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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06
Cranks Offer Forest Fire Remedies

which could be placed around trees
near a fire and thus prevent them ig.
hitting. OF course this way did not at.
tempt to explain how the problem Of
transporting these screens through
rough moutainous country could be
solved.
A third plan was to locate mum.
Der CT huge sprinkling carts in each
forest ana drive them to a fire. turn
on the water and, presto! your fire
would be out-the inventor said. lie
was told to go to, unless he could pro
vide a sprinkling cart big enough to
tackle a fire such as ragged last fall in
Idaho, the flames OF which mounted
over 200 feet in the air and burned
the ties off railroad bridge, and at
another point jumped clear across a
valley half mile wide. converting
streams in it's path into steam and
cooking the fish therein.
The forest fire fighters do not re-
iect all novel suggestions. In fact,
they have adopted chemical equip
ment for use in putting out small
ground fires in the Arkansas National
forest. Some of the rangers are
equipped with rubber muzzles contain.
ing sponges to be wet and put over the
nose. Wearing this and goggles to
protect the eyes a fire fighter can
stand considerable smoke without dis.
comfort. A small asbestos shield car.
ried on the left arm has been found
useful in protecting rangers from
heat while fighting ground fires.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06
Low SIums Near the Nations Capitol

are Plgtail alley, Tincup alley, Louise
alley and Hell'g Half Acre alley. These
names. with the exception of Willow
Tree alley, have the virtue OF making
any other description unnecessary,
Why Willow Tree alley was so named
nobody remembers. There may have
been willow tree there once.
The district is hard to flnd. II Is
within the outer crust OF block which
has a rather fair exterior A stranger.
after fruitless search. appealed to a
policeman. The officer pointed to q
narrow opening between two build
ings. GO on in there, and you'll see
all you want OF IT," he said ITS a
pest hole, It is. I'd go with you. but
it's of my beat"
The officer was lucky. What the WIS.,
itor found after he passed the portal
of the slums would not be pleasant ad-
juncts to any beat. The buildings APP
peared to be ages old. Stables ad-
joined homes. Piles of stable refuse
gave forth offensive odors and drew
clouds of fies. Negroes and whites
were mixed in one inextricable con-
fusion. Puny. sickly children rolled
about on the ground. slatternly, dis.
couraged women sat on the steps OF
in rooms which spoke eloquently OF
the most abject poverty
Although II has been nearly two
years since Mr.. Taft demanded that
Washington rid itself of these slums.
nothing has been done. The district
is In a section of the city which has
been taken by the government and
will eventually be improved.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06

According TO government geoIogist
authority, the visible supply" of Iig
mite in this country is about 74O OOOO,.
100000 tons and of "air-dry fuel" OF
ready-to-burn peat, about 100000 ,OOO
tons. So far Ignite and air-dry fuel
have been TO a large degree consid
cred practically useless by-products OF
nature. Careful experiments, how.
ever, show that they are much better
than coal for use in connection with
gas engines, says the Chicago Journal
Prof. Robert e. Fernald asserts that
the gas engine, the toy of today,
viii supersede the steam engine. Pro.
fessor Fernald is not a gas engine pro.
moter He is a scientist connected
with the geological survey. He as
serts further that the use OF gas en-
gines, with the cheaper Ignite and dry
fuel instead Of coal, will mean a saw
Ing Of $1OOOOO,OOO to 5000, 900 in
the nations fuel bill each year. So
natures by-products. the waste" of
today, may become the nations fuel
hope Of tomorrow.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06

called, has been prepared by Major
Russell of the medical corps, stationed
at the army medical school in this
city. and will be distributed to the
various forts and posts throughout the
country. It is estimated that in about
a months time every officer aud man
in the army viii have been inocu!ated.
Very little il any Inconvenience as a
result of the inoculation is felt by the
patient. He does not lose single
days duty nor is he compelled to tako
to his bed. He is watched carefully
for period of 20 days and 10 then
declared to be immune from the
dread disease. The "prophylstic" Is
injected in the left arm OF the eoldier
in practically the same manner as the
vaccination process. The war depart
ment is convinced OF tue efiCsny oe
the typhoid inoculation In wiptng out
this disease IN the army,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06

A number OF persons in Scotland
make a livelihood by searching for
the precious stones which are occa.
sionally TO be found ensconced in the
interior Of fresh-water mussels. To a
lesser extent II is also carried out on
some English and Welsh streams. but
none Of these is so prolific in pearl
beFring as the northern rivers, says
the London Globe. There are authen.
tic records Of Scotch pearls being
found which rlvaled any the orient
has produced so far as translucency
and hawlessness are concerned. A
writer of the eighteenth century states
that 100000 was a moderate estimate
OF the value Of pearls then fished an,
uualy from Scottish rivers. while il
IS a matter of history that a German
who formed a syndicate Of fisheries
in 1866 acquired stones to the value
Of $4,000 in that year alone. But
the industry is not so remunerative
nowadays.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06
The First ThImbIe.

The thimble Of plain sewing was
invented in the year 1884 by gallant
young Dutch goldsmith of Amsterdam,
who devised the "thumb-bell"-fOr
this was its original name-in order
to protect his sweetheart's thumb tops
when she was engaged with a needle
and cotton The thumb bell" has,
however, become "finger-bell," but in
shape only little change has taken
place in it since the loving Hans
placed the first thimble on the thumb
of this lady love.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06

There is one woman in the country
who is too proud Of her age to con.
,ceal it, She is a Saratoga woman who
has exceeded the century mark by
three years, and who was given a pub
lie reception in recognition of being
probably the Oldest woman in the land.
She is still active and does her own
work, thus giving personal proof that
mo one need grow old in the usual
sense Of the term who does not choose
10 do so.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06
SANITY IN AVIATION.

In II not time that steps were tax
On by various organizations which are
promoting aeronautie meets to secure
something akin 70 sane" aviation
Flying. be II followed either as q
sport. as was the case with Johnstone,
or as business, after the manner OF
the Wrights. will by its nature always
attrsct reckless spirits. says the Cleve'
land Plain-Dealer. But II is notice
able that many OF those who have
died In the cause have come
10 grief through attempting some
unnecessarily dangerous feat, cal
culated TO hold crowds breathless
The public does not demand thrills
which cost human lives, and II II did
demand them II should be denied, The
day OF the old Roman holiday. fortu'
nately. has passed. Flying is too i'm
portant and wonderful. a thing TO be
brought 10 the level OF a trapeze per
Torrance or a bull fight by permitting
everything 20 become subservient 70
tho spectator. It's possibilities are too
vide. and those most concerned in its
success owe II 10 themselves and TO
the public 10 take care that they do.
not allow their profession TO fall into
dErepute. Automobinng went through
a similar process OF eyomtion. Not so
very long ago dare deviltry was con.
sidered heroic, and scores OF lives
have been sacrificed to this foolish
sentiment But, generally speaking.
tho pursuit of automobiling among the
vast majority has now become en-
lnently sans.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06
AS You Go.

Clear up as you go" is an excellent
text to work by-a parallel to New
er put of till tomorrow" &c.-and
one that many a mother would do
well to keep over before her and live
up to. 1t is the putting-off habit that
leads to accumulations, to hurry, and,
consequently, to badly done work. If
clothes need repairing, let them be re
paired at once; If things are out of
their proper places, put them back
again, where they ought to be; before
they are irretrieVably lost.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06

La Prensa, a newspaper Of Buenos
Ayres, says the custom house frauds
and thefts at that port have amounted
to more than $4O,OOO,OOO a year for
five years and that the president of
the Argentine republic has come to
the determination vigorously to prose
cute the customs officers who have
been robbing the state Of its revenues.
He has already suspended many of
the suspected officials, others have
been arrested and the merchants who
have been their accomplices have been
forbidden entry at the custom house.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06
Snail Millions Of Years Old.

A petrifed prehistoric snail embed.
ded in the heart of a large piece Of
blue lias stone, was discovered few
days ago by quarrymen working at
Cheddar Cliffs, Wales, upon some
large boulders of stone which were
displaced in the landslide which oc-
Cured some years ago. The discov-
cry Is distinctly interesting to the
geologists on account of the great age
of the find, as, situated upon very
low strata, it must be millions Of
years since the snail lived.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06

A banker Of Ohio has found an anti.
TAT remedy and general health-restor-
Ing method, but he will not patent his
discovery, as there is no danger Of a
wild rush for its benefit. He has just
come out of prison on completing a
sentence, lighter in weight and better
In health It is not thought, however,
that his experience VIII induce other
prominent business men TO relax in
their efforts to keep from going to
jail
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06
slllv savlnn stlll Llvea

The saying that fish is the best
brain food comes of an old long
tongue windbag years ago saying:
Thought is impossible without phos-
phorus" So a Swiss chemist, know
ing that ash contained phosphorus,
put two and two together and brought
forth saying that will never die,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06

American revolution, and was the
property of Edmund Rufiin.
Captain Preston will never forget
the day that his servant Aaron hand
ed him the book, for with it came a
handsome pair of heavy blankets.
Preston, with his comrades Of the
Tenth New York cavalry, was near
the James river in May, 1864, when
one night Aaron woke his master up
by throwing the heavy blankets on
him. Aaron had been out with par
ty on a foraging trip. But he never
told where he got the articles.
AS Captain Preston never allowed
his men to enter a house except to
get eatables, he took the negro boy
sharply to task. But when the cap
tain looked at the blankets he no
ticed the initials "U. s." We'll, who
ever had these blankets stole them.
so you're all right, Aaron" he re-
marked.
The history has since been in the
relic chest at Captain Preston's home,
and he didn't take It out until few
days ago, when General Pryor an
nounced that he had been first dele
gated to fire that first shot. The cap
tain pasted this recent newspaper
clipping in the back Of the book be-
side an old, yellow clipping, which
chronicled the suicide of Rufin.
The first clipping on the back GOV.
er reads as follows:
"Old Edmund Ruffin, who fired the
first gun on Fort Sumter, committed
suicide on Saturday last near Dan.
vile, Va, by blowing his brains out
with masket. He had become very
low spirited since the capture OF
Richmond, and did not wish to live
under Yankee rule. He left a note
saying: I cannot survive the loss Of
the liberties of my country"
Then, after 46 years, another clip
ping throws different light on the
firing Of the first shot. 1t is this
statement of General Roger Atkinson
Pryor, the soldier, editor and lawyer.
1t reads as follows:
THE first shot on Fort Sumter
freed the slaves, but that was not my
intention when viewed the cannon's
fuse, prepared to touch it or
Il was then a lawyer of 33 from
Virginia, and had made a speech in
Charleston just few days before the
18th of April, 1861, in which l said:
Strike one blow and Virginia will Sc
cede in an hour by the Shrewsbury
clock 1t was in compliment for this
speech that General Beauregard be-
slowed upon me the honor of firing
the first shot. Rufin had a paper, of
which he had been editor for many
years. He was the first advocate Of
secession as distinct from Calhoun's
doctrine Of notification. Virginia did
not favor Rufln's notion strongly.
That is why Rufln went to South
Carolina to PROFOUND his doctrir
He went to Charleston in Al
Charleston was beleaguered
5000 to 1000 young southern ge
men, all in fighting trim. With
boys Rufin enlisted, He was D
when General Beauregard ask
to fire the first shot int
him to the general and told
eral what Rufin had done Il
the cause Of the south, and
him to allow Rufln to fire
general was persuaded,
the first shot Virginia Ii
ceded, uniting the entire
The taking of the oil
his chest has brought b
ries to Captain Presto
again he wonders wha
faithful boy Aaron.
Aaron. If he is n
only one that can q
ANS book came frS
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06


/ ible as II may seem, scientists are
even now doing that very thing. In
the near future you and should be
| prepared to hear them announce most
learnedly and sententiously the re
/ discovery OF the human soul.
Here and there, in hospital labora
| tories widely scattered. men of sci
ence are cropping into the mystery
Like the medieval scientists who
lived in dread Of the ban of Mother
/ Church, they are mostly working
secretly and are not telling half they
know. For science, that marvellous
machine Of modern progress, has its
church, too, as it were: its orthodoxy
and its heterodoxy; its hierarchy of
established rulers who eXcommunicate
and set autos-da-fe for expounders of
heresies.
So far the evidence these bold in
vestigators have unearthed is chiefly
negative, yet nevertheless highly sig
niiicant. In the first place, one of
them found that physical death is ac-
companied by a sudden loss of bodily
weight varying from three-quarters of
an ounce to nearly an ounce and a
quarter. Some curious experiments
Of this kind were made by DR.. Dun
can MacDougall, of Haverhill, Mass.
His first subject was a man dying
Of tuberculosis. He selected a pa
tlent dying from this disease because
Gn ,vyhaV,1Fslv, h, "a,
its final stages that death occurs with
little or no muscular movement. With
a patient quiet, the beam of the scales
can be kept true and any loss occur
ring will be evidenced
In this experiment the patient was
lying on a bed arranged on a light
framework which was built on very
delicately balanced platform scales.
He was under observation three hours
and forty minutes before death. He
lost weight slowly at the rate Of an
ounce an hour, due to the evaporation
Of breath moisture and perspiration.
Keenly the physician watched the
fading hours and minutes Of the al
most spent life. And then-suddenly
coincident with death-the beam end
of the scales dropped with an audi
bic stroke, hitting against the lower
bar and remaining there with no re-
boundl The scales registered an in
stant loss of three-quarters of an
ounce.
What had gone? 1t could not have
been evaporation of sweat, he decided,
for that had slowly left the body at
the rate of tiny fraction of an ounce
a minute, whereas the sudden loss at
death had been many times as great.
II could not have been, further tests
satisfied the doctor, the air in the
lungs. DR.. MacDougall was startled at
the weird phenomenon. Something
immaterial, yet evidently forceful and
Of weight, hadfdeparted with the life
What in the world was it?
The physician repeated his expert |
ments in the last hours Of various 9TH
er tuberculosis patients. Always at |
the supreme moment the stroke Of the |
beam came down with an audible re-
port, and each time the scales told |
the loss Of about an ounce. Could !
this thing that so suddenly departed |
be possibly viewed In its upward |
fight?
Seized with new hope, the expert
menter devised clear white light to
rest along the body Of the subject in
the dying hour, In other cases he
covered the bodies with the rainbow
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06

The American Poultry association
has found that the average hen lays
only so eggs a year, whereas she
ought TO lay 150 It is probable. how
ever, that the average hen will stub
bornly decline to consider any pro-
tests
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06
Cannon ale d etone ana Iro

Cannon Balls Of Stone and Iron.
Stone bullets we're used until the
year 1914 when they we're supplanted
by iron. 1t was near the close Of the
sixteenth century before leaden bull
lets we're generally adopted Stone
cannon balls are yet used in some Of
the eastern countries
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06
IItIIIzed snarn rlme.

"one can accomplish much by util-
izing spare moments" That's right
That tall girl yonder has read seven
summer novels this season while she
was dummy at bridge Louisville
Courler.Journal
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06

A Chicago woman has secured a d.
Norce because her husband carried
smother woman up the stairway rc
nm elevated railroad platform. The
complainant cannot be slayish adi
miEeT OF manly strength.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06
Avoid All Evasion.

Evasions are employed either to
avoid speaking the truth or perform
ing a good action. Hence, lover Of
the real and true, as well as the ten
der-hearted and benevolent, hold them
in direct and unspeakable abhorrence.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06

We cannot avoid meeting great Is.
sues. All that we can determine for
ourselves is, whether we shall meet
them well or ill.-Theodore Roose-
velt,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06

Character Is like money; when you
lave q great deal. you may risk some;
for, II you lose It. folk will still be.
lieve you have plenty to spare.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06
Cured Of Flirting.

What cured him Of hirting?"
HE started a Irritation with lady
who turned out to be selling an ency-
clopedla at $40 a set. et."-London Opin.
ion.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06

HE mystery Of life! viii
science ever solve that rid
die? VIII 1t heed THE
Sphinx" in Emerson's fam
Gus poem who bade the
eager questioner behold
himself, the answer and
the question, too? Incred-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-15
(First published April a. l9lf)
NOTICE or SALE or LAND UNDER
EXECUTION.

Notice is hereby given that in pur-
suanee Of writ of execution issued
out Of the clerks office Of the district
court in and for Grady county, state
OF Oklahoma. on the i0th day OF Ap-
ri. 1911, In an action wherein Steph-
enson- Browne Lumber company was
plaintiff and Sutton Brothers, a CO..
partnership composed Of r. p. SUIT
ton and r. BSutton. were defendants,
commanding me to levy upon the prop
erty belonging to said defendants suf-
ficient to satisfy said judgment rem
dered in said action in favor Of said
Stephenson-Brow Lumber Company
against the said Sutton Bros.-a firm
composed Of q p. Sutton and r. b.
Sutton, for the sum Of $65l.00, with
1920 costs, with interest thereon from
the date Of judgment amounting TO
$22.S2, which Judgment was rendered
on the 27th day Of October, 1910
have levied upon certain lands and
tenements belonging to the said r. r.
Sutton and r. p. Sutton not exempt
from sale under execution for want Of
goods and chattels of said Sutton Bros
a firm composed Of T p Sutton and
R B sutton, to-wit Lots No. one
"a, two (2), three CD, four al, five
90, and six C in block sixteen (1G),
in what is known as Sparks First Adj
dition to the city OF Chickasha, Grady
county, oklahoma, and have caused
said lands and tenements to be ap-
praised according to law, at $4,000
Now, therefore, notice Ii hereby Civ
en- that in pursuance Of the commands
of said writ ] viii offer for sale and
sell for cash to the highest bidder, the
lands and tenements or so much
thereof as will satisfy the said judg-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-15

ment entered, and cost, on the l5th
day OF May, 1911, at 10 o'clock a. ~
Of said day at the front door OF the
court house in the city Of chickasha
Grady county. Oklahoma
Witness my hand this the 18th day
Of April, 1911.
JOHN G. LEWIS,
Sheriff Of Grady County
4-I4-30d G.. A. BROWN
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-15
Public Mule Sale
Is Head Of Mules

% head Of well turned young mare
mules from 70 years old, from
if}1 to Is hands high, al well broke
and lhe very finest LOT o. young mules
ever offered for sale in Grady county
VIII be sold by me at the Palace Barn
ons2hoeiaw Ayenua, between 2nd and
ard streets. az o'clock, Saturday.
April e2
Also wen buNt young mares, ana
feai good horses.
Terms November 1914. wih io
per eeat iuleresi peg cent or for
cash
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-15
*+$+*+s+++++*+* -

Lame shoulder IS nearly always due
to rheumatism Of the muscles, and
quickly yields to the free application
Of Chamberlains Liniment For sale
by all dealers. DIV
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-15
BELATED
HAPPINESS

Engaged TO Martha Tyler7 Mrs
Ward gasped when her brother an
nounced the interesting news to her
"Why, it's the most absurd thing
ever heard Of"
At this rather unusual form Of con
graduation her brother Leonard
laughed.
"On the principle that there's no
fool like an old fool?" he inquired.
well. since we're in for adages. as
one might say, prefer It's never TOO
late to mend And, Joking aside, I'm
surely the luckiest fellow in the
world to have the finest and best girl
In the world saved for me all this
time. can hardy believe It's true.
From that r1oment his sister al
ways said, pc never had . glimmer
OF intelligerIce until after the we'd
ding
The affair had developed with re-
markable suddenness while Leonard
was passing the holidays with his sis
ter. Leopard and Martha Tyler had
known each other from childhood. So
there was more than one covert smile
ana sarcastic comment when, after
going east and remaining for year
Leonard returned and, at the ripe age
Of forty-nYe, fell desperately in love
with Martha, aged forty
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-15
7oo-PE0PLE ALL TOGETHER TOO
Big Street Parade at 1890 am.

show The parade mis- season is
marvel OF spleudor, three bands fur.
nishine music ard troupe or the
funniest clowns ever seen with cir.
Gus The show win exhibit here
twice, afternoon and night
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-15
CAMPBELL BROS.
BIG SHOWS

Campbell Bros. Circus win exhibit
here Wednesday bigger ana better
than ever With one Of the largest
menagerles on tho road With any