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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
STORING MANURE FOR THE
GARDEN
BY LIMA r. ROSE.

A common practice is to manure the
garden every year, late in the fall or
before planting in the spring, no fur
ther attention being given. This prac-
tice, however, is not the best.
The manure for the garden should
be kept in a large box with lid or
so screened that flies cannot enter it.
Manure heaps are the natural breeding
places of these pests and if they are
allowed to remain gear the house I'M
covered will prove a great nuisance.
A good plan is to use a very close
wire screen nailed to a frame with
hinges for the top. The manure
should be spaded often on the top so
that the water from the clouds or the
sprinkling pot may penetrate to all
portions of it.
If kept in a box a spout should be
placed in one corner, at the bottom, so
that the water may drain into a sun
ken barrel.
This will supply liquid manure,
! which can be used at all seasons when
vegetables and flowers are growing.
The manure in the box should be
worked over once or twice a month,
working the bottom on the top so that
the entire heap may rot.
Manure may be kept in this way If
the boxes are placed at the farthest
end of the garden, and if surrounded
with vines their presence will never be
noticed from the dwelling.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
DOBBIN HAS A DAY DREAM
Faithful Old Horse viii Have Regular
Thrill When He Casts Off
His Shoes.

When the automobile and the tin
Lizzie shall at last have relegated the
"hoss' to the limbo of things obsolete,
will the noble animal degenerate and
bark back to his ancestral type, or
will he simply disappear like the dodo?
asks "Zim" in Cartoons magazine.
1t has taken lot of time and pa
tience to develop Dobbin from the
primitive models such as the hydraco-
trerium, the pachynolophus and the
eohippus, to make him whoa" back
and 'gitap" and take mis- meals out Of
a nosebag. In the process of civiliza-
ton he has gradually lost his toes and
has had to accommodate his feet to
the horseshoe. Does he still dream
perhaps of the delights of having toes
of sinking them down into the green
sqush of the tertiary era and feeling
the cool goo trickled up between them2
If so, how glad he will be some day
to look down and see his long-forgotten
toes beginning to sprout once again
His will be the thrill of the small boy
on the first warm day Of spring when
he can cast off his shoes and go bare
foot.
When the "hoss" discovers for the
first time that he can again wiggle
his toes, he will doubtless radiate a
smile of solid comfort.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Admiral Beatty's Hero.

Go into Admiral Beatty's parlor, and
glance at the line of books which lie
on the table, says the London Daily
Telegraph. 1t is NELSON'S Dispatches"
Look on his desk and you will find a
bust of the great admiral. The prints
and pictures on the walls here COM
memorating great deeds of the navy
also are lit-with the light of the navy's
greatest inspiration. Here is the din
ner table of the captain of famous
ship of the first battle squadron. Note
the centerpiece-a silver statuette.
Need you ask whose it is? Nelson
stands shining before him as sitting
he drinks the kings health in the way
of the navy, and the statuette is his
mascot. Only once did he leave it be-
hind, and the ships had trouble. That
was on maneuvers and never since
has Nelson been forgotten. His serv-
ant, who knew the value the captain
attached to it, asked before the battle
of Jutland if he would stow the statu-
cite safely away. NO" replied the
captain, she must go through it.' And
go through it the little statuette did,
and the ship that carried him went
through it, too, and earned fresh lau-
rels.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
A "Dickens SPOT" Goino.

1t is, of course, impossible to pre-
serve all such places, but one hears
with regret that development is to
claim another Dickens landmark in
London. 1t is an old house, overhang-
ing the river in the neighborhood of
Limehouse Hole, and was formerly oc-
cupied by the Waters family, who, for
generations, there carried on the busi-
ness of lightermen. The house is
reached from the shore at low water
by means of a flight of wooden stairs,
and recent writer relates how Rich
ard Waters used to recount. with
great interest, the visits which Charles
Dickens paid to his house when en-
gagged in writing "Our Mutual Friend"
In order to secure the true local color
for his riverside scenes, the novelist
spent many days in the little bow win
dowed room overlooking the Thames,
writing away as if for dear life" as
Mr.. Walters would say.-Christian
Science Monitor.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
FLOWERS IN THE HOME
BY LIMA r. ROSE.

Stick to the standards unless you
are experienced.
. 1t is hard to keep flowers in a room
where gas is used.
Pot Easter lilies in good, rough,
open soil in clean pots.
Do not try to grow ferns if ybu can
not give them moist atmosphere.
1t is better to buy rooted carnation
slips than risk them yourself If you
are inexperienced.
Get the hanging baskets and plants
for them ready for use on the porch
and in the sunroom.
Ivy geraniums are fine house plants,
with beauty of both flower and foliage.
Give them a small pot. For the first
year their growth is slow. The bios
SONS, either pink, red or white, are
beautiful.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Real Foresight.

Il am afraid you do not practice
economy, my DEAR" complained Mr..
Kjones.
His wife cast contemptuous glance
at him. "Come with me to the attic,'
she commanded. And he followed her
thither.
In the attic she opened trunk and
took out bundle wrapped carefully in
tissue paper. Tearing off the wrap
pings. she disclosed a lovely, flmy
gown.
THAT" she said, "is my wedding
DRESS"
"And do you call it economy to save
your wedding dress?" he chortled.
"Thats not economy, it's sentimen-
tality. It would have been economy
to wear that dress and get its worth
out of it. But here it is no earthly
good to you nor anybody else. Econo-
myl HUH"
That's where you are wrong" she
said, calmly. II am saving that dress
for my next wedding"
That held him for while.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
GARDEN WORK IN SEASON

have never had such good results
from summer fertilizing in the garden
as l have this season. In the first
place 1 have splendid place for a gar
den. Not many years ago it was the
bottom of a big slough on an Illinois
prairie, with a deep soil made up of
humus from a long line of decayed
roots or water-growing grasses and
plants.
The land was put in cultivation
good many years ago and not long
after puA down to grass and kept in
pasture santil last year when it was ap-
propriated for a garden back of the
new house.
Last year u splendid crop of weeds
was grown in the garden. Not by me,
please understand, for have consti-
tutional antipathy for weeds, inherited
from a long line of farmer ancestors.
/ might have expected a very good
garden this year without special at
tentiOn further than good cultivation,
but know that garden vegetables are
voracious feeders and concluded to
supply mine with all they could take
care of by putting on commercial fer
tilizer.
The land was plowed last fall,
turned under the weeds which were
from waist to shoulder high. This
spring a beautiful crop came on and
was worked into the soil before the
garden was planted.
Then a good grade of commercial
fertilizer was used in row and hill of
everything that was planted except
the corn and beans. I was afraid to
| feed these crops too well.
AS a check, pieces of rows were left
unfertilized. l planned to keep these
without fertilizer during the summer,
/ but when 1 saw how far they were
falling behind, l began to work the fer
! tilizer in around the rows and hills
which had been left unfertilized.
| also worked it in the other crops
as 1 cultivated them and from the
start that garden has grown until the
neighbOrs asked what kind of seeds !
planted.
have a pretty good check by having
a neighbor's garden near enough to
observe, the land being the same as
mine. 1 have used commercial fer
tilizer at the rate of almost four
pounds to the acre.
Lettuce and onions have responded
in a surprising way. When one can
grow heads of lettuce which are two
feet across, one need not ask for any
thing more. Onions from seeds made
a growth such as l had never seen
anywhere.
Every time these crops have been
cultivated a very light coat of fertil
izer has been scattered along each
side of the rows and worked into the
soil.
Peas, of the same sort a neighbol
planted, were twice as high and load
ed with pods filed to bursting
SQuashes, beets, potatoes, melons
came as near growing fast enough tt
see as any ever did.
/ know perfectly well that l over
dosed this garden, but the part of th'
fertilizer that the crops of this yea
have not used will not get away bu
will remain for next year. believe
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
What We Are Here For,

We are not put here just to enjoy
ourselves and do only what pleases us.
God wants us to forget our own selves;
that is, not to think first and foremost
of ourselves, but to be busy thinking
what we can do for others, to help
them, or to make them happy. And the
Bible tells us, you know, that "Christ
pleased not himself" He never thought
what would make him happiest or most
comfortable, but what he could do for
someone else.-Kate S. Gates.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
What He Wished.

Titles of books are confusing to
those who study them, and even more
so to the parents who have to buy
them. A few days ago the Greencas-
tie public schools opened, and S. G..
ilton, was stunned for a few minutes
when school patron asked for
"Physic and Health and a Compound
Arithmetic" He thought for a min
ute and handed the woman a "Physi-
ology and Health and a Complete
Arithmetic" c."-Indianapolis News.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
FARMING IN 1910
Amazing Changes in Living Con-
ditions Are Shown.
IL Early Days the Farm Produced
Practically Everything Family Con-
sumed, Food and Clothing.

In view of the modern-day high cost
of living and of the many wonderful
advances made in the last century
the railroad, the telegraph, the ocean
cable, the telephone, the automobile
and farm and labOr-saving machinery
of all kinds and the amazing changes
these inventions have necessarily
wrought in all directions in almost ev-
cry walk of life-it may be of interest
to recall living on a farm in the year
1910.
The farm I have in mind, writes
Warner Miller in the New York Times,
consisted of 200 acres. The stock was
Is cows, yoke of oxen, 20 sheep, an
old white horse, a dozen pigs, so hens,
10 geese, a few ducks and a flock of
turkeys.
The farm produced practically ev-
erything the family consumed, both
clothing and food. The sheep fur
nished the wool, which was carded at
a "fulling" mill and made into rolls
for spinning.
At home it was spun into yarn and
woven on a hand loom.
There were no ready-made clothes; !;
all clothes were made in the home.
Several cows were killed each year.
There was a tannery near by, where
the skins were tanned. A shoemaker
made our boots. They were usually
too small and gave much trouble and
pain.
The flax, cut and laid down until the
| fiber loosened from the woody part,
was put through a heckle worked by
hand and then spun and woven. This
strong linen cloth was used for sum-
mer clothing, towels, etc. The seed
was saved to make flaxseed tea Ia
medicine), or poultice for bruises.
For food we had everything needed
fresh meat, potatoes, beets, cab
pages, parsnips, pumpkins for pies, ap-
pies, which lasted from fall to spring ;
cider, which gave us vinegar or pro-
duced cider-champagne.
half dozen pigs killed in the fall
gave us plenty of ham and bacon, lard,
sausages and salt pork.
There were plenty Of chickens for
roasting and potpies and eggs, turkeys
for Thanksgiving and Christmas, oc-
casionally a roast goose with apple
sauce.
From the cows milk we made both
butter and cheese. What butter and
cheese the family did not consume
was sold in a nearby village. Butter
usually brought 1914 cents a pound
Cheese was also made at home, as
there were neither creameries moi
cheese factories. Cheese was sold al
8 to 6 cents a pound. All eggs moi
used went to the village store and
brought 10 cents to II cents a Dozen
Every farmer made his own soap
1t was called "soft soap" 1t was soft
but very strong, and took the dirt of
your hands and face very thoroughly
and some skin, also, unless you were
careful in your ablutions.
Little was heard of the world a
large. Twenty miles from the railroad
the great four-horse stagecoach came
every day, bringing the mails. Thert
were few newspapers or magazines
The telegraph was unknown. The At
lantic cable did not succeed until 1856
There were only % miles of railroad il
1880.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Stand by the Faith.

Are we serving God and the church
Hs well2 Are we getting ready? Are
we putting our whole trust and conf
dence in the Lord? We must be care
ful not to secularize the church while
we are trying to religionize the world.
One of the chief dangers we Of the
clergy meet is that while we try to
win men, the men of the world may
win us. We must, first of all, sub
ordinate everything to building up the
ideal of the Christ and his church.
There is no better way to build up and
to stand by faith.-The Bishop Of Col
oradO.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

be about.
Mother-Why, dear?
Basil-Isn't it Satan that makes
very good people feel bad?
Mother-Yes, dear.
BasiI-Well, feel as if 1 didn't want
to go and wash my face.-Punch.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Llnuor Central In Bermuda.

Consul Carl r. Loop of Hamilton, re-
ports that the Bermuda legislature has
passed law whereby during the con-
tinuance of the present war the sale
or supply of intoxicating liquor in all
clubs and licensed premises is prohib-
tied between the hours of nine o'clock
at night and nine o'clock on the fol-
lowing morning"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Peas Loaded With Pods Filled to Bursting

in using fertilizer of some kind as
long as the crop is cultivated.
I would prefer well-rotted manure,
but l cannot get this and l am using
the next best thing-a complete COM
mercial fertilizer. Clean cultivation
and plenty of plantfood will make Q
garden very profitable.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

Plants Are Prolific.

If all the seeds of any one sort of
plant were allowed to grow they would
soon cover the earth to the exclusion
of all else. A single orchid plant pro-
duced more than 100000 seeds in
a season and many common plants, as
the foxglove, very nearly equal this re-
markable record.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

Barbara's father was dressing her.
one day during her mothers absence.
Not being in the habit of dressing her,
he was rather clumsy and slow about
it. Finally Barbara heaved a deep
sigh and remarked: "My, daddy, it
would be awful if you was the mother"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
n0lIU niIIOn

Dolly Dillon, denouncing dawdlers,
disdained dashing Dick Dereritt, deb
onair dancer. Dick, despairing, defied
decorum, dug bitches daily, duly dem
onstrating devotion. Dolly, delighted
discarded derision, discontinued dis
paragements. Dicks diamond deco
rates Dolly's dainty digit.-Christian
Register.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
A BID Man.

Her husband is a big man in the
show business"
"That so? A producer?"
mo. Bouncer in a downtown bur-
lesque theater."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Asphalt.

Asphalt, with which so many roads
are paved, was found by accident
Many years ago, in Switzerland, nat
ural rock asphalt was discovered, and
for more than a century it was used
for the purpose of extracting the rich
stores Of bitumen it contained.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
A Combination.

"Are you going to fight or raise
foodT
Little Of both, suh," replied Eras
tus Pinkley. "Fs gineter git my chick
en- coop well populated an den rs
gineter hang right over it wifi shot
gun"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

change. later took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and soon
felt change for the better. / took ie
until l was in good healthy condition.
/ recommend the Pinkham remedies to
all women as have used them with such
good results. Mrs. MILFORD T. CUM.
MnNGs, 322 Harmony St., Penn's Grove
N. ].
Such testimony should be accepted by
all women as convincing evidence OF
the excellence Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound as a remedy for
the distressing ills Of women such al
displacements, Inflammation, liberation,
backache, painful periods, nervousness
and kindred ailments.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
SUNFLOWER FOR POULTRY

On most every poultry farm the sun
flower is now one of the established
crops, as the seeds are highly valued
as an excellent and cheap food for all
classes of poultry.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
HOW'S This ?

We offer $4,000 for any case of catarrh
that cannot be cured by HALLS CA
TARRH MEDICINE. HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE is taken internally and acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces of the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price 75c. Testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
The Eco in Transit.

In all this economic discussion of
the egg in transit, no humanitarian
has arisen to suggest that this distin-
guished citizen should be permitted to
travel hereafter in a lower BERTH
Boston Transcript.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Poverty.

Poverty is only contemplate when
It is felt to be so. Doubtless the best
way to make our poverty respectable
is to seem never to feel it as an evil
BOYee.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
SAVING Food.

"Drink to me only with thine eyes
so said the poet"
"Well?"
'What did the pcet mean by that?"
"An early example of food conser-
vatiOn."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Onn0rtuna ArriN,aI

Elias sister was discussing birth
days and happened to mention the fact
that he was born at noon, when he ex-
claimed: "Wasn't it nice that came
just in time for dinner?"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

He-You are the prettiest girl 1 ever
saw.
She-That sounds all right, but l
don't know how much the compliment
is worth until you tell me how many
pretty girls you have seen.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
A CeiIino Cleaner.

A truly valuable first aid to clean
illness, so far as the ceiling and walls
of the home are concerned, is a hemp
brush, a fluffy all-arOund sort of brush
on long, light bamboo handle.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
d Visual Mix-tIn

''The only way for a game like this
is to go it blind"
"Well, can't see it,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Honest EndeaXors.

think that there is success in all
honest endeavor, and that there is
some victory gained in every gallant
struggle that is made.-Dickens.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

1t is better for a mans conscience
that he be sorry for what he didn't
get than what he did.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

"What does golf do for a manT
swell. for one thing, It makes him
decide to take his vacation in the win
ter, when he can go SOUTH"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Wronu DIAGNOSIS.

Omar-Miss Hazel tells me she has
blue blood in her veins.
Ainee-She's mistaken. She has 1t
only in her mind.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
The First REQUISITE.

"When is their marriage to be SOL
emnized? "As soon as it has been
financed Boston Transcript.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

A woman's idea of economy is to
have her husband waste SO worth of
time putting up n ten-cent shelf.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Sofa Beans,

Never used much in this country
until the packers of Alice Pork and
Beans discovered how to put them up.
Now everybody wants them.-Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

bic Compound Tor
Inflammation an d
other weaknesses. 1
was very irregular
and would have ter
rible pains so that l
could hardly take q
step. Sometimes I
would be 80 misera-
BILE that / could not
sweep a room. 1
doctored part Of the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Not to Come Back

An authority says, "Wet the cat with
camphOr and water, and the f1eas will
leave at once" So VIII the cat.-Min
neaDoliS Journal,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Need to Be Nauued.

If we were a woman and had to
them, too.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

We meet some people with pleas
ure and part from them with satis-
faction.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

Are good when prepared the right
way. Alice Pork and Beans are pre-
pared so you will like them.-Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Loves Secret.

Loves secret is to be always doing
things for God, and not to mind be-
cause they are such very little ones.--
Frederick w. Faber.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Enemy Precautions.

what did Bill do when you told him
you wanted him to dance at the ger
man?"
"He took French leave"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

You may lead any woman to talk,
but you cannot necessarily compel
her to think. 1t all depends.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

Always proud to show white clothes.
Red Cross Ball Blue does make them
white. AL grocers. Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

Marriage is neither an earthly heav-
en- or the other place.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

If we are to judge people by what
they say, some men must live on hay
and thiStleS.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

Every woman's pride, beautiful, clear
white clothes. Use Red Cross Ball Blue
All grocers. Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

The man who jumps to conclusions
ought to watch his step.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Has Another Think comtno.

The man who thinks he knows it all
generally marries woman who
teaches him a lot more.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

Trifles make perfection, and perfec-
ton is no trifle.-Michael Angelo. -
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

Even though a man stops growing
while young. he may grow old.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
At Times.

Don't you like hot water in the
house?"
mot when I'm in it."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

Miss Elizabeth Markland is the only
woman surgeon in the British army.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
NOTICE TO
SICK WOMEN
Positive Proof That Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Relieves
Suffering.

Bridgeton, MI cannot speak too
highly Of Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegeta-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
INTERNATIONAL
SUNIYSQIOOL
LESSON

Q3y REV. p. b. FITZWATER, d. D..
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago)
Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.)
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
IN Ambitious CoIIeuial

She-Are you a freshman?
He (confused)-I try to be.-Bruno-
nian.