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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
French Authorities are Moved by Fre-
quency of Fatal Accidents to
Army Avators.

Paris--Gravely concerned at the
frequency of fatal accidents to army
aviators, the French ministry OF war
has extended its patronage to a com
petition organized by the Union Of
Safety of Aviators, by offering prize
Of $4,000 to the inventor of an appara-
tus which shall afford satisfactory
guarantees from the point Of view of
safety in flying. =,
An announcement to this effect was
made in the chamber OF deputies by
Colonel Hirzschauer, head Of the army
air corps The vital question of the
safety of aviators, said the colonel,
was one of the principal preoccupa-
tions of the administration. AS com
pared with the first six months of
1911, the first half of this year show
ed about the same number Of acci-
dents, but the number of army avia-
tors had doubled, as had the total dis
tance Of their flights-404,30 800 miles in
all.
Great progress had also been made
in the strength of machinesA Con
struction and purchases we're most
strictly supervised, dynamic and fly
ing tests were being carried out, and
the opening of a great open-air labora-
tory at Pau, where high-speed ma
chimes could be tested over meas
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
Societies Urge That Constellation
Be Saved From Decay.
Famous Craft Was Launched In 1897,
and Fought Against French Prl-
vateers and Through War
Of 1912.

Newport, r. 1.-The frigate Constel-
lation, Truxton's gallant old ship,
which cleaned the Atlantic Of French
privateers and struck the colors Of
many a hostile craft in the War Of
1912, lies off Newport, r. l., in very
poor condition. Many patriotic So
cieties are pressing the navy depart
ment to see to it that she is pre-
served.
The Constellation is nov used as
a receiving ship, but she soon will be
taken out Of commission and brought
to Annapolis. The navy department
has no money to rebuild her old hulk,
and unless a patriotic sentiment de-
mands her preservation the once mag
nificent old frigate will become rot
ting wreck of old timbers and moss.
The Constellation was built by
David Stodert at Baltimore and
launched September Z, 1871 She was
1s1 feet long, forty-foot beam, 1855
tons and cost $314,212. She carried
twenty-eight twenty-four-pounders in
the main deck battery and twelve
twelve-pounders on the spar deck, In
June, 1898, she sailed under command
of Capt. Thomas TruXton for cruise
between Cape Henry and the coast of
Florida. In August she, in company
with the Baltimore, conveyed a fleet
of sixty merchant vessels in safety
fRom Havana to the United States.
On February 8, 1893, the Constella-
ton captured the French frigate In
surgente
In January, 1900, she sailed for the
Island of Guadalupe, which was the
headquarters Of the French priya-
teers, and on February /, 1880 a. M,
she gave chase to the French frigate
Vengeance. After chasing the entire
day she came within hailing at p. m.
and for four hours there was a lively
fight, the Constellation losing her
mainmast, every shroud being shot
away. In Gle excitement the French
ship escaped in the darkness, and the
Constellatic& was obliged to make
'er way to jamaica to refit.
Under thu command of Capt. Alex
ander Murray she was sent to the
Mediterranean during the war with
he Barbary powers in the squadron
# Commodore r. V. Morris.
In January, 1913, she sailed from
Washington under command Of Capt
Charles Stewart, and dropped down
10 Hampton Roads, only to find such
q strong force of British ships block
aiding as to make it impossible to get
10 sea, and was shut in during the
stirring years of this war with Great
Britain.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
OLD RELICS FOUND
GIimpses Of Early Life in Egypt
Are Unearthed.
Remarkable Discoveries Made by Prof
Edouard NaviIle at Abydos and lts
Nelehborhood-one of Richest
Sites In Old World.

Cairo, Egypt.-Fascinating glimpsea
OF early Egyptian life were revealed
at an exhibition recently held In Lon
don. The exhibits, which were the re
suit of the seasons work OF the Egypt
exploration fund, under the direction
Of the great Egyptologist. Prof. Edou
ard Naville. at Abydos and its neigh
borhood, included ssme eXcellently
preserved mummies, early implements
and carvings. and some grotesQue
vases not unlike English Toby jugs. In
the great Temple Of Osiris, a carving
was found depicting the Pharaoh ol
the Exodus playing draughts.
Abydos is one OF the richest sites
In Egypt, and many explorers have
reaped a rich harvest from its temples
and tombs, but the work of this ex
pedition seemed to prove that much re
mains to be done before the whole
story of Osiris Is revealed. On one
table were displayed objects obtained
from a prehistoric village, the re
mains OF which were found a little to
the west of the great Temple oi
Osiris. Hitherto the archaeologist
has been dependent on objects OBJ
tanned from the graves OF the prehis
toric age, but in this case the relics
of this ancient life were found on the
site Of hut village. They include
the long, fiat stones and corn rubbers
which we're used TO grind the wheat
or durrah for bread, sword spindle
whorls, bone needles, horn borers, and
hairpins, and some slate palettes fol
rubbing eye paint. Fruit knives
saws, and scrapers showed signs oi
use, and gave all the appearance OF
being in the same condition in which
they had been left by their original
owners.
These primitive men were no mean
artists, as the impression of cylin
der seal on clay, representing a pro
cession of animals, notably an ele'
phant and birds and a small clay fig.
ure OF dog, eloquently testified. The
settlement belonged to the late Neo
lithic age, but some objects of pure
copper, not bronze, were found-a
ring.chisel and some fish hooks. An
important find in this ancient village
was a furnace or kiln used for bank
Ing the handmade pottery, of which
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
five COWS, A GIRL
and A Big AUTO
Romance of a Young Lawyers
SCOrChlesS SCOrCh on a
Highway.
BY ADA NIXON.


Copyright. 1912, by Associated Literary
Press)
Young Harold Inlay OF Chester
had graduated in law and been taken
into partnership with his father He
was having what he called a little
fling before settling down TO the stern
business of law, and he had an auto
to help him out. The auto reyelved
around the country at various speeds
none of which was less than forty
miles an hour.
On a certain morning when It was
taken out TO scorch up the highway 1t
refused to scorch. In fact, 1t went
dead" That's not 20 very rare
case. There Is a ittle something out
of lilter and the man that knows how
can remedy It in a few minutes. The
trouble IN this case was that nobody
IN the village knew how. The clock
tinker. the blacksmith, the cobbler
and the doctor all diagnosed and pre-
scribed, but without avail. Then tin
peddler came along and hoped of
his wagon and fused for a minute
and hoped on again and drove off.
The auto was now all right. The
young lawyer offered free seats, but
they We're declined with thanks. It
wasn't their day for dying. The de-
cliners saw man and machine disap-
pear down the highway like a cannon
bail and felt that It was good to be
alive and have dinner coming to them
Very few lawyers take any mans
word for anything, and not one in ten
would believe a peddler under oath.
Young INLAY hadn't cut his legal eye
teeth yet, and he fondly believed. He
would have said TO jury that the
peddler could have no possible ND
tive in lying TO him, and the absence
of a motive always raises a big doubt
of the guilt of the accused. Perhaps
the man did not knowingly lie. Per
haps he thought a balky auto could
be fixed as easily as a balky wheel
barrow At any rate, after\a run of
three miles, young Inlay discovered
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
PUT HIS RIFLE BEFORE ALL
To the Colonial Settler South and
North It Was the Most Price
less of Ills Possessions.

The rifles of colonial and Revolu.
tionary days would stagger the mod.
ern marksman at sight Deckert. a
famous Pennsylvania guns.1ith of that
time, made most of his rifles Ga inches
long, with heavy four-foot barrel.
It took muscles of steel to aim such
weapon accurately.
But to it's owner such rifle was
often the most priced of all his earth
ly possessions. He called it a pet
name; he kept it oiled and cleaned to
perfection; he gave it all the credit
for his successful craftsmanship.
And largely he was right. For the
traditional skill Of the American rife
man depended in no small part on
the skill that went into the making
of his weapon, handmade in some
frontier gunsmith's cabin shop
For the long, heavy, slender, small.
bore rife was distinctly an American
development; and it reached its eli
max when about 1850 some genius of
rifeman hit upon the device of wrap
ping the bullet in a creased buckskir
patch to make it At the bore tight.
1t was in no small part through
the craftsmanship attainable by such
weapons in the hands Of the New
Englanders that Louisburg fell; it was
the accurate rife fire Of the PennsyL
vanians and the southern rihemen un.
der Morgan that cut down the ad.
vancing French on the Plains of Abra
ham; and, in the Revolution itself, 1t
was confidence in the superiority OF
their weapons that aided the Ameri.
cans to cut off Burgoyne in New York
state and Ferguson at Kings Noun
tain in South Carolina.
The colonists were the greatest
weapor-using people in the world OF
that epoch. On his rifle the hunter,
the pioneer and the settler depended
for food, for protection against beast
and savage, and for offense in time
of war. And the necessity for the
best produced the best, something
that the owner priced next after his
wife and children.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

The American Bible society has
been operating 1G years and in that
time has issued 94,219,1O5 volumes
says the New York Times. Nearly 8
half million more bibles were sold
and given away during the last twelve
months than the year previous The
budget of the society for this year
will amount to SS0O,O0O. The last re
port Of the society intimates that the
American people are not contributing
as literally as they should for the pur
pose Of disseminating the Holy Scrip
lures. The demand for bibles is in
creasing instead Of diminishing and
recent statistics show that it is still
the worlds best seller However.
there's a lot Of dust on some family
bibles resting on the center table Of
the parlor
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
WAS FIRST
Suffragette Died in Persia Half
Century Ago.
Authorities Murdered kurret VI Ayne
Secretly Because She Taught Wom-
en- to Put Away Their Wells
One Execution.

New York,-In these days when so
many English women are seeking
martyrdom in modified form 70 win
glory for tho cause OF women's en-
tranchisement, it is interesting to re-
call the story OF the FIRST real victim
In this modern crusade.
The death OF Kurret III Ayne oc-
Cured in the late ffties, before the
locsin of woman's equality had sound
ed in the western world, outside The
United States. Kurret III Ayne was a
Persian woman of high birth and
great Intellectual attainments. Her
poems had made her name widely
known. She was the daughter OF
Mullah Salaeh Barrakani OF Gaswin.
and she bore the title of Zarrine Tadj,
or Grown OF Gold" because OF her
brilliance, and of Kurret III Ayne. or
Consolation of the Eyes" because Of
her beauty and charm.
About 1876 Kurret III Ayne became
interested in the teaching OF the Bah
who at that time had aroused Persia
WIN tue NtNlaA ANlbH AAAAA AhN NAE .AfAN
come for the unity Of all mankind.
The Bah was already imprisoned by
that Mohammedan fanaticism which
could not comprehend the lofty char
acter Of his noble message, but Kur'
ret u Ayne corresponded with him
and was quickly a convert to his phil
osophy Of divine and human brother
hood. She was deeply interested also
in his declaration that the seclusion
Of the Oriental women is a great
wrong, and that men and women are
equal, for "the soul has no sex"
Prof. z. Brown Of Cambridge uni
versity Of London thus praises this
remarkable pioneer Of woman's rights
in the Orient: THE appearance Of
such a woman as Kurret VI Ayne in
any country and any age is rare
phenomenon, but in such a country
as Persia IT is a prodigy-nay, almost
a miracle"
The eentIeness and womanly charm
OF Kurret VI Ayne proved irresistible
TO all who approached her, and it was
decided that the only way to quench
her influence was to end her life One
evening she visited all the ladies of
the rousehold and said goodby to
them. announcing that she was going
on long journey, Then she went to
the fountain of the courtyard next
her apartment, bathed, as she loved
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
TIBETAN IDOL IN LONDON
FuIT-sized Figure Of Copper Decorated
With Precious Stones at British
Museum,

London.-A review Of the principal
ACQUISITIONS made in 1911 by the Vic
toria and Albert museum has just
been issued. Among the most inter-
esting objects detailed are some re-
cent purchases Of articles relating to
Tibet.
One of the most important is head
from full-sized figure Of Avalokita,
the patron god Of Tibet. This is OF
copper, hammered, repousse, and
chased; 1t is .surmounted with an
elaborate tiara Of five points richly
1eweled with turquoises, coral and
other precious stones.
The ears have the customary pro-
longed lobes which are pierced with
loops for the attachment Of jeweled
earrings. The eyes are indicated in
colored enamel and small jewel
(now lost) had been set in the center
Of the forehead, representing the sa-
cred urna or the forehead mark.
The whole is heavily overlaid with
gold. so that the effect Is that Of gold
en- sculpture.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

to do in the running water. perfumed
herself and put on a white dress. She
had scarcely finished when there was
a loud knocking at the outer gate. 1T
is for me-" she declared, 81 am ready"
The Kalanter himself had come to
take her away. It was necessary that
the execution should be carried out Sc
cretly, for Kurret III Ayne was so
widely loved that revolution would
have arisen had it been known that
any evil threatened her.
She was carried to the garden Of
the Ilkhani, where the Kalanter gave
her in charge to his nephew, who took
her to the Serdar Aziz Khan. She was
to be strangled with a handkerchief,
but when the first man came to full
fill the hateful Office she looked at
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
WEATHER AND NERVES.

The influence OF excessive heat on
human beings 10 amply demonstrated
when the country is visited by extra
ordinary hot waves, In legislative
and other deliberative bodies 1t leads
to loss Of temper and frequently TO
the passing of the lie. Individuals who
are ordinarily even-tempered suddenly
become morose or violent The occu
pants of public conveyances are
snappy in conversation and cross
There are also more suicides in warn
weather than in cold Deeds OF VIC
lence and strikes predominate in the
heated term. Most of these deplor
able conditions are brought about By
the ragged state Of the nerves, ant
by loss of sleep. The disgruntled are
run down in health, Many also ar'
overtaXing their strength and conse
quently become nervous wrecks, sayi
the Boston Globe. Overindulgence In
smoking and drinking when the ther
mometer registers over 30 degrees
causes faint action of the heart and
dizzy spells follow. The wise man OF
woman, knowing how the hot weather
can disturb their health and nerves
study how tokeep from a breakdown
They control their eating, drinking
and exercise. and keep within such
limitations that they can pass through
trying days Of heat and discomfort
with the least possible expenditure oil
vitality. They determine not to worry
and to observe the laws governing
health Those who ignore these laws
must pay a severe penalty.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
WILL GUST DOVE OF PEACE
Grove and Temple, Meeting Place for
Forty-four Years, Soon viii BE
Thing of the Past.

Mystic, Conn.-The passing Of this
town as the headquarters aof the Uni
versal Peace Union was heralded
when Charles P. Hastings of Phila-
delphia, treasurer of the organization,
came here to make arrangements for
the sale of Peace Grove" and peace
Temple" The peace union has met
here for the last forty-four years.
Since Andrew Carnegie helped to
found the American Peace society and
the subsequent growth of that or
ganization, interest in the peace union
has gradually died out until, in re-
cent years, the attendance has been
small
The organization still exists, how
ever, and the annual convention will
be held this September at Bucks Hlu
Falls, N. Y.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06


father was telephoned to. by the
time he arrived the son had gathered
up the threads of the case and was
ready to say to the jury:
mo use talking, governor, I've got
It bad!"
Anything beside the lego"
"Aly heart"
"Why-why. / don't understand
that the fall had affected your heart"
"But II has. IT'S case of love at
first sight, and the first sight didn't
last more'n half a second"
And where is the grip"
Right here in the house. II was
she who found me in the road and
bossed the job of getting me here.
Say, governor, she's a girl OF sensel
l haven't had a fair look at her face
yet, but I know from her voice that
she's good-looklng. I'd have smashed
up five cows as well as myself, and
the machine II II hadn't been for the
girl"
I'VE must now get you home," said
the father in very sober tones.
Cant be done, governor. Here !
stay TIL the leg mends and I've got
the promise of that girl to be my
wife"
Young man, this seems to have af-
fected your brain"
1T has affected me all over. Say,
governor, I'm lawyer, am / not?
"a very young and tender one
"But / know what a breach-of-prom-
Use suit is, and / don't propose to
stand In the dock"
Harold Inlay what can you
mean?"
Governor, when saw those COWS
blocking the narrow highway and
realized what a butcher shop 1t would
be II the girl didn't move them on, |
vowed TO marry her If she did the
right thing. She did it, and I'll keep
my word"
"Um! I'm! / think I can arrange
for you to be cared for here for a few
days, but my boy, don't get any fool
notions In your head. Remember that
you are Just entering upon your
career as a lawyer"
1t was three days later before the
patient caught sight of Miss Irene.
The doctor had said that 1t would be
better if the young man could remain
there for a few days, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Galbraith had readily consented.
A professional nurse had taken charge
and the family was not to be put out
to any extent. When the young man
expressed his thanks in appropriate
words he asked Of the girl
How many cows were there"
Five"
"And how fast was I going?"
1T looked like two or three hundred
miles a minute to me-"
"And if I'd struck that bunch of
beef at that gait?" ..-~
"Why-why-"
My father would have had dead
son to bury, wouldn't he? l just
want him to look at the case on its
merits, you know. AS a lawyer, he is
naturally biased If there had been
only one COW, now, ana sne IN poor
condition, but there were five, and all
fit for beef. Father must see that
that"
Miss Irene thought the young mans
mind was wandering and called the
nurse. His mind was all there, how.
ever, though it was six long weeks
and he was crutching around before
he finished the sentence by saying:
Yes, you must see that having
saved my life-and having been both
cred with me here SO long-and as
this leg will be weak for some time to
come-and as I have fallen in love
with you-and as your father is in the
library-and as I'm going TO crutch in
there and ask him"
That marriage won't take place un
til next Christmas day.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
BIRTHSTONE LIST is REVISED
National Retail jewelers. Association
Make an Official Announce
rnent.

Kansas City, Mo-The American
National Retail jewelers. association
here, after endless requests from
numerous sources, decided officially
upon the following revised list of
birthstones: January, garnet; Feb
ruary, amethyst; March, bloodstone
and aqua marine; April, diamond;
May, emerald; June, pearl and noon
stone; July, ruby; August, sardonyx
and peridot; September, sapphire;
October, opal and tourmaline; Novem-
ber, topaz; December, turquoise and
lapis lazuli.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
TO SAVE OLD FRTGATE

The Constellation was at the Ports
mouth navy yard until March, 1862,
when she was sent to the Mediter-
4anean under command Of Commo-
dore Henry K. Thatcher, where she
remained for the next two years.
From 1865 to 1867 she was receiving
ship at Norfolk, and from 1867 to 1870
receiving ship at Philadelphia. In
1871 she was practice and gunnery
ship at Washington, and then sent to
the naval academy at Annapolis
For several years she has been re-
ceiving ship at the Newport station.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

In opposing his wifes suit for sepa
ration Brooklyn man declared that
he furnished a fiat for his wife, gave
her plenty of money to run it, hired
servants, did part Of the cooking him
self, let his fatherin-law go over his
books to find out his income and has
been q patient and submissive hus
band Such a woman should have her
petition dismissed If only on the
ground Of being so ignorant of heI
own welfare as not to know when she
had q good thing.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

A Japanese who lives in New Yorl
has a theory that gold fish of the kind
caught in Morris Canal basin can bt
successfully used to kill off Jersey
mosquitoes The fish loves the lar
vac of the stinger, declares the Jap
and will eat all he can get. This
looks like an oriental dream. The
Jersey bitter breeds in the Jersey
swamps, and there the gold fish can
not live. In fact, there is reason tc
believe that nothing can kill the ami
mai except an axe or a stroke OF
lightning. Gold fish will never do.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

The Domestic FURNITURE OF ouUU o. Cy
Dinner Trays and Water Dipper.
a model was exhibited, the original
having been retained at Cairo.
One of the most important Of the
works achieved by the expedition was
the excavation of the Osireion, or tenn
pie of Osiris. This was a great sub
terranean t8mple consisting Of a pas
sage somo three hundred feet long,
leading to balls and chambers. The
temple was the work of Seti H., or
Meronptah, the Pharaoh OF the Exc
= dus
The walls of the passage are COW
cred with sepulchral stones and in
scriptions describing the passage OF
the dread king through the gates of
the Underworld. In one scene the
king is represented playing draughts
with pieces in the form of animals.
The construction Of this subterrane-an
shrine is very fine. The walls Of the
chamber are of the finest limestone,
covered with beautifully cut inscrip-
tons. The great hall has a bath OF
sandstone. faced inside with red gran
lte. No royal body was found in the
tomb. but there is little doubt that it
rested there for time until removed
TO the tombs Of the kings at Thebes,
where it was found few years ago.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
Body Shields for Policemen.

The Observation-Disclosures society
which has its factory at Neuchatel
has received an order to construct a
certain number of body shields Duck
lers) for the police Of Paris. These
shields, the invention Of a Swiss
named Paul Girod of Neuchatel, have
been tested, and are said to have sue
cessfully resisted revolver shots
Geneva Correspondence London Stan
dard.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

there will be an unprecedented de-
mand for mounted heads. In fact, there
are but few heads in the market at
any price.
People who shoot bull moose gem
orally have the trophy mounted for
themselves or sell the head to some
one who has it mounted. The taxi.
dermists pick up feW.s but not many.
The Bangor fire of last year burned
the finest collection of game heads
in Maine held for sale, and it is doubt
full If dozen moose heads could be
picked up at any price.