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Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
General Ainswosth.

Once an army medico, now major
general, adjutant general and boss of
the whole military works, Fred Cray
ton Ainswerth is fifty-flve years old
and still climbing. According to people
who know. Ainsworth Is az ambitious
as Julius Caesar or Napoleon Bona
parte and has a heap more sense than
either Just now the government is
saving $500, 900 with every passing year
owing to its adoption of card index
system invented by General Ainsworth
which makes the full history of each
and every pensioner and soldier imne-
diately available. He knows everybody
n Washington, and everybody knows
him and likes him.
Happy days, general. Washington
Star.
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
FOR THE CHILDREN
Memory Test.

Seat yourselves in circle. The
leader begins by repeating the first of
these sentences loudly and distinctly.
The one on the left repeats it after
him, and so on around the circle.
When all have repeated it, the leader
says with equal care the second sen
tence joining it to the first; the next
person repeats both sentences, and the
rest of the company follow in turn.
The leader then repeats the third, pre-
eeded by the first and second in regu-
lar order, etc.:
1. One old OK opening oysters.
g Two toads totally tired trying to
trot to Tedbury.
g. Three thick humping tigers tic
king trout. .....
4. Four fat farmers tanning flames.
s. Five frivolous foreigners fleeing
from fashions from France. .r..
The player who makes no mistakes
repeating the entire list of sentences
wins the game. SAll who fail drop OUT
mt the first lapse of memory.
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
Poisoned Water For Trotters.

The poisoning of the water in the
fine lake Of L. v. Harkness' Walnut
Hall farm at Lexington, KY, has Civ,
en- rise to fears that some of the fine
trotters may die, as have all the fish
that were in the lake.
The water from the spring which
supplies the pond is pumped into every
paddock of the farm, and 1t is be-
lieved that had enough Of the poison
been placed in the spring every horse
in the great breeding esta adjustment, in
GLIDING Moko, Walnut Hall, Fereno
and Ozanam, might have been killed.
A quality of the water and some of
the fish were sent to the State college
experiment station for analysis.
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
Table Etiuuette.

Now. Willie boy, your Uncle Ben is COM
ing here to tea,
Along with auntie, and / hope a good
child you will be.
A napkins not a handkerchief, remember
that, my dear,
For should you use 1t thus I fear my
frown would be severe.
Don't pull meat chunks out OIL your mouth
and throw them on the rug, #
And should you crave little cream don't
gulp it from the jug.
And, Susie girl should brother dear re-
fuse to pass the cheese 7,
Don't llurl the pepper box at him; it's apt
to make him sneeze.
And just before it's cut don't stick your
fingers in the pie,
For If you do you'll surely force me to
exclaim, "Oh, fe!''
DO, Willie boy, you must be nice, and so
must Sister Sue,
For il you should be somewhat rude I've
told you what I'll do!
Philadelphia Record.
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
Clothes Drying Rack.

The question of how to dry clothes
within the house on rainy days is often
q problem to the housewife. How
easily it can be accomplished is shown
by the use of the clothes drying rack
herewith illustrated, the invention of
an Iowa man.. 1t consists Of stand
ard, which supports sixteen rods, four
on each side. Normally these rods re,
cline in a vertical position, the entire
rack occupying but small space. The
rods on each side are rigidly secured
to blocks which are hinged to the top
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
Turpentine For COUGHS.

Turpentine cures coughing. Inhale
turpentine as much as possible. At
night saturate folded handkerchief
with turpentine and pin to the pillow.
Place another handkerchief under each
arm and saturate the comfort In places
with the upper sheet between to avoid
the turpentine burning the flesh. A
flannel cloth creased with turpentine
and lard laid on the sheet often effects
an immediate cure.
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
Two Odd Words,

Some words undergo queer changes
IN Specification. Take prestige" for
example. We get it from the Latin
praestigiae, which means Juggling
tricks" The French prestidigitateu1
is derived from the same word. But
we use prestige" to express a favor.
able impression coming from good an
tecedents. The change in meaning may
be traced thus: One that performs jug
Cling tricks charms you by sort of
enchantment. as was formerly believ-
ed; hence enchanting is charming, and
charming is done by making a favora-
Bile impression. "Preposterous'' is an
other queer word 1t comes from the
Latin prae, before, and posterus, after.
Therefore it means the first last and
the last first. or, in other words, the
Hcart before the horse" - Chicago
News
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
Baked Toast,

Cut the crust from the bread, slice
and toast. AS each slice Is toasted dip
it in salted hot water. then lay in a
pudding dish, putting few bits Of
: butter and a little salt on each slice.
When the dish is packed full of the
toast pour over it scalding milk. to
which add little cream if you have
any to spare. Fill the dish to the bria
with the milk, then cover closely and
set in the oven to bake for twenty min
utes. The toast should be tender all
through and absorb most of the milk
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
Cleaning Chiffon.

To wash and restore chiffon the
length is folded and soaked in soap
lather and the hand occasionally drawn
down it while it remains therein. 1t is
also patted between the palms of the
hands until clean, then removed and
pressed between the hands in order to
squeeze out the soap, rinsed in plenty
of clean water and pressed as before,
this time to extract all the water. It
should never be wrung, but folded
fatty between thick cloths and pass
ed under wringing machine, when
it should be ironed Immediately.
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
Conunor..ms.

Do you know the soldiers definition
Of kiss? A report at headquarters
OF what trade are all the presidents
Cabinetmakers.
=. What is a put-up job? The paper on
the wall.
What is higher without the head than
with the head? A pillow.
What is the most dangerous kind Of
assassin? The man who takes life
cheerfully.
What is the difference between d
dollar bill and a silver quarter: Seq
enty-five cents.
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
Kid Murphy,

Kid Murphy. the New York boxer.
who has been resting for the past few
months, VIII shortly leave for the Pa
cifc coast, seeking matches with
frankie Neil and Harry Baker. The
Kid believes he is the equal Of any OF
his weight, and. judging from his rec
ord, this youngster is entitled to con-
sideration.
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
Hidden Gems.

I. Charlie. please bring me that pear
lying on the dining room table: 2. Let
me rub your hands; they look FROST
bitten. 8. See that dog hop along be-
hind the cart: he wants a ride. A.
Come. bring out your wheel, Fred; /
am on dads. 5: 1t was a queer look
ing building; they had painted the low
er part crimson and the top azure.
Answers, pearl; g ruby: 8. opal:
4, diamond: s. topaz Find them.
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
Uses For Salt BAGS,

Save YOUR salt bags. Being stitched
on a single thread, they can be readil.
ripped apart and when washed serve
for a variety Of purposes. Though
strong, they are usually loosely woven
so are especially useful as strainers il
the preserving season. Two medium
sized ones stitched together make. tn,
best kind of jelly bag. All sizes arr
useful as coverings for fruit or vege
tables or anything that must not bt
covered tightly and yet requires pro
lection on the pantry shelves or in the
cellar. In fact, their uses are SO vari
GUS that it would be difficult to emu
merate them
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05

Take ths ul.mber of your living
brothers, doubl" the amount and add
to it three, multiply by FIVE, add to it
the number of your living sisters, null
tiply by ten. add the number of deaths
Of brothers and subtract $50 from the
result. The right figure will be the
number of deaths, the middle will be
the number of living sisters, and the
left will show the number Of living
brothers. Try 1t and see.
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
Eastern LEAGUE Affairs,

The following Is full list of Eastern
league players who have been either
sold or drafted by the major leagues
this season: Mccarthy of Newark, by
Cincinnati; Kelley and Thoney Of To
ronto. by the Boston Nationals; Lake
Of Jersey City, by the New York Amer
leans; Foxen and Clement of Jersey
City, by the Philadelphia Nationals,
and Hall and Burchel of Baltimore, by
the Boston Americans
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
How Animals Blush.

Animals blush as girls do, but it is
fear and not modesty that in theil
case causes the thrush of blood
Horses blush in their ears, especially
In the left ear. When a horse is
frightened it's left ear will be found
very swollen. This is also true 0.
rabbits. .9 $685..
Cows and all other cloven footed ami
mails blush just above the fetlock
Dogs blush in their tails. When a dog
Is frightened his tail bushes so that
it hangs limp. the dog having abso-
lutely no control over it. Insects
blush in their antennae.
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
The Feet of the Colt,

Sound feet in the horse is necessary
to it's future usefulness and value. To
procure them careful attention must
be given to the feet Of the colt. The
hoofs must not be allowed to grow un-
til they weaken and break down the
wall above, cover the frog and deform
or compress the heel.
If the colt is kept on good ground
its hoofs will not need attention more
than once every few weeks, but If kept
in stable the rasp must be used quite
often to keep the hoof in good shape,
while the whole hoof must be washed
often and the frog and cIefts picked
free of all that might irritate. The
floor should he kept soft and wsrm
with good. clean straw.
Conundruns.
Why are well fed chickens like sue
eessIul farmers? Because they are
blessed with full crops.
Ii your nose was twelve inches long.
what would it be? A foot
Why is the letter r like the face of
Hamlet's father? 1t is more in sorrow
than in anger
Why is Ireland like a bottle of wine?
Because it has Cork in it.
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05

dress the scholars. Complying, he end
ed by saying that every boy could be
president of the United States if he
tried He then asked, How many chill
dren hope to be president some day ?'
Every hand was raised but one.
sand why don't you hope to be presi
dent?" asked ingalls,.
Because I'm a Democrat" answered
the boy.
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
How About This. Critic?

Frank Chance says that if Cincin-
natl had the players they let go In the
two past seasons they would now have
first division team. THE team has
too many youngsters. They play well
enough in spurts, but when it comes
10 critical points they go up in the air. 7
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
To pisinfeet a Room.

A simple disinfectant for use in a
Bickroom or in any room where a
close, musty or sewer smell is noticed
Is to put some ground coffee on a
shovel and bit of camphor gum in
the middle Of it. Light the gum, which
Is nonexplosive and easily ignited
with a match and allow the coffee to
burn with the gum. A refreshing and
sanitary perfume is the result.
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
CAPTAIN FIELDER A. JONES, CHICAGO
----.--- L. AMERICANS. - -.

outclassed those of today is this: In
the old days there were about fifteen
or twenty good players, and those few
showed the others up. Nowadays ev-
cry man must be star or he does not
play. That is why there are no bright
particular stars that shine out by them
selves. Every man is star, and he is
playing such magnificent ball that a
great play is forgotten from day to day
by the ever happening features in al
most every game"
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
Jones Talks on Ball PLAYERS.

Whenever a baseball manager has a
few moments to spare nowadays he
usually uses them in telling how much
better or worse the ball players of to-
day are than those of decade or more
ago.
. Fielder Jones, captain of the Chicago
Americans, recently announced his
ideas on the subject. He said: "It is
ridiculous to say that the players of
today are not far in advance of those
Of twenty-five years ago.
"The game has improved in every
who contends that the players of old
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05

of the rack. By turning these blocks
back and clamping them to the center
Of the rack the rods are supported in a
horizontal position. It is not neces-
sary to insert each rod in position, as
is usually the case, four rods being
clamped at one time.
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
A Kitchen Hint.

Save fuel by putting small quantity
Of salt in the water in outer part Of
double boiler. Salt water boils at u
over degree of heat.
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
PEOPLE OF THE DAY
The Grand Army,s New Chief.

The Grand Army's New Chief.
Judge Charles Germman Burton, the
new commander in chief Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, was attending
public school when the civil. war broke
out. Although but fifteen years Of age
he enlisted as private in the Nine
teenth Ohio infantry and soon saw ac
tive service with his regiment. Three
Morris tribune., 1907-10-05
The Oceans penkha

Expert photographers SAL that in it's
deepest parts the oceans waters are Sc
dense that a sunken ironclad would
never reach the bottom.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
NcStIings' Appetite.

The Unsuitable appetite of young
birds. and. indirectly. the benefits which
a community receives from the pres
ence of insect-eating birds. is admira-
Dly brought out in study made by
the students of the University of Indl.
ana, at the biological station at Winons
Lake.
Relays of students, according to the
Nature Study Review, placed them
selves II. position to observe contin.
uously from daylight to dark the move
ments in the nests of an orchard orr
ole. pewee. a phoebe and a wren, all
OF which belong to the insect-consum-
ing class of birds.
The little wren's nest. in which there
were five birds about days old, was
scene of great activity, and in the
nine hours and twenty-six minutes the
little bird family was under observa-
ton the nestlings were fed 113 times,
most of the food being foraged Dy the
male bird, but distributed by the
mother bird.
The food consisted of cutworms,
gfasshoppers, cabbage worms and sun
dry smaller insects which were not
identified.
The nest of the phoebe, which con-
tanned two young birds days old.
gave evidence of the first activity at
4 20 a. M, and between that time and
z p. M, when 1t began to rain, the
young birds had received 260 install
ments of dinner. The voracity of the
orioles and pewees were equally re-
markable.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
)E{{i E !! s asa5zaaA
@sHs sSs 3sss NY - - sezsz=-sN

until the last year, its enzOotic charat
ter, already manifest in some localities,
calls for the active interest of all low
ers of bird life.
The experts in the Bureau of AMI
NAL Industry have investigated the dis
lent bacillus of intestinal origin. Sci
entifcally speaking, it is colibacillo-
sis Post-mortem examination general
~ reveals congestion Of the lungs, vel.
lowing white areas of dead tissues on
the liver, and an Inflammation of the
intestines usually characterized by the
formation of very small ulcers. The
lnteStlneS are often for their whole
length studded with these ulcers.
Quail disease has many points of re-
semblance to the so-called grouse dis
ease which so often devastates the
m0ors of England and Scotland. With
the history of grouse disease before us
there should be an earnest endeavor
TO prevent quail disease from estab
fishing itself in the United States The
bureau has issued Circular No. 100, a
preliminary report on the disease. In
terested persons should secure copies
and assist as far as possible by furnish
ing information which may lead to &
better understanding of the cause Of
the disease and measures for combat
ing III
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
HE GOT THE JOB.
Meaning of New Voice that Puzzled
Flat DwelIers.

Meaning of New Voice TINT Puzzled
Flat Dyvellers.
with the windows once more open
we hear again." said the fiat dweller. TO
a New York Sun man. "the various IA
miliar sounds OF the open-window sea-
son. The lady who sings and scars up
and up to linger long on the tall, high
notes is going strong, just as she was
when we shut down the windows and
shut out her voice last fall. We hear
once more the monographs, with new
tunes but with the same voices. And
here Is the trombone man, blowing
away generously. and the cornet man,
n little farther down the block, but not
quite so far away rs wewished he lived,
is still keeping up his practice. They
are all. all here. and we are glad at
least that the musicmakers have all
come through the winter in good health.
But with all the rest we have had one
sound this season that was wholly new
to us and that was until to-day a mys-
terry
"Ths sound first came to us when
the windows were first opened. some
two weeks ago. and we have been hear
ing II regularly every night since. 1t
was the voice OF a young man, shouting
and evidently practicing some form Of
shouting In which, he was seeking not
only TO perfect himself. but 70 excel.
"At-yarn- he'd sing out 'Waa-ar.
waa-ar, waa-ar, waa-ar. Hoo-rer. hoo
rer. hoo-rer, zoo-rer. zoo-opv his voice
rising high and sweeping swiftly down.
ward, and then sweeping upward again
with accommodating l0udness. He might
pause for a moment ana then you'd
hear again the singers and the phono-
graphs and trombones. lad then:
.Whoo-op. H-yar, Bra-ar, bra
ar! Yah. Yah. Ger-ar, Crab CIR.
ali! Crab, Wheel
But clearly he wasn't crazy; there
was method in his fierce and varied vo-
cal gyrations. Very evidently he was
practicing for neutrality-suspicious.,
and we all wondered. what could it be:
But now we think we've solved the mys-
terry
Yesterday morning we saw In the
newspapers this advertisement:
"'Young man wanted TO work in
frankfurter stand; must be a good
shouter.'
And last night the man with the
voice was missing. 1t looks as If he'd
got the job"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
KEEPING DOG EXERCISED.
A Harlemite Has Found Out How to
DO Ii without Taking Him Out.

DO Ii Without Taking Him Out.
One man in Manhattan has solved
the problem on how to keep dog COM
paratively comfortable even in the city,
says the New York Times. The dog
has a certain amoCnt of permanent
liberty and still the owner never has TO
worry about his pets whereabouts.
William Montgomery. an elderly man,
who keeps a plumbing shop in a little
old-fashoned wooden building on the
southeast corner Of f52d street and Am
sterdam avenue. is the dogs owner. On
the avenue side adjoining his little shop
is an ample garden in which several
well-grown shade trees flourish. All
day long passersby, sometimes single,
but often in groups, stop and gaze over
the low fence into the garden. Some
times carriages and automobiles stop
while their occupants crane their necl1s
to take note of the curious spectacle in
the garden.
Between two trees about fifty feet
apart is stretched Il wire, some seven or
eight feet to the ground. Beneath one
tree Is a dog kennel and under the
other raised wooden platform. The
plumbers dog. a wire-haired Irish ter
rier, is attached 10 the wire and has an
exercising ground 20 by 90 feet in area.
The dog gets this restricted freedom
by means of a long. light chain, one
end of which is fastened to his collar,
while the other is attached to an iron
pulley wheel which runs along the hori-
zontal wire.
Passers-by are attracted by the whir-
ring noise made by the pulley and the
rattle Of the chain, as the little dog
frisks I'D and down the garden. When
he fails to attract attention the dog
sits in an expectaut attitude on his
platform and gazes wistfully through a
mass of tangled gray hair toward the
street. As soon as he is observed he
bounds to the ground and barks with
delight as he trots up and down.
The dogs playground Is as bare Of
verdure as a table, while outside his
limits the garden is carpeted with thick
grass.
1--WE kept that dog there for four
years." said Mr.. Montgomery, land he
is now IL or u years old. l used to
take him out for walks. but my health
became poor and ! hit on this plan to
give him a little liberty. He is always
happy. unless children annoy him by
throwing things. but l keep q pretty
sharp eye out for them and he isn't
disturbed very Often"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
HEN cHEws TOBACCO.

Refuses to Hatch Out Chicks Unless
Provided with the Weed.
When SANDY" Hicks came to the vii
lnge the other day and told how his star
leghorn hen, Lucy, had become so far
civilized that she could chew spruce
gum and tobacco, the folks took the
tale with a grain of salt. says the New
York correspondent at Macwamoc,
Marie.
II reckon seein' is believin' and sc
Iii show any OF We that's doubters, :"
SANDY declared
John Hedges and Bert Brink hadn't
much to do except fish so they went
along out to "Sandy's' place where
they were greatly surprised to see that
Hicks was no nature-faker.
There she is" said SANDY" mo-
tioning to motherly old hen on nest
of straw. "She's settin' and the only
way / can keep her on is to give her all
the gum, and weed she wants"
whats she chewing now?' asked
Frink.
"Gum," replied SANDY, ""but shell
shift. You watch"
Taking a bit of fine-cut tobacco from
his pocket Hicks rolled ii into ball
the size Of a pea and extended it to
Lucy. With cackle Of Joy the old
hen gulped down the gum and was soon
mounting the n.orsel. working her bill
the way man wo.'kslhis jaws.
Il shouldn't think she could chaw
without teeth observed Hedges; thai
Is, not gum"
"well, she cam" replied Hicks. "She
sort of lets the gum soak till it's soft
and then chews it real lively. AS for
the tobacco, that's easy. Why, know
q hundred men without even store teeth
who Just dote on the weed"
Toothless Lucy seemed to love the
sedative and the last Hicks and his
neighbors saw of her that day she was
chewing away like veteran while she
Matched out her chicks.