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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-10
Bio Lumber MIL Burned.

Winnipeg. Dec. 8.-The Rat Portage
Lumber company's mill in st. Boni-
face was burned. Loss. S250,O00.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
Forsaken New Jersey Lass Takes Un-
inviting Station and Faints
After Ordeal.

Hoboken, N. J.--One of thos every
day romances which would sound inn
probable II presented as fiction was re-
vealed the other day in the marriage
records filed by Samuel Engler, jus
tice of the peace, at SO Newark street
this city. Two certificates bear the
name of Margaret Korn as a witness,
This is the story told by Mr.. Engler.
William Longley Of As Second street,
Jersey City, and Margaret Korn of 220
East Eighty-second street, Manhattan,
were warm friends Their close ac-
quaintances said they were engaged.
Recently they disagreed and Longley
went from Margaret to Sadie Katzen-
stein Of 1856 First avenue, New York,
a mutual friend and proposed. He was
accepted. and they went to the office
of Justice of the Peace Engler to be
married On entering the Office the
came face to face with Margaret Korn
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
corpse" Aroused by Noise, Runs Away

NO" another man declared, Il
reckon it is a case of heat prostra-
ton"
Il think he's just dreamin' about
Jack Johnsons victory" said a third.
In the meantime the Emergency hos.
pital ambulance with changing gong
arrived on the scene, and a policeman
with perspiration streaming down his
face rushed up to the mouth of the
alley and was forcing his way through
the crowd to get at the supposed dead
man.
The noise aroused the corpse" d"
The PROSTATE figure slowly arose, dis
closing the stalwart form of a negro.
He gazed in establishment at the
crowd that blocked up the entrance to
the alley and saw the policeman and
white-coated Emergency surgeon ell
bowling their way toward him. With
a yawn and a stretch of his arms, the
negro darted into the side door of a
printing office, slamming the door be-
hind him.
Investigation disclosed the fact that
the negro has been employed at the
printing establishment a number Of
years He said he was tired and went
out into the quiet, cool alleyway to
take a nap during the lunch hour.
That was all.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
Sold MacVeagh Spoiled Vinegar; Fined

The man pleaded guilty and was fined
S25. He promised to be good.
A Buffalo milling concern has been
fined for mixing ground corncobs with
flour middlings. The same concern was
also found guilty Of putting ground
corncobs in a "gluten" preparation. A
lot OF 'raisins," shipped from Califor-
mia to Texas, was discovered to be in
part a decomposed vegetable sub
stance. A Chicago firm selling a
"quick-rising" buckwheat -four has
been fined for fraud in having sold
in reality a mixture of wheat flour
and buckwheat without any quick
rising properties.
Another Buffalo dealer was caught
selling to Michigan folk a wonderful
hair tonic" which was advertised to
cure headache and loss of hair and
all sorts of thins Analysis showed
it contained 9S.5 per cent. of alcohol
and nothing to cure anything The
dealer was let off with a fine. A
Michigan man was detected selling in
large quantities a hay fever cure"
composed of 99,95 per cent. cocaine
hydocloride. He was fined $780, Sew
eral lemon extracts and vanilla ex-
tract takers have been recently
caught and punished.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
Uncle Sam Probes Third Degree System

/ the indictment was allowed 10 hang
over his head for many months. to his
great personal detriment
The methods Of Francis J. Heney
and Detective Burns may be inquired
into, and Il is not unlikely that some
attention may be given 70 the charge
made against the method of admins
tering the criminal laws in Alaska.
especially at juneau. where the
United States attorney and United
States marshal were recently removed
from Office on the complaint OF Gov.
Walter q. Clark.
The resolution directing an investi.
cation was offered by Senator Hey
burn OF Idaho. and was based upon
reports In newspapers Of the police
methods employed IN the sayler muir
der case at Atlantic City. That case
was not one with which the federal
government had to do, but, in as much
as the methods complained of may
infringe the constitutional guarantees
Of the Individual citizen, the commit
tee feels that Il has jurisdiction, and
that case along with others com.
planned Of will be investigated.
One Of the members of the commit
tee said the committee intended to
go about its work not with the idea Of
furnishing material for sensation,
or Of finding material upon which to
utter denunciations, but to determine
whether corrective legislation is de,
sirable.
st the committees first meeting the
general scope of the work was dis
cussed and two subcommittee ap
pointed, one of which will investigate
the cases In the far west and the 9th.
er win confne its activities to the
eastern states. The committee is
composed Of the following senators:
Brandegee Of Connecticut, chairman;
Borah Of Idaho and Brown of Nebras.
ka, Republicans, and Stone of Mis-
souri, and Oyerman of North Carolina,
Democrats. The western subcommit
tee viii be composed of Senators
Borah, Brown and Stone and the east.
ern subcommittee of Senator Brande.
gee, Borah and Overman.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
Automatic EnunCiator lmpeTiIS
Messengers Jobs.
Inventors Of Sound Magnifler Claim II
Is Possible to Talk to Millions Of
People Thousands of Miles
Away-How Worked.

Chicago.-An automatic enunciator,
by which a man talking in New York
can be heard in every part Of large
room in Chicago, that may throw
most of the bell boys in the hotels
and clubs out of job, and that may
make it possible for a public speaker
to address a million or more people
at one time, was given its first public
demonstration in Chicago the other
day.
A man whose wife is somewhere in
the shopping crowd of a big store can
be located instantly by the new de
vice, it is promised, and as a word
spoken into the transmitter can be
heard in every room with which the
instrument is connected, it may Re
used to call trains in railway stations
and to spread fire alarm throughout
a large building.
From the fifth floor of one building
to the third of another was the dis
tance in the test, but distance Of 900
miles from Pittsburg to Columbus,
Ohio, and back to Pittsburg, has been
successfully negotiated, according to
Joseph Harris, president of the Auto
matte Electric company, who had
charge of the test. Ordinary tele-
phone wires are used by the new in
strument, the receiver and transmitter
being on new lines. A graphophone
horn at the receiving end of the In
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
Governments o. K. on the LowIy Toad

age of at least ten or fifteen years.
They also believe it possible for the
toad to live for a limited time with.
out food, but doubt stories about toads
being found in rocks and trees.
THE toad" says the pamphlet, ''is
nocturnal animal, and ventures out
during the day only when tempted by
an abundance of food or when the air
and moving insects, centipeds, etc. at
is full Of moisture. 1t eats only living
night, soon after sundown, or even be-
fore on cool evenings. 1t emerges from
its shelter and slowly hops about ia
search of food. Almost a regular beat
is covered. In the country this in
cludes forays along roadsides, into gar.
dens and cultivated fields and wher-
ever insect food is abundant and grass
or other thick herbage does not pre-
vent locomotion. In cities and suburb
an villages the lawns, walks and par
ticularly the spots beneath electric
lamps are favorite hunting grounds.
AS a rule the toad feeds continu.
ously throughout the night, consum.
ing in "a hours an amount Of food
equal in bulk about four times the
stomach capdcity A careful examina-
tion Of the contents of the stomaohs of
a large number Of toads shows that 9s
per cent. Of its food was animal mat
ter--WormH, insects, eto
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
In Chicago's Little Italy

same gracious welcome the first
faint spark of talent and the genius
whose flame has lighted up the
world. The unpretentious walls have
sheltered diplomats artists actors and
singers. Here one may often find
Beduschi who created the tenor roles
in most Of Puccini's operas in Italy,
and who is now a Chicago singing
teacher Scotu and Caruso on their
travels frequent the place, although,
sad to say, the golden voiced one
does not go there as frequently as he
did before Bonci discovered the
place.
Here one can listen to real Italian
songs sometimes sung by those voices
which call the public in crowds to
fashionable opera houses. Here the
real italian wines can be obtained and
the proper manner in which to eat
spaghetti half yard long may be OBJ
served.
If you would find your way to this
little eating place ask the Italian vio-
linist in the lobster palace any one
of EN- which you may happen to fire.
quent. He knows, and, perhaps, he'll
tell
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
HARD TO PLEASE
Regarding the Morning Cup.

"Oh how hard it was to part with
coffee, but the continued trouble with
constipation and belching was such
that l finally brought myself to leave
1t off.
Then the question was, what should
we use for the morning drink? Tea
was worse for us than coffee; choco-
late and cocoa were soon tired Of;
milk was not liked very well, and hot
water we could not endure.
About two years ago we struck
upon Postum and have never been
without it since
I'VE have seven children, Our baby
now eighteen months old would not
take milk, so we tried Postum and
found she liked it and it agreed with
her perfectly She is today, and has
been, one of the healthiest babies in
the State.
81 use about two-thirds Postum and
one-third milk and teaspoon of sugar,
and put it into her bottle. If you could
have seen her eyes sparkle and hear
her say good today when | gave it
to her, you would believe me that
she likes it.
IF | was matron of an infants
home, every child would be raised on
Postum Many Of my friends say,
You are looking so well!' l reply, I
am we'll; I drink Postum. I have no
more trouble with constipation, and
know that | owe my good health to
God and Postum.
Il am writing this letter because /
want to tell you how much good
Postum has done us, but If you knew
how ! shrink from publicity, you
would not publish this letter, at least
not over my name"
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellyille, lin pkgs There's a Reason"
Ever read the above lettcrf A nevT
one appears GFom time 40 time. They
are genuine, true and full 81 huwnn
interest
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
PAWNSH0P SWINILE
Loan Sharks Dead Sure
Thing" Crooked Game.
Ticket Calling for a Ring Is Adver
tsed for Sale and the Pur-
chaser Finds He Has
Been Duped.

New York.-"The crokedest gam,
on Broadway" so described by a jew
eler Of Long Acre square, appears tC
be absolutely beyond the reach OF Oh,
police authorities. II Is a pawushoI
swindle, with the pawnbroker as the
principal crook
The scheme first became known
among the Broadway jewellers, who Of
late have received an amazing number
of requests for valuation on articles OF
iewelry, mostly diamond rings, pins
and bracelets set with other precious
stones.
Here Is a sample Of the converse
tlon that takes place In the jewe.ry
shop;
Customer have a ring here which
/ would like 20 have you examine
and tell me what it is worth
Jeweler-We charge one dollar for
placing a valuation.
Customer-Very well, here Is the
ring.
The jeweler seldom asks what the
customer paid for the ring; II is bis
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
HOWLS ARE TERRIFIC
Seal With Awful Voice Keeps Zoo
Attendants Awake at Night.
Mediterranean Monk Brought From
Madeira Gives Keepers Little
Chance for Rest by Dread
Noise He Makes.

London.-The worst thing. accord
ing to their own estimate, that ever
happened to the keepers at the zoo
is Dodgers voice.
Bodger-he is called Baleful Bodger
now--is the Mediterranean monk seal
brought from Madeira a month ago to
the Geological gardens.
On the voyage over he kept the
whole ship awake ever night by the
dreadful noise he made. This forced
the passengers and crew to conclude
that he was excessively seasick
Now the keepers of the zoo know TO
their cost that those sounds are Bod
gers natural tones. As he has begun
TO feed and is in excellent health,
they realize that they may have to
live many years with his voice, and
they describe the prospect as vile.
1T may not seem a serious matter
to others" his keeper said, but it is
very serious to me.
'T have grown used to the bowling
Of wolves, and when l slept near the
jackals they did not keep me awake.
After a time the lions roars were
lullaby, the eagle and the screech owl
ceased to worry me.
but Bodger's voice is the limit of
my endurance. II gets on my nerves
more and more. It is spelling my ap-
petite"
Outside Dodgers cage was found
crowd Of men, women and children.
Lying on the cement was Bodger,
and every ten seconds or so he opened
his mouth wide. From its dark depths
he sent forth a dreadful sound.
AS lieutenant put it, it was exact
ly like the noise one would expect
from an ass trying to bray whilst tor
tured by seasickness.
you watch" said the keeper. "The
people laugh at first, but it always
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29

GGT HERE'S a dead man in that al.
j ley"
This exclamation by an excited col
ored man at Eleventh and e streets,
in Washington, caused considerable
CONSERVATION among pedestrians and
loungers in that vicinity a few days
ago. He pointed to a narrow alleyway
on the north side Of E street between
Eleven and Twelfth streets, between
two buildings.
Pretty soon the mouth of the little
alley was blocked by curious people.
A business man in the neighborhood
who peered over the heads of the NOR
bid crowd and saw a man stretched
out full length, and apparently very
i'll or dead, in the alleyway, telephoned
to the Emergency hospital for an am
bulance. Other men ran hither and
thither in search Of a policeman
"He may be drunk" suggested an
old man as he gazed at the PROSTATE
form.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29

"The impression prevails among
our farmers" the governor said, that
the corn would shrivel up if the stalk
were cut down. Such is not the case.
When the fodder is pulled the corn
stalk dies and dies just as quickly as
if the plant had been cut down
"Ihe leaves on the stalk are the
lungs of the plant and when they are
stripped off the plant dies. Heretofore
cornstalks have been considered nui-
sance on the land and they are gener-
ally raked up and burned. Now there
are probably ton of corn stalks to
an acre. A ton and half would be a
nearer estimate. With 100000 acres
in Georgia planted in corn the stalk
waste would be sufficient to carry
through the winter a million head of
cattle. Think how much this would
mean to the Georgia farmer in meat
value, to say nothing Of the manure.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29

JAMES WILSON, secretary Of agri.
y culture, has been hot-footing it ait.
er a Chicago man who had the
temerity to sell Franklin MacVeagh,
secretary of the treasury, a barrel of
bogus vinegar. MacVeagh bought the
vinegar believing it was the real
thing, the kind that father used to
make Oh the farm, fit to put on let
tuce and pickle pigs feet with and all
that sort of thing.
The looks and smell Of the stuff
made him suspicious, and so he hal
looed for the pure food inspectors
to come and examine. They reported
the alleged vinegar was in reality
adulterated and artificially colored
and misbranded A criminal informa-
ton was filed against the luckless
Btorekeeper and he was taken into
the United States court, accused Of
deceiving and misleading MacVeagh.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
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WASHINGTON-One Of the inves.
w tigating committees set In motion
gt the late session of congress that Is
expected 10 yield some interesting re-
suits Is the subcommittee Of five sena-
tors, members Of the judiciary com.
mittee, who have been directed to in
yestigate and report on the workings
of the third degree" as exemplihed
by federal officers in criminal prosecu.
tlons
The investigation win take a wide
range. One member Of the committee
viii be sent TO Oklahoma to learn
what basis there Is for the charge
made by Gov. Haskell and his friends,
that the prosecutions started against
him under the Roosevelt adminlstra-
tion were inspired by personal malice.
and that the methods resorted to by
the special agents Of the government
In their efforts TO convict Haskell,
we're discreditable.
Another branch Of the investigation
will relate TO some of the western
prosecutions, especially those con.
Quoted by Robert Kay Deylin. as
United States attorney for the North.
ern district of California. Devllns
nomination was hung up in the Judi
ciary committee of the senate for a
long time, on a complaint that he had
prosecuted Dr. Perrin, one Of the de.
PENDANTS in certain land-fraud cases.
who, after being indicted, was finally
discharged for want of evidence.
A special agent of the department
Of justice sent out to investigate the
charge made a written report that DR..
Perrin should never have been in
dicted; that improper methods were
employed to bring about his indict.
ment, and even after the government
officers were aware that they could
not make a case against DR.. Perrin,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
REPLACES BELL BOY

strument sends the voice of the person
at the transmitter to,all parts of the
room at the other end of the wire
With every public room of big
hotel connected with an enunciator, it
will no longer be necessary to send a
bellboy travelling over the building
calling out messages for the guests,
the inventors of the instrument de-
clare. The message spoken into the
transmitter will be heard over the en-.
tire building, and will not need to b."
repeated Several big Chicago hotr
viii have them in operation befC
fail, Mr.. Harris declared, one big ho
telry now nearing completion having
already concluded arrangements for
the automatic bellboy.
Theodore Roosevelt, had he post
poned his visit until the work of in
stalling the instruments had progress
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29

A RECENT bulletin of the depart
"A nent of agriculture In Washing
ton has taken up the case of the toad,
dispelling the "host Of vague and lu-
dicrous fancies as to its venomous
qualities. It's medicinal virtues, or
most commonly, the hidden toadstone
Of priceless value.
Touching toads, says the bulletin,
does not produce warts on the hands.
The toad's breath does not cause con-
vulsions in children, nor does a toad
In a newly dug well insure a good and
unfailing water supply, nor in a new
made cellar will one bring prosperity
to the household.
The Massachusetts experiment sta
ton has been investigating the hab-
It's, food and economic value Of the
toad, and the result establishes Its
claim to consideration and appreoia-
tion. First OF ALL as to the longevity
Of the toad, the investigators express
the opinion that many toads reach an
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
Food for CouUs is Wasted

Atlanta, Ga.-Governor Brown is a
strong believer In the conservation Of
the national resources and foe to
waste. On the simple matter of corn
stalks Governor Brown figures that
Georgia is throwing away enough feed
to keep a million head of cattle.
1t is a well-known fact that while
the farmers Of Georgia pull the leaves
from the corn for fodder, leaving the
stalk standing to support the ear Of
corn, through the northern and west
ern states it is the custom to cut the
stalk down. shock it up and then to
shred 1t for cattle feed after the corn
has been taken of.
Governor Brown is of the opinion
that the method now in vogue in this
state of pulling fodder is an exceed
ingly wasteful one and he would well
come the introduction Of shredding
machines as saving to farmers of
millions Of dollars annually.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29

ed a little further, could speak to
practically every person in Chicago
without getting hoarse, the enthusias-
tic inventors pointed out. All that
would be necessary would be to put a
transmitter on the platform beside
him and connect up various halls in
all parts of the city, where people of
the different nelghborhoods could
gather
Running descriptions of baseball
games or prize fights can be sent over
long distances for the entertainment
of sporting fans of all varieties. Cabs
can be called from the theaters while
waiting parties remain inside the
building, and trains may be equipped
with the instrument so that stations
may be called in all the cars stimuli
taneously.
Beyond stating that the enunciator
is the combined work of number Of
American and foreign inventors. Mr..
Harris refused to reveal the discoverer
of the new method of sound transmits
sion.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
GIimpses of Real Bohemianism Where
Real Italian Songs Are Heard
Notable Guests.

Chicago.-There is a small Italian
restaurant in Chicago which has so
far escaped the attention of that class
which spoils Bohemia by entering it's
borders. When invaders led by Gu
riosity and armed with lorgnettes and
ear trumpets come in such numbers
that the original inhabitants fly be-
ore their invasion then Bohemia is
gone. Therefore to say that it is in
the neighborhood of Sixteenth street
is to be definite enough.
1t is a place of good fellowship and
equality. The host greets with the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29

drives them away in the end"
The keeper was right. The specta-
tors faces lost their hilarity after
about three of Dodgers shouts, and
they went away.
"At night" the keeper continued,
that fearful noise can be heard dis
tinctly from one end of the gardens to
the other. The attendants who live in
the lodge near by complain that they
cannot sleep.
One of the girls at the refreshment
stall on the top Of the terrace above
Bodger has petitioned her employers
to move her to the farthest part of the
grounds. She says she cannot eat
eat now that she has to listen to the
brute's voice.
rs he doing well? Yes, he is. We
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29

are trying now 10 get him to eat dead
fish. So far he has only condeseended
to partake of live cells, and he eats 50
worth a day.
This much tried keeper has also the
pleasanter task Of caring for Roose-
velt, the Teddy bear, and he was en-
thusiastic in his praise.
Roosevelt, through his trusting ma
ture. has met with a minor disaster
Impelled by love and curiosity. he put
his tongue into the stripped hyenas
den. The hyena Immediately bit It
and made the blood come.
Now Roosevelt, who has been NOV
ed to next door but one, spends his
time standing against the wall near
est his enemy's cage, apparently long
ing to encounter him.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29

the bearing down. ! recommended IL
TO some friends and two Of them have
been greatly benefited by it."-M Mrs
MAE MCKNIGHT, Oronogo, Mo.
Another Grateful Woman
st. Louis, Mo. 81 was bothered
terribly with a female weakness and
had backache, bearing down pains and
pains in lower parts. began taking
Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound reguiarlyand used the Sanative
Wash and now ! have no more troubles
that way" Mrs. Al. HERzoG, 5722
Prescott Ave, st. Louis, Mo.
Because your case is a difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia L. Pinlham's Vegetable
Compound a trial 1t surely has cured
many cases Of female ills, such as in
flammation, liberation, displacement3,
tibroid tumors. Irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-dOvn
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
Vous prOstratiOn. 1t costs but a trifie
to try it, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.