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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

it. Before I had taken one bottle
was better, and now am completely
cured LENA V. HENRY, Route No.
8, Adrian, Ga.
Why will women take chances with
an operation or drag out sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the joy of living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound?
For thirty years it has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
has cured thousands of women who
have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
liberation, fibroid tumors, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backache, indigeS-
ton, and nervous prostration-
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham'S Vege-
table Compound will help you,
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass, for advice, Your letter
Will be absolutely confidential,
and the advice free.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
Mrs. HatUkins' Neighbor

Mrs. Hawkins was sitting in her
room in the married quarters in the
barracks:
1t was such tidy room that Il
looked almost starved She had a
dust-pan in one hand and a brush in
the other, and with rather heightened
color she was sweeping up her hus-
bands footmarks as he tiptoed over
the red felt carpet to the door.
She was quite young, and would
have been quite pretty also II the cor
ners of her mouth had not turned
down rather ENORMOUSLY, and If there
had been lock of hair out Of place or
speck anywhere about her to show
that she was human.
Her husband, standing in tlAe soul
lery, continued the conversation in
rather doubtful voice.
Mrs. Smith went to hospital this
morning"
Indeed" in an icy tone
She's got tidy lot of children. and,
after ALL" desperately, she's a neigh
bor"
A neighbor. You don't call every
person who happens to live next door
a neighbor, l hope?"
We'll, why not?" said Hawkins,
brushing imaginary specks hastily
from his scarlet sleeve, because he saw
his wife's eye fixed on it. Il don't
know who's your neighbor If Mrs
Smith isn't-and she has seven there,
and the cripple-if," and he hesitated
again. ours had lived, Maggie, but
Mrs. Hawkins eyes suddenly filed
with tears.
Henry, you know | can't bear it."
she said. 1T would be quite different
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
TORE HIS SKIN OFF
In shreds-ItchinE Was Intense
Sleep Was Often Impossible
Cured by Cuticura In Weeks.

In shreds-ItchinE Was Intense
Sleep Was often ImpoSsible-
Cured by Cuticura In Weeks.
AT first an eruption of small pus-
tules commenced on my hands. These
spread later to other parts of my body,
and the itching at times was intense,
so much so that l literally tore the
skin off in shreds in seeking relief.
The awful itching interfered with my
work considerably, and also kept me
awake nights. | tried several doctors
and used a number Of different oint
ments and lotions, but received prac-
tically no benefit Finally / settled
down to the use of Cuticura Soap,
Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills.
with the result that in a few days all
itching had ceased and in about three
weeks time all traces of my eruption
had disappeared. l have had no trou-
bic Of this kind since. II. A. Kruts-
koff. 5714 Wabash Ave, Chicago, H.,
November is and %, 1907"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. of Cuticura Remedies, Boston.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
FIGHT WITH DEVILFISH.
Experience of N Fishing Party on a
Mexican River

Mexican River.
A party of English fishermen had
an unusual and most exciting expert
ence in the Panuco River recently
with large sting ray or devilfish. 1t
is very rarely that these fish are seen
in the river. for they are supposed to
confine themselves to the sea, al
though they are often encountered
near the coast, along the south Allan
tic and in the Gulf of Mexico. Occa-
sionally small devilfish is taken by
fishermen near the coast of Florida,
but their appearance in the Panuco
River is something unheard of before.
The party of fishermen in question
consisted of Captain A. Paget, Captain
Molyneaux, Sir Charles Cost, Major
Ramsden, Captain Robert Duff and
Lady juliet Dun, who were out in
small boats in quest of tarpon when
three of these monster rays were en-
countered. One of the boats being
supplied with a small harpoon threw
it into the nearest ray. The other
boats came to the assistance and made
fast in an effort to keep the first Loaf,
which was fast being towed seward
by the monster devilfish. but the five
boats and a launch which had CONS
up in the meantime were towed dowr
the river with as little effort as Il
they had been mere toys invented fol
the playthings of this queer shaped
monster. After several minutes of til.
widest excitement which has evet
been experienced by fishermen in tn,
Panuco they succeeded in dragging
the monster into comparatively shat
low water and were congratulating
themselves on the probable capture OF
the great fish when the monster gave
mighty flop that threatened TO en-
gulf all the small boats, flashed under
the launch, almost capsiZing II, and
succeeded in tearing out the harpoon
and thus escaped. This fish is said
TO measure at least Is feet from tip
to tip Of its wing shaped fms, or flip
psrs, while the two others from the
glimpse gained were nearly the same
sizc.-TamDico Cor. Mexican Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

watch carefully this spring, and re-
seed those places where the first seed
ing fails to come up.
In making q new lawn great care
should be taken. Prepare the ground
as soon Is it can be worked. Grade
1t, smoothing over rough surfaces,
making proper level spaces and gentle
slopes. II possible the lawn should
slope away from the house.
Enrich the soil with liberal supply
Of well-rotted manure. This Is essen
tial where the soil is lacking in humus
otherwise bone meal, or other food fer
tiliZer is useful. The ground should
be plowed or spaded not less than s
inches deep. all stones and similar ma
terial remoYed, Jumps broken up and
the surface smoothed. Then it is ready
foP seeding
Use a good lawn mixture. -Four
parts Kentucky bluegrass with one part
white clovsr, sown not less than five
bushels to the acre, is good. Redtop
instead of bluegrass, or equal parts Of
redtop and bluegrass, produce good re-
suits. Use plenty of seed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
4 Dyspeptic Order.

Miss Cary Thomas. the head OF
Bryn Mawr College, said at one of the
teas to undergraduates that are a
charming feature OF each college
term:
French is the language of elegance.
It is quite indispensable abroad. Mas.
ter il and avoid the error committed
by a Bangorian. The Bangorian en-
tered a Bouillon Duval in Paris and
stared confusedly at the menu. To
him caneton a la presse only differed
from a supreme de sole in price He
twiddled the menu in his fingers. turn
ed unconsciously to the back, which
contained the advertisement of the
big department store in the Rue du
Bac that is called the Bon Marche, and
ordered of the waitress-in French,
but / translate him:
lone paper of pins, two saws, a
box of envelopes, a clock, and--er-a
hOa'v
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
CATCHING A LIVE HIPPO.
IIarpooned While Asleep-Young
Hippos Caught by stratagem.

Harpooned While. AsIeep-Young
Hippos Caught by stratagem.
There is a vast difference between
the hunter who kills for pleasure and
the hunter whose business it is to
capture his quarry alive. Carl Ha-
genbeck, the famous animal dealer,
has reduced his method of capturing
wild beasts to a science. The method
of securing live hippopotami is par
ticularly interesting.
The so-called Hawaii, or water
hunters, of the Sudan, all of whom
are excellent and daring swimmers,
harpoon their victims at the noon
hour, when they are sunk in deep
slumber. Then, according to The
Wide World Magazine, they pull them
to the bank by means of a cord at
tached to the harpoon and make them
fast.
The hunters use for this a special
kind of harpoon, made in such a way
that ii does not make deep wound.
Fully three-quarters of the hippopota-
mi exhibited in Europe have been cap
tured in this way.
Hippopotamus hunts are also con-
Quoted on land. There advantage is
taken of the fact that the female hip
popotamus makes her young walk in
front of her. The reason for this is
that the beast, being well protected
in the rear by her abnormally thick
skin, prefers to have her offspring in
front, where she can guard them bet
ter against danger.
In spite of her affection for her
children, the hippo has no particular
desire to meet danger when it comes.
So the hunters dig large pits In the
forest, cover them over until they are
fully concealed. and then lie In wait
near by.
Presently . female hippopotamus
comes along with her child trotting
before her. Suddenly, without warn
ing. the young hippo disappears be-
fore its mothers eyes. This is too
much for the old animal SIX dashes
away, leaving the little fellow at the
mercy of its enemies.
The coal fields of England cover 1900
s0uare miles
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
The Advance Notice

A volume might be collected of limo
cent but barbarous perversions of the
English language. The latest comes
from the projectors OF a new Siamese
newspaper, who have distributed the
following notice:
'The news of English we tell the
latest. Writ in perfectly style and
most earliest. Do a murder git COM
NIT, we hear of and tell 1t. Do a.
mighty chief die, we publish 1t, and
In borders of sombre STAFF has each
one been college, and write like Kip
ling and the Dickens. We circle every
town and extortion not for advertise
ments. Buy 1t. Buy it, Tell each of
you its greatness for good Ready on
Friday. Number one.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
Increase In Beet Sugar.

The Increase in the production Of
beet sugar in the United States has
been very rapid in recent years. A
decade ago, in 1897, the production of
beet sugar was about S4,OOO,O00 pounds,
against 644,OOO,0OO pounds of cane
sugar Five years later, In 1902, the
pounds, against 729.0O0,OOO pounds of
cane sugar; in 1907, beet-sugar pro-
duction was 967.Oo0.OOO pounds, against
IA. 100000 pounds of cane sugar; the
beet-sugar production of 1907 being
greater than that of cane sugar in any
year in the history of the country.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
When He's "It.o

The farmers life has cares and joys,
His work is long and hard and rough |;
He slaves from dawn till after dark,
To raise and grow and own enough,
But there's a bright side TO his life,
His sorrows he can always drown
When, with his team, be's hired to haul
A busted auto back to town.
Los Angeles Express.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
Preparing the Lawn.

In the very early spring is the best
time to make a new lawn, and to re-
pair an old one. Fertilizer should be
applied to grass plots which have been
established q few years, and thin por-
tons should be reseeded If seed mas
been sown In the fall for a new lawn,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
Didn't Express II.

''There are many points about our ma
chine Mr.. Fosdick," the agent was say
ing. that you don't find in typewritcrs
usually. For example, the whole line as
you write, is visible-by the way. Mr..
Fosdick, have you ever had visible type
writer in your Officer
The merchant looked absent-mindedly
at the red-haired young woman with the
green gown, who was hammering away
industriously on the morning correspond
ence in the outer room.
'Visible?" he said. I'VE have one
that's more than visible-she's conspicu-
Gus Chicago Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
The Proper Use of Tanning Mills.

Among improved farm machines the
tanning mill stands out prominently az
being especially valuable. The value Of
good seed is recognized to ITS full ex-
tent b; breeders of seed corn, bur
farmers who grow wheat. oats, barley
peas and other cereals have nevey
walked up to the necessity of selecting
seed With the greatest possible care
Prof. p. G.. Holden OF Iowa State
College, demonstrated by series OF
experiments that the careful selection
OF see.1 corn sometimes more than
doubles the yield. Ninety experiments
with yeeds taken from the planter
boxes OF ninety farmers gave yields
varying from thirty-one to eighty bush
els per acre. The ground and cultiva-
ton was the same as near as possible
in each case
There is just as much difference liz
the value Of good and bad seed when Il
comes to wheat and other grains. as
there IS in corn, but the fact has not
been driven home TO farmers in general
as il has I'm the especial corn crop IN
the corn belt of the Middle West.
Seed corn is selected by hand by the
best corn breeders. They almost pick
out the individual kernels that they
wish TO plant. l believe It would paw
the growers of other grains to do the
same thing. I believe 1t would pay a
farmer TO spend n whole month to So
lect MS seed wheat by means OF mag
nifylng glass if he could obtain a fan
ming mill. ! think if he should raise
twenty acres Of wheat he could clean
by hand the necessary seed in
months time. 1t would be necessary
to 60 over bushel a day. including
Sundays. IT would keep him busy. but
his yield would be many bushels more
"er acre, and he cod sell every bush.
for seed at high price l believe
re would sell his months labor at
good figure, and he would learn some
thing greatly to his future advantage
do not wish to be understood as
recommending farmers to clean theiI
seed wheat by hand, because there ar,
improved tanning mills that will dc
the work as well, If not better, and the
time consumed is Insignificant even
when the work is very carefully and
thoroughly done as it should be. The
job 10 most particular, but with a good
mill, 8 man and helper will prepare
lot Of seed In a day.-Agricultural Eps
torpist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

imam q UllHult dI q
time. My doctor
said an operation
was the only
chance / had, and
dreaded it almost
as much as death.
One day / was
reading how other
women had been
cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound,
and decided tn fry
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
An Ancient Concrete Bridge.

In the south of France is a concrete
arch bridge known as the Pont du
Gard, which was erected In the year
30 b. c. The concrete in this was not
composed of crushed stone or other
small aggregate of the variety now
employed in concrete bridge work, but
was of the old style, consisting of al
fernate layers of large and small
stones, gravel, ETC.. and of cementi-
tious materials. Vitruvius describes
the materials and methods in use be-
fore the Christian era, and other writ
ers like Alherti in 1885 and Polladio
In 1870 accurately describe the method
which "the ancients" Gas they call
them) employed, ''of using boards laid
on edge and filling the space between
with cement and all sorts of small and
large stones mingled together" 1t is
very improbable that the Pont du Gard
would have withstood the rigors Of
climate of the northern United States,
but its actual state of preservation, as
well as that of many other specimens
of ancient concrete work, proves that
IL modern work is honestly executed
1t will many times outlast any reason
able bond period, so that very small
yearly sinking fund per cent is all that
is required for properly designed and
erected concrete work.-Concrete Age.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
The TaIkatfve One.

Nearsighted Guest Cat banquet
1 presume the next thing will be a
long and tiresome speech from some
talkative guy. Man Sitting Next-Oh,
I suppose so. I'm the talkative guy
that has to make the speech. Chicago
Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
OF THOSE WHO WALK ALONE.

women there EARTH high.
VINO lose their own, and walk bereft lonely,
Loving that one lost heart until they die,
Loving it only.
And so they never see beside them
Children whose coming S breath of flowers;
Consoled by suhtler loves the angels
Through childless hours.
Good deeds they do; they comfort they bless
In duties others put off till
Their look is balm, their is tenderness
To all in sorrow.
Betimes the world smiles at them. shame
This maiden guise, long after youths Departed
But In Gods book they bear another name
THE faithfulhearted"
FAITHFUL in life and faithful
ouch souls, In sooth illume with luster splendid
That glimpsed, glad land wherein vision saith
Earth's wrongs
Richard Burton, in Century
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
Before Way. and Mean. Committee.

Before Ways and Means COMMITTEES.
Father" said the young college stu
dent. unfolding sheet of paper, here il
careful estimate of what shall have to
tax you for my expenses next term"
'All right, John"
The elder man took the sheet Of pa
per and looked over it.
Bhen he began making marks on 10
with a pencil
What are you doing, father?" asked
the young man, uneaSily.
I'm revising it downward, my son."
answered the other, continuing TO make
marks with his pencil.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
Doesn't Work Both wayss

The long-haired orator had gathered O
little crowd around him in one of the
public parks and was making a feryid po-
litical speech.
Yell have to stop that" said one Of
the sparrow cops, sauntering up to him.
I'VE don't allow that kind o. talkin' in
this pa ark, sor"
Il see" roared the orator, descending
from bis soap box. you want to keep
your park system in politics, but you
won't allow politics in your park sys-
tenn !"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

Over fifty years of public confidence
md popularity. That is the record of
Hamlins Wizard Oil. the worlds stand
ard remedy for aches and pains. There's
q reason and only one-MERIT.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

This insurgent move you hear SO
much about in Congress is no novelty;
every family has an insurgent or
two, although, perhaps, they are known
by another name.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

It's a shame to waste so much time
milking half-hearted cows. Why not
milk real dairy COWS and make some
money!
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
OPERATION
HER ONLY
CHANCE
WasCured byLy Pink
ham, Vegetable Compound

Adrian, Ga. -"I suffered untold
misery from a female weakness and
disease, and / could not stand more
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

The man who is always thinking of
the reward for his good deeds will not
make a good showing in the final &C
counting.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

Provide roomy places for the cows.
They DO better than when kept in the
rigid stanchions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

The amount Of food that will put 81
worth of fat on a steer will make a lot
more than 81 worth OF butter-fat If fed
10 a good cow.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
Basis of Dry Farming.

II Is on the fact which is now well
known. that breaking up the soil by
blowing. and keeping Ii loose after 1t
has been broken up by frequent cult
walton. that dry farming is based. The
scientists say that moisture escapes in
to the air, under ordinary conditions,
by capillary attraction, or the moving
up from one particle of soil TO another
OF the moisture and going out into the
air wien il reaches the top When the
soil is loosened it prevents the escape
Of moisture by breaking up the ar
rangeLent Of particles of the soil nee
essary to conduct the moisture to the
air. The top layer of loose earth is
different from that below In arrange
ment Of particles of earth, and is more
or less filed with air and is a poor con-
ducto. OF water.
The principle is supposed to be the
same rs the law governing heat and
sound. When heat has to travel
through different media ii travels very
slowly. as in the case OF sawdust. IN
which case the air has TO travel
through layers of wood and air, and
which is used to prevent heat passing
20 stored ice. Sound will not travel
easily II it has to pass through differ
ent sutstnnces.
If the top soil is kept loose or as
near 20 dust as possible, there will be
very little loss of moisture. It has
been noticed that where q pile of nrup-
ings from a vineyard or orchard was
burned In the spring in California at
time when there was moisture in the
soil, the moisture would be kept in the
soil al. through the dry summer and not
dry out as the surrounding land would
In about a month on which nothing
had bsen burned. The ashes in this
case formed perfect dust blanket, al
though the ground was NOT nlowpd
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot-Ease
A powder to shake into your shoes. 1t rests
the feet, Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen,
Sore. Hot, Gallons, Aching, Sweating feet
and 1ngrowing Nails Aliens Foot-Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all
Druggists and Shoe Stores. CSC. Sample
mailed FREE. Address Allen ). Olmsted.
lie Roy. n Y
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

Moldy corn will prove harmful feed
Tor the horse.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

Instant Relief for All Eyes,
that are irritated from dust heat, sun or
wind, PETTIT'S EYE SALvE. All drug
gists or Howard Bros. Buffalo. n. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03
Sounda Plausible,

"What is your principal object, any
bow" asked the visiting foreigner, "in
building that Panama canalT
WELL" answered the native, 1--WE have
an idea it will limit the size of future
Sattleships. Chicago Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

Be sure that the work horses are
provided with collars of the best quail
ity, and be sure that the collars fit.
You would not go into the seasons
work with pair of shoes which caused
you TO finch at every step, bat you
may have put the horse TO work with a
collar which hurts every step he takes.
Look after the comfort of the faithful
horse as you would your own.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

They say that in some localities the
Introduction of riding machinery has
made labor so light on the farm that
the hired men specify in their contract
with their employer that he must fur
nish either quoits or new horse shoes
10 play with at noon and in the even
ing. The men claim that they must
have this exercise in order TO keep in
good heath.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

For general driving purposes the
good walker is the horse most needed.
The walking gait is the best that can
be cultivated.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

During the years when corn brought
very low price cattle feeding could
be conducted on very loose principles
and still pay fair profits, but condi-
lions have since changed, and methods
must be varied to meet the new con-
ditions IN beef production. We are
forced to adopt more economical meth
DDS OF production.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

SSSSSSSSSSS
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

When milk cans are placed in water
to cool the water should be higher
than the milk in the cans. Always use
q milk pail which will permit milking
through the strainer The main thing
is to keep the dirt out. This is more
important than getting the dirt out
after It has once been in.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

How tenderly we nurse the young
animal to give it good start in life,
but how often we neglect this care of
our children.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-03

If 1t were our own. I've never been
able to bear the sight of children
since"