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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
JOHN JUST COULDN'T MARRY
Had Peculiar Reason, But After All
1t Is Always Good Thing to
Look Ahead.

Governor-elect Stuart OF Virginia
who was at the Raleigh, has travelled
in every nook and corner of the old
Dominion, and he knows thousands OF
voters well enough to call them by
their first names, says the Washing
ton Post. The governor was down in
one of the southern counties not long
ago. He has lot Of friends in that
section, and one of his particular hob.
bies Is the promotion of the social wei
fare Of the negroes A prosperous
looking darkey ventured to shake
hands with the governor-elect, where
upon Governor Stuart remarked.
John, hope you are well and that
the members Of your family are all
we'll"
"Everybody's we'll" returned the
darkey, only All hasn't got no fam.
bly,"
Why aren't you married?' in
quired Governor-elect Stuart
No, All isn't married" replied
John.
Well, you ought to get married,
advised the governor Every man
ought to be married. 1t is best fer
ones moral and spiritual welfare and
his material happiness"
It's this away" said John. "Ah'd
lax pow'ful well to git married. but
All amt got money 'nulf to git a di.
vorce. 1t costs some of da niggers
down heah as much as $50 to git un.
hitched. Why, some of desc lawyers
makes a good living gittin' divorces
for us niggers."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

country. 1t seems sensible way to
build a house. From the, foundation
to the comb OF the roof it is symme-
trical and it is sensible. 1t is charac-
teTistic of good thrifty American
ideas. 1t is plan that suggests ccm-
fort and stability, and it probably pro.
vides more OF both than most plans.
The size of this house is twenty-slx
feet in width by twenty-eight feet six
inches in length; rather small some
builders would say for six rooms. but
after looking the plan over .nost peo.
pie will agree that the rooms are large
enough and that they are airy well
lighted, easily heated and properly
connected with each other When you
have said this you have encompassed
the most essential features of a good
residence.
A great many houses of this design
are being built of cement. Sometimes
a wooden frame Is erected in the usual
way and an outside coating of cement
used instead of wood siding. The ce-
ment coating is plastered into ex. |
panded metal lath, or common wooden
lath furred out with inch strips placed
a foot apart to give the cement solid
backing with plenty OF cIinch room.
Men accustomed to cement plastering
have learned how to put 1t on so 1t will
% permanent They have learned how
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
10 MlnImIze Flre Bazard

The fire waste in the United
States, owing to the failure to build
in this country as securely against the
ravages of fire as they do in Europe,
has been estimated to be not less than
$2OO,G00,000 a year. This is forcing
the rebuilding OF many structures and
will force the rebuilding Of a still
greater number In our cities to mini.
mize the fire hazard The rebuilding
must he done and the problem is how
to finance it. From actual experience
in Chicago. Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and
some other cities says an expert,
the answer is-the first mortgage
real estate bond"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
BIBLES OF THE PRESIDENTS

One Of the Oldest If not the very
oldest, Bible connected with the Amer
lean government is the book upon
which, since 1900 every chief justice
and every member of the Supreme
court has taken the oath of allegi-
ance when accepting his appointment
to Uncle Sans" highest tribunal
More than that, every attorney who
has practiced before the Supreme
court since that date-1800-ha
pledged his allegiance over the little
volume, with one exception-Daniel
Webster. 1t is told even yet of the
Supreme court of that day that Mr..
Webster's fame as an orator had SO
preceded him that on that occasion,
when he came to argue his first case
before the court, the clerk, Mr.. Cald.
well, In his eagerness to hear the
great speaker, forgot to administer
the oath.
Some interesting facts have also
been revealed regarding the Bibles
used by American presidents. When
Grover Cleveland came to the capitol
for his first inauguration he brought
with him little red Bible his mother
had given him when he was a bow
and which he had always cherished
as a keepsake. On that Bible he took |
the oath of Office. A few days before
Mr.. McKinley's Inauguration, a mum.
Der OF African Methodist bishops
came into Mr.. McKinley's office one
morning with o tremendous package.
which proved TO be a large family
Bible in a big plush box, and they
wished Mr.. Mckinley to use it, Their
request was granted, and the big Bible
was one OF the show objects in the
red parlor Of the White House for a
long time afterwards.
When Mr. Roosevelt was inducted
Into office as governor OF New York
someone presented him with the Bible
which he used on that occasion. His
name, which was written on the fly-
eaf, was misspelled, but he used the
same Bible at his second inaugura-
ion, and It has been one of Mr..
RooseVelts most treasured memen-
oes ever since.
These volumes, however are, to
Americans, Of insignificant value
when compared with the copy of the
'ihle, bound In red leather with sill
'er clasps, on which Washington took
he oath as first president OF the re-
ublic on the balcony OF the old Fed
raj hall in New York. 1t was bor- !
owed for the occasion. and the de- \
OF those who lent It preserve :
] at a most sacred relic. !
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
"srandy Nan" Looks Shabby.

Queen Anne's statue outside s.
Paul's cathedral, London. is in a pit
full condition. The scepter is bent GU
of shape and the statue was last gildec
so long ago that it is positively shabby
1t is curious that i'll luck of this kline
has dogged the statue ever since l.
was first erected, POI years ago, to
commemorate the completion of the
cathedral In the eighteenth century
there was certain tavern upon which
the queens eyes were supposed to
rest, and this inspired the following
couplet;
Brandy Nan, Brandy Nan, you're left
in the lurch,
Your face to the dramshop, your back
to the church
The supporting figures represent
Great Britain, Ireland, France and
America.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
MUSHROOMS IN QUARRlES

In France, mushrooms are cultivated
in subterranean quarries at a depth
OF go to 200 feet from the earth's sur
face. These quarries have been found
extremely profitable in this connec-
tion, owing partly to their equable
temperature and their freedom from
draughts, provision being made, how
ever for their proper ventilation. The
beds are formed OF manure, covered
with about an inch OF fine. white,
stony soil, in which the spawn or
mycelium is introduced at a depth OF
a few inches, and in rows eight to
ten inches apart. The length OF the
beds is variable, and in general they
are approximately 20 to 25 inches
wide and of the same height.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
SKIN CLEARED.
BY Simple Change in Food.

1T has been said by physician thai
most diseases are the result of indi
gestion.
There's undoubtedly much truth in
the statement. even to the cause OF
many unsightly eruptions, which many
suppose can be removed by applying
some remedy on the outside
BY changing her food Kan. girl
was relieved of an eczema which was
a great annoyance to her. She writes:
For five months l was suffering
with an eruption on my face and
hands which our doctor called eczema
and which caused me a great deal of
inconvenience. The suffering was al
most unbearable.
The medicine ! took only gave me
temporary relief One day happened
to read somewhere that eczema was
caused by indigestion. Then / read
that many persons had been relieved
of indigestion by eating Grape-Nuts.
1 decided to try it. ! liked the
taste of the food and was particularly
pleased to notice that my digestion
was improving and that the eruption
was disappearing as if by magic.
had at last found, in this great food,
something that reached my trouble.
when find a victim of this afflic.
tion remember my own former suf.
fering and advise trial of Grape-Nuts
food instead of medicines"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
vile" in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above IetterF A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true and full Of human
lntere@t.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

Womau's Health, said that the exces
sive physical development which WON
en- OF today are seeking is a bad thing
for the race. according to a cable
gram to the New York Sun He said
il produced women of hardened fea
lures. more wrinkles and more iDde
pendence. The woman of today, he
went on. has less reverence for author
ity than her mother and has fewer
home interests.
Sport. he added. is bad for the
marriage market The sporting girl
becomes too manlike. She shows heI
character too much to man and as
sumes a bucolic look
Doctor Shaw assumed that the pre-
vailing mode of short and tight skirts
showing the figure is due to a desire
on the part of women to be what meE
are and to do what men do. He con
siders that a mistake, as it does ava,
with the mystery in woman, and won
ders how women allow it. as it f.
against their own interests. He saiC
there is danger of new kind Of won
an arising with whom men will hav
nc sympathy. Taking the suffrageu
as an example, he said
For years men have endowed won
en- with all the virtues and neve
thought of the other side of the pic
ture, They know now that there /
another side-that women can
just as obstinate. spiteful and deviIist
as men :"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

ject; all Of which goes to show the
necessity and importance of dedicat.
ing the best and most valuable house
space TO the greatest possible service
and comfort.
| realize at once that 1t is very difFi.
cult to change an old established Gus.
tom and | also recognize the fact that
all changes are not improvements.
But ! have never heard anybody give
a satisfactory reason for planting a
stairway in the best part of the house.
Before selecting your house plan think
this over.
A great many of these square built
houses with square hip roofs, cottoge
roofs they used to he called when
was boy. are being built all over the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
Lots Like WlnleN.

When it comes to the showdown
every man can be brave, don't you
think?"
Sure do. Take Wigley. for in
stance-meekest man you ever saw
when he pays his gas bill, and a yer
table lion for balling out the meter
reader every time he catches him in
the basement"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

TO avoid cracks and other defects o.
former work OF this kind
In regard TO colors brown body
with white trimmings looks we'll The
white trimmings give It the effect OF
cleanliness inside. as though II had
white lining Some people prefer
reddish tinge because Il makes The
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
The Proper Ones.

Il assure you" said Huerta, that
there is not the slightest need for
American interference"
If we see the need" carelessly re
piled Uncle Sam. you can go tell thai
to the marines"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
Spelling Reform.

Are you spelling reformer?"
Il am-to the extent of not believ-
ing that McMix ought to be recognized
as the Irish word for 1909"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
COSMETIC OF THE MACUAs

In an effort to counterfeit the pale
beauty of their Caucasian sisters the
women of the Macua tribe of the Por.
tuguese colony OF Lourenzo MARQUEE,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

Mrs. Exe-"I never got a real good
bargain in shoes but once in my
life
Exe-"I know. That was when you
got me Boston Evening Transcript
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

In exploring the Eket district of Nj
geria, East Africa, P. Amaury Talbot
found many ceremonies and customs
that seem to have come down un-
changed from the time of the Pha-
raohs. He discovered a secret society
bearing the name Ekkpo Njawhaw
(ghosts-the destroyers) whose juju
Is lbiri Bong. To invoke the aid of
this terrible spirit against an enemy,
one must pluck a leaf and call upon
the name of the juju and that of the
man to be injured. The offering must
then be flung into creek or stream that
1t may be borne into the Holy bay.
Directly it reaches the shrine the juju
will lie in wait to drag to death the
one against whom his aid has been
invoked.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

building look warm. 1t oners sort o
warm welcome as you approach the
house from the street.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

The ideas of young man are apt to
undergo radical change after trotting
a couple Of months in double harness.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
APE YOU coNsTlPATFD7

Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills have
proved their worth for IS years Test them
Yourself now. Send for sample to S52 Pearl
ST., New York. Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
MODERN WOMAN TOO MANLlKE
English Author critieises What He
Calls "5ucolic Look" and Lack
Of Charm.

DR.. T. c. Shaw, a noted authority
on medio.psychological problems. lee
turing on The Nervous Factor ii
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

Coughs and Colds cannot hold out against
Deans Mcntholated Cough Drops A single
dose gives relief-5c at all Druggists.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

The diameter of the moon is esti-
mated to be 2,162 miles.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

The study OF stairways and the
proper placing OF them In dwelling
houses is responsible fer more suicides
among architects than any other fea.
ture OF the business.
Ever since two story houses we're
hrst built stairs have occupied promi.
nent positions, usually in front in full
view OF the street door where floor
space is more valuable than In any
other part of the house The front
stair not only takes up valuable space
on both floors but ii often spuils the
living room or parlor down stairs and
curtails two OF the best bedrooms up
stairs.
Now, the stairway in this plan
solves the problem in a new way. II
not only fills a new felt want, but IL
fills the neighbors with envy and the
contractor with malice. because the
workmanship must be so exact to
please the owner that he can never
get out OF 1t with a profit.
However, this stairway seems TO
overcome many difficulties. Il occu.
pies the least valuable corner in the
house, which is right because nobody
stays in the stairway any longer than
he can help. You sit in a dining room
long enough TO enjoy good meal. you
lounge in the living room until neces.
sity drives you to work or sleepiness
drives you to bed, and you stay in
nice front bedroom all night and part
of the morning II the boss don't OBJ
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

Worms expelled promptly from the human
system with DIR. Peerys VermifuRe Dead
Shot" Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

1t is better to be good for revenue
only than to be bad for fun
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

More than 100000 gross of pencils
are annually made in Philadelphia.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

A woman says things she doesn't
mean; man means things he doesn't
say.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23

Mr., William A. Radford win 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
Is, without doubt. the highest authority
on an these subjects, Address all inquiries
10 william A. Radford, No. l7s West
Jackson boulevard. Chicago. Ill. and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-29
THE NEW FORCE FACE TO FACE.

as though they had never been titled. The for
ests thnued by the long sOjourn of the troops
also bore witness to this frghtful devastation
but the most horrible sight of all was the multi
tude of corpses which, lying unburied for fifty
two days, scarcely preserved the form Of human
ity. Near Borodno my horror was at its height
whcn | reached the battlefield and found the re
mains of 10000 men who had been slaughtered
still lying in heaps, the frost having preserved
them from entire dissolution. The plain was
covered with them; on all sides nothing was to
be seen but carcases of horses and human bodies
hall inferred There also to be seen uni
forms stained with blood bones gnawed by fam
ished dogs and birds of prey here little OF
broken weapons drums, helmets, cuirasses;
there the broken stats of regimental colorS' re
vealing how much the Russian eagle had suffered
on that bloody day.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-29
WINTER

Nemen. From this record II will be found that
up to the close Of the first epoch at which We
have now arrived We had lost 10000 prisoners,
twenty-seven generals, 800 guns and, in addition
to our immense train of baggage, all the plunder
Of Moscow which had not burnt. II 10 these
be added the 10000 men dead Of cold and hunger,
or killed in battle, IL will be found that our army
was reduced to 10000 men, out Of whom, includ-
ing the Imperial Guard, there were not 5000 ef-
fective. As TO the cavalry, it had almost ceased
to exist. Such is the tale Of the losses we had
sustained during one months march. It filled US
with gloomy forebodings for we were scarcely
half way to the Nemen. with three rivers to
cross"
November T-Up to this time Napoleon had
travelled in comfortable waterproof calechs,
filled with furs, and he wore a pelisse and cap OF
sabes which prevented him from feeling the
most extreme cold. After passing krasnoe, how
ever, he often marched on foot followed by his
staff, and beheld without the least emotion the
miserable wreckage Of once powerful army.
He seemed TO think that his discourses
partook Of the nature Of magic, and that BY bully
ing the officers and cracking the lowest Jokes
with the men he could inspire the former with
fear and the latter with courage. But the day
had passed when his slightest word worked mira
cles.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-29
A WOUNDED FRENCH SOLDIER, WHO LAY
AT NIGHT INSIDE OF DEAD HORSES.

"vrhu. MA were ,rayersing the battlefield We
heard at a distance the most lamentaole cries iol
suecor. Several of US followed the sounds ana
On our surpris. found that they came from
French soldier, whose legs had been broken
wos wounded said he on the day OF the great
hattie and being in q lonely spot was lett Ai'er
dragging myself to the side OF brook nave
lived for nearly two months on grass roots anu
, little bread which took from the slam. III
the night I lay inside the dead horses' anu INC
A.sh ~ those animals has served 20 dress my
,orrd., A general had the poor fellow removed
TO his carriage -.
,,h,s urgency on Smolensk. The thought th't
we should be there in three days h.ieu
heart with 10Y, when suddenly the SKY wnie"
until then had been brilliant, became u"'"
ened with cold and gloomy mist. The sum-
hidden behind dense clouds, vanished from our
sight. and snow falling in large fakes in an IN
slant obscured the day and confounded earth and
skv The wind blowing with fury, filled the for
est, with its frghtful whstling and uprooted
the black fir trees covered with cicles, which fell
N the ground with a crash, and almost as II by
mngic the whole country became one universal
white and savage waste
ON THE MARCH-BLINDING SNOW, WITH
"In the midst of this gloomy horror, the
soldiers, overwhelmed BY and wind, which
came down pom them in freezing mist could
no longer distinguish the road from the bitches
with shich it was lined and often fell into the
latter and there found grave. The rest, max
ing frantic efforts TO hasten forward could hard
IN drag themselves along; badly shod insufficient
ly clothed without food or drink, groaning with
pain and shvering with cold, they showed abso-
Lutte indifference 10 those who fell exhausted and
expired around them and who, stretched out along
the roads were to be distinguished only by the
heaps Of snow which covered their corpses and
which formed along the route little mounds, such
as are seen in cemeteries. Finally great clouds
Of ravens abandoning the plain to seek refuge
in the forests, came wheeling over our heads, Ut
tering dreadful and sinister cries, while packs
Of savage dogs from Moscow. which had been
feeding on the dead, came bowling around US 'i
l. greedy to hasten the moment when we also
should furnish them with a meal.
From this day the army utterly lost It's morale
and its military organization. Soldiers no longer
obeyed their officers; officers paid no heed 10 !
New-York tribune., 1914-11-29

NJ an army OF bOOoOe men, the largest single
srnv known in Europe until that time. The
,-est from Moscow began or October Is, and Of
IN the army that had marched SO proudly so
eagerly into Russia but a struggling handful re-
.-o...s +be Nicuen on December 10. The souve-
Of che losses sustained i'm that awful retreat
.-,, sever be cfaced. The losses have always
..,,, out as a bidcous monument TO the dangers
y,-.c, oamrairn. no matter how well
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oU''~ ,l ,:. . H. .l;s ne
o,n v-utru pITrs r0 TIE UF1PT AND
ms ,tr\ v-,4uF THEY UAPCu
me "l"''S '- ~"-oP0 "'' "0" iSs'''-'N o'
winter campaign. me women OF a- europe inc
mothers and daughters a' nome are KNITTING mui
fers and socks and making Hammer underwear TOT
the men 90 the front Millions OF shoes and WIN
ter overcoats are beine manufactured for these
soldiers The German government IS furnishing
sheeDsk0 and fur coats TO its soldiers by million
lots But there can DC oA-F re."''F' pio'e'''o"
against me c'o 'na' .l'sc "''".e' VIII H"tV '
endure .h me -'~' '" ' "'- 'i''
where me '',-''"o''' WI. 'e5''''i "0. ,.''''
city zero cold. .a' cole 'h'' runs 10 i'' ~ %
30 degree. below .'.o' o''e5 TO .'' ','E "'"',
Nils man as a '' d. '". >."S '.-
cd as 'hef .'' 'e-"7 '
peTal1Ie ma. TO. ,.oo-o
coahsN' N'.'-'
81 Ieel A.''' "S ID. iO"' -'"''''
70 5'- 'ee.. as NJ .'N'''"' N.'c'''' ""' '"e 'o'u
v.A 0e ne''.o .'' endurance oi amy cNt''' muse
Russian TROOPS "ho are used 10 't. il '"e winter
IS sc-e'" tre cold may ieach zero ana lo"e.
even. along The busso-Oefmah lFoAteF' ana oU
de--ecs .eow En- parts OF Germany mere VIII
be DO l..-rr OF trenches 20 hide from the en-
tny's tr c.s. to frd shelter from the wind and
snow coL eo.d Tho earth viii he frozen solid
Nor can haarr cannon be uzea 'n the heavy
SHOWS Art enc who has watched the complete
s;aihC or traffic 'n q big city IKE Ne" lorE
at tte fol. ot O. three-lncn sno" VIII undefs,""u
hcw o.i7'lt transportation Will De Ioi '"''e
srmies .~ -fc ie.i.
GENERA. RENNFNKANPFFS PROMISE
WHICH rs SOMETHING OF THREAT.
Tb,. .be war will, he yrared on. nevertheless is
esr.{7 General Rennenkampf lately promised
his soldiers that they would reach Berlin by
Cl~.-.~..- aud % cot tbore they must fight
through tho snow and ice. The Duke Of Leuch-
tsnberc, cousin OF the Gar also in recent IN
'eTAe", s'a,ed 'h"t 'he NUS. '""S
press the hehtng IN Ihe 'olu Weav"ei - 'I
Germans would nave no respite il 'ne russians vi,
New-York tribune., 1914-11-29
ARMIES
Rv WALTER S. HIATT.

n vHAT effect will winter have on the
"a fortunes of war in Europe! viii the
suiferings Of freezing soldiers and Of
, bor,e1css nonulacc uandcripr ~,