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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-03

Dance at the Waldorf
Saturday night. Mahoney orches-
ira, Come where there Is plenty OF
room. Tickets soc. 500
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-03
NEW TODAY

Legal blanks. Courier ONCE.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-03

Mining blanks. Courier ONCE.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-03

The statement failed to confirm re-
ports that Monastir had fallen.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-03

COMMERCIAL MEN are invited to
investigate the Hotel oxford's
newly fitted up sample rooms, Per-
fectly lighted day or night, ample
for largest line OF samples carried
on the coast. Satisfactory trans
fer service. AutoIbus at the trains.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-03

-. -.
FOR RENT--Building occupied by
Russell's confectionery. c. H.
Demaray. G13
The Lamar register., 1915-08-18

at the end farthest from the door The
other seats were allied with officers
and soldiers. An old woman, poorly
dressed, entered at one Of the sta
tions, and, finding no seat and having
none offered her, approached the end
where the general was seated. He i'm
mediately arose and gave her his seat.
Instantly there was a general rising,
each one offering his seat to the gen
eral. But he calmly said: mo, gen
tlemen, If there was no seat for the
infirm old woman, there can be none
for me-"
The effect was remarkable. One af-
ter another got out of the car. The
seats seemed to be too hot for them.
and the general and the old lady soon
had the car to themselves.-Southern
Churchman.
The Lamar register., 1915-08-18

Chollie-You look tired, my boy.
CIarence-Yes; I've been working.
What doing, pray?"
winding up my wrist watch, OF
COURSE"
Table Takes Root In Yard.
S. S. Wiser Of Reading. Pa, had
a unique experience with a willow
wood table which he placed In his
ward several weeks ago. From this
experience he is convinced that the
wear 1915 will bring bumper crops.
Wiser discovered a few days ago
that the table had sprouted and had
begun TO bud and shoot. When he
tried to remove the piece of furniture
he found that the four legs had taken
root in the soil and the table is now
a part of the vegetation of the yard.
should he now wish to remove the
table he win have to dig
The Lamar register., 1915-08-18
Thirty Years Fire.


A fire which ragged for thirty years
and defied all attempts to extinguish
1t sounds like a fantastic tale, yet this
phenomenon actually took place a cen
fury ago.
Some Scotch "moonshiners" had set
up a still in the workings of a disused
coal mine, but an accident entirely in
dependent of the revenue officers com
PEELED them to change their quarters.
They discovered that one of their fur
naces had caused a smoldering fire
in the abandoned coal seam, and fail
ing in their efforts to put 1t out, they
left the place in hurry and, needless
to say, without making a report to
the authorities.
The fire in the old pit continued to
smolder until at night the flames is
suing from the mouth OF the shaft at
tracted the attention of the inhabitants
of the country round about; but it was
found that the fire had reached a point
where all attempts to put It out proved
futile.
The Lamar register., 1915-08-18
DOES 1T PAY7

Cheap incubators spoil eggs and
produce weak chickens. Buy the best
and save money. We have the kind
that is guaranteed to hatch. Call and
we will explain the difference.
STRAIN BROS.
The Lamar register., 1915-08-18

ne roresaw ana arranged THIS wnole
thing"
Not quite all of It. I think said
Jimmy knowingly. "Come-Polly' let S
take a little walk. We're not wanted
here, and l want to tell you the part
Paul didn't plan"
Jimmy was mistaken. Paul Hen
don with his facility for stories and
situations, had actually planned this
very ending.
(Copyright 1915, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Svndtcata)
The Lamar register., 1915-08-18

General Lee was in the cars going
to Richmond one day and was seated
The Lamar register., 1915-08-18
Writing
FIRE INSURANCE
r. M. ZIEGLER

r. M. ZIEGLER
has the agency for two good
Fire Insurance companies,
and solicits a share of your
patronage.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22

Hick Colgan. the famous wolf
catcher. who lives near Atchison,
Kan, has captured a total OF 72y
wolves. He receives a bounty of five
dollars for gray wolves end one dol.
lar for coyotes. Since the first of the
year he has captured 80.
Cairo correspondent writes TO the
Manchester Guardian that. owing to
the falling of the Nile, Egypt will have
to import nearly all her rice this year.
The Nile has not been as low for near.
ly 100 years, and the facilities for wa
ter storage have been insufficient
Jarrah trees in the Australian for.
ests grow to height of 1870 feet, kari
trees to 200 feet
The famous timeball at Greenwich
is to be replaced by new aluminium
ball, and its mechanism overhauled
and reconstructed. An electrical cur.
rent from the clock was first used TO
drop 1t at one o'clock each day in 1852
Out of 57,O0O.OOO animals Inspected
in the last year 533 900 we're found to
be infected with tuberculosis, and hog
cholera and cattle tick have cost the
producers Of this country anywhere
from $lOO0OO.OOO to s150.OOO,OO In q
single year.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

Damage to American crops by in
sects yearly amounts TO $5SO000,0OO
Standard clocks in the Paris OBJ
servatory are kept 80 feet under
ground, where the variation in tenn
perature has been less than one de-
gree for several years.
Members Of the Chicago Craftsmen
Chapter Of Operative Masons are Ma
sons in two senses Of the word. They
are bricklayers and stonemasons and
are members OF the Masonic order.
About 900 colors are known to
dyers. of which only about 100 are
made in the United States
The latest figures compiled show
this country to be equal in steel prod
ucts to both Germany and the United
Kingdom.
I'm His Steps" the booklet by Rev.
aCharles M. Sheldon. has sold more
than 2O,00O.0OO copies. An error in
the copyright has kept the author from
making more than a trifie out OF it.
Tulips came from the Leyant; they
grow wild in European Turkey. Lady
Holland brought them to England in
1S04.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22
sulphur Mining in Texas.

Near Freeport, Tex, sulphur is pro
duced from beds approximately 1000
feet below the surface The sulphur
is melted in place and can then be
raised to the surface by means of an
air lift. Superheated water at tenn
perature Of 1886 degrees Fahrenheit,
and under high pressure is forced into
the ulphur-bearing formation The
water penetrates the deposit and melts
the sulphur whose melting point is
239 degrees Fahrenheit which then
flows to pipe from which It issues at
the surface and runs into bins. These
bins are constructed of boards which
are raised as the mass increases the
bins finally reaching height of thirty
to thirtv-fve feet The sulphur prompt
ly congeals on exposure and after a
few hours assumes the true sulphur
yellow.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22

/ mere are tne lliad and Odyssey
of Homer, the Divine Comedy of
Dante, and the great dramas of Shake
speare-'The Merchant of Venice,
Macbeth Hamlet and Othello'-and
Goethe's Faust
These books should be read by all
who would know the worlds best lit
erature and life. The bureau of educa-
tion therefore has chosen them for its
| first course in reading. and we have
been very pleasantly surprised to note
that the majority of persons who have
evinced interest in this movement
have inquired particularly about the
erary masterpieces. We have been
of the opinion that the majority Of
people would find these selections a
little heavy for their reading and
would prefer the works listed under
the fiction heading. But nearly every
inquiry which has reached us from
adults has specified tha' the writer de-
sired particularly to familiarize him
self with the frs two courses.
ITO everyone who inquiries concern
ing the course we send a blank. to be
filled out and kept as a record in
Washington and list of the books
of the special courses designated We
advise that the reading begin as soon
as possible and that, when possible.
the books be taken in the order
named But thu is not essential 20
the obtaining of the certificate of
merit given by the government in lieu
of the usual college or university
diploma or degree when the student
completes the entire course and sub.
mits satisfactory evidence of having
read all the books on the first two lists
within three years from the time of
joining the reading circle.
The second course is intended as
a supplement to the first and includes
nine books: Job, Isaiah, Deuteronomy.
'Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus,
Virgil's 'Aeneid' The NibelungenIied,'
Ceryantes' Don Quixote, number of
plays by Moliere and Milton's Para.
disc Lost
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22

1t is estimated that so per cent OF
the l.75O,O0O automobiles in use in
the United States are owned by farm.
ers and the percentage is increasing
each year. 1t is estimated that 50
per cent of the 1915 output will go to
the farming communities.
meteor which fell recently in
front o. the home of Charles Solmon,
who lives near Prescott, Mich, went
to an unknown depth and water came
up to the surface in the hole 1t made,
although Solmon had been unable to
strike water at depth OF 80 feet.
Knitting is a Scotch invention of
the fifteenth century Soon after it's
invention guild of stocking knitters
was formed. with st. Fiacre as its
patron saint, Hand knitting was SUP.
plemented by machinery as early as
1883, when William Lee invented the
knitting frame
In the superior court OF Thomas
county, Georgia, three juries were de-
liberating at the same time over three
different charges against the same
man. Before one Jury he was charged
with hog-stealing, before another with
rioting and before third with selling
liquor illegally.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22
But We Have a Suspicion That the
Young Man Did Not Accept
the Fathers offer.

He came into the old gentleman 6
office with a bright smile.
I'm the young man who's been call
ing on your daughter sir. and just
dropped into say am not in love
with her "
No answer
! II want to be perfectly square. Ours
is a friendship, pure and simple-gen'
/: uine platonic. We respect each other.
We enjoy simple and friendly com.
munion. Just a case of comradeshlp,
pure and unalloyed
/ No answer.
You NAV think-it would be natural
for any man of your vast experience
| of the world to think-that. even If /
| feel this way about it, your daughter
might unconsciously be falling in love
with me only to wake up some day
and find her heart broken. Through
no fault of my own, you understand
Just one of those unhappy accidents
which come No, sir Nothing in that
She knows the situation. Purely men
tai | assure you"
The old gentleman wheeled around.
Weren't you kissing my daughter
last nigh IN the back parlor?
The " .ng man smiled again.
Certainly. sir. certainly. Nothing
in that. assure you-the kiss of
fl rendship Ever hear of Damon and
Pythias? They kissed each other fire,
quently Jonathan and David also. |,
sir, am proud to kiss any friend of
mine.
"Um! suppose you'd put both
arms around your friend, hold his lily
white hand in yours and lay his head
on your shoulder-just for pure friend
ship2"
That's it, sir Your intuitive mind
has grasped the idea. With me friend
ship is everything"
And what is your idea of lover"
Love, sir! Never experienced It,
I'm not interested in love. Me for
friendship, pure and unalloyed"
II see--iust a few friendly, platonic
hugs and friendly kisses and"
Exactly. sir You know
The old gentleman smiled
I'm glad you called" he said.
Nothing like frank talk to clear up
these little matters. Young man.
feel friendly toward you already. No
reason, is there, why you and
shouldn't be friends?"
None. sir. In fact. it's the dearest
wish of my heart"
Good Then | tell you what. I'm |
going to send my dear, friendly daugh.
ter away tomorrow for a months vaca-
ton But don't let that lake any diff
ference I'll take her place. Come
around and sit in my lap all the eve
ming, will you?'-Life
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22

Completion of these two courses
Will firmly ground the student in what
are usually known as the classics and
will enable him the better to appre-
ciate the other and lighter reading TO
be found in the other lists.
The reading course for parents,
which Is under the direct supervision
of Miss Ellen c. Lombard. secretary
of the home educational division. IN
cludes a number of books dealing with
problems of everyday life in the
home. The volumes on this list in
clude books on practical motherhood
marriage, development of children,
care of babies domestic economy,
shelter and clothing, domestic science
and number of pamphlets and bull
letins issued by the department of
agriculture and dealing with the can
ming and preserving of fruits and
vegetables,
The boys course includes a few
of the more exciting books upon the
lists of American literature and
WI NJ y iINAibll, Alih III dhhlbiOA oHAA
books as Hans BrinkCr.' The Jungle
Book. Westward Ho!' biographies Of
Lincoln. Lee and Franklin, addresses
by Lincoln and Washington. Cleveland
Moffett's Careers of Dangers and Oar
ing and Bufinch's Age of Chivalry.
The careful perusal Of these books
will, we feel, pay large dividends not
only upon the moral character of the
boy himself but upon the future vel
fare of the country at large.
The girls course includes only one
or two of the books recommended for
boys. but II parallels the other course
in that it advocates the reading of
selected few of the worlds master
pieces of fiction and the more Iu-
venile of the American authors works
Alice in Wonderland Little Women,
The Mill on the Floss Evangelne.
Helen Keller's story Of her life and
the four books dealing with house fur
nishing the preparation of food and
the physical side of girlhood and wom-
anhood are among the other books rec
commended"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22
GOOD ENOUGH AS A SAMPLE
Quality Of Helping Was All Right, But
In Quantity It Left Much to
Be Desired.

Jacky had been asked out to a
"grown-up' dinner Swelling with
pride. he took his seat at the bot.
tom of the table and looked round
slightly awestruck-at the imposing
collection of aunts and uncles
Then his attention became fixed on
the ancient relative who was carving
an enormous turkey. and his mouth
warered as he saw the big helpings
being handed round.
But the carver, who did not know
much about little boys, cut off a tiny
portion for Jacky.
Is that the part of the bird you
like, my little man? he asked, as the
servant handed Jack the plate
Jack looked at it for a moment. and
then handed it back.
Yes" he said. I'll have some of
V"at, please.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22

"Squabbling and fighting there S
another very frequent cause of di.
vorce," said Prof. L. Watts lngersoll
in an address before the Cleveland
Antidivorce league.
"A man had been hailed before a
Cleveland magistrate for nonsupport
or some such fault.
But let me see, the justice said,
aren't you the man who was married
in a cage of mild man-eating tigers
and leopards?
Yes, your honor, I'm the man.
was the reply.
Exciting, wasn't it,? said the jus.
tice
We'll, your honor, said the man.
1t seemed so then. 1t wouldn't now! 1"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22

"Gadspur tells me that while on his
vacation this summer he was tossed
about on QUE of the great lakes in a
disabled launch for forty-eight hours
before being rescued
That must have been a narrowing
experience"
Indeed it was. During all that time
he didn't have the slightest idea OF
what the stock market was doing"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22
Reminded.

when the autumnal frosts touch
the foliage with tints of red and vel.
low against the gray sky, doesn't that
inspire you to thought"
ut certainly does. The reds and
yelIows make me think of the job
ahead of me tending the furnace, and
the grays make me think of the dust
when | sift the ashes"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22

fault, so took Dodd's Kidney Pills.
They were the means of saving my
life
Dodd's Kidney Pills, SOC per box at
your dealer, or Dodd's Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tab.
lets for Indigestion have been proved,
Soc per box. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
English and German Words and
recipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent
free.-Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22
Hereditary.

The baby had finished his bottle of
milk, and the proud mother thought it
would be good time to get him to
say mamma papa" and by by"
The baby simply gurgled.
Ism that perfectly wonderful"
said the mother
Well, replied the baby's uncle, 1T
reminds me very much of the way his
father talks when he has been busy
with bottle"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22
Lnue,s Wav.

"Of course, he hasn't any money,
but Charlie says love will make a
way"
Yes, | noticed it will" said the
father. Thus it's made away with
about twenty-eight dollars worth OF
electricity"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22
restlmony From One Who Knows.

Dorothy Dix says girls ought to
know what their beaux make. Don't
they? Unless times have changed the
girls get three-fourths of it during the
courtship and make a clean sweep
after the wedding. Houston Post,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22
Lost and Found.

MY husband lost his temper yester-
day"
well, from the way my husband
acted this morning l think it's very
likely he found it. l wish you'd send
over and get it, We don't need it.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22

Papa" said a little boy, Il want
goat.
why, son, you can't have a goat;
he'd hook you"
Well, daddy, then Id cut his horns
off"
Nothin' doin', son; he'd butt you.
"Aw, daddy, then Id cut his buttons
off. Please get me goat"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22
Small Chance.

DO you ever expect to be married?"
We'll, that depends. If can find
girl with million or two who
doesn't want to be married for herself
alone"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22

The Great Literary Bibles.
The "Iliad" and Odyssey"
The Divine Comedy
The Merchant of Venice"
Macbeth"
Hamlet"
"Othello"
Faust" (Goethe)
Masterpieces Of Literature
Anna karenina"
With Fire and Sword"
The Three Musketeers"
"Pere Goriot"
"Clarissa Harlowe"
David Copperteld"
Guy Mannering"
Henry Esmond"
'Ivanhoe"
Lorna Doone"
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel"
Pride and Prejudice"
Robinson Crusoe"
Tale of Two Cities"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22

ralgia, cramps in
my muscles, pres
sure or sharp pain
on the top of my
head and nervous
dizzy spells. ! had
o t h er symptoms
showing that my
Kidnavc uara Of
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22
SAVED MINiarER's LIFE.

Rev. w. Fl. Warner, Frederick, Nd.
writes my trouble was Sciatica
My back was affected and took the
torn Of Lumbago. ! also had Neu.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22

Smile, smile, beautiful clear white
clothes. Red Cross Ball Blue, American
made, therefore best. All grocers. Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22
The Reason.

There is a great deal of snap about
that marching"
mo wonder; it's crack corps"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22

Wk|(({6
M>-hhs-A NCLE SAM has
'NZ#696Shkn gone into a new
ckkzRzlZlzA business. Not sat
W =: :. !. !: !: J: !. !. Z: 4 !. !.
O ished with coming
M money, raising
chickens, acting as
W messenger boy, do
~ ing a real estate
business and at
tending to a thou
sand and one other jobs which he
has selected for himself. he has
decided to become a professor of
literature in the University of the
Common People. To this end he
has Just instituted one of the
most novel schemes ever inaugu-
rated--a course in literature for
the benefit of all the people OF
the United States and It's lnsular
possessions.
The bureau of education is at
the head of mis- university of 1t
erature, university where the
sole cost of tuition is TO evince
interest in the lessons, a univer-
eity which Confers certificates OF
merit in lieu of degrees and guar
antees that all students will re-
ceiye benefits in direct ratio to
their application
Or. p. p. CIaxton. commission
or OF education, is the man wh1 is
at the head of the literature
movement. and from all indica.
tlCna the course will be an excep-
tionally popular one,
We are receiving scores of ap-
plications every day from persons
who desire to share in the bene.
fits of our reading courses. Doc.
tor ClaXton told me when in.
CURED as to the response which
the movement was meeting with.
If the applications continue TO
come in at their present rate
and there is hardly a day that
does not show IN increase over
the day before-wo shall be hard
to handle all the correspondence
tached to the courses, and congr
viii have to make additional apr
priations for the betterment of the
erary taste of the people.
1t was in order to bring about I
5etterment in the state of the read
public continued Doctor Claxt
that the bureau of education dee
ed to institute this series of cour
in literature, At present we have
divisions of the main course mapE
out. These are:
THE great literary Bibles.
Masterpieces of the worlds lite
ture.
"A reading course for parents.
Miscellaneous reading for bows
Miscellaneous reading for girls
Thirty books of great fiction.
Some Of the worlds heroes.
American literature.
biography.
History.
Seven of these courses have be
completed, and we are engaged in
swering hundreds of queries conce
ing them. The other three will be
ished in a short time, and then
government will be in a position 10
a most humane thing-to tell perso
of every age what they ought to re
If they desire to improve their min
That. of course, is the primary
ject of this literary course. and
firmly believe that II only a fraction
the persons who have already evinc
interest in this movement apply the
selves to the work which we ha
mapped out. the Improvement in I
literary taste of the country at lar
will be marked"
IN discussing the first of the
courses Doctor Claxton said: "Amo
all the books of the world few q
so pre-eminent for content and sty
that they deserve the right to
called the great literary bibles. t
foundation stones upon which res
the entire literature of the world,
whatever language or age.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22
BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY THE GOVERNMENT

"Cloister and Hearth"
Vanity Fair"
Vicar of Wakefield"
"Romola"
THE Luck of Roaring Camp"
The Last of the Mohicans"
The Scarlet Letter"
The Pilot"
Treasure Island"
American Literature
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Ia
BILE"
Two Years Before the Mast"
Emersons Essays
Poe's Gold Bug"
Henry James THE American"
o. Henry's -Four Million"
"Ben-Hur"
Tom Sawyer"
"Huckleberry Finn"
The Man Without a Country"
The Marble Faun"
Reign of Law"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22
OUGHT to Work.

Alas, have never been kissed"
That shows lack of enterprise on
your part. Your sister has a fance,
| believer"
Yes
why don't you meet him occasion
ally in the dark hall?"--Louisvill
Courier-Journal.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22

1t take a conscientious man to
enjoy his work if the remuneration is
small
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22

Nothing fiatters fool so much as
asking his advice
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22
FORD OWNER DEMONSTRATION WANTED

10 equip and show real starter TO his friends who
avn Ford cars. Write for particulars. CHICAGO
FORD STARTER CO., 2ase JACKSON BLVD, CHICAGO, MA
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-22

A man is apt to feel girlish when he
is making his maiden speech