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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
WHEN FORKS WERE NEW.
How Their Use Impressed a Lady the
First Time She Saw Them.

How Their Use Impressed a Lady the
First Time She Saw Them.
A lady who saw forks used for the
first time at Ginner of Henry III. of
France records her impressions" of
the occasion. Henry had in 1547 been
rendered a magnificent reception in
Venice. At this entertainment forks
were used. The royal guest observed
them with much interest and immedi-
ately introduced them to the French
court.
1t seems from the account of the
lady, who had never used them be-
fore, that some others were in the same
predicament. She writes:
They never touched the meat with
their fingers. but with forks, which
they carried to their mouths. bending
their necks and bodies over their
plates.
There were several salads. These
they ate with forks, for it is not con-
sidered proper to touch the food with
the fingers. However difficult it may
be to manage it, it is thought better
to put the little forked instrument in
the mouth than the fingers.
THE artichokes, asparagus, peas and
beans were brought. 1t was pleasure
to watch them try to eat these with
their forks, for some, who were less
adroir than the others, dropped as
many on their plates and on the way
to the mouth as they were able to get
to their mouths.
"Afterward a great silver basin and
pitcher of water were brought, and
the guests washed their bands, though
scent of meat and grease on them, for
they had touched their food only with
those fOrked instruments"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
Shot and Shell.

1t will probably be found that a
new record has been established in
the matter of rounds discharged by
the Port Arthur garrison and the be-
sieging army.
The rapidity of modern gunfire
must eclipse all previous figures.
1t was considered wonderful at the
siege of st. Sebastian in 1872 that the
preaching battery of ten guns Should
average $50 rounds per gun in fifteen
and half hours.
The Germans dropped $4,000 pro-
jectiles into Mexico, killing, however,
only with each 50Oth discharge.
Only two people dropped at Trou-
vile from the discharge OF 27.0oo
shells
Sedan was much more deadly. 240.-
900 pro;ect;les accounting for 5000
casualties.
The Americans, who pride them
selves on their craftsmanship. ex-
pected that terrible casualty lists
would result from their firing in the
war with Spain. Well. at Santiago
they bombarded for two nights, and
their machine guns alone were re-
sponsible for $4,000 rounds. But only
sixty-eight of the enemy succunbed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
Brides in Their Nest.

A pretty story of the South Sea
Islands was brought to this city yes
terday by a passenger on the steam
ship Mariposa, who describes the
romantic honeymoon enjoyed by DR..
]. w. Williams, a dentist of Mani
toba, Canada, who has for several
years been practising in Tahiti. Ac-
cording to the story, Mr.. Williams
and his bride, a Mrs. Brakeman, a fair
American widow, fell so far under the
"dolce far niente" influence of the
southern Pacific isles that they chose
for the scene of their honeymoon the
lovely but lonely coral stoll of Tetua-
rora, fifty miles north of Tahiti,
whittier they went Immediately after
their wedding in Papeete, and there,
under the bamboo and palms of the
dreamy island, which was formerly
the pleasure resort of the savage
kings of bygone days, are spending
their honeymoon with no neighbors
but the handful of natives who sail
their small sloop and attend to their
daily wants. The atoll is said to be
a small fairyland. where leafy palms,
gardinia and other tropical vegeta-
ton grow in profusion. Here the
newly welded couple will spend the
early days of their married life in a.
bungalow built by native workmen
out of native materials, far from the
cares of civilization and the mad
ding crowds ignoble strife" San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09

water, etc. Inside of the field works
Of Spanish Fort was quite lot Of
large forest trees, one Of which was
utilized by rebel sharpshooter, who
was good shot He worried Us not
a little. He kept a steady stream OF
bullets playing on the tEoroughfare,
none of them going wide over twenty
feet, and he pinked several Of the
boys as they were crossing over, until
It was seen that he had range on a
certain spot. Then a detour was
made at accelerated speed. and every
body was on the lookout for the un-
desirable shooter. 1t was a couple Of
days before he was located in tree
far back and well concealed by other
trees. When found he was made
target Of for the whole Of our bri-
gade, and may be the whole line Of
guns; cannon were trained on him
next. Little did he know Of the means
being used to put him out Of business.
He had nailed cleats to the tree up
as high as forty feet to where the tree
forked, and had built a platform to
stand on while he rested his gun In
the fork. He had fastened several
pulleys to the tree, each supplied
with a cord, to which was slung q gun,
and operated from the ground by con-
federates.
THE plan for his undoing was for
one Of the gunners from the Milwau-
kee, who was considered a good shot,
to have the first shot, and for all the
cannons to be trained on the tree, anu
all the infantry that could see the
spot was. in case the first shot missed,
to fire.
"An eyes centered on the pot where
stood the man whose destiny was GER
tainly and speedily drawing to a close.
I stood behind the gunner who was to
have the first shot and watched him
arrange his gun; a little higher, now
lower, little to the right-'Now look
outy-puff! bang! 1t was a center
shot. It knocked that Johnny out Of
his coy nest, and he was seen by
thousands as he went whistling to-
ward Mother Earth What a shout
went up.
within a few minutes all the cam
non of Spanish Fort opened on rs
with solid shot and shell. Our guns,
being trained on the aforesaid tree,
could not at once respond, but when
they did get ready the conclusion
was so great that you couldn't stand
still or lie down without rolling; and
you could scarcely hear yourself
think. l know that l went fast asleep
while it was all going on. 1 would
like to hear from others that saw
that sight, and hear their version Of
it."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
DOUGLAS JERROlD.
Seine 81 the Caustic Retorts Made BY
the Famous Wit.

the Famous Wit.
When a prosy old bore stopped
Douglas Jerrold, who was hurrying on
urgent business along Regent street,
with the question, "Well, Jerrold, my
dear boy. what is going on?' II amp
retorted yerrold, shooting past like an
arrow from a bow.
Also to contribute to a third sub
scription which was being got up for
reckless Grub street writer, Jerrold
cried impatiently, How much does the
fellow want this timer well. this
time think just four and two naughts
will put him straight" Put me down
for one of the naughtsr'
A lawyer, replying to the toast of his
health drunk at a dinner of artists,
stammered out that he did not expect
the honor, as law could hardly be con-
sidered one of the arts, whereupon Jer-
rold interjected one word only.
'Blackr,
A clergyman who was indecorously
and uncharitably denouncing the poor
Tor the number of children they bred
wound up with the opinion that the
real evil of the times was the surplus
population" Jerrold nodaed a hearty
assent, Certainly, the surplice popula-
tionr'
There's one song in the Prologue"
cried musical bore to Jerrold, which
always carries me away" Would
could sing it," calculated Jerrold.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
CINNAMON CAKES.

Heat two cups of milk and dissolve
in it one-quarter cup of butter; add
one-half level teaspoon OF salt and
then three well-beaten eggs after the
milk has become lukewarm. Add one
half yeast cake dissolved in two table
spoons of water and mix with enough
flour to make a drop batter. Beat
hard, cover ard let rise very light.
Add -four to make soft dough to
knead, and knead WELL Cover and
let rise again. When light turn out
on a Toured board and roll half an
inch thick Spread with soft but
ter, sprinkle graduated sugar over.
a few currants, and dust OF CHINA
mon. Roll up like jelly roll and
cut slices from the end two inches
thick. Set the slices in pan and
let rise light; bake in a moderate
oven.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
Doing Great Work.

Ward, Ark, March 6th.-(Special)
From all over the West reports come
of cures of different forms of Kidney
Disease BIZ Dodd's Kidney Pills and
this place is not without evidence Of
the great work the Great American
Kidney Remedy is doing
Among the cured here is Mr.. J. v.
Waggoner, a well known citizen, who,
In an interview, says: "Dodd's Kid
ney Pills have done wonders for me.
My kidneys and bladder were badly
out of order. / used many medicines
but got nothing to cure me till | tried
Dodd's Kidney Pills Two boxes Of
them fixed me up SO that 1 have been
well ever since"
Tell the poor kidney and bladder
diseased people to take Dodd's Kidney
Pills and get we'll"
No case of kidney complaint is too
far gone for Dodd's Kidney Pills to
cure. They are the only remedy that
has ever cured Bright's Disease
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
THE TRICKS
Coffee Plays on Some.

IT hardly pays to laugh before you
are certain Of facts, for it Ia sometimes
humiliating to think Of afterwards.
When was -oung girl was a
lover Of coffee but was sick so much
the doctor told me to quit and 1 did,
but after my marriage my husband
begged me to drink 1t again, as he did
not think it was the coffee caused the
troubles.
80 / commenced it again and con-
tinued about 6 months until my stom-
ach commenced acting bad and chok-
ing as if / had swallowed something
the size of an egg. One doctor said IL
was neuralgia and indigestion.
Zone day l took drive with my
husband three miles In the country and
l drank cup Of coffee for dinner. /
thought sure 1 would die before / got
back 20 town TO doctor. was drawn
double In the buggy and when my hus-
band hibched the horse to get me out
into the doctors Office, misery came up
in my throat and seemed to shut my
breath or entirely, then left all In q
fash and went to my heart The doc
tor pronounced it nervous heart trou-
bic and when 1 got hcme 1 was 90
weak could not sit -.
my husband brought my supper 10
my bedside with a nice cup Of hot
coffee, but said: Take that back.
dear, 1 viii never drink another cup
of coffee If you gave me everything
you are worth, for Il IL Just killing
me- He and the others laughed at me
and said
The idea OF coffee killing any
body
Well said, 1t Is nothing else
but coffee that Is doing IT,
I'm the grocery one day my husband
was persuaded to buy box Of Postum
which he brought home and made it
for dinner and we both thought how
gOod 1T was, but said nothing to the
hired men, and they thought they had
drank coffee, until we laughed and told
them. Well, we kept on with Postum,
and it was not long before the color
came back to my cheeks and 1 got
stout and felt as good as I ever did in
my life. have no more stomach trou-
BILE and 1 know owe 1t all to Postum
In place Of coffee.
NY husband has gained good health
on Postum, as well as baby and I,
and we al think nothing Is too good -
say about it" Name given By Postum
Co, Battle Greek, Mich.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
A GREAT MISTAKE.

There is no greater mistake made
inbreeding as the fowls become deli
cate, hard to raise, not as good layers
and in every way less profitable. New
blood should be introduced every year
with chickens, turkeys. or any of the
feathered tribe to keep up the con-
situations, vigor and health of the
fowls. In a majority of cases if fowls
are delicate it is because they have
been carelessly inbred and not be-
cause they are pure bred.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
HELPFUL HINTS.

A cloth-covered broom will wipe
the dust from papered walls and cell
ings.
A little powdered borax will make
washing look extra glossy when iron
ed. if thrown into the starch.
A scraping of raw potato, laid upon
a soft cloth and bound over sore eyes
will cure them.
Coarse brown wrapping paper SOAK
ed in vinegar and placed on the fore
head and eyes is good for sick head
ache.
Powdered borax strewn over places
frequented by ants, cockroaches and
other vermin will drive these pests
away.
One teaspoonful of pure, sweet oil,
taken three time day, after meals,
will cure the worst case of dyspep-
STA.
Hot lemonade rs one of the best
remedies for a bad cold.
Crushed cubeb berries, smoked in
clay pipe, will cure catarrh.
A preparation of fat oil varnish and
rectified spirits of turpentine, ii ap-
piled to iron, steel and other metal
articles. will prevent them from rust
ing.
The dullest scissors can be sharp
ened if you try to cut, as 1t were. a
coarse sewing needle with them.
A layer Of sugar over preserves
jellies, tc.. will pre- sent them from
gathering mould.
A pinch of salt will improve the
7avor of apple sauce.
Slices of bread toasted in the oven
until a golden brown are far more
wholesome than those toasted in q
toaster before an open fire.
A diet of tomatoes will ward of q
bilious attack.
A teaspoonful of burnt sugar will
give an amber color tn soups made
bon meats
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
ORANGE FRAPPE.

Cook four cups of water and two
cups of sugar together for five min
utes. Prepare two oranges by sep
arating the pulp into sections and
taking off every bit of the white skin.
Take out the seeds also and drop
these sections into the syrup and let
stand where the syrup will keep
warm for an hour. Take out the
orange and drain, then add to the
syrup two cups of clear orange juice,
cool and freeze to mushy consls-
tency Serve in champagne glasses
with section or two of orange on
each.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
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.F S5E3S1 1E
THE USEFUL CONSOMME

Consomme, unless unusually strong
and savory, is poor thing when
served alone. 1t may be made the
base of several different soups, such
as tomato, julienne, rice broth, tapi-
oca, sage, barley, potato, turnip, etc.,
each of which will repay you for the
additional trouble it costs you.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
CHICKEN FRITTERS.

Cut cold boiled chicken in large
pieces; beat the yolks of two eggs
add half cupful of milk; pour this
over half a cupful of flour and hall
a teaspoonful of salt; beat the whites
of the eggs to a stiff froth; add them
carefully to the batter; then add a
little grated nutmeg; dip the chicken
pieces into this batter and fry in deer
fat; lift them out with a skinner
and drain on paper; serve on a hot
platter; garnish with parsley and
serve with princess potatoes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
A HORSE HINT.

Reject a horse with toes turned in
or out The twist generally occurs at
the fetlock- Toes turned out are more
When toes are turned out the fetlocks
are generally turned in, and animals
so formed are very apt to cut or
bruise. Both, however, are weak for
nations.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
AIM FOR THE BEST.

Letting well enough alone is no
doubt a good and conservative rule,
but it is scarcely applicable to the
farm. A constant aim for something
better should be the rule there. 1t
is bad plan to worry; there IS no
profit in worrying, but we are never
afraid of discontent-the discomfort
that leads to better things. The far
mer that settles down contented and
satisfied is as high up the ladder as
he will get.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
ARE THE TOOLS AND WAGONS
SHELTERED?

l either shelter my tools or burn
them. A tool not worth sheltering is
not worth keeping. My wagon has not
been out four nights in thirty years
that have run it. ran it out night
or two SO the dew could swell the
felloe- The hay rack is drawn up by
pulleys over the barn floor, except
when thresh, and then it is put in
tool barn. My horse-rake has been IN
use over thirty summers and was Sec
Qpd-hand when / bought it. have
had but two moving machines in my
farming and seldom cut less then 50
acres each year. My potato crates
are kept sheltered and, if filled and
set in the cellar, they have strips un-
der them to keep them off the ground.
These were the words of very
careful farmer, and a successful one.
Going by his place one will note an ap-
pearance of thrift and neatness. The
buildings are in good repair and well
painted. There is large wood pile,
and a roomy wood shed. One notices
also the absence of WORKOUT wagons,
sleighs, harrows, cultivators, etc.,
scattered about His tools are kept in
repair, and he does not buy more than
he can shelter.
I went through a farmers orchard
back of his barn last fall and it had
the remains of dozen old wagons
standing around, with tall weeds
grown up through and among them,
and gone to seed. l wondered how he
would gather his apples. 1t would be
tedious and unsatisfactory task to
cut these weeds. Many of these
wagons might have been repaired for
very much less than the cost of new
ones. Most Of all, he was in debt for
the wagons bought to replace these
old ones. A self-binder that cost $125,
on which he has been paying interest
for ten years, stands out in a snow
drift this winter.
Next to providing shelter for
wagons and tools is to have a place
where they may be comfortably re-
paired, in winter or on rainy days. A
farmer had a tenant house on his
farm for which he had not much use.
The roof was getting leaky, and
rather than re-roof it, ne offered it
for sale. Now that it is gone he misses
1t as workshop. A house makes an
ideal place to repair things. 1t can
be heated in the coolest weather, 1t
has good light. and various rooms
where things may be put away. l
heard another farmer say that If he
only had a warm shop where he
could start fire on cold days in win
ter he might do whole lot of repair
ing when he could do nothing else.
His workbench and tools were in the
wagon barn, and of course he dare
not set up a stove.
Why not get in the logs this winter
for lumber, and next summer put up
snug shop? When winter comes, let
stove be installed. The farmer will
spend many a day profitably in 1t,
and, when the busy season comes, his
tools will be in repair One must re-
member also that old adage about a
stitch in time" The stitch" may
be taken perhaps in the farm work
shop while large break may require
a mechanic to mend it.-Clark M.
Drake in Indiana Farmer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
CHEESE TOAST.

Make a sauce with one rounding
tablespoon each of flour and butter
and one cup of hot milk; cook five
minutes, add a saltspoon of salt and
few grains of pepper Now add one
cup of grated cheese and as soon as
1t melts turn over slices of toasted
bread and serve at once.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
ABOUT POTTED PLANTS.

Plants grown in pots require good
soil, rich in all the elements of veg
etable nutrition, and though good
garden loan answers in most cases,
the best results will be attained by
the judicious use of fertilizers. These
are sometimes applied in solid form
and sometimes in liquid. For use in
the latter form, SCOT will be found
very beneficial, putting the SCOT in a
thin sack and sleeping in water and
then using the water over the roots.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
CONSOMME BISQUE.

Heat the consomme to boiling,
mince a can of boned chicken very
fine, add a small cupful of bread
crumbs, season with paprika and
salt, a little onion juice and finely
minced parsley. Stir to boil before
adding half a cupful of cream heated
with a pinch of soda) and a big
spoonful of butter rolled in flour.
Boil one minute and serve. An egg
well beaten, stirred in at the last,
is an improvement.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
PEA PURGE.

Canned peas should always be
drained and left to lie in very cold
water slightly salt, for half an hour
before they are cooked. This takes
away the smoky flavor which people
are apt to consider inseparable from
American peas. These, by the way
are as good for soup as the French
which are double the price.
Put the drained peas through your
We setable press, then proceed as with
the corn PURGE.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
LITTLE CHOCOLATE PUDDINGS,

LITTLE CHOCOLATE PUDDINGS.
Beat the yolks of three eggs light,
add slowly one cup of sugar and beat
again, add three tablespoons of milk,
one square of chocolate melted over
hot water, and mix we'll. Then add
one cup of flour sifted with two level
teaspoons of baking powder, and last
the stiff1y beaten whites of the three
eggs. Fill buttered cups half full and
steam twenty minutes. Serve with a
liquid sauce.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09

tie. In the fertilization of the various
type soils CT the State, or in the Guilt
walton of new crops which are of spe-
cial interest to the farmer. The far
mers should organize in order that
they may have laws passed for their
protection.-So Southern Agricultural.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
WHAT A HORSE CAN EAT.

There is a certain amount which
may vary under different circum-
stances which horse can eat and
which will sustain him and keep him
in a good, healthy condition. Any
thing more than this is just as in
furious as anything less. This amount
can only be ascertained by expert
ment, as no two horses require ex-
actly the same quantity of food.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
CLASSIFICATION OF CATTLE.

Cattle may be classified in one of
two ways-either as natives, common
or graded and pure breds, or as spe-
cial beef, special dairy and general or
dual-purpose. A half century ago the
predominating type of cattle in the
country was the native or scrub, but
during the past few years the intro
duction of pure bred sires has so
changed and improved the quality of
our cattle that the larger part of them
may be properly classified as graded
stock-that is, containing one or more
crosses of the pure bred sire on the
original native cows. Pure bred cat
tie are those entitled to registration
by reason of their long lineage in
which no admixture of foreign blood
appears. This classification is, of
course, defective in that it does not
distinguish the qualities, or better,
the function of the several kinds of
neat cattle
In the United States we have a tri-
fold interest in breeding cattle in that
we raise them for the production of
milk ard butter, hence the district
dairy type; for beef; or for the pur-
pose Of combining both beef and milk
as far as possible in one and the same
animal. This classification is very
satisfactory in many respects, though
1t is question, sometimes to know
where to place certain of the milking
strains of Shorthorns, Red Poll and
other animals Of the dual-purpose
type.
FARMERS NEED ORGANIZATION.
! In the present day of manifold or
ganizations. this seems an unneces-
sary question. If it is necessary for
the merchant, the doctor, the lawyer,
the mechanic and the coal miner to
organize for mutual protection, surely
it behooves the farmer to consider the
situation carefully, for he is really at
the mercy of all these combined in
5erests, though they all depend in
turn on his prosperity. It is neces-
sary for the farmer to organize in or
der that his interests may be properly
protected There are nursery frauds
and seed frauds and swindlers and
fakirs of first one kind and another
stalking up and down the country
openly extorting outrageous prices
from the farmer for goods or articles
of Indifferent quality. Some one saws
they prey on the credulity of the far
mer and on his ignorance. If this be
so, it is an additional reason why the
farmer should organize through insti-
tutes and so properly inform himself
about shese things. This can be ac-
complished by bringing them in con-
tact with men who are specialists in
various lines or who have had prac-
tical experience In the growth and
production Of certain crops, In the
feeding and management Of heef cat