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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
THE PEoNY AND ITS CULTURE.
BY E. VAN RENTHUYsEN.

By e VAN BEN f1O DEN.
Among all our herbaceous plants,
there is probably not one that stands
higher in popular favor than the
peony. And it richly deserves its pop
ularity, because Of its great hardness,
it's ease of culture, it's magnificent
range of rich and delicate colors, its
wonderful profusion of bloom and its
tenacity Of life.
The writer knows many specimens
of the old variety, cultivated by our
grandmothers, extensively, that have
been growing in the same place in the
old gardens for more than century,
and, without exception, those that
received good care are as vigorous and
healthy today as any young plants,
and year after year they give a glo-
rious crop of fine flowers.
Many Of these old plants have grown
to be clumps five and six feet across,
and one can often count hundreds of
blossoms and buds in various stages of
development on each plant.
Such plants as these are what is
needed to make the attractions of a
garden permanent. There is no other
hardy herbaceous plant that can be
used with such fine effect in the
border.
Scattered here and there among the
shrubbery, it produces most satisfac-
tory show of color at a time when
most shrubs are not in bloom.
Probably, however, it is most strik-
ingly effective when planted in large
beds. If it can be given a background
Of eRergreens its rich colors show uL
to great advantage. Shrubbery of any
kind as a background, brings its
colors into strong relief, and one
should always plant, if possible. witt
that aim in view.
If partially shaded, all the better.
The culture Of the peony is simple
in the extreme. 1t does best in 6
rather stiff loan, or almost any soil
preferring it to lighter soil, because
it likes to feel the earth firm abou
Its roots.
While it prefers such a soil, it vii
DO very well indeed in sandy loan, o.
almost any soil, provided it is ricl
In the elements of plant development
To grow good peonies, one must max
liberal use of fertilizers, preferabl.
old, well-rotted manure. Unless thi
is done you cannot expect vigorous
growth Of stalks and foliage, or gen
erous crops Of large, richly colore'
flowers.
1t is hardly possible to use too mucl
manure about it, If it is old enough t
be black and crumbles easily unde
the application Of the hoe. 1t shoul
be dug into the soil about the root
of the plants, taking care, however
not to dig too close or deep enoug
to disturb them.
There is no plant that resents
disturbance of its roots more. Dig in
to clump to secure a "toe" for
neighbor, and very often the paren
plant will refuse to bloom the secon
season.
So hardy is the peony that it
not necessary to give it winter Pre-
lection at the extreme north, if it
, roots are put deep into the grounC
!, If given shallow planting, the fros
, will often heave them badly unles
covered with coarse manure or mule
, of some kind.
t The roots should be at least 81
! inches below the surface. While vii
ter protection is not necessary, it
{ advisable, because it prevents taxin
the vitality of the plant excessivel
+. in its efforts to Withstand sever
E winter.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
GARDEN WORKING NOTES
BY E. VAN RENTHUYsEN.

Propagate rubber plants this month.
Pack handful or two of moss around
the stem and keep it well soaked. In
a short time roots will appear. Saw
a flower pot in half and bind the
plants or roofing portion of the stem.
Fill with a very light soil with plenty
of sand and keep thoroughly watered.
During the winter the roots will take
good hold and in the spring the stem
may be cut off level with the bottom
of the pot.
The outdoor carnations may be
potted up this month.
Cuttings from geraniums may be
made early in September in most eli
mates.
Watch the tender greenhouse plants
that are in the open and take them up
before the last days Of summer are
passed.
Have the pots ready for the bulbs
which must be taken up soon.
Sow mignonettes seeds in pots or
boxes for the window garden. Water
frequently but not too much.
| The dahlias, gladioi and other rank
growing plants are apt to be blown
down by the strong winds Of fall.
Stake them up.
Unless the chrysanthemum have
| been shaded during the hot months
they will not come up to expectations
this fall.
Drench the ground around the tea
roses but do not spray the bush.
Roses of all kinds should be thor
oughly manured with well rotted cow
manure and mulched with lawn cut
tings and leaves.
Liquid manure should be applied on
ly when the ground is moist enough
TO absorb it.
1t is fatal to some plants to fer
tilize them with rich manures when
the ground is dry.
Never allow roses to remain on the
bush until the petals begin to fall.
All plants that are intended for win
ter bloomers should have the buds
pinched off now.
| Pick the pansies and nasturtiuns
every day if you want to have plenty
of bloom.
The best way to kill weeds now is
to pull them up by hand.
The red bug and other enemies of
the rose if not killed off last month
should be effectually removed now.
An excellent spray for the rose
bushes is made of one-balf pound of
laundry soap melted in hot water to
which is added one cupful of kerosene
When this comes to a boil, use about
one part to fifteen parts of water.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21

six francs a kilo, and good quality is
hard to find, even at that fabulous
sum. Horse meat, which is rarely
eaten even in the poorer districts, has
advanced 90 per cent to two francs
and half kilo. The usual sausages,
pates, and other concoctiOns made
from meat fragments are double the
old marks on an average.
Rabbits always a French staple
have advanced 80 per cent, and chick
ems, ducks, geese, and turkeys are
double. A three-pound roasting chick
en-broiling is unknown here-will
cost 15 to Is francs.
Eggs, strictly fresh, cost 6 to 8
sous apiece, and since there is no
cold storage in France the cheap
er grades are likely to be strong
and cost 4 or sous each.
Fish has advanced in price and
achieved a two-day-a-week popular
ity, because on Mondays and Tuesdays
no meat can be served in restaurants,
and all butcher shops are closed.
Cheeses have advanced sharply due
to the shortage of milk, and the
wonderful petit Swisse," which was
sous before the war, is 6 or s sous
today. Brie, Camembert and other
selected cheeses have doubled. Milk
is up to 8, 10 and IL sous litre, but
1t is a heavier, creamier milk than
one usually finds In New York
dairies.
Potatoes are sold by weight, and
have doubled and trebled in price
fetching II to Is sous a kilo at this
time, although when the, bulk of the
new crop is in it will probably be re-
duced. Beans in all their varieties
vie with potatoes as the popular vege
table, and scissors, green beans
string beans, white beans and lima
beans are hard to get and have ad
vanced 80 to 40 per cent. Fresh to
matoes can be purchased from huck
sters on the street at II cents 6
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
Food and Lodging Prices.

Hotel rates have advanced couple
of times since the war, room and
bath in one of the best hotels cost
ing 20 francs a day and up. In the
next class of hotels a room and bath
can be had for IA to 16 francs. By
the month one can find quarters for
as little as 60 francs, and a decent
room rents at 90 to 100 francs.
Dinner in one of the best res
taurants will cost, with an ordinary
good wine, about 20 francs a plate
Before the war it would have amount
ed to IA or Is francs.
All in all, however, it is the inherent
thrift and saving of the French peo-
pie that is tiding them over this Pc
riOd of stress. AS France surprised
Bismarck in 1871 by raising almost IL
a day the staggering indemnity he had
saddled on it in the expectation OF
keeping it in Germany's debt for So
years, so the average French person is
surprising even trained economic OBJ
servers today by subsisting on what he
or she has and what he or she draws,
a sou at a time, from the boarding of
other years. Despite the enormous de-
posits in French banks, proof is not
lacking that the French strong box is
the same today as it always has been
the cracked teapot and the woolen
stocking.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
SOoTHES ITCHING ScALPS
And Prevents Falling Hair Do cutieura
Soap and Ointment.

On retiring, gently rub spots of dam
druff and itching with Cuticura Oint-
ment. Next morning shampoo with
Cutlcura Soap and hot water using
plenty Of Soap. Cultivate the use of
Cuticura Soap and Ointment for every
day toilet purposes.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold eyerywhere.-Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21

Her clothes are Chinese-there is no
mistake about that-and the pose is
purely Oriental, but yet this girl sit
ting cross-legged on the table isn't Chi
nese at all. She is Miss Leila S. Cor
don of Washington, and she is Ameri-
can all the way through, so you can't
always believe your eyes. Miss Cor
don is the daughter of Mrs. George
Barnett of Washington, the wife of
Major General Barnett. The photo
graph was taken at the annual cos
tune ball at Narragansett Pier for
local charities, which accounts for the
Chinese attire.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
The Secret

you know that car l bought last
month"; began the purchaser.
'Yes. What of it?' asked the dealer.
Isn't 1t a good carr"
1--WE seen worse ones, but it comes
Il long way from being what your agent
represented it to be-"
"Of course it does. Why, man alive,
If our cars were as good as that we
wouldn't need to employ agents to sell
them."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21

table Compound
b because during
Change of Life /
was in bed two
years and had two
operations, but all
the doctors and op-
erations did me no
good, and l would
have been in my
grave today had It
not been for Lydia
E. Pinkham's Veg
ofohia COrDpo,,rd
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
WIVES MARKET THE FOOD
Attend to the Business Details While
Husbands Continue Labors in
Field.

Canton. O.-Farmers' wives are
bringing their produce to the Canton
war market and allowing their hus-
bands to continue their labOrs in the
field. This bit of conservation is the
idea of the local woman's committee
of the council of national defense and
was brought successfully into opera
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
Time to channe suhlects.

''But, my dear, unless you put some
of your allowance in the bank, you will
never have any money left for an
emergency"
Haven't we a telephone in the
hOuseT'
Certainly"
"And is there anything to prevent
me from calling you up when need
meney?"
mo, no. Aheml / believe we are
going to have some rain today"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
BATTLES WITH MAD COUGAR
With Bare Hands as Only Weapon
Oregon Man Chokes Beast to
Death.

Portland, Ore.-In a desperate fight
with a mad cougar, with his bare
hands as his only weapon, J. Donovan
Of Bend, Ore, was the victor, accord
ing to his story as he was undergoing
the pasteur treatment at doctors Of
fice here.
Donovan says as he was working
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21

in stony field on his ranch the beast
sprang upon him from behind a rock
where it had lurked.
With it's 100 pounds weight it bore
Donovan to the ground. He managed
to get a firm grip on the animals
throat, and although scratched and
bitten, he slowly choked the breath
from the beast.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
Meat Price Doubled.

Meat has doubled in nearly every
case, and in the exceptions it has
increased more than 100 per cent.
Pork takes the lead, a small chop
often costing as much as 1 franc
80 centimes. nearly 80 cents. Sliced
ham and bacon are marked at pro-
hibitive prices, but then few French
people eat them. Veal and lamb are
the favorite French meats, and they
have both doubled in price. A roast of
veal will cost from three to three and
n half francs a kilO-twO pounds and
a quarter. Beef has scared like an
airplane, costing four, five, and even
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21

which brought me out of II all right, SO
] am now well and do all my housework,
besides working in my garden. Several
Of my neighbors have got well by taxi
ing Lydia +. Pinkham' Vegetable Com
pound. - Mrs. VIOLA FnHcAL, Wagon
er, Okla.
Such warning symptoms as sense OF
suffocation, hotflashes, headaches, back
aches, dread Of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through the crisis.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
Sleep Matter of individuality.

A physician who makes a study of
women's nerves and their quality Of
endurance, asserts that little intelli-
gencc on their part would help i'm
mensely in going through life. The
reason, he says. that women get ex-
hausted after any endurance test, is
that they do not know how to balance
work and rest. Sleep in proper pro-
portions is Of the utmost Importance.
It should be taken in immoderate
doses when one has gone through a
'c,ltuus tire or expects to face one.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
Some Relief

YeaSt-It must have cost q lot of
money to give your daughter her mu-
steal education.
Crimsonbeak-It certainly did.
And has it paid you"
Indeed yes. Why, when she sings
l can't hear a word her mother sayS."
-Yonkers Statesman.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
Wasted Energy.

Two business men were dining and
the talk had turned to business effi-
cheney.
II tell you" said one, "there is moth
ing in all the world that is of more
advantage to q man in business than
good memory. Pm taking course
in memory training and in just two
weeks I've learned a string of 125
figures, the names of all the presi-
dents of the United States and the
names of A. different kinds of soup.
l tell you it's great stuff"
sounds pretty good admitted the
other. "Who originated the system?"
"Er-I don't remember"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
Due to High Wages.

Silk underwear, night gowns and
boudOir robes have advanced sharply,
as before the war these articles could
be bought in Paris much cheaper than
in New York. Today, owing to the
increased wages paid to the girls who
do the handwork, and because of the
advanced quotation for raw silk, prices
are up a third.
| Women's tailored suits are also up,
and it is a pretty poor garment that
can be bought for less than 200 francs
| ($40) ready made. The increased price
for wool is given as the reason for this
sharp advance, although the strin-
gency in the dye market is another
i cause.
Mems suits are $50 francs and up
for anything worth having, whereas
even year ago a three-piece outfit
could be purchased for 12O francs.
Mems tailors are bending all their
energies to making uniforms and their
cutters have almost forgotten how
to make civilian clothes. Before
the war a good suit of clothes for q
man could be picked up for S5 to 90
francs.
Increased cost of gasoline and tires
has caused a % per cent advance in
taxicab rates. But the increase in
tips is where the big advance has
come. No chauffeur is satisfied with
10 or 15 per cent of the amount regis
tered. He won't accept less than a 80
centime piece, even for a short ride
which registers say, 1 franc 25 cen
times. Usually he expects the change
out of 2 francs rs centimes for such
a haul Horse cabs cost as much as
| automobiles, and the horses are sc
decrepit that one only rides in them
for amusement, not really to get any
where.
Tobacco prices have been advanced
three times since the war by the
French government.
Drinks of all kinds have advanced
steadily. Whisky and soda costs 9
francs-40 cents-almost everywhere
that it is served.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21

pound, but usually cost a franc-20
cents-in shops. Artichokes can be
bought at 40 to so centimes apiece,
but usually range around a franc.
Salad which before the war was so
cheap, is now an expensive article.
Lettuce enough for two or three per
sons could be bought for q couple of
sous in 1914; today it will cost or
10 sous. Romaine is also very high.
Green peas have not advanced as
sharply as the other vegetables, but
the demand is limited.
Cheap and medium priced clothing
for both men and women has ad-
vanced steadily in price during the
last three years, with shoes showing
the most pronounced increase, due to
the leather shortage because of the
army's demands. Ordinary high shoes
for men which cost % francs before
the war are now marked at Sc and 3S
| francs
Women's shoes, too, have advanced
as sharply.
Good socks and stockings are al
most impossible to find in Paris to-
day.
Couturieres of the Rue de la PaiX
of worldwide reputation have not
advanced prices much for robes,
dresses and tailored suits. There has
been a certain increase, but even be-
fore the war these creations" were
listed so high that the artists who sell
them lack the nerve to boost the price
higher.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
His Opinion Of Papa.

"That young chap you are going
around with is a regular pinheadl" |"
stormed Bertha's father. 'He doesn't
even know the value of money!" "Oh,
yes he does, dad," said Bertha. HE
says he wouldn't give q plugged nickel
for your opinion on anything. Puck.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
Woman Kills Bobcat.

Roundup, Mont.-Thinking she was
chasing a thieving coyote which had
been killing her chickens, Mrs. A. B.
Ward, assisted by the family dog, a
few nights ago put an 1S-pOund bob
cat up a tree and then killed it with
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
Small Apartments Dearer.

Rentals for apartments of one, two,
three, or even four rooms, on the
other hand, have mounted steadily.
They are in demand by the well-to-do
refugees, Belgians and those from
the north of France who arrive in
large patches daily.
Telephones were increased exactly
so per cent year ago. Today line
costs GOO francs yearly instead of 400
with unlimited calls-but the sub
! scrfber must pay for the instrument
ard pay for the wiring and other work
done by the electrician who installs it.
Bread is truly the staff of life of the
French, and bread has not risen in
price. One buys still the long loaf for
1--WE sous, or exactly one-fifth of it for
one sou. But it is no longer the won
| derful white pain" for which France
was noted; it is dark, rather sour and
soggy, and is a day old before being
! sold. 1t is understood that when the
| nation goes on bread cards this au-
tumn and the amount allotted to each
will be smaller, the bread will be
whittier and better and served fresh.
Wine, next to bread. is essential at
| the French table, and here one finds
/ q sharp advance in cost. Before the
war a bottle of fair vim ordinaire
either red or white, could be bought
for 60 centimes, or II cents. Today
the same wine will cost at least one
franc, probably 1.25 and possibly 1.5O
and q deposit must be left on all bot
ties because there is a great shortage
with bottle manufacturers working
almost entirely for the army. And
after one has paid five sous deposit
on the bottle and returns it he usually
receives only three sous back, the
wine merchant explaining there is {
charge of two sous for rental of the
bottle.
The better the wine the greater thu
increase in price, especially If it comes
from Champagne or any other section
in the zone of the armies where ther
are difficulties to the industry. GOoC
dry champagne that cost II francs be
fore the war now commands 1S or 2
francs, and the sweeter varieties ar
only q franc or so cheaper.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
PRICES IN FRANCE MOUNT TO CLOUDS
105 YEARS OLD, WANTS
TO FIGHT THE KAISER

Portland, Ore.-Although he
is one hundred and five years
young" and fought in the In
dian and Civil wars, uncle"
John DOwd Sr. of Willamina,
Ore, has not had enough Of ex-
citement and wants to enlist in
the United States army and go
to France to fight the Germans.
He is as earnest in his desire to
enlist as any youthful recruit.
Dowd walks two miles daily and
often makes six miles on foot.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21

ton only after weeks of untiring
campaigning in the rural districts. If
there is an extra rush at the curb
market the members of the commit
their wares
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
stock.eraln.Potato Farm For Sale,

My improved farm in old settled part
South Central Wisconsin of 720 acres black
sandy muck land. Grows go bu. oats, 80
bu. wheat, 30 bu. rye, $50 bu. potatoes,
tons hay per acre. Will sell at sacrifice.
without buildings. Will divide to suit.
Commission paid to agents Geo. w. Mills,
Bedford Bldg, Chicago, Ill. ADV.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
Just 4 HeIner.

Son of Man, let me join the league
of pity. Let me take the place of the
angels in the ministry of human souls.
I have borne the heat and burden of
the day III have been tried in the fur
mace of pain. 1 have trod the dusty
plain, 1 have descended the deep val
ley. have climbed the arduous steep.
1 know the path of the weary. Make
me helper in thy ministrant band
George Matthewson.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
Not Very Payinu!

Black-After getting all your money,
did the mining company give any ex-
PLANTATION for no dividends?
White-Yes; they wrote that they
had been following a vein of humor =
The Lamb.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21

If Noah had let the building of the
ark to q government contractor the
flood would have been postponed in
definitely.-Chicago News.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
Quite So.

Bess-I often dream of falling from
precipicess and high buildings.
Belle-Oh, we all have movie aspi-
rations, I suppose.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
Extravagant.

rs he extravagantT
II should say he is. He even pays
more than so for his Palm, Beach
suit"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21

a well directed rifle shot. The animal
was lean and hungry. showing evf-
dence of having gone through a hard
winter. The Wards are farmers in the
Bull Mountains about eight miles from
Roundup.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
Ills Discovery.

Friend-Well, old man, have you
found that two can live as cheaply as
One2
Newlywed-Perhaps, but not as
peaceably.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21

Eat less meat and more Alice Pork
and Beans. You'll live better and
spend less.--Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
Trv Trv Adain

He-May l kiss you just once?
She-No.
He (unabashed)-How many times
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21

The man who ridlcules the ancestors
Of other people evidently considers
himself the fruit of a special creation.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
Diva for Paarlc

Errors like straws upon the surface
flow;
He who would search for pearls must
dive below. Dryden.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21

Most fiat dwellers admire the jani-
tors wife for her ability to boss the
janitor.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21

It isn't so difficult for one fool to
convince another that he is wise
guy.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
We ARE SAMPL]NG The limited STATES


al BOwuO
toner's % mo- Il
dry powdsr form TO N / a
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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
CRISIS OF
WOMAN'S LIFE
Change Safely Passed by
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Wagner, Okla.-'1 never get tired
Of praising Lydia f. Pinkham's Vege.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21

A girls watch is usually more Orna
mental than useful.