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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
Kansas Pupils to Have Paper Towels

TOPEKA, Kan.--Paper towels for the
4 use of every child in the Kansas
public schools probably will be in
stalled before the next school year be-
gins. p. T. Fairchild, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, and DR..
S. J. Crumblne, secretary of the state
board of health, are watching with
interest the experiments being car
ried on IN several Kansas schools with
the paper towels. If the experiments
are successful an order may be issued
abolishing the common roller towel in
all public schools and this will mean
that each pupil must furnish his own
towel or the school board must sup
ply the individual paper towels.
The state board of health abolished
the common drinking cup two years
ago and there has not been a single
epidemic Of diphtheria in the state
since, and very few isolated cases. The
board also prohibited the use Of the
common drinking cup in railroad
trains and stations and the common
drinking cups have been abolished in
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
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D CsTON, Mass.-The supernatural
ID noises, intonations and weird
sounds which for years have been the
cause Of many young lovers retreating
from their trysting place in great
haste, in fear that some white garbed
ghost was chasing them, was ex-
planned when giant elm was chopped
down in a lot on Adams street near
the Cedar Grove cemetery in Dor
chester. The explanation was an owl
and family of chipmunks.
For twenty-five years strange noises
have been heard at all times Of the
night in that section, and the lot being
SO near the cemetery many people be-
lieyed they were voices from the
grave. The police have investigated
nightly and some of the more curious
neighbors have spent many long vigils
in an attempt to solve the source Of
the weird noises. The solution Of the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. no other
w building In America is 80 well po
Iced as the White House, II takes
AZ men to do It daily. If any mis-
chievous stranger should seek en-
trance, he would not get far Twenty
four men guard the outside Of the
building and IS the inside. Eight are
in the executive Offices. Fourteen
guard the White House within and
without at night The number Of men
enumerated does not include the Sc
cret service men who guard the per
son Of the president and who are some
times in service to guard the mem
bers of the presidents family. Every
door in. the White House has its po-
liceman constantly on guard.
There are always two in the base
ment of the executive Offices, where
there is a large door leading from
the street for the reception Of sup
plies. There is always a policeman at
the kitchen entrance Two men in
livery, not policemen, guard the main
entrance into the White House at the
north portico. In the daytime there
is a policeman in the east room and
one each at both stairways that lead
to the private apartments Of the
president and his family on the upper
floor
There is a policeman always in the
basement, the entrance to which IS
from the east wing of the mansion.
At night a policeman guards the base
ment corridor Of the interior, another
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
Teaching Parents What Toys to Buy

CHICAGO. - Parents Of Chicago
- boys and girls do not know how to
buy toys for their children"
It was upon this assumption that the
committee on homes Of the child vel
fare exhibit had on exhibition at the
Coliseum a child's play shop" In it
there was on display an endless variety
Of toys, but foremost of all were the
new "do-with" toys introduced for the
first time in Chicago by Miss Caroline
Pratt, who had charge of the toy eX-
hibit. Miss Pratt was in charge Of the
same department of the exhibit in
New York.
Chicago parents are as deplorably
ignorant in the matter of buying
proper toys for their children as par
ents the country over" she told a re-
porter. They don't know the first
thing about it. What they do in most
cases when they go shopping in the
toy department of a store is to buy
toys that they like to play with them
selves"
That, of course, is the reason we
have a play shop exhibit. The ex-
hibit is planned for the education of
all the parents of Chicago-but, by
the way. it is the well-to-do fathers
and mothers who are most ignorant
of all along this line. What we ex-
pect to teach them is the real merit of
a do with toy.
"a do with toy is one that will
teach the child how to do things. With
it boy or girls can carry out definite
play schemes. 1t should be simple.
1t teaches the child by stimulating its
imaginative nature and inventive fac
ulties. Such features are lost alto
gether in the elaborate mechanical
toys that leave nothing for the child
to do but press a button or release a
catch and watch it go.
Children of wealthy parents are
not happy with their playthings. The
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

Potash salts Of many kinds wero
Imported into the United States from
Germany last year and to the value Of
$11 100000. Yet as far as the German
supply is concerned, it is said that the
present rate Of demand upon the great
potash salts are used for many pur-
ought to last for 100000 years. These
potash salts are used for many pur-
poses in this country-in gold mining,
iglassmahng, soap-making, bleaching,
dyeing, in photography and medicine,
in the man manufacture Of explosives
and for fertilizers In recent years
there have been attempts to discover
potash in paying quantities in the
western desert portions Of the United
States.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

for accommodating troops in the mill
tary divisions; also public bungalows
maintained by the government for the
accommodation of travellers, in which
Rre blended the features Of an English
roadside inn and an eastern caravan
Bary. These bungalows, though they
vary greatly in actual comfort are all
built on the same plan. They are
quadrangular in shape, one story high,
with roofs projecting so as to form
porticos and verandas. Along the
trunk roads they are located an In
dams day journey-12 or Is miles
apart, They are divided into suites Of
two, three, or four rooms, provided
with 3edsteads, tables and chairs,
glass windows, and framed glass
doors. OFF each room is a bathroom,
with standing jar Of cool water Trav-
Glers are expected to bring their serv-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

ronized almost exclusively by Eu-
ropeans.
1t is the artistic possibilities and
low cost combined with available con-
venience of arrangement and tighten.
ing OF the work-the housewife having
practically no stair climbing TO tire
her out-which have commended the
bungalow type of house so strongly to
American home builders. Especially
in the suburbs or outlying districts of
our cities, where busy workers of the
day seek rest amid surroundings like
those Of the country, and where even
those of moderate means find It impos-
sible to call their home their own, the
bungalow is in constantly increasing
evidence.
In the accompanying perspective
view and floor plan we show very
neat and attractive five room cottage
Of the bungalow type, which can be
built anywhere tor about $1,700. II is
2i feet 6 inches wide and Sc feet 6
inches long. The spacious porch
across the entire front affords a
shady outdoor retreat where, We
think, very much of the "living" will
be done by the family at every oppor-
tunity in fair weather Entering the
house we find ourselves in a large, in.
yiting living room, also extending the
full width Of the house, with a seat
along the left end, and a large fire.
place at the right end, flanked by
bookcases for the little library that
should be found in every home,
Straight down the center of the house
runs a hallway, on each side OF
which opens off a commodious bed.
room with ample closets, the latter be-
ing supplemented by two additional
closets opening directly Off the hall
Back Of the bedrooms lie, on one side.
the bathroom, entered from the hall.
wlti still another closet (for linen.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
Horse Stealing Reduced to Science

partment store Is as likely to disap-
pear as the horse and wagon OF the
small grocer or butcher. Detectives
say that the theft is easily covered
up, Within six hours after the horse
and wagon disappear a transformation
Is made, which is so complete that
few owners can identify their proper
ty. The horse is shorn Of his name
and tail, white legs are dyed color
corresponding with the body Of the
horse, and cases have been known
where stolen horse was described as
having a bobbed tail, where the horse
when finally recovered was found to
have had very beautiful tail, at
tached to the former stub.
The same with the wagon. A gayly
painted wagon is soon transformed in
to a dilapidated peddler's wagon. The
top is removed, dashboard knocked
of, and a dirty drab or brown coat
of paint reduces the wagon that cost
from $3.50 to 5000 to one that, when
the thief sells it, win not bring more
than $50.
The stealing Of horses has become
a serious problem for many business
men. The police, however, have been
successful in running to earth some Of
the thieves. One leader OF q band Of
horse thieves recently got four years
in the penitentiary; another got IL
years and two others, connected with
4 third gang, got ten years each.
In their search after thieves the
New York police located a farm in
New Jersey which was conducted for
the receiving of stolen property.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
THE YOUNGER GENERATION.

What Is tho younger generation!
TITS l." says the youth. In one sense
this is true--that Of dependence-for
youth begins TO knock az the door the
moment II Is born, clamoring to its
elders with constantly increasing In
slstence for care and support until the
golden hour when youth, with its spon-
taneous omnlscienoe and boundless
self-oonfdence, begins 10 mistake itself
Hor the younger generation, says the
New York Tribune, Yet that is the
very period. though II does not know
IT, when youth Is least able to toddle
on its own ungulded feet, still less TO
guide the footsteps OF others. II pushes
doors open, often because Il fall help
lessly against them; It puts its knees
and elbows where they do not belong,
but its elders are the real younger
generation still, maturity In posses
sion and command, tolerant, a little
amused, occasionally irritated, but
sympathetic and understanding. It
mploys youths enthusiasms and
ideals, restrains its rashness; II will
even allow the youngsters TO climb
the steeples Of its own mature design
Ing and building, because 1t has
learned the educational value of early
tumbles; but it keeps wise and sane
control In this deeper truer sense
the younger generation" does not
come into effective social being until
its own children are already knocking
at the door.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

India was the original home Of the
bungalow, the native name for this
type of house being bangla, which
signifies a country house of one floor
only. On account Of the increasing
popularity of the bungalow style Of
building in our own country it will be
of interest to note some Of the spe-
cial characteristics associated with
these structures in the land Of their
origin.
In India It is the Europeans who
live In the bungalows, which are built
In all sizes and styles, according to
the taste and wealth of the owner.
The single ground-foor plan is fire.
quently departed from by the addition
Of rooms utilizing the under-roof space
on the second floor. Invariably, how
ever, the bungalow is surrounded with
a veranda, the roof Of which affords a
shelter from the sun, though in Amer
lea the veranda Is often confined to
one end of the house or run only part
Of the way around. In the chief cities
Of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay some
Of the bungalows assume the proper
tions Of palatial residences, but
in the smaller towns they are
Of more modest pretensions. In gen
eral, they are provided with exterior
offices or buildings to accommodate
the large retinue Of servants common
in Indian life.
Besides private bungalows, there are
military bungalows on a large scale
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

these pests of mosquitoes will breed.
"In slightly marshy ground favor
ite breeding place is the footprints Of
cattle and horses. In one country
village, which contains many small
vegetable gardens in clay soil, during
a rainy season mosquitoes were found
breeding abundantly in the water ac-
cumulating in the burrows
Even in the house these mosqui-
toes breed in many places. Where the
water in flower vases is not frequently
changed mosquitoes will breed. They
will breed in water pitchers in unused
guest rooms. Public dumps are great
breeding places, because here accumu-
late old bottles, cans, boxes, bits Of
tin or iron vessels and other objects
in which water may accumulate for a
time"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

Visions of empire have seized the
new British king, who. not content
with being crowned only at Westmins.
Ter like his predecessors since Henry
VI retired dlscomftted in the fif,
teenth century from France, where
the English kings had claimed sover-
eighty, proposes to be crowned en-
peror Of India at Delhi in 1912, and
there Queen Mary the ambitious one.
will be hailed empress Of India. with
Imperial circumstance and pomp. So
far, then, from Witnessing the ascen-
dancy Of democracy in Great Britain.
we observe the growth Of Imperialism,
says the Detroit News. No longer is
King George to be content with empty
titles of empire, attainable by mere
kings, but he viii be crowned king Of
kings, like the shahs and caliphs,
khans and maharajahs, and all the
splendid potentates of the Orient.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
Hiqh-Prieed Fruit in Demand.

A dealer in fruit who sent notice to
some Of his customers a few days ago
that he would receive the next day
fresh peaches which could be pur-
chased at the "cut rate" of $35 doz-
en-, was called up by one Of his pa
irons who asked what the card real
ly meant, and was surprised to hear
that 1t was not a belated April fool
message. The peaches came from
South Africa, where they had been
picked twenty-four days before their
arrival in New York And" said
the fruit man, with all the hard
times cry, we had no difficulty in dis
posing of all the perfect fruit at $35
a dozen, although the bruised and
specked brought less" He added
that "all the year round" was the sea
son for anything In the fruit line in
New York. New York Tribune.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

It takes a good man a whole day to
change one bill. FiYes raised TO tens
are the most frequent offenders of this
sort The workman thus makes So
a day.
And yet In spite of all care and all
precautions, counterfeiters are event
ually run to earth. Why? Three rea-
sons: Bank, secret service and system.
In the long run most money In eircu-
lation comes into the hands of some
bank. And there the counterfeit,
good or bad, eventually meets its
downfall. Tellers and cashiers han
die so much currency that they seem
to be gifted with second sight.
If he cannot tell at first glance
whether the money is bad, he consults
two monthly counterfeiting magazines
and usually finds what he is after.
The magazine people cooperate with
the secret service. And the next tell
er or cashier who gets the mate of
the note knows right off what the
counterfeit is.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
Mhere Mature Provldes.

In Jamaica rs per cent of the 1885,
O51 landed properties are valued at
less than 5000 each, says a consular
report. Nearly all Of these small hold
lngs are owned by negroes who live
chiefly on salt fish and on fruits and
vegetables, especially yams grown by
themselves. Being able to live in this
manner with little exertion these
peasant proprietors are averse to en-
terihg into contracts to labor by the
year or even by the month. Hence,
In spite of the fact that 95 per cent.
of the 862, 900 inhabitants Of Jamaica
are negroes (including mulattoes), it
is necessary to employ East Indian
coolies on the larger sugar and ba-
mana plantations, on which there must
be certain proportion Of laborers
who may be relied upon for steady
work at all times.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
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all hotels The next move will be to
abolish the roller towels in railroad
trains, depots, hotels and the school
houses of the state. Several cases of
infection of different diseases through
the use Of the roller towel are known.
1t is believed that the paper towel
will not be much more expensive than
the roller towel laundry bills. The
towels are 10 inches wide and 18
inches long. They are heavy, absor-
bent tissue paper. One will dry the
face and hands easily. A set of Ak
lures and a roll Of 1000 towels costs
from 50 to SO and extra rolls cost 80
cents for each 1000 towels. When
used the towels are TO be burned.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

little fellow who cannot take a step
in the nursery without having to dodge
an electric train or take a chance of
having a toy flying machine hit him
on the ear has not the opportunity
to learn how to play The playing is
all done for him by the inventor who
made the toy and by his doting papa
or rich bachelor uncle who bought the
expensive toy for him and taught him
to run it. The child is neglected"
What we are trying to do through
our exhibit is to teach parents that
their children have a normal play i'm
pulse which can be more easily graft
fed with few simple toys that tend
to inspire the child's Imagination and
inventive nature than by all the COM
plicated and mechanical toys in the
world Equipped with a few simple
toys the boy or girl will learn to
make them work for him and do
things. New pleasures will be discoV-
cred every day, and the enjoyment Of
a toy will not disappear after 1t is
week old, and probably is ready to be
smashed.
"A child should not be given whole
tool chest at one time, for example
Give the little fellow a hammer. Then
when he begins to ask for nails, give
him something to pound Soon he
will learn how to make things, and
before long he will learn the real
value of the whole array of contents
of the chest, while if given them all
at once he would not have appreciated
any of them"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

Il is all parts Of our tendency to be
kind and considerate to lawbreakers;
. to think of the family of the man who
has killed somebody instead Of con-
sidering the family of his victim; to
lay stress on the devotion of the rela-
tives Of the man who has looted a
bank, rather than to take into account
the broken deDositors and their sharp
lsufferings, says the New York Even
ing Sun. Hence the general approval
of the fantastic extension Of the par
doning power which meets with no
real, sane disapproyal.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
Floor PIan.

ants, bedding, cooking apparatus, etc,
with them, though tableware, condi-
ments, and metimes even food and
liquors, with cooking service, are sup
Piled. At each travellers bungalow is
stationed a government peon, who acts
as watchman, and who is bound to
help travellers servants in procuring
food and fuel in the nearest village.
The regular charge for the use of the
bungalow is one rupee, or about half a
dollar, day. Natives seldom stop at
these public bungalows, which are pat
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

Lawyer-Now, sir; you say the burg
lar, after creeping in through the front
window, began TO walk slowly up the
stairs, and yet you cid not see him,
although you were standing at the
head Of the stairs at the time May |
venture to inquire why you did not see
MIN? Principal Witness-C Certainly,
sir The fact is, my wife was in the
Way.-Puck
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

Mr. william A. Radfore will answer
dDsstions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject OF building, for the readers OF this
paper on account Of his wide experience
as Editor. Author and Manufacturer, he
is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to william A, Radford, No, 17s West
Jackson boulevard, Chicago, ILL.,, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

Thoughtless individuals often ac-
cuse newspapers Of printing false.
hoods, but here is a little story from
q Michigan paper that can't be ques-
toned: She was left widow through
/ the death of her husband"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

A Harvard professor says that flow.
ers make bad boys good. If theory
could make the world wise, the next
generation would be a race of twen-
itieth-century SoIomons. with the orig
iinal distanced at the starting post.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

It is reported that Wu is coming
back to Washington. True he prom
ised to do so in so years, and he may
have been confused in mistaking a
year or two in America for a cycle in
ICathay.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

There is in Pittsburg a man thirty
years Of age who intends to marry a
lady of eighty-three, who has $5,O0O,-
1000 where he thinks he can get at it
without much effort
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

Doctor Pearsons says he never spent
$40 foolishly in his life. There are
people who will at once decide that
he never could have been "a good fel.
low"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

etc.), and on the other side, the we'll
lighted pantry opening directly of the
kitchen. At the very end of the hall,
a door opens into the dining room,
which is directly connected with the
amply lighted kitchen. From the lat
ter a dBor opens to the cellar stair,
way, and another door to the back
porch. The cellar or basement can
be built of any size desired, and is
lighted by windows in the underpin.
ming or the foundation walls Every
inch of space in this house is put to
advantageous use, and the entire lay
out is convenient and adapted to the
modern requirements of good lighting,
heat and ventilation.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

philanthropy is a JOY" AYERS Doc
tor Pearson. A great many Of us
would enjoy being philanthropists If
I'VE only had money enough to take up
that pastime,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

The story is told Of disappointed
lover who took to his bed and stayed
there for 40 years. 1t seems not to
have occurred to his friends to set fire
TO the house.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
Lion on POSTAGE stamps.

The lion is favored for the Persian
stamps, and in the early issues Of the
stamps OF Tuscany the king of beasts
was also shown.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

The feet of American women are not
growing larger They are simply wear.
Ing shoes that fit them.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

No doubt the men higher up will be
glad to subscribe to the plans for an
aviation meet