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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
What a Queer Mummy Lid

GOOD deal has been written
! n lately about the malignant
IA mummy at the British museum
or, rather, the lid Of the coffin
that contained the mummy; for, OF
course, there is no mummy in this
particular case. 1t is merely a lid
hat is reported to have brought so
many personal disasters in its train.
A well-known physician, who is in
terested in Egyptology was asked
his opinion concerning the strange
case of the mummy of the priestess
that has aroused so much curious in
terest
"I think" he said, that the mummy
having been torn to pieces, the spirit
Of the priestess strives to remain in
contact with the only material thing
that is left in touch with her, namely,
the lid of the coffin This is the
opinion of most occultists. The spirit
Of the priestess has attached itself to
the case, which is a sort of phya'cal
basis"
But why so malignant" this au-
thority was asked, "as to bring about,
according to reports, all sorts of dis
asters and accidents to persons at the
present day?"
"If," he explained, ut is true that
the mummy was torn to pieces it was
fearful desecratiOn, and quite
enough to make the priestess furious.
Some persons who try to get into
communication with her by occult
means say, also, she was very badly
treated and put to death cruelty. OF
this, however, have no proof.
1T has been said that the curse of
Egypt never leaves a man after he has
taken part in the violation of the
chambers Of the dead. 1t follows him
to the sacred spaces and comes forth
upon him in the occult world.
Il recall the case of real mummy
which was brought to England, in
which papyrus was found, the sub
stance of which was that the person
who desecrated the mummy would be
torn to pieces by a ferocious animal
in a foreign land and would be de-
prived Of burial Some time afterward
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
SAGAClOUS DOG.

A remarkable story Of a dogs hon.
ng instinct and sagacity comes from
Tarbert, Scotland Several months ago
a dog was obtained from Tarbert
lady and taken by its new owner by
steamer and train to Clydebank The
animal has Just turned up at its for
mer home at Tarbert in a much ex-
hausted condition, but showing unmis-
taxable signs Of its joy at meeting
old friends. At is was not observed IN
any of the steamers and arrived very
late at night, the inference is that II
journeyed all the way from the city
overland, 100 miles. The mystery Is
how It found its way back alone by
circuitous and almost trackless
route round the heads Of the long
Clyde lochs.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
A BOX OF MYSTERY.

A rather creepy thing happened at
italy, Tex, one day recently. A large
square box which was unloaded by
mistake more than a year ago and had
been stored all that time in the freight
house of the railroad, was opened by
the station agent TO ascertain its con
tents and see If they could give any
clue as to the owner. The agent got a
queer shock when he opened the box
and its ghastly contents were revealed
to him. It contained the naked and
mummifed bodies of a woman and
child.
The mysterious box was unloaded
from an express car at Italy because
the address upon it had been obliter-
ated. An effort was made at the time
to discover the person who had
shipped it but the search was unsuc-
ceSgfll
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

ther trouble if the lid we're now de-
stroyed, 1t would be different, of
course, If the mummy could be re-
stored; but as it is, l don't think any
thing can be done.
Il rather wonder, however, that the
authorities at the museum have not
removed it, for they do not like
number Of persons who are inquiring
into the occult going and staring at
it. There was a very fine and rather
curious scarabaeus which they re-
moved on the ground that they were
not certain that it was genuine. 1t
was n glass case, and whenever
| placed my fingers upon it l per.
ceived heating and tingling Of the
hands. Others found the same curl
GUS effect. l tried it several times
with the same result, but l did not
find the same effect with the other
scarabael. Why it was do not know"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
NEW WAY TO COMMIT SUICIDE

After no fewer than six unsuccess.
ful attempts to kill himself a sailor
named Leon Weiss has finally com.
mitted suicide in an original fashion
A month ago he threw himself into
a canal at Rheims, but was rescued. A
few days later he hanged himself by
his braces on a tree in public
square, but his braces broke. He did
not despair, however, and, drawing a
revolver shot himself twice. He was
taken to the hospital, where he was
cured of his wounds. A few days aft.
erward, at Loan railway station, he
shot himself just as a train was com.
ing in, hoping TO fall beneath the
wheels, but again his life was saved
and he was taken to the hospital. He
to tear of his bandages and
swallowed them. Then he obtained
some water and drank it, and this,
with the cotton wool he had swallow
ed, suffocated him. Thus his seventh
was successful.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

one of the persons connected with it
went to Africa to shoot elephants
He wounded a gigantic animal, that
charged at him and literally tore him
to pieces with it's trunk and feet The
attendants fed in terror, and when
they returned, only fragments of his
body remained"
"And what would yo do" he was
asked with the coffin lid at the Brit
ish museum that is supposed to have
caused so much mischief"
81 would leave it," he replied,
where it is. Beyond a recent case
of young lady who made great fun
of it, and thereafter met with a seri-
GUS accident, the disasters that were
reported to be so numerous on it's
first arrival at the museum have ap-
parently ceased. If it is true that the
spirit is earth-bound, and is attached
to the case, it would only cause fur
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

Col. Frederick Baum and his detach.
ment Of British, Hessians and Indian
allies, is now occupied by a modern
iron structure, but just below it still
stand the substantial foundation walls
of the old mill, which housed part of
.he flour and stores the invaders came
to seize, together with the old wooden
aume and the wreckage of the mill
dam; while on the highway just above
.hem is the old story-and-a-half frame
house occupied temporarily as head
quarters by the enemy's officers. It Is
nearly opposite the confluence of
White Creek and the Walloomsac
river, while a little farther up the val
ley, near the point now designated
as Battlefield Park" is the hill upon
which the invaders set the cannon
which were subsequently captured by
Gen. John Stark and his men, Scat
tered about elsewhere are the remains
Of redoubts and many other places
which history or legend associates
with the brief but decisive contest
- august ~, 10 . WHICH gave luS
irst check to the invasion that ended
in the battle of Saratoga.
The well-preserved old Revolutions
ary house and the lands about it, To-
Gated about a half-mile from the vii
lage of North Hoosick, on the road
10 Cambridge, are within the convey
ance of 10000 acres known as the
Walloomsac Patent, dated June Is,
1888, in the thirteenth year roof George
IFS reign. In this patent "all trees
If the diameter of "a inches and up
wards at 12 inches from the ground
we're excepted" for masts for our
Royal Navy, and also all such other
trees as may be fit to make planks,
knees and other things necessary for
!he use of our said navy only" The
yearly rent of two shillings and six
pence for each hundred acres of the |
granted lands was to be paid at the |
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
HE OBEYED THE SCRIPTURES

Obeying in very literal sense the
Scriptural Injunction, IF thy right
hand offend thee" w. A. Gaffney, serv-
ing a sentence in the Atlanta (Ga.)
stockade, cut off his left hand not long
ago. q don't know why l cut of my
hand except that ever since l killed a
man everybody seemed to think hard
of me" he said, "and since my hand
had offended it seemed things might
change If cut It of" Gaffney was
tried on the murder charge and was
acquitted. Afterwards he came to At
lanta and got into trouble as a re-
suit Of which he was sent to the stock.
ade.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
SWALLOWING TEETH FATAL

A remarkable story was told at an
inquest held at Enfield, England, on
Mrs. Kate Methuen. In 1908 she was
knocked off her bicycle and had four
false teeth and a plate knocked out
of her mouth. Two of the teeth and
part of the plate were found, but the
others were not discovered. While
fastening her bootlace some weeks
ago blood suddenly flowed into her
mouth, and she subsequently entered
a hospital, where she died. A post
mortem examination revealed the two
missing teeth and a piece of the plate
fastened in the gullet of the throat,
around which an abscess had devel-
oped. Death was due to blood poison.
ing set up by the abscess.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
HOUSE BUILT FROM ONE FIR.

A fourteen room, two and a half
story house, built entirely Of the lum-
Der from a single fir tree, was recent
ly finished at Elma, on the west
coast.
The tree was a giant Douglas fir
and was felled west of the town It was
marvelously straight and when scaled
was found to contain 10000 feet Of
serviceable lumber Inside the bark
the stump measured seven feet and
nine inches in diameter, and the total
height of the tree was over 300 feet.
At the standard price of S25 a thou
sand the lumber in this tree was
worth more than $1,000. Elma is in
the midst of the great fir timber belt
on the west slope of the Cascade
mountains
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
LEASE RUNS TO FINAL DAY

Remarkable terms of a lease grant
ed by a Welsh landowner to the trus
tees Of a Congregational chapel and
graveyard at Beulah, near Cardigan,
have just been disclosed. In 1860 the
lease was made out for ninety-nine
years, but recently the landlord was
asked to extend It, so that they might
not be disturbed in their last resting
place, at least before the Resurrection
morn" He asked if the afternoon of
the Resurrection Day would not be
better, and acting upon that sugges-
ion the lease was made to run to the
arnoon of the last day.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

At a moving picture show in upper
Broadway. says the New York Trib,
une, a man who had three children
with him found a hat of magnificent
proportions in front of him a source
of some annoyance. Between pictures
he drew from his pocket and read,
loud enough for the wearer Of the hat
to hear, the account Of a Bow street
magistrates decision against the big
hat in London. The woman for whom
it was intended heard and saw the
point, but failed to take the hint. She
turned deliberately about and said:
This is not England, but a free coun
try. I'd like to see any one make me
take off my hat" And then she walk
ed out
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

the whole block from Vesey to Bar,
clay street and built the huge gray
Quincy granite hotel which held forth
until not many years ago as the Astor
house, being one of the first notable
landmarks in New York, and also one
Of the best paying pieces Of property.
"a few days after it was finished
the old gentleman and his eldest son
William were walking through City
Hall park, and stopped a moment to
admire the building-the finest hotel
in America at that time.
Pop, that's a mighty tine build
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
RIVALRY IN AERoPLANEs.

The feat OF J. Armstrong DreXel In
breaking the record for altitude al,
tained by any heavier-than-air ma
chine was accomplished recently in
England with a French monoplane.
and has. as a consequence, served 10
Increase the rivalry between the mono
plane and biplane, the two types Of
heavierthan-air machines. While for
tie moment the monoplane has the
record for altitude, the biplane has
captured many other records, among
others that for long.dlstance travelling,
says New Orleans Picayune. So far,
then, no very definite data has been
developed to prove the superiority of
either type over the other The mono
plane seems the more graceful of the
two machines, as It more nearly re,
sembles a bird in flight; but, on the
other hand, the bipane appears the
stronger, because of it's truss" con.
suuction, and the steadier because OF
its greater spread of planes. Ameri.
cans viii naturally favor a biplane
because It Is more typically an Ameri
can development, as It has reached
fits present success largely through the
labors of the Wright brothers. The
rivalry between the two types of heav
ier-than-air machines will, therefore
continue until one or the other has
demonstrated conspicuous superiority
or both have given place to some new
er type, which fulfils all requirements
more successfully.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
FINDS "FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH"

Day Raffety of Portland believes
that he has found "the fountain of
youth" on the two-acre tract he re-
Gently bought on Zigzag river, on the
Mount Hood road. Dr. Raffety came
out and on examining his land with
a view to having it cleared for sum.
mer home, discovered a living spring
which possesses mineral qualities of
high order. He placed a large sign
over the spring, Fountain of Youth"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

10 be Kept for guests, in accordance
| with the demands Of the law. Good
and sufficient" stabling and provendeI
had to be provided for four horses or
cattle, and hay and pasturage In sum.
mer. No liquors were allowed to be
sold TO apprentices, servants and
slaves. No innkeeper could collect
debt larger than ten shillings foi
liquors sold to travellers.
In October, 1896, the old st. Crol1
(San Coik) grist mill, then owned by
John G. Burke, was burned On one
of the timbers of the structure was to
be seen the inscriptions: "A. d. 1776,"
the supposed date of the erection Of the
building. II was in this mill, on the
head of a barrel Of -FOUR where this
letter was written to General Bur
goyne
"Sancoik, 14th August, 1777. o
o'clock. Sir: / have the honor to in.
form your excellency that l arrived
here at o'clock in the morning. haV
ing had intelligence of a party of the
enemy being in possession Of a mill,
which they abandoned at our ap
proach, but, in their usual way, fired
from the bushes and took their road
TO Bennington. A savage was slight
ly wounded; they broke down the
bridge, which has retarded our march
over an hour; they left in the mill
about rs barrels of very fine flour
1000 bushels of wheat, 20 barrels OF
salt, and about $1,000 worth of pearl.
ash and potash. / have ordered 80
provincials and an officer to guard the
provisions and the pass Of the bridge
By five prisoners taken here, they
agree that from l 800 to 1,80O are at
Bennington, but are supposed to leave
it on our approach. / will proceed so
far today as to fall on the enemy early
tomorrow, and make such dispositions
as | may think necessary from the in
telligence l may receive. People are
focking in hourly, but want to be
armed The savages cannot be con.
tTolled, and they ruin and take every.
thing they please. l am your excel.
lency's most humble servant,
"F. BAUM
"P. S.-Beg Your Excellency to par
don the hurry of this letter, as it is
written upon the head of a barrel"
The new steel bridge, known as the
Dublin bridge, which spans White
Creek near the old dam, was erected
in October. 1903, to replace an old,
covered, wooden structure.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
QUEER PHOTOGRAPH.

Herr Lehman, Swiss farmer, who
was struck by lightning during a Sc
we're thunderstorm not long ago, has
now, but his left side has
been beautifully tattooed by the light.
ming, the skin being entirely covered
with prints" of oak, chestnut and fir
leaves The doctors say the strange
will never wash out.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
POPULAR GERMAN ORDER

woman can receive, was founded in
1914 in memory of the beautiful Queen
Louise, mother Of Emperor William
l., and reat-grandmother of the pres
ent kaiser. Her courage and self-sao-
rlfice in the face of the heartless
treatment she received from Napoleon
and her early dee L, hastened by her
heart-breaking experiences In the
time Of her country's trouble, have
earned for her the highest esteem oP
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
Pandora,s Prize.

Pandora was observed to be ap.
preaching with the mysterious bog
under her arm.
What have you there?o asked her
friend, curiously.
Why, a bandbox," laughed Pan,
dora. 1T contains my new fall hat
from Paris, and I am trying TO gel Il
past the customs Inspectors"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
Private Executions.

Great Editor-Send a man to that
execution tomorrow and tell him to
keep it down to two columns.
City Editor-No reporters are to
be admitted.
Great Bditor-Is that SO? Tell him
to make 1t five columns.-New York
Weekly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

Leaves from a volume that ante
dates history" are said to have beeL
discovered. Possibly this is a sort o.
literary Cardiff giant, which will be
remembered as having been supposed
to antedate almost everything, but
really was antedated by very clever
fazir. A message that cannot be read
from a source that cannot be identi
fed, naturally is looked upon with sus
picion. Maybe it will turn out to be
a primitive effort in the direction Of
Esperanto
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

The three hundredth anniversary Of
the rule of the Romanoffs is to be
celebrated by the czar in 1918, and IL
is expected that one feature of the
celebration will be amnesty to polite
al offenders-not only amnesty to the
extent of setting them free from i'm
prisonment, but to the extent of re
storing their political rights. This
will be a good act on the part of the
ezar, but three years is a long time fol
the political prisoners to wait for it
especially those who in the first place
were unjustly condemned
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
BIGGEST OF APPLE TREES

On the farm of Trembley brothers,
near Albright, W. Va, is growing
what is claimed to be the largest ap-
pie tree in that state. The ire is II
feet in circumference four feet above
the ground. It has four limbs which
are from four to six feet in circum-
ference, and has one branch four and
one-half feet in circumference 20 feet
from the ground. The tree has spread
fe1A and Is 40 feet high. The esii
ed age Of the tree is 1875 years.
fine, healthy condition.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

OF all the orders bestowed on
women Of nobility, none is more
coveted than the Order of Louise. The
only women in England who are
privileged to wear this distinctive EN-
blem are Queen Mary and the Duchess
Of Argyll Three years ago the honor
was conferred on them by Kaiser Will
helm of Germany. The Order of
Louise, which ranks as the most high
~ priced decoration that any gentle
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

A man with a dislocated jaw tried
to tell his troubles to a policeman in
New York the other day. He couldn't
tell them, for he had to hold his jaw
but he pantomimed them. Between
the policeman and a doctor, they
dubbed him back into shape.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

From the pot here pictured victims
for sacrifice were made to drink a
magic draught in order to kill" their
souls before their bodies perished, so
that the souls could not be set free to
take vengeance upon the living. The
pot came from the place of slaughter
at Namugongo, Uganda.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
WHEN ASToR SOLD REALTY
Only Sale Ever Recorded In John ia
cob's Life Was TO His Son, and
the Consideration One Dollar.

"One Of the most stringent real es-
tate rules of the Astor family is never
sell, and only one sale is recorded in
the entire life Of old John Jacob AS
tor" said Niles F. Watkins, a real es'
tate broker of New York, to the Wash
inglon Herald. "In 1880 Astor tore
down his house in broadway. cleared
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

A St. Louis physician, who under
stands his business, tickled a wo
mans feet to determine whether she
was insane. This would indicate
where the insanity germ turks in q
st. Louisian.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

Still another sleep walker has step.
ped off sleeping car, to his great
damage. But we challenge anybody
to climb down from an upper berth
In his sleep.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
Well Named.

Clerk in Music Store-Heres very
pretty piece; it's called the "Hobos'
March"
Ignorant Customer-What is it.
classical?
Clerk-Oh, no; it's ragtime.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

a smoking and drinking centenarian
in New Jersey reformed on his hun
dredth birthday and lived only three
years longer. Other centenarians will
take notice and abstain from hazard
Gus experiments.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

"a Paris lmiliner has invented a
style where a woman wears two hats
at once" Bet something she'll never
be able to keep both of them on
straight.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
Could Understand.

"The czar's expenses are enor-
NOUS"
"Um"
"They are said to battle the imagin-
alton"
"Oh, l don't know. I spent $3.50
on my vacation trip"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

ing, said William, I wish to gracious
it was mine
$50 answered the father. Well,
Billy, give me one dollar and you can
have it,
"Out came the dollar--a big silver
dollar, that is cherished by the fam
lily to this day as the dollar Of our
daddies-and within an hour the deed
of the property was made out and ~.
corded. This was old Mr.. AstOFHS
sale of real estate in his life"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
Ready for the Storm.

Il intend" the poet wrote, ito con.
tinue to storm the citadel of your af-
fections."
Storm away" she wrote back, "but
I've just succeeded in getting in out
of the wet by becoming engaged to a
dear old man who has $9,O0O,000."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

The St. Louis astronomer who has
discovered a heart-shaped spot on the
sun will appeal to bridge players as a
man who knows a good trump card
when he sees it.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
Woman,s Misfortune.

She-I don't see why women
shouldn't make as good swimmers as
men.
He-Yes, but you see, a swimmer
has to keep his mouth shut.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

A German aviator, coming down
from an ascent too suddenly, killed g
boy The airship may now be consid
cred in the automobile class.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

Since a Judge has decided that a
woman has right to go through her
husbands pockets the only safe way
IS to abolish the pockets.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

One woman reader asks for good
way Of retaining her hair. The best
we can do is to suggest that she put
It in a safety deposit vault.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
Had NotIeed THINE

Miss Flirty-I never allow a man to
kiss me unless we are engaged
Miss Bright-Dear me- Don't you
find so many engagements trouble
some?
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07
One Way.

OTTU VaJs
q think I'll take a trip abroad ]
want to write a volume Of travel"
why go abroad? Just take a guide
book and supply it with anecdotes"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

Sapleigh-I-aw-have an awful
cold In me head, doncher know.
Miss Caustique-W Well you ought to
be glad there is something in it.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-10-07

her countrywomen and =, explains the
reason why the order named in her
memory is so widely craved.