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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

Suppose you become an English
peer and are naturally anxious to find
out exactly what personal rights and
privileges your new station gives, you
will have to give your secretary a
month or so to hunt through rows of
dust-covered volumes. And even then
you will not know one-half Of them.
Lots of them are obsolete indeed.
They have not been repealed, how
ever, and, If you wish to take advan-
tage of every privilege that your new
rank gives you you will find plenty Of
opportunities.
If you are unfortunate enough to be
condemned to death, for instance, you
can demand a moose Of silk. If you
are bald. and shy of displaying your
infirmity, you are at liberty to keep
on your hat when in court Of JUS
tice, a privilege that not even the
prime minister enjoys-eXcept, Of
course, when he happens to be peer.
Every time parliament reopens you
are allowed by royal charter, if your
way to the house leads through one OF
the royal deer parks, to kill and, If
you wish It, carry away one or two
deer. When returning home you may
do the same again. There is only one
condition. You must, when entering
the park, give the royal foresters no
tice of your intention by sounding
your hunting horn.
60 fDrnofs HIM
self, for reasons of his own, as to
punch your head, you have the privi
lege of hailing him before the Grim
inal courts as one guilty of the crime
of showing contempt for the whole
house of parliament And before he
leaves the Old Bailey he will be very,
very sorry. If, on the other hand, it
is you who so far forget yourself as
to punch the commoner's head, he can
summons you, just as he would any
one else, at the police court. But if,
when you are there, you breathe out
threatenings and slaughter against
him, and tell him exactly what you
will do to him when you get him out
side, you can do so for as long as yOa
please.
The magistrate has no power to
bind you over to keep the peace, or
commit you for contempt of court, one
of which things he would certainly do
If your name did not appear on the
register of the house Of lords.
But these are not the only adVan-
tages your rank gives you in the
courts If you are concerned in a
chancery case and have to appear in
the witness box, your word would, If
you wished it, be taken as equivalent
to another mans oath. II anyone
uses personal violence to your coach
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

z AN FRANCISCO.-Nothing so clear
} ly shows the vigor and recupera-
tive power Of San Francisco as the ef-
fort it is putting forth to secure the
great exposition of 1915, designed to
celebrate the building of the Panama
canal.
A little over four years ago the city
was crumbled to the dust by the
earthquake and fire which swept sos
city blocks out of existence. Last
April just four years after the great
,ataclysm, the citizens of San Fran
cisco. assembled in mass meeting, sub
scribed over $4,OOO,O0O toward an in
:ernational exposition to be held
here and since that time $3,00O,0O0
more have been subscribed. Few cities
n the world are capable of this great
revival. Not only has San Francisco
arisen from her ashes, but she now
faces the monumental task of financ-
ing a great world exposition.
Since the work of rebuilding San
Francisco was begun more than $780,
100000 has gone into reconstruction,
while 81OO,0OOO00 has been expended
On steel and concrete wharves, a muni-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09
PRONUNCIATION OF ARKANSAS
"Arkansaw" Recognized as Correct,
but It Brought About Dispute
in the Senate.

Little Rock, Ark.-In the United
States names of places are pro-
nounced according to caprice rather
than according to rule. The people Of
Quincy, Mass, as we'll as the people
of Massachusetts generally, say "Quin-
w." while western people say "Quin-
sy" In the same way New England
ers are much amused should any one
pronounce the name of their famous
town as every one pronounces the
common word that is spelled in the
same way. IN other word, the inhabi-
tants of Concord, Mass, give the sec
ond go" an obscure sound and omit
the "r' altogether. They live In Con
cud."
Most everybody knows that the cor
rect pronunciation Of Arkansas is "Ar-
kansaw," but there are still many per
sons who call It Arkansas. The name
was formerly spelled Arkansas and Ar.
kansa. The final IS" was added by
the French, and is silent. In the state
itself It is only visitors and newcom.
ers who say Arkansas. At the same
time 1t seems to be true that usage
has not always been uniform When
Millard Fillmore was vice president Of
he United States the two Arkansas
senators disagreed as to the pronun.
citation Of the name, Each insisted
that he was correct, and Mr.. Fillmore,
as president Of the senate, conpro.
missed the batter by recognizing one
as "the gentleman from Arkansas"
and the other as "the gentleman from
ArkansaW."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09
rhe Old salIore Command.

Cleveland, Ohio--An old lake sailor
a bit wobbly as to his underpinnings,
stood at the corner of East Fourteenth
street and Euclid avenue the other
waiting for car Two or three of the
cars passed him by, whizzing be
cause ip the obscurlty the motorman
couldn't make out the waiting figure.
The old man didn't appear to like this
at all, and when the next car came
whizzing along he took his stand in
the middle OF the track and let out
call that could be heard two blocks.
"TIeave to, TIL board yel" he shout.
ed. The car hove to" and the old
fellow pulled alongside and climbed
ever the gangway.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09
Huge Magnet Causes WOrkman's Death

OF iron swung along over heap OF
several tons of scrap iron. or chunks
OF crude material known In trade par
lance as pig iron. and the pieces begin
to jump upward and hang on to the
magnet through this invisible force
while slowly carried 10 some other
part OF the works. where they quickly
drop off as the magnet loses IFS
power through the shutting on OF the
current Of electricity The thing looks
ridiculous, yet the power that draws
these heavy pieces Of iron or steel up
ward would sustain a weight Of many
tons just as easily
Rightly understood, the operation Of
a magnetic crane Is marvellous;
viewed by the ignorant It seems posi-
lively uncanny II was beneath the
influence Of such a power that poor
Warnack lost his life so Unexpectedly.
Warnack was carrying the billet
through the yards of the Jones &
Laughlin Steel company when the
huge magnet, used TO unload scrap
iron from cars, swung around. The
billet was drawn to the big steel
horseshoe with Warnaek, too badly
frightened to realize his peril. cling
ing to IT,
Workmen who witnessed the acct
dent had considerable difficulty in ex.
Treating the victim. They forgot to
turn off the current supplying the
contracting power at first. Finally
some one thought to shut of the
power and then the body and the bill
let fell to the ground, the latter strl'
king one Of the rescuers on the right
leg and breaking It. The mystic
power Of the magnet had been over.
come for the moment, and poor War.
mack was carried to the hospital to die
of his injuries a couple of hours later.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

The Lancet, in a strong plea fol-
better care of the teeth Of English chill.
dren, which, it says, is a matter OF
the first importance to the country"
declares that tooth brush drill is Of
little value when carried out during
school hours; to be of value it must
be carried out at the proper times, the
most important Of all being the last
thing before going to rest" This med
ical authority thinks, also, that "a well
organized crusade throughout the
country on the Importance of the teeth
and the technique of their proper care
would be followed in a generation by
an immense Improvement in the health
of the nation, and from the point Of
view of the combatant services, by an
enormous decrease in the percentage
of recruits rejected for defective
teeth"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

! Mile. DutrIeu, Daring 5lrd-Woman.
Blanchard. wife OF a famous areonaut.
While sailing over Paris in balloon
on July 6, 1919. she set OF a rocket,
the balloon caught fire and she was
killed by falling on a roof.
Nine. RAIDER, in 1868, was caught in
the ropes Of her balloon and SUMO
Gated
Among the attempts OF women to
conquer the air none was more ex-
citing than that Of Mrs Stock, who
In 1924 went up from London in com
pany with the balloonist Harris. The
Journey continued without incident
until an attempt was made to descend.
Then the apparatus for emptying the
balloon did not work properly and the
gas escaped too rapidly
Only tightening the car could save
the two balloonists, and all the bal
last had been thrown out Then Harris
and Mrs. Stock looked each other in
the eye for e second. Then Harris
threw himself from the car to save
the life of the woman who had been
brave enough to share his peril with
him.
Nine. Flammarion, wife of the fam
0us Camille, made a honeymoon trip
with her husband in the month of Au-
gust. 1847, and landed happily after
fifteen hours at Spa. This successful
example was followed by one tragic
imitation. when Giuseppe Charlemont,
n 1898, started out from Milan with
his bride and two others to make the
Journey to Paris.
The first day passed without acct
lent. On the second day, as the bal
Don was crossing the Alps, II was
caught in a whirlwind, met snow
storm and fell more than one thous-
and feet in a few seconds. The storm
lrove the car from one rocky peak
% another and dragged it over the
glaciers until all the gas had escaped
and the car was left on a mountain.
It remained there all night, and the
1ext day the four, With no implements
and no protection against the cold,
started to make the perilous descent.
A snowstorm was raging and the
young husband slipped into a creVasse
and was dashed to death at the bot
tom. It was three days before the
party found refuge in hut.
Sarah Bernhard made an ascent il
1875 with the painter Clarin and Cod
dard, the balloonist.
Among the most daring aviators
who recently gave exhibition flights
at Doncaster, England, was Mile. Du-
trieu, a young Frenchwoman. Her
flights in midair were really remark
able, and she is the only woman in the
world who has steered an aeroplane
with a passenger aboard.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09
cousH OF LUXURY

The most perfect resting place ever
devised for a human being is Just be
meath the roof. and then you must be
able TO see the shingle nails sticking
through. II a gentle rain be falling.
80 much the better Five minutes
spent In that sweet retreat are enough
10 Danish the memory Of every trouble
nsbt and death lose their terrors. and
the peace that passes understanding
comes upon you, says the Washington
Post You become a boy again and
enter once more into the world that
used TO be. Soon the dark corners OF
The room are peupled with the images
Of childhood. over where the old
clothes are hanging you can see the
outlines Of q dismantled ship, while
down the sandy shore come Robinson
Nrusoe and Man Friday A swarthy
'Pre peeps from behind the big trunk
Il is Faringhea, the stranger, creep,
ing stealthily upon his victim. Fast
ar and faster they come, some plcag-
Ing, some ferocious You welcome
them all and are not bit afraid, and
The rain drlps, drips, with steady.
guonotonous sound. Then comes a
blank Next morning the srell is
broken, but the memory remains. You
see the old clothes and the trunk, and
HaI that the only gobelin tapestry in
Tao room is a cluster of cobwebs over
the little dormer window. But you
had slept the sleep Of the Just, and
found It most refreshing.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

The passenger traffic between the
United States and Europe continues to
Dfier most alluring inducements. Many
f the big companies are adding the
newest, largest and swiftest vessels to
their fleets. One of the latest launch
hgs is that OF a ship that is being
built by a French line, to run to New
York. This is one of the greatest craft
yet completed, and when put in COM
mission will be able to carry 1920 pas
Tengers. The total cost will be about
R5,0OOO0O, That is what foreign con
eerns are doing to get American trade.
and Americans permit them to mo-
aopolize a business that should be in
American control and which should
be a most important auxiliary in ez-
tending American commerce.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

From London comes the announce
ment of the death of the woman who
claimed to be the original Of Little
Dorrit," that famous character Of
Dickens. The lady was entitled to the
benefit of the doubt, but it is fact
that similar claims have been made by
others. 1t is also asserted that a
brother of the woman who has Just
died was the original Tiny Tim" and
that he served in part as the model for
Paul Dombey." If all those asser-
lions can be proved It would seem
that the family formed a sort Of trust
Tor Dickens characters.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

English owners Of homing pigeons
have lost so many of them this season
that they believe there is an especial
cause. This cause, many of them are
Inclined to suspect, is wireless telegra-
phy Many will dismiss the indict-
ment as faneiful, on account of the
comparative weakness of the current
which wireless telegraphy brings into
play The answer to this is that the
current does not kill the birds, but
only confuses them, causing them to
miss their way If the Marconi cur
~snt affects pigeons, why not gulls?
indeed, it would seem not impossible
that wireless telegraph stations may
be the means Of greater disaster to
gulls than lighthouses.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

Be that as 1t may, the fact remains
that over certain centers-one on the
east of Hudson bay, the Labradorian;
another on the west of it, the Kee-
watin, and a third in the Canadian
rockies, the Cordilleran-snow, grad
ually changing into ice, accumulated
year after year in such immense thick
nesses that finally, impelled by its
own weight, motion began, and three
giant glaciers crept out over the ad-
jaeent country. These finally Joined
into a continental ice mass that at its
greatest extent covered two-thirds of
North America-an area of about
4,OOO,O 600 square miles.
While there may have been some
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

te as large as a small cabin could be
lodged on top of a mountain when
there is no similar rock within a hun
! 1red miles or more, we must trace its
history back to a time at least 100000
years ago, when the geologic period
called the tertiary was drawing TO its
close
The first fact to attract our atten-
lion, could we have taken a birdseye
view of the northern part Of our con
,inent at that time, would be it's great
sr extent than at present. Looking
! eastward we would see the shoreline
extending in places a hundred miles
beyond the shOreline of today, and in
vain would we scan for the islands,
bays and reaches that now lend such
enchantment to our picturesque coast.
Northward the land probably stretch
ed unbroken over the present arctic
archipelago, and connected on the
east by way Of Greenland, Iceland and
the Scandinavian peninsula with Eu-
rope and on the west by closing Of
Bering strait with Asia.
This circumstance had very impor-
tant bearing on the fauna of that day,
as it enabled the animals from the one
continent to cross to the other. Ma
king a closer inspection of the land
scape beneath us, we would be sur
prised at the total absence Of the
smaller lakes that now are its most
characteristic feature. Even the great
lakes were missing, with the possible
yception of Lake Superior, while in
valleys in which these latter now
flowed rivers belonging to one
or more systems.
The mountain groups Of today we
would recognize at once, notwithstand-
ing their somewhat more rugged out
line, and the same would be rue in
the case of the rivers. While we
would see a number of them in
strange courses, the master streams
we would know at first glance. For
millions of years these had been cut
ting their channels undisturbed, until
at the close of the tertiary new i'm
petus was impaired to them, owing to
the recent rise of land and the ever
increasing humidity of the climate.
So we would probably see them tur-
bulent and swollen and the sides Of
their water courses often precipitous
and Jagged. overhung in places by
great lodges and loose blocks readily
dislodged by the least force.
The climate over the whole conti-
nent was semitropical or at least tenn
perate, and such plants as the big and
great red woods Of California grew as
far north as Greenland and Iceland.
And through the almost endless woods
of the north roamed herds of masto-
don and other herbivore of great size,
together with such beasts of prey as
he now extinct saber-toothed tiger
But we find NO trace of man.
Over this strange and magnificent
world the ice swept down so suddenly,
as geologic time is reckoned, that
most of the then existing animal and
plant forms, pushed south before its
advance, hau not time enough TO adapt
themselves to their new environment,
and therefore Became greatly altered
or exterminated.
AS yet there has been no good rea-
son assigned for a change that in a
comparatively short time transformed
ne semitropical climate into that of
eenland of today. Probably a COM
alton Of circumstances brought it
out.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

Perhaps if the truth were known a
considerable proportion of the So
called automobile accidents" would
be found to have resulted from be-
Tuddled heads and unsteady nerves.
The menace of man under the in
huence of liquor and in an automobile
is easily appreciated, and when It is
demonstrated that crashes on the
road are due to drunkenness the pun
lshment should be severe. Those who
insist upon running amuck on the
highways should be made to pay a
heavy penalty, whether they be sober
or drunk.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09
GETS Them Running.

"Will the business men of this com.
munity subsidize Marathon meet?"
"Iow will a Marathon help the
business men?"
"In many ways. The telegraph com.
pany ought to be interested. Look
how 1t will stimulate the messenger
boys"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09
Church Built By Women

One Of the sights Of Jersey City,
tcross the river from New York, is
roup Of women who are laboriously
building a church. They are doing the
lctual work themselves after their
lays Household duties are over Men
ire lending a helping hand but they
re merely carrying the hods, and oe-
sionally give Instructions to the wo-
en-. The building Is almost up to
he ton Of the first story. Mrs. Sarah
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

difference I'm time at which the vari-
Gus ice centers reached their greatest
development, we win be very nearly
the truth in saying that from the
southern limit shown on the map,
northward the ice lay in one unbroken
eXpanse, with the exception Of the So
called driftless area and possibly one
Of the highest mountain peaks in the
east. II is calculated that It's thick
ness at the two eastern centers must
have been something like 5000 to TO-,
600 feet
On it's way from the north the ice
mass gathered to itself immense guam.
titles Of soil and loose rock which
were carried along with it. Occasion.
ally huge blocks Of rock from noun.
tain slopes and stream bottoms were
clutched in the firm grip of the ice
and carted for hundreds of miles. Ere.
quently the ice would lift great bowl.
ders from the bottom Of a valley to
the top of a mountain.
Presently the ice began to retreat
before a more congenial climate. II
was not at first, however, a steady re
treat, as not less than four times the
ice again advanced after having al
most vanished and each time It was
followed by animals and plants adapt
ed to the semifrigid climate at its
edge. During one of these interglacial
epochs man appeared upon the scene
But as the ice melted and disap
peared the earth and rocks which it
carried were dumped sometimes as
an even mantle, but more often in
hills and ridges.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

Earle, a thin, grey-haired woman. who
is in charge of the construction, states
that the new Apostolic church, Of
which she is the minister, will differ
from others inasmuch as the sect will
accept the Biblical doctrines and ad-
monitions literally. Therefore, they
were building the church on the faith
that the Lord would supply the mate
rails. while required workers gave
their seYvices.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

The usual fate Of get-rich-quic,
schemes is collapse at the end. hnd
The lambs" ara fleeced as q prelim.
mary. speculative scheme of this
kind in Connecticut has brought up
in the bankruptcy court, with unse,
cured claims Of 100000 to be set
lied. And the further sequel no doubt
will be the charging of the sum to
The profit and loss account of those
foolish enough to invest"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

There is a man in California who
went to sleep on a railroad track, was
struck BY a fast train and escaped
with headache To complete the
simple beauty Of this tale, we are
pleasea to add that the locomotive is
also doing well.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09
MANY WOMEN UP IN BALLOONS
A Reeountlna Of the Adventures Of
Feminine Aeronauts Before
the Aeroplane's Day.

Parfs.-The interest shown by wo-
men IN aerial navigation 10 these dayH
Ii no New thing. Women In the past
have Sone their share in conquering
the readways OF the air,
Mlse. Tible was the first French wo-
man 90 make an ascent. On June 4.
1889 she went up In a balloon from
LyOls and landed safely In Belfor.
In ne following year Nine Hines and
MFie, ,Luzarohe. In Paris. and two
French girls. the Sisters simmonet. In
London, made successful ascents.
The first Of the women whose dar-
ing was repaid by death was Nine.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

A German musician says that our
vraze for ragtime is the great obstacle
to creative work in American music
Ragtime? Sounds like a faint echo
from our past. Our friend must have
got his idea from old newspaper files
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09
What He Did.

what did young Mr.. Popinjay do
when your father had kicked him
down the front steps because he tried
to kiss you"
"Oh, he stood out on the Sidewalk
and made a few cursory remarks"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

Among airmen excessive avoirdupoise
Is at a discount, most Of the success
fu1 atmosphere navigators being phys.
ical lightweights. In this as In some
other matters good goods often come
In small packages.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09
just TO HaIp AIonu.

Goodwin--What was the water
melon social given at the church last
night for the benefit Of?
Popkins-For the benefit Of the
new doctor. imagine.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

one by one the comic supplement
sokes come true. In Detroit a hen.
pecked liontamer has really taken
refuge froIa his wife By sleeping IN
40 eags.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-09

your vacation
rambles have taken you to
one of the northern states
Of the country you have
no doubt often been struck
by the sight OF some un.
usually large powders
perohed on the top OF a
mountain. or resting, may.
be, IN such a nicely bal
anced position by the very
edge of the sen that a