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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-12-16
STRANGE FEARS
THAT GRIP PEOPLE
LOUD NOISES, DARK, BLOOD
MAKE MANY MEN ACT
FOOLISHLY.
Emotional Neurastenics Are Numer-
Gus Persons.


"Fear makes devils of cherubim,"
says proverb, while a more practi.
cal historian has written that fear is
swift and strong"
One man has "case of nerves" and
loud noise makes him jump from
his chair; another man is abnormally
excitable and quarrels on the slight
est provocation; another is gloomy
and downcast no matter what the
temptation to be gay; another "hates
children" another is nervous" and
cannot sit still for two minutes at
time; another has a senseless fear of
the water. All of these men at bot
tom are emotional neurasthenics.
They are out of tune with the rest Of
the world. The ordinary phenomena
and experiences of life pain them.
Every man fancies that he personally
Is absolutely free of such abnormal
tiles and delusions; but, as matter
of fact, it is extremely rare to en-
counter human being of which this
claim may be made truthfully.
Every man has his delusion. One
the dark: one fears firearms and an
other sharp instruments; one hates
a crowd and another hates loneliness;
one turns sick at the sight of blood
and his wife faints if a mouse crosses
the room. These people do not make
holt In
not believe it, consider your own pet
aversion and the pain it gives you.
Agoraphobia the fear of open
spaces-takes several forms and has
had not a few distinguished victims.
One of these was the celebrated En-
peror Heraclius, who conquered Con-
stantinople and reigned in ByZamtium
during the sixth century. An open
plain made Heraclius shiver with ter
ror. and he could not bear the sight
of the sea. In his palace he inhabited
small, low-ceilinged rooms with heavy
travelled in closed conveyances. Once
when it was necessary for him to
cross the Bosphorus he had his en-.
gineers build bridge of boats bor-
dered on both sides by walls made Of
curtains and branches Of trees. Only
thus could he bring himself to ven
ture over the strait
An English investigator is Of the
opinion that agoraphobia is a dread
not so much Of open spaces as of the
surface of the earth. He says that it
is legacy Of our simian ancestors,
who sought safety from their foes In
the dense tops of trees. These pri-
mccall anthropoid apes were at dis
advantage on the ground, and they
knew it. The associated the idea of
the earths' surface with that of sud-
den assaults by leopards, lions and
serpents. This ancient race impress
sion has come down to us. In the
majority of human beings later i'm
pressions have wiped 1t out. When,
by atavism, it appears we call 1t
agoraphobia.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-12-16

He had been courting the girl for a
long time. 1t happened on Sunday
night, after church. They were sit
ting on the sofa, and she looked with
inelfable tenderness into his noble
blue eyes,
"Tom," she murmured. didn't you
tell me once you would be willing to
do any act of heroism for my sake?"
"Yes, Mary, and would gladly re-
iterate that statement now," he re-
piled. mo Roman of old, however
brave, was ever fired with loftier
ambition, Drawer resolution than l."
well. Tom. want you to do some-
thing really heroic for me-"
"Speak, darling, what is IT."
"Ask me to be your wife. We've
beon fooling long enough"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-12-16
BL0CKADED
Every Household Should Know How
to Resist Ii.

If your back aches because the kid
neys are blockaded.
You should help the kidneys with
their work.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especially
for weak kidneys.
Recommended by thousands
here's proof of merit.
James A. Nom, 2O7 Jefferson ST.,
Marine City. Mich, says: 81 had
attacks of backache and rheumatic
pains and my kidneys We're weak.
Doan's Kidney Pills gave me great
relief and 1 haven't had any trouble
since"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask
for kidney remedy-get Doan's Kidney Pill,
the same that Mr.. Nom had. Foster. Mil
burn Co., Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-12-16
Size and Ability

low far he can jump"
That old and crude philosophy is as
applicable to men as to frogs, says
the Kansas City Star.
A story in the Star, short time
ago, told of the arrival at Union sta
uon OF four men, three of them alert,
well-dressed, impressive-looking. The
fourth wore battered old gaberdine
frayed at the buttonholes. His man.
ner was timid and retiring. In size
he was Insignificant.
- He was a little great man, DR..
Charles H. Mayo, one of the greatest
surgeons the world has ever known.
~, John b. Cough, the great platform
orator, used to tell story about him
self, how he arrived late at hall in
Glasgow, where he was to speak. The
place was packed, He could not get
IN.
'"< To the crowd wedged into the front
entrance he told that he must get in,
he was Cough, the speaker. They
looked at him, he was an understood
man, and laughed, They imagined
4. that Cough, the great orator, must be
z tall man.
Il He went to side window, hoping
to be able to crowd in there. 1t was
Already jammed full, and they, too,
laughed when he told them he was
John B. Cough.
Finally he went to a rear door and
ri
was Cough.
"Yes, five or six other men have al
ready told me that" the watchman
eaid. Cough gave him a shilling to
PASS him in to the stage and after
tho lecture the doorkeeper went to
him and said:
well, Cough you're like singed
eat; better than you look"
Many men who do great things are
small in stature and insignificant.
looking. Nearly all of them would
pass unnoticed in crowd.
Gen. Sir John French, field marshall
IN command of the British forces in
France, "the incompatible Ney" of
the British army, is described as:
Short and squat in stature, ludi-
crous figure on horseback and not
at all the sort of man in appearance
one expects cavalry leader to be-"
And he is quiet and unassuming"
They all are-all the men who do
great things.
Lloyd-George, British chancellor of
she excequer, one of the great men
of England, is described as follows
1n Golfers Weekly:
"A short, stocl1y man, about the size
u La Toilette, there was nothing dis
t1nguished in his appearance" He Is
known as "the little Welsh lawyer"
Lord Roberts, great general, was
Known as Little Bobs."
Grant was short and stocky, Lord
Nelson, "the greatest sea fighter the
world has ever seen," was under
sised and delicate. Napoleon was
'the lite Corporal"
Stephan A. Douglas was "the little
giant" Hartman and Jay Gould,
wizards of railway finance, were un-
aersized. So is John ID. Rockefeller.
1.-The list might be extended to col
1amns, disproving the popular belief
that for man to be genius he must
SSS big; but still the world will keep
In believing 1t.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-12-16
Cleaning the Crack

Everybody used to be contented believing
the world to be flat.
1t takes long time for human beings to
think of things.
No one ever thought to clean out the crack
which you have no doubt noticed on the flat
side of every coffee bean.
And yet it is the bitter skin EMBODIED in the
crack and around the coffee bean that
makes much coffee unpleasant to the taste.
When you grind your own coffee, you grind
also the bitter skin and the still more bitter
contents of the crack.
Result, more poor coffee.
Empire Coffee is palatable, appetizingT Tand
dependable because the crack is cleaned
Your grocer has it at SOC pound
BERDAN & co.
IMPORTERS AND ROASTERS..
OF COFFEE
TOLEDO, Founded 1886
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
LAST OF JOHN BROWNS AIDS
Follower Of Famous Abolltlonist Lives
In Kansas and Is Hale and
Robust at Elghty-Four.

Sallna, Kan.-Luke L. Parsons, who
has resided on farm near Salina for
fifty years, has the distinction of be
ing the last of the survivors of all the
men directly associated with John
Brown and his famous border warfare
just preceding the war between the
states.
Parsons left his home in Massa'
chusetts in 1856 to aid the Free Soil
ers in the Kansas-Missouri border
warfare, following Brown through the
series of sklrmishes which eliminated
in the famous battle Of Osawatomie.
He was then selected as one of the
ten picked men who we're to accom-
pany Brown on his raid through Vir.
ginia; but, owing to the delay Of
nearly a year in completing the plans
for his adventure, he left the expedi.
ton at Cleveland, o., thus missing the
Harper's Ferry disaster by a few
weeks.
Parsons health at eighty-four years
of age, is robust, and he is still able
to do as much work as the average
man. 1t was not until recent years
that he permitted himself to talk Of
the John Brown affair and his con.
nection with it. Now all of his com.
patriots are dead, and he is the last
link connecting this tragic page in
American history with the present.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

the school itself Then came the
question of the commissariat. At firs
she gave up her own ration TO hel
ten refugees-but that was moi
enough among SO many So she col
lected from her friends and relatives
in the village here a piece Of bread
and there a vegetable.
When the Germans, seeing her sus
piciously laden basket, asked her for
whom were all these provisions, she
would answer, For your wounded in
the chapel" Better still, she ap,
pointed, herself cook for the German
ambulance, and In this capacity was
able to pick up all sorts Of broken
victuals, so that her English were in
no danger of starving.
But English soldiers do not live by
food alone-they like their tobacco.
Now, according to the regulations of
the invaders, each inhabitant of the
place had the right to buy two sous
worth of tobacco a day. She found
a way to evade this regulation and
to keep her ten in smokables. She or
ganized an army of boys, who ten or
twenty times a day would purchase at
different shops the meager penny
worth.
But there was always the danger
that the hiding place of the ten might
be discovered by some German. For
tunately, their dormitory communi-
Gated by trap-doors with the ground
floor of the building, and precisely
with a room on that ground floor
which gave on the garden. So she
procured long rope, with which she
advised her prisoners to practice
sort of fire-drill. She was enthusias-
tic over the results.
Just imagine" she said to her in
terviewer, that my Englishmen after
a few attempts were able, the whole
ten of them, to strap up their haver-
sacks, get ready for all eventualities,
and slide down the rope noiselessly
in less than five minutes"
But these desperate measures were
not necessary. The Germans tempo
rarily evacuated the place, and the ten
English soldiers were able to regain
the allied lines in safety. They have
all given her their names and ad-
dresses, and sworn that she must
come to England when the war is
over, where they promise her a royal
welcome. One of the grateful ten is
a nobleman, and a relative of King
George-Lord Smith is the name
given, but never mind! The girl left
the town only when the Germans
we're about to re-enter it, and after the
town had been subjected to a fierce
Oombardment for r ny days.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
HIDES 10 FROM FOE
French Girl Keeps Soldiers From
German Clutches.
BY Dlnt Of All Sorts Of Courageous
Ruses She Feeds and coneeals Eng
lishmen While Teutons
Occupy Place.

Paris.-The invaders would not
have been so charitably disposed to a
French girl had they known that for
three weeks by dint of all sorts of
courageous ruses she had been feed
ing, concealing, and keeping from
their clutches ten English soldiers
She was a servant in a girls board.
ing school. When the war broke out
the pupils all returned to their homes,
and she was left alone, for her only
companion was an old deaf and par
TALLY paralyzed woman. When the
Germans entered the town they went
through the girls school from attic
to basement, collecting all the linen
bedding they could lay their hands
on. For some reason or other they
did not install their wounded in the
main building, but in the chapter an
mex.
These wounded the girl tended with
the utmost devotion, in the first place,
because she is tender-hearted, and in
the second, because she had every rea-
son to desire to stand well with the
invaders. For her conscience was
quite clear. She knew that down in
the grotto at the end of the school
gardens she hat concealed ten Tom
miles, who had come, hungry, foot
sore and worn out just one hour be-
fore the Germans.
They will be here in a moment"
the English officer had said, not wish
ing to put the girl in danger.
Never mind" she said, III hide
you somewhere, and afterwards we
shall see." So she took them to the
grotto. But the quarters were mar
row, damp and intensely uncomfort
able. Her heart bled for her pro-
-eges. Then she had an idea, the
very daring of which was to insure its
She installed her ten Tom
mics" in the unoccupied top floor of
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
PROTECTS AN INDIAN MAID
Oklahoma Judge Appoints a Guardian
for Girl With a Million
Dollars.

Okmulgee, Okla.-Judge Mark L.
Bozarth has appointed E. W. Kimbley
as guardian of the person and estate
of Katie FiXico, an incompetent She
is an Indian who owns valuable tract
of oil lands in the north end of the
Cushing field. Title to property worth
in the neighborhood of million dol
lars will be affected by the ruling of
the court.
The Midco Oil company, operating
on the land, holds lease dated three
years ago, given through the county
court. On the day the girl became of
age she gave the lease to Harry C..
Denton on the theory that the first
lease expired with her minority. The
land was sold on the following day by
her to Walter Morton, brother of her
former guardian, for $4,000.
The girl appeared in court recently,
and during her testimony it was shown
that she did not know word of Eng
lish, that she had left school at the
age of eighteen while in the third
grade, and that she knew nothing of
the value of money
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

Miss Constance Drexel, who posed
especially for this photograph is an
American girl who was in France with
her parents at the time war broke
out. Like many other American girls
and women, she Immediately entered
the relief ranks by nursing the wound.
ed. In the hospital at Deauville, she
saw, more vividly than can be de-
scribed, the horrors Of war She saw
the men whom she had nursed, and
helped to snatch from the very brink
of the grave, go hobbling back when
discharged as cured, fearlessly and
bravely. to the firing line
The self-sacrificing American wom-
en- who as ministering angels have
snatched so many of the wounded men
back from the grave, are looked upon
by the women of Europe as the great
est possible factor in bringing about
peace.
Miss Drexel is prominent in the
movement for peace started by women
OF the neutral countries
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

as should have them
aces to travellers which
trade has been
is the chief source of income of the people.
Secretary Lane believes that
heretofore their Europe and that the national of the
West and
sought
the
and the
kRVA 'Rc!a which will
courts
landscape Secretary
parks
lie department OF he interior
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07


his display humb the pardon of the house
This tradition violent setback however the " time
the call Private John Allen
thN
Don't hit with that fool bird he said when the
waved him.
struggling
When reached
schooboy midst
What do do nOw?" he asked, a whisper
sapsk since then the has
the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
NOT PARTED EVEN BY DEATH
Married Sixty Years, End for Aged
Couple Is Almost Stimuli
taneous.

Stamford, Conn. = In Creadley
Heath, England, more than eighty
years ago, two. children were born-a
boy and girlAwithin a stones throw
of each other They played together,
they went to school together, they
courted and sixty years ago they mar
ried. They moved to this country and
died here within seven hours of each
other
These two people whose lives ran
happily side by side for more than
three-quarters of century, were Mr.
and Mrs. William Woodhall, 1875 Hen
ry street, Stamford
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

much thought selection design
artist the following
gestion:
Whatever design selected the flag should be spot of color An
with would be appropriate The three
branches
might lend itself to satisfactory adaptation"
The idea that the should expression the
feminist by Mrs Virginia Brooks Washbue
The
Chicago which has become familiar through its hotel
china svrware
mobile.
public stations hreboats vehicles and
schoolhouses and
parades"
all Parades believed will introduce compl
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
Cause of Ocean Tides.

The chief cause of ocean tides is
the attraction of the moon which, af-
fecting most strongly the side of the
earth nearest to the moon, draws or
heaps up the waters in the parts Of
Ghe earth successfully turned toward
the moon, The attraction Of the earth
for the water on its surface is strong
enough to counteract the attraction Of
the moon and hold the water in place,
but it responds to the attraction Of
the moon by considerable movement.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
Hadn't Eornotten.

A former bishop of Bath and Wells
loved to impress on his ordination can
didates the importance of a thorough
study Of the Analogy" of Bishop But.
Ter. "Good-by, my dear young friend"
he once said in taking leave of a stu
dent at the palace door; and then
earnestly added: Whatever you do,
don't forget the Butler" "Oh, my
lord. haven't" stammered OUT the
youth, Il have just given him half a
crown!"-T. P.'s Weekly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

the building employees and the gossip current in the corridors to
agree therefore demoraizng
ing of still
little heather
ec adjustments
will
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

related to war equipment. What he
is interested in is the preparedness
on the part of the government to han
die properly the tremendous tourist
travel in America, which is expected
to be one Of the results of the great
war.
In the opinion of the interior de.
partment officials and others who are
familiar with conditions in the nation.
al parks of the West these great
natural show places have never been
visited by as many American people
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

The young man in the bureau of in
formation laid the railroad guide
down and looked reproachfully at the
woman who had turned in volley Of
questions. Madam" ne said, you
can't possibly take all those trains
you are asking about" 81 know it."
she replied. serenely; but as long
as didn't have anything else to do
/ thought I'd just see for myself how
much you railroad men really know
about your business"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

aCCOuntabIe Tor It's Sale return The
ancient bugbear Of refractory mem.
bers, which came down from medieval
parliamentary bodies, is a long piece
of silver mounted on ebony, at the
business end of which is a silver
globe. Surmounting the globe, with
his talons firmly clutching the North
pole, is an American eagle.
Whenever a member becomes un.
ruly the sergeant-at-arms is supposed
to stalk solemnly down the aisle and
confront him with the mace The bel
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
live and thrive.

live and thrive.
The mother is aged thirty-seven
and is already grandmother Of three.
She was married at the age of th1r-
teen in Texas to her present husband,
who is sixty years old. Both are
of healthy hardy stock, though plural
births can only be traced on the faith
er's side, where twins have not been
an exception
There we're 60 visitors at the Nc
knight farm home next day, in spite
of the remote location. Among them
we're party Of newspaper men.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

Whitney,
places along which
the aopane idea They they
hours of daylight the Island Connecticut
taking chance twice day Just much tennis
golb just much times wife children
approximately
They a
pioneers
The members have
established club landing place Sevnsecond the
the Automobile Club
flying
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
FOUR BORN AT SAME TIME
Mrs. Mcknight, Mother of Quadru
plets, Aged 81, Is Already
Grandmother.

Redding, Cal.-Shasta county's
latest, if not greatest wonder, was the
birth a few days ago of quadruplets
at c. o. Meningitis home, three miles
south of Bellavista, where each of the
four, equally divided as to sex, is
making remarkably good start. 1t is
the belief of the physician that all will
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

in greeting Hows the
world oday?'
In return M an abbrevaton of Badae the scientific
cockach family will
delightedy Then,
remain attitude until the
When Adrdge holds pencil perpendcularly
a i Aldridge himself
it S family
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
The First plsolnls

The apostle Andrew, brother Of
Peter was the first disciple chosen
by Christ. Both Peter and Andrew
were fishermen and left their busi-
ness to follow Christ. The fate Of
Andrew after the death Of Christ is
uncertain, but the common opinion is
that he was crucified. He is the
patron saint of Scotland, and Russia
has a Knighthood order Of st. An.
drew, the highest order in rank Of
that empire.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

the fire. and to scomf the pilots of apnes flying ao The
engineer experimenting
work will
producing will be shipped battalion
wilt the field
his
earchlgh ighmodung
standard articles this
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

DR.. Fritz Wilhelm Holm of New
York is former newspaper man of
China, Denmark and the United
States. He was born in Copenhagen,
Denmark, in 1881, is the son of the
late Consul General Frederick p. Holm
and has travelled all over the world
several times. In 1906 Doctor Holm
organized and commanded scientific
expedition into the interior CT China,
from which after many month of dan
gerous and arduous work, brought
back the famous HISTORIAN monument
of A. D. 781, replica of which stands
in the Metropolitan Museum in New
York.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

Il have no statement to make" said
Mcknight, except that / am sur.
prised father. We certainly did not
expect anything extraordinary"
Shasta county supervisors sent a
trained nurse to the Mcknight home
with instructions for her to call upon
the county for necessary financial aid.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

f1OOr and easement OF his Of1Ce. IJ
has become very fond Of Aldridge.
When he comes on duty it scurries
spiritedly about a large telephone
desk or perches itself on his fingers.
When either of the two other clerks
are on duty, it hides away and can
not be found Never once does it
venture forth after Aldridge leaves,
but the moment he returns and gives
a peculiar kissing call with his
pursed lips it appears, as if by magic,
and quavers its long antennae in
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

Collier, ]. Stuart Blackton, William
X. Vanderbilt. Jr., and Devereux Mil
burn, the polo star, are also in on it,.
That doesn't complete the list by
any means. Other charter mem
bers are likely to be A. Holland
Forbes, Jay Gould, court tennis wiz
ard; Clifford B. Harmon, real estate
man; Alan r. Hawley, gas bag man;
Colgate Hoyt, John Barry Ryan, son
Of T. F.; Rod Wanamaker, who
would have backed the cross-the-At-
lantic flight If the war hadn't come;
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

nOUHCeWenL 70 sOlne OIILs tenants LhaL
too strenuous love-making must cease
in the building.
Manager Edward Kennedy ad-
mitted when asked if he as superin-
tendent of the building had notified
any of the tenants to cease their os-
culatory and caressive activities or
move" that he remembered having
called up a tenant some little time
ago about unseemly conduct in his
Office"
The snnnninp of nna or mara Of