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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
TOBACCO LORE.
MOIasses Used to Keep the stock
Moist.

MoIasses Used to Keep the Stock
Moist.
plug tobacco" said the tobacconist.
''is simply leaf glued together with
molasses and then pressed into a
block. If you'll take a plug of smok-
ing and put it in a damp place out
side somewhere and then come back
after week or two to look at 1t
you'll see pile of square cut leaves,
perhaps five or six inches high. This
is because the tobacco will have lost
it's molasses glue, not from the mo-
lasses having been washed off the leaf,
but from it's having fermented into
vinegar.
The film of molasses keeps the leaf
moist and pliable. This Is because of
the sugar crystals in 1t. If you've ever.
noticed salt in wet weather you often
have seen how it gathered the wet.
The sugar crystals act exactly like the
crystals of salt. but to less degree.
when you fellows that smoke pipes
say that tobacco burns your tongue
you're away off. The tobacco hasn't
thing to do with 1t, and your tongue
isn't being burnt, it's being scalded."
From the moisture in the tobac-
COZ" asked the customer.
Partly" said the toDacconist, but
mostly from the moisture you'd not
think was in the tobacco There's a
great deal of water in the little sugar
crystals over and above what you'd
expect they might collect from the
air.
when you melt this sugar in your
pipe each crystal dissolves first in a
little pool OF water, and makes ma
terial for steam. in addition to the
free water in the tobacco that you can
feel with your fingers.
This hot steam makes a regular
steam-heating system between the bowl
of your pipe and your tongue. and
while you think your tongue is being
burnt you're actually getting it par
boiled"
HAS all tobacco molasses In it?"
the customer asked.
"No." said the tobacconist. THE
very cheap tobacco smoked by the
natives of Cuba, Porto Rico, Mexico,
| and those countries, in the form of
cigarettes. hasn't any molasses in it.
Molasses isn't needed once the manu-
facturers have their leaf made up in
the form Of cigarettes. because they
use very heavy paper cylinder, with
the ends tucked In. This keeps the
leaf from falling out, even If it's
crushed little through the thick pa
| per-
You'll get % OF those cigarettes
for about 2 cents. The workingmen
smoke them all the time because
they're too lazy even TO roll their own
cigarettes. The coolest pipe smoke
you ever had will be yours if you'll
only go to the bother of buying a few
lunches of those cigarettes and emp.
tying the tobacco into a jar"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
CHAPTER XVI

In vain did the police and the re
porters dig and pry into the house at
"a Briarsweet place in hope of finding
some trace of Hamley Hackleye.
Mr.. Hackleye was not about His
London bankers could give no definite
information about him. For thirty
years he had been accustomed to go
and come when he pleased He had
for a long while maintained a comfort
able home at Khartoum and another at
Cairo. but he visited these only at in
tervals, and sometimes was not seen
in them for a year at time. He was
known to possess great estates located
in Central Africa, but none knew posi-
lively where. He kept a retinue of
servants at each establishment and a
suave major domo in each was accus-
toned to being the nominal head OF the
household Neither OF these men, how
ever, could give any of the wished for
explicit information about their mas
ter. Each home contained the usual
accumulation of furniture, brio brac,
and the ola podrida of civilization that
u ggregates in every wealthy home, but
nothing at all mysterious or in any
way smacking of the criminal. They
were the homes of gentleman of
wealth and culture. Any connection
between the African laws and penal
ties Of Mr. Hackleye and the Indian
home of the Harcourts, it was impossi-
BILE to discover The Harcourt menage
was located in the hill country, in a
most beautiful spot Harcourt had
come there about seven years pre-
viously, at the time Of MS marriage 10
Narcisse De LEncles. the widow, 4
Madame Marie De L'Enclos. whose
husband. Captain Raoul De L'Enclos
an honorsbly discharged officer In the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21

MIS-. llIIJt
You or any other
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dyspepsia. sick headache and such dises-
tive troubles can have free trial Dotlie
sent to your home prepaid by forwarding
your name and address 1t is the gentleSt.
miIdest, best tasting. most effective lax,
ative tonic you ever tried. Druggists Will
sell YOU the regular bottles at ." cents
ture OF Mrs Northrup. of Quincy. Ill. a
cured patient. is presented herewith. II
there is anything about your case that
Won don't understand write the doctor and
ne will advise YOU. The address is DIR.
w. b Caldwell. 202 Caldwell Bldg. Mon
fioello III
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
CHAPTER XIV.

City Editor Burton and Betty were
walking in the garden. The garden
was wet as sponge. and Betty. shoes
and stockings off. was joying In the
rush of the water and the feel of the
tepid ooze beneath her feet. 1t was
the first time in days that the rain
had not been falling. A haze still over
spread the desert and the air seemed
full enough of rain to have dripped If
you had squeezed II. But Betty didn't
rare Her long brown i-air. still dull
and satiny as pecan shell. despite Il
the havoc of fever. sea wind and south
srn sun. dangled below her waist in
two thick braids, and was parted with
never a sign of a ripple over her broad
white forehead. Bettys hair under no
provocation had ever seen known =
curl 1t was nice, Straightforward hair.
Her gown was prolongation of Meta 5
tunic, and skirt of fine white linen,
ow OF neck, devoid Of sleeve and
elasped at the shoulder with two fash
ing diamond buckles that Meta picked
up somewhere around the castle 1t
was fastened at the belt by a wide Cir
ole of cut and uncut diamonds curl =
ously and Unfortunately mixed Bet
ty had long since ceased to take any
interest In diamonds, for she hac had
| more OF flashing pins AMI gee-gaws
thrust on her by the admiring Meta
during her stop In the castle than sho
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
The Limit of LazineSs.

Two darkies lay sprawled on the
levee OH a hot day. George Washing
yon drew a long sigh and said. "Ah
wish All had a hundred watermll-
Ions"
Dixie's eye lighted Hum; dat
would suttenly be fine. An eff yo' had
n hun'ed watermillons. would yo' Glib
ME fiftyt'
NO. All wouldn't
Wouldn't yo' glib me twenty-fve:'
NO. All wouldn't glib yo no twenty
i've"
Dixie gazed with reproachful eyes
at his close-fisted friend. Seems IL
me you's powahful stingy. George
Washin' TOM he said; and then con-
tinued in heart-broSen voice
wouldn't yo' glib me one:'
NO, All wouldn't glib yo' one. Look.
aheah. niggah, Are you SO good-fer
nifin' lazy dat yo' can't wish fo' 70
own watermillonS2"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
MISCHIEF MAKER.
A Surprise I'm Brooklyn.

An adults food that can save
baby proves itself to be nourishing
and easily digested and good for big
and little folks. A Brooklyn man
says:
When baby was about eleven
months old he began to grow thin and
pale. This was, at first. attributed to
the heat and the fact that his teeth
were coming. but, in reality, the poor
little thing was starving, his mothers
milk not being sufficient nourishment
"One day after he had cried bitterly
for an hour, suggested that my wife
try him on Grape-Nuts. She soaked
two teaspoonfuls in a saucer with a
little sugar and warm milk. This
baby ate so ravenously that she fixed
a second which he likewise finished.
1T was not many days before he
forgot all about being nursed. and has
since lived almost exclusively on
Grape-Nuts. To-day the boy is strong
and robust, and as cute a mischief
maker as a thirteen months old baby
is expected to be-
I'VE have put before him other
foods, but he will have none of them,
evidently preferring TO stick to that
which did him so much good-his old
friend, Grape-Nuts.
Use this letter any way you wish,
for my wife and | can never praise
Grape-Nuts enough after the bright
ness it has brought to our house
hold"
Grape-Nuts is not made for a baby
food, but experience with thousands OF
babies shows it to be among the best,
if not entirely the best in use. Being
a scientific preparation of Nature S
grains, it is equally effective as body
and brain builder ter grown-ups
Read the little book, THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a Rea-
son.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
7 hey are genuine, true, aud full Of
Imam interest
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
STUDENTS CHEAP LIVING.
Ten Members of the "Epicurean'

Ten Members of the "Epicurean"
Fared Well at SI.2O n Week.
The "Epicurean," a "self-boarding
club of university students, closed.
With the Christmas vacation. the tenth
week of its existence. The expert
ment proved a success beyond all an
ticipation.
Ten boys are in this club. says the
K L. Graduate Magazine. For doing
the overlooking, dishwashing. etc.
the members are divided into five
pairs. Each pair prepares four meals
a week, not more than two in success
sion The amount of time required
for the preparation of each meal. TAX
ing out twenty minutes for eating.
averages from one to one anu a half
Tours. In addition to this. Wednes-
days and Saturdays are special clean
up" days.
All the members serve in succession
as stewards, each member holding the
office for two weeks Club rates are
secured by them on all purchases.
The rotation of the office of cook
gives special variety to the fare.
The expense of furnishing the com
bined kitchen and dining room
amounted to 800 Bulk groceries fol
beginning cost $40. Work done in fur
nishing the room amounted TO $14
The rent was $3.50. This made the
starting expense about SIS. The
money for the starting and running
expenses was raised by ten weekly
assessments; two of 81, one of SO and
seven ST. This amounts to $40. The
fixtures now on hand-dishes. tables
chairs, cupboard, gas range and cook
ing utensile-are worth more thar
$40 Groceries on hand az Christina:
would net over $40. This leaves $12t
as the cost of boarding ten young mel
for ten weeks, or s1.20 a week fol
each man.
The many fears OF starvation ant
ill health which women, especially
are likely to associate with bachelo
life, certainly do not apply here, TO
ali the members have enjoyed excel
lent health and have added weight
One man has gained eight pounds, an
other six and a half. and others al
most as much
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
sixteen SONS i'm Civil War.


1t was Cornelia the Roman matron
and mother of Grachi, who on being
asked to exhibit her jewels called her
children into the apartment where she
was entertaining visitors and present
ing them said: These are my jew
els
With fully as much pride might
Mrs Sarah Brandon, of Pipe Creek,
Belmont County, Ohio, exhibit her
children as her jewels, for sixteen OF
her sons fought in the civil war, four
teen on the side of the North and two
on the side of the Confederacy. Few
cases parallel to this can be found in
all history.
Mrs. Brandon recently celebrated her
109th birthday anniversary and thus
from the standpoint of longevity, as
we'll as of motherhood, is remarkable
woman. Her maiden name was Sarah
Barker and she was born in 1871 near
Pipe Creek. Ohio, where she has re-
sided all her life. At the age or 10
she was married to Charles Brandon,
who took part in the Mexican war
In 1856 Brandon died, leaving MS
widow with twenty-three children, SIX
teen of whom were boys. When the
civil war broke out all of the sons en-
listed, fourteen of the brothers going
into the Union army and two with the
Confederates. In one battle, that Oh
Bull Run, the two brothers on the Ooh-
federate side were pitted against n'e
OF their Union brothers.
Hiram Brandon, the Oldest son. ID
now past 50 years of age and is resi-,
dent of Bellaire. Ohio. The youngest
is a resident of Belmont county and
exhibits seventeen bullet WOUNDS nav
ing taken part in seventy-two pa..ieS
skirmishes of scouting expedi'iohs
under General Sherman.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
She WINS Welcome

Can you give me any references
from your last placer"
mo, ma'am. The last woman | work.
ed for was Mrs. Lippy. that used to
live next door to you. She an I
couldn't get along at all. You don't
know how mean she is / could tell
you. ever so many"
ssYoi, NAV come"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
Hard Luck.

Ames-Did you hear that Jones died
last night?
Blames-You don't say, That's what
l call rough luck.
Ames-How's that?
Blames-l paid him the s5 1 owed
him the day before yesterday.--Ally
Slopers.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21

Heard the latest?"
mo. What?"
Banks gone into liquidation"
THAT so? What bank?"
"Snowbank."@J
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
Rnrul Celtic

Artist (sketching)-Art rs long and
time is fleeting, my friend
Farmer-Waal, / amt much Nv .
jedge Of picters, but 1t strikes me your
quotation orter be t'other way round.
Boston Herald
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
A Bad Actor.

II see that a scientist has proved
that many horses have unsound
minds"
The one l bet on yesterday ought
to have had a commission in lunacy
appointed forty years ago, when he
was yearling. Cleveland Leader.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
Sfis6ts.

Il hope those old boots of mine ut
you?"
Thank you, miss-my solger brother
finds 'em very comfortable. M. A. =.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21

Sir Robert Ball asserted that every
100 years the sun loses five miles Of
its diameter. To ally anxiety. how
ever, he mentioned that the diameter
of the sun is $4,000 miles and that
10000 years hence the diameter would
still be $4,000 miles.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
Veracity.

Figures can't lie" said the maths-
matician.
Did you ever try TO follow the argu-
ment put up by the figurees an tax
cab register? '-Wasthington Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
Strong Habit.

THAT fellow made money. but he
certainly is faker."
Indeed he is. Why, the habit was
so strong, that's why he built his new
house on a blufr."-Baltimore Ameri-
can
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21

an argument against longevity vii,
meet with no support for their view in
the case of Mrs. Brandon. Early in
life she formed the tobacco habit and
uses a large quantity daily, both for
chewing and smoking. Never during
her life has she worn a hat, her only
head covering being a sunbonnet. Not
withstanding her great age she is still
able to get around and drives to town
several times a week to purchase
household supplies Last fall she was
thrown from a buggy in a runaway
accident. but picked herself up and
walked to her home. a mile distant
Every three months she travels to the
county seat for the purpose of drawing
the pension of S12 allowed her by the
government.
The photograph of Mrs. Brandon is
in the natural history gallery at Co.
lumbus and also in the Hall of Honor
at Washington, ID. c., as a mark of
respect for her having furnished the
largest number of sons for the civil
war. Each of the sixteen sons mar
ried when young and was blessed with
large family. 1t is intended to hold
big reunion at her home the COM
ing summer. when several hundred
relatives and friends will assemble
to pay honor to this remarkable wo-
man.
Could Do Everything But Fight.
We had in the Twenty-third Ohio
(Hayes' regiment) a quaint old chav-
acter-an enlisted musician-whose
name | would not mention for any
thing Just before the battle of South
Mountain he came to me and asked me
to step aside with him a moment.
did so, and he said: My God, Ma
jor, am a coward, l did not know it.
| thought / could help the country,
and, though | was past As and needn't
to. | enlisted. Now / have found that
| can't go into a fight. ! can't, Ma,
jor, if you should kill me. l shall
be disgraced, and all the folks at home
will know it, | can never hold my
head up again if try to go into this
fight. Can't you do something for me?
Give me something to do that ain;
fighting and I'll do anything. Oh, for
Gods sake, Major, think of something
and save me from disgrace"
The poor fellow was half frantic IN
his earnestness l thought a moment
and said: A, do you think you
could carry water for the men while
they are fighting? 1t is going to be III
awful hot day, and canteen Of fresh
water will be about the greatest luxury
| the men could have under fire. Can
you carry water for them?" oh
yes. Thank you. Major" Well, now
in the thickest of that fight, where the
regiment lost within eight men of hall
that went into action, old A would
come to the front loaded down with
canteens, delivering them. and taking
up the empty ones along the line. Be
tween bayonet charges. the men were
hugging the ground like a long-losi
brother, under such storm OF mimic
balls as did not seem to leave any un
occupied space in the air. Old A
would prance down the line delivering
canteens to the painting men without
any more sense of fear than thC
bravest man in the army, until his las
canteen of water was gone, then he
would give a wild vel. and bolt fol
the rear as if the devil was after him
Brig. Gen. Comfy, in National Trib
une
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
Awful Thought.

when / leave here | shall have 20
depend on my brains for living"
Don't take such a pessimistic view
Of things Cornell Widow
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21

bottle Of d remedy
for the cure of indi-
gestion. and as he
was Interested. be-
cause lie suffered
that way. he wrote
for il. The remedy
was DR.. Caldwell
Syrup Pepsin. Mr.
Lapley. who is q
minister Of the Meth
odist Epis c Op a
Church. and a mem
Der Of the Contra
Alabama Conference
took the free bottl;
with the result tina
he was very speedily
rsrv.rsg1
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
To-. p.tt,t,. Eve salve.

that gives instant relief to eyes. irri-
tated from dust. heat. sun or wind All
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21


Confederate and Federal armies were
confronting each other on the opposite
hills of Stafford and Spottsylvania,
two bands CHANGED one evening, at the
same hour, to begin TO discourse sweet
music on either bank of the river.
A large crowd of soldiers Of both ar
mics gathered to listen to the music,
the friendly pickets not interfering.
and soon the bands began to answer
each other First the band on the
northern bank would play "Star-Span-
gled Banner" Hail Columbia or
some other national air, and at its
conclusion the "boys in blue" would
cheer most Justify. And then the band
en- the southern bank would respond
tn Dixie" or Bonnie Blue Flag"
some other Southern melody, and
the boys in gray" would attest appro-
bation with the old Confederate yell.
But presently one of the bands struck
I'D. in sweet and plaintive notes, which
were waited across the beautiful Rap
pahannock, and were caught up at
once by the other band and swelled
into a grand anthem which touched
every heart, Home Sweet Home." At
the conclusion of this piece there went
up a simultaneous shout from both
sides of the river, cheer followed cheer
and those hills, which had so recently
resounded with hostile guns, echoed
and re-echoed the glad acclaim. A chord
had been struck. responsive to which
the hearts of enemies-enemies then
could beat In unison and on both sides
of the river.
Something down the soldiers cheek
Washed off the stains of powder.
First Night ON Picket.
| shall never forget my first night
on picket 1t was in Virginia while
was raw recruit. My post happened
| to be situated in an old graveyard in
closed with a worm fence. The soldier
| relieved advised me to keep a sharp
lookout, as it was not an unusual
| thing for a guard on that post to be
murdered during the night. The re-
! lief squad passed on and l was left
to solitude and my own reflections
After time 1 found myself gazing at
| frequent intervals with something like
fascination toward the tallest head
| stone within the Enclosure. / felt sure
that danger was to be expected from
that direction After awhile something
| did move from behind that headstone
and | felt the blood turning to ice
in my bones, but 1 didn't lose my
| presence of mind-not bit of it.
even replaced the old cap on my gun
with a new one, selected a large OAK
tree as a barrier, and with finger or
trigger / waited for the enemy. Or
1t came, and when within pistol range
challenged it, There was no response
and the slow and apparently stealthy
advance continued.
Halt. or | fire." There was some
thing like a groan, and more rapid
advance / pulled the trigger. A gasp
a groan, a culver. a lurching fall, an6
then all was still The relief came
hurrying up, light was obtained, tn,
object was pointed out and the officer
of the guard, bending over the nov
pulseless body, flashed his lantern up
on the CHASTITY remains of an old bill
goat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21

AS a means to reduce the smoke evil
the municipal authorities of Glasgow
will hold an exhibition of gas heating,
lighting, and cooking appliances and
appliances for the use of various sorts
of smokeleSS fuel.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
1t Might work.

Reformer-I wish | could do some
thing to make people take my advice
Friend-Try engraving it on the ham
die of your umbrella.-Bcston Tran
script
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21

The megaphone has been used at
some western army posts for the pur-
pose of simplifying the volume of the
bugle, where it is desired that the
calls shall be heard at a distance
greater than the sound will carry un-
der ordinary circumstances. The notes
of the horn may be distinguished
easily at almost incredible reaches in
this manner.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
Churchman's
Stomach Weak
Rev. Lapley Suffered Twelve Years
from Et-How He Conquered ity
You Also Can, Free.

Through an announcement that he saw
IN his local paper the Rev j. ID. Lapley,
OF -AvCndale Station. Birmingham, Ala.
learned that he could obtain free trial
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-21
Compound Sulphur Tablets

For the Blood. Skin Eruptions, Boils. etc. Al
old and tried Spring Remedy. By mail 25C
WELLER DRUG Co.. DEGRAFF. OHIO
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-03-01
ROBBIE RSON.

Robbcrson. Okla. Feb 2S-Nc
have been having some OF tho most
severe cold weather that this country
has bad for quite a while.
While the ground is being benefited
the work among the farmers has been
ON staudstil. although no loss of
stock is reported.
Miss Hartman was at Ardmorc dt.
tending the teachers meeting
Some Of our best citizens were be-
fore the grand jury I'm Pauls valley
the past week Among them were
John Wilson Geo Hooford j \ lla-
ger and Solan Gown
j. c. Rhodes is at Pauls valley ON
business this week
j. G Foster has a very sick child.
Dr J. c. Wallace is at Mauum at
tending his little girl who is very sick.
Miss Arizona Whlak,r was IN Nrd
more attending the teachers meeting
Leonard Wright and wife are pre-.
pairing to leave for southwest Texas
Mrs VIII Christian is sick wi.h la
grippe.
Joe. lIagcr DR.. went to bailey this
week
curt Rhodes aud Jim Wilson and
Claud Schruggs We're attcudodmg
court at Pauls valley last week
The bridge ON Sandy Bear creek b..
tween Robertson and Tussy will be-
completed next week This will Doe %
great delight TO these people, most cs
pccially to the mail carrier. as the
bridge is ON the main road from Tussy
to pauls valley
Health is very good in the com
munty