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Gilpin observer., 1912-01-18

"Um. Bring sled this place nine
um clock. Bring um snowshoes. Nc
bring um tent. Mebbe bring um fly
um little fy?"
mo fly" Daylight answered de
cisively. We travel nght-savvee!
We carry plenty letters out, plenty
letters back. You are strong man
Plenty cold, plenty travel. all right"
Sure all right" Kama muttered,
with resignation. Much cold. no care.
Um ready nine um clock"
He turned on his moccasined heel
and walked out, imperturbable sphinx
like. neither giving nor receiving
greetings nor looking to right or left.
The Virgin led Daylight away into a
corner.
Look here. Daylight" she said In a
low voice. you're busted"
"Higher'p a kite"
I've eight thousand In Macs safe
-" she began.
But Daylight interrupted The
apron string loomed near and he shieo
like an unbroken colt
ut don't matter" he said. Busted
came into the world. busted go out.
and I've been busted most of the time
since arrived Come on; let's waltz. I"
But, listen. she urged. My
moneys doing nothing. | could lend
It to you-a grub-stake," she added.
hurriedly at sight of the alarm in his
face.
Nobody grub-stakes me-" was the
| make killing it's sure all mine No
thank you. old girl. Much obliged ri
get my stake by running the mail out
and in" With sudden well-assumed
ebullition of spirits he drew her to-
ward the dancing-hoor, and as they
swung around and around in waltz
she pondered on the iron heart of the
man who held her In his arms and re-
sisted all her wiles.
At six the next morning. scorching
with whisky. yet ever himself. he
stood at the bar putting every man s
hand down. The way of 1t was that
two men faced each other across a
corner, their right elbows resting on
the bar. their right hands gripped to-
gether. while each stove to press the
others hand down. Man after man
came against him. but no man put his
hand down, even Olaf Henderson and
French Louis failing despite their
hugeness.
THE winner pays!" Daylight cried
Surge along you-all This way to the
snake-room!"
'I'm busted higher'n kite, and I'm
hittin' the trail for Dyea-"
Coin out?" some one called.
A spasm of anger wrought on his
face for flashing instant. but In the
next good humor was back again.
81 konw you-all are only pokln fun
asking such question" he said with
a smile "Of course I amt going out" !"
Take the oath again. Daylight" the
same voice cried.
81 sure will. first come over Chill
coot In '83. | went out over the Pass
in a fall blizzard. with a rag OF shirt
and a cup Of raw -four. got my grub
stake in juneau that winter, and In
the spring | went out over the Pass
once more. And once more the fam
inc drew me out. Next spring went
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-18
Had to Put In Human Int.re...

Had to Put In Human Interest.
An old negro preacher. says the At
lanta Constitution. gave as his text:
DE tree is known by its fruit, an it's
des impossible to shake de possum
down"
After the benediction an old brother
said to him:
II never knowed befo' dat sich text
wuz in de Bible''
WELL" admitted the preacher. 1T
amt set down dat way. throwed in
de- possum to hit de intelligence of my
congregation"
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-18
Dissatisfaction,

$50 you were given an interest in
your employers business3"
YES" replied the Industrious youth:
but made mistake in accepting it.
had less work as a regular employe
than as minority stockholder."
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-18

Museum freaks are complaining
about hard times; but as for that. the
ossified man says things always have
been hard with him.
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-18
Before the Scrap.

why are you rushing around 30 to-
iay?" I'm trying to get something
.or my wife?" Had any offers?"-
Louisville Courier-Journal
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-18

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
sugar-coated. tiny granules. Easy to take
a candy.
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-18

The fellow who shoots off his mouth
Doesn't always hit the mark.
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-18

Smile on wash day. That's when you
use Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes whittier
than snow. All grocers.
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-18
SYNOPSIS.

Elan Harnish, known all through Alas
ka as burning Daylight" celebrates his
10Th birthday with crowd of miners at
the Circle City Tivoli. The dance leads
to heavy gambling.
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-18
Not What You Pay.

1T isn't what you pay for clothes
that makes you well dressed said
Mrs. Knicker.
And Mrs. Booker remarked: mo. in.
deed; It's what you owe"
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-18
High Aim.

Let us endeavor SO to live that
when We come to die even the under
taker will be sorry."-Mark Twain.
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-18
] Iood s
SarsapariIIa

Acts directly and peculiarly
on the blood; purifies, enriches
and revitalizes it, and in this
way builds up the whole sys-
TEN. Take it. Get it today.
In usual liquid form or chocolate coated
tablets called 0arsatabs.
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-18

PILES CURED IN TO II DAYS
Your druggist Will refund money II PAZO ONT.
AENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind
Bleed my or Protrudng Piles in to II days. &c.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-01
snhIeot for the MInIater.

According to reports gathered by
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention Of Tuberculosis, prac-
tically 10 per cent. of all deaths In
church congregations are caused by
tuberculosis. In a study Of $4,000
communicates of 725 churches in
which there were 1000 deaths in 1910,
the death rate among these church
members was found to be 224 for
every thousand communicates This
Is higher than the rate for the regis
uation area of the United States,
which was 1.60 in 1910.
while these statistics" says the
national association, "are not com
parable from the point of view Of ac-
curacy with those Of the bureau Of
census, sufficient credence may be
given to them to indicate that one of
the most serious problems the or
dinary church has to consider Is that
Of the devastation Of its membership
by tuberculosis Every minister in the
United States should give this sub
Iect some attention during the week
preceding or that following April %,
tuberculosis day"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-01

imagine than bear IN soou.
sized blueberry patch? Sitting han
m on his launches and pulling the
branches toward him with his paws
fairly shoveling in the berries tna'
help fatten him up for the long
winter-they are indeed great perry
eaters and will often travel miles 70
locate patch.
The black bear prefers his meat
well tainted, and. in fact, do not be-
lieve it can be too strong for him
Unlike the grizzly he does not cover
over or bury a carcass, but this again
is only characteristic Of him, for he
does not feed, or in fact do anything
as systematically or as seriously as
the grizzly-much preferring a little
mischief to work, and here again we
see him the happy -go-lucky fellow. /
cannot take space to mention all the
fancies OF his appetite, but this gives
very good general idea of his diet
must not omit to say, however, he
is something of fisherman, both for
game and for sport, and with quick
stroke of his paw, sends many an
unsuspecting fish hurtling through the
air to land well up on the bank, where
he can once more please his palate.
How many of us have gone into
the woods In our early hunting days
and looked around wondering which
would really be the safest tree to shin
up in case an old black bear should
have designs on us. Now that little
sapling over there looks good. They
say a slim tree with no branches
is the best to nest in on an occasion
like this. But for those who do not
already know, we will settle that ques
ton right here. 1t does not matter in
the least what tree you select, wheth-
er it is one some two or three feet in
diameter, or just that little sapling;
it is safe to say if you can get up,
so can the bear. But this is the point;
he won't come No black bear, when
given such a fine opportunity to get
away, will stick aroUTd. Their claws,
which are very unlike those of the
grizzly, are especially adapted for
climbing, while the front paws OF
grizzly are especially adapted for dig.
ging, being long, and from four to six
inches in length, and nearly straight
Grizzlies do not and cannot climb
trees. On the other hand the black
bears claws are shorter, more curved
and thicker at the base, which enables
them to go up huge tree very much
as a cat or a squirrel would, and also
slim one just large enough to sus-
tain their weight.
In conclusion would say that do
not prentend to know all about black
bears-no one man can; but / have
found them sufficiently interesting to
have taken a great deal Of pleasure in
devoting long study to them, and
have here set down only what | know
to be facts.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-01
LARGEST OF SPIDER WEBS

The largest spider web in the world
was spun not by spider, but by hu-
man hands. It stands on the lawn oi
a Chicago mans country home, and Is
OF such tremendous size as TO htartle
the passerby when he first sees 1t, The
creator OF this interesting oddity con
ceived .he idea Of attempting to see
how nearly an actual spiders web
could be reproduced with rope Sc.
lecting two immense trees on the lawn
of his home. he spun between them
this spiders web. 4OX60 feet, which Is
so strong that a man may easily climb
to the center or top Of it, The web
faces the main thoroughiare passing
the house, and is one Of the most
fascinating country ground decora'
lions ever seen. The spinner could
not attain the minuteuess Of the actu'
al SPIDERS web, but came so near 70 It
that the Illusion is almost perfect.
The uniqueness Of the undertaking
catches and fascinates every eye that
sees IL.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-01

heir. After my death she Is 10 inherit
all my estate real and personal
Then he signed and dated this I'M
promptu will, laughed heartily at his
own little joke shook hands with 10
ma and left the store, While crossing
the street just outside the store he
narrowly escaped being run down by
car, had a fit from fright and died
in chemists shop a quarter OF an
hour after he had scribbled on his
cuff.
It turned out that Kronyi had lett
more than GO,OOO,OOO gulden t$3O,ooO-
OOO) Uona got lawyer to hle her
claim to the fortune in the propa'e
court Kronyi's relatives fought nara
to have this last OF his wills set aside
but the Judge decided in favor oil no
ma. She got the whole estate put
gave one.thlrd Of It to Kronyrs broth
err
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-01
AS a German Baron Sees Us

teeth, manicured his finger nails and
polished himself till It was really
pleasure to look at him He took
whole hour for the job"
Our genial German critic was struck
by American Difference toward women
and by the great freedom that main
tains in social intercourse between
young men and women in the United
States He says; "Tf you see that your
young lady friend likes you you can
give her all sorts Of condolences with
out being regarded by her or her par
ents as a suitor for her hand But you
must be careful about kissing. In
some states the law regards a kiss as
a promise Of marriage, in other states
a kiss constitutes assault and battery,
and each kiss may cost you a consid-
cradle cash fine"
American informal, offhand manners
Wolzogen found in strange contrast to
German circumspection. He missed in
America the custom among men of tip
ping their hats to each other forty
times a day II they happen to meet
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-01
Young Sculptor.

One Of the picturesque figures at the
New York Geological park these days
is a 14-year-old boy modelling wild ami
mails at close range. He is a Award
Fairbanks, and he comes out Of the
far west-Utah-wi a lump of clay,
an absorbing love of wild animals and
determination to become sculptor
as his stock in trade Inside the pro.
tecting rail of the lion house, right up
against the cages, he sets his modelling
stand, with his sleeves rolled up to his
brown elbows he molds and digs and
pats his clay in the shapes of the huge
beasts behind the bars. His ambition
Is to model wild animals with strict
fidelity to their natural postures, and
he has made up his mind to win a
place among the successful sculptors
of the world no matter what II costs
IN hard work.-The Christian Herald.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-01
COLoRS AND THE BRAIN

Juse as there are hues that soothe
the mind through the eyes-green for
instance-so there are colors which
may after a time so irritate the nerves
as even to unbalauce the intellect.
Purple is one Of these. According to
a specialist in colors, a month in
room containing no color but purple
would unhinge the mind of a person
with the strongest nerves. In its ef.
fects on the nerves purple, It is said,
is the most dangerous color there is,
Its effects are slow and insidious,
causing melancholia and suicidal ma
MIA. The color that inhames the mind
is red A few weeks in surroundings
entirely scarlet would arouse a sort of
frenzy eliminating in homicidal ma
MIA. Blue is said to be a kind of drug
in its effect on the brain 1t excites
the Imagination and gives a craving
for music and sensation, but it has a
reaction that wrecks the nervous sys-
TEN. Yellow in excess sometimes
causes hysteria.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-01
Always Leap Year.

TITS leap year every year in Papua,"
said an enthnologist. The reason isn't
that the women are the bosses there.
No, quite the contrary. The reason
is that love-making is supposed to be
a thing beneath the notice of the Pa
puan male.
"All women look alike to him So
the matrimonial pourparlors all fall
on the female sex.
"If man accepts a girls proposal,
the fact that he is engaged is chalked
on his back. But on the girls back
the engagement is branded with a red
hot iron"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-01
HYPMOTlSM BY TELEGRAPH

An extraordinary experiment IN hyp-
notigm over the telephone was made
recently in Ohio The hypnotic sub
iects were ordinary telephone opera
tors. and il the influence Of the hyp
potism reached them over the wires
from a distance OF over 1870 miles.
Six doctors checked the experiment
Fernando Lontzeuheiser attempted to
apply his hypnotic power in this man
uer from Pittsburg. Pa, to Canton o.
and one Of the operators, OF whom ten
tried TO receive the influence, was en-
tirely subjected. When the voice
from Pittsburg stated categorically
that his left arm was numbed, the
limb thus attacked fell limp and the
doctors were able to insert pins in 1t
without affecting the sensibility OF
the operator. Lift your right leg,
commanded the Pittsburg magician;
the command was obeyed. and the elk
doctors could not press the limb
down. The dramatic moment arrived
when the subjected operator was in
formed politely but assertively that
he was stone He Immediately roll
ad on his seat. and tho six doctors,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-01
Cleanliness and Difference to Women,
Americans Strong Points,
Says Visitor.

Baron Ernst Won WoIzogen, who,
with his wife, recently made an artis-
tic tour through America, is flooding
the German Press with his impressions
of America and the Americans, a Ber-
lin letter to the Brooklyn Eagle says.
He was greatly impressed with the
Americans expeditions way of hand
ling baggage, baggage checks being
unknown here. The hot, stuffy air OF
Pullmans also impressed him, but he
forgets this in dwelling on a lesson in
cleanliness he received in a Pullman.
He says:
I'm a Pullman car, by the way, one
may get a good idea Of American
cleanliness. ] shall never forget the
very circumstantial morning toilet Of
a herculean fellow after his nights
Journey. The man was certainly neith-
er a military attache nor a civil
esthete. The fellow washed, shaved,
eombed his hair carefully. brushed his
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-01

all during that summer. 1t is usually
about berry time before the little fel-
lows develop a grown-up appetite and
commence to rustic for themselves.
Not cry long after this the old bear
drives them off to shift for them
selves. In some cases they have been
found denning the following fall with
their mother but this is unusual.
Now a little bear knows exactly
what he wants, and what is good to
eat just as well as you do. He knows
every root, every bulb, every berry
that viii make him fat and happy.
How does he know this? / cannot
say; you will have to ask him. When
! say this / have in mind the follow
ing case that was brought to my no
tice: A young cub, only a few weeks
old, was caught one spring and fed on
milk. He was kept in camp until the
following fall when they moved camp
down on some bottom lands. Here,
while running about, he would sud
denly stop, dig up some roots and de-
YOUR them with a relish. He seemed
to be as fully prepared to forage for
himself as If he had been taking les
sons from his mother all summer.
Another much mistaken idea about
the black bear is that he emerges
from his winter quarters very thin
and emaciated (this so far, is true1;
that he is desperately hungry after
If a-Fs tg tav-r.tbTvr farnpfnnu
and inclined to attack anything on
sight, man included. This is not so,
although | have often heard 1t so
stated. Not even a black bear with
his enviable digestive apparatus can
or does indulge in a hearty meal after
so long a fast. The organs of bear
are no different from those of a man
in this respect, and after their long
disuse are only capable of assimilat-
ing the daintiest morsels of food
such as grass shoots, tender roots and
their like. In fact, at first they show
little or no desire to eat. but after
few days they commence to partake
again of pretty much everything.
say this because a bear is omnivorous,
which means that he eats quite gener-
ally everything-both vegetables and
meat. They are not as carnivorous as
generally supposed, usually being con.
tented with such small animals as
ground squirrels and field mice, but
still, when the opportunity offers, they
have a great propensity for stealing
down ever so carefully to a nearby
farm and carrying off a fat little
shoat. They, too, have a great weak.
ness for sheep, and 1t is hardly neces.
sary for me to mention honey and
sweets, for here we see him again
like a good-natured, mischievous boy.
The various insects form a long list
of goodies for them, and they spend
much of their time overturning stones,
prying open old stumps and logs, pok-
ing their nose and smiling at every
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-01
SHOPGIRL GETS S30,O00,0oo

Miss uona Vardis of Budapest, Hun
gary. has become a multi-millionaire
by an accident that caused the death
of an admirer before he had time to
change a cuff on which he had scrib-
bled his will as a joke. Ilona was a
shopgirl in a fancy store. An elderly
man named Kronyi, of shabby appear.
ance, was her constant customer, and
often sympathized with her because
her work was hard. One day he was
more sympathetic than usual, and
said:
For reward you shall have all my
money when I die | am an old
bachelor and have managed to save
a bit"
As the ether girls behind the coun-
ter laughed at the idea Of his having
any money to leave he turned down
his cheap paper cuff and wrote:
81 appoint Iona Vardis my sole
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-01
FLAX GROWING
IS PROFITABLE
WESTERN CANADA FARMERs BE.
COMING RICH IN ITS
PRODUCTION.

So much has been written regarding
the great amount of money made out
Of growing wheat In the prairie prov
lnces OF Manitoba. Saskatchewan and
Alberta, Western Canada, that many
other products OF the farms are over
looked. These provinces will always
grow large areas OF wheat-both
spring and winter-and the yields will
continue to be large. and the general
average greater than in any other
portion OF the continent. Twenty, thir.
ty, forty, and as high as lfty bushels
per acre OF wheat to the acre-yields
unusual in other parts Of the wheat
growing portions OF the continent
have attracted worldwide attention,
but what OF oats, which yield forty,
fifty and as high as one hundred and
ten bushels per acre and carry of tho
worlds prize, which, by the way, was
also done by wheat raised in Sas-
katchcwan during last November at
the New York Land show And then,
there IS the barley, with It's big yields,
and It's excellent samples. Another
money-makar, and a big one is flax.
The growing Of FAX is extensively car
riaI on i'm Western Canada. The
writer has before him a circular Is
sued by Il prominent farmer at Saska-
toon. The circular deals with the
treatment of seed fax, the seeding
and harvesting, and attributes yields
Of less than 20 bushels per acre, to
later seeding, imperfect and iily-pre-
pared seed. He sowed twenty-five
pounds Of seed per acre and had
yield Of tweutynine bushels per acre.
This will probably dispose Of at $3.50
per acre. Speaking OF proper prepa-
ration OF seed and cultivation OF soil
and upportune sowing, I'm the circular
spoken Of there Is cited the case of
Mr. White, living fourteen miles
south Of Rosetown, "who had fifteen
acres Of summer fallow year ago
last summer, upon which he produced
thirty.three bushels to the acre, when
many in the district harvested for
want of crop. Now, there can be no
proper reason advanced why such a
crop should not have been produced
on all the lands Of the same quality
IN the adjacent district, provided they
had been worked and cared for in the
same manner. This year G91D the
same man had one hundred acres Of
summer fallow, had something over
$500 bushels Of wheat He also had
1900 bushels Of oats and 300 bushels
of fax"
There are the cattle, the horses, the
roots and the vegetable products Of
Western Canada farms, all Of which
individually and collectively deserve
special mention, and they are treated
Of in the literature sent out on apph-
cation by the Government agents.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-01

Rocky mountains. These wells. used
mainly fol irrigation purposes. are
from 500 to 1000 feet deep, and the
pressure of water in the eastern part
Of the state is sufficient to give a sur.
face flow, except on the highest lands,
One well yields 3,292 gallons a minute,
and furnishes power for a flour mill
by day and for an electric light plant
by night The development OF this
source of water supply is still going
forward.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-01
EIGHT PEARLS IN OYSTERS

Mrs. George o. Starr of Mount Yer
non, N. Y, bought a quart of oysters
recently to serve for supper Mr..
Starr speared one with fork and was
about to swallow it, when something
rough struck the roof of his mouth,
He investigated and there, nestled on
the edge of the oyster, was a pearl.
The rest of the oysters were examined
and seven more pearls were found.
Six Of the pearls are small, but two
are as large as a good-sized pea. Mrs,
Starr claims the pearls because she
bought oysters,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-01

II is said that no living aux has been
seen since 1914. The birds were ex-
terminated by the ruthless traffic in
their eggs and skins, although their
numbers were greatly reduced by their
wholesale slaughter for food. Many
misconceptions have survived as to the
great aux, which for years has been
regarded as a sort of tabled bird, like
the roc or the dodo. In size the crea-
ture did not differ much from the tame
goose, and its title of great" was CIV
en- to It distinguish It from the small.
er, or razor billed aux. The most re-
markable characteristic Of the great
aux was its inability to fly. Its wings
were scarcely more than fms, which
aided the bird in swimming.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-01
ONE EGG WORTH $1,500

An egg Of the great aux, or gare-
fowl, bird now extinct, was sold at
auction in London for a sum equival-
ent to $1,000. Not all great auk's eggs
are alike. In length they vary from
four and one-eighth inches to FIVE
inches. The greater number found
have a white ground, but others are Of
various shades or buff. In some cases
the markings are spots, shown in
blotchcs or lines.