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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-25

Badger says his wife is largely re
sponsible for his business success.
We'll she certainly made 1t neces-
sary for him to buckle down and earn
more money"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-25
7lIIs.

There are people in this country
who win postpone the payment OF
their debts for a month, or even more.
without any proclamation OF
moratorium. Boston Globe.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-25

NtN tN%AA AtnNAtAEht anu usually ne AltSs AutLr
ting down on ones knees and crop
ing about in the dark corners under
meath the furniture for the refractory
thing Is not the most pleasant job In
the world, even If one has two per
fectly good arms and hands with which
to conduct the search. Imagine, then.
the difficulties of the man who is
forced to make such a search with no
arms at all, or rather with two arti-
fetal limbs.
Impossible you say? Not a bit Of
It. There is living witness to the
fact in a young New Yorker, T. c.
Gates by name who has not only ac-
complished this amazing feat but
many other remarkable things with
two artificial arms which for q num-
Der of wears he has worn in place of
those first given him by nature Mr.
Gates, in fact, goes through the PAGES
Of everyday life without the slightest
fuss or effort, and yet he has wood
for flesh, steel for joints, and raw
hide cords for muscles in place Of
the real thing And mind you. he
has no fingers, wrists or elbows. even
as you and l, though his two arms
move as naturally as those of bone and
sinew.
Three years ago young Gates, who
is an electrician, came in contact
with two live wires and 2.4OO volts,
more than is used TO kill a man in
the electric chair, were discharged
through him, burning his hands so
badly that a little later it was found
necessary to amputate both his arms
near the elbow Like all people sim
ilarly afflicted he looked over the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-25
No Coins With 1914 Date.

Put your hand in your pocket and
see II you have any 1914 coin among
your change You haven't Apparent
ly the government has minted no coins
Of this years date. Recently the cor
ner stone of the new Massachusetts
statehouse extension was laid at Bos-
ton by the governor of the common
wealth, and an attempt was made to
obtain some 1914 coins to put in the
tin box which was placed inside the
stone. No such coins could be found
in any bank or other place of deposit
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-25

1t is not necessarily a small matter
when a woman puts her best foot for.
ward.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-25
NIsb, the "chloaao Of the Balkans"

Nish, whittier the Servlan govern
ment has transferred itself from Bel
grade, has been termed the Chicago
Of the Balkans" title conveying the
fact that 1t is the center Of the nation.
al industry in pigs. The servian pig
is a remarkable animal, very different
from the trim, carefully groomed pork.
er of the English countryside, He ia
big, fierce and wolfish, with a coat OF
brownish hair as curly as a retriever's.
which turns into long. gray bristles as
10 advances In years. As might be-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-25

INCE the day that gave to
the world the starched
shirt and stin collar 1t has
generally been accepted
that the man whose collar
button, in a spirit Of con
trariness, leaps nimbly
from his grasp and pro-
vokingly rolls under the
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las An EXACT COUNTERPART Amon6 ANIMALS

would try and outfank had, during the night made a
countermove and outfanked the woud-b 5outaankers
leaving shoulder fires of damp and pitch in the
1orts TO give them the appearance OF being still occu
pied. sss'oo. 80 ~
The use of apparel guse in war dates from the
earliest times (Joshua tx ~. and its use, or rather
abuse, by the Beers extremely FREQUENT On ons
occasion In the neighborhood of Canwian four Beers
dressed In British uniform rode boldly up within 200
YARDS OF one or our bockhouses and with consum.
up their horses Three OF them atously leaving
their rifles leaning against the barbedwre fence stroll
ed up to the house and in perfect English asked for
drink or water The fourth Boer, who had daied be.
nlnd pretending to have little difficulty in tying
up mis- FESTIVE steed with his rifle and
evening II at the sentrys head held him up while the
Ih[ee utchmen inside appropriated the other rifles
1t was a case of diamond diamond when General
linen Coonel-Funston set himself the task of captr-
ing Aguinaldo. Funston with the assistance of some
fliipnos In the pay OF the Americans, concocted a
!etter which was written notepaper obtained
from another Filipino general then prisoner in Man
ia me letter stated that certain renforcements for
wh1ch Aguinaldo had asked we're being sent to him
anu tnat with them five American prisoners, the
!alter DehS or course, Funston and his officers hils
the reintorcements were personated by party of
MacaDeoes rugged out for the occasion in the uniform
OF Agunados soldiers The expedition got through to
Agunados headquarters and and all his staff were
taken prisoners.
can vouch for the of the following episode
as 1t was related to by less a person than the
principal hero himself. Major Hennessy, D. s. o..
Captain Turner had been ordered certain
piece of railway From of the employees they had
learned that the line clear far Springontein
station Procuring trolley, they after dark in
the direction of Springfontein whittier they eventually
arrived without incident Boots were removed the
trolley was silently deraed and they crept up the
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lot would be worth 100 per cent more
II full grown shade trees were stand
ing In front of it. A fair average of
the answers held that trees would
improve the valu eof the adjoining
land 40 per cent.
Expert tree appraisers say that
shade tree in good condition and we'll
placed is worth 81 per square inch
Of cross-section measured at breast
height. at that rate, tree one foot
in diameter is worth S113, while a
tree two feet in diameter is worth
$452.
For the sake OF illustration, sup.
pose that we take good sized house
lot, 50x10O, or 5000 square feet. worth
20 cents a foot. Tho land value is
$1,250. If the trees are spaced so
feet apart on the street there would
be one tree in front of the property.
The tree is two feet in diameter and
worth S452, which would increase the
value OF the lot So per cent. i
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ascent Suddenly came from out the stly darkness thu
WE da?" Of the Dutch outpost No response Then
Boer called out excitedly Dutch, "William! Red.
coats! Shoot" but English officer of the Light
Horse who could speak Dutch shouted out, William:
Redcoas with bayonets RUM" Major Karr Davies fol-
lowed this up with, NOW boys. fix bayonets and let
them have 1t with cold steel!' This proved too
for the Dutchmen who fed leaving sxinch Creusot
and Maxim in our hands. The Beers would have
been still mortified had they known that our men
armed with carbines which, of course, are not
fitted with the bayonet
An amusing incident is related Of Matching
megaphone constructed and dark, still night
the Beers startled by hearing voice. apparently
at their very feet. give the order, Elk bayonets!
Charge! The result was prolonged rifle fire. while
our lay convulsed with laughter the Businesses
of their trenches
Another little piece OF pleasantly INDUCED in by
erection of some dummy forts These the Beers con.
Matekingites expense of their besegers was the
scienously shelled for week. and October 1885,
to the huge delight of the British they made rush
There was something in the Beers method OF con-
Quoting hostes that savored very much of Old Tes.
lament tactics Compare the two following: In laos
b. u; the lsraeiites and Benjamtes were at The
sraelites concealed 10000 just outside the town of
Gbeah. In which were the Ben1amites. The remainder
or the army then demonstrated in front OF the man
gates and ured the Benjamites out to try concu.
sions The battle had scarcely begun when the Jew.
ish general gave the order to retire. the Benjamitss
than the 10000 Tiers in wait rushed into 1t and set
1t In flames When the Benjamtes this they turned
PACK but found themselves inclosed by the Children
OIL israe, VINO chased them out and trod them down
with ease over against Gibeah towards the sunrsing
SO that ali which fell that day of the Chi.
dren or BENJAMIN $4,000 that drew the sword
Exactly 1906 years later three squadrons Of the
Eighteenth Hussars We're engaged by force Boers
the latter suddenly fed hoty pursued by the cavalry
men, After about mile the Hussars found heavy
hre directed at them from large body of the enemy
concealed in near kope; they wheeled about sought
and began reply but their carbfnes were mere
toys pltted against the long-range Mausers Fort.s
natey the opportune arrival of Major Stewart with
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a number Of big guns called pom.
poms" prevented what might have
been an ignominious disaster. Again,
In March, 1902. our infantry chased
the enemy at Graskop for two miles.
when suddenly 200 Beers who were
concealed behind hillock rushed
out upon them; a running fight en-.
sued, our men being scattered and
four OF them taken prisoners
The following is specimen OF
native strategy l witnessed in the
Philippines. Saturday, March 25,
1899. had been spent by General
Wheaton In Smelling some field forts
on the Tuliajan River. One of these
forts was erected on railway bridge
which spanned the river and the
other two we're on the far bank. The
capture OF this bridge with the forts
was imperative. as it was the only
means offered the general of getting
his transports across the water. On
Sunday morning wreaths OF blue
smoke could be seen rising from the
forts, SO the Yanks guessed" that
the rebels were cooking their food
and meant to stay.
Wheaton, seeing a frontal attack
to be out OF the question, deter
mined to try lateral one.. Colonel
Egbert was detailed with about $50
men to undertake this. Compass in
hand. the gallant colonel led the
way through the jungle and after a
couple OF hours struck the river we'll
above the forts; a raft was impro-
vised to ferry over the arms and +.
ammunition, and then commenced
the march down stream on the op.
posite. side of the river. Wheaton's
guns lot louder and louder rs the
little force wendell their way
through the thick brush. Slowly
and cautiously Egbert advanced his
men, well deployed. in the direction
OF the forts. Wleaton's shells now
ceased to screech overhead, sign
that the little band of men were
getting close to the forts. Pht!-a
man lurches forward and drops
dead. Pit! Pit! Pit! the coloneif
and twenty other braves fall.
We are ambusned!" is the
anguished cry; down on your bellies
every man and crawl for sheiter!"
b'or ten minutes, which seemed like
hours. the flankers grovelled whileZ
the "phitting" Mausers and brass.
sheathed Remingtons ripped up the
soil around. Then came the boom!
burRRH! bang! of Wheatons shells
as they whizzed overhead and burst
among the enemy. Heads were GIN
gerly raised, and there, less than 500
yards of. were the Filipinos in full
retreat. The railway bridge was now
captured. but with the sacrifice of al
gallant colonel and score of men,
1t was In this move that the unfortu-'
nate Prince Lowenstein was shot.
There were only two forts. for 1t was
discovered that the one on the bridge
was a dummy. The cunning little
Filipino. knowing that the Americans
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BEASTS. BIRDS
and INSECTS
Can TEACH MEN
the Wiles of WAR
By Fleet Surgeon c. Marsh Beadnell R. N.

BY Fleet Surgeon G. Marsh Beadnsll, R. N.
& EVERAL of the stratagems witnessed In modern
war are srikingy similar to the muttudinous
wies and devices resorted to in that everwaging
war between the lower animals known as the "strug
gle for existence The cat, in stalking its prey,
every advantage OF stealth and covert and makes use
OF flank rear attack; the hungry thrush Stimulating
the scratching of the MOLE beguiles the unfortunate
earthworm to the surface OF the garden lawn by the
application OF straagem.
The military instincts OF certain are notorious;
an army OF these insects march country clearing
the ground of all animal matter, dead or alive The
African driver ant when the path crosses broac
streams by forming animated bridges" Lateral col
umns five to six deep. thrown forage on
Hanks OF the main army, and should rich food supply
be discovered general halt is called and sufficient
force detached and concentrated on it.
Spiders and all active insects take to fight directly
the vanguard OF the army is sighted for any insects
unucky enough to lie the path of the marauders are
at seized and devoured Diminishing parties are
sent up trees and bushes young birds In their
nests fall victims to these ruthless destrovers vban
foreign tribe or ants is encountered the slaughter
either side is terrc quarter is asked or given all
prisoners being Immediately decapitated
Every schooboy who has INDUCED in birdsnesting-
an deai pastme for the training OF the young scout
as 1t teaches him how to observe without being OBJ.
p!over, who. when disturbed on her nest runs away
tumbiing about and Tapping IL she had broken
go miss the nest.
shamming wounded" the artihce that enabled
tolls of that archstrategis De Seeing capture to
be inevitable. the willy scout tied bloodsained band.
tended TO limp painfully. Thus it came about that In
stead OF being placed with the of the prisoners
unaer escort, he was relegated to wagon in which
a Karir. $3.50 -
After dark the wagon stuck in a culvert and the
hahir going forward to bear hand with the mules.
Burnham seized the chance for which he had been pa
his charges.he found missing. stGH
mere is an arborea lizard in America known as
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page, which the sightless person is unable
to grasp with his eyes are transformed into
sound effects which are conveyed to his
brain by way of his ears.
This miracle is accomplished by throwing
the image of a glowing electric light ilament
upon the printed page. laid face downward
on suitably perforated desk. This image is
broken up into a series of seven or eight
luminous dots, flashing with different musical
frequencies, by means of a rotating siren
disc placed Immediately in front Of the light
ilament. Some lght-sensitive preparation.
preferably of selenium, is placed close to the
type so as to receive whatever light is diffuse-
ly reflected by it. The size of the image is
made to fit the size Of type to be read, and
sensitive telephone is connected with the
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method Of teaching AS he had often predicted it:
proved especially adapted to training children in demo-
cratic state because recognizes the voluntary activity
Oh the individual as the best of education and
social contact its best medium.
1t was Froebels own opinion that the spirit OF the
American nation WAS the "only in the world with
which his method in complete harmony and to
which it's institutions would present barriers,
short time before his death he said: "If they Will not
recognize and support cause in my native country
VIII go to the United States, where life is unfold.
ing ITSELF and where and better education of
will be able to find footing''
The success with which the kindergarten met here
after the first established in st. Louis and
Boston about thirty years ago shows how prophetic
Hroebels dying wish was To-day the kindergarten is
an accepted part OF the educational system OF every
town or city Of any size s,j5 ~
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why sparrow does many Of the same things that all
other birds do.
Science deals with all the clearly defined facts of our
experience which be communicated from one human
pelng TO another and which be verified. Many per-
sona experiences which may be very real to some of
us cannot be considered proper subjects for scientific
investigation until it can be shown that similar expert
ences will be undergone by all who place themselves i'm
similar conditions.
Inc popular belief that science has explained every
thing is a hopeless misunderstanding It wonld he
nearer the truth to that science has explained moth
ing Even an attempt to refer the facts Of experience
10 any ultimate reality is not the business OF science
IN limited sense science explains things by reducing
le TO simpler terms by discovering the conditions of
ehelr occurrence and by disclosing their history
For example, when we that physics has accounted
for the tides we mean only that it has broad
grasp OF the nature of the facts relating tides and is
able to relate them to generai formula In this
sense only does science explain things.
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selenium and battery.
1t has been found possible to obtain
readable sound from type of the ordinary
newspaper size. The straight black stem OF
letter produces silence, and a curved let
ter such as S. produces in it's passage sci
of gradually changing notes which are char.
acteristic of the letter, and cannot be mis-.
taken even after only few minutes practice
To learn the entire ALPHABET in this way
should be matter Of few weeks or months
but the amount of practise required will vary
very greatly from one person to another, as
only musical" ear can readily detect the
omission of certain notes from given chord
Under the proper alignment there is no rea-
son why, with sufficient practise, ear.reading
should not be almost as rapid as the ordinary
reading at sight
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sensus OF public opinion the result Of unsysematic
everyday thinking, the verdict rendered by the un
critical experience of of our Ave senses In all
these meanings what call sense is notorious
ly untrusworthy and has repeatedly been proved un
worthy of belief
For example, it was common sense that would have
had the world keep thinking the planets circed
round the earth And it that refused
.or long time to accept Harveys epoch-makng demon
stration of the circulation of the blood.
Science is entirely different from common sense be-
cause is independent Of particular order of
the movable universe for its subject 1t deals
with physical as well physical processes with
as mucn as with nature 1t has to do with everything
TO which its methods be applied.
What makes study scientific is not of course the
nature of the things with which 1t is concerned the
method by which it deals with these things. What
can common sense may make perfectly familiar with
the actions OF sparrow. but only science explain
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plled with shade trees, don't be too
sure that he is trying to take
advantage OF you until you have
counted and measured the trees Very
probably he may be telling the truth,
for it has lately been discovered that
the right kind of trees do increase
the value of piece of real estate.
In order to determine the value of
trees in residential districts the Ma
sachusetts Forestry Association re.
Gently sought the advice of number
of practical real estate men. These
men were asked this question: "How
much, in your Judgment, do full
grown shade trees along the street
improve the value of the adjoining
land for house lotsI"
The majority OF answers ranged
from 10 to 80 per cent, while some
went SO far as to state that house
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SCIENCE Different from What We Call COMMON SENSE

"A GREAT many distinguished scientists have insist.
~ ed that science and common so closely
related that they amount to little more than diff.
ferent terms for one and the thing One scientist
has said that the most simple description of true science
is found in the words Keep eyes open and apply
common sense" Another maintained that the aim of
true science was to give common sense view of the
%orid we 1--we in" Even great thinker as Huxley
declared that Science is nothing hut trained and
organized common sense" =.
But this idea is all wrong. as Professor J. Arthur
thomson OF Aberdeen University very clearly shows In
one OF the volumes Included in the exceedingly useful
home University Library Professor Thomson says that
IL would be nearer the truth say that science is as
fa on the one side Of as poetry is on the
otner. one OF the most marked differences between
scehce ana common sense is found in the formers cr
by common sense is usually meant either the con-
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FHE old adage that i'll wind always brings good to
some one never better illustrated than in the
case of Frederick Froebel. the originator of the
system which plays such important part
in the education of our boys and girls
II Froebels mother had not died when he was baby
and his childhood had not been passed the care OF
neglectful and abusive stepmother the world might
never have had the kindergarten Froebers early years
In small village in Thuringia, Germany, were so I'm.
happy that as soon as he to manhood he filled
with desire to supply to other children the pleasant
and helpful influences which he himself had lacked The
result was the kindergarten system which is in use in
every civilized country to-day.
The system Ffoebel originated based on the fun
damental principle that human development must begin
in action because it is in action that all we see know
or are conscious OF has it's starting point Life action
and knowledge were to him the three notes of har
Copyright, 1914 by the Star Company. Britain
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monious chord and he made book study entirely sub
seryient to the discipline of the mental and physical
powers which child acquire through observation
and active work.
Frcebe put his ideas to practical test by opening
school in which his nephews and nieces were the
first pupils This school finally failed lack Of funds
and 1t was fourteen years before another was estab
ished The kindergarten idea altogether too reyo
utonary for the conservative educators of that day. At
most stubborn opposition wherever Froebe attempted
to introduce 1t.
The Berlin Governments decree positively forbdding
the establishment OF the neW tangled" schools
within the Prussan dominions proved Froebers death
blow Just before he died he remarked friend: IF,
300 years from the kindergarten shall be completely
established, shall rejoice in heaven" :,
Switzerland was the first country to adopt Foebels
% &
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meeting OF the Royal Society in London.
This invention is based on the fact that
the different shapes Of letters found on a
printed page can be made by an ingenious
combination Of electrical and optical effects
to convey to the ear different sounds, Just
as the markings on a photograph record do.
In other words the light effects OF printed
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station. In t h e
waiting room they
discovered eight
slumbering Beers
with their bando-
Tiers and rifles by
their sides. While
Turner stood at
the door with a re-.
volver in 9 a G b
h nd Hennessy
crept IN among the
sleepers and re-
moved every rifle.
T h is done, the
8 le 9 ers were
awakened with
you are our pris.
oners." The look
OF amazement that
crept over the
Dutchmen's faces
as they stretched
out their hands for
their weapons baf-
fies descriptions
"Oh, you are un.
armed the major
informed t b e IN
"and if2you do not
quietly enter the
truck awaiting you
on. the platform we
shall be under the
painful necessity
OF shooting YOU"
1t is not often
that a whole town
Is taken from an
enemy by six men
and "blaf." yet this