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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-07-28

matter of civic affairs, and the discus
sion among the clerks waxed warm.
I'VE have fine lot of guys running
this town. haven't we?" said the bill
clerk. In tone of disgust.
whats the matter with you and
our city administration" responded
the cashier. who was a tall. handsome
| man. with an aristOcratic air.
1.-THE arrest Of those girls last night
was an outrage said the bill clerk.
angrily. Zone would think we were
living in Turkey instead of free Amer.
ica."
Reginald Nelson stopped his work
and listened to the conversation.
'Those girls need not think they can
defy our courts and get away with 1t. ''
answered the cashier haughtily. ''They
tell me that the whole lot Of the strik.
ers are crowd that is not much credit
to Bronson"
'"They lie when they attack the char.
acter Of those girls!'' shouted the now
thoroughly incensed bill clerk.
'"That's right, Bill" interposed the
rate clerk. addressing the defender OF
the striking factory women. "Those
girls are all right. and that one that
you are buzzing around is a fine look.
ing damsel, all right"
The bill clerk blushed and was d.
lent
"Well," responded the cashier apollo
getically. II think that most Of them
may be all right. but the pack they ar
rested need to be in JAIL 's
you poor fool" exclaimed the other
those girls are the very pick of tn,
lot. and the rotten city administration
knew it."
Right again." interposed the rat,
clerk, further. Il think saw your CIR
among those who were jagged, didn'
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
CHAPTER vII-contInued.

MY dear Julia. my godson. the
Due de fremont" And Sabron bowed
to both the ladies'. to the duke. and
went away.
This was the picture he might add
TO his collection: the older woman in
her vivid dress. Julia in her simpler
gown. and the titled Frenchman bow
ing over her hand.
When he wen out to the front ter
race Brunei was there with his horse,
and Pitchoune was there as well. stif.
ly waiting at attention.
Brunei" said the officer to his
man. "will you take Pitchoune around
to the servants quarters and give him
to Miss Redmond's maid7 am going
to leave him here"
Good. mon Capitaine." said the
~ordonnance, and whistled to the dog.
Pitchoune sprang toward his master
with a short sharp bark. What he un
derstood would be hard to say, but ali
that he wanted to do was to remain
with Sabron. Sabron bent down anC
stroked him.
60, my friend. with Brunei Go
mon vaeux. 60" he commanded stern
ly. and the little dog. trained t.
obedience as a soldiers dog should be
trotted reluctantly at the heels of ths
ordonnsnce, and the soldier threw hil
leg over the saddle and rode away
He rode regardless Of anything bu'
the fact that he was going.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
cauoe for Measuring Social

The P~ittsburgher who resents the
timeworn variations of the soft coal
smoke gibes now has his chance to
prove that they are unjustiied, or re.
main forever silent. By a ley inven-
ton it is at present possible to measure
the sootfall of any city as accurately
as it's rain or snowfall may be meas
ured. Already this SCOT gauge, tried
out in England. has proved what the
tourist long suspected. that London.
with all it's yellow fog, has far purer
air than the North of England factory
cities of Birmingham, Manchester and
tho like. Not only have Pittsburgh and
other slandered American cities the
opportunity to whiten their sooted
regulations. but the manufacturer. too,
may now establish accurately the ex.
act proportion of his contribution to
the civic SCOT; for the new device
judges the quality as well as the
amount of sootfall. and is quite capable
of distinguishing between the factory,
furnace and kitchen range.-Literary
Digest.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02

magnetically drawn by her thoughts,
into a song which she played softly
through. Pitchoune heard and turned
his beautiful head and his soft eyes to
her. He knew that tune. Neither
drums nor trumpets had played it, but
there was no doubt about it's being tit
for soldiers. He had heard his master
sing 1t, hum 1t, many times. 1t had
soothed his nerves when he was a sick
puppy and II went with many things
of the intimate life with his master.
He remembered 1t when he had dozed
by the fire and dreamed of chasing
cats and barking at Brunei and being
a faithful dog all around; he heard
again a beloved voice hum it to him
Pitchoune whined and softly jumped
down from his seat. He put his fore
paws on Miss Redmond's lap. She
stopped and caressed him, and he
licked her hand.
THAT is the first time l have seer
that dog show a spark of human
gratitude. Julia. He is probably beg
ging you to open the door and let him
take a run"
Indeed Pitchoune did go to the dool
and waited appealingly.
Il think you might trust him out.
think he is tanned" said the Marquist
d'Esclignac. He is a real little say
age"
Miss Redmond opened the door ant
Pitchoune shot out. She watched hin
tear like mad across the terrace, ant
scuttle into the woods, as she thought
after a rabbit. He was the color o
the fallen leaves and she lost sigh
of him in the brown and golden brush
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02

where velvets and scarfs were being
sold at double their worth under the
light of a flaming yellow lamp. AS he
stood so, his back to the cafe where a
number of the ships crew we're drink
ing, he heard a short sharp sound that
had a sweet familiarity about it and
whose individuality made him start
with surprise. He could not believe
his ears. He heard the bark again
and then he was sprung upon by a lit
tie body that ran out from between the
legs of a sailor who sat drinking his
coffee and liquor.
Gracious heavens!" exclaimed Sab
ron. thinking that he must be the vic
tim of a hashish dream. "Pitchoune!'
The dog fawned on him and whined
crouched at his feet whining-like a
child. Sabron BEN and fondled him
The sailor from the table called the
dog imperatively, but Pitchoune would
have died at his masters feet rather
than return. If his throat could have
uttered words he would have spoken
but his eyes spoke. They looked as
though they were fearful.
"Pitchoune. mon vieux! No, it cam
be Pitchoune. But it is Pitchoune!'
And Sabron took him up in his arms
The dog tried to lick his face.
"Voyons," said the officer to the ma
rine, who came rolling yer to them
where did you get this dog?"
The young mans voice vas i'm
perative and he fixed stern eyes on the
sailor. who pulled his forelock and ex
planned.
He was following me-" said Sabron
not without a slight catch in his voice
The body of Pitchoune quivered under
his arm. HE is my dog. think hi
manner proves it. If you have grown
fond of him l am sorry for you. but
think you will have to give him up"
Sabron put his hand in his poke
and turned a little away to be free o
the native crowd that, chattering a n
grinning, amused and curious AM
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
FIGHTING THE FLOWER BUGS

If the leaves of your plants curl up
look for insects. If red spider deluge
the plant mot the SOLD with clear,
cold water. If aphis, fumigate with
tobacco Or wash them with strong
soap suds, or with a tea made of
quassia chips. as hot as the hand can
bear.
For white worms, let the soil get
as dry as may be, then set the pot
in a vessel containing quite hot wa
ter, taking care not to scald the
plant. Or, set the dry pot into a
vessel containing limewater until
thoroughly saturated; or make a
strong tea of black pepper, and sat
urate the soil.
If insects appear on the ferns, ap-
ply tir-tree oil soap suds, dipping the
plant SO that it may be entirely COW
cred. The bath may injure the plant.
in inexperienced hands, but the insects
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
KEEP LAWN WELL ROLLED

To make a good lawn the soil re-
quires frequent rolling. In the first
place a good lawn cannot be produced
IN ore, two. or three years, that is, a
perfect lawn, without depression and
with a soil surface as smooth as a
floor.
A LEVIN roller can be made, without
much expense, from cement, using
gas pipe for the axle and frame. The
form for setting the cement may be
of wood, using very narrow Stats or
galvanized iron. In case the latter is
used, the form may be left on the
roller, and if it is kept dry and pro-
tected from the weather, it will last a
long time.
A handy size for a lawn roller is
one about 20 inches long by IA inches
in diameter. If one has the proper
tools, which consist of a wise and a
thread-cutting tool, a roller can be
made in a short time, and at very
little expense.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
When Like Meets Like.

The caller at the teller's window
was very bald, but the teller inside had
him beaten by a hairs breadth. There
was still a struggling fringe around
the outer border of the callers head,
while the teller's had long reached the
stage when he brushed his head with
a towel.
The caller had evidently imbibed
rather freely that day.
He took a long look at the teller,
smiled a smirking, quizzical smile,
then reached into his vest pocket and
extracted a fat cigar.
"Shey. old f%eller," he mumbled,
thrusting the cigar between the win
dow bars, have one on me. Anybody
that's as baldheaded as you deserves
a treati"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
OF
AN EARLY SPRING
Great Prosperity Ahead for
Western Canada.

The most recent advices from all
points in Western Canada report that
conditions are apparent for an early
spring. Farmers are going v the
implements, getting their seeders
ready for operation, the plows in shape
for extended breaking, and there is a
general optimism. A great many new
settlers have already arrived, and the
reports from Canadian Government
agents in the United States point to
the fact that in a few days there will
begin the usual emigration from va
rious of the Central and Western
states. From the Eastern states the
number of farmers going to Canada
will be greater than in any past year.
There has been a fairly large
fall during the winter, which will
! greatly add to the precipitation of
last fall, which in the opinion of old
timers was in itself sufficient to in
sure a good crop during the present
year.
There will be very little titled land
that will be without a crop this year.
The authorities, though, are pleading
with the farmers to seed only such
land as has had careful preparation, for
rich as is the soil of Western Canada.
it is no more fitted to produce good
crops uncultiyated than is that of any
other land anywhere else. There
have been accounts of failures in some
portions of the agricultural districts of
Western Canada, and also reports of
small yields in some districts. A good
deal of this is accounted for from the
fact that Notwithstanding the advice
of men of experience, there are farm
ers who will persist in seeding land not
properly prepared. This may be done
reasonable and logical methods will
be certain of a paying crop. There is
every reason to believe that the high
prices of all kinds Of grain will con-
tinue.
With thousands and thousands Of
acres of land waiting for the husband
man to bring it forth with a crop, it
is no wonder that Western Canada is
continuing Il prove such an inviting
field for the agriculturist.
Seventy million dollars is a con.
sentative estimate of orders which
came to Canada as the direct result
Of the war. Governments of the al.
lies have been placing large orders in
Canada and buying huge quantities OF
supplies for cash.
The total value of exports to Eu
rope from Canada has jumped about
Is per cent since the war started
while in certain lines the increases
have been enormous.
Therefore the results Of the demand
of the allies for war and other material
is beginning to be felt in the financial
life of the Dominion. There is a marked
activity in many commercial lines, and
conditions are fast becoming normal
Western Canada is receiving a rela
tive benefit to the East.-Advertise
ment.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
Looking, Watching, Yearnins.

eager to participate in any distribution
of coin, was gathering around him. He
found two gold pieces which he put
into the hand of the sailor.
Thank you for taking care of him.
I am at the Royal Hotel" He nodded,
and with Pitchoune under his arm
pushed his way through the crowd and
out of the bazaar.
He could not interview the dog him.
self, although he listened, amused, to
Pitchoune's own name of speech. He
spent the latter part of the evening
composing a letter to the minister OF
war, and although it was short, it must
have possessed certain evident and
telling qualities, for before he left AL
giers proper for the desert, Sabron
received a telegram much to the point:
You may keep your dog. l congratulate
you on such a faithful companion.
(TO BE CONT1NUEDO
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
HINTS ABOUT FLOWERS

We usually think OF pAuning only
when a plant is asleep. 1t is true, that
the easiest pruning should be done
then, but there is much that we can
do during the summer to keep a plant
in good condition.
The lilac is usually the best pruned
shrub we have, for the simple reason
that we are apt to pick every bloom.
The plant cannot of course then make
any seeds and the strength is thrown
into new wood where it belongs.
Rose bushes should be treated the
same way. A second bloom can be
produced or wistaria by following this
rule and cutting head of each runner.
Along towards the middle of sum.
mer you will notice new, very strong
shoots coming upon your plants. When
they reach an even height with the rest
of the plant nip u the tip and leaves
with your thumb and finger and thus
make the shoot send out some side
branches.
Manure must never be used mex
the bulbs.
Hardy phlox is very attractive and
few p~erennials equal it in length o.
bloom Strong field grown plants Sc
out now will become established be
fore winter and make the border bril-
liant next summer.
All lilies do best when planted il
tho autumn To mako tho host mos
sible lily bed remove one foot of sol
then cover the soil below with tw,
inches of dried manure Turn thii
under with a garden fork, mixing i
well with the soil. Cover this will
six inches of coarse sand and on tn
sand place the lily bulbs, setting then
twelve inches or more apart. Whel
the bulbs are all in position cove
them with six inches of the top soil
and next spring you will have a be-
of lilies to be proud of.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02

lie Comte de Sabron. captain of French
cavalry, takes to his quarters to raise by
hand a motherless Irish terrier pup, and
names It Pitchoune. He dimes with the
Marquise d'Esclfgnac and meets Miss
sings for him an English ballad that
fingers in his memory. Trying to save
P~itchoune's life. he declines a second in
vitation to dinner because OF q very sick
friend" No more invitations come from
the Chateau d'Esclignac. Pitchoune,
though lame from his accident. thrives
and is devoted to his master. Sabron and
Pitchoune meet the Marquise and Miss
Redmond and after the story of Pitchoune
is told Sabron Is forgiven and invited to
dinner again. Sabron Is ordered to Al
giers. but Is not allowed to take servants
or dogs. He Is invited to a musicale al
the Chateau, where Miss Redmond, hear
Ing that Sabron n take Pitchoune
with him.. offers to take care of the dos
during his masters absence.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
SIMPLY SPELLING HIS NAME
Peculiar Combination of Letters Led
to Court Clerks Rather Nat
uraI Mistake.

Spell your name!' said the court
clerk sharply.
The witness 5egan: 20, double Il.
l, double U, e, double L, double"
'Wait!" ordered the clerk; begin
again."
The witness repeated: 20, double
T, l, double U, E. double L, double U.
double O."
Your honor" roared the clerk. u
beg that this man be committed for
contempt of COURT"
What is your manner" asked the
Judge.
MY name, your honor, is Ottiwell
Wood, and | spell it, o, double t. !,
double U, E, double L, double U,
double o, D."-Ladies' Home Journal
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
CHAPTER VII.


Pitchoune was a soldiers dog. born
In q stable. OF a mother who had been
dear to the canteen. Michette had been
une vraie vivandiere, a real daughter
OF the regiment.
Pitchoune was a worthy son. He
adored the drums and trumpets. He
adored the fife. He adored the drills
which he vas accustomed to watch
from a respectable distance. He liked
Brunei, and the word had not yet been
discovered which would express how
he felt toward Monsieur lie Capitaine,
his master. His muscular little form
expressed It in every fiber. His brown
eyes looked 1t until their pathos might
have melted a heart of iron.
There was nothing picturesque to
Pitchoune in the Chateau d'Esclignac
OF In the charming room to which he
was brought. The little dog took a
flying tour around 1t. over sofas and
chairs. landing on the window-seat,
where he c~rouched. He was not
wicked. but he was perfectly miser.
able, and the lovely wiles of Julia Red
mond and her endearments left him
unmoved. He refused meat and drink.
was Indifferent to the views from the
window. to the beautiful view of King
Reneis castle. to the tantalizing cat
summing herself against the wall. He
few about like mad, leaving destruc-
ton In his wake. tugged at the leash
when they took him out for exercise.
In short. Pitchoune was a homesick,
lovesick little dog, and thereby en-.
deared himself more than ever to his
new mistress. She tied a ribbon
around his neck. which he promptly
chewed OF. She tried to feed him
with her own fair hands; he held his
head high, looked bored and grew thin
IN the TANKS.
Il think Captain de Sabron's little
dog is going to die. ma tante." she told
her aunt.
"~F1ddlesticks. my lear Julial Keer
him tied up until he is accustomed &c
the place. II won't hurt him to fast
he will eat when he is hungry. have
a note from Robert. He has gone &c
Monte Carlo"
"Ahl" breathed Miss Redmond in
differently.
She slowly went over to her piano
and played a few measures of must,
that were a torture to P~itchoune. VIII,
found these ladylike performances II
strong contrast to drums and trumpets
RE felt himself as a soldier degraded
and could not understand why h,
should be r~elegated to a salon and t,
the mild society Of two ladies' whit
did not even know how to pull his ear
or roll him over on the rug with thei
riding boots and spurs. He sat agains
the window rs was his habit, lookin,
watching. yearning.
"Vous avez tort. ma chere," said he
aunt, who was working something les
than a thousand flowers on her tar
estry. "The chance to be a princes
and a fremont does not come twic
in a young girls life, and you know
you have only to be reasonable. Julia.
Miss Redmond's fingers wandered
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
HOTBED FOR EARLY FLOWERS

A hotbed enables one to gain a
month on the season. They are made
and handled like a coldframe, but are
built in a taree-foot-deep excavation
which is filled to the level of the earth
with fresh stable manure, which for
a few days has been fermented and
forked and fermented again. 1t must
be trodden down and, when the soil is
at 80 degrees temperature, covered
with six inches of rich soil. Bank
up the outside. When the sun shines
the temperature of the air in the bed
may be 20 to so and at other times SIS
to so degrees. A hotbed extends the
season of tender ANNALS by making
possible an early start for transplant
ing in May.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
The Bow Who Dreams

It is a good thing for the farmer boy
to have an imagination, says the Praj-
RE Farmer. 1t is a good thing for
him to dream dreams and see vi.
sions." 1t takes a dreamer to see the
transformation that intelligent effort
will bring to pass on the old place.
1t takes a dreamer to see how much
more desirable that place will be in
ten years than a job in a dry goods
store.-Emporia Gazette.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02

this place half-decayed sod and fiji
with carefully mixed and sifted leaf.
mold and sand.
Make the surface of the soil per
fectly smooth and level, and then scat
ter the spores on it and leave them
without any covering, that is, of soil.
However, they must be inclosed in
glass by placing a pane of glass over
the seed-box or pan.
Water by placing the seed-pan in
water, and keep it there until the wa
ter appears on the surface of the soil.
Then remove at once, for too much
water will destroy the spores. Keep
the box in the light, but not the sun,
remembering that ferns naturally
grow in shady places and that we
should try to follow natures lead.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
CARE OF THE FERNS
BY L. M. BENNINGTON.

The ordinary way to propagate this
class of plants is by dividing the
plants, by the creeping rhizomes, by
the little bulblets that form on the
fronds and by the seeds or spores that
appear on the under side of the
leaves.
The enterprising fern lover will find
it most interesting to propagate by
spores and perchance produce a really
valuable addition to these beautiful
and graceful plants.
Procure a seed-pan or box with
plenty of drainage holes, and cover
the bottom with broken crockery. On
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
Doctors Live Long.

Doctors are VIGOROUSLY their own
most d~isobedient patients. Usually
they eat and sleep irregularly, they are
out in all kinds of weather, and they
hesitate at no danger of c~ontagion or
infection; yet of the 2,205 physicians
who died in the United States last
year, 214 were more than eighty years
old, and 81 of them more than ninety.
The average age was about sixty-one
years. Probably doctors dose them
selves less than other people do
<o1th's op1panion.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
NEW THEORY AS TO SHOCK
Medical Man Points Out Some Flaws
In Beliefs That Have Been Gen.
orally Accepted.

In an article on intestinal stasis
printed in the Medical Record. Or
Frank r. Starkey Of Philadelphia ad'
vanced a new hypothesis as to what
SHOCK" is.
What is this mysterious condition
OF depression which we call shock?"
he asked. in view Of the radical
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
x.
ToQether AGAIN,

That night after dinner and a ciga-
rette, he strobe into the streets to dis
tract his mind with the sight of the
oriental city and to fill his ears with
the eager cries of the crowd. The
lamps ffickered. The sky overhead
was as blue nearly as in daytime. He
walked leisurely toward the native
quarter, jostled. as he passed, by men
in their brilliant costumes and by a
yelled woman OF two.
He stopped indifferently before a lit
tie cafe, his eyes on a Turkish bazaar
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02

will kill it. Try to use Judgment.
When you find a plant or plants
with lice on them, have ready a large
tight box and cover the bottom
of it with an inch of cut tobacco
stems. On this sprinkle a little boil.
ing water, set the plants at once on
the tobacco, tightly and leave
for twenty-four hours. The lice will
be sick if not dead. Repeat if neces-
sary. This is better than smoking
or dipping.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
Awaited Orders to Surrender.

During the disastrous war which
he little republic of Paraguay waged
for five years against the combined
forces Of Brazil. Argentina and Uru.
quay many heroic feats we're per.
formed in honor OF the flag. On one
occasion a sergeant intrusted with the
colors remained at his post though
ais comrades all around him were shot
down. Finally he also was wounded
and captured. When asked by his
captors why he had not surrendered
before. as he had no possible chance
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
Unfriendty Tricks.

81 thought you were a friend of
his?"
Il used to be-"
And now?"
81 had to give him up in self-de-
Tense"
"Why?"
ITO every life-insurance and book
agent that asked him if he had any
friends who might be interested in
their propositions he insisted on Civ
ing my name"