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The Detroit times., 1910-08-09

NEW YORK. Aug. s.-The stock
market showed a good deal Of irregu-
larity at the opening and in the early
trading with changes about evenly
divided. At the end OF Is minutes the
market tone was fairly steady, al
though a majority OF the stocks then
traded In showed some moderate
losses.
After the first few minutes pro-
nounced strength developed all
through the list resulting in advances
from one to three points In nearly
everything traded In.
Governments unchanged; other
bonds firm.
Profit-taking caused slight recess
sions around noon and in the early
afternoon prices ranged slightly be-
low the highest figures Of the morn
ing.
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FIRM TONE IN
STOCK MARKET.
After First Few Minutes Pronounced
Strength Develops All Through List,
Advances Reaching Three Points.

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,, SSsc. :ssSas Hsls ,syyes s.ss;
s:sSsccss r Ssssi:Es ssRs,' ,OpS 5sss
ioc lower; besvss. s4.iSSs.to: Texans.
sssog5;ss; western, st0s7s: ssesksrs
and a. feeders. stgssS eews and heiSsrs,
Receipts. $4,000. l0c lower; native.
s2.s0Q%to; western. sA50G7,
CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND o.. Aug. s.-Hogs--Re-
and heaviss. ,s'sS: YORKER. So, 20; pigs
and lights. $40. cattle-Receipts. 3
cars; steady. Lambe--Receipts. 10
cars; 1915 top. calves--Receipts. 200;
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07

1t was only after long years OF
struggle and dire poverty, through
which Millet was consoled and sup
ported by his wife, that the peasant
painter was able to take the three
roomed cottage at Barbizon and try
to do something really good" 1t was
then that he began to paint that most
beautiful poem of poverty" THE An
gelus," which is to-day one of the
most valuable pictures in the world.
Again and again he threw aside the
picture in despair OF ever finishing it
to his satisfaction, and as often his
wife replaced it on the easel and in
duced him to continue.
On one occasion he was so incensed
at not being able to produce certain
effect that he seized knife and would
have destroyed the canvas and ended
the matter once for all had not his
wife fortunately seized his hand and
induced him to give the picture an
other trial. Thus it was that at last
"The Angelus' found a place on the
walls of the Louvre. The success ii
won encouraged Millet to paint many
more pictures and thus place himself
among the immortals In art.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07
He Qualihed.

During the spring of 1861 company
of Virginia soldiers was encamped
near the home of Mrs Sawyer, a wom-
for her charitable deeds. One day,
driving by the camp, she saw a poor.
sick soldier lying by the roadside, and
stopping her carriage, talked to him
for some time. asking about his health,
and expressing her sympathy. She no.
ticed while doing so that on each hand
he had two thumbs.
Upon reaching home she was haunt
ed by the recollection of the poor man,
and although provisions of all kinds
were very scarce, she determined to
divide with him the few things she had
in the house.
After preparing the basket, she re-
membereG that she had not asked his
name, but recalling his deformity.
wrote on the cover, For the soldier
with two thumbs
Giving it to a trusted negro. with
minute directions. she sent him on
horseback TO the camp.
She was much surprised at his
speedy return. and asked how he had
managed to find the man so soon.
He was de fust one l see," said
Sam. Il was gwine long, and a SOL
der ask me what | got in dat basket,
and tole i'm chicken and things for
de man wild two thumbs, and he say he
was de one, and / give him de basket. "
did he have two thumbs on each
hand?" she asked.
We'll. he didn't say nothin' bout
whar he had EN-. He jes' say he got
two thumbs"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07
ROSY COLOR


HOooSC0 W OoeuH@-s
when a person rises from each
meal with ringing in the ears and
a general sense of nervousness, 1t is
common habit to charge it to a de-
ranged stomach.
Il found 1t was caused from drink
ing coffee, which / never suspected
for long time, but found by leaving
of coffee that the disagreeable feelings
went away.
Il was brought 10 think OF the sub
ject by getting some Postum and this
brought me out of trouble.
1T is a most appetizing and invig-
Grating beverage and has been of such
great benefit to me that | naturally
speak of it from time to time as op-
portunity offers.
"A lady friend complained to me that
she had tried Postum, but il did not
taste good. In reply to my question
she said she guessed she boiled it
about ten minutes. / advised her to
follow directions and know that she
boiled it fifteen or twenty minutes, and
she would have something worth talk
ing about. A short time ago | heard
one of her children say that they were
drinking Postum nowadays. so
judge she succeeded in making it good,
which is by no means difficult task.
The son of one of my friends was
formerly pale lad, but since he has
been drinking Postum, has fine color.
There Is plenty of evidence that Pos
tum actually does make red blood as
the famous trademark says"
Read The Road to MELVILLE" found
in pkgs There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full Of
iuman interest
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07
STUNTS OF THE COWBOY.
Australian Whip Cracking and l.assO
Throwing i'm America.

australian Whip Cracking and l.assO
Throwing in America.
The stock whip in the skillful hands
of the Australian is not only an article
of the greatest utility, but also a
formidable weapon Owing to its great
length-the lash varies from twelve to
thirty feet-and the shortness of the
butt, which measures only eighteen
inches, it is an extremely difficult and
awkward thing to WELD, and the be-
ginner is apt to hurt himself IL he
does not exercise care when prac-
ticing.
A well-trained stockman. however.
can hit a cent every time at ten
PAGES distance, and with the dreaded
lash in his hand, cracking like pistol
shots. can keep a mob of wild cattle
in check IL used with full force it
will cut through skin and flesh like
a knife. says Wide World. but unless
a beast shows distinct vice the stock
man uses it more for the purpose Of
instilling fear than of causing pain.
It can also be used as bolas-a
Patagonian form of the lasso-and an
adept can catch and hold beast by
causing the lash to curl around its
legs.
The skill of the Australian with the
stock whip is more than equaled by
American cowboys with the lasso. One
of the guild by the name of WEIGH has
a pretty trick called the crinoline, in
which the rope Is kept whirling around
the body in concentric rings like a
huge and very animated hoopskirt.
The trick looks ridiculously easy. but
the beginner will find that, like many
simple-looking feats. 1t cannot be
learned in a day; he will also prob
ably discover that manila rope Is
painfully hard when it comes in con-
tact with the head.
Mr.. Welch will undertake to throw
this lasso around any portion of a
horse or its rider as he passes at a
gallop, and the skillful manner in
which he gets his rope about a horses
legs as the animal lifts them from
the ground for an instant, in the act
of cantering, Is nothing short of mar
velous. He can also completely tie a
man up from distance of thirty feet
by throwing a succession OF half
bitches over him with astonishing ac-
curacy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07

Men go down to the sea under biI.
lowing canvas in fewer and fewer num-
bers, the tin kettle" tramp now doing
the old clippers work. but Neptune
still exacts his toll from the square
rugged ships that are fated to float out
upon the oceans, bound 10000 miles or
more, and never again be heard of.
Ten big sailers thus vanished in 1908.
Last year eight wind-jammers of large
burden were recorded on the worlds
log of missing ships. One was an
American, the four-masted Fort George
of LILO net tons. and there are few
enough of ours left. Most Of them are
swallowed on Cape Horn voyages
New York Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07
Sickles MT GettxaburR.


Lees defeat at Gettysburg has been
held most often to be due to his failure
to allow LongstIe et to turn the Union
flank and get possession of the
strategic hillocks known as the Big
and Little Roundtops. A tempera-
mental weakness for frontal attacks is
said to have determined Lee against
Longstreet's plan and to have turned
possible victory into sure defeat.
Now there is movement on foot TO
make Daniel E. Sickles a lieutenant
general on the retired list, because
Sickles is the man who as a corps COM
mander assumed the responsibility OF
attacking Longstreet on July and
thus prevented him from taking pos
session of the hills he coveted. Sickles,
it was claimed for years, should have
been censu-ed instead of praised, be-
cause he moved without orders. But
he never was censured, because as
corps commander he had the right to
interpret some emergencies as calling
for battle without consulting the gen.
eral in command
But if Longstreet did not take pos
session of the Roundtops because Lee
disapproved, how did Sickles prevent
him by making an attack? Possibly
Longstreet was going ahead without
orders. too. There is TO historical evil
dence of this, however Longstrest
obeyed orders and Lee afterwards ad.
mitted he had lost the fight because he
did not let Longstreet alone.-Minne-
apolis Journal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07
GEN. GRANTS WOUND.
Youthful Fred ID. In Declared Not %
Have Reen In Linz nj nnfv

YOUTHFUL Fred ID. IL Declared Not -
Have Been Hurt I'm Line of Duty.
February 20 was the forty-seventh
anniversary of the day that Maj. Gen.
Frederick D. Grant was shot during
the siege of Vicksburg-the event
which has been the basis of the de-
mand by Vice President Sherman that
Gen. Grant be enrolled as a Civil War
veteran.
DR.. c. A. Blake, of West Brookfield.
has come. out with evidence to show
that the wound received by Gen. Grant
was not in the line OF military duty.
The man who handled the rife which
was responsible for the wound, says
Dr. Blake, was the late Caleb Perry,
for many years a carpenter on the
State farm at Bridgewater and prior
to that a hunter and sharpshooter Of
note.
At the beginning of the siege OF
vicksburg Perry was stationed about
the regular Union forces on the Mis-
sissippi River, with orders to shoot at
all persons and craft attempting to
pass him without permission. The
boy Grant and a companion. according
to the story related to Dr. Blake by
Perry, were in camp with their parents
and went out on excursions. which
had nothing to do with military duty
and which frequently placed them in
jeopardy.
On the night of February 20. 1868,
so Perry's story goes. the two boys
were out in a canoe, and in, returning
to camp passed the spot where the
sharpshooter lay concealed Perry said
they did not heed his warning to stop,
and, after firing in the air. he took
aim and wounded young Grant. The
next day Perry was called on the car
pet, for it had been ascertained by
Gen. U. S. Grant that he was the man
responsible for the shooting. What
threatened to be, If not court mar
tial, at least a severe lecture, turned
into dismissal from headquarters when
he exhibited his order to shoot all who
passed without needing his warning.
Perry puts Gen. Grant on record as
being moved almost to tears when he
found that his son had unwittingly
strayed into the trap set by Union sol
diers for Confederate soldiers. and the
outcome of the affair was that Fred
got more of reprimand than had been
originally intended for Perry.-Boston
Cor New York Sun.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07
shades difference, A strange. '

shades difference, A strange, wk.rl-
ing motion was impaired to ball and
chain, and the Grant projectile darted
about in a quite unpredictable path.
Acres of ground were torn up in every
direction. Fortunately. in spite OF lie
faith everybody had in the invention,
all had taken care to reach safe cover.
Besides some well-plowed fields. there
were no casualties worth relating.
Still, Athens takes undated pride
to this very day in the quaint inven-
ton, as we'll as in the episode of its
one-time firing; and in all municipal
pageants and occasions of importance,
the historic gun continues to be fea-
ture, TO omit which would seem the
violation Of a much respected tradi-
ton
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07
painted mouth and the steel plate on

painted mouth, and the steel plate on
the heel tore the gentle skin of her
full lip. The blood streamed down in
a tiny thread over her chin and drop
per on her white shoulders.
The habitues of the cafe could not
endure this treatment of their favorite.
Pandemorium was loosed. Bottles,
lampa. glasses. even chairs. they hurl-
ed at the retreating figure Of the Afri-
can. He was cut and bruised in 4
dozen places and almost overcome, for
the strength of a Hercules could not
have resisted such onslaughts John
son and Morris had gone out of the
door when the riot began, and were
turning down the street when the
black burst out, winded painting. and
closely pursued.
BY the curb stood an automobile
a great red touring car; it belonged >
Suiveler the Associated Press man at
Algiers. A weak. dissipated little fell
low, Suiveler was at that moment the
foremost in consoling the dancer
Larry Morris thought quickly. He
knew Suiveler we'll; they had worked
together in the States, and the negro
interested him.
Crank her. Johnny" he cried, point
ing to the automobile. and while Johu-
ny cranked the machine Morris hus-
tied the black within the car. threw
from his perch the dazed chauffeur ana
in three minutes the black. Larry Nor
ris and Johnson, in Suiveler's car. were
headed for the desert with the mob
bowling hyena-l like behind them.
"All right. old fellow; We'll help
you," Larry had whispered in the
blacks ear as he hurried him towards
the motor. Larry had had to do it, Tor
downed as he was, the black instantly
made a motion of resistance towards
anything that smacked OF captivity.
Ito be continued
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07
A poubIe-BarreIed Cannon.

1t was invented and cast almost half
a century ago, and still stands, the
only double-barreled cannon in the
world, in the little city of its birth.
The queer brain of its maker. ma
tive of the university town of Athens,
Georgia, conceived the thought that
since one cannon-ball can commit
much devastation, two, ingeniously
chained together and projected stimuli
taneously from the twin barrels, would
work incalculable destruction.
Having convinced a number OF
friends and adherents that the idea
was a tremendous one, he had the gun
cast and set up The invasion of Ath-
ems by the Federal forces was just
then regarded as imminent. Calm and
confident, the home forces got ready to
test their wonderful cannon. They ran
1t UP to the summit of a barren hill
side, commanding several empty fields.
The fuse was lighted.
Naturally one projectile csme out
,hade ahead of the other But that
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07

around the constantly diminishing
germ of Hope that so was near to dy-
ing in Betty's bosom.
First of all. she had nothing to
scratch with but a hairpin. And with
tropical sun. and sea voya ging. hair
pins had become scarce enough to be
valu BILE. Second, Meta was always
watching, and thirdly, you never could
finish e. bird at one sitting and it was
terrible to try to catch any of the
birds. and worse yet to get hold twice
in succession of the same bird you had
been working on last Frequently there
would be as many as three dozen birds,
half bedecked with Betty's carving
hopping around at one time Betty
held the thought that if one OF these
birds should perchance be picked up it
might send people within a continent
of finding her.
There was something romantic about
living in this desert and swamp bound
castle until the rains came on. Then
it was more aggravating than anything
Betty could ever have imagined
Worse than any city editor know
starting out to play wrecking crew
with an entire Office" she commented.
grimly.
For an African rain in the central
part of that shadowy continent is not
rainstorm as we know 1t. The lakes,
the rivers, the sea itself seem to have
risen and to be descending In fiat lay
ers and sheets of the wettest wet that
ever mortal knew. Lightning in more
varieties than Betty had dreamed
might ever have been patented broke
round the grim old castle. and the two
lonely young girls loved the goat hard
er than ever.
Later they had an addition to their
family. A decrepit old lion, a beast so
NANCY, worm eaten and toothless that
one longed in pity to kill him then and
there. crept in from the jungle one
cold. rain-pelted night. He frightened
the two girls half to death at first
sight. then they both laughed heartily
at sight OF his infrmities and took him
in and made him royalty welcome. He
expressed his qualification In croupy
roars that caused Betty to long to feed
him lard and sugar. the same as her
mother had given her when she was a
croupy, wheezy kiddie.
But as a burglar alarm those roars
were the best of all inventions, as
Betty expressed 1t in the journal she
was pretending to keep.
LAS perfectly proper property lion.
City Editor Burton is a peach"
Betty had named the lion City Edi-
tor Burton" after the one being in the
Inquirer office whose very voice was
calculated to instantly remove the
scalp of any cub reporter whoever
sharpened pencil in a newspaper Of
flee.
Between City Editor Burton and the
pigeons Betty found less opportunity
for worry than did Meta. Perhaps that
was because Tyoga had not told Betty
the same tale she had whispered that
hot morning into the awe-struck ears
of Meta. The black girl knew of the
| danger threatening. and feared in ST.
lence.
So strong had grown the attachment
| between Meta and Betty that the
| young Nubian, who, truth to tell, spoke
English with rare perfection, had much
| ado to keep up their farce of pigeon
English and to refrain from outpour-
| ing her soul to the Write skinned. but
| now sadly tanned Betty.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07

Ever notice sometimes a mans cuffs
have whiskers? His collar, too? Know
what does that? The shirt and collar
have been washed with yellow soap,
full of rosin and strong caustics, and
between them they can eat Sad rot the
finest linen ever made. Try cake of
Easy Task Laundry Soap. 1t is a
friend to fabrics and an enemy to dirt
1t doesn't cost q whit more than the
bad kinds of soaps. but it pays for
itself ten times over in the saving of
clothes and trouble and health.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07

Bacon-"It is said barber in
Paris. to win wager. entered cage
containing lion and a man and COM
posedly lathered and shaved the man
while the beast interestedly viewed the
operation"
Egbert-"T thought lions were afraid
of nothing"
"Oh, yes, they are He'd probably
had some experience with that par
ticular razor before."-Yonkers States
man.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07

Henry Keller, 92 years old, resi-
dent of Detroit for seventy years, who
once made uniform for Gen. U. S.
Grant. when he was lieutenant, sta
toned in Detroit, died recently from
old age. at his residence, $40 Cham
plain street
Mr.. Keller had retained wonderful
health, considering his age, until a
little over a week before his death,
when he was obliged to take to his
bed From then on he broke down
rapidly.
Born In Germany, Mr.. Keller was
one of the Oldest immigrants of his
nationality in Detroit. Shortly after
he came to Detroit he became a
tailor's apprentice and later conducted
! a shop of his own. 1t was at this
time that he made the suit for Gen.
Grant. He told an interesting story
/ in connection with the delivery of the
suit He says that when he took the
uniform TO Grant the latter was very
mucA pleased with it, and donning it
decided to ride to Crosse Pointe. His
horse was FESTIVE and Keller held the
ANNA, while Grant mounted As soon
as he was on it's back the brute be-
came unmanageable and dashed down
Jefferson avenue with the general.
He ran up over sidewalks and mar
srowly escaped going through the win
dow of a millinery store.
Finally he jumped fence and land
ed in the front yard OF Zachariah
Chambers residence. Mrs. Chandler
: ran out Of her house very angry, and
demanded that Grant, who was then
an unimportant lieutenant, take his
horse from her premises and cease
trampling her lawn. Keller said that
Chandler afterward wrathfully an
nounced that he would have Grant dis
missed from the army-Detroit Free
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07
Misleading Pronunciation

who is that young man standing
there by that horseless machine-the
what-d-d' ye-call-it?
That's the shower.
"The shower, By gosh, Can he
push such a heavy thing as that?"-
Baltimore American.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07
ANYWAY, He Wasn't.

"Own UP, now. Who's the head OF
your family"
"Ny wife used to be- admitted Mr..
Enpeck. but since my daughters are
crown lid we have a commission form
of government. "-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07
Only Fair.

I'VE shall have to reject your appli-
cation for life Insurance." says the
agent.
I'D like to know why" replies the
applicant.
well, the examining physician says
you are twice as fat as you should
be-"
"All right. I'll be fair You insure
half of me and I'll let the other half
take its chances Life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07
Useful Charity.

"She is very liberal in her chart.
ties" said one woman.
YES" answered the other; liberal,
but not always practical For instance,
she wanted to send alarm clocks to
Africa to aid sufferers from the sleep
ing sickness. Washington Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07
Made the Application.

"How are things?" the barber asked
pleasantly of the shrinking man in
the chair.
Dull. very dull"
And the knight of the razor looked
for a moment as If he thought the re-
mark was personal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07
A student Of Human Nature.

THAT was pretty harsh note Mr..
Clincher sent you"
Yes" answered the debtor. But
he didn't mean most of it. He has
lust employed new stenographer.
When he dictated that letter he was
showing off. Washington Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07

When life's all love, It's life; aught
else. It's narght- Sidney Lanier.
Many of our cares are but morbid
way of looking at our privileges.-Sir
Walter Scott.