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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20

extinct volcano. II is situated 15O
feet below the surface OF the sur
rounding country. The lake has no
outlet. but the food water that enters
II is never sufficient TO cause an over
flow.
Enormous quantities OF salt are TAX
en- from the lake each year, but the
unused available supply Is practically
unlimited No sooner is the salt re,
moved from a spot than Il is replaced
by another thick layer In few hours,
The method that'is used 20 extract
the salt from the bed OF the lake ia
primitive II consists Of boxes IA
which are attached wire ropes that
are operated by horses and pulleys
upon the shore. Men with shovels flll
these boxes with the salt and the
loads are hauled ashore and dumped
in piles to await transportation 20 the
different markets. Each box has a ca
paclty of about 500 pounds. In this
way It is not unusual for one man %
get out from one TO three tons OF
salt daily. The depth OF the salt bed
ranges from six inches to six feet
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
OLD GUN FACTORY
One Of the Many Historic Places
In Pennsylvania.
Where the Hsnrys Manufactured
Small Arms for the War Of 1912
and Later for the
Civil War.

Nazareth. Pa.-One OF the most his
torical places IN eastern Pennsylvania
Is the Henry gun factory about three
miles northeast OF here. Il was here
that the Henrys manufactured rides.
muskets and pistols for the war OF
1912, for the Civil war and for tho
North American Fur company, OF
which John Jacob Aator was at one
time president
Ever since the Henrys came 10
America from England. they have
been Identified more or less with gov
ernment service, either as soldier.
statesman or manufacturer Of arms.
The first OF the Henrys In this country
was Hon. William Henry Of Lancaster.
There he established a factory for the
making OF firearms in 1852, His mus
kets and rifles were in demand during
the Revolutionary war, and he could
hardly make them fast enough. He was
in charge OF small arms during tho
Braddock and Forbes expeditions In
the French and Indian wars. He was
present at the attack OF Fort Du.
quesne. During the battle he saved
the life OF the Delaware Indian chief,
Killbuck. According to an Indian Gus
tom. Henry and the chief exchanged
names. II is said that to this very day
the Killbuck family retain the name Of
Henry as the middle name. both male
and female. william Henry was also
active In the Revolution as deputy
quartermaster general and superlntend-
ent of arms and military accoutre-
ments. When Gen. Mad" Anthony
Wayne was contemplating the attack
on Stony Point, he sent word to VIII
liam Henry to hurry up those guns"
In 1884 and 1855 Henry was also a con.
gresham.
His son, William Henry, Jr., came to
Nazareth in 1850 and entered into a
contract with the state of Pennsyl
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
HOW PETERSBURG WAS TAKEN
First Organized Command to Enter
That City Was Second Brlaade,
First Division, Ninth Corps.

On Sunday morning. April 2. Capt
Robert Eddy, commanding Co. B.
Goth Ohio, volunteered TO lead q
charge TO try the capture OF a rebel
battery located on the right bank Of
the Appomattox and on the right bank
Of a creek just east Of Petersburg
provided Lieutenant Mathews, OF Com
pany ID. and another lieutenant. would
accompany him, Some 200 men Of
the Goth volunteered TO make the
charge. When all were in the line
ready to move forward. Captain Eddy
stated the purpose OF the movement
and asked all who did not want 10 go
with the command TO step out OF the
ranks as they would not be disgraced
by so doing About 80 stepped out
Of the ranks. and with the remainder
the charge was made and the battery
captured
Soon a brigade OF rebels was seen
coming out OF Petersburg to retake
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
"CLIMBS" DOWN SKYSCRAPEH

John Hassler, a steeplejack OF Phila
delphia, recently astonished the citi'
zens of that town by ascending on
the face of an 1S-story building. with.
out mechanical assistance Of any sort
using only the grip that he obtained
by hanging to the interstices OF the
stonework with the tips OF his fingers
and digging the tips OF his toes into
the spaces as he felt his way TO the
ground.
The building was the Morris build
ing, a new structure at the corner OF
Broad and Chestnut street. PhiladeL
phia's busiest center. The steeplejack.
whose sole object In attempting the
daring feat was to show that 1t could
be done, swung himself from the roof
by a rope. and. dangling at a giddy
height from the sidewalk felt for a
safe spot on the sheer face OF the
building from which to commence his
descent When he had secured a good
hold with the tips of his fingers, he
kicked the rope out Of the way and
began his finger and toe descent.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
LARGEST OF ALL EGGS

An egg of the gigantic extinct bird
aepyornis, of South Madagascar, is on
exhibition at the Museum of Natural
History in New York.
The aepyornis egg has a capacity
Of two gallons, or 150 times that of a
hens egg The shell is one-eighth
Inch thick. Lengthwise it Is 80 inches
In circumference and it measures 26
inches around the middle. Though
termed fossil egg it is not petrified,
but is in perfect condition, unbroken,
and has a yellow color. The contents
have turned into a fine dust which
comes out, wnen handled through a
small natural perforation on one side
The aepyornis, like the moa Of New
Zealand, was eXterminated by the
hand of man. A few centuries ago 1t
was quite abundant. Several incom-
plete fossil remains have been discov-
cred, but no complete skeleton has
ever yet been found. These show the
bird was three-toed, of massive pro-
portions and short winged. The
Madagascar natives have for many
years used the great egg shell for
FariOus household purposes. In fact
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
TEXAS SALT LAKE MYSTERY

BY some peculiar chemical process
that is not understood by scientists
who have investigated the subject, ma
ture is able to convert food water
Into salt deposits upon a gigantic
scale in the bed Of Shafter lake, a
body Of water more than 1000 acres
In extent adjoining the little town Of
Bhafter Lake, Texas This lake is one
bf the wonders of the southwest. 1t is
far removed from railroad transpor-
tation and is within 80 males Of the
New Mexico line For more than
quarter Of century and as far back
as there is any historical record the
Indians and white people Of the terri
tory within 500 miles Of what is now
called Shafter lake have obtained their
salt SUPPLY from this storehouse Of
nature. Wagon trains still make their
long journeys to and from the lake,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20

the fort, which was open to the rear,
writes ]. E. Henderson, Company B,
Goth Ohio, Of lola, Kan, in the Ma
uonal Tribune The captain with his
command passed over the bank Of the
Appomattox and passed down the
river to our picket line on the bank
of the river and returned to their
place in the works with total loss of
35 men. All this occurred before II
a. m. April 2, 1865.
On Monday, April 3, between 2 and
3 o'clock a. M, James Ford, Of Com
pany B, being on videt post, crawled
across the field to the left front of
Fort McGilvery and entered the rebel
picket line and found 1t abandoned.
He then entered their main line and
finding no one present, called back
to us on the picket line, Come on,
boys, the Johnnies are gone" We
had been under constant fire at that
place for four months. The sergeant
Of the pickets gave a few of us per.
mission to go to Comrade Ford which
we did, and moving along cautiously,
we soon entered the city close to the
river and moving up the bank of the
river, we came to a burning wharf
which we helped to extinguish.
There were no rebel troops in that
part of the city at that time nor aft
erward, nor were there any organized
Union soldiers there. Neither did any
command enter the city until after
sunrise. One Of our boys of the Goth
returned to the command and an.
prised Captain Eddy, who immediate.
ly informed Colonel Ely, the brigade
commander, who marched his brigade
into the city and we patrolled the city
that day until about p. M, when
orders came requiring us to follow
the army along the South Side rail.
road We remained along that rail.
road, getting west as far as Wilson's
Station, where we were camped. when
apprised of Lincoln's assassination,
and from which we took up the march
to City Point, where we took boat
for Alexandria, Va. landing on April
26. We had been gone from there
one year, lacking two days.
No Union troops entered Peters
burg before sunrise April 3, 1865, and
the first organized command to en-,
ter the city that eventful morn was
the Second Brigade, First Division
Ninth Corps. Gen. o. B. Wilcox com,
manded the division, and Col. Ralpb
Ely the brigade. 1t is my recollec.
ton that the goth Michigan led the
brigade, followed by the Goth Ohio
General Humphreys, in "The Virginia
Campaign OF 1864 and 1866" page 872
says: Orders were given by General
Grant for the assault of the Peters.
burg and Richmond lines early ON
the morning Of the Bird, but at
o'clock in the morning, 1t was discov.
cred that General Lee had abandoned
his intrenchments. Petersburg was
taken possession of by General vii.
cox with his division. It was com.
plimented in orders by General Wi.
cox, May 8, 1854"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
DJE1O0S
Best for
CoUcHS 8 COLDS
WANTED TO BE AN AVIATOR
Missouri Girl Evidently Very Much In
Earnest In Her Desire to Nav
leate the Air.

Mr.. Claude Grahame- White, the IA
nous English aviator, is constantly
besought by young women to teach
them to become aviators. Many make
application by letter. One of these
letters reached him the other day
from q point in Missouri. Cleared Of
its errors in grammar, spelling and
capitalization, It read something like
this:
"Oh, Mr.. Grahame-W White, teach me
to be 'planer.' l saw one Of them at
Kansas City and think 1t is just
heavenly. / would like to run q
Wright monoplane or a Bleriot bi-
plane, but If you have a better flyer
would try that. think l would look
cute running baby flyer Pa says he
wouldn't mind my having a baby one.
Couldn't you bring one out here for
week or so and show me how to run
It? assure you a good time"
Mr.. Grahame-White was compelled
to decline the young woman's kind in
vitation.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20

carrying the crystal salt to ranches
mining camps and towns.
1t is shown by repeated tests that
there is no alkali in the soil of the
scope Of territory that uses the lake
as its natural drainage basin, and
this fact is borne out by the purity
of the flood water. But within a few
hours after the water enters the lake
1t becomes so impregnated with salt
that a white crust forms upon the
surface, resembling snow. In the
shallow places the pure water is
quickly replaced with a solid mass Of
salt This manufacturing process
goes on constantly, but is specially
rapid during the hot months of sum-
mer, due doubtless to the effects of
evaporation.
The basin which forms the bed of
this remarkable salt lake has the
appearance of being the crater Of an
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
New Mortar ProieotlIs

The government is at work on a
new mortar of greater carrying power
and win install 1t at Panama when the
canal is completed The term bomb
has become almost obsolete In the
Vernacular Of the military service, and
yet that term best conveys to the Ilay
mind the idea Of the projectiles fired
from the mortar battery. These pro
jectiles, always fred into the air at
an angle Of AS degrees or more, fred
in salvos--that is, four guns fred
simultaneously-and designed to drop
from a fearful altitude with a velocity
lettle less than that with which they
left the muzzle Of the mortar, are dc.
signed especially to pierce the com
Daratively light armor OF the decks Of
warships, and Il possible TO penetrate
70 the vitalg Of the ship before they
explode.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
FLOOR THAT TURNS OVER

The floor in the Apollo theater in
Paris is reversible, one side being
made for dancing, the other being the
usual inclined floor equipped with tho
folding seats Of a theater auditorium.
The floor is mounted on a horizon.
tai axis on which 1t reVolves. it is
built7on framework Of steel girders,
has an area Of $500 square feet and
weighs 100 tons. The axis, which is
parallel to the front OF the stage, is
not in the middle Of the thickness oil
the floor. says the Cement age. but
nearer 70 the seating surface than toI
the dancing surface.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20

Lcan't find words to express my thanks
Tor tie good your medicine has done
me. You maypublish this If you wish"
Mrs. HERMAN SETH, Pound, Wis.
The success of Lydia L. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. It may be
used with perfect confidence bywomen
who suffer from displacements, infiam-
nation, liberation, ibroid tumors, ir-
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bearing-down feeling, flatulency indi-
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it TO themselves
10 at least give this medicine q trial.
Proof Is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others, and why should
1t not cure you2
If you want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, fortts
IT Is free and always helpful.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
KILLED A SUFFERING WOMAN
Two Shakers Are Sent to jail In Flor.
Ida for Poisoning tuberculosis
Victim.

Ashton, Fla.-Egbert Gillett and
Elizabeth Sears, members OF the
Shaker colony here, are in jail charged
with causing the death of Sadie Mar
chant, another member of the colony,
by the use Of poison.
Sadie Marchant died and was bur
led on the colony land by Gillett and
a woman known as Sister Amanda.
The officers were notified Of the occur
renee and after an investigation ar
rested GiIlett and the Sears woman.
They admit giving the woman the pol
son, asserting that the victim was
hopelessly i'll with tuberculosis and
wanted to die and escape from her
sufferings. They acceded to her ap-
peals and gave her chloroform.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
A FINE NlGHT-cAP
The Best Thing In the World to Go 60
Bed and sleep On.

"My wife and l find that teaspoon
fuls of Grape-Nuts and cup Of hot
milk, or some cream, with It, makes
the finest night-cap in the world" says
an Allegheny, Pa, man.
1--WE go to sleep as soon as we strike
the bed, and slumber like babies till
rising time in the morning.
"It is about years now since we be.
gan to use Grape-Nuts food, and we
always have it for breakfast and be-
fore retiring and sometimes for lunch.
I was so sick from what the doctors
called acute indigestion and brain fag
Sefore began to use Grape-Nuts that I
could neither eat, sleep nor work with
any comfort
Il was afflicted at the same time
with the most intense pains, accompan-
led by a racking headache and back.
ache, every time tried to eat any
thing. Notwithstanding an unusual
pressure from my professional duties.
/ was compelled for a time to give unll
my work altogether ~
"Then | put myself on diet
Grape-Nuts and cream alone, with
occasional cup of Postum as a runHf
up, and sometimes little dry toast
assure you that in less than wd
felt like a new man; / had gainel
pounds in weight, could Sleep
and think well.
"The good work went on, and
soon ready to return to busind
have been hard at II, and ent
ever since.
Command me at any ting
enquiries as to the merits
Nuts. You win find me AZ
to testify" Name given
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book,
WeIIviIle," IN plSgs. The
Ever read the elbows
one appears &rom tlna9
are genwinei tFues and
AmaaNRmts
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
Not In Circulation There.

An error Of new clerk in the mail
ing department of an eastern publish
er was responsible, the other day, for
the mailing of a prospectus to q
worldfamous statesman, who had been
dead for some years. The letter was
returned a few days later with the
following Endorsement: In Heaven,
-. 1911. Gentlemen: AS your
publications are not permitted to cir
culate here, believe it would be use
less for me to subscribe for them.
Yours respectfully" and here fol-
lowed the name Of the famous states
man.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
Rash ALL OVER BABY'S BODY
ItChed So He Could Not Sleep
The Lover-Den you say dat my sui

"on July q, 1909, we left Boston fol
. trip to England and ireland, taking
baby with US. After being in Ireland
a few days a nasty rash came out all
over his body. We took him to a doc
tor who gave us medicine for him.
The trouble started in the form Of Q
rash and was all over baby's body,
head and face, at different times. II
irTitated, and he would scratch it with
all his might. The consequence was
It developed into sores, and we were
afraid it would leave nasty scars on
his face.
when we reached England we took
baby to another doctor, who said his
condition was due to change Of food
and climate, and gave more medicine.
The rash got no better, and it used to
Itch and burn at night so bad that the
child could not sleep. He was COM
pletely covered with It at different
times. It was at this time that my
mother advised US to try Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. After using Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for
about nine months the places dlsap-
peared. There are not any scars, or
other kind Of Disagreement, and baby
is completely cured by the Cu1cura
Soap and Ointment. We have no fur
ther trouble with babys skin. Moth
ing stopped the itching, and allowed
baby to sleep but Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment" (Signed) Mrs
Margaret Gum, 20 Burrell St., Ro1,
bury. Mass, March 12, 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
Of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to CUT
eura," Dept. IA K, Boston.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20

The head partner of a fourishins
firm had recently died. A few days
after the funeral an old friend called
at the Office and said
I'm grieved to hear you have sus.
tanned such loss in Mr.. , and l
can see you all feel it very much by
hanging Grape on the wall"
That's no Grape" replied the clerk;
that's the office boys lowell"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
COLLISION BETWEEN BULLETS

1t is not often that two bullets
meet in midair. It undoubtedly has
happened, but neither has left enough
of itself to tell the tale.
Here, however, is a case Of a bullet
striking and piercing another bullet,
1t happened in a recent shooting com
test at Grenoble, France, when a Bel,
gian lead bullet was struck by a cop
per bullet fred from a new model
Lebel rife. The bullets were found
sticking in the butt in the position in
which the accompanying photograph
shows them. The Belgian bullet had
struck the target first and the French
bullet had followed It.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
RABBIT SWALLOWS A SNAKE
Hunter Finds a Colorado cottontaII
That Has Taken TO Strange
Food.

Grass Valley, While out hunt.
ing, Harry Seymour shot and killed a
young cottontail rabbit. When he was
about to pick up the dead animal sey-
mour noticed something protruding
from its mouth. Upon investigation
he discovered that it was a portion Of
small bullsnake. Seymour removed
the piece Of snake, which was several
inches in length, and threw 1t away.
After cutting the rabbit open other
portions OF the snake were found IN
its stomach. The snake was at least
foot long. This IL the first instance
Of tho kind known
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
Made Muskets Here.

vania and the United States govern
ment for the manufacture of muskets.
He built a small factory at Nazareth,
but the water power was poor and the
demand for muskets much greater
than the supply. 1t was to facilitate
this work that he built the Henry gun
factory at Bolton, about three miles
northeast of Nazareth. II is situated
In one of the most delightful spots
along the Bushkill creek, formerly
known by the Indian name, Lehicton.
This was in 1912, when the govern
nent was pressing the factory with or
iers for the war then waging. A few
years later the works passed into the
hands of his sons, William Henry third
and John Joseph Henry. They jointly
conducted the business till 1922, when
the latter became the sole owner.
The fame of the Henry rife had
spread along the whole frontier, and
when John Jacob Astor organized the
North American Fur company he or
dered all his supply Of rifles from the
Henry factory. The rifles were to be
of a certain style and the Henrys had
the only factory at that time that could
furnish them. Ramsey Crooks, after
wards president Of the North Amer
lean Fur company, was sent there by
Astor to order the supply and person
ally compliment the gun manufactur-
ers upon the satisfaction given by
these rifles
The manufacture Of these rifles
ceased when the fur trade died out
and the North American company went
out Of existence. During these years,
many rifles and pistols were manufac-
tured by the Henrys for the militia Of
the south and west and figured very
prominently in the Civil war.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20

the first knowledge Of these eggs be-
came known when some Madagascar
natives came to the Mauritius> to buy
rum, bringing the aepyornis eggs with
them to hold the liquor
Only three or four of these huge
eggs have been brought into civiliza-
ton. The present one is the most per-
feet as well as the largest known.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20

M. Bleriot, the inventor of one oi
the most successful monoplanes, has
built a neI and strengthening craft
called the aeroplage, which runs on
wheels and carries a sail similar to
the mainsail of a yacht. He made 1t
solely for his own amusement and
that of his wife and FIVE children, who
love to scud along the sands at a
tremendous pace at Hardelot in
northern France, where the famous
airman has built himself a chalet M.
Bleriot's eldest son has become quite
an adept aeroplagist, and can tack
and steer the machine with wonder
ful skill In a high wind M. Bleriot
has attained sixty miles an hour with
1t and claims that 1t is absolutely
safe.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
An ExaotInn Situation.

Doctor" said the nervous man, '1E
there any way Of teaching a person
to talk in his sleap?"
Il never heard Of any" replied the
physician. How could such an &C
complishment be of beneft?"
TITS either that or insomnia for me.
MY wife is one Of the best suffragetto
speakers before the public. She al
ways rehearses her orations at home,
and I've got to say hear! heart or
that's the stuff at least once every
ten minutes. w Washington Star.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
SKIN GIVEN TO SAVE AN ARM

A case which shows remarkable
spirit of sacrifice was handled at a.
Reading, Pa, hospital the other day
when six fellow employees of Daniel
Deysher, who was badly burned at the
Metropolitan Electric plant gave up
portions of their skin to be grated on
Deysher's right shoulder and arm. The
total amount Of skin used was about
$50 square inches.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-20
I THE TRUTH ABOUT BLuINo.

Avoid liquid bluing. Liquid blu.
ing is largely water. Water Is Rdul-
teration, adds nothing to real value
20 the consumer. Think It over.
Be wise. Use RED CROSS BALL
BLUE, the blue that's all blue; makes
khe laundress smile on wash day. AT
ALL GOOD GROCERS.