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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10
HOW ARMAGEDDON
PROFITED PERSIA

That exceedingly ill wind, the World
war, blew much good to one nation,
Persia for the higher price of silver
doubled her capital, made her raw
materials sought after by the world,
&nd removed her from comparatIye
Isolation to g place Mong CONNER
cial nations Of high Importance. Writ
ing to the National Geographic society
concerning this rejuv6nated ancient
land, Ella C. Sykes says:
persia is one of the oldest empires
in existence. 1t has been a kihgdom
for -25 centuries-e7er since Cyrus the
Great, about $50 B. c., conquered
Media and united the country to bis
under the name of Persia. It has had
many glorious episodes in it's long his
tory; has produced the great teacher
Zoroaster; such world-famous poets as
Firdawsi, Omar Khayyam, Saadi and
Haf1z, and such great soldiers and rul-
ers as Darius I, Shapur 1 and Shah
Abbas.
again and again the empire has
been a prey to anarchy; again and
again conquering hosts have swept
through the country, Alexander the
Great having many successor, the
most destructive conqueror being
Genghis Khan with his hordesS Of saw
age Mongols-a leader who boasted
that he had slain thirteen millions Of
his fellow creatures.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10
CONVERSATIONS


CoedEcation existed to some extent
among the ancient Greeks.
The Japanese distill coffee essence
of extreme strength, bottle it and pour
a few drops Into cup of hot water
when they desire refreshment.
The Roman emperors lent money on
land.
Among the peasants of Serbia the
wedding procession to and from the
church is conducted on horseback.
It is estimated that automobiles
and automobiling costs the people Of
this country $6Od,000,000 annually.
The Queensland government is plan
ming to import several thousand of
insects that are destructive to the
prickly pear.
Philadelphia school children, by
contributing pennies, have endowed
a bed in a hospital for consumptives.
One of the most curious newspapers
in the world is the Kamloops Wawa,
a journal printed entirely in short
hand and circulating among the In
dians of British Columbia.
Boot heels are said to be Of Persian
origin, and were first developed that
people might better protect their feet
from the hot sands over which it was
necessary to travel.
Scientists now declare that comets
carry live disease germs. They fur
ther state that it is possible for these
germs to travel to earth from other
worlds on the tails Of comets.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10


An English newspaper has discov.
cred milkmaid who wears a fnonocle.
The tide rises about ten feet in the
mouth of the river Elbe.
The quadrille became popular a lit
tie more than a century ago.
In Madagascar no home is complete
without a household god.
A recent patented implement that
enables a man to trim his own hair
consists of a blade so hinged to a
comb that it cuts hair drawn through
the teeth of a comb.
To thwart robbers a cashiers desk
has been invented that, as an cleo
tric switch in the floor Is pressed.
throws up its back and sides to pro-
tect its user.
Grease turned into its sewers by
wooi-washing plants is recovered bv
the English city of Birmingham at its
sewage plant and converted into q
profitable by-product.
The horse has been traced back 70
an ancestor hardly larger than a fox,
with four toes on each of its front
feet and three on the back ones.
With the aid of her husband and
hand sealing machine, Mrs. John A.
Rawlins of New Orleans. put up 5000
Jars of preserves in two months last
summer.
Pearls, like people. have a habit of
growing i'll, and the outward expires.
sion Of their illness is sick-yellow
color. This may be prevented, say ex,
perts by continually wearing the
pearls next to the skin
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10

"rhe center of the country is a
great plateau, rising from 1000 to g.
600 feet, and crossed by frequent
chains of mountains, while lofty
mountain barrier bounds it on the
north and south.
in the whole Persian empire there
were in 1910 only six miles of railway,
and only four roads, their total length
amounting to fewer than 800 miles.
There is only one navigable river, the
Karun, that flows into the head of
the Persian Gulf, and on this sea the
so-called ports are merely open road
steads, at which cargo cannot be land
ed in. stormy weather.
1.-THE merchandise of Persia is prac-
tically carried on the backs of cam
els, mules and donkeys, a slow and
expensive mode of transport.
1.-The Persian is of Aryan stock, and
has the same words as ourselves for
father, mother, brother and daughter
(pidar, madar, bradar, and dukhtar) :,
and the construction of his language is
like that of English.
MANY Persians have no home life
in the usual sense of the word. A
Persian house is divided into the BIZ
rooni, or mems apartments, and the
anderoom, or part consecrated to the
| women. A strong door, set in a high
blank wall, gives entrance to a mar.
| row passage that leads into a square
| courtyard on which open several
rooms. Here the men live, and here
they usually entertain their friends
while their women dwell in rooms sci
round an inner courtyard, the only
entrance to which is through the
| birooni.
| LAS a Persian is instructed from
earliest youth that a woman's advice
is of no account-in fact the priests
tell him that he had better do th'
exact opposite of what a woman coun
sels-it can be understood that as {
rule he has no exalted opinion of hi
wife or wives, and seldom turns tt
them for companionship."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10
TRIESTE: A PLUM OF THE
ADRIATIC DISPUTE

Trieste is one of the major Adriatic
plums in dispute between Italy and
the newly-formed Jugo-Slav state, the
kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and
SloveneS.
Though Trieste was Austrian, ex-
cept for a brief interval from the
fourteenth century until the World
war dissipated the Austrian empire.
the city has had marked effect upon
italian history. Its chief importance
to Austria was commercial. for it was
the dual monarchy's only great sea-
oort.
Tired of double allegiance to
Venice and to Aquieleia Trieste re-
luested that she be annexed to Aus
ria in 1882. Leopold the pious was
IN the Austrian throne He was
rival to King James of England in
being ''the wisest fool in all Christen-
dom." Though he expanded his ter
ritory elsewhere, the only acquisition
Of consequence was that of Trieste,
won through no effort on his part.
Thus Austria gained what was des-
tined to become not only a seaport Of
Importance, but also a channel for ex-
erting frequent influence upon the af-
fairs of Italian towns and their rulers.
The city is situated on the Gulf of
Trieste, 367 miles southwest of Vienna
by rail. 1t lies on the seaward slope
Of the Karst, or Carso, strip of lime
stone hills extending inland from 60 to
DO miles, furrowed with ravines and
pierced by caverns, into which many
small streams disappear.
Not far from Trieste, at Briscih, is
the Grotto Giganta, stalactite cave,
where tourists throng to see the
Great Dome" spreading over a sub
terranean cavity nearly as long as the
United States capitol and a hundred
feet higher than the capitol dome.
Despite its inclusion in Austrian ter
ritory, Trieste's population and archi.
lecture are italian. 1t was the Ter
geste of Roman history, and today the
walls and pillars Of q Roman temple
may be seen encased In the cathedral
Of San Giusto, a highly composite
| structure which also has built into Il
three adjacent structures Of the six
teenth century-a Christian basilica
baptistery and a Byzantine church
Traces of Trieste's early history
we're to be found before the war IL
The Museo Lapidarie, which contains
many Roman antiquities from the vi
cinity.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10
RHODESIA: THE LAND OF
MEN, WILD BEASTS AND
NATURAL BEAUTY

Africa, not so long ago regarded, for
the most part, as a "sepulcher Of the
worlds most daring explorers" now
engages the attention of the world be-
cause of it's vast natural resources and
its industrial possibilities.
Material furnished the National
Geographic society by R. D. Parsons,
is the basis for the following descrip-
ton of Rhodesia:
Interior Rhodesia must be ira
versed by native carriers over noun
tains, through primeval forest, across
rivers, through almost impenetrable
jungle and underbrush, in peril from
elephants, lions, leopards, hyenas, SER
pents, the tsetse fly, wild men as well
as wild beasts. Each carrier has a
mail bag Of so pounds. On an average
carriers make % miles a day, and even
on runs of 5000 miles, from Broken
Hill to Abercorn, they are seldom
more than an hour behind schedule
time and generally only half that
They make better time In the wet
season than in the dry as, in the wet,
they travel in bare feet, while in the
dry the earth Is baked, the ground is
hot like The Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes, and they are compelled to
wear sandals.
There Is one great drawback to the
wet; no material has yet been pro-
duced that can resist African rain.
1t laughs at the average rubberized
fabrics. One of the few partly sue
cessful materials is peculiarly wov-
en- canvas made in England, and even
when mail bags of this material are
opened, the contents are simply pulp
valueless, and frequently undecipher-
able. Glazed paper suffers most; why
I do not know. 1 sHppose it is the
combination of heat and water.
1.-THE plunge of Victoria Falls on the
Zambezi is three times that Of our
Niagara; the roar is heard for 10 miles
and the column of vapor is miles high
In the dialect of Mashonaland and
Matabeleland, its name means the
water that smokes
(Victoria Falls) is $50 miles, from
Livingstone to Bulawayo 290, and from
Kasempa to Cape TOWN. 2,29O miles
The fauna of Rhodesia is wonderful
think of II kinds of antelopes!
Although the tsetse fly is an abom
Unable pest, it takes second place a.
a destroyer of property value to ou
American pest, the boil weevil. a
singular popularity Of the first namet
consists in its habit of biting human
beings, horses and oxen on the feet
When animals are shipped from Cap
Town to North Rhodesis, the shippini
is done at night, because, unlike tn
mosquito, the tsetse fly works only il
the daytime. 1t prefers to work OF
the legs, and in case of horses thes
are done up in parafin and cloths
1t should be understood that this TO
to man and beast is confined to certail
districts"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10
MIXED HER METAPHORS.

Among the humors of the campaign
for woman's suffrage is the following
"bull," which, we may remark, is about
as good as anything in this line ever
perpetrated by one Of the opposing sex.
Indignant over something, we forget
exactly what, a suffragist once ex-
claimed: "This action is almost as If
the senate had hurled its glove into
the teeth Of the advancing wave that
is sounding the clarion Of equal
rights. Transcript.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10
SAN SALVADOR: DEFER
OF EARTHQUAKES

San Salvador, scene of recent earth
quake shocks, is the capital of the
smallest and most populous of Central
American republics. The city is no
stranger to the twin terrors of earth
quake and volcano.
Within ten seconds an earthquake all
out destroyed it in 1854, another laid
it low in 1873, and that of 1917, when
millions Of dollars worth of property
was destroyed, is still remembered.
In spite of these fateful blows from
nature, and devastating waves of man
made revolutions, San Salvador today
Is reckoned among the important cities
Of the mid-continent 1t has a popu-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10

alton Of 60,606; It's Manufactured
products Include soap, cigars, candies,
cotton cloth ahd spirits; and its COM
oulsory education laws. university,
heaters and scientific institutions at
est it's regard for CULTURE.
Izalco, perhaps the most famous vol
cano of the San Salvador republic.
0elched forth from a fine old hacienda
n ITO, and ever since has tirelessly
thrown aloft its mighty volume of
ashes and gases. With the regularity
Of mammoth natural timepiece it is
said not to have missed a rumbling,
luminous explosion within any half
hour for a century and a half; hence
It's nickname, the Lighthouse Of
Salvador"
OF San Miguel, occasionally active,
One writer said, after seeing the
eruption of 1848: 1T is difficult to
conceive grander natural object than
his volcano. Its base is shrouded in
1ensest green, blending with the light
sr hues of the grasses which succeed
the forest. Above these the various
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10
Anbergris

Ambergris is a waxy concretion
formed in the intestine Of the sperm
whale. 1t is found sometimes in the
whale, but chiefly on the surface of
those seas inhabited by the whale, or
cast upon the shore in masses some
times over two hundred pounds in
weight. It is opaque and infiamma-
BILE, and usually of grayish color
often streaked with brown, white or
gray. It Is thoughe to be derived
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10
Sound Carried

The oral law Of the Jews, consisting
of many traditions touching the Mo
sale law, tells that the ancient He
brews employed also larger bells,
which were called Megeruphita. These
were used on different occasions by the
multitude Of temple officers and caused
frequently such noise in the streets
of Jerusalem that it was hard to catch
the words of a speaker. Their pur-
pose was threefold: To call the priests
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10

the camera is prohibited, has been de-
vised by Jervis Smith, an Englishman.
He coats cardboard with luminous
paint, exposes it to sunlight or electric
arc light, and then places it at the
back of the engraving, while the pho
tographic plate is placed on the face of
the engraving. The book is closed, and
after one hour, depending largely on
the thickness of the paper, a satisfac-
tory negative is produced. The book
is inclosed in black cloth during the
manipulation, from which the book
takes no harm.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10

for service, to summon the Levites to
come and sing, and to apprise persons
generally that the unclean might be
brought to the gate named Nicanor.
These bells, SO says the Misha, when
sounded at their fullest power, could
be heard at least eighteen miles from
Jerusalem.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10
Vermont In History.

Vermont was not a state until after
The Revolution. A commission was ap-
pointed by New Hampshire, which had
charge and controlled the territory.
When it was admitted as a state it de-
cived it's name from the Green Noun
!ians, thus Verde-green. Mont-moun-
tain-Vermont.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10

from the fatty matter Of cephalopods
"a class of mollusks including cutie
fish, eaten by the whale. Ambergris
has slight but pleasant odor and is
largely employed in the manufacture
Of perfumery,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10
Old Men Reliable.

Gray-haired men as drivers are pre-
terred by big American motor trans
mort firm. while another firm chooses,
married men, since these two classes
are supposed to possess more ju1g-
nent and sense of responsibility than
he young and unmarried.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10
For Guestroom Door

A thoughtful touch in the furnish
Ing and decorating of the guestroom
is the addition Of a knocker on the
door. There are many quaint flow
cred ones designed, which are as dain.
ty as they are practical -.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10
The Real Tonic.

"Are you still talking about what
that audaciously dressed lady had
onl"
"No," replied Miss Cayenne; "whst
she hadn't"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10
SinnIe lry Cleaner.

One of the simplest and cheapest
iry cleaners is a piece of art gum.
t will clean kid gloves, dancing slip
pers, pictures, etc.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10
Reproducing Old Enqrsvinos.

An ingenious method Of making pho
tographic copies of plates and engrav-
ings in books that cannot be removed
from libraries, and where the use Of
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10

The 45-foot auxiliary schooner Ty-
phoon arrived at the municipal ferry
pier at st. George, Staten island, re-
Gently, thereby completing an 5000
mile voyage marked by several ter
rife gales. Little larger than a Cape
Cod catboat, it was buffeted by wind
and wave, but It's crew survived.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10

Pastor William Fetler, who was
banished to Siberia during the reign
Of the late czar, later released but
ordered to leave the country, who left
Philadelphia with his wife to carry the
Gospel to Russia. He goes in charge
Of delegation Of missionaries from
the Russian Missionary Society of
Philadelphia. Mr.. Fetler is wearing
the winter garb he wore in Russia.
He was born of Lettish parents in
Talsen, province Of Courland, Russia.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-10

auPAO " ehSh PuPhS Uy NSdTAH6
sensible clothing.
Donald Hand, service manager Of a
motors company. was killed when hts
automobile turned turtle four miles
west Of Sandusky.
John w. Kanr 1rd, "a, was buried
alive while at work at a Cleveland
plant, where he was loading dirt
through large chute.
Matthew Malovich of Louisville,
w. Va, suffocated in FIRE which de-
stroyed the interior Of the West Ave
nue. hotel, Youngstown.
Civil service commission at Lorain
announced that A. A. King, deposed
chief of police, must stand trial on
is charges preferred by Mayor Will
liam F. Grail.
Clarence H. Burk of Latrobe, Pa,
27, walked into the recruiting Office
at Marion and paid belated election
bet by enlisting for three years. serv-
ice in Panama.
Allen Snyder, the diminutive quar-
terback of the Wooster university
fotball team, was awarded an auto
mobile as being the most valuable
football player in the Ohio confer
ence.
Miss Eleanor r. Parker. personal
stenographer Of Governor Cox, has
been appointed member of the Ohio
board of motion picture censors.
Miss Dunice Duncombe, IS, who
was shot at CLEVELAND nv RaInh
Swain, her 21-year-old Akron suitor,
is dead. Swain ended his life after
wounding Miss Duncombe, who re-
fused to marry him.
Charles Allis House, 60, was in
stantly killed and Frank Burkett, a
civil war veteran, seriously injured,
near Wooster, whsn an sxon pipe they
were carrying came into contact with
a high tension electric wire.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-12

with the women of the northern
section of the state in arranging
luncheons for county conferences
in connection with the Interchurch
World movement reports to the AL
buquerque office that she is making
good progress.
Rev. e. j. Carson, moderator of
the Presbyterian synod of New
Mexico and west Texas and minis
ter of the Presbyterian church at
Ration, is in Albuquerque this week
in the interest of the Salvation
Army and Interchurch programs.
X. S. Upton. superintendent of
schools for Otero county, and wife
are in Albuquerque FOR a few days
visit with their daughter, Miss Opal,
who is attending the university, and
their son, Everett, who has recent
ly joined the Journal staff.
The commissioners met at the
city hall last night and held an
executive session lasting several
hours but were unable to take ac-
ton on any of the matters brought
before them because of the absence
of quorum. Another meeting
will probably he called for the lat
ter part of the week.
The C. E. society of the Con-
gregational church will meet this
evening at the church and will
proceed in a body to the Presby-
terrain church to hear the lecture of
DR.. Shaw of Boston,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-12
FRANK ST0RTZ ELECTED
SECRETARY OF B. P. 0.
{. FOR THE TENTH TIME

Frank Stortz for the tenth time
was elected secretary of the Alhu-
querque lodge No 461, b. p. o. f.
at one of the largest meetings ever
held at the local lodge rooms.
The change in the bylaws that
was up for discussion at one, of the
former meetings, was unanimously
adopted This change is that any
initiate applying for membership
after April /, will be subject to a
fee of $50. This is a raise of $25
over the fee of the past and pros
pectiye members are advised to
avail themselves of the old rate
during the few remaining days,
1t was decided at the meeting to
reject all offers for the three lots
west of the club rooms that are
now held by the lodge, and to pro-
coed at once with plans for the
Identification of the premises The
property will be leveled, heavily
sodded and planted with shrubs
and grass. Many of the members
literally contributed means for the
rarrying out of this undertaking,
The following officers were elect
ed: Exalted ruler, Kenneth Bald
ridge; esteemed leading knight,
Grover Divine; esteemed loyal
knight, Arthur Prayer; esteemed
lecturing knight, c. f. Twogood;
treasurer, c. S. White; tyler, Felix
GianOtti; trustee (three years.,
Mike Nash; representative to grand
lodge, d. L. Phillips; alternate, e.
A Davis.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-12
K0RBER BUYS GRANT
BUILDING ON WEST
CENTRAL FOR $61, 900

Ownership of the Louis A.
Grant-D. G. Grant building on the
south side of Central avenue be-
tween Second and Third streets,
passed Yesterday from Daniel G..
Grant of Los Angeles to Jacob
korber of Albuquerque, the trans
fction being closed by p. F. Nc
Gonna, sales agent here for the
Grant interests, consideration SOL
coo. The building is one of the
lest constructed on Central ave
nue., being two story structure,
with store rooms on the ground
floor and offices in the second. The
Sround floor is occupied by O. A.
Matson & Co. and the Singer Cigar
company. Although not announc-
cd, ii is understood that Mr. Kor-
her plans to hold the building as
rent property and an investment.
Ply acquiring the Grant building
Mr. Korber becomes one of the
largest owners of downtown real
estate in Albuquerque. Several
months ago he purchased the
Strickler-O tero building, Second
and Copper, which gave him solid
holdings in three-story buildings in
that section from Copper to Tijeras.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-12
EVERYTHING WAS READY
FOR THE WEDDING BUT

She was a hotel proprietress In
Belen, a widow, and had just spent
$50 on a new dress. The occasion
was the wedding of a sister Re-
bekah. On the day set for the
matrimonial festivities she went to
her dressing room to prepare for
the event. The dress was gone
In her excited search for the miss
ing garment it developed that two
Ct her companions had been robbed
of their finery and the wedding for
them was out of the question. A
large list of wOmen's clothing was
turned in to the sheriffs office
last night, but it Is one that only
q feminine detective could under
stand.
At the cost of women's apparel
today the loss would easily run
into the hundreds of dollars. 1t
Is stated that the robbers left the
Belen women nothing except some
aprons and the dresses that they
lad on,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-12

CRONENBERG-Funera serv-
ices for c. d. Cronenberg will be
held at c. T. French's chapel at
gao o'c,ock Saturday. Burial will
be in Fairview cemetery.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-12
FL ASO-ALBUQUERQUE
BOWL MATCH TONIGHT

The bowling match between the
Ell Paso Cactus club and the Albu-
querque All-star team will be held
tonight at the Y. NJ, c. A. bowling
alleys. The match is expected to
be a good one from the fact that
Ell Paso team is supposed to be the
best that city produces, while it is
an undisputed fact the AIl-star
team has it over everything in this
vicinity.