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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
PARIS HAS new FAD.
~Radlum Cure" is Latest Craze
in French Capital.
Affects Patient neutrality-suspicious.
Passed Through a Reservoir Con-
tanning Mineral and Dispersed
BY Means Of Electric Fan.

Paris. - The Afternoon Radium
Cure" Is the latest craze Of PARIS so
,iety, The popularity oi the treatment
new to Paris. has deve loped quite sud
ienly. and is due no doubt 10 the fact
hat II is exceedingly pleasant.
Americans who spent last summer
II either Carlsbad. Wlesbaden or Hom
ourg are probably already acquainted
with The treatment by radium emana
iors inhaled through the lungs The
new cure has been IN operation only
1 short time. being a consequence o.
;he discovery OF the radio-activity OF
mineral waters What has struck Paris
society most Is the novelty connected
with 1t There is nothing suggestive OF
the physicians consulting room in the
spacious dra ing room where the pa
uents take their cure All one has TO
do is to remain In this room for
couple of hours every day for a month,
and he will, according 10 Dr. Frumesan.
the director OF the establishment. be
cured OF all rheumatism or. in general.
OF all affections of the heart or bone
joints
During the two hours of voluntary
imprisonment the patients play bridge.
read' talk, and take tea In a corner
Of the room stands tall. white cyln.
der looking like a radiator. which alb.
serbs the superfluous carbonic acid and
c..uses supply Of fresh oxygen to
pass through a reservoir containing a
lew thousand dollars worth of radiurn
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12

Among the new TOYS recently dis
played al special toy exhibit in Paris.
Gays Popular Mechanics were TWO
which are related 10 aerial flight One
of them. called modern war" repre.
sents an attack on an alrship which
carries a target consisting Of two
crossed flags The prujectlle is a small
aeroplane made of wood and celuold
with a screw propeller attached al The
stern It is launched by means OF a
pistol. the barrel OF which has a longi
tudinal slot for the reception Of the
wings and when the target is struck
by II the dirigible balloon separates
into two parts
The other aerial game is called "a
race across ,the channel" Starting
from the French coast as Bleriot did
the toy airmen endeavor TO reach the
cliffs OF England The aeroplanes are
attached 10 elastic cords, which Rre
stretched between pulleys on the two
coasts Each player by turning his
pulley. causes his aeroplane TO ad
vance. but also produces vibrations
which frequently result In fall into
che sea. which. for the sake OF real
isw Is dotted with little vessels
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
Unwelcon1e Affliction Can Only In That
Way Be Communicated, Say
Experts.

Trying 10 trace cold is not easy
said health expert from the Cornell
medical college on East Twenty. .sev
enth street the other day Many II
not most of them, are credited to
draughts Il is very unfortunate that
these cool currents Of air especially If
the air is fresh. are so generally and
persistently maligned When grandma
or father sneeze mother looks at once
for some open door or window and II
is promptly closed II John or Mary
has the snivels in the morning moth
ing seems clearer than that they slept
near an open window On the next
night the windows are kept closed and
the good. pure air is kept outside for
the birds and the squirrels
4 say II is TOO bad that air IN mo
ton has achieved such a bad reputa
tion A cold is q disease and only FOL
lows an infection and the infection
can only come through the nose or
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12

Jones and Brown argued as they al
ways did when they had time enough.
They had dlned together, and as Jones
lived at a distance and II was very
late Brown offered to put him up for
the night
On the way home they fell to dis
cusslng the strategy OF the Civil war
as indicated by the campaigns Of Lee
and Grant The topic was elastic
enough to keep them going for bali
an hour. and reached its height as
they neared the Brown house
Then Brown lost his temper.
Jones'" said he. III you don't admit
that Grant was a greater general than
Lee, you can't sleep here"
II was then two o'clock in the morn
ing. and Jones was eight miles from
home.-Chicago Post.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
The saek,erIolooist.

A Richmond darky chanced to meet
on the street a friend who complained
OF much "mis'ry Indeed, the af-
fcted one was in despair. so tucker
ed out" was he,
"Wot seems to be de matter?" asked
the first negro
"Jim." said the other with a moan
and a gesture indicating the portion
Of his anatomy that was giving him so
much trouble. Use got sech awful
pains in nah back heah!"
Jim assumed an air of great solem-
nifty and wisdom "In dat case, said
he "dere's only one thing TO you TO do.
Jes' 20 put yo'se'f IN de hands O dat
Doctat Blank | hears dat he's de
finest backteriologist in de whole souf."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
New York Official Introduces Plan for
Creation Of an International
Board.

New York Calvin Tomkins. com.
missioner Of docks and ferries Intro.
duced a resolution at the Chamber OF
Commerce favoring an international
commission on the cost of living
Among the reasons he advanced for
this commission are the following;
The questions growing out OF the
increasing cost Of living are not mere,
ly theoretical and for the futuFe--they
are practical and confront the business
and financial world Of today II they
are not solved promptly the perils Of
business, resulting from unstable
prices. wages and interest rates. will
continue to increase and dissatisfac.
tion and discomfort grow until most
serious consequences may result
industriAily. financially and polIti-
caily
The world 10 entitled 20 stable
purchasing power q money and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
Extensive Possession.

A small applicant for Christmas
cheer was being interviewed by the
charity worker
What is your father?" asked the
latter.
les me father"
Yes, but what is he?"
"Oh! Els me stepfather."
Yes, yes, but what does he aoT
Does he sweep chimneys or dive
'bpsses. or what?'
"O-o-w!" exclaims the small appli-
cant. with dawning light Of compre-
hension. mo, e amt done nothin'
since we've 'ad im."-London An
swers.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12

City of Kerouan. After Susa, the
ruins of Thapsus are passed. where
julius Caesar smashed the power OF
the Pompeian parry: then the steam
er calls In az Nahedla. where Hannibal
took ship after ms flight from Garth
age. now a pretty little town Win
modern improvements and the In
evitable Hotel de hrance Thence
! to Sfax, a much bombarded town
which put up a fair fight against the
French in 1881: and 30 to Gabes.
! place of Greeks and Jews. surrounded
by GASES and villages OF Arab tent
dwellers Gabes Is an oasis OF gar
dens and date palms, entwined oy
clinging vines One can wander al
will among orange, citron, almond hs'
and pomegranate trees. amid whlch
run gurgling little waterways. FROM
Gabes the southwark journey can De
continued to Djerba-the Island OF the
Lotus -Eaters-of whom Homer sang IN
that Romance of the Youth OF the
World" the Odyssey
Now whosoever did eat the honey
sweet fruit OF the Lotus had no more
wish to bring udings, nor TO come
back. but there he chose to abide Win
the lotus-eating men. ever leedlng on
the lotus and forgetful of his home
ward way
What was it. this lotus fruit the
fruit of forgetfulness? Commentators
have covered reams of paper with the
ory and conjecture But this Is what
Sir Lambert Playtair says: 1T seems
unnecessary to go out of ones way TO
search for the Homeric food The Is
land is covered with II. No greater
blessing was ever bestowed by Prov
idence on man. and no other truit Is
so all.suficient for human sustenance
as the honey-sweet lotus OF the an
cients-the date OF the modern Arab
Dierba is fertile and beautiful; the ID
habitants are gentle and quiet and
growing on the island are one millions
three hundred thousand date palms.
Let the winter resident or the casual
beware, therefore. how he lands
on the Isle of the Lotus Eaters lest ne
forget the homeward way!
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
ODD SOCIETY DANCES

danced lie Marilena. and Nance Gwyn
did the lie Tango Argentin.
But this was too much like a hymn
at Christmas to suit Miss Gwyn The
company cheered her as she started
her greatest dance. and veil by veil
unwound he seven wells. The last
veil was Just whirling in the wind OF
Chopin's music when Miss Gwyn
espied reporter With a shrek she
fled into the dining room.
CARRIED like another Helen in the
classic robes Of Greece, Mrs. Gouraud
delighted the company when she
danced lie Madriena with M. Agar,
off A little later Mrs. Gouraud twined
round her neck twelve foot living
cobra and danced and danced Frank
ly the guests we're afraid of the cobra.
even If Mrs Gouraud was not They
backed away from its emerald eyes
and its darting firellke tongue
But when the lady of the house
patted the cobra on the head and told
it to behave they drew near and asked
questions
IT'S as gentle as a powder pun" ex-
claimed Mrs Gouraud
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12

upu,ed on hundreds OF magnificent
arches, delivered six million gallons
Of water a day from the rocky heights
Of Zaghouan, far away in the south. in
20 Roman Carthage. The Vandal and
The Spaniard helped to destroy this
great work. but there-indestructible
as Rome itseli-still stand hundreds of
its arches crossing the Valley of the
Melian Al the first sight of them
one word rises to the lips" Rome!"
The line Of the great aqueduct
points in the direction OF the charm
ing little town of Zaghouan, about
lorty miles from Tulis. the starting
place of the aqueduct, "a pleasant
spot, embossed in orange and fig trees.
wilderness of cactus, myrtle. rose
,aurel. and arbutus, with a tall palm
here and there lifting its head into the
clear sky Zoghouan now boasts its
Hotel de France" and is becoming
faVorite resort of winter visitors
from all parts OF Europe, bidding lair
to be, on a smaller scale. f. Tunis
what Biskra is for A.giers.
The chief charm OF Zaghouan lies
in its Nymphaeum, a Roman semicir-
cular colonnade and water temple,
which Cnce held the statue Of the pro
tecling divinity of the spring The
the spring head of the
water supply Of Carthage. is one of
the most beautiful of the Roman re-
mains of Tunisia, as charming in ar
design as II is IN its con.
ception WEat more fitting than sa
cied shrine at the fountain and origin
of so beneficient a work? Tower
ing above The desolate dwelling OF The
water nymph is the vast peak of Ras
el-Kasa II takes four hours to as
,end its 1000 feet OF height, but when |
you stand on the summit you can see !
more than a half OF the whole terri |
.ory OF Tunlsia.
Once sett ed in winter quarters in |
Tunis, the visitor has a bewildering /
,hoice of excursions One OF the most .
enjoyable is that by steamer south.
ward. along the coast OF the Gull OF .
Syrtis. touching at Susa, where one
AN land and take the rail to the Holy
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
PLEADS FOR PRISON LODGING
wife Of Oklahoma lite Termer Would
Share Husbands Unhappy Lot
at MeAlester.

Oklahoma City. Okla.-A pathetic
appeal from the vile OF a life ume
convict reached the office OF Governor
Cruce from Dora. Ark
The writer. Mrs Ada Greeniaw.
stated that her husband had been
away from her for year and was DO
ing life sentence at McAlesterr she
asked the governor to make an order
that would permit her to be with Ter
husband. saying that she could possi-
bly, work at the prison for her board.
~ am a poor woman and alone. re
letter read In closing the appeal.
which bore no suggestion OF pardon
wanted The governor is without au-
thority to grant the peculiar residence
requested Records here do not dis.
close tor what crime or from what
county GreenIaw is doing penal servt
tude
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
GERM THE CAUSE OF COLD

mouth There is no question abopt
this. All doctors agree on IL. and #
seems, at least to those in the profes
sion, reasonable and simple Your
hands gather germs all the time be
cause disease germs are as common
as weeds You put your hand up 70
vour nos or mouth many times a dav
lit is habit bad one The
germs lodge In these entrances and at
an opportune time are taken into tbe
system When cold develops as a re-.
suit you wonder In what way you have
been ihdisereet and at once try 10 re.
call some draught or cooli.A on.
The best remedy for cold IA 10
take lots Of fresh air, good. pure food
and enough exercise The best way to
prevent cold Is to wash your hands
often. and never TO put your fingers
either in your nose or mouth. Remem
her that cool or hot or any currenl
Of fresh air blowing on your back al
night or IN the daytime can never in
feet your system and produce cold
Colds come from germ - Chicago
inter Ocean.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
PULLED IN DIFFERENT WAYS
Ordinary Man on the street Some
what Puzzled by Seeming Busi
ness Contradictions


life il full Of contradictions.
"Yesf"
For instance. about siE months
ago a life insurance agent gO' after
me. and bounded me nearly to death
told him at the start hat J had al
the insurance was able to carry, but
be kept right on tryinS to persuads
me that needed more and finally, IN
sheer desperation consented TO take
out another policy Then the com
pany's doctor began trying IN every
way be could think Of 10 make Il I'M
possible lor me to get the Insurance.
He acted ss II ! was voluntarily Try
ing to bea' the company IN some way
and when failed to pa's the exami-
nation both he and the agent appeared
TO think ! bad wronged them BY TAX
Ing up their time"
That's nearly as had az my case.
Several months ago representatives OF
a piano house got after me for the pur-
pose Of persuading me % buy piano
on tho !nstalment plan Just to get
rid OF them at last agreed to buy
Now they've got a corps OF men OUT
trying to dig up proof that ] never
could or would pay for the piano II
they we're to let me have Il Business
Is a gred, thing
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
To Study Cost Of Living

wages. II such is possible Civilization
and progress depend largely upon
stability and certainty II monetary
stability is impossible. the world ls en-.
titled to know by what means, II any,
the evils of wide price and wage
fluctuations can be Iessened
AN international and scientific com.
mission Of experts should investigate
the facts. study the causes and sux.
gest possible remedies
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
Had Auntle stumped.

Sheldon and Huntley are twins
equally inquisitive and exc full OF boy
ish enthusiasm Their Aunt Anne has
especial charge of their religious train
ing. IL the course of which she has
been at pains 10 tell them OF the
Lords omnipotence
Whatever exists" she told them
God made-the trees. and the flow
ers, the sun and the moon and the
stars-everything everywhere
Mother," said Sheldon. on Sun.
day morning viewing the prepare.
tions for airing the bedding, does
God make everything"
Yes. dear" was the reply "Ev.
erything
Does he make the beds. too?" was
the next question
But there was none to answer
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
Had His LlmitatIon.

The patriarch Of the colored resi-.
dents was eager to display his knowl.
edge, and his choice of words proved
his discrimination Who's the best
whitewasher in towr?" INQUIRED the
newcomer "Al Hall am a bond Artist
with a whitewash brush. sah." an.
swered the coored patriarch eloquent
ly We'll. tell him to come and
whitewash my chicken.house tomor
row" Uncle Jacob shook his head
dubiously "Ah DOR; believe. sab. Ah'd
engage Al Hall to whitewash a chick
en- house. sab " why didn't you say
he was a good whitewasher?" yes,
sab. a powerful good whitewasher.
sab; but mighty queer about chick
en- house sab mighty queer!"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
c,uple Too rat for CAB.

Dover. N h Samuel Chesley Drew
the pride OF the New England Fat
Mems association. who weighs 455
mounds. is back at his nome mere
after honeymoon trip with MS bride
who was Miss Rose LaVigne OF koch-
ester and who herself tips the scales
at 27s pounds
AS th.re was nc carriage In the
Town capable OF Transporting the
nanny pair they we're carried from the
train TO their home In a nay truck
Al the state hospital and poor larm
here Drew Is head chef and Mrs Drew
chief nurse in the insane ward
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12

Cincinnati. Ohio Steve Callahan, a
negro, was SO influenced BY q sermon
delivered BY coored evangelist that
he confessed 20 burglary and returned
to the home Of Frank Holmes. 2Oe
Sycamore street fur coat be had
stolen To-Day he told the police ho
had committed pore than score Of
other thefts
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
Lays Elqht-lneh Ego.

bingham. Mass MRS Joseph Potter
IL the proud owner Of a white Ply
mouth Rock hen Matched last April.
which has commenced to break big
egg records for her hennery
The hen 10 very large. In her very
appearance giving promise Of big eggs
But It more than fulfills this promise
One Of the eggs weighed three ounces
In circumference II was seven inches
he short way and eight ana Q quarter
iuches the lOng way.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
Ten Years for Twenty Cent Theft.

Ten Years for Twenty Cent Theft.
New York Maurice McGrath, OF 90
Chambers street, was sentenced this
afternoon by Judge O'Sulliyan IN gem
eral sessions to serve ten years in
Sing Sing for robbery thar netted
the prisoner just twenty cents The
prisoner has served several terms in
prison and It was on account of his
criminal record that the severe pen
atty was imposed
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
Late for Dinner; He Jumps

eel, Schneider caught the falling man
the arms as his feet hit the sac
walk Instead OF dropping to me
yround in a limp heap. the workman
anded squarely On his feet
Are you hurt?" asked Schneider.
Il should say not" said the BRICK
aver, smiling Il was late golng
home to dinner and Jumped often
do that"
An ambulance was summoned and
the surgeon locked the remarkable
jumper over. but could find no in-
iuries of any sort
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12

and to be dispersed afterward through
the room by means of small electric
ian
There are no smells and no dlscom-
forts whatever On the contrary. the
purity Of the air and the invigorating
effects of the radium give pleasant
sense of weI-being This sense of we'll
being is, according to the doctor due
to the radio-activity absorbed by ones
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12

body. which is retained for several
hours after the treatment
The establishment. which has been
lpen only a few days. is already the
talk OF Paris. and II is astonishing
low many society women have sud
denly discovered that they ire suffer.
ing from rheumatism in order not TO
miss the three to five o'clock "Radium
Tea"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
Man on New York Building Leaps
Three Stories and Escapes
Unhurt.

New Policeman Schneider
was ambling along in front OF an un.
finished building at Ninth avenue ana
Fortieth street when his eye happened
to stray aloft in lookout TO. a dis
lodged brick Just as he looked up
he saw the body of a man leave the
scaffolding on the third story and
come hurting down directly over him
With an agile spring the policeman
lodged the body Pivoting on his
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
llnearth POO sksletnnn

Cincinnati Two hundred human
skeletons were discovered on the farm
Of Enos Hayes, between Ceves and
tIltzabethtown o Il is believed lhe
place was an Indian buryIng ground
or the scene Of battle bel ween tho
Indians and white men in pioneer
days
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12

who hasn't any teeth Here's a
youngster arrives all ready to tackle
beefsteak dinner. while | have to
he content with Cruel I've been
drinking my meals for years Bet a
dollar, If you investigate, you will find
that the first thing he said was l ac-
cept the nomination All Ohio babies
do that"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
War Dark Blue Dress suits.

London.-Two men noted In cluO.
land for being always smartly tailored
created a small sensation at recent
function by appearing In dark blue
dress suits with gilt buttons.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
Those Dear Girls.

Maud am told got my good
looks from my mother
Ethel wouldn't repeat that II /
were you.
Ethel--People will think your moth
er was stingy.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12
Knees Became stiH
Fiye Years q seyere Rheumalisla

The cure of Henry j. Goldsten, IA
Barton Street, Boston, Mass is another
victory for Hoods Sarsaparilla. This great
medicine has succeeded in many cases
where others have utterly failed. Mr..
Goldstein says; 81 suffered from rheuma-
tism five years, it kept me from business
and caused excruciating pain. Ny knees
would become as stiff as steel tried
many medicines without relief, then took
Hoods Sarsaparilla, soon felt much better,
and now consiler myself entirely cured.
/ recommend Hoods"
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-12

Constipation causes and aggravstes many
serious diseases. It is thoroughly cured BY
DR.. Pierees Pleasant Pellets. The favor
ite family laxative.