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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

Sunshine is the dairyman's best
friend. When the sun beats down
hot in the summer we are apt to think
il an enemy. but a week of clouds.
even in July, casts gloom over
everything and makes both man and
beast at cross purposes with the world.
Sunshine is required to kill germs and
microbes and keep both animal and
human dispositions sweet. The Yer
monters COW barn that must be built
so warm and tight lacks sunshine to
keep the inmates in the best of health.
All along our country's northern bor-
der, Tuberculosis is on the increase in
dairy herds.-Farmers Mail and
Breeze.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
A Memory of Ball Run.

The following extraordinary letter
was written by Horace Greeley to
President Lincoln after the battle of
Bull Run. 1t will be remembered that
before the battle Mr.. Greeley kept a
standing headline in his paper urging
the armies Forward to Richmond
Forward to Richmond:
New York, Monday July 20, 1861
midnight.-Dear Sir: This is my sew
enth sleepless neighbours too. doubt
less-yet | think | shall not die, be-
cause I have no right to die. | must
struggle to live, however bitterly. But
to business. You are not considered
great man, and / am a hopelessly
broken one You are now undergoing
n terrible ordeal, and God has thrown
the gravest responsibilities upon you.
Do not fear to meet them. Can the
rebels be beaten after all that has
occurred, and in view of the actual
state of feelings caused by our late
awful disaster? If they can-and it is
your business to ascertain and decide
write me that such is your judgment,
so that | may know and do my duty.
And if they cannot be beaten-if our
recent disaster is fatal-do not fear
to sacrifice yourself to your country.
If the rebels are not to be beaten-if
that is your judgment in view of the
light-then every drop of blood hence
forth shed in this quarrel will be wan
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
SuuftSheS and PumnlxinS

With care in storing, there is very
little difficulty in keeping these. es-
pecially the former, in good condition
until spring, and | have kept some
varieties of the genuine pie pumpkins
until well into March in just as nice
condition as they went into storage.
Select those that are well matured.
and make sure that they are gathered
bef,-<e being touched in the least with
frost Store in a cool, dry place as
late as safety from freezing will per-
NIT. then remove to a garnet where
they will keep cool and dry, but al.
ways safe from frost. Do not pile
them, but set them on the floor and,
better still, separate them SO that
they do not touch. In this way, we'll
matured specimens can be kept almost
at will-Exchange
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
Cfrculnr Nuisance.

The woman intercepted the pOstman
as he was about to stuff a thick wad
If circulars into her mail box and
'elieved him of them. II WISH" she
said. you would be allowed to use
'our discretion about such mail mat
ser and to dump it into the refuse
an instead of into my box, or could
even omit ringing my bell when you
awe delivered no other mail than
such stuff as this. 1t makes me
great deal of trouble and | never look
at it, Then the janitor and the paper
nan simply have TO remove it. How
would tighten your load if you did
lot have to carry it around,"
Indeed it would. | also wish we
lid not have to handle it. We not
only have a great burden in delivering
Il, but when We cannot find the person
to whom it is addressed we have still
more trouble, for we have to spend a
great deal of time looking up ad
dresses and trying to trace the con-
signees. We don't mind it in the case
of first class mail, but to spend hours
trying to find the owner o. a circular
seems to US like false economy. How
ever, suppose the postmaster general
knows his business. | don't have to
fill his job-at present. All have to
Go is what I'm told. Good morning."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
HORACE GREELEY"
City Troops Were the Toughest.

City Troops Were the Toughest.
Il noticed a few days ago an article
concerning the mortality among the
German members of the G. A r. said
Captain William T. Haskell of Wash
ington. ID. c., to a reporter. and was
struck by the facts ii presented. |
have not hitherto paid any attention
to this question. but since the matter
has been called to my notice / recollect
that the deaths among the German
veterans of my acquaintance have been
frequest during the last few years
Another point in regard to Grand
Army mortality which | have studied
with some care is the fact that the
death rate of those who originally
came from the country far exceeds
that of the city men. 1t is generally
supposed that a country life is condu-
Give to health. but as far the records
Of the War Department prove any,
thing, the contrary is the case.
When in the Army of the Potomac
| served in regiment recruited in the
city of New York Stoddard's Yer
mont brigade was in our division. and
it was a remarkable fact that those
stalwart mountaineers, men of large
size and great muscular development.
were far more subject to disease than
our city boys. and died like sheep in
the Chickahominy swamps. while the
death rate among the city regiments
was very low, comparatively Since
the close of the war, and especially
during the last ten years, the surviv-
ors of the country regiments. at least
in the East. for l know nothing of the
West, show much higher mortality
than the metropolitan troops. and
sickness is much more frequent. l
have heard from French and German
officers that the same state of affairs
prevails in the armies of those coun-
tries, and from all these facts | am
inclined to believe that the general i'm
preston that city life is unhealthy Is
entirely false"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

We have repeatedly warned the
dairymen that the oleomargarine law
is likely to be amended next winter.
and that the amendments proposed
will destroy the value of the law, 80
far as concerns the protection of dairy
products. Again, we ask you-nave
you written your congressman about
it? Do you know his views? Does
he know what you want him to do in
the matter? Does he know what you
are going to do to him in the cam.
paigu next year IL he doesn't give you
a square deal? This is no joke. 1t
is a serious proposition, and no time
is to be lost if the oleomargarine law
is to be preserved in its present form.
Missouri Dairym2n.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

stated, in a consular report on that
district, is covered by pointed stones
some years ago the Society Agraria
offered prizes for those who would
remove them and thus change tins
waste ground to meadows. The work
has now been going on for some years
tains the area of the proposed redemp-
ton and the difficulties TO be encoun-
tered and fixes the prize to be given.
In spring it again visits the improved
grounds and pays the prizes if de
served. This year in the different par.
ishes sixty-six peasants improved
forty-four acres and received $1,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
His Battle Cry.

At the siege of Fredericksburg,
when the Confederates were enduring
even more than their usual pangs of
hunger. one of the Southern skirmish
ing parties made sudden raid on an
unsuspecting Federal brigade. After
some interchange of firing the assail-
ants rushed upon their disconnected
enemy. One emaciated Johnny"
hurriedly emptied the knapsack of a
PROSTATE soldier, and, Strengthening
up, regardless of blades and bullets,
waved his booty above his head.
Charge 'em. boys, charge 'em!" he
yelled They've got cheesel"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
Individual Hog Houses.

Noticing articles from time to time
on the construction OF Individual hog
houses. l wish to submit the plan OF
houses that We USE" writes a CORE
spondent of the Breeders Gazette. Il
make them six feet square on the
ground, both doors to be hinged so
they will open and close readily.
Twelve-foot boards make side and roof.
l use good soft pine flooring. as it is
lighter and much easier to move when
necessary than heavier lumber. Four
pieces by inches and six feet long
are for stills. Two pieces by inches
and feet long are for ridge and
plate.
IF this plan is used it will be found
much more satisfactory than a plain
A shaped house. The door in the roof
Can be opened when the sun shines.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
Alfalfa Soils.

Alfalfa does best on well-Grained
soils, where the water level is several
feet below the surface. 1t is very
deep-rooted plant, sending it's roots
down into subsoil which is largely un-
available to other farm crops These
roots will not thrive in a water-soak-
ed soil, and in attempting to grow al
falfa on wet soil, or a soil with the
water level only few feet from the
surface, the alfalfa is placed in I'M
natural conditions and little can be ex-
pected of it. If possible, a field with
a sufficient slope to effect thorough
surface drainage and sufficiently open
to porous to provide good under-drain-
age should be selected for alfalfa
Maryland Experiment Station.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

An experienced horseman has found
equal parts of corn and oats ground
together to be one OF The best grain
rations for growing colts. 1t furnishes
elements needed for tie production of
fat. bone and muscle. Adding bran
or linseed meal to the ration aids very
much in keeping the bowels regular
and avoids constipation and in this
way lessons the liability of disease.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
Goats for Work en-.

A large firm in Wurtemberg sup
piled forty-seven goats to a number of
workmeI on easy payments, first ar
ranging a stable with each house, and
also supplying small pasture plots
The experiment seems to have proven
quite satisfactory, and by keeping sew
eral goats. which yield from three to
four quarts of milk daily, and proper
ly arranging time of calving, the work
men have sufficient milk supply for
their families. but are even in a posi-
ton to sell milk to others Molkere-
zietung.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
Hees I'm America.

Bees were unknown to the Indians.
but they were brought over from Eng
land only a few years after the land
ing of the Pilgrim Fathers. 1t was
more than two centuries after the first
white invasion of New England how
ever, before modern beekeeping began.
The industry of the present day dates
from the invention of the movable
frame hive by Langstreth in 1852.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

CONCRETE BEEHIVE this are not pres
ent. the things may be purchased with
out any great outlay Of money.
There have been many improve
ments lately in the manner OF con-
structing the beehives, and probably
the most interesting is one which IS
made of concrete A patent has been
recently issued covering the manufac-
ture of concrete beehives, but any
one with little ingenuity may easily
make them, and set of moldS once
having been made satisfactorily, may
be used indefinitely and any number
of hives made from it. Anyone at
tempting to make a hive of this ma
terial should acquaint themselves with
the character of the cement and should
also be familiar with the habits OF
bees.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

of a lantern in the
barn by having
some such device
as here shown to
keep the lantern in
place. This affair
requires only two
small pulleys and
a rope. The rope
is run through the
pulleys, the lantern
attached to one end
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

and then pulled up to a convenient
height, the loose end of the rope be-
ing fastened to a cleat on the wall.
If this device is arranged in about
the center of the barn much better
light will be given than if the lam
tern were carried around from place
to place.-Cor. of Farm and Home.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
Promfssory Salaries.

The suspicion that the incomes Of
stage performers are not always so
large as they are publicly represented
to be is given concrete form thus by
= writer in the Washington Star:
Il understand that the manager is
paying fabulous salaries to his lead.
ing singers said the inquisitive re-
porter.
Not fabulous" rejoined the cynical
press agent-''fictitious."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
Oufte Another Thing.

Whom are you going to give those
cigars to-"
ITO the janitor. so that he will give
us more heat"
why, | thought ] heard you abus-
ing him terribly this morning"
My dear woman, you don't think
| dare address the janitor like that?
| was talking to the landlord. Lip
pincOtt's.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
Seems Probable.

They were looking al that celebrat-
ed statue, the Venus of Milo.
But where are the hands?" asked
Mrs. Pneuritch.
They were laid off. madam" ex-
planned the polite attendant. lin conse-
quence OF a disastrous break in marble
stock"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

A woman went to the telephone
Office with kick. She said she tried
for half an hour to get the answer
to a telephone call and she wanted to
know the reason why.
What is your NUMBER" asked the
manager.
"0h. We have no phone ourselves"
was the astonishing reply. Il was
using my neighbor s"-Kansas City
Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

toniy, wickedly shed and the guilt VIII
rest heavily on the soul of every pro
moter of the crime. 1 pray you TO de
cid. quickly and let me know my duty.
IF the Union is irrevocably gone,
an armistice for thirty, sixty. ninety,
one hundred and twenty days-better
still, for a year-ought at once be pro-
posed with a view to a peaceful adj
iustment. Then Congress should call
a national convention. to meet at the
earliest day And there should be an
immediate and mutual exchange or re-
lease of prisoners ard a disarmament
of forces. | do not consider myself
at present a Judge of anything but the
public sentiment. That seems to me
everywhere gathering and deepening
against a prosecution of the war. The
gloom in this city is funeral-for our
dead at Bull Run were many. and they
lie unburied yet. On every brow sits
sullen, scorching, black despair. II
would be easy to have Mr.. Crittenden
move any proposition that ought to be
adopted. or to have il come from any
proper quarter. The first point is to
ascertain what is best that can be
done-which is the measure of our
duty-and do that thing at the earli
est moment.
This letter is written in the strict
est confidence, and for your eye alone
But you are at liberty to say TO mem
bers of your cabinet that you know
will second any move you may see fit
to make. But do nothing timidly nor
by halves. Send me word what to do
| will live till | can hear il at all
events. If it is best for the country
and for mankind that we make peace
with the rebels at once and on their
own terms, do not shrink even from
that. But bear in mind the greatest
truth: Whose would lose his life for
my sake shall save it. Do the thing
that is the highest right, and tell me
how | am to second YOU Yours, in
the depth of bitterness.
.IInI1 ACL, CDI---T I-V,'
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

is that Of bee rails
ing. Its advant-
ages are that little
space is required,
there is no great
expense and the
work is light, re-
curing only a linn
tied amount of time
and care. Much OF
the apparatus re-
quired may be made
at home and where
the facilities for
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

Sunshine is the best tonic known for
little pigs, and the door is essential
when the SOW needs attention at pig
as is sometimes the case, very hasty
exit |"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
The largest grape vine in the worl

nc IdI btoI bIept WIG III tIIO W.T. TT
is 100 years old. and is at San Gabriel,
Cal. planted by Franciscan friars. The
stalk is IL feet in diameter, eight
feet high, and the branches and foliage
cover 5000 square feet. Its yearly
crop of grapes is 21a tons.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
Savings Banks.

An Irishman was explaining Ameri-
can institutions TO a green country
man.
"A savings bank" he said. rs a
place where you can deposit money to-
day and draw it out tomorrow by CIV
ing a weeks notice. Success Mag
aZine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
Force of Habit.

me woman with sense OF numOr
smiled. 1T is funny said she. how
content some people are to sit damned
together in cars
But they can't help themselves"
protested her companion.
II know, but | refer to the times
when they are not obliged to occupy
the same six inches with their next
neighbors When a crowded car be-
gins to thin out, most people expand.
but some forget TO. | have seen the
woman who has been shopping squeeze
into a seat beside a laborer at the
rush hour, and. just as often as not,
she continues to tickle his nose with
her plumes clear up to Austin after
the car is half empty. and to rest her
bundles on his lime coated overalls.
"One night, quite late, away up town
on a State street car, young man
and young woman sat propped to
gether midway of a long. empty seat.
There was not another passenger left
in that side of the car. They paid no
attention to each other, and | sup
posed that they were too tired TO talk
1t was quite a shock 10 my calcula-
tons when the young man got off and
left the girl sitting alphabetically il
the empty seat. l had estimated them
as first cousins at the furthest. =
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

Spelling may be a gift" groaned
Mr.. Tyte Phist. whose boys were in
school; but it costs heap to buy the
spelling booksl"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

After being at liberty for ten days,
a canary belonging to T. Kirk of Tlv
erton. England, returned to Its cage
with another bird of the same species
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02


Lots of boys are driven from the
farm by the treatment they receive
there. You cannot work a boy from
ten to fourteen hours day, begrudg-
Ing him a day off and depriving him
Of an opportunity to make little
money, and have a little fun on his
own account, and then expect that he
Is going to stay on the farm. Boys
are not built that way. But If you
.reat them right, encourage their orig
inality and foster their development
and the doing of things for themselves.
the average boy is level-headed enough
10 realize the advantages offered by
rural life. Some fathers make the
mistake of trying to drive boys instead
of working with them, or fail to recog-
nize the rapidity with which bright
boy gains knowledge and experience
between II and 20, and how quickly
he may know more or have better
judgment in some matters than his
father. The parents are quite as often
at fault as the boys in those cases
when the complaint comes that the
boys won't stay on the farm.
Those Dear Friends.
Maybelle-Why do you call him my
Jack? I'm not engaged yet-if any,
body should ask you.
Gladys-Well, you would be. mighty
quick-if anybody should ask you.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
Observation-Disclosures the matter?

0hOwman-I don't know as we can
2 any kind of a show this after.
neon.
What's the matter?
Showman-That fresh kids been in
the cage of the man eating lion hav
ing a romp. and the critter is as play
full as kitten, the farmer we rented
the sacred cow from India from says
the money amt payin' him for the
loss of his milk route. and the wild
man of Borneo says he's got to have
a day off TO register and see the police
parade.-Baltimore American.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Chill
dren teethiug: softens the gums, reduces in
ELIMINATION, allays pain. cures wind collie. %
cents bottle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
Chicago Inter Ocean.

The next time you have a cold on the
lungs try rubbing Wizard OIL on Your
chest and see how quickly it will draw out
the inflammation and break up the cold
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
HOMESEEKERS RATES WEST VIE
NICKEL PLATE ROAD


Dec. z and 81. Ask Agent or write
F. p. Parnin, T. p. A., Fort Wayne, In
diana. (09-45)
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
Where II Punched.

lear. white clothes are q sign that the
huasekeeper Red Cross Ball Blue.
large 2oz. package cent?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

Among the occupations which offer
profit and amusement, and at the
same time entirely suited to women,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
Convenient Light for the Harm

Many fires may be avoided when
the short winter days require the use
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

If so, use Red Cross Ball Blue. It vii
make them white snow. Large 2oz. pack
age ccRtA
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
TORE HIS SKIN OFF
In shreds-itching Was Intense
Sleep Was Oftea ImpOssible-
Cured by Cuticura i'm 3 Weeks.

In STRENGTHENING Was Intense
Sleep Was Often Impossible
Cured by Cuticura i'm 3 Weeks.
AT first an eruption of small pus-
tules commenced on my hands. These
spread later to other parts of my body,
and the itching at times was intense.
so much so that l literally tore the
skin off in shreds in seeking relief
The awful itching interfered with my
work considerably, and also kept me
awake nights. | tried several doctors
and used a number of different ONT
mentS and lotions, but received prac.
tically no benefit Finally | settled
down to the use of Cuticura Soap,
Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills,
with the result that in a few days all
itching had ceased and in about three
weeks time all traces of my eruption
had disappeared. | have had no trou-
BILE of this kind since. ii. A. kruts
koff. 5714 Wabash Ave, Chicago, Ill.
November IS and 2S. 1907"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole
Props of Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
LUNG BaLsAM
SpOiIin. the show.

viii only a fresh cold. but of those stul
born coughs that usually hang on for months. Civ
IL trial and prove its worth. 25c, zoe and clio.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
What Ais You?

Do feel weak tired, Respondent have frequent head
aches coated tongue, bitter bad in morning
heartburn belchins of Gas, acid rsnes throat after
eating stomach gnaw burn foul breath dizzy spells
poor variable appetite times and kindred
symptoms?
If you have any considerable number of tho
above symptoms you suffering from bilious
ness, torpid liver with Indigestion. dyspe psia.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is made
mp of the most valuable medicinal principles
known to medical science for the permanent
of such abnormal conditions. 1t is a
efficient liver invisorator. stomach tonic, bowel
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
Prizes for PeaSa

The billy territory of Trieste. 1t Ia
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

"Golden
full list ingredients
a
of
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02

EARN CASH COMMISSIONS. Big profit;
no work 3: merely give me names of men
interested in buying Texas land. Confden-
tial Address Charles Marquis. foot of Con-
vent St, st. Louis.