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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
AGE AND HUMAN usEFuINEss

At what age are men at their best!
The pessimistic theory attributed &c
Doctor. Osler, which he afterward re
lpudiated. that the golden age is thir
lty-ive, or thereabouts, that it ir fol
lowed inevitably by waning powers
and that there should be provision for
chloroforming all who rea 20 sur
Tive the age of sixty, has nevsr had
many serious adherents. says fhe Mil
waukee Evening Wisconsin. 1t is gen
orally conceded that thirty-fve is
rather the beginning han the erA Of
the prime of life, and that the Wig
oroUs human individual who lives
saneiy and cheerfully may do more
In ssme important fields of activity
mept that III with experience than
In tho heyday of the thirtie~ and for
ties DIR. t. VI. Crothers of Hartford,
Conn, has come forward with a dec
iaration that is quite as interesting as
the one Doctor Osler disowned, and
that ought to attract equally wide at
tention. He says that there are
many reasons for believing that we
carry around with US great reserve
powers, and unknown energies which
are seldom used, and that in old age
appeal to these powers may give a
certain vigor entirely unexpected.
which lengthens our life and prac-
ucally overcomes disease" He also
says that the man past sixty and
from that on to eighty ought to be at
his very best because life is then no
experiment, and he has attained a po-
sftion where he can use all his pow
ers to the best advantage" Doctor
Crothers insists that there is no the
DRY in this, but hat 1t is sustained by
a great variety of facts which fortu-
nately are becoming more realized as
the years go by"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
SECRETARY MACVEAGH MAPS
our BIG REFORM PLAN
Show Saving of Vast Sum in Govern
ment Expenses-Broom for
Custom Houses.

MISUNDERSTANDING MacVeagh,
secretary of the treasury, submitted
his annual report to congress-. Among
the recommendations are currency
reform, extension of the scope of the
national banking laws in the event
of no immediate general changes in
the monetary system. civil service re-
tirements, a customs service free from
practical" politics, businesslike meth
DDS in h daily transactions of the
government, and a general abolition
Of red tape.
Expenses of government in the f1s-
cal year 1912. for which this session
OF congress is asked to appropriate.
are estimated at $500. 494 ,O13.12. The
estimated expenditures of the Panama
Canal are given as $50, 800, S47. so,
making a total of 6S7,414.S 60.S1. The
estimates represent net savings Of
about $4,000, 900 in the executive de-
partments, compared with the ap-
preparations for the current fiscal year.
Calls 1t Panic-Breeder.
Our system can fairly be called a
panic breeding SYSTEM" he says,
whereas every other great national
banking and currency system is panic.
preventing. AS long as we continue
under our present system we are liza
bic to panics, and the devastations of
panics reach Republicans and Demo
Gratis, and all parts of the country
alike. Panics are no longer necessary
and no longer respectable. 1t is for
the government to say whether we
ehall have them in the future. 1t IL a
mere matter of choice.
I'VE have no system Of reserves;
our banking system destroys them. 1t
concentrates in New York what are
pretended to be reserves and then
forces the New York banks to lend
and abolish them. Our system, in
stead of building up a reserve. de.
stroys it as fast as 1t inclines to &C.
emulate"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
vidu

Every lite is a profession of faith,
md exercises an inevitable and silent
propaganda. AS far as lies in its
power, it tends to transform the uni.
1erse and humanity into its own i'm
lge. Thus we have all a cure OF
souls. Every man is the center of per-
petual radiation like a luminous body:
Re is, as it were. a beacon which en-.
ices a ship upon the rocks. If 1t does
not guide 1t into port. Every man is
1 priest, eve i~nvoluntarily; his con
iuct is an unspoken sermon. which is
brewer preaching TO others; but there
ire priests of Baal, of Moloch. and OF
III the false gods. Such is the high
Importance of example.-AmieI's Jour.
1al.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
MRS. EDDY WILLS MILLION
TO FAITH SHE FOUNDED
Church Source From Which Fortune
Came WiII Get Back Greater
Part of IL.

misunderstanding to the terms OF
the will of The late Mrs. Mary Baker
Eddy, which have been learned the
Christian Science church, the source
from which it came, will get the major
portion of her estate, including the
value of copyrights. which is about
81, 500, 900.
To the board of directors is left
the final decision as to the form which
this bequest will take, but in her will
Mrs. Eddy has left several suggestions
and it is said that the principal one
relates to the instruction Of needy
persons who may desire to become
Christian Science healers.
The construction of a college TO
INDECENT students may be the outcome
of this provision of the will, but it is
considered equally probable that the
bequest will be devoted to the spread
ing of the faith in foreign lands.
Ideas along both these lines are
said to have been included in the
will.
The estate at Chestnut Hill is be-
QSeather to the mother church. It's
future will be determined by the
board of directors
Pleasant View" the splendid es.
tate at Concord, N. H., where Mrs.
Eddy made her home before coming
to Chestnut Hill. is to be sold.
The administrator of tho estate is
ex-Congressman Henry Nj. Baker OF
Bow. Il. H. He was the favorite rela.
tive of Mrs. Eddy. But all he gets
under the terms of the will is a
keepsake.
Members of Mrs. Eddy's household
are remembered in requests which
range from 81 600 to $4,000 The
will was drawn in 1904 in Concord
N. H. and those that receive be
quests were then members of her
household ct Pleasant View.
Not a dollar is left 20 George w
Glover and DR.. E. ]. Foster Eddy, re
spectively the son and adopted son OF
Mrs. Eddy. They were the leaders in
the famous next friends" suit which
had G sequel in each receiving a large
amount of money from Mrs. Eddy.
Members of the hoard of directors
and other leaders of the mothe,
church are not mentioned in the will
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
Tammany Hall Partially Destroyed.

Tammany Hall Partially Destroyed.
New York-Tammany hall, the wig
wam', home of the famous political or
ganization known as the Tammany so
ciety, was partly destroyed by fire.
There was a fear of the blaze spread
ing to nearby bnildings, including the
old Academy of Music. the Olympic
musical and the Central hotel. The
flames, however, were confined to the
interior of Tammany hall itself. Tor
rents of water poured into the big
structure and the great of the damage
was caused by this deluge. The fire
chief exerted its force upon the gal
Iery, where 1t started and portion of
the floor. 1t took two hours work to
get the blaze controlled. Tammany
hall stands OF East Fourteenth street
in the part of the old time theatres.
A dance. was given the night before by
a social club in the club room of the
hall and it is supposed hat a lighted
cigar or cigarette left In one of the
boxes in the gallery started the fire.
1t is estimated that the damage of fire
md water to the interior of the build
ing can be repaired for approximately
$4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
DRAFT NEW WATER POWER PLAN
National Conservation Committee
Hope to Form Agreeable Policy.

National Conservation Committee
Hope to Form Agreeable Policy.
Washington. - A plan to bring
together the opposing advocates Of
federal regulation of water power
and those who stand for state regula-
ton, on a water power policy upon
which both car agree, Is being consid-
cred by the executive committee of
the National Conservation association.
of which Clifford Pinchot is presi-
dent.
The object of the plan, which was
drafted by Philip p. Wells. counsel for
the association. who as former law Of
ficer Of the forest service had a large
share in devising the system of water
power regulation in national forests.
Is to afford a water power platform
on which both sides of the controversy
may unite to protect the public inter
ests, and at the same time encourage
the development Of many millions of
horse power now going to waste in the
mountain streams of the far west and
the great rivers of the central n
eastern parts of the country.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
Teach Filtration at school.

A merry little dame was sitting at a
party. Girls learn such a lot of un-
necessary subjects at school," she
yrumbled. Il wonder they are never
.aught Irritation. Just look ut that
punch of them over there. They are
simply dying to have a try with those
boys, but as they don't know how to
begin, they cling together like bath
FRS afraid of the first plunge. 1t is
sad to reflect that many women are
born with a fear of man only equalled
by a desire for his society. They never
grow used TO him, and discover how
harmless he is, until they are 700 old
FOR him to appreciate them properly.
dan is a shy creature, and shy crea-
lures neve imagine others may be
as shy themselves. So these poor lit
lie hearts beat in uncoDgenial soil
iude; marriage, like other adventures.
being for the bold. l really think a
little training might be useful"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
HOW TO KEEP ENEMIES
THE ART AS PRAcTIcED BY ANA
ION INDIANS.
Fleads of Enemies are Embsimed,
ProfuseIy Decorated ard Tren Used
for Purposes of Adornmsnt-
GrisIy Souvenirs Colo

An Italian traveller reports from The
interior of Brazil the discovery OF ar
| chronological collection of much value
The chief object of interest is ar
smbalmed head of the tribe of the
Mwndwrwows-a trophy of var.
1t is to this day a custom of the In
fans of the upper basin of the Anna
zon to take the heads of enemies fol
he purpose of embalming. adorEing
and preserving them.
The head in question is very ornate
being ornamented with long streamers
Of bright feathers attached to the hair.
While the eye sockets are filed, in &c
fault of glass. with the teeth of a
iarge semi-aquatic rodent native tc
the region.
From the mouth depend a number
If heavy cords. These, however, are
aot meant for beautifieTs. They are
merely intended to keep the lips quite
rigid and motionless, with the canny
object of defeating any desire of the
late departed spirit to utter curses
and reyilings in the abode of his con
lueror.
1t has long been known that the
South American Indians possess secret
and jealously guarded processes OF
embalming. Among certain tribes OF
Ecuador human heads are so mummi
led that they are reduced to the size
Of a mans fist, without the features OF
the expression being n~oticeably al
tered.
character. but the skin and bones
shrink without losing their relative pc
sition and symmetry.
FIFTEEN years ago it was possible to
get these little mummiied heads in
ihe interior, and e at Quito, where
:ourists at the doors of the hotels.
Il bought a pair of them for a hun
fred francs or So" writes V. Forbin
n La Nature.
1t is now, however, impossible to
obtain them, and all on account of the
lcumen on the part Of the simple saw
sge.
Business. indeed, became sc very
brisk as the prices on these objects dc
vertu advanced that b government
became uneasy in regard to the mat
:er. Investigations were set on foot
by the police and by the missionaries
which resulted in a shocking discov'
Try. The fact is that the demand
having outrun the supply, the cupidity
Of the Indians of the eastern provinces
vas so stimulated that, having nc
prisoners of war, they were arranging
imbuscades for each other. merely to
obtain heads to embalm for the mar
ret.
The archbishor of Quito promptly
communicated the enterprising mer
chants who dealt in these grisly sou
venirs, and the authorities forbade
heir sale under heavy penalties
uhereupon the simple savage returned
% less profitable employment and
abandoned modern methods of cut
throat commerce.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
Motcrist Sent to Prison.

Munich.--The chauffeur who acct
dentally drove his car into a crowd of
Americans as they were leaving the
Prince Regent theatre on the evening
Of August 80. killing one and severely
njuring three others, was sentenced
10 fifteen months Imprisonment. The
killed was Mrs. Alvin A. Good
rich of San Francisco. A sister, Mrs.
Aurelius E. Buckingham, Of the same
.ity, was one of those injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
URGES AIRsHIPs FOR ARMY.
Secretary Dickinson Asks Nearly
$2o,ooo.ooo to Fortify Panama
Canal.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of War
Dickinson In his annual report
iudorses the use of the flying ma
chine as a military aid, and recon-
mends that congress appropriate
funds to provide the signal corps
with several machines for instruction
purposes and field work.
Congress Is asked to authorize an
expenditure of $1s,546,s43 for the for
tifcations on the Panama canal, in
Guiding the construction of posts for
the permanent garrison, and $1,000, 900
Of this sum should be made available
Immediately in order to complete the
project within three years. The ad-
ditional sum of 100000 is wanted
Immediately, to be applied toward
the creation Of naval establishments
in the canal zone.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
Caught Again.

John" said the wife sweetly. do
you know what day this is?"
"Of course" said hubby. pretending
10 have remembered all the time; its
he anniversary of our wedding day
lear
mo such thing." frigidly answered
he wife. It's the day you promised
20 nail the leg ON that old kitchen
table"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
Was the Cow Hurt?

Mobile, Ala.-When a Louisville &
Nashville passenger train out of Mo
bile struck a COW near Kirkland the
consequences we're as unusual and unex,
pected as they were fatal. The COW
was hurled to one side. striking a ne.
gro who vas watching the train go by.
The negro was knocked into a puddle
Of water and killed In falling he
struck a dog which was also playing
the part of innocent bystander and the
life of the canine was snuffed out, too
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
Priest Dies at the Altar.

Cincinnati, O.--Whiie Preaching a
sermon to his congregation in the
chapel of st. Mary's hospital here, Rev.
Father George Fleisch. chaplain of the
hospital. was taken suddenly i'll and
lied before he could be removed from
iae altar. Rev. F1eisch was sixty-fve
years old. born in Getzis, Austria, and
Tor q number of years vas chaplain of
st. Anthony's hospital in Chicago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
TAKES. STEPS AHEAD.
Popular Rule Is Granted in China
Throne Yields to Appeals.

Peking.-After the Chinese New
Year in January. 1911, the ancient
absolute regime in China will dis
appear. as the throne, it is stated,
has decided to acquiesce to the reso-
luton of the senate petitioning for the
creation of a constitutional cabinet.
Political events in China have
moved with a rapidity that appears
almost revolutionary when it is con-
sidered the provincial assemblies rep
resenting the first step toward popu-
lar government in the empires his
tory OF thousands of years were in
a%ugurated SO recently Is October IA,
1909.
The first imperial senate met on
October 3 last. The late empress
dowager had decrecd that a general
representative legislative body to be
known as the imperial parliament, be
convoked in 1915 at the end Of a nine
year period of preparation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
EAGER TO WORK.
Health Regained BY Right Food.


The average healthy man or woman
Is usually eager to be busy at some
useful task or employment.
But let dyspepsia or indigestion get
hold of one. and all endeavor become
/ burden.
"A year ago. after recovering from
an operation" writes a Michigan lady.
my stomach and r began to give
me much trouble.
"At times NY appetite was ora
cious, but when INDUCED. indigestion
followed. Other times l had no appe-
lite whatever. The food I took did not
nourish me and l grew weaker than
ever.
IL lost interest In everything and
wanted to be alone. I had always had
good nerves, but now the merest trine
would upset me and bring Of a violen
headache. Walking across the roc
was an effort and prescribed exercise
was out of the question
Il had seen Grape-Nuts advertised.
but did not believe what I read at the
tire. At last when 1t seemed as II I
YVES literally starving. l began to eat
Grape-Nuts.
Il had not been able to work for .
year. but now after two months on
Grape-Nuts I am eager to be at work
again. My stomach gives me no trou.
BILE now. my nerves are steady az ever.
and interest In life and ambition have
come beck with the return to health
Read "ihe Road to MELVILLE" in
pkxs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above Ietters 4 nev
enc appears from time 10 tine. uey
are genuine, true, and fan - humsn
interest.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
WOMEN KILLED IN AUTO WRECK.
Trolley Hits Machine Containing Yale
Students n Companions.

S%tratford, Gonna Joy ride with
two millionaire students and two
pretty Milford dressmakers in an
automobile closed abruptly when a
trolley car crashed into the automo-
bile from behind, ran over and be-
headed one of the dressmakers and
seriously injured the other three &C.
cupants of the car.
Stuyvesant Peabody of Chicago and
Paul, Mimi. are the students. Both
are seniors and members of the ex-
elusive secret societies of the col
lege and have unlimited funds at their
command.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
chnosinn one,s Eiction

Fine fiction. like fine friendship, is
, personal affair. Your friend is not
o be of another's choosing. He is
yours to elect; yours to have and to
iold. or to love and lose, as the inner
avs decree. Whether he be of your
social or intellectual caste is a Sec
,ndary matter; he must be of your
souls kin-or you must believe that
ae is till you learn better-and his
quality to you is as individual as your
taste in fruit or wines. in sunsets or
marine painting.-Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps in Century.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15

Wonders never cease. A woman
IN Minneapolis is suing for a divorce
on the ground Of cruel and inhuman
treatment because her husband per
sists In kissing her too often and a
IDENTIFY. And others complaic because
they are never kissed. No wonder
the poor men have been trying un-
successfully to strike a happy medium
since the world started.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15

Washington, ID. C.-The s~ub-commit-
tee of the senate, which has been in
vestigating the charges of bribery in
connection with the election of Sena-
tor William Lorimer of Illinois, decid-
does not prove any Of the charges
made.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
o;.h e.cIus. Die. In IncendI.rv 8

Rich RecIuse Dies In Incendiary Fire.
Caldwell. O.-Mrs. Minerva vii
Hams, e~ighty-five. a recluse, was
burned to death In a fire that con.
sumed her home near here Wednes.
day. Mrs. Williams. 1t was rumored,
had $1,000 In currency concealed In
the house, and it is believed thieves
robbed her and set fire to the house.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
ALTERNATELY QUITS UNDER FIRE.
Marshal of Oklahoma Hands In His
Resignation at Washington.

Washington. Jack Alternately,
United States marshal for Okla
home. an aIpointee of former Pres
ident Roosevelt, came to Washington
and handed his resignation TO Attor-
ney General Wickersham. Charges
had been preferred against the mar
shall, but he did 10 wait to hear what
they were.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
A Futile Scheme.

"I always have a quarrel with my
husband In order to get him to buy a
new suit of clothes. He never thinks
he can afford it."
II should think he would learn after
4 while that 1t is useless to try IN
that way to get you to quit spending
So much for dress"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15

II a man wants the qualification OF
his bodily appetites; II that is 1t
which makes him contented when he
gets 1t and miserable when he does
not, he is a hog. more or less. II he
wants beauty, knowledge. friendship.
love. a chance to work and create
something. he Is an angel. more OF
less.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15

Cairo, lll.-The safe in the postofice
at Pulaski. ILL.,, was blown open and a
large amount CT stamps stolen. The
robbers also made an attempt on the
vault in the bank OF Pulaski and while
no money was obtained, the vault was
badly damaged.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
AUSTRIA WANTS YANKEE BEEF
Legislature crsnts Free Entry-Hun
gary Not Yet Committed.

Washington.-According to advices
received at the state department from
Richard c. Kerens. United States am
basscdor to Austria-Hungary the Aus
TRAN Legislature has passed a law per
hitting the free admission Of Ameri-
a beef. 1t is not known, Ambassa'
dor Kerens adds. whether or not the
Hungarian legislature will agree to
this. Should ii not. it is expected the
law already passed by the Austrian
legislative body will be ineffective.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
Twelve Hurt In Wreck.

Hammond, Ind.-In a head-on COLI
sion between two freight trains at
North Hayden, 20 miles south. o. Ham
'mond on the Indiana Harbor railroad.
Tuesday, twelve trainmen yer in
iured. Tn trains were practically de.
molished. The property loss will reach
$50. 900.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15

A Virginia school board has estab-
1ished a rule that its school teachers
Of the softer sex must not attend
dances. The board should explain
whether this action Is taken because
the teachers are not good enough TO
appear at dances or because they are
TOO good.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
Robbers Murder and Steal $4,000.

Cleveland, O.-The officials of Noble
county after investigation are positive
that Mrs. Minerva Williams. widow re
cluse, eighty-five years old, whose
charred body was found in the ruins of
her burned home near Kennettsburg.
Wayne township, was murdered by rob-
bers who fired the house after obtain
ing 10000 concealed in it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
LEAVE DEAD ON BATTLEFIELD.
Tribesmen In West Africa Suffer
Heavily In Fight With French.

Paris. Oficial advices confirm
earlier reports of a battle be-
tween a French column and tribesmen
in tho Oualai region Of Senegal.
French West Africa. The French were
attacked by 5000 natives On Novem-
Der 9 and the fighting lasted for an
hour and a half, when the enemy was
routed. leaving 600 dead and many
wounded on the field. The French
lost six officers and % t~irailieurs
killed and an officer, three su5alterns
and 50 tirailleurs wounded. The sui
tan of Massalet and Doudmourah and
a former sultan of Oualai were killed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15

Springfeld.-James T. Uppergrove
of Chicago slstained a broken rib and
IL other passengers were slightly in
iured in a collision on the Illinois In
terurban line near this city Thurs
day.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
Bun Closes Small Bank

Macon, m.-The Farmers and Mer
chants bank failed to open Friday fol
lowing a run. The institution is a pri
vate bank and has been operated fol
40 years by ]. l.. and E. L. Hight. De
posits of $1,000 600 were in tn,
Zank.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-15
WILSON ENTERS ToeA FIGHT.
New Jersey Governor.EIect Opposes
Return of Senator Smith.

Newark, N. J.-Governor-elect Wood
row Wilson has taken up the cudgels
against James Smith, Jr., who wishes
to return to the senate as successor
to John Kean, telling him he must
abide by the selection of James E.
MARITIME. the winner in the Democratic
primary. DR.. Wilson says he will fight
out the issse. even If it fuses a party
breach.