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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
Alarm Clocks Trap Robber; Cause Conviction

continued for two minutes,
Newman who was standing on the
corner, began to run when the alarm
went off. The detectives ran, too,
right after him.
There's our man." said Sullivan
Right" said O'Brien a few seconds
later when they had overtaken New
man and found the ringing alarm clock
in his pocket.
Later in the morning Newman was
arraigned before Municipal Judge Cav.
erly. He evidently was considering a
plea of mot guilty" despite the find.
ing of the clock in his pocket, when
there was a disturbance in the court
room.
"Ding-a-ling-a-ling," and SO on 1t
went
1t was the second stolen clock. New.
man looked perplexed then downcast.
He knew pleas of innocence would
avail him nothing, so he stepped up
and received his sentence.
"One year in the bridewell and a fine
of $40 and COSTS" said the judge.
Next time when Newman takes
clocks he will probably stop to see
whether the alarms are wound
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
Knitting Pastime of the Sixth Citys Firemen

n LEVELAND, O.-The gong at No.
~ engine house, Champlain avenue,
changed insistently.
Dear me- there must be a fire
somewhere, and just when / had these
wristlets almost finished" exclaimed
Austin Reddy, six foot and stalwart
fireman, laying aside his knitting with
an air OF petulance and climbing into
q rubber coat. Reddy has the repu-
tation of being one of the most agile
scrappers in the department.
Several other firemen laid aside
shawls which they we're knitting
supplanting the needles with axes as
they got aboard for the run All Of
which is not a joke. The fremen Of
Cleveland have the knitting craze,
and instead of the hitherto customary
book, checker, domino or card game.
they while the time away making
shawls. coverlets and other dainty,
flmy, creamy nothings for their
wives, mothers or sweethearts.
Jake Abel, prominent member of
the Sisters club at No. 2, introduced
the fad in Cleveland. He had read of
firefighters in some western city TAX
ing up knitting as a pastime. So he
got needles and yarn and learned all
the intricate digital calisthenics nee
essary for knitting One day he took
his place at the station with frame
on which was a partly knitted shawl
Of an exquisite baby blue hue.
He sat down and the needles began
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
U. S. Officers Recover $1,000
Stolen From Louisiana.
Detroit Jewel Theft Causes Puzzle
Police Believe Substitution OF Paste
Clues Occurred BeforQ
Robbery.

Jersey City, n. IA chest contain
ing $4,000 in cash IL in the possession
OF deputy United States ;narshals
here, and the seizure is alleged to
be part OF $4,000 which several petty
officers OF the battleship Louisiana
stole while the vessel was in New
York haTbor
The money was found in a search
Of the house occupied by connections
Of George p Davis, who was commits
sary steward on the Louisiana Davis
is alleged to be one of the conspiTa-
tors and has been under Gourt mar
tial, according to local federal officials,
at Norfolk, Va
Detroit.-A thief entered the home
Of c. F. York in this city recently and
stole a quantity of iewelry The own
er of the articles placed thsir value at
$4,000. Later it was discovered the
Jewels were paste. Mr. York insists
the thief made the substitution since
the burglary, but the police believe
the jewels were stolen once before and
that the first thief, to insure his es,
cape, put paste in place Of the real
gems
A man giving the narne OF l.. w
Hazzay and describing himself as a
waiter from New York, has confessed,
the police say, that he took the jewel.
ry from the York home, but says be
did not manipulate the stones, In
fact he is much incensed at the way
he was cheated.
All the stolen articles have been re
severed, part being found in pawn
shops and the remainder in Hazzay's
room.
81 am certain the Jewels never we're
stolen before" said Mr. York. 1T is
absurd to think they could have been
taken, the stones changed and then
returned without our knowing it."
However, the police are Of the opin-
ion the substitutions had taken place
before Hazzay appeared on the scene.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03

to fly. His erstwhile "clubmates
looked on in astonishment. What was
the matter with Jake. Had he
turned suffragette?
Wont you have a cup of tea,
Jake?" asked Captain Jeffers, polite
ly. Abel replied that he would not,
but that would take something to
smoke. None dared to ask him
about the shawl, which grew apace
under his nimble fingers.
Making it for Hattie Matilda, "
volunteered Abel at last Hattie Ma.
tilda is the object of Abels affections
the firemen know no more about
the affair, not even her last name, but
they have teased him about Hattie
Matilda for months.
q think it's very sweet" said husky
Lieutenant Mcdowell, timidly. Then
they laughed until they wept but end
ed by asking Abel to teach them. He
did, and now the penchant for knitting
is spreading.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
Most Nearly Perfect Rolls Ever
Found Unearthed Near Temple Of
the ptolemeG.

London.-The numerous large and
valuable rolls of historical papyri re-
Gently discovered by Robert De Rus
tafjaell. F. R. G. S., have now been
brought to England. ME. De Rustaf-
iaell has allowed an inspection Of
tue rolls, which are certain to create
considerable interest in the scientific
world. They were unearthed by a
'eiIah while sinking the foundation of
his mud-hut near a temple of the
Ptolemies in Upper Egypt, and are
Of the Greco-Egyptian period.
There are seventeen of them. They
are about twelve inches wide, all
closely rolled, and some are as much
as four inches in diameter The size
OF the largest probably will be found
TO be about fifty feet, which would be
a record length for a roll of papyri.
The rolls probably are the most
nearly perfect ever found.
at should be borne in mind" said
Mr. De Rustafjaell, that Manetho,
the Greek historian, who lived prob.
ably about the time that these manu-
scripts were written, gave US his
tory OF Egypt, and the only frame
work we possess of the order and
number of dynastic reigns.
With the discovery OF the Rosetta
Stone we obtained the long-lost key
to the language of apcient Egyptians
We think that we are justified in anti
cipating further and possibly more
startling revelations from these manu-
scripts.
Mr. De Rustafjaell had the good for
tune about four years ago to light
upon the find of papyri which were
published in an interesting book
called The Light OF Egypt" At the
time they we're popularly referred to
9s Further New Sayings of Christ
One volume only. however, dealt with
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
SAVED FROM TRIBE
Alaska Indian Maiden Is a Mod
ern PoCahOntaS.
,hlefs Daughter MARBLES Chinese Sail.
or She Rescued From Death, and
Now They Are Living In San
Francisco.

Nashville,-Under date line OF Wash
nglon, ID. c., Mrs, l. M. Cheshire con
r.butes the following unique story TO
he Nashville Banner:
"Poeahontas has been outdone by
IN Alaskan maiden, John Smith was
inly In danger OF having his brains
pattered over the surrounding real
state when Ppcahontas rescued him
With her love. The John Smith of
Alaska was not only In danger OF be-
ng killed, but OF being eaten when
he women in whose eyes no had
ound favor saved him.
The Alaskan John Smith was not n
Tiled explorer when he fell into the
lands OF savages, nor was his name
Iohn Smith, He was only a common
5ellow-skinned sea cook His name Is
Nh Wing, and there Is nothing attrac,
i've about him. He Is about as home
y a mixture OF Chinaman and Malay
pirate as could be found in a days
walk. His PoCahontas answers 20 the
lame of julie now, but nobody knows
"AAN A'A AhNAtAA AtllH Wdh, Que ~ Il
ong way Of being Pocahontas' equal
n beauty, and the Siwash features Of
generations were consolidated when
her face was made
All Wing some nine years ago was
a cook in the employ Of the navy de.
partment and was shipped north on
the jamestown While on the Sitka
station Wings time expired, or he de-
sertedvjust which is not quite plain
and he shipped aboard a whaler The
whaler was wrecked and Wing was
cast upon an inhospitable ice foe
Julie was the daughter OF a chief Of
a tribe OF Indians, and while hunting
with her father discovered All Wing,
who was as near dead from starva-
ton, cold and exposure as it was pos
sible for him 10 be and retain life.
For days and days Julie nursed him,
and he finally recovered to find him
self the object of a great deal OF at
:ention on the part of the Indians,
They could speak no Chinese or Eng
glish, and Wing had no comprehension
of their dialect. He was at loss to
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
California Governors Son Has "The WaIIop"

G AN FRANCISCO.-"Jack" Johnson
~ as Hiram w. Johnson, Jr., son OF
the governor, is popularity known,
took easy honors in a fistic encounter
the other day with husky youngster
from Monterey in the wine room Of
the st. Francis hotel. Only one blow
was delivered, straight from the shoul-
der, and James Reed was stretched on
the floor, after which he was elected
from the hotel.
According to the onlookers, Reed
walked into the hotel bar little the
worse for wear. Johnson's perfectly
fitting checked suit and red rose in
the lapel of his coat caught Reeds
rowing eye. His remarks, addressed to
Johnson in an undertone, were not
complimentary either to the governors
son nor to his apparel. The fact that
young Johnson was drinking seltzer
also annoyed Reed.
IF ] were you" said Johnson, quiet.
y, q would hesitate to make such re-
marks"
Thereupon Reed aimed vicious
kick, which struck Johnson just above
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
ro rEAeH LovE MAKING.


According 70 reports a professor In
Germany proposes TO open school
wherein TO teach love making. Bless
the dear professor what can he be
thinking about? What does he suppose
love making Is that he presumes It Is
something to be taught after the man
ner Of algebra geography and cook
ing? Love making doesn't have 10
be taught. says the Philadelphia Press
From the palmy days in the Garden OF
Eden 1t has been going on all over
the world among all peoples. II has
IT'S different methods, grading from
barbarism to civilization, but Il Is
love making all the same To the end
OF time, If there is to be any end OF
time. 1t viii so on just as the habits
ana inclinations Of the people direct
IT, II Is one OF those diversions, or
features, or essentials of human life
which no government has yet at
tempted to regulate. as attempts
nave been made to regulate so many
other things, and It had never oc
CURED to anybody that teaching 1t
was necessary. Teaching boys to saw
wood and girls 70 make their own
clothes is feasible enough but teach
ing them how to make love isn't. Be
fidcs, It's perfectly useless. They all
know how already: the knowledge
was born with them.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
THIS PIG HUNTS RABBITS
Animal runs With Dogs Now, but
Owrer win Train It TO Follow
Trail Alone.

Dover. Dell H. Lankford OF
Lewes, Md, a village just across the
lower Delaware line. has a pig that
hunts rabbits and joins in chases with
its owners dogs.
This pig is thoroughbred of the
Chester County White variety, and is
known as Sir Grunter 1t first saw
the light last August, and vas allow.
ed to run around the Lankford home
stead with a pair Of rabbit dogs. and
it followed the dogs to the woods and
hunted with them.
When the rabbit season opened and
the rabbit dogs went on 4 hunt, the
pig followed. Nr Lankfold tried to
fasten up the animal, but in vain
Finally he gave the pig its liberty and
permitted it to follow the dogs at will
Mr.. Lankford says he will endeavor
to train the pig so that il will hunt
without dogs
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03

Roland had his Durandal Charlie.
mague his Joyeuse. twin sisters OF
glory, heroines Of steel Kaiser vii.
helm H. Of Germany is not ignorant
OF this and to continue the tradition
he has given to his sons arms upon
which are engraved glltterlng notices
Of which he is the author. On the
sword which he has given to the
crown prince are the words Always
ready to serve his country" on that
Of his favorite. Prince Eitel, Faithful
and without fear" on that Of Prince
Adelbert. on one side. For all proofs"
and on the other My soul to God and
Germany" on that OF Prince Oscar,
"Rectitude and intropidity." The
Princes August Wilhelm and Joachim
will have their swords and notices
when they are promoted to the guards.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03

A Paris town counsellor has con
ceived and drawn up a scheme for
saving from the perils of the street
both moral and physical, the poor
children Of parents forced to work
out late, unable therefore properly to
feed and care for their children after
school hours Widows and widowers
in particular are to benefit from the
scheme. and parents out of work, try.
ing to get work. unable in the mean.
time to provide good food for their
children or to keep regular hours.
Il is proposed to set up a canteen in
certain available school buildings and
there the children unable to have
home care are to be kept till bed
time under the eye Of a number OF
teachers temporarily unoccupiod dur
ing the day
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03

NEW YORK.-The small urchin
~ climbed up the car steps and
wormed himself into a seat beside the
Busybody. The basket he was carry
Ing the youngster fixed carefully be.
tween his feet, with several anxious
glances in the process.
What have you in that basket, my
boy?" asked the neighbor. bending
over confidentially. 81 noticed how
careful you were Of It. It must be
something quite valuable, isn't it?"
"Yere hep, old sport. It's some
thin that's worth a whole heap"
We'll, won't you tell me what it tS?"
mot on yer life! Think l want to
get plnched?"
This was too much for the Busybody.
His curiosity, heretofore merely cas-
ual, grew suddenly pointed, and he bit.
We'll, sonny, I've a notion that if /
gave you a nickel you'd tell me what
you had in that basket"
Make it a dime and III do III"
whispered the boy. only ye've got
to promise not to give me away to
de cop"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
New York Likes the Stick.

There is no city in this country, in
the opinion of manufacturer OF that
article, where the walking stick is so
popular as it is in New York.
and" he added, there is probably
no place where there is so little dis
play in that line and where the popu-
lar trend is so decidedly toward the
plain article. The little towns take
the fancy goods, but New Workers.
want plain crook-handle canes, with
modest silver mountings. The club
handle and the square handle, once
among the most popular, are dead
ones The reason? Why, our crowds
and the subway. The crook-handleI
cane can be carried by straphanger,i
who still has a hand free to hold his.
paper When we have cars in which
all passengers may be seated the
crook-handle cane may be less popu.i
lar"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03

There are now under construction in
Europe "a sea-going vessels equipped
with internal combustion engines.
New and more economical methods Of
producing the oil consumed in these
engines have been devised, and 1t Is
predicted with confidence that they
soon win become the standard for
ocean service. That is not all There
are confident predictions that inven.
tion before long viii adapt the new oil
fuels to use in the propulsion of au.
tomobiles. This is an age Of frequent
revolutions in the mechanical world.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03

understand the solicitude with which
they took in watching the accumula-
tion of fat on his ribs. At last the
horrid truth dawned upon him-at
least he says so. They were going to
barbecue and eat him.
He gave all up for lost, when he
was inspired by the sight OF Julia in
tears. He made love TO her. She com
pretended and went to ask papa.
The old chief was fond of his daugh-
ter and could refuse her nothing He
issued an edict against baking Wing.
The remainder of the village protest
ed. and the chief was obliged to state
why he desired the strangers life pre-.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
Called Halt on Lawyer.

Laura Hamilton tells Of a funny
courtroom episode which she saw one
day while playing in the south some
time ago.
A young lawyer had been appointed
by the court to defend man charged
with larceny. In his argument to the
jury he pleaded for the acquittal Of
his client He told of his innocent
boyhood days, Of his good character,
of his father, mother and brothers. In
short, he launched forth into a fam
lily history.
The prisoner, an old darky, had lis
tened with growing uneasiness to his
counsels plea, and as the attorney
went on without hint OF stopping,
the negro was driven to desperation.
Jumping to his feet, he yelled to the
court:
"Is guilty, yo' honah; rs guilty!
De jury can't do no moh dan send me
to jail. fo' six months, but If dat fool
lawyer doan stop, dey'll hang me TO
suah!"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
PROVERBS MOSTLY OLD
MAJORITY HAVE BEEN HANDED
DOWN FOR CENTURIES.
Same Meaning ls Expressed In Vary
Ing Phrases Among Different Ma
tlons-comments on Luck Are
Most Expressive.

Many proverbs have come down TO
us from remote ages, and are com
mon TO all nations.
II is said that a king of samos
worked his slaves nearly to death IN
making vineyard, This provoked
one OF them to prophesy that his mas
ter would never drink the wine The
king, being told Of this, when the
first grapes we're produced took
handful, and. pressing the juice into
cup I'm the presence Of the slave. de-
rided him as a false prophet. MANY
things happen between the cup and
the lip" the slave replied.
Just then a shout was heard that n
wild boar had broken into the vine
yard. The king, without tasting, set
down the cup, ran TO meet IL. and was
| killed In the encounter. Henceforth
the words OF the slave passed into
proverb.
From this Greek original came two
French proverbs; Between the hand
and the mouth the soup is often split"
and wine poured out IS not swallow
ed" Neither IS so near the original as
our English, There's many a slip
'twixt cup and lip"
II Is curious TO trace how similar
ideas have taken root in different Ian
guages and the various modes OF Illus
trating the same thought For In
stance, one or two familiar proverbs
In our own language. We say, "A
bird In the hand Is worth two in the
bush" The same idea is expressed
by Italians when they say, Better an
egg today than a pullet tomorrow
and the French proverb is still more
significant, zone here-itis is better
than two youshall.haveits." Better
leveret in the kitchen than a wild boar
in the forest" is the Livonian saying
conveying the same meaning.
The proverbs on luck are numerous
and expressive in all languages. In
English we say, 1T is better to be
born lucky than rich" The Arabs con-
vey the same idea in the apt proverb.
Throw him into the Nile and he will
come up with a fish in his mouth"
while the German says, "If he flung
penny on the roof dollar would
come back to him"
A Spanish proverb says, God send
you luck, my son, and little wit will
serve you" There is a Latin adage,
Fortune favors FOOLS" and 1t is to
this Touchstone alludes in his reply
to Jacques, Call me not a fool till
heaven hath sent me fortune"
The Germans say Jack gets on by
his stupidity" and Fortune and wom-
en- are fond of fools" There is also
a Latin proverb which shows that the
converse of this holds good: Fortune
makes a fool of him whom she too
much favors."
Some unlucky Englishman is respon-
sible for the saying: "lf my father
had made me halter, when would
have been born without heads" but
this can scarcely be called original,
as an unfortunate Arab, ages ago. de-
clared, "If / were to trade in winding
sheets no one would die"
"Misfortunes seldom come singly,"
has many equivalents in all languages.
The Spaniards say Welcome, mis-
fortune, If thou comest alone" and
whittier goest thou, misfortune? To
where there is more?"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
Identified.

The two American war correspon-
dents we're gazing at the conflict when
Kinkletop caught sight of a gallant
officer leading a charge.
His face is strangely familiar" he
said. "That Greek lieutenant, 4
mean"
"Yes," said Blithers. "He used to
run the boot-blacking stand in that
barber shop over on steenth avenue
and Umtp-iph street"
And just then the noble warrior
dashed madly past, and, forgetting
himself under the excitement of the
moment, turned and cried aloud to his
advancing troops:
Next, Shine"
And the indomitable phalanx moved
steadily up the HILL giving the enemy
the worst polshing-off they had had
since war was Acknowledgements
Weekly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
AWAKENS AFTER FOUR YEARS
Remembers but Little of Events That
Transpred In Wanderines
Around Country.

Los Angeles. Cal.-Attired in the
height of fashion, carrying a new
dress suit case in one hand and with
the other waving a gay farewell to
friends who had gathered at the Erie
train in New York in June, 1908, to
see him depart for Phoenix, was the
last remembrance of Albert j. Ryan,
who awakened on the sands two miles
below Oceanside, dressed in a torn
and much patched suit of clothes
He had been the victim Of four
ear attack of aphasia If the story
which he related to Central station de-
tectives proves true.
In the interim, according TO bits of
information which Ryan says he has
picked up concerning himself since
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03
Fellow Passenger Grew Curious; Boy Made Dime

"Why, OF course I'll promise"
The boy pocketed the coin. well,
sport, deys a baby in dere. hooked
i'm, an put I'm inside when dey
wasn't nobody lookln' Now I'll get a
reward tor returnin' i'm"
why. you young villainl Do you
mean to say you have baby in that
basket? Lying in that thing will kill
Il. Where did you get III"
"Oh, | picked It up in front O. one
o dem big stores. 1t was all alone. so
Jus took il. / guess It won't be
missed, an ! wanted one, anyway"
Not be missed! See here, you
young blackguard! Do you mean to
say that its mother had deserted itT'
sure! It's mudder wasn't nowhere
around"
How old Is IT."
"Oh, a few months, l guess. Big
enough to squeal-so / tied a rag
round its mouf."
well, lift up the cover and let mo
see how II looks"
"Hor on, O. top. You promised not
to give me away"
Yes, but I didn't expect" and he
lifted the cover and glanced at what
was underneath. Sitting up on an old
cloth was an insignificant looking
yellow puppy.
The boy jumped up and grinned.
well, here's where l get Off Thanks
for de dime. An say, I'll tell ye one
ten times as good as that for a quar-
ter So long!"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03

his knee. The latter retaliated with
powerful blow, delivered by mus
cular and trained arm. Reed, who il
the larger man, was knocked com
pletely out and it took several minutes
of vigorous tanning and the applica
tion of wet towels to bring him back
to consciousness. He staggered to his
feet, was handed his hat by a bellboy
and escorted to the door, with a polite
invitation to forget to return.
Johnson was congratulated by his
friends on the way he held his tenn
per, on the strength of his right arm
and on the nobby appearance of his
checked suit
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-03

HHICAGO.-One alarm clock caused
" the arrest of Paul Newman the
other day and another his conviction
and sentence to year in the Bride
well.
The restaurant of A. Covillo, $40
West Madison street, had been robbed,
and Detectives Sullivan and O'Brien
had been detailed to find the thief. AS
a clew in their quest, the detectives
wrote list of the articles stolen and
they included two alarm clocks.
Several hours after they had started
on their thief hunt the detectives ap-
preached Halsted and West Madison
streets. Suddenly they heard long
drawn-out but muffled sound.
g-a-ling-a-ling, 1T started and