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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
FAMOUS ELM TREE is GONE
Was Branch Of Famous Elm Under
Which Penn Made Treaty With
Indlans-Planted in 1872.

Philadelphia.-An interested crowd
the other afternoon watched the de-
struction of one of Philadelphia's old
landmarks on Twelfth street above
Chestnut, the gigantic elm tree which
has for years shaded the yard of the
Friends meeting house, and which has
a pedigree second to none in Philadel
phia. The old elm was branch OF
the famous Penn treaty elm in Ken
sington, under which William Penn
made his treaty with the Indians.
Two other large trees which have
been grown from the Penn treaty elm
are at the Pennsylvania hospital and
Swarthmore college. The old tree on
Twelfth street was planted In 1872,
when the surrounding neighborhood
bore a truly rural aspect. It was for
many years remarkable for its mag
nificent foliage, but since the erection
of the adjacent high buildings 1t
ceased to thrive, and recently showed
marks of decay.
A short time ago a heavy branch
fell to the street, making a large hole
I'm the sidewalk, and 1t was deemed
necessary for the safety of pedes-
trians to remove entirely the old land
mark.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
ONCE A HUNTERS PARADISE
Noted Game Preserve of ToIIeston
Gun Club to Be SubdiVided and
Cut Into City Lots.

Hammond, Ind.-Orders were given
the other day to plat LOO acres be-
longing to the Tolleston Gun club OF
Chicago, near Gary, into 10000 city
lots. The land originally purchased
for $4,000, now through the building
of Gary is valued at $2,O000O0. 1t was
once a hunters paradise, owned by
wealthy Chicagoans, and many bloody
battles were fought between club
watchmen and natives. Five lives
were lost in this way. The club house
was in bygone days the scene of bril-
liant social gatherings from Chicago
at the spring and fall shootings.
Wolves, pelicans and wildcats were
shot in the preserves in old days.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
cRLINA
FATHERS DAY.
OHIO

Fathers Day has been inaugur7
atSd in Spokane Wash, by Rev DIR,
william j. Hindley. pastor of Con-
gregational church. In founding 1t DR..
Hlndley said he wanted to give every
body "a chance to speak a few kind
words for the old man who surely
needs sympathy" The few kind words
were said last Sunday, and, perhaps,
the "old man" felt better for them
When the movement spreads through
out the country, as the founder and
his followers believe 1t will, papa prob
ably will begin to chirk up and feel
that he is appreciated at something
approaching his own estimate of his
real worth. Mother already has her
day. and its observance, we hope,
brings joy to her dear old soul, but
father has been rather a negligible
quantity in the household scheme. 1t
10 true he is permitted to provide the
money to pay the bills, but what does
It profit a man to own a palatial home
and supply the table with the fat of
the land if he must adjourn to the Gel
lar or the back steps to smoke his pipe
or cigar because tobacco smoke is in
furious to the lace curtains he did not
select but had to pay for? Nor does
It add to the joys of his outcast nj.
cotinous vigil to listen to the strains
of Everybody Works but Father as
played and sung by the young hope
fuls amid the comfortable surround
ings from which he has been banished
Surely father needs a little sympathy
and perhaps a little more considera
tion.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
An Arm of the Sea.

Il WONDER" said Mr.. Goslington,
how it came to be called an arm?
| have just received a booklet describ-
ing lovely place on salt water where
l am inclined to think I'll go, a place
that pleases my fancy; and this place
is situated on an arm of the sea-.
why do you suppose they start
I'd calling an inlet or an estuary, an
extended bay, an arm of the sea-?
Why did they not call this sort of deep
indentation, instead Of an arm "a leg Of
the scar
THAT really seems to me very
queer; but don't suppose it makes
any practical difference. dare say
we shall be just as well satisfied with
this place on an arm of the sea as we
would have been If it had been To-
Gated on leg"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
Sir Oliver Lodges System Sup
plies Artificial Sunshine.
Weighed as Business Proposition
Method Has Justified Itself and Is
Now Being Taken Up on Com
mercial Lines as Practical.

London.-In spite of the obstinate
conservatism of the average farmer
much has been done to carry out Sir
Oliver Lodges plan of utilizing cleo
tricity for reinforcing the fertility Of
plants.
Weighed as a business proposition,
Sir oliver Lodges system has justified
itself, and what was tentative and ex-
perimental is now being taken up on
commercial lines as a practical auxil-
iary Of husbandry.
Lionel Lodge, who has control Of
this department of Sir divers work,
has explained the development of the
past year or two and the hope they
afford of further progress.
Have you ever noticed what re-
markable impulse is given to the
growth of crops by a thunderstorm ?"
asked Mr.. Lodge. That is the effect
of the strongly charged atmosphere,
and our object is to supply a similar
stimulus Systematically.
The growth and development Of
plants in the Arctic regions compares
favorably with that in southern coun-
tries, and yet their summer is very
short, and the suns rays have to
travel in such an oblique direction
that much Of their heating power is
lost. Why is it, therefore, that the
plants flourish? The explanation lies
in the strong electrical currents which
are passing from the air to the earth,
the effect of which can be seen in the
Aurora Borealis.
The electric current can be gen
Grated either by a small dynamo or
from the nearest supply company's
mains, and by means Of a transformer
It is raised to the high pressure re-
uuired Cabout 100000 volts). The cur
rent from the transformer is more or
less alternating; that is, it is not a
steady current in one direction, but
oscillating first in one direction and
then in the opposite For convenience
we call the current in one direction
positive, in the other negative 1t is
the positive current that we discharge
from the network of wires above the
plants. Under special conditions-as
where there is an excess Of natural
electricity-it might be advisable to
use the negative, but alternating cur
rent would be of no use.
"To sort out the positive and mega
tive currents from the transformer,
valves specially invented for the pur-
pose by Sir oliver are used. Working
exactly like the valves in an ordinary
pump, they allow the current to flow
in one direction only, and prevent its
getting back they thus store the cleo
tricity in the field network from which
It 'fzzes' off to the plants below
This field network consists Of fine
iron wire, the wires being spread about
ten yards apart and IS feet or so
above the ground. The wires are so
fine that 1t is difficult to see them
even when standing Immediately be-
low them.
"Tbe action that the electrical dis
charge has on the plants, Sir Oliver
suggests, may be considered as arti-
fetal sunshine, and as in no way ta-
king the place of fertilizer. The rich
er the soil the larger the increase
that may be expected. With more
plants, on average soil, the electrified
area may be expected to yield 80 per
cent more than the non-electrihed. II
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
Grandson Finds Treasure

The lad stopped digging because his
shovel had encountered an obstruc-
tion. Tested carefully the thing that
resisted proved to be metal. Then
Louis dug more furiously than ever.
In few moments he unearthed a
metal box. And, sure enough, it con.
tanned treasure. Opening it hastily,
the boy found 1900 shares of valuable
stock, deeds to city property, other
valuable papers and several empty
ring boxes.
OF course, the boy did not realize
the value Of the property, but he knew
the papers must be worth a great deal
or they would not have been placed
in such a secure box. So he hastily
carried his find to his mother, who
turned the property over to the police.
The papers belong to Augustus I'm
brie, wealthy man whose house is
closed and who is out of the city. The
police think robbers ransacked the
Imbrie residence and, after taking
money and jewelry from the box,
buried it.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12

n HICAGO.-The muse Of poesy was
u invoked recently by Isadore Her
man on behalf of his dog Rover, who
had gotten into trouble through care
lessly inserting his teeth in the leg Of
little Israel Stern, son of Eli Stern.
neighbor.
Stern, on behalf of little Israel, filed
suit in the municipal court against
Herman, asking $1,000 damages for
the punctures which Rover inflicted
on his sons leg. Herman, in response
to Sterns complaint, came back with
the following petition to the court:
Defendant denies that said dog is
or was of a savage disposition or a
vicious temper, not even in dog days,
but, on the contrary, defendant AYERS
that said Rover has llways borne a
good reputation among his neighbors,
pals and associates in the community
in which he resides for being peace
full. quiet and law-abiding canine, al
ways kind to his friends and faithful
to his master. The defendant further
AYERS JudI INC Jus ~ q 5ASNS HOlhS
body and is always at home at night"
The following lines in the bill ex-
press the attachment the defendant
feels toward his dog Rover:
I like to see a little dog
Ad pat him on the head.
So prettily he wags his tail
whenever he Is fed.
Some little dogs are very good
And some are useful, too
And do you know that they will mind
What they are bid to do?
"The defendant therefore prays,
continues the bill, that this honorable
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12

Numerous arrests for smuggling
give evidence both that this particu
Iarly contemplate form of OfIense
against the national laws is prevalen;
and that the customs officials in New
York are thoroughly on the job. Col
lector Loeb started in by making it
clear that he did not intend to sub
ject passengers on incoming steamers
to unnecessary annoyance and incon
venience, while at the same time he
should exact compliance With the
treasury regulations. There can be
no good ground for complaint against
this system. The person detected in
smuggling may be set down as will
full offender and entitled to no sym
pathy when caught in attempts tc
cheat the government.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12

Some Of the New Jersey farmers are
advocating a form Of conservation
that is rather out of the ordinary. Deer
have been so well protected in the
state that the animals have multiplied
to a remarkable extent and have be-
come so fearless and commit so many
depredations in the fields that the
farmers regard them as nuisances. To
molest a deer at this season means
severe punishment, but the sufferers
are moving to secure such action as
win save their crops from destruc
tion. Vermont and some other north
ern localities report occasional dam
age to vegetation by deer but 1t
sounds rather oddly to hear of such
things in a state which is largely
suburb of the metropolis.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
Clever Genius, in Sheer BraVado,
Writes His Dupes, Telling
How He Did II.

London.-Sir Robert Anderson, for
merly head of the criminal investiga-
tion department at Scotland Yard, in
his "reminiscences in Blackwood's
Magazine, tells the following story:
"A genius claimed to have discov-
cred the secret of making gold, and
he offered to sell it to a great city
firm-a house whose name is in high
repute not only in England but In all
the capitals of Europe. BY means of
a process which he had discovered,
the bulk of any quantity Of gold could
be increased by one-half, at trifing
expense.
His dupes accepted his terms, sub
ject to his giving proof of the value
of his discovery, and to test it they
proposed to supply him with a hun
dred sovereigns and the needed plant.
He thought scorn' of working on such
a petty sum as that; it would be
waste of time, for the process was a
tedious one.
Finally 1t was arranged that he
SuOulu nave PlOOBOOO III oO'NA SAoHSt
and a house was taken in Leman
street, Whitechapel, and there a
laboratory was fitted up for his use.
The gold was placed in tanks pro-
vided for the purpose, the needed
chemicals were supplied, and the ex-
pertinent proceeded, with elaborate
precautions against larceny or fraud.
The man was emphatic in insisting
on two points; no one but himself
was to enter the laboratory; and he
was to be vigorously searched every
time he passed out. After many
weeks, during which his visits were
frequent, he disappeared; and when
eventually the door was forced, the
tanks which had contained the gold
were empty, and the bottles which
contained the chemicals were full
What had become of the 100000?
The fullest inquiry only served to
elicit proof that the man had been
searched with exemplary care at every
visit.
The mystery would have remained
forever unsolved If the criminal had
not himself supplied the solution Of
It. In sheer bravado and pride in
his achievement, he wrote to the firm
he had swindled, telling them OF his
appreciation of the money, and oil
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
Scandal Wrecks Romance of the Zoo

b. Young tried to do that, too, but
he fell back to the ground In most
undlgnifed manner. When the gray
goose came back after a circle of the
neighborhood, he expressed TO her, no
doubt, his grave disapproval Of undue
boisterousness In a young woman con
siderably beyond the kindergarten age.
At any rate 4 GOODNESS sprang up
here between the couple. They went
on down the mall until they came TO
the pool of water equipped with the
fountain mechanism that spouts up
many minute streams OF water from
the surface OF the pool, b. Young
started to walk slowly around the low
ourbing of the pool, but Clara, the
poor, simple thing, jumped right In
and, swimming out until she came un'
derneath the showering streams, began
quacking as loudly as she could, flap
ping her wings in quick, excited
way.
b. Young does not worship the con
vention. But even he stood stock sun
and glared at Clara, She caught his
eve. but did not seem TO be In the
least ashamed. Whereupon he turned
away, acting as If he didn't know the
young thing cutting up in the pool.
Chief Keeper Snyder came down the
mall on the trail On the way back to
the fowl house, Clara and B. Young re-
fused to notice each other.
"A simple case of incompatability," "
said Snyder, but, fortunately It was
discovered early. We would prefer to
say nothing more just at present
However, B. Young plans a visit to
Reno. New, where divorces are so cas-
lily obtained.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
Alfonso,s Marrow Escape.

Madrid.-Few men of his age had
SO many narrow escapes as King Al
fonso of Spain, who was twenty-four
May II. His life has been attempted
twice, in Paris during a state visit
there, and in Madrid on his wedding
day. He has been in several motoring
accidents and on one occasion nearly
succeeded in killing the Spanish min
lister of education as well as himself,
When trying a reaping-machine at La
Parda some years ago he became en-
gled in the machinery, and might
ye been killed If the engineer had
Ut stopped the movement instan'
taneously.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
RabY,s Fearful PIaythinQ.

Burlington, N. J.-"Oh, mamma,
come see the pretty bug what plays
with baby" said two-year-old Edward,
son of William Limeburner Of Delwin
street, as he toddled, laughing to his
parent, the other day.
His mother followed the boy into
the parlor and was Mortified to see
good sized snake coiled on the window
sill.
Mrs. Limburner screamed for help
and male members of the family dis
patched the reptile. The baby had
been amusing himself with the snake
for a half hour. How it got into the
house the family has no idea.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12

GAN FRANCISCO.-When little Louis
y Osborne, the eight-year-old son of
Lloyd Osborne, novelist and stepson
of Robert Louis Stevenson, armed him
self with his midget shovel and went
out on a sand hill near his home here
to dig a few days ago he had visions
of finding treasure. This is not an un-
usual thing for the lad, for he has not
heard his fathers illustrious stepfa-
ther talked about without getting
some spirit of adventure of the author
Of Treasure Island" fixed in his mind.
So while Louis dug he hummed "Six-
teen Men on Dead Mans Chest, Yo
Ho! Ho! and Bottle Of Rum"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12

The official figures showing immigra
ton into the United States for the
calendar year 1910 indicate that the
movement is once more at high tide
The total arrivals for May were. 1863,
472, which has not been surpassed
since 1907, a record-breaker. That
year 1886 aliens came here in May
But soon after there was a subsidence
This year, however, the accessions
continue in increasing volume. The
total immigration was 1,334,166; in
1908, following the panic" it fell to
41O,319; in 1909 it was 957,1O6; and
this year, up to and including May
it has been 549,492 with a good pros
pect of attaining and perhaps exceed
ing the 1907 total for the entire
twelve months.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
IS SUBSTITUTE FOR RADIUM
Chicago Doctor Announces important
Discovery at Homeopathy Meet
ing at Pasadena.

Pasadena. Cal-At the session of
the American Institute of Homeopathy
the other afternoon announcement
was made by DR.. E. Stillman Bailey
that substitute for radium had been
discovered. 1t is combination OF
thorium and what is practically
uranium, a product Of pitch blende.
1t has been named thoradX.
Doctor Bailey, formerly dean of the
Hahnemann Medical college of Chi
cago, has been working for two years
with DR.. Frank H. Blackmar, also Of
Chicago. They claim thoradx multi.
plies the uses to which radium may
be put and eliminates its dangers
One of it's most important properties
is that of alleviating pain.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
Gave Her Little or No Trouble Until
Finally Her Spinal Column
Was Reached.

Toms River, N, 1.-THE thirteen
5r-old daughter Of Charles Clayton,
,rmer at Pleasant Plains, half way
geen Toms River and Lakewood,
years ago swallowed large
edle The needle has just been
gmoyed from her body at the base
Of the spinal column.
The needle was found and removed
in a peculiar way. AS the little girl
went to bed and pulled the quilts up
over herself she gave scream Of
pain Her mother found the child
crying and saying that her hip hurt
her. The only thing her parents
could think of was that in some way
she had dislocated the hip, and they
mt five miles to Toms River for
e. G. Disbrow. He found the hip
right. The child still complained
the pain, and at last he found a
ynlaR projection. Anesthetics were
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
A Powerful Beacon.

New York.-To guide ocean liners
into New York harbor, through the
great $4,0OO,OOO Ambrose channel, is
now nearing completion on the hills
of Staten Island a powerful beacon.
The lamp itself will give light equal
to 1000 candle power, which is in
creased to nearly 100000 candle
power by means Of the reflector and
lens. Such a light will be discernible
for no less than twenty miles at sea.
The oil used will be vaporized kero-
sene which, next to electricity, gives
the brightest light known at the pres
ent day. Tie cost Of the light will
exceed $4,000.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
FINALLY RETURNS TO FAMILY
California Veteran, Long Mourned as
Dead, Reveals Identity by Ask
ing for Pension.

Suisun, Cal.-After ar absence of
thirty years, during which he was
mourned as lost, William Bullard has
returned to California to join his fam
lily. It was in 1881, while in San
Francisco, that he left his wife and
four children and went on a sailing
vessel. Nothing was heard of him
until last winter, when Albert Bullard
his brother, near beaverton, in this
county, received a letter from the pen
sion Office at Washington, D. c., ask
ing for information regarding him.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12

European debut, William Wade Hin
shaw has made a contract with the
management of the Metropolitan Op-
era company to Iing for three years
as leading barytone.
Mr. Hinshaw was born on a farm
in Hardin county, In the corn belt,
and went to Europe years after he
had learned to sing. His recent en-
gagement came about by test Of
his ability before the critics as the
theater in New York, by singing srias
from four different operas in four diff
ferent languages.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
C4r5iY.1JNaS 1zI0E7- the beaoA 0S
IS AID

a higher increase than this is obtained
we consider the results good and if
lower poor. On rich soil very much
larger percentages have been OBJ
tanned. The power required is quite
small, and many of the installations at
present working are in unsHlled
hands"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
Wren Flies Across Country.

Woodburn, ORE. G. Martzolf the
other day picked out of his watering
trough little dead bird of the wren
family that evidently had made the
long journey from New York to the
Willamette valley.
Around one Of its legs was tiny
silver band, on which was engraved:
The AUX, New York, 1929" Some
thing else had been before the num-
Der, but had become worn out.
SIr. Martzolf viii have the bird
mounted.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
GoLd-Headed Cane Stumble

his confidence that they would rather
lose twice as much than incur ridicule
on every exchange in Europe by
prosecution which would disclose their
folly. And then he revealed his meth
cd. Every time he left the laboratory
the gold-headed cane he carried was
packed with sovereigns."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12

Cholera spreads in Russia because
so many people do not seem to see
much difference living under the czal
and dying with the cholera. At least
that appears to be the Interpretation
of the reports about the fatalistic way
they neglect to take the most ordinary
precautions.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
HEADS THE HARVARD CLUBS
Mitchell Davis Follansbee, pletln'
gulshed Member Of Chicago Bar
10 the New President.

Chicago Mitchell Davis Follansbee,
who has been elected president OF the
Associated Harvard Clubs OF America
is a distinguished member Of the Chi
oago bar who has been practising In
this city since 1894. He is a graduate
OF the South Division high school, Har'
ward university and the law school OF
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
Needle in Girl FiUe Years

applied, an incision made and by
means of forceps the needle was
pulled out.
The child is well again. The only
time she was given any trouble with
the needle was the night before it was
taken out
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12

Aviation is going to have its mar
tyrs like other great enterprises, the
more as they are, in way, fanatics
too; for no amount of danger and
actual accident will deter men from
trying to conquer this elusive element
or dim its fatal destinations. The
measure Of success which has attend
ed latter-day effort will serve to mini
mize effects of the danger still more.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
Southern Travel.

Does that mark on the time table
that looks like horn denote a flag
station?" asked the man at the rail
way ticket office window.
NO" replied the ticket-seller; that
means that the train usually stops
there because there is a COW on the
track"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
Mnrder Wlthont MaIloe

The dean of the Suffolk School Of
Law, Boston, sends us the following
gem from a freshman examination PAL
per:
where murder is committed with
out malice aforethought it is case
of manslaughter. The Green Bag.