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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11
HOME COMFORTS.

Strain and friction and business are
all about those who dwell in city
tents, so that contact with the world
sometimes seems to give feeling,
thinking. business beings either hard
ened or broken hearts.
In the home, which is the souls
first garden, there must be a safe
guard and haven in order to give the
sequestering force to meet other in
fluences. 1t is there the individuality
must be developed for the purpose of
refreshing an helping others instead
of gaining for ourselves. It is there
that we should be sure that room
shall be allowed us to develop natures
which may vary in type from those
with whom our lives are interdepen-
dent.
1t should be required only that our
growth be upward, and however diff
ferent our methods of broadening our
characters in our homes tfley should
receive encouragement and strength.
In adjusting resources to the needs of
the family the homemaker must be
constantly forming process of selec-
ton in which she gives the needs of
the spirit predominance over all ma
terial desire.
To cultivate health of mind and
body is leading mission of the home,
and it is for this purpose that the
homemaker must do her housekeep-
ing. 1t is for the health of the body
that she must preserve hygienic
cleanliness and supply nourishing
food. 1t is for the health of the mind
that she must dispense her hospital
ity and keep a fund, however limited,
for the amusements of the family.
The fact of the home being a hav-
en- for those who come back to it
from rasping world should never be
forgotten. Let the world wag and
let furniture grow shabby, but at
home let there be calm and refresh
ing atmosphere.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11
A Tale OF Suffering.

Oakley, Mich, May Especial. III
could not sleep or rest in any place."
says Florence Capen Of this place in a
recent interview, Il had a pain in my
back and hips. If sat down l could
not get up out of my chair. I was In
pain all the time. l got poor for | did
not eat enough to keep a small child
I could not rest nights.
"Then I sent for a box of Dodd's
Kidney Pills and went to taking them
and what do you think that very night
I went to bed and slept till morning.
got up and thanked God for the
nights rest and Dodd's Kidney Pills.
1 know that Dodd's Kidney Pills are all
that is claimed for them"
This is only one Of the numerous e,:-
periences that show the way to uild
up run down people is to cure the Kid
neys. Thousands Of people IL every
State bear witness to the fact that
Dodds Kidney Pills never fail to cure
the kidneys.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11
RECIPES.

Maple Sugar Cake.-Add to one cup
maple syrup one beaten egg, a pinch
of salt, one cup of thick sour cream,
into which has been stirred a tea
spoonful (scant) of soda, teaspoon
full of ginger and -four to make a
thin batter. Bake in a fat shallow
pan and cut in squares.
Lemon Gingerbread Ito be served
hoD.-Put into mixing bowl one cup
Il New Orleans molasses, and pour
over it scant falf-cup of hot melted
butter and lard mixed. Add one beat
en- egg, tablespoonful of milk. the
grated rind of half lemon. and a
cup and half of -four sifted with a
scant teaspoonful of soda. Stir just
enough to mix (too much stirring
makes molasses cake light colored)
and bake at once in shallow, well
buttered pans.
Ginger Pufcs.-Add to one cup of
molasses one-half cup shortening, but
ter and lard or drippfngs, mixed and
melted IN the oven Add one-half cup
brown sugar, one cup sweet milk in
which dessert spoonful of soda has
been dissolved, a teaspocnful of salt,
the same amount of ginger, and three
cups of flour. Drop from the point of
a spoon on to a creased shallow pan
and bake in a moderate oven.
Crullers.5Beat to a cream one ia
ble-spoonful of sugar and one cup of
butter. Add one whole egg and the
yolk of another beaten light, one cup
rich, sweet milk, one teaspoonful of
salt and three cups flour sifted with
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
Cut in rings, fry in deep, hot fat, TAX
ing care not to put too many in the
kettle at one time, and as soon as
done lift out, putting the tines of a
large fork through the hole so as not
to pierce the cake itself. Drop for
an instant into a dish Of boiling wa
ter on the stove, shake thoroughly
and drain on a piece of butchers pa
per. When almost dry roll in pow
dered sugar
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11

Arson Phelps Stokes, Jr-, the sec
rotary of the Yale corporation, taxes
a profound interest in children. Talk
ing with an undergraduate, he said
the other day:
Children should be- modest, shy,
quiet. That type of child is apt to
turn out better in the end than the
clever, talkative and precocious type
who is apt to be shallow.
"For my part, l should hesitate &c
promise much for the future o. sc
precocious a youngster as one IN
Quincy Adams that l heard OF last
week.
.aThis Quincy Adams child. little
girl of seven or eight years, stood one
day before a closed gate.
"a gentleman passed slowly. The
little girl turned and said to him:
"'Will you please open this gate
for me?'
1.-The gentleman did so. Then he
said, kindly:
"Why, my child, couldn't you open
the gate for yourself?'
because, said the little girl, the
paints not dry yet. Look at your
hands. New York Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11
ARRANGING FLOWERS.

Arranging flowers whose stems are
weak, pansies, French daisies, violets
and most wild flowers, is rather diff
ficult. The usual method Is to place
them in shallow bowl where they
stand up bravely around the edges
and collapse in the middle. One
trouble is that these flowers are usu-
ally picked with very little foliage,
which is a mistake in more than one
way. Pansies especially should be
surrounded with plenty of foliage and
buds to get the best effect. Violet
leaves are charming. 1t is necessary
to have few wire flower holders to
fit bowls. They are not very expen-
sive, but if even small sums are not
available the holders may be made at
home at a trifling expense.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11
An Acid Made OF Wood Gas.

Aside from the deposits of metallic
copper in the Michigan region, practi-
cally all the ores of copper, zinc, lead.
and nickel consist of compounds
of the metals with sulphur. In
smelling, the sulphur is burned
out and gives rise to enormous
quantities of sulphur dioxide.-that
gas that has taught man to postpone
for a moment the pleasure OF his
cigar when lighting it with a sulphur
match, and has caused many a house
wife tc mourn for the untimely fading
and passing away of her most cher
ished house plants. At LeadvilIe, Sop
lin, Galena, Argentine, Ell Paso, ana
other sections of the country not only
treeless but also CRASHES deserts
have been produced by the large
smelling establishments. Near Mount
Shasta stretches of the finest timber
land stand blasted because of this
waste, which were it utilized, would
doubtless be sufficient to erect new
plant for the company every two or
three years BY what is known as the
new contact process" this gas can
be transformed into the best of sui
phuric acid, and where smelling e.
adjustments are near enough to the
manufactures using this article
large revenues are being derived from
this waste product every year How
ever, since suIphuric acid is very
cheap and freight rates very high, the
economical utilization Of the gas in
the Shasta and other regions similar
ly situated. far removed from manu-
featuring centres, has not yet been &C
William Conger Morgan,
in Harper's Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11

DEHORNING A SIMPLE PROCESS.
Those who have had the pleasure
of raising calves to the COW period
without horns know how much more
sensible it is to have a herd of cows
without horns than lot of animals
whose horns endanger both man and
beast. To have a herd of cows with
out horns is easy for the man who
raises his own calves, for the work
of killing the embryo horn is simple
and easy.
Buy a stick of caustic potash at
the drug store, wrap BIT of cloth
around the end you are to hold in the
hand, moisten the other end thor
oughly and then rub it briskly on the
spot where the embryo horn may be
felt. Cover all the surface, but be
careful and not go beyond the horn
or you will burn the skin of the calf.
For calves, when the horns are al
ready through, the clipper made for
the purpose is the best thing t,
use. Place the blades as close to
the head as possible and one cut will
pare the horn off smoothly For
grown COWS either the clipper or a
saw is used and, of course, the head
of the animal must be fastened so
that she can not move it.
The operation in a sensible man.
ner is humane, and only fanatics who
know nothing about the operation
claim it to be cruel. Like all oper-
ations among animals, it may be done
in hurried, careless manner and so
become cruelty.-Indianapo News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11
MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID.
Infinite Art Displayed by Nature OF
French Tonquiu Town,


French Tonquiu Town.
The sole curiosity for sightseers in
the city of Hanoi, a town of the
French Tonquin, is the industry of in
laying mother-of-pearl in precious
woods In fact, one street, called the
Street Of the Inlayers, is given up to
the trade. The workmen are genuine
artists, combining artistic conception
with great manual skill. Furnished
with rude tools, but with great pa
dence and skill, these workmen pro-
duce articles of great beauty.
They have applied the principle Of
division Of labor, or specialization, to
their work. The cabinet-makers first
put together the various parts Of the
materials to be incrusted. The Joining
is done without the aid of nails and
with a nice system Of dovetailing and
use Of paste, Of which lacquer is the
base. From this cabinet-maker the
wood passes into the hands Of the de-
signer, who makes sketches for its or
namentation on rice paper.
These designs are transferred to the
wood by the inlayer, whose duty it is
to choose the pearl that will best serve
to bring out the beauty of the design.
The mother-of-peaIl is obtained from
q large species of shellfish called
casque, caught chiefly upon the shores
Of the island OF Poulo-condar.
The inlayer cuts the pieces of pearl
into little bits and chooses the combi-
nation of colors which will make thu
contrast necessary for the artistic sue
cess of his work The iridescence Is
heightened by the use Of pearl dust
furnished by Kind Of mussel taken
from the brooks of that region. When
the bits Of mosaic are chosen the in,
layer tries to give them the form Of
the design chosen and disposes them
as a mosaic in the wood. The crude
morsel is made translucent by pumice
stone. The pearl is then fixed in q
wise and the labor of patience begins.
Kneeling before the wise he shapes
the piece with file no larger than an
ordinary color crayon. When the pearl
is shaped it is necessary to trench it in
the wood. This is ordinarily done by
children IA or 10 years or age. The
bits of pearl are then set in the
grooves and fixed with paste. The
whole is gently heated to melt tho
paste and so fill the interstices. The
design is then polished, vanished and
given the finishing touches. The work
has been counterfeited, but never sue,
cessfully,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11
COFFEE HEART


Very Plain in Some People.
A great many people go on suffering
from annoying ailments for long
time before they can get their own
consent to give up the indulgence from
which their trouble arises.
A gentleman in Brooklyn describes
his experience, as follows:
81 became satisfied some months ago
that owed the palpitation of the
heart, from which l suffered almost
daily, to the use Of coffee q had been
coffee drinker for 80 years., but I
found it very hard to give up the b.y-
erage.
II realized that I must give up the
harmful indulgence in coffee, but
felt the necessity for hot table drins.
and as tea is not to my liking, was
at loss for white what to do.
"One day ran across a very sem
sible and straightforv crd presentation
of the claims Of PoS- IN Food Coffee,
and was so impressed thereby that I
concluded to give it trial. My ex-
perience with 1t was unsatisfactory
till / learned how it ought to be pre-
parody thorough boiling for not
less than Is or 20 minutes. After
learned that lesson there was no trou-
BILE. Postum Food Coffee proved to
be most palatable and satisfactory
hot beverage, and I have used it ever
since.
1.-THE effect on my health has been
most salutary. 1t has completely cured
the heart palpitation from which I
usei to suffer so much, particularly
after breakfast, and never have re-
turn Of it except when / dine or lunch
away from home and am compelled to
drink the old kind Of coffee because
Postum is not served. 1 find that
Postum Food Coffee cheers and invig-
crates, while it produces no harmful
stimulation" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Ten days trial proves an eye opener
to many.
Read the little book "The Rad -
MELVILLE IN every pkg.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11
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E4v3 AST13SSl1H
NEW PASTRY BOARDS.

The newest idea in pastry boards is
thick glass. The old-time marble slab
is now said to absorb, whereas the
glass is quite impervious, hence
much more sanitary. Under the glass
is placed thick sheet of felt. A
great many kitchen conveniences are
now made of glass. Rolling pins and
washboards are familiar, but glass
rollers for towels are not yet com
mon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11
Liqht-hued Shoes.

Even the shoes OF ,ignt hues have
been taken under consideration.
1t looks like piece of bees wax or
brown soap, and contains a little OF
everything, even rubber.
Best of all, it isn't messy" One
simply rubs it over the soiled places
until they are clean.
This will also clean suede kid,
though there is new cream that is
somewhat better for suede.
Though both these cleaners act
we'll on white buckskin, nothing is
better than the whitewash-Iike prep
aration with which all are familiar.
This, however, is a whitewash rath-
sr than cleaner, and so, at inter
walls. the shoes should be washed IN
soapsuds. After being quickly dried
the "whitewash" is applied. 1t is
equally good for white linen shoes.
The gayer the shoe the worse it
looks unless it be "spick and span."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11

With the present prices of wool
and the unusually bright prospects
for future high prices; with good, fat
lambs in keen demand in New York
markets at S1a cents a pound, while
the best export steers are selling In
the same market at only six cents a
pound, there certainly should be no
talk of depression of an industry
which is producing such sure and lib
eral profit. declares the Triyane Far
mer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11
PACKING AWAY.

When the farmer begiss the sea-
sons work out of doors, the mistress
of the house usually commences to
pack away the family furs and win
ter wraps, often with many misgiv-
ings as to their safety from clothes
moths and other pests indoors. A
simple and yet entirely effective pre-
ventive of damage by moths to stored
clothing is to first thoroughly air,
beat and brush the garments, then
pack in an ordinary pasteboard box,
sealing the edge of the cover tightly
with a gummed strip of paper. Gar
ments so packed go through the sea-
son unframed, provided, of course,
that they are free from infestation
when put away. This plan does away
with the use of tobacco, moth balls,
cedar chips, etc., which are only re-
pellants and do not destroy the moths.
Fur coats, rugs, etc., which may be
infested, should be placed in box
or barrel and fumigate6 by turning
in tablespoonful of bi-sulphate of
carbon and covering tightly This
liquid may be applied directly to the
furs; it soon changes to gas and
destroys all insect life. Carbon bi.sul-
phide may be obtained in one-pourd
cans at about twenty-five cents per
can at the larger drug stores 1t is
about as inflammable as gasoline and
should be used with the same care
with reference to lamps and fire. Aft.
er fumigisting the goods Cor one hour.
they should. be aired and packed in
q box as previously described.-A. H
Kirkland In American Cultiyator.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11
The Richest Farmer.

After making S1,500,000 in the last
fourteen years out of the soil, l. d.
Smith, of Madison, S. Oak, supposed
to be the richest exclusive farmer In
the United States. has retired from
active life.-Kansas City Journal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11

The Chinese voice tasks two notes;
its scale has six notes, instead OF
eight The fourth and the seventh
notes arc the missing ones. -
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11

ance, young man from Atlanta, as
delicate as girl, but as brave as Ma
poleon, received terrible wound with
a cannon shot, which laid open his VI
tails so that his heart was actually
seen to pulsate by his companions
while he was yet talking and telling
them Of the preparation for the change
then at hand and his willingness to
meet his Master. Soon after he was
shot, General Lee came near. When
the wounded man saw him he express
ed desire to shake his hand and bid
him farewell. General Lee was called
and rode up to the wounded man, who
was raised to his feet By two Of his
companions, and, holding his entrails
with his left hand, he extended the
other to the great captain, saying:
''Good-by, General. 1 am killed, but L
have been a good boy and am pre-
pared to go. 1 shall meet you in
heaven"
General Lee gave him a hearty shake
Of the hand and said: "Good-by, my
boy. I shall try to meet you on the
other side"
This young man was Lewis Morris,
Of Company D, Forty-fourth regiment,
Georgia Volunteers, who was known
to the companies as "Crick" Morris.
He has a large kinsfolk in and around
Atlanta, among them Councilman Nor
ris, brother. Probably some Of them
never heard of his dramatic, heroic
and triumphant death until now. The
scene presented is not overdrawn. 1t
was witnessed by many of the SUM-
burnt veterans Of Jackson's old corps,
few Of whom are yet living to testi-
fly to the fact that all who saw 1t, in
Guiding General Lee himself, shed
tears. "Crick" Morris died in a few
minutes after General Lee rode of,
and, like thousands of noble men. is
sleeping quietly to-day In an unknown
grave.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11
NOTES AND COMMENTS

The protest against the Rockefeller
gift not only signifies the decline of
dollar worship among US, but it
means that the public conscience has
become SO aroused as to prevent the
accumulation of otner fortunes by
such means as John D. Rockefeller
has used, declares the Progressive
Farmer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11

What you can produce best On your
farm is the important question to you.
The cost of the food you grow can
not always be estimated by what
your time is worth at good wages, for
all farmers could not get pay for their
time in this way, if they did not grow
forage crops, says Prof. w. H. Jor-
dan.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11

Importation at this port was S5,00J,-
goo, or about 40 per cent greater In
the first quarter of this year than In
the corresponding portions of the
year before The most gratifying fea-
ture of this gain was that great
part of it consisted of wool and goat
skins, the raw materials of two OF
our greatest industries, remarks the
PHILADELPHIA Record.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11

tween the eyes. Not two feet from it
was the dead body Of rebel major
with bullet hole In the forehead.
Each man had a revolver In his right
hand and one chamber In each re-
volver was empty. The inference was
plain. Captain Schneider and the reb-
81 major had faced each other COOL,
tn the heat of battle, had fired at the
same instant and each well aimed shot
had killed its man.
I'm the same battle, Captain Roth
acker Of Company G, Fify-second
Ohio. was In very tight place, when
Joe Swan called to him that he would
hold back the rebels while the Cap
tain got out. Joe waited until the reb-
els came in single die around the lu-
nette in front and fired, bringing down
three at one shot Meantime Captain
Rothacker had started through the
brush obstructicn- In pressing
through, a branch that had been ben.
back caught the Captains hat al
when released threw the hat cleai
back to where Swan stood. The Cap
tain ran back for 1t, and he and Swan
cut out together, making good their es-
Chicago Inter Ocean
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-04-28
Irrcnrer.ihIc Rner.-

Commandment Jan Louw, the Boer Of
ncer who refused to lay down his arms
when his fellow countrymen surren-
dered to the British and who fled to the
Longberg mountains. ON the borders of
German West Africa. with his band Of
burgher lighters. has been successful
ly resisting the combined English and
German forces in South Africa for
more than two years. In June, 1902,
when the Boer army capLtulated, Louw
fed with only about 800 men. Within
the first year. however. this number
was Increased to 1000. and today he
Is said to have a combined force OF
5000 sturdy warriors under his COM
mand. Many Beers still believe that
their country can be reclaimed and
many OF theal look to Louw as the man
who will start the next rebellion. There
exists an understanding among Beers
and their sympathizers that the next
uprising will be In 1906. and it Is also
stated that 5000 men have agreed 30
respond TO ttc commandments call.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-04-28

The long haired woman from New
Jersey came to town to do years
shopping one day last week. Her city
niece guided her through the depart
ment stores. Everywhere Aunt Jane
declined to use the elevator
II want TO walk upstairs" she said.
II want to know where the stairs are
on every floor"
The niece, whose going-upstairs mus
Giles have been atrophied by living In
fiat. followed Aunt James dcsercAined
feet as best she could.
But why won't you use the ele-
vator?" she painted as they arrived Mt
the fifth floor.
Because I've got horse sense" said
Aunt Jane. There are 1000 women
In this store this very minute. All but
nineteen OF them ride In the elevators.
Not fifty of them even know where the
stairs are. You didn't yourself till /
prowled round and found them. I'm
prepared for an emergency. II fire
breaks out In any OF these stores all
the women Will rush TO the elevators.
Only You and 1 and nineteen other
women will run downstairs and get out
alive. don't trust myself In any store
where can't locate the stairs."-New
York Press.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-04-28
Awana.-ta, s,..... -.

e II has often been said OF DIR. Richard
Garneft OF the British museum that
there Is no question of research one
can put to him that he cannot answer
This fact" writes Harry Furniss,
was demonstrated to me by a friend
or mine, who had spent years investi.
eating an obscure subject OF which
but very few people have any knowl.
edge at all. He searched for months
In continental libraries for some infor-
nation OH one particular point without
effect. Coming to London. he asked
DR.. Garnett IL he could put him on the
track. We have only one book In the
museum, replied the doctor. touching
upon that. l will send for it. You
will find all you want on page $780,"