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ments Of war. Once and again and
again they rushed upon the walls with
thunderous noise and changing weap-
forced them back. Then, urged for
ward by threatening famine, the latter
sailed beyond the gates and drove
back the foe until the siege was raised.
1t was with great Joy that they saw
the bakers of Schwaan, a village
twelve miles down the river Warnow,
at the gate as the enemy drew away,
bearing heavily laden baskets Of cakes.
1t was such godsend to the famished
burghers that they rewarded the
Schwaaner bakers by giving them the
privilege of coming to Rostock every
year on Maundy Thursday to offer
their cakes for sale. For many years
this custom prevailed, to the profit of
the bakers from the neighboring town.
In time, however, the bakers of Ros-
took, showing ingratitude. some might
think, baked the schwaanerkuchen
themselves. To this very day every
body in Rostock eats schwaanerkuchen
In holy week.
Another German bread, which in
shape resembles a capital w, owes
its existence to the siege of the Ger
man town of Krailsheim in 1879. 1t is
called haar affen. or hair monkeys, a
name suggested by the appearance of
the apparition which raised the siege.
The efforts Of the besiegers to take the
place had been in vain. They decided
to starve the burghers and their fami-
lies. So they sat down before the
town. There they sat for seven months.
By this time the provisions were get
ting short, and starvation seemed In
evitable. One woman had pondered
long upon the subject, and finally
she said to the head of the defenders:
'aThe people outside the wall are su-
perstitious. Let me masquerade at
night before them on the city wall in o
peculiar Dress" She was permitted to
carry out her plan. When her fantastic
figure was seen upon the wall in the
dim light, fitting from point to point,
climbing nimbly over obstacles. they
were horror stricken.
''Haar afte" they exclaimed, point
ing at the apparition on the wall. at
is an evil spirit" The following night
they fed from the town.
In remembrance Of the success of
the ruse this peculiar shaped cake was
made. For more than 500 years the
authorities Of the city have celebrated
the anniversary by distributing large
quantities of these cakes among the
poor and the children Of the city
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Cured Hemorrhages Of the Lungs.
''Several years since my lungs we're 81
badly affected that I had many hemor-
rhages," writes A. M. AXE, of Wood, Ind.
81 took treatment with s. veral physicians
without any benefit then started to
take Foley's Honey and Tar, and my
lungs are now as sound as bullet. |
recommend 1t in advanced stages of lung
trouble" Foley's Honey and Tar stops
the cough and heals the lungs, and pre-
vents serious results from cold. Refuse
substitutes. Anders Jacobsen.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. /.
Successfully used by Mother Gray. nurse In the
Children's Home in New York, Cure Feverish-
ness, Bad Stomach. Teethlng Disorders, move
and regulate the Bowels and DESTROY Worms.
over $1,000 testimonials. THEY NEVER FAIL.
At all Druggists, $50. Sample FREE. Address
Alien 8. OlmsCed, Leroy, N. Y.
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Cleaninu Brass.

Here is the government recipe fol-
cleaning brass. 1t is used in all the
United States arsenals and is said to
be the best In the world. This is the
recipe: One part Of common nitric acid
to half a part of sulphuric acid. Keep
the mixture In a stone jar, having
ready pailful Of fresh water and a
boxful of sawdust. Articles to be
cleaned must first be dipped in the
acid mixture, then into the water and
dried with sawdust. This process of
cleaning will change the brass imme-
diately to brilliant color. II the metal
is greasy-as candlesticks would be-
dip first in a strong solution Of potash
and soda, in warm weather. This cuts
the grease and permits the acid to
work This method Of cleaning brass is
entirely harmless and is very satisfac-
Plain Dealer
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hard proposition for the opposing
teams. They have some good teams
to play, including two games with
Stafford high school first team, Pal
mer high school first, Springfield
training school second team and other
strong teams.
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SPRING OPENING.
BIRDS

But there Is no wind when / tell you
that BIRDS ROOFING PAPERS and
FELTS are the best in the world, and
their PARINE PAINT is the thing to
cover any kind Of roofing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
-Four Bad snakes.

Snakes are much maligned creatures.
although they are for the most part,
of considerable value to man, as they
live almost entirely on insects and the
small rodents that are Injurious to
crops. OF all the snakes that inhabit
North America there are really only
four that are dangerous These are
the copperhead, the moccasin. the rat
tlesnake and little snake of southern
Georgia and Florida known as the
coral snake OF course there are a
number of different species OF the rat
tier (about thirty, but they inhabit
different parts of the country and are
all to be known from the fact that they
'rattle" when approached. All the
rest of our snakes are absolutely harm
less, and their bite is to be less feared
than that of a mosquito.-Scrap Book
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
CUNNING OF THE COYOTE.
Patience and Some of the other Pc
culiar Traits of the Animal.

Patience and Some of the other Pc
culiar Traits of the Animal.
There is the coyote. co-yo-tay, with
all the syllables, to the Mexican who
named him; "kiote" merely to the
American wanderer who has come and
gone so often that he at last regards
himself a resident stockunan and farm
er.
1t Is this little beasts triangular Wis
age, his sharp nose fitted for the easy
Investigation Of other peoples affairs
his oblique green eyes with their squint
Of cowardice and perpetual hunger
says the Outing Magazine. that should
have a place in the adornment Of es
cutcheons 1t is notorious that the
viclssitudes of his belly never bring to
him the fate upon whose verge he al.
ways lives, and that nothing but strych
nine, and not always that, will bring an
end TO his forlorn career.
AS his gray back moves slowly along
above the reeds and coarse grass and
he turns his head TO look at You, he
knows at once whether or not you have
with you gun and you cannot know
how he knows. Once satisfied that you
are unarned, he will remain near in
spite of any vocal circumstances. and
by and by may proceed to interview
you In a way that for unobtrusiveness
might be taken as a model of the art
Lie down on the thick brown carpet
of the wilderness and be still foi
twenty minutes and, watching him
from the corner of your eye, you will
see that he has been Joined by Others
of his brethren hitherto unseen. He
seems to be curious to know, first, II
you are dead and, second, if by any
chance-and he lives upon chances
there is anything else in your neighbor-
hood that he might find catable.
If you pass on with Indifference
which is the usual way, he will sit him
self down upon his tail on the nearest
knoll and Toll his red tongue and leer
at you as one with whom he is half in
clined to claim acquaintance. He looks
and acts then so much like gray dog
that one is inclined to whistle to him.
Make any hostile demonstration and he
will move a little further and sit down
again.
If ty any means you manage to of
,fend him deeply at this juncture the
,chances are that he and his comrades
may retire still farther and then bark
Iceaselessly until they have booted you
out of the neighborhood. That night
he and some of his companions may
come and steal the straps from your
saddle, the meat from the frying pan
and politely clean the pan-and even
the boots from beside your lowly bed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

The recruiting Office in this city has
hung on It's walls Chinese flag which
was captured from the Chinese forces
by the Ninth infantry of the United
States In command of Col. Liscum.
The flag is twelve feet long aud is
shaped as an uneven triangle. The
base, which was fastened to the pole.
Is six feet wide. A many colored
dragon four feet long. with fiery tongue
is striving to reach bloody moon
just out Of his reach. The dragon Is
in this position on the flag TO show
the Chinese belief that the empire
would put down that moon could il
reach it, Several bullet holes decorate
the yellow portion which surrounds the
moon and the dragon.
The finest of workmanship is dis
played on the flag. The toes. eyes and
the fiery moon are carefully inlaid
against the sombre background. The
Chinese fiagmakers consider well
made flag an estimate of their love for
the emperor.
The crimson moon and the fiery
tongue do not attract the attention of
the observer as does the blood which
is spattered in many places on the
flag. The blood is sure to remind that
war is not of the gentlest occupations
Wichita Eagle
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
The Blind of Cairo.

The first thing that impresses the
stranger In Cairo Is the number of
blind-men, women and children--to
be found everywhere, in the shops and
on the streets. Ophthalmia is very
prevalent throughout Egypt. Because
of superstition concerning "the evil
eve" the native mothers Of the middle
or the lower class do not wash the
eyes of their babies at all. Watch
ing the flies buzing UNDECIDED around
and upon these blind children, stran-
ger hastens 20 buy fly whisk. These
are for sale everywhere and are quite
attractive, with their ornaments of
fancy beads and palm leaf fiber Blind
beggars greet one at every corner.
Even in the high class Egyptian fami-
lies there are many blind. The lower
classes of Egyptians are given much
to hasheesh-that is, the lower classes
in the large cities-and, although it is
against the law to sell 1t, one will
have the hasheesh places pointed out,
and the men who smoke the drug are
seen everywhere. They are distin-
guished by the peculiar appearance of
their eyes, which become red, swollen
and baggy underneath, and by the Pc
culiar color of the skin, which resem-
bles somewhat the skin of a Chinese
opium smoker.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
USED SAME YEAST go YEARS.
Original "Seed," stolen I'm Ireland,
Still Raising Bread.

Original "Seed, stolen In Ireland,
still Raising Bread.
Nicholas Curran, a milkman and
farmer, near Bangor. Me-. has for sixty
years made yeast bread with yeast. the
original seeds of which were brought
from Galway in sailing vessel by his
aunt, Barbara Curran. in the summer
of the great famine of 1917. The yeast
Is claimed to ls Of particularly live
ly and explosive character, having the
force to burst stone jugs and shatter
champagne bottles. The family tradi-
ton asserts that the original use of the
yeast was for the brewing of powerful
ales on the Blake estate. just out from
Galway, where the Blakes had an ex-
tensiye tenantry, including not a few
Currans.
The family story goes that one Of the
old seed" Currans. and a near kins-
man of John Philpot Curran, the Irish
patriot, being intoxicated one night,
crept into the Blake cellar and stole a
jug of what he took to be double proof
ale, but on reaching home he discovered
it was yeast, wbereupon, to square him
self with his wife, he informed her that
It was a gift from Lady" Blake. which
pleased Curran's wife so much that she
nursed her husband back TO sobriety
and ever after retained the seeds of the
celebrated Blake yeast in the Curran
family.
When young Barbara Curran, with
her tin trunk and her young baby, set
sail for America to join her husband,
potatoes were so high that she paid 4
shillings for three small tubers, but,
as she needed fresh potatoes to keep
her precious yeast alive. she paid the
price, AMI during the forty days voy-
age between Galway and Boston she re-
newed the yeast four times. One of
Mrs Curran's last acts was to pass a
bottle Of the famous Blake yeast to
Nick" the granddaughter of her hus-
band, and tell him to retain the seed
In his family for all time. Since then
hundreds of persons have sought in
vain to secure as much as a teaspOonful
of the Blake yeast from the milkman,
but to every applicant he shakes his
head sorrowfully and says:
Twas the wish of the dead that
keep it. and keep ii | will. Go in and
eat all the yeast bread you want. and
welcome, but there is not money enough
in America to coax me into selling a
drop of the yeast"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
PLAGUE OF BIRDS IN ENGLAND.
Result Of Crusade for Protection

Result Of Crusade for Protection
Battues of Sparrovs and Finches.
The protection of birds in England
has reached such a stage that they have
become a nuisance and now ii is not
unlikely that systematic war will be
waged on them. The complaint is not
of the game birds, which pay in sport
and in the market. 1t is the little
feathered creatures that are bothering
the farmers and gardeners.
OF course, the sparrows are the
worst. They have grown to millions
in the southern part of England and
the Kentish farmers have had to organ
ize battues to reduce their numbers, as
they were devouring seed and grain and
destroying fruit to a ruinous extent
Tens of thousands of them have been
shot or caught with birdlime.
In Herefordshire, just north of Lon
don. the lullfinches are the worst of
tenders. swarns of them darken the
air and settle down on the fields aDl
in the orchard. The statement made
is that they absolutely denude the trees
of fruit.
Each apple or pear has only little
peck taken from 1t. but it is thrown to
the ground and rendered totally unmar
ketable. The farmers and fruit rails
ers here talk of organizing formal hunts
to thin out the fiocks of birds. Starlings
have also become extremely numerous
and are badly in need Of slaughter, the
country, people say.
The pigeons are the only birds con-
stantly shot all the year around in
England, and in spite of this their num-
her never seems to diminish. In one
farm outside of London the proprietor
reports that he shot recently $40 pig
cons in single day.
Farmers and gardeners and fruit
growers are proposing to memorialize
the government for the establishment
of scientific system to combat the In
crease of sparrows, finches. starlings,
crows and pigeons in the interest of
husbandry and horticulture.-New York
Sun
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
Voices of the Sea.

A lecturer, who has covered the
greater part of the country IN deliver
Ing his instructive and entertaining dis
courses ON travel, tells this story to
prove that illusions are essential to
human happiness. He remained over
night with the chairman of the enter
tainment committee after delivering a
lecture in seashore town on Long
Island. In the early morning he was
awakened by the sound of suction
pump in violent action; but he dozed
off again after noting that there was
high wind and storm threatening
from off the neighboring sea. At the
breakfast table he asked:
"Didn'. | hear a pump working this
morning, or was / dreamingY
why, yes," answered bis host my
father in-law Is an old sailorman, and
when we get little water in the eel
lar, he delights in pumping il out. This
house had been idle three years. till
We came along and bought it for the
very reason that others rejected it for.
With father, little thing like water
in the cellar was really an advan-
tage."
Indeed - remarked the lecturer.
"But besides the noise of the pump |
thought 1 heard (refecting minute) +,
oh, yes 1t sounded like the cracking
of the timbers and the wind in the rig
ging. l am curious to know how you
duplicate those voices of the sea to
please the retired captain"
20 land" said the hostess. Our
new girl, just over from Sweden, has
been about the house all morning wear
ing her new American silk petticoat
and her old peg Shoes"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

Instead of gymnastics or games, In
struments of torture were used for
modelling the figure of the young lady
of 1881. An English writer of that
year says that could the modern
schoolroom be preserved it would pass
for a refined inquisition. There would
be found stocks for the fingers (the
cheiroplast) and puIleys for the neck,
with weights attached Fanny KEN
bic, to whom nature had been by no
means unkindly, was found wanting in
department, and she writes that she
wore a 'sback board made Of steel. COW
cred with red morocco. which consist
ell of fiat piece placed on my back
and strapped down to my waist with
a belt and secured at the top by two
epaulets strapped over my shoulders.
From the middle of this there rose a
steel rod or spine with q steel collar.
which encircled my throat, fastened
behind" The machine proved a fail
ure, and she was put under the tuition
of a drill sergeant, who did for her all
that was required.-"Social England"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
An Ancient Prayer.

Old John Ward, who was pilloried
by Pope in the "Dunciad" and who
actually stood in the pillory in the
year 1927, when he was said to have
been worth 100000. was nevertheless
a pious man. He had large estates in
London and Essex and did not omit
to pray for their welfare in the follow
ing manner: 20 Lord. l beseech thee
to preserve the two counties of Middle
sex and Essex from fire and earth
quake, and as l have mortgage in
Hertfordshlre beg of thee likewise to
have an eye of compassion on that
county, and. for the rest of the COIN.
ties. deal with them as thou pleaseth."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
Co:d Storage for Apples.

The farmers of the West are in.
debted to the Illinois Experiment Sta
ton for the results of an experiment
that has teen going on for some years
to determine the most practical method
OF cold storage of apples.
While &c is somewhat of a trick IN
a good deal of our territory to grow
the finest quality of winter apples,
there Is little difficulty in growing such
sorts as the Duchess of Oldenburg and
other fall apples. Farmers here and
there in Iowa have adopted the plan
of putting these in cold storage, 50
that they can be sold at a profit AMI
sometimes this profit has been very
siderable.
The object of the Illinois Station has
been to determine whether the CONNER
cial growar of apples, or an individual
farmer, OK several farmers together,
could afford to construct cold-storage
house with a capacity Of from 1000
TO 5000 barrels, depending upon ice
and natural temperature for cooling the
same, and do so at a profit. We do
not go irto the details of the expert
ment but simply give the conclusions
based on the experience of several
years as follows.
Il. A s.orage-house having capac-
ity of 300 to 5000 barrels and de-
pendent upon ice and natural temper
allure for cooling the same, may be coz
structed for $3.430.40. Such a house
will provide a grower or community
of growers, cold-storage facilities ap-
proximating that found in refrigerating
plants at cost not to exceed twenty
cents barrel
80. The smaller grower cannot al
ford to iIsulate an Underground cei-
lar, as such places are poorly adapted
TO keeping apples compared to other
cold-storaga houses.
80. Tie best temperature for keeJ-
Ing apples is 81 degrees.
Il. FreIit keeps when allowed TO
mature, provided it does not become too
ripe.
%. DENY in sorting fruit after pick
ing results in greater loss than where
fruit is stored directly.
IS. 1t la indicated that newspapers,
either printed or imprinted, are the
most efficient wrappers for apples
placed in cold storage"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
Recommendation of .Thcater..


If 'theater" was originally written
"theater' in English. has its pronuncia-
ton also varied among the orthodox
that is to say, was there ever time
when correct speakers said "theayter.'
as many of the incorrect still do?
There is no direct evidence in verse of
serious kind for such pronunciation
so far as we know. Shakespeare GER
tainly pronounced the word as we do
now, says London journal. But since
''theayter" does really represent long
"a" of the original Greek and Latin it
is not easy to understand how the vul-
gar could have blundered on to it of
their own accord. 1t would have been
more comprehensive If they had turned
an orthodox 'theayter" into ''theater."
just as the second "a" in "Amasis"
goes too often popularity shortened now.
The French language has had to mark
the length of the "a" in 'theater' by
giving it rather irregular circumfex
accent
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

Send for. free copy of pamphlet con-
tanning synopsis of the United States
homestead laws and information how
TO secure quarter section of splendid
farming or grazing land free along the
new railway lines of the Chicago &
Northwestern Ry. in South Dakota,
Wyoming and other States. Special
excursion rates TO homeseekers. Full
information on request tc w. B. Knis-
kern. Passenger Traffic Manager, c. &
n. W. Ry.. Chicago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

When we reach the higher studies of
foreign languages we are told to seek
diligently to learn to think in the alien
tongue, as well as to read and write it.
That is, We are expected to catch the
meaning Of the strange words without
any connection with English or English
speech.
From this one may come to appreci-
ate the experience of a certain Porto
Rican negro. He was asked. not very
long after his arrival in the United
States, If English was very difficult for
him.
"Oh. no." he said. Il learn her YER
quick
so you could understand it and
talk it?'
"Oh, yes, YER good But | have one
trouble YER long time. l speak good.
an | hear good, but cannot dream in
English. / Away dream in Spanish.
An | feel YER bad, an l try so hard
to dream English. An one night | do.
dream English when / am asleep, an
| wake an | cry, an | weep for joy.
1 am happy. 1 can now dream in Eng
lish."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

water, Water, Water" shrieked
the man who goes to the bottom OF
things That's what's playing hob
with this country, The industrial en-
terprises will some day come to grief!
Our captains of industry will fill them
with water unit, they founder."
'But we have one enterprise that
needs Il" .innocently remarked the man
who didn't knew so much about the
country.
AN. what's that?"
1.-The Panama canal--Cleveland
Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
Wolf Teeth.

The old superstition about wolf
teeth in horses is still considered with
a good deal of respect by some people.
Many horse troubles are attributed to
these supernumerary teeth, when in ie-
atty the trouble comes from another
source Competent authorities say that
wolf teeth never cause eye troubles
or blindness and do no harm unless
they injure the cheek or the tongue
by being out of position SO that the
bit hurts the mouth. Shedding of the
molar teeth sometimes causes sore
eyes, which is believed to be wolf
teeth. We do not believe in the bar
barous custom of punching out the
teeth unless competent veterinarian
advises it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15

run down from $50 to 125 pounds.
was having terrible pain in the kid
neys. and the secretions passed almost
involuntarily. My left leg swelled un-
til 1t was "a inches around. and the
doctor tapped 1t night and morning un-
til could no longer stand Ii. and then
he advised amputation. | refused. and
began using Doan's Kidney Pills. The
swelling subsidized gradually, the urine
became natural and all my pains and
aches disappeared ! have been we'll
how for nine years since using Doans
Kidney Pills."
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. y. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-15
A striking Monument.

Nowhere in the world can be found
n more striking monument than that
erected on the shores of Lake Issy-
Kul. in central Asia, in honor of the
Russian General Prjevalski, famous
explofer of that region. The tomb is
followed out in the summit of jut-
ting cliff OH the eastern margin of the
lake and the monument consists of an
enormous rough hewn block of gray
granite. twenty-five feet high, over
which is thrown chart of central
A cia