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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
THE STRANGERS SHEAF.
1t Is Not Always Kindest TO EcOnO-
mize Too Closely.

1t Is Not Always Kindest to EcOnO-
mize Too Closely.
People grow mean," old Jimmy COM
planned, as he emptied his basket of
cinders into the cart drawn by his
small grandson. Time was when /
could easy get me winters coal here
on the dump; but sure Everybody sits
their ashes now, and there's nothing
t'rOwn away but clinkers'
Old Jimmy was crippled and almost
helpless. His daughters family would
have suffered from cold sometimes had
it not been for such poor fuel as the
city refuse-carts provided. Old Jimmy
himself needed the occupation and the
stay TO his pride that ne found in
picking cinders." To one who could
appreciate his manful independence, ii
seemed almost a crime that the ash
heaps should yield so little.
There are well-to-do people who will
never give us a garment while they
think there's 'one more wear left in
it," said an officer of the Salvation
Army's Industrial branch, the depart.
ment that takes all kinds of stoff
things and tries to make them useful
Il don't decry economy; we practice it
and foster it: but I have queer
thoughts sometimes. when we get cloth
ing that would make a self-respecting
rag-bag blush"
Some Old World communities perpet
uate a beautiful custom that one can
trace back to the days OF the Hebrew
! lawgivers. At harvest time the last
sheaf is left standing In the field. 1t
is the strangers sheaf. sacred to him or
her who has no land, and, good year or
bad, it is never withheld from the
needy. II one begrudges it, tradition
says, he need look for no blessing on
| his crop.
One can conceive Of man threshing
out the wheat for himself and leaving
the straw for the stranger. That would
be better than nothing Wheat straw
would make a bed, or one might twist
it and burn it for warmth. But 1t is a
finer thing to give the sheaf
To save is a commendable habit, but
small savings are not always commend
able. There are times when it is bet
ter not to sift the ashes, better not to
| get lone more wear" out Of the gar
ment that Is to be given away. One
may be economizing at the expense of
one who is suffering for the coat and
liable to freeze II deprived Of the Gin
ders.-Youth's Companion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01

that of soldiers death in battle would
seem trifiing 1t is fact that no
further progress in surgical or medical
science can be made through the study
| Of the human cadaver. All advance
In anatomy and physiology for the ad-
the prevention of disease, pain and
! death, must come from vivisection. One
Of the most useful services TO human
| ity which live human body could per-
| form would be to allow its use for pur-
poses of experimentation, under an
esthesia or otherwise.
"One would not go so far as to wish
hardened murderers under c0ndemna-
ton forced against their wills TO serve
science in that way /; but they might
submit in many instances rather than
| face the certain fate of the moose or
the electric chair. The law demands
the life of the condemned man and the
sole purpose of the executioner is 10
take it as expeditiOusly as possible.
The object of the surgical experiment.
alists would be to attain the great
benefits for science, and would not
necessarily mean the extinction of life.
1t is probable that the experiment
could best be made of advantage TO
society in general through observation
during the process OF experimentation,
followed by the application of the
methods Of surgery and medicine for
the preservation of life in the wounded
body.
The law could make provision that
the convict surrendering himself for
the benefit Of science should have the
advantage Of every safeguard for his
protection against death consonant with
the success Of the experiment. Under
such conditions it would seem fair to
commute the death sentence of an in
corrigible murderer. Society would re-
ceive the benefit Of the additional
knowledge thus secured and all the de-
torrent effect of the death penalty
would be secured"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
ABOUT ANIMALS WANOERlNGS.
Rats the Most ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Pace with naafh

Rats the Most Migratory-Lemmi
Race with Death.
The fable of the country mouse and
fact. Mice OCCASIONALLY migrate IN large
numbers when food grows scarce and
travel considerable distances to get
fresh houses. Farmers in a part Of
Perthshire, says London Answers. had
a good reason to become aware Of this
fact when, couple of years ago, vast
swarms of mice invaded their corn
fields at harvest time.
But the mouse only travels when it
has to. The rat, Oh the contrary, seems
to take yearly outing, in very much
the same fashion as do human beings.
Rats are the most migratory creatures
in the world. Whole troops of rats
leave the towns at the end of summer
try, apparently in order to enjoy the
change of food which the country af-
fords at that time of the year in tie
way of fresh fruit and grain. Before
the cold weather sets in they are al
back in their old quarters.
Reindeer migrate with the same reg,
ularity as swallows. They move south
when winter sets in, but as soon as
ever the snow begins TO melt they
travel steadily north, sometimes for as
much as 1000 miles.
To end a holiday by deliberate sui
eide is SO strange a phenomenon that
for long time naturalists looked upon
the stories of the migration of the
Jennings as an improbable fiction
Yet the facts are beyond dispute. Al
irregular intervals these rat-like crea-
lures start out from their homes in the
Businesses of northern Scandinavia in
huge drOves, numbering tens Of thOuS-
ands. and travel steadily southwark
Death pursues them in a hundred
forms Hawks and other birds of prey
! hover above them. Foxes, wolves and
man decimate them. Thousands are
drowned in rivers. Yet the rest strug
gle on until they reach the sea. They
do not stop They plunge in. swim
out and struggle on, until at last Their
strength fails and they drown. Not one
ever returns from this journey OF
death.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
Swiffs soaps.
RAILROAD RUNS A LOTTERY.
Scheme Tried in Mexico 10 Keep Con-
GucfnrS Honest.

Scheme Tried in Mexico TO keep OOn-
ductorS Honest.
George ". Hubbard. who recently
resigned as general passenger agent OF
the Duluth. South Shore x Atlantic
Railroad TO take u similar position
with the national lines Of Mexico.
writes of q novel method adopted by
one of the street car companies in the
City of Mexico TO protect Itself from
loss through the dishonesty Of its en-
ployes, says a dispatch 10 the Chicago
Chronicle Mr.. Hubbard says that it
is estimated the company has been
losing $1,000 a day by reason Of the
failure of the conductors TO turn in
all the money collected. The plan now
to be experimental with to stop tae
practice is a lottery ticket scheme.
The feature which is OF greatest in
terest to the public is that duplicate
numbers of the ticket or checks issued
by the conductors to passengers are
to be placed in lottery TO be drawn
under government supervision at the
end of each month. The holders Of
the fortunate numbers are awarded
cash prizes which range in value from
81 so to 500. Tickets in the draw
ing are given free to passengers, the
only stipulation being that they shall
preserve them until the end of the
month. Notices to this effect have been
posted in the cars and in addition the
company is distributing d pamphlet
printed in Spanish, French and Eng
lish. describing the operation Of the
scheme.
Mr.. Hibbard says that il is quite
certain all passengers will insist upon
getting from the conductors a ticket
representing the amount of the fare
paid Many patrons of the tramways
are providing themselves with small
card cases in which TO preserve their
tickets, and il is expected that the
business of the company viii show
considerable increase as a result OF
the general desire to secure all the
chances possible.
The greater part OF the patronage of
the cars comes from people of the
poorer classes and those Of moderate
means. 1t is, therefore. quite probable
that the larger number Of prizes,
which are 200 in number. Will be dis
tributed each month among people to
whom the money viii come as a real
benefaction.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
SEQUOYAH WAS A GENIUS.
Was Inventor of Alphabet and Call
q .. 10 erican Cadmu


ed .'American Cadmus.'
Sequoyah. for whom it has been sug-
gested that the proposed new State be
named. was u genius of his day, ana
all Indians have agreed that his name
should be perpetuated by giving it to
the State, if separate statehood is
granted, says the Muskogee Il. t. cor
respondent of the st. Louis GlObe-Dem-
Ocrat.
Sequoyah was half German. and his
German name was George Guess
CHEST. He was born in the old Chero-
kee Nation. Georgia. He could neither
read nor write, yet was the inventor
of the Cherokee American alphabet,
and was styled among the Indians as
the American "Cadmus." He was born
about 1853, and died in 1874, while in
search Of a lost band Of Cherokee In
dams in Mexico He perfected the al
phabet in 1921. and since 1929 books
and newspapers have been published
in the Cherokee language. In 1S22 lie
moved to the new Cherokee Nation
Indian Territory, and lived near where
the town of Muldrow now stands, bis
trading post being Fort Smith, Ark,
some Of the old inhabitants of which
still remember him.
The Cherokee American alphabet
contains eighty-siX characters, and is
one of the wonders Of the world, con
sldering the fact its originator was
an illiterate Indian. The Indian mind
is remarkable for its association OF
ideas. and the idea Of writing by Sc
quoyah's method was at once asso
ciated with branding cattle, and to this
day the words, writing, printing OF
branding are expressed in the Chero
kee tongue by the same word: DE
gah-la -tah-naah'' Sequoyah carved
the various characters out OF the BARR
of trees. and TO this fact 90 per CEN
Of the Cherokees owe their ability tC
read and write.
The Bible was translated into the
Cherokee language and has been the
means of teaching Christianity among
these Indians. The Cherokee Advo
cate. established at TahleQuah in 1874
is still in existence, and is the only
newspaper of the kind in the world.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
Margin OF Profit.

The industry is operated on a mar
gin of less than 2 cents to each dol
lar of sales. Swift & Co. do not sell
at retail. Their entire output is sold
at wholesale to many thousands Of
dealers in various parts of the world.
There are hundreds of local slaughter
ers throughout the United States, who
buy their live stock in competition
with the packer doing an interstate
and international business. Likewise
the packer must sell in competition
with the local slaughterers. There are
no secret processes in the industry, no
complicated and expensive factories,
and as live stock can be purchased in
almost every hamlet and city, and the
preparation OF meats is simple in the
extreme, local slaughtering will long
remain a factor in the production of
fresh meats and provisions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
WOMEN AS WAGE FARMERS.
Latest Census Figures Offer Instruc-
tive Information.

Latest Census Figures Oner Instruc-
tive Information.
1t is the desire of every woman who
looks upon life at all seriously to
make herself able to win her own
way, says the Delineator. This does
not always mean the earning Of
money. Often, when the clrcum-
stances are fortunate, there is no COM
polling necessity, but even then the
desire exists. 1t is the boast of not
only one but scores of wealthy fami-
lies that the daughters could take care
of themselves if poverty should come.
But employment, while requisite in
right living, is not all. The positive
quality of achievement is the strong
note In mOdera womanhOod. And SO
we find women making progress in al
most every avenue of action and of
enterprise. We have before us list
of things she has done and Won I'm
the past few months. They include
practically the whole program from
inventions to medals for heroism and
the discovery of new star. We read
of the employments In which she
finds welcome and profit-several hun
dreds of them embracing almost all
work that Is worth while. How many
women are making their way? The
figures vary, but four or five millions
in America alone draw wages that pay
for their support mad besides that put
into the savings banks from fifty to q
hundred million dollars every Year.
The latest census figures offer in,
structive information. For instance
Women journalists increased from SS9
in 1890 to 2,195 in 1900; women law.
yers increased from 2O3 in 1890 ia
1,01O in 1900; women authors and sci
entists increased from 2,764 in 1890 to
1884 in 1900; women musicians and
teachers Of music increased from "a
SO in 1890 to $3.50 in 1900; women
physicians and surgeons increased
from 4,557 in 1890 to 1857 in 1900
women teachers and professors in
creased from 246O66 in 1890 TO 327
oiI III 1"N0' "ON' 'eShooiapheIS duC
| typewriters increased from 21.27O in
1890 to S6,11S in 1900; women tele
graph and telephone operators in
creased from S,474 in 1890 to 2255f
| in 1900. In ten occupations the WON
en- increased more than 100000 In
ten years. That was for the period be
tween 1890 and 1900. Who will ven
ture to guess the figures for the dec
ade into whose second half we ar.
| now entering.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01

berian Railway at the eastern end !; and
Tor the dignity-which he in no meas
ure desired. but shrank from-of the
crown which came to him soon after by
reason Of the death of his father, Alex
ander Ill. at Lvadia.
This attack occurred in Maya
month eventful to Nicholas II. 1t was
I'm May that he was born, thirty seven
years ago, and In May he was crowned,
eleven years ago.
He did not want at 26 to rule the des-
tiny of 10000 people. He had ALWAYS
detested official life and the homage of
courtiers. But the duties and respon-
sibilities Of autocracy fell upon him.
He began badly. On the occasion of
his coronation thousands of his poorer
subjects were crushed 10 death OH
Khudynskoi Plain. On that plain
came what many regarded as the fatal
evidence Of tine III luck which pursues
and makes his life woeful Just before
his accession he had become betrotbed
to tie Princess AIix of Hesse. This
too, was outside his reckoning. Gossip
had it that he didn't want to marry a
German princess, and that the Princess
Eelene dOrleans, daughter of the
Cemte de Paris, was very much adj
mired by him.
However much a liberal at heart, the
best accounts agree that the Car took
I'D his inherited authority first with
dtstaste, and then with firm purpose OF
continuing his fathers policies. He
kept his fathers counselors, and de
ciared he would uphold the principle OF
autocracy.
His iii luck interfered here, too. Pc
biedonotsef was obliged to retire
Muravie1 was taken from him by sud
den death 81 de Plehve, bis balefu
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
A ROTARY FIDDLE BOW.
Does Away with Old-Time ScrapinR
and Is Big Improvement

Does Away with Old-Time Screaming
and Is Big Improvement.
wonderful advance has just lately
been made in violin playing by the
invention of the sO-called rotary fid-
die bow" which invention is the prod
uct of the brain of Tronjhem Oualm-
quist, Of Lesueur, says the st. Paul
Pioneer Press.
1t isn't bow at ali, but a wheel
about eight inches in diameter con-
structed of rawhide and made of re-
vOlye by pedal and flexible shaft in
the same manner that dentist runs
his drills and other tOoth-boring con-
trivances.
Every one realizes that the great
drawback to violin music Is the coli.
slant seesaw back and forth which
the player Is compelled to indulge in
in order to produce the music. He
''fddles' slowly when he wants a
slow tune and saws with lightning
like rapidity when the exigencies of
the music make him hurry, and this
waving to and fro Of his elbow some
times detracts in a slight degree from
the proper solemnity Of the occasion.
But with this new continuance no
see-sawing is necessary. The violin
is held in the usual position and the
wheel held in the other hand, when
brought into contact with the violin
strings. produces the musical vibra-
tons by whirling its primeter across
the chords. The wheel is so geared
that 1t can be made to run ten times
as fast as the man can draw q bow
and so regulated with small brake,
worked with the fingers, that the
speed can be instantly changed from
fast TO slow or the other way, as de-
sired 1t can be made to touch one
string only, or more than one, ex-
actly as bow is used, and by hold
ing it erect or tipping it to one side
the full breadth Of the edge Of the
wheel il brought in contact with the
strings or only the sharp edge of the
perimeter. With a bow the same tone
can be prolonged for only the length
of time that the musician Is drawing
his hand one full length, but no such
restriction Is necessary when the
wheel is used and the musician may
dwell on one note IS long as he de-
sires and shade or into other notes
without the stop or jerk necessary
when he uses a bow.
The improvement is marvellous and
Is sure to come into general use. II
il not patented. and will not be. for
Nj. QualmQuist says that he would
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
SPELLING.

- HERE is much complaint that the rising
U6~ generation can't spell. True. there
complaint that of the forefathers Of
the present generation could not spell.
tMsNMtNNI George Washington, Andrew Jackson and
kSNEGl other eminent In history
Quoted a spell-as- you please Ancient
of letters spoilers, in many instances.
STILL the average has gone down.hi, it appears Per
haps memory tingling cheeks and the ready
birch in the teachers hand which accompanied spell
down." makes children of older growth think
that learned to spell better than do these young
STEERS nowadays Usually with the old methods, it did
not pay TO miss the same word twice.
why is it," the question used to CO. that all the
bad spoilers become sign panters? Is it because OF
the strict union rules nowadays that the bad spoilers
have deserted sign painting and oyerfowed into all the
other occupations? Have modern methods of teaching
overlooked the desirablity of teaching the boys and
girls spelling and the three RS in order their
little heads with ornamental accomplishments
There a widespread belief that the
alton of the old fashioned spelling bees spell up and
spell down." would be a good thing The Brooklyn
Eagle thinks to such extent that it has offered
prizes on condition that the public school principals Will
let their pupils take i'll series of spelling match
The principals do not take kindly to the notion.
The Eagle says:
The nub the matter is just this the public
school children cannot spell The principals of the high
schools know that they cannot SPELL does everybody
else who has occasion receive letters from them II
a series of competitions held this most trouble
fact of the school situation those the in
side might be revealed the gerat body of parents
and taxpayers. Then there might arise such hue and
cry for and the fundamentals of educa-
ton would annoy the authorities who make
scientific and philosophical! of study which
Sights spelling for general information about every
body from Confucus and Buddha down to Admiral
Togo If the school should begin to make time
enough for fundamentals of which spelling is easily
first there is telling how many fads and frs would
have to be cut out to find the time for essentals"
Albany Argus.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
THE UNlUCKY CAR.
long List of Mishaps Which Have
Attended His Career.

Attended His Career.
It has been suggested that Nicholas
IL, Gar OF all the Russians, Is the
unluckiest OF living men. One would
have no difficulty in showing at least
that the Gar has had more mischance
than any other monarch on a throne
His first mishap was that which pro-
phetlcally came to him in Japan. He
was touring Europe and Asia In 1891
with Prince George Of Greece. AT
Ussuri. Japan, although he had had
splendid entertainment from the Mi
kadO. there was a feeling antagonistic
90 Russia, and a japanese drew a
sword 10 kill him, when Prince George
thrust it aside.
Afterward a japanese maiden, in
atOnement. went to a temple, placed a
sword hilt down on the ground and fell
upon IT, You might call the even. good
or bad luck. since the then Czarewitch
was preserved.
But what he was preserved for was
10 turn later the first sod OF the 81
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
Wrote Three Hundred Volumes.

When Henry Rocbefort first pub
lished his Lanterne. once week. his
articles were eagerly read all over Eu-
rope To-day, his rantings are little
Needed, even by his followers. One
Of his admirers has recently done
some figuring. For nearly half a cen
fury, Rochefort has written nearly ev
cry day a newspaper article. These
articles, if reprinted in book form.
would make library of at least 300
Volumes
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
Packing Plants.
Employees.


The total number Of persons en-
ployed in all the Swift packing plants
and branch houses aggregate over
10000 persons Conditions for en-
ployes in the various manufacturing
and operating departments Is continu-
ally improving with the construction
Of new buildings and the installation
of new and up-to-date equipment.
Sanitation and Hygiene.
The housewife makes no greater eff
fort to keep her kitchen clean than we
do to keep in sanitary and hygienic
condition our abattoirs. They are
thoroughly scrubbed at the close of
each days operations, and automatic
appliances are used wherever possible
in order TO eliminate the personal han
ding of meats. Rigid rules governing
these points are strictly enforced; lax
ity means dismissal.
Visitors Always Welcome
No other industry In the world gives
such a cordial welcome to visitors as
Swift & Co. We keep open house the
year around, and maintain a corps Of
specially trained guides, with special
elevators and rest rooms. In one year
We have entertained over a quarter of
million of men and women: in one
day-Grand Army Day, 19O1-we en-
tertained $4,000. Among our visitors
have been ambassadors from foreign
governments, princes, noblemen and
distinguished citizens from all lands
and eminent folks from every State in
the Union. We wish to famiIiarize the
public with our methods, and the best
way to do that is to let the public see
for itself. We have no secret process
es or methods in any department
Swift's Premium Hams ana Bacon
are more widely and favorably known
than any other brand. Their popular
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01

A Kansas mans wife left him to run
the house and get his own meals for
a week or two He cooked, as he
thought, the breakfast food every morn
ing When the wife returned she no.
ticed that her husband tvittered and
he himself acknowledged an inclination
to MARBLE. 1t was found that he had
cooked and eaten whole package of
canary seed. He says he is always re-
sisting an inclination to sleep with his
head under his arm.-Indianapolis
Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01

WELL said the landlady, as the
new boarder was about to begin his
second week, how do you like our
establishment"
''Oh, pretty WELL" replied the n. b.,
except the meals are usually arrang-
ed so as to interfere with what I'd
like to do"
What would you like to do?"
Queried the landlady.
Eat" was the significant response.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
Training the BOY.

II saw you Furnishing your boy to-
day. What was it all abOut!"
II caught him in a lie
''Oh, well. you can't expect boy to
tell the truth all the time"
Il know; but when he doesn't tell
the truth | want him to be bright
enough not to be caught at it."-Cath-
Ole Standard and Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
Mu..h In evidence.

Dick-How did you like the new
play?
Toni thought Miss Sadie Blugore
had entirely too much to say.
Dick-Was she in it? Why, l didn't
even know she had gone on the stage.
Tom-She was in one Of the boxes
with party the night was there.