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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-16
CHAPTER Ix.-contlnusd.)

The conclusion was obvious and we
fell away from our point of vantage
at the door and looked at each other
with scared and troubled faces. Our
attempts to make a match for Agatha
Sixth and win Terhune fortune were
certainly going wrong with a ven
geance.
But the worse was not yet. Before
we had time to more than breathe a
new complication presented itself in
the shape Of the sudden appearance OF
Agatha Sixth upon the scene.
We met her at the foot Of the stairs
Just as we we're going up, wrapper
clad and with long black braids hang
ing over her shoulders. felt myself
grown quite cat-like in regard to see
ing in the dark, and had perceived
who she was and the vital necessity
of keeping our discovery a secret from
her, before my wife had time to more
than gasp a greeting.
'Is that you, Agatha Lawrence?"
she inquired.
"Yes. What is it?" whispered back
Agatha Sixth, peering at us from the
stairs, and by Jove, felt so sorry for
the poor girl If she should see what
we had Just seen that l rather lost
my head.
Dogs" I said, my voice quite hoarse
with whispering, "one of ems got
shut in the drawing-room some way,
and he's knocked over vase!"
did he also light the lamp?" dc.
manded Miss Lawrence suspiciously,
as she came and stood beside us. And
cursed myself for a blunderer as
she said it. Then Dearest had a go
at the situation, and felt that If this
attempt failed we could do nothing
more to save the girl from the certain
misery she seemed so eager to bring
upon herself
81 lit the lamp, darling" she said,
standing directly in front Of the doors
so that Agatha Sixths view was cut
off, ito see If there was much damage
done. We forgot to turn it out, but
Wilfred will do it now If you'll come
along upstairs with me and not both
err" But the girl was not to be turned
from her purpose so easily. Some in
stinct seemed to tell her that what
lay behind those closed doors con-
cerned her nearly.
LET me Iook-Dearest," she said
using my name for my wife for the
first time, as she's usually cold lit
tie thing, and Dearest, as If convinced
that it was for the best after all,
stepped aside.
It didn't take long, the delivery of
the blow, and Agatha Sixth took It
like a martyr. One glimpse was
enough. Then she turned and silently
led the way to the stairs.
At the door of our guests room
which we passed before reaching our
own suite, my wife stopped
Good night Wilfred," she said.
agatha, DEAR" to the girl, and taking
her hand, you must let me spend the
rest of the night with you" And as l
stumbled on to my own room / couldn't
help thinking that if anything in the
world could comfort her, if consola.
tion was to be found, Agatha Sixth
would find it in those dear arms
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tell them indirectly; and they mus
not be secondhand facts that he ha
learned from other writer's. For it IL
easier to detect "cramming" in lit
erature than in examination papers
and when the reader detects 1t he
loses interest There is this fault il
many of Zola's novels. He was thor
oughly aware of the value of knowl
edge In a novelist; but he thought he
could cram IT, His books are full Of
facts, but they are often facts toe
easily come by and acquired for 6
particular purpose
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q CTS I
= @SSSkA $1,000 900 /
oo-5 y Fg3G'Ss5R6IEk TO lHSuREI
0SAAylTj yTt7ksS THIS ONE
\SIflclY 8JEU

LTOW many government officials are
II honest and what it is worth to in
sure their honesty are questions that
will be answered on a scientific basis
shortly. Experts in the service Of the
congress have passed much time re-
Gently attempting to reduce the an
swers to a few concrete figures. Their
work is said to be drawing to a close.
It Will cost about $4,000.
The question arose in reference to
the bonding Of governmental officials.
About a year ago several officials ap-
pealed to congress to raise their sal
aries because the bonding companies
had increased the cost Of their bonds
to such an extent it made their sal
aries look like withered autumn
caves. For instance, one mans prede-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-16

own that | am disposed to say
grace upon twenty other occasions in
the course of the day besides my din.
ner. | want a form for setting out
upon a pleasant walk, for a moon.
light ramble, for a friendly meeting.
or a solved problem. Why have we
none for books, those spiritual repasts
"a grace before Milton--a grace be-
fore shakespeare devotional exer-
else proper to be said before reading
the "Faery Queen ?"-Charles Lamb
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nesses in the church some days or
even weeks before the marriage and
there make a pledge Of future union,
and at such times ring was usually
presented by the prospective husband.
Sometimes. however the man was too
poor to buy the ornament, and, In
stead, presented kiss, which was
doubtless more pleasant, and was CON
sidered binding pledge befors man
and God.
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He can interest us as in Levin now
ing, because he had moved himself,
or in Andrew Bolkousky fighting, be-
cause he has fought himself. Il in
these cases he were not writing out
OF his own experience, his narrative
would be empty Of detail and illusion.
And so it is with stories of poems
Of passion. They are dull If the
writer eau only tell us how he or
some one else is very powerfully
moved. He must, even in poetry, tell
us facts about passion If we are to
listen to what he says. though he mov
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-16
WIN 6sP1F4 1
%4EBBfAl ~ Ikii:5'S ~ S~sv
High Court Decides Rights of Jurors

forbidden free converse with family
and friends In theory jurors are
ministers Of justice. part OF the
court They are chosen as honest
men from the worthy citizens. and
they serve not as suspects, but as
honorable officials They lose no priv
ileges as members Of the community
when they are called 10 assist the
iusge by rendering a verdict Expert
ence shows the need OF guarding
jurors from tamperlng and sinister
approach but this must be done with
out sacrificing their liberty That
rural Juror had much sense on his
side when he asked: If We cant
read the papers and must be kept to
gether incommunicado' why should
not the judge be treated in the same
way?"
The tribunal Of final resort decides
that jurors do not cease 70 be free
citizens and do not leave their con
sciences at home when they enter the
box II they are flt for their duties
at all they can be trusted TO read pa
pers and listen 10 lawyers and they
need not be herded all the while in q
mass while a case Is on.
The Supreme court thus gives It's
influence in favor OF proper privileges
and courteous treatment to the picked
men who are summoned to help hold
steady the scales Of Justice
Often jury service is irksome and II
cannot be wise to add to its hardships
beyond what is necessary. The sys
tenn is a vital part of the defenses Of
society and Of property.
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His Awful "Break.U

The little god of bad breaks is ever
seeking victims. He made a young
man at a social gathering the other
evening blush for a week. The young
man had been introduced to a young
woman. why, / know a lady by the
same name in Kansas City" he re-
marked, "only she's a beautiful girl"
The young woman froze him to the
spot, and he was glad of an excuse to
leave the gathering.
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PART THREE.
CHAPTER x.

The following morning dawned up
on the Castle Wyckhoff house party
clear and balmy and typicaily June.
For all the world as if the day it her
aided was not a critical one for one Of
its members, and an axious one for his
two frl@Bd9, Dearest and myself, who
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-16

The custom Of allowing the preach
or to take a kiss along with his fee
had a very different beginning. In
early Catholic days, after the wedding
refreshments had been served, the
priest. always came forward and gave
the husband-think Of itl--the kiss of
peace, and that gentleman passed 1t
on to his wife, while, at the same
time, the priests assistant kissed the
best man. who passed 1t on to the
other guests. No wonder the clergy
man had an assistant! AS time nass
ed the preacher doubtless came TO the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-16
Making Of a Great Novel

nourished; and the greater the writer
the greater his passion for knowl-
edge and the more use he can make
of all that he knows. Scott is per-
haps the most imaginative of all our
novelists, and none of them has had
a knowledge so vast and diverse. It
Is tho same with Tolstoi. His novels
interest us so much, even when the
story seems lost in them, because he
e always telling US Of what he knows.
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Wanted Further information.

James Albery, the dramatist, was
descending the steps Of his club, when
a stranger addressed him thus: Il beg
YOUR pardon, but is there a gentleman
in this club with one eye of the name
of X-" Albery answered the ques-
ton at once by another: stop mo.
ment. What's the name of his other
eye2"
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Woes Of ! Poet.

Years ago, when luck was hard, anG
he found the sailing rough, 'twai
bread and water for che bard, whit
said: ''Well, this is fought" Ant
later, when his yerselets sold at a res
gaurant he tried to stuff, but alas! tn,
chicken served was old and again HI
saidi 'Well, this ID toughl"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-16

Chance for American Capitalists.
Russian manufacturers invest $780,.
600, 600 annually in American cotton,
and it is stated that should a Russo
American bank be established in st.
Petersburg the cotton investment
would reach S1OO,OOO,OOO annually.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-16
MakInn Her suaploloua.

What makes you so dissatisfied
with your bonnet?"
I'm afraid it doesn't look well on
me-"
What in the world makes you think
that?'
Every woman l know says It looks
Just lovely on me-"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-16

Comes to the Conclusion That tho
Wife Should Receive the
Gift Direct.
The nuptial kiss, with a meaning
akin to that Of the kiss Of peace, had
It's origin in most serious and prac-
tical chruch ceremony known as the
Espousals. Among mediaeVal people,
as among some classes Of Jews today,
It was customary for the bridegroom
and the bride to meet before wiz.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-16

Many Things Other Than Powers Of
Description Enter Into Its Com
position.
The commonest fault Of novels Is
lack of knowledge and It Ia just be-
came Of this lack they fail in i'm
aglnStion. For imagination is encour-
aged and enriched by knowledge Of
Rll kinds, and flags for the want Of
Il. Knowledge is, as It were, the soil
o.S which the flower Of imagination IL
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-16

Miss Gushleigh-Didn't It seem to
give you strange thoughts of the other
world when you we're up in the clouds,
far removed from this mundane
sphere?
Aeronaut-You bet It did, ma'am; |
nearly froze to deathi
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-16
Pretty close.

Heaven is so close to us, writes
an enthusiastic philosopher, that we
can almost touch it with a ten-foot
pole, and use the wings of the angels
for fans in warm weatner!"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-16

conclusion that the peace kiss should
be placed nearer the source of dis
turbance, and thus the wife came tt
receive the gift direct.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-16
Extremes Meet.

What do you long for?" said the
old lawyer.
Il long fox a brief" answered the
young one.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-16
A Sion Of Meakneaa.

"The deacon likes to talk about his
sinful clay"
$50 he does. but notice he's very
particular about the way his sinful
clay Is dressed"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-10-15
BIG CHANGE BY
INSURANCE men
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED FOR
MERCHANTS NATIONAL MU-
TUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.
OLD OFFICERS START NEW
COMPANY AT GRAND FORKS.

At meeting of the board of d.
rectors of the Merchants National
Mutual Fire Insurance Co. held yester-
day, A. e. Palmer, vice president; j.
P. Read, secretary, and A. F. Pierce,
special agent, rendered their resigna-
tions which were accepted, and F. H.
Wilder and o. M. Thurber were elect
ed to fill two of the vacancies for the
balance of the year.
Messrs. Palmer, Read and Pierce
will become identified with the Grand
Forks Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and
expect the new company will be ready
to issue policies by the first of the
year.
The men going to the university
town have been in Fargo for number
of years. During this time they have
made numerous friends, who will re-
greet to hear of their leaving the city.
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Souvenirs For a Party.

At an autumnal party given for
children from to 10 years of age, the
souvenirs We're made " the guests
from corn h@sks which they trans
formed into dolls. A face was pen
ciled on the green stub of corn, the
husks made the dress and the silk
carefully braided made the hair; bon
nets We're also made from the huskg.
These dolls were really chArming. and
the prize awarded for the best was a
delightful little booklet in which corn
husk dolly was the heroine; it was
written by a clever woman musician.
This idea is just as applicable for a
grown ups party as for children. for
never saw woman yet. whether she
admitted or not, who's didn't like the
chance to play dolls. II
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CHILDREN.

Oh, little people from the hills of Dawn,
What set a-straying hitherward your
feet, a...... a..
Still rosy from your wanderings on
her peaks,
Still dewy from her wales of asphodel,
And all the lucene of Gods unvexed
morn
Still shining in your confident, clear
eyes?
Was 1t some new-spied flower farther
down
The western slope, whose gaudy tints
allured?
Some nodding, duty daisy whose frank
glance
Outvied the breathless, stirless purity
OF asphodels that. like unnoted stars,
Slow whiten on the MINDLESS fields ely
sian.
So soon the dust upon the tender feet
That's low and slower trudge, the
straining eyes,
The reaching hands, grown tired of
plucking now
Yet clasping to the end some wayside
weed.
Charles r. Rogers. in Century.
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WALTER WELLMAN and COMPANIONS
START ON AIRSHIP VOYAGE ACROSS ATLANTIC

smooth and non-resistant. The bag
itself is made Of several layers of
silk and cotton, thoroughly impreg-
mated with rubber and vanished out
side. 1t is So feet in diameter, with
a capacity of 345,O00 cubic feet of gas.
An air pump keeps the gas bag in
shape by pumping air into balloonets
or separate compartments within the
bag to replace the leakage of hydro
gen. This leakage, less than 1 per
cent per day, of course, affects the
lifting power but the consumption of
gasoline and supplies will tighten the
airship faster than the lifting power
diminishes.
The wireless apparatus has been so
planned as to obviate all danger Of
sparks igniting either the gasoline
supply or the balloon. For It's size
1t is a marvelously powerful plant and
1t is believed by Mr. Wellman that
with it he can keep in constant touch
with ships and thus with land. Bulle-
tins are to be sent as often as possible.
A careful study of air currents has
shown the prevailing winds at this
season of the year to be in the di-
rection of the airship's projected
course. In still air the aviators can
make a speed of twenty miles an hour
with one engine and any favorable
wind will increase the speed by the
velocity of the breeze. To keep the
dirigible at the desired distance above
the water, Mr.. Vaniman, the engi-
neer, has designed what he calls the
| equilibrator, which is series of
cylindrical gasoline tanks strung like
beads on long steel cable. This is
controlled by means of a winch on the
car.
| A balloon full of hydrogen constant
| ~ expands and contracts under the
influence of temperature changes.
When the hydrogen contracts, the
dirigible sinks, when it expands it
rises. The equilibrator Is heavy, but
1t will float. Therefore when the di-
rigible sinks toward the water success
sive links of the equilibrator rest on
the surface and with the weight thus
relieved the balloon rises. When the
gas again expands the equilbrator is
raised and its bouyancy. thus main
tanning the desired level, which is to
be between $50 and $50 feet above the
sea. The equilibrator is regarded as
one of the most useful and important
! parts of the airship.
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HORSES
DIE in FLAMES

Buffalo, N. D., Oct. 15.-In some un-
known manner the barn on the farm
occupied by John Matthews, north Of
Buffalo, and owned by A. L. Taylor Of
Minneapolis, was fired and burned TO
the ground last Thursday night. Ev-
erything contained in the building
was destroyed consisting Of eighteen
head of horses, eleven sets Of harness,
500 bushels of. feed and dozens of
other small articles.
The fire was first discovered about
10 o'clock, and although all possible
effort was made to fight the fire, moth
ing could be saved. The loss above
all insurance, to Mr.. Matthews, is said
to be about $500. Mr.. Taylor has
been here and will have another barn
built Immediately. The new building
will be 44x40 feet in size.
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A Pictorial R(heel Hive.

This requires pencil and paper and
the slips must be prepared before the
arrival of the party Draw a bee on
as many pieces of paper as there are
words, also, on the same paper there
must be representation of the other
part of the word.
When ready to play, the guests are
given the slips Of paper, with the pic
ture puzzle and plain bit of paper
on which to write the words as they
are solved. A minute or two is al
lowed to guess the word and write it
down, then at a given signal the pa
pers are exchanged with the right
hand neighbor. When all the puzzles
have been passed they are collected
with the individual slips on which the
contestants have written their names.
The following words are easy to rep
resent:
Be-tide-A bee tied to a tree or any
other object.
Be- time-A clock.
Be-lief-A leaf
Be-tween-TWo lines, a space be-
tween on which "B" can be marked
Be-ware-Cup and saucer (ware).
Be-cause-Three cows (caws).
Be-stow-Several bees and a toe (be-
stow.
Be-wail-A picture of whale (waiD
Be-head-Picture Of a head
Be-rate-Sign of per cent (rate).
Be-nign-A Roman TX (nine).
Be-low-A small "B" at the bottom
of the page.
Be-half-Half of a piece of fruit.
Z
Be- gun-Picture of a gun.
Be-fore-Four "Bs".
e-hoof-Pfcture of a horses hoof.
Be-long-A very long drawn out
'B".
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Our Han.nInesa.

Our happiness mainly depends on
the freedom that widens with every
good deed and contracts beneath acts
of evil. Not metaphorically. but liter
ally, does Marcus Aurelius free him.
self each time he discovers a new
truth In indulgence, each time that he
pardons, each time he reflects. Still
less of metaphor is 1t to declare that
Macbeth enchains himself anew with
every fresh crime. And II this be true
of the great crimes of kings and the
virtues of heroes, 1t is no less true of
the humblest faults and most hideous
virtues of ordinary life. Many youth
full Marcus Aurelius is still about us;
many Macbeth who never stirs from
his room aeterlinck.
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DR.. Arthur Peake
Specialist in All Forms Of Chronic
Disease

No matter what the cause of your
trouble, whether due to hereditary
faint, poor treatment, improper
drugs or inferior surgery, a proper
knowledge of how and why to treat
such cases is essential to a cure.
The worst cases can be cured In
an easy, pleasant manner without
the use of nauseus or surgery, Elk
cept in such cases as require sur
gerry to repair INJURY.
All thinking persons realize that
each organ In the human body has
a function and that the removal of
an organ can at best give only tenn
porary relief, while the resulting
after effects are to throw additional
work on the remaining organs, caus-
ing a changed and diseased condi-
ton, often worse than the original
, complaint.
No two cases of disease are ex-
actly alike, as no two persons are
exactly alike, therefore it Is easily
recognized that what would be good
for one person would be harmful to
another. Individual treatment of
individual cases Is an absolute re-
Quisite to success.
These Diseases Are successfully
Treated:
Diseases resulting from Typhoid:
Pneumonia, Pleurisy, Rheuna-
tism; Tuners Of all kinds; Diseases
of Women: Varicose Veins, Ulcers,
; Paralysis, infantile and in mature
persons; Epilepsy; Diseases of the
Skin; Diseases of the Stomach,
Liver. Kidneys. Bladder. Pancreas
and Spleen; and Obesity
Special attention IS paid to dis
eases Of children, especially TO
broadening their mental and pllysi-
cal development where stunted In
growth or delicate Ia health; treat
ment of nose and throat diseases
resulting from the ills OF childhood.
The time 10 protect the future Of
the child is during the period Of
development.
Any condition which your physi-
clan or specialist has failed to re-
lieve or considers incurable will be
received and successfully treated.
Office in Laing Building, First
Avenue North, Next to Stone
Piano Co. Phone 2O93.-L.
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ROLLER RINK IS open
Great Crowd this Afternoon CeIebrat-
ed the Opening of the Roller
Skating Season.

The roller skating rink opened up
this afternoon under favorable aus
pices and the beginning of a success
full season was indicated by the large
number of enthusiastic skaters who
turned out.
The rink has been handsomely
decorated and the floor is in excellent
condition, making it a pleasure to
skate at this popular place. Still
greater crowds are, expected this
evening and a first class time is
promised. A fine new military band
organ has been installed which fur
nishes good music for the skaters.
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Railroad News
TRACK AND TIE /.

Today is the last day of the $25
colonist rate to the Pacific coast on
the N. P.
Joe Ronyon, travelling freight agent
of the N. p, with headquarters at St
Paul, was in the city last evening.
Local railroad agents have been in
formed that the operation of the Hunt
er's Hot Springs at Springdale, Mont,
have not been discontinued as was
announced in some newspapers. The
Hunters springs have been placed in
the hands of a receiver but are still
being operated as before.
Traffic on No. 8 Of the N. P. has been
so heavy during the last few mornings
that two sections OF this train have
had to be run.
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same time to obtain increased efficien-
cy In the handling of the larger vol
ume of business. Similar methods
of reorganization now are being APP
piled to the entire postal service.
With the postal service able to pay
its own way, Mr.. Hitchcock is con-
WINGED that penny postage for first
class letters Is not the "irridescent
dream it has been declared. In
deed, he is almost prepared to assert
that 1-cent postage now is in sight
as a practical business proposition