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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-13
MIR. Sidney visits the peni-
tentiary.
CTO BE CONTINUED9
LOTUS" PLANT A MYSTERY
Scientists in Dispute as to What Kind
of Food Had Such Remark
able Effects.

What was the plant the "lotus eat
ers" ate, which so destroyed their
"pep," strangers who visited their
land and partook of the remarkable
vegetable losing all desire to return to
home and friends?
There has been no end Of dispute
on the subject. One thing is certain,
however, is that it could not have
been the Egyptian lotus, which within
recent years has begun to be widely
grown in water gardens. This plant
develops tubers, deep in the mud,
which are about the size of hens eggs
and good to eat, but the eating of
them has no such deleterious effect as
that above described.
The Egyptian lotus is kind Of
water lily, whose superb flowers look
like huge pink tulips. Once upon a
time it grew wild along the banks of
the Nile, and the surmise is that orig
inally it was fetched from India,
where it is native. It was regarded
anciently as the emblem Of the Nile,
and the symbol of the creation Of the
world from the waters. To the Egyp-
. tians it was a sacred plant. They
cultivated it in ponds and tanks,
wreathing their heads with the bios.
SONS on festive occasions.
The lotus has had wonderful infiu-
ence upon architecture. Its leaves and
buds appear in the capitals of classic
columns and in every sort of antique
decorative carving it is the motif most
frequently chosen. The art work OF
Japan (into which country it was i'm
ported) is inspired by it to a greater
extent than by anything else in ma.
ture.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-13
8f3[5OI66 9
SCOUT s
Conducted by National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America)
SCOUTS TO THE "JAMBOREE"

The most wonderful adventure that
ever came to group of boys is that
of the 301 Boy Scouts Of America
chosen to represent this country in
the great "jamboree" of contests and
demonstrations by the boy scouts OF
"a nations in England.
To be selected as one of the 301
boys from an active membership OF
100000 Boy Scouts of America all
over the country is indeed an honor,
and the fact that the best scouts won
was made clear when they mobiliZed
in New York to sail on July on the
United States army transport Poca-
hontaS.
More than a third of them are
Eagle scouts, the highest rank in the
movement and anyone who imagines
that the Boy Scouts of America is
''kid' organization would have had
the illusion dispelled by seeing this
wonderful aggregation of the picked
youth of the nation, ranging in age
principally from fifteen to eighteen
years, and averaging in height five
feet seven inches.
Following the "jamboree" held at
Olympia, near London, on the invita-
ton of the British boy scouts, the
happy American scouts visit Paris
other famous French cities and the
! important battlefelds, as guests Of
the French government; and then, as
guests of the Belgian government, see
the sights of that country. 1t is a
two months trip crowded full of more
Joy than perhaps any one Of the boys
ever dreamed of having.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-13
SCOUTS HELP GOVERNMENT.

At the invitation of the United
States forestry service. S5 Pasadena
(Cal) scouts did the initial work on
the master f1rebreak that is to protect
the Pasadena watershed. The scouts
cleared LOO feet of 50-foot firebreak
through woods of oak, scrub oak, man.
zanita and other hardwood brush. The
ranger in charge of the construction
work found the experiment a great
success, not only on account of the
work accomplished by the boys, but
also from the fact that these scouts
had a first-hand education in the diff
cult methods of firebreak construction
and will therefore appreciate what
the forestry department is doing to pro-
tect the country's watersheds. Each
boy was required to bring his blanket
and ten cents carfare. The govern
ment paid all other expenses and fur
nished extra blankets for each boy.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-13
Too Many Like
Bill Smith
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Department of Commerce Secretary
Alexander was talking about the alien
question.
"The alien," he said, "who comes
over here, learns the language and
gets naturalized-with him we have
no quarrel; but too many alieLs only
come over to make a small fortune
and then go back home. Such aliens
are like Bill Smith.
'Bill Smith dropped in on his
cousins, the Vanderpelts, one day with
his trunk. 1t soon developed that Bill
had come for a pretty long stay. From
one week his visit heightened into two.
Two weeks became three, and it wasn't
till five weeks had gone by that Bill
at last announced his intention to de-
part.
"The Saturday evening before his
departure Bill, who was a notorious
tightwad, astonished and pleased the
vanderpelts by coming home with an
enormous bundle.
"'Just a little something he ex-
planned, to help out tomorrow's Sun
day dipner.' And with a beaming
smile he undid the bundles wrapping.
It's my farewell Sunday dinner with
you, you know. 1 thought we might
celebrate a little
at was a gorgeous bundle. There
was large turkey and a magnificent
ham. There were green peas from
Florida and luscious California
peaches. There were nuts and raj
sins and candy.
"'Well,' said the Vanderpelts, after
Bill had gone to bed, so Bill has loos'
ened up for once
"An hands enjoyed the farewell Sun
day dinner tremendously, and on Sun
day evening Bill departed by the
o'clock express. The vanderpelts
warmly urged him to come again. He
had loosened up, and they felt very
friendly toward him in consequence
"Then, the next morning, the gro
GERS account came in, and the famil!
learned that the whole of Bills fare
well dinner had been charged to Pi
Vanderpelt."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-13
SCOUT EXECUTIVES TO MEET.

The most significant conference in
the history of the Boy Scouts Of Amer
lea is the annual conference of scout
executives called for September 15 to
% of this year. 1t will be held at the
great Boy Scouts of America camp in
the. Palisades Interstate park-the
largest boys camp in the world.
In this camp, which accommodates
the scouts of Greater New York and
Northern New Jersey, 2,200 at time,
the scout executives from all parts of
the country have an opportunity to
see camping on a gigantic scale, and
will have the advantage. of meeting
practically all of the big men in scout
ing from the national headquarters.
They will meet in New York city,
go up the Hudson river by boat, and
then by autos to the camp site.
The theme of the conference will
be "How Shall Scouting Be Done"
There will be many presentations and
discussions of scientific studies of the
problems of scouting with reference
to increased efficiency, higher stand
ards and larger service.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-13
GOOD TURNS BY SCOUTS.

North Arson. Me-. Troop 1 put in
wood-pile for an invalid clergyman.
Lafayette Hill, Pa, Troop l erected
seventeen bird-houses and planted and
tended the church flower plot
Oconomowoc, Wis, Troop 1 planted
trees in the city park and also helped
widows and sick people.
Palo Alto, CAL. Troop 2 conducted a
paper drive netting S400, which money
they are giving toward the establish
ment of a dental clinic.
Omaha, Neb.. Troop II assisted in
cleaning up the town after tornado.
Birmingham, Ala. Troop % supplied
a needy family with food for one
month.
Boy scouts, Troop No. L. Eunice,
Ala, celebrated its tenth birthday by
doing good turns all week. 1t gave
public demonstration in a theater
showing the usefulness of the boy
scout program. The scouts saved two
important buildings from being de-
stroyed by fire and for this the mayor
made the troop an auxiliary of the
fire department.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-13
CHAPTER III-Continued.

Mr.. Sidney never liked to have his
vicarious drinking interrupted, but he
always was good natured.
"Well, doctor" he said, "what now?
Is Jed drinking too much for my
nealth?"
At that moment no possible amount
OF liquor would have been too much
foc Jed. The wretch must have thought
1 was ghost.
"Jed may drink himself to death,
for all me-" I said. "That probably is
the best end he can come to. 1 think
he is gallows meat, but 1 want to talk
to him when you can spare him."
"We can't spare Jed to have him
hanged" said Mr.. Sidney. Hes too
useful. Who else could drink my wine
of an evening? Go along with the
doctor, Jed, and see what he wants.
It's probably a matter of pills or pow
ders for me-"
Jed was recovering from his shock,
but he still showed the effects Of it.
mo hurry" said. "Pd rather wait
a half hour. I'll be in my ROOM"
/ went there and wrote two letters
Both were to one point. They related
circumstantially what had happened
that afternoon. One 1 addressed to g
lawyer 1 knew, and the other to DR.
Brownell. Jed knocked at the door as
l finished them. He was still un
nerved.
81 have something I want you tt
read" said, and gave him the letters
He read them and moistened his lips
you don't need to talk. Jed" 1 said
'Tll do all the talking that's neces
sary. am not going away. I am go
ing to stay right here, and you'd bettel
be very careful of my health. These
letters go out tonight. The men wh(
get them will keep their mouths shu
so long as 1 am alive. If anything
should happen to me, whether you hat
anything to do with it or not, you'(
have. difficult time with jury"
''It was a mistake" he said. &c
would not do ycu any harm. shot a
a rabbit"
"Twice with a pistol, when you hat
a shotgun?" 1 said. "You did! I wa
the rabbit.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-13

consists merely in laying alternately
as many sheets of thin veneer and
sheets of this glue tissue rs may be
required to build up the panel desired.
These sheets are then pressed in a
steam-heated press. The result is an
extremely thin panel in which the
moisture content has been changed not
more than 1 or per cent. This SIM
pie method eliminates the troubles re-
sulting from the use of a wet glue,
and makes the handling of the thin
material an easy matter.
The extremely thin pIywood secured
in this manner and tested on airplane
wings built especially for the purpose
proved surprisingly strong. 1t was
found that 1t gave between 6 and s
per cent added lifting power over the
linen ordinarily used, by reason of the
fact that the flap" of the cloth is
entirely eliminated. Weight for
weight, its strength proved to be ap-
proximately the same. and it is quite
likely that in the future all non-metal
wings may be covered with this ma
terial.
When plywood was first thought of
in connection with airplanes, an ap-
parently insurmountable difficulty pre-
sented itself. A machine that had to
be out in all kinds of weather and
spend much of its time in a dense fog
and in thick clouds must not be held
together anywhere by glue that water
would dissolve. To overcome this diff
flculty two new Clues were evolved by
the laboratory experts; one made
from the blood of animals and one
derived from casein-obtained from
milk. Panels were glued together
with these and tested in boiling water
for eight hours. At the expiration of
this time none of the pieces showed
any separation of the plies. Soaking
In cold water for ten days gave the
same results. Finally, tests with q
shearing machine. which applied force
in such O manner as to push one ply
from another, were made, and it was
demonstrated that pressure of from
| two hundred and fifty to seven hun.
dred pounds to the square inch OF
glue surface was required. to separate
the layers, so strong were the new
CLUES. AS a matter of fact, 1t was, ir
most cases, not the Clues, but the
wood fibers themselves, that gave way
In considering the application Of
this new waterproof glue and plywooC
to industry in our reconstruction pc
riod, 1t becomes evident that an en-
tirely new field has opened for pro
gressive manufacturers of wood ar
ticles. Who, till now, has put on tn,
market a standard door that will no
warp2 Plywood panels cannot war
after they are finished, for one pl,
holds the next rigidly. What manu-
facturer has got out table or chat
with glued joints that will not ge
shaky in a damp atmospheric Furni
ture made with casein glue will hol,
together far better.
For smaller wooden articles built-u
} wood has immediate application nc
only in replacing solid material but /
extending the utilization of small size
J and low grades. Some of the article
: already manufactured of plywood 6
the forest products laboratory, wit
!. most excellent results in every cas-
i are wagon tongues, wheel hubs, plo,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-13
SCOUTS HELPING THE BLIND.

Boy scouts in New York state are
cooperating with the National Thrift
Bag league, with headquarters at No.
1 Park place, Albany, N. Y, in dis
tributing large paper bags to homes
In their community for the collection
of waste, the proceeds from which are
to be used for the education of the
blind. The collection of waste mate
rial is to continue all summer.
The national council of the Boy
Scouts Of America urges executives
to cooperate in every way possible
with the National Thrift Bag league
in this work. Scoutmasters and local
scout officials are urged to cooperate
with the National Thrift Bag league
organizers, and to employ boy scouts
In distributing to the homes of the
community the large paper bags and
red notification tags. These bags are
to be used for the salvage of rags,
large or small, of cotton, wool, or any
kind of usable waste material Bag
collectors are not authorized to col
lect money. Boy scouts are not per-
mitted to collect money for any pur-
pose.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-13
CHAPTER w.

Jed came to me the next day in one
of his candid moods.
II did shoot at you yesterday" he
said.
81 know you did," replied.
"And you're wondering why and
you're wondering if 1 intend to do II
again."
II don't wonder at anything you
do" 1 said. "And you know that If
you do it again, the evidence is pre-
pared against you. I think am per-
fectly safe. 1 know you are a cow
ard"
mo, I'm not a coward" he said, as
if he were stating a fact and not max
ing boast. 81 never do anything
without a purpose, AID when I have a
purpose, 1 do it no matter what the
consequences may be. The reason ]
wanted to shoot you was because you
were engaged to Isobel. I intend to
marry Isobel. Now I know that you
are not going to marry Isobel. You
are just the foolish fence that her
mother thought she could build uI
around Isobel and keep me from try
ing to marry her. Isobel doesn't want
you. She is laughing at you. So we
might as well be friends again"
"You preposterous old fool!" said
"You se1ile alcoholic! You are vic
lation of decency. You enfeebled, ex
asperating old goat! You would sicker
the moral conscience of a mummy. L
you ever associate your aspiration!
with the name of Miss Sidney again
I'll cut your throat with a papel
knife"
Jed smiled and made me feel ridicu
| lous.
81 am a more intelligent man thar
| you," he said. "You are too simple fu
the complexities of life. You could no
possibly be sufficient for girl Of Mis-
Sidney's character. She would die d
boredom II six months. There is not-
ing preposterous about my candidac
for Miss Sidney. 1 am older than II
Hike to be, but that is ALL"
"You are fideous old fool" sale
"but I think 1 can handle you, and
give you warning"
81 am going to be quite friendly,
said Jed.
you fiatter yourself" I said.
"Well, anyway" he said, I'm FRIEND
o."
He proved to be so. The life Of th
house went placidly from day to da,
Isobel, with a sense Of our posturin
toward each other, made mocking ge
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-13
The Mysteryof HartleyHouse
By CLIFFORD S. RAYMOND
: Illustrated ebynRNUI MYERS

81 think I shall continue to call you
John just that way" she said. "It
seems more honest and decent. After
all, we are engaged"
Sometimes Mr. Sidney could be
taken out in an automobile, of warm,
fair afternoon. 1t was not often that
his strength permitted this, but when
ever it did, was glad not only to al
low but to suggest that he make use
of all opportunities.
The most beautiful of our river
drives brought us, within the limitation
of Mr.. Sidney's strength, to the peni-
tentiary at Alwick. 1t was hideous
structure of barracks, work-rooms and
walls, of cells and armed guards; but
it was in lovely surroundings, and if
we took the best roads, we came natur-
ally to the prison walls.
Mr.. Sidney would look at the en-
closure and the guards in the turrets
as if interpreting his own life in the
terms of prison existence. We may
have taken this drive by the prison
road ten times when, approaching it
on another of our outings, Mr.. Sidney
had the driver stop at the entrance.
'I feel very strong and well today,
DOCTOR" he said, "and If you do not
object, I think I should like to go in
side. I have seen the outside so many
times, I have curiosity to see the in
side"
I consented, thinking that with Jed
and me helping him-we acted as his
legs, guiding and sustaining his feeble
motions-he was strong enough to
make the effort. I did not know
whether it was good or bad psychology
to give him a sight of so many impris.
oned men, but my instinct suggested
that it would, in his case, be good. He
was a logical, reasoning mana rare
phenomenon in the human race. If he
had been emotional and sentimental.
, should have had more doubt.
Mr.. Sidney was important enough Il
be known in the neighborhood. Tit
warden of the prison came to meet hin
: in the Office as soon as we had entered
He was very cordial to Mr.. Sidney
who himself never showed more hi
: aristocracy Of democracy. 1 am
= democrat. I am most fond of al
e aristocratic democrat. Such was MI
l Sidney.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-13
"JOHN!"

Synopsis. DIR. John Nicholson,
just beginning his career, becomes
resident physician and companion
of Homer Sidney at Hartley house.
Mr.. Sidney is an American, a semi
invalid, old and rich and very de-
sirous to live. Mrs. Sidney is a
Spanish woman, dignified and reti-
cent. Jed, the butler, acts like a
privileged member of the family.
Hartley house is a fine old isolated
country place, with a murder story,
haunted pool" and many watch
dogs, and an atmosphere of mys-
terry. The haunted pool' is where
Richard Dobson, son of a former
owner of Hartley house, had killed
. his brother, Arthur Dobson. Jed
begins operations by locking the
doctor in his room the very first
night. Doctor John fixes his door
so he can't be locked in. He meets
Isobel, daughter of the house and
falls in love at first sight. In the
night he finds the butler drunk and
holding Mrs. Sidney by the wrist.
He interferes. Mrs. Sidney ex-
plains. John buys a revolver. John
overhears Jed telling Mrs. Sidney
he will have his way. In reply she
says she will not hesitate to kill
him. Mrs. Sidney asks John to
consent to the announcement of
his engagement to Isobel. The
young people consent to the make
believe announcement. Jed tries to
kill John.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-13
IsobeI Used Me to Gain Her Liberty.

IsobeI Used Me to Gain Her Liberty.
the world, because saw Isobels-and
then, holding her mothers hand, she
allowed Mrs. Sidney to have the mo-
ment of distress with the intimate sup
port of her own presence.
1t may seem small struggle that
mother and daughter went through,
but it did not seem small to me who
witnessed it, and it had no rhetorical
and little emotional expression.
Isobel knew her mother suffered, but
she was wise. Mrs. Sidney dreaded
her daughters adopted mode of life,
but knew her daughter.
Goodbye, mother" said Isobel. eve
sha'n't be gone long. Come on, john"
That was the first time she had
called me John honestly and without
comedy. I knew her finesse. She did
it to give her mother the comfortable
sense that she was not going upon a
wild adventure of an automobile ride
with an unrelated man but was within
the strict intimacy Of the family.
We went driving, Isobel at the wheel.
She liked to drive fast and I do not.
I am timid. I do not think that loco
motion is a genuine human pleasure.
Possibly it is, behind either a fast or
a ploddi1g horse. prefer the plodding
horse. Locomotion then merely reveals
gradually changing facets of the scene
one likes to see the manifold aspects
of landscape unfold. But an auto
mobile driven as Isobel wanted to
drive it revealed no facets. 1t merely
! blurred the vision and gave the idea
that the satisfaction sought was a GER
tain amount of wind blown in the face.
7 For such as love it, not for me!
"That was a difficult scene. DOCTOR
! she said.
knew that was what she would
call me next-"doctor." I came di-
F.! rectly down out of the clouds.
81 know it was," I said, "and I ad-
mfred the honest way in which you
| roopoppd ifn
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-13

She affected familiarities and called ,
me John" derisively, or worse dear
or cold dear" I protested, in more
pain than she could guess.
eve are engaged" she said. "What
should I call your
"You might consider the fact that
we are not engaged" 1 suggested.
"But we are. If we dol't act as if
we were, you'll not be any protection
against Jed. Don't you want me to
call you John?"
"Of course I do" 1 said. 'It's per-
fectly straightforward, natural and
proper"
''Then it's the dear and old dear
you object to, and l perfectly delight
in calling you old dear. 1t fits SO
well-it is really wonderful. 1t is al
most a complete description as we'll
as charming appellatio1. adore it."
81 object to unnecessary freedom"
I said.
"But it helps to deceive Jed"
Nothing deceives Jed. He was de-
ceived only for short while. Then he
tried to kill me. He apologized after
ward for his mistake. He knows the
character of our engagement"
"Just the same, he has not bothered
mother since then as he did before"
''That is because he is a coward and
have him where can control him.
Mrs. Sidney did not understand her
daughter. That was not astonishing
Isobel was young American woman
Mrs. Sidney had Spanish traditions.
Isobel came naturally, through her
father, to q candor which never ceased
to amaze nd-occasionally-to dis
tress her mother. Isobel said what
she thought. Her frankness came
from honesty of character. Her lovely
mother regarded life as something tC
be managed by reticence and denial
Mrs. Sidney was esthetic and if fac
were unesthetic, she denied it and pu
it out of her consideration. 1t was, tt
her, the only proper thing to do.
Isobel was a clever tennis-playe
and a poor one. She beat me thre,
or four sets every fine afternoon. Sh
liked to drive car and ride horse
1 drove and rode with her.
When Isobel said for the first tim
that she wanted to take me for driv
in the car, her mother made a gestur
of dismay. Isobel stood before her al
smiled.
'You know we are engaged, mother,
she said.
1 thought Of the hen at the pond
edge seeing her brood Of ducklings
the water. Mrs. Sidney was not in
, panic and she did not flutter, but he
distress was acute. She knew the gil
! had to develop and she knew that sh
had to live in North, not South Ame
! lea. But knowledge is not complet
+ anodyne to pain.
, IsoDel took her mothers hand an
+ kissed it, and then her lips. She smile
!, in such an honest, frank, perceptiy
q fashion, know that smile can CO
, tain all the human understanding
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-13

Of the agricultural laborers on his es-
tates will receive all but small per-
centage of their wages in goods in
stead Of money.
Under the plan they will live rent
free and are to receive special week
ly allowances Of various foodstuffs,
as well as tobacco, beer and cloth
ing allowance. In money they will get
only Il a week each.
All but a handful Of the workers
agreed to accept the kings offer as
being , practical solution Of the high
price iituat1or