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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01

- HE American Government Bureau Of Forestry has
selected two widely separated sections Of the treeless
Of the West for study In artificial forestry dur
i Ing the present season A field force is at work
studying the soils and the kind Of timber best adapted
States Of illinois and the Dakotas, the former
being low, level prairie for the most part and the latter
high abe-and but both without trees except along the
There has been considerable private tree planting
in both States chiefly however snail SCALE and for
purposes Of shade and shelter for far buildings.
The Forestry Bureau is making study Of the subject
with view to the encoura cement OF tree planting
extensive scale Two purposes to be furhered
by this the growth Of timber suitable for fuel fencing
and building purposes and the other the gradual growth
timber shelter belts intervals sufficient break the
force Of the fierce winds that sweep these plains
Some experiments IN this line have demonstrated two
important benefits the being that the winter wheat
by these shelter belts survives where otherwise
would be blown bare and killed The other demonstrated
advantage is that In the drouh the sheltered land
retains moisture much longer than that which is wind
swept AS great portions Of the treeless sections Of the
American West have deficient rainfall at best the i'm
portance Of retarng evaporation hardly be overest
mated-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01
Has Japan the Money for a Long War?

II nation wage protracted unless it pos
abundance Of cash. In the long run 1t is
possible that the conflict in the Far East will be de-
termined by hard cash" much as BY the vaor and
endurance of the victor For the fiscal 1oc06 the
cost Of the Japan estimated at 1884 100000 This
outlay has already been provided for by the Japanese Par
lament which has authorized internal loan Of $751;
100000 and treasury orders TO the amount OF $500OO
The balance is to be raised by increased taxation
How long Japan stand such expenditures The
Russian press almost unanimous declaring that Is
the unaerable Of the Cars to con-
tinue the until Russia is victorious That may mean
Of years duration Evidently the Japanese
realize that there is to be prolonged conflict for the
Mkado in congratuang his soldiers for their vaor In the
series Of battles which compelled Kuropain to give up
Lao Yang frankly stated that the end Of the
long off, If Japan can get the money there seems to
be question Of its ability to fight the Russians equal
terms But will the fnancers of Europe keep the Japanese
government in funds? VIII the British allies Of Japan be
ready furnish loan after oan the theory that the
Japanese fighting Great Britains battles well es
their own? This phase of the which must give
the Mikado's government little concern, for after ALL
the longest and not the most brilliant strategy
the decisive factor unless the Japanese conduct
aggressive winter campaign and destroy capture the
main Russian army.-Baltimore Sum-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01
ICE OF THE ALPINE GLACIERS
Evidence to Show that 1t Is Reeedins
There and i'm Greenland.

Evidence to Show that 1t is Recedina
There and i'm Greenland.
Observation of the alpine glaciers
during series of years have supplied
proof that these great ice streams have
long been in process Of recession. Sim
liar evidence with regard to the
Greenland glaciers has not been COZ
lected over a wide area, though Dr.
NJ. G. Engell, of Copenhagen, who Wis
tied them, made a collection of facts
which seem to show conclusively that
the glaciers of Greenland are also re-
ceding.
DR.. Engell selected the Jakobshavn
glaciers for his studies because il is
the only glacier of Greenland which
has been observed by white visitors
for a long period of time. At least nine
visitors, several of them men of sci
ence, have examined these glaciers
within the past fifty-three years. They
did not all record the location Of its
front so clearly that DR.. Engen, in
making his map, can be certain that
he has correctly assigned the position
Of its face at the time each man saw
it, but there seems to be little doubt
that his map of the retreat Of the
Jakobshavn glacier published in Peter
mann's Mittellungen is approximately
correct
Among the visitors to the glacier
whose observations are shown on DR..
EngelPs map were Rink, Nordensk-
jold and other well-known arctic stu
dents.
The map shows approximately the
position of the front of the great gla
cier in 1850, 1875, 1879; March, 1880;
August, 1898 and 1902. The informa-
ton given on the map indicates that
In the past fifty-three years the faces
of the glacier has retreated about
eight miles. Not only is it shorter
than it formerly was, but its mass has
otherwise been reduced to a very con
siderable extent.
The surface OF the glacier now lies
from twenty to thirty feet below its
former level, and the PERCEPTIONS walls
Of rock that hem it in bear the record
Of this change of level. 1t is found
slso that other glaciers in that neigh
borhood are in process of retreat, and
the evidence collected by DR.. Engell
shows that this process has been going
on for long series of years.
This evidence would seem to show
that for the past half century the
summer heat has been greater than ii
was for at least a considerable period
before that time, with the result that
on the whole the ice south Of Green
land has been melting little more rap
idly than it has formed.-Baltimore
American
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01

n recent church conference, held In Of the
Il Western States it developed that several OF the
II ministers received less than $500 year each. A
few were paid $3.50, while struggling to save
bous salary Of $120 year. In the light Of these dis
nosures the frequently depored scarcity Of ministers is
pot so much Of mystery have considered it.
Added to the terrors of the donation party such nggar
alares enough the from entering
he ministry.
Men capable Of being preachers more in almost
any other vocation and who is not capable is 1T
preach the gospel 1t is possible of course that Of
ese poorly paid receive all their services
WORTH In such the church and the community would
s better of they their talents other
hse.
The church cannot thrive upon cheap preaching, any
than school flourish upon cheap teaching The
Railways and the great financial and Industrial
n the country employ but the highest ability and
they pay the highest price for It The average minister
Of the gospel worthy his hire; his hire should
be sufficient maintain him In accord with the dignity Of
ks calling-Chicago Journal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01
WOMEN AS WORKERS.

Some Figures that, After All, Are Not
DiscOuraging.
A statistician has gone to the trouble
to ascertain that 80 per cent Of all the
divorced women, 80 per cent of the
widowed and 81 per cent of the single
women are engaged in gainful pur.
suits. Only about per cent Of the
married women are similarly situated.
While the great body of married wom-
Ell are at home attending to the do
nestle duties which are naturally SET
down for them, there is some hope
still that the old order Of things is not
going to be completely overthrown.
The world will not be without homes.
The figures indicate that "a per cent
IF the married men are supporting
their wives, though the women are,
Of course, doing their full share in
maintaining domestic establishments
which are bulwarks of morals and
good order and which keep the race
from dying out.
On surface analysis it may seem
wonderful that 81 per cent of the mar.
RED men find enough to do to support
families, when so many women are in
mems occupations; but the earth is big,
and the ordinary attempt at compre-
bending the things to be done and the
number of people to do them is puny
indeed. In the long run there appears
TO be room for everybody-the home
woman, the new woman, the man
aish woman, the bachelor woman, etc.,
likewise for the womanish man and
The men who depend on the labor and
sllrewdness Of their wives to keen
them going. The mixture of the sexes
IN the active business affairs Of today
would have scared writer's on political
economy twenty-five years ago. II
seems plain enough, for example, that
when a man on salary gets work for
ais daughter in the same occupation at
perhaps smaller compensation than he
receives, he is sapping the foundation
If his own employment and prosperity;
that, in the long run, he will be simply
dividing up his salary among the mem
Ders Of his own family and driving
,ther men out Of employment.
The results Of widespread changes OF
his sort look, apparently, to an entire
revolutionizing of society. But people
are not stopping to study the text
books. They are going ahead with
the fashions of the time, leaving the
,essimists and those who have nothing
do but study to read up on political
economy. A great many wise books
have been impracticable In relation to
business affairs. If society Is going
wrong In putting the gentler sex in the
ines of employment that were former.
y exclusively for men, the mistake
viii manifest itself some day in seri-
pus way. Money panics result from
sver-wrought ambition to get rich
quick, and then follows the travail OF
liquidation. And so it is with other
lffairs Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01
SUES A RIGHTEOUS DECEIT.
Lawyer Tells How He Saved His
Client q Lot of Trouble.

Lawyer Tells How He Saved His
Client Lot of Trouble.
Our cleverest work." said the old
lawyer reminiscently, lis not always
done In court"
'No?" said the young man inQuir-
ingly. Possibly you could give an
illustration"
Undoubtedly could" replied the
old lawyer. I'm fact, I was thinking
Of the case Of an irascible old fellow
who once kicked servant out Of the
house. / believe there was a differ
ence Of opinion as to the mount of
wages the man was entitled to. At
any rate, the testy old gentleman put
himself in the wrong when he elected
the man with violence Of both Ian
guage and action and the man was
smart enough to know it.
HE hunted up lawyer immediate
~ and put the case In his hands aud
then / was called in. The wrathy old
fellow was mad clear through and he
was going to fight the case all the way
up to the highest court and back again
If necessary. He was personal
friend Of mine and I didn't want to
see him waste his money foolishly, so
advised him to compromise it.
Not If he offers to compromise
for 10 cents he asserted vociferously.
I'll fight tails case clear to the limit
no matter what it COSTS
II argued with him, but 1t was no
use. He'd pay me anything wanted
to fight the case, but he wouldn't pay
the plaintiff cent. would have been
justified under the circumstances In
going ahead and letting him run into
a lot of expensive and useless litiga-
tion, but didn't like to do it So
went to see the lawyer on the other
side. He knew he had a good case
but he also knew that my client had
lots Of money and could make a pro
longed and costly fight Consequent
~ he was inclined to be reasonable
He hunted up his client and talked II
over with him and the client said he
would compromise for $50. His law
yer made q reasonable charge and
closed with them on the spot and paid
them.
Then went back to my client, told
him had put up such a blur that be
never would hear Of the casa again
turned In bin that covered the cost
Of the settlement had effected and
he paid It without a murmur. H<
sometimes speaks to NE now Of the
clever work did In that case. but be
doesn't know how clever It really waa
and what lot Of cash It saved him.
New York Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01
The Last Straw.


Mr.. Hartman would have liked to
employ the half-hour spent in the last
train to Paradise Corner in reading
the evening news, but behind him sat
a pair of giggling girls.
Father thinks the Russians haven't
the ghost of chance" he heard
Really said the second voice.
MN; that's what he thinks, and
father knows Lot He's a splendid
weather prophet, you know"
"Reallyr'
"Oh, yes and he always can tell
the way the elections are coming out,
for mayor and president and the school
board, and everything"
Realty
Yes, and he's pretty generous to
me, too. He gave me the money for
one of those new long coats to-day"
Really
Eyes And oh, did you know every
thing is to be brown this season?
That's what my cousin says"
"Reallyr'
my DEAR" said Mr.. Hartman, as
he YEARLY submitted to his wife's
evening salutation and fell into the
nearest chair, II am worn out There
was girl behind me in the car who
said. Really somewhere near a thou
sand times"
Mrs. Hartman laid a cool and sooth-
ing hand on his brow.
"Oh, not reallyw she said, as she
smoothed the wrinkle between his eye
brows.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01
An Animal that Makes Hay.

Very provident creatures are the
little chief hares, or pleas Of the West.
These animals, which seem to be re-
lated to the rabbits on one side and
to the rats and mice on the other,
make their homes chiefly on the noun
tain slopes, in holes and assures
among the rocks and boulders. They
are very industrious little fellows, and
their chief preparation for winter con-
sists in gathering plants, which they
pile into "haystacks" very much as our
own farmers do.-Woman's Home
COmpaniOn.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01
kzfDlIORIAIS,ss !
Opinions of Great Papers important Subjects s

strengthens their vanda desires with the very weakness OF
the public view. When they taught that the laws OF
conduct for others and that the
penalty falls all alike there may be some chance OF
reform.
The shining heights Of student assniny were reached
at the University Of California. The students OF war
tactics rebeed because they to be taught to march,
They would take the truly royal road to learning Could
there exhibition idocy than that
of lot Of youngsters who would learn the science OF war
without going through the preparatory school Of the SOL
dierf What they need is two hours setting up drill In
the without single '.n place rest" order.
College students may be old be spanked but the
hard hand Of authority ought to do something in the pun
ishing lne-and that quicky-Chicago Post
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01
DESERT WELLS.
Observation-Disclosures.


When the ''tenderfoot'' first strikes
the desert country he is surprised to
learn that he Is expected to pay fo-
the water he uses fer himself and for
bis beast A little later, says the au-
thor Of THE Mystic Mid-Region," he
becomes indignant upon finding him
eelf unable to purchase even a small
quantity because CT the extreme eau
ton Of the proprietor of some desert
well where he has expected to replen-
iah his stock OF water.
1t Is not an unusual happening for
the desert traveller, who has toiled
hours over the burning sands after his
supply Of water has been used up, to
And the desert dweller unwilling to
spare drop Of his scanty supply. Not
ell desert wells are dependable, and
sometimes the solitary dweller Of the
oasis finds his supply exhausted. He
then has to haul all the water he uses
forty or fifty miles until such time
% the winter rains come 10 replenish
the vein which feeds his well.
Men tortured by thirst become des-
psrate. A thirsty man knows no law
lave that Of might. Not long ago a
respectable citizen o. a little Cahfor-
hia town had occasion to cross the
desert at point where water holes
were few and far apart. He depended
upon obtaining water at q certain
ranch. established at one OF the GASES
On his route. aid when he arrived there
be and his guide and burros were In
sad condition, having been several
Guide fve-dollar gold piece and told
him to see the rancher and purchase
the water necessary to carry them to
he next watering place. 1t happened
Nat the rancher's well was In danger
6 going dry, and ne declined the mon
~. He refused to part with any wa
1sr. Pleadings wsre unavailing, and
the guide returned b his employer and
reported his inability to make deal.
Men the staid citizen arose. and. with
Z ten-dollar gold piece in one hand
and revolver in the other. sought the
eancher
There Is ten dollars for the water. II
you win sell It." he said, land IL not.
Ilhall take It anyway Now which
hall It beY'
There wa but one reply to an argu-
ment Of that kind; the rancher sulkily
excepted the money, the brackfsh wa
~ was drawn from the well, and the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01

FAvORlTES

J ~o-~~o-o.~.~o-o.o-~-o
FaithIess Nelly Gray.
Ben Battle was a soldier bold
And used to wars alarms,
But cannon ball took off his legs,
So he laid down his arms.
Now, as they bore him off the field
Said he: Let others shoot,
For here leave my second leg
And the Forty-second foot"
The army surgeons made him limbs
Said he: They're only pegs,
But there's as wooden members quite
As represent my legs"
Now, Ben he loved a pretty maid,
Her name was Nelly Gray,
So he went to pay her his deyoirs
When he devoured his pay.
But when he called on Nelly Gray
She made him quite a scott,
And when she saw his wooden legs
Began to take them off,
Is this your love so warm?
The love that loves a scarlet coat
Should be more uniform"
Said she: 81 loved a soldier once.
For he was blithe and brave,
But l will never have a man
With both legs in the grave.
Before you had those timber toes
Your love 1 did allow,
But then, you know, you stand upoE
Another footing now"
sOh, Nelly Gray! Oh, Nelly Gray.
For all your jeering speeches,
at duty's call left my legs
In Badajos' breaches"
why, then," said she, you've lost ii
feet
OF legs in wars alarms,
And now you cannot wear your shoes
Upon your feats of arms.
ooh, false and tickle Nelluy Gray!
/ know why you refuse.
Though I've no feet some other man
Is standing in my shoes.
Il wish ne'er had seen your face!
But now a long farewell!
For you will be my death-alas!
You will not be my Nell!"
Now, when he went from Nelly Gray
His heart so heavy got
And life was such burden grown
1t made him take a knot.
Thomas Hood.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01
Strangers Yet.


Strangers yet!
After years of life together.
After fair and stormy weather,
After travel in far lands,
After touch of welded hands
Why thus joined? Why ever met,
If they must be strangers YETI
Strangers yet!
After strife for common ends,
After title of "old friends"
After passions fierce and tender,
After cheerful self-surrender,
Hearts may beat and eyes be met
And the souls be strangers yet.
Strangers yet.
o, the bitter thought to scan
All the loneliness of man
Nature by magnetic laws
Circle unto circle draws,
But they only touch when met,
Never mingle-strangers yet.
Richard M. Mines.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01
Now Gun of Vast Power.

The inventor of the new American
gun II a man named ]. Hamilton
Brown, though the work Of construct
ing this particular six-fnch experiment
tai piece is In charge Of Colonel John
NJ. Ingalls, retired, q. s. A., an artil-
lerist Of high standing and reputation.
Despite the incredulity of contem-
porary gun builders Colonel ingalls,
and the ofacers with him assert that
this six-inch gun will throw thirty
miles projectile weighing 100 pounds,
which viii pierce a six-inch steel tar
get. A ten-inch gun of this construc-
ton, with a powder chamber of 14.259
cubic inches and using $50 pounds of
smokeless powder, would hurl a GOO
pound projectile distance of fifty
nine miles,
Increasing this ratio, sixteen-inch
gun would have an extreme range of
more than 100 miles, and eouipped
with such coast defense rifles England
and France could shell each other
across the channel.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01

The Grand Duke Constantin is one of
Russia's favorite poets. He won q rec
ord as fine soldier before he began to
write verse.
]. is not wealth nor ancestry, but hon.
craAole conduct and a noble disposition
that make men great
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01
Halle Family Pills are the best.
Strenuous Life.

The Mother-Now, be careful, my
son, and don't work too hard at col
lege, or you may injure your health.
The Son-Don't worry, mother. Un-
der the new football rules there isn't
half so much work required as for
merIy
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01
Counting the Cast.

Thinking before you speak, Is a
fine MAXIM" said the peaceful man.
YES" answered the prudent per-
son. land it is especially applicable to
modern conditions, in view of what
tele.hone service costs-"-Washingto
Star
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01
Relic of the Civil War.

Relic of the Civil War.
The steering wheel Of the steam
frigate Minnesota, which has been -e-
ceived by the Minnesota Historical So
ciety, will occupy conspicuous part
in the new capitol, as soon as the So
ciety moves into its new quarters, says
the st. Paul Pioneer Press. The wheel
IS constructed Of oak and mahogany, is
our and half feet In diameter and
IS mounted on wooden frame.
The steam frigate Minnesota was
constructed in accordance with an act
of Congress passed April 8, 1854, which
provided for six frigates for the Uni
ted States navy.
The Minnesota, in 1857, 1858 and
1859 was the flagship commanded by
Samuel T. Dupont OF the foreign
squadron, which went ON a special
mission to China and was present at
the operations Of the French and En-
glish forces against China, notably at
the capture Of the forts at Pehio Riv-
err. After visiting Japan, India and
Arabia, the ship returned to Boston In
1859, where it was out of commission
until 1861.
At the opening of the Civil War the
Minnesota was put In commission un-
der Captain s. H Stringham as flag
ship Of the Atlantic blockading squad
ron. 1t was present at the capture OF
Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark at Hat.
teras inlet, North Carolina, and was at
Fortress Monroe at the encounter be-
tween the Monitor and the Merrimac,
when the Merrimac sank the Cumber.
land and burned the Congress and the
Minnesota went aground. The ship
was also present at the capture OF
Fort Fisher Jan. Is, 1866.
After the Civil War the Minnesota
was used from 1865 to 1882 as train
ing ship and was put out Of commits
sion In 1882. In 1895 it was loaned
to the State Of Massachusetts for the
naval militia until 1897. Four years
later the famous boat was dismantled.
having been sold to Thomas Butler s
Co., Of Boston, Tor 5,738, $40, TBS
more than the appraised value. The
Minnesota society applied for the
steering wheel year ago, and through
the efforts c1 Senator Moses ID. Clapp
and Congressman r. G. Stevens the
society was made custodian Of the IA
nous relic.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01

The median age Of negroes Il 1914
years-that is, half the negroes In the
United States are below that age. The
median age is four years below that
Of the whites (23.4 years.. difference
closely connected with the high birth
rate and high death rate Of the ne
groes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01
beware of Oiutments for Caiarrh that
Contain Mercury.

As mercury viii surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering 1t through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians. as the
damage they viii do Is tenfold TO the good you
IAN possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by +. j. Cheney & Co., Tole-
do, o., contains no mercury. and is taken inter-
many, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. In buying Halls
Catarfh Cure be sure you get the genuine. 1t Is
taken internally. and made in Toledo, Ohio, by
f. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free
Sold by Druggists. price 75c. per bottle.
Halle Family pills are the best
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01
Undoubtedly Tru

after ALL" remarked the man, talk
il cheap"
You viii probably think otherwise"
rejoined the philosopher, latter you have
had occasion to consult frst-class law
ye-."