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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05

n TABLE Of the division Of labor in different coun-
tries, published in the "Industrie Zeitung," Of Ber-
lin, presents some interesting facts and offers some
profitable suggestions. Occupations are divided into
three classes-namely, agriculture, horticulture and forest
ry; manufactures and mining, and commerce and trans
portation. 1t is interesting to observe that in the last
named class America leads all the world save only Holland.
With that one exception a larger proportion of our people
are engaged in commerce and transportation than of any
other in the world. That is doubtless because Of the enOr-
nous development of railroads in America. Our percentage
of men thus engaged is 1853, while Hollands is 17.2, En-
glands is only 10, Germany's is 1916 and Frances "a.
In manufactures and mining America has a compar-
aively low rank, her percentage being only al. Scotland
leads all. with 604, followed closely by England and
GUM, Holland and Switzerland also, of course. rank high,
each of them having more than one-third of the working
population thus engaged. In the first class, of agriculture
and allied occupations, America has a percentage Of 359,
while Germany has 37.6, France 443. Austria and Hum
gary, respectively, $50 and $50, and Italy 594. The only
nations having smaller proportions in this class than Amer
lea are Holland, with 307; Belgium, with oil; Scotland,
with IL, and England and Wales, with only 8.
1t may be seriously questioned whether it is well for
a nation to show so great a disproportion among its occu-
pations as England does, with only 8 per cent agricultnr-
lists against $50 in manufactures and 10 in commerce; or
as Hungary does in the opposite direction, with $50 per
cent engaged upon the land and only 1875 in manufactures
and 33 In commerce. A more even balancing among the
classes would seem to be preferable, such as that Of the
United States, in which the balance is most even Of all,
with the possible exception Of Holland. There is an old
warning against carrying all the eggs in one basket, and
farmers have long since learned the disadvantage Of de-
pending upon a single crop. So it is not well for any ma
ton to devote itself too much to a single department. Of
industry. The more varied and well balanced its Ocupa-
tons are, the more self-contained and independent it will
be.-New York Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05
Captives in a Sycamore.

After the second battle of 'Corinth,
where Gen. Oglesby was wounded, 1
went into the scouting service, under
Gen. G.. NJ. Dodge, and when Lawler
and Sullivan were licking Forrest at
Parker's Crossroads, / was with a de-
tachment of the Fifteenth Illinois cav
airy, under Maj. Carmichael, and our
chief of scouts, Col. Bill Breckenridge,
trying to capture and destroy For
rests ferry boats at Clifton, Tenn.
We found so many Confederates there
who objected to it we concluded not to
cross the Tennessee river; but we Skin
mished a good part Of the day. across
the river.
In the afternoon the troops retired,
leaving a few scouts to watch the Con-
federates. We had hid our horses
back In the timber. My partner and 1
discovered, just below the ferry, a
sycamore stump, probably so feet high,
leaning over the bank, and with a
hole in the upper side, near the
ground, large enough for a small man
to crawl into, Invested Of coat and ac-
couterments. Inside there was room
to spare. Lying On the ground we
stripped, then slipped in and drew our
clothes, including coats, I'm with
us. The stump was large; there was
room for US to crawl side by side till
we could see out at the top; and to
help us, woodpeckers had made numer-
Gus holes, so that we could see in vari-
GUS directions, up and down the river
and straight to the ground, while the
end pointed straight to Clifton.
We had just gotten comfortably set
tied in our nest when a Confederate
command marched down and launched
several Of their 1atboats and started
over for a reconnaissance. 1t was
then too ate for us to retreat and we
concluded to hold the hole and see it
out-or see out of it. They came over
100 Or more. Some boats landed un-
der our snag. OF course, they left a
guard ut the river, and our discohs
forts then began. AS If with malice
and deliberate purpose that squad
built a fire right under us and went to
getting dinner! Smoke? 1t was fear
full How those woodpecker holes did
draw! And we dared not sneeze or
cough: They heaped insults on In
juzies-talked hard about the Yankee,
ekIIsd n eowardly pups, and sven
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05

In every country of the civilized world
Sisters of Charity are known. Not only
do they minister to the spiritual and
intellectual needs of the charges COM
mitted to their care, but they also min
lister to their bodily needs.
With so many children to take care of
and to protect from climate and disease.
these wise and prudent Sisters have
found Peruna a never failing safeguard.
DIR. Hartman receives many letters
from Catholic Sisters from all over the
United States. A recommend recently
received from a Catholic institution in
Detroit, Mich. reads as follows:
DR.. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio:
Dear Sir: 1.-THE young girl who used
h Peruna was suffering from Iaryngf-
It's and loss of voice. The result of
the treatment was most satisfactory.
She found great relief, and after
further use of the medicine we hope 10
be able to say she Is entirely cnred."
..-SiSferS of Charity.
The young girl was under the care of
the Sisters of Charity and used Peruna
for catarrh of the throat with good re-
suits as the above letter t~estifes.
Send to The Peruna Medicine Co, Co
lumbus, Ohio, for a free book written by
DR.. Hartman.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05

tain Haskell threw one of his extra
oars overheard. and then bent down
again. He did not watcl to see
whether the fish swallowed the timber
or not, but pulled hard for the shallow
water and was soon out of. danger.
Former Alderman Fred W. Trowt,
of Beverly Farms, also had an ex-
perience with the monster which he
does not care to repeat. He was out
fishing of Pride's crossing when the
whale suddenly appeared. headed di-
rectly for the tenderboat- The former
alderman concluded that discretion
was the better part of valor and be-
gan to hit up a fast stroke toward the
beach. He also escaped the fish by
running into shallow water, the whale
being unable to follow him in.-New
Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05
May lest Britains's Strength.

L is evident that in some Continental capitals the idea
is cherished that the opportunity for a blow against
British sea power is to be expected before the end of
i the conflict between Japan and Russia. Any Power that
is to be drawn into the attempt will be expected TO use
not only its navy, but as much of its army as can be made
available. We think that bold and far-sighted statesman
ship might prevent any such combination being brought
into existence. But if the possibility exists, it ought to be
the basis of all Great Briains naval and military arrange
ments. 1t is such a combination as this which ought to be
the hypothesis in every scheme Of imperial defense. The
people of this country ought to be well aware that a COM
bination against them is possible. They ought to know
that this is the one danger against which their prepare
tons should aim at rendering them reasonably secure,
and that security against the most dangerous attack would
involve greater security against less formidable forms Of
conflict. Recent ministerial accounts of the ideas of the
Committee of Defense hardly carry the conviction that the
hypothesis has been worked out. Yet there never was a
time when both the political and the strategical vigilance
of a British Government were more urgently necessary than
at the present moment-London Morning Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05

Not many years ago, a man who had
accumulated q few millions by ex-
tensive lumber operations in the North
west went into politics and was so
liberal in supplying the campaign COM
mittee Of his party with funds that
he was rewarded with appointment 10
one Of the best places at the disposal
of the administration
He went to Washington and hired
a furnished mansion from a wealthy
Senator whose term had expired
When he removed into the house, he
found all the rooms furnished except
the library. The Senator, of course,
had removed his books and left the
library shelves bare.
The lumberman measured the empty
shelves carefully, and wired to one
of his newspaper friends in New
York: ship me a hundred and sixty
seven running feet of books for IL
brary."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05
FLOWERS CONSTITUTIONS FOE.
Physician Advocates Growing Plants
in Sick Rooms.

Physician Advocates Growing Plants
in Sick Rooms.
Flowers were advocated as a cure
for consumption by DR.. Frances Bart
lett in a paper which she read before
the Botanical Society of Pennsylvania
at the University of Pennsylvania.
why send consumptives and suffer
ers to Colorado to benefit by the eli
mate when we can bring that climate
into their homes by the simple expedi-
ent of having growing plants in their
rooms?" was the gist of DR.. Bartlett's
remarks. Her paper was on Flowers
in the Sick Room" and in part she
said:
Growing plants, and especially
odoriferous Towering plants, are of the
greatest value in the treatment of the
sick.
"As long as the plants are kept moist
they will diffuse moisture, and they un-
doubted]y have the power to produce
zone. Some plants will vaporize the
atmosphere to the amount of three
times their own weight in a day. In
this way the atmosphere of a sick room
can be made of the greatest benefit.
Tine only dangerous plants to place
Ill the sick room are those which give
off unpleasant doors. Care should be
taken, however, not to keep cut flowers
in the rooms at night They throw off
carbon dioxide, but during the daytime
the amount of oxygen they produce
neutralizes the harmful effects.
1.-The chief cause of colds is found in
the habit of going from heated build
ings into the cold street. If people
could only be prevailed upon to main
tain an equable temperature and hui
nudity by having plants growing in
their homes and places of business the
danger Of taking cold would be prac-
tcalfy eliminated"
In a paper on 1.-The Flowers Best
Friend" DR.. G. G. Schmucker paid
strong tribute to the humble bee.
Upon this abused insects distribu-
ton of the seed We are almost abso-
lutely dependent for our crops of
clover" he said. You must have no.
ticed that the first crop is always much
smaller than the second. That is be-
cause early in the year the bees ara
abroad in much smaller number than
Observation-Disclosures Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05

Spouting and thrashing the water
WITH mis- big tail, the monster white
whale, which has been sporting or the
north shore from Lynn to Rockport
for two weeks, gave two Beverly fish
ernen a chase.
Friday Captain John Haskell, who
commands the steam yacht Aurora,
owned by Dudley L. Pickman, a Vev-
erly summer colonist, was out fishing
when the whale came up near him.
The whale spouted and acted ugly, so
that Captain Haskell, experienced As
he Il, began to glaIlce shoreward and
figure on the distaace to the beach.
The whale began 20 hit up his speed,
and Captain Haskell began to bend to
Gso oar. Hoping ty stop the fish, CAP
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05
TRAVEL BY AIR.
Using Co1lapsible Air-Bag Inside Bal
loon Proper Meets with Success.

Using C0lIapo1Dle A1r-Bag inside Bal
loon Proper Meets with Success.
To regulate the height to which a
balloon shall rise or fall is one Of the
interesting problems of aeronautics,
and it usually has been solved by
throwing ballast overheard or allow
ing the gas to escape. In ballonet-
balloons, which have recently been
tried in successful experiments. this
Is accomplished by having collapsible
air-bags inside the balloon proper. into
which air can be forced OF withdrawn.
While the idea is old, going ack to
the time OF the first hydrogen balloon
In 1888, it has only recently been put
into successful application, though in
1884 air-reservoirs were employed to
regulate the shape of balloons. During
the first year Henry de la Vaulx and
Henri Havre have made improvements
whereby successful ascents and voy-
ages have been made, and the altitude
Of the balloon nicely regulated. The
balionet is an annular compartment of
Iens-shape5 section placed around the
lower part of the balloon proper and
provided with suitable valves. By
forcing air in or out Of the ballonet
the displacement, and consequently the
buoyancy, is altered. Thus in the first
ascent made by NJ. de la Vaulx a ross
ing Of the English Channel was made
at a height of about 1000 feet with
the ballonet filed. On rising above
the clouds the suns rays would have
expanded the gas within the balloon
proper and carried the %aeronauts to a
strata where they would have been
driven toward the Arctic Sea by the
prevailing southerly winds had they
not been able to descend to a lower
level by using the ballonet. Thus they
were able to proceed in the desired di-
rectioh on this particular voyage, land
ing in Yorkshire after a trip of sixteen
hours. By regulating the position of
the balloon with the ballonet it is pos
nible to save ballast, so that much
longer trips can be taken with favor
able winds. Further trips in this bal
loon were equally successful, and dem
onstrated the success Of the ballonets,
and this arrangement should be adj
vantageous In dirigible balloons CT on
air ships, as they would supply a sim
pie means of regulating the buoyancy
Of the envelope containing the gas.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05
A Land for feIons of An Nations.

y Y HAT il the logic Of keeping criminals at the
public expense? Why should the community
IL give a man free board and lodging for his life
because he has broken the law? II a man
u unit to be at large in society. then, if self
preservation is the first law of nature, society has
the right to eliminate him. This it does, fool
ishly, at present, by locking him up for a term Of years
or for life. In a few cases society kills the criminal, and
thus gets rid Of him irrevocably and cheaply; but this is
hard on the criminal who may not be incorrigible. Hence
capital punishment would be too severe for crimes less
than the most heinous. The maintenance of prisons, how
prisons are not reformatories, but rather colleges for edu-
cation in the criminal arts and for the formation of the
professional criminal character. Therefore, they are men,
aces as well as burdens to society.
establishing colonies, where felons are permitted, in a
measure to shift for themselves. But these colonies are
only halfway measures. The logical, humane AID most
snectual solution of the problem would be the setting apart
Of some great territory-say the heart of Africa or some
large island, not too fertile-as a general dumping ground
for the criminals of all nations. There the outlaws could
set up a society Of their own. Necessity would compel
them TO dig and build for themselves. They would have to
work or starve. The frontiers or coasts of the felons'
land could be policed by a patrol composed of ~detachments
prevent escapes. Summary death should be. of course.
the penalty for breaking bounds. The powers, however.
could refuse to take any part in the internal administration
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05
HABITS CHAIN.


Certain Habits Unconscious1y Formed
and Hard to Break.
An ingenious philosopher estimates
that the amount of will power neces-
sary to break a lifelong habit would,
if it could be transformed, lift a
weight of many tons.
1t sometimes requires a higher de-
gree of heroism to break the chains of
a pernicious habit than to lead a for
lorn hope in a bloody battle. A lady
writes from an Indiana town:
From my earliest childhood / was a
lover Of coffee. Before 1 was out
of my teens / was a miserable dys-
peptic, suffering terribly at times with
my stomach.
81 was convinced that it was coffee
that was causing the trouble and yet
l could not deny myself a cup for
breakfast. At the age of SO 1 was in
very poor health, indeed. My sister
told me 1 was in danger of becoming
a coffee drunkard.
But 1 never could give up drink
ing coffee for breakfast although it
kept me constantly i'll, until l tried
Postum. l learned to make it properly
according to directions, and now we
can hardly do without Postum for
breakfast, and care nothing at all for
coffee.
II am no longer troubled with dys.
pepsia, dc not have spells of suffering
with my stomach that used to trouble
me sc when 1 drank coffee" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Greek,
Mich.
Look In each pkg. for the famous
little book "The Road to Wellville."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05

A singular instance of tenacity in
the digestion of fish is reported from
a fishing village on the Atlantic coast.
The fish, which is a ling, four feet
long, had what appeared to be an alb
normally hard liver. But the cutting
up process revealed something far
stranger. The supposed hard liver
turned out to be a piece of stout net
ting, over two yards long and fourteen
inches wide, which had been pressed
into the form of a football. How this
great mass Of indigestible material
came to be swallowed by the creature
is a mystery. and the suggestion that
the fish caught in the tolls of a fish,
erman's net solved the problem of how
to escape by devouring his prison
walls is not considered scientifically
practicable.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05

fully eradicate a disease of thirty
years standing David Meekison.
DIR. Hartman, one Of the best known
physicians and surgeons in the United
States, was the first man to formulate
Perdna. 1t was through his genius and
perseverance that it was introduced to
the medical profession of this country.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. o.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05
The Distressing Abuse Of Christmas Presents.


ANY people will sympathize with a writer in the
II IA Nineteenth Century, who complains that the custom
of gft-making has degenerated into a system of
How true this is we all must realize with the approach
snail sit down some morning, look over our memoranda,
what was the approximate cost CT each, and then start on
value. And these we shall send to our creditor friends
good cheer, but heaving over each parcel a heavy sigh of
relief that this is off our minds and we are even.
Nor is that the worst of it, for very often we seriously
embarrass our finances by paying our obligations of this
sort and many a bill collector has made a mans life miser-
able for months because of such meaningless tokens of
love and affection that generally do not exist.
As a matter of fact, the Christmas present, like the we'd
ding present, has become a nuisance. 1t had its origin in
q sweet sentiment, but that sentiment, except in the cases
Of families that are closely knit in genuine fondness (and
how many are theyD has long since been destroyed by the
everincreasing costliness of gifts. The generous sim
plcity Of the past is gone and ostentation has taken it's
place.
II you doubt this, just try sending no Christmas gifts
next Christmas and the Christmas following, and see what
happens. You will find that the man who gives no pres
ents gets none. Even the glowing and philanthropic hui
mainly of the Christmas season takes account of the dollars
and cents and insists upon value received.
1t is time for a reform Of the abuses that have sur
rounded and spoiled the beautiful custom Of celebrating
Christs birthday with evidences Of peace on earth and
good will toward men. As it is practiced now it is COM
mercial. sordid and destructive Of everything but hypoc-
nsy.-Chicago Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05

Behind nearly every great public
man there is an army of secretaries,
clerks, inspirers, understudies. wire
pullers. Very often the great man is
but the voice; the thought, the pro-
posals. the information, have all been
supplied by this unseen cohort of OBJ
scure colleagues. One can easily ex-
aggerate the amount of merit that be-
longs to either the one class or the
other Of those cooperative laborcrs.
The great man usually gets the better
part Of the bargain; he alone Is large
in the public eye. and the public II
only too willing to pay court to the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05
Taking Fort Fisher.

AdhAuS EOIJ leueTs
THE planting of u colors upon the
parapet inside the walls Of Fort Fisher
was as fine a piece of daring as 1 wit
messed during the war;" says Al Nor
ris Of company A, One Hundred and
Seventeenth New York Volunteers.
Shortly before we took Fort Fisher
General Ben. Butler had ordered a
magazine boat run up near the lower
edge Of the Notifications and there ex-
ploded, but it did more harm to our
cause than anything else. Then we
were called back to City Point from
where we had started three days be-
fore. Next, under command Of General
Terry, we began to retrace our steps
toward Fort Fisher. Our regiment
the One Hundred and Seventeenth
LED the charge, and 1t was a gallant
one, too. General Curtis, the COM
mander Of the brigade. after consider.
able trouble, succeeded in getting upon
the parapet, and, turning, he shouted:
Come on, boys; we must take the fort
or de-
1.-THE words had an inspiring effect
upon the weary soldiers, and with a
yell they began clambering over the
parapet. In less time than it takes
to tell it our color-bearer bad crept
up, and with one hand clinging to the
breastworks and the other grasping
the flag, he managed to plant the stars
and stripes inside the wall. Then he
held it there until U boys had got in
side and captured the fort. During
the fight General Curtis lost an eye,
which was gouged ont BY 4 thrust
from Z bayonet"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05

Gentlemen: Il
have used several
bottles of Peruna
and feel greatly
benefited there
by from my ca
tarrh of the head,
and feel encour-
aged to believe
t h a { its con-
" Ill
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05

low Weed, before the meeting of the
WING convention, sought out Webster
and urged him to take second place
on the ticket with Harrison. but the
suggestion was rejected with scorn.
An acceptance of Weeds advice would
have made Webster President in little
more than a year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05

iiUcItg 10 repeat Nudl Il
first stated through our
Denver papers about
Doan's Kidney Pills in
the summer of 1899, for
1 have had no reason in
the interim to change my
opinion of the remedy. /
was subject to severe at
tacks of backache. al
ways aggravated if 1 sat
long at a desk. Doan's
Kidney Pills absolutely
stopped my backache. L
have never had a pain or
a twinge since"
Milburn Co :,
Buffalo, n. Y. For sale
nv oil 1r11UUicfO Dr;no .
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05

Every mother has the secret hope that
her daughter viii be such a perfect lady
she will never chew gum.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05
pUBBHp STAMPS.

All kinds Of Rubber Stamps Made &C. Order
Self linking Daters--something new. Ink and
linking Pads. Serd for Catalogue to Lock Box
zfo Fort Wayne. Ind.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05

OF course. no girl really wants to mar
~. She only yields to some poor mans
solicitations TO help make his life niisera-
BILE because she feels sorry for hip.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR RSLEs.
Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Prutrudin< Piles
Your druggist win refund moneyif PAZ0 ONT
MENT fails to cure you In 6 TO IA days 500