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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05

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The cow needs a rest of at least six
weeks between lactation periods
Dogs that worry chickens should be
broken of the habit or disposed of.
The best method of utilizing the by
products of the dairy is by keeping
hogs.
Spade up the poultry run 1T will
turn up many worms, and the rain will
wash down into soil much filth.
War ought to be declared on the
scrub. In making this war on him do
not confine all your efforts to the scrub
on your neighbours farm.
Apply the lice-killer to the roosts an
hour or two before the hens retire for
the night. While they sit upon the
roost, the ~lice-killer does the work.
Eggs for incubation may be kept three
to four weeks at 40 to 90 degrees
Fahrenheit, but they lose a little
strength every day during which they
are kept.
Nothing else is so good to prevent the
presence of lice ON the poultry as to
clean up the houses and paint every
crack and crevice and roost with some
liquid lice-killer.
1t Is very Improbable for the farmer
or poultry raiser TO let their fowls sit
out on trees and fences at night during
the cold winter nights, a sight which
we frequently see.
A Western farmer has found that
prairie dogs have a liking for soap SO
he soaped his dog town heavily and
they ate so heartily of the substance
that it killed them.
1t has been found a poor plan to LET
the milk freeze 10 the sides of the can
In cold weather when being taken to
the creamery. The grade can be lowered
In this manner very easily. They can
be protected against freezing by a gen.
erous covering of blankets while on the
way.
Elect a man to the Office of school
director who has enough interest in
schools to devote some time 10 me king
the school house and grounds pleasant
and inviting. Please DOR. be small
enough to compare the present condi-
tions with those of your own when you
we're a boy. Give your children better
advantages than you had every time.
Roots of all kinds can he fed to
poultry with advantage in the winter
time to supply green food. We have
found it a good practice to split the
roots and allow the hens to pick out
the contents. Where the roots were
small, we drove a nail through n end
and into a board or the side Of the
house to prevent them from being drag
ged around and soiled.
U. T. Cox, of Ohio, says in an ex
change: 1 sprayed five times last
year, using Bordeaux arsenite of soda
and ~arsenate Of lead all combined, but
the last two applications We did not
use quite as much blue vitriol, and none
of the foliage was harmed. Some grow
ers have injured the foliage by using
strong mixture all the season when
four or five applications have been
made. / purpose to spray five times
again this year, and think it pays. Too
many growers fail to do a thorough
job, and do not make enough applica-
ton to have fruit free from worms and
scab. That is n job it pays to do
we'll.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05

AMERICAN WOMEN FIND RELIEF
The Case CT Miss Irene Crosby Is One
of Thousands OF Cures made by Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

How many women realize that
tits not the plan of Nature that women
should suffer SO severely.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05

Eggs for incubation may be kept three
to four weeks at 40 to 90 degrees
Fahrenheit, but they lose a little
strength every day during which they
are kept.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05
some Points ON the Mule.


In a late number Of the Michigan
Farmer a Michigan writer gives the
strong points of the mule. Among
other things, he says If you want them
to go faster than a walk mules will
take a good road gait and when they
get tired rest them by letting them
run twenty or thirty rods. 1t will pay
any community of farmers TO club to-
gether and buy a jack and raise their
own mules. If, however, they think of
so doing they should employ or con-
suit some reliable party who is posted
on the qualities necessary to be rea-
sonably sure Of getting a good sire,
and then use good mares. To be sure,
many a mare past breeding when used
with a stallion will breed with a jack
all right, and IL she Is a good, rugged
and healthy mare produce a good ami
NAL. The best class Of mules is raised
from good. stylish. wide-awake mares
crossed with a well-bred jack. He
should not be selected ali on account
Of his beauty, for many Of them are
fine lockers, but he should have plenty
of bone, be rather coarse In the head,
with large feet and good size. at least
fifteen hands high, and should weigh
not less than 800 pounds in breeding
condition.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05

Nothing else is so good to prevent the
presence of lice ON he poultry as to
clean up the houses and paint every
crack and crevice and roost with some
liquid lice-killer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05

1t Is very Improbable for the farmer
or poultry raiser TO let their fowls sit
out on trees and fences at night during
the cold winter nights, a sight which
we f~reouently see.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05

Elect a mar to the Office of school
director who has enough interest in
schools to devote some time 10 making
the school house and grounds pleasant
and inviting. Please Don. be small
enough to compare the present condi-
lions with those of your own when you
we're a boy. Give your children better
advantages than you had every time.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05

on the farm constitutes one Of the
leaks which ought to be stopped. There
is not a vegetable top but what can
be turned into a fertilizer. and at lit
tie or no cost, if n will but intelli-
gently seek out the way to do it TO
| News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05
Green Food for swine.

Don't feed all the unstable potatoes
and the pumpkins to the cows and
horses. but give the swine enough to
keep their appetites in good condition.
Take a large pumpkin and divide it
equally into ten pieces; cut up each
piece until it is as large as ones hand.
Then take two quarts of unstable po-
tatoes and a quart of bran. Mix the
lot, moisten it well with skim milk, and
give this quantity to each hog once a
day for a month. and you'll see a de-
cided difference in the way they will
take on fat when you are ready to
put them in that condition for the fall
markets. As we have said before in
this department, 1t pays to give the
swine variety as much as any Of the
farm animals.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05
Keep Humu. in orchard Soil.

heep HumuS In SOIL.
The soil of the orchard frequently
becomes exhausted without the owner
~suspecting it. In many orchards the
grass is moved and made into hay.
This removes annually a certain
amount of humus from the ground. In
the meantime the trees themselves are
removing humus by their roots and
putting it into fruit and foliage. The
fruit is carted away. and the leaves
fall to the ground. These leaves do
not get back into the ground to form
humus, as they would i'm a state of
nature, but are driven by the wind into
windrows, and then raked up and
burned by the orchardist, intent upon
improving the appearance of his or
chard, or of destroying the insects and
fungi that are on the leaves and twigs
mingled with them.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05

1t has beer found a poor plan to LET
the milk freeze 10 the sides of the can
In cold weather when being taken to
the creamery. The grade q be lowered
In this I'M very easily. They can
be protected against freezing by a gen
erous covering of blankets while on the
way.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05
"coFFEE JAos."

The Doctor Hamed Then Correctly.
Some one said Coffee never hurts
any one" Enquire of your friends and
note their experiences.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05

A Western farmer has found that
prairie dogs have a liking for soap so
he soaped his dog town heavily and
they ate so heartily Of the substance
that 1t killed them.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-06
CHAPTER XIV.

n AR. JEFFREYS examination
/" and it's triumphant conclu
sion created a great furore in
4 What oh OK
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-06

AN1.
n ~ EANWHILE. and before any
|" Of us had left this room. one
fact had become apparent
Mr.. Jeffrey was not going to
volunteer any fresh statement in face
of the distinct disapproval of his sister
in-law. AS his eye fell upon the dis
trict attorney, who had fingered near.
possibly in the hope of getting some
thing more from this depressed and
almost insensible man. he made one re-
mark. but 1t was an automatic one.
calculated 10 produce but little effect
on the discriminating ears of this ex-
perienced official.
Il do not believe that my wife was
murdered" This was what he said.
1T was n wicked verdict. My wife
killed herself. Wasn't the pistol found
tied to herr
ed and commented on had required to
my mind and caused me to ask a
brother officer who was walking out
beside me what he thought of Mr..
Moore's absence from an inquiry pre-
sunably of such Importance to all
members of his family.
The fellow laughed and said:
"Old Dave has lost none of his pecul-
iarities in walking into his fortune.
This is his day at the cemetery. Didn't
you know that? He will let nothing on
earth get in the way of his pilgrimage
to that spot on the Odd of May. much
less so trivial an occurrence as an in
quest over the remains Of his nearest
relative"
1 felt my gorge rise; then a thought
struck me and asked how long the
old gentleman kept up his watch
From sunrise to shutdown. the boys
say. 1 never saw him there myself.
My beat lies in an opposite direction"
left him and started for Rock Creek
cemetery. There were two good hours
yet before shutdown and I resolved to
come upon Uncle David at his post.
1t took just one hour and quarter
TO get there by the most direct route
could take. five minutes more to pen
citrate the grounds to where a superb
vehicle stood, drawn by two of the
finest horses had seen in Washington
for many a long day. AS l was max
ing my way around this equipage 1
came upon plot in condition of up
heaval preparatory to new sodding and
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-06

What can you tell US about the III
terview you had with your sister prior
| to her going out on the night of her
| 1eath:"
VERY little except that it differed en-
| .irely from what is generally supposed
/ She did not come to my room for con-
| seTsa ton. but simply TO tell me that
/ :l.c bad an enga cement. She was in
/ III eciecd mood. but said nothing to
Harm me. sac even laughed when she
eft me. perhaps TO put me off my
guard. perhaps because she was no
onger responsible
Did she know that Mr.. jeffrey had
Visited you earlier. in the day? Did she
make any allusion 10 il. / mean:''
None at all. She shrugged her shout
fers when l asked if she was well and
anticipated all further questions by
running from the room. She was al
ways capricious in her ways and never
more so than at that moment. Would
to God that il had been different.
Would TO God that she had shown her
self TO be Il suffering woman, Then I
might have reached her heart and this
tragedy would have been averted."
The coroner favored tie witness with
look of respect, perhaps because his
next question must necessarily be
cruel.
rs that all you have to say concern
ing this important visit. the last you
held with your sister before her
DEATH"
mo, sir; there is something else
something which I should like to relate
m THE iryr Whon he int
room she held in her hand a white rib
bon-that is, she held the two ends of
a long satin ribbon which seemed to
come from her pocket. Handing those
two ends to me. she asked me to tie
them about her wrist "A knot under
and a bow on top. she said. so that it
cannot slip off, AS this was some
thing / had often been called on to do
for her. l showed no hesitation in COM
plying with her request. Indeed 1 felt
none. l thought it was her fan or her
bouquet she held concealed in the
folds OF her dress, but 1t proved to be
gentlemen, you know what. 1 pray
that you will not oblige me to mention
it,
1t was such stroke as no lawyer
would have advised her to make
heard afterward that she had refused
the Offices Of a dozen lawyers who had
proffered her their services. But. ut
tered as it was with a noble air and a
certain dignified serenity. 1t had great
effect upon those about her and turned
In moment the wavering tide Of favor
in her direction.
The coroner, who doubtless was per-
fectly acquainted with the explanation
with which she had provided herself,
but who perhaps did not look for it to
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-06

oddly contorted face the satisfaction
of great prosperity battling with the
dissatisfaction OF knowing that one he
had so loved had not lived to share his
elevation. He was rubbing away the
mold from the name which. by his own
confession. was the only one to which
his memory chung in sympathy or en-
dearnent. At his feet lay an open
basket. in which detected the remains
OF what must have been a rather
sumptuous cold repast. To all appear
ance he had foregone none OF his an
cient customs: only those customs had
taken on elegance with his rise in for
tune. The carriage and the horses and.
most of all. the imperturbable driver
seemed to awaken some awe in the
boys. They were still in evidence, but
they hung back sheepishly and eyed
the basket OF neglected food AZ IL they
hoped he would forget to take it away.
Meanwhile the Gathering of chains
against the harness, the paving of the
horses and the low ordinations OF the
driver caused me the queerest feelings.
Advancing quite unceremoniously upon
the watcher by the grave. 1 remarked
aloud:
1.-The setting sun will soon release
you, Mr.. Moore. Are you going immS.
diately into town."
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-06

antedate his attack, bowed in quiet &C
acknowledgement of her request and then
Immediately proceeded to ignore it.
II should be glad to spare you.' he
said, but / do not find 1t possible
You knew that Mr.. jeffrey had pis-
tolr'
At did"
THAT 1t was kept in their apart.
ment?"
yes"
I'm the upper drawer of a certain
bureau?.
yes"
Now, Miss Tuttle, will you tell us
why you went to that drawer-if you
did go TO that drawer-immediatel
after Mrs. Jeffrey left the housew
She had probably felt this question
coming, not only since the coroner
began to speak. but ever since the evil
dence elected from Loretta proved that
her visit to this drawer had been Sc
cretly observed. Yet she had no an
swer ready.
II did not go-for the pistol" she
finally declared. But she did not say
what she had gone for and the coroner
did not press her.
You had another errand in that
room?"
She let her head droop just trifle.
"Alas!' she murmured.
You went to the bookshelves and
took out book with q peculiar cover.
q cover which Mr.. jeffrey has already
recognized as that of the book in
which he found a certain note"
You have said il" she faltered.
Did you take such a book out:"
II did,
'For what purpose. Miss Tuttle?''
She had meant to answer quickly,
but some consideration made her hest
tate and the words were long in COM
ing. When she did speak it was to
say:
My sister asked another favor OF me
after I had tied the ribbon. Pausing
in her passage to the door, she inform
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-06

I fact IIYdf SIZE Was generaIry known TO
possess one of the largest bank ac-
counts in the District made any mark
cd show Of disrespect toward her n
matter of poor judgment, il not Of
questionable taste.
The box In the coroner's hand pre-
pared us for wat was before u.s. As
he opened 1t and disclosed again the
dainty white bow which, as I have be-
fore said, was Of rather a fantastic
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-06
CHAPTER WI.

CHAPTER NVI
- EANWHILE. and before any
|" of us had left this room. one
fact had become apparent
Mr. Jeffrey was not going to
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-06

pare. .,4vzIs-- 10 the close Of these re-
markahle proceedings q dramatic eli
max which set all hearts beating and.
l am bound TO say. all tongues wag-
ging till the room cleared
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-06

IAN away evvu vvuiu q
1 ran Sdly from the house."
"Where?'
"Homa.''
But it was half past 10 when yor
got home"
"was it,"
1T was half past 10 when the mar
came to tell you of your sisters death
''It may have been"
Your sister is supposed to have died
in few minutes. Where were you il
the Interim"
God knows. I do not
A wild look was creeping into her
face. and her figure was swaying, bu,
she soon steadied it. 1 have never
tanned in the face of a dreadful humil-
iation.
Perhaps 1 can help you" rejoined
the coroner not unkindly. Were you
not in the Congressional library look
ing up at the lunettes and gorgeously
painted walls?"
'T" Her eyes opened wide In won
dering doubt. "If 1 was 1 did not
know 1t. have no remembrance of
it."
Your condition OF mind and that of
Mr.. jeffrey seem to have been strange
ly alike" remarked the coroner.
mo, nor she protested.
Arguing like source"
mo, no." she cried again, this time
with positive agony. Then. with an
effort which awakened respect for
her powers Of mind, il for nothing
else, she desperately added: 'I cannot
say what was in his heart that night
but know what was in mine--dread
OF that old house, to which l had been
drawn in spite Of myself, possibly by
the force OF the tragedy going on in
side it, eliminating in a delirium Of
terror which sent me flying in an OPP
posite direction from my home and
into places had been accustomed to
visit when my heart was light and un-
troubled
Another question, Miss futile.
When you heard a pistol shot sound,
ing from the depths of that dark H.
brary. what did you think it meant1'
Something dreadful; something SUI
perstitious. 1t was night, you remem-
Der, and at night one has such horri-
BILE thoughts
"Yet an hour or two later you de-
.clared that the hearth was no load
stone. You forg" its horrors and your
superstition upon returning to your
own house."
1T might be-" she murmured, "but,
If SO, they soon returned. 1 had reason
for my horror. if not for my supersti-
ton, as the event showed
The coroner did not attempt to con-
trovert this. He was about to launch
a final inquiry.
Miss futile, upon the return of
yourself and Mr.. Jeffrey to your home
after your final visit to the Moore
house, did you have any interview
that was without Witnesses"
NO"
did you exchange any wordsT'
II think we did exchange some
words; it would be only natural"
Are you willing to state what
words:"
She looked dazed and appeared to
search her memory.
II don't think can," she objected.
but something was said by you and
some answer was made by himY'
i DeI1eNe So.
Cannot you say defnitelyw
1--WE did speak"
I'm English?"
mo, in French"
Cannot you translate that French
for us:'
Pardon me, sir; it was SO long ago
my memory fails me-"
us it any better for the second and
longer interview between you the next
iay?''
"No-sir."
"You cannot give us any phrase or
word that was uttered there?"
NO
'Is this your final reply on this sub
ject?'
"It is
simultaneously with her withdrawal
the CLEAN OF sensibility left the faces
Of the jury, and the dark and brooding
ook which had marked their counte-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

concluded from the experiment Of Prof.
Fisher of Yale His nine students
learned to subsist on much less food
and actually doubled their physical en-
durance in four months and half of
slow eating. This is no discovery, but
It is earnest emphasis Of a neglected
truth-that what nourishes is not the
quantity you eat but the quantity you
digest; that only what is well masti-
Gated can be well digested. The great
objection to patient mastication is its
monotony. Nothing could be duller
than the Gladstone recipe-chew thirty
three times A camel or a donkey might
work its jaws with that deliberate cal
culativeness, but social animal can
not become mechanical chopping ma
chine even for the sake Of serene di-
gestion. Prof. Fisher did not compel
his nine students to sit in silence and
chew to the tune Of the metronome. He
simply required them to eat what they
most thoroughly could enjoy. If per-
son likes what he is eating it Is no
hardship to have to eat it properly. This
idea of personal selection is the most
important one, so long as the import
ance of mastication is granted. What Is
true at Yale is not untrue in Chicago.
The motto of all who eat should hence
forth be: make haste slowly; choose as
well as chew.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

aware that there are those who join
the class merely for what they can get
out Of it, but his reading Of human ma
ture Is such that he can easily pick the
sincere from the insincere, and those
who. come for merely selfish purposes
seldom achieve their ends. Mr.. Rookie
feller assists a great many who he
thinks need 1t, and this he does quietly
and sincerely.
Mr.. Rockefeller was early in his
youth taught the value of money. He
has known what it Is to work with his
hands. AS boy he never had a large
allowance of pocket money. The first
money he ever earned was a few cents
from his father for putting up fence
posts around the park in Cleveland
which Mr.. Rockefeller owns. This
money he put in the bank He was not
content to let the money lie idle Even
as a child the accommodating Instinct
was strong in him. He was anxious to
have his father invest the money he
had from time to time deposited, and
the spirit pleased the old gentleman.
The money was invested and the
amount the young man ultimately re-
ceived from 1t was $4,000.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

Someone who has found facts on
which to base the opinion thinks that
the amateur dieting to which so many
are given just now Is productive of far
more ills than 1t can cure. Dieting, no
doubt, nationally and with due regard
for the needs of the body, does in most
cases improve the health. But for
Smith to change his diet according to
the formula Brown found beneficial,
without help or advice from a physl-
clan, is often a means of aggravating
an already existing Ill or Of bringing
ON fresh ones. One mans diet may be
another mans poison is as true word,
perhaps, as has been spoken, and ac-
cepting 1t as truth in this day of indis.
criminate dieting may save many a
good man from going from bad to worse
In his attempts at self-help.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14
ORIGIN OF POSTAGE STAMP.
Barmaid's Plot Made It's Need
Plainly to be Seen,

Barmatd's Plot Made It's Need
Plainly to be Seen.
Chicago postal officials have officially
announced that the origin Of the post
age stamp had been definitely discov-
cred after much investigation and
turning of the leaves Of ancient official
folios.
The story of the origin of the mod
ern postage stamp is the tale of lit
tie deception practiced by serving
woman in a little inn in remote Eng
lish country many years ago.
Rowland Hill, then postmaster gen.
eral of his majesty King George w.,
was doing the Haroun AL Raschid act
in rural postoffices. He had stopped
one night at the little inn, which, in
the typical manner Of English inns, had
Its ale served by pretty barmaid.
The postman, entering, announced a
letter from Australia for the wench,
and said the charge upon 1t amounted
to q shilling. The barmald took 1t In