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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
The DESTROYING ANGEL
Bv Louis TOseDhV

druggists label on the empty packet
on the washstand.
In another moment he was back at
the bedside with a clean glass of wa
ter, which he offered to the girls lips,
passing his arm beneath her shoulders
and lifting her head so that she might
drink.
She emptied the glass thirstily.
Look here" he said almost roughly
under the lash of this new fear-'you
didn't really drink any of that stuff,
did you?"
Her eyes met his with a look of
negation clouded by fear and bewilder-
ment. Then she turned her head away
Dragging a pillow beneath it, he let
her down again.
''GOod," he said in accents meant to
be enheartening; you'll be all right
in a moment or two"
Her .cOlorless lips moved in a
whisper he had to bend close to dis
tinguish.
please :"
'Yes?"
"Please don't call anybody. :"
II won't. Don't worry"
The lids quivered down over her
eyes, and her mouth was wrung with
anguish. He stared. perplexed. He
wanted to go away quickly, but
couldn't gain his own consent to do
so. She was in no condition to be
left alone, this delicate and fragile
child, defenceless and beset. A strange
girl, to find in a plight like hers, he
thought: not pretty, but quite un-
usual; delicate, sensitive, high strung,
bred to the finer things of life-this
last was self-evident in the fine sim
plicity of her severely plain attire.
A variety of impressions crowded
upon his perceptions in little more
than a glance. For suddenly Nature
took her in hand; she twisted upon her
side, as if to escape his regard, and
| covered her face, her palms muffling
deep tearing sObs while waves of pent-
up misery racked her slender little
body.
Whitaker moved softly away. . .
Once, pausing by the centre-table
he happened to look down. He saw q
little heap of the hotel writing-paper
together with envelopes, pen, bot
tie of ink. Three of the envelopes
were sealed and superscribed, and two
were stamped. The unstamped lettel
was addressed to the Proprietor of the
Commercial house.
OF the others, one was directed t.
a Mr.. G. w. Morton in care of anothe
person at a number on lower Sixtl
Avenue, New York; and from thi
Whitaker began to understand the sin
gular manner of his introduction to tn,
wrong room; there's no great differ
ence between Morton and MOrten
especially when written carelessly.
But the third letter caused his eye
to widen considerably. 1t bore tn
name of Thurlow Ladislas, Esq, an,
Wall Street address.
Whitaker's mouth shaped still-borl
whistle. He was recalling with SUI
prising distinctness the fragment o
dialogue he had overheard at his clu
the previous afternoon.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
TREES TURN TO STONE
Petrified Forest of Arizona
Owned by Uncle Sam.
Study Of These Relics of the Age of
Reptiles Is Full of Interest to
the Geologist.

The "petrified forest" of Arizona is
one of the most interesting posses
sions of Uncle Sam. There are really
series of petrified forests which lie
a short distance south of Adamana, on
the line of the Santa Fe railroad.
There are four forests" included
in a government reservation called
'Petrified Forest National Monument"
created by presidential proclamation
in 1906 The name forest is not
strictly appropriate, for the petriifid
tree trunks are all prostrate and are
broken into sections. The logs are
the remains of giant trees that grew
in Triassic time, the age of reptiles.
The trees were related to the Norfolk
Island pine, now used for indoor dec
Grafton. Doubtless they grew in a
nearby region and, after falling, drift
ed down a water-course and lodged
In some eddy or a sand bank. Later
they were buried by sand and clay,
finally to a depth of several thousand
feet. The conversion to stone was eff
fected by gradually replacement of
the woody material by silica in the
form called chalcedony, deposited by
underground water. A small amount
of iron oxides deposited at the same
time has given the brilliant and beau
tiful brown, yellow, and red tints which
appear in much of the material.
Some of the tree trunks are six feet
in diameter and more than 100 feet
in length. In the first forest there
Is a fine trunk that forms a natural
bridge over a small ravine, the water
having first washed away the overly
ing clay and sand and then, following
crevice, worked out the channel un-
derneath. The length of this log is
ITO feet, and the diameter four feet al
the butt and 11a at the top.
The petrified woods are beautiful
objects for study. When thin slices
are carefully ground down to a thick
ness of 0.003 inch or less and placed
under the microscope they show per
fectly the original wood structure, al
the cells being distinct, though nov
they are replaced by chalcedony. b.
studying the sections f. II. KnowltoI
of the United States geological sur
vey, department of the interior. ha
found that most of these araucarial
trees were of the species Araucarioxyl
on arizonicum, tree now extinct.
is known to have lived at the sam
geologic time also in the east-centra
part of the United States, where tn
remains of some of it's associates hav
also been found.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
ADVICE BY HETTY GREEN
Told Girl stenographer to "Figure
in Pennies and Save
Them"

During one of the periods of her
economical living streaks the late Mrs.
Hetty Green was staying at a moder-
ate-priced boarding house. where a
jobless young stenographer came to
know her. The girl finally landed
position for $12 a week and told Mrs.
Green of it.
you've got todeave here" said the
old woman emphatically. "You are not
earning enough to pay so much for
your keep. I'll tell you where to go.
There's a hotel for working girls I
know. l lent the man the money to
build it. There are washrooms there
and sewing rooms. Make your own
clothes and care for them. Get a
roommate. It will cost you only 81.
Save Sc our of your $12 Do not go
out nights. Watch your company. Do
what l tell you and you'll get on. Any
body can. The trouble is, most people
don't know the value of five cents.
You are advised. Don't figure in dol
lars; figure in pennies, and save
Them"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP
The Greatest Trapshooting Event of
the Year, Won with Winchester
Repeater" Shells.

The Grand American Handicap, the
trapshooting classic, equivalent to the
Worlds Series in Baseball, the highest
honor the world has to bestow in trap
shooting, the event that marks the ell
max in the trapshooter's career, was
won by Capt. ]. F. Wulf, of Milwau-
kee, with the wonderful score of 99x1OO
from the 19-yard mark. In making this
great win he shot Winchester Re
peater" loaded shells.
The National Amateur Champion
ship was won by F. NJ Troeh, of the
State of Washington. Mr. Troeh also
took second place for National Anna
teur Championship at Doubles. He al
so won the Mound City Overture, and
the General Average on all targets, and
General Average on 16-yard targets.
In winning all these events, Mr.. Troeh
used a Winchester repeating shotgun.
The Women's National Champion
ship, the first event of the kind ever
staged at Grand American Handicap,
was won by Mrs. ]. D. Dalton, of War
| saw Indiana, with a Winchester re-
! peatlng shotgun.
The Dunspaugh Trophy. emblematie
Of the Professional Championship, was
won by Phil R. Miller with Winches-
ter repeating shotgun.
The Hercules All-round Amateur
Championship was won by Edw. L
Bartlett, of Baltimore, with Winches-
ter loaded shells. This was a hard
match to win, as it called for 80 singles
at Is, 20, % yards, respectively. and 25
doubles at 16 yards.
This was great cleanup for Win
chester guns and shells and a demon
stration of their wonderful shooting
qualities.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29

the sensational and trivial novels Of
the day, and even these they have lit
tie leisure for.
So many other matters take their
attention. The automobile is one
hindrance to the formation Of the
reading habit. The freedom it gives
is more fascinating to the average
young person than any book Of fic-
tion, to say nothing of anything more
serious. It invites and knows no
refusal. Movies" attract a MULTITUDE
to whom motor cars are not available.
And there is dances and theaters and
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29

Barnyard manure, when rOtted.
should be spread on top of the plowed
ground and well worked into the soil
with the harrow. Harrow both ways
of the field. If there are fifty wagon
loads of manure to load, haul and
spread spring and fall; a two-horse
spreader should be used. The manure
can be spread thick or thin. The
Jumps are broken up fine and spread
evenly over the ground. Fresh horse
manure, containing much straw,
should be piled between layers of cat
tie and hOg-pen manure. Each foot-lay-
er of manure, as it is piled, should be
given thick coat of land-plaster The
plaster holds the ammonia and helps
to rot up the manure.
Heavy soils will be greatly improved
and capable of holding the rainfall
by spreading, say IA to 16 two-horse
loads of long straw stalk manure
to the acre on top of the ground and
blowing under as fast as it is spread.
For top dressing late seeded grain
and grass, fresh horse manure should
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
CHAPTER Ill.
Mrs, Whitaker.

He lived through long, bad quarter
in sympathy with the girls sobbing-
like telegraph wires singing in a gale
his mind busy with many thoughts,
strangely new and compelling, wearing
a fresh complexion that lacked alto
gether the coloring of self-interest.
He mixed weak draught of brandy
and water and returned to the bedside.
She made an effort to rise. The eff
feet was quickly apparent in the color
that came into her cheeks, faint but
warm. After a moment she asked:
''Please-who are you?"
'sMy name is Whitaker" he said
"Hugh Morten Whitaker. 81 didn't
want to be known, so registered as
Hugh Morten. They mistOok me for
your husband"
The girl swung to her feet.
81 want to tell you something" She
faced him bravely, though he refused
the challenge of her tormented eyes.
won't you listen?"
He crossed to a window, where he
stood staring out. "Fd rather not" he
said softly, "but If you prefer"
81 do prefer" said the voice behind
him. "I-Tm Mary Ladislas."
"Yes," said Whitaker.
"I. ran away from home last
week-fve days ago-to get married
to our chauffeur, Charles Morton . >
She stammered.
''Please don't go on, if it hurts" he
begged without looking around.
''Fve got to-I've got to get it over
with. We were at Southampton
at my fathers summer home-I mean
that's where 1 ran away from. He
Charley--drove me over to GreenpOr
and took the ferry there and came
here to wait for him. He went to New
York in the car, promising to join mt
here as soon as possible. :"
"And he didn't come" Whitaker
wound mp for her, when she faltered
''How much money of yours did h,
take with him?"
There was brief pause of aston
ishment. "What do you know abou
| that?" she demanded.
81 know a good deal about that typ
| of man." he said grimly.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
By Louis Joseph Vance

open at page neatly headed with
date in red ink. Whitaker registered;
but two-thirds of his name was all he
entered; when it came to Whitaker"
his pen paused and passed on to write
Philadelphia" in the residence col
umn.
The thought came to him that he
must be careful to Obliterate all laun-
dry marks on his clothing.
In his own good time the clerk ap-
peared. His welcome was an indiffer-
ent nod and a glance at the register
which seemed unaccountably to mod
crate his apathy
''Mr. Morton-uh?' he inquired.
Whitaker nodded without words.
The youth shrugged and scrawled
hleroglyph after the name. "Here,
Sammy" he said to the boy-"Forty-
three" To Whitaker he addressed the
further remark: "TrunksT'
mo"
The youth seemed about to expos
tulate. but checked when Whitaker
placed one of his hundred-dollar notes
on the counter.
81 think that'n cover my liability" +"
he said with a significance misinter-
preted by the other.
81 amt got enough change"
''That's all right; I'm in no hurry"
The eyes Of the lout followed him
as he ascended the stairs. On the
second floor as Whitaker came into
view, the boy thrust open the door,
disappeared for an instant, and came
out minus the bag. Whitaker gave
him a coin in passing-an attention
which he acknowledged by pulling the
door to with a bang the moment the
guest had entered the ROOM. At the
same time Whitaker became aware of
a eontretemps.
The room was of fair size, and il
was tenanted by a woman In street
dress. She stood by the washstand
with her back to the light, her attitude
one of tense expectancy; hardly more
than a silhouette of figure moderate
ly tall and very slight, almost angular
in its slenderness. She had been hold
ing a tumbler in one hand, but as
Whitaker appeared this slipped from
her fingers; there followed a thud ant
sound Of split liquid at her feet. She
moved forward a pace or two, hel
hands fiuttering out toward him, theI
stopped as though halted by a force
implacable and overpowering.
II thought" she quavered in {
stricken vOice-"I thought. yol
my husband Mr.. Morton
the boy said :"
Then her knees buckled under her
and she plunged forward and fell witt
a thump that shook the walls.
'Tm sOrry-I beg pardon" Whit
aker stammered stupidity to ears tina
couldn't hear. He swore softly wit
evaporation, threw his hat to a chai
and dropped to his knees beside tn
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29

be used. 1t should be spread early in
October, and quite thin-abcut six two
horse loads to the acre.
There is q great difference in land
and the same treatment will not do
for all. The small grains and grasses
require manure near the surface.
1t is a good plan to use both animal
manure and fertilizers for wheat, say
six two-horse loads of rotted manure
and four hundred pounds of high-grade
bone fertilizer, drilled in with the
grain, 90 the acre. This method will
give larger yield of grain and a thick
set of timothy and clover. This prac-
tice is coming into favor with prac-
tical grain growers. 1t is the usual
practice among our successful truck
ers and market gardeners, and it is a
good one.
The old method of dropping ma
nure in small piles over the plowed
field to be spread by hand and har-
rowed in is a slow and laborious prac-
tice. The manure is not properly spread
and it costs too much to spread it.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
Lack of Fingers Didn't
Bother This MarkSman

Rejected Tor enlistment in the
United States marine corps be-
cause the trigger" and middle
fingers were missing from his
right hand, a raw-boned ap-
plicant from Oklahoma, went
from the recruiting station in st.
Louis to shooting gallery near
by, and made % straight hits on
a moving target with a small
caliber rifle, while the sergeant
who had rejected him looked on.
st can shoot better with my
little finger than some men can
with their trigger fingers" the
Oklahoman said after his per-
formance at the gallery, land
cannot understand why you
won't take me-"
The marine sergeant explained
that a hand minus several fin
gers would look bad when en-
cased in white gloves and that
the loss of the fingers would seri-
ously interfere with the proper
handling of the rife at drills.
But the Oklahoma recruit was
unconvinced and went back home
! in the belief that the government
doesn't know a good man when
!; it sees one.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29

Young man, life is before you. Two
voices are calling you--one coming
from the swamps Of seliishness and
force, where success means death, and
the other from the hilltops Of justice
and progress, where even failure
brings glory. Two lights are seen in
your horizon one the fast-fading
marsh light of power and the other
the slowly rising sun Of human broth
erhood. Two ways lie open before you
--one leading to an ever lower and
lower plain, where are heard the cries
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
705,80O, so that the income for the
latter year was more than 100000
lower than was estimated.
Man Bound to Succeed.

1t is the man who carefully pegs his
way up step by step, with his mind be-
coming wider and wider, and progress
sively better able to grasp any theme
or situation, persevering in what he
knows to be practical and concentrat-
ing his thought upon it, who is bound
to succeed in the greatest degree
Alexander Graham Bell
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
DON'T HURRY TO FILL SIL0
Green Feed often Better When Per-
mitted to Settle a WhiIe-Wait
for Maturing Corn.

It is not essential that the silo be
filled at one time. Many farmers have
found that it is best to let silage settle
while before putting too much on
top Of it. Some run the cutter one
day and let it stand the next. If enough
corn is not ready for filling it entirely
1t is very well to wait for another field
to mature.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
A Hint,

Stage Manager-"My dear, wish
you would wear a different gown in
the second act" Rita Ravenyelp-"But
that is the latest style, and 1 paid two
hundred dollars for it." Stage Man
ager-"That may be true, but when
your husband says: Woman, you are
hiding something from me-, the audi.
ence can't figure out what he means -
Judge.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29

of despair and the curses of the poor,
where manhood shrivels and posses
sion rots down the possessor; and the
other leading off to the highlands of
the morning, where are heard the glad
shouts of humanity and where honest
effort is rewarded with Immortality
John Peter Altge1d.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
Tn. Readlno Of Books.

How are the young folk OF today
70 acquire the reading habit? They
sIl 60 to school and they are taught
much more about literature than 1t
was the custom to teach the boys and
girls Of earlier generations. Yet some
how 1t does not appear that when they
leave school they read the books writ
ten by the authors with whose names
they become familiar as the great
ones Of the literary world. 1t does not
appear, in fact, that many Of them
read books Of any kind unless 1t Ia
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
s7,217,e5e in Canal Tolls.

Uncle. Sam had collected $7,217, ,956
in Panama canal tolls at the end of
July, 1916, according to the Canal Rec
ord. The collections from vessels in
the coastwise trade of the United
States formed $1,923, ,122 of this, total,
The tolls collected in July, 1916,
amounted to $3.50, ,123.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
Tomorrow,

Do not let the shadow Of tomorrow's
disagreeable duty fall over the bright
ness that belongs to today. Do not
double the shadow by forecast. and
especially do not throw 1t over others.
Leave the hour in the day where 1t BE-
longs.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29

Can you imagine a more tragic
figure than q young girl deserted
in a ratty hotel by the man with
whom she eloped, and given no
tiee that her people have cast
her out of their lives and she
must shift for herseIf7 One lit
tie maiden in such a plight
thought there were but two
courses ahead for her. One was
dishonorable. SO she emptied a
little black bottle into a glass Of
water and--weIl what happens
Is told in this installment with
dramatic effect.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
The Secret,

What is an amateur" is still one
Of the raging queries of the hour. But,
in spite of all the recent discussion,
we haven't changed the answer we
evolved four years ago, viz, Anyone
who can get away with it."-New Yorb
Tribune.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
Glass Sand output Grows.

The production of glass sand in this
country in 1915 was 1884, ,044 short
tons, valued at 81 ,606,640. This is the
largest quantity ever reported by the
United States geological survey, which
has just issued a report on sand and
gravel.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
sweden's Income Increased.

A statement of the national income
of Sweden for 1915, received from
American Minister Ira N. Morris, at
Stockholm, gives total of $40,312,816,
an increase over the 1914 figures,
which were $39,949,54O. During the
month of December, however, the 1915
figures of s3,266,021 showed a de-
crease from $4,012,19O in December,
1914. The estimate of income which
waS made for 1914 was slightly less
than the actual amount received.
viii, the estimate for 1915 was s42.-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29

shake out the water, put them on
your feet, go about your domestic
work, don't sit down until your shoes
are dry. You will find that you have
as comfortable pair of shoes as you
ever had on your feet. Try it and see
II my story is not true.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29

store the cells, so that they can con-
tinue to perform their normal func-
tions.
The man or woman who thinks he
can continue work long after fatigue
has manifested, itself, without stop
ping for rest, under proper conditions,
is doing himself or herself a perma-
nent injury, Doctor Smith concluded.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
Cant Perform a Miracle.

"a Virginia inventor has brought
out a motor-driven plow from which
the motor can be removed for other
work about farm" said the city man.
do you suppose it could be attached
to the farmland and make him move
any fasterT
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
Watch the Trees Carefully.

Pear blight very often affects apple
trees; ann whenever it is discovered
every particle of the diseased parts
should be cut out, or if very bad the
entire tree should be destroyed.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29

time" through some form of activity.
For in these days youth demands .
good time as an inalienable right
Indianapolis Star.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
Unkind.

Ethel-Here is a notice OF, Olives
betrothal. 1t must be her fourth this
year.
Max-She is getting to be quite Q
veteran of the engagement ring.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
Excellent Hoo FORAGE.

Rape, clover and corn fed in connec-
ton with bluegrass pasture comprise
an excellent forage crop rotation for
the hog farm.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
Shoes That Hurt.

When you buy a new pair of shoes
and they hurt your feet, place them
in warm water (not hct); let them
remain i've minutes, take them out,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
Cheap Harness Is Extensive.

A "cheap" harness is really about
the most expensive thing on the farm,
as it sometimes costs a life.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29

A. N. Lockhart of Pittsburgh, Pa,
says he has discovered how to build
desirable houses of mud.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29

When a man and woman argue the
woman. invariably gets the last word;
but when two women argue it's always
q draw.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
Good Thinns About Alfalfa.

Alfalfa works for nothing and boo rds
itself. There are 10 other good thage
about alfalfa.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
Money Lost in Selma.

What does it profit a man if he
raises the best crop in the country and
loses money in the selling?
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29

By an electrical refining process a
plant in Norway is producing $4,000
tons of zinc annually.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
Cultivate Celery

Keep the soil loose and mellow
around the celery plants.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
SYNOPSIS.

Young Hugh Whitaker's doctors tell
him he has but a few months to live. and
his sweetheart jilts him. His friend. Peter
Stark, finds him disconsolate and proposes
a sea voyage.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-29
What will Whitaker do with
this fraiI girl on his hands?
What would you do in such cir
cumstances2

(To BE CoNTINUED.)