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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
IN CLOUD OF DRAGON FLIES
Remarkable Experience in the China
Sea Which Sailor Admits He Is
Unable to Explain.

Hurrying north from Hongkong to-
ward Shanghai, in 1858, Admiral, then
lieutenant, Fitzgerald's ship had a Pc
culiar experience, which he describes
in Memories of the Sea-" The winds
we're very light and battling, with a
great deal of calm, and they made lit
tie Roadway.
One afternoon when we were lying
at anchor out of sight of land, the
weather being very close and sultry,
we saw a great cloud approaching the
ship from the direction of the shore.
which was about fifty miles off. The
cloud came slowly Ear and nearer
1t did not look like rain, and presently.
as it enveloped the ship, we found It
was composed of dragon flies. NC
they yer not ~locusts; they were in
sects known in England as dragon
flies, and very big ones. They evil
IDENTIFY made for the ship to get a rest
ing place for the soles of their feet;
but many missed, and fell exhausted
in the calm sea.
The masts, the yards, the rigging
and every rope in the ship were lit
orally incrusted with them. 1t was a
very sultry evening, and about six
O'clock we all bathed. remember the
strange experience of diving into a sea
of dragon flies, which stuck to our
arms and shoulders, got into our hair.
and quite spoiled our swim. A light
air then anne off from the land, SO we
weighed anchor, and made sail to the
southwark; and at midnight. just as
the watch was changing, we we're
struck by a terrific squall, which laid
the old ship nearly on her beam ends.
We wondered whether the visitation
of dragon flies was connected in any
way with the squall. But if they were
blown so miles off the land. where
they certainly did not want to go, why
did we not get the wind for six hours
afterward?-Youth's COMPANION.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Child Not Friendiessl

Miss Esther Eaton, assistant direc.
tor OF the child welfare department OF
the board of state charities, has given
an interview to the humane progress
department which is exceedingly inter
esting and which, will give to the peo'
pie of Ohio a clear understanding OF
the work Of that department. Miss
Eaton said: Through its children's
welfare department the Ohio board OF
state charities is en%countering knotty
problems in its inspection of Ohio in.
stitutions caring for children. There
are about ITS Ohio children's homes.
public and private, orphanages, etc.
now listed in the card files of the
board, besides a large number of mis-
cellaneous institutions caring for chill
dren, such as children's hospitals
fresh air camps, day nurseries and
homes for working boys and girls
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Calamity to Country.

There is no industry on earth that
has played such an important part in
American history as that of wool mar
ufacturing. The village mill has been
responsible for the wonderful develop
ment of this branch of industry. In
these small mills many of our past
and present captains received their
schooling and in hundreds of New
England towns everything American
from the cradle to the grave centered
in the little mill that gave employ
ment to grandfather, father and sons,
as well as mothers and daughters, and
in these same towns Americanism was
bred and lived.
The passing of these small mills is
a calamity. 1t is un~warranted because
it is due entirely to the acts of the
present administration at Washing
ton, particularly on account of the tar
iff. Hundreds of these small mills are
going to be forced out of business.
They represent the life work and the
entire investment of hundreds of men,
and thousands of loyal Americans are
going to be driven III of employment,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
DUTY FOR CONGRESS
Separate Good From Bad in
Rivers and Harbors Bill.
Appropriations Need Not Be Cut IN
necessarily, But This Is No Time
FOR Undue Expenditure of the
Peoples Money.

Congress has a businesslike and
constructive way out from the i'm
passe into which it has entered on
the rivers and harbors improvement
bill.
1t can make its appropriations for
Che worthy enterprises already begun.
1t can appropriate funds for necessary
new enterprises. And it can cut out
the items that have come under the
vell-grounded attack Of those who do
not wish to see large sums spent for
unworthy purposes at this crucial
time.
There is public service in keeping
going the great government projects
that have been undertaken with the
clear understanding that further ap-
preparations would be made for them.
We do not wish to see men thrown
out of work in this period of readjust-
ment of our business and financial
structure to the changing demands OF
the worlds commerce.
Certain new projects Of admitted
benefit also are included in the bill
as it came from the house. Others
have been added il the senate.
1t is the weakness of the criticism
of the bill that it has not made a sufl.
GENTLY specific line of distinction be-
tween the good features and the bad
features of the bill.
Congress should do this itself. II
could then go before the country and
point to a clean" rivers and harbors
bill, designed not only t. help forward
our plan for a new birth of American
shipping but also to tide over the
present economic readjustment.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
SKIN TROUBLE ON HANDS

Cassville, Monty hands and feet
were affected with a trouble similar to
ringworm for q number of years. 1t
first appeared as tiny clear blisters
and in places the blisters were so
close together that they almost formed
one large blister. The skin was rough
and cracked open. At times it was
SO bad that it disabled me; my hands
became SO sore that / could scarcely
use them.
II used every remedy that / could
find but nothing seemed to do any
good. Finally / sent for a sample Of
CuticEra Soap and Ointment and I
then got a cake Of Cuticura Soap and
a box Of Cuticura Ointment which
completely rid me of the trouble"
(Signed) Ray Bryant, Mar. IA, 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston."-Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Curtailment of Industry,

The enactment Of the ~free-sugar pro-
vision of the tariff bill threatened with
ruin the native industry, resulting in
a curtailment of planting and a de-
creased production, which will amount
this year to at least 10000 tons. Al
though the entire tariff is not to be
removed until 1916, sugar companies
found it impossible to finance them.
selves in the face of a law which made
it impossible for them to continue.
Five centrals in Porto Rico were
forced into receivers hands, and most
of the others were obliged to curtail
their production. Louisiana, Hawaii
and the western beets were not less
i~njuriously affected.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
PLEA FOR THE OLD BALLADS
Far Superior to the Present Day
Lyrics, Is the Opinion of a
Woman Writer.

If the mothers of a community can
start a movement to popularize the
old songs, putting them into the home,
the schools, the social hours and CIV
ing them a place above that of the
cheap popular song, it will be a long
educational step, says the Mothers
Magazine. They have, all of them, an
appealing note that will make them
quickly interesting to children. 1t
isn't the fault of our boys and girls
that dangerous s~entimentality is the
burden of their singing. They demand
the lyric, the emotional, in their ado
lescent development, and, not recog-
nizing this fact, we have left them
alone to satisfy this need as best they
could.
The average taste of the average
child is good. He prefers Molly
Bawn" to Annie Rooney" Because
he has been introduced to
molly Bawn" and, has picked out on
the home piano the waltz rhythm of
Annie Rooney" his music taste is per-
verted and he spends his pocket money
on the songs of the day.
Put a volume of fine old ballads on
the piano, and begin your child's edu.
cation, not only in song, but in 70.
nance.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Futile Protest Against PaternaIl

The Louisville Courier-Journal is be-
hind the times, for it seems to think
that there is still a Democratic party
opposed to sumptuary laws and sup
porting the doctrine of Jefferson that
the less the government NEEDLES with
the affairs of the people the better off
are the people. 1t is too, late to raise
the specter of departed Jeffersonian-
ism to brighten the advocates of pro-
hibition in Kentucky. The Democrat
ic party today is more paternal than
the Hamiltonian Federalists of the
early days of the republic. 1t not only
favors sumptuary legislation upon
what men shall drink, but it is using
its power at the present moment to
extend the hand of the government
we every possible human activity till
it will not be long before a man can
not turn over in bed on a hot night
without first getting the permission
of a government inspector. The Cour-
ier-Journal's protest does credit to its
feelings, but it is as futile as object
ing to the excessive speed of the
stage coach in the days of the light
ming express.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
LEARNING THINGS
We Are All in the Apprentice Class.

When a simple change of diet brings
back health and happiness the story is
briefly told. A lady of Springfield, Ill.
says:
After being afflicted for years with
nervousness and heart trouble, / re-
ceived a shock four years ago that left
me in such a condition that my life
was ~despaired of.
Il got no relief from doctors nor
from the numberless heart and nerve
remedies I tried, because / didn't know
that coffee was daily putting me back
more than the doctors could put me
ahead.
Finally at the suggestion of a friend
I left off coffee and began the use of
Postum, and against my expectations |
gradually improved in health until for
the past 6 or s months / have been
entirely free from nervousness and
those terrible sinking, weakening
spells of heart trouble.
MY troubles all came from the use
of coffee which l had drunk from
ShAAuhOO0 dA0 JObl my oA~oopPNoAS
when l quit coffee and took up the use
of Postum" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Many people marvel at the effects of
leaving off coffee and drinking Postum,
but there is nothing marvellous about
it-only common sense
Coffee is a destroyer-Postum is a
rebuilder. That's the reason.
Look in pkgs. for the famous nttle
book, THE Road to MELVILLE"
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well boil
ed. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
In a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious beverage
Instantly. SOC and SOC tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds is
about the same.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
We Can ston Free Trade.

Toe much rain is hard on vegetable
rain, is also damaging to crops. Even
a little free trade plays hob with bust
ness and wages. We can't stop the
rain nor shut out the sunshine to
suit our particular and individual
wants, but we can kill free trade, if
we want work and wages in the United
States.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Consolation.

He came home and found his young
wife dissolved in tears.
What do you think has h~appened?'
she cried. Il left the cage open and
our canary has flown away"
He undertook to give what consola'
ton he might and took the distressed
poor lady in his arms. AS she nestled
against his shoulder a new access OF
sobs convulsed her.
"Ah, George she murmured in a
choking voice. now I've only you left
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Time to Make a Protest.

The tariff that has made wool free
as to duty and more costly than ever
to the mills has at the same time re-
duced the duty on foreign cloth. and
the small town manufacturer is the
hardest hit.
One hope is found in the ballot. The
opportunity comes first in the fall, and
if the small town mill workers do not
speak up, we shall be surprised.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Progressives in a Bad WAY

The Progressives' report of and tc
themselves show that ~ the Repub.
licans are not making the inroads on
the Progressives that they are aIleg.
ing, and that (2) the Progressive party
is in excellent condition in a majority
of the counties. But even this cannot
be regarded as sufficient, as the Pro
gressives viii have to do quite a bit
of threading themselves if they are to
get anywhere. Indianapolis News
(Ind.1.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Not DISCOURAGED.

II have declared a moratorium" said
Mr.. Harduppe to the collector at the
door.
But when are you going to pay this
bill?" asked the collector, whose vo'
cabulary did not include SO long a
word.
why, a moratorium means that the
payment of debts is Indefinitely post
poned."
"Oh," said the collector, 81 thought
you meant something serious. I'll call
around again tomorrow as usual"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
introducing ~oiIcloth" Ribbon

There is a ribbon made of a fine
flexible straw which is used on tailored
hats. Very odd is this new ribbon.
with a glazed finish which makes it
look dull and smooth, not unlike rub
Der. This comes in black only and is
known as "ruban de toile ciree'-oit
cloth ribbon. When other ribbon is
used, it is either of velvet, taffeta, or
faille silk. Satin is passe. Moire is
still used, but in inch-wide ribbon
only; sometimes entire hats are made
of it, and sometimes it is used for
quillings and rosettes.-Vogue.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Should Make Farmer Think

During the campaign the Democratic
candidate for president told the farm
ers of New Jersey that the Panama
canal vas to be kept free for Ameri-
can ships, SO that cargoes of farm
products might be sent from one coast
of he United States to another at low
rates, without railroad control. But
this promise was not kept. On the
contrary, a tax was placed on Ameri-
a shipping through the canal, thus
making competition with the railroads
ineffective, and leaving the farmer
Just where he was. before.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Unity Means Success

1t will soon become clearer than
ever to Republican voters that unity
is the one way to C at the polls,
the only means of ending the mis-.
takes and burdens Of Democratic ad,
ministration of the nations business
The number of those extremists who
cling to a name and a form Of organ.
ization instead of seeking practical
ends in practical ways will dwindle
rapidly. Few will be left by election
day.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
important Ruling.

The attorney general ruled that Gin
cinnati and all other Ohio cities whose
territorial lines are co-extensive with
TOWNSHIP lines can not levy, for mu-
nicipal purposes, the two mills town
ship tax provided by the Smith law.
The only exception is that a sufficient
levy must be made from the two-mill
township tax to owe the salaries and
expenses of justices of the peace, who,
he holds, are constitutional township
officials. This levy, however, will be
SO small as. to be negligible.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Work for the Colonel.

Perhaps, after all, the people do not
like hand-picked candidates. If, dur.
ing the campaign, Mr.. Roosevelt lacks
material for his speeches he may find
it worth while to explain how the
party, which proposes to eliminate the
bosses is the best example of machine
manipulation the world has ever seen.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
To Clean Satin.

Peel and slice two large raw pota-
toes and put in a pint of water with a
pinch of salt, and let stand all night.
Next morning sponge the satin on the
right side with this mixture and wipe
lightly with a cloth. Then iron on
wrong side, and it viii be as glossy az
new.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
ResuIt of pemoeratie R,,,e.

The enactment of the Underwood
tariff bill dealt a staggering blow to
the sugar producing industry of the
United States, reduced the national
revenue $50, 600, 600, but failed to re-
duce the cost of the product to the
consumer to any appreciate extent.
The outbreak of the war finds us with
our own sugar industry paralyzed and
our people forced to pay famine prices
for sugar without putting one addi-
tional penny in the treasury.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Ready for Annual Shoot.

Expert marksmen of the Ohio Ma.
tional Guard are getting ready for the
annual state rife shoot, which will be
held at Camp Perry. The chief event
will be the regimental teach match for
the championship of Ohio, open tc
teams of IL men from each regiment
separate battalion or squadron. There
will be slow and rapid fire in this
match. In slow fire the distance vii
be 600, 500 and 1000 yards. In rapid
fire the distances will be 200 and 30t
yards. The winning team will gel
$50 and the Governors prize.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Predicts Repubiican Victory

In the recent senatorial primaries
in Kentucky the fight for the Demo.
cratic nomination overshadowed the
contest among Republicans, because
of the %closeness of the race between
former Governor Beckham and Rep
resentative Stanley, but in the cleo
ton next November the Republicans
have a good chance to win," said w.
w. Watts of Louisville, Republican
leader of the state, at the New Will
lard.-Washington Post.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Afrlca's Underground Army.

The number of negro laborers en-
ployed by the companies in the Wit
waterstrand Native Labor association
at the end of December was: Gold
mines, 50,012; coal mines, 9,516; dia-
mond mines, 11,811. Total, III, 1899.
This is a large army to be concen-
trated in a comparatively narrow
limit, and it is no wonder that the
companies take pains to keep their
laborers in the separate compounds
and to prevent any general commu-
nication or concerted action. It must
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Duty Before RenubIiean.

The next congress, even though IL
should be Republican in both
branches, could not reverse the upset.
ting effects of the Wilson-Underwood
tariff, or correct the enacted vagaries
of antitrust legislation, but 1t could
call q halt upon the chase of wild
and woolly theories. The election, OF
a Republican majority to either branch
of the Sixty-fourth congress will re.
store confidence and tone up business
in all of its ramifications.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
SUPREME COURT
RENDERS DECISION
ATTEMPT TO CONTROL LEVY
BLOCKED BY COURT-SEC-
TON is INVALID.
NO CHANGE IN BOARDS
Prosecuting Attorneys Are Restored
To Membership-Smith Law
Is Upheld.
(By Denny Donovan.)

Columbus.-Concurred in as re-
Quired by the new constitution by six
of the judges Of the supreme court,
Justice John A. Shauck not partici-
pating, was the decision announced
that one section of the fitzpatrick act
Of 1913, amending the Smith n per
CEN law Of 1911, had been held I'm
constitutional and invalid.
The section which the court says
violates the organic law is that known
as Section 5649-3B, which provides for
a change in the personnel of the coun-
ty budget commissions. The decree of
the court, which was ordered prepared
Immediately, will sustain the remain
der of the act.
By the ruling there are restored to
membership on the county budget com
missions in every county the p%rosecut-
ing attorneys, and there are removed
in some counties the city solicitors of
the most populous city, and in others
the president of the board of education
of the district having the largest du-
plicate.
The section which takes from the
Smith one per cent law the provision
that tax levies must be limited to the
amount levied in 1910 plus statutory
percentages is upheld. In the decision
there fails utterly the attempt of tax
spending authorities of a few of the
larger cities to exercise absolute sway
over the levying of taxes.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Positions of Hlqh Honor,

Place on the great commissions
should be considered a public honor
of the highest rank, hardly less emf
nent than a place on the Supreme
court, of at least equal rank with the
cabinet.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Her sfxIe.

The Parent-And do you think you
ran support my daughter in the style
to which she has been accustomed?
The Lover-Certainly, sir. / have
taken many prizes in tangoing!
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
We Don't Blame Her

Mistress-Why, Mary, isn't this your
Sunday afternoon out +? Aren't you 60
ing for a walk this lovely day?
Mary-Please, IN, I'd rather stay in.
You see. most of the people out on a
Sunday is couples, and I don't like to
be conspicuous.-Punch
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Coed Road Laws.

Efforts to make radical changes in
the laws now on the Ohio state statute
books governing the methods of build
ing and conducting the roads of the
state will be strenuously opposed by
the good roads committee of the Cham.
Der of Commerce of Cincinnati. At a
meeting of the directors the question
of proposed changes in the laws gov
erning the roads of the state were dis
cussed and the good roads committee
authorized to take such action az
would tend to prevent the proposes
changes.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Lona Iime for MaaIs,

Church, see in northern Norway
the longest day lasts from May Fl to
July %.
Gotham suppose a man over there
goes out for lunch about June Is and
gets back about June &c.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
In the WAY.

Grocer Gas customer is going)-
Isn't there something in the way of
meat?
Customer-Yes, there is-the price.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25

The target on the ground to test the
accuracy of %aeroplane bomb-throwers,
is 66 feet in diameter. The 15-pound
bombs are dropped at an elevation Of
656 feet.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25

be remembered that most Of these
negro laborers are of the Kaf1r and
Nasal races both formerly active
and warlike peoples.-Engineering
and Mining Journal.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
The Consumers Choice.

l ne consumers Cnoice.
To boost the Ohio apple, the
state agricultural commission has
adopted an apple code. Through this
it is hoped to effect a standardization
of apple grades and increase the con.
sumption of the homegrown product.
The code provides for the grading
of apples according to size, type and
quality, each grade being given a par
ticular name and number. The best
grade will be called Fancy Ohio" 1t
will call for apples that are hand
picked, uniform, free from blemishes
and well colored.
The next grade will be mo. 1 Ohio
Standard" and maximum size in this
grade will be the minimum of the first
grade. These apples, also, must be
free from blemishes and must conform
to other requirements.
The next grade will be known as
mo. 2 Ohio Standard" and it may
contain apples of irregular form and
deficient in color, but they must be
sound. Specimens showing spray rus
setting, frost injury and limb rubs
may be admitted if the fruit is not dis
torted or the skin cracked.
The state will inspect the apples
and issue certificates which will in
dictate the grade of the products
Should any dealer fail to comply with
the specifications of the code, the state
will refuse to place o. K. on the fret
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
Democratic Misaivinqs.

A number of Democrats are begin
ming to suspect that the protection for
infant industries in their own section
of the country would be a worthy
feature of any tariff.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25

Secretary Bryan's mighty generous
with Uncle Sans $685. 900, 900, but just
try to touch him for a free ticket to
see the yodelers.