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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
INSURES PURE WATER
Construction Of Filter win Solve
Farm Problem.
Nest Practical Sire Is Four Feet
Deep, Eight Feet Long and as
Wide as Capacity May Re
qulre-6est on Ground.

The capacity Of the filter illustrated
is large and may be constructed of
sufficient width to receive the flow of
an entire brook where It enters the
farm, thus insuring pure water for
all purposes, as stock. steam boilers
and household use, writes II. Clock in
Modern Farmer.
The filter may be made quite small.
but the most practical size is four feet
deep. eight feet long and as wide as
capacity may require. calculating
about five gallons per minute per
every foot width. The capacity, how
ever. depends much upon the condi-
ton OF the water to be filtered. The
bottom. sidewalks and partitions
should be six inches thick, made Of
one part cement, three parts sand and
four parts aggregates. which must be
poured or tamped into wood forms.
They are best built in the ground. so
that about six inches of the top pro-
iects above the ground level.
The holes from the receiving to the
sand basin, and from charcoal to out
let basin. are made by placing wood
pegs. one inch in diameter. in the con-
crete while filling the forms, and re-
moving the pegs when the forms are
removed. both being done when the
concrete has become hard. Where
water is scarce the painting of the In
Sides OF the basins with ~asphaltum
black paint will retain all the water.
For household use, a cover of wood
OF concrete slabs should be provided.
About six inches Of gravel and one
foot OF clean sand should be placed
In the sand BASIN The charcoal basin
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
FLOATING. but Also FREEZING.

Those whose memory goes back
nearly forty years will not have for.
gotten the stir made by Captain Boy
ton, the inventor of a pneumatic life
saving suit warranted TO keep any
one a1oat at sea. 1t was in connec-
ton with this device that James Creel-
man, the American journalist, who
recently died in a Berlin hospital,
gained his first opportunity. Captain
Boyton arrived in New York in 1878
with his suit, and Mr.. Creelman, then
a junior reporter on the Herald, was
instructed to test its qualities on be-
half of that paper. Accordingly, one
night Captain Boyton and Mr.. Creel-
mon donned their suits, jumped into
the ice-flled bay at the Battery and
ioated down through the Narrows.
The cold, however, was so intense
that they had to be rescued. The
journalists story of this adventure
was the first of many scoops" he had
to his credit.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
FIGHT AGAINST WHITE GRUB
Farmer Should Be Careful In Planting
Soil Where Pest Is In Evidence
Keep Close Watch.

The white grub is going to eat next
falls crops this spring If farmers
don't watch out"
There are reasons for believing this.
Last summer there were great num-
bers of June beetles. These June bee
ties lay the eggs from which are
Matched the white grubs. That white
grubs Matched was sufficiently evil
dent from IN examination of ground
plowed last fall. These white grubs
will eat the seed Of hill planted crops
II they are given a fraction of a
chance.
Farmers were told last fall that fall
blowing would do much to destroy the
pests which prey upon corn, potatoes,
strawberries, and other hill-planted
crops. Many farmers, as a result.
plowed industriously, but there re-
mains a lot OF blowing to be done this
spring, and. in doing this. farmers who
are wise will watch their burrows for
white grubs. II they find only a few
ven they may know that their. fields
are badly infested and that they
should avoid planting in such areas
corn, potatoes. or similar crops. Fields
In grass, grain or sod last year will be
most seriously infested this year.
Fields in clover last year. do not seem
to be SO badly infested. Fields that
were in cultivated crops last season,
will have few or 10 grubs in them.
If the farmer does not wish to have
his labor neutralized, he should avoid
planting his corn, potatoes. and 81 on
where there are signs of the white
grub.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
BRooDY HEN BOON TO OWNER
Profitable Results Need Not Be Ex-
pected Unless Hen is Given Good.
Comfortable Nest.

The hen that becomes broody early
In the season is a boon to her owner.
but no matter how good q mother she
may be. nor how fertile the eggs given
her. she cannot bring of a good hatch
unless she Is given a comfortable nest
"a nest which win not chill the eggs
from underneath.
Select a roomy box. from fifteen to
eighteen inches square. according TO
the size OF the hen. but no smaller
than fifteen inches.
Fill the bottom with two or three
inches Of sifted coal ashes; cover
with a heavy paper mat, Of paper that
has been well sprinkled with kero-
sene. as a preventive Of mites; then
make a good nest Of cut straw over
this.
A hest OF this kind will retain the
heat OF the hen. and the eggs will
keep at incubating temperature, but
a nest OF boards with straw only
above them will chill the under par
OF the eggs. sometimes delaying th'
hatch a day or two. and weakening
the chicks that did hatch.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
FEED TO INDUCE EGG LAYING
Shorts, Mixed and softened With
Hot Water Is Excellent.

Bran and shorts mixed and softened
with hot water make a good morning
meal. Boiled potatoes and oat meal
mush also are excellent. Ground
bone ought to be made a regular ar
ticle OF diet,
The fowl should have a chance for
exercise and this is gained by hav.
ing a layer Of straw on the floor to
hide the grain and also by suspend
ing green cabbages or pieces of meat
far enough from the floor so that they
are compelled to jump to reach the
food. A meal of wheat or corn is
to be given late In the afternoon.
All kinds of roots chopped fine and
fed raw are relished. Either parched
corn OF charcoal is one of the essen
tials. Poultry so handled will be
healthy and active instead of sickly
and lazy and will produce a satisfac-
tory supply of eggs.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
ALFALFA GOOD HORSE FEED
Must BE Fed With Judgment and care
Best to Feed Animals First
and Second Cuttings.

Alfalfa is an excellent horse feed,
hut Is must be fed with judgment and
care.
Because OF its palatability mature
horses are likely to eat too much al
falfa II permitted to have free access
to II.
The average farm horse at hard
work is allowed to eat much more al
falfa and other r~oughage than he real.
ly needs to maintain his weight.
One pound of alfalfa or other hay
and about one and one-fourth pound
OF grain a day for every 100 pounds of
the horses weight make a good ra-
ton for the working horse.
Horses like alfalfa stems. Refuse
from the cattle racks is very accepta-
BILE to horses.
It Is best to feed mature horses first
and second cutting alfalfa which is
free from mold and dust
Never feed wet alfalfa hay to
horses.
A sudden change of feed deranges
the horses digestive system.
Horses accustomed to alfalfa as a
regular part of their ration are sci,
dom troubled from its use.-Extension
Bulletin rs. Nebraska Experiment Sta,
ton.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

Towards the end Of the last siege Of
Paris by the Germans in 1901, the
custom grew up of observing an in.
formal armistice of about an hours
duration at shutdown, when the
hungry citizens, or some of them at
all events, used to come out and pur.
chase sausagas from the Prussians
and Brayaria1s in the advanced
trenches at about ten times their nor
NAL price. After a while, however.
the custom came to the knowledge Of
Won Moltke, who effectually and
promptly put a stop to it by shooting
some half dozen or more of the anna
teur trucemakers.
Finally, it may be mentioned, that
during the American Civil war the
commanders on both sides had the
greatest difficulty in preventing their
men from f~raternizing after the days
fighting. Even the sentries, in many
instances, used to meet together and
f~raterniZe.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
BABY'S DOLL BRINGS TRAGEDY
Mother and Son Seriously Burned as
Result of Child's Teas
ing Prank.

A playmate, teasing Louis Polaritz,
three YEARS old, while the children
we're playing in front of the Polaritz
home at 75S Hegeman avenue, Brook
Ign, tossed the child's rag doll into a
scrap paper bonfire. The child, in
reaching into the fire to save the toy,
lost his balance and fell into the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

ers. Each skin is inflated, either with
water or with air, so that the buyer
may know it is watertight. The major
ity of the skins used come from Ara
bia, while a large number are also Re-
ceived from the Lebanons. They are
brought to Hebron by the camel cara
vans, and are bought by the tanneries
and turned into bottles. They pass
through many processes, and a tanner
will spend a week on a single skin be-
fore it is rendered water-tight and
serviceable. From Hebron these odd
bottles are sent to all parts of the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

flames. Instantly his fimsy clothes
were ablaze. The child screamed with
pain while his playmates fed in ter
ror.
The mother, hearing her child's
cries, ran out of the house and at
tempted to beat out the flames with
her hands. Her garments, too, caught
fire and the mother, af1ame, ran about
the street, hugging her suffering child
to her breast. Mr.. Polaritz, working
in the yard, was attracted by the cries
of passers-by and, with the help of
Patrolman Mandt, wrapped the mother
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
KEEP UP ANCIENT INDUSTRY
Tanners of Hebron, in Palestine, Still
Turn Out Water Bottles Made
of Goatsklns.

Hebron, one of the Oldest cities in
Palestine. has always been famous fo-
its oriental water bottles, made Of
goatskins. Here are to be found large
tanneries, where these receptacels are
turned out by thousands. Lying on
The ground in rows may be seen hun
areds of goatskins awaiting purchas-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
Positions for Camping sickle.

sitions shown, SO that q new surface
is presented to the file. The arrows
show the directions in which to file.
A tin disk, with a thick piece of
leather as a face, makes a good guard
for the hand. The leather will not
spoil the edge of the sickle, should the
file slip. and the tin prevents the
sickle from cutting the hand, If filing
is done with more vigor than care. A
wise is not essential, as the board
holding the sickle can be nailed to any
c~onvenie1. wood surface.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
First submarine forgotten.

An ig~nominious end marks the end
of the Holland, the first modern sub
marine owned by this country. Per
fected by John J.. Holland, the little
vessel was sold to the government Is
years ago. The craft was So feet in
length, with a displacement of rs
tons, compared with the modern sub
marine of 1000 tons which the gov
eminent has decided to build. One of
the features of the boat was the aerial
gun in the bow. which could throw q
shell of high explosives nearly a mile.
All that remains Of the Holland lies
filed with sand and water in the Della
ware river.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
PLAN TO SHARPEN A SICKLE
Good Cutting Edge Can Be Secured by
Use Of Ordinary File-vise Is
Not Essential.

Where a grindstone is not conven-
lent, a good cutting edge can be pu'
on the ordinary sickle with the aid OF
a file, writes James M. Kane o.
Doylestown, Pa, in Popular Me
chanics. The sickle is clamped Sc
curely to a piece of board-old wiring
er clamps will answer the purpose
and shifted around in the various pc
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

East, thousands going down into
Egypt and the Sudan every year. They
are also used as RATS. A number Of
inflated skins are attached to a light
wooden frame, which then not only
readily floats, but is capable of carry
ing quite a heavy load. Such RATS are
to be seen on the rivers of Syria and
also on the Euphrates and Tigris.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
stewed Prunes Thiers Booty.

Stewed prunes were stolen recently
from the home of a deputy United
States marshal of Los Angeles, by a
barefoot burglar, who vas frightened
from the residence upon the return
of the family. From all appearances
the burglar sat on the floor with the
jars of stewed prunes and threw the
pits about the room. When the FAM
lily entered the front door he fed out
the back, carrying several jars of
prunes with him.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
In Doubt,

What makes % keep turning your
head?" asked the man at the ball
game. DO you see anybody you
know"
NO" answered his wife. I'm study
ing the facial expressions. I can't be
quite sure whether the people are
cheering the players or expressing
their feelings toward the umpire"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
Dressing Fowls.

Some markets prefer the head of
the fowl taken off at the throat. Strip
the blood out of the neck. peel back
the skin a little, remove a portion of
the neck bone. and then, just before
packing. except in warm weather,
draw the skin over the end and tie and
trim neatly.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
Days of WHALING Over.

Dundee was n of the last ports,
If not the last, in Great Britain to
prosecute whale fishing in the Arctic
regions, but of late years no ships
have been fitted out for this purpose
and the industry is now practically
a dead letter in this place.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

TEXT-And when Jesus was come into
Peters house, he saw his wife's mother
laid, and sick of a fever. And he touched
her hand, and the fever left her; and she
arose, and ministered unto them.-Mat-
thew STA, Is.
Peters house was in Capernaum.
He was a native of Bethsaida, but may
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

have changed his
residence to suit
Christ's ministry
the better! 1t was
in this house at
Capernaum t h a t
his wife's mother
lay sick, as the
text records. Her
fever and it's cure
suggests the fever
of sin and Christ's
dealing with it.
Sickness.
Fever brin g s
heat. Lust or
drink becomes a
g. " It'd
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
Benefit Of Pumpkins.

II is claimed that pumpkins or
squash In the mash causes growth OF
young stock, the combs redden, and
the plumage assumes that brillIancy
and gloss which denotes perfect
health.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
Young Hogs Cause Trouble.

The farmer who eve shuts his
gates and leaves his fences without
repair will have all manner Of trouble
with the young hogs about the place.
When a pig has learned to be a rogue
II Ia hard to break him Of the habit.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
Consideration.

What are your reasons for refus
ing to vote for me?" asked the states.
man. "You always seem to be a friend
of mine"
Il am. I think the world of you
I've been reading about a congress
mans hard work, long hours and
small pay. I'm going to save my
vote for somebody l don't like"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
Colt Used 70 Halter.

Get a weanling colt used to being
battered and By the time he is six
months old he viii stand hitahed like
an old horse.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

Labor is necessary to excellence.
This is an eternal truth. although van
ity cannot be taught to believe
or Incidence to heed it.-John Ran
dolph.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

Blondine--Mrs. Giddigadd has been
married five times.
Brunette-Graciousi Can't she find
a husband to suit her?
Blondrne-Yes, but she has q mania
for wedding presents.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

and the baby in heavy coats and ex.
tinguished the flames.
Mrs. Polaritz and her little son were
rushed to the Kings County hospital,
where it is believed the boy will die.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

True liberty consists in the enjoy
ment of our own rights and not In
the destruction Of the rights of
others.-Pinchard.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

Sven Hedin, the famous Swedish ex-
plorer who, at the invitation Of the
kaiser, visited the German fighting
fronts and wrote a book about what
he saw. Because he favored the Ger
man cause he was deprived of his
French and English honorary titles.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

If you once form the resolution
that your work is to be well done.
life Is really won, here and forever,-
RuGkin.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
Recognition of a Fault.

There is n SURE help toward the
cure of every fault, and hat is the
honest recognition Of it.-Grillparzar.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

Neutrality or the 6leaehers.
Knicker-Is Smith neutral?
ENTHUSIASTICALLY; he only wants
to lynch the umpire.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

One Square Meal a Day.
Give your fowls all they will eat at
least once a day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16
BACK GIVEN MUCH ATTENTION; CHANGES IN THE STYLES
Never Before Has Fashion Decreed
Such characterization as Is Nc
ticed This Season.

Never before have fashions orna-
mented the back of couture and cos
tune to so striking degree as now
One might almost call it a season of
backs. In many models the distinc-
tive note of new style exists only in
the back. The front view shows no
novelty. Manikins in dressmaking es-
adjustments take frequent poses to
give the back view, and models in
fashion illustrations and window dunn
mics quite as often turn their back up
on the public as face it.
For geneT atoms woman's attention
has been focused upon the front of
costumes. If the back went smoothly
and in a good general line, that was
all that was required Every possible
charm of line and adornment is now
required OF the back. 1t must be pic
turesque and charming.
AS no woman is going to fail to pre-
sent a charming front to the world in
spite of the modes preoccupation with
the back. the result of the new fad is
an all round beauty that never existed
when the front was featured to the
comparative neglect of the back.
The woman who wishes to succeed
in this all round perfection must have
the proper equipment of mirrors in
her dressing room-mirrors that will
reflect her from every angie. This,
not only that she may be sure that ev-
cry detail on the back of her couture
and costume goes just as it should go,
but that she may teach herself hun
dred and one pretty poses that viii set
her back at charming advantage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16
NONSENSE TO STAY IN RUT
Ability to "Rise" in Life Is More or
Less Present in Every
Human Being.

In every business there are many
who know nothing about their posi-
bilities. They live humdrum lives,
plodding along in the same old ruts
from day to day, but in a business
sense they are practically dead and
finish their business careers without
waking up-they just exist. They
see an occasional man rise up from
the mass on the wings of fortune or
fame. He is nine-day wonder, and
then the rest Of the community set
tie down again and wait for some
thing to Sturn up" for them.
The hidden forces for rising out Of
the ruts are to be found in all "ordi-
nary" folk All that is needed to put
those forces to work is an awaken
ing-a realization that great effort is
behind great accomplishments. Fame
and fortune do not come unbidden.
They come only by reaching out and
grasping them as they pass by.
The man who is satisfied with things
as they are, will never rise above his
fellows, but the man who reaches
out and grasps every opportunity is
the man upon whom good luck will
smile.
The hidden power is in you, all
right, and there it will stay until you
wake up and go out in the world and
make yourself known. Modesty may
be virtue, but merit that vaunts it.
self occasionally is the kind that brings
home the money to the wife and chill
dren.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16
A Terrible Weapon.

A new weapon. has been provided
for the United States army which is
far more efficient than any heretofore
adopted. II was invented and is used
by the French military authorities,
and already nearly a hundred have
been purchased by the United States.
The new gun, which was described
IN the Popular Mechanics Magazine.
weighs but So pounds and can easily
be carried By soldier. Two men are
required to operate Ii. both OF whom
lie flat on the ground. presenting a
small mark to the enemy. One man
feeds the cartridges into the brsech
of the gun in clips OF Is each. while
the other aims the weapon and directs
the firing mechanism The gun will
fire separate shots or viii operate au-
tomatically. In which case 500 shots
may be fired per minute. At long
range q third soldier ascertains the
range by the use Of binoculars and re-
ports the effect OF the bullets.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16

sew the center of it along the top OF
the pincushion; thus length of cord
will hang either side of it. Now take
two reels of cotton, black and a
white, and thread them on the cord,
one on each side, then attach the
cord again to the cushion, but not the
end of it, just allow sufficient cord to
let the reels hang at the top of the
cushion. Take the two ends of cord
that remain after the reels have been
secured, and sew them neatly togeth-
err; this will form loop to hang the
little article up by. In the cushion.
pl. pins of all kinds and sizes, and on
each reel of cotton have a needle al
ready threaded. This little contriv-
ance will be found great convenience,
and save time and annoyance; it
should certainly find place in the
visitors room.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16
Many and Varied, and Woman Who
Would Be Well Dressed Must
Know Them.

There is a transformation taking
place, widening from waist to hem,
and a straight line from hip to shoul-
der. TUNES are quite apt to dwindle
into redingotes. The new full skirt in
many respects is ugly and anything
but convenient. 1t looks much better
If lifted at the sides. If the skirt is
not short, some of the fullness must
of necessity be deleted. Much depends
upon the size of the hips. If they are
small, the skirt must be cut with
plain back and circular sides. The
fullness must start lower down in cir
cular folds from the back Hips are
made to look as fiat as possible, and
many devices are resorted to in order
to produce this effect.
The old many scanned coat has come
back, but with a difference. Fur capes
are wider, resembling Spanish capes.
Some are long and important enough
to do away with the necessity for any
other outdoor garment, and their full
ness is often restrained by a strap.
This starts from the front and keeps
it well in place. We are no longer
subjected to the inconvenience of not
having pockets. but they are set out
side on gowns, very often on the hips.
Velour waistcoats add to the warmth
of winter dress. they have dep
pointed fronts and often display
plated frill down the front, such as
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