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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Volcano at Matavanu.


The volcano of Matavanu, in Savail,
one OF the German Samoan islands,
was formed by an explosive eruption
in 1905. Describing it to the London
Geographical society, Dr. Il. Anderson
states that the discharge of fluid basic
lava has run by devious course of
about fen miles to the sea, depositing
fields CT both shaggy and cindery lava,
filling q valley to depth of 400 feet.
and covering the most fertile land.
Like Kilanea, the crater contains a
lake Of incandescent lava. This is s.,
fluid that 1t beats in waves on the
walls, rises in fountains of liquid ba
salt, and tumbles in a cataract into.
subterranean channel, by which IL
reaches the sea, causing explosions.
it'll showers of mud and hot frag-
rents, and the emission of clouds OF
steam.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Former New York Judge Improves on
German Idea and His Plants
Rush Season.

New York.-The newest thing in
scientific soil tilling is the electric
farm" Ex-Judge Thomas II. Williams
Of Brooklyn is making the experiment
lie has purchased two-acre plot
East Northport. l.. l., on winch he
trying TO grow crops with the aid -
electricity.
While the general scheme is not
entirely new, Mr.. Williams thinks he
has improved on the methods en-
ployed by experimenters near Ores
den, Germany. There the electric cur
rents were passed through atmosphere
surrounding young plants. 1t was
found that, while the growth was &C.
CELEBRATED to slight extent, it was not
enough to warrant the expense of the
electrical equipment.
Mr.. Williams has strung wires on
poles about dozen feet above the
ground in which seeds are planted
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28

Nine weeks later Sylvia sat reading
with overnight, indignant eyes the
Following letter from her lover.
Boston, Mass, December 3.
Dear Little Girl-Why did you run
away without one word of farewell?
Is it possible that, after everything,
you can still be in the dark about how
1 feel toward you? Have 1 been mis-
taken in assuming that you felt the
same?
My last conscious thought before
that frightful accident was of you;
my first on reawakening to the ration
al world was of-you. My very first
act on being released from the cruel
BILE of nurses and doctors was to hast
en- to Wildmere, only to find you thou
sands of miles away-and not one
word or line of explanation,
THE governor and my mater were
so cut up about the accident that
have concluded to retire from the
gridiron for the present. Thus you
see, everything considered. return to
college very detected and gloomy
sooh. Will you not drop me a line
from the far off orient that life may
seem something less than a blank
dear, and the world a nabitable place
instead of one vast, aching wilderness?
"As always.
Billy"
Sylvia read The letter several times
with variety of emotions Then she
,.r,f,
trash basket Afterward. she went
over to her writing desk and penned
a cloudy polite little note in reply
that effectually shut off any possible
excuse for further correspondence.
When the letter was sealed, the little
resolute line of her lips relaxed into
quivering and she broke into storm
of tears.
Early in the following autumn the
Marburys returned to America.
1t was on glorious November
morning that Sylvia came in, flushed,
from a downtown expedition. and hur-
ried straight to the little white sitting
room in their new apartments at a
fashionable New York hotel
4. Without stopping to remove her hat.
she turned her bag upside down,
.emptying the contents on a small. onyx
table. There were several new post
cards, half dozen newspaper clip
pings, a few half-tones-of Brown.
She opened her scrapbook and
pasted them all in with painstaking
fingers Never had there been a man
like Brown on the Yale gridiron.
Every day added fresh laurels to his
already brilliant record. He was wor-
SHIPPED by his classmates, idolized by
his team and adored by the girls.
From the wreck of her shattered
hopes, Sylvia had risen to join I'm the
universal hero worship. On her pan-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28

conditions as the COW had been SUBJ
jected 70, and / thought of my patients
who felt upset after breakfast.
Since then | have advised my pa
tents to drink weak tea with little
lemon juice in it instead of milk, and
the results have been good.
Unfortunately, boiling the milk Is
not of much use, for these toxins are
not germs, but definitely poisonous
secretions, very little. if at all. af-
fected by heat.
THE remedy is TO keep COWS calm
and to drive them very quietly to the
milking place.
"If one is at all sensitive to alimen-
tary irregularities milk should never
be taken unless it is certain that the
cow from which it comes was not I'M
duly disturbed for at least eight hours
before she was MIXED.
Milk from COW that has been in a
violent temper, or has been thorough.
ly frightened, might easily have Sc
rious effect upon a child-throw his
blood out of order and upset his
nerves for day or two. In extreme
cases 1t might produce pronounced
gastric trouble. very difficult to dag
nose and to treat"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
DIES LAUGHING AT A JOKE
Heart Failure Causes Death OF Johiest
Member of Maryland Merry
Making Party.

Baltimore, Md.-Just one minute
after laughing heartily over a joke
that was sprung by one OF his COM
panions, Antoine Zeitvogel, 4S years OF
age, of SIG South Bentalou street,
gasped slightly and expired Zeit-
vogel was visiting his friend, Michael
Maximov. on South Bruce street.
In the dining-room he, with several
other men. was swapping stories. Zeit-
vobel had just concluded a side-split-
ting yarn, and another member had
stepped UP to narrate good one.
When he finished Zeitvogel roared
with laughter. Suddenly his face be-
came discolored and he gasped for
breath. Alarmed, the other men
jumped up to aid him, but before they
could reach him Zeitvogel was dead
from heart failure.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Many Do Not Find Their Spheres of
Greatest Usefulness Until They
Reach Middle Age.

This matter of choosing ones life
work is one of the severest tasks a
person has to meet Many men do
not find their spheres of greatest use
fulness until middle age, while other
never find them. Education ought
help one to find his true sphere. The
great difficulty with so many young
beople is they show an adaptability TO
sao many things; they become what
their fellows or instructors call versa
file. The versatile man sometimes Is
the worst handicapped man. He can
do a dozen things fairly well and ne
spends his time between them. scat
tering his fire. instead of concentra-
ting On one object a single purpose
and learning to do that in the aggre-
gate better than he could do each OF
he eleven. The man who, with bent
for music, can play half dozen in
,truments, Is not nearly SO likely t
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
AH-Night Bank Didn't Pay

lights burning within the institution
were regarded almost as reverently
as altar flames.
The midnight telers were consid-
cred as the highest type of metropoli-
tan enterprise and progress. But
lately the directors of the Night and
Day bank have noticed that while the
lights burn brightly and the institu-
ton is pointed out with pride by New
Workers escorting rural cousins about
the city, and loudly proclaimed by the
orators on the sightseeing automo-
biles, little business was done after
six o'clock. So having more regard
for dividends than for furnishing an
object of tourist interest, the direct
ors have decreed that hereafter the
bank will open at eight o'clock in the
morning and close at midnight.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
SCIENCE;
AND
lNvFNTI()N
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

Violet tinted potatoes are said to
stand highest in nutritive value.
AS general rule, mans hair
turns gray five years earlier than
woman's.
Infants foods form a considerable
item of importation. SAL, 900 worth in
1908.
During the year 1909 the London
dogcatchers caught $4,000 and dis
patched 21,253.
SO powerful are the jaws of a wasp
that the insect has been known to
puncture a sea shell.
In strong contrast to the many hot
water geysers of Yellowstone park.
a new one elects ice cold water.
To gather pound of honey, scien-
lists have figured that bees make
nearly $4,000 trips from their hive.
Banana oil, applied with a soft
brush to any metal surface after pol
ishing is a good preventive of rust
Balloons are usually yellow, because
that color protects the rubber used
as outer sheath against the disin-
tegrating effects of light.
In certain parts of Mexico the ma
tives hang the nests of a large species
of spider in their houses to entrap
flies and other small insects.
A single cylinder engine of 5000
horsepower, weighing close to 100000
pounds, recently was built in Ohio
for use In steel rolling mill.
To deal cards from a pack without
danger of misdeals or turning them
over is the idea of a machine recent
ty patented by New York man.
A baseball with a cork core instead
of one of solid rubber, the invention
of Philadelphia has been officially
adopted by one of the big leagues
A French aeronaut has patented
balloon which, when Debated, can be
packed in its basket and the entire
equipment carried on mans back.
AS space saver for small houses
a Kansas man has invented folding
stairs. operated on the lazy tongs
principle by a hand wheel and gear
ing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28

to the back of the base, on top, is a
curved wire that serves as a tail sup
port and in front is another curved
wire, terminating at the bottom in
spring. that holds the head This wire
is turned to one side when laid back
against the base so the head will lie
fiat. A collapsible body with thin
wire ribs is stretched over these wire
supports so that when they are opened
up the body is stretched out In SEM
blance of the form of duck. Hunt
ers who have logged along the bulky
old style ducks on their trips will APP
preciate the advantage of one of this
kind that can be adjusted in a jiffy
and is light and practically indestruct-
ible
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
S RES5iasA!lha1sa
aA'laIal\p7l
CRIME AND DRINK IN CANADA
STATISTICS Show That Convictions Due
to Liquor Has Increased
Considerably.

Criminal statistics for the year end.
ed September. 1906. have tust been
issued by the census bureau at Otta-
wa. They look somewhat antiquated
now. but as they are the latest avail
able, some Of the facts given are still
OF interest. The figures deal sep
arably with indictabie offences and
summary convictions, the latter refer
ring to cases disposed of by justices
OF the peace. British Columbia, Mani
toba and Ontario show a crime record
remarkable figures relate to the mari
time provinces. where the Scott act IL
in force in most counties, but especi-
ally Prince Edward island. the Only
province in the dominion with pro-
vincial prohibition. Ontario's crime
ratio for 10000 of the population
shows gradual increase: 1s97-1900.
1894; 1900-1905. 1898; 1906. 1883.
OF the total number of persons con-
victed during the f1ve-year period end.
Ing with 1905 there was an average Of
Sc per cent. who used liquor moder-
ately and 33 per cent. who were inn
moderate drinkers. For the second
period ending with 1905 there was an
average of so per cent. moderate and
Is immoderate drinkers, as compared
with 81 per cent. moderate and % per,
cent moderate drinkers for 1905. Tbs
balance Of the 100 In each period were
either nondrinkers or not given.
Dealing with summary convictions.
which are for offences such as as
saults. breaches Of the peace, infrac-
tons of various laws. such as liquor
license act, etc., and such other Of.
fences as vagrancy. drunkenness. and
disorderly conduct. the report states
that the number of summary convic-
tons has increased considerably
throughout the several provinces dur
Ing the last five years.
Durihg the years ending with 1905.
drunkenness represented about 35 per
cent. of the total summary convictions.
as compared with 40 per cent. for the
year 1906. Out OF the total number OF
persons convicted for drunkenness,
female offenders represented S.S7 per
cent for the ten years ending with
1906, as against. $40 per cent. for the
year 1906
Taking the year 1906. the following
table shows the percentage of convic-
lions for drunkenness of each prov
ince. with the percentage Of popula-
ton of the provinces:
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
FfEDIVG THf BABY G/RHSeE
KEEPING COW QUIET

even of pronounced, but irrational, APP
prehension.
This wears off and passes away
after lunch, especially if light wine or
a beverage containing lemon juice is
drunk with it.
Il got the clew TO the cause of these
symptoms the other week from farm
er l know, who sends a large quantity
of milk to London.
Milk warm from the COW is an ex-
cellent nerve tonic, and / went out in
the early morning to obtain glass of
it from the mixers, my farmer friend
coming with me.
"A large COW was being MIXED. and
l asked for a drink to be given me
from the pail
You'd better not have any of her
milk this morning. he said. One of
the cowmen has just told me that she
was chased by a dog in the night If
you drink her milk it may upset you
Then i remembered the toxins
thrown out by the blood under such
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
j seismoloolcaI Service in Chile.

Chile recently Joined the countries
having a archaeological service, which
now include Japan, Italy, Austria, Ger
many, France, Russia and the United
States. Stations for observing earth
quakes have been established from
Tacna to the South Sea islands, along
a meridian nearly 5000 miles long. and
$50 observers note the shocks at !.
different localities. In six months
different earthquakes have been
corded, making Chile rival of Japa
as the most shaken country. A move.
instrument at Santiago, the first of its
kind, is one by p. Maccioni that is
claimed to give warning of approach
ing earthquakes by its response to
electromagnetic waves set up In adj
vance of the shocks.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Transformation of Cats Fur.

remarkable transformation OF a
eats fur by temperature has been re-
~rted by Prof. A. c. Geddes of the,
lin Royal College of Surgeons. An
ack cat was accidentally shut up
ne refrigerating chamber of 2
II steamer in Sydney harbor, and
was not discovered until about thirty
two Jays later, when the ship was off
Alden. The cat was hardly recog-
nizabis, the. fur having become long
and thick, changing nearly TO white
on the back. Brought out into the in
tense aeat of the Red sea, the heavy
white coat rapidly fell out, and the
black sat was itself again before Lon
don was reached.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Choosing Your Life Work

play as well as the man who becomes
expert in the use of but one. The
versatile man is seldom more than
an amateur, being kept out of the pro-
fessional class simply because he has
never learned to concentrate his full
powers on one thing.s Young men and
women must look out for these pit
lis. The only talent that ever ac-
mpIished anything worth while is
nat trained along a certain, definite,
fixed line.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Starts an Electrical Farm

These wires combine high amperage
and low voltage. Windmills are used
TO generate the electricity. Part oil
the current is run into the storage
batteries for use when there is nc
wind to work the mills. Mr.. Viii
liams tried the scheme first on small
'ot at Central Slip, l.. l. He is said
have advanced the growth of his
iants three weeks. He is now ex
perimenting on larger scale.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
LONE SUBMARINE RESCUE SHIP
Germany, Alone Of All Nations, Pos.
sesses Vessel Capable of Dealing
With Accidents.

The French navy's lack OF adequate
means to rescue the submerged Plu-
viose. which was run down recently In
the English channel by the Calais,
Dover mail steamer. calls attention to
the fact that Germany alone of all
nations possesses vesse, capable Of
dealing with such accidents. Although
Germany has only eight completed UNI
derwater boats. compared with Great
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
0EC0Y DUCK is COLLAPSIBLE
Invention Will BE Found Convenient
to Hunters-Folded Into
Small Space.

A collapsiDle decoy duck that will
be found very convenient by hunters
has been invented by an Illinois man.
When not in use it can be folded into
a small compass and tucked away
anywhere. An oval base has two legs
hinged to the bottom so that the
decoy can either be fioated on the
water or stuck in the mud. Hinged
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Was 1t Brown?
BY Nellie Cravey Gilmore

AS long as she lived Sylvia would
never forget that dizzy walk home
from the hospital in the singing, pour
ing rain; the savage pleasure she ex-
perienced in the cruel way it whipped
her hot cheeks and half froze the an
CRY blood curdling fiercely through
her rebellious little body.
She had been fool to go there, OF
course. And she faced the verdict OF
her own common sense with the Keen
est serse Of humiliation she had ever
known To be refused admittance to
the room where her lover presumably
lay dying because she could not give
az affirmative answer to the atten-
dant's inquiry as to whether she were
anything to the patient" was bitter
enough of itself, but to come face TO
face with Chalmers's mother and AL
line Bester, about to enter where she
had been denied. and to be met by a
naughty stare of surprise from each.
made her young blood boil.
As a matter of fact they were ev-
erything 70 each other. Both she and
Chalmers knew that far better than
any spoken word or circlet of gold
could signify, but no formal engage
ment existed between them. and she
could not be the first to proclaim their
love
They told her at the hospital that If
he lived through the night the chances
were he would recover The follow
ing day paragraph in the paper stat
ed that young Chalmers was pro-
nounced comparatively out of danger.
A succeeding item limited at his ap-
preaching betrothal TO Alline Bester.
And within a week the young sullback
was on the rapid road to recovery.
The day before Chalmers was dis
charged from the hospital Sylvia. her
mother and father sailed for Japan.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Cheap Dresses Make Hit.

New York.-Twenty-seven OF the
243 girls who were graduated from
the Washington Irving high school the
other night received their diplomas
wearing dresses some of which cost
as little as Y cents and none more
than one dollar. Among the other ZIG.
some had on dresses that cost as high
as SIS. More than 1000 persons were
present. but not one person was found
who was able to pick out one of the
27 girls whose dress had been made
complete for less than one dollar.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Pursued by an ApparitIon.

That burglars have a keen sense OF
humor has often been demonstrated.
and merry thief turned up at Chi
cago the other day who, running I'M
expectedly into a policeman, explained
that he was fleeing from an appari-
ton, and was looking for police pro-
lection. The apparition in question
turned out to be night-shirted
'ouseholder whose home the fugitive
just robbed!
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Wholesome Substitute for Meat,
Says State Chemist of
Texas.
AS Manufactured In Lone Star State
Can Be Used as Human Food,
Is Professional and Scientific
Opinion of DR.. Traps.

College Station, Tex.-That cotton
seed flour, as manufactured by the
cotton oil mills of Texas, can be used
as a human food is the professional
and scientific opinion of DR.. G. S.
Traps, state chemist of Texas.
Ia explaining what cotton seed flour
is, DIR. Traps states that it is cotton
seed meal which has been especially
treated so as to remove the hulls as
thoroughly as possible. 1t is finely
ground, of a bright yellow color and
with pleasant odor and swedish taste.
According to the investigation made
by the state chemist. the following
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
PROPER POSITION FOR HANDS
Device intended to Start Beginner on
Piano In Right Way-corrects
Bad Habit.

One of the most serious things
that the piano teacher has to contend
with in her pupils, especially the very
young ones. Is the tendency to hold
the hands at point on level with
the keyboard or little below IT, 1t
IL essential for good playing tina. this
should be corrected, and the sooner
the better. for If this slovenly habit
gets the hold of one. it is very difficult
to change
A little device designed to correct
this trouble automatically has been
recently introduced, and 1t is shown in
the accompanying cut. Two brack-
cts secured to the instrument hold a
stiff wire in front and little above
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Electricity From Jordan River.

1t may seem sacrilegious but never
theless a company is being formed to
build light and power plant at the
falls of the Jordan between Meron
and Lake Galilee. The river at this
point makes a descent of 700 feet and
it Is planned to build the plant large
enough to supply all of the large towns
of Palestine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Rat Steals Hens Zoos.

Petersburg, Ind.-A sitting hen at
Charles Berridge's, just west of town.
has been losing the eggs placed under
her, until only one remained
Berridge kept close watch on the
hen and saw a large rat sneak TO the
nest. go under the hen, and soon ap.
pear with the egg which it rolled into
a hole near the poultry house.
An excavation was made and the
shells OF 10 eggs, all that had been
placed under the Zen, were found in
he rat hole
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28

tn. keys. SO that 1t is necessary for
tEs performer to hold the wrists high
erer lapse is made from the correct
position, the player is reminded of the
error by the wrist coming in contact
with the wire. When once the correct
habit is acquired, the device may be
removed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
TopIess Potatoes.

Lewistown, Pa--Parks Murtiff, pro-
prietor of the st. Charles hctel, owns a
farm in the vicinity of Burnham park.
and his farmer called him over and in
formed him that he was growing top
less potatoes.
An investigation proved that two
rows, supposed 20 have been early
rose seed, were absolutely without
sign of stalks; yet there are roots with
potatoes the size of large sheilbarks in
the rows.
The farmer says it's a good thing.
as it will fool the bugs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
PRODUCING Magnetism.

The magnetism with which Prof. S.
p. Thomson lately showed percept-
ible effect on the senses was produced
by q powerful alternating current in
n nine-inch coil of 50 turns of copper
wire. With his head in the coil, the
observer in the dark perceived a flick
ering blush light, and in broad day
light the Pickering persisted.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Ticket Gives Fare Due.

A taximeter for use on public We
hicles, now being tested by the Lon
don authorities, issues a ticket at the
end of the journey stating the amount
t fare due.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28

An Ohioan has patented devise to
turn automobile lamps with the
wheels to illuminate the road In round
;rg corners.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28

An apparatus has been patented to
convey concrete through pipes by air
pressure from a tank to the place
where It Il to be used.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28

The saloon is the poor mans
club" but the saloon Keeper is the
one who yields it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28

Edison. when asked il he ever
drank, replied: No; have better
use for my byains."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28

The stamp of approval is apt to
come from those who are well
heeled