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New-York tribune., 1907-09-08
CHAPTER XVI.
The Rise and Fall OF Beakbane

Cd morning, M Beakbane, " DoncastIe
began. actually stepping of the hearth
rug to greet him, and shaking hands
Just as though he ana Beakbane had
been At E1on together. I'm 50 much
obliged 10 YOU for coming. Won't You
take Your coat of
1t was astounding. Beakbane : heart
boiled with rage against an Opposition
that was on the point Of turning such
a man out OF office.
Not at all, sir-My Lord. he
stamnered- " Happy TO make Your
acquaintance.
And he negligentlv shed his coat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-08
WITCHES AND PLANTS.
Many Legends and Traditions that
Link Them Together.

Many Legends and Traditions that
Link Them Together.
In all countries in which the witch
craft deluSion now exists or in which
it prevailed in former times we find
fclklore stories connecting those mys-
terlous bogies with the plants of those
particular regions. Even the great
Shakespeare causes his witches to dis
course learnedly on the diabolical prop
critics of "hemlock digg'd I dark" and
of slips of yew silvered in the moons
eclipse" They are supposed to have
had their favorite flowers as we'll as
plants. and In England at the present
time foxgloye is spoken of as witch
bells" and harebells as witches Thin
bles" The common ragwort is well
known as the witches horse" the ira
dition being that they mounted rank
growths of that species of weed and
rode the Skies" just as the dame with
the pointed hat rides the broom in the
familiar picture. In Germany and
throughout northern Europe it is the
belief that witches float from place to
place on beds of hay, composed largely
of witches blossoms and devil spikes"
this last being a species of dwarfed
slough grass. st. Johns wort, which
is now SO popular fer shoulder and
buttonhole bouquets on st. Johns eve.
was formerly worn for the express
purpose of averting the crafts and
subtleties of the witches, bogies, ghosts
and spirits which the European peas.
antry believed walked abroad on that
night of witching mysteries. London
Spectator.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-08
HoghOuSes.

Bulletin No. 1903 of the Illinois Elk
pertinent Station discusses the location
construction and operation of hog
houses. 1t gives numerous drawings
and pictures to illustrate the same, and
the bulletin is summarized as follows
l. A hoghouse should be located SC
that it is we'll drained, we'll lighted and
gives access to pasture, good shade
pure running water and clean mud wal
lows.
=. The two principal kinds of hog
houses are the individual houses and
the large houses with individual pens
Each has points of advantage.
3. For sanitation the building should
be constructed so that it is dry, ven
tilated. free from dust and drafts, and
SO that the direct rays of the sun fal
upon the floor of the pens at the time
the winter crop of pigs is narrowed
These rays should also be excluded II
summer
1. The building should be made serv
lCtdUlt ~ DtlHS Duiil SO lhdt IL Ndi
be used every day in the year, and b'
arranged SO that the largest amount Of
work may be performed with the small
est amount of labor
). For large houses, gates and part
tions of wire are best, because they dS
not obstruct the light and heat rays
from the sun, do not hide the pig
from view of the attendant, nor from
each other, and do not furnish lodg
ment for disease germs.
g. The large house is operated 81
that two filters per year are farrow
ed and grown for market, and so tina
the pigs are put on the market at th'
most favorable season.
This is a practical bulletin on sub
ject that should interest every farme
who raises hogs. as it contains man,
useful hints and suggestions abou
hoghouse construction.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-08

William Knoepfel, of St Louis, has
invented and hopes to patent secret
blowing method for the cure of bald
ness.
"A genuine cure for badness" said
Mr.. Knoepfel the other day, should
make man very rich. Why, men
grow rich on fake cures. 1t is amaz.
ing. 1t really is, what fakes some OF
these cures are. Yet there's money
in them"
Mr.. Knoepfel gave loud, scornful
laugh.
In their profitable crookedness
they remind me-" he said, "oi the
third son of the old eccentric. Per-
haps you have heard the story? Well,
an old eccentric died, and left his
fortune equally to his three sons. But
the will contained a strange proviso.
Each heir was to place 500 in the
coffin Immediately before the Inter
ment.
"A few days after the interment the
three young men met and discussed
she queer proviso and its execution
well" said the oldest son, my
conscience is clear. I put my hundred
in the coffin in clean new notes
My conscience is clear, too, said
the second son. L put in my hundred
in gold
II, too, have nothing TO reproach
myself WITH said the third SOD. i
had no cash at the time, though; so
wrote out a check for $500 in poor
dear fathers name, placed it in the
coffin and took in change the 5000 in
currency that | found there"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-08
The Cause Of stnmmering.

"Stammering is often more the re-
suit OF habit than from any defect OF
the vocal organs" says Prof. B. l..
Payer, an authority upon the sub
ject. 1T is generally. if not always.
caused by a spasm of the larynx. re-
sulting from nervous contraction of tn,
organs, thus refusing TO permit prop
err flow of the air current producing
tone. People rarely or never stammeI
when singing, for then the attention
is divided between words and music,
the nervousness is momentarlly forgot
ten and the passage OF the air current
through the larynx is continuous and
unobstructed Stammering very often
is the result OF imitation, sometimes In.
territorial, sometimes unconscious, and
the affection is much more general than
might be supposed. In one compara-
lively small section of one city there
are thirty-fiye stammerers. and every
one of them is able to demonstrate to
his own satisfaction not only that he
does not stammer very badly, but thai
some other person he knows stammers
n great deal worse than himself. Ev-
cry stammerer is intensely sensitive
about his infirmity. rarely forgives and
which in his mind savors of ridicule' y
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-08
Treating Grapevines.

Since the remarkable experiments of
NJ. Charles Truchot, instituted first in
1901, the employment of potassium
permanganate for the cryptogam0us
maIadies of the vine. has attracted
more and more attention among add
vanced cultivators. At the outset the
experiments attempted In Haute-
Geronne, either with simple or com
pound solutions, were not attended
with the wished-for success. On their
renewal in 1865 and 1906. he obtained
on mildewed othellos such favorable re-
suits that his views on the virtues of
this remedy have become fixed re-
ligiOn.
The chemical product is known to
have antiseptic and antimicrobic prop
critics that are particularly energetic.
The solution NJ. Truchot now uses is
composed of 125 grams of potassium
permancanate, Kilograms of lime and
100 liters of water. The mixture is
prepared in earthen or metallic receiy-
ers. 1t is applied with sprayer, and
rather slowly. The vines are not in
undated. When a coating Is required
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-08
American Tobacco.

The American tobacco crop has
within the past few years assumed
greatly increased Importance Quail
ity as well as the quantity has i'm
proved The farmers in some parts af
the South, where this crop has been
taken up. are making money beyond
their fondest dreams in the cultiva-
ton of tobacco, and it is said that the
unusual sight has been witnessed there
of the agents of the large manufactur-
ing companies practically on their knees
begging for a few bales of tobacco.
In southern Georgia the value of
land suited for tobacco growing has
increased in value tenfold, and towns
which were insignificant a few years
ago are now important shipping GEN.
tiers. One place in Georgia, which it
would be difficult to find on the map,
enjoys the distinction of having ship
ped 81 100000 worth of leaf in the
course of one year. The Florida crop,
it is stated. could have been sold twice
over. The latest figures to be had show
that the value of the tobacco in this
country annually is valued at little
more than S25,000OOO.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-08
Gay Funeral Rites.

The funerals of young unmarried
ladies in Brazil are grewsomely gay,
SO to speak. The color of the coffin
is bright scarlet, and bright scarlet,
too, are the hearse, the livery of the
driver, the harness and the plumes
that nod on the heads of the horses.
But for gay funeral we must go
to the cremation of the dead in Siam.
When the body is that Of prince the
proceedings are most elaborate. Gold
carriages galore abound, and the pyre
is ultimately lighted by the king him.
self with candles which have been ig-
nited at the sacred lamps in the tenn
Piles of his palace, which burn night
and day. The lighting of the funeral
pyre is followed up with sports and
the lotus dance. The king promotes
the mirth by tossing lines to the peo-
pie, by whom they are eagerly fought
for, as inserted in each are current
coins of the realm. Darkness having
at length fallen over the land, fire
works and gay Examinations conclude
these curious funeral rites.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-08
Hum Holds Water.

Decayed and decaying vegetable mat
ter in the soil greatly increases the
power of the soil to hold water. This
is fact of such large consequence
that our agricultural scientists are pay
ing more and more attention to it.
One of the professors at Cornell Uni
versity undertook to prove the great
value of humus as a holder of water.
He took two samples of soil from places
about twenty feet apart. Everything
about the location suggested that the
two samples should show the same wa
ter content. But in one of the loca-
tons three successive crops of crimson
clover had been turned under. The
sample of soil from the place where
no clover had been turned under an
alyzed SO per cent moisture; 1.91 per
cent humus and II nitrogen. The sam
pie from the soil where the crimson
clover had been turned under analysed
ID per cent moisture; 2.04 per cent
humus, and 81 nitrogen This was
gain Of 6.25 in moisture content; /. Oa
humus content and 90 nitrogen CON
tent. There are very few people that
stop to consider what this means OH
an acre of land. Taking the soil to
depth of six inches it means that
this 625 per cent increased moisture
would equal $3.50 pounds or 46% tons
of water. This amount of additional
water would mean Il great deal in a
dry season. The turning under of an
occasional crop of some green stuff
means much, IL it does nothing else
than hold up the water content of the
soil. 1t would take great deal of
sprinkling from Il hose to put on 4G
tons of water. Many of the soils that
are now unpr0ductive would. SAYS
Farmers Review, be productive if they
had enough water to carry them over
the dry spell of summer. But by bad
farming methods the humus has been
exhausted and this has reduced the ca
pacity & the soil for carrying crops
through the dry season. The crop.
start well in the spring and seem to
be doing nicely till the summer dry
spell begins. when they at once droop
as if some insect were assailing them
The trouble really is that the mois.
ture supply WAS SO light that it was
SOON exhausted and the soil could not
supply more This loss of water hold.
ing capacity has really been Mt the bot
tom of numerous crop failures In diff.
ferent localities. The humus supply
of the soil can be kept up by growing
deep roofing crops and by fertilizing
them so heavily that they will develop
great masses of roots. The blowing un.
der of crops grown for the purpose. of
course adds much humus to the soil.
but most farmers do not like to- lose
the use of the land for even season
This may be avoided by growing some
| leguminous crop in the cornfield late
in the season and turning under the
soil late in the fall or early i'm the
spring. Rotations of crops help to KEEP
up the humus SUPPLY, if there is a grass
| sod to turn under occasionally.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-08
STAR BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
Besides Technical Knowledge She
Must Possess Diplomacy and Tact.

Besides Technical knowledge She
Must Possess Diplomacy and Tact.
The star lady who now comes from
he front OF the house, feeling her way
o the stage with the box-office gentle
nan guiding her footsteps through the
lark and the assistant stage manager
Felling to the electrician for house
lights for Miss Y" this star lady
has learned the necessity of watching
hat unruly member, her tongue, and
ilso of picking her friendships with I'M
,rring aim, says a writer in the Book
nan. Repression, diplomacy, instructive
udging of men and women are some of
he unadmitted qualities that make q
star. 1t is not all bursting genius and
technical knowledge of the stage. She
must be diplomat and business wo.
man. If the company is small, as a
rule. all other members are presented
| to her. Many OF them she may know,
and she moves from one group to an.
other. recalling old associations and
laughing over Old-time escapades. The
head Of company Is no snob. She
may conduct herself before her people
during the working hours with dignity
and reserve, she may confer with the
leading actors showing them much def
erence. while with the smaller mem
bers she may have very little to dc, but
| in her friendships she gives herself
great leeway, and the girl with whom
she Is most intimate out of the theater
Is more often than not a subordinate in
her company.
When the reading of the play begins
she sits by the side of the author at
the table, the company fills the half
circle and great quiet falls as the
portfolio containing the manuscript is
opened. A playwright will find no more
critical audience than this first one
Each actor listens for the appearance
of his own part in the play and eager
" follows the development of the plot
| to see how deeply he is concerned In it
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-08
SOAKED IN CORFEE
Until Too stir To Bend Over.

Until Too Sun tO Bend over.
when / drank coffee | often had
sick headaches, nervousness and bill
iousness much of the time. but when L
went to visit a friend l got in the hab-
it of drinking Postum.
Il gave up coffee entirely and the
result has been that / have been en-
tirely relieved of all My stomach and
nervous trouble.
MY mother was just the same way.
We all drink Postum now and, with
out coffee in the house for two years,
we are all well.
"A neighbor of mine, a great coffee
drinker. was troubled with pains in her
side for years and was an invalid. She
was not aDie to do her work and could
not even mend clothes or do anything
at all where she would have TO bend
hard work she would get such pains
that she would have to lie down for
tie est of the day.
AT last | persuaded her to stop
Coffee and she did so and has used
Postum ever since; the result has been
that she can now do her work. can sit
for a whole day and mend and can
sew on the machine, and she never
feels the least bit of pain in her side !;
in fact, she has got WELL and IL shows
coffee was the cause of the whole trou-
BILE
II coui d also tell you about several
other ne ghbors who have been cured
Ey quitting coffee and using Postum in
its place" There's a Reason" LoOk
In pack; for the famous little book,
'.The Road 20 We;lvlle."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-08
A Most Valuable Agent.

The glycerine employed in DR.. Pierce's
medicines greatly enhances the medicinal
properties which it extracts from native
medicinal roots and holds in solution
much better than alcohol would. 1t also
possesses medicinal properties of it's own,
being valuable demulcent, nutritiye,
antiseptic and antiferment. 1t adds
greatly to the efficacy of the Black Cherry
bark, Bloodroot, Golden Seal root, Stone
root and Queens root, contained in
Golden Medical Discovery" in subduing
chronic, or lingering coughs, bronchial,
throat and lung affections, for all of which
these agents are recommended by stand
ard medical authorities.
In all cases where there is wasting
away of flesh, loss of appetite, with weak
stomach, as in the early stages of con-
SUMPTION, there can be no doubt that gly-
cerinc facts as valuable nutritive and
aids me Golden Seal root, Stone root,
QueeS,S robt and Black Cherrybark in
promoting digestion and building up the
flesh ana strength. controlling the cough
and bringing about healthy condition
of the whole system. or course. 1T must
not be effected to work miracles. 1t will
not cure consumption except in its earlier
stages. 1t will cure very severe -obStl,
nate. hang-0M. CHRONIC COUGHS bronchial
and fgfyngeal troubles and CHRONIC sore
THROAT with HOUSINGS. In acute coughs
it IS not so effective. Itis in the lingering
hang-on coughs, or those of long standing,
even when accompanied by bleeding from
lungs, that it has performed its most
marvellous cures.
Prof. Finley Ellingwood, M. D., of Ben
nett Med. College, Chicago, says of gly-
cerine:
uIndyspepsia it serves an excellent purpose.
Holding fixed quantity OF the peroxide OF
hydrogen in solution. it is one of the best
manufactured products of the present time in
its action upon enfeebled. disordered stOm-
achs, especially If there is liberation or ca
tarrhal gastritis catarrhal Inflammation OF
stomach). it is most efficient preparation
Glycerine will relieve many cases of pyroSls
(heartburm and excessive gastric Stomach
acidity."
uGolden Medical Discovery" enriches and
purifies the blood curing blotches. pimples,
eruptions. scrofulous swellings and old sores
or ulcers.
Send to Dr. r. V. Pierce. of Buffalo. N. Y
for free booklet telling all about the native
medicinal roots composing this wonderful
medicine There is no alcohol in it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-08

OF all hours Of the day there Is none

or all hours Of the day there Is none
like the early morning for downright
good odors-the morning before eat
ing. Fresh from sleep and unclogged
with food a mans senses cut like
knives. The whole worlds comes In
upon him. A still morning is best, for
the mists and the moisture seem to re-
tain the odors which they have dis
titled through the night. Upon a
breezy morning one Is likely to get a
single predominant odor, as of clover
when the wind blows across a bayfield,
or of apple blossoms when the wind
comes through the orchard, but upon a
perfectly still morning it is wonderful
how the odors arrange themselves in
upright strata, so that one walking
passes through them as from room to
room in a marvellous temple OF fra
grance.-American Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-08
OUR HASTE IN BUILDING.
We Are Now Taking More Thought
of stability and Permanence.

We Are Now Taking More Thought
of stability and Permanence.
To the European eye American
towns and villages have the appear
ance of temporary structures. Even in
New England, rich in stone, most build
ings, except in the crowded parts of
large cities, are of wood. Old and
much travelled highways cross streams
over wooden bridges, which last but a
! few years.
During the first three months of this
year the fire losses i'm the United
States and Canada amounted to $64,-
000,GO0, $10O00,000 more than for the
| corresponding three months of last
year. Every year cities on the inland
rivers sustain enormous losses from
floods, losses greater in the aggregate
than the cost of preventing by proper
| embankments and other means the
disastrous effects of the floods. Every
where is evidence of a disposition on
the part of Americans TO build for to-
day ra Their than for tomorrow.
The reason for this is that America
has not wholly outgrown the spirit of
pioneer days, when shelter had to be
thrown together for the night. People
needed houses faster than they could
)uild them. There was not time to use
brick and stone. The habit of hasty,
| impe1nanent building is fastened upon
us; wooden houses of the fiimsiest
kind rise and decay like mushrooms.
| Permanence and stability come with
age. The American is taking more
time to think of the future. he is be-
| ginning to build more solidly. One
sign of this is the attempt to introduce
into many American cities architecture
al plans for streets and water fronts
which shall give order and direction to
growth for a thousand years. The
American imagination is gaining in
scope and steadiness.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-08
The Word Et.o.ette.

The very high sounding word etf-
quette had very humble origin, for
etiquette meant simply a label. 1t re-
ceived its present Specification from
the fact that a Scotch gardener who
laid out the grounds at Versailles Tor
Louis XIV. was much annoyed at tho
courtiers walking over his newly made
paths, and at length had labels placed
to indicate where they might pass Az
first these labels were not attended to,
but hint from high quarters that In
future the walks of the courtiers must
be within the 'etiquettes' or labels
was promptly attended to. To keep
within the etiquettes became the cor
rect thing. The meaning Of the phrase
was afterward widened-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-08
He WINS .It.v

The valor of the individual does not
depend on the size. The scrap of hu
mainly mentioned i'm the newspaper
was not to be judged by a scale OF
inches.
The small boy was dressed in foot
ball costume, and with a jaunty ain
he walked into the Office of a country
newspaper ard handed to the editor .
dirty scrap of paper. On it was a brief
account of q juvenile football matck
which lad taken place that afternon
CHANGING at the report, the editorial
eye caught the words:
Warrington kicked a magni6cent
goal-the finest ever seen ON tns
ground"
"Who is Mannington?" asked ths
editor.
The human atom turned the thumb
of his right hand proudly to his breast
IL am Warrington he said, calm
IL.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-08
FOUGHT IN A FOG.
A Duel In Which Neither Principal
Could See the Other.

Could See the Other.
The most laughable duel ever
fought in France was that which
took place in November, 1873, at Plessis-
Piquet between Messrs. Gambetta and
De Fourton.
Some heated words had passed be-
tween the two distinguished gentlemen
in the chamber of deputies, for which,
according to their ideas of honor, moth
ing could atone except a duel. The
men met therefore on the field at
tended by their seconds and the sur
geons.
A look over the field was enough to
convince any one present that there
would be no occasion for the doctors
services. A thick November fog hung
over the scene-so thick, indeed, that
one could hardly see his hand before
his face. The arrangements for the
duel required that it should be fought
ct thirty-five PAGES.
Nor was the fog the only circum-
stance that tended to place the COM
batants out of sight of each other. On
the way to the field M. de Fourton is
reported to have said:
M. Gambetta has but one eye, and
am shortsighted, so the game will
be about even"
1t was, of course, rendered still more
"even' by the fog. Neither man could
see the other, and the sole danger was
to the seconds and the doctors.
Almost miraculously the two bullets
that were exchanged missed the per
sons in attendance. Everybody's hon
or was satisfied and the whole party
went home. Gambetta said that the
affair was as near to being a skirmisf
in the dark as anything he ever saw
Philadelphia Ledger.