Plymouth Tribune, Volume 3, Number 8, Plymouth, Marshall County, 26 November 1903 — Page 4

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Established October 10, 1901. OnJj Republican Newspaper In the County. HENDRICKS & CO., Publishers. OFFICE Bissell Baildtn?. Corner LuPorie and Center &trets. Telephone No. 27. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In advance, 11.50; Sil Months. 75 cents; Thr Hon ths, 4U ce n te. delirered at any postoffice ADVEBTlSIXtt RATES made known on application. tered at tbe posteffice at Plymouth, Indiana, as second-class mall matter. ' Prymcsth. Ind., November 26. 1903. Experts in aew lork predict a general resumption of building operation next year, having faith in lewer disrmtes between cac ital and labor. The total to -e of Ohio at the late election was 896,376. This showing re re als a stay-at-home rote of fully 300,000, which Is simply amazing. II j ix) n T. Herrick V majority over Tom L. Johnson is 113,812. The prohibition and socialistic vote did not come up to expectations. . The growing demand In Great Britain for protection shows how wise is America in sticking to it. When the land which has lung prided Itself up on free-trade sees ttia error of that Course, it is the strongest possible indorsement which could be given to the republican policv of protection. - The Suutn bei d Times sajs the bank suspension at Elkhart is not due to recklessness or speculation. It is due to causes that will be explained later or, after all the facts shall have been presented to those who have been placed in charge of its affairs. Until that time passing judgement should be held in reserve. Governor Ferguson, of Oklahoma, Jn his annual report to tbe secretary of tbe interior, estimates the present population of the territory at 650,000, and tbe actual value of taxable property at practically 1400,000,000, although only tS4, 134,471' is returned bv the ass&snrs for 1903. The terr tiiarindebtedness'is but $461.765. The foolish obstinacy of the Colombian government in refuslBg to agree to the Panama canal treaty not only caused its complete disruption, but Insures the construction of the canal much earlier than could otherwise h ive been expected or hoped for. The motive fr delaying ratification of tbe treaty was gr ed on the part of a lot tf freeboters who dominated the Co1 .Q.biiin government. The deli tnt manner in which Tom IL.rn, Indian sc ut and fighter, met bis death on the scaffold, shows there are other motives besides conscious rectitude that enable men to face death with composure. This desperaplaudits of his companions by not Jusing bis nerve as a Cnristian martyr would of dying for a principle. Human nature is a queer compound. The grand old man ol the judiciary in the western world is Judge Joseph E. fJary.of Chicago, wno at the age of 63, on Friday completed bis 40th year oa the bench. His' record is a good one throughout, and includes the sentencing of tbe eight anarcnists who were convicted of murder committed during tbe famous Ilaymarket riots in Chicago several years ago. - Judge Gary is still in full posessicri of bis physical and mental powers and doing good service in the criminal courts of Chicago. Itjs said his length of service as a judge has not been equaled jn the history of the world. South It id Tribune. Congressman C." B. Landls will probably be made chairman of tbe committee onaprlnting. This is a very important committee and will be a big promotion for Landis. Overstreet will be chairman of the posteffice committee: Hemenway chairman of the committee on appropriations, tbe most important committee of the .house, and Crumpacker will be chairman of the census committee. Indiana will be better carred Tor in the way of committee assignments than any other stite. Heretofore Iowa has had that honor. Hoosiers will be leading factors in shaping legislation In the coming congress. The republican state committee has alopted a rule which will put an end to excess vote control in joint senatorial and representative conventions. Heretofore, in some districts composed of two or more counties, It has been possible for a single county having an excessive vote to overcome' the other counties and dictate nominations Senator Press ey Smith, of Paragon, tried to .secure tbe enactment of a la ? last winter to care this injustice, but It was killed In the house. This eccatorial district is not affected by the rule. Ours 13 a regular senatorial district and we have no joint repre-. tentative, consequently the rule decs cot affect Marshall eouJy. Counties like St. Joseph and other large counties which have population suCcient to give them ens senator and a joint senator fro 3 cone other county will t3 alloTcd delegates, only cn the number of votes they can give for joint tr-itcrcr rc-rcntitivs ccmprcd Tilth tte number cf votes cast ia the c:--ty ttzt jelns. , " .

The misfortunes that come upon a community ; through a bank , suspension prove, how multifarious and Involved are all' the; Interests, . When things are moving smoothly.no one is jarred by the machinery of business and industry, but when a cog slips, we all find how our interest are linked together, and how mutual are our dependencies. Elkhart Review. .

The total area used for farming purposes in the United States is 841,000,000 acres an area larger than Eng land, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France Germany, Austria, Spain, Japan and the Transvaal. Tnere are 10,433,000 ptrjons engaged In agricultural pursuits, while all other Industries em ploy but 18,845,000. One-third of the neoDle. are. therefore, devoted to r farming. - , ; Council Proceeding. City council met in. regular session Monday evening.' Matters of considerable importance were discussed and considerable business transacted. A proposition to purchase the Windsor hotel property and the Christian barn back of it to be used as city hitching yard was presented. The hotel property can be purchased for 2,200 and the other property for M, 200. Final action on the matter was postponed until another meeting. The Sophia street pavement was accepted subject to the condition that the citv shall retain ScOO to insure its being put in good condition when the winter is over. The city commissioners were author ized to make assessments at once, and property owneis will know how much they have to pay. It may be well to state right here that if the city buys the Haslanger hotel property, the city will have to pay the paving assess ment. A contract to put a do t cement bottom in the large reservoir at the water works was let to Mr. Snell who bad tbe contract for curbing. The bills of Mrs. Hampson, of the Vandalla house, for boarding smallpox patients and tbe bill of Fenimore eas ier for nursing were held up, tbecoun cil believing that they were too large. Marshall Chaney . presented a bill for services as policeman at opera house The council believe that this Is a part of the work which he is paid a salary und refused to allow the bill. All sidewalks built by tbe city were referred to city commissioners for as sessment against property owners. A Deserved Tribute, Senator John W. Parks, of Plymouth, visited Purdue university Monday, .and while in. this city called .at this office. In the session of 1901 Senator Parks did much towards furthering tbe scheme for the agricultural building at Purdue. He was a useful and active member of tbe agricultural committee and rendered valuable service in setting the $80,000 appropriated for this purpose. He was author of tbe law increasing tbe allowance to rarmer's institutes from $5,000 to $10,000, which was a great relief to Dr. Lattaand others having management of the Institute work in tbe state. At the suggestion of Governor Mount bs made the fight against tbe live stocl sanitary commission 1 aw, and succeeded in the repeal and abolition of one of tbe most obnoxious, useless and expensive junketing commissions ever created, and sicired in its place the establishment of the office of State veterinarian, to which Dr. Bitting of Purdue, was appointed. Mr. Parks was tbe chairman of the congressional apportionment committee and had the general management of the apportionment of the state which has given such general satisfaction. " In tbe last session he was made chairman of the first division of tbe judiciary committee, which is probably tbe most important committee of the senate, and the highest mark of confidence that could be shown him. Senator Parks laid aside hi3 committee work last winter and led the fight in the senate against the state school supply bill, and succeeded in defeating it. He was also the leader in securing the enactment of our present forestry laws. Senator Parks enjoyed the explicit confidence or the members of the senate, and at ail times did that which he believed right. He was given credit for being one of the hardest workes in the legislature It is understood that bis friends will urge him to become a candidate for re-nomination, and If he wants the honor again, there ought to bo co question about his getting it. John W. Parks is one of the men who served in the Indiana legislature and corse out of it witnout a blemish, or a blot upon bis record for absolute honesty and uprightness as a member, and tbe Journal , is glad to be able to pay this tribute to him: He was a faithful public servant. Lafayette Journal. x Ii'To all persons In the Fair cemetery. Tt3 cr: sciatica vrill nest at the TJ. B. church near the cemetery Saturday, Dec. 5," 1CC3, to elect oCeers and Lattend to ether business belonjic to the asset! Ulcn. Geo. ,V7. McBrids, secretary'. K 7w2t Try Tie: Tmsuirr.

A LOYAL CnUJCCH.

A Plymouth Story With R'-I Home Characters. (Copyright, 1303. by Ceorge 9. Scales.) A meeting of the church had been called to decide upon the purchase of new carpets. ...... . .. The ladies God bless 'em had held entertainments, and worked and saved, and secured the funds, and now the male members r of the congregation who had stood by and looked wise, while their better halves were 'digging tooth and nail to accumulate the shekels, were called together to direct them where to spend the money. Parson Goodman called the meeting to order, and asked , Hon. Thomas Jones to take the chair.. I move,' hurriedly said Deacon Titefist, "that we send and get 1 the carpets of Catcbam & Doem, the great catalogue house.'" ." Dr. Cureems wife seconded the motiod. - ; Hon. Thomas Jones rose In protest. 4 'Brothers and sisters," said 'be, "you are making a mistake. No com munity can prosper that divides its forces.. Its buyers and sellers must work together." Huh!" said Deacon Titefist, "I believe in buyin' where I can get things the cheapest." ' "So do I," answered the Hon. Thomas. .That is one reason why I am a Johny-on-the-spot man, for I've learned that tbe home man gives better goods for the money than the cata logue man. He can't afford to sell shoddy goods to his neighbors. And competition keeps his prices down. " It's my privilege to go where I please with my money." persisted the deacon. Just so. And strike your home man when you want credit," retorted Mr. Jones. "I'm not built that way. Tbe home man gives employment to my boys and girls. He buys my pro ducts and emplovs other people who consume my products. He spends his profits in building up the community in which I live. He is entitled to my support." ne'sgot no strings on me, "growl "He has, if you area fair man," declared the former Nebraska legislator, 'He is a target every time you fire a contribution gun. When tbe church was built, you were the busiest man in town, deacon, striking business men for donations. I never heard that Catchern & Doem gave a penny." ''But these here carpets" began the deacon. 'You can bank on their being shoddy," broke in Mr. Jones; "made to sell cheap. All this Catchern & Doem catalouge stuff is. We have a reliable, responsible house in town. Why not buy of them? Ball & Co., sell carpets of repute. We all know that they handle the best carpets made. What more do you- want? And a house as enterprising as this, that carries full and complete lines, is entitled to local support." You can get groceries cheaper bv clubbing," declared Dr. Cureem's wife. 'What kind?" snapped Hon. Thomas Jones. "Bogus spices, imitation coffee, sloppy canned goods, refuse stuff of all sorts! The traveling grocery peddler Is one of the worst evils we have, and when you compare his prices with F. H. Jacox's for pure. fresh and wholesome food articles you'll find the home man's tbe lowest anyhow. That's not all, Mr. Jacox offers you a clean, big, complete stock that comprises the best of every possible thing in staple and fancy groceries, He has a very large stock of new crop famous Ferndale goods just in, and has an especially fine line of Thanksgiving and Christmas dainties." . "I see one o' them range fellerä hitched down to your house t'other day," the deacon broke in rather in-' siniatingly. .- "Yes, and be limbered up In short order," declared Mr. Jones. "Swindlers, most of 'em. Sell you an imitation contraption, and hang you up with a note at the bank. Why, you can get one of the famous Malleable steel ranges of Astley & ness for less money, and keep the profit all at home. There's no sense In being bothered by t.aveling range peddlers. I fire 'em mighty quick, I find everything a housekeeper can want in- the stove, tinware. and kitchen supply. lines in splendid stock at Astley & Hess, and I have confidence in tbe goods because of the men behind them.' "The big cities set the fashions; why should 't we get our hats at headquarters," answered Dr. Cureem's wife. "Why should 't you buy your finery there?" jollied Mr. Jone3. "One reason is that right here in Plymouth Is Ball & Co. 's millinery department which provides every facility for getting everything that's new and ad: mirable in the world of fashion. They carry everything that the lost new new style decrees.; Their trimmers are quite t3 expert 'as. these of fashion's centers, and äs well posted, and have t3 correct taste. And my wife; who "has compared prices, cays Call & Co, sell cheaper than the catalogue h oases. " . t. - - "One of the ranicet STrladlra cf the

day is in "supply bouse furniture," continued the Hon. Thomas, warming

to" his subject." "It is shoddy, from the cheap, imitation wood it is made of, and the paint that conceals its im perfections, to the tawary trimmings that set it off. It is simply a cinch that voii're sold when you buy It and serves you right if you are. For right here in towu is C. R, Leonard who has a stock of furniture that the community knows tobe first class quality, sold on merits and at close prices. The stock includes all grades, for outfitting a mansion or a cabin, of the very latest and accepted patterns. There is style as well as quality in C. R. Leonard '8 furniture." Mr. Leonard has a fine stock of mouldings, and does picture framing In artistic manner. "The most ciedulous people I know of," continued Mr; Jones, "are those who send away for jewelry and watches. Cheap, unreliable grades are tbe stock in trade of the catalogue houses. It Is so easy to fill a mail order with trash and so impossible for the victim to get redress. With-a bouse like J. It. Losey's you are safe. Back of the fact that the goods are on band for inspection, is the guarantee of a well-known citizen, who could not affo-d, if he would, to 'misrepresent quality." Col. Manoeuvres suggested thatcer tain kinds of manufactured articles notably harness could be produced cheapest in the big factories. "Nobody denies that," said Hon. Thomas Jones. "But how about qual ity? That is what is vital to the buy er. There is no other product where shoddy is so freely used by unscrupu lous men. The only Simon-sure cinch against a swindle is to buy of a man you know something about a man like C. Firestone, for instance who can be found in the Kendall block- His repute for honest material, good work and reliable representation is as the page of an open book in this commun ity, and he carries a stock of harness, robes and blankets. "These fellers quote cut prices on patent medicines, "said Deacon Titefist, referring to the supply house catalogue. " "Some kinds, said Jones. "Shalf worn goods bought in job lots. When I use medicine I want the best, and to be sure of getting it I go to a house I have confidence in. We all know J. W. Rinard to be thoroughly reliable and are assured of the genuine qualit of the goods we get. He carries full lines of everything known in the realm of pharmacy, and makes a point of having it fresh and pure. Health is too precious to taite chances with. I want to know that tbe man is skilled and reliable who deals out my medicines." ..j . At this point the entainment committee reported that they had arranged with W. W. Hill & Son to supply everything needed for the Anniversary church in tbe line of baked goods. . The ladies or the societv had worked so hard to secure funds for the carpets, that they were too nearly tired out to do the cooking and baking for the supper. Besides it was a question, it it was not just as economical In the long run to have this work done by a professional baker. Re membering the dcliciousness and wholesomeness of W. W. Hill & Son's bread, cakes, pies, oysters and candies, the church members promptly indorsed the action of Jhe committee. "There's one busuie: the catalogue men do not meddle with," said Parson Goodman, "the butcher's." "But the packer does," said Mr. Jones. "His agents slip around and take private orders for cured meats. They get ho encouragement from me, J. E. Turner supplies my table. His market is always stocked with prime meats of everv description that I know to be of first class quality. And his weights are honest, and prices graded to the lowest market notch. It pays to trade with Turner. "Mr. Turner will have a choice stock of meats and poultry for Thanksgiving and holiday trade." "There is another line of business," midly interposed Parson Goodman, "that we are all interested in having satisfactorily represented at home and that is the laundry. If all men and women who have laundry work done, will give it to our home laundry, the money earned will be kept at home and paid out here, and we will'have the satisfaction of having added another successful industry to' the business lines of the town. Really, there is no excuse for sending laundry away. J. D. McCoy & Co.'s Plymouth Steam Laundry has a ccajplcte equipment of modem machinery, operated by men who know their business.. - They handle goods with the utmott care, and deliver promptly t"n time." "I always pull fair with the man who's hitched in harness with me," said Judge Mandamus. "Tbe man who helps me tote the burden of home affairs; who' pays taxes chips in bonuses, helps to bock home enterprises he's the man who gets ciy money. You've never beard, I reckon, of bit patronizing any of these run-about, non-respcnsible, homeless Irsüronce agents. AH the - moaef they pick up goes But agoocies like J. A. Holter 's, ia the uchaa bloclr, illustrate my idea of mutual benefit. He represents vrell-known standard companies, and writes all kb3cf rislcs fire, life,

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No need of going anywhere else. Mr. Molter is also a justice of tbe peace. and attends promptly to all business in bis line." . Deacon Titefist continued to growl, and was beard to mutter that the "iiome man has no mortgage on me." Hon Thomas Jones concluded to administer a knock-out blow. "May be not," Mr. Jones retorted. "But who pays taxes to keep up community expenses? Who's the rst man vou strike with a subscription list but the home merchant? Who helps you keep up the schools, churches and charities? Tbe catalogue bouse of Catchern & Doem, or men-like Bos worth & Sbambaugh? And yet you'll propose to send away for shoes when you should know you can get better quality for the money right at home. That's" blindness, deacon. Here's Bosworth& Shambaugh's store, in the new bank block,' carrying an elegant stock of the latest styles . of the best made shoes in creation, including the famous Dorothy Dodd shoes for women and the Ralston Health shoes for men, and you ask me to ignore it and take a dead sure chance of getting soaked by a c-ncern that never spends a cent here. Deacon, you Insult my intelligence." "One of the queerest things in the question of home trade," said Hon. Thomas Jones, "Is . the tendency of citizens to kill their own grain market Take the matter of flour. Here's the Plymouth Milling Co,, John H. Zarp. proprietor, that manufactures all grades of the most superb flour every good housekeeper in the community will admit that she never had any flour better than 'White RoseV(winter wheat flour.) Magnolia' (blended wheat,) 'Lily White' (spring wheat) yet some citizens order from their grocer, flour made in other states, and which Is frequently cheapened by in junous whiteners and fillers that never grew in a wheat-field. Occasionally a farmer, who expects the mill to buy his wheat and other grain, and pay the highest market pi ice, is guilty of using foreign made flour. A first class flour mill, like the Plymouth Milling Co.'s, brings farmers to this city from a wide territory, who otherwise would trade elsewhere. Business men especially should encourage such an enterprise by selling and using its products." "I like to go to headquarters when I buy," pompously asserted Deacon Titeflst. "Do you send to Washington for postage stamps?" asked Mr. Jones. "I tell you that the retailer in Plym outh can sell to you as cheaply as the retailer in Cblcago, and he is here to back up his goods and correct mis takes. Take the dry goods, cloak and iur rouse so popularly known as Kloepfer's New York Store, for example, They buy in the best markets. They know how to buy close. They ara alert to meet all competi tion. Their goods have the . guaran tee of an honorable firm. If they are not headquarters for low prices and square dealing, I don't know what the term means. A special committee reported that they had closed a deal with B.M. Seybold. whose office is In the Wheeler block, corner of Michigan and Laporte streets. "I thought be would be able to secure the strip for us," remarked Parson Goodman, with an air of satisfaction. "He. can arrange a real estate deal if any one can. He always has desirable city properties, as well as a lobg list of farms on his books, and can usually accommodate any applicant who wants to rent, or to buy. sell or exchange. He will make you a loan, pay your taxes, collect your rents, or take charge of tenantless property. "The most pestiferous nuisance in this day and generation I have met up with," remarked Farmer Hard scrabble, "is the traveling picture maker. His greatest 'art' Is in extracting coin from people. It's strange to me that he gets business enough to exist on, when we have en artist of such excellent skill and perfect knowledge of photo making as Miss Anna Dunn in this community. And what is strangest of all, is that some people will pay wandering agents bigg, r prices for botch work than Miss Dunn asks for perfect work. The traveling 'artist catches many suckers by agreeing to make the picture for nothing, and then charging $5 or $6 -for a 75 cent frame." Nothing.is more prized as a Christmas gift than a fine photograph. Patrons are advised to arrange early for sittings. "The most amazing proposition I have struck lately, volunteered the Hon. Tom, "is an offer of the mail order bouses to supply monuments and gravestDnes. - I had the curiosity to Investigate' at Gretzlnger & Southworth's marble and granite works and am satisified that the home dealer can sell any grade of marble at the Chicago price list, and save the purchaser materially on freight and cost of plac ln3 in the cemetery. More than this: Here you get, as well we all know by observation, artistic work with name3 spelled correctly, whereas the machine work of the Catchern & Doem call order houses is sloppy and abounds in errors. "The principb of home trade is ens

that underlies the successful growth

and progress of any community," re affirmed Hon. Thomas Jones. "When I want a nice suit of clothes, I don't send in my measure to a Catchern & Doem mail order house. I walk into John E. Bergmaa tailoring establishment, rooms 11 and 12, Corbin block, look over his latest style goods in the piece, and I am sure of finding something that gives me perfect satisfaction. Then at the time appointed I go again and try on the coat: and the result is I get a perfect fit of stylish, well made clothes at a mederate price, and my money returns to me again in the channel Is of local trade, for Mr. Bergman pays It out In this community. "In most cases," continued 'the Hun. Thomas Jones, "it is thoughtlessness tbat leads people into seeming forgetfulness of home enterprises. Merchants themselves, who shoud, of all others appreciate a strict obser vance of loyalty, sometimes stray after. false gods. They use foreign printed stationery, oblivious of tbe fact that they can do just as well right at home Take, for instance, the job department of tbe Plymouth Tribune. It has equipment and facilities for all kinds of commercial job printing and turns out first class work. It is loyal to all home enterprises and deserves the support of Plymouth busiues-. men. "It Is a short-sighted policv that ignores resident dealers." "I 'low I've been converted. Brother Jones," contritely acknowledged Daacon Titefist. "I withdraw my mo tion." Mrs. Dr. Cureem agreed with the deacon. And that's why Catchern & Doem failed to receive an order for the church carpets, and which insttad was given to the enterprising home firm of Ball & Co. Early Thanksgiving Days. The first recorded Thanksgiving was the Hebrew feast of the tabernacles. The first national English ThaksgiAlng was on Sept. 8, 1588, for the defeat ef the Spanish Armada. There have been but two English Thanksgivings in this C:ntury. One was on Feb 27, 1872, for the recovery of the prince of Wales from illness; the other, June 21, 1887, for the queen's jubilee. The New England Thanksgiving dates from 1633, when the Massachu setts Bay colony set apart a day for thanksgiving. The first national Thanksgiving proclamations were by congress during the Revolutionary war. The first great American Thanks giving day was in 1784, for the decla ration of peace. . There was one more national thanksgiving in 1789 and no other till 1863, when President Lin coln Issued a national proclamation for a day of thanksgiving. Since that time the president has issued an an nual proclamation. St. Thomas Church. The annual parish meeting for the election of officers and hearing of repa j Us from all branches of church work was held 'Monday evening in the church. The treasurer's report showed that $234.00 had been given to tbe missionary woek of the church at large, and tbe total income for the year was $2693.00, being $700.00 more tban last year. All the guilds reported increased" earnings, and the parish is in a most flourishing condition. me election or officers resulted as follows: Senior Warden, D. E. Snyder, Junior Warden, H. G. Thayer, other vestrymen, J. B. Bowell. C. A. Reeve, Ronald Thomson, YW H. Young and George Vi nail. Special Thanksgiving services will be held as follows: 7:30 a. m. Holy Communion. . 10:30 a. m. Morning Prayer and sermon. A cordial invitation is extended to attend these services. 4 " Hid a Narrow Escape. . ' Ed Vancuren, a member ot the firm of Outkelt & Vancuren, who operate tbe grist mill near Pierceton, came very near losing his life on Friday. As Vancuren was engaged in oiling tbe machinery his overcoat caught on the lineshaf t and then commenced a strug gle to free himself. Vancuren was unable to do anvthing for himself, but Oatkelt happened near and seeing his predicament shut down the engine as quickly as possible. Vancuren's clothes were all torn from his person and his body was badly bruised ia a number of places. He also sustained several cuts about tbe bead and face, but no bones were broken. His injuries were quite severe, but he will re cover. Warsaw Times. , Lfct cf Ur!iln.ed Letters. The following letters remain un called for in the post office at Plym outh, Ind., for the week ending Nov., 25, 1903. GENTLEMEN. M F Albert LCrry Homer Anderson John O ran wall M E Murphy O E Morgan O E llcPherson Otau Newman Wesley U orris CD liackeoile P Schroeder LADIES. tin Hary Eurrlcit Alice C Thuger Miss Lottie Rmltb Urs Nelson Welch Please say advertised when calling for these letters. . A fee of one cent will be charged on the letters advertised. J. A. Yocsey, P. M.

MORTUARY

Mrs. Henry Humrichouser. Rachel, wife of Henry Humrichouser died at her home in this city, Friday, Nov. 20, 1903, aged 67 years, 7 months and 2 days. Deceased was the daughter of William and Jane Hunter of Ashland, Ohio. She was born in that city, grew to womanhood there, and in August 1857 was united in marriage with Henry Humrichouser and came with him to Plymouth where he had prepared a home. Here she lived for more than forty-six years securing the respect and esteem of all who knew her. She was the mother of three children, two sons and one daughter. The daughter died in infancy. The eldest son, William, grew to manhood and died in August 1879, aged 21 years. The husband of her youth to whom she had been a loving companion for almost half a century, her youngest son Harry with his wife and four children, one brother, Dr. Hunter, and two sisters, both residents of Ashland, Ohio, are left to mourn her death. Mrs. Humrichouser was a good wife and mother and her kindly disposition was mirrored in her countenance making her a favorite in society and bringing comfort and help to her husband, her children, grand children and all with whom she came in contact. For more than two years she had been almost constantly confined to her home and at times suffered intense pain but she bore her long illness with fortitude and always had a smile for her friends when she met them. Funeral services were held at the residence on North Michigan street, Sunday at 2:30 p. m. conducted by Rev. C. A. Brooke, pastor of the M. E. church, after which the remains were interred in Oak Hill cemetery. There was a very large attendance at the funeral. D. S. O'Brien. D. S. O'Brien died at Longcliff Saturday, Nov. 21, 1903, aged 40 years and seven months. He was an excellent citizen and leaves a wife, father, mother, three brothers, several other relatives and many friends. His death was the result of softening of the brain caused by excessive long continued work in the Western Union Telegraph office. The remains of Mr. O'Brien reached this city from Logansport, Saturday evening and were taken tothe home of his parents, on West South street, where short funeral services were held at 1:00 p. m. Monday, conducted by Rev. J. S. Miller, of the U. B. church. The remains were then taken to Grovertown where further services were held and the remains were buried by the side of his children. In his death, Plymouth lost one of its best men. His sad death in the prime of life was a loss not only to his relatives but to the entire community. Miss Wood and Her Job. Miss Mae Wood, the young lady wfcu left her desk in "the postofilce department at Washington to "settle up au estate" in New York at tbe time Senator Piatt was busy trying to get married to another lady, has been rudely called upon bv the Postmaster General to explain her "absence without leave." Dispatches from Washington say tbat Miss Wood lived in a back room of a downtown boarding-house before she went over to New York and that since her return to the capital she has been occupying a suite of rooms at a fashionable hotel, having shown no intention of resuming work at her department desk. She declares, however, that she will "put up thefight of her. life" if an attempt is made to deprive her of the clerkship she" holds in the government's service, and it is said tbat she speaks as one who feels that tbe nation is under an obligation of some kind to go on pay ing her a salary whether she works for it or not. Evidently Miss Wood hasIn some way become possessed of an erroneous impression concerning the obligations ol our glorious republic. Our Busy Congressmen. We bear so much about the talking that goes on In congress, and so little about the things that are accomplished, especially in the first months of a session, that we are apt to regard congress as an institution that Is all wind and no work. If the congress men want to defend themselves, how ever, they need do nothing more thap point to the number of bills they introduce. "The mere labor of considering his own bills would seem almost enough to keep the average congress man permanently busy.. The present congress ts starting out gayly enough. After lto first week of" work it was able to show over 5.000 bills in the two houses togetnr, and Its good work is still going on. If we have nothing else to on thnkIUI ior uns wees, we cau äi ieub r- . . m . J - 1 .4. V joice that all these bills do not become . aws. '' "Suffered for four months f roc sore throat. Eclectric Oil cured he in t went v-f our hours. 11. S. Gtet.ilawsvllle, Kyi