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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
WILL ELEPHANTS GO THE
WAY OF BUFFALOES?

VIII the African elephants soon have
to be protected, as are buffaloes in the
United States. lest they become ex-
tinct?
The peaceful progress of farming
is the menace which the elephant
faces. Already the South African Cape
council has decided to exterminate the
elephants because they despoil crops
and sometimes kill agricultural la
borers.
Sir Harry Johnston, famous African
authority, tells of his experience with
African elephants in a communication
to the National Geographic society:
"If, after many years of trials, the
African elephant is pronounced to be
hopeless as a domestic animal (and
1t should be remembered that most
male African elephants in captivity
have shown themselves to be hopleSS-
ly savage), then at least for its mag
nificent ivory the creature is worth
preserving as an asset to the state.
If the Indian elephant shows himself
to be more docile than the African
elephant, it must be remembered, on
the other hand, that he is of very lit
tie value for his ivory.
"One day a baby elephant was pre-
sented to me by an Uganda chief. It
is sad thing to relate, but three men
were killed in attempting to capture
the first elephant. I had expressed
a wish one day for some elephants
to experiment with in domestication,
and the natives, with their usual de-
sire to please me, were so ardent in
their determination to crafty my wish
and so determined in their pursuit of
the young elephant that the mother
elephant knocked over and killed three
Of them. But finally they succeeded
In their object, capturing the calf, and
to my great surprise it trotted into
camp behind one of the men.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03

This little creature was at the time
only four feet high. In two days 1t
had become perfectly tame, and would
follow a human being as readily as his
own mother. 1t was easy enough to
iced him with milk, because all that
was required was a bottle with a long
neck. This bottle was filled with cows
milk diluted with water, and poured
down the elephants throat. Soon all
that one had to do was to place the
neck of the bottle in the elephants
mouth, and the intelligent creature
wound its trunk around the neck Of
the bottle, tilted it up, and absorbed
the contents. For several weeks the
elephant throve and became a most
delightful pet. 1t would allow any
one to ride on its back, and seemed
to take pleasure and amusement in
this exercise. 1t would find it's way
through diverse passages into my sit
ting room, not upsetting or injuring
anything, but deftly smelling and ex-
amining objects of curiosity with its
trunk.
AT the same time we had in cap
tivity young zebra, which was also
to be the pioneer of a domesticated
striped horse. These two orphans, the
elephant and the zebra, became great
ly attached to each other, though per-
hapS there was more enthusiastic af-
fection on the part of the elephant,
the zebra, at times, getting a little
bored with constant embraces. Alas
and alack! both elephant and zebra
died eventually from the unwhole-
someness, to them, Of cows milk"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
DOKidney Troubles
Worry You?
Bladder Weakness, DrOpsy, Gravel, Back
ache or Any Tendency to Brisht's
Disease or Diabetes.

10th CENTURY KIDNEY TREAT
MENT is the most thorough, exhaustive
and complete treatment ever devised for
these destructive diseases, as a single 30
day treatment, which costs less than
seven cents day, will prove
II you suffer from a tendency to
Bright's Disease, Diabetes or any urinary
troubles, don't wait until you are con-
vinoed the disease has become fully de-
velopcd, but with the first symptom of
frequent passing of water night and day,
with smarting, brick dust sediment and
highly. colored urine, bloating with loss
of flesh, sallow complexion, with fullness
under the eyes, loss of appetite, chilliness,
etc, hasten at once to procure the won
derful, new 20th CENTURY 30-DAY
KIDNEY TREATMENT
No sufferer can afford to leave this
treatment untried, for kidney and bladder
troubles don't wear away; they grow
slowly. stealthily and with unfailfng cer-
tainty. So don't delay; get a package to-
day. If your druggist cannot supply you,
don't accept substitute, for The Mitchell
Chemical Company of Altoona, Pa, will
gladly send It, mail charges paid, on re-.
ceipt of price $500
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
THE STRAITS OF MESsINA

Between the rocky masses of Sicily
and the "toe" of the Italian penin-
sula, there is but a narrow lane of
sea, known as the Straits of Messina.
Yet this ribbon of water might be
Ocean-wide, judged by the diverse civ
ilizations Of Italy and its island neigh
bor
The Sicilian and italian banks, which
border the Straits of Messina for near
ly % miles to the east and west, are
among the most luxuriant to be found
in a cruise of the Mediterranean. Mag
niticent golden groves of lemon and
orange, and orchards of pomegranate,
with their brilliant red fruit, contrast
wonderfully with the flowers of the
almond trees which perfume the whole
region.
The straits are entered from the
Tyrrhenian sea, on the north, at the
narrowest point, the distance between
Punta del Faro on the Sicilian shore
and the mainland lighthouse on Punta
Pezzo being not more than two miles.
The whole of the Calabrian coast is
thickIy sown with villages, some cling
ing to the beach, while others Chamber
up the sides of the well-wooded hills
which culminate in the towering Mont
alto, rising to an elevation Of more
than a mile above the sea. Beyond
the straits to the southwest, looms
ever-threatening Etna, the highest vol
cano in Europe.
The most important city situated
on the straits is the once magnificent
seaport of Messina, which boasted a
population of 10000 inhabitants be-
fore "the worlds most cruel earth
quake" Of December, %, 1908, tossed
nearly a hundred thousand lives away.
The harbor of Messina is the larg-
est and safest in the kingdom of It.
ally, with a depth of more than 80
fathoms. Before the great calamity it
was visited annually by more than
5000 vessels which brought cargoes
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
FADS AND FANCIES

Many frocks suggest the flying panel.
The full-length surplice collar is
seen.
Wraps continue to feature large
collars.
The Victorian line is used in decol-
letage.
The foundation skirt is still quite
narrow.
The newest fullness is just above
the knee.
Many of the new frocks slip over
the head.
Many gowns feature the full-length
back panel.
Crepe de chine is used for straight
tunic frocks.
Dress collars stand a little away
from the neck.
Lace blouses are usually cut with
kimono sleeves.
Very fashionable Is the deep seal
lop at the hem.
Dark blue silk Is very popular for
the street dress.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03

The circular tunic is new and smart
Disappointed vestees have made
their appearance.
Duvetyn and satin make an excel
lent combination.
The new neck is cut a little low at
the back and side.
Paris looks with favor upon hand
work of every kind.
White fur and dark velvet are com.
bined with success.
Afternoon frocks appear as lace.
over-satin creations.
Evening wraps employ large fiat
flowers as ornaments.
Straight-line effects are emphasized
by elaborate embroideries.
The long body line has been used
in many gowns and dresses.
The wide peasant sleeves are
worked in gay body embroideries,
A beautiful novelty is the pink
mousseline de sole fan striped with
black velvet and handled In black
! ony?<
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
NOT A TERM OF OPPROBkIuM
But Really 1t Seemed as Though
Mother Had Some Strong Grounds
for Complaint.

The following story is told of a GER
tain school in central New York. DIR
L, the health officer, had just
made the customary physical examina-
ton and filed out the various health
certificates.
One afternoon he received a visit
from an irate mother.
81 should like to know" she said bel
ligerently, 'what you mean by calling
my boy "a poor nut'?"
Madam" said the astonished phySi-
clan, II haven't an idea what you are
talking about. To the best of my
knowledge I have never applied the
epithet you mention to any person"
Its down in black and white" con
tinued his visitor unappeased. My
Jim has just been transferred tc
D. school, and it's on his health
card as plain as can be, Poor Nut"
The light of comprehension dawned
on the bewildered doctor. He smiled
"Ah-I seeI Poor Nut my dear
madam, is merely an abbreviated way
of saying poor nutrition "-Youtha
Companion.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03

merce it (Syria) has always been
closely related to the fertile valleys
of the Nile and the twin Mesopotamian
rivers, and it's commercial life of to-
morrow cannot be divorced from that
of Mesopotamia.
'Mesopotamia is as fertile today
as when it was the birthplace of
human history and when the civiliza-
tion that developed there had only
the Nile valley as a competitive field.
various factors delayed the newt
able reopening of the historic trade
route across Syria and Mesopota mia
in modern times.
Nowhere, however, did trade fol-
low the railway to a greater extent
than along the Bagdad line, and in the
spring of 1914 Aleppo was a thriving
commercial center of German trade.
AT the hotels engineers and merchants
crowded the dining rooms and talked
of q mighty future in MeSOpOtamia.
That summer, war came, and the burn
ing question of styles was rapidly
succeeded by one of food enough to
keep body and soul together.
Fifty miles west of Bagdad, along
the Euphrates, lies the region now
commonly regarded as the Garden of
Eden. To irrigate this Eden and to
reclaim millions of fertile acres around
Bagdad was the stupendous task to
which the Turkish government ad-
dressed itself.
"At Mussayeb, on the Euphrates, a
pre-war traveller saw 1000 Arabs
digging like moles in the Babylonian
plain, making a new channel for the
river. In the dry bed of this artificial
channel an enormous dam was built
"Nebuchadnezzar's vast irrigation
system, which once watered all Baby
lonia, can still be easily traced for
miles about Bagdad. One giant canal,
the Narawn, runs parallel with the
Tigris for nearly 300 miles; it is $50
feet wide, and all about it the take
off and laterals may still be identified.
Herodotus said he found a forest of
verdure from end to end when he Wis
tied Mesopotamia."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
EMPLOYED "NOM De PHONE"
Few People Will Blame MIR. Kraember-
licht for Pressing John Henry
Smith Into Use.

SIS Mr.. Smith in?' inquired the Wis.,
ttor at the Office of a Newark business
man.
"Mr Smith? Mr.. Smith? / don't
think we have any person by that
name" replied the Office boy.
John Henry Smith was the name,"
said the caller. "He gave it to me
over the telephone"
"Were you looking for John Henry
Smith," inquired a member of the
firm who was passing by. You want
to see our Mr.. Kraemberlicht. This is
a new Office boy, and he is not aware
that John Henry Smith is the tele-
phone name of Mr.. Kraemberlicht. Mr..
Kraemberlicht found that it was i'm
possible to make any one understand
his name over the telephone, so he SIM
plified it to John Henry Smith. A
nom de phone"
81 see," said the visitor. "You might
also call it phoney name."-Newark
Sunday Call.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
NEW REBELLION IN
GARDEN OF EDEN

"MesopOtamia, Upper and Lower,
vies with Egypt in claiming the honor
of being the home of ancient civiliza-
tion," says a bulletin of the National
Geographic society, quoting from sew
eral communications concerning the
land of Adam and Eve where the
British recently sent more troops be-
cause of native uprisinga
'Mesopotamia comprises the valleys
of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Here flourished the Chaldean, Baby
lonian, and Assyrian empires. The
city of Bagdad, with all its glamor
of mystery and magic, is in the heart
of Mesopotamia.
"This was the richest land in the
world, the granary of the ancients !;
yet, in spite of all that it has been,
it today lies largely waste, the desert
sands have encroached upon the fer
tile fields, while the clogged canals
have turned other portions into
swamps and marshes.
"What population there is-not more
than one millions of Arab origin
and the Arabic language is spoken
throughout. There is, in fact, a very
distinct dividing line between the Arab
ic and the Turkish-speaking portions
Of the former Ottoman empire. This
boundary corresponds with the line of
the Bagdad railway from the Medi-
terranean to the Persian Gulf. 1t is
for the exploitation of this rich land
of Mesopotamia that the famous Bag
dad line was built.
Syria closes the east end of the
Mediterranean and is bounded on the
north by the Taurus mountains. The
Syrian and Arabian deserts limit fur
ther settlement to the east and south.
But in connection with world COM
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
He Had Indigestion, Headaches,
Poor Appetite and Ner-
VouS Spells.
TELLS HOW HE
CURED HIMSELF

81 suffered with indigestion for a
long time. What little did eat would
form gas in my stomach and cause
bloated, uncomfortable spells for an
hour or more after meals. Then I'd
have headaches, too. Then when
night would come I'd lay there unable
to sleep, so nervous I couldn't lay
still. You can imagine how badly I
felt mornings, and / was actually get
ting weak and thin and pale and felt
bad.
'Then one day a friend told me how
he got rid of troubles just like mine.
He told me how good he felt. How
easy it was to feel like your old self,
and so 1 took his advice. Today,
after using that medicine only a little
while am well man and completely
cured. Since 1 found out how I've
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
LOWER CALIFORNIA

Communication makes for civiliza-
ton. The airplane promises to make
accessible many hitherto obscure re-
gions, not along main lines of steamer
or railway travel.
For example, the average American
had little reason heretofore to go to
Lower California. Recently, however,
this peninsula has been the resting
place for airplanes in flights from the
Pacific coast of the United States to
the Panama Canal.
Frederick Simpich writes to the Ma
tional Geographic society as follows:
"The long, boot-shaped peninsula
that swings down off the left-hand cor
ner Of the United States belongs to
Mexico and is known on Mexican maps
as Baja,' or Lower California. Early
Spanish maps of America showed Cal
ifornia as an island, due, no doubt,
to limited explorations of this PENN
sula.
"Scantfly known as it is to the av-
erage American, this S00-mile-long
strip of rocks, peaks, brush-grown
is favorite haunt for many Yankee
naturalists, fishermen, and big-game
hunters; and here and there, in the
more-favOred, well-watered, grassy
spots of the higher ranges, hardy
American cattlemen have built their
adobe homes, where they enjoy the
limitless freedom of vast unfenced
areas. The Circle Bar company of
OjoS Negros Ranch runs cattle over a
leased territory Of two and half mil
lion acres, and British corporation
holds title to something ike fifteen
million acres.
Away down at peaceful, picturesque
La Paz, where Cortez repaired his
schooners and where, centuries later,
Walker, the Yankee flibuster, raised
his flag, another Yankee today runs
busy little tannery, turning out 600
sides Of good leather every day, for
an American shoe factory. Here and
there, in hill and valley, Americans
are delving for metals or growing the
staple frijole.
But the country as a whole, owing
to its many desert, waterless areas,
is but sparsely settled, and, as one
writer says, In all its turbulent, ro-
mantle history, since the halcyon days
when Sir Francis Drake dropped his
pirate anchor in Magdalena Bay, no
wheeled vehicle has traversed its rough
and tortuous length
"Rich as are its mines and fat as
are its herds of cattle, its chief
source of wealth lies in the cotton
growing regions around Mexicali.
"At the Colorado delta, at the head
Of the Gulf Of California, which sep
arates the Lower California peninsula
from Sonora, more than at any other
point on the whole border, the interests
Of the United States and of Mexico
are closely Joined. This is due to the
singular topography of that region
(part of it is below sea-leveD and
to the diversion of water from the
Colorado river. In the opinion of many
irrigation engineers and political stu
dents, this peculiarly delicate problem
of irrigation and water rights, as be-
Mexican sides of the line, respective
ly, can be solved satisfactorily only
by some joint treaty between the two
republics, involving either the fixing
Of a neutral zone or the sale of
small strip of territory"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03

plain material of the most salient
shade in the pattern some very orig
inal and pleasing effects can be OBJ
tanned.
Coat-frOcks are also very success
full when made of wool jersey or stock
ingette, some charming effects being
obtained by an embroidered stock
ingette being used with a plain one.
The embroidery may be done with
silk or fine wool, and small steel, gold,
or colored beads may be introduced
ito enhance the pattern.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
VALUE OF A NAME

In the days of the French empire
there was an officer who had done
such meritorious service in subordi-
nate ranks that his superior recon-
mended him for promotion to Napo-
leon. The young officer labored un-
der the misfortune of having a very
outlandish name. His narents had
made an absurd patronymic even more
so by adding at his baptism a ridic-
ulous cOgnomen. When Napoleon
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03

commendable use of oysters at meal
tine, but they actually used the shells
as coin of the realm, These CONNER
clally inclined redskins of by-gone CEN
turies converted their oysters into a
medium Of exchange by drying and
smoking them. They would then string
them on twigs and carry them to the
tribes living in the valleys between the
mountains considerable distances from
the coast, where they would be used
In purchasing buffalo meat and hides
and various other articles that were
unCbtainable along the coast.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
ST. CECILIA'S DAY

st. Cecilia, in honor of whom musi-
clans hold festival on November %,
sprang into popularity toward the end
of the Seventeenth century. Concerts
were held on this anniversary, and
in her honor poems were written by
Dryden, Addison, Pope and numerous
lesser poets, and music was composed
by Purcell, Doctor Blow and Handel.
During recent years observance of st.
Cecilia's day has been received by mu-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
A POSSIBLE ANCESTOR.

]. w. Gidley, a scientist of the
Smithsonian institution, has dug up
possible ancestor of man in central
Montana. That is to say, he came
across the skull Of a small animal
which unquestionably belongs to the
great tribe that includes ourselves and
the monkeys. The teeth prove it. The
animal was not, however, a monkey.
So far as known, there never were
any monkeys within the limits of what
IS now the United States
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
Fashion Notes,

It is no longer considered proper to
wear slippers to match the gown. This
allows one to have a scarlet, French
blue or nasturtium growth and wear
yellowish flesh-colored slippers with
hose to match with each one of them.
Fashion authorities say bronze kid
slippers should not be worn. They
are only permissible in satin.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03

pain at all. / recommend your medi-
cine to everyone and you may publish
my testimonial, hoping that the Vege-
table Compound does some other girl
the good it has done me. Mrs. GEORGE
TEGARDEN, 915 Third Street, Mounds
vile, w. Va.
How many young girls suffer as Mrs.
Tegarden did and do not know where to
turn for advice or help. They often are
obliged to earn their living by toiling
day in and day out no matter how hard
the pain they have to bear. Every girl
who suffers in this way should try Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
IL she does not get prompt relief write
to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Massachusetts, about her health.
Such letters are held in strict conf.
dence.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03

sical enthusiasts In Britain. But Ce-
ella, the young Roman matron, has no
obvious association with music, for
the casual expression, "cantantibus or
ganis" in the Latin legend merely re-
fers to the playing of wind instru-
ments at her wedding; and the whole
story, though founded on fact, seems
clearly to be a religious allegory.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
Lace corsets New VOGUE.

Lace corsets are new, and stouter
than they sound, for the lace is strong
Battenburg or Cluny, and stitched
bindings of silk, stay the edges and
make a foundation for the eyelets
through which laces pass. Very light
bones are placed under silk castings
here and there. These lace corsets are
dainty affairs.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
Things Now Worn in Paris

city, and these fabrics used individ-
ually are also much in evidence.
Egyptian and Russian motifs and
colorings are extensively used in ems
broidery treatment on blouses of silk
crepe.
Long sleeves for spring blouses of
the tailored and semitailored type are
an assured style trend.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
The STRAPPED Slipper

The single wide strap, narrower
where it joins the slipper and wider
on the instep, remains the favorite
mark Of this seasons slippers. OF
course the slipper strapped about the
ankle is still worn, but the other is
newer.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03

heard this name pronounced he
straightway refused to grant the pro-
motion on the ground that he did not
believe that any one afflicted with
such a name could become great or
hold a high position with dignity.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
The New Suits.

New suit models being brought out
for next spring are pretty close of
kin to the suits shown for fall and
winter, both in fabric and style line.
Skirts are a trifle wider, not enough
wider to be noticeable. Misses suits
are usually composed of the straight
box jacket and f1uted skirt.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
Indians Use of Oysters.

Long before the advent of the white
settlers on the shores of America the
Indian tribes living near the Atlantic
coast subsisted to a large extent on
oysters. In fact, many Of the In
dians of that period not only made
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
The New Shirt Waists.

Printed sateens have been employed
in New York for new blouses Of the
mannish shirt style. In the same style
there are pongee, wash silk and cotton
ShirtingS.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03

because my per1odS
were irregular, came
|every two weeks,
and / would suffer
with bearing-down
pains. A lady told
me of Lydia E. Pink
hams V eg e t a bl g
Compound and how
much good it had
done her daughter,
so ] took it and now
1 am regular every
month and have no
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
To Wear Under Sports Skirt

To wear under the sports skirt, a
neat silk jersey petticoat finished with
long silk fringe will be just the right
thing.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03

The Polynesians believe that the
noon at its waning is devoured by
he spirits of the dead.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03

Ireland spends less per capita ON
lrink than any other part of the Uni
ed Kingdom.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
Lingerie Trimming.

Some of the newest lingerie is
trimmed with brocade ribbons or black
velvet ribbon with velvet flowers.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-03
ONE NEIGHBOR
Tells ANOTHER
Points the Way to Comfort
and Health. Other Women
Please Read

Moundsville, W. Var had taken
doctors medicine for nearly two years