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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
WINS BATTLE WITH SEA BAT
Fourteen Feet Across the Back, II
Towed a Gasoline Launch for
Six Hours.

Mobile, Ala.-A great sea bat
weighing more than ton was cap
tured in Mobile bay by Thomas c.
Cairns of Birmingham after an all-day
battle, and 25 men hauled it out al
Bayou la Batre. 1t had towed a pow
erful gasoline launch for six hours.
The fish was II feet across the back
and ten feet six inches from the mouth
to the beginning of the tail. Though
it was not weighed, old fishermen be
lieve that it is the largest specimen
ever landed in the Gulf of Mexico. The
other one caught near Mobile weighed
$500 pounds, it is said. This was 5C
years ago.
Mr. Cairns says that the fish was
sighted off Dauphin island in the
early morning. The launch was
driven alongside and harpoon thrown
into the fish The harpoon was at
,ached to 600 feet of one-quarter inch
sash cord. The fish towed the 1S-foot
launch occupied by Mr.. Cairns and the
boatman, developing a high rate oi
speed. Several times when the tish
would come to the surface Mr. Cairns
would fire at it with 98-caliber re
volver, but with apparently no effect
Finally, late in the afternoon, the
fish was tired out and towed along
side the tug Laura. Next morning the
Lanura towed the launch and the devil
fish into Bayou la Batre. Mr.. Cairns
says the harpoon lines were put over
the stern of the launch and the en-.
CINE run ahead for six hours in an
effort to tire out the monster.
When Bayou la Batre was reached
It required 25 men to haul the monster
up on the beach. No scales large
enough to weigh the fish were available
at Bayou la Batre, but old fishermen
guessed the weight of the monster
sometimes called a sea bat, at more
han 1900 pounds.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
TAIL PROVED GOOD EVIDENCE
Fitted In It's Proper Place It Proved
conelusively Who Was the Owner
of Disputed Pet.

Two inches Of the severed tail Of a
dog was responsible for restoring El
Japonis, a white bull pup, to his mis-
tress, Margarita Valdespino Of FL Paso,
Tex, recently. She was the plaintiff
in a sequestration suit filed in Judge
McClintock's court.
Here's our evidence in the case,
your honor" said the attorney repre-
senting the plaintiff, unwrapping a sec
ton of the tail of dog and handing
it to Judge McClintock.
"The court finds" said Judge Nc.
Clintock, holding the severed member
aloft, that this is part of dogs
tail. The question to be decided is
what dog belongs to it,"
ITO Ell Japonis!" exclaimed the
plaintiff.
In order to give him the appearance
of real thoroughbred two inches had
been clipped from the animals tail
The severed part had been preserved
Judge McClintock scratched his head
I'm order to decide this question"
he said, Il believe we ought to see
that the tail fits the dog" The at
torney passed the judge the bull pup,
1T just fits" said the judge, apply
ing the severed part Of the tail to that
which was left on the dog. 81 hold
that the plaintiff has produced eonclu.
sive proof as to ownership"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
81
GEORGE.
AT)F
eaesQIosgr o 6sooor ACE

Helva Headache, there is but one
thing for Wise Ike TO do and that is
to Chop on the Festivities and beat 1t
TO Rest Cure
That is just what the well-hxed
Bachelor decided to do.
He resolved TO Marry and get away
from the Bright Lights and lie down
somewhere in a quilted Dressing Gown
and a pair of Soft Slippers and devote
the remainder OF his Life 10 a grand
cleanup of the Works Of Arnold Ben
nett.
He selected a well-seasoned Senorita
who was still young enough 10 show
TO your Men Friends but old enough to
cut out all the prevalent Mushgush
about the Irish Drama and Norwegian
Art and Buddhism and true Symbolism
of Russian Dancing.
Best Of all, she had a spotless Repu
tation, holding herself down to one
Bronx at Time and always going be-
hind Screen to do her Inhaling.
They were Married according TO the
new Ceremonies devised by the Ring
ling Brothers. AS they rode away to
their Future Home the old Stager
leaned back in the Limousine and
said: AT last the Bird has Lit. | am
going to put on the Simple Life for
an Indefinite Run. / have played the
Hoop-La Game to a Standstill, so 1t is
me for a Haven of Rest"
AS soon as they we're safely in their
own Apartments, the beautiful Bride
began to do Flip Flops and screech for
Joy.
AT last / have a License to cut
loose!" she exclaimed. For years
have hankered and honed to be Dead
Game and back Excitement right OF
the Boards, but every time pulled a
Caper the stern-faced Mater would be
at Elbow, saying: Nix on the Aero
battles or you'll lose your Number
Now I'm a regular honest-to-goodness
Married Woman and don't recognize
any Limit except the Skyline.
grabbed you because | knew you had
been to all the Places that Keep Open
and could frame up a new Jamboree
every day in the Year. I'm going to
plow an eight-foot Furrow across Eu.
rope and Dine forevermore at Swell
Joints where famous Show Girls pass
so close to your Table that you can
almost reach out and Touch them.
I'm going to Travel twelve months ev.
cry Year and do all the Stunts known
to the most imbecile Globe-Trotters."
A few Weeks after that, a Haggard
Man with tattered Coat-Tails was seen
going over the old familiar Jumps.
MORAL: Those who Marry to Es.
cape something usually find Something
Else.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
How to Keen Younu.

Beauty and youth come and go with
health. The bad habits and false con.
ditions which destroy the latter rem
der the former impossible
Youthfulness of form and feature
depend upon youthfulness of feelings.
Ii you would retain youthful looks you
must Do nothing that will make you
feel old
Here is the great secret of youth:
To lead a normal life; to enjoy living
and doing; to keep on thinking young
thoughts and doing young things
exercise, dancing and singing-and,
above all, do not utter the expression,
getting on in years" That very
thought is aging.
Keep happy by making others happy
around you. You are never too old to
join in all fun and folly. Be Of the
world, not just hanging on the edge
OF it. Keep interested in the things
of the time.
No one ever gets younger by find
ing fault. Be an optimist in all
things.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
BRIDGET Misunderstood.

Nov, Alice, said Mrs. Bounce to
her newest domestic, while I'm out
just pare the potatoes and get them
ready. l shall not be long gone
About an hour later Mrs. Bounc
came back from her shopping expedi
tion, bringing the meat that was des.
tined to accompany the potatoes to
the dinner table. Alice was calmly
seated on the floor, and around her
a goodly collection of the delectable
tubers.
Good gracious. !" exclaimed the hor,
rifed mistress. What in the name Of
all that's wonderful are you doing?"
"Doin', ma'am?' replied the fair
maid-of-all-work. "Doin what ye told
me. Indeed, I've done the best could,
too" Then she pointed to the pota-
toes. I've pared off all of 'em, ma am,
she mumbled, but try as will, cant
find mate for this little beggar."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
FEEL LOSS OF THE FORESTS
Enormous Amount Of Soil Carried
Away by the Rivers Is Distinct
Damage TO Agriculture.

When the soil is carried away from
one place it goes to another, 1t is not
dissolved and lost. The United States
geological survey has made an esti'
mate of the amount of silt carried by
a number OF rivers in the country,
and, with the exception of the Missis'
sippi and the Missouri, the Tennessee
river stands at the head Of the list,
the estimate being 100000 tons pei
annum
Whenever the water in the river
Is turbid IL is made so by contribu'
tions from the soil adjacent to the
river and its tributaries. So every
time the river waters are muddy they
are made so by soil erosion. 1t is
hardly necessary to discuss these
things in their relations to agricul-
ture. It is easily seen that the enor-
nous amount of soil that is carried
into the streams into the oceans and
the gulf is that much done for the
impoverishment of the land.
As the forests in our hill country
have been denuded, erosion has grown
worse. The farmers of this East Ten
nessee section would have been vastly
better off today than they are, hud
they left the timber standing on the
hills. The timber was wasted, atd
with it removed, the soils have beea
wasted to the extent that what Is
left is unproductive-Kn jour.
nal and Tribune.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
"Behind the Veil"

Being dead is not as black as 1t
is painted. There are as many good
looking girls in the realm of the dead as
the living. There are quite as many
delightful people This statement,
according to Henry Hotchner, theoso
phist, comes from the bourne from
which no traveller returns" 1t was
made, through the psychic medium Of
a youth of nineteen who died recently,
The lad told of seeking the side of his
mother and sisters. Chief earthly
congregating places of the spirits OF
the dead in great numbers are about
organs in churches and in meetings,
where men are trying ito pierce the
veil which separates them from the
other world" So the medium says.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
Path of the Kakapo.

Several birds make regular paths to
and from their resorts. Those of the
Antarctic penguins are noted by all
explorers in their region. Very no.
ticeable are those in the haunts of the
kakapo, the large, rock-dwelling, bur.
row-nesting owl-like parrot of the
mountains of New Zealand. They
beat down regular paths along the
spurs and ridges where they abound,
so that a person might be excused for
supposing they were meant for human
feet. 1t is along these avenues that
the birds go to and fro on their noe,
turnal rambles, and as they march
they snip off and perhaps eat every
protruding spear Of grass or weed
keeping the path perfectly clean.
When the path is buried in snow they
still follow it on the surface and soon
beat down a track.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
STAYS MANY WILD ANIMALS
In Six Months Oregon Hunter Has
Killed Panthers, Wildcats
and Five Bears.

Port Oxford, Ore. - Within six
months E. L. White of this place has
proved himself a successful hunter
of predatory animals, and his dogs
have treed and he has killed five bears.
five panthers, and a goodly number
of wildcats.
He recently spent several days UP
on Skies river, and killed a female
panther that had destroyed many
sheep and deer in that locality. She
had often been run with dogs and had
learned to elude them by springina
from tree to tree and from stump to
log, then lodging and running in 9
different direction.
Before the big cat was killed sew
eral photographs we're taken as il
was snarling and showing it's teeth at
the hunters.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17

ed Dennis Slattery Of Weymouth,
state treasurer of the A. O. H., who
in turn placed the idea before State
President Cannon.
With these men as a committee of
arrangements, have been associated
Rev. James J. Chuttick of Hyde Park,
John Donovan, Patrick Murphy and
Michael Sweeney.
The memorial is in the form of a
Celtic cross, 19 feet in height. 1t was
designed by Francis j. Markham of
Quincy, and was cut and erected by
Patrick ]. Tagney of Quincy. The
memorial consists of a base, sub,
base and a die surmounted by the
cross, elaborately carved on front and
back. On the front of the pediment
is a shield containing the emblem
of the A. o. II. On the back is
shield with the emblem of the Ladies
Auxiliary to the A. o. H. Below the
shield, on the front die. is carved the
following inscription:
This cross was erected and dedi-
Gated May 80, 1914, by the A. o. H.,
and the L. A., A. o, H., of Massachu-
sets, to mark the final resting place
of about 45 Irish emigrants from
total company of SO who lost their
lives on Grampus ledge, off Cohasset,
October Z, 1S49, in the wreck of the
brig st. John, from Galway, Ireland.
R. l. p"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
HONORST.JOHNDEAD
Ancient Order OF Hlbernlans DIED.
loate Monument.
Granite Cross In Memory Of as lmml.
grants Lost on the cohasset Coast
In the Storm Of October
z, 1s49.

Boston.-The state officials of the
A. o. H., and the Ladies' Auxiliary,
with Governor Walsh for the principal
speaker, dedicated a magnificent Gel
tic cross Of granite, which was erected
In Cohasset cemetery as a memorial
10 40 Irish immigrants who lost their
lives when the brig St John was
wrecked on the ledges October Z, 1S49.
The cross was unveiled by Miss
Teresa st. John, a relative OF the only
survivor OF the wreck still alive, and
1000 members Of the order of Hiberni-
ans from all over Massachusetts at
tended the ceremony.
The words st, John" occupy an
oddly prominent place in the story
OF this memorial, for it was brig St
John, bound for st. John, n. b., which
was wrecked one of the survivors, a
woman, married Mr.. St. John Of Co
hasset, and It is their descendant, Miss
St. John, who unveiled the memorial
October Z, 1919, was a Sunday, and
one OF the worst storms recorded in
the history OF Cohasset was blowing
from the eastward Two vessels had
anchored inside Minot's Ledge for
shelter, but the wind blew so hard
that one Of them, the brig Kathleen,
began TO drag her anchors just before
daylight. She came ashore a little
to the southwark, and the life-savers
went to her assistance While they
were away the St. John also dragged
and came on the beach.
She was from Galway, Ireland, with
a passenger list Of 80, many of them
children. She had % Of crew. Her
passengers had left Ireland in flight
from the famine, which began in 1S4S,
and from which the country was not
yet recovering
The first wave that came aboard
after the brig struck tore scores OF
people from her deck, and in Is min
utes all were gone. Here and there
one would drift ashore, clinging to a
bit Of wreckage, and Charles Studley
of Cohasset became the hero Of the
day by going repeatedly into the fu-
rious water to help these survivors to
the beach.
All the crew except the first officer
were saved.
Only q bodies came ashore, and
these were buried in one big grave
in a corner of the Cohasset cemetery,
a grave 20 feet long, 8 feet broad and
feet deep.
Credit for starting the movement
for a memorial is due to Michael
Sweeney of Cohasset, who took up
the work because his fathers dying
Injunction commanded it. He interest
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
DIGGING IN FOSSIL FIELD
Specimen of Moropus Is Object Of Ex
caVators at Agate (Neb.)
Fossil Fields.

New York.-The fossil field at
Agate, Neb, is to be searched for
specimens of the ancient moropJs, a
big clawed ungulate, said to have ex.
listed 100000 years ago. The Amer
lean Museum of Natural History de,
sires a specimen and is to send a
party headed by Albert Thompson to
look for it.
Mr. Thompson has passed three sea
sons in this field prospecting for ex
amples of the moropus. Near Agate
valuable specimens have been ex.
cavated. 1t was in this regin that the
Carnegie museum found material for
a moropus skeleton, now mounted in
the institution
According to the restored speci.
mems, the moropus suggests the body
of rhinoceros, the head and neck of
a horse and the claws of an armidillo.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
NEW METHOD BEING TAUGHT
Cincinnati Schools Equipped With
Bathing Pools Are Teaching SWIM
nlna With q Circular Trolley.

Clncinnati-A new system OF teach
Ing boys and girls how 10 swim, insu'
tuted In certain Cincinnati schools
equipped with bathing pools, is thus
described by the Scientific American
An apparatus is employed consisting
Of an oval track secured 10 the cell
Ing over the pool. A dozen trolleys
run on the track. and from each de-
pends a rope with a belt attacked
Twelve pupils fasten the belts around
their waists and the swimming lesson
Is on.
They go through the motions OF
sailor fashion" and the Australian
crawl" as per the direction OF the
swimming instructor. who keeps watch
from around the edge Of the pool.
They cannot sink, so the only thing
remaining for them 10 do is TO swim,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
NoRwArs PERIOD OF GLORY
Deeds Of Norsemen In Tenth and
Eleventh Centuries Marked Flow
erlng Time Of Nation.

One Of the features OF the celebra'
tlon OF Norway'a centennial was a stone
carved with old ruD!c characters. IL
was found IN Nova Scotia more than
a century ago, but for a long time
no one could read the roughly carved
runes. This was done at last by an
American scholar, who found that the
Inscription was cut by a Morse ex'
ploring party that left Greenland In
the summer OF 1907 A. d.. bound for
the coast OF New England They
landed in Nova Scotia on their way
aud left this record of their trip.
What a glimpse this gives us OF the
daring spirit of those old pioneers OF
the sea!
The world has mover seen braVor
breed Of sailors than the Norsemen
OF the tenth and eleventh centuries.
They pushed their voyages Of plunder
and discovery from the rocks Of New
England 10 the delta of the Nile They
seated their chieftains on half the
thrones OF Europe. They harried es'
cry civilized coast within reach. and
barbaric shorelands they settled. or,
81 least. explored. There is even some
ground for believing that a party OF
Swedes and Norwegians penetrated as
far inland as Minnesota, doubtless by
way of the great lakes.
II was the Towering time o. a ma
tion, expressed in terms of daring and
adventure, rather than in art, litera'
ture or civilization; but while it lasted
It was one Of the wonder epochs of the
world
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17


high at Monte Carlo and watched the
Durbar at Delhi and taken Tea on the
Terrace at Shepherds in Cairo and
rickshawed through Japan and ridden
the surf in Honolulu while his Name
was a Household Word among the
Barmaids of the Ice Palace in London,
otherwise known as the Savoy.
Occasionally he would return to his
provincial Home to raise the Rents on
the Shop-Keepers and give out an In
terview criticizing the New School of
Politicians for trifling with Vested In
terests and seeking to disturb Existing
conditions.
Any time his Rake-OfG was reduced
from $40 a Minute to $9.98 he would
let out Howl like Prairie Wolf and
call upon Mortimer, his Man, for Sym
pathy.
After Twenty Years of getting up a.
Twilight to throw aside the Pyjamas
and take Tub and ease himself into
the Costume made famous by John
Drew, the Routine of buying Golden
Pheasants and Special Cuvee Vintages
for almost-Ladies, preserved by Ben
zoate of Soda and other Chemical
Mysteries, began to lose its Sharp
Zest.
In other Words, he was All In.
He was Track-Sore and Blase and
sore as Crab and full of Ongway. He
had played the whole String and found
there was nothing to 1t and now he
was ready to retire to a Monastery and
wear a Gunny-Sack Smoking Jacket
and live on Spinach.
The Vanities of the Night-World had
got on his nerves at last. Instead of
sitting Feet away from an Imported
Orchestra at 2 A. M. and taunting his
poor old Alimentary System with Sea
Food, he began to prefer to take a 10
Grain Sleeping Powder and fall back
in the Alfalfa.
About Noon the next Day he would
come up for Air, and in order to kill
the rest Of the Day he would have to
hunt up a Game Of Auction Bridge
with three or four other gouty old
Mavericks.
When the Carbons begin to burn low
IN the sputtering Arc Lights along the
Boulevard Of Pleasure and the Night
Wind cuts like Chisel and the
finds his bright crimson Bran
eiSAn slowly diaaQlying itaelf into . |
v s.s sA4sa 90 ~
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
skeleton Solves Old Mystery.

Ukiah, Cal-The recent finding of
the body of Samuel Watt, a pioneer,
trapper guide and soldier, who was
killed by a jealous Indian near here
in 1870, solves the mystery of it's dis
position. Instead of being thrown
into the river as was thought, the
Indian pitched the body down 200
foot crevasse, where the skeleton was
discovered by boy hunter a few days
ago. The skeleton dropped into a
natural cave where it was preserved.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
Took Gold for Her Nerves.

Pulverized gold as a remedy for
shattered nerves figured at Kansas
City In a suit for $1,000 damages
against the Metropolitan by Miss
Maud Wilson, a teacher IN the George
Baker Logan school Miss Wilson
was struck by street car in 1912
and testimony In the circuit court re-
Gently brought out the unusual treat
ment she required, Gold was admin.
istered in one-sixtieth Of a grain
doses.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
Rnnnlnn A. Rlek

One gloomy day young country.
man went to a dentist to have a
tooth extracted. Seeing the patients
obvious nervousness, the dentist in
Quired;
would you like gas?'
Would / like gas? OF course, I'd
Like gas" exclaimed the irate patient.
do you think I'm going to have you
xRnking out my teeth in the darkS'
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
stanlnn ! rrLaI.

~Do you think you have sufficient
counsel for my boy?" "Yes; we have
a spread-eagle orator, a sob specialist,
an insanity expert and little cuss
who knows the law, II we need any
law"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
Man Killed PIavlno Leapfroo.

New York.-Robert Finley, a car.
penter, who stopped to play leapfrog
with several boys, fell on his face and
was killed by truck.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
BURGLARS steal safe.

New York.-Burglars carried of a
6O0-pound safe from restaurant on
lower broadway. 1t contained $40.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17

Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills put
the stomach in good condition in a
short time. Try them for Sick Stom-
ach, Biliousness and Indigestion. Adv
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17

Red Cross Ball Blue, much better, goes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
grocer. Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
Cincinnati Swimming Trolley.

This water merry-go-round" has
proved so successful that others like It
are tobe installed in schools where a
bathing pool is a part of the equip
nent.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17

When nature stores a lot of brains
behind pretty face-watch out!
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
Bees Rout Trolley caN Passengers.

Cincinnati-A swarm of bees dis
lodged by college students attacked a
trolley car and put the passengers and
crew TO flight
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
FOR BEST RESULTS prompt rcig59, ssP y9gF
poultry etc TO dull ros Merchants Detroit Aleh

A pessimist is a man who doesn't be-
lieve that clouds have silver Innings.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17

DR.. Peery's vermifuge 'Dead Shot" kills
and expels Worms In a very few hourA
Adv,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17

Tears are often more effective than
the most eloquent words.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17

Some men will do more for cheap
cigar than they will for a dollar.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
TWO THOUSAND KILLED

With one application, Canada Thistles, Bur
dock, Yellowdock and all nOxious weeds. Write
and we will tell you about n. ENGLISH MANU-
FEATURING Co., 43 Marston Ave, Detroit, Mich.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17

W. N. U, FORT WAYNE. NO. 2s-191A
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17
Films Reveloned
STOP THE LEAKS e2PEM EIRE RE

Will repair ieaky roofs-Will waterproof base
ment walls--Wul not crack, will remain elastic
Every man his own roofer ANY man can repair
his roof English MIG Co., Ij RarstOu ht, Detroit Md
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-17

REAL ESAAAk
~-~~~~~~~~-
FOR SALES A. IN SAGINAW CO. MICH
SO a. cult, house, barn. outbldgs., etc. SIX.
and mach Frank Clifford. st. Charles, Mich.