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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1914-04-16
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My Mother.


MY Mother, how l love thee,
Ihou art to me 80 kind;
Though all other friends forsake mer~
A friend in thee III find. !,
When I Was but an infant,
lou watched with gentle care, -...~-
rested on your bosom, >'>'.-
And knew no sorrow there.
though there was none like thee.
AS beautiful or dear
beloved mother; gentle. kind >>*..>
With you I knew no fear
And then. as l grew older,
how fervently you prayed. =
mat God would bless your daughter
In faith your prayers were maize.
When you saw l loved to study,
How Kind you we're to me;
Your patience, and attention
WAS "ond rful to see.
You toidm of the Savior.
You told me every thing
About the Holy Angels;
VINO In heaven sweetIy sing,
love thee gentle mother.
My Dearest earthly friend:
know you'll live In heaven,
When this transient life shall end
SA"'' ~.
And there I mean to mess you.
With owed ones gone before, -
"nere we'll learn about the Savior.
And Praise him overmore.
Mrs NJ. F. Richardson.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1914-04-16
Long: Lam NJ,
ARTICLE NO. .,

9 All yes Mr.. Protestant, her
we are again with the same kim
OF gospel that Pau preached
though we are an angel from
heaven preach any other gospe
unto you than that which VI
have preached uuto you let hin
be accursed, as We said befor,
so say | low again, If any ma,
preach any other gospel unit,
you then that We have received
let him be accursed, Gal. 100
For | am not ashamed of tn,
gospel OF Christ for it is thu
power of God unto salvation, Il
every one that believeth to the
Jew first and also the Greek
Rom, lie.
Yes the same gospel with the
same foundation, Will, the same
power. So read for our gospel
Come not unto you in word only
but also in power and in the
Holy Ghost and in mRch assur.
ance as We know what maner of
men we were among you for
your sake. Thes. l IS.
The gospel contains facts to
be believed, com mandments to
be obeyed and promises 70 be
received. Up come Mr.. Protes.
tant and says the sama power
that was given to the Apostles
and their immediate success sors.
was not to continue in the
church. Well Dear Readers il
we have got to accept man made
testimony for our salvation, we
bad just as soon accept one mans
as an other, Every good and
every perfect gift il from above
and cometh down from the faith.
err OF lights with whom Is 10 var.
iablenessn neither shadow OF turn.
ing. James LII,
For am the Lord / change
not Nal, 5--6. And he Christi
gave some Apostles and some
Prophets and some EvangeIists
and some pastors and teachers.
Here we find some of the ma.
terial that was put into the build.
ing or church of Christ. See
Eph. 1 Ill.
Now what was this material
put in the building Cor? vs.. u.
For the perfecting of the
saints, for the work Of the min.
stry for the edifying of the body
IT Christ. How long was they
10 continueY Till we all c,me in
me unity of the faith and know.
edge of the Son of G I'd unto
perfect man unit, the measure of
ne statur, of the fullness of
Christ, vs, ID. - /.
Are we in that unity BRO. Fro.
estant today We certainly are
|ot' ] was reading some years
'ack an account where they sent !.
Protestant Preacher over the
lg waters to preach tho gosple
D the heathens and he gave
hem the New Testament to read.
A few days later ne was hold. !.
'g a conversation with one ,
hon he had given a Testament 5
hen the following conve rsation
ccured.
Preacher:-Nell kind sir, are '
GU ready to give up your idols
nd obey the gospel.
Hea'hen- i have been reading
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1914-04-16
NOTICE

The Colony grist mill will run
on every Sa.urdav-and will onlv
grind u Saturdays.
COLONY TRUSTEES
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

she wrote aOWn your name, sne salu
she must see you to thank you'' a
neighbor told Donald that evening
do you know who she is?"
No"
"The rich Miss Caruthers. They
have a magnificent summer home up
at Silver lake
Then the next morning, rather
grudgingly IL seemed, his Cousin HUI
pert came to him,
Il saw Miss Caruthers II u evening,
he announced. 1T SCENT you cap
tured one Of her lost pets. She In
sists that you must come up to the
lake this evening, Say" continued
Rupert, with rather disdainful
glance at the careless attire OF his
humble cousin, FIX up bit, VIII
you?"
Ashamed OF me, are you?" chal-
lenged Donald, with laugh.
"Of course not; but you see, that
Is. | like the family to make good
impression-see?"
II seemd to Donald as though some
subtle influence never before expert
enced was urging him to go up to
Silver lake. The memory OF the
charming face he had seen In the au-
tomobile fingered vividly, 1t was just
before dusk when he reached the
Caruthers home.
II was we'll that Donald had come.
A haH a daTEnaHa
and a dense fog were fast enVeloping
the broad lake. He found the anxious
Caruthers family discussing the prob
able whereabouts of the daughter OF
the house and Rupert, who had gone
out in a yacht
Donald was too much of a sailor not
to realize the peril of the yacht If 1t
had not landed somewhere. He found
a small steam launch at pier. Soon
he was afioat
A tossing light finally directed him.
AS he drove aside OF the yacht 1t was
to find his cousin sick and helpless
and useful Miss Caruthers brayely at
the helm; but the yacht nearly
wreck. He had arrived just in time
to save them.
Superb climber, expert sailor, for
the first time in his life his true man
ly nobleness fully appreciated by
lovely woman, Donald began to think
less of the bounding main and more
of the joys that true love brings.
For Donald had met his fate and
the blue birds fair owner superseded
the old longing for the blue, blue
sea!
Copyright. 1918. by w. G. Chapman)
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
A Tossing Light Directed Him.

high-up Miss Myrtle Caruthers set at
Silver lake. Shouldn't wonder IL he'd
marry her. Don't you see he's got
a purpose in life?"
Il don't" answered Donald bluntly,
-if he's Just posing to be stylish and
marry for money"
Donald was a general favorite IN
the village. He. was going home one
lowering, clustering afternoon after
making some wonderful kites for
some poor school children, when he
noticed people running towards the
public square.
Whats up?" he inquired of a pass
ing pedestrian.
Don't know, but big crowd down
yonder l see an automobile. May
be it's a smashup'
AS Donald neared the square he
noticed the machine in question. 1t
contained the driver, the most beauti-
full young girl he had ever seen, and
her maid The latter held an empty
bird cage, and like her young mis-
tress, her eyes we're directed up into
the air. The crowd about them were
gaping and staring in the same di-
rection.
The town hall was the tallest build
ing in town Running up from its
roof there was a flag pole fully sew
enty-1ve feet in height. The strong
breeze was whipping the loose ropes
about this and at the apex knob
where they were fastened, bright blue
object was futtering frantically.
1t was a blue bird, which the trav-
eled Donald at once recognized as a
product of Borneo, famous for it's
brilliant color and song note Of
sweetly expressive cadence. Just
now, however the poor imprisoned
creature was uttering shrill cries OF
terror and pain.
1T got out of the cage, flew away,
and its foot is caught in the tangled
ropes up yonder," some one remarked
That it was the cherished pet of
the beautiful young lady, Donald at
once discerned No one ventured to
suggest a way to release the bird. A
first glance at the face of the young
lady had enthralled Donald. AS
second epicted her rare anxiety, Don
aid spoke to a bystander.
Il will get her pet for her." he said
simply, and disappeared within the
building.
A rustic of intense excitement
swayed the watching throng as Don
aid appeared on the roof OF the build
ing. Then there was Dreathless
hush as he began climbing the
smooth, yielding pole. 1t was en-
trancing to view his sailor-like skill
and hardihood. AS Donald neared the
top Of the pole it bent over danger
ously. With accurate nicely of equi-
poise, however, he reached the top,
released the blue bird, and holding 1t
In one hand slid easily to the roof.
A tremendous cheer rent the air
as he appeared below. The eager
maid was advancing with the cage.
He slipped the truant within 1t and
modestly stepped away.
THE young lady asked about you
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
Trouble over Mixed 1stbino.

Mixed bathing was a question that
caused trouble under the Roman en-
pire. 1t came in with the collapse Of
austere republican manners, and the
Emperors Hadrian and Marcus Aure-
lius found it necessary to issue or
der against H. Alexander Severus
also forbade the opening OF "balnea
mixta" in Rome. Later on we find
great diversity of view in Europe on
the matter In the fifteenth century
Bohemian and Spanish travellers were
astonished at the goings on at Bru-
ges, Malines and Brussels. The Span
lard observes that 'the bathing to-
gether of men and women, skin bare,
is here reckoned as innocent as is,
with us, visit to church The pub
lie baths at the Swiss Baden, where
only railing separated the sexes
scandalized Poggio Bracciolini.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
NOT MUCH OF A PROBLEM
Observing Boy Had Sure Way OF De-
terminIne the Breed Of Chicken
Served for Dinner.

At a recent dinner in a suburban
district, where all the guests were
amateur chicken raisers. after a dis
cussion of the egg problem the conyer-
sation turned to the best breed of
hens. After the good points of Orp-
ingtons, Minorcas, Leghorns and 9TH
ers had all been brought forth the
host said:
We'll, the ultimate end of every
chicken is the pot, and you cant tell
the difference when it is on the table
Let's see how many can tell what
kind of hen we have just eaten"
All agreed it was very good kind,
but there were many guesses as to the
breed. The only child at the table,
twelve-year-old boy, was the one who
guessed correctly. &
The host beamed on him and said
Jimmie, how did you know 1t was a
Plymouth Rock"
"Oh, that was easy" he replied. Il
found a feather in the gravy"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
ECZEMA IN WATER BLISTERS

748 Congress St., Chicago, Ill-"My
eczema broke out like little water
blisters. Each one was full Of water
and would itch until would scratch
it OPEN then the water would run out
and 1t would get sore. first got the
eczema on the back of the hand and l
scratched it so hard | made it all sore.
Then l got it on my legs just above
the ankle and above the knee.
II used what they call -- and 1t
stopped the itch but it got worse.
Then / used --. In all l had the
trouble for about two years. One day
| saw the advertisement of Cuticura
Soap and Ointment in the paper. |
wrote for sample of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment and / tried them and
then bought some more Cuticura Soap
and Ointment left my sores nice and
smooth used them for six weeks,
and am now cured; the eczema left no
marks" (Signed) F. w. Horrisch.
Oct. 10, 1912.
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, 1914-01-23
shanohai and Salt risn.

The city of Shanghai imported last
year about 100000 yen worth Of salt
fish. The import of salt fish dates
three years back, and began with the
introduction of salt salmon from
Primorskaya (Russian littoral prov
ince), salt cod from Kwangtung leased
territory, and salt sardines from Naga-
aki SAYS the Manchurian Daily News.
In addition to salt cod the leased
territory exported 5000 yen worth OF
swordfish last year. This fish. which
owes its name to its likeness to a
sword in shape as well as in its glis-
tening. scaleless body, is found in
great abundance in these coast wa
Jers The local quality is better suited
to the Chinese palate than imports
from Ningpo and ports on the North
China coasts. and has promising fu-
ture on the Shanghai market. In fact,
the Chinese are heavy consumers Of
this fish, the total annual import to
Shanghai reaching 100000 piculs.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

New York and Liverpool, that a spec
ter appeared with such persistency
that for a long time. until the vision
vanished forever. no member of the
crew ever consented to make second
voyage. The Nottebohm was one Of
the old Liverpool packet ships, which
carried steerage passengers as well
as freight. During one of her pre-
vious voyages the captain and several
OF her crew had had terrific strug-
gle, in the course of which the cap
tain had been so injured that he had
died as a result of his wounds. No
matter what the skeptical might say,
crew after crew which shipped on the
Marianne Nottebohm after this trag.
edy left the vessel at the end of tho
voyage swearing that every night o
spectral figure appeared from the
pilot house and wandered over the
vessel, seeking everywhere apparent
ly for something or somebody.
There was a terrific storm one
night and the apparition was for once
in a way pretty well forgotten in the
more pressing perils of the moment
The night was very black and no one
felt any too secure as they slipped
on through the darkness. Suddenly
they felt the ship come about sc
swiftly that they knew something
strange must have happened.
Unusual as it was" said Capt F
c. Norton, who tells the story, eve
could not stop to find out about II
that night, for every man was toe
hot on his own part of the work to
pay much attention to any others.
After everything was all over anc
we could take time to talk about II
the next day the helmsman told us
that a spectral figure he had at first
thought to be the captain had stood
beside him, showing him how to lay
his course. 1t was not until the
helmsman had handled a charm his
daughter had given him that he dis
covered his visitor was a spirit. The
power of the wrath was broken at
that and the helmsman put about just
in time to avoid an uncharted reef
the spectre had evidently been guid.
ing him onto.
But the Swede and his Italian
mate must have seen something OF
the vision that night, also, for in the
morning they looked like dying men
and they could not be persuaded to
ship again for the next voyage. Aft
erward we heard that they had been
members of the crew which attacked
the former captain OF the Marianne
No doubt the murdered captain came
back looking for some of his old as
sailants and when he found them
sought to drive the vessel on the
reef"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
ERUDITE WoRKMEN IN PANAMA
Men of Intelligence and Education
Handled Pick and Shovel In Con-
struction of Canal.

During the census-taking at Empire,
Mr.. Harry A. Franck, who tells in
Zone Policeman 88" of his expert
ences as an enumerator in the Panama
canal zone, was startled one morning
to burst suddenly from the tawdry,
Junk k-jumbled rooms OF the negroes in
10 a bare-foored, freshly-scrubbed
room. 1t contained some very clean
cots, a small table and hammock, and
a general air of frankness and sim
plicity.
At the table, book In hand, sat a
Spanlard. He was dressed in worn
but newly washed working clothes. ]
sat down and began to reel off the
questions that had grown automatic:
"Name?"
"Frederico Malero."
Can you read?"
"A little"
The barest suggestion of amusement
in his voice caused me to look up
quickly.
My library" he said. with the ghost
Of a smile, nodding his head slightly
toward an uapainted shelf made Of
pieces OF dynamite boxes. Mine and
my roommate's."
The shelf was filed with real Bar
ceIOna paper editions OF Hegel, Fitch
te, Spencer, Huxley and a half-dozen
others accustomed to sit In the same
company, all dog-eared with much
reading.
Some ambitious foreman" mused,
and went on with my queries:
"Occupation?"
'Pico pala," he answered.
Pick and shovel" l exclaimed.
"Aad you read those?"
mo importa," he answered, again
with that elusive shadow of a smile.
1T doesn't matter" and as rose to
leave, "Buenos dias, senor," and he
turned again to his reading.
A few months before, remembered,
it had turned out that Spanish labor
er killed in a dynamite explosion in
the cut" had once been a celebrated
lawyer in Spain. / recalled that El
Unico, the anarchist Spanish weekly
published in Miratlores, contains some
crystal-clear thinking, set forth in Ian
guage that shows intelligence and edu-
cation, whatever you may think of the
philosophy it expounds.
Many romance and many
tragedy. perhaps, was played out
among the busy jungles of Panama.
Youths Companion.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
ii.ts,taasantsas,saH aHtitst,H,:,.,t:,t,,t,
A PURPOSE IN LIFE
BY FLORENCE LILLIAN HENoER-
SON

BY FLORENCE LILLIAN HENoER-
SON.
You won't amount to much,
Nephew Donald II you keep on this
way!"
Uncle Gregory" retorted the recall
citrant and discredlted Donald Baird
with whimsical twinkle in his merry
eye, II found out long ago that | was
an odd fish, not much good except TO
knock around the world, work hard
and keep cheerful. Here you insist
on my remaining land lubber /
don't fit In. Let me go back to the
blue and bounding billow again, and
throw me of your mind, and make me
happy"
Old Gregory Baird shook his head
dolefully and groaned. He was very
fond OF this erratic relative of hio.
When Donald returned from running
away to sea after voyage around the
world two years previous, the uncle
had set down his foot hard.
Here is a comfortable home and
enough to last out several lifetimes,
he had observed. "Ill leave 1t to you
and Rupert II you obey me and be-
have yourselves. II you don't, Ill cut
the rebel of with a penny
And so, not that he thought of the
money, but because he loved and re-
spected the old man, Donald hung
around the Baird homestead, half
bored to death and longing constant
ly for the rollicking breezy life on
the ocean wave.
It's all right, your studying navi-
cation and trigonometry, and all those
sailor-like gimcracks," now spoke
Uncle Gregory, but all you need TO
do is to find some good woman for a
wife, settle down here, run the es-
tate and enjoy life
I've yet to see the lady I'd take
for a mate!" laughed Donald. I'D
rather be free to rove as l please and
busy myself about the village here.
even If all find to do is to spin sea
yarns for the boys and girls and make
toy boats for the little tots"
You're wrong there, Donald i'm
sisted the old man. Every man owes
1t to himself to settle down and raise
a family Now look at your cousin,
Rupert--dresses well, goes into the
social swim, and has got in with the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
Salisbury Not a courtier.

The bishop of London on one occa'
sion when he went to Buckingham pal
ace told the king that he had passed
Lord Salisbury in an anteroom, but
the latter did not seem to know him.
oh" said King Edward, Lord Sails
bury never recognizes anyone" and
going to a bureau he took out a new
portrait of himself and handed 1t to
the bishop, saying: What do you
think of this?" "A very excellent like
ness, sir" said the bishop. When
showed it to Salisbury said the king,
"he looked hard at it and then said:
Poor old Butler, ! wonder If he's as
stupid as he looks.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
Cecil Rhodes's Euus,

Cecil Rhodes used to take a coop
of hens on board to provide fresh eggs
on his numerous voyages between
England and South Africa. But those
were three weeks Journeys, and not
a mere five-day crossing of the Allan
tic. Hence another prominent South
African parsonage was asked why he
did not follow Rhodes's example and
provide himself with the luxury Of
newlaid eggs at sea, "Oh don't
bother to take coop of fowls on
board" he replied, "but tip the
bos'un who looks after Rhodes's hens,
and ! get Rhodes's eggs"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
New TOPICS Of the Times.

Stranger (returning to the old home
town after several years absence in
the city)-"Well, well, well, If there
isn't old Deacon Trueblood and old 81
Hoskins sitting out yonder in front Of
Luscomb's grocery and still arguing.
Haven't those old fellows ever yet set
tied the question of orthodox bap-
tism?" Native" Baptism? They amt
talkin' baptism. Bill; Sis jes ex.
pIainin' to ther deacon that ther dea-
con would ha' done a durn sight bet
ter gittin' an automobile like Sis in
std OF gittin' ther kind OF one the
deacon did git."-St. Louis Repub-
lie.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
Bird Killed hu AeronIans.

A bird was beheaded by an aero
plane at Hendon, England. A dozen
aviators, including ceveral of the com
petitors in the Brightor-H -Hendon race,
were out, and at one time no fewer
than eight aeroplanes we're in the air.
When the Handley-Page machine re-
turned from a fight decapitated
partridge was found on one of the
planes. The bird had apparently been
caught by the propeller and whirled on
to the plane without the aviator, Mr.
Whitehouse, noticing 1t.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
Wonderful Case of Mrs. Stephenson,
on the Pacific Coast.

INprpENDENcr OREaoN"I sick with what four doctors
called Nervous PTosaon treated by them for several years,
would be while then back in the old way again had
papaton of the very bad ntng spells and nervous
hat snoon droppng the would nearly kill me, could not
lift the test weight without making sck fact was about as
could be. medicines adj
vered thought would try hem and am so thankful did i9r
tbev bened me at once about dozen bottles OF lydia f.
Pnbam Vegetable Compound and also used the Sanave Wash
Since then have them whenever felt sick Your remedies
are only doctor employ You are at liberty TO publish THIS t-
ter"-Nlrs' w. STEPHENSON, Independence Oregon.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
Not One Alike.

Our neighbors wife reports this
conversation with the young man who
comes to take the grocery orders:
step in and get warm-you look
half frozen"
Thank you, ma a'am. It's queer
weather we're getting"
Yes, it's so changeable."
That's the word ma'am. We don't
get single day alike, do we?"-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
GLOW WORMS ANESTHETICs

long, dry stalks by the roadside, re-
naming there motionless, in profound
meditation, throughout the scorching
summer days. 1t is in some such rest
ing place as this that I have often
been privileged to light upon the
lampyris banqueting on the prey
which he had just paralyzed on its
shaky support by his surgical arti-
fees
But he is familiar with other pre-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

Before he begins to feast the glow
worm administers an anesthetic
writes Henri Fabre in the Century
He chloroforms his victim, rivaling
in the process the wonders Of modern
surgery, which render the patient in
sensible before the surgeon operates
on him The usual game is a small
snail. hardly the size of a cherry,
which in hot weather collects in
clusters on the stiff stubbe and other
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
Ancient MonkIsh. burial Ground.

FFWeIgWE WVHNIsH' bUTIdI 1Founu.
Skeletons in cowls were unearthed
during the recent excavations in the
Church of Clairefontaine. near Ram
bouillet, France. The workmen dis
covered a sepulchre dating from the
eleventh century containing the skele-
tons Of 20 monks still enveloped in
their cowls and cassocks.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

serves. He frequents the edges of the
irrigating bitches, with their cool SOIL
their varied vegetation a favorite
haunt Of the mollusk Here he treats
the game on the ground and, under
these conditions it is easy for me to
rear him at home and to follow the
operators performance down to the
smallest detail
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
Had Rlnht to Select Place.

Bobby, my SON." exclaimed the dis
mayed mother as she saw all her boys
belongings stacked in a corner Of the
closet, haven't l tried over and over
to teach you that you should have a
place for everything" Yes, mother" T"
said the boy cheerfully, "and this is
the place"