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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25

thoroughly well.nailed with building
paper between the boarding and
studding and the jolsts overhead
This boarding is afterward thoroughly
we'll painted with three coats OF white
paint made by grinding white lead In
10 linseed OIL This makes a ceiling
that may be washed and kept clean.
You can see that Il is clean because
II Is white IN color. II shows positive
ly whether II needs washing or not.
The partitions between the COW
stalls are OF iron. finished with hard
smooth japan burned into the iron,
The advantage OF iron COW stalls is
that the amount OF surface to be kept
clean Is reduced 10 the smallest pro
portions and still maintain the neces'
sary divisions between the cows. Also
the hard enamel finish offers very M
tie encouragement for dirt. insects OF
bacteria
The proper housing OF dairy cows,
10 produce clean, sanitary milk, has
been worked out TO complete sci
ence. Cleanliness is the main require
ment. Unless the stable IL 80 built
that il may be kept clean Il Is useless
to try to furnish milk with a low
bacteria count. such as is required for
certified milk or other high.prlced
brands
In addition 20 the smooth interior
finish and sanitary furnishings, a thor.
ough system OF ventilation is provided
by intake fiues in the outside walls
and outlet fues for the foul air. which
extend up the sides Of the building
and along the roof to the cupolp on
the peak. This system takes fresh an
from the outside and delivers It at the
ceiling over the COWS Foul air Is
drawn on through the fiues that have
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25

IN many sections Of the country be,
causS Of their neat appearance and
smooth interior, which gives such
splendid NOV room. A roof of this
shape is strong. because of the built
up arches, consisting of heavy trussed
rafters, placed six feet apart on CEN
ters. The rafters between these sup
porting arches are equally spaced, so
as to bring the bearings for the roof
boards two feet apart.
This barn is 36 feet in width and
70 feet in length, as shown by the
floor plan and is intended for the
stabling of 16 cows and IA horses.
The two stables are made entirely
separate by building a solid partition
crosswise Of the barn, as shown in
the floor plan. For convenience there
are doors at the alleys that may be
opened at chore time.
One farm of from 40 to so acres,
where one barn is required to stable
both horses and COWS, this arrange
ment works out In a very satisfactory
manner. Yards are provided to keep
the horses and cows separate when
turned out, and they are as separate
inside as they could be in two differ
ent buildings. The yards are fenced
In such a way as to give the cows
free access to the building from the
COW stable end, and the horses are
always taken out or In at the horse end
Of the barn. Similar doors are pro,
vided at both ends Of the barn, and
windbreaks are built according to the
location, so as to protect both kinds
of live stock to the best possible ad.
vantage.
The construction of this barn calls
for good solid concrete walls with
footings. The foundation walls are
AZ feet from the bottom Of the foot
ings to the top of the wall where the
sills are laid The footings are "a
inches wide, to prevent the possibil-
ity of settling.
Two rows of concrete piers are
built under the supporting columns
on both sides of the center alley. |
These piers and columns are placed |
to divide the stable into three Sec
tions, 12 feet each, which works we'll |
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25

one has seen Stefansson or the two
men he kept with him since then. His
vessel, the Karluk. drifted several hun
dred miles to the westward and was
crushed in the ice. Part OF those
aboard the Karluk we're rescued
through the perseverance of McCon.
nell.
Then Mcconnell came back to the
States and started his efforts to or
ganize a relief expedition. 1t was he
who evolved from his brain the idea of
hydro-aeroplane. Many of his plans
we're talked over in the Eight Oars.
r. w. Demings studio in artistic Mac.
dougal alley
The Canadian government is chided
by Mcconnell for failing TO fit out a
relief expedition, as Stefansson is upon
Canadian service. But the great war
has intervened and monopolizes Cana
da's energies.
Il consider it my duty to search for
Stefansson," Mcconnell said. "As a
survivor of the expedition, shall not
be content to sit idly and in comfort in
civilization until know that my COM
rades are safe. or what has happened
to them"
Opinions differ as to what has hap
pened to Stefansson. He may be drift
ing on field of ice somewhere north
Of Alaska. In this event he would
reach Siberia, If still alive, about two
years from now.
Mcconnell thus outlined his plans
recently:
Our expedition is not more hope
less than that of the Rodgers, which
started out to rescue the crew of the
jeanette in 1879. two years after she
had sailed.
"As to the practicability of using
hydro-aeroplanes, It is well known that
Amundsen intended taking flying ma
chimes with hin. into the Arctic and
using them for scouting while his ice
ship, the Fran, drifted about in the ice
pack. In using hydro-aeroplanes, too,
we may discover the hypothetical con.
tinent Of Crocker Land which Stefans-
son sought.
North of Siberia, Alaska and west
ern Canada lies an unexplored area of
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25
OtherPeopIe's
Business
By John P. Sarjent

Copyright. 1915. by W. @. Chapman)
why do you wish 10 break our en-
gagement?" asked May Earle OF Ned
Ward. as he stood before her In the
garden OF her fathers house.
II had been a hard request for him
10 make, but he had nerved himself
10 do so. At first the girl had made
no rejoinder: she was too astonished
TO speak. Then she turned and faced
him.
Il have ceased 10 love you" he an.
swered quietly.
"You are free. then" said Miss
Earle, and went on clipping the lilac
boughs And Ned Ward walked
away, sick at heart. and yet with a
curious sense OF happiness At the con
clusion Of the inevitable.
Eight months before Ned Ward had
come to Bentham, TO enter the local
bank as assistant manager John
Earle had been his predecessor. but
he had died suddenly Ned found him.
self thrown into contact with his
daughter May; friendship developed
and apparently ripened into love. He
proposed and was accepted. He
lived in ecstasy for weeks.
He knew that John Earl had left no
money except a thousand dollars Of
insurance, and that May was totally
unused to work He was glad that he
was In a position TO care for her.
Pretty soon he would be made mana
ger. when Smith stepped out, which
would mean an income Of two thou
sand-luxury in Bentham.
So they had been happy in their en-
gagement until the day when Mays
friend Bessie Reid came to spend
few days with her Ned had never
been told that May was acquainted
with her. He himself had met her
An Instant Later the Weapon Fell
only once in their home town-but
she was a cousin OF Myra.
Ned had told May that he had been
engaged once, years before Myra
had broken the engagement Then she
learned that Ned's expectations were
smaller than she had believed But
she had contrived to have it appear
that Ned had treated her badly Ned
had said nothing. but Bessie, boiling
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25
Weakness in Timber.

A somewhat curious source Of weak
ness in timber which explains break.
ages that hitherto have seemed mys
terious, has been brought to notice by
experiments in the laboratory of the
United States forest service. When a
beam is dropped across a skid or any
narrow hard solid, the flbers may be
considerably compressed, and if the
beam is subsequently broken, failure
comes at the point of compression
The shocks producing the serious i'm
pairment may be received in strong
gales by the growing tree, as we'll as
in the numbering or manufacturing
operations. Lines of compression APP
pear as little wrinkles or streaks
crossing the grain and these are to be-
taken as a mark of weakness in the
wood. To such fiber compression
from rough usage is now attributed
the p-zElsqg breakage OF materials
supposed to be very strong, such az,
wagon wheel spokes OF hickory
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25

over with indignation, had vowed 10
get even with Ned some day, for
Myra's sake.
Ned knew nothing of this when May
introduced him to Bessie. That same
evening, after Ned was gone, Bessie
told May of the engagement Great
was her disappointment to learn that
May had been told of the matter
There was no chance of making mis-
chief there.
She went to Ned. q think ought
to tell you something, Mr.. Ward. she
said. miss Earle is marrying you
for your money. She does not care
for you at all In fact, she has
thrown over a man whom she does
love very dearly, fSF your sake"
81 don't believe you" stormed Ned
"Will you believe me if show you
proof" asked Bessie.
Ned nodded and Bessie handed him
letter.
1t was written to May and was
signed with the name of Philip Whit
Al5s 1Ou say you lONe NE, MAY, II
ran, "and cannot marry me because /
have nothing to support you But is
that any reason why you should
throw yourself away on a man for
whom you care nothing? May. we
love each other, and have learned 10
care more truly for each other since
your unhappy engagement. Pluck up
courage to tell Mr.. Ward; he will -e-
lease you. Adoringly yours forever"
Bessie looked into Ned's haggard
face as he finished reading the letter
and handed it back to her.
Il thought this was my duty, as
mutual friend, Mr.. Ward" she said.
Il thank you, Miss Reid" answered
Ned, raising his hat and leaving her.
1t was an hour later that Ned
stood before May Earle in the garden
and asked to be released from their
engagement. He said no more. A
week later he had resigned his posi-
ton and gone West
Three years passed. n would be
absurd to say that no other woman |
entered the young mans life. He had |
love affairs-but with each successive
establishment he returned to May
Earle in his hearts fealty. He had
known that she would never tell him
her love had changed; he had done
the only thing possible in his opinion.
He thrust the recurring image away
and strove to forget in the wild from.
tier life he led.
Ned was one OF a posse that had set
Opt to capture = band OF notorious out
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25

lists OF any person going TO the Great
Beyond without one Of these insects.
for such thing has never been known
to occur, the louise being the true and
ever-present witness and always found
on the bodies Of old and young alike.
II the answer Of the minute witness
Is unfavoYable, the unfortunate one
is thrown Immediately into the Gre
and burned. If a favorable answer
is given, he is permitted to pass deep.
er into the earth to land OF ease
and plenty, where he marries again,
his own wife II she has proceeded him,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25
Popular for Barns for Many
Reasons Other Than That
Of Appearance.
GOOD SPECIMEN SHOWN HERE
Building In Every Way spIendldIy
Adapted to the Needs Of the Farm
Chief Merit ls Provision
Made for Both Horses
and Cows.
eY william X. RApEoRn.

Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining 10 the
subject OF building work on the farm. 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 all these subjects
Address all inquiries 10 William A. Rad
ford, No. 1891 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
H.. and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25
Tho once Seeker.

A man with deep and steadfast
longing for ONCE will run excitedly
around begging everybody he sees to
sign his nomination petitions and
then. when he finally gets enough
signatures, will put on a clean shirt
and announce that II the call OF duty
comes he will not disregard the sum
State Journal
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25

In her letter the woman stated that
more than a year ago she and her
daughter we're in the depot waiting for
train. The daughter placed penny
In the weighing machine, and after it
had registered her weight and before
she stepped from the machine, the
mother stepped on also and was
weighed free.
This worried her 80 much that she
inclosed a stamp in the letter and
asked Mr.. Mills to place a penny in
the weighing machine. thus easing her
conscience.--New York Sun.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25

more than a million square miles
Truly this is the last frontier, the last
uneXplored area on the face of the
globe. The prime object of the Cana
dian Arctic expedition was to explore
that area as much as possible, but
when the Karluk was lost Stefansson
was compelled to rearrange his plans
accordingly. He Immediately decided
to go over the treacherous, moving.
crushing ice fields north of Alaska in
search Of the continent which some
students Of tidal phenomena have ar
gued exists-and which others have
argued as conclusiyely does not ex.
list.
Admiral Peary and the president of
the Aero club both declare the plan
feasible My plans are simple. We
would leave the ship, which would be
near the shore, every favorable morn
ing, flying about 500 feet high, and go
in straight line to a point l75 miles
from shore, scanning the ice fields
with powerful glasses. Then we would
turn at right angles for 20 miles turn
again and fly to shore parallel to the
outgoing course.
"The ship, In the meanwhile, would
have sailed to a point 20 miles east
along the coast where she would well
come us back.
81 would bring together the crew
and outfit at Victoria, B. c., as Stefans-
son did. We should sail from home
not later than June /, 1915. The hydro
aeroplanes would have to be thorough
ly tried out before starting and then
could be set up either at Nome or Port
Clarence and tried again. The date of
sailing from Port Clarence, which has
the best harbor on the northwest coast
of Alaska, will depend on the state Of
the arctic ice pack, which generally
comes down to Bering strait late in
July or early in August.
"The hydo-aeroplanes would be OF
the most reliable type, with carrying
capacity of two men and 100 pounds.
Their tanks should hold enough fuel
for 400-mile trip, and their pontoons
should be REINFORCED and equipped
with sled runners, so that we may land
at will on ice or water. Both ma
chimes should be Of identical build,
so that parts may be interchanged in
the event OF an accident to one of the
planes"
Mr.. Mcconnell believes Stefansson
has found the mysterious land he went
out to look for and is now unable to
return to his base on the north coast
of Alaska.
Mcconnell was one of the three
members of thisl expedition who
gained the mainland of Alaska after
drifting about on the ice for nearly
month. He thinks Stefansson is able
to provide for the party of three with
the two rifles and 400 pounds of am
munition they had when last seen.
When Stefansson bade farewell to
Mcconnell and the meteorologist of
the expedition he kept with him two
Storkersen and Ole An
1erson.
1t was quite fitting that these three
adventurous spirits should be descend
.nts of the race of Left Ericsson, the
nan who probably discovered Amer
ca.
All three were picked veterans Of
many arctic campaigns. They knew
Ill the wiles of the Eskimos, be-
ides the scientific learning of the
White men. Only some terrible mis-
ortune could have extinguished them.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25
queer Idea oF Future Life.

The Manobos of Mindanao having
no faith in a future life in the sky,
for the very simple reason that 1t is
inaccessible, believe that when q man
dies, his spirit enters cave from
which he follows a long, long road into
the bowels Of the earth until he meets
the Big Chief, a man OF gigantic
stature who tends great fire burning
between the trunks Of two trees. The
spirit is asked whether he has lived q
good or bad life, and the answer is
given for him by a house. No fear ex-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25
The Man Afraid

Isn't 1t funny that the bigger fool a
man is the more he suspects every
body Of trying to make a monkey Of
him? Some things in this world are
mighty hard to hide. The one thing
that saves many of us is that the rest
are not paying US any attention.-Los
Angeles Times.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25
CENT CLEARS UP CONSCIENCE
Kansas Woman Who Defrauded a
Weighing Machine Makes Restitu-
ton to Company.

Because she cheated" the Weighing
machine in the depot out OF penny
more than a year ago. the conscience
of an Abilene, Kan, woman has been
bothering her ever since, according to
a letter received by the company's
agent here.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25

the barn is the number Of windows
and the neat way in which they are
built into the sides Of the stable. Mod
ern farm barns require larger win
dows than formerly, One reason is
that farm stables contain more ami
mails, but the principal reason Is that
we have learned the value of sunlight
and daylight.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25

One of the neatest and most attrac.
tive looking roofs ever designed for a
barn is what is known as a gothic
roof" Each side of the roof repre-.
sents a graceful ogee curve. Gothic
roofs on barns are becoming popular
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25
A Wnman,a. NAV

So determined is a woman to 'look"
up" to the man she loves that IL she
married q worm she would dig hole
in the ground and crawl into it in or
der to be able to put her head on HE
shoulder and say: Darling, how big
and strong and tall you are.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25
Hard to Convince.

Bacon-Don't you think late hours
are bad for children or grown-ups?
Egbert-sure, | often tell my baby
that when I'm walking the floor nights
with him, but l can't seem to get il
into his head.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25

VIII lehNe Lut uullau DlAleh
this summer bent on bring
ing back explorers marooned
in tho frozen polar regions.
One Is quite confident OF
lTS& success and not a desperate
business, as such work goes.
IL will seek to reach the party OF DON
aid b. Macmillan. now believed to be
at Etah. North Greenland, and report.
ed safe in August of last year.
The second, a forlorn hope. will at.
tempt by aeroplane search OF the ter
Tible northern seas to locate stout
hearted Yilhjalmar Stefansson. who
a year ago with two companions
marched straight north into the un-
known from the Canadian coast near
the mouth OF the Mackenzie river.
Macmillan and Stefansson engaged
in what has aptly been described as
A race for an unknown continent.
There is great stretch Of territory
lying north Of Alaska and Canada and
bounded on the north by the North
po' which has never been surveyed
by human eyes. Admiral Peary, stand.
ing at elevations of 1000 feet and later
1000 feet on islands west of northern
Greenland, believed he saw mountain
peaks Of this unknown land far to the
westward.
He dubbed It Crocker Land. If It
exists, IL is by far the largest area Of
solid earth now unexplored The lure
Of it to the arctic pioneer is beyond un-
derstanding to the dweller under
southern skies.
Last summer Macmillan pushed
across the strait from Greenland and
then over several large islands to the
westward until he came to Cape
Thomas Hubbard, the last place from
which the discoverer of the North
pole, Peary, believed he caught
glimpse Of Crocker's Land mountains.
Here stretch of frozen ocean pre-
sented itself. For 125 miles MacNil-
Ian dashed over the ice straight west
Several times he thought he saw the
land he sought. At last he had to give
Zip and concluded what Peary had
seen was only mirage. 1t is improb-
able Peary could have seen land far
ther than Macmillan went.
Macmillan nearly lost his life before
ne got back to the comparative COM
fort of Etah. This summer he may at
tempt new feats, but he will undoubt-
edly keep in touch with Etah, OF at
any rate let his whereabouts be known
He will not be the staring mystery
Stefansson has become.
A relief party will leave Labrador
in July aboard the schooner George
II. Cluet. The vessel is sent out by
she hackers of the Macmillan expedl-
rion, including the American Museum
of Natural History, the American Geo. |
graphical society and the University OF |
Illinois,
All the arrangements are being
made at New York. Capt. George
Conner of East Haddam, Conn, will |
serve as ice pilot.
If Stefansson is ever rescued it will |
oe through the devotion of his secre-
dary, Burt NJ. Mcconnell, who bade
farewell to his chief April Z, 1914. No
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25

or some other mans wife, If he has
been the first to arrive. Everyone
lives a happy life.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25

MH Bacon-well, l try to act like
gentleman, anyhow.
Mira. Bacon-oh. yes. you're a very
good actor.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-25
Powerful Modern Explosive.

Powerful Modern Explosive.
French military estimates show
that about 25,OOO,O0O horse power is
developed in the explosion of a
charge from one of the biggest can
non now In use.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09

And once more let us ask you not to take local politics too seriously. Politics is one of the grandest little games on the face of the earth, but
 was meant for recreation, instead Fof burden. Besides anger causes the heart to weaken and the arteries to carry greater blood pressure,
 which causes old age, dyspepsia and falling hair After reading all these ills which may come to you, we beg of you not to take things seriously.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1915
MEMS FEAR.

Bradstreet is authority for the statement that only three per cent of men who go into business for them selves are successful. It is safe to assume that the proportion of suc- cesses in other fields, art music, au- thorship, politics, social work, etc., is as small. The failure are made thru FEAR Fear of consequences, fear of the future, fear that we cannot finish successfully what we begin, fear of our nt,-unnecessa illogical fear, stands between us and success and with an apparently im- passable arm bars our progress. Those whom fear rules we call Fear men" because they are not really men at all, but men requiring clas- ification-an apology. There has hard ly been a time in American history when men were called on more to overcome their fear than at the pres ent time Moral strength is needed in politics more than ever before, and moral strength is as far superior to physical strength as the spiritual is above the natural. It is told of Wellington that before the battle of Waterloo, his knees shook so that he called attention to them saying: "If they knew where I was going to car ry them they would shake much worse."
 That was moral courage overcom- ing physical fear, and this is the courage that men must have now if America is to go onward and upward. We must have moral courage to over- come the selfish persuasion of the politician who seeks his own ad- vancement regardless of the public good. Courage is needed to over- come the fear that organizations and societies and leagues cause by their tactics of force and threats in their efforts to enforce morality by law. Moral courage is necessary to make men follow the dictate of their own COuSClcuCCS IdLucI Iudu tuc al u- ments of politicians, ministers, lea gues or individuals.
 The time has come for Americans to throw off the letters of fear-to come out bodily for what they be- lieve, to refuse to follow the selfish, money grasping politician or organ ization and to stand strongly for pro- gress, liberty, decency and social lib- erty.
 The time has come when the re- former and demagog must step aside and allow the safe and sane element to run our affairs for while.-Ex.