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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
ON FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
Battle for Liberty Of Thought Is
Fought In Book by John Milton
That Is Never Read.

New York.-Milton's "Areopagitica' y
was given to the world 2G9 years ago
August 28, 1914
Not one in a thousand Of the read
ers Of this newspaper or Of any other
newspaper has read the "Areopagi-
tica" or even seen it-any more than
he has seen the force Of gravity or
the electrical energy that is working
such miracles in this age Of ours. But,
like the invisible powers Of nature, the
book of the great Latin secretary Of
the old protector has been serving the
purpose for which it was written,
The parliament Of 1G43, under the
dominance of the champions Of tyran-
ny, had passed an ordinance against
The liberty of printing, and with a sub
lime fearlessness Milton challenged
them to battle. His challenge was this
same "Areopagitica,' which made
them sit up and think, and which con
vinced them that there was at least
one man in England who loved intel
Iectual liberty and understood perfect
" well how to defend it.
In sentences that are like the blasts
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10

giblets with which to thicken and
flavor our soup. SO we have now OBJ
tained-for nothing at ala dinner OF
FIVE courses. We get six courses for
twopence, with a glass OF beer, too,
you will observe that the only
course missing from the six course
banquet is the ffth-the cheese. The
publican supplies this. ! go into the
saloon ard order my glass OF bitter.
you possess so many vegetables
that you don't need bread. But II you
prefer to take bread you have only
to keep your eyes open TO get enough
to stock the bakers shop. The waste
of bread in London is prodigious. You
will find great chunks OF 1t in almost
every street.
Fuel? l will not insult your intel
ligence by telling you where to find
paper, and bits OF wood lie about ev-
erywhere. For coal you go to the
arches near Kings Cross. There you
can get a hundredweight," he conclud-
ed, "it you are strong enough to carry
It."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
Hidden Wealth Lost; Gtovo Is Worst Offender

pear to be the chief offenders when
it comes to eating paper bills. Re
Gently the redemption division was
compelled to examine the stomach Of
a dog that had swallowed a $40 bill
dropped by his owner. The bill was
thought to be worth more than the
dog, so the animal was killed Calves
mutllate paper money worse than any
other animal. Goats appear to give It.
lick and a promise" and swallow
he whole roll.
Men in the redemption division as
5ert that in cases where animals swal-
low bills the proper course Is to get
the bills as soon as possible and to
ship the whole mass to Washington TO
be unfolded and tested as to ita
genuineness.
Decidedly the larger part Of money
sent to Washington for redemption Is
said to have been mutilated by fire.
The parlor stove is great source OF
loss. During the summer months
money is concealed in the stove and In
the fall is sent up in smoke in the
first fall 6re. Railway wrecks also
cause the loss of thousands Of paper
bills. In these cases the smallest
clarred morsels, sometimes no larger
than the nail on the little finger, serve
a5 sufficient evidence Of destruction
to warrant the redemption Of whole
roll Of bills.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
Electricity in a Bowl Protects a Bunch Of Coin

then, as he is now. and was always
fooling with anything from wireless
TO high frequency currents. He no
ticed at one time that good many
OF his small personal possessions dis
appeared II he did not lock them up,
and as he seldom thought to lock any
thing up. the lost list increased TO an
annoying extent
One day he built large lyden jar
out OF big china bowl and little tin
foil. He dropped lot OF pennies and
uickels and dimes into 1t and charged
it with enough Juice" to kin an OK
maybe, or at least enough to make the
OK think he had been killed. He LEFT
II on a sheet of glass and walked on,
leaving the door OF the laboratory
open.
It was not long before one OF the
outside laborers slipped in and took
look around That bowl OF small
change was an irresistible temptation.
and he evidently thought few would
not be missed. He ran his hand into
the bowl, but before he could grasp q
nickel he felt as though some one had
hit him on the funny gone With an az
He gave wild yell and landed in the
middle OF the property yard. Since
that time It has Been well and gen.
orally known that Mr. Woods puts
conjurss" on anything that belongs
to him and you could not hire anybody
at the capitol to touch a thing of his.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10

OF trumpet Milton protested against
the Infamous attempt 10 throttle the
freedom OF the press. he would nave
no oppression OF the printers, no gag
put upon their desire to spread abroad
among men the thoughts OF the mind.
/ Foreseeing the future and exulting
in its happy deliverance from every
form OF mental tyranny-the era In
which every one should be perfectly
free to think, and perfectly free. ALSO
to put his thoughts into print-Milton
did what he could to help the good
time along.
Likening truth unto the eagle, which
in its royal might scatters the "timor-
Gus birds that love the twilight" he
excoriated the unrighteous attempt at
shackling the press and predicted the
time when free and enlightened
press would be the salvation and glory
OF humanity.
All England was forced TO listen to
his glorious plea for free printing,
and for two and one-half centuries the
echoes Of his noble appeal have sound
ed and resounded in British ears and
in the ears of all men.
Wherever floats the British flag to-
day, there, under its protecting folds
is to be found the mental hospitality
the large freedom Of thought and ex-
pression-which dates back to Mil
toms great plea that was given to the
world on that 28th of August, 1914.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
Congressman Drove a fldIo and Was Proud Of It

TT is not Often that a mule viii hels
1 a man to get into congress, but th!a
very thing happened in the case oi
William N. Baltz, who represents the
Twenty-second Illinois district lie is
the man who succeeded Representa-
tive Rodenberg.
Baltz is a farmer, and he is proud
OF it. In his youth ne was offered an
opportunity to obtain college educa-
ton but he declined, saying that he
preferred to devote his time to his
farm. So he went to work and farmed
right up to the minute that it became
necessary for him TO come to con-
gress. Furthermore, he will farm
some more, whenever congress ad-
journs.
There we're those people IN his dis
trict who were politically opposed 10
him that thought it would be fine
scheme to expose the fact that he
drove a mule around home. and they
spread this scandal far and wide
After the story had been going the
rounds for two or three weeks Baltz
was called on one night down at belle-
willie to make his first political speech
He was mighty nervous when he rose
10 his feet but he started out talking
about his farm and his mule, and
somehow public speaking just came
natural to him.
Some OF my political opponents say
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10

that drive a mule" he said You bet
| drive a mule He's a good mule, too,
don't suppose there's better mule
in southern Illinois. I'm not ashamed
Of that mule, and I'm not ashamed
that I'm farmer, either Some folks
try to belittle me by saying that I
wear a hickory shirt. You bet wear
one! I'm not ashamed Of that, either.
I'm farmer and I'm an honest one.
and If you send me to Washington I'll
be an honest congressman. tool"
The speech made a hit with the au-
dience and the newspapers said that
It was one of the best that had been
delivered during the campaign. En-
couraged, Baftz started out on whirI-
wind campaign that lasted eight weeks
and sent him to congress. He didn't
drive the mule, for his daughter, Miss
Katie, acted as chauffeur OF his auto
mobile But he would not have been
ashamed to drive the mule.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
This Model Shop Was Rather an Eere Place

VIZ HEN the model shop Of the Smith
w sonian Institution was down by
the railroad tracks in South Washing
ton. Harry Handley and the late Mr..
Palmer who were in the shop, had the
surrounding population "buffaloed' TO
the extent that 1t was never necessary
TO lock a door. The model shop was
rather an eerie place, anyhow, with It's
atmosphere Of plaster Of paris, half
dismembered bodies and statues and
rugs and skins and almost anything
else queer that happened to float
through the museum. There were a
lot OF life masks in plaster, and the
residents of the shop were believed BY
all the small boys and many OF the
adults of the vicinity to be body
snatchers and to make their living b.
questionable and occult arts. including
human vivisection
The thing that made the place sa.
cred. or rather baleful, to illlterate
ueighbors was a human skeleton that
lived IN the back OF the shop and that
by simple arrangement OF overhead
cords could be made 10 get up OF q
chair and walk a few steps out in55
the slo- There was one boy who ven
turcd into the shop one afternoon and
almost had to be taken TO Emergency
hospital in consequence But there
were never any more trespassers.
There is one Of the clerks up in the
war department who is an amateur
naturalist OF some attainment b." Is
also a smoker and is in the hahit q
keeping a small reserve supply OF to
baco IN a Jar on his desk, so that he
can replenish his pouch If he rum
short during the day
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10

VIJAsHINGToN.-"Conscience doth
w make towards Of us all, re-
marked Mr. Shakespeare, which only
shows that Shakespeare, was hep TO
humanity and wrote a good many
things that other people merely
thought. This philosophy on morals
may not have been written with a par
ticular view to janitors, but there are
several cases in Washington where II
would apply, There is one widely dis
cussed at the capitol. where II is well
known that Superintendent Elliot
Woods can leave jewels and precious
stones or anything else he happened
to have lying around with perfect
looseness, and there is not laborer
on the place who would not walk
around the. block to avoid going near
them.
Quite a while ago the senate labora.
tory was not the commodiOus struc'
ture II is now, but merely a private
laboratory and workshop for Mr.
Woods. He was an electrical expert
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
IYkATpTp[Cb21E1GS1IE2E
'T[ETC CITIES; 2575=.:= z=:z===
ItN lIS 6a &
Routed a Vision Clothed in Purple and Ermine

on the table. The newspaper men
pulled faster and Mr.. Eirick tugged
at his chair speechless.
How can you be an INDECENT per
son and wear such expensive clothes
and jewelry?" finally came from Mr..
Eirick's throat, after heroic EFFORT
why, what do you meanY' the
vision Indignantly answered. 1T is
my boy here who is INDECENT, need
all my mouey for myself so as to look
up-to-date."
The little boy, nearly six feet tall,
squirmed uneasily. while the commits
sioners looked him over.
More strained silence and then the
bubble burst,
Letting every word drop with caus-
tic emphasis, Commissioner Eirick
read the vision a lesson in poverty
real and fancied His associates sat
spellbound
Satire sharper than the keenest
Damascus blade, now descending to
chidlng. now rising TO whiplash ad'
monition. kept the air sizzling for
lust three minutes. and when the as
founded vision recovered from the
shock she shot one look, and. oh, such
a look. at the commissioner and ma
jestically, haughtily, marched out Of
the room without a word.
Silently Mr Vail extended his hand
to Commissioner Eirick.
bill" gasped Mr.. Fischer you're
there, all there
"Oh. that's all right" modestly re-
sponded Mr.. Elrick. 81 am for char,
ity and want to help people in need
but it takes a wide stretch OF imag-
ination to look at that expensive
clothes rack and jewellers tray and
imagine her INDECENT"
And, by the way big Bill" Eirick
gives more to charity from his own
pocket than many far richer men.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10

HLEVEIAND, O.-"Big Bill' Elrick,
- who furnishes verbal pyrotechnics
OF many hues at meetings OF the board
OF county commissioners, Is a Arm be-
lever in divine charity and in eE'
tending aid to INDECENT persons in the
county, but he does strenuously object
when that seltsame indigency is
clothed in purple and ermne.
a few days ago just as Commis'
sioner Eirick had let loose some sew
enty-horse power remarks about the
bills OF Coroner Byrne to the delight
OF the newspaper men assembled, a
large woman, fashily clothed in slit
skirt and immense picture hat, sailed
into the office accompanied by mod
est little boy OF -er-seyenteen, who
clung timidly to his mothers gown.
Commissioner Vail, cool and phleg-
matte. looked up, took a long breath
and gallantly offered her his chair
Commissioner Fischer leaped back ex-
pectantly
"I am an INDECENT person" the
vision calmly announced, brushing
back stray curl and dazzling the
commissioners with an array OF bril-
liants on her fingers. MY boy, Al
gernon. here, was bitten by a mad
dog and treated at the Pasteur inst'
tute. They charged us 500 and !
want the county to pay it.
Strained silence Mr.. Vail looked
at the ceiling. MT Fischer drummed
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10

INDIANAPOLIS, IND--There are five
4 members OF the Hanson family and
every one is tender-hearled and has
strong sympathy for sI dumb crea-
lures that are in distress Early In
July Hans. the younger boy, came into
possession Of two small soft shell tur-
ties. He took them home and put
them in a little pond and before many
days had elapsed the entire Hanson
family was talking baby talk to the
turtles. A dog that had been restored
to health in the Hanson family hos
pital in the back yard while nosing
around, came on the two turtles peep.
ing out Of the little pond He grabbed
one Of them and ran intor corner Of
the yard and began to chew on it.
Hans saw him, called the other mem
bers Of the family to his aid and they
drove the dog away. Hans followed
the dog and scolded him. He said
you naughty dog, | viii tell a detec-
tive on you and he viii put you in Jail
for jumping onto a poor little turtle y
The dog appeared ashamed and skunk
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10

THE United States has made mI.
lions Of dollars through the cnorz
Of thrifty people to place their sur
plus wealth beyond the reach Of
thieves. Goats. calves, dogs and other
animals have eaten hundreds Of rolls
bills that would have been far safer
banks Parlor stoves also appear
be a profitable source Of loss
But for the work Of the redemption
vision Of the treasury department
re- loss In many cases would be total
S It is much Of the money is re-
Ieemed, but to date Uncle Sam Is
5I4,00O.000 richer than he would have
been had he never issued paper money
Millions Of the fractional curreEtg
notes have been offered for redempt
and together with later issues, aHa
either lost or boarded up by cuHo
collectors
Dogs, cats, pigs, goats and calves an
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10

making his meaning clear, after which
the examination proceeded without
serious difficulty. Mrs. Babt declared
she had no enmity against Mr,-Ander.
son. but she said she was through
with Mrs. Anderson for life.
81 don't play no ragtime," she de
cIared. THE nearest I come to that
is Kelly and that's a grand old
tune"
Mrs. Babt discoursed at length on
Mr.. Anderson's ability as a cornet.
tist. She said she didn't mind the
coruet. In fact she averred with
some show Of feeling that she loves
music
"Or course" said Mrs Babt, I've
never had any chance to play any
myself ! just know I'd a been
grand musfcianer. The only music
ever played was on a washboard.
So 7 saved up what could and
bought me a phonograph and this is
the thanks I get"
The Judge finally disposed Of the
matter by telling Mrs Rabt to go
home and make her peace with her
neiahbors.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
DINING FOR a CENTS
How TO Live in London on Prao-
tlCally Nothing.
Getting a Six Course Meal-Flsh
Without Price In Bllllnssaate
and Bones for the stoekpot
at Smlthfield.

London.-"I never go without one
good meal a day at least" said the
weary old man with the dropping fea-
tures. "I'm shabby, know. want
\ shave. But I'm not hungry. Never
Am. And why should | be. when there
In plenty OF food for all-food In heaps
all over the place. only waiting to be
picked up?
Mind YOU" he went on, you have
to walk about q bit TO get H. And you
must have the use OF a room, however
humble. You must have. besides. a
saucepan and frying pan. Last OF
all, you ought to have at least two
pence II you want 10 do the thing In
style.
] Nov, II man hasn't sufficient
/ gumption md enterprise to get hold
Of twopenee somehow he has no right
to live at all. so far as | can see.
Can't he hold horse for FIVE min
utes? Can't he carry a bag? Can't
he do a bit of grinding-singing in
the street?
"Tll tell you how to get fve course
dinnT~ her nothing at all III tell you
hon 70 get six course dinner-with
Ktass OF bitter beer thrown in-for
tvopence." He considered a while.
The dinner would consist OF hors
d'oeuvres. soup, fish, joint, cheese and
dessert
Let us begin with the six course din
ner. Let us see how we can procure
our hors doeuVres for nothing, frst
Of all.
we rise early. We don our very
ragged rags, in case OF emergencies.
Then we HE US to Billingsgate. There
the statesmen are sorting out their
goods Frequently they come upon a
red herring, or bloater or a sprat
that has got broken or crushed in
transit. They dare not restore those
damaged goods to the box they have
opened as a sample. The buyers are
not too nice. They would plunge
their hands In among the fish, discover
the damaged one, and use their discov-
cry to beat down the salesman s
prices. So he throws 1t away. And
pick it up and put it in my bag.
Dried fish, filleted and cut into strips,
makes an excellent dish. You get no
better at a swagger West end hotel.
There is other damaged fish, OF
course, which is flung aside, and gath
cred in by you in just the same way.
Thus we have, you see, obtained
courses one and three
ITO procure the material for soup
we 60 to Coyent Garden market.
There we shall find, amid heaps Of
cabbage leaves and other waste green
stuff, abundance of egetables-small
cabbage, potatoes, onions, carrots, tur-
nips-w whatever happens to be in sea
son, the spillings from overfull bas-
kets. We shall find, also the fruit for
our dessert, and if you are fond of
beautiful things, you may even PICK
up flowers to adorn your table with
so. you see, we now have courses
one, two, three and six From Covent
Garden we wend our way to Smith
neld. There We shall find any amount
Of bones to put in our stockpot under
the stalls, in pals, everywhere. We
shall find odds and ends of meat, too,
for our fourth course. We shall find
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
Alfred G. and His Second Wife Give
an Elaborate Dinner to New
port Society.

Newport-Following closely upon
the elaborate masquerade dinner OF
Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt, all
Newport is talking Of the novel enter
tainment given by Mr. and Mrs. Al
fred Gwyne Vanderbilt at their Oak
land Farm home, and those who were
fortunate enough to attend, both at-
fairs are Of the opinion that the one
arranged by the newest Avs, Wander
bit far outshone that OF her predeces-
sor both in novelty and attractiVeness
The dinner was really return TO
the gatherings for which Nev%ort was
famous several years ago, but which
Of late years have been succeeded by
the larger and more coldly' social en-
tertainments. One of the features Of
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
Spolls Woman's Fad.

Newport.-A woman bather started
the fad here Of wearing garter with
a tiny bell attached. Other women
soon took up the fad and the beach
now fairly tiukles. The fad was voted
a, great success until a man walked
into the dining room Of one OF the
hotels with a pink garter around each
of his trousers leg, to which was at
tached a cowbell The fad blew up
right there.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
OSTERHAUS SEEKS BIRD FARM
Rear Admiral Comes Home From Ger
many and Says He viii Raise
Canaries.

New York.-Rear Admiral Hugo
Osterhaus, u s. ~, retired, who was
in command Of the great fleet Of war
ships making up the north Atlantic
squadron at the time Of his retire
ment on his sixty-flrst birthday last
June, proposes to start a canary bird
fark He is back from Germany,
where he has been visiting his ninety
one-yearold father Brighten Peter
]. Osterhaus, L. S. A., retired, who
has q bird farm in Germany
Il feel lost without something to
do" said Admiral Csterhaus and !
have invented a Job for myself
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10

away to the coal shed. Hans nursed
the turtle, applying ointments and
plasters for several days. but it finally
turned its shell to the ground and 1t
was all over The next day neighbors
saw all the members Of the Hanson
family, the father, mother, two boys
and girl, with bowed heads near the
turtle pond After the funeral was
over this epitaph was found painted
on a square block over the turtles
grave Turtle Hanson, borned-don't
know when-died July 19 at the hands
Of a cruel dog who bit him to death.
Ii was good turtle but = bad dog"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
A VANDERBILT SOCIAL WAR

taken to the trophy room where dane
ing held sway. The honor guests Of
the occasion were Mr.. and Mrs.
Mitchell Henry of England and among
the guests were Lord Campden OF the
British embassy, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Oelrichs and Mr.. and Mrs, Reginald
Vanderbilt
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
GOLF BALL BURST; EYE is OUT
Son Of Assistant United States At
torney Hawken at Washington,
o. c., Is Victim.

Washington.--An explosive golf ball
NAV cost the sight Of Stafford HaW-
ken, the twelve-year-old son OF ASSIST
ant States Attorney Hawken. The
how is in the hospital, where the ply
sicians declare the sight of his right
eve is destroyed, but they hope to
save the other eye
Acid in the core. Of the golf ball ex-
nloded while the lad was engaged in
seeking to discover the balls compost
ton.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
Aoed Man Makes Iona Trip.

Wilmington, Del.-Driving one horse
and accompanied only by a dog Geo.
W. Grant, aged eighty, arrived here
from Bellaire, Ohio, having completed
a drive of 1 $50 miles in 46 days. His
children live in Wilmington. He win
make his home here after being absent
46 years.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
Amnk.a After 30 paxs, sIeep.

San Jose, Cal.--Wright Kesbel Of
Tennessee, awoke here after 40 days
sleep, apparently sound and well. Sew
eral physicians had worked over him
without results.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
Rnn,antlc start md Wl.h Weddlng.

Romantic Start Ends WIth "eodIns'
Binghamton, ~ Y.-As result Of
her prank two years ago when she
dropped a slip with her name and ad'
dress on it. into a mail box, Miss Mil
dred Norton, clerk in the Nineveh
post Office, near here, was married TO
Jyey Callow of Pensacola, Fla. Cal
low, also post office clerk, found the
note. a correspondence followed and
then came the wedding
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
Find Cats In Mail aaa.

Rochester, N. Y.-A mail bag from
New York city opened in the local
postofice was found to contain under
the mail matter cat and four kittens.
All were alive and apparently unin-
iured.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
Snake In EIre Hone.

New York-After tackling several
firemen and biting one, a four-foot
snake that dropped from a fire hose
hung to dry was killed by Smoke, "
the oompany's feline mascot