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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

When it is considered that scientists
who study the hair have discovered five
or six causes for its falling out, with
subsequent badness, it doesn't seem
worth while trying to keep it on the
skull. Any one of these six causes"
is quite sufficient to reduce an af-
fluent topknot to a billiard ball sur
face: therefore a real benefaction for
mankind would be the enforcement OF
a mighty fashion rendering its loss the
most admirable thing in life. No gen.
Jus has ever thought of this alternative
and it is suspected our ultra-civilized
nations would revolt at first, but by de-
grees the world would adopt the idea
and finally end by cultivating 1t con
amore.-BOst0n Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

A young painter showed Edward
Rosewater one day portrait of mu
tual friend.
THAT portrait of Smith, the edi
tor exclaimed. I'D never have know
it."
"Oh," the artist exclaimed. II didn'
try for a likeness, you Enow. l tried
for an effect-an effect in grays.'
II know a man IL New York." sait
Mr.. Rosewater. 'wEc had his portrait
painted last year. 1t cost him $4,000
and he was very proud of ii. Whel
it came home he showed it to his cook
"WelI, Mary he said, how do vol
like this portrait?
"'Sure, sir said the cook its lore
~. It's beautiful. It's divine
"'And, of course said my frien,.
you know who 1t is?
"'Oh, of course l do, SIR said tn,
cook. of course, of course As Sin,
spoke she kept drawing nearer TO tho
picture, studying it more and NOR,
closely. OF course. sir she said. TT.
you or the mistress. Buffalo En-
quirer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
Increasing Fec prodnc,,on

In these days no one can afford to
keep deadheads on the farm. All farm
animals must pay for their keep and
make a good profit in addition. 1t IS
an astonishing fact, therefore. that only
a small proportion of poultrymen actu-
ally know whether a particular hen is
laying or not. Some men can Judge
more or less accurately by the color of
the comb, by the CHEEKY song. and other
we'll known signs. much more accur-
ate method consists in the use of trap
nests by means of which each hen is
time she lays an egg. 1t requires a
little time and patience. of course. to
operate trap nests so as to separate the
layers from the non-layers, but it pays
we'll in the end. When the test has
been applied 10 a flock of hens, some
are found to be laying 100 TO 100 eggs
year, while others Of equally vlgor-
Gus appearance and happy disposition
lay not an egg. But the non-layers eat,
and are, therefore, expensive luxuries
to keep ABOUT the 1arm.
The chief value of any reliable sys-
TEN for picking cut the best layers is
found in the fact that they may be used
as breeding stock to improve the egg
production of the whole flock to come
In a careful series of tests In Maine.
Utah and elsewhere it has been def
nitely shown that the hen transmits her
laying qualities to her offspring. With
this fact we'll established the poultry
man should use no rooster for breeding
purposes unless he comes from a 200
egg hen, and should incubate no eggs ex-
cept those which come from hen with
a record of 200 eggs year. 1t is thus
possible to build up flock of hens each
of which will lay 200 to $50 eggs a
year. This is fully double the yield
of the average flock. Not only may the
number of eggs be increased by breed,
ing, but great uniformity in the size
shape and color of the eggs Is secured
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

The husband who Is always growing
over everything looked up from his
paper and remarked sulkiIy:
Madam, | see where a man went
from home. remained thirty years and
then returned and gave his wife $1,000
If you don't do better you may find me
doing the same trick some day."
The patient little wife looked up
from her sewing and replied sweetly:
"All right. James, but II you win
only remain away the thirty years you
needn't trouble yourself about the
$1,000" And after that he stopped
growing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
choice of orchard Locations.

In a bulletin on the renewal of the
peach industry in New Jersey, bulle-
tin issued by the experiment station Of
that State has the following to say re-
garding the selection of field: 1t Is
best to choose a field at some distance
from an old orchard, so as to avoid as
far as possible the passage of insects
and diseases. But If the cid orchard is
not infested with yellows, root-lice or
borers, a young orchard may be planted
near It, So far as the scale is con-
cerned, the trees must be sprayed every
year; therefore it can be controlled
near an old orchard, but 1t is easier 70
manage If not near an infected enc. 1t
is, of course, to be preferred that the
field chosen be one that has not grown
peaches for several years. 1t is some
times said that the soils in parts of the
State will no longer grow peaches, but
the soils that were once good peach
soils are still SO if they are properly
treated.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
The Story of q Medicine.

Its name-rGolden Medical Discovery
was suggested by one of its most import
ant and valuable ingredients = Golden
Seal root.
Nearly forty years ago, DR.. Pierce dis
covered that he could, By the use of pure,
triple-refined glycerine, aided by GER
tain degree of constantly maintained
heat and with the aid of apparatus and
appliances designed for that purpose, ex-
tract from our most valuable native me-
dicinal roots their curative properties
much better than by the use of alcohol,
so generally employed. So the now world
famed Golden Medical Discovery" for
the cure of weak stomach, indigestion, or
dyspepsia. torpid liver, or biliousness and
kindred arrangements was first made, as
1t ever since has bSen, without particle
OF alcohol in its maRe-up.
a glance sttAe fun list of its ingredI-
ents. printed on every bottle-wrapper,
will show that it IS made from the most
in our American foresNS All these in
gradients have received the Stropgest eI-
dorsement from the leading medical exc
peltS- teacheIS and YriterS-on MQteliG
Wedicd who recommend them as the VERY
best remedies for the diseases for which
"G2lde9 MedlcaEplscoYery Is adylSed:
"A httiC OOoh vi thCSc CnuOl SclUttlbS Has
been compiled by DR.. R. v. Pierce, of
Buffalo, n. Y, and will be mailed free to
any one asking same by postal card, or
letter addressed to the Doctor as above.
From these endorsements, copied from
standard medical books of all the differ
ent schools of practice, it will be found
that the ingredients composing the e Gold
en- Medical Discovery" are advised not
only for the cure of the above mentioned
diseases, but also for the cure of all ca
tarrhal, bronchial and throat affections,
accompanied with catarrhal discharges,
hoarseness, sore throat, lingering, or
hang-on-coughs, and all those wasting
affections which, if not promptly and
properly treated are liable to terminate
in consumption. Take DR.. Pierce's Dis
covery in time and persevere in its use
until you give it fair trial and it is not
likely to disappoint. Too much must not
be expected of it. 1t will not perform
miracles. 1t will not cure consumption
In its advanced stages. No medicine will.
1t iCtll cure the affections that lead up to
consumption, If taken u, time.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
500 Reward. sl00.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
20 learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has ben able to cure In
all Its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hays
catarrh Cure is the ONLY positive cure now
Known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease. requires q
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
OF the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature In doing it's work. The
proprietors have so much faith In Its cura-
i've powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that II fails to cure
Send for list OF testimonials
Address f. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, O..
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

Nest pains are of local origin-a
'crick" in the back, twinge of rheuma-
tism, a soreness all over arising from a
cold-are all cured by outside applica-
lions. The quickest, safest and most GER
tain method is Allcock's Plaster. known
the world over as a universal remedy for
pain. They never fail, they act promptly,
they are clean and cheap. You can go
right ahead with your work while the
healing process goes on. Sixty years use
has given them a great reputation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
Cruel Order Revoked.

Colonel Edmund Berkley of Virginia
is one of the best preserved veterans
Of the late uIpleasantness." He com,
manded Virginia regiment, and has
many interesting "reminiscences. One
of these he related to the writer and
/ give 1t nearly in his own terms. He
said Il claim to have averted retail
iation and great suffering by refusing
to deliver up my prisoners until one
inhuman order was revoked. 1t hap
pened in this wise: The night of the
battle of Balls Bluff, General E. or
dered me to march 700 privates and
twenty-five officers who had been cap
tured out to Camp Carolina, about a
mile from Leesburg, halt them there
and await further orders, which was
done. Soon after he sent out Captain
S. with two Mississippi companies,
who informed me that General L. or
dered him to relieve me of my pris
oners and march them to General b
at Centerville. / said: Captain
what are you doing with that coil OF
rope on your horses neck?
HE said: The general has ordered
me to tie the hands of all the prisoners
behind their backs and march them in
that condition
Il asked: Officers and all?
HE said, Yes
"'Well,' / replied, lit is the most
cruel and foolish order ever issued
The night Is very dark. and the road
covered with stone, and every few
steps a man with his hands tied behind
his back would fall on his face and
terribly injure himself; besides, you
have not enough rope TO tie one-twen
tieth of the number
HE replied: 1 think you are right
and / wish you would take my horse
and ride into town and tell the general
1t is impossible to carry out the order.
II would not leave the prisoners. but
an officer who had accompanied me out
was dispatched with the message and
the general was induced TO counter.
mand the order. If this order had been
carried out, retaliation might have fol
lowed, resulting in untold suffering
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

1t is possible to obtain more plant
food for a given expenditure of money
If unmixed chemical fertilizers are
purchased rather than the ordinary
mixed fertilizers, says Farming In
most cases, the same amount of plant
food as is contained in ton of mixed
fertilizers can be purchased in the
form OF unmixed chemicals at a cost
of about So to IS less. The labor of
mixing will not cost nearly enough to
Offset this difference Many farmers
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

The ingenuity of the japanese is
shown In many little ways. For in.
stance, during the crusade against the
bubonic plague the officials saved the
skin of every rat that was killed, and
In this way enough fur was obtained
to make $4,000 sets of ear muffs for
the soldiers In Manchuria.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

Ruggles-How are the heating arrange
ments in your nat!
Ramage Heating arrangements?
There's a mitigating circumstance or two
in the basement, / believe, but 1 don't
know of anything as definite as an ar
rangement.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
Her Complaint.

Nell-Oh. he makes me tired. He's
always trying to kiss me.
Belle-But you told me you liked him
so much you wouldn't mind IL he did
kiss you.
Nell-That's Just II. He's always
trying and doesn't get any further
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
AcetyIene Lamps.

The operation of cutting wheat at
night with a motor lighted by acety-
lene lamps has been successfully per-
formed IN Kansas. A good crop was
cut by an agricultural motor, which
hauled two binders at one time and
cut 80 acres in rather over Is hours.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
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vii say, however. that they do not I'M
derstand the principles which should
govern in the selection and compound
ing of the different chemical fertiliz
ers. This may often be the case, and
l cannot attempt TO cover the ground
in the short space of one article. !
wish, however, to say that if YOU de
sire advice and assistance in this mat
ter, it will be gladly given if you will
apply to your State Experimental Sta
ton.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
That. So.

The man on the Springfield (Mo.)
Republican says matrimony is like
poker-it is all in the draw"
"All right as far as it goes. but In
poker you can drop out after the draw
IL you feel like it."-Houston Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

Missouri has a hog worth $1,000
and rooster worth $780," says Kan
sas City paper. 1t pays, apparently, to
instruct barnyard pets in the art Of
saving.-Washington Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

Dentist-Little girl, which is the tooth
that aches?
Boston Child have no tooth that
aches, sir, but there is an exceedingly sem
sitive nerve in the upper right bicuspid
which I shall have to ask you to treat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

The man who had better stock and
farm products at home" than those
exhibited at the fair was there. He
usually shows up, but he seldom ex-
hibits any of the results of his labor.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
The Only DoubtfuI Citizen

Everybody Is telling exactly what
you will do II you are elected to Of
fee"
'Yes," answered the candidate.
well, what will you do?'
81 don't know Washington
Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

An agricultural axiom was written
as early as the year 115S, as follows:
1.-The finer the earth is made by tillage,
the more it Is enriched by rain, dew
and air.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

A close pen is a bad place for pigs,
when they might be out getting most
of their living for themselves.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
Revenge Is Sweet.

Meeker-It IS rumored that Green IS
going to marry your divorced wife,
Peckem-Weli. / hope he does. /
always hated that man.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
lied enough to admit that he might In
a hundred years forgive Uncle Billy"
Chicago Inter Ocean.
"Reminiscences of the War.


1.-THE first pair Of shoes | had in the
army said the old soldier, were two
sizes too big for me. / wore skies
my first army shoes were Fights.
didn't take them from choice got
the nearest | could to my size. We
were being fitted out from head to foot
for the first time-that was when we
were mustered inland the required
numbers of pairs of shoes, of assorted
sizes. had been delivered to each COM
pany. When l got at them they had
been culled over So much that there
was nothing left smaller than Fights.
II didn't think it would be possible
for me to wear shoe two sizes too big
for me, but l tried a pair on. They
were brOgans, having flaps, with two
eyelets on each side. lacing over the
instep with leather shoestrings. They
tied snugly, SO that the heel and often
part of the shoe, and the sole, did not
shuck on my foot. The forward part
of my foot felt as though ii were out
doors, but / thought they might do.
had to have pair of shoes, and | took
them.
II wore those shoes for months, and
with the greatest of comfort. They
were enormous, or they looked so to
me. As soon as |. began to wear them
the thick leather of the uppers bumped
up into big, round ridges, with val
Icys between, across the top, giving to
the tor of the shoe sort of fluted or
corrugated effect. These corrugations
remained always just the same as long
as l wore the shoes. They were not
what you would call a handsome shoe,
but. as l said, they did not shuck
around on my feet, and they were
mighty comfortable.
but it doesn't follow that after that
l always got shoes two sizes too big
for me! as a matter of fact; | didn't:
but l always did get shoes plenty large
for me; plenty; and found comfort in
wearing them.
Sometimes we used to draw boots
cavalry boots. And it was kind o. fun
to get boots. I remember very well the
first pair of boots | drew. think |
felt (perhaps in a little maturer sort
of way, though not much so. either
about as much pleased over that pair
Of boots as did with my first red-tops
when | was boy. To get on a pair of
cavalry boots sort of maue man feel
a little bit less like plodding infant
ryman, and little more like caval-
ryman; it gave him a sort of horse
and-sabre touch. But this was only as
he walked down the company street
after drawing the boots from the quar-
termaster: the next day. on picket. the
boots were about the same to him as
shoes would have been.
"Still there were men who preferred
boots and always drew boots when
they could get them. But for myself I
like shoes better. mounted man. of
course wants boots; but according to
my notion the most comfortable thing
for an infantry soldier to wear Is a
good, roomy shoe that can be made
snug enough somewhere so that it
won't shuck around on the foot
Now YORK. Press
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

The Belgians are great pigeon breed
els, and one of the choicest birds of this
kind Is the true Antwerp carrier, which
10 comparatively rare.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

According to the Massachusetts bu-
reau of statistics, there are 3,459 law
yers in that State. 5.497 physicians and
surgeons, and 3,737 clergymen-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

1t pays to fertilize crops. If twenty
loads of manure on an acre only in
creases the crop five bushels of corn,
there is gain by 1t, for that fertility
will be evident on that acre for many
years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
PUBBEP STAMPS.

All kinds Of Rubber Stamps Made TO Order.
Seif-Inking Daters--somethng new. Ink and
linking Pads. Send for Catalogue to Lock Boz
TO. Fort Wayne. Indiana.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

Bran, malt, oats, hay. carrots and
green grass or clover are suitable for
sick or convalescent animals.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

Next to a shredder an old thrashing
machine will put fodder in a good con-
dition to feed. In fact some farmers
claim that it is even better.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

When any calamity has been suffer.
ed the first thing to be remembered is
how much has been escaped.-John.
CON.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

PILES CURED IN 6 TO II DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT 10 guaranteed to cure any
case OF Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-
Ing ft.ss In 10 il days or money refunded.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
Hi. Great md Good Friend.

The hoodluTn threw a stone at the
japanese hoy.
IF you 90 that some more" said the
little brown boy, II tell Mr.. Roocyfel' on
youI"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

A farmer needs a nice house that
will keep out the cold and he needs
an ice house that will keep out the
heat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money II 1t fails to cure.
Z. W. GROVES signature Is on each box. 25c.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

In one ward of Brooklyn there is not
a solitary negro voter.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

While it may be desirable for the
poultry keeper to know the points in
the standard for pure-bred fowls, and
to be able to detect bad feather or a
fault at glance, for practical purposes
he had better know the symptoms of
disease and be able to detect sick bird
when he visits the yards.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

idrs- Winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children
seethine softens the gums, reduces Inflammation al
LAYS pain, cures wind collie. q cents bottle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

The lion is tn, only wild animal that
is capable of affection.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

A dark soil absorbs the rays of the
sun faster than the light soil and thus
makes it warmer This difference in
temperature affects the termination
and growth of plants. In the spring
when the corn is coming up the rows
are usually seen first in the dark soil.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

Did you ever try to drive Il ninety
pound shoat through sixteen-foot
gate? OF course you have, and you
have had him stop before reaching the
gate, turn about, mediate. hesitate.
cogitate and finally the combined efforts
of hired man and dog can't put him
through that gate. Then you have had
the same pig approach the same gate
when he was not wanted and you have
slipped up along the fence in an at
tempt to head him off and-and-well,
of course he got through first 1t is
presumed that the average hog Is pos
sessed of the spirit of dlyination. He
can foretell what is going to happen a
good deal better than his owner
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

A Virginia apple grower says: 1t
green apples are poured on brick
floor or dry dirt floor in autumn, that
freezing will not hurt them in the least,
provided they are not disturbed while
Trojan. Have had them on plank floor
and freezing would ruin them. but have
never lost them by freezing when on
a dry brick or earth floor.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

Carrots, parsnips and satisfy will
keep safely in the ground where grown
unless the winter be very severe. 1t
Is always well. however. to pull and
store some of these roots in sand in the
cellar so that they may be available for
the table should the ground become too
hard frozen to permit of digging or
pulling them.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

A barbed-wire fence was heard to
make the remark: 1--WE been in the
cattle and horse business for many
years. and | have observed that / al
ways got more horses and cattle when
l was down and out of repair. l may
have to retire, however, as my neigh
Dor, the woven wire, is expanding his
domain" 1t is getting to be a question
whether a farmer who raises good
horses can afford to have barbed-
wire fence.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

The advantage of moderately low
headed. open-center trees are best ap-
preciatcd when one is engaged in
spraying, thinning and picking the
fruit This is a problem and good or
chardists are studying deal to-day,
and 1t is very generally admitted that
it requires the greatest good judgment
to prune just enough to produce the de-
sired effect
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

About so per cent of the American
export trade in horses is done with the
British Empire. During the last year
the total number of horses exported
from this country was 40,OS7 of a total
value Of S4,365,9S1 OF these no less
than 1919 were taken into Canada
the bulk representing the team power
of American farmers settling in the
new Northwest.