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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Devotion to the "COlors.o

you don't know what nature g
fellow GETS" wrote Walt Whitman IN
war times, mot only after being a sol
der awhile, but after living in the
sights and influences of the camps, the
wounded, etc.--a nature he never ex.
perienced before. The Stars and
Stripes, the tune of Yankee Doodle,
and similar things produce such an eff.
feet on a fellow as never before. !
have seen them bring tears on some
mems cheeks and others turn pale with
emotion. / have a little fiag-it be
longed to one of our cavalry regiments
presented to me by one of the wound.
ed. 1t was taken by the Secesh In o
fight and rescued by our men in 9
bloody swirmish following. 1t cost
three mems lives to get back that three.
by-four fag-to tear 1t from the breast
of the dead rebel-fOr the name OF get.
ting their little rag back again. The
man that secured it was very badly
wounded, and they let him keep it.
was with him a good deal. He wanted
to give me some keepsake, he said-ht
didn't expect to live-so he gave me
that flag. The best of it all is, there
isn't q regiment, cavalry or infantry
that wouldn't do the like on the lik,
occasion"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Blanketfng Cows.

During the last couple of years a
good many dairymen in Australia have
adopted the practice of blanketing
their cows during wet and cold wealth
er, and the results In every case are
spoken of as being highly satisfactory
When cows are kept warm the food
they consume, instead Of being utilized
to maintain bodily heat, Is largely de-
voted to the production of milk, and In
this way the dairyman realizes large
profit on the very small outlay required
70 provide blankets for his CATTLE in
cold weather.
Men who have studied the subject
closely say that the effect of covers on
COWS is very remarkable. The quiet
cows become more quiet and contented
while those that are shy and nervous
have their nerves soothed and submit
TO being handled without fear. This is
no fad of one or two men, but has be-
come so common that manufacturers
have placed several Kinds of blankets
as coverings, on the market with view
to supplying the demand that has arts
en- 1t is said, however, that a home
made blanket, made from old wheat
bags. serves the purpose as well as any
thing. After they have been worn for
a short time they become thoroughly
water proOf.-Northwes Farmer, Win
niDeg.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Sowing Clover with Rape.

Glover seed with rape is a very sue
cessful and popular method with many
farmers who are engaged in raising
sheep and goats, says bulletin issu ed
by the Department of Agriculture.
With the land prepared as indicated
for sowing clover alone in the spring,
ten to twelve pounds of clover seed and
two to four pounds of rape seed per
acre are sown broadcast about the first
Of May, and covered with harrow.
If the ground is rough and cloddy. ii
should be finished with a roller. If
this mixture is s0wn on a thoroughly
pulveriZed and compact seed bed, the
rape develops rapidly and furnishes ex-
cellent pasture for sheep, goats, calves
or swine, in six to eight weeks. The
tramping of tine animals while feeding
during the summer, principally ON the
rape. forms a dust mulch on the sur
face of the ground. In this way soil
moisture is retained for the use Of the
clover during the dry summer
If n hay crop is desired the second
season, the rape is killed by pasturing
it closely with sheep during the late
fall or winter. Sheep eat off the
crowns of the plants close to the
ground and the rape then dies. If the
rape is not killed it will go to seed the
next summer, and the stalks will give
some trouble in the hay. If the clover
is not cropped closely the first summer,
this method gives an excellent stand.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

In some reclamation work in Mari
nette, Wis, marsh land. noted by the
Department of Agriculture, it was
found that phosphoric acid Is the ele-
ment most needed In such work, and
that potash is also beneficial. In tile
draining, the red clay lands near Supe-
rior, the best stand and the best yield
Of corn was obtained where the tile
lines had been placed forty feet apart.
Further distances between the lines
gave poorer results. In the Marinette
and many other experiments, the re-
suits indicate, with reasonable certain
ty. that "acid soils need phosphate. and
that it wiz De possible, by test of a
soil, with litmus paper (obtainable at
any drug STOREY to tell if it needs, or
will need, in the immediate future, an
application of phosphate fertilizer"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Gust Set.v

A man who does not like work very
we'll was asked how he managed TO
spend his time. WELL" he said, ''some
days 1 just set and think, and other
days 1 just set"
A great many people "just set with
out thinking Mental laziness is fatal
to all growth. Many people never
think deeply into any subject. They
just browse around on the surface.
They never have trained themselves to
concentrate vigorously, to hold the
mind tenaciously upon one subject ;
their thinking is of the hop-skip-and-
jump order. This desultory surface
mulling sort of brain action is not real
thinking. To really think, we must
focus the mind upon one subject and
hold it there.
One reason why the majority of peo-
pie lead such superficial lives is be-
cause their minds are not trained to
think deeply and broadly. They dc
not go far enough into subjects to get
& comprehensive view of them Their
thinking is so superficial that their
whole lives are shallow.
1t does not matter how good brain
one has, before it can accomplish any
thing worth while, it must be trained
until concentration becomes an auto
matte habit. One of the great advan-
tages OF college course is the train
ing of the mind to think logically and
| deeply.@Success Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

IF you are troubled with rabbits eat
ing the bark Of the tree during the win
ter, try wrapping the trees. Newspa-
pers can be bought at any local newspa-
per Office, and a whole paper should be
used to each tree, tying the paper at
both ends and around the middle with
stout Irvine. Manila paper may also be
used in the same way; it costs more,
but is more durable. Nurserymen use
and tying so they will not part. Two
or three hundred of these can be
bought at any tile factory at very
reasonable cost. Have them split while
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
In the Vegetable Cellar.

Suburban Life says apple and potato
bins may be partly filled with we'll
dried autumn leaves, which are among
the best preservatives. An old orchard
list declares that the leaves of the ap-
pie tree will. if we'll dried. keep sound,
well-ripened apples In good condition
until the trees come into bloom the fol
lowing spring.
Provide smaller spaces for beets, cal
rots. onions and other vegetables. not
forgetting deep bin for celery, which
may be taken out of the ground with
the roots as complete as possible, and
packed in boxes or the concrete bin.
containing four or five incnes deep of
clean sand. One farmer says he has
kept celery growing and blanching half
Of the winter by burying the roots in
clean. damp sand and tying each stalk
closely with a piece of cloth Strips
three or four inches wide make the best
ties for celery, which should be kept
in a dark place or lightly covered with
a piece of perfectly dry burlap. All of
the usual market vegetables may be
stored In a dry cellar and kept until
early dainties come in the first days of
spring.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Kansas Corn Tests.

One of the most valuable bulletins on
Indian corn which we have yet seen is
No. 147, issued by the Kansas Expert
ment Station. 1t contains the reports
of four years Of actual work in the corn
experimental station by Professors Ten
Eyck and Hustled. during these four
years 112 varieties of corn were tested.
The bulletin gives the results of a very
careful study of these different vario-
ties with a Recommendation of such
varieties as seem best adapted to
Kansas conditions. In addition to this
study Of varieties a very complete re-
port is made of different methods OF
planting and the best date to plant, a
study Of soil moisture in connection
with the different methods of planting,
different ways of cultivating, COM
parative style of fertilizers, study in
rotation, experiments in shrinkage, etc.
Altogether it is an admirable bulletin.
1t differs from all other bulletins on
this subject which have been issued, in
that it contains the reports of actual,
careful experimental work, rather than
theoretical presentation of the sub
ipct
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
WOLF ADOPTS BABY BEAR.
Mother of Little Bruin Had Died fl
q Denver Zoo.

MOther OF Little Bru1n Had Died IN
a Denver Zoo.
Left alone in the world upon whose
sunshine and brightness it can never
hope to gaze, Cicero, the latest infant
bear to arrive at the city park zoo, has
been adopted by Jim, the gray wolf,
says the Denver Zoo
Jim came upon the tiny weeks old
cub one day licking the carcass of its
dead mother. Poor, blind, little fellow,
it could not understand why the life
less figure on the ground did not re-
SpOnd to its affectionate caresses. The
other bears in the Enclosure had gath
cred curiOusly around the pair and the
livelier one tried to induce the cub to
romp with them, playfuily jostling and
pushing it. Perhaps this was their way
of showing their sympathy and they
were only trying to cheer up the baby
bruin.
Jim had more human quality of
sympathy. He watched the scene for
4 few moments and then, walking up
to Cicero, licked the little fellows face
the way Mother Bear used to do. Cicero
inStinctively seemed to know that ii
had found a new protector and COM
forter. When the keeper came half
hour later to remove the dead animal
the orphaned bear was nesting content
edly beside the gray wolf.
This was a month ago. Since the
two have been inseparable, the cub
thriving under the tender care of the
wolf. Indeed no mother could lavish
more love upon her offspring than jim
the gray wolf lavishes upon his adopted
charge.
1t is a strange sight to see the wolf
trotting up and down the animal in
closure with the chubby bear tagging
at his heels. Sometimes Jim forgets
that Cicero is only youngster and its
fat legs are further handicapped by its
affection. He will hasten his gait wher
the sudden recollection of Cicero brings
him to stop. Looking around to SET
if the cub is still following. he will re
trace his steps and, making known t.
the painting cub>that he is near, viii
studiously keep abreast with 1t.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
The Monitor and the Merrimnc.

A favOrite fiction with Northern writ
ers for the newspapers and school
books is that the Virginia, which they
call the MerriMac, was defeated by the
Monitor in the famous fight in Hamp-
ton Roads, and kept out of her way
afterward Corrections of this persist
ent delusion appear to make no impress
sion.
The critical correspondent, 'W. W.
R." replies to this statement as fol-
lows:
''NOw, Tatnall did destroy the Merri-
mae, as she drew too much water TO
be brought to Richmond, but that he
was eager TO engage the Monitor was
shown by his actions on April 8, just
one month after the engagement be-
tween the two vessels. On that day,
with a new smokestack and iron port
shutters (she had none in her engage
ment with the Monitor), the Merrimac
steamed down within a few miles of
Fortress Monroe, under whose guns the
Monitor lay, fired shots at her, blew
her whistle, and in every way possible
defied her to come out from under the
guns of that impregnable fort and give
battle. This defiant conduct was con-
tinued for several days, in full view of
several French and English men-of-
war, whose yardarmS and rigging were
manned in expectation of great fight.
Finally, Tatnall, taking position with
TO haa6 tho Monitor
off in case she came to the rescue, sent
the gunboat jamestown to the village
of Hampton few miles from Fortress
Monroe, and, in full sight of the Mon
itor, captured two vessels loaded with
hay for the United States army and
towed them off, | mean no refiec-
ton on the gallant officer who COM
manded the Monitor when l make this
statement, for, could he have had his
way. the Monitor would have met her
officer some years after the war that
strict orders had come from Washing
ton for the Monitor to remain under
the guns of the fort. And the authori-
ties were wise In twelve months the
United States government had a dozen
Monitors"
The correspondent might have added
that there were other Federal war YES
sells in the Roads besides the Monitor.
and that they hastily weighed anchor
and put to sea. or retired under the
guns of the 'impregnable fort" when
the Virginia moved out to challenge
them and the Monitor to another COM
bat. What he says, however, is stuff
cient. 1t was not the Confederate ship
that avoided renewal of the fight
and it is to be presumed that the Fed
eTal authorities at Washington would
scarcely have been so careful of the
welfare of the Monitor If they had re-
garded it as triumphant victory on
| the former occasion. The nimble Mon
| itor made n gallant fight with her
clumsier. but equally gallant, adver-
sary, and deserves full credit therefor
| 1t was certainly not the fault of the
Virginia, however. that she did not
have the opportunity TO win further
honors at any time and on any ground
of her own Observation-Disclosures News
and Courier.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Getting n FurlOuuh.

The old excuse for obtaining leave of
absence, proverbial among college stu.
dents, was not unknown to the soldiers
Of the civil war, according to Major
Hamilton's account given in the
Southern Historical Papers" Orders
had been issued from headquarters to
the effect that no furloughs would be
granted save on the occaslO Of a
death in the family of the applicant.
Dalgetty, an Englishman, asked for
leave on account of the decease Of his
grandmother, and the request was APP
proved.
Unfortunately for Dalgetty, the col
onel Of the regiment met him before he
had a chance to get away.
II am very sorry to hear of your af-
Fiction" said the kind officer. "When
did your grandmother die?"
Thank you, colonel" replied Dali
getty, edging away. "She was very old,
and couldn't have lasted much longer"
"Ah; and when did she pass awayT"
Its quite an affection" continued
, Dalgetty, still on the move. 1--WE shall
miss her"
Perhaps you are hard Of hearing."
roared the colonel. in a voice sufficient
for brigade front Il asked you when
she died"
"She's been dead forty years, sir -
calculated Dalgetty, dismally. II can't
lie about it, but think I ought to have
a furlough on It."
The colonel had to laugh, but he sent
the soldier back to camp. A few days
later Dalgetty got bullet in his leg.
AS he was carried off the field, he
shouted to his comrades, slapping his
thigh:
Thirty days leave and no death IL
the family"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

One reason why soy beans have not
become more prominent In American
agriculture has been the impOssibility
of securing seed of a particular variety.
In the few localities In the United
States where farmers have learned
how to utilize them to best advantage
they have proved to be crop of high
value They are especially valuable
for mixing with corn for silage, for the
production of hay, and for use as pas
ture, especially for pigs.
An expert of the Department of Agri-
culture has made a study of the
soy beans for several years and has
identified no less than twenty-five
varieties. These have been classified
and described in bulletin just issued,
and the department hopes that with
this Information farmers will hereaf-
ter be able to obtain from seedsmen the
particular varieties which they wish to
plant
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
THOUGHT CHILD WOULD DIB.
Whole Body Covered with Cuban Itch
-Cuticura Remedies Cured at Cost
of Seventy-Ftye Gents.

-Cuticura Remedies Cured at Cost
of Seventy-Ftve Cents.
MY little boy, when only an infant
OF three months. caught the Cuban
Itch. Sores broke out from his head
to the bottom of his feet. lie would
itch and claw himself and cry all the
time. He could not sleep day or night,
and n light dress is all he could wear.
l called one Of our best doctors to
treat him, but he seemed TO get worse.
He suffered so terribly that my hus-
band said he believed be would have
to die. l had almost given up hope
when a lady friend told me to try the
Cuticura Remedies. l used the Cuti-
cura Soap and applied the Cuticura
Ointment and he at once fell into a
sleep, and he slept with ease for the
first time since two months. After
three applications the sores began to
dry up, and in just two weeks from
the day l commenced to use the Cuti-
cura Remedies my baby was entirely
well. The treatment only cost me 75c.
and l would have gladly paid 500 IL |
could not have got 1t cheaper. l feel
safe In saying that the Cuticura Rene
dies saved his life. He Is now a boz
of five years. Mrs Zana Miller, Union
City, r. f. ID. No. 1, Branch Co..
Mich, May II, 1906"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
[E |3||| s: :, ;<t&G at$R ( Is
EeakT 90: 90, Z S{OS5M CeNEs

combing wool. and the average Of
feeces is from Z to s pounds. Selected
flocks produce considerably more wool.
The wethers. fattened at If months old
in England, weigh from 10 to "a
pounds per quarter. and at years old
from % to 80 pounds per quarter. They
frequently are made to weigh consid-
erably more in this country. Their
mutton is superior to that of the Lei
cesters, the fat being less abundant and
better mixed with lean meat. They are
much used in crossing other breeds and
varieties. They impart more hardness,
with stronger constitutions and better
qualities as breeders TO the Leicesters,
and thicken them in the hind quarters.
They are decidedly favored sheep with
the breeders Of the United States.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing Accor-
.irely, it IS not claimed that Syrup of Figs
=ard Elixir Of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives IS the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
CO., only, and Tor sale by all leading drug
gists
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will De pleased
TO learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all It's stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
beihs a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
TEN, thereby destroying the foundation 90
the disease. and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work. The proprie-
tors have so much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that it fails to cure Send for list
OF testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa ton.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Raising AIIiCatOrs.

OF all the interesting uses TO which
incubators have been put that of hatch
ing alligator eggs Is probably the most
striking, says Popular Mechanics. An
Englishman at Hot Springs, Ark, is
engaged in raising alligators for the
market. The demand for the hides TO
use for manufacturing purposes is con-
stantly increasing, while parks and ZOOS
buy the live reptiles for exhibition.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Inclusive.

Prescott. the historian, possessed a
quiet and quaint humor. Mime. NJ. S.
van de yelde gives an instance of it in
Random Recollections." Mr. Prescott
was taking a foreign visitor for a walk
In Boston Common o1e Sunday.
The special object of the stroll was
TO see the fountain in the frog pond.
found the water shu, off.
"Oh,' said Prescott, disconsolately
by way of apology, Il knew little boys
were not allowed to play on the Sab
bath, but 1 did not know that fountains
were not permitted to - so."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

Ardup had made half dozen attempts
to borrow money of his friends, but one
and all had pleaded the prevailing fnan'
cial stringency.
That's all pretense," he said with bit
terness, as he gave it up. Its nothing
but a case Of financial stingy-see?"
To such base uses of the language MAJ
adversely bring a man.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Rough Shell Eggs.

Perhaps you have noticed 4 preju-
dice among your customers against
rough-shelled and malformed eggs. 1t
is natural and should be needed by
you in marketing the product. In the
Matching season, set all such, If of
good size. says n writer in a poultry
paper. They hatch as well, and the
chicks are as well formed and healthy
as from the best formed and smoothest
eOos
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

His Lawyer-The trouble is that
they've got half a dozen witnesses who
saw you whipping your wife. 1t will be
hard to establish an alibi in the face of
that.
Prisoner-Gosh 1 don't need any
alibi. All you've got to do is to prove by
mo that I was drunk
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

There is carried on by the German
municipality of Freiburg, a pawnshop
an insurance business, theater, sew
eral restaurants and a newspaper, n.
well as the schools. A seat can be pro
cured at the opera in this city for (.
cents and supper afterward for cents
The authorities also own a cemetery. in
which the citizens can be inferred
cheaply.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
REGARDING Jack.

slack always ends his letters to me
by saying, L remain, yours forever v
said the girl who had more money than
beauty.
"Yes," rejoined her girl friend, who
had more beauty than money, land II
you were poor he would probably re-
main a bachelor
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Uncle Allen.

II used to think" averred Uncle Al
len Sparks, that it took all kinds of
people to make a world, but l sometimes
think nowadays that the world would be
just as complete without the man whose
liver is always out of order and who al
ways wants you to know it."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
The Strange Part.

isn't it strange that so few men
discover the secret of success in life?'
'Yes, but it's stranger still that the
secret is still a secret. Surely, some
of the men who discovered it must have
told it to their wives."-Philadelphia
Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
waxxiae Camn,nninr.-

Adam Zawfox-Ever eide on street
'thout payin'?
Job Sturky-Wunst. The jigger on the
front end o the car picked me up an
kerried NE mighty near a block fore the
conductor found it out
Looking in the Wrong Place.
Carrie-What sweet, happy dispo-
sition Mabel has. She can see beauty
In everything.
Ethsl (jealous)-She can't see it in
her mirror.-Bostcn Transcript
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

Vast quantities of most excellen,
peat are found on the Falkland Isl
ands. 90 company has had agents look
ing up matters with a view of workin,
the peat beds for commercial purposes
but nothing definite is known as to til,
outcome of the matter.