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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22
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Wife-It was a nice party, you say,
John. I'm sorry | couldn't go, but am
really glad that you enjoyed yourself.
How was Mrs. Gadabout dressed?
Husband-Well, she had on one OF
those dresses of what-you-call-it stuff,
Of a kind of a mixed shade and
trimmed with what s-his-names.
don't remember now whether it was
cut low or not, or whether it had
sleeves, but | know it had one or the
other Her hair was done up the
style like you see in the pictures
you know what mean. I don't know
whether she had any ornaments or
not, but | expect she had That's
about all, think, that | noticed about
her, but sou can easily tell from that
how she looked.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22
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CHANGE IN ELIDA
BY SELMA ELIZABETH HIGGINS.

For a whole day our darling had
moved about the house as one in some
dream-llke trance. Never was be
ing 80 gentle, and she was gentle now
The same sweet smile framed her
lips, the clear earnest eyes showed
the old-time tenderness in their depth
but-there was a change.
Elida was listless She would sit
for an hour gazing at seeming moth
ingness. When she was spoken 10, her
pretty brow would wrinkle, there was
puzzled ilickering Of the delicate
eyelidS It would take her quite a
minute or two before she would seem
to understand what was spoken-she,
usually so quick TO comprehend Her
thoughts Seemed far away from her
habitual environment-her soul at
times, as though her emotions we're
wandering In some vague distant
sphere-yes, Elida was changed.
/, her aunt and guardian, wondered
II It was anxiety for her absent lover,
willard Hull tina, had brought on
this deep abstraction. But when |
spoke Of the estimable young man
whom we all liked intensely, she only
smiled and spoke quietly Of his speedy
return, as though her heart we're at
perfect ease regarding him and his
prospects,
II was early that evening when a
warm friend of the family dropped in.
She was a music teacher and quite an
attraction at local social entertain
nents She looked around for Ellda,
who had retired to her room saying
she was wearied. | did not wonder at
this. Elida had acted so all that day.
She had been out late the evening
previous at a soiree that knew Miss
Evans had also attended.
We we're close friends with the
music teacher, and in my anxiety and
perplexity | spoke of the strange
mood that had held Elida in a strange
thrall all that day.
my dear Miss Nettleton," spoke my
visitor, when had concluded, 81 came
purposely to see Elida. You under
stand me we'll enough to know that
It would not be from any idle curios-
lty, but from motives of the purest
friendly interest. Something hap
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

pened at the soiree last evening that
was inexplicable. 1t has been in my
thoughts all today. l could not resist
coming here to see Elida"
Something happened?" I repeated
a trifie fearsomely.
Yes. A young man, his name was
| given as Dalziell, attended the soiree
last evening. He came with the
Ritchies, whom only know incidental
ly. He is a wonderful conversational
list and a marvel at the piano
And he met Elida ?" l asked, dreau-
i.g that something might shadow the
love and loyalty of my darling and
her t%uce.
only as he did the others, as a
gentleman of great attainmonss, cour-
teous to everybody. He was not at
the first particularly attentive to her.
Elida just noticed him, that was all.
We had just finished a brilliant musi-
cSl composition OF his own, however,
when l saw him lean toward Elida,
who sat near by, and fix his eyes upon
her. A light shone in them, l cannot
describe. 1t did not repel, but it was
'eep, flashing, piercing. "
You are alarming me-" l said tim
orEusly.
Il am sorry, but | must tell you all, !"
replied Miss Evans. Il saw Elida
start and a nervous tremor crossed
her face Then in a rapt, wistful at
titude she leaned slightly forward.
She was like one enrapt fascinated.
Suddenly, but without removing his
glance, this Dalziell dashed both
hands down upon the keyboard of the
piano. There was strain of wild,
uneartlfly music A look l cannot de-
scribe passed over Elida's face. Near
to her was a stand containing frag-
lie glass receptacle for calling cards.
She seized this, dashed it violently to
the floor and it shattered to thou
sand atoms. Then with low cry
she shrank back shuddering, covered
her face with her hands, but when
she looked up her features were calm,
restful as natural in their bright
sweetness as ever"
"You astonish mel" was all l could
gasp out.
Il glanced at young Dalziell," went
on Miss Evans. There was a strange
weird expression on his face. | may
call it triumphant. There was moth
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22
ERUPTION ON CHILD'S BODY

r. F. D. No. 2, Jackson, Mo.-"Our
daughter who is ten months old was
suffering from an eruption all over
the body. In the beginning they were
small red spots and afterwards turned
to bloody sores. We tried all sorts
of ointments but they did not procure
any relief for our child She cried
almost day and night and We scarcely
could touch her, because she was Gov
cred with sores from head to foot.
I'VE had heard about the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and made a trial
with them, and after using the rene
dies, that is to say, the Soap and the
Ointment, only few days passed and
our child could sleep well and after
one week she was totally we'll"
(Signed) August F. Bartels, Nov. 25,
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, 1914-05-22
NEW STORY WITH OLD MORAL
Had Young Wife Remembered Maxim
She Might Have Been Happier
and Richer Today.

There's a mean old man in Sweden.
lie suspected his wife, and played
dead so as to see what she would
do. He got his doctor to pronounce
life extinct and place him in coffin.
When his wife came in and saw him
lying there in his white crayat she
laughed till she almost cried, and
stepped right over to the telephone
and called up a nice young man who
adored the very ground She walked
on eighty acres in fee simple, unin-
numbered, with improvements, city
water, etc, only ten minutes ride
from the city Of Stockholm.) The
young man responded to her hurry
up call like a fire chief to third
alarm, and, thinking her a widow,
took her in his arms without more
ado.
If the old mans vanity had led him
70 hope that he was going to hear
any compliments about himself he
was destined to disappointment. The
happy pair alternated between abusing
the old curmudgeon and doing the
maxixe for joy around his bier till
he got jolly well bored and sat up
in his dignity and threw a damper
over the party. Then, in huff, he
scrambled out and went to his law
yers and instituted divorce proceed
ings and got a decree and took all the
poor womans property away from
her, and now we don't know whether
the young man is as keen to marry
her as he was, and it's a pretty sorry
affair all around.
Moral: De mortuis nihil nisi bon
speak nothing but good of
the dead.-St Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22
Must Have Pleased MhIsslsr.

Richard A. Garfield, who has parted
with his superb collection of Whistler
paintings and pastels for 100000,
said the other day in New York
1T would be a wise criticism to
state my Whistler collection is the
best in the world. And this reminds
me Of the unwisest criticism going
a criticism that a pretty English girl
made to Whistler about my Whistler
portrait of Count Robert de Mon
tesuuiou FeZensac.
This pretty girl, gazing at the fa-
nous portrait with enthusiastic eyes.
cried in a gushing voice:
"'Oh, Mr., Whistler, | do think your
foreshortening of the skin tints is per-
fectly wonderful
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

Cadets in training ih Australia at
the end of November, were SS,036
seniors out of S9,0S2, who were liable
for service with the colors. The best
average was shown in western Aus
tralia, where 4,617 youths out of 4,665
who had been called upon we're per-
forming their military duties. In the
various training areas throughout the
states 146,42S boys between fourteen
and eighteen years OF age had regis
tered their names. New South Wales,
with 50.6s3. had the greatest total.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22
Meadow Lark,g AprII sona.

April is the spring poets month,
and so it is daring one who with
poor prose would attempt TO enter the
field. Some Of the poets who feel the
pulsing strong at this season perhaps
may pardon us If we say that the true
spring poet is the meadow lark. 1t
sings of springs past and present and
to come. John Burroughs says that
the bird repeats from every fence post
and from the occasional tree top the
inspiring Information Spring O. the
year. Chicago Post.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

fd manses on salaries of $4,000 or
$4,000, call them improvident because
In their old age they're usually desti-
tute! The idea of expecting them to
save money! 1t reminds me Of old
Bill Smith.
My sons got fine job now, said
old Bill. He's savin' money fast
What is he doing?' said /.
" He's night printer, sir Bill an
swered. oh, fine Job. He works
all night and saves his lodgin's, and
then he sleeps all day and saves his
food"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22


ing sinister to IT, but Il expressed in
finite satisfaction. lie dashed on into
quick. lively Polish mazurka."
"And the guests?" ! asked breath
lessly.
"Passsd the incident by IN wonder,
too well-bred TO notice II by open dis
oussion. / heard one lady say II was
an accident, another an impulse hys'
terioal. In my opinion the man had
hypnotized Ellda. For some purpose,
good or evil. he had hypnotized her,
and she, then as now. all unconscious
OF IT, He had tested some occult
power he possessed. Why?'
Alas! l could not solve the prob.
lem and passed a sleepless night
Elida arose rhe next morning. listless
and preoccupied. About ten o'clock
left her alone In the house, ! could
not rest. must know something OF
this Mysteries Dalziell. determined
to call upon Mrs Richie
had gone two blocks from tho
house and was turning into an inter-
sectlng street, when / CHANGED 20 look
back. A man was just going uD the
steps OF our home. In a flash ] rec
ognized him as answering 10 the de-
scription Miss Evans had given me
OF Dalziell. / hurried back to rho
house. The screen door was unlocked.
| entered noiselessly, My nerves were
on a tense strain. knew not what
feared. ! paused TO take up q small
revolver kept for security in the draw
er Of the han rack. Then proceeded
TO the parlor entrance,
An amazing spectacle met my view.
Seated at n little stand, her face pale
but placid, her eyes dreamy and
glazed. was Ellda Standing before
her was the stranger. He held @
piece of fauceted crystal in one hand.
On that Elida's eyes were fixed.
who are you? what are you doing
here?' / quavered impulsively and
the man turned TO face the weapon in
my trembling hand.
He was not in the least moved. Ho
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never lowering the crystal.
For Willard Hull" was his aston
ishing announcement in low musical
tones.
From willard Hull" I cried.
"No-for him. Do not interrupt-it
is a critical moment Speak," he
added, directing the mellow insinuat-
ing word at the transiixed Elida and
fixing his glance piercingly upon her.
"The wallis it east? And which
wall?"
NO" came in a dreamy. far-away
murmur from Elida. Not a wall-but
a we'll"
"success!" gasped the stranger, and
sank into the nearest chair as If ex-
hausted after some superhuman effort.
Ina few moments the man arose.
He made some movements with his
delicate hands toward Elida, whose
face renewed its usual expression.
Then he turned to me.
Miss Nettleton," he said, ~ have
heard of you / am a friend Of VII
lard Hull, who has gone to look up
the hidden fortune Of his dead uncle.
He did not find It at any wall as the
hint was. I am credited with possess
ing certain occult power. Perhaps.
At least, my mind filled only with
honest motives, working on the pure
crystal-clear mentality of this beauti-
full young lady, has evolved a clue
well not wall"
It was a well. indeed-we knew ii
within a week, when Ellda's fance
came back a rich man.
And Dalziell, the strange, mystic
genius whom l at first so feared, we
all love now as a loyal, devoted friend
Copyright 1914. by W. C. Chapman)
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22
She Knew.

The teacher had given the class a
talk on household pests,
What, now, is the greatest foe the
housewife has?" he asked.
Up went one little hand.
"All right, Mary, what is it?"
"A husband" came the quick re-
ply. Philadelphia Ledger
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

stores of refreshment without. Won
der curiosity, the enjoyment of ten
thousand trif1es, short memory for
punishment and pain: all these things
make for youth. Quarrels, resentful-
ness, suspicion, worry, grouchiness:
these bring harder lines around the
mouth, hardened arteries, old age.
Nothing is too small to delight a
child, given the right conditions; moth
ing too big to darken-for very long
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22


smack Of the black art Wireless IL
one of his particular hobbies, but
Gardner's wireless is not Of the sort ol
which the world has heard so much.
John Gardner has fame not only IN
his home; he is much esteemed within
the inner circles of the British ad
miralty. over in England they have
what is termed the official secrets act
and prosecution and possibly prison
walls are the penalties one may incur
by disclosing any particular about the
nations defenses or experiments per
tanning thereto. Accordingly this mod
ern wizard is not permitted to talk and
his work can be described only by in
ference.
This is all by way of introduction to
tests made a short while back by the
British naval authorities upon one OF
the old royal cruisers. According to
the meager accounts that have reached
the public H. NJ s. Terpsichore was
towed out into Stokes bay after mys'
terious metal box had been attached to
Once there she was anchored and
abandoned by her temporary crew.
When these had reached a safe dis
tance something happened. There was
a great geyser of water sent skyward
right alongside the ship, and before
she could recover from her violent
lurch down upon her deck fell the
laundering tons of that upheaval. The
mysterious box had functioned per-
fectly in obedience to the silent and
invisible command of the battleship
eight miles away.
A great rent was torn in the steel
skin Of the Terpsichore, and it was all
the big wrecking pumps of the five
dock yard tugs that rushed to her aid
could do to arrest the inundation and
keep the craft afoat until she could
be towed back to port and dry docked.
Some years ago John Gardner built
a small submarine which he was able
to guide by means Of submarine sound
signals. He built that boat after he
had made extensive laboratory expert
ments. These we're the achievements
which won for him the name of the
Wizard of Knott End"
In his workshop he had assembled
mechanisms that represented the start
ing and stopping, the steering and the
firing apparatus for a torpedo. They
seemed TO know their masters voice,
because they would do what he bade
either when he whistled or called his
orders in certain key. In other words,
the mechanisms responded to a fixed
tone or musical pitch, and would not
act If the call was in any other key.
Since then John Gardner has gone
steadily on improving his system, and
he was prompted to do this because he
believed Hertzian wave wireless had a
number of weaknesses. First, there
was the fear of interference on the
part of an enemy sending out pur-
posely confusing ether vibrations; and,
second, he realized that the transmit
ting capacity of the air varied day
and night and was particularly unre-
liable when thunderstorms were brew
ing or active. He wanted to get a
stable medium through which to send
his directive signals, and experience
told him that water would answer his
purpose best. 1t was logical that he
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

"Well, Sis" said her brother at the
breakfast table as Agnes, daughter OF
the household, appeared at table
heavy-eyed after she had entertained
a tiresome and late-staying admirer
the evening before, you look as if
you need something to keep you
awake"
Il do not" she responded YEARLY,
81 had it last evening"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

Cut of 90,711 who have been medically
examined, S9,9s2, or 902 per cent.
have proved fit for training, while
three per cent are temporarily unfit
and only 6.S per cent have no prospect
Of ever fulfilling the departments re-
quirements. or the eighteen-year-old
boys who were due to join the fight
ing lines in July, 16,940 out Of 1883
have answered to the call. OF the
22,453 who have been examined. 72.2
per cent have proved medically At,
striking testimony to the health and
development Of the Australian youth.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

Acid Stomach, heartburn and nausea
quickly disappear with the use Of Wrights
Indian Vegetable Pills. Send for trial
box to 37z Pearl ST., New York. Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22
"TO KEEP YOUNG"

Youth is what we all love to have
and to hold, and since Ponce de Icons
time many a way of conserving 1t has
been prescribed; dosage, drinking
sour milk systems Of exercise, ba-
things may help the individual, but
not every individual And let us not
forget that youth is in great measure
a gift Of the spirit. Children are
young because for them life abounds;
they find springs OF energy within and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

Real Saver.
America is the land of high wages,
and it is really possible here for a
workingman to grow rich. But Eng
land"
The speaker was the late Frederick
Townsend Martin, the occasion a
luncheon of Americans at the Berke-
ley. He continued:
English farm laborers are striking
for 16 shilllngs week. They get 10
or IA shillings. They want 16, but
I doubt II they get It.
"And their pastors. living in beauu.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

The village of Kennaway, in Fife
shire, Scotland, witnessed a shower Of
small frogs which fell in such num-
bers that, hopping into houses, they
had to be swept out in heaps. And
there have even been showers of sea-
weeds-in one instance the bare tree
limbs OF a town in England being
draped in winter with these marine
plants swinging weirdly in the breeze.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

the spangled sky. That is the secret
of youth Draw the curtain, Master
Manager! On with the Human Com.
edy.-Colliers Weekly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

The man who IS on the winning
side is most apt TO preach the triumph
OF right.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

Worms expelled promptly from the human
system with DR.. Peery's Nermifuge dead
shot" Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

The history Of humanity is an i'm
mense volume Of mistakes.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

Rcd Cross Bali Blue. much better. goes
farther than liquid blue. Cat from any
grocer ADV.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

The hardest task many a man has
Is trying to keep his dead past buried.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

-These fellows who won't take no
for an answer generally get what IA
coming % them"
Yes, they usually marry the girl"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

Use Roman Eye Balsau for scaldIng SEN
sation in eyes and Inflammation Of eyes or
eyelids Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22
No Choice Variation

Nurse, what is your patients mean
temperature?'
He hasn't got any other kind"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

Putnam Fadeless Dyes make nc
muss Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

Some women one can't flatter-
after the undertaken is summoned.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

It's up to the man who would live
long to live slowly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

HEY call him the WIZ
ard of Knott End
Knott End being in
England, over the coast
of the Irish sea. Such
is the title by which
rather staid John Gard
ner is known to his
neighbors. He has
done things and still is
doing things which
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

1t takes nerve to allow dentist to
kill one.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-22

pened at the soiree last evening that
was inexplicable. 1t has been in my
thoughts all today. l could not resist
aOnincg hnra IN Goa E1ida -
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