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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03


bargain. They are paying US a BIZ
I price"
But TO tear up, when we are 81
nicely settled here!"
"As well as the Greers?" inquired
Ralph archly.
"Yes, we aro!" declared the stauncl
little woman. IT'S been Just delight
full, and we have made II real home.
well. the new one may suit yor
better" predicted the husband III
fact, Madge, have decided to buy the
old homestead"
why, where. how can you get five
thousand dollars?"
"The railroad company are giving
us twelve thousand dollars. II is three
times the value of this place. but they
must have It. That leaves us seven
thousand dollars and what I've saved
to begin new life IN grand style"
The delighted little woman broke
down and cried for sheer Joy.
About all the family did that eve
ming was to scan the prospect before
them and plan out the golden life or
fered ahead. The old Davis homestead
was a regal place--a roomy. comfort
able house with beautiful gardens aud
a small farm area behind It sufficient
to pay the expenses Of living.
The next morning Mrs. Greer met
her neighbor on the street. The latter
noticed that she scanned her last sen
sons dress rather keenly. Then, when
she heard that the Greers were giving
a large party and she was not invited,
Mrs. Davis realized that the upstart
Greer family were ashamed of their
supposedly humble friends Of former
times.
The whole town knew of what they
called their good luck. one morning
The sale Of the little house on Rail-
road street was the gossip OF the vii
lage. Jonas Greer heard of It with a
sense Of indignation. He felt wronged
Then he suddenly recalled a certain
scheme ending in a bribe, and kept his
conclusion TO himself.
Glum and sullen Mrs. Greer grew
sharp voiced and thin over the freak
Of chance that had placed her de-
tpised neighbor in afluence. She suf-
fered worse when a new humiliation
faced her. The railroad people pro-
ceeded to build their noisy, smoke
producing shops within fifty feet OF
the Greer residence.
In the meantime the social strivings
of the Greers had led them to mort
gage their home. Then came the
crisis. They sold their equity in the
place for a song. and went to live in a
rented fiat.
Ralph Davis had too good a heart to
neglect a relative and he placed the
Greers again on their feet in a sub.
stantial way. His pensioners, however,
never failed to exploit "the advantage
taken OF them" by the whole souled
fellow who understood how to enjoy
prosperity because he had known ad
versity.
Copyright. 1912. by W. C. Chapman)
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
QUEER CREATURE OF THE seq

Sepia is sometimes loosely spoker
OF as "a sort OF Indian ink" 1t II
something very different from rea
lnGian ink. which is a substance com
posed OF purified SCOT, gum, camphor
and musk Sepia is a peculiar ami
NAL substance obtained from the inh
bags or ink sacs of cutie fish.
The cutie fish are a group of sin
gular sea creatures allied to slugs
snails, oysters, and other so-calleo
shell fish" The cutie ilsh has 8
sort OF shell beneath the skin (sole
under the name OF "cuttle boneD, q
pair of large eyes and horny beak
Like all molluscs, they have no rea,
limbs at all, but from around the head
there spring eight or ten long tenta
cles, each armed with numerous suck
ers.
BY forcibly squirting out the sea wa
ter which it has taken in the sepia
can shoot backward through the water
with great speed The sepia is inter
esting, too. as being able to change
its color in a measure so as to har
monize with its surroundings. Just
under the topmost layer of skin there
are distributed all over the surface Of
the body a number of cells, containing
dark pigment; when these cells are
expanded the surface of the body be
comes darkly spotted. but as they are
contracted the creature looks paler,
Though best developed In the sepia
and its nearest allies, nearly every
member OF the cutie fish group pos
sesses an ink sac. The ink sac con
tains the dark pigment secreted by .
special gland. When discovered OF
pursued by an enemy the sepia dis
charges some Of its ink through a sort
Of funnel or tube; the pigment mixes
with water very quickly. and forms q
dark cloud of inky water, beyond which
the sepia will dart into safety.
Sepias are often caught in nets with
fish. The fishermen. despising the
cuttles, throw them out upon the
beach, and then they may be seen
lying in tiny pools of dense black
liquid, and continually oozing out more
ink in a vain attempt at concealment
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
CHOICE OF AWARD
Old Mans Peculiar viii Develops
Good and Bad Traits Of
NepheWS.
eY GEORGE ELMER ooRe.

"And / hereby bequeath and devise
to my nephews, Ralph Davis and
Jonas Greer, the house on Main street
and the house on Railroad street, my
trustees to make the choice Of award
ing the same"
The lawyer read this extract from
the will of old Peter Davis in sing
song tone. There was a long sigh OF
relief from Jonas Greer, and a pleased
expression on the face of Ralph Davis.
Good old Uncle Peter had not forgot
ten them, even II he had given a
goodly portion Of his worldly goods to
charity.
Further" the lawyer continued his
reading, the first one of said nephews
making five thousand dollars, the
same shall be received in full pay
ment for the old homestead"
There was due speculation among
the gossips Of Brandon for a week aft
sr that, as to which OF the fortunate
heirs OF old Peter Davis would receive
the best property award.
The place on Main street was the
choice OF the two residences. The
house was modern. the neighbors were
of the best social set in the village,
the street was paved The Railroad
street place held a neat but old-fash'
Ioned cottage. Main street was a
broad tree-fringed thoroughfare. Rail-
road street had half of its area taken
up by tracks, sidings and freight
houses, The Greers had no children.
There we're two pretty. curly headed
lots in the Davis family.
After thinking and debating over
the matter at the end of a week the
trustees Of the Davis estate awarded
the Main street property to the Greers.
Its a burning shame. Ralph!" said
outspoken Mrs Davis. There is no
right or justice to it. Everybody knows
It, everybody is scandalized."
"Oh, we're property owners now, and
shouldn't complain, reminded her hus-
band in a pleasant way.
But think of 1.-THE Greers have
no children, and we have. It is dan
gerous for them so near the railroad
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
FINDS $4,000 IN MATTRESS

The finding of a small fortune in an
old mattress that he was about &c
burn, was the experience of William
Schultz of Rochester, MINI. The
mattress had been in the family's
possession for years, and some tine
ago was relegated to the scrap pile
Mr. Schultze decided to burn the mat.
tyess and was about to apply the
match when he felt a small, hard roll
which he pulled out. 1t proved to be
a roll of greenbacks, amounting &c
$4,000. Mr. Schultze is unable to ex
pain the presence of the money
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
He Pleaded Both WAYS.

Sheridan Master, former speaker OF
the Michigan house of representa-.
tiyes. tells the following story OF one
of his early cases as a lawyer:
A negro was arrested for stealing
a calf and the court appointed Mr.
Master to defend him. The colored
man had never talked to a lawyer
before and didn't fancy the idea very
much, preferring to try the case him.
self.
After a short conference between
Mr.. Master and the negro the court
asked the negro how he would plead
The latter rose slowly and said
"Jedge, your honoh, / pleads not
guilty on advice of my attorney, but
l amt got no faith in any attorney;
so, I'll tell you, jedge, dat l done stole
de calf and | throws myself on de
mercy of de court. Richmond Times
Dispatch
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
"DEAD DRUNK" AT AGE OF SIX

After his mother had given him a
few drops of whisky, sweetened with
sugar to relieve cold, six-year-old
Charles Vanderbilt of williamsburg.
N. Y, acquired the whisky habit, and
as result was removed to the Will
1iamsburg hospital in critical condi-
tion.
Neighbors advised the mother to
give her boy frequent doses of whisky
and sugar after he had contracted a
cold a week ago. While the child was
left alone temporarily he found the
bottle and swallowed about FIVE table
spoonfuls of the liquor. When his
mother returned she found him in an
alcoholic coma and called an ambu.
lance.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
HORSE TIES UP RAILROAD

A horse played tag, the horse being
cit" with southbound passenger
tnain on tho Wilmington e Columbia
division of the Philadelphia & Read
ing railway in the neighborhood of
Glenhall, Pa. The train was delayed
nearly an hour and the schedule Of
the division was badly upset as re-
suit
The animal first ran on the tracks
and waited for the train to approach
then ran a mile in front Of the loco
motive and waited again. This was
repeated several times. After a run
of three miles the horse left the rail
road at crossing.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
EELS DARKEN THREE TOWNS

AS the result of a remarkable run
of cells in the Sawkills the towns Of
Red Hook, Tivoli and Madalin, ~ Y.
are thrown in darkness nearly every
night. The eels cannot be kept out OF
the machinery in the lighting com
pany's plant. The company has three
intake pipes laid out into the stream
and into the pipes the eels glide in
droves The clogging Of the machin.
cry puts the three villages in darkness
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
Al Vienna Church connrssa.

The Eucharistic congress, which
was held in Vienna a short time ago,
presented some picturesque features
beyond the professions of ecclesias-
tics in complete vestments.
The congress ended with a process,
sion which was represented each of
the races that make up the conglom.
crate dual monarchy.
The most stirring group was that
of the Tyrolese, who appeared in the
costume of a past century, armed with
scythes fastened to poles--as they
we're armed when they fought for
their freedom--and escorting a gigan.
tic image Of Christ on the cross.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
Eree Vlew al the Lake.

Finest and viewfulest place. Baths
and toilets on modernist principles.
The hotel not being adapted for health
resort Of ills, is only preserved for
the sojourn of passengers, tourists
and sportsmen.
"Reputed excellent cooking. Noble,
real, well-lain wines, different beers.
The magnificent outlook is grandious
Daily six trains to all parts of the
globe. Free view at the lively lake. |"
From a foreign hotel guide.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
THROUGH A CONCRETE MIXER.

Charles Stevens, aged 30 a negro of
Braddock, Pa, while working on a
concrete mixer about 30 feet above
the ladle at the Edgar Thomson Steel
works, fell into the hopper with the
wet concrete and was dug out OF the
mixture Of gravel and cement at the
other end, where the thoroughly mix
ed concrete comes out, He was un-
conscious, but was revived in an hour
and racovered.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
Frenzied Arithmetic.

Three-year-old Amy, who had very
lively little brother, was being put
through a lesson in arithmetic by her
uncle. She had successfully added one
and one, but stuck at two and one.
Your mamma" said her uncle,
has two children. II she had one
more, what would that maker"
Co." cried Amy, that would make
my mamma crazy!''-Woman' Home
Companion.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
WILD DOGS RAID FARMS

A pack of 20 wild dogs, led by a
huge collie, is, with increasing bold
ness, making daily raids on farms near
Thermalito, Cal. The dogs hunt with
great cunning, and efforts to exter-
inmate them have resulted In the kill
ing of one. Hogs, chickens, rabbits
and turkeys are their victims. The
foods of 1907, when the Feather river
reached the highest stage ever record
ed, is responsible for the marauders,
whose forebears were few tame dogs
which we're marooned on an island of
driftwood. When the water receded
the dogs burrowed into the debris and
refused to return to domesticity.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
HIS NEPHEW'S STEPFATHER

Harry E. Harkness of Altoona has
become his nephew's stepfather Hark,
ness, who is fifty-three, and has been
a widower for two years, married his
brothers widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Hark-
ness, ffty-three. At the same time
that Mrs. Harkness married, her son,
Gehring Harkness, married Maud C,
Walton. Suppose Gehring Hardness
has children, what relation will they
be to their fathers uncle and step.
father?
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
Lad An KInds Of Money, literally.

Had All Kinds Of Money, Literally,
Black dropped ilto Whites office
and invited him to dinner, stating that
he had "all kinds of money" White
accepted the invitation, and they
dined well-so we'll that when the
check was presented to Black he
gasped, and in a hoarse whisper re.
quested a loan of White. This check
amounts to $3.50 he explained, "and
I've got only $191"
you said you had all kinds of
money!" White replied disgustedly.
$50 I have" Black replied, with
drawing his possessions from his
pocket. I've got a dollar bill, a so
cent piece, a quarter, a dime. nickel
and a penny. Now, how many more
kinds could you expect a fellow to
have?'
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
Sure of His Lob.

Women" said the sharp-faced
man on the platform of crowded
Bronx trolley car, are rapidly filling
the places of men in all pursuits.
They are after all our jobs"
well, they can never get mine, "
put in a well-built individual.
"Why not?" asked the sharp-faced
man.
Because" replied the other, I'm
a life model in an art school,"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
Locating the Fool.

A stout old gentleman was having
trouble with the telephone. He could
hear nothing but a confused 1umbls
Of sounds, and finally he became %
exasperated that he shouted into the
transmitter:
Who's the blitherinG fool at the
end Of this line?"
He's not at this end" answered q
cool, feminine voice.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
Mornlno After

Dearest says the bonny bride, 81
just can't get bit of heat from that
gas range, and the kitchen is full of
the most disagreeable smell"
The gentle bridegroom goes to the
kitchen, shuts off the gas, opens the
doors and windows and after a while
explains slowly and patiently:
"You know, darling, the gas has to
be lighted before It will produce
heat"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03

MA" said Ethelinda, 'is my hat on
straight?'
Perfectly, my dear
Then it's wrong. 1t ought to be on
one side OF my head and down over
my left eve" Washington Star.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children.
Relieve Feverisnness. Bad Stomach Tssthing Dis
orders and regulate the Bowel and are pleas
antremedy for Worms Used by mothers for q years.
They are 30 pleasant 70 take children like them.
Fhey nspeT fan. Al all drugRists, Mc. Sample
FREE Address, A. 8. oimsted, Leroy, n Y. Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
Innnnrran4 An hAnfl,nrn
Way Of Some Mlnlatern

Bishop w f. Mcdowell, Methodist,
says some ministers are like some
horses-theyll work all right in the
lead but will balk when placed else.
where.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
Probably.

People sometimes travel miles in
their dreams"
DO they do it on night mares2"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03

A brave man Is always ready to
face the music"-provided 1t isnt
that old tune from ''Lohrengrin."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03

Give baby a full dinner pail ana
room to kick and he will be happy.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03

It takes a smart man to conceal his
ignorance.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03

A pretty girl will turn a mans head
D. spite Of the boil on his neck
Cheyenne record., 1913-12-11
THE PUEBLO INDICTMENTS.
Labor Is Not Exempt Under Anti
Trust Law, Wilson Edict.

Washington. President Wilson
looks on the recent indictment of Of
ficers of the United Mine Workers at
Pueblo, as an answer to criticisms that
the sundry civil bill eXempts labor
unions from the operations of the Sher-
man antitrust law.
The President made it clear that the
initiative in the prosecution came
neither from the Department of JUS
tice nor the United States attorney at
Pueblo, but was taken by the federal
grand jury itself.
When he was asked if the Depart
ment of Justice would take hand in
the case, in view of the sundry civil
bills provision exempting labor unions
from prosecution through the use of
a certain 100000 fund, President Will
son recalled to his visitors the mem.
orandum he wrote when he signed the
bill, and reiterated that the special
fund affected was only for employing
special counsel and did not affect the
ordinary processes Of the Department
Of Justice.
Cheyenne record., 1913-12-11
ICE FREES EXPLORERS SHIP.
Boat Floats Away While Stefanson
and Crew Hunt on Shore.

Ottawa, Ont-Somewhere within the
confines of the Arctic Circle is drift
ing Vilhjalmur Stefanson's staunch
little vessel, the Karluk, safely frozen
in an ice pack. But the leader of the
expedition is not with his vessel and
is unaware of it's whereabouts, accord
ing to a dispatch received from the eX-
plorer himself by George S. Desharts.
deputy minister of naval affairs and
acting minister of marine and fisher
les.
Stefanson's message states that. be-
lieving the Karluk safe in the ice in
longitude west 1470, Is miles off shore.
he took a party ashore with him to
hunt. The next day heavy gales
sprang up, and then fog. When the
weather cleared the Karluk was not
in sight and had undoubtedly been
carried away by the wind which drove
the ice pack off shore.
So far the search for the Karluk
has been unsuccessful, but as there is
a crew of 25 men on board no anxiety
is felt for it's welfare.
Cheyenne record., 1913-12-11
BRIEF OF NEAR 10000 PAGES
Appeal of Southern Pacific Railroad
In the Land Grant Case Is in
Forty Volumes.

Portland, Ore.-A legal brief print
ed in Portland is said to be more
than twice as large as any other ever
printed.
This particular brief is the appeal
of The Southern Pacific company in
the land grant case. in which the gov
ernment sued to recover several mil
lion acres of land and won the suit in
the lower courts. The railroad COM
pany Is now having its brief printed
for the United States Supreme court
There will be 10000 pages of print
ed matter. These will be made up
into 40 volumes the size of the ordi-
nary law book. The brief will. in
itself, be formidable library, SO far
as the number of volumes goes. Each
volume will be composed Of 500 pages,
which is more than are contained in
the "best sellers" When completed.
the brief will be almost twice as large
as standard encyclopedia.
Although the brief must be printed
Cheyenne record., 1913-12-11
SEVERAL THOUSAND MARooNED
IN HALF.FLooDED COTTON
GINS AND HOUSES.
APPEAL SENT FOR HELP
FREEZING WEATHER ADDS TO
MISERY IN LoWLANDs AND
FOOD Is ASKED FOR.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Houston, Textile number of
known dead in tho flood which
has spread over the lowlands in
half dozen counties in south CEN
trail Texas reached $50 Monday.
Several thousand refugees marooned
In half-flooded cotton gins and dwell
Ing houses are safe from the water for
the time being but arc suffering from
hunger and exposure.
Four-fifths of the dead were negro
farm-hands.
OF the dead the greater number lost
their lives in the vicinity of Bryan,
where a 30-mile stretch of levee along
the BraZos river crumblcd The Brazos
flood destroyed q dam near Richmond
and flooded state prison farm. The
prisoners had been removed.
Hampstead, in Waller county, from
which reports had been meagre, re-
ported 20 drowned and others missing.
Reports from half dozen other
small towns in Waller and adjoining
counties advanced the total fatalities
to $50 in all.
The San Felipe section of Austin
county received shipment Of motor
boats from Houston and several hun
dred refugees were moved to safety.
The great danger was from cold and
hunger. For the second successive
night ice was forecaated over the 80
mile district about Bryan, where 1900
persons, mostly negroes, are marooned
with little food and few fires.
Urgent appeals for blankets and
food were received from all"ove the
stricken district from central Texas
almost to the Gulf coast.
Texas cities responded literally to
appeals for money and supplies. Hous-
ton raised $4,000 in cash.
Cheyenne record., 1913-12-11

bandit baron. Like Robin Hood and
Rob Roy he had devoted followers.
Quiet farmers and merchants made
excuses for Jesse James. not unlike
those Bailie Nichol Jarvie made for
the McGregor. Stories about Jesse
James kindness to the poor, his
generosity to his friends, his courage
md good humor were told in many q
tavern. There were many who, not
from cowardice but from sympathy.
would have held back evidence tend
ing to convict the James boys. and
who would have given the accused
the benefit of every possible doubt
If the reader can recall how Rob
Roy's arms were bound and how the
guard let him escape just at the right
time he can form some idea of the
open or secret friendship for the
James boys by many Of their con-
temporaries.
It is almost tantalizing that Rufus
Choate, who suggested the history of
New England as material to be treat
ed after the manner of the Waverly
novels, did SO little to forward the
design. II we got at it, we should
find that the stock Of romances Of the
daring and the lawless, the wild and
the almost incredible is endless. Be-
fore starting ourselves at the idea of
Rob Roy co-existing with Locke's
philosophy and. Berkeley's ideals, let
us remember that Jesse James was
the contemporary of Ralph Waldo
Emerson and T. S. Arthur.
Cheyenne record., 1913-12-11

and bound, it will be a very limited
edition. Only some corporations like
a railroad with unlimited capital can
afford to compile and publish brief
of such magnitude. Every phase of
the land grant case. together with its
history and the most inconsequential
testimony of witnesses. will appear
in the brief. If the justices of the
Supreme court of the United States
attempt to read the entire brief 1t will
command their entire time for several
months in the reading alone.
Cheyenne record., 1913-12-11
Nobody Steals From His Cigar Stand

Nobody Steals From His Cigar Stand.
Vancouver, Wash.-A cigar stand
where the smokers help themselves to
the cigars and make their own change
is operated in the basement of the
bank building at Sixth and Main
streets by Stanley Voorhees,, elevator
boy.
In a large showcase he keeps cigars,
cigarettes and tobaccos for the occu-
pants of the six-story bank building.
The plan has been in operation for six
months and works admirably. No one
takes advantage Of the boy, and his
cash box at night always tallies cor
yrectly with the stock when checked.
Cheyenne record., 1913-12-11

the convicts were near death. insti-
tuted an investigation to find out the
truth through the army medical corps.
Examinations were made, watches
were established over the sick men,
and it was reported to me that they
were both in the last stages of a fatal
disease. One of them died soon after
he was released. The other Is appar-
emily in excellent health and seeking
to re-establish himself in the world"
The other convict alluded to by Mr..
Taft undoubtedly was John R. Walsh,
the Chicago banker.