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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
NOVEL USE FOR RATS.

That the much-abused rat can be
of real service in the world was shown
inc other day, when from underground
iife in Chicago, a crate containing
.wenty of the rodents was shipped to
Frank Ebey. manager Of the Rockford
telephone exchange
I'VE are laying several miles of con.
duit." Mr.. Ebey explained The
cable could be lshed through by using
a thick wire, but it is a quicker opera
ton TO use rats. A light cord is fast
ened around a rats neck. Il is released
at the mouth Of the conduit Instinct
lively It runs to the other end, where
our men capture IT, With the string
we pull through a heavier cord and
finally the cable"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

to n calf. A short while later the
hand became inflamed. The disease
spread up into the arm and shoulder
and along the right side.
The surgeons at the university gave
him the best possible treatment. In
cutting away diseased portions they
were compelled to remove Emphatic
glands, and his right side began to
dwindle.
For years he has been an invalid.
constantly expecting death. Then the
progress OF the malady was checked.
With this prospect came hope and
Jorgenson began to indulge again
in his dream Of becoming one Of the
students at the university.
He consulted attorneys and they
advised him TO make a request for
$4,000 from the Illinois court OF
claims. Unable to do anything for
him, the court advised him to take
the matter up with the Legislature.
He did so and law awarding him
$4,000 was enacted.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

The German shoe manufacturers, In
convention assembled, appointed a
committee TO prescribe rules for the
making Of shoes. the object being to
rule out freak shoes This is a SEN
sible movement Freak shoes are the
cause Of ugly and sore feet. There is
q deal Of complaint among women on
this account, and the only remedy is
for the manufacturers to refuse to
make them. The sad results are not
local only, for the effect Of a freak
shoe extends to the general health.
The best test Of a woman's good sense
is the shoe she wears. These French
heels are an abominauon. They strike
at the entire nervous system. They
tend 10 make a woman morose, quar-
relsome and peeyish The intelligent,
independent and sweet-tempered wom-
an wears broad soles, low heels and
roomy toes. The man looking for
bride had better recognize this fact.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
THE SPEED MANIA.

Since Phaeton tried TO drive the
chariot of the sun and darkenod the
skins OF the Ethiopians, the human
race has paid its annual toll OF death
20 the mania for speed. Daedalus and
Icarus and Darius Green and host
OF others did their share The three
banked galleys OF the Romans. their
chariot races and their morals alike
paid tribute to this human character
istle. We hardly know which is the
more dangerous, says the Charleston
News and Courier, the automobile
race or the aeroplane. Both are typi-
cal and both reap their harvest Of
death with startling regularity. The
disaster at indianapolis failed TO star
tile because it was anticipated. Peo-
pie take It for granted that death
win follow speed trials, And yet we
speuk Of these things as accidents.
How can that be an accident which
we all feel certain win happen? Rath
Ier it is an accident when automobile
races are held without the accompany.
ing tribute Of human life. We sup
pose that the mania will continue. It
is hard to eradicate It from the hui
imam heart Just as It is hard TO eradi
cate the passion for gambling which
has been a distinguishing feature OF
the Teuton since first he appeared in
history. AT the same time, it is alto.
rcther wise that the state should
take some means 20 control these
speed contests and TO insist on the
most careful precautions.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

"Our girls are all normal and not
different from other girls" said Miss
Katherine Ryan, who is in charge OF
the stenographers. I'VE never discuss
the merits or demerits of the plan. We
always aim to look neat and, IL 1t re-
quires time to primp little, why, we
take it like any other woman would" +"
Efforts of fellow employees and other
mere men to treat the movement in a
spirit Of leyity have been promptly re-
buked. The girls are credited with
being the happiest and most efficient
of any similar number of employees in
the city since a progressive system
has given them time to put the finish.
ing touches on.
Every girl is happy with the new
order Of things" said one girl. I'VE
never discuss the subject, but | know
we all think the same. It is a splendid
idea. A girl has to look neat at all
times"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
Find Gotham Horse 1000 Years Old

does not have. and the other set was
farther back In the mouth, consist
ing OF more than twenty-five big, fiat
molars In each jaw. In the front set
there are about nine teeth TO each jaw.
upper and lower. Between the two
sets is an open space I'm the mouth,
about FIVE inches long. The skull. from
lips to crown, measures 2S inches,
whereas the average length OF the
head of a modern horse is five inches
longer. The teeth and body frame
work OF the skull we're almost perfect
ly preserved, and the jaws htted TO-
gether to a nieety,
Il don't think there is any doubt
those bones belonged 20 a hipparson'
said Father Evers. Il wouldn't say
that II / had not been, before ! en-
tered the priesthood, a student ana
teacher Of geology. The discovery
really Is important, because the hip
parlon, the great-granddaddy OF all
horses, never has been unearthed 80
far north before. Usually its bones
have been found in the upper mioeene
rocks OF North America. in the south
ern part Of the United States, and In
the pllocene deposits OF northern Afri-
ca. Asia and Europe"
Father Evers explained that the spot
where the bones were found in all
probability was a pond 1000 years ago.
Manhattan was not an island then, he
said. for the North river was only a
stream, and all Manhattan WAS made
up OF swamps and sea ponds. That
would account, he added, for the
strange, solldifed mud in which the
bones we're found.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

other. In Williams case this was
impossible, so large a portion of the
skull had been removed. The visiting
surgeon suggested that a rib would
do The patients sixth rib was re-
moved. A piece four inches long and
an inch wide was cut from the end of
the rib and carefully fitted into the
hole in the skull The scalp was then
sewed up over it, Williams has not
had parozysm since the operation
was performed
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
KENTUCKYS STRONG MAN

Mr.. George Stapp, who lives near
Liberty, is the brag stout man of that
part of the state, according to local
paper His feats of strength are not
surpassed by any ordinary man. His
sixtieth birthday was recently, and
he has never met his equal. Thirty
years ago he outlifted the 722-pound
fat lady that was in circus that
came to Liberty. He has carried a
lsorse ten steps to win wager, and
he can easily carry his 1O0-pound
wife 200 yards on his extended hand
He is a raw boned gentleman, weighs
about 100, and looks like an or
binary man physically; but those
who know him well say his strength
is n wonder.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
RIB NOW PART OF SKULL

A wonderful case Of bone grating
is reported from st. Louis, where
George Williams, y patient, in the
City hospital. has had part Of one Of
his ribs grated on TO his skull. viii
liams met with an accident some time
ago and in order to save his life a
portion Of the parietal bone at the
back of his skull was removed. The
pressure Of the scalp on the unpro-
tected membrane beneath it caused
an irritation of the brain cells, and
Williams became subject to frequent
paroxysms. There have been many
cases of bone grating, but heretofore
these operations have been confined
to taking slice Of bone from one
part Of the skull and putting 1t on an
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

There has been on exhibition in
London this summer what is declared
to be the only complete ancient Ro-
man military standard in existence
and the Oldest trophy of Britain. 1t
bears the portrait of Nero, and as in
his reign the ninth legion was de-
feated by Boadicea, in 62 A. D., the
standard is associated with that event.
1t was dug up in the last century.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
ODD REASON FOR DIVORCE

A somewhat elderly bridegroom Of
New York started a suit for separa-
ION from his bride Of five weeks on
the ground Of wilful abandonment
against his wishes, His wife says. in
reply. that her aged husband Is a
faddist. who insisted that she should
accompany him on a barefoot walk
on the wet grass every morning. She
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
SAVES OWN SON UNkWARES

An unusual incident occurred re-
Gently near Elizabeth, N. ]. A little
boy struggling madly in the waters
OF Staten Island Sound was seen by
Thomas Payne, an Oysterman. Payne
is an excellent swimmer and few
strokes carried him to the lad. He
swan back with him to the Elizabeth
Yacht club. Two men reliyed him of
the boy and they started first aid
treatment before Payne had climbed
upon the dock. Then one Of the by
ISLANDERS cried out Look, Tom! See
Who It is" Payne looked and saw his
own nineyear-old son.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

took two early barefoot walks, just to
be agreeable, but the experience
cooled her enthusiasm, and she finally
declined to repeat it. The bridegroom
insisted that it was good for her
health, but she stood firm, and then
they quarreled.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

A doctor in Boston is defending two
damage suits in which the respective
patients accuse him Of leaving gauze
by the yard and a tube in their bodies
after operating. One would suppose
that such continuous loss Of property
would counteract even such absent
mindeduess as this
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
RATTLEsNAKES IN JERSEY

Northern New Jersey is overrun
with ratlesnakes and they have be-
come such a nuisance that snake clubs
have been formed to fight the pests.
Already many thousands Of snakes
have been killed by these organiza-
lions, which VIII keep UP their work
until ali have been exterminated.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
sHoEING OXEN IN PALESTINE

In Palestine they have a unique
method Of shoeing oxen and COWS for
ploughing and threshing. A piece of
sheet iron is nailed on each side of
the divided hoof, and it is put on
while the animal is upon its back, the
two pairs of legs being brought to-
gether and tied firmly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

A policeman in Richmond with a
strong sense Of duty, arrested himself.
But this standard Of a noble Roman
Butus is a little too classical for our
everyday modern life, and probably
viii not be set up to any perceptible
extent.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

Often we are led to suspect that
When d millionaire pays a fortune for
en- did picture he thinks more Of the
publicity than Of the picture. 1t is
somewhat akin to philanthropy with
a corps Of press agents.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
DEER CRAZE WITH CATTLE

The large number OF deer now in
Sullivan county, N. Y, exceeds that
ever seen before in the same territory
since the early colonial days. The
deer are very tame and are frequently
seen in herds Of dozen mingling
with the cattle in the pastures.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

A magistrate in Wilkesbarre, Pa,
has decided that it is disorderly CON
duct to refuse to kiss pretty widow
TITS either that or unreasonable re
straint.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

The latest argument in favor Of nu-
tomobiles is that those who use them
need not fear picIlpockets. New tires,
repairs, gasoline, fines and garage
charges are great little piclpocket
DrcyeulcTs.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

best remedy for such
troubles. In confne-
ment when it is so
necessary to have
the kidneys in good
condition, Doan's
Kidney Pills are in a
class alone. They
are splendid also for
backache, dizziness,
bloating. retention
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

Jupiter and the moon are credited
uiln causing the recent severe quake.
Jupiter ought to have his celestial
hands full attending to his own moons
without getting ours to make trouble
fer US.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

The Chicago woman who won her
husband on a bet reminds us of the
old wheeze that marriage is a lottery
News from the divorce court leads US
TO believe that she drew a blank
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

From the number Of replies received
by a lighthouse keeper who adver-
tised for a wife, it is apparent that
light housekeeping is preferred to the
other kind
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

How do you find things, my manT
Very dull, I'm glad to say"
Glad? Why?"
"Im a knife grinder"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

and other kidney and bladder
troubles"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
StorekeeDers everywhere Price soc.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

Pacific coast whalers viii be fitted
with wireless outfits, but whales win
be very slow to make use Of them
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
"Love's Younu Dream. .


Married life is yelled secret to
those who first enter into this sacred
condition. Courtship is dream Of
bliss, but when the realities Of mar
rlage come and an increasing house
hold is recorded by the years, eco
Monies Of time, labor and money be-
come necessary.
The cheerful, smiling bride should
not become drudge-and she % Z.
not. Cleaning up Of laundry w
dishes, woodwork, kitchen ute
and all the other necessary form
washing can be made easy with
tits Easy Task soap, which cc
more than the cheap kind--fiF
for a liberal cake--pure whit
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

Farmer (to tramp What are you
doing up there on my cherry tree?
Tramp fell down here from an
lirship. Fliegende Blatter.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

A good name being better than
riches, it behooves us to take better
care Of our regulations.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
WOMAN HYPNoTIzES MANIAC

Hypnotism enabled Mrs. Annie
Windhorst, who lives on a farm near
Rideeway, H. to subdue a maniac
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

Properly muzzled dogs bite nobody
This fact should not be overlooked in
this city,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
Appetite 10 suit.

Your visitor, noticed, merely peck
ed at his dinner"
"oh, but you must know he is a
blrd-man"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

An event that always interests and
amuses Londoners and the Americans
who are visiting in the metropolis at
the time is the annual exhibition of
costermonger5' donkeys. This year it
was opened by the duchess of Hamil-
ton, and there were hundreds Of gaily
caparisoned entries. The prizes were
presented by the Princess Christian,
the "moke" the captured first prize
and his owner being pictured here
with.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
TRAINED NURSE SPEAKS.
Has Found Doan's Kidney Pills IN
valuable.

Mrs. Emeline Green, nurse, Usage,
Iowa, says: 'T have nursed many
cases Of terrible kidney disorders and
have found Doan's Kidney Pills the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

It's the land Of the free
sters and bachelors.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
stop the Pc

Stop the P9e
The hurt Of O burn or 4
Coles Carbolisalve ia q
quickly and prevents SCI
druggists. For free
j. W. Cole 6. Co., Bag
The man who THIS
never gets much 81
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28
Proud of American Soldiers.

The American soldier in the Philip.
pines is so neat in military attire and
so soldierly in department that his fell
low countrymen should feel proud of
him. This is the substance of a re.
Fort from Major General ]. Franklin
Bell, now in command in the Philip
pines and previously chief of staff Of
the army.
"To those familiar with conditions
as they existed during the early years
of the American occupation in these
islands," he says, "the Improvement
which has been brought about In neat.
ness of military attire and soldierly
department must seem nothing short
Of remarkable.
Our appearance and department
then were frequently the source of
much unfavorable comment Now no
American can have just cause for
shame on account of the appearance
of his uniformed countrymen."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28

the trough, then passes over a pulley
up about 6 feet on the post, then
down and once around three-quarter-
inch gas pipe, and then a 15-pound
weight Is tied to the end of the rope.
The gas pipe is one straight line tight
ly screwed together and placed in
brackets so that 1t is free to turn.
There is a crank on one end of the
pipe. The iron weight balances the
weight of the trough so that by turn
ing the crank the trough can be raised
or lowered very easily Boards IL
inches wide are then nailed on each
side of the post, leaving a space Of
trough can be raised and lowered. The
inner one of these boards is a part of
the hayrack. The grain Is fed first
and is put in while the trough Is up.
AS the sheep cannot get to the feed
while the trough is up, one can take
plenty of time in putting out the feed,
and then place it all in reach Of the
sheep In a few moments by lowering
the trOughs. AS soon as the grain Is
eaten, the troughs are raised and the
sheep reach through under the trough
for the hay. The lower part of the
hayrack comes out even with the out
side of the trough, SO that the hay
rolls out where the sheep can reach It
easily. The troughs along the outside
of the barn are made in the same man
ner except that they are placed be-
tween two upright pieces. They are
just inside the line Of posts.
These troughs have been in use for
four years. There is no danger of
catching sheep under them and cho-
king them to death. but after the
sheep become accustomed to being fed
in them there is practically no trou-
BILE.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28

mailing it on with the thin edge up.
The hive should be just the right
depth so that when the frames are
hung in the rabbets they will hang
with the bottoms just on a level with
the bottom Of the hive.
A cheap bottom-board may be made
by mailing four strips together. leav-
ing one of the ends an inch lower
than the sides and the other end.
Set this on the ground and fill with
sawdust or clean sand and you have
a bottom board that will serve the
purpose just as we'll as a more ex.
pensive one. 4 very good cover may
be made by cutting a wide board just
the right length and mailing strips on
each end TO keep it from splitting. ]
do not advise such hives for general
use, but. as I said before, as make
shift they are all right.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28

discussed the Wilmot proviso and the
bred Scott decision.
No gilded mirrors adorn the walls of
Shoomakers. No cut glass adorns the
bar. There are no meretricious fix
lures at all at Shoomaker's to allure
or to beguile. Your whisky comes out
OF an Oldfashioned bottle and your
money goes into an old-fashioned till.
The bar is the mahogany" only by
courtesy. 1t is cracked and warped
and worn smooth by more than half a
century OF service, for most drinks at
Shoomakers are perpendicular
drinks" taken standing. One may sit
down at ShOOmakers but one would
rather not Those who are on their
feet when the building falls down will
have a much better chance of getting
out. But in the words of the mighty
webster, 1t is not for the writer to
pass any encOmiums upon Shoomak-
er's. There it stands, and there it will
stand forever. Shoomaker's and Har-
Veys and Hancock's, and the National
and Metropolitan hotels set the stand
ard OF antiquity for the avenue. Other
places that are not so old make I'D for
1t In uncleanliness and shabbiness, to
deceive the observer. The avenue has
no desire to shine by any light save Of
the past. 1t is the sole part of old
time Washington that is left in any
thing like its pristine unlOveliness,
and it intends to keep that appear
ance as long as it can. Unfortunately
they have paved the avenue since the
war, and thus robbed it of it's one time
distinction of being the worst street in
the world. But the old gabled build
ings remain, with their iron balconies
IN front and their pillared porticos
where the one-time inhabitants sat
and discussed Folks chances of carry
ing pennsylvania. Looking at these
relics of the past that time does not
seem so very far back, especially
when Virginia farmer happens to be
driving by with his horse hitched up
to his rafting old buggy with a rope
harness. The stranger who sees for
the first time the yellow Virginia clay
clinging to the wheels of such a We
hicle gains a new insight into history.
That clay is what the Virginia roads
are made of, and If he never knew be-
fore, he understands then why it took
the Union army so long to get to
Richmond
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28

President Taft IS to receive a very
handsome and costly present from the
people of Tacoma, Wash The people
up there are very fond OF President
Taft, and have been preparing his
present for some time. 1t is a section
of a mastadon tusk, % inches long.
beautifully carved in has relief and
wrought in unalloyed Alaska gold. 1t
is supposed to be a desk ornament.
but a desk would have to be Of mas
tadon proportions if it held many orna-
T .ents of this character. Perhaps the
most interesting thing about the pres
ent is that it was taken from a placer
mine in Alaska, and in making it over
$1,000 worth of gold was used.