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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
Upon Being Ourselves.

How few people there are who ever
consider that an acquired manner can
be as unbecoming as an ill-chosen
frock. Those who are forever recon-
mending womankind to cultivate ''indl-
vldualfty' must be responsible for an
immense number of misguided women
who are wearing the wrong kind OF
manner with painful complacency. The
entire sex ought to be cautioned against
dabbling in Municipalities, and young
girls, especially. should be protected
strictly from every temptation to part
with what little real personality they
already possess.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
Indiana
State News
COSTLY FIRE AT vELPEN.
Several Firms Damaged by Blazs
That Sweeps Business Part.

Several Firms Damaged by BIazs
That Sweeps Business Part.
Fire of an incendiary origin destroyed
a business block in the town of Velpen,
on the Southern Railroad. The town
has population of 800 and has no fire
protection and it was only by hard work
that the fire was stopped with only the
destruction of five buildings. The fire
was first discovered in the Velpen Ho-
tel. conducted by ]. L. Geddas. and from
here spread south and north, destroying
John ID. Bass barber shop and photo
graph gallery, the millinery and furniture
store of Mrs. Emma Henning. the con-
fectionery store of Louis Arnold. and
damaging other firms. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000, with less than 5000
insurance. The losses are : John ID. Bass.
barber shop, $500; Louis Arnold. barber
shop and restaurant, $500: Emma Hen
ming. millinery and furniture store. ST.
OOO; j. +. Geddas. hotel, $500; Cline
Corn. restaurant. $1,000; Elmer Miller,
confectionery store, 5000. About two
years ago velpen was visited by a fire
that practically destroyed the business
section of the town on the opposite side
of the street and the town was just re-
covering from this fire when that of this
morning occurred.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
No Excuse for Nngging.

Nobody blames Il wife for upholding
her self-respect and resenting insult,
but there is little sympathy for one
who deliberately drives a man to deeds
Of rudeness and violence. Nagging and
indulgence in bad temper leave indeli-
BILE marks on the face of a woman. on
her voice and on her character. They
shrivel up whatever sweetness nature
has put into her disposition and make
her unlovely, even in the eyes Of those
who feel in duty bound to give her
affection. 1t is often hard to main
tain silence under provocation, but
there is always the open door Of es-
cape, you know. A quarrel does not
thrive when fed from one side only,
and what should be important to ev-
cry woman with pretenses to refine
ment is the undisputed vulgarty of
pickering. Education and refinement
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
DEcoY CATCHES WOMAN.

Cash Box Lett at Designated spot
Leaves Plotter Exposed 40 Fire.
A woman was shot on n recent night rs
she picked up decoy prepared after
Banker n. g. Read of Washington had
received a letter demanding that he de-
posit $30,O00 at a designated spot. a
man accompanying the woman escaped
unhhrt, and the police are looking for
him. The woman, besmeared with blood.
was taken TO Jail, where she was identi-
fed as Miss Zella Clark. comely. and
about % years of age. -She has been en-
ployed as a domestic. Some forty shot
were embedded in her arms. breast. and
neck. most of them so deep in the flesh
that they could not De removed. II@ in
juries are not considered dangerous. ua-
less blood poisoning should develop.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
To Keen Young.

1t is every woman's duty. to keep
young looking as long as possible, but
unfortunately she does not always
know the best way to live up to that
duty.
Avoid worry, hurry and getting
fustered.
Learn self-control. Anger is a rap
id wrinkle-bringer.
Be temperate. Moderation does not
only refer to the stomach. OVERRIDING
in any way makes for premature age
Love the open air. Fresh air Is not
fad. it is a necessity if one would
keep young.
Get plenty of sleep. Nothing lines
tie face like nights of wakefulness.
Keep mentally alert. An intellect
ual back number adds years to her
seeming age. Nothing makes for
youth like a young mind save perhaps
a young heart.
Don't let yourself get sluggish and
Indifferent Here Is where the bene-
fit OF massage, physical culture and q
vital interest in life comes In
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
Reducing EIesh.

Whatever else fashion hints there *
not the slightest rumor thai flesh Is
to be stylish in the near future. There
fore women who are not thin are keep
Ing up all kinds of methods to make
them so. Live on noodles is the cry.
Consequently this diet Is strictly kept
by women who are willing to sacrifice
anything TO be thin. The latest rem
edy, however, Is to drink camOmile tea
without sugar. an hour after eating.
This is said to cure the most rebellious
case, and turn one of barrel-shaped
proportions into sylphlike lines.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
Overfeeding.

Men drunk from liquor and men
drunk from overeating are most sus-
ceptible to pneumonia and die Of it,
said Chicago health commissioner in
an address. The majority OF cases OF
pneumonia are Of patients who con-
tracted the disease after a drunken de.
bauch or who were drunk from over
feeding" the commissioner continued.
People drunk from overfeeding, I
think, are almost as immoral as those
who stupefy themselves with liquors.
The effects Of pneumonia in such pa.
tents are much the same"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
The Simule Life

A class OF some forty young ladies,
mid-winter graduates of a Chicago high
school, appeared at the commencement
exercises arrayed in costumes prepared
by their own hands. The material for
their gowns purchased lin lump" cost
the wearers $1.3S each. Among the
class were daughters Of the rich and
poor. all dressed alike, both lastly and
becomingy. Here was no room for
envy or pride nor occasion for Door
families to sacrifice necessary COM
forts to procure graduating costume
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15

Pimples and blackheads are very of
ten the result of a superficial cleans
Ing of the face. Hot water opens the
pores and soap cleanses them. For
this reason they should both be used
every day. Before going to bed the
face should be washed thoroughly.
This should be followed by an appli-
ration of cold cream rubbed thorough
y into the skin. What remains on the
skin should be rubbed off with a soft
cloth In the morning a thorough
rinsing with cold water should follow
the bath i'm warm-not hot-water.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
BOY CAPTURES BIG PIcKEREL.

Head of Huge Fish Sent to Game
COnmissioner's Office.
The head of what is said to be the big
gest pickerel ever caug5t IN Indiana
water was received the other day az the
Olnce of the deputy State fish and game
commissioner in the State house. by ac-
tual measurement the head is 0 inches
long. Z inches wide. ; inches deep and
b19 inches thick. TIE mouth is inches
wide and measures around the row Of
needle teeth just IL inches. The big fish
was caught in the Kankakee marshes
near Schneider. 1t was brought in by
John Gaspar, a huntsman of that dis
trict, who tells the story of small boy
who found the big fish in the marsh
waters, where he had evidently raced in
chase of smaller fry. The boy captured
il in his arms. and IN spite of flaps held
on until he landed it. 1t weighed thir-
ty-one pounds
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
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for the daughter in order that she
might compare favorably with her
wealthy associates. The plan is well
worthy Of mitation.-Bardolph News.
Medical Maxfms.
Easy money-see appendix.
Time waits for no prescription.
The path of physic leads but to the
grave.
No operation is without dishonor.
except in its own clinic.
Now behold three things: doctoring,
Nursing and nature; but the greatest
OF these is nature.
Where there's pill there's pay
Life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
HYDRoPHoBIA KILLS BOY.

Floyd County Lad Dies After Wound
Had Apparently Healed.
John billiard, age IA years died at the
home of Charles Reach, a fermer living
near Galena, of hydrophobia. The boy
was bitten by a dog several weeks ago.
but the wound in bis leg appeared to be
OF slight consequence ana soon healed,
apparently. Sunday he complained of
feeling i'll and on the following day he
was seized by spasms. Physicians were
called but were unable to save the boy.
They declared the symptoms clearly indi-
Gated hydrophobia.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15

suggestion Is method of awaken
ing the powers of the subconscious
,mind so that they may assert them
selves and accomplish great results
Rev. C. f. Winbigler, Baptist, Wash.
ington.
Using What We Have.
You have something of life, some.
thing of truth, something of reverence,
something of the senes of duty, some
thing of loyalty; then use what you
have.-Rey. E. L. Powell, Christian
Louisville.
Paying for Religion.
The value of our church services
will be greatly enhanced when IT costs
us money. It's an enormous misfor-
tune to get your religion for nothing
Rev. X. S. Macarthur, Baptist, New
York City.
When Virtue Comes.
Virtue, comes only when a man
stands at the parting of the ways be
tween right and wrong, and turns his
back on the wrong and chooses the
righS-Rev. G. L. Cady. Congregation
alist, Dorchester, Mass.
Looking Back.
Looking back usually results in go
ing back. The man who holds OH Il
the past of which he Is ashamed viii
some day find himself back in the old
place of shame.-Rev. 2. NJ. Strayer
Presbyterian, Rochester, n. Y.
Hard Thing to Do.
II is easy to be happy when singing
the doxology in church, but the harder
thing is to sing when people act to a:
to tempt us TO swear or to hire some
one to swear for us.-Rev. ]. III. Hobbs
Episcopalian, Utica, n. Y.
God-Centered.
When human lives learn the bless
ing there is in becoming God-centeret
instead of self-centered the hard
things of life will have their bitter
ness taken out of them.-Rev. S. y
Watson, Episcopalian, Akron.
The Vision of the Ideal.
We have to keep clear light shin
Ing in any dark place; we have e
keep the flag of Righteousness and pur
ity flying here; we have TO maintain
the vision Of the ideal before us.-Rev
Charles F. Aked, Baptist New Yorl
City.
Wrong start.
The weakness and insufliciency Of
much of our thinking is in that we do
not start right. We may spend age,
trying to reason from the contradic
ton of life to kindly God and fall
Rev. r. E. Barr, Peoples Pulpit, Mil
waukee.
Christianity's Gift.
The gift of Christianity was the rev
elation of a person who was to make
humanity a perpetual institution-God
in Christ, In whom God came from
heaven down to earth in the incarna
tion.-Rev z. Perry, Methodist, Mil
waukee.
Right Feeling.
A man is best when right feeling
stimulates right thought, in a disci
plined and finished manner, and turns
upon the feelings and becomes their
master directing them with right pur.
pose.-Rev. w. w. Fem, Unitarian
Cambridge, Mass.
Imagination.
Imagination is the most essential ele
ment In any great invsation, knowl.
edge, business enterprise and religion
II it was not for the powers Of imagina.
ton, the nations would be stranded
long before this.-Rev. c. K. Carpen-
ter, Methodist Episcopalian, Aurora,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
New Shoe styles.

The new fabric shoe is one OF the
most attractive of the new footwear.
They are shown In all the popular
shades of cravenetted cloth, with the
lowers of the same color but satin
striped. No more luxurious shoe could
be imagined. The white shoes are to
be Of linen. canvas and kid, and many
will be very high boots. although the
white-beaded tie will be popular.
Suede in all colors still holds its own.
One dainty house slipper in delicate
colors has set at one side a bewitch-
ing little bow of a matching chiffon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15

Quite a number of foreign diplomats
have American wives. among them be-
Ing Baron BOncheur. NJ. Jusserand Don
De Mendonca, DIR. GuZman and others.
Nine. Jusserand was Miss Eliza Rich
ards, daughter of the late American
banker, George L. Richards. but she
was born in Paris. The Duchess OAR
cos was formerly Miss Virginia Lowery
of New York. Baroness Moncheur was
Miss Clayton, daughter of Powell Clay
ton.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
Champagne Corks.

The manufacture of the best kind Of
corks. those made for champagne bot
ties, are never intrusted to machines
The ordinary common cork is made by
machinery, but the best work invaria-
bly, is done by human hands, and the
champagne cork cannot be trusted to
a machine. All the blemlshes in the
cork have to be taken into considera-
ton, so this work is done by hand
labor.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
A Spring Drink.

When the lassitude Of spring gets
into your bones try drinking sassafras
tea. This is an old, old remedy be-
loved of our grandmothers and like
many another good home nostrum is
all to the good. 1t purifies the blood,
acts as a tonic and makes life worth
living, after all. To make the tea buy
) cents worth of the root at the drug
gists, pour a quart OF boiling water
over as much as will go in the palm
OF the hand, let 1t steep until cold,
drain and drink small cupful morn
Ing and evening
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15

IIussein KAHN Bey, the new Turk.
ish ambassador, discussed cooking al
dinner in Washington.
Your cooking is better than ours.
he said. still, there are some things
ia it decidedly dislike. | dislike. for
instance, hung game-game kept until
it smells like cheese.
And your cheese ITSELF mean
your more expensive cheese-the kind
with mold In tit isn't very
Il cracked joke about your cheese
at a luncheon.
do you prefer with your apple pic
ROquefort or Limburger?' said my
host
"'Let them race across the table to
me and I'll take the winner said t.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
TO BE HELD FOR OLD MURDER.
Slayer of Indiana Girl b Yesrs
Ago Believed Found.

Ago Bel1eyed Found.
Charged with the murder of Rose Tritt
at Sanford, thirty-two years ago. Sylves-
ter Burnham is to be arrested in Texas
Requisition papers have been obtained
from Governor Marshall, bur the police
will not say in what part of Texas Burn
ham is living. He Is said TO be a wealthy
ranch owner. The man that murdered
Rose Tritt was a laborer on her fathers
farm and was madly in love with the girl.
She and her family declined to receive
him as a suitor. One night he slipped
into the girls room and cut her throaG
He rolled the body in a CARPET and then
set fire to the house. Tritt and his wife
escaped the flames and in the morning
the body of their daughter was found in
the charred carpet. The laborer disap-
peared. According to the police. he JOIN
cd the navy and afterward established
himself in Texas. Burnham, they al al
lege, is the man.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15

egg In making the coffee shred the
shell fine with the fingers and mix
with the grounds before pouring on
the water. The result is clear, de-
licious looking cup with the use Of
even a small part of the shell.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
station Costing Thirty-one Million,

union station representing an ex-
penditure of $31 100000 is nearing com
pletion at Leipsic, Germany. 1t will be
one of the largest stations in the world
and 1t will be used by 13 railway lines
There are now five railroad stations in
Leipsic, and these are to be abandoned
with the opening Of the new station.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15

Beautiful eyes and brows are, In one
sense. a special gift of nature. Many
a plain woman is redeemed by fine
eyes; many pretty face spoiled by
red-rimmed. dull, lusterless eyes. But
at the same time a great deal may be
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15

Mrs. Harriet Johnston Wood, a New
York lawyer and woman suffragist,
says that any married woman who
does not add TO her husbands comfort
In his home should support herself
She has no right to expect her hus-
band to support her If she is not Civ
ing him an equivalent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15

may prove invaluable when smelling
salts and other elegant aids are alb
sent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15

are supposed To lift us so far above
yulgarity that even the hens of our
skirts are unstained.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
Shred the Eggshells.

Shred the Eggshells.
Eggshells put into coffee without
crushing after the beverage is made
don't clear it thoroughly. Wash the
eggshell carefully before breaking the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
The Drers-

When your cup of happiness is full,
l tell you what to do;
Leave a little in the bottom for
The one that follows you.
Life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15

The amount that people have to learn
is entirely too great for their length
Of life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15

done to make even unpromising eyes
clear and attractive. to render eyes
which are only passably pretty really
beautiful.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
Christianity's Gift.

The gift of Christianity was the rev.
elation of a person who was to make
humanity a perpetual institution-God
in Christ, In whom God came from
heaven down to earth in the incarna.
tion.-Rev. z. Perry, Methodist, Mil.
UaIlkaQ
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15

A man is best when right feeling
stimulates right thought, in a disci-
plined and finished manner, and turns
upon the feelings and becomes their
master directing them with right pur.
pose.-Rev. w. W. Fem. Unitarian.
Cambridge Mass
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15

Imagination is the most essential ele-
ment in any great invsation, knowl-
edge, business enterprise and religion.
II it was not for the powers Of imagina-
ton, the nations would be stranded
long before this.-Rev. G. K. Carpen-
ter, Methodist Episcopalian. Aurora,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
SHORT METER SERMONS.
Suggestion.

Suggestion is q method of awaken
ing the powers of the subconscious
,mind so that they may assert them
Rev. C. +. Winbigler. Baptist, Wash.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15

The weakness and insufIiciency Of
much of our thinking is in that we do
not start right. We may spend ages
trying to reason from the contradic-
ton of life to kindly God and fall
Rev. T. E. Barr, Peoples Pulpit, Mil.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-04-02


Query-I am sailor of the Spanish.
American war. While in the service
from heavy cannonading, the drum of
my ears were fractured and | suf-
fered from the same all during my
term Of service. l received treatment
from the surgeons for the ears. be-
came deaf after | returned to my
home. and have grown worse until
now | am nearly totally deaf. The
treatment which received in the
service was for the fractured ear
drums and not for deafness and / have
therefore always thought that it was
useless for me to apply for pension.
Do you think have any show for get
ting a pension under these circum-
stances s?-Baldwin X. A.
Answer-You should make applica.
tion for pension under the general
law for deafness of both ears, stating
therein when, where and the circum-
stances under which the ear drums
were fractured. the names of all sur
geons from whom you received treat
ment while in the navy and when
you first noticed deafness. and the
pension bureau will determine wheth-
er deafness is the result of the in
jury incarred in service and line of
duty.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-04-02

Are there not in England among
the male population minds of far
lesser caliber than those of the women
who believe they should vote? There
is no doubt of it. Yet we, who have
a greater grasp of the political side of
life in his majesty's domain, are de-
MED the privilege. Is our condition
not like that which you Americans
fought back in 1776: taxation without
representation?
From reading the cable news from
America in the daily newspaper here
in London l learn that several states
of our former colonies have bestowed
upon their women the right to cast
ballots in rendering decisions as to
state and city officers. If the offspring
of England shall have so far prog
ressed as to recognize that the femi-
nine branch OF the human race de-
serves a SAY" in the affairs of men,
is it not time for the mother country
to cast from her back the black cloak
of unequal suffrage?
There is a suffrage lesson in Amer
lea and well may England profit by 1t.
The thought that voting is unwom-
anly is as obsolete as the old stage
coach system, to my mind, and some
day the eyes of our country will be
opened to that fact. We women have
simply formed ourselves into band
of leaders and we hope soon to see our
way clear to the voting booth.
Our struggle commenced in humble
little mass meetings on the street.
The success of these resolved itself
into the desire to do greater things
and to-day you Americans who read
the newspapers are viewing fight
which is nearing the mountain top OF
victory.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-04-02
Prince Victor ouIeep sinsh's Ghost
Story and Its Confirmation.

"On Saturday October 81, 1898, /
was in Berlin with Lord Carnarvon.
We went to the theater together and
returned at midnight" quotes writ
er In the Strand Magazine. II went to
bed at once, leaving, as always do a
bright light burning in the room (elec-
trio light. AS l lay in bed. found
myself gazing at an telegraph which
hung on the wall opposite my bed.
saw distinctly the face of my father,
the Maharajah of Duleep Singh, look.
ing at me, as it were, out of the pic
ture; not like a portrait of him, but
his real head. The head about filled
the picture frame. / continued look
ing and still saw my father gazing at
me with an intent expression. Though
not in the least alarmed, l was SO puz-
zled that / got out of bed to see what
the picture really was. 1t was an
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-04-02
> 'kQUAL l4lGh7G AER1AL G>sse4leW -

is too often attached? To my mind
that would be the result
have said that | would deal i'm
partially in this article and so l am
giving the other hand" of the ques-
tion. Men have opposed equal rights
because they say that the influence
which a woman of evil intentions
could throw into political fight would
disrupt organization. l answer: There
is now much evil in the manner in
which our male citizens are carrying
out their policies and tits certainty
that the purifying influences of woman
would be felt in national questions.
But woman has not the training
for \ political career" some of my
skeppical friends may declare. True,
She has not had the training which
has been accorded to the men, but Just
now she is not looking for political
office for she is after her primary
right-the ballot. Then after that is
won the political training will natural
ly follow with the interest which the
woman must take in the affairs of the
country, which she will necessarily
help in deciding,
j do not suppose that enlightened
readers will want me to again go over
that thread-bare motto, which arises
to the uppermost part of the brain OF
man whenever he is arguing against
equal-rights, viz, that "woman's place
is In her home"
or course woman's place is in her
home. So is mans. but that does
mot prevent either from participating
in the decision of who shall govern
the rights ulon which that home is
sbuilt Think It over. Does It?
1t befell me to be member of the
little band OF women who. when they