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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10

729 Kimball street. 1t takes time for
Mr.. Velucci to count. How, indeed,
may the father of sixteen children
know when one is not home without
taking the census?
Policeman Kahn found little Pa
mine at Fifty-second and Market
street, far away from home He took
the little fellow out to the Twenty
ninth street police district, and the
lad told where his home was. House
Sergeant Abrams telephoned down to
the Thirty.third district, telling them
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10
COPPER AS HARD AS STEEL
Maine Blacksmith Claims 20 Have
Discovered Centuries Lost Art Of
TempeTlng Copper.

Milbridge, Me.-James Walter Foss,
the village blacksmith, sixty-seven
years old, says he has discovered the
centuries lost art of tempering COP
per. He shows copper knives that will
whittlo long shavings from a hickory
wagon spoke, and copper draw
shave that slices the knots in the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10
Stolen Thunder

Stealing another mans thunder
dates back to Queen Anne's time in
England. John Dennis. minor man
Of letters whom Pope satirized, wrote
tragedy entitled "Appius and vir-
ginia." The piece is now recollected
only by the circumstance that the au.
thor invented some new thunder for
the performance, and by his piteous
complaint against the actors for after
ward stealing his thunde-." an ex-
preston which became proVerbial.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10
Mixed.

There is a man living in Langhorne.
Pa, who amuses himself by grating
all sorts of plants upon other plants.
He has invented the table d'hote"
tree, formerly a peach tree that did
is full duty in bearing peaches but
at now bears apples, plums and
nerries as well, besides supporting
gratis of cedar, rose, hemlock. black
berry and lilac. With what curiosity
the peach trees relatives must look
1pon i'll
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10

ovens and stoves in schools. There
are six training schools for army
cooks, one being in each division Of
the country-San Francisco, Fort RI.
ley, San Antonio, Philippine islands,
Hawaii and in Washington. Soldiers
who wish to take a course are allowed
to enter for four Haonths' study and at
the end of that time the proficient
ones are graduated.
The course consists of a thorough
training in actual cooking and baking
The men are taught how to select good
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10

supposed to be buying. Consumers of
bulk butter that is weighed out over
the counter are paying other real mil
lions for imaginary fat that can never
be cut with a knife or spread on n
slice of bread. And buyers of pOta-
toes, sugar, -four, meat, milk and all
other foodstuffs that go to make up
the American dietary are contributing
additional millions, in the aggregate,
for things that they never receive.
In the virile language of the street,
the American consumer is being film
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10
Why Men Don't Wed.

Our fair young friend Chlorinda
SAYS the failure Of some women to
pet married may be attributed to the
fact that they don't stop talking long
enough to give a man a chance to
Dropose-New Orleans States.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10

Maj. Gen. George w. Goethals, gov
ernor of the Canal zone, arrived in
New York recently on board the S.
S. Pastores. He said he would offer
his resignation to lake effect in No
vember Colonel Goethals is accom-
panied by his wife and son Thomas,
and is here on leave of absence to
visit the Panama-Pacific exposition.
The colonel expects to be put on
the active army list. and if this is not
possible, he will ask for his retire
ment with the rank Of brigadier-gen-
eral. He told newspaper men that
he intended to visit the exposition as
a private individual, and desired that
no fuss be made about him by any of
the officials. That Mrs. Goethals is
anxious to leave the Canal zone per-
manently was shown by remark she
made shortly after the ship left quar-
antine and started for the pier: Il
hope never to go back" she said.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10
But They Don't Rsmemhsr

'Mebbe," said Uncle Eben, "ef
everybody could remember dat every:
body suffers FUN de heat same as
everybody else. hot wave wouldn't
be de signal fob everybody to make
hisse'f more or less disagreeable."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10
of hardness.

He says that he hopes to get enough
out of his discovery to spend his last
days without work and then the world
is welcome to it. He is sixty-seven
years old and thinks he has worked
long enough, but until he made his
discovery it looked like years more Of
labor for him.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10

ouspedng city and the recently i'm
the chief for
this
trimmed the branches the old orchards and carefully removed
all and nsharbong underground that
find which
deposit r which for food
shelters exhibit the portable class
consisting small wheels which travel wire
another equipped with
automatic feeder the hopper used by pouen MT Gran
dali furnish probably the best method
feeding birds such woopeckers and nuthaches
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10

amateur Or professional
Whenever a local breeder of feath-
ergd stock is puzzled by question Of
fe9ding, breeding or housing; when
eTer he is uncertain as to what strain
Or chickens had better be specialized
Upon to meet his particular neei;
whenever he would like to know h;-w
m expert would go about handling
fowls with nothing more than the
equipment expected of an ordinary,
rriYatalY owned farm. it will pay hIm
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10

black, how their grandfathers wore
their boards, what sort of knots grand
mothers used to fasten their apron
strings and numerous other questions
almost as sensible that are required
by laws of the commonwealth. If no
legal hindrance exists and the appli-
cants have the necessary $3.50 Jewett
grants licenses-dozens, scores, reams
of them daily-for seven days a week.
That's what makes him sore-the
seven-days-a-week shift.
According to custom and prece-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10
Apparent Contradiction.

She twists her husband around her
little finger" why, thought you
said she had him under her thumb. -
Baltimore American.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10

We'll, ] forgot; but II do I'm go
ing to buy collar buttons FOR the bunch.
Don't try to put anything over on me-"
Four or FIVE members of the East
Liberty Treating club, it might be ex-
planned, were lined up in front of the
counter of a mems furnishing store.
There are fifteen members Of the
club, all Of whom several months ago
decided to cut out the allurement of
the saloon. They chose the furnish
ing stores of the big East Liberty dis
trict as being the most useful avenue
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10
United States Crusade Against Weight Frauds

MEXICAN print butter paying than sSooooo
"A weights the
maeay less than those they
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10

happenod
understanding approached the party
pointing teacher asked his nation
S replied
quickly the hveyearod T am American
Il did Russian explained the teacher i meant
that mother and father Russians"
quickly
Another incident show the diligence with which the foreign
Americans search OF
children three five languages went
o o
pupils known to speak a
number of languages:
Annie something native languge she asked the
refused anything
10 speak?" child asked
81 English" she
homer What do mother
father speak,
American"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10

Lacrosse an Indian Game.
The game of lacrosse is of American
origin and was introduced by Canadian
Indians.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10
Cupid Must Keep Regular Hours in indianapolis

Jewe bachelor and marriage license clerk for
who asks brides and whether they white
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10
Training Good Cooks for Uncle Sans Soldiers

OF yeasnce army longer
subject practical presiding
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10
Experiments at the Governments Chicken Farm

THEREs poultry thirty Washington
the problems
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10
This Philadelphia Father Has Some Household

sevenyearold
lightning and he offered his
little missing
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10
Pittsburgh Treaters Have Evolved Novel Plan

N ITTsBURGH-"Gmme pair black silk sox."
4 these Bill"
NO Joe; you bought the last pair
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10

born OF the city are oIready deVoIlhs
much time and thought to becoming
real Americans Particularly is this
true OF the younger generation, which
has no doubt suffered from appella-
tions affixed to t4cm by children born
in this country because of their for
eign descent.
The foreign-bc-r children are all
Americans" despite their foreign ori-
gin. It is doubtful If the much-dis-
cussed hyphen will ever be attached
TO them. An incident which recently
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10
New York City Trying to Lure Back Its Birds

exhibit or nesting ana feeulhB poAes
in the Geological park, with sign
boards and labels advising the bird
lover where each model may be OBJ
tanned and what birds are most likely
to be attracted by 1t.
Lee S, Crandall, assistant curator
of birds of the society in a bulletin
makes It plain that If some remedial
action is not taken in the near future
the songbird is going to forsake New
York, probably never to return. Perse-
cut{on oF tba feothered sOnpsters by
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10
%3NATIONAL%
GApITAL AFFAIQS
Children Who Insist on Being Real Americans

WAsHNGToNWhno the "Amercanaton day idea for nstng
spirit natuTized citizens viii
undouly MashmgLon large number tho oegn
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-16

all day long. The dogs knowledge did
had the native village. of which his
master spoke in his letter to Miss Red
mond, been destroyed, but that Sab
ron's regiment itself was menaced by
a concerted and concentrated attack
from an entire tribe, led by a fanatic
as hotminded and as fierce as the
Mahdi of Sudanese history.
Pitchoune followed at the heels Of
his masters horse. No one paid any
attention to him. Heaven knows why
he was not trampled to death, but he
vas not. No one trod on him; no
horses hoof hit his little wiry form
that managed in the midst of carnage
and death to keep itself secure and his
hide whole. He smelt the gunpowder,
he smelt the smoke, shifted at 1t,
threw up his pretty head and barked,
pulled and painted, yelped and tore
scious of anything but that Sabron
was in motion; that Sabron, his be
loved master, was in action of some
kind or other and he, a soldiers dog,
was in action, too. He howled at
fierce dark faces, when he saw them.
He snarled at the bullets that whis-
tied around his ears and, laying his
little ears back, he shook his black
muzzle in the very grin of death.
Sabron's horse was shot under him,
and then Pitchoune saw his master,
sprang upon him, and his feelings were
not hurt that no attention was paid
him, that not ven his name was
called. and as Sabron struggled on,
Pitchoune followed 1t, was his day:
he was fighting the natives; he was
part of a battle; he was a soldiers
dog! Little by little the creatures
and things around him grew fewer
the smoke cleared and rolled away
there were a few feet of freedom
around him in which he stood ant
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-16
THE PERENNIAL FLOWER BED
ey JULIE ADAMS POWELL

by JULIE = FOW ELL.
Last month we talked about the
hardy bulbs. This month we are 60
ing to make a flower border of peren-
NAL plants, plants which SOW their
own seed and of plants that are bien-
malls, and we are going to buy or beg
them all.
Suppose we have a border from
twenty to forty feet in length and from
six to fifteen feet in depth. Or to fit
u estates" our border can be made
much larger or very much smaller.
A border planted by a woman should
not be over twenty by eight feet in
size, for if she did all the work ex-
cept the heavy digging, it might not
be possible for her to give a larger
one the right and necessary care.
Such a border should run north and
south, and if possible, face the east.
The background may be of ~hollyhocks,
both single and double. golden-glow,
the single tiger lily, the ever bloom
ing fame flower, the tall meadow-rue,
and tall meadow-sweet, set out alter.
nately.
Then. in front of these and at least
two feet from them we will set out
the pearl echillea, some of the colum.
bines, the choice of which are can
densis, chrysantha, chrysantha alba,
carulia hybrida, skinner, and Cali
fornica hybrida.
In the center of this row a by
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-16
KEEPING UP THE LAWN

XIII weeds on the lawn by either
pulling or cutting off the plant below
the crown.
Don't NOV the lawn too closely
during the heated term; but do not
allow weeds to go to seed.
Deep working, thorough pulveriza-
ton, effective fertilization and a
thorough raking and rolling down to
4 smooth level are all necessary to a
smooth. level lawn.
Get your lawn seeds of a reliable
scotsman, and ask for the best and
the freshest. Don't use old seed left
over from last year, but insist on hav-
Ing 1t fresh, and of a good mixture.
The best time to seed a lawn is
during the latter part of August Oh
che early part of September. At that
season, the heat is over and showers
are almost sure to come, and the
young grass will have several months
Of cool, moist weather in which to
grow before winter.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-16

able. Her aunt felt her rigid by her
side Il told you." she murmured.
that a soldiers life was a precarious
one
Miss Redmond threw away all dis
guise.
Ma tante," she said in a hard
voice. Il love him, You must have
known ii and seen it. love him! He
is becoming my life"
AS the marquise looked at the girls
face and saw her trembling lips and
her wide eyes, she r%enounced her am
billions for Julia Redmond. She re-
nounced them with a sigh, but she was
a woman of the world. and more than
that. a true woman She remained for q
moment in silence, holding Julia's
hands.
She had followed the campaign of
her husbands cousin, a young man
with IN insignificant title whom she
had not married. In this moment she
reiived again the arrival OF the eve
ming papers; the dispatches, her hus-
bands news of his cousin. AS she
kissed Julia's cheeks a moisture
passed over her w eyes, which for
many years had shed no tears.
Courage, my dear" she implored
1--WE will telegraph at nee to the
minister of war for news"
The girl drew a convulsive breath
and turned, and leaning both elbows
on the piano keys-perhaps in the
very notes whose music in the little
song had charmed Sabron-she burst
into tears. The marquise rose and
passed out of the room to send a man
with a dispatch to Tarascon.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-16
Civilizations Peril,

America is closer to the heart of
Europe than at any time since Eng.
lands colonies became independent
states. To the most isolated farm
house it has been known for a half year
that we are not remote from the por-
tentous events beyond the sea; that
the fate of our brothers over there,
in some way which we do not well
discern. involves us also. We are,
whether we like it or not, full share
holders in the civilization which is i'm
periled. Our commerce and industry,
our prosperity and welEbeing, our cul.
ture and religion, the foundations OF
our common humanity, and the ideals
of Dur common aspirations, are all at
stake.-Edward T. Devine in the Sur
VaV.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-16
BIG SPELLING BEE
FOR OHIO PEOPLE
Match Will Be Held in Columbus, With
Gov. Willis as SchOOImaster.
NO ONE IS BARRED FROM THE CONTEST
Every County in the Buckeye State
Will Send Its Star Word Expert
to the Capital TO Compete
for Highest Honors.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Columbus. The biggest spell
ing match V e held in Ohio or
any other state will be held in Co
lumbus June a.. Gov. Willis himself
has approved the plan and fixed the
date. 1t will be statewide and it will
be held in the chamber of the house
of representatives. Every county in
the state will send it's best speller.
The governor, in the role of school
master, will pronounce the words
which the contestants will be asked to
spell.
And be it remembered the governor
is some speller himself. He peat the
"shucks" out of his colleagues in con-
eress in a spelling match they held.
down there a short time before he re-
signed his seat in that body t. become
governor of the Buckeye state. He
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-16
ASHES DISCOURAGE BUGS

Especially among asters l find
great value in ashes, containing as
they do phosphates which tend toward
sweetening the soil. No parasite will
contentedly find courage to live in or
enter such an unpleasant soil home.
Ashes are also beneficial in strength
ening and stiffening stalks and for
this reason l advocate them for gladi-
olus beds-but moi mixed with ma
r as some might do-rather strewn
over the surface soil after fertilizers
have been well worked in. When thus
treated they seem to release the am
mpnia of the fertilizer, relieving it of
it's most valuable properties.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-16
THE GALA AND ITS CULTURE
BY BESSIE L.

Rich soil, moisture, warmth. and
sunshine are the key notes to success
with the Gala. 1t can-yes-must be
made to bloom in winter without much
sunshine il the other essentials are
supplied.
If wanted, for winter blooming it is
best to let it rest in summer, turning
the pot on its side, in some out of the
way corner. Repot in September, fill
ing in a layer of charcoal for drainage
and food.
Over this put a layer of manure we'll
rotted, and finish with a rich compost.
Water cparingly until growth COM
mences, and then the water can hardly
be supplied too freely.
Always use warm water. The roots
Will enjoy it quite hot, but this is
death to the stem. Some place a ring
OF tin around the base of the stem,
pressing it down an inch into the
soil. With this protection the hot
water can be freely used.
Bottom heat may also be supplied
by placing the pot on a hot brick. By
keeping a pair of bricks for this pur-
pose and alternating every IL hours
the buds can be forced more freely.
Give liquid once or twice a
week, gradually increasing the dose as
the plant seems to thrive.
Rout the red spider by spraying
with cold water, and the scale with
%soapsuds.
When two leaves appear successive
ly from the same stalk, watch for a
bud next. Others will succeed it
through the winter if the treatment
outlined is adhered to. Bottom heat
moisture, and all the sunshine posi-
bic are the best incentives to growth
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-16

drangea paniculata grandifora would
be very pretty, and to continue the
row., hardy pompon chrysanthemums,
the several blue varieties of larkspurs,
moon penny daisies, Shasta daisies,
fox gloves sweet williams, ~coreopsis,
~lanceolata ~grandifiora and an almost
double variety, called "the golden
fleece"
Nicotina affinis can be planted in
this row early next spring and from
year to year it will SOW it's own seed
and will come up so close to where
the old plants grew that it will not
often need transplanting.
Then we viii have the hardy gail
lardia, gysophila ~paniculata, or baby's
breath, lavender, Lychnis, rose cam
pion, monarda didyma sp~lendens, al
SO called the bee balm and robin run
away, the Chinese bell flower, the
hardy perennial peoples ard the gar
den heliotrope.
A double border we will make OF
two heights of plants, setting the tall
er ones a little back of the very low
ones The snap dragon, the double
anemone, the mullen pink, the sea
pink, English daisies, the harebell
Canterbury bells, the hardy double
and single pinks, the polyanthus, the
hardy primroses and the English COW.
slips all will help to make our hardy
flower bed a thing of beauty and a
joy forever"
The earth for a perennial border
should be light and porous. Never
try to raise flowers in soggy, wet soil
AS soon as the plants are well rooted
have a forkful of ~well-decayed stable
manure spaded in well around each
plant unless they are very small
plants, then use your own good judg
ment.
Just before freezing weather &
mulch two or three inches deep OF
stable manure should be spread oyel
the bed a little heavier about eacf
plant, and if the plants have any
spooky branches they should all BIZ
trimmed back quite close.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-16
THE WAY OUT
Change of Food Brought Success and
Happiness.

An ambitious but delicate girl, after
failing to go through school on &C.
count of nervousness and hysterla,
found in Grape-Nuts the only thing
that seemed to build her up and fur
nish her the peace of health.
From infancy" she says, i have
not been strong. Being ambitious to
learn at any cost l finally got to the
High School but soon had to
my studies on account of ervou pros
tration and hysteria.
my food did not agree with me, and
I e thin and respondent. l could
o enjoy the simplest social affair for
I suffered constantly from nervousness
in spite of all sorts of medicines.
"This wretched condition continued
mill | became interested in the let
tiers of those who had cases like mine
and who were being helped by eating
GTape-Nuts.
81 had little faith, but procured a
pke and after the first dish l expert
enced a peculiar satisfied feeling that
7 had never gained from any ordinary
food. 1 slept and rested better tina.
night and in a few days began to grow
stronger.
Il had e new feeling Of peace and
restfulness. In a few weeks, to my
great joy, the headaches and nervous
ness left me and life became bright
and hopeful. Presumed my studies, and
later taught ten months with ease
using Grape-Nuts every day. am now
the mistress of a happy home, and ths
old weakness has never returned"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
vile" In pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above ~letters A 1es
one appears from time to Time h
are genuine. :rue. and full OF humal
iAterest.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-16
To the Point.

An Indianapolis man has a sister in
q Canadian town, he had long ago.
placed in the list of old maids, who.
largely If not wholly from flial devo-
ton, are content to remain It home
to comfort the parents. She was
climbing rapidly to forty. He was
dumfounded the other day to get a
letter from her announcing that she
had consented to tie up for the rest
Of her days with a man of high repute
In her community. He wrote her
thus:
Dear Sister:
ID Welt
(2) He's lucky.
He has her answer:
Dear Brother:
ID Surei
(2) So am 1.
INDIANAPOLIS News.