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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28

z EIREWOOD valued at $3.50 100000 is
I used every year by the people of
the United States, according to the
latest estimate of the forestry serv-
ice. Our forefathers used consider
ably more wood, but coal to a great
extent has supplanted it as fuel.
Little attention has been paid to
the amount of wood used for fuel pur-
poses. In 1880 the census estimated
that at that time there were nearly
LAG, 100000 cords, valued at approx
mately 1922 100000, or 1921 cord,
used for fuel annually.
The population then was little
over 50,000,00O. Since then the popu-
lation has increased to over $4,000, 900,
but the use of wood for fuel has de-
creased not only in per capita con.
sumption, but also In total quantity.
A little more than 20,000,000,000 cubic
feet Of wood In all forms Is used in
the United States each year, and Of
this 1000, 100000 cubic feet, or about
S6,000,000 cords. Is flrewood.
OF the total estimated consumption
Of hrewood 70,00O000 cords, or 81.4
per cent, was used in towns and cities
lth a population Of from 1000 TO
1000; 1,G15,000 cords, or 10 per
cent. in cities Of over $4,000 popula.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28
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Large Cities Show a Healthy Growth

geographical section OF seven cities
whose rate exceeded 40 per cent, two,
Newark, N, j., and Bridgeport Conn,
are eastern; one Atlanta, is southern,
and four, Detroit Denver, Kansas City
and Columbus, are western, OF the
two cities with the lowest rate, one is
eastern and the other is western.
The rates of increase for Atlanta,
Detroit, Denver and Kansas City are
phenomenally high, but most extraor'
dlnary is the high percentage for New
York, which exceeds the average Of
2S cities by ia per cent, and is IT,
self exceeded only by the rates OF
seven cities.
Ffty-four cities of between $4,000
and 100000 show an aggregate popu'
lation of 2,723, ,49S. as against 1901 ,766
in 1900, a gain of 1872 per cent, which
the census bureau pronounces "phe-
nomenally high" Thirty-one OF these
cities show a higher rate of increase
for the past decade than for the previ'
GUS one. No decrease IS noted in any
one of the cities.
OF the larger cities the gain Of st.
Louis during the decade was greater
proportionately than that Of Boston.
its nearest competitor, while Kansas
City is in twentieth place on the face
of the returns. Kansas City has
jumped ahead Of Providence, r. l., and
indianapolis, Ind, Providence falling
behind indianapolis, which II led in
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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28

THE activities Of the public health
4 and marine hospital service, to
which is intrusted most Of the general
work Of guarding the country against
cOntagion from abroad and preventing
it's spread at home, form the topic of
a paper by Surgeon General Wyman
in the public health report.
The document was prepared for the
American Public Health association
which recently met at Milwaukee.
This organization is composed of rep.
resentatives from Canada, Mexico and
Cuba, as well as from the United
States, and the paper was regarded as
of especial interest to them.
Beginning with "the utmost circum-
ference Of the influence of the organ.
ization," Doctor Wyman tells of the
protective measures at foreign ports
He shows that medical officers Of the
bureau are located IN most Of the sea
coast cities Of Asia and South and
Central America, and at some Of those
Of Europe. The service also is Iber-
ally represented in Hawaii. Porto
Rico and the Philippines.
In addition to keeping themselves
and the home Office informed regard
ing the prevalence Of cholera, yellow
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28
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u EPORTs coming into Washington
N rom all over the country tell how the
seethiug political pot is furiously boil,
ing. In New York, Indiana, Nebraska
and Missouri the politicians are es.
pecially busy.
The New York state Republican
convention was a triumph for Colonel
Roosevelt He was the temporary
chairman, defeating Vice-President
Sherman. That was the first rout Of
the regulars. He won spectacular
fight for the adoption of the platform
Of the progressives; he put through
his slate and the close Of the conven-
ton found tho Roosevelt forces in
complete control Of the situation.
Henry /. stimson Of New York city,
Roosevelt's man, was nominated for
governor.
In his speech distinguishing be-
tween a leader and boss, he said "a
boss drives, while a leader leads"
He then proceeded to lead" the con
vention to do everything that he
wanted 1t to do.
The platform as adopted contained
a plank indorsing the administration
Of President Taft and that of Cover
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28
LEFT TO A WORSE FATE
pynamltsr, Himself a Married Man
Knew Whit Awaited Forsetful
Husband.

The business man was sitting In his
ofiice, thinking OF starting for home
when 4 suspicious looking person
came In with a leather bag in his
hand.
III you don't give me s25." said the
visitor, coming at once TO the point
81 will drop this on the floor"
The business man was cool. What
is IN ~" he asked.
Dynamite" was the brief reply.
what will It do II you drop ~"
"Bow you up"
Drop IT," was the instant com
mand. MY wife told me when l lefi
home this morning to be sure and
send up a bag OF -four. and forgot
Il. I guess It win take just about a.
much dynamite as you have there TO
prepare me for the blowing up I'll get
when she sees mel"
He threw himself back in HIS chair
and waited for the explosion, but II
did not come.
"Tm married man myself" said
the dynamiter and quietly slipped out
illustrated Bits.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28
WHATMALNE OWES TOSPRUCE

up about GO,OOO,OOO feet of logs yearly
employs in one capacity or another
about 1000 men, and there are in the
town $500 people. Where bears and
moose roamed a dozen years ago
there are now streets lined with
stores, dwellings, schoolhouses, hotels
and churches, and lighted with cleo
tricity
When the original settler the In
dian, murdered his chance guest, the
Spaniard, reporters who went up from
Bangor to see about it had to make 9
meal on salted pigs shoulder and
saleratus biscuit at the flag station Of
the railroad. Now they have at Mil
iinocket a hotel where the English
language is considered inadequate tc
describe all the dishes on the dinner
bill
Today they have at Millinockel
about everything in the way of con
veniences that can be found in any
small city, and are shipping 275 tons
of paper daily, the brass band plays
almost every night, prohibition has as
hard luck as 1t has everywhere, and
the spruce trees did it all.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28
IDEAS FROM SWISS FARMERS

experience has been wrought into the
very marrow of the peasants, and they
have evolved methods and processes
by means Of which they have been
able to get the most out of their indus
try.
The results of these methods and
processes will be shown at the fair, in
the exhibits, so the announcement
that has just been made Of the hold
ing of this general exhibition Of Swiss
rural industries at Lausanne should
interest thoughtful people in America,
including even the government. It
will afford unique opportunity for
obtaining knowledge that win be Of
great value.
Lausanne's national exhibition will
present a complete review of the proc
esses of cultivating and fertilizing Of
the soil, Of the raising Of cattle, the
utilizing of the products and the agri-
cultural tools in use, 1t will illustrate
the progress made In all these direc-
tions and will be particularly valuable
as a demonstration Of the possibilities
81 Swiss rural industry
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28
PENN, THE RAMBLER

Frisco and Duluth and New Orleans.
All along the line of the Mexican Cen.
trail, clear down into Yucatan, one
may see that same nom de road,
Penn the Rambler" with an arrow
drawn through and the direction OF
his wanderings below
Penn was in the railroad yards at
Grand Island, Neb, one day, carving
his monaker on the side of a boxcar
A short man walked up to him. eyed
HIS artistic efforts for a moment, and
then snapped Hey youl What are
you trying TO do to my ears?''
Penn told him.
The man laughed why, I've seen
that same signature all over my sys-
tenn"
Your SYSTEM" exclaimed the Ram
bier.
Then the little man introduced him
self as e. II. Hartman. He ques-
toned the Rambler for a few moments
as to the time a man "on the bum"
can make. Penn told him be would
undertake to ride from Boston to San
Francisco in ten days without paying
a cent for fare.
A crowd OF railroad officials, who
had overheard the boast, quickly made
up a purse Of $1,000 to be given to the
Rambler should he make good Penn
beat 1t to Boston, got one of the Off.
cials to call the time and showed up
at the Frisco Offices Of the Southern
Pacific just eight days, one hour and
fifty minutes later, to claim the
money, he says.
I'm not a panhandler," said the
Rambler yesterday. Il work at any.
thing / can find for money to eat and
sleep on. But l don't pay railroad
fares"
The Rambler got into Chicago from
the Northwest via Milwaukee. He
pulled out the other night for Indian.
aDolis, on the Big Four road, bound
south.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28
Tree Long Displaced by Pine, Now
Building Cities Where Once
Forests Stood.

Bangor, Me.-The swarms of visitors
who come to Maine in summer and the
thousands Of sportsmen who come in
autumn bring a great deal of money
into the state, and some statisticians
have declared that from these two
classes is derived a greater revenue
Than from any one Of the states great
industries. But while the summer
visitors and the sportsmen are a great
financial help to Maine, their presence
is of small importance compared with
the spruce tree.
While 1t was the pine that made pos
sible the once prosperous West India
trade and built up Names shipping in
the days before the Civil war, it never
in all the years of its pre-eminence
accomplished half so much for the
land Of its birth as the coarse-grained
spruce. For while the pine built ships
and individual fortunes had made
West India rum as cheap as cider all
along the seaboard, the spruce has
built towns in the midst If the wilder
ness, like Rumford Falls and Mill
nocket; brought outside millions of
capital to Maine and given popular
literature an amazing boom
Millinocket, on the west branch of
the Penobscot, is one of the spruce
towns. A few years ago it consisted
of flag station and one Indian hut
The Indian murdered a Spaniard and
was sent to states prison, and the hut
was burned, leaving only the flag sta
tion and the man who tended it. Then
a big. paper corporation looked the
ground over, saw a fine chance to
make pulp, and built an immense mill.
Then came the town. 1t is called "the
magic CITY," because it came into ex.
istence so suddenly.
The pulp and paper mill, which eats
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28
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WASHINGTON.-The census re
w turns on .he large cities OF the
country are now complete. The ag'
ures show that most of them have had
healthy growth during the ten years
since the last count was made, but
some Of them have fallen out Of the
places they occupied then and their
places have been taken by other cities,
OF the many that have tried, In the
past ten years, 10 climb into the
100000 class, only FIVE have succeeded.
Among tho ten largest cities there
has been only one important change
Of position. Baltimore has lost sixth
place to Cleveland. Baltmore's popu.
lation, as officially stated, is 55S,4S5,
while Cleveland has 500 663. The gain
in Baltimore over 1900 was s.7 per
cent.
A comparison of 20 cities In the
100000 class shows that the aggre-
gate population is 13,596,S19, as
against 1O,S76.O12 in 1900 and 1904, ,14O
in 1890.
The fact is noted that the high rate
Of increase is not confined to any one
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28
CAPTURE SMALL GRlST MILL
Detachment Of Missouri Cavalry
Make Raid and Bag Lot OF
Rebels and Horses.

Our three years service expired
Aug. 0. 1864. and on the 18th Lieut.
Groves, in command of IA men OF Co
A and 12 Of Co b. 7th Mo, Cav LETT
Pine Bluffs, Ark, at daylight on a
secret march of 80 miles south to a
grist mill. which Gen Clayton was
anxious TO know whether the rebels
we're operating. We were guided by
Columbus Mari. who lived In the
neighorhood OF the mill, He was loyal
and brave.
About noon we stopped back OF
field, where the guides mother, Wild
ow, lived, and about three miles from
the mill. AS soon as our horses were
rested we started for the mill through
the timber. We had not gone far until
we could hear the throbbing Of the en-
gine, writes w II. Craven, sergeant
Co, A, 9TH Mo. Cav. Of Milton, Iowa.
in National Tribune We went within
so rods Of the mill, when the lieuten-
amt concealed the command In
thicket and give us orders to remain
quiet until his return. He and the
guide left.
In about m hour they returned, hay
ing gone inside the rebel camp to n
house which was not more than 200
yards from the mill. occupied by a
Union family. AS our guide was per-
sonally acquainted with the family and
knew he could trust them, he had one
OF the girls 90 to the mill under the
ruse Of having some milling done, and
get all the information she could in re-
gard to the location of their camp and
the number Of soldiers there, which
she did.
The lieutenant called us around him
and said: Gen. Clayton sent me to
find out whether or not the rebels
we're running the mill, which they are.
There a.e 100 men running and guard.
ing It; there are 20 now at the mill
and 30 on a scout between here and
Pine Bluffs, and have started since
noon. Two miles south Of the mill Is
their main camp, occupied by 1000
infantry and cavalry. with two sec
tions Of artillery. have fulfilled my
mission. 1t is up to you II we go any
farther"
A tall, lank fellow by the name of
Nichols Strengthened himself up, and
said: Lieutenant, we don't want to
use ourselves up like we did today
without getting one shot" "All right"
said the lieutenant; mount your
horses"
We we're now about so rods north
east Of the mill, and their camp was
300 southwest. We made a circuit un-
til we were almost west of their camp
and about 200 yards from It, when we
halted, and the lieutenant told Sergt
Smith of Co. B, to take 12 men Of his
company and charge the camp, and he
would take the IA from Co. A and
charge the mill, and gGve me orders
to take those left of Co. A and not
come into the mill yard until all Of the
men were In.
The rebels were surprised, and did
not discover our presence until Sergt. F.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28
Hobo Rounds Out 55O,374th Mile
In Beating 1t Into Chicago
Pereqrinator, Who Never Pays Rail-
road Fare, Starts southward-As-
tonished Hartman by Cross
Country Achievement.

Chicago.-Penn, the Rapid Rambler,
blew into Chicago the other day and
announced that he had just completed
his 550,374th mile of travel. To see
as much of the world as this mileage
indicates has cost the Rambler Just
$12.77 in railroad fares. You see, the
Rambler never got into the habit Of
paying his way when he could help it,.
Many a train has pulled out of Chi
cago since May 4, 1894, when Penn
took to the road, with Penn as a pas
senger, but he has never appeared
upon the bill Of lading nor has any
conductor ever collected fare from
him
Penn is q hobo de luxe. He has
beaten his way over all The railroads
in this country and he has ridden in
and on every part of a train except
the smokestack, the boilers and the
bell.
He says he was born with itching
feet. He is q years old and has been
"on the bum" ever since that night in
May when he jumped out Of a window
OF his home in Pittsburg and boarded
q west-bound freight. Since that time
he has been around the world three
times, he says, and has crossed the
United States so many times he has
lost count.
He was christened Frank c. Welch,
but he is known as Penn, the Ram,
bier" to every trainman on the conti-
nent. His monaker appears on every
water tank between New York and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28
BURGLAR WAS LITTLE PUPPY
title Animal stole Clothing, Shoes
and $3.50 and Then Hid
Them Under House.

Long Beach, GAIA young burglar,
whose thefts during the last few
months have included pair of eel
skin shoes, a silver backed clothes
brush. a small silk coat and other art-
cles of value, including a draft for
$3.50. was not punished when caught,
but was taken into arms by Mrs. Hor-
ace Rapley, of East Nelson street.
whose harshest reproof was merely,
"Now. wasn't that cute!"
The thief was a little curly haired
buppy. He made a cache under the
house. reaching the chosen spot
through a hole too small for a large
dog to enter. The mystery Of the
disappearance of the draft was solved
by following the clew given by a
neighbor's child, which led to the ap-
prehension of the thief.
Many articles, whose disappearance
Mrs. Ripley had reported to the police
some weeks ago, were found under the
house. The draft, recovered intact,
fell into the pups possession through
a gust of wind, blowing it from ta-
bl to the floor
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28
SHEEP LIKE TOBACCO STEMS
Pennsylvania Farmer Believes That
Weed Keeps His Flock Free
From infection.

Montrose. Pa. - Pennsylvania has
sheep that chew tobacco. This does
not mean that the source of all mutton
calmly enters the crossroads store and
calls for plug or wants a package
of finecut, These sheep take theirs
in more primitive form, but are said
to look upon 1t as being a luxury as
much as the veriest tobacco user in
the land.
These unusual animals are the prop
erty of a farmer of Montrose, whc IS
reported to have taken home whole
wagonload Of tobacco stems to feed
his sheep and lambs.
He says that in the spring he always
gives them some of the weed, that II
keeps away certain infections to which
they are subject in the springtime, and
that the animals become very fond Of
the stems, taking q full-sized chew
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28
PonuIarltY OF Thals.

Every other young actress is cali
ing herself That's" said Henry 70. Dix
ey at a dinner at Mauquln's. "Thais
McGlnnis, That's Endlcott, Tlti5
Schmldt-the thing is universal.
Universal and ridiculous. for they
uho have read Anatole Frances story
II 'Thais' know that she was a very
naughty little girl indeed I am quite
cure that no real reader OF That's
would ever, under any circumstances,
consent to be called such name.
at makes me think Of a man who,
taking his infant daughter to be bap-
tized, told the clergyman to call her
Venus.
" But / refuse to call her Venus,
said the clergyman, Indignantly. We
nus is the name of a pagan goddess
"Well, how about your own girl,
DIANA? said the man."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28
Our Wood Fuel Bill Is $25O,OOO,OOO

ton, and the remainder, or per
cent, in mineral operations. In these
four classes OF consumption the aver.
age value per cord ranged from $2.61
for the f1rewood used on the farms to
$6S8 for that used in the cities.
The recent expansion of Japan from
an island to a continental power
through the annexation Of the little
Hermit Kingdom" of Korea, makes
1t possible for the American and other
governments to deal directly with
Tokyo in the securing of redress for
any wrongs committed on foreigners
in Korea. The Japanese authorities
have now assumed full responsibility
for the protection Of foreign interests
in Korea.
The latest reports received here eS
innate that the revenues of Korea for
the present fiscal year will reach $780,
915,678, and expenditures the same
amount.
The rubber industry is increasing
with such strides in the federated
Malay states that Consul General Du
Bois believes that within the next
three years, the value Of exports from
the present acreage Of 100000 para
plants win aggregate at least $780,
100000 Mr. Dubois states that an
enormous capital is invested in rub
Der culture and be estimates that il
the industry continues to grow at the
present rate within ten years an ad.
ditional million people win be required
for the labor necessary to put the
product on the market.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28
Political Pot Is Boiling Furiously

nor Hughes and commencing the wis.
dom of the president in choosing
Hughes for the supreme court bench
The keynote Of the Indiana cam
paign was sounded by Senator Beve.
ridge in a speech at Indianapolis. He
was merciless to the interests, which
he says have been controlling legisla
tion for years. He deiad the cor
porate interests to poIlute the voters
of Indiana. He favored the revision
Of the tariff by a genuine tariff com
mission. He gave Roosevelt credit for
inauguratlng the conservation move
mont
Mayor J. c. Dahlman Of Omaha
candidate for governor of Nebraska
responding to Tumors about his early
career, gave out a statement that he
shot his brotherin-law in Texas for
deserting his sister, fed the state and
assumed the name in Nebraska Of Jim
Murray. The man he shot did not die
The only law he knew, he says, was
the law Of the pistol and the quick
hand. 'T got to be pretty tough,
admit it," he says. The country was
full Of maverick cattle and no one
was a better hand with the rope,
chasing down these strays and put
ting the branding iron on them"
Missouri Democrats opened their
campaign at Joplin, with Bryan, Folk
Francis, Reed and Stone as leaders
and orators. Addresses we're delivered
afternoon and evening and the crowds
were greater than the capacity Of the
meeting places
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-28
American Agriculturists May GET
Much Valuable Information az
Coming Exhibition.

Rerne.-switzerland has just per
eooted plans for an exhibition that
iii interest Americans, particularly
thosa who are feeling the stress of the
biph cost Of living in the cities, and
he e listening to the call Of back to
the farm" Especially will the exhi-
bjtion appeal to those who are con-
sidaring the reoccupation Of the
abandoned farms of New England; for
a. there Is country anywhere on
earth that could teach the hill and
mountain valley farmer Of any other
country how to wrest a living from
their holdings 20 the best advantage
It Is Switzerland
In Switzerland farming has been
conducted on tho intensive principle
for centuries; all sorts and conditions
Of soils, locations, and even climates
had to be dealt with 10 provide Q
hardy people with livelihood This