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Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-25
N | II ILL

Fioyed Navlor spent Sunday on his
ranch near Nihill.
Miss May Martin and Mr.. Deter
man spent Sunday at the Martin and
Mabie ranches near this city.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Otis Malone spent
Sunday in Nihill.
u. Buckner received his new Min
neapolis separator last week.
\ large number ST the Nihill people
attended the county fair ut Harlow
ton.
J. \. Raitt. editor publisher of the
Judith Basin Star ut Hobson. and his
brother. Prof. Raitt of Columbus,
Ohio, Sundayed at the Raitt ranch
near Nihill.
Miss Amanda Wegener and Miss
Gottleib of larloWton, called on Nj
hill friends one lav last week.
\ revolving sun parlOr, mounted on
ball bearings and moved at the touch
of \ button controlling an electric
motor. is being built ut Beverly. Mass,
for the woman who designed it.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-25
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
FOR PRIZE PRODUCTS
HOW THE BIG LAND SHOWS ADVERTISE THE NORTHWEST

exhibits and where to ship them. A
$1,000 prize cup or $l.OOO in gold is GER
tainly worth trying for. Send postal
to him to-day.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08
DEATH WAS BOYS PARTNER
Cleveland Youth, Dressed as Mourner,
Attended Funerals and Robbed
Right and Left.

Cleveland, GA unique and sordid
series Of burglaries, in the perpetra'
tion of which a boy Of 21 years worked
with death as his partner, came to an
end with the arrest Of Harry Nichols,
famous in police circles as the 'funer
al burglar" who has been working
here for two months.
In modest attire, always black. pass.
ing easily for mourner or an under
takers assistant, the youth piled his
gruesome, ghoulish trade" in homes
where funerals were being held. Slip
ping into the bereaved homes while
the last services over the dead tenant
were being held, and mingling tears
with those of the mourners, he at
tracted no attention, but at police
headquarters he confessed.
He showed no sign of alarm when
taken into custody and when con
fronted with the long list Of crimes
charged against him at police head
quarters, he confessed without show
of emotion. In his pocket when he
was arrested the police found valu
able gold watch, the property of the
late Michael Hannah. The watch
had been stolen, with money and jew
elry, from the Hannah home the day
of Hannan's funeral.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08
HATS THAT BUTTON IN BACK
Ladies' of Cedar Grove, NJ. j., Are
Much Upset by Their Own
Unanimity-Latest Fad.

Caldwell, N. J.-Hats which button
in the back are the latest fad in wom-
ans headwear in Cedar Grove, near
Caldwell. The style was introduced
by George Henry Smith, better known
as Farmer Smith, who ordered the
town milliner, Miss Flitterby, of Love
Lane, to build hat in special model
of his own design for his wife. Miss
Flitterby thought so much Of the new
model that she told other customers
about it.
The result was that at least half Of
the women of Cedar Grove ordered
Miss Flitterby to make them hats Of
the same general model but with vari-
Gus changes to suit individual tastes.
Every women who ordered new head
covering supposed she and Mrs Smith
would be the only ones to introduce
the new style.
All Saints church was crowded the
other Sunday morning, and practically
every woman who attended the serv-
Ice wore a new hat. The head cover
ings worn were Of all shapes, colors
and styles of trimming, but in one
point they were strikingly similar
Each hat instead of being attached to
the head by a combination Of long
daggers, was held in place by three
large buttons on the back
Miss Flitterby did not 90 to church
to review her creations collectively,
which, under the circumstances, was
probably the wisest thing for her to
do.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08
BroadSide Breaks Dishes and
Wrecks Deck Boat.
Trial of 13Ia-Ineh Piece Of New su-
perdreadnousht Orion Marks New
Stage In Art Of War-Most
Powerful Warship Afloat.

Portsmouth.-The trial Of the 1917
inch guns of the new super-dread-
nought Orion marks a new stage in
the art of war. They are the largest
guns ever fired at sea. There was
much interest in the question Of how
the ship would stand the shock.
The concussion when the ten big
guns were fired at the same instant
broke many small articles on the ship,
but did no damage to the hull
The Orion is now the most powerful
warship afloat, but will not remain
long with that distinction. The Unit
ed States is building two ships Of en-
tirely similar construction, which are
to carry 14-inch guns instead Of 1874
The test firing of the Orion took
place off Overs lightship. All the
ten big guns are. for the first time
in a dreadnought, placed on the cen
ter line, to secure a full broadside
fire, and even the inner guns have an
angle of fire of 10 degrees. First
with half-charges and then with full
charges of common and armor pierc-
ing shell each gun was fired singly'
and the mountings, which are nearly
half as heavy again as those OF the
12-inch ordnance, developed no de-
fects.
The supreme test, however, was the
firing of all ten big guns on the beam
with full charges The seamen and
marine gunners and every person on
deck or the upper works had their
ears covered in with wool padded
leather flaps. The guns were fired ST.
multaneously by pressing trigger OF
a new patent appliance connected with
the range finders, and operated from
a fre-control station at the apex OF
the solitary tripod mast and in cleo
trical connection with each gun
The 13.5-inch gun fires shell Of
1880 pounds-an enormous increase
upon the $50 pounds Of the Pinch
gun-and the force Of the discharge,
10000 foot tons, would be sufficient
to drive the shell at the maximum
elevation from Dover to Calais. The
shells, however, were allowed to drop
into the sea in shallow watere near
Selsy Bill. The force developed by
the combined explosion would be sufti-
cient, It is calculated, to raise thirty
Orions a foot
1t shook violently from stem to
stern, and yet the persons who were
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08
OLD DUCRING STOOL.
One Time Method Of Furnishing
SCOlding Wives.
A Few Of These Relies Of an Ancient
Custom Are Still to Be Seen
In Small Enall0h VII
lagos.

London.-Nowadays when a man
has a scolding wife in full action he
lights his pipe and HES TO his club.
In the good old days" he stayed at
home, sent for the village beadle and
consigned his wife, on legal warrant,
to the ducking stool. A few OF these
chairs of punishment are still to be
seen in out of the way corners Of
England. The wags are suggesting
they should be used for violent suf'
fragettes, thus saving the expense OF
board in Holloway jail.
One of them is shown at Fordwych,
close to the Kentist cathedral town OF
Glastonbury, to illustrate just how the
old-time termagants had their ire
cooled by their neighbors. 1t was at
tached by a rope and pulley to a beam
fixed to a substantial post which was
driven into the bank The chair was
thus suspended over the water and
the rope and pulley enabled the oper'
ator to lower 1t to the water or raise
it at viii. When the woman of the
restless tongue had been adjudged
guilty Of persistent scolding or spite
full talebearing she was seized by the
village beadle and his assistants, who
placed her in the chair with her arms
drawn downwards. Then they put a
bar between her back and her elbows.
Another bar held her upright, and to
make quite sure she would not wrig-
gle out OF position she was also tied
to the seat The minions of the law
then worked the ropes, ducking her
in and out of the water till she prom
ised to be good
This way of Furnishing scolds COM
menced in the fifteenth century and
lasted into the beginning Of the nine
teenth century. There is a duchng
stool at Leominster that was used as
recently as 1909, but public opinion
after that put a stop to the rough and
ready method of correcting feminine
waspishness.
This was not the worst thing that
could happen to a wrongdoer in Ford
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08
TEST BIGGEST GUNS

least affected were the guns crew.
They scarcely heard the explosion,
and all they saw was the recoil Of the
gun through the six feet of space in
the barbette, which happened like a
lightning fash. The huge wire-wound
steel tube, weighing rs tons, returned
to its firing position with equal We
locity under the influence Of great
springs, whose work was controlled
by pistons with ports working in oil
cylinders.
Below deck all loose crockery and
pieces Of lighter furniture had been
slowed away and they ratified omi-
nously and dozens of plates, cups and
saucers, etc, we're smashed by the
force of the conclusion, which was
even sufficient to burst open tins Of
syrup in the canteen. The hull itself
withstood the shock well, and showed
no signs of damage.
The thick glass Of dozens Of sky
lights and port holes was splintered,
though the skylights were protected
by armored plates fastened down
tightly with butterfly screws. The
most amazing damage of all was that,
under the force of the concussion,
chiefly from the central barbette, the
bottom OF a boat fell clean out.
The decks were practically undam-
aged. The area over which the flashes
passed was specially thickened with
armored steel to resist the tendency
to buckle under the plunging shock
Of the discharge Of hundreds Of
pounds of cordite, and the injury done
was merely superficial.
The force Of the concussion was 30
tremendous that the windows Of the
houses at Southsea, over IL miles dis
tant, were heavily shaken in their
frames.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08
1 ondon Lads Meant for Sea Also
Taught How to swlm--Compare
Very Favorably With Girls.

London.-To undress in deep water
swim tack to land graphing clothes
in the teeth and boots in the hands;
this is a compulsory subject for boys
attending the Essex county school at
Tollesb bury
Pupils have also to learn jam-mak'
ing and plain cooking
The object OF this strange curri-
culum is that Tollesbury is a yacht
ing center. and nearly all the boys
are destined TO spend their lives
aboard yachts
1T is to fit them for sea life" said
Mr ] II Jackson the headmaster
of Tolesbury school that the boys
are taught these things
"Those who are taught cooking are
those who will earn thier living upon
the water. either as yacht cooks or
stewards They learn 20 fry bacon,
cook steaka potatoes, puddinga
cakes. bake bread and make jam.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08
ON THE U. S. S. SACRAMENTO
Some Interesting Happenings Related
by Comrades Of the Navy-chase
Of Blockade Runner.

An article entitled starving the
Confederacy." which tells OF the block
ade running at Wilmington. was re-
Gently published This port received
the runners from Nassau. ! had seen
their signal lights along the shore TO
guide the blockade runners, Our ship
was the Sacramento. new bark-rlg'
ged steamer Of about 1900 tons, built
at Kittery (MeJ navy yard Our hrst
lieutenant was Benham, now Admlr"'
Benham. We we're stationed at west
Bar The writer OF that article speaks
Of the running ashore of the blockade
runner Kate on the eastern end OF
| Smiths Island | remember that we'll
writes W. G. Pert. quartermaster on
the U. s. s. Sacramento, now living in
Sedgwick. Me-, In the National Trib
nne.
1t is OF the chase of the blockade
runner Giraffe (Capt. Wllkinson) that
particularly want to write Wilkin'
son says that a sloop-of-war chased
him all day. and tells of the ruse by
| which he got away. The Sacramento
went into Beaufort some time in April
1853 10 coal up, which would take ua
some four or Eve Jays. | remember
the morning we came out, beautifu
morning with a light breeze from thS
north. About 10 o. clcck a. m. we made
2ut black smoke off to the southeast
and at once went after 1t. In an
hours run lookout aloft made her oul
o be large steamer The captaig
ordered all sail set. and soon we saV
hat she had discovered US and wal
standing directly away Evidently she
did not want our company.
In the meantime the wind had In
creased and heavy clouds were com
Ing from the north. by four O'CLOCK
the wind was blowing heavily. with
frequent rain squalls, and we had tt
shorten sail Sull we were stead
lily gaining on her, and just before +
shut down thick dark we we're neal
enough TO have reached her with th\
rifled gun on our forecastle, but it was
30 rough that we could not cast thS
gun loose. We were now getting Oh
into the current of the gulf stream,
which, with a north or northwest wind.
kicks up an ugly sea, and we were
compelled TO see that prize slip away
into the darkness.
We heard afterwards that It was the
Giraffe. Had 1t been clear weather
we could have taken her sure. After
standing along awhile we took in sail
and brought the ship up TO the wind,
steaming ahead just enough to keep
steerage way on her; but, taking all
sails off her, there was nothing to
steady her, and she rocked fearfully.
Soon after 10 o'clock. as she took
deep roll to starboard, a sea broke
into the frst cutter that was hang
ing at her cranes at the starboard
forerigging, and took it away with a
man that was standing in it on look
out. Instantly the cry Of Man over
board" was heard The engine was re-
versed to stop headway The officer
Ol the deck ordered Pipe away the
life boat"
The shrill whistle of the boatswain
and his mates and the hoarse order:
Away there! You life boats away!"
the officer and eight men, composing
the life boats crew. took their places
in the boat and prepared to lower
away The boat used was the cap
tain's gig which hung at the starboard
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08
TEACHING BOYS HOW TO COOK

"The boys efforts compare very IA
vorably with those Of girl cooks.
Eighteen boys. whose ages range
from l2 to IA, are being taught cook
cry They have one lesson of two and
half hours each week.
I'VE teach all the boys in the school
to swim in Marine lake, an open-air
swimming bath. three times week
THE boys are taught to swim out
for thirty yards into deep water, float
on their backs and undress Fifteen
Of the boys are sufficiently advanced
to do that
Then we teach the pupils also to
dive and swim for long distances un-
der water.
"Out Of 1870 boys sixty-ah over 8
years old--can swim Their first les
sons In swimming movements are CIV
en- in school, lying across the desks
Thus. when a boy gets down into the
water all he has to learn is not to be
afraid
Every boy IN the school Of over 8
ls also taught the rudimenta Of navi
CATION"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08

How much more handsome is the
man who can display a good figure
in knee breeches than he who wears
the present ordinary looking gar
ments, which do not show at all the
form as the Creator made it. How
much better It would be to see
man dressed in a fine silk shirt pref
tily trimmed In old lace and silk
hose and shoes with buckles would
be much more pleasant than our
loosely tied and slovenly appearing
string shoes or buttoned shoes with
half the buttons or"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08

mark. 81 have lived here only FIVE
years. I'm adopted and Uncle Gray
is going to give me all his money" she
conf1ded naively
so / understand Blair said
You have heard of me?" Molly's
eyes opened wide
u have heard of the protege of
John Gray-yes But | had not known
she was so-grown up," he finished
lamely.
"Wen-beautiful then" He looked
deep into his eyes
She returned the look wonderingly
oh OH feel such a funny little
thrill inside-here!" She clasped both
hands over her breast; and stood gaz-
ing at him
Biai7 turned swiftly away from the
innocent awakening in her eyes.
Perhaps you had better come down
from my caravan" His own voice
was trife husky. "Or / will be
tempted to become a gypsy and run
off with you"
But don't want to come down. /
feel happy II want to sing 49, and
dance-and-" She broke off alb.
ruptly and that wondering look swept
Blair's own
Blair was silent for a moment
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08

You are trespassing on my prop
ertyl" came a voice from the moon
light
Blair scrutinized the clump OF
bushes. He had supposed the white
thing fitting about there to be slim
beam from the moon.
But the gardeners never come
down here and uncle is away, so 1t is
all right" The voice was nearer to
Blair than before
He shaded his eyes and looked more
closely. A low ripple of laughter ac-
companied his search.
Here | am" She had parted the
bushes and still Blair felt that a
wedge OF moonbeam had squeezed
Gown through the trees, He stared
at her with his hand shading his eyes,
Il can't see whether or not ! like
your eyes," she said half petulantly
Blair obediently dropped his hand
and turned toward the light that
came from the small door of his cara.
van. The dreamer's look was In his
eyes and the dreamer's whimsical
smile on his lips
Molly looked at him with grave
eyes for a moment What are you
doing here?" she asked, edging nearer
to him.
Looking for fairies-like you" he
said in the tone of one speaking TO
child.
Il am eighteen" She resented his
tone. And then what do you do?"
Il weave them into fairy tales"
u suppose that you mean you are a
writer and that your name is in all
the big magazines?"
About that" he smiled.
Couldn't / just have one peep into
your caravan" she asked. 1T looks
SO cozy"
1T is cozy" He was amused at
her quaint curiosity. 81 will have
to lift you up on the step"
Isn't it darlingl" She turned
toward him Il didn't know gypsies
had such exquisite"
But ! am not a gypsy" put in
Blair, and in the darkness a strange
bitterness crept into his eyes. IF |
were / would shut that door with
you inside and lash up my ponies!"
"Oh, wouldn't that be lovely!" She
clapped her hands joyously. But
poor uncle would never get over it,"
He has managed to survive other
losses" Again that panied bitter
ness swept into the vagabond's eyes
You know he is not really my
uncle" She had not noticed his re-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08
PRINCE SEEKS A PHONE GIRL
Scion Of Famous French Family
Crosses Ocean to Woo Young Cal
lfornlan Who RepuIses Him.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Prince Eugene
Arlemere Dubois, scion of one of the
most famous families of France, is
coming to Los Angeles to bfess his
suit for the hand of Miss Michele Le-
grand. the pretty telephone operator
at the hayward hotel, whom he met
while she was visiting her aunt in
Paris. Despite his avowed determine
tion to win her, Miss Legrand says
the visit Of the prince will avail him
nothing. as she has no use for foreign
nobemen, and is quite convinced that
this one would not make her good
husband
Miss Legrand is a niece of Miss
Matte Legrand Of Paris, who is very
wealthy. She met Prince Dubois while
at her home and he showed her much
attention while she was IN Paris.
Since her return he has bonn
barded her with cablegrams.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08

wych. A "scold" was allowed, after
her ducking, to go to a room in the
town hall and dry herself. But from
the time the mayor and his twelve
jurats gained their powers, away back
in the eleventh century, until the law
took a more definitely organized form
in England, they could order a Grim
inal to be drowned in the River
Stour, at a place called Thieves Well.
The prosecutor was required to hold
the condemned man under the water
till he was dead. 1t was many long
year before the drier method Of the
gallows was substituted.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08
KNEE BREECHES ARE COMING
Partisan sartoriaI Expert Advocates
Ruffled Lace Shirts and Buckles
Also Silk Hose.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Knee breeches,
silk hose and ruffied lace shirts are
things that men are coming to in their
wearing apparel within the next ten
years according to Louis Bourque,
gentleman Of leisure and sartorial ex-
pert of Paris. who arrived here the
other day on a holiday taunt around
the world.
The men are wearing very narrow
trousers They are getting more mar
row all the time and it will be but a
few years before they will wear the
same styles that were in vogue dur
ing the days of the last Louis Of
France, or during Colonial times In
the United States, he said.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08
Member of the Association Of Automo
bile Manufacturers Tells Story
About Motor Wearing Apparel.

1.-THE cold weather is coming on, and
we shall soon see some very remark,
able cold-weather motoring suits
The speaker, Coker F Clarkson of
the Association of Automobile Manu-.
facturers, sat in his New York office.
He resumed:
'Pu be glad when cold-weather mo.
toring clothes are made more slightly
They give us such a shaggy look now,
don't they2 Did you ever hear about
the performing bear?
"Well, a country hotel. a good deal
frequented by motorists, took in a
Snowman and his performing bear, and
one morning the bear escaped from
the stable
Everybody fed before the animal.
The hotel man, however, pursued 1t
nourageously, II entered the hotel,
mounted the stairway, pushed open a
bedroom door. and vanished.
"Then the hotel man, close behind,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08
The peIlaht In Adornment

Both Miriam and Molly belonged to
the new age, and were in revcr against
the readmill of recognized order.
Miriam knew It and Molly suspected
it Nevertheless, they took savage
delight in personal adornment From
their feet to the necks women are
fairly civilized and still progress.
though with awful setbacks: hut on
their heads savagery still sits tri.
umphantly Through maternity and
the miliner they keep secure hold on
primitive nature, When they emerged
at last into the light of day Miriam
sighed, like cannibal reformed by
force, who hears OF a feast he bankers
lor IN his heart Morley Roberts In
"rhorpe's Way"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08
Mnman Wadn connIa.

Ashtabula, GA H. Talcott, a Gem
etery sexton, and Addie Laverne Hol-
comb we're the first couple to be mar
ried here by a woman. The ceremony
was performed by Mrs. Kelsey, a reg.
ularly ordained speaker and medium
Of the spiritualists. The marriage
took place in the Spirituallstic temple.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08
Auto Bests Bull in Combat.

Paris, Texas,-A fight" between
a big bull and a red touring car here
ended in the death Of the bull, the
wrecking Of the automobile and the
serious injury Of its owner, DR.. e. G,
Powell. The physician was driving
rapidly to the deathbed of patient
when the bull charged the machine.
meeting It head on, The impact killed
the bull instantly, tore the hood on
the car, broke its engine and hurled
DR.. Powell into a ditch.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08

quarter waiting a favorable opportu
nifty when the boat should swing out
ward, and when 1t did they quickly
lowered away 1t see med like going
into the Jaws of death Almost as soon
as she struck the water she was
smashed against the ship and crush
ed as though she had been an egg shell.
In a moment her brave crew were
struggling for life in the foaming sea,
with most of the chances against
them. Some caught hold OF the
crane tackles and ropes were quickly
east to them from the deck was at
my station by the wheel and, follow
Ing the impulse of the moment. ran
aft. and, jumping into the hammocF
netting. caught up a coil OF rope Lo0
ing down. saw a black head In
white foam. and threw the rope
quickly hauled the man OIL boz
The sea had swept him away fronF
others Probably in another mo6
he would have been crushed
the sterr Of the ship OF swept
altogether AS 1t was too late u
save the man who was swept
the boat, the captain ordered aua
to muster and he roll was csEI
All answered but the lookohq
belonged somewhere near Bu
Me-, but have forgotten his isf
was almost a miracle that II
boats crew we're saved
head was swung around 70 PI
west. A little sail was put
abe wen along comfortab