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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18
Chicken Race War.

"A sectional issue has arisen In our
town" said the commuter Before
it is settled 7 am afraid the civil war
win be fought all over again Any
how, our southern friends are sure to
indulge in some fre-eating language.
"A resident OF our village, who un-
dertook to raise chickens, received
a crate of fowls from a South Caro-
lima farm. When the neighbors learn
ed where the chickens came from
they raised a row
"If you must get chickens they
said get northern chickens. They
don't crow nearly so much as south
ern chickens. There is something in
the climate down there that makes a
chicken crow four times as often as a
chicken brought up in any other part
of the country
That popularity of southern chick
ems was news to the amateur poultry.
man He noticed, however, that his
chickens really did crow more persis-
tently and more vigorously than any
other chickens he ever had known,
and when an experienced poulterer
assured him that they always would,
because southern chickens always do.
he sold them and bought New Jersey
chickens instead Now he is in hot
water with the southern families in
our town, and heaven only knows
how the squabble will terminate. -
New York Times.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18

worrying, Ramon, cu!t worrying. Now,
then, come closer-still closer--where
there won't be any chance of sharp
Mexican ears getting wise. Now,
then. listen to mel"
Captain Juan Torrejon's bandits GER
tainly loved baseball, and evidently
played it to the best of their ability
and as often as time and place al
lowed. Tine clearing in which the
camp was pitched had rude dia-
mond laid out at it's northern edge,
while the southern borders showed
much evidence Of the tramping feet
OF the outfielders. Sentinels guard
ed the boundaries of the camp witt
hawlylike gaze; some twenty of the
bandits frolicked back and forth upon
the sward, waiting for the practice to
begin, and the rest of the operatic-
looking brigands, with their leader
around the catcher's position.
Juan Torrejon greeted his prisoners
with great courtesy, and asked If
they had slept and breakfasted well.
Answered in the affirmative as to
both queries, a look Of genuine pleas
ure seemed to cross his swarthy coun-
tenance, and he expressed his salts
action at their words.
IF it pleases you, cabaIleros," he
vent on, will you inspect the bats
md balls? Our equipment is doubt
4ss crude and poor, but in these
times it is not easy to OBJ
lain frst-class material What branch
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18
Alligator Huntinn Free for All.

Since the publication in this paper
a few weeks ago Of a paragraph about
the profits to be made in alligator
farming, many letters have been re-
oeived asking for further information.
1t will interest these correspondents
to know that-alligator hunting is now
free for all on the Magdalena river in
Colombia and that there is one firm
in Newark, n j., which has a virtual
monopoly of the alligator skin trade
Of the world. buying as 1t does from
so to 80 per cent. of the production
In the Magdalena river are three
species of alligators, only one of
which, the caiman p"Tro, is Of any
value,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18
SYNOPSIS.

Secret Service Chief wilkins. puzzled
Wer the theft OF the governments cipher,
AIS 10 his aid Detective Pinkwell. They
mink they have discovered a new cipher.
WIEN the office boy, Brockptt. tells them
~ the Diamond Cipher" and starts for
ne bali park. Broclett. Chula Lon KAN
I Slamese, Ramon Solano, n Cuban, 10
fether with some twenty other youngsters,
Practice baseball. playing until dark. one
u wilkins stenographers Is seen to pass
paper 10 mysterious stranger AZ
,uteoIne Of Brocketts cipher the pan
'laNef ana Solano' are engaged by gov
thment for mysterious mission. 1aN-
moto, mysterious jap calls on Brockett.
crockett falls into Yazlmuto's trap.
lght follows BroCkett coming out on
opi Messenger McKane coming TO the
'escue. McKane was bearer OF the mys-
erlous cipher; is also ball player faz-
lhoto returns TO headquarters and re-
ports 70 Baron Zollern his failure TO ob-
ain the cipher: Miss Lawson, the stem
lgrapher el3o reports to the baron.
crockett and Solano have encounter with
ne baron In which the latter comes out
second best. Brockett and Sofano arrive
n Jersey city: make appointment 70
meet McGinulty the Iron Man" baseball
manager. Brockett and Solano arrive In
New YORK and run into q Chinese Tong
war; rescued by white man. The place
n refuge found 10 be n trap. find them
selves prisoners OF Yazimoto. Kelly TO
reseue. Kelly turns $4,000 Jap money
1ver to Brockett Brockett and Solano
nave encounter with tough gang, but are
protected by Kelly's men. on sleeper
Sleveland-bound the baron detected In
act Of rifing Solano's berth, jumps from
train. At Detroit the messengers go to
ball game, receive hieroglyphs in mystic
rious manner and depart for Chicago. Ar
riving In Chicago. the messengers are
robbed by n "transom thief" the baron
again appears. The baron agrees to as
sist in recovering the stolen papers. The
find the stolen papers in the
possession of a giant negro. After
fierce battle with negroes Brockett and
solano wake up in jail. The messengers
and police visit the Tenderloin In search
n the stolen property. The thief is found
In hop joint" fight follows and pNrt
n tho booty" is recovered. Mysterious
" receiving another hieroglyphic mes
sage, the messengers board a train for
he west and are later arrested by bogus
Arkansas sheriff, Brockett and Soano
knock the sheriff and his deputies down
and take to the woods. The genuine
sheriff arrests Baron Zollern. and the
,oys resume their journey The messen-
sers arrive on the Rio Graude and play
1all with the troopers While playing
1ail Rrcckett is lassoed and robbed.
rho messengers meet the commander Of
he post They start with important pa
,ers for the Mexican chief and run into
lmbush.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18
Rented Weddlnn Cake

There was something wrong with
the cake, the baker said; it looked all
right and it smelled all right. but his
artistic sense told him it would not
taste all right.
Then fix it up with an extra coat Of
icing, and we will keep it for renter"
said the proprietor.
who in the world would rent
cake?' someone asked.
Wedding parties said he. "They
want a big cake in the center of the
table for show, but a cake Of that size
good enough for wedding would cost
more than they can afford TO pay, so
they order fine cake put up in in
dividual boxes for the guests, and use
the brides cake just as an ornament.
They don't buy it, they rent it. Some
times a cake is rented a dozen differ
ent times. After each wedding it is
freshened up with a new coat Of icing,
and looks as good as new for the next
occasion. A good renter fetches
about So a wedding.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18

heavy needle and some twine. Brock.
EFT, seating himself where the light
was brightest. then produced an old
ball, bearing evidence of many a Wig
orous swat upon its horsehide cover,
and calmly proceeded to diseect the
sphere, while Solano looked on in
mystification.
Going to stuff the ball with dyna-
mite, and then bat It to Captain Tor
reion?" he asked. with forced
chuckle. Brockett smiled frankly and
evidently with self-confidence and
full renewal of courage.
Not exactly, Ramon he replied
I'm going to stuff it with something
valuable, though. Watch and see"
Deity the boy extracted some fold
ed letters from the inner pockets OF
his clothing. As deftly he erumpled
them, wound them round the rubber
center of the ball and pressed them
into spheroid shape. Some OF the yarn
from the ball was then wound round
the bundle, and then came the work
OF Tesewing the cover. This was a
long and tedious task, but was com
pleted in perhaps forty minutes, when
the ball, to all outward appearances,
was again nothing but worn and
battered veteran Of big league bat
ties.
That ball" said Brockett. survey
ing his handiwork with iustifable
pride, contains the entire packet of
letters to Gomez Esteral, and the en-.
velopes now contain sundry wholly
harmless letter-sheets | happened to
have in my pockets. think that the
inside Of league ball Is about the
last place they would think to look
for important papers"
Pretty old ball" commented So.
lano. Had a rubber center instead
of cork core. But what good is the
ball going to do us? If we never get
through to Gomez Esteral what diff
ference docs it make whether the dis
patches are in a ball or in an aero
plane?"
Brockett smiled serenely. Quit
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18
PECULIAR BELIEF IN JAPAN
Seems Strange to Our Western ldeaa,
Though There 10 Much That ls
Pathetic About H.

Among the Buddhlsts In Japan It
is believed that the souls Of children
90 after death to Sui-no-ka.wara (the
stony river bed) and there they re-
main until they reach maturity under
the care Of Jizobosatsu, who Is rep.
resented as a priest with a long cane
IN one hand and ball In the other
He Is said to stand in the center
OF the kawara, where he breaches to
the children as they pile up stones.
one for the salvation of their father.
one for the mother, the third for
brothers. the fourth for sisters and
the fifth for their own salvation
When night comes on and the wind
blows hard a gigantic evil spirit ap-
pears and with huge iron rod knocks
down the heaps OF stones which the
children have made. and they are so
frightened that they run to Jizo and
hide themselves In the big sleeves OF
his kimono which have a miraculous
way of increasing In size according
TO the number of children who seek
refuge. Then the evil spirit disappears
and the children begin again the WORK
of heapng up stones.
Passing through cemeteries in
Japan one sees tombs that have the
image of Jizo carved upon them, as
the parents take that way OF gaining
the special favor of Jlzo for their
children, and one will see little piles
of stones built up by the parents and
brothers and sisters Of the children
with tho hope of helping in the tedious
work of the little ones In the kawara.
Christian Advocate.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18
VenetabIe EIber for shoen.

A Haverhill (Mass,) shoeman has
obtained patents giving him the right
to make vamps and tops Of vegetable
fiber which he has invented and per
fected to be used in the manufacture
OF shoes. A few cases Of shoes have
been made of this material, which ap.
pears to be a good substitute for
leather. The fiber Is said to be par
ticularly adaptable for warm weather
wear because, being OF a woven ma
terial, air can penetrate the vamp and
top. The inventor alse claims that q
shoe made of this material is water
proof.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18

Where there's a win there's q
way" AYERS Taylor Holmes, appear
ing In The Million. THE way, how.
ever, varies, as in the case of GER
tain pickpocket, who was convicted
and promptly fined.
THE lawyer Of the pickpocket took
the fine imposed upon his client very
much to heart.
" Twenty-Five dollarsI' he expostu-
lated. Your honor, where is this poor
unfortunate man to get s25?
His honor did not know, or If he
did he refrained from saying so, but
the prisoner was less discreet.
Just let me out of here for ten or
fifteen minutes, he said, and III
show you' '"-Young's Magazine.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18

Science is knocking the materialists
end for end, as the boys say. 1t is
absolutely proven that there 70 no
such thing as solid, substantive mat
ter. It is only motion. This stone,
this table, this hammer is only mo-
ton. Some new-fangled idiotic idea,
eh? Well, it is known that matter is
composed of atoms. For long time
the atom was thought to be the final
analysis of matter.
But such is not the case. A few
years ago radium was discovered, and
that has broken the atom into small
bits, 1000 times smaller than the
hydrogen atom, the smallest Of all
These particles Of the atom are called
electrons, and now it has been found
that these electrons are mere points
Of electrical energy. These electrons.
says a magazine article, "are entirely
free from anything that can be prop
erly called matter"
Trillions and trillions of these cleo
irons make up this piece Of iron. and
they are always In motion, fitting
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18
Sure-Death Fly Poison.

/ read somewhere recently that for
maldehyde and water constitute
good fly poison, and hasten to add my
testimony to the many volumes al
ready written on this important sub
ject. The scheme will work, under
proper conditions.
Purchase cents worth Cor more,
If you have many flies) Of formalde-
hyde at any drug store, and put two
or three drops In a saucer of water.
Then--and this is extremely i'm
portant-catch a fly and hold him by
the left hind leg with his head i'm
mersed in the mixture for three-quar-
ters OF an hour When removed he
viii be quite dead. Repeat the opera
tion until all the flies have disap-
peared. Exchange,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18
Good BREEDING.

We see a world OF pains taken, and
the best years of life spent, su col
iecting set Of thoughts in a college
for the conduct Of life; and, after all,
the man so qualified shall hesitate in
his speech to good suit OF clothes
and want common sense before an
agreeable woman. Hence it is that
wisdom, valor, justice and learning
cannot keep man in countenanee
that ID possessed with these excel.
lencies, if he wants that inferior am
of life and behavior called good breed
Ing, g,-Steele.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18

OF the profession viii you deign TO In
struct us In as a beginningY
IF agreeable to you, Captain Tor
rejon," said soIano, my friend will
bat up some flies. to see how your
fielders handle them"
"Bueno, muy bueno." Torrejon APP
proved, Il fear you will find them
but feeble in pursuit of the bal!"
Feeble they were. They tried hard,
these bandit Mexicaus, but only the
easiest kind Of fly balls rested secure
ly in their grip. After about a dozen
balls had been dropped. Solano, with
a gesture Of impatience, set off at a
jog-trot, crossed the field and took up
a position among the farthest Mex
leans, not far from the edge of the
clearing.
"Bueno. baeno!" laughed Captain
Torrejon Your friend viii show how
the fly ball should be caught, ST? Let
us watch him"
Solano took two fly balls, each fair
ly well out, and backing beyond the
Ill6 VI 4htAAkdlAo " taNh AAANAAAF N-NN'N-
applause greeted his graceful handling
of the chances. Then Brockett laid
the wood against the ball with tre'
mendous power. The startled sphere
scared high, and Solano, starting at
the crack Of the bat, raced under the
ball far down TO the bushes edge.
Amid a volley of cheers, he leaped
high, pIlled down the ball-and then
kept right on running. Before the as
founded Mexicans could realize the
trick, he vanished into the chaparral,
sprinting like a madman, and with
him went the ball that contained the
messages to Gomez Esteral.
Juan Torrejon was a man to act
with promptltude, no matter what
the eXigency. Horsemen could not
ride through the dense underground
into which Solano had vanished. but
twenty bandits were on his track
moment later. The chief himself
sprarg at Brockctt with a snarl of
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18

jon, his fierce face lighting up a trine.
carefully slowed them in his own ap-
parel
He called a young Mexican to his
side and ordered him to act as his in
terpreter.
Tell the young man." said the
chief, slowly and with an apparent re-
turn OF good humor, that was quite
sure his friend had not carried Off
the papers. but that I wanted to make
sure-he VIII therefore pardon the
roughness OF the searching process.
Five minutes before the other young
man went out to catch fly balls, Geft
hands had been over his clothing and
found nothing. He, therefore. simply
ran away, and left his companion to
face the music. So be il. II he can
be caught, all right, all well and good.
If not, let him go his way--I give him
credit for a clever escape. You ana
|. Senor Brockett, will meet the gen
tlemen with the unpronounceable
names in few hours-and we will
bargain with them. VIII It please
you to go on with the baseball teach
lngs?"
Noon came, and the bandits who
had pursued Solauo began to straggle
in. They brought no prisoner, and
declared that the young Gringo must
have been carried out and befriended
by the devil Torrejon, courteous as
ever, made Brockett eat with him. and
asked him many questions concerning
the great game of the Americans, its
rules, its famous players Towards
one o'clock a sentry at the western
edge of the clearing challenged loudly,
and a moment later two bandits es-
corted a huge German gentleman to
the presence Of their commander.
Il see, mein frient," quoth the
baron. dot you vos. ad lasd. IN safe
hands. We're iss yodr bartner?"
The baron was much worried at
the news that Solano had escaped.
but expressed marked relief at the
information that the Cuban had not
succeeded in getting away with the
letters addressed to Gomez Esteral.
Dot iss veil" he sighed, happily.
1T iss, perhaps, better yet dot he haf |
gone-he can haf nodings to say, und |
dere iss but de Won left to disbose off. |
Shall We get down to bitzness? We're /
iss de lidde ledders, gaptain?"
A sentinel at the northern edge of
the clearing gave challenge. and two
more of the bandits came across the
glade. With them walked a little
brown man, suaye and gentle-the lit
tie man whom Brockett thought long
since dead in the waters of North
river--the tireless agent of Japan
none less than Mr.. Yazimotol
Baron Zollern greeted the Nippon.
ese with evident surprise, but with
forced courtesy.
Il subbosed," said he, dot my alb.
bointmend vos exclusive nit de cap.
tain. Sdill, Herr Yazimoto, you are
welcome You understand, of course,
dot | haf de Wrist und only CLAIM to
desc Esteral documents? De key on
de cipher code. Herr Yazimoto, will
share NIT you, und gladly. Iss dot
agreeable?'
Mr.. Yazimoto purred his dissent
The entire dossier of Esteral letters,
rs Well as the cipher code, he ex
planned, were his. After he had per
sued them, he would gladly let his
Did friend. the Baron Zollern, glance
through them, but for the present
line, though it desolated him to be
80 selfish, he must insist upon the
irst inspection OF the papers, already
purchased from the honorable cap
ain.
Crc pp coNyrrNrTvrDN
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18

The small daughter Of a practicing
physician, who evidently has an eye
to business, told her mother, in no un-
certain terms, that she must call at
once on their new neighbor.
And why must I call on herr" ask.
ed the mother, amused at the childH
positiveness.
We'll, in the first place." explained
the little lady, they've got three of
the scrawniest kids, and the mother
herself don't look very strong"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18
The Male BOY.

Governor Marshall Of Indiana said
the other day that he who demands
special privileges Of the government is
a beggar
Millionaire or not, said the govern
or to a reporter, afterward, the man
who holds out his hand for help begs.
The fact is selfevident. 1t needs no
proof Even to state it seems su-
perfluous--seems like the shout of
young Benedick, who entered his club
poaring
"Hurray, A young son! It's boy!"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18
Her conprehenslve Reply.

Il ask only" in well modulated
tones said the earnest. fiddle faced
young man, that you give me what
you can of your love and that you
never strive for my sake to deny any
yearning or strangle any impulse that
pants within you. Give me what you
can while you can give it without
Grudging or regretting, but the mo.
ment you feel tnat it is a task to love
me renounce me forever though the
verdict pierce me to the very heart
How cute!" returned the fluffy
young thing "But--ee-hee! heel
yes. Willoughby!"--P
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18
Imnortan, 20 rnotnera
saiIlnq Ships In Demand.

In consequence Of the better outlook
for sailing ships, values have gone up
considerably during the last year or
two. For instance, a four-masted sail.
ing ship of 2.750 tons register, which
was sold in January last year for s32t
500, is at present in the market for
sale, and the owners have refused
q definite offer OF $4,000; they are
asking $4,000.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18
CHAPTER xxx.

ASK the sentinel at the door," said
Bnoekett, after the prisoners had been
shown into rude but comfortable
hut, lighted with whole rows Of can
dies, "if he can get needle and some
strong thread, Tell him | want to do
some repairing on my clothes-they
need it badly"
The puzzled Cuban executed the
commission, and the sentry, an oblig-
ing, iovial fellow, soon brought In a
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18
Pay for PrlvIIeoe an Huntlnn.

Different German states have differ
ent rates for persons who want to
hunt In Prussia, for instance, Ger
mans pay about $3.50 year for the
privilege, and foreigners pay four
times that amount. In Wurtemberg,
native hunters pay about $3.50 a year
and foreigners pay twice that amount
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18
Solid Matter a Fiction

about at the rate of $4,000 miles a sec.
ond. Now you know there is a lie out
how can a man calculate the speed
Of an invisible motion inside Of an in.
visible atom? Oh, dear reader, you
have no idea how big and deep this
world is, or how powerful human
genius is, or how small a space you
occupy in the world,--Ohio State Jour.
nal
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18

Be thrifty on little things like bluinz,
Don't accept water for bluing. Ask for Red
Cross Ball Blue, the extra good value blue,
ADV.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18

The faith that inspires is the trust
which comes from our timetrusted
S. Royston.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18

Poor Hamlet had dogs life" /"
well, wasn't he a Great Dane?"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18

Sims never made q big hit He
Just ploughed his way along"
What a narrowing lifel"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-18

CURES ITCHING SKIN DISEASES.
Coles Carbolisalvo stops itching and mskm
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-23

BY President Tom Lynch.
"The umpiring this year is the
worst ever" Such is the gist Of
hundreds of letters l receive every
year, Other presidents of base
ball leagues are up against the
same propositions
why don't you get some
young men to replace a lot of
those blind men?" Such is the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-23

Tom Lynch, President of Ma
tional League.
question I am continually asked
from all quarters.
Where did they grab that
busher. He is the worst l ever
saw" Such is the opinion ex-
pressed by thousands, when | at
tempt to dig as umpire material,
a youngster fromsthe bushes"
The troubles of the umpires
are the troubles of the president
When the staff of umpires are