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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05

TITS the gentleman In the straw
hat, miss" said the little maid.
IT'S a most inconvenient time 10
see him." Catharine said.
But he insists"
Catharine trailed the snowy lengths
of her satin gown toward the door.
Il suppose / shall have TO see him, "
she said did he give any manner"
NO" the maid replied. but he is
the same gentleman that came the
other day. | knew him by his straw
hat. It seemed sort of strange for a
gentleman to be wearing a straw hat
In winter"
"Yes, It does" Catharine said. and
went downstairs.
Catharine greeted the stranger
somewhat coolly. She had suspicious
of a book agent although a second
glance at the man before her rather
dispelled this idea, He was shabby.
He came to the point at once. Il
want to paint your picture" he said,
Catharine looked at him haughtily
why, / don't know you" Her voice
had in e a note Of anger, but he did
not seem disturbed.
q want to paint your picture" he
repeated you are the most beauti-
ful woman / have ever seen"
Catharine stood up. You have not
seen me long enough to call me beau
tiful"
Il have seen you many times" he
said, "and last night as you came out
and crossed the snowy pavement on
the way to your motor, l was stand
ing on the steps. You were wrapped
In white furs and there were dia-
monds in your hair ! thought of the
Snow Queen about whom l used TO
read in my fairy books
Catharine leaned toward him eager
with interest. 81 remember" she
said, but how cruel she was"
Yes" he agreed, yes; but your
beauty-the wonderful white of the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05
OW THE SNAKE WAS FOOL

The unaccountable loss of a newly
acquired rubber frog several days ago
in a park at Youngstown, o. caused
its owner, little girl, to be inconsol-
able. The toy disappeared and search
as she might for the frog, the childs
nurse was unable to find 1t. 1t was
believed the frog, bright new and
natural looking product, had been
stolen.
The mysterious disappearance has
been explained. A black snake was
found by a caretaker dead in the grass
in the park the other day. It's body
was unnaturally distended and he de-
cided to investigate. The post mortem
disclosed the fact that the snake had
swallowed the rubber frog. The make
up of the frog was so lifelike the
snake was fooled into grabbing it as
it lay in the grass, and having gulped
it down the reptile could neither dis
gorge 1t nor digest It,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05
CoUGHED TOOTH FROM LUNG

Mrs. William H. Miller, Of Lock
Haven, Pa, whose illness for eleven
months puzzled physicians who had
been called to treat her, had a violent
fit of coughing the other night during
which she remarked to her husband
that something had torn loose from
her lung
The next instant she was seized
with another coughing spell, when
she elected a hard, bonelike particle
from her mouth. On examination 1t
proved to be a tooth. Since then the
patient who had suffered much, is
improving and hope is now enter
tanned for her recovery.
A year ago, Mrs. Miller, while under
the influence of an anaesthetic, had a
number of teeth extracted and one of
them must have slipped down her
throat and entered the lung.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05

snow, the white of your furs-I want
them on my canvas must have
them"
But again Catharine repelled him
haughtily. Il do not know you" she
said
His head went up. Il have no
reputation" he admitted and l am
poor aud struggling for recognition,
but l love my art l know l am ask
ing much, but no one will ever paint
you better than l shall paint you"
"Of course l could not come alone"
she said.
Il do not wish you to come;
have no sudio. ! want to paint you
here.
His demand was made so quietly,
with such perfect assurance that it
would be granted, that again she
gave in weakly. When he had gone,
however, and she told at the table
Of the strange circumstance her
mother exclaimed against the uncon-
Ventionality and her father spoke of
the danger Of admitting an unknown
man to the house. Her cousin, Betty
Barnes, however, who was spending
the winter with her, thought it some
thing of an adventure.
1T has been so deadly dull lately"
she said Just teas, receptions and
things. Can we all come in and see
him paint you, Catharine?"
"Of course you can," Catharine an
swered, but he won't interest you,
Betty. He is the shabbiest man you
ever saw"
But as Catharine learned to know
the painter she found that it was not
poverty alone that made him wear
straw hat, So completely was he
wrapped up in his art that he thought
little of the things that rule the aver
age man.
Gradually under his hand the Die
ture was taking on great beauty
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05
Immense savInn PossIbIe.

In a preliminary bulletin on the
cost of maintaining a tuberculosis
sanatorium, the National Association
for tbc Study and Prevention Of Tu-
bercr isis announces that the average
cost per patient per day in thirty
semi-charitable aanatoria scattered in
all parts of the United States is
$1GG9 These institutions represent
an annual expenditure of over 81 ,300,-
600 and over $4,000 days Of treat
ment given each year The bulletin,
which is part of an extensive study
the National association is making for
its bureau of information, points out
that the country could save annually
at least S15O,OOO,0OO if the INDECENT
consumptves were properly segre-
gated.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05

given me, and L am recommending it
to all my friends. Mrs. w. S. FORD,
2207 w. Franklin St., Baltimore, Md.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure of all forms of
female complaints is Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t has
stood the test of years and to-day Is
more widely and successfully used than
anyother female remedy. Ithas cured
thousands of women who have been
troubled with displacements, inAam-
nation, liberation, abroid tumors, ir-
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing-down feeling, fat,nency
indigestion, and nervous prostration,
after all other means had failed.
If you are suffering from any Of these
ailments, don't give up hope until you
have given Lydia =. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial.
If you would like special advice
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass, for it. She has guided
thousands to health, free OF
CHARGE
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05
WEDDING OF CENTENARIANS

A remarkable wedding has just been
celebrated at Braila in the Balkans.
The bridegroom was Joseph Stopf, a
centenarian, and he married Maria
Liga, whose age was 101. These aged
people had loved each other in youth,
eighty years ago, but their parents
would not consent to their marriage,
and the girl was married to another
man. This man died few months
ago, and now the sweethearts of
eighty years ago are man and wiz
The bishop Of Braila oficiated at q
strange marriage, and several tho
and people assembled outside the
church. Both the bride and BRIDE
groom are in good health and com
Portable circumstances.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05
Value of the Old Carpet

There should always be a strip Of
carpet to put under the tubs and un.
der the ironing board for the laun-
dress to stand on. They may be
easily pulled up and put out of sight
afterward.
Often, too, the refrigerator is not
"eady to receive the ice, or there may
too much, and the best way to
aep it for a few hours is to cover it
with a newspaper and then wrap 1t
in the indispensable old carpet which
has first been thoroughly cleansed.
Another use for a strip about six
feet long is for a runner" In house
holds where there are children, or
many persons coming in and out, this
runner will save the carpet on rainy
day when it seems quite impossible
for every one to wipe his feet. thor
oughly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05
HE WAS A USEFUL CORPSE

The body of Sydney Lascelles, who
died eight years ago, was cremated in
New York only the other week and
the ashes handed over to the repre-
sentatives of one OF his wives. De-
ceased had a strange career and posed
under various aliases, his fayorite title
belonging to some member Of the Eng
lish peerage. He had a natural gift
for courtshiD and intrigue and al
though there is a record OF only six
teen wives II was stated before the
police court, where he was arraigned
as a common thief and swindler, that
he had married right and left indls-
criminately for years. Eight years
ago Lascelles died OF consumption in
North Carolina and he made such a
fine, handsome corpse, with his Eng
lish features and neat Vandyke beard,
that the undertaken, despairing OF
ever being paid for the work OF en-
balming him, had a glass cover made
for the coffin and exhibited Lascelles
throughout the United States as an
advertisement Judge Jones, the law
yer who made the arrangements for
the cremation, averred that the body
of Lascelles was the most natural
elght-year-old corpse It had ever been
his pleasure to look upon. 1T may be
rather stretching the case" he con-
tinued, 'to say that the body was used
as an advertisement. II was kept in
a room upstairs and only visitors who
expressed curiosity could take look
II they chose. ! have no doubt It
acted as an advertisement, because 1t
was such fine specimen"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05
The "Done Up" Shirt Waist.

Half the looks of shirt waist de.
pend on the way it is done up. If it is
washed with cheap strong yellow soap,
so that it gets streaked and stained in
stead of being cleaned and beautifed,
it is done up" sure enough. The wom-
an who values her personal appear
ance-and that means every woman
will see to it that her shirt waists are
laundered with a soap that leaves them
white and clean and sweet and new
looking. Easy Task soap is the only
one that will do this. Same price as
others-fVe cents a cake, and the
greatest enemy to dirt and friend to
fabrics ever made.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05
WHEN THE HENS GOT TIPSY

When Mrs. James Burnt, of Han
cock county, w Va, threw out some
spoiled blackberries her four hens
feasted on them until they became
helplessly inebriated.
Mrs. Burnet thought they were dead
and thriftily plucked them clean for
the feathers. Next morning she was
astounded to find the hens, shivering
from cold, racing about to keep warm,
naked as she had plucked them. Mrs
Burnet made blankets for her feather.
less hens.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05

Among the strange things to be se~
in China are sepulchres for hur
bones in the form Of the one here
lustrated The cemeteries are d,
overcrowded that when a grave is
opened for a fresh burial the bones Of
former occupants must be removed
and they are piled into the rather di
lapidated sepulchres.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05
Caught loo Quick.

Il pleads guilty ter stealin' dem
melons, jedge," said the prisoner, but
wants de mercy er de court"
"On what grounds?" asked the
Judge.
"On desc grounds" replied the pris-
oner: Il stole de melons, but de sher-
iff didn't give me a chance to eat
ATLANTA Constitution.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05
WILD GEESE ATTACK GIRLS

Wild geese, which William Stabley
of FELTON,, Pa, thought he had do.
mesticated, proved still untamed when
they attacked and frightened almost
to death Miss Ophelia Paine and Misa
Araminta Sentz, who we're gathering
arbutus. The flock surrounded the two
girls, picking at them and Kissing in
an alarming manner The girls fed,
but the geese continued the chase al
most to the town.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05
ReaembIee PreeIdent Taft.

Col. George Kennedy M'Gunnegle1
commanding officer of the First regI.
ment OF infantry, and commander OF
the post Of Vancouver, Wash, bears
such striking resemblance to Presi.
dent Taft that while recently in
washington he was several times
mistaken for the president.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05

from ifregulari-
ties, terrible drag
ging sensations,
extreme nervous
ness, and that all
gone feeling In my
stomach. L had
given up hope OF
ever being well
wien / began to
take Lydia E.Pink-
ham's Vegetable
Compound. Then
l felt as though
nav life had bapn
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05
m the Shadow of ooIumbIa.

Letters curiously formed and writ
ten with red chalk on a card in the
window Of a frame building not three
hundred yards from Columbia uni
versity announce: Day Bored and
Vokel Music Taught. York
Press.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05

Johnnie what did the minister
preach about today?"
ut was about something that stings
like an adder and bites like a multi
plier."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05
Where He Came In.

"Have you ever figured in a divorce
suit?"
mo; the lawyers did the figuring.
/ just paid the bills"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05

A Texas man was arrested in New
York for hugging two women at once
The east believes in taking EN- one at
time.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05
AFTER
FOURYEARS
OF MISERY
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md. =" For four years
my life was misery TO me. / suffered
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05

Let's all start a crusade against ths
''individualP shortcake.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05

Yield Of Almond oil.
One hundred pounds Of alm0na
yield 4s pouRds Of oil.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
BLAZING SUN
AND No WATER

Water failed this morning at 8
o'clock in the lower end of Lidger-
wood. Heretofore reports of the
water shortage on the north hill
have been confined to the district
west of Division street. Now the
reports show that the old portion
of Lidgerwood, which has been
within the city for many years, is
as short as the Monroe hill district.
E206 Byrne avenue today report
ed there was no water there from
4 to 8 Saturday night and none
Sunday from 4 to 10 p. IN. This
morning the water failed COM
pletely.
ELS Glass avenue reported today
that the water failed this morning
just after the housewife had fin
ished washing her dishes, and that
she could not get enough water to
comb her little girls hair to send
her to school. Water has been
short in this locality for week.
4 E108 Byrne avenue said that they
had just finished paying bill Of
$40 for water rent and installation,
only to find now that they had no
water. There was no water this
morning for the simplest needs of
the household.
Water pressure was very weak
this morning in South Side Gable
addition.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
LAWMAKERS TO
co TO LEWISTON

The Haymakers leave on Wed
nesday for Lewiston, Idaho, where
they will go in training. the Man
ager, John Smyth, having spent the
past two weeks in looking up train
ing grounds.
The team under Captain C. F.
Scheen, will leave in the new No.
l gasoline motor of the North
Coast railway, this having been Sc
cured for the trip. The following
are those going:
Umpires. John Erickson, l.. G.
Meeks; pitchers. Ed Carver. John
Smyth; catchers, Ed Nader. c. F.
Scheer; first base. B. Boudweyns;
second base. w. G. Hatcher; third
base, J. r. Warbrick; short stop. r.
C. Epling; right field, ]. o. Caughey
and C. F. w. A. Moller; left field,
C. d. Burnett; substitutes. J. D. Yo.
KUN, d. A. Darling. A. C. Duncan.
F. X. Pugh. A. ]. Cartwright, james
Smyth, ST.. s. H. Ingersoll. p. Maui
seth. Judge ]. Stanley Webster.
the chief haymaker. will accom-
pany the team as mascot. But B.
Croft will be the mascot.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
NUCENT'S PULL
STILL GOOD
MARRIED MAN IN REDFiELD
CASE is PAROlED BY ORDER
OF COURT.

After serving little over a
month in the county Jail, Frank
Nugent, the friend OF Chief of Po-
lice Sullivan and the prosecuting
attorneys office, has been released
from the county Jail.
Nugent was arrested for causing
the downfall of Octavia Redfield.
This was after an order had been
telephoned over to Rathdrum.
where he was in custody, by Chief
of Police Sullivan. commanding
that he be released.
Later, when the pressure got too
strong the sheriff's office took the
case up and arrested Nugent at
Rathdrum. After the arrest the
prosecution of Nugent was delayed
until publicity through The Press
forced the officials to take action.
When placed on trial for the crime
Nugent entered plea of guilty and
was given six months Jail SEN
tence by Judge KEENAN,. Now the
jail records show that Nugent was
paroled by the court after having
served but a month of his SEN
tence.
Why the effort to befriend and
tighten the burden of Nugent's Of
Tense can not be understood. MI
gent is a married man and became
intimate with the girl when they
We're jointly employed at John w.
Grahams store.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
CRUSADE ON
BIKE RIDERS

A general crusade against vio-
lators of the ordinance barring BIZ
cycles and their riders from the
sidewalks about the city has been
started by the police, and a number
of arrests have been made in the
last week. All over the city bicy-
Gle riders who have a preference
for the sidewalks to the lawful
routes can figure that sooner or
later they are to be led into grief.
In connection to the stress that
is being brought upon the enforce
ment Of this ordinance, it might
be remarked that the police are be-
coming very lax in the enforcement
of the ordinance against the run
ming of motorcycles on the bicycle
cinder paths. All over the city at
most any time of the day, motorcy-
cles can be seen speeding along the
cinder paths and with them rum
ming at their customary high
speed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
COMPLAINTS
AGAINST THE
FOREST MEN
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(6y United Press Leased Wire)
WASHINGTON, May 13.-Com.
plants against the forest service
and the department of the interior
are on file today with the Ballinger
investigating committee since Jan
uary l, in which it Is charged that
violations of the law and injustice
to homesteaders have been prac-
ticed by both branches of the gov
eminent service. Guy A. White of
Whitefish, Mont, alleged that the
forest service "froze him out" of
his homestead in Montana.
P. c. Whitman charged that an
unjust decision Of the land office
caused him to lose homestead
claim. w. Fletcher Of Boise, Idaho,
alleged that an illegal contract was
let by Secretary Ballinger for
survey of the Idaho and Montana
boundary. One complainant de-
scribes the forest rangers OF Oregon
as a "set Of official ruffians." p. w.
Gibson OF Springfield. Ore, wrote
that they were "a curse to the
country" and complained that
there is no need for laws by con-
gress If the foresters are allowed
to revise them"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
PEACE DOVE NOT
AMONG THOSE
PRESENT"
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WASHINGTON, May 23.-The
dove of peace will probably not be
among those present at the caucus
of the republican house members
Wednesday night. At that time
Representative Dwight. whip of the
house, expected to have all the re-
publican members on hand to con-
fer on postal savings bank bill.
Further. he expected that there
would be a quick agreement and
that the bill soon would be ON it's
way to passage.
But he reckoned without the in1
surgehts. or at least without all of
them. Five insurgents declare to-
day they would not attend the ses-
sion. They declared they feared the
bill adopted at the conference
might not suit them and they did
not wish to be bound to vote for it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23

WROTE TAFT'S
SPEECH HERE

Spokane can furnish owl.
denee Of it's own to the effect
that other people write Presi-
dent Taft's letter and speeches
for him.
When Taft was In this city
early last fall, no delivered 4
speech in which he praised Sec
rotary 6aIIinger ITO the Skies"
He said words to this effect:
"You people Of Washington
ought to be proud that you 49,
sess such a statesman for a fol.
low citizen, and know you
honor and love him."
We'll, good people, that
touching little sentiment, to-
gether with the parts Of the
speech which referred to the
conservation program, were
mostly either written or blue
penciIed by BalIineer himself.
Taft and his party confessed
this fact themselves, and II $Ess
further confirmed by the news.
paper correspondents.
Roosevelt always prepared
his speeches about two months
In advance. Taft sits up all
night, just before tive o1sNs Ter
his speech, writing !
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
ELLIOTT GIRL
STILL HERE

Circulation having been given the
report today that Rose Elliott, con-
cerned in the Elliott police scandal,
had suddenly left the city. The
Press started an investigation.
The girl is still at the House Of
the Good Shepherd. where she was
placed after the arrest of the prin-
cipals in the case about ten days
ago.
When the Elliott girl was taken
into custody as a states witness her
bond was placed at $500. She was
afterward released ON the guaran-
tee by Mrs. F. F.. Emery that the
girl would be produced in court
whe nneeded. No bond was given.
The departure from the city of Mrs.
Emery gave rise to the rumor that
the girl had disappeared.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
SEYLER
MURDER TRIAL BEGINS

MAYS LANDING. n. V, May %.
William Seyler, charged with the
murder of his alleged sweetheart,
Jane Adams, at Atlantic City, Feb
ruary 4. was placed on trial before
Judge Thomas Trenchard today.
The case has attracted considerable
attention because of its dramatic
and legal features. and it Is believ-
ed that the selection of a jury will
be difficult.
Shortly after Seyler's arrest the
police attempted to secure a con-
fession through the third degree"
Their methods aroused such a
storm of protest that the United
States senate determined to inves-
tigate police methods in question
ing accused persons.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
No RELIEF
IN SIGHT
FOR WATER
COMMITTEE FROM MONROE
HILL DISTRICT GIVEN BUT
SLIM HOPES AT CITY HALL.

Water kicks are coming so num-
erous at the city hall that Clerk
Garrett B. Hunt of the water Of
flee is fairly swamped at times.
When Mr.. Hunt has had his say,
after hearing the kick, and the par
ty making the protest finds that
there is no relief in sight, the next
step is to call The Press, the
friend of the oppressed and the
downtrodden.
A committee of three from the
Monroe hill district, appointed at
the meeting last week, called on
Mayor Pratt and the water depart.
ment Saturday and suggested that
something be done in the matter of
turning water into that section
from the force main. They received
no assurances Of relief, their com.
plants seemed to affect the offic.
ials visited but little, and the com.
mittee went away no wiser and no
nearer It's goal than it was when
it called.