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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

n
Wo 0 from usar places 5e 5e d of tine
the position a delicacy
aSDI That the history of the peanut in the past fifty
CO. The possibilities the peanut as wealth producer seem
wthstandng immense the devoted the they
being nompee utilized that the Department Agriculture
about to issue special bulletin calling attention the chances for making
question
% form sn T @ q (which @ ARE being P RS ar
much widely consumed than people imagine Some of these
macarOni for largely the confectionery
as substitute for Peanut butter ewse much nected
by the van manufactured by the ton and put up in neat pack
ages, is greatly esteemed for automomie lunches
piferous boil
n on eT South h nny ToT % repe ps
in this country last year the supply is still not nearly equal to the demand
quantities oil from Europe Thus although there
%aipg tn be bs 0 Th h p manner f o os Ge
enough furnish all the oil liberal supply for
Before the civil there practically in Amer
tb zoo neo oee d ~ tS t d h s Tv
Fifty nobody
either patches" the
curioies the experimental scientists
o acres IN the limited states n are planted TO peanuts and Go
factories"
sstians had remarkable
quickly completely the accumulation
conceived prejudice there few the time in
the world that yield better returns for the and labor in
than sn peanut az crop Of the 6nri Gna s STATES sS va, when food
gyarden
Virginia anything all his
why they had nve these s before and in thinking
of the little ground peas they often called yet Virginia
and how fat the little nnnies always when
soldiers
atewd plantations began looking bring
ss OUT .e 'airehns WHICH ue! iounu So VI en
the They seed nuts from the and planted
and little available labor for uvatng it, they succeeded making
beginning
commodity America
make raising profitable from the start and since then
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
20 AE 9,H

better at night. and therefore take
their prey with greater ease. but they
can lie safer from their natural enc
mics. Among carnivorous animals,
there has never been a case known
where n hungry creature attacked one
that overmatched it in strength.
Generally speaking" said Mr.. Black
burn, Il think there is hardly an ami
NAL here that does not reason. when
occasion requires. For instance. we
have whips hanging up throughout the
different animal houses, with which To
cEastise refractory or stubborn beasts.
1t is but Il short time before new
animal comes to know the meaning OF
the whip, and generally all that is nee
essary for a keeper to do is to reach
toward the hook on which the whip is
hanging: the animal knows what that
means, and does what he has before
refused to do. 1t seems to me that is
reasoning"
Lions and tigers, according to Mr..
Blackburn, exhibit little reasoning
power. except in the matter of getting
something to eat. Snakes exhibit the
smallest degree of intelligence, and in
the smaller species seem hardly to have
sense enough to get their food.
Clyde Powers, with twenty years OF
circus experience in the training OF
every kind of animal except Teddy
bears. expresses wonder that any one
should doubt the power of animals Il
reason.
There are different grades of mental
power in animals just as there are
among the human race" he said
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
NOTES FROM WORLD OF SCIENCE

If nail be dipped into oil before
being driven into hard wood it will
enter without splitting.
Oiling a file used on soft metals will
make it cut more smoothly and pre-
vent it from clogging.
Italy is to build four Dread
noughts" and several swift scout cruis-
ers, at a total cost of $52,SO0,O00
North Carolina, South Dakota, Colo
RADIO, Alabama and Virginia, in the or
der named, lead in the production of
mica.
In their writings the Chinese use at
least PA groups of signs. each con-
tanning from five to 1854 separate
characters.
France has followed the lead of the
United States in the establishment of
a laboratory for the investigation of
mine accidents.
Washington's coal output last year
of 3.016,557 short tons was the small
est for any year since 1908.
New MEXICO prOduceu 80 ,Joi Snoi
tons of coal last year, a decrease of a
trife more than per cent from the
output of 1907.
Illinois has the greatest number of
electric plants of any State, 39S; New
York is second with 35S, and Pennsyl-
vania third with 346
A sagging door may be raised so
that it will nos Grape the floor by in
sorting small washer or two on the
pin between the hinge halves
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
ATCHIsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

Many worthy people have poor
taste
Don't be fanatlcal. 1t is form of
insanity.
BY affinity is meant the first man
who asks.
Watch the individual who uses Il
said" too freely.
Il earn all get" is an expression
you frequently hear married women
use.
1.-The men," the womep are fond OF
saying have no sense"
Some people can only attract atten-
ton by slamming doors.
Women hate each other if they fail
TO kiss when they meet.
How rapidly time flies from the day
when a man distinguishes himself!
One of boys first ambitions is tc
get all the fried chicken he can eat.
1t is rare man who can pay the
fiddler without making his wife help.
Occasionally a smart man is met
with. and it is joy to hear him talk
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Moving the Crops.

The railroads are striving TO gain
every pound of freight they possibly
can when the crops of the West begin
to move Eastward. Surplus cars are
rushed toward the Mississippi and
Missouri valleys, and efforts are made
to cover the sections in which serious
car shortages have been experienced.
According to the American Railway
Association there were 159,424 idle
cars in the country on August Is, the
date of the latest report. This was a
decrease of $3.50 over the correspond
ing date of last year. The most inn
portant decrease was in box cars,
amounting to 21,141. There are about
$4,000 surplus box cars now. of which
half are in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin.
Minnesota and the Dakotas. A large
percentage of the remainder is in
other agricultural districts awaiting
the appearance of grain at the eleva-
tors
The relationship of the car surplus
to the state of business is made APP
parent by glance at the statistics of
the American Railway Association.
The records show that in April, 1908,
nearly a half million cars were stand
ing upon the side tracks of the rail
roads BY August this number had
been reduced to 253,003 Business was
reviving, merchandise was moving and
the companies were beginning to con.
slider the handling of the greatest
crops so far produced in America.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

A novelty is a glove containing a
purse In the palm. fastening With the
usual clasp, to prevent loss of the con.
tents
Into the trade school at Liege, Bel
GUM, there has been introduced a
course in cigarmaking, fostered by
government subsidy.
Shellac will be more pliable and will
spread more easily if small amount
CT gum camphor be added to it.
Tests by an Eastern railroad have
demonstrated that it IS possible FOR a
single locomotive to haul over 6.l0O
tons.
A windmill successfully drives a
dynamo in an English mill. even wnen
the wind blows as slowly as six niles
an hour.
The deaths of 5000 young children a
year in New York are attributed TO
germs carried about and deposited
upon food by flies.
A record for long distance direct
telegraphy recently was established
between London and Karachi, India.
Of the worlds average annual emery
production of about $4,000 tons, about
5000 tons come from The Greek island
of NaXos.
Frances cider crop last year totaled
45.750.932 gallons. as against 72,S05,-
600 gallons in 1907 and 574 ,634, 600 gal
Ions in 1906.
There is more steel in the hull alone
of the newest American battleship
than in an entire vessel of the cruiser
Brooklyn type.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
A HARD and Fast Party Man.

Some women want the suffrage and
some do not Some, moreover. whether
they want it or not. do not need it. or
the latter class was the woman of
whom q writer in the Universalist
Leader tells.
A matron of the most determined
character was encountered by young
woman reporter on country paper.
who was sent out TO interview leading
citizens as to their politics. May 1
see Mr.. -" she asked Of a stern-look-
ing woman who opened the door at one
house.
NO, you can't" answered the ma
iron. decisively.
But / want to know what party he
belongs to-" pleaded the girl.
The woman drew up her tall figure.
well. take a good look at me-" she
said, I'm the party he belongs to-"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

keepers of all the great gardens
throughout the world have since that
time devoted themselves to the solution
of the problem-do animals reason?
There are no wiser men in America
than those who have charge Of the Ma
tional Garden in Washington. ard
among them there is none whose knOwl-
edge is more extended than That of
Mr.. blackburn. head keeper of the Zoo.
who for thirty years has devoted his
time 10 the care and study of every
kind of creature, from the lizard TO the
lion.
Eyes, | have read all the nature
faker stories" he said. But | have
yet to learn. after all my experience,
just what is meant by instinct as dis
tinguished from reasons. Scientists de-
fine instinct as inherited habit or. as
another learned professor of psychol-
ogy puts it, the blind pursuing Of a
means to an end All this is too tech-
meal for me. | cannot see the differ
ence between a man going under the
shade of tree to get out o. the hot sun
and deer who graZes in the meadow
during day, going into the mountain
| crags to sleep, where it knows 1t will
be safe from the lowland wolves. The
man certainly reasons that under the
shade of the tree he will be protected
from the heat of the sun; why can il
be said that the deer reasons less when
it seeks "A sleeping place secure from
its enemies? Why should one be called
instinct and the other reason?
THE animals of the cat tribe stay
hidden by day. They can not only see
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Whet Allied Dayscy Mayme.

Daysey Wayne Appleton was read
ing a newspaper last night when sud-
denly she gave a scream and fell 10
the floor in a dead faint Now. ac-
cording to the looks and tradition
Daysey Mayme tainted because she
read the announcement of an old
sweetheart's marriage or death (and
it would turn out afterward. accord
ing to the books and tradition. that he
was a cousin of her old sweetheart by
the same name). But real life is so
unlike the books and tradition. Upon
being revived Daysey Mayme related
that she saw hosiery advertised for u
cents that she had paid IS cents for
the Gay decentralization Globe.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Too Expensive.

1t is an elementary although a genu.
inc kind of humor that prompts a man
to make a ridiculous remark in a seri
Gus manner The fun increases IL the
remark IS taken at it's face value. A
case in point is that Of gentleman,
who. according to a writer in the
Twiggs County Citizen, was talking te
a crowd on the street about shinglins
a house.
The old rule" he said. was to allow
six inches OF the single to show to
the weather. but that is too much. You
really oughtn't to let more than four
inches show"
Some wag asked in a matter-of-faci
voice:
How would It do not 10 let any
show?"
I've seen roofs made that way" -
piled the other. not thinking. but 3
takes q great many shingles"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
| MANY MILLIONS LOST
BY PESTS ON FARMS
Injurious Mammals and Insects Cost
SzS9,Ooo,OoO Every Year.
NATION IS SEEKING REMEDY.
Magnitude of the Work of Agricul
ture Department in Extermina-
ton of Destroyer.

In the message of President RooSe-
tional Conservation Commission, which
was sent to Congress last January, ap-
pears the astounding statement that
the losses to farm products due to in
100000 annually, and the loss through
insects is reckOned at S659,0OO,OOO an
nually"
These statements are confirmed by
the Secretary of Agriculture and the
scientists of that department who have
charge of such matters. 1t is assert
ed that the prairie dogs in the State o.
Texas alone eat as much grass ever,
year as would feed a million and :
half of cattle There are estimated t
be 400,00O,000 prairie dogs in Texas
an average of twenty-five to the acre.
and 2G0 dogs will eat as much gras
as a steer. Besides this, the value o
the land is very much injured by the
dogs. because they dig up the roots
the grass and destroy it. Then, whel
they have cleaned out all the vegeta
ton in their neighbOrhOod. they migrat
to another section and continue thei
work of destruction. The result
that entire townships of land have beel
made barren by their ravages. Texas,
Kansas. Colorado and other Western
states have been working for years to
destroy the dogs by means of poisoned
wheat
West of the Mississippi river ground
squirrels are exceedingly destructive
and cause the loss of many millions of
dollars annually. In California alone
every year they eat up about $2,OOO,0O0
worth of wheat, and they carry the
germs of diseases which can be c0mmu-
nicated to human beings through the
agency of feas. The State of Wash
ington is troubled in a similar manner
and spends $4,000 Il year in fighting
the pests.
In Nevada the agricultural sections
are being overrun with field mice. In
Humboldt Valley last year the mice de
stroyed $4,000 acres ont of total of
10000 acres of alfalfa. SO that the fields
had to replOwed and replanted.
The rat continues to cause enormous
losses throughout the entire United
States" Secretary Wilson says, land
during the past year an attempt vas
made TO ascertain the approximate
damage done TO property by this re-
dent in the cities of Washington and
Baltimore. Many business men were
interviewed including dealers in var
ious kinds of merchandise, feeders of
horses, managers of hotels and restaur-
ants and manufacturers. The inquiries
included all sections of the two cities
and both small and large dealers. 1t
is estimated that the loss from rats in
Washington is about 100000 a year,
ana in Baltimore upward of 100000
a year Assuming as is probable, that
similar conditions obtain in all our
cities of over 100000 inhabitants, the
damage by rats in these centers of pop
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
TO LIVE FOREVER.

Thomas Edison has perfected stor-
age battery which he says will last
indefinitely and reyolutionize the pres
ent propelling power.
Prof. Munyon says it is only ques-
ton of time until a remedy is discoy-
cred that will supply the waste of the
human body, so that one may live on
almost indefinitely, barring accidents
This seems almost too good TO be true.
but nothing seems to be impossible n
these days when we consider the fly
ing machine and the wireless tele-
graph.
Prof. Munyon has certainly revolu-
tionized the practice of medicine. He
does not believe in building hospitals
for consumptives. He says that con-
sumption can always be traced to a
cold. Cure cold and you prevent
consumption. His Cold and Cough
Remedy will break up almost any form
of cold in a few hours and positive
ly prevent Bronchitis and Pneumonia.
To convince the medical world and
people in general of the truth of HE
claims he has distributed millions OF
walls of the Cold Cure, absolutely free.
from the leading newspaper Offices
throughout the country, and the cures
that have been reported from its use
have been most astonishing. These lit
tie sugar pellets contain no opium.
morphine, cocaine or any harmful
drug. They seem TO relieve the head.
throat and lungs almost Immediately.
| In order that no one may be de-
prived of this remedy he has placed
1t with all the druggists throughout
the United States for the small sum OF
% cents, or sent postpaid on receipt
of price, and with each bottle he
gives this guarantee: IF Munyon's
Cold and Cough Cure does not do all
that is claimed for it, / will refund
your money"
There are four advantages in taking
Munyon's Remedies. First, they re
absolutely harmless. Second, they are
pleasant to take. Third. they relieve
almost Immediately. Fourth, they cost
nothing unless they give satisfaction.
| Munyon's Guide TO Health sent free
on request. Munyon Remedy Co..
Philadelphia. Pa.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
CLASSIC ENGLISH.

Nothing doing. "-Addison's Let
ters."
Cut in and win '-Thackeray's
Vanity Fair
ree."-Dickens' "Tale of
Two Cities"
Gone to the wall. Pill
grim's Progress"
Forget it - cast it away."-Haw
thorne's Marble Fawn.'
Make good.'-Deuteronomy, which
is a book in the Bible.
Its a sure thing Goldsmith S
She Stops to Conquer"
"She was a respectable old guy
Thackeray's vanity Fair"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
TAFT REVIEWS PLEDGE.
Intention of Administration to Fol-
low Conservation Policies.


In a speech at Colorado Springs
President Taft emphasized The inten-
ton Of the administration 10 follow
| the policies laid down by Theodore
Roosevelt with reference TO the conser-
walton of resources. including the re-
| clamation of land. preservation of for
ests and deepening of water ways. He
also repeated the pledge of his admin
such additional legislation as is neces
sary from time to time to regulate
railroads and industrial corporations.
The President said:
We are entering upon an era Of
prosperity that | hope will be excep-
tional even in the history of our pros
perity. but in doing so we must be
careful not to forget the obligation
there is upon us to adopt such legisla-
tive measures in State and nation as
shall prevent a recurrence OF the
abuses which were brought so plainly
to the mind of the people by my prede-
cessor. Theodore Roosevelt.
1T is easy when you are comfort
able. and when the income is coming
in. to think that everything is all
right, but it is just about that time
when the sappers and miners begin
their work on the foundations OF So
ciety with reference to the abuses to
which | have referred.
And this administration is pledged
with the aid of the people to put on
the statute books such additional le.,
islation as shall clinch the advance in
the standards of business and in the
management of railroads and indus
trial corporations which were set ~
by my predecessor in his talks TO the
people and in his messages to Con
! gress.
Il think we have made great ad
vances under his influence, but We
must not stop. He took up the ques
ton of conservation of our resources
including the reclamation of land. the
preservation of forests, the deepening
of our water ways, and pledged all his
efforts in the direction of a scientific
solution of these questions. Such
policy can't be brought to culmina
ton in one administration or two oil
three. All that each one can say while
he is responsible is that his best eff
forts will be devoted to carrying oui
these policies, not only TO devoting the
government attention, but also in en-
couraging the use of private capital
and private effort in the same direc
tion {"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

The Southern States have a coast
line of 3,007 miles as against the coast
line of the Northern Atlantic States
of SIS miles, and of the Pacific coast
OF 1857 miles. In the matter of i'm
ports-goods coming to America for
distribution-the three great ports of
Boston. Philadelphia and New York
have increased in eight years 20 per
cent The southern ports have in
creased 102 per cent.
The rivers of the south navigable
are more than two to one when COM
pared with any other portion of the
United States. Within the Southern
States is grown all that men need TO
wear or eat that can be grown from
the north temperate to the semi
tropics. The South has the cheapest
land in the country. How much of
our possibilities can be made of no
effect by a reputation for not punish.
ing crime?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Do animals reason?

Do animals reason?
1t is a question that has absorbed
scientists with increasing interest ever
since the days when Prof. Garner en-
sconced himself in a cage in the jun
giles of Darkest africa and attempted
to converse with the resident monkeys.
According to the professors reports,
the apes whose acquaintance he made
during his visit not only reasoned, but
had well-defined language of their
own. and the learned man went to far
as to suggest a monkey grammar, had
be only patience enough to jungle his
time. ENGAGED in that far-Off land.
Prof. Gamers opinions, however,
have been regarded by conservative
scientists as more the result Of enthu-
siasm and vivid Imagination than absO-
lutte fact. But while biologists have
taken his statements with grain OF
salt. his Investigations into The reason
ing power of animals aroused an in
terest never felt before. CuratOrs and
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

and languid. and when / was able to
get around / could not do my work.
The first box OF Doan's Kidney Pills
helped me so much that | kept on
using them until rid of every symp-
tom Of kidney trouble. During the
past three years l have enjoyed excel
lent health
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. SO cents a box. Foster.
Milburn Co.. Buffalo. ~. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Left n Name behind.

Daniel-Hello, Jim. Who be yew a.
digging that ole for?
Jim-Old Lawyer Skinner-'e died
yesterday
Daniel-Oh, what complaint?
Jim-Not a word O. complaint. Fam.
lily rather pleased than otherwise
Ally Sloper's.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
What Jimmie wouId Have Done.

Jimmie gigsled when the teacher
read the story of the Roman who
swan across the Tiber three times be-
fore breakfast.
You do not doubt a trained SWIM
mer could do that, do you, james,"
No, sir" answered Jimmie; but
wondered why he didn't make it four
and get back to the side his clothes
were on.'-Success.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

DO you ever have any secrets from
your wife,
No" answered Mr.. Meekton. Il
have sometimes thought | had, but
always found out my mistake. Wash
ington Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

six years ago / began
to suffer with kidney
rou lie and grew
steadily worse until
my health was all bro
ken down. For weeks
/ was in bed and
could not turn over
without being helped.
My back was stiff and
painful. / was tired
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
una.r Certain circumstances.

lis il true. doctor, asked the sum-
mer girl. "tnat eating cucumbers viii
remove freckles?''
"Of course" replied DR.. kidder. In
certain circumstances"
Really. What circumstances2
We'll. provided the freckles are on
the cucumbers. Answers
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

Jack-Widows are wiser than maids
in one respect. at least.
Tom-What's the answer?
Jack-They never let good chance
go by, thinking that better one will
come their way.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
The One Exception.

Isn't your climate rather change
able?"
Yes" answered Farmer Corntossel
81 reckon we have about every kind
of weather there is. except good
weather. Washington Star
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
A Rare Good Thing.

"Am using Aliens Foot-Ease. and can
truly say would not have been without IL
so long. had / known the relief II would
give my aching feet. think IL a rare good
thing for anyone having sore or tired feet
Mrs. Matilda Holtwert Providence. r
I" Sold by all Druggists. 25c. Ask today.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

Seven of a dozen samples of gluten
feed recently analysed at the New
York experiment station were found
to be artifcially colored with dyes
dangerous to stock.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

Trade of the United States with its
non-contiguous territory in the fiscal
year 1909 exceeded that of any previ-
Gus year and was more than three
times as much as decade ago.