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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24
Odds md Enda.

The men of Australia outnumber the
women by 247.00O.
The actual cost of the Suez canal
was $1O0,OO0,0OO.
Spain produces over 1900, oo0, 600
corks every year.
One-third of Britain's telegraph op
orators are women.
The linen industry of Ireland EN-
ploys 10000 persons.
Great Britain's golfers use half o
million balls each week.
Steel pens were made in Birming
ham, England, first in 1906.
The largest monastery in the world
is the Franciscan. at Quito, Ecuador
Copper and wire sheets are now pro
duced direct from the crude metal by
one process.
The worlds postal business is in
creasing at the rate of per cent per
annum.
If a human being continued to grow
at the same rate as he does in his
first year he would be sixty-eight feet
tall at the age of 10.
At the desire of the President, Mrs
Taft refrains from driving a gasoline
automobile and operates an electric We
hicle over the streets of Washington.
The United States annually exports
more cottonseed oil than all the other
countries in the world combined-42,-
100000 out of 100000 gallons.
1t is stated that the late Duke OF
Pless left personal property to the
value of s4,150,000. In his will he left
nothing to his servants, with the single
exception of his valet, in whose arms
he died.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24
SSSSSSSSSSS
Cause of Limberneck.


Limberneck with chickens is caused
by the birds eating decaying flesh or
9th containing maggots. The mag
COTS lodge in the throat of the bird,
causing paralysis of the muscles OF
the neck and consequently inability to
swallow food When affected the
chicken remains inactive in one place
for days at a time without control of
Its neck to take food or drink, it grad
ually dies of starvation and, perhaps,
slow poisoning. Very few that become
afflicted ever recover.
Not much can be done with chick
en- suffering with limberneck. Soft
bread soaked with turpentine or kero-
sene is said to be effective in remov-
ing the cause, if the case is taken in
time
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24
Eruif Tree Eorers.

The adult of this insect is a beetle.
1t lays eggs, probably mostly in April
and May. in crevices in the bark of
suitable trees. usually on the south
west side. The eggs hatch in few
days, and the young grubs eat theii
way through the bark and burrow in
the wood, sometimes completely grid
ling the tree. BY next spring the
grub has grown to full size. 1t then
bores outward nearly through the bark
of the tree, and then undergoeS trans.
formation into a pupal stage, CORE
spending to the chrysalis of a butter
fly. After about three weeks in this
condition, the adult beetle emerges
from the skin or case of the pupa, cuts
a hole through the bark, and comes
out prepared to do it's part in the
work of laying more eggs.
Several methods are used to check
the work of the borers. The presence
of the borers In the trees may be de-
tected by discolorations of the bark,
by the emulation of sap or gum, or
by the presence of castings beneath
the burrow. In such cases, If the bur.
rows be not too deep or too long, the
borers may be killed with a pointed
wire. Otherwise they may be destroy.
ed by cutting them out with knife,
or by pouring kerosene or hot water
into the holes.
hnC 20 bot 1.a hrr
is by preventing the laying of eggs on
the bark of the tree trunks. Wrapping
the trunk with newspaper or wrapping
paper is one of the easiest and best
methods of securing this result, and
1t has the advantage that besides keep
ing the female beetles from the bark,
the paper protects the bark from the
injurious effect of the heat of the sun
Paper used for this purpose should
cover the tree trunk completely, and
be held in place by Irvine not strong
enough to injure the growing tree
Soil should be drawn up an inch or
two around the paper at the foot of
the tree. to prevent the female beetles
from getting inside the paper from
below, and the top of the paper should
be made to fit the bark closely. A
band of cotton lint just inside the top
of the paper will serve to keep the fe.
males out from above.
Various washes have been used to
prevent the insects from laying their
eggs on the bark or to kill the newly
Matched grubs before they make their
way into the bark, but il is not GER
tain that the use Of these will always
be found profitable.
Even more important than protect
ing the bark of the trees from the
egs-laying female beetles is the mat
Ter of keeping the trees in vigorous
condition by proper cultivation of the
soil. Grass and weeds should not b.
allowed to take the moisture needed
by the trees. After rains the crust OF
the soil should be broken into a fine
mulch to reduce the rate of evapora.
ton from the soil. 1t is also recon-
mended that trees be headed low, sc
that the leaves may shade the trunk
from the hot midday sun.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24
Civil War Stories
To an Old Battle Flag.


o Flag of olden glory, with your strikes
ali battle-marred
All ragged with the conflict, and your
staff so bullet-scarred,
And spotted by the manly hands, that
carried you ahead,
That comrades brave might follow on
where'er their banner led
Unfold TO me the story; tell me of the
battles crush;
A great advancing multitude, the ardor
and the flush
Of bravery upon the cheek, the wildness
of the eye,
Of noble ones so strong of heart, who
never feared to die.
| gaze at you in wonder, and / ponder
DER the past,
hear the din of voices, and 1 see the
boys enmassed;
The fife and drum are playing, as they
grandly march away,
While mothers weep, and children cheer
them onward to the fray.
l hear the blare of bugles, and the thun-
der of the guns;
The rattle of the musketry; | see the fall
len ones
The thinning of the ranks of blue, and
you still flying on
Amid the night of battle, as triumphant
as the dawn.
And now you seem to drop from sight
your bearer fell to die;
But comrades in defiance spring and
fling you toward the sky;
Again your tattered form is there-the
same Red, White and Blue!
While eager soldiers cheer you on and
follow after you.
o the screaming of the shot and shell !!
the wounded sick with pain,
And little rivulets of blood that flow like
summer rain;
The rushing of the cavalry; the smoke
above the fray,
That almost hides your glory from the
brightness of the day,
But now encased in glass you stand,
where ne'er breath may touch
Your sacred folds of memory; nor yet a
hand may clutch
The staff that heroes carried in the days
of battle strife,
OF plumber, hate and courage, when man
gave life for life.
Old Flag, amid the silence, the battles
all are DER;
OF them / dream. though peace supreme
prevails from shore to shore;
And softly through the marbled halls,
the sons of men come down,
And bare their heads to you, old flag,
TO honor your renown.
For Time has turned the crimson page
and laid the sabers by;
The nation grows in peace, and foes are
friends beyond the sky;
A tide of blood has ceased to flow; q
food of tears to fall;
One hope. one Flag, one country and God
watching DER it all
George r. Harrison, Valparaiso, Ind.
in Indianapolis News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24
When to Prune.

With most orchardists and garden.
ers pruning can be be done during the
winter or early spring months, and
where the object is the removal of
small branches this season is undoubt-
edly quite as satisfactory as any 9TH
ers. In fact, pruning during late
spring, about the time or just previ-
Gus to the beginning of growth, is par
ticularly advantageous with the peach,
because at that season, as rule, all
injury to the annual growth from win
ter killing will be apparent and the
primer can take advantage of this to
remore all dead or injured branches
and at the same time modify his plan
so as to leave maximum quantity of
wood in order to secure a profitable
crop of fruit, which might not be pos
sible were the usual practice of re-
moving one-half the annual growth
followed in such seasons. With the
apple and pear, which suffer less from
winter killing, the annual pruning can
as we'll be done in February or March,
in the North, as at any other season.
With the grape, however, which is
likely to produce heavy flow of sap
If the pruning is delayed until late in
the season, 1t is undoubtedly best to
do the pruning during the late fall
and early winter months. Any sub
stance which is not corrosive or detri-
mental to growth which will protect
the heartwood from the attacks of rot
ing for a cut surface. Among such
substances may be mentioned white
lead, yellow ochre, coal tar and graft
ing wax.-Corbett, United States De-
partment of Agriculture
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24
Not Trayelin. Incor.

"Hi, there." said the park policeman.
keep of the grass :"
The weary wayfarer who was lying in
the shade of huge oak tree turned bis
head languidly and looked at the sparrow
cop.
IF you're talkin' 10 me. awfcer," he
said. "me name amt Keepoh de Grasse.
l amt no nobleman in rejooced circum-
st'nces. I'm a independent American citi-
zen. an me names Wareham Long,
Rolling a little farther away from the
encroaching sunshine. he closed his eyes
and went 10 sleep again.-Chicago Trib-
upa
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24

etable Compound had helped her, and
i tried it, and after the third bottle
was cured. Mrs. ALvENA SPERLNG,
IL Langdon Street, Chicago, Ill.
If you are i'll do not drag along at
home or in your place of employment
until an operation is necessary, but
build up the feminine system, and re-
move the cause of those distressing
aches and pains by taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs.
For thirty years it has been the STAN
dard remedy for female ills, and has
positively restored the health of thou
sands of womenwho have been troubled
with displacements, Inflammation, Ill
ceratiOn, ibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, bearing-down
feeling, fiatulency, indigestion, dizzi-
ness, or nervous prostration. Why
don't you try it?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24

Judge Garnett Andrews of Wash
ington, Ga, was stoutly opposed TO Sc
cession. but made no objection TO his
sons going into the Confederate army.
In "The Wartime Journal of a Geor-
gia Girl his daughter, Miss Eliza F.
Andrews, describes the night when the
news came that Georgia had seeded.
while the people of the village were
celebrating the event with bonfires and
bell ringing and speech making" writes
Miss Andrews. my father shut him
self up In his house. darkened the win
dows. and paced up and down the
room in the greatest agitation.
''Now and then. when the noice of
the shouting would penetrate to our
ears through tina closed doors and win
dows. he would pause and exclaim.
Poor fools. They may ring their
bells now. but they wiring their hands.
yes. their hearts, too, before they are
done with it.
This scene made a deep impression
On my mind. Ny sister Meta and
were pouting in a corner because he
would not allow us to 90 ard see the
fun. My two brothers. Henry and Gar
nett. were taking an active part in the
celebration. and I myself had helped
10 make the flag that was waving in
honor OF the event.
MY brother Henry, who was about
as hot-headed a fire-eater as could be
found In the South, had brought the
material 10 his young wife, Cora. and
we made II on the sly, well knowing
that our Bonnie Blue Flag would soon
become n conquered banner or rather
coniscated one, if father should get
wind Of what we were about
ct consisted of a large five-pointed
star, the emblem OF state rights. and
was made Of white domestic, on a field
Of blue. The star was afterward
ripped off in the strenuous days when
our boys were following the Stars and
Bars and the blue field field was
used TO line the blanket of a Confed-
crate soldier What was left of II
when he came back is still preserved
In the family"
In Miss Andrews journal another
entry contains reference TO her faith
er's loyalty.
washington is now a thoroughfare
for both armies she writes. About
noon to-day body of Yankees went by,
going east. There were several COM
panies of negroes among them, and
their hateful flag floating in triumph
over their head.
Il was so enranged that | said I
wished the wind would tear ii to
pieces. Then father took me by the
shoulder and said that If / didn't
change my way of thinking about the
flag Of my country he would send me to
my room and keep me there a week.
We had never known anything but
peace and security and protection I'M
Ter that flag, he said, as long as we
remained true to it. 1t made me think
Of that night when Georgia seeded.
What would father have done if he
| 1ad known that that secession flag was
made in his house? 1t pinches my con-
science, sometimes, when | think about
Ii"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24
General Grant and His SON.


General Frederick Dent Grant, eld-
est son of the great Civil War COM
mander recently described to a report
er OF the Philadelphia Record his own
first battle" He had left Memphis,
where his mother and the children
were to join his father
/ left her, and found father on
gunboat in the Mississippi river We
slept on the deck. One morning he
was missing and General Lorenzo
Thomas told me he had gone to Port
Gibson. | was TO remain where / was
until he came back. General Thomas
was pale and looked worried. Every
little while We would hear the firing
of cannon.
Some troops were being formed on
the bank to march away to battle, and
a rabbit ran along the line between
them and the river ! asked General
Thomas to let me go ashore and catch
the rabbit. The rabbit had disappear.
ed, of course; but / got on land Dis.
obeying orders, / started for Port Glib
son, some seventeen miles distant
Having no horse, l walked.
the afternoon ! met battery that
was getting ready to go into action.
stopped for while, but artillery fire
didn't interest me very much. Several
regiments of infantry were fighting in
the low ground below, howevAr, and
went to them.
Presently the climax of the battle
occurred / saw our troops rush for.
ward and knew the enemy had given
way. Night came on and 1 walked
among our men in the moonlight.
followed four soldiers who were carry.
ing dead man in a blanket.
Soon l was at little schoolhouse
that had been turned into P hospital.
Surgeons were tossing amputated arms
and legs out of the windows. The yard
Of the schoolhouse was filled with
wounded and groaning men, who were
waiting for the surgeons. l picked
my way among them to the side OF
the road and sat on the roots of
tree. l was hungry, thirsty and worn
out, and worse than all, didn't know
whether my father were living or
dead
No boy was ever more utterly
wretched. | had seen my first battle.
Then an orderly, who had been carry,
ing messages, for my father. rode up
He took of his saddle, gave 1t to me
for a pillow and covered me with his
saddle cloth. In short time he re
turned and took me to father, whom
found sitting on camp stool back OF
the schoolhouse, drinking a tin CUP
of hot coffee. / expected to get q
sharp reproof for my disobedience.
How did you get here?" he asked
II walked"
He looked at me for moment and
then said, II guess you will do" And
there was no anger in his face. May
be, was mistaken, but l half-believed
he was not sorry that / left the gun
boat.
The next day l was given AN enor
nous horse, grown white from age"
as my father says in his memoirs. and
] rode back to the gunboat. Charles A
Dana, then an officer Of the war de.
partment, and afterward editor of the
New York Sun, riding a raw-boned
mate of my horse, went along with
me.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24
He Knew the Countersign.

The colored brother has wonderful
capacity for adapting a word to his
senses. During the war" relates q
well-known veteran, I'VE often had
trouble in getting up list OF counter
signs. / had the matter in charge, and
took a list of European battles. 1t was
a colored regiment The countersign
for the night was 'Austerlitz' In the
evening / tried to get into the lines
and was halted. / gave the counter
sign, 'Austerlitz.'
Dat amt right, sah," said the
darby, and he called the provost, who
was also colored. When that officer
came l complained that the sentry
didn't know the countersign.
What is it, sah?' asked the pro-
yost Of me.
'Austerlitz,' I answered.
"'You are wrong, sah.' said he.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24

One fancies that few types of men
can, from time to time, have afforded
royalty more amusement of a quiet
sort than provincial mayors of Eng.
land. From the Foreland to Pen
zance," by Give Holland, contains the
story of mayor of Weymouth who,
during one of the visits of King
George to the town, was destined to
afford comic relief" to a ceremony OF
some Importance.
The occasion was the presentation
OF an address of welcome to the king,
and we are told that the mayor, on
approaching to present il. to the as.
constituent and dismay of all, instead
of kneeling, as he had been told to
do, seized the queens hand to shake
1t as he might that of any other lady.
Colonel Gwynne, the master of the
ceremonies, hurriedly told him of the
faux pas, saying, You should have
kneeled, SIR
Sir, | cannot was the reply.
Everybody does. sir" holly assert
ed the colonel.
The mayor grew red, and evidently
much upset, exclaimed, "Confound it,
sir, but I've got a wooden Leg"
History records that "a smile suf-
fused the face of her majesty. and the
King laughed outright"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24
Our Railroads.

Now here, We might as we'll speak
plainly about this matter. Some peo-
pie OF late seem to have acquired the
incendiary opinion that our railroads
exist for the purpose of serving the
public. Accordingly the legislators
seek to regulate passenger rates. Ac-
cordingly, also, when the railroads at
tempt to raise freight rates they are
met with violent objections on the
part of the shippers. Accordingly,
also further, when the railroads pro-
pose to lower wages they are met
with stern refusals from selfish en-
ployes. Now all this antagonism
comes, as indicated above, from an
erroneous conception as TO the proper
function of a railroad.
The proper function of a railroad is
to pay dividends, not to speak of sal.
aries and interest on bonds. Can il
be claimed for a moment that the
sacred right of eminent domain, SO
extensively employed in providing
valuable rights of way, would have
been exercised for purpose any less
noble than dividends? Some people
seem to have lost all sense of proper.
ton amid our modern strenuosities
Let 1t be understood, once and for all,
that IL we cannot run our railroads SO
that some one can make money on
them, We shall simply have to get
along without them altogether.-Ellis
O. ZONES In Success Magazine
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24
WON'T MIX.
had Food and Good Health Won't
MIX.


Mix.
The human stomach stands much
abuse, but it won't return good health
if you give it bad food.
If you feed right you will feel right,
for proper food and good mind is
the sure road to health.
"A year ago became much alarmed
about my health, for l began to suffer
after each meal no matter how little
ate." says a Denver woman.
II lost my appetite and the very
thought of food grew distasteful, with
the result that | was not nourished
and got weak and thin.
MY home cares were very heavy,
for beside a large family of my own l
have also to look out for an aged
mother. There was no one to Shout
der my household burdens, and come
what might / must bear them, and
this thought nearly drove me frantic
when ] realized that my health was
breaking down.
II read an article in the paper
about some one with trouble just like
mine being cured on Grape-Nuts food
and acting on this suggestion / gave
Grape-Nuts trial. The first dish of
this delicious food proved that | had
struck the right thi.g.
MY uncomfortable feelings in stom-
ach and brain disappeared as If by
magic and in All incredibly short space
Of time l was again myself. Since
then l have gained IL pounds in
weight through summer of hard
work and realize l am a very differ
ent woman, all due to the splendid
food, Grape-Nuts."
There's Reason" Trial will
prove. Read the famous little book
The Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
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, 1909-06-24
For Example.

Woman may be uDcertain and coy"
remarked the boarding house philosopher,
'but she isn't hard TO please. That's
where the poet is wroag.'
What new light have you had on that
subject, Mr. McGinnis:' asked the land
lady.
Shell put up with almost any kind
of stick for a husband and wear any old
thing on her head for a hat"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24

"Bings is afraid that he may be pros
ecuted for polygamy."
why, he is married to only one
person, amt he?"
That is what he thought for a
while, but now it appears that he mar
ried her whole family, and there are
seven of them. "-California Weekly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24

Concerning the reliability of things
In print, it is recalled that Charles
Sumner criticised General Grant saw
agely, and some time after some one
was talking to Grant about atheism in
New England and remarked, Even
Sumner does not believe in the Bible. ="
why should he?" quietly replied
Grant. He didn't write ii"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24
Placing Boys on Farms.

Bert Hall, who has been the CHIEF
truant officer of Milwaukee several
years. has inaugurated a system which
promises to go far toward solving one
of the most bothersome problems
which perplex the school and police
authorities of nearly every city.
A year ago Milwaukee was full OF
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24

operation. / had
already had two
operations. and
they wanted me to
60 through a third
one. / suffered day
and night from in
fammation and a
small tumor, and
never thought of
seeing a well day
a gain. A friend
told me how Lydia
r. Pinkham'S Veg
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24

81 was put under arrest. and II took
the colonel to get me out. What do
you suppose the darkies had made out
of the original couD tersign? oyster
shells'"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24
SORE EYES CURED.

LAoS DtCahc
bly, In1am ed-Was Unable TO Go
About-An Treatments Failed
Cuticura Proved Successful.
About two years ago my eyes got
in such a condition that l was unable
to go about. They were terribly in
famed, both the balls and lids. / tried
home remedies without relief. Then /
decided to go to our family physician,
but he didn't help them. Then l tried
two more of our most prominent ply
sicians, but my eyes grew continually
worse. At this time friend of mine
advised me to try Cuticura Ointment,
and after using 1t about one week my
eyes were considerably improved and
in two weeks they were almost we'll
They have never given me any trouble
since and l am now sixty-fve years
old. l shall never fail to praise Cuti-
cura. G. 3. Halsey, Mouth of Wilson,
Va. April 4, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole
Props. Of Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24
THIRD
OPERATION
PREVENTED
ByLydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound

Chicago, Ill 81 want to tell you
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for me. i was so sick
that two of the best doctors in Chicago
said / would die if / did not have an
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24

The total number of immigrants
coming into the United States since
1920, the year of earliest record, ex-
ceeds 26.000.000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-24

Organizes and lawns are shown in such
pretty robe designs, both simple and elab-
crate. The one sketched here is quite
plain, and just the thing for morning wear.
Belt and sash are of the material. Ths
waist is finished with "German Va" Of
good strong pattern that stands tub
bing' we'll,