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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Growth Of Fiahcr.

There is low in course of arrange
ment in the central hall of the Nat
ural History Museum at South Ken
sington, says the London Daily Ora
phic. a most interesting exhibition H.
Illustrating some of the principal feat
ures of the fishery investigation work
of the Marine Biological Association
toward the support Of which the chan
cellor of the excheQuer was recently
asked to increase the government grant
Specimens of pollack are on view show
ing the annual growth rate in the Eng
lish channel, which varies from ] y
to 2la inches at the age of 3 to
months to q y inches at the end of
the sixth summer. A series Of scales
taken from the same fish at various
periods are also exhibited in illustra.
ton of another method of determining
the age of fish. In like manner a num-
Der of plaice taken from the bays and
estuaries on the east coast of Eng
land. the English channel anG the
southern part of the North Sea are
ON exhibition an examination showing
that fos the first three years the growth
rate OF both males and females is
practically identical, and that after
that period the growth of the males
is slower than that of the females. "a
circumstance which is associated with
the earlier maturity of the N ale.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
FIT THE GROCER.
wife Made the Suggestion.

A grocer has excellent opportunity to
know the effects of special foods on
his customers. A Cleveland grocer has
a long list of customers that have been
helped in health by leaving off coffee
and using Postum Food Coffee.
He says, regarding his own expert
ence: Two years ago / had been
drinking coffee and must say that 1
was almost wrecked in my nerves.
Particularly in the morning | was
so irritable and upset that could
hardly wait until the coffee was serv-
cd. and then l had no appetite for
breakfast and did net feel like attend
ing to my store duties.
"One day my wife suggested that
inasmuch as l was selling so much
Postum there must be some merit in it
and suggested that we try it, | took
home.a package and she prepared it ac-
cording to directions. The result was
very happy one. My nervousness
gradually disappeared and to-day | am
ali right. | would advise everyone
affected in any way with nervousness
Or stomach troubles, to leave off coffee
and use Postum Food Coffee" There's
Reason" Read, The Road to Well.
ville." In pkgs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

Milk fever has long been 4 destruc-
tive ailment among large milking cows
but il is no longer feared by dairymea
who are familiar with the air treat,
nent But, though the disease may b.
easily handled by this treatment, it nes-
ertheless causes considerable damage =
the cow in lowering her record for TIE
year, and is altogether dangerous di%
ease. 1t is well to guard against tLls
trouble by prevention, and perhaps oss
of the best known methods is to sea
that the animal has laxative food fren
two weeks to ten days before calvilg
After the calf comes, do not in any easa
milk out all the milk, but leave the I'D
der as full as possible; that is, simply
relieve the pressure enough to prevent
the udder caking. This r. natures wgy
of protecting the animal After thsee
or four days, when the danger is ov.r,
the animal may he MIXED out clean
each time and put on full feed few
days later.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

Buyers, when taking up wool for The
mills, invariably reject all fieeces tied
with sisal, binder or other lnjuricls
trine: these fleeces can be sold OIL ~
az a discount. Mill men say that it is
impossible to turn out perfect cloth
from this sisal-tied wool, owing to the
fact that the strands from the twiae
that work into the wool do not take
the dye, and otherwise cause defeats
in the finished product. Growers a.si
those preparing wool for market should
keep this important feature in mind,
namely. that to realize the higheEt
price and to facilitate the sale of the
wool the heeces should be tied with
regular wool Irvine. IL pays.
Imports Of foreign raw wool into the
United States during the month of Feb
ruary amounted to 22.393,31S pounds.
against 26,O0G.300 pounds in the same
month last year. and 29.O03.210 pounds
In 1905: total imports for past eight
months ended with February were H.
132.s73 pounds against 126,217 ,O96
pounds in 190J-06, 13S,416,117 m
190f0j.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Western Growth.

Apropos of the mushroom growth Of
new towns on the Western frontier o
locomotive engineer relates the follow
ing:
Zone day | was driving my engine
across the prairie when suddenly a con-
siderable town loomed up ahead where
nothing had showed up the day before.
whit towns this:' says 1 10 my
fireman.
"'Blamed If 1 know, says Bill. 1T
Want here when we went over the
road yesterday
well, / slowed down. and directly
we pulled into the station, where over
five hundred people were waiting on
the platform to see the first train come
in.
The conductor came along up front
and says to me:
Jim, first we know we'll be run
ming by some important place. Get this
town down on your list and I'll put a
brakeman out on the rear platform to
watch out for towns that spring up
after the train gets by "-Minneapolii
Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

The gray bug that infcsts squash
vines is tough customer. Poison does
not always kill him, because he does
not eat tine leaves, but thrusts his beas
through the outer covering to suck the
Juice, and does not get much of tina
poison. In n series of experiments IT,
the methods of preventing the attacks
of the squash vine borer the preventives
employed were paris green at the rate
Of half a teaspoonful to two gallons.
corn cobs dipped in coal tar. and kerr
osene emulsion. The application of the
paris green and the kerosene was re-
peated after every hard rain until Sep
TENDER; the cobs were dipped in coal
tar again once in three weeks. All three
OF the applications seemed to be bene-
fetal. with perhaps little something
in favor OF the corn cobs' as being the
cheapest and most convenient. The
odor of the tar has no effect or the In
sects, but seems to repel the moth,
causing her to lay her eggs elsewhere.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

1t happened when I was guidin' 8
party of New York sports. and one Of
'em a young Teller, was crazy to kill
a panther, so we thought we'd fix
things up an give him some fun. A
couple of the boys got the rig planned
an when night CINE we were all ready,
with two candles set out in the woods
and the blood of a deer maxim a good
trail beyond where they stood.
After supper everybody was sittin'
around the fire talkin' panther and the
young Teller was pretty keen about get
tin his oar in. All of a sudden, just
behind the camp, somethin' let out a
rearin', spittin' scream that made ev-
cry man jump clean off the ground.
Then somebody hollered, "Git a gun
Git gun.'' and another one yelled
LOOK at his eyes. l kin see his
eyes,
Well, sir, then the dogs started up
an the sport let blaze at the candles.
OF course they went out, because q
man was all ready and pulled the
string when he fred. Things were pref
ty well stirred up. l kin tell you.
"Let them dogs loosel Let them
dogs loose." the young Teller kept roar
in. an when we did an they found
the trail you ought to have seen them
sports. They had it bad an wanted to
go right after the panther that minute
Here Rubt Uttered and gave con-
Guiding cough
He never knew the difference, an
I'll bet he thinks he wounded that
panther ter this day. He, he Forest
and Stream.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

A Chicagoan was praising the late
Marshall Field.
MIR. Field was kindly man." he
said. "He spoke i'll Of no one, and
when hss opinion was asked OF a per-
son, and it was not favorable opin-
ion, he would express ii in such gen.
tie and quaint way that its sting would
lie mostly lost.
"Once at a dinner praised the con-
,ersationaf talent Of man across the
table. l said TO Mr.. Field:
.'Do you know hi.ny
az have met him. the other an
swered.
"sWell, he is clever chap said
He can talk brilliantly for an hour af
stretch
"'Then, when I met him. said Mr..
Field, lit must have been the begin
ming Of the second hour"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

What was the origin of the phrase
Enough to make cat laugE?" DR..
Murray's Dictionary notices only
Enough to make cat speak," which
Is explained as signifying something
extraordinary, especially something
very good to drink. "Old liquor able to
make cat speak," is quoted from an
early eighteenth century source, and
Herewith Stephano's remark to Cali
ban is compared, "Open your mouth,
here isthat which will give language TO
you, cat Miss Squeers' maidservant
said that only to see Miss Squeers'
friend, Miss Price, toss her head was
enough to make d tomcat talk French
grammar" But even that is not exact
ly laughing. Has it anything to do
with the mythical Cheshire animal;--
London Chronicle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Little About Everything.


The Car is the worlds richest mon
arch.
Nothing happens without a cause
Polybius.
kissing and shaking hands are rare
ly practioed in Japan.
The King of Portugal is clever art
ist, especially with pastels.
Ivan Palaczat, 102 years old. is I'M
der arrest at Agram, Austria. for burg
larry.
OF the boy workers in London, news
boys are the healthiest, BARRIERS boys
the most unhealthy.
Fruits grown i'm China are usually
inferior i'm flavor, but superior to Amer
lean in keeping qualities.
In Victoria, Australia, the children
are carried to and from school on the
electric cars free of charge
In all the Miners Federation Of
Great Britain sent $4,000 to the strik-
Ing coal miners of Germany.
lean export trade has been in the two
great crops. cotton and wheat.
The Chinese bury their dead close
to the surface, thus affording fertilizer
to plants.
THE Gospel of Common Sense" was
the book Thomas Baxter, OF Glasgow.
elected to steal from public library in
that city.
At SchGnbrunn, the Austrian EN-
peror's palace. is the finest collection
OF orchids in the world, numbering 49,
600 plants
There are over a million goats in
Montenegro, where these little animals
constitute the chief source of meat for
tie inhabitants
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
.Misnuofafinnsv

When Louis WI. laid his head be-
meath the guillotine, his confessor,
Able Edgeworth, dismissed him from
the world. so history tells, with "SoD
of Saint Louis, ascend to heaven" yet
ia reality he said nothing of the sort
The brave defiance. The guard dies,
but never surrenders," attributed to
Cambronnc when. at Waterloo, the inn
perial guard were ordered to throw
down their arms. has been shown to
have been the fanciful creation of some
historians mind; and the saying,
Providence favors the stronger side,'
or. as it has been corrupted, God is on
the side with the heaviest artillery"
which has been attributed to Napoleon,
really originated with writer's OF an
tiquity. Cicero alludes to it as an "old
proverb."
1t would take volumes to contain all
the plumbers, small, large and indif-
ferent, that historians have made, and
the lamentable part of it is that the
cid plumbers arc constantly being made
over again.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

seed or oatmeal. To cure secured
calves, first remove the cause of the
securing, then stop usual feed and give
one pint of new milk three times a
day, with an egg in one of the feeds.
If this be not sufficient. put 4 little
-four porridge into the milk; for bad
cases, one to two ounces of caster oil,
with teaspoonful of laudanum re-
peat the laudanum after four hours.
A tablespoonful of baking soda in the
milk is good remedy.
Calves should be taught to eat hay
and grain at as early an age as posi-
bic. In the winter they should have
an abundance Of turnlps and clover
hay. with little oats and bran. II
fed too much oats the beef tendency
may be induced Ross, New
York.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

The calf is the baby COW. The baby
man is fed twice as often as the full
grown man. Does ii not seem reason
able that the baby COWS should be fed
at least as often as the full-grown
COW? The causes of securing in calves
are Cd overlooking Of milk, (2) dirty
feed buckets, and go tc5 hot or too
cold feed. Not more than one full
bucket of skim milk should be given a
calf daily. 1t should be fed in three
feeds at a temperature of 80, and the
pals scalded at least every second day.
Supplement the skim milk with fax
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

Take sound piece of hardwood los
fifteen or eighteen inches long and s
foot or more in diameter. Make II
round and smooth. Insert iron pins or
bolts at each end. Take two pieces OF
wagon tire. make 4 hole in one end
of each to slip over the pin or bolt, and
bend the pieces at the other end so as
to fasten to q handle made like
spade handle, with piece os wood
put through the upper end to hold 1T
by. Care should be taken that the log
can roll easily inside the lion pieces.
This will level the ground and crush
the clods in the garden bed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Mrs. Plnkham's Invitation to Wenes.


Allusion is often made, especially in
fashion journals. to Osprey" feathers
Few words have been more loosely
banded about than this bird name
The Roman author Pliny's "ossifraga"
(bone breaker) has been identified
with the ,ammergeyer, vulturc that
is reputed to break up bones too big
for it to devour whole by dropping
them f1sm a height upon rocks But
both ':Issifrage" and OSPREY" a newer
form. came to be applied to quite an
other bird, the fish hawk. which il
now the true Osprey" Yet the "os-
prey" feathers-more properly egret
feathers. or aigrettes-do not como
from this bird, but from the egret or
lesser white heron.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
SIOO Reward. 500.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased
10 learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure In
NJ its stages. and thar Is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now
being n constitutional disease. requires
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally. acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. thereby destroying the foundation
OF the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting noture In doing Its work. The
propriefors have so much faith In It's cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send for list OF testimonials
Address +. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. 15c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

A sample not. unusual in the results
following tile drainage in Wisconsin
marshes is that of forty-acre tract
which was previously listed on the tax
roll as swamp land" 1t was consid-
cred waste space, with the exception
that an inferior quality and scant
quantity of marsh grass and weeds
were produced, and peg shoes were re-
iquired to enable teams to work upon
It. The place was tile-drained at
cost of SIG per acre. and later pro-
duced as large crops of corn and hay
as regular farm lands costing high
prices.-E. Reichenbach. Illinois.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Order Coupon.
a stylish Model.

Box-plaited skirts are always pretty
and graceful and, If properly cut, are
quite sure to hang well. This Is an at
tractiye model for either separate
skirt or for one to be worn with a
blouse of the same material. With
shirt waists in such favor as they are
now, some such skirt is Il necessity, and
when donned with pretty blouse it
makes costume suitable for any of
the less formal occasions The skirt
pictured here is cut with five cores,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Motive.

What inspired you to write that
book?" asked the literary critic.
ITO tell the truth" said the successful
author, my wife furnished the inspira-
ton for it,
Your wife?'
'Yes; she said it was time was doing
something, and that if Didn't go to work
and turn out book that would sell. by
the great horn spoon, she would do 1t
herself. / was afraid she might.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Too Much.

"'That nan Reicerndoirt is the most
conceited, iusufferable, vain. arrogant,
insolent, purseproud individual that
trammels the EARTH" said the man With
the automobile goggles.
"Why, j heard that he towed your
runabout in for you yesterday" said
the man With the gasoline on his coat
flowed it in! Darn it. he happened
along in mis- big touring car when my
little machine broke down and I'll be
hanged IL he didn't rig up 4 derrick
of some sort and swing my runabout
into his tonneau and haul it mr.
Judge.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Greenland for TubercuIosi..

1t is claimed the arctic region is an
Ideal location for the treatment OF
tuberculosis on account Of the almost
perpetual sunshine. 1t is dustless, the
air is pure and dry and the unusual
scenes stimulate the desire for exer-
else. Dr. Frederick Bohen of Washing
ton, is inclined to believe that Green
land sanitarium is not only a medical
possibility but a practical business
proposition.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
ITCHING Rash 10 YEARS.
Girls Rash Spread and Grew Worse
Under Specialists Care-Perfect

Girls Rash Spread and Grew Worse
Under Specialists Care-Perfect
Cure by Cuticura Remedies.
when my daughter was baby she
had Il breaking out behind the ears
The doctor said that she would outgrow
1t, and it did get somewhat better until
she was about fifteen years old, and
after that she could get noting that
would drive it away. She was always
applying something in the way Of
salves. 1t troubled her behind the
knees, opposite the elbows, back of the
neck and ears, under the chin. and
then it got on the face. That was about
three years ago. She took treatment
with specialist and seemed to get
worse all the time. We were then
advised to try the Cuticura Remedies,
and now / don't see any breaking out.
NJ Curley, 11-19 Sixteenth street, Bay
City, Mich. May 90, 1906"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

dresses, and among them are a large
number of linen suits. There is moth
Ing more effective for summer wear
and nothing that will better stand
wear and laundering. \ chic little
dress of this kind is sketched here. \
wide box plat is laid at the front and
the back. with wide side plaits on
either. side. A stitched belt is buttoned
around the waist held in place by slip
ping it through couple of straps at
the sides. A deep, square sailor collar
extends from the edges of the front box
piaits and is finished with frill of
linen embroidery. The wide, square
cut, turned-back cuffs are also finished
in the same way. Around the neck is
n straight, narrow stitched band, and
around the collar and cuffs stitched
bands of blue linen form an effective
finish. This pattern is cut in sizes for
girls from , to 6 years of age.
The above pattern will be mailed to
your address on receipt of 10 cents.
Send all orders to the Pattern Depart
ment of this paper. BE sure to give
both the number and size of pattern
wanted, and write very plainly. For
convenience, write your order on the
foIlovinor corr,on
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

That cur American forests abound In
plants which possess the most valuable
medicinal virtues is abundantly attested
by scores of the most eminent medical
writers and teachers Even the untu-
tored Indians had discovered tie useful
ness OF many native plants before the
advent OF the white race. This informa-
tion, impaired freely to the whites, led
the latter to continue investigations until
to-day we have rich assortment of most
valuable American medicinal roots.
- - =
Or. Pierce believes that our American fer
ests abosnd in most valuable medicinal roots
fo7 the cufe>9f most obstinate and fatal dis
eaSfs. IL veey0Sd properly investigate them;
and 10 teeshftDatSn OF this conviction. he
poiTtsr with pride>0 the almost MARVELLOUS
CUES etected BY bis Gnldan- Medical Dis
coyery..- which has proyenl Itself 10 be the
mosl efficient -.tomach- ionic llyeE1nYtgQI-
slQE-heaIt tonic snd regulator, and blood
cleanser known to medical science, Dyspep-
sia. or Indigestion. torpid liver. functional
and even valvular and other affections OF
the heart yield 10 its curative action. Tho
reason rhy it cures these and many other
affections. IS clearly shown in a little book
OF extracts from the standard medical works
which is mailed free TO any address by DR.. r
request for the same
Not less marvellous. n the unparalleled
cures IT is constantly making of tgoraan's
many peculiaS affections. weaknesses and
diStyeSsingy arrangements Is DR.. Pierce's
Fa1orite> Prescripsl0r,> is amply attested
by thousands offDso<c ri testimonials con-
tributed byNGHfeful paflerS who have been
cured BY Il Of catarrhal pelzic dEails. Ralnfm
perlods, irIegnl arities: prolapsus and ofheI
displaceneQis cauSeI BY Teakness. ulcer
alton Of uterus and Kindred affections. often
after many other advertised medicines. and
physicians had failed.
Both the above mentioned medicines are
wholly made up from the glyceric extracts OF
native. medicinal roots The processes en-
ployed in tlseir manufacture were orlginai
with Dr.. Pierce. and they are carried on by
skilled chemists and pharmacists with the
aid of apparatus and appliances specially
designed and built for this purpose Both
medicines are entirely free from alcohol and
all other harmful. habit-forming drugs. A
full list OF their ingredients Is printed on
each bottie-wrapper.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

Ny Doctor kept me on a strict diet. but
as his medicine was not helping me. /
began usi..g Doan's Kidney Pills. They
helped me at once, and soon all traces
Of sugar disappeared. | have regained
my former weight and am perfectly
WELL
Sold by all dealers. 30 cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, y. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Roused m Painfu, yYemorv.

"O,d mau, I'm sorry to see you carry
such looking umbrella as that"
why so, dear boy? / think it's pc
culiarly fine one, and a credit to any
mans taste"
$50 it is, old man: so it is. I'm sorry
TO see you carrying it because it looks ex-
actly like one l used to carry and have
lost track of somehow"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
The Enrlx Woru

Entertaining a children's party at a
certain millionaire's house in New
York, woman professional teller of
stories to juveniles happened to en-
ploy the old proverb. The early bird
catches the worm" A little boy cues
toned the proverb promptly. "But
wasn't the worm foolish" he asked, ITO
get up early and be caughty' my
dear" said the story teller. shat worm
hadn't been to bed at all. He was just
getting home.'
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

The inducements to adopt Natures per-
feet Laxative, Garfield Tea. are many |!
1t is made wholly of simple Herbs and
is guaranteed under the Pure Food and
Drugs Law; it overcomes constipation,
regulates the Liver and Kidneys, purifies
the blood and brings Good Health.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

Foreigner often hear of the rapid
transit problem" in this country. What
is the nature OF it?
Native-When you get on one of these
lightning trains, mister, it's a problem
whether you're going to get through alive
or not.