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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26

| below Mason and Dixon's line. One
clergyman who preached in favor Of
the Union was given twenty-four
hours, or maybe it was twelve, to
leave the state. He left. There
was not a little rough humor about it
all. wen hang Jeff Davis on a sour
apple tree was a popular sentiment
in the free states. / have often won
dered why it was a "sour' apple tree
he was to be hanged on, since any
other kind would have served, but
perhaps the "sour" indicated how peO-
pie felt about it. These were fierce
days. The time of fraternizing be-
tween the "Yanks" and "Johnnies'' in
the trenches had not yet come.
The tensity of feeling is indicated
by two events occurring on May 16.
They took place as far apart as Mas
sachusetts and Cincinnati. The Bay
State legislature appropriated $3,000,-
900 for the war, and in the Ohio city
Dan Rice's circus was menaced by a
crowd until the Snowman pulled down
his own flag and hoisted tho stars and
stripes.
Union troops were rapidly being con-
centrated at Fortress Monroe. Early
in the week General Wool was order
ed to take command, but later General
Butler refused to serve In subordi-
nate position, so he was placed in
charge, and Wool was transferred.
~, Il oytr frnF Fv1nF4F fnoR
place opposite the fortress. The Con-
federates were seen to be fortifying
at sewells Point and were attacked
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
no be continued. }
He Was Part American.


Not long ago a man In faded blue
uniform, wearing a wooden leg, APP
preached the superintendent of mails
for New York city and applied for en-
ployment. The superintendent, looked
him over and remarked inquirf1sly:
you're an Irishman. belieyeF
'No. sor," replied the applicant, hes
itating a bit; 'its an Irish American
! am"
"Been over here quite a spell, then?"
"Indade. ! have, sor, for | got me
wooden leg at Charlottesville, so I'm
part American sure enough" said the
veteran.
"And a good enough American" ad-
mitted the superintendent of mails.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26

Atlee Pomerene, Ohio's new DEM
oeratic member of u. S. Senate, is on
the job, and somebody is going to do
some squirming. Tuesday he intro
duced resolution which, If passed /,
may bring John ID. Rockefeller and
other big moguls of the Standard Oil
Company to the bar of justice the same
as little law breakers without money.
His measure calls upon Attorney GEN.
eral Wickersham to report in the SEN
ate what steps, If any, have been taken
toward prosecuting criminally the Off
GERS of the big corporations. The reso-
luton names specifically John d. Rock
efeller, VIM. Rockefeller, Henry H..
Rogers, Henry NJ. Flagler, John d..
Archbold, oliver IL. Payne and Chas.
NJ Pratt
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26

The week ending May 20 witnessed
no single event of first class impor'
tance. 1t was All preparation. The APP
pointment of officers later TO become
celebrated, the creation of new mill
tary department, the reopening OF Bal
timore to the passage of troops en-
Touto 10 Washington, the governments
raid on telegraph offices in search OF
dlsloyal messages, the assurance that
foreign powers would not recognize
the Confederacy and one slight en-
gagemeat near Fortress Monroe con-
stituted the chief events Of the week
England Proclaims Neutrality.
On May 10 Queen Victoria issued
proclamation OF neutrality between the
north and south. The news did not
reach America until several days later
It has generally been supposed that
the queen actually had much to do
with preventing Intervention by Eng
land. Charles Francis Adams, son or
the American minister 20 GFRQt Brit
ain at that time, denies this, and ~ 2
recent address before the New York
Genealogical society read from his
fathers papers extracts TO show that
It was really Lord Palmerston who
was instrumental IN preventing Great
Britain from taking up the cause Of
the south. Palmerston disiikea Glad
stone, and when the Grand Old MaR"
who then was not old at all, although
he may have been grand, made his IA
nous speech at Newcastle, in which he
said among other things that Je1er-
son Davis had made "a nation" Pal
merston rebuked him, and the pro-
posed intervention was dropped. At
this particular time Queen Victoria
was too much engrossed with family
matters to bother about mere affairs
of state. Does this end the pleasing
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26

by the Star, a Potomac gunboat, The
Star succeeded in sllencing one Of the
guns, but was herself hit The Free
born then took up the attack ana sue,
eeeded IN silenclng both guns, The
Freeborn also captured two sehooners
In the Potomac Two days earlier
the New York troops had their first
slSlrmish at Smiths Point, Md. The
only other engagement Of the week
worthy of mention occurred at Potosi
Mo-. sixty miles south Of st. Louis
where some secession sympathizers
were arrested and their cavalry dis.
persed
Lyon Takes Command In Missouri
General Harney had been placed in
charge of the Missouri troops and had
issued an address approving Lyons
seizure Of Camp jackson, but later had
entered into an agreement with Gen.
eral Price for the maintenance Of
peace between the state and federal
troops. Seon after he was replaced by
General Lyon.
Considerable excitement at this time
was occasioned by wild reports from
Hurpers Ferry. On May Is the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad, which pass
es through Harpers Ferry, requested
the government to take charge OF its
line. The next day 1t was reported
that the road had been blown up at
that point This was denied after
ward, however, and it came out that
only one small culvert had been In.
jured
There was also trouble with the
mails, resulting in the gradual with.
drawal of mail accommodations from
the Confederate territory On May IA
the service was suspended between St
Louis and the lower Mississippi. No
tice was given that other Withdrawals
would follow.
May 10 considerable amusement was
created in Washington by the return
Of one of Ellsworth's zouaves from
Alexandria with a seventeen foot Con
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26

Editor Warren G. Harding, of Ma
rion, and other Republicans who nave
led the &. 0. p. to three successive de-
feats in Ohio, are still claiming that
they were beaten, because Democrats
wrongfully charged Republican state
officers with grating. They have
never been able to cram such story
down the throats of the people and we
hope they will continue to shout until
1912. If they do, the Republican party
will get another spanking.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26

fiction that America has been befriend-
ed by at least one monarch? Real
Americans never did care much for the
royal pretense, but when Victoria took
up our cause we supposed that there
might be occasionally a good queen,
Whatever we thought of the race OF
kings. But now even this turns out
fairy story. Napoleon III. was at this
time our active enemy seeking to
place a monarch over Mexico while
our hands were full and trying to get
Russia and England to join France in
recognizing the Confederacy and thus
divide the republic.
All this came to a head, however,
later in the war. 1t was after the sec
ond Bull Run that the Palmerston-
Gladstone incident occurred. On May
10, 1861, the British government
through the queen simply made a dec
laration Of neutrality LateT in the
same week dispatches from abroad in
dicateG that no nation of any size or
Importance would recognize the Con-
federacy, az least at that time.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26

He sent his parents letters they were long
in making out.
He was faithful as a sentry; in the fight
his heart was stout.
The day he saved the captains life that
day he lost his own
And spoke some manly parting words and
died without a groan.
The captain closed his eyelids with
choking in the throat
And sent him to his mother in, his army
overcoat.
The meeting house was crowded full upon
his burial day.
And scores and scores passed down the
aisle to see him as he lay.
The foolish maiden noticed on his hand
ring of bone,
The Union shield cut on it, and wished it
were her own,
And after prayer and hymn and speech
and wartime anecdote
The earth received the soldier and his
army overcoat.
Now when Memorial day comes round a
flag they always put
Above his head and deck his grave with
flowers from head to foot,
And here his worn old father and his
mother, bowed with years,
Stand sadly by and listen to the chap
lains voice with tears.
And an ancient foolish maiden sees before
her mem'ry float
The vision Of a soldier in an army over
coat
Selected.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26

When John Jones, a common laborer
is indicted, the road TO the penitentiary
for him is straight and easy to travel.
When George b. Cox is indicted, the
grand jury, prosecuting attorney ana
Democratic Judge are charged with CON
spring against him, and the Boss Is
freed.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26

The fight which the State Democratic
administration is making to drive out
the grafters from the public service is
something entirely new in Ohio. Here
tofore IL has been as diflicult TO bring
Republican grafters in Columbus be-
fore the bar of justice as IL has been for
the prosecuting attorney of Hamilton
county to bring Boss George b. Cox to
Npfal
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
THE ARMY 0VERC0AT.

TT e was idle as a boy, he was shift
less as a youth,
He was slovenly in dress, and his
manners were uncouth.
The neighbors looked their scorn
when they saw him passing by,
His father used to scold. and his mother
used to sigh
But he volunteered the day he was old
enough to vote,
And they hardly knew the fellow in his
army overcoat.
For he braced his lazy shoulders with
military air.
His aimless face grew frmer. Said the
neighbors. II declare"
His father took his hand. his mother
beamed her pride,
The winter day he marched away fool
ish maiden cried.
Fun fifty folks forgot their sneers, full
fifty roughly smote
With friendly slap the back that bore his
army oYerCoat.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
Fever For Enlistment.

The popular fever for enlistment is
illustrated by the New York Quaker
merchant, who said TO one Of his
clerks
"Well. friend James. is thee willing
to enlistT'
81 have thought of It," replied the
clerk, "but hesitated because l feared
to lose my situation"
IF thee will enlist" replied the
QaaEer, mot only shall thee have thy
situation, bat thy salary shall go on
while thee is absent. But IL thee viii
not serve thy country thee cannot
stay in this store"
That the lighting spirit was abroad
was indicated by the fist fights all
oyer the north. Wherever came q
southern sympathizer and talked about
it there an alteration followed rs the
sparks fly upward. 1t was the same
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
Enter Sherman and Sheridan

On the same May 13 William Tecum.
leh Sherman was made a colonel in
Gle Union army Several other officers
were appointed or promoted during the
week. George 3. Mcclellan bscame a
major general, as did also Benjamin ",
Butler each being advanced to the
command Of a department, Mcclellan
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26

Is your face covered with pimples?
If SO, it's your blood. Try bottle of
Rexall Specific. It's absolutely guar
anteed by RILEY DRUG STORE.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26

h tu.,l culnpusva Ol OHIO AND nearby
states Butler to that Of the newly ere
ated department Of eastern Virginia,
North Carolina ana South Carolina,
The western end OF Virginia was in
cluded IN MeClellan's territory. aud he
was then about 20 begin the campaign
which should result in creating new
state and IN making himself the com
mander OF the Army Of the Potomac.
Among those promoted to the rank OF
brlgadler general during the week were
Irwin Mcdowell, who was soon 10 com
mand at the battle OF Bull Run;
George II. Thomas, later TO be known
as the "Rock Of Chickamauga;" Ma.
thanlel Lyon, who had been lighting to
hold Missouri IN the Union, and A. ii.
Reeder former governor Of Kansas,
on May II the president commission
ed Daniel u. Slckles 10 raise a division
OF 10000 men, of which he was TO be
made major general.
on May If Philip II. Sheridan was
commissioned a captain IN the United
States army, ana on the same uay hoD-
ert &. Lee was created a brigadier gem
eral of the Confederate army, May 10
Joseph u. Johnston was given com
mand OF the southern forces in and
about Harpers Ferry.
Troops were being offered from all
over the north and were accepted as
fast as the war department could han
die them. on May IA three regiments
entered the army from Kansas, the
youngest state. on May 10 fourteen
regiments were accepted from New
York, and ten Scotch regiments We're
s1ered. On the same day yachts were
Icceptsd from james Gordon Bennett
and J. p. Ives May II the Irish brl.
gade, more than 1000 strong rendered
its services
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
THE WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO

Loontlnned irom llrst pagol
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-20
HOW TO SUCCEED.
r,.,prds Entirely Oh Superior Merit
and knowledge

n.;no the last few years, conditions
pu III Zines of business, even profes-
IN al lfp have changed so completely
soma or r man is waking up to the
ina. tbat in order to win success he
i nEs+ ' SPECIALIZE and learn to do some
a ma,t thing and do it well:
% 40 - neople. 1t must have genuine
70 ~, ;t or no amount of advertising will
nle s;ntain the demand for the article.
mo Fnr many years we have watched
~, fO' u,n m interest the remarkable rec
S WI maintained by DR.. Kilmer' Swamp.
G nuo tD tbe great Kidney, Liver and
B nHvSi Remedy. From the very begin
i p'a tbe proprietors had so much conf
1 1anso in # that they invited every one
u'Dt .ost f. free of cost, before pur-
chasing uo.or;n+;on
Tbay have on file thousands of letters
.,. a from former sufferers who are
NOW enjoying good health as a result OF
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annie bottle, address DR.. Kilmer & Co.:
p 1rnT n. Y, and mention this
n us They will gladly forward you
sample bottle by mail, absolutely free.
Sold at druggists in bottles of TIVE
,i,es-fftv-cents and one-dollar.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-20
Hat Wearing and Drauahts.

Draughts in parliament are credited
with partial responsibility for mem
oers' custom of wearing their hats,
which some, however, have even re-
garded as inherited from the old open
air moots. But privilege and tradi-
ton are factors also. When IA years
ago 1t was proposed at the London
county council to, start hat wearir Z
because of the draughts at Spring
Gardens, the council decided not to
APE the manners of parliament"
Lord Onslow nobly declined to make
party question of "a natural in.
trinity like bald head" Formerly
fear OF draughts led to the wearing of
hats even at dinner, though it was
good manners not to put on your hat
until your host did Pepys records
catching bad cold "by flinging OF
my hat at dinner, sitting with the
wind IN nv cheek ~Londap Chront
Gle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-20
FISHING WITH AID OF DOGS
Unique Method OF CATCHING Salmon
Trout In Use by Anus Of saaha-
lin Island.

The Anus Of Saghalin island. on
the Siberian coast, have a UNIQUE
method of fishing for salmon-trout
with dogs. The waters about the island
are wonderfully clear, and from a boat
the bottom of the water is distinctly
visible, and innumerable salmon-trout
may be seen swimming.
The Anus. when about to fish. take
with them a number of dogs. At a
certain point all the men and dogs
come to halt. When half the men
and dogs move further along the wa
ter's edge, about two hundred yards.
At concerted signal the dogs are
started from their respective points.
and swim straight out seaward in sim
gle file In two columns. At q cry from
the Anus the right column wheels
left and the left column wheels right.
until the heads of the columns meet.
Then, at another signal, all of them
swim In line toward the shore.
AS the dogs near the shore increas-
Ing numbers of fish appear in the shall
low water, frightened forward by the
splashing of the advancing column of
dogs, which as soon as their feet
touch bottom, pounce upon the fish
with lightning rapidity.
The animals promptly bring the
fish which they have seized to their
masters, who cut of the head, which
belongs to him as his share of the
catch. The dog that catches nothing
gets nothing.
1t is believed that this dog drill of
the Anus is entirely unique. It is
the more extraordinary when it is
considered that the dogs, many of
which have been captured from the
forest, are still half-wild.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-20
FalIacies About Paper.

Chinese rice paper, said Lord Redes.
dale in his address before the Royal
Photographic society, had no rice
whatever in its composition. That
curiously brittle, pure white material
used for the marvellous drawings OF
Chinese artists was manufactured from
the pith Of q tree peculiar to Formosa
His lordship also stated that the
first paper was never made Of raw cot
ton. The Chinese did not use 1t, and
history began with the making Of rag
paper, both In Arabia more than ten
centuries ago. and also in Europe when
the Crusaders. having brought the In.
dustry westward, the first paper manu-
factory was established in the last
years Of the thirteenth century.-West.
minister Gazette.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-20
SAUSAGE MAKING IS ANCIENT
Industry Dates Back 10 the TENTH Cen.
tury and Was Formerly consid-
cred Queens Recreation,


Hall g the sausage! exclaims the
Mobile Register. The luscious fruit
OF combination Of pork, spices and
meat chopper is now celebrating its
one tnousandth birthday. And in Aus
trla ana Germany happy folks are
singing:
We're happy ana contented when vine
ana music now.
For sausage was invented thousand
1t was IN the tenth century that the
tasty pork sausage was given to de.
serving humanity. and it was not un.
til 600 years later that Germany be.
gan introducing spices into the sau.
sage which Immediately gave the
product Of that country Z worldwide
reputation that time can never erase,
A Few years ago sausage exhibi-
ton was held In Switzerland and over
LOO varieties Of sausages were on
view-more than half coming from
Germany.
Making sausages was in the good
old days Of long ago a queens recrea,
ton. A wife's ability to make good
sausages counted for more than
wealth and beauty combined.
To appreciate sausages one must
have been born and reared back on
the farm" where dad was getting the
winters meat ready on "butchering'
day-such day of days to the bare.
footed boy" on the farm!
NO, you can't get those sausages al
the corner butcher shop. There is only
one place where you can get them
and that Is back on the farm"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-20
RISK IN SCENTED TOBACCO
Medical journal Points Out DANCERS
to Smokers In Doctored
Weed.

It would be better, says the Lancet,
In discussing the question of salts in
tobacco, If the tobacco manufacturer
kept no account with the drysalter
and chemist.
1T is pretty certain that If the real
demand of the smoker is in favor of a
highly-scented tobacco, it matters very
little what the quality of the tobacco
Is. To him tobacco merely serves the
role Of smoldering vehicle, his
choice Of brand being based upon a
scent which is foreign and artificial.
Depraved taste may be traced to the
action Of the trade in the first in
stance. and to the meek and weak at
t1tude of its patrons.
THE matter Is of some Importance,
because consideration of it natural
~ suggests the possibility of foreign
materials In tobacco which may give
additional risks to the smoking habit.
The word adulteration may be OBJ
1ected to, but it is difficult to avoid it's
use, In view OF the fact that large
quantities of foreign scents, besides
oils. glycerin, formaldehyde or other
preservatives. are added to tobacco. !"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-20

pTtC0 81 ivory SHCTSaSSu9'
Ivory continues to make rapid gains
In cost and may sooner or later be in
class with gold. At the sales in
Europe the tremendous demand
pushes up the price. The allotment
for each sale seems 20 be the same.
and with q gaining consumption 1t Is
logical to expect price advance.
This will continue until substitute
ivory is discovered or ivory is Sc
cured in greater quantities. Although
we buy a great many tusks for piano
keys and use the very latest method
of cutting and bleaching, the margin
Of profit in finished key ivory is ex-
ceedingly small. With the best of
skill in blocking the waste is enor.
nous and there are many other de-
tails in connection with key ivory
manufacture that require time AMI
money.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-20
Mostly Hall.

A New Yorker bought one Of those
fne old colonial places down in vir-
ginia. principally on account Of tho
glowing description of the real estate
agent and on information from friends.
When he went down to see his man
sion he was much impressed by the
great pillars, the spacious porch, and
particularly the great hall running
from the front to the back Of the
house.
He inspected the place and came
back to New York.
What shall you name it?' he was
asked.
Il think" he replied. II shall cali It
Mostly Hall. Saturday Evening
Post
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-20
vuees Became Stiff
- Severe rheumatism

Five ' enre of Henry J: Goldstein, Il
The he, Sure Street, Boston, Mass, is an 18th
er victory medicine has succeeded In
Ehis gre sas where others have utterly
many case cases Goldstein says: II suf-
fsiled. MI. rheumatism five years, 1t
kered from 4ro,n business and caused ex-
kept me lrJ nain. Ny knees would be-
rruciatlnss stiff as steel. I tried many
Zone as S', without relief, then took
medicines -Sanarilla, soon felt much
Hoods and Sai' now consider myself en-
tirely, su to-day in usual LIQUID form or
Get, II tablets called Sarsaeaes'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-20
What She Needed.

Just 1T tho busy hour in the eve
ming on the L." a woman rushed
madly into the station. She had just
q minute to buy q copy of Life and
catch her train.
There was another customer at the
news stand when she got there, and,
getting impatient, she waved her ten
cent piece in the air and said to the
clerk in frenzied tone: "Give me
Life, quick! Give me Life" then she
pranced in her tracks when the clerk
continued to wait on the first Gus.
toner.
Quick, want Life," she repeated
forcibly.
You don't need life, madam; what
you need is air." placidly replied the
news agent.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-20

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