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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

co, that It passes readily for a high
grade of Havana leaf and is in great
demand for wrapping clear Havana
cigars.
The prediction that upward Of three
thousand acres Of tobacco will be
raised under cloth In the Connecticut
valley this year probably insures a
crop OF sufficient size TO determine In
a single season whether the tent
grown tobacco advocates actually
have overcome the defects which
characterized the crops OF 1902 and
1903.
In the last few years the attention
of the shade, grown contingent has
been concentrated on Cuban tobacco,
The Connecticut Tobacco Corporation,
of East CRANKY. has raised $50 acres
of the Cuban tobacco under cloth and
the leaves have proved Al wrapper
stock. one or two smaller companies
have also raised satisfactory crops.
That important interests believe
Cuban tobacco is adaptable to the
Connecticut valley is evidenced by the
entrance of the American Sumatra
Tobacco company, and a dozen small
Ter syndicates have completed ar.
rangements to raise crops of from 30
to $50 acres.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
States to Aid in Agricultural Work

increasing the amount of their apRro-
priations for the work. This year, s
appropriation by states aggregated
$301,7S0. Indiana appropriated an
average amount, $4,000 New York
led. with $5O,OO0; Iowa was second,
with $4,000, and Wisconsin third,
with $4,000. The department points
out that to the 1901, 78O should be
added the amount used by the sew
eral states for extension work from
the farmers institute fund, Of which
no separate account was kept.
From the standpoint of the federal
government, agricultural extension is
a business proposition. 1t undertakes
to do for men engaged In agriculture
what proprietors of mills and manu-
factories are striving to accomplish IN
their business-the conservation OF
waste, economy Of effort and mate
rial. and an increase in the output
with reduced expense. 1T strives to
do with and for man that which a
manufacturer desires to have done for
his machines-improve it that 1t may
turn out more and better quality OF
products" says Prof. John Hamilton
of the office Of experiment stations.
With the hope of encouraging the
movement, the department has just is
sued pamphlet containing the views
of several of the men prominently en-
gagged in the work.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

n HE department Of agriculture an
/ nounces that thirty-three colleges
have organized departments of agri-
culture extension. The movement Is
only four years old. The number OF
persons connected with the extension
work in 81 states is 80. This does
not include members of the college
faculty and experiment station stats,
who contribute only occasional serV-
ice.
Apparatus necessary for interior in
struction work in agriculture has
multiplied in the four years until now
entire buildings are devoted to the
storing of agricultural machinery;
barns are filled with horses, cattle,
sheep and swine; hundreds of acres OF
land are utilized in demonstration,
and granaries are filled with samples
of feed. all used for illustration in
construction work to the resident stu
dents.
The department is expressing the
hope that the state legislatures Will
give the movement a new impetus by
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

I + ALL the freak legislation intro
l duced by legislators throughout
the United States were passed and
became laws what a funny country
this would become! Indiana has fur
nished one of the most recent sam.
pies. It is a bill requiring every per.
son wishing to take drink to take
out a license.
From Colorado comes the interest
Ing news that bill is about to be in
troduced in the Legislature of that
state providing that any surgeon who
shall perform an operation for ap-
pendicftis and thereafter be unable to
prove that the appendix was in dis
eased condition, shall be guilty Of
malpractice and punishable under the
penal code.
That much-abused class, the poor
bachelors, are being abused once
more, this time in New Mexico, where
a bill has been introduced in the
legislature providing for the classified
ton of bachelors and widowers and
the levying of a tax against them.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
Lawmakers Add to Nations Gaiety

AS for Texas, the legislature is now
seriously considering the enactment
of a law to put you in jail If you ever
dare to use bad language to the tele'
phone receiver.
OF course everybody knows about
Nebraska's famous sheet bill. 1t Is
measure to compel hotel proprietors
to furnish bed sheets nine feet in
length.
The tongues of the railway station
agents in Missouri may be loosened
If a bill introduced into the legislature
of the state is passed. The bill pro-
vides a fine of $25 to $50 for any
agent who refuses to answer questions
put by travellers. The father of the
bill said years of rebuffs by agents,
of whom he had inquired If trains
were on time, had aroused in him
lingering longing to one day get
back" at the sphinx who hides behind
the wicket.
The state o. Washington is cater
ing to its lady voters. Polling places
are going to be made very attractive
for them. The city council of Seattle
started the ball rolling with the intro
duction of a resolution prohibiting
smoking in polling places at elections.
1t is proposed to make the election
booths very pretty with decorations,
flowers, easy chairs and polite atten-
dants.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

VIZ TASHINGTON.-One Of the most
w bitter fights In the history OF the
national capital for many years back
has lately been going on, and doctors
all over the United States are falling
into line for or against the proposal
that we shall have a national bureau
Of health. Mass meetings are being
called and mile-long petitions are be-
ing dumped upon the national legisla-
tors. Tons of mail and thousands OF
kilograms keep coming urging them to
vote for the conservation OF human
life" other tons Of letters and innu'
merable messages plead demand and
entreat them TO vote down what is
characterized as a doctors trust"
Hardly a town of any consequence
in the country has failed 10 have mass
meetings, councils and semi.public
gatherings OF both factions. The med
ical men of the country have fallen
out over the proposition of having
some general governing body to over
see things medical in the United
States. Washington is filled up with
fighting cohorts. The cry OF mo
quarter" is the popular one. and the
fighters are lashlng out at each other
bitterly in the committee rooms, I'm the
press and from the lecture platforms.
All the fighting came about in this
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
Hunter Sees Panther Like He
Used to Hunt.
Animals Are Not Extinct in State Of
Pennsylvania as Generally Sup,
posed-May Have Escaped
From Menagerie or Circus.

Waterville Pa.-William Button,
who lives on the mountain about two
miles north, and who when a young
man had more than one exciting ad-
venture with panthers, declares that
the belief that panthers are extinct
In Pennsylvania is a mistake. He
says he saw a panther in open day
light one forenoon during a trip he
made through the wilds of the country
north of his place on an inspection OF
his bear traps.
Button is seventy-one years Of age,
and has lived in the Pine creek region
ever since he was a boy Of seven,
when his people came in over the old
Coudersport pike and "squatted' on a
piece of land along that thoroughfare
and followed the business of trapping
and hunting and tilling a small piece
Of ground in the neighboThood OF what
Is now Haneville.
Young William was schooled in the
wilds and at eleven years of age was
a fine shot with a smooth-bore rifle,
and a year later he killed a big pan
ther that had followed him and his
mother while they we're returning at
night from Lock Haven. This ami
NAL but a few weeks before, had at
tackled and almost killed a peddler
that had passed along the road.
With his acquaintance concerning
Danthers and their ways, the old
mans declaration that the panther has
again appeared in the Pennsylvania
wilds gives rise to a most interesting
question, for the state authorities
announced as much as fifteen years
ago that there were no more panthers
in Pennsylvania. Mr. Button was in
specting his bear traps the other day,
and had gone into deep ravine in
crossing from one ridge to another,
when his attention was attracted to
the partially devoured carcass Of a
deer. The blood and torn flesh Of the
animal showed him that the work
had been done that very day. He ex-
amined, the carcass to determine the
character of the animal that had killed
It, when he heard a peculiar, cat-like
growl that seemed to come from the
thick of a big hemlock close by, and
looking up into the boughs of the tree
he saw the form Of big tawny crea-
ture that lay crouched on one Of the
limbs at a point near the trunk. 1t
was far too big for catamount, and
for the moment the old hunter thought
It was a mountain lynx, which animal
Is still found at rare intervals.
He had a rifle with him, but before
he determined to shoot, being anxious
to learn the character of the beast, the
thing raised quickly and jumped to
the ground at the other side of the
tree. A shot sent in its direction
failed Of it's mark and with that the
animal had gained effective cover in
The thicket. At that moment the beast
gave vent to a cry of anger that was
unmistakably, Mr. Button says, the
cry of the panther as he heard ii
hundreds of times In the early years
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

A professor of English at Columbia
university doesn't seem to be afraid of
slang. In fact, he says a good deal of
the so-called slang is good English; if
not today, then it will be tomorrow.
One of the words he was discussing
was joint," used to denote a gambling
house. The professor is correct. The
English language was not created in
a day, and given to the world in a fin
ished state, says the Dayton News. No
other language is, for that matter, but
the English, possibly more than any
other, language, is still growing, and
It grows through the use Of what is
called slang, quite as readily as
through any other process. New in
dustries and inventions naturally add
words to the language. The automo,
bile business has been responsible for
many of them Aviation is to add, and
is adding, its other thousands. Every
new line Of human endeavor enlarges
the vocabulary. But greater even than
these aceretions to the language is
that which comes from what we call
slang.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
Norweaian Overtakes Scared Fugitive
Animal and Saves II From
Savage Dogs.

MOntville, N. Presidents OF IN
dercliff road. which skirts the foot OF
Hook mountain, saw one of the most
exciting races ever run in that sec
tion. The participants were Larz
Koppang Norwegian ski runner;
pack of dogs and pet deer belonging
to Harold Rutgers, by whom koppang
is employed. The deer got out OF lts
inclosure by breaking the fence, ana
A search was made for it by Rutgers
and his employees. The barking Oh
dogs caused the men to look out on
the Big Piece, fiat meadow land
about a mile wide and five miles IN
length. There they saw the deer pur-
sued by a score of dogs.
Koppang ran to his employers nome
for his skis and soon took up the
chase. The deer and the dogs had at
least a mile start of the Norwegian
and were headed due north on the hVe-
mile stretch. The snow had good
crust. and Koppang glided along at a
fast rate II was not long before the
entire neighborhood had turned out
10 witness the race. The deer held
its own with the dogs, and it was
seen that Koppang was fast gaining
an the pursuers and pursued. 1t was
q question of whether the Norwegian
could overtake the deer before it got
to the end of the meadow. II 1t did
not it would be hard for him to keep
nm the chase, as he would have had
to climb fences.
The dogs began to tire, and one by
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
allan TerrYIs Joke.

When Ellen Terry was presented
with a Founders gold medal at the
New theater, New York, reeently-an
honor conferred in recognition of her
great services to dramatic art-she
was called upon to make a speech of
acceptance. 1t so happened that the
actress was exceedingly hoarse and
she was therefore forced to cut her
remarks short. So she told this story
"A friend of mine once bought par
rot and gave much money for it with
the understanding that 1t could speak
fuently, but when he reached home
with it he found to his dismay that
the bird was dumb. So he took it
back. This parrot cannot say word
he said Indignantly to the bird fancier.
1t can't talk at ALL Talk the deal
er exclaimed. Come to think of it, l
know it can't, but it's devil to
think"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
STUDENTS POUT AT VASSAR
Study First and Athletics Second Ia
Edict That Causes DispIeasure
Among Young Women.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-No "condi'
tions" or no athletics at Vassar col
lege, announced the faculty, in notices
conspicuously posted on the various
bulletin boards. Study and .matricula.
ton first, then fun in just such proper.
ton as the physical directors shall
deem proper, is the mandate.
mo student having conditions in her
academic work may play on any team
until such shortage in her percentages
had been erased" reads the rule, which
threatens to play havoc with plans be.
ing made for the annual field day to be
held as soon as weather conditions in
the spring permit.
The freshman, enthusiastic in the
college sports and with plenty of time
before them in which to study and re-
cite, feel the order most keenly.
Among the students Of all classes
there is much grumbling and pouting,
but te no purpose.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
BY Mothers Food and Drink.

Many babies have been launched
into life with constitutions weakened
by disease taken in with their moth
ers' milk. Mothers cannot be too care
full as to the food they use while nurs-
ing their babes.
The experience of Kansas City
mother is a case in point:
Il was a great coffee drinker from
child, and thought l could not do with
out it. But found at last it was do
ing me harm. For years had been
troubled with dizziness, spots before
my eyes and pain in my heart, to
which was added, two years later,
chronic sour stomach.
"The baby was born months ago,
and almost from the beginning, it, too,
suffered from sour stomach She was
taking 1t from me!
'In my distress / consulted friend
of more experience and she told me
to quit coffee, that coffee did not
make good milk. have since ascer-
tanned that 1t really dries up the milk.
80, l quit coffee and tried tea and
at last cocoa. But they did not agree
with me. Then | turned to Postum
with the happiest results. 1t proved
to be the very thing needed. 1t not
only agreed perfectly with baby and
myself, but it increased the flow Of
my milk.
"My husband then quit coffee and
used Postum and quickly got well Of
the dyspepsia with which he had been
troubled. no longer suffer from the
dizziness, blind spells, pain in my
heart or sour stomach.
"Now we all drink Postum from my
husband to my seven months old
baby. 1t has proved to be the best
hot drink we have ever used. We
would not give up Postum for the best
coffee we ever drank" Name given
by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
Get the little book, 1.-THE Road TO
Wellville," in pkgs.
"There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time 20 time. They
nre genuine, trWes and full OF human
! interest.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
Unique Wedding Ceremony in German
Performed in Chicago-Couple
Stood on Chairs.

Chicago.-A unique wedding cere-
mony in German was performed by
Justice of the Peace William Stacey
in the Office of Deputy County Clerk
Salmonson the other day. Neither
the bride nor the groom was three
feet high and the groom was com
pelled to climb laboriously upon a
chair to reach the table to sign the
affidavit for a license.
The happy couple were Euclides
Gondin, 81 years old, and Miss Martha
Schwartz, % years old, neither Of
whom is able to speak a word of Eng
lish
Th midgets are athletes with the
atrical troupe appearing in one of the
local theaters.
Miss Josephine Shepard, secretary
for County Clerk Schweitzer, and Miss
Margaret Hertz, stenographer, stood
uD" for the little pair. They present.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10

had soreness in each side, could not
stand tight clothing, and asirregular.
l was completely run down. On adj
vice / took Lydia Il. Pinkhams Vege-
table Compound and Liver Pills and
am enjoying good health: IT is now
more than two years and ! have not
had an ache OF pain since do all my
own work, washing and everything,
and never have the backache any more.
/ think your medicine is grand and L
praise IL to all my neighbors. If you
think my testimony will help others
you may publish it"-Mrs. OLLIE
WooDALL, Morton's Gap, Kentucky.
Backache is n symptom Of organic
weakness or derangement. il you
have backache don't neglect 1t. To
get permanent relief you must reach
the root of the trouble. Nothing We
know of will do this so surely as Lydia
i. Pinkham's Compound.
Write to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass, for special advice.
Your letter will be absolutely
confidential and the advice free.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
TO SELL SPORTING ESTATE
City of Glasgow Plans to Dispose Of
Ideal Hunting and Fishing Re-
sort-Game is Varied.

Glasgow.-This city is going to sell
its Highland sporting estate. 1t is an
island off the Lorn coast OF Argyll,
Game is varied. The sportsman can
collect a mixed bag of grouse, black
cock, wild duck, rock pigeon, wood
cock and hares. The salmon fishings
are also an attraction. There is an
acreage Of 1.11S acres, and the yearly
let is $3.50.
Most of the land is not adapted for
the plow. Last year the surplus rev
enue was $475. The city fathers have
fixed the upset price at $4,000, and
some capitalist of a misanthropical
frame of mind would find the Island
of Shuna an ideal abode, as it is two
miles from the mainland and off the
track of steamers.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
A Reminder of Youth

of his manhood as hunter and trap
per. Button watched for the animal
to come into the open beyond the
thicket. where the ground rose; but
it was smart enough to avoid this,
and as It doubtless was gorged with
its feast OF deer the animal probably
took to a convenient tree and retired
for rest Button examined the ground
where the beast must have leaped
down, and found in the soft earth
tracks that further convinced him that
the animal was a panther.
The old hunter, however, is not Of
the opinion that the panther is one OF
the original Pennsylvania family, but
rather is Of the belief that this one
must have come from some circus or
menagerie.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
THE LossrER's POPULARITY,

During the year just past the nsh'
ermen OF Maine caught and marketed
1g.936,542 Holsters, an excess OF 1000,
900 over the catch Of the preceding
year and OF 100000 over that OF the
year 1906. This increased catch has
been made possible mainly by the
work of the Boothbay Harbor hatch
cry. which has hatched out and I'D
Grated In a single year as much as
140. 100000 small Holsters, The IRE.
guently announced scarcity OF Holsters
can, therefore be attributed 10 the
growing popularity of the lobster him
self. There is Il vast difference be
tween the amount which the Maine
fishermen received for their catch last
year and the price that the patrons OF
the lobster palaces Of Broadway ana
elsewhere have had TO pay FOR the
same article. The fishermen received
only S2,l45,2O4, or a little over ten
cents per pound and for that sum
they must keep and tend their traps,
maintain steam dories and encounter
many hardships and dangers, says the
New Orleans Picayune. After the lob
ster leaves the hand of the fisherman
however, its value increases by leaps
and bounds The wholesaler doubles
the price and the retailer trebles it,
while the restaurant man marks It up
many per cent. more, so that what
costs ten cents when sold by the fish
erman. costs $3.50 when eaten in the
lobster palaces Of the great White
Wav
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
War Over National Health Department

way: About year ago ~ bills were
introduced In congress, all seeking to
legalize the establishment OF ma
tionaI bureau of health. Eleven OF
these bills were strangled In the com
mIttees and but two remained These
two we're the subject of bitter acri'
manious debate on numerous occasions
but congress finally adjourned without
doing anything. The fight was mere
ly postponed until the present ses'
sion.
The fight for a national health ou'
reau is a part of the general conserya-
ton movement that is going on all
over the country, The National Con.
servation commission has taken note
OF "human life" as being one OF the
resources of the nation that Is worth
saving. Originally this commission
was formed to conserve lands, waters,
mill sites, forests, minerals and wild
game, but It speedily came to the con
cIusion that human life was worth
more than allthe rest of our resources
put together
I'VE need men," said the conserva'
tioniAts, TO pillow these lands, dig In
these mines and cut down these for
est trees. Therefore, let us conserve
human life, stamp out disease and give
the doomed babies a chance. Let us
establish national bureau Of health
that can at least do as much for the
farmers babies as it is now doing for
his horses and cattle"
In support of the establishment OF
the new department are ranged thou
sand OF life insurance companies, la
Dor organizations, farmers associa
tlons and other civic and social bodies
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
Moving Pictures Talk.

Paris.-Dr. Arthur Korn, professor
of physics at the University Of Munich
whose experiments in longdistance
photography attracted much attention
a few years ago, exhibited before the
Academy Of Sciences the ether day
his invention for synchronizing the
phonograph and cinematograph by
means of which the moving pictures
appear to speak.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
Little Ones Are Married

ed a strange appearance, towering sew
eral feet above the bride and bride
groom as the ceremony was read.
They suggested that they should
either sit down or take the dwarfs in
their arms, but Justice Stacey was
determined that the ceremony should
he strictly according to the custom of
the law.
Both of the midgets can speak sew
eral foreign languages, but aro ignor-
ant of the English tongue.
Mr.. Salmonson, who can speak both
French and German, acted as inter
prefer.
Mr.. Gondin decided that he would
rather be married in the German
language than in French, and 1t was
so ordered.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-10
WILL TRY TENT-GROWN LEAF
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Raisers
Revive Enthusiasm for Ire.
calls Experience.

Springfield. Mass.-The revival Of
the tent-grown tobacco proposition on
a large scale in the Connecticut valley
recalls the disastrous experience OF
farmers and others seven or eight
years ago. The present assertion of
promoters of shade-grown tobacco en-
terprises is that, profting by the past,
experts have succeeded in producing
a strain Of wrapper leaf that defies
competidon. that this tobacco is bet
ter and cheaper than Sumatra tobac-