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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
The Poultry House.

/ have been on the farm for about
forty years and have kept more or
less poultry each year, the number Of
fowls varying from so to 400 head. l
kent them in house 12x100 feet, ami
found it very inconvenient, as 1t ne
cessitated so many partitions, feed
troughs and drinking vessels. SO j
concluded to make a change. Last
spring / built a house 40x40 feet. in
side measurements, thus giving 1000
feet of floor space, and am well pleased
with It. On the coolest and most
blustery days last winter those hens
would sing as merrily as birds In
spring.
AS stated, the house is 40x40 feet.
The walls are of concrete 5R feet
above ground 1t is studded inside
with 2x4 scantliDg and lined with
tarred paper tackled onto studding.
This keeps 1t dry and warm. Being
built on a sand knoll, it has nothing
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
HANDS RAW AND SCALY.
Itched and Burned TerribIy-CouId
Not Move Thumbs Without Flesh
Cracl.ing-SIeep ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Itched and Burned Terribly-CouId
Not Move Thumb, Without Flesh
Cracking-Sleep mpOssible-Cuti-
cura Soon Cured Eczema.
An itching humor covered both my
hands and got up over my wrists and
even up TO the elbows. The itching and
burning were terrible. Ny hands got
all scaly and when | scratched. the
surface would be covered with blisters
and then get raw. The eczema got so
bad that l could not move my thumbs
without deep cracks appearing. went
to my doctor, but his medicine could
only stop the itching. At night l suf-
fered so fearfully that | could not
sleep. | could not bear to touch my
hands with water. This went on for
three months and I was fairly worn
out At last got the Cuticura Rene
dies and in a month was cured. Wal
ter III. Cox, 1G Somerset St. Boston,
Mass. Sept -. 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole
Props. OF Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
Hunting Wolves in Texas.

you can talk about the sport OF
hunting the fox all YOU want" said
Major Charles Russell of Vinita, I. T.
Down in western Texas, where l used
to live, we have sport that beats fox
hunting all hollow. l refer 10 hunt
ing prairie wolves on horseback. In
that country we chase the varmints on
Texas ponies, with hounds, and when
we get the wolf within shooting dis
lance we kill him with a pistol.
Let me tell you it is exciting sport.
Some of the wolves are larger than a
mastiff and can tear up pack of dogs
in no time. | have even seen the
creatures when brought to bay not
hesitate to attack a mounted man.
have killed them when they were leap
seen them almost pull rider from his
horse Usually it takes more than one
shot from a heavy pistol to STAY the
wolf
I'VE have another sport in Texas
Panhandle almost as exciting" contin-
ued the major, and that is the jack
rabbit hunt on horseback with grey
hounds Contrary to general opinion,
a jackrabbit cannot outrun a grey
hound, except straight-away for. say,
| 500 yards Even a good COW pony can
run over a jackrabbit within half a
mile Those horses can jump. too.
once owned pinto pony that could
| Jump a FIVE strand barbed wire fence.
| -Washington Herald
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
Criminals of Italy.

Arthur Woods, deputy police com.
missioner in New York City, writing
In McClure's says:
There is every reason why America
should attract the Italian criminal. He
certainly has a hard enough time in
Italy. One thing that annoys him
there is the seeming impossibility of
escaping the watchfulness OF the gov
eminent. The registry system is so
comprehensive and is carried out SO
carefully that no matter how much
a man may move about in the king
dom, be can always be traced. II
ne goes from his home town TO an
other place and puts up in a lodging
house or a hotel, the police are at
once notified. II he takes house, the
tax assessors register him with the
police; and. II occasion arises, his
whole history can be found in the
place of his birth. The records are
centralized in this way; from wher-
ever a man moves TO information is
sent to the town of his birth, where
his complete records is kept. II ne
gives false name he can be prose
cuted for fraud, and he could not long
pose under an assumed name. since a
record would be made of anything
that he did and he would be looked
up in his home town. Anything wrong
In his report would be easily detect.
ed. The absence of this kind of su :.
veillance in the United States appears
attractive to a person who does not
care to have his doings made a mat
ter of record. In Italy it seems to
him impossible to escape the govern
ment; in the United States he goes
practically unnoticed by the govern.
ment."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
Managing the Mich Cow,

The cow is not as delicate an an
imal as is the horse; nevertheless.
there are circumstances which exer-
else considerable influence on the
quality as well the quantity of milk
she produces. Weather has much to do
to lessen the percentage of cream and
to vary the amount of milk.
Either to be worried by flies on
hot summers day or exposed to the
cold winds of fall or winter is sufi.
cient to cause cow to give but a por-
ton OF the milk she has within her.
Feeding, too, has muth to do with the
quality of the milk. If a cow is fed
regularly on well-matured hay, or ten
der, succulent grass, she will produce
better than if she is compelled to eat
coarse and badly made grass or dusty
and rough heritage.
But 1t must be remembered that an
overfed cow will not give an extra sup
ply o. milk, nor will she produce milk
of a superior quality. Overlooking is
more likely TO do injury to the cow
An intelligent "cowman" will know
just how much the COW needs, and he
VIII feed regularly and Systematically,
and in consequence the supply of milk
Is more likely to be regular and con-
tlnuous. This experienced person will
know exactly the period the animal
should be MIXED before calving. He
knows the evil of long milking; that
IL Is detrimental to both the COW and
the offspring He knows that a con-
tlnuous strain on the constitution of
the cow is made by robbing her of that
which should keep her in prime con-
dition for calving. and which leaves
her In poor trim for some time after
the calf is born, resulting in weakly
young one
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

No one questions the benefit of a
cheerful countenance. It's worth is far
above the price Of medicine. The only
difficulty in the way of its general
adoption is that each person desires
the rest of the world TO assume it, and
does not pay due regard to his own
expression. This is not true. however,
of the japanese. They are trained to
conceal unhappy feelings, and only TO
publish to the world the record of
things bright and cheerful. OF this
wise discipline of self, Lafcadio Hearn
gives a good instance or so in his
"Kokoro"
Feeling drowsy in q public convey
ance and not being able to lie down,
japanese women will lift their long
sleeves and cover their faces before
they begin to nod. In this second-class
coach where / am writing are three
asleep in a row, all faces screened by
The left sleeve. all swaying with the
rocking of the train like lot Of lotus
flowers in soft current.
The spectacle is at once pretty and
funny; pretty as exemplifying that
grace with which the Japanese WON
an does everything. in the daintiest
and most unselfish way possible. 1t is
all because OF that trained sense of
duty to show only the happiest face to
the world.
| had a male servant in the house
| who seemed to me to be the happiest
OF mortals. He laughed invariably
when spoken 10. looked always delight.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08

Door plates are going out of fash
ion," said a man whose business ii is
to make plates of all kinds. Twenty
year: ago every man of prominence
had his name craven upon a plate and
that plate affixed to his front door,
that all might know who dwelt with
in. The daily task of the negro house
man was to rub the door plate until it
shone. 1t took the place of the lares
and penates of the Romans, and was
attended to just as carefully as were
the ancient household gods.
Everything is changed now, though.
/ suppose the reason is that people
don't have homes as they used TO.
They simply live in houses and apart
ments and move around so much that
a door plate couldn't possibly endure
the peripatetic existence. A collection
of brass door plates screwed to the
portal of a big apartment building
would l confess, look odd."-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
Poultry Pasture.

1t is distressing to see poultry con-
fined in a small. bare yard. 1t is a
very shortsighted way TO manage. 1t
is no more necessary to feed chickens
all the stuff they eat than 1t is to
feed cows in the stable the year round.
Chickens like to forage for part of
their living, and it is great deal
cheaper and a wonderful sight better
to let them do 1t. You may not have
farm to let them range over, but
you can provide a good-sized yard and
shut them out of it while green stuff
Is growing, then reverse the pr0ce2i
and plant something in the other part.
Vegetation induces moisture and
helps to collect a supply of insects and
worms that the chickens like to feed
on. 1t supplies a mixed ration that
is especially valuable to poultry
Mrs. L. NJ Moore, in Agricultural
Epitomist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
when You Visit New York, Put L,
at the Hotel Empire.

In everything that constitutes a
satisfactory hotel. the Empire, at
Broadway and Sixty-third street, is
abundantly endowed. The man of
business. the woman on her shopping
expedition, the family coming to town
10 attend social functions, the tourist
on sightseeing bent, if they make
their headquarters at The Empire,
will each be in the center of that
which interests them, for the reason
that The Empire, oy Subway, Elevated
Railroad and Surface cars, is in close
touch with the center of social, bust
ness. amusement and shopping CEN
ters The house itself is delightfully."-
appointed. There is nothing in up-to-
date hotel equipment lacking at The
Empire The rooms are large, well
and comfortably furnished and all
have an abundance of air and sum
shine The management keeps con-
stantly in mind the greatest possible
comfort for the traveller at the small
est cost, consistent with such service.
The policy of the restaurant is such
as 10 meet with the approval of all
classes; for instance, a delightful
breakfast is served in the pretty La
dies Restaurant at any price from
thirty to eighty cents each; a Matinee
Luncheon is served for fifty cents and
a table d'hote Dinner from $50 to
$50, at one dollar. There is an or
chestra which dispenses exquisite mu-
sic during Luncheon, Dinner and
After Theater Supper. Besides the
above table d'hote meals, there is an
la carte restaurant which has be-
come noted for its excellent cooking,
efficient service ard moderate charges.
The Gentlemen's Cafe is one of the
best appointed rooms of its kind on
Broadway; a special bill of fare for
business men is provided in this room
between the hours of IL and 3 o'clock
daily. Here congregates every one OF
note in the Automobile world. The
/ Empire being in the center of Auto
mobile Row Central Park is only
one block away The principal restau-
rants. noted clubs. great theaters and
famous shops are ali within five or six
minutes walk. while the Subway and
Elevated Stations are within one min
ute's walk of the hotel. The Empire
! continues. as ii has since its opening,
under the management of Mr.. w.
! Johnson Quinn.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
[E ISIS! = }Sat ( Is
'1A So 05M CtWys

but an earth floor 1t has five win
dows on south side, each containing
eight 10x12-inch panes, and three in
east side. There are small chutes, or
runs. for chickens to pass in or out
through on north side. The roosts are
in northwest corner, and there is a
ventilating shaft in center. tried
the experiment of wintering twenty
five colonies of bees in this house last
winter, and they came out in fine con-
dition this spring.
Now as to the difference in cost.
In my new or square house l have
100 feet of wall. inclosing 1000 square
feet of floor space. In the old or long
house l had 224 feet of wall inclosing
1.200 square feet of floor space. There
Is about the same proportion of waste
In the roofing. So you see there is
quite a difference in favor of the
square house. in cost of material and
construction. I keep in this house al
present $50 hens and get about 15O
eggs daily.-Charles Lott in Michigan
Farmer
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
Facts About the Horse,

When the author of Gil Bias" re.
marked some time ago that facts are
stubborn things he delivered himself
OF bit Of wisdom which is Just as
true to-day as 1t was then, If not
more So Facts have a malicious habit
OF upsetting the theories of the wisest
and best informed.
For instance, some of the overzeal-
Gus followers of Nautilus feared that
mankind soon would be stacked up six
deep all over the wide world and
starving to death at that. This might
have come about. perhaps, had not
people and things interfered some.
what.
Take also the case of the man. who
affirmed in 1897 that the horse must
go-nay, that he was even then far
on his way. This man based his
prophecy on the fact that the average
price for the animal in that year had
dropped to s37 in the United States
although it had been as high as SCI
in 1898. Although by 1900 the aver.
age price of the horse had risen to
S44, the. automobile then was seen
coming down the boulevard at full
speed and the trolley car was gaining
by leaps and bounds So the prophet
insisted that he was right The horse
was doomed.
However. he seems to have been mis-
taken. According to the last annual
report of the Department of Agr;cul.
ture there were 1892. 900 horses in
the United States in 1908. They we're
worth s1,S67 100000. In 1900 the
horses numbered only 1887 900 and
their aggregate value was S603, OO0, 600
Against the average value of s44 for
each horse in 1900, the average value
in 1908 was 500.
The horse seems to be very much
with us yet, but even the hardest
prophet scarcely ventures to say that
Dobbin and Dolly will be driving the
automobile from the turnpike.-Chi
cago News
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
Fewer Acres and More Labor.

The tendency is to a less acreage
and better cultivation. This idea has
commenced to take root in the West,
on the prairie farm, where only a
few years ago the disposition was to
own all the land IL sight Farming
has grown more laborious, farm hands
are harder to get and prices greatly
advanced.
1t is much harder to handle a Sec
ton of cultivated land, meadow for
grain crop, than when 1t was a native
grass pasture. AS the farm improves
the labor of taking care of it in
creases. Again, high priced land can
not be left in native sod for a pas
ture, because it will not pay Inten.
sive farming is forcing itself upon the
land owner in the agricultural west.
More crop and less land is the demand
of the times.
The forty-acre farm is now the sub
ject for discussion in the farm journal
What can be produced on five acres?
This and many more of the possibili-
ties Of small land ownership are dis.
cussed. The fruit garden, the truck
patch and the poultry yard are all
grouped together and coupled to the
small land holdings of the suburban
resident.
It Is reasonably certain that the
acre property idea will be greatly en-
larged upon from this time forward
| especially about the towns, villages
and suburban districts OF cities The
possibility of the acre lot, when prop
erly improved, solves to a great de
gree the living expenses of the family
It makes the city mechanic and bust
ness man In a measure independent
of the demand and supply of the city
market. A family living provided or
the acre farm is dependence that
gives contentment and happiness where
otherwise the luxuries of a garden and
orchard would possibly not be enjoyed
or but very sparingly. Within the
next quarter of a century the acr;
property OF the town and village VIII
be the prevailing idea instead of the
town lot.-Twentieth Century Farmer
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08

ed at work, and appeared TO know
nothing of the small troubles of life.
But one day l peeped at him whe1
he thought himself quite alone, anC
his relaxed face startled me. 1t wa:
not the face had known Hard line.
of pain and anger appeared in It, max
ing it seem twenty years oder
| coughed quietly to announce M
presence, and at once the face smooth
ed, scftened, lighted up as if by mir
acle. 1t was miracle, indeed. Of per
petual and unselfish control.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
The Saddle Horse.

The business of raising and train
ing saddle horses has long been given
careful attention In Kentucky, Tennes-
see, Missouri and the southern por-
lions Of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois,
and. to a less degree of late years,
In many other parts of the country.
The work has been eminently success
full, and a distinct, prepotent, fairly
perfect breed of saddlers has been
created. American gated horses" are
the most popular throughout the coun'
try. and their schooling has been
brought to a high plane of perfection
OF recent years the walk, trot and
canter" saddle horse, such as is popu-
lar throughout Great Britain, has
come more into vogue This class in
cludes most of the hunters, but many
trotters have been exported for use
in the hunting field and have in many
instances quite equaled the Irish hun
ter in the field In the breeding OF
saddlers performers occasionally are
found among various blends of blood
hut for assured success in production
mares of saddle horse blood or of trot
ting blood. if of correct conformation
should be used in preference to al
others, and should always be mated
with a bred. recorded saddle
horse
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
Poultry Points.

Heavy soil and wet weather are ia
vorable TO gapes.
When a hard shower comes up the
foolish young ducklings need atten-
ton.
Don't wait until young poultry be-
gin TO droop and die before looking
for lice.
The home of the young turkeys
should be roomy, rat proof and we'll
ventilated.
Chicks or ducklings will stand con-
finement during a spell of rainy
weather better than turkeys Will.
Don't blame the chickens for help
ing garden stuff to come up" The
garden fence should be chicken proof.
Farm Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
Lesson from the Past.

Benjamin Franklin had just succeed
ed in getting a spark of electricity from
the clouds.
II rather guess he chuckled, that's
about as near as anybody will ever come
TO receiving a message from Mars
Hastily reeling in his wire and pulling
the kite down, be made a quick getaway.
and was not in when the man come with
a bill from the consolidated lighting COM
panies.-Chicago Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08

Professor Peters of the United States
naval observatory maintains that sun
spots diminish the heat We receive
from the sun, but the terrestrial effect
is too slight to be perceptible. The
spots appear in the greatest number
every eleven years. This astronomer
is firm in the conviction that If we
are ever involved in celestial catas
trophe it will not be due to the sun.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08

cultivate Oldnew fad of sihouettes Is
lXAY1 again and your
wv head about see if profile is still with you
FENSETS1 until perfect Psyche knots Of
(s2 PROPORTIONS have displayed hats that were
world turn purple with laughter prOhes
girl her ownes beau "a mere htte
nothing quite plain but know you will give 1t
thought Wise LADY Know? Ha! Also teehe Does
reality artists model of perfect features? wiz
rurceful method of advertising her nose
have been her JOY and her sadness and whcn
recognized heretofore For the no lady the se''e
other besides Should you hap
pen possessed like bull terrier the picture
chnny and all of them not takers Some are verbal hsne
S Era SaI?' You might as well call dress
In the real made by
the shadow made sheet of white paper by lighted candle
the silhouette and to work Naturally the weo
than the sheet of paper
the uptoda camera outline
eyeash and its wink The reproduction of ones e
absolutely when nose done that way
the that the photographer revised
The silhouette picture girl
beautifully will have the great chance for the
girl with slender and weshped body likes to
her best fitting most adorable @ With the
doing record of all her
tunes and hats
The girl who figure profile and other beayng Qualities
with silhouette There girls like that
pressoness eyes give them Apparently
effect Of the accomplished by of the concentration on
with lines high forehead small
by scuptors antiquity
photographs the foxy silhouette
The silhouette art goes far back for its origin The profile or shadow
the the ancn by them
reproductions Egyptian ladies and
Funny, Ell?
years
in his train followed the with the whole jolly host of
century accomplished
But directo bonns
with again Therefore the rush member
realistic.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
Suspicious Circumsta rec.

no they know. they suspect that old
man OF leading 4 dclble life
What gives rise 10 that"
Why, he's 80 mean and cross around
home that they think he must be pleas
ant and agreeable somewhere
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08

kid. wot's yer nameE' asked the boy
with the dirty face, through a knothole
in the back yard fence.
Bill" answered the new bos, who was
on the other side of he fence. "Wot's
your'n:"
Dick. Say, III bet my dad kin take
twice as big chaw O tobacker as yours
kim"
THAT amt nothin'.'' scornfuliy re-
joined the new boy. 'My dds got a
cork leg. an your'n hain't Chicago
Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08

Achilles had discovered that he was
vulnerable in his right heel
Its nothing he said III pickle that
before / go into action"
But he put it off too long, and Paris
one day shot an arrow into it,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08

Iaw-Paw fruit / cnhesftatingIy recOm-
mend these pills as being the best laxa-
tive and cathartic ever compounded Get
q 25-cent bottle and If you are not per-
fectly satisfied / will refund yoIr money.
-MCNYON.
SD and Jefferson Sts.. PbiladeIrhia. Pa.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
King Edyvarl.s Hats.

II you wish beautiful. clear. white clothes
use Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2oZ. pack
1e-o =
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08

you're not like lightning, anyhow,
Dinguss," said Shadbolt, reluctantly TAX
ing out his pocketbook you can strike
the same man dozens of tines
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08

Those on the inside of the house
forget all about the one holding the
horse for them on the outside.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
MUNYON'S
PAW-PAW PILLS

4 AC GNcl = NOA4- dOL
and Liver Pills known
and q positive and
speedy cure for Con-
stipation, Indigestion.
Jaundice, Biliousness,
Sour Stomach. Head
ache, and al ailments
/ arising from a disor-
! d e red stomach or
sluggish liver. They
contain in concentrat-
ed form all the -ir-
J tues and values OF
Munyon's Paw raw
tonic and are mado
from the Juice of the
1919 %4--T- ~nnnD0 =
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08

Better than go'd-Like it in color
Hamlins Wizard Oil-the best OF all rem
edies for rheumatism. neuralgia. and al
pain, soreness and Inflammation
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08

The hard mixer is often neglected
by the farm help and thus proves a
loss 10 the farmer. From any point
of view the hard mixer is an unde-
sirable member of the herd.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08

The promoters of the Alaska wheat
fake are said to have sold $4,000
worth of the low-grade Egyptian
wheat to gullible farmers.