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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
The Lesson He Learned.

For different people the immortal
stories of the world have different
messages. For instance, Prof Charles
Zueblin, of the Chicago University,
said at recent dinner, which a writer
in the st. Louis Globe-Democrat re-
ports. rhat in his native town of Pen
dleton some of the mothers used to
cut the children's hair.
They did it with shears and a bowl.
The operation was often painful, and
the result was never elegant
In Sunday school a Pendleton teach
er told her pupils the tragic story of
Samson and Delilah. Then she turned
to a small boy, hopeful that he had
extracted some lessen from it. He had,
indeed, taken it home.
Joe" she said, what do you learn
from the Samson story?"
1T don't pay" piped Joe, feelingly,
ito have a woman cut feller's hair.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
The Dominance of ApricuItura

Nothing OF late years has SO strik-
ingly illustrated the dominance OF
agriculture In our commercial fabric
the consequent business depression,
which endured through the long weary
months of 1908. The railroads were
all to the bad Lumber interests were
at q dead standstill and lumber jacks"
were on the ragged edge of starva,
ton.
Manufacturers ran half time or else
closed down their plants Mining OF
all kinds was in the dumps. and dis
tribution agencies of all products were
content with half loaf. Through It
all the farmer kept the even tenor
of his way unscathed by the public
lack of confidence, and the tremendous
falling off in demand for his products
suffered neither fall in prices nor any
appreciate abatement in demand.
Through all the stress and trial OF
hard times the country had reason t.
be grateful that the agricultural situa.
ton was inherently sound, and this
fact alone prevented that general
slump that had characterized the
panics of the past Now that the long
lane has been turned and the delect-
able mountains Of prosperity are clear
ly in sight 1t is easily seen that the
change has come from the wonderful
prospect as to the crops which are rap
idly maturing.
AS a whole they promise to exceed
in value and quantity anything we
have gathered in the past. and there
seems but little chance now of any
serious calamity to mar this prospect.
The story is true not alone of those
staple crops OF grain and fiber that add
so greatly to our wealth. but like
wise of the innumerable secondary
products of fruits, vegetables and for
age, whose great aggregate Importance
we so little realize.
1t is true. also. that the farmer is
everywhere diversifying his products.
growing everything that he needs
getting daily more "self-contained"
and thus yearly being less at the mercy
of the failure of any one great STABLE.
With record-breaking prices for all
the products of the farm and with
bountiful supplies. agriculture Is lead
ing the procession in which every
other industry is fastening to Join
St Louis Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
RrmrIY for COxypOx.

Isolate the COW. as cowpox is con
tagious and may be spread from COW
to COW by the mixers hands. There
is no preventive of cowpox where
COWS have been exposed. Treat by CIV
ing full dose of EPSON salts at the
outset of the attack and following
with a half ounce of hyposulphite OF
soda night and morning in the feed
or drinking water. Sponge the udder
twice daily with a solution of l ounce
OF hyposulphite of soda in quart
of water and then paint each sore Win
glycerite of tannin. A sterilized milk
ing tube may be used to withdraw the
milk where a teat Is extra sore and
inflamed but the tube must be boiled
and baked before each use. else II VIII
do much more harm than good
Breeders Gazette
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

A man becomes a fan and soon loses
his hearth and home. Another yearns
kicked Into a prison cell by his hasty
father Another learns to his surprise.
as thousands have learned before him
in various ways, that there are all
kinds OF unsupported dangers in sit
ting on a sofa with a young woman
A wife may spring a divorce. father
make take a sudden notion to kick or
spank, and lightning may yank an in
nocent young man away from his girl
and make dents il the ceiling with
him. Destiny is a surprisingly versa
tile thing. with a million and one ways
Of knocking human plans galley-west
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Planning Work Ahead.

If one could have the time to do MS
work at Just the hour when conditions
are just right, how much easier farm
Ing would be, Take summer blowing
for instance. If we could only spare
the time from five and forty other jobs
there are to do at this time, and keep
steadily at blowing when the moisture
Is Just right and the weather cool
from the rain that soaked the SOIL
blowing at this season OF the year
would not be a bugaboo after all The
man who can get his ground for any
fall seeding plowed within the next
thirty days certainly starts out with
out a handicap, so far as good condi-
ton of seed bed is concerned. Some
times. if not every time, it pays to
put off haying in order to get the
blowing done.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
PaSturinr sheen.

Now that we have been asked the
question we would say that In running
farm sheep thirteen grown animals
can be pastured on an acre, and one
acre of alfalfa, counting four tons Of
hay for the year. will winter twenty
sheep. This hay land will also furnish
pasture in the spring while the
meadow Is getting start. and also In
the fall, when the aftermath Is on.
These two acres, one of hay and one
of pasture, Will keep an average OF
sixteen and one-half, or. say, sixteen
sheep the whole year, or eight to each
acre and an income of 81 for each
sheep makes s32 for the acre. Another
thing. these sheep harvest their own
crop on three out of every five acres.
Now. every farmer knows it costs
good money and sweat to put hay in
the stack, and for this reason the
sheep are of the greatest convenience
They can do the work and put on
plenty of fat at the same time.-Den-
yer Field and Farm.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
SHORT MEN TAKE COURAGE.
Chances of Genius Increase with
Breyity of Inches.

Chances of Genius Increase with
Breyity of Inches.
II you are a man and happen to
be short of stature, do not let that
trouble you. Your chances of genius
increase with your brevity in inches.
At least, this seems to be the conclu-
sion pointed at by inquiries recently
made into the stature of eminent men
in Great Britain. Take the govern
ment, for instance; its most distin-
guished men range in height about
five and a half feet Lloyd George
the spirited Welshman, who is Chan
cellor of the Exchequer, is five fee
seven. II his inches were equal to hki
ability he would be giant. John
Burns. the John Bullish representative
OF labor, who has risen from the posi-
ton of an engineer earning some SO
a week to be president of the Board
of Trade. is of the same height A
like number Of inches measures John
Morley man alike eminent as lit
terateur and administrator When the
Grand Old Man" was in the flesh he
looked upon Mr. Morley as his right
hand man; tire House Of Commons
calls him Honest John and India
confesses him an enlightened ruler.
Mr. Asquith has an inch more to his
credit. which is providential. perhaps,
seeing that he is the especial butt OF
the suffragette5 Mr.. Chamberlain is
slight and only measures a fraction
over five and q half feet Among ac-
tors one of the most eminent of Eng
,islmcn is John Hare. and he is only
five feet four Barrie. the genial, the
quixotic, the fantastic. is five feet five.
and. as he is a lover of cricket, a car
;oonist once drew him peeping over
the blade of a bat to see if the swift
fowler. Richardson, was going to de-
liver a fast one. Kipling is small
FIVE feet and a half in his height.
Hardy and Hall Caine have an inch
he better of him. So it is with the
artists. Abbey, Alma Tadema and
Pointer are all small men. OF the sci.
cntists, Sir William Crookes only reg
listers five feet seven. and of the men
of business Carnegie is a veritable
mite. being but five feet three. Even
the military men are short; witness
Lord Roberts with his five feet six
and Viscount Wolseiey with but one
inch more So, If the reader happens
to be short, he is short in good COM
pany.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Getting Rid of Mosquitoes.

AS pools of stagnant water, cisterns
and neglected drains are breeding
places for mosquitoes, Prof. Surface,
the state zoologist, recommends that
all tanks of water, cisterns or vessels
which hold water, or which might be
filled with water after rain. be COW
cred, or screened, with screen of at
least eighteen meshes of wire to the
inch Standing water on lots on COM
mons should not be permitted. All
shallow lots should be drained and
kept dry, and post holes filled, old tin
cans and bottles emptied, and all
breeding places destroyed. All stable
refuse should be removed at least
every week Where there are large
natural bodies of water which can not
be drained, the surface should be dis
infected and oiled with kerosene at
frequent and regular intervals. KerO-
sene is invaluable in this connection.
and 1t is also good as a dis nfectant.
Chloride of lime, or common cop
peras (sulphate of from can be thrown
into cesspoOls.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
RIVAL OF GLOUCESTER.
LunenburE, Nova Scotia, Is some
PumDN ms in The HINT for Cod.

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Is some
Pumpkins in the Hunt for Cod.
The fishermen of Gloucester have
long monOpolized fiction and poetry as
being the real catchers of cod and the
most picturesque OF those who make
their living on the Grand banks, the
New York Sun says. Rudyard Kipling
let his character in Captains Courag
eOus' speak disrespectfully of the
Frenchmen and bluenoses who COM
peted in the race for fish, and other
so-called sea writers have done the
same.
If you ask a bfuenose, that is a res
ident of Nova Scotia, who are the real
bankers, he will tell you the men of
Lunenburg" Lunenburg is the rival
of Gloucester in the hunt for cod, and
a pretty husky rival. too, for fisher
men from that seaport on the south
shore Of Nova Scotia are the backbone
of that industry that is valued we'll
over 100000 a year.
The Lunenburg fishermen spend
about half the year at home, but they
do not use this time sitting around
the docks spinning yarns. They are
busy with lobster catching or in the
woods. When March comes around
they begin to make ready for the sea.
The schooners are put in order and
stocked with provisions On the Sun
d Oh.
hold special services and prayers go
up for safe and prosperous voyages.
They are devout, these bluenose fish
ermen. but they keep an eye on the
profits, too.
The fishing schooners are small,
rarely reaching 100 tons. The law re-
quires vessels exceeding that size to
carry a certified master and the Lu-
nenburg man can't see the use of pass
ing examinations in navigation. With
a compass and a dipsey lead the mas
ter of a banker can find his way in
any weather.
The start from Lunenburg is like
the start of yacht race. Most of the
bankers go out on the same day and
there is goodnatured rivalry among
the shippers as TO who shall first an
chor on the fishing grounds.
When a skipper makes berth in a
likely place real work begins The
dories, flat-bottomed boats fifteen feet
long. which are very seaworthy but
don't look it, are put overheard and
the travis are set.
These travis are something stable
in the way of fishing lines The main
line is from one TO one and a half
miles long, with fringe of smaller
lines which carry the hooks. The
travis are anchored at each end and
are set like the spokes of a wheel
whose hub is the schooner The do
ries move up and down the travis,
taking off the fish and rebaiting the
hooks. 1t sounds easy, but in a heavy
sea it is ticklish business.
When a schooner has loaded full
with fish, cut and sailed down, she
steals away from the shrieking medley
OF foghorns and makes for Lunenburg.
1t is a lucky ship which enters port
without her colors at half mast. which
would indicate that one of her crew
has gone. The fleet gets back from
the spring trip about the end of May,
unloads and sails back again on the
summer trip. which lasts until the
autumn
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

Samuel Gompers was talking in the
smoke room of the Baltic about re-
cent newspaper attack on a rich cor
pOration.
1t was a cruel attack" Mr. Com
pers chuckled. ut was as cruel as
the JOnesville Clarion's paragraph
about old Deacon Hiram Ludlow This
paragraph headed the Cartons obit-
uary column 1t said:
Deacon Hiram Ludlow of Frisbie
Township, aged 81, passed peacefully
away. on Thursday last. from single
blessedness to matrimonial bliss, after
a short but severe attack by Maria
Higgins, blooming widow of 81 sum-
mers.'"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Steadfasf.

There had been a cyclone, says q
writer in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
and the colonies house was unroofed.
his barn crushed and two miles Of his
fence blown clean over into the next
county. Commenting on the catastro-
phe two men OF the neighborhood en-
gagged in the following conversation:
Pretty stiff blow"
Yep. nety-mXe-an-hour. TIL
colonel says he crawled out of his cy-
clone cellar after it was all over. an
what do you suppose was the first
thing he saw"
Give it up
He looked across his back lot. and
there was his hired man still sitting
on the feucet"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Not Our Discovery.

The Greek, Eratosthenes, $50 B. c.,
taught the doctrine of the rotundity
of the earth, and the ideas of the
sphere, it's poles, axis. the equator,
arctic and antarctic circles, equinoc-
tial points and the solstices were quite
generally entertained by the wise men
of that time There were plenty of
men in Rome. therefore, who were
prepared to talk about the earth as
sphere and to make globes illustrating
their ideas.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Tho Cooley SiuaftfcuS.

The most ancient of the New Tesla
ment manuscripts is the one known as
the "Codex Sinaiticus." published at
the expense of Alexander ii. of Rus
STA since the Crimean war. This codex
covers nearly the whole of the Old
and New Testaments and was discov.
cred in the Convent of st. Catherine
o. Mount Sinai by the celebrated
Tischendorf } II is generally ascribed
to The fourth century.-New York
American.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
ImperfsEab Wood.

A curious source of wealth Is report
ed by the French consul at Mongtze.
in Upper Tonkin. 1t lies in wood
mines. The wood originally was a
pine forest, which the earth swallowed
In some cataclysm. Some Of the trees
are a yard In diameter. They lie in
a slanting direction and in sandy soils.
which cover them to a depth of about
eight yards. AS the top branches are
well preserved 1t is thought the geo.
logical convulsion which buried them
cannot be Of very great antiquity. The
wood furnished by these timber mines
is imperishable and the Chinese gladly
buy Ii for collins.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Nothing There Stationary

Drummer-Is there a stationery
store at Crow Bend?
Stage Driver couldn't say, pard,
that you'd find anything stationary at
Crow Bend, because they have "A twist
er in them parts most every day what
starts things movin', but she's lively,
and I'm shore you'd like the place
Judge.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
An Onion Lover.

Or. W. A. Evans, health commission
er of Chicago. declares pasteurized
milk to be an overrated article.
They who expect" said DR.. Evans
recently. wonderful hygienic effects
from paSteurized milk are bound TO be
disappointed"
He smiled.
I'm the way Of real, tangible re-
Suits" DR.. Evans went on, they will
get little more than the Atlantic City
excursionist would have got if-but
listen to the story.
"A Philadelphia gentleman was very
bald. Onion juice was recommended
him as an infallible hair restorative.
Accordingly, every morning he split
two onions and rubbed their juicy flesh
very thoroughly over his nude white
scalp. The odor was strong, but the
gentleman, after time, got used TO
1t. Throughout his Atlantic City vaca-
ton he saw no reason to abandon his
daily onion tonic. Well, one hot morn
ing on the boardwalk, spying a vacant
place beside an excursionist who was
lunching out of paper bag. the
Philadelphia bald-head seated himself.
unbuttoned his waistcoat, removed his
hat, and exposed his head to the cool
breezes and the sunshine. An over
towering odor of the onion arose The
excursionist beside him, pausing in his
repast, frowned and shifted. The gen.
tleman famed himself calmly. The
other, sandwich In hand. kept on sniff
fng and frowning. Then, after a min
ute or two, the excursionist leaned
over and said:
Excuse me. boss, but would We
mind If rubbed this here cheese sand
witch on yer head so as to give it a
flavor Of onions? I'm awfully fond of
onions"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Hard ON His Nerves.

Did you find yourself embarrassed
while in Europe by your lack of &C
quaintance with the French language
NO" answered Mr.. Cumrox. Il think
/ suffered less embarrassment than the
other folks. / couldn't tell half the
time what they were blushing about"
Washington Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Cost of Chemical Fertilizers.

A reader wants to know the aver
age price of nitrate of soda, phosphorus
acid and muriate of potash Nitrate
of soda usually retails at $40 TO $50
per ton; phosphoric acid (bones). $40
TO $50 per ton; muriate of potash, $50
to $40 per ton.
Consul Hanna, in Chilli. sends word
that the nitrate of soda combine Is
broken. The object of the association
was to limit production and fix prices.
Now there will be unlimited produc-
ton and expectation. which will result
in later lowering the cost OF nitrate
On the farm
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

Manure should be applied early in
the season. in order that the wood
may have thoroughly matured by the
time of freezing weather. or quite late
in the season as top dressing. so
that the available portion may be car
ried by 0tins and melting SHOWS into
the soil ready for use the following
season. When the trees have reached
fruiting age. phosphoric acid and
potash are necessary for the develop
ment and maturity of the fruit
These constituents are essential to
the maturity of the crops that are
grown in the orchard in its earlier
years, but when the trees have reached
bearing age. if these crops be con-
tinued. there must be a liberal appli-
cation in addition to what has been
applied for annual crop purposes
Rural World.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
shake Into Your Shoes.

Aliens Fcot-Ease. 1t cures painful.
swollen. smarting. sweating feet Makes
new shoes easy. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores Don't accept any sub
stitute. Sample FREE. Address \. S.
Olmsted. lie Roy. y. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Her Sincere Eric O DIS.

Nan-Has Lii told you yet when she
and Jack are to be married?
Fan-Not yet, but L know They'll
be married just as soon as she can get
Jack to propose.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Not the Same.

Did he say he knew me when |
was a girl?" NO, he said he knew
YOU when he was a oy."-Sydney
Bulletin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Put to Ofhcr Use.

Crawford-So your wife doesn't
make mince pies any more?
Crabshaw-No- She uses all the
odds and ends around the house as
trimmings for her hat--Puck.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

why do you always go out on the
balcony when 1 begin to sing, joint
Can't you bear to listen to me?"
1T isn't that, but / don't want the
neighbors 90 think I'm a wife-beater-"
kansas City Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Oufck m. Wink.

If your eyes ache with a smarting,
burning sensation and dizziness use PET
TITS EYE SALVE. All druggists or
Howard Bros. Buffalo. N Y
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

The Italian government IL making
efforts to divert the tide Of emigration
from the United States to Africa
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

whatever became of that grc
hound that you had?"
KILLED himself"
Really"
Yes; tried to catch a fly on the
small of his back and miscalculated.
Bit himself in two" London Spare
Moments.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

water ana
Every living plant in the field is a
water pump, or at least is contlnually
active pumping the soil dry of water
writes IN anonymous writer. These
plant pumps do not work on exactly
the same principle as the common
suction or lifting pump. but they do
the work just the same. Their power
of working is through capillary action
the same power that draws oil up
through the lamp wick and that makes
the towel absorb water Every grass
plant. every wild flower and weed. all
shrubs, bushes and vines, and all trees
are steadily at work during the sum-
mer and more or less at other seasons
pumping up the waterway and night
from the ground in which they grow.
Some of this water is used by the
plants themselves for their growing
needs. vet much of It is allowed to
pour out OF a thousand little sprouts
from each plant, which instead of fall
ing back upon the soil to be reabsorbed
Is transformed into very thin wa
ter vapor and floats away in the air
70 be precipitated at some other time
and In some other place. al of this
pumping is invisible to our gross
vision, but the amount of water lifted
by wild and cultivated plants over
the area of a single county of sim
gle state in one day amounts TO thou
sands OF tons OF liquid.
Fertilization of Orchards.
While cultivation is in a certain
sense fertilization. there are very few
orchards that could not be benefited
by adding to the natural fertility of
the soil, says a good authority. OF
the three essentials of plant food
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash
nitrogen is of the greatest value in
developing growth and forming wood
Barnyard manure Is rich in nitro
gen and is admirably adapted to the
development of wood, and while the
orchard Is young should be applied
literally, not only for this purpose
but also for fertilizing such annual
crops as may be grown with the great
est profit.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

Are Your Clothes FacedF
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make them
white again. Large 2oz. package, cents-
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-23
BRUNO HOBBS DIES
At LAKE GEORGE
Field Secretary of international!
Y. N. {. A. browns Just
as Help Arrives.

SILVER BAY. Lake George. July %.
Bruno Hobbs, field secretary of the
International Young Mems Christian
Association, was drowned here late
yesterday while taking a cruise in a
canoe.
Mr.. Hobbs lived at 405 West 11Sth
street, New York. A camp-meeting is
in progress at Silver Bay, and he came
here several days ago to attend. it.
Being fond of the water, Mr.. Hobbs
had been going cut every day in a row.
boat. Yesterday afternoon he expressed
a desire to try a canoe belonging to one
of the members of the camp-meeting.
He had reached middle age without
having learned to swim, and he was
warned of the danger of so uncertain
a craft capsizing.
I'm not afraid" said Mr.. Hobbs. II
can manage it, I guess"
He padded the canoe directly out to-
ward the middle of the bay, the turn
ing the canoe around, started back for
shore, Suddenly the canoe capsized.
Immediately, half a dozen men who
had been watching him, put out in
boats. Mr.. Hobbs was pulled into the
boat and rushed ashore, as fast as the
rowers could go. but he was uncon-
scious by the time he reached there
Heroic efforts at resuscitation were EN-.
ployed, but to no purpose.