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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30

here now, Jack"
Clay smiled. Isn't II growing too
cold out here for you2" he asked,
perhaps II is, a little" she an
swered, getting out OF the hammock
Are you coming in too2"
mo, think III smoke another
cigar, II l may" he said going with
her to the door.
IT you may! There you so again,
she said emphatioally, rs II so very
hard TO learn some lessons?"
Some lessons, no." he said intently
She stood for a moment In the
bright light from the doorway talk
ing, but he was in the shadow. Then
she reached her hand to him and
said:
We'll goodnight, Jack"
And the pressure of her hand was
no less firm than when she had
greeted him, nor was there n shade
Of difference TO her in the tone of his
voice as he said;
Il hope you win sleep well; you
must be very tired
Was he a fool to go away?"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30

THIS STRIKING PHOTOGRAPH OF GENERAL
GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN WAS TAKEN NEAR
LY FIFTY YEARS AGO.
help the man who thinks too much
about his own personality. That man
will have grievances. lie will let self
stand in the way of his work.
Patterson Recalled by Scott.
Let us turn to another picture. We
have already seen the singing regi
ments of General Patterson wading
the Potomac with the water up to
their armpits Once on Virginia soil
they began the march from Williams
port to Harpers Ferry. The first intl-
nation Patterson received Of john
ston's evacuation Of Harpers Ferry
was a dispatch from General Scott
asking as to his patterson's) inten-
tions as to pursuing the enemy and
adding that if he did not contemplate
such pursuit to send part of his
army Immediately to Washington, the
capital being hard pressed. Two or
three dispatches passed back and
forth before Patterson complied, but
at last he did so on receiving a per-
emptory order.
General Patterson, who had been a
soldier in two wars, was bitterly criti-
.cised because he did not occupy Har-
pers Ferry or follow up and attack
Johnston All this he bore in silence,
and it was not till later that the fact
of his being commanded to send the
flower of his troops to Washington
came out. General Scotts motive can
be understood, for Washington was in
1 state of nervous suspense, fearing an
stack from Manassas. AS to General
Pattersons later failure to engage
Johnston and thus keep that general
.om aiding Beauregard at Bull Run,
tohn G. Nicolay is authority for the
statement that the aged Union COM
mander was eager to do so, but was
dlssuaded by his underoficers, Fitz.
John Porter, Colonel George II. Z
Thomas and others. This, however is
getting ahead of the story.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30

stroyed a bridge at the New river.
There had been several reports that
the southern troops had evacuated
Fairfax Court House, but If so 1t
proved only ruse, as they now In
trenched near the town.
During this week President Lincoln
'was busy preparing his message to
the extra session Of congress. which
he had called to meet on July T. There
were wild rumors about Washington
Of plots to blow up the capitol building
as soon as congress should convene.
On June 81 Mrs. Lincoln, with her two
sons, had a narrow escape in a car
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30
The War Fifty Years Ago

General ScOts Cautious Policy In Defense of Washing
ton---The North ClamorOus For Aggressive Move
ment---Fehtine Nearly Every Day After Battle OF
Big Virginia and Missouri the Backgrounds
Lew Wallace Wins Victory at ROmney--- Johnston
Evacuates Harpers Ferry Three Days Later---GOv-
ernor of Missouri Calls Citizens to Rise and Repe
Invasion of Federals--LyOn Defeats State Troops at
BOonville - Grant Appointed Colonel of Twenty
first Illinois.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30
DAVIS ROAD ASSES SMENT
NOTICE.
AudItor's Once, Mercer county

HUUTTOT = UUItN, WUTCOT VOUnTy,
Oelina, Ohio, June %, 1911
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE
been assessed for the estimated expense of
improving the DAVIS road, that
the assessment made by the nppor-
tioninR committee is on file in the Auditors
Office Mercer County, Ohio, and that the
County Commissioners will meet at the
Auditors office on the 27th day Of July, 1911,
MT O'Clock PM to hear the report OF the
ceptiOns filed thereto by any person inter-
ested, and confirm, recOmmit or modify
said report as may be lega and just.
All exceptions to said report and assess
ments must be filed in writing at the Audi
tors office on or before the day Of hearing,
and each ono will be heard in the order Of
date of llling bis or her objections.
j. i. MORROW. Auditor.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30

ANbAAlAAAAAAAA AAbAA ANob " tNA
mock had Iessened to the slightest
movement.
"She appreciated the humor Of the
introduction" he went on, "and said
that We would always have to cal
her my sister, as we did not know
her name. Well, that was the begin
ming of it. The stores didn't come for
a month, and all that time we stayed
in Alexandria And all that time
there was something going on at the
Duchons'. Billings saw it before did
and warned me not to be a fool But
the advice wasn't given in time"
Clay had been speaking in a low
voice, slowly and earnestly. Now he
stopped for a word from Helen. He
put his cigar in his mouth and puffed
away intently. 1t was out. He
reached over to the table for a match
and striking it waited a moment for it
to blaze up. 1t was a parlor match
and burned brightly. 1t made a halo
Of light about them out of the night
As he brought the match up to his
cigar he looked over his arm at the
woman in the hammock He was
waiting for her to say, We'll, go on"
eagerly, as though she were deeply
interested; but she did not; she did
not speak at all. He bent over and
looked at her closely The match
burned to his fingers and dropped to
the floor unused. Helen was asleep.
For moment it seemed really fun
ny to him that she should have gone
to sleep while he was telling a love
affair of his own, and he laughed to
himself. She's awfully tired, of
course, he thought; it's been a long
day, and the tramp and the dinner and
the warm night and the motion of
the hammock and my stupid story
no wonder, anyone would have done
the same.
Anyone? he asked himself A wom-
an who really cared, who loved him,
go to sleep while he was telling her
an affair Of his heart? He got an
other match and lighted his cigar and
looked at Helen in the second lights
Yes, she was fast asleep. He smoked
rapidly until the weed was almost
aDi0zc; and he thought in unison with
Thought until the last bit of hope
of her love for him had burned out
ami only the ashes were left.
Out across the bay towards the
east the horizon was growing bright.
Clay watched it for a long time in
silence-a long, long time. From be-
hind the hills gradually carne a silver
light, driving the darkness away in
waves and putting out the stars before
It; and then the golden glory of the
moon itself shot across the water to
him. 1t fell on the face of the woman
ne knew now so well he loved, and
old him what it had all been, what it
Ill meant.
At the frightening light Helen
stirred. Instinctively almost Clay
vent on with his story, speaking loud |
md rapidly. Soon he asked, as if he |
lad just finished and there had been |
10 interruption:
''lt was foolish and childish Of me, |
wasn't it?" He felt plainly that her
yes We're wide open now and that she
vas looking intently at him, wonder
lg how long she had been asleep and |
he knew In a moment she replied |
lowly:
Il suppose men can't help that some
mes; but I'm awfulIy glad you're
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30
KLINGSHIRN ROAD ASSESS
MENT NOTICE.
AUDITORS once, Merccr county.

Celiun, Ohio, June %, 1911. 4
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN TO THE
" lot aud land owners, whose lands have
been assessed for the estimated expense Of
improving the KlinRshirn rond, that the
assessment made by the apportiOniug COM
mlttee is ON file In the Auditors office, Mer-
Ger County, OniO, and that the County Com
ml.siOuera VIII meet nt the Auditors Office
ON the Goth day Of July, 1911, az O'Clock
AIM to hear the report OF the apportioning
committee, and any or nllcNccptons filed
thereto by any person interested, md con-
firm, recOmmlt or modify said report rs
may be legal ana just.
All exceptions TO said report and ASSESS
mpnts must be uled I'm writing nc the Aud
itor's Office on or before the day Of hearing,
and each one Will be heard In the order of
date Of filing his or her objections.
L. l.. MORROW. Auditor.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30
Some Important Movements.

/ In the week ending June 81 there
were no battles worthy of the name
but several important movements This
was breathing space after the fight
ing of June II. In Missouri General
Lyon rested at BoOnville. On the
18th n skirmish occurred at Cole, near
by, and a small Union force was sur
prised and driven out Governor
Jackson reappeared at St. Louis with
500 men, purloined some property and
got away. There were attempts to
pursue him, but without result. Three
of the state officers returned to Jeffer-
son City and took the oath Of ale
glance. General Mcclellan, who up to
this time had been directing opera
tions from Cincinnati, now went in
person to Grafton and started the
movement against the Confederates in
the vicinity of Beverly. Colonel Lew
Wallace, after winning the battle Of
Romney, withdrew to Cumberland,
where he remained in rather perilous
situation for several weeks.
After General Patterson crossed the
river at Williamsport, General Scott,
in a fever of anxiety for the safety Of
the capital, wrote and telegraphed
that the Pennsylvania commander
send a part of his troops to Washing
ton. Patterson complied, but, fearing
he had not a large enough army to
cope with Johnston, withdrew again
into Maryland.
Emboldened by the fact that the
Union troops did not occupy Harpers
Ferry after the Confederates evacuat-
ed, small force of insurgents Wreak-
ed further destruction there on June
20. At Martinsburg the Confederates
destroyed forty-six locomotives and
more than 800 coal cars and gondolas
belonging to the Baltimore and Ohio.
They also struck Piedmont and de-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30
COOK ROAD ASSESSMENT
NOTICE.
AudItor,g Omco, Mercer Count

Oellna, Ohio, June %, 1911. {
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO TIL
~ lot and land owners, whose lands have
been assessed for the esti mated expense oil
improving the Cook road, that the
assessment made by the apporttoning com
mittee is on file in the Auditors Office Mer-
Ger County, Ohio, and that the County Com
missioners will meet at t'le Auditors office
on the I'd day OF August, 1911, at O'Clock
a, M, to hear the report of the apportiontng
committee, and any and III exceptions filed
thereto by any person In terested, and con-
ilrm, recommit or mod uy said report as
may be legal ana just.
All exceptions to said report and ASSESS
ments must be filed in WI iting at the Audi
tors office on or before tlle day of hearing,
and each one will be hea rd in the order Of
date of 1lling his or her o elections.
j.. Il. MO RROW, Auditor,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30
EFLDHAKE AND EVERS ROAD
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Auditors omee, Mercer County

tellnd, ONO, June ~, lVll.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE
~ lot and land owners, whose lands have
been assessed for the estimated expense Of
improving the FeldhakC d Eyers road, that
the assessment made by apportioninE COM
mittee is on file In the Auditors office, Mer-
Ger County, Ohio, and that the County Com
missiOuers VIII meet at the Auditors office
on the 25th day of July, 1911, at o'clock
am, to hear the report OF the appoytiOniug
committee and any or all exceptions filed
thereto by any person Interested, ana con-
firm, recOmmlt or modify said report as
may be legal and just.
All exceptions to said report and assess
monts must be filed I'm writing at the Audi
tors Office on or before the day OF hearing,
and each one viii be heard i'm the order OF
date of fling his or her objections.
!. l.. MORROW. Auditor.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30
HENIMELGARN ROAD ASSESS
MENT NOTICE.
Audltor,s 0nIco. Morc.r Oonnty. !

Auditors ONCE, Mercer County
Oclinu, Ohio, June 22, 1911.
Notice OF hearing on Engineers Assess
ment on HemmelEarn Road Improve
meut.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
" the Engineer appointed by the County
Commissioners has made his estimated Ns-
sessment OF the cost and expense I'm the
above styled matter upon the real estate to
be charged Herewith, and filed the same
with the County Comm ssiouurs, and it is
IN the County Auditor Office for public in.
spection,
Hno objections are nlod thereto on or
before the nth day OF July, 1911, Rt o'clock
PM, the Commissioners mny confirm the
same /. y. KlSER,
FRED HEIBG,
FRANK plLLHOFF,
County Comm lssiOnprS.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30

rather fantastically planning the eNten
sion of 80 degrees 80 minutes to the
Pacific and making this the dividing
line between the two sections These
tenders of impossible peace agree.
ments were hardly received seriously
by any one, and northern papers even
censured the administration for per-
mitting them to be made at all.
The mind Of the nation was now
attuned to war. The fife and drum
were heard in all corners Of the land.
In every city and hamlet in both sec
tions troops were being recruited,
drilled and hurried to the front. From
Virginia in the east to Missouri in the
west the border had become a battle
line. BY her stand for neutrality
Kentucky for time turned aside the
war tide from her own soil, but the
respite was to prove brief.
The prediction that poor old Vir-
ginia would have to bear the brunt Of
the battle" was already proving true.
She had gone into the struggle re-
luctantly, as though dlmly loreSeelhS
the cost BY it she was to be torn
asunder, losing nearly one-half Of her
territory, and the remnant was to be-
come a military camp during four
fearful years. Armies, the greatest the
world had ever known, would struggle
over her, dcsolating her towns and
fields, turning her into Il slaughter
house, a hospital and a graveyard.
She that had been the "mother Of
presidents, that had taken so historic
a part in the first years Of the republic,
was to be historic still, but in how
a sense! She had chosen her
bed, but her couch was to be one Of
thorns, and the thorns were the points
of baVOnetS.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30
Ry JAr1Hs a. npeERToN.

copyright by American Press Assocla-
ton, l9ll.l'
THE events of June, 1861, cleared
the atmosphere on both sides
and made 1t plain that the
nation was facing not Il mere
temporary insurrection, but Il civil
war, the length and severity Of Which
no one could foresee The peace talk
was all but stilled. True, there were
at this time some unofficial proposals
of compromise made by southerners in
Washington, one suggesting the recog-
milton of the COnfederacy, another
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30
WARTIME PICTURE FAIRFAX HOUSE,
CONFEDERATE FORCES WE'RE INTRENCHED FIFTY YEARS

riage accident while visiting the mill
tary camps on the Virginia side of the
Potomac.
The most important event of the
week concerned western Virginia. On
June 90 the very day that Mcclellan
j left Cincinnati for Grafton, the Wheel
ing convention elected a governor and
/ other officers for what eventually be-
came the new state Of West Virginia.
There were skirmishes during the
week near Leesburg and on the Rap
pahannock river Washington an
/ nounced the name of officers appoint
ed to the newly created regiments of
the regular army. Among the eolonels
selected were Sherman, Heintzelman
and FitZ-John Porter
On June IS Professor Lowe, by use
Of light wires, successfully telegraphed
from war balloon, the first time it
was ever done in America.
This is q bare skeleton of events and
is so dry that the bones rattle. 1t is
a mere catalogue of deeds, each Of
which was Of life and death interest
To comprehend them even dimly we
must transport ourselves to an era
that, though only fifty years removed,
is so unlike our own as to be scarcely
recognizable. We must see Il nation
every other home in which had hus-
band, a father or n brother at the
front or preparing to go to the front.
We must see q peOple-then two peo-
ples-feversh in their anxiety, impa-
tlent in their zeal and played upon in
turn by patriotism, anger, elation and
despair. We must see them eager for
every scrap Of news, torn by thou
sand wild rumors, fearing the loss of
loved ones, the capture Of their capt.
tai, the destruction of the nation itself.
We must walk with Lincoln in the
still nights back and forth through
graph office and go with him through
his days of conflicting advice and heart
breaking reports. All this and much
more we must see and experience, and
then we shall not be in hailing dis
tance Of the realization We must be-
hold our own fathers, sons, brothers or
husbands at the front, our own flag in
peril, before we can even begin to un-
derstand.
1t was the constant cry Of the north
ern orators that not one star should be
erased from the flag. Well, not one
star was erased, although eleven were
long hidden behind the smoke of war.
Indeed, a new star was added, West
Virginia being born as a direct result
Of the conflict
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30
CHTCKASAw ROAD ASSESS
MENT NOTICE.
AndItnrls nmcn. NLercor nnnnIN.

Celinn, Ohio, June ~, 10ll
Notice OF hearing on Engineers ASSESS
ment on Chickasnw Road Improve
ment
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the Engineer appointed by the County
Commissioners, has made his estimated
above styled matter, upon the real estate to
be charged herewith, and filed the same
with the County Commissioners, and 10 Is
I'm the County Auditors office for public
inspection.
lfno objections are filed thereto on or
before the 18th day OF July, 1911, at o'clock
am. the Commissioners may confirm the
same. !. n. klSEk,
FRED HEiBN,
FRANK nILLHOFF,
County Commissioners.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30
West Virginia Born.

On June 20 fifty years ago the new
state was taking form. On assembling
in convention at Wheeling nine days
earlier the delegates had taken the
following oath: I'VE solemnly declare
that we viii support the constitution
of the United States and the laws
made in pursuance thereof as the su-
preme law of the land, anything in
the ordinance Of the convention that
assembled in Richmond on the 18th
day of February last to the con
trary notwithstanding, so help us
God" On the Goth such progress bad
been made that 4 governor, a lieuten
and governor and council were ele' -
and the governor inducted into ofico
The legislature of the new state met
IN July ..
Francis Harrison Pierpont, the first
governor of West Virginia, was a pro-
nounced abolitionist. He was born i'm
Virginia in 1914, educated at Ale
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30

Premium lists for the coming Ban
ner Fair are now available. You can
get them at this Office or by applying
to Secretary Vining. They are yours
for the asking.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30
IeweIrY Left in Laundry.

Eyes, these are genuine diamonds,
all right" said the owner of a down
town laundry as he drew pair of
heavy links from a gentleman's shirt,
"Often happen? Why, look here"
and he drew open a small box and
displayed a dozen links and collar
buttons. These came in this week.
Some are valuable, some are not, but
a dishonest dealer could really make
a small fortune in a years time. We
don't find much jewelry in womens
apparel. They are not as forgetful as
men in this respect. t."-New York Sun.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30

When young, a girl wonders If she
will ever meet a man she would mar
ry: after she gets older, she wonders
if she will ever meet one she wouldn't
NANNY.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-30
Cincinnati Daily Post
and The Democrat

Both one DhOIe year, for $3.50. All subscrip-
tions in adOance.
The Democrat and Ohio Farmer, $3.50
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-11-02
Copyright. A. c. Mcclurg & Co.. 1901

and the soft blur of the South on her
lips-was not the music hall singer.
He could hardly grasp the truth at
first, it antagonized so sharply with
all he had previously believed. Yet,
if this were true his own duty became
clearer than ever; aye, and would be
more willingly performed. But what
did Hawley know? Did he already
realize that the girl he had first met
on the stage coach, and later inveigled
into the desert, was Hope, and not the
music hall artist? He, of course, fully
believed her to be Christie Maclaire
at that time, but something might
have occurred since to change that be-
lief. Anyhow, the man was not now
seeking Hope, out the other. Appar-
emily the latter was either already
here in Sheridan or expected soon.
And exactly what was 1t the gambler
desired this Maclaire woman to do?
This was the important matter, and
for it's solution Keith possessed mere
ly few hints, few vague suggestions.
She was expected to represent herself
as Phyllis-Phyllis who? Some Phyl-
lis surely whose physical resemblance
to Hope must be sufficiently marked
to be at once noticeable. Willoughby
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-11-02
BABY'S TERRIBLE SUFFERING

when my baby was six months old,
his body was completely covered with
large sores that seemed to itch and
burn, and cause terrible suffering.
The eruption began in pimples which
would open and run, making large
sores. His hair came out and finger
nails fell off, and the sores were over
the entire body, causing little or no
sleep for baby or myself. Great scabs
would come off when 1 removed his
shirt.
1--WE tried great many remedies,
but nothing would help him, till a
friend induced me to try the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. I used the Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment but short
time before I could see that he was
improving, and in six weeks time he
was entirely cured He had suffered
about six weeks before we tried the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment, although
we had tried several other things, and
doctors, too. think the Cuticura Rem
edies will do all that is claimed for
them, and a great deal more"
(Signed) Mrs Noble Tubman, Dodson,
Mont, Jan. %, 1911. Although Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment are sold by
druggists and dealers everywhere, a
sample of each, with 32-page book,
will be mailed free on application to
"Cuticura," Dept. Is K. Boston.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-11-02
LET Up! Damn Yerl He Called Himself Jack Keith"

had evidently revealed to Hawley
some hidden family secret, having
money involved, no doubt, and in
which the discovery of this mysteri-
GUS Phyllis figured. She might, per-
haps, be a sister, or half-sister, who
had disappeared, and remained ignor-
ant as to any inheritance. Hopes
picture shown by the boy, and re-
minding Hawley at once of Christie
Maclaire, had been the basis Of the
whole plot. Exactly what the details
of that plot might be Keith could not
figure out, but one thing was reason
ably certain-it was proposed to de-
fraud Hope. And who in the very
truth was Hope? 1t suddenly occurred
to him as a remarkably strange fact
that he possessed not the slightest
inkling as to the girls name. Her
brother had assumed to be called Will
loughby when he enlisted in the army
and his companions continued to call
him this. If he could interview the
girl now for only five minutes he
should be able probably to straighten
out the whole intricate tangle. But
where was she? Would she have re-
NAMED until this time at Fort Larned
with Kate Murphy?
There was a noise OF movement IN