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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
Gas in Agriculture.

Aprupos Of the reported discovery
in this country that carbonic acid gas
(CO,) is a valuable stimulator OF plant
growth a recent communication to the
British Royal society by Mr. F. Kidd
is OF some interest. Mr. Kidd had
found that the termination of seeds
was prevented by an atmosphere con
tanning twenty to thirty per cent OF
CO., This treatment seemed 70 do
the seeds no permanent injury, for
upon removal from the gas they
sprouted" readily under favorable con-
litions of heat and moisture. The seed
Of white mustard. however, proved
an exception to this rule, and follow
ing a co, treatment could be caused
to germinate only after removal OF
the testas, or after complete drying
following by re-wetting Mr.. Kidd also
found that a quantity OF green ma
terial buried at a considerable depth
under ground and allowed to decay
may produce sufficient co. in the soil
to prevent the termination Of seeds
He suggested that this observation
had considerable agricultural signif
canoe, and might account for other
wise inexplicable cases Of delayed ger
mination.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
SIums at Sea.

Many will be surprised to read OF
slums at sea, and yet, as the London
Times says, the statistics of mortality
in the British mercantile marine give
a very clear indication of the unsani-
tary conditions prevailing t. many
slums at sea.
The death rate per 1000 from dis
ease during the last 20 years has been
consistently higher than that in the
navy and army, and among the male
civil population between the ages Of
twenty-three and forty-five years.
Even during the South African war,
with the exception Of one year from
July 1, 1899, to June 80, 1900 the
death rate in the mercantile marine
exceeded that in the army. The most
significant figures are those which
show that during the last ten years
the death rate in the mercantile ma
rine per 1000 has been considerably
higher than that from all causes in
the navy, and very much the same as
that from all causes in the army.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
British Might Attack Failed.

One hundred years ago, after a Wig
orous bombardment, the British. In
three columns commanded by General
Drummond. made a night attack upon
the Americans entrenched at Fort
Erie. Two of the columns had already
effected an entrance in the works, and
had turned the guns upon the be.
sieged garrison, when the explosion
of a magazine blew into the air a
storming party, and caused an un-
conquerable panic on the part of the
assailants. The British were compelled
to retire. having incurred a loss OF
l57 killed, 300 wounded and 1856 pris-
oners. The loss on the American side
amounted to only 81 in killed and
wounded.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
Lumlneseenee Of Nitrogen.

1t has been found that nitrogen, Wig
orously and spectroscopically pure, ac-
quires a continuous luminescence,
during the electric discharge, and
therefore this phenomenon can no
longer be attributed to the presence
OF traces Of oxygen. In the pres
ence of metallic vapors, such as those
of mercury, sodium or potassium, says
the Scientific American, the phenome-
non is not produced owing to the nj
trogen's being attacked by the metal
lie vapors, forming combination Of
the metal with nitrogen. The pres.
ence of oxygen, which oxides the met
allie vapors, hinders their action on
the active nitrogen and renders its
formation possible.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18

of DR.. Francis e. Clark. the worlds
most travelled man.
Associated with Doctor Clark in the
direction OF the work OF Christian
Endeavor In North America Is a very
efficient group Of executive officers.
The viee-president is DR.. Howard b
Grose, missionary editor Of the North
ern Baptist churches. Doctor Groso
has been on the board of trustees OF
the United Society OF Christian En-
deavcr for twenty-five years. He de-
signed the emblem OF the society, a
Christian Endeavor monogram. The
general secretary is william Shaw.
Ii. d., a Massachusetts, Endeavorer,
who has served as an officer Of the
united society for more than twenty.
five years. The treasurer, Hiram n.
Lathrop, is prominent Boston bust
ness man, who as an unpaid officer
gives a vast amount of time to the
work Of Christian Endeavor. Amos r.
Wells, Lift. D., LIZ d., came from
Ohio; there is no more efficient, elo
quent or prolific pen in the world than
his. Doctor Wells is the editorial sec
retary Of the movement. A. ]. Shartle,
the publication manager, was field sec
retary of the Pennsylvania Christian
Endeavor union. Under his efficient
management the publication depart.
ment has done more for the cause
than ever before; he earns the money
that supports Christian Endeavor on
this continent Rev. r. p. Anderson.
superintendent of the Builders union
is Scotchman, who organized the
first Christian Endeavor societies In
Denmark and Norway; he is also aseo-
ciate editor of the Christian Endeavor
World. Daniel A. Polling is the new
est officer of the united society; he |
was field secretary of the Ohio Chris |
ian Endeavor union, and is now presi
ient's associate and citizenship super.
ntendent. He is leading the campaign
or "a saloonless nation by 1929"
Earl Lehman, formerly field secre-
airy of the Colorado and New Mexico
christian Endeavor unions, is the field
of the united society.
The official organ of the society is
he Christian Endeayor World, pub
ished at Boston. Dr. Francis f. Clark
3 the editor-in-chief. Amos r. Wells
) managing editor. Arthur w. Kelly
nd Rev. r. P. Anderson are the asso-
late editors.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
YOUTH IN THE PULPIT
CHURCH RECORDS FULL or Ex
AMPLEs OF PREcocITY.
Fourteen-Year-old Charles Forbes
Who Began at the Age Of Nine,
Has Had Much Successful.
umphs Of Girl Revlvalist.

without the slightest sign OF nerv
BUSINESS, and with all the religious
fervor and enthusiasm of one who ha.
spent many years In the pulpit, th,
fourteen-year-oid son OF Rev. Charlie,
Forbes, who has been conducting E
mission at the Stratford tabernacle
London. England. preached striking
sermon recently.
Young Forbes began preaching al
I nine, and he has since toured through
several American towns. Some OF his
sermons have been printed and pub
lished, while many more have found
their way to the hearts OF American
working men.
Crrlously enough II was az the
Stratford tabernacle that Miss Helen
Coulthard. who, as Nellie, the Child
Evangelist" has touched the emo
tions Of thousands, preached asi
Easter. Miss Coulthard is now TWEEN.
ty years OF age, and when she was
nine spoke In the open air at
church army meeting. Since then her
conversions" have been many. She
is a sister of Miss Libby Coulthard
the fourteen-year-old milhgirl Of Boil
ton, who has held large congregations
spellbound with the eloquence ane
simple direetness OF her preaching
Libby, like her sister, Helen. began
preaching when she was nine years Of
age. Il love preaching" she says,
and it is very funny how sermons
come to me. Wher I am az work in
the mill text comes into my mind
and think about II all day. and
then I go home and find it in the
Bible"
Readers Will probably also remem-
Der the sensation created some time
ago by Francis Storr who. as a child
Of thirteen, preached at a great re-
yival meeting in Holloway hall, and
afterwards delivered sermons in vart.
Gus parts of England.
There have been quite a number of
boy preachers. notably Evan Roberts
and Claude Hanbury Cooke. or Jack"
Cooke, as he was generally called,
who, born IN 1886. preached his first
sermon at a Manchester street corner
II years later. and conducted many
successful missions in the states.
Mention might also be made OF Colin !
Livingstone, Fitz Wood and Willie /
Barling, the Croydon boy preacher.
As rule the infant prodigy Of the
church does not fulfill the promise of.
earlier years, although there have been .
exceptions. For example. Mr.. Spur.
seon preached his first sermon at the
age of sixteen. George Fox, the evan
5elist, and founder of the Society OF
was also quite a little boy
when he started preaching at tav-
ern; while George White1eld and
Iohn Wesley both commenced preach
ng at very early age, giving a fore
aste of their quality by addressing
heir school-fellows
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
MAKING SOLDIERS OF INDIANS
oregon Statesman Believes AborlsI
nes Should Have Been peVel-
oped as cavalrymen.

Senator Lane OF Oregon suggests
that this country should have made
cayalrymen of the Indians, Instead OF
trying to make a race of farmers out
OF them. The infusion of white blood
among the better Indians Is credited
with whatever farming success they
have had. Our mistake. the senator
says, was trying to steer the Indians
energy into new channel instead OF
applying his natural inclination to Il
useful purpose II we had given him
horse, he adds. and allowed him 20
live as the Arabs live. IN his tent out
OF doors, carrying his family with
him, we should have the finest cavalry
IA the world body loyal 10 the coun
try and particularly adapted to IL
work and contented as a man always
IL when engaged In something to his
liking.
The picture suggests too much the
guerrilla idea to win entire approval,
but Is worth thinking about \ body
OF Indian cavalry under the restric'
tions OF army regulations and a part
OF the army organization would be q
promising experiment. It suggests the
way in which the Russians have uti'
llzed the Cossacks and the latter ard
hardly a finer and more effective
body than an Indian cavalry would
doubtless become What has been
done in the way Of farming settlement
among the Indian tribes cannot be un-
done. But the time is not past when
the idea OF an Indian cavalry, organ.
lied and governed under army ad-
ministrauon. would be worth trying
Our American thoughts don't turn 10
war. But we mean to have the nu'
cleus OF an army second to none in
the art Of science OF war We have
the finest military school at West
Point, where we turn out a supply
of officers educated in their calling,
and a general organization to build a
larger force on il threat Qf war at
any time calls for IL. And we are see
ing just now in Europe the vital need
OF preparedness or the means 10 be
prepared against the possibility. In
any event, the effort 10 see II we
should not utilize the raw material
that we have for the cavalry arm is
worth the consideration OF the au-
indianapolis News.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
Movies oemoralize South Sea Nations.

Moving picture shows are demoral-
iaing the South Sea natives, breaking
up their old peaceful customs and in
citing them to crime, says a returned
English traveller from that part of the
world.
Although the average islander is
lazy, good-natured and peace-loving.
he is not far removed from the days
of savagery. OF an excitable and emo
tional nature, he is carried away by
the dramatic films exhibited by pro
moters. An islander will pawn his
last possession, says the traveller, to
see a picture show
A recent case occurred in the Sa-
moan islands, where three natives, one
former policeman, stole revolvers
and started ont to initiate a hold-up
scene, They set upon a European
plantation manager, and shot both
lead for resisting. The murders were
'ollowed by battles with the natives.
With the result that two of the band
we're killed in action and the third
was captured and later hanged.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
.s.sss....ses.ss.ss.s.s.ss
MAKING ATONEM ENT
BY GEORGE MuNsoN.

The Rev. Jed Williams sat in his
chair inside the tiny living room OF
the parsonage, his wife by his side
apd neither spoke for long time. Az
last the old man raised his head.
THY sins will find thee QUIT" he
murmured, We'll, Eliza. this means
that we shall have to move out of Ell
mer."
Eliza Williams pressed his hand, but
did not answer him. What was there
to say? Her husband had once killed
a man, Now everybody knew, 1t
meant the end OF his ministry, and he
was too old to begin life anew.
They had been three years in FL
mer, and had come TO love the place.
But, with the curiosity Of small towns,
the parishioners had never ceased to
ply Mrs. Williams with questions And
because she apparently wished to keep
her affairs to herself they had become
more inquisitiye still.
IF there's one thing people would
like more than another, Jed" she had
said only the preceding week, 1T is
to pry into the secrets of peoples
lives"
Il don't know, my dear" her hus.
band had answered. Folks are more
or less the same everywhere-a little
inquisitive, no doubt, but good at
heart am sure they are good.
must believe that, as a minister, Liz
2ie,' he added
Jed Williams was fifty-five. Five and
thirty years before he had accidentally
killed man. It was n fight; Jed was
hot.blooded and struck at the taunt.
His enemy fell and fractured his skull
upon the curb. Jed was two months
in prison; then he was found guilty
of a minor degree Of manslaughter
and imprisoned for one month longer.
When he came out he began to study
'or the ministry. Because he had
dlled man, he resolved to devote his
ife to saving men. He went to a dis
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
ReconstructIna peIlnauents.

Duluth is one American city that
has learned to treat petty offenders
with some degree OF humanity and
with the view to helping them by
punishment rather than to make them
worse. A work farm has been estab'
lished, and there men who have been
arrested for drunkenness and the nu-
merous offenses to which reckless and
unfortunate men are prone, are sent
there to work in the fields or in a
sawmill, and under the eyes Of hui
name guards. There is every indica-
ton that the treatment is being ap-
preciated and that the prisoners are
being helped 1t is to be hoped that
the same plan may be successfully
worked out for this city. On larger
scale, Cleveland is doing it with con.
spicuously good effect. and Of still
greater magnitude will be the new
Ohio penitentiary, in Madison county,
which is one of the great reforms of
the present state administration
Dayton News.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18

line phone Monday morning to have
nice visit with the woman three houses
up the street. Would she want even
her dearest friend to see her in her
uncombed dishabille? Not perceptibly.
Think of the fussy little man who
rips and rants at the phone because
he can't get a discontinued number.
Would he want even telephone girl
to giggle at his inhamed face, his pop
ping eyes, his sandy wisps of whisk-
ers? Surely not.
Would it add to the comfort Of a
nagging wife to glance through the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
A Local Knock.


What a knock! What a knock at
Pittsburgh"
The speaker was Hilary X. Adair,
The San Francisco detective, He CON
tinued:
Pittsburgh got this knock at a
fashionable Atlantic City hotel where
was shadowing Pittsburgh million
aire-divorce scandal, you know.
Il guess my millionaire didn't tin
his waiter any too well, for, on his
last dinner-Id got my evidence all
right by that time-the waiter, as he
gurgled and burbled over nls soup.
bent down and said:
Why didn't you tell me you was
from Pittsburgh. sir? I'd have served
a sponge, then. with your consumme. :"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
Put Il Up souareIy to His Honor.

So you have been beating your
wife again, Mauley?" sternly began
Squire Ramsbottom. We'll. tell your
story"
"Aw, what's de use, sah?" YEARLY
.eplied the culprit. Lemme ak yo',
yo' honah. is yo' ever tried to live
wild plumb no count niger 'ooman !
Ohkaze. if yo' is yo' knows all about
It already, and If you isn't you
couldn't Understand how ornery shC
kin act If talked all day"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18

A lawyers bill. like the plumbers,
Is full OF detail. have Just seen a
specimen sent to a business friend OF
mine, who, anxious to settle up his
account, telephoned to his lawyers,
The bill came in with elaborate de-
tail. and the last item was. ITO al.
tending you on the telephone in an.
swer to your request for bill. 8 shilI.
ings 8 pence" My friend vowed
he would see them in--chancery be.
fore he paid that. and struck It out
London Chronicle.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18

tell-tale wire and get a look at the
powdery peachiness of huhby's steuog-
rapher? Don't think it.
And when the sentimental man
hears the beautiful voice over the
phone and builds romantic bungalows
around 1t, and paints, in fancy, the
charms that might be supposed to go
with it, would It do him any good to
discover the exquisite voice was in
close company with squint and ex-
tra-size freckles?
If mental ignorance is bliss, optical
ignorance is no less so.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
Growth Of Germany.

A century ago there was no German
smpire-only number of German
states whose aggregate wealth and
income were probably less than those
Of France. Now united Germany is
estimated to possess an income Of
nearly slO.OOO,O0O.OOO and accumulat.
ed wealth OF about $4,000. 900. 900.
During the century Germany's popula-
tien has grown from 24.OOO.0c0 TO
more than 67,OO0,0OO. or 1870 per cent
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
oovernment kept eolnu.

81 notice that the old mans quit
.cussin' the government" "Yes; after
tryin' it for 80 year the government
kept a-goin'. tes' like it never heard
tell of him-never so much as askin'
him to please let up an give 1t
chance to grow up with the country.
That made him so mad he was too
full fer utterance. he was struck
speechless!"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
NOBODY WANTS THIS DEVICE
Rumor Of a New Telephone Invention
Gives the World ChiII--Condi-
tons Bad Enough.

once more that insidious rumor bobs
uu. We refer to the statement that
device has been perfected whereby we
ran see each other over the tele-
phone.
But isn't this about the last thing
we desire to do? Imagine the case of
the woman who sits down at the party
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
Nn. Rlch under 10000, ,ooo.

OF rich men there is no end. They
Uho started with nothing and have ac-
rumulated millions are almost as nu-
marcus as the members Of the |. w.
" who hate them. In writing OF rich
men. however, It will be found that as
,oon as you discover one who Is worth
Iess than $50,OOO,0OO you promptly
lose interest IN him. In our million
IRE set he is only a plker. Yet there
h romance of fascinating sort in the
story of every one OF them, particular
y those who, like Astor. Guggenheim.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18

Weyerhaeuser, and several others,
came up the channel of New York har-
Dor in the boats that brought them to
this country and gazed upon the
twinkling lights of the city with awe
and fear, mixed with the ambition In
stilled by an Introduction to new
country and new opportunities.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
No sewinc

MY wife told me to bring home
some needles"
"Ah you have a jewel OF wife.
Mine positively refuses to do any sew
Ing.
.Candor conpels me to admit that
these needles are for the graphic
phone"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18

First Guest--Why on earth did those
folks give you so much more cordial
welcome than shey gave me?
Second Guest--Oh that's easy. They
know I'm a vegetarian.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
she Should Worry.

"oh, dear, daughter! Here comes
the telegraph boy up to the house!"
Don't worry, mother. Perhaps It's
not coming collect"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18

OUBTLESS no other man
in the world has travelled
so many miles and done so
large a work for the world
as Rev. Francis L. Clark,
d. D., Ii. d., founder OF
the Christian Endeavor So
cieIy and president of the
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-01-22

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LOT
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-01-22
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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-01-22
Have Brothers Lure
Gun Man TO His Death
RELATIVE OF OUTLAW WILL
CALL HIM FROM HIS
REFUGE.

Mayville, N. D., Jan. 19.-Shielded
from attack by woman and nine
children, Edward Beardsley, outlaw
who has for five days defied the au.
thorities to him, passed an undis.
turbed day in a shack near Summer
dale.
A heavy snow fell and biting wind
whirled it about the poorly construct.
ed house. Smoke from the chimney,
however, told that he still had fire.
wood and he was known to have a
three days supply of food.
Sheriff Anderson has planned de.
cisive move to get Beardsley, dead
or alive. This he hopes to do by
Sunday noon.
Beardsley's brother will attempt to
induce the outlaw to come out, and
then If unable to make him prisoner,
a sharpshooter stationed in the woods
opposite the shack, will shoot his
man.
Three brothers of Edward Boards.
ley arrived late last night and con
ferred with the sheriff. They will
seek a conference Sunday with the
outlaw and try to induce him to sur.
render. Failing, it is said, they will
participate in the sheriff's plan fol-
the capture of the outlaw.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-01-22
Destructive Flood
Sweeps River Valley
VILLAGERS SEE HOMES CARRIED
AWAY BY WATER WALL ON
POTOMAC.

Cumberland, Nd, Jan. 16.-Hun-
died in rude shacks and about blaz-
ing campfres, hundreds of food re-
fugees tonight watched and waited in
the West Virginia hills while the nor
thern branch of the Potomac river
swollen by an icy flood, swept through
their homes in the towns in the val
ley below.
A wall of water, starting from a
broken dam west of the Virginia Pulp
and Paper company on Stony Creek,
moved down the Potomac and mum
dated the town of Schelt, w. Va,
where the two streams meet, and
started a food wave laden with
wreckage and ice down the Potomac
valley.
Warnings Of the approaching flood
sent the residents of small towns
along the river scurrying to safety in
the hills. Rumors of several men
caught in the food waters at Shaw,
West Virginia, 20 miles from Schelt,
unconfirmed, are the only reports of
casualties.
The flood warning emptied the town
of Shaw, and sent many residents of
Blaine, HARRISON, Kiezmiller and other
places in the path of the water, hur.
rying to the ridges.
The flood wave had apparently ex.
tended its energy in it's mad 20-mile
dash down the valley of Stony Creek
from the dam to Schelt. This valley
is practically uninhabited.
The big dam which impounded the
lake five miles long, has been weak.
ening several days. It began to
crumble last night and warnings were
sent. At noon today the waters car.
ried away the greater part Of the face
of the dam. Late tonight the waters
are subsiding It is estimated that
; damage along the path of the food
will reach 100000.