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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
Hymn Writer to Aid cirls.

Fanny ]. Crosby, the blind hymn
writer, is president of the Golden Rule
alliance recently formed for the pur-
pose of securing funds to erect home
for blind girls who may be in need OF
care and education. Miss Crosby was
for many years a teacher in the New
York Institute for the Blind. There
she formed the friendship of Grover
Cleveland, who as young man was
secretary in the school, Her work in
the Bowery mission is replete with
incident. Already, while the alliance
is yet in its infancy, a wide field OF
usefulness is being opened. Several
instances of sightless little ones have
come to it for treatment and care and
complete cure has resulted in some
cases, while in others provision has
been made for permanent care Of
blind girls. The problem of educating
girls in similar conditions is a serious
one. Miss Crosby gives out a state
ment in which alluding to her recent
severe illness she believes her life
has been spared that she may com
plete the establishment of home for
blind girls. The Golden Rule alliance
has headquarters at rs Fifth avenue,
New York.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
the dolls feet when the doll is stood
upon its hroomstraW standard

the dolls feet when the doll is stood
upon its broomstraw standard.
To dress the doll, cut a strip of
tissue-paper three and one-half inches
wide and 25 inches long. pleat or gath
er it, and sew it around the dolls
waist for a skirt. Then make waist
out of the same material and sew it
in place. Cut pretty head of the
right size from a magazine, and paste
it to the dolls head.
When the doll is finished. place her
on a piece of cardboard with the end
of the cardboard extending over the
edge of the table, tap the cardboard
with your fingers, and you will he de-
lighted upon discovering how grace
fully she can dance
The dolls should not be made to
look alike, for the dolls party. but as
different as possible. This will be
quite easy to do. A variety of pretty
heads will be found by a careful
search among fashion pictures and
magazine illustrations, and with It's
sue-papers of different colors to
work with, there will be no limit to
the number of styles of pretty party
dresses that you will be able to de-
wise. Tissue-paper doll dressing is
fun, and just the right kind of fun for
an afternoon when the weather is 100
disagreeable for you to play outdoors
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
For Handy Bous and
Girls 10 Make and Do
Oopyright by A. Nicely HalD
BY A. NEELY HALL.
A PORTABLE WRITING DESK.

A PORTABLE WRITING DESK.
Every boy needs a writing desk,
and the plans below show an entirely
new idea for a desk. 1t has no legs,
but is made to stand upon table.
The front drops down to write upon,
just like a drop-leaf of any1 desk.
When the front is closed and hooked,
the desk is in compact form. and it
may be lifted from the table by
means of the handle attached to the
top and stood in some out of the way
corner until wanted for use again.
A grocery box, together with its
cover or some additional box boards,
is needed for working material. The
box shown in the illustrations is one
In which cans of preserved fruit had
been packed, and it measures Fl
inches long, 1874 inches wide and 71a
inches deep. Very likely you can get
box of approximately the same di-
mensions by going to your grocer.
Pick out as perfect box as you can
find. The fewer cracks, knots and
joints that there are in the boards,
the less puttying you will have to do
when finishing.
After renailing any boards that
may be loose, cut the board A of a
length equal to the inside length of
the box. and of a width equal to the
inside depth of the box Gig. A.. and
the piece B of equal width and 212
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

| of November of the present year, to
join the army of the Loire.
"Bretons! France calls! Answer
with your ancient battle-cry, 'Sainte.
Anne! Sainte-Annei' The eyes of the
world are on Armorica! To arms!"
The girls voice ceased; a dead 81
lence reigned in the square. The men
looked at one another stupidity; wom-
an began to whimper.
THE curse is on Paradise!" cried
hoarse voice
The drummer was already drawing
another paper from her ragged pocket,
and again in the same clear, emotion
less voice, but slightly drawing her
words, she read:
ITO the people of Paradise! The
manager of the famous American trav-
cling circus, lately returned from a
tour of the northern provinces, with
camels, elephants, lions and magnifi-
cent company of artists, announces a
stugendous exhibition to be held in
Lorient at greatly reduced prices, thus
enabling the intelligent and apprecia-
tive people of Paradise to honor the
Republican circus, recently known as
the Imperial circus, with their benevo-
lent and discerning patronage! Long
live France! Long live the republic!
Long live the circus!"
A resounding roll of the drum end
ed the announcements; the girl slung
the drum over her shoulder, turned to
the right, and passed over the stone
bridge, sabots clicking.
| The maids of Paradise were weeping
now by the fountain; the men gath
cred near, and their slow, hushed
| voices scarcely rose above the ripple
of the stream where Robert the Liz.
ard fished in silence.
l walked across to the Quimperle
road and met Jacque1ine, dancing
along with her drum. We stood in the
middle of the high-road looking
| through the dust haze, she doubtless
dreaming of the splendors to come, !
very, very tired.
Suddenly, straight out of the flaming
gates of the sunset, the miracle was
wrought Breathless, she shrank back
among the weeds, one hand pressed to
her throbbing throat. Then she caught
sight of something through the dust
that filed her with a delicious terror,
and she cried out. For there, uptow.
ering in the haze, came trudging a
great, gray creature, a fearsome,
swaying thing in crimson trappings
Tapping huge ears. 1t shuf1ed past
swinging dusty trunk; the sparkling
horsemen cantered by, tin armor blaz
ing in the fading glory; the chariots
dragged after, and the closed dens OF
beasts rolled behind in single file, fol
lowed by the band-wagon, where
heaven-inspired musicians played fran
tically and a white-faced clown bal
anced his hat on stick and shrieked
So the circus passed into Paradise;
and turned and followed in the wake
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
DIsCoNTENT NOT ALL GOOD
True That 1t Has Its Uses, but There
Are Other Things to Be.
Considered.

It is perhaps true that some writers
and teachers have over-emphasized the
gospel of contentment with our lot 1t
is not always well to be contented with
our lot. Advancement in every line has
been made by people who were dis
contented with their present oppor-
tunities and broke through to some
thing higher. But, even allowing this,
it is undeniably true that there is a
vast amount of unholy and wasteful
discomfort. We are apt to think pref
ty constantly how much more and how
much better we would do if circum-
stances were different. While history
presents many cases of people who
broke away from humble task to force
their way to something higher, it is
fuller of instances in which a man or
woman, by doing with patient faith
fulness an Insignificant task, has been
celled to greater things
The answer to the problem is the
old rule of living by the minute. 1t Is
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

wall, to a dock where presently a
swift river boat swung in for passen-
gers. And when the bateau mouche
shot out again into mid-stream, Speed
and stood silently on deck, watching
the silyer-gray facades of Paris fly
past above us under the blue sky.
We sat far forward, quite alone, and
separated from the few passengers by
the pilothouse and joined funnel.
l waited; Speed chewed his cigar
grimly.
Look here, Scarlet" he said. do
you know what has become of the
crown jewels of France?"
NO. I said.
well, I'll tell you. You know, of
course, that the government is anxious.
But you don't know what pitiable
fright the authorities are in. The
crown jewels, the bars of goIa ef the
reserve, the great pictures from the
|. Louvre, the antiques of value, includ-
ing the Venus of Milo, have been
packed in cases and loaded on trains
under heavy guard.
Twelve of these trains have already
left Paris for the par-port Of Lorient.
The others are to follow, one every
twenty-four hours at midnight. A swift
cruiser-the Fer-de-Lance-is lying off
Paradise with steam up night and day.
ready to receive the treasures of the
government at the first alarm and run
for the French possessions in Cochin
China
And now, perhaps, you may guess
why Buckhurst is so anxious to hang
around Paradise"
OF course l was startled Speeds
muttered information gave me the
keys to many doors. And behind each
door were millions and millions and
millions of francs worth of plunder
Our eyes met in mute interrogation;
Speed smiled.
DO you remember an application
for license from the manager of a
travelling American show-a Yankee
circus?"
"Byrams Imperial American cir
cus?" / said.
That's it. They went through Nor
mandy last summer. Well, Byram s
agent is going to meet US at Saint
Cloud. We're engaged; I'm to do bal
looming know l worked one of
the military balloons before Peters
burg. You are to do sensational rid
ing. You were riding-master in the
Spahis-were you not?"
81 tanned three lions for my regi,
ment at Constantinople," / said.
Good lad! Then you can play with
Byram's lions. too. Oh. what the
devil!" he cried, recklessly; its all
| in lifetime"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

Inches high. Fasten piece B across
the center of board A, with nails driv-
en- through A into the edge of B. Then
fasten the nailed together pieces in
the upper part of the box, as shown
in Fig. 8, to form pigeon-holes. Nail
through the ends of the box into the
ends OF board A, and down through
the top into the edge of board B, to
hold the pieces in place.
Strip C Gig. 81 forms the front to
rack for stationery and loose papers
Gigs. and 81, and has four screw
hooks screwed into it Zig. 81 for pen
and pencil racks. Cut this strip of a
length equal to the inside length of
the box, and about inches wide, and
fasten IT. between the ends of the box,
about 1 inch out from the box bot
tom, by driving nails through the box
ends into it's ends.
The box-cover boards should be
fastened together with two strips
placed across them near the ends as
shown in Fig. 1. for the front drop.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

orders to keep off and use Lorient
when we want a port"
You believe the cruiser out at sea
yonder is going to bring you evil9'
"She has brought it. But it's all the
same to me. am mayor, and exempt
and 1 have cider and tobacco and
boudin for few months yet"
AT that moment we both caught
sight Of peasant running and waving
packet of blue papers in the air.
Monsieur the mayor! Monsieur the
mayor!" he called, while still far
away.
"Cre cochon de malheur!" muttered
the mayor, turning pale. He's got a
telegram"
He turned to me, almost bursting
with suppressed prophecy.
"It has come-the evil that the black
cruiser brings US! You laughed
Tenez, monsieur; there's your bad
! luck in these blue morsels of paper!'
| And he snatched the telegram from
the breathless messenger, reading il
with dilating eyes.
When at length the magistrate had
mastered the contents of his telegram
he looked up with stupid stare.
81 want my drummer. Where's the
town-crier?" he demanded, as though
dazed.
HE has gone to Lorient, m'sieu the
mayor" ventured the messenger
ITO get drunk. l remember. I'm
beetle! Why did he go today? Are
there not six other days in this cursed
week? Who is there to drum? No
body. Nobody knows how in Para
disc. Seigneur, Dieu! the ignorance
of this town."
"M'sieu the mayor" ventured the
messenger, there's Jacqueline"
"Ho! Vrai The Lizards young one
She can drum, they say"
''The little witch can drum then
awake in Ker-Is," muttered the mes
senger.
1 The mayor rose, looked around tn,
square, frowned. Then he raised hi
voice in a below: "Jacqueline! JAG
quelinei Thou Jacqueline!"
A far voice answered, family break
ing across the square from the bridge
''She is on the rocks with her sea
rake!"
The mayor thrust the blue Telegram
into his pocket and waddled out of hi
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
Home Made Floor PoIisher.

Take wooden box, such as starch
or cocoa is shipped in, and stretch sew
eral thicknesses of carpet or flannel
over the bottom, allowing it to come
well up on the sides and tack smooth
ly. Make handle of two stout pieces
of wood, thirty-six inches long. and
join their upper end to shorter piece
of wood as cross piece and nail all to
the box. Place three paving bricks
inside of the box and it will weigh
sixteen pounds, just the weight sold
for use by women Rub always with
the grain of the wood
This, with the addition of housewife,
Iduscle and elbow grease, makes the
work perfectly simple
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
CHAPTER vlII.-continued.

The shock came almost Immediate
ly. for, without a word, he suddenly
emptied the jewel-bag on the desk
before him. The bag contained little
pebbles wrapped in tissue-paper
Suppose you explain this farce?"
Mornac suggested. unmoved.
Suppose you explain it," stam-
mered.
He raised his delicately arched eye
brows. What do you mean?"
Il mean that an hour ago that bag
contained the diamonds from the cru
cifix of Louis XI.! | mean that
handed them over to you on my arri-
val at this bureau"
Doubtless you can prove what you
say he observed. 1T seems to me
that it is high time we abolished the
Foreign Division. Imperial Military Po-
lice"
hoarsely 1T is your word against
mine; demand an investigation!
Certainly he replied, almost wear
lily, and touched bell. Bring that
Witness" he added to the soldier who
appeared in answer to the silvery sum-
mons.
Somebody entered the room behind
me, passed me; there was an odor of
violets in the air, a faint rustic of silk.
and saw Mornac rise and bow to his
guest and conduct her to chair.
His guest was the young Countess
de Vassart
Mornac turned directly on me.
Madame, do you know this officer?"
Yes" said the countess, smiling.
did you see him receive small
sack of diamonds in Morsbronn?'
The countess gave me quick glance
of surprise. 'Yes," she said wonder
ingly.
Thank you, madame; that is sufh-
cient," he replied; and before could
understand what he was about he had
conducted the countess to the next
room and had closed the door behind
him.
Quick" muttered Speed at my Ell
bow; lets back out of this trap
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
Character Told by LAUGHTER.

A French paper has discovered that
persons character is expressed in
his manner of laughing. If you laugh
in "Ha ha" fashion, you ara frank II
man and inconstant and incapable
you laugh "Heh, heh,' you are neu-
rasthenic, melancholy aid skeptical
If you adopt a deeper tone and laugh
in "Ho, hos" you are generous, easy
going and good-natured The proper
pitch for the fair sex to laugh in is
"He, he," while people who laugh
with a Hoo, hoo" effect should be
avoided as hypocritical. scandal-mon'
gering and miserly.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
NOT THE SHOCK EXPECTED
Seemingly, Debutante Would Have
Been Willing II It Had Been
Otherwise.

After the Spanish melon. while
awaiting the cold consomme, young
Japanese diplomat took the fan from
the white hand of debutante, and
opened it--from the right to left del
icately.
"You noticed how l opened it?" he
said From right to left?"
yes" she returned indifferently
"But everybody opens fans from right
to left"
And do you know why? No? Then
I'll tell YOU'LL warn you-so that you
yourself may never, by any chance
open a fan from left to right"
1. He slipped his amber-colored chablis
and resumed:
Fans originated in Japan, and from
time immemorial the Japanese fan
makers, whose morality is not like
western morality, have constructed
fans in such manner that, opened
from right to left, they reveal limo
cent and lately things-fowers and
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
SYNOPSIS.

Scarlett. an American soldier of for
tune in the employ of the French I'm
perial Police at the outbreak of the Fran
co-Prussian war, is ordered to arrest
John Buckhurst, a leader of the Com
Inunists and suspected of having stolen
the French crown jewels. While search
Ing for Buckhurst. Scarlet is ordered to
arrest Countess de Vassart and her group
of socialists and escort them to the Bel
gian border. i5carlett finds Sylvia Elven
of the Odeon disguised as peasant and
carries her to La Trappe where the
countess and her friends are assembled.
All are arrested. The countess saves
Scarlet from fatal fall from the roof
of the house. He denounces Buckhurst
as the leader of the Reds and the coun-
tess conducts him to where Buckhurst Is
secreted. German Uhlans descend on
the place and Buckhurst escapes during
the melee. Scirlett is wounded. He re-
covers Consciousness in the countess
house at Morsbronn. where he is. cared
for by the countess. A fierce battle is
fought in the streets between French
and Prussian soldiers. Buckhurst pro-
fesSes repentance and returns the crown
jewels to Scarlet. He declares he will
give himself up to the authorities Scar
lett doubts his sincerity. BuclShurst urges
the countess to go to Paradise. Buck
hurst admits that he receives paw ffo-l
the Prussians for information which he
does not give. He secures passports to
~ Fre~ch lines for Srarlatt the coun-
tess and himself Scarlet reports to
the secret service in Paris and finds Nor
mac, shadow of the emperor in charge.
He deposits the crown Jewels.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
Japanese Greeting.

Nothing is more amusing than to
watch two acquaintances saluting in
the streets of Japanese town. AS
they come in sight of each other they
slacken their pace and approach with
downcast eyes and averted face, as If
neither was worthy of beholding the
other; then they bow so as to bring
the face on level with the knees, on
which the palms of the hands are
pressed.
A succession of kissing sounds is
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

next heard, made by drawing the
breath between the closed teeth, in
.terspersed with complimentary
phrases uttered with great volubility,
each trying to outdo the other.
At last the climax is reached and
each endeavors to give precedence to
the other For perhaps a full minute
the polite contest continues; then the
ceremony abrutly ends. as if the diff
Guilty were capable of none but a
brusque solution, and the two pass on
hurriedly, with look of extreme re-
lief
The Japanese gentleman who has
many acquaintances must require an
hour to walk the length of block on
a city street.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
PART SECOND.
CHAPTER TX.
The Road to. PARADISE.

flS EtQdQ " srfl1I ddtSCs
On the 3rd of November Byram's
American circus, travelling slowly over
land toward the Spanish frontier, drew
up for an hours rest at Quimperle. /,
however, as usual, prepared to ride
forward to select proper place for
our encampment, and to procure the
necessary license.
We were in seedy circumstances; !;
am endless chain of bad luck had fol-
lowed us from Chartres.
The fortune that Byram had made in
the previous year was already gone;
we no longer travelled by rail; we no
longer slept at inns; we could barely
pay for the food for our animals.
Got enough cash for the license %
asked Byram, uneasily.
'Plenty, governor; don't worry"
replied, and set my horse at a gallop
over the old stone bridge.
/ passed stone house, another
then the white road curved under the
trees and / rode straight into the heart
of Paradise, my horses hoofs awaking
echoes in the silent, stone-paved
square.
"A young girl with a face like the
Madonna stole across the square in
her felt shoes.
"Can you tell me where the mayor
lives?" I asked, looking down at her
from my horse.
"Ho! ia; oui, monsieur, sill faut bien
The mayor is at breakfast in his kitch
en- yonder."
Thank you, my child"
l turned my horse across the shady
| square to a stone house banked ur
| with bed on bed Of scarlet geraniums
The windows were open; a fat mar
with very small eyes sat inside eating
an omelet.
told him that l wanted a license
for a circus to camp for one night;
that also desired permission to pitcf
camD somewhere In the vicinity HI
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
United States, superiorItx.

According to a report issued by the
American bureau of foreign and do
mestic commerce, based upon a study
of seventeen industries in the United
States and Great Britain, it requires
18 per cent more power and two and
one-half times more labor to do the
same work, in the industries examin-
ed, in Great Britain than it does in
the United States.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

the holes to keep the parts from, slip
ping off. Figure shows the doll
assembled complete. The circular
piece with the center cut out of IL,
shown in Fig. g.. fits down over the
dolls body, resting upon its hips. as
shown in Fig. g. 1t is cut through on
one side to make it easier to slip i,
over the dolls body. This piece forms
the top of the standard which sup
ports the doll while dancing. Pierce
four holes through it, near the outer
edge, and at equal distances apart;
insert a broom straw in each hole,
bend over the top, and glue it to the
cardboard so it |ill not slip out. Cut
off the lower ends of the, straws SO
they will extend just trifie below
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

temples and tea gardens-while, open
ed from left to right, they reveal
scenes of an indecency and obscenity
passing belief.
"Of course, all Japanese fans are
not of double entendre such as this.
but many are, and hence Japan has
taught the world to open its fans in
only one way-the safe way
The young lady opened her fan, very
cautiously. the unsafe way. Then she
said:
"Pshaw, my fan is all right"
And then gave little disappointed
shrug of her white shoulders.-Chi-
cago Record-Herald
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

and articles in both countries; and it
has accumulated large library of
Americana in Berlin, for the use of
German scholars and exiles or visiting
Americans. Such an institution seems
peculiarly German in the very thor
oughness with which it has substi-
tuted systematic methods for the nat
urally haphazard means of inter
course; but it is all the more to be
wished that as between other Euro
pean nations and the United States
similar bureaus could be brought into
existence.-New York Evening Post
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

selves in need of information as to
what has been done across seas, 1t
has become an invaluable medium of
inquiry. It's services, again, to the
great number of students, govern
ment officials, professors on sabbath
cal leave, and representatives of
learned societies who are annually
interchanged, ignorant often of local
conditions and even language, cover
a wide range 1t has assisted the au-
thors of $500 German books to OBJ
tain a copyright in America; it has
encouraged the translation of books
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

almost never right to leave a task
unfinished. This day, this hour, this
minute, puts task into cur hands.
Because of the nail the shoe was
lost; because of the shoe the horse
was lost; because of the horse the
rider was lost; because of the rider
the battle was lost" So it was the
blacksmith, after all, who lost the bat
tie. If he had done his work well. the
cause might have triumphed.-
tian Herald.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
Busiest Railway Station.

The busiest railway terminal in this
country is the South station of Boston.
which handles more trains, passengeG
baggage and mail per day than any
other. The largest railway station In
point OF size is the recently completed
Grand Central terminal In New York
city.
The total number of passengers in
and out Of the South station from July,
1912, to June, 1913, exceeded 2s.o00,-
100; the number In and out of the
Grand Central exceeded 210oo.0oo Al