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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09
maklnn Artificial Diamonds

The minute artificial diamonds Of
Moissan were produced by causing
the carbon of molten iron to crystal
lie out under great pressure. A
Berlin chemist, Dr. W. Won Bolton,
now uses coal gas, or other gaseous
carbon compound, and on decompos-
ing it by the action of mercury vapor
obtains carbon both in the amorphous
form and as diamond dust. By intro
ducing a diamond chip as nucleus
or mother crystal, 1t is expected a
diamond growth Of appreciable size
can be brought about. In the expert
ment made, the mercury was supplied
by sodium amalgam, which was placed
In a long testing tube under a coating
Of water-glass solution and amorphous
diamond dust. and the tube was kept
at 100 degrees c., while slow cur
rent of coal gas was passed through
for one month The brilliant crystals
formed, too small for analysis. burned
In oxygen like diamonds.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09

II would be difficult to find anybody
who remembers the last fatal duel in
this country. The date was May 90.
1a45. and the place a spot on the
shore near Gosport. Lieutenant Haw-
key Of the Royal Marines. believing
Lieutenant Seton had paid too much
attention to his wife at a South Sea
function. called him a villain and
blackguard, threatening to horsewhip
him and attempted to kick him. Al
though dueling had been forbidden by
articles of war in 1874. after the hor-
ror caused by the death of Colonel
Fawcett at the hands of his brother
inlaw. Lieutenant Munro. in 1S43. the
provocation in the Hawkey-Seton case
was such that a meeting resulted.
Seton fired and missed The hammer
of Hawkey's pistol being set on the
safety notch, It would not go of. At
the second discharge Seton fell. Haw-
key fed to France.-London Mail.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09
Sailors Rescued by Steamer
From Island.
Seaman Declare They Were Attacked
BY 5risands When Storm Threat.
ened TO Send Vessel to Bot
tom-Search for Bandits.

Eew York.-When the steamer AL
lemania arrived in port recently a
thrilling story of shipwreck and attack
by pirates was told by thirteen sail
Ors Of the italian Bark Genee, on
board the Allemania, and rescued by
the latter boat when in desperate
plight at Inagua, the Bahamas.
According to the story told by the
rescued sailors, the Genee set out
from Inagua on May 16, bound for
Marseilles, with a costly cargo of
hardwood, and when a short distance
out from port had encountered a Sc
we're storm which carried them out
OF their course and threatened to send
them to the bottom
After working the pumps for sew
eTal days. the crew was on the point
Of deserting the bark and taking to
the boats, when a number of small
sailboats came alongside, and the oc-
cupants of these boats, numbering
more than 100, armed with guns and
Tevolvers, boarded the Genee and or
Gered the crew to surrender. An at
Tempt was made by the crew to scut-
tie the Genee, and a fight ensued in
which the defenders were badly worst
ed. They were then ordered into the
small boats without water or proyis-
ions.
After rowing aimlessly for two days,
the crew of the Genee made land at
one Of the smaller Bahamas and hoist
cd a signal of distress, which was
seen by the lookout on the steamer
Aylemania, which rescued them, near
" dead from exposure and hunger.
A British revenue cutter was dispatch
ed in pursuit of the pirates. No re-
port of a capture had been received
by the Allemania up to the time of
leaving Inagu for New York city.
All Of the members of the crew
Genee were on Board the Allemania
when she arrived here except the
captain, Joseph Capello, and the first
mate, who remained at the Bahamas
to prosecute the search for the pi-
rates. The United States government
VIII be asked to cooperate with the
British authorities IN putting a stop
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09
Cupid HaIts Court While Lovers Wed

HHICAGO.-Cupid stole into Munich
~ pal Judge Dolan's court the other
afternoon. became so noisy that he In
terrupted the proceedings for full
half hour and finally forced the court
to give him precedence over all legal
matters
The court room was warm and trial
had been dragging along throughout
the day. There had been a constant
buzzing noise in the rear Of the room
that was extremely disconcerting, but
the court was unable to locate it.
Finally there was heard a sharp
smack such as Judge Dolan was sure
be had heard somewhere before.
The buzzing continued and the
judges eve finally rested on a couple
on q bench in the rear Of the room.
They were casting loving glances and
talking in animated tones and he
watched them. Suddenly a hand slid
over and surreptitiously squeezed an
other smaller hand. There was a fu-
rloas blush. another loving glance and
every evidence of another 9npending
smacG.
The Judge could stand It no longer
and looked for his trusty bailin. He
was not in evidence. Then the court
rose in his might and said:
you two in the back of the court
room will have to stop talking.
can't hear the witness. If you want
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09
Fish Coal Out of the Susquehanna

from the mines is bright and shiny
and all angles that reflect the light.
River coal is neither angular nor
shiny. Every piece OF It is worn down.
buffed, rounded of like a beach peb-
BILE, with an exterior as dull as ground
glass.
Ever since men began delving for
coal the operator has cast aside as
refuse thousands upon thousands Of
tons of good coal. flung IT out on the
culm heaps. What is his loss is the
gain Of the coal fishers in the river be-
low. Into this stream, by way Of its
feeders, the mountain brooks, coal Is
washed by the rains. which gnaw deep
gullies In the faces OF the culm banks.
This black sand" thus washed into
the brooks turns them to ink.
For, after all its years and miles OF
rolling, river coal comes eventually to
rest on a sand shoal. The stony parts
of the river bottom give It no lodging
against the swift current, no place TO
imbed itself. But in a sand bar it can
bury itself like a clam. Particle after
particle comes to rest here, each add
ing to the size Of the barrier, like corGi
insects building a coral reef by the de-
posit Of their own bodies. Every fresh
ct sweeps down great layers of coal.
depositing 1t either in some sandy bed
or in the watery coal bin formed by a
dam.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09
FLIGHT TO TIE MOON
ASTRONOMER DOES NOT THINK
THE FEAT IMPOSSIBLE.
By the Use Of Electrical Force II Can
be Done, and Doubtless viii. 40
eordIns to Professor Gar
rett p. SerVlss.

On the deck Of La Provence. at the
beginning OF an Old-fashioaed ocean
Journey for a summer in France. Car
rett p. SerViss. the well known as
tronOmer, talked seriously Of an air
ship service to the moon which he
! believes the future has in store for
man.
II begin to think seriously. but not
too seriously, now that we have
achieved the navigation OF the air by
mechanical means, that there only re-
mains the necessity Of providing air
to exist upon and things to eat for
man to go to the moon." he said.
But we have got to have a new
motive force. electrical propulsion
begins to hint what that force will be
when men fly from planet to planet
You understand we have got to over
come gravity and there are only two
forces which overcome gravity under
certain conditions-pressure OF light
and electricity.
80 l say that the first flying ma
chine to the moon viii be based ON
the principle of the pith ball that
hies away from the conductor OF AM
electrical machine. When this has
been accomplished there only remains
to be done what modern chemistry
certainly can achieve; that is, to I'LL
strong vessel, a spherical vessel, with
enough air and food to sustain man,
during the flight. This is not so ride
ulous as It may seem, and the modern
achievement of flying is a step in that
direction"
Incidentally Prof. serviss does not
believe there are any inhabitants on
Mars. my friend Lowell" he said.
doesn't allow for the fact that Mars
is too small to retain an atmosphere
Human beings could not remain on
Mars because there probably is not
enough oxygen and nitrogen on that
planet. The gravitative force is too
small to retain an atmosphere. The
atmosphere flies away. Those lines
called canals are no doubt a natural
phenomenon. notwithstanding the fact
that they look artificial. Their ex-
Istence is due to the fact that Mars
Is a very fiat planet. There are no
mountains there, and waters spread
out in every direction and form con-
Meeting lines. The drainage system
runs in every direction and gives that
checkered appearance Of criss-cross-
ing canals"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09
MAY PRODUCE HUMAN LIFE
Ultimate Possibility Of II Is Suggested
by Professor Maeallum,
the Scientist.

London.-The time may come when
human being can be constructed to
order in a chemical laboratory. So
it is limited by Prof. A. B. Macallum,
fellow Of the Royal society and a dis
tinguished member of the British As
sociation for the Advancement of Set
ence. On his theory, an extra drop OF
this, that or the other chemical solu-
ton poured into the crucible may turn
out, at will, a Dante or a Nero. Car.
negie Of Ounce.
1T was customary" says Professor
Macallum, TO regard living matter as
unique, with parallel in the inorganic
world and the secrets involved in its
actions and activities as unsolvable
enigmas. There were those also who
put forth, as an explanation for all
these manifestations, the Intervention
in so-called living matter of a force
otherwise and elsewhere unknown, bl'
otic or vital, whose action was direct
ed, according to the character OF the
structure through which it operated
to the production of the phenomena
in question. Living protoplasm was.
in this view, but a mark and a me
dium for action of the unknown force"
He says the methods Of the .abora-
tory are not as yet those o: nature
because nature works unerringly, unT
falteringly, with an amazing economy
of material and energy, while present
laboratory syntheses are but round
about ways to the waste sink.
He believes. though, that science
has made a start In the right direc-
ton and is approaching the discovery
of tie function and composition OF
living cells. ITO that end" he adds,
"a greatly developed study Of micro
chemistry is necessary. This should
apply the stimulus to enthusiasm In
the search for reactions that will en-
able US to locate with great precision
in the living cell the constituents, In
organic and organic. which affect its
state and thereby influence
it's activity"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09
Mantad No caned Birds.

Under the head, "a Friends Mis-
taken. Kindness" the Salem (Mass.)
News says that a resident Of that
place, knowing DR.. Tanning to be a
lover Of birds and a student Of orni-
thology, called at his office and left
for delivery to the doctor box con-
tanning a collection Of twenty-five
birds, mostly migratory, which had
been trapped recently with view to
presenting them to one who was in.
terested in the feathered tribe. II
was a kindness ''gone wrong" accord
ing to the record Of the case, for Hike
all true lovers of wild life, he could
not bear to see the creatures In con-
anement, and after taking a good look
al them released every ona, and all
dew away, evidently happy at regain
Ing their liberty"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09
NAIL HOLDS BOY FAST, HOUR

descent caused the sharp point to
penetrate entirely across the palm
Screaming with pain, he tried to
writhe free, but every movement only
increased his agony, and he was un.
able to extricate himself Literally
nailed to the plank, he lay for more
than an hour, until Joseph Wilson, a
farmer, of Second street pike, above
Fox Chase, heard his cries as he
passed in a wagon.
Wilson found the lad almost ex-
hausted from pain. He endeavored to
free him, but found that his efforts
only added to the victims misery. He
finally walked half a mile and Dor
rowed a saw with which he cut the
board across in two places, while the
boy, suffering intense agony, lay
watching him.
Having finally freed the lad, Wilson
placed him, with foot of plank still
fastened to his hand, in his wagon
and drove at top speed to the Friends
asylum, the nearest institution. Physi
clans at that place, however, were un-
able to give any aid to the sufferer,
and it was necessary for the farmer
to drive with him to Frankford be.
fore he obtained relief from his pain
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09

to spoon you win have to go outside
The court is no place for It"
The hands slid apart and the man
rose.
81 beg your pardon, your honor"
he said. I'VE come in here to get
married and we're waiting for you to
get through with the case We didn't
come in here to spoon and we didn't
mean to, but we Just couldn't help it."
The attorneys engaged in the trial
w. NJ. Cook and Benjamin Samuels
at once moved that court take a re
cess that the ceremony might be
performed. The Judge said that he
would be only too happy to do so
and the principals at once retired to
the judges chambers, where Charles
Hartung and Miss Sadie Katz, both Of
Chicago, we're married, with the at
torneys as witnesses.
Now that the case of Dan Cupid
has been disposed of, we will resume
the trial." said Judge Dolan, again
taking his seat on the bench.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09
MAD BULL CORES A BOY
Father Rushes to Aid and Beats
Brute OF With q Club at Lake.
side Park, Mo.

Lakeside Park, Mo.-A three-corner.
ed fight occurred here between a mad
bull, a young boy, Raymond Barnes,
and the boys father, who went to his
assistance.
Young Barnes was badly gored be-
fore the elder Barnes beat the brute
into submission.
The bull first attacked the boy, who
screamed for help His father heard
the cries, and, with the aid of stout
club, went to his sons assistance A
desperate combat ensued, the bull get
ting the boy down and goring him
several times.
By exerting all his strength the
father knocked the bull semi-con-
scious.
He then hastily grabbed up his son
and fed with him to a physician.
Young Barnes is reported to be in
a serious condition.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09
Expert Says Pies Always in Demand

I hot roasted frankfurters. those tempt
ing one-cent Ice cream cones. and
those tall, ambercOlored glasses OF
one-cent Orangeade, to mention only
few of the Busy Bees noontime deli
cacies. Sol Robinski said that the
right and the only man to see about
this here pie question was Phil Bestsn
kopf, than whom there was no highe
pie authority in the whole city. OF
even In Coney island.
"Phil's the boy that can talk to you
about pie" explained Sol That feb
low is a regular whatyer call genius
when II comes to knowing what kind
Of a pie 1t is before he cuts Il. How
does he know It? How can ten
you? II knew. wouldn't do IT my
self?"
Sol has a wide. all-round experiences
in Ann street and they say he is the
highest salaried man I'm the Busy
Bees employ, but in the matter OF
pie he Is not the equal OF his oio
tutor. Phil Breitenkopf. He has not
the frst-hand knowledge that Phil haA
howbeit IN PhiI's absence, he is, with
out question, the best pie counter man
in all Ann street So his words are
not to be passed over lightly.
In hot weather. 1t is all pie, pie
pie. For three cents they get half q
pie, and for two cents they get
glass Of milk. Perhaps If they have
more than I'VE cents for lunch, yum
derstaud, they blow it in on root beer
q Sce cream co-en, but first they must
have pie and milk"
While he talked, Sol kept both
hands working dishing out pies. There
were all kinds. AS Sol said, there was
fresh APPEL and huckleberry and Gus
tard and lemon meringk. All very
fine. The boys would point to this
kind or that, and Sol would bisect IL
with his long knife, balance the half
on the fiat of the blade and pass
toothsome morsel out over the heads
Of the crowd. never once dropping the
pie or missing the right customer.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09
Rescuer Forced to Saw OFF Foot Of
Plank to Liberate
Victim.

Boston.-After lying helpless for an
hour and a half in an abandoned barn.
pinned to a board by rusty tenpen-
ny nail, which had pierced his hand,
eight-year-old James Gallagher Of No.
13O East Eleanor street, Olney, was
discovered by a passing farmer. who
found it necessary to saw of foot
of the plank to liberate him. The boy
was treated at the Frankford hospital,
where the surgeons had to use saw
again and cut away the remaining
portion of the board before they
could remove the nail. The wound
was cauterized and large quantity
of lockjaw antitoxin was injected.
The lad had been amusing himself
by sliding down an inclined board in
an unused barn in Cedar Grove lane,
about a mile from his home. He had
made only one or two trips when his
hand suddenly struck the huge nail,
which had been driven through the
edge of the plank and bent over to
form hook. The force of his swift
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09
KIN OF GREELEY WIN SUIT
Are Declared HaIF-Owners in 5oo-Acrc
Virginia Farn-An Aunt and
Her Husband Defendants.

Buckingham Court House, Va.-By
= decree Just entered in the circuit
court of Buckingham county, three
grandchildren of Horace Greeley, Nix
ola Greeley-Smith Ford, Ida Greeley
Smith and DR.. Horace Greeley are de-
clared owners of a one-half interest
in a farm of 500 acres, once the prop
erty of their grandfather, and situated
hear this place.
The three grandchildren were plain
tifYs in an action against their aunt,
Mrs. Gabrielle CIendenin, and her
husband, DR.. T. NJ. Clendenin of West,
chester. who had acquired a tax title
to the property inherited jointly by
Mrs. Clendenin and the infant chill.
dreu of her deceased sister Ida.
After acquiring the tax title, now
1eclared null and void, DR.. Clendenin
sold the timber on the tract for $4,000
and the decree Of Judge George j.
Hundley gives the grandchildren judg,
ment for one-half of this sum and
names their attorneys commissioners
to effect a partition Of the land.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09

There have been royal journalists
as well as royal authors. George III.
contributed seven articles to the An
nails Of Agriculture, a monthly maga-
zine. edited by Arthur Young These
were published under the pseudonym
Of Ralph Robinson, and, according to
one Of his biographers, display a
most profound knowledge Of agricul-
ture." Louis XVIII. was a journalist
Of quite another type, says the London
Chronicle. For some years after his
accession to the throne he was in the
habit Of sending anonymous political
articles to various Paris dailies. Some
OF the opinions expressed in these
were so advanced that the king had
the pleasure Of seeing them vetoed by
his own censor.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09

Anew YORK.-Sol. Robinski, who
IN had taken Phil Breitenkoprs place
At the Busy Bees pie counter. while
Phil was up in the CatsIills on his va
cation, said he had never heard OF
Simple Simon and the pleman. so that
he could not go back to the very be
ginning Of the history Of the pie In
dustry. But Sol could glance back
ward from his Ann street booth over
a period OF eleven and one-hah years
of service in the making. carving and
serving Of fresh pies. and II was his
opinion that, take II the year round
winter and summer, and all the rest,
pie was about the best seller in Ann
street Sol even went so far as to
say that the pie eaters outnumbered
the devotees of the ice cream cone
and the hot wafIies combined-that
Is among the office boy cOnnOisseurs
of Ann street
Which was a nat contradiction Of
the startling news which throbbed
over the wires the other day from
Chicago, that the American people
we're losing their taste for pie. The
head OF a large Chicago pie factory,
1t appears. begged OF from paying an
Increase in taxes on the ground that
pie eating was on the wane and busi-
ness was not what It used to be. Pie.
said he. had decreased in popularity
with the masses, its place being
usurped by such things as fruit. ice
cream and salad. Ann street knocked
that theory sky high.
AS luck would have 1t. the Chicago
eanard reached Ann street Just as the
rush hour for pies-pies and other
things. of course, like those luscious
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09
The coRsAeE BOUQUET.

A report from Paris announces that
the passion for unbroken lines in wom'
ems garmenting has gone TO such ex-
tent that during the coming season
not evan 30 much as a bouquet Will
be permitted to mar the symmetrical
lsimpllcity of the gown. She that
would have a show of flowers about
her must content herself with such as
embroidery about the waist-line can
simulate. Suggestion adds that slen-
der girls may weave whole garlands
Of silken blooms about them. but
those OF a plumpness must be content
with a delicate spray. Should this
edlct hold sway for any considerable
period. there will pass away from TO
nance and from dramas one Of the
most useful as we'll as beautiful OF
their Joint properties. Hardly any
thing of maldens dress has been SO
often remembered by lovers and de
scribed by novelists and poets as the
corsage bouquet In days Of old,
when real flowers we're worn, the bou-
quet was generally a gift of the ador-
ing one. II the lady wore it, all was
Well If she did not, either the un-
scrupulous duenna had stolen It or
the end of sweet love was at hand.
Even when artificial bouquets came in
there was a chance for love to use 1t
as a token and for beauty to wear it
as a sign. It was something about
feminine dress a man could recognize
at sight.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09

At Carnegie Music hall in Pitts
burgh one day an old gentleman was
pointed out to a girl, with the infor-
nation that he had once met the
great composer, Rossini The girl
was a musical enthusiast and she
became greatly excited. She sought
an introduction to the old gentleman.
II am told that you once met the
great composer, Rossini," she cried.
"Yes," said the old man, II met him
once"
"You met the great composer Of
William TellF"
"The same"
How grand! How very romanticl
And would you please tell me what
Rossini had to say?"
"Well, he didn't have very much
to say. He was eating spaghetti at
the time, and you know that doesn't
facilitate conversation"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09
Jaw RATS J

n PHILADELPHIA. - When coal Is
1 needed on a Pennsylvania farm
bordering the susquehanna river. little
Johnnie does not grab his coal hod
and scOOt for the cellar. Instead he
unfastens his boat, pulls out into the
river and fishes till his hOd is over
flowing.
To be sure, Johnnie doesn't hsh with
rod and line, nor yet with a net His
apparatus consists Of a wire scoop,
shaped like a shovel and not dissim-
liar to a minnow net, with an eight
foot handle. And his boat is a broad,
fiat-bottomed AFFAIR, sometimes with
sharp bows, built like a scow. with the
maximum of capacity and the mini
mum of draught; for the coal fishers
catch is usually made in shallow wa
ter.
And the catch is unlike any coal you
ever saw. This run Of the river coal
comes in all sizes. from little fakes to
chunks as big as your head. But most.
ly It is smaller than pea coal. Coal
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-09
uo Declares Dentist Who Organizes
League to Combat the
Habit.

Bangor, Me.-The kiss is the most
dangerous thing in the world, and
national crime, according to Dr.
George w. Bowling, surgeon-dentist OF
Lindsay, Okla, and he has incorpor-
sted a league to fight the habit
kissing is a pleasant pastime," he
rays, but people should refrain from
II for sanitary and hygienic reasons.
Il you have noticed 1t there is a ten
cency among educated people to teach
their children never to kiss anybody
on the mouth, and they readily form
the habit of kissing others on the
cheeks.
'Kissing is a national crime and
should be made such by law. real
iEe that under the present conditions
Such an act would be ridiculed, but
Il Is a crime just the same The
most dangerous diseases are trans
'orred in this way. especially con
sumption.