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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-21

into power, and the statement was
made IN diplomatic circles that the
American statesman had dianlsaaed
PreHldeutclec{ Taft. a. we'll as
Prcsident Roosevelt. through the
extravaganza with which ne had
maintained bis station al the court
OF ST. James.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
The Hen and Her Nest.

Many claim that the nest should be
on the ground, but all claims that hens
should have their nests on the moist
ground are unsupported by facts. " hat
Is required for the hen in winter is a
snug, warm location, while in summer
she should have a cool place, says the
Washington Farmer.
The best material for a nest is dry
Earth on the bottom, with chopped hay
over the earth. Then dust the nest.
hen and eggs with good insect powder.
and put small quantity of tobacco re-
fuse in the nest.
Should an egg be broken, or the nest
become foul, clean it thoroughly. The
broken egg will cause lice quicker than
anything else. But first see that the
hen has no lice, then give her good
eggs, and she win bring off a brood
If she has a warm and comfortable
nest.
The nest should be made movable, so
that it can be taken outside for clean
ing. and should never be placed where
eny of the fowls can roost upon 1t, or
cause 1t to become filthy. 1t should
uerer be so high as to compel effort to
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
A Government Garden

Old Fort Brown is now an orcha I'd
and garden, in which citrus and other
fruits and a variety of semitropical
plants are growing. besides the truck
that Is specially adapted to that soil
and climate. When the excursionists
Of the San Antonio Business Mems Club
were in Brownsville a few DAYS ago
they were treated to some of the fine
melons grown In the government inclos-
ure, and were gratified by the exhibit
ton of the great variety of plants and
vegetables illustrative Of the agricul-
tural and horticultural possibilities CT
the lower Rio Grande valley. There
need be no fear of overproduction
where there is judicious marketing. The
markets of the North and East viii
readily absorb all the early fruits and
vegetables of southwest Texas, which.
BY reason of their earlier aJpears uce
In the market. are without ccmpetitlo ]
from the outside.-San Antonio Ex-
pIcss.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
New York Highway.

From observations of engineers and
others interested in the subject of good
roads 1t is more and more evident thu!
serious damage results from the pass
age of the rapid-moying automobiles
over them. In New York State. whore
there are probably more automobiles
than anywhere else in this country. The
matter seems to have reached the
alarming point. 1t has been made the
subject of several reports by officials
Immediately concerned. In the past
two or three years the increase In the
number of automobiles and in their
weight and speed has made their effect
very noticeable. The fragments and
powder formed by the grinding action
of traffic, which serve as a necessary
binder to the stone OF the macadam.
are lifted by the broad rubber tires Of
a rapidlymovlng automobile and scat
tered.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06

1t was certainly reprehensible, though
one can not but smile at the bold trpk
played one night by half dozen men
In Paris. These individuals rang at
the door Of private house. and before
the servant could announce their ar
rival the leader had donned IN Official
scarf and introduced himself as police
commissioner, seized about $1,000 which
was lying on the table as stakes in n
game Of poker, saying he would not
trouble the host and his guests to call
at the Office that evening, but would be
obliged IL they would do so the next
morning. The commissioner" with his
es. ort, politely departed. When the
p, yers dutifully called at the Office the
next day, their visit created visible sur.
prise, and they learned. to their disgust
that this police commissioner Of the
night before had triczed them and their
$1,000 had been carried Off by gang
Of thieves. So much for playing poker
and having an uneasy conscience -
Boston Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06

In his diary, which is incorporated
In the Life and Letters of Sir Richard
Claverhouse Jebb,' the great Greek
scholar recorded a flash Of his own wit
which is Of most appealing variety.
At a dinner at Cambridge Sir Rich
ard, then Mr.. Jebb, took in a young
woman. who got through the first
course with little conversation. Sud
denly she startled him by saying. in the
most unprovoked way. while she was
still dining with apparent good appe-
tite:
Professor Jebb. do you think WON
en- ever die Of broken hearth
Perhaps other organs may have
something to do with it" he proffered,
In reply.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06

to float forever up and down the Black
Gap. l told them no good would come
Of stealing the gold l warned them
that Gods vengeance would follow
them, If they killed the innocent men
who dug the treasure out of the rocks"
The old man covered his face with
his hands. and shrunk back upon the
ground, while Trefry's eyes and mine
met IN q significant look. The mystery
was out. The pcospectors had been
murdered. and the old trapper, our
guide, knew the men who had done the
deed
But we could not think about the
tragedy then. Our eyes returned with
an irresistible fascination to the mys-
eriOus raft. Could it, indeed, be a
'hantom, as the old man had said? Was
IS strange course, up and down the
anon, the result of a supernatural
agency, or merely of natural laws? We
watched il breathlessly, as it swept up
stream and again approached the point
where its course had 50 abruptly
4
spun, as if struck by some strong op-
posing force, against which it was held
ny the counter-current from behind
Again IL shot out towards the middle
Jf the stream, and foated rapidly down
current, only TO be caught once more
by the strange whirlpool and sent back
beneath the cliff.
Zone thing is sure" said my compan.
ion. That is no phantom raft, and to
prove ii, l will knock that axe into the
water with a bullet"
Trefry was a crack shot, and he
lnelt. rested his elbow on his knee, took
careful aim, and fired The next In
slant the axe. which mad been lying
near the edge of the raft, disappeared
in the black water.
The old trapper, starting to his knees,
had watched the shot with eyes that
fairly bulged from their sockets. When
he saw the axe sink beneath the water
his whole demeanor suddenly changed
Raising his own rife quickly, he fired,
and the next instant puff like small
cloud Of smoke rose from the bundle in
the center of the raft. AS II cleared
away, we saw wide, ragged rent in
the half-rotten wrappings. and out of
this rent was pouring q shining yellow
stream.
She trapper turned to us with tri-
umphant smile.
Il thought So he said ut is the
stolen gold. Now | understand how
it happened. Pierre and Mart thought
1t would be safer TO take it away down
the river. SO they built q raft. But
the raft got caught I'm the big whirlpool
of the Black Gap, and they couldn't get
it out. And here they've been going
round and round for eleven years I'm a
trap that no man could get out alive
from. The breath has gone out of their
bodies, and the flesh has fallen off their
bones, but the gold has been kept safe
all these years. 1t is the judgment of
heaven!"
We went up stream FIVE miles, till we
came to cleft where tributary
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06

freely as If we had been companions
from the start
My partner ard soon found that the
advantage lay as much upon our side
as upon the trapper's, for the latter's
intimate knowledge of the country made
him sure guide, and he was also able
to tell us pretty much all We wanted
to know about the headwaters of the
Yellowstone, excepting whether gold
was to be found there. The old man
declared that he never had any desire
to accumulate the yellow metal, as he
did not care for the value 1t represented
In the marts of civilization SO long
as he could barter his furs for the sim
pie necessities Of a hunters life his CIV.
cry want was satisfied.
do you know whether any other
party of prospectors ever came into this
section IN search of gold?" asked Trefry
of the old man, as we sat by our camp
fire, smoking. one evening.
1t was a minute OR more before the
trapper answered Then he said, sim
ply:
"Yes, but / don't know what ever be-
came of them" Further questioning
only caused him TO shake his head II
CAM tell you," he would say. "They
never came back Icy way, at least"
We began to suspect that there was
some mystery about the matter that dis
quieted our companion. The subject
was one that he did not like to talk
about We brought 1t up several times
afterwards, but could get nothing more
out of him.
II believe the old fellow has a grain
o. superstition in his makeup" whis-
pered Robert TO me. as the trapper took
his axe and went out among the shad.
ows to cut more wood for the fire. "He
has either seen the ghost OF one of
those prospectors. OF imagines he has
I'd give good deal to know what be-
came of thenl.'
Ply this time we had reached the val
ley Of the Yellowstone, If that high
table-land through which the river has
cut its tomb-like channel can properly
NC NdiiCu NdiiVN. Lie lIGDptT cdDln
had been reached and passed. 1t was
evident that he wished to accompany
us farther. and we were not at all
averse to his doing so. for we had found
him not Only very helpful in ways where
our ignorance was anything but bliss.
but also an agreeable companion. As
for his occasional fits of superstition.
they only amused us.
For many days we journeyed toward
the sources OF the river, following the
vast, yawning canon, over whose edge
we often stopped to peer, amazed at its
dark, cavernous depths. At some points
the gulf was simply awe-inspiring, the
walls of rock rising nearly a quarter
of n mile straight up from the water.
1t was on the ninth day Of our Jour
ney up the river. at noon. The old
trGpper was walking in advance, lead
Ing the pack mule. All at once he
stopped so suddenly that the mules
dropping bead ran into him. and came
near knocking him over the precipice
He staggered, recovered his balance, and
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06

stream made its way down to the Vel.
lowstone. Near its mouth we founs
enough driftwood lodged to build an
other raft; and the next morning w.
flOated down to the whirlpool. Using
the utmost care, lest we ourselves
should get caught in the back current
we managed to fasten upon the treas
ure raft with long, rude pike-pole
and by our united strength in padding
and towing, we drew the other raft oui
of the whirlpool. and suffering both tC
float together down stream. succeeded
in landing. late that day, at a spot
where another cleft made it possible tc
climb the canon wall.
The gold dust was treasure, indeed.
not less than half a bushel of 1t. by
careful measurement. We carried ii
back TO the trappers cabin, and Trefry
and | left him there to guard it, while
we brospected diligently for four
months, in the hope of finding the lead
from which it was taken. But not an
ounce Of gold did we scrape together
between US
On our return we took the gold out
TO the settlements and advertised for
its owners. But though several claims
were put In by unprincipled parties, nc
one was able to prove property; and
finally we came to the conclusion that
the treasure fairly belonged to those
trapper TO take his third, but he would
not touch a penny.
Il should have no use for it, he said.
at would only lie behind my fireplace"
So Trefry and l went back to 1.-The
States" richer by twenty thousand dol
lars. the treasure-trove of the Phantom
Raft.-Chicago Daily News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06

n A Phantom Raft \
~ n
'NeSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS;S

In the early days of the gold-mining
craze thousands of young men pushed
out into the great northwest. without
any very definite notion of where they
were going, or what their plan of action
would be when they got there. They
simply Joined the stampede for the Pa
cific coast. hoping to gain some trust
worthy information en- route; or, break
ing away entirely from the main body
Of gold-seekers, they ventured into IN
known regions, in the hope of discover
ing some rich deposit in locality
where there would be, II all probability,
none TO dispute their claim, or TO object
to their pre-empting and working a
whole township, If they wished.
Among the latter were my college
chum, Robert Trefry, and myself. We
got it into our heads that the region
near the headwaters of the Yellow
stone river. then but very little known
ought to be rich In mineral deposits,
though we had but little or no evidence
upon which to base such a supposition
But with the usual hot-headedness and
romantic disposition of youth, we
longed to get out of the beaten track.
and combine a little of the excitement
OF exploration with that of gold-seek-
ing. So, while the rest of our little
party kept on to California. we branch
ed off toward the northwest, equipped
with the usual prospectors' outfit, AID
were soon beyond the outposts of civili-
cation.
After three days Of hard travelling,
without having seen a human being or
a sign of one, we Unexpectedly came up
with an old hunter and trapper. who
was backing" load of supplies from
the settlements to his lonely cabin in
what is now the great Yellowstone
Park. Acquaintance are soon formed
In the wilderness, and in less than fif
teen minutes the greater part of the
trapper's burden had been transferred
to our pack-mule, aad we were all
tramping along together. talking as
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06

struck back at the mule with his left
hand, but never turned his face an in
slant from the gulf into which he was
staring.
AS we came hurriedly up, we noticed
the pallor of the old mans cheek Even
his stern cut profile showed the horror
depicted upon his features. Apparently,
he did not heed our approach, or notice
us, as we bent cautiously over the brink
Of the canon, and gazed down at the
dark river. hundreds of feet below.
The sight that met our eyes was GER
tainly enough to chill the blood in a
mans veins, and send a SILVER down his
backbone. About fifteen feet out from
the wall of rock upon which we stood,
a rudely built raft was floating up
stream. On this raft lay the skeletons
Of two men, glistening horribly white
out Of the shadow of the canon walls.
To the middle of the raft was bound
large bundle, carefully wrapped in
slickers, the material of which had not
yet rotted away. Two rusty rifles and
an axe completed the freight Of the
weird craft
Too astonished to speak a word, we
all three stood rooted in our tracks,
watching the phantom raft, as it, APP
parently, made its way up stream,
against the current of the mighty river
For hundred feet or more it glided
along. smoothly and steadily. Then, of
sudden. it paused, swerved. began to
whirl, and finally shot out towards the
middle of the stream. and was carried
swiftly down by the main current.
For fully three hundred feet Ii sped
along; then Il was drawn sharply to-
wards the cliff, and thrust out of the
main current into a great whirlpool.
which once more carried it steadily up
stream, only few feet outside the wall
of rock on which we stood.
Look there." cried the old trapper.
breaking the strained silence for the
first time, and pointing downwards with
his trembling finger "Those are the
ghosts of Pierre and Mart. condemned
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
List of NrIc-obe. Crows.

The list Of microbes continues 20
grow steadily. That OF whooping
cough must now be added to the list.
DR.. H. Albrecht of the Wilhelm Hos
pital the other night spoke ON the sub
ject before the Vienna Medical Society,
declaring that he had discovered the
specific agent that caused the COM
plant. There had for some time been
suspicion that q kind of bacillus was
at the bottom, but. DR.. Albrecht felt
himself able to assert that the whoop-
ing cough bacillus was identical with
that of influenza. The doctor was able
also to give a number of interesting
details of his experiments and their re-
suits, which seem to be on parallel
lines with work done by Drs. Bordet
and Gengon of the Brussels Pasteur
Instifute
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
DENYING A TORNADO.

Behavior Of American Troops In the
Face of Awful Death.
One o. the most remarkable events
in the annals of American arms occur
red at Fort Crook, Neb., the other day
when tornado struck the place, says
the Kansas City Journal. AS the dis
patches tell the story: when the Off
GERS realized that tornado had struck
the post GOO men of the Sixth regiment
were brought to battalion formation,
and in the midst of flying slate roofs
and other debris they were marched
across the parade ground to the sub
stantial buildings, where they were put
at rest, and took to the cellars. The
fort was damaged to the extent of
100000"
History and fiction alike have lwelt
upon the dauntless spirit of men who
have manifested their willingness to
charge the gates of hell or scale the
heights of heaven" but doubtless no
better illustration of the spirit was ever
given than when this devoted band of
American soldiers at Fort Crook FORM
ed ranks to do or die" together in
the face of a resistless tornado.
Those who have never viewed the
fury of one of these terrible outbursts
of the angry elements can not imagine
the dreadful reality of the scene, with
the heavens blacker than night, the
darkness intensified by binding flashes
of lightning, the terrors Of the storm
multiplied by the terrific crashes of
heavens artillery, and the air filed
with swirling clouds which hide all else
but the awful figure of death, the
CHASTITY funnel-shaped cloud. which
makes gigantic leaps along the ground,
uprooting trees and whirling houses,
animals and human beings through the
air on the wings of the death-dealing
wind.
1t is a sight TO appall the stontest
heart and to cause the human mind to
realize the utter impotence of man in
the presence of angry nature. The
charge of the Six Hundred at Balak-
lava was trivial incident of military
duty compared with the steadfast dis
cipline of the 600 American soldiers at
Fort Crook who coolly formed in line
and braved the tornados fury as
though it were a matter of mere rout-
inc duty.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06

"Having tried 1t. recommend the
following mode of keeping ice water for
a long time a common pitcher" says
writer in Woman's Home Companion.
place between two sheets Of thick
brown paper layer Of cotton batting
about half al inch in thickness fasten
the ends OF the paper and batting to-
gether, forming a circle, then sew or
paste n crown over one end. making a
box the shape Of stovepipe hat minus
the rim. Place this over an ordinary
pitcher filed with ice water, making II
deep enough to rest on the table so as
to exclude the air. and you will be as
tonished to see the length Of time that
the ice will keep aid the water remain
cold after all the ice has melted"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
spray VIII xii Cooling Moth.

Death and final determination for
the codling MOTH Joy and increased
profits for the apple growers of Colo
RADIO and the orchard men of the
world, The devastating reign of this
unconquerable pest is nearly at an end
thanks to Clarence c. Gillette, profes-
sor of zoology and entomology at the
Colorado Agricultural College, Fort
Collins
For more than eighteen years Pro-
fessor Gillette has devoted much time
and energy to perfecting spray
which would successfully kill off the
codling moth, and at last success has
crowned his efforts. His discovery OF
a method to annihilate the codling
moth is not exactly of recent date,
but year by year he has improved upon
his solution for an effective spray, and
recent experiments have proved his
complete success.
Up to within the last fifteen years
the dread codling moth has destroyed
annually from 80 to 70 per cent of
the yield of Colorado apple orchards,
and it's devastations have been pro-
portionately great throughout the en-
tire world. For the codling moth Is
not a native of this State. 1t was i'm
ported here years ago, just as were
other fruit parasites and plant lice,
and probably had It's origin in Asia.
To estimate the damage the codling
moth has done in dollars and cents to
the apple orchards of Colorado with
in a quarter century reaches up into
the millions; but in the future this
will be saved.
When he first advanced the theory
Of spraying just after the blossom fell,
Professor Gillette advocated the use
of a mixture composed of paris green
and london purple. That brought GER
tain good results. but in many in
stances the arsenic killed the foliage.
The spray he advocates how is arse
nate Of lead. 1t is almost entirely in
dissOluble. A person could hold enough
of it To cause death in the mouth all
day without being able to dissolve
enough to do any harm.
Bat if it were eaten and swallowed,
the gastric juices of the stomach
would dissolve 1t. and death would fol-
low This is how it kills the codlilg
moth. 1t is sticky and will adhere to
the tree all year, and no amount of
rain or moisture can interfere with its
efficiency, but let the mOth Hibbls on
1t and he dies.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
WONDERED WHY.
Found the Answer Wa. "con,

Found the Answer Was Coffee
Many pale, sickly persons wonder for
years why they have to suffer so, and
eventually discover that the drug
caffelne-in coffee is the main cause of
the trouble =.
Il was always very fond of coffee
and drank 1t every day. / never had
much flesh and often wondered why 1
was always so pale, thin and weak.
About five years ago my health COM
pletely broke down and 1 was confined
TO my bed. My stomach was In such
condition that could hardly take suf-
fcient nourishment to sustain life.
During this time was drinking cof-
fee, didn't think l could do with
out it.
After while / came to the conclu-
sion that coffee was hurting me, and
decided TO give it up and try Postum.
L didn't like the taste of it at first. but
when it was made rght-boiled until
dark and rich-I soon became very
fond of it,
"In one week began to feel better.
could cat more and sleep better. Ny
sick headaches were less frequent, and
within five months / looked and felt
like new being, headache spells en-
tirely gone.
My health continued to improve and
to-day l am we'll and strong, weigh
las lbs. l attribute my present health
to the life-giying qualities Of Postum"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich Read, The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
human interest.