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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

were out Of service. While the porter
was fastening on this mission, Mr.
Fiagler was gayly climbing the stairs
and shortly appeared on the twelfth
floor as unconcerned as ever. w. II
Beardsley, Mr. Flagler's right-hand
man, tells an interesting story about
a messenger boy who was to have de.
livered a message to Mr. Flagler but
who declined to climb twelve flights
of stairs to do so "How old is the
boy?" asked Mr. Beardsley. Sixteen.
was the reply. We'll" said Mr.. Boards
ley, you can tell that boy that ane
old gentleman approaching his eighty
first birthday has just climbed the
twelve flights of stairs without turning
a hair" Turning to Mr.. Flagler, Mr.
Beardsley remarked: You have taken
the conceit out of a good many today.
So much for good habits and right Iiv
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
The Millionaire and The Boy

The other day, when the elevator
service in the Standard Oil building,
at 26 Broadway, New York, gave out,
the newspapers had considerable
amusement over the fact that the mil
ionaire tenants of that building had
to walk from two to fourteen flights Of
stairs to get to their offices. In this
connection an amusing story is told
about Henry M. Flagler, one of the
oldest of the Standard Oil pioneers.
While approaching the age of 81, he is
strong and stalwart, paying regular
to his large business inter-
ests, both in New York and in Florida.
His Office is on the twelfth floor Of
the Standard Oil building, and it was
thought that he would not care to do
what many a younger man would
shrink from, and so porter was sent
to meet him at the door and advise
him to establish his office temporar-
lily on lower floor, as the elevators
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
SYNOPSIS.

Jamea Wilson or Jimmy as he is called
Py MS friends Jimmy was Fotund and
ooked shorter than he really was, His
tmhluon IN life was 10 be taken seriously,
put people steadily refused to do so, his
~ ~ considered a huge Joke, except 70
hlnlselt II he asked people 10 dinner ev-
bsgiIsh Z expected s.., a frollo. Jimmy marriea
petla knowles. they live together a year
ehd are divorced. Jimmys8 friends ar
range TO celebrate the first anniversary
~ ma divorce. Those who attend the
palty are Miss Katherine McNair, who
Eyery one calls Kit, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas
Ht9Wn, the Misses Mercer Maxwell Reed
Enu Enu q MT Thomas Harrison, South
gnneHcan civil engineer. The party ia In
gram from his Aunt Selma. who win ar
AlNe IN Tour hours 20 visit him ana his
WIG. Jimmy gets his funds from Aunt
Selma and after he marries she doubles
ms allowance. He neglecta 10 tell her OF
hla divorce, as she is opposed 20 H. Jim
my takes Kit into his confidence, he tries
net learn that he has no longer n wife.
lie suggests that Kit play the hostess for
one night be Mrs. Wilson pro TEN. Kit
refuses but ls finely prevailed upon TO
tet the part. Aunt Selma arrives and the
reception works out as planned, as she
hhd never seen Jim's wife Jim'n Jap
teryant Is taken III, his face Is covered
with spots Bella, Iimmy's divorced Wife
fnters the house and asks Kit who Is be-
ms taken away In the ambulance2 Bella
lnaistH II ia Jim, KIT tells her Jim is well
ana ia IN tho house Bella tells Kit It
WuAh't Jim she wanted 70 Hee but Taxa
MIRA, tue Jap servant as she wished to
secure his services. HARRISON steps out
on inc porch ana discovers a man tacltng
n card on the door. He demands an ex-
plunauon, The man points to the placard
ana Harbison sees the word Smallpox"
printed on IL. The man tells him he is
an officer OF the board OF health and
tells him the house Is under quarantine
hnd that the guests will have to remain
n the house until after the quarantine is
lifted. The guests suddenly realize their
pTedicament. the women shed tears. the
men consider It good Joke Harbison !
pleads with Kit 10 tell him the real situ-
alton or things. She finally tells him OF
8olla-a Incarceration ln the hnaarnanL
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

guide and drive the other three goats
up the canon. Ross joined Neil and
Bill on the edge of the thicket and
together they began to climb a small
ridge in front of them.
by Jove," said Bill. those fellows
are going right into a goat if they
don't look out. and none of them seem
to see him"
Bang! Bang Crack! Ping!
Now they've done it," said Bill.
Look at him go; the rocks are full of
them. Great Heavens! what a mess
they have stirred up. Even that goat
is going; they have only crippled him.
Now, look at him hiding behind that
rock"
Yes" said I, but Ross sees him;
he has a bead on him now. Bang!
He has got him"
Ross laid down his gun, took out his
knife and, on reaching the goat, at
tempted to take hold of a horn to
lift up Mr.. Goats head and bleed him.
when his quarry made a leap off the
rock they were on and bounded
around the other side of the cliff as
though he had just woke up.
Haven't those blamed fools got
that goat killed YETI" said Bill Look
at him go; he'll get away sure"
The goat was making across the
slide where we had seen them the
night before and was headed for a
thick patch of timber.
Bang! Bang.
Well they've got him down again"
said |. Il guess they have got him
this time, so We might as well go
back to camp"
Well, don't be in a hurry" said
Bill, we're not sure yet. Where are
they now? Where is the goat? That's
what's bothering me-"
BY Jingo," said /; there he is,
heading this way"
We were so excited at the prospect
If the others losing the goat that un-
Ter simultaneous impulse we both
climbed down the precipice into the
anon below, and headed for the
lump of brush into which we had
cen the goat disappear. Here is
where our troubles began, for we had
0 try our hand at climbing up a steep
ock slide for nearly half a mile. We
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

your invitation, and she has to stay
It's your turn to bully, to dictate
terms, to be coldly civil or politely
rude. Make her furious at you. L
she is Jealous, so much the better"
How far would you sacrifice your.
self on the altar of friendship" he
asked
you may pay me all the attention
you like, in public" l replied, and
after we shook hands we went to
gether to Bella.
There was an ominous pause when
we went into the den Bella was sit
ting by the register, with her furs on,
and after one glance over her shouL
der at US, she looked away again with
out speaking
Bella" Jim said appealingly. And
then / pinched his arm, and he drew
himself up and looked properly out
ragged.
Bella" he said, coldly this time, q
can't imagine why you have put your
self in this ridiculous position, bui
since you nave
Put myself in this positionl" She
was frantic. TITS a plot, wretched
trick Of yours, this quarantine, to keep
me here"
jim gasped, but l gave him a warn
ing glance, and he swallowed hard.
"On the contrary" he said. with
maddening quiet, Il would be the last
person in the world to wish to per.
petuate an indiscretion of yours. For
it was hardly discreet was it, to visit
q bachelor establishment alone at ten
o'clock at night? AS far as my plot
ting to keep you here is concerned, ]
assure you that nothing could be fur
ther from my mind Our paths were
to be two parallel lines that never
touch" He looked at me for ap
Droval, and Bella was choking
you are worse than l ever thought
you," she stormed. Il thought you
we're only IA fool. Now l know you
for a brute!"
CTo BE CONTINUED
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

4 ran for about 20 rods and then went
into a maple clump that was nearly
as bad as the alder and willow brush
we had crawled through early in the
| morning. Neil lost his hat Then a
limb Of a tree sprang back and struck
my forehead, knocking me into a
woodchuck's den When / came to
there was Mr.. Goat sitting a few yards
from me, chatterlng as if / had plum
dered his orchard. took out my Colt
revolver and settled his hash, as
thought. At the crack of the weapon
Neil came hurTiedly up to see what
was happening, and fell off a log he
was climbing over, and skinned his
elbow on a rock In the meantime the
goat hobbled up the mountainside and
lay down upon a ledge of rock about
200 yards above us. The way we
went up that rock slide on all fours
would surprise a Siwash. We got up
within about % yards Of the rock and
Mr.. Goat stuck his head over the
ledge as much as to ask where we
came from.
Shoot him" yelled Neil.
shoot nothing" said I, 81 cant
shoot a flock of balloons-shoot him
yourself"
At this the goat thought it was his
move and hobbled off the rock, pass
ing Neil within about six feet Neil
grabbed a handful of wool and lost
his hold He then made another lunge
and stubbed his foot and fell fiat, and
as he fell chanced to grab the goats |
hind leg. He was dragged for about |
20 feet, yelling for help at the top of
his voice. Finally the goat fell down |
and Neil got up, still hanging on to
the leg. He managed to get his re-
volver out, but the goat kicked and
loundered so that he could not han
1le both.
BY this time I had got to him and
he gave me the goats leg to hold, and
hen stepped in front of the goat to
get a shot at his head Mr. Goat did
not approve of that and made a lunge
Sideways that upset me and I was
ragged about IS feet. When l man
lged to get right side up l found that
he goat had wedged himself between
wo rocks and had to stop. Here is
where we killed him at last.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
A Lost Homer

Il always thought a homing pigeon
would go straight home" said man
who kept his country house open for
the winter week-ends. But / was up
at my place a while ago and the gar
dener told me about a curious excep-
ton to the rule He was out in the
barn one day when in flew a pigeon
through the open door After it had
flown from one post to another, he
it gently and caught it.
Then the bird was seen to be
homer, with gilt band on one leg
and two silver ones on the other. AS
it was toward night, the gardener
thought it would be only humane to
take it indoors and release it the next
day after breakfast. But in the morn
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

as another mans wife and generally
making a fool of myself-which is the
way he put it. And l knew in my
heart that he was right, and l hated
him for 1t.
why don't you go and tell him
them?" I asked nastily. No one was
paying any attention to us. Tell
them that, to be obliging, have near
ly drowned in a sea of lies; tell them
that I am not only not married, but
that l never intend to marry; tell
them that we are lot of idiots with
nothing better to do than to trif1e with
strangers within our gates, people
who build-I mean, people that are
worth two to our one! Run and tell
them"
He looked at me for a minute, then
he turned on his heel and left me. 1t
looked as though Max might be going
to be difficult.
While l was improvising an apron
out of towel, and Anne was pinning
a sheet into a kimono, so she could
take off her dinner gown and still be
proper, Dallas harked back to the
robbery.
Anne put the collar on the table
there" he said There's no mistake
about that. watched her do it, for
| remember thinking it was the sole
reminder had that Consolidated |
Traction ever went above &c."
Max was looking around the room,
examining the window locks and |
between his teeth. He was !
n disgrace with every one, for by
hat time it was light enough to see
hree reporters with cameras across
he street waiting for enough sun to
nap the house, and everybody knew
hat it was Max and his idiotic wager
hat had done 1t. He had made two
# three conciliatory remarks, but no
ne would speak to him. His antics
vere so queer, however, that we were
II watching him, and when he had
cit over the rug with his hands, and
aised the edges, and tried to lift out
ne chair-seats. and had shaken out
Iars shoes Che said people often hid
lings and then forgot about it,, he
lade a proposition.
IF you will take that Internal fur /
ace from around my neck, I'll under /
Ike either to find the jewels or to l
low up the thief" he said quietly. !
nd, Of course, with all the people in I
10 house under suspicion, every one !
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

And yet doubt-just the dim
shadow of doubt-possessed her. 1t
seemed as though there might be
some one she had forgotten There
was the diamond necklace for Aunt
Mary, the smoking jacket for Uncle
John Ito be sure, he never smoked,
but what else is there to give a man?),
the cut glass decanter and liquor
glasses for Cousin George (what a
pity he doesn't drinkD, the toys for
the children, the silver drinking cup
for Fido, the um-um-um-yes, she had
them all crossed off her list. And
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
CHAPTER VII.
We Make an omelst.

1t was Betty Mercer who said she
was hungry, and got us switched from
the delicate subject of which was the
thief to the quite as pressing sub1ecu
Of which was to be the cook. Aunt
Selma had slept quietly through the
whole thing-we learned afterward
that she customarily slept on her left
side, which was on her good ear We
gathered in the Lallas Browns room,
and Jimmy proposed plan.
I'VE can have anything sent in that
we want" he suggested speciously,
"and II Dal doesn't make good with
the city fathers. you girls can get
some clothes anyhow Then, we can
have dinner sent from one or the
hOtsls."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
One Hannv Cnndltlnn

Wireless is wonderful thing, isn't
It? It's going to take the place
Of everything-telegraph, telephone
thought transference-why, they even
transmit newspaper photographs that
way"
Yes, but there's one thing they'll
never do with wireless"
What's that"
''Wire-pulling.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

ing the pigeon flew back to the barn,
then to a neighboring roof, and final
~ back to the barn for the night.
That homer hung around the place
ten days, and then he flew off, never
to be seen again. The only way l can
account for it is that he lost his bear
ings and stayed by us until he found
them-or thought he did"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

yet, and yet
Oh, yes, now she remembered
How stupid of her The aisle mana.
ger, who had taken personal charge
Of her was still in attendance.
It's my husband" she said. .4
knew there was some one had for
gotten | must get something for NV
husband"
Yes, madam" replied the aisle
manager, who had had years of ex,
perience in such matters. "step tbis
way please. You will find the bar.
gain counter three aisles to the left
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

Were you angry when that man
sat on your new silk hat?" NO"
replied Senator Sorghum 1T was too
modern and shiny, anyhow. A silk
hat doesn't look as If it belonged to a
real statesman until it has been
blocked and ironed few times"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
The Real Reason.

Can you tell me, my boy, said the
prim teacher, why the race is not
always to the swift?"
"Yes'm," said the little boy.
promptly. It's because sometimes
their tires bust. t.'-Baltimor Amort
can.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
Is Mennonlte MinIster

Miss Anna ]. Allebach is the first
woman to be elected a minister of the.
Mennonite church in this country. al
though there are two women in Hol-
land acting in that capacity She is
president of the New York University
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

Can woman become a member Of
the Daughters Of the Revolution just
because her ancestors murdered the
kings English
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
USE ALIENS FOOT.EAsE

the antiseptic powder to be shaken ineo the
shoes. 1t makes your feet feel easy and com.
lortable and makes walking delight Sold
everywhere, 26c. FetSe tR6ffifafss Fort free trial
package, address Allen s Olmstead, LeRoy,N Y.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

Garfield Tea is the best remedy for con-
stipation. Take a cup before retiring.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

Some men will do anything for the
sake OF little newspaper notoraakv,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
TO THE BARGAIN COUNTER
Manager Knew Just Where to Direct
Woman Who Wanted a Pres
ent for Hubby.

She had spent the entire day in the
department store. She was tired
tired -unutterably tired and yet her
heart was filled with the true Christ
mas spirit A peace-on-earth-good-
will-to-men feeling stole over her as
she realized that she had spent lit
tie over thousand dollars in Christ
mas gifts to make others happy.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
AGOdt Hunt 9 1zzs: =: z.z..zzz ..,55555755 q.
inWdShingtOn

T WAS a bright October
morning, and the sun was
rising over the foothills
of the Cascades, spread.
ing IT'S glory over the
beautiful Wenatchee
lake, and the valleys
leading to it. The vines,
naples and alders in all
the small canons were
clothed in their gorgeous
autumn colors, varying in
hues from bright yellow
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
Phllosophic.

CTo BE CONTINUED.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-21
.renholne and
Slawson to Mix

Continued from Page 1.)
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-21

but in all probability the winner of
this bout will sooner or later get a
chance at the winner of the first bout.
Armer a New Scrapper.
Armer and Pelden should put up a
scrappy bout, since both have lots of
pep" and want to get a crack at the
major glove-weilders. Neither has
much of reputation, but both are
willing boxers. and will mix it from
gong to gong.
Columbia bugs always like to see
good light and welter-weight scraps,
and pay more attention to them than
to the heavyweight battles. None of
the beef for Columbia. Local fans do
not like to see couple of overgrown
Hackenschmidts wrestIe around the
ring for hours. They like to see
science combined with scrappy, will
ing fighting, and will pay to see it.
Seats will be put around the ring
side of the assembly room, and ample
arrangements are being made by those
in charge. Ladies will be admitted II
accompanied by escorts.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-21
HERKPISER AFTER
CORNBREADRECORD
Varsity Athlete and Penny Daine in Heroic
Contest to Lower Hungry" Fitzler's In
door intercollegiate Mark for Demolishing
Boarding House Delicacy---Anderalex
Declared Ineligible.

the contest. grunted. Sure" hi
said. bet you five iron wheels I break
the record by 100 pieces. Dame!
Shucks. he will drop out in . month
more. Sure, I'll win"
why. it'll be q cinch for me"
boasted Daine. Il am not gaining
much nowadays, but after examina.
tions have passed from my memory
I'll pick up lot. Why, the other day
l ate sixty-seven slices-twenty for
breakfast, with syrup; seventeen at
lunch. with butter, and thirty-thirty,
mind you-at supper. Had honey that
time, though. Fitzler's record? Sure,
Hungry made a good record when he
was in college. It's lasted for twenty
i've years now.
Lots Of good eaters have tried to
break 1t, too. Mark Twain and Eu-
gene Field went after the record years
ago, too. l understand. What's that
about biscuits? Sure, Anderalex, of
the A. KS, holds the best record for
the University Of Missouri along the
hot biscuit line. But he is ineligible
for the Indoor Intercollegiate meet"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-21
DEKON JONES WHIPS
HAWKEYE SNEED IN
POOL TOURNAMENT

Dekon Jones, representing the Uni
versity faculty, won the city pool
championship at the Yegg Mems Chi
nese Associations Hall last night by
defeating Hawkeye Sneed, the prime
cue artist of the Senators by ninety
nine points. The match started at
$3.50 o'clock and continued until 3
o clock this morning. Mitch and Imp
refereed the match.
Sneed started the match by sweep
ing elevenAS balls in to the left field,
but was called by Referee Imp, who
insisted that street sweeper's brooms
were not allowed, but the common
variety should be used in the match.
On the next shot Sneed cued his ball
too low and hit the left guard on the
Sims. Time was called and q porter
was sent to West Side Drug Shop
for medicine.
Jones started with q clean sweep,
depositing ten balls in the south
bleachers and five in the third base
mans pocket. His next shot netted
him three yeards in the side pocket.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-21
le round was decidedly "Dutch's"

the round was decidedly "Dutch's"
favor
Round Four: The fist-dodgers ad-
vanced cautiously toward each other
waiting for an opening. Gibson rush
ed and planted his right on the Michi-
gan boys lunch box and followed with
a left to his probosis. At this stage
of the fight ICY" called time and re-
fused to continue the battle unless the
management would agree to give him
99Z pers cent of the moving picture
rights. After much bamboozling and
many hot words, in which the crowd
took an active part in Kissing Gibson,
he came down to 80 2-3 per cent and
the fight continued. Dutch" seemed
thoroughly refreshed after the short
intermission and Immediately buried
his lunch hooks in "Cy's" optic. 1t
was easily "Dutch's" round.
Round Five: Both battlers came up
strong and confident. Glibson's injur-
ed eye was covered with piece Of
fresh pork. After some sharp might
ing. Dutch" got a trip-hammer lick to
"Cy's" right jowl and followed it up
with a short jab on; Glibson's bad
pepper After several clinches, "Cy"
went to sleep for the count of seven
by a pile drive bust from "Dutch's"
right musser, which landed on the
Springfield boys wind sack. Again it
was "Dutch's" round.
Round Six: The sixth round was
"Dutch's" from the start. ICY" was
bleary-eyed and weak and failed to
protect himself from the shower Of
taps delivered by the nimble Michigan
Kid. BY clinching and fottracfng, Glib
son managed to stay until the gong
sounded.
Round Seven: Dutch" advanced to
the center of the ring, taunting Glib
son and smiling. He grabbed ICY" by
the beak and squared him of, took
good aim and popped loose. There
was a splash and "Cy" went down and
out, minus his smelling apparatus.
Referee Kalina awarded Dutch" the
decision amid loud cheers from the
alley rats.
When interviewed by reporters in
their dressing rooms after the fight,
Gibson attributed his defeat to the
drinking Of oxygen and potassium
chloride just before the battle.
Dutch" Brewers manager thinks
that he has hope" in his boy and he
is making efforts to arrange match
between the kid and Monte Prewitt,
the fighting missionary from the Bible
College.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-21
ode" Wins From Benjie at
Billiards in Grand Style
Jake Warshaw His Only OBJ
stacle for the Championship
of the World in the Pill
Shooting Business !

"Odie" Kellogg, the young cue wiz
ard, gave Benjie Hoffman, former hold
er of the worlds record for straight
rail and three-cushion billiards, de-
cisive trouncing last night in a 500
point straight-raH contest at Booche's
Hall. After the first few minutes of
play the outcome of the widely adver-
tised contest was never in doubt, as
Hoffman showed a lack Of form that
evidenced his rapid decline in the pill
shooting business.
The young wonder from the realms
of mathematics showed a knowledge
of the game that puts him hep to the
championship slant in this section.
His execution at times was little short
of marvellous, his superb use Of Eng
lish and his intimacy with the cush-
ions exciting admiration from the
rows of old timers down to the latest
beginner present. His high run was
81. two points above Hoffman's rec
ord Of two years ago.
Consistent Game Throughout.
Kellogg's strong point is that he
plays such consistent game that
high runs do not amount to much.
All his sallies into the adding machine
business netted about the same num-
Der Of buttons, hts average for the
might being about twenty.
Hoffman's rapid decline in apple
rolling cannot be accounted for. 1t
is thought by some that he lost his