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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28

tary Houston was big enough to have
the truth told about him also said thai
the secretary is a volcano, a seemingly
slumbering one, perhaps, but one
which has within it the potentialities
which one usually ascribes to Vesu
yius and the other peaks of fire. Men
who know the secretary cannot under
stand why he is called cold. The rea
son is simply that he is cold to the
representation of things whose worth
cannot be proved,
There is another view Of Secretary
Houston which is taken by some men
who do not get next ia him. Or per
haps better into him. Generally
! speaking, a man who has nc sense of
huUor is al impossible man. Some
! persons think that the secretary of ag-
! ricHturo lacks appreciation of real hui
NOR While Mr. Houston is Of Scotch
| descent, Sydney Smiths Joke about
| the necessity of a surgical operation
| before you can get a joke into a
! SCOtchmaus skull has no application
to the case of David f. Houston. He
! is fonder OF good stories and fonder
Of telling them than perhaps any other
man in the presidents cabinet. 1t is
| said Of him, however, that, true to his
temperament, he analyses a story to
find out first whether it has humor's
real ingredients before he will accent
it as one worth retelling. In this way
tho O., -
man who tells stories at which other
people laugh only because they feel
that they must do so in order to be
complimentary t1 the raconteur.
To Washington correspondent who
has been watching things fairly close
ly in the agricultural department, be-
cause Of an innate liking for things
agricultural the chief thing to stand
out prominently since Mr. Houston
laid hand on authority is the "tremen-
dOus amplifiCation" Of works which
were in little more than suggestive
form when 5ne administration of the
department was succeeded by another.
Secretary Houston found lot of coed
things in tentative form in the agri-
cultural department when he first en-.
tered office. He submitted tho tenta-
tive projects Of his predecessor to
his usual analysis and those which he
found good he adopted as soon as the |
study If them was complete.
The growth of the activities of the |
agricultural department of the United |
States since Mr.. Houston has taken |
hold is Of the kind usually called phe.
nomenal. There is no attempt on the |
part Of the secretary or any of his |
subordinates to take away from pre-
ceding administrations the credit for |
initiative What was found to be good |
has been accepted as good, and what
is more, has been put into operation. |
Beyond this the department has initi-
ated and carried into action many |
plans Of its Cwn which at one time
were thought to be impossible of sue.
cess. 1t is i'll taking the thing said to
be impossible, in testing it and in Ell
ther proving Or disproying its worth,
that the present secretary excels
Is it said that one is praising David
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28
BY EDWARD 9. CLARK.

I3Fy%s big enough &c have tn
M HSSaH truth told about him"
N pN These were the word
VA M of a friend, a conidan
S4SES and an admirer Of Davit
Franklin Houston, secre
tary of agriculture in the cabinet a
Woodrow Wilson.
The secretary's friend had M
thought of small traits in the charac
ter Of Mr.. Houston What he meant
was that certain things which have
been dwelt upon by critics Of the TEN
peranent and the methods Of work OF
Dir. Houston should be set forth SO
Ghat the proper light might fall upon
them and thus lay bare the facts tc
eye and mind,
David Franklin has been criticized.
Why? Well, the answer isn't hard.
He is an idealist who believes that his
ideahsm can be realized only after the
proof has been adduced that it really
Is idealism. Consequently Mr.. Hous-
ton is not a dreamer of dreams whose
fabrics are baseless He is of Scotch
blood and is hard headed, and as a
result a good many Of the Missionaries
OF the country who see glory gliding
the castles which they rear in the air,
cannot understand why the secretary
OF agriculture does not instantly see
the domes and minarets Of their fan
cy's building burning with the splen-
dor Of MONDAY"
The department of agriculture. since
Mr.. Houston took hold Of it, has
broadened the field cf its endeavors.
Many things have been done. Some
of them are things which the dream
ers Of the years have urged should be
done. Everything bearing a trace Of
the imprint of worthiness that has
been suggested has been subjected to
the test OF critical analysis Some of
the dreamers have been disappointed
because this thing or that thing has
not been done, but they may know
that the test has been applied and that
the proof Of lasting worthiness has
been lacking.
There seems to be a sort Of general
impression that Secretary Houston is
a cold man. The presumption of his
cOldness comes unquestionably from
the fact that he is SO intensely scien.
tifc and analytical. The Missionaries
go to him bubbling over with their
dreams of what can be done to bring
the millennium Of their desires to farm
and field They are so convinced that
the vision they have seen from the
mountain tops is real that they count
the man who listens but declines in
stant and exuberant acceptance Of the
truth Of their dreams, as a man who
is cold and unrcsponsive Little do
they know, at any rate for a long time
that some Of these dream recitals are
remembered and studied and that II
they bear up under the study plans
are laid to make them a reality.
Coldness is an exterior thing. A
thermos bottle may be cold to the
touch and yet have plenty Of heat in
side. The man who said that Secre-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28

Directory Canvasser--W What is your
first name, Mr.. Peck?
Mr., Peck-Well, it was Claude" be-
fore got married.
Directory Canvasser--Am to un-
derstand that marriage altered your
name?
Mr.. Peck--N--no. not exactly; but
spell It "Clawed" now.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28
ProhahIv Had Rlnht ldea.

A traveller entered an inn where q
Quaker sat by the fire. Lifting a pair
of green spectacles and rubbing his
eyes, which looked very iniamed, the
newcomer, in one breath, called for
some brandy and made a grievous
complaint about his eyes.
They are getting weaker and weak
Ell" said he. And now even the spec
tacles appe,.r to do no good"
The Quaker looked first at him and
then at the brandy.
Il tell thee, friend, what | think, I"
said he. "If thou wouldst wear thy
spectacles over thy Elcu.h for a few
months thine eyes would get we'll
again.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28
Speed Mania.

How are you getting along with
Miss GadsOn ga
Il think I'm ahead of all the other
fellows so far, as | have the fastest
motor car in town"
Il see."
But III be out of the race If she
ever gets acquainted with a fellow
who owns a high-power aeroplane."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28
nanaerous EmploYment.

Forty per cent of the high explc-
sive makers and shell packers in Ger
many are women, while so per cent of
the makers Of tents, haversacks and
similar equipments also belong to the
same sex, and in the manufacture of
timed meats and preserves rs per
cent of those employed are females.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28
cauuht the Habit.

"Why were you later"
"My watch was slow"
II know it. That's from going with
you so much"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28

An elastic band arrangement has
been invented for holding women's
hats in place without using pins.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28

When the rug curls up II can be
mace to lie ast by making Il very
damn on the under side
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08
Knights of St. Patrick Will Have Dance After
 Their Annual Banquet

The annual banquet of the Knights of St. Patrick will be held on the evening of March 16, the eve of St. Patrick's day, at the StratfieId ho- tel. This year, it has been decided by the Knights, in view of the un- qualified success of the banquet of 1915, ito again invite the ladies to at tend. In addition to the dinner and post prandiI exercises, there will fol- low at the conclusion of the speaking a dance for which the ball room of the Stratf1e1d has been engaged.
 The chief speaker of the banquet will be Rev. Joseph Mu1ry, s. J., president of Fordham University, New York. Father Mulry is one of the most brilliant pulpit orators in Amer icas and is equally at home as an af- dinner speaker. He will be ac- companied to this city by a, group of the alumni of F'ordhan. Stephen D. Horan, president of the Knights of St. Patrick, and a F1ordham grad uate was formally notified today by pr. Mulry's secretary, that the latter would arrive here early in the after noon of the 18th.
 In view of the fact that there are a great many new arrivals in this city who may have been affiliated with home town, the committee has thought best to place a limited num- Der of tickets at the Hartigan Drug stores and Horan'S florist shop, Main and Bank streets where they may be obtained upon demand. It is also the desire of the committee that the citi- Zens in sympathy with the purposes of the society should understand that they are welcome to both the ban quet and the dance, and may obtain tickets from the members or at either of the places above mentioned.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08
RHEUMATlS
MEDICINE FREE

xva want the nAm0 oH every person avarvwhera who Ls suffering with wneumatism, SO we can send him a Sr~a sample bottle oH RllI's Rheumatic So- cevare he has had 1t, as there ara - few cases that have not yielded ~nd been thoroughly cured with it if ~orks at once. In twenty-four hours ~ .-+cy,s the pain. Don't take our word U.. St--1est it At our expense. This Ia a4 n new untried thing. For twenty. @s.. vearS tt has been regarded by ESsv.,ciars as practically the only ceF- t.fr treatment for 4hls terrible dIs- Gasr rocco testimonials Like These.
 HSr. E. II. Ehlers. secty. GranI Lodge ne Mason of New York City ~@ttas That. Although sufferer from rIAau- %atisrn for many years two dOsss es4a,Sroed ell pain and one bottle cured
 S1r. A. Goldman. Victoria. Texaa. .ava: "K am very well pleased with Sour medicine; am recommending IS Ns1 anvthinw I have ever tried"
 Naranan F. W. Geraty. of 20 Man. Nattan St. New York. says: "I have s,sSrered with rheumati5na for many Tearn. have tried almost every known Tmuoedy but got no relief or cure until
 | 1nok yourA In foEty-eight houxA was entirely cured and free from ali pain. I send this unsolicited"
 aalrw Rheumatic Remedy is on salo aA most drug stores at Sl.OO per s0t. Hsa One bottle generally effects q ' eoTnnieta cure Call or send for EreG l mample bottle and booklet at oacM There Ia no greater service you can | perforIn for humanity than to tell any lFheumatic sufferer about this wonder f1L preparation. Address; Htn Modt. Mane CO. u7 mast S4th St.. New York N. '.
 AGENTS WANTED EvERFWHEHx
 Good NAen Make S10 Day on Oz | &E0parat1Cxsa WRITE NOW-A9N
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08
Feel Young Again CERTILAX (The Certified
 0wakSUoN
LaxatiVe)

Beware of the habit of constI patton. Coax the overworked bowel muscles back to normal action with CERTI- LAX, "the certain laxative" It Is the favorite prescription of an eminent New York City specialist, selected by live hundred physicians, who have tried out thousands of laxatives and decided upon CERTILAX the best. They believe in gentlenesa, persisten sY, and Natures assistance. CERT1- LAX opens the bowels; their action is gentle yet positive. never accom- panied by gripping or pain. One at night will give positive relief. GER FLAX IS FOR SALE AT ALL DRUG STORES, or will be sent direct upon psceipt of price, CURTIS CHEMICAL 90, TIT B. 24th St. NEW YORK. PRICE. 1oc, s6c. 6oc- One as night makes you right
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08
PROTECT YOUR LUNGS

Coughing weakens the lungs, tears the fine throat lining and produces a strain on the entire body. The more you cough the weaker you get, the and fall 8 prey to germs. You can pro tect your lungs by taking Leonardi's s Cough Syrup (Creosoted). It cuts and raises the phlegrn without Stfaining g the body, makes breathing easy, opens up clogged throats and nostrfls and has a healing and sooth' ng action through it's antiseptic power. Fine for coughs, colds, grippe, bronchitis. whooping cough and croup-25c. E1indle's Drug Stores. 9ST Main St. and 9O9 Main St-AdV,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08

jured by a fall of coal and slate at tn c Maple Hill colliery, Shenandoah, Pa,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08

President Wilson nominated Colonel William M. Black of New York to be chief of engineers of the army
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08

The Spanish steamship Principe de Asturias sank near Samoa, Brazil, car rying down. with her 3O2 persons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08

ing the last week booked orders for 3 2 engines for shipment abroad.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08

to the place. It's several hundred years old and must require 8 lot of conveniences, such as bathrooms, electric lights and steam heating. Probably needs refurnishing from top to bottom, too, and new roof. l never saw ruin yet that didn't leak. Remember those castles on the Rhine? Will you ever forget how wet we got the day we went through the one att They were abandoned, tumbledown castles,'' she reminded him.
 ''There isn't castle in Europe that's any good in a rainstorm." he pro- claimed.
 (To Be Continued.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08

Three Mexicans suffering with ty- phus were discovered at Fl Paso. Tex,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08

Gasoline tank wagon basis, was ad vanced one cent a gallon to 21 cents 8 Louisville, Ky.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08

Argentina and Uruguay are suffer ing from a coal shortage, caused by lack of tonnage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.

There has been a big revival in the foreign demand for copper.
 The Bank of England earmarked f23O, 1000 bar gold for Argentina
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08

The cost of living in Turkey has in creased 1855 per cent, since Turke joined the Teuton Powers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08

- Olney Arnold, United States consul general at Cairo. Egypt, died in a hos pita1 at Lisbon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08

The Ohio Oil Co. has advanced tn price of Plymouth grade of crude oi 10 cents barrel to $1.53.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08

Farmer Want Ads One Cent a Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
 BOUQUETS JOHN RICK & SON.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-04-21
What We See In Eaat.r

We see in Easter not merely a me
mortal OF long gone past, but a wit
ness to the truth that the grave is al
ways empty, that the living are never
to be sought among the dead and that
divine presence ever walks the earth
the companion now. as then. Of those
whose eager questioning needs answer
md whose earnest but perhaps almost
despairing hope needs inspiration which
only He can give. says the Rev. DR..
Lyman Abbott.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-04-21
Russian American CALENDARS

The Russian calendar is thirteen days
behind the calendars Of other Chris
tian countries. and unless this fact is
familiar to correspondents in the Unit
ed States considerable confusion arises
over the dates of letters, kilograms,
etc. Usually in Russian business cor
respondence both dates are used. the
Russian date having after 1t the letters
o. s., meaning old style. and the date
or foreign countries. ~ s., meaning
new style. For instance. the Russian
Christmas occurs on Jan. I N. S. and
the Russian New Years day on Jan.
II N. S.-Commerce Reports
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-04-21
Eggs at Easter.

Ihe Use Of eggs at this season Is I'M
doubtedly symbolical of the revivifca-
ton or nature. the rebirth Of life in
spring. From the Christian point of
view this feast of eggs has usually
been considered emblematic of the
resurrection and of future life. But
the custom is not confined solely to
Christians. as Jews use eggs in the
feast of the Passover, and we are told
that the Persians. when they keep the
festival of the solar new year in March,
present colored eggs to one another.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-04-21
An Easter Story.

1t is said that an intidel princess on
her deathDed ordered that her grave
be covered with u great granite slab
and that around it should be placed
great solid blocks Of stone and the
whole be fastened together with clamps
Of iron. She also directed that on the
stone should be cut these words: This
burial place, purchased to all eternity.
must never be opened" Thus she
meant publicly to proclaim that her
grave would never be opened-never.
1t happened that little seed was
buried with the princess. tiny acorn.
1t sprouted under the covering. Its
tiny shoot. soft and pliable at first.
found its way through tho crevice be-
tween two OF the slabs. And there it
grew slowly but surely, and there it
gathered strength until it burst the
iron clamps asunder and lifted the im-
mense blocks and turned the whole
structure into an irregular mass OF up
heaved rocks. Up and up through this
mass OF disordcred stones grew the
giant oak which had thus broken the
bars Of the sepulcher. That oak grows
there today a veritabe tree of life
Rev. DR.. David Gregg.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-04-21
Easter Lilies on the Dinner Board

Select potted Easter lily that Is not
too tall and has three or four blooms
for the center Of the table, covering the
pot with crinkled green paper. By pull.
ing the upper edge rufl1ed effect can
be produced. Around this group four
potted daffodils or four small glass
vases OF cut daffodils. Between these
vases place tall glass or brass candle.
sucks with very tall white wax can.
dies unshaded. The lily should be
highest. lighted candles next and vel
low daffodils still lower. The effect Is
simple. springlike and charming.
At each place have a tiny basket for
salted nuts made of yellow and green
Grape paper to resemble a daffodil.
These are easily made. the green petals
around the yellow cup being made to
lie on the table, furnishing a place to
print the name.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-04-21
Garden Of Getbsemane

a@HE site OF the garden OF Ceth
Semane. on the western slope
OF Olivet, has been recently in
closed-there is about n third of m
acre-and is maintained by the Fran
ciscans. Eight olive trees OF very great
age are among the interesting features
OF the garden. and 1t is thought. with
some probability. that they may have
sprung from the roots OF those which
were there in the name OF our Lord.
Three special sites are shown tu
travelers-the one known ns the Chapel
or the Agony. in II cave. and revcrcd
by thsr - pilgrims. the place where
the tn 1isciplcs slept and the spot
whereN ias gave the kiss of BETRAYAL
Ihe last two arc not mentioned by the
early chroniclcrs anG have possibly
been added at Il much later date.
In an age .-hcn few could read and
write and Van there were no con.
Venient EuidebookS sites and objects
were pointed out quite innoccntly as
memorials Of the details i'm the story
which pilgrims were following. II
must be remembered that vast mum.
bers OF pilgrims today-espcciallv Rus.
sians-cannot read and expect to see
marked the exact spots of the gospel
Incidents. When simple minded non =.
ant has travelled hundreds of miles to
see the holy places and is shown the
scene Of the denial of st. Peter he will
undoubtedly expect TO be told where
the cock crew.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-04-21
BURNING OF JUDAS.
Ancient Easter Custom Observed Nea,
Constantinople and In Bavaria.

Ancient Easter Custom Observed Near
constantinopIe and In Bavaria.
Judas puppets are burned every year
at Easter by the Greeks living In the
little suburbs and towns surrounding
ConstantinOple-or were so burned be-
fore the outbreak of the great war
as well as In certain villages I'm the
n1ghlands OF Bavaria. The custom was
even practiced during the first half Of
the last century I'm the German city of
Cologne. where there are many Catho.
lies.
Evidently this custom was brought
from Cyprus. the copper island. I'm the
wake of the export trade of pig COD.
per. copper ingots and copper imple-
ments along the great commercial
highways and water communication
such as the Danube. the Elbe, the Mol.
dava. Pruth, Dnieper and Dniester.
reaching by this intercourse various
countries Of middle and north Europe.
For the human sacrifices practiced dur
Ing the age Of heathendom in Cyprus
foreigners were especially selected, as
handed down to us by ancient writers
Perhaps some tradition may have
been kept and may count as well for
one OF the reasons why the Christians
OF Cyprus introduced into their Easter
festivals the burning Of the Judas effi.
gy. often dressed as a foreigner. a
habit which the extremely conserya-
tive Cypriotes preserve down to the
present day.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-04-21
AS&El;f&si{hr A El;si{
l.: | Story 3 y
'TheR6f of
1ul1lps/ i
ClarlSSa Mackie

Copyright. 1916. by American Press As
sociation.
TUCf SIMMS looked across the
way where the new frame
- house stood bare and glaring
In its white paint
mot a spear of grass. and there
won't be until June" she said with q
bitter edge to her tone. MY house is
old. but, thank the Lord. I've got good
green turf and a few flowers"
Mrs. Jones glanced sharply at her
sister.
'Now. Lucy" she demonstrated.
don't you go to sneering about Lem
Harlow's new house. You was en-
gagged to Lem Harlow for three wears.
and II you was fool enough to let your
best friend. Angeline Pepper, step in
and get him away from you it's fool
ish to hold grudge over it."
DO you think I'm holding grudge?"
asked Lucy in a tense tone
II don't know what else you can
call it. you and Angeline never speak.
ing all these years, and now LENS
come to Coldspring poor and built this
new house you're acting terrible queer
lover the matter. What happened
twenty years ago ought to be over and
done with"
80 1t is," said Lucy quietly. .r,
She saw the stout form Of AngeIine
Harlow with her daughter Hester toll.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-04-21
Old Easter cu.tom..

LRe Englbh people fornaeriy hid two
VERY large Acakes divided among the
congregation at the church on Easter.
In 1915 parliament forbade this by
law, providing that the money spent
Tor cakes should in future be used TO
buy bread for the poor.
AT Easter let your clothes be new
Or else be sure you will it rue.
The boys in the north of England
Will tell you that if you do not put ON
something new on Easter day some
misfortune will befall you.
Underneath mOstTaster customs and
carols lies the symbol of Christ's resur-
rection.