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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
AZORES: MAY BE AERIAL
HALFWAY HOUSE

The, Azores islands, in years to
come, may be an established mid-At-
lantic rest station for airplane flights
across the ocean,
Farthest from aa continent of any
Atlantic island group, the islands lie
$50 miles west of Cape da Roca, Portu-
gal, and more thanh Al Thousand miles
southeast of Newfoundland, nearest
North American land.
Volcanic erupdonss and earthquakes,
while the former were active, made
tire Azores objects. of scientific inter-
est akin to that evfnced| in the now
famous Mount Katf6ai region in Alas
ka. Suboceanic eruptions; sometimes
pilTng up islands watch soon disappear
ed, were characteristic phenomena.
One early descriptionEofr such an event
tells how the earth and waters were
rocked for eight dayssby earthquakes,
I followed by a vast caidfon OF fire that
seemed to sweep the seas surface and
consume the clouds, spewing enormous
masses OF earth and rock. Then there
/ appeared group of rocks, ever grow
ing hTgSer and wider until an area of
several square miles Was contained in
this mo mans land" Later it was
shattered, and subsideds as the result
/ OF more earthquakes.
The. Azores comprise three groups
OF islands. Their totaF area is less
than that of Rhode Island; their popu-
lation about equal to that Of Kansas
+ City, Me. Most of the inhabitants are
Portuguese. The rest arotFlentfsh and
Moorish, with a few immigrants frem
the. United Kingdom.
Fruits and fish constitute the prfa
cipal exports. Oranges are. supplant-
ing pineapples, but the other products
-iemon, eftron, Japanese medlar, and
bananas-maintain their popularity.
The principal fish are tlss' 'mullet, taH-
ny. and benfto.
Saint Mfehaels, largesseisland' OF the
group, Aas lava beds, caves when may
be trayersed for miles, and a mann
moth crater with two jeweled lakes
one azure, the other eRerald-at its
Dottom.
On Santa Maria is theechurch where
Columbus knelt. Off Terceria sub
marine. volcano made its appearance
as recently as half century ago: On
Il Gorve, have been uIlearthed coins
which suggest Carthaginian visits, and
| an arabian geographez~ of the twelfth
| century described ISLANDS of the West
ern Ocean thought ta.have Seen the
| Azores.
| About the middle Of the fifteenth
century the Portuguese sent expedf
tionss to settle upon tnem. One island
Fayal, was presenteda by Aiphonso v
Of Portugal, to hiss. aunt, Isabella,
duchess Of Burgundy 1t was upor
her marriage to Philip the Good, duke
OF Burgundy, that 10 founded the IA
nous knightly ordsn of the GoEder
Fleece.
In 1929 supporters of Maria ds
Gloria against Miguel, in tie struggle
for the Portuguese CROWN esta5ITshet
themselves on the islands, and for tn
three years following Qdeen Mari.
lived at Angra, one OF the seaports o
Importance. Others areNF antaL De9gad;
and Horta.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
PALESTINE: PIGMY LAND
WITH A GIANT HISTORY

The historic Holy Land where moved
the Nazarene whose birth Will be COM
memorated around the werld this
week, is characterized as "a' tiny lit
tie country" by Viscount James Bryce,
Geography socieTy:
Though the travellers hand books
prepare him to find Palestine srsall,
1t surprises him by being smaller than
ae expected. Taking it as the region
between the Mediterranean on tie
west and the Jordan and Dead sea ON
the east, from the spurs of Lebanon
and Hermon on the north to the desert
at Beersheba on the south, it is only
l10 miles long and so to so broad-that'
Is to say, it is smalles than New
Jersey.
'of this region large parts did not
really belong to ancient Israel. Their
hold On the southern and Dsrthern dis
tricts> was but slight, while in the
southwest, wide and rich plain along
the Mediterranean was occupied by
the warhike Philistines, who were
sometimes more than a match for the
Hebrew armies. Israel had, in fact,
little more than the hill country, which
lay, between, the Jordan on the east
and the maritime plain on the west.
King David, in the days Of his power,
looked. down from the hill critics of
Benjamin., just north Of Jerusalem, up
On Philistinee enemies, only % miles
off, on the one side, and looked across
the Jordan to- Moabite' enemies, about
as far off, on the other.
Nearly saN the events in the history
Of Israel that are recorded in the Old
Testament happened Within territory
40 bigger than the state. OF Conneeti-
cut, whose area is $500 square miles,.
and into hardly any other ewuntry has
there been crowded. from tile days. of
Abraham till our owng So much history
that is to say, So2n7any events that
have been recorded 'aMeE deserve to be
recorded in the annals Of mankind.
'tNor is it, only that Palestine is
really a small country The traveller
constantly feels as hep moves about
that it is a small country. From the
heights, a few miles north Of Jeru-
salem, he sees, looking northward, a
far-of summit carrying sEow for eight
months in the year. 1t iss Her1on
nearly 10000 feet; high-Hermon
whose fountains feed the rivers of
Damascus.
"But HerHop is!soutgfdee the, terri
tory Of Israel altogether,r standing in
the land Of the Syrianss SO, toos it is
Of Lebanon. We are apt'' to- think of
that mountain mass as Within the
country, because it also 'issffequently
mentioned in the Psalms and the
Prophets; but the two ranges of ueb-
anon also rise beyond the frontiers
Of Israel, lying between the4Syriauss of
Damascus and the Phoenicians OF the
West.
Perhaps 1t is because the maps
from which children used; to learn
Bible geography. were on a large scale,
that most of us have fai1edate realize
how narrow were the limits within,
which took place, all those great do
lngs that fill the books of Samuel and
Kings. Just in the same way the
classical scholar who visits Greece is
! surprised to find that So small ter
ritory sufficed for SO many2striking in
ridents and for the caEeerss OF so
many famous men,"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
"ENCHANTEDISl1AND"'

Cyprus, fairy land of the Mediter-
Fanean, which Greeks havstbeen farging
Great Britain to turn ovegfo them, has
Hon Of Shakespeare's. bthellap for,
which the island, in parts.is the setting.
Richard Occur de Lien wrested its
from a ruler who had,sVon it by, forg--
Ing letters in his monaaeh's name afs
ter that ruler, Isaac ,-Gomnenas, had
refused to let the Crusaders. ship
wrecked and seasicks lady-loGe,' land
there the first time siaesaskeaa
Richard married Berengaria there,
and went his way, after tuEnang over.
the island to a pennfless aSventurer,
Guy de Lusignan,.l who founded a.
feudal state amongst spice gardens
and sflken luxury" sad thusSestabiish-
ed dynasty which has been described
rs the most romantic. European his
tory.
Cyprus bulks large. in, the crotch of
Asia Minor, like o. huge fist with q,
lean finger pointing straight at Az
aoch. HistoricallYs one may imagine;
NE uaSGI SIlOulO% UCt' SFOOhOAl d UAt
more. in perpetual accusation Of the
sultan, the degenerate Selim III whose
generals captured the. island. impeAed
IN part, at least, by the fact that
Selim's favorite1w wine came from there.
Geographically, the paemonbory marks
the line of Cyprus prehistoric cennec-
ion with Asiaps mainland.
There too, reigned the. beautiful
Queen Catherine Cornaro, adopted
daughter Of Venice" who, though
grief-stricken by hsr husbands death
struggled against intrigue that the
shrone might be saved for his unborn
shild.
Early came to Cyprus those ''Yan
gees Of the Levant," the Pneenicians
Sargon, the king of Assyria who, a:
Isaiah lad prophesied, led "the Egyp
tians rrisoners and the Ethiopian:
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24

graphical pathway Of tribes pushing
westward from Asia and southwark
from the bleak Russian steppes toward
the warmer seacoast lands. Moreover
Bessarabia is at the conveyance of
these two history-beaten paths, and
many times a clash ensued to decide
which group should pass through the
meek of the bottle" toward Europe's
lands of milk and honey.
Among the most narrowing of the In
vasiofs was that of the Mongols in
the fourteenth century. They came
across the Volga under Batu, grandson
Of that Mongel CharIemagne, Jenghi1
Kahn, and though there is no complete
story of their depredations in Bes.
sarabia, tbat region probably suffered
atrocities similar to others which are
recorded in narrowing detail. AT
Ryazan women and children were used
as targets in how-and-arrow contests :,
sliverS of wood were driven under the
nails of the meIs;, then they were cor
rallied in churches to watch their won.
en- being tortured, and finally roasted
alive: Another city, Kozelsk, was re-
named Mobalig, City of Woe" and
Kiev was laid waste after her people
had been MANNED and murdered.
picture of peaceful, pastoral Bes.
sarabias prior to the renewed ravages
of the World war, furnishes pleasing
contrast A delight to the few tour.
lists who went through the region were
the Molda.ian homes.
A Moldavsan interior wasimmacuiate
and vivid! Brightly-colored curtains
and hangingswere used. An inevitable
decoration were rows of yellow
gourds, the raising of which is one OF
the minor Bessarabian industries. The
people are deeply religious. Each ortho
odox home had it's altar, facing east
ward, sacred bread beneath the icon
and cornstalks placed in the shade OF
a cross before. it,. Even ,the affairs
were colorful because of their draper
les and candles, and many times they
| were laden with flowers. The Bes.
sarabian women are sprightly, bright
eyed, and pretty.
Moldavians constituted about hall
tile inhabitants of Bessauabia. RSu-
mania, it will be recalled was formed
by the union Of. Moldavia and Wal.
laahia; hence the adjoining Bes.
saFabia, with its large Moldavian pop
ul@tion, long has been the 'redentai'
of Roumania.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24

horns and flutes joined in and a harp
could be heard, too.
Fairy Ybab came along with all the
fairy musicians with her.
Happy New Year to ali,". they sang
and the orchestra began to play such
gay and happy tunes.
Just then came along an old man
with a tired look on his face but
happy look, too.
''Good-by, Fairies" he called! "Fn
tired and must rest now for my work
is done But I've had so much happi-
ness in being with you ALL G5odlby,
my friends"
"Good-by, Old Year." they called.
"We've loved you, Old Year;, you've
been good to us. So many places
you've brought happiness to anu we're
so glad you've been with us for~twelve
whole months"
"That was the time was supposed
to stay and I stayed just the length
OF time l was supposed to- ssay. ne
more, no less. Good-by again.u Unjust
be off"
Then there came the sound Of many
whistles and trumpets and horns and
bells.
'The New Year is coming IMP said
the Queen of the Fairies.
II And as she said that, along there
came dashing and bounding and
| Jumping and running a beautiful
| young creature upon whose feet there
were wings and in whose arms were.
great packages, the most enormous
packages you ever saw
l. 4Hello, New Year." all the" Fairies;
i called.
| Hello everybody" said the New
| Year. 81 was given these wings for
my feet, for everyone waS~ afraid T
might be late. But / hurrfedf I
| wasn't going to be late / know it
/ would never do for the New Year to,
| be late.
/ -And I'm here on time."
/ "And why did you, bring"se, many
bundles with you 2" asked the Queen
Of the Fairies.
"Ah," said the NewrYeaf,r these. are
luC UuAulCo VI c01 PIiSCS dlsQ
happiness and pleasures and, sue
cesses and all of those4things which
Pm going to give the people, this year:
1--WE only brought a few of" the
great big things. The eTwel#e-Month
gentlemen will bring many, many
more. But some of tie most impor.
tant and the biggest of all the great
happinesses which wilF come.wilile Pm
around 1 had to bring myself
"Oh, New Year. dear Happy New
Year, how glad we. are to, see yoat''
And they all danced around thi
New Year and he danced, too, ani
they sang this song together while tht
orchestra led by Fairy, Ybab playeS
the music:
Happy, New Year we al say,
8 When a New Year comes. our way,
i And we hope that every day,
! VIII be happy and merry and gay!
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
Drinks at Meals

Drs. R. ]. Miller, o. Bergeim, NJ. 3.
Rehfuss and P. B. Hawk of Philadel-
phia have been testing the effect Of
water, tea, coffee and cocoa on the di-
gestion of meals of mixed foods. They
report to the American Journal Of
Physiology (Baltimore) that one litre
of cold water, tea either hot or cold,
or hot coffee drunk with a meal does
not delay the passage of the food from
the stomach, but the addition of sugar
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
BESSARABTA: A CONEY'
TSLANT0OF HISTORY,

Bessarabia, ,reeently assigned to- ,tha
s1lzerainty of Reumania, has long been
a racial catcl2q basin.
Her population was more than, 24-
100000 before the war, and ineludeoi
Moldavians, Little Russians, jews, Bun
garians, Greeks, Armenians, Eartals,
Germans, and Gypsses; but tirat List
is short compared with the. encye2o-
pedic procession of Getae, Gosahs.
Avars, Huns, Bsssi (whence her
name), Ugrians, Kamans, and Mongols.
to menaaon but a. few, since the days
of the, original Efmmerians.
For Bessarabia, sloping southwark
from the westward foothills Of the
Carpathians, between tie Dniester and
Pru9a, down 40 the Black sea ana
Danube delta lay in the normal geo.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
The North River

Eow many, even of old New York
ers, know just why the lower part of
the Hudson is called the North river.
The New York Sun and Herald says:
North river is the historic name OF
the lower course of the river which
flows between Manhattan and the Jer-
seys. 1t was north Of the Dutch set
tlements in New Jersey, just as the
Delaware was south, and the two riv-
ers were known to them as the North
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
SQUADS for Army.

The soldier in these days is a man
cf varied occupations. Indeed, there
IS hardly a trade known to civil life
that is not practiced in the United
States army. For instance, in the sig
lal corps feature is made of raising
loming pigeons, to serve as carriers
# intelligence, and the duty Of breed
ng and training the birds is assigned
a section Of that branch Of the mill
,ry service in which officers and men
re specially educated for the pur-
ose.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24

ago the average life fne had stretched
to 40 years, and now it is estimated
to have. reached fifty years. It is true
that ia the days. when germs aourished
unmolested some folks lived to be one
hundred years and more, but babies
died by the thousand, and surgery
wss in the saw-and-hammer stage,
when to perform a major operation
was practically murder. Today, if YOU
get stabbed in the heart surgeon
coolly opens you up, takes out YOU
heart in his hand, repairs it and sews
it in as good as ever.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24

river and the South river, respective
ly." And the Sun and Herald COM
nents: '"Tnis persistence of the alter
nate names of the river is one OF the
local idiosyncracies of this big town,
which Is such a curious mixture OF
oldness and newness, of the ripe 1ruit
and the raw material. the
Outlook.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
Within the LAW.

The farmer was angry at group
Of boys who had trespassed on his
property. To- the youngster who car
lied a gun, he said: Don't yer see
hat sign there? Can't you read?" and
1e pointed to notice which ran: mo
1untin Aland."
"That's. all right, mister" replied
he boy, glancing at the sign. 'We
kin read4-but this here is an airgun.'. "a
Boston Transcript.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
Found Out. Why.

My most embarrassing msment was
one Christmas a few years ago. J
had been at a friends home adMirins
her gifts, and on my way home met
another friend. / told her where ]
had been and mentioned some of the
gifts l had seen, among which was 8
novelty vanity bag entailing much ar
duous hand work, which l described
exactly, telling what thought of the
lack of wisdom in spending so much
time and effort on such useless gift
My listener agreed with me rather
lamely, 1 thought. When / reached
home L could see why, because she was
on her way from having delivered fol
me a present which was identically
the same as the one / had ridiculel
to her.-Exchange.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
Measuring Love.

Something is wrong with the friend
ship which is always worrying for fear
it viii not get all it deserves. AS soon
as we begin to measure our love. and
service, for fear we should go beyond
what is necessary. then our love loses
meaning. Give, regardless of what
you have received.-Girls' ComDanion.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
More Speed.

"Firewater has been the means of
destroying the noble red man."
"Yes," replied Uncle Bill Bottletop;
"but it was slow work. If they had
waited for this bootleg stuff, the no
BILE red man would have gone much
faster"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24

Though he recently inherited $780,
600 through the death of his uncle
Abraham Schneider, seaman on the
U. s. destroyer Wadsworth, stationed
at the Philadelphia navy. yardJ an
nounces he intends to "stick by ths
navy" He paused from his task OF
painting the deck of the Wadswontf
long enough to remark: Life in tha
navy just suits me. I'll serve out my
present enlistment and sign on again.
He is. the son of Mrs. Annie Sealneides
of Boston, Mass. He will reeeive tn,
income Of the 100000 until October
1921, when he will be twenty-one, an'
receive the principal.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24

to the coffee does slightly delay the
process. Cocoa markedly delays it
Coffee, tea and water seem also to
stimulate gastric secretion, but cocoa
delays it, and coffee with sugar and
cream has less effect.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
Madrid Is overerowded. .

The population of Madrid has in,
creased by 80 per cent since the be.
ginning of the war. The population
Is now about 100000, an average OF
72 persons for each building. Many
of the buildings are very sma2 and
none very large.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
England Welcomes Virginia Flower.

To many people the Virginia creep
er seems like rather lowly and mod
est plant, and yet It has received 6
warm welcome in England, where il
is grown freely, rambling over build.
ings, rocks and walls, just as much al
home in English soil as In American
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
Golfers Hate IL Too

Dislike of winter is a sign of ola
age"
"Not necessarily. 1t may be the
sign of a golf idiot. He hates win
ter, too"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
LARGE Aruentine Province.

The province of Entire Rios, Ar.
gentina, has an area Of 29,241 square
miles, or little greater than the com.
bined area Of the three states Of
Massachusetts,, Nav Jersey and Mary.
land.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
Poetry and Prose

dancing is the poetry Of motion
Maybe 1t is," answered Senator Sor
ghum. "But give me the solid prose
of march upon the Avenue to an old
fashioned patriotic tune
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
GETTING the Goat.

81 see that this goat gland operation
for the renewing of youth has beer
known about for long time."
"Yes, it is a very old idea,"-Car
toons Magazine.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
Bulgarian Blood Tea

VIII add many years to your life
Purifies the Blood, Flushes the Kid
aeys, Gently Moves the Bowels am
sweetens the Stomach. Try it jus
once - you will never use anyfhini
Else. Druggists and GroceFs Every
where.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
Unhealthy for Younn

Easy street may be a desirable lo-
cation for old age, but it is unhealthy
for the young.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24

Years Added to Human life.
Two hundred years ago the average
person lasted only 20 years on this
danger-infested globe. Hall century
The Nenana daily news., 1920-12-28
BROKERAGE FIRM IN BAD;
 FORMER PRESIDENT GONE

PORTLAND, Dec. 2S-District Attorney Evans has sworn out a warrant for the arrest of John Etheridge, former president of the bond brokerage concern of Moriss Brothers, Inc. Etheridge is charged with larceny in connection with the issuance of certificates for City of Edmonton bonds.
 Etheridge resigned as president of the brokerage company last week and disappeared.
 The Portland and Tacoma offices of the company have been closed, pending an audit of their books.
 The creditors of the company will number several thousand, in- cluding many individuals and small banks in Oregon, Washington and California. The general assets of the concern, it is believed, will fall far short of meeting the obligations
The Nenana daily news., 1920-12-28
TAFT AND HARDING CONFER
 ON WORLD PEACE PROGRAM

MARION, Dec. 28-President elect Harding and former Presiden' Taft were in conference in this cit, on Friday, Harding having turned to Taft for counsel in connectioo with the world peace problem and the practical details of the organiza - tion of the incoming administration The conference was arranged Il, the request of Harding and, it is understood. the talk concerned als<, the new international court. Tn, meeting has revived speculation re garding the possible appointment Of Taft to some high Government post
 Questioned by newspapermen after the conference, Taft said that he was encouraged to believe "the sen ate would work out a practical so lution of the world league problem which may not be wholly satisfactory to enthusiastic extremists but vii, satisfy those anxious to make pro. gress toward world peace".
The Nenana daily news., 1920-12-28
SOLDIERS REMEMBERED

COBLENZ, Dec. 28--Old-fashion- ed candy popcorn balls, and Salva- ton Army doughnuts were distrio- uted among the soldiers of the oc- cupied area on Christmas. The dis tribution was under the direction of the Red Cross, Salvation Army and the Y. NJ. c. A.
 The Americans contributed one hundred thousand marks for the purchase of warm clothing and toys for German children.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-12-28
SEATTLE BACKING IRELAND

SEATTLE, Dec. 28-A largely attended mass meeting was held in this city on Sunday under the auspices of the American Associa- tion for the Recognition of Ireland, and resolutions were adopted urging the Government to use its influence to end "the reign of terror for which the government is respons- ible". Bishop Odea delivered the principal address. .: +.- ..-*
The Nenana daily news., 1920-12-28
RUSSIANS ARE CONFIDENT;
 NEGOTIATIONS ARE HALTED

COPENHAGEN, Dec 28-Peaer negotiations which have been F" progress at Riga for some time pas, between Poland and representative of the Russian soviet government; have been definitely broken, accord ing to information received in this city today from Warsaw.
 The soviet delegates ate reported to have declared, in announcing the termination of the negotiations. tha. Russia's international situation is SC good now that it is not necessary to treat further with Poland.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-12-28
COURT SAVES BALLPLAYERS

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28-The superior court has quashed indict- ments returned by the grand jury against Babe Burton, Carl Maggert and William Rumeler, charging con- spiracy to throw certain baseball games during the past season. The court holds that the indictments failed to allege criminal acts. It is probable the district attorney will ask for new indictments.
 The indictment against Nate Ray. mond, of Seattle, was also dismissed.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-12-28
GALVESTON HAS FIRE

GALVESTON, Dec. 28-The ex. plosion of an oil barge here on Friday caused the destruction of a tanker, a conveyor and an elevator and for time it was feared that the steamer Aschenberg, which was loading grain, would be consumed by the fire which followed the ex. plosion. One man was killed by the explosion.