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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-27
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-27
CANAL JURY IN
SESSION AGAIN

WASHINGTON, Jan 2G The fed
eral grand jury which is investigating
the Panama canal libel case was IN
session today less than an hour. Only
one witness. Jonas c. Whitley. form
erly reporter OF the New York
World. was examined. His examlna.
tion was very brief The jury will
hold another session tomorrow, but II
Is not probable that any witness will
appear before it
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-27
SEAT SALE FOR NIELSEN
ENGAGEMENT OPENS

The sale of reserved seats for the
Alice Nielsen engagement opened
Tuesday morning in the Detroit opera
house. Miss Nielsen comes as one OF
the sunday attractions in the Whitney
Collyer series
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
Philippine Cigars.

An army officer who has seen service
In the Philippines Is accustomed to
tell his friends that the most likeable
thing he found in the islands was the
tobacco. Another army officer. at
home a persistent smoker, broke OF
the habit after he had been a short
time stationed at Manila, because he
could not use the tobacco. Probably
the same diversified results will fol-
low local tests of the 10000 cigars that
have reached Boston as an installment
OF the 15O,000,000 which, under a pro
vision of the new tariff act, are ad-
mitted to the country free of duty, the
Boston Transcript says In appear
ance they are not at all suggestive OF
the old-fashioned Manila "cheroots"
but copy standard shapes and sizes
and show much better workmanship
than did the pioneer cigars from Porto
Rico. AS these specimens represent
1t. the tobacco of the Philippines Ia
light colored and mild, and many per-
sons find its flavor agreeable, though
others profess to detect tang" OF
bitterness which might be accounted
for by improper curing. The retail
price Of cigars ranges from s cents TO
10 cents. No mature and experienced
smoker ever attempts to choose tobac-
co to suit another smokers taste. but
with this qualification it seems safe
to give 1t as consensus of opinion
that the novelties from the Philippines
are worth their cost
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
A BURGLARS ADVICE.
Tells Where to Keep n Revolver and
How 10 INe IL.

How to Use IL.
take my pen in hand to write YOU
an answer TO the mug that signs his
name victim what says that bolt on
your bedroom door nights will make
you safe from burglars coming into the
room and shooting your head of and to
tell him the only way to be safe from
harm by burglars is to lay still when
they tells you to and after they has
gone to collect from the burglary in
surance company.
Your man Victim is a dull guy il
he thinks a bolt will stop anyone that
knows his trade. because we always
puts gimlet hope through the panel
right back of the bolt and slides it
back quiet and easy just the same way
as We puts holes through the panel
back OF dead latches on outside doors,
because there amt nothing will stop
man that knows the trade only a
steel door with an iron crossbar back
OF it and electric contacts all around.
What's more is that any man that
sleeps with a pistol under his pillow is
q cnump. because that's where we al
ways feels for it the first thing and
gets it before proceeding to the bust
ness of the evening. the right place TO
keep pistol being in the front hall
hanging on nail where you amt la
bic to do no damage to the bedroom
walls and furniture with it. besides It's
hafr ko1 fnr 20 Z
up n the night and feel for a pistol
that amt there no more.
If a guy wants to take a pistol 10
bed with him and thinks he's got nerve
enough to use it the proper place for
it is not under the pillow. because
that's where we always looks for it.
but it's at the foot Of the bed. about
where you can stretch out with your
toes so that when you wake up and
feel the burglars hand searching under
your pillow you can lay still till he
moves over to the bureau. when you
will have plenty OF time to get hold
OF your gun with your toes and pull
it up gentle and slow like you was fast
asleep till you get your grip on it and
then IL you are quick enough to make
the burglar shoot in the smoke all
right, but IL you amt got the nerve
for the job you'd better not have no
gun around. because he will shoot next.
Having been in the bolt slipping
business and pillow pistol collecting
line for nine years. guess | know the
game, and If 1 knowed where your mug
Victim lives would just come up
some evening and pinch his gun from
him to show him his bolt is no good
Sloppy Mike. Letter In New York
Cnn
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07

Uniforms were first adopted by the
English military organizations in the
seventeenth century.
Ancient buildings or works cannot
be restored in Italy without the con-
sent of the government.
Twenty-fye-cent dinners are served
in the House of Commons for such
members as desire them.
According to the official estimates.
the value of the diamonds yet in the
ground in German South Africa is
$25O,OOO,0OO
Work has just been started on the
largest switchboard in the world
which is to be installed IL .he New
York terminal of the Pennsylvania
railroad. All the switches of the ter
minal are to be electrically controlled
from this board. 1t will cost $500, 900.
A successful electric lawn mower,
taking power form any convenient
source by means of flexible cable, has
been invented by f. II. Kerr of Chica-
go. He is building an improved type
of machine capable of operating plows,
harrows, drills and seeders for gardens
and small farms
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
SPLINTERS.

Band boxes-Music stands.
Hard rubber-Watching a balloon.
While we are signing over the past
we miss the opportunities of the pres
ent.
IL is human nature for us to think
that the laurel wreath is on the wrong
head.
Our good deeds are played on a
jewsharp and our faults on bass
drum.
The man who gives us a counterfeit
coin is a crook, but we don't think
that we need the power of prayer
when we pass the same coin along to
some other fellow.
Mrs. Simpson-Do you have any
trouble in keeping your husband home
at night? Mrs. Sampson-No, l get
out first and he has to stay in the
house and take care of the baby.
Borton-How do you know that
Mrs. Brown has a commanding pres
ence? didn't know that you had
ever seen her. Morton-I haven't, but
l have seen her husband
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
CHILDREN SHOWED 1T.
Eject Of Their Warm Drink In the
Morning.

Eject Of Their Warm Drink I'm the
Morning.
"A year ago i was a wreck from
coffee drinking and was on the point
of giving up my position in the school
room because OF nervousness
Il was telling a friend about 1t and
she said, We drink nothing at meal
time but Postum, and it is such a
comfort to have something we can
enjoy drinking with the children
Il was astonished that she would
allow the children to drink any kind
of coffee. but she said Postum was the
most healthful drink in the world for
children as well as for older ones. and
that the condition of both the chill
dren and adults showed that to be
fact
My first trial was a failure. The
cook boiled It four or FIVE minutes and
it tasted SO fiat that | was in despair
but determined to give it one more
trial This time we followed the di-
rections and boiled it fifteen minutes
after the boiling began. II was de-
cided success and l was completely
won by its rich. delicious flavor. In a
short time I noticed a decided i'm
provement liz my condition and kept
growing better and better month after
month. until now l am perfectly
healthy, and do my work in the school
room with ease and pleasure. would
IN n lost rntrir1
regular coffee for any money"
Read the famous little Health Clas-
SIC The Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
There's a Reason
Ever read tie above letter? A
new one 4f&edrs from time TO time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.

Nearly every mother teaches her
baby boy to say he is "a bad boy
Say girl is pretty and every one
around screams: She knows it,
Nothing is quite so forlorn looking
as a picnic when the weather is bad.
Wherever a man goes he will make
tracks, and other people will see them.
Some people do not believe it is
possible TO steal from a railroad com
pany
Some way jealous man appears to
better advantage than a jealous
woman.
Many people get credit for being
reserved, because they can't talk in
diligently.
How we old people enjoy looking at
pictures of ourself taken when we
were young.
What has become of the old fash
Toned man who said badness was due
to early piety?
We are always meeting people who
redsu incidents that we had hoped
theJ Nad forgotten
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
PROGRESS OF THE DAY.

The electric fan plucks slaughtered
chickens.
India and Ceylon supply seven
eighths of the worlds tea.
Seven persons out of ten have eyes
of differing strength.
The Chinese divide the day into II
parts of two hours each.
The French government will control
the wireless telegraph systems of that
country.
Consumption seems to be most pre-
valent among persons between % and
30 years of age.
British colonies supplied the mother
country with s100.000.OeO worth of
wool last year.
Bees sometimes fly two miles from
the hive and find their way back with
out difficulty.
Ambulance launches will comprise
one of the innovations of the Hudson
Fulton celebration
Plans are being made for the cleo
IRRIGATION of the more important State
railways of Sweden.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07

Travelling men will finally become
so numerous that their trade will
make business good.
Any woman low enough to bring a
breach of promise suit. should be I'M
lucky enough to lose it.
We imagine that the day before
election an Office seeker feels like a
girl about to be married
Always find out how much a thing
is going to cost before you order it,
You can save money by this precau-
ton
Farmers quarrel as much over the
best country road as they quarrel over
the best road to heaven.
If woman had Der way. she would
watch what her husband sees and
hears as carefully as what the baby
eats.
Where's Doc?" man asked to-
day. IL hain't saw him for a week"
Lots of good men talk that sort OF
grammar.
What has become of the old-fash-
Toned man who followed statements Ia
his letters with Isaiah xii: CT; Mat
xiv:31," etc.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07

nations must have been a source of
professional admiration, surprise and
regret that he could not be reincar-
mated in this age of so great possibili-
ties to the navigator How he would
have liked to tread their decks and
immaculate bridgesi What consterna-
ton would not he have poured into the
Indians of Spuyten Duyvil or the mu-
tineers of Hudson's Bay from their
many embattled turrets.
Visiting the commanders of the va
rious vessels, from the trim steam
yachts or motor boats to the massive
stepped battleships or the huge hulks
of the Mauretania or the Lusitania
the shades met surprises at every
hand. Very frequently they were
startled by a ''cra-a-sh" swapping in
the atmosphere about them, as invis-
ible as their cwn disembodied spirits.
Brave though he was, Hudson must
have seized nervously the arm of his
more modern companion and demand
ed: whats that?" And Fulton. in
ventor and mechanic, no doubt con-
fessed ignorance and turned to the
shade of old Diedrich Knickerbocker,
their guide, for enlightenment.
Let us go with them on their first
twenty-four hours inspection. Father
Knickerbocker, being credited with
maintaining a close watch upon the
habits and progress of the inhabitants
of his beloved Isle of Manhattan, was
able to set their fears at rest. albeit
he aggravated their wonder by explain
ing that the uncanny noise was made
by wireless telegraph instruments.
But what is the telegraph" both
asked
II had forgotten that you left be-
fore the invention OF sending messages
by means of wire over thousands of
miles OF space. At first wires were
necessary, and they still are generally
used over land. But over water a
system OF sending and receiving mes
sages across hundreds of miles of
space with no visible connection is
coming into very common use. AL
ready it has saved the lives of many
hundreds of shipwrecked people. BY
its use busy business men on ocean
travels are able to keep in momentary
communication with any part of the
world they WISH" explained the proto-
type of New York town.
Il remember something about
Franklin with kite and a key. He
drew sparks from string. That was
a little while before | caught cold
crossing from New Jersey and became
shade" said Fulton. rs this new
teegraphy anything like that?"
Something similar. as it is accom-
plished by means of captive electric
ity." replied Father Knickerbocker
Telephony is another invention
whereby sounds are reproduced accu-
rately over thousands of miles Of wire,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07

conversations between New YORK ana
Chicago and even greater distances be-
ing commonplace occurrences now"
"Chicago?" both inquired.
Chicago" broke in another shade
who bore resemblance to Father Dear
born, lis the greatest young city in
the world. 1t is rapidly overhauling
New York in population and is the
center and source of most energy and
progress"
Father Knickerbocker elevated his
shade eyelids slightly, but refrained
from comment.
Il had heard of electricity" rumi-
mated the shade of Fulton. There
was something about it in Leyden
while | was in England. But | did
not dream it possessed such possibili-
ties. 1t may have been better ele-
merit with which TO experiment than
steam. Still, nothing can supplant
steam | assume that all these people
! sec here to-day have come by steam
ships or maybe some have come by
steam vehicleG over the highways"
The shade of Father Dearborn emit
ted something strangely like a snort
Yes. most Of these people came by
steam-propelled vehicles, but they now
run on steel rails that girdle the
world They travel usually at a rate
approximating nearly mile a minute
and only this year steam locomotive
beat the record by running ninety.
hours steam engines pulling long
trains of steel-built cars and G frying
| hundreds of people go between Chi
cago and New York. and fourteen-hour
trips over the same 1,000-mile journey
are not unusual"
Eye gods," was all the shade of Full.
ton could exclaim.
But that is not all" broke in Father
Knickerbocker. ''This vessel on which
we now are. the Mauretania. crossed
the Atlantic only a few weeks ago in
just a little more than four days
How's that?" he chuckled. as he
chucked the spirit ribs of Henry Hud-
son.
That shade. who had been listening
somewhat listlessly to the CONVERSE
ton. became interested Il was watch
ing when our friend Robert. here
steamed up my river in the Clermont
It was a much larger boat, too. than
my Half Moon. and made better time
But you could stow them both in this
monster and have to look long time
to find them II they got misplaced"
"Yes." observed Father Knicker
booker. you could almost put either
OF them in one OF those smokestacks
| A coach and four could easily be
driven through one of these tunnels
Electricity's Aid Used.
They were leaning over the rail, and
both the ancient shades became inter
ested in a smaller vessel that wa:
driving alongside without apparent
means of propulsion. Only a faint
"chug, chug," came 10 their ears.
That" said Father Knickerbocker
observing their attention, lis another
use 10 which electricity has been put
With all your study of torpedoes and
submarines you never thought Of such
a thing as an electric launch, did you
| Roberto"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07

In trying to break through a crowd
one can often go faster by moving
slower.
Even after looking at our little
weekly salary we cannot help thinking
of our greatness.
Biggs-That noise sounds like a cy
clone; is there a storm coming Up?
Wiggs-No, that is the wind whistling
through the gas pipes.
When a big man finds himself face
to face with a little woman at the
head of the stairs about a. m. his
bravery is put to a severe test.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
Stubborn.

"Loogy yuh, Brudder sTump," said
Parson Bagster while the congregation
was assembling in Ebenezer chapel.
Il un'erstood yo' to nomernate dat yo'
would bring our urrin' Brudder Borax
Smith to de revival yuh tonight.
Il done did muh best to 'complish
muh representation, pahson," replied
Brother lump, holding forth an OBJ
feet which markedly resembled dark
complexioned oyster. but dat ar gaua-
bin man, our urrin' Brudder bVvax
Smith. was sawtuh reluctant an handy
wild his razzah. j dess nachly
couldn't bring de gentleman ipussonly
but dis yum am one Nv his ears'"-
Puck.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
Onomntopocric.


One of the charms of music 10 that
the musically uneducated person does
not have to understand" ii. With
Initiative music, however. the case
Is quite different, and every passage
has either an obvious or thiply con-
cealed meaning. Occasionally II is hard
to decipher certain unusual noises. as
the following story from Fliegende
Blaetter indicates:
The composer had just played Ms
last piece to his friend, the critic.
Very fine, indeed" said the critic
But what is that passage which
snakes the cold chills run down the
back?"
"Oh," returned the composer, that is
where the wanderer has the hotel bill
brought to him"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07

dull, tired feelings,
will find hope in the
advice of Mrs. NJ
Working, 315 Fulton
Ave-, Rochester, Ind,
who said: Il suffered
everything with pain
in the back. too fire.
quent passages of the
XII nav secretiOuS,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07

swelling of the ankles and joints and
a general feeling OF weakness L USED
about everything said to be good Tor
kidney trouble, but Doan's Kidney
Pills brought me the first real help
and three boxes cured me-"
Remember the name-Doan's- Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Eos sr-
N;lburn Co., Buffalo, ". Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07

An electric glue heater has been put
upon the market which is claimed to
melt glue in 80 minutes and to keep it
at temperature of $50 degrees for
several hours after the current has
been switched Off
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
Another Woman Helped.

my friends what 1t has done Tor NE.
Mrs. L. HANSON, 304 East Long St.
Columbus, Ohio.
Another Woman Helped.
Graniteville, VT. ~ was passing
through the Change of Life and suffered
from nervousness and other annoying
symptoms. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound restored myhealthand
strength. and proved worth mountains
of gold to me. For the sake of other
suffering women 1 am willing you
should publish my letter" MRS.
CHARLES BARCLAY, RED, Granite
vile, VT.
Women who are passing through this
critical period or who are suffering
from any of those distressing ills pc
culiar to their sex should not lose sight
of the fact that for thirty years Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
which is made from roots and herbs,
has been the standard remedy Tor
female ills. In almost every commu-
nifty you will find women who have
been restored to health by Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
With Emphasis.

Yes" said Mrs. Highmore. I'VE have
just returned from a trip through the
highways and byways of Europe"
Just what do you call the 'byways'?"
asked Mrs. Upsome.
Well they are the places where my
husband-er-used strong language
about the hotel accommodations"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07

'You say your husband occasionally
consults a palmist?'
"Yes," answered young Mrs. Tor
kins. You see. Charley plays cards
great deal"
but he isn't so superstitious as to
think he can foretell his luck?"
NO. He takes it for granted that
his luck will be bad. But he says it's
worth the money to have somebody
tell him he has a hand worth looking
af -WaShinpron Star
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07

At the present rate of increase in
travel it is estimated that the rail-
ways of Manhattan and the Bronx will
carry LOO, 100000 passengers in 1920.