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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22
Vivid at Least.

DR.. Hiram G. Cortlandt. the wei,
known theologian of De- Moines. saiS
in a recent address:
Thomas A. Edison tells us that he
thinks the soul is not immortal: but
after all, what does this great wizard
know about souls? His forte is cleo
trIcity and machinery, and when ht
talks of souls he reminds re irresist
IDLY OF the young lily who visited the
Baldwin locomotive works and theJ
told how a locomotive is made.
You pour she said, "a lot of sant
into a lot Of boxes, and you throw ole
stove lids and things into a furnace
ana they yoa emoty the molten stream
into a hole In the sand, and everybody
yells and yea Then you pour Il
out and let Il cool and pound it, anc
then you put 1t in a thing that hores
holes in it. Then you screw Ii TO
gether. and paint 1t, and put steam in
it, and it goes splendidly; and they
take 1t to a drafting room and make
a bluep rint of it. But one thing l for
got-they have to make a boiler. Ons
man gets inside and one gets outside
and they pound fr.ghtfully: end Their
they tie 1t to the other thing, and you
ought to see 1t got"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22
Use Of superheated Atmosphere for
Cooking Is Attracting Consider
able Attention.

Hot air" is to be turned to a good
end. according to the foreign cooks,
and at the same time a great waste
In fuel In the preparation of meals is
to be eliminated. The use of super
heated air for cooking purposes Is at.
tracing considerable attention from
the domestic economist. The process
Is said to be quite simple-as simple
as b "1reless cooker" In fact. The
steam from an ordinary kitchen boiler
is conveyed by pipes TO the super
heater" where, by means of a series
of coils above a coke fire, its tempera-
ture is raised to 1000 degrees. The
pressure Is not increased, which elm
mates danger Of bursting the pipes.
Hollow rods surround and lie under
meath the griller, and through these
rods the superheated air is permitted
to rush. quickly making the griller as
hot as desired.
The enthusiast predicts an early de
p~arture OF the blazing coal, coke, OF
ga, fire in the kitchen. When any
special dish Is to be cooked 1t is to be
placed On a certain part of the griller.
fed by a certain pipe from the super
heated air reservoir. A valve is turned
10 let just the proper amount of heat
1nder the griller. and the work Is
done without fumes, without the waste
of any heat. and without the loss of
any good nature. The air, after be-
ing used TO broil your beefsteak, can
be turned into the heating radiators
and used to keep the dining room
warm.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22
An Alaskan Luncheon.

Runners of woven Indian basketry,
with white drawnwork doilies at each
of the II covers. we're used on an oval
mahogany table. The doilies were
made at Sitka. In the middle of the
table a mirror held a tall central vase
of frosted glass. surrounded by four
smaller vases, all filed with white
spring blossoms. The edge of the
mirror was banked with the same
flowers. Four totem poles were place.
on doilies in the angles made by the
Place cards we're water colors Of
Alaskan scenery. Abalone shells held
sailed nuts, and tiny Indian baskets
held bonbons. The soup spoons were
of horn, several of the dishes used
were made by Alaskan Indians. and
the cakes were served on baskets.
The menu was as follows: Poisson
a la Bering Sea (halibut chowder),
Yukon climbers (broiled salmon, POI
tatoes J~ulienne), snow birds avec
auroraborealis troast duck with jelly,
Shungnak river turnips, Tanana
beets, Skagway hash (salad). Fair
banks nuggets (ripe strawberries ar
ranged on individual dishes around a
central mound of powdered sugar..
arctic slices (brsck ice creamy. Circle
City delights tsHali cskes). Klondike
nuggets yellow cheese in round balls
on crackers), Nome firewater ~(coffee).
-woman's Home Companion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22

Washington's birthday is a holiday
in all states. Decoration day in all
states but Florida. Georgia, Louisiana.
Mississippi. North Carolina, South
Caroltua. Tennessee and Texas. Labor
day is observed everywhere. Virtu-
ally every state has legal holidays
having to do with its ow1 special az
fairs-battle of New Orleans in Louis
lana. Texan independence and battle
Of San Jacinto in Texas, Admission
day in California, and so on. Missis-
sippi Is like the federal government
In lack Of statutory holidays. but by
common consent Independence day.
Thanksgiving and Christmas are OBJ
served. A new one is Columbus day
la a few of the states
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22
Too Ardent q Lover.

Georgotto Fontano, an embroiderer
who lives in the Rue Sevres In Paris.
has found herself condemned to a
months imprisonment for what seems
to her a harmless act.
She was going home from a concert
a few evenings ago when she decided
she would like to see her fiance. AS
he happens TO be a fireman whose
station Is in her own neighborhood it
occurred to her 1t would be very easy
to summon him to her side by break
ing the glass of the fire alarm and
sounding a call.
She did so anr In a few moments
fire engines came from several direc-
tions, all laden with firemen, of course,
but alas, her fiance was not among
them, and more than that all the fire
men were angry, and before she knew
what had happened she vas taken to
a magistrate, who proceeded to make
the course of true love run unsmoothly
by sending her to prison for a month
In spite of her tears and protests that
she thought 1t would be a simple way
of bringing her fiance to her side.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22

II lies at the base OF Mount Olivet
over against Jerusalem. 1t is almost
q square. 160 by $50 feet. 1t is in
closed by a high white stone wall. In.
side are eight venerable olive trees.
thought by some persons to be the
same trees that were there In the time
of Christ. The roots may be the same
as the emperor Titus had all trees cut
down when he conquered Jerusalem
In A. ID. 20, but yet these may have
escaped. The olive trees in Geth
semane are hoary with age. and their
cracked trunks are reinforced with
stones. They are surrounded by a
light paling fence and between them
are sweet flowers growing. They are
tended by monks, who present each
visitor with a small bunch, for which
they expect to receive a franc (about
20 cents). All around the inside of
the white wall are shrines In inches
with painted figures representing the
stations of the cross. Fastened to the
wall and extending high above it is a
large cross, which Is covered with
carved representations Of the iSstru
ments connected with the crucifixion;
Christian Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22
PLANTING weddinu Oaks,

Princess August Wilhelm, wife of
the kaiser's fourth son, has set herself
the task of reviving one of Germany's
Oldest customs, that according to which
newly welded couples Immediately af-
ter the marriage ceremony plant a cou-
pie of oak saplings side by side in a
park or by the roadside of their ma
tive town.
The town OF MulcAausen, in Thurin-
eia, Is the first t. respond to the prfn-
cess appeal. A municipal of1 cial ap-
pears at the Church door after every
wedding and liz sites the bride and
bridegroom to DIVE with him In a car
rage to a new scad near the own and
there plant oak saplingA
The tree planting idea was started
by a former ele :tor of Brandenburg
with the object of repairing the raw
ages caused by tae 30 years war. The
elector forbade soung persons to mar
ry until they hal planted a number OF
fruit trees.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22
French Official Etiouet.

The wives of the new French minis
tiers share in the honors conferred on
their husbands. the degree of defer
ence due to them being infinitely es'
tablished by the "protocole." When
the wife of a minister enters a room.
if any deputies or senator's wives are
present, they are supposed to rise
and remain standing until she is seat
ed. Other ministers wives may rest
in their chairs. but should the prime
minister's wife arise they also must
stand to attention. And even Nine
BRAND (f there were such a PERSON..
would have TO show similar Difference
to the wife of the president of the
chamber. With her, according to the
protocole, "e'est la representation ma
tionale qui entire. lie suffrage uniyer
sci la France."-London Chronicle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22

A hearty laugh was occasione6 at
the Birmingham police court by a pris-
oner who gave himself away In a very
delightful manner. The man was the
first on the list, and the charge against
him was merely one OF being drunk
and disorderly. He stepped into the
dock, however, Just at the moment
when the dock officer vas reading out
a few OF the cases which were 70 come
before the court that morning, and a
guilty conscience apparently led him
to mistake these items fer a list of his
previous convictions.
He stood passive enough while the
officer rsad out about o dozen drunk
and disorderlies, but when he came to
one "shopbreaFing" the prisoner e
claimed excitedly, "Thst was eight
years ago, your honor" Everyone be-
gan TO laugh, and the prisoner, realiz-
ing tho blundsr he had made. at first
looked very black indeed. but finally
saw the humorous side of the matter.
aad a hrnad smile spread over his face.
His blunier did not cost anything
Birmingham Mail.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22
John Henry's
u Country Cop
By GEORGE v. HOBART

shine darbies over his hands. He
then peeled off the ulster and the
tuppenny trousers, and throwing
these and the Svengalis over the
fence. he was home again from the
Bad Lands.
The Transformation scene was made
complete by tie fact that Bunch was
now wearing my hat.
In answer to Bunch's question. the
and said with pride-choked tones, "A
maleyfactor. sir. caught in the meshes
of the law and hauled before this here
trybune of justice by these hands,"
The eagle eye of Diggs was now tri
u%mphantly sighted along the arm and
inai was supposed to be. but when
the gaze finally rested on an empty
bench the expression Of panied sur
prise on the old man hunters map
a calculated to make a hen cackle.
Diggs rushed over TO the bench,
urned 1t upside down. looked behind
the chairs. and then, emitting a roar
tudh Tdttieu the IdltcIS, ne uuSticu
back to see If by any chance the pris-
oner had locked himself up In a cell.
Bunch gave the old geezer the min
nehaha and yelled. Say, you with the
me-ya-ya's on the chin! Did some
body give you the hot-foot and make
a quick exit?"
Diggs vas now In full eruption and
"
heavy showers of Reub lava rose
from his vocal organs and fell all over
the place, while he thrashed around
the ~calaboose in a frenzy of excite
ment.
Maybe you're sending ~ a gen.
eral alarm about human meteor that
passed me On the pike a few minutes
ago." Bunch suggested.
Diggs turned and eyed him in open
mouthed silence.
"A mutt with a pink ulster and one
of those pancakes on his head like
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22
Two vesy Old tadix.

We have hea~d a great deal lately
about longlivet people. but it is prob
able that the Oldest two people in the
world today are Frau Sutkievitz and
another old lady named B~abavaslika.
: The former lives at Fosem, in Prus-
sian Poland. and was Porn on Febru-
airy q, 1855. She is therefore one
hundred and twenty-five years old.
The latter. however, Is nine months
her senior, having beea born in May.
1884.
She is still a fairly hale old woman.
and for nearly one hundred years
worked in the fields. Her descendants
number close on 100, and these now
make her a joint allowance. She lives
at the village of Bavelsko, whose
neighborhood she has never quilted
during the whole of her long life. She
remembers events which happened at
the beginning of last century much
more clearly than those of the last
40 years.-Dundee Advertiser.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22
NEW SAWS BADLY NEEDED
Don't Seem to Fit Into Mod
ern Situations.

"You know all the copybook, Nc
Guffey's reader line of talk about ia
king the advice of ones elders?" be-
gan the sad-eyed. understood little
nan on the car. Sure you do. Now
let me tell you something. See that
big apartment house over there on
the right? And that little business
block ;.ght next TO it?
well, there weren't any apartment
houses ar business blocks on it when
/ first clapped eyes on 1t. II was a
bowling wilderness. in fact. and you
could almost chase rabbits up here.
That was about eighteen years ago.
eighteen years old at hat time-that
this land would some day jump in
value by leaps and bounds. When /
was twenty years old l came into a
bunch OF SIS 900. l went to my guar
dian. an old man, pretty prominent
in estate management and wisdom at
that time, ard | told him | wanted TO
soak the whple SIS. 600 in this block
OF ground j pointed out TO you. The
BLOCK was then on the market for
exactly SIS, ZOO. The old gentleman
pooh-poohed me.
go away. boy he said TO me, with
a patronizing smile. You don't know
what you want. It's my duty TO save
you from such wild notions as this
one you've got into your head. They'll
be shooting rabbits and squirrels out
there on that plot so years from now.
G'way.'
II argued it with him. and he sat
down on me. Then he ven and in
vested my $500 at three per cent.
Three years ago the man who
bought that same block of ground for
SIS, 900 sold it for about s20c, 900 cash.
and he's now cruising over in the
Mediterranean or some place or
other, while I'm taking my wife out
for nickel car rides and wondering
where my s15,0 900 went.
There's got to be a new set OF
wise saws invented for twentieth GEN.
fury consumption. The McGuffey's
reader KING are moth eaten"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22
Bankers and Bank Notes.

Four men, three of whom were con-
nected with brokerage concerns In the
Wall street district, were discussing
United States paper currency and the
disappearance OF cnunterfeits. I'VE
are SO sure nowadays said one of
the party, 'as to the genuineness Of
bills hat little attention is paid to
them In handling, except al to de-
nomination" To prove his assertion
he took a $40 ~yellowback from his
pocket, and, holding 1t up, asked who
could tell whose portrait 1t bore. No
one knew, and by way of coaching
the broker said it was the first treas
urer of the United States. Again no
one knew the name. why, It's
Michael Hillegas." said the man
proudly. But in confidence, I'll tell
you, | didn't know it five minutes
ago."-New York Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22

Bunch Jefferson's country house ]
had borrowed for a day to present
to Clara j. and then take back, was
hard to pry loose from wifey's loving
care Poor Bunch in desperation had
played burglar to scare her out, but
Tacks. my scamp brother-in-law, had
caught him in a cellar trap, and he
was IN the hands of the village police
force. even now en- route for the can
merry. with me trailing along.
Ahead Of me, plodding along the
pike under the moonlight, were Bunch
and his cadaverous captor, the former
bowed In sorrow or anger, probably
both, and the latter with head erect,
naughty as q Roman conqueror.
Bunch's makeup was a troubled
dream Over a pair of hand-me-down
trousers, eight sizes too large for him.
he ore q three-dollar ulster. On his
head was m automobile cap, and his
face was covered with a bunch of eel
grass three fee deep. He was surely
all the money.
AS / drew near I could hear Mr..
Diggs expatiating on crime in gen.
eral and HOUSEKEEPING in particular,
and | fancied l could also hear Bunch
boiling and seething within.
Mr.. Burglar" Harmony Diggs, the
police force. was saying. Il don't
know Just what your home trainin'
was as a child. but they's a screw
loose somewhere or you'd a never
been brought to this here harrowful
perdickyment. nohow- l s'pose you
Jest started in naturally to be a heen-
Jus maleyfactor early in life, huh?
You needn't to answer If you're
afeared it'll incrimigate you, but l
s'pose you took to 1t when a boy,
pickin' pockets or suthin' like that,
huh?"
"Oh. u 1t out, you old goat. and
don't bother mel" snapped Bunch,
Just as | joined them.
"A dangerous maleyfactor." said
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22

imitation Of the old oaken bucket,
yes?"
| tried TO tell him all about Tacks
and the ghost story, but he wouldn't
stand Tor 1t.
YOU should have been waiting for
me on the stairs" he argued. unrea-
sonably, rubbing one OF the bruises
In his choice collection. Didn't you
catch me early in the evening being
chased from pillar to post by every
thing In the neighborhood that has
legs long enough to run? When I
tried to hide in the corner OF a farm,
over there. a bull dog came up on rub
Der shoes and bit his initials on some
Of my personal property before I
could crawl through the fence. Every
time | showed up on the pike that
human accident that breathes like a
man and talks like a rabbit chased
me eight miles there and back. The
first time 1 tried to approach the in
fernal house | fell Over a grindstone
and signed checks in the gravel with
my nose. Hereafter, when you want
a burglar, pick somebody your own
size I'm going to hunt a hospital and
get sewed together again"
| put on all steam and tried &c
square myself, but Bunch only shook
his head and said | was outlawed.
You can't run on my race track"
he exclaimed, as he started for the
depot; that last race was crooked
and you stood In with the dope
mixer"
| watched him down the hill until
he disappeared In the station, then.
sad at heart, l trudged back to the
old homestead that had caused all my
trouble.
1t vas now broad daylight, but no
where within my line of vision could
| get a peep Of the doughty Diggs.
No doubt he was still cutting across
lots trying to head off the "maleyfac.
tor"
UaDvrirbf hv n w nfui,ohoro Co
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22
Archbishop on Alcoholism.

I'VE have Joined hands with you
Protestant people to fight alcoholism
and to reduce the evil. to approach the
civil powers. governments and city
councils, and secure their help. We
cannot consent to our children. after
being trained In homes of temperance
having to meet schools of intemper
ance which the bars and hotels IL
country and city are. and where self.
ish men tempt them to drink. With
out being a prophet, | foresee that be
fore Is wears have gone our unitee
efforts Will make Canada the most
sober country in the world. But we
must work on the successful lines we
have already adopted Many reform
ers have failed because they had nc
plan" This is a short extract from &
remarkably strong temperance speech
delivered by Archbishop Bruchesi a
n great temperance convention held
lately al Knowlton. Quebec.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22

Diggs to me, as he frightened his grip
on Bunch's arm; but they amt no
call for you to assist the course of
justice. because If the dern critter
starts to run I'll pump him chuck full
of lead. He's been a-tellin' me he
started on the downward path to pre-
dition Is a child-stealer."
Il told you nothing, o old tad
pole.' shyieked Bunch. unable to con-
tain himself longer.
Very YELL" said Harmony, sooth-
ingly, they amt no call for you to
say nothin' thatn incrimigate you be-
fore the oar of justice. Steady now,
or I'll tap you with this here cane."
Brace, good old sport: I'll get you
out of this in a jiffy," | whispered to
Bunch at the first opportunity, and he
gave me a c~old-storage look that chased
the chills all owe me.
Presently We arrived at the little
brick structure which Jiggersville
proudly called it's calaboose. and after
much fumbling of keys, Mr.. Diggs
opened the jackpot and We all stayed.
The zap policeman was for taking
Bunch right back to the donjon cell
In the rear, but with a s. bill Sc
cured a stay Of proceedings.
My forehead was damp with perspi-
ration, so | took of my hat and laid
IL on the bench I'm the little court
room where Bunch sat modify with
bowed head.
Then / coaxed the rural Vidocq owe
IN the corner and gave him a game
talk that / thought would warm his
heart. but he listened in dumbness
and couldn't see mo sense in believ-
Ing the ~maleyfactor was anythin'
more'n a derned cuss, nohowi"
Il have every reason to believe that
we have made a mistake" | said to
Harmony in a hoarse whisper. From
an envelope dropped by this party in
my house I am led to believe that he's
q respectable gentleman who entered
my premises quite by mistake"
The chin whiskers owned and en-
gineered by Diggs bobbed up and
down as he chewed a reflective cud,
but he couldn't see the matter in +
s'ght at all.
/ had used all kinds of argument
and was just about to give up in de
SPAR when a voice in the doorway
caused us both to turn.
There stood Bunch Jefferson, the
real fellow, looking as fresh as a
daisy
What's the trouble, John?" he
asked, smiling benignly on Diggs.
While I was talking to the repre-
sentative Of the law, Mr.. Slick saw
his opportunity and grabbed 1t by the
hind leg. He had quietly reached the
door, and q C outside the Shedding
was excellent.
Bunch had his business suit on u
der the burglar makeup. II didn'l
take him two minutes to work the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22

riment until Bunch pressed the button
and the scene was changed to Green
lands Icy Mountains.
Funny. isn't it?" he sneered. Reg
ar circus, with yours truly In haste,
3unch Jefferson, to do the grand and
lofty tumbling! I'm the Patsey, oh,
maybe! 1t was a fine play, all right,
but l didn't expect you to stack the
cardsl"
"On the level. Bunch, believe me,
1t wasn't my fault" | spluttered.
Not your fault" he snapped back;
then I suppose it was minel sup
pose | fell down the elevator shaft
just to please mother. Ell? Maybe you
think I dropped into the excavation
just to pass the time away? Have
you IN idea that dove down into the
,arth because | wanted TO get back to
me mines? Wasn't your fault. indeed,
Maybe you think | fell in the well
simply because l wanted to give an
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22
Mlstletoe Is ranaeeoua.

Few people who know mistietoe
only as a desirable feature OF Christ
mas decorations understand that the
plant is a parasite dangerous to the
life of trees in the regions in which
It grows. 1t is only a question o.
time, after mistletoe once begins to
grow upon a tree before the tree it.
self will be killed. The parasite saps
the life Of the infected branches. For
tunately, it is of slow growth, taking
years to develop to large proportions.
but when neglected, it invariably ruins
all trees il reaches.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-22
METHODS OF LIQUOR DEALER


A man who was formerly employed
as salesman by a certain brewery gave
up his employment because he could
not stand the drinking he was expect
ed to do. In speaking OF this to an
acquaintance he said:
Until you know what they are up
to from the inside % have but a
faint idea of the methods of the liquor
men. In the eight months of employ
ment by the brewery / learned more
about shady methods than / ever sus-
pected before In three months be-
fore an election l personally spent for
the brewery more than $500 to help
fix the voters SO that the town would
not go dry. The vets won the cleo.
ton by eight votes. In that town the
brewery cleaned up more than $500
per month above all expenses. so II
could we'll AFFORD to buy votes. and II
did buy them and pay for them in cold
cash"
In speaking of the methods of the
police in his town. he said the music
had been ordered out OF the saloons IN
order to force the saloon men to pay
the police for restoring the privilege
of which they had been deprived. He
also said tina whenever the mayor OF
the town planned a raid on saloons
that were violating the law. the chief
of police would call up the saloon
keepers on the phone and put them
next" so that nothing would be found
by the raiders
He said local saloon men were pay
ing large sums to be kept posted as
to who was working against them. and
these men were being photographed
and pointed out to all members Of the
Liquor Dealers association