~N~N~N~~~0~NNO
Some time last October the old ship
Dessoug foundered at sea. 1t had
long career. beginning with its launch
ing in Scotland about 1864, and end
ing in the humble capacity of a coal
transport Its great feat was the
bringing to this country, at the ex-
pense of William H. Vanderbilt, of
"Cleopatra's Needle which the Khe-
dive of Egypt had presented to the
city of New York. A writer in the
Brooklyn Eagle tells the story of this
famous voyage.
Nobody had ever heard of the Des-
soug when Lieut.. II. H. Gorringe was
commissioned TO go to Alexandria to
bring home the obelisk. Twenty-Five
thousand dollars bought the boat from
a steamship company in the eastern
Mediterranean, Two plates were re-
moved from the bows, and the gigan-
tic obel.sk was rolled right into the
inside, where it was made secure, and
the plates replaced. Although the
Dessoug met with a terrible storm
while on the way across the ocean.
and although the machinery was dis
abled, the vessel rode it out in safety,
and brought the priceless cargo intact
to port.
The real romance of the trip, how
ever, lay in quite different direc-
ton. When Lieutenant Gorringe de-
cided to buy the Dessoug, commercial
complications arose. He was warned
that if he applied for clearance pa
pares q score or more attachments
would be placed on the boat because
of debts owing to English and Greek
merchants by the Khedive. Accord
ingly, as soon as the obelisk was
aboard, and properly fastened, the
ship was put to sea without any for
mality.
Congress did not allow the Ameri-
can flag to fly over the craft which
had been built abroad, and the cap
tain did not dare to raise the Egyp-
tian colors because he had not official
ly cleared from the Alexandria
ACAClO tAC DCSoOu6
was literally a piratical boat, and
fair prize for any civilized nation that
captured it.
The lieutenant took the precaution
to write to the governor of Gibraltar
the only port at which he intended to
stop, stating the exact facts. and ask
ing that he direct the officer who
came aboard TO make a very superb
cial examination.
Just before leaving Alexandria the
name of the boat-DeSSOug-w
painted on the quarters and on the
bows in letters a yard high. This was
in order to enable the identity to be
fixed by any vessel which meditated
firing a shot across its bows.
Arriving at Gibraltar, Lieutenant
Gorringe called upon the governor
and explained the situation. The gov
ernor comprehended the absurdity OF
the case, and allowed the nationless
craft to coal and provision at his port.
Had he chosen he could have seized
the Dessoug and sent the treasure in
the hold to be erected on the Thames
Embankment.
RAT ATTACKS CHILD IN BED.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

mansion in the Hyde Park district A
large section of what is now Washing
ton Park was the orchard of the
grounds and the garden of the estate
occupied several blocks, extending as
far as the present corner of 50th street
and Indiana avenue. Two years after
it was built, Mr.. Atkinson met with
business reverses and turned the prop
erty over to creditors. 1t was later
sold to a family of the name of Brady,
who lived there until 1876. when the
house again changed hands.
1t was at this period that the old
house began to fall on evil days. 1t
became the property of corporation
and was rented to a woman who kept
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

HE the tariff
ENA/ to make Uncle expenditures
lowers John Bull
A the everyday American citizen
Prosperity
$3.50 March, placed in the
figures which the gather huge volumes
for the information of who know exactly what doing
of B. Chamberlain the Chi
Record-IIerad
ALL while
Prosperity for those things
essential national capital where the statistical
of Prosperity is
between the United States
and France with England Germany but usually the
necessities excluding
perhaps picture cards from the realm OF the Kaiser whe Tue
Injuries
the particularly
is of figures compiled by
Statistics the information that imports into
the capital increased 90 per cent IN
March During the same period the
OF but 40
in February
s1oOoOOOO preceding
S10O against S600O0 before
recently
examine the listed things as they appear in the
taking those only that aggregate large sums and are
considered Injuries
attention suggests comparison is
March
against $524 during the month of the
the
somebody Diamonds not rated as
by many people glazing trade
the month with which to compare the values Oh
is found that sS1 3 worth of other
424 the matter of cotton
embroderies similar goods the difference So
against 6O571 Champagne
evidence that the
antlquor materially Last March
bagate s27S14 OF olive oil required
worried with sS4o6 worth in
paid s1O1599 for goods purchased
balance trade favor received S11SOO05 for
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01
Great writers Costly Pens.

An English firm of collectors has
just sold for sos the last pen used by
Charles Dickens, but this was less than
half the sum received years ago for the
pen which the great author used in
writing his Sketches by Boz"
One of the most valuable souvenir
pens of the world is enc that was used
by Lincoln when he was President II
is now owned by Isaac Reed of New
York, and the stock was carved from
the lens box of George Washington
Mr. Reed also, ii is said, owns the
quill of a golden eagles wing, the
property of Empress Eugene, with
which the treaty of Paris was signed
in 1856.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01
PROVERBS OF PEOPLES.

The bones for those who come late.
Latin.
Eat at pleasure, drink by measure
French.
A common danger produces unan.
imity-Latin.
Who judges others. condemns him
self-Italian.
When flatterers meet, the devil goes
to dinner-French.
Who are ready to believe are ready
to deceive.-Duteh.
That pilgrim is base who speaks i'll
of his staff-Spanish.
When it rains porridge, the begger
has no spOon.-Danish.
If we pay for the music we will join
in the dance.-French.
Silks and satins put out the fire in
the kitchen.-Danish.
A day that is not thine own do not
reckon it as of thy life.-Arabian.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

German merchants and manufactur
ers are maintaining a lobby at Wash
ington for the purpose of aiding in
the reduction of the duty on imports.
Germany is the one great ambitious,
industrious manufacturing country of
the world The Germans have been
making desperate efforts to batter
down the American tariff system.
while at the same time they are boy.
cotting American packing house prod
ucts and American hogs. In their boy
colt they attempt to put up scientific
reasons rather than those OF finance
But at Washington, the foreign lobby
has been furnishing ammunition for
those who desire to attack the tariff.
A few days ago the entire matter
was exposed in the United States Sen
ate by Senators Aldrich and Depew
1t seems that circulars, quoting prices
of wages and products in Germany had
been circulated around the Senate,
the circulars bearing no signatures In
relation to the matter Senator Depew
said:
Il am told Prince Won Buelow has
sent to this government an anonymous
statement, so in detail that it has
gone even into the question of razors.
Then, | am told that it has been put
by the German government into the
hands of importers and they have put
it into the hands of Senators with
free trade tendencies. The question
is one which arises far above that OF
political party, as the information was
sent to the State department under
the seal of the German government"
Our readers must know that if Ger
many could capture and conquer the
American market. Germany could af-
ford to cease all her efforts for an
enlargement of her trade in China and
Japan.
1t would be interesting, If some of
the other foreign Hobbies could be ex-
posed in the same manner. When the
foreigners and importers are at Wash
ington with their alleged facts, their
influence and their champagne, We do
not hear about them because there
are so many people who want lower
priced goods without regard to foreign
Hobbies or any other thing -Des
Moines Capital.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01
RAE GHOST HOUSE.

WOrkmen Tear Down Residence
Long Given Over to ''spirits.'
Hyde Park, a Chicago suburb, has
lost the abode of one of its choicest
legends and the only reminder of one
of its bloodiest mysteries. as well as
its most ancient landmark. in the tear
ing down of the old three-story brick
house knc~a as the Atkinson home
stead at the northeast corner of Calh-
met avenue and 51st street.
For nearly forty years the old house
with the haunted tower" has stood
there, and for more than half that
time it has been the center of all the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

ming of the experiments, established a
camp near Kitty Hawk, n c., on a
spot from which they could command
a view for a long distance in every
direction and which offered 70 OBJ
struction to flight a short distance
above the ground. No motors were
used in these first tests, which were
conducted along the lines of gliding
one of the brothers taking his position
in the machine with his feet on the
ground and the other two men run.
ming along with the ends of the plane
held above the sand until sufficient
momentum had been attained to per-
nit the aeroplane and its passenger to
rise from the earth for a short dis
lance. The result of these tests was
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01
Not difference. over Principle.

Not Differences over Principle.
The differences between the trainers
of the house bill and the trainers of
the senate bill are not differences over
principle. but differences over disputed
statements of facts. No Republicans.
in congress or out OF II are contending
for a revision down and out
We have felt that the house bill Is
more in harmony With the trend Of our
industrial development than the senate
bill. and reflects more satisfactorily the
views and wishes OF the great mass OF
the Republican voters. 1t Is moder-
ate and reasonable revision downward
"a step In advance In the application
of the protective theory to industrial
conditions hero
1t is more in accord with the best
Republican teaching. for the senate In
its extreme conservatism has practici
ally ignored the growth OF the last
twelve years. and wants TO treat our
industrial disabilities "a permanent
and irremovable. instead Of viewing
them as temporary and capable Of die
appearing as differences In the cost
of production here and abroad are
gradually minlmized. York Trib-
une
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

The waves which sorrow lashes up
around us, stand high between us and
ne world, and make our ship solitary
in the midst of a haven full of vessels.
Cannot one do like the fair sun, and
20 under the waves and yet come back
again. And yet after all. if you look
upon his going down rightly, there is
20 such thing in reality.-Richter
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

ly enough strength TO totter about.
My back panied terribly, the urine
passed scantily and with pain. and
my legs seemed almost lifeless. / lay
for three weeks in mortal agony. wish
ing death would end my sufferings.
AT this time / began using Doans
Kidney Pills, discharglng the doctor.
/ grew better and In a months time
was out again. In two months / was
as well as ever In my life"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster Mil5urn Co, Buffalo. n. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

the kidneys are SICK
and cannot keep Up
{ h cir never-ending
task of fltering the
blood Lame back,
backache. dizzy spells
and urinary disor-
ders are warning that
must not be over
looked.
John M. Burwick,
r. 4. D., Dayton,
Tenn, says: Three
years ago kidney dis
ease fastened itself
on me. 1 failed rap
idlyuntil I had hard
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01
1HE -vn16Hr eaoTaEns Air. su,,

"The first model was crudely built,
and. when completed. my brother and
myself stole out in the dusk one even
ing for a demonstration. 1t was a
rather shamefaced pair of lads who
carried the contrivance to a secluded
| spot, and it was anything but a spec
tacular performance that rewarded us
for our work. but we could see that
| the principle of the machine was cor
rect and we ,eturned not a little ex-
cited over the result of our first ex-
pertinent.
Learning to Fly.
The first model was abandoned and
We began work on larger machine
in which we embodied changes suggest
ed by our few minutes observation of
the first one. This machine performed
much better, but, of course. was still
far from perfect. as for that matter is
the present aeroplane, but it showed
marked improvement over its pred
ecessor. From this time we continued
to build model after model. each a
little different from the preceding one,
and at length made machine without
motive power in which we decided to
attempt flight. This was about as
much of a success as was the first
small model, but from it we learned
the things which we had lacked in
order to make practicable aeroplane."
At this point the experiments had
reached a stage which required the in
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

Sandy Pikes-Yes. mum, | used to
be de star wire walker in de days of
Barnum Couldn't you loan me a
quarter to join the show in de next
town?
Housewife (suspiciously) -Where is
you wire?
Sandy Pikes-Don't carry it any
more I'm a wireless walker now.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

The wealth of the United States In
1850 was s7,OOO.OOO.oOO, speaking in
round terms; in 1860. $4,000, 900 900;
in 1870, s30,0O0.O0O 900; in 1880, s43,-
5OO,OOO,OO0; in 1890. Sc, 900 OOO, 900; in
1900. sSS,5OO, 100000. and in 1904, s1O7,-
600 100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

The population of men in the United
States, from statistics compiled from
the reports of the census of 1900, is
S9,059,242. The population of women
is 37244145
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

Stockholm, Christiania, Berlin, and
London, in the order named. have the
lowest death rates among the Euro
pean cities.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

'In pinch use Aliens Foot-Ease," re-
marked the tramp, as he threw package
of white powder into the eyes of the po-
liceman who was about to arrest him.
The Harrdrd Lamp0oa.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

Within the last two decades there
have been only two years when the
wheat crop of France did not cover
the home demand.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

Oysters live in water which con-
tains about one part salt to twenty
seven of water.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

The United States annually produces
more tobacco than any other country
in the world-69O.OO 1000 out of 2,2O1.-
600, 900 pounds.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01
WHEY YOUR BACK ACHES.

1t IL n Warning Tint the Kidneys
Are Sick and Need Help.
A bad back makes every day a duh
round of pain and misery. It's sign
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

For the year ending December 81,
1908, 1924 miles of electric railway
track were laid in Canada, as against
1927 during 1907.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

Archaologists have discovered the
marble quarries which supplied the ma
terlal for the famous Temple of Diana
of the Ephesians
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

There are nineteen American col
leges with an enrolment of more than
5000 students each.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

Paw-Paw fruit. / unhesitatingly recon-
mend these pills as being the best laxa-
tive and cathartic ever compounded. Get
a 25-cent bottle and II you are not per-
fectIy satisfied will refund yofr money
rMUNYON.
SD and Jefferson Sts.. PHILADELPHIA. Pa.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

Nearly 1G7,0OO,OOO tons of coal are
consumed in England every year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

The victims of sleeping sickness in
Uganda now number a quarter of a
million.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

in a recently built Italian man-of-
war are special arrangements for n
dentist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01
MUNYON'S
PAW-PAW PILLS

a 4C Dlcl t7AO--- ~
and Liver Pills known
and a positive and
speedy cure for Con-
stipation. Indigestion.
Jaundice. Biliousness.
Sour Stomach, Head
ache. and all ailments
arising from a disor-
der ed stomach or
sluggish liver. They
contain in concertrat-
ed form all the viz
tues and values OF
Munyon's Paw-Paw
tonic and are made
from the Juice Of the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

AT NIiddletown, n. Y, Emma Dun
lap, s years old, aroused her parents
early in the morning with her shrieks,
when a big rat attacked her in her
bed. The parents rushed to the child's
room, and the rat, covered with the
little girls blood. ran across the bed
and disappeared in hole in the floor
The rat had bitten the child twice in
her left cheek.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

The Jordan is the most crooked river
known, winding 213 miles in Il distance
of sixty miles.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

Egyptians in ancient times had Gem,
eteries for their pet dogs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

One of the latest curiosities in labor.
circles is the formation of Pail.
bearers Union in Alexandria, Va.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01

The first torpedo was made in 1777.