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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
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self in that pantry stumbled against
a half-open drawer, and nearly went
down the dumb-waiter" And, as II
in Judgment on me, at that instant
came two rather terrific thumps from
somewhere below, and inarticulate
words. shouted rather than spoken. It
was uncanny, Of course, coming as 1t
did through the register at our feet.
Mr.. HARRISON looked startled.
"oh, by the way" said as careless
ly as / could "In the excitement, l
forgot to mention It. There is a police
man asleep in the furnace room. IL
suppose we will have TO keep him
now," l finished as airily as possible.
"Oh, a policeman--in the cellar" he
repeated staring at me, and he moved
toward the pantry door
you needn't go down." said fever
ishly, with visions Of Bella Knowles
sitting on the kitchen table, surround
ed by soiled dishes and all the cheer
less aftermath of a dinner party
please don't so down.I-it's one Of
my rules-never to let a stranger go
down to the kitchen. I'm peculiar
that way-and besides. it's-it's
mussy."
Bang! Crash! through the register
pipe, and some language quite articu-
late. Then silence,
Look here, Mrs. Wilson," he said
resolutely. What do / care about
the kitchen? I'm going down and
arrest that policeman for disturbing
the peace. He will have the pipes
down"
you must not CO." said, with des-
perate firmness. "He-he is probably
in a very dangerous state just now.
We-I-locked him in."
The HARRISON man grinned and then
became serious.
why don't you tell me the whole
thing?" he demanded. You've been
in trouble all evening, and-you can
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03

trust me, you know, because | am a
stranger! because the minute this
crazy quarantine is raised l am off to
the Argentine Republic" (perhaps he
said Chilli "and because don't know
anything at all about you. You see,
have to believe what you tell me,
having no personal knowledge of any
of you to go on. Now tell me-whom
have you hidden in the cellar, besides
the policeman
There was no use trying to deceive
him: He was looking straight into my
eyes. So I decided to make the best
of bad thing Anyhow, it was going
to require strength to get Bella
through the coal hole with one arm
and restrain the policeman with the
other.
Come" 1 said, making a sudden
resolution, and led the way down the
stairs.
He said nothing when he saw Bella,
for which was grateful She was sit
ting at the table, with her arms in
front of her, and her head buried In
them. And then saw she was asleep.
Her hat and veil laid beside her, and
she had taken off her coat and draped
it around her She had rummaged
out a cold pheasant and some salad,
and had evidently had little supper.
Supper and nap, while worried my
self gray-headed about her!
"She-she came in Unexpectedly
something about the butler" explain
ed under my breath. "And-she
doesn't want to stay. She is on bad
terms with-with some Of the people
upstairs. You can see how impossible
the situation is."
IT doubt If we can get her out" he
said, as If the situation were quite
ordinary. However, we can try. She
seems very comfortable It's pity to
rouse her"
Here the prisoner in the furnace
room broke out afresh. It sounded
as though he had taken lump of coal
and was attacking the lock. Mr.. Har-
bison followed the noise, and l could
hear him arguing, not gently.
Another sound" he finished, "and
you won't get out Of here at all, un-
less you crawl up the furnace pipe!"
When he came back, Bella was rous-
ing. She lifted her head with her
eyes shut and then opened them one
at a time, blinked, and sat up. She
didn't see him at first.
You wretch!" she said ungrateful-
ly, after she had yawned do you
know what time it is? And that"
Then she saw Mr.. HARRISON and sat
staring at him.
C'This is Mr. Harbison," said to
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
SYNOPSIS.

James Wilson or Jimmy as he Is called
py his friends Jimmy was rOtund and
looked shorter than he really was. His
ambition In life was to be taken seriously.
put people steadily refused 20 do so, his
hrt Is considered a huge joke, except to
himself, II he asked people 10 dinner eV-
eryone expected frolc Jimmy marries
Bella Knowles; they live together a year
ana are divorced. Jimmys friends ar
range 10 celebrate tho first anniversary
pr MS divorce Those who attend the
party are Miss Katherine McNara who
sVery one calls Kit, Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas
Brown, the Misses Mercer, Maxwell Reed
and a Mr., Thomas Harblson a South
American civil engineer. The party is In
gram from his Aunt Selma, who will ar
rive In four hours to visit him and his
Wite, Jimmy gets his funds from Aunt
selma and after he marries she doubles
PTS allowance. He neglects to tell her OF
his divorce as she is opposed to IT, Jim
my takes Kit into his confidence, he tries
10 devise some way so that his aunt VIII
pot learn that he has no longer wife.
He suggests that Kit play the hostess for
pne night, be Mrs. Wilson pro TEN, Kit
refuses, but is finely prevailed upon 20
yet the part, Aunt Selma arrives and the
deception works out as planned. as she
Jervant Is taken III. his face IS covered
With spots. Bella, Jimmy's divorced wife.
enters the house ana asks Kit who Is bo-
ng taken away I'm tho ambulance2 Bella
insists II Is Jim. Kit tells her Jim Is well
ana is In the house. Bella tells Kit II
wasn't Jim she wanted TO sec, but Taxa
Mira, the Jap servant, as she wished to
secure his services. HARRISON steps out
On the porch and discovers a man tacking
/ card on the door. He demands an eX-
2lanaton. The man points to the placard
and HARRISON sees the word Smallpox"
printed on It. The man tells him no is
Pm officer Of the board Of health and
Tells him the house is under quarantine
Ind that the guests will have to remain
n the house until after the quarantine IS
fitted. The guests suddenly realize their
predicament, the women shed tears. the
men consider It a good joke.
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HAD A REASON FOR BEING
Carnegie Elected information Asked
For, but II Is Doubtful II He
Appreciated II.

At the recent dinner given by An.
drew Carnegie. an eminent lawyer.
seated halfway down the table. was
deeply immersed In conversation with
his ueighbor when the host opened
up the subject OF the British coinage
system, and showed signs Of wishing
undivided attention.
Every other civilized nation" he
declaimed. has the decimal system.
while England adheres to the absurd
and cumbrous table Of pounds, shill-
ings and pence" Raprap-rap.
The raps were for the lawyer who
remained absorbed in his own conver-
sation. And even farthings," con-
tinued the iron-master. "Is there any
thing else in finance so ridiculous as
the farthing?" Rap-rap.
The lawyer glanced around some
what impatiently.
Judge c." Mr.. Carnegie called
out, why do the British continue
their coinage Of farthings?"
ITO enable the Scotch to practice
benevolence, Mr.. Carnegie" returned
the lawyer.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
Dual Personalities

/ The larger number of these instan-
ces Of dual personality follow on
epilepsy, but one is recorded by DR..
Drewry of Virginia, 1896, of Mr.. X.
Mr.. X, while apparently in perfect
health, went to a northern town to
transact some business, which he did
quite ably and nationally. He then
disappeared. He was given up for
dead. Then, six months afterward, he
was found, brought home again, a
changed man in mind and body. The
six months interval was a blank to
him and always remained so. He had
spent them as an odd job man in a
southern state. His recovery dated
fropl the breaking down of a growth
in his auditory canal, which had un-
doubtedly affected his brain in a phys
ical sense.
But of the more curious cases of
double personality, which did not be-
gin and leave off suddenly, but which
endured for a number of years, there
are number of instances. One was
Miss Mary Reynolds, who for Is or
16 years had two states of existence,
in one of which she was melancholy,
morbid young woman and in the other
a gay, hysterical, mischfevous child.
The alterations, in which the child
state lasted from FIVE to six weeks,
continued at intervals of varying
length for Is or 16 years, but finally
ceased when she attained the age Of
thirty-five or thirty-six, leaving her
permanently in her secondary or ac-
quired state, The emotional opposi-
ton Of the two states had, however,
become gradually reduced, and the
third state at which she eventually
arrived was a rational state, removed
from both Of them.
There are cases of multiplex per
sonality, of which the best known is
that Of the epilepdc Luiso Vive, whose
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03

We may accept as quite well estab-
lished the fact that hallucinations, to
people who have them, are real
things, and that loss of memory is a
real thing and that double personality
is a real thing
OF the loss of memory many cases
are familiar One Of the most curious
was that of a man who had been a
cork cutter in England, says the Lon
don Daily Graphic, and went out to
America leaving a family behind him.
He was wrecked and lost all memory
of his former life. He became well
to do and prosperous and it was only
by the accident of going over cork
cutting factory that he recovered the
clue to his former personality. His
thinking brain was unstirred, but that
part of the brain which directs mus
cular action enabled him by an act
of unconscious memory to cut cork
an act which no Impractical person
could do 1t was clear then that he
had once been a cork cutter, and the
institution of further inquiries finally
identified him.
To return, however, to the cases of
duplex personality. The first one of
recorded historically is that of a
youth named Sorgel, in Bavaria, who
was an epileptic and in one Of the re-
lapses into criminal frame of mind
which followed on his epileptic seiz-
ures killed a woodcutter. He made
no attempt to defend or hide his act,
but childishly explained it. He con-
tinued thus for a week after the
crime, when his first personality was
restored to him He then completely
forgot all the occurrences that had
preceded or followed the murder. AL
though this case took place nearly 100
years ago his judges were convinced
of his innocence. Sorgel afterward
died in lunatic asylum.
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step or wrong calculation may result
in a fall more serious than the tum-
BILE OF a trapeze artist from lofty
/ bar.
Moreover the riders in addition to
the dangers Of falls have the ever
/ present menace Of the flying horses
hoofs and the possibility OF kicks
from horses, for even the most de.
pendable OF circus steeds have their
moments of I'll temper when they in.
dulge in kicking propensities. All
these dangers are braVed not only
by the artists known as bareback rid
ers, but in no less degree by the men
and women who present thoroughbred
horses In high school," or La Manage
acts which means, of course. the put
ting of high steppers through a va.
rlety of PAGES, the jumping of hurdles.
the rearing of the mount on his hind
legs and other dexterous feats OF
mastery horsemanship.
Not only are the equestrian stars
the most conspicuous performers in
the eyes of the general public hut
from the standpoint of the circus peo.
pie themselves they are the aristo-
Gratis Of the community that centers
around the sawdust ring. Socially
they are in a class by themselves
among the performers and this caste
Is generally recognized. Families de-
vote themselves TO- circus riding
through generation after generation
TO an extent unknown in other
branches Of the show business. Young
members Of these old equestrian fam.
lies might almost be said to grow IN
on horseback; they marry in their
own little circle; and herein they finS
their life work, until when too old for
riding they retire to a peaceful life on
a farm.
The equestrians, forming the ex-
elusive Set Of the travelling circus
community are accorded the best
staterooms in the sleeping cars in
which the performers travel and some
OF them further emphasize their posi-
ton by putting up at a hotel in each
city visited by the circus instead of
taking their meals at the big dining
tent "on the lot" With such a situ-
alton 1t is only to be expected that
the riders should receive the highest
salaries of any of the performers
that is taking the individual average.
This matter of salary combined with
the further problem of obtaining and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
IT'S FOOD
That Restores and Makes Health
Possible.

There are stomach specialists as
well as eye and ear and other special
lists.
One of these told a young lady, of
New Brunswick, N. j., to quit medi-
cines and eat Grape-Nuts. She says:
For about II months l suffered Sc
verely with gastritis. I was unable
to retain much of anything on my
stomach, and consequently was com
PEELED to give up my occupation.
Il took quantities of medicine, and
had an idea l was dieting, but / con-
tinued to suffer, and soon lost 15
pounds in weight. I was depressed
in spirits and lost interest in every
thing generally. My mind was so af-
fected that it was impossible to be-
come interested in even the lightest
reading matter.
After suffering for months de-
cided to go to stomach specialist.
He put me on Grape Nuts and my
health began to improve Immediately.
1t was the keynote of a new life.
Il found that l had been eating too
much starchy food which did not di-
gest, and that the cereals which | had
tried had been too heavy. soon
proved that it is not the quantity OF
food that one eats, but the quality.
In a few weeks / was able to go
pack to my old business Of doing cler-
ical work. have continued to eat
Grape-Nuts for both the morning and
evening meal. wake in the morning
with a clear mind and feel rested. 1
regained my lost weight in short
time. ! am we'll and happy again and
owe it to Grape-Nuts." Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read "The Road to Wellville," In
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above -tterf A nsvE
one appears fT m time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of hunann
Interest
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03

her hastily "He-he came with Ann1
and Dal and he In shut IN. too"
by that time Bella had seen how
handsome he was. and she took {
hair-pin out Of her mouth, and arehed
her eyebrows. whien was Away
Bella's best pose
81 am Miss Knowles" she said
sweetly (of course. the court had
given her back her name). "and
stopped in tonight, thinking the house
was empty. 20 see about IA butler
Unfortunately, the house was quaran.
tined Just at that time, and-here !
am. Surely there cannot be any harm
In helping me to get out?" pleading
tone) 81 have not been exposed 10
any contaglon, and in the exhausted
state Of my health the confinement
would be positively dangerous"
She rolled her eyes at him, and /
could see she was making an impress
sion. OF course she was free. She
had a perfect right 10 marry again,
but I will say this. Bella is a lot bet
ter looking by electric light than she
is the next morning,
The upshot of It was that the gem
tleman who built bridges and looked
down on society from a lofty, lonely
pinnacle agreed to help one OF the
most cleaning members OF the afore-
said society TO outwit the law.
1t took about IS minutes to quiet
the policeman. Nobody ever knew
what Mr.. HARRISON did TO him, but
for "a hours he was quite tractable
He changed after that, but that comes
later in the story, Anyhow, the Har-
bison man went upstairs and came
down with a Bagdad curtain and a
cushion to match, and took them into
the furnace room, and came out and
locked the door behind him, and then
we were ready for Bella's escape.
But there were four special officers
and three reporters watching the.
house as a result of Max Reeds idiocy.
Once, after trying all the other win
dows and finding them guarded, we
discovered a little bit of hole in an
outof-the-way corner that looked like
a Ventilator and was covered with a
heavy wire screen. No prisoners ever
dug their way out of dungeon with
more energy than that with which We
attacked that screen, hacking at It
with kitchen knives, whispering like
conspirators, being scratched with the
ragged edges Of the wire, frozen with
the cold air one minute and boiling
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Probably Got of.

Apropos of certain unfounded
charges of drunkenness among the
naval cadets at Annapolis, Admiral
Dewey, at a dinner in Washington,
told a story about young sailor.
"The sailor, after a long voyage" :"
he said, went ashore in the tropics,
and, it being hot day, he drank, in
certain tropical bars. too much beer.
"As the sailor lurched under his
heavy load along a palm-bordered ave
nue., his captain hailed him indig-
nantly.
Look here, the captain said, sup
pose you were my commander, and
you met me in such a condition as
you're in now, what would you do to
me?'
Why, sir said the sailor, Z would
MT condescend to take no notice Of
you at all, sir
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03

transporting horses for the riders ex-
plains why one sees so few bareback
riders with the average small country
circus. It needs the wealth and in
come Of the big show to support a
goodly company of riders.
From one standpoint, the high sal
aries Of the circus riders appears to
be Justly deserved Riding is the
most difficult of all circus stunts to
master as well as the most dangerous
to perform, once the knack Of poising
on galloping horse has been master
ed. AS has been mentioned above,
the average new recruit in the ranks
Of circus riders comes of an eques-
trian family and consequently he or
she has the benefit of capable instruc-
tion at home. To attain the greatest
proficiency in riding, as in any other
acrobatic line, practice should begin
in childhood. A youngster under in
struction under such circumstances is
lifted by the father or mother onto
the horse upon which the adult rider
is practicing At first the beginner
must be held in place on the horses
back, but gradually confidence is
gained and the new rider can main
tain his position with no aid save
steadying hand when there comes a
sudden lurch of the plunging mount.
Finally he is able to take care of him
self unaided and then gradually there
are mastered all the tricks Of mount
ing a horse at a gallop and the fea-
ture work such as leaping over ban
ners and through paper-covered hoops
Some circus children serve an ap-
premiership as bareback riders on
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03

Shetland ponies-notoriously steady
Of gait and 80 small that a tumble
from the back of one Is not so likely
to result in broken bones. A very in
genious cOntriVance has been perfect
ed for giving confidence to new re-
cruits among women bareback riders.
1t is, in effect, a swinging pole sup
ported at one end by a pole corre-
spending to the center pole Of a cir
Gus ring. This pole swings round and
round the ring, keeping pace with the
horse galloping around the sawdust
arena. At the outer end of this pole
IS contrivance which grasps the tim
Id rider around the waist or under the
arms and which will enable her to
take her entire weight of the horse
at moments notice The reader will
appreciate that with this support in
reserve the rider need not fear over
balancing If she does lose her bal
ance the pole will hold her up and en-
able her to regain her proper position
on the back Of the horse travelling di-
rectly underneath
Circus riders exercise great care
in the selection of their horses
"rosin-backs," as the circus people
call them, because of the powder that
is sprinkled on their broad backs to
prevent the riders from slipping. The
ideal horse for bareback work must
be good tempered; steady and unvary-
ing in gait, and heavy enough to pre-
sent a broad back as a moving plat.
form for the performers feats. Cir
Gus riders, it may be added, not only
ride in the circus ring, but also in the
daily parade.
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with excitement the next. And when
the wire was cut and Bella had rolled
her ccat up and thrust 1t through, and
was standing on chair ready to fol-
low, something outside that had looked
like a barrel moved and said, "Oh,
wouldn't do that If l were you. 1t
would be certain to be undignified,
and probably 1t would be unpleasant
| later"
We coaxed and pleaded and tried
to bribe, and that happened as it
turned out, to be one Of the worst
things that we had to endure. For the
whole conversation came out the next;
afternoon in the paper, with the most
awful drawings, and the reporter said
it was the flashing of the jewels we.
wore that first attracted his attention.
And that brings me back to the rob
berry.
For when we had crept back to the
kitchen, and Bella was fumbling for.
her handkerchief to cry into and the
HARRISON man was trying to apollo
gize for the language he had used to
the reporter, and l was on the verge
of a nervous chill-well, it was then
that Bella forgot all about crying and
jumped and held out her arm.
my diamond bracelet" she screech-
ed. Look, I've lost It,"
Well, we went over every inch Of
that basement, until knew every
crack in the flooring, every spot on the.
cement. And Bella was nasty, and said
that she had never seen that part or
the house in such condition, and that
If had acted like a sane person and
put her out, when she had no busi-
ness there at all, she would have had
her freedom and her bracelet, and
that If we were playing joke on her
las If we felt like jokingD we would
please give her the bracelet and let
her go and die in corner; she fell
cry queer.
CTO BE CoNTINuED.)
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different states were distinguished by
different forms Of paralysis, as we'll as
| by entirely different moral proclivi-
ties, and there is the curious case of
Miss Beauchamp, patient of DR.. Nor
ton Prince, a full account of which
was given in the International Con
gress of Psychology, Paris, in 1900
Miss Beauchamp was a neurasthenic
but clever young woman, who over
worked at college. She was of a NOR
bidly conscientious and rather re-
served disposition. She was hypno-
tized in order to try the power of sug-
gestion, and out of one of these hyp-
motto frances emerged a new Miss
Beauchamp a person entirely
different from the original Miss Beau
champ in manners, ideals, education
and temperament. This new Miss
Beauchamp was called Sally" Beau
champ, and one of the peculiarities of
her michievous temper was a pro-
found dislike of the other Miss Beau.
champ" The case is too complex and
too curious for complete summary
here, but it presents the amazing fact
that in one brain may reside the pos
sibility of the existence of two en-
tirely different beings, different in
mind, thought disposition, health
and temper.
Quite apart from any attempt to de-
ceive on the part of such abnormal"
cases, one of the symptoms of brain
injury or incipient brain affection is
the real ability to distinguish between
the real and the unreal. One of the
authorities in London on brain recent
ly asked young girl who had been
deceiving her parents for some years
with fables as to imagined incidents
and imagined acquaintances what was
the difference to her between these
imaginary things and the real exis-
tence, for example, Of himself and Of
the room where they were standing
None at ALL" she replied
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depends upon his being in the right
place and doing his own approximate
work.
It is the only path to national well
fare, for just as the health and per-
fection of the body depending on each
organ fulfilling its own function, so
the health Of the body polite depends
on each individual understanding his
own powers and his own limits, and
developina the one without overstep.
ping the other.