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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
TRAIN MIND TO REMEMBER
BY the Proper Exercise of viii One
Can Teach the Brain to Regis
fer photographs.
A man who has a wonderful memo

A man who has wonderful memory
says in the American Magazine:
If you can train your right arm to
deliver good blow, you can train
your memory to retain facts. There
are just as many fiabby-minded men
in the world as there are flabby-bodied
ones. Both kinds of flabbiness are due
to laziness, the one mental. the other
physical.
Above all, you must remember that
the brain is a Photographic machine
and you can make it take an enormous
number of photographs. 1 don't con-
tend that each man may eventually
have as good a memory as his neigh
bor's, but I am firmly convinced that
80 men out of 100 can have better and
more serviceable memories than they
now have.
Teach your brain to register photo
graphs of what you want it to retain.
Be enthusiastic about it. Work at it
every day while you are doing your
other work. It isn't very hard. Most
men use about 80 per cent of their
available energy when they're work
ing. Concentrate on what you are
doing. Let it soak into you. Absorb
it-and always absorb it with the con-
viction that it is going to stay abb
sorbed.
There you have my recipe for a
good memory: Determine to remem-
Der, don't worry and learn how not to
let your Office worries and work go to
bed with you at highland, above oil
things. get into the open and give ma
| ture q chance. Fresh air and sun
shine have as beneficial an effect on
the memory as they do on the other
parts of your general makeup.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30

waited no longer. Standing Tpon
the bench as if to put the bag on the
rack and taking hold of the rack with
my left hand and a strap that hung
from the top of the car with my right,
l pulled myself up. showed my feet and
legs out of the window and let go.
There was prayer on my lips as
went out, and l expected a bullet be-
tween my shoulders, but it was all
over in an instant.
l landed on my left side and face.
burying my face in the rock ballast.
cutting it open and closing my left
eye. skinning my hands and shins and
straining my ankle. For Il few mo-
ments l was completely knocked out,
and If they shot at me through the
window, in the first moments after my
escape, I had no way of knowing.
Of course, if they could have stopped
the train right then, they could easily
have recaptured me, but at the speed it
was going and in the confusion which
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
Japan's UNIQUE Population.


There has never before been. a na-
ton at once so numerous and so homo
geneous as the Japanese, says writer
in Scribner's. Their population is es-
timated at somewhere between 60,000,-
600 and 100000. Their territory
hardly so extensive as was controlled
by our Revolutionary colonies, con-
tains from half to three-Quarters as
many people as inhabit the whole
United States. This population, too,
is remarkably uniform. Those who
know Japan best agree that, if we eX-
cept the negligible aborigines of some
northern provinces, you can hardly
find among the Japanese any differ
ence much more pronounced than
those which might distinguish New
Hampshire from Connecticut. Compare
this with our own country, or with
the widely various races and languages
of China or of India, or with England,
Scotland and Wales, and you will see
that the patriotism of Japan has to
sanction its intensity a population
that is unique in human record.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
NOW STAYS HOME EVENINGS
Wife's Clever Little Ruse Caused Hub
by to Forego the Companicnship
of "the Boys"

He had been married about year
and had taken to spending his evenings
downtown with the boys. One night
his conscience worried him and he
thought he would phone his wife and
get her to come down and meet him
and have dinner with him. So he
called her up.
Hello. kid" he began. "Say, slip
on some old clothes and run down and
meet me on the quiet. Well have a
good dinner and then we'll get a ma
chine and go out and smear a little
red paint around. How about it?'
''Fll be delighted to join you, Jack"
was the reply. But why not come up
to the house and get me? There's no.
body home"
As the young husbands name is Tom,
he spends his evenings at home now.
And his wife wears a queer smile
when he isn't looking at her.-Cincfn-
natl Enquirer.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30

He explained that the English car
ried German officers on hospital ships
for Il similar purpose and he excused
the German practice of torpedoing
these vessels on the score that they
also carried munitions! When l
pointed out to him that France would
hardly be sending munitions to Eng
land, he lost interest in the argument.
Some days before, had made up my
mind that it would be very good
thing to get hold of a map of Germany,
which knew was in the possession OF
one of the German interpreters, be-
cause / realized that if ever the op-
portunity came to make my escape.
such a map might be of the greatest
assistance to me.
With the idea of stealing this map,
accordingly, a lieutenant and l got IN
front of this interpreters window one
day and engaged in a very hot argu-
ment as to whether Heidelberg was on
the Rhine or not, and we argued back
and forth so vigorously that the Ger
man came out of his room, map IN
hand, to settle it. After the matter
was entirely settled to our satlsfac-
ton, he went back into his room ana
1 watched where he put the map.
When, therefore, learned that 1 was
on my way to Germany, I realized that
it was more important than ever LOT
me to get that map, and with the help
of my friend, we got the interpreter
out of his room on some preteXt or
another, and while he was gone con-
| fiscated the map from the book IN
which he kept it and concealed it in
my sock underneath my Logging. AS
l had anticipated, it later proved OF
! the utmost value to me.
1 got it none too soon, for half an
| hour later we were on our way to
Client. Our party consisted OF i've
British officers and one French officer
| At Ghent, where we had to wait for
several hours for another train to take
us direct to the prison camp in Ger
many, two other prisoners were added
| to our party.
In the interval we were locked in
room at hotel, a guard sitting at the
door with a rife on his knee. 1t would
have done my heart good for the rest
of my life if 1 could have gotten away
then and fooled that Hun-he was sc
cOckSure-
Later we were marched to the train
that was to convey us to Germany. II
consisted of some twelve coaches,
eleven of these containing troops going
home on leave, and the twelfth re
served for us. We were placed in
fOurth-class compartment with old
hard. wooden seats, filthy floor ant
no lights save a candle placed there
by a guard. There were eight of u
prisoners and four guards.
AS we sat in the coach we were al
object of curiosity to the crowd wht
gathered at the station.
Hope you have nice trip!" one o.
them shouted sarcastically.
drop me a line when you get tt
Berlin, will you?" shouted another il
broken English.
'When shall we see you again?'
asked q third.
Remember me to your friends, will
you? You'll find plenty where you're
going!" shouted another.
The German officers made no effor
to repress the crowd. in fact the,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
Beauty in Common Thinos

Why are there not more men and
women who can put some of the COM
mon things before US where their
worth and beauty can be known
through the emphasis which clear rep
resentation alone can give? 1t takes
a genius to bring beauty out of things
which seemingly have none, but there
have been such geniuses, and there
would be more If those capable did not
from sheer laziness seek the easier
themes. To be sure, flowers and trees
and light and many other things are
common, and these the poet and the
writer of compelling prose are will
ing to take for texts, but there is a
soul in a cobblestone waiting for some
one to find and interpret-Exchange
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30

must have followed my escape, they
probably didn't stop within half of
mile from the spot where lay.
1 came to within a few minutes and
when I examined myself and found no
bones broken, l didn't stop to worry
about my cuts and bruises, but jumped
up with the idea of putting as great a
distance between me and that track as
possible before daylight came. Still be-
ing dazed, forgot all about the barbed
wire fence along the right of way and
ran full tilt into it. Right there lost
one of my two precious pieces of bread,
which fell out Of my knapsack, but
could not stop to look for it then.
The one thing that was uppermost in
my mind was that for the moment I
was free, and it was up to me now to
make the most of my liberty.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
neueIon a New Metal

A metal suitable for the very finest
forms, of cutlery has been developed
from combining iron, chromium and
cobalt, according to an announcement
made by Prof. w. L. Goodwin of
Queens university, Kingston, Ontario
Coxsul f. IS. S. Johnson, who is at
Kingston. reports that the new metal
is easy to work and is shortly to be
pat on the market in commercial guam
titles.
Professor Goodwin is chairman of
the Canadian section Of the Society of
Chemical Industry, which organization,
in conjunction with Canadian chemists
and chemical engineers, is working to-
ward getting q higher degree of extrac-
ton OF useful substances from ores and
finding new uses for waste products.
Canadian chemists were responsible
for :he discovery of the new metal,
which is peculiarly Canadian product.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
old TAVERN RAzED
Built in 1740, Twice Had George
Washington as Guest.
Watertown's Historic Structure, Scene
of Recent Accident, Soon to be
Only Memory.

The famous old tavern on Galen
street, Watertown. near the entrance
TO the barns of the Boston elevated
railway, is being torn down, to make
a better and more roomy entrance,
saysrthe Boston Globe.
The place was known as the Dor
othy Coolidge tavern. 1t was built in
1740 by William Williams, shipbuild-
er. Later it became the property of
Nathaniel Coolidge, who established
a tavern. which he conducted up to the
time of his death in ITO.
Upon the death of Mr.. Coolidge the
tavern was conducted by his widow,
Dorothy Whitney Coolidge. Washing
ton made two visits to the tavern, the
first time in July, 1775, while on his
way to Boston. After he became pres
ident he again came to the tavern and
he remained over night
Mrs. Coolidge was noted for the eX-
cellence of her johnnycake, and it is
recorded that Washington partook of
some and highly praised the cake and
its maker
The tavern was a popular resort for
American and British officers, and on
the morning of the battle of Lexington
it is recorded that Mrs. Whitney fed
the volunteers.
The Massachusetts legislators often
met here and in 1775 the safety COM
mitee made it's headquarters at the
tavern.
In the early days of the place a
signboard bearing a likeness of George
III hung over the entrance to the main
door Later this was changed for a
portrait of George Washington.
The property was acquired by the
Boston elevated railway several years
ago. There was an announcement
| made by the company many years ago
of their intention of tearing the build
ing down, but members of the Water
town Historical society, and others
prominent in the affairs of the town
| prevailed upon the officials to save the
place because of its historical value
The protest was needed, but the time
has come for the building to go, and
before long the famous old landmark
/ will be only a thing of the past.
The building stood so close to the
i tracks of the railway that there was q
continual source Of danger. Only re
Gently car jumped the tracks al
| the entrance to the barn and three mer
We're jammed against the side of the
| tavern in such a manner that a por
tion OF the ell had to be cut away be
/ fore the men could be released.
| It was this accident, it is believed
that fastened the action of the com
pany.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30

Joined in the general laughter which
followed every sally.
1 called to German officer who was
passing our window.
You're an officer, aren't your" I
asked, respectfully enough.
"Yes. what of it?" he rejoined
'Well. in England" l said. I'VE let
your officers who are prisoners ride
first class. Can't you fix it so that we
can be similarly treated, or least be
transferred to second-class compart-
mentT'
"If had my way" he replied, you'd
ride with the hogs!"
Then he turned to the crowd and
told them of my request and how he
had answered me, and they all laughed
hilariously.
This got me pretty hot.
"That would be d sight
better than riding with the Germans ="
I yelled after him, but if he consid-
cred that good joke, he didn't pass
it on to the crowd.
Some months later when l had the
honor of telling my story to King
George, he thought this incident was
one of the best jokes he had ever
heard. 1 don't believe he ever laughed
harder in his life.
Before our train pulled out, our
guards had to present their arms for
inspection and their rifles were loaded
in our presence to let US know that
they meant business.
From the moment the train started
on its way to Germany, the thought
kept coming to my head that unless I
| could make my escape before we
/ reached that reprisal camp 1 might as
+ well make up my mind, as far as !
/ was concerned, the war was over.
1t occurred to me that if the eight
/ of US in that car could jump at a given
signal and seize those four Hun guards
! by surprise, we'd have a splendid
/ chance of besting them and jumping
off the train when it first slowed down.
but when l passed the idea en- to my
comrades they turned it down. Even
if the plan worked out as glOriously
as I had pictured, they pointed out
the fact that so many Of US had es
capped would almost inevitably result
in our recapture. The Huns would
have secured Belgium till they ha(
got US and then we would all be shot
Perhaps they were right.
Nevertheless, was determined that
no matter what the others decided tt
do, was going to make one bid fol
freedom, come what might.
AS we passed through village aftel
village in Belgium and 1 realized tina
we were getting nearer and nearer t.
that dreaded reprisal camp, l con
cluded that my one and only chance O
getting free before we reached it wa
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
Knew What He Wanted.

In the Seventh avenue district one OF
the first requisites for satisfactory e0-
istence is to learn the language. Sew
enth avenue has a language of its
own and the great difficulty of mas
tering it is that it is so much like
English that it becomes unusually con-
fusing. A roughly dressed boy of
twelve wandered into drug store at
Thirty-fourth street and approached
the soda fountain. There was crowd
about it, but he forced his way through
and ordered "bonnella" soda.
The clerk, after some delay, pro-
vided 1t, but the boy Immediately OBJ
jected that the drink was not for him.
81 meant t tell yuh,' he explained,
.sI wanted 1t in a sanctuary container.
It's for me kid sister out in the per-
nap,herator." New York Herald
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
III-Tinned Comment

Dean 1ngo's suggestion at Oxford
that st. Paul instructed women to
cover their heads in church out of con-
sideration for the feelings of the an
gels'' recalls Sir Henry Brackenbury's
story of that apostles limited knowl-
edge of the sex, as expounded by a
famous Brighton clergyman. After de-
failing the sufferings of st. Paul by
shipwreck, Imprisonment, etc, the
preacher added. while his own wife
sat Immediately below the pulpit !:
But st. Paul never had the greatest
trial to which man can be submitted,
for he was never married"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
Flowers on Mountain Tops.

1t is known that upon many of the
SUBMITS of the high mountain ridges
of the Hawaiian islands, in the re-
gions of heavy rainfall, are open bogs
which support a peculiar and interest
ing flora. Many species form more or
less hemispherical tussocks which rise
above the general level of the bog.' A
snowy lobelia with numerous large
cream-colored flowers as much as
three and half inches long, peculiar
yiolets and a sundeW are found there.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
Mozart Always conrposina.

After stating that While composing
Mozart never went to the piano, Me
metschek remarks: His Imagination
distinctly and wildly presented to him
the whole work he had conceived"
Mozart, as he told his father, was al
ways immersed in music, went about
with it all day, and liked to speculate,
study and reflect. From his wife we
learn that his mind was always in mo-
ton, that he was continually compos'
ing.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
Cubic Feet in Ton of Coal.

Here is a little information which
will help you to solve the vexing prob
lem that is apt to be a hardy annual,
/. e., how much coal to order in order
to fill the bunkers, but without having
to put some in an old barrel in the out
h0rse. saws the Popular Science Month
Iy. A ton of egg coal contains from
80 to 3S cubic feet, averaging about
50. BY measuring the cubical contents
of YOUR bin YOU will be able to estimate
how much to order to fill them. This
may be done by multiplying together
the length, breadth and depth of your
| bin.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
CHAPTER vi.
A Leap for Liberty,

1 had been in prison at Courtrai
nearly three weeks when, on the morn
ing of September 9th, and six other
officers were told that we were to be
transferred to prison camp in Ger
many.
One of the guards told me during the
day that we were destined for re-
prisal camp in Strassburg. They were
sending US there to keep our airmen
from bombing the place.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
Another Myth Exploded,

In former times. when a man was
bald and impressive, one attributed 1t
to too much study. But we know
better now. We know that the b;oad
in his dome doesn't circulate properly
because he wears or wore a hat that
was crammed too tightly over his era
mum. Thus the cold. clammy hand of
science has slain another myta.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
What Did He Mean?

The Artist (showing his latest can
vas)-"If you will come here you will
get better light on the picture. This
studio is not nearly large enough"
The Critic-"Yes, I know. One can't
get far enough away from your pic
lures"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
FROM THE WINDOW OF A TRAIN RUNNING 35 MILES AN
HOUR, O'BREN MAKES LEAP FOR LIBERTY.

synopsPat OBrien, resident
service
Joins the British Royal Flying Canada a
ing period France He assigned active
Finally a
OBrien
awakes find himself
bullet hole in his mouth in
hospital, sent prison at Courtrai
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30

down and got so
weak I could hardly
stand, and had head
aches every day. /
tried everything /
could think of and
was under a ply
sicien's care for two
years. A girl friend
had used Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compoundand
she told me about
it. From the first
day I took it began
to feel better and
now / am well and
able to do most any
K in d of work. I
have been recon-
mending the Com
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
HOW Did He Know7

Three-year-old Junius and his meth
er were at the barn admiring the
calves. Junius' mother said. aren't
they pretty?" "Yes," answered the
little fellow, "but if you want to see
some real fun just crank their tails :"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
Jews in New York's East Side.

The lower East side of New York is
predominate. They come from all
quarters Of the globe to find home in
New Ycrk's most crowded spot.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30

pound ever since and give you my per-
mission to publish this letter.
FLO KELLY, 476 So. 18th St., Newark,
N. ]. {,
The reason this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, was so successful in Miss
kelly's case was because it went to the
root OF her trouble, restored her to a
normal healthy condition and as result
her nervousness disappeared.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30
A NERVOUS
BREAKDOWN
Miss Kelly Tells How Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Restored
Her Health.

Newark, N. J.-"For about three
years / suffered from nervous break
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-30

! man never knows whether
a woman's hat is on straight or
crooked.
The evening current., 1918-10-22
PEOPLE DO NOT EAT ENOUGH
ROUGHAGE.

The large majority Of people
do not eat enough protective food
or rOughage," says Mrs. Aida +.
Sims, director OF the Hoover Kit
chen of the Food Administration
1T Is impossible 10 keep In per
feet health without these cleansing 4
and purifying elements.
THE COW, which is noted for
her perfect digestion and unruffled
placidity, consumes and diligently
masticates quarts OF roughage ey-
cry day. The lesson Is obvious.
Eat more fruit. apples with
THE SKINS ON, whole wheat,
bran. II you want TO have a clear
haed and bright eye and the chill
dren TO have rosy cheeks and
abundant vitality. you will not neg
iect this part OF their diet"
The evening current., 1918-10-22
INrLuENzA Ar ARrEsIA.

There are II eases OF influenza
In Artesia. reported today. Many
OF these are now well and for
tunatcly only one death has occur
red In the town. The doctors say
that, there are not any caa"s ~ this
time that appear Go bc serious or
probable TO result fatal.
The measures that have been
taken to prevent the spread ol the
disease are being observed fairly
well. and 1t Is to bo hoped that
every citizen will do his part to
prevent as far as possible the
spread OF the disease. Artesia Ad-
NnrlIn.
The evening current., 1918-10-22
MISS HARRIS CHAMPION KNIT
TER

Miss Anne W, Harris ol Albu-
qucrque since November l9l7.
has knitted 81 wooden sweaters for
the Navy League and IL for the
Red Cross. Miss Harris intends to
finish $50 sweaters In the year and
is certainly in the champion class
10 be- able to turn out one sweater
per week
The patriotism OF Miss Harris is
worthy OF emulation aud highest
praise and affords great satislaC-
tion 10 her father. Colonel Harris.
who has been frcttlng because they
won't accept him for military ser
vice. state Record.
The evening current., 1918-10-22
DIED.

I'm Carlsbad last night Miss Hill
da lIallbcrg, aged 80 passed away.
The deceased was a victim OF tu-
berculOsis and had only resided
here about two months. coming
with her mother Mrs. Charles
Hallbcrg, from Ottpmwa. iowa, for
the benefit al the climate The
move was made too late ana the
beloved daughter is no more The
remains are being cared for at
the undertaker's, preparatory for
their shipment tO the old home.
The father Is expected To arrive
IN Carlsbad tomorrow 10 accompany
the mother and other members Of
the family on their SAD journey.
The sympathies OF many strang-
cr-Iricnds will be with them In
their grief.
The evening current., 1918-10-22
QUALITY OF FLOUR.

Regarding the quality OF flour
the Agricultural Department under
authority ol the pure food laws
rules: Flour Is the fine. clean,
sound product made by bolting
wheat meal. and contains not more
than thirteen and one-half G3.5)
per cent OF moisture not less than
one and twenty-five hundredths
t.25) per cent OF nitrogen. not
more than one Ob per cent of
ash. and not more than ATTY hun
a. cdths (.5OD per cent of iiber".
The evening current., 1918-10-22
4 FINE RAIN.

The rain which fell yesterday
seems 10 have been pretty general
all over this part OF the state
and II Is thought by many that II
will greatly improve the health sit
uation. II was the hardest show
er We have had tor many months
6S hundr'dt of an inch OF rain
falling In very short time