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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08
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of dive in pool will only await his chance to
repeat his adventure When such disposition is discovered
the father of determined boy, in
stead of Furnishing him. take in hand the lads nataory
adventures and him personally to the bathing beach,
to superintend his swimming The more the youngstef
whipped for his swims the shrewdy he will
conrve to hide them And in his hiding he Is likely to
dangerous places where he be easily His
companions usually boys Of his own age who can
help him If he gets into trouble in the water he
should Of course be kept at home if possible from such
places, but when the waterfall is heard In midsummer
nothing short of bolts and bars the boy swimmer
from his plunge The bathing beach provided in large
part just to offset this danger 1t is not all it should be
yet In point Of equipment and regulations for its but
Is nevertheless excellent institution where every
don Is to safety possible and where the dan
to the youngster who swimming alone reduced
to minimum The boy who is taught by his father to
swim happier lad than he who has to sneak with
other boys and learn in muddy hole in the creek
dirty wharf basin. Every boy should be taught to
swim he has the strength to maintain himself
in the water. It is invaluable accomplishment which
at any time may save life.-Washington Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08
Covering the Truth.

A certain man in Philadelphia, who
goes fishing two or three times a year
and brings home more stories than fish,
was talking to a friend not long after
his last trip.
And what did your wife say? In
quired the friend, when you told her
you had caught thirty-five fish, none
less than a pound weight?"
''That wife of mine is queer wom-
an" was the reflective response. you
know the statue of Truth we had
there in the parlor without any
clothes on?'
Eyes"
swell, do you know, when I told her
what I had caught, she didn't say a
word, but went right over to that
statue with tears In her eyes and
wrapped a rug around it. Now, what
do you suppose she meant by thatT
and his friend assured him that it was
entirely beyond his explanation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08
THE RIGHT FOOD.

To feed a variety of food does moi
require the farmer to make a com
plete change from certain kinds tc
others, but to avoid combining the
stock to one or two kinds only. Cor
and hay are excellent foods and neee
not be discontinued. but cut roots
silage. cooked potatoes or turnips. OF
even a mess of scalded cut clover. will
be readily accepted, while bran or
ground oats may be given regularly
The rule should be to observe the ami
NAL, and when it refuses any pa-ticu
lar food tempt it to eat with some
other kind
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08
POULTRYGRAPHS.

Very seldom are special prizes offer
ed for birds bred by the exhibitor.
There ought to he such prizes by all
means. By this it is not meant that
we have any objection to the practice
of buying winners. If we were going
to make an exhibit at a big show
this winter and did not have quite
what we wanted of our own breeding.
we should buy birds for showing. il
we could afford to. At the same time,
the man who breeds his winners
should in some way be recognized by
special prizes.
We knew a man who kept two hun
dred hens through one severe winter.
During part of the time be bought
eggs from his neighbor, who had thir-
ty. for table use. The first man did
things in the average" way. He fed
corn almost exclusively The drinking
vessels were full of ice most of the
time. The house was seldom cleaned.
The air was foul and damp. No ami
NAL food was given, and no green
food, nor any substitute for green
food. and yet this man expected re-
turns from his hens He soon sold out
his poultry, and is pointed to by some
to this day as a horrible example"
of the folly Of trying to make any
thing out of poultry
There is good ground for argument
regarding the respective merits of
the score card and comparison meth
DDS OF judging, but really we do not
see any ground for the great amount
Of feeling that exists in some quar-
tiers. 1t is right that we should hold
firmly TO our method of judging and
even to fight for it. but we ought also
to try to see the other mans point
of view. Not to do this betrays mar
rowness of mind. The cold fact Is
that among the most competent and
experienced fanciers-men who have
the interests of the poultry. fraterni-
ty most deeply at heart-there is hon.
est difference of opinion on this ques-
ton of judging fowls. To impute un-
worthy motives. to those who differ
from US is the settled habit of some,
but such an attitude is invariably D
mark of a narrow mind.-Poultry
Herald
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| P9z!z!e41 !: (eMMENT |


the one that Bryan knocked out, read:
1--WE favor a wise, conservative and
business-like revision and a gradual
reduction of the tariff by the friends
Of the masses and for the common
veal, and not by the friends Of it's
abuses, its extortions and its discrim-
nations"
In its place was adopted the moss
back free trade declaration which has
been In every Democratic platform for
almost a century-that the tariff
should be restored TO a revenue basis
and administered for revenue only.
This is the same plank that has been
voted down by the American people
repeatedly, and will be again. Parker's
friends wanted to straddle the tariff
for the benefit Of the East, but Bryan
wouldn't permit them. Evidently
Bryan is open to the charge of con-
spring at Democratic annihilation.-
Winona NIinn-) Republican.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08
AMBITIOUS OLD AGE.
Better Seek an Education at 10 thar
Remain Ignorant.

Better Seek an Education at 10 than
Remain Ignorant.
A few years ago two American wo-
men excited some comment by enter
ing college for complete course, one
being 20 years Of age and the other
nearly as old. One gave as her rea-
son lifelong ambition. Having mar
ried before her aspiration for a col
lege education could be realized, she
devoted herelf faithfully to her do
nestle career, but never ceased to de-
plore her meager schooling. Her chill
dren having grown into men and wo-
! men and having married and left her
alone in her home, she could see no
reason why she should not undertake
to- carry out her early purpose. She
found greater pleasure in study than
in anything else and although she
might die before graduation, still she
would have enjoyed her later years to
a degree which no other occupation
would allow.
Harvard reported four venerable stu
dents in the SUMMER school, one a New
Hampshire preacher of SO years: an
other a Congregational minister CDR.
Leo4ard Woolsey Bacon), who has
written good deal for the magazines
and who is "A years old, and two 9th.
er preachers Of about 60 years each.
OF course this is not like entering for
a full university course, but each of
this remarkable quartet has q special
branch which he wishes to master with
the aid Of the college professors. They
recall the case of the learned black
smith, who, after he had reached the
term Of life prescribed by the Psalmist
became an unusual linguist with the
complete mastery of many tongues.
| There comes a time in the life OF
nearly every man when he realizes
that he Is growing old Perhaps 1t is
in the very prime of life, about the for.
tieth year, that this recognition of his
mortality gives the most distress, and
he is disposed to doubt whether it Il
possible for him 10 accomplish any.
thing worth while. In the face OF
much evidence to the contrary It has
been affirmed that a man who has
done nothing great before that age viii
never do it; that life after 40 consists
mainly In learning ON previous acQui
dfions. However, as time goes on
many man develops new courage
and especially he resolves to i've thor
Ioughly and heartily 10 the lat ma
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08

the East. home, reserve,
several millions ready for transport Nearly five
months have elapsed Docs the Manchuran manifest
the phenomena of preponderous bigness?
On the contrary, the excuse of every Russian COM
who has yielded his line has the
the enemy numerical superiority At
Nanshan HILL Teissu, in fact everywhere contact has
Cured the Russian story Of few against manyof
encompassing japanese tide at sweeping the
and tapping the TANKS Kuropatkn has Joined
the chorus thus confessng weakness justification
the withdrawal not merely of detached force
advance guard but Of his main army says the Japanese
possess the Wis major.
Yet the most liberal estimate does not place the kados
soldiers in Manchuria at than 100000 An army
defense according accepted modern military canons
ought be able to hold twice its number in check Did
Lee stay Richmond a force less than
half that Of his adversary? Were the Beers able
the progress of army many times larger than
their own? Kuropatkin's dispositions unless
capacity is colossal suggest commander who believes
enemy exceeds him. Where. them is the Russian army
New York Globe
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08

At present, If the latest advices FROM
China are to be credited, that country
is the great slave country of the world
OF population of 4O0,0OO.G0O there
are slaves to the number of 1OO00,0OO
Every family of means keeps its girl
slaves, and mans position is usu-
ally gluged BY the number he keeps.
At any age from 3 to Is girls are sold,
eight being the age at which most
change hands. The girls are supposed
to do housework. it being cheaper to
buy than to hire. Slaves vary in
price; $40 is about the average, but
much depends on the girls appearance.
A good-looking girl will fetch $40 or
even $40.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08
A REMARKABLE WATCH.
Curious Relic Once Belonged to Queen
Mary of Scotland.

The descendants of Mary Setoun,
one of the four maids of honor TO
Mary Queen of Scotland, have in their
possession a curious watch, which was
given by that queen to her favorite.
The watch, which is in the shape of
miniature skull, is about two inches
and half in diameter 1t is supposed
to have been purchased by Mary her
self when on visit to Blois with her
husband, the dauphin of France, as
1t has the name of a celebrated Blois
manufacturer engraved on it
The entire skull Is curiously en-
graved. On the forehead there is q
picture Of Death, with the usual
scythe and hour glass and sand glass.
He is depicted as standing between
a palace and howell, to show that he
is no respector of persons, and under
neatt Is the familiar quotation from
Hors &C: '.Pallida more aequo puisat
pedf Lauperium tabernas Regumque
turres." At the back of the skull is
another representation, this one being
Of Time dey0uring everything. Time
also carries a scythe. and beside him
is the emblem OF eternity-the serpent
with its tail in its mouth
The upper section of the skull is
divided into two pictures. On one side
is the Crucifxion, with the Marys
kneeling at the foot of the cross, and
on tae other side are Adam and Eve
surrounded by animals in the Garden
of Eden.
Below these pictures, running right
round the skull, there is an openwors
band, to allow the sound of the strik-
ing Of the watch to be heard The
openwork is series Of designs cut
to represent the various emblems of
the Crucifixion, such as scourges, the
cross, swords, spears, the lantern used
In the garden, and so forth. All of
the carvings have appropriate Latin
quotations
By reversing the skull and holding
rhe upper part in the palm Of the
hand and lifting the under jaw on it,
hinge the watch may be opened, and
on the plate inside is a representation
Of the stable at Beth)enem. with the
shepherds and their flocks in the dis
fnnce.
The works of the watch are in the
brains Of the skull. the dial plate
being where the roof Of the mouth
would be in a real skull. This - Of
silver and gold, with elaborate scrolls,
while the hours are marked In large
Roman letters. The works are remark
ably complete. even to large silver
bell with a musical sound, which
holds the works In the skull when the
watch Is closed
This curious old watch is stil1 in
perfect order. and when wound every
1ay keenn accurats dme. It r tnn
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08
ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST.

No one who produces superior ar
ticle is compelled to search for
market If his products become known
The market always seeks the best,
and invites it, but inferior goods must
search for a market. and frequently
such effort is fruitless. Quality fixes
the price. and even when the market
is we'll supplied. there is always more
room for the best.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08
SPEECH BY FAIRBANKS.

Candidate for Vice President Makes
First Public Address.
Senator Charles w. Fairbanks Of In
diana, Republican candidate for Vice
President, made his first campaign speech
at White River Junction, Vt. The Sem
ator devoted most Of his speech to de-
Tending the Republican policies and to
demonstrating that the administration Of
Roosevelt has been a successful one. In
the course of his speech the Senator said:
reaching moment. We are to determine
the policies that shall be In force and the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08
Would Bring Calamity.

A victory for Parker in 1904 would
bring calamity quicker than it came inj
the Cleveland case, for Parker lacks
Cleveland's ability; Independence and
sanity on the money issue, and he
shares Cleveland's errors on the tariff.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08

ment and wind up his watch lacks a
manly quality. Anyhow, the man who
at 80 or any other age at which he
retains healthy mind does not shrink
from AN undertaking merely because
death is near gets the best out of life
PHILADELPHIA Record
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08
Where the Benefit Goes.

No, no. Burnt children dread the
fire, and Democratic talk about rob
Der tariff" in this year 1904 will not
win intelligent votes.
The people everywhere have learned
from sad experience the truth OF the
statement Of James G. Blaine:
''The benefit Of protection goes 1ist
and last to the men who earn their
bread in the sweat Of their faces
Flushing On. W Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08

In \ HESE the days when the parents of small
boys feel anxious lest their offspring may seek
deep water and come to grief. The youngsters
are commanded not to go swimming. They are
K7ESMsWlJ punished If they caught with wet hair.
VSEGkSGJ Sometimes the shrewd mother ties peculiar
In fasenngs Of shoes and clothes and thus
the outdoor bathing enterprise Of the boy Then
trouble average boy. having the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08

1t will be noted that the Republican
vote was 10000 less in 1897 than in
1894, when Morton was elected Cover
nor; it was 16SOO0 less than the vote
the next year, 1898, when Roosevelt
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08

NOTWITHSTANDING all the achieve
ments of practical science, there are
some indispensable materials the maxi
ing of which is still natures secret
and for which no entirely successful
substitute has been found. Amono
these substances is cork. and it is nos.
sible that In this case nature offers :
substitute IN the wood Of tree, grow
ing on the east coest Of Lake Tchad
in Afr1cs, which is Of even less specinc
gravity than CORK.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08

Hill, Sheehan, August Belmont and
the rest Of them insisted on the NOM
nation Of Judge Parker on the ground
that he can carry New York as against
Mr.. Roosevelt; that he is ''phenom-
email vote-getter." The only bit Of evil
dence they adduce Is that in 1897, the
year after Mckinley swept the State
by 26S, 469 plurality, Parker was elect
ed to his present judicial position by
6O,S89 plurality. This was the only
time Parker was a State candidate
But there is a quite exceptional rea-
son for his plurality that year. The
pluralities In the State Of New York
for the last six elections have been:
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08
FEEDING AFTER FOALING.

Both mother and young must be
housed at night in roomy stall. and
food must be given which stimulates
the flow Of milk. such as boiled roots
and bran mashes; these, of course,
being dropped off as the grass comes.
The usual allowance of oats should be
continued, for the mares system re-
quires as much feeding to produce
milk as to produce work. A mare
and foal do best when they have a
little field to themselves. A mare
with a foal should, of course. do no
work at all; if such is tried there is
great danger that the exertion and
sweating of the mother will react on
the milk and make it deleterious to
the foal. In addition to this. if the
foal is shut up while the mother is
at work It goes hungry too long. and
may suffer in another way. Many
farmers, of course, manage to work
the mare part of the time-sometimes
even allowing the foal to run along
side when the mother is at work
but it is PROFESSIONALLY best TO let
them run wholly at grass, at least at
flrst-P. Mcconnell in the Massachu-
sets Ploughman.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08

Tess-You're still engaged to Jack,
Il suppose.
Jess-Of course. He's just a dearj
Tess-And does he love you as much
as ever?
JessAGraciousl No. How could
he? You know, he broke his right arm
the other day.-Philadelphia Press
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08

frequenty upset every theory of human foresight and
make mockery of engineering SKILL Such accidents
be avoided only way and that by holding all trains
during such terrific sormsand this the public would not
tolerate contrary, there constant demand
q reduction in running time for greater speed for annh
laton of distance By yielding to this railroad
in danger Of losing sight Of the cardinal factor
OF safety The American people afflicted with the
mania of rapdity No railroad train, trolley
automobile. horse can go fast enough. If railroad
company to its trains safety schedule it
would be boycotted by the travelling public
How far then is the public responsible for railroad
accidents that caused by the lack of
donary in the running Of fast trains? Accidents
of happen which cannot be avoided Unfortunate
IL Of them result tie recklessneSs
the devimay impulse of getting there at any risk
It would that have about reached that point
where reaction must set in few more horrors like
that Colorado the Chicago Heights
and here will be revolution Of public sentiment which
may result In the subordnation of speed to safetyCh
cago Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08
Jules verne's Nest.

Jules Verne. the great French nov
elist, had a peculiar hobby as small
boy. This was to construct nests at
the top OF high trees and spend whole
days In them
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08
SHEEP. CLOVER AND RAPE.

A farmer of much experience In
things practical says:
Il believe that for capital invested
the amount of labor involved and the
risk, that sheep pay larger dividends,
year by year. than any other stock
ve keep. For example. take 500.
which will buy twenty good breeding
ewes in the late summer; they should
produce twenty-five lambs at least.
and the lambs ought to, and will. il
properly managed, bring 81 head of
grass. or If kept for winter feeding
until they will be worth S. per head
or more. making the amount of in
vestment. at 81 per head. and SIS
more at Sc per head, if you feed them
on. with the wool extra. What other
animals Will, for so small az outlay
and for so little work. return as much?
These 20 ewes and lambs can be kept
on an average quarter section farm
at very small cost.
BY gang blowing the stubble ground
intended for corn and roots imme-
dlately after harvest, sowing one-half
bushel of rye and three to four pounds
rape seed per acre. one will get
lot of fall and spring pasture, will
also terminate weed seeds which will
be'destroyed by the winter and spring
blowing, and land will be in better
shape for next crop.
81 am firmly of the opinion that the
sooner the farmers take hold of this
rape question the sooner it will revo-
lutionize the sheep industry for us.
Sow two or three pounds per acre
along with clover seed, when seeding
barley or oats; SOW it in the corn at
the last cultivation. If you have any
trouble getting q catch of clover, try
gang blowing the wheat stubble i'm
mediately after harvest. sowing three
pounds rape with clover seed, and
unless the season be too dry. you will
get stand of clover that will come
through the winter all right. This is
no untried theory as We have had sew
eral heavy crops of hay seeded in this
way
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08

Perhaps that is the idea that Secretary Shaw mind
when he complains that the management not made
sufficient Of the newspapers 1t is Of to talk
that. If the people do go to st. Louis
they will stay away. In the autumn when st. Louis is
cooler the attendance will doubtless larger But there
is little reason to hope that it will be large enough to
the enterprise financially Observation-Disclosures
Union and Advertiser
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large to be worn and was probably In
tended for desk or private altar
Kansas City Journal.
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Bolivia and Siam are the only civil
lied or semi-civilIzed powers without
national debt
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Be a child; live simply and nat
urally, and keep clear Of entangling
alliances and complications Of all
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08

Fest Language for the Telephone.
French IL said to be more easily I'M
derstood over the telephone than ing.
l3Sh.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08

We Gow Of only one way to make
the meat 50 round, and 1t Is old-dash-
Toned: Make good bread, ana double
the amount Of the gravy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-08

leitllizing an old field long ago aban-
doned. Then the MOUND of rotten
chips from the woodward went next.
PEOPLE thought he was then at the
end of his row. so to speak, but he
thought differently. He made some
stout wooden rakes and taking all the
children large enough to help. raked
the leaves in the adjoining woods,
hauling them and piling in little piles
tnlckly on the remainder of the field.
FINALLY the job was done and time
Tor blowing had arrived. Again the
cnioren were called out and the bot
Oom OIL every furrow in the portion
where leaves were used for fertilizer,
was hlled with them. Already far on
way TO decay, they were fairly well
rotted when wheat was sown. and
the next year that field came ND with
good yield of wheat all over. Other
helds were pastured, and whenever
broken, as much green manure as
could be secured was turned under.
Insects did not bother his crop SO
badly as those of his neighbors. be-
cause the trash in the fence corners
and nearby woods was all cleaned
away and plowed under. Neither were
grain crops of the same kind raised
IN the same field for two years in
succession. To make a long story
snort. he made good living, and in
few years his farm compared favor
ABLY with any in the neighborhood.-
u. b. Thomas in the Epitomist.