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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13
Curiou, Japanese Fe.tiral.

The spring festival of the japanese
is known as the SetsubuD. This is the
period when the winter first softens
into spring. 1t is chiefly famous for
the curious festival. the casting out OF
devils. On the eve of the Setsubun. n
little after dark. the caster-out of devils
rushes through the town, offering &c
exercise all devils from the homes and
call good fortune in. For a trifing
fee he performs the rites that are
needful to accomplish this. This con-
sists of reciting a Buddhist prayer.
shaking shakujo, aud scattering
around the house in all four directions
dried peas.
These peas are afterwards swept
up, and when the first burst Of spring
thunder is heard they are cooked and
eaten. No devil will ever trouble q
house in which all these rites have
been reverently performed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13
Points on Profitable sheen.

A careful observer of agricultural
PRESSED with many points in the Sc
lection Of profitable range sheep. II
should he recognized that we need as
large bodied sheep as possible, with
out coarseness, for such an animal
would have large surface for the
growth Of wool, and would produce a
large bodied, thrifty lamb for mutton
purposes.
The body must be we'll covered with
wool of even density and fneness, tho
wool extending over the under parts
and down the legs to the feet. that they
may not chill when lying on the cold
ground or snow. but 1t should not cover
the face TO such an extent as to Gauss
blindness. The legs must be long
enough TO enable the sheep to walk
from four to six miles day over the
range for food. This sheep must be
thrifty and quick maturing, but still
capable of standing range conditions
snd remain productive from seven TO
nine years. This sheep should serve 4
dual purpose in a measure, and be cap
able of making a good cross with some
mutton type for production of the best
feeder lambs, so that the owner will
fird ready market at the best prices
for his surplus increase, and be able >
dispose CT his old ewes and wethers as
feeders.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13
SHE COULD NOT WALK

For Notwithstanding Humor on
Ankles-Opintes Alone BrouEht
SIeep-Ecxema Yielded TO Cuti-
cura.
Il bad eczema for over two years
| had two physicians. but they only
gave me relief for short time and
cannot enumerate the ointments and
lotions | used TO no purpose. Ny an
kles were one mass Of sores. The itch
ing and burning were so intense that
l could not sleep. ] could not walk for
nearly four months. One day my hus-
band said had better try the Cuticurs
Remedies. After using them three times
I had the best nights rest In months
unless | took an opiate. ! used one
set of Cuticura Soap. Ointment, and
Pills. AMI my ankles healed in short
time. II is now year since I used
Cuticura. and there has been no return
Of the eczema. Mrs. David Brown.
Locke, Ark. May Is and July l3, 1907
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13
BATTLE OF LEXINGTON.
How the News of the Fight Was Re-
cefved I'm Wall Street.

How the News of the Fight Was Re-
ceived I'm Wall street.
Israel Bessel came squirting into the
Bowery road from Boston. April %.
11I5, breaking the quiet of Sabbath
morning by roaring startling news at
every PASSING group OF citizens; and
as the congregations of Trinity and the
Presbyterian Church issued from their
MONDAY services he burst upon them
with tidings that the battle Of Lexing-
ton had been fought ard won four days
before, says Frederick T. Hill in Har-
per's. In an instant he was surround
ed by an anxious throng eagerly clam
Oring for details. and Wall street was
soon in a state of wild connection, 10y
alists and patriots scattering to pro-
tect their families and property, each
man suspecting and fearing the other,
and all almost equally dismayed by
the news. The patriots were the first
to recover from the shock, however,
and. headed by Isaac Sears and some
Of the boldest sons Of liberty, band
of citizens hastily assembled and TAX
ing possession of the City Hall seized
500 stand of arms deposited there for
the troops. demanded and received the
keys Of the custom house, closed the
building and virtually deposed the roy
al government.
From that moment all business was
suspended in the city, and between
April "a and May l, 1175. confusion
reigned supreme. Then the ablest men
in the community assumed control, and
calling a mass meeting at the mer-
chants coffee house, which had practi-
cally became the seat Of government,
organized a provisional committee Of
100 to administer the public business.
BY the orders Of this committee the
city was virtually placed under martial
law, the shops and factories were
closed, the streets were patrolled by
improvised bands of militia, all avail
able arms and ammunition were seized.
crude preparations were made for re-
sisting an attack, and many timorous
loyalists closed their houses and sought
safety at their country seats Mean
while some Of the Kings troops had
been allowed to enter the city, the 10y
alist members of the committee feeling
that their presence would insure order
but when they made an attempt to ap-
propriate the spare arms deposited in
their barracks, Marinus Willett forced
an armed guard to surrender this
booty, and the carts containing the
weapons were triumphantly escorted
by great throng Of citizens up Broad
way, past the head Of Wall street. To
Abraham Van Dykes ball alley at John
street. where they were placed under
lock and key.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13
Politics md the Gun.

a Princeton man who is friend of
ex-President Cleveland tells good
story In connection with a hunting trip
that Cleveland once took through the
Adirondack region.
1t appears that the former President
had as his guide an eccentric character
named Clark Bruce. Chick was en-
tirely without awe in the presence of
distinguished persons; so when he OBJ
served the President holding his gun
In what seemed TO be specially care
less fashion. the woodsman expressed
himself rather freely.
"Herew he exclaimed, "what are We
dom. sir. pointin' your gun at your
self ia that way?'
Cleveland neekly inquired the cause
OF the admonition.
whats the matterY repeated the
guide Indignantly Don't you let the
muzzle Of that gun ever point in your
own direction when I'm around, SUP
pose the blamed, thing should go off I!
That would put me in nice fix.
wouldn't it?-me. black Republican =,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13
THE COME and SEE SIGN

This sign is permanently attached
to the front of the main building OF
the Lydia E. PiIkham Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
What Does This Sign Mean
1t means that public inspection OF
the Laboratory and methods of doing
business is honestly desired. ItmeanS
that there is nothing about the bus
mess which is not "Open and above
board"
1t means that a permanent invita-
ton is extended to anyone to come
and verify any and all statements
made in the advertisements of Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Is it a purely vegetable compound
made from roots and herbs - with
out drugs?
Come and See.
Do the women of America continu-
ally use as much of it as we are told +:
Come and See.
Was there ever such a person as
Lydia E. Pinkham, and is there any
Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sick
woman are asked to write?
Come and See.
Is the vast private correspondence
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kept
strictly confidential
Come and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondents:
Come and See.
Have they proof that Lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
cured thousands of these women?
Come and See.
This advertisement is only for
doubters. The great army of women
who know from their own personal
experience that no medicine in the
world equals Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for female ills
will still so on using and being ben
Gifted by it; but the poor doubling,
suffering woman must, for her own
sake, be taught confidence, forshe also
might just as well regain her health.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13
RIVER TRAFFIC IN MEXICO.
How Products of the Interior Ar
Brought to the Coast

HOW PRODUCTS OF the Interior Are
Brought to the Coast.
, II would be difficult matter to esti-
mate the number of peoples who are di-
rectly dependent upon the mercantile
supplies of this port. bur it is certain
that the number can be written with
SIX figures. says the Tampico CORE
spondent Of the Mexical Herald. More
than 5000 OF these boats are in COM
mission on the Tamesi and Panuco riv-
ers. they vary in length from twenty
to sixty feet and carry the wild and
cultivated products of the interior to
Tampico. where they discharge their
cargoes and reload with merchandise
and other supplies.
With two great waterways, the Ia
mesi and the Panuco, the native Iayi-
gators find their business profitable. de-
spite the fact that Il requires about
thirty days to make q round trip to
distant points on the river Every con-
ceivabl form of tropical plant and fruit
may be found in their cargoes, as well
manufactured articles. A long pole is
the only compass required by the cay
tain OF one of these barks, but he
yields the bamboo which pilots him
safely over the shoal-filled waters of a
tropical waterway. Many Of the plan
tations along the rivers keep several
of these boats in commission all the
time. carrying their smaller products
to the market and bringing back sup
plies for the hacienda.
In the early hours of the morning
green bananas are piled up along the
wharves like cordwood. baskets of Co
coanuts, pineapples, wild and cult
waited lemons and oranges and innumer
able other products of the tropics can
be seen in enormous quantities. And
1t is surprising how quickly the supply
OF the day is exhausted. A string of
freight cars on the track opposite the
market are waiting for portion of
most every cargo. and by noon there is
little left but the small fruits and veg
etabIes in moderate quantities.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13
Cotton Seed Products.

The oils go into lard compounds.
oleOmargarines. salad oil and lubricat-
ing oil; the cake and meal into feed
and fertilizers, he hulls into feed and
paper stock. and the linters into bat
tingS, yarns and felt. In fact, the
many ultimate ends of seed product are
but types of the value OF the whole cot
ton plant, to the many purposes of its
fiber there now being added, feed, fiber
paper stock and fertilizer from the
stalk. and the root being used for fuel,
fertilizer or medicinal purposes. A
plant that furnishes material for food.
clothing, medicine, fuel and shelter is.
perhaps the most unique plant in the
world and the development of the cot
ton seed industry in half century
from an undertaking with a few thou
sand dollars capital TO one representing
an investment of 100000, 900. is one of
the most unique demonstrations Of the
economic utilization of wastes.-Manu-
racturers' Record.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13
Proper Size of Farm.

Professor +. B. Linfield. director of
the Montana Experiment Station, has
recently discussed entertainingly the
size of irrigated farms. He says. in
Part:
What area Of land under irrigation
vii. support man and his family In
comfort and also provide means for
using educational opportunities for ais
family? The first part Of this question
can be answered only by asking
another What is the average yearly
income of the average worLingman.
While wages are good In Montana,
probably $500 to 5000 per year will be
an outside wage obtained by an aver
age laborer in the country towns. From
this house rent and all living expenses
have to be paid. Now, what will forty
acres OF irrigated land return under
careful, Thorough and intelligent man.
acement? To be equal to the wage
proposition 1T should provide equal or
better wages, interest on the invest
ment, and keep or maintenance of farm
machinery and horses. Something on
interest and wages will be returned by
the home being provided on the farm
and besides much of the fruit, all the
vegetables and the wheat for flour may
be grown on the farm and obtained
without any cash outlay. The same is
true of the poultry and the eggs, and
Of the milk, cream and butter needed.
If alfalfa hay is fed to stock. par
ticularly to dairy cows, the returns
could be nearly doubled.
The writer has pastured two mich
COWS or one acre OF ground and OBJ
tanned 200 pounds Of butter fat. At
20 cents per pound, this returns SIC
per acre, or $1,000 from forty acres.
The above crops can be produced for
I0iBlmum outlay of labor. A man and
team could do practically all the
work. In the above illustration the
returns from but one crop were consid
cred. but a combination of many Of the
crops mentioned would be the ideal
farm practice. II live stock were han.
died. this would spread the work over
the year, and the returns Oh these va.
riety crops Will be in proportion to the
acreage return of from $500 to $1,000
per year from the forty acres, in add
ton tc providing a home and many OF
the living expenses.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13
TrumbeII Worried His NeighborS


"Sorter KEEP you busy. didn't they
Rufe?" remarked Marvin Parsons as
the country storekeeper returned from
his last trip to the wagon. Il reckon
Jim must have spent as much as S12
OF s15 in fixin's''
"Clost on TO IT." replied the store
keeper. These young married fellows
ell do that, fust off. but they git brave
" over it, as a gin'ral thing"
Il seen him over to the hardware
store buyin', too" said Sol Baker.
1T won't last" predicted Parsons
II know jim"
Il reckon you think you know him. y
drawled Washington Hancock "Nfabbe
you're right and mabbe you're wrong
Clay Trumbell didn't get over It.
Member the fuss there wuz along the
Little Tarkio when Clay got married -
mo-" replied Parsons. what
about?'
ut wuz this-a-way,' said Hancock.
Bout twenty years ago the folks over
that way wuz as mean an ornery rs
they are now. most of 'em. There WIZ
mess Of 'em-the Bolsovers an the
Satterlees an Jupps an Killings.
'speshly. that was as clost as the bark
ON the tree. The way they stented
Their wimmen folks wuz a sin an q
shame. Well. right In among 'em WIZ
| Clay Trumbell on the eighty acres that
his daddy left him when he died.
CLAY wuz right nice boy an a
worker an bimeby he got enough raked
an scraped together, though he wuzn't
noways tight-fsted. TO get married.
After lookin' around for spell he set
tied on Fairfax GAL She wuz about
as purity as little red wagon an
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13

The stern faced old gentleman, who
had been a school teacher in the '40s.
selected a goose quill, deity fashioned it
into a pen, and wrote his letter On .
single sheet of paper.
Then he sprinkled black sand over the
written page.
Then he folded the sheet in the form
of a rectangle.
After which he sealed it with a red
wafer and directed it.
II like the old way best" he said, land
Us mighty little the steel trust. the paper
trust, and the mucilage trust get out OF
me-"
But he had to use something modern.
and with frown he affixed a 2-cent post
age STAMP
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13

elever. Anyway Clay married her an
then trouble began"
ut most gin'rally Does observed the
storekeeper.
1T wuzn't that kind o. trouble,
though" said Hancock. "Clay Jest
nachally thought the world of the gal
an made up his mind that there wuzn't
nothin' he could get her that wuz too
good for her. Fust thing you know
ned drawed money out o. the bank an
wuz spendin' right an left.
about a month after that all you
could hear from the wimmen folks
around there wuz talk o. the washin'
machine Clay Trumbell had got for bis
wife that done up the hull wash with a
turn o. the hand an the patent churn
he'd brung her from Fairfax an her
six-hole cook range, spick an span new,
an her ilecloth In the kitchen an her
dishes, an the way Clay had piped the
water from the spring clear into the
house, Jest to save her the trouble o.
totin' IL. They wuz dingin' that into
their husbands ears from sunup to sun
down.
"'Clay's a good boy an he knows
how to treat n woman says Mrs Bols-
over. Il don't see no rhyme nor reason
In me gittin' along weth this oil stove
no longer I've ben cookin' your meals
On II long enough an | want one like
Clay's wife's got. faint no use to tell
ne we can't afford 1t. We've got dol
airs where Clay hain't got cents
Then oil Bolsover'd cuss.
you've Jest nachally got to get me
one o. them new-fangled churns. says
Mrs Killing. 'Clay's wife's got one, pore
as they are. II I'd married a man like
Clay when I wuz a gal l wouldn't be
wore out the way l am now
1.-The fust time you 60 to Fairfax /
want you TO bring me back ilecloth for
my Kitchen says Mrs. Satterlee.
IN scrubbed on this here floor as long
rs I'm a-goin' to, Hi Satterlee. I'm
.alkin' now
An so Ii went.
well, the men cussed Clay Trumbell
,p an down for his alfred spen'-
thrift ways an they allowed that they
wuzn't a-goin' to be led into no such
ioin's.
THAT didn't stop their wives from
akin. 1t got so plague-taked bad an
there wuZ sech rumpus that the NEIL
tin'ly got holt o Clay at thrashin' time
an reasoned weth him. Clay thought
hey wuz jokin' at fust when they be-
gun to argy. but when Bill Jupp come
light out plum an plain an told him
hat he wuz settin' bad example for
everybody in the township he got right
not.
why, you doggOne pea-souled. flint
Ikinnin' oil skeeZickses.' says Clay. DO
Fou reckon that because you're too
blame Ornery mean an clOst to Git your
Himmen folks what they need I'm a
yoin' to stent my wife? No. stree, As
ar as a ridin' pillow is concerned. I've
got good laigs an en- walk behind my
nevis for a while yit, an l don't need
40 patent hay fork to lift my hay into
he NOW 5 longs my back an arms
don't give out You all 80 plumb to
-
"An' he walked away, an a week
lfter he sold beef critter an got his
wife a bewrow for the bedroom.
''That Jest made the neighbors hop
din mad an Bolsover In pertickler.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13

He swore up an down he'd fix Clay al
right an git him where he wouldn't
buy no more fancy trimmin's. He lay
low after that for quite a while an
studied how he could do il.
"One mornin' he met Clay In towr
an told him that he'd concluded he'd
sell piece O. land he had il in on tc
Clay's eighty farm. Clay'd been want.
in to buy 1t for quite a spell. but he
couldn't see his way to il.
lid give you time if you cd make
cash payment, Clay says the oil
man. I'll give You time an make the
price right. Twelve dollars an acre.
CLAY still couldn't see his way
though the land wuz cheap at that. Sc
Bolsover come down 81 on il. an thar
So. Clay's mouth watered. FinIy he
said he'd buy 1t if it wusn't for the
cash payment. but he only had about
S10O TO his name.
IF you could raise another hundred
I'd let it CO. says Bolsover 'Mabbe
you could borrow it. 1 reckon Jupr
would let you have it,
1T turned out that Jupp would an
the upshot wuz that they give him a
deed an mortgaged him up to his eye
brows, fixin' the payments SOS they'd
come hard an there wouldn't be moth.
in more'n enough to pay for groceries
That wuz the way they fixed Clay"
| Mighty good way, too" said the
storekeeper, approvingly.
"Yaas," agreed Hancock. "If il
hadn't been that Clay sold that piece
Of land at So an acre about six months
after an bought carpet for the bedroom
an got his wife a hired gal it would
have worked all right" Chicago News
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13
Cultivating the Soil.

The Importance of frequent and
thorough cultivation of the soil is
now admitted to achieve the largest
crops. This knowledge was known to
the ancients. who worked the land
with primitive implements. Even the
untutored Indian, with his stone hoe,
stirred the ground around his plants
OF corn to stimulate their growth.
The initial preparation of the soil
for perfect cultivation is performed
by the pillow, which stirs and turns
over the soil to a uniform depth. Mod
ern plows are manufactured for all
kinds Of coil, from the stiff clay to
the light, sandy loans and the fine,
smooth, black land Of the prairie. The
angie OF the moldboard determines
the compactness or disintegration Of
the field that has been plowed. The
fine, black prairie loans need the
highly polished steel plows with
oblique angled noldboards to turn the
soil. An obtuse angled pillow will choke
in fine. black loan, but will work adj
mirably In sandy loans The sharp
aLgled moldboard throws the furrow
over with great force, making the land
frlable and easily cultivated. In
bceaking up seeded land the long, OBJ
tuse-angled moldboard Is necessary
70 lay the burrows down smoothly
where they can be firmed by the
roller and subsequently cultivated with
the disk harrow.
Working the soil in turn makes
the soil work. Cultivation performs
the twofold purpose of liberatiLg plant
food and destroying weeds The earth
has been corsed with weeds to conf
pei man TO work for his bread Till
ing the soil makes it loose and fria0le
and permits the roots of plants to more
easily Appropriate the nourishment Of
the soil. Tillage admits the air into
the soil and also the rain, which i'm
part fertility to the land. Cultivation
uElocks the great chemical Laboratory
or nature aud releases the nourishnlent
needed BY vegetation. Thorough oul~
tivation uniocks the great storehouse
OF nature and insures the hus5andman
bCuntifui crops. The stalk OF corn is
like IN infant who needs nour iehnent
to promote development, and tiliage re-
leases the elements of the soil needed
for the evolution of the matured corn.
l-GOodSll's Farmer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13
Toads and sauash Buns

Many people believe that the toad
will eat that humble creature. the
squash bug. Prof. Weed Of New Hamp
shire. has found that the odor given of
this bug will actually kill the toad II
confined In small space. The pungent
fumes threw the toad into a sort of n
stupor, similar to the effect produced
by chloroform. When very hungry The
toad will eat few Of the bugs, but
evidently does not relish the diet.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13

From Adams arrival in this wicked world
To the wonderful age in,
Our wise men nave shattered pretty hard nuts
And also committed much sin;
But one of the problems that's bafed them all,
And has put all their science rout,
Is something concerning the adore,
What woman s thinking about
Her eyes may be laughing a; something wear
And her face may be solemn death;
Her tongue may be waggins on forty-odd themes
Till she's really gasping for breath;
But the wisdom and science of all the world
Isn't able to clearly find out
What fits through her mind or can even surnise
What woman is thinking about
Her lips may be saying n host of sweet things,
And her eyes with true love be enshrined
Her lover may think that he knows evry thought
In her gentle and feminine mind;
But the very next breath her mood is transformed
And she's having mystical pout;
ALL all of loves logic cannot make it clear
What a woman is thinking about.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13

At last one OF the ushers spoke to her.
Pardon me, madam" he SAID, 'but |
must ask you to comply with our rules.
Everybody back of you is complaining OF
your hat Will you kindly remove it?'
III remove it, SIR" she snapped, as
she took out the hatpins, lifted the gor-
geous creation from her head. and laid
it in her lap; but / want you to under
stand, sir, that | don't do it kindly Not
on your life ~
Thank you-sir." fervently calculated
the man in the seat directly back of her.
as the curtain went up.-Chicago Trib-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13

Wife-Why Gid you give that phon-
cgraph away just before we were mar
ried? Didn't you think I could use III
Husband-My dear, gave II away
TO keep peace. Don't you know that
no house is big enough for two talking
machines?
And at the last report he was still
trying 10 square himself.-Detroit Fres
Press