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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-16
THE BEST GIFTS.

There are many gifts that are in
the power of all to be.tow. The
best thing to give your enemy, #
you have one. is forgiveness, to 'an
opponent tolerance, to a friend
your heart. to your child a good
example, to a father difference. to
a mother conduct that will make
her proud Of you, to yourself re-
spect, to all men charity.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-16
AVOID WORRY.

1t is asserted that a keen sens. Of
humoy will cure any ordinary case
Of worry. Look at a common house
fly through a microscope and it as
sumes horrible proportions. Magni-
fy your own troubles and wha. huge
dimension. they assumed There is
nearly al.rays something funny in
every serious situation. Try to see
it. The best way to overcome
worry is to attack it indirectly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
Two "WidOws" of Soldier File Claims

home and lived with his wife and two
daughters until he left for Ensenada
Lower California.
On the trip that ended in his muir
der, the Woods woman, 1t is under
stood, followed him into Mexico and
was living with him near Alamo al
the time he and three other Amer
leans were slain in a most heartlesn
manner. Until the time of the murder
and the filing of double claims DR.,
Fosters relatives In the east knew
nothing of the kind Of life he was lead
ing In the west.
The summary arrest and almost I'm.
mediate killing Of DR.. Foster and
three other Americans named Duphoisr
Carroll and Patrick Brennan, has led
to a situation that presages a bitter
fight in Washington. DR.. Foster and
the three other Americans were In
prison at Alamo and the doctor was
compelled to treat .he wounded
brought to that city. Among others he
dressed the wounds Of Gen. Simon
Berthold, of the rebel army. Later he
was ordered shot by General Vergs
and was killed while riding on horse
back to what he was told was another
prison. All four men were shot in ma
back and thrown into a shallow hOla
and covered with rubbish.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
Queer Features of the New Game Laws

r HE game laws for 1911 as COM
1 piled by the Biological Survey Of
the Department Of Agriculture make
interesting and sometimes odd read
ing. There Is a demand for the In
formation they contain which II is
laborious to supply in compendious
form. The volume Of the game legis-
lation OF 1911 30 exceeded that OF any
preceding year that even to note
changes in the laws is quite an under
taking. All but eight of the states put
new game laws on the statute books
this year
Delaware forbade the use Of dogs
wearing bells or other noise producing
devices in wild fowl shooting, North
Dakota the use of automobiles in
duck shooting, and Michigan the EN-.
ployment Of guinea pigs in hunting
rabbits. New Hampshire has prohib-
ited 1.-THE scientific collecting" of birds.
Tennessee is one Of those southern
states that have come under the be-
nign influence Of the Audubon society.
II has made the sale or shipment Of
robins a misdemeanor. Michigan
seems to have removed all protection
of deer in several counties; the edi-
tors of Game Laws for 1911" think
It was not the design of the lawmak.
ers and that a mistake crept into the
game code.
Vermont pleased the sportsmen
when 1t barred claims Of damages to
the crops of landowners who post"
their property Vermont also abol-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29

ished the alien license, and in West
Virginia and Delaware the resident
need no longer take out license "a
hunt any game. It is astonishing to
learn by inference that Massachusetts
expects to number wild turkeys
among its game birds. They are grow.
ing very scarce, even in Virginia Ne
braska now allows boys under IS Ia
hunt without license If accompanied
by parent or guardian. Idaho exempts
veterans Of the Civil war from III.
cense requirements" A bear license
is now necessary in Wyoming. 1t has
been the fashion to pay a liberal boun'
ty for bruins pelt.
There is a general tendency to re
duce game bags; in the case of noun.
tain quail in California; prairie chick.
ems, quail, plover and water fowl in
Kansas; ruffed grouse and woodcoch
in Maine, and grouse, prairie chickens
woodcock, partridges, shore birds and
waterfowl in Minnesota and Wiscon.
sin. More stringent laws were enact.
ed to regulate the export and sale Of
game.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
Language and Customs Of $50 Years
Ago Still Preserved by seIf-ExiIed
Russian Cossacks.

Constantinople.-On OF those curl.
GUS instances Of quaint historical sur
vival, Of which many occur in Asia
Minor, has lately come before official
Russian attention in Constantinople.
1t is the case Of a colony Of about
5000 Russian Cossacks settled in
Anatolia, Asia Minor. The forefa-
theirs Of these Cossacks left Russia for
voluntary exile $50 years ago. Their
departure was occasioned by an at
tempt to enroll their names for CEN
sus purposes in writing. According to
the creed of these peasants, the writ
ing down Of their names jeopardizes
their chance for salvation for 1t in
valves the curse of Antichrist, en-
abling him to set his seal upon them.
During the while CT this time the
Cossacks have kept their identity abb
solutely intact. They speak a Rus
sian dialect bearing the same relation
to the language Of the present day as
does our modern English to that Of
Chaucer. They wear the Russian dress
of three centuries ago. and even grow
herbs, uncultivated elsewhere in An
atolia, to make the dishes that we're
the food Of the medieval Russian.
A few months ago this little band Of
Russian exiles found themselves sud
denly faced by the same danger that
threatened their ancestors in the six
teenth century. The Turkish govern
mant having tn call unon ita Christian
subjects for military service, demand
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
"Nine-uveS DutChie" Has Re-
markabIy Long Fall.
Didn't Go to ST. Gresory's Hospital on
Account Of His Injuries, but to
Wait for a Second Pair
Of Trousers.

New York.-FelIow workmen In the
painting trade call Evan Shermon who
Is 80 years old, and lives at No. 200
West One Hundred and Twenty-first
street, ''Nine-Lives Dutchie," and his
old schoolmates dubbed him kitty,
the Human Cat" both sobriquets haV-
ing to do with Shermon's ability to fall
from heights varying from 10 to 100
feet without hurting himself. He him
self estimates that he has had about
100 falls, But he shows himself with
out a scratch and is sure that he isn't
going to die that way.
He fell eight stories from the
Scott G Browne building, near the
Brooklyn bridge, about 100 feet. But
he was still the Human Cat" Of
youth, for he landed on the flag
stones on his feet. And It wasn't
because of injuries that he went to
St. Gregory's hospital His trou-
sers were torn and he went to the
hospital to wait till another pair was
sent to him. His knees were somewhat
bruised and one hand lacerated.
He was standing on the outer sill
Of a window in the eighth story when
he slipped and pitched out into the
air. Cries of horror arose from those
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
Army is Given Praise for Temperance

~ HE standard Of temperance In the
j army, for both officers and men.
is exceptionally high, and is not ex-
ceeded in the other walks Of life, un-
less in the church and among railroad
employees" says Major General Fred
erick D. Grant in report to the War
Department. while the soldier makes
a favorable showing in this connec-
ton in comparison with men in other
vocations, General Grant, as command
er Of the department of the east dur
ing the last fiscal year, found never
theless that the chief cause OF court
martial trials was indulgence in alco-
holic drinks There was remark
able decrease, he adds, in the number
Of trials by military courts in the de-
partment last year as compared with
The previous IL months.
Army surgeons are urging the war
department to act with greater
promptness in discharging soldiers for
physical disability, instead Of trying
to patch up worthless men for duty
which they cannot properly perform.
The chief surgeon Of the department
az the east has called attention to
rome specific instances where soldiers
lgnnsferOd to recruiting depots with
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29

The Pribyloh islands, as wearers Of
sealskin will recall. are in Bering sea.
well on the way to the Arctic circle.
The Pribyloffs are remote and cold,
but the scanty population has Just
shown itself gratfyingly human. These
people have new naval wireless sta
ton, thus enjoying close touch with
the outside world for the first time.
And what was the initial use to which
they put this new apparatus? Did
they want to know about the latest
wrinkle in pelagic sealing? Did they
ask for the particulars Of the agree
ment just concluded between America,
England, Russia and Japan for the
better control OF the fur trade? No;
they wanted to hear about the base
ball situation; what was the relative
standing OF the clubs in the National
and American leagues? Thus does
the national game spread to imperial
dimensions. It follows the flag. Be
fore such an interest ones mere
scheme for getting a living goes by
the board. The loyal fan ignores
'shop"-save the shop Of the diamond.
The eager denizens Of the Pribyloffs
choked of impatiently all news OF
King Georges coronation; they want
ed final results"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
WRECKED MEN WED NATIVES
Crew Of British Bark Suffer Agony
Until They Reach South Sea Is-
land of Anaa.

San Francisco.-FIrst officer H. H.
Hatfield and eleven of the crew OF
the British four-masted bark Puritan,
which sprung leak and sank on June
26, 1000 miles southwest of Tahiti, ar
rived in San Francisco the other day
on the Royal Mail steamer Arrangi.
Their story Of the ten days spent at
sea in an open lifeboat, from the time
they were forced to abandon the ship
until Ghey reached the island OF Anaa,
one of the South Sea group 800 miles
from Tahiti, is one of intense suffer
ing from thirst, hunger, loss Of sleep,
torture from the burning sun OF the
tropics and the rigors of storm.
For the last six days Of the terrible
trip, Oficer Hatfield and his men were
obliged to subsist on a spoonful Of
water day Without water, the sail
ors refrained from eating.
For days at a time several OF the
sailors were delirous and made nu-
merous attempts to end their suffering
by Jumping overheard, but were re-
strained by their shipmates.
Their troubles ended after reaching
the island of Anaa. where the gentle
and hospitable natives received and
feasted them for days. The only white
man on the island was a French mis-
sionary. q
The native girls, according to the
shipwrecked sailors, took a great in
terest In them. Two Of the crew,
Harry Smith and Marshall Peters, San
Francisco boys, refused to leave the
island and married native women.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
Great Expense Of White House Upkeep

four state dinners, ten small dinners,
four musicales, two dances, two balls,
four garden parties. and the presi.
dents silver wedding anniversary. AZ
each OF these functions the ONCE was
required 10 see that proper decora.
tions were in order and TO provide ad'
dltional help 20 carry the AFFAIR 20 q
success
Five hundred dollars was paid for
telegraph connections between the
executive Offices and the Capitol and
the public printing office. The monu
ment and wharf nt Wakefield, Va, the
birthplace Of George Washington. also
come under the head Of public build
ings and grounds, and watchman ia
employed the year round to see that
the grounds are kept in repair. Re
pairs to the grounds during the year
cost s4425. The house where Abra'
ham Lincoln died. in Tenth street, be
tween and + street northwest, also
is kept up by the government, and
e1S2.34 was expended during the fiscal
year in repairs.
An interesting comparison Of the
difference in the cost Of unveiling
monuments is shown in the expendi
lures of the Gen. Baron Won Steuben
monument and that of Gen. Philip
Sheridan. The unveiling Of the Won
Steuben statue cost the government
S2.500, while the unveiling OF the
statue of General Sheridan cost only
s23404. An item for plans for an
armory for the National Guard OF the
District to cost S205.51 remains uneI
pended.
The amount expended during the
year on the monument to John Paul
Jones was S6,03212. The monument
is to cost approximately $4,000.
Memorials to Gen U. s. Grant and
Christopher Columbus win be erected
in the near future.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29

a view to their discharge had been
held under observation and treatment
for several months.
"One case" he says, diagnosed
'neuritis' remained 218 days; another
ununited fracture, 16i days; still an.
other hammer toes, 1913 days. When
it is recalled that these men were
probably on sick report at their posts
an average of 80 days before being
recommended for discharge, It is rea
sonable to estimate that the govern.
ment lost by the present plan with
these cases alone the equivalent Of
the services Of an effective soldier for
more than an entire enlistment
'The army is neither an elaemoosy-
nary institution NOR q place for the
physically inefficient, and such should
not be kept in It 70 the exclusion Of
fit soldiers"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29

w WASHINGTON.-More than $4,000
w was spent on the White House In
the last fiscal year by the government
In fuel, light and repairs. according TO
the annual report Of Col. Spencer
Cosby. The executive mansion Is the
principal building Of the department
OF public buildings and grounds, and
is practically the only building OF any
size that comes directly under the
head Of the superintendent OF public
buildings and grounds.
In the year repairs we're made to
elevators. vestibule. and roof. and the
general appearance Of the building
was kept up. To do this required the
services of about 100 men. A new sys-
tenn Of lightning protection was in.
stalled in July. 1910, the work being
done under contract. The old zinc
and lead rods were removed from the
roof and new copper cable was con.
nected to 100 points on the roof Of the
house. The rods and points were
mechanically connected 10 the house
A silver closet, with double steel
doors and a complete set OF shelves
and cupboards, was built In one end
Of the storeroom on the ground floor
A new telephone system was installed.
and the furniture throughout the
house was repainted or rubbed down
while the president was at Beverly.
Not the least part Of the work Of the
ONCE of public buildings and grounds
was the part taken in social functions.
During the year the Office worked on
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
TUMBLES 100 FEET

who saw him from the street and
they turned their heads away to avoid
the sight Of seeing the man killed. But
'Nine-Lives Dutchie" saw on his way
down some telegraph wires and he
grabbed for one. He caught It, but his
weight tore the wire from his grasp.
However, this act broke his fall. He
landed on his feet and sank to his
knees. For a little while he was stun
ned, but when the ambulance got
there he was sitting up.
I've been falling ever since can
remember" said Shermon. 'T start
ed by falling out Of my high chair.
When l was a boy the other boys
called me Kitty, the Human Cat" l
was always climbing up somewhere
and falling a good part Of the time. !
have fallen out OF fruit trees about
25 times, I guess. have toppled OF
barns and out of the haylofts about go
times, too. I've fallen of fences about
80 times, off boats, six. and bicycles
Is.
only two weeks ago tumbled on
the fourth story Of a building and
wasn't a bit hurt. I've had so much
practice that I've kind Of got knack
of falling on my feet like the pussy
cats do"
The human tumble-bug said that dur
ing his fall he had his faculties with
him all the way.
When l started to shoot down,
kind Of got hunch that my good luck
in the past wasn't going to desert me-"
Shermon explained. But this was sure
the biggest fall ever got You bet my
brain was working fast"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
Qualified Prayer.

Marion's mother was Ill, and the
aunt who took her place at the head
Of the household piled the children
with unaccustomed and sometimes dis
liked articles Of diet. One day, after
being compelled to eat onions, Marion
refused to say grace.
Then you must sit at the table un.
I'll you are ready to say IT," was the
aunt's stern judgment An hour or
SO later, when the brilliant sunshine
and impatient calls of her comrades
together comprised an irresistible ap
peal, Marion apitulated-thus:
"Oh, Lord, make me thankful fOC
having had to eat horrid old onions,
If you can do it. But l know yOa
can't"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
Man Of Peculiar Fancy Has Olsmem
bered Parts Of Foot Dried and
Mounted-Wife Wears One.

Honolulu.-Being man Of peculiar
fancy James Clark has had two of his
toes mounted, one as watch charm
for himself and the other as brooch
for his wife. When Clark came here
from Portland. Ore. to work in a
planing mill, he brought with him, pre-
served in alcohol, two toes, which he
had had amputated on the mainland
several years ago. The spirits had
mummifed them.
Recently Clark took the toes out Of
the bottle in which they had been
preserved and hung them on the
clothes line in the yard The rare Ha-
waiian air dried them even as pipi
lralai is dried. and impaired to them
q glossy appearance.
The shining appearance Of his sew.
cred toes so pleased Clark that he took
them to a jeweler and had one mount
cd as q watch charm and the other as
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
] WO

TWO women, each claiming to be his
/ widow, and both living in Los An
geles, Cal, have filed claims through
Philander c. Knox, secretary Of state,
for indemnity for the murder Of DR..
Arthur Livingston Wilson Foster, at
Alamo, Mexico, in June. One Of the
women, Mrs. A. L. w. Foster, has filed
her claim through DR.. Fosters step
father, Colonel Foster Of Newark, N.
]. The other, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Woods,
has lodged her claim through her at
torney, E. E. Kirk, for 100000.
Mrs. A. w. L. Foster claims she
was married to DR.. Foster shortly
after he graduated from Hahnemann
college, in Philadelphia, and that they
lived together until 1904, when they
went to California. There DR.. Foster
met Mrs. Woods and spent some time
with her, though he never sought a
divorce and was never legally married
TO the woman. Later he returned
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
cows HABIT LAW QUESTION
Cleveland Justice Of the Peace 10
Called on to Decide Why Yield Of
Milk Suddenly Dropped.

Cleveland, OFF a man sells an.
other man a COW with a guaranty that
she will produce four gallons OF milk
a day and the COW declines, after the
deal is completed, to supply more than
two gallons a day, is the COW or the
original owner to banner The ques.
tion was given to c. J. Gavin. justice
OF the peace. to answer.
A. Schaffer. who conducts a bust.
ness at 1852 Larimer street, bought
from M. Katchen and B. Bong the COW
which caused the suit. Schaffer paid
500 for her. He charges in his suit
to recover the price Of the COW that
the defendants guaranteed she would
yield four gallons OF milk per day. In.
stead he had obtained only half that
amount. The COW, therefore, was
worth only half of the price paid.
The defense told the court that the
COW was ready, willing and capable OF
maintaining the contract capacity. but
that she had not been given sufficient
food. Besides the plaintiff allowed
the COW to walk around too much.
Quiet is essential for a COW which
is expected to furnish sufficient milk
and butter for a dairy. Under the
circumstances, the defense said, It
was the plaintiff, and not the COW,
who had defaulted on the contract.
The plaintiff offered to allow Justice
Gavin to milk the COW for one day, to
see II he was telling the truth. The
justice was willing to take the mans
word for 1t. He rendered a decision
in favor of the defendants and said
that the defendants were not respon-
sible for the failure of the cow to fur
nish the four gallons of milk
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
Big Auto for Dog Catcher.

West Orange, N. J.-Emmet r.
Lee, who recently bought a 12-horse
power runabout in which to chase
dogs, finds that type of automobile is
not the right kind Of car for dog
catching So he got 3O-horse power
touring car. Now he believes he will
be able to get results.
"The runabout is large enough, and
is all right on the level roads," said
Lee, but there are some hills in West
Orange, and the mountain is covered
with woods. The stray dogs like to
hunt cover in the woods, and I've got
to go after them. l can't run the car
through the woods, but can climb
the steep hills in it, and then catch the
dogs on foot"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29

Two months ago A. G. Ogden, edI-
tor Of the Wheeling News, received a
letter from General Otis which stated
that the general represented the er.
ring guest and explained that he want.
ed to settle with the estate of the
management Of the hotel at that time.
Capt. William Carr was manager Of
the hotel in those days, and 1t was
discovered that the administrator OF
his estate was Mrs. Veneta q. Her.
ron of No 3101 Washington boule-
ward, Chicago, ILL.,
With matters thus simplified Gen.
eral Otis at once forwarded $50 in
gold to square off the original account
of $150. This money has been turned
over to Platoff Zane, who will forward
it to Carr's administrator.
Captain Carr was a physician, who
moved from Virginia to Wheeling in
1853, and up until 1860 conducted the
Mcclure hotel. About the time OF the
breaking out of the Civil war he
moved to Chicago and died there.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
ODD COLONY IN ASIA MINOR

ed the enrolment Of those men Of the
community who were of age, and again
they were in danger of the seal of An
tichrist.
This time split occurred among the
exiles. The young men urged that
since they could not avoid enrolment,
1t were best to serve in Russia among
their kindred, but the older members
we're in favor Of remaining. The arbi.
tration Of the Russian consul at Con
stantinople was invoked, and through
his agency funds were obtained from
the Russian government to enable
those who wished to do so to return
to Russia, leaving the rest to live on a
tiny chronological island among the
races Of Anatolia.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
A HIT
What She Gained by Trying Again.

A failure at first makes us esteem
final success.
A family in Minnesota that now en-.
Joys Postum would never have known
how good it is IL the mother had been
discouraged by the failure OF her
drst attempt to prepare It. Her son
tells the story:
I'VE had never used Postum till last
spring when father brought home q
package one evening just to try it. We
had heard from our neighbors, and in
fact every one who used it, how wen
they liked it.
We'll, the next morning Mother
brewed It about I'VE minutes, Just as
she had been in the habit Of doing
with coffee without paying special at
tention to the directions printed on
the package. It looked weak and
didn't have very promising color, but
nevertheless father raised his cup
with an air Of exceptGncy. It certain.
Iy did give him great surprise, but
I'm afraid 1t wasn't n very pleasant
one, for he put down Iis cup with a.
Iook Of disgust.
Mother wasn't discouraged though
ind next morning gave It another tria
letting 1t stand on the stove till bS
mg began and then letting 1t boil
hfteen or twenty minutes. and
time we were all so pleased vii
that we have used it ever sine
Father was confirmed dys
ind cup of coffee was to him Il
son. So he never drinks 1t AM
but drinks Postum regularly.
troubled with dyspepsia nov
actually growing fst, and
Postum is the cause OF it.
iren are allowed to drink
ire perfect pictures o. hea
given by Postum Co., 3
Mich.
Read the little book,
Wellville," In pkgs 9TH
Ever read the above
bne appears fR0m tim
are genlines true, a9
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