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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Easily Done.

Beggar (insinuatingly)-"T say,
mister, have yer got any suggestions
to make to a Teller what amt able to
raise a penny to git shaved with?"
Old Gentlemen (passing on)-Yes;
grow a beard.-Tit-Bits
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Uncle Allen.

Il suppose a man never begins to
feel really DID," said Uncle Alien
Sparks, until he happens to catch
his boy in the act of shaving him
self"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
A Savage SHELL.

"A damsel named Susan Van Deuzen
For a husband red man was choosin'
She welded a full
Kin to old Sitting Bull
And thereafter spelled her name
Siouxsan.-Boston Courier.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

"Motora" is TIE material used for this
"coaty" black silk walking suit. In cut
1t is strictly for the street, no half way
suggestion that it might also be for the
house. A panel, similar to the one in be X,
goes almost to the hem in front, and like
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

Hamlns Wizard Oil is over fifty years
old and. like an old friend, it can be de-
pended upon just as surely as the family
doctor who may be miles away.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

A woman comes pretty near being
an ideal wife If her dry goods bills are
never as large as the bills for eating
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

Hope is believing that some stran-
ger will saw your wood while You sit
in the shade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Oats ns n Poultry Food.


Oats make an excellent food for the
poultry, providing they are of the
right kind The long, slim oat, with
plenty of husk or hull Is poor feed
for anything, but the plump, meaty
oat Is good feed for all stock, in
Guiding poultry.
Hulled oats for young chickens
after they are three or four weeks
old will help them to make bone and
muscle faster than any other one feed.
and this is the most desirable ele-
ment at this period of growth.
For grown or feeding fowls We have
at most seasons of the year fed one
feed of oats daily with most salts
factory results. We have fed some
oats after boiling them for fall and
winter feeding, but they were NJ poor
quality, snd the boiling was to soften
the bulls rather than because the boil
ing added any other value to the oats
feed itself Boiling is not necessary
with good oats except by way OF va
riety in feeding. The best way is to
feed them in the litter, scattered well
and deeply so the fowls will have to
do considerable ratching.-Agricu)-
tural Epitomist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Character IndispensAbIe.

Talent helps a man to obtain sue
Ncess, but it is character which Sc
cures it for him. A man will succeed
with character and very little talent,
and will never succeed without char
acter, whatever talent he may have at
his dissosal.-Max ORell.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar
coated. easy to take as candy, regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bow
els. Do not grippe.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

DO Your Clothes Look Yellow
II so, use Red Cross Ball Blue 1t will
make them white as snow. Large 2oz pack
age centA
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
[HzgE I|z%A :; ~ 5g5$Sjj 81
49, -; S06W COWS

the growing stock, and your time can
be spent to much better advantage on
the youngsters than on the old has
beens" Besides, there is always a
small-and sometimes a rather large
percentage of loss among old fowls
during hot NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
EDitOmiSt
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

Rats Eat Up SIOO,OOO,OOO Yearly.
One of the most serious problems the
Department of Agriculture has had to
meet is the Kidding the country of the
millions of rats with which ii Is infest-
ed, and which are especially the foes of
the farmer 1t is estimated that the
rat pest costs the United States $780,
100000 yearly in grain destroyed
alone. The rat also pollutes great
quantity of food products which 1t
does not eat, does great damage by
digging under buildings and embank-
merts. gnawing wood, cutting up
goods and papers to make nests, kill
ing poultry and stealing eggs. The
most destructive species. says Leslie's
Weekly, is the Norway rat, which has
been carried to all parts of the world
on ships 1t is calculated that sim
gle pair of rats would, in three years,
under favoring circumstances. increase
10 100000. The Department OF
Agriculture has planned vigorous
crusade against the vermin. and it rec
ommends rat-proof construction in
buildings, better protection of food
supplies, and the use of various pois-
ons in localities haunted by rats.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Convincing Proof.

Good gracious, Jane, my hand is
always in my pocket"
NO, ii isn't, John, or you would feel
that letter there / gave you to mail
two weeks ago.-Baltimore American
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

Send Fifty Cents to the Gate Way" for
massive. reliable inform ation maps and
book of the last big opening Of fertile land.
Dacotah Information Bureau, Mobridge.
South Dakota
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Knew 1t All the Time.

Cocaine is pronounced ko-kah-in.
accent on the first syllable; not ko
kahn, accent on the last syllable.
Paresis is pronounced pa-re-sis, short
a, accent on the first syllable; not
par-e-sis, long e, accent on second syl-
liable. And. by the way, why do peo-
pie say TREMENDOUS instead of ire
men-duso-St. Paul (Minn.) Dispatch
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

When writing 10 Advertisers please
say you saw the Adv. I'm this pnper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-31
STEERING BY SOUND
How Bndfolded Pilot Guided Tug by Submarine Bell Signals
Was Not Deceived Once

A man blindfoIded piloted the tug
Eugene F. Moran from point over
three miles out in the open sea to the
Ambrose channel lightship, in New
York bay. the other day, picking up the
light vessel by the sound of the sub
marine signal bell and following the
course by the guiding sound of the
bell ringing some thirty feet below the
surface.
The Eugene F. Moran left pier 2,
North river, New York, soon after 10
o'clock in the morning, with shipping
men and experts on board. The tug
boat James II. Moran went along, hav-
ing on board signal bell apparatus
for the trials.
The tug went down the lower bay to
the Ambrose lightship and ran along
side to request that the submarine bell
on board he kept ringing.
In n short time the man who had the
telephone headpiece connected with
the microphone receivers at the bow OF
the tug reported:
'There goes the bell now"
The Moran continued to a point
about three miles beyond the Hook,
and. after Assistant Engineer Fay had
been blindfolded, the Moran was put
out of her course to confuse him, while
the receivers were put at his ears.
There was a short interval, and then
Fay said to Captain Reilly of the tug
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-31

1.-The bell is off the starboard side"
The course was changed, and then
Fay reported the sound as coming
from the port sides. Again the wheel
swung around, and again Fay report
ed on the direction of the bell
"a little to port" he ordered, and
then. as the tug swung over, he said:
Now | hear the bell from port and
starboard The lightship lies dead
ahead. Keep that course, captain"
So the blindfolded man kept her to
the course. Occasionally he would or
der a trifie more to port or to star
board as the sound indicated that the
bow was swinging a point off the line
to the lightship.
the test was made complete. The tug
swung from one point Of the compass
to another. The blindfolded man was
never fooled. He called the bells as
accurately as hotel clerk calls the in
dicator.
Now we've got him." said Captain
Reilly as he pointed the Moran on one
course.
"Now where is the lightship?" de-
| handed the scoffers.
almost ahead" said Fay. listening
intently. Dead ahead" he corrected
a moment later, and dead ahead" II
was.
Those who crowded into the pilot
house or who had obtained places al
the windows watched the guiding OF
the boat with interest, looking out tC
see how true the vessel was going or
her way to the light vessel. So Fay
brought the tug to the Ambrose light.
The company officials. explained the
working of the submarine signal, anC
every one on board had a chance tt
listen to the bell. AS another test the
James III. Moran was sent ahead about
a mile, and she fastened up on the fal
side Of tie schooner Goodwin Stod
dard, anchored off Staten Island. Hel
bell was put over the side and started
There was no difficulty in locating thu
tug by the sound Of the bell.
About 100 lightships are now equip
ped with the submarine bell, and o
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-31
Diplomatic Rewards.

The rewards for conspicuous service
rendered by our ambassadors and min
listers are in no sense commensurate
with those received by the representa-
tives of other governments. With the
other great powers. if diplomat rem
ders some notably valuable service,
such as preventing a destructive war
or securing treaty of vast political
or commercial Importance, he may be
given better post, be promoted In
rank, have bestowed upon him some
coveted decoration or even be made
a peer of the realm. An American
who performs a similar service re-
ceives official congratulations and graf
flying expressions of appreciation from
his government, but there the reward
ceases. But there remains, of course,
the best incentive to superior exertion
the satisfaction of doing ones duty.
General Horace Porter in Century.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-31

these forty-nine are along our coast.
The lightship bell is hung by davits
over the side. 1t is attached to Il case
through twin rubber hose. The strokes
on the bell are automatically con-
trolled, so that each lightship sends
out under water her code number.
Every lightship has it's code number
GO for Nantucket 45 for Boston bay,
2 for Hen and Chickens, in BuZzard's
bay; 80 for Breton's Reef, 6S for the
Diamond shoal lightship.
The receiving apparatus is installed
in the fore peak and as far below the
water line as possible. The receiving
mechanism consists of two small tanks
fastened to the "skin" of the vessel.
In each tank two microphones are
placed, immersed in liquid. These
microphones receive the sound waves
coming through the water and strik-
ing against the vessels side. From
these tanks wires run to the battery
box, which supplies the power, and
from there to the indicator box.
The receiving telephones are similar
to the telephone ear pieces now in
USE The indicator box, shaped like a
clock, is fastened to the wall Of the
pilothouse By means of a switch
either the port or starboard micro
phone can be connected with the re-
ceiving telephones. A dial shows
which side is connected. 1t was ex-
| planned that the bell works best at
about thirty feet below the surface.
! The sound Of the bell has been heard
i eighteen and half miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-31
Queer Fish.

Which fish have the power Ct float
ing and swimming back downward?
This peculiar property is possessed
only by the diodon and the tetrodon.
two allied families Of tropical fishes
which are popularity known as globe
fish. The tetrodon is also found off the
coasts Of Cornwall and Ireland. The
faculty is due to the fact that the skin
on the abdomen of these fishes is much
looser than it is on the back, and they
have the power to initiate this loose
skin by swallowing air through the
gullet This of course enables them to
turn over at will, and, although the
great French naturalist Cuvier did not
believe that when in this position they
could swim as they pleased. Darwin
corrected him and proved that they
could swim both forward and back
ward in this position.
It Is Of course well known that the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-31

shark and the dogtish, owing to the
peculiar position of the underjaw, are
obliged to turn on their backs before
they can seize their prey, and while In
this position they are able to swim for
very considerable distance. This,
however, is done by the muscular force
Of the fins and tail and not through
any special apparatus, such as the
globefish possesses. st. James Ga
zette
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-31
Mo Use To Die.

II have found out that there is nc
use to die of lung trouble as long al
you can get DIR. Kings New Discov.
cry" says Mrs. ]. p. White of Rush
boro, Pa II would not be alive today
only for that wonderful medicine. 1t
loosens up cough quicker than any.
thing else, and cures lung disease even
after the case is pronounced hopeless
This most reliable remedy for coughs
and colds. la grippe, asthma, bron.
chftis and hoarseness is sold under
guarantee at all druggists. so cents
and 81. Trial bottle free
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-31

helm der Crosse, with the crippled arm
which caused him to break of his con-
cert tour tenderly swathed in silken
wrappings. He denied that he had his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-31
Next Best Thinu,

"How is this property sellingT
at Is going for song"
II wish / could sing"
"I'm afraid you will just have u
whistle for it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-31

precious fingers insured for any great
amount or, indeed, for any amount at
all.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-31
PadereWski Sails.

New York, March 31.-Paderewski.
the pianist, with Nine. Paderewski,
sailed yesterday on the Kaiser Will
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-31

All the news all the time = THE
ARGUS.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-18
GIRLS EXPERT IN COOKING
High School Students Exhibit Thou
sand Jars of Preserved Fruit
Put UP by Them.

Chicago,-A practical demonstra-
tion to Chicago men that the public
schools of this city are turning out
good material for future housewives
was made the other day at the Lake
View high school when 1000 jars of
fruit. put up by 100 amateur cooks
from the domestic science depart
ment. were placed on exhibition in
the assembly hall of the school build
ing.
Members of the free-hand drawing
department of the high school CO
operated with the kitchen experts in
making the exhibition a success. In
vttations with hand-illuminated letters
and designs in colors of apples,
peaches and other fruits, were gotten
up by the school artists and mailed
to friends in the neighborhood.
Each jar was labeled with the name
OF the girl who had put 1t up. The
report of this novel directory OF
eligible maidens on public view
spread through Lake View so rapidly
hat it was decided to continue the
exhibition until nine o'clock in the
sVening.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-18
BOY BUILDS BIG TELESCOPE
Studlous Wisconsin Lad Gains Fam,
Among Astronomers and Sci
entists by Work.

Madison, Wis.-John r. Mellish, the
Cottage Grove boy, whose amateur
astronomical observations with /.
small siX-inch telescope of his owr
manufacture resulted in the discovery
of new comet which bears his name
has just completed new telescope
with 161a-inch lens, which is the
same size and of the same power as
that in the Washburn observatory al
the University OF Wisconsin.
Such an instrument would cost
$4,000 If purchased from the manu-.
facturers. but by laboriously grinding
his own lenses by hand and building
the entire structure of the machine
himself. young Mellish spent only $50
for materials. He is preparing to
study the HALEY comet with his new
telescope.
Mellish intends TO make astronom,
his profession, but will not give vi
the making of instruments. His dis
covery of the Mellish comet two year,
ago brought him medals from the as
Economical societies of Americg n
Mexico.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-18
NO CRIME TO HUG AND KISS
Not an Attempt to Do Violence, But
Generally an Evidence of Affec-
tion--Man Acquitted.

Baltimore. Md.-In the habeas cor
pus case of James Fisher, before
Judge Elliott in the court of common
pleas, the point arose as to whether
hugging and kissing is crime Fish
er had been committed by Justice
Robert W. Beach to Jail for five years
and fined $25 and costs on the charge
of assaulting girl in Baltimore by
hugging and kissing her. Thomas J..
Mason, who represented Fisher, made
point that hugging and kissing was
not crime nor an attempt to do vio-
lence, but generally was an evidence
of affection, and as the charge did not
show that Fishers action was against
the will of the girl. the prisoner
should be discharged. Judge Elliott
! smiled and ordered the prisoner dis
charged without comment Fisher
already had served year of his SEN
tence. counting time off for good be-
| havior.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-18
Falls on Farm Near Boston and Sinks
Eight Feet Into Earth
Like Stag Iron.

Walpole, Mass.-A meteor weighing
200 pounds dropped on the farm of
W. P. Nickerson, former newspaper
man of Boston. in Brooks street
That the meteor struck the earth
with fearful force is attested by the
fact that it buried itself nearly eight
feet in the soil
The wandering body came within
Is feet of falling on the boundary line
between Walpole and Norwood and
rested when found less than ten feet
from the Walpole lire in Norwood.
Covered by eight feet of earth, 1t
might have remained for years with
out being discovered II it had not in
the course of it's fall broken fence
which separates two fields on Mr..
Nickerson's property. A workman
on the place making his rounds of
the fences, discovered the fence
broken and near by hole almost two
feet in diameter.
He reported the matter to Mr..
Nickerson, believing that the fence,
which stands about ten feet from the
Walpole line. must have been broken
by cattle and that rabbits had been
burrowing in the field,
After an examination Mr., Nickerson
decided that the hole was not made
by rabbits and instructed his men to
dig to the bottom of the cavity. After
20 minutes digging they unearthed a
peculiar-looking piece of Stag, which
looked as If 1t had been subjected to
some powerful degree of heat and had
been discharged from a furnace.
The conclusion reached by those
who viewed the strange rock is that
II is of meteoric formation. 1t is of a
grayish color. closely resembling iron
Stag. It is rough and corrugated on
the exterior, but is of solid formation.
While measuring barely two feet
! in diameter. its weight is estimated
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-18
Berlin Banker Is Convinced That
Conditions Are Sound.
After investigation Says Corporation
Rule is Safe and Methods, I'm,
proved by Public Sentiment,
Command Confidence.

New York.--Paul Hartog, director
Of the Bank fur Handel und Industrie
of Berlin, who is making an official
investigation of American industries
and its financial institutions, believes
prosperity has come to stay and de-
clares American securities of the rec
ognized variety to be safe for foreign
Investments He said:
II came to this country somewhat
skeptical regarding American business
conditions. but from what have al
ready seen and what | have learned |
have become thoroughly convinced of
the inherent soundness of the indus
trial and financial situation in this
country.
Il feel certain of the continuance of
the prosperity which your industries
are now showing.
"One point on which | have been
specially impressed is the thorough
ness of American organization in all
lines OF endeavor, and with the etfec-
tiveness of your corporation manage
ment
I'm the latter respect there has un
doubtedly been much improvement in
recent years as a result of aroused
public sentiment of honest and eff
cient management, and | feel, speak
ing generally, that the management ol
your corporation is now such as tc
command entire confidence"
Following the report of special
agent who personally investigated
conditions in China and the far east
as a representative of one of the larg
est wholesale dry goods houses in thi.
country, it is probable that Americs
will make important trade extensions
into that populous territory.
This agent found that the Chinese
were willing to purchase from Ameri
can houses and that the latter pro
duce many goods which the oriental'
can profitably use. The trouble in tht
past, according to this special investi
gator, was that American houses seek
ing business there had no persona
representatives on the field.
The Germans did have such repre-
sentatives with the Chinese and have
profited by it. The report declares tina
an enormous business can be don,
through branch houses of Ameri
can industries established in China
Siam and the Philippines.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-18
WERE ONCE ASATICS
b
California Professor Thinks
Come from Across Pacific.
Claims Dialects and Records Throw
New Light on chronological Prob
lem-one Tribe Related to
Famous Aztecs.

Berkeley, Cal.--Confronted with the
lroblem Of aboriginal languages OF the
California Indians SO highly devel-
,ped that it must have taken thou
ands of years to work out their evo
ution, Prof. A. l.. Kroeber of the an
hropological department of the Uni
yersity of California has suggested the
heory that the tribes must be re-
ated in some way to the Asiatic PEG
lies across the Pacific
This theory, he believes. is borne
jut by certain peculiar resemblances,
md is associated with the discovery
hat at least one tribe In the neigh.
lorhood of Los Angeles, is intimately
elated to the famous Aztecs OF old
Iexico. The theory is of the greatest
Importance in the study of ethnology,
lew facts and theories in this branch
If science being eagerly awaited by
iavants In this country and In Eu-
'ope. -
The question of migration and dis.
tribution of the great races Is init
mately bound up with the problem.
AS yet there is not sufficient data to
advance 1t in anything more than a
tentative form, but the members of
the department of anthropology In
the university are working hard to
bring out all the facts.
Written records of so different In
dian languages and dialects have been
secured by members of the depart
ment, many of them being supple
mented by Photographic records. The
total number of distinct aboriginal i'd
ems In California is now estimated to
have been 1856. Few Indians are still
found who speak a language that has
not been previously noted. Such a
new dialect was only this month re-
corded by Prof. A L. Kroeber from
the Sacramento valley.
The numerous languages fall In
about twenty groups, known as fam
lilies or stock. All the dialects with
| in one group show a certain similar
| ity, but there is no resemblance what
ever between one group and another
Owing to the absence of historical
records for more than very shor
period, the similarities and differ
ences between the various languages
furnish the best means of classifying
the Indian tribes and of determining
their relationships and origin. IL
this way it has been ascertained tina
certain tribes of Humboldt and Men
docina counties have sprung from thu
| same source as the Indians of Alask;
and the Apache. The Indians tina
formerly inhabited Los Angeles coun
ty are relatives of the famous Aztec
of Mexico The majority of the Cali
fornia Indians have no relatives out
side of the state, so that they ar,
thought to have either originated IL
the state or to have sprung from an
cestors that lived there many thou
l sands of years ago.