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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23
Impressions During Battle.

A recent writer thus speaks of his
experience and feelings in battle:
1T is always fashionable to give first
impressions. Shall | give you mine
I snail assume an affirmative with
out affording time for rebuff First
was dispelled the lifelong illusion
that battles were the orderly moves
of a gam of chess. Campaigns may
be likened, as | have heard them, to
the manipulation of that game, but
battles are made up of a series OF ex-
periments, more or less protracted.
according to the ingenuity of the COM
mander and the experiences of his OF
ficers and men. The results of the
faro bank can be calculated with IS
much accuracy as the results OF a
. battle field. 1t is the veriest chance
the victory, as in all games. of
course, inclining to those who are
most cool, and therefore the most
likely to perceive advantages. Sec
ond, | have overrated the dangers of
battle. Here for five hours we have
exchanged cannon balls, bullets, bay
onet thruSts. and saber strokes. and
literally there is nobody hurt, the
loss il killed or wounded on our side
being about one in two hundred of
those engaged These are my impress
sions. Are they not the counterpart
OF all first experiences on the battle
field? "A friend asks me tha feeling
Of noncombatant under fire Were
you ever caught in the open field
when a thunder storm was raging
If you have been, and had no special
fear. you have nevertheless entertain
ed an opinion that possibly lightning
might strike where you were stand
ing. For the three-quarters of an
hour that / was under fire, as a non
combatant, there was almost a con-
tinIous thunder of artillery. | could
realize no special danger, but only
an i'll defined thought that possibly
some of those flying missiles might
come over where | stood in the way.
On comparing views with the others
situated like myself. encountering the
same opportunities and with similar
purposes, | find they had the same
sensations, so that / may fairly as
sumo that the mass of men under
fire have little or no thought for per-
sonal consequences, and that coward
ice is not a normal characteristic of
the human race"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23
Too Lavish.

Mrs. Dobbs was trying to find out
the likes and dislikes of her new
boarder, and all she learned increased
her satisfaction.
do you want pie Tor breakfast?
she asked.
mo. | thank YOU" said the new
boarder. with smile. pie for break
fast seems little too much"
That's just the way | look at it"
said Mrs. Dobbs, heartily Il say pie
for dinner is necessity, and pie for
supper gives kind o finishing touch
to the day, but pie for breakfast is
what | call putting on airs. Youths
COMPANION.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23

public conscience awakening to the
dangers of infection from tuberculosis
and other diseases and its mind stirred
to the possibilities of prevention the
outcry against the public drinking cup
"a source of many evils-is newt
able. Within a years time--eyen in
six months-there has been a tremend-
The boards of health of three different
states-kansas. Michigan and MisSis
sippi-have passed ordinances abolish
ing public cups. The New Jersey
board has asked railway companies
whose trains pass through the state 10
use individual cups. The New York
state board of health has passed a
resolution ccndemning public drinking
cups. Various cities have forbidden
The use OF common drinking utensils
in schools and public places.
The manufacture of parafIin paper
cups that sell for a penny has helped
to solve the problem of providing
hygienically for the thirst of the pub
lie.
In many department stores and bust
ness places in the large cities and on
the trains of several railway lines
these cups have recently been intro
duced They come in automatic ven
ders that operate in the same way as
the chewing gum and chocolate ma
chimes.
In few years we will doubtless
look upon the common drinking cup
as a symbol of barbarism and when
that feeling has been established much
will have been done toward decreasing
disease.
Those pioneers who are now provid-
ing individual drinking cups for the
public are doing a broadly human
itarian thing of very positive benefit.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23


Two middle-aged men looked at each
other very intently on Third avenue,
New York, car, for some time, and at
last one of them said
Your face is familiar TO me. l must
have seen you somewhere.
Il was just going to make the same
remark about you. We must have met
Iefore. | think | saw you in the army
during the war"
II wasn't in the army" replied the
other.
Then it can't have been in the
army, for | wasn't in the army, eth
err"
Now | know where we met 1t was
in Canada Shake hands. comrade.
The bounty-jumper still lives. There
are enough survivors to hold a reunion.
Where are you going now?"
II am on my way down town 10
draw my pension"
so am /. Singular coincidence
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23
Aid That Don't Helm.

A Confederate veteran said the other
day, as reported in the Atlanta (Ga)
Constitution: Il wish we could get rid
of the law giving artificial limbs or the
equivalent in money to manned Con-
federates" ''Why?" inquired by-
stander. Because it interleres with
our chances of securing employment.
When / apply for job and mention
the fact that / lost an arm at Chicka-
manga, men frequently say to me: oh,
you are all right; the State helps you
along Now, if the little assistance
given me by the State is TO be perpet-
ually a bar in the way of earning a
living | wish the State would quit.
aell you, sir, a manned Confederate
doesn't stand half as good a chance of
getting employment now as he did be-
fore the State took a notion TO help
us"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23
Simple Truth.

You can only do clean washing with
clean soap. You know that cocoannt
oil. borax aud naphtha are natural
cleansers and sterilizers and that they
can't harm fabrics. Easy Task soap
rs the only one that combines these
scientifically. and for that reason il
cuts washday work in two and does
the work better thin il ever has been
done. Ten cents to test it; money
back quickly If ii isn't what is claimed
-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23
victim of Draconian Law

Father Cwho has caught Patrick
stealing)-I thought YOU knew better
than TO commit a theft. You know
how the law Furnishes people for small
offenses. Patrick-How about you.
er.-when you stole mothers heart?
you never got punished for that.
Father got a very severe punish
ment. my son. l got penal servitude
for life. and I'm doing it now.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23
NIaxfms and NIottos.

Other things besides events repeat
themselves in history. Even our fads
and fancies find prototypes in far
countries and times. The mania for
Illuminated texts and quotations which
runs riot in these days is nothing new
nor distinctive. When the English
mission of 1904 forced its way to the
forbidden city of Lhasa and laid bare
the mysteries of inner Tibet. they
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23
INVENTS A NEW SEESAW.
Can lie Adjusted for Use by Chill
dren of Unequal Weight

Can lie Adjusted for Use by Chill
dren of Unequal Weight.
One of the most popular forms of
amusement among small children is
the seesaw, but up to the present time
this exercise could only be INDUCED in
by children of equal weight. A Vir-
ginia man. however. has invented
seesaw that can be used by an adult
and child and can be adjusted to make
their weights equaliZe each other. An
upright post rises from a firm base
Pivoted to swing on this post are hor
izontal bars with seats on their outer
ends and handles by which the user
may hold on The horizontal bars are
made in two parts, slidably mounted
so that one side of the seesaw can be
made different lengths, thus adding to
the weight of the person who sits on
the long end. The Whole structure is
strongly built and works easily and
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23

the organization that sufficiently fortunate
hit the right combination words the
I&El thing in spite the fact that it does
a
institution that has its
This
1T than
bazoned the associations
righteous
with the that
spoiled in making patched together
annals the association
exquisite occasionally
wrecked lives wasted forces One
good family and
saloon would have arbored him
locked had
much OF his time in particularly filthy ashpit
Inundated and having ties hold him
might well
his worthless life then that
sympathetic
the existence genuine friend the of this stra
conviction could it. and for strength he leaned
something like
NJ working with feyerh zeal in the and drowning his
religious but
himself begging be
instructor mechanical drawing AT the end
h think
substantial beautiful home proud
suicide
stron enough to
Swiss St Louis with only about enough
destination which Kansas City When he
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23

ly replied: HE is now in his tent dy-
ing" With tears of heartfelt sorrow
and sympathy coursing down his
cheeks, Burnham rushed to the SOL
dier's tent. exclaiming, Poor Lewis
Poor Lewis" and found him-sitting
before a glass dyeing his new-grovn
oustache.-"Army Life" by A O.
Marshall.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23

We live truly in proportion : We
go out of ourselves and enter into the
fullness of the experience of those
whom we serve. and by whom in turn
We are served.-WestcOtt.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23

A woman thinks she is calm and
seli-controlled If fault found with her
preacher in her presence doesn't jar
hairpin loose.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23
STAIN WOOD AS 1T GROWS.
= Minneapolis Tribune.

The idea of staining wood as it
grows seems revolutionary, but Lou
isiana man has invented process by
which this can be done. BY this meth
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23

A man ought to know a great deal
10 acquire a knowledge of the i'm
mensity of his ignOrance.-Lord Palm
erStOn.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23

Plans for a s16,OOO,OOO tunnel be.
tween the North and South stations OF
the New Haven railroad in Boston are
about to be approved.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23

There can be no true rest without
work. and. the full delight of holiday
cannot be known except by the man
who has earned it.-Hugh Black.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23

A man who keeps a dangerous dog
should be compelled to put this sign
on his front gate: "A Dangerous Dog
Kept Here"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23

What can harm us if we are true to
ourselves and do what we think is
right?-Black.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23

Life Is a problem which each should
study and strive to soive.-Lee.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23

Money may make the mare go. Du'
II VIII not Danish the nightmare.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23

there Is no danger of a breaking board
or of children losing their balance on
1T as they have rests for their feet
when in the air and a handle to grip.
Such a device will be found a popular
one for private or public Fairgrounds
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23

Mr.. Kadley-How mannisa she is,
Miss Bright-1sn't she, though? Mr..
Kadley-Yes. and the funny part of
it is she thinks people admire her for
being so. She doesn't seem to see
that people are merely laughing at
her Miss Bright-Yes, she's mannish
even to that eXtent.-Catho1ic Stand
ard and Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23

A woman is terribly fond of saying,
81 am so sick l ought to be in bed this
very moment"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23

A girl always cries when she loses
her job.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-23

HIS the age the business slogan catchy phrase is
made tell the public volumes the and
aspirations the organization that is sufficiently fortunate
to hit the right combination words to the
slogan, a writer in the St Louis Globe
Democrat thing in spite of the fact that 1t does
a impression in point
New-York tribune., 1910-03-23

The principal ocean mail line Of Italy is the
RavigazlOne Generate Itaiiana, which has A
fleet OF lO3 steamers. aggFegating 25S2O0 tons.
and reaches many OF the important ports OF the
entire world. For this service the great ItaIias
company Is paid $I.Sl5.T74. or considerably
more than is received by all the steamship COM
panieS under the American flag The total mail
pag Of the Italian government is $2.32S.917
Spain pays SEsO04SS or 81 20 a mile for 12h-
knot mail service 20 the Philippines. An AraerI-
can line Of like speed would receive % cents q
mile. The spanish government gives S.i3J. I33.
or s. 81 a mile for a mail service In ships OF
from i5h to Il knots TO Argentina. and $780,
9OS. 81 9i a mile 20 slower ships for q SER
vice to Porto Rico. Cuba and the north coast
Of South America Another line TO Cuba and
Mexico received &2Si605 or S231 a rsile for
service in steamers Of 1Sh 70 ~ knots
Austria-HungaTy pays 20 the Austrian Lloyd
for mail service IN the Mediterranean and 60 tho
Far East the sum of 1850. 49,. The govern
mcnt Is Just establishing a new line TO South
America
Russia since the disastrous war with JaR0n.
has been endeavOring to create an ocean mail
service and a naval reserve A new steamshIp
ser ice has been organized % New York The
Russian line 70 the Far East receives s. 70 a
mile. as compared with s. so a mile that SouIa
DC allowed 10 American steamers Of i6 saets
speed tlssdeF es'stsag 4aas
New-York tribune., 1910-03-23
THEODORE D. WELLS,
- NAVAL. ARCHITECT.
80 BROADWAY,
NEW YORK.

amount paid by France for IT'S ocean mall ser
vce is S5.2IT.O37. as compared with $1.4G7. .255
paid ~ the United States.
The New Fleet OF Japan.
Japan has me most comprehensive system OF
state ala % shipping In the world. and the
growth az her shipping Is remarkable When
she began 20 encourage her steam lines. Ga 1896
she had Only lfty-throe OoeangOing steel steam
ers OF 106sssrs tons. Nov she has 20G ocean
steamers of 1000 tons CT over. with an aggre-
gate of 725 Ol0 tons. The most successful part
Of the Jspaaese maritime policy has been that
Of imperial AID to ocean mail lines. The Jap
Rnese government has iine to Europe two
lines across ths Pacific 60 the United States.
one line 20 South America and one 10 Australia
These end some smaller lines receive altogether
S4S73.0O0 q year. or three times the total mail
expenditure OF the United States.
TIE japanese government pays nearly so q
mile 10 new 2O-in0t steamers from Hong Kong
GO san Francisco. But most Of the japanese
mail steamers are much slower than this The
Lne 90 Tacoma receives 81 q q mile for 14-znot
steamships. which under cur ocean mail faw
could have only 81 10 miie The japanese
C0Vcrnment pays l3-l-nOi steamers $fGO a mile
o. the line 10 South America. As result Of
this policy there are two hundred large Jap
anese steamships "a the Pacific Ocean. while
there are Ohiy hsc "a six American sleaaers
ruBnihE C-gul4rS - the t2T East
New-York tribune., 1910-03-23

Fts principal BRUSH "oa--i i'''A o''''' ~
8 folioss.
- ana oriental. from England -
~. SINS aEd Australia. asa steamers or from
lee - eirntecr Knots. &I.s6i. iSo. Gunaro.
- p,cland a. New YORK ~ steamers oI
till ,.eufv "a twenty-five Knots 81 iOeO.foe
- -. fIniou castle. from England 20 Seuth
- n sfeafoers al sixteen knOts ktEtalO
- Tlaer -benpster. from t-tisletse 70
esss,s Br steamers 81 hftetsn knots, NaSf.e4a
--sr Pacific steam NaFigattnii. IRON hsias-
- !. Sn,lth America, in steamers az hItesn
- siEg1ss a year. Regal Matt. in The
-. Indles AL steamers ~ fourteen knots
hs,s-1 4 year C,rssht SSteam Navigation
s---e England % Australia. tn steamers OF siA-
- frefs sS27.2eo q year. a totst et-isetloi-
~. 6r thesr scv~n times of sa.SO5aeb
,s ,emi-e6 a. an these British steamships
~, ,r,y shan primarily serve British trade
-..,.,,r p.ssile And wherever there is
..ous American composition they must ais
,-rBate against American trade feor eK-
,r-,s An flie contract of the Union Steamship
o,~uHy for mail steamers between Australia
an Brtish Columbia theTe Is the significant
sfinu,aton "Tlle saia steamships siaah not dur
,,r IN continuance of this contract. call al
an p,-t IN or 81 ths United States o. America
Honolulr only excepted"
Koi oEiy does the British geVeTnment pay
mu-h larger sum ia tie aggregate for ocean
maj service thau the Omitted States tut il pays
sf higher rate uicreVeT there Is a reason
she basis foF comparison Thus en- the route
elUeen ERg.and and New YORK the four Cunard
mar steamers receive as has been said. 81 0GA.-
f& a year The four mail steamers az the
American Lane received last year s73T. .aS2 In
tbs casP thc British sif-amers are the faster q
d uue Bsi ,ie fs,r fastest British mail steam
sGs between Great TritaiR and Canada receive
flf6s0 a vovaee while che four American timers
FsnevC Si4557 O. voyage under oar mail act Of
1891 Tne hsner'ccn ships sre Of twenty knots
W upWsrd while two - the foBT british sfiips
sFs of oniy eigtte.-n Knots Ano the distsnee On
the Foule o. the American liners from New YORK
% Southampton Is 800 mles. oompaHed with
aT72 miles from 1ayer,sol 70 Mentrssi
Tn isuiish Canadian Pacific une Of sixteen
tn1i steamers aoros< tie North Faclhc 90 tie
OHeni receive. s.. 6s a nihe American steamers
q from sixteen iB1ts ranniRg On parallel
Iouie couid receive Bder existing American laW
en- l23o Tire Irstsh mail line. from Isng-
ilnd % Jsnalcl receives 81 50 . male iBr teen
thoi SHIPS which 81 they were American could
reosse 40 more CRsn 81 10 frosa Tire United
Raiss
Such contrasts as lhesr are sufficient a. show
ny Great butain has uaH lines sil over the
glae while we have almost none 81le lsritish
eogeFumeut enc che british people have been
NilE,g b. p1g tbe f.r..e fof sorgios rendered and
"l have Ho- 4nr ra-s3l " The fslTai igiited. aD-
Na poicr q. Great Britain has been vast eK-
plfsoo of Ir-ta -lmucros and steady in
g.asf of tfe It-tIsl u aECs,Itlie marine. Il ts
~ t1si o.. I.l.. SD RlYernment ias at pad
eieei subsidy c- county to ordinary SLOW
Samp@ cargo ale8alora Uloagh some Sf The
1nlah colonies ARE dong LiA 5sui tic great
~Ae aiae3 mal. hnus have d0Vei0lNe a huge
New-York tribune., 1910-03-23
,r..n N. rrlhans IsuHeau. J

rr--,rl Tie Irihlfe a-ett-.eti
,r.r,h a-I.ibersl pay for ocean
~. ~ ,,p6sr cs,ntraci with the government
HaA 80 Is universally as Is the gold stand
-. ..,,e by modern nations OF all these
Ed I" - United states gives the least
uare =. consisfr the totsl amount or the
rae''s -, for serricc rendered Great Brit
fatp .,-,.naed about S3O0O000o0 since is4O
sn % - the thirty splendid lines az mail
- ,te backbone cf her shipping. that
sie, ar porss with the markets az the
GU ,rhese British mail lines are receiving
90" ohoit seven times as much money -
aa y, our government 60 All the ocean
a So. lines under the American nag. Japan
.,o,it thrce times and France more
-, fir,cs as nuch az the united states
tan -, pays more than We DO. and Spain
tsth - Hungary also eKoeod us. Germany
sna -. ,avs more Inbred in point of AID
- mail lines the United states stands
- even Canada
80, ,,,,,r,issianor 80 Navigation In his an
~ - az 1908 presents q fUil review ~
90 -, man policy OF the maritime govern
rf - upon official figures obtained by
H-s s-,,es,dors and ministers abroad. Com
o1 -. Ia thesc statements the commissioner
s.saFes
..s,ntial fact remains that every nation
~ clp.nds sums iu proportion % ils re-
49, much in eAccss oi The eNtenoilares oi
sili.-,. etsfes in order 20 secure under ats
~ a. eaicicut means ~ communication 10y
- - ,rifh other countries
what Othsr Nations Pay
~. ,,sai amounts paid by the various nations
-. Ds,ional matt iinos-eKclasive az general
-,,isles and houRtias-are stated In the
-. 80, ii tie Commissioner as follows,
New-York tribune., 1910-03-23
The Policy Of Franss.

The Preach gOPerDHeht for several years has
Taid large sums in subsidies and b0Hntics 70
ordinary cOmEneTOlai ships. ana even 20 sail
ships. as we'll as boUEties tO shpbuitding. Bat
AS most successful legislation has been the gen
t.rous expenditures Ca its great ocean mai COM
Fanits. the afessageries Maritime ahd tue Com
raenie Gcnerale TFansatlantique. These com
ls.nies provide for France swift and regular
ocean mail service 70 North and south America
asia, Africa and Australia The largest single
Irsyments are 20 the nfessagefFes MaTatiTnes. for
a Chins-Ja apan service IA lf-kEot steamers at
the rate OF 81 50 nale, oT q total compensation
Of SI.I4457A and 10 the Generate TraTsstiaa-
uone Tor a service 70 AeW YORK. an Is-silot
sanamors ~ iln rate Of ~ ~ = 'n'ie' a. '0'A
-,,,.rsaEAIssa q SLOi2 25s fbs sgsrsgate
New-York tribune., 1910-03-23
.Subvenffon a Trade Assef
o-ssR NATIONS Ass FOSTERING THER AT r,.z
O'''~ NE EXPENSE i

ilouities which the "tramp" steamers b,,.
80. - required 20 carry. while the mai, ev-
p.aH, s.a1ofeS' oy stimulating ship building and
na.,sAt'on an tho limited Kingdom. have ipS,-
'.l, - oe''s'teo ana tostered the whole Hritisl,
Perienoe OF Germany. '' CA
New-York tribune., 1910-03-23
what othsr Nations Pay.

,,tai amounts paid by the various nations
-. ,stional matt lnes-eKclasive az general
p --,-.,sies and tountias-are stated In the
81 80, ID tte Commissioner as follows.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-12-16

Uncle Scrooge had imberceptibly be.
come so gay and light of heart that he
would have pledged the unconscious
company In return and thanked them
in an inaudible speech IL the ghost had
given him time. But the whole scene
passed off in the breath Of the last
word spoken by his nephew, and he
and the spirit were again upon their
travels.
Much they saw, and far they went,
and many homes they visited, but al.
ways with happy end. The spirit
stood beside sickbeds, and they were
cheerful; on foreign lands, and they
were close at home; by struggling men,
and they were patient in their greater
hope: by poverty, and it was rich. In
almshouse. hospital and jail, in mis-.
ery's every refuge, where vain man in
his little brief authority had not made
fast the door alid barred the spirit out
he left his blessing and taught Scrooge
his precepts.
1t was long night If 1t were only
q night, but Scrooge had his doubts OF
this, because the Christmas holidays
appeared to be condensed into the
space of time they passed together. II
was strange, too, that while Scroogc
remained unaltered in his outward
form the ghost grew older, clearly old
er Scrooge had observed this change
but never spoke of 1t until they left @
childrens Twelfth Night party, when
looking at the spirit as they stoo to
gether in an open place, he noticed that
its hair was gray.
"Are spirits lives so short?" asked
Scrooge.
my life upon this globe is veN
brief" replied the ghost. ut ends to
night"
Tonight" cried Scrooge.
Tonight at midnight. Hark! The
time is drawing near"
The bell struck IL.
Scrooge looked about him for the
ghost and saw 1t not. AS the las
stroke ceased to vibrate he remember
ed the prediction of old Jacob Marie!
and, lifting up his eyes, beheld solemn
phantom, draped and hooded, coming
like n mist along the ground toward
him.