Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 26, Plymouth, Marshall County, 4 April 1907 — Page 4

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TELEPHONE No. 27. OFFICE Bissell Building, corner Laporte and Center Streets. Entered at the Postoffice at Plymouth, Indiana as second-class matter. Plymouth, Ind., April 4, 1907. THE CHICAGO ELECTION. Busso Mayor by 13,000 and 33,000 Majority for Traction Ordinance. Postmaster Fred A. Busse, Republican candidate for mayor, was elected Tuesday over Edward Dunne, Democrat, and municipal ownership, by over 13,000 plurality. The traction ordinances known as the "partnership" plan carried by 33,000, showing that the sentiment in favor of immediate municipal ownership is on the wane. The total vote was: Busse, 164,839; Dunne, 151,718; Brubaker, Prohibitionist, 5.S75; Koop, Socialist, 13,439; Busse's plurality, 13,121. The campaign, which began with the-single issue of traction settlement, degenerated into a bitter personal affair, in which mudslirging and libel suits were the principal features. The result is taken as marking the downfall of William R. Hearst's political pull in Illinois. The Democratic campaign for the last two weeks was in full charge of the Hearst faction, nearly all of the old line leaders beinc ousted from active participation. Two years ago Dunne was elected ovr John M. Harlan by a plurality of 24,000. His defeat is attributed to solid Republican organization be hind Busse and to the fact that many Democrats voted against Dunne on account of his alliance with Hearst. During the campaign many prominent Republican leaders of the State, including Governor Deneen and Lieutenant Governor Sherman, took the stump for Busse and last Saturday President Roosevelt entered ihz campaign by indorsing Mr. Busse as reply to Hearst's attack. Hearst's vilification and mudslinging, under the d? rection of his New York campaign managers, was carried on in a fashion ne7 to Chicago. Postmaster B-i-se took no active part in the campaign, his injuries in the Altoona, Pa., wreck conhV'ng Him to his home. All of the Republican city ticket except treasurer was elected. The Democratic candidate" for city treasurer lias 7,000 plurality. The Republicans elected 21 of the 33 alderman, but the Democrats have a majority of fourteen of those who hold over. Thi makes the city council a tie. Bryan, Beveridge and Jefferson. While ' Bryan and Beveridge are breaking their best rhetorical lances upon one another in their argument over the relative importance of federal and state powers, they have an excellent chance to learn from one another that all lances of that kind are certain tobreak into splinters in the end. They could learn, also, that they could save time and get better results by confining themselves entirely to the merits of the question they are specially considering and by leaving the high-sounding theories and the pretentious words in which these theories are couched to forgetfulness. Thomas . Jefferson is the classic "practical example" in such cases He was one of the most delightful doctrinaires we have ever had when he was without immediate personal responsibility, and one of the most efficient trimmers and balancers when the time for action came. Every school boy knows how Jefferson's purchase of Louisiana was made in absolute contradiction to the whole set of theories which had been his political capital before becoming President and how the only way he could save his conscience was by suggesting a constitutional amend ment to validate his unconstitutional act. He didn't press the proposal for the amendment and nothing ever came of it It was during this time that Jef ferson wrote a letter to Wilson Gary Nicholas which contains certain sentences which, properly comprehended should save every American from getfiner excited over the question of states' rights henceforth and forever In the -first part of the letter he said: "Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it blank paper by con struction. Then after discussing at length the proposed constitutional amendment he concluded: "If, however, our friends shall think differently, certainly I shall acquiesce with satisfaction, confiding that the good sense' of our country will correct the evil of construction when it shall produce ill effects. Which sentences are respectfully submitted not only to Messrs. Bryan and Beveridge but to every enthusias who celebrates Jefferson's birthday today. Record Herald. Surprise Tests on th Pennsylvania. As the result oC the recent accidents on the Pennsylvania railroad, the au thorities have become worked up and have made a number ot surprise tests on the system. During the last three months 2,232 trains were tested and 97 per cent o the engineers complied with the rules of the company, while 3 per cent brought their trains to a stop after passing the signals. In conducting the tests the officials sometimes extinguish signal lamps and r'allure to report th dark lamps at the next sta tion laid; the engineers liable to sus pension. Of 180 trains tested on the main line 98 per cent obeyed the rules absolutely, while 2 per cent were dis ciolined. Tests on the New York di vision show a clean slate.

HE "HAS STOLEN OUR IDEAS"

Says Berger, Founder of the Social Democratic Party. Victor L. Berger, founder of the Social Democratic party, and the man who converted Eugene V. Debs to socialism, has announced the plans of the national executive boardj of which he is a member, for spreading socialism into twenty-six states of the Union where interest in now lukewarm. Berger, who is one of the most thoughtful students in the party, also makes the statement that President Roosevelt has stolen many of his ideas from the socialists. "All this recent agitation and unrest," said Berger, "and the showing up of how corporations run things is making votes for us and swelling our membership. The scheme of the socialists is believed to be the preliminary campaign which they are making for the presidential year. It is known that the leaders figure on taking full advantage ot existing conditions in the next campaign, and in this respect they are denouncing in bitter terms the recent attack of Colonel George Harey, editor of the North American Review, and Harper's Weekly, on President Roosevelt in his Charleston address. It is stated that they may prepare literature on this subject. In the plan formulated the entire country has been divided into three distinct classes of s'ates. The first classes comprises those states that do not need national help. The second class is the list of states which the national leaders propose to assist. The third class is the list of states which for the present are to be aban doned. Those which do not need national help are: New Jersey, Ulinois, Wisconsin ana cantornia. uicngan, Indiana and Iowa are included among those needing aid, while those n which there is "nothing doin' " are: Alabama, Arizona, ueiaware, lorida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missis sippi, Nebraskat North Dakota, South Dakota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming. Candidates for Governor. In the dull moments politicians will talk politics. That is a habit in Indiana. Most ' any little bunch of Hoosiers can scrz?e up a talk on politics. To all ?ppearances there is a host of men in the state who would : glad to boar the burdens of the office of the chief executive. Both parties have large waiting lists. Mentioned as strong possibilities for the Republican nomination are Lieut. Gov. Hugh Th. Miller, former Attorney General Charles W. Miller, W. H. H. Miller, Congressman James E. Watson, Congressman C. B. Landis, Union B. Hunt, Charles E. Shivey, James P. Goodrich, state Republi can chairman, and Francis T. Roots. Of these the Millers are all said to be strong possible candidates, but it is conceded that Charles Miller of Gosheo will have the largest vote to start wth. Jim Goodrich has been lay ing his plans for two years to capture the nomination, but he has made so many bid breaks as chairman that it is said he could not carry a county in his own congressro;jd district if he were nominated. Not to be outdone, the Democrat? have a bunch, many of whom have their lightning rods up. The men spoken of in this conncc tion arc Senator L. Ert Slack, Pierre Gray, Samuel L. Ralston, Congress man Adair, Dan Simms, B. F. Shively, Judge New, and Rev. John Kuhn. The Democrats say they never had a bet ter chance to carry the state, and r they propose to pick out a good tick et, and make the fight of their lives. Decrease in Liquor Sold. A notable decrease in receipts at the office of the Seventh internal revenue district at Terre Haute for March was that from the special tax the tax on saloon keepers and drug gists who sell liquor. The falling off was from $1.074 last year to $663 this year. This means that saloons are going out of business and! that druggists are cutting out liquor trade. Re ceipts at the Seventh internal district office for March amounted to $1,67S, 480, and while that is an increase o $276,817 over March of last year, i is several hundred thousand dollars less than expected ten days ago. The two local distilleries suddenly de creased their daily capacit, and the average of $75,000 daily payment to the office of two-third of the month was not- maintained. A number o gaugcrs and storekeepers who had counted on full time were laid off. The total for the first nine months of the fiscal year is $14,432,576, a gain of $2,403,405 over the same nine months of the previous year. Practi cally all the increase is 'from the tax on spirits. Frosts Throughout Indiana. Plymouth had much company in its heavy frost Monday morning and i is believed that greater damage was done to fruit and vegetation in centra and southern Indiana than here. Indianapolis had a minimum tern pcrature of 24, eight below freezing. and the following reports of mini mum temperatures for the. twenty fours hours ending at 7 o'clock Mon day morning were received from var ious station's in Indiana: Auburn, 19 Ploomington, 22; Cambridge City, 22 Columbus, 23; Evansville, 26; Farm land, 21; Lafayette, 21; Logansport 20; Marion, 20; Vincennes, 24. A Auburn and Cambridge City only was there cloudy weather. Man Blown to Fragments. Hammond, Ind., April 2. In an explosion at the Aetna powder mills this morning, John Reiss, thirty-five years old, was blown to atoms and the shed in which he was working was wrecked. The explosion came while Reiss was drawing off nitrogly cerin and the. cause of it is a mystery, Reiss was unmarried .

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Prospects of Peace Becoming Some what Brighter. Prospects of peace in the railroad situation appeared brighter Tuesday night after another day and evening pent in conferences with the repre sentatives of President Roosevelt. While no common ground has yet been found both sides are drawing closer together, and Commissioner Knapp and Neill believe that their mission of peace will yet bear fruit. So hopeful are the federal media tors that they abandoned their inten tions of leaving the city, although it was said that pressing business re quired their presence in Washington. They intended leaving for the national capital Tuesday afternoon, but unexpected developments in the situaion made them decide to stay. The labor chiefs met the govern ment officials at 12 o'clock and re mained with them for twe hours. Later in the afternoon the commissioners talked for several hours with the man agers. In the evening they again met the labor representatives and it was found that the differences between the contending forces were narrowing down. For the first time since the arrival ast Saturday of the government offi cials the full labor delegation was apprised of all phases of the situation. The negotiations have been carried on between Chiefs Morrissey and Garretson and a -small committee and the till committee was not kept informed. Morrissey and Garretson Tuesday afternoon attended a meeting of the till committee at the Sherman House and it was said they learned the temper of their men as to what concessions they would make in the interests of peace. Traction Settled at Last. In the victory of the traction ordi nances in yesterday's elections the people of this community have occa sion to thank Providence for their deliverance from an incubus of demagogy, fraud and false pretense which has borne heavily upon them for years. The traction question is settled not ideally, perhaps, but conclusively It can no longer be used as a stalking hor-e by unscrupulous politicians. It has been taken out of politics, where t never belonged. It is no more an ,'sset of self-seeking demagogues and wild-eyed visonaries. 1 or this, let it be repeated, the people of Chicago have cause to return thanks Better ordinances than thos: ap proved yesterday might have bceti framed, but ordinances not ore-half as good would have been prcferablt to leaving the traction question open as the Dunne faction wanted to do. To have rejected the ordinances thus making it necessary to begin work on the traction problem anew. would have meant absolute anarchy in the intramural tansportation situa tion. -' It would have, inaugurated condition of affairs compared to which even the existing traction fa cilities would have seemed positively admirable. Chicago Chronicle. Bryan to Be Opposed? According to a Washington dis patch, southern Democrats are opposed to William J. Bryan. It is said that they favor Judge George Gray.. of Delaware, for the presidential nom ination. This Washington story may be a boom for Judge Gray, or it may be a legitimate news feature, but whichever is the case it is surprising to say the least, because no other name has previously been mentioned save that of Bryan. It has been accepted as a foregone conclusion that the Nebraskan would be selected. He has been considered quite as much the nominee as though the convention had been hcJ. Yet, in spite of !! of this, here comes a report to the effect that Mr. Bryan is not only unpopular with southern Democrats, but that they favor another man for the nomination. Telephone Men Assemble. Theodore Thorward, pitsident of the South Bend Home Telephone company, attended an important meet ing of the Fort Wayne, South Bend and Logansport districts of Indiana Independent telephone, men in Lo gansport Thursday. Delegates to the state meeting at Indianapolis in May were elected, the old officers of the district were re-elected and matters pertaining to future operations were discussed. An important conference was arranged for April 22 at Fort Wayne to decide a big proposition J. L. Putnam, of South Bend, district superintendent of the Central Union Telephone company, was in Logansport also. He conferred with inde pendent stockholders on various mat ters, but no conclusions were reached. To See the Priest Egged. Rev. Titus Kramer of Collcgeville, returned to his home Monday, after a few days' stay in the city, assign Father Guendling and Father Linn in their parish work. Father Kramer preached an eloquent sermon at high mass Sunday, and the full choir sang Many Dunkards from all parts of the county attended the Easter Sunday masses. It is said that it is a pre vailing notion among this sect that the Catholic people throw eggs at their priest on Easter, and there are always a number on hand to see the sport, which of course never comes off. Peru Journal. Thou Shalt Not KilL The recent acquittal of two young Virginians who had murdered the bettayer of their sister has led an enthusiastic citizen, who is also, a State senator of that Str:e, to propose that the "unwritten law" under which they were cleared be written and placed on the statute books. The Statesman would perhaps approve of a modification of the sixth command ment so that it shall read: "Thou Shalt not kill except where family 'honor' calls for some man's life."

The Rebuke of Radicalism. Chicago, the, most radical city ,in the world, the hotbed of isms,' has repudiated carpetbag government, puppet government, petticoat government, and pipe dream government. It has rejected Hearst with his imported and native mudslingers and slanderers, Dunne the. mechanical doll,. Post the single taxer with anarchy on the side, Haley, DeBe", and the whole crew of female politicians and other long haired freaks. Chicago is a radical city and has made a radical change. The voters of the city have voiced their protest against the debauchery of the public schools, the prostitution of the police department, and the wrecking of the fire department. They have set the definite seal of their disapproval on immediate municipal ownership of the Dunne variety. They have shown that they consider turning wheels on commodious cars more important than mental wheels, practice more than theory, fact more than fancy. The radicalism which has been rebuked is the spurious kind. The genuine radicalism, that deep rooted trust in the good sense of the plain people which characterized Abraham Lincoln has triumphed. The education of the children so as to fit them to be good citizens, useful, happy, and progressive, is more important than psychological experimentation, and the protection of young people from the lures of open vice or from unrestrained thuggery is more important than the theories of sociological cranks. The people have voted so. Chicago Tribune.

Negress Band of Robbers. As a result of the wide open policy of South Bend the city is virtually having a reign of terror. T. W. Collier was held up and robbed by a woman footpad early Tuesday morning within three blocks of the Central Police station. The woman, whom Collier declares to be a negress, robbed him of $25 in cash and $700 in checks. Following the report of the robbery it was announced that three similar robberies have been pulled off within the last two weeks. In each case the description of the woman is different. This gives rise to the theory that there is an organized gang' of negresses operating in South Bend. The robberies have alt occurred in the same section of the city, which is within a quarter oi a mile of the negro district. Comply with Liquor Law. ' The New York Central Railroad company has determined to comply with the law requiring railroads that sell liquor on dining and buffet cars to pay a license fee of $1000 for each road and has taken out licenses" for the Big Four for the Michigan Cen tral and for the Lake Shore. It . is understood that other railroad lines will do likewise. Several of the smaller roads are doubtful if it will py 'to carry liquor at such prices for licenses, but the companies admit that it may result in a loss cf patronage if they fail tö dö so!-- v Flan to Spend Millions. The Southwest has now reached that stage in development when the railroads traversing it contemplate general reconstruction for necessary work on several of the largest sys tems. At least $300,000,000 will be needed and announcement has been made by the largest systems that the railroads will start the desired im provements within a year, provided the financial situation is encouraging and will keep at work steadily 'n years or more. There is not a system in the South west that will not double track hun dreds of miles of roads, eliminate grades and curves, improve road beds, build new stations, enlarge terminals, provide passing tracks, sidings and construct extensions. How Animals Blush. Animals blush as girls do, but it is fear, and not modesty that in their case .causes the inrush cf blood. Horses blush in their ears, especially in the left ear. When a horse frightened its left ear will be found Very hot and swollen. This is also true of rabbits. Cows and all other clöven-footed animals blush just above the fetlock. Dogs blush in their tails. When a dog is frighten ed its tail blushes so that it hangs limp, the dog having absolutely no control over it. Insects blush in their antennae. Maryland Fruit Killed. The fruit crop of southern Mary land was killed by the cold weather Tuesday when the thermometer reg istered 22 degrees. Vegetation had become far advanced by the summer like weather of March. Peach trees in numerous instances were in full blossom, wliile apples, pears and al other fruit trees were in such an ad vanced state that the total destruction of the fruit is believed certain. Veg etation aside from the fruit crop has suffered immeasurably. Death of George Benson. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Toan were called to Lake City, Minn., last Satur day afternoon by the death of Mrs loan's brother, George Benson. Th Bensons were tesidents of Plymouth forty years ago and owned what . now the Corbin and Kuhn block Benson's hall was at that time the principal amusement hall or opera house of Plymouth. Many of the older citizens of this city were friends and acquaintances of George Benson Old Singer Plant Sold. Th old Singer plant at South Bend on the eastern side of the river, which has been idle since the new plart in the western part of the city his beer occupied, has been sold to Wicktzer Sc Bondurant; consideration I iOO.OOC. They will convert the big building into apartment plants, for concern desiring to engage in -manufacturing.

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Does Your Heart Beat Yes. 100,000 times each day. Does it send out good blood or bad blood? You know, for good blood is good health; bad blood, bad health. And you know precisely what to take for bad blood Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Doctors have endorsed it for 60 years. Ose f reorient cause ot VA blood Ii t ilnpflih liter. This produces constipation. Poisonous substances arc then absorbed into th blood. Instead of beixs; reraoTtd from the body dally as nature Intended. Keep the bowels open with Ayera 1111. Urer pills. Ail vegetable. I A iSMdt by J. C. Ajtr Co., Lowell, Has. Also manufacturers or J HAIR VIGOR. yers AGUE CURE. CHERRY PECTORAL. y 'jH .J. w , & jßjfi & J v Puis We have bought our 1907 stock of Wall Paper with the intention of selling it and of pleasing our customers. Therefore each pattern in it has been selected with utmost care. The assortment includes the most attractive and distinctive of this year's designs. II We buy enough wall paper to get the best prices and discounts and are in position to make right prices. You will find papers here that will just suit you and you may be certain that nowhere else can equal quality be had for a less price.'a A A ' 'A Laporte St., Pluraouth. A e if jc iCo ic o RELINQUISHMENTS. We have some fine relinquishments in Oklahoma that the man of limited means can handle, and' secure a home of ico acres of first class land, cheap and on easy terms. For full infor mation see or write us. SWITZER, LENTZ & WARRICK Warsaw, Ind. FRANK JARRETT, agt, Plymouth PANHANDLE TEXAS LAUDS. Our .Texas lands will meet your wants. We will sell you land for $7.50 to $30.00 per acre. We have some fine sections that we will ex change in part for property. Our 33,000 acre tract is' suitable for coloni zation purposes and great inducements will be given the actual settler This land can b: had for $7.50 to $12 per acre. We are ' nor, talking Texas from hearsay, but have carefully investigated the district for three years, and Know tne iana we represent, wme in and1 arrange to go with us, April lGth, and see for yourself. FRANK JARRETT, local agt, rep resenting Swjitzer, Lentz & (Warrick, i - Warsaw, Ind. mm FOR SALE. 195 acres 3 miles from town; good improvements and good land, at $G0 per acre. 100 acres 5 miles from town; good improvements and good land. A bar gain at $75 per acre. 96 acres near Lapaz at a bargain at $45 per acre. 10 acres just outside of city; wel improved, at $1000. 67 acres 2 miles from town. Thi: is a bargain at $2000. 120 acres 3 miles from town. Th is is a snap for some one soon, at only $22.50 per acre. I also, have other farms for falc and some farms for trade for city property. . I r.'so have many good bargains in city property of all kinds, such as dwellings, lots and store buildings "If you have anything for sale ,or trade, or in the way of insurance cal and see me. A. C. RICHARD, . Corbin Block, Room 5. The Farmers Great Store. Few people here in Plymouth have any idea of what a great stock of ag ricultural machinery, buggies and car. riages C. D. Kyser has in the build ings on Laporte street just east of Michigan treet.' He handles farm machinery of every description, corn planters, drills, cultivators, plows harvesters and everything a farmer needs, tnd in addition he a one large building filled with buggies and carriages. Everybody should visit Mr. Kyser's great store. It will do you good to look M his great stock of goods. It is equal to a county fair. New Auto Speed Law. . According to the new law governing the speed of automobiles, a man with a good horse can make the driver of an auto eat his dust. The new law provides that in passing a horse conveyance, the speed of an auto shall not exceed six miles an hour. So all the driver has to do is to keep his horse going a little faster than six miles an hour and the auto will have to keep in the background or take the chances of getting pulled. But the presumption is that both the man in the automobile and the man in the r:g drawn by a horse will exerc;se their common sense and show each other the civility that should exist between man and man.

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4. HE STO RE Aliens Saved from Gallows. John Lapidat, a Roumanian, and Constantine Stahacopolus, a Greek prisoner in the Michigan City prison, under sentence of death for murder, were saved from death Thursday night by Governor Hanly, who commuted their sentences to life imprisonment. The men were to have been executed at midnight and had given vup hope of a respite. When the respite order reached the prison the death watch went to Lapidat's cell with the good news. Lapidat speaks no English and no one in the prison speaks Roumanian. The guard tried to convey the good news by signs, pointing to his neck and shaking his head, j , t, This Lapidat took to mean that he was about to be led off to the gal-1 lows! . He screamed in terror and fainted. Up to a late hour Thursday night he was still in a semi-unoon-scious condition, ignorant of the fact that his life had been spared. . , The Greek murderer was told of his escape through an interpreter. The escape of the two men from death is due to Gov. Hanly's resolve made when the last legislature 'refus-i ed to abolish the death penalty that there would be no more hangings if he could intervene. " Plot to Wreck Flyer Fails. Youngstown, O., March 31. It was learned tonight that an attempt madjj yesterday to wreck the Pittsburg flyer,, one of the Pennsylvania Railroad" fastest trains, between Cleveland ariJ Pittsburg, was frustrated when the crew- of a shifting engine near Lowellsville removed a telephone pole which had been placed across the rails with its end secured with heavy stakes driveti into the ground. Seventeen minutes later the fast train, running at the rate of fifty miles an hour, rushed by. It is believed the attempted wreckers were those who derailed the Chicago Limited and the Keystone Express on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Pittsburg recently. Capt. Gastinger of Newcastle, Pa., with a force of railroad detectives, are investigating. Murderer Preaches Funeral Sermon. Spartanburg, S. C, March 30. Thomas Harris, a young white man, formerly a Baptist preacher, was hanged in the jail yard at Gaffyey, S. C, Friday for the murder of, Mrs. Hortense Morgan, an aged white woman, last November. Before th black cap was adjusted, Harris preached his own funeral sermon. He killed, Mrs. Morgan by cutting her throatj after which he took $800 from her clothes. Harris narrowly escaped being lynched at the time of his ari f ... rest.

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THAT ALWAYS v : Forage of the West. At an agricultural meeting in Baldwin, Kansas, recently Col. Robinson of Towanda paid the-following tribute to alfalfa: i "Alfalfa is fast becoming the forproperly, and a start is well made, it is there for all time. There is no insect which will destroy it, drouth does not hurt it, freezing docs "not hurt it, and the oftcner it is cut the better becomes- the yield. I have 0,000 acres, which net me $48 per annum.' To prove that it is well adapted to the Western climate it has been found to grow from sixty to tseventy-five feet deep to obtain moisture. The seed is exceedingly delicate and for this reason the seedbed should be in perfect order when sown. In size it is one-third as large as clover, and has a smaller degree of vitality than other grass seeds. Five pounds per acre is an abundance to sow. It is better sown in the fall to, give it a chance to escape the damaging crab grass which is a pest in' the Kansas fields. "Historically, alfalfa is one of tho oldest . seeds, being found centuries ago' growing in greit luxury." The address was strictly biological, the speaker showing chemical changes which were brought about in the soil through alfalfa growing. f Drunks Work for City. Superintendent of Police Weiler has established a plan which, it is believed will do away with sending drunks to the county jail because they refuse to pay their fines. He will have them work for the city and if they refuse to do this they will be jailed here and fed on bread and water for the same number of days usually spent in Laporte on a good bill of fare.. The first drunks to come under this new arrangement were William Taylor andi Edward Burrell. who were fined Wednesday, and who were turned over to Waterworks Superintendent Henry Schrieber to be engaged by him. Michigan City News, j i Transporting1 Dynamite. The explosion of a car load of dynamite at Atlanta may throw some light on the recent Indiana explosion. In this case the dynamite was billed as "percussion caps." If dynamite is allowed to go under a name that would mislead those who have to handle it, or be in the vicinity of it. The very fact that false billing was made indicates that it was shipped either in violation of the law or in violation of the rules of the road, and in either case the offenders should be punished. Indianapoll Star.

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Pick Out tub Good Clote Store "Of course." M A KES GOOD.'. Back to the Land. One of the sanest tendencies of our time is discovered in the fact that many students in Cornell University and other colleges arc selecting farming as a career in life. Some of these students come of city families. They have no acres of their own, but select agriculture as a profession deliberately, out of . love for the land. , . Recent changes in farm life have something to do with this choice of educated young men. Rural free delivery, .telephones, the daily paper, modern facilities have removed much of drudgery and deadening conditions from rural life. Besides it is coming to be recognized that brains is necessary to successful farming. Aid more brains will be necessary in he future. The best talent and education is laid under contribution. Therefore young men are looking to agriculture as a profession, just as they look to the practice of medicine or law. Already educated farm managers are in request at good salaries. There may not be so much money in farming as in some other, lines, but there is sufficient And the satisfaction of the life is great. So that from classic precincts we are beginning to hear the cry Back to the land! There's allurement and charm in the invitation. Every inherited instinct attracts the human to the soil. And in' the tendency is economic salvation'. Back to the land. Away from the smoke-soiled city with its flinty pavements. Away from the stifle of the jaded crowd. Back' to thq wide ex, panse and vista . of sailing . cloud. Back to nature. South Bend Times. New Idea in Public Schools. : Escanaba, in Michigan has adopted a new idea in public schools. It excludes from the public schools boys who use . tobacco, drink intoxicants and who frequent pool rooms or other bad places. Probably the boys are glad of it. The city should go a step further and put them into a school by themselves under a teacher with police powers. Their exclusion from the public schools is a good plan, but provision should be made for them. Monster Traction Engine; . The M. Rumely company of Laporte is just completing the construe-, tion of the largest traction engine ever made by the Laporte concern, and as large as any of that style eve made in the country. It is a 30-horse power ; doubl cylinder engine and will be sent to fJorth Dakota to be used in plowing on a big ranch.

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