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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07
PROPER PRIDE IN A NATION
Nav Have as Strong Virtues as in the
Case of Individual Members
of Society.

Pride has it's place among virtues
in the lives OF individuals as well as IN
the lives of nations. Pride. in so far
as it is a virtue. is determination not
Tn he turned aside from the ends which
q man thinks good. no matter what out
side pressure may be brought to bear
uuon him. There is pride in Condor
Get. sentenced to the guillotine, spend
ing his last days in writing book on
human progress. There Is pride in
those who refuse to recant their reli-
pious convictions under persecution.
Such pride is the noblest form of cour-
age: it shows that self-determlnation
of the will which is the essence of
spiritual freedom. But such pride
should have as its complement a just
conception of what constitutes human
welfare, and as its correlative a re-
spect for the freedom of others as alb.
solute as the determination to pre-
rorve freedom for ourselves. Exactly
u same kind Of pride ia good In the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07

Once upon time a little girl lived
With a wicked old uncle. Her father
and mother were dead She was
very good little girl and did not com
plain. but one day when she did not
have any breakfast or dinner she went
into grove not far from the house
and cried.
Presently she saw an iron kettle
walking toward her, and It's Abort legs
looked so queer moving along the
ground she laughed.
There was a spoon In the kettle. and
n made clatter as the kettle walked
along. II stopped In front Of her.
Don't cry. little girl" II said. Dry
your eyes and do as tell YOU" Then
che kettle jumped up and hung by
its handle on bush. Now get some
water from the WELL" II said. "and
pour II into me. Then go to the end of
the path and take three steps forward
and four to the right There you will
nnd some potatoes under bush.
From there take Ave steps to the left,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07
JoURNEYlNGs OF HOUSE FLY
Household Pests, 1t Is Found, Seldom
Travel Far From the Breeding
Ground

DR.. J. T. Nash, an English physk
clan, who has devoted much attention
to the spread of disease by flies, finds
that the common house fly does not
readily leave a house in which it finds
protection, warmth and food. Such
houses situated near places where
flies breed-where garbage is depos-
tied, or refuse from stables is kept un-
duly long suffer from plague of
flies not found in houses in the next
street farther away.
These nearer houses effect consid-
cradle arrestment of the spread of
flies. In these infested houses, al
though fiy-paper may kill hundreds,
just as many flies are found "a hours
later if the windows are left open
and the weather is warm.
When flies are numerous, they de-
crease in numbers in different houses,
in inverse ratio to the distance from
the breeding grounds. Flies fly far
ther when places Of arrestment, in the
shape of houses, are few or far off.
Where houses are few, more flies
will be found than where houses are
many. Where houses are numerous,
few flies will travel more than a
quarter of a mile.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07


In January the order of the year
brings about the making of new un-
dermuslins. house dresses, kitchen
aprons, and all the white work re-
quired by the household and the house.
And in the annual January sales, all
over the country, of white goods, mer-
chants present the stocks of cotton
fabrics which they have assembled in
anticipation of the demand for them.
There is no better season in which
to buy cotton products than at the
beginning of the year.
There has been a steady advance
In the standard of quality in many
lines of cotton goods, aud in the in
PRODUCTION Of high-class novelties, the
mills are making rapid progress. =
A kitchen apron that may be made
of cotton crepe. as well as of the
usual percale or gingham, is shown in
the picture, and hardly needs de-
scription. 1t covers the figure and
fastens at the back, unlike many of
the late patterns. which fasten at
one side. Blue is the favorite color
for the apron of cotton crepe, and It
is finished with white braid bindings.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07
Art and Doll PalntIno.

The latest work for the woman art
student with commercial Instincts is
doll painting. Several girls from the
Slade and other schools who used to
earn fair money in hand-painted work
for big publishers are making much
larger sums now by painting eyes. eye
brows, cheeks and lips on little cellu.
loid faces They get the masks from
London doll manufacturers and are
paid 80 much-it Is not very much
for a thousand. but as II only takes
seven 1Icks OF a practiced brush TO
make a quite expressive face. they can
finish about i.50O heads In day. and
that is worth more than GILMAN.
chester Guardian.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07
oyster Catches a Duck.

A sheldrake duck. diving into the
bay at Smiths Point, L. l.. varied lfe's
monotony by capturing an oyster and
being captured in turn.
OF course all that the residents of
Smiths Point know about the remark
able catch is what they heard from
Will Murdoch, who tends the draw at
the Tangier bridge, and who admits he
has an excellent reputation for verac-
ity. viii took duck and oyster to
the Smiths Point Coast Guard station
and exhibited them to prove the story.
Where did he get them! Oh he
caught the duck after the duck had
caught the oyster. The fowl pushed
it's bill into the shell of the oyster,
Murdoch said, and the bill stuck fast.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07

II you would see the best of milh-
merry look for it at the afternoon con-
cert or other afternoon affairs The
box party or club program or lunch
con. and the cafe dinner, call out
the smartest hats, for there they are
subjected to close scrutiny by discrim-
mating eyes.
The fancy of the designer has much
to inspire it this season, and millinery
is brilliant in two senses, both in color
and in design. With gold and silver
laces and metalized flowers, with fur
and velvet and jet and jewels, heads
are splendidly crowned even when
such materials are put together sim
ply. The blue and gold turban shown
In the picture is an example of this
1t is a small. chic. jaunty shape
draped with turquoise blue satin bro
caded with a gold flower. This covers
the frame and forms a large wing ef-
feet at the left side. The only orna-
ment used is a fat rosette made of
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07
BEAR TURNS PLUMBER
PUZZLED EY THE MYSTERY OF
CAGE WATER TANK.
Animal in Brooklyn Zoo Conducts Pa
tient Examination and Has Made
Some Progress on Road to
the Secret.

Prospect park zoo has a plumber
bear, and his name is Bosco. So far
as known. he is the only plumber bear
in captivity.
Bosco's residence is No. 1 Bear
place. and he lives in great cage.
which is far different from his an
cient home in tie wild Ural noun
tains. Bosco IS Russian. big
hulking. quietly-ambling fellow. and
he is a favorite with Head Keeper
OBrien and his men, because he is
SO tractable, says the Brooklyn Eagle.
No matter how the black bears in the
adjoining cage may snap and growl.
or the other members of the bear
family may display their peevishness,
Bosco is always good-natured. He
has a great wooden ball that he plays
with in the most comical manner i'm
aginable.
But it is about Bosco's plumber-like
proclivities that you want to hear.
Half of his life is spent in play and
sleep, and the other half in trying to
puzzle out the mysteries of the big
/ water tank in the center of his cage.
He is more of a monkey than a
bear said O'Brien. HE is the
greatest imitator ever saw"
Bosco first tried to get through his
clumsy old bear head what it meant
when the water ran into the tank. He
would sit on his hind legs, with lu-
dicrousIy foolish expression on his
/ -&,, x1an q ia
to get the ins and outs of the mys-
terry of why the tank was full at some
times and empty at others. To trace
the solution of this mystery became
the consuming passion OF his life.
Sometimes he would rub his ear with
contemplative paw, and you would
see his eyes brighten as he thought
he had at last struck the right trail
Then he would retire into his cave in
the rocks, to cogitate at his leisure.
AT first he tried to keep the water
back by showing paw against it, but
this did no good. Then, when the
tank became clogged and the keepers
went into the cage to clean it out
Bcsco sat by in an attitude of an alert
OiQ mau CdkiuS III SNCiJ oOeoA "
their operation. He saw them lif
: up the trap and get down in it.
So, when they had gone. Bosco or
ganized a class In plumbing with
himself as sole member. He first pu
out hairy paw and seized the trap
1t came up easily enough. Then n
looked at it, to see what made it COM
up, and put 1t back and lifted it agaii
and again in the Joy of his discov
3 cry. He had part of the secret, a
any rate.
The next thing Bosco learned wa
to get down into the tank and di
around to see what made the waite
stop running. He acted just like
. man about it, and performed each &C
with comic gravity. He found ca
down there. and he used to take tha
on
That is about as far as Bosco ha
n got in the elementary stages of plumb
$ ing; but he is ambitious, and II h
t keeps on he may be ready to don
$ jumper and overalls soon and stal
out on Job with soldering irons vi
g der his forepaw and charcoal stoy
: swinging.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07
PEARLS IN TOY DOGS TAE
Man From Tokyo Had Gems in silk
Vest and Cigarette Box Worti1
Large Sum.

A little toy dog. with stubby tail
and a pointed nose, which would emit
bark like grunt when pressed.
stood on the table in the Office of JUS
tice Wardell, surveyor of the port or
San Francisco. surrounded by collec-
tion of cultivated pearls.
The tip of his tail was missing, as
was the end of his nose, both of which
had been cut away by customs inspec-
tors.
The dog was only one of many clever
contrivances used by Y. Nakane.
wealthy pearl merchant, when he made
declaration at the customhouse say
ing that he carried only s400 worth OF
pearls.
An investigation of his baggage by
Custom Inspector ]. B. Brosman re-
vealed pearls valued at more than S5,-
900.
Nakane arrived in San Francisco
aboard the Tenyo Maru and declared
to the customs inspector that he had
S400 worth of pearls in small jewel
case An examination of the case
showed that it had false bottom, and
pearls valued at $1,000 were revealed
with the destruction of the case. This
was the first lot to be discovered.
While the jewel case was being
taken apart Nakane drew from his
pocket a dainty Japanese tobacco box
and proceeded to roll cigarette.
The beauty of the box attracted the
attention of Wardell, who asked to see
1t at closer range The pox. wnen ex-
amined, revealed another 81 900 worth
| Of the precious gems. Nakane re-
moved his coat to assist in the work Of
unpacking his cases
Again Wardell was attracted by the
beauty of silk vest and made an ex-
animation and found that in the CEN
ter of each of the buttons was set a
small pearl, which was SO near the
color of the shell-like buttons that the
gems could only be detected by an ex-
pert.
In the bottom of one of the mer-
chants trunks the inspector found a
toy dog carefully wrapped in tissue
paper. Nakane explained that it was
to be gift to child relative here
An examination of the outside of the
toy revealed nothing; finally the tip of
the tail was removed with pair of
scissors and it was found to be filled
with pearls. A like find was made in
the dogs nose.
Nakane then confessed he had tried
3 to smuggle the Jewels into this cOun-
try. The gems were confscated.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07

The chief claim to attention is based
upon the fact that this kind of apron
requires almost no ironing.
Although the subject of kitchen
aprons is not one to arouse great
amount of enthusiasm. it is not by
any means without interest. Many
aprons manage to be attractive, while
they cleverly fill all that is required
of them in the way of usefulness.
This means that they must cover the
figure, be plain and easily adjusted,
good looking and sh. pely. They must
be neatly finished and provided with
at least one pocket and made of ma
terial that will stand any amount of
Tubing.
All of the new aprons are made
with elbow sleeves except those that
are sleeveless. Very shapely and at
tractive models have large bib at
the front of the body fastened by fat
bands of the material to the belt at
the back. A favorite finish for all
edges is a fiat band of material in
contrasting color. All the fast col
ors are used with white, aod striped
effects prevail
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07
Ones Weakest Point.

The character of the individual
stands or falls by it's greatest weak
ness. The citadel is never attacked
by the enemy at its impregnable
points. The assault is bent against
the weak places in the foundation or
where the workmanship of the walls
is defective. Men may stand firm for
years, simply because the opportunity
that appeals to their selfshness or
their wrong tendencies has not come
to them. But when the evil habit
that has been allowed to develop, un-
seen and unsuspected by the world,
meets that which attracts and calls it
into action, too often character crum-
bles into ruins.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07
kept the money in the business. ID

kept the money in the business, ID
course.
Another strict rule is that you must
make your complaints within GER
tain period of time after you have re
ceived the goods. No matter what
was sent you, if you do not make
complaint according to the rules
have laid down, it is all off. You have
no redress. You must keep whatever
was sent to you.
l spend big part d my expenses in
the hiring of collectors and in the
maintaining of a credit and collection
department. Your name is kept in
card index system. A girl has charge
of a certain number of cards. She
works this list every so often. If you
are slow pay, and keep on being slow,
your card is taken out and placed in
another list and if you keep on not
paying, your card is finally placed in
the list handled by the house lawyer,
who comes after you with all sorts of
threats.
If you persist in not paying, then
there are two things to do. / will send
the account to a local lawyer and he
will come to your house and demand
the payment But if it is a small ac-
count l will not send it for collection
but will continue to send you dun no.
| tees for months afterward. Some
| times / sold these small accounts to
"shyster' lawyers for small percent
age and they collect whatever they
can. They will even follow son or a
| daughter with the unpaid bills of par.
ents.
And the stuff you get from me isn't
| worth having. 1t is the cheapest stuff
imaginable. II it is clothing it won't
wear well and will come to pieces the
first time you wear it out in the rain
| If it is furniture it will break if q
heavy person sits down on it and if its
hardware it is undependable and will
never keep sharp and it probably has
a flaw in it so that it will break a
the first strain.
It's not worth buying in the frs
place and it isn't worth having aftel
you have bought it. Don't order it il
the first place. Buy from your loca
dealer, who at least will listen to you
complaints and replace any article no
up to standard. He keeps a more dc
pendable stock of stuff than do. Yol
can rely on him, too. He can't rul
away or seek refuge behind letter
and lies.
Yes, it's the best thing to buy wha
you need of your merchant in you
own home town. He is entitled t
receive your business and he keeps
place in which you can find what 20
require.
The various articles illustrated i
my catalogues look good in the pi,
. lures, they are made that way to for
you. They are misrepresented in th
written descriptions and they ar
manufactured so as to cheat you i
> every possible manner.
You will get better value in the stor
} of your own merchant. Think of th
when you next require something TT
: him out, ask him if he has it or If b
r hasn't got it in stock if he can't orde
$ it for you. He will beSglad to do So
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07
PUPILS LEARN POULTRY CARE
In Schools Of Washington State Chill.
dren Also Keep Books and Take
Care of Live Baby.

School children in King county are
putting all sorts of new kinks into
the old-fashioned curriculum. to their
own enjoyment and profit and with
the connivance and approval of the
King County Parent Teacher associa-
tion. the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
states.
These new aspects of education
were dealt with at the semiannual
meeting of the association.
The pupils of the Ham district
school, so Miss varna M. Knapp. their
principal. told the audience, are learn
ing farm, automobile. poultry and
dairy accounting.
"Our pure-bred white Leghorns are
worth 81 apiece" she said, "and we
charge every one OF them interest at
ten per cent. because we can get ten
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07
Carbon in Gravity Cell.

Carbon can be used instead of COP
per III gravity cells with good results.
Several carbons should be removed
from wornout dry cells, thoroughly
cleaned and connected together. After
few hours of short circuit coating
of copper from the copper sulphate
solution will form on the carbon sur
face which will perform the function
OF the usual copper electrode very
well. 1t must be understood, how
ever, that loss of efficiency will re-
suit, as carbon has much greater re-
sistance than copper.-Popular Sci
ence Monthly and Worlds Advance.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07
Fuel Value of Wood and Coal.

The fuel value of two pounds of
wood is roughly equivalent to that of
one pound of coal. This is given as
the result of certain calculations now
being made in the forest service lab
oratory, which show also about how
many cords of certain kinds of wood
are required to obtain an amount of
heat equal to that in ton of coal.
Certain kinds of wood, such as hick-
ory, oak, beech, birch, hard maple,
ash, elm, locust, longleaf pine, and
cherry, have fairly high heat values
and only one cord of seasoned wood
of these species is required to equal
one ton OF good coal
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07
Her Misannrehension.

Il see.'' remarked Farmer Hornbeak.
in the midst of his perusal of the VII
lage newspaper. that they are offer
ing a reward of $500 for the man that
shot Constable Hunch.' Mercy
sakes." calculated his wife. Don't
that seem like going little too far
paying people for shooting con-
stables?'
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07


Her.
ad you win find basket OF meat and
lious Bring II here"
The little girl did as the kettle told
ler. and when she had brought them
the kettle said: Put them in the ket-
ale and then put some leaves and dry
sticks under me. clap your hands
three times over and say:
Fire. Ere. brightly burn.
Cook my dinner to a turn"
80 the little girl obeyed and soon
mad a nice hot soup. Look behind
the rock" said the kettle. and you
win lnd bowl and spoon After this
when you are hungry come here an
clap your hands three times and say:
Kettle. kettle. come to me.
SO shall not hungry be-"
One day the wicked old uncle no
ticed that the little girl was growing
Tat. and as he had given her very lit
tIe 70 eat. be wondered where she got
her food. and he watched her He
heard her call the kettle and build
the nre and then find the food. Tho
next day he locked her In the house
and went to the place himself First
he called: +.
kettle, kettle, come to me.
So shall not hungry be-"
Then he found the meat and vege-
tables and then he built the fire,
ciapping his hands and saying:
Fire. fire. brightly burn.
Cook my dinner to n turn"
But when he stirred the soup II few
up and burned him. and then the ket-
tie turned over and spilled the soup
and put out the ere.
The burns pained him and he was
very angry and took stick and ran
TO the house. lie unlocked the door.
"Co-le out here" he said to the little
girl. you made the kettle burn me:
now ! will whip you"
But as he lifted the stick fairy ap-
poared and touched him with her
hand. and he became an old tree with
one branch, which looked like stick
lifted in a hand. Now" said the fairy,
you can live happily"
The kettle came running along and
went into the house. You will always
have plenty to eat" said the fairy
for you have the magic kettle and
you know the magic secret of building
a Gre"
The little girl lived alone and gave
food to all who stopped at her door
, but the tree always made her feel sac
and she wished II was not there.
One morning the tree was gone ant
IN It's place was big chestnut tre,
and under II sat an old man with {
staff in his hand.
al "will you please give me cup o
water9" be asked. The little girl CAV,
aim tbs water and also a nice break
fnsf "Stay here and rest? she sait
when he started to go.
. mo" said the old man. Il mus
y walk on; have a long journey befor
me. must walk until find the rive
of kindness; I missed Il In my youtl
and now ! must walk back and bath
In II before can rest"
The little girl watched him as b
walked away and wondered II tn
FAIRY had changed the old tree into tn
old man who was looking for the rive
of kindness.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07
Variety of Sleeves.

There does not seem to be any law
governing sleeves this spring. but be-
meath the seeming license there is real
order. The sleeve must show the arm,
or rather reveal its shape. The style
chosen to express this is left to the
dressmaker Some of the best frocks
show long. wrinkled sleeves of the
fabric. others have transparent sleeves
of batiste. OF chiffon. of organdy. The
kimono and the elongated armhole do
not appear. except in isolated cases,
but II may be safely said that they
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07
The School Pin.

In a county in Texas the farm DEM
onstrator-the county official whose
business 1t is to show farmers how to
get the best returns for their work
has arranged for each school to raise
a pig. The children are to have the
care Of the animal, feeding it with
scraps from their lunches. At the end
of nine months the pigs are to be
weighed and the school whose pig
shows the greatest gain in weight is
to have a cash prize that the children
may expend as they choose.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07
A Few Riddles.

Why is a fairy tale like bell?
Answer-Because 1t is told.
| know two things that have sharp
teeth.
And yet they never chew
And ones - and ones -
Fill in the blanks, now do.
Why is patch like garden seed?
Answer--Because both are sowed.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07

gilded leaves that are cut from some
light metal n
Afternoon hats having crowns of
velvet or fur and brims of gold or sill
yer lace are usually finished with
small nosegays of beautifully colored
flowers. A very handsome model is
made with crown of light brilliant
green satin, brocaded with silver. and
brim Of silver lace. A silver cord
is tied about the crown, the ends fin
ished with small silver balls. The
cord and balls are made of very small
beads.
There are many fur turbans
trimmed with wreaths of small flow.
ers which are very rich looking, and
the all-feather turban. although rather
rarely seen, is nearly always a hat of
much distinction.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07
ExnerIence suonests.

What" asked the teacher about to
expatiate on tue domestic beauties of
forbearance. lis the crying evil in
every homer"
Il guess volunteered little girl
in the class, Its the babies, num-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-07
tyranny of Power.

No citizen can do a higher duty
than to resist the majority when he
believes IL wroni to assert the right
of individual judgment, and to main
tain It.; to cherish liberty OF thought
and speech and action against the
tyranny OF his own or any party. Till
that tyranny, yearly growing more
Durdelsome as the main object OF an
old party becomes more ana more the
retention or the regaining of pow
er, instead Of the SUCCESS of the fresh,
vivid principles on which new parttes