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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
renchmen Are Leaders in Navigation Of the Air

while the height of something over
10000 has been attained by dirigible
balloon. The aeroplanes, however,
have demonstrated that they can
rise higher and much more rapidly
than the balloon type Of air craft, and
for that reason their efficiency in a
military sense is regarded as much
greater.
In both speed and duration Of
flight the strides since 1909 have been
remarkable In that year the speed
record was 48 miles an hour, while
the length of time that a machine
kept in the air was 4 hours and IT
minutes. The present record for
speed now is 1889 miles per hour
made by Verdines of France, while an
other Frenchman, Tourney, raised the
record for duration flight to 13 hours
and II minutes.
Busson, still another Frenchman,
also recently established a record for
speed with passengers. With five per-
sons with him in his machine he made
"a miles an hour in sustained flight
The war department records show
that six persons have been carried to
a height Of 2,053 feet.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
Two Toms Are Confused by Mail and Express

~ HOMAS r. MARSHALL, the pro-
1 prietor of the Losekam cafe, is a
native Of Washington.
Thomas r. Marshall, the vice-presi-
dent of the United States, is a native
of Indiana and Washingtonian only
by recent adoption.
These facts have not yet been suf-
fciently clarified in the brain of the
employees of the Washington postoffice
who handle the mail Of both men. The
same thing is true of the men who has
charge of the local Office of certain
express company
The result of this is that the vice
president has been supplied with
enough rye whisky to last him year
had he an appetite for it worthy Of
one whose birth among the blue grass
es entitled him to the designation of
colonel. Also the wife of the Losekam
proprietor has sent back to the manu-
facturer a dress which which was de-
livered to her marked Value, $780,"
The trouble started with the mail.
"Tom" Marshall, the cafe proprietor,
began to receive mail addressed to
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
Cannon's Poker Table Is Auctoned for $500

IN He last material tie that bound Jo-
1 seph G. Cannon to the capital was
severed the other day when the fur
niture and furnishings of the house
at 1914 Vernon avenue, where he
lived for many years, were sold under
the auctioneers hammer. A few mem
bers of congress and a dozen promi-
nent society women were present, but
most of those who made purchases
at the dismantling Of the house where
history was made were dealers.
There was a number of relic and
souvenir hunters present They got
busy, especially when the contents OF
Mr.. Cannons own room and the Ii
brary were sold. The library has
seen many a hard-fought battle at
draw poker, at which game the Sage
of Danville" is reputed to be a ge-
MUS. In this room a sturdy oak ta-
BILE, around which Mr.. Cannon and
his friends met at games that were
not political was the object of lively
bidding. 1t was knocked down to DR..
c. M. Beach of Morrow, o., for SIG.
The bronze electric lamp in this room
that was wont to shine alike upon
the full house and the bobtail flush
brought only $1.25.
A grand piano, with keys yellow and
discolored from age, was sold for
$Gj to a dealer who said he bought
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
Indiana Towns Apparatus Ex-
peCted to Succeed.
Many Methods Are Tried-Western
Judges Have Adopted Novel Plans
in Dealing With the Chronic
Drunkard.

New York.-Cleveland's Golden
Rule" treatment of men and women
who have transgressed the law in an
inconsaquental way has been improved
upon apparently by the late municipal
| innovation Of Elwood, Ind. The city
has established a fumigating appara-
tus and all prisoners on the tramp or
plain drunk variety are passed through
the various "cogs" Of the machine.
When they are released they exude
after the manner of those who have
been confined in hospitals for weeks
and carry out with them the scent of
carbolic acid and various other mix
lures. 1t is expected that the odor
viii reveal the fact of arrest and
arouse the shame of the offender.
Various expedients have been adopt
ed in the past, both curative and pre-
ventive, in connection with men and
women put in cells over night for
minor offenses. Originally "S10 or ten
days" was held to be the very last,
best word in penalty infiction. Then
folks pointed out that the poor man
hadn't $40 to spare in most cases and
II he was sent to Jail for ten days be-
cause he couldn't pay that his family
suffered through his idleness and he
might lose his employment altogether.
Suspended sentence was then tried
In a number of cities and this seemed
in great measure-when coupled
with a sharp lecture-to approximate
what was the best thing to do with
the minor transgressor. Now and then
a western city magistrate would try
a cure of his own. The cure would be
concededly an original one no matter
If 1t did not always prove efficacious.
One judge sentenced an offender to
scrub out half a dozen cells every
night for a week after he had finished
his daily occupation outside the sta
tion house. Another judge in one of
the Pacific coast cities sentenced a
man guilty Of public intoxication twice
a month or a two months attendance
at meetings Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. He was the only
man present at several Of these meet
ings and he did not like his corrective
medicine at all. but he had to swallow
It.
Still another magistrate gave a
chronic inebriate the alternative of
thirty days in Jail or buying and dis
tributing a dozen temperance advocacy
tracts every day fer thirty days at
specified addresses, where 1t could be
proved he had not called If he neg
lected the task With the delivery Of
each tract he was obliged to repeat
the words: "Wine is a mocker strong
drink is raging. Look not upon the
wine when it Is red, for at last it
biteth like an adder" The cure was
tried after its first administration up
on several Of the "chronics" and never
failed to work from six months to
year of reform.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
BOY KING STANDS BY KIN
Nine Year Old Son of italian King
Is Champion Of Montenegro
Ruler

Rome.-A valiant champion of lit
tie Montenegro is Prince Humbert,
the nine-year-old son Of King Victor
of Italy. Prince Humbert does not
approve at all his fathers attitude
toward Montenegro in the Balkan
war, and learned with dismay that
Italy was in thorough accord with the
other powers in demanding that the
Montenegrins evacuate Scutari.
A few days ago Prince Humbert was
playing war" with his sisters in the
royal nursery. The king was an
amused spectator of the game. Prince
Humbert was the Montenegrin leader
and he killed off" all the Turks-his
sisters in the game. Turning to his
father, the little prince demanded
to be sent to Cettinje
'Why"' asked the king.
The prince thought for a moment
and remembered that his mother
and grandfather were Montenegrins,
Well" he replied, Il think you
ought to be there fighting, but as you
are not, suppose l ought to go to
grandpapa and show him that we are
on his side. Why are you not with
him?"
You see Italy is still fighting Trip.
oil and am required here" replied
the king.
But suppose you were not re.
quired here" asked the little critic,
would you go to Montenegro"
King Victor hesitated, and chose his
words with care.
mo, l don't think So" he said
finally.
Prince Humbert shouldered his toy
gun and shook his head.
Il think it is very wrong of you,"
he said emphatically. 81 am going to
practice so that l can kill all Of
grandpapas enemies. They're all
Turks, anyway"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
Representatives Hall Suggests Roman Circus

floor with fists, with finger nails, with
canes and pokers, with books. pens
and inkwells and they have so far
ignored the rules as to engage in hair
pulling, scratching and biting. But
with no inkwells or pens or books or
pokers lying around. there will be less
abuse. of the rules governing fair fight
ing, The speaker can better referee
the contests, too, as they will be down
in front of his desk. where he can see
every move made In the ring. Champ
Clark has confessed that his early
ambition was to be prize fighter, and
he may now have an opportunity to
act as referee over fights in the new
circus Of the house of representatives.
In 1856 Representative Galusha
Grow OF Pennsylvania and Representa-
tive Keith Of South Carolina had a bit
ter controversy, in which the latter
called Grow n Republican puppy"
and Grow retorted with negro
driver" There was a free fight on the
floor, and among those who became
involved were Elihu b. Washburn Of
Illinois; his brother, Cadwallader
Washburn, and Representative Potter
of Wisconsin; Representative Barks'
dale of Missississippi and several 9TH
ers. In this instance passion gave way
to rldicule when Cadwallader Wash
burn seized Barksdale by the hair and
lifted the whole poll from a perfectly
bald head. Waving the wig in the
air as wild Indian might wave a
scalp, Washburn danced about the
floor until the whole house was con-
vulsed with laughter and the fight was
forgotten. Potter was afterward
challenged to mortal combat by one
of the southern men, and he named
Boston Common as the place for the
duel with clapboards for weapons. The
sense Of the ridiculous again spoiled
the seriousness Of the quarrel.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
PETERSBURG FORT BLOWN UP
instance Related of the Efficiency Of
the Engineering Service in the
Northern Army.

Blowing up of the Petersburg fort
was a desperate attempt to end the
siege that had been going on for sew
eral weeks and was destined to con-
tinue for many months longer. In ad-
vancing on Lees army Grant had been
badly defeated at Cold Harbor June 2.
1864, and had also been unsuccessful
in cutting off communication between
Richmond and the south. A force was
left to lay siege to the fortified city
Of Petersburg while Grant continued
operations in other parts of Virginia.
The fort destroyed by the explosion
was one of many in the line of earth
works, that, with the Appomattox riv-
er. surrounded Petersburg. To break
through the defenses in one place and
establish a strong position would have
brought about a quick end of the
siege and perhaps have fastened by a
little while the surrender of Lees
army. The success of the explosion,
though not taken advantage Of was
an instance of the efficiency Of the
engineering service of the northern
army.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
ERA or HYsTERIA.


Mr. Justice Holmes, OF the Supreme
court, tells us that the widespread
charges OF corruption extend 70 that
tribunal OF course they do, But
there ID comfort in the fact It testl'
ties 10 the condition upon which the
country has fallen, says the Washing
ton star 1t helps TO break the force
OF the charges brought against other
tribunals, and against eminent indt
yiduals The era Is one OF hysteria.
Not a small portion of our population
is ravlng. It attacks with verbal fury
everything and everybody What
ever is wrong, Whoever in Office
or out, IS upholdIug It is not only
wrong but knowingly and corruptly
30. The lawyer? He is a chartered
scouudrel, IN action before judges no
better than himself Neither truth
nor fair dealing is in him. The ply.
siciau? A maneuyerer for rich pa
tients and merciless In his charges.
No prosperous member of the profes-
sion would turn out of his gold.lined
way TO heal a pauper. The minister?
A pious hypocr.te with his thoughts
not on paradise, but on pelf He has
learned the trick of serving both God
and mammon, and gives the Creator
the short end of the transactions. The
journalist? Yellow as a pumpkin.
VIII advocate any cause and spread
fun details of the most abhorreut mat
ter 10 increase the circulation of his
newspaper The merchant? He gives
short weight, prefers to sell adulterat-
ed stults. and amasses a fortune by
many kinds Of disreputablo means.
He is willing TO make a corner on
Easter lilies. The wage-earner? Will
ing az any time to turn frebug or
murderer TO force more pay from his
employer Would halt the industries
Of the whole country if he could in
order 20 win a local strike. The eX-
cess of the charges shows their abb
surdiy A people so far gone could
not redeem themselves. Destruction
would be not only their just due, but
a necessity. There would be no foun-
dation upon which to rear reform.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06

NTASHINGTON.-The new seating
w arrangement in the representa-
tives' hall suggests a Roman circus
and the sittings OF the house may
sometime furnish a Roman holiday,
The 435 members sit on benches ar.
ranged in semlcircle, and rising in
steps to give all clear view of the
arena in front of the speakers desk,
whore the leaders in debate take their
places, and conduct the legislative
contests. This new arrangement may
conduce TO more orderly consideration
Of legislation, and II may not. It will,
however, centralize the proceedings,
and if they become dramatic, with
physical contests, It will be easy to
conhne the actors TO the ring, and
give all the members a better view
than under the old arrangement
Time has been when statesmen on
the hill used the old argument of
physical force and pugilistie skill, and
in most of these instances the dra-
matte features were marred by the
lack of proper rules to keep the con-
testants in the ring. They had a weak
ness for fighting anywhere in the hall,
and with anything that was within
reach, and there have been number
of such contests which were witnessed
by few of the members because there
was no ring and no rules and no pro-
gram. There have been fights on the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
SAVED BY BOY OF TWELVE
Heroic Rescue From Drowning Made
by an Alabama Lad-Swims Out
in Gulf of Mexico.

Tampa, Fla.-At Sarasota twelve
-year-old Frank Abbott Of Birming-
ham, Ala, qualified for Carnegie
medal when he swan out into the
Gulf of Mexico and rescued r. w.
Grinton, a real estate dealer. Mr.
Grinton, who could not swim, had
donned a life-preserver and was pad
ding about in shallow water Caught
in an undertow, he was swept out into
the gulf. He called for help. Young
Abbott alone of those on shore could
swim, and he struck out bravely to
save his friend. Grinton was only
semi-conscious when Abbott reached
him. The lad managed to bring him
ashore.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
Equal for Him.

An American naval officer brought
q Chinese servant named Quong
home with him from the far east.
One day the Oriental asked permis-
sion to attend a funeral.
GO ahead, Quong," consented the
officer. Then he supplemented: II
suppose you viii place different kinds
of food on your dead friends grave,
as they do in your native country
Same as in China" said Quong.
Nov, Quong," continued the Off
Ger. good-naturedly, when do you
think your friend will come up to eat
what you have placed on his grave?'
"Allee samee time that Mclean
man comes up to smelle flowers you
put on his" retorted Quong in the
same spirit.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06

TT HE remarkable advance made in
the science of aviation since Or
vile Wright made the first public
flights in a heavier-than-air machine
at Fort Myer, Va in 1908, is the sub
ject of statement compiled by the
war department and just made public.
Although the honor of inventing and
utilizing the aeroplane belongs to the
United States, it is disclosed that vir-
tually all the advances made in the
utilization Of the air machines have
been accomplished by foreign airmen,
principally Frenchmen.
In 1909, the records show, the great
est height attained by heavler-than-
air machine was ,450 feet. The mark
now stands at more than 10000 feet,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
AT FIVE HE SEES THE WORLD
Ragged Urchin Makes Himself at
Home With a New York
Auto Party.

New Worthwhile several automo-
bile parties were dining in Muller's
hotel, small boy, his clothes torn
and his face and hands dirty. wan
dered into the dining room.
Belong around here?" man asked
the lad.
mot on your life. Live at sos Fox
street." replied the urchin.
Where's your father?"
81 should worry about him. He's
home"
The boy seid he was Louis Shapiro,
FIVE years old, and that he had left his
home, five miles away, in the morn
ing for a days outing in Van Cort-
landt park On his way home he de-
cided it was time to get something to
eat.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
@ WAR
ESE5fNlTIS,'c5!:IySSE5S. ,'!:ISE
SOLDIER ADMITS WAS SCARED
No Possible Escape From Death at
KAnssaw Mountain by Order, Az
terwards Resclnded

By way of making him talk, for ho
was afraid of the reminlscng habit
of soldiers and II was nearly impos.
sible to get him to speak of his ex"
perence in the'Civil war, the woman
asked him, Were you never afraid?"
"Of course, ! was afraid
THAT sounds human. When were
you the worst scared-if you don't re-
sent the word?"
Not a bit, II is good word TO ex-
press one kind Of a state OF mind.
Why, 1t was at the battle OF Kenesaw
Mountain. We had been fighting all
day and driving the other tide before
us. Just about dusk we came 20 the
foot of the mountain and found the
Confederates had strong fortiiicatioIs
well up toward the, top Of it. Word
was sent along our lines that at dawn
the next day we were TO scale the
mountain and take those fortiications.
As the word was passed from man to
man every face turned white. never
have seen so sick looking lot OF men.
At dawn we were to march straight up
to certain death, and we had all night
t think about It, There would be no
possible escape for any one Of us. l
knew my comrades. There would be
no deserters There would be only
corpses, and l would be one Of them.
/ don't know If l was the whitest man
in the lot, but ! know he would have
been hard to pick out. l never have
been ashamed that l was scared that
night"
But you are here. How did you es-
cape?'
We'll, some one had bIundered.'
The order had been given, but it was
a fool one, and fortunately its folly
was seen before we had an American
Balalslava. The order was recalled.
and in its place we received the sane
order to move under cover Of darkness
to a position where our work would
have some value A man doesn't mind
fighting. All he wants is to know that
he has a worthy cause and is not
acting the fool"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
Her Only Imperfectlon.

At one time a certain Major Hill
charged Lincoln with making defama-
tory remarks regarding Mrs Hill.
Hill was insulting in his language
to Lincoln, who never lost his tenn
per.
When he saw his chance to edge a
word in Lincoln denied emphatically
using the language or anything like
that attributed to him.
He entertained, he insisted, a hign
regard for Mrs Hill. and the only
thing he knew to her discredit was
the fact that she was Major Hilps
wife.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06

There is one loss sustained by
druggists that few people know about"
said the experienced clerk. THAT is
in the prescriptions that have to be
made over. the same as clerks, stenog-
raphers, writers, and artists, no mat
ter how painstaking, occasionally have
to do their work over. The most care
ful clerk in existence is bound to
make mistakes sometimes in measur-
ing and mixing. "He may pour in too
much of some kind of liquid or sift
in too much of a certain powder. In
most cases the overdose would not
really affect the value of the medicine.
but the conscientious clerk is not 60
ing to take chances on numbering any
body, so he throws away the whole
mixture and makes up another pre-
scription."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06

it for speculation. Two loaded glass
panels that had formerly graced the
transom over the front door of the
house were sold for so cents apiece.
Many articles wer purchased by per-
sons who priced them for their as
sociation with the former speaker.
Mrs. Robert Mccormick, wife of the
former ambassador to France, paid
$35 for a small painting, evidently
aged, which, according to a notation
on the back, had been bought at
Christie's, in London, in the early sos.
Mrs. Pomerene, wife of the senator
from Ohio, and Miss Flora Wilson,
daughter of the former secretary OF
agriculture, were among the bidders,
as were Congressman and Mrs. Nolan
of California, Congressman Langley of
Kentucky and former Fish Commis-
sioner Mrs. G. NJ. Bowers.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
PROUD OF 60 YEARS CRIME
"Never Worked a Day and Never
Will" Says Old Vagrant Ar
rested in London.

London.-"I have never done an
honest days work in my life, and
don't intend to start now" said George
Wells to a detective after being com
mitted for trial.
"I have been thief all through my
life of sixty years, and since l start
ed. four months is the longest time /
have been free" He was sentenced
to five years preventive detention at
the London sessions, twenty-three con.
victions, which entailed thirty years
in prison, being proved against him.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06

In the United States alone some bill
lion matches day are burned, in spite
of all the electricity in use and in ad-
ditiOn to all the gas and cigar light
ers. These matches burned in a day
amount to over two carloads of the
best timber and weigh $4,000 pounds.
some twenty-five tall trees have to be
cut to produce this huge pile. If only
"A hours consumption could be placed
end to end they would extend about
10000 miles. more than the distance
around the world. Many of our match.
es are imported from Sweden and
Norway and even Austria. Most of
them are Safety matches.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06

Hon" Thomas Il. Marshall" and post
marked Indiana. He suspected that
some friend was trying to play joke
on him, but investigation established
that the postman was the humorist,
and that his jokes were perpetrated
involuntarily. He had only to open a
letter before the mail trouble was
Strengthened out The vice-president's
troubles did not end there, however.
The vice-president, it is understood,
is not drinking man. But secretly
he received a barrel of a popular
brand Of rye whisky. The vice-presi-
dent is not through explaining the af-
fair yet.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06

In certain parts Of Peru a chap has
to be mighty religious before he can
convince a girl she ought to be his
wife An old custom still observed
requires a suttor to go to mass at the
same hour the girl of his heart does,
and for thirty days to let her see that
he is doing so Then, on the thir.
tieth day to declare his love he Of.
fers her holy water as she leaves the
church II she favors his suit she ac'
cepts it, but if some other fellow has
her heart she turns to her admirer and
tells him she is grateful for his solici
tude, but that she really doesn't need
his holy water, as she used some at the
font
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
How He Wac Done.

An Irishman went to the sutler, an
old skinflint and asked the price Of
a quart of cider.
Twenty cents" replied the sutler,
"Then give me a quart in pints,"
said Pat.
Pat upon drinking one pint, asked:
"How do we staud?"
Il owe you a pint" answered the
sutler.
"And l owe you one, so we are
straight"
And Pat walked off with a diaholi-
cal grin on his physiognomy.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06

circuit court of Upper Marlboro,
Prince George county, Md, asking
that his name be stricken from the
Prince George county papers of the in
corporation Of the Capital cemetery.
He sets forth that he just recently
discovered that the incorporation filed
a certificate in 1910 to the effect that
five trustees, including himself, would
manage the cemetery. He asserts
the use Of his name was unauthorized.