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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
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TATTooING IN MANY LANDS

Tattooing is universal in the South
Sea island. and common among the
North and South American Indians,
the Dyaks, the Burmese, the Chinese,
and the Japanese. Its introduction
to Europe was undoubtedly due TO
sailors, and among civilized western
peoples Il is practically confined to
the seafarlng class and to sailors.
Among the Polynesians tattooing pro
badly reached the greatest perfection.
In the Marquesa group. for example,
men were tattooed all over. even the
tips OF the fingers and toes. and the
crown OF the head being covered with
fantastic designs. AS from three TO
six months we're occupied by each
separate operation, commencing at
birth, a man must have attained TO
the age of thirty. at least. before the
entire scheme of bodily decoration
was completed Among the Kabyles
and Arabs of Algeria, children are tat
toOed by their mothers as a means OF
Identification.
Probably the rudest form OF tattoo
ing is that in vogue among the abo-
rigines of Australia and certain tribes
of negroes. The method adopted by
these races consists in cutting gashes
on the skin, arranged in patterns, and
then filling the wounds with clay,
these forming raised scars. This
mode, as opposed to the more com.
mon device OF pricking with a needle,
is practically confined to the black
races. Among certain African tribes.
notably the Kafirs. tattooing is an
honor bestowed upon a warrior who
has distinguished himself in war.
long incision is made in the thigh,
which is then rubbed with cinders un.
til sufficiently discolored. The FL
jians and the Eskimos regard one who |
lives his days without being tattooed |
as endangering his happiness in the
hereafter.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

NEW YORK.-Robbing immigrants
~ and emigrants has long been a rec
ognized Industry around the docks OF
New York and proprietors of lodging
houses have been taking money away
from these people coming and going.
Two laws recently became operative
by which lodging house keepers will
be compelled to give the arriving and
departing persons Of foreign birth
something like the equivalent for
money received.
Foreigners arrive all the year
around. but those who depart for a
visit to the old country generally be-
gin coming to New York about Octo-
Der l and continue coming until the
Christmas holidays Then the steer
age begins to bring them back, and by
March nearly all are again in this
country and ready to go to work
Under the old system, runners for
the lodging houses boarded the steam
ers and went through the steerage pas
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

moved west and became a farmer. A
few years ago he moved to Aurora
The Stantons have been of a dramatic
tendency and most of them have been
actors and actresses. Mrs. Waters has
been on the stage for 46 years and ex-
poets to remain there the rest of her
life. Stanton's nephew, Barry O'Neal,
is stage manager for a film company,
while Mrs. ONeal writes many of their
picture dramas.
This is the second time that NOV
ing picture film has been the means
of bringing together separated rela-
tives. Two years ago a moving pic
ture in Goshen, Ind, showed an os-
trich farm. Suddenly a woman in the
audience cried out and swooned.
She had recognized a boy leading an
ostrich in the picture as her son, who
had run away with a circus a year or
more before Communication with the
company which made the film resulted
in the boy being restored to his mother
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

A very interesting experiment has
been undertaken by Australia and
New Zealand-an experiment which
is likely TO attract attention from all
parts Of the world, and which very
probably will be widely followed II It
turns out successful, as in all human
probability it will. All boys from
their twelfth year are required to be
enrolled for military drill and instruc-
tion. In New Zealand the enrolment
became compulsory last July. There
is to be no release except for physical
disability. Australia is not yet so
drastic as New Zealand, but If moral
suasion fails to bring about a COM
plete enrolment OF Australian boys
resort will be had to more compul-
sorry expedients. There is a growing
feeling in all Australasia that Great
Britain, If help were needed to repel
foreign invasion, could hardly be de-
pended upon, at least at the outset
So Australaslans are preparing to de-
fend themselves in the contingency OF
invasion.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
RED.
It's the Red Blood corpuscles That
Proper Food Makes.

An Ohio woman says Grape-Nuts
food gave her good red blood and re-
stored the roses Of youth to a com:
plexion that had been muddy and
blotchy. She says:
For 10 years | had stomach trouble
which produced breaking out on my
face. The doctors gave 1t a long Latin
name, but their medicines failed to
cure it. Along with this had fire.
quent headaches, nervousness and us
ually pain in my stomach after meals.
Il got disgusted with the drugs,
stopped them and coffee of short, and
quit eating everything but fruit ana
Grape-Nuts, with Postum for my table
beverage.
"The headaches, stomach trouble,
and nervous weakness disappeared al
most like magic, which showed that
when the cause was removed and
good food and drink used nature was
ready to help.
my blood was purified and my com.
plexion became like a young girls.
while my weight was increased from
80 to 12O pounds in few months
good, solid firm flesh, where 1t used
to be soft and fiabby.
Il recommended Grape-Nuts anf
Postum to one Of my friends, who WI
afflicted as / had been. She followNs
my advice and in short time was 8
stored to complete health and in ah ~
8 months her weight increased es
100 to 14S pounds. @
Our doctor, observing the effe
Grape-Nuts and Postum in our l
declared, the other day, that he
hereafter prescribe these food
ucts for gastritis." Name GID
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mif9S00
Read the little book, "The t2o
Wellville," In pkgs. "There's az
Ever read the above IetteulAJ
one nppeurn from time to "a
arg MenuAneS truos and fwIl
interest,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
L CAN'T SEE |
HON THIS
WORK LOWERS.
ny DIGNITY

HHICAGO.-Rev. Henry NJ. Mcdowell
~ has preached his last sermon at the
Woodlawn Park Congregational church.
He resigned because certain members
Of the church objected to his action in
dOnning overalls and working as an
express messenger at S18 a week to
augment his salary Of $120 a month
from the church.
That manual labor lowered the dig
nifty of the pastor, was the objection
made by the members of the church,
and according to friends of the pastor,
while they were unable to have him
busted from tho pulpit, they made
things so unpleasant for him that he
resigned.
The pastors resignation and the dis
closure Of the actions of the members
who forced it, has caused so much in
dignation toward them on the part of
other members of the church that they
have withdrawn their memberships.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
SAVED BY HER FALSE HAIR

False hair saved the life of Miss
Flora Brand Of Higginsville, Mo,
when Missouri Pacific engine struck
the motor car in which she was rid
ing Her 17-year-old sister, Augusta
Brand Of Greenfield, Mo, was fatally
Injured The Brand sisters were rid
ing in the rear seat of car belong.
ing to their uncle, E. G. Brand. Brand
did not see the engine, which was
running twenty-five miles an hour,
until it was so near that he was un-
able to stop his car before it reached
the track. 1t came to full stop on
the track and was struck. Miss Flora
Brands false hair became entangled
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
What Travellers Needed.

A travellers outfit 300 years ago
was somewhat different from the
present day. In Touring in 16OO,"
by e. s. Bates, the following list is
given: First among requisites is
book of prayers and hymns effective
fer salvation without being so pugna-
cious, doctrinally, as to cause sus-
picion. Next, a notebook; a watch,
or a pocket sundial; if watch, not
striker, for that warns the wicked
you have cash; a broadrimmed hat,
CATERS. boots, breeches las If his
friends would let him start without
anyD, gloves, shoes, shirts, handker-
chiefs, etc"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

not eat the little ones The worst
trouble we have in a fish hatchery is
the old fish eating young ones.
In this cement pond we put, among
other varieties, large number of cat
fish. Bass eat live food, frogs, fish.
worms, snakes and such, while the
crappie and catfish live chiefly on veg
etables. Every day we put chopped
cornmeal and cornbread into that pond
for the catfish. We put little goldfish
and small carp into It for the bass.
The crappie eat corn and other vege.
tables and If he gets real hungry he
will eat carp or beef. liver or grasshop-
pers.
"We have catfish in other ponds
that are not fed on corn and we have
been eating both the corn-fed catfish
and those that are not corn fed and
there is all the difference in the world
in the flavor of the two"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
Arms Made to Order,

A United States senator, worth mil.
lions which he made rapidly, has q
coat-of-arms recently acquired. He
gave a large dinner party one night.
his coat-of-arms was emblazoned in
gold on the top Of the dinner cards.
The lady who went in with the sen.
ator, the wife Of another senator, OBJ.
served the insignia when she picked
up her dinner card and exclaimed:
How pretty!"
"Yes," replied the senator proudly,
81 think it is rather neat. My wife in
vented it."-Saturday Evening Post.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

Near the seaport of Southampton,
England, there is a remarkable edi-
ice known as Petersen's tower, which
marks the burying place Of a certain
lohn Petersen, a wealthy tea planter.
The man appears to have been rather
an eccentric individual, and in order
to prove to the world his belief in
concrete as building material, he set
about the construction of this great
!ower. The building took many years
10 complete, but is entirely Of con-
crete. and by the time the final lay
srs had been placed had reached an al
titude Of more than 300 feet. 1t is
about 40 years since the tower was
erected, and its present condition is
certainly a justification of the faith
of the builder Petersen left instruc-
tions that his remains should be
placed under the tower, and this was
accordingly done. Another desire, that
The chamber at the summit should con-
tain light, was defeated by the firm
stand which Trinity house, the light
house authority, took on the matter.
Buch an illumination would have been
visible for miles out at sea and would
nave proved misleading to sailors.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
LIE eRIpE,s TRoussEAu.

And now It is the bride-elect's turn
The public has been very lenient with
her, but Will be so no more. The
dresamahers are at the bottom OF 1t,
says the Boston Globe. They have
put the stamp OF their disapproval on
all brides OF plutocrats OF the first
class who do not spend more than
$1,000 on a trousseau. And a trous-
seau is what? It's French. It means
a bunch. II may be bunch OF
keys. Of asparagus, kit OF workman's
tools, or a bunch OF spinach. But to
dressmakers II means bunch OF
clothes-to wit, brides wedding out
tit. The idea of a bride of a multi,
millionaire spending only $1,000 on a
bunch OF garments, when her husband
would give up more than that for au-
tomobile tires in one month! The
seven tailors OF Tooley street. Lon
don, got laughed at because they pre-
pared q petition in which they memo
rialized parliament in the name OF
the people of England" That was a
joke. But it's no joke when you Of
fend the dressmakers. Discretion bids
all brides obey their decrees. To Of
fend them is to bring down on your
head imprecations of sartorial wrath.
All other questions are cast into the
shade by the anathemas OF the
modistes. A bride who should chew
gum under the wedding bell might be
forgiven; but to get married in only
$1,000 worth OF dry goods. that is too
much. II is unforgivable.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

1t is not a little astonishing to
learn that Shaksperean plays have
taken a firm hold on the Japanese.
There have been many enthusiastic
students Of the plays In Japan, and a
number of them have attempted
adaptations into their own language
and their presentation upon the Jap
anese stage. Quite singularly, I'll
mon" was the first play presented.
Then came "Othello" and the "Mer-
chant of Venice" The court scene in
the latter was particularly popular
They are now hard at work on Ham
let" They claim that the atmosphere
of Shakespeare is more harmonious to
the conditions at present in Japan
than among the western people.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
COTS FOR SICK JURORS

When the Judge, court officials and
lawyers in the trial of Revert Davis,
charged with the murder of James
Work, deputy sheriff, arrived at the
district court in Oklahoma City, Okla.
the other day, they found the court
room filed with white cots, on which
we're seven of the twelve jurors, too
i'll to sit in the jury box. A trained
nurse was in charge of the men The
sudden illness of the jurors, physi-
clans said. was due to hot weather,
lack of exercise, or possibly a slight
attack Of ptomaine poisoning.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
Baby as Luggage.

The latest style OF baby carriages
was seen In the Union depot recently.
It is a simple affair-the baby, a board
and several straps. At first glance
the baby might be mistaken for a
bunch of clothing bound together in
an old fashioned shawl strap, but on
looking closer you see that on the
child's back board was placed. and
three stout straps bound the young
ster to 1t. A leather added to ito
convenience.--Ch Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
HOW ESKIMos AVOID SCURvY

Despite the fact that the Eskimos
have neither fresh vegetables nor
lemons they have found means to pre-
vent scurvy. They call this preven.
tive ''mattak"
According to the researches Of
Bertelsen, a Danish physician" says
the New York Medical journal, this
(mattak) is the skin of the norwhal
or Of the white dolphin, which is par.
ticularly rich in glycogen. Glycogen
may be called an animal starch. but
whether it is superior to its vegetable
analogue in therapeutical or prophy-
Tactic qualities is unknown"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
Her Infinite Variety.

A woman smoked a cigarette, and
made thereby a sensation.
Such a sensation, in fact, that short
ly another woman was smoking, and
then another.
But as more and more women
smoked the sensation they made grew
less and less, until at length they
made no sensation at all.
That ended it.
We'll, what next?" quoth woman.
kind. for age could not wither her nor
custom stale her infinite variety
Puck.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
Relationship,

Facetious Conductor-Young WON.
an is this your sister?
Prim Little Miss with large dolD-
No, sir; she's my adopted daughter.
Test of Real Greatness.
Columbus had made the egg stand
on end.
But could you unscramble it?" de-
manded the mortified courtiers.
Which merely accentuates the great
truth that nobody rs springing any
real puzzles nowadays.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

know what it means TO drag through the
long day, aching from head TO Ot-lame.
sore, weak. miserable and Respondent.
What's the use Of going through all that.
day after day-spendinE horrible, sleepless
gave his wonderful discovery TO the world.
Dr. Derby's Kidney Pills (guaranteed) help
from the very first = they cant hurt. You
soon find they are 'ditferent"-a truly scien-
tiilo preparation which really removes the
cause of Kidney arrangements.
II you have diabetes. dropsy. Bright's dis
ease. intiamed bladder, any urinary difii-
Guilty, rheumatism In any form. get Dr..
Derby's Kidney Pills OF once. Csc and 500
packages. Sample package free. At drug-
gists or sent direct By Derby Medicine Co.,
Eaton Rapids Mich
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
Unklnd lnslnuation.

Once at dinner Henry Ward
Beecher told his sister, Mrs. Beecher.
Stowe, that her "Uncle Toms Cabin"
had been translated into Italian by a
monk; and that letter full of adula.
tion had been received from him, in
which he stated that II he could kiss
the woman who wrote the book he
would die happy Mr.. Beecher then
added Well, ! sent him portrait
Of you, Harriet, and nothing has been
heard Of him since.|
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

The fly in Long Island, which flew
into a swimmers nose and nearly
drowned him, is strikingly symbolic Of
the Importance of little things in big
moments.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

in the engines driver and was pulled
from her head.
IF the driver had caught my own
hair know my head would have been
pulled under the wheels" she said.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

There may be some true patriots
and great men among the Chinese who
are rebelling, but one finds it difficult
while considering their names to be-
lieve it possible
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
MUST BE GOOD SWIMMERS

All German soldiers must learn to
swim. Some of them are so expert
that, with their clothing on their heads
and carrying guns and ammunition,
they can swim rivers several hundred
yards in width.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

It will be noticed that those avia-
tors who have been predicting great
things for the aeroplane in case OF
war are conspicuous by their absence
in the vicinity of TripoL.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

1t is said that the mules in Pensyl-
vania coal mines are being cleaned
by vacuum machines. or course 1t
would be useless to suggest that the
miners be furnished with bathrooms.
Mules cost money.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
At the Dance.

"Ah say, Miss Mandy. am you pro
gram full?"
''Lordee. no, Mr. Lumley It takes
moan a san'wich an two olives to fill
NAH program"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

The undertaken has been made by
the New York State Embalmers' as
sociatlon a "mortician" Trying to
put him within reaching distance Of
the politician?
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

Seventy-three women have been in
jured in Philadelphia because they
wore high heels and hobble skirts,
this being a case Of the non-survivaI
of the fittest.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

4 A Chicago boy shot another for
piece OF candy. He is looked upon as
one Of Chicago's most promising young
citizens.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

the jaws securely with long bandage
smeared with plaster-of-paris Over
this another coating of plaster was
placed, due care being taken that the
nostrils were left free.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

Japan, we are told, has more di.
vorces in proportion to its population
than America. Who says the little yel-
low men are not becoming civilized?
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
CHlNA's FlvE-rAY WEEK.

Unlike our own, the Chinese week
consists of only 1--WE days, which are
named after iron, wood, water, feath.
ers and earth
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

j. Pierpont Morgan gave a barber
$40 for a shave. Andy Carnegie,
thrifty old soul, let's his whiskers
grow.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
Awful Backaching
Kidney Trouble!
DR.. Derby's Famous Pills Will
Quickly Restore Your Kidneys and
Bladder - Danish Your Rheu-
matism Try Them Freel

Oh. the torture Of getting up In the morn-
Ing - those terrible pains stabbinR you
through and misunderstanding and wrench
Ing every muscle. bone and nerVel You who
suffer from kidney and bladder troubles
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
TREES 400 YEARS OLD

There are in Syria some olive trees
which are known 70 be more than 400
-Eeara old.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
shIpwreck up TO Date.

Captain, is there much danger?"
mot particle. A moving picture
outfit will soon be along and rescue
us after they have taken a few films"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
MAIL ON ATLANTIC LINERS

"a full mail" carried by an Atlantic
liner averages 100000 letters and zoe
sacks Of newspapers
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

Being an aviator is almost as dan
igerous as being a guide during deer
season.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

Apologies are perfectly satisfactory
TO those who make them.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

The intoxicated Texan who ate a
mirror probably thought the mirror
was casting reflections on him.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

It must be that the seventeen-year
Ilocusts went away with Halley's
comet.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-16

here to help me set out the refresh.
ments. S'posen, Miss Cynthie. you
run on up there now 20 as to be there
when Mr.. Alan gifts her up. ! am
sorry you won't let me take Blossom
away from you, though | know IL
try there will be a hollering, and 1t do
seem a pity to mix any tears In this
party" At the mention Of her name
Blossom gurgled and chung to Miss
Cynthia as IL she understood that the
suggestion Of her possible dislodgment
was being negated strenuously oy the
lady of her alterations.
We'll, Mr.. Alan, you'd better go
long with 'em and hand her up the
ladder to Miss Cynthie. Then hurry
back SO you will be here when the
piece is finished. Now he's tuning
up"
And obedient to instructions and the
exigencies OF the case. Mr.. Alan did
hurry-only one minute-was-long.
Miss Cynthia knelt on the loft hoor
and reached down for the Blossom he
held to her from the ladder and her
face was the hue Of the roses and her
eyes were twin stars-and tender. A
moment she held the rapturous baby
to her breast and smiled down at him
over the golden head-and as Mr..
Alan ran for the grocery to the last
strains of Won't You Come Home.
Bill Bailey" as executed by Mr..
Leeks. his heart lent wings to his feet.
The hour the four OF them spent in
the studio with the pictures was de-
lightful. for Evelyn looked into Miss
Cynthia's eyes for a moment, then
kissed her on both cheeks and-was
merciful and charming.
The pictures so absorbed all three
nay. all four. for from the first time
Blossom had been transported TO the
studio she had gazed at them with
wide-eyed wonder that had overjoyed
the artist-that when Miss Selina
Lue's beanIing face appeared above
the ladder they could scarcely realize
how the time had flown.
We'll, well, what a nice time you
all do seem to be having. Such a day
as never was on the Bluff before, and
everybody so happy. ! declare, Mr.
Alan have smiled so much since morn
ing that he's Citing fat. They ain't
nobody said cuss word or slapped q
child since sunup. But come down
everybody, for the crowd has suns
and laughed itself hungry and cam
hold 'em back no longer. Miss Cynthie