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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26

AWDLING is of the chief sins of and
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| women that fall There only twenty-four
l \ hours in the day, and it Is possible to dawdle
away five six Of them while hardly no.
uGzI0& 5cing ii.
kO<EZ&2y The dawdler commences in the morning be-
fore he gets up. His alarm clock rings at
O'clock and that is the hour which he ought
But he lies abed. stealing catnaps quarter of
hour and then jumps out in hurry and proceeds to dress
1t just hard to leave the bed quarter past
lettering has been the loss fifteen Of the day
rst garments in great hurry, but his slack
threequarters of hour In his ablutons shaving
attring At breakfast he reads the paper eisurey and
the meal takes another half hour Then he the
later than he ought.
Although ate he does not plunge briskly into his
There are several other papers to glance through and
over these he wastes the major portion Of hour
when at length he lays aside the papers and
duties. be does not keep at them assduously
Thrift is not Egyptian mystery known only to a
few favored initiates Everybody in what thrift
ssts but not everybody having the knowledge puts
practice
By dawding two hours day, wastes a twelfth of
his entire fe One month out Of the year. year out
OF twelve for nothing. This waste remember
addition to all holidays and vacations What man. having
his way to make in the world afford drop month
out OF his year? What afford, at the end Of
every eleven to all work for twelve
Dawdling wastes times in small portions but the total
loss Is enormous and costly-San Francisco Bulletin
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26
Sheen in Snain.

There are about ten millions of mi
gratory sheep in Spain which each
year travel as much as two hundred
miles from the plains to the noun
tains. They are known as transhu-
nantes, and their march, resting places
and behavior are governed by special
regulations. dating from the fourteenth
century. At certain times no one may
travel the same route as the sheep,
which have the right to Craze on all
open and common land on the way.
For this purpose road ninety yards
wide must be left on all inclosed and
private property. The shepherds lead
their focks. which follow after and
around. The nocks are accompanied
by provision mules, and by large dogs
to guard against wolves The merino
sheep travel forty miles to the noun
tains, and the total time spent on the
migration there and back is fourteen
weeks.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26
2EDIToRlAIS,Ss,
Opinions of Great Papers important Subjects.
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with the newest 6000ton battleshp Of the King Edward
VII class it will be found that while the vicorys heavie
shot was sxtyeight pounds the tweveinch of hl
King Edward VII will fire projectile weighing S5t
pounds
Taking into consideration another and decidedly i'm
porant element of arison the relative
and modern vessels it Win be found that 100gun warshiI
Of Nelson's time cost excluding armament but 67OOC
pounds while the King Edward VII without guns and
ammunition cost the great of 36S512 pounds lover
S6OOOOOO) twenty times much Nelson's Victory
mus we have gained greater speed projecte power
and resisting strength certainly have paid largely
increased price for it-Brooklyn Times
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26
CHOCOLATE CAKE.

Cream one half cup of butter and
two cups of sugar, add two beaten
eggs and beat again, add one half cup
of milk Melt one square of chocolate
in one half cup of hot strong coffee
and add this slowly to the butter, SUI
gar and eggs, beating all the time.
Sift two cups of flour with four level
teaspoons of baking powder and add
to the first mixture, beat and flavor
with two teaspoons of vanilla. Bake
in one loaf in a moderate oven. 1t
will take about forty minutes to bake
well. Cover with a boiled icing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26
HINTS OF VALUE.

/ Emery powder will remove any or
binary stains from ivory knife han
dies.
Brown paper moistened in vinegar
will polish your tins until they shine
| like silver
To remove the odor of onions Oh
fish from cooking vessel, put little
vinegar in it directly after using and
| place it over the fire for while.
Chloride of lime is a good disin
fectant for sick rooms.
Oriental romaine is a new salad
that mas been introduced to this coun
try within the last four years. II
came originally from China, but is
now grown in the Southern States
1t is, roughly speaking, shaped like a
vase, the head being about as long as
an ear of corn.
Do net turn griddle cakes more than
once, or they will be heavy. For
the same reason, serve with the same
side up as when removing them from
the griddle.
Griddle cakes are nsch lighter wher
the eggs are separated, the yolks be
ing beaten to a thick cream, and the
whites, which must be added the las
thing, to stiff froth.
A spoonful of kerosene added to Q
dish of boiled starch will keep the
iron from sticking.
Kerosene is an excellent insecticide
Applied literally about the kitchen
pipes and sink it will keep down the
reaches that often make life misery
to the dweller in a city apartment
house.
Paint, ink and wagon grease Stains
may be removed if when still fresh
they are rubbed well with kerosene
then washed out in soft cold water
without soap.
Fresh bread is easily cut if the
bread is heated first.
The block of ice upon which articles
of food are sometimes served will
melt far less rapidly if set on a mat
of wadding, instead of on the platter.
A nasturtium design in its charac.
teristic tints, yet wonderfully blended
with its soft gren background, Is one
of the smartest and latest new eff
fects in English madras. IncOngru.
Gus as the name sounds, the stuff is
very attractive as a window hanging,
and harmonizes particularly well with
green walls.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26
HIS EXPERIENCE TEACHES THEM

That Dodd's Kidney Pills Will Cuye
Bright's Disease Remarkable Case
of George J. Barber-Quick Recovery
After Years Of Suffering.
Estherville, Iowa, Jan. 23d.-(Spe-
cial.)-The experience Of Mr. George
]. Barber, well known citizen of mis-
place, justifies his friends in making
the announcement to the world
"Bright's Disease can be cured" Mr..
Barber had kidney trouble and it de-
yeloped into Bright's Disease. He
treated it with Dodd's Kidney Pills
and to-day he is well man. In an
interview he says:
Il can't say too much for Dodd's
Kidney Pills. / had Kidney Disease
for fifteen years and though l doctored
for it with the best doctors here and
In Chicago, it developed into Brights
Disease. Then l started to use Dodd's
Kidney Pills and two boxes cured me
completely. / think Dodd's kidney
Pills are the best in the world"
A remedy that will cure Bright's
Disease will cure any other form of
Kidney Disease. DOdd's Kidney Pills
never fail to cure Bright's Disease.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26
Oriuin of "Hamfatter."

A correspondent to the New York
Sun gives the following account of the
origin of the word "hamfatter'-
term of derision applied to actors:
Years ago, before cold cream became
a feature of the. makeup box, actors
used a preparation of ham fat for re-
moving the crude grease-paint of their
times. The less prosperous ones, for
the sake of economy, contented them
selves with the fat side of ham skin,
which they carried about and used
just as a wood cutter does in greas-
ing his saw. This practice had a dis
astrous effect on the complexion and
caused Thespians to be recognized at
once by the cracked and disc0lored
appearance of their faces. Hence the
term 'hamfatter.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26
The pifficuItv of erant shootino.

You may call the suspicious wild
goose to the decoys. and even induce
the cautious swan to come within
shot, but there is not call, no lure
ever devised that will induce that
king of waterfowl the brant, to come
within range of the heaviest caliber
shotgun. Unlike the black duck,
they love crowd, and like the can
vas-back, they gather in great flocks
of their own species. In the early
morning and evening they ride the
waters in vast numbers and are quick
to leave the water at the sight of any
craft. They do not investigate, and
have no sense of curiosity, and take
wing at the slightest alarm. At low
water the sand shoals are black with
unnumbered thousands, and it is SIM
ply exasperating for the sportsman to
gaze at them and know that If he
tries to creep up within shot, their
sentinels, well posted a hundred
yards or so on the front, rear and
flank, will give the alarm and in a
second, with noise like thunder.
the huge mass will rise high in air
and alight only when they reach a
wide expanse of water where there is
no boat in sight. Yet brant hunting
is the most fascinating sport Of all
water shooting. To knock over one
of these birds, going like the wind,
fully repays the Sportsman for many
a long wait, and the risk only gives
the sport keener flayor.-Alexander
Hunter IN Outing
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26

this offer which is made to get you to
test Salzer's Warranted Vegetable Seeds.
They will send you their big plant and
seed catalog, together with enough seed
to grow
1000 fine, solid Cabbages,
1000 rich, juicy Turnips,
1000 blanching, nutty Celery,
1000 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1000 splendid Onions,
1000 rare, luscious Radishes,
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers,
ALL FOR BUT leo POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice, snd
If you will send them 2Oc in postage, they
will add to the above a package of IA
nous Berliner Caulifower. &c. N. U.1
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26
,PLANIS THAT DEFEND AND ATTACK.


Any one who has seen q thorn on q
stalk knows that plants are armed
against their enemies, which they have
In common with all other living things
But plants are not content with de-
Tending themselves with spikes and
thorns; they have other weapons OF
defense Moreover, says John ]. Ward
In Harper's Magazine, many plants
have weapons Of attack.
Some plants, like the poison oak OF
ivy, have poisonous acids, which are
w1rning to animals to keep their dis
lance. Others, like some species of
cactus, have disagreeable smells, that
punish the intruder for bruising them.
Not only do growing things shield
their lives with suits Of mail, but they
form alliances and protect each other.
The gorse, or furze, which Is well
armed, selects the most exposed situa-
ton 1t can find, open heaths and stony
wastes, where it fearIessly holds up
its yellow blossoms for the bees to fer
tilize. Straightway less protected
plants seek its shelter, and so a mutu-
ally protective plant army arises.
Self-defense is abundantly exhibited
In vegetable life. Sometimes, although
less often, plants actually attack ami
mails. A very pretty, simple example
Of attack is found In the English SUM-
dew. This insectivorous plant grows
b. boys and on wet ground. The leaves
are covered with glandular hairs,
which secret sticky fluid to entrap
various small, flying insects. which, on
alighting, get entangled III the gummy
slime The hairs then bend over and
pour out still further quantities Of this
digestive liquid. which dissolves out all
the heterogeneous matter from the In
oect to serve as food for the plant.
heterogeneous matter is Lard to get In
Doggy places, and so the plant Is equip
ped with this mechanical means of
obtaining it.
The pitcher-plant attracts animal life
By q sweet liquid. The insect crawls
down the pitcher. but cannot return,
for the passage is barred by recuryed
hooks AS wonderful as any is the
American Venus ny-u4p." The leaves
are hinged at the center and close rap
IDLY enough to entrcp an insect: They
remain closed while the insect strug-
glss, but when it becomes exhausted
they open to catch other unwary prey.
Occasionally plants make allies of
their enemies. = tropical acacia,
known as the "6uly s-hcrn thorn" ac-
commodities and PRO, 49, for an army
Of ants, to check the de3redations Of
4erocious, leaf-cueting ants. The
branches bear hollow tAosns, where
the ant garrison lj'cs aff rears its
1oung. The plant xnnf1rs not only
lodgings, but board as wsI!, In the form
Of q special honey, Es&st makes the
garrison q good breakcast and. more
wonderful still, solid food liz the form
- Iltt1e. yellow, fruitliks bodies which
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26

- HEN comes to think of it. nothing so elo
NA/ quently emphasizes the meaning of evolution
j wv I to greater extent than the marked changes
in the comp exion Of the world to-day with that
USZYE[S1 existent century ago. Naval warfare and
tGZ2NJ naval const- nction has undergone most com
plete change. From sails to steam from wood
en- hulls to Steel from two four and eight
popguns to the terribly destructive twelve and thirteen
inch rifles whose projeces weighing nearly pounds
nothing resist the great and belts of
steel toughened by scientific process which the vtals
Of the big warshps of to-day So destructive indeed have
the big rifle of to-day bsen brought that single
cruiser of moderate model could
have under steam about the feet the great
British admiral Nelson and destroyed every unit of it.
without coming into king it's guns
That tells the whole story Of the revolution constructing
propeling and arming warships.
Let US compare the navy Of England at the commence
ment OF the nineteenth century with that Great Britain
to-day. II 1903 England 40 ships tom
mage of 48 00 guns 2S00 men, 10000 and cost
600 pounds sterling In 1904 has 472 ships
Of total tonnage Of 1,S67250 armed with 1900 guns
manned by $4,000 the footed
up to the big total of 36SS90OO The remark
able difference here, 1t will be noticed is in the number
Of and the cost Of the vessels The
Of guns to each vessel has dropped from ve In 1903
fifteen In 1908 which prove accentuate the
enormous increase in the destructive power range of
the modern gun. Comparing Nelson's flagship, Victory,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26
HoD CARRIERS JOIN THE oopo.
Wheel Bricks to Elevators Instead of
Climbing Ladders with Load


Wheel Bricks to Elevators Instead OF
Climbing Ladders with Load.
If the hodcarrier who remarked tina,
he had nothing to do but carry bricks
up fourteen-story building and watch
man up there do the work was salts
fed with conditions that existed in
his line when that joke was sprung
several years ago, the hodcarrier of to.
day must be convinced that life with
him Is one long drawn out dream of
uninterrupted bliss. For at the present
time the hodcarrier doesn't even have
to carry up the brick. So, in the spirit
Of the joker's argument, he has nothing
at all to do.
There are In Chicago a. the present
time about 1000 men who make a bust
ness Of carrying the hod. That is, they
are styled hodcarriers, and in a gen
eral way the classification is correct
but In a great number of instances the
bod Is wheeIbarrow. Modern inven-
ton has done away to n large extent
with the old time, trough-shaped bur-
den loaded with bricks, which In DAYS
gone by, and even now on smaller
buildings, was carted up and down lad
ders. Instead Of this slow process of
lifting building material above the
street level steam lifters are used.
These have been common in work on
tall structures for a long time, and are
now being used on smaller buildings.
The contrivance consists of two lifts.
operated on the same principle as an
elevator, and this invention performs
the heavy work which formerly was
imposed upon the hodcarrier. One man
below carts the material to the lift In
a wheelbarrow, while another removes
1t when it has been raised to the floor
on which the work is being done. One
lift is going up while the other is COM
ing down, and the system is much
faster and much lighter on workmen
then the old plan of carrying the hod
up and down ladder.
Thus 1t is that the old relic of early
building days, with Its long handle and
padded shoulder piece, has become
practically extinct around tall struc-
lures and has been relegated to smaller
buildings In residence districts. The
hodcarrier has lost nothing, however,
through this revolution In bis line of
business. Hundreds of them continue
to carry the bod and will as long as
contractors build fat buildings and
structures Of the sort where height
does not require speed and distances
do not prevent faborer from bearing
his burden with satisfactory results
Many laborers who formerly carried
the bod now are employed as helpers
on big contracts, receiving from % to
80 cents All Chicago Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26
ENGLISH MUFFINS.

Scald two cups of milk and cool I'M
til lukewarm, add two rounding table
spoons of butter, beaten egg, half a
level teaspoon of salt, two rounding
tablespoons of sugar and one-half
cake of yeast dissolved in a little
lukewarm water. Mix with pastry
flour, using nearly four cups, or
enough to make a stiff drop batter
Let rise over night, then put into but
tered pans and let rise nearly an
hour. Bake in quick oven.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26
WHOLE WHEAT BREAD.

A bread that requires no kneading is
always welcome. Put one cup OF
scalded milk and one cup of boiling
water into a bowl, add half a level
teaspoon of SALT, one quarter cup Of
molasses, a rounding tablespoon OF
butter, saltspoon of soda and one
half yeast cake dissolved in a little
water. Mix with two cups of white
-four and three cups of whole wheat
-four. Let rise light, cut down, shape
into loaves, let rise in the pans and
bake well.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26
PRACTICAL POULTRY POINTS

A hen that lays three or four eggs
per week, at cost of about two
cents for food, is probably the most
profitable stock upon your farm.
Poultry keeping involves close atten
ton and considerable labor, and that
it is far better to be understocked
than overstocked. Keep some simple
debit and credit account to see how
you stand at. the end of the year.
Hens in windy weather and with
out shelter will not lay, and soon be-
come "roupy."
Chopped raw onion is valuable
and simple remedy to give to a sick
and dropping fowl.
Underfed fowls lay but few eggs,
and overfed ones often none at all.
The best layers are early risers and
early morning layers, and of an active
disposition.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26
RICH STEAMED PUDDING.

ST.. together one cup or molasses,
one cup of butter and one cup of milk,
add one cup of seeded and chopped
raisins and three cups of flour in
which level teaspoon of soda is dis
solved. Pour into a buttered mold,
put on the cover and steam three
hours, not allowing the water to stop
boiling at any time, and replenishing
with water that is Boiling.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26

there has been westward movement from New England
The settlers rounded up by this commissioner Will do
something to offset the French Canadians
into New England But what testimony to the friendly
relations existing between the two
in this appointment Canadian commissioner of
immigration to in Bostoni
1t is said that within the last fifteen months $4,000
pie from this side of the line have moved the Dominion
Canada is to be congratulated this
element Of its immigrants 1t draws from nowhere else
class well fitted to develop the Canadian public lands
But 1t would be interesting know many Canadians
in the time have this country to live There
is continual movement to border and
there has been Canadian loss well Canadian gen
Buffalo EXPRESS
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26
ORANGE SHERRET.

Soak one rounding tablespoon OF
gelatine in one half cup of cold water
for twenty minutes; add half a cup of
boiling water, two cups of orange
juice and, if the oranges are sweet,
add the juice of one lemon. Now add
one cup of sugar and two cups of
water; strain and freeze.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26

that contestants prefer carrots. From
our limited trial we may infer that
by sowing this variety-which is also
easily pulled-one may secure a yield
OF carrots nearly as large as that of
sugar beets or mangels.-George P.
Williams in the Epitomist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26

are developed on the leaflets and do for
dinner. When an enemy approaches
the hired mercenaries drive it away.
Thus the plant hires and supports an
army.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26
TO DESTROY CHICKEN LICE.


The proper management of fowls
demands far more care than is usual
ly given. Lice will breed and multi
ply so rapidly as to completely ruin
the flock almost before the owner is
aware of the fact. Farmers VINO sell
dom give any attention to their fowls.
permitting them to roost inside or out
side the poultry house at all seasons,
often find their flocks in condition
in which many are sick or droopy
without any apparent cause AID they
pronounce the disease CHOLERA and
proceed to give remedies therefor,
when the cause is really lice. Not
only will the poultry house be swarm
ing with lice, but also the fences,
wOodpileS, trees or wherever the
chickens may roost, and it is useless
to attempt to get rid of lice on the
hens as long as the vermin have pos
session of every location where the
mems may go Or rOost. Not only dur
ing the day, but through the entire
night, the fowls are annoyed by the
vermin, until they become exhausted
and begin to droop and finally die.
The use of remedies should be with
the view of removing the difficulty at
whatever the cost. First, the poul-
try house should be cleaned and the
fowls should be made to roost therein
and not outside. 1nen the interior
and exterior should be thoroughly
drenched with kerosene emulsion, add
ing gill of crude carbolic acid to
every quart of the emulsion before
adding the water, The point is to do
the work so as to save labor after
ward. To destroy some of the lice
and allow them to multiply again is
to waste time and labor. Besides,
there are eggs of lice Matching every
hour and it is essential to kill the
young ones as fast as they appear.
To make the work sure, the house
should be thoroughly drenched every
day for a week and once week there
after. Every portion of the interior
must be saturated-nests, roots, walls
and floors. During moderate weather,
even in winter, lice will be in swarms
in three or four days in house that
has been infested, that before show
ed no indication of their presence.-E.
r. Beach in the Epitomist
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26


great noisy city, knowing not where shelter
food or kindness. Indeed 1t is quite possible
stand the ultimate surrender to despair under
stances ntolerabe What do not and cannot under
stand however is the persistent refusal of these unhappy
waits to leave the overcrowded oppor
tuny in the rural districts No capable of perform
ing useful service of the humbest kind
sarve In any agricultural region Is safe say indeed
that willing to work, though temporarily unfit
would be left to perish like dog by the wayside In such
community. There Is nothing calous and the
multitude of metropolis. Humanity prevails In wider
spaces and among less concentrated populations starv.
Ing wretch would be overlooked Broadway. He would
attract Immediate attention In country road. Men die
in cities and their felowcreatures neither know nor
Grooming under hedgerow twenty miles away they would
at once command the sympathy and instraon of every
passerby We have been able to understand the
fascination Of the big careless thronging city for the
neglected castaway. Sometimes moved to think
that such creatures be friendess
But suicide Is unusa remedy for these miseres The
conditions geenraly breed thieves and ramps muir
derers.-Washington Post
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26
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SAuCH FOR PIInnING.

Beat three eggs light, beat in one
cup Of sugar and half teaspoon OF
vanilla. Serve without cooking with
the hot pudding.