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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-22
Times Are Bad for Steamship BARRIERS

Anew YORK.-Barbers on Atlantic
IN liners are now complaining about
safety razors, which have reduced
their profits to such an extent that
they have been compelled to eke out
A living by selling all kinds Of no
tons. from Bibles to chewing gum. In
the palmy days BARRIERS were in
,lined to regard with scorn and to
keep waiting the passenger who shaw
ed himself and only came to the shop
TOR a hair cut. On the White Star
line the daily rush for shaves among
arst cabin passengers was recognized
by the company, and one of its rules
i03. section s, read:
BARRIERS of the White Star steam
ships are not allowed to cut passen-
gers hair before noon"
All morning the BARRIERS were kept
ousy, and in the afternoon from 4
o'clock until dinner time, scraping the
,hins Of passengers who would not
take a chance of cutting themselves
with the old-fashioned rabors as the
ship pitched up and down or rolled
from side to side.
Now many passengers shave them
selves, whether it is rough or smooth
and never patronize the BARRIERS shop
unless the ship is over toward heI
beam ends, which is the time the bar
ber doesn't want to shave any one.
Owing to this decline of business
The steamship companies have had to
reduce the rents charged for the bar
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-22
CHAPTER VIII.

Preparations for breakfast were to-
ward; an aroma of coffee and bacon
hung in the still, crisp air. The troop
ers were bustling about as if moth
ing had happened, laughing and iok-
ing, cleaning rifles, feeding the me-
hara, striking tents, drawing water
from the palm-ringed well round
which the camp had been made.
Out of sight beyond the edge of the
sunken oasis a detachment was dig
ging shallow trenches for the dead
In the open Chambret lay dying, a
stark grim figure in the growing
light. ORourke sat by his side, near
the head of the improvised litter ell
bow in knee, chin in hand, eyes fixed
on the face of his friend.
Just before sunrise the man on the
litter stirred, moaned, opened his eyes
and turned his head to see O'Rourke.
He smiled wanly. Mon ami" he said
in tones faint yet thick.
The Irishman rose. Don't talk"
said he. "Pll be calling the surgeon"
But Chambret stayed him with a
gesture. Has he not told you, dear
friend?" he asked.
O'Rourke hesitated. "Told me
what?"
THAT my wound was fatal-mortal?
Surely he must have told you.
It is so. Presently die Con
tent. Let him be-this sur
geon: / am beyond his aid. Attend
to me, in my last moments, O'Rourke,
my friend"
The adventurer vacillated, torn by
an agony of compassion. Il must do
something for ye," he said miserably
Il must do something. !.
What can l do?"
Comfort me-" The dying man
closed his eyes and lay still for lit
tie You are not gone, O'Rourke?"
he asked presently.
'T'm here, be your side, mon ami"
Tell me Of madame :.
your wife She is well?"
"she is very well, Chambret."
you have seen her recently?"
within ten days"
"You have returned to
her?"
"No--and yes. Twas not for lack
Of love for her that gave her up"
YES" said Chambret impatiently.
THAT I understand. l com
prehend utterly your feeling. :.
But you owe her happiness, though
you sacrifice your own-everything-
to give it her. She loves you !.
as she might have loved even me had
you not come into her life"
True. !"
you are about to pocket your
scruples that she may have her due
portion Of happiness?"
I've promised, Chambret."
Il am glad. But you--what
has brought you hither?"
I'll wished to see ye."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-22

n nITTSBURG.-Wa Warden Edward Lew
1 is Of the county Jail is thinking of
applying to Andrew Carnegie in the
nope Of getting him to donate a IL
orary filed with literary classics In
,rder to supply brain food for num-
Der Of real high brows" now in con
1nement. The prison library has been
found absolutely insufficient to supply
he requirements Of these highly intel
ectual prisoners, and the prize for
having such a select body must now
come to this city, instead of to the his
.oric old Charlestown Jail of cultured
and astute Boston, which has hitherto
held the honor over all the cities Of
The country.
"A city or county jail is about the
last place in the world" said Deputy
Warden John Mcneil, that anyone
would seek for batch Of the real,
simon pure intellectual giants known
as high brows, but we have a collec-
ton that is a wonder The literary
talent and linguistic power OF some
Of these prisoners is simply marvel
Gus, and the strange part of 1t is how
men of such profound knowledge are
not otherwise brainy enough to keep
out Of Jail. If the average receipt of
such prisoners is maintained It will
be a strong argument for the Tow
brows' side, of whom we have a big
population"
All told, there are a score Of prison.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-22


- of which, however, he
must have had some warning from
the rattle OF firing. He screamed
something in ORourke's ear as the
latter passed, and turning threw him
self fiat and began to pump the trig'
ger Of his carbine, emptying the maga-
zine at the on-sweeping line Of Tou'
aregg.
The alarm was hardly needed;
ORourke and the guide swept on
over the slip of a depression In the
desert and halted in the midst Of a
camp already quickened and alive
with shadowy figures running method
ically to their posts, carbine and ac-
coutrement cleaning in the moon
light: men of the camel crops, hard
ened to and familiar with their work.
They buckled down to 1t In a busi-
ness-like way that thrilled the heart
of O'Rourke. In trice they were
doubling out past lines of tethered
mehara, past the white hillocks OF
the officers shelter-tents and, like the
sentry, throwing themselves down
upon the ground to take shelter oil
whatever inequalities the face OF the
desert offered; and their firing ringed
the bivouac with a fringe Of fame.
O'Rourke slipped from his camel
and turned to watch the skirmish.
Massed. the Touaregg, in strength
greater than the adventurer had De-
Understanding like two hundred
mounted men, in all-charged down
upon the camp as If to over-run and
stampede 1t.
Yet at the critical moment, when
1t seemed that of a surety there was
no stopping them, they divided and
swung round the camp in two wide
circles, scattering into open order and
firing as they scattered. Here and
there a horse fell, a rider threw out
his hands and toppled from his sad
die, a camel seemed TO buckle at full
tilt like a faulty piece Of machinery;
and so gaps appeared in the flying
wings.
For the men of the flying column
were picked shots. They had need to
be. who had such tasks as this to cope
with
Nor-for that matter-were the Tou'
aregg the only sufferers. Here and
there in the camp man plunged for
ward in mid-stride, and on the firing
line beyond the tents now and again
a sharpshooter shuddered and lay still
upon his arms. Even at O'Rourke Is
side an officer was shot as he ran tc
the front, and would have fallen had
not the Irishman caught him witt
ready arms and let him easily to the
earth. AS he did so the stricken mar
rolled an agonized eye upward.
"O'Rourkel" he said between
groan and a sigh.
And O'Rourke, kneeling at his side
and peering into his face, gave a bit
ter cry. For he had found Chambret
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-22

rubbed his wrists, and observed
collection Of his pocket hardware "
ing upon the seat by him, thrown
aside by dlynn in his disgust at not
finding what he sought.
Yen not be wanting to deprive
me Of these few tribes. me gay nigh
waymen, I'm thinkingl" he inquired
placidly OF the pair. III we've no OBJ
lection III make so free as to take
back me own"
take what you want" returned
Des Trebes in an ugly tone. But
l give you three minutes to tell me
where you have put that letter"
Indeed? Your courtesy overpowers
me-" The Irishman took up his watch
and calmly made a note Of the hour
hard upon three in the morning; then,
with easy nonchalance slowed It away
with the rest OF the miscellaneous col
lection-the knives coins and keys
his wallet, tickets and 80 forth.
"YouE time" the voice Of the vi
comte interrupted this occupation, "ii
up" He fingered his revolver Where
is that letter? | am losing patience.
where rust nor moth cannot cor
rupt nor thieves break in to steal,
O'Rourke misquoted solemnly
STEADY. Don't call names-or III
forget meself. mean that the letter
is in fragments, scattered to the foul
winds Of heaven, destroyed. There 70
have your answer. Ye fools, did "
think would carry 1t about me?"
by Godl" said Glynn tensely. "NC
don't shoot him, Des Trebesl He'i
telling the truth. Make him tell wha
was in the letter"
I'm afraid 'tls useless" ORourk'
Knocked them. II have forgotten thu
contents. What use to me to re
member?" he demanded, inspired
What made ye think l would haV'
it at all? Sure, and the letter wa
properly Chambret's. Why would
not turn It over to him?"
"Oh, cut it," Glynn interrupted I'm
patiently. I'VE know he's dead Tn
news was photographed in from tn
column day before yesterday"
quite So Yet, If ye know so much
if-as / gather-ye suspect that Cham
bret turned over this precious jeWe
to me, why do ye not demand 1t a
well as the letter? Not that l haV
either"
Because we jolly well know 20
haven't got the ruby" blurted tn
Englishman.
"Be quiet" snapped the vicomte.
ITO BE CONTINUED.)
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-22
one Rose to Distinction as an Admiral
and the Other Was Great
Scholar.

How often do we hear of the sons
az Columbus? Yet the great discover
or had two sons, one Of whom, Don
Diego, rose to distinction as an ad-
miral and the other. Fernando, as
scholar.
Fernando was a great traveller. He
not only thrice visited America, but
subsequently traversed the whole OF
Europe and almost every accessible
portion of Asia and Africa. In his will
he stipulated that his library, contain
ing 10000 volumes, which he gave to
the cathedral of Seville, should be free
to the people, and It is so to this day
From books in his collection Washing
ton Irving obtained a considerable
portion Of the information on which
his Life Of Columbus" was founded
The following quaint epitaph, almost
obliterated by time. appears upcn tne
site Of his tomb:
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-22
Musela Saver.

The woman who lives on the sixth
floor of a no-elevator apartment house
ordered some things Of the grocer and
begged that they be sent right around
in a hurry. Soon the rattle of ropes IN
the dumbwaiter shaft proclaimed that
the groceries had arrived. The woman
took eff the basket that held them ana
emitted the stun out on her kitchen
tubs. Then she followed the usual GUS
tom Of setting the empty basket back
upon the dummy" and shouting All
right" to the grocer's lad in the eel
lar. As she closed the dumbwaiter door
a small voice piped up through the
shaft. The woman listened a moment
and then put her head into the SHAFT
and called Whats that?" The small
piping treble continued: THROW de
basket down. will yer, Mrs? Me
arms is near broke" And as the
basket went hurtling down, the
Mrs" couldn't help but admire
the lads labor-saving idea.-New York
Press.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-22
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New Plan for Classifying Prisoners

ers now doing time in the prison who
are able 10 converse huenty In nan
dozen languages.
dozen languages. Some Of them can
do much better. and their knowledge
Is Of great assistance in Interpreting
letters and verbal messages intenaeo
for men behind the bars some OF
these prisoners, while Of foreign b'Fth
and extraction. still unnaturalized, are
able to handle the dead languages aa
Auently as a 10-year-old school boy
juggles the baseball vocabulary oi lhe
present day.
AS convincing proef Of %bis, pris-
oner of Polish birth was brought OUT
to converse with an attache OF the as
trict attorneys Office. The latter Is
somewhat Of a linguist and boasts OF
being able to converse in u different
languages. The prisoner, VINO was
formerly engaged as a foreign BANKER
lust went the young attorney three
better. He demonstrated to the hst-
eners that he was as familiar with 10
different tongues as he is with MS ma
five chatter. There are others In jan
equally fluent, too.
All of these prisoners demand high
class literature to peruse in their laie
moments. The prison library mas
been exhausted in their pursuit OF
knowledge. The ordinary fiction OF
the day and works on political and
historical subjects the passed along
as being unworthy Of consideration By
this batch of "high brows." They de-
mand classics. and some Of them be-
came so indignant when this variety
of literature was handed them it was
necessary to threaten their removal
from "high brow" row, situated near
murderers' row, to the "vag' section
which has been aptly called low
brow" row.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-22
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KANSAS CITY.-Expelled from the
n Confederate Home at Higginsyille
because they became engaged and
were married several weeks ago,
Mr.. and Mrs. D. F. Starns, both past
10 years old, came to try their future
In Kansas City the other morning.
The aged couple had just Is cents
when they arrived at the court house
to apply for admission to the county
home. Two small telescope suitcases
contained all their worldly goods.
Mr.. Starns told fondly about the ro-
nance Of a few weeks and the court
ship "on the sly" in the Confederate
Home.
you know, I was in Senator Cock
reIrs brigade and saw hard service in
Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia
during the four years Of the Civil
war" Mr.. Starns said. q went to the
Confederate Home eight years ago
from Jackson county. There l met w,
B. Ellis, my wifes first husband. He
died two years ago and his widow con
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-22

hers shops on their liners, and in
some cases they have had to pay as
much as $40 a month to get the pro
fessors Of the tonsorial art to go to
sea. Rene de Sans Souci, one OF the
most dignifed sea-going BARRIERS, said:
"Yees, it ees verre sad, triste, Ell;
for re artistic of re cheveux to the sea
in big sleeps for many days without
making the razor on face to go. am
desole because for the rent and my
expenses 1 must re golliwog, re Terry
bear and re light box which does not
strike. sell instead Of re shave. viii
no more to be sea come, but will to
my beloved Angouleme 60 back and
chase once more ze trufie from hees
lair"
Sam Skeggs, another rowing barber
we'll known from the Hudson to the
Yukon. said that the barber business
on board ship since the advent Of the
safety razor gave him the fantods.
'AI I can do today" said he, lis to
cut hair and trim whiskers of pious
travellers who do not know how to
spend money or give tips"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-22

The vicomte favored oRourke with
a vicious glance. muttering something
about a thousand devils The Irish
man. uuick to grssD the situation and
inwardly exulting, acknowledged Des
Trebes attention with a winning
smile.
"oood evening" he said, and nodded
amiably
"oh. shut upl" snapped the Honor
able Berthe, unhandsomely. where's
that letter."
o'Rourke chuckled. "Ye're a hard
loser, me bright young friend" he
commented. Il though Englishmen
always played the game as It laid"
Glynn grunted and flushed, shame
faced, but the Frenchmqn cut short
the retort on his lips by curt repe-
titlon Of Glynn's own question:
where's that letter. monsieur?"
ORourke glanced at him languidly,
yawned, and smiled an exasperating
strictly personal smile. Then sig
pificantly he clinked the handouts UNI
Ill they rang on wrist and ankle.
Answer mel" snarled the Vicomte'
picking up his revolver.
"Divvle a word" observed O'Rourke,
will ye get from me II ye shoot me
dead, monsieur lie vicomte. Put down
your pistol and be sensible"
Des Trebes' face darkened, suf'
fused with the blood of his rage. Yet
the man asserted that admirable con
troll of self which he was able to EN-
ploy when It suited his purposes. Evi
dently, too, he recognized the cold
common-sense of the wanderers re
mark. At all events he put aside the
weapon
where's the letter." he demanded
again, more pacihcally.
Again ORourke yawned with NAL
ice prepense, yawned deliberately anC
exhaustively and dispassionately
mot a word" he volunteered a
length, until ye loose me hands ant
feet Which" he added, "ye need no
hesitate to do, for I'll not strike bacl
| unless ye crowd me.
The vicomte scowled darkly for
moment, plainly dubious. Then pre-
sumably upon the consideration tha
he could trust O'Rourke's word ant
that most assuredly he would learl
nothing from him until his reques
was complied with, he growled an OF
der to Glynn to unlock and remov,
the handouts. The Englishman obey
ed.
Free, O'Rourke stretched himself
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-22
EAM0Us SONS OF COLUMBUS

What does it profit me to have
sprinllled the whole world with my
sweat to have three times crossed to
the new world discovered by my ia.
ther, to have embellished tho shores
of the tranquil Guadalquiver and pre-
ferred my simple tastes rather than
riches, or that have assembled round
thee divinities from the source Of Cas-
talia and offered to thee the riches
gathered by Ptolemy, if. passing in 81
lence over this stone, thou shouldst
fail to address a single salutation to
my fathers memory, or to myself a
slight remembranceT
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-22

min so much de work, an when his
time was out dey let him bring u
home OATS dem He'll want en- er
gin, I'm sho, an his OIL nanny viii
be satersfied about him"
when was he arrested and what's
his name?'
whats his name? Oh. Julius VIII
yums l amt known when he was
rested, but I aint seen him in eI
month. so 1 knows he's in jail I wants
him ter be fixed up right when he
goes out. Youn give EN- to him ?"
The promise was made on the spot
and the old woman left "satersfied."
When the basket was examined It CON
tanned the suit OF stripes, generously
made, an old broad-brim hat that win
keep the sun out Of the eyes, and
pound cake with felcy icing II was
clearly Of the kind that mother used
to make
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-22
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens at Monte Carlo with
Col. Terence ORourke, a military Tree
lance and something OF a gambler, IN ms
hotel. Leaning on the balcony he sees
beautiful girl who suddenly enters the
elevator and passes from sight Al the
gaming table O'Rourke notices two men
watching him. one f. the Hon; BeIue
Glyun, while his companion Is Nlscouinis
pes Trebes, a duelist, The viscount telis ,nS
him the French government mas o.eSvIi5 .'e,s,'i5
him 10 O'Rourke as a man VINO Was Woute
undertake a secret mission. Al his apnrt-
ment. O'Rourlke, who had agreed 70 ,,s ~,
dertake the mission, finds a mystoIi ~ %
letter. The vscount arrives minus .
sealed package 20 O'Rourke, VINO l5 mo-
10 omen II until on the ocean. paisT sr.,. Ot
dainty slippers are seen prolruuins lIoili
under a doorway curtain. The lrlshinsi M IN n
flnds the owner OF the mysterious Iee{ 9 70
he his wife, BeatriX, from whom ne nau n
run away a year previous. Ihey o5, ~
reconciled. and opening the letter ne unus
that a Rangoon law firm oHeIs MN IN
Ia 600 mounds for a jewel known as Ihe
pool OF Flame and left TO MIN oy ny
ing friend but now in keeping OF one
named Chambret IN Algeria, O houIike :
worsts the nobleman IN duel. Ihe VIZ VIZ
bids O'Rourke farewell and ne promises
10 soon return with the reward. lie uls-
covers both Glynn and the Viscount on
board the ship.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-22
comfortlno.

Mother lin very low voice)--
Tommy, your grandfather is very sick
Can't you say something to cheer him
up a bit?
Tommy Tin an earnest voice)-
Grandfather, wouldn't you like to have
soldiers at your funeral?--Silent
Partner.
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STILL
is CAPTURED

h WAYNESBORO, Tenn, Aug. H.
Special Employe J. C. Colson, U. s.
Deputy Marshal j. S. Scott, with
Possemen ]. T. Lynn and c. C. Scott,
have just returned to this town from
a raid in the southern part of the
equity, having captured an Illicit
distillery of eighty gallons capacity,
nine hundred gallons of beer, nine
teen tubs of mash, six mushels Of
malt corn and other supplies. They
also captured Anthony Holt, as the
owner and operator of the plant. The
still was found on the premises of
Holt, in his horse lot. Holt has just
been tried before Commissioner c. l..
Norman and bound over to the fed
eral court
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-08-16
JONES GENTRY GETS
|. ANOTHER RECORD FOR
/ MAURY COUNTY STOCK
WAS OUT OF THE BETTING BUT
WON HIS RACE EASILY AT
CLEVELAND.
SHOWED BADLY AS A COLT
Fred S. Wilkes, Sire of Many Show
Horses as Well as Speed Winners,
Dies at Highland Stock Farm ai
Twenty-Five.

The unknown, unheralded and
mysterious Jones Gentry was a
uniquely meritorious put over" for
Trainer Bud Murray at Cleveland on
two occasions the past week. and
Jones Gentry is Maury county Dred
horse. He is by John R. Gentry,
2:001s, and out of Maud Webster,
and was bred by Col. Thomas y.
Jones, of Columbia, and foaled at 10
famous Ewell farm in this county.
Maud Webster was used as phaetoa
mare and Mr.. Jones thought so little
of the colt thar he gave one-half in
terest in him to George Campbell
Brown. At that time James Thomas
was in charge of the horses at EweIl
Farm and under his tutelage the colt
showed so well as two year old that
when he fell under the keen and ex-
pert eye of Rensselaer, Weston, he
was purchased for Richard Delafield.
banker of New York City. Since
then all the credit to the colt has
been tn work of Bud Murray. There
are two Maud Websters by Tom Web
ster, 2:11A. One is the dam of An.
ME Laurie, 2:05h; the other the dam
of Jones Gentry, 2:05A. The for
mer was bred in Tennessee and the
latter in Ohio. and brought to Fen
nessee as three year old.
Last week Vas truly GeIrry
week. No less than five of his sons
and daughters led the way home;
while his granddaughter, Cherry Gen
try, defeated the champion Etowah
obtaining a two-year old half mile
track record of 2:20A.
Fred S. Wilkes died few days ago
at Highland Stock Farm at the age
of twenty-five years. Fred S. Wilkes
was one of the most prominent trot-
tiers of the early COS, and was COOL
gated, game race horse. In addition
to being sire of speed Fred S.
Wilkes was also sire of many show
horses of note Among them The
Only Way and Breakspeare, winners
at Madison Square; and his daugn-
tiers, Annie D., 2:24A, and Katie S.,
2:2O1s, hooked to pole, swept the
Southern ring for several years