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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
THE WAY TO RAISE DAHLIAS
BY e. VAN BENTHUYsEN.

If you want dahlia roots for next
year, plant them in small pots and let
them remain all summer. Keep them
over winter like the old roots; and
start them again in the spring. l do
not say this is the only way, but it is
good one.
A good dahlia must bloom from July
until frost; and if it does not discard
it.
1t is claimed by dahlia growers that
dividing the roots will degenerate al
most all the varieties; that is the rea-
son we have such a few good flowers.
Of course a good many will believe
that cutting will not flower and make
roots to keep over the winter, but it is
not true; they were raised that way
many years ago, and that is the way
they are raised today in England,
France and Germany (that is if these
countries were thinking of planting in
stead of warring) and other countries
except the United States.
It is the reason too, the Americans
do not care for dahlias; they have
been deceived too much. They buy old
roots and get an old degenerate plant,
sometimes six feet tall and more and
not a blossom in sight.
In October, when nights are cool, the
degenerate shows buds, and if the
frost does not catch them, they will
flower maybe two weeks, and the flow
| or he dpficipnt in color and size TheV
blame the weather, etc, it is not the
weather altogether, but the method OF
planting
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18

guard for disobeying the order, this
lieutenant of whom write ordered the
pugnacious one immured in the guard
tent The lieutenant happened to be
officer of the day and in charge of the
situation. The militiaman showed
fight, so the lieutenant told the guard
to sit On the mans neck, if necessary.
1t was just detail in the days
work. But later on there came march
ing over to the lieutenant a full f1edged
colonel commanding the pugnaeious
militiaman's regiment.
Il understand" he said, "that you
have Jim Dumps arrested here for hop
ping on an automobile running board %
Yes, sir" replied the lieutenant.
"Well, now," the colonel explained.
"you just let him go. His folks and
mine are pretty thick, and his being
arrested might make it kinder hard
for me at home"
And the utterly amazed lieutenant
had to obey the orders of a colonel.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
1t Wasn't News to Them.

A young man recently called on the
Rev. II. A. Kirk of Muncie, and, after
introducing himself, shyly remarked
that he was going to be married.
Would the minister perform the cere-
mony ON a certain evening of the next
week? The minister would.
Just before leaving the visitor as
sumed an embarrassed look, explain
ing that he had ridden into the city
ON a bicycle from the country that he
had broken the sprocket chain, and
that he had neglected to put any
money in his pocket when he left
home Would the minister lend him
30 cents to have it repaired so that he
could ride home? Certainly, the min
lister would.
The evening of the expected mar
riage arrived, but no bridegroom and
bride. Neither did they come the
next evening or any other evening.
The Rev. Mr.. Kirk concluded he had
been swindled. He told the story at
q meeting Of Muneie ministers. They
smiled. They also had given UP 81
cents to the young man who was to
be married.-Indianapo News.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
ENHANCE THE BEAUTY OF
HOME-GROUNDS
BY L. M. BENNINGTON.

Copy nature by sowing seeds of per-
ennials as they ripen. Provide some
sort of shade for the seedbed. A screen
made of lath or one of unbleached
muslin will answer
The robust-growing plants will need
some sort of support Let the support
be painted green or oiled to bring out
the grain of the wood, and you will
find them more pleasing than rough
sticks and far more satisfactory. Drive
the stakes fast into the earth little
lower than the plants, so that they are
inconspicuous.
The plants needing supports are such
hardy perennials as delphiniums, giant
foxglove and snapdragons. Do not
overlook giving stakes to dahlias, cos
mos, hydranges and glsdioli.
To maintain continuous blooming,
make habit of cutting flowers freely,
and remove all the fading blossoms,
and nature will reward you with a
lavish hand.
If you want your bed of cannas or
border of caladiums to make a grand
tropical showing, give them a frost
like covering of bonemeal; then stir
the soil, water thoroughly, and mulch
with lawn clippings. Be sure to re-
move the fading flowers.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18

government, have recently resumed
charge of all the missions in this part
of New Mexico.
Albuquerque was the third town es-
tablished by the Spanish in New Mex
leo. Its church, beautiful San Fellpe
de Neri, was from the first a parish
church for the Spanish settlers them-
selves, never mission. But it was
built at the same period as the restora-
ton of the mission churches after the
Pueblo rebellion, having been erected
in 1706.
Mission of IsIeta.
From Albuquerque the Indian village
of Isleta is only u miles distant and
easily reached by either automobile or
train. 1t is the largest of the central
New Mexican Indian villages, the CEN
ter of a rich agricultural country. Inc
people are progressive, successful
farmers, but have mingled freely with
their Mexican neighbors to the detri-
ment of the picturesqueness Of their
village. Isleta was one of the most I'M
portant of the early missions. In 1879
there was already built at lsleta a
handsome church and convent, minis
tered to by a resident priest.
When the country was reconquered
by the Spanish after the rebellion, it
was found that all which could be
burned of the old church had been de-
| stroyed and the massive walls used for
a corral for goats. The church was re-
built In 1893 and since that time has
been in constant use. 1t is q by 11O
feet in size and is adjoined by eXten-
sive buildings originally convent, now
used as a home for the priest. any
quaint customs and legends center
around this mission.
City of the Sky.
Acoma, the famous ''City of the
Sky" the most wonderful town in the
United States, is built upon the top OF
wind-swept island Of rock, rising pre-.
cipitously $50 feet above the surround'
ing sandy plain. Its location gave il
wonderful defense against the savage
tribes that in pre-Spanish times preyed
upon the peaceful village Indians. Un
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18

directly through many of the towns
and villages where the missions are To-
Gated, while no less than four of them
may be seen from the windows of
transcontinental trains over the Santa
Fe.
In Old Santa Fe.
The tourist to the western coast will
be well repaid for the short side trip
from the main line of the Santa Fe
railway required to visit the quaint old
city of Santa Fe. No other town in the
United States can look back upon a
history so varied. No other town is so
quaint in its composite of medieval an
cestry and modern utility.
1t was primarily as missionaries to
the Indians that the Franciscans ac-
companied the Spanish conquerors
And it is the little church built in the
Indian quarter of Santa Fe, as a mis-
sion to them, that today claims the dis
tinction Of being the oldest place of
worship ia the United States. Old San
Miguel was built in 1906. In the Pueblo
rebellion of 1850 the church was
burned, but, so solidly were the mas
sive walls of stone and adobe brick
constructed, that only the woodwork
was destroyed. Small repair was nee
essary to make it again fit for use
when the reconQuest of New Mexico
was accomplished by De Vargas in
1893.
These repairs were only temporary.
Under the next governor the rebuild
Ing was completed in 1710, as an in
scription carved on a massive timber,
which supports the gallery, bears wit
ness. From that time the church has
been in constant use, since 1859 serv-
ing as the chapel for the Christian
Brothers college.
Twelve miles distant from Santo Do
mingo, plainly visible from the train,
is the pretty Indian village of San Fe-
lpe, with it's trim, well-cared-for mis-
sion church, erected early in the eigh-
teenth Gentry, exact date unknown. 1t
has always beea served by clergy sta
toned at the more populous Santo Do
mingo. 1t is Interesting to know that
| the followers of st. Francis, who
| founded and served all these missions
until expelled in 1928 by the Mexican
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18

~ EFORE jamestown was found
- ed, before Puritans began their
conquest of New England for
the sake of their religious free
dom, century and a half earlier than
their wonderful story was begun in
California, the Franciscans had en-
tered upon their work for the conver-
sion of the finest race of aborigines IN
the United States, the Pueblo Indians
of New Mexico.
The PueblOS were already far on the
road to civilization and were a peace
loving, town-building people, so that
it is not strange that progress among
them was rapid, even though martyr
dom was the lot of many of the earli-
est missionaries. AS monuments to
this first Christian work on this CONT
nent there are standing today nearly
thirty old churches, which are unques-
tionably the most interesting group of
buildings in America, from an antigua
rian and tourist standpoint. Yet they
are practically unknown to the mass
of travellers, even of the more intelli-
gent class, writes Jessie Mcmillan
Strong in the Los Angeles Times.
The chain Of missions established by
the Franciscans, under the leadership
of Padre Junipero Sierra, along the mis-
sion highway from San Diego to San
Francisco, are justly revered and visit
ed annually by many thousands of tour
lists.
These little-known missions of New
Mexico surpass their famous sisters on
at least three counts-the New Mexico
missions are from $50 to 200 years
older than those of California; their
history is more varied and most OF
them are still in actual use by the de.
scendants of the very folk for whom
they were originally founded, whereas
the environment of those of California
has changed until many of the mis-.
sions have become merely interesting
historical landmarks.
The missions of New Mexico are cas-
! fly accessible. The -Ocear
highway, over which motorists pass In
constantly increasing numbers, goes
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
NOTES ON GARDEN WORK

1t is just as important to rotate gar
den crops as field crops, and it is GER
tainly a great mistake to plant the
same crop on the same ground three or
four seasons in succession.
A tight-wire fence around your gar
den will do more to promote harmony
between neigh5ors who keep chickens
than anything else.
Cut out the market man when you
market your garden stuff. You can
always get full retail prices, and if
selling vegetables is regarded as an
honorable business for the grocer,
why not for you?
It's the early vegetable that brings
the big price, and the man who sticks
to his hotbed and makes use of it al
ways gets to market first.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
An IIIustrious Precedent.

At the beginning of the war the
French soldiers invariably wore mus
taches. 1t evidently pleased the old
commandant, for he remarked on sew
eral occasions about the appearance
of his men.
One day soldier appeared before
the astonished commandant with no
mustache. He had shaved it. The
officer was exasperated. He called
the man before him and demanded to
know where his mustache was. He
was met with the reply that the sol
dier had become tired of the mus
tache and had shaved it.
Its an outrage" stormed the COM
mandant. did you ever hear of good
French soldier without a mustache?'
Eyes, SIR replied the man in the
ranks.
''Who?" demanded the commandant.
Napoleon" came the reply.
And the commandant wilted.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
FeeIino Your Pulse

Here is one of Thoreaus' spring
thoughts: Measure your health by
your sympathy with morning and
spring. If there is no response in you
to the awakening of nature, if the
prospect of an early morning walk
does not Danish sleep, if the warble
of the first bluebird does not thrill you,
know that the morning and spring Of
your life is past. Thus may you feel
your pulse"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18

day, 1t was said, little is known of the
development of art in the Orient and
Doctor Bishops efforts will be direct
ed along that line.
Doctor Bishop recently passed IS
months in China and did much inves-
tigation work for the university. His
progress was hampered by revolutions
and he could not reach remote local.
tiles where examples of ancient sculp-
ture have been preserved.
Doctor Bishop was born in Japan
and has passed the greater part of
his life in that country and in China.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
ANY CORN LIFTS OUT.
DOESN'T HURT A BIT!
No foolishness! Lift your corns
and caIIuses off with fingers
It's like magic!


Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind of a corn, can harmlessly be
lifted right out with the fingers if you
apply upon the corn few drops of
freezone, says Cincinnati authority.
For little cost one can get small
bottle of freezone at any drug store,
which will positively rid ones feet of
every corn or callus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
it is applied and does not even irri-
tate the surrounding skin while ap-
plying it or afterwards.
This announcement will interest
many of our readers. If your druggist
hasn't any freezone tell him to surely
get a small bottle for you from his
wholesale drug house.-adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
ABOUT COSMOS

If you want to get some satisfaction
out of the cosmos, sow it early and
push it along as fast as you can. 1t
does not transplant easily, therefore
grow it in pots. Shift it along until
it is growing in a 9-inch pot. Then
sink the pot in a border and from the
time the plants are inches high until
the end of July the shoots should be
pinched off. This will keep the plants
low and stOcky. Long after severe
frcsts, your cosmos will be giving you
your beautiful flowers for the winter.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
On the Other Side,

The clock had struck eight, and Will
lie said: Mother, what is u filibus-
ter?"
"Why, dear, a, tilibuster is "a, why
it's a filibuster. of course, but it is too
late to talk about it tonight. If you
wait until tomorrow mother will tell
you all about it."
But, mother, i want to know to-
night, and / love to hear you talk,
mother, dear"
"Willle, it's bedtime" said his father,
"and you can't inveigle mother into
any of your political plans for staying
up, because she is on the other side"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
English, and Its Limitations.

A washington woman who has heard
nothing but war is in Eldorado this
week visiting her parents, who have
heard nothing but oil. They were out
riding the other afternoon, the Repub-
iican says, when the mother observed:
81 hear that Mrs. Binford has given
half a block of ground for drilling"
"How nice" said the daughter from
pany will drill in it?"
"No. Some young men, heard"
"Well, is it militia or home guards?"
persisted the daughter.
''What are you talking about?' de-
manded mother in disgust. 81 am
talking about OIL"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
LOOK OUT FOR ROSE PESTS

To do away with rose pests mix by
rapid stirring tablespoonful of kero-
sene with a pint of very hot, strong
soapsuds, and when well mixed add
this to enough hot suds to make gal
Ion. Mix pint of unslaked lime
with quart of water and when settled
pour the clear limewater into the kero-
sene emulsion, adding to this a tea
spoonful of paris greea, stirring it all
rapidly and thoroughly. Keep this
mixture well stirred when using and
spray or syringe the leaves under the
upper side with plenty of the mixture.
1t will be good for the bush, if not
healthy for the bugs and slugs.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
Bazsars Dirty Eut Rich.

The Grand Trunk road, that mighty
artery of the Indian empire, leads into
Delhi, white and straight, and very hot
and dusty. The groaning bullock carts
kick up the dust in clouds, Jogging the
green leaves Of the banyan trees. A
scattered knot of towers, Delhi looms
on the horizon, and as the road draws
nearer, she rises in detail, low, fiat
city behind her'walls and battlememts.
The streets are narrow, lined with
rickety, one-story houses; the shops
are even dirtier than most Indian ma
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
GIANT GUN INGoT is CAST
Bethlehem Steel Works Pours $4,000
Pounds of Metal Into One
Great Mold.

At the Bethlehem steel plant the
mold ever cast in the United States,
and perhaps in the world, was made
for the first Is and 16-inch guns,
South Bethlehem correspondent of
the Philadelphia Record writes. The
dimensions of the mold are 10 feet and
inches in height, with mean diam
eter of 911a inches. AT the thinnest
section the thickness of the metal is
15 inches, while the heaviest section
is 20A inches.
Owing to the necessity of pouring
this casting very quickly, it was cast
in the steel foundry instead of the
iron foundry. It took just four weeks
to make the casting.
Standard Bessemer steel iron melt
ed in three large open-hearth furnaces
was suspended in ladies over the mold
at one time. A continuous runner from
these ladies was made, so that the iron
was thoroughly mixed before entering
the mold. Three hundred and forty
| thousand pounds of metal were charged
| in these furnaces and after the
mold had been filed, 10000 more
pounds of iron were brought from the
iron foundry, three quarters of a mile
away, to pour into the sinkhead to
feed up the shrinkage. This added
metal was filed in at the rate of
| about a ton a time for three hours,
when the shrinkage stopped, the metal,
however being liquid five hours after
the mold was poured.
Before this mold can be used large
steel bands II inches wide and s
inches thick must be shrunk around
each end of the casting. This large
ingot mold will be left covered in
sand for some time, after which the
100-ton cranes will be necessary to
pick it up and take it to the open
| hearth department.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN
SYRUP
Panacea Of the Home the World
Over.

Why will you allow a cold to ad-
vance In your system and thus encOur-
age more serious malndies, such as
pneumonia or lung trouble, when by
the timely use Of a few doses Of
Boschee's German Syrup you can get
relief. This medicine has stood the
test of fifty years. 1t induces good
nights sleep with easy expectoration
in the morning. For sale by druggists
in all parts of the civilized world in
25 and 70 cent bottles.-Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
To EXPLORE China for Art.

DR.. Carl W. Bishop, noted author
ity on Chinese art and curator of the
section of Oriental art in the museum
of the University of Pennsylvania, will
go TO China early next month to pass
three years in research work. An
nouncement on the university's deci-
sion to send Doctor Bishop to China
was made recently.
The expedition is the result of the
museum directors desire to set COM
plete history of Chinese art, extending
back for the last 5000 years. To-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
An Anti-MiJitarist.

''I don't believe in compulsory mill
tary training" said Meandering Mike.
"a man should not be compelled to
fight"
Dat amt de point" rejoined Plod-
ding Pete. IF you get into trainin'
you don't know whether you'll ever
have to fight or not. But it's a sure
ting dey'll make you use soap an wa
ter regular, which is contrary to per-
sonal liberty
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
GET RID OF THE FLY

Sprinkle the fresh manure pile with
common borax at the rate of one ounce
to the bushel. 1t has always been a Sc
rious question with the amateur gar
dener as to how he was to have a per-
manent manure pile for the good of his
plants and not have it breeding place
for the horse fly. The above is an
answer to the question.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
The Law of GRAVITY.

'See by the paper that coal is soar
ing" giggled Miss Pert, the pretty
sophomore. Doesn't that contradict
the law of gravitation?' mot at all,
my DEAR" replied dear old dad. 81
don't know of anything which adds
more to my gravity."-Judge
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
"AEs. THINK son

Most any good soap will do, but Red
Cross Ball Blue is the only blue.
Makes the greatest difference. My
clothes are dream-snowy white. l
can't use liquid blue. No, not me. Give
me Red Cross Ball Blue and I'll show
you some beautiful clOthes-Ady.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18

tive shops, and spread their wares pro-
miscuously around the floor. 1t is all
a part of the eternal contradictions of
the East to learn that the Delhi ba-
zaars are the richest in Asia and the
finest jewels in all India are to be had
in these tumble-down, paper-patched
sh6ntieS.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
channlnn Tastes.

"We soon weary of the things we
once desired"
"0f course. You can't expect a
small boy to be as enthusiastic over
his sled and skates in April as he
was in December"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
Changed.

Crimson Gulch doesn't seem like
the same town since 1t went dry"
''That's right" repied Broncho Bob.
at has changed both in joy and grief
The boys don't have neither so many
frolics nor as many funerals"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
Nervousness,

"Do you think you would be nervous
in battle?"
I'm sure 1 would" confessed Mr..
Chuggins. Every time l heard a can
non I'd imagine another of my tires
had burst"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
MiSfortunes.

LET US be of good cheer, remem-
bering that the misfortunes hardest to
bear are those which never coE1e."-
Lowell.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
Practical peace plans

Aren't you for peace?" asked Mr..
Rafferty,.
81 am,' replied Mr.. Dolan. "That's
why want to get in as soon as pos
sible and finish up the fighting"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18

A man who is blind to his own inter-
est finds many persons who are anx-
iOus to lead him in the other direction.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
Seeking an Emancipator.

"Would you welcome food di-
rector?"
'I would, if he had the nerve to
step into our culinary department and
compel the cook to listen respectfully
to instructions"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
The Philosopher.

A philosopher is fellow who man.
ages to say what you knew all along
but don't realize you did until he said
IT,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18

Men who are born great may get
over it. The car did
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18

Nothing else jolts a sman-minded
man like being forced to admit that
he is wrong
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18

There seems to be yellow streak in
human nature that always makes it
want to shift responsibility.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
Casting Sleeps eyes is the bashful
lovers favorite indoor sport.

It is not always the man who trains
the vine who gets the grapes.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-05-18
TROUBLE NEVER RETURNED.

Mrs. j. Martin, Defiance St., Stry-
ker, Ohio, says: 'T suffered from
kidney trouble brought on by over
work and a nervous strain. At
times 1 couldn't walk on account of
the sharp pains in my back. 1t was
impossible for me to go up a flight
Of stairs. My feet felt cold and
numb and swelled SO badly
couldn't wear my shoes. My head
ached and my nerves were a wreck.
Different doctors brought only
slight relief. At last took Doan's
Kidney Pills and they cured me. 1
have never had any return of
kidney trouble"