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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20
FEW PERSONS REALLY HAPPY
Whatever the Cause, the Great Major
ity of People Fail to Make the
Best of Their Lives.

The other night we CHANGED to ask
an eminent physician of New York city
his opinion as to the number of people
who We're truly happy. His rather
dOgmatic reply was:
about one in a hundred"
And this was not the opinion of
neSSimiSt, but of a most radical op-
timist.
We wonder if this opinion is shared
by others. 1t does not mean, of course,
that ninety-nine people out of hun
dred are deeply unhappy-that would
be absurd. But there is no doubt that
great many people are quite unhappy
Il good deal of the time, perhaps not
| half the time, but enough rather to
cloud their lives.
We should like to know the opinion
of physicians generally. More and
more people go to the doctors to tell
them their troubles. The physician of
today takes the place of the confess
sional of yesterday.
Then, too, there is the new applica-
tion of psychology to the field of medi-
, cine-the so-called psycho-analysis,
which is so rapidly taking its place as
an important part, literally, of the
medical pharmacopeia. This new
/ science has given wonderful insight
into our subconscious selves and re-
veals how far that subconscious self
really dominates our lives and deter
mines the amount of happiness which
we really get out of this confused well
ter of existence-New York Tribune.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20
Julius Caesar Timid.

To find Julius Caesar applying for
and getting exemption from military
service, as he has done at Spalding, is
something of shock. But this is one
OF the names which prove that names
are not everything.
The most famous bearer of it-at a
long interval from the great Roman
Julius Caesar, the old all-England
cricketer. was of an extraordinarily
nervous temperament. His colleague,
Calbyn, has told how he was always
afraid to sleei, by himself at Il strange
hotel for fear somebody might have
died there at some time
Julie" was also in nightly terror of
fire, would never sleep in room above
the first floor, and often reused Calbyn
at night with cry that the fire had
come at last.-London Chronicle.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20
WHERE CATS ARE POPULAR
Shops and Restaurants Need Pussys
Assistance to Keep the Rats
and Mice Away.


"Cats as commercial assets are sell
dom heard Of" said the Sidewalk Tour
isr, but tabby is quite an important
fixture with some shopkeepers and res
taurant prOprietorS. Roaming around
the city, I've often been impressed by
the frequency with which cats ap-
peared in fruiterers' windows, and the
other day l entered shop and under
cover of buying an apple asked about
the three cats l saw perched in the
store.
The salesman told me that cats
were Indispensable in his line because
OF rats and mice. He pointed out that,
II one of the rodents took SO much as
a tiny nip at an apple or pear. the
value of the fruit was impaired; for
no one would buy an apple that ap-
peared to have been nibbled He de-
clared that rats or mice would not eat
fruit if they could get something else,
but when their hunger became great
enough they would attack his stock in
trade.
Everyone has noticed the cats that
wander with faint 'meows' about res
taurants and sit patiently at ones feet
waiting for a titbit These animals
aren't there simply to give a honey
touch; they are working and waiting
for the rats that come for blocks to
get at the food. Many restaurants
have galvanized iron sheet tackled in
at the junction of their kitchens floor
and walls to prevent the animals
from Snawing a way into that depart
ment. After the dining places close
at night and the chairs are stacked on
the tables, the mice or rats come out
to forage. 1t is then that the watch
cats are alert hunters.
Many hotels especially of small,
side-street type, maintain a staff of
cats to patrol the corridors Women
guests and the feminine fear of mice
keep these retainers on the pay roll
The cat battalions start out after mid
night, and many times that doleful
vail that strikes your ears is not from
the rear yard, as you sleepiIy fancy.
but from the hall outside where one
cat mournfully tells another how poor
the hunting is that night While, of
course, it is easy enough TO keep cats
in apartments, the task of training
them to consider a shop or restaurant
as permanent home is more difficult" )"
New York Times.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20

The large cities and sell them clan
dcstinely ut a high price.
To stop this traffic in potatoes. the
German soldiers We're in the habit of
sllbjecting the Belgians to frequent
search, and 1 was being held up by
this soldier for no other reason than
that he thought 1 might be a potato
slluggler!
He felt of my outside clothes and
pockets, and finding no potatoes
seemed to be quite satisfied. Had he
but known who l was he could have
e;lrned an iron cross Or, perhaps, in
view of the fact that 1 had heavy
water bottle in my uplifted hand, it
might have turned out to be a wooden
cross!
He said something in German,
which, of course, l did not understand,
and then some Belgian peasants came
along and seemed to distract his atten-
ton. Perhaps he had said: ITS all
right; you may go on" or he may
hlve been talking to the others in
Flemish, but at any rate, observing
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20
Frederick the Great.

On the seventeenth of August, 1856
died the most remarkable sovereign
Prussia has yet produced. Carlyle de-
scribes him as king without the hap
penings; no crown but an old military
hat and not godlike in physiognomy :;
clOse-shut mouth with thin lips, promi-
merit jaws, with a head of long form.
His face bore the evidence of many
SORROWS and much hard labor, and
seemed to anticipate nothing but much
more to come: snuffy nose rather
flung into the air under its old cooked
hat-like an old snuffy lion on the
watch! and pair of eyes as no man.
lion or lynx of that century bore. He
presented himself in Spartan simplici-
ty. This was Frederick II at home !;
among the common people who loved
him, he was Father Fred-a name of
familiarity which had not bred con-
tempt in that instance. This portrait
strongly reminds one of Kaiser Will
helm-because it is so Numerically
opposite.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20

and dream this time, perhaps of the
days l spent in COurtrai, or my leap
from the train window, of the Bava-
rian pilot whom l sent to eternity In
my last air fight, of my tracer bullets
getting closer and closer to- his head,
and tnen l would wake up again with
Il start and thank the Lord that was
only dreaming it all again instead of
living through It'll
That night l got an early start be-
cause knew had to have food, and
l fecided that rather than look for
vegetables l would take chance and
apply to the first Belgian peasant
whom I came to.
1t was about o'clock when l came
to a small house. l had picked up a
heavy stone and had bound it in my
handkerchief and / was resolved to use
it as a weapon if it became necessary.
After all / had gone through, l was
resolved to win my liberty eventually
at whatever cost.
As il happened, I found that night
the first real friend l had encountered
in all :ny travelling. When / Knocked
tlmidly on the door it was opened by
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20
CTO BE CONTINUED
TURKS PROFANE HOLY PLACE
Mount Sinai Disfigured by All Sorts of
Markings of Spots That Christians
Hold Sacred.

He must be an unimaginative man,
whatever his creed. who can ascend
Sinai without a thrill of reverence.
Here was given the law that is. in
scribed on the countless tablets of
half a world, the maXims that have
ruled much of the lives of billions of
men and women for thousands of
years. The barren grandeur of the
peaks, the rocky difficulty of the as
cent, are pitched in the proper key.
Unfortunately, the Moslem rulers of
the region have cluttered up the
neighborhood of the mount itself with
all manner of childish legends and
authentic" relics Orientally toler-
ant, they have not only accepted the
Jewish traditions of the spot. which
have become a part of their great RI
val religion, Christianity; they have
added TO them and overlaid them with
all manner of crude superstition.
Thus they will show you the very
rock where the children of Israel set
up the golden calf, and another COM
monplace bowlder which is guaranteed
to be the one smitten by Moses when
the wandering Hebrews We're thirsty.
Exhibit G is the rock on which Moses
broke the first tablets in his anger.
Then there is a garden with chap
ell, inclosing the spot where Elijah was
fed by the ravens. A second chapel in
the garden is sacred to Moses. Near
by is a MOslem relic in the shape of a
rock which bears the footprint of Mo
hammed's camel, a sort of a legendary
fossil. Even in a Christian monastery
this somewhat primitive insistence on
marking the concrete spot where re-
ligious history was made seems to per-
sist, for you will be shown an altar
which is said to be erected over the
site Of the burning bush.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20
Searched by German Guards.

that he was more interested in the |!
others than he was in me at the mo-
ment, / put the bottle in my pocket |
and walked on.
After | walked few steps, took
furtive glance backward and noticed
the soldier who had searched me re-
join his comrades at the curb and then
stop another fellow who had come
along, and then 1 disappeared in the
darkness.
l cannot say that the outcome Of
this adventure left me in the same
confident frame of mind that followed
the earlier one. l was sure / had
come out of it all right, but 1 could
not help thinking what a terribly close
shave had.
Suppose the soldier had questioned
me! The ruse l had been following
in my dealings with the Belgian peas
ants-pretending 1 was deaf and
dumb-might possibly have worked
here, too, but a soldier-a German
soldier-might not so easily have been
fooled. 1t was more than an even
chance that it would have at least
aroused his suspicion and resulted in
further investigation. A search of
my clothing would have revealed
dozen things which would have estab-
lished my identity and all my sham
ming of deafness would have availed
me nothing.
As | wandered along l knew that I
was now approaching the big city
which my Belgian friend had spoken
of and which l would have to enter
if / was to get the passport, and |
realized now how essential it was to
have something to enable me to get
through the frequent examinations
to which 1 expected to be subjected.
While l was still debating in my
mind whether it was going TO be pos
sible for me to enter the city that
night, l saw in the distance what ap-
peared to be an arc light, and as l
| neared it that was what it turned out
to be. Beneath the light l could
make out the forms of three guards,
and the thought of having to go
through the same kind of ordeal that
had just experienced filled me with
misgivings, Was it possible that l
| could be fortunate enough to get by
| again?
! AS I slowed up little, trying to
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20
Trinnmer-in corsets.

Steam power was very low on the
drifter, so the captain went below and
picked out one of the grimy seamen.
whats wrong? 1t isn't the coal? +?
What was your rating when you
joined the navy? A trimmer
Yes, sir" came the reply. "They
asked me my trade and when I said I
was Il trimmer they showed me in the
stokehold before had time to explain.
I'm not 4 coal trimmer; my speciality
is-corsets"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20

a Belgian peasant. about fifty years of
age. He asked me in Flemish what
wanted. but l shook my head and
pointing to my ears and mouth inti-
mated that 1 was deaf and dumb, and
then l opened and closed my mouth
several times to show him that
wanted food.
He showed me inside and sat me at
the table. He apparently lived alone,
for his ill-furnished room had but one
chair, and the plate and knife and
fork he put before me seemed to be all
he had. He brought me some cold
potatoes and several slices of stale
bread. and he warmed me some milk
on small oil stove.
ate ravenOusly and all the time I
was engaged l knew that he was eye
ing me closely.
Before l was half through he came
over to me. touching me on the shoul-
der, and STOPPING over so that his lips
almost touched my ear, he said in
broken English. you are an Eng
lishman--I know it-and you can hear
and talk if you wish-am I not right ?''
There was a smile on his face and
n friendly attitude about him that told
me instinctively that he could be
trusted. and l replied: "You have
guessed right-only 1 am an Ameri-
can, not an Englishman.'
He looked at me pityingly and filled
my cup again with warm milk.
His kindness and apparent willing
ness to help me almost overcame me
and l felt like warning him of the
consequences he would suffer if the
Huns discovered he had befriendeC
me. l had heard that twenty Belgians
had been shot for helping Belgians
to escape into Holland, and / hated
to think what might happen to thi:
good old Samaritan if the Huns evel
knew that he had helped an escaped
i American prisoner.
! After my meal was finished, 1 TOLD
him in as simple language as l coulC
command of some of the experience
| had gone through and l outlined m.
| future pldnS.
"You will never be able to get t,
/ Holland" he declared, without
passport. The nearer you get to tn
frontier the more German soldier
you will encounter, and without
passport you viii be a marked man"
asked him to suggest a way b
which could overcome the difficulty
He thought for several moment
and studied me closely all the time
perhaps endeavOring to make absC
lutely sure that / was not Germa
spy-and then apparently deciding
my favor, told me what he thought
was best for me to do.
IF you will call on this man
(mentioning the name of Belgian |
----, city through which l had
pass), he advised, you will be able
make arrangements with him to s.
cure a passport, and he will do ever,
J thing he can to get you out of Be
gium."
He told me where the man in que
ton could be found and gave me SON
. useful directions to continue my jou
, ney. and then he led me to the doc
I thanked him a thousand times an
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20

wanted to pay him for his kindness
and help but he would accept nothing.
He did give me his name and you may
be sure l shall never forget it, but to
mention it here might, of course, re-
suit in serious consequences for him.
When the war is over, however, or the
Germans are thrown out of Belgium,
l shall make it my duty to find that
kind Belgian if 1 have to go through
again all that l have suffered already
to do it.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20

appeared and your Vegetable Compound
has made me a well, strong woman so
do all my own housework. l cannot
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound too highly to women
passing through the Chance of Life"
Mrs. FRANK HENSON, 1916 S. 0rchads
ST., Urbana, III.
Women who suffer from nervousness,
cheat flashes," backache, headaches
and "the blues" should try this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20
AFTER WEEKS OF HARDSHIP 0'BREN MEETS A FRIEND
WHO OFFERS TO HELP HIM ON HIS WAY.

SynopssPat OBrien resident of Momence H. after seeing
in the 1916
Joins the British Royal Flying and train
Ing period Is France He u active
service the front He hot German
flyers from which he victorious with
German flyers Oen
death by miracle awake find himself German
hospital with bullet hole in his mouth After in the
hospital he is
there be Is placed prison camp
He decides to take
the window of the while the
hour His wounds reopened by the fall
cruwls through Germany Luxembourg travelling
living garbage
gardens He driven
Belgium risks detection by going
fmly first cooked food he
had tasted in is days
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20
homes of the Old Man.

"If women keep on taking up the
essential work once performed by
men," remarked quiet observer
"what a grand loafing spell father and
some of his sons are going to have
after the war. The dressmakerS and
school teachers husbands used to have
a monopoly on that sort of thing, but
now we Will have the steam rfveterS.
conductorettes, truck, drivers and
chauffeurs' husbands. 1t begins to
look as if the old man is coming into
his own at last"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20
Gordon's Defense of khartunn.

For sheer duration General Gordon's
heroic defense of Khartum eXcelled all
modern sieges, for it lasted 317 days.
or just nine days shorter than the Rus
sian retention of Sebastopol. Unfor-
tunately, rs we all know its termina-
ton was a tragedy. embittered by the
fact that very few days later the
would-be army of relief arrived, only
in time to pick up the threads of a
pitiful disaster.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20
The Douuhbcy's Bath,

Another contrib-"Jasper" = writes
us a long and interesting letter from
France. He says in part:
although drilling and training for
service behind the front, we have con-
siderable recreation, including an oc-
casional swim in a nearby river. Our
CAPTAIN takes us all out-which means
that nothing save heart failure can
save the recalcitrant from bath. Just
before one water hater dived in he
exclaimed: 'Goodby to the last of
American soil r"-Cleyeland Plain
Dealer.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20
Bomb-proof Theaters,

One of the most enterprising of Pa
risian theater managers has opened
two cellar theaters, one for each of
his two houses. The regular perform
ance begins in the upstairs auditori-
ums But if the alarm is sounded for
an air raid the audience is invited to
adjourn to the cellar. where the play
goes on. One of the cellars dates from
the days of the revolution and is near
the Palais Royal.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20
Carried COMPOSITION in Head.

Mendelssohn was a head worker
in composition, in spite of the long
time he apent over bringing such works
as the Scotch and Italian symphonies,
some OF the overtures, and ST. Paul
as near as possible to his ideals of
them. His friend, Edward Devricnt,
tells US that it was Mendelssohn's
habit not to write down his compost
tions until he had quite finished them
in his head, and afterwards had play
ed them to his most intimate ixiends.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20
Wood GrappIe Saves Work.

The handling of logs by means of a
crane equipped with a good grapple
is not only more spectacular than the
old method. but it effects an immense
saving in labor and has made it pos
sible to pile logs to great height.
Similar outfits are used in handling
ties, posts, pulp wood, etc. The grap-
ple is made like q clamshell bucket
except that the scoops are replaced by
curved steel tines, in the grasp Of
which n large number of logs can be
held at once.-Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20

AAo0 1kA cAkOaCh Vi
grippe which lasted
all winter and left
me in a weakened
condition. felt at
times that / would
never be we'll again.
/ read of Lydia e.
Pinkham's We ge-
ia bic Compound
and what it did for
women p IS in g
through the Change
ofLife, sol told my
doctor I would try
it. I Isoon began to
gain in strength
and the annoying
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20

" ODTIen 6eIOre his capture. WIN
Him is His Chum, Lieutenant Raney.
resisting, unarmed as l was and with
two other German soldiers within
few feet of US.
Like a flash it suddenly dawned on
me, however, that for all this soldier
could have known l was only a Bel
gian peasant and that his object in
searching me, which he proceeded to
do, was to ascertain whether l had
committed the common "crime" of
smuggling potatoes.
The Belgians were allowed only q
certain amount of potatoes, and it is
against the laws laid down by the
Huns to deal in vegetables of any
kind except under the rigid supervi-
sion of the authorities. Nevertheless,
it was one of the principal vocations
of the average poor Belgian to buy
potatoes out in the country from
peasants and hen smuggle them into
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20
WOMEN OF
Middle AGE
Need Help to Pass the Crisis Safe.
ly-Proof that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
Can be Relied Upon.

Urbana, ILL., During Change of Life,
IN addition to its annoying symptoms,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20
Successful Portable Kitchen.

A portable kitchen was used with
success in Wilmington, Del, to teach
the children how to conserve food. 1t
was transported from school to school
us the work require11 An exhibition
WAS given of the five sa.ieties of Lib
erty bread that the children made
from conservation recipes in the prize
contest, conducted 5y the woman's
committee of the state.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20

The Roman catacombs are $50 miles
in extent, and it is estimated that
something like 100000 dead are
there inferred.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20

There would be more better sons
If there were more better fathers.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20

Many Il man who meanders around
the free-lunch route daily likes to be
seen entering first. class hotel.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-20

O'Brien is promised help in
getting across the frontier to
Holland, but just as he is re-
joicing over the prospect of
early freedom, ne is rudeIy
awakened from his dream.
Read about it in the next INSTALL
ment.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-11-07
GRANDMA HARRIS
DIED WEDNESDAY LAST

aade Z
Martha Vance, daughter Of Dav-
i'd and Sarah Vance was born in
Indiana, July 30, IS45, and died
October 80, 1918. At the age Of
twenty-three years she was mar
ried to John Rhodes. To this I'M
ion four children were born: Lola
Mae Clearwaters; Libbey, who died
in infancy; Sarahan Skinahorn;
Amas Nasie Rhodes.
When thirty years old she was
married again to B. j. Harris. To
this union four children were born,
Mary Berella Akers; M. j. Harris;
George w. Smith, who died when
twelve years old; Lille Jane Crisis
man; also twenty-four grand child
reh, three great grandchildren, five
great, great grand children. She is
survived by one sister, Margaret
Rhodes of Carroll County.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-11-07
CHRISTIAN JENSEN
OF

Mr.. Christian Jensen Of Atlantic
passed away October q, 1918, at
the Atlantic hospital, after a few
days illness with pneumonia.
Mr.. Jensen was born in Denmark
March 81, 1889, and came to Amer
lea in 1860. He was united in mar
riage to Miss Christina L. Johnson
in Illinois during the year 1866.
Two years later they moved oShel-
by County. In 1898, the family
moved to Atlantic, where they re-
sided until 1901 when they came
to Extra. Mrs. Jensen passed away
in Extra March 81, 1901. Shortly
after her death, Mr.. Jensen moved
away from Extra.
Four children, three sons and a
daughter are left to mourn his loss.
They are Charles and Frank OF At
lantic, John S. Of Audubon County
and Mrs. Albert Shidler OF Atlantic.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-11-07
FRANK INES, G}ElT
HORSE Man, DEAD

.
Mr.. Frank lines, for many years.
past the greatest importer Of Bel
gian and Percheron horses in the
United States, succumbed to infu-
enza at his wheat ranch at Winner,
South Dakota, last week.
Mr.. lines was born in Washing
ton County, Iowa, and was about
IS years old.
: After leaving home he came to.
Extra where for time he taught
school and later helped in the
bank here. The older citizens will
probably remember him. He was a
we'll educated man and one of the
best penmen in the west.
He embarked in the importing
business in 1885. For 25 years he
made trips regulaly twice year
to Europe for horses.
While on his wheat ranch in
South Dakota, he was taken with
influenza and died within three
days.