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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24
WILD GEESE IN KANSAS.
They Ale The Grass Fast if
Grew i'm the Early Days.

CAS- late as 1873 the wild geese in
Kansas for time ate all the grass as
fast as it grew during the time that
these birds stayed in this part OF the
country" said /. j. Beyers, an old set
tier of Reno County, the other day to
some people who were talking of
plaques like the grasshopper and hot
winds, according TO the Kansas City
Journal. "Old-time settlers in Reno
County will remember this and to the
people who knew OF the vast number
Of geese this will not appear incred-
ible.
The familiar sight in those years
of the long lines of geese in their
flight from the prairie to the river
with ineessant noise will never be for
gotten by the old settlers. Some
doubted whether or not the numerous
geese which came each fall would per-
nit the prospective farmer to enjoy
the wheat and corn he might coax
from an apparently grudging soil
MANY who wanted to appear wise
said that between the dry weather and
the grasshopper on one hand, and the
geese and predatory animals on the
other. farming was impossible or
scarcely remunerative and the whole
country would ultimately lapse back
into either a desert or wilderness, or
else be merely a cattle country. OF
course, the wish to some was the faith
er of the unwarfanted expression.
THE age which had just preceded
had witnessed vast herds of buffalo,
roaming at will. subsisting on the rich
heritage of the plains, and the country
was I'm a transitional state, which was
favorable TO the development and in
crease of other forms of life after the
buffaloes were slain. The latter fact
accounts for the unusually large num-
bers of wild geese after the buffaloes
were exterminated and also of the
grasshoppers and other insects which
gave the settlers much trouble"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24
ST. LOUIS COOPERATIVE CLUB.
Trades of All Kinds Taught Gratis
In This Church School

In This Church school.
The Rev. Elihu F. Harris. pastor of
the Clifton Heights Christian Church,
was busy in overalls Wednesday pack
ing up the effects of the Robertson
Printing Company preparatory to
transferring them TO the basement of
his church. the ST. Louis Republic
says.
There The plant will be set up and
used as one of the educational branches
of the Society of Applied Christianity,
OF which Dr. Harrie is national super
intendent.
For more than year the society has
conducted night school in the church
basement, teaching several scores OK
pupils various trades and along gen.
eral educational lines.
The idea, according to DR.. Harris, is
entirely cooperative, the students be-
ing admitted to the classes free of
charge 10 the members of the society.
From this fund a sick benefit is set
aside, the remainder going to main
tain the night school.
The instructors are members of the
congregation, who serve without re-
Enumeration.
DR.. Harris came here from Colorado.
where he organized sixteen chapters
of the society. That at the Clifton
Heights church is the only one east
Of Colorado.
I'VE work entirely in a spirit of
brotherly love-" Dr.. Harris said.
There are thousands of young people
who wish to advance themselves, but
lack the opportunity Our desire IS
to furnish the opportunity We hate
received no endowments and Keep the
work going ourselves. There is very
little expense attached as our instruct
ors are men and women who do the
work through a Christian and chart
table spirit. In the community of
Clifton Heights there are hundreds of
boys and girls who work in the down
town stores and have no opportunity
to learn. We find that these people
flock TO our school as soon as they hear
about IT,
I'VE are going to start a class In
stenography soon. We expect to keep
the printing plant going by the work
of our apprentices. These apprentices
will. of course. receive no pay until
they develop themselves into workmen
OF value. Most of our printing will be
done at night"
DR.. Harris is not afraid of work nr
dirt. The dust and dirt on his overal!s
showed his determination.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24
IN. 9ClenCe
sNeeInyeantion

Continuing his researches, begun
with the ordinary ultraviolet rays. BIZ
lon-Daguerre in France has recently
experimental with still shorter rays Oh
the spectrum, measuring down TO l,OOo
units. for the sterilization OF all KINDS
of LIQUIDS. He finds that the very
short rays are % times as effective as
the longer ones in their sterlllzing
power. He uses quartz vacuum tubes.
immersed in the liquid, and. iluminat-
ed with currents much more feeble
than those required for the mercury
yaror lamps at first employed.
One of the pressing problems in
aerial navigation is that of producing
automatic stability Some investiga.
tors think that way may be found
10 cause an aeroplane so to ADJUST 1t
self to atmospheric vagaries so that
IFS balance will be maintained without
interference. Others are doubtful. be-
ljeying that stability must always be
obtained very much in the manner in
which il is acquired by bicycle ridey,
that is, by unconscious adjustment.
birds the best of fliers, ii is remarked,
do not possess mechanical stability.
hpt maintain their balance in gusty
weather by action which has become
so habitual that it is unconscious. Thus
the element of intelligence Is involved,
although by virtue of long practice
IT is applied without conscious exertion
of the will.
From 1900 TO 1906 l.. S. Berg carried
on investigations round the Sea of
Aral. and the results have been pub
lished in Russian. They lead to the
conclusion. contrary 70 that reached
by others. that there is no general dry
ing up of this inland sea, but that
periodic changes Of its water level oc-
cur, and that the level has been ris-
ing continually since 1880. Berg finds
the salinity 1915 per 1000. as against
more than II per 1000 about 1870.
The sea has now a superficial area of
about $4,000 square miles. but is very
shallow, the mean depth being about
220 feet It's total volume Of water Is
only about one-tenth of that Of the
Lake OF Baikal, which has but little
more than half it's area. The water
is supplied wholly by the rivers Anu
and Syr. which together deliver. on
the average, 1900 cubic meters Der
second. The water Is derived from
melting mountain SHOWS.
Titanium steel rails for railroads
were first made experimentally in 1907
The results that they showed led m
their manufacture by several steel com.
panies in 1908. and during 1909 AZ.
cording to the Engineering and Mining
Journal. their manufacture entered
upon the commercial scale. Experi.
ments on the New York Central have
confirmed those made elsewhere in
showing that these rails wear several
times as long as those made of ordi.
nary Bessemer steel. Titanium has q
great affinity for nitrogen. and since
1t Is believed that considerable nitro
gen remains as an impurity in ordi.
nary steel, the good effects of an ALLOW
of titanium are ascribed to its actino
as flux, thereby removing impurities
and increasing the solidity of the stee,
The increased cost is put at $3.50 ner
ton Of rails.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24
SHE QUIT.


1t Is hard to believe that coffee Will
put a person in such condition as IT
did an Ohio woman She tells her
own story:
Il did not believe coffee caused my
trouble. and frequently said l liked II
so well / would not, and could not
quit drinking it, but was miserable
sufferer from heart trouble and nerv-
Gus prosiration for four years.
Il was scarcely able to be around.
had no energy and did not care for
anything. Was emaciated and had q
constant pain around my heart until
| thought / could not endure 1t. For
months l never went to bed expect
ing to get up in the morning. 1 felt
as though l was liable to die at any
time.
Frequently / had nervous chills and
the least excitement would drive sleep
away, and any little noise would upset
me terribly. l was gradually getting
worse until finally one time it came
over me and / asked myself what's
the use of being sick all the time and
buying medicine so that / could in
,dulge myself in coffee?
so l thought 1 would see IL | could
quit drinking coffee and got some
Postum to help me quit. / made 1t
strictly according to directions and l
want to tell you, that change was the
greatest step in my life. 1t was easy
to quit coffee because / had the Post
UNI which / now like better than the
old coffee.
"One by one the old troubles left.
until now | am in splendid health.
nerves steady, heart all right and the
pain all gone. Never have any more
nervous chills. don't take any medi-
cine, can do all my Homework and
have done a great deal besides"
Read The Road 20 MELVILLE" I'm
pkgs. There's a Reason
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, 1910-02-24
RaphaeI Sem mes.

COlOnel CdpeTS tells Inc IOllOWlng
graphic story of the makeshifts and
expedients resorted TO by the Confed-
crate effort at government to get a
place among the nations of the earth,
in a recent issue of the New York
World:
The first to report for duty was
Raphael Semmes, afterward command
er of the Alabama. He was on hand
before they had a deck for him to
stand on, and worked for short time
in the Treasury Department at Mont
gOmery. A merchant vessel was soon
bought. and Semmes. after inspecting
nounced to his fellow clerk, Colonel
Caper
She is a good craft. sir; a good
craft. When | have strengthened
her timbers and cut her down TO fight
ing trim, my word for it she will do
brave work, sir
She was accordingly altered and
armed. and. with Semmes on her quar-
ter-dech. made good his prediction TO
the dire cost of such as went down
to the sea in ships under the stars and
stripes in those days. The vessel was
the Sumter.
But when she was ready TO sail and
her register made out, it was discev-
cred at the last moment that the
Treasury Department of the COnfeder-
ate States had no seal. There wasn't
an engraver to be found in Montgom-
cry, and Semmes was impatient to get
his papers and be off So he aud Col
onel Capers, aided by a handy young
army surgeon, and at the expense of
two or three pen-knives, carved a rude
seal upon a piece of lockwood which
met the immediate need. Semmes got
ESS register, and the Sumter set sail
under the stars and bars. There was
quite a time over the adoption of the
flag. A considerable number were in
favor of sticking to the old flag. with
slight notifications, but Mr.. Miles, Of
South Carolina, chairman of the Con-
gressional Flag Committee, argued at
length in his report against this senti-
mental idea. and added. by way of a
clincher, that Liberia and the Sand
witch Islands had flags very similar to
ours, and the committee was not dis
posed. therefore If for no other rea-
son, Ito keep. copy, or initiate il. They
have no inclination to borrow second
hand what has already been pilfered
or appropriated by free negro COM
munity and race of savages."
The very first Confederate flag that
the sun ever saw. Colonel Capers testi-
fies, was hoisted by Judge Clitheral
at Montgomery. He was in the conf
dence of the flag committee, and as
soon as they told him the design Sc
lected he got his lady friends together
and had one made. On the day the
committee was to report to Congress
he mounted the roof of the Capitol,
staff and waited.
The recommendation of the commit
tee was approved. He got his signal
from below, and in the twinlxling of
an eye the new ensign of the South
was floating proudly in the caresses of
the gentle March wind The news
spread quickly through the city, and
when Judge Clitheral shouted down
from his lofty perch, Three cheers
for the Confederate fiag," the crowd
answered with a mighty greeting that
it was thought at the time. must have
given an earache to the bronze statue
on the dome of the far Northora CaDi-
toll.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

the law is
With the
Adrch bill downward revision necessities
md the bestt arn measu ever n
established
Otectp public
commission
rates To- benefit public
donlyfv w
the executive coal phosphate
sites their
BY Tn Press
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

accept, without any regard to individ-
ual beliefs. He stated that strong eff
forts were being made to bring about
an exchange by both the North and
South. and that their efforts would
probably soon be successful. Upon the
strength OF this report we concluded
to let our tunnel remain quiet for the
time, thinking that if exchange failed
we could have final recourse to 1t. The
exchange did fail; and a heavy thun-
der shower loosened one of the tim
bers of which the stockade was COM
posed, so that it settled into the shaft,
discovering to the authorities our tun-
mel, and they quickly filled it up
DR.. T. H. Mann, in the Century.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

The up-to-date newsboy of New
York can learn something in Berlin"
writes a New Yorker from that city.
''One of the popular sellers of news.
papers in this town is a gray-bearded.
tall, soldierly looking man, who has
the papers attached-one copy OF each
publication-to a long fishing rod, on
the top of which there is little
pocket for coins. People on omnibuses
and at upper windows may be served
by means of the rod They help them
selves to the paper they desire. de
posit their money in the little bag and
the sold paper is replaced by another
from the stock which the old man
carries in a bag slung over his shout
der The children in the district where
he does business call him the nickel
fisher"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24
From the Seat of the Scornful.

Jack and Joey at the menagerie
watched the lion eat sugar from the
trainers hand with equal interest but
differing inference
OH" gasped Joey. round-eyed
POOH" said Jack Il could do
that"
What. Your
"Of course. Quite as well as that
old lion
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

liver into activity by gentle methods
They do not scour, grippe or weaken They
are a tonic TO the stomach, liver and
nerves: invigorate instead of weaken.
They enrich the blood and enable the
stomach to get all the nourishment from
food that is put into il. These pills con-
tain no calomel; they are soothing, heal
ing and stimulating. For sale by all drug
gists in 10c and CSC sizes. If YOU need
medical advice, write Munyon's Doctors.
They will advise to the best OF their abil-
ity absolutely free of Charge. NUN
ION'S, sd and Jefferson Sts., PHIL
ade1phia. Pa.
Munyon's Cold Remedy cures a cold in
one day. Price 25c. Munyon's Rheuma-
tism Remedy relieves i'm a few hours and
cures in a few days. Price Csc
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

Representatives
gold According the decoration consist of
chain which
of smaller
eweed symbolic
n dwell n
a
republic
omaliy
political
OF
opponents
which is
its Americans needed gliding
said himself
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

''Will ii hurt?" asked the precise
person as he sat down III the big
chair
Don't you know that ] advertise
self as the painless dentlst?"
1es. But what l want to know l.
whether you can guarantee me as q
painless patient. Houston Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24
Environment.

The person with the Van Dyke beard
and the artistic temperament had died
and gone to the abode of the blest.
well. what do you think OF it?'' they
asked him.
The scenery is not bad" he answer
ed, but the music is hopelessly crude
and archaic"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24
Her THafu.

II shall miss my train," she said,
petulantly.
''Oh. no, you won't" the dressmaker
assured her. you will soon get used
to these gowns which haven't any
New York Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

Disguised Customer bought a cur
rant bun here yesterday, and found a
fly in it, l want you to exchange the
bun for another.
Confectioner-Can't do that. sir: but
il you will bring me back the fly I'll
give you a currant for it.-Weekly Tel
egraph.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24
The Innocent.

Bachelor Brother Visiting married
sister, We'll, sis, how are you, and
how is the kid?
Sister-Baby's troubled good deal
with his teeth.
B. Bills teeth. I'll just telephone
to the dentist and have them out in
jiffy.-B Boston Transcript.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first
pat up 40 years ago. They regulate
and inyigorate. stomach, liver and
bowels. Sugar-coated tiny granules.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

be effected without such n breach or thu
party as 20 prevent our presenting an un-
broken front TO The enemy. We of the
Republicans may be discouraged when We
consider our own dlSsensionS, but when
We look To the possibility of any united
ectiOn on The part of the Democrats for
any policy or amy line of policies we must
take courage.
1T was General Grant who said that
when he first went into battle lie had a
great deal OF fear. but he oVercamt. That
feeling by maintaining ia his mind the
constant thought of how much more
afraid his opponents We're And so
who find ourselves at times given over
10 the thought that Republican control is
at an end should not forget to consider
not only on our own fractional strife. but
also that of our ancient enemy.
Mr.. Roosevelt aroused the country and
the people to the danger we are in of
having all our politics ana all places
Od governmental authority controlled in
corporate interests and TO serve the greed
of selfish but powerful men During his
two terms of office by what may almost
he compared to a religious crusade. he
aroused the people TO the point of pro-
tecting themselves and the public interests
against the aSgressionS Of corporate
greed and has left public opinion i'm an
apt condition to bring about the reforms
needed TO clinch his policies and to make
them permanent in the form of enacted
law.
"The tendency is to resent attachment to
party or party organization and TO an
assertion of individual opinion and purpose
at the expense of party discipline. The
movement Is toward factionalism and
small groups rather than large party or
ganization and the leaders of the party
organization are subjected to the severest
attacks and to the questioning of their
motives without any adequate evidence to
Justify IT,
The question Of the tariff must be
argued out. The prejudice created by the
early attacks upon the bill and the gross
Instrumentation of its character must
be met 10y careful presentation of the
facts aS TO the contents of the bill and
also as TO it's actual operation and stalls
tics shown thereby.
Il believe we have strong case If we
can only get il into the minds OF the peo-
pie Should disaster follow rs and the
Republican majority in the House become
possible that in the Democratic exercise
viii see which is the party of accomplish
ment. which is the party of arduous deeds
done. and which is the party of words
and irresponsible opposition"
In conclusion Mr. Taft said:
Il ann glad TO be here at the meeting
of the Republican Club on Lincoln's birth
day because my knowledge and Informal
ton with respect to the club is that il
stands for stalWart RepublcaniSn. believes
i'm party organization and party discipline
but insists on the highest ideals and meth
DDS in formulating the policies OF the
DaltN and carving them ont
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

1t is human nature to think that the
whole world is looking at you when
Won put on your Sunday suit and walk
4 the street.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

Wy don't you reduce der price on
does all-vool suitsY' Vat! Vos Won
crazy? Vid cotton 30 highf"-Puck.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

Wigwag When are you going to pay
me that $40 you owe me?
Borrowell-My dear fellow, you can't
pet blood out of a turnip.
Wigwag-I know, but IL 1 punch
YOUR head 1 can get blood out of a
beat.-philadelphia Record.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

In New York we have become so
hardened to eating the strange prod
ucts of the cold storage vaults that
the fresh foods of our childhood
would probably seem unpalatable. To
the diner accustomed to the pale,
tasteless chicken of our hotels and
restaurants, real full-blooded broiler,
slain within the current year, would
taste strong" and obnoxiously as
sertive. Similarly. really fresh egg.
neither iced nor partially Matched.
might seem to our sophisticated PAL
ates to possess too many Of the at
Evening Sun.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

From swearing men easily slide into
perjury.-Hierocles.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

In the autobiography of Lindley
Murray a passage occurs from which
it appears that one OF the clearest
Leads that ever engaged in the bust
ness of analysis was well nigh crack
ed by a simple agent for a small
offense. In the year III he visited
the elephants at the queens palace
and. from whatev motive ventured
TO withdraw portion of the hay
which one of them had been collect
Ing with his proboscis on the floor.
The little affront offended the saga
cioas animal highly. The keeper re-
marked that he would never forget,
and il was obvious from the rapid
convolutions of his trunk that he only
wanted an opportunity to avenge the
incorporation of his property on
the spot. The grammarian, however,
kept out of his way, probably think
ing no more OF the matter, until he
CHANGED to revisit the same place after
an interval of several weeks. On this
occasion a number of other persons
were present, but of the whole the
elephant singled out his enemy and
aimed a desperate blow at his head.
which, fortunately, neither proved
fatal nor took effect.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

Some one was telling, in the pres
ence nf a boy, how we'll behaved q
certain girl was. Its easy for a girl
to be good" the boy said. but . boy
can't do It."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS
PAZ0 OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any
case OF Itching. Blind. Bleeding Protruding
Piles in 3 TO IL DAYS money refunded Soc
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24
A Priest mt Andersonville.

The only authorized representative
of the Christian religion who possess
ed enough of it to visit the thirty
thousand men in the prison pen was
Roman Catholic priest, Father Hamil-
ton, who came in quite regularly. at
least every Sabbath, for several weeks.
He talked kindly to us, displaying
much sympathy for our condition, and
administering the last rites OF the
church to all the dying men who would
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24
PRESIDENT TAFTVS
SPEECH IN NEW YORK.

SALIENT SUGGESTIONS IN TAFr's SPEECH
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24

II regard such an amendment as likely
to defeat the law. first because It takes
way . feature which ought to b pres
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24
Wants q settlement.

81 am hopeful that as we approach the
nes of battle for the next year the set
ment q these internal questions can
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24
-. IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANYTHING
The Elephanf's Reven~e.

better for sideache, backacbes or stitches tina
Perry Daris Fofnkfer. Get the large size IL is N
cheapest. At all druggists. sc, Sc and Soc bottles
The sun., 1910-04-23
Marion
.Harland's
Autobiography

Marion Harland has been
induced to write the story Of
her own Iife-a story more in
innate and interesting than any
novel. II might be called the
story of a good woman, so full
is it of all that makes life worth
while to most of us. IL has a
wide range as well, for close
friendships with famous people
and intimate personal contact
with important affairs for many
years was Marion Harland's
daily portion. This book is an
inspiration toward better living
and a story which makes one
sit up nights to read.