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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
Nothing Too
Good
For the
American People

BOXES A MONTH, proving that the American people recog-
nize, that what is BEST FOR THEM is none too good.
Why this enormous patronage?
The answer is simple: Cascarets are pure, clean, sweet,
mild, fragrant, harmless but effective little tablets for the treat
ment and cure of Constipation and al Bowel Troubles. They
are put up in neat little enamel boxes, easy to buy, easy. to
carry lin vest-pocket or purse), easy to take and easy of action,
always reliable, always the same, they work while you sleep"
and wake you up feeling fine in the morning.
They not only regulate TIT movemen an stimulate the muscular walls Of
the bowels, but they keep the ENTIRE CANAL CLEAN and aniseptc, forcing
out and destroying all disease germs that breed in the accumulated filth unless
disease, and may be taken continuously a s a precautionary measure.
The new Pure Drugs Act, adopted by Congress on June 80, 1906. and in
effect January l, 1907, is a GOOD LAW and means better and PURER
SPIRIT and LETTER-an easy task, a we have always been actuated
by the same principles and no changes are required in or formula DR. pack
age.
We adopted OUR OWN PURE DRUG LAW in 1896 when the frs
box of Cascarets came on the market and have lived and worked and pro-
duced under it ever since.
To-day, after a record Of nearly 100000 600 boxes sold, Cascarets STAND
the greater in PURITY, QUALITY and MEDICINAL MERIT than any
other preparation for Bowel trouble in all the world.
This should be a great argument for any one, to try Cascarets AT
CONSTIPATION with all the horrors derived from it; others have HAB-
IIUAL CONSTIPATION from carelessness and neglect, but nearly
EVERYBODY has OCCASIONAL CONSTIPATION, which, if not
promptly taken care OF is liable to result tin its degeneration into the worse
'0fms and causs great suffering and perhaps death
s ene II ken ,pauenty and regularly, will remedy all of these
awful troubles, but if taken promptly at he very first sign of an Irregular
Ny ot the Bowels, will act IS the FINEST PREVENTIVE ever discovered
ana VII keep all the machinery running in good order. zu
We advise you to get a little loc box of cascarets TO-DAY and carry
1t IN your purse or vest pocket Take one when you feel ANYTHING Unusual
anout or bowels Your own druggist will sell you h little box. under
oARANi OF satisfaction or money refunded. All druggists, lOc, Csc, Soc.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
Homemade Farm Wagon.

A practical farmer, writing TO an
agricultural paper on the advantage Of
a low wagon on the farm, says:
This wagon is used here n great
deal and gives good service. Procure
the wheels and axles of two old NOW
ing machines; then have blacksmith
cut and lengthen axle TO the right
length for a wagon axle. On this fas-
ten your wooden axle, which may be
a hardwood plank, 3x4 inches. Put on
latwise and fasten with clips through
this AID around the iron axle. On this
fasten your bolster with kingbolts /:
make both axletree and bessters just
alike. Now make two reaches and let
them cross In the center, and fasten
each end of each one of the reaches to
axletree with a pin, so they can turn
and not interfere with the holsters.
This answers for hounds and greatly
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
A Brave Confederate.

Eugene Anderson Maffitt served on
board the Alabama during it's entire
cruise, and was ON board during tho
fight with the Kearsarge. The courage
Of this young Confederate sailor is we'll
attested by Capt. j. Mel. Kell, execu-
tive officer of the Alabama, who in the
Century Magazine for April, 1856, after
describing the fight, says:
Partly undressing, we plunged into
the sea. and made an offiDg from the
sinking ship, Capt. Semmes with a life
preserveT and | on a grating.
Young Midshipman Mafitt swan to
me and offered his life preserver. My
grating vas not proving a very buoy
ant float, and the whitecape breaking
over my head were distresslngly uncom-
Portable, to say the least. Mafiitt said
"'Mr. Kell, take my life preserver,
sir; you are almost exhausted
The gallant boy did not consider his
own condition, but his pallid face told
me that his heroism was superior to his
bodily suffering, and | refused it,"
They were both picked up soon after
ward, writes Mrs. Maffitt In Life and
Services of ]. N. Maffitt," BIZ the Deer
hound, and taken to England.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
before he struck the ground. In spite

before he struck the ground. In spite
OF Kellogg's weight OF the bits and his
frantic whoas, the roam "limbered" 10
the rear at greater speed than he had
eve Travelled while churning the staff
into a sideache. Away they dashed,
horse and rider, and at a most critical
time. 1t was a hot fight and no time
for the general to Timber TO the rear.
Just as the chief of staff directed an
orderly TO 60 to the generals rescue
and give him n safe horse / saw Kel-
logg slide down the tail of the flying
line of battle. The hot comments Gen.
eral Kellogg made on his roar that and
the next day would make n thick book
wholly unfit for family use.
1t Is due to the equine population to
say that 1t was a very uncommon thing
for n horse to try to get away from a
battle. A thousand men longingly
looked for a chance to climber to the
rear and "cool coffee during q fight
where n horse even tried to escape
DulltSS- I1dl ISaSOHtU anu lHe
horse did not. Most horses In battle,
unless wounded. were as unconcerned.
apparently, as If they had been pulling
plows or reapers. The man In battle
who was as unconcerned as one hold
ing a pillow or driving a reaper was a
fool. Men who say they were as hap
by and contented in a battle rs while
at home on the farm or eating a Christ
mas dinner lie. Such n thing is i'm
possible, unless, as stated, the man is
a fool: and fools don't enlist. A.
Watrous, in Chicago Times-Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
How to XIII a sheep.

Much of the sleepy flavor Of mutton,
according to Mr.. Boss, of the Mime
sofa College of Agriculture, comes from
the generation of gases in the stomach
after the sheep is killed. For this
reason sheep should be dressed as
rapidly as possible. A platform six or
eight inches high is a convenient thing
to work on and aids in keeping the
blood away from the body, insuring a
cleaner carcass. A clean, dry place
is necessary for neat work. Water or
blood On the wool makes it very diff
cult to dress the animal nicely.
If the sheep is an old n it may be
stunned before bleeding. If n young
one, the same purpose is served by dis
locating the neck after cutting the
throat. This is accomplished by put
ting one hand on the poll of top Of the
head and the other under the chin,
giving Il sharp twist upward. Lay the
sheep on its side on the platform, with
its head handing over the end. Grasp
the chin I'm the left hand, stick a knife
through the neck just back of the jaw.
The cutting edge of the knife should be
turned toward the spinal column and
the flesh cut to the bone without cut
ting the windpipe.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
An Electric Incubator.

An electric incubator has been intro
duced in Europe, the operation OF
which is said to be attended by surer
results than other methods. for the rea-
son that it is capable of finer adjust
ment as far as heating inc ventilation
are concerned. One of the most diff
cult features of artificial poultrybreed-
ing is Il proper supply OF fresh air. In
the electrical incubator air is supplied
from underneath, the entering fresh
air coming in contact with the eggs
after being properly p~reheated by spe-
cial radiators. This ventilation is con-
trolled by opening to a variable extent
the lateral slides fixed at the top Of the
apparatus. 1t should be remembered
that ventilation plays the role of main
tanning the life of the germ. While
an ample supply of fresh air. there
fore, is extremely valuable for The de-
velopment of the germ. any excess of
ventilation will prove detrimental in
fact, the surplus air will exert a dry
ing action on the contents of the eggs.
In this incubator the matter of ventil-
alton and heating is looked after auto
matically.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
Guarding n Crazy Soldier.

"In one of the forced marches of q
ment became overheated and exhibited
so many of the peculiarities of an in
sane man that he was sent TO Wash
ington. l was then q sergeant, and
was detailed to take the poor fellow
Through. He had never been violent,
and it was supposed that one man
would have no difficulty in controlling
him. But it was a long journey In box
cars, in boats, and finally, in the last
stage Of the journey, in a Pullman
sleeper.
while we were travelling in a box
a the prisoner played several tricks
upon me, and on one occasion nearly
made good his escape. On the boat he
represented that l was the prisoner
and he was my guard. and kept me in
hot water all the time. After we took
the sleeper on the Baltimore and Ohio
road he threw the tickets out of the
window and climbed out himself. l
saved him by reaching out and pulling
him In by main force. When we reach
ed Washington l was so exhausted
that / turned him over to the provost
marshal and slept for two days. Then
I was called TO the prison, informed
that ny man had become so violent
no one could approach him, and that
he had turned the water on In his cell
and was flooding the prison.
II went at once to the cell, asked
Charley what was the matter, and he.
walking around In water in his bare
feet, said that he was Indignant at
being put in such a place, and he
wanted to get out. I informed him
that I had come to take him out. He
put on his clothes without a murmur
and walked with me to an ambulance
waiting to take us to the asylum. In
sight of the building, he rebelled, but
we drove hurriedly through the gates
and I delivered him to the authorities.
He was kept there for six months ar,l
was discharged as cured. went home
TO his family, and showed no signs cf
insanity until one day he was out on
the Ohio river with his sisters. when
he suddenly arose, jumped into the
water. and was drowned. My expert
ence with that poor fellow was harder
than any l ever had In battle, and /
was two months in recovering from the
strain OF that trip to Washington
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
Solution of n Mystery.

Sir Humphrey Davy had been study
Ing one evening in comfortable negli-
gee of dressing gown and nightcap at
a little table in his chamber when he
became aware of a curious phenome-
non. A bright dancing circle of light
appeared upon the ceiling. 1t was I'M
steady, yet persistent, and be was I'M
able to account for it. He extinguish-
ed his lamp. but it only appeared the
brighter. 1t was accompanied by an
odor-a s%corching odor-and also by q
slight sound of sizzling. He was great
ly excited and running over rapidly in
his mind all kinds of electrical and
other interesting theories to account
for the mystery when he became
aware Of a sensation of uncomfortable
warmth about the scalp. He hastily
put up his hand, and down tumbled his
theories and a blazing nightcap. The
tassel on its peak had bobbed into bis
candle as he bent over his book, and
the fascinating problem on the ceiling
was no more than the reflection Of the
evening bonfire on his Uranium.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
yentilattnr the Poultry House.

The experiment stations in more
than one state have taken hold Of the
question of cloth ventilation FOR the
poultry house. Perhaps the most eff
fective arrangement is that which has
Seen put into use by the Maine EX-
pertinent station, where fowls are per-
mitted to sleep in n roosting chamber
that is separated from the rest of the
house by a cloth curtain that is pulled
down in front in the winter. Prof.
Woods says that the fowls behind this
are warm and comfortable and that
water does not freeze in the chamber.
In the morning there is no smell IN
this chamber, the air being pure. The
window to the hen house is allowed to
remain open except during the driving
storms, when the snow might come IN.
None of the birds in the ~roosting place
have colds, and, on the other hand,
contagious diseases do not spread.
When the cloth is used the fitting
should be S tight that the air can
drift around it. The air should be
compelled to pass directly through the
cloth and not around 1t or over it or
under it. 1t Is probable that this will
prove disable ON all our farms.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06


The Maine Experiment Station has
been making practical experiments in
breeding for the 200-egg hen. Pro-
fessor Gowell has been working with
the same family of Barred Rocks for
twenty-one years, but, beginning with
1900 he had two hens with IL trap
nest record of 204 and 100 eggs per
year. These hens were mated to males
unrelated TO them or to each other
In 1901 each of these hens, and all
the hens which had laid 200 eggs or
over during 1900, were bred to a son
of the original two hens. One hen laid
237 eggs in 1900. In 1902 twelve birds
laid over 200 eggs each, the highest
number laid by one hen being 251. In
the same pen were six hens that laid
only from twenty-three TO seventy eggs
each. In 1903 the pullets were raised
from 200-egg hens and hens whose
dams and grandams were sired by
cocks from over 200-egg yielding
mothers. For this season they have
GOO pullets out OF hens that have laid
V g 100 eggs per year, and whose
fathers, grandfathers, and great-grand-
fathers were put OF hens that yielded
over 200 eggs per year. All of the
mothers of these pullets had fathers
and grandfathers that had 200-egg pro-
ducing mothers. In 1907 one hen in
seven laid 200 eggs and over; the first
year only one hen in forty.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
FEARFUL BURNING SORES.
Boy in Misery IL Y~carS-Ecxema In
Rough Scales, Itching and In
Manufactured by Cuticura.

bOy III Alt3tEy 10 CaES-EtLChho IA
Rough Scales, Itching and In
Gamed-Curcd by Cuticura.
"Cuticura has put a stop to twelve
years of misery 1 passed with my son.
As an infant | noticed on his body a
red spot and treated same with differ
en- remedies for about five years, but
when the spot began to get larger l
put him under the care of doctors.
Under their treatment the disease
spread to four different parts of his
body. During the day it would get
rough and form like scales. At night
1t would be cracked. infiamed n bad
ly swollen, with terrible burning and
itching. One doctor told me that my
sons eczema was incurable, and gave
it up. decided to give Cuticura a
trial. When | had used the first box
of Cuticura Ointment there was n
great Improvement, and by the time 1
had used the second set of Cuticura
Remedies my child was cured. He is
now twelve years old, and his skin is
as fine and smooth as silk. Michael
Steinman. Z Sumner Avenue, Brooklyn,
n. Y, April 16, 1905"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
A Pretty Mig Discount.

There was a children's hospital lie
New York which a society lady visited
regularly, taking fruit and flowers to
the little patients. and in a certain
ward a boy was pointed out to her one
day as a bad customer.
"'Oh, he is incorrigible,' sighed the
nurse.
Miss Society talked a while with
the little chap, and when she arose to
go she said:
".See here, | have heard bad reports
about you. Now, l want you TO prom
Use me to be good. If you are good for
a whole week, I'll give you a dollar
when / come again next Thursday
THE boy promised to try to be good.
This promise, though, he did not keep.
On her next visit Miss Society, going
to his cot, said:
81 shall not ask the nurses how you
have behaved this last week. / want
you TO tell me yourself. Now, what do
you think-do you deserve that dollar
1 promised you or not?'
1.-THE boy regarded Miss Society with
a troubled frown. Then he said in a
low voice:
"'Gimme a nickel.'"-New York
Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
Ready for Al Corners.

The passengers were suddenly star
tied by a shower Of rice that fell from
the brides parasol when she tool ii
from the rack. The bridegroom, a dark,
stalwart chap, observing the smiles.
placed his arm about his blushing bride,
and then faced the passengers with the
following remarks:
Il reckon there amt no need for me
to say we amt been married long but
l can tell you all one thing. You don't
want to smile any more than's perlite
for she's my violet and I'm her shell
tering oak, and l weighs two hundred
and eight commissioners Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
Needles. Ceren,anx.

Peter had been hastily hidden to
Bobby Hunts party, and his mother
was rounding him up" in front of the
washsSand.
-Oh, mother" he said, do l have to
have a whole bath?"
Certainly"
Peter mumbled something, and his
mother asked him what ii was.
Il said were you sure it wasn't just
your idea" replied Peter. I'm certain
i heard Bobby's mother tell you over
the telephone that the party was very
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Companion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
PANTRY CLEANED.
A Way Some People Have.
A doctor said

"A uOctOr Sdlu =.
Before marriage my wife observed
in summer and country homes, coming
in touch with families of varied means,
culture, tastes and discriminating tend
encies, that the families using Postum
seemed to average better than those
using coffee.
when we were married two years
ago, Postum vas among our first order
of groceries. We also put I'm some coffee
and tea for guests, but after both had
stood around the pantry about a year
untouched, they were thrown away, and
Postum used only.
up to the age Of 2S / had been ac-
customed to drink coffee as a routine
habit and suffered constantly from in
digestion and all its relative disorders.
Since using Postum all the old COM
plants have completely left me and 1
sometimes wonder if 1 ever had them"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read, "The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a Reason"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06

When fogs prevail in Boston harbor,
the attention of passengers on the Nam
tasket Beach line of N is at
tracted by.a faint metallic sound which
might be mistaken for the sound of a
bell. But it is not the changing of a
bell which the passengers hear. Sud.
denly through the mist there appears
ahead, like a specter, a large tripod,
from the apex of which is suspended a
big steel triangle. 1t is this which
causes the strange sound and signals
vessels as to how to guide their course
through the difficult channel Of the
fog.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
Vaccination OF Hogs.

Secretary Wilson states in his annu.
al report that blood serum from hogs
which have been proved to be immune
to hog cholera has been used in vac
chatting other hogs, which are thus
protected from cholera for about three
weeks, as shown by experiments. II
blood from diseased hogs. however. is
Injected with the serum the protection
Is extended to about three and a half
months.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06

secretions annoyed me. But DOan'S
Kidney Pills have given me almost en-
tire freedom from this trouble and 1
cannot speak too highly in their
praise"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
Man-a-lin the Ideal Laxative.
How II Night Have Happened

why, Col. Corpuscle, are you alive
yet?"
Am l alive yet? Why shouldn't / be,
sir:'
"You must pardon my surprise. colo
mel. / could almost swear l read your
obituary a year ago"
1T is quite likely you did. sir. The
papers down my way have had my obitu-
airy in type for years, and it is possible
that one of them may nave run it in by
accident"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
Sugar Becfs.

In all cases but one at the Wisconsin
experiment station the largest yields
of beets and of sugar were obtained on
plants receiving n complete fertilizer,
with %barnyard manure standing next as
the cheapest application. Lime applied
at the rate of 1000 pounds per acre
produced n beneficial effect on a num-
Der Of fields, and In II instance a
heavy clay soil required a double APP
plication to increase the yield of beets
and sugar.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
Hoyy to Make Your Mich Cows More
Profitable.

Write Pacific Coast Borax CO.. Chi
cago H., for SUCCESSFUL DAIRY
ING" being valuable information on
the most profitable selection of COWS,
their feeding and care, the handling of
milk 10 yield the highest price prod
net. and the protection and preserva-
ticn of these products from deteriora-
ton; with article on diseases of cows
and recipes for their cure The book
is free. A post card request only is
necessary.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
Fame.

"You see that swarthy, understood
man talking to the hostess? He's the
celebrated foreigner, Gen. kallixiwix,
who visited the United States several
years ago."
What is he celebrated for:'
"Why. when he went back home he
didn't write a book about America, roast
ing the country and making fun of the
people that had entertained him."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
what is he celebrated for:"
The French o.

The French government has adopted a
method of treating macadamized roads
with hot coal tar thinned with about 1C
per cent of oil. The cost is said to work
out at about eight-tenths of a cent
square yard.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
One Exception.

81 see hat Friday comes on the 18th
this week. Doesn't it make you feel
creepy?"
Me? I'm not superstitious. Fri
day is not the only day on which un-
lucky things happen"
But all the worst things happen on
Friday"
mo, they don't. I was married or
Tuesday."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed hat Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one OF many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
la~xatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06

troubles and the at
tacks laid me up for
days at a time with
pain in the back and
rheumatism. When l
was up and around
sharp twinges caught
me. and for fifteen
years the frequent
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06

In 1906 the United States produced
26,23S TASKS OF quicksilver valued at
$685. 34, a decrease In quantity of 4,213
TASKS. and a value of $144,4S6 in 1905.
California, Texas, Utah, and Oregon
are the producers, but there are discov-
cries In Nevada and Arizona.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06

OF the worlds population there are "a
20 the million who are blind.
Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Chill
dren teething softens the gums, reduces In
Illumination, allays pain. cures wind collie
o. cents a hottie.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06

Chronic Kicker-What do you suppose
would happen to your boasted heet II 1t
Should get into a real battle?
Phlegmatic Citizen-O, ! suppose we'd
get licked-same as we've always been.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-06

Experiments made by German scient-
lists show that butter Keeps best when
preserved with from 3 to > per cent of
salt. If the proportion of salt is higher
than that the results are less satisfac-
tory.