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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24

side and are thus well separated from
the rest of the barn. II is a very good
plan to have at least one box stall
in barn, and it is even better to have
two or three. In case valuable stock,
such as an expensive herd bull or a
stallion is kept, it may be necessary
to keep him away from the other an.
lmals. Also in case a COW or a horse
is sick it can be handled much bet
ter if it is away from the other an
imals.
The haymow is capable of taking
care of large quantity of clover, al
falfa, and straw The roof is of the
gambrel type and is self-supporting, so
that there are no columns or posts in
the central part of the NOV to inter
fere with the storage of the fodder.
The gambrel roof is one of the strong
est of roof designs, so there will be no
danger of it not standing the strain
due to the wind and the snow. The
floor under the haymow is made Of
matched and dressed flooring, so that
the dust will not go through and both
er the animals that are below Many
men consider that this is a useless ex-
pense, but if they have had any ex-
perience with large barn they will
know that matched flooring is abso-
lutely necessary under the NOW in a
good dairy barn.
The foundations and floors are made
Of concrete, which, of course is the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24
Desert Lighthouse.

Prairie schooners, as the long can
vas-cOvered wagons which cross the
deserts of Arizona are called, are guild
ed by the only desert lighthouse in the
world. The lighthouse marks the po-
sition of well, the only place where
water can be found for 33 miles to the
eastward, and 30 miles in any other
direction.
Many wayfarer in this vast, water
less region has died of thirst prac-
tically within sight of the well, the
whereabouts of which he was ignorant
1t was tragedy of this sort which
led to the erection of the beacon A
boy, perishing of thirst, had fallen in
the last stages Of exhaustion. When
night came, he noticed the light from
the we'll keepers cabin burning dimly
in the distance, With a last heroic
effort, the boy reached the cabin. This
gave the well keeper an idea, and now
every night a light flashes out from
the only desert lighthouse in the
world.-American Boy.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24
Extinct Ground sIoth.

The remains of an extinct ground
sloth found in Patagonia and brought
to this country by Mr.. Roosevelt is
now in the American Museum of Natu-
raj History in New York These re-
mains possess extraordinary interest,
because the surroundings in which
they were found seem to prove that
the animal was living only few cen
turtles ago, and was not only contem-
porary with primitive man, but was
to some extent domesticated by him.
Previous to this discovery it had been
believed that all the great ground
sloths of South America, Of which
many fossil remains have been found,
became extinct thousands of years
ago. The remains recently found were
discovered in dry cave, in company
with tools or weapons or stone and
bone, together with bundles Of grass
spread as though intended for fodder.
There were other indications that the
animals had been stabbed or impris-
oned in the cave and fed by their cap
tors
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24

as we have any proof Of
That 1t can remain that long has
been well known to us by the evidence
curiously given TO us by the seals
themselves. They have a habit OF
turning themselves head down in the
sea, with their hind fippers lifted up
entirely out of the water completely
reversing their normal attitude when
rising to breathe and survey. This
habit is to enable them better to
scratch their sides and lolns with the
fore flippers than they can when not
thus inverted, because the hair and fur
open better in this queer position un-
der water when rubbed by their flip
pers. A great many stOp-watch rec
ords have been made of the time un-
der water which a seal would keep its
head when thus scratching, and the
limit of four to five minutes was fire.
quently made- never longer.
With reference to the powers Of de-
struction, of course our fur seal boat
has no torpedo tubes, but it can and
uOGo 0llOOl Ito lllOulll OL at Alnu Win
d deadly certainty.
In this connection it is interesting
to note that seals do not catch fish by
pursuit of them-not at all; they shoot
down, from above, upon The backs, or
up from below, to strike at the bel
lies of their tinny prey.
How fast these rhocine submarines
can speed up under The stimulus of ex-
citement or fear no one knows. But
it is well known when a vessel is COM
ing down before a gale of wind from
the islands, logging IA to 16 knots,
that a bevy of fur seals will often fol-
low the ship for hours, md repeatedly
swim by it, swim around it, and then re-
new the chase and circling of it.
Henry w. Elliott in New York Times.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24
VIII Become Modem CITY

That Omsk, in Siberia, intends to
become modern city as soon as pos
sibIe is indicated by the condition Of
her streets. In the business sections
Of the town sewers. gas mains and
underground telegraph and telephone
wires are being installed, while street
car track layers are working over
the heads of the diggers. Similar
work is being done in many other Of
the new Siberian towns, and, so pros
porous are these places, that not a
single bond issue has yet been neces-
sary to carry on the work of municipal
improvement. American harvesting
machinery and oil companies are ac-
tive in this section, and an American
corporation has undertaken con-
tract to build grain elevators from
one enc Of the Trans-Siberian railroad
to the other.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24

same end of the barn as the hOrss
stalls.
The ventilating system Is taken on
by two foul-alr shafts. These are
placed in the partition between the
box stalls and the COW stable on each
side. These shafts reach from near
the floor to the ventilatoF on the roof
This carries away the foul air from the
stable proper and also ventilates the
haymow.
Intake fiues are provided which take
the air into the stable just below the
windows and discharge II near the cell
ing over the stock Good ventilation
is absolutely necessary In dairy barn
II the best OF milk is TO be produced
The expense OF installing a flrst-elass
system will be more than made up In
the returns from healthy stock.
AZ the end OF the barn In which the
COWS are kept Is a silo which opens
into feed alley running between the
hangers. This alley is equipped with
feed carrier running on track. The
work OF feeding the stock in such q
barn as this Is much easier when the
feed can be carried on track running
the length OF the barn. The carrier
runs into the horse part OF the stable
also The silage for the cattle and
the hay for both the cattle and the
horses can be conveniently handled
with this apparatus.
In back Of the rows OF stalls on each
side of the barn are litter carriers
which assist in the handling OF the
manure so that II can be got to the
fields before 1t loses any of its value
as a fertilizer.
The stalls in the part OF the barn
occupied by the cattle are placed on a
slant with . gutter behind so that
they can be readily flushed out with a
hose. The floor where the horses are
kept is Tat, ans there are no cutters
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24
Potomac Was Threatening to Cut
Away the Whole BIuff-Good En-
gineerng Work.

The high Dluf on which stands
Mount Vernon, the home of our first
president, has for years been in dan
ger of gradually sliding into the Po-
tOmac.
This danger became acute a few
years ago when it was discovered that
new landslide was beginning that
threatened to destroy the broad lawn
in front Of the mansion, if not the
foundations of tie mansion itself, and
engineering work, recently completed.
was begun at that time to save the
historic site from further damage.
The ground slopes from the mansion
to the edge of the bluff, and from this
point drops steeply for hundred
feet or more to the edge Of the Poto-
mac. The river at this point is a wide
tidal estuary and the action of the
waves has caused a steady erosion
at the foot of the bluff.
Underlying the bluff are strata OF
sand. clay and soft sandstone, which,
on investigation, were found to be
saturated with water, and this, COM
bined with the erosion Of the waves,
has resulted in landslldes that have
doubtless been going on intermittent
ly for ages.
To cure the trouble small drainage
tunnel was first driven in the bottom
of the sandstone stratum and carried
back from the river front distance
of about zoe feet.
From this tunnel heavy flow Of
water Immediately started, and this
flow continued for several months.
At the end of that time the flow d.
minished to moderate amount, and
has remained practically constant ever
since
TO prevent further erosion at the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24

fills its lungs with air Qiterally com,
pressed), turns its head down, and,
with its powerful fiippers, drives It be-
low the surface to the depth of fivo or
ten feet, then ahead on that level; thus
submerged, the body Of the seal
glides through the water as swift
ly as a swallow in the ART is van
ishing streak to our eyes.
How long it remains thus submerged
when travelling, no one has any def
mite knowledge, but the best consensus
OF opinion gives it a rise intervals Of
every three or four minutes to breathe
that is, a pause of less than two or
three seconds with barely more than
its nose and eyes above the surface
for exhalation and renewed inhalation
when down goes the trim body to
speed ahead again.
When our submarines were first
brought out a trip of more than 300
miles from base was the utmost limit
of their cruising. Today, they have
been so perfected by the Germans that
we know they can cruise safely more
than 1900 miles from that base. There
fore, in this connection it is interest
ing to know that the fur seal makes a
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24
euawoona Javelin Throwers.

My experience with the Guawoonas
occurred some years ago, when they
were ir the height of their indepen.
dencC. narrates Capt. s. A. Risley, an
American Civil war veteran. to Guy
Elliott Mitchell of the United States
geological survey, in the Wide World.
They owed no allegiance to anyone,
save slight regard for their. elective
chiefs, and they feared neither man,
beast nor devil have heard of Qua.
woona hunters fighting and Staying
jaguars with machete or javelin, single
handed. For their Indian neighbors-
sturdy fighters too-they had only con.
tempt. 1t was their boast that they
never retreated from the foe before ac-
counting for number equal to their
own, and many times they cut their
way through greatly superior mum.
bers Of both Indian and Spanish -vene-
zuelan enemies. They were the Zulus
of Venezuela.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24

gestion of borrowing from Miss Tyrell
completely out of his mind.
There was a last resource, but Al
bion hesitated for a long time before
he was driven to employ it. This was
to mortgage the quaint old-fashioned
and not very valuable homestead in
the village that had been left to him
by his dead mother. He felt 1t almost
sacrilegious the day he affixed his
signature to a mortgage for one
thousand dollars, but there was no
way out of it If he expected to ex-
ploit his formula.
Albion did not inform Miss Tyrell
Of his plans. He secured leave Of
absence of a month from the works
and simply told her that he would
probably be absent most Of that time
in the city. She missed him before he
had been gone a week. She wrote him
friendly letters showing that she es-
teemed him, and they were sweet balm
to his anxious soul at the most try
ing period of his life.
For Albion, inexperienced in the
ways of the professional promoter and
financier, was suddenly confronted
with worry and complication that
tested all his faith and nerve. The
broker had proceeded to develop his
formula by organizing a stock COM
pany. This cost money. There was
expensive advertising, there were
large fees to pay to expert chemists
and engineers. The two thousand
dollars was soon used up.
"A thousand more and we shall see
daylight" promised the broker.
"Impossible!" groaned Albion. Il
have absolutely exhausted my last re-
source"
TOO bad to fail now, when a few
weeks further negotiations will place
us in fully organized condition. Are
you willing to borrow the new thou
sand?"
But have no security to give"
declared Albion. gloomily.
"Oh. yes, you have" insisted the
glib and resourceful promoter
there's the stock of the company"
1T isn't worth its face" began Al
bion.
mo. not yet, but It will be some
time" declared the optimistic broker.
IF you are willing to put up con-
trolling block OF the stock as collateral
/ can get you the loan"
GO ahead" acceded Albion, though
not hopefully.
So, following devious ways, the
broker financed the proposition along
until one day the end came The
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24

best material for this purpose. The
side walls are carried down four feet
to the broad footings that support the
walls. Along each side of the feed
alley Is row of 5-inch wrought-iron
columns. These are supported on con-
crete piers. Too much care cannot be
exercised in making these foundations
right. Nearly all the weight of the
fodder, straw, ETC., in the haymow
Is carried by these columns. Care
must also be exercised in preparing
the ground before putting down the
concrete floor. 1t should be thorough
ly compacted SO that the floor will not
sink in some place and thus crack.
The concrete side walls are carried
up to grade and the frame is then
erected on top of them.
All the doors opening to the out
side are Of the Dutch type. The
Dutch door is one Of the best kinds
that can be put in barn, During the
warm weather the upper part can be
left open so as to provide plenty of
air, and the stock can be kept inside
IL desirable. There is only one pre-
caution that must be made with this
kind of door. The top and bottom
parts must be carefully beveled where
they meet, so that the door will be
stormproof in the wintertime; other
wise the draft through this opening
may keep the barn too cold.
The part Of the barn occupied by the
horses is shut of from the rest OF the
barn by swinging doors. It is desira.
BILE in a combination barn to have the
horses and cows separated as com
pletely as possible. In this barn the
doors close both the litter alleys and
the feed alleys except when they are
in use. The box stalls are ia tho
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24
cabby,s Opportunity.

The cabby regarded the broken.
down taxi with CLEAN of delight,
but did not speak. The chauffeur be-
gan operations on his machine. He
turned and twisted it, and banged il,
and screwed 1t. but to no avail, and
still the cabby spoke not Then the
chauffeur wiped his brow, and the
cabby, still with the gleam in his eye,
crossed over. Ere" he exclaimed
grimly. holding out his whip: ere
yer are. mister, 1t i'm with thisi"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24

weight found after the ivory had been
unloaded from the vessel. When the
ivory was later weighed at the factory
of the ultimate importer the weights
were lower than those returned by the
government officials and approximated
the weights contained on the invoice.
When the question came before the
board of general appraisers, Judge
Waite did not attempt to decide
whether ivory is an absorbent Of
moisture, but held that the importer
had failed to prove his case. So the
question remains an open one.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24
A Family Tralt.

"Oh. mother!" exclaimed tender
hearted little Frances. coming in from
school with tears in her eyes, There
was the pitifullest little orphan there
today! He had holes in his stockins
an all his clo'es, an his shoes weren't
alike an he hadn't any hat It made
me cry 70 look at him; he was the
orphanest little boy | ever saw. Oh.
! Just knew that poor child's father
an mothers both orphans. tool
Pittsburgh Prass.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24

erably someone to whom he owed
a little grudge. Once you are known
as a giver to charity your doom is
sealed. The news flies and letters
pour in from every conceivable quar-
ter, asking, pleading, demanding.
And when the known benefactor
gives, it is taken as a right. Giving
is his special job and no particular
gratitude is called for. But when your
man blossoms forth with his rare
spasms Of generosity it shines forth
in glorious effulgence and he wallows
in gratitude for weeks.-Los Angeles
Times
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24
The Wav II Goes,

The girls demand that the men they
wed shall be tall and distinguished
looking, with curling locks and gold
galore, and have perfect dispositions
and soulful eyes, dance diYinely, be
masterful, yet tender, and otherwise
more or less resemble Greek gods and
he-angels. And then they marry us
poor, skinny, blunder,ng, shambling,
misshapen, awkward runts, with our
sins and foolishness heavy upon us, and
look as fondly triumphant, bless EN-,
as If they had each won a capital prize!
Kansas City Star.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24

as to his knowledge OF his duties.
You know your duty here, do you,
sentinel?" yes, sir" well, now,
suppose they should open on you
with shells and musketry, what would
you do?" Form line, sir" What!
One man form a line7" "Yes. sir;
form bee line for camp. SIR"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24
IVORY ABSORBING MOISTURE

The average person does not asso-
ciate ivory as an absorber of water
but this quality of the product was
brought out in a customs case, says
an exchange The American Express
company entered ivory. which 1t
claimed had absorbed moisture on the
voyage from Africa Collector Ma
lone's men weighed the product and
found that it exceeded the fSVoiced
weight by a fair margin. The col
lector accordingly took duty on the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24

A good general barn is often re.
quired on a farm, where II is not ad-
visable to have a big barn separate
for the dairy cows and for horses, In
the general barn shown in the Illus.
trations. room is provided for ~ cows
and horses. In addition to this there
are two box stalls that can be used for
any kind Of stock. The box stalls
each have an entrance from the out.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24
Provision for Cows and Horses
In a Plan That Has Been
Well Laid Out.
BOX STALLS ARRANGED FOR
Haymow and All Other Appurts-
nanees Are Provided For as They
Should Bs-oambrel Roof
One Of the Strongest
Of lite Features.
BY WILLIAM A. RApFoRp.

Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining TO the
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 TO William A. Rad
ford. No. 1921 Prairie avenue. Chicago,
H., and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24

Tom, the country six-year-old, pre-.
senting himself one day in even more
than his usual state of dust and dis.
order, was asked by his mother If he
would not like to be little city boy,
and always be nice and clean in white
suits and shoes and stockings. Tom
answered scornfully; They're not
children; they're pets. Harper's
Monthly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24
A sE4S "a :1g5z2g!y g Z EzaMT 3 4; I0cyAz41z

a submarine has a great advantage
over the human boat--it has eyes that
can look ahead and around under wa
ter-how far. we do not know, but II
is reasonable to assume that the seals
eyes can see as far under water as
the eye of camera can, and which
we have the evidence OF In good rec
ords.
Then, too, 1t also has an acute
sense of hearing under sea. for we
know that the whirring of a propeller's
screw will drive all the seals away for
miles around steamer. We know
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24
Invaluable searehlIght.

The electric searchlight is now con-
sidered as essential to an army as to
a battleship. All the armies OF Europe
have portable searchlights, the French
having brought them to an especially
high degree of perfection. The field
searchlight is usually carried on one
motor truck and the generator on an
other a quick connection being made
nv means of wires. This modern
searchlight may be placed In a most
exposed spot, and both operator and
generator Kept In q shattered position.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24

Tor II travels there
only when wholly sub
merged.
Unlike, however, the
"Unterseebot," the
fur seal is not fitted
for swimming on the
surface; 1t only rises
there to survey, to
breathe, and to sleep;
t never attempts to
swim with head above
water on any course,
no matter how short.
It rises, when undis-
turbed or not alarmed,
looks about with head
an d n e ck we'll
stretched up above
the surface of the sea,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24
HAVE SAVED MOUNT VERNON

foot Of the bluff through the action
of the waves a heavy masonry wall
was then built along the edge of the
river. 1t is hoped that danger Of
future slides has been eliminated
Popular Mechanics.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24

Don't you get tired Of having moth.
ing to do2"
Nothing to dol" echoed Mr.. Cum
rox. Il haven't had a zeal rest since
| was dOin' regular work. What
want is an eight-hour law to regulate
this round Of pleasure mother and the
girls have got me into"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24

The light may be automatically con-
trolled from distance, and thus
though the enemy center their fire on
the light the operator is not endan-
gered. These field searchlights are
fitted with Ss-inch reflectors and throw
a beam Of 1000 candlepower. These
searchlights will illuminate objects at
distances of a mile and over.-Ameri-
can Boy.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24
By LIQUID Measure,

mot many people away holiday
making in war time. l suppose. milk,
man?"
We'll. mum, you'd be surprised; az
least ave gallons Of my customers
were away last week and. ."--LondOn
Punch.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24

tnaL because some OF
the early pelaglc
sealing vessels were
fitted with small
auxiliary screws, and
these, when put into
use, had to be re-
moved.
Then, on the other
hand, we find that
our submarine boat
has one great advan.
tage over its sealing
prototype-it can re-
main for many
hours, yes, days
under sea. The seal
cannot stay there
more than four or
five minutes. as far
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24
Without Doubt.

Did you see where France is going
to make all her fat men do military
duty?"
THAT confirms the claim that they
are going to continue stout fight"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24

Type metal, from which the types
used in printing are made, consists Of
IS parts lead, rs parts antimony and 10
parts tin.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24
Depends on the RIpeness.

An apple day keeps the doctor
away"
Not much in those adages," com
mented the physician. Il make my
vacation money out of green apple
cases."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-24

A soldier on guard in South Caro-
lima during the war was questioned