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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
SHE IS NO JUDGE OF LIQUOR
Firm That Sends Sample Flask to
(Miss) M. 3. Chisholm, w. c. 7. "
Leader, Gets Sharp Reply.

Canaljoharie, N. Y.-"Are you a
Judge of whisky? II so, you viii ad-
init that our xxx brand is the mel
lowest and best you ever tasted. We
are sending you under separate cover
a sample flesk.S We are sure you VIII
like it. To customers who order be-
fore April / we will send express pre-
paid a $5 demijohn for $S.SS. Fill out
the inclosed order blank and return"
Thus read letter received by NJ. b.
Chisholm of AZ Maple street. The re-
cipient of the letter read it again, gave
a little gasp of astonishment and then
smiled. The address on the envelope
was looked at again. There 1t was
plain as typewriter could make 1t;
IN. B. Chisholm, 40 Maple Street, Can
aljoharie, N. Y"
And here is the reply the company
received:
"Your letter duly received and
promptly burned. Would that all 9th
ers sem out might meet the same fate.
Demon & Devil should be the firm
name on your letter head. l am, very
disrespectfully yours, Miss Mary b.
Chisholm, president Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

nj EW YORK.-Two hundred mem
IN bers Of the University club, La
fayette avenue and South Oxford
street, were present at the reception
rendered the alumni of Lafayette col
lege, Wisconsin university, University
of Maine. and Hobart college. Presi-
dent Edward Ward Mcmahon, in a
brief address, extended a cordial well
come to the visiting alumni
The entertainment provided was an
interesting lecture, illustrated by liy-
ing specimens, delivered by Raymond
Lee Ditmars, curator of reptiles and
assistant curator of the New York
geological park, Mr.. Ditmars ap'
preached his subject, which hap
pened TO be Snakes and Lizards,
with all the ease and abandon of a
man signing an ordinary check The
careless way in which he handled such
deadly snakes as the rattler and the
water moccasln was enough to make
the cold chills run up and down ones
back
He spoke of the reptiles as one
would speak of friend, in terms oil
warmest affection, and said that
snakes were greatly maligned and
that some Of the attributes accorded
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
ASTORS' TRADE DAYS
Post Stand Century AGO Comes
Again to the Family.
Ranchers Of the North Platte Valley
Are interested In a Somewhat
Curious Chain Of
Events.

Cheyenne, Wyo-A little-known ro-
nance of the Astor family is being
told among the ranchers of the North
Platte valley, where the old original
John Jacob Astor had a fur-trading
post just a century ago,
The first link in the chain was
forged by the Astor traders In 1872
The second was created when young
William II. Force came TO Wyoming
thirty years ago and purchased a
ranch upon which were the remains OF
the old Astor trading post The third
has to do with the time when Kate
Talmadge of New York came to visit
Forces sister and remained to marry
the brother, the courtship taking place
around the old trading post. The fourth
link was the birth of little Madeline
Force. other links are the marriage
of Madeline Force and John Jacob As
tor and the probable return of the old
Astor trading post site to the great
great.grandson of the original Astor
himself bearing the name of the found
er of the American family.
A century ago last December seven
trappers, headed by w. Price Hunt
who was returning overland from AS
torla, Ore, stopped on the North
Platte river, built winter quarters and
opened a trading post. They all wore
the insignia of the American Fur com
pany. the Astor concern. That post
was the property of John Jacob Astor
and remained so until it was deserted
by the trappers in the spring of 1913
when the men loaded their furs in
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

Professor Allen Hoben Of the prac.
tical theology department of the Uni
versity of Chicago told an audience in
that city that If the average boy of the
slums, when eighteen years Of age, de-
cides to pay back his parents what it
has cost them to bring him up, he will
find himself in debt $4,000. He went
on to calculate that sons of wealthy
parents cost much more-in some in
stances as high as 100000. If a clev-
er business man could arrange to buy
some OF those Chicago boys at what
they are really worth and sell them
on the basis of Professor Hoben's cal
culations as to their cost price, he
would make enough money to live at
Palm Beach every winter and at New
port every summer for the rest of his
life.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

The feats of professional runners
seem insignificant when compared
with the regular performances of an
East Indian caste. These Kahars, who
are also known as Jhinwarb, live In
the Puniab, where for centuries they
have acted not only as runners, but
as fishermen and as water fowl catch
ers. These men are said to be able
TO accomplish 100 miles a day without
resting. There is said to be a well
authenticated instance wherein one
Tika' Ram carried dispatches 300
miles in three days, from Mean-Mir to
Merut, says Harpers Weekly 1t Is
further said that so far from shorten
ing their lives. these performances
really conduce TO longevity in the ka-
bars. many of whom are able not only
to withstand the strain of covering
great distances, but to thrive under
It. The iinrlkisha man, too, notwith'
standing his irregular diet, excessive
use of liquor and exposure to the ele-
ments. lives to reasonable age. In
Toxic when a census was taken OF
the iinrikisha men some years ago.
there were found to be more than 1900
who we're over ffty-dve years Of
age.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

The cockroach always has been an
object of detestation to housewives
Now that physicians are indicting the
cockroach as a disease-c carrier equal
in menace to the fly, public health Of
ficials will exert themselves to exter-
inmate the pest of cockroaches in ho-
tells restaurants and bakeries Late
" it has been suggested that cock
reaches may have something to do
with the spread Of cancer. There IS
confidence in the assertion that they
carry the germs of diphtheria, scarlet
f9ver and smallpox. Pulverizec sugar
and borax sprinkled in the dark cor
Ders that the cockroach loves is said
to be a sovereign recipe to keep him
away.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
COLLEGE MEN SEE SNAKES

preached his subject, which happened
to be Snakes and Lizards" with all
the ease and abandon of man sign
ing an ordinary check The careless
way ir which he handled such deadly
snakes as the rattler and the water
moccasin was enough to make the
cold chills run up and down ones
back.
He spoke OF the reptiles as one
would speak of friend. in terms OF
warmest affection, and said that
snakes were greatly maligned ana
that some OF the attributes accorded
the reptile we're based upon popular
superstition and were not warranted
by the actual facts.
"As a matter of fact" said the
speaker "the snake is not cold and
Shiny"
After telling Of the various species
of lizards. which number over 3UOV'
and snakes that number over 4OoO'
Curator Ditmars affectionately exhib-
tied a ella monster, which was not so
dangerous, he said, as its marking
would paint 1t.
In quick succession the speaker
then exhibited glass snake which
Head Keeper Of the Bronx Zoo Charles
Snyder dexterously took from white
! bag
"This snake" said the speaker, gets
its name because, II struck blow
from a walking stick, it would break
up into bits"
Mr.. Ditmars then produced an In
fant boa constructor. There IS 9
certain art in handling snakes" said
the speaker as the reptile turned
about his wrist. THE snake has an
erratic temper and should be allowed
to have its own way, Very often 1t is
affected by the nervous condition o.
the person who handles 1t, and 1t gets
real mad II the handler is not in the
right frame Of mind toward it."
Mr. Ditmars then picked up a mill
snake. which. he said. despite the fac
that it is a frequenter of barns, doe
not milk cows, according to the popu
lar belief. 1t is of economic value K
the farmer, because 1t feeds on mice
which are a pest to the agriculturist
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

fee fame and some others. Western
ranchers say the books of the com
pany showed an ownership of 5000
brood mares. Mr.. Force was manager
Mr.. Force has long lived in the eaet.
but he retains ownership OF the "P. o.
ranch-one of the largest in the west
This ranch probably will some day
come into possession of Forces grand
son. the posthumous son of John Jacob
Astor, who went down in the Titanic.
With the ranch will, Of course, so the
site of the first trading post estab-
lished by the Astors in the transmits
sissippi country.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

cnnoes made from cottonwood trees
and floated down the Platte and Mis-
souri, rivers to st. Louis.
Thirty years later Bruce Husband,
in charge Of Astor affairs in Wyoming,
dropped down the river and built a
new post, this time within two miles
of the post of 1913. The Importance
OF this post to the Astors can be seen
when 1t is told that the hides of $4,000
buffalo we're shipped to st. Louis from
the post in a single year. But by
1850 the Astor company had left the
field, and not until a member of the
family became director of the Union
Pacific railroad did they again hold
an interest in that part of the world.
Along in 1888 when so many eastern
men of wealth were investing in great
western ranches, William H. Force
and others bought a big tract of land
in eastern wyoming and western Ne
braska. On the tract was the old AS
tor trading post, now in ruins. Along
With Force were the Arbuckles OF COT
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

n HICAGO.-Work is James FriIers
v pet aversion. 1t always has BEEN
Even court order that he patch up
his quarrel with honest labor faileu
to stir his latent muscles to action.
He was sentenced the other day 70
sweep one block of North Campnelt
avenue, between North and Wabansla
avenues, in front of his home every
afternoon until he found employment
The sentence was passed by Judge
Joseph SABBATH Of the West Chicago
avenue police court. after Friler had
been arrested or complaint of his
wife
Mrs. Friler said he had sat around
the house at 1924 North Campbell
avenue for two years, his only occupa-
ton being to draw corks from numer-
GUS bottles of whisky. Even TINS
wearied him after an hour or So ana
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
creepy Feeling Comes to Those VINO
Are Present When Curator
Fondes Rattles.

New York.-Two hundred members
NJ the University club, Lafayette ave
nue. and South oxford street, were
present at the reception rendered the
alumni of Lafayette college, Wlscoh-
sin university, University of Maine
and Hobart college. President Edward
Ward McMahon, in brief address,
extended a cordial welcome to the
visiting alumni.
The entertainment provided was an
interesting lecture, illustrated by NV,
ing specimens, delivered by Raymond
Lee Ditmars, curator of reptiles ana
assistant curator OF the New YORK
Geological park. Mr. Ditmars ap-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
COLLEGE Men See Reptiles at the University Club

the reptile were based upon popular
superstition and were not warrahteu
by the actual facts.
"As a matter of fact" said the
sneaker. "the snake is not cold ana
slimy," .,..
After telling of the various species
of lizards, which number over o'Voo'
and snakes that number over 4'VVV'
Curator Ditmars affectionately eNnio-
tied n ella monster, which was not SO
dangerous. he said, as its marking
would paint 1t.
In oulck succession the speaker
then exhibited a glass snake whlch
Head Keeper of the Bronx zoo Charies
SNYDER dexterously took from white
bag. .,,,r
This snake" said the speaker
gets its name because, If struck q
blow from a walking STICK IL "ouiN
break up into bits
Mr.. Ditmars then produced an IN
FONT hoa constructor There Is GER
tain art In handling snakes sald tno
sneaker as the reptile turned ABOUT
bjs wrist. "The snake has an erratic
temper and should be allowed to nave
lis own way. Very often 1t IS al
fected by the nervous condition ot the
person who handles it, and 1t gets real
mad If the handler is not in the right
frame of mind toward 1t.
Mr.. Ditmars then picked up mig
snake, which, he said, despite the tact
that It is a frequenter of barns, does
not milk COWS, according to the popu'
lar belief 1t is of economic value 10
the farmer, because it feeds on mice
! which are pest to the agriculturis'
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
STORK IS FAR OUTCLASSED

says that he would go about 1t as
superarchitect would plan wonderful
and lasting edifice. He will lay out
the plans and specifications. The
young couple who agree to the oner
must put themselves entirely in his
charge, and must not deviate from
the rules and regulations he lays down
for them. He has no fear of the out
come. The doctor is married, and
has no children.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
TWO MEMS HEARTS SHIFTED
x-Ray Shows Organs on Right Side Of
Breast Bone of Males in Phil
adelphia.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Following an ex-
animation in the X-ray department OF
the University of Pennsylvania, 1t was
announced that Frederick Steiner,
forty-two years old, of Gil Henry
street, Camden, was suffering from a
disbursement of the heart, the organ
being four inches to the right Of the
breast bone.
1t was the second case of the kind
brought to light in Camden by doc
for the other being that of Edgar Mer-
rill. sixty-three years old, OF IL Fo'
earty avenue 1t was stated that with
rest and care a cure can be effected
in both cases.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
GOAT HAS BANKN0TE MEAL
Farmer in French Town Has Animal
Killed to Recover 5000 II
Masticated.

Paris.-A farmer living near Tou'
louise has just presented to the Bank
of France the fragments Of ten $40
notes for payment. They were much
torn, having been eaten by a goat. a
few days ago the farmer. on entering
the goats stable, placed his coat on
the ground. Later he found that the
goat had got at his pocketbook and
was quietly eating the contents. He
Immediately had the goat killed and
he recovered the fragments of the
notes.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

The document is contained in the
Robert E. Gowan collection presented
to the Academy OF Pacific Coast HIS
tory by the late Coils P. Huntington!
It has Just been deciphered by Prof.
Frederick G. Teggart. The narrative
deals with the journey from Sonora,
MEXICO OF Padro Pedro Font, first
anostIe to the Indians of San Francis
co peninsula. His party founded 3
mission at Yuma, Ariz., then crossed
the Imperial valley Of California 70
San Diego and moved up the coast
to San Francisco.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
Doctor offers Couple Board, Lodging
and Unique Chance OF
Glory.

Chicago. o.-Board, lodging, incidental
expenses for fifteen months and the
glory ultimate of being the parents OF
the first perfect baby, endowed with
the acknowledge, is the offer OF Chr
cago doctor, to any young couple who
will put themselves entirely In MS
charge for fifteen months.
Minerva, goddess of wisdom, says
mythology, sprang full panoplied from
the head OF Jove. The little stranger
the doctor wishes to superintend into
the world will, he promises, arrive
with perfectly formed mind and SOUL
and will inhabit this world forever
and forever.
He claims to have solved the rid
die Of eugenics. He says that given
a normal man and wife he can, in fif-
teen months, make them parents OF a
baby which, at birth, will weigh nj
teen pounds and have teeth and eyes
Moreover, it will know all things
and live forever 1t will be devoid OF
those temptations and faults to which
the human race is heir 1t, and Its
kind, will inhabit the earth, and re-
produce it's kind (not its young, fol
there will be no young, in the sense
of today once about every 500 years
1t will eschow meat and have a dis
taste for all that it should not eat II
will live on nuts, fruit and vegetables
He says that he will place $5O,Oo(
in any bank as forfeit, that he car
accomplish this reDult, but he mus
have perfectly normal people, educat
ed. and in a receptive mood. He de
clGres that the result Of his expert
mont will be to change the entir'
course OF theosophy.
He does not divulge his method, bu
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

Elizabeth Tate, the girls mother
This year we sent her to the Ursuline
convent hoping we could break her Of
running away, but she got away from
there.
Il am unable to account for Ethers
mania to run away. Otherwise she is
very good girl, and at school is
considered exceptionally bright.
think, however, that the girl is SO
fun Of life she can't bear to be shut
IN At school and at home for any
length OF time. Her father and
have both travelled around nearly all
our lives, and maybe the girls rum
ming away Ia merely the Unborn IN.
stinct to roam expressing itself.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
EQUAL RIGHTS AMONG BIRDS.

EQUAL RIGHTS AMONG BIRDS.
"The male pine warbler takes nc
part in the incubation of his young. lie
believer in equal rights OF women
takes no part in the nest building,
watches his little wife gather the ma
terial and put It together, while he
sits on a branch CLOSE by. pouring out
his love in sweet, delicious notes, lta
case OF everybody works but IA
ther," says Prof William B5inckiey
discussing "Our More Common War
blers," In recent lecture There Is
no more varied group than that Of the
warbers. They are divided into two
large groups, old world and new world
warblers. The old worlders are small
er and more modest in plumage. Any
one who can tell a warbler on the
wing Is a marvel The differences or
species are very difficulty to notice
when the bird is flying The only
way to know a warbler is to know
him from the earliest through the va
rlous stages of his plumage, which
change as fast as the Paris fashions
OF the wood warbler there are $50 va
rieties alone. Their territory covers
the district between Argentina and
Labrador. In North America there are
5E varieties. Here they reach their
greatest numerical strength. They
fly at night and often take 500 mile
trip between sundown to sunrise. They
are rapid on the wing. and often get
ahead OF the weather. They are cas-
fly harmed by storm, their plumage Is
quickly saturated with water and they
drown"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

In the interests of dress reform in
China, women are to be asked to give
nm their trousers for robes, and prob
ably the conservative element will de-
noupce them for their unwomanly eag-
erness to discard the garb OF their
mothers and grandmothers. For preJu-
dice and custom never did play up
consistency as a strong point.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
loses Mind over "BIack Hand"

Hillsville, Potentially unbalanced
from the effects Of his experiences In
the recent "Black Hand" feud, James
A. Robinson was found near his home
almost frozen to death. He had es'
capped from the house in a nightshirt
only and was saved from death by a
passerby. During the BLACK Hand
feud he was waylaid several times ana
saverelY wounded.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
r..rlers Kin Wildcat.

Haywards, Calm a death battle
with three small TERROR dogs fifty
pound wildcat was killed on ranch
in the Vale Vista district. In the act
of making raid on chickens the cat
was discovered by rancher's son and
chased up a tree. He was dislodged
with stones, and in the fight which fol
lowed one Of the terriors was badly
torn.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
nnllta f7l Renartee.

''Why don't you get your ears
cropped?" twitted a big teamster to a
little Irishman who was driving beef
cattle to camp. "They are precious
sight too long for man"
"Are thay?" said Paddy, turning
around and looking his assailant full
in the face. Then be 1abers, yours
are much too short for an ass"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
FRISCO OLDER THAN NATION
Pacific Coast City Said to Have seen
Founded March ~, 1875, by
Anglican indiana.

Berkeley, Cal.--The yellow, musty
pages Of an old Spanish ecclesiastical
document in the possession Of the
University Of California have yielded
10 researchers new story OF the
founding OF San Francisco, which
places the date before the birth OF
she nation March ~, 1776.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

In California they propose to have
women policemen on motorcycles.
This age is full Of shocks to old-fash-
ioned notions, but the world might as
we'll get used to womans refusal to
acknowledge that the kitchen is her
sphere.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
Larqe Demand for silver Bullion

In sensitizing film and paper for
use in photography pure silver bullion
is treated with nitric acid, and SO
large has the business grown that the
leading producing firm In this country
uses one-thirtieth OF the silver output
Of American mines. or Ave tons q
month.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
Marked rIme d 1o5 Years.

Canaan, Gonna clock, one hun
dred and Ave years old, still keeps
time in the home Of d. w. MARVEL. It
is an eight-day clock, and the wheels
and cogs are Of wood. 1t keeps better
time than most modern clock. To all
appearance It is good for another cen
turY Of service.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

A man has been found in Los An
geles whose wife censofs his news
IN the public press This seems to
mark the top notch Of marital subju-
cation in this age where daily news is
one OF the necessaries of life.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

The reappearance Of the story about
the finding large number of pearls
IN one oyster is calculated to inspire
renewed activity in orders for oyster
etnWg
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

There, ION the extremity Of the
white cliff, at the inner point OF the
entrance to the harbor," the cross was
planted and settlement established
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

THE Michigan man who had dogs
brain put into his head has now a
scientific right to growl about every
thing he doesn't like.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
whoIe Family Of Methuselaha.

Berne, switzerland.-The canton OF
schweiz boasts Of family OF IL broth
ers and sisters whose combined ages
total TIA years
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

An engrayer has Just succeeded in
vntt,ng the alphabet on a pin head.
st,ll what does 1t profit hinS
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

Bacon Tonic for the Canary.
While the canary Is moulting tie a
piece OF bacon fat in it's cage 1t Is q
tonic and will improve its song.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
Another Triumph for Cement.

BY using finely-powdered ingredi-
ents, articles are now made Of cement
which have the quality Of the finest
porcelain.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-05-10
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5time.s.

He began his fighting career as a
youth, killed the Constable de Bour-
bon in the attack on Rome in 1927,
and within two years he had slain
Philibert, Prince Of Orange, man
who had killed his brother, and also
a certain goldsmith in Naples. There
We're several others he nearly killed.
He. iyedsto be seventy-one years old.
Cellini asked an enormous price for
his "Perseus," on which he worked
for years When the Duke de- Medici,
at whose suggestion it was modelled,
complained that the price demanded
would build churches and palaces, the
sculptor replied that this was true;
but any number of architects could
do that, but nobody else could make
such a statue. r %= z. til.