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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-11-04

udn mas eOOWn 6uC0 poor taste az "a
ne absent tonight, am inclined to give
q little Of my time to his lady. Far
and away the prettiest thing here.
Well, so long, Somers: see you in the
morning. I'm going to give the fair
Edith whirl."
The cavalry legs shifted their posi-
ton; the band resumed its functions,
and in the renewed activity and noise
I began again the toilsome climb, my
mind now a bewildered chaos between
my plain duty to Lee and my nearly
uncomfortable desire to meet once
more the woman who was dancing in
the room below.
The little mountaineer, as active as
a cat, and not especially hampered by
lack Of room in which to work, was
we'll above me by this time. The
chimney, acting as tube, brought
down to me from time to time tho
slight noise of his climbing, varied
by an occasional exclamation or COM
ment, but could perceive no other
evidence of his presence. Above, all
was as black as the grave.
"Holy smoked" he calculated, prob
ably unaware that he was giving utter.
ance to his thoughts. "That was
sharp rock! Durn If thar's inch O.
skin left on my knee. Ough! stop
thet! who's got hold O. my fut?"
flush your racket, you little fool"
said angrily "Do you want the
whole Yankee army to trap US here
like rats? l cannot get up this chin
ney any further; 1t is growing too
small to permit my body to pass"
lis tibet SO, Cap?" he asked anxious
ly. "Whut be ye goin' ter dew bout
it,"
made no answer for q moment;
was cropping about in the darkness of
our narrow quarters to see II could
determine exactly where we were.
How high is this house, Jed, do you
know?"
'Three stories an attic"
GLOW far up are WEI"
"'Bout halfway long Their third
story, I reckon; must be jist blow
whar We are tibet I stuck my fut
down an openin'. Reckon t was moth.
er fireplace, like tibet one ON Their
first flure."
lowered myself silently, and felt
along the stones until I located the
opening, and roughly measured its
dimensions.
II shall have to risk crawling out
here, jed" I said finally, "for l shall
surely stick fast If l go up another
ten feet. Do you suppose you can
squeeze through to the top?"
II reckon kim" he returned calm
ly. "But hadn't we better stick ter
gether, Cap?"
NO." answered firmly. "You go
on, and one of us must get through
to Lee. Don't mind me at all; get
down from the roof as best you can.
If am caught it will be all the more
important that you should succeed"
cot is done-I thank thee, Roderick,
for the word; 1t nerves my heart, 1t
steels my sword"
Even as he spoke could hear him
creeping steadily upward. 1t soon be
came evident that his progress was
growing slower, more difficult. Then
all sounds above me ceased, and ]
knew he must have attained the root
in safety.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
| MIGHT HAVE COME EARLIER
Admlrer Of Musician Must Have Felt
Truth Of the Answer He
Received.

slgnor Puccini, although celebrated
all over the world for his operas, ia
atiTl a young man. On the subject OF
his early success the italian composer
said recently In New York.
Il have been very lucky. Reoogni'
ton for artistic work comes 30 often
after one is too old to enjoy IT,
81 remember one, of my country
men, a centenarian, who, had he died
before seventy, would never have seen
any Of his operas produced Luckily
he lived to so great an age that he re-
ceived for many years the admiration
he deserved. Naturally enough,
though, this splendid artist regretted
mis- years of obscurity and neglect,
and he frequently spoke bitterly Of
his bad fortune.
"Once, at the very end Of his long
life, an Englishman entered his box
at the opera in Rome, and said re-
spectfully:
az have Travelled all the way from
London to see the author Of my IA
vorite opera
"The veteran composer, with a ma
licious smile, replied:
"Well, my friend, l have given you
plenty OF time to get here"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
Are Whiskers Bar to LoUe?

adversely or one who will make a
mans fight with the world?
Faint heart never won fair lady
or whiskers, either. There are many
grouchy old bachelors today who
mignt have been hcppy husbands II
they had had the good sense to shave
at the psychological moment"
"But you believe seriously that the
mere fact Of his shaving them of
could make a girl fall in love with
him?"
Il certainly do. know Of several
cases in which women who had mar
ried men with boards were shocked
and disillusioned when their husbands
took a freak to appear clean shaven.
And that wasn't at all because they
admired boards, but because they real.
ly saw the men they had married for
the first time. as they really were.
THE girl who marries man with
whiskers makes as reckless a gamble
as the maa in eastern countries who
never sees his bride unveiled until aft.
er the ceremony"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
oArs-25a Blu. Per Acre.

That is the sworn to yield of Theodore
Harmes, Lewis Co., Wash, had from
Salzer's Reiuvenated White Bonanza oats
and won a handsome so acre farm. Other
big yields are l4l bus, 10 bus, 1903 bus,
etc, had by farmers scattered throughout
the u. S.
Salzer's Pedigree Barley, Flax, Corn,
Oats, Wheat, Potatoes, Grasses and Glow.
ers are famous the world over for their
purity and tremendous yielding qualities.
We. are easily the largest growers Of farm
seeds In the world.
Our catalog bristling with seed truths
free for the asking, or send Zoe in stamps
and receive 10 packages Of farm seed nov
elites and rarities including above mar
velous oats. together with big catalog.
John A. Salzer Seed Co., lS2 South sth St.,
La Crosse, Wis.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03

cal interests affected. No such provL
sion is put in with respect TO the inves'
tigation Of the proposed canal connect
ing Lake Erie with Lake Michigan.
By the terms Of the new rivers and
harbors bill, the waterways commits
sion Is TO have two years from the
lth Of March in which to investigate
these projects, In making the invesu-
cations the commission is authorized
to call upon the engineer corps Of the
army to furnish data
Nearly every observer with a large
range Of vision is convinced that soon.
er or later, a canal connecting Lake
Erie with the lower end Of Lake
Michigan will be built, and that a
canal will eventually connect Lake
Erie or Lake Michigan with the Ohio
river. Persons who have devoted some
study to this subject of artificial water
ways are disposed to believe that
when the country is ready for a canal
connecting the Ohio river with one
of the great lakes the demand VIII be
for a canal extending from Lake Mich
igan, through Indiana TO the Ohio
river.
There are many reasons for believ'
ing that as soon as the Panama canal
is completed, the building Of artificial
waterways here at home will be under
taken on a large scale. 1t is generally
assumed that the lakes-to-the-gulf wa
terway will be the first Of the projects
put through.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
Uncle Sam Would Have Us Eat Venison

The flesh of young antelope is said
to be much superior to ordinary veni'
son. That of mature animals, particu-
larly the males, has a strong flavor;
but this may be greatly improved by
domestication. A full grown prong
horn weighs from 100 to l25 pounds,
and will dress from 65 to 80 pounds.
The deer family stands next to the
cattle and sheep family in general util'
ity. The flesh is a valuable food. Ven
ison was more common than beef on
the tables of medieval Europe and was
the flesh most commonly eaten BY
early settlers and frontiersmen in
North America. It's dietetic value is
enhanced by the fact that it is espe'
cially adapted to invalids who re-
ouire nourishing, yet easily digested
food.
The American elk, with all its
claims Of attention, is fast disappear
ing from the earth, with scarcely an
effort for it's preservation or domesti'
cation, the department declares. By
domestication it does not mean sim
ply tanning, but a course of intelligent
breeding and protection. A series OF
experiments has furnished the sci.
entists with sufficient evidence to
say confidently that this business
may become of great importance to
the country.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03

THIS is the land of the free and the
l home Of the brave. 1t is the haven
of the down-trodden and the hope of
the oppressed. 1t is the asylum Of the
homeless and the opportunity Of the
willing. Millions in overcrowded Eu-
rope cast longing eyes hitherward and
annually hundreds of thousands sue
ceed in reaching our shores. We have
room for them. There are work and
opportunity here for each Of them--if
they are of the right sort. Our broad
acres and our prosperous cities can
care for another hundred millions as
easily as they support those who are
here. All we ask is that they be
earnest in the desire to be good Amer
leans capable Of self-support, healthy
of mind and body.
But, unfortunately, in our generous
hospitality we are imposed upon. This
great country of ours in fairness to
ourselves should not be made the
dumping ground Of the mentally in
competent, the physically incapable,
the morally perverted, and against
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03

TTNCLE JIM WILSON, of the depart
~ ment Of agriculture, hopes to put
venison, that luxury of the rich, on
the table Of every citizen in our coun-
try, and at a less cost than that Of beef.
He aims to accomplish this by con-
vincing farmers that they can raise
small herds of deer or elk or antelope
on land that is at present absolutely
valueless and with practically no
attention after the start is once
made.
In many parts of the country there
are tracts Of land which can be more
prohtably used for raising venison
than any other purpose.
The propagation Of game is as legiti-
mate a business as the growing of beef
or mutton, and, according to the de-
partment, the producer should be per-
mitted under reasonable regulation, to
dispose of his product at any time,
either for breeding purposes or for
food. This some Of the state laws
now prohibit.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
DOG GUARDS BIG RHIN0CEROS
Little Fox Terrier Fights OF Rats in
Central Park Menagerie and
Smiles Is Happy.

New York-Jim, a little fox terrier
that is one of the privileged charac-
ters around the Central Park men
agerie, is sleeping every night now in
the cage with Smiles, the rhinoceros,
to protect the latter from rats. He
is the best rat catcher that has ever
been around the menagerie, outclass-
ing all the traps by a ratio Of to l.
For a long time Smiles was not liv-
ing up to his name. The rats fright
ened him until he became sullen.
Now that Jim is on the Job every
night the rhinoceros has a grin on
his face that will not come off.
A cat keeps the rats out Of the lion
house, but all the other houses are
badly infested with the rodents, which
care not to go near any Of the traps
set for them.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
Jewels Rise in Price From 20 TO 25
Per Cent. In Nine Months
Will Go Higher.

London.-Buy your jewelry Tor the
coronation now, for in a short time 1t
will cost you more.
Every kind of precious stone, with
the exception of the ruby and OPAL
has risen in price from 20 to 25 per
cent. during the last nine months
"The reason for the rise is" we'll
known teweIer said recently, that
the Americans have recovered from
their recent slump and are buying
every fine jewel they can lay their
hands on.
at the present moment we are
paying from 25 to 30 per cent. more
for diamonds. Consequently, stone
costing G1OO a year ago cannot be
bought now for less than 3125 or
G130,
"Sapphires have risen 20 to 80 per
cent. and the other stones, with the
exception of rubies and opals. are
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF
PIMPLES AND BLACKHEADS

A speedy and economical treatment
Tor disfguring pimples is the follow
ing: Gently smear the face with Cuti.
cura Ointment, but do not rub. Wash
off the ointment in five minutes with
Cutlcura Soap and hot water and
bathe freely for some minutes. Re
peat morning and evening. At other
times use hot water and Cuticura
Soap for bathing the face as often as
agreeable. Cuticura soap and oint-
ment are equally successful for itch
ing, burning, scaly and crusted hu.
mors of the skin and scalp, with loss
of hair, from infancy to age, usually
affording instant relief, when all else
fails. Send to Potter Drug & Chem.
Corp, Boston, Mass, for the latest
Cuticura book on the care and treat
ment Of the skin and scalp.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
Men Hold Trump Card in Social Game

picking and choosing, and each dear
man will be fidgeting properly as to
whether I'll choose him or his brother
Turkey for me! The men here are
spoiled foolish. To be sure, you have
enough of 'em and to spare; the only
trouble is If they are so generally will
ing to consult their own convenience
without regard to the anxiety they
cause the women who entertain"
This baroness enjoyed the reputa
ton Of soaring the wits out of the 9th
er danes who were contemplating din
ners or dances.
For PHYS sake" they used to wall
does anybody know if the Baroness
Blank has any notion Of doing any
thing such-and-such a night? If she
has, away will flock the men to
her side-it will never do to pick
the night she hits upon for any of her
doings."
Wherefore, putting two and two to-
gether, the baroness departure was
not accompanied with more grief
than one could weep for-even though
she did do things up so beautifully,
and besides was very kind and
considerate parsonage when the
debtantes and near-debutantes were
concerned.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03

WASHINGTON.-The fact that con,
w gress continues TO nurse various
projects for artificial waterways may
probably be taken to indicate that
sooner or later some of these canals
will be constructed The rivers and
harbors bill, as amended by the senate,
aud as IL will probably stand when
inally passed, directs the national wa
lerways commission to make a careful
study Of the advsability and feasibil-
lty of the proposed canal from Lake
Erie, by way of Fort Wayne, or by
some other direct and feasible route,
10 the southern end of Lake Michigan,
and of canal from the Ohio river, at
a point near Pittsburg, to Lake Erie
The commission Is also directed to
look into the feasibility and practioa.
bility Of a canal to connect the Ana
costa river, here at the national cap.
ital, with Chesapeake bay, or some
tributary Of that bay.
In the case of the proposed canal
from the Ohio river to Lake Erie, the
bill provides that the expense Of In
vestigating as TO its feasibility and
praGticability shall be borne by the To-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
LOST ART

weekly. Already dancing is becom-
Ing a fad in New York, and in Chi
cago, also, suppose. Dances to some
extent fall short because in them
selves alone they do not carry any
great idea This is what the pageant
accomplishes. The pageant recalls
old-folk arts, old songs, dances, and
gives them place in an artistic and
aesthetic culture.
q am opposed to the idea that edu-
cation is for work alone. l am in
favor of an education for leisure. I'm
der the modern system Of industrial
organization, If a pan's soul is to be
saved, he must fall back on his leisure
hours. We must educate him for this.
We must create or draw out new ca
pacities for enjoyment so that he can
fall back on himself"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
Increase in Our Foreign Criminals

these objectionables the barriers
should be made higher and more near
ly impenetrable.
We try at Ellis Island to maintain
some sort Of supervision of immigra
ton and we do turn back many whose
presence among us would be danger
and a burden. But we should go furth'
er than this.
What stronger object lesson of the
necessity for careful espionage on i'm.
migration do we need than the report
of the New York state superintendent
of prisons, Cornelius V. Collins? He
tells us that, Notwithstanding the
growth of the parole system, our
prison population is increasing rapid
ly; that our state prisons are shock
ingly overcrowded, and that-here's
the point-more than 54 per cent. OF
this prison increase is directly trace
able to the trend Of foreign criminals
to the United States
Our government can do nothing
more beneficial to the country than to
prevent the incoming of foreigners OF
criminal record or tendency.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
His Head Was Hard.

It is a common belief that the ne
gro's head is hard, capable Of with
standing almost any blow.
The following story told by promi-
nent young dentist Of Danville, ILL.,,
would seem to indicate something of
the kind anywhere. Two negro men
were employed on tearing down a
three-story brick building. One ne
gro was on top of the building taking
off the bricks and sliding them down
a narrow wooden chute to the ground,
some thirty feet below, where the
other was picking them up and piling
them.
When this latter negro was stoop-
ing over to pick up brick the former
accidentally let one fall, striking him
directly on the head.
Instead of its killing him, he merely
looked up, without rising, and said,
What you doin' thar, niger, you
make me bite my tongue" THE Cir
lie.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03

THERE is a story abroad in Wash
/ ington, whether true or not, that
the pampered men Of the capital go
about accepting invitations and then
at the last moment turn fipflaD If
they get a card from a hostess where
there is apt to be more fun going on.
Anyway, it is the men of Washington
who hold all the trump cards in the
social game, as one may infer from
this declaration of dashing young
American baroness who left here not
a great while ago;
Sorry to go to Turkey? Sorry to
set up housekeeping in CONSTANT
nople? Not a bit Of it! Why, my
dear, things will be changed complete
ly. over there l will not have the deliri-
um fidgets wondering whether I'll have
men enough to go around if l give a
dance or a dinner-no, indeed, it will
be Just the other way about. I'll be
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
BUY GEMS FOR CORONA TYON

correspondingly higher. The artif-
cial stones keep the prices down.
Opals went out of fashion after Queen
Victoria died.
Finding that the precious stones
are so much higher in price, people
are buying the semi-precious stones,
such as the amethyst, topaz, .peridot,
tourmaline and green garnet. AS a
result, these stones, which a few
years ago could be had for As to 5s,
are now worth 92 to &2 los.
Comparing the prices of stones to-
day with those of ten years ago, the
percentages of rises are very much
greater. Emeralds today are fetch
ing prices then undreamt of. A fine
stone would have been worth R10O
then would cost e30O now.
Pearls, Queen Mary's favorite
stone, also fetch enhanced prices.
Some of the finer specimens are four
times the price they were ten years
ago"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
A Fairly Wet World.

The Pacific ocean covers 6S.000.000
miles, the Atlantic 3O,OOO,OOO and the
Indian, Arctic and Antarctic 100000.
To stow away the contents Of the Pa
ciflc 1t would be necessary to fill a
tank one mile long, one mile wide and
one mile deep every day for 440 years.
Put in figures, the Pacific holds In
weight 94S,OOO,OOO,O 900 OOO, 100000 tons.
The Atlantic averages a depth Of
not quite three miles. Its water weighs
325, 900, 900, 900 ,OOO,OOOOOO tons, and a
tank to contain it would have each OF
its sides 49 miles long. The figures
Of the other oceans are In the same
startling proportions. 1t would take
all the sea water in the world 100000
years to flow over Niagara.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
SHOWS GRUB WORMS IN EAST
Connecticut Man, staneh Member Of
Temperance Party, Testlfes .
to Phenomenon.

Winsted, Conn.-Abram c. Shelly,
an aged and stanch member Of the
temperance party, while walking along
Torringford street the other morning
during a snowstorm, perceived hun.
dreds of live grub worms on top of
the snow. He gathered a handful Of
them and brought them to Winsted to
corroborate his statement. In a warm
room the worms appeared as lively as
in the summer
Shelly is certain the worms did not
crawl up through five inches Of snow,
and the only way he can account for
their presence on the snow is that the
winds picked them up in the South
and they came down in Winsted with
the snOwstorm.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
Most Important Part of Mans Face Is
His Chin and Beard Hides
His Character.

New York.-Miss Della Clarke has
written play in which the despairing
hero finally wins the girl by shaving
off his facial tapestry. thereby remov-
ing her objections.
Whiskers have no charms to soothe
even the savage breast, If we are to
believe Miss Clarke In her play
Neamata, the little Indian girl, re-
fuses to marry the man who has loved
her through four thrilling acts, Just
because he wears beard.
Mystery may have its charms" 7"
said this young woman, but that does
not apply to the face Of the man you
fall in love with or marry.
"The most important feature of a
mans face IS his chin, and IL it is lost
in a primes~@l forest Of beard, how Is
a girl to tell whether she is intrusting
her future to a weak creature, who
will 60 down at the first little tap Of
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
ANTI-oLD MAID CLUB FORMED
New Jersey Girls Agree to Find Hus.
bands Before 80 Years Of Age
Thirty Members.

Trenton, N. 1.-THE "Anti-Old Maid
club" has been organized here. It's
thirty members agree to marry before
they are thirty years of age.
The means for securing husband
is left for each club member to figure
out. There is only one stipulation,
and that is that each damsel gets the
husband, no matter how.
The club intends to do all It can to
rid the city OF old maids, and in this
It has the support Of the "Cupid's
Wing club" a unique organization
composed Of young matrons who band
ed together to mend broken hearts
and bring about domestic felicity.