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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
WESTERN CANADA's CROP YIELD
FOB 1908 WAS SPLENDID.


Americans Profited Largely and Send
Back Satisfactory Reports.
The census branch of the Department
of Agriculture. Ottawa, Canada, has
completed its returns OF the showing of
Western Canada's grain yield for 1908,
and the report makes very interesting
reading In the three provinces Of
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
which comprise what may be known as
Central Canada, there was a total
wheat yield Of about 107 100000 bush
els, worth to the farmers about $50
COO,00O; ia addition to this the oat,
barley and flax crops were worth an
other S3J,OOO,OOO Letters have recent
" been received from many of the set
tiers from the United States. From
these, that Of Rev. Oscar L. King has
been selected. He lives in the vicinity
OF Edmonton, Alberta, and what he
says will be Of interest to those who
contemplate moving TO Central Can
ada Every line of the letters Is inter-
esting Those who wish for further
particulars as to how to secure home
steads and prescriptions, should write
any Canadian Government agent. Mr..
King says:
/ am well satisfied with Alberta.
This country offers excellent opportuni-
ties for anyone to make a good home
for himself and family if he is willing
TO put up with few hard knocks for
the first two or three years. But it is
worth few hard knocks to get 160-
acre farm of rich productive land with
no mortgage on ii. This province is
well fitted for grains, stock raising and
dairying. We have found the climate
generally healthful, more healthful
than Michigan, and although the Their
mometer sometimes drops to 40 de-
grees below zero in winter, yet we do
not seem TO feel that temperature any
more than we did or 10 degrees be-
low zero in Michigan. We like the
winters
The Government takes great interest
in the education of the people and
quickly aids the settlers in establishing
schools where they are called for. The
schools though graded differently than
those in the States are efficient and adj
vancing. Our great drawback has been
the limited and inadequate railway IA
cilities, but new roads are being rapid
ly built and many more are projected
through various parts of the province.
The new policy of the Alberta Govern
ment to construct a great many branch
lines throughout the province will
greatly help all parts of the country
II those new settlers who have to 80
back a considerable distance from ex.
listing railroads and towns to find free
homesteads will but locate along the
line of a projected railroad they will
in two or three years be near both
town and railroad. When | first came
to this country three and a half years
ago the homestead 1 took up was a.
miles from a railroad town, now there
is a railroad % miles north, another
% miles south and third is being
built through my neighborhood.
,, 1 think the prairie country or coun.
try that is partly prairie offers much
better opportunities than the prairie
portions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

Queen Wilhelmina OF Holland has
daily q pint of eau de cologne in her
morning bath; Queen Victoria of Spain
affects mixture of iris and lavender
on her handkerchiefs; Queen Helena of
italy prefers iris and heliotrope; the
Dowager Queen of Italy and Queen
-smelia of Portugal are devotees of
sweet violets. but the Empress of Rus
STA leads the way, as she spends no
less than $4,000 a year on perfumery
in Paris alone. In respect of violets
She requires that they shall be plucked
lust at sunset. And when the boxes
reach st. Petersburg they are first sent
to be examined lest they might conceal
Il bomb or some deadly poison.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
Stretching Fence.

The first thing to do in building n
strong woven wire fence is TO set all
the posts deep, lamp the earth firmly
around and strongly brace the end sup
porting posts. The best stay for an
end post is the anchor guy. This is
made by digging a hole four or five
feet away from the post in straight
line with the fence, two or three feet
deep, and placing in this hole rock,
old iron wheel or piece of durable
wood. TO the stone, iron or wood
anchor, and to the top of the post or
near the top is fastened a double No.
D wire. The anchor is then soIidly
covered with earth and the wire twist
ed with lever until it is tight and
slightly pulling on the post. The far
Their out from the base of the post the
anchor is buried the greater pulling
power it will have. Also n No. wire
will be stronger and last longer than
No. o wire If the anchor guy wire will
DC in the way when fastened to the end
post, 1t can be fastened to next to the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
Eye Exercise.

"Have you high roof" was the APP
parent irrelevant question put b.
the distinguished oculist to the woman
who had complained of having ba6
eyes. Higher than the roofs of the
surrounding housesT
"Oh, yes" said the woman, "a goot
deal higher
''Then what | want you to do" saiC
he, lis To go up there every day and
look around for half an hour. That
will do you more good than glasses
One trouble with your eyes, and witt
many pairs OF eyes in New York, is
that you exercise them so little at Ions
range. They are used TO looking al
short distances only. Long distance
looking is good for you. Persons who
habitually have n wide expanse OF
sea or plain to gaze upon very seldom
have weak eyes. OF course you can
not move out to the plains, neither
can you spend your life on the ocean
wave. but you can let your sight trav.
Ell across the Hudson river every day
and advise you to do it."-New York
prpSS
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

hams Vegetable Compounds the most
successful remedy for all kinds of
female troubles, and / feel that l can
never praise it enough" -MRs. LIZZIE
HOLLAND, Noah, Ky.
The Changeof Life is themostcritical
period of woman's existence, and
neglect O. health at this time invites
disease ard pain.
Womeneverywhere shouldremember
that there is no other remedy known to
medicine that will so successfully carry
women through this trying period as
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs.
For so years it has been curing
women from the worst forms of female
ills -infammation liberation, dis
placements, fibroid tumors, Irregular
ties, periodic pains, backache, and
nervous prostration.
If you would like special advice
abOEG your case write q cOnfiden-
tai letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

During the last twenty years many of
our citizens have been attacked in the
spring months by grip. Some have had Sc
rious or slight attacks every year or two.
All know it to be a dangerous disease. IL
Lanes Pleasant Tablets (Which are sold
at % cents box by druggists and deal
ers) are taken when the first symptoms
are felt. there is hardly a chance of the
malady getting a foothod. If you cam
not get them near home. send % cents to
Orator +. Woodward. lie Roy, N. Y. Sam
pie free
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
Ready 10 XIII the Flies.

w. w Jacobs, the English humor.
list. relates the following story: Il
was looking at butcher shop display
an old man: Henry. / want you.
What do you wantT the old man
asked Why said the butcher, I'll
give you shilling and joint of meat
If you'll kill all the flies in my shop.
al right said the old man. Give
me the shilling first and the meat aft.
erward' The butcher handed out the
shilling. Then the old man asked for
a stick about Il yard long. This was
brought him. He grasped 1t firmly,
went to the doorway and said: Now
turn 'em OFT one at time"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
The Crouchfng Tiger.

Now and then a soldier has been
found kneeling on the battlefield as il
about to take aim at the enemy, but
stone dead. A bullet in the brain had
converted him into a statue of him
self. Captain Forsyth in his High
lands of Central India" tells of a SIM
liar effect produced by IAN explosive
shell on a tiger.
The captain while in the howdah of
his trained elephant hunting a tiger
saw the beast crouching under a bush
ON the bank of a ravine. He took aim
and fired three ounce shell at the
tigers broad forehead. To his surprise
for the distance was but thirty yards
there was no result. Not 4 motion OF
the tiger acknowledged the shot. He
rode round a quarter of a circle. but
still the tiger remained motionless, but
looking intently in the same direction
Growing more and more amazed, the
captain rode up nearer with his rife
at full cock, but the tiger did not move
Then be caused the elephant to kick
the beast. The tiger fell over He was
stone dead. The shell had struck him
full in the center Of the forehead, burst
in his brain and killed him instantly
Exchange.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
Williams Idea.

William was considered by all his
classmates the brightest boy in his
grade. Somehow or other the lad man
aged to learn his lessons with practi-
cally no effort. He was certainly to be
envied, for he was gifted with such a
remarkable brain that by hearing les
son recited in class once or twice he
knew it quite well.
At the expiration of the term exam
nations in various subjects were given
by the principal to test on paper the
boys knowledge and to guide him in
making promotions. One of the ques-
tons asked in the geography test was
what is the equatorT Had this been
an oral examination William would no
doubt have been counted correct, but
I'm consequence of its being written
one he did not get off so easily. The
following answer appears on his paper
THE equator is menagerie lion run
ming around the center of the earth"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
MAKING OF INDIA INK.
Highly Gummed Fluid Is i'm Almost
Universal Use in Asia.

Artists, photographers and draughts-
often find that instead of an intense
black, as it ought to be, it is frequent
ly a disGgreeable brown, which i'm
pairs the quality and sometimes de-
stroys the effect of their sketches.
The reason is found in the circum-
stances under which the India ink is
made" says local photographer in
the St Louis Post Dispatch. India
ink is in general use all over Asia in
fact, except in the government offices
of India and French Cochin China, no
other writing fluid is used. The writ
Ing is generally done either with a
small brush or reed pen. The ink is
highly gummed, so that it stands out
in relief on the paper or parchment !;
no acid will affect it, and ii can be re-
moved only by vigorous use of the
scleper.
I'm both India and China there are
thousands of people who manufacture
the ink as a side line TO their regular
business, working at it in the winter. at
night and on days when they are not
otherwise employed. 1t is made by
burning some kind of oil in lamp with
very long chimney. usually made in
joints which can be taken apart, for
greater convenience In cleaning out the
SCOT which makes the ink. Almost any
kind of vegetable oil will answer and
in districts where petroleum is found
even coal oil is used in making the
cheaper grades The best kind is made
from Sesame oil. No matter what oil
is used, however. the combustion must
be slow, imperfect and made to yield
as much SCOT as possible. After every
burning. the chimneys are cleaned, the
SCOT placed in box, and when suf
icient quantity is gathered. 1t Il
moistened with gum water pressed int
cakes or sticks, dried and covered with
silver, tin or gold foil, sometimes witt
only q coating of gum, to prevent it
soiling the fingers"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
Fact, About Pantry.

Facfs AbOuf Poultry.
Keep your hens warm, we'll watered
and fed
Eggs are the drawing cards at this
time of the year.
Keep your laying hens from rough
or raw weather.
Are you aware that the lazy hen is
never laying hen?
Eggs are profitable If hens are
housed and fed intelligently.
The hopper method of feeding is a
success with some varieties.
Laying hens that are confined dur
ing the cold days must have meat.
Never, under any circumstances, keep
the feed before the fowls constantly.
The American and Asiatic breeds
will do better if fed at regular inter
walls.
You will quickly notice falling Of
in eggs when hens are allowed TO run
out in the cold snow.
Line your house with tarred paper.
Cracks are roup producers. A sick
fowl is worse than none at all.
Fit up your breeding pens early.
Remember that early matches develop
and make the most valuable birds.
Feeding is a puzzling problem to the
majority Of amaturs. Feed variety.
only just what they will eat, and you
have solved the problem.
See that your roost poles are low.
While corn is high see that every
fowl is paying n profit. If she is not
profitable, dispose of her at once.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
[z ISIS: xt&G 3t$!${id Is
end pos, and the end post braced from

end pose and the end post braced from
il.
In climates in which the ground
freezes TO the depth of several inches
fences can be built to advantage in
midwinter. Set the posts and anchors
and allow them to become sOlidly
frozen and the posts in rigid position ::
stretch the wire fencing and staple
every wire to every post. Some fence
builders staple only two or three of
the horizontal wires to each post, but
such is poor economy of time and ma
terial. The cost of a few pounds of
extra staples and an hour or two Of
work in a forty rod fence will save
many dollars and days of work in the
end.
BY stretching the wire fencing when
the posts are immOvable in the ground
no portion of the wire can pull a post
out of position. BY the time the
ground thaws out and becomes soft the
wire will have settled in position and
each post will be bearing an equal
strain.
If the string of fence is very long
more than forty rods-it is well to
brace one or more intermediate posts.
This will prevent tie fence from Civ
ing and becoming loose when it is put
under heavy strain by persons climb
ing over it or animals pressing against
it. A woven wire fence is good IL IL
can be kept tight all the time; if not
il is nearly worthless
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
What a Woman VIII Not Do.

There is nothing a woman would not
do TO regain her lost beauty. She
ought to be fully as jealous in pre-
serving her good looks. The herb drink
called Lanes Family Medicine or
Lanes Tea is the most efficient aid
in preserving a beautiful skin, and will
do more than anything else to restore
the roses to faded cheeks. At all drug
gists' and dealers. 2Sc.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

No one factor has contributed more
toward modern agricultural expansion
than farm machinery. At the begin
ming of the nineteenth century there
we're approximately 100000 farms il
the United States, and to-day there
are 100000. \ century ago the pro
ductiOn of wheat averaged four and
one-third bushels per capita of the
population, and to-day the production
Of wheat viii average ten bushels pei
capita. \ hundred years ago there
we're 30 steel plows, grain drills, har
vesters or steam threshing machines,
md farm work was the heaviest kind
Of drudgery.
When all the agricultural operations
we're performed by manual labor there
was no wonder that the sons of farm
ers Sought other occupations besides
tilling the soil. The grain was sowr
broadcast by hand, as in the days
when Moses presided over the agricul
ture of Egypt. TO the farmer of five
GORE years ago there was no interval.
Of rest. as every function of the farm
called for physical strength and ardu
Gus work. The grain that was sowI
by hand was harvested with the sickle
or later with the cradle 1t was
stored in the barn and threshed by
iails and cleaned by tossing it into the
Wind, which separated the wheat from
the chaff. The farmer grew but u
small surplus over his urgent necessi
ties. as his time was too circumscribed
to till land for commercial crops.
If one looks on the hard and labor.
ious operations of primitive agricul-
ture and contrasts condit ous on the
the farm a century ago, h. will mar
vel at the transition. With less than
1 per cent Of the population massed in
cities it became necessary to import
wheat from Europe for domestic con
sumption. When the population was
only 100000 and over 95 per cent
of the people resided on farms, agri
cultural products were inadequate foI
maintenance OF the inhabitants. while
to-day, with population of S7,O0O,OO0
there is a surplus production of 49,
00G,000 to 300.000000 bushels of wheat
annually for export. This achievement
is consummated with 20 per cent OF
The people living In cities
What has wrought this marvellous
transition in agriculture? The answer
can only be modern machinery and
scientific methods of farming. :
strenuous drudgery has been raised to
a national industry, and is destined tc
take rank as the leading profession
As an industry it embraces one third
of the population. and as Il profession
it is equipped with university and
experiment station in every common
wealth of the nation. If there are
law and medical colleges To equip men
for professions, so also there are uni
versities TO teach farmers scientific
agriculture Under the insp ration of
scientific knowledge of all branches Of
farming the agriculture of the future
will surpass In production the achieve
ments Of t1-dsy.-Goodall's Farmer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
Deem Sen Amenities.

The shark was reviling the skate.
You're such a cheap one," said the
shark.
Worse than that" sighed the skate
"I've even been accused of being a dis
tant relative of yours"
Which the listening Holsters. being
merely Holsters. considered fairly good
repartee for that locality.-Chicago Trib
une.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

headaches. nervous
prostration, and
hemorrhages.
Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compoundmademe
well and strong, so
that lean do all my
houSework, and at
tend to the store
and post-of1ice, and
Ifeel muchyounger
than l really am.
CT x-flfa T. Di.6
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
At the Market.

Mrs. Good morning, Bridget
hope your master and mistress have
not forgotten that they're coming to
dine with me tonight.
Cook-Indade and they've not
they've ordered a good hearty meal at
home at 6 o'clock.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
Losing No Opporfuntfx.

"Now that we're to be under civil SER
vice." said the crossroads postmaster,
and / may have to take an examination
some day, I'd better be picking up all
the information ] cam
Thereupon he proceeded to read all the
postal cards.-Chicago Tribune
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18


back and Joins, dis
ordered urine. pain
in passing, bad odor,
etc. The least move
hurt me, and l could
not turn in bed
without help. 1 took
a friends advice
and used Doan's
Kidney Pills. The
trouble disappeared
entirely and has not
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

A Simple ana Safe Remedy for cough
r Throat Trouble is Browns Bronchial
rroches. They possess real merit In
boxes % cents. Samples mailed free.
John /. Brown & Son, Boston, Mass
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

The rising statesman on his wedding
tour was revisiting the scenes of his
childhood.
This. my DEAR" he said to his bride,
lis the old homestead where l was born.
Do you see that ancient log cabin!"
"Yes.s
You have no idea what strange emo
tons ill me when I look at that little
cabin. Myrtilla. II wasn't born in it,
you know
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

II you have pains in the back. Urin-
airy, Bladder or Kidney trouble, and
woman's ills. try Mother Gray's Austria
Ifan-Leaf. 1t is a safe and never-failing
regulator. At Druggists or by mail SO
cts. Sample package FREE. Address
The Mother Gray Co. Leroy. n. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

You're travelling man, I presume,
Mr.. Wattles." ventured the new hotel
clerk. with an affable smile.
Yes. SIR said the big, bearded ath-
lete who had just registered. "Do | look
like n travelling woman?"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
Charming Erankne.s.

Myrtle, is your mother opposed Is ny
coming to see your
No, Percy: since 1 told her there
was no-er-likelihood of your ever pro-
posing to me she has withdrawn her OBJ
jections. Chicago Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

The inhabitants Of China have awak
ened to a sense of the convenience OF
having telephones. Many lines are be
ing projected.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
Still Struggling.

Uncle Hiram, have you ever writer
any magazine stories!
"N-no. not yet, dear; have only
written stories for magazines"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

Be careful about the harness. If it
Is comfortable you will get work out of
the team to the best advantage.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

Some necessary things, you'll note,
Can never be done by rule.
You can't learn how to milk a goat
At a correspondence school.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

You will respond very quickly to the
Garfield Tea treatment, for tits Natural
laxative corrects constipation, purifies the
blood. and benefits the entire system.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

Rheumatism, Neuralgia and Sore
Throat will not live under the same ROOF
with Hamlins Wizard Oil. the best Of
all remedies for the relief of all pain.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

If there are any young colts running
about in the stable, be sure you hang
the harness out of their reach.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

and 1 feel like a new woman, and |
know your remedies cannot be praised
too highly.-Mrs ID. L. Smith.
Mrs. Bessie C.EbersoIe, Dept. e., FIT.
Wayne, Ind, 1 enclose four cents post
age for $1.00 box WOnan's Relief on
trial, and If 1t proves satisfactory L Will
send yen SI.00, otherwise 1 will pay you
nothing.
Name
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

The Muntoburns, who had been invited
10 the fashionable wedding, were late in
arriving
Il am sorry" said the usher at the
door. but every seat in the church is
taken
THAT means. of course" irritably an
swered Mr.. Muntoburn, that "I've got
to hustle out and buy FIVE tickets from
some scalper chicago Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

He'll bet / steal a kiss from you.
She-And I'll bet you two kisses you
can't.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

AS further inducement TO settlement Of the
Wheat Raising lands of Western Canada. the
Canadian Government has increased the area
that may be AIKEN by a homesteader to SO acres
-i00free and 100 to be purchased at $500 per
These lands are in the grain-raising area. where
mixed farming is also carried on with unqualified
success.
railway will shortly be built to Hudson Bay,
bringing the worlds markets a thousand miles
nearer these wheat fields. where schools and
churches are convenient. climate excellent, ia l.
ways close TO all settlements and local markets
good.
IL Douid foke time TO ossin1ilct khe
yeUeLofions that Disif to the great
pire lying TO the North Of us unfoided at
every turn. "-Corres2ondence Of National
Editor. who visited Western Canada in
August. 1905
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