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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13
FOUR WOULD BE SPEAKER
Illegal Registrations Cause Reslgna
tlon Of Kaempf-Another Election
is Planned in Germany.

Berlln.-The German imperial par
/ lament has made a record in the Sc
| lection of speaker by having four
contests for the position.
The third speaker this session, DR..
Johannes Kaempf, has resigned his
seat on account Of doubt cast on the
validity of his election.
DR.. Kaempf was elected as a radical
from the first district of Berlin by a
majority of only nine out of total
vote Of over 1000. His Socialist op-
ponent, Editor S. Dwell, demanded a
recount, which reduced DR.. Kaempf's
majority to six but also showed 16
cases Of doubtful registration. The
reichstag committee on elections de-
cided to investigate these. AS the Ger
man practice assumes that all Illegal
ballots were cast for the successful
candidate, DR.. Kaempf anticipated an
adverse report of the committee by re-
signing. in order to stand again be-
fore parliament reassembles. His So.
cialist opponent in the election again
was Editor Dwell, and as Colonel
Taedke, the well-known military wri-
ter, also ran again on the Democratic
ticket, a second ballot will be re-
luired.
DR.. Kaempf was elected president in
Iuccession to the clerical leader, DR..
Martin SPAIN, who resigned rather
han sit with the Socialist vice-presi-
dent, Philip Scheidemann. After an
unsteady six weeks tenure of office,
made notable by Emperor Williams
refusal to receive DR.. Kaempf as presi-
dent, a third election was held, at
which Dr. Kaempf retained the presi-
dency, hut Vice-President Scheide-
mann, whose halfforgotten epigram
charging the Hohenzollerns with faith
tessness to their plighted work proved
ais undoing, was forced out, to be sue
Jeeded by the National Liberal, Her
mann S. Paasche.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13
ON BOARD A WARSHIP
Native of Arkansas Visits Craft
Bearing States Name.
sOVenty-Foot Descent Of Steel lad
dero Grows Warmer and Warmer
as They Proceed Toward
tho Bottom.

New York.-on most of the big bat,
tleships at anchor in the Hudson river
the Sign mo Visitors Allowed" bars
Sightseeing in certain parts OF the
boat, but when a man who demon.
strated that he was from Arkansas
boarded the uperdreadnought OF that
name they gave him a little badge
which set forth that no signs applied
to him.
lie wasn't a visitor" they said, ne
was a guest, and there wasn't any
place aboard that boat he couldn't
80.
The man from Arkansas was game,
and he said he'd go everywhere, and
he took a reporter with him, because.
as he said: I'm liable TO forget some
OF these things l see; so if you jot
II down and write piece in the paper
about 1t, I'll always be able to recall
every bit of IT,"
Ensign hammers, officer Of the deck,
summoned Sideboy Johnson TO take
the man from Arkansas to Bosun
Graves, and Bosun Graves immediate
ly detailed Seaman Taylor to act as
guide.
Take this little party anywhere
they care to go aboard the Arkansas,
except the captains cabin" was his
command
Aye, aye. sir" Seaman Taylor re-
piled. Mote, you always say Aye,
aye, sir" to the boss). Seaman Tay-
lor explained that it was q custom In
the navy.
The man from Arkansas thought
that there was no use in having such
an opportunity given him unless he
made the most of 1t, so he tod Sea.
man Taylor that he believed ne would
visit just those parts Of thu biggest ba-
tleship which had signs saying. mo
Visitors Allowed" hanging over them.
He left 1t all to Seaman Taylor, and
Taylor thought the best idea would be
to start at the bottom and work up.
Starting from the gun deck, then
the man from Arkansas was treated
first to a seventy-foot descent, most Of
1t by means of steel ladders and steep
steel stairways lined with chains or
steel rails which got warmer and
warmer the farther down he went,
Chief Water Tender r. H. P. Han.
sen took the man from Arkansas in |
hand in the stokehold. Mr.. Hansen .
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13
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PRESENTED HAM TO GEN. LEE
Young Lieutenant Couldn't Withstand
Hungry Look Of Superior and
Gave Up His Meat.


The Christmas story entitled,
Where the Heart Is." by VIII Irwin.
in the American Magazine contains
the following:
1T was Just before Christmas OF
GA that ! saw Lee last on the south
bank OF the Appomattox. | wonder II
any of the northern army knew what
It was to be as hungry as we all were
those days? The captain sent me up
with report to the generals house
he had an old farm building for his
headquarters. ! went on foot, because
we were sparing our horses. And
right there happened about the great
est piece of luck | ever had in my
life. | kicked something I'm the road.
Well, could scarcely believe my eyes
when / saw what IL was. 1t was half a
boiled ham. How It got there I've
never known to this day. Some raid
ers making camp dropped II, | reck-
on. II l found $4,000 in the street
tomorrow, 1t wouldn't seem so lucky.
/ wrapped II up under my cape, Just
unable to think of anything but how
good it was going to taste. You see
l wasn't much more than a boy.
enlisted at seventeen in 90; | was
only nineteen then, and just wearing
my second lieutenant's shoulder
straps.
well, l came to the turn Of the
road, and looked up. And there came
the general and his staff. Some OF
the boys had been complaining. I'd
heard them say that the general was
living in a house, eating fried chick
en- while we were eating bran and go
ing meat hungry. thought of that,
with the ham under my cape.
dropped It down so / could hold IL
with my left hand when l saluted, and
stood there by the road at attention
'T hadn't seen the general for a
year. But Lordee--what a year had
done to that mani Then his hair was
gray-brown-now 1t was almost white.
Then his eyes were clear like boys
now they were old. And his face
was pinched and hollow. You couldn't
fool me. I'd seen that look often
enough before. The general was hun
cry.
We'll, / went on up to headquar-
ters with the report. And all the time
! held the ham, and all the time was
thinking of the general and the way
he looked. And when I got ready to
start back, something struck me.
wasn't much use to the Confederacy.
He was everything | just turned
and went out to the kitchen. | found
the nigger boiling a little handful OF
corn meal took out that ham and
said. Get a knife, niger. and slice
up this meat It's for the general.
And If / ever find you haven't fed 1t
to him, you won't have to wait for the
Yanks to get you And / went back
and ate a corn cake and little silver
OF bacon for dinner that day"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13
Last FLAG Out Of Alexandra.

At a political meeting at Alexan-
dria after the war, Col Mosby was
making a political speech at the court
house.
Why" said he, my war record Is
q part Of the states history. Gentle
men, carried the last Confederate
flag through this very town"
That is So" spoke up Fftz Hugh
Lee, who was in the audience. Il was
here at the time"
Thank you for your fortunate rec
ollection," gratefully exclaimed Mos
by. 1T is pleasant to know that there
still live some men who move aside
envy and testify to the courage Of
their fellow-beings. AS l say gentle
men, my war record is a part of the
states history, for the gentlemen here
will tell you that / carried the last
Confederate flag through this town"
That's a fact" continued Fitz. 'T
saw you do it. You carried the Con-
federate flag through this town, but
Fitzpatrick and Ellsworth were after
you, and you carried it so blamed fast
one couldn't have told whether it was
the Confederate flag or a smallpox
warning"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13

the cord Of one of the two that had
died.
DR.. Anderson and Dr. Frost sought
to repeat the conditions of Dr. Ros-
nau's experiments.
Their report made public the other
day states that on october 3 monkey
No. 242 was inoculated with an emul-
sion of the cord of the monkey which
died of infantile paralysis. Until its
death from the disease on October s.
the animal was exposed for two hours
daily to the bites of 300 stable flies,
collected in Washington. Another mon
key similarly inoculated on October
was, beginning october 7, exposed
daily to the bites OF the same flies.
Beginning October 4 two other
monkeys were exposed daily for about
two hours to the bites of these same
flies, and, beginning October 5, third
new monkey was similarly exposed.
All three subsequently developed
syr ptoms of infantile paralysis.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13
STREET cAR MANNERS.

II viii be difficult to az drawing room
amenities upon street car crowds
though one might wish some code Of
ethics possible OF enforcement upor
the latter II is one OF the anon
allies OF city life that men, and some
times even women. will perform man
ners In a street car they would never
countenanee elsewhere, All of which
eonspire TO the annoyance and discom
fort OF riding In a car which other
wise might be mace very enjoyable
The pay.as-you-enter trolley is admir-
ably adapted TO the absorption of much
that Is undesirable and needless, yet
fails often because people persist IN
making n nuisance OF what was in
tended as a comfort and con
veuience. n the average person did
not lose his thought for the other
fellow the moment he put his foot in
the car step, II would not be so. All
the little placard sermons tackled up
in the car. supplemented by the con-
ductor's plainuye Move up IN front
please" fall fiat on the person sta
toned IN the rear end or perhaps half
way up the aisle, possibly reading a
paper. while a score OF others scram'
bic for a spot big enough TO stand on
IN the consequent congestion at the
rear end of the car. says the Omaha
Rec There is positively no excuse for
th.s. though one might suppose from
it's conventionality that there was
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13
CAPITAL Society Girls Abandon Sports for Art

A GROUP of Washington society
"A girls have forsaken outdoor sports
for the fine arts. In previous years
most of the members OF the smart set
could be found almost any morning
taking beauty ride" In the parks
or on the speedway.
Three mornings each week the
daughters OF cabinet ministers, sol
diers and diplomats may be found
leaning over easels, with brushes
studying oil painting under the
tutelage of E. C. Messer, head Of the
art school Of the Corcoran art gal
lery.
The embryo artists do not seem to
get any special attention from their
professor just because they happen
to be daughters of notables,
When Professor Messer was asked
what progress the members of his
class were making he replied that
they were all showing some talent
although he did not seem to realize
that there was anything unusual in
the late additions to his class role.
Miss Nagel, the daughter Of a
cabinet oficer?" he asked. why, it
never occurred to me to ask who her
father is. Girls are just girls when
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13

VVOMEN, especially young girls, are
w rapidly becoming more and more
addicted to intoxicating liquor in the
national capital, while the men are
rapidly growing more abstemious, &C
cording to Albert E. Shoemaker, at
torney for the Anti-Seloon league OF
the District of Columbia. His accusa-
sation has aroused women generally
here, and it is a subject of agitated
discussion.
Mr.. Shoemaker made his charge be-
fore the Womens Christian Temper
ance union, attributing the increasing
thirst among women to the heavy com
petition among proprietors of hand
somely furnished cafes and their will
ingness to take a chance" in per-
mitting women and young girls to
drink.
He also declared that under the ex'
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13
A Witty Lady.

President Lincoln was once busily
engaged in his office when a young
attendant unceremoniously entered
and gave him card. Without rising,
the president glanced at the card.
"PshawI She here again? told
her last week that | could not inter
fere in her case. cannot see her."
he said impatlently. Get rid of her;
tell her I'm asleep; anything you
like"
Returning to the lady, the boy said;
"The president says to tell you that
he is asleep"
The lady'S eyes sparkled as she re-
sponded: well, will you be kind
enough to return and ask him when
he intends to wake up?"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13
SPANKED HIS WIFE; IS SUED
8. r. Nueske Of Chicago Is Defendant
In a Separate Maintenance
Action.

Chicago.--Her husband spanked her
and other indignities were suffered at
his hands, according to the separate
maintenance bill of lfrs. Grace Nu'
sske against Bernard r. Nueske. filed
n the superior court. Nueske is said
o have an income of $4,000 annually
rom contract work for life insurance
companies.
Nueskes i'll treatment of her began
"a the day Of their wedding June q,
,906. at st. Louis, as they were about
o take the train for Chicago on their
honeymoon trip, the bill says He be-
game angry because her mother and
yister went to the depot to see them
off, began to growl and quarrel and
-nalIy the trip was abandoned. the
bill says.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13

then come to the school. But she is
doing fine work. Miss Meyer and
Miss Townsend are doing well also.
Miss Townsend already has gone
into the life class"
Miss Townsend is the daughter of
former minister to Portugal. AS a
child she played with the deposed
King Manuel. Several years ago the
former playmates met in London, and
1t was reported that the king had
asked her to marry him.
Miss Hildegarde Nagel is the eldest
daughter of the secretary of com
merce and labor. and Miss Meyer is
the daughter of the secretary Of the
navy There are about a dozen alto.
gether in the class who were recruit.
ed from Washingtons smart set.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13

It was a practice among the an,
clients 10 prescribe eating the livers OF
animals for patients whose livers were
diseased. and eating the lungs Of ami
mails for patients who were consump-
tives. Modern medical men have been
disposed to regard the practice as
fantastic, but at the medical congress
which came to a close recently in
Paris a Roumanian doctor said the
practice was rational The principle
underlying it. he argued is that each
organ contains a special chemical COM
pound He went on to declare that
this compound extracted and injected
into a living organism goes straight
~ tn repair Of the corresponding or
gan, Strengthening and reinforcing it
and increasing its bulk.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13

The indictment brought against the
cat by the United States biological sur.
yey may strike many persons as rath-
cr too sweeping According to these
experts the cat IS neither harmless
nor necessary. but a nuisance and
danger, says the Providence Journal
It destroys the songbirds, and let's the
rats and mice alone. It is a carrier
Of disease since even when it has a
comfortable home it will so abroad
10 mingle with the pariahs Of its kind.
Il cares nothing for its owner and
Is ungrateful for the attention it
receives. All this is, in a sense, a
twice told tale, familiar in the mouths
Of the cats enemies. But when the
government tells It the attention Of
the most skeptcal must be arrested.
There is nothing the various depart
ments and bureaus at Washington do
not know Yet the cat will retain
some friends in spite Of this scath-
ing accusation. II is perfectly true,
Of course. that the cat is the great
est foe the birds have. It is also true
that the pampered domestic pet does
not much concern itself with vermin.
It is also true that disease may easily
be transmitted by the cats fur But
the determination Of the cat seems to
me rather a heavy penalty to impose
for its sins against society. There is
reason to believe that man is in part
responsible for these
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13

It is the belief Of the public health
service that the health Of the travel
ing public generally is menaced by
the constant movement Of persons af-
tiicted with tuberculosis and other con-
tagious diseases" Obviously this
problem and others Of a similar char
acter can be handled only by the fed
eral officials, for reliance upon widely
differing state health regulations, no
matter how honestly drawn or how
rigidly enforced, could not possibly
result In thorough security to the
people at large. The railroads are,
par excellence, interstate industries,
and necessarily must be among the
first to feel the heavy hand from
Washington
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13
HAIR CUT JOKE; BURNS HOUSE
Son Of Nebraska Minister confesses
Six Attempts to "Get Even"
With Sisters.

Goshner, Neb.-Will Whitaker, IF.
teen years old, son of Dunkard min
ister confessed to Deputy State Fire
Commissioner lronton tnat he has set
fire to the home of his parents six
times.
He said that the act was prompted
by desire to hide thefts amounting 20
S35. from his parents and to get even"
with his sisters, who laughed at the
style Of his hair cut.
The boy pleaded guilty before the
county judge Of Seward county, was
sentenced to six months in Jail and
then was paroled. In each case the
hey was active in putting out the fires.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13

lent food for two need not cost more
than $4 week. Dress should not re-
quire more than $50 year. One dol.
lar a week should always be saved
for emergencies. This yeaves sufi-
cient for light and fuel, car fare, a
small sum for the church and dol
lar of two week for recreation and
other items"
Il assume that the man has $500
saved up for furniture to begin with.
OF course, much depends on the girl
and the man. They cannot waste any
money"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13
Found II First.

Perryville was the first battle Of an
Indiana regiment, and when the guns
began to boom a raw member crawled
into a hole. The sergeant came along
and called out:
Come out Of that hole, now"
Stubborn resistance replaced the
look of fright on the boys face, and
he said:
you may be my superior officer,
but found this hole first, an I'm 20.
ing to keep it."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13

VIZ AsHINGToN.-oftentimes a man
w doesn't do as we'll at his own 0c.
cupation as he ought to-thinks he
has made a misft and believes he can
better himself Here are a few sug-
gestions for anyone thus dissatisfied
from the thirteenth United States cen
sus:
There is a snake merchant who has
n ranch out in Texas and has for
more than seven years made a busl-
ness OF handling snakes. In one year
he sold over 10000 rattlers and
blacksnakes, getting from a quarter
to two dollars each.
Formerly all the parts of a shoe
were made by a shoemaker: today
this industry employs judges. fakirs,
plowers, sluggers, busters-out, cripple
chasers and pancake-makers- en-
gagged one way or another in the
making Of shoes or parts of them.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13
CHURN IS BABY INCUBATOR
Colorado Farmer ImproVises Heater
to Save Newborn Son, and It
May Live.

Grover, Colo-An incubator made of
the family wash tub and farm churn
is fighting for baby life on the home
stead of Otto Freebough. And 1t ii
winning the battle.
When the attending physician told
Freebough it was incubation or death
for his newborn son, the homestead,
er, lacking money, answered the chal,
lenge.
He filled the wash tub with hot wa.
ter, and put into it the farm churn
containing the infant. Then all night
with a thermometer at hand, he
watched the fight his son vas ma
king.
He changed the water as it's tenn
perature fell and cheered his wife
with good news.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13
ENDS LIFE OVER RECRUIT
Girl Affected by Greeks Departure
for Balkan War Commits
Suicide.

Philllpsburg. N. J.-Avenea Papras,
a Greek girl, seventeen years old, was
found dead in bed this morning by
her cousin, James Papras, a confec.
toner. in whose home she lived The
girl was the daughter of Speros Pap
ras of Chicago and came here six
weeks ago. Another cousin. Frank
Papras. left here last night for New
York. intending to sail for Europe.
He was to enlist as a volunteer in the
war against Turkey. The girl was
deeply affected by her cousins depar.
ture. The gas jet in her room was
found turned on.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13
Got Careless.

At the battle of Bull Run General
Arthur met a soldier with bad wound
in his face, running towards Wash.
nigton.
That's a bad wound you have, my
man." said the general where did
you get it,"
Got 1t in the Bull Run fight"
But how could you get hit In the
face at Bull RUM"
We'll. sir" said the man, half apol-
ogetically. Il got careless and look.
ed back"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13

A German soldier recently was SEN
fenced to six months imprisonment
for obtaining leave Of absence on the
plea of attending hale and hearty
grandmother's funeral The small boy
baseball fans" in this country will
probably shudder a Thanksgiving
that they are not in the German
army
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13

bosses 12O men down there, he ex-
planned, in patches of thirty at .
time.
Only one Of the twelve mammoth
furnaces Of the Arkansas was going,
but the man from Arkansas said 1t
was almost too hot for him, because
he said, he had been living in a New
York apartment this fall, and natural
ly he wasn't used to so much heat
Here's the quickest way out" said
Hansen. although, Of course, it's q
rather rough trip We have a better
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13

way, though, and here is something
they didn't have aboard the Titanic,
nor, so far as know. aboard anything
except the very latest boats"
He pointed out snug little wire
cage elevator automatic and dedicat-
ed for the private use of the men in
the fireroom By climbing into that
cage the men from the freroom, which
is the lowest part of the big battle
ship in hich the men work, can be
shot up 10 the gun deck in ten sec.
onds.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13
Unfortunate Claim.

Jim and Joe, respectively aged ten
and twelve years, were told to go out
and cut and pile wood. Both played
until dusk, and after supper their
mother inquired:
"Well, my boy, how much have you
done today?"
VERY meekly came Joe's answer:
81 have done nothing"
To Jim, entering just too late to
hear his brothers remark, was put
the second question:
"And what have you been doing"
Quick as a flash the unfortunate
young fibbber answered.
"Oh, I've been piling 1t up"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13
WE'D AND LIVE ON SIS A WEEK
10 Says Pastor Of Boston Church
to Those Wishing to Marry and
Have Saved $500.

Boston, Mass-The Rev. Fl. S. John!
on of the big Clarendon Baptist
church believes that man and a
voman can Barry and live comfort
IDLY on SIS week.
"They can go to the suburbs" ne
I'D, land find good three or four
com apartment for s4 week Excel
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13

A New York girl walked down the
street in her sleep clad in pink pa
tamas. and a policeman followed her
II blocks before he was convinced she
was a somnambulist. He must have
taken her for an actress pulling
press stunt
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-13
HEADLESS CATS KEPT ALIVE

pital used the same bone as a substi.
tute FOR missing bone in the hip
Joint of a patient. The head OF the
femur, which rotates in the hip Joint
was missing. and Doctor Albee de-
clared the implanted astragalus
would make fairly efficient substi'
tute.