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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
Early StrateaY.

The origin and the local color Of the
following story is German. The spirit
of it is one which is not, perhaps, en-
tirely alien to American youth. Hans
and Fritz two small boys, had gone to
the rink to skate. Hans overcoat ham
pered him and he wanted to get rid
of it. The German courtroom person
does not check your coat unless you
pay your fee. The fee was only a
penny, but Hans did not have the
penny. He was at a loss.
Huh! it's dead easy" spoke up
Fritz. Give me your overcoat. I'll
take it to the man at the checking
place and say found it, He'll put it
away. When you are ready to so home
you go to him and ask if anybody has
turned a lost overcoat in to him. Then,
OF course, you'll get yours"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
He Understood.

There is a celebrated specialist in
Washington, as well known for his
bluntness of speech as for his profess
sional skill
On one occasion a rather pretentious
and elderly woman, the wife of a cabi-
net offiC er, sought his advice. He lis
tened to a long recital Of her symp-
toms and then prescribed as follows:
"An egg and a cup Of tea for break
fast, then walk for two hours; a slice
of cold beef and half a glass of wine
for luncheon, then walk again for two
hours; fish Except salmon) and bit
of chicken for dinner, with single
glass Of wine; to bed at ten and rise
at seven, etc. No automobile exer-
else, please"
The patient listened with surprise.
but, Doctor" she eXpostulated, do
you know my position?"
Perfectly, madam said the doctor,
81 am prescribing for an old woman
with a deranged stomach"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
The Kaiser and the bismarck,

1t must have given the kaiser
sort Of shiver along his spine when
he pontifcated at the christening of
big ship in honor Of the great chan
cellor whom he so unceremoniously
brushed out of the field Of human ac-
tivities a generation ago. If the ghost
of Bismarck watched the ceremony
the occasion must have aroused the
old synical contempt for the motives
of men and the conventions Of life.
Not merely the emptiness of posthu-
nous honors would be apt to stimu-
late his sardonic humor, but even
more, the inexorable course Of his
tory, which proves that not the great
est spirit is Indispensable and that
lack of genius or of the opportunity
for displaying it may not impair or
diminish a fortunate mans happiness
in his own august estimation of his
ego.-New York Sun.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
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Kansas, dropped into the Vacant
Chair. When the Delegate from The
Rookery, Wormwood Scrubs. Isling, 8.
b., resumed his seorching ATaign-
ment OF the U. s. A.. he got an aw-
ful Rise out of the Boy from the Corn
Belt.
The Emporia Man said there we're
more Bath Tubs 10 the Square Mile
out In his Burg than you could find in
the West End OF London and more
Paupers and Beggars In one Square
Mile OF the East End OF London than
you could find IN the whole State OF
Kansas He said there we're fewer
Murders In England because Good Op-
portunities we're being overlooked.
He said he could Tip any one in
England except, possibly, the Arch
bishop of Canterbury.
It was his unbiased Opinion that
London consisted Of vast Swarm OF
melancholy Members of the Middle
and Lower Classes Of the Animal
Kingdom who ate Sponge Cake with
Seeds in 1t, drank Tea, Smoked Pipes
and rode on Buses, and thought they
were Living.
Standing beneath the ripping folds
of Old Glory the proud Citizen OF the
Great Republic declared that we could
wallop Great Britain in any Game
from Polo up TO Prize-Fghting and
II we cut down on the Food Supplies
the whole blamed Runt Of an under
sized Island would starye to death In
a Week.
With quivering Nostrils, he heaped
Scorn and Contumely upon any Race
that would call Pie a Tart. In con-
clusion he expressed Pity for those
who never tasted Corn on the Cob.
After he had gone up to the Bridge
Deck to play Switchboard, the Rep
resentative Of the Tightest little Island
on the Map took out his Notebook and
made the following entry: Every
Beggar living in the States is a
Bounder and Braggart."
That evening in the Smoke Room he
began to pull his favorite Specially OF
Raging the Yanks on a New Yorker
who interrupted him by saying: Real
ly know nothing about my own Coun-
try. / spend the Winter in Egypt, the
Spring in London, the Summer in
Carlsbad. and the Autumn in Paree."
SO the Traveller afterward reported
to a Learned Society that the Typical
American had become a denatured Ex-
patriate.
MORAL-No Chance.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
Sandwiches for Illness.

Persons always are seeking some
kind Of preventive for being i'll when
on the ocean," said one of the mana
gers Of large Washington hotel
1--WE have had women who wanted
dry biscuits and special milk, and
others who wanted soda water. Diff
ferent persons go so far as to study
what they eat for two weeks before
they go on board steamship. But
here's something ordered evidently
for the same sort Of preventive. H..
.. Mutton of Richmond, Va, evidently
believes in sandwiches. He has or
dered sandwiches and champagne sent
to his vessel" the manager added.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
The New Fable of the Cousin Who Be-
came cognizant Of Our Short
cominos


On the deck of Transatlantic
Skif a certain Old Traveller, who
owed allegiance to George and Mary.
reclined on his Cervical Vertebrae
with a Plaid Shawl around him and
roasted Our Native Land.
He told the American in the next
Steamer Chair that he had been un-
able to get his Tea at the usual Hour
and out in that place called Minnie
Apples the stupid Waiter never had
heard of Bloaters for Breakfast.
Furthermore, he had not seen his
Boots again after placing them out
side the Door in Chicago
The Houses were overheated and
the Railway Carriages we're not like
those at Home and the Reporters were
Forward Chaps and Ice should not be
added with the Soda, because 1t was
not being Done.
He was glad to escape from the
Wretched Hole and get back to his
own Lodgings, where he could go into
Cold Storage and have a Joint of Nut
ton and Brussels Sprouts as often as
desired.
The Yankee cringed under the At
tack and then. fully agreed with the
Son Of ambitious Albion. He said we
were new and crude People who did
not know how to wear Evening Clothes
Or eat Stilton Cheese and our Politi-
clans were corrupt and Murderers
went unpublished, while the Average
Citizen was a dyspeptic Skate aflict-
ed with Moral Strabismus.
Then he retired to his State Room to
weep over the Situation and the Brit
lsh Subject said: THE American is a
POltroon, for he win not defend his
own Hearth and Fireside."
A Cooks Tourist from EmporSa,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

AS the Trolley carried them toward
that portion of the City where Chill
dren are still in Vogue, they fell to
talking Of the Future and what it
might have in Store for Bright Boy
who could keep on the Trot all day
and sustain himself by eating Cocoa
Nut Pie.
The Comrade hoped to be a Vaude-
villo Actor but the Kid said, after
some Meditation: During the past
Two Years have mingled in all
Grades of Society, and l have decided
to round out my Career by being
Deep-Sea Diver"
MORAL-A little learning is a
dangerous thing and good deal of it
Is Suffocating.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

Rest is mental. When the mind
wearies the body relaXes. ~(Drudgery
is mental monotony. The climate of
the mind loses its distinct seasons
when drudgery steals away vivacity
and variety. Idleness is not rest, but
rust. A change of air refreshes the
whole man. What most people need
for a vacation is new duty, not new
climate If you would rid yourself Of
an old trouble and escape from a gall
ing condition, take up new task. In
action leads to atr0phy. Rust does as
much harm as friction. There is no
reward for the idler whether he be
rich or poor. The lazy man is seldom
an optimist.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

Il see by transplanting the cornea
of PIGS eye to the diseased eye Of
a baby, Baltimore surgeons recently
restored the child's sight, said a wom-
an to her neighbor over the back
fence.
Well" replied the other, with curl
Of the lip, I've seen children who
looked like pias. and they never had
tina. done to
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

We look through the microscope;
physicists, chemists, biologists, pry
into the inner recesses of matter, only
to find energy-energy heaving, toss
ing, turbulent, imprisoned, perhaps, or
bound to other energy, but every
where, in the egg, in the spermatozoa,
in the minutest particles Of matter,
animal, vegetable or inorganic, rest
less energy, eternal effort. If we
turn to the history of past life upon
our globe, what do We find but records
of energy, whether physical, chemical
or of that seemingly peculiar form
which marks living organisms, every
where energy leaving its trace in in.
Vulnerable forms. In this history OF
life. according to our human stand
ards, there has been a long procession
in which the principle of organic life,
from the earliest period Of vegetable
existence, has advanced through mani
fold forms, upward, upward, in the
depths of the sea, in the air, on land
by devious routes and strange pas
sages, up, up, to the fish, to the bird,
to four-footed beasts, and finally to
man.-AtIantic.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

John Sloan, the well-known painter,
was lecturing ON Models" before an
art class in New York.
"Then there is the frivolous model"
said Mr.. Sloan. "She, unless very beau.
tiful, is to be avoided.
"A frivolous model besought friend
of mine to employ her.
"No, no, said he. 4 only do still
life-fowers and fruit
Well, said the model, looking up
at him reproachfully out of limpid blue
eyes, well. amt I peach?"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
She Needed Helu.

Where is the fire hottest?" inquired
the beautiful lady.
"On the next floor" said the gallant
fireman.
Then maybe you would run up and
heat these curling tongs for me.
cant be carried out with my hair in
wisps, you know"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
Positive Proof.

The Counsel-"How do you know
this night letter was forged by man
and not written by the woman whose
name is signed to it?" The Expert
Because 1t contains just 4S words,
and woman would have used two
more to get her moneys worth. -
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
Hint TO Mothers.

AS a summer precaution every mo
ther should commit to memory anti
dotes for the commonest poisons
known, especially those that it might
be possible for children to come in
contact with. In addition to this men,
orize some methods for aiding drown
ing and injured persons.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
II Couldn't Hurt Her.

Mama-"Keep quiet, Edna. You
never hear me cry when my hair is be-
ing combed." Small Edna--@Y yes, but
lot of your h-hair hain't h-hitched to
yOur h-head."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
Floor-walkers.

Bacon--I see a reasonably active
man walks about 297,2OO miles in "a
years, just walking about his house
and place Of business.
Egbert-0f course, that doesn't In
clude men who have had to care for
restless children at night.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
Why Worry?

She was very much in love with
him, and one evening, while they were
alone, she asked
Frank, tell me truly; you have
kissed other girls, haven't your"
YES" replied the young man, "but
no one you know"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
WOMAN WEAK
and NERVOUS
Finds Health in Lydia E.
PinkhaD's Vegetable
Compound.
Creston, Iowa. 81 suffered with fe-
male troubles from the time came into

WomanhOod until 4
had taken Lydia r.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Com pound. 1
would have pains IL
/ overworked or
lifted anything
heavy, and / would
be so weak and ner-
vous and in 80 much
misery that / would
be Frustrated. A
friend told me what
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
The Reason Whv.

Doris-He groveled in the dust at
my feet
Dorith-How excitingl
Doris-For we we're going to the
movies and he had dropped his dina.
Stamford Chaparral
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

''Who is that chap who Just left
your"
He's an inventor"
"Of what?"
"Of reasons why I should lend him
five dollars and of excuses when do"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

It's as difficult for some women to
get their hats on in the evening as it
is for some men to get theirs on the
next morning.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
Answered.

Stella-What would happen if an ir-
resistible body met an immovable
body?
Bella-He would teach her to swim.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

Critic-Marvelous drama of yours,
sir. There's a scene in that play that
Shakespeare himself could not have
written.
Author-Indeed, you are too fatter-
ing.
Critic was referring to that rail-
way smash in the third act.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
woman,s Great Power.

Woman is the salvation or destrpc-
tion of the family. She carries ita
destinias In the folds Of her manila
AmieL
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

If you want to see a small boy
slop over with ingratitude present
him with a manicure set.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

By covering up their tracks some
men get credit for walking in the
straight and narrow path.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
peceivina evidence.

Mistress-Are you married?
Applicant-Nom. l bumped into a
door.-WOman's Journal.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

Don't be misled. Ask for Red Cross
Ball Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes.
At all good grocers. Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

Why are people so foolish as to
want their own way when our way Is
so much better?
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

placed anywhere. At
tracts and hills ali
hies. Neat. clean. or
namental, convenient
cheap. Last all
season Made OF
metal, can spinortip
overI will not soil or
tnjuro any hing
Guaranteed effective.
AtIdealers or6Bens
express paid for ti.OQ
Ave. Brooklyn, n. z.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

Brides with sour dispositions are apt
to spoil honeymoOns.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

your medicine had done for her and
tried il. Itmade me strong and healthy
and our home is now happy with baby
boy. am very glad that took Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
do all / can TO recommend it. ."-Mrs.A.
B. BosCAMP, 5O4 L. Howard Street,
Creston, Iowa.
Tons of Roots and Herbs
are used annually in the manufacture
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, which is known from ocean TO
ocean as the standard remedy for
female Ills.
For forty years this famous root and
herb medicine has been prominently
successful in controlling the diseases Of
women. Merit alone could have stood
this test Of time.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia 4. Pinkham's Ecgeta-
BILE Compound viii help you, write
to Lydia Il. E.Pinkham MedicineCO.
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by woman,
and held in strict confidence.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

A beautiful girl is one who is pretty
and doesn't know it.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
contrarlwise Approval.

'Was the hollow square formation
applauded?"
"Yes, it got full round"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-09-24

skinned off. Also by this method
every grain gets thoroughly disin-
lfected and not some left in the CEN
| ter of the sack that do not even get
partially vet with the solution 10
minutes remove it and spread out to
dry or drain. II it is 10 be sown i'm
mediately il need be dried only long
enough so that it viii run through
the drill readily. If ii is to be
sacked and kept for several days
then ii should be dried so that il will
not heat in the sacks. 1t would seem
to the treatment lasts for 10 minutes.
The old formula was pound Of blue
vitriol to s gallons of water and
treated by dipping for Q minutes or
placing the grain and shoveling over
until every kernel was thoroughly
dampened but not wet enough so
that the solution would drain from
the grain if left lying in a. heap for
few minutes. Grain treated by
this sprinkling method can be sacked
Immediately or sown but it is better
not to treat more than grain enough
so that the solution would drain from
the grain if heap for a few min
ules. Grain treated by this sprink-
ling method can be sacked immedi-
atty or sown but it is. better not to
treat more than grain enough for
one or two days sowing at one time.
The blue vitriol solution is con-
sidered by most authorities as better
to wheat than oats. Some
go so far as TO say that the blue
vitriol should never be used in treat
ing oats. Il is claimed that oats are
not so well protected so that they
absorb more Of the poison. If this
solution is used for cats particular
care should be used in drying the
seed after treating.
The formalin or formaldehyde
treatment of grain for smut is the
Iame in principle as that of blue Wit
iol and means that we are using a
Material that will kill the smut
pores or seeds when properly APP
'lied to the grain and will not de-
troy the life Of the grain to any
'reat extent. The application Of
his disinfectant or solution can be {
aade by immersing the grain or the i
and shoveling method. I
he proper strength of tis solution,
the formalin is 40 percent formal .
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-09-24

dehyde. is | pound or pint of for
malin or formaldehyde to 40 gallons
of water. II the immersion methog
is used the grain should be allowed
to remain in the solution long enough
SO that every kernel gets thrognly
wet and the smut balls and other
light material is SKINNED off. The
Washington State Experiment Sta
tion recommend allowing the grain
to remain in the solution 80 minutes
but this seems rather long to the
writer. II would seem thangh
one half that time would e. long
CROUCH. If the sprinkling method
is used the grain, after being
thoroughly moistened and every
grain wet, should be allowed to re-
main in pile covered with sacks or
tarpaulin for some lime. II should
be left not less than 2 hours and
maybe left in that condition over
night If the grain was treated in the
latter part of the afternoon
It is we'll to remember that too
strong solution Of either the blue
vitriol or formalin, or what amounts
to the same thing allowing the grain
to remain too long in the solution.
will injure the life of the grain This
is particularly true Of grain threshed
with our modern threshing machin-
cry and particularly so if the grain
is very dry as the outer protective
coating Of the grain is cracked or
more or less broken so that greater
of the poisonous material
takes place and therefore greater in
jury to the life of the grain. Care
should be taken to have the solutions |
the proper strength and the treat
msnt carried through properly. All
sacks, boxes, implements and every
hing with which the grain may
come in contact before it reaches it's
should be thoroughly treat
ID or disinfected or the work Of
reating the grain will go for nought.
There is no question in the mind of
he writer but what the smut problem
S more difficult to solve in this re-
ZION than in some of the regions
urther east where the climatic con-
litions are more severe. Therefore
/ is necessary to be very careful in
reating the seed in every way.
'rocure seed as free from smut as
ossible and thoroughly c lean it to
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-09-24

remove all inferior grain and al
smut balls. These smut balls are
quite resistant to moisture and will
not absorb the disinfecting solution
and more or less OF them will be
broken up. il they are allowed to re-
main in the grain. and viii reinfecs
the seed and the work and expense
of treating the seed be lost as veil
as having a crop of smutty grain.
This only applies to wheat as the
oats smut is a loose variety and is
not found in the form of balls.
When il is not possible to remove
all the smut balls and other foul light
stuff by tanning mills il is best to
|use the immersion method 10 the
open trough or tank for treating the
seed as then the remaining foul mate
rial can be skinned off while the
grain is ia the solution.
It should be understood that smut
is caused by the entrance of the
smut plant into the growing tissue of
the young grain plant and II is nee
essary for that smut plant to gain
entrance only while or where the
plant tissue is young and tender. If
the smut spore is not present ia the
ground and We have treated and
handled the seed properly then we
will in all probability have no smut.
II the foregoing is true, IL the far
mer will follow system Of crop ro-
tation, including clover, and not
grow the same crop more than one
year in succession on the ground
they will have practically no troub-
le with smut is the prophecy Of the
writer.
There are machines In the market
for the particular purpose Of treat
ing grain for smut with formalin or
formaldehyde. They use this par
ocular disinfectant because 1t does
not corrode metal like blue vitrol
and il is very hard TO construct a
for this purpose without
ising some metal. II is not poss-
bic to give description Of any Of
hese machines here but further In
ormation can probably be obtained
rom any Of our implement dealers.
T. T.. Mcconnell,
County Agricultural
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-09-24

Mrs Sadie P. CIawson, Indiana, Pa, vas
bothered with indigestion AMy stomach
panied me night and DAY. she wrises II
would feel bloated and have headache and
belching after eating. l also suffered from
constipation Ny daughter bad used Cham
bsrlain's Tablets aud they Did her 90 much
good that she gave me few doses Of them
and insisted on my trying them. They
helped me az nothing else has done For
sals By all dealers. advertisement
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-09-24

COAL place your order for coal
NOW, with Ramey Lumber Co. Sep
TENDER and October delivery, and re-
ceive free a dandy good fire shovel
Your choice Of the best Utah and
Rock Springs. Egg, Lump, or Nut,
al sll.00 If taken off the car.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-09-24

European War will bring high
prices for all farm products. Land
slll sure advance. Nov ID the llms
to make a fortune by buying land.
See Harding and Sharkey for bar.
gains q land.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-09-24

Robert r. Jones Who owns land De-
tween Mason Butte and Winchester
vas a county seat visitor last Fri
dav.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-09-24

The Artic Theatre Is the home o.
Of the Universal Photo Plays When
YOU see a universal program out
everybody knows that il is a good
one. That is the reason the AFsic
has such good crowds. Don't forget
Lucille Love "The Girl Of Mystery
al the Artic next Wednesday night.
Come early and get a good seat u
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-13
The Brown Bird

I know not where he went nor when
He turned his wandering back to
me,
only know he's here again
The brown bird in the old pear-tree.
oh, what are frozen meadows now,
or sombre woods where screams
the jay
'Tis spring, spring on the old pear
Dough
A brown bunch sings his roundelay.
No faint, fair-weather friend is he,
For storm or shine he has his cheer.
No day too sad or dark can be
To still "Look up, look up, my
dearl"
love the robins jollfty,
The bluebird's tender, plaint1ve
lay;
But listen! in the old pear-tree,
The sweet sone-sparrow every day!