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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06

other sticks that you can find. Bind
them to the chair backs with string.
Get a large enough, piece of cloth
for the canopy covering to extend over
the four corner sticks and hang down
across the front and ends to form a
band eight or ten inches wide. Tack
the cloth to the corner sticks.
The front and ends of the counter
should be enclosed with cloth OF
heavy wrapping paper.
OF course, you must have set of
scale balances for your counter. Your
little store would not be complete
without them Figure shows a set
very easy to make. The base of these
is a large spool, and into the center
hole of this spool a rubber-tipped pen
Gil is slipped for the center support
Gig. A.. Cut the top cross strips
from the cover of a cardboard box,
making them ten inches long. Cut the
and pierce a pinhole through the CEN
ter Figure shows how the strips
are fastened each side of the rubber
tip of the pencil, by means of a pin
pushed through them and through the
rubber-tip; also, how small cork is
pushed on to the point of the pin, SO
there will be no danger of it injuring
you.
The weighing trays are made of pill
box covers of equal size. Pierce four
holes through the rim of each and
after running a thread through each
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06
WELCOME COMING OF LOCUST
sudanese Consider Insects, Elsewhere
Regarded as Pests, as Most
Palatable Food.

The latest advices from Khartum,
in the Sudan, state that the usual
bitches have been dug in all direc-
tions in anticipation of the summer
rains, which, however, have as yet
not put in an appearance. In the
meantime these bitches are having
their uses, for a plague Of locusts
has set in. Immense swarms have
for days been passing over the city.
Locusts OF course do a vast amount
of damage to the fields. They null
tiply most rapidly and wherever they
settle they devour every vestige of
green and leave the land bare. The
Sudanese are waging vigorous cam
paign against them and their zeal is
whetted by the fact that locusts con-
stitute for them very palatable dish.
These insects are usually caught by
the Cyprus system" which consists
in digging trenches and erecting on
their farther side tin screens against
which they dash and kill themselves.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06

find a nut of just the form shown.
Then all you will have to do is mark
the eyes with pen or pencil and make
a pair of toothpick feet.
Brownie Jim Gig. 81 is keeper of
the Nutland zoo. His body is an al
mond, his head a chestnut, and his
arms are toothpicks. He wears broad
shoes made of pumpkin seeds and a
hat made of a cup from large
acorn
The spider Gig. 81 is a monster.
but is quite harmless. Its body is a
peanut, and it's legs are bent tooth
picks.
Nutland sparrows are just as fat and
saucy as any live ones you have ever
seen. Select a peanut for the body,
make the feet of toothpicks, and mark
the eyes and beak with pen or pencil
For the porcupine pierce one side
of a peanut full of holes, and stick
broken toothpicks into the holes for
quil1s. Then provide four toothpick
legs.
The "gump" lives only in Nutland
Its body its double peanut, and its
legs are halves of toothpicks.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06
WESTERN CANADA
CAME INTO EVIDENCE
AT THE CRUCIAL PERIOD FOR
SUPPLY OF WORLDS FOOD
STUFFS.

The present demand for foodstuffs
in all parts of the world. and the ex-
pense of producing it on high-priced
lands, would make it seem that west
ern Canada came into evidence at ths
crucial period. There is to be found
the opportunity that will be a large
factor in meeting this demand. With
it's millions of acres of land, easily
cultivatable, highly productive, acces
sihle to railways, and with unexcelled
climatic conditions, the opportunities
that are offered and afforded are too
great to be overlooked.
There have been booms in almost
every civilized country and they were
looked upon as such, and in the course
Of time the bubble was pricked and
was burst. But in no country has the
development been as great nor as
rapid, whether in city or In country,
as in western Canada.
The provinces of Manitoba. Sas-
katchewan and Alberta have the larg-
est area of desirable lands on the
North American continent, and their
cultivation has just begun.
Even with a two hundred million
bushel wheat crop, less than eight
per cent. of the land is under the
ploughs, four per cent. being In wheat
Less than five years ago the wheat
crop was only 100000 bushels. It
is q simple calculation to estimate
that If four per cent. Of the available
cultivatable area produces something
over 200,000,000 bushels, what will A
per cent. produce?A And then look at
the immigration that is coming into
the country. In 1901 it was 49,14S,
1900 being from the United States:
IN 1905 it was 89,064, of which $1,000
were Americans, and In 1918 1t was
about 100000, of which about 100000
were Americans. But why have they
gone to Canada? The American farm
stincts, just like his Canadian brother,
and when he finds that he can sell his
own farm at from 800 to 5000 per
acre and move into Canada and home
stead and pre-empt half section for
himself, and similarly fer all his sons
1 who are adult and Of age upon lands
as rich and fertile Nas those he left.
and producing indeed several bushels
to the acre in excess of anything he
has ever known, it will take mora
than an ordinary effort to prevent him
from making the change.
And then, too. there is the American
capital following the capital of Drawn.
muscle and sinew, following it so an
to keep in touch with the Industrious
farmer with which it has had dealings
for years back. This capital and the
capital of farming experience is no
small matter in the building up of q
country.
Nothing is said of the great mineral
and forest wealth, of which but little
4 has been touched.
No country in the worlds history
has attracted to its borders a larger
number of settlers in so short a time,
or has attracted so much wealth In q
period of equal length, as have the
Canadian prafries. Never before has
pioneering been accomplished under
conditions so favorable as those that
exist in western Canada today.-Ad-
vertisement.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06

Kelly Eyre? Yes," said, sulkily.
: "Ah. Would you take message to
Mistaire Kelly Eyre for me?" she
asked, sweetly.
l said that would,
Then please say that: 'On Sum
day the book stores are closed in
Paris"
Very well, mademoiselle."
She courtesied and vanished.
fancied, after few moments, that
I heard the distant thudding of a
horses hoofs; soon was sure of it,
and rose to my feet expectantly, just
as flushed young girl in riding
habit entered the room and gave me
her gloved hand.
l looked at her earnestly, scarcely
understanding that she was saying she
was glad had come, that she had
waited for me, that she had wanted to
see me, that she had wished to tell ME
how deeply our tragic experience at
La Trappe and in Morsbronn had inn
pressed her.
But come out to my garden" she
said, smiling, and stripping off her lit
tie buff gauntlets. There we will
have a tea a pAnglaise, and sunshine,
and long, long, satisfying talk"
She led the way along path under
the apricots to seat against sunny
wall
First of ALL" she said, impulsiyely
Il know your life-all of 1t in minute
particular. Are you astonished?" ?"
mo, madame" ! replied; "Mornae
showed you my dossier."
"That is true" she said, with trou
bled look of surprise.
smiled. "As for Mornac," began
but she interrupted me-
"Ah, Mornac! Do you suppose be
lieved him? In your dossier read the
tragedy of gentleman"
"Do you know" said I, 'that an
now a performer in third-rate travel
ing circus?'
Il think that is very sad.'" she said
sweetly. with no hope?
"Hope?" With every hope" sale
smiling. my name is not my own
but 1t must serve me to my end, and
shall wear it threadbare and leave +
to no one"
SIS there no .hope?" she asked
quietly.
Suddenly the ghost of all 1 had los
rose before me with her words-rost
at last after all these years, towering
terrible, free once more to fill the day.
with loathing and my nights with hel
eternal, /. after all these years
There is every hope said, "sav'
the hopes of youth-the hope of {
woman's love, and of that happiness
which comes through love. / am ;
man past thirty, madame thirty-five
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06
SYNOPSIS.

Scarlett. an American soldier of for
tune in the employ of the French Inn
co-Prussian war. is ordered to arrest
John Buckhurst, a leader of the Com
munists and suspected OF having stolen
ing for Buckhurst Scarlet is ordered to
arrest Countess de Vassart and her group
of socialists and escort them to the Bel
Of the Odeon disguised as peasant and
countess and-her friends are assembled.
M are The frn tSs saoes roe
OF the house. He denounces Buckhurst
as the leader of the Reds and the coun-
tess conducts him to where Bpckhurst is
secretad. German Uhlans descend on
the place and Buckhurst escapes during
the melee. Scarlet Is wounded. He re-
covers consciousness In the countess
house at Morsbronn, where he is cared
for by the countess 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. Buckhurst urges
the countess to go to Paradise. Buck
hurst admits that he receives pay from
the Prussians for information which he
does not give He secures passports 70
the French lines for Scarlet, the coun-
tess and himself. Scarlett reports to
the secret service In Paris and finds Nor
nae, shadow Of the emperor, in charge.
when making detailed report. finds that
pebbles have been substituted for the real
stones. Speed, a comrade in the service,
warns Scarett that Mornac Is dangerous.
He also informs him that all the govern
ment treasure is being transported to the
coast for shipment out of the country
Scarlet and Speed escape to join cir
Gus. The circus arrives at Paradise. An
order is received by the mayor calling
the citizens to arms. Jacqueline, daugh-
ter of the Lizard. offers to join the circus
to give exhibitions in the character of a
mermaid Scarlet makes friends with
the Lizard
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06

two grocery boxes about 80 inches
high they will do. The Illustrations
show chair supports, for they will
probably be easiest for you to obtain.
AS the chair seats are not high enough
to rest the counter board upon, you
must place a small box upon each to
make them of the right height.
If you cannot find a nice clean board
for the eounter-top, probably you can
borrow one of the extra dining table
boards, or the ironing board. Another
board of equal length to that used for
the top, placed across the chair seats,
beneath the small boxes, will make
good shelf; and by turning the small
boxes so their open ends will be to-
wards the back of the counter, and
placing short pieces of board across
the chair rounds, as shown in Fig. q,
you will have two splendid cupboards
of three shelves each in which to keep
stock.
The canopy above the counter is
really not necessary, but l think every
girl will want one, for it makes the
store much neater appearing. For the
corner sticks you may use broom
handles, short curtain poles, and any
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06

For Handy Bous and
Girls 10 Make and Do
Copyright by A. Nicely HalD
BY A. NEELY HALL.
TOYS FROM NUTLAND

TOYS FROM NUTLAND.
The amusing little figures shown In
the illustrations are few of the many
that live in Nutland. Five cents. worth
of peanuts, few chestnuts and Pc
cans, some pumpkins or squash seeds,
and few handfuls of toothpicks will
furnish material for making them.
Figure 1 shows the wild man and
his prancing horse. The man is made
of two peanuts, one for the head and
one for the body. These are joined to-
gether by short piece of toothpick
stuck into hole pierced in the end
Of each nut with knife. Pierce holes
In the body peanut in the right places
for the arms and legs, and stick tooth
picks. bent as shown, into these
holes
For the wild horse, select long
double peanut. Pierce two small holes
near one end, and insert two bits of
toothpicks for ears. Four bent tooth
picks form the legs, and another forms
the tail. The wild man must be fas-
tened to the horse by sticking one end
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06
CHAPTER xlIl.-continued.

With mallet, hammer, saw, and
screw-driver / worked until noon, ma
turing my plans all the while. These
plans would take the last penny in
the treasury and leave us in debt sew
eral thousand francs. But it was win
or go to smash now, and personally
have always preferred tremendous
smash to slow and oozy fizzle.
A big pot of fragrant soup was
served to the company at luncheon;
and 1t amused mest to see Jacqueline
troop into the tent with the others and
sit down with her bit Of bread and her
bowl of broth.
How is she getting on?" called
across to Speed"
"The child is simply startling" he
said, in English "She is not afraid of
anything. She and Miss Crystal have
been doing that hair-raising flying
swing without rehearsal"
Byram's buoyancy had returned in
measure. He sat in his shirt sleeves
at the head Of the table, vigorously
sopping his tartine in his soup, and.
mouth full, leaned forward, chewing
and listening to the conversation
around him.
'.Fll say one thing, observed By
ram, with dignity; 'if ever git out of
this darn continong with my circus, I'll
recooperate in the undulatin' medders
an j'yful wales of the United States.
Hereafter that country will continue
to remain good enough for me-"
Now that / had stirred up this bee
hive and set it swarming again, had
no inclination to turn drone. Yet re-
membered my note to the Countess de
Vassart and her reply. So about four
o'clock | made the best toilet could
in my only other suit Of clothes, and
walked out of the bustling camp into
the square, where the messy fountain
splashed- under the oaks and the chill
dren Of Paradise were playing.
One thing noticed as crossed the
6nused moat of the Chateau de Ire
court on permanent bridge There
was man, lying belly down in the
bracken, watching me; and as ]
walked into the court / tried to re.
member where had seen his face be.
fore.
There was a soft whirring in the all
like the sound of humming bird close
by; it came from spinning-wheel, and
grew louder 'as a servant admitted me
into the house and guided me to a sun
ny room facing the fruit garden.
Suddenly the melody ceased, and Q
young Bretonne girl appeared in the
doorway, courtesying to me and saying
in perfect English: How do you do
Mr. Scarlett?"
The girl was Mademoiselle Sylvia
Elyen, the marvelously clever actress
from the Odeon, the same young WON
an who had played the Alsacienne a
La Trappe, as perfectly in voice ant
costume as she now played the Bre
tonne.
Il only came to renew an old ant
deeply valued friendship. | am going
back to my fax now. And, by-the-way,'
she said, languidiy, 'is there in you
intellectual circus company a youn,
gentleman whose name is Eyre?'
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06

whats That Box?" Asked the Lizard.
known in Belleville as Tric-Trac. He
came here, believe, to see a man
called Buckhurst. Can you find this
Tric-Trac for me? Do you. perhaps,
know him?"
"Yes," said the Lizard, 'T knew him
in prison."
How long has he been here in Para
dise?"
For two months"
aHe is filou-a town rat. He came
here to meet man named Buckhurst' y
Il have seen that man Buckhurst,
too. What is he doing here?" asked
the Lizard.
"That is what want you to find out
and help me to find out!' said. ''voi-
la! Now you know what want of
you. Think out plan which will per-
NIT me to observe this Monsieur Trio
Trac at my leisure, without I myself
being observed"
"That is easy" he said. "I take him
food today"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06

believe my dossier makes it. 1t has
taken me fifteen years to bury my
youth. Let us talk of Mornac."
Yes, we will talk of Mornac," she
said, gently.
So with infinite pains went, back
and traced for her the career of Buck
hurst, sparing her nothing. She sat
motionless, her face like cold marble,
as carefully gathered the threads of
the plot and gently twitched that one
which galvanized the mask of Mornac
"Mornac!" she stammered, aghast.
/ showed her why Buckhurst desired
to come to Paradise; showed her
why Mornac had initiated her into the
mysteries of my dossier, taking that
internal precaution, although he had
every reason to believe he had me
practically in prison, with the keys in
his own pocket.
She told me that Buckhurst came
to her house here in Paradise early in
September; that while in Paris. pom
dering on what / had said, she had
determined to withdraw herself abso-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06
me without the slightest provocation

me without the slightest provocation
or warning.
Fortunately had a training-chair in
my hand, on which Timour had just
been sitting, and l had time to thrust
it into his face Down, Timour Melek!
Down! down! DOWN." I said, steadily,
accompanying each word with blow
of the whip across the nose.
The brute had only hurt himself
when he struck the chair, and now,
under the blows raining on his sensi-
tive nose, he doubtless remembered
similar episodes in his early training,
and shrank back, nearly deafening me
with his roars. I followed, Furnishing
him, and he fed towards the low iron
grating which separated the training
cage from, the night quarters.
was not in perfect trim that morn
ing. Not that l felt nervous in the
least, nor had l any lack of self-con-
fidence, but l was not myself. The
lions had been aware of it as soon as l
set foot in their cage; and I knew it.
AS / emerged from the cage Speed
asked me whether I was hurt, and l
gasped out that 4 was not
what went wrong?" he persisted.
Speed, it was one of those seconds
that come to us, when the faintest
shadow of indecision settles matters.
Engineers are subject to it at the
throttle, pilots at the helm, captains
| in battle"
Men in love-" added Speed.
I looked him over in astonishment-
Whats the matter with you?" he
asked, amused.
Whats the matter with your l de-
manded. eff you mean to intimate
that have fallen in love you are GER
tainly an astonishing asst"
Don't talk that way" he said, good
humored1y. 81 didn't dream of such a
thing, or of offending you, Scarlett.'
/ had an appointment to meet Rob
ert the Lizard at noon, and was
rather curious to find out how much
his promises were worth when the
novelty of his new gun had grown
stale
The poacher was summing himself on
his doorsill when I came into view
over the black basalt rocks. To my
surprise, he touched his cap as / ap
preached, and rose civilly, replying te
my greeting with brief, Salute
m'sieu!"
'sYou are prompt to the minute"
said, pleasantly.
"Come to the point, m'sieu," he said
dryly. 1--WE have struck palms"
Lizard" said, "give me your con
fidence as I give you mine. Yester
day, on visit to Point Paradise,
saw man lying belly down in the
bracken; but didn't let him know
saw him. I have served in the police;
/ think I recognize that man. He ii
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06
FASHIONS R0sEBuDs OF IRON
New Jersey Blacksmith Probably the
Most SkiiIful Metal Worker in
the World

Louis Van Boeckel, the blacksmith
of small Belgian hamlet, has won
more than local fame by his skill in
fashioning flowers from metal by
means of the tools of his trade. He
has an American rival, however, in the
person of James Gran, blacksmith
whose smithy is in Plainfeld, N. ].
1T is interesting to watch this
smith make a rose.' says a writer in
the New York Sun. .He first fashions
the core, and then forges the smaller
petals, hammering the ends out fiat.
Next, he takes a contrivance shaped
like screw-drfver and opens the out
er petals first. After hollow
ing out the petals, he grasps the iron
rosebud In pair of tongs, thrusts 1t
into the fire, and heats the stems of
the petals. He takes it out of the fire,
and hammers the stems into solid
mass.
HE forms the larger petals in the
same manner, and having thus made
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06

the complete rose, he grasps it with
larger tongs, heats and hammers it
again. and finally puts the red-hot,
glowing mass in wise.
'.All the different parts OF the flower
he forges separately. He makes the
veins, or radical ribs of the leaves,
with the peen Of the hammer. The
same tool, when 1t is slightly tilted.
and its blows directed to the outside
Of the leaf, makes the serrated edges
of the leaves. He first holds the piece
from which the leaf is made in the
tongs and heats and fiattens it on the
anvil. He forms the center rib in the
leaf by letting that part lap over the
edge of the anvil while he fattens the
rest Of the leaf.
"Mr. Gran works entirely from mem
ory, and uses no model His skill in
metal working is said to be greater
than that of Van Boeckel himself"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06

shrewdly points out that the child's
knowledge that apples appease hun
airy researches. The boys themselves
when penitent, frequently accuse the
novelettes with great bitterness, which
is only to be expected from
young people possessed of no
little native humor. If l had forged
will, and could obtain sympathy by
tracing the incident to the influence of
George Moore's novels, l should find
the greatest entertainment in the di-
version.-C, K. Chesterton.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06

en- in proportion to old men, and with
every decade above seventy the pro-
portion increases astonishingly. In
Berlin the number of men between
seventy and eighty is 1888, while
the number of women is 25,204 For
Greater Berlin the figures are 20,049
and 1880 respectively OF persons
between eighty and ninety women are
in an enormous majority. For Berlin
the figures are 2,036 men and 5,371
women and for Greater Berlin 3,169
men and 1910 women. Berlin has a
large number of nonagenarians, and of
these three out of every four are wom-
en-. In Greater Berlin there are 1854
women who have passed their nineti-
eth birthday, but only Ill men.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06
HAD PROOF OF ASSERTION
Small Girl Was Certain Sunday School
Teacher Was Wrong on at
Least One Point.

The abilities of the Creator would
appear to have been slightly over
estimated, according to story told
by Harry Lauder, the comedian.
A Sunday school teacher" he said,
was trying to impress upon the
minds of her pupils the omnipotence
of God. God she said, had made the
trees, the land and sea, and fish, the
animals, the birds
"a little hand went up.
Did God make everything?
Yes was the teachers reply;
he made everything.
"'But l know one thing that he
didn't make.
do you. What was it?'
why, God didn't make rabbit
1loles, because I saw the rabbits maxi
ing them themselves
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06
UT TWO CARDBOARD STRIPS LIKE THIS

hole, bring the upper ends together,
knot them three inches above the
tray, and form a loop two inches above
the knot to slip over the notched end
of the top crosspiece.
This completes the scale balances.
The small collar buttons with which
laundered shirts are returned from the
laundry make excellent weights. Lack
ing these, you may use almost any
kind of small buttons.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-06
Aged Hare.

About 500 years ago there lived in
Agshelin. little town in Asia Minor,
an imam, or village parson, the Khoja
Nasr-ed-Din Effendi. Harry Charles
Lukach says that one day a camel
passed along the street In which the
Khoja lived, and one of the Khoja's
neighbors who had never seen a camel
before ran to ask him what this
strange beast might be.
Don't you know what this is?" said
the Khoja, who also had never seen
a camel, but would not betray his igno-
rance. THAT is a hare a thousand
years old" \