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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24
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There has been much discussion Of
the need OF "weeding out" to keep
public Libraries in the highest eondl-
tion Of efficiency. Much can be said
on both eides of this question, not
only as applied to libraries, but as
applied to human possessions in gem
eraJ How far is II worth while to
preserve old rubbish" The accumu-
lations In garTets to be tolerated on
any terms? Would 1t be well for every
household to give away at once ana
absolutely every article OF clothing
or furniture or household decoration,
and every toy and book as soon as the
need which prompted its. acquisition
has passed? There are those who
would say: YES" say the Milwaukee
Wisconsin. In this age OF living in
Oats many housewives are obliged to
follow this rigid rule. Where people
live in roomy houses with space to
store old things If they like, why is II
not best that they should consult theii
preferences, instead of following rules
devised by others? The Joy OF tu
ture antiquarians will be much
abridged If at the end Of every yeai
every family gets rid Of everything II
does not need. However, it is fool
lsh thing to accumulate clothing and
furniture that one can never use
again, when there ars constant oppor.
tunities to minister to the comfort
Of deserving poor by giving discarded
superfuities to those who can put
them to immediate use.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24
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nephew of Mrs. Grant, has given a
gown once worn by Mrs. Grant In the
White House.
Mrs. Samuel L. Gouverneur Of New
York, whose husband was the grand
son Of James Monroe, has given a suit
Of the clothes worn by Mr.. Monroe at
the French court when he was Amer
ican minister there. She has also
contributed fancy dress worn by
Mrs. Winfield Scott, wife Of General
Scott, at costume ball in Paris in,
1880. Mrs. Scott represented Pocahon.
tas. The wonderful color Of the feath.
er and tinsel-trimmed costume are al.
most as vivid today as they were 80
years ago.
Mrs. John Hay has placed in the
collection a court dress worn by Mrs.
John Hay at the coronation of King
Edward Of England.
The purpose Of the National Mu-
scum in collecting the gowns Is to
preserve to future generations these
mementos of famous women. A per
manent organization to perpetuate the
work win be formed
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24

minion. neighbor Of the Aliens
from boyhood, their attorney and couh'
sellor In many Of their civil and crlh-
inal bouts with the law, he has per,
sonally known the Allen clansmen Oh
three generations.
AS counsel for Floyd Allen, he stoou
beside his client when the latter open
ed fire upon the court officers anu
jury and Judge Bolen himself narrow
ly escaped death from the bullets IN
tended for the convicted man. he es'
capped by prostrating himself upon the
court room floor until the rain OF leau
had spent Itself.
It is not without reason that the
Carroll county Aliens are referred TO
as the members of clan. the nrst
of their forbears who settled In this
vicinity in Colonial times came OF
Scotch-Irlsh stock-a strain often OF
sterling worth, but ever with a
touch of clannish family pride, and
usually with more than touch OF pug
nacity. impatience Of restraint and
fighting courage.
In Revolutionary days what Is now
Carroll was Montgomery county, Vir-
ginia. One OF the members OF the
Montgomery county militia who left
his plow and his ak to march across
the Blue Ridge in time to take part
in the battle Of Guilford Court House,
N C.. was William Allen. The militia
detachment marched across the Ridge
by way of the Fancy Gap road, the
same thoroughfare over which armed
scouts have been scurrying to and fro
in search Of this Revolutionary sol
dier's scion, on whose head the out
ragged law has Dut a price.
As William Allen marched to battle
he observed that the rolling land on
the far side of the Fancy Gap was at
tractive. When the Revolutionary war
was over he and one of his fellow SOL
diers settled there and so the Aliens
became established in the quarter
which they have ruled ever since like
feudal barons.
Tradition says William Allen was a
good soldier. He was destined to be
the progenitor of many good soldiers.
He had two sons, only one Of whom,
William Allen, Jr., concerns this mar
ratiye, for the second, William. was
the father of two sons, Bailey Allen
and William Carr Allen.
Bailey Allen had four sons-Lemuel,
William. Carr and Bailey Allen, IT. OF
the four three were gallant soldiers in
the Confederate service during the
Civil war. Lemuel was killed in a
charge during the second battle Of
Bull Run, or, as is generally desig-
mated in the south, the Battle of
Manassas. William, who was pri-
vate in the same company, saw his
brother fall, paused long enough to
lift his stricken form and to note that
be was dead, and then went on in the
charge upon the Union position
Carr Allen survived four years Of
active service. He was soldier
whose dash, courage and gallantry
were uniformly praised by his officers.
As a Confederate veteran and good
neighbor, he lived until about ten
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24
JudaIna Raees by Gamer.

Now that running races are about
to commence, further attention will be
given to a highly practical invention
for automatically judging the position
Of horses at the winning post, particu-
larly in cases where close finishes oc-
cur, says London Answers.
Briefly, the mechanical race Judge
is an ordinary Photographic camera.
Across the course fine woOlen thread
is stretched. breast high to the horses.
The moment this thread is snapped
the shutter is opened and a photo
graphic record results.
The actual development Of the mega
tive is but the work Of a few mo
ments. and prints can be actually dis
tributed in quite a short time.
The chief utility Of the invention
lies in the fact that It eliminates the
human element from the judges box
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24

years ago, when, at a good old age, he
was shot any killed by Mack Hewlett,
and Hewlett was lynched, after a
band, believed to have included mem
bers Of the Allen clan, had taken him
from the Hillsville jail, the keys >ot
which were surrendered by the jailer,
who was a cousin of Jack" Aliens
wife.
OF the four sons of Bailey Allen the
black sheep of the family was Bailey
Jr. Judge Bolen was called upon to
defend him against numerous criminal
charges, and he was finally sentenced
to a long term in the state peniten.
tiary for housebreahng and burglary.
William Carr Allen, the other son
Of the second William Allen, was the
father of jeremiah, Robert and John.
jeremiah also was loyal soldier In
the army of the south. He married
the daughter of one of the most IA
nous Of the old trappers Of the Blue
Ridge mountains, Uncle Billy" Combs.
The Confederate veteran and the
daughter Of the old trapper raised a
large family of boys. Their SONS were
Anderson, who died a few years ago
after having served as a member Of
the Virginia Reserves during the last
ten months of the war; Washington,
who was killed by the fall of a tree;
Victor, who is the highly respectable
and respected keeper Of a country
store few miles from Hillsville; Gar
land, who is a preacher among the
Primitive Baptists; Floyd, whose re-
fusal to accept sentence Of imprison-
ment caused the HillsVille massacre;
Jasper, generally called Jack" whose
son Freel is the youngest Of the clans
men now imprisoned on charges of
conspiracy and murder, and finally
Sidna Allen, who is regarded not only
as the most wealthy, but also as the
master mind OF the clan.
A sister of the seven sons Of Jere-
miah Allen is Mrs. Edwards (now Mrs.
Mundy), whose sons by her first hus-
band were Sidna and Wesley Ed
wards, the first of whom surrendered
himself to his uncle Jack" while
Wesley preferred to share the hard
ships of the mountains with his uncle
Sidna. The other members of the
younger generation who are directly
involved in the Millsville affair are
Claude and Victor, who are the sons
Of Floyd Allen, and Freel Allen, who is
the son of Jack"
"a study Of the genealogical tree of
the Aliens" said one who knows them
well, shows that, while many of the
clan have been fighting men, 1t is only
those of the present generation who
have been what is commonly known
as gun fighters. Old jeremiah was a
hard fighter even after the war was
over, but he fought with his fists.
"All of the seven sons of Jerry AL
len we're men of strong personality
and of fierce, imperious temper, but
Anderson, Washington, Victor and
Garland learned the important les
sons of restraint and self control,
while Floyd, Jack and Sidna have
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24

BILE" the doctor said. 81 have been
there three times already and l will
never tire of going. There are in the
monasteries thousands of Greek manu-
scripts, and hundreds of them are con-
nected with the New Testament. Hun
dreds of students have studied many
of these manuscripts very carefully,
but there are other manuscripts that
have not yet been read carefully. 1t
may be that great discoveries valu-
able to the bible scientists will ema-
nate yet from this great storehouse of
manuscripts"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24

A man in Pennsylvania died from
the effects of smoking 10000 cigar
cites in ten years. He probably beat
the record, but beyond this, did moth
ing for himself and made his life OF
little value except to help along the
cigarette business, which seems hard.
ly worth while, as the er.d and aim OF
ones existence
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24

A Judge in Paris rules that pugilists
must refrain from hurting each other
There being no such law in America,
our pugilists are free to talk each
other to death.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24
Lived in Chicken Coop.

Duluth, Minn.-LiVing for ten days
in a chicken coop after their farm
home had burned and having only
chickens to eat, Mrs. Annie Nelson
and her family of ten children were
rescued by hunters.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24

The son of the gaekwar of Baroda
says he finds it impossible to go
through college on $3.50 a week. EVi
IDENTIFY he is taking a course in fren-
zied finance.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24

It appears from government reports
that we eat something like so pounds
of sugar per capita annually. This
would explain, in part, why this is the
land Of the sweetest girls on earth.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24

The summer hotels and boarding
houses in New York state are to be
investigated. Still, the girls needn't
worry. It's hard to follow a canoe
in the shadows on a moonlight night
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24

In Minneapolis lives a business man
who has compelled the young women
working for him 10 wear low heeied
shoes and be comfortable-the mean
thing!
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24
Man r1rIvan Nal In Had

Detroit, Mich. - Brooding insane
over his wife's illness William Pet.
rick drove ten penny nail into hls
head in an attempt to commit sui
eide. HIS condition ls critical.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24

! A missing ruby was found in the
nose Of a child. The reflection Of 9th
er rubies is to be seen in the same 10
cation now and then.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24

The servant question has reached 3
critical stage in London, where q
mistress committed suicide when her
maid gave notice.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24

Speaking Of elastic currency, a
cleveland youth managed TO spend
B50.0OO a year on a salary Of SIS a
week
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24

A surgeon in California performed
An operation for appendicitis upon
himself But this is apt to make the
rest Of the profession feel cut up.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24

It is now possible to remove the sp.
pendix in two minutes. but, sad to re-
late. surgeons are not paid by the
hour
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24

sin the 40 who are cstalogued as
ammortals know that they have g9t e
de even In a literary sense
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24

New Jersey is planning to tax its
cats, thus discriminating in favor Of
It's mosquitoes.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24


ICED Carroll county, Virginia.
The question is an interesting one
entirely apart from the academic the
ories of heredity. It Is a question thou
sands of law abiding Americans doubt
less have asked since the commission
at HillYille of one of the most aston
ishlng acts in the criminology Of civ
ilized country.
No man Is better qualified to an
swer the question than Judge David
w. Bolen. He is a leader of the Car
roll county bar, was a delegate to the
Virginia state consolidation conven-
tion, and is one of the most thorough
students Of Virginia history to be
found within the borders OF the Old Do
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24
ARTIST AND COURTIER, TOO

"Ah, so l did" assented the royal
critic, with more than royal naivete.
'T forgot that. Very good! Very
odi"-Youth's Companion
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24

when a race is a very close thing. Not
long, since, an absolutely perfect dead
heat was recorded with this instru.
ment-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-24
CHGHIGNTLNG ALZENS,

HAT is the geneal-
ogy of the clan Of
the fighting AL.
lens?" What are
the racial strains
and what the physi-
cal and social en-
viron m ent that
have combined to
produce this race
OF fearless fight
ers that has terror
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-05

guard / perceive that in an unex-
pected moment must have betrayed
myself to ILL., She is Mortified; and
little wonder. The stoutest nerves
could not stand the infection of such
sounds and looks.
Listen to me" / said suddenly. II
grant that it is tragedy, but am
certain that there must be way out
of it. In the first place do not de-
spair of your being cured. But even
granted that never takes place, you
need not loGe your wife's affections.
The thing for you to do is tell Mrs
Farquharson the truth. She loves
you for what you are, not for what
you look. She is, if mistake not,
possessed of nerve if she will only
dare to use It; she can get accus-
toned to your condition. Anyhow,
let US try her; l will tell her, If you
like
Heaven bless you,'' said the poor
fellow; 1T would be an untold re-
lief"
He left me, and / sought out Mrs.
Farquharson, and related as briefly as
could the story I had just heard
from her husband. When concluded
she held out her hand to me.
Thank you doctor" she said. II
believe i can do what he requires. I
am going to him. She left the saloon
and went on deck. I did not see eth
er of the Farquharsons again that
night.
The rest of the voyage took place
without anything special occurring.
and when couple of weeks later we
reached Bombay bade adieu to the
Farquharsons, thinking it likely that
/ might never see them again. went
to my hotel and began making ar
rangements for my journey to the
Central Provinces. The next day I
was surprised to receive a visit from
Mrs. Farquharson Her face was pale,
and eyes red as though she had been
weeping.
you must help me, DOCTOR" she
said. Il have borne it up to the very
last point cannot endure it any
longer. You are going to Jubbulpore
tomorrow; will you take my husband
with you? Without him my nerves
may get stronger; after time may
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-05
DANGER IN THEIR SUCCESS
Little Sermon for the Girls Who Rise
Rapidly in the Business
World.

| have seen many girls working in
Offices, manufactures and stores, who
were entitled to a swift, even rise in
their work, by their intelligence and
their ready grasp of mass of small
work. These are the girls who make
themselves invaluable to their en-
plOyers. They have only one thing to
stop them-and that is the frightfuI
Importance with which they are filed
the moment they realize their worth.
Isn't it enough to be worth the mon
ey you are being paid, without trying
to call everybody's attention to it2
Isn't it enough to busy yourself with
your next step up, without plastering
yourself over with a false dignity on
something you have already attained.
have a great admiration for a nat
ural dignity, but am referring here
to the particular important hustle that
so many women assume who have
done things.
Somebody bigger than you showed
you appreciation of your achievement,
or you wouldn't be so sure Of it your
self. Don't pay that somebody back by
making the whole remainder of his
force unhappy. They, too, have prob
ably done something worth while-but
unlike you have not been Growing
about it. To allow yourself to crow.
even to yourself, over one step up is
to dim your sight for the next one.
Your mind is so taken up with your
own glorious, magnificent achievement
that you fail to see your further OPP
portunities, that are slipping quietly
past you, like travellers in a mist
into the waiting hand of somebody
else.-Virginia Banks.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-05
Discovered Utility of Coal.

Should parliament be invoked to
NEEDLE with coal it will not be for the
first time Our ancestors, when coal
was novelty, petitioned the legis-
lature to prohibit its use, and the par
Lament of 1906 did so, but the wood
merchants put up their prices to such
an extent that the anti-coal fire act
had to be repealed.
There is every reason for believing
that Britain has the honor of discov-
ering the utility of coal and that the
year of 1884, when Henry III. granted
charter for its mining, marks the
beginning Of the coal age. But twenty
years before some Haddingtonshire
monks had found the refectory fires
might be made to throw out more
genial heat by the aid of the strange
black Jumps London Chronicle
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-05

found my companion overcome by 8
melancholy so intense that no effort
could shake it on. We spent night
at Jubbulpore and then went on to a
small town in the vicinity, of the
name of Morar IN the neighborhood
of Moran we should get the big shoot
ing we were in search of. We had
sent a telegram to Mrs. Farquharson
during our journey, telling her that
Morar would be our destination, and
the following day whole budget of
letters arrived. There we're some for
me. and several for Farquharson. l
saw his face change color as he took
one up and eagerly broke open the en-
velope. A groan escaped his lips as
he perused the contents, and when he
had finished he handed it to me.
"That is from my wife, he said,
"ard it is conclusive enough. Read it,
doctor" The letter ran as follows:
Dearest Dick: 1t is not that l
don't love you, but I am not strong
enough to endure what you are
obliged to inf1ict upon me. Neither,
dear, can you bear it-you cannot
stand the strain which must never be
relaxed, and I cannot endure the con-
slant suspense of watching. l watch
continually to see the devil come out
in your face. And, Dick, it is gradu-
ally driving me mad. Please do agree
that we shall live apart. Perhaps
when l am older and stronger I may
be able to bear what is now too much
for me. Forgive me and let me 60.
I shall return home by the next
steamer. Your loving and unhappy
wife"
l looked up when / had read the
missive to find Farquharson staring
at me with his usual wooden express
sion.
Don't ask me to talk about it, Hall
fax" he said sT believe that LII is
perfectly right-she is best quit of
me-" His voice shook, and he gave
one of his terrible, Incorporating
laughs.
"Merciful Heaven!" / muttered to
myself, mo wonder that young wo-
man fees from him. He is the best
Of fellows, and yet to all intents and
purposes he might as well be the
worst of monsters" Farquharson's
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-05

If anything can brirg kirn Sxtk from
the grave that will"
Mrs. Farquhsrson hesitated, and
glanced at me in bewilderment
go at once" said Rhanee, with an
imperious gesture. He is lying inside
that hut. Crush the pearl and then
hold it to his nostrils. What is with
in is the most powerful thing in ai1
the world. That pearl has cost many
lives; it was taken from tribe with
which our tribe was at war. 1t waS
given to me by my husband; ! was to
use it in my last extremity. The sa-
nib avenged the life of him who gave
it to me-the extremity has come; the
sahib shall have the medicine"
signed to Mrs. Farquharson to
obey: the remedy was worth trying
at any rate. Farquharson was past
any aid that l could give him, and
if there was possible chance for the
native remedy working a sort of
miracle, he should have it. The white
woman entered the hut where her
husband was lying unconscious. He
did not hear his wife's step or see her
when she came into the darkened
space. She knelt by the couch; stood
behind
Dick" she cried, bending down aEs
pressing her lips to his forehead, ~
could not do what l said. l could not
leave you. Smile or no smile, could
not do without you; have come back
to YOU
Tell her to break the pearl; there
is not minute to lose,' said the voice
of Rhanee Nee, who had followed be-
hind us.
DO what she tells you,' I whis-
pered Break it, and hold it to his
nostrils."
She crushed the hollow pearl with
trembling fingers, and Immediately
gas, curious and volatile, escaped.
It filled the hut with queer perfume,
and the sick man opened his eyes.
"Why-Lil!" he said, with a smile.
HE smiled" said Mrs. Farquhar-
son. looking round at me. "He smiled
like anybody else!" She fell forward
in faint
Facts are stronger than theories.
Just as there was no apparent reason
for the subjective symptoms which
comprised Farquharsons malady, SO
neither was there any known cause
why the shock which the tigers
wounds had inflicted should rid him of
it. Such, however, was the case He
not only recovered his bodily health,
L
natural laughter never again troubled
him. He laughs now as heartily and
pleasantly as any ordinary person, and
his smile, his wife says, is like SUM-
shine.