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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

Mr.. Vancourt Henniker was moi
greatly surprised when Tom Gordon
asked for a private Interview on the
morning following the final closing
down OF all the industries at Gordonla
Without being in Gordon's conf
dence. or In that OF American Aque-
duct the banker had been shrewdly
putting two and two together and ap-
plying the result as a healing plaster
10 the stock he had taken as security
for the final loan to Colonel Dubbury
II thought perhaps you might wish
10 buy this stock Mr.. Gordon" he said,
when Tom had stated his business. "Oi
course, II can be arranged. with Mr..
Farley's consent 10 our anticipating the
maturity Of his notes. But with a
genial smile and a glance over his eye
glasses-'Tm not sure that we care 10
part with IT, Perhaps some OF us would
like to hold II and bid IL in"
II reckon you don't want It, Mr., Hen
mixer. Youll understand that II isn't
worth the paper 1t is printed on when
/ tell you that / have sold my pipe pit
patents to American Aqueduct."
Then the plant doesn't carry the
patents2 You've kept this mighty
quiet, among you!"
Haven't wei" said Tom, fatuously.
ly. Il know just how you feel-like a
man who has been looking over the
edge of the bottomless pit without
knowing It. Youll let me have tho
stock for the face Of the loan, won't
your"
But the president was already press
ing the button OF the electric bell that
summoned the cashier. There was no
time like the present when the fate OF
a considerable bank asset hung on the
notion of a smiling young man whose
mind might change in the wlnking Of
an eye.
with the Farley stock IN his pocket
Tom took a room at the Marlboro and
spent the remainder Of that day, and
all the days of the fortnight following
wrestling nightly with the lawyers N
winding up the tangled skein Of CHA
wassee affairs. Propped In his bed at
Warwick Lodge, the bed be had not
left since the night Of violence, DuX-
bury Farley signed everything that
was offered to him, and the obstacles
to a settlement were vanqulshed. one
by one.
When It was all over, Tom began 20
draw checks on the small fortune real
ized from the sale Of the patents. One
was to Major Dabney. redeeming his
two hundred shares Of Chiawassee
Limited at par Another was to the
order Of Ardea Dabney covering the
Farley shares at valuation based on
the prosperout period before the crash
IL -
he went home-for the first time In
two weeks.
ITO be continued)
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
CARE IN STRINGING BEADS
Simple Precaution That May Result In
the Saving of Valuable
Ornaments.

The owner of any beads valuable
for their own worth or their associa-
tions might well take a lesson from
the pearl-stringers Their cardinal
principal is to tie firm knot be-
tween each two pearls. Then if the
ring breaks no more than one pearl
IN be lost. This applies just as we'll,
Of course, to other beads. | know of
one girl who lost nearly all of val
liable string Of coral by not taking this
precaution. The string broke in the
street and most of the beads rolled in
to the gutter and down the sewer be-
fore the owner or the bystanders
could get them again.
Neither wire nor catgut is good for
the stringing of any jewels where a
stiff appearance is out Of place. In
stead, either surgeons silk-which is
woven like braid, instead of twisted,
and comes in several numbered thick
nesses or finely and fexibly woven
gola 0E platinum chains are used.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
tuberculosis in the West Indies.

Associations for the Prevention Of
tuberculosis have been formed in
Cuba, Porto Rico and Trinidad. In
Cuba there are over 10000 deaths from
tuberculosis every year, and the death
rate from this disease is nearly three
times as high in the United States.
In Porto Rico there are over 5000
deaths every year out of 100000 in
habitants. In Trinidad, the death rate
from tuberculosis in Port-au-Spain, the
only place where figures are available,
was 4.75 in 1909, nearly three times
the rate in New York city. Condi.
tions in the other islands Of the West
Indies, where no active campaign
against tuberculosis has been under
taken is even worse. The chief rea-
son for this high mortality is found
in the unsanitary, dark, and poorly
ventilated houses of the natives Of the
Islands.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
The silver Question.

When you see silverware scratched
and tarnished with black stains and
streaks in the interstices Of the orhR-
mental patterns, that is dirt, left thers
by common, cheap rosin soaps. It is
better to use a soap that is antisepuo
as well as a perfect cleansing agent
Easy Task Soap" the hard, white
laundry soap, will clean your silver.
ware surely and quickly. 1t VIII get
out the dirt the other soaps have left.
Your grocer will sell you two cakes for
ten cents, and If it doesn't satisfy you
the makers will give back your dime.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
HOW TO CLEAN WHITE SHOES
Comparatively Simple Matter to Re-
store Footwear to Original Per
feet Whiteness,

Many a girl discards her white
shoes when they are good and dirty"
without knowing that little effort
viii restore them to their pristine
purity.
The first requirement for complete
restoration is not to get the white
shoes too soiled for they never look
so well as when they are taken In
hand before the discoloration becomes
too deep. After wearing canvas shoes
they should be given a good brushing
with a stiff brush, the sole edges and
heels freed from mud and washed of
with plain water. But do not let the
water get on the canvas, for this will
only serve to fasten the soil the tight
or. For whitening the canvas there
are many bottled liquids In the mar
ket, Chinese white being a faVorite
and the most efficacious one. A home
made whitener which is just as good
II put together according to the formu-
la is made of half an ounce Of gum
arabic dissolved in 40 ounces Of water;
to this add an ounce Of white vinegar
and 20 ounces Of powdered chalk
Shake the bottle well before using,
and put the white on with a brush,
going over the shoes with a second
coat after the first one has dried in,
If they seem to need It.
Where It is desired to match a shoe
to the dress tint, old white canvas ties
or satin slippers may easily be
changed to any color wanted by add
ing little dye to the gum arabic wa
ter and vinegar instead Of the chalk.
With any of the bottled liquids they
may also be made tan or black.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07


There Is nothing prettier in a room
than a bowl of gold fish. The bright
colored, lively little creatures darting
in and out of the green vegetation in
the bowl makes a picture that one
never tires of studying. But gold fish
are delicate things and 1t Is depress-
ing, when one has left them full Of life
and energy the previous night, to dis
cover them dead in the morning. l
find that many novices have trouble in
the same direction and in some in
stances have given up the attempt to
keep fish In the bowl. So ! decided to
get expert information on the subject
for the benefit of the readers of this
column.
In the first place." said the expert,
don't make the mistake that one
woman did who came complaining to
me today. | questioned her concern
ing the food she had given the fish
and found that she had fed them moth
ing but bread. That is a sure way
to kill the fish, for the bread contains
yeast and this sours the water and 1t
would be necessary to change it every
half hour or so to keep the fish alive.
IF you will watch a fish that is fed
with bread you will see him eat 1t
for little time, but as the bread gets
sour from the action of the water he
will take 1t in his mouth and cough it
out very quickly Common sense
ought to teach one that when the fish
spits out the bread 1t is not the right
food for him. Oatmeal makes good
fish food, but the prepared food make
especially for the purpose is the best
thing to feed them with.
Don't overfeOd the fish. They don't
require a lot of food. Give them
enough to have a good bite or two all
around, but don't keep the fish food
floating all the time on the surface of
the water. 1t fouls the water and the
fish will overfeed themselves and
probably die.
When you see the fish seeking the
top 1t is a sure sign that the water is
getting stale and should be changed.
The fish will naturally stay near the
bCNScAA oAAu 40 AOlAB dS the WdNtI HAS
sufficient oxygen for their needs they
will swim around in any part of the
bowl. But when the oxygen is getting
low and the water used up you will
see the fish crowd to the top and be-
gin to gasp. When they do this, thrust
ing their heads half out of the water
and gulping in the air you will know
that they need fresh water, and if you
do not give it to them quickly you will
find your fish floating at the top, dead.
Don't keep the fish bowl in a dark
corner. The fish require sunlight, and
If they are given plenty of light and
air, the water will not need to be
changed so frequently. Remember that
the fish are accustomed in their ma
tive habitat to sunlight and air all
around them. From this, they are
taken and confined in a small bowl,
and this bowl is kept in a close room,
into which the sun seldom or never
and the consequence is the
oxygen in the water is used up rap
idly and the fish die for want Gf air"
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

Old Podkins lay back in his chair
in calm content, and though his wife
was quite near him he was happy, for
she had not broken the silence for
nearly five minutes.
He had been married for five-and-
twenty long years, and Mrs. Podkins,
almost daily during "a Of them, had
disturbed the domestic peace by a too
full exercise of her tongue.
my DEAR" broke in Mrs. P,
thinking 1t time she said something to
interrupt the quiet, 'I see by the pa
pers that a petrifed jaw two yards
long has been found In Cornwall"
What" cried Podkins, starting up.
Now I know your secret. But you
never told me your ancestors came
from that part of the world!"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
Pnzzled hv Wlrelnas.

"Mistah Jenkins asked an old ne
gro of Atlanta Of his employer,
would 20 be so good, sab, as to e1.
plain to me bout this wireless tele-
graph business l hears 'em-a-talking
'bOutT"
why, certainly, Henry" responded
the employer, though l can do so only
in a general way, as / myself know
little of the subject The thing con-
sists in sending messages through the
air instead of over wires"
"Yassah," said Henry, 81 knows
bout dat; but, sab, what beats me Is
how dey fasten the air to the poles!"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

the neck. The length of the sleeve
must be determined according to the
figure. When that is done the dis
tance from underarm to bottom, b, d,
is bisected at C, and the triangular
portion, a, b, C, which is cut out, is
turned right around to form the gore,
d. c. e. If the gown is made of fig
ured material, a yoke Of plain goods
would be pretty. If the jibbah is of
plain cloth the yoke may be beauti
fully embroidered, making a pretty
and becoming house gown.-GOod
Housekeeping Magazine.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

It is said that hemstitching is goins
TO be used extensively as a finish for
waists and gowns. This will be vel.
come news to the woman who likes
the clever effect made by a row Of
even, open stitches. The hemstitched
edge will be used chiefly on chiffon
garments.
Save every scrap of trimming, for
even a tiny piece may be exactly the
finish for some garment when you are
in sore need. Save all pieces of linen
and silk, for most of them may be
used in some way, either as fancy
work or trimming. Have a scrap box
always ready for them.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

This is the greatest known way for
undecided people to make up their
minds.
None but a strong-minded woman
can ever decide which of two or three
hats she likes "the best" particularly
if they are all comely.
Popular bellies have been known to
have similar troubles with their
sweethearts. Which do I like best is
often a momentous question.
Why not try the other way?
Decide which, Of men, or hats, or
attractive dates" you like the worst,
and then proceed to eliminate.
From there you can factor out in
the grade of desirability, until you
actually find yourself at a decision,
because it, whatever it is, is the only
one left.
The process is delightfully."- simple.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
Short Pleated FrllI.

Many of the new fall waists display
the short knife-pleated frill down the
closing. The shorter length-from
neck to bust-is more generally be-
coming, especially when the width
graduates to nothing at all at the low
er end. It will be noticed that the
short firth is more graceful looking
when trimming a waist that closes a
little to the left side rather than
down ceaser fronk
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
The Guilty Party.

Cook (to her young man)-Here,
take the rest Of the roast duck. (Sigh-
ing) Poor pussy!
Young Man--What has the cat got
to do with it?
Cook-Well, she's be blamed for 1t
tomorrow.-Fliegen Blatter.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
AND NOW COMES THE JIBBAH
II You Don't Know What It Is, Read
the Following Description Of
Garment.

My friends admire my jibbah. II is
much prettier and more graceful than
an ordinary kimono, and 1t takes only
half a day to make one. The material
should be at least A inches wide,
There is absolutely no waste in cut,
ting, except the circle or square at
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
Hnh Time to snare.

Passenger say, conductor, does
your bus ever go faster than this7
Conductor-If yer ain't satisfied you
can git aht and walk
Passenger with a sweet SMILEY
Oh, I'm not in such terrible hurry a.
that, you knoW.--Exchange
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
Crib Cover.

A pretty crib cover may be made
from a yard each of white and pale
blue or pink flannel. On the colored
flannel embroider a flower and bow,
knot design; on the white a conven.
tional border and large central mon.
ogram. Bind the two together by
means Of wide satin ribbon and put a
bow or rosette in one corner, with the
colored side considered as the top.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
Really the silk is the more desirable

Really the silk is the more desirable
of the two.
In stringing any precious beads, and
pearls especially, never use a needle.
Simply wax the ends of the silk and
pass it through the hole. The knot
ting is also an important point. It
must be large enough to hold the
bead, but not large enough to show
Pearl-stringers use an intricate knot
of their own, and that is why it is,
on the whole, better to have very ex-
pensive jewels strung by profess
sional When there is a collarette or
something of the sort to be made. this
is absolutely necessary.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

Seventeen Years the Standard.
Prescribed and recommended for
Women's Ailments. A scientifically pre-
pared remedy of proven worth. The
result from their use is quick and per-
manent. For sale at all Drug Stores.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
unhannv Thounht.

Just suppose the man who finally
obeys the latest demand Of fashion
and goes on his knees to propose,
finds he has had a moving picture
machine making material Of him for q
new comic Aim!
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
Important to Mothera
His Finish.

She-They say her husband was
driven to his grave.
He-Wel he couldn't very well
walk
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

If you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes
use Red Cross Ball Blue. Large OF,
package, cents.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

Thirty-eight in every thousan7 En-
glishmen who marry are over 6O sass
Of age.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

Nothing enIarges the life like letting
the heart go out to others.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

Many reformeTs would go out to
shoot gRnhsgs with brass band.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
CHAPTER XVII

under MIN. and tainted as woman
might-when the thing was done.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

W. N. " FT. WAYNE. NO. ao-saiA
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
Or. MARTEL's FEMALE PILLS.

The process is delightfully."- simple
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

II was close on midnight when the
door giving on the porch opened and
the two men stood on tho threshold.
The younger Of the two was speaking.
IT'S quieter than usual tonight.
That was good move-gettinE Lud-
low and the two Felgersons Jailed. I
was N hopes we could mafne old Ca
leb with the others. He pretsnds 70 be
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1910-02-01
CHARLES WARREN STOD-
DARD.

By Arthur tombstone.
0 Brother, thou hast spun Our Is
land lore
Into bright, golden threads that
shall o'errun
Thy web of life and glitter in the
Of future years! On every Islands
shore
Thy magic lines shall long be lin
gered DER,
Fen though thy gentle life be
lived and done;
Yes, all the achievements thy deft
pen hath won,
AS Time speeds shall be pored on
more and more
For their own sweetness, poetry,
and truth.
Stoddard Hawaii remembers thee
in death,
AS thou in life didst love her!
Here are ruth
And teardrops only - emblems,
nature saith
Whereby we deck thy grave
withal, -forsooth
Crying to thee in vain with plangent
breath
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1910-02-01

not make them see certain stars that
are too far away in the infinite
space; but the existence of these
stars is revealed by an atmosphere
OF light whose source we cannot
reach. SO it is with virtue, its light
must come from world far away
and far above us, for nothing can
explain its existence in the poor
world that is frightened by its
rays" If this conclusion appears
to us somewhat vague, we must re-
member that the Academy is not a
religious body, although many of
its members are high minded and
religious men. Better than any
homily, the deeds of the best among
the prize winners proclaim the fact
that faith in God is the safest and
highest road to charity towards
men.
An Anglo-French Catholic.
y y y
In Thrum's Annual for 1910, the
story of Charles Warren Stoddard
is told in beautiful words by Arthur
tombstone.
We could but think of Shake
speare's King Henry WILL, wherein
Queen Katharine says of Griffith:
after my death I wish no other
herald, No other speaker of my liv-
ing actions, To keep mine honor
from corruption, But such all
honest chronicler as Griffith"
y y u
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1910-02-01

SIldl VII Is always Sltdlll VI iho
fare, and, flee men never so warily,
death outspeeds them at the end.
AS | write there lies on my table a
time-worn manuscript, penned on
the familiar yellow paper in the
sprawling hand of one of the clever
est, most lovable men that ever
wendell the Valley of Tears. Alas!
gentle, gifted Stoddard is gone. To
those who knew him in the early
eighties, ere he last left Hawaii, his
death seems almost premature, and
certainly it came as a surprise to
most of us. Now, this old broken
tilne-stained sheaf of dozen pages
snatcfed from the dustheap of yes
terdays, becomes relic-nay, let
me rather say, a memorial-of the
days of the old Saturday Press,
which unfortunately moulders in
the dim limbo of Island journalism
lived through and out. All! what
days those were when Charlie
Stoddard, Ralph Smith, and l fore
gathered around the long green edi-
torial table in the upstairs corner of
the Campbell Block, where we
whiled the time between spasmo-
die periods of work, by discussing
with a temerity beyond circumfer-
ence this and that, from title-tatle
to the knottiest problems of litera-
ture and craftsmanship. Truly, we
were hayward, at times I fear,
finical staff, even under the direct
ing hand of "The Patriarch" as we
surreptitiously but lovingly called
our amiable Chief, Mr.. Thomas G.
Thrum. On the whole we were
happy family, as journalistic fami-
lies go, and loved one another pass
ing we'll under an outer habit Of
decorous indifference.
Of that genial quarto of torch
bearers, Mr.. Thrum and I are now
left, both somewhat battered per-
haps, but with Our faces still set
seriously against the stars, still do
ing duty as we see and feel it fallen
to our lot; hence it seemed the one
proper course to pursue when the
editor of the annual suggested that
some more fitting appreciation
should be written than contained in
the casual announcements of Stod-
dard's death. Thus it comes that
I venture to put of record these few
thoughts and facts relating to the
dead author and his writings about
the island world of the Pacific.
Of his personality much might be
said most deservingly. Even with
in the limits of this brief sketch
something must be mentioned, be-
cause in literary matters an authors
personality is the controlling infu-
ence Which directs his course, be it
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1910-02-01

III DNttSl Va WOioS
and opportunity may do much to
shape the selection and final treat
ment of subjects, but the authors
bent in literature, his style, his pos
session and use of those seemingly
Elusive qualities of apt selection
and exact expression of thought,
which, for want of better term,
we call genius, flow directly from
his personality and temperament.
From the literary point of view
these qualities in Stoddard's mental
makeup were vigorous and we'll
balanced.
1t is true he was religious man,
and here it is often found that men
are apt to overestimate the princi-
pies which they have been taught,
or have adopted in the course of
life. 1t may be added that many
are wont to fall into the habit of
giving too much Difference to the
opinions of others similarly acquir-
ed but what must not be lost to
sight is that there are always two
sides of the allegations of Our ma
turest wisdom, just as there are two
view points to our casual thoughts
and decisions concerning individual
life. In all of his work Stoddard
recognized and followed philoso-
ply and method very like this, and
while throughout he was a devout
and, | believe, consistent Catholic,
yet happily his religious thoughts
and musings did not take the objec-
tionable form often found among
religious communicates. On the
whole l think we may say that his
religious views are unobtrusive in
his work, even where they might
have been applied directly to the
subject in hand; on the other part
it will be found that on the subject
of religious thought he has always
written with restraint, without
venting his own opinions or those
of his church. Nay, l will go fur
Their to say that where he has dl-
rectly touched on such themes-as
in that most pathetic prosemosaic,
"Ihe Lepers of Molokai'-or i'll
fugitive sketch, or essay, will the
reader find aught which might not
have been written by an agnostic
author of equal literary attainment.
Though Stoddard's personality
was strong and lovable yet it was
retarded by streak of habitual in
dolence which, I fear, somewhat
curtailed his literary output. How
ever, this foible did not affect the
quality OF the work he has left us,
while on the other hand it has en-
abled him to prepare for book form
series Of pen-pictures in language
so nearly perfect and so finely