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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-02-28
Something Unusual

First scout-Great Scott whoever
cooked this meal?"
Camp scout-Why, what's the mat
ter with It?
First scout-Nothing -that's why
I'm asking.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-02-28
Her Thought.

Patience see patent has been
granted for an appliance to attach to
hammock to prevent a woman from
falling out.
Wonder II 1t looks any,
thing like a mans arm?
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-02-28

Scholars have unearthed an an
cient city in Mexico which leads
them to believe the natives we're Chi
nese. Those we're the peaceful days
in Mexioa
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-02-28
II. Also. Talks

Hush money is sure to blab, soon
er or later
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31
LIVED AS GIRL FROM BIRTH
Sex Of Boy Only Revealed When is
Years Old; Even Father
Deceived.

Victor. Colo.-After masquerading
as a girl for eighteen years, the sex
of Irene Moynahan was learned the
other day. He was arrested In La
Junta by Sheriff A. H. Weinecke,
who, because of his masculine appear
ance. decided he was COY In girls
clothes. Irene was on his way to
visit his father in Bisbee. Arizona.
Until the holidays Irene had been a
student in the Victor high school, and
all his life had been passed of as
girl.
Mrs. Moynahan. when told that her
son had been arrested and that his
sex had been discovered. stated that
she had always passed him of as
girl because of her disappointment in
having two sons. Not even her hus.
band was aware of the boys sex.
Mrs Moynahan viii join her son at
La Junta and together they will con.
tinue the journey to Bisbee.. Irene is
now dressed in boys clothes furnish
ed by the police. for the first time In
his life. Mr.. Moynahan is a lessee OF
the Independence mine in the Cripple
Creek district
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31
Sentimental cherry rEees..s =

IF you live in Il boarding house
back. room, and if you see through
your window some day that the land
lady is trying her best to protect some
little sprigs OF trees along the board
fence from the cold, covering the roots
with straw and the treetops with bur
lap. you need not go to the trouble of
asking what kind of trees they are"
said. the graX,headed man. You may
set them down at once as Japanese
cherry trees.
They are planted there because
a japanese once boarded in the house,
and after he went home he sent the
landlady the very incest thing he could
think OF as token OF appreciation
and esteeH. That meant Japanese
cherry trees. There are three cherry
trees in our back yard. The landlady
mothered young Japanese who
boarded with her through spell of
sickness. He got well and went home.
First thing along came the cherry
trees. They are thrifty trees. but they
still get good deal of coddling."
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31
INDULGE IN TURKEY TRoT
AlcohoI-Crazed Barnyard Denfzcna
Celebrate and Wind up Affair
With Suffragette Parade

Marion, Oils barnyard fowls
"soused" on spoiled wine, doing the
turkey trot and winding up with sui.
fragette celebration and parade, is the
spectacle James U. Morgan, a farmer
south of here. says he and his wife re-
Gently witnessed. Now his hens re-
fuse to lay. he says.
Morgan threw key Of wine into
o corner of the barn lot. One of his
boys smashed the key. Chickens,
ducks, geese and turkeys INDUCED
freely in the flowing wine. Morgan
says:
MY wife came running into the
house and wanted to know. what was
the matter with the crazy barnyard
fowls. Some were hopping around as
II they were trying to Guido one an
other in n sort OF buck and wing affair
Others were trying to do that Gaby
glide or whatever you call 1t. BOOSTERS
we're trying to get their favorlte hens
to Join them in trot with the tur.
keys. Finally. the whole flock Joined
in what looked like suffragette DEM
onstration and then began parading
about"
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31
Novel Auto Invention.

Whether it is due to the recent sue.
cess oi motor skids or not, the. novel
and Interesting steering for motor
cars that an Austrian 'motorist is ex-
perimenting with is certainly some
thing unusual. He has ftted at. the
rear OF his car large rudder. some
thing after the style of a ships helm
The :rudder. connected by positive
mechanism with the front wheels. is
Intended to prevent the rear wheels
skidding when the car ID going around
sharp curves. Apparently this motor
ist thinks that the resistance offered
by a large area would be enough to
counteract the centrifugal force which
Is set up under these. conditions The
rudder acts the contrary way to the
direction in which the car is going,
which Is done. of course, in order to
obtain greater purchase.-London
Globe.
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31

Rome, Ga. is q. city Of about $4,000.
There. are here more than SO men
over 20 who are making living with
out any assistance. Some of them
are good deal over 10. near so. This
applies to whites only. Most OF them
served four years in the southern
army, which was very hard life and
calculated to shorten their days.
suppose there are as many women OF
the same age, but as TO this ! have
not investigated. says writer in the
Christian, Herald, This must be an
unusually healthy locality. and there
are more old people in 1t in proper
ton to hunters than; any aother place
know Of. Fourteen miles from here
there lived until few years ago
Nathan White. farmer. When HE
was LOG years old he plantSd and
made all alone three bales OF cotton
and 300 bushels of corn, besides split
ting his own rails and cutting fire.,
wood for the family. took him to a
photographer and he walked with a
cane-wallied too fast for me. This
man lived to be about 112 years old.
lie was native of North Carolina.
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31
AND THIS TINE, 1T WAS i
WHO RAISED THE CUFF

OF my career. in difncult and subtle
cases inspiration Is no detracting fac
tor In detective work.
Madame RI had warned me not
to attempt to brighten the ruffian
This would have been a wrong course
towards anyone with clean record
With the class OF man like the one
before me. l not only could risk the
experiment, but l had no other alter.
native.
After few minutes ! returned to
my office, with a book containing the
photos of as fine collection of
scamps as ever disgraced this earth.
The Cuban's handsome features did
not figure IN the set. But this he could
not know l glanced at the portraits
until l came to certain page, COM
pared what l was supposed to see
with some papers l took out of a
drawer, and then. walking up to him,
said, in a not very gentle voice:
Show me your wrist"
noticed an almost imperceptible
twitch of the eyelids as he held out
his left hand.
mo, the other,' l cried.
Ana tnlS time II Whs WHO raised
the cuff; and there was the scar.
gazed at 1t long. and then at the man
whose hand I held. i saw he made
violent efforts to remain calm. but the
ferocity of the dangerous animal
cleaned in his eyes.
That's all right" l began cheerily
NOW we can talk"
His eyes were rIveted on. me.
"A quarter of an hour ago." l re-
sumed, you declined to return me
those letters. Do you still refuse?"
The Cuban made no answer. How
much of his Secretion a secret there
undoubtedly was did I know? What
would occur If he declined to give up
the letters? What could he extort
from me If he acceded to my requestg
understood the desperate struggle
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31

the vIaduct. punched one of the men
In the face. smashed No. in the
solar plexus and hit No 3 SO hard that
he skidded twenty feet across the leo
and only stopped when an open
switch on the railroad tracks shunted
him onto a siding.
Then. exhiIarated by his exercise,
Sack drew revolver and marched all
three to the Chicago avenue station.
where a charge of assault and robbery
was placed against them by Pat"
who said that they had relieved him
of Sc.
They gave their names as Carl
Jones. Peter McFadden and Raphael
Gill. Capt John Rehm complimented
Sack on his capture.
Just my customary exercise" said
Sack. 1T was a dull day and with a
yawn) now there's nothing to do till
tomorrow"
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31

Frank Krause. Cleveland philan
thropist, has established the Thirty
Cent Egg club. and hopes. by means
of a club boycott. to bring down the
price of eggs to reasonable figure.
Being complimented on the hard
and unselfish work he has. given tc
this movement, Mr.. Krause replied:
"ynselfish work. work that doesn',
pay, is what this country needs more
than anything else. We are all toe
mercenary here. / once said to lit
tie newsboy:
Have you an aim in life.?'
Ives, sir | have two aims he re
piled.
"'What are they, my son?'
THE first is to become million
aire.'
AHA! And the second?' 80
1.-The second Is to become multi.
millionaire.
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31
THRASHES THREE men
JUST FOR EXERCISE
Solomon Sack, Fearing Sabbath
Would Be Quiet, Seeks Ad-
venture and Finds It.

Chicago.-On week days Solomon
Sack sells theatrical goods and furs
at 343 North Clark street. On Sun
days. just by way of exercise. he
whips three or four men at time. or
maybe six, IL he is feeling extra fine.
Sack was walking along North
Clark street the other Sunday be-
moaning his lack of exercise and
wishing something would happen to
turn a perfectly quiet but slippery
Sabbath into day of excitement
Suddenly he saw three men drag
Patrick Furlong under the Kinzie
street viaduct and start to beat him.
Pat" lives just two doors north OF
Sack. and he knew that Pat" couldn't
handle all three.
Thereupou ha strolled down under
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31

are those letters. What becomes Of
him afterwards is of no importance.
Don't you understand"
Yes. quite understand. Yet, un-
less l arrest him. i do not see
NO. mol" she repeated. more We
hemently. you do not realize my dan
ger! He Is desperate character; he
fears nobody. and II you try to fright
en- him he will turn oh me! Get those
letters! Save mel"
After moments pause | asked:
is he a Frenchman?"
mo. he Ia Cuban: OF a first-class
family. l think"
Give me his name and address, and
also the dates of those letters. II
you remember them
She wrote everything down and
handed me the slip.
The more heard of this business
the less l liked 1t, although l knew
full well that unless something were
done,a catastrophe would ensue. On
the other hand, Madame R had
tied my hands; had no legal hold on
her tormentor, and l did not see how
under these conditions, could bring
him to bay. But her sad story had
moved me, and l resolved to try my
luck. had often tried 1t before and
found 1t answered.
led her to small room near my
once and told her to wait
you must be patient" warned her
for 1t may take me some time, and, re.
member. l guarantee no results"
l sent a note to the Cuban, asking
him to call on me without delay. My
messenger found him at home. There
came knock on my door, and tall
man with very dark hair and blue
eyes entered my office. His clothes fit.
ted him we'll, and he had that easy
grace Of those moving in good society
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31

other matters until this business was
settled, especially with the half fran
tic woman near me. Before had fin
ished my third cigarette the Cuban,
followed by the grinning Leroux, en-
tered.
Without word the fellow deposited
the letters on my desk. carefully
examined them. and found that they
corresponded with the dates given me
by Madame R.
For moment this pseudo gentle
man and looked at one another /
do not know whether he read my
thoughts regarding him. but was not
in doubt as to his wishes for my flu
ture welfare.
And now we are quits ex-
claimed. II wish you a pleasant Jour
ney, and, pray, do not forget tomorrow
midday. II Is Important"
He gave me an unlovely scowl, made
a slight bow, and was gone
1t was with lighter heart that |
opened the door of the little room
where Madame RI was awaiting
events. On seeing me she turned
deathly pale, and followed me to my
Office.
Listen said sternly. for she. too.
deserved a lesson. You have thrown
an unpleasant task upon my shoul-
ders. II the Recording Angel puts a
black mark against me, hope he will
take into consideration the charitable
motives that prompted me, chief OF
the detective police, to commit an IL
legal act. Now, Madame R, If /
not only restore these letters to you,
but even guarantee you Will never see
the face of one OF the biggest rogues
in the shape OF man, will you prom
Use, will you swear. that this danger
from which you have escaped, Will be
a lesson to you for life; and that you
will never again stray from the right
path" And | held out the little bun
die.
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31

In his mind and watched him intently.
1t was evident he waited for me to say
something. Seeing l remained silent
he began. in a-voice suddenly gyewn
husky:
Monsieur ECONOMICALLY you have
no right to demand those letters.
but" He paused suddenly. we'll
knowing that the dangerous moment
for him had arrived. and that Ne Mad
to weigh every word. Again he looked
at me as If for support, and. not re-
ceiving any. he continued:
But. supposing should give them
up-what-am l to-expect in return
for my-courtesy?" :.
The word .."cRurtesy" made me
smile. 1t was typical of the man.
MY dear SIR" replied, Il must not
be behind you in the way OF courtesy.
Now. this is what you can expect from
me. You will go to your chambers.
You will come back at once with the
letters; and l will allow you till to-
morrow midday to pack your belong
ings and clear out of France. II you
refuse, you and l will have another
kind OF talk" -
This time the Cuban's thoughts
moved quicker. He dropped his grand
manners and also his lazy drawl.
DO you give me your word that If |
agree to this you will not modest me
under some foolish pretense or other?"
he asked
II give you my word" retorted,
that you will not be molested under
any foolish pretense."
II accept" he called out, and moved
quickly towards-the door.
Hold hard, my friend" l cried
you are too hasty. | want to show
you more courtesy. man OF your
position must not go about like an
ordinary mortal; you shall have a
guard Of honor"
rang the bell.
Tell Inspector Leroux | want him.
"Leroux," said, when that official
made his appearance, this gentleman
is going to his chambers in the Rue
d'Alger to fetch some documents. You
are to accompany him. and not to
leave him second out OF your sight.
The Rue d'AIger is not far. Take a
cab. / expect you back In half alb
hour-with the gentleman. remember.
l recommend him to your care"
"All right, sir" grinned Leroux
III look after him."
A heavy days work lay before me,
yet had not the patience to attend to
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31

ticed that he mechanically pulled
down his right cuff.
l felt him slipping through my fn-
gers: and there was the poor creature
In the adjoining room, his victim. de-
pending on me to release her from his
clutches. 1t was maddening.
He looked at his watch. rose from
his chair, and politely asked me wheth-
err ] had anything more to say, as he
had an important engagement In
town.
was growing desperate. and felt
tempted to call Madame R into my
office. and force her to formally charge
the man and bring him within my
me the uselessness OF such a course.
She would be too frightened to act
upon my suggestion.
He walked towards the door
"Stop!" shouted. II have one
or two questions to ask you" l want
ed to gain time.
The Cuban looked at me. slightly
surprised.
How long have you been in Paris?'
1 asked.
Seven months" he replied.
Then l risked random shot.
What is your real name? No, not
the one on your card. but the name
your father bore?" II you had q
father, l added mentally.
Thus far my man had not turned q
hair. His tone now became sharp.
What right have you to ask me
| such question:" He was losing his
temper.
He gave his mustache another twir
and. just as he was again pulling dowr
his cuff. l noticed a scar across hi.
right wrist.
1t was an ordinary scar, slightly
| jagged toward the middle, scar thai
might have been caused by fall wher
he was boy. Now, however, it tool
gigantic proportions, and felt in
stinctlvely that l had laid my finger
on something that might turn the
scales in our favor. 1t required, never
theless, grave caution with such al
opponent. A false move would NEAR
failure. In a moment l had formed
my plan, and started the attack.
called in one of my men, ordering
him to remain with the Cuban until
returned.
1t was only intuition, not inference
that caused me to fasten on this seal
as the means of bringing the fellow tc
bay: but. as discovered in the course
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31

His manners were perfect, and in any
drawing room his general appearance
would have passed muster.
Yet. to the practiced eye, there was
in him something OF the adventurer,
of the man who looks upon the thou
sands In other peoples pockets as his
own. Audacity and unscrupulousness
were written in every feature, and
knew difncult task lay before me.
DO you know why sent for your"
L at once began.
NO" i
Cannot you guess?
NO"
~ asked you to come here because
want you to return me some letters.
four of them. written to you by Mad
anne R. Do you understand now?"
YES, ! do. But. pardon me for say
ing, by what right do you claim these
letters?"
Tut, tut. You are a stranger; yet
dare say, you understand enough of
French law to know that you have
been guilty of an ugly offense, which
may get you into serious trouble. Are
you aware that can arrest you here.
in my ONCE, on charge of black
mail?"
The Cuban smiled-not pretty
smile-and twirled his mustache.
You cannot arrest me-" he said qui-
city. You cannot do 80, unless some
one has laid such a foolish charge
against me. am sure Madame R,
whom I have the pleasure Of knowing,
would never dream Of putting forward
such an accusation. Who, then, is the
mysterious person am supposed to
have injured? Although l am, as you
say, a stranger, l have some little
knowledge of French law, and have
the right to know whence you derive
your information"
The scoundrel was making fun of
me. He complacently stroked his mus
tache, and, for the second time. ! no.
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31

II swear" she gasped. Clutching
the letters, she looked at them with
feverish haste and then tore them into
thousand, pits, which, :, yomanlike.
she scattered all over my carpet. ig.
nofing the waste papef basket at her.
feet. tsr, s,fu,. ,.t,..,..-
! watched her. go.,to the window.
where she remained. her back turned,
towards me. her race buried in her
hands. Was she prayipG? ,l,tbink SO:
and. for several minutes. not word
was spoken.
She slowly turned round and walked
to the table where | sat and. with an
expression that removed from my
mind the last trace Of ref1orse for my
illegal act. she seized both my hands
and said: :. - ......
Monsieur Goron-dear Monsieur
Goron-how2how caii thank your"
= madame ahs~sred, 81 am not
entitled to your gratitude. You have
to thank the scar
She opened her eyes In astonish-
ment.
THE scar-what SCARF.
THE one on the mans right wrist"
"On his right wrist? I-I-neve,
saw it," 81. ,s -.
mo, but did," ~
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31
BOYS ARE TAUGHT TO COOK
Masculine Youth Of Isle of Wight De.
clared to Excel Girls In
Culinary Art.

London.-Alderman George Fellows.
chairman of the Isle of Wight coun.
ty education committee. presenting
prizes at the Denmark road school AT
Cowes recently commented on the
success of the boys cookery classes
Theirs was the first school in the
south of England to try that expert
ment, and other schools are now fol
lowing their example. The boys had
fairly beaten the girls at cooking,
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31

South Omaha. - Cattle - Native
steers. sGG0mS.Go; cows and heifcrs.
$4.0Om70O; Western steers. $55G@
500; Texas steers, s4.75MG.S5: cows
heifers. $3.5O@6.50; calves. $5.75D9.20.
Hogs-Heavy, s725@T.35; light.
S700n7.30; pigs. $5.50@G,75; bulk OF
sales. s715m7.30.
Sheep-Yearlings, s7.5OMS.15; weth-
ers, $5.75m 100: lambs, $S.O0mS.T5.
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31

Chicago-Corn-Cash No. 2 yellow.
1917 q soc; No. 3, 4S@4sc; No. 3 white
50l2 oslo; No. yellow, 4SA 0Ga9c;
No. 4, 4GMiShc; No. white, 43@
5O1ac; No. yellow, 4G@4Stdc.
Rye-No. 2, G4@Gikc.
Barley-50D73c.
Timothy-$3.00@4.l5
Clover-$12.0002
Wheat-May at 92Ac.
Mess Pork-slS.50u1 .G21kc
I.ard-$l0.l0.
Ribs-s9.C2la D10.311a.
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31
Chicago Prices.

ChIcagO.-Butter = Creamery, 24W
2Gi4c.
cases included. l9@22c: refrigerator
firsts, lClAm lie; firsts, 22iS @22&c.
PutatGes-M Michigan, 4Tm5Oc; Mime.
sofa, $50 iSc; Wisconsin. fdm isc.
Poultry - Dressed turkeys, 22c;
chicSens, live. l3c: springs, live, lSc.
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31
Eutter.
Elgin

Elgin northumberland. 33i
Creamcries, eX. Colo, !b. 80
Creameries. cX. East, lib. :. 35
Creameries, md srat@, ID. IS W2y
Process ............... 2S W2o
Packing stock ............ ~
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Coy.

Madge-lsnt that very small
hammock you're taking with you or
your vacation?
Marjorie-O. it will hold two at .
squeeze.--Judge. e.
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Grain in Kansas City.

Kansas Wheat-May, STAG
S7Ac; July, SAGE.
Corn-May, 5i@5lisc; July, STAG
5l$sc.
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When last saw him, Jabbs was
green with envy, yellow with Jealousy
white with fear and red with rage"
What highly-colored life hi
must be-"
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31

Guadalajara. MeXico.--The volcano
of Colima broke into violent eruption
Thousands Of people are n cling. from
villages and ranches in the vicinity.
The Springfield herald., 1913-01-31

ST. Louis.-Wool. Medium grades.
oombing and clothing. 2312 D2Gc; light
fine, l902lc; heavy fine, boise; tub
washed 27M sec.
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secretary, as l came
to my ONCE. an hour
later.
Already"
Yes. she has been
here a long time"
and, as he spoke. my
visitor entered the
room.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Lead and Spelter.
St. Lcuis.-Lead-Firm, $4.20.
Spelter-Weak, sos.
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Five years elapsed.

Five years elapsed.
One morning, passing through the
Pare Monceau. saw an. elegantly
dressed. handsome young woman
walking with nurse carrying baby.
at once recognized Madame RI.
She colored slightly, and, without ut
tering word, held UP the baby; rails
ing Its TINY hand to her lips. she sent
me "a kiss. | understood. -
And the Cuban? .,.
A few days later. New York paper
brought the story of fracas In San
Francisco gambling house where three
men had been. shot. The body OF one
dark-complexioned man. with a scar
on his right wrist, had not been iden'
tilted. "'s,. b,4..
Was It my Cuban7 TTi;l.
think So
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Cotton in New Orleans.
New Orleans.-Cotton - Midllng,
I2Ac. Sales, 1885 bales.
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(PrlCes Paid by Denver JObbers f. U.
B. Track Denver.)
Colorado upland, per ton. .l2.0O@l..o0
Nebraska upland, per tor .ll.5OWl2.OO
Second bottom, Colorado
and Nebraska, per ton. 9.5O@lOW
Timothy, per ton 250Wl3OO
Alfalfa, per ton ...... 9.5OGpl 1000
South Park. choice, ton. .l2.5OSof3O0
San Luis Valley. per ton. .OO@l2U0
Gunnison Valley, per ton. l.OOd012O0
Straw, per ton .......... 4.OOD 32o
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We
TRUTH ABOUT THE CASE
The Experience. Of M. F. Goron, Ex-chef
- Of the Paris Detective Police
Edited BY Albert Key1sr
" THE SCAR


LADY ii waiting for are those letters What
you, sir" said my him afterwards Is of no
secretarv' as I came Don't Won understa nd