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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
RIDDLES.

There's a man who comes around
the neighborhood once in while, and
he always finds things very dull. Who
is he? The scissors grinder.
When is a boat like big pile of
snow? When it's adrift.
Why is the letter D like a squalling
child? Because it makes ma mad.
What is the right kind of timber for
castles in the air?" Sunbeams.
Why are cowardly soldiers like but
ter? Because, when exposed to fire
they run.
Why is a fly taller than most men?
Because he stands over six feet with
out shoes or stockings.
Why is a newborn baby like storm
at sea? Because it begins with
squall.
What was Joan of Are made Of?
She was Maid OF Orleans.
What sea reminds one of pancakes?
Battersea.
What is the best way to keep a
mans love? Not to return it.
Why should a greedy man wear a
plaid waistcoat? To keep a check on
his stomach.
When is a sheep like ink? When
you take it up into the pen.
Why is the First National bank of
Chicago, during a shower, like civic
feast? Because it is a bank wet
(banqueD.
What is that which never asks any
questions and yet requires many an
swers? The door bell.
What islands would you prefer to
take along with you on picnic? Sand
wich islands.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
ODDS AND ENDS

The history of window glass max
ing has no authentic beginning.
Don't go about talking unless you
know what you are talking about.
Some men manage to make both ends
meet by leaving the middle empty.
Smiles cost less than electric lights,
and they make the home brighter.
The custom of hanging bells on the
necks of cattle originated among the
ancient Romans.
Beware of a meek man or a meek
mule; it's the unexpected that happens.
Man is made of dust-or at least
some wives think their husbands are.
A girl with a swanlike neck may be
all right in a novel, but she shows up
poorly in real life.
Truth would be frightened TO death
if it happened to encounter some peo-
pie in a dark alley.
The custom house at Yorktown, Va,
erected in 1715, is believed to be the
oldest in America.
How we all hate a quitter! He
always stops just before we get a
chance to bump him.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04

strong and brave and splendid. I'm
like a king in the animal world"
''You may be a king" said Fluff
Fluff, sin the animal world, and you
may be called a king, but you aren't
treated like a king and l am.
"You don't lie upon silken cushion
when you go to bed at night, nor
when you take nap in the daytime"
Il wouldn't care to-" said King. "A
silken cushion wouldn't be of much
use to me-
Il am treated more wonderfully
than a royal person would be treated.
Royal people have to work and study
and think.
But l don't have to do any of those
things. 1 am treated more royalty than
a royal person, as said.
81 can be cranky and no one minds.
1 can bark a harsh little bark and
they'll put up with me- l can inter
rupt a tea party and ask for cream
and l will be given cream.
Il can jump about the people who
sit at the dining-room table and l can
make their meals miserable unless they
feed me when want to be fed.
81 sit in the mouorcar and go for
rides and l see visitors come and go
and l look at them with naughty look
and say to them in my barking voice:
YOU'RE not treated as well as I'm
treated. You don't get the things
get. You don't have the fuss made
over you 1 have made over me-
IF you were rude to your hostess
and to your host, who are my master
and mistress, you wouldn't be asked
again, but 1 am allowed to live here
all the time and spoilt more and more
every day, and yet I'm rude to them.
"Gracious yes, l snap at them when
I'm cross. They may even be patting
me and I snap at them. They don't
tell me l can't come again. They give
me cream the very next time l want 1t
Just the same as always.
"Ah yes, Fluff-Fluff leads a more
royal life than royalty"
'You needn't bother to tell me why
you're cranky" said King, the bull,
for I can see, and you'd better trot
back home now, for I'm very angry
and an angry bull is a pretty wild
creature"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04

Wha: no one excuses is q cordial in
citation that isn't meant.
Some people are unable to distin-
puish between flattery and praise.
Some people are cross in a humorous
way. that, after all, has its charm.
It's a poor lawyer who can't con-
strue law in more ways than one.
Consistency is a jewel that is miss
ING from the diadem of many an
earthly angel.
No man is ever totally "city broke"
He always has impulse to break away.
If a man thinks that he can outwit
a widow he is entitled to another think.
To hear some of the things SAID
behind ones back would only confirm
one in his conceit.
Probably more men ought to get
desperate; then more things that are
important would get done.
It isn't working for a living that
hurts the average man. but the kind
of living he gets for his work.
All men do not wish to be proph-
cts. Some know what is going to hap
pen next and don't tell about it.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
SOME BOY SCOUT GOOD TURNS.

Sioux City boy scouts turned out to
the number of 1000 to make a house,
toulouse canvass for clothing to aid
the stricken people Of Armenia.
Pittsburgh boys scouts gathered Wild
flowers all the spring and distributed
them, made into attractive bouquets,
throughout the hospitals Of the city.
Tulsa, Okla, carried on a "spring
offensive" against the bagworm, and
collected nearly q ton of glass, sharp
pieces of metal and other debris from
roads In the interests of tire safety.
Aurora Qll.) scouts act as ushers
and check cars at their churches Sun
day evening, while in Stillman Valley,
in the same state, scouts take care
Of the community recreation hall and
raise and lower the community flag In
the village square.
Scouts in Paducah, KY, cleaned up
vacant lots, cleaned statues, assisted
police in street traffic and served as
messengers and orderlies at a two
day Rotariun convention. They also
assisted nremen ana cleaned up q
greenhouse after a hailstorm had
broken $1,000 worth of glass.
Arrangements are being made for
scouts to cooperate actively in San
Jose, Cal, with the Wild Flower Con-
servation league to work Tor the pres
ervation of wild flowers which are
being wan only uprooted, and in some
cases eXterminated by careless per-
sons. Similar work is being done in
the East, under the auspices of the
Wild Flower Preservation society,
which is forming chapters all over
the country. This is a cause in which
scouts are, aud should be vitality in
fnraStpd
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
RULES FOR BOY SCOUTS.

i. Do not start a forest fire.
2. Tell all your companions about
the damage which forest fires do.
5. Report all forest fires to the near
est forest officer.
4. Learn how to fight forest fires,
and take hand in putting them out.
5. Plant forest trees in vacant cor
ners, waste places, abandoned fields,
on barren mountain slopes and other
unoccupied land.
6. Destroy insects which injure and
destroy forest trees.
Z. Destroy rots, bIights, and other
fungous foes of the forest.
8. Help clean up the forest by using
the dead wood found lying on the for
est floor.
8. Cut out only undesirable trees
and guard the more valuable ones.-
Boy Scouts First Book of Forestry
-Illick.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
BULL AND DOG.

"Tm a very superior Pomeranian
dog" said the small black dog.
I'm a great big superior bull" said
the bull.
"Ah, Bull" said the Pomeranlan
dog, whose name was Fluff-Fluff, "you
may be very big and you may be very
superior, but you are not as fine as
am"
How do. you happen to be so near
the field?' asked the bull. 81 suppose
you wouldn't dare come too near.
You'd be afraid I'd chase you"
'Bow-wow-wOw," said Fluff.
I'm not afraid Of you. Haven't l been
barking at you to show you l wasn't
afraid Of your
"That doesn't show me anything"
said the bull. "You wouldn't care to
come too near me and you know it.
Barking doesn't show that you're
so brave. 1t doesn't show that at all.
You've really got a very cross and un-
pleasant little bark. Why are you
such a cranky sort, F'luff-Fluff?"
Fluff-Fluff barked angrily at the bull
and jumped about on his hind legs and
showed his little teeth and made up
a very cross face.
'Now, now, Fluff-Fluff," said the
bull, you can't pretend to be so brave
because l know you aren't. 1 know
you're cranky, / know that.
Tell me why you are so cranky,
Fluff-Fluff, tell me why"
"Ah, you're interested in hearing
about me-" said Fluff-Fluff. "All
creatures admire me, and even you,
Bull, admire me.
You are very big but you can't help
seeing that little Fluff-Fluff is su-
periOr."
Il don't see that at ALL" said the
bull. do you know what my name
is?"
81 don't" said Fluff-Fluff.
"Well, my name is King. That shows
what folks think of me. They were
the ones who named me King. My
family name is Bull, but the people
who own me call me King.
THAT is because 1 am so big and
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
IMPORTANT NEED
FOR MORE TREES
Three-FifthS of PrimevaI Forests
Have Been Cut Away, Says
Forester Greeley.
SUPPLY OF WOOD NECESSARY
Despite Fact That Many Substitutes
Have Been Devised Demand for
Timber Continues to Grow
Much Land Is Idle.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Timber depletion has now reached a
point in this country where three
fifths of the primeval forests are gone
and where 81 per cent of the timbe.'
that is left is west of the Great Plains,
Col. w. B. Greeley, chief forester, for
est service of the Department of Agri-
culture of the United States, recently
told the members of the Chicago AS
sociation of Commerce.
Liberal use of American forests was
a necessary part of the commercial
growth of this nation, Colonel Greeley
believes, but refOrestatiOn should have
been practiced, if not from the start,
at least in late years. There is an
abundant area of forest land in this
country to support all industries, and
d liberal supply of wood is most nee
essary to the people Of this country.
1t was thought that, like the European
countries, We would use, when our civ
ilization was older, but one-third OF
one-half as much wood per capita as
we did in the early days. But this
rule does not affect the American peo-
pie The Older the states and com,
munities in this country grow the
more timber they seem to require in
one form or another.
Demand Continues to Grow.
Many substitutes have been devised
for wood, and yet the great demand
Of the country for timber continues tC
grow. More wood is used in consuuc
tion today than before the discovery
| of concrete, and more wood is used il
building railway cars than before the
steel or part-steel car was developed
This is apparently true in nearly every
industry.
Abundant and widely distributed
| forests have meant to the United
States homes for the masses of tht
people beyond the standards of an!
other nation. They have placed news
papers and magazines on the averag
family table. They have contributed
largely to social and industrial condi
tions which promote democracy ant
constructive energy rather than dis
content and destructive social force
bred by hard and comfortless condi
tions of life.
The idleness of S1,OOO,O0O acres o
forest land, an area increased by lS
100000 to 100000 acres annually
destructive logging, and still more de
structive forest fires are the factors a
work to increase the timber shortage
Land Enough if Kept Growing Trees
The exhaustion of American timbe
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
THEIR BEST NOW AND ALWAYS
Dean Mann of Cornell saws:

Dean Mann of Cornell says:
'When the boys Of today shall have
become grown men, the time will have
arrived when this nation will be feel
ing acutely the inevitable shortage Of
timber for our imperative needs, IN
less In the meantime a new attitude
and a rev program for the protection
Of our disappearing timber supply
shall have been instituted. The boy
scouts of today may well exert their
full effort and influence in helping to
assure an adequate wood supply
against the time when they will man
the nation. A first and fundamental
step is observation-disclosures the
problem and the way out and helping
other persons to understand 1t. Let
the boy scouts use every means to-
ward this end. 1t is doubly necessary
now that we are again at the begin
ming Of the camping season and the
dry periods.
''The DOy scouts have high ideals
for national service. They know how
to quicken public thought and action.
1 hope they will do their best now and
always in this matter Of forest protec-
tion and development, which is so in
timately bound up with our future
wel-being as a nation"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04

Preparing Vegetables for City Market.
enough to help her and encourage her
in her work, she will soon establish
herself as a semi-independent mem
Der of the tamily. If, as often hap
pens the parents are not disposed to
have such goings-On, and there is no
Observation-Disclosures agent, no girls
club, no extension work of any kind
in the community, the country girl
goes to the city and the farming re
gions have lost one more potential
home and family.
No, doubt exists in the minds of men
and women of large experience in the
extension work carried on by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture in cooperation with state agri-
cultural colleges that the economic ap-
peal is the entering influence needed
in getting their clubs or bureaus start
ed in rural regions. Once the young
people have learned a way to earn
money the desire for the things it will
buy asserts itself, and home better
ments and. improved living conditions
follow naturally.
Down in Arkansas girls canning
club started a contest to determine
which of the members could produce
the most tomatoes at the least ex-
pense. and with the lowest percentage
of waste. Annet Sarge, on the Mount
Valley route. near Hot Springs, grew
3,140 pounds of tomatoes on one
tenth of an acre, at a cost of S31.4O
and net returns of S109.. With the
same expense her sister, Fannie, grew
5000 pounds and had a net return of
| SLOT SO. Ada Rosamond grew 2,SO3
pounds. costing $27.42. with net re-
turn of S76.66, and Ruby Waddell, at
Bonneville, had 3070 pounds, cost
ing S29.91. with net returns of $6S.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
HENS IN G00sEBERRY PATCH
Fowls Will Do Much Toward Clear
ing Out Fruit-Worm From Un-
der Trash in Garden.

One gooseberry insect we have with
US that isn't easy to control is the
fruit worm. 1t doesn't often become
a serious pest but occasionally it has
been known to take a whole crop.
The worm eats into the partly grown
berry and feeds on the pulp. Hand
picking is still the method used to hold
this worm in check. Poultry ought to
be turned into the gooseberry patch
after the fruit is picked, as the hens
will do a lot toward clearing the
worms from under the trash. Poultry
and fruit are a good combination
when run right.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
Different WAYS FOR
GIRL TO MAKE MONEY
Poultry, Dairy or Garden Are
Good Suggestions.
Parents Should Encourage Young
Woman to Establish Herself as
eSemi-Independent Member of
the Farm Family.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agxiculture.)
When a city girl feels the need of
money-her own money, to pay for the
things girls imagine they must have
these days-she goes to work in an Of
flee, a store, or a factory, according to
her education and opportunity, In
the country a girl with much the same
longings for nice things and good
times" looks to the poultry yard, the
milk house, or the garden for her
spending money. If her parents are
the right kind, if they are intelligent
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
LIVE STOCK FLY REPELLENT
Getting Mixture Too Strong,
Causing Hair Shedding.

When mixing repellent to put on
the live stock to keep the flies away,
care should be taken to prevent get
ting too strong a mixture. 1t may
cause shedding of the hair. The fol-
lowing mixture has been found by
the United States Department of Agri-
culture to give good results for a
short time where applied lightly but
thoroughly: One gallon of fish oil.
two ounces of oil of pine tar, two
ounces of oil of pennyroyal and one
half pint of kerosene. The horses
and milk COWS will appreciate some
preparation.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
ROTATION URGED IN GARDEN
Disease Spores and Insects Attack
Crops Where Same Vegetables
Are Planted.

The same kind of vegetables should
not be grown twice in succession in
the same part of the garden, if this
can be avoided If a radically differ
ent kind is grown disease spores and
insects. though present in the soil, are
not liable TO attack the second crop
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
CELERY INJURED IN TRANSIT
Damage Caused Bystoading Too High
in Cars ard Thus Preventing
Ventilation.

Celery is injured in transit because
it is loaded too high in the cars to
permit proper air circulation and rapid
cooling. says the United States De-
partment OF Agriculture. Smaller
crates or less of them in the load
would help TO insure rapid cooling
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
RAISING FOWLS ON INSECTS
Good Plan for Farmers in Grasshop-
per Infested Regions to Use
Turkeys and Guineas.

Turkeys and guinea fowl are vora-
ciOus insect eaters. Would it not be a
good plan for farmers in the grasshop-
per infested areas Of the West to buy.
rent or import al the birds of these
breeds they possibly can, instead OF
poisoning the bugs?
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
Rich Soil fer Garden

Soil in the garden should be rich
and well supplied with humus. Stable
manure is best for the garden, for it
furnishes both plant food and humus,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
An Irish Suggestion.

"Say, Pat, what time is it?"
'Oi dunno! Let's guess at it an
the wan that's furthest off can 90 out
an look"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
Dienualified

North-Didn't the De Wits have
enough money to break into high So
ciety?
West-Yes, but they worked for it.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
GATHERED SMILES
For Choice,

Nell-"Mamie, you look down.
hearted" Mamie-"Yes; 1 wish were
dead, or married. Preferably the lat
ter"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
Increase Milk Production

\ pure-hred sire for the dairy herd
can start an increase in milk produc-
tiOn that continues through future
generations.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
Married Life

''DO you share your husbands sor-
rows?"
'Yes; he blames me for everything g"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
Dual PURPOSE Lecune.

The soy bean is the dual-purpose
member of the legumes, an annual
used as a green manure, silage, hay,
seed and pasture crop.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
Eeminine Intuition

"SOrry 10 he so late, my dear. Fact
is, friend asked me to stop in and
take pot luck with him."
"Well, who won the pot?"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
Or Both,

''What relation does the stork bear
to mankind?"
EITHER a son or a daughter"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
Due Warninn

Flubdub-"The doctor says l was
run down." Brown-"Then it's time
for you to wind up your affairs"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
And in These Tin1esI

The BOss-"Have you a large fam
lily to support?" The Boob-"Oh, no :
Just my wife and six children"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
No End 70 Them

"a man can live down a mistake"
"Trouble is at bridge, l make em
faster than 1 can live 'em down."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
Picks on the Neiahbors.

North-"Dobbs has been disappoint.
ed in love- West-'I wondered why
he took to the saXophone"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
WaX Ii Wnrke

"What is meant by senatorial cour-
tesy" "Ill listen TO your speeches if
/ you'll listen to mine"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04

Air-Slaled lime and paris green
enrinklpd over cucumberS or melons
discourage insects.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
Watering Garden Plants.

One thorough watering is better for
garden plants than frequent light
sprinkling
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04
Value of Soy Bean Hay.

In feeding trials, soy bean hay 10
equal to Glfalf3
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04

THE BOY SCOUT "oN DUTY"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-04

~ IRDS now have chance not only to
escape extinction but also to increase
~ thanks to the Federal Migratory
n Bird act and treaty with Canada
for its enforcement The Importance
oSAc< of this fact aside from all senti-
IASGA ment in regard to the feathered
I1tt2tS%zM songsters, is that without the BIRDS
EIM1lM@S. we should soon be eaten up by IN
Sts<eS3T sect pests. OF course, the more we
= 1.ro,,- nnnn1t the mi orhtnrv birds and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-28
CLOSE
FOR CAGE LAURELS
West Catholic Plays St. Joe To-
night-Cathoiic High Also
in Running

Never before in the history Of scho =
lastic basketball has there been so close
race as the present one for the cham
pionship Of the Catholic League. Com
petition has dwindlrd down to n battle
between Catholic High. st. Joseph =
and West Philadelphia Catholic High.
Nillanova Prep has been counted out,
following its defeat last week by Cath e
olic High. La Sale finished without n
win.
West Catholic has an outside chance
of coping the title. The West Philn =
delphians still have three games to play.
st. Joe. Nillanova and Catholic High
are to be met in order, and IL Brother
Bodies five succeeds in winning these
matches the laurcls for 1921 will 60
across the Schuylkill. Two victories
out of the three games will give West
Catholic tic for first place.
a crucial game for st. JOseph'S and
West Catholic is scheduled for to-
night, when they meet at the Sixth
Regiment Armory. Forty first street
and Mantua avenue. If West Catholic
wins but loses to Catholic on Friday,
then the Purple and Gold quintet will
have clinChcd the title.
st. Joe and West Catholic both are
nrimcd for strenuous struggle tonight
In the line up Of the Collcgians will be
Kane and Martin. forwards; .Dugan
center. and Bradley aud Brcslin
guards McIIcnry and Mullen, for
wards Doyle, center. and DE FillippC
and Blake. guards. will be Wcs
Philly's roster.
Logan. of Catholic High. Is leading
for the individual scoring honOrs in tht
Catholic League. With 81 field goals
and 53 one pointers. he has II total %
l1j points. "a in front Of Schuber. o
Vilanova. McIIcnry. of West Cath
Ollie. is third with 81.
| trLn ,,cnrJv f,lInNr.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-28
FRANK BAKER NOT SOLD,
SAYS COLONEL HUSTON
No Truth In Report That Trappe
SIueser Had Been Purchased
W Senators

New York. Fob. 2S.-Thc New York
American League Baseball Club has
officially denied that !. Franklin Baker.
Of home run fame. had been sold by tho
Yankees to the Washington Club for
$40 600.
"Col"nCl Huston met Baker in
Washington on Saturday night said
business Manager Ed Barrow. "Thcy
discussed the matter of Bakers playing
this season ut some length and Colonel
Huston has informed me that it was
practically definitely settled that Bak
or would be with the Yankees this s"n.
son. 1t is confidently expected th"'
Baker will report ut the Shreveport
training camp next Sunday.
ANY deals TINT might have beer
pending for Baker hav" been derlar"(
off. )" continued Barrow. 'and there il
every reason to believe that the famous
slugg"r will be in the lineup to hell
Babe Ruth Shattcr pitchers record
| during the coming penuant race