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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16

The home builder and housekeeper
make themselves active agents in
the spread of consumption when they
so arrange the dwelling place that it
lacks sufficient ventilation, particu-
larly in sleeping rooms. A low-ceiled,
tight little room, with only a fraction
of the air space needed for a single
healthy adult, and with the windows
kept closed in winter to retain the
warmth, affords ideal conditions for
the development of the disease. Bad
air debilitates and weakens the whole
system, poisons the blood, and makes
the tissues, especially the lung tissues
"a veritable hotbed for the propaga-
tion of the germs. The story-and-a-
half house, with the contracted space
and sloping ceilings given to it's sleep
ing rooms, is a menace to the health
of all who live in it, whether it be
called a cottage or a bungalow"
The impression that tuberculosis
prevails chiefly in the cities is an I'M
founded delusion 1t is quite natural
that such an impression should pre-
vail, for we are accustomed to asso-
ciate with country living, an abun-
dance Of pure, fresh air, plenty of
room indoors and an unconstrained
observance Of the laws of health. But
the Gctual conditions are found to be
so often at variance with this ideal
as to compel even the most Jealous
advocates Of country living to admit
that the mere fact of ones living in
the country is no security against con-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16
LIGHT BOOZE.
Do You Drink 1t?

A minister's wife had quite a tus.
sic with coffee and her experience is
interesting. She says:
During the two years Of my train
ing as a nurse, while on night duty
l became addicted TO coffee drinking.
Between midnight and four in the
morning, when the patients were
asleep, there was little to do except
make the rounds, and it was quite
natural that / should want a hot cup
of coffee about that time. / could
keep awake better.
After three of four years Of cof-
fec drinking, l became a nervous wreck
and thought that / simply could not
live without my coffee. All this time
/ was subject to frequent bilious at
tacks, sometimes SO severe as to
keep me in bed for several days.
After being married, Husband
begged me to leave off coffee for he
feared that it had already hurt me
almost beyond repair, so | resolved to
make an effort to release myself from
the hurtful habit.
Il began taking Postum, and for a
few days felt the languid, tired feel
ing from the lack of the coffee drug,
but liked the taste Of Postum, and
that answered for the breakfast bev-
erage all right
FINALLY l began to feel clearer
headed and bad steadier nerves. AIT
er a years use of Postum ] now feel
like a new woman--have not had any
bilious attacks since ! left off coffee"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellville, in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be weH
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum-is soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in a cup Of hot water, and, with cream
and sugar, makes delicious bever-
age Instantly. 30c and SOC tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds 10
about the same.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16
NAMUR AND BANK OF ENGLAND

True" courteously replied Mr.. God
frey; but am no more exposed than
your majesty"
Yet" returned the king, Il am in
my duty, and therefore have a more
reasonable claim to preservation"
At this moment cannon ball, fired
from the ramparts, struck Michael
Godfrey and killed him instantly.
This sad event greatly affected VIII
liam and he commanded the body to
be taken to England where it was
laid to rest in St Swithin's church,
near the Bank of England. In the
church records Godfrey's memory is
honored thus:
He died bachelor, much lamented
by all his friends, relations and ac-
quaintances, for his integrity, his
knowledge and the sweetness of his
manners"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16
ABSOLUTE PROOF or DEATH
simple Test Familiar 10 All Phyal-
clans Prevents Possibility Of Per
son Being Buried Alive.

To many persons the dread OF be-
ing buried alive Is an obsession. Sci
ence has 80 many tests now that ruch
a thing ia almost impossible. There
is no necessity now for such precau-
tlons as we're taken in ancient times,
at the request OF those who feared
this contingency, Whom the attend
ing physician is In the least doubt he
has a very harmless and simple mode
of testing the point and proving abb
solutely whether the patient is really
dead or only in a cataleptic fit, sim
ulating death.
It is known that even though the
finger cannot detect the beat OF the
pulse. nor the stethoscope bear to the
listening ear of the physician the
least beat Of the heart, quiet cir
culation of the blood may be going
on. and the person be actually alive,
though giving no signs that can be
noted by touch or hearing.
It has been proved that II 16 grains
OF fuorescein-a substance explained
bv the chemists as an anhydrid of
resorcin, the we'll known aseptis
agent-be injected into the circula'
tory system. say at the jugular vein' in
q few minutes the mucous membranes
of the patient will appear decided
yellow, and the eyes viii be phosphor-
asoent-if there is any circulation go
ting on in this persons body, be 1t ever
so silent and gradual
If. on the other hand, there Is no
circulation, the duorescein viii have
no effect on the mucous membranes
whatever and the eyes win not have
any brllliancy, proving that there Is
nc life in the body Of this person
Here is one Of the simplest, and at
the same time surest, tests of life
known to science. There is no reason
whatever for the fear of being stlii
alive when buried, If this simple test
is made.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16
PLANTS HAVE MENTAL LIFE
Scientific Discoveries Concerning tho
Lower Forms of Living Matter
Are Interesting.

That plants are very much alive TO
their surroundings, and respond to
stimuli in a manner quite similar to
animals is an old story now. Theii
sensitiyeness differs in quantity rath
er than in quality from that of man
If one chooses to take a broad view OF
psychology, that science may be held
to include a sub-department dealing
with plant sensations and intelligence
Vegetables can certainly feel, and at
ter a fashion are endowed with con
seriousness Of their own; they may be
scared. and in a primitive, protoplas'
mic way show signs of reasoning. To
press the analogy somewhat, plants
show wide variations in intelligence,
so we may posit cultured as well as
a stupid class among them.
This Juggling with words, however,
belongs properly to the romance de-
partment of science. The mental life
of plants is, in the ordinary under
standing of that phrase, a purely sub
jective phenomenon with the human
observer. It's use is justified, perhaps,
for the purpose of awakening popular
interest in these manifestations of the
lower forms Of living matter the
more particularly as the STUDY of such
phenomena is likely to help US in un-
raveling and explaining the compli-
Gated mental processes OF the human
brain
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16

A KINDLY IMPULSE
BY ALvAH JoRDoN GARTH.

"Golng back home, are you EarlY'
inquired Clyde Forrest OF his cousin,
yes" came the sharp, somewhat
irritable response. I'm going back
to Dunham thoroughly cured of my
fancy for rowing. IN put what is left
OF my 5000 in the bank. l wish /
had never drawn II out. I'm going to
buckle down to work and keep right
on my old plodding sensible pro
gram My high and lofty ideas have
taken a drop, can tell you'll"
Earl BARLEY acted and felt some
what ruilled. His story was simple
one. He had lived at Dunham all his
life. His father had left him small
but steady real estate and insurance
business, There were no big profits
but the regular collection Of rents for
clients and some notary public bust
ness resulted in a fairly good added
income.
Earl had q girl" Mary Evans was
pretty, popular, and, best Of all, prac-
teal. Earl earned enough to dress
we'll and take Mary to the occasional
entertainments Dunham afforded, His
father had left him the family horse,
but slow and old now. Also a buggy
that had seen it's best days, Mary
declared that she enjoyed a drive on
Il safe basis. Whenever some Of the
more fortunate young bloods of Dun
ham dashed by with their automo-
biles however, Earl felt chagrined
and behind the times.
It's not justice to n nice girl like
Mary to ask her out with slow poky
old Dobbin," rumlnated Earl Wish
had an automobile could get
around fast and double my business
Wish was making more money"
Then he had a visit from his cousin
Clyde who lived at Rowland That
town was having a boom, There were
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16
First Deputy Governor of Great Brit
ish Financial Institution Killed
In the Trenches.

By a strange coincidence Namur,
the Belgian city which is fighting so
prominently in the great European
war, is connected with stirring story
concerning the Bank of England, says
London Tit-Bits.
AS everyone knows, William Patter-
son, Scottish farmer, was the found,
er Of the great institution in Thread
needle street His plan for national
bank was submitted to the govern
ment in 1891, but it was not till three
years later that the chancellor of the
exchequer, Mr. Montague, and Mi
chael Godfrey, one of the richest mer-
chants In London, put the scheme into
operation. At this time England was
at war with France, and Godfrey, who
was the banks first deputy governor,
left his peaceful occupation to visit
Namur, then being vigorously be-
sieged by the English forces under
William III. Godfrey had undertaken
this perilous journey in order to con
suit the king respecting the supply Of
money to the army necessary to carry
on the war. Thinking that the safest
place would naturally be somewhere
near his majesty, Michael ventured in
to the trenches and soon caught the
eye of the king
Mr. Godfrey" said William, grave
ly, Il think you ought not to run this
risk. You are civilian and can be
Of no use here"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16

valid and | was foolish 10 venture so
far from home In my condition. This
ends automobIllng for me! II you will
consent to drive me as far as Cory
don, you can get train there TO
Dunham early this evening and I'll
be glad TO settle for your trouble"
Never mind that end of IT," said
Earl. and spirited up at the thought
OF seeing Mary that evening after all
During the next hour Earl learned
that his companion was whimsical
young man OF wealth, who faneied
himself an invalid Tho brusque, free
energy of Earl made his acquaintance
quite companionable lie reused out
Of his timidity about dusk.
I'm relieve you at the Wheel he
observed. wish l had your splendid
physique and nerve, my friend and
he spurted up the machine, quite
pleased at gaining courage from the
proximity of Earl.
just at dusk they went whizZing
by farm house, Earl had turned ON
the reaectors and Short, quite roused
up with his valiant efforts at the
wheel, was putting on the speed when
he suddenly drew back with a posi-
tive scream.
Great heavens he gasped-I
have killed somebody"
Only a flashing glance Earl had of
a PROSTATE figure in the middle of
the road. Then the swift machine
passed over it. There was an unearth-
ly yell. Earl's flesh crept. Short had
dropped away from the wheel and
sat huddled back In the seat, his
hands over his eyes and ehattering
madly in an excess OF wild terror
If Earl had not seized the wheel
just in the nick of time, the machine
would have gone over the side OF the
road to sure destruction.
"Be a mani" he adiured his frantic
companioa and ran back the road.
He returned almost instantly
1t was a dummy figure, a trick
o. the farm boys to scare race iiends, .
he explained Come, come, brace
up!" he urged the abiect, nerve-racked
Short.
Il cant-oh, this excitement will
kill me-" chartered Short. Get me
out of this and | will never enter an
automobile again. Please, please, ask
the farm people to get a steady rig
and drive me home! I'll pay any
price"
But the machine?"
"Yours-take it, keep it. / vow new
er to enter one again. If you don't
take 1t, I'll send my man after it and
have it sunk in the river, I'm in earn
est. It's yours-oh, get me home!'
And that is why Earl BARLEY drove
into Dunham that same evening the
proud possessor of a two thousand
dollar touring car. 1t built up his
business as he planned, and there
came an opportunity to sell some
property for Mr.. Short, which squared
the deal.
And all our good fortune because
you followed a kindly impulse to help
a poor fellow in trouble!" said Mary
sweetly the day they were married.
Copyright 1914 by w G. Chapman)
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16

possible grand openings for an enter
prising young man, so Earl left his
business temporarily in charge of an
assistant and went down to explore
conditions at Rowland.
1t took Earl month to find out that
whatever there was of good property
chances had been already cornered
by wide-awake residents Of the town.
1t took him another month to discov-
er that the cause of the boom, the re-
port that two large industries were
going to locate at Rowland, was false.
The bottom of the boom fell out. Then
came a plaintive letter from Mary.
She missed him, she was lonely
come home"
Well" said Clyde, live and learn.
You've had a rest and some expert
ence, anyway"
I've had my nonsensical ambition
knocked clear out of me" retorted
Earl Il fancy home-faring life is the
best. Good-by.'
All Earl thought of under the in
fuence of the pathetic letter from
Mary, was to get back home and
buckle down to hard work along the
old lines
1t was two miles from the home of
his cousin to the railroad depot, Earl
swung along the country road calcu-
lating he had just time to reach the
station for the last train Of the day.
As he made a turn in the road he was
hailed loudly
A well-dressed young man sat help
Iessly surveying stalled automobile.
One wheel was stuck in a rut. He
presented a picture Of frantic anxiety
and nervous worry.
See here" he called out, come
this way, won't you? My machine
has gone dead, I'm in rut and /
don't know what to do"
why, get out and fix it," advised
Earl, little nettled at the useless
ness exhibited by the owner Of the
auto.
Il can't. | don't know how" almost
walled the young man. I'm an inval-
ld-neryous wreck! Doctor says l
must be careful. Please help me out,
that's a good fellow"
Earl glanced at his watch. He had
40 time to waste A thought Of Mary
spurred him on. Common sympathy
urged him to act the humanitarian.
He set at work on the machine. At
the end of one-half an hour he had it
In right trim.
"I've got to catch train" he said.
II suppose you'll take me to the
Btation?"
Yes, but I'm too nervous to run the
auto myself" declared his new ac-
uuadntance, so Earl took the wheel.
He sprinted, but they arrived at the
depot just in time to see the train
disappearing around bend. He ex-
planed his predicament to his com
panion, and none too pleasantly, for
ais mind had been set ON reaching
home that evening.
I'm dreadfully sorry that I've
caused you all this trouble" remarked
his companion. See here, though, you
can do me a further favor and help
yourself out, too"
"How is that?" queried Earl
brusquely.
why, live at Corydon, am
Leslie Short. AS told you, I'm an in
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16


latures, for combating the white
plague a fraction of the moneys
which they would freely vote to pro-
tect 7oyagers from the less destruc-
tive white caps" of the sea. Yet the
ravages OF tuberculosis are far more
easily preventable than are the calam-
ities attendant on ocean traffic.
Our foe is an invisible one. 1t is
true he marches upon US millions
strong, but we know Of his presence
only by his works We call him the
white plague" because OF the color
he gives the tubercles ("tubers,' y
"lumps') which he causes to grow in
our lungs and elsewhere in our bodies.
When we hunt for him with a micro
scope we find he is a bacillus, or won
derfully small, rodlike plant or germ,
which, having found his way say, 10
our lungs, propagates himself with
greater or less rapidity according to
the circumstances surrounding him.
The little invader may find his way
into the body through lungs, stomach
or skin.
The old-time belief that tuberculosis
was hereditary is now known to be
unfounded. Unless it is communicat.
ed to a child after birth he may never
know the disease. He may, however,
inherit a bodily condition which pre-
disposes him to afford a ready lodg-
ment Of the germs in his tissues. The
disease never comes Of itself" 1t
requires the planting OF a specific
seed, ripened in some other organ
ism. No one can become infected
with human tuberculosis unless some
other person or animal, infected there
with, has scattered the germs upon
the ground. in the house, upon bed
ding clothing or food from which,
through the air we breathe, the food
we eat. or otherwise, they may enter
into our bodies 1t is communicated,
through these carelessly scattered
germs-Oftenes from the dried spit
of a consumptive-from one person to
another, until a whole family or
group OF families may become agen-
cies for the spread of the disease.
Whole tribes and nations have been
known to be free from tuberculosis
until some traveller brought it to them,
perhaps unconsciously in his own
sputa, or in the clothing or bedding
it may be, Of some companion who
had died of It.
A secondary source of the disease
is found in the fact that the tuber-
culosis Of animals is very nearly the
same as that in man, and so it may be
communicated through the eating OF
milk or meat Of infected animals In
innate association with a person hav-
ing the disease-sleeping in the same
bed, drinking and eating from the
same vessels, kissing and fondling,
and breathing the dust raised by
sweeping rooms Inhabited by such
is the most common way in which tu-
berculos!s is spread. The dwellings
in which one or more cases Of the dis
ease have occurred without the OBJ
servance Of modern sanitary precau-
tions have often become effective in
strumentalities for propagating the
disease-family after family contract
ing 1t as each has successfully occu-
pied the house
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16
JUST AS AN ILLUSTRATION
Yorkshire Man Had His Reasons for
Desiring Salesman to Repeat His
"SeIling Talk"

A commercial traveller had been
talking his hardest, his most eloquent,
his most persuasive for nearly an hour
to a shrewd old Yorkshire business
man. The old fellow seemed convinced
and pleased, and the traveller thought
he had his fish landed. But the York
shire man said:
There's ma lad, Jock. Aid lake
him to hear what ye have to say. VIII
ye COON this afternoon and go over
your talk AGAIN."
Certainly sir, with pleasure" re
piled the traveller heartily, and at the
hour appointed presented himself
again for the interview with father
and son. Again he went over the.
points of the article he had to SELL
forcibly, eloquently, persuasively
Never had he acquitted himself of a
finer selling talk
When he had finished the old York
shire map turned to his son and said
enthusiastically: DO you hear that
Jock? We'll, now, that's the way
want ye to sell our goods on the road"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16
Provinu an AIlbj.

"Your honor" said the prisoner, II
am not a burglar. These jimmies and
explosives found in my bag were not
meant for dishonest purposes"
Then why did you carry them with
you?" asked the interested Judge,
81 travel daily between my home in
Swarthmore and the city," replied the
prisoner "and use them to open the
car windows"
Whereupon he was honorably dis.
charged. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16
"cute."

The word CUTE" which is shcrt-
ened form Of acute, is not classical
English, and it is not to be wondered
at that you failed to find it in the dio
tlonaries you consulted. 1t is a colo
quial Americanism and might almost
be classed as slang. 1t has two mean
ings. In the first place it means clever,
especially in looking out for ones own
advantage in petty ways, shrewd,
smart, as "a cute trick 1t also means
small and pretty, attractive, as "a
cute baby" "a cute little watch"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16

spread of this dread disease can be
prevented, and that it can, within a
reasonable period, be banished from
the land just as yellow fever has been
banished from regions once looked up
on as its permanent, heaven-ordained
habitant One would think that the
narrowing spectacle of 1900 of our
people dying every week of the year as
a result of our careless seed-sowing
would kindle in every breast deter
mination to stop it. But such a result
can be secured only by such co-opera-
tion on the part Of the public with pa.
tients and their families as involves
the sacrifice of much money on the
one hand, and of much affectionate SEN
timent and some liberty" on the other.
1t depends largely on the answer made
to the question, Can our people rise
to the high altruistic level necessary for
such sacrifices" ?" whether or not con-
sumption shall be banished in a gen
Grafton. From what we now know
regarding the spread of tuberculosis
it is plain that if we would prevent the
scattering of the seed we must isolate
those who scatter it, 1t should be
done as kindly and with as much re-
gard to the affections of patient and
family as possible, but it should be
done. Every citizen should take a
hand in the work of stamping out this
fearful disease, which takes such a
heavy yearly toll. Urge your senator
and representative to support any
measure looking to this end
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16

The English cuckoo, like the Ameri,
can cowbird, leaves it's single egg in
the nests Of birds much smaller than
itself, like the hedge sparrow, the pied
wagtail and the weadow pipit When
the young cuckoo-a veritable giant in
comparison with its nestmates-is a.
few days old, it pushes Its companions
out of the nest and thus becomes the
sole object of the care of it's tiny fos-
ter parents.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16
Wanted a Supply.

Mr.. Highseed (from Worcester, in
Italian restaurant)-"Say, 81, this here
spaghetty's all right, amt it?" Mr..
Meddergrass-"You bet! When l git
home I'm a-goin' tew write tew our
congressman fer package o. the seed,
SOS kin raise it fer myself"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16
Greatest Musical Nation.

To say of any one nation that it,
has "given us the best and most
charming music" would be rather
hazardous statement. Italy has Civ
en- US much fine music, and so has
France, and Austria, and England, and
even the United States. Perhaps Ger
many has the best claim to be called
the leading musical nation. Certainly
no other nation can show greater mu-
sic than that which was composed by
Beethoven, Mozart and other artists
from the Fatherland.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16
WATER FOR THE DYSPEPTIC
French Physician Gives Advice Which
Should Be Of Much Value to
the Afflicted.

Doctor Leven Of Paris, one Of the
most famous specialists in disorders
of the stomach, gives in a recent paper
some advice on how and when dyspep-
tics should drink
He says that X-ray observations Of
the stomach have proved the er-
roneou5 nature Of the established be
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16

QuieksiIvNr miners follow the most
unhealthful rade in the world. The
fumes of thu mercury produce con-
stant salvation, and the system, be-
comes permected with the metal; the
teeth of the unfortunate men drop
out, they lose their appetite become
emaciated and as a rule seldom live
longer than two years.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-16
Heel In Fruit Trees.

When your nursery stock reaches
Won this fall go to work Immediately
tn heel 1t in, that is, dig trench about
two feet deep and wide enough SO 1t
win readily accommodate the roots Of
the trees. Lay the trees In this trench
side BY side without crowding. You
ran make your trench as long as yoa
desire.