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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22
OLD ALMANAC BRINGS 1886
Document Was Printed in 1867 on
First American Press-BeIonged
to Justice SeWaII.

Boston.-The sale at an auction-room
of one of the finest private libraries in
the United States, that of the late
Amor L. Hollingsworth of Milton, con.
tanning some of the very rarest of
books ever printed and some of the
choicest and most artistic bindings
by the foremost binders of France,
England and the United States has
begun
There are some very rare Ameri.
cana in the library, and the few mum.
bers Of this class which were offered
aroused strong bidding. A copy Of
Brankenbury's Almanac, which the av-
erage person wouldn't give ten cents
for, was quickly run up from $100 to
$685., the highest price ever paid for a
copy of this almanac, which was print
ed at the Daye-Press, in Cambridge,
the first press established in the col
onies, by Samuel Green in 1867.
1t belonged to Chief Justice Sam.
ueI Sewall of the Massachusetts Bay
colony and contains an autograph
note of Judge Sewall's concerning the
incognito visit of Lord Culpepper, his
majesty's lieutenant and governor gen
eral of Virginia, to Boston, August
"a, 1880.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22
Russian Lives Six Years After Frac
turing Skull in Railroad
Accident.

st. Petersburg.-A puzzle to phy-
siciana was M. Petronovitch, a lawyer
who died a few days ago at Nikolsk-
Ueaurisk. M. Petronovitch had hardly
nioyed a wink Of sleep since he frac-
.ured his skull six years ago in a
train collision.
For some weeks he was at the
brink of death, but his strong consti-
tuition triumphed and he recovered
and was discharged as cured from the
hospital. A curious phenomenon then
manifested itself He found he could
not sleep, but that did not worry
him, as he did not feel the need Of it,
After a while, however, he began
to be uneasy under the strain of this
unbroken wakefulness. The strongest
soporifics had no effect on him. They
made him I'll but did not bring sleep
Tor weeks at a time he never closed
eyes. Then he would drop off into
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22
VIII Buy American Cattle

The scheme is viewed with conster-
nation by the railroad companies here,
who receive a large proportion Of their
income from the carriage Of frozen
meat from Liverpool and other ports
to London. Under the new scheme
cattle will be shipped direct to Lon
don
This scheme will have a double ad-
vantage. The meat Of foreign cattle
killed in London will fetch as high
a price in the market as if the cattle
had been of English origin, while it
will reduce enormously the necessity
for consuming frozen meat.
There are already two great slaugh-
ter yards in this country-at Birken-
head and Deptford, near London-but
their capacity is not equal to the de-
mand which any considerable increase
in the importation of live American
cattle would make upon them.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22
FARM FOR PETTY OFFENDERS.
OHIO


Petty offenders In Los Angeles will
hereafter contribute their mite toward
reducing the cost Of living, The city
has adopted for them the slogan of
back to the land" Los Angeles has
bought a suburban farm, and petty Of
Tenders will there work out their sal
walton instead of lying idly and un.
prohtably in the city Jail There are
several good points about this plan. 1t
ought to relieve the taxpayer from CIV
Ing support to worthless idlers AT the
same time 1t will probably put a curb
upon the inclination now manifested
by the hobo class to seek cheap food
and lodging at the expense Of the city
through the committing of some petty
oifense. Should each offender Of this
sort be required to work his way, he
might decide to embrace free instead
of forced labor. The suburban farm,
too, viii probably do something fox
the petty offender, especially If his
trouble is due TO some phase of alco
holism. Fresh air and sanitary sur
roundings with healthful activity
might serve as a kind Of liquor cur
says st, Paul Dispatch. Who kno ~
but It might be a means of training
agricultural labor so much needed in
rural communities?
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22
Thirty Tons of French Garden to
Be Transported.
Plants Undisturbed While Earth Sur
rounding Them Is Removed From
Reading to Birmingham
Farm Demonstration.

London.-Some thirty tons Of French
garden, heavy with plants as well as
golden soil" are being removed from
Reading to Birmingham.
The garden, which stood in a corner
of Messrs. Sutton's trial ground at
Reading, is the best educational model
yet seen. In its new site in Marley
park, close to the bandstand, it will
cover a strip 100 feet in length, and a
good three days work will be spent
in setting it up and, so to speak,
natmalizing it. The garden will be
opened by the lord mayor and lady
mayoress of Birmingham, who were
originally interested in the scheme by
Mr. Chance-like his cousin, Sir Jo-
seph Chance, one of Birmingham
notable benefactors.
The model is described as "educa-
tional," designed to demonstrate the
continental system of intensive cul-
tivation,' and as a demonstration it
is not less chaming than it is edu-
cational.
Everything is to be transferred just
as it is, and not one plant of the
many thousands will be disturbed.
The frames and cloches and open
patches of ground are to demonstrate
the growth and progress of French
gardening as well as the results; and
for this reason all the spectators will
follow one path in one direction, so
that they may pass with the explain
atory lecturer, as 1t were, from Febru-
ary to November.
First, they will see a bed in the ma
king, one part pit, one part heaped ma
nure. one part completed with soil and
frame Next comes a row Of frames
in which three crops are growing
cheek by jowl-lettuces, carrots and
radishes. This is succeeded by a row
in which four crops are growing to-
gether. the fourth being caulilower.
From the frames you pass to the
cloches under which the seed is first
sown. making a close green mat. Next
are the cloches where these seedlings
are pricked out at even distances,
showing how the cloches feed the
frames. At this stage the first part
of the year is completed. The sue
ceeding beds and frames illustrate
how the soil is used yet again for the
later part Of the year,
This is perhaps the most novel and
interesting part of the demonstration.
The variety is most striking. One Of
the late beds is filled with cabbages,
between which again is a double crop
Of radish and endiYe. These cabbages,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

Two big steamers that ply between
New York and Boston have given
what is regarded as a thorough test OF
the efficacy OF oil as fuel, and the re-
suit seems to be accepted as conclu.
sive in favor Of oil as against coal. It
is announced that coal will be no long,
ar used on these vessels, and it is be.
ieved the gain in cleanliness, convent
ence and in other respects will be
marked. This decision, added to the
growing preference for oil fuel in ouI
own and other navies, may indicate d
complete revolution in the method Of
generating steam on ships.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22
Inventory Being Prepared In CleVe-
land Lists Everything From
Canary to Elephant.

Cleveland, O.-The task of pre-.
pairing an inventory of every bit of
property, movable and otherwise,
owned by the city of Cleveland, is now
drawing to a close. Twelve hundred
typewriter pages in the office of De
partment Examiner Brown, at the city
hall show a complete list of every
thing that the city of Cleveland owns
from office blotter to reservoirs, and
from lead pencils to Minnie, the
Brookside zoo elephant.
The work, so far as it has pro-
gressed, reveals the fact that Cleve-
land owns at least three pianos and
two organs, six canary birds, II pigs,
239 chickens, 60 COWS, several barber
chairs and a number Of razors, and
only the general schedule for two de-
partments out of a total of 200, has
been completed. There are 139 rock
ing chairs at the City hospital and 118
at the infirmary.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22
SNAKES CHANGE MANS VIEWS
Pennsylvania Farmer Puts His Hand
Into Nest of copperheads and
Stops His Grumbing.

York, Pa.-Farmer William Tracey
changed his notions about the weather
when he reached into a nest of six
copperhead snakes in removing an old
stone fence, in Dover township, and
promptly resigned from the Knockers
club.
Before the adventure of his hand
Farmer Tracey's remarks at the East
mount village store were those of a
weather pessimist He opined that it
was unseasonably cool and that crops
would suffer if hot wave did not
soon come along.
However, if that particular hot
wave for which Tracey hankered had
been there when he put his hand into
the copperheads nest it is probable
they would have been active, enough
to have made Tracey the hero of a
different sort of reception. As it was,
the six snakes were too sluggish from
the chill to move with their summer
alacrity.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22
City Gums Pigs and Pianos

Cleveland is the second city in the
United States to adopt the plan Of
preparing an inventory of all goods
and property owned. The first was
Lynn, Mass.
81 believe that the municipal code
should require every village in the
state to adopt this plan," said City
Examiner Brown. "An inventory
should be made at least once every
year. 1t is valuable thing for city
to possess, and it is a businesslike
procedure that should be generally fol.
lowed by cities of the state"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

extent warranted by her known min
eral wealth
The total value Of the mineral pro-
duction Of the territory since produc-
tive mining began, in 1880, exceeds
$147,OOO,OOO.
The known mineral wealth of In
land Alaska is embraced in the two
copper bearing belts of Copper river,
lying 100 to 300 miles from tidewater,
the Bering river coal fields, 20 miles
from the coast of Controller bay and
100 miles from a good harbor on
Prince william sound; the Matanuska
coal fields, $50 miles from an ice-free
port on the Pacific, and the Yukon
placers, from 400 to 600 miles by
feasible railways routes from the Pa
cific tidewater by high, snow-covered
ranges, broken, however, by several
river valleys.
The full development of the mineral
wealth of inland Alaska must await
improvement in means of communica-
tion, which will need to be of very
radical character.
Thanks to the Alaska road commits
sion, and in a lesser degree to local
enterprise, much has been accom-
plished in the way OF road and trail
building. Much, however, remains to
be done, for in this territory, en-
bracing nearly 100000 square miles,
there are only 542 miles of wagon
road, 397 of sled road, and 255 of trail
The coastal service of ocean vessels
and the river transportation systems
Of the Yukon and its tributaries are
being much improved. In addition to
this, steamboats, have been placed
on Copper and Sushitna rivers. Local
transportation facilities have also
been greatly bothered by short lines
Of railway, such as those at the White
pass, at Fairbanks, in Seward penin-
sula, and the Copper River railway,
which now extends from Cordova for
about 20 miles inland.
All these improvements in means
of communication, together with the
military telegraph lines, wireless sta
tions and long distance telephone sys,
tens, have done much to advance the
mining industry. They can, however,
be regarded only as supplementary to
a system of railways, which alone can
make available the mineral wealth of
extensive areas. In fact, they serve
to emphasize the inadequacy of the
existing transportation systems. The
industrial demands for better com.
munication can be met only by rail.
ways which shall connect the mineral
deposits with open ports on the Pa
citic seaboard.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22
IN FARMING

though they have only been in the
ground six weeks are already as big
as cabbages which were planted last
November. Five months have been
saved.
other frames and cloches contain
peas which are already in pod, straw
berries which are just ripe, tomatoes
in flower, and melons just beginning to
set
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

Americans, Britons and Frenchmen
are taking the lead in aeroplane work
For a long time Britons seemed hope
Iessly in the rear, but Captain Rolls
feat in flying across the channel and
back has restored John Bulls self
respect. Now Rochester fondly hopes
that Rolls flight will inspire Doctor
Greene with a determination to fly
from Rochester to Toronto this month
If Doctor Creme performs this feat, he
will make the record for long flight
across water, and so bring new laurels
% America.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

tain railroad. She belongs to the state
department of animal industry, and
has one of the best milk producing
records ever made. She is to be dis
played along the route as an example
of what can be accomplished by up-to-
date breeding methods.
The train is to start from Ithaca
and go to Auburn. Lectures and dem.
onstrations are to be given at towns
on the way-Freeville, Peruton, Gro
ton, Locke, Moravia and Ensenore.
The train will be made up of two
Laboratory" cars, a baggage car and q
passenger coach. Besides the prize
COW there will be chickens, spraying
machines and other things which will
help to illustrate the remarks of the
experts.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

The fact that the Gew battleship
Florida had to be launched with pro
peller and rudder in place, and large
part of her armor plating bolteC to her
lower sides, because the drydock at
Brooklyn t. too short to receive her
fer work below the water line, calls at.
tention to a problem that mas been
troubling navy builders who are bent
keeping up with the procession,
Big ships must have docks to match
or there win be double trouble when
injuries are suffered below light wa
termark
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22
Dead From Lack of Sleep

a light doze of two or three hours
duration and wake apparently re-
freshed.
This lasted some years and then he
began to complain Of intense fatigue,
the only remedy for which, he dis
covered, was a vigorous massage Of
the head. AS he was fairly we'll to do
he could afford to consult several emf
nent specialists, but his case bafIled
them all. After his death his skull
and brain we're dissected, but the sur
geons could find nothing to explain his
persistent insomnia.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

taken to the
coast in barges.
The NIatanuska
coal field lies
about % miles
from the tidewa-
ter, however, the
a northerly EN-
payment of Cook
inlet. AS Cook
inlet is frozen
during the win
ter, however the
distance TO an
open e a ort
must be meas
iIrpd IN Rpgurrpc-
tion bay, on the
east side of
Kenai peninsula,
about $50 miles
from the coal
fields.
The k n o W n
C o m m g rel ally
valuable Goals of
the Matanuska
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22
GREAT MOSQUE IN SERAJEVO

its courtyard stands an old stone,
across the top Of which there is a
groove precisely the length Of Turk
ish ell Tradition says that a pasha
placed It there to checkmate the local
merchants habitual use Of false meas
ures in defiance of the express cam
mandment of the Korean. But another
Of Serajevo's hundred mosques has a
much better legend Before this may
be seen the tombs Of the seven holy
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22
Slaughter Houses Be Erected at Smith
field and Importation of Meat
Discontinued.

London-To encourage the impoTta-
tion Of American cattle into England,
the city of London corporation has a
big scheme on hand. It is proposed
to construct a huge slaughter house
and cold storage plant in connection
with the Metropolitan meat market at
Smithheld.
Two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars win be spent on the scheme, and
when they are completed the build
ings will constitute one of the finest
establishments of their kind in the
world They will be equipped with all
the latest appliances and are ex-
pected to create a revolution in the
importation of cattle into this coun-
try.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

n
underlaid by anthracite ana @V'9
square miles underlaid by bituminous
coal. The coal bearing rocks trend
to the northeast into the unsuryeyed
high ranges. and It is quite possible
that there may be an extension OF the
coal fields in this direction.
Coal beds varying from 9 TO 20 feet
in thickness are exposed in this region,
with some local swellings, giving a
much higher maximum thickness. In
quality the Goals vary from an anthra'
cite, with 81 per cent. of fixed carbon,
to a semi-b,gdminous, with "a per cent.
of fixed carbon, and include some va
rieties that will coke. There has
been much prospecting Of these Goals,
but in the absence of railways no
mines have been developed, though
small output from one bed has been
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

Aeronaut Farman's disaster neal
Chalons sur Marne, France, where his
aeroplane plant and dirigible balloon
sheds were blown away by a tornado
was a demonstration of the power OF
the main element with which aero
uauts have to contend, when it is
aroused and comes on with the proper
twist.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22
TRANSPORTATION,

A Texas evangelist says: Persons
who speculate on the stock market OF
bet on horse races are bound for he'll
in racing automobile" But the sx
perience Of an observer is that those
who speculate on horse races or BET
on the stock market usually arrive
there as pedestrians Louisville
Courier Journal.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22
Where Emperor Francis Joseph Re-
Gently Received the Homage Of
His Mohammedan Subjects.

Mohammedan subjects of the Aus
ria-Hungarian Emperor Francis Jo-
,eph have been paying homage to him
the great Begoya mosque in Sera-
evo. This is the largest mosque in
europe, after those Of Constantinople
and selim's mosque in AdrianoDle. In
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

Now that one educational institu.
ton has demonstrated that a cigar
can be made to afford a continuous
smoke for one hour and twenty-five
minutes. another should institute sci
entiic tests of the maximum duration
of a schooner Of beer. Thus original
research will bring light into the great
issues of everyday life.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

That aeroplane race between C,,i
cago and New York will be a great
contest, but wait until the aviators gel
to fitting all the way around the
globe!
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

A Pennsylvania mail carrier deliv
cred to himself a letter announcing
that he had been left a fortune. Much
as they may try, the other mail car
riers can hardly initiate him in this.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

Supervision Of the a. of drugs and
chemicals will yet reach point where
the toadstool is the only resource OF
men who insist on taking risks Of self
poisoning.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

A Pennsylvania judge decides thai
a woman is not compelled to live with
her mother-in-law. When some court
decides that about man, we shall be
gin to have equality Of the sexes.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

dervishes who were beheaded 200
years ago for a great theft. After the
decapitation each body tucked its head
under its arm and walked into the
mosque. So those dervishes are wor-
SHIPPED as saints to this day.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

The flying machine experts can evi
IDENTIFY beat an average express train.
in fair weather, over any distance up
to 1876 miles, or perhaps $50 miles, OF
even IT'S.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22
PRIZE cow TAKEN ON TOUR
Animal viii Be Exhibited and Lee
tured About to Enlighten Farm
ers on Breeding.

New York.-zelma, the prize COW
owned by the state Of New York, will
be one Of the star performers on the
farming special to be run by Ger
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

Noah Carpenter of Connecticut in
sists that he has rheumatism in his
wooden leg. Mr.. Carpenter should
make himself a new one.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22
international courtshIp.

TI1VIHaWVTaI OuuTtshIp.
9. think the duke must be really in
Iowa He displays signs Of jealousy
at tines"
Toward whom?"
Toward anyone who wants to know
how much money father has"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

That Harvard student who lives or
one dollar a week may subsist by look
ing at the cheaper cuts through mi
croscOpe.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

The cold storage people may be in
terested to learn that food 5000 year,
old has been discovered in an Egyp
tlan tomb.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22
TfIE COAL FIELDS AssSsS5R. H.
OR7 ~ a SY[ n

are two known
areas Of high grade coal
the Bering river held'
in the Controller bay re-
gion and the Matanusla
field, north Of Cook in
let. The Bering river
field, lying about 20
miles from tidewater at
Controller bay, en-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

There are women who can boil cab
bage for dinner and still retain the re
spect of their neighbors.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

A physician tells us that fasting viii
cure badness. Fasting is good fol
more and more diseases every day.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

provement OF the
transportation IA
cilities. At least
)ne railway must
be built to the Yu-
kon gold fields,
and the inland
copper lode dis
tricts and coal
fields must be con-
nected with Pa
cihc ports that are
open throughout
the year. Then,
and not until then,
can Alaska's mi
ming industry be
developed to the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-22

The less said about the weather, the
better.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-04
DISTRICT CLERKS AND
sHERlFFs GIVE VIEWS.
Appear Before Joint Fees And Salaries
Committee Of the House And
Senate.

Guthrie, Okla, Jan. 2S--The joint
fees and salaries committee Of the
house and senate held its first meet.
ing yesterday and heard representa-
tives OF the sheriffs and district clerks.
Sheriff Louthen of Grady, Sheriff
Noble of lie Flore, Sheriff Worley OF
Garvin and Sheriff Chambers of Ca
madam appeared for the sheriffs, They
asked no particular scale Of fees or
salaries, but said they wanted either
a reasonable salary. sufficient to war
rant good men entering the Office, or
place a simple list of fees for uni
formity throughout all the counties.
They wanted the Office Of the deputy
sheriff placed on such basis that they
could get good and honest men and
that the appralsement fees were as a
rule too small to retain first class
deputies unless the sheriff himself
paid part of their salaries. The sher-
IFS thought that service OF process by
mail or telephone would be imprac-
tical except possibly in summonlng
jurors by mail
District clerks appearing included
Messenger of Hughes Cox of Ponto-
toe and Riley Of Pittsburg. The
clerks presented a salary scale rang
ing from ST 800 TO $4,000.
The committee today is hearing the
registers OF deeds and the clerk Of
the supreme court and Friday will
hear the county judges and attorneys.
the committee has changed its mind
about closing the hearing this week.
but will continue them until the bill Is
ready for presentation.