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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-18
sTRANGEsT OF SHIP FREAKS
British Inventor Must at Least Be
Credited With the Possession of
Much Imagination.

Since that memorable day long ago
when our rude forefatherS first ven
tured atioat in their dugout canoes
many very curious ships have been
built. Perhaps the most extraordinary
of all these freaks was the steamer
Connector, which was launched in
British waters in 1853.
The Connector was built in three
sections, each of which was, so to
speak, a ship of itself. The bow or
forward section, which was fitted up in
the usual way, was jofnted to the mid
ship section by means Of huge bolt
in such a manner that, as the ship
pitched, it could rise or fall quite in
dependently of the other two sections.
Thus, as the ship met the waves a
kind of wriggle ran along the hull.
First the bow section rose, then the
midship section followed suit, and
finally the stern section wriggled up
ward.
The craft passed safely through
some very severe trials. and even ven
tured out in heavy weather. The idea
was to build up ships in sections like
trains. so that any particular section
could be dropped at the various ports
of call.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-18
HOW FEBRUARY WAS NAMED
Month Known to the Romans as Pc
riod of Religious Expiation and
Publication.

February was one of the two months
(January being the other) introduced
into the Roman calendar by Numa
Pompilius, when he extended the
year into u Of these periods. Its
name arose from the practice Of re-
ligious expiation and publication
which took place among the Romans
at the beginning Of this month, and
comes from februare, to expiate or to
purify. Among our Saxon ancestors
the month got the name of Sproutkale
on account of the sprouting of cabbage
at this ungenial season. The name
of Sol-monatt was afterward conferred
on it in consequence of the return of
the sun from the low course In the
heavens, which it had been running
starting on the first day of the month.
The following day, or February 2,
has from a date unknown in the Chris
| tian history been held as festival Of
| the publication of the Virgin, carrying
tout the pagan idea of cleansing, ac-
cording to some writer's, but the idea
| is at least open to doubt, as it's pop
| ular name, even in the early church, is
| Candlemas, from the practice of carry
ing lighted candles in procession In
memory of Simeon's words at the pres
entation of the infant Jesus. ITO be
light to tighten the Gentiles." The
| Christmas decorations are taken down
on this day in the churches.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-18
CHAPTER XVI.
Time the Umpire

The river was low; it's yellow wa
ters bore the look of oriental duplicity.
Each day was now showing its prog
ress. The two ends of the trestle were
creeping across the stream from their
brush aprons. A few weeks of work,
at the present rate, and the gap would
be closed, Hardln's big gate in it; the
bypass ready; the trap set for the
Colorado. The tensity of a last squirt
was in the air.
1t was inspiring activity, this pitting
of mans cumulative skill against an
elemental force. No Caucasian mind
which did not tingle, feel the privi-
legged thrill of 1t. To the stolid native
this day of well-paid toll was his mil
lennium, the ful6llment Of the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-18
the Panama Canal.

1t has been said that water at the
Pacific end of the Panama canal is
permanently higher than it is in the
Caribbean sea at the northern end of
the canal. The statement of the caual
commission is to the effect that there
is no difference between mean sea-
level in the Caribbean sea at Colon
and mean sea-level in Panama bay on
the Pacific side of the isthmus, but at
Colon the tide rises only about nine
inches above mean sea-level and falls
nine inches below mean sea-level;
while at Panama the water at high tide
rises to ten feet above sea-leyel and
falls at low tide to ten feet below
mean sea-level. The water at Panama
at high tide is slightly more than nine
feet above elevation OF the water at
Colon, while at low tide the situation
is reversed and the water at Panama
is slightly more than nine feet below
the level of the water at Colon. One
of the reasons for building a locked
canal S5 feet above sea-level is that
there are sometimes relentless floods
created by the Chagres river, which
has been known to rise 255a feet in "a
hours.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-18
CHAPTER XVII.
The Walk Home

Claudia Marshall sat at the head Of
her stately table in the Palmyra, mute
as statue but for the burning eyes
which followed her Tod. To Innes,
her guest, it was a tragic presence, of
brooding solicitude.
Late hours, excitement, might
abridge the life she so passionately
policed; but she would not demand
the sacrifice of his cigar.
MarshalIs cigar followed the coffee.
Tony, the white-capped italian cook of
the Palmyra, was removing the cups.
Innes was carrying her double inter-
est, listening to Tod Marshalps broad
sweep, getting a new viewpoint as he
minimized the local scheme-feelinS
that silent presence at the head of the
table.
Then something drove Claudia from
her mind. What Mr.. Marshall had said
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-18
In Affections Garden.


In the garden of our affections
there are certain loyal natures that
continue faithful through all things
as in the kingdom of vegetation there
are certain finely organized and SEN
sitive growths of flower and vine,
which are so susceptible to warmth
and light and beauty, that they do
nothing all their lives but look at the
sun. In the dawn, with a sublime
faith, they watch the east for his COM
ing. Turning on their slender stems
all day long, they follow him as he
makes the circuit of the sky; and at
nightfall after he has sunk from
sight, we behold again these flowers
their faces westward now, with the
dewdrops shining on their petals, like
tears gathered in the eyes of parted
friendship.-John McLandburgh.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-18
CHAPTER xxIlI-contlnued.


The veil of fear wns torn from her
eyes. The trembling woman was gone.
vengeful wildcat in her place. Left
me, MaldonndO? Left his home,
where he traps the Indian with one
coin In his pockets? No, senior. He
brought her to our home, there; Lupe,
the wife of Felipe. the Deguino.
told him not to fool with Felipe; the
Indian was dangerous he had hot
blood. Maldonado struck me-he
kicked me-he said was Jealous
and hit me again.
'Maidonado told me TO get a big
meal. told him that It was for Fe-
lipe. When said l would not cook
for that treachery he cursed me, he
kicked me agnin." She threw Off the
reboso, dragging her dress loose.
Don't" frowned Richard. He had
seen welt across her shoulder-a
screaming line of pain.
She wound the reboso around the
dishonored shoulder. II cooked his
dinner There was a lot Of liquor
Felipe was drunk; the tequila made
him mad, quite mad. He seemed to
know something was wrong; he fought
as Maldonado dragged him to the cell,
the senior remembers the cell2 The
next day Maldonado sent for two ru-
rales. They started the next day for
Ensenada. taking Felipe; that day
Maldonado brought Lupe home.
said she cUuld not stay and he
laughed L. my face. senior. He put
me outside the walls. / beat that
gate until my fingers bled. remem-
bered the kind face Of the senior. and
then came here. You will help me
senorT
Rlckard shook his head. IL shall
have to look into this thing. If this
is true it's prison for your husband
You won't have to fear Lupe."
when he gets out he will kill me
senor."
The terror wns seizing her again
Before she could begin her pleading
he called to MacLean.
"Ask Ling to find tent for Senors
Maldonado. Tell him to give her {
good meal"
He must trap the rogue. That in
fernal place must be closed. ThI
woman had come in the nick of time
Those tribes were to be guarded a.
restless children.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-18

neard that Mr.. Marshall has terribly
strict ideas. 1 think he ought to hear
OF that Mexican woman. 1t is demor-
allzlng in camp like this"
L tell Marshall anything against his
pet clerkT The Hardin lip shot out.
He'd throw me out of the company"
The pretty scene was spoiled. To
his d1smay, she burst into q storm Of
tears. tears of self-pity. Her life lay
in tatters at her feet, the pretty fabric
rent, torn between the rude handling
OF those two men. She could not have
reasoned out her injury, made it con-
vlnclng, built out of dreams as it was,
heartless, scheming dreams. Because
she could not tell it, her sobbing was
the more violent, her complaints inco-
herent. Tom gathered enough frag-
ments to piece the old story.
ASHAMED of him. He had dragged
| her down into his humiliation" His
sweet moment had passed.
He spent a few futile moments try
ing to comfort her.
Don't come near me-" It burst
from her; cry of revulsion. He
stared at her, the woman meeting his
eyes in flushed defiance. The hatred
which he saw, her bitterness, corroded
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-18

ished her for that one act of folly
Life had caught her. She saw no way,
as she irOned her null ruffies, no way
out of her cage. Her spirit beat wild
wings against her bars. If she could
see a way out! Nothing to do but to
stay with Tom!
Maddening, too, that at the mess
table, she caught Richards eyes turning
toward, resting on, Innes Hardin. The
girl herself did not seem to notice
artful, subterranean, such stalking!
That was why she had come running
back to the Headingl That the reason
of her anger when she had limited of
the Maldonado. She learned to hate
Innes. Bitterly she hated Rickard.
"Tom," she said one day. He
turned with a swift thrill of expecta-
ton, for her voice sounded kind; like
the Gerty of old. Il have Away
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-18
seashore and Mountain.

1 have lived by the seashore and by
the mountains. No, am not going to
say which is best. The one where
your place is is the best for you. But
this difference there is: You can do
mesticate mountains, but the sea is
"ferae naturae." You may have a hut
or know the owner of one, on the
mountain side; you see light half
way up its ascent in the evening, and
you know there is a home, and you
might share it. You have noted GER
tain trees, perhaps; you know the par
ticular zone where the hemlocks look
so black in October, when the naples
and beeches have faded. All its reliefs
and intaglios have eleetrotyped them
selves in the medallions that hang
round the walls of your memory's
chamber. The sea remembers moth.
ing.-HOlmeS.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-18

swept a disturbing calcium on Tom.
What If, truly, the river fiasco could
be traced to that overzealous hand? To
Tom, this undertaking blotted out the
rest of related big endeayor; but that
was not the way her host was looking
at it. He was too courteous to give
her discomfort; he had not said 1t di-
rectly. But always it met her, rose up
to smite her, wherever she was. Was
it not egotism, personal pride, that was
making her cover her eyes, like any
simple ostrich? Her brother-assume
him anybody else's brother! The
dredge fiasco-the wild night at the
levee-no isolated accidents those.
Hardin's luck!
A flush of miserable shame came to
her. How they had all been trying to
spare her-Eduardo, these kindly Mar
shalls-MacLean She was turning,
impulsively, to ask Tod Marshall if he
thought, could he think it probable
that they would fail, when a step that
sent the blood to her face took the
cars stairs at two leaps. Now, in
us
That's Rickard forgot to tell you
| that asked him to dinner He couldn't
get away. He said he'd run in for cof-
fee. Hello, Rickard. Thought you'd
forgotten us!'
She hadn't thought of that contin-
| gency! She found herself shaking
hands with him. Could he not hear her
mind, ticking away at the Maldonado
| episode?
OF course he would insist on seeing
| her to her tent. Punctilious, always.
Well she just wouldn't Perhaps she
could slip out some way. She would
watch her chance.
"Can 1 talk shop for while?" asked
| Rickard.
They withdrew to a cushioned win.
! dow seat. Innes had found her chance.
She asked to be shown over the car.
Innes confided her plan. She wanted
to slip out. ''She would not interrupt
their evening; Mr.. Marshall had bust
ness to discuss"
Mrs. Marshall would not hear of it
She said that Mr.. Marshall would
never forgive her if she let Miss Har.
din go home alone. Her opposition
was softly implacable.
Innes went back to the sitting room
of the car angrily coerced. Rickar.
was still closeted, conversationally
with his superior.
At last, desperately, she rose to go
Of course, he must insist upon goins
with her. Of course!
81 was going back early, anyway
I'm to be up at dawn tomorrow"
: The good-bys were said. She founC
herself walking rebelliously by hi
side. "No, thank you'll" to the offer o
his arm.
J ITO Re CONTINIIEDN
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-18
Where They Were.

On inquiring why they made so
much noise upstairs, the twins told me
that they were just playing war"
Pretty soon the noise ceased, all was
still; becoming uneasy at the unusu-
al silence, I went upstairs to investi.
gate; they were nowhere to be seen
but after calling several times and
asking where they were, a still, small
voice from under one Of the beds an
swered: 1--WE dasn't tell, but we's
someplace upstairs. s."-Excnange.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-18

we're to line the river bed. On the
banks were the brush cutters; tons Of
willows were to be cut to weave into
the forty miles Of woven wire cable
waiting for the cross strands. Day
by day the piles Of willow branches
grew higher. the brush cutters work
ing ahead OF the mattress workers in
the stream. In the dense underground
the stolid Indians, Pimas and Mnrico-
pas and Pnpagoes, struggled with the
fierce thorn Of the mesquit and the
overpowering smell of the arrow
weed. AS tough as the hickory handles
they welded, they fought clearing
through dense thickets in the intense
tr0pic heat
Down stream the Brobdingnagian
arm of the dredge fell into the mud of
the bypass, dropping its Shiny burden
on the far bank. Down the long
stretch Of levee the "skinners" drove
their mules and scrapers; two pile
drivers were setting in the treacher-
Gus stream the piles which were TO
anchor the steel-cabled mattresses to
the river bed. 1t was d well-Organized.
active. scene. Rickard. in his office,
debating letters and kilograms to Mac
Lem. Jr., felt his first satisfaction.
Things were beginning to show the re-
suit Of months of planning. Cars were
rushing in from north and east; every
quarry between Los Angeles and Tue
son requisitioned for their undertak-
Ink.
A shadow fell on the pine desk.
Ling. In blue ticking shirt and white
butcher apron. waited for the boss
co look up. He stood wlplng the per-
spiration from his head, hairless ex.
cept for the long silk-tapered queue
"well, LingI"
II go tamale." His voice was soft
as silk. II no stay"
II was q thundercIap. There was
no one to replace Ling. who was
drawing down the salary of q pr
secretary. Lose Ling? 1t would be
more demorslizing to the camp thar
to lose an engineer.
Money all lite. Bossee all lite. Nc
likee woman. Woman she stay, Lins
60"
Mrs. HARDIN Rickard woke up
SHE all time makee trouble. She
rlazy. She think woman veIlee fnC
cook. She show Ling cookee plunes
Tenchee Ling cookee plunesI 1 nc
stay that woman" Unutternble final
ity IA the lsathern face. Rickard enc
AfacLean. Jr~ exchanged glance!
which deepencd from concern int
perplexity. They could not afford Il
lose Ling. Aad offend Mrs. hardin
the cnmp already Hardlnesque?
g:cLafd grew plncGtins. lie spcn
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-18

his pride, scorched his self-love. Moth
ing would kill his love for her; he
knew that in that blacklist of mo-
ments. He would never forget that
look of dread, of hate. He left her
tent
That night, the cot under the stars
had no tenant. Hardin had it out
with himself down the levee.
That valley might fulfill Estrada's
vision and his labor; might yield the
harvest of happy homes; but his was
not there. He had been the sacrifice.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-18
Causes of Commercial Growth.

The chief causes of the growth of
international commerce from less than
50, 600, 100000 in 1918 to approximate
ly $50,000,O00,000 in 1918 are growth
in population. cheapening in transpor-
tation and a division of labor among
groups OF men the world over.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-18

an old woman! l don't care what the
whole caboodle of them think!"
Five minutes after blowing out his
candle he was deeply sleeping.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-18
CHAPTER XIV.
RIckard Makes New Enemy and
New Friend.

The coming of the Indians gave the
impetus the work had lacked. Under
jerks OF the railroad company a large
force was put on the river; these, the
weavers Of the brush mattresses that
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-14
Germany and the Rolshsyiki


One thing stands out prominently in con-
nection with the experience of Germany in deal
ing with the bolsheviii. The moderate social
lists and conservatives show none of the squeam-
ishness that characterized the course taken by
Kerensky. In Russia the menshevlki hesitated
to use machine guns, but the bolshevik did not;
in Germany the moderates have turned the
machine gun against the extremists in mutual
effort to obtain mastery. Whether the attempt
will succeed is not yet wholly clear, but the
claw and order" element seems to be winning.
Thus the appeal for allied troops to occupy all
Germany may be premature. For the present
the chief struggle has been to secure control
of the government" at Berlin. The Ebert
Scheideman faction has wrested from the Lieh-
knecht group most of the strongholds in the
capital, and does not hesitate to use the REM
nant of the German army in carrying out its
work LieblSnecht has disappeared, although it
is doubted If his reported death rests on facts,
and Rosa Luxembourg, his chief coadjutor, has
been arrested Civil war still prevails in Ber-
lin, but the chances for the bolsheviki gaining
the upper hand definitely seems to be melting
away under the relentless pursuit of the mod
crate group Germany may yet have a real
government in time 70 receive the peace terms
from Versailles.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-14
No DEFINITE AMERICAN PLAN Z

Readers may be startled BY the announce
ment from Paris that the Americans are going
into the peace conference with no definite
plans. We have been so long assured from in
spired sources that the president had his views
fixed and determined and that the leaders of
the European councils were in complete accord
with him that it is likely to be disquietng to
some TO find out that after all the problems
we're not solved in advance Now we are as
sured that Mr. Wilson has selected FIVE from
among his advisers abroad to formulate a plan
for league Of nations, which he will compare
with his own ideas. This will perhaps lead to
something definite in the general council. The
press report goes on;
American international lawyers are con-
WINGED that the great battle of wits will come
in the discussion of whatever machinery is
proposed to lessen the probability of war.
Their principal concern is that the structure
of the agreement, whether it is called league
Of nations or something else, shall not be
framed, like the Hague conventions, in quail
flying phrases which would undermine the
whole structure.
In plain words, then, we have reached the
point where we must admit that ultruism and
philanthropy are 10 meet experience, and adj
justment between fine phrases and practicable
workabilty take place. Thoughtful men have
realized this for long time. Americas infu-
ence at the peace table will be great may even
determine some Of the many points to be set
tied but in the end America will be but one
of the group there assembled, and will finally
concede to others considerable share in form-
ulating the text of the document on which the
peace of the world is to stand. Our strength
rests in the fact that we seek only to serve, and
will profit colateraly, if at all, through the re-
suit, but even this great advantage does not
carry with it control We are TO share and not
to dictate the work Of the great conference.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-14
CENTER SHOTS.

Washington Post; When experts
tell us that coolies killed 1000
persons in the war, we admire the
patience and daring of the experts
in running down and exposing the
marauders.
Kansas City Star: We would take
more interest in the fighting in Ber-
lin II some Of the Germans now in
Holland, Sweden and elsewhere were
present to take their chances in it.
st. Louis Globe Democrat: Europe,
where dentistry is backward, is as
tonished when Ameicarn soldiers
grin, to see that their teeth are all
there. 1t is a characteristic of
Americans to be "all there"
Philadelphia Ledger: American
soldiers in the Rhine country are or
dered not to indulge in flirting. If
the marriages with French girls,
which many appeared to fear, did
not materialize. is there any reason
to suppose that German girls will
have better luck?
New York World The United
States has written $4,000, 10000 600 of
soldier insurance. Asa gigantic
financial undertaking which is prac-
tically certain to fulfill it's purpose
without embarrassing the nation in
the least 1t sets a world record of a
new variety.
Brooklyn Eagle: The aircraft in
dustry. with 100000, 600 invested, is
on the edge of something
great events or collapse. The air.
plane has passed through the show
phase and must now do work Or
Vile and Wilbur Wright learned
how to fly without a subsidy and the
aircraft industry will have to succeed
in business without one. the same as
the automobile.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-14
State Press Comment

Wayne Herald: I'VE would not be
surprised If Taft, once defeated for
the presidency and proven one OF
the best losers In the world, would
be drafted as the leader Of the re-
publican party in 1920.
Aurora Republican; When the
history of Nebraska's participation
In the war Is written, the state and
county councils of -defense, with their
auxiliary organizations, will be given
full credit for the splendid work they
did in keeping the disloyal elements
from troublesome activity. Their
mistakes were made on the side OF
the government, and much can be
forgiven on that account.
Grand Island Independent: A
state news item is to the effect that
sit Is estimated that 1000 more
persens Joined the Red Cross In Ne
braska than one year ago. To the
citizens Of this section of the state
this will be a puzzling news item.
In Hall county alone 1000 more
joined than year ago. Is the state
not entitled to more explicit figures
by the Nebraska divisional officers?
Kearney Hub: No sooner had the
food administration removed the
price restrictions on flour and mill
feeds took an unheard of jump. in
the neighborhood Of 40 per cent
The first effect is on the price Of
milk. a local dairyman stating that
he il compelled to make a cores
ponding advance to be able to do
business. The maximum for milk
is s cents for one quart daily and
eight cents for single pints.
Harvard Courier The Omaha Bee
is calling attention to the way the
state wastes money in buying print
ing. As an instance, one book is
mentioned. the report of the deputy
labor commissioner, in which %
pages are devoted to reproductions
OF poetry and other such stuff, (what
has poetry 10 do with this depart
ment?) and about 200 pages
in all are devoted to matters of no
particular interest, or the matter is
put together in such shape that it
gives no information. The new gov
ernor may be ableNto institute some
reforms along this line.