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The San Francisco call., 1910-12-04

David NJ Duncan was one OF San
Frsncisco's most eminent attorneys, a
man shrewd. clever, learned in Iitera-
ture and law. wealthy and a speaker of
national fame. He was a member Of
the best clubs. married, and with a
family who were prominent in society.
The handsome. talented lawyer was
popular in all circles. Esthetic IN
tastes. brilliant in repartee, catered to
by the cultured set. admired for his
class ca1ly perfect features and the ex-
ouisite poise OF his manner, he was
truly a man among men
Duncan led a dual life. Perhaps be-
ing an IDOL palled upon him sometimes.
Perhaps his lower nature craved re-
taxation Perhaps society and his
smart club friends bored him. What
ever the reason. he had formed a liaison
with an Amazonian brunette, a former
chorus girl, a woman almost six feet
tail, Junoesoue and as perfect q phyisi-
cal specimen IN her large way as was
the attorney IN his refined proportions.
Duncan had furnished splendid home
for her IN the Western addition. She
loved him. and a proof Of her affection
lived in a little boy. said 10 be their
son. She was q woman with warm, red
lips. bold figure which she under
stood how to dress strikingly, for she
did not dislike being stared at when
she walked abroad. with her large.
lustrous brown eyes and voluptuous
grace Of carriage she naturally attract
ed attention wherever she went
And, as is usual in such cases, after
three years. Of intimacy. the attorney
suddenly had his eyes opened 10 the
fact that his relation with the Juno
esque brunette was becoming public
property. Being discreet. even in his
anours. he decided that the liason must
end at once. But how7 Just what ac-
ton could he take? The woman GER
taInly had a bona hde claim. He was
the father Of her child What did il
matter-in California, where more than
one court had decided that a child
legitimate or otherwise, had its rights
that he was already married with a
family that legally bore his name? Il
was a predicament from which even
his acute mind could not at the moment
discover an easy means OF escape. What
on earth could he 90?
Pondering deeply, his mind IN a tur-
moil, David NJ Duncan walked dowr
Market street Presently q haring sigr
greeted his vision.
Private Detective Agency-Divorce.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-04

Well, Billy" said the CHIEF TO ne
one Cay long after the baron ana Ole
bride had been forgotten by the rad
ing world. I've Just received a letter
from the superintendent or police s<A
Melbourne. Australia. He Is seeking IN
formation regarding a man with re3
hair and flowing red mustache who had
been caught in crooked transaction n
southern Australia. WHa. 40 you think
Bill. Guess TIE Red Spidsr's stiU
weaving new webs aA2''
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17
COLUMBIA PROFESSOR
SUED FOR HEART BALM.

Suit for $4,000 damages for alleged
breach Of promise of marriage has
been brought in the Supreme Court at
New York by Miss Esther Quinn
against Prof Harry Thurston Peck,
A. NJ, Phi. D., L. H. D., LII D., holder
of the chair in Latin at Columbia Uni
versity, president Of the Latin Club of
America, member of many prominent
literary clubs and associations. maga.
zine writer, critic Of the fair sex. and
essayist on morals.
The first wife of PROT. Peck obtained
a divorce in South Dakota in Septem-
Der, 1908 The grounds were deser-
ton on Aug. 26 Of the 5llowing year
he married Miss Elizabeth D. du Bois,
teacher of classics I'm The Norris
nigh school Miss Quinn in her coul-
plant alleges that her friendship with
The scholar-critic-writer began in June.
1900, and continued until Feb. 9 last.
when she heard for the first time of
his marriage to Miss du Bofs. In the
same document Miss Quinn asserts.
through her lawyer, Daniel O'Reillv
that in September, 190S-the month in
which his first wife divorced him
Prof. Peek proposed marriage to her
and she accepted him The Columbia
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17

Justice Monkey ate all the cheese
that he was called upon to divide
equally between two Joint owners. be-
cause at one time he bit a little too
much from uhat was in one scalepan
and the next time a little too mun
from what was i'm the other. Some
what similar was the prcdfcament in
which a guest at the table of c. II.
Mccormick the inventor Of the reaner,
found himself The story is told in
the recently published book, Cyrus
Hall Mccormick"
A very dignifed and selfcentered
military officer was taking supper with
the Mccormick family. The first
course, as usual, was corn meal mush
and milk. 1t was served in Scotch
fashion, with the hot mush in one bowl
and the cold milk in another The
practice was so to coordinate the eat
ing of them that both were finished
at the same time.
The officer planned his sDooufus
badly, and was soon ont Of milk.
Have some more milk TO finish your
mush, colonel said Mccormick. Sew
erai minutes later the coloneTs mush
bowl was empty, at which Mccormick
said, Have some more mush to finish
your milk" And so it went. with mix
for the mush and mueh for the milk,
until the unfortunate colonel was hope.
lessly incapacitated for the four or FIVE
courses that came aftarward
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17

my mother usel Do have very haa
humor on har lo1l which tae daelorI
called an eczema aud tor ID I had i've
different doc'afa Hlf head was verY
sore and her hair nearly an zen aut
In spite of what they uU.h did one
day her niece came in ana they were
speaking Of h0w her haIf was falling
out and the doctors ana fl no good
She says Aunt why don't YOU Try
Cutleura Soap aud Cuticura Oiut-
mentT Mother diI ana they helped
her In siX months time the Itching.
burning and scaling Of her head was
over and her hair began srowlug. To-
day she feels much Ia debt to Cuu-
eura Soap and OIutment for the hns
head of hair she has for an old lady
OF seyeniy-f0ur.
Ny own ease was an eczema IN my
feet As soon as the cold weather
came my feet would Itch and burn and
then they would crack open and bleed.
Then / thought / would Zee to my
mothers friends. Cutleura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment / did for four or
i've winters, and now my feet are as
smooth as any ones Ellsworth Dun
ham, Hiram. Me-, Sept 80. 1903
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17

viii join the arctic ship Beothic, which
they have chartered for the trip into
the northern ATTITUDES Capt. Bart
lett, who accompanied Peary on the
Roosevelt, Will command the Beothic
and have a crew of twenty-uine This
entire expedition is to be recorded in
photographs, and in this respect #
probably will differ from any similar
undertaking. There viii be ten cam
eras with duplicates of them all to
be used in case Of accident. Some of
the cameras are especially adapted
for over-ice photography There viii
be motion pictures of all the hunts
and of the fishing, the harpooning of
the fights with polar bears,
and the caribou chases.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17
lNVENTING NEW ANIMALe(0

years found that it was possible cross the
COW with the native American fact was
III made and the herds have present there
~ are more than 800 head the Jones
b6EN of Arizona h thriving herd, Of even greater
Gss numbers that the Goodao panhandle of
Texas Great shaggy high-whed about the
hd overlooking their domestic manner
This is that world until recently saws
the Washington All the past failed 10 See s
IKE It Is new thing the world The question whether
is useful thing This question decided we'll within
the range of possibilities that viii profitable the hybrid
than the cow and If this proved the pass away place
will remain the the called through com
binaton of the Of its
There are number of points In which surpas do
nestle Gov" It is OF greater activity and livelihood
COW would ae Mountain plains themselves
pa9luas Tor "here herds OF cattle could Likewise
frozen north countries lend themselves grazing where cows
could not resist the cold The shaggy from its
wiz taa Is without peer as reser of cold Interior Alaska
might e induced yield billions brought there to pasture
But there is m another Of the andnew appears
u an e rest rms Is the zeoras offspring OF the royal
Assnia and the pebean deveoad under
~ care ana guidance OF the United States
10 STRONG at lere WI" result bearer Of burdens and
loads that viii suass domestic animal years ago
@ ana e Ayssinlan zebras are the largest handmest
e world AS his back yard already filled wild
VINO beng asog with the newly found idea of the times
at nVentng animals about royalty stripes for
that
already plenty the variety of the patient ~
can uro that bears the packs of the expert
were carried on at the experiment station at Bethesda
iy mere are h young hyhfids running about the
carng themselves the latest things zbra the
oe a Ioo"a are a ieae this fact Offering the possibility
opng the herd rapidly Animal throughout the country are
waiting win great interest the further development
And the possibilities appearances The zes seems
70 have combined the parents and is one
y o creatures IN the world 1t has the heavy
mother the body and the head and s
are present t greatly dnmed on the body, while vivid
The greatest hybrid that the world has mule T
cross between the horse and the The however
ana ue possibility OF developing more perfect through
ION did not exist The mule had be taken
'"o '1 "u'noihS LIohler. lie mas surpassed
many ways oh the horse and the ass that bred him The ev
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17
AUTO OF 40 YEARS AGO
Steam-Drlven Machine Now on Ex-
hlbitiOn at a Lowell, Mass,
Garage.
ECCENTRICITY OF INVENTOR
Worked on His Contrivanoe During
Civil War and Exhibited Result
Throughout Country.

In the show rooms Of one of the To-
cal garages at Lowell, says the Bos-
ton Herald, is on exhibition what is
believed to be the first steam-drlyen
automobile ever invented In this coun-
try, one which served the ideas and
fulhlled the expectations of its builder
perfectly The machine, a rather odd.
looking affair as compared with mod
ern car was the invention of William
W Austin, who died last year in Win.
throp.
Mr. Austin was born in Dighton
eighty-hve years ago, and at the age
OF 8 was left an orphan. When a
young man he became apprenticed to
a blacksmith and after remaining al
his trade for a few years went to
Boston and eventually to Lowell.
In 1860, at the very outbreak of the
Civil War, he started to work on his
first automobile. His second effort
was the machine which is now on ex-
hibttion here. He took his invention
to the larger cities of this section of
the country and on his return to Low
ell some time later he brought with
him $4,000
Eccentric in some particulars, Mr..
Austin instead OF placing the money
in the bank, buried It and made a map
of its detailed location When he left
the city some months later he placed
the map in what he considered safe
keeping, but on his return it was gone,
and, not being able to remember Just
where he had placed the money,
mourned it as lost.
A few years later, while away from
the city, a mental picture of the spot
where it was buried flashed into his |
mind, and he returned here with all /
haste ami after some efforts located /
the notes where he had buried them /
Decomposition had destroyed the outer
edges, but he appealed to the Secre.
tary Of the Treasury and the notes
were redeemed.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17

England on Aug. 10, 1928. He was
educated at Eton and Oxford, and be-
came in 1847 a fellow of University
College He was Regius professor Of
history at Oxford from 1868 to 1866.
In 1868 he was elected to the chair of
English and constitutional history in
Cornell University, and in 1871 he set
tied in Canada, where he devoted him
self largely to Canadian Journalism
and to literature. His pleasant home,
the Grange, is situated in the center
of Toronto. His various works. lit
erary and political, make up very
fine record, but to many he is of inter
est as a leading figure in now-forgot.
ten controversies in which both Mr.
Gladstone and Lord Beaconsfield took
part. In addition to his work in BIZ
ography, criticism and political essays,
Smith was a poet
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17
DRIVEN HOME.


All the seats We're occupied and the
straps were coming into demand when
the woman boarded the street car. She
was beyond the age generally consider
ed attractive, her attire was unfash.
ionable, and she was undenfably fat.
There were several men, but no one
OF them rose as she reached vainIy for
the strap that eluded her short arm.
Take my seat, ma am, piped a
yoice-a small, red-haired boy had
risen,
The woman stared at her diminutive
benefactor Then she recovered her
self, thanked him gratefully and tried
to take the proffered seat.
OF course everybody was looking on
by this time. But the lesson that
should be conveyed to the seated speci-
mems of Nankind threatened to be lost
The boy was not over II, and small of
his age, The efforts of the portly WON.
an to insert herself into the space left
by the boy were fast becoming ludic-
rous. Broad grins were appearing, and
a girl or two giggled.
The boy, who was of the ''red-hair-
ed temperament" began to blush
furiously, and was evidently embar-
rassed at the turn events had taken.
I'm sorry l amt bigger, ma'am, he
said to the woman, letting his shrin,
hin voice go distinctly through the
3ar, "but if I'd a. been big enough to
cave a good-sized seat, mebby I'd a.
orgot to pull all of me up out of it
when a lady come aIong!"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17
NEGRO CADDIEs DOWN SOUTH.
ObIiging and Cheerful Helpers the
WHITING Golfer FINDS Yhem.

ObliginE and Cheerful Helpers the
Visiting Golfer Finds Them.
The winter resort golf player meets
a refreshing novelty in the negro cad
dy. Sometimes the boy" is a grizzled
old fellow rising so, who totes the bag
of clubs about with the alacrity of
youth.
The caddies come in all sizes, from
six feet or more with the muscular
build Of a prize fighter down to lads
just about able to handle the bag; but
no matter what his age or size, the ne
gro caddy has infinite ability to be
cheerful. He doesn't adopt the some
what cynical manner offthe white cad
dy, and his manners are better.
For another thing, the black lad
ordinarily has the eye of a hawk and
traces the balls with marvellous sure
ness. One caddy said he hadn't lost
ball in the two years that he had been
caddying, which is remarkable rec
ord.
The negro caddy comes into his work
Win az dllldBlt lubtL llldl ne Is the
partner of his employer. The ball is
"ours" Whose ball Is that near the
pin?' asks the golfer That's ours,
sir, the caddy says.
When the golfer gets a good long
ball from the tee, the caddy does a lot
of quiet roofing Ride on, ball, ride
on" he calls much as if he were roll
ing the bones and roofing for his num-
Der to come up. He does his best to
coax the ball into the cup, too, in much
the same way, but his sense Of ETH
quette is too strong to permit him to
make any noise while the play is ac-
tually being made.
No matter how much of dub he has
for a boss at the time, a writer in
the New York Sun says, he doesn't
5neer or say, anything impertinent
which is a relief to the player from
lp North, who knows the unpleasant
habits Of some of the white caddies
The only bad habit the boy has is to
gamble on the result of the match he's
accompanying. 1t can be seen what a
est Of cheerfulness it is for him when
lis player is a dub and misses an easy
hot for the hole and so throws away
he bet.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17

IDENTIFY creature superior in
With selection and scientific breeding viii
will tend to retire the latter possibly
But OF the new turn taken W scientists
was deduced hrs
century ago This monk in his oistered garden studied
govern the things that and their
He
be they plant or animal controlled the
on hypothesis
generations that followed in certain mathematical
together
readily
tons that followed Finally figures greatest law
heedy Sc
Little was thought of it at the time and neglected
past hit
times and finally
law This law the has pains to prove
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17
Watch Your RefrLnerator.

Youll save many a doctor BIN Nv
watching your refrigerator. Keep it
absolutely clean all the time The best
way 70 clean It is 10 take clean hot
water make a suds with Easy Task
soap and wash every nook and corner
In the Ice box or refrigerator Then
the food doesn't get smelly and carry
disease germs 20 the table Easy Task
soap being made Of pure cacoaHut Oh,
boraN naptha and clean tallow. Is anti.
septic as well as cleansing il is a
wonderful soap-aud a nickel cake.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17
INDIAN TO WOOD PILE.
Modern Methods Have Killed the
Picturesque Sentinel of the
Cigar Store.
WAS VENERATED BY DEALER
City Ordinances Against Obstruction
of Streets and other Causes
Hastened Downfall.

The wooden Indian has gone to tn
attic, the basement and the wood pile
| He no longer is the recognized sign OF
the tobacco store, says the Chicago
News
Time was when the proprietor of a
tobacco store considered the statue of
the American aborigine standing at
the entrance Of his doorway a neces.
sary adjunct to his business. It was
regarded by the proprietor with the
same feeling of pride that now swels
in a mans bosom when he watches
his huge electric sign attracting the at.
tention Of the crowds in the street.
When a new coat of paint covered The
front Of his store the Indian was adorn-
ed with new suit Of attractive colors
At night the statue carefully was re.
moved within the building, and the
first duty Of the janitor the next morn
ing was to put the sign on duty in it's
accustomed place.
A few tobacco dealers still have the
Indian sign. They consider it now
more as a keepsake than an asset to
their business, and don't give it the
care and attention it demanded former
ly They bought it many years ago
when its presence was considered nee
essary to the sale of tobacco and their
attachment for the relic prevents them |
from using it for kindling
The retail tobacco business has un- |
dergone revolution during the last
fifteen years, and the Indian was one
of the old customs slated for the tobog-
gan. When modern ways and modern
stores began to encroach upon the din
gy, untidy tobacco stands of the pio-
neers, the reformers chose to regard
the absence Of the Indian as a mark of
their kind The electric sign or the
Cigars and Tobaccos" on
the windows downed the chief
Other things, too, aided custom in
liscarding the wooden Indian. On mar
cow sidewalks the life-sized statue
on large base was a serious
and often it was necessary
or pedestrians to pass it in single file
This led to ordinances and laws
against street distractions, and the
wooden Indian became ill., At this
tage in the history of the retail tobaC-
o business window decorations came
nto vogue. The big signs prevented a
lew of clever window display and
iscretion led the shopkeeper to aban-
on the old scheme for the new I
mi.
ign of a tobacco store is commonly J
to the fact that the red man +
'as the first to use tobacco. 6
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17
BIRD CHAT.

The Chinese eat rotten" eggs-that
is, eggs preserved in lime until they
get consistency like that Of hard but
ter.
A fosil rahphoryucus, a bird of 5O,-
100000 years old, sold for $4,000 re-
Gently, the highest price ever paid for
a bird.
Cardinals have been known to alight
upon window sllls Of houses and peck
at the panes, probably attracted by
their reflection In tho glass,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17
A DOCTORS EXPERIENCE.
Medicine Not Needed in Thi. Case.

It is hard to convince some people
that coffee does them an injury, They
lay their bad feelings to almost every
/ cause but the true and unsus8ec-ed
one.
But the doctor knows. His wide ax-
/ perience has proven to hlm that 10
! some systems, coffee is an insiaious
I poison that undermines the health
Ask the doctor if coffee is the cause
OF constipation, stomach and nervous
troubles.
Il have been a coffee drinker all
my life. l am now A. years old md
when taken sick two years ago with
nervous prostration, the doctor said
that my nervous system was broren
down and that / would have to aive
up coffee.
4 got so weak and shalty could
not work, and reading your advertise.
ment of Postum, l asked my grocer if
he had any of it. He said Yes. nd
that he used it in his family ANA it
was all it claimed to be.
SO quit coffee and commenced to
use Postum steadily and found in
about two weeks time l could sl1ep
soundly at night and get up Ia The
morning feeling fresh. In about .wo
months began to gain flesh. / weigh
ed only l46 pounds when commenced
on Postum and now l weigh l67 and
feel better than did at 20 years OF
age.
Il am working every day and sleep
well at night, My two children were
great coffee drinkers. but they hive
not drank any since Postum came into
the house. and are far more healthy
than they were before.
Read The Road to Wellyille."
found in pkgs, There's a Reason.
Ever read the above letter? A
lew enc appears from time to time.
hey are genuine, true, and ful 0f
lumau interest.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17
WITH THE SAGEs.

Whose escapes a duty avoids gain.
Parker.
Who is free? The man who masters
his own Epictetus.
To cultivate good thoughts is to be
loyal to ones better self-Lee.
The greatest blessings Of this life
are friendship andS affection Robert
son.
No one is useless In this world who
lightens the burden Of 1t for any one
elsa.---ninkens.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17
CANADIAN WRITER AND
EDUCATOR WHO IS DEAD.

Professor Goldwin Smith. one of the
most distinguished educators and writ
ers 1f modern times, died at THE
Grange" his home in Tonorto, recent
ly, at the age of Sc years. Since the
death of his wife last summer the in
firmities of old age have been creeping
rapidly on DR.. Smith, and several
months ago he gave up all his literary
work. On the morning of Feb. ., as
he was walking through the hall of his
home, he tripped and fell, fracturing
his thigh bone. on account of the pa
TENTS advanced age tho bones would
not knit, and from the first there was
no hope Of his recovery.
Goldwin Smith was born at Reading
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17
High FINANCE.

why do you keep asking people for
change for dollar, and then asking
other people to give you a dollar for
your changer
We'll, somebody may make a mis-
take in change, sometime. And, be-
lieve me, it won't be Cleveland
Leader.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17
MILLIoNAIREs ON A HUNT
MAY SEEK NORTH POLE.

Paul j. Ralney millionaire turfman
and polo player, who Is said to have
spent nearly Sl0oO,0OO on the turf, has
decided TO give up racing for good.
Many Of his horses have already been
sold, lie Is going 10 the frozen north
for a six months hunt after big
game Mr. Raiuey plans TO penetrate
the wllds of Labrador and perhaps
even make a dash for the north pole.
Tie viii hunt all over Ellsmerolund.
Harry Whitney and Mr. Rainey
have gone to sydney, C. b., where they
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-06-17

professor is 54 years old. Miss Quinn
is much his junior Through his at.
torneys, Tappan & Bennett, Peck has
entered a general denial Of the charges.
The woman's lawyer will offer in evil
dence on the trial of her cause more
than hundred letters written to her
she aftirms, by the famous ltterateur
1t is a remarkable collection of letters
with dates running from 1909 to 1909.
crowded with tender phrases, many of
them filled with expressions Of adora-
tlon, declarations of answering devo.
tlon, sobriquets of endearment.