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United labor bulletin., 1914-09-26

Staggering figures as TO what the an
nual warfare against crime cost the
United States are contained in an es-
innate recently by Prof. Charles J.
Bushnell, Washington, d. c. He puts
the total at the overwhelming figure of
%. coo 100000 a year, and other experts
have ~ onounced this relatively close
approximation This total includes all
the money that is spent in arresting.
trying, convieting, Furnishing and feeding
criminals, and the losses they cause
through theft. incendiarism, etc.
Figures OF such denominations are so
bcwildering that the average person can
not conceive Of what they mean. \ bet
ter idea OF il can be shown when IT i
said that this outlay annually would
build IL Panama Canals II is SIX times
as much as Congress appropriated for
all national expenses at the close of the
last fiscal year.
1t is more than the governments of
the United States, Germany. France and
Great Britain paid out for all govern
mental purposes in the year 1912, year
that was characterized by huge national
drains because of building big battle
ships in Europe
The money cost in the United States
is divided among the national govern
setts Prison Association has estimated
that in that state alone the annual
crime bill is Sc SOC, 900.
And in spite of this outlay, crime is
increasing in this country instead of de-
creasing.
Prison reform began in the United
States short time after the close of
the Civil War. In the last few years
II has received extraordinary impetus in
the way OF remedial legislation, indeter-
inmate sentences. Juvenile courts, parole
systems. industrial employment of con-
victs. etc. Yet in spite of this remains
the fact. carefully substantiated by spe-
cial census reports submitted to Con-
grcss. that:
"In relation to the increase of popu-
lation there are two and one-half times
as many persons in the prisons of the
United States as there were so years
ago. figured on a per capita basis. Yet
in Great Britain there has been nearly
80 per cent decrease in the same time,
although there has been a so per cent
increase in population"
These figures have to do only with
persons actually convicted and punished
for crime II c. Weir. an investigator
of note. in an article printed in the Lit.
erary Digest, February IL, 1910, declared
tina, there are annually in the United
States 100000 members whom the law
never touches.
bad as that is. il is not the worst
cconomh, feature of the situation. The
late J. p. Altgcld. governor of Illinois
estimated in an address that in addition
TO the regular police and detectives
there are about 10000 constables, Io,ooV
magistrates. $4,000 deputy sheriffs and
5000 sherffs who, together with the
grand jurors, petit jurors, judges. clerks
lawyers. jailers. wardcns, guards, prison
| attendants. etc, make up conservative
estimate of l,0oo,oo0 persons who derive
an average annual income OF about
| 81 500 each, out of the apprehension
conviction and detention of criminals
The estimated total number of rcgula,
policemen in the United States is
100000. At an average of $1,000 salary
the average annual pay roll for police
men is 00,o0o.ooo.
! Adding to this mighty army the
United labor bulletin., 1914-09-26
COST OF KILLING MAN IN WAR.

Q When the Lane Medical Library of
stanford University was dedicated ON
November ,. 1919, br David Starr Jor-
dan delivered an address in which he
stated:
I'm modern war it now costs on the
average about $4,000 TO kill man. In
the late Boer war this expense ran up
to nearly $4,000. II is cheaper to save
men. 1; is cheaper to stop killing. In
our own country. in the time OF peace.
when nothing but peace is possible
among civilized nations, we spend near
ly million dollars a day ON matters
concerned with past or future wars ;
SS50. 900 day ON future wars alone, that
we may not be caught mapping when the
day OF the impossible shall arrive"
United labor bulletin., 1914-09-26
Bishop oallor, Tennessee:

MANY people thought Statewide
prohibition to be the ideal remedy.
Instead of calling to their aid some
experts on the subject and having
laws framed that could be enforced
they forced through the legislature a
measure that has lead to civic degen-
eracy. It is impracticable and its vio
lation Is productive OF hidden and
shameful evils. You cannot. pass laws
that way. The reformers should
leave law making to wise experts, and
be content with educating public senti-
ment."
United labor bulletin., 1914-09-26
WOULD PROHIBIT JEwELRY.

stop women workers from wearing
bracelets and rings which are likely TO
catch in machinery is the advice of Chief
Factory Inspector Oscar Nelson of llli-
nuis in his first annual report. which
shows that 5o,lo5 danger points" in
Illinois Industrial plants have been done
away with in the last IL months, thus
preventing thousands OF accidents. The
report recommends more Inspectors be
appointed. that the number of fatalities
may be reduced still further.
United labor bulletin., 1914-09-26
Six Billion Is the Toll of Crime
Each Year in the United States

lS2, ,s5I prisoners in this country, we
have force of Lac ,s57 men Beside
such force the mightiest armies of his
tory. the eombatants in any of the
worlds greatest battles, from Crecy to
the fall OF Adrianople, would be pitiful
eorporals guard in comparison.
United labor bulletin., 1914-09-26
OPINIONS OF EMINENT DIvINEs,

Very Rev. Or. D. J. Hartley, LittIe
Rock. Ark:
"Everyone knows that there nre
many saloons that are perfectly order
Iy and law abiding, where people 20
to drink their beer in peace with con-
genial companions. and where drunk.
ard is scarcely ever seen. Have !. as
n minister. any more right to Interfere
with tho business of such place than
the saloon-keeper would have to dis.
turb the pence of my congregation
while at Worship"
United labor bulletin., 1914-09-26

Another milliouaire's daughter has
married a gardener. Well, gardeners
have no tight to exemption from mis-
fortunes.
United labor bulletin., 1914-09-26

Try Principe de Lees cigar for an
after-dinner smoke. Union made.-Adv.
United labor bulletin., 1914-09-26

Clerk, SC cigar-union made.-Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08
HIRES MEN OF MATURE YEARS
chieagoan Decidedly Of Opinion That
Worker Is at His Best In the Neigh
borhood of Forty-five.

A Chicago man, leader in the com
mercial life of that city, is quoted as
saying: Among the men | hire nine
out of ten are better workers at forty.
five years of age than are the men OF
twenty-five or thirty" This man firmly
believes that the man of forty-five
or thereabouts is at the prime of life,
physically and mentally. He also
holds that men of mature years are
more reliable and less apt to become
restless after year or two in posi-
ton and to seek new fields. The aver
age young man. he says, is seeking
a soft snap" and is not the sort Of
employe who will stick by his EN-.
ployer through thick and thin until
his services become highly valuable
and, in many cases, indispensable. We
often hear young men complain OF
their inability to get settled. That is
largely because they do not settle, dc
not seek to adjust themselves to work
and make the most of their opportu
nifty. Opportunity seldom knocks at
our doors. We must knock at the door
of opportunity and be prepared to
push the door a little II necessary
The Living Church.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08
DIGESTION WAITS ON FLAVOR
o! the Highest Importance as an Rd-
junct to the Nourlshing
Value of Food.

II it were not for favor we should
not digest our food properly. Epi-
cureanism in eating is the handmade
Of good health. Flavor has been called
the soul Of food. The viands that are
most agreeable to our sense Of taste,
those We enjoy most, are those we are
most likely to digest well and from
which we are most likely to derive the
maximum of nourishment.
a whole book was devoted to this
subject by Henry T. Finck of New
York. lie called it Food aDd Flavor"
In a review Of it the Scientific Ameri-
can says: "The psychic factor of de-
sire must precede ingestion, or results
will be uHprcpitious. To each cent
spent for nutriment we add five more
for flavor Flavor, in short, has an
Sppetizing value, a health value,
commercial value. 1'he evolution of a.
discriminating appetite and the edu.
cation of the cook must go hand in
hand. But your glutton is never an
epicu:e. Rational mastic2 ton must
accompany the highest enjoyment of
food, and in this enjoyment lie perfect
assimilation and health. 1t is flavor
that stimulates the flow Of the diges-
tive juices; it is the digestive juices
that prepare the food for the extrac'
tion OF nutriment."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08
ECZEMA ON BACK AND CHEST

Pierson, N. Dakota.-"The eczema
started on my scalp. 1t finally went
on to the back of my neck, then on to
my Dack, arms and chest. 1t broke
out in pimples first and then seemed
to run together in some places, max
Ing a sore about the size Of a dime.
At times the itching and burning were
so intense that it seemed unbearable.
The more l scratched it the worse it
became, and there would be slight
discharge from 1t, especially on my
scalp, so as to make my hair matted
and sticky close to the scalp. The
hair was dry, lifeless and thin. My
hair was falling so terribly that l had
begun to despair of ever finding re-
lief. My clothing irritated the erup-
ton on my back. The affected parts
were almost a solid scab.
Il had been bothered with eczema
for about year and half. Then
began using the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. l used them daily for two
months and l was cured" (Signed)
Miss Mildred Dennis. Apr. 30, 1918.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston. ADV.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08
True Worth of Man.

Proverbs says, by the blessing CT
the upright the city is exalted" A
good, true, righteous man is benefit
to city, His own personality may be
worth thousands to a community. It
is not the man who is ricn that adds
to the welfare of a city. He may own
banks, factories, stores and palatial
homes, and yet prove a dead weight
to a town. The second part of the
verse we quoted, tells this. 1t says,
but it is overthrown by the mouth of
the wicked" 1t is what man is for
true worth, for integrity, for nobility
of purpose that constitutes his citizen
ship, for good or bad. Where a mans
ideals are loose, his character de-
praved, he does not render a real serv-
ice to a community whatever his
wealth may be. Water seeks its own
level" and the level of a community
is it's citizenship, and to that level the
community may go. Factories, rail-
ways, architecture, schoolhouses,
churches, will not of themselves eXalt
a city. 1t takes virtue, integrity, dill
gence to do that.-Ohio State Journal.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08
Practical View Of Il.

During a political campaign GER
tain orator spoke to a great gathering
of country people in an Alabama town.
He deluged his hearers with flood
Of oratory. He was impassioned he
was impressive, he was grand. The
thunderous applause of the crowd told
him so. He thrilled with the con-
sciousness of his power over the
minds of men. And, being in this
state of mind, he stood in the midst
of the assemblage, after speaking. and
listened to the comments of the audi
ence. What do you think of his
speech" asked one old farmer, strok-
ing a flerce-looking military mustache.
We'll" replied another old fellow,
running his fingers through his ample
whiskers, Il kinder reckon that six
hours rain would have done us sight
more good"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08
WASTED MONEY ON POSTAGE
Angered Constituent Might Have
Spared Representative Reproaches
Contained in Long Letter.

Representative Denis OLeary of
New York received a letter a time
ago from a constituent who expressed
an earnest desire for an assortment
Of garden seeds. O'Leary sent them,
but there must have been slip-up on
the part of Mr.. BurlesOn's post office
department, for a few weeks later
OLeary received another note from
the man deploring the fact that the
seeds had never reached him.
why amt Just as much entitled
to seeds as anybody else?" the writer
demanded. Two of my neighbors
sent for seeds the same time as l did,
and one of them has had his in the
ground now for six weeks already.
His plants is beginning to show above
ground. Is it I'm not just as good as
my neighbors?" And so on for cou-
pie OF pages. Then at the bottom of
the letter was this brief postscript:
Them dam seeds has Just arrived" "
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08

permit. All the officers participate un-
der the colonel's lead, for it is looked
upon as part of the military duty, as
a good school for the young and good
! practise for their elders, increasing
the ability of all to meet the stern de-
mands Of war. A great many of the
cavalry regiments keep a pack of
hounds. In South Germany the lie of
the country only permits of drag
hunts, but in the North deer and espe-
cially wild boar are coursed, the most
favored localities being the Senne and
Hanover. This latter place is the
home of the Great Military Riding in
stitute. and the hunting there has at
tanned some celebrity. Almost all cav
airy and many field artillery officers go
through a course OF two years instruc-
tion there. There are also special
| courses for non-commissioned officers.
| The teaching is most thorough, and
aims at the highest grade of perfec-
| ton. Long-distance rides form an
other branch of the military service.
No horses under eight years may par
ticipate; in no case is their endurance
to be tried to the utmost, the condi-
ton of the horse at the end of the
trial being one of the chief points
called to account. The great competi-
ton of the year is the "Kaiserpreis-
ritt," for which the emperor offers
prizes to each army corps and the rid
ing institute at Hanover To attain
its definite possession, however, the
competitor must win the prize twice
This article would be incomplete
without touching on the jumping com
petitions and riding tournaments and
are held in many of the larger towns
throughout the empire, and in which
officers participate freely A few years
ago these we're taken in hand by the
"Kartell fur Reit und Fahrsport," and
the good influence of this organization,
which is built up on great lines, ex-
tends not only to the army, but also
to horse breeding generally in Ger
many. The competitions are open to
(a) horses in private possession and
officers chargers; (b) horses belong
ing to the army ridden by non-commis-
stoned officers; (c) horses that are
the property Of dealers or of studs.
There are special tournaments for rid
ing horses, high-school horses, compe-
titions in cross-country, record and
team jumping, tests of obedience and
usefulness, competitions with special
reference to the riders ability, long
distance rides and-as the latest inno-
vation-cross-country riding over a
distance of twenty kilometers, points
being given for the way obstacles are
taken as well as for pace. In many
ways the results obtained are really /.
excellent; good horses and good riding |.
are the rule, the teams of non-commis- |
stoned officers coming in for a fair
share of the latter.
The high standard asked from |
horses and riders in the competitions
may be seen in the accompanying illus
trations Of well-known German sports
men. Special interest attaches to the
pictures Of the Leib-Hussar regiment
deaths Head), which up to a recent
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08

riding and the handling Of mounts
while riding in the formal fashion OF
the school tends also to insure the ami.
malls perfect obedience in the field.
A new riding regulation for the Ger.
man army was issued in 1912 to sup
plant the old one of 1882. This excel.
lent book, entering thoroughly into the
matter, does away with many anti.
quated notions, and gives more free.
dom to the teacher. To go into de.
tails would carry us too far Suffice
1t to say that, although a high stan.
dard of excellence is aimed at in
school riding and perfectly made"
horse is required, far more stress is
now laid on cross-country riding, jump
ing and hunting than formerly The
program is summed up in the opening
words: ITO meet the demands of war,
the rider must have his horse under
perfect control, and the horse must be
obedient, agile and enduring"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08
HANDICAP or THE TROPICS
rhsse Forests Frequently Cannot BE
Cleared In the Short Dry Sea-
con That Prevails.

In the true tropical forest. agricul
ture is practically out Of the question
writes Ellsworth Huntington in the
Tale Review Even for the white
man II Is dlfIlcult TO clear the ground
and for the sluggish son OF the tropics
II is almost impossible. Not that he
cannot cut the trees, although this
is a slow process where the huge
trunks throw out buttresses five to
ten feet In radius, but that having cut
them he cannot dispose of them. The
primary reason for the existence OF
the genuine tropical forest is that
rain falls abundantly at practically
all seasons. There may be, and usu,
ally is, a short dry season when the
sun is farthest from the zenith. New
ertheless, even at this time the
drought is not absolute. When the
trees are felled the only way Of get.
ting rid OF them is by burning. I'm.
der the ardent tropical sun most trees
will become dry enough 10 burn
In two or three weeks. II they do
not become ready to burn during the
dry season, 1t is useless TO think OF
such thing later They will rot
away, TO be sure, and disappear with
in a few seasons, but this is of little
use, for meanwhile a new growth has
quickly sprouted, In the tropical
rain forests, bushes will grow to a
height Of ten or twenty feet In a sin.
gle year. Indeed, in the short space
of two months so much heritage
will spring up that piece Of forest
which has been cut cannot be burned,
even though the trees have become
dry.
This is no theory. nut actual fact
In the spring Of 1913, In 2 part Of
Guatemala, where the forest is by no
meous of the densest kind and where
a considerable number Of coffee plan
tauons exist, l saw this happen. The
trees had been cut, but so many show
ers fell during the nominal dry season
that the branches did not become dry
enough to burn and consequently
many people were unable to plant
crops.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08
Desert State Church.

What extensive proportions the
leave the state church movement has
attained in Germany were disclosed
for the first time at the meeting of the
Berlin synod last week. The move.
ment is supported by free thinkers like
Ernst Haeckel, Prof. Drews, and ener.
getically by the Social Democratic par.
ty. 1t was stated at the synod meet.
ing that matters had reached a point
where even the reichstag no longer
contains a Protestant majority, as con.
siderably more than half the imperial
parliament consists of Roman Catho-
lies. Jews, and Socialist free thinkers,
who have renounced all church allegi.
ance. During 1913 a total of 1871
people were induced to desert the
state evangelical church, and for the
last six years 'he number aggregates
more than 10000
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08
No Perfect Yet.

In Miss Jessie Ackermann's book,
Australia From a Womans Point Of
View," it seems that even the privilege
of voting has not made this country
an ideal one. THE most appalling
inequality of their legal estate obtains
In every state" she says. This is OBJ
served in regard to punishment for
given offenses as well as in provisions
In some OF the states for housing OF
offenders against the law, in the case
Of state wards, and especially in re-
gard to the conduct Of women In pub
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08
Slow Death.

In certain literary club years aso
one OF the members, in proposing the
name Of a candidate for membership
mentioned, among his qualifications
that he could speak several dead Ian
gcages. To this an opponent replied
that he never heard the gentleman
in question speak but one language.
and he murdered that as he went
along. Christian Register.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08
Lucky Choice.

"AIy husband is a most inveterate
reader" exclaimed Mrs. Knox with a
slight tone of ennui. He reads un-
til dawn every morning. Why, last
night l found him asleep with his
nose in W. VS. Eyes!'"
Perhaps" commented her hus-
bands bookish friend, you should be
thankful you did not find him with
his nose in The Inside of the Cup!'"
-KaDsas city Star.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08
sociable Scenery.

The new summer boarder gazed
over the picturesque New Hampshire
landscape then slowly fading out of
sight, and noted the absence of houses.
IT'S beautiful Grand!" said he to
the boss farmer, who was standing
close by. "But aren't you lonesome
so far from the village and no neigh
bors?"
'Lonesome?" echoed the farmer, in
genuine astonishment "Why, on a
clear day we can see Mt Washing
ton. ."-Everybody's Magazine.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08
WHY CALLED "WITCH HAZEL" t"
Popular Belief Is That Shrub Has Pc
cuIiar Qualities in the Finding
of Water.

The shrub found in the eastern
United States and Canada, called witch
hazel, is named so from a long estab-
lished belief that if one holds
V-shaped piece of it in the hands. pull
ing the springy ends Of the fork firmly
apart, the point of the v will suddenly
bend over toward the earth where
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08
His -Four Witnesses.

A man had borrowed some money
from a friend and refused to give it
up. There had been no witnesses to
the transaction. When the lender
sued. the borrower took advantage Of
his constitutional rights of not testi-
flying against himself, with the result
that the lender could not recover.
When they met on the street some
time later the lender ran up TO the
borrower and shouted: I've got four
witnesses anyhow who know that l
loaned you the money. God and
know it and the devil and you know
il
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08

water is nearest the surface, says the
Christian Science Monitor.
The flowers of the witch hazel come
the last of all the flowers. 1t blooms
in December, even, and may be found
all through November The flower has
long narrow petals and a spicy fra
GRANGE. 1t stands on the bare stem of
the shrub even after the leaves have
gone. The seeds of last years blossom
ripen when the new flowers are in
bloom. The pods open with a snap
and scatter the seeds sometimes 20
feet away. The witch hazel looks like
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08
Business.

The rival moving picture magnates
stood on the corner and watched the
hurrying stream of men, women and
children, each one capable of squander-
ing an indefinite number OF tive-cent
pieces upon the movies.
What stroke of business it would
have been, Sam" said the tall magnate
tn the fat one, what smashing stroke
il there had been somebody to take a
film when God created the world"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08

the scrub oak plant, and is ten to fif-
teen feet high. Witch hazels may be
bought in nurseries and transplanted
into the shrubbery of the lawn. The
fragrance of the flowers is very pleas
ant often late in December. The Latin
name of this plant is hamamelis Vir-
giniana.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08

lie places There are offenses for
which a policeman puts his hand on
a woman to bring her to account for
her department before the law, while
a man guilty of a similar offense mere
ly acts up to the privileges which are
granted by men to men,"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-08
Not Eppreciated.

q am a self-made man. said Mr..
CumroX.
And l suppose your wife and
daughters are very proud Of you"
Yes. Just about as proud as they
would be of a homemade dress"