Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 12, Plymouth, Marshall County, 24 December 1908 — Page 1

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PLYMOUTH It RIBUN V PLYMOUTH. INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2j, 1908. VOLUME VIII NO. 12

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PROGRAM FOR THE ANNUAL MARSHALL COUNTY FARMERS' INSTITUTE

Meeting vvi.l bs Held Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 30th and 31st Excellent Speakers Engaged.

The annual meeting of the Marshall County Farmers Institute will be held in -the Circuit Court room in Plymouth, Wednesday ?.nd Thursday, Dec. 30 and 31st. The Women's Auxiliary will be held m tie Methodist church on Thursday Dec. 31st. A complete and mos: interesting program has been prepared for the entire session. Ahle splicers have been secured from this county and abroad, and the coming session promises to be the most successful in the history of the organization. The following is th-e complete program arranged: Wednesday Forenoon, December 30. HORTICULTURE F. A. Forbes, Chairman. The Bush Fruits ..Prof James Troop Horticultural T?rpt. Purdue Univ. Discussion E. E. Jones, Donaldson The Fruit Garden Discussion How to Start and Care for an 'Orchard Prof. Troop General Discussions Wednesday Afternoon, December 30. SOIL. Myron Chase, Chairman. SUES B. k 0. RY. FOR $1930 MARQUIS D. L. WHITEMAN CLAIMS LARGE LOSS RESULTING FROM FIRE. Says that Sparks From Locomotive Ruined Land, Destroyed Crop and Damaged Ditch. Marquis D. L. Whiteman who owns land adjoining the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Marshall county, by his attorney E. C. Martindale, has brought suit against that Company in the sum of $1930, for damages done to his property, by fire alledged to have been started by sparks from locomotives on that railroad The complaint alledges that during the month of September of 1903, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad did then and there negligently permit weeds and dry grass to remain on their property adjoining his land which was highly inflammable, and liable to catch and spread fire. That sparks from an engine did set fire to this dry grass, which fire continued across the lands of Alvin and Allie Clrne, and devastated in this manner fifty acres of land. The fire burned this land out to the depth of three feet. A drain known as the Vinnedge dich was damaged ty having its banks burned out and deviating the course of the ditch. The complaint maintains that the fifty acres so burned were rendered wholly useless for agricultural purposes, and said loss is equal to the sum of $1600; 12 acres of standing corn were destroyed valued at $210; 200 rods of fence were burned a loss of $120; the - total damage sustained bein-j $1930, for which- the plaintiff asks judgment. $101,86 FOR STATE PRISON. Shows Needs of Michl. City Penitentiary to Legislarj.. Visiting Committee. The legislative committee, consisting of Representative Gus H. Greiger, Senator Hanna and Representative Sicks of Lebanon, visited the State Prison at Michigan City. The committee remained over Saturday studying the needs of the institution as sftown in Warden Reid's report. The warden asks, in his report, that a new cellhouse, with a capacity of 340 cells, be erected at an estimated cost of $38,453. A factory building, 50 by 250 feet, costing $12,475, is also asked for. Another appropriation of $937 is requested for cooking utensils-. hTe total amount of the special appropriations asked is $10,866. The warden reports that there are enough bricks left from the old-walls to build the proposed factory building. Short Wheat Crop In 1909. Indiana's wheat crop of the year of 1909 will only average 75 per cent of the wheat crop of 1908. That opinion was rendered yesterday afternoon as the result of an investigation held by the mid-winter convention of the Indiana 'Millers' Association at the closing session in the Dennison hote! yesterday afternoon. It is estimated that the acreage of wheat for the coming year will be only 78 per cent of the acreage of last year and tha' the crop rrtt will be only 72 per cent o' 908 crop. Culver A speci. ver studet dalia to t Pass Through. containing 400 Culled from the Vaniisylvania railroad in this city i :30 o'clock Tuesday morning, ins cadets on board were returning to their homes 'in Chicago and western points, for their Christmas vacation.

The Soil how improved, how impoverished J. B. Burris Cloverdale, Putman County. Discussion B. W. Ross Soil impoverishment and soil improvement.

Wednesday Evening, December 30th. MusEc Seybold Orchestra Reading .'. Erma Humrichouser Lecture J. B. Burris "Some Glimpses at the World's Agriculture" Music Orchestra Thursday Forenoon, December 31. DAIRY SESSION. Samuel Schlosser, Chairman. Dairying with Mixed Farming .... Wm. Kiefer, Bremen Discussion A. E. Adams, Plymouth Feeding for Milk I. B. Calvin Vice Pres. lud. State Dairy Assn. Discussion C. W. Newman, Culver How I grow Alfalfa ....W. H. Iden Thursday Afternoon, December 31. Ralph Jacoby, Chatirman. The Hog as a Money Maker ...... J. B Burris Discussion Perry Sarber Economical Beef Production Robert Irwin, Bourbon Discussion Martin Lowry Line Breeding Carl Reynold General Discussion LADIES' PROGRAMME. At the Methodist church. Thursday Forenoon; December 31st. Music ..Conducted by Ferrell 9'iafer Devotional Services ..Rev. Wareing Music .'. A Study of Household Economics.. Miss Berry Discussion Re-citation Mäs-s orace Zechiel Music Dust and Its Dangers Mrs. Maud Laird Discussion Mrs. Chas. B. Whittey and Katurah Urtgcr Music "Instrumental Solo" Maud Logan Thursday Afternoon, December 31st. Musi:;: Fru in the Dietary ...Miss Berry Discussion (Mrs. Madge Stout Music "Jota Aragonesa" by' Pablo de Sarasatr Erick Lidholm and Maud Logan Re caution Estella Knoblock Literature u'n the Home ; 'Mrs. Robert Hume Discussion Mrs. Maggie Ross and Miss Nettie Corse. 'Music Hazel Vanvaetor and Boyd Stephenson Home Ideals Miss Eva Schlosser Mu'c , m itjuuviii '.ms. vjw. ociuosser Secretary-Miss Louzena Stephen son The present officers of the Association are: President, Warren McFarCin; Secy, and Treasurer, James A. Miller. Township Vice-Presidents German Ed. Laudeman; No'rf.i Lawrence Wade Polk Myron Chase; West Chas. Kebort; Center Ralph Jacoby; Bourbon Lewis Erwin; Tippecanoe Wm. Coar; Walnut C. T. Middlcton; GreenElba T. Robinson; Union Jerome Zechiel. Largest Veterinary School in World. What will be when completed the largest veterinary college in the world will be .erected at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. It will stand it Halstead and Forty-third streets. The main building will be four stories high, covering a ground area of 250x 12 feet and with the equipment will rost about $250.r00. It will affiliated with the University of Illinois and the state 'has appropriated $35 -000 for its maintainance. The auditorium, y.itii a seating capacity of 9000 will be on the ground floor, and a surgical hospital. 50x125 feet, and the other floors to be devoted to two 'ecture rooms with a seating capacity of 275 each. The site has been leased for ninety-nine years by the Union Stock Yards and Transit tompany, for a nominal consideration. 'Many Indiana Methodists. Nineteen district superintendents of the Methodist Episcopal church of Indiana, will represent 1.C00 churches, 1,200 ministers and 240,000 Methodists at an important annual meeting of district superintendents to be held in Indianapolis this week. Rev. Paul C. Curnick, D. D., super:ntendrnt of the South Bend district, left Thursday for Indianapolis. ' Four bishops w:ll be present, Bishop McDowell, of Chicago; Bishop Moore, of Cincinnati, O.; Bishop Spellmeyer, if St. Louis, Mo., and Bishop Vincent, of Indianapolis. Cost Him Plenty. William L.. Krause, living near North Liberty, was fined $lfiO and costs in the federal court at Indianapolis on rue charge of using can;cl!e.i postage stamps ,the total exense being about $300. He was givn 90 dlays in which to settle. Krause s f2 year old and owns considerable land near North Liberty. When idnvitting that he had removed a canelled stamp from an envelope and it a second time he said he guessed "it was just carelessness." Hooser Kids Reorganize. The Hoosier Kids Club has been reorganized, and have secured two rooms under the Marshall County Trust and Savings bank.

RIFLE CASH DRAWER.

Burglars Gained Entrance to Ocker Saloon and Secured $4.00 in Change;. Burglars supposedly local talent, gained entrance to the O kcr saloon on LaPorte street some -ime after 11 o'clock Friday night and rilled he cash, drawer of its contents, which consisted of about $4.00 in change. The thieves made their entrance through a back window which had doubtlesslv been unlocked from the inside earlier in the evening. As the nightman always sleeps after midnight, it would be impossible to catch any miscreant after that hour. Had Been Dead Three Weeks. The partially decomposed body of Henry Stamates, a widower, and well known citizen of Churubusco, was found in his residence opposite the elevators at Churubusco Friday afternoon, between three and four o'clock by his brother Frank S'amates an 1 Austin Hollenbeck. The condition of the body and other circumstantial evidence indicated that the man had been dead for at least hre weeks. Y. P. C. E. Have Banquet. The Christian Endeavor Banquet last evening at the U. B. church was well attended. Twenty-six new members have tinned wif.i the society and nearly all were present. An ouster supper was served and a short program rendered. LAPORTE CLAIMS . BAD TREATMENT MAINTAIN THAT MEMBERS OP LOCAL TEAM WERE THEIR PHYSICAL SUPERIORS. Defeated LaPorte Basket Ball Team Says Plymouth Boys Treated Them Brutally. (LaPorte Argus-Bulletin.) Victor Zumstein and Carl Anderson were badly injured in the rough play which marked the basket ball contest at Plymouth Friday night between the Plymouth and LaPorte High School teams. Though the local lads suffered a 28 to 14 defeat, the highest praise is due their clean and plucky playing. The score is no indicator of the rank of the teams, and the LaPorte boys feel certain that it will be reversed when tie Plymouth boys come to the Coliseum. The Plymouth players were the physical superiors of the LaPorteans and made use of brute force rather than science to win the contest. Anderson's left hip is bruised and ont of Zumstein's k ees is in a bad shape. Both of the bo:, s limped off the train on their return to LaPorte Saturday nocn. Tliey weralso greatly handicapped by the size of the hall in which they played. Unless the hall be of a regulation size, the throwing of baskets is most difficult. These are the LaPorte players: Ward rf. Bennethum If. Anderson c. Freese rg. Zumstein lg. Deal ubsittite. Üaskets were thrown by Anderson. Ward and Bennethum. Ward made s free throws. Alexander starred for Plymouth. Maybe the Plymouth boys were 'hysccally superior, but it was plainly evident that they were outweighed by the LaPorte team. Four of the Plymouth boys, Alexander, Drake, Switzer and I'oor are all small, the heaviest of whom does not weigh over 128 pounds. Furthermore, the official score was 30 to 12, not 28 to 14. Other Occupations. In addition to the occupations named, the Senate will have one coal operator, Senator Pelzer. The House however, will have several other occu;ations, ,most of them represented by one man each Governor's secretaries, for example, wnl. be scarce. Luman K. Babcock, secretary to Gov Hanly, is the onl) member of Ihe Legislature whose occupation is given as Governor's secretary. He is probably the first member of an Indiana Legislature whose occupation was ever classed in that way. The House will have two teac'iers, Culbertson and Kessler; one carpenter, Davis; one jeweler, Ilewig; one tinner, G!au$s, two ministers, Hill and Mugg; two grocers Stephens and Strickland; one laborer, KleckiivT; one ohotoerapher, Roggen; one bookbinder, Bassett, and ope railway conductor, Beaver. Now Daddy of Seven. John L. Pickering, 23 years old, of Keyser, Ky, was married at Goshen yesterday to Mrs. Phoebe Rohrer, aged 48, the widow of a rich farmer. Mrs. Rohrer-Piickering is the mother of seven children, the oldest one being older than her new husband. Addresses State Dairy Association. Samuel Schlosser of this city delivered an address before a meeting of the Northern Auxilliary of the Indiana State Dairy Association at Kewanna, this afternoon. iMr. Schlosser's subject was "The Care of Milk and Cream on the Farm."

DISTRIBUTION OF THE TAXES

TOTAL OF $118,446.53 WAS COLLECTED IN MARSHALL CO. LAST INSTALLMENTOf This Amount $5,768.10 Was Delinquent How Money Will Be Divided. County Auditor Charles 'Walker. has completed the computations for the last installment qf taxes collected in Marshall county. The total amount of taxes collected in the county from May 1st, to November 1st, was $118,466.53. Of this amount $112,678.43 is current, and $5,768.10 is delinquent taxes. This money will be distr?buted as follows: State Taxes. Current $ 9712.73 Delinquent 489.54 Total $10202.27 Benevolent Institutions Fundi Current $380443 Delinquent 144.41 Total 3948.54 Educational Fund Current $2901.96 Delinquent 79-39 Total $2171.3: State School .Fund. Current $10927.6:, Delinquent 535.73 Total $11463.38 County Tax Current . . ; .$18571.01 Delinquent 826.1C Total $19397.17 For Various Townships. Current $10697.25 Delinquent 456.16 Total $11153.41 Tuition Fund. Current $20814.75 Delinquent 34.95 Total $21749.70 Special School Fund Current $17635.14 Delinquent 762.70 Total $18397.84 Poor Fund. Current $1315.55 Delinquent 45.83 Total $1361.38 Corporation Fund. Current $16949.15 Delinquent 22.45 Total $17771X0 Library Plymouth. Current $159.11 Delinquent 385 Total $102.96 Road Fund. Delinquent $478.12 Township Bridge. Delinquent $188.81 Grand Total $118,466.53 Drunks in Jail. Nrghtwatchman Williams is making tjuite a record !for himself, having made three arrests inside of a week. Wednesday night John Prfinley and Davfid Liggett, two of thle city's elect, were run down and captured in a drunken condition by that officer, and lodged in jail. Thursday morning they were brought before Justice Yo-ing charged with intoxication. They plead guilty and were assessed a fine of $3 and costs amounting to $12.05 per. They decided to go to jail, and so will spend their Christmas behind the cold, cold bars. Is There a We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the communication below, expressing at f.ic same time our great gratification th;tt its faithful author is numbered among the friends of the Sun: "Dear" Editor I am eight yeart, old. "Sjme of my little friels say there is no Santa Claus. "Papa says 'If you see it in the sun it's so. "Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus. Virginia 0,Hanlon. "115 west NinetyJfifth -street." Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been -affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. -Tiiey do not believe except they see. They 'think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's are little In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as comparql with f.ie boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exists, and you know f'.iat they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there would be no Santa Gau! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable his ex-

SUPPLY CONTRACTS LET.

Tribune Lands the Fourth Class Ft. Wayne Printing Co. Gets Other Three Classes. The County Commissioners let the contracts for sxipplyiing County Supplies at the court house Tuesday aftenwuii. The fourth class was awarded the Plymouth Tribune Printing Company, for the sum of $100.90. The of. er three classes" were awarded the Ft. Wayne Printing Co. On the second class the Tribune Co. was only underbid $2.25. There were six bidders in all, for the four classes of supplies. C. W. Metsker of this city, was cne of the bidders but failed to land either class. Owing to a mistake in filing of bond he would have Ven disqualified as a bidder however. Instead of filing the required bond for $400, the editor of the Democrat filed bond for $4.00. The following are the bids submitted: First Second C. W. Metsker $31.25 Htndricks & Co.. $74.50 Hibbard Printing Co $737.35 Burt W'lsn Hayw'd Co $686.85 $95.50 Hover Printiing Co. $731.42 $34.45 Ft. Wayne Prntg Co. $526.90 $72.25 TSw'rd Fourth C W Metsker $102.10 Hendricks & Co , $241.30 $100.90 Hibbard Prntg Co. Hurt Wlsn Hywd Co $269.95 $143.00 Hoover Prntg Co. $207.05 $120.95 LAPAZ WOMAN NAMED IN BILL MISHAWAKA RESIDENT SUES FOR DIVORCE NAMING CORESPONDANT. Mrs. Ethel Rensbergir of Mishawaka Claims That Husband Has Been Too Friendly With Others. ßthel Rensberger of Mishawaka, has tiled a complaint for divorce in the circuit court, naming Delbert Renvberger as defendant. The charge of cruel and iiVhuman treatment is brofght by the allegation that the husband is in the habit of -staying away from home for a long period withtiUwinforming his family of his whereabouts; that he is engaged in traveling for a concern whrch enlarges pictures and. has associated with women of bad repute, naming Mrs. 'Montgomery of LaPaz and Mrs. Stuck of LaPorte. She also alleges tli at he takes women with him on hi? trips as companions. A salary of $150 a month is named, . and with money in the bank the wife wants alimony in the sum of $1000. She also asks for her maiden name, Ethel Rinard, and the custody of the two children. II. W. Jones is her attorney. Simon Barnhart Insane. Simon Barnhart, aged 64, who resided north of In wood, was adjudged of unsound mind, by a commission consisting of Doctors Knott and Eley and Justice Kirk, in an examination held at the county jail Saturday night. T.ie old m?n has been an inmate of the LongclifT asylum before, and his case is thought to be incurable He was formerly a minister of the gospel, and is now a fanatic along :hat line. Application has been made for his admittance to Longcliff. Salt Lake Gets G. A. R. The next national .ncampmcnt of the Grand Army of the Republic, as mnounced by the executive committee Wednesday, will be he'd August 9 to' 14, at Salt Lake City, "Jtah. Santa Clans? istance. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood tills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well 'not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did mit see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real -things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen, unseeable in this world. You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside; but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fa::y, poetry, love, romance can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal leauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ali, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing elsereal and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. New York Sun.

LYTTLE WAS SHOT

ACCIDENTALLY LETTER FROM COMMANDING OFFICER AT FLORIDA FORT EXPLAINS ACCIDENT. Gun Was Discharged Accidentally While He Was Removing a Shoo May Recover. William S. Lyttle, an inmate of the county infirmary1 received Thursday a letter from the commanding officer at Fort Taylor, Florida, explaining ihow his son Orin Lyötle shot himself. The communication is as follows: ' 120 Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Fort Taylor, Florida, R Dec. 10, 190S. Mr. William F. Lyttle, Plymouth, Ind. My Dear Sir: I have just telegraphed you concerning the accident today to your soi. He was on guard over prisoners with a loaded gun. He states to me that one of his toes itched and he sat down on a pJckle keg with a board oxer the top to take off his shoe, leaning the gun against 1 his body. Then he started to take a chew of tobacco and in doing so caused the board to move back and forth and to strike the gun. The ball enaered his left breast and came out at his shoulder blade. He was immediately taken to the hospital and the surgeon attended him. The doctor stated to me thait your son is dangerously though not fatally wounded, and thait if 'he can pufll through the first few days he will be a well man in two months. Your son asked me to tell you to write to him soon. I stoall gladly give you any information or assistance possible. Very respectfully, James S. Dusenbury, 1st Lieut. Coast Artillery Corps, Commagjaing Company. U. B. Church. S. H. Yager, Pastor. Rev. J. E. Grimes of Warsaw, Presiding Elder, was present Thursday evening and preached a fine discourse from "Christ the Head of the Church", following the sermon was the business session for the quarter ending Dec. 20. The report of the official members showed every branch of the church in excellent condition and the financial report was never better. Sunday morning was communion day. Nearly t'.ie entire membership with a number of others were present.' The subject for the sermon was "The Great Birthday". The discourse was a visit to Bethlehem manger, and brought out many precious thoughts. Following the sermon about fifty partook of the Sacrament, then came the reception of members and four very worthy citizens united with the church. The Sunday evening service was largely attended. Aside from the number in the city many drove in from the country to enjoy the evening session. The pastor preached from Luke 2:14. Subject "First Christmas Carol." The thought presented was the heavenly host expressed their greatest joy by singing "Glory to God in the Highest" as the higSiest achievement of Heaven had been gained in the birth of the Christ, the second stanza of the song "on eartli Peace." The place where the treaty was signed was at Beth lehem's manger and the swaddling cloth the flag of peace. The third, Good will toward men, the first notes of this stanza is God-like, the second is peaceful but the third ought to melt our hearts as no greater proof of kindness exists than this one, God gave His only beloved Son that we might live. The Christian Endeavor was led by Mr. C. E. Meeks, the subject "Why was the King oorn" was ably handled. There was about forty present and nearly all took an active part. The Sunday School is growing stronger at each session. The entertainment on Thursday evening is expected to be an excellent one, as the teachers and scholars are working to that end. A number of new classes will be organized and teachers appointed at the beginning of the new year. Will Have Many Dances. , That there will be an abundance of opportunities for the lover of the terpscichorean art to shake his or her , feet duning the Christmas week in riymoufh, is evident by the invitations -issued. On Christmas night and on New Year's eve, the Hoosier Kids will give a dance. On New Year's night Percival Kemp will be host, and on Tuesday night after Christmas Fred Price will give a dance to his friends. Then the young ladies of the city are planniing to entertain their gentlemen friends with a ball sometime between Christmas and New Years. Bremen is "Dry. But A lady from the neighboring town of Bremen, who has been visiting in Mishawaka this weekt stated that while the town is nominally "dry" since the local saloons were -voted out of business, thirsty citizens have but little trouble in -securing intoxicating beverages by simply repairing to a cold storage plant located just outside the prohibited town limits. Mishawaka Enterprise.

STRUCK BY FALLING DILL LIES

Left Leg Was Broken in Three Places Clavicle Fractured Escape from Death Miraculous.

To lie injured, and unable to move, but Mill possessing strength to shout for help which did not come, to lie in a woods for two nights and a day without being discovered or missod, does not seem possible in a community so densely settled as Marshall county; yet this is exactly what happened to John Dill, a well known farmer residing 8 miles west of this cityj and 1 1-2 miles northwest of what is known as Sligo, in West township of this county. Escape from Death Miraculous. ' That Dill survived the -awful ordeal is considered by the doctors who dressed his wounds Monday morning as nothing Jess than a miracle. A man of ordinary endurance could not have withstood the anguish whic!?. the awful wounds caused.and the extreme exposure of lying wounded for 40 hours in weather as cold as the last three days have been " Dill was used to "roughing it," and his excellent physical condition is all that saved his life. As it is, it is most probable that he will lose ftis left leg, which 230 PERSONS WILL BE VICTIMS HEALTH BOARD MAKES ASSERTIONS WHICH CAUSE SOME THOUGHT. December is Pneumonia Month Two Hundred) and Thirty Indianians Must Die This Month. The state bJard ofj health in its mona'iJy bulletin has an interesting comment upon pneumonia in this state,. which carnot'but set the reader thinking. Thi state board says thai a mesisenger w'th bad news is not welcome. He U'Simply tolerated, never thanked, and would be kkked out did not reason sometimes prevail over impulse. Nevertheless, we venture to bring bad news. In December the pneumonia month not less than 230 persons, not well and strong, will lie dead of pneumonia in the state of Indiana, llow do we know? Why this slaughter has occurred every December for many years past, end so we conclude it will occur this December. We can not hope to escape having the germs of pneumonia enter our bodies, because they are ubiquitous, being in the dust of. the air we breathe, the spitters having placed them there. We can, however, lead the hgienic life, and in that way aoquireand store up strength to resist the infection. Right living pays large dividends. Be temperate in drink and food, sleep not less than eght hours in an extra well ventilated -bedroom, don't ride inside trolley cars or steam cars when the air is foul. Ride on the platform, walk or don't go if you can not otherwise ivoid breathing n'asty air, which has already been down into toe lungs of diseased or well people. There are several ways by which one can lower h'ts resistance so that he may have pneumonia, but the banner method is to breathe foul air. The following recipe will bring the disease for you whenever you want it: Drink freely of stimulants, take a few cocktails or highballs,, many cups of coffee and many oris of tea every day; eat quantities of meat and' salad, dig into society hard and exhaust your strengti practice nil kinds of intemperance, be -sure to keep out of the fresh air don't ventilate your "bedrooms, library and office, and ride in the close, thrice-breathed air of the trolley cars. H doing all thes foolish things don't bring you pneumonia, you are, indeed, extra strong. So many 'business men Wave pneumonia. They attend a convention, enjoy a big feed, spend much time in the hotel buffet with tobaeceo smoke-and bad sair, and then go home in a sleeping car berti'ii with curtairts tightly drawn, agatn associating with bad air Pneumonia has been termed the "Captain" of the 'Men of Death." It is increasing in the cities at a rapid rate and slowly increasing in the country. A large proportion of pneumonia cases whtch recover afterward die of consumption." i Osborne Wins Road Case. The jury returned in the Philip Sickman versus Geo. Osborne and others to vacate roa( ease at 3:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon with a verdict for the defendants. This case has been occupying the timeof the court for three days and was concerning the vacation of a road in Union township. Cases are Dismissed. The cases - of State of Indiana against George Denman fi r surety of the peace, v.?rsji l-'rei Shearer foT malicious trespass, and aii.ru st M. Pesch for maintaining nuisincc, were dismissed by the prosecuting attorney Tuesday.

TREE JOHN 40 HOURS IN WOODS

and was terribly miftilitated, and if complications, with pneumonia, do not. set in, it will be all the more miraculous. Dill Lived Alone. John Dill is a baohelor, who lives by himself on his 200 acre farm in West township. He is a successful farmer, well to do financially wliose principal occupation is sheep raising. He seldom goes any place excepting u) Plymouth, where he does his trading. He is a quiet sort of a fellow .Jho keeps mostly to himself, and is seldom seen, even by his neighbors. This is probably the principal reason why he was not missed, and the fact that the woods in which he met the accident is a half mile from the nearest farmhouse accounts for fbc reason why he was not discovered sooner. Discovery Was an Accident That Dill was discovered at 7:00 oViock Monday morriing, after lying .n the woods stance about 3:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon, was an accident, which saved his life, for when the unfortunte man was found he -was sinking into unconsciousness, his injured limb was turning black and had completely lost its circulation. Dill was found by a young man by the name of Shatford wCio lived nearby and ivho happened to visit the woods that -morning to look after some traps which he had set nearby. He saw and recognized his neighbor's team of horses hitched to a wagon, and later noticed the helpless man lying beneath the tree" which "had fallen on him. Shatford secured assistance and had Dill placed in the wagon and carried to the house, where he was soon attended by doctors from Plymouth. Went to Cut WoodDill tells the story of his awful experience in a matter of fict way, although he says that he suffered untold agonies with his broken leg and collar bone before they became numb and ceased to pain him. He says that he went to the woods near his house to cut and haul wood, Saturday afternoon. He selected a stub, or bare limbless tree, about fifteen feet in height, to cut down. When h was almost ready to fall, he noticed that it would fall towards (his horses which were standing hitched to the wagon near to the tree. Accordingly he went to the team and moved them away. He then picked up his ax and returned to cutting down the tree. Before he could strike it again, he heard it cracking through the limbs of the other trees above, and looking up saw it falling upon him. He raiser1 his arms to throw it off his head if possible but a projecting knob struck him on the right shoulder, fracturing the collar-bone. He was struck to the earth, and the tree fell upon his kft leg. Dil! says when he regained consciousness, his left arm was free and he was able to look at 'his watch. It was 4:00 o'clock His teg pained him terribly. He was also conscious of a dead pain in his right shoulder. He was unable to move, yet he found Iiis voice, and began shouting for fli-rlp. He kept fiM up all night Saturday, not beings able to sleep a particle. Sure that some assistance would come Sunday, he continued to shout for help intermittently. Sometime Sunday morning he lost all feeling in his injured leg and shoulder. By Sunday night he was in such a condition that he 'did not care much whether Sie was found in time, or not. Sunday" night, he says, he must have dozed off, for he don't remember much that happened during the night. When found Monday morning, he was in a semfi-con-scious condition, and thought that he would not last much longer. Dill's Severe Injuries. When the doctors arrived Monday morning to attend Dill they found his condition to .be most critical. The right clavicle was fractured, the lower third of the left leg below the knee, had a compound fracture, the bore protuding from the ugly wound, a fracture was also sustained in the leg below the knee in the upper third; then there was also a single fracture in the thigh half way above f!e knee. The physicians thought it probable that the deft leg would hare to be amputated, yet if other complications do not set in, Dili has a chance of recovery. MEET IN SOUTH BEND. Shooting Meet Will Take Place in That Cit Some Time in January Says Mayor Freyermutb, Arrangements are being made for a state shooting tournament to be he'd in Sörth Rend by differrnt companies of tf:e Indiana National Guard ome time the larterr part of January. Maj. Freyermuth ;who will have charge of the preliminaries, stated Monday night tfiat de-tails had not been outlined yet, but would be in a fevr days when further information would be given out.

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