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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14

-Say," complained the stranger, step
ping inside the drug store. this weighing
machine in front of your place is OUT
of order"
"I've got nothing to Co with that ma
chine" said the sleepy looking young man
behind the counter.
''Well, somebody ought to have"
whats the matter with it, anyway
1T won't work. l dropped a penny
into it inst now, and the indicator didn't
fy around. l shook the machine, and
jumped up and down on the platform, and
still it didn't move. It's a swindle."
1T took the penny, all right, didn't itT
Certainly"
well, that's what it's for. There's
nothing the matter with the machine, sir"
Chicago Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14

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Eben, the "chore boy" was gr>at
trial to the farmer who gave him his
living in return for his work on the
farm. He was of a freakish temper,
and Farmer Morse's simple and time
worn methods of punishment only
made him sullen. Moreover, he had
the ingenuity of a fend in ievising
vexations for the man whom he con-
sidered as his natural enemy.
After one of his periodic misdemean-
ors Farmer Morse gave him his choice
between the usual Licking" and the
ordeal of being headed up in barrel.
I'm going away this afternoon,
so you'll have to stay there till | git
back. but I'll leave you a place to
breathe, so's't you won't smother"
Eben considered. Il choose the bar
rel,'' he said. and the farmer went and
found an empty one which had some
holes in the sides. Into this he put
the boy and nailed heavy boards over
The top. He suspected that some idea
was working in the ingenious young
brain, and he was determined there
should be no chance of his prisoner
escape.
With sense of relief and satisfac-
ton he pounded in the last nail, and
went away to "hitch up"
He was about to drive out Of the yard
when be heard an unusual tapping
noise behind the barn. Its that boy,
he thought. and went softly round to
where he could see the barrel. 1t ap-
peared somewhat agitated, tipping
slightly this way and that, and the
boards recently nailed over the top were
being struck with soft, persistent blows
from the inside.
Fire away" said Farmer Morse to
himself. "Ye won't get out O. there
very quick And indeed it seemed un-
likely that the boy, in his cramped posi-
ton, could do anything effectual-
But as the farmer was turning away
he stopped to listen again. The blows
sounded as If they were beginning to
be effective. Yes. there was the end
of one board loose, the mysterious thuds
sounded faster than ever, and presently
off flew the boards and out few a pair
of bare feet. Next the barrel tipped
over and small boy backed out of it
His first joyous leaps Of freedom
brought him face to face with his
jailer.
"very smart indeed" commented the
latter. "Since you're so good at stand
ing on yer head, We might come and
do it in the barn for few minutes
Just to show me how it's DONE"
The crestfallen Eben followed meek
ly to a well-known spot where some
thing hung against the wall.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
LEGS OF UNEQUAL STRENGTH.
Chicken Freaks that Can't Scratch
I'm Gardens Devised by Farmer.

Cn1cken freaks tnat San't Scratcu
I'm Gardens Devised by Farmer.
Charles Spencer, Of Newton. Sussex
County, New Jersey, had been troubled
greatly by his neighbours chickens
scratching in his garden, so he set to
work some time ago to devise a hen
that could not scratch or wander away
from its own yard, says the New York
World. After many disbursements
he claims to have produced number
of hens with one leg shorter than the
other by the crossing Of Plymouth
Rocks and bantams.
These hens he asserts, have a right
leg six inches long and left leg but
four inches. They are unable to wander
any distance from the coop owing to
Their inability to take steps of the same
length with both legs. Instead, they
walk around in circle.
Another Sussex County man says a
Plymouth Rock hen has just Matched
out a brood of eleven chickens which,
instead of walking like ordinary chick
ems, hop like sparrows. He explains
this popularity by the fact that during
the period of incubation the mother
hen was viciously attacked by flock
Of sparrows.
Aside from furnishing a remarkable
example of parental influence. the case
OF the hopping chickens is calculated
to furnish strong argument for those
who contend that the hen that matches
the egg. and not the one that lays it.
Is the real mother Of the chicken
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
starting N Pasture.

1t is advisable, in order TO start 4
pasture, to first pillow the land deeply
and harrow well, thereby rendering the
earth fine and in good condition for the
seed. In selecting seeds it is best TO
choose from varieties that are known
to be adapted to the soil and climate,
but be careful to use enough. Economy
in seed is extravaganza, loss being
the result in the end. Before sowing
apply about 100 pounds of kainit per
acre and two bushels of land plaster.
If the land is plowed in the fall, SOW
lime ON the surface and leave it there
A good start is everything, and the
greater the variety of grasses the bet.
ter the pasture
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
Fertilizers.

Decidedly the best fertilizer that can
be used is well rotted stable manure.
In most cases where commercial ferti-
lizers are used some manure should be
used with It, 1t is important in ferti-
Iizing soil to improve its physical con-
ition as well as its chemical compo.
ion. 1t should be made loose, so that
, roots of plants may readily absorb
the food 1t contains. Tor this purpose
manures are unexcelled.
The physical properties of soil have
a large influence on its fertility. Tho
most common means of loss of fertility
is through teaching, or the mechanical
washing away of nourishing properties
Soil which has large proportion of
clay are finely grained and compact
thus making it easy for the plant food
they contain TO be washed away. All
the same time the compactness FIRE
quently retains the elements of fertil
jty tenaciously against their use b,
plants.
If a commercial fertilizer is used II
should be mixture that gives a com.
plete fertilizer, supplying all the ele
ments needed to make rich soil. The
commercial fertilizer is preferred 10
manure for use on lawns, because of IT,
greater cleanliness and the fact tina,
it contains no weeds. Manure is fire.
quently full of the seeds of weeds. An
excellent fertilizer for use on lawns Is
mixture of hardwood ashes and bone
meal. This has been declared to con.
tain all the elements needed for the
successful growth Of grass.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
FIower. in French Politics.

In France the wearing of certain
flowers is likely to invite the disagree
able attention of the police. Thus the
white carnation betokens monarchical
opinions and royalist sympathies. 1t is
affected by those misguided people who
are foolish enough to believe that
France would be better off under the
scepter Of the disreputable and COM
pletely discredited Duke of Orleans
than under the sagacious rule of the
republic to which she is indebted for
thirty-five years of unparalleled pros
perity. The violets have always been
the emblem of the house Of Bonaparte
since the reign of the first Napoleon
At the memorial services held each
year at Jaris on the anniversary of the
death of Napoleon III. and of the un-
fortunate prince imperial who persisted
in Zuluiand every man and woman in
the congregation may be seen wearing
bunch of violets. Red carnations
were the badge of the partisans of Gen
eral Boulanger, and for a time were in
great demand as such; but the manner
in 'ahich they suddenly vanished from
button holes when the ignominious
flight of "le brav' general" to Belgium
and to England became known was al
together phenomenal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
Those Mx.tic signs.

A story is told of the most conspicu.
Gus joiner in a thriving Western city
noted for its many lodge members,
says the Atlantic. Indeed, it is said
that everybody belongs to at least one
ledge, and nearly everybody to two or
three. Recently a new family came to
town, located just across the street
from the postmaster of all the organ
izations. One day, week later, he
caught the fve-year-old son of the
neighbor as the lad was passing, and
with few preliminary remarks led
up to:
"Say, boy, is your father MasonT
''No, sir" was the sharp reply.
Probably, then, he is an Odd Eel
Iow?'
NO, sir, he amt"
Knight of Pythias? Woodman'
Workman? Pyramid? Forester? Mac
cabee?"
The-boy shook his head.
isn't your father the member of any
lodge?" demanded the questioner in
puzzled tone
mot one," replied the boy.
Then why on earth does he make
all those signs when he comes out In
the front yard every morning.
''Oh. that amt lodge" cheerfully ex
planned the lad. PAS got St yitus
dance"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14

~aRNzkUl

A genuine lock OF Charles Dickens
hair, said to have been received by one
Thomas White from Dickens sister-in-
law, Miss Hogarth, who was with the
famous novelist at the moment when
he had his fatal illness, was recently
sold in New York for $40
A clean copy of the rare first edition
of 1.-The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver
Goldsmith, in q beautiful binding by
Riviere, was one among many rare
books sold by the Anderson Auction
Company in West 10Th street, New
York. the other day. No work of tine
eighteenth century, it is said, has made
greater advance in value than the first
edition of this classic, which was
printed at Salisbury in 1766 1t sold
for $3.50 to G. ID. Smith The Appleton
copy sold for S64O and the French
copy for $500.
Jeremiah Curtin, tie only authorized
translator of Henryk Sienkiewicz, the
great Polish novelist, is at present en-
gagged in writing an important work,
ito be called THE Mongols, History"
Mr.. Curtin spent three months among
the Buriats, the only tribe of Mongols
who have retained the horse sacrifice
and preserved the splendid creation
myths of their race. Mr.. Curtin is the
author of Creation Myths of Primitive
America" Myths and Folklore of Ire,
land" Myths and Folk Tales of the
Russians" Western Slays and Mag
yars," and other authoritative volumes
of similar description. Polish is said
to be but one of seventy foreign Ian
guages with which he is familiar. Mr.
Curtin has received from Henryk Sien-
kiewicz the exclusive right of trans
lating all that authors works into En-,
glish.
Sir Caspar Purdon Ciarke's asser.
ton, at recent luncheon in New York,
that Mark Twain is loved and admired
even more in England than in the
United States, has strange sound for
the average American, but any one
who has travelled widely abroad cannot
but have been impressed by the differ
ence in the quality Of the regard in
which Mr. Clemens is held across the
ocean. To his countrymen he is the
humorist first and last, the merry au-
thor whose lightest saying is listened
to with eager and amused attention
while to the world outside he Is fun
damentally an optimist and a philos-
opher. There his humor has not hid
den his genius, as it has to certain
extent for his American readers,
though his inspiring philosophy, COM
pounded of Astounding love of his fell
low-men and belief in the fundamental
good in human nature. is coming to be
felt more and more. Perhaps this diff
ference is Que in some part TO the fact
that a great deal of humor is necessa-
rily untranslatabler and that therefore
Twain's works in foreign languages
show more clearly their underlying
basis Of sober truth and high ideals.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
LIMB WASTED WITH ECZEMA.
Suffered Untold Agonies-DoctorS Said
It Was the Worst Case-Wonder-
full Cure by Cuticura.

81 used the Cuticura Remedies for
eczema. The doctor said it was the
worst case he ever saw. 1t was on
both limbs, from the knees to the an
kles. We tried everything the doctors
knew of, but the Cuticura Remedies
did the most good. was obliged to
lie with my limbs higher than my
head. for the pain was SO terrible r
could not walk. l suffered untold ag-
onies. One limb wasted away a great
deal smaller than the other, there was
so much discharge from it. ! found
the Cuticura Remedies very soothing,
and l still keep them in the house. l
am very thankful to say that | am
cured. / found the CuticuKa Remedies
all that you say they are. / hope that
you may be spared many years to
make the Cuticura Remedies for the
benefit of persons suffering from the
torture of skin diseases. such as had.
Mrs. Golding, Box s, Ayr, Ontario,
Canada. June 9, 1867
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
Treating Oats for Smut.

Although the following information
has been given in this DEP rtment be-
fore 1t is repeated in response to num-
Der of requests. Formaltn is used for
the purpose and as it is obtainable at
any drug store Ii Is within the reach
of all, and, further, as it is cheap and
only small quantity is needed, there
is no excuse for not treating the seed
oats. The method Is to use a half
pound Of the formalin to each thirty
gallons OF water and this Is usually
enough to treat a hundred bushels, of
oats. The seed oats should be spread
out thinly on the barn floor and suffi-
Gent of the solution be sprinkled over
them to thoroughly dampen them.
When the work is done shovel the oats
together in pile and cover them with
carpet or something similar for !.
They may be sown at once after
ais drying or they may be spread out
and well dried and sown at any time
one pleases. AS the method is SO cheap
and simple, every one sowing oats
should adopt it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14

M Il. C. B. FIZEIi, Mt. Sterling, Ky,
w writes:
81 have suffered with kidney and
bladder trouble for fen years paSf.
last March | commenced using
Peruna and continued for three months
] have not used it since, nor have / lcit
a PAIN.
Il believe that | am well and | there
fore give my highest commentator 10
the curative qualities of Peruna-
Pe-runa for Kidney Trouble
Mrs. Geo. III. Simser, Grant, Ontario,
Can, writes:
Il had not been well for about four
years. had kidney trouble, and, i'm
fact. felt badly nearly all the time.
This summer / got so very bad
thought / would try Peruna, so / wrote
to you and began at once to take Peruna
and Manalin.
Il took only two bottles of Perrna
and one of Manalin, and now | feel
better than have for some time.
Il feel that Peruna and Manalin cured
me and made a different woman of me
altogether. | bless the day I picked up
the little book and read of your Peruna"
IL IS fhe Business of the kidneys
TO remove from the blood all poi
sonous materials. They must be active
all the time. else the system suffers. There
are times when they need little assist
ance.
Peruna is exactly this sort of rem
edy. 1t has saved many people from
disaster By rendering the kidneys SER
vice at time when they were not able
60 bear their own burdens.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
BUILDING FOOD.
To Bring the Babies Around,

When little human machine Cor q
large one) goes wrong, nothing is so
important as the selection of food TO
bring it around again.
MY little baby boy fifteen months
old had pneumonia, then came brain
fever. and no soone> aad he got over
these than he began to cut teeth and.
being so weak, he was frequently
thrown into Commissions" says Color
ado mother.
II decided a change might help, so
took him to Kansas City for visit.
When we got there he was so very weak
when he would cry he would sink away
and seemed like he would die.
when l reached my sisters home
she said Immediately that we must feed
him Grape-Nuts, and, although had
never used the food, we got some and
for a few days gave him just the juice
Of Grape-Nuts and milk. He got
stronger so quickly we were soon feed
ing him the Grape-Nuts itself, and in
a wonderfully short time he fattened
right up and became strong and well.
THAT showed me something worth
knowing and, when later on my girl
came, raised her on Grape-Nuts and
she is a strong. healthy baby and has
been. You will see from the little pho
tograph l send you what a strong,
chubby youngster the boy is now, but
he didn't look anything like that before
we found this nourishing food. Grape
Nuts nourisEed him back to strength
when he was so weak he couldn't keep
any other food on his stomach" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Greek,
Mich.
All children can be built up to a more
sturdy and healthy condition upon
Grape-Nuts and cream. The food con-
tains the elements nature demands,
from which to make the soft gray fill
ing in the nerve centers and brain. A
weli-fed brain and strong, sturdy nerves
absolutely insure healthy body.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, THE Road to MELVILLE"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
XVII is A SINGULAR BIRD.
New Zealand Native Product Seems
to Have No Wings.

New Zealand Native Product Seems
to Have No Wings.
When the first skin of a kiwi was
shown some English naturalists about
seventy years ago they were greatly
perplexed as to its relationship. The
kiwi is a native of New Zealand, and
while once very common there is now
becoming extinct. Its remarkable pc
cuiiarities are-first, the apparent alb
sence of wings, as the plumage so Gov
ers the small. rudimentary, sticklike
apperdage of wing that none what
ever is apparent. The situation of the
nostrils at the bills extremity is sec
ond peculiar feature. While hunting
for earth worms it probes the soft
ground, making continual snufflne
sound; thus the scent Is evidently OF
great help in finding food and the rea
son for the position of the nostril:
quite apparent.
A third popularity is the very dis
proportionate size of the egg in com
parison to the bird, it being little less
Ildu olie-loultH the DiIu VNh "eAeh'
One kiwi's egg found weighed four
teen and one-half ounces, while th'
bird weighed just under four pounds
(sixty-four ounces) and was about the
size of an ordinary hen.
The plumage of the kiwi is dull
brown streaked with light gray, ant
the body resembles a miniature hay
shock rather badly hacked off at the
rear part, as nature has not provided
the kiwi with such decorations as {
tail. The absence of wings is compen
stated for by their swiftness of foot
and the large, clumsylooking legs
which are sometimes used as weapons
are placed far back on the oddly SHAPED
body.-St. Nicholas Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
Green Food for swine.

II the swine are not on the range,
and hence without access to green food
during the summer, they should be sup
piled with it In the pens if one would
have them thrive. Make it business
TO pull up weeds for a halfhour daily
and cart them to the pig pen. Any
weed that is not poisonous will do the
swine goc1 and they will eat greedily.
Change the diet little occasionally by
giving them some grass or any vege-
table tops from the garden. Do not
give them a great lot of green stuff
one day, so much that they waste a
portion of it, and none for a week,
but let them have all they will eat up
clean and give it to them several times
a week. Give them also all the fresh
water they want, with a shady corner,
and you will find that these inexpen-
sive things will make the food given
them count for much more than 1t
would otherwise.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14

When one has a pasture through
which stream runs he considers him
self fortunate so far as the water ques-
ton is concerned, but there is much
danger in such a situation unless one
is sure of the stream for a considera-
BILE distance before the water reaches
his pasture. What is the stream used
for by those who have access to it be-
fore 1t reaches you? If you do not
know, it is a good plan to find out be-
fore the cows are permitted to drink
from it. After all, there Is nothing
like water from a good well so located
that it cannot become contaminated In
any way. True, it takes time to get
the water out and to the COWS or the
cows to the water, bur it is usually
time well spent Do not work on the
plan that the cows can drink all the
water they need at morning and night,
hence can go without it between these
periods. Probably they can. but did
you ever notice the effect on the milk
pan?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
preventing Sore shoulders.

The heavy work season of the farm
nearly always occasions sore shoulders
of work horses, says an Indiana farm
er, who gives this simple and cheap
way to prevent it:
Take an ordinary sweat pad and
cover the surface next to the shoulder
with white soft oilcloth. Be very care
full TO have it put on very smooth with
out any wrinkles or Jumps on its sur
face. The cover is put on by neatly
sewing it with strong thread, so that
1t will not become displaced. The
t1ouble with the horses shoulders in
this respect is caused by sweating, and
Is the oilcloth presents cool, dry sur
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14
sowing Crimson Glover.

Many who are having their first ex
perience with crimson clover make the
mistake of sowing it in the spring, usu-
ally sowing it in with the rye. The
idea is that if this is done there will
be fairly good crop to turn under liz
the fall. Possibly this may work in
some cases and some sections, although
it is not a safe proposition to follow
generally. BY far the better plan
would be to SOW the crimson clover
seed in July or August in some cult
waited crop, corn being the usual CROP
in which it is sown. The result of this
plan would be a. good crop of clover
the following spring in nine cases oui
of ten where the soil was suited TO the
crimson clover. This plan will not in
any way jnterfere with the proper cul-
tivation Of the corn or other crop which
will have ceased before the time for
sowing the clover.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14


An Irishman named Michael joined
his brother James in this country. The
money he brought over, added to James
savings, enabled them to 60 into the
Ice business. In course Of time their
custom increased. and it became nee.
essary for them to have an Office. In
this James soon installed a nice roll
top desk.
1.-THE one desk will do for the two Of
u.s." he explained, the day it was set
up. And here are two keys; one for
you, and one for me-"
Michael accepted the key, but seemed
to be studying the desk.
That's all right" he said But
where Is NV kevholeT
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14

Competition is no mean influencing
agent. 1t is a well known fact that In
our smaller places reliable farmers
have attempted to produce good
quality of milk for their customers and
to sell it at fair price. Their charges
estimated from cost of production have
been very reasonable, say 6 cents per
quart. After starting some irresponsi-
BILE man would undertake to sell milk
at 3, !. or 5 cents per quart. Conse-
uuentls the good milk was soon crowd
ed out, and there was left upon the
market only this poor quality of milk.
This irresponsible man could then raise
the price of his mike. l.. Marshall
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14

II won't attempt to deny it, sir" said
the man whom the attorney was badger
ing with a severe cross examination. 1T
is fact that was punished once for con-
tempt of court"
'Ah, you were. Now, sir, will you
please tell the jury all about IT'D"
'Yes, sf. When / was little shaver
my mother once used large slipper on
me for yelling through the keyhole into
the parlor where young man was spark
ing my sister. That is the whole story,
acknowledging Tribune.