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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
for Bessy, two newspapers, then at

TOT BeSSy, two newspapers, then ~
last, one letter for her,
She clutched at it eagerly, letting all
the others tumble down together on
the grass at her feet. 1t was from her
cousin, Mrs. Purvis The postman
trudged EDWARDS along tie lane. Bes-
sy picked up the fallen letters and pa
pers that lay at her young mistress
feet and carried them into the house,
and still Irene stood there. motionless.
pale, frozen into stone, gazing bllndly
at the letter IN her hand.
Presently she turned and went back
slowly into the house, and upstairs IN
to her own room. She did not weep or
bemoan herself; only she sat quite
still for a very long time upon the
edge of her bed, stirring blankly ana
blindly before her, he mind almost as
vacant as her eyes. Her cousins let
ter, unopened and unheeded, lay upon
the floor at her feet. She reused her-
self after a time, and went about her
duties and daily occupations as usual,
until night brought a CLEAN of hope
once more, and she began to long
again for the next mornings post
But the days went by, one after the
other, and the old postman came along
the lane morning after morning, and
brought her no letter from Rupert
Carroll. Neither word. nor sign. nor
token came from him to whom she
had given her heart; sometimes she
asked herself whether it was all
dream, whether Carroll had ever eX-
listed. ever told her of his love, ever
asked her to he his fife? AT night she
wept bitterly, and was often unable to
close her eyes until the grey daylight
crept through her shutters. Yet ever
a sense of loyalty to her promise made
her do her utmost TO conceal her an
guish of mind from her mothers
knowledge.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11

life than manners that win friends
and keep them.
A pleasant good morning" costs
nothing, yet it is as rare in many
families as if manners were of radium
scarcity.
Some peoples manners are like bats
they only come out at night. To be
courteous in the morning may oil the
household machinery for the day.
Surface manners are not the most
desirable, but are much better than
none. Like painting the outside of an
old house. they at least please the
casual beholder.
The true good manners are a mat
ter of the heart. They carry a friend
| ly smile for all, a kindly interest in
the small affairs of others-that great
breeder of patience-and a courtesy
that is not limited by feelings or
| favor.
Many women let down their man.
ners through Indifference; they are
self-absorbed and forget the rights of
| others. These are the women who
would be Mortified to know their repu-
| tation for rudeness.
There is less conscious rudeness
than most of us credit. Occasionally
the snob appears who thinks position
is shown by snubs; more often our
lapses in politeness are due to over
work, worry, hurry or ill health
There is a rudeness that springs
forth from Observation-Disclosures. Oddly
enough this lack of manners is more
openly resented than most, though the
offender is generally gentle at heart
and would never wound Intentionally.
Whatever the cause, mind your man
ners. 1t will pay you big interest
in goodwill.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
Ito be continued.)
NEW WOMEN IN COREA.
A Movement Which Means n Great
Change in Lives of Gentler Sex.

A Movement Which Means n Great
Change in Lives of Gentler Sex.
The new-woman movement, which
means that a great change is to come
in the daily life of the Coreans, is just
at its beginning, writes Frank G. Car
penter. doubt if its members can be
numbered by hundreds. There are
certainly less than a thousand who
have yet attempted to throw off the
shackles of the old customs; and the
remainder, numbering millions, are in
the same condition that the sex has
held for many general ons. The Gus
toms vary according to the class to
which the girl belongs. Corea has a
nobility, a middle class, common peo-
pie and slaves. All of the rich fam
lilies own hereditary slaves, and the
daughter of a slave is a slave girl
in turn.
This movement means that there ere
to come changes in all matters of love
and marriage. Already the Christian
girls. of whom there are many. are de-
manding that they be married in the
church after our ceremony. or as near
that as Corean ideals viii, permit To-
day the million-odd marriages which
take place yearly are as barbarous as
those of darkest Africa. Children are
often betrothed at birth. and a 7-year
old girl may be married to a man OF
20, or a boy of 9 to a girl of 10. As
a rule. the marriage takes place before
the children have reached the age Of
pupils of the first class in the high
schools. and girl is an old maid at
IS or 90
Among the queer wedding customs
Is the gluing the brides eyes shut. so
that she can see nothing. and keeping
them so for two or three days. An
other Is that the bride will not speak
to the groom for at least a week after
the weddiIg e, and third that fight
takes place between her friends and
his on the way to the ceremony, and
the one represented by the party de-
feated is considered unlucky. Neither
bride nor groom sees each other until
they are married After that the girl
is practically the slave of her husband
and his parents. who may treat her
as they please. AS she grows older.
or when her husband is tired of her.
he brings one or more secondary wives
into the house and she has to submit.
Divorces are easy on the part Of the
husband. but they are considered dis
IL
ally result in adding a concubine or so
to the establishment rather than SHOW
ing the old wife out into the cold.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11

against the background Of blackness
as to be perfectly invisible from the
path. Two PAGES carried Carroll just
beyond them.
Now then-nowi" whispered a
voice.
Then a sudden rush from belinda
cry, truggle-half- a-dozen ringing
blows.
"Scoundrelsi let goi" gasped a chok-
ed voice that died away into a smoth-
cred groan-then. nothing more!
Only a lifeless body huddled up
across the path that in the next mo-
ment was quickly dragged down into
the darkness of the muddy ditch-and
presently it lay there quite alone in
the silence of the gathering shades of
night
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
Revised Upward.

One evening at family prayers tho
head of the house read that chaptet
which concludes with. 'And the wife
see that she reverence her husbands
After the exercises had closed and tht
children had gone to bed, the New
York Evening Post says. he quoted it
looking meaningly at HE WIFE,
I Let us see what the Revised Ven
sion says on that subject" said she,
Il will follow the new teaching. If yoj
please"
The Revised Version was produced,
and her chagrin may be imagined al
the head impressively read. And LEI
the wife see that she fear her hus
band"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
SOME HARD KNOCKS.

Woman Gets Rid OF ssConee Heart"
The injurious action Of Coffee on the
heart of many persons is well known
by physicians to be caused by caffeine.
This Is the drug found by chemists In
coffee and tea.
A woman suffered a long time with
severe heart trouble and finally her
doctor told her she must give up coffee,
as that was the principal cause of the
trouble. She writes:
MY heart was so weak 1t could not
do its work properly. My husband
would sometimes have to carry me
from the table, and 1t would seem that
/ would never breathe again.
The doctor told me that coffee was
causing the weakness of my heart. He
said 1 must stop it, but 1t seemed I
could not give it up until was down
in bed with nervous prostration.
For eleven weeks / lay there and
suffered. Finally Husband brought
home some Postum and l quit coffee
and started new and right. Slowly
got well. Now do not have any head
aches, nor those spells with wea
heart. We know it is Postum th
helped me. The DR.. said the othe4
day, L never thought you would be
what you are l used to weigh 80
pounds and now / weigh 15s.
Postum has done much for me and
i would not go back to coffee again for
any money, for | believe it would kill
me If | kept at it, Postum must be
well boiled according TO directions on
pkg, then it has a rich flavor and with
cream is fine"
Read The Road to Wellville," found
IN pkgs. There's Reason"
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, 1909-11-11

A dressmaking establishment in
Boston almost entirely operated by
electricity, has an electric cutter capa.
BILE of cutting out $50 thicknesses OF
cloth at once, a button-sewing ma
chine which puts on 5000 buttons a
day, a buttonhole machine making 400
per hour, sleeve sewers. tucking ma.
chimes, waist and skirt machines max
ing 1880 to $500 stitches a minute.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
No Gossip Here.

First Suburbanite-The new people
who have just moved in the neigheor
hood have already run up big bill
at the grocer's, and / hear he is get
ting worried about his pay.
Second Suburbanlte-That so? They
seem to live well enough.
F. S.-Yes, but apparently that is all
show Their parlor is very handsome.
but their living rooms are almost bare
and their table really skinny At
least, their cook told our parlor maid
so, and she repeated it to my wife.
You know how the women viii gossip
Baltimore American.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
To Keen Down Weixht.

1t is the fad of women who fear
flesh to walk or stand for twenty min
utes or so after eating and many af-
firm that it really keeps down the
weight. On that. principle thin wom-
en- should rest after meals and at
other times during the day. Diluted
cream is said TO be better flesh
former than milk and does not dis
agree with the bilious temperament
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
y G}11oUs ~
gAT ,VunENlA9

The Widow Taft" an ancestress OF
the President, was the only woman In
Massachusetts allowed to vote in colon.
ial days.
In the Calvin celebrations the re-
formers wife has not been altogether
forgotten. There is a portrait of her
in the museum at Donay, and the
townspeople propose to have a replica
made for presentation to Liege, her
native town.
new feature of commencement
was the "class will'' at Barnard Col.
lege. One young woman was deputed
to read the will of the departing class
and it was great fun. The unpaid dues
were willed to the sophomore class, to
be paid in cents"
Mrs. F. A. Wake, of Norfolk, Va,
has been interested in the old light
house at Cape Henry, and through her
influence a committee of the Colonial
Danes of that State has been appoint.
ed 70 approach Congress with a re-
u tS.,l l1dt lnty NC diiOnSQ " preserve
ii.
Lady Cook, who was Tennessee
Claflin, was writing her autobiography
and it will no doubt be very interest
ing, as her life has been full of adven-
lures since she left an Ohio farm al
the age of 16 and went to Chicago
Forty years ago she had brokerage
office in New York and made her own
fortune
Inc Elmira College Club Of New
York, Mrs. William r. Bross. presi.
dent. celebrated the ninetietb birthday
OF the Rev. Augustus W. Cowles, pres
ident emeritus of Elmira College. late
ly, by sending roses to the number OF
the years of Dr. Cowles, supplemented
by some word of greeting from zoe
members of the New York club.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
NGh6n2eD.apd:tbe:Honod

which occasionally are thrown with too
much vehemence to be pleasant, some
brides go in for substituting the tin
lest ladies' slippers as we'll as horse
shoes made entirely of soft silver
papers. These resemble a sparkling
shower of silver. Other brides lean
TO providing their friends with dried
rose or other sweet smelling leaves to
be thrown after them.-The Gentle
Woman
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
A Thoughtful Gift.

Tom went out to buy pair Of gloves
for his sweetheart's Christmas present
and to make a purchase for his father
OF course. he got things mixed, as they
always do in stories, and the young
lady received a pair of heavy wooden
mems socks with the following note;
Dear Helen-Please accept these in
consideration of my love for you. Oh
that l were to be the only one to see
them when you wear them. IL you
find any difficulty in getting them on
blow in them. Yours affectionately,
Tom.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
Do Bargain Hunters Smile.

81 went out shopping the other after
noon," said a well known pastor OF
New York city, land. having in mind
the hymn Brighten Your Way With a
Smile | looked about to see II there
were any smiles on the faces in the big
department store.
I'm all that hurrying and pushing
and worrying real. genuine, hearty
smiles were not to be found. ! saw
one smile. but it looked like plant
that had been wintered in a cellar. II
was bleached and NEW York
Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11

guild, and when | was able to get
around l could not do my work. The
first box of Doan's Kidney Pills helped
me so much that l kept on using them
until rid of every symptom of kidney
trouble. During the past three years
/ have enjoyed excellent health"
Remember the name-Doan's- Sold
by all dealers. 80 cents a box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo. N Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
a 0uick Fire.

When the gas or oil stove is not to
be used a very easy way to have a
quick fire for heating water or getting
lunch at a moments notice is to tear
newspapers in quarters without I'M
folding Twist these rather tight and
lay them in the CRATE as you would
kindlings, quite close together, then
light one end. This is equal to a
wood fire and saves any amount of
money spent on the latter. The Sun
day papers are so enormous that with
out difficulty the average family has
quite collection in a short time.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
MUNYON'S
Eminent Doctors at
Your Service Free
Not Penny to Pay for the Fullest
Medical Examination.

If you are in doubt as to the cause
of your disease. mail us a postal re-
questing a medical examination blank.
Our doctors will carefully diagnose
your case, and If you can be cured
you will be told so; If you annot be
cured you will be told so. You are
not obligated to us in any way, for
this advice is absolutely free. You are
at liberty to take our advice or not
as you see At.
Munyon's, SD and Jefferson streetA
PHILADELPHIA. Pa
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11

years ago L began u
suffer with kidney
trouble and grew
steadily worse until
my health was all
broken down. For
weeks / was in bed
and could not turn
over without being
helped. My back was
stiff and painful. l
was tired and lam
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
DOCTORS PRESCRIPTION.
Quickly Cures Rheumatic Pains, Als0
Splendid System Builder.

Quickly Cures Rheumatic Pains, A1s0
Splendid System Builder.
Go to any good prescription drug
gist and get the following and mix
them: II he does not have these in
gradients he will get them from his
wholesale house.
"One ounce compound syrup of Sar-
saparilla, and one ounce Toris COM
pound. Add these to a half pint of
first-class whiskey, and use a table
spoonful before each meal and at bed
time. The bottle must be well shaken
each time" This simple remedy II
one of the most effective known. The
restorative action will be felt after
the first few doses.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
Red Annoys.

Red will annoy turkey cock as
much as a bull. but a sparrow will not
let it disturb its mind. But If one
shakes blue rag in front of a Gagged
sparrow's eyes he will so frantic with
disgust Sparrows and linnets, too,
will refuse food offered them on q
piece of blue paper. and dislike the
appearance Of anyone wearing a blue
drecc
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
Her Excuse.

Bertha, my dear, have been look
ing over your writing exercises. Your
orthography is atrocious- You don't
seem to know how to spell even the
simplest words"
Spelling. papa is purely arbitrary
Words were made before the alphabet
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11

Close hats of shirred velvet, MORE,
satin and lace arc very popular with
the younger followers of fashion. The
brim rolls high, either at the back.
front, left or right side, and the trim
ming is piled high. A touch of soft
ness is lent this otherwise severe hat.
by the addition of an aigret or soms
kind of soft fluffy feather.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
New Missiles for Weddings.

1t is quite singular how of late
years a decided objection to the an
cient custom of rice and slipper throw
ing after the bride and bridegroom
has sprung up, so much so that sew
eral comparatively new ideas have of
late come almost universally into
vogue.
Instead of the hard rice pellets.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11

Mother GTays Sweet Powders for Chill
Childrefl's Home. New York. cure Summer
Complaint, Feverishness. Headache. Stom-
ach Troubles, Teething Disorders and De-
stroy Worms. At all Druggists. Csc. Sam
pie mailed FREE Address Allen s. Ohm
sted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
Keeps Them Busy.

1t keeps the women pretty busy say
ing Don't" to the children, and re-
that just like a ?'-Boston Tran
script.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11

Little boy, don't you know that
you shouldn't go fishing on Sun
day."
Sure. l know it, but you see the
fish amt been educated up to keeping
the Sabbath yet"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
Worth of Good Manners.

No woman Is so young or so old.
so powerful or so inconspicuous, that
she can afford to grow careless in her
manners. There is no bigger asset in
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11

which Was the Head of the House.
Willie's grandmother had come to
visit them.
Are you mammals mother?" asked
Willie by way of conversation.
mo, dear. I'm your grandmother
on your fathers side.'
We'll" said Willie, decidedly Che
was an observing little fellow, all /
got to say is you're on the wrong
side" -Everybody's Magazine
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
Al Who
Would Enjoy

good health. with its blessings, must I'M
ierstand, quite clearly, that it involves the
question of right living with all the term
implies. With proper knowledge of what
is best, each hour of recreation, of enjoy
ment, of contemplation and of effort may
be made to contribute to living Alright
Then the use of medicines may be dis
pensed with to advantage, but under or
binary conditions in many instances a
simple, wholesome remedy may be invalu-
able if taken at the proper time and the
California Fig Syrup Co. holds that it is
alike important to present the subject
truthfully and to supply the one perfect
laxative to those desiring it.
Consequently, the Company's Syrup OF
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA gives general
satisfaction. To get its beneficial effects
buy the genuine, manufactured by che
California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11

Melbourne University plans to re-
quire five years of study by a person
before granting him a diploma as a
veterinary surgeon
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11

Long straight lines are much in evil
dence. although there is greater full
pess, in this seasons modes. The two
figures in the sketch show handsome
designs in this style for these two
types of costume
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
The summer Girrs ProbIem.

When forth she goes at fashions call,
To promenade and chat,
How shall she find parasol
That's bigger than her hat?
=Washingfon Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
Not Quite.
MOI tluitt.
"Was It a quiet wedding 2''

was 1t quiet wedding?"
"Quiet. | should say not The
children in the neighborhood almost
bombarded the use."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11

The Mauretai:ia's boilers, placed end
to end, would LAKE string SAT feet
LONE.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
STEADILY GREW WORSE.

A Typical Tale of Sunerings from
Sick kidneys-
Mrs L.. G. Fridley, 1884 n. Main
ST., Delphos, Ohio, says: Five or six
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
A Water CandIestick.

A glass of water makes a fine ener-
gency candlestick. Weight one end
of the candle with a nail just large
enough to hold the candle in the water
so that the water touches its top edge.
but does not touch the wick, and then
light the candle. 1t will burn until the
last vestige of wick is gone and the
fame will not flicker. The melted tai
low that runs down but serves to hold
the candle more stationary.-B1ack-
smith and WheelVright.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11

n you use ball blue. get Red Cross Ball
Blue, the best ball blue. Large 2oz. pack
age. cents
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11
The Bad Boys Resort.

From Success Magazine.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-16
Overman congratulated.
nouisburg TimeS.)

The editor of the Times desires to
congratulate both Senator Overman
and his new private secretary, Mr..
c.. H. Martin, whose appointment
took place a few days ago. Mr.. Mar
tin is a Franklin county boy and
has, for the past eight years. been
the private secretary of Hon. r. w.
Pou, the able and popular Congress-
mar from the Fourth District. Those
who haVe had business with Congress
man Pou, or his secretary, know full
we'll the value Of having such an eff
ficient man as Mr.. Martin. No doubt
Mr.. Pou regretted very much to give
him up, as this writer has often
heard him say that he had the best
secretary in Washington"
Washington. d. c., Feb. 13.-Post-
masters appointed: Mapleton, Hert-
ford county, Henry Parker, vice G. n.
Carman removed; Thagardville, Moore
county Alexander Mcmillan, vice A.
3. Bryant, resigned; Whit oak,
Bladen county, Almond NJ. NJ. Melvin.
resigned.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-16
CENSUS SHOWS RACE SUICIDE.
Average Family in the United
States Has Decreased.

The size of the average fanny III the
United States has decreased from 5.S
persons in 1890, the date of the first
census taken in this country. to 40 IN
the same area in 1900, according to a
volume now being published by the
census bureau. OF especial interest
from a sociological point of view are
those statistics in the book which deal
with family life. In 1870 families COM
posed of no more than three persons
represented but one-fourth Of thee entire
number of families. while in 1906 fam
lilies of similar size made up nearly
40 per cent of all the families. Fam
lilies composed Of six or more persons
represented in 1870 more than one-half,
but in 1900 scarcely more thar one
fourth of the families enumerated. On
the basis of the proportion shown IN
1890 there would hav been in CONT
mental United States in 1900, 39,ooo,ooU
children, whereas there were less tina
24,OOO,O 600.
The number of children under lG
years Of age to each white family was
2.S in 1890, as compared with 10 IN
1900. Tn ratio in 1890 of two chill
dren under 16 years of age to each
white female IS years of age and over
declined to one in 1900. OF 3.l71.OOO
white persons enumerated in 1880, APP
proximately 100000 survived thirty
years later, 1880 in 1880, while in
1900 there We're twenty-three persons
who reported their ages as 40 years
and over, so that at the census of 1900
it is possible that there were still liv-
ing persons enumerated in the first
census, taken 40 years before.
In 1870 the Smiths led all the rest.
there being 33,245 Of this ubiquitous
family in the country, while other fam
flies followed in the sequence given:
Brown, Davis, Jones, Johnson, Clark,
Williams. Miller n Wilson. These
names represented about 4 per cent of
the total white population Of 100.