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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05
Hlhernatlnn Creatures.

1t is a popularity of reptiles that
they often die when kept in places
artiicially heated, which would go to
prove that they demand periodic
torpidity for recuperation. Most of
the walking and crawling and amphibi
GUS things live on the fatty accumula.
tions of the season of activity, and this
is especially true of the woodchuck,
the summer life of which is amid
plenty of its kind of food, and it lazily
turns in the moment it finds itself rich
in fat, though it may be in the midst
of ideal fall weather when berries and
roots and all that it delights in are at
their best. 1t is another myth equally
as celebrated as that Of the grounding
that the bear lives during the winter
by sucking it's paws" This arose
from the position assumed by the hi.
bernating bear of curling around in its
den with all of it's paws close to its
muzZle.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05
DRAW WEALTH FROM FARMS
Enormous Sum Annually Gathered in
by TilIers of the Soil in the
United States.

From Farms in 1914 the United
States produced a yield worth $4,000,
100000. Could cotton have been mar
keted as usual the total would have
been close to half a billion more. Ten
billion dollars representing honest
work! Ten billion dollars untainted
money! And going mostly into the
pockets Of the workers themselves
with little reaching the purses of labor
eXploiters. The beautiful thing about
this great item of our national wealth
next to its cleanliness, is the fact that
it can be increased indefinitely by
more general adoption of scientific ag.
riculture, In fifteen years it has beer
doubled; and still, on our new soil.
we farm only third as effectively as
do many foreign peoples on soil cen
turtles longer in use. The forest, cut
unWisely, is gone. The mineral, once
mined, is not renewable. But on his
broad acres the tiller of the soil can
take and take again; and though he
has to fertilize, the more he does it the
more he earns. So, come war, come
pestilence, come anything but cont
nent-wide drought, here is a broad base
for our future welfare, upon which we
can build expandingly and securely.
The man with the hoe is, indeed, the
best hope of the future
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05

sun from fading the carpets. Because
of the advantages of polished or var
nished hardwood floors and numerous
rugs, housekeepers are not so much
afraid of fading colors. Also marufac-
turers have learned how to use better
dyes, but in all probability the chief
reason is better education in regard
to health.
The world progresses slowly, but it
i. evident that the different subjects
taught in schools are broadening the
minds of pupils so that as they grow
up the old ignorant notions of the
danger lurking in sunshine and some
other back numbers are laughed out
of existence. The improved micro
scopes which have helped to broaden
the study of bacteriology have done
more to eradicate disease and to in
stall sensible ideas, many of which
have really become fashions, than all
the preaching of old-time doctors.
A study of this cottage house plan
shows more window surface than a
$4,000 house built years ago When
the window shades are rolled up to the
top the house is as light as a new
Office building. There are no dark
corners for the harboring of dirt and
bacteria.
The plan shows that the front of the
cottage is given up entirely to com
fort There is living room % by IA
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05
TO RUN MOTORS BY GAS COKE
InoffensiVe Fuel, According to Figures,
Is Only One-Third Cost
of Paraffin.

In view of the high and increasing
cost Of motor spirit special interest
attaches to an experiment of the Ma
tional Steam Car company, which has
placed upon the streets of London a
motor omnibus adapted to use ordi-
nary gas coke as fuel, instead of par
afIin, says the Times of that city. The
omnibus is equipped with a new form
of multitubular boiler. and it is claimed
that the running costs of the gas
coke are one-tlhfd the cost of paraf-
fin. The vehicle carries enough coke
for 60-mile journey and the con-
sumption per mile is four pounds of
coke and one-half gallon of water.
The roar, fame and smell which are
sometimes associated with steam mo-
tors are obviated in the coke motor,
Prolonged tests were carried out by
the chief commissioner of metropol-
itan police before the new type was
accepted for service, and since it has
been running careful observation has
been kept.
The omnibus chassis is constructed
without chimney, but a chassis with
chimney has been designed for COM
mercial cars, which work under less
stringent conditions than those of the
omnibus service.
The Dewar trophy was awarded to
the company by the Royal Automobile
club, which regarded the National
coke motor trial as the most meritori- !
ous performance of the year,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05
FINALLY "GOT" HIS AVERSION
Jealous Trout Made a Jonah of His
Rival, Swallowing Him
Whole.

Ever hear Of trout being in love,
turning cannibal and committing mur.
der?
Last autumn two trout, each meas:
uring ten inches, were taken from a
small spring at Wintergreen estate,
Highland lake, and placed in a deep
spring, ten feet below walls, where
Pete, tame trout, fifteen inches long,
had made his home for seven years
without companion, according to a
Winsted Comm dispatch to the New
York Herald.
Pete at once took liking to one of
the trout, but whenever the lid of the
spring was raised he would glide
through the water after the other one,
and whenever close enough, tried to
bite the fleeing fish. 1t also was no
ticed at feeding time, when bits of
meat were dropped into the water
that Pete did not object when his
friend rose from the sandy bottom to
get bite, but kept his eyes on the
other fellow and Immediately gave
chase If he tried to get any food. Jeal-
Gus Pete more than once filed his
mouth so full of liver that he could
not close it.
The protracted drought caused the
water level to drop from eight feet to
two, and the trout whose life Pete
had sought for three months fell a vic
tim to the big trouts prowess, the
shallow water not giving him the room
he had been accustomed to when flee
ing from Pete's assaults. When the
lid Of the spring was raised the other
day only two trout were to be seen
Pete and his friend From Pete's
mouth protruded the tail of the miss
ing fish.
Pete was easily captured and the
dead trout extracted with difficulty.
Pete appeared none the worse for his
experience and seems contented with
his one companion.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05
FINE FIvE-ROOM
COTTAGE HOUSE
Arrangement Of Roof Gives Most
Interesting Effect TO the
Structure.
SHINGLE SIDING A FEATURE
Idea Has Been TO Arrange Designs to
Carry Out the General Archltee.
tursl Effeet-Llghts Are Made
on the Multiple Win.
dow Plan.

eobblestone trim with shingle sid
ing gives this five room cottage house
a distinguished appearance.
An interesting effect is produced by
giving different angles and pitches to
the roof, which effect is extended out
over the front steps by the level top
OF the pergola Il Is not often that a
roof is designed commencing with a
level then stepping up to square pitch.
The rubble stone wall piers and
chimney all help to produce an un-
usual front. The manner OF shingling
the sides Of the house is different from
the ordinary, but it helps to carry out
the architectural effect, as intended.
This manner Of siding houses uses
up Just about as many shingles as 1t
does to space them evenly, but il gets
away from the ordinary way Of laying
shingles and II makes distinction
between the sides of the house and the
roof The joints are broken the same
and the covering Is just as thick and
valuable, the only difference is in the
appearance.
The windows are built on the mul.
tiple window plan, but they are so ar
ranged as to produce the easement
window appearance. Because of the |
double sash, any window may be |
opened at the top or bottom in the
usual way. They may be screened. !
curtained and shaded according to the
best custom, so that the women have
no objections to offer. This probably
accounts for the use Of so many win
dows built in this way. Woodworking
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05

HER INHERITANCE
By FRANK FILsoN.

]
Little Miss Raymond read the letter
beside her plate and looked up in q
dazed way. II announced that she
had fallen heir, most unexpectedly. TO
the sum of $4,000.
When one is thirty years OF age,
not prepossessing. and stenographer
on Si5 a week, the future does not
look very promising. Miss Raymond
had bought new suit that very week.
She had almost decided TO let VI go
back, although she knew that she
looked most attractive in 1t. But
now. OF course, there would be many
suits and dresses.
Then the thought of Philip Barton
struck home to,her, and she flushed
guiltily and the mirage Of new dresses
suddenly disappeared.
Philip was her only friend in the
big city. He had lived in the same
rooming house for three years, and
they had been fast friends all that
time. He had confided to her that II
he had a certain sum he could start
a profitable undertaking in the manu-
facture Of a certain mechanical appli'
ance now made at disproportionate-
ly high price by the firm which en-
ployed him at 500 And he had fixed
the exact sum at $4,000. Not that he
expected ever TO have that amount.
But he had conflded it to her as one
Of those unrealizable dreams that
come to all Of us.
That was last Saturday night For
a whole year they had dined out each
Saturday night together.
Philip was two years younger than |
herself A mere boy. she considered |
him. She priced their friendship the
more because she realized that some
day love would come into his life.
Poor, timid little Miss Raymond! No
love had ever entered hers, though
she was overhowing with charity and
affection for all humanity She was
he sort of woman whom men seldom
lpprize at their true worth. When
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05

a man does, he draws a rich prize il
the matrimonial lucky-bag.
Miss Raymond thought about the
legacy the whole day at the Office She
was amused at the independence
which it seemed to give her. She
trembled no longer in fear of dismis
sal when rumors flew about that
hands" were being laid of. She was
"hand"--or had been. Now she was
beginning to feel a human being
again.
When she got home she put on the
new suit and looked at herself crit
ically in the glass. Whether it was
the new suit or whether it was the
legacy, undoubtedly she was begin
ming to look quite pretty Her face
was flushed, and the excitement had
added luster to her eyes and an OK
pressiveness to her mouth. Miss Ray
mond was beginning to feel Quite
proud of her appearance.
And then the thought of Philip came
to her. An old maid of thirty! A
young man of twenty-eight! What
would not life mean to him if he
could have that three thousand!
She thought of the drab years be-
hind her, the colorless years that must
stretch before her, away and away.
Little Miss Raymond put her head
down upon her hands and cried.
1T isn't for him." she told herself
def1antly, as she sealed up the type
written letter ut is for-the sake of
the girl who isis to take my place"
And little Miss Raymond cried
again Then, lest the thought Of
selfish pleasure should make her re,
pent, she went out quickly and
dropped the letter into the post office
box.
Quixotic? Little Miss Raymond was
made that way That was why she
had never succeeded in the stern
struggle of life.
She listened from her room next
evening, which was Saturday, to hear
Philips step on the stairs. She was
dressed-in the new suit, an unwar-
ranted extravaganza now-and wait
ing for him to take her to dinner.
Each paid for his own dinner. That
had been the first test of their com
and he had always respect
ed her independence.
But when he came leaping up she
felt her heart beating so tumultuously |
that she could hardly speak for fear
Of betraying herself
Wonderful news, Claire!" he cried,
shaking her hands in rapture. "You
can't even guess it. I'll tell you after
dinner. Not before or during dinner
after! And you'll be SO happy for
my sake when you know"
They went out to the little Italian
place where they had dined so often,
and, during the repast Of many
courses little Miss Raymond watched
lis happy face in mute sorrow. She
cit that this was the beginning Of the
md st their friendship. !
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05

factories make box frames any size
and to contain as many windows as
the plan calls for. There are weight
boxes between each two windows, so
the sashes are hung by sash weights
in the usual way, The idea is new in
house lighting.
Twenty or thirty years ago the fad
was to make windows narrow. Some
of them were mere slits in the wall.
Sometimes the wall was beveled away
outside to admit slanting rays of light
into the darkened rooms. But people
soon tired of such dungeons, and the
fashion pendulum seems to have
swung clear over in the other direc-
tion and the style now demands as
much light and sunshine as possible.
Years ago windows were fitted with
outside blinds. 1t was customary for
the women to go around each morn
ing and close the blinds to keep the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05
MuddIed Lenlalatlon.

The dyeing industry now so much
under discussion, was once the subject
of curious piece of muddled legisla.
tion. In the reign of George III a bill
was introduced into parliament for
regulating the use of madden in dye
ing In its passage through the house
it gathered some sixty sections of re.
strictions and enactments, but some.
how in the chopping and changing the
word "madder" became entirely de.
leted, and accordingly the measure
was imperative from the first.--Pall
Mall Gazette.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05

feet, with sun parlor loggia II feet
by 7 feet 6 inches arranged In such a
manner that both rooms are comfort
able In winter as we'll as in summer.
The large cobblestone chimney is
built especially to provide a fireplace
for one end OF the fine living room.
The eobblestone finish may be repro
duoed IN the living room or not. as the
owner wishes.
Cobblestone for inside finish has new
er become very popular. However, II
the stones used are carefully selected
for color, the finished chimney and
tlreplaees may be made very attrac-
tive. The stones that are polished by
rain and snow and sunshine acquire
colors soft In tone and they may be
selected to blend together harmonious
ly to build up a work OF art. This
part Of the decoration belongs 10 the
owner. The stone mason will place
the cobblestone in any position re-
Quired, but the superintendent Of the
owner viii be necessary to bring about
the desired result.
The sliding door which connects the
dining room with the parlor has a
rather wide opening. Wide doorways
are used in very small houses. In
fact, 1t would almost appear that the
widest doors are fitted into the small
est houses Wide doors are a neces.
sity to accommodate modern furniture.
The big upholstered chairs and daven-
ports require more than an ordinary |
doorway to pass them through.
There is an extension built out from |
the dining room to accommodate
built-in buffet or sideboard. This exten-
sion is a study because of the manner
in which the built-in cabinet work is
made. Such designs show the care
with which modern houses are put to-
gether. Several odd-shaped windows
built into this extension are intended
to admit plenty of light to the dining
room and to merge with the built.in
cabinet work in such a way as to Gre
ate envy among the neighbors.
The two bedrooms and the bath
'oom are connected by a short hall
way with doors opening both into the
lining room and kitchen. The kitch-
N, pantry, cellarway and back porch
# this little cottage house are very
ompact and conveniently arranged for
Ioing the housework In a cottage
more attention usually is paid to the
ellar than in houses, which is one
eason for designing a good stairway
o go down to the basement. The
asement in a cottage house often is
sed for different kinds Of storage, and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05

AFTER dinner he drew the typewrit-
ten letter from his pocket and read It
70 her An anonymous person, who
hau the gravest reasons for doing so.
wished to bestow the sum of So 900
upon MIN. That sum had been depos.
tied In a certain bank 10 his account.
ana ne was asked 10 make no effort to
discover the Identity OF the sender.
lie had been to the bank, and the
money was there. The manager had
told him that the mysterious tlepositor
was n woman; she had explained TO
him that she wished 10 remain IN.
known TO him. Tue manager knew
nothing of her, but he had accepted
the money subject 10 an Investigation
OF Philips record. 80 the money was
as good as his
And after this am going TO pay
the bill every Saturday night, said
Philip gleefully.
And he began telling her all about
his plans; how no could get a part
ner TO go In with him to a similar
amount and OF the tiny factory that
no was planning th success assured
and a prosperous life. They fingered
In the restaurant until everyone else
was gone, and the sleepy walters eyed
them resentfully, and then they
walked home together, and Philip was
still talking.
And OF course I shall move from
here" he said, as they stood before
the roomng house together 81 have
got litth fiat already planned, and
Claire, want to tell you something.
There is the sweetest, dearest girl
In the world whom am going to ask
to share 1t with me. have never told
you Of her"
No. answered Claire Raymond
luietly. He was too eager to see the
clutch she gave at her heart, and she
was glad of that.
And then" she said, with a tremu-
Gus little laugh, 81 suppose our long
friendship will be ended"
Well, of course things will be diff
erent,' he admitted, but hope we
'hall see a good deal Of each other,
Claire"
! hope So" she answered mechan-
cally. feeling that his eyes we're
urned quizzically on hers. And all
he while she was repeating fercely:
I'm glad l did It. I'm glad! I'm
ladl"
And suddenly she felt his arms
bout her. and his lips on hers. You
re the girl, Claire" he cried tri-
mphantly Didn't you guess?
'idn't you know? Tell me you can
I'VE me! You must you must,
laire!"
"Oh, do!" she sobbed, overcome
y the revulsion. Il have always loved
Philip
Copyright 1914 by w. C. Chapman)
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05

ly old-fashioned at ten years of age
and in the junk heap five years later
The German cruiser Bluecher, a fine
ship, completed less than five years
ago, owes her present position at the
bottom of the North sea to the fact
that the rush Of progress in naval de-
signing had made it impossible for her
to keep up with the pace in the up-to-
the-minute contest
In Nelson's time warships were kept
in the first line until they were worn
out by hard use, In our day warships
are not given chance to wear out
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05
Various suez Canals.

The Suez canal is not the first canal
to join the Red sea and the Mediter-
ranean, according to bulletin issued
by the National Geographic society.
The Egyptians, it is stated, in 1850
1900 b. c., constructed such a canal
In the course of time it was choked
with sand Another canal was begun
by Necho about 600 B. G. and com
pleted a century later. Trajan re-
stored this canal When Napoleon
visited Egypt, he planned to reopen
the old canal, but was forced to aban.
don the project 1t remained for De
Lesseps to repeat the engineering tri-
umph of the ancient Egyptians on a
Vaster scale.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05
WORLDS oldest University,

Founded in the year 972 A. D., the
Mohammedan university of El-Azhar
("the Luminous') is the Oldest exist
ing university in the world. 1t is the
oxford of the Moslem world, and is at
present attended by upward of 10000
students of all ages, and from every
eastern country, from the Caucasus
to Somaliland. Board and lodging is
free The teaching consists chiefly OF
Mohammedan dogma, which is labori.
ously committed to memory from
sacred books.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05

tail the best methods Of cultivating
and harvesting the crop. The great
trouble, it is said, is the difficulty of
obtaining the necessary labor for
peeling. At times it is almost impos-
sible to secure labor at any price, al
though the actual difficulties of peel.
ing are comparatively few. The har-
vesting itself should cost approx
mately five dollars a ton, green
weight
The demand is extensive and
varied and a large quantity of inn
ported willow is being used in this
country, although manufacturers, ii
is believed, would prefer the Ameri-
can-grown if it could be obtained.
There are many uses for the basket
willow, familiar in Europe, which
have not developed in this country as
yet 1t would seem, therefore, as
though the industry might prove a
profitable one for farmers who are
willing to familiarize themselves
with it. It must be remembered,
however, that a certain amount of
exact knowledge is required for sue.
cess, and that a poorly managed holt
rarely yields a profit, no matter how
favorable the conditions may seem.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05

ceiye the cuttings, never deeper than
necessary. A sharpened iron rod is
perhaps the best implement for MAX
ing a hole. The point should be
abrupt rather than long, since other
wise the space at the bottom would
be too narrow for the cutting and an
open air space would be created un-
derneath the plant.
Spacing, a matter of importance
which depends largely upon the vari-
ETY. Of willow planted, is discussed in
some detail in Farmers Bulletin 622,
which will be sent free upon applica-
tion.
The bulletin also describes in de-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05

They become old-fashioned and obso
lete while their engines and guns and
armor are still as good as on the day
of completion. That is one reason
why it is so much more expensive
to maintain navy than it used to be.
Cincinnati Times Star.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05
canada,s LARGE Park.

Canada's new park of 95 square
miles in British Columbia is big to
some ideas, but is really small com
pared with other American "play.
grounds" Until recently the Yellow.
stone reservation, Wyoming, compris.
ing nearly a thousand square miles,
was the largest park in the world, but
its glory has been eclipsed during the
last five years by the reservation of
Jasper park, Saskatchewan, which
boasts 5000 square miles.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05
Lande on PedeetrIan,a &C.,.

Because he was sick and unable to
find work, Edward Brook, sixty-one
years old, of 1929 Jasper otreet, at.
tempted suicide by jumping from a
third-story window in his home That
he was not Immediately successful in
his intention is probably due to his
alighting on the back Of man who
was passing his house. Brook was
taken to the Episcopal hospital and
treated for internal injuries and frao.
lures of the leg and Philadel.
phia Record. ~ ,a--4,.. -
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-05
KNITTING a Scotch Invention.

Knitting, at which every woman is
now getting plenty Of practice, is a
Scotch invention of the fifteenth cen.
tury, and Scotch knitted stockings
soon found their way to France. A
guild Of stocking knitters, too, was
soon formed, with st. Fiacre as their
patron saint. Hand knitting was not
long left without machinery as
rival, for 1t was as long ago as 1889
that William Lee invented the knit
ting frame.