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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24
HAD TO OVERLOOK FoIBLEs
Herbert Spencer's Fussiness a Trial to
Those Who Did Not Know His
Real Kindness.

More examples of Herbert Spencer's
irritating foibles and extraordinary
pettiness are superfuous, but two OF
them will bear the telling.
A friend had the opportunity of see
ing in full working order the famous
ear-stoppers that Spencer used to
wear. Probably some frivolous re-
mark of the friend obtained him this
privilege, for in the middle of the meal
Spencer, with fixed glance at him,
pressed the spring that closed the
hole of each ear.
After luncheon the host and friend
sat chatting in the garden, when there
came an invitation from Spencer to
take a drive with him in his rubber
tired carriage, the message adding that
1--WE are not to talk"
When they were returning from
Spencer's funeral Sir Michael Foster
told this friend the following story
Spencer detested cushions, and the
trouble was to find a chair that was
hard in the seat and yet comfortable.
So, at a last resource, he had seat
covered with some inches of soft plas-
ter of paris, and sitting on that made
an impress from which a wooden seat
of an exactly fitting pattern was cut.
Against a certain undeniable fus-
Siness there should be set the fact
that Spencer had a soft place in a
heart that seemed adamant, and there
are stories of spontaneous acts of kind
ness and of offers of help to the trou-
bled and bereaved that redeem much
unlovely behavior.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24

know the truth-and l will have it
out of you if it takes a year-or a
lifetime !"
He turned his back. She moved to-
ward her door.
"Good night" she said. He made
no answer. She went on.
Of a sudden, with a choking cry,
he overlook and crushed her to him.
"Oh. my dear one!' he cried in agony
Ito think what you have suffered
to bring you to this pass!'
She was able to withhold response,
to rest passive in his hold.
"You love me?"
She made no answer. With a hand
beneath her chin, he lifted her face
| to his, but her look discountenanced
him, he hesitated.
"Please, Mario, not my lips-not
again tonight-not till we understand
each other better"
He let her go. She found herself
OF the threshold of the bedchamber.
She looked back. To see him standing
where she had left him, his arms
slack, bis head fallen forward, chin
to chest, crushed by his vast discon-
solation-that wrung her heart.
But what must be, must -.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24
SPANISH MOROCCO

Spanish troops, according to recent
newspaper dispatches, have carried
out important operations in the Span
ish zone in northern Morocco. In
Strengthening it's military hold and ex-
tending its civil government in north
ern Morocco, Spain is turning the
tables of history squarely about. For
it was from this country that the
Moors and Arabs swarmed across the
Straits of Gibraltar in the year I'll
and placed Spain under a Mohamme-
dan domination, the last vestiges of
which were finally removed only in
the year in which Columbus discov-
cred America.
This Spanish Moroccan zone is the
pedestal of the southern of the two
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24
The Calm Level.

1 have seen the sea lashed into fury
and tossed into spray, and its grand
eur moves the soul of the dullest man !;
but remember it is not the billows,
but the calm level of the sea, from
which all heights and depths are
measured. When the storm has passed,
and the hour of calm settles on the
ocean, when the sunlight bathes its
smooth surface, then the astronomer
and the surveyor take the level from
which to measure terrestrial heights
and depths. When the emotion of the
hour has subsidized, we shall find that
calm level of public opinion below the
storm, from which the thoughts of a
mighty people are to be measured,
and by which their final action will be
determined James A. Garfield.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24
SAVING THE ELK

a check-up of the elk in Yellowstone
National park, last stronghold of these
largest members of the deer family,
shows a discouragingly small number
there, and it is now feared that many
more have perished than had been
thought. The elk's existence depends
upon his freedom to wander from the
highland SHOWS to the shelter and for
age Of the valleys below Early biz
yards drive him outside the protection
of the national reservation into the
midst of the open season for hunting
in the two adjacent states.
The southern herds follow the riv-
ers, which flow out of Yellowstone in
all directions, to the famous Jackson
Hole country, once the haunt of ban
dts and cattle thieves, where human
life now is safe but where the influx
of civilization spells death for the elk.
The northern herds when driven by
snoWstOrmS usually descend into the
Montana bOrderlandS where settle
ments have flung a barrier for wild
animals across the edge of the park.
Wholesale shooting of the elk has
been the first consequence in the past.
Much of this shooting, according to
reports received in Washington, does
little credit to sportSmanship. Some
marksmen have not troubled to follow
and capture animals they have wound
ed. Their sheltered life in the nation
al reservation has made the elk tame !;
and they wander into many a back
yard to find unexpected enemies.
But this shooting does not mark the
climax of the tragedy. AS noted, the
settlements have cut off the grazing
lands. There is some provision for
the southern herds, though woefully
inadequate, but practically none for
the northern herds.
The protection afforded the elk
which stray into Wyoming is that of
| the state game preserves, known as
| the Hoodoo, ShoshOne and Teton.
| Further protection is that afforded in
a limited way by the winter elk refuge
| at Jackson, WyO., founded by the bio
logical survey. There hay is raised
for feeding the elk, but some seasons
far from enough has been on hand for
the feeding of the thousands forced
! out of the park, and even out of the
reservations, by the early winter.
In ordinary and mild winters such
as the present one the animals remain
| in the park; in more severe winters,
when the cold and SHOWS come late,
the preserves and the refuge have
taken care of many of them.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24

of the car and the bright work of bon
net and windshield.
With a humping heart she slipped
into the drivers seat and grOped for
the lighting and ignition controls Of
the dash. The luck seemed to be with
her now; the switchboard had not
been locked.
Her foot depressed the starting
pedal, and in the great hush the will
ing drum of the motor reverherated
like a long roll heraIding the Trump
of Doom. simultaneously meshing the
gears in first speed, Priscilla let the
clutch in somewhat too suddenly. The
car jumped like a startled animal and
leaped out of the garage. She heard,
or thought she heard, a shout from
within the bungalow, and in her haste
bungled the shift to second speed, so
that the gears ground and screeched
Internally. Nevertheless, the car
moved down to the road at a swifter,
smoother pace.
In passing she saw, out of the
corner of her eye, Mario run out onto
the veranda, pause, then dash madly
toward the car. She bore heavily on
the acceleratOr and made the third
shift smoothly enough, an instant later
rounding into the road on not more
than two wheels. Angry shouts in
the rear told her that Mario had failed
to overtake her.
To a moderate store of amateuriSh
driving ability alone she owed not one
but dozen breath-taking escapes. The
road twisted and turned in a way to
test the ability of a skilled hand at
the wheel, in the first few miles sell
dom running straight for as much as
two hundred yards. The grade grew
by degrees less dangerous, however
the road less serpentine; there were
presently stretches of almost level run.
ming.
After a time the road forked, and
perhaps two miles farther on it forked
again. Being utterly ignorant of. the
lay of the land, but guessing that the
valley was on her right, Priscilla il
| both instances took the right-hanC
track. Well beyond the second forE
the car dropped swiftly down short
| but steep declivity, and, before she
could see her danger and apply the
brakes, plunged into mud above the
rims. Laboring heavily, it stopped dead
After a few cOnvulsive heaves thf
engine sighed and stalled.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24

Il am now able to eat three square
meals a day for the first time in two
years." was the emphatic statement
made recently by Joseph A. York,
well-known business man and highly
respected citizen of Portland, Maine.
Il am now siXty-nine years of age,
and in all my life / have never run
across a medicine that l consider in a
class with Tanlac. 1 have just fin
ished my fourth bottle and this medi-
cine has benefited me even beyond my
greatest hopes. Besides gaining six
teen pounds in weight, 1 have been
built up and strengthened until 1 feel
all of twenty years younger.
"For the past two years l have been
in a miserably rundown condition,
and was compelled short time ago
to give up all idea of business as [
was too weak to look after anything.
l was nervous, worn-out, had no appe-
tite, and suffered most all the time
with indigestion. Some days 1 would
eat scarcely anything; in fact 1 was
afraid to eat because 1 knew 1 would
suffer afterward. Sometimes 1 had
such severe cramping pains after eat
ing that 1 would almost die. My
nerves were all unstrung and the least
thing would worry me and 1 never
could get a good nights sound sleep.
In fact 1 just lost interest in every
thing and was greatly discouraged
over my condition.
''The ordinary treatment failed to
do me any good, and as had read so
many statements from people l know
here in Portland who had been bene-
flied by Tanlac, decided to give it
trial. And now / know for myself
what it will do, for 1 have simply
I taken a new lease on life. l am now
able to look after my work as usual,
and never felt better in my life. 1 am
able to eat three hearty meals a day
and everything agrees with me per-
fectly. l eat anything 1 want and
never feel a touch of Indigestion. 1
never thought there was a medicine
that could do me so much good, and I
am only too glad to have the facts
about my case given to the public"
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
| eyeryWhere.-Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24

erty from one riparian owner to an
other without consideration is not pro-
vided for in the statutes, but might
properly be regarded as inequitable,
especially to the original owner. How
ever, no one has yet gone into court
for an injunction against the sea for
thus robbing Peter to pay Paul.
when the lighthouse at Atlantic
City was threatened, in 1878, the
United States challenged the sea by
the construction of jetty at the head
of Atlantic avenue Thus was inaugu-
rated a series of defensive works,
which have been continued from time
TO time by individuals, so that 81 addi-
tional acres have been reclaimed from
the sea to the great benefit of the city,
as well as to that of the riparian own
ers; but they had to fight hard for
every inch"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24
Ill. THE CAPTIVE.

The key was on her side of the door {:
she was none the less a prisoner.
She knew, even as the door closed
behind her, what she must do, and
when. Her mind was made up to
make good her escape before morning.
The mere suggestion was appalling.
She dared not dwell long upon the
difficulties it presented lest resolu-
ton weaken. To her own knowledge
Of her whereabouts, she was lost com
pletely-going on Mario's information
ten miles from nowhere. But there
was a road road must lead some
where. She was young and strong
enough to walk ten miles if she must,
farther at a pinch. And the occasion
was extreme: she dared not let her
self be deferred by any obstacle or
any danger, real or fanciful.
She was too desperately in love
She could hear Mario in the living
room, pacing to and fro; she could
picture to herself the man In the tor
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24

The statement was like a slap to
him, its sheer simplicity rendering it
the more stupefying. He started,
gaped, his arms fell, then rose to seize
her shoulders.
what did you say?" he demanded,
his voice breaking. "You love me?'
She nodded with swimming eyes and
the quivering mouth of a child. He
tried to draw her to him, but she held
back.
mo, Mario-please !"
"But you have just admitted that
you still love me-"
She endured his gaze with an ador-
able bravery.
II have always loved you-ever
since Leonora loved you-and as well"
"Then you still insist-w
81 am not your wife, have never
seen you before tonight except
She stammered into silence. If it
were humanity possible to render the
situation more impossible than it was,
she could achieve that by rounding out
the phrase that had died on her lips
except in Dreams"
"Except-r
"Please don't ask me. I can't tell
you-not tonight. Tomorrow, perhaps
Mario: please be kind to me now, let
me CO."
His hands fell away from her shoul-
ders. perhaps you are right" he
said heavily. eff this goes on, 1 my.
self must go mad!"
'Then be pitiful to me, be still more
kind. Take me to New York tonight,
take me to my aunt, Mrs. Trowbridge
-
"What?" His tone changed again
becoming thick with resentment and
suspicion. "You are at that again
Undeceive yourself: it is useless.
cannot comprehend your motive
But forget, you are not yourself
You have not yet recovered, you need
more rest. Go to your room, please
| In the morning we will both be bet
ter able to continue this discussion
or you may have forgotten it, please
God!''
She could not blame him, and yet.
"Do you mean this, Mario? Yor
refuse to give me chance to prove
to you"
Absolutely"
eff not tonight, won't you promise
to take me to New York tomorrow
-"
"You will stay here until you come
to your senses. 1 have a right tc
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24
TSARIBROD: A REGION OF
RUMORS AND AROMAS

Serbian forces were reported Il few
weeks ago to have entered Tsaribrod,
hitherto on the Bulgarian side of the
border, preparatory to occupation of
a strip of territory detached from Bull
garia by the treaty of Neuilly which
followed the World war.
One traveller has described the road
bed along this segment over which the
luxurious Orient Express used to
make its semi-weekly trip from Paris
to COnstantinOple, as the worst in the
world; and the mountain scenery as
the finest Probably both statements
were exaggerated. But the ravines,
bOulders and tOrrential streams of the
Nishava River region, just before the
railway crosses the Bulgarian from
tier, are comparable with the Alps and
sometimes suggest our own GSand
Canyon region in miniature.
Tsaribrod is inconspicuOus. 1t shell
ters a population of only a few thou
sand. 1t has the inevitable castle,
which still seems to keep a frOWning
guard over red-rOofed houses. Signif-
icantly, in view of the economic life
of Bulgaria, and the recent marked
preponderance of agrarian represen-
has its garden.
After the Orient Express passes the
border line it traverses the SlivnitZa
battlefield, the Bunker Hill of Bull
garia; and the first important city
after Sofia is PhilippopOlis, in the vi
cinity of which one of the worlds
most esthetic industries is established
that of cultivating rose gardens to
distil altar of roses.
At PhiIippopOlis, under pressure of
expected attacks from Turkey, Prince
Alexander was installed as the head
of the newly united Bulgarian states
in 1885. Unexpectedly it was Serbia,
not Turkey, which made the move in
protest against the union with eastern
Rumelia. The Serbian forces mobil-
lied in the Nishava valley; the Bull
garian army was far away. Hence a
famous order, which resulted in the
making of military history, to COM
manders Of Bulgar units to hasten to
Slivnitza. The speed with which the
troops were moved, in this helterskel-
ter fashion, was remarkable. Their
movement was accelerated by orders
to citizens to furnish supplies as they
| passed. The advance held the Serbian
forces, which we're headed for Sofia,
or Slivnitza. When reinforcements ar
rived the enemy was defeated. The
Serbian armistice proposal was pre-
sented at Tsaribrod This incident
gave Bulgaria a sense of national
unity and prOwess which may be COM
pared to that which Japan attained by
her defeat of the Russians.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24

"Pillars of Hercules" which for long
centuries were the western portals of
the known world. 1t is part of the
Mauretania Of the Romans, one Of
their granaries when the empire was
at its greatest 1t was the country of
the Barbary pirates who harassed the
collecting tribute from many govern
ments, and in whose suppression the
infant United States navy cut it's first
post-Revolutionary war teeth in the
early part of the Nineteenth century.
1t is now part Of Morocco, which in
any other Mohammedan country the
flavor of the Arabian Nights"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24
Making Joss Sticks,

The composition of the candles
called joss sticks, which are used in
all the religious ceremonies of Bud
dhism, has long remained a mystery
the preparation of the sticks being in
trusted 70 certain persons chosen from
a limited class. Not long ago, how
ever, there was learned the manner
of making joss sticks in Indo-China.
A stem of bamboo is rolled into a
preparation containing IA different
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24
AiSforicaIIv Sound

Visitor-So this is the famous orig.
inal Binks restaurant that I've heard
about for so many years!
City Host-Yes, this is it. OF course
old man Binks died some time ago
and the place has changed hands sew.
eral times since. The last owners
moved it from it's old location, which
was fifty blocks farther down town
to. this present place and last year
built an entirely new place here, which
they remodeled completely last sum,
mer. Otherwise it hasn't been changed
a particle since the old days.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24

always will be to mortal man-that
psychology is impracticable, writes r.
H. Platt, Jr., in the Worlds Work.
Electricity is an unknown quantity ;
no one knows whence it cometh or
whittier it goeth; yet it would be hard
to find anything more practical than
an electric fan on a sweltering day
to take one of the least and most
homeIy of its uses. Although mysterl-
Gus, electricity can be directed, It's
reactions predicted, and Cts power as
certained. The result is that the ele-
ment is exceedingly useful.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24
connlimsnt Acknowledged.

"What are your views on the League
of Nations?" asked the interviewer.
81 thank you for the compliment
from the bottom on my heart" said
Senator Sorghum.
"What compliment"
"That implied by your question.
There cannot possibly be anything
new remaining to be said on the sub
ject. Your inquiry can have no rea-
-sonable basis except a desire to listen
further to my own particular style Of
pratorical huency."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24

odoriferous drugs, two of which are
significant, as showing a knowledge of
chemical and physical properties.
These are aconite, which serves to pro-
tect the sticks against the attacks of
rats and mice, and camphor, which
causes them to burn steadily without
being periodically extinguished.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24

ilized world. Why should not the
facts be correlated when the egg con-
tains the vital principle of growth of
the body and also a substance that
nourishes the brain-an article of food
that is responsible for both body
should we not eat more eggs and look
for a higher civilization flames
Dryden.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24
InnaIis on Death and Life.

Every man is the center of a circle
whose fatal circumference ne cannot
pass. Within its narrow confines he
is potential, beyond it he perishes; and
If Immortality is a splendid but deiu-
sive dream, if the incompleteness of
every career, even the longest and
most fortunate, be not supplemented
and perfected after its termination
here, then he who breads to die should
fear to live for life is a tragedy more
desOlate and inexplicable than death.
John James Ingalls,.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24
Eggs and Civilization,

The world has grown better since
the discovery of the egg and the
growth of civilization has kept pace
with the growth of the egg-eating habit
two contemporaneous facts, though
their exact correlation may not be
capable of demonstration. But from
the facts of the case we may be war;
ranted in concluding that a still great
er consumption of hens eggs would
not hinder the coming of a more civ
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24

palpable, between, and you catch but
breath of the whisper. Very Won
derful is the jungle! In the moon
light of a small clearing 1 saw the
huge bulk Of three wild elephants feed
ing. They vanished like wraiths into
the depths. The fireflies were host
ing in the air like fitting diamonds.
Stealthy life and movement were
about me; the jungle, wideawake and
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24
The Jungle of CeylOn

The jungle is as terrible as an army
with banners. Sleeping in the little
resthouse, when the night has fallen,
it comes close up to you, creeping,
leaning over you, calling, whispering,
vibrating with secret life. A word
more-only one-a movement, and
gathered into the heart of it; but al
ways there Is something fine, i'm
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24
Whale Meat Resembles Beef

The meat of the whale extends in
great boneless masses, in uniform
quality, from the base of the skull
to the tail fin. In appearance it is
similar to beef, but is somewhat
coarser in texture. It's flavor is said
to suggest venison. One of the best
"cuts" of the whale is the heart, which
weighs 5000 pounds.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24
Startind SionaIs.

Professional sprinters start off at
the report of pistol, but the rest Of
us begin our sprint when we hear a
motor horn.-Boston Transcript.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24
SAVING Up.

Friend-"Is your husband saving up
for a rainy day?" Wife-"He's a per-
feet Noah! He's saving up for the
food"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24
Matter of PrincipIe

A good many widows get married
Just to show that they can, and not
because of any particular liking for
what they get.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24

aware, moving on its own OCCASION
L. Adams Beck, In the Atlantic
Monthly.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24
Turns Out That Way.

Flows the new play getting alOng?"
It because we can't get an angel"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-03-24

Putting Mystery to Work.
Let no one argue that because the
mind is still intangible-and probably