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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26

To American Ayesod village
hills Maidstone venerable
batd tower the gabed houses particularly bridge
TO" OF arch and low of papet all these eloquent the the
pilgrims from southern England the Midway their
Beckets shrine.
Beyond the Canterbury stands
upright slabs of unhewn
et in length ncose
a Kits Co House. 1t is empty tomb ancient British date All
Celtic chiefs
which they
locks covered with marking
fields be called barrows
these
call domen found along with the
and chief The domen condition closed
chamber
Kits a dolmen dapdaed The
epucher
disappeared.
high authority established tradition that here buried Cat
British chief who fell Hengist the
battle of Ayesford in 455 A. d.
eow-eader who killed
the fight perhaps buried The white
emblem
British
the
the earliest of English
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26
PRISON CELL ROMANCE.

An interesting story has come To
light of the way In which a man uR.
dergoing a sentence In Pentonvllle
prison, tanned and made a companion
of a pigeon One bitterly cold morn,
ing just before Christmas, whilst tho
prisoners were at exercise, a pigeon,
half-dead with the cold, fell into the
yard. A convict picked II up, hid II In
his breast, and took II back TO his
cell, where In the evening he shared
his food with the bird. Wishing to
keep the bird for company, he hid the
bird In his breast every time the
warder came round. Quickly the
pigeon became tame, and a fast
friendship arose, which helped to pass
the weary hours of prison life At
last, however. his secret became
known to his fellow-convicts, and one
man threatened to inform the officials.
The man told his story to n Saliva
tion Army officer who visited the
prison, and the latter advised him to
appeal to the governor, who, inter
ested in the mans kind action, gave
him permission to keep the bird. The
man has now been released, and was
helped into work by some kindly
hearted people who got to know the
little story Of the pigeon.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26

NEW YORK,-The whole United
~ States government, with its vast
treasury of wealth, its brainy states
men and Insurgents. its army and
navy, its immense horde Of high.
brows against the poor little hous'
fly! That's the lineup in a bitter W
Of determination scheduled 10 set Jhs
nation by the ears and enlist the cour-
ageous support of every man, woman
and child In this broad land. The
final knell Of the house fly has been
sounded and The battle has just be-
gun Catch 'em and KIN 'em; show
no quarter"-that is the war cry Of the
army of determination that IS 10 put
forth every effort to rid the land Of
the Musca Domestica, the polite name
by which the house fly should be ad.
dressed by strangers.
Until the scientists got busy with
their Investigations the house fly was
considered merely as a pestiferous in
sect, designed by the Creator of all
things merely to take its bath I'm the
sweet cream and maple sirun annoy
the late morning sleeper, skate about
with abandon on the polished surface
Of shiny baldheads and practise the
Morse telegraph code on the cleanest
Of windows.
Long suffering housewives sin
time began we're the only really acti
enemies OF the seemingly insigniica
little fly, and they alone and unaid
applied the imprecations and dish
cloths vigorously against the nuisance.
But after the scientists got onto the
job the fight against the insect began
to assume proportions of magnitude.
That little insect which the average
citizen vas wont to regard merely as
a domestic pest is now branded as the
most dangerous creature on earth. The
house fly has been publicly indicted as
a murderer of the human race, the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26

NEW ORLEANS.-More than 1000
IN 600 acres of marsh land lying wi.
in so miles Of New Orleans are to
drained, reclaimed and transformg "a
from a wilderness into gardens, homes,
Lamlets and towns. The work of re-
claiming some $4,000 acres within the
corporate limits Of New Orleans is
now well under way, while contracts
have been let for the reclamation of
fully 100000 acres additional in ad-
joining parishes.
This means that within two years
the alligator will no longer find abort
ginal harborage in the Carnival city,
that the breeding grounds Of countless
billions of mosquitoes will be turned
into highly productive farms on which
mosquitoes cannot breed, that hun
dreds of miles of paved roadways will
lead from New Orleans north, east and
west, and that for the first time in its
history New Orleans will possess sub
urbs.
To the westward the same character
of work is being done. and prepara-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26
No Corsets are Worn at West Point

discussion of West Pointers, that
many West Pointers acquire a figure
of perfection of symmetry and a car
riage the acme of manly grace, but
these are due not to any ingenious ap.
pliances, but to the systematic drills
and exercises that make the cadet to
a certain extent. an athlete. At the
outset these young fellows are put
through what are called the setting
up exercises, their object being to
straighten the body and develop the
chest. One might suppose that it would
require great amount of such exer.
else to make any marked showing,
but three long hours of such exercise
daily will soon produce beneficial re.
suits in the most stopped forms.
THE cadet uniform is also a great
help in this direction. The dress coat
is tight, very tight. The shoulders are
heavily padded in order to give them
a square effect The chest is made
thick, so that there will be no danger
of wrinkling. All this for the sake of
looks; comfort has no place in the
makeup Of West Pointer; it is dis
cipline and looks"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26
Gators and Insects Hunt New Home

tions are now being made to reclaim
an additional half million acres
through the construction Of a wide
levee along the western shore Of Lake
Pontchartrain and the southern shore
Of Lake Maurepas. On the crown of
this levee a paved roadway rs miles in
length will connect New Orleans and
Baton Rouge and ultimately will be
the southern terminus of a Chicago
New Orleans highway.
The nearest town or settlement of
any consequence is now Sc miles dis
tant from New Orleans, Within fifty
miles of every large city in the coun-
try a million or more people reside,
and many industries develop business
and wealth for the urban population
This is the end New Orleans is
working to and will have reached, in
large part, anyway, by the time the
Panama canal is opened to the ships
of the world.
Meanwhile modern sewerage and
drainage within the city proper have
practically and wholly solved the city's
sanitary problems, and the discovery
of a simple method of fltering the
waters of the Mississippi river has
given the city a pure water service ex.
celled by none in the world. These sys.
TENS are in operation and are nearly
complete. They have cost the city
about $25,0OO,000.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26
Dentists Believe They Have a Kick

bill, either Say, this new tangled
hair style is putting me to the bad.
"The worst feature of the whole
thing is that the heads, or rather the
hair, won't fit into the headrests. I
have tried all manner Of schemes, and
even had a new headrest built along
lines that was sure would fit, but
the heads simply won't fit into any
thing
IF we do succeed in getting the
mass laid out and tucked away care
fully where it won't bother US, we get
something like this:
"'Oh, mercy, doctor, you are muss-
my hair all up. And l am going
% party this afternoon, too
But the most usual thing is: oh
doctor, there is hairpin sticking in
my head. Wait minute. o, dear. it's
coming down. Doctor, do stop a min
ute while fasten up my braid
"I do tell you what, the dentists
ought to get together and boycott the
present style of hairdress, or else in.
sist that all extra hair be taken of
before any dental work will be done,
That would settle It, all right"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26
q AISsSSzSZS9M@ M@aZZ@ZSAEl
Uncle Sam Asks All to Swat the Fly

| greatest disease propagator and the
carrier # more menacing and malig-
nant germs than all other creatures
/ put together,
This little, but potent, messenger Of
/ death wanders from the sick room,
from the filth of the garbage pail,
from the heaps OF refuse Of all kinds
into the peaceful happq homes OF our
land, walks upon the butter. the meatl
the fruit, the sugar. takes a bath in
the milk, leaving everywhere the
germs of disease that have gathered
upon It's furry feet and body.
In experiments conducted by the
New York health authorities the scicn-
lists found on the body Of a single IT.
tie ny l,222,57O different bacteria,
enough to kin few thousand human
beings, In another experiment a fly
was caught In a sterilized net and
dropped into a bottle Of sterilized Wa
ter The bottle was shaken and the
germs washed of the insects body, as
would be the case If the fly droppo1
into a glass OF milk for the baby, The
previously pure water was then exam
ined and It was discovered that the
ny's bath contained no less than 5000
600 disease germs.
About half the deaths from typhoid
in New York, according to the health
authorities, are attributed directly TO
the distribution oil germs by house
flies. And worse than that the figures
show that of 1000 deaths OF cooling
babies In tha. city from infanule dis
cases, more than 5000 We're traced to
infection carried by house flies.
According 10 a noted scientist tho
determination Of the pest is compare
lively easy All that is necessary, q
says, is a systematic effort on the pal
OF the public. If all the people vii!
practise the utmost cleanliness, It is
declared, the house fly will be extinct
in this country within a few years, for
the house fly cannot exist without
filth.
Cleanliness" then, is the watchword
for the American public to put an end
TO an insect that is not only a terrible
but a terrible instrument OF
death to thousands OF our population
every year
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26
FISH DROPS FROM SKY.

The township of Red Bank N. j.,
was the scene of rather unusual oc-
currence one afternoon recently.
While Mr.. and Mrs. /. H. Adlem were
chatting with friends on their porch
in Broad street, they we're startled by
the tapping of a large weakfsh, viii
seemed to drop out of clear sky
the green lawn. Then they heard
cawing of fishhawks and saw a la
hawk chasing a smaller one which
had presumably caught the fish in the
Shrewsbury river. The weakfsh made
a dinner for the Adlems that evening.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26

Tramps and vagrants generally who
are opposed to work of any kind viii
do well to keep away from the vicinity
Of Kansas for some time to come. The
judge Of the municipal court in Kansas
City announces that he will sentence
all yagrants brought before him to Ia
Dor in the fields. If they refuse to go
he will send them to the workhouse
for six months, and that will be worse
than grain harvesting. Men of this
class perhaps do not make the best or
most efficient help on the farm, but at
this season there is an urgent demand
for workers Of any kind, and even a
tramp can be made useful in gathering
the crops.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26
MUCH DELAYED WAR REPORT
Gen. Dan Maoauley Of Indiana Relates
Humorous Incident That orig
mated In '64.

The following anecdote as related
~ Gen Dan Macauley Of Indiana af'
ords striking illustration OF the
humorous turn that often concludes q.
dtuatlon originally tragic, The begin
ling Of the story takes us back tol
hose stirring evCnts Of 1864 which
had the Shenandoah Valley as the the
tier of action. Back and forth across
mat narrow stage with It's picturesque.
etting strove those real.life heroes
Sheridan and Early, In the most drH'
matte, momentous duel Of the wa
n this prolonged contest courage ana
| determination were well matched,
While rare technical skill ayailed itself
# every possible advantage 10 force
! inal issue.
That last stroke Of Early's, the sur
rise Of the Union forces IN the morn
ng hours OF the nineteenth Of October
gas so we'll conceived and so brilliant
/ y executed Il almost deserves sue
| less, and was close 10 accomplish
nent, but Sheridan's mastery counter
tralle wrested victory from him at
ha eliminating moment as effectuaily
Is Napoleon turned the tide at ma-
lenTo.
The night before the battle, General
Wright. then in command owing TO
shcridan's temporary absence, or
lered a reconnaissance to be made by
Sne of his brlgales. On its return IL
reported no enemy In sight and this
ldded greatly to the sense Of security
ihat prevailed among the union troop
or il was generally believed The
Early had left the valley for good,
discouraged by his recent defeats aL
Fishers Hin and Toms Brook, or was
afraid to venture another open attack.
Acting upon this mistaken impression
Il mad been decided to return a large
portion Of our force to City Point TO
augment Grants army.
General Macauley at this time was
attached to Crooks corps as a brigade
commander and stationed on the ex.
IRENE left. the late President Hayes
holding a similar position in the same
torps.
MY camp" said General Macauley
"was aroused just before daylight by
The noise of light firing While it at
nactod some attention, we regarded
It as picket firing only and of no con,
sequence. But upon its continuance
come moments longer a group of Off.
cers gathered and discussed its pos,
Eihlo meaning none of US, however.
having any idea that it came from the
enemy in force, especially after so re.
rent a defeat At this juncture a ma.
Tor general rode up and ordered me
bend a staff officer to the place fro
which the firing evidently came, al
II the trouble was found to be seri.
Dus, to order a regiment that was sta.
toned there to hold its position at
any cost and all hazards. had on
any STAFF a certain major who was
for his great courage.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26

NHICAGO.-"Well, l don't know what
" under the shining forceps am go
ing to do, anyway" and dentist in
the Masonic temple sighed perfect
mammoth of sigh.
The matter? Hair, just plain hair.
No-not plain, either. Now, for in.
stance. A lady came up to my office
the other day and wanted her teeth
fixed, and finally took hold Of the
top of her head with one hand, while
l worked with the other, Then
turned away to get an instrument,
and my sleeve button caught in her
hair and the whole back of it, about
fifteen fat, shiny curls, came along
with me. She simply froze me up,
and she didn't come back to pay her
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26

One Of the large British Transports
tion companies has contracted for the
construction of ten steamers for serv-
ice between British ports and ports on
the River Platte. These steamers will
be equipped for the carrying of chilled
beef, which is finding great favor in
Europe, and viii also have inviting
passenger accommodations for the in
creasing tourist traffic to South Ameri-
ca The order for this fleet is impor-
tant chiefly because of it's significance
to the meat business. The worlds sup
ply Of meat is short of the demands of
population, and now that the people of
the United States are themselves suf
fering from the same shortage they
have more interest in South American
meat developments.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26

VNYASHINGTON-'T have often heard
w a question as to whether West
Pointers wore corsets. 1t is absurd in
a way, because should any effeminate
youngster resort to such thing it
would be impossible to keep the affair
a secret, and once known his school
life would become burden to him on
account of the endless amount of criti-
cism he would receive from his fell
lows. He would be made the laugh
ing-stock of the school and would soon
find himself the possessor of any num-
ber of effeminate nicknames that
would CRATE upon his ears in any but
a pleasant manner.
1T is true" continued the old SOL
der, who was no other than Col. X.
B. Collins, a retired army officer, in a
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26
ONE WAY TO FISH.

There are men who take their an,
Cling seriously; men of the rod and
reel who make their own flies and be-
stow an infinite care on the selection
OF spinners and all manner of lures
men who heartily agree with the great
IEaak walton that just '9s no man is
born an artist. so no man Is born an
angler When such a man goes grave
ly forth TO FISH, the day should be over
cast, to match his pious mood. He has
business of import ahead Of him, and
the only conversation that is tolerable
must be IN consonanCe with the spirit
OF the occasion and must relate direct
ly 10 the matter in hand, says Philadel-
phia Press. That is one way to fish;
the scientific, sacramental way. There
IS another type OF angler Of whom
this other highly disapproves, He is
vulgar enough to select a day OF rank
sunshine, He says, when reasoned
with, that he finds it better so. He is
also peculiar IN his selection of fish
ing ground, asserting that It doesn't
matter much so long as Il embraces a
shady nook in some quiet retreat. He
may throw out a line-he very proba-
bly, does-but not until he has first at
tended TO his lunch basket which he
stoutly maintains is o far more impor-
tant item Of fishing outfit than the
creel And yet the man who fishes in
this eccentric way Is broadly Just
towards the other mau-his fellow,
angler
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26

eNii9SNs
He was a good deal of a dandy in,
dress and manner and parted his hair
In the middle and was, withal, the wit
and wag and the most gallant of our
headquarters family. l said to him:
The general is scared, but go and
see what those pickets are shooting at.
and, If needs be, tell that colonel
what to do
The order was scarcely given and
the major out Of sight when pande-
monium broke loose. Volleys by regi-
ments, brigades and divisions poured
into us as the enemy we had thought
so comfortably distant came rushing
through our lines, taking us complete
ly by surprise and giving us no
chance to return single shot. soon
had business in Indiana, but went first
to Winchester in an ambulance to see
the surgeons. My major, of course,
I did not see again.
Seven years afterward was hold
ing a military court at Annapolis,
Md, trying an interesting case that
mad drawn great crowd to the court
room. In the very midst of an i'm
portant argument big, handsome fell
low entered the door, elbowed his way
through the chowd, showing right and
left, disturbing, interruptng and stop
ping proceedings, until he reached the
judges seat Then with a sharp click
he brought his heels together, raised
his arm in brave military salute and,
sang out:
General Macauley, there isn't a
ID thing over there but General
Gordon's Georgia divisionp
'T quickly recognized my lost mes
senger, acknowledged his tardy report
and told the lawyers court was ad.
journed until the next day; then the
major and went out and had a night
of it."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26
MOTHER KNEW.

Mother-Tm afraid Gwendoline ls
setting her heart on that your Pen
niless.
Father-You think so?
Mother-I am almost sure Of it.
Father-Well, he is not fit person
Or her to marry. He is as poor as a
and has no prospects. Something
st be done to set her against him.
Nother-I have thought of that, and
lave hit upon what l think is an eX-
cellent plan.
Father-Yes. What is it?
Mother-We must tell her that v0
want her to marry him.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26

The figures officially reported from
Panama leave no doubt that the Amer
leans are making the dirt fly. The ex-
cavation exceeds all previous records,
and the facts give assurance that moth
ing is left undono that can contribute
to the completion Of the great enter.
prise at the time appointed.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26
TRIAL BY TELEPHONE.

The fact that contagious diseases
cannot be transmitted over the tele-
phone wires enabled Judge +. E. Bow
ser of Warsaw, Ind, to try a case at
home while quarantined because his
children had scarlet fever. The judge
heard the evidence by telephone and
imposed a fine and a 6O-day sentence
upon "a young man for stealing.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26
HAD EAR IN HIS POCKET.

Claiming damages for personal in
jury, at Lambeth county court recent
iy, against a barber named A. Yer
rico of Southampton street, London,
ha plaintiff, John Tremayne, said
1T the defendant was cutting his
and turned round as a customer
red and cut piece out of his ear.
Emden Ito the defendant)
@ much of the ear did you take
5-?' q have got it here" Laugh-
.ar) What! the ear?" yes" The
defendant then carefully unwrapped
the portion Of the ear from a piece of
paper and handed it to the judge.
Judgment was given for the plaintiff
for 30 shillings.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26
An Essential Difference.

Who hit the cat?" asked the nurse
sternly. WAS 1t you, Miss Flossie, or
was it Master Charley?"
1T will make a big difference in the
point of view as to which one did It,"
murmured the wit of the family.
why so?" asked the just parent
sternly.
Because" was che answer, If Flos.
sic did 1t, It was a misdeed, but il
done by Charley, II was q master
strok
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26

That Sir Francis Drake, first man
to sail around the world, intrepid sea.
fighter and bold explorer should be
honored especially as the man who
first introduced potatoes into Europe
was the idea of the people Of Often
burg, Germany. In that town stands
a fine statue of Drake. His left ell
bow rests on an anchor and in his
left hand he holds a well-grown po
tato plant, potatoes and all. There is
a globe at his right foot and a vessel
behind him, and in his right hand he
carries a map Of South America.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26

The avalanche on the Jungfrau gla-
cier which claimed five victims was
an incident of Swiss mountain climb
ing that is repeated often enough to
give zest to the indulgence. Climbing
glaciers is hard work, but tourists per
sist in it at heavy expense for guides
because in addition to being fatiguing
it is dangerous.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26

In the Belgian Congo are to be
found thousands of enormous cham.
bered nests or heaps constructed by
rhe industrious ants Of that land A
great variety of choice ferns and be-
gonia plants grow on these ant heaps,
and in many cases they are covered
with bamboo 80 feet high. The heap
shown in the accompanying illustra-
ton is n yards in circumference and
the trees on the top are over 20 feet
high. It's great size will be apparent
on comparing it. with the man stand
ing at the bottom.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26
SARACEN TREASURES FOUND

Some interesting discoveries are re-
ported in France. Recently in eX-
cavations at the Abbey Of Fonteyrault
some tombs were brought to light,
which are considered to date from the
Plantagenets. But at Senons we get
a glimpse of periods more remote, for
there discoveries have been made of
jewels, medals and arms. These are
believed to have belonged to the Sara
ans, who we're defeated by Charles
0rtel in 1872.