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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
This settled the submarine torpedo

This settled the submarine torpedo
question and Beaureg1rd ordered some
large torpedoes made ,or the defense of
Charleston. They We're used very sue
c~essfully.
At the time of TIE Maine explosion l
carefully read all the accounts in the
press. also the proceedings before the
naval commission, and l have never
seen n word of testimony to prove
hat when the ship was blown up n
water was thrown up toward her decks.
No torpedo Of any kind, especially a
large one, could have exploded against
her side without throwing up a perfect
geyser of water. Fol- this reason l give
you the history of the first submarine
torpedo. which WIS the parent of all
the great inventions of later dates.
There has never been a doubt in my
mind that the explosion in Havana har-
Dor occurred from the inside of the
Maine, as there were two distinct ex-
~piosions. evidently % her two maya
zines.
About a year after the destruction OF
the Maine l read a report of the com
handing officer of a United States man
of-war In the West Indies, stating that
he feared the magazine of his ship
might explode when il became super
heated on its exterior. 1 have %convers-
ed with many intelligent men about the
destruction Of the Maine. and all of
them. with the exception of an eX-naval
officer. who was interested in the com
mission. agree with me.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Modeyn Fruit without Seed.

At present the fruits in common use
that have few or no seeds include ham
anas. pineapples and a certain kind of
oranges, together with some other trop-
ical fruits that do not reach the mar
kets of the world in great quantities.
Yet c~ultivators do not greatly despair
of adding to this list-of eliminating
the small and lard seeds of the straw
berry, she raspberry, the blackberry
and the currant, and of providing for
the market the long-felt want, the seed
less grape. Nor de- they frown alto
gethed ON the enthusiastic fruit con-
sumer. who looks forward to a future
coreless apples and pears, of seedless
cherries and plums.
In tie meantime c%ultivators of fruit
are much more anxious still further to
improve tle means of transportation
than TO provide more luscious fruit.
Should they succeed it may prove pos
sible. V g in our time, with the help
of more scientific methods of transpor-
tation. to draw TO our Northern mar
kets some Of those edibles that now
make the sultry tropic almost a regret
to the untraveled-even such delicacies
as the avocado pear, the custard apple,
the herimoyer, the sweetcup, the
sweet-sop, the druian, the pawpaw, the
rambutan, the mango and the mango
Steen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
A Map of the Orchard.

Several years after planting an or
er, unless he has taken proper precau-
tiong, will be unable to distinguish one
variety from another, except, of course,
where there is n wide difference in the
habits of growth and color of bark of
the trees. And it Is we'll that the fruit
grower should know the name of every
tree in his orchard. Several methods
are employed for this purpose. Many
orcEardists 5 labels. but they fade
out, and If attached by strings are of
ten lost, while wire ~fastenings work
into the wood. 4 convenient plan is to
make out a rough map of the orchard
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
TesiinH Buffer-

TT re are several ways to tell reno
waited butter, and ole~omargarine from
fresb utter. One is by the simple boil
ing test. This can be done i'm any home
with no other apparatus than an oil
lamp and Il tin teaspoon. Take a lump
of the butter the size of your first
thumb joint and place it in the tin
tablespoon. Light IA common oil lamp,
remove the chimney and hold the spoon
containing the butter Over the light so
that the flame reaches the bottom of
the howl of the spoon. Hold it in this
pos Ion until the butter boils. Oleo
and renovated butter boil nOisily, sput-
tering like a mixture of grease and
water, and produce but little, if any,
foam. Genuine butter boils with little
or no noise and produces usually an
abundance of foam. This is one of the
most simple as well az the safest of
tests.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

A practical demonstration of the
value of the trap nest in breeding up
the laying average of tens has been
made by the Maine experiment station,
where tie trap nest system has been
in operation for several years. Two
years ago the average production was
100 eggs Per hen for the year and last
year it was 1874 eggs per hen. which
means that they had a gain of about
Ia Eggs per hen over earlier records.
| think shat Prof. GOwell, of the sta
ton. states that no. males are used In
the breeding pens that have not been
produced from hens that produce 200
eggs per hen per year. All the ems in
the breeding pens have been bred from
hens that laid 100 eggs per year, so
they might be termed strong producers.
No hen Is used for breeding purposes
until after her egg record has beer
known for IL months.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

In the Sun of Dec. 26 the letter or L..
W. Tyler relative to the destruction Of
the Maine In the harbor Of Havana re
minded me of of my w expert
ences in the Civil War, says a reader
Of the New York Sun.
In March. 1863, Capt. Francis ID. Lee
of the Confederate engineers invented
ard perfected a sample submarine tor
pedO. for the testing of which. as aid
to Beauregard, | was ordered to ac-
company Capt. Lee in n small rowbOat.
The torpedo was placed on the point
of a spar about eight feet in length,
which was attached to the bow of the
boat. The torpedo was cylindrical,
made of thin copper. charged with pow
der, and was capped with several sensi-
tive fuses on it's conical end. Our OBJ
jective, a decked latboat, vas anchored
In the vicinity of Castle P~inckney.
Charleston harbor. We were very I'M
certain as to what was to happen to us
when the explosion took place. We
struck the fiatboat about midships,
when a large volume Of water was
thrown up outside, nearly swapping our
boat. The old flatboat Immediately
sank.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Faith i'm the Clergy.

The ~highlanders' faith in the clergy
has always been peculiarly profound.
This characteristic is illustrated,
though in rather an exaggerated way,
by the story of two old women going
along the road after service who were
heard to discuss the sermon as fol-
lows:
Peggy-Ah, and did you hear that
most precious word, Kirsty-a most
precious word?
Kirsty-No. And what word vas
that?
Peggy-Oh, a most precious word,
and it's myself hat will not forget it,
the precious word Nebuchadnezzar.
Kirsty-Oh, yes. But did you hear
that other most beautiful word? Ny
self never heard ii said before. the
beautiful word Belshazzar.-Caledo-
MAN
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
OLD MILL A LANDMARK.
EeEEnred Man Who Later Laid Foun-
datfon for Fortune in Michigan.

Man Who Later Laid Foun.
datfon for Fortune In Michigan.
Among the landmarks of Farming
ton. Mich. is an old w~ater-power mill
standing by the side of the now in
significant stream that flows through
the village. a branch of the River
Rouge. The old mill, known as the
Power Mill and later as the Philbrick
Mill. is on the farm of John Power,
county treasurer. 1t was built by
Samuel Power in 1883 and in tina ear
ly day was the most imposing struc-
ture of its kind in the eastern part of
Michigan outside of Detroit.
The castings were all made at Ann
Arbor and laboriously hauled by wag-
on from that city. The consequence
was that when at last the mill was
completed Mr.. Power and an uncle
from whom he had borrowed money to
complete the mill were impoverished.
The country vas so sparsely settled at
that time that customers were few and
the business a losing one.
Mr.. Power became discouraged and
gave up the business. and with all his
earthly belongings in Il small satchel
and "a cents in money left Pennington
to seek his fortune elsewhere. He land
ed penniless in Grand Rapids. lie
finally secured a job on the railroad
and eventually became a rich railroad
contractor. He returned here in after
years and married a Pennington girl.
100000. His widow, Il comparatively
young woman at the time of her hus-
bands death, became n teacher, and
for many years has been at the head
of an educational institution.-Grand
Rapids Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
A DOmestic Dreakdown.

A well-known lord discovered a thief
in his London house. Aided by the
butler, he secured the man and then
rang the bell. A servant appeared,
whom the peer requested to "go into
the kitchen and bring up a policeman
or two" The domestic returned and
said there were no policemen on the
premises. WHAT exclaimed his mas
ter in ~incredulous tones. do you
mean to tell Inc that with a cook, two
scullery maids, a kitchen maid and
three housemaids in my employ there
is no policeman in my kitchen? 1t is
indeed a miracle, and our prisoner
shall reap the benefit. Turner, let the
man go instantly ."-London Standard
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

"Only a cold" is a common express
sion. And so the victim lets 1t 20 on.
day after day. red eyes. swollen fea-
lures, lassitude. sleeplessness, loss OF
appetite, the irritating cough.
In itself a cold may be simply I'M
comfortable. In its results it is often
fatal. Pneumonia. with its enormous
fatality consumption. with its deadly
grip; bronchitis, asthma, these and
many ailments are often the direct re
suit of a cold.
The patient may have had many
odds. They have resulted In nothing
serious. But when the system has be-
come weakened by these repeated at
tacks. when the mucous membranes are
in a chronic unhealthy condition, then
it is these fatal maladies assert them
selves.
There is no greater mistake han to
neglect a cold. At its first appearance
measures should he taken TO relieve it.
At this season of the year. when coughs
and colds are common. Peruna should
be kept constantly in the house. At the
first symptom this remedy should be
taken. 1t will soothe the mucous mem
branes. relieve the irritation. and the
cold will gradually disappear. That
this has been the experience of many
Is proven by the hundreds of grateful
letters in our files.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
COLLEGE GOWN SYMBOLISM.
Few, Even Among University Me
Know Meaning of Attire.

Few, Even Among University Men,
Know Meaning Of Attire.
1t has been said that few people,
including many university men them
selves, have any definite idea of the
meaning of the gowns worn by collegi-
ate students, says Harper's Weekly.
In America, university gowns exhibit
much variety, there being a great diff
ference in the various institutions; but
all over the country-in fact. all over
the English-speaking world-certain
distinctions hold.
The ordinary bachelors gown, the
first Of the student gowns, is of unadorn-
ed black, with pointed sleeves. and is
ordinarily made of serge or other sim
pie black fabric. The masters gown is
like the students, inasmuch as it is
plain black; but the sleeves are cut
differently. being long pendants shaped
not unlike fish tails, and hanging from
the elbows nearly to the bottom Of the
gown. The masters gown may be made
of silk, as may also the bachelors
gown If it is worn by a man of Ions
academic standing who has happened
to receive no higher degree; but the
ordinary university man has no desire
to clothe himself in silk.
Most doctors gowns, especially In
England and Scotland, have hoods tina
give them certain distinctions and diff
~ferentiate. by differences Of color, tht
doctorates.
Fifteen years ago a commission o.
college faculties was formed. lookin;
to the recommendation of a uniform
system of American gowns. The la
bors Of the commission were not &C
warded with entire success. but the.
did succeed in a partial codification o
the different hoods.
The department, or faculty, of learn
ing is shown by a trimming Of colo
around the hood. Arts and letters ar
represented by white, theology by scar
let, law by purple, philosophy by blue
science by gold yellow. fine arts b.
brown, music by pink and medicine b,
green. In some institutions these col
ors are displayed in bars across tn
sleeve. This is true, at Harvard, wher
few of the gowns have hoods
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

1t is as good practice To grease the
AK as the saw. Ever try it?
AS soon as the garden stuff is out
of the way, turn the chickens loose.
A %bone-cutter will pay for its cost
In a season in increased egg produc-
ton.
Do not SOW alfalfa in the fall. This
rule holds good everywhere except in
the extreme South.
Saw Il vinegar barrel in two. Cover
the outside with coal tar, and you
have two durable water tubs for the
horses or cows.
If you are making Il fine grade of
butter or you have fresh eggs for sale.
printers ink in the local paper will
help CONGRATULATIONS and Farm.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Fame.

Great king" the poet cried, his rebec
stringing,
Thy name shall live forever-through my
singing"
Poor fool" the king replied, that lie is
hoary
Thy songs may live-because they chant
my glory
So, each, the sword or either clarifying,
In turn proclaimed his work alone IN
dying;
And while their wordy warfare shook
the r%after,
Old Time stood by and held his sides for
laughter.
N,-ar Afo-o
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

1t was at a theater in Manchester.
The king, aged and infirm, was blessed
with two sons. He was pacing up and
down the stage with n we;ried, trou-
bled look. exclaiming aloud:
ION which of these, my sons, shall 1
bestow my crown?'
Immediately came a voice from the
gallery:
"Why not 'arf a crown apiece. guv'-
nor ?"-London Mail.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
no Lend Fnrmers s4.onO.OOO.

The Dominion Government has decid-
ed to loan sufficient funds to the farm
ers of .he new provinces of Alberta and
Saskatchewan, whose crops were a fail
ure to purchase seed grain. The
scheme, in all, will involve about S4,-
100000. The advances will be paya-
BILE in three years, at tie usual govern
ment rate of interest.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

Nan-Where 10 poor, dear Lii and the
husband she has managed to get at last
expect to spend their honeymoon?
Fan-There won't be any honeymoon.
She's a wasp.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

The detective was trying to find soma
clew to the whereabouts of the missing
man.
When your husband went out of the
house that morning, slamming the door,"
he asked. did he say anything that gave
you an idea where he was going?'
"All he said was that he'd be darned
if he wasn't going to hunt some place
where he could read his morning paper
in peace
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

with good paper and ink. showing the
location Of all varieties, with age. date
of planting, name of nursery and other
useful notes. If such a map is kept
with the same care as other valuable
papers it Till prove q great help
Twentieth Century Farmer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Oyerdfd IL.

That snake you see is not a real one,
you know.
Delirium Trenens Patient-You sec it,
too, do you, doc? All, ha,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

An English newspaper had this death
notice the other day AT Stratford-on-
Avon, age seventy-fve. William Shak-
speare. At rest
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

That a horse well bedded. and it
might be added, groomed daily. is half
fed is so nearly exact that it approx
mates q full truth.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
On the InsfaIImcut Plan.

"Heredity," the boarder with the rubi-
cund countenance was saying, accounts
for nearly everything. For instance, / in
herited my eyes and the color of my hair
from my mothers people, my chin and
nose from my fathers side of the house,
and"
You didn't inherit that nose from any
body" interrupted the boarder' with the
sallow complexion. "You bought it al
various places in this town and paid high
prices for it."-Chicago Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Not a CfrcumstAuce,

Prices of all living increased. the
only exception Mrs. Austin's pancake
-four. Same old price at all best grocers-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

pies better than the expert cook by using
"OUR-PlE," as all the ingredients are In
the package ready for immediate use. Each
package, enough for two large pies. 10 cents.
Order to-day from your grocer. Put up by
O-Zerta Food Co, Rochester. n. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

A good way to find out whether the
front of your farm presents a neat and
tidy appearance is to take a photograph
of it with the thought in mind of pre-
senting one TO your friends. After the
photograph is taken YOU may change
your mind on the subject. in which case
1t ought to result in a general clean
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

Enthusiastic Auditor (at the opera)-
Didn't she do that aria divinely.
Boarding House Miss-Huh. You
ought to hear that on our g~raphophonel
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

Caller-I wish you would tell me what
the real difference is between a Stradiva-
RUS and any other violin.
Information Editor-Well, sometimes
1t is as much as $1,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE.
A~ppeasing a Thirst for knowledge.

From Octoberto May. Coles are the most fire.
quertc cause of Headache. LAXATIVE BROMO
QUININEremoyes cause. E. W. Grove on box BE
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

Rain is never known to fall in the
region between the first and second cata-
racts of the Nile.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

At the price that year-old mules have
beer and are now selling for, mule rails
ing seems like a pretty attractive mo
ney-raising proposition.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

Salt. sulphur and charcoal is the
three-fold requirement of healthy hogs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

wasps rank next to ants in point or
insect intelligence.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

King Edward is fond of plovers' eggs.
which he generally spreads on Russian
black bread.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

Unless the heifer calf has well-shap-
ed bag and teats it is better TO sell
her for veal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

Pride IN ones own farm. stock, etc.
Is all right, but don't let ii become
a stumbling block to you so that fur
Their progress towards better things is
stopped. Always be on the lookout
for the new idea and the new method
which will increase the efficiency and
profits of your farm.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

The best of anything always costs
the most, though it isn't always safe to
argue that the highest priced article or
commodity is the best.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

Rome, under Augustus, mad a fire brig
ade and force of night police, numbering
In all 1000 men.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
A Way Out.

That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look
for the signature of z. w. GROVE. Used the
World over to Cure a Cold In One day. 25c.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

Boys who forget to comb their back
hair and brush their boot heels often
turn out to be the kind of arme
that have ii big cocklebur patch on the
back forty. So beware, boys.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

A milking stool out Of the core
around which fence wire comes wound
is the discovery of one resourceful
farmer. He nails a bit of board on
one end, TO make the seat more COM
Portable, while he uses the anger hole
in the other end to hang the stool on
q nail when not in use.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson esti-
mates that more than 600,000,O00
must be regarded as value Of the poul-
try and eggs produced on United States
farms in 1907. The farm price of eggs
December / this year was given at
1872 cents, which is the highest for
a long time, with the exception Of 1905.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

Exclusive corn diet is bad for the
brood SOW. She cannot farrOw strong
pigs on such a fattening diet Little
corn should be fed, but rather 4 ra-
ton made up Of foods rich in protein.
such as wheat bran, ground oats and
clover.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

An uncultivated field will lose its
moisture very quickly, while a soil
which is stirred to the depth of two
or three inches so that a surface mulch
is formed keeps its moisture because
the upward of the moisture
Is checked.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

A man ought to have the sign. BE
ware tackled up at the gate Of his
brood SOW quarters so that when he
started in each day to shovel their corn
to them he would use a little more
Judgment thar is commonly used.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

This woman says Lydia E..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
saved her life. Read her letter.
Mrs. T. C. Willadsen, of Manning,
Iowa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 can truly say that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound saved my
life, and l cannot express my gratitude
to you in words. For years / suffered
with the worst forms OF female COM
plants, continually d~octoring and
spending lots of money for medicine
without help. wrote you for advice,
followed it as directed, and took lydia
E. Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound and
it has restored me to perfect health.
Had it not been for you I should have
been in r,y grave to-day. 1 wish every
suffering woman would try it."
C FOR SICK W
For thirty years Lydia f.. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
andhas positivel thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fbroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness ,ornervous prostratiOn.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

The parts of IN old harness that are
TO be oiled should be carefully cleaned,
placed in. a convenient vessel or covered
with a good grade of harness oil; after
soaking a couple of days, the straps
should be taken out and hung up to
dry.