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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
NEW VERSION OF CINDERELLA
Wealthy New York Manufacturer
Finds Stenographer's Slipper
Engagement Announced.

New York.-The story of Cinderella,
the shoe and the Prince has come true
in New York City, with variations.
Miss Mildred Mermelstein was any
thing but a Cinderella in her home in
East One Hundred and Thirteenth
street. She was a bright, little stem
ographer. Nor was the slipper made
of glass. II was a real American girls
slipper. tiny and elegant. The lover
was not a prince. either. but a wealthy
shoe manufacturer. lie is Samuel
Newman.
On her way home In a Madison aye
nue. car the slipper slipped off Miss
Mildred's foot. She didn't miss it IN
til she put her silk-stockinged toes to
the cold, lard pavement. Mr.. Newman
saw the slipper on the a and has
tened back. hoping to return 1t TO it's
owner, but Miss Mildred had limped
away. Next day the Prince" adver-
tised for the maiden whom the slipper
would fit. Miss Mildred answered.
And, just as In the story, too. the
Prince found that the owner of the
slipper was fair to gaze upon and
charming in her ways. That was two
months ago. The announcement o.
their engagement was made the other.
day. The slipper was a No. 2.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
ATcHIsON's ORDER OF SPINS
Unmarried, and C~ontented WitnaI,
They Have Mapped Out for
Themselves a Pious City.

There was called a meeting of the
Ancient Order of Spins last evening,
and papers were read on every sub
ject, from removing grease from car
pets to the sad memories hat attach
10 a bunch of old letters. The Spins
were having a hilarious time when a
visiting Spin got up TO make a few re-
marks. She said that, while they are
happy now, there was a sad time com
ing. Think of the day." she said,
when, having no husbands or chill
dren, you will be all alone" There
was a sniff and then a snort as Spin
after Spin recalled wives and mothers
who are alone from daylight till dark,
except when some member of the fam
lily wants waiting on. The shifting
and snorting increased in volume as
Spin after Spin told of her freedom
from worry. her independence in fl
nancial matters and the Joy of doing
as she pleased. But we must not
take offense at what u sister has
said." n Spin remarked. Let us
show our good intentions by calling
On every lonesome wife and mother
we know" This was six weeks ago,
and though the Spins have devoted
every afternoon and evening since to
this missionary work, they haven't
made half the rounds yet.-Atchison
Globe.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
BABY's SKIN TORTURE

when our baby was seven weeks
Did he broke out with what we
thought was heat, but which gradually
grew worse. We called in a doctor.
He said it IA eczema and from that
time We doctored six months with
three of the best doctors in Atchison
but he only got worse. His face, head
and hands were a solid sore. There
was no end to the suffering for him.
We had to tie his little hands to
keep him from scratching. He never
knew what it was to sleep well from
the time he took the disease until he
was cured. He kept us awake all
hours of the night and his health
wasn't what you would call good. We
tried everything but the right thing.
Finally / got a set of the Cuticura
Remedies and I am pleased to say
we did not use all of them until he
was cured. We have waited a year
and a half to see If it would return
but 1t never has and to-day his skin
Is clear and fair as 1t possibly could
be. l hope Cuticura may save some
Dne else's little ones suffering and
also their pocket-books. John Leason,
1903 Atchison St, Atchison, Kan, Oct.
10, 1909"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
Interesting Story of How New York
er's Massachusetts Farm Raised
Big Crop.

Springfield, Mass. Although the
wheat fields of the far west are gen.
orally supposed to be very large, the
department of agriculture has issued
an estimate that in states where the
fields are the largest their size av-
erages little more than 100 acres. New
England has the smallest wheat fields,
the average in Vermont being only
three. That wheat is indigenous to
the soil of Massachusetts is declared
in the reports of the Massachusetts
Agricultural college and hat ii can
be grown prohtably in Berkshire
county Is asserted by experts who
have made an examination of the soil
of the hill towns.
A Lenox farmer, George w. Fer
guson, has this year harvested All
bushels of winter wheat from ten and
seven-tenths acres of and and sold
the wheat in a Pittsfield market for
$3.50 a bushel. The wheat Is to be
used as seed wheat, so clean and per-
feet was the product. Mr.. Ferguson
has for 16 years managed Pine Croft
farm, a typical country farm in Lenox
owned by Frederick Augustus Scher-
merhorn of New York. Besides over
seeing a farm of 335 acres, Mr.. Fer
guson has served Lenox as a select
man for several years and last year
was chairman of the board. Pine
Croft comes up to ones idea of a
country farm. Ii is not a city lot.
such as some farms of Lenox million
aires become, but is the nearest to ma
ture that its owner can make 1t. One
of the few groves of primeval forests
in western Massachusetts are on this
property. Farmer Ferguson began
raising wheat to feed his poultry be-
cause wheat was high. For several
years he produced enough wheat for
home consumption. using the straw
for bedding purposes. Its return in
value astonished him. He found 1t
of a good profit and determined upon
an experiment.
On the ten acre lot grew sections of
cuack grass. He wanted to get rid cf
lis growth and plowed the lot a.
owed it entirely to buckwheat. This
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
ARE HIGH IN STUDY

other interesting discovery is that the
athletes did 4 per cent better work
the semester they were most actively
engaged in athletics than during the
semester in which they were not. An
exception in this, however, was found
in the baseball squad. which on ac-
count Of numerous trips. as well as
long practice periods, naturally fell
down in their class work.
Commenting on this, Dean Clark
says: You can't quite say that an
athlete necessarily breaks down in
his college studies. This may be true
of other colleges. because l really
think W. look after things more care
fully than they do at some institu-
tions."
Fraternity men were discovered to
be slightly lower than the average
young mans ranking and the liter
airy society members much higher
than the average. 1t was also discov-
cred hat the fraternity men who took
the most interest in the general uni
versity affairs had the highest aver
ages, and that the fraternity men
least interested in general college
matters were the poorest fraternity
students, thus disproving the general
claim made by some fraternity men
that they have too many other inter
ests besides their class work.
The sorority young women, gener-
ally speaking, were found to compare
in about the same proportion to the
grand total as did the men. The local
clubs and sororities showed about the
same as the f~raternities and sorori-
ties.
With these figures as a basis it is
probable the fraternity men will be
asked to adopt a rule that pledgers
must pass at least IL hours of uni
versity work before they can be mi,
tiated. If they do not, the university
authorities probably will. The sorori.
ties have already taken action in this
matter.
The figures further show that the
fraternity men from larger cities, such
as from Chicago, are the poorer schol-
ars, and the same can also be said
of some of the members chosen be,
cause of appearance and first impress
] sion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
Asking Too Much.

Minister Maura has given Spain the
worst government she ever knew ex
claimed Pablo Iglesais. the fiery social
list leader, in the Cortes some months
ago This recalls an expression of an
under secretary Of the state of the
time of Canovas:
Spain asked of God a fertile soil
He has given her a soil in which &c
ripen all the best fruits of the earth.
Spain asked God for beautiful women
He has given her the beautiful daugh-
ters of Granada and Seville. Spain
asked God to give her rich and mex.
haustible mineral treasures. He has
given a p~rofusion of mines. But when
Spain asked God to give her good gov.
eminent he responded: What Have
| not given everything-a fertile soil
beautiful women, magnificent mineral
treasures? And now you ask a good
government, This is too much!'"-
From lie Cride Paris.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
Loves Crime.

George was a manly fellow, yet, sur
prising as it may seem. he was guilty
of a grave charge, a criminal offense-
theft, for had he not many times,
stolen kisses from his fair sweet
heart?
Maude, one of the most lovable of
girls, was equally guilty as an acces-
sorry; she received the stolen property.
Each seemed to have perfect conf
dence in the other, however, and when
sentence was pronounced by a prop
erly qualified official, they decided to
serve their time together.
They remained loyal to the end.
neither making any effort to have
their sentence ~abrogated or shortened,
but during the course of their long
term together several small ~offenses
were directly chargeable to them
j. w. B., in Puck.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
WAS HEIR TO MILLIONS
Mystery of Daniel Sneridan's Disap-
pearance Is Cleared Away After
Many Years.

London.-The mystery of the disap
pearance of Daniel Sheridan. the
American claimant OF the BLAKE
Millions" has been solved at last. II
is some months since the Star print
ed a story about the pathetic struggle
of this Irish-American farmer to OBJ
tain the fortune left by Mrs. Helen
Blake. who died interstate in London,
in 1876. Her property. then 500, 600.
has been in the hands of the crown
ever since. and, counting the u
lated interest, is now estimated to be
nearly So, 500, 600.
A letter just received by that news
paper from Daniel Sheridan's son, Jo-
seph, who lives in Quincy, ILL.,, reveals
the fact that an old, homeless, name
less man, who died in Lambeth in
Urinary on December 10. 1896, was
the lost claimant for the millions"
Mrs. Blake was Helen Sheridan, a
beautiful Irish girl, when she was
married to Capt. Robert Dudley Blake,
a young officer of dragons stations
III DuDllu. he ldteT DSCdiuc Il SpH-
eral. Daniel Sheridan asserted he was
Mrs. Blake's cousin, Tie son of her
fathers elder brother, and he came
to London to prosecute his claim from
Kankakee county, Illinois. in 1885, be-
ing then a mar of seventy. He could
not, however, obtain the necessary ev-
idence TO satisfy the treasury that he
vas the next of kin. His money
dwindled away, he was heavily in
debt for board and lodging, and all
the while his family were writing to
him from America upon the idea that
he had obtained the fortune and re-
preaching him for deserving them.
For a time he was an inmate of a
w~orkhouse. On his discharge from
there he wrote to his son that he was
going to Ireland to hnd some one who
knew him as a boy That was the
last his family ever heard of him. He
seems to have wandered about help
less, hopeless, s. broken man, until on
December 6, 1896, he was once more
admitted to the Lamberth infirmary.
He gave no address, and three days
later he died.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
TIPLESS HOTEL IN NEW YORK
Remarkable HosteIry viii Be for
Women OnIy-Prices Placed
on Cost Basis.

New York.-A tipless hotel in New
York. an institution that many per-
sons think should TAX rank with the
other seven wonders of the world"
is to be opened November Is. The
new hotel is to be for ONE exclu-
sively, and its establishment is due to
the activity of Miss Virginia Potter,
niece of the late Bishop Potter; Mrs.
Henry 0llsheimer and several other
influential ONE
A guest will not haye to fill her
hand with dimes to distribute on the
way from her room to the sidewalk.
She may eve push the button for ice
water or order the porter to move
her luggage without fear of the ever
present holdup. An employee found
accepting a tip in the hotel will have
to look elsewhere for a job. Room
and board may be had for $3.50 to Sc
a week.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
Graue of Amazon Uncovered

Camilla, the Amazon queen of the
volscians, has been purged of the sus-
picion that she was merely a poetic
fg1nent of Virgfl's imagination by the
discovery at Belmonte, by Professor
Dali Osso, of the sepulchres of the
two women warriors. The discovery
was reported briefly by telegraph but
now further deals are available OF
the women who fought and died eight
centuries before the time of Christ.
The district which is being ~excavated
is rich in relics of old Etruria, and
the existence of Amazons there is
proved by the fact that the two
women whose remains have been dis
covered were buried in their panOply
of war beneath their chariots in ex-
actly the same way as the fighting
men whose skeletons have been un-
earthed. The first Amazon tomb
which the professor opened was fif-
teen feet long. eight feet wide. and
ten feet deep. The ~~.o-rc chariot
which shrouded the -k-i~'-. w. -
r"-cnted With bronze ard
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
Now They Sleep Inside.

George H. Beattie, jeweler in the
old Arcade, and l.. E. Ralston, auditor
of the News. have jointly and several
ly decided that sleeping out in the
open isn't al! that it has been declared
to be, says the Cleveland Leader. They
were both in a deep snooze out at the
Beattie farm, near Chagrin Falls, the
other night, when a runaway team
from the county fair city turned into
the lane leading up to the Beattie es-
tate and came along at full speed.
Sound asleep, but dreaming of Inn
pending danger, Ralston rolled out of
his cot toward the north. and Beattie
from his cot toward the south. The
runaway horses dashed between the
sleepers, overseeing everything in the
way. but missing Beattie and Ralston
by margins too narrow to be meas.
ured. Since that night Ralston has
slept in his town house and Beattie
has found shelter under the ample
roof of his house on his big planta-
ton.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
STRAY CATS FOR COLLECTOR

tons the trainmen have hurried to
Mr.. Baker with the cats. He is now
trying to find homes for his charges.
but has discovered that many of the
persons to whom he has applied for
permission to leave a cat on trial
would be rs willing TO have scarlet
yer in the house as such a pet.
The management of a cat circus
.'ote to Mr.. Baker not long ago ex-
pressing a willingness to take off his
hands a couple of the cats that had
been wished on him. Mr.. Baker packed
TWO cats out of the multitude in the
back yard and sent them to the circus
man. The latter either never got
them or did not think much of them
after he did get them, for he has new
or written a line in acknowledgment
OF Mr.. Bakers kindness.
If the assistant yard master could
only get a day off and if the railroad
company would only lend him a
couple of freight cars he could brine
some OF the excess to the Bide-a-Wee
home IN New York. But he cannot
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
Railroad Men From All Along Line
Drop Decrepit Tables OF All
Kinds and Sizes.

New York-As some men collect
coins, Corots or coupons. Benjamin
Baker, assistant yard master OF the
Pennsylvania railroad at West Morr
lie. N J.. collects cats. %
eat was made that through the
-elfish devotion of countless
IN the line Mr.. Baker is now in pos
ession of one of the largest collec-
lions of cats extant.
Mr.. Baker likes cats. but he likes
them within reason. He has no use
for all the cats that have been thrust
upon him, and he has no place TO Keep
them. The reason that the supply OF
cats iR Mr.. Bakers back yard is SO
much In excess of the demand is that
almost everybody along the right OF
way who has a cat for which he has
no further use gives the animal to a
trainmsn with instructions to drop u
gently of a train miles away and lose
" instead Of obeying these hastruc-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06

froze his muscles at the moment of
firing. a disquieting vision would
float into his mind-a vision of last
night. when fergott and pretty Belle
McNee strolled down the street to-
gether as he came to call. A man
cannot shoot well when a girls eyes
stare the bulls-eye out of counter
ance, and tendrills of soft brown hair
twist themselves about his trigger
finger. Cupid knows all about ar
rows, but he is a stranger to bullets.
Tergott, the quick. had noted his
friends abstraction and poor marks
manship, guessed the reason. and so
made his especial proposition. He
wanted Disbrow out of the way. He
knew better than Disbrow himself
how deep an impression that youth
had made on Belle McNee.
He rolled V on his back and
looked on~ctalantly up at the sky,
while Disbrow was coming TO a deci-
sion. A fierce anxiety was surging
in the brain behind his comedy face.
He was afraid Disbrow would not
dCCcpt LID CudllcuSCs anu ne ulu nut
relish future months of rivalry. True
to his nature, he wanted to hurry
through the stress.
Disbrow pondered silently. He did
not attribute unworthiness to Ter
gott. He believed his friend and rival
had CHALLENGED impulsively, never
dreaming that Tergott was taking an
unfair advantage of his temporary
lapse from form. He thought deeply.
Finally. as Tergott was almost
ready Il yell from sheer nervous sus-
pense, he said: "I1l take you. Pob."
So the momentous match began.
They fired alternately Tergott
started brilliantly; his first four shots
we're buu's-eyes- Dfsbrow. unsteady.
gradually pulled himself together.
He crept toward the bull" The fifth
shot was I'm the black.
When half the twenty shots Fad
been fired, Tergott was heartily sick
Of the contest. He was still shooting
we'll. But Disbrow was better The
gravity of the occasion sent abstrac-
lion flying and cleared his troubled
brain.
On the twelfth shot Tergott began
TO slip. II was not In him to go
through to the md. On the four
teenth, he lost the lead. His TWEEN
heth effort left him a margin of three
points only against the last shot Of
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
whx he WouidnY HURRY

They were riding to church and
were late. Several of the party were
worried and one remarked: The an
dience will be waiting" Well" OBJ
served the old pastor (who was to
preach that forencon), don't let's fret
over it if we are a little late. 1t re-.
minds me of the man who was being
taken to execution. His guards were
greatly exercised over the fact that
they could not possibly get there ON
time. Never mind said the poor fell
low, philosophically. Don't fuss over
it. The people can wait. There1l be
nothing doing till | get there
Christian Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
To Settle an Estate.

| offer 5000 acres of grazing land
IA miles from North Platte, Nebras-
ka, at $500 per acre, one third cash,
balance in 5 equal annual payments
with interest at 6 per cent. per an
num-, payable semi-annually. 1000
acres are under good fence. Two
wells and windmills with plenty of
water. No other improvements. Al
falfa is doing we'll on similar land in
the vicinity. An exceptional oppor-
tunity for one who is looking for a
large grazing tract convenient to a
good shipping point. For further
particulars address Henry F. Wyman,
SOC Brown block, Omaha, Neb.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06

Tell you what" said Tergott,
Tets fire twenty shots apiece. Low
score digs out Il leaves a clear
field to the other fellow. What you
say?"
Disbrow said nothing for a time.
He was considering his friends prop
osition. They were both in love with
Belle McNee. Though they had
worked side by side for a year. that
fact had never been referred to be-
fore.
Tergott was fair-haired and blue
eyed. One looked at him and sup
posed Tergott to be frank and
straightforward, whereas he was
crafty and unreliable. Thin. dark.
Disbrow was also belied by his looks.
At first glance strangers thought him
sly, whereas he was only shy. He
had no genius of inventiveness or
brilliancy-but he had a way OF
carrying through what he began.
The young men were mechanical
craftsmen in a big western plant.
The superintendent thought they
were great. Terg0tt gave on bright
ideas as a fire gives off sparks. but
he could o snare them with prac-
ticality. Working on a Tergott idea.
Disbrow pegged away until the thing
was done, to the glory of the superin-
tendent among his superiors. They
were a handy pair to have around.
They were enthusiastic national
guardsmen, and every Saturday half
holiday found them on the rifle range
at practise. Just they were
lying on the thousand-yard point
Three-ffths of a mile away the thir-
ty-six inch bulls Y wavered In the
heat mirage, a minute black speck
that often seemed to wink out for a
moment.
The rivals were both clever rifle
men; but Drisbrow was of form to-
day. As he strained his eyes and
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
Woman-ltkc.

81 hate him. l think he is the mean
est man / ever met"
Gracious. Jeanette! What is the
.trouble?"
why, he told me he loved me de-
votedly and l told him it would be Inn
possible for me to love him in return.
The poor fellow looked SO downheart-
ed | told him to try aud forget me-
"Well?'
"Boo-hoo. He he-didi"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
Women and Athletes Lead Other
Students at University.
Goods Rank 4 Per Cent Higher Than
Men and Average Work Of Frater-
nifty and Sorority Members
Not Up to Standard.

Champaign, M.-That athletes of
The University of Illinois rank higher
than the average young men students
IN their class work is the interesting
fact discovered by Professor T. A.
Clark, dean of men, after reviewing
an average of the grades of every
student at the Champaign-Urbana
branch of the university. This same
investigation shows that the goods
rank 4 per cent higher in their studies
than men and further that the average
work of the fraternity and sorority
members is not quite up to the stand
ard.
To get this information Dean Clark
set a number Of clerks at work. Each
students grades for both semesters
was averaged according to the num-
Der of hours taken in the subjects.
Thus a record of more than 300 stu
dents was obtained, an average in
general made and then the special
classes of students considered were
compared with this general average.
TIL III 6CICl al dNtldSC vi luc llltC
thousand lei students the figures
were Sill for the first semester and
S1.31 for the second semester. or a
general average of S1.21 for the year.
The seven hundred or more goods
averaged 1904 the first semester and
s5.02 the second semester. o 1888 for
the entire year.
All the members of the football.
baseball. track, swimming and basket
ball squads were counted in the list
of athletes. The two hundred or more
considered had an average of S2.74
for the first semester and SITS the
second semester, or S2.26 for the year.
The track squad had the high aver
age of S3.07 for the year and the bas-
ketball players a low average. An
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
WHEAT PAYS WELL IN FAST

hardy grain successfully killed .out
the quack grass. It's heavy body shut
out the sun from the soil beneath
its bulky growth and the foreign
grass died from the want of sunshine.
With the buckwheat well along last
year Mr.. Ferguson had it plowed un-
der and fortified the lot with some
fertilizer left over from the spring
planting. Possibly two tons of COM
mercial fertilizer was used in pre-
pairing the field of owe ten acres for
red winter wheat, which was sown.
From this experimental lot Mr.. Fer
guson has just reaped a bumper crop
of wheat. Not only was the wheat
perfect in head. every kernel being
filled out, but the body of straw was
excellent.