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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
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The bare announcement is made that
II. G. Wells has just concluded q novel
bearing on present English social tend
encies.
g. X. Chesterton is completing an
epic of Alfred" He has new novel
nearly ready, called THE Man Who
Was Thursday" and he is preparing a
"poetical play for George Alexander.
Ralph Conner is now working on a
biographical volume, 1.-The Life of
James Robertson, d. D." DR.. Robert.
son was the inspirer. director and
hacker of all the missionaries, who
went out into the Canadian Northwest.
William Dean Howells, the most
genial and catholic of critics, has dis
covered n new novelist 'of surprising
merit" Leonard Merrick has been
writing for ten or fifteen years, but
10 most American readers Mr.. Howell's
paper 1.-The Fiction of Leonard Mer.
cick,'' in the North American Review
will have the charm of novelty.
Worlds Classics is Joseph and His
Brethren" the dramatic poem by
Charles Wells, the friend Of Keats.
The Oxford University Press has OBJ
tanned the right to use A. C. Swim.
burne's predatory note to this poem
which has long been out of print Mr..
Swinburne describes Wells as only
one 6esser than the greatest of his time
In some of the greatest qualities of his
art, and says that there are some lines
n the poem which might more natural
~ be mistaken, even by an expert in
eerse, for the work of the young
Shakespeare than any to be gathered
elsewhere in the fields of English
poetry.
On account of the welcome given to
Mark Twain at Oxford and London
they are telling many stories. One Is
by Andrew Lang, although 1t has &c
do with one of Twain's books, not with
Twain himself. 1t was some years
ago, and Andrew Lang was in a rail-
way car. on his way from Edinburgh
20 Oxford. In the same compartment
with him was the great scholar Jowett
Of Balliol. Lang had picked up at ran
dom. as he hastily boarded the train
little book entitled The Celebrated
Jumping Frog" and as he read it he
was overcome with merriment. Jowett
looked at him with sort of solemn
curiosity, and Lang, coming to the last
page, handed him the book. Jowett
took it, read it patiently through from
beginning to end with absolute gravity
and without finding a suggestion OF
amusement, and then handed it back
without q word!
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

We put very little faith in the new
specific for the opium habit. but its
success in the region of Singapore
equals that claimed here for Christian
Science. AS result the importation
Of opium in the Malay States has been
reduced from eighty TO fifty chests a
month and thousands have been cured.
The plant is climber, botanically
called Combretum sondaicum. A decoc-
ton Of the plant is put into two bot
ties. into one of which is added as
much burnt opium as the patient is
accustomed to use in day. When he
Graves opium he Is given two table
spoonfuls from the latter bottle and
as much from the other bottle replaces
it to fill the space.
This is now repeated when called
for, but no new opium is added The
patient Is cured in from ten to fifteen
days. 1t looks like q plan for taper
Ing off," with the assurance that the
medicine does 1.-THE Independent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

did you ever notice." said the OBJ
serving man, that every public build
ing has chandeliers unlike those Of
any other public building? There are
no duplicates. You go into one church
ana you see a handsome chandelier
that it would seem worth while to
duplicate for another church, but you
never find 1t in another church. You
go into a big hall, and you'll observe
some stunning globes and chandelier
fixtures and look for 'em in some other
big hall, but they're not there don't
know what principle the makers of
chandeliers go on, whether 1t is a mat
ter of pride with them not to fit out
two buildings alike or whether con-
tractors for such buildings insist on
exclusive designs, but the chandelier
people must employ some remarkably
versatile artists to think up SO many
different designs. 1t seems like waste
of money to make only one of kind,
but it is a pleasure to know that hall
or home may be exclusive in its chan
deliersv
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
WeIlinrton DID well.

The difficulty of saying a suitable
thing about an unprepossessing per-
son was once cleyerly surmOunted by
the great Duke of Wellington. At a
Mansion house dinner he was called
on to propose the health of the lady
mayoress, whom he had never seen.
The duke got up and proposed the
toast, describing the subject of 1.-The
model of her SEX"
Now, the lady happened to be a
very plain, wizened little woman,
so the then Lord Peterborough af-
terward asked the duke how he could
describe that ugly little creature as
the model of her sex
Why" said the duke, Il though,
| did very well. / had never seen her
before, and didn't know what she was
lke-and some models are blamed
ugly Exchange.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
why Horses Shy.

The horse SHE'D at a piece Of white
paper, and the rider tumbled off into
the mud.
"Ie is well for the world" said an
automobiles, smiling, that it is ceas-
ing to use the horse for a servant. The
horse is half blind giant, with the
mind a baby. No wonder, then, that
when We trust out lives in his keeping
he is apt to go back on U.S.
His main trouble is his eyes. Sc
poor is the horses sight that he mis-
takes a bank of snow for fierce white
beast. A mud puddle at his feet is a
yawniug chesm. A shadow flung
across his path is black terror seek.
Ing his life; hence the weakminded.
nearsighted, powerful horse goes
through life beside himself with fear.
He is no more to be trusted than a
maniac, and, like a maniac, he sees a
monster awaiting him at every corner.
Yet we get on his back, fools that we
are."-New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

Gov. Stuart of Pennsylvania said re-
Gently in Harrisburg of a bill that he
opposed:
'sThis bill, at first glance, is full OF
promise and enthusiasm and hope, but
1t is naive. 1t is like the young man
of Kensington who proposed for the
hand of the millonaire's daughter.
WELL said the millionaire. frown-
ing thoughtfully, what are your pros
poets? Is there any chance of promo
ton in your businessf'
Amy chaneeT cried the young man.
We'll | should say 50. Why. we en-
ploy 200 men. and my job is next to the
lowest in the establishment. I"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
The Drawback.

Mile yictorine confides to the JAM
tors wife that her mistress, who is old
and feeble, has promised TO remember
her in her will If she takes good care
of her till she dies. The janitor's wife
shrugs her shoulders.
1.-The worst of that is, my dear, that
the better you take care of her the
longer you'll have to wait for your
legacy.''-Paris Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Good for m Cold

Bishop Olmsted of Colorado was
making a Christmas address to some
Denver children.
Eat heartily on Christmas day" the
bishop said, smiling. DO full Justice
to turkey. TO cranberry sauce to plum
pudding, to all the good things. But
don't gloat over your Christmas daint.
les like Bala boy / used to know.
This boy said one Christmas morning
My, 1 wish l had a cold,'
Why asked his brother.
cause mother says to feed a cold,
and If had one to-day, wouldn't |
feed Ii. though F"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

A farmer who has grown 4O3-
pound squash is worth listening To
when he tells how he did 1t, for he
says it is no trick at all to grow n
300-pounder. In explaining how h.
does it, he says: For each hill 10
tend to pant / take two good wheel
barrow loads of hen manure, and nix
with four barr0ws Of good soil taken
from some other part of the lot 4
little later, early in May, l add four
oarrows of well-rotted manure and mix
thoroughly. Then about the 18th of
May | make the hills, digging out a
space seven feet in diameter and IA
inches deep, filling in with my compost
mixing, and with it some of the best
earth which was thrown out and when
finished the hill will be about ten feat
in diameter and six inches higher in
the center than the surrounding level !;
the seed is planted at once. Hills
should be about 20 feet apart; work
the ground well until the plants cone
mence to run. When vines are abo..t
three feet long / mulch the ground ell
over, for 20 feet In diameter around
each hill, with horse manure three
inches deep, and stake the vines down
with sticks to keep the wind from roll
ing them about, SO that they may root
at every joint. 1t Is of great advsn-
tage to keep The vine from fruiting as
long as possible. by pruning all fruit
July; this will give time enough to
mature a 3O0-pound squash by the first
of October. There must be big vine
to produce big squash"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE EGGS.
Hitherto unpublished story, but Not
of Father of Country.

Hitherto unpublished story, but Not
of Father of Country.
George Washington, q middle-aged
man, who talks with a cockney accent,
was out in the country visiting friends
on Saturday and when he set out for
his home, IA 9Th avenue. Brooklyn,
late at night, had in his coat pockets
several dozen fresh eggs, says the New
York Tribune. On the way he visited
several saloons and when he reached
the corner of Manhattan avenue and
Calyer street fell and smashed the eggs
into jelly.
Several citizens helped him to gain
his bearings and noticed that what re-
sembled blood was running all over his
clothes. In his vain attempt to clear
the PRECIPITATION from his face 1t be-
came smeared. Several men who no
ticed the stains on Washington's face,
thinking the nan was a victim % foot
pads, called policeman, who took
Washington to the Greenpoint avenue
station house. where hurry call was
sent for an ambulance from the Eastern
district hospital The ambulance in its
hurry 10 reach the station nearly ran
into a car.
When the doctor reached the scene
he Immediately called for basin of
warm water and began to wash Wash
ington's face, head and hands to find
the wounds. He did this for nearly
half an hour without discovering any
injury. Then he put his hands in Wash
ington's pocket.
Washington, like his immortal name
sake, refused to tell a lie and said that
If they had consulted him before he
would have told them how 1t all hap
pened. His parting remark to the an
CRY surgeon was. well, thought you
young fellows were fly, but we yaps
have one on you city chaps now"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

Senator Dillingham;, discussing I'M
migration in New York, made use OF
the phrase. "the age Of discretion"
What is the age of discretion Sen
ator?" asked one of his auditors.
II should say" returned Senator Dill.
bingham. smiling. that the age of dis
erection is reached when young man
lection of actresses and dancing girls
photographs and substitutes the por-
trait of his rich bachelor uncle"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
His Concert Toilet.

A well-known musician, according to
the New York Tribune, was talking
about old-fashioned concerts. Some
of the hits directed at these concerts
were merited," he said. '.One hit, and
a good one. was made by a Chicago
man. He called upstairs to his daugh-
tiers:
'''What a time you girls take getting
ready for the concert! Look at me; a
bit of wadding in each ear, and I'm all
ready"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Alfarfn ns n Good Feed.

In the year 1903 read a great deal
about alfalfa, and so bought 100 pounds
o. seed and as soon as my oat crop
was sown prepared my land for al
falfa. | chose very rich piece of
laud which plowed about eight inches
deep, pulverized it very fine and then
sowed the seed broadcast. | sowed a
nurse crop in connection with the al
felfa-25 pounds of alfalfa and one
bushel of oats, covered with a drag.
About the first of June cut and cured
ard put in the barn the alfalfa and
oats. fed this to my horses and they
did well. Twice after this l cut the
alfalfa and let ii lie on the land for
mulch. The second year / cut the all
1alfa three times. making about six
tons to the acre in all for the second
year. The third year l cut it four
times, making ten tons to the acre for
tie season of 1906. My hogs eat the
dry alfalfa with relish, In fact. every
animal on the place seems to be crazy
TO eat alfalfa hay. / feed few cat.
Tie every year and give them shelled
corn. eai corn and shock corn with all
the alfalfa hay they will eat. They
nave good barn to stay in nights and
stormy weather, and I never In all
MY feeding saw cattle gain in three
months as these did from the time I
put them in the feed yard until they
were shipped to market / think al
falfa is one Of the most paying crors
a farmer can raise, and / have been
50 well pleased with my experience
that | am mulching the alfalfa with
manure and think it will help it to
winter. | think there is danger or
freezing. although the land faces to
the south and is well drained-G. p
Calkins. Ottawa, I'll.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Forest Planting I'm Nebraska.


A study was made by the United
States Department of Agriculture Of
the forest plantations in Eastern Ne
braska to ascertain the species of trees
best suited for planting throughout
the region. The plantations already
IN existence were studied with ref
erence to their silvicultural require
ments, the amount and value of wood
products grown, and the effect of diff
ferent methods of planting.
The planting of forests has decreased
in Eastern Nebraska in recent years.
and some of the earlier planted forests
are being cut off. Tables are given
showing the height and diameter
growth OF the principal species of trees
planted in Eastern Nebraska over a
period of fifty years, the amount of
heart wood in trees of various Diane.
tiers. and the yield of cottonwood OF.
bottom land and OH upland. Usage or
ange. white willow. silver maple. hoy
elder, Russian mulberry, white elm.
Lombardy poplar, black locust aud va
rious other species of broad-leaf trees
and of pines.
The data obtained show that hardy
catalpa. esage orange, black walnut
cottonwood, white willow, green ash
and honey locust caa be grown with
profit in Eastern Nebraska. HARDY
catalpa. Usage orange and green ash
should be planted chiefly for fence
posts, white willow for fuel, black wal.
nut for lumber and cottonwood for fuel
and lumber. All attain their best de-
velopment in rich, well-drained valleys
Cottonwood. white willow and black
walnut are esseGlally bottom-land
trees. Usage orange should be planted
on upland only in fertile soils in south.
eastern counties. The range of hardy
catalpa in upland Planting is consd.
erably wider, but ii ms. have good
soil. Green ash and honey locust are
especially adapted for dry upland
planting i'm the more western and
southwestern counties. In the
sand hills some of the coDifers. such
as Western yellow pine and jack pine,
undoubtedly may be planted with
profit, since land values are certain to
remain low"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

kidney secretions were like blood and
passed with intense pain. l had lost
30 pounds when | began using DOans
Kidney Pills. and was dreadfully ner-
yous. In one week felt better and to-
day am a well woman and lave been
for long time"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. n. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
TWO SISTERS HAD ECZEMA

kuucura CureO Scolp lrOuO1cs VI
Two Illinois Gfrls-Another SIS
ter Took Cuticura pills.
Il must much praise to all the Cuti-
cura Remedies. used but one cake OF
Cuticura Soap and one box OF Cuticura
Ointment, as that was all that was re-
quired to cure my disease. l was very
much troubled with eczema OF the head,
and a friend of mine told me to use
the Cuticura Remedies, which | did.
and am glad to sa. that they cured my
eczema entirely. My sister was also
cured of eczema Of the head by using
the Cutlcura Remedies. Another sis
ter has used Cuticura Resolvent and
Pills and thinks they are a splendid
tonic. Miss Edith Hammer, r. e. d.
No. 6, Morrison, ILL.,, Oct. 3. 1906"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
PAYING FOR OLD WARS.
Debt of More than Twelve Year
Aro Now Paid

Ago Now Paid.
The fact that the United States, on
July l. made its last payment for the
expenses of specie resumption in 1879,
has attracted interest to the question,
how other nations stand in that regard,
says the New York Post. The case OF
England is strikingly interesting. Tn
til the Goschen act of 1883 fixed 1928
for the maturity of the British govern
ment's debt, no fixed term was ever
set. Like the French 3 per cent rentes,
consols were perpetual. Nevertheless,
they were annually redeemed in large
amounts for the sinking fund. Between
the peace of Paris. which ended the
Napoleonic wars in 1916, and the out
break of the Crimean war in 1854, the
debt was reduced fJ6. $4,000, or an av-
erage or II, 100000 per annum; between
the Crimean war and 1900 it was re-
duced f4,ScO0Co per annum.
This was too slow pace, however,
to extihguish. even in a century, a debt
which footed up fS6l $3.50 when Ne
poleon went to st. Helena. The Cri-
mean war of 1854 added f33,91S,0O0 to
the debt; the total debt Mt the outbreak
of the Boer war in 1899 was f62S,91S,-
600, and it has increased largely since
1899. This is to say. the British gov
ernment is still paying interest on $780,
100000 to f600000,00O debt contracted
before 1917 and fhe PrifiSh DpoDle arc
still footing the bills of Trafalgar, the
German struggles, the peninsular cam
paign and Waterloo
The contrast between this experience
and our own is the more striking, in
that our own public debt in August,
1865. was $2.3S1 900, or more than
one-half of the public debt of $4,30J,-
100000 reported by England fifty years
before.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Is Pe-ru-na Useful
for c.atarrh2

Should a list Of the ingredients Of Pc
runa be submitted to any medical ex-
pert, of whatever school or nationality,
he would be obliged to admit without
reserve that each one of them was ofun-
doubted value in chronic catarrhal dis
eases, and had stood the test of many
years experience in the treatment of
such diseases. THERE CAN BE NO
DISPUTE ABOUT THIS WHAT
EVER. Peruna is composed cfthe most
eficacious and universally used herbal
remedies for catarTh. Every ingredient
OF Peruna has a reputation of its own
In the cure Of some phase Of catarrh
Peruna brings to the home the COM
BINED KNOWLEDGE OF SEVERAL
SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE in the treat.
ment Of catarrhal diseases; brings to
the home the scientific skill and knowl-
edge ofthe modern pharmacist; and last
butnotleast, brings to the home the vast
and varied experience Of DR.. Hartman,
intheuseofcatarrh remedies, and in the
treatment of catarrhal diseases.
the fact Is, chronic catarrh is a dis
ease which is very prevalent Many
thousand people know they have
chronic catarrh. They have visited
doctors over and over again, and been
told that their case is one of chronic
catans. 1t may be ofthe nose, throat,
lungs, stomach or some other internal
organs There is no doubt as to the ma
ture Of the disease. The only trouble
is the remedy. This doctor has tried to
cure them. That doctor has tried to
prescribe for them.
EUT THEY ALL FAILED TO
BRING ANY RELIEF.
DR.. Hartman's idea is that catarrh
remedy can be made or large scale,
as he is making it; that it can be made
honestly, of the purest drugs and of
the strictest uniformity. Els idea is
that this remedy can supplied direct
lyto the people, and no more be charged
for it than is necessary for the
handling fit
No other household remedy 80 uni
versany advertised carries upon the
label the principal active constituents,
showing that Pcruna invites the full
inspection Of the critics.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

had gone so far in
five years that my
physicians S al d
nothing but an OPP
Grafton would cure
me. Awful bear
ing down pains,
b a ok q C h c s and
headaches tortur-
ed me, there were
spells of dizziness
\ g -
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Quail Disease.

A highly contagious and rapidly IA
tai disease has lately prevailed among
quail in this country. New to the
United States, or at least unrecognized
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Talks a. He Thinks.

Mr.. Borely (who has been CRITICS
mg)-Now. don't be offended. You
know. ! always say what 1 think.
Miss Cutting-You don't talk much,
do you, Mr.. Borely Illustrate Bits
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

Goodman Gonrong-That's the fust
time l ever seen We earn meal O.
victuals by workin' fur It.
Saymold Storey-l'm on me vacation,
durn We Chicago Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

The japanese lover. instead of an en-
gagement ring. may give his future bride
q piece of beautiful silk to be worn as
sash.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

The nitrate industry of Chile yields
the government the enormous annual sum
of s25,000000 in gold from the export
duty
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

Push the lambs from the first if you
would have big, fat sheep.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
RUBBBR STAMPS.

All kinds Of Rubber Stamps Mads to Order.
Beli-inkin6 Dsters-.somethlng new. lax and
linking Pads. Send for Catalogue - Leek Bsz
3ie. Pert Wsyua LA
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

Three conditions are needed for the
production of sweet cream. Cleanli-
ness low temperature and richness in
the cream.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

The meadows and pastures as we'll as
the growing wheat are often benefited
BY rolling we'll in the spring after the
frost is through the ground.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

Shelter and comfortable quarters
should be provided for stock, if for
nothing else than simply a question of
economy in the consumption of food.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

Mrs. WinsIow's sooTHIN, -rRUf -or Children
teething softens the gums reduces inflammation.
lars pain. cures Wis colo. . csnts q bottle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

Do you want Self linking Dating Stamp
Tor 70 centsr Address. Lock 3oz 7le. Pert
Wayne. lndianA
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
nED CROss BALL BLUE
Needed the Change.

Should be in every home. Ask your
grocer for it. Large . o. package only
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

The trouble with so many walk
ing encyclopedias is that you cannot
shut them I'D.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

ALL UP-TO-DATE HoUsEKEEPERs
Use Red Cross Ball Blue. 1t makes
clothes clean and sweet as when new.
All groccrs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

If there were more square deals In
meals.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

The safe bore a paper stating that
there was nothing of value within.
Nevertheless the burglar blew the re.
ceptable open, finding the statement
correct. WELL he remarked, gather
ing up his tools. ''it's worth something
to ascertain that there are still people
who tell the truth. "-Phlladlephia
Ledger.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
A woMAN's sUFFERINGs.
A Dreadful Operation Seemed to II
the Only Outcome.

Mrs. Clyde Pixley. Bridge street,
Bedding, Mich, writes: Il had infiam-
nation of the bladder, and the trouble