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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Bird or Bee!

Two quaint observations about hum
ming birds are published in Early
Long Island" by Martha Flint, both
quoted from letters of the seventeenth
century, written from the new coun.
try of America. Says one:
The Humbird is one of the wander:
of the country, being no bigger than q
Hornet, yet having all the Dimensions
Of Bird, as bill, wings with quilts
spider-like legges, small claws. Fol
Colour she is as glorious as the Raine
bow"
Adrian Van der Donck, one Of the
Hollanders of New Nederlandt in
1912, writes of "a
Curious small bird concerning
which there are disputations whether
it is a bird or a bee. It seeks its nour-
ishment from flowers like the bee and
is everywhere seen RECALLING itself on
the flowers. In flying they make 8
humming noise like the bee. 1t is only
seen in Nieuw Nederlandt in the sea
son Of flowers. They are very tender
and cannot be kept alive, but we press
them between paper and send them as
presents to our friends"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07

I had horrible dream a few nights
ago. 1 dreamed that I was the sub
editor or a religious weekly. There
is nothing dreadful in that, OF course.
The horrible part comes later. Ny
editor, just off for holiday-editors
generally are, you know-instructed me
to write TO several people Of enlnence
and ask them to tell me their favorite
prayer. q record this little story in
all reverence, you understand.) Well.
many Of the eminent people replied, In
Guiding lady novelist OF great fame
The lady wrote:
Dear Sir-In reply to your esteemed
favor, have much pleasure in inform
ing you that my favorite prayer is.
Give Us this day our daily bread"
placed it at the head OF the col
umn, put the paper to bed and went
there myself, feeling pleased Next
morning when L opened my copy OF the
religious weekly l found that three let
ters had been dropped from the lady
novelist's favorite prayer. which, to my
CONSERVATION, now read as follows !:
Give US this day our daily adj" woke
up screaming. - Keble Howard, IN
Sketch
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Unconscious Humor.

A class OF little folk in an English
elementary school were recently asked
to define "a lady" with curious results.
The definition Of Lizzie, aged Z, will
strike a responsive chord in the heart
OF the busy woman and shows that
Lizzie must be an observing person. a
lady is something like a man." says
Lizzie, but she's got long hair and
she's got different face and different
clothes, and she's got lot Of work to
do" Charlie, aged 6. is impressed by
the difference between the sexes. "A
lady" he finds to be different from
man because lady has different
clothes from man. a lady has different
eyes from a man, lady has a differ
ent body from a man, and a lady has
different shoes from a man" Howard.
aged Z. gets at the same facts from
different point OF view. a lady," he
says, "has not got some trousers, but
4 man has got some trowsers" A sec
ond Charlie, a year older than the first
one, thinks that "a lady is a nice WON
an because she don't have torn clothes.
and she has a woch with her, and she
has a chane on the woch."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
MYSTERY OF THE WEEDS.
Stranger Plants Spring Up Unac-
countabIy After Soil Is Turned

Stranger Plants Spring Up Unac-
countabIy After Soil Is Turned.
The world is full Of marvels. The
farmers of the prairie States have
never been able to decide from whence
the weeds come If they pillow up
tract Of virgin soil covered with bunch
grass and without the sign of a weed
and plant it to wheat or corn or any
other crop, the commonest kind Of
weeds appear as promptly as spears of
corn or grain, regardless of the care
and precautions they may take to plant
pure seed. And nobody has ever been
able to tell them where the weeds orig
mated. Such vegetation had never ap-
peared In the country before. There
Is nothing like 1t on the surface Of the
earth nearer than the next plOwed
land and it is impossible for the seeds
to have been brought upon the breezes
or by flying birds. 1t is one Of the mys-
teries of nature.
Some years ago, when the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railroad was being
built through the Indian Territory,
great banks of wild verbenas sprang
up suddenly along the right Of way
where the earth had been disturbed in
making grades, cuts and entertainments.
That flower had never been seen there
before and no seed had ever been
brought into the country. Neverthe-
less, wherever the turf was removed
and the soil was exposed to the sun
and rain, beds of wild verbenaS would
appear and no bOtanist has ever been
found who is wise enough TO solve the
mystery They say that the seeds wera
already in the soil held down by the
thick turf and dry clay but they must
have been there for ages without ger
minating If such a theory is true.
Down on the coast OF Peru it has
never rained but once or twice since the
beginning of the world, or at least since
that part of the earth's surface has
been inhabited by human beings. The
prevailing winds are from the west
ward and when they come off the ocean
the parched air Of the desert instantly
absor0s all the moisture they carry and
the clouds dissolve without precipita.
ton. But in 1897 a wonderful phenom'
enon appeared. The first rainfall that
had ever been known there was follow
ed by the appearance on that desert OF
myriads OF strange flowers which
sprang up in almost single night. Nc
one has been able to explain the floral
phenomenon of the Peruvian desert an1
some of the blossoms which were fortu-
nately preserved are unlike any flow
ers that have ever been seen elsewhere.
They were evidently professionally. L
Curtis in Chicago Record-Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Prices and Wages.

A report just issued by the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor shOwt
that wages during 1906 increased more
than prices. This is not hard TO be
Neve when we cons der the large in
crease in savings throughout the coun-
try. The standard of living, too, adj
vances steadily, particularly among the
wage earning class. And therein is
the real gain. gain peculiar to this
country. The rise in prices of commod-
tiles has been worldwide during the
past few years But the advance in
wages abroad, where there have been
advances, has not by any means equal
ed the advance in prices, as has been
the case in the United States. Here is
an economical and statistical fact that
the tariff revisionists might analyZe
with care.-American Economist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
LlEa Issues.

The people are much more interested
in questions OF corporate abuses and
combinations of predatory wealth for
self-enrichment at the general expense
than they are in tariff revision, and
any attempt to supersede the former
with the latter will end in failure. Is
sues are not made; they grow out OF
events. The public mind is now fixed
on the evils which have grown up with
the development OF great combinations
and on the measures which must be
taken for their suppression or ameliora-
ton, and it will not be diverted by the
threadbare discussion of tariff revision.
That will come in due time as part of
a progressive course of administration !;
but the live issues will be those on
which the public thought has been con-
centrated for the last three or four
years
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
= EDITORIALS


mile over the roads of the country must cost
an average % cents II that be then 1t costs the
farmer average much to haul bushel Of grain
twelve miles to market the railroads charge him to
haul the bushel q thousand miles from Chicago
New York
Figure the average haul to market at five miles,
dollar and quarter ton; take the annual marketed
quantity Of grain cotton hay live stock dairy products
from the Agricultural Departments Year Book get
rough idea Of what the farmers pay yearly the road
haul Nearly hundred and fifty years ago. in England,
1t was noted that by improved roads the hauling of
grain done with little half the number OF
horses formerly used
This subject is less important to the farmer than
freight charges and TO deal with is within his
professionally Evening Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07

There is so much rheumatism every
where that the following advice by an
eminent authority, who writes for read
ers Of a large Eastern daily paper, will
be highly appreciated by those who
suffer:
Get from any good pharmacy one
half oupce Fluid Extract Dlndelion.
one ounce Compound KargOn, three
ounces of Compound Syrup Sarsapa-
rilla. Shake these well IN a bottle and
take IN teaspoonful doses after each
meal and at bedtime; also drink plenty
of good water.
1t is claimed that there are few vic
TINS Of this dread and torturous dis
ease who will fail to find ready relief
in this simple homemade mixture, and
in most cases permanent cure Is the
result.
This simple recipe is said to strength
en- and cleanse the eliminative tissues
Of the Kidneys so that they can litter
and strain from the blood and system
the poisons, acids and waste matter,
which cause not only Rheumatism, bu,
numerous other diseases. Every man
or woman here who feels that their
kidneys are not healthy and active. or
who suffers from any urinary trouble
whatever, should not hesitate to make
up this mixture, as il is certain TO co
much good, and may save you from
much misery end suffering after a
while
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
cLANDEsT1NE MARRIAGES.

18th what seems TO be greatly increased ire
quency, the newspapers Of all parts OF the
country report "clandestine marriages"
runaway Matches romantic Opponents"
and "lmpromptu weddings"
This class Of news Is almost always treat
ed lightly, as II the whole affair was huge
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
LET Well Enough Alone.

The success of the Republican party
beginning with the election Of Soiam
Mckinley was the result of the de-
eided stand taken by the leaders In the
interest of Protection.
The prosperity of the country to-day
is due to the development of American
industries guarded by Protective
Tariff
The rank and file Of the Republican
party are content to 'let well enough
alone" and the vote at the coming
Presidential election VIII undoubtedly
demonstrate that good many Demo
Gratis about the United States are Of
the same opinion.-Scranton Tribune
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Murder and the Pistol in Georgia.

Fifty per cent Of the present in
mates Of the Georgia penal institu-
lions have been found guilty Of homi-
eide in one or another degree.
Tie latest report of the Prison Com
mission shows that the total number
Of prisoners who have taken human
life is 935. In single year 213 men
were sent to prison for this crime.
How many others escaped punish
ment because Of the ''unwritten law"
or ether foolish standards of honor In
their communities it is impossible to
say.
1t is no wonder that newspapers like
the Atlanta Constitution are implor-
ing for more effective legislation
against the carrying of concealed
weapons. 1t would indeed seem that
1t was time for Georgia to follow the
lead of Texas and take even more rig
orous steps against the pistol habit.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
PC|ICl| Comment. /.


hfcn1Gan IrOtcctfOnls".
Michigan leads off with two delegates
10 the national Republican convention
OF 190S favorable to the candidacy Of
Hon Joseph c. Cannon. The conven-
ton of the Eighth Congressional Dis
trict was held at Owosso, and result
ed in the election of Congressman j.
w. Fordney and E. o. Davey as dele
gates. The resolutions adopted APP
prove the administration of President
Roosevelt and urge the nomination Of
a Presidential candidate who will
earnestly carry out the work so nobly
begun by the President and his admin
istration." Other resolutions were as
follows:
Resolved, That we adhere strictly to
the policy oil protection to American labor
and capital. We believe unlawful combi-
nations of capital and rapacious trusts
can and should be regulated by law, and
we therefore doubt the expediency of re-
ducing prevailing tariff schedules. Tariff
revision usually promotes disaster by at
fording the manufacturers OF cheaply
made foreign products an opportunity to
unload their surplus stock upon the Amer
lean market and thus throttle our home
industries 10 the inestimable disadvantage
Of American enterprise and labor.
Inasmuch as the Cuban reciprocity law,
enacted by Congress some three years ago,
has continuously worked TO the disadvan-
tage OF this country, we believe the repeal
of this law would be in harmony with
sound business judgment.
We oppose further reduction of the tar
if rates on imports from the Philippine
Islands. This government has been and
IS now treating the natives of those ISL
ands with marvellous '.berality, and IS re-
funding to the Filipino government all
duties collected upon goods from Filipino
ports We hold that further concessions
will prove harmful to home agriculturists
and wage carriers, because of the enor-
NOUS discrepancy between the rates OF
wages here and there.
We heartily commend our Congressman,
Joseph W. Fordney. for efficient efforts
In behalf OF his constituents.
In view OF the reiterated refusals OF
President Roosevelt to permit the use OF
his name in connection with the next
presidential nomination for that high
Office. we recommend to the delegates
elected by this convention the Hon. Jo-
seph G. Cannon of Illinois, who has so
ably supported the policies of President
Roosevelt.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
~~O~~N~O~~

London, according to the census, has
just passed the 100000 mark.
Corn and beans are the staple arti-
cles of diet of the working classes of
Mexico.
About 20 per cent of all the camphor
made is used in the manufacture Of
cellulcid.
Allan A. Ryan, son Of Thomas f.
Ryan, will, it is said, build a summer
home at Suffern, N. Y, to cost $1,000
600.
1t is estimated that about 100000, 900
people live In houses, 7OO,0OO,OOO In
huts and caves, and that 100000, 900
have no regular shelter.
OF the 3O6 delegates who. under Conk-
Inns lead, fought like giants for third
term for Grant In the memorable con-
vention of 1880, there are still living
only seventy-three.
Twenty billion pins and five billion
buttons were produced by American
factories in 1905. The United States
also produced in that year 2OO,OOO,OOO
needles, nearly 4OO,OOOOOO safety pins
and 25O,0OO,OOO hairpins.
The cantaloupe derives its name from
the papal palace Cantalupo, in Ancona,
long famous for Its melons. The
melons which grow wild in some south
ern countries lack the luscious flavor
of the cultivated melon.
Over six hundred specimens of rare
Egyptian fossils are being prepared for
exhibition by the experts of the Mfi-
scum of National History, New York.
The specimens are the product Of an
expedition financed by Morris K. Jes-
sup.
A pensioner, age eighty-one, living at
Preston, has just received a medal for
| meritorious service IN the Crimean
war. We understand that the reason
of the delay was that the War Office
doubted the genuineness Of the claim,
the veteran not being IN work house.
Punch.
| n pIicSl hdS UcCu 0llCotcu III A2lu-
| court, on the Franco-Belgian frontier.
for smuggling. His luggage was full
of cigars, and when he was stripped he
was found to be wearing around his
body a layer OF tobacco and cigars over
an inch In thickness. The man was
clothed in tobacco. and 1900 cigars
were taken from the layer.
The harvest festival was being held
in Old Windsor parish church, Eng
land. and q verse in the Psalm, Thou
makest darkness and it is night" had
Just been reached, when all the electric
lights went out. A number of candles
were borrowed from neighboring
houses. and these were fixed upon the
pews, so that the service might be con-
cluded
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
HER "BEST FRIEND

A Woman Thus Speaks OF Postum.
We usually consider our best friends
those who treat US best.
Some persons think coffee a real
friend, but watch it carefully awhile
and observe that ii IL one of the mean
est of all enemies for it stabs one while
processing friendship.
Coffee contains poisonous drug
caffeine-which Injuries the delicate
nervous system and frequently sets up
disease in one or more organs OF the
body, if its use is persisted in.
- had heart palpitation and ner-
yousness for four years and the doc
tor told me the trouble was caused 10y
coffee. He advised me to leave il Oft,
but l thought | could not" writes a
Wis. lady.
ION the advice Of a friend | tried
Postum Food Coffee and it so satisfied
me did not care for coffee after few
days trial of Postum.
.As weeks went by and / continued
to use Postum my weight increased
from 9S 10 us pounds, and the heart
trouble left me. 1 have used it a year
now and am stronger than l ever was.
can hustle upstairs without any heart
palpitation, and / am cured of nervous
ness.
MY children are very fond OF Post
um and it agrees with them. Ny Sis
ter liked it when she drank ii at my
house, but not when she made it at her
own home Now she has learned to
make it right, boil it according to di-
rections. and has become very fond OF
it. You may use my name IL you wish
as 1 am not ashamed of praising my
best friend-Postum."
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek, Mich Read The Road to Well
ville," In pkgs. There's a Reason"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Unfamiliar Facts

Only one man in 10000 takes snuff.
The worlds annual drink bill is
over S5,OO0,OOO,OO0.
Suicide is three times more frequen.
among men than women.
There are now in the New York
savings banks 1903, 800.
Overeating, physicians say. causes
more deaths than overdrinking.
The man who pays the least tax
usually takes up the most road.
London already has 5000 automobile
omnibuses plying in the streets. and
that number will soon be doubled.
Skating was tabooed for women in
Berlin until the prima donna Henri
eta Sontag set the bold example.
Those physicians in London who are
willing to be called at night have red
lanterns attached TO their houses
Frederick j. yelka. Baltimore man.
has been street car driver. gripman and
motorman for thirty-seven years. and
in all that time has never reported late
nor had an accident.
There is only one day in the year on
which the inhabitants of Monte Carlo
are allowed TO gamble at the Casino
tables. That day is the Prince of No
naco's birthday.
Great Britain and Canada will join
in substituting a transatlantic steam
ship line. which will be a serious rival
to the lines plying between the United
States and Europe.
A disabled fireman Of Constantine
pie does not necessarily leave the SER
vice after his mishap. If his legs and
voice are still good he may aspire to
the position Of fre-crier.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
GOOD USE MADE OF SEWAGE.
Waste Flow from Paris Turned TIC
Excellent Account.

Excellent Account.
A German contemporary, in discuss
ing methods of utilizing sewage for ag
riculture, gives considerable space to
Berlin's successful enterprise and ther
speaks of the Paris venture, feature
Of the sewage farm at Acheres, says
the Philadelphia Record.
The inhabitants of Paris number over
100000, and the total flow of sewage
is stated to average Tin cur terms of
measurement 11,660,OOO cubic feet per
diem. This Is collected in intercepting
sewers, which convey it by grayltation
down to Clichy, where it is raised rs
feet by powerful pumps and distributed
by gravitatiOn through the farm The
pumping engines are capable Of indi-
eating 5000 horse power. 1t is stated
that experience shows that one acre Of
suitable soil can take 1850 cubic feet
Of sewage daily, SO that an area Of
about 1920 acres would be needed to
deal with the whole of the discharge
Of the Paris sewers
A very high degree Of publication IL
reached, the effluent containing fewer
bacteria per cubic centimeter than
most uncontaminated streams. The
land also has been greatly increased
in value, being now worth five times az
much as 1t was before being made a
receptacle for the sewage. AS a nat
ural consequence, neighDoring land
owners who originally had fercely op-
posed the establishment of a sewage
farm In their midst are now demanding
to have the sewage applied to their
own farms.
The farm at Acheres is 2,471 acres
In extent and is under he control Of
a civil engineer, who in the main raises
beet root, though this crop will admit
of much less sewage being passed on
to the land than certain others. The
main conveying the sewage from the
pumping station Is forty-four inches in
diameter, while secondary system Of
pipes ranging from thirty-one to six
teen inches In diameter serves as feed
ers to the irrigation trenches, into
which the sewage passes through
twelve-inch valves. The ground is laid
out and the irrigating trenches are so
arranged that the only service needed
In regulating the flow is the opening
and closing of the regulating valves
just mentioned.
The crop which can stand the most
sewage Is grass, a meadow, 1t Is stated,
being uninjured by q flow of 2,430, 600
cubic feet per acre per year; lucerne
can take 100000 cubic feet per an
mum; artichokes, $4,000; flowers, pars-
ley. sorrel, ETC., $4,000 cubic feet
Ieeks. cabbages and celery, 325,OOO,
while beetroOts, carrots and beets will
cake only 10000, and potatoes as
paragus and peas but $4,000 cubic
feet per acre per year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07

Patsy-BegOrra. OF couldn't pay me
SO foine and OF had to go to Jail fol-
six days
Mike-An' how much did yez spend
to get drunk?
Iatsy-Oh, bout SIS.
Mike-Three dollars? Yez fool. II
yez had not spent yez So for drink
yes'd had yer So to pay yez foine wild
-Harper's Weekly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07

the mire of industry. energy and econ
omy, OF course that's your affair, but
it seems to me you ought to try to pull
him out"
That's all right, but I'm telling you
he's just plain jay" said the young
man from the tie counter.
YOU stop him before It's too late
You'd better" continued the silk clerk.
Why'd I better?" asked the young
man from the tie counter.
Because if you DON'T" said the ell
derly clerk. she's just as likely as not
soon to be your boss and fire YOU
Chicago Daily News
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
......
Box Plated Walking skirt.

Box plated skirts are always grace
full. This one is designed for the fash
ionable walking length and is appro-
pirate for almost every skirting ma
terial and is adapted both 10 the coat
suits and the odd skirts, In the illus
tration it is made of white Sicilian
mohair stitched with belding silk, but
it suits the linens and piques and also
the wool materials. Again, ii can be
utilized for pongee and for silk, SO
that it becomes a very generally use
full and serviceable model. The
stitched hem is an all sufficient finish,
but if liked banding, either Of the
same or contrasting material, can be
applied above it. The skirt is cut in
nine cores and is laid in box DlaitS
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Pattern Department
UP-TO-DATE DESIGNS FOR
THE HOME DRESSh1AKER
- ~
Fancy Tucked Blcnse.

Long lines undoubtedly ago eminent
ly becoming to many figures, and here
is a waist that is daintily charming
and which also shows that feature. In
the Illustration it is made OF handker-
chief lawn, and there is a simple de-
sign embroidered on the spaces be-
tween the tucks that simulate box
plaits, but the blouse can be treated in
VARIOUS ways. Applied motifs can be
substituted for the embroidery or in
sertion in any width that may be
liked can be used instead, or, again,
f simpler blouse is desired, the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Providing the Supplies.

Egg-rolling on the White House lawn
has long been an Easter custom in
Washington. So has it been a custom
In a neighboring Sunday school to give
Easter eggs TO the children.
Last Easter the superintendent OF the
school startled his hearers by this an
nouncement:
"Now, children, we will sing hymn
number ninety-three, Begin, my soul,
the exalted lay after which l will dis
tribute the eggs"