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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

bank. but he was spotted, accused
confessed, and found himself upon the
street again.
Then he fell in with criminals, and
for five years he had lived by his
wits.
He meant to live by his wits that
night. But he felt bitter to think that
an old mans integrity had made
thief of the son. These fits of bitter
ness came over him at times. Then
he hated the world, and life.
There was a girl who knew all, and,
knowing all, forgave all. Come back
to me in a year, Jim, and if you have
been running straight I'll marry you,'
she had said.
That was eleven months before, and
he had tried hard-desperately hard
to live decently. He had succeeded
until he dropped off the train here,
on his way East, and learned about
the old man in the corner house.
He had been on his way back to
Ada with ten dollars in his pocket.
Just one more coup, and he could go
to her with money enough to start
their married life, and lie on his
lips. Why not? She had sent him
into the world to make man Of him
self. as his father had done. Good
people always turned down the re-
sponsibility like that and then won
dered that he was base.
He shook his thoughts from him
and crept nearer. AS he watched at
the foot of the garden the light went
out.
Five minutes later inns hand was
on the handle of the door. He was
sure that it was bolted; still, be
wished to make sure before trying the
windows. To his astonishment it was
unfastened. In a moment he had
slipped quietly inside and stood listen
ing.
No sound came from the interior
No doubt the old man was already up
stairs in his bedroom, preparing fol
sleep. It might have been safer tc
wait longer, but Jim was not afraid
Of an old man.
He had learned that the safe stood
In the living room. 1t would be al
sasy matter to force it, There would
be an unavoidable roise-but that wal
where Jim excelled, in the getaway.
He stood in complete silence ant
darkness. He waited \ moment, thel
ae stretched out his hand toward tn
door Of the dining room. He foun'
the handle, turned it noiselessly, ant
entered. He closed the door behin'
him.
Suddenly the light was turned on
Il had been one Of those episodes co1p
mon to country towns. The electri'
lights had been put out Of commission
! Tor 4 few minutes BY some accident
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02
Ancient Concrete.

The statement that reinforced con-
crete has been found in French build
ings erected in the sixteenth century
will surprise no one who has even a
superficial knowledge of the history
of architecture. Concrete, in some
form. is a very ancient building mate
rial indeed. Some of the lesser pyra-
mids we're built OF puddled mixture,
which is fairly close relative of our
modern Observation-Disclosures com
mound. The dome of the Pantheon at
Rome. built nearly nineteen centuries
ago, is made of puzzolan concrete, a
volcanic ash being the binding mate
rial. Il is not reinforced, or rather
there is no record that it is re-en-,
forced. But the supporting columns
Of Santa Sophia, built five centuries
later, are strengthened with lead
rods. and medieval builders used iron
cramps to bind their courses OF nat
ural stone. why should not the archi-
facts OF the renaissance use the same
reimbursement for artificial stonef
Modern civilization, even in its indus
trial aspects, ID not wholly new
| thSng. Il has roots deep In the past
Il
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

crete foundation walls. Bohs arc
embedded In the concrete, which pass
through auger holes in the sills' ana
the nuts are screwed down 70 hold
them firmly In place. The mortar -
troweled up against the sills inside
and outside carefully TO prevent .
cold draft. Chickens can stand the
cold of winter and thrive, but dran
OF cold air coming through a crack
often proves fatal.
This poultry house is fitted with
double sash windows, but ordinarily
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

YOU are a governor, president or su-
preme court Judge. Ordinary social
prestige will count for naught.
The only thing that weighs at this
dinner is age, but even that doesn't
amount to anything if it Is under a
century. It is to be a banquet of the
bIuest of blue blood in business. No
firm less than 100 years old will poke
it's feet under the table at this dinner,
and even then all business is barred
which has not come down directly
through the male line since before the
battle of Waterloo
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

On farms a combination poultry
house that accommodates laying hens
in one department and setting hens in
another works very nicely
The plan shown in the illustrations
represent a house 20 feet by IA feet
in size, divided into two rooms, The
larger room is intended for general
poultry comfort during the winter sea-
son. The smaller department may be
used for a nesting room during the
winter and as Matching department
during the early spring, and later as
a brooder house as the season adj
vances. The combination works well
in different ways according to the
amount of poultry and whether pure
bred fowls are kept for profit or less
valuable birds are kept for home use.
Sometimes one department is want
ed for few especially well-bred trap
nested hens to keep their eggs sepa-
rate for Matching. Generally, how
ever, the culling of the flock is done
during the fall from previous records,
so that all the mature hens wintered
over are good enough to furnish eggs
for Matching.
The construction of this poultry
house has been very carefully planned
and worked out to design a practical
building that may be used year after
year. Farm poultry houses too often
ara carelasslv MANNED and nOorly con.
structed. Poorly constructed houses
become so infested with vermin of diff
ferent kinds that it often seems bet
ter to tear them down and to build
new rather than to try to repair them.
Modern poultry houses are much
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

Berlin would be as dangerous a game
as Daft Hanks revenge.
Daft Hank once helped himself to
a wheelbarrow load Of fertilizer be-
longing to Farmer Husk. The farmer,
therefore, had him locked up for ten
days. Daft Hank, when he got out,
said to the general storekeeper:
Well, I've found out way to get
even with old Corn Husk for lockin'
me up
"'Yes? said the storekeeper, as he
drew the cheese back out of Hanks
reach.
"Yes, said Hank. I'm goin' 70
catch a mad dog and put it in among
his cows
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02
cood and lad Conn.

All life is a fight between the oppos-
ing forces Of life and dissolution.
Happily, there are millions of germs
in every human body that are fighting
for health, and when these health
germs are in the ascendant we are
we'll
But whenever the malevolent germs,
or germs Of disease, outnumber the
germs Of health, we decline, grow
weary, tired, get sick and die. The
thing is to preserve resiliency, or re-
sisting power. -4,lA.--. ~. lWy
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

Didn't we invent gunpowder?'
asked the Chinese philosopher.
"Yes," replied the polite but posi-
tive foreigner; you invented it, but
you bear about as much relation to
its practical use as the man who in
vented the first tin whistle bears to
the modern brass band"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

from the roof terrace of the Brethren's
House early on Christmas morning so
impressed the hostile Indians lurking
on the hillside that they abandoned
their attack, in dread of some un-
earthly power guarding Bethlehem" "
The most frequent duty Of the from
bone choir is announcing deaths in
the congregation.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02
WILL BE EXCLUSIVE FEAST
onlv Representatives of Firms One
Hundred Years Old Are to Parti-
cipate In It.

There soon will be the oldest din
ner party which Philadelphia has yet
seen, says the Public Ledger of that
city. 1t will be far more exclusive
than the lord mayors dinner in Lon
don.
Wealth will not bring you an invi-
tation nor will public Office, even II
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

Each Of the four sessions of the
Baeb festival at Lehigh univer-
sitv on May 28 and 29 were announced
nv the Moravian trombone choir,
which played from the top Of the
lofty ivy.grown stone tower of Packer
Memorial church For more than 169
years the trombone choir had been
4 part of the religious and musical
life of the local Moravian community.
tradition has it that in 1855, a year
after trombones we're first brought to
Bethlehem, the rendition of choral
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

Everybody is making fun of your
new motor car"
I'm glad to hear it," replied Mr.
Chuggins TITS better to have 'em
laughing at it than regarding it as a
natural enemy. as they did my old
one"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02
The MiddIeman.

Lady" said Plodding Pete, do you
want that wood chopped"
"Yes. Will you chop it?"
mo But / know some fellers dats
takin' physical culture, an fur some
coffee an san'wiches I'll see if cant
hook 'em up to dis job fur exercise"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02
nannerons ReNenae.

Very little talk is heard among the
allies now about debating terms OF
peace in Berlin" said Representative
Bartholdt at a German-American ban
quet in Chicago.
THE allies realize that to get to
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

honorable terms. This was on the
morning Of July 4. He marched out
with his little army of 400 men. drums
beating and flags flying. and he and
his soldiers returned peaceably to
their homes.
On the fourth day of July, 1876, the
independence of California was de-
clared.
There was at that time in California
as yet of course a part of Mexico
about two hundred Americans, nearly
all of them men Of exceptional vigor
of body and alertness of mind OF
Mexicans there were 5000, and the
aboriginal Indian population num-
bered perhaps 100000.
Capt. John c. Fremont had been
sent to California on an exploring ex-
pedition a year earlier He was on
his way to Oregon when he was over
taken by an officer sent from Wash
ington with a message ordering him
to wait and to cooperate with the Pa
ciac squadron in case of hostilities
with Mexico. The message had been
in writing but the officer was obliged
TO destroy it while crossing Mexican
territory, after committing it to men,
ory.
Accordingly Fremont returned to
California and took up his headquar-
ters at Suffers Fort.
A few days later, June A. a party
of fourteen Americans organized a
small revolution on their own ac-
count, captured Sonoma and declared
war against Mexico. Needing a flag
and not daring to use that of the
United States, they made one, not
out of an old lady's petticoat, as has
sometimes been alleged, but from a
Mexican rebosa or scarf Of un-
bleached muslin yard wide and five
feet long. Along the bottom they
sewed a strip Of red flannel and in
the left hand corner they painted a
star in red ink. The middle of the
flag was occupied by picture Of a
grizzly bear, beneath which we're the
words California Republic"
The TEMPORARY government thus set
up 10 huONu III ulolOl do lAiN l'Ntll
Flag Republic. It's banner now orna-
ments the rooms Of the Pioneer So
ciety in San Francisco. The grizzly
bear was rather crudely drawn, and
the Mexicans said It was a pig, call
ing the flag the pig flag
Meanwhile news had come of the
outbreak of war along the Rio Grande
and on July 4 Fremont called meet
ing at Sonoma which formally pro.
claimed the independence of Cali
fornia He was appointed governor
Soon afterward there came intelli.
gence that Commodore Sloat had ar.
rived at Monterey July y and had
raised the American flag; also that
by his orders Commander Montgom'
cry of the L. s. sloop of war Ports
mouth had taken possession Of San
Francisco.
Sloat, having heard Of the hostili.
ties with Mexico, had sailed immedi
ately from Mazatlan for California
where he took possession Of the coun
try and raised the American flag on
his own responsibility. He was none
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02
Much More Tranlc.

WAS your saddest hour the time
when you discovered that your fiancee
was flirting with someone else?"
mo; it was when she discovered
that I'd been doing the same thing -
Stray Stories
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

Colossal stone statues and other
relics of an unknown race on Easter
island, 1000 miles off the west coast
of South America, are to be studied
by English scientists
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02
Division Into Compartments Plan
That Works Well in a Num-
ber OF Ways.
FLOOR OF LIME OR CONCRETE
Former Has Some Advantages That
Poultrymen VIII Reeoenize-Many
Insist That II Makes Only
Faultless Floor For
the Henhouse.
BY WILLIAM H. RAoFoRo.

Mr. William A. Radford VIII answer
questions and give advice FREE OF'
COST on all subjects pertaining TO the
snbfect OF building work on the farm, for
the readers of this paper. on account or
his wide experience as Editor, Author ana
Manufacturer. he is, without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects
Address all inquiries to William a hau-
fopsi, No 1927 Prairie avenue, chicago,
IN and only inclose two-cent stamp ior
reply.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

= y lish loss being two
white men killed and eight Indians
wounded.
Incredible deeds of cruelty and re-
rocity are said to have been commit
ted by the tories on this OCCASION
and the whole valley was left scene
of desolation. But it is not true that
women and children were massacred'
On the fourth day Of July, 1880, con-
tinental currency notes were worth
two cents on the dollar, and, it was
said, "a wagonload Of paper money
was required to pay for wagonload OF
provisions" Nothing could well give
a more vivid notion of the desperate
situation of the Revolutionary cause
at that period
On the Fourth of July, 1926, Thorn
as Jefferson, third president OF the
United States and author Of the Dec
laration of independence, died, aged
eighty-three, just fifty years from the
date of that historic document On
the same day died John Adams, sec
ond president of the United States
aged ninety-one.
James Monroe also died on the
Fourth of July, 1881, his age being
seventy-three.
On the fourth day Of July, 1S48, the
treaty of peace with Mexico was pro-
claimed at Washington. And on the
same day the cornerstone of the
Washington monument was laid with
great pomp and ceremony. Money for
building it had been subscribed by in
dividuals but the sum thus obtained
proved so far inadequate that the
structure remained a mere stump
only about one-third its present
height, until 1881, when congress ap-
propriated the amount necessary for
! it's completion.
There was a similar and even more
| important ceremony in Washington
on July 4, 1851, when President Fill
more initiated by the laying of a
cornerstone the construction Of the
| two great white marble wings of the
capitol There was an impressive
assemblage of dignitaries and an ora
| ton was made by Daniel Webster
then secretary of state. OF special IN
terest was the presence of few per-
! sons who had witnessed the laying OF
the first cornerstone of the capitol
by Washington on the eighteenth day
! of September, 1898.
On the fourth day of July, 1888,
John Fryth, an English preacher, was
burned at Smithfield for the heresy OF
Lutheranism.
july 4, 1450, was the day on which
Jack Cade plundered the city OF Lon
don or a portion thereof, beheading
Baron Say and Sele and numbering
several other personages Of import
ance.
Cade had fed from England for
some crime; but after serving in the
French wars he went back to that
country and settled in Kent under the
assumed name of Aylmer, marrying
a lady of good position. When the
men of Kent rose in rebellion, In
Nav 1850, he led them The rebels
made their way into London on July
g. A portion of the populace favored
them. but the opposing party gained
strength when Cade began to plunder
and kill. He retired to Southwark,
and was prevented from re-entering
the city after a fierce struggle on
London Bridge. Afterward he was
captured and being severely wounded
died in the cart which was conveying
him to London.
July 4, 1897, was the date of the
battle of Dorylaeum, a great victory
of the Crusaders over the Moslems
under Soliman, who had attacked
them on the march.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02
20.O'

tbe lower sash is showed up as far as
II will go. A frame is fitted under
the outside or upper sash. Thin i've
cent cotton is stretched over this
frame as a ventilator. This is the
only satisfactory and practical ven
tilator for poultry house.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02
Felt overpaId.

misery offered the man who
saved his life half dollar" Did
the man accept it?" Yes. but he
handed Misery 20 cents change p
Boston Transcript.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

There is a plant growing on noun
tains in central Europe that develops
enough heat to push its flower stalks
through snow and produce blossoms.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

There are only about 40 eligibles in
the entire United States, and about
three-fourths of them are in Philadel-
phia-a nice testimonial to the stabil-
ity of trade in this town.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02
His Immediate Necessity.

"That poet looks as II he were
longing for the wings Of bird"
Huh! He'd be tickled to death with
the neck Of a chicken. ~ Houston
Post.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

pr,vers Of MOSCOW are not allowed
10 carry whips.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

had been placed in COM
mand OF a small body
OF troops which was
marching toward Fort
Duquesne. At a point
on the Monongahela
river, less than forty
miles from his destina-
ton, he heard of the ap.
proach of a party OF
French and Indians,
sent 70 intercept him
Accordingly he fell
back to the Great
Meadows, fifty miles
from Cumberland, and
hasllly erected a stock
ade which he called
Fort Necessity.
With the help Of a
friendly Indian sachem.
Half King, he attacked
the French in their
camp at night, killing
their commander, Ju.
monville, and taking a
number of prisoners.
II was the first blood
shed In the French and
Indian war.
A few days later Fort
Necessity was at.
tackled by 1900 Indians
and French under De
Villiers, and Washing.
ton surrendered on
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

and destroyed. But
Ter reported taking
227 scalps and five
prisoners, the Eng
lish loss being two
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

experienced on this occasion his first
defeat in war; at the hands Of the
French.
Although at that time only twenty
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-02

It is to discover
how many important events
in history have occurred on
the Fourth of July.
On the fourth day of July,
1854, Col. George Washing
ton surrendered an army.
IL was only a small army
hut a fort went with Il He
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-05-16
Governor Should Veto the Bill
Increasing the Pay of Sheriffs.

Gov Park Tramme would place the taxpayers Of
Florida forever under obligations him he would
the bill which has passed the house and ncreas
ing the fees Of shers for feeding prisoners This meas
ure which fattens already fat Jobs adds 10 cents per day
for the feed of each prisoner In other words the sher
ifs will receive 30 cents and 40 for the feed Of
prisoners where they now receive 40 and 30 cents
Escambia county is one Of the counties Of Florida
now grooming under the burden 81 the fee system but
the legislators intent adding TO- rather than dc
creasng this burden This county now pays out am
nuay from $4,000 70 $4,000 for the feed of prisoners
alone So great has the burden become that the county
commissioners recently decided on the experiment Of
taking the matter of feeding prisoners employed on
roads out Of the hands Of the superintendent believing
that saving could be made by the county buying the
food and feeding the men.
With the fees increased the job Of sheriff Of Escam-
bia Jackson, Duval Or Hillsborough counties, will be
equal almost in salary that Of vicepresden of the
United States.
The present legislature has frequently been referred
70 As one which is misrepresenng the people of Flor
ida. The Journal has vet 70 reach such a conclusion
bat with few more bills enacted similar to that dst
passed will be compelled TO admit that the charge has
been correctly applied.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-05-16
The Presidents Note to Germany
Is All That Could Be Desired.

The note II President Wilson TO the German gov
eminent giving notice that government that rs sub
marine warfare must far - affects the rights
Of American citizens is all that could be desired The
issues sharply defined the firm in and dig
nihed and the Imperial German government made to
understand that the United States viii brook further
interference with the rights of It's citizens.
Everything is contained IN the message that a red
blooded American could ask And, throughout the note
the president places the responsibility for the future
squarely up to Germany It is that eounrys move
She give that protection to neura by conforming
the demands OF the United States and Of civilizations
she adopt attitude of quibbng she refuse
pontblank 70 conform 70 the laws Of civilization The
issue is now sqVarely up Germany and she will be
sponsibe for tile future and the United States.
And il Is pleasing 70 note that newspapers through
out the United States senator's represent and dip
omats irrespective Of party affiliations, approve the
presidents Papers which have been severe In
their criticism Of him and his administration unqua
hedy endorse the position he has taken OF there
are exceptions but these exceptions fortunately come
from those papers whose editors Of the hyphenated
American type, who nothing wrong with the
policy ct the German government in numbering Amer-
cans and destroying their property, and nothing good
IN the attitude assumed by the president.
But Americans, almost to man. are supporting
their president and their government and this all that
could be wished for.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-05-16
FEASTOF WEEKS
TO BE OBSERVED
THANKSGIVING FESTIVAL FOR
nE BLESSINGS OF SOIL. An
ANCIENT AND TIME .4oNoRED
CUSTOM.

Announcement ia made that the
sneFuoth 81 the Yeast 81 Weeks. WI
ae observed here next Tuesday eEe-
aing and Wednesday morning This Is
e Thanksgiving festival for the hlosa-
ings % the soiI and In ancient days.
4 u stated. the Jews gathered ia Seru-
salem at the holy temple and offered
re hrat fruits w their harvest
The festival. e. is asserted also
commentaries the giving Of the ter
commandments a. Sinai. For this rea-
san the confirmation service a usually
held on this festival
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-05-16
LECTURE FREE
TO THE PUBLIC
BlBLE STUDENT WILL TALK ON
suBJEcT, FROM EDEN TO PAR
AplsE REsToREDs THIS AFTER.
NOON.

Starting at the gates II Eden DR.
r. ~ Irwin % the n :. AZ. VIII
at ~ g. n. SUNDAY ~ the Bass build
ing corner palafox and Gregory
streets, briefly review the history ~
mankind up-to- date. then picture ire
glarious prospects ~ tie future spoken
~ ~ aH the prophets pr Irwin
claims that God b. not running. the
WORLD AZ haphazara. but has an orderly
and progressive plan clearly marked
oot n che Scriptures That up-to-date
at of the prophesies ana secular Ma-
terry has dovetailed which should give
stroug assurance that those wonderful
opca so overlooking 1f good Is the
world viii shuFeiy 30 fulanea.
The dark cloud darker yer Is be
which hangs over the world q clearly
shown - precede Tire Ei1rfaus dawn
e q better DAY
Admission Is the lecture Is free and
70 collection wiz Re tnksa. bat ell afs
Weieame.