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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08

pounds When we reached the DutcH
storehouse it was 145 pounds. We ar
rived bareheaded and barefooted and
starved, of course"
or the characteristics and customs
of the natives he met during the
course of the expedition DIR. Farabee
is enthusiastic. After their first timid'
lty at the appearance of white men
had vanished they were courteous and
gracious and received the eXplorera
with a hospitality from which the
white man could well take lessons.
One of the most picturesque expert
ences encountered by DIR. Farrabee and
his party was when they came upon
village assembled for the purpose OF
curing one of its inhabitants of a
poisonous snake bite. The victim was
stretched upon the ground. Around
| him were dancers who after sucking
the wound alternately blew and spat
upon not only the bite but all of the
mans Joints. In an outer circle sat
the musicians, who played such an
|
strangers had difficulty in resisting
the hypnosis it was designed to In
duce. The bitten man was more or
less hypnotized and by this method, as
far as the visitors could observe, was
cured.
Marriage takes place at very early
age among these aborigines.
Many of the villages have but two
houses. one communal affair in
which there is big general court with
the apartments of the individual
families abutting on it, and the other
a house which the women seldom en-
ter but which is maintained as a sort
Of mems club, in which they entertain
visitors from other tribes.
The women would delight the hearts
of the anti-suffragists. Moral suasion
is their big stick. There is native
liauor which is very intoxicating. The
women, however, do not touch it, al
though drunkenness is prevalent
among the men. During the periods
Of intoxication of the men the women
restrain them from bartering and the
men obey with lamblike obedience.
The men entertain a deep affection
for their wives and will barter any
thing else in their possession with
neighboring tribes except the "cush
ma" or ceremonial shirt which the
wives make.
Cassava, a root similar to the potato
is the staple article Of food. Agri
culture in it's broader sense is unknown
to these newly discovered Indians
The men hunt and fish and do the
barter1ng. The women gather the
fruit and nuts and CRATE the cassava
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08
Strategy.

"What was all the argument be-
tween you and Judge Flivyer yester-
day?"
"Oh, we were discussing the merits
of our respective cars"
"Thats a foolish thing to do. You
can never convince man that your
car is better than his"
II know that, but | got him so mao
that he committed himself to the state
ment that my car can't make over ten
miles an hour. The next time I'm
brought up before him for speeding
I'll remind him of that"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08
Record Breaker.

Maggie" said the inexperienced
young thing to the cook, "the biscuits
we're a sight. If you can't do better
next time will have to discharge
you"
"Ye will, will We? I'll have ye know,
mum. that I've been workin' out for
two years, and I've worked for eighty
nine av the best families in town, an
amt ever bin discharged yet. I'm
lawn this afthernoon for better
place."-New York Globe.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08

7 HERE are ethics in head
PwN hunting, according to DR..
William Curtis Farabee, who
has just got home after
- three years spent in eXplor-
k7 ~ ing remote regions Of the
- Amazon river in South Amer
lea. Among the tribes he
visited were two, the Muudurucus and
the JiverOs, who still keep up the
practice. one of the trophies he
brought back for the University OF
PENNSYLVANIA was collection of four
belts made of human teeth-the most
priced accoutrements that any Mum
durucu could possess, according to an
interview with DR.. Farabee in the
New York Sun.
As to the etlacs of head hunting DR..
Farabee says no self-respecting Mum
durucu or Jivero would go forth with
bow and arrow and stone hatchet after
the head of a national enemy because
of the pangs of hunger or the desires
of trade expansion. Head hunters are
not Cannfbals nor are they ambitious
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. On the contrary
they regard themselves as lovers Of
peace. But from time immemorial
feuds have existed among them, and
the only worthy method of treating
their traditional enemies is to seek
and obtain their heads.
When head is brought in by an
intrepid warrior the village prepares
to celebrate the exploit by assembling
around fire over which a potion
rivaling that of the witches Of Mac
beth" is concocted. If it is Mundu-
rucu village the head Of the enemy
after having been boiled to the re-
uuired tenderness, is smoked for its
preservation and the teeth are eX-
tracted. A three days dance Is held
in honor of the victory.
The Jiveros, however, vary the
process by removing the bones from
the head of the enemy and shrinking
it to the proportions of a big mans
fist. This is also preserved-an OBJ
ject lesson perhaps for the rising
generation.
The belts testifying to the existence
of head hunting are but a small part
of the collection brought back after
what scientists regard as the most
hazardous trip ever made into the
forest of the Amazon. Excavations of
prehistoric pottery and burial vases,
some Of them more than three feet
tall; records of the music of Indians
never before visited by white men,
chronological work among more than
thirty tribes heretofore known by
name only are all included in Dr.
Farabee's achievement.
Most of the explorers Of the Amazon
Valley have confined their attention tC
The river bank. To go 100 yards from
the margin of the stream, even today
is in places to be swallowed up in the
wilderness. DIR. Farabee went far into
the interior.
Or. Farabee arrived at Para in June
1913. After few preliminary expe
ditions up the main stream, he me-
on the edge of British Guiana two
white men-the only two in that sec
ton Of the country-H, P. G. Melville
magistrate and protector of the In
dians for the whole of southern
Guiana, and John Ogilvie, Scotch
man in the employ of the British gov
ernmeat. II was In Mr. Melville'
house at Dadanawa that they mad
preparations for the most adventurou
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08

crews nuWDpTtU IUOTt IIIIII -'VVV' "1V
these have dwindled to less than 5OO.
The men have drifted away. Some OF
them have been admitted as emigrnnts.
Since the liners have been berthed
in East Boston the officers and crew
prepared for a long stay and nave
worked hard to make their sojourn In
Boston as pleasant as possible under
the circumstances. There in their
miniature village they have surrounded
themselves with many comforts ana
many things to remind them of their
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08

"Has your college produced any dis
tinguished men?"
"Has itP Say, don't you ever read
the papers? Didn't you hear of Lefty
Jones, the famous southpaw; or Kan
garoo Klein, the best shortstop In
either league; or Biff Borroughs, the
fence buster? And could name
dozen more who have made good In
the game. Have we ever produced any
distinguished men2 Why, Spaldings
Baseball Guide is full of them"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08

other guests at their windows ana al aos O
park West heads sofr a their windows
the hotel formed
gng kitchen and few sub"oe
az They onnroaced and balls the OF wang
ninus staila nd In a devImaycare mood
seemed to regard MIN as
their leader the invaders he aced ms PACK ana
and hurled 1t at Wahgs mead Du
missed ana Wang started pe NELL down
street said the Dand OF cats turned
pnched hsen sea
n ne really then started In pursuit put e cat paes
nTv Ene the topography nhborhood for ey escaped
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08

have been giving some nocturnal vocal
exercises in Central park. FL. Strow-
bridge, guest at the Hotel Majestic,
was awakened at four o'clock by what
he supposed to be the cry Of lost
soul.
1t was the pirate leader, evidently
striking the key, for by the time Mr..
Strowbridge was thoroughly aroused,
the entire band of pirates was singing
in Catonese, "Yo, Ho and Bottle OF
Rumw He looked out the window and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08

the consciousness OF Jimmy Waldron'
who is nine years old and lives at
l220 Frontier avenue, and Sylvio Lom-
Dardo. who Is six and lives right
handy by,
Mud pies grew doleful, wooden
horses lost their zip, and military af-
fairs fell away to mere drudgery.
They debated between going far West,
where they shoot up the chaparral
and lasso the chaparajos, and skipping
of to the jungle, where hartebeests
and uZIm lll-s scnmnar DER Nnrlnnnar.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08

In the elephant yard keeper took a
stifF-backed brush and scrubbed the
sIate-cOlored sides of Minnie, Oldest OF
the herd, until they almost shone.
Two children, a boy perhaps eight
and a beribbOned girl who could not
have been more than seven, passed.
then stopped, and with big eyes,
watched the keeper.
'Oh," said the little girl, ana
pointed chubby finger. "Oh, Tommy,
look at the pretty elephant"
Minnie raised her trunk and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08
East Boston Has an Attractive Bit of Germany

bit Germany in East Boston where seven
ship tied to the od wh
$2OOOOO0 When they first nned Their
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08
Wanu and His Pirate Crew Invade Central Park

rw YoRK-wang Formosa cat pirate and his hungry crew
[ bov been making the nights Eghhe street have
nua down Light section Reports from residents along
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08

Smiles beget smiles. Who shows the
world pleasant face alters the aspect
Of many a persons day.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08

DR.. William Curtis Farabee
OF the University of Pennsyl-
vania, back from explorations
In the Amazon river country,
tells of strange savages who
had never before seen a white
man and whose big sport is
capturing the heads of enemies
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08
FIattey Wins Minnie, Washington Zoo Elephant

Black nng behind the mud
the gods perVadeS the
the hung over the ZOO OUT
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08

The largest room in the world Is the
room for Improvement.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08

One n the ns things when she returns from the honey
half Of the presents oacR 20 Ue Je"ens ~ u
them for she
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08
CHICAGO Lads Start Out to Be Real Bad Brigands

while the spirits of Robin Hood ana ana o cap
- sneak into the souls OF little boys rms
Recently the bacteria OF bnoage se ho
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-08

Opposition Is sometimes virtue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-29
PRISONERS OF WAR DON'T MAKE
VALUABLE FARMHANDS, CAPT0RS :
IN HUNGARY And AUSTRIA find
Other Reasons Besides Patriotism Make Aliens Crops
Poor-Russans and Serbians Don't Know Intensive
Farming Germans Finds Savs Slow to Learn
Methods.

Vienna, Jan. 29.-Austrian and
Hungarian landowners and farmers
are not particularly impressed with
the value of Russian and Serbian
prisoners Of war as farm 1aborers.
Accounts from all sides generally sup
horse to water but you can not make
him drink
On the whole, the prisoner of war
as a farm hand seems to have a not
ural aversion to work for their enc
mics. One of the great handicaps
has been that the Russian and Serb
farmers who were selected to work
on the Austrian and Hungarian farms,
were for the greater part unframed
in the rather intensive farming meth
DDS. employed in the dual monarchy.
Though the men, were shown how to
go about their work most of them
failed to understand the reaspn why
it had to be done. a. certain way. 9th
ers who did understand preferred to
be careless, when not under the eyes
of the overseer and guards. But few
of the prisoners of war took any in
terest in the work. Patriotic feel
ings appear to have been an active
deterrent for most of them.
That Austria-Hungary had a SPLEEN
did crop this year is due to unusually
favorable weather conditions. With
an ordinary ''crop year" and prisoners
country would have Jared badly, say
those familiar with conditions. 1t is
asserted that the, accession in crop
returns due to the labor Of the pris-
oners of war is hardly equal to what
the Russians and Serbs held in Aus
tria-Hungary will themselves consume
during the year.
Tt seems. however, that the labor
of prisoners of war was more produc-
tive in other fields of endeavor, espec-
tally is this true where the Russians
and Serbs remained altogether under
the control of the military. In build
ing roads and railroads no opportunity
for Sinking was given. Each gang
had to do a certain amount of work;
results were Immediately visible and
therefore susceptible to prompt cor
rection, which was not the case in
farming. The engineer troops under
whose surveillance railroad work was
done could not be easily fooled by the
prisoners of war, while the farmer had
he wanted to supervise his involun-
tary farm hand closely, could have
done the work himself. Since most
of the old reservists guarding the
prisoners of war were city people no
Improvement from that direction
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-29
Father and Son
Banquet Success At
! Local Y. M. G. A.

The largest Father and Son ban
quet that has been held in Bridgeport
was held in the large Y. NJ. c. A. ban
quet hail last night by the Boys Divis-
ion. Between $50 to 500 partook of
a, very fine feed that was prepared
by the<1adies' auxiliary. Toastmaster
<of the evening was Frank v. Burton.
who opened with very appropriate re-
marks for the occasion. He then
Introduced Fred Main, president of
the boys cabinet, who gave a toast
to the fathers. In his remarks he
congratulated the fathers upon being
privileged to be fathers and spoke of
the Influences that can be brought to
bear on the boys if only they will
do their best to set the example
A. e. Lavery addressed the boys and
men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-29
MANY FACTORIES
HERE SOON WILL
HAVE ADDITIONS

Next week operations for additions
to several factories in Bridgeport will
begin.
The Stanley Bronze Co. will add a
or1e-story brick structure 40x150 feet
to its factory at State and Dewey
streets.
Work will begin on the addition to
the factory of the Blue Ribbon Auto
& Carriage Co. in Fairfield avenue.
The erection of a concrete beer de-
pot and stable for the Christian Feig-
enspan Corporation in Housatonic av-
enue will begin. The depot will be
5ox7O feet and the stable 40x5O feet
An addition to the factory of the
A H. Nilsson Machine Co. in Railroad
avenue will be started.
Work, started, yesterday on the ad-
dition to the plant of the Heppenstal
Forge Co. in Howard avenue
4 A cooler room will be built. this
week for the Connecticut Breweries
Co. on the Hall street side of their
plant.
The American Tube & Stamping Co..
will build an addition to its ''hot mi1P'
in Wordin avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-29
TAFT is SPEAKER
BEFORE MEMORIAL
M'KlNLEY DINNER
Red Carnations Are Worn
Throughout State in Hon
or Of Mckinley Day.

New Haven, Jan. 29-The custom
of wearing a red carnation-the ia
.vorite flower of the late President
was generally followed throughout
Connecticut, today in the observance
of McKin1eyED Day. The only formal
notice of the occasion will be the
dinner of the Mckinley Association
tonight, at which Congressman w. B.
Mckinley and FORMER President w. H
Taft will be among the speakers.
The association was formed in 1904
and held its first dinner in this city.
Members of the association from all
parts of the state will be here. Most
of the Republican State Central Com
mittee also Will gather but that body
VIII not meet. Informally, there may
be discussion of plans for the Spring
convention, at which delegates to the
national convention will be selected.
The committee will probably meet
within the next fortnight to select
the city and date of the convention
The proposal to raise $1,000 for a
Connections tablet on the Mckinley
Memorial building in Canton, o., will
probably come before the association.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-29
could be expected.


German farmers who employed
Russian prisoners of war are said to
have obtained better results, though
the Associated Press correspondent
cannot say that, a large landowner
of the, Brandenburg province with
whom The discussed the matter was at
all enth usiastic over the prospects of
having to raise another crop with the
aid of prisoners of war. He said that
in addition to being most unwilling
workers. the Russians he had en-
pIoyed failed to learn rapidly, though
he had the services of an able inter
prefer.
The handicaps of language have
been sorely felt by both sides, of
course. An improvement in this sit
uation isl now expected. Many of the
Russians and Serbs have learned
German and Hungarian sufficiently
well to understand orders and be un-
derstood in their turn: 1t is likely
for this reason that next year the
prisoner of war will prove of greater
value.
The Russian and Serbian prisoner
of war is very tractable person on
the whole. Hardly any complaints
have been made against them by the
communities in which they worked
and lived, usually with the scanties
provisions for their control. Their
conduct has been very correct
Throughout, and they have also earn
ed the reputation of being scrupu1ous-
ly clean in body and habit. Most
of them carry in their minds so deep
seated a horror of the filth of the Rus
sian and Serb fronts that the oppor-
tunity to use soap and water is fully
appreciated by them. OF the thou
! sands of Russians and Serbs the As
ISOLATED Press correspondent saw on
recent trip through Hungary land
Austria but very few who had neg
lected themselves, and their quarters
everywhere had a spic and spanness
which no orders from the guards could
have produced. Ausrro- Hungarian
officers assured the correspondent
that the cleanliness and orderiness
exhibited was spontaneous and inner
ent with the men.
The Austro- Hungariahs have been
very mild in their treatment of the
men The best understanding exists
as "a rule, and what little trouble the
prisoners of war has given is mostly
due to his Decentralization to work for.
or under, a civilian. The soldiers
psychology is such that as a prisoner
of war he prefers to remain under
military control
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-29
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
RETIRENfENT OF MR.. ooRRN.

RETIREMENT OF MR.. CORBIN.
The able and gentIemanly manager
of the Bridgeport Business College.
Mr. A. Corbin, Jr., will leave our city
! and the management of that institu-
ton to-day to assume the direction
and charge of the Poughkeepsie Col
1ege of the Bryant, Stratton B. Cor
bin chain Much regret is felt by
the students and citizens in general
at the departure of Mr.. Corbin from
our midst. He will be succeeded by
8. B. Jones, Jr.. who has beenf an as
stsaant at the College.
This morning Mr. Corbin was sur
<pfised with the gift of a splendid 240
pound buggy, built by Frederick
Wood of this city. Tt was present
ed by Mr.. Jones in behalf of the stu
dents. Mr.. Sproull, the day previous
presented him with splendid bride,
elegantly mounted and of the best
materials Some weeks ago Mr.. Cor
bin was presented with a magnificent
$1,000 stallion, as a birthday gift
from his father.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-29
TO THE GREAT BEYOND.

At the residence of his aunt, Mrs.
Michael Logan of Asylum street, to-
day, occurred the death of Thomas
Kearns- He was member of Truck
Co. No. and the disease which re-
suited in his death was contracted at
the Wilrnot & Hobbs fire in the, West
End, about year ago. He was a
young man with a, quiet disposition
and hosts of friends. His only rel
alive here was his aunt, at whose
home he died. Mr.. Kearns was at
one time a member of the St. Joseph s
II. B. & L. association and at the time
of his death was a member of Division
No. 3,7A. o. H.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-29
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.

I The annual meeting of the Connec-
ticut Commercial Travellers associa-
ton was held at Hartford last even
ing. The secretary reported a, gain
OF 22 in membership. The following
officers were e1ected President.
Norman H. Spencer, Hartford first
vice president, C. NJ. Smith, New ia
ven; second vice president, Samuel
Waterman of Bridgeport; secretary
and treasurer, L. H. Bates, New Ha-
ven; executive committee, F. P.
Chapman, Hartford, chairman; II. S.
Golf, Hartford; G. L. Kahn, New
Haven; w. w buckingham. New Ia-
ven; F. C. 3ernert. Bridgeport and c.
NJ. Brads:reet, Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-29
ANNIVERSARIES
OF RING BATTLES

19oO-Matty Matthews knocked out
Kid Mcfarland in 1st round at
Brooklyn.
18O4-Edd1e Han1on knocked out
Kid Broad in 14th round at San Fran
cisco. This was the second time in
Broad's long ring career that he was
forced to take the count, and the VIC
tory of the Californian, who was then
only 18 yeras old, marked the begin
ming of the end of Broad as scrap
per. Kid Broad was a Cornishman,
like Bob Fitzsi1nmons, but. came to
America as a boy and started fighting
in Buffalo in 1898. For years he
mingled, with the featherweight, his
opponents including George Dixon.
Dave Sullivan, Terry McGovern, Oscar
Gardner, Young Corbett, and other
leaders. He once knocked out Young
Corbett, only a few months before the
Denverite took the title from Me
Govern, but was defeated in a return
match. Broad's first experience of
how it feels to be Knocked out came
in h9o3, when he was stopped in the
fourth round of a contest with Aurelio
Herrera, the Mexican, in Butte, Mont.
The Eng1ishrnan was an alrnost-cham-
pion as a ~featherweight, but his de-
feats by Herrera and Han1on reduced
him to the ranks of the has-beens, and
after the Hanlon affair he never won
an important bout.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-29
WEsTERN CONNfHRCE.

a resolution has been introduced in
Congress. to establish the town yof
Cincinnati. in Ohio. as aNport of en-
try The reason for this is stated
to be the formation of sone or two
lcompanies in that town, for the kpur-
pose of importing goods from Great
Britain by way of New Orleans, up
the flyer Ohio. These singular facts
forcibly disclose the enterprising
character and high destinies of the
western people With commerce, the
comforts and- arts of a polished life
must rapidly progress among them;
the necessity of a navy will appear
to them in as forcibIe light as it has
long seemed to the people ON the At
anticl seaboard; and a perfect identity
of feelings. interests and character
will be the early and Inevitable con-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-29
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

About 25 couples, friends of Miss
Lent Gilbert, attended a surprise
party at the 1atter's home last night.
Dancing and refreshments were en-
joyed in a private hall in the Vince
Ter building.
A boy, named Edwards, while skat-
ing on a, pond in a vacant lot in the
West End last night, caught his foot
in a root irnbedded in the ice, and
he was thrown heavily, receiving a
fracture of the left leg. He was
treated at the Emergency hospital.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-29
JIMMY, McNALLY IN Town.

The effects of James Mentally, the
once famous green goods man, con
.sisting Of several paintings and pieces
of choice bric-a-brac, were auctioned
off at his farm in Fairfield to-day
They were sold at ridiculously low
prices. Mentally was present but
retfcent and refused 10 talk with
newspa permen
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-29
JOHN. L..s CONDITION sERIoUs.

Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. %, 1896-John
L. Sullivan, prize fighter, who fell
from a Rock Island & Peoria train
going 80 miles an hour, this morning
is in a critical condition here. All
within medical power is being done to
save him, but it is thought erysipeIas
Will set in, and if it does he cannot
possibly. recover. IL