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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
A Republican Senate? ?

II has been assumed, possibly too
hastily, by the Democrats, that they
win retain control of the senate un-
til 1919. Republican leaders at Wash
ington who have been considering the
prospect interpose decided objection
and claim a good fighting chance OF
regaining control In 1916. As 1t now
stands the Democrats have Sc sena-
tors, the Republicans SO, and the Pro-
gressives one. Thirty-two senators
will be elected in 1916, and II of
those whose terms then expire are
Democrats, IA are Republicans and
one Progressive. A majority of the
senate Is 40, so that the Republicans
in 1916 viii need to hold what they
have and gain ten seats.
Hopes are expressed that these ten
may be had by winning enough from
the list of outgoing Democrats in de.
batable states: West Virginia, Ne.
braska, Maine, Indiana, New Jersey,
Montana, New York, Nevada, Ohio,
Arizona, Maryland and perhaps Mis-
souri, The Progressive from Wash
ington may also be factor, and Ten
nessee's factional fight which a few
years back elected Republican Gov
ernor Is at least possibility. From
which it appears that the Republican
leaders are not without reason in re-
pudiating the Democratic claim for the
continued control of the senate after
the next presidential election.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
Rulings on Queer Wills.

The courts, writes Robert E. Helm
selman in Case and Comment, have
been asked to pass upon many strange
and mysterious beliefs as affecting
testamentary capacity; for instance,
belief in degrees of happiness in a fu-
ture state of existence, depending up
on the amount of property possessed
here and the charitable purposes to
which it is devoted; belief in the doc
trine of metempsychosis, or the pass
ing of the souls of men after death,
into animals, belief that departed
person to whose picture the testator
talked held the keys of the kingdom"
and could hear and understand what
was said to him, and belief on the
part of an Englishman who had en-
braced the Hindu and Mohammedan
faiths that he and God were one, that
he was next to God and was second
prophet-all of these and many more,
as to some of which the words of Po-
lonius to Hamlet are true, that though
this be madness, yet there is method
int" have solemnly been adjusted by
the secular tribunals of justice as not
such delusions as necessarily to rem
der their possessors incompetent to
| make a will.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
Republicans United.

A united Republican party is the
chief gain of the country from the
November election. The Democrats
have notice served upon them that in
1916 the Republicans will enter the
campaign with their full force and
the addition Of many new members
Of the party, represented by the Dem
ocratic following of the Progressive
party-an element that has been swept
into the Republican ranks along with
others by the dissolution of the party
of Mr. Roosevelt's leadership The
Republican party in its own right is
the majority party of the country and
In its own right 1t can carry the next
presidential election. This it intends
to do. From the present time on, the
party will be at work to give its unity
the full effect of plans and activities
that will inevitably lead to the de
thronement of the Democrats in the
next great contest.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
DUE TO THE TARIFF
New Taxes Should Be Given
Their Proper Name.
Are Not Properly "War Taxes" but
deficiency Taxes" as Study Of Ma
tionaI Balance Sheet VIII
Quickly Prove.

When Europe went to war last sum
mer and our congress was called upon
to lay new taxes, though we were
not at war and not at all likely to be,
it seemed natural to speak OF them
as war taxes" as burden put upon
us by Europe's war.
Some who strive for accuracy in Ian
guage objected to the term then. How
ever, President Wilson in his special
message to congress ascribed the ne
cessity of these new taxes to the Eu-
ropean war, and boldly challenged the
odium supposed to attach to war
taxes by making the term his own.
Time has proved that Mr.. Wilson
was somewhat in error. The new
tariff law having now been in effect
13 months, it is possible to make ac-
curate comparisons showing the rela-
tive effects upon the national income
of the war and of the Democratic
tariff.
The Herald has made them several
times in its reviews Of "The Nations
Daily Balance Sheets" They show
for the whole month of November that
the tariff caused decline of customs
receipts which compares with the
present effects of the war as 8 with z
Therefore, it Is plain that the new
taxes we're mainly made necessary by
tariff change, and by appropriations
of congress, with little regard 70 the
effects Of that change. Hence the
Herald. in the interest of accuracy
moves that they be hereafter referred
to as Deficiency Taxes" and will SO
refer to them Chicago Herald.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
Legacy to Egypt.

Forty-five years ago Empress Eu-
genie, the emperor of Austria and a
host of other distinguished persons
were entertained with memorable
magnificence by Ismail, viceroy of
Egypt. The occasion was the open
ing of the Suez canal If the cere-
mony had taken place two days later
it would have synchronized with the
birthday anniversary of Ferdinand de
Lesseps. the originator and leader of
the enterprise. In 1898 First Consul
Napoleon hoped to make an island of
Africa by cutting canal across the
Isthmus of Suez, but gave up the idea
In the belief that difference of some
80 feet existed between the level of
the Red sea and that of the Mediter-
ranean. The concession granted to
De Lesseps' company will expire in
1858. Egypt will then come in for a
magnificent windfall.-London Chron-
ieie.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
Another ResuIt Of the war

Secretary McAdoo, in his annual re-
port, referring to the effects of the
war, says: ut is tribute to the eco
nomic strength and soundness of the
country and to the patriotism of it's
people in every class and walk of life
that the shock has been SO admirably
withstood." 1t was the war crisis,
too, which caused the administration
finally to abandon its theory that a
government could ignore the nations
business interests and be successful,
and taught it that the iron doors of a
bank do not bar patriotism.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
Pay and Think; Think and Pay.

Either the tariff was badly adapted
to raising revenue or the great sums
now being taken from the people are
in excess of what is needed by the
government Properly devised duties
would bring in sufficient for the coun-
try's requirements, and If they fail to
do SO they are arranged by men in
competent to frame tariff. When
you pay your deficiency tax to the
government. bear in mind it repre-
sents either incompetency or extrava-
gance. 1t is an unnecessary tax. and
it must be paid at a time when every.
body is economizing in his own af
fairs. Why shouldn't the government
economize as well as the people ?--De
troit Free Press.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
MAGISTRATE COULDN'T SEE IT
Mikes Splendid Excuse Failed to
Touch Hard-Hearted Occupant
of the Bench.

1t was not the first time, by long
way, that Mike Mulhogan had stood In
that particular police court as the chief
actor in the play-call it tragedy on
comedy, as you think fit
But it was not merely custom that
had robbed the court Of its terrors on
this occasion. The reason for his happy
smile lay in the fact that he had
real downright, cast-iron defense.
He was charged with having been
found on the occupied premises to
which he had no moral or legal right
of entrance. Yet, when the charge
was read out. he smiled even more
happily, if that be possible, than ever.
Not guilty, your ryorship!" he az
claimed, with con y1cCion.
"But," answered the magistrate.
there seems to be no doubt that you
were found on these premises. What
is your defense?"
Mike leaned on the dock rail and
addressed the magistrate confiden-
TALLY.
IT'S like this, your worship" he said
amiably. "It was two o'clock Of q
fine autumn morning. clear moon. not
a cop in sight. and the dining room
window wide open--and a mighty fine
dining room it was. too! Why. your
worship, supposin you had been pass
ing there, blow me if you wouldn't
have got inside yourself!"
A little later poor Mikes smile had
vanished.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
Helm .or the Blind.

The Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association is authority for the
averment that the blind people in the
United States number 100000, and
that it costs about $15.0oO,00O to sup
port them. 1t is estimated that rs per
cent of this blindness is due to two
causes, namely, sore eyes at birth and
neglected eyes during early school
life. The first cause can be removed
in the simplest manner. All that Is
necessary is for the doctor or midwife
to drop into the eyes of the newly
born babe few drops of two per
cent solution of nitrate of silver. Thie
will kill the germs that produce the
disease which almost fills SO many
blind asylums.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08

I rain of machine-gun bullets, carried
the colonel safely to the French lines.
That same day Palaphy was promoted
to be a sergeant.
Shortly afterward, although wound
ed, he distinguished himself in an
other affair, leading charge of his
squad against the Baden Guard, whose
standard he himself captured. He was
wounded by a bullet that plowed
, through the lower part of his stomach,
and he was covered with lance thrusts
He was removed from the battlefield
during the night, but learned that he
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08

plucky little English girl, who, bless
her heart, hates publicity, and carried
back with great difficulty to a Red
Cross wagon, while otherwise they
could not have lived through the
night.
Publicity is one of the penalties of
pluck, however. Her name is Lady
Dorothie Fielding, and DR.. Hector
Munro was the organizer of that corps
which did such excellent work.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08

men grievously and badly wounded
who lay waiting for those who had
courage enough to bring them back
from the fighting line to the nearest
Red Cross ambulance. At Grimbergen
can youch for two instances where
very gallant officer and his comrade
were found at six o'clock in the eve
ming and brought back, who had been
under the rain, lying helpless from
nine o'clock in the morning until six
O'Clock in the evening, waiting for
someone to succor them. They were
found by an English doctor and a
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08

work as a grind" go at it with enthu-
siasm and hope for achievement Of
personal records of ability or profit
or something of the kind, and regard
it merely as an education and prepa-
ration for pleasant life's afternoon
that time when, competence gathered,
we sit back in the easy chair to make
whistles for our grandchildren and
watch the world and his wife whirl by.
Yes, there are some who even now
meet work with a smile such as they
give~o friends, and who never feel
themselves in any grinding machine.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
The Only Trouble With II.

The gloomy amateur aviator was
surveying the aeroplane in which he
had intended to take ride.
"Wh-ew!" exclaimed an admiring
friend who had just dropped in at the
hangar, that's peach of a machine.
There's no flies on that aeroplane."
Nope" was the answer. That's
what's the matter with it."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
When Commanders Filled Gaps.

In the London Gazette just now you
can read lists of promotions in the
army, with the sad entry after some
of the names, "since died" That
could not have happened in earlier
days. for down to "the Forty-five," !"
when the army was at the wars
abroad, it's commander filled up all
vacancies at his own selection, with
out knowledge or consent or control
Of any authority at home. So there
may be found In the war office COM
rission books certificates that "to
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
Wasted Time.

Little Bobby's father was a doctor
and Bobby liked nothing better than
to take his fathers case in one hand,
his overcoat in the other, and go down
the street for block or two to SONS
imaginary patient. One winters day.
when he started out he forgot to close
the door.
Bobby" called mothers voice
sweetly, please close the door," But
Bobby was in hurry and went on.
Robert" came fathers sternef
voice. "close that door,"
Bobby returned and closed the door,
Some time later he came in quietly,
put up the case and overcoat and
started upstairs.
Bobby" said the mother, ingratiat-
ingly, how's your patient?'
Dead" was the laconic answer.
Gone dead while was shutting the
old door"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08

Mary Garden, the American prima
donna, came to America for the holi-
days, but intends to return at once to
France, where she converted her home
into hospital and has been devoting
herself to nursing wounded French
soldiers. She intimates that she may
never return to the opera stage.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
Once a Famous Port.

Swansea, which seems likely to be-
come British fishing port as one re-
suit of the war, had singularly little
to do with fishing hitherto, consider
ing that as early as 1905 it had al
ready attained some Importance.
Cromwell describes 1t in , charter
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
Decorated on the Battlefield

The Boston Post has the following
story of Albert Palaphy, a French cor
poral, whose unusual bravery on the
field of battle won for him the cross
of the Legion of Honor.
AS simple corporal of the Tenth
Dragons at the beginning of the war,
Palaphy took part in recent violent
combat with the Germans. In the
thick of the battle he found his colonel
wounded and helpless, and rushed to
his aid. Palaphy hoisted the injured
man upon his shoulders and, under a
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08

as IAN ancient port town, convenient
for shipping and repelling foreign in
vasion," but Swansea's boom did not
begin until the extensive WORKING of
coal commenced in South Wales
about the middle of the eighteenth
century.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
FINDING PLEASURE IN WORK
Happy Is the Man to Whom His Daily
Labor Is Never a Wear-
some "Grind."

'The time is coming" remarked
Prof. Thomas Scott Lowden, in a
speech in Columbus, o., recently,
when he will live longest who plays
most, who plays into his work" Well,
accepting this as possibility, we can
SO right on and predict that when that
time comes we will cease to think of
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
ENJOYS of Mercy.

spondent of Golfers, was thrown in
to company with a lot of people-an
English corps of ambulance workers.
| used to chaff some of them about
their hloodthirsty desire for wounded
and impress on them the maxim that
the action of war largely consisted in
waiting. The waiting, in fact, has
been done by the wounded, and great
good work has been done by these
English ludies and young doctors, who
7 have lcl lie pluck to go out acd find
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
Shedding Its Last Raus.

The Progressive party has lost its
legal identity in Oregon by its failure
to cast FIVE per cent of the vote given
to congressional candidates in the last
election; but probably even that won't
enable it to conceal its humiliation.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
Their one Best BET.

''The country needs the Progressive
party" says George w. Perkins. The
statement is little inaccurate. The
Progressive party is needed, but not
by the country. Only by the Demo
crats.-Kansas City Journal.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08

Judge-What is your age, madam?
Witness Twenty-seven and sons
months.
JUDGE want your exact age,
please. How manv months?
Witness-One hundred and twenty.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
Sixinu Her un.

Here comes that internal cid gos-
sip, Tillie Tattles!" snarled Grout z.
Smith. "And she looks so pleased and
satisfied that l am certain she has
some bad news to ll."--Judga
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
CHOOSING a Goat.

Now, my dear, how about your
coat of arms?"
Get something without sleeves"
suggested his wife. That's the style
this year."-Louisville Courieryou
nal.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08

To prevent the stains that often re-
suit from muddy skirts dilute sour
milk with water and soak the skirt
IL 1t over night, then wash In tha
usual way. The skirt VIII wash easise
and look whittier.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08

our certain knowledge" So-and-So
had been made captain of Horse. and
this perhaps years after the step had
been given and taken on the field
London Chronicle.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08
leIna for Layer Spice Cake.

One and one-haf cupfuls of granu-
lated sugar. one-half cupful OF milk.
boil until 1t forms soft ball when
dropped In cold water, take from FIRE
and add one cupful Of chopped raisins
and beat until 1t becomes creamy.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08

had been promoted to be sublieuten-
ant and named chevalier in the Le-
gion of Honor.
This incident of decorating soldier
on the battlefield recalls Napoleonic
times
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08

why have you stopped going to see
that pretty girl Jim?"
"Oh, her father is such kicker"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08

You might as well smile. Yeu win
have to bear 1t anyhow.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08

Manitoba has land area of 49,
432.6 acres.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-08

They're in the fight expecting occa-
sional reverses and determined to win.
Do you know one of them?
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-06-03
KNOW THY COUNTRY
introductory

a bar of iron and bent it into
a reaper and with one sweep of
his magic mind broke the shackles
that enslaved labor of generations yet
unborn, and gave mankind freedom
from drudgery, and lifted the human
race into higher zone of life.
AS Nelson organized the English navy
and made England mistress of the sea.
enabling the British Isles to plant her
flag upon every continent washed by
the oceans waves, and to make foot
stools of the Islands of every water,
Morgan organized banking system
that has made America master of the
worlds finances, brought Kings to our
cashiers windows, the nations of the
earth to our discount desks and placed
under the industries of this nation a
financial system as solid as the Rock
of Gibraltar.
There is no study quite so interest
ing as progress; no sound so magic
as the roar of industry and no sight
so inspiring as civilization in action.
A full realization of Americas part in
the great events of the world past,
present and future will thrill every
human heart with pride, patriotism
and faith in Republican institutions
Through the courtesy of the Agri
cultural and Commercial Press Ser
vice, the readers of this paper will be
permitted to study America; her ag
ricultural, manufacturing and min
eral development, mercantile, bank
ing and transportation systems which
are the wonder of the world. The
first article of the series will dea
with transportation and will appear
at an early date.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-06-03

"Know America" is a slogan that
should ring out from every school
room, office, farm and shop in this ma
ton. No man can aspire to a higher
honor than to become a capable citi-
zen, and no one can merit so dis
tinguished a title until he is we'll in
formed of the resources, possibilities
and achievements of our country.
This is commercial age and civ
tlization is bearing it's most golden
fruit in America. We are noted for
our industrial achievements as Egypt
was noted for her pyramids; Jerusa-
lem for her religion; Greece for her
art; Phoenicia for her fleets; Chaldea
for her astronomy and Rome for her
laws. Likewise we have men who will
go down in the worlds history as pow
erful products of their age. For, stand
ing at the source of every gigantic
movement that sways civilization is a
great man. The greatest minds travel
in the greatest direction and the COM
mercial geniuses of this age would
have been the sculptors, poets, phil
osophers, architects, and artists of
earlier civilizations.
AS Michael Angelo took a rock and
with chisel hewed it into the image
of an angel that ever beckons man
kind upward and onward, Hill took
the desert of the Northwest and with
bands of steel made it blossom like E
rose, dotted the valleys with happy
homes and built cities in waste places
AS Gutenberg took blocks of WOOD
and whitfield them into an alphabet
and made printing press thai
flashed education across the con
tinent like ray of light upo1
a new born world, Mccormick tool
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-06-03
TAINTED POLITICS
BY Peter Radford.

This country is suffering more from
tainted politics than from any other
malady at the present time. There is
scarcely campaign speech made, a
platform demand written or mea-
sure enacted into law that does not
carry the faint of personal gain of
some politician or political faction
thereof.
There is more blue sky" in cam
paign promises of many politicians
running for Office than was ever con-
tanned in the prospectuses of the bold.
est promoters OF chimerical business
schemes. There are more secret COM
binations formed by politicians in the
name of My Country than were ever
formed under any and all other
aliases. There are more political re-
bates hidden in the phrase BE 1t en-
acted than were ever concealed UNI
der any and all other DISCUSSES.
The inordinate thirst for political
power and unrestrained passion for
mastery has caused more distress in
this nation than the greed for gold,
and it ought to be regulated by law.
No business combination ever pursued
their competitors as relentlessly or
visited more heartless cruelty upon
their customers than political party
that seeks to make junk of an in
dustry, or cripple business for party
success, through tariff measures, po-
litical supervision and ofttimes de-
structive legislation. Many political
platforms are as alluring to the voter
as the story of the rainbow with it's
pot of gold and their consummation
about as far-fetched. Self-gain is the
first law in politics. There are many
men in Office today who, if they
could not shake plums off the tree OF
American liberty or cut melon taken
from Uncle Sans commissary, would
have less desire to serve the public.
The country is surfeiting with patri-
let's in defense Of their country, but
there are few men in public life who
! will bare their breast to voters or run
| the gauntlet Of party disfavor in de-
| tense of agriculture or industry. No
representative Of the people, who will
| permit personal prejudice to dethrone
| justice, party success to disfranchise
reason or the raneor of political
campaign to influence judgment can
render capable service.
The preservation of our prosperity
depends upon wisdom, courage and
honesty in government, and the Amer
lean voter should seek these attri
butes as implicitly as the Wise Men
followed the Star of Bethlehem and
they will often be found to rest over
the stable; the plow or the staff OF
the Shepherd The surest cure fol
tainted politics and machine rule Ii
fresh air and sunshine and these i'm
portant elements are most abundan
upon the farm, and when farmers
bankers and merchants are elected tt
membership in legislative bodies, much
of the trouble in government will dis
y appear.