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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-30
A Talk on Birds and Bees.

Prof. Brown OF Rochester, the
"Bird and Bee Man." gave an instruc-
tive lecture on our streets Thursday
evening. The burden of his remarks
was principally upon the quail and
its economic value from the stand
point of the farmer. He explained
why killing the quail killed our wheat.
He said that the "HeSSian fly" or
the "HeSSian mosquito" as he called it
lived upon the wheat stalk at
period when the wheat was from
three to four inches above the ground.
The fly kills the wheat. But, since
the Hessian fly is the only proper
quail food, which has been discovered
after much investigation, it naturally
follows that the quail eats the fly, and
is its enemy, thus protecting the
wheat for the farmer. He dwelt up
on the habits of the quail, its mode
of defense in protecting its young and
initiated three of the quail's calls
each call having special meaning to
the bird.
Mr.. Brown is at present giving lee
lures at Winona, and is having much
success in his chosen work-he being
engaged two years in advance to lee
ure.
He directed that every person who
wished to know about the quail, and
the birds in general in this locality to
write TO the Secretary of Agriculture
at Washington, d. c. asking for the
following three bulletins:
Some Common Birds, Bulletin No.
"a.
Economic Value of the Bobwhite.
Birds of a Maryland Farm Bulletin,
No. II.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-30

by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There lie only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by az inflamed con-
dition OF the mucous lining of the Eus-
tacbian Tube. When this tube is inflam-
ed you have q rumbling sound or ini-
perfect hearing, and when it is entirely
closed, Deafness rs the result. and unless
the inflammation can be taken out and
this tube restored to its normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out OF ten are caused by Ca
tarrh. which is nothing but an inflam-
ed condition OF the mucous surface.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
Tor any case of Deafness (caused by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
F. ]. Cheney & Co.. Props,,
Sold by Druggists, Price Toe,
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
tiOn.s
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-30
Lonecliff is Crowded.

Longclifr hospital at Longansport
is now taxed to its utmost capacity.
Over 800 patients are being cared for
and applications for addmittance can
only be accepted as vacancies occur.
Notwithstanding the crowded condi-
sions existing. the authorities 10
charge state that they have every
thing systematlzed and the patients
receive the best attention that can be
given under any circumstances.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-30

The world s fair 0ratorical contest,
open to the state university students
of the United States, was held IN the
Hall of Congresses 1t was won by
Howard Stanley Smith, of Miami Uni
versity, of Ohio. Jesse Hole, of Kan
sas State university, was second.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-30

We wish to thank our neighbors
and friends for their kindness and
sympathy in our late bereavement.
Mr.. AND Mrs. HENRY REYNOLDS.
CHARLES REYNOLDS AND WIFE.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-30

For sick headache take Chamberlcln's
Stomach and Liver tablets and quick
cure is certain. For sale BY all druggists
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-30

If you want all the news, and
in q clear and readable shape
you'll get it IN The TRIBUNE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-17
Wanted a Foot.

As I have often remarked, New York not oniy produces a daily crop of oddi- ties. but queer things from lsewhere gravltate or levitate to this burg My frle~d, Weeks, who superntends the bu- reau of dependent adults got startle the other day that he hasn't yet got over. A lovely young girl who hailed from Bridgeport. Conn.,, came to him with a request for human foot, de- claring she couldn't go home without one "Why not go by train?" said he She replied gravely, unconscious of his persifage, that she was chiropodist and desired a real bona fide, five-toed foot to display in her office. But l don't deal in feet" said Weeks. You had better go to Prof Harry Thurston Peck the poet He may have a few left over from his last seasons stock. which he would be glad to sell at cost. as it's time for spring styles" She explained that her father had sent her to get one from the man who runs the morgue and 1t didn't matter whether 1t was right or left one: and she came to him supposing he had plenty hanging around" Weeks at first deemed her a crank. then faneied some practical joker among his friends had sent her but was finally convinced the girl was in dead fooD earnest. He promised to send her the first one that came his way, and she departed with thanks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-17
FIourishinq Bunco Business.

I have often been puzzled at some or the oddly benevolent advertisements that appear in New York papers, chiefly Tn those of the worst color. For example: .Opium. cocaine or drink habit cured by serding postal. Myself cured will freely inform for nothing of harmless, perma- rent home cure Miss Coralie Snyder, hox 41 IA Boston," This isn't the name or place. but 1t fills the bill. My puzzle was accidentally solved the other day oy . distinguished member of the Society for inc Prevention of Cruelty to lmbeciles
 whom I met coming out of the postofiice with A large bunch of letters in his paw
 He's a handsome man, so quizzeo him. ,Didn't know you had private letter box. How's the date crop this cold rnring?' "You're wrong this time. have simply out of curiosity been inves- upating one of the greatest humbugs in his humbug world. Look! Have you ,ver noticed these philantnropic adver- tisements. calculated to appeal to poor devils of both sexes, who have cursed habit from which, in their sane moments pf rem orse. they wish to free themselves! Well. 1 answered a pile Of these, oe'aii- \Ine my imaginary case and l got win- Eer,s supply of advice and recommended remedies that would be harmless, in deed. but quite intellectual If any sur- ferer from such habits took the treat ment. But-and here comes the point. the discovery of the dusky brother in tue x,~odnile-not long after began corFes-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-17

fly. And New York has been laughing pretty heartily over not few odd events just recent The Manhattan hotel lun cheon, which the fair danes of the Ideala club didn't eat, for the simple reason that they were partaking of a similar gor geous function at the Majectc It has been rather strongly hinted that the mat ter may reach the courts. It it does, judge and jury will be dazzled by the ar ray of feminine beauty which the 1dealas can present. The Idealas must not Fe confounded with the Boston Ideals. These latter purely theatrical; the former all soul, intellect and fashion. 1t seems that the steward of the Manha.- tan having been requested to submit for approval a menu of a luncheon for a certain day did so, and receiving no re- ply, took silence for consent or assent which is a dubious wisdom in dealing with danes, for silence is unnatural to the sex He went ahead and converted the Louis Quatorze ballroom into a trop- ical bower of Bermudian lilies, jonquils. pains and roses. Ten walters, partia1- larly selected for their ideal cast of coun- tenance and soft, harmonious ways of moving about, were stationed there. But at the hour expected no Idealas came, they were consuming a light meridian re- past of seventeen courses at the other huge caravansary. The president of the Idealas, Mrs. OBrien of Morningside, said to be one of the most beautiful and best begowned women In Manhattan knew nothing about any luncheon ar fangements elsewhere, but some of the members admitted that they had visited the Manhattan, talked it over, discussed decorations and hours and asked to have a menu submitted What constitutes contrac. between a club and a hotel CT restaurant, Is. perhaps q point of some legal altitude and if suit is brought, the court will be thronged by curiosity-log-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-17
TOMORROW DAY OF l POLITICAL STRIFE New York Democrats Will
 Struggle at Albany ROMANCE OF A DEFECTIVE Pa~'ck Nolan Led Picturesque Ca reer and Died of Broken Heart. Something About the Circus
 Chaplain.
BY JOHN MARTHoL.

New York, April 16.-On Monday, in the state convention of the democratic party at Albany some interesting battles will be fought It Is safe to say that New York is no longer under a single leader. It is well that this is so. Up the stats Hill at Albany; Murphy. at Troy, and Mack, at Buffalo, have their allies. Each is q power in himself. In the lower half Charles F. Murphy, of Manhattan, and the leadership. In the present clash all are arranged against Murphy, of Manhat- tan.
 Charles F. Murphy is playing the battle of his life with the odds against him. Absolue in his sway in several of the boroughs he has against him McCarren, of Brooklyn Murphy sought to control Brooklyn sought to bring it under the iron rule of Tammany McCarren fights bravely for the leadership. He seeks to be an independent chieftain not a vassa. In this attitude he has the support of all the well thinking democrats in Kings county. Up to the present moment Me Carren controls the largest part of his organization. What confronts him is dis affection brought about by lack of pat ronage. Murphy owns McClellans boots, body ard brooches, also the board of al- dermen. They are ready to deprive the democratic electorate of Brooklyn oe what it is entitled if by so doing 1t can undermine McCarren. Plainly Murphy de- sires to be absolute in control of Brook lyn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-17
Circus Life More Picturesque.

Circus life, always picturesque, has now teccme picturesquer Tody Hamilton has engaged a chaplain to attend to the spir- itual wants of the merry men and women under the canvas. This chaplain, no end of a good chap, rejoces in a name tha t would have delighted Dickens. He Is tn 3 Rev. MT. Sneak formerly of the Church of United Brethren, from which he branched into Methodism and now has found his equilibrium by accepting a call from Tody, the Irresistible Strange e-s this present situation of Chaplain Sheak may seem it really came about quite natu- rally, or by way of natural history. Sneak, as a boy, was particularly fond of animals; he got and kept all the pets he could and studied their ways, as ln the old song:
 "The fox and the hare
 The badger and the bear
 And the birds in the greenwood tree;
 The pretty little rabbits,
 So engaging in their habis
 And they all have a mate, but me"
 He first made friends with mice and here a curious fact known to few natl- ralists may be fitly introduced Mice are brave among themselves; mice will fight like the Roosevelt; will scrap" over a scrap of cheese, as if the universe de- pended on the result; and, stranger stlil. mice fight like men, standing on their hind legs and cuffng each other never biting, if they can possibly avoid it. They box and spar charningly But studies of church mice did not content the boy, Sneak. He got books and read up on lar- ger game; and when the great day dawn ed on the little Hoosier village where he was born-the day circus hove in sight, Sheak's mind was receptive for the les son. Parents and friends interfered and made him a parson but his love of other animals besides sinful men grew with his strength. At last. he laid the case before Tody. Tody sized up the earnest little fellow with sparkling eyes and junglo of brown whiskers and called him. The chaplain has now been preaching for three Sundays to the great satisfaction of the circus people. During weekdays he lectures on animals. My thousands of readers will ere long have chance to hear him and they shouldn't miss 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-17
Will Tramp Across.
,e ashjngton Times.

From the Washington Times.
 To "hoof it' across the Isthmus of Panama is the purpose of William Bar clay Parsons. one of the New York engi- neers of the Isthmian Canal commission. As the distance is about seventy miles when all the detours are allowed and the ground is rough, the other members oI the commission do not take kindly to MT. Parsons idea. MT. Parsons jocularly re- marked during his visit here that Ad- miral Walker certainly ought to be good pedestrian judging by his name, but speaking more seriously, he said it was his honest belief that the commission could better inspect the topography of the ground if they went on foot, and he will strongly advocate this plan when the engineers arrive on the scene.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-17
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

This column Is open to readers of The Age Herald. Anyone desiring informa- ton should address Questions An swered," care The Age-Herald. , C. D. C.-How can I procure document 19 of the first session of the 5Sth con- gress?
 A. Ask your member of congress to send you a copy. V-Who wrote the poem, Long AgoY' A do not know. The fragment that you send does not indicate that it is a classic
 A. W. T.-Have astronomers computed the distance from the earth to the north star?
 A. It is supposed to be about thirty eight millions of millions of miles.
 c. E.-What was the date of the first landing of United States troops in Cuba and in the Phlnppines?
 A. June. 1898.
 F. W.-Please give the receipe for mak- Ling United States government Whitewash!
 A. whitewash once used on the east end of the presidents house at Wash ington was made like this: Unslaked lime, one-half bushel; slake 1t with boil ing water, cover to keep in steam. strain the liquid through a fine seive and add to it one peck of salt previously well dissolved in water; three pounds Of rice, boiled to a thin paste and stirred in boil ing hot; one half pound of Spanish whit tBIt xuh ia been previously dissolved by soaking 1t well and then hanging 1t over slow fire/ in small kettle immersed in larger one filled with water. Now add five gallons of hot water stir 1t we'll and let it stand a few days covered from the dirt It should be applied hot with a brush. For brick or stone this white wash answers as well as oil paint, and is much cheaper.
 A. B.-How can l find out the name of some employing printers in Havana Cuba?
 A. Hon. Frank Steinhart, the Ameri- can counsel at Havana, will doubtless advise you if requested.
 ameless-Who were the last two poets laureate of England? Why do they have a poet laureate?
 A. Robert Southey and Alfred Tenny- son It is an ancient custom. the title being applied to him who writes odes on the kings birthday or other royal fes- tiyities.
 H. W.-Is a soldiers widow still en- titled to a pension after marrying again, her second husband being a surviving
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-17
Noted Detective Dead,

Detectives are popularly supposed to DC quite heartless; all mind or heaps of suo tie, ratiocinative intellect, like Poe's mas terly creation, M. Auguste Dupin. fro'n which Conan Doyle M. D., stole his rr terial for Sherlock Holmes. But N known detective, a real one and not q rovelistic impossible. died here few days ago. literally as well as emotionaly of broken heart. Patrick Dolan was rassonately attached to his good wife, Annie, who passed away last year. Since then he has been mourning her loss and when he fell dead, the autopsy show cd that his death was due to a hemor- rhage of the heart. That organ actually broke; or burst, were perhaps the exacte- word. Hence the hyperbole in the roman tic drama: My heart is bursting, or breaking" must not be deemed such all extravagance. or overtouch of nature, as many superficial critics maintain.
 Dolan had fine record. Joining the po- lice force during the stormy times of '6i, he was one of the first chosen for the original body of forty detective ser geants, appointed in 1882. to guard the in- terest of million-p -peopled, many-hilled Manhattan against the forty thieves-and few more-who infest this greatest island in the world. He distinguished himself In the investigation of some of the most celebrated crimes during the last quarter
 
 who bagged Johnny Hope, son of Jimmy the planner of the famous theft of cool million from the Manhattan bank He also took in tow Policeman Nugent of the Mercer street station on charge of impli- cation in the same puicturesque audacity of crime A few years after he joined the force of the finest, Dolan made a hit by capturing Johnny Dobbs and Georgie King for stealing S200,00O in Wall street during bread daylight-a thing which was inexpressibly shocking to the sensibilities of the street, which hates to see money stolen irergularly.
 Dolan's activities were not limited to New York for his abilities brought him into demand elsewhere. He worked on the famous Northampton bank affair and when the Portland bank was gutted, he it was who laid by the heels Ed McGuire. Rosey Sims and Dave Bartlett. l asked him once what had been his toughest ex- perience and he replied: You remember when the valuable body of A. T. stewart was carried off? We'll we got tip to cover and sift the country near Orange. N. J. Three of us went; and l, attempt ing to cross a marsh all alone. tumbled into a uuaginire up to my throat and would have been sticking there vet If farmer going by hadn't chanced to spy me. or hear my bellowfngs With no lit- tle difficulty. he hauled me out Of tho horrible mudhole. That was the worst, the very worst. I'd rather be shot twice than drowned once''-and his eyes twink led at the bull he had purposely perpe- trated. Dolan was a good man-and a good detective. Peace to his ghost,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-17

evidence, remarkably fine and very cheap; more of the red kind than there used to be. In the fashionable fruit shops South African fruits are on sale or on exhibit for few seem to buy them One fruiterer proudly declared to me the other day that there wasn't now fruit growing 5000 miles and more from New York which couldn't be found fresh in this omnivorous city. But he wited when l offered to bet him that the deli cious dwarf banana of Bermuda, which is not much larger than a fat mans fin- ger, a species of which in the far east is in fact called the lady's finger ba- mana, never comes to this market. The Bermudas let no dwarf banana escape They are too choice to be wasted on fOreipnprs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-17
Greatest Camera Fiend.

This gruesome tale reminds me of a tale still more gruesome and hardly cred ible in it's horror of cruelty. According to a dispatch from some town in Colo rado. a young woman offered a poor devil a hundred dollars to let his hand be crushed by a railway train so that she might photograph the expression of agony on his face flor scientific pur- poses" Possibly, too, for purposes of advertising. If this be true. she is the camera fiend par excellence and when found. should be soundly whipped and clapped into a reformatory. l decline to believe this tale, though l read 1t in paper by no means yellow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-17

it possible for lightning to hurt anyone who is near a machine. like a blow or harvester?
 A. The term Is applied to an act hav- Ing single purpose and intended to &C., complish that purpose directly For in- stance, an Income tax is direct. while taxes on property are general. 2. Yes. Some metals attract lightning 3. Yes
 Coins.-There is no premium on any of these coins: Half dollars of 1805, 1906, 1913, 1928 or the dollar Of 1894.
 W. D. P.-What are the Dardanelles and why cannot Russia's Baltic fleet pass through them without the consent of the Turkish government?
 A The Dardanelles is the name given to the narrow channel connecting the Sea of Marmora with the Aegean sea and separating the peninsula of Galli- poll from Asia Minor Its length Is about forty-five miles and its average width three or four miles. The Dardanelles are closed to foreign ships of war by stip- ulation of 1878 but an agreement be- tween Turkey and Russia permits free passage to the volunteer fleet of Russia. The Baltic fleet is therefore barred, C. D. C.T-Is there a society for the pre- Yention of cruelty to animals in Bir- mingham? If so, does It's Jurisdiction ex. tend outside the city limits? Please givs me the names of the officers of the soci- ety. if there Is one.
 A Yes, the Birmingham Humane soci- ety. It's Jurisdiction does not extend out. side the city limits George M. Crulk. shank. of the Birmingham Ledger. is president of tho society. It's headquar. ters are in the city hall. l.. A. Bonnie is secretary and treasurer. with the powers of special officer
 c. D.-The territorial governor of Aiass ka is John c. Brady, who was appointed by the President at a salary of F0O0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-17
Rents Are Climbing.

Yet rents are climbing-soaring- all over New York. Even way up in happy and holy Harlem the landlords have the fever. In someplaces where cheap desir- able apartments could be had "a year ago, there are hundred persons on the wait ing list anxious to get homed for the summer On the other hand some things that used to be accounted among the luxuries are abnormally cheap. You can buy navel oranges, fine ones, fifteen for a quarter, from street pedders on the West side. and on the East side I bought eighteen Florida oranges at the sam rrices. Bananas, too. are everywhere in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-17
Novel Things Happening.

In New York life, and life generally unlike MT. Howell's novels, things are al- ways happening-strange things! O'l Easter Sunday there was parade or ooOo men to grace the funeral of Jewish ac- tress Madame Sophia karp. Rememper- inc the rioting at the obsequies of Rabbi Josenh two years ago, Inspector Schmtt berger the reformed and now the ad- mired Dr. Parkhurst, detailed nearly 300 men to guard the paraders who marched through Second avenue and the Bowery to the ferry This peaceful processiona', In honor of a dead Jewess, distinguished alike the talents and by character, In one of the greatest cities of Christendom, seems to prove that Christianity has n,ade some headway in Christianity; though it is sad to think Inspector Schmittberger felt necessity that IL should be Christianity policed, lest It break out too strenuously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-17

bonding with these philanthropists in far away cities who wish to cure the opium eaters, laudanum tipplers, cocaine cranks and chloral 'fiends, besides the plain, simple drunkards of New York, letters and circulars comeneed to pour in upon me from all quarters, poohpoohing other remedies and agreeing for fee to guar antee the radical cure of any case of al'' coholic or opiate indulgence, no matter of how long standing. See the point Those benevolent advertisers get the names of many real victims and either sell the names to specialists or to elas- sified address agencies, who supply the sure-cure-alls with lists of afflicted per- sons. Probably in some cases, the benev- olent advertiser is just a blind for some special specialist. This point remains for me to discover