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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07

his arrest until he had gone an hour.
Then some of the cavalrymen reported
that he had been shot That seemed to
me the last Of Joe, and l moved off
with my hospital.
THAT night, however, Joe slipped
through the guard line, came to my
tent, and asked me too look after a
wound in his arm. 1 dressed the
wound and was giving Joe a piece OF
my mind when he put a finger to his
lips, and while 1 waited for an ex-
PLANTATION he whispered 'Good-by,
Doc. Remem) Der the chicken SOUP
and walked away, and again I forgot
to order his arrest. All my men re-
membered the chicken soup and asked
no questions. A little later Joe was
captured by the rebs, was sent to
Libby prison, made himself useful to
the Yanks in the prison hospitals, and
as he said to me after the war, 'estab-
lished an honorable record through no
fault of bis own.'"-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
Ranehers Find 80 Elk in Enclosure

h spectacle of thirty elk inside
an enclosure is something rarely seen
in this country, hut nevertheless such
a sight has been witnessed by several
Of our ranchers recently, and within
a few miles of Pinedale.
Mrs. M. J. Westfall has a school
section near the head OF Willow
Greek, which is entirely fenced,
making an enclosure a mile square.
This is well up in the mountains, and
recently the gate was left open, which
is near the trail, with the result that
the elk entered. Uncle" George
Smith and a party of riders, who were
out rounding up their beef cattle,
found it necessary to ride this pas
ture, and rode right into the herd,
which Immediately fed and followed
the line of the fence. making no at
tempt to go through.
The riders were without weapons
and contented themselves with watch
ing the bunch for some time, and then
proceeded on their way. Ordinarily
an elk will go through barbed wire
fence and scatter 1t for great dis.
ranches by these misunderstanding
damage is often done 20 the fenes Of
ranhers by these misunderstanding
correspondence Denver Republican.
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
Paderev.lsi,. Idea NJ LucL

Walter Damrosch was telling stories
Of musicians to some members of The
Lambs Club one night.
"Paderewski," said he, "as is well
known in musical circles, has at times
an extremely hard touch. In Wash
lngton n afternoon the pianist had
Dne number in which he was accom-
panied by a %cellist, a rather testy Ger
man, who throughout the selection
kept grumbling about the volume VI
Paderewski's playing.
FINALLY he said to the Pole: L can.
not hear mineself at allv
$50? Intercepted Paderewski
You're luckyv"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
Plausible

The great detective had been sum.
moned to the plumbers Office.
Il can't understand it." said the
plumber. "The young man has been in
my employ for the last three years
and l have always found him honest
and trustworthy. But three days ago
l sent him to collect a bill in the sub
urbs and he has failed to show up
since. Now, what do sou think of it:'
Oh replied the g. d.. 81 don't
think you have any cause for alarm.
He was probably paid in small bills
and is still counting the money to
make sure that the amount is correct"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
TURKEYS ON THE FARM.


No n is in as good a position to
Iaise fine turkeys as the farmer. It is
almost impossible to rear them sue
cessfully without free range and that
Is where the farmer a the advant-
age.
If the hens are fed too sparingly
they will not lay early enough in the
spring, while if too fat the eggs are
apt to be infertile or have weak germs
When they begin to lay, which they
will do in the poultry house if proper
ly tanned, the first Is or 20 eggs may
be contiscated and put under hens.
Then break up any tendency 10 brool-
mess, and if the tom runs with them
at all times, as he should, they will
soon lay a second clutch, which they
may be allowed to sit on.
AS East as the poults hatch and get
dry, remove them to a warm covered
box placed zeal the kitchen stove, else
some will surely get crushed. This Is
also the best time to give them a pri-
vate mark, by which to identify them.
A chicken punch costing 10 cents to
% cents may save many dollars be-
fore fall. Punch each enc on the same
foot and in the same web of that foot.
Then if some birds join a ~neighbor's
flock, which they will often do, the
feer will show proof of ownership.
| find It best 10 confine the little
ones in a small Enclosure, about a foot
nigh, for a few days. OF else put the
mother in a large coop with slat slides
so the little ones may pass in and our.
In either case they should be out an
hour or two before shutdown, at which
time they should each be driven into
the poultry house for the night. By
managing them in this way find that
they do not stray so far from the
house, and do not become a nuisance
TO ones neighbors.
Feed no mashes. Prepared chick
| foods are good for a little while, more
like natures food. Several times a day
at first, but only a very little at a
time. Rolled oats, a little millet and
| finely cracked wheat are also cool,
| with grit. i think it good to give only
| necessary water. In the wild state
| when they grow fastest they do not
drink much except the dew in the
morning. Unless they range enough
to get many insects, they should be
given meat scraps frequently, a few at
a time. The only thing / have ever
| done FOR lice is to rub the head and
| necks slightly with melted lard. This
need not be done if the hen is treated
for lice before Matching and the poul-
try house kept free from them.--Mrs
E. G. Feint, in Orange Judd Farmer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
sCAIJOpFD CELERY.

The coarse outer stalks of celery
may be used for this diSl. Cut into
inch lengths. and cover with salted
water. Stew until tender. Drain, and
keep hot while you make a white
sauce by cooking together a table
spoonful each of butter and flour, and
when these bubble pouring upon them
a cup of milk. Stir TO a smooth white
sauce, put the celery into this, and
turn into a buttered pudding dish. Dust
the top with buttered crumbs, and sci
in the oven until lightly Drowned. TINS
is a simple and very palatable dish.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
FRIED TURNIPS.

Peel and slice the turnips, and throw
into cold water. At the end of half an
hour drain and put over the fire in q
saucepan with a little sailed water.
Cock until they begin to get tender,
or until a fork pierces them easily. Be
careful not to break them; drain and,
when cold, pat then dry between the
folds of "a towel. Dip first in cracker
crumbs, then in beaten egg, then in
cracker-crumbs. Lay on a dish in th9
ice-box for the crust to harden. Fry in
butter to q light brown. Serve very
not.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
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vegetables, by means of countless liz
tie invisible pumps that we may pui-
in operation with the pillow and the,
harrow. There is always moisture ir.
the earth, and away down there it is
full of water and this water has a ten
dency to rise TO the surface all the
time and to dampen things at the top.
But, when there is a drouth, and tn.
surface becomes baked and hard, the
rising process is greatly retarded, if
not entirely suspended, and then it is
hat vegetation and trees suffer-tile
many little pumps are clogged and fail
to work. for there is nothing to climb
and nothing to invite the expansion
of the water from below, Up near the
surface. But, if we are timely. and
apply the pillow, and Ear turn and locs-
en- the earth on top, and will then oc.
casionally pass the harrow through it,
we may keep all the air and water
cells open in the top soil, and the
moisture will then come up again. and
the things that we have planted in
that area, whether it be vegetables
corn, or young trees-or old ones
will drink in this moisture from be
low, and thrive and grow. Indeed, the
dry earth mulch is quite the mosi
practicable and the surest mulch tina;
can be applied in q general way. Nc
matter if the dust rises and settles Oh
things, keep a stirring, tr it is a safe
ty valve that will pump moisture III
from below during the night while TIE
plowman is sleeping.-H. B. Geer in
the Epitomist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
wor1a,. Greatest Forests.

The crown forests Of Russia com.
prise 100000 acres belonging to the
Gar and 303, 100000 acres controlled
by another branch Of the government
The Car employs $1,000 wood police,
who cut approximately 100000 tons
a year, chiefly for irewood. Twenty
years ago wood-cutters in the United
States felled timber covering 10000
acres annually, but this wholesale de-
struction has been stopped.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
THE HORSES MOUTH

If owners would only lay out a lit
tie lore money in the purchase of
bits there would be fewer bad mouthz
and comfort amongst their
horses. AS it is, most people appear
to be welded to n pattern of bit,
and, If So, are extremely disinclined to
adopt any other. The result is that
the manners and mouths of thei:
horses are permanently injured, and
accidents occur which might other
wise have been avoided. If horse own
ers, breakers and stud grooms would
only remember that there is a vast
difference in mouths, and many a
horse is driven half mad by an un-
necessarily severe bit, a good deal of
money could be saved and many all
equine reputation would be spared. 1t
by no means follows that a horse
which pulls will lose the habit if he
is driven in a severe bit-very often
it is just the reverse; and, therefore,
the study of their horses mouths
should be the care Of every owner
American Cultivator.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
SHEPHERDS PIE.

Two cups minced veal, n table
spoon butter, one tablespoon flour
one cup water or stock, salt and pep
per, one teaspoon minced onion. Make
sauce with butter, -four and water, ado
seasoning and minced onion; add one
egg beaten slightly; boil gently three
minutes; add minced meat, stir until
hot, but not boiling; turn into but
tered baking dish, put over it a layer
of potatoes mashed and creamed witt
quarter cup milk and one tablespoon
butter for two cups potatoes. Brush
over with butter. Brown in good hot
oven.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
PIIIM PIE

Have a light crust of puff paste,
bake this in the oven then put in, if
fresh, plums previously stoned,
sweetened and slightly stewed. If
canned add sugar. Place on the top
of the pie and heat again. Put on ice
until cold.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
N

Take the yolks of two eggs, pepper
and salt, stir continuously, always
turning the spoon slowly from left to
right, add to the yolks, by degrees,
olive oil until thick and the quantity
required; next put in a teaspoonful of
tarrsgon still stirring. Place on ice
until ready to serve.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
PEPPER RELISH.

1CDDGI ItllSl - Usually Lho0C I"
| green peppers, green tomatoes and
| celery; but cabbage may be suDsti'
tuted for the peppers. For the latter,
| chop fine a small head of firm, white
cabbage, six large green peppers, tax
ing care not to leave in any seeds, and
a nice bunch outer leaves; put into
a large bowl, sprinkle with a half cup
| full of salt, mix well, cover and let
| stand over night. The next morning
| drain in a colander. then pack in a
| stone jar with two tablespoonful OF
mustard seed mixed through it. Put
| into a porcelain kettle three pints OF
| vinegar, two tablespoonful of sugar.
one tablespoonful each of whole
| cloves, allspice and whole pepper, a
| Glove of garlic and one onion minced;
simmer gently twenty minutes, to ex-
tract the virtue of the spices; strain
| and pour boiling hot water over the
vegetables. There should be enough
of vinegar to cover. When cold cover
the Jar and keep in a cool place. A
little red pepper may be added, If you
like it very hot.
Buttered and sailed popcorn is often
used as a substitute for sailed al
monds.
USEFUL HINTS.
A good filling for sandwiches is
made by mixing finely chopped pecan
nuts with Chutney-
An ordinary headache may general
ly be cured by applying water as hot
as it can be borne to the feet and
back Of the neck.
Flat irons should be kept with par
ticular care, and occasionally rubbed
over with wax to keep their surface
| perfectly smooth.
Vanished paint can be kept as
| bright as though freshly done by soak-
| ing in water some time a bag filled
with faxseed, and then using 1t as a
cloth to clean the paint.
For brass goods, lemon juice with a
| little fine silver sand IS excellent.
| They should afterwards be rinsed with
| boiling water and polished with a soft
rag.
For cleaning spouts of tea and cof-
fee pots always have a small bottle
brush hanging in your pantry. This
helps wonderfully in cleaning and
costs only a few cents
Stirring anything over a hot stove
| often causes brittle finger nails. Try
! rubbing a little almond oil in every
night and keep a pair of loose gloves
to slip ON when cooking
If damp bran is used, instead of the
traditional tea leaves, when n
| sweeps a carpet, not only is the dust
laid and the work facilitated, but the
colors are frightened.
For cleaning white canvas shoes
make a paste or benzine and powdered
magnesia. Rub on the paste and let
Lit remain until dry, then brush on
with a clean dry cloth:
If a cloth such as is used for dust
ing and cleaning is dampened and laid
over the registers. when the furnace Is
being shaken. the annoyance of dust
| f1vino over tho rooms will b OBJ
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
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KISSES

One egg, one cup sugar, one-half cup
butter, one-half cup of milk, one tea
spoonful rea of tartar, one-half of
soda, flour enough to make a stiff
dough; drop on tins and sprinkle yer
with powdered sugar. Bake in a quick
oven.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07

Watering an orchard is a bigger
Job than most any one would care to
undertake.. unless one had a system
Of piping attached TO an adequate wa
ter source. And yet, we may water
the trees. either old or yonne or the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
THE PHEASANT INDUSTRY.

The golden pheasant is universally
admired by everybody and is one of
the most handsome birds on earth.
To its brilliant plumage and active
disposition we must add the valr.e Of
his feathers to the salmon fishermen.
The adult cock has a crest of pale
orange, the tippet of deep orange lin.
ed with blue, black breast, crimson
red shoulders, green wing, coverts
steel blue and tail brown, with yell
low legs The hen is of quiet brown
and lays from thirty to t~hirty-ive eggs
in season. The eggs can be ha tched
in common chicken incubators. Ban
tams are preferable as foster moth
ers. The young are very hardy, stand
any climate and are easily tanned and
require little room. The extremely
beautiful plumage and graceful move
ments always charm the beholder.-
Massachusetts, Plowman.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
CAN 1 CONTROL swARMING?

is entirely original, was tested on but
a few colonies during the summer of
1904, and cannot guarantee satisfact
DRY results for that reason. However,
if it appeals to you, try it, and ! should
like to know of the results.
Acting on the knowledge that all
queen cells are built downward l re-
versed the entire brood body Of \
heavy, prosperous colony that had I
number OF cells in different stages Of
development. The frames and follow
err fitted so snugly after swelling that
not a frame sagged. The hive
used was the DAM. One week later
all cells but one were destroyed aud
that contained a dead queen. These
few colonies so treated failed to ma
ture a queen cell and, SO TAI as ]
know, cast no swarms. The bees were
located ten miles from home and Wis
ite6 weekly.
BY placing two thin, narrow boards
over the ends of Hoffman, or any ott.-
er style frame, and passing a wire
over each, fastening the ends to
screws On the outside, any hive bodJ
could be safely reversed without the
frame falling to the bottom board. All
combs would then be built to the bot.
tom bar n all honey stored in the
upper part Of the frames be. carried
into the supers. when reversed, as the
balance of the frame would be filled
with brood or pollen If this system
works satisfactorily 1t will simplify
the control of swarming.-E. H. Dew
ey in the American Cultivator.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
Buck-and-BulI Muskets.


In the winter of 1S61-'62 we en-
campod on Minors Hill, Va, along
with the Fourteenth New York.
Ninth Massachusetts and S~ixty-second
Pennsylvania. We were armed with
buck-and-bul muskets, which we
were to exchange for Enfield rifles.
Word was given the different compan-
les to send details for guns. The Com
pany B detail was dispatched. and
soon the boxes were brought and open
ed. Behold! a mistake was made. and
the boys thought, on purpose. Instead
Of Enfields, the box contained the
same kind Of guns we already used.
The men were indignant and refused
to accept them, but finally concluded
to use them a while, as they were new
and bright The guns were distrib-
uted and the boxes ordered back. A
procession was formed, a la funeral,
an escort with reversed guns and
music, and very conceivable thing that
any noise could be got out Of follow
ed to the quartermaster's depot A
voiley was fred over the boxes, and
the procession returned to quarters.
Soon q racket was heard In the VI
cinity OF Company b. Every other
man had a gun slung around his body
fellow had a gun thrust between the
gunsling and along the mans spine,
firing blank cartridges. AS soon as
the gun was discharged, the man on
the ground would assume a sitting
posture with the muzzle up; then the
gun would Immediately the
horizontal again to be fred. There
were some forty Of the company en-
gagged in thiaI
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
stanton,s Kind Heart.

Ocean.
stant0n's Kind q
Edwin N. Stanton, Secretary Of War
during and after the Civil War, i'm
pressed many who came to him with
appeals for aid as a stern and even
heartless man. He was frequently
contrasted with President Lincoln as
his very opposite in mercy and gentle
ness. Yet incidents described to Ids
latest %biographer by men who knew
him well show that he sometimes suf-
fered as bitterly as those whose re-
quests he felt compelled to refuse.
81 went to the war office after 10
o'clock one night to consult Mr.. STAN
tom says a former clerk Il found the
mother, wife and children OF a soldier
who had been condemned to be shot as
a deserter on their knees before him,
pleading for the life of their l. we'd one.
He listened, standing, in cold and aus-
tere silence; at The end Of their heart
breaking sobs and prayers he answered
briefly that the man must die. The
crushed and despairing little family
left, and Mr.. Stanton turned, apparent
ly unmoved, and walked into his pri-
vate room.
my own heart was wrung with an
guish. 1t seemed to me that Mr.. Stan
ton must be a demon-the very incar-
nation of cruelty and tyranny.
II was so dazed that, forgetting my
self. 1 followed him into his Office
without rapping. 1 found him leaning
over a desk, his face buried in his
hands. and his heavy frame shaken
with sobs.
"'God help me to do my dutyi God
help me to do my duty! ne was repeat
ing In a low wall Of anguish that l
shall never forget.
II quickly withdrew, but not until
1 had seen a great light. 1 have loved,
almost r~everenced, Edwin NJ. Stanton
ever since. His own heart was perhaps
suffering more intense agony than the
hearts of his petitioners, but he was
compelled to steel his outward face
for the bloody duties of war, while
within his soul was arm with SYM
pathy and sorrow"
One cannot help hoping that this de-
serter may have been one Of those
whose lives President Lincoln spared
by overriding the decision Of his Sec
rotary of War.
A more cheerful view Of the great
Secretary is given by a fellow hfwyer
who knew him before the war.
HE was travelling by steamer or the
Ohio to Pittsburg when he saw a man
on the forward deck with a broken
leg.
"'Why is that sufferer not attended
to- he demanded Of the captain, who
replied that the man lived in P~ittsburg,
then nearly a hundred miles ahead, and
would receive attention there.
From a carpenters chest Mr.. STAN
ton promptly secured a saw and a
hatchet, with which to cut splints.
Taking a sheet from a stateroom, he
set and bandaged the fracture. He
then brought vinegar and water from
the cooks room with which to steep the
swollen parts, and all the way to Pitts
burg sat by the side Of tho injured
man, applying the bath. When the
boat reached Pittsburg, he hired a
carriage and took the man home. And
so he went through life-great In
emergencies, available when others
failed"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
MORE FARM BEEF.

1t sometimes happens that keeping
up with the times means going back
TO old times. 1t appears that We have
an instance of this in the cattle bust
ness. Once upon a time there were
no cattle ranches; beef vas all made
on the eastern farms. Then the prai-
rie of a sudden opened its great Wis
tas; these were natural pastures.
What better could be done than 10
turn them over to cattle until such q
time as an increasing population
should demand that the grass be turn
ed under with the pillow? The pillow
Aas gone forward, forw ord, the steers
~retreating before. The herds are driv-
en- into the country If drouth and
scanty grass; but even here the pillow,
though checked, does not stop. Irri-
CATION moistens its furrow.
What of the steer? There is not
any longer room for all the marker
needs ON the western pastures. For
~tunately the continual high price of
beef is finding a solution for the diff
ficulty. The westerners have alread J
begun to find it profitable to go to the
expense of irrigating land and raising
feed for their stock. The feeding idea
has spread further and further east.
but it hardly seems TO keep pace with
the encroachment s of the pillow on the
far western pastures. 1t scarcely
keeps pace with the increase of pop
ulation and the demand for beef.
Wherever the COW is kept other
wise than for specific dairy purposes
the slaughter of calves should cease.
The production of beef is surely re-
turning 20 the farms. The middle
western grain farms, half-worn out,
badly need the stock to keep up the
old yield of grain per acre; and the
plow wants the meat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07
USEFUL HINTS

A good filling for sandwiches is
made by mixing finely chopped pecan
nuts with Chutney-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-07

eral weeks. One night, however, be
took advantage Of my friendliness to-
ward him. rode through the lines on
my own horse, and did not return. An
active campaign followed, and little
thought was given to the deserrer.
Ny horse was brought to the picket
lines by a country boy, and no qnes-
tons were asked Before the cam
paign was over / was left In an isol-
ated camp in charge OF twenty or
more sick and wounded men. 1 he'd
NO cooks. 40 nurses, and a. the las,
no guards.
Zone day 1 caught the odor of
chicken being cooked according to
rule. It was, under the circumstances,
extremely tantaHzing, and many a
sick man looked at me reproachfully
or inquiringly- Somebody was making
soup that was palatable and nourish-
ing, just the kind l had wanted for
my men, But who wa8 he and where
was be? I started ont to investigate.
and found not far away my deserter,
my instructor in cooling. He greeted
me with How are yovb Doc? l in
spected your camp last night and
found you needed a cook. I am max
ing some soup for the boys. Are we
on the squareT
He stayed with me- two days. In
addition to being a good cool he was
Z capital nurse, and he al Of the
greatest service to me. On the third
day a company of cavalry came up to
escort me and my patients to the new
Ene. Joe, my nurse and cook, sim
ply said 'Good-by, Doc and walked
away. I never thought Of ordering