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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-04-10

man genius for organization has leo
to a most elaborate system OF cosor-
dination between the various local CO
operative associations. For example,
all cooperative dairies within q prov
ince will be united together In cen
trail association which unifes and har-
monlEes the work OF all the local or
ganiEations. These central provincial
societies are In turn in an empire
wide federation with headquarters at
Berlin. You will therefore in that
city find several central concerns,
each of which is allied with hundreds
of local societies. This Capitalization
scheme has many advantages. II pro
vides for supervision, inspection, and
audit which leads to good accounting
systems and good business methods.
The central office serves as n bureau
of information and advice. In case OF
marketing the central society, by rea-
son of It's size and financial resources,
gets into markets which would be al
together inaccessible to the little 10
cal concern. Without Capitalization
German cooperation would be much
less effective than 1t is.
Increased Quantity.
Here In Germany, as elsewhere, CO.
operation has not only enabled the
farmer to make the most out of what
he produces, but has increased the
quantity and improved the quality of
the product itself. This has been true
in every line where cooperative or
ganizations have become active. The
results in dairying are fairly repre-
sentative. In Bradenburg tests we're
made in 1908 which covered the pro
duction OF over 1000 cows. The av-
erage yield of milk per COW was found
to be 1861 Kilograms, producing 95 kill
ograms Of butter, and netting profit
Of 10S.06 marks per COW. In 1910 the
average yield had increased to 1855
Kilograms Of milk, producing 101 kilo-
grams of butter, and netting 1895
marks profit for each COW, an increase
Of 24.59 marks per COW, matter Of
$4,000 on the 1000 cows.
German Cooperation Democratic.
phrase the recognized formula for
democracy "of the members, by the
members, and for the members" No
body thinks of a German cooperative
society as organized for the purpose
of declaring dividends. The utmost
returns that those who hold shares
receive is a FIVE or six per cent. profit.
II a creamery, for example, finds it
self with undivided profits it does not
distribute them to the members In pro-
portion to the shares they hold, but
to the members who as patrons bring |
in the milk and cream, and they go to
them in proportion to the quantity and |
quality furnished by each. These |
profits constitute as it we're an add. |
tional price, which the patrons receive |
for their product. All. too, are man.
aged upon the "one man one vote"
plan. The member who holds only one
share and brings in the milk of only
one COW has the same voting power as
the farmer with thousand shares and
a thousand COWS. Cooperation is most
emphatically democratic.
Good Quality and Good Business.
German co-operators themselves
ascribe the success of their societies
largely to good quality and good busi-
ness methods. The societies pride
themselves upon the fact that their
output is better than that Of privately
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-04-10

of unnecessary labor entailed when
multiplied by every day in the year
amounts to a great deal in the aggre-
gate. Every one likes to see house
look well from the front, but really
the most important thing is the cult
nary department and the accessories
thereto.
In this plan these important fea.
lures have received a great deal OF
consideration. They are homely sub
jects but we have formed a national
habit of eating about three times a
day, and that foots up to more than
a thousand meals during the year.
Women usually are not adopts at fig.
ures, but these facts will appeal to
every woman who has managed a
house as large as this with a family
numerous to fill 1t.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-04-10
Second Floor Plan.

good many roofs in the snowy north
ern states where considerable shovel
ing is necessary after heavy snow
storms The roof must not be too
plain, and 1t must not be too fancy.
There is more in the general design
than in the fancy features.
Next to the general plan and de-
sign the conveniences for doing the
house work are very important. A
person builds a house once and lives
in 1t for years usually. II the range,
kitchen sink, pantry, outside doors
cellarway and other working con.
veniences that woman uses every
day are so placed that she takes a
few extra steps each time, the amount
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-04-10
TRIALS OF YE oLDEN DRlNKER
No InebrIate OF Today Would Stand
for the Rule as Here
Outlined.

London.--Here is an extract from
the Diocesan Registry at Gloucester
which would make modern drinker
sit up.
"Drunks" were ordered, the record
states, to stand up on the coming Sun
day after the homily and say;
I'VE are sorie for our intemperance
in oyer moche drynke, intending to,
amende ourselves for hensforthe and,
to 1--WE sobrelye, and the learne the,
creed, the lords prayer and the ten
commandments, bye the feasts of all
saints next" +
This was in August, 1851.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-04-10
First Floor Plan.

before deciding on any plan or design.
find that it is necessary for people
who are not accustomed to reading
architectural drawing to study the
subject in this way in order to get
a clear idea OF what the plans, eleva-
tions and specifications really mean.
The study Of book of house plans
will often result in building entirely
different from the one first decided
upon.
There are so many different styles
of roofs, for instance, and the roof
has good deal to do with the value
of the house. If you like the roof
you are almost sure to like the house.
1t is a sort OF introduction from o
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-04-10

distance. It is the first thing you see
when you approach home at night
and the last thing you see upon leaV.
ing In the morning.
A good roof has good deal TO do
with the real value as well as the
sentimental value of a dwelling Some
roofs are so made that snow piles
up in the corners to melt and freeze
and back up the water so you have
to get up in the night and set pans
and pals around at different places
to catch the drips. This happens with
comparatively new roofs that are i'm
properly constructed. There are Q
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-04-10
safebIowers OBLIGED.

Stockton, Cal.-"Don't blow the safe.
Here's the combination"
A note bearing these words was
found by cracksmen when they en-
tered the plumbing establishment OF
Pahl & Henry, in the business dis
trict. They followed directions and
made away with $3.50.
There's no sense in having a 5000
safe wrecked when there is only $3.50
In IT," member OF the Arm explained
subsequently.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-04-10
Matter Of Llberalltv.

Miss Bessie Neater cultivated
"Her books are simply delightful. In
deed, think she is the most liberal
writer / know Of" Miss Hattie Bacon
(uncultivated)-"W / don't know |
don't think she is as liberal as Mrs.
Southworth. Mrs. Southworth gives
you 400 pages for a quarter every
time. The Bostonian.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-04-10
BUGS PAINTED ON CHEEKS
Adorn the Faces Of Paris
Beauties.

Paris. Designs painted on the
cheeks are the latest barbarous eccen-
tricity INDUCED in by Parisiennes.
which is ousting the colored wigs.
The fad now is to have a miniature
work Of art in the form of a bird, bug,
lizard or what not painted in natural
colors on the cheek
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-04-10
The Roof Of the Russian Church.


covered in 1S48. He paid $4,000 for
the buildings and other effects at Fort
Ross and four smaller settlements in
the neighborhood In 1912 the Rus
slams sailed away for Sitka. Four
years later California passed from
Mexico to the United States.
There are few relics of the Russian
occupation still to be seen at Fort
Ross. The commandant's house still
stands, and parts of the stockade can
yet be seen. The church was in fair
condition until the great earthquake
of 1906, which threw the roof, with
its quaint cupola and belfry, to the
ground. But even then the massive
timbers, fastened with hand-wrought
bolts and spikes, held together.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-04-10
GETTYSBURG Hero Killed.

Ferdinand Koeber, aged ninety, an
inmate of the Soldiers Home at Ma
rion, Ind, who was spending a fur
Tough in Lancaster, Pa, fell down a
fight Of stairs at his boarding house
and was killed.
Koeber was the man who caught
Gen. John r. Reynolds, who was shot
at the battle Of Gettysburg, as he fell
from his horse, dead.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-04-10
Gives Benefit Of Doubt.

Miss Janet Soudder says that, given
the same amount of talent and educa
ton, men could produce as fine statues
as women. She is herself sculptor,
and this remark quoted is her little
sarcastic answer to Brander Matthews,
who said that women should have
hall Of fame Of their own, as he did
not believe they could do the same
kind Of work as men, and consequently
could not be classed in hall of fame
with them.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-04-10
Hlatorx Repeats.

"You are the manager here, ehf
Well, years ago l dtaed here, and be-
Ing unable to pay my bill you kicked
me out"
Very sorry, sir; but business, you
know-er-"
"Oh, that's all right, old chap--but-
might / trouble you again?"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-04-10
RARE-

Beggar-Say, mister, gimme q
dime?
Mr.. Krusty-Why don't you go tc
work?
Beggar--I am working I'm a co
lector Of rare coins.
Mr.. Krusty-But dime isn't a rar
coin.
Beggar--It 10 to me, sir
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-04-10

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject OF building. for the readers OF this
paper. On account OF his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
IL, without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
10 William A. Radford, No. 1897 Prairie
avenue, Chicago. Ill, and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
A house 36 by 40 feet is just about
the right size when you want four
bedrooms with good sized living rooms
down stairs. II makes a great dif-
ference in the cost of building wheth-
er you have large rooms or small
rooms.
Many times architects are asked TO
design an eight-room house with no
sizes stipulated, but 1t is intimated
that large rooms are wanted. When
the plan is finished and the cost COM
puted there is an objection at once
on the score of expense and the archi-
tect is asked to reduce the size to
come within the owners means.
This is a difficult task. In the first
place the owner has got his ideas
up to a rather pretentious house and
he has decided that he wants four
bedrooms, which, with bathroom, hall
and stairway means that he must
either have a house about the size
of this one or he must cut down the
size of the rooms considerably. The
decision usually is to make the rooms
smaller, but this often alters the ap-
pearance of ths house until the gen
eral effect is disappointing.
If a person can stand the expense
this eight-room house plan is a good
one; the proportions are right and
the floor space is utilized to the very
best advantage for convenience, sani-
tation and general utility, when con
sidered as a home for a good sized
family.
A great deal of time has been de-
voted to the stairway to make it one
of the most complete house stairways
ever built. 1t is easy to look at a
stair when finished and admire it, but
only architects realize how difficult It
is to start with naked plan and build
a stair that will connect all parts of
the house, including the cellar and the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-04-10

The Breezy One-I say, old man, If
you'll let me have the loan Of $40 I'll
be eternally indebted to you.--Puck.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-04-10

she-But it's awfully cold in the
house The fire is out.
He (absently) )-Good Well be all
Alone.--Cornell Widow.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-08
WASH THE CELERY STALKS
Advice Given by the Department of
Agriculture Should Be Needed
by Every Housewife.

Since the United States Department
of Agriculture has discovered that it
is practically impossible to bring sat-
isfactory celery to market unless the
plants have been sprayed with Dor
deaux mixture, or the salts of copper
declared injurious for use in food prod
ucts, two warnings have been issued,
one to the housewives telling them to
wash the celery before using it, and
the other to the farmers telling them
that the danger in using this blight
preventative was due to a faulty
spraying apparatus. 1t should be
spread at high pressure to make fine
mist instead of in a stream which set
ties on the leaves and runs down the
stalks. In this way it settles in the
roots and is not washed away by the
rain, giving the celery blue look
However, even if the spray is prop
erly used the department of agricul-
ture advises the consumer to break
the punches and wash and scrub the
stalks before they are eaten Chem
tcal analysis proves that his cleans
ing removes nearly all the copper
left by the spray and prevents injury
to those eating the celery.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-08

man with gold eyeglasses, who
smelled of some curious sickish-sweet
perfume, came and took him by the
hand and led him into room where
his father lay In bed, very gray and
quiet
The white hand on the coverlet
had beckoned to him and he had gone
close up to the bed. standing very
straight. his heart beating fast and
hard
Joint" the word had been almost
a whisper, very tense and anxious.
very distinct. John, you're little
boy, and father is going away"
Toto Wishing House?'
The gray lips had smiled then, ever
so little, and sadly. mo. John.
Take me with you, father! Take
me with you!"
His voice had trembled then, and he
had had to gulp hard.
Listen, John, for what am say
ing is very important. You don't
know what / mean now, but some
time you will" The whisper had
grown strained and frayed, but it was
still distinct. II can't go to the Never
Never Land. But you may sometime.
If you If you do, and Ii you
find Wishing House, remember that
the men who lived in 1t be-
fore you and me were gen.
tlemen. Whatever else they were,
they were always that Be
like them. John. will your
Yes, father"
The old gentleman with the eye
glasses had come forward then, hasti-
ly.
Goodnight, father"
He had wanted to kiss him, but
strange cool hush had settled on the
room and his father seemed all at
once to have fallen asleep. And he
had gone out, so carefully, on tiptoes
wondering, and suddenly afraid.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-08
CHAPTER III.
The Turn of the Page.

John Valiant stirred and laughed, a
little self-consciously. for there had
been drops on his face
Presently he took a check-book from
his pocket and began to figure on the
stub, looking up with wry smile. To
come down to brass tacks,' he NUT
tered, when I've settled everything
(thank heaven, don't owe my tailor!)
there will be little matter of twenty
eight hundred odd dollars, passe mo
tor and my clothes between me and
the bread-line!"
Everything else he had disposed OF
everything but the four-footed COM
rade there at his feet. But I'd not
sell you, old chap" he said, softly:
mot a single lick of your friendly
pink tongue; not for beastly hum
dred thousand"
He withdrew his caressing hand and
looked again at the check-stub. Twen-
ty-eight hundred! He laughed bleakly.
Why, he had spent more than that a
month ago on ball at Sherry's! This
morning he had been rich; tonight he
was poor!
What could he do? He could not
remember time when he had not had
all that he wanted He had never bor-
rowed from a friend or been dunned
by an importunate tradesman. And
he had never tried to earn a dollar in
his life; as to current methods of MAX
ing a living. he was as ignorant as q
Pueblo Indian.
He rose grimly and dragged his
chair facing the window. The night
was balmy and he looked down across
the darker sea of reefs, barred like a
gigantic checker-board by the shining
lines of streets, to where the flashing
electric signs of the theater district
laid their wide swath of colored RAJ
dance. The manifold calls of the
street and the buzz of trolleys made a
dull tonal background, subdued and
far-away.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-08
Rhuharh Ice.

Use the red-stalk variety of rhu-
barb. Wash well, cut finely and stew
until soft in plenty of water, making
a thin sauce. Then strain and meas
ure. Add a cupful of sugar to a
pint of juice. Stir until the sugar is
dissolved and the mixture is cold, then
freeze. A dash of orange peel may
be cooked with the rhubarb, and the
juice added to the cold mixture. This
may be made into more elaborate
ices by adding meringues- or
marshmallow or almond, candied or
ange peel or cherries and various 9TH
err dainty touches will modernize the
original idea.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-08
EASY TO KEEP FOOD FRESH.
Fruit and Vegetables May Be Bought
While Cheap and Preserved AT
most Indefinitely.

1t is much more injurious to food to
keep it in a box with scant supply
of ice than to leave it covered on
pantry shelf where there is good
supply of fresh air. If one must be
economical with ice wrap each cake
in a piece of old wooden blanket.
which must be removed and boiled In
water and baking soda once week
Fruit and vegetables may be bought
at the height of their season, when
they are at their best and cheapest,
and by simple and safe methods Kept
until a later time, when they VIII De
more of delicacy because out OF sea-
son and more expensive to buy, and
more than likely not in the market
at all.
Lettuce, parsley and all other green
things may be kept deliciously fresh II
first washed in cold water, shaken and
then packed In a tin pail that has
very tight cover, so that the air may
not penetrate to them, and set In
cool place. In the case of lettuce,
when the cover is removed the leaves
will pop up and you will find them as
crisp and fresh as If they had just
come from the garden.
Even lettuce that has wflted to
sorry state will revive wonderfully II
subjected to few hours of such treat
ment. To purify green's that are to
be eaten raw, use a pinch of boric
acid powder in the water in which
they are washed.
Tomatoes picked when just ripe and
firm and attached to the stems will
keep almost indefinitely with no no
ticeable loss of freshness il covered
with brine made by dissolving tea
cupful of salt in gallon of pure,
fresh water. Place them in an earthen
vessel. A mixture of water and vine
gar will also keep them fresh for a
long time.
To treat cabbage in order to have
it retain all its fresh, crisp, clean
qualities for a long time, strip off the
root and old outside leaves, clear down
to compact head. Take two Or three
thicknesses of clean newspapers and
wrap up each cabbage in tight, neat
little bundle. Place In box or barrel.
If you will take freshly gathered
green corn on the cob or carefully
shelled peas or beans and dip them in
boiling water, then dry them in a
room in which there is free circu-
lation of air, they will keep for long
time and retain all their freshness
and flavor.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-08

symmetrical, exQuisitely perfect. The
little group with whom she sat looked
somewhat out of place in that mixed
assemblage. Smartly groomed and
palpably members of set to whom
John Valiant was a familiar they had
had only friendly mods and smiles for
the young man at whom so many there
had. gazed with iaundiced eyes.
To the general public which read its
daily newspaper perhaps none of the
gilded set was better known than
Vanity Valiant" The new Panhard
he drove was the smartest car on the
avenue, and the collar on the white
bulldog that pranced or dozed on its
leather seat sported diamond buckle.
To the spacewriters Of the social col
umns, he had been a perennial inspira-
ton The patterns OF his waistcoats,
and the splendors of his latest bache-
lors' dinner at Sherry's-with such
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-08
DID NOT IMPRESS LANDLORD
innkeeper Could Serve Excellent
Luncheon, But Evidently Was
Not of Literary Mind.

They are telling in Westchester a
story about Richard Harding Davis
and Governor Morris.
These two writer's. it appears, were
motoring the other. day, and stopped
at an inn for luncheon. The luncheon
was excellent, and after it was over
Mr.. Davis went out to look over the
car, leaving Mr.. Morris alone. Mr..
Morris, in good spirits from his tine
meal, said genially to the landlord:
Landlord, you'll be interested, per
haps, to know that my companion Is
Mr.. Richard Harding Davis"
The landlord tried his best to look
impressed and interested.
You don't say" he remarked. And
what business might he be I'M"
A few minutes later Mr.. Morris took
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-08
CHAPTER |.
The Crash.


Failed" calculated John Valiant
blankly, and the hat he held dropped
to the ciaret-colored rug like huge
white sploteh of sudden fright The
orporation-failed!"
The young man was the glass OF
fashion, from the silken ribbon on the
spotless Panama to his pearl-gray gait
ers, and well favored-a 1.-THE stalwart
figure, with wide-set hazel eyes and
strong brown hair waving back from
a candid forehead.
Never had his innocuous and but
fer-fiy existence known a surprise
more startling. He had swung into
the room with all the nonchalant hab-
its, the ingrained gertrude of the man
born with achievement ready-made in
his hands. And a single curt state
ment-like the ruthless blades of a
pair Of shears-had shipped across
the one splendid scarlet thread in the
wool that constituted life as he knew
it. He had knotted his lavender scarf
that morning a vice-president OF the
Valiant Corporation-one of the great
day organizations; he sat now in the
fading afternoon trying to realize that
the huge fabric, without warning. had
toppled to its fall
How solid and changeless it had
always seemed-that great business
fabric woven by the father he could
SO dimly remember! His own invested
EI1s1
great corporation the elder Valiant
had founded and controlled until his
death With almost unprecedented
earnings, it had stood as very Glib
Taltar of finance. a type and sign of
brilliant organization. Now, on the
heels of trusts dissolution which
would be a nine-days' wonder, the vast
structure had crumbled up like card
board. The rains had descended and
the foods had come, and it had fallen
The man at the desk had wheeled
in his revolving chair and was looking
st the trim athletic back plotting the
daylight, with a smile that was little
short of covert sheer. He was one
Of the local managers of the corpora
tion whose ruin was to be that days
sensation, colorless man who had &C
quired middle age with his first long
trousers and had been dedicated to the
commercial treadmill before he had
bought a safety-razor. He despised all
loiterers along the primrose paths, and
John Valiant was but a decorative fig
Urehead
Valiant started as the other spoke at
his elbow. He had come to the win
dow and was looking down at the
pavement. How quickly some news
spreads"
For the first time the young man
noted that the street below was filling
with a desultory crowd. He distin-
guished a knot of italian laborers talk
ing with excited gesticulations -