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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28
for Bass by Moonlight.

I suppose the average bait caster
knows very little of casting by moon
light, but to my mind this is a most
pleasurable way of fishing, writes c.
L. Dewey in Recreation. The very
weirdness and uncertainty constitute
its chief charR, for the more uncertain
thing, the greater the satisfaction
when 1t Is accomplished.
For this particular fishing, lance
wood bait-casting rod between five
and six feet in length, good double
multiplying reel, about fifty yards or
No. Kingflsher silk line and a sur
face casting bait make an ideal COM
bination. Confirmed fy-casters often
ridicule the bait-caster with the stub
by rod, but ] have used both, and il
takes fully az much skill and practice
to manage the short rod as the long,
whippy enc, and bait-casting offers a
much larger field and larger variety OF
fishing than fy-casting. A surface
bait should always be used, as bass
strikes at the commotion made by the
bait, not because he is hungry, but
merely because he wants to fight.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28
WASHING NICE BLANKETS.

Here is one of the very best reel
pes | have ever seen for washing all
wool blankets. Put three bucket
fuls of soft water into the boiler and
heat it until it is almost to boiling.
Dissolve half cupful of pearline into
it, and pour it into the washing ma
chine. Wash until the water is dirty,
but do not rub any soap on it as that
will cause it to shrink 1t is surpris-
ing to see how much soil will come
out of an apparently clean blanket.
Run it through a wringer, then wash
in a second suds prepared as the
first was. After washing in this ten
minutes rinse in clear water of the
same temperature, then pass through
the wringer, and hang on the line,
taking care to shake out the creases
and wrinkles.
A bright day is the best time to
dry blankets. Be sure they are quite
dry before they are used. Never rub
soap directly upon blanket, it rough
ems and pulls it badly. This is a per-
feet recipe for fine blankets.-Jane
in Indiana Farmer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28
CHINESE FREEMASONS.
Monaghan Secret Societies Differ from
Masonic Body.


The installation OF a grand master
Of the Chinese secret orders in the
United States, popularity known as the
Chinese Freemasons," has aroused in
terest in the question of the connection
between the Chinese secret societies
and the Masonic body, says the Wash
ington Star. Allusions to Chinese
Freemasonry" appear periodically in
the newspapers, though, according to
the Cyclopedia of FraterLities, there
is no such thing as Freemasonry
among the Chinese.
The only Masonic lodges in China
are in the foreign concessions at the
seaports. Their membership is COM
posed exclusively of others than Chi
nese and they are conducted under
foreign warrants. The rites of the
Chinese secret societies bear some re-
semblance to those of the Freemasons.
which accounts for the popular suppo-
sition of a connection between the
two. The similarity, though more ap-
parent than real, is remarkable in
view of the antiquity of both, and the
impossibility of either to have been
patterned after the other.
China is filled with secret societies,
most of which have for their object
the overthrow of the Using dynasty,
with a pretended benevolent purpose
to veil the political significance of the
organization. The most powerful OF
these societies, the Kalao Hui, num-
bers more than 100000.
The Cyclopedia of Fraternities con-
tains an account of an initiation cere-
mony at a Chinese lodge in Spokane,
Wash, at which four white men, Free
masons, were present by invitation.
The lodge represented q benevolent
branch of the Kalao Hui. There were
references to the immortal three" cir
standardization, four stations at which
questions were asked and answers re-
turned, kneeling on crossed swords,
tea drinking, burning incense, a tradi-
tional season of refreshment and signs
in which the head and hands were I'M
able to detect anything that resembled
the Masonry with which they were IA
miliar.
The same authority gives this ac-
count Of the secret signs used by the
Triad Society, which was at the bot
tom of the TAPPING rebellion:
Members always halt on entering
a house, and then proceed with the
left foot first. When sitting they
place their toes together and spread
their heels apart. They also recognize
one another by tie way they place
their teacups on the table, and the
manner in which they hitch their
trousers. Their motto is Drive out the
Tartar"
Treason is punished by looping Off
the ears of a minor offender. The final
punishment Is behead;ng.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28

AN 0PPoRTUNE PRAYER.
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The returned summer visitor asked
''the squire" how Greendale folks liked
the young minister He's all right,
ma'am," the squire returned, emphat-
ically breaches twenty minute SER
mons and arranges his parish visits in
advance"
.'Oh, 1 see; he's in wholesome awe
of the natives"
You never made a greater mistake
in your life, ma'am,'' the squire de-
clared. Hes the religious supervi-
sor of every soul in town. Even Hen
Rollins"
The summer visitor looked her in
terest, and the squire went on:
HE got the upper hand of hen
soon's he came. That was in the win
ter. The Saturday before the first Sun
day after he was settled as minister
was a real old-fashioned one. 1t be-
gan to snow Friday night and kept on
till midnight Saturday Sunday morn
ing there wasn't anything much to be
seen, except the smoke curling up out
O. the chimneys.
/ see where we set by the fire TO
day. Hen said to the minister, who
boarded then with Hen and his wife.
"'No fire for me- laughed the min
lister. My place Sundays is in the pull
pit
Hen said it was too cold to go out
that there were no paths, that every
body would stay at home; and wher
he saw that the minister was bound tt
hold service, he said he might preach
in his kitchen and they'd call the
neighbors in.
But it was church or nothing,
smiled the squire, "and the minister
finally got Hen to say he'd help hin
out in digging path to the church
They started In with shovels, and a!
they went along some of the men join
ed them, for shame's sake, guess; fO
although they worked well enough, /
was hard shedding, and they didn'
relish the job any too well.
"They used considerable language a
they dug, and Hens language led al
the rest. The minister never said
word. He was working as hard as tn
rest, and they thought probably h
didn't hear Finally they came to al
enormous drift. Hen Rollins threw
himself on his shovel and began t
moisten his lips, when the ministe
spoke up, SOS everybody could hear.
"'We'll open this drift with prayer
he said.
"Open it with prayer they did,
chuckled the squire. But all the res
of the drifts were opened in silence.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28

South Bend, Ind, Sept. 25.-(Spe-
cial)-After suffering from Kidney
Disease for three years, after taking
treatment from six different doctors
without getting relief, Mr. ]. o. Laude-
man of this place found not only relief
but speedy and complete cure in
Dodd's Kidney Pills. Speaking of his
cure, Mr.. Laudeman says:
Yes, / suffered from Kidney Trou-
BILE for three years and tried six doc
tors to no good. Then I took just two
boxes Of Dodd's Kidney Pills and they
not only cured ny kidneys, but gave
me better health in general. OF course
/ recommended Dodd's Kidney Pills to
others and know a number now who
are using them with good results"
Mr.. Laudeman's case is not an ex-
ception. Thousands give similar expe-
riences. For there never yet was a
case of Kidney Trouble from Backache
to Bright's Disease that Dodd's Kid
ney Pills could not cure. They are the
only remedy that ever cured Bright's
Disease
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28
WHAT EXCITED THE ELEPHANTS
The Buried Bones of Fellow a Source
of Uneasiness.

The great skull of Topsy, the bad"
elephant exhumed at Luna Park re-
Gently, solved the mystery which for
weeks has invested the conduct Of the
Thompson & Dundy herd of elephants,
says the New York Tribune. They
knew the bones Of one of their kind
were under the earth, and they stead
tasty refused to approach the spot
Topsy was killed by electricity in
Luna Park three years ago. Her rec
ord Of death and destruction was long
and black. The Museum of Natural
History carted away her skin and
relic hunters took most of the bones
The skull, which weighed close to 300
pounds, was buried back of the stables
and the incident was thought closed.
Half a dozen elephants were sent
from the Hippodrome to Luna Park
early in July, in charge of Pete Bar
low, trainer. They are an obedient
and docile herd, and Barlow was non
plused when they shivered, trumpeted
and would not bulge every time they
neared the piece of ground which
looked no different from the rest of
the scanty patch on which the horses
daily exercise.
Their reluctance remained topic of
curious discussion until yesterday,
when Barlow, with superstitious fore
bodings aroused, nervously told the
story to Frederick Thompson.
The senior member of the firm medi-
tated a moment, and then burst into
laughter He led the way to the spot.
dig" he instructed stableman.
The shovel hit an end of the elephants
skull six inches from the surface, and
half an hours effort revealed the en-
tire imbedded set of bones.
Alice, Fanny and Jenny, three mem
bers Of the herd, who had been close
ly watching the proceedings, shrieked
mournfully as the skull was lifted out,
whitfield it for several minutes and then
walked silently to their quarters.
Barlow sent the skull to his home
In Huntington, l.. l., and the hole 1t
occupied was filed in. The elephants
seemed to show relief, as they moved
willingly over the former grave.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28

Do not hypotize yourself with the
idea that you are being kept down
Do not talk such nonsense Nobody OF
any sense would believe 1T. People will
only laugh at you. Only one thing is
keeping you down, and that is your
self. There is probably some trouble
somewhere with you. OF course. there
are employers who are unjust to their
help; there are instances in which EN-.
pIoyes are kept back when they should
be advanced; but, as rule, this Is
only temporary, and they usually find
their level OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Maya
zine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28
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of the rations suggested by the de-
partment: One-third bran, one-third
cottonseed meal, and one-third corn
meal. One-fifth malt sprouts, two
fifths corn meal, two fifths mixed
feed. 0ne-third cottonseed meal, one
third -four middlings, and one-third
corn meal. One-half corn meal, one
fourth oat middlings or rye feed.
fourth oat middlings or rye feed.
Seven pounds is the usual quantity
to be fed daily to cows producing ten
to twelve quarts of milk. The richer
the milk the more feed needed. Many
feeders find it necessary to use but
five pounds of grain daily and feed
maximum amounts of roughage.-
Weekly Witness.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28
BARRED WIRE CUTS.

Experience has proven to me that
about the best thing to use on barbed
wire cuts is crude carbolic acid. 1t
keeps out proud flesh and flies will
not bother the wound. My brother
had fine young horse severely cut
on the front Les by the wire.
wrapped it with cotton muslin and
saturated the muslin with crude car
bolic acid. 1t was only short while
until the wound was healed. Next
to carbolic acid, like air slaked lime
for treatment of wire cuts. Sprinkle
the lime on the wound once or twice
day. 1t acts very similar to the car
bolic acid, but does not heal as quick
ly.-The Epitomist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28
GET POWER.
The Supply Comes from Food

The supply Comes from rood
If we get power from food, why not
strive to get all the power we can.
That is only possible by use of skill
fully selected food that exactly fits the
requirements of the body.
Poor fuel makes a poor fire and a
poor fire is not a good steam producer.
From not knowing how to select
the right food to fit my needs / suf-
fered grievously for long time from
stomach troubles" writes lady from
q little town in Missouri.
ut seemed as il 1 would never be
able to find out the sort of food that
was best for me. Hardly anything that
could eat would stay on my stomach.
Every attempt gave me heartburn and
filed my stomach with gas. l got
thinner and thinner until l literally
became a living skeleton and in time
was compelled to keep to my bed.
"a few months ago was persuaded
to try Grape-Nuts food, and it had
such good effect from the very begin
ming that 1 have kept up its use ever
since. was surprised at the ease with
which 1 digested it. It proved to be
just what needed. All my unpleasant
symptoms, the heartburn, the inflated
feeling which gave me so much pain
disappeared. My weight gradually m
creased from 9S to 116 pounds, my fig-
ure rounded out, my strength came
back, and l am now able to do my
homework and enjoy It, The Grape
Nuts food did it, Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
A ten days trial will show anyone
some facts about food
There's reason"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28
SALAD DRESSING.

In regard to the correct dressing
of salads there is an old adage which
says: Zone should be a spendthrift
in oil, a miser in vinegar and a coun;
sellor in salt" In preparing the aver
age salad this is a good rule to fol-
low:
Mayonnaise dressing still retains
its fame as the superior salad Dress
ing, but for certain salads others arc
better than mayonnaise. For veg
etables like cucumbers and cabbage
a real mayonnaise is too delicate. A
boiled dressing is more suitable. The
idea once so prevalent that a rich
uayonnaise of chicken or lobster is
unwholesome is absured. May onnais'
dressing is wholesome when taken as
everything should be, in moderation,
Olive oil is always healing and
nutritious and therefore excellent
for consumptives. Yolks of eggs
cannot be said to be unwbole-
some. The touch of vinegar gives
a stimulus to the appetite ar
the seasOnings used are an aid
to the digestion of the rich meats
For variety's sake the ordinary may
onnaise can be tinted beautiful
green with some drops of spinach OF
colored bright red with a little juice
from boiled beet. Lobster coral, al
so, pounded fine is used occasionally
as a red coloring for mayonnaise. a
cup Of stiff whipped cream is another
nice addition to this dressing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28
Banty Tim.


Remarks of Sergt. Tilmon Joy to the
White Mans Committee Of Spunky
Point, Illinois.)
1 reckon 1 git your drift, gents
You low the boy shan't stay;
This is white mans country;
You're Democrats, you say;
And whereas, and SEEM, and wherefore,
The times bein' all out O. j'int,
The niger has got to mosey
From the limits o. Spunky Pint!
Les reason the thing a minute;
I'm an old-fashioned Dimocrat, too,
Though laid my politics out O. the way
For to keep till the war was through
But 1 come back here, allowin'
To vote as l used to do,
Though it gravels me like the devil to
train
Along o. SIGH fools as you.
Now, dog my cats eff 1 kin see,
In all the light of the day,
What you've got to do with the question
Eff Tim shill 60 or stay.
And furder than that, give notice.
Eff one of you tetches the boy,
He kin check his trunks to a warmer
cline
Than he'll find in Illanoy.
Why, blame your hearts, jest hear me!
You know that ungodly day
When our left struck Vicksburg Heights,
how ripped
And torn and tattered we lay.
When the rest retreated stayed behind,
For reasons sufficient to me,
With a rib cayed IN and a leg on a
strike.
sprawled on that damned slacee.
Lord! how the hot sun went fer Us,
And Drilled and blistered and burned!
How the rebel bullets whizzed round us,
When a cuss in his death-grip turned!
Till along toward dusk seen a thing
/ couldn't believe for a spell
That nigger-thas Tim-was a-crawlin'
to me
Through that fire-proof, gilt-edged
hell!
The rebels seen him as quick as me,
And the bullets buzzed like bees;
But he jumped for me. and shouldered
me,
Though a shot brought him once to his
knees;
But he staggered up, and packed me of,
With a dozen stumbles and falls,
Till safe in our lines he drapped us both,
His black hide riddled with balls.
So, my gentle gazelles, thar's my answer,
And here stays Banty Tim!
He trumped Deaths Ace for me that day
And I'm not goin' back on him!
You may rezoloot till the cows come
home,
But e one of you tetches the boy,
He'll wrAstle his hash tonight in hell,
Or my names not filmon Joy!
John Hay.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28
Saving 1t Politely.

A professor in Columbia College OF
Law was lecturing on contracts to
a class which obviously did not care
to listen. The young men, says Ar
,gonaut, shuffled their feet, and appar
emily only waited for the clock to
strike their deliverance.
At last the minute hand pointed to
twelve and the hour was up. With q
simultaneous movement they rose
from their seats and started toward
the door.
Zone minute, pleaser' called the lee
turer. Zone minute, please! Keep
your seats. l have still few more
pearls to cast"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28
RECIPES.

Caulifower-Pick off the outer
leaves and cut the stem close to the
bottom of the fiowerets: wash well
in cold water and let soak in weak
brine an hour to remove any insect.
Put in a kettle of boiling water, add
a teaspoonfrl of salt and let boil for
twenty minutes; when done, take up
with skinner, put in dish and
pour over ailemand sauce; or season
with butter and cream.
Rolled Toast.-A delicious way OF
serving bread, especially for salad, is
as follows: Prepare bread which is
fresh, light and of a pliable texture.
Butter each slice generously before
cutting it from the loaf, and let your
slices be thin. Carefully cut of all
crust before you begin to roll. Now,
take one corner of the square, thin
slice Of well buttered, soft bread, and
roll it gently over and over toward
the diagonally opposite corner, and
secure it by sticking one or two fine
wood toothpdcks through the body
of the roll 1t is now ready to be deli
cately Drowned in the oven; and
when you have removed the tooth
picks your toast will be prettily curl
ed. If you wish to serve it with sal
ad, the bread may be springled with
grated American cheese, before you
begin to roll it.
Veal Tongue-A veal tongue can
be simmered slowly in rich gravy.
or 1t can be Drowned in the oven A
"jellied calls tongue" is delicious
After parboiling it long enough to
loosen the skin, take the tongue out
of the water, skin it and cut into
slices. Cover it with some stock.
Season with two or three teaspoon
fuls of tomato catsup, Glove, a tiny
onion, good pinch of thyme and four
or five pepper corns. Simmer it very
gently in this gravy for about an hour.
or until the meat is tender and the
stock around it rich and dark. Then
take 1t from the fire and put into
mould. Set it when it has cooled near
the ice to become thoroughly cold
and hard. The gravy will then have
formed a stiff jelly around the meat
and the whole will have taken the
shape of the mould. When ready to
serve turn it out and cut into slices.
A veal tongue cooked in this way can
also be served hot the moment 1t is
done.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28
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WATERCRESS.

Watercress seems almost indispens-
able to the cook, after once she has
become familiar with its possibilities,
and it can be very easily grown
wherever there is the tiniest brook
or small pond.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28
TO CLEAN LOOKING GLASSES.

First sponge with a little spirits
of alcohol, then dust the glass with
powdered blue tied up in a bit OF
muslin. Rub this off with cloth,
AID finally dust with a clean silk
the glass will not have that cloudy ap-
pearance afterward.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28
SILK LACE.

After washing, silk lace should be
allowed to lie for half an hour in a
little warm milk, to which a very
little gum water has been added. Then
squeeze nearly dry and iron on the
wrong side on a board covered with
several thicknesses of clean flannel.
Home Notes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28

1t takes nerve for widow with
children who are married for the Sec
ond time to be jealous of her hus-
band
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28

Afghan women ride in closely
hooded palarquins borne on the
shoulders Of four sturdy servants.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28

Because people are too polite to tell
you of your faults, don't imagine you
haven't any.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28
FOOD FOR GROWING PIGS.

FOOD FOR GROWING PIGS.
To turn the growing pigs of frpm
four to six months old In with the
older animals and expect them to
90 we'll Is a mistake. They will be
unable to get their share Of the food
even though 1t were Of the proper
kind for them. which it Is not. Shoats
Of the age mentioned do best on a
ration Of one pound of corn and oats
mixed, to two pounds Of middlings
Given this as a regular ration and
then from three to Ave hours daily
on the range the youngsters ought
to take or flne growth Of bone and
fnuscle and be in good shape to fat
ten readily in the early fall.
Tho night care Of growing pigs is
as important as their care during
the day. Their beds should be clean
and dry and In well ventilated pen,
not pen through which the wind
aud rain viii blow. but ors in which
they will keep dry and yet have all
the fresh air necessary. 1t also
should be well provided with plenty
Of clean. sweet bedding. and have an
exit so that the pigs will not find
It necessary for the pigs to foul their
bedroom. Try this plan OF pig rails
Ing and see II the result is not a bet
ter class of pigs at no more expense
than under the old plan.-Farm Stock
Journal.
RATIoNs FOR DAIRY COWS.
In order to vary the monotony OF
eating for the COW 1t has been sug-
gested by the Department Of Agri.
culture that mixture Of two or three
grains be given. II is also the expe-
rience Of feeders that much better re.
suits are obtained by feeding a va
rely Of foods. Following ere some
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28

A kind word to the cook never gpoils
the dinner
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-28

HOW TO GAIT SADDLE HORSES.
Always select the gait you wish to
go and make the horse take it; don't
allow the horse to decide. Always
go into the other gaits from the nat
foot walk. Never let your horse rush
away when first mounted. but instead
start In q walk, says the Horse Breed
er. Do not keep him constantly at
one gait, but change quite often, 9TH
erwise. he will soon become adapted
to the one gait in which you ride,
and practically lose the other gaits.
For a trot slacken the rein trifle,
and steadily take hold Of the name OF
touch the neck with the right hand,
and at the same time rise slightly
from the saddle, urging on the horse
gently. If he makes a mistake, and
mixes, put him back to walk at
once, and repeat the maneuver. For
the canter, sIacken the reins, Incline
your body forward. raise your right
hand as If to salute. and cluck to the
horse. When he starts, take sufi-
Client hold of the reins to pull in his
nose and make him arch his neck.
Many highly trained horses will go
into the canter at the mere inclina-
ton of the body. For the rack, or
single foot, tighten the reins and give
the bit number of almost imper-
ceptible jacks. at the same time urge
him on with voice or whip. as ne
requires. If you feel him falter, or
as II he was going to change into an
other gait. slightly shake the bit and
urge him on. 1t Is well to remember
that this last gait Is the hardest of
all on the horse; for tho reason he
sheuld not ordinarily be asked to 60
at this gait for more than a mile
without change.