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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
DEPRESSION IN TRADE.
Shipping Traffic of Japan Has Great
ly Decreased in Volume.

Shipping Traffic OF Japan Has Great
ly Decreased in Volume.
The Tokyo Asahi says that the ship
ping traffic of Japan is at present IN
precedentedly dull. Altogether nine
teen steamer of the Nippon Yusen
Naisha, the Osaka Shosen Kaisha and
other japanese companies, having an
aggregate tonnage of $1,000. are now
lying idle. 1t is feared that the num-
Der of steamers lying idle will increase
as the year advances. The depression
in the mercantile marine is attributed
to various causes. The first is that
since the sugar-reining companies in
Japan suspended business last year
the Importation of Java sugar to this
country has been checked, with the re-
suit that seven steamers, of over 1900
tons each, which were specially en-
gagged in carrying sugar, have been de-
prived of cargoes. The second reason
is that owing to the depreciation in
the price of silver, the export of tim
Der from Japan to China has practic-
ally ceased; while the third reason is
that owing to the importation Of large
quantities Of beans and beancake from
Manchuria to Japan the shipment of
fertilizers from the Hokkaido has been
considerably reduced. The Chinese
boycott Of japanese goods and the gen.
eral depression in trade between China
and japan are also In part RESPONSE
BILE for the depression In shipping CIR.
clea.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Draft Horses.

The craft horse is getting bigger and
! bigger. In the late SOS if one weighed
over 1900 pounds and came from
France, it was an event and the horse
papers talked about him, with pictures
To-day the draft importer will touch
nothing under 1.S0O pounds and 3-year-
old colts often run up to a ton.
The favorite draft breed in America
six 10 one-ls the Percheron Of
| France 1t comes from LIE Perche
southwest of Paris, and nowhere else.
The horse breeders in that district have
banded themselves into guild or
union, and decreed that no horse from
outside the borders of their district
can ever 10 recorded as Percheron in
the studbook of the breed. A colt foal-
ed just across the line out of a mare
and by a sire correctly registered can
not himself be registered.
The foundation blood of the Perche-
ron is or is said TO be, Arab. The
Frenchman will tell you that Perche-
ron is an Arab made heavy by the
climate. But wheth r Arabian extrac-
ton OF not, it is sure that the breed
has been made heavy by the climate or
human selection during the past half
century.
When George Sand was writing the
Percheron was famous as a road horse
"a traveller, a ground coverer. Her
heroes used to drive hither and thither
behind four splendid distance eating
Percherons. No modern Frenchman
would dream of driving up to his Nj
nette's door behind four Percherons
The Perche peasants, within the limi-
tations Of their material, most won
derfully fashion into being their equine
imaginings. 1t is much easier and sim
pier to carve a horse of the shape you
want on the Parthenon frieze than out
in a Lucerne pasture in the Eure-et-
Doir district. Dazed by their artistry,
the French minister of agriculture
gravely reports, These men of LIE
Perche are incredible. Command from
them horse, they will build you one
to your specifications.
From the current report of the
French horse breeding bureau is learn
ed that during the fiscal year 161. Ala
mares were bred to stations belonging
to the state, 1907 to approved stall
lions, 9,467 to authorized stations.
This is bureaucratic, isn't it, that
country should be able to report
thing like that? And in the archives
of the French government is the name
and description of each mare in France.
together with date about the horse with
which she was bred.
The French never dream of breeding
to stations of mixed or unknown
blood. But the American farmer who
bred his mare to a Percheron for a
heavy colt usually changes his mind a
couple Of years later, puts what he got
from the first cross to a coach horse
for style, this product to trotter for
speed, and the grand result to a jack
or mule. AS a horse breeder he looks
only at the outside of the sire land
apparently not SO careful at that, and
cares little what kind of blood is run
ming inside
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
The Power of Roots.

The tremendous power of pushing
root is a subject for marvel. 1t will
lift tons Ly the swelling of its slender
trunk or rend rocks with the power
of dynamite. but silently and invisibly.
The pertinacity and force of plants is
occasionally shown in the great cities
in this wiee: Some old residences have
wires many years old climbing up their
weather-beaten brown fronts. Their
roots are deep in the tiny front garden
plot. and their tendrils were at first
trained up slender cords to the iron
balconies on the first floor. These
slender Geen things twined in and out
of the iron railing of the balcony like
little serDents till they reached the
vertical wall, which, nothing daunted
they began TO climb.
Little ty little the tender green stems
changed 20 hard, woody tissues which
swelled iato fiat plaits to accommodate
itself to the bars of the iron railing
through Ehich ii had woven itself. But
the accO nmOdation was only formal
for. swelling steadily. the vine trunks
appear to-day to have become as large
as a mans arm, and the iron rails
which were its earliest support have
been broken in twain by their migrate
full dependents.
Another singular example of the per
tinacity of the roots is the following:
a drain pipe seemed TO be choked. In
vestigation showed that a thread-liko
shoot of a tree had penetrated one OF
the minute pores of the city pipe; once
inside tie drain the tendril found such
luxurious nourishment that ii grew and
divided into branches, which wound
themselves in coil on coil, until finally
passage in the drain was completely
choked up. 1t is said that bucketfuls
of tangled filaments were taken out
of this pipe, which measured only eight
inches IN diameter, while the Skeins
originated in a single threadlike fila
ment, back through which coursed the
abundant nourishment TO push on the
growth Of the maple tree above ground
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

Vegetable Compound has done for me
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to health means so much
to me that for the sake of other suffer
ing women / am willing to make my
trouble public so you may publish
this letter" Mrs. CHAs. BARCLAY,
RID, Graniteville, VT.
No other medicine for woman's ills
has received such widespread and un-
qualified endorsement. No other med
icine we know of has such a record
of cures of female ills as has Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
For more than 80 years it has been
curing female complaints such as
Inflammation, liberation, local weak
nesSes, fbroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, indigestion
and nervous prostration, and it is
unequalled for carrying women safely
through the period of change of life.
1t costs but little to try Lydia f.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and,
as Mrs. Barclaysays, it is worth noun
tains of gold " to suffering women.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
InReniOus Egg Tester.

An ingenious instrument has been in
vented for testing the relative fresh
ness of eggs. says the London Globe.
1t is well known that when fresh
egg is placed in water it sinks, while
a stale one floats, but the, new instru-
ment registers accurately degrees of
freshness. By means of it eggs may
be classified with precision into new
laid, fresh, cooking, etc. The appara-
tus consists of an aluminium air cham
Der with graduated stem above. Be
low are spring wire loops to hold the
egg. When the egg is fixed in this and
placed In the water its quality can he
read off on the graduated stem. If II
sinks down to the Mark Xxx the egg
Is new laid; o means still quite fresh,
while 4 marks the limit of the break
fast egg. The mark means still good
for cooking, while u is bad. 1t would
be well If dealers in new-laid eggs were
required fo have this apparatus and
to satisfy their customers by ocular
demonstration that they are Xxx.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

William Scott was a yard foreman
on the Canadian Pacific at Montreal.
One of his crew in drilling a parlor
car gave ii too hard a run, so that il
came tearing down the siding toward
some standing cars at a rate that
means damage. There was no question
OF saving life: only to show how far
railroad man will 60 TO save the
company's property.
Determined to prevent the smash il
possible. he placed himself in the mid
die Of the track in front of the oncom-
ing car. intending to leap on the plat
form and turn the angle cock on the
train pipe. which would set the air
brake from the pressure remaining in
the auxiliary reservoir. He made the
leap. but missed his hold and was
thrown to the ground between the
rails. Of course the car was upon him
instantly. An officer Of the road.
standing on the steps of his private
car, saw the whole incident. The hor-
ror Of it made him sick. but he quick
ly recovered and ran with the yard
crew to pick up the poor mangled body.
Before they could reach the spot
they were dumfounded to see the sup
posed dead man spring up, give a sig
nal to the engineer, and go about his
business as if nothing had happened
1t transpired that the car was an old
fashioned one with running gear much
higher than is the modern practice, so
that it could pass over the body of a
man lying iengthwise of the track with
out touching him. 1t was the only car
on the Canadian Pacific system that
could run over man without killing
him-CollierS
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
SISTERS TRICK.
But II All Came Ont Right.

But II All Came Out Right.
How a sister played a trick that
brought rosy health to coffee fiend Is
an interesting tale:
II was a coffee fiend-a trembling.
nervous. physical wreck. yet clinging to
the poison that stole away my strength.
l Knocked at Postum and would have
none of it.
"One day my sister substituted q
cup of piping hot Postum for my morn
ing cup of coffee but did NOT tell me
what it was. l noticed the richness of
it and remarked that the coffee tasted
fine. but my sister did not tell me I
was drinking Postum for fear might
not take any more
'She kept the secret and kept giving
me Postum instead of coffee until
grew stronger, more tireless. got bet
ter color in my sallow cheeks and
clesrness to my eye. then she told me
Of the health giving. nerve-strengthen-
ing life-saver she had given me in place
of my morning coffee. From that time
/ became disciple of Postum and no
words can do justice in telling the good
this cereal drink did me. l will not
try TO tell it, for only after having
used it can one be convinced of its
merits"
Ten days trial shows Postums
power to rebuild what coffee has de-
stroyed. There's q reason"
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, The Road to MELVILLE"
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full Of
human interest.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
CHILD ATE CUTIcURA.


Spread Whole Box OF Ii on Crackers
Not the Least Iajury Resulted
Thus Proven Pure and Sweet.
A New York friend of Cuticura
writes:
"My three year old son and heir,
after being put to bed on a trip across
the Atlantic, investigated the stateroom
and located a box of graham crackers
and a box OF Cuticura Ointment. When
a search was made for the box, it was
found empty and the kid admitted
that he had eaten the contents of the
entire box spread on The crackers. 1t
cured him of a bad cold and l don't
know what else"
No more conclusive evidence could
be offered that every ingredient of
Cuticura Ointment is absolutely pure,
sweet and harmless. II 1t may be
safely eaten by young child. none but
the most beneficial results can be ex-
pected to attend its application to even
the tenderest skin or youngest infant.
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole
Props. OF Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

and took Fort Gibson, Grand Gulf and
the vicinity, l thought you should 90
down the river and join General Banks
and when you turned northward. east
of the Big Black, feared it was : mis-
take. ! now wish to make the personal
acknowledgment that you were right
and | was wrong
General Grant is a copious work-r
and fighter, but a very meagre writer
or telegrapher," said Lincoln, when
Burnside asked him for more details
of Grants movements. II like I'll t
man: he fights" Lincoln would say to
the delegations that came every lite
while In the earlier part Of tn" war
to insist that Grant be denoted or ais
missed After Grant took hold the for
lowing spring as Lieutenant General
Lincoln had no orders to give him. He
realized that the victor of VicksbuIg
krew what he was about and that he
had earned the right to be let alone.
1.-The particulars of your plan," Lin
coin wrote Grant shortly after the
latter's accession to chief command,
II neither know nor seek to know.
You are vigilant and selfreliant; and,
pleased with this, l wish not to OBJ
trude any constraints or restraints
upon YOU" Such a message as Hold
on with bulldog grip, and chew and
choke as much as possible" is not to
be construed as q command
Admiral Porter says that when Lin
coin heard of Grants terms given to
Lee he used half dozen expressions,
such as Exactly the thing" "All
right :" and Good to indicate ais
satisfaction.
At the dedication of the Lincoln
monument in Springfield Grant said If
the great commander: with all his
disappointments from failures on tie
part of those to whom he had intrusted
commands, and treachery on the part
of those who had gained his confidence
but to betray it, l never heard him
utter complaint nor cast censure
for bad conduct or bad faith. II WAS
his nature to find excuses for his adj
versaries. In this death the nation lost
its greatest hero; in his death the
South lost its most just friend"
Lincoln once said to Sherman that
he was grateful to Sherman and to
Grant because they never scOlded him.
With sherman and the brilliant and
dashing Sheridan to supplement Grant
efforts Lincoln felt that at last the con-
duct of the war on the Union side
was In the hands of men qualified to
go forward and give us victories"
Sherman's march to the sea, Sheridan's
ride, the ''sleeploss vigilance" such ac-
tive movements betokened. meant that
the day of dilatory tactics was over.
The tide had turned; the issue OF the
war was in doubt no longer.-Pliladel-
phia Ledger.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
500 Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
TO learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able TO cure
In all its stages, and that Is Catarrh- HAN
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrn
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces or the
system, thereby destroying the foundation OF
the disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work. The proprie-
tors have so much faith In Its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars Tor
any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
Address f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by all Drugs SITS 15c.
Take Halls Famil, Pills for constipation
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

The ends Of the roots should all be
cut smooth and the trench filed up
with a good compost. of peat, rotten
sods and manure. and left for year,
when a second trench can be opened
81 the outside of the first and III. tree
carefully undermined with a pick, SO
as to remove the soil with as little in,
jury to the young fbers as possible,
and the tree carefully drawn over so
as to cut whichever tap-root NAV have
been left
If q supply of bass mats is at hand
they can be carefully bound around
the ball of earth, and if it is not toe
large IL can be loaded on drag and
drawn to the place of planting, where
the hole has been prepared beforehand
If too large for a drag the ball of
earth may be surrounded by boards OF
layers of hay and straw firmly bound
with cords, a few boards passing un-
derneath, ard the whole fastened &c
the stem, which should be well wrap
ped with hay or wooden material before
any iolCe loI ll1lIHS Is dppliCu' II N@H
then be raised with the use of der
rick onto a truck and taken to the de
sired place. lowered in the hole, the
binding taken off. the roots carefully
spread and the soil well worked In
among them and well firmed.
Large trees can also be transplanted
by digging around them In winter and
allowing the earth around them to be
frozen solid. having the ground pre-
pared previously and covered with
coarse material TO keep out the frost,
and removing them on a sled to their
destination.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

The stock argument against votes for
women that they could not bear arms
in event of wars not unanswerable.
History is explicit concerning wom-
ems efficiency as private soldiers, and
at least one good regimental officer
should be credited to the weaker sex.
On the authority of Anatole France.
Joan Of Arc once declared her prin-
ciples of leadership:
Il say, in among them, and 1 go
fn."
The soldiers of France followed, OF
course. Could male regular or volun-
teer better that?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Moving Big Trees.

Trees of very great size can be
moved successfully if time and money
are Of no account, but it is an expen-
sive process and should be attempted
only where immediate effect is wanted.
Dr. in the case of rare variety that re-
quires to be removed and can not be
replanted.
To prepare large tree for removal.
says Horticulture. a deep trench should
be dug around the tree from to Z
feet from the base of the tree, and
working under so as to cut off all the
roots possible without disturbing the
bole.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
His Walking Papers.

MY sister'll be down in a minute"
said little Clarence. who was entertain
ing tie young man in the parlor. Il
heard her tellin' NAV a little while ago
that she was goin' to give you your writ
ten permission to perambulate tonight
What do you reckon she meant by
that:"
Il think l know, Clarence" said the
Young man, reaching for his hat. ~ on
may tell her. if you please. that l have
decided not TO wait for it,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
WESTERN CANADA
THE PENNANT WINNER
Last
Best
WeSf.''

The Government of Canada now gives to every
Actual Settler I 90 acres OF whcaf.growing
land free and an additional loo acres at $500
an acre
The 10000 ccntcnted American Settlers
ma king their homes in Western Canada is the
best evidence Of the superiority OF that country.
They becoming rich, growing from 3 to 20
bushels wheat to the acre: 90 to ITO bushels oats
and IS to 90 bushels barley, besides having splen-
did herds of cattle raised on the prairie grass.
Dairying is an import ant industry.
The crop Of 1eoS still keeps Western Canada in
the lead. The world will soon look to il as its
tood-producer.
The thing which most impressed US
was the magnitude of the country that is
available for agricultural purposes
National Editorial Correspondence, 1908.
Low Railway Rates. good schools and churches.
markets convenient, Prices the Highest, climate
perfect.
Lands are for sale by Railway and Land Conn.,
panies- Descriptive pamphlets and maps sent free.
For Railway Rates and other information apply to
". d. Scott. Superintendent Of immigration.
Ottawa, Canada, OF w. II. Rogers, Sd Floor
Traction, criminal Building, Indianapolis Ind,
and H. NJ Williams. Room 70, Law Building
Toledo, Ohio, Authorized Government Agents.
Please say where you this advertisement
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Caught Three Tons of Moths.

An electric light trap to end the
caterpillar plague by destroying the
brown nun moths that lay the eggs
from which the caterpillars are
Matched has been devised and placed
in successful operation at Littau, Ger
many. The trap consists of two large
and powerful relectors placed over a
deep receptacle into which the moths
are drawn by exhaust fans. The first
night three tons of moths were
cauCht
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
For CoIds md Grin.

Lanes Pleasant Tablets (Iaxative) cure
colds in an hour and are the best treat
ment for grip. Do not wait minute when
you feel cold coming on. but get box
of these tablets and save suffering and ex-
pense. They are sold by druggists and
dealers at % cents a box. Orator +. Wood
ward. lie Roy, y. Y. Sample free.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

from nervousness
andother annoying
symptoms, and /
can truly say that
LydiaE.P inkham's
We ge BILE Com
pound has proved
worth mountains
of gold to me, as it
restored my health
and strength. 1
never forget to tell
my friends what
T,ydiaE PiOkham's
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Telegraph Poles.

Harker-Fine automobile, Coggwood.
What do you call it?
CoggwOOd-Peary.
Harker-After the arctic explorer,
Ell? And why?
Coggwood- Because it is always max
ing a dash for the pole.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

Indignant Wife-What's the use of nv
saying anything to you. John? 1t goes
in at one ear and out at the other,
Provoking HuSband-Not always, Ma
ria. When you say anything worth mind
ing | stop it on the way through.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Every Woman VIII BE Interested.

There has recently been discovered
an aromatic, pleasant herb cure for
woman's ills. called Mother Gray's
ACSTRALIAN-LEAF 1t is the only GER
tain regulator. Cures female weakness
=. and Backache. Kidney, Bladder and
L rinary troubles. At all Druggists or
ny mail so cts. Sample FREE. Address,
The Mother Gray Co. Leroy, n. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
The Experienced Swine.

The crowd around the postoffice
stove, after exhausting the possibili-
ties of politics, local and national. had
been discussing the alleged lack of the
truth-telling instinct in Old Man Simp-
kins. Uncle Ezra came in, and Jim
Peters said:
What do you think about it, Uncle
Ezra-would you call Old Man Simp-
kins a liar?'
WELL" answered Uncle Ezra slowly
as he thoughtfully studied the ceiling,
Il wouldn't 60 so fur as to call the
old man a liar, but / do know it to be
q fact that when feedin' time comes
TO get any response he has to have
somebody else call his hogs fur him."
-Woman's Home Companion.
Try Murine Eye Remedy.
For Red, Weak Weary, Watery Eyes.
Compounded by Experienced Physicians
Conforms to the Pure Food and Drugs Law.
Murine Doesn't Smart. Soothes Eye Pain.
Try Murine for Your Eyes. You Will Like It
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Uncle Allen.

IF l was Doctor" said Uncle Allen
Sparks. 1T would puzzle me TO know
whether l ought to thank the Lord or
not when | prosper in my business"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

Carefully conducted experiments
show that the manure produced per
thousand pounds Of live weight of the
following classes of farm animals is
valued at from $50 TO $50 per head per
year The valuations given are as fol-
lows: For COWS, 500; horses, S21;
sheep, $26; calves, S24; pigs. $50. This
valuation takes into consideration only
the actual amounts of nitrogen, phoS-
phorus and potassium contained in the
manure from these animals, valued IN
accordance with the present prices of
these constituents in the form of COM
mercial manures or fertilizers. 1t does
not take into consideration the value
of the manure as human builder due
to its large organic matter content.
From this it should be plain to any one
that the economical handling of farm
manure is one Of the very important
factors in maintaining the fertility of
our soils.