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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20
An lmportant legal victory.

Allen S. Olmsted, of LIE Roy, n. Y. has
the courage of his convictions. he is the
inventor and proprietor Of "Foot-Ease
well-known proprietary article OF merit and
enjoying a large sale all over the world. Mr..
Olmsted has been a heavy advertiser and,
backed up by the superior quality Of the
article he has offered to the public, has been
able to make a trademark OF great value.
Others have noted this with Jealous eye and
have sought, by underhand methods and by
copying, to steal-"steaf' Is the word ex-
actIy fitting the crime-the benefits to be
had from confusing the mind Of the public.
Mr.. Olmsted engaged eminent counsel and
brought mis- dishonest competitors right up
into the Supreme Court OF New York State,
which recently granted an injunction with
costs, restraining the offenders frem max
ing or selling foot powder resembling Al
lens Foot-Ease In outward form or design
or otherwise, the article which Mr.. 0lmsted
had made a household word on two CONT
nents. This Is where Mr. Olmsted showed
the courage OF bis convictions, for another
man might have smarted under the sting OF
imitation, unfair competition and substitu-
tion. and accepted the situation with sour
grace without doing anything in particular.
The entire advertising fraternity Of the
United States owes q debt Of gratitude to
Allen 8. Olmsted. of lie Roy, N. T., the
owner of the trademark -Foot-Ease," for
taking this firm stand against the bucca-
neers Of trade who, having no inventive
power themselves, are always willing to
profit by another's brains and, by methods
akin to those Of the bushranger, become
social highwaymen in stealing the benefits
Il long, extensive and clever advertising.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20
-Four Facts For
Sick Women
To ConSidex
Lrdio E. Pinkhon's Vegetable COMPOUND
Has an Unequai7sd Rccord of Cures
Mrs. Pinkfom's AdUice Is Conftdz-
fiol, Free, and alsroys Helpful

FIRsr-That almost every operation
IN our hospitals performed upon women
becomes necessary through neglect of
such symptoms as backache, irregular
and painful menstruation, leucorfh9a,
displacements of the uterus. pain in
the side. burning sensation In the stom-
ach, bearing-down pains, nervousness,
dizziness and sleeplessness.
SEcoND.-The medicine that holds
the record for the largest number Of
absolute cures Of female ills is Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
It regulates, strengthens and cures
diseases Of the female organism as
nothing else can.
For thirty years It has been helping
women to be strong, curing backache.
nervousness, kidney troubles. all utter
Ina and ovarian Inflammation, weak
mess and displacemeHts, regulating
jmenstruation perfectly and overcom-
ing its pains. 1t has also proved itself
Invaluable in preparing for childbirth
and the change of life.
THIRD.-The great volume Of unso-
licited and grateful testimonials on file
at the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, many of which are from time to
time published by permission, give abb
solute evidence of the value Of Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
Mrs. Pinkham's advice.
FOURTH. ailing woman in the
United States is asked to accept the
following invitation. 1t is free, will
bring you health and may save your
life.
Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation
Women suffering from any
form of female weakness are invited to
promptly communicate with Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass. All letters are
received, opened, read and answered
by women only. From symptoms given,
your trouble may be located and the
quickest and surest way of recovery
advised. Out of the vast volume OF ex-
perience in treating female ills Mrs.
Pinkham probably has the very knowl-
edge that viii help your case. Surely,
any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish
# she does not take advantage OF this
generous offer of assistance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20

ut will be a very long journey,
thousands of miles," says General
Wilmon w. Blackmr, commnder-in-
chief Of the G. A. R., IF one attempts
to run away from the little bronze
button. / tried it once. Two years
ago sailed from San Francisco for
Japan and Manila. / wanted to see
what the new comrade had been do
ing for us. On shipboard / found sew
eral old soldiers of our army, men
who wore the bronze button of com
radeship in the Grand Army. On our
arrival at Yokohama the first person
who met us was man wearing the
button, Comrade Arthur M. Knapp. a
veteran of the Forty-fourth Massa-
chusetts regiment. In China 1 found
the buttons on the highest officers of
the land. AID In Manila there were
hosts of them. In Honolulu we were
received by post. and our visit made
pleasant by scores Of veterans from
every section of the Union. On ship
board. coming home. we held camp
fire In mid-ocean, End showed the
passengers that America was coun-
try TO look upon WITH respect and at
tention-"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20
Memory of Gen. Lee.

Soon after the Confederates began
to enter the town Elizabethtown) l
met friend Of mine. the son of DR..
Doyle, who told me that his father
had just been sent for to see Lee, and
that / might go too IL hurried, says
a writer in the Century. 1t is need
less to say that ran as fast as my
small legs could carry me and we
found the doctor just starting. DR..
Doyle was a man who had been N
communication with the enemy from
the beginning of the war, but had so
far managed to escape the fate of
many innocent men. Two of his sons
had been arrested a short time before
and were lying In the Jail when their
friends arrived and set them free.
The doctor was in his old rig, and,
being an immense man, left no room
for any one else in it, so we two boys
sat on the springs behind. 1t was on
the Williamsport pike, about half a
mile from the town, that we met Gen.
Lee. He had dismounted and was
standing by his horse, small sorrel
mare, which, l was told, It was Ills
custom to ride on the march. His
staff was brilliant In gold lace, but he
was very simply dressed No one
could have seen that man without be-
ing greatly impressed with the dignity
Of his bearing and the beauty of his
face. His hair at this time was al.
most entirely white, and those who
had seen him the year before said
he had aged greatly in the short space
Of time which had elapsed since the
battle Of Antietam. 1 could not help
thinking Of Washington as looked at
that calm, sad face. 1t has been said
since by those who were near him
that he had no expectation Of conquer.
ing the Norsh, and that, at the most,
he only hoped to win a great
battle on Northern soil in order to
affect public opinion in Europe and
lead to the recognition of the South.
ern Confederacy. However that may
be, there was nothing about his bear.
ing which looked like a great hope.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20
THE TEACHERS FOE
A LIFE ALWAYS THREATENED By
NERVOUS PROS7RATION.
One Who Broke Down from Six Years Of
Oyerwork Tells How She Escaped
Misery of Enforced Idleness.

One Who Broke Down from Six Years Of
Oyerwork Tells How She Escaped
Misery of Enforced Idleness.
"I had been teaching in the city
schools steadily for six years, said Hiss
James, whose recent return to the work
from which she was driven by nervous
collapse has attracted attention. "They
were greatly overcrowded, especially in
the primary department of which had
charge, and / had been doing the work
of two teachers. The strain was too
much for my nerves and two years ago
the crisis came.
81 was Frustrated mentally and ply
sically, sent in my resignation and never
expected to be able TO resume work. 1t
seemed to me then that / was the most
miserable woman on earth. was tor
tured by nervous headaches, worn out by
inability to sleep, and had so little
blood that was as white as chalk.
"After my active life, it was hard to
to keep paying out the savings of years
for medicines which did me no good.'
"How did you get back your health 20
ga bare chance and lot of faith led
me to cure. After 1 had suffered for
many months, and when was on the
very verge of despair, happened to read
an account Of some cures effected by
DR.. Williams Pink Pills. The state.
ments were so convincing that some.
how felt assured that these pills would
help me. Most people, think, buy only
one box for trial, but purchased sir
boxes at once, and when I had used
them up, was indeed well and had no
need of more medicine.
"Dr. Williams Pink Pills enriched my
thin blood, gave me back my sleep, re-
stored my appetite, gave me strength to
walk long distances without fatigue, in
fact freed me from all my numerous all
ments. have already taught for several
months, and cannot say enough In
praise of DIR. Williams Pink Pills.
Miss Margaret NJ. James is now living
at No. 1913 Clay street, Dayton, Ohio.
Many of her fellow teachers have also
used DR.. Williams Pink Pills and are
enthusiastic about their merits Sound
digestion, strength, ambition, and cheer
full spirits quickly follow their use They
are sold in every drug store in the
world.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20
BIRDS Deserve Well Of us.

A French naturalist asserts that If
the world should become birdless men
would not inhabit it after nine years
time, In spite of all the sprays and
poisons that would be manufactured
for the destruction Of insects. The
bugs and slugs would simply eat up
our orchards and crops.
There is no telling what would be-
come of the farmers If it were no!
for various species Of small birds that
eat the seeds of weeds and so dimin-
ish the reproduction of these noxious
plants. Some of the most pertiferous
weeds yield incredible numbers of
seeds, single plant maturing as
many as 100000 in season, SO that
single individual, il unchecked,
might conceivably produce in the
spring of the third year 10000. 00O. 900
healthy offspring
Against foes so enormously prolific
the farmer is almost helpless and they
would likely oyerwhelm him, but for
his friends the birds, which flock in
myriads each fall and winter to the
agricultural districts and feed upon
the ripened weed seeds.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20
COMES A TIML
when Coffee Shows What It Has Been

when Coffee Shows What It Has Been
Doing.
"Of hate years coffee has disagreed
with me-" writes matron from Rome,
N. T., tits lightest punishment was to
make me 1ogy' and dizzy, and 1t seem
cd to thicken up my blood
The heaviest was when 1t upset my
stomach completely, destroying my e1
petite and making me nervous and irff-
table, and sent me to my bed After
one of these attacks, In which nearly
lost my life, concluded to quit and
try Postum Tosd Coffee.
sTt weLt right to the spoil I found
II not only a most paaatabIe and re-
frcshing beverage, but food as well.
All my ailments, the '1oginess' and
dizziness, the unsatisfactory condition
Of my blood, my nervousness and irri-
tability disappeared In short order and
my sorely afflicted stomach began
quickly to recover. began to rebuild
ana have steadily continued until now.
Have q coed appetite and am rejoicing
a sound health, whic1 owe to the
use Of Postum Food Gomez" Name
Owen by Postum Co., Battle Creek
Mich.
Rad the little book, 'The Road to
XeIlvzll4" found IN Zach PIKE.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20
Seed Better Than Soil.

A great many farmers seem to think
that just as good results can be OBJ
tanned by using soil from an old al
falfa field on uninoculated ground as
from inoculated seed by government
cultures. The misleading statement
has been published that 100 pounds of
soil will inoculate an acre of ground.
This is a mistake, and the farmer
who tries it will not only lose his la
Dor but his crop. The agricultural de-
partment says that it it requires 500
to 1900 pounds of soil to the acre to
get the best results and that there is
great danger of trsasplanting soil dis
ease and seeds of obnoxious weeds
BY the use of nitro-culture applied to
the seed there is no reasonable doubt
Of success, because every seed comes
in contact with the culture. When in
oculated soil is spread over the ground
it Is plain that not more than one seed
In thousand can be touched By the
bacteria.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20
clover Is Farmer,s standby.

Clover is mortgage-lifter and a
sell enricher. 1t fills the hay NOW
and the granaay and the milk-pail 1t
thrIves in a great variety of soils. 1t
only refuses TO grow upon acid soil,
though it prefers soils with lime in
them. 1t carries the bacteria that
draw nitrogen from the air, and thus
enriches the soil in plant food. 1t
provides forage rich in flesh and
bone builders. 1t is not nearly so
choice of soils as alfalfa 1t is the
safe forerunner Of corn and grass.
Red clover is strictly speaking a
biennial plant, it grows for two years,
then dies in its natural course. The
first year 1t makes a strong root and
gets ready for its serious business in
life. the bloom and seed. The second
year it makes seed and dies. There
are individual plants that do not make
seed the second year, or, making seed,
make so little that they survive in a
weakened state another year OF more.
There are plants that bloom and die
the first year. Therefore, blooming the
first year should be discouraged, for
the best development does not come
until the second year. The mower
will prevent seed forming the first
year. 1t will not pay to continue the
clover meadow past the second year
unless there is grass sown with it
to carry on the sward.
AS to the best variety on worn souls
the mammoth is the best. Always
help clover with manure, bone meal
or phosphorus. 1t may be well to
add potash to the ration. 1t is as
tonishing how red clover responds to
light manuring with stable manure
Feed the baby clover plants, they will
then be the stronger to forage and
gather foods for the enrichment of the
field.
1t will be well to use light seed
ing of oats, say three pecks to the
acre. with the clover and cut them
for hay when getting into bloom. Dc
not omit th.s clipping, it is vital. al
the oats will FOB and kill the cloves
II allowed to npen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20

rula," a half horse, half zebra mon.
grel, which has been tried with great
success in South Africa and will be-
1t Is said, brought to Europe and
America. The zebrula. on account Of
its form and general bodily condition
especially the hardness of the hoofs
lis thought 20 be specially adapted
for all transport work heretofore per-
formed by mules. The zebrula is
much Hfelier than the mule and at
least az Intelligent. The zebra stripes
are oftsn well preserved, while the
undertone of the skin is generally
that Of the mother. A full-grown
Zebrula rs fourteen hands high and
the gircIa circumference about sixty
three inches. The experiments 50 far
have baen so successful that it Is
predictes that the zebrula during the
present century will completely super
sede the mule.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20
Met After Forty Years.


They were talking at the club on q
recent evening of condolences, relates
the New York Herald. Finally, after
the rehearsal Of several more or less
strange happenings. middle-aged man
who had been an attentive listener
said:
Il had last autumn the strangest CO.
incidence of my life. When a boy dur
ing the civil war lived with my pa
rents on the south shore of Staten Isl.
and. Just across the narrows was
Fort Lafayette, where many prisoners
were confined.
lone hot July day, short time after
the bloody battle Of Antietam, rowed
in boat across the narrows with two
young companions and approached the
fort, which. as you know, occupies q
small island few hundreds yards from
the Long Island shore.
1T was always temptation to boys
to see how near the sentries who pa
troled the walk around the island
would let them approach. On this day
the two sentries ON guard happened to
have both walked on their respective
rounds out Of sight, so we were able
to get close up underneath the island
and near the fort.
"A prisoner thrust his head as far as
possible between the small bars Of a
narrow slit in The fort high UP from the
ground and called out, What news Of
the war, boysY
I'VE called out the story in brief Of
the battle Of Antietam, of which our
fathers had told us that morning. JUS.
then one of the sentries appeared and
shouted to us to keep off.
Last autumn am now a man of
4S-I was travelling on a beautiful
moonlight night from Cincinnati to
Chattanooga. We were passing through
the blue grass country, and 1 stepped
out on the platform of the rear car to
get the air and enjoy the beauty of
the peaceful scenery, which had new
er before viewed.
"A tall, white-haired man stepped
| out and stood beside me. We fell into
conversation, and he began to tell me
Of incidents Of the civil war in that
section.
L am myself from New Jersey or
iginally,' he said, but my people were
all Southerners. and so fought on the
Confederate side in the struggle. On
happily, was captured at the second
Bull Run and passed two years in a
Northern prison.
| Somehow, know not why, 1 re
called and told the incident Of my
youth above narrated.
HE listened attentively, paused q
moment and replied, You amaze me
Truth is, indeed, stranger than fiction
1 am Col. y, and recall the day
and scene as If it were yesterday.
lost brother at Antietam and wher
the sentry ordered you boys off L re-
member my presentiment that you haG
unconsciOusly brought rle sad It'd
ings.'"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20
PcddIinR Vegetables.

Located near a thriving summer re-
sort, the writer has for years observed
the methods employed by truckers as
well as by the men who buy all they
sell, and has observed that, in nine
cases out Of ten, the latter are the
best merchants, and generally because
the vegetables they buy have been
graded by the wholesaler so that they
are presented to the consumer in an
attractive form. The man who raises
vegetables, on the other hand, hates
to see anything lie cannot sell, and he
tries to get rid Of Gull stuff by hiding
it among the better vegetables. As a
result he soon loses his trade. A lady
housekeeper in town recently remark
ed that she rarely bought things of
farmers because she found their prod
ucts were not reliable.
This is certainly sad state OF at
fairs, for who should better be able to
deliver first class stuff than the man
who raises ii. And who is better able
to know what first class stuff is than
the farmer? There is not man in
the country with thriving town with
in easy reach who should not be able
practically to control the best
trade In that town in the prod
ucts OF his farm. at least against
the middleman, If he will be
honest in the grading of his goods
and put them UP as attractively as the
competitor. Surely the average house
keeper prefers the vegetables fresh
from the ground to those that have
been shipped from distance; but on
the other hand, she has no wish to find
culls among the things for which she
has paid fair price. See the point?
indianapolis News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20

what / SUI
fered no one
w i'll e V e T
know. / used
about every
known RENE
.dy that is
said to be
good for kid
n e Y c o M
p a 1 n t, but
without deriv-
Ing perma-
nent re Ii e f.
Often W n on
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20
Like Some Women.

Mrs. Ayes, I despise that Ms.
Binks. I'm going to get even with
her, too.
Mrs. You are going to do some
thing desperate?
Mrs. A.-Indeed am. I'll not no
tice that she has a new cook and ev-
cry time she passes I'll make faces at
her baby.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20

Customer haven't any change with
me this morning; viii you trust me for
q postage stomp until tomorrow?
Drug Clerk-Certainly, Mr.. DeJones.
Customer-But suppose / should get
killed, or"
Drug Clerk-Oh, that's all right The
loss would be but trife.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20
Keeping Up the Average.

Mistress-This floor doesn't look very
clean, Bridget. Did you sweep it to-
day?
Bridget-No, mum. Oh didn't shweep
it ter-day, nor Yesterday, but Oh shweep-
ed it three tonnes tn day afore thot,
num-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20
How a Captain Won Distinction.

Speaking of war Incidents said
veteran newspaper man, "a friend
O: mine in West Virginia, who wore
the Union blue in the civil war, was
the principal actor in an affair that
was unique. He was promoted from
captain to colonel for bravery In the
face Of the enemy when as a matter
Of fact he was brave on the occasion
which brought ABOUT his promotion
because he could not help it. 1t was
a case Of bravery being actually forced
upon him against his will.
1T appears that the Union troops
Of which the captains company was
part had become demoralized to
some extent by the fire of the Con-
federates, and the soldiers were scat
tered over the battlefield in squads.
The captain had secured a stray
horse, and soon after mounting the
strange animal an orderly dashed up
to him and said:
1.-The general commands you to
charge your men and take those works
in front of your line
Turning to the scattered troops
the captain sang out:
rally men. the general has or
dered US to capture those works
ahead
las some Of the soldiers were lining
up for the advance the captain acct
IDENTIFY touched the TANKS of the
strange horse. With a snort the ami
NAL seIzing the bit In his teeth, sprang
forward, and, going like a whirlwind,
headed straight for the enemy's
works.
Come on, men, shouted the cap
tain, as he chung on for dear life and
rugged at the bride in a desperate
effort to bring the excited beast to a
standstill But the more he tugged
at the bit the faster the horse went
| toward the enemy.
Bullets were tipping uncomfort-
ably close to the captain, and he ex-
pected to be punctured by a minnie
bail at any instant. He glanced back
ward and saw the scattered follow
ers far In the rear. He was close
upon the earthworks. when, gripping
the reins and closing his eyes, the
meantime yelling, 'whoav at the horse,
be prepared for the worst With q
great bound the animal cleared the
works and was on the inside. The
sole defender was a gray-clad Confed-
crate infantryman, who had been peg
ging away with his musket at the
/ Union line.
Surrender, you scoundrel, the
captain shouted. partly In terror and
partly to terrorize the solitary Confed-
crate soldier.
| 'The Southerner dashed down a hill
and disappeared in nearby thicket,
leaving the captain and his excited
pranc1ng steed In sole possession OF
the works he had captured single
handed and against his will.
at was simply rushed into fame
ana glory by crazy runaway horse
said the captain, but when my pro
motion come, with q thrilling descriD-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20
HOOSIER HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY
CONDENSED.

Matters of General and Local Inter.
est-Morriages and Deaths-Acci-
dents and Crimes-Personal Pointers
About Indiauians.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20

Scribbleton-I am writing novel that
is sure to become popular with the fair
sex.
Dribbles-How do you know that?
Scribbleton-Because the last chapter
Immediately follows the preface.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-20

The COWS should have a months
vacation and during August Is good
time to let them lay of.