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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01
eoIoonda and the conaulstadors.

Mexico, as Alexander Won Humboldt
declared more than a century ago, is
the treasure house of the world. That,
perhaps, is just what is the matter
with it. The profusion of gold and
silver and precious stones, copper and
petroleum, rubber and sisal, tempts
the unscrupulous adventurer in search
of easy fortune; and the largess Of
nature, supplying food without cult.
walton and climate that demands lit.
tie clothing, attracts and holds a popu.
lation Of those constitutionally opposed
to work or exertion of any kind.
The dream of riches unearned and
the lure Of life without working have
peopled Mexico in large measure with
pirates and poems. Neither group finds
what it seeks, of course, but the hallu.
cination persists and the search foI
Golconda and the lotus land continues,
Until mankind realizes that ease and
fortune are worth while only when
earned, or nature reverses her proc.
esses in Mexico and makes hard condi,
tions Of living, that country, perhaps,
will continue to be the scene Of an.
archy and confusion.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01
SNAKES THAT DIE TWICE
Reptiles Frozen Stiff Are ResuseItated
by Use of Hot Water by
Crafty Dealer.

A naturalist tells how, in the thicket
Of mountainslde, he once saw a man
kill q rattlesnake. He beat the life
out Of 1t with a club, and continued
the pounding until 1t was mangled be-
yOnd recognition. When the naturalist
demonstrated, the man said: "You
can't kill a rattlesnake too dead"
On one occasion a boat bound for
the United States from Rio de Janeiro
touched at PernambucO, where the
mate drove a bargain with a snake
dealer for half-dozen reptiles of varl
Gus sizes.
The mate had them in a cage on
deck, and charged a sailor with the
duty Of washing it out with sea water
every evening. All went we'll as long
as the weather was mild, but on the
night before the gulf stream was
crossed the sailor left a quantity Of
water in the cage and, about thirty
hours from port, a biting gale struck
the ship.
All hands were busy with the storm,
and the snakes were forgotten. When
the mate thought of them and went
back to look after their condition he
found them frozen stiff, and apparently
as dead as the proverbial door-nail.
The dealer from whom the mate had
bought them came on board the fol.
lowing day. He professed great dis.
over the loss of the in.
tended purchase, but offered to take
the snakes away as a kindness to the
mate. He gathered them in his arms
like so much firewoOd and carried them |
home. But a rival dealer afterward
told the officer that plenty Of warm
water had resuScitated the snakes and |
that they had been sold to various
museums not a bit worse for their
death" by freezing.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01

member seeing him when l was lit
tie girl. Although there was naturally
a restraint between our families after
your grandfather's unfortunate gam,
bling experiment, old Mr.. Williams
would never allow a word to be spoken
against his former friend"
We'll that honors grandfather, not
old Carteret," said Tom. hufEily.
A despairing note from Dorothy ar
rived the next morning at the hands
OF negro boy, sworn to secrecy. She
wrote that she dared not see Tom
again as long as her father was alive /;
but she would always love him, and
some day perhaps, If he had been true
to her, he should have his reward.
The note was hlotted with tears
Tom squared his shoulders and went
on working for the insurance. company.
Tom was Jim Banks secretary, and
earning a decent salary. Those who
got an inkling Of the affair admitted
that the colonel had not acted fairly.
1t was known that Dorothy was pale
and had lost interest in affairs. But
her father was as obstinate as she.
"rm mighty sorry, Tom," said ge-
nial Jim Banks one afternoon, when
he felt in an expansive mood. "She's
a gem, that girl is. And now l come
to think of it, l seem to remember
there was something funny about that
property Of Carteret's.. Suppose you
look through those tin boxes Of papers
that we got from the old Land Office af-
ter the war"
1.-THE deeds, slr?"
Deeds, suppose, but they haven't
legal force any more. You see, the
commissioners went through all land
titles in 1871 and drew up fresh deeds |
invahdating these. No, they're just |
curiosities. But there was something, |
If my memory isn't playing me a
trick"
Tom spent the afternoon rummaglng
through the faded yellow papers. 1t
was at the bottom Of the last box that
he found the deed.
Hum !" said Banks, running his eye
over 1t. "Yes, came to the Williams
family through the Chief Algonquinka.
Price a pound Of beads-brass; one
hogshead Of tobacco; a dozen rifles;
powder horns-yes, quite regular.
Here's your grandfather's transfer.
Hello! What's this?"
Attached to the deed was a paper
written in faded ink. Tom and Jim
Banks looked at 1t with increasing as
E0nishment.
my dear old friend" it read. ''Of
course 1 am not going to take your
property. Keep it and let's call the
lffair over. Ever yours Theophilus
Jarteret."
They looked at each other and Tom
lrew in a deep breath.
"Then it's minel" he said. IAN the s
I'm afraid not" answered Banks. !
Your grandfather was evidently too ! Z
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01
Imnortnnt 70 NAnthnra
HIS MOTHER CAME FIRST
Flancee of Illinois Mllltiaman Had to
Wait Outside the Camp
Grounds.

While the mobilization Of certain
Illinois regiment was under way wom-
en- in the persons of relatives and
friends Of the Guardsmen flocked to
the camp In such numbers that neces-
sary work was hampered. Thereupon
It is reported, the colonel issued Or
ders that only one woman should be
allowed to visit each member of the
regiment.
One Of the Guardsmen, not yet
knowing Of the order, approached the
camp in company with his mother, a
sister and his fiancee. The guard
stopped the party and sternly asked
who the women were. When told he
answered:
'You can take in only one. It's up
to you to choose"
The young man looked for a mo
ment at the three, and then said,
mother"
When war is In the air humanity
gets down to fundamentals, and when
this is done mother will never get
the worst Of 1t. We do not believe
that the young Guardsman will make
a worse husband than If he had chosen
his sweetheart. A man who can ap-
preciate his mother may be expected
to take good care Of his wife.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01

I'm playing chess with nature. /
eat three meals a day. That's habit,
and nothing else, but 1 eat a quarter
Of what the average man does. know
1t, because see it at my own table,
Man is not perfect yet, and you can't
take alcohol away from him all at
once. Beer has per cent alcohol. Cut
down the percentage to 2 or IN. then
to l per cent. Cut out whisky and
strong drinks at once. The theory is
this: Every mans stomach is about
the same size. Beer with 2 per cent
alcohol will never make the average
man drunk, because he can't get
enough into his stomach. Gut down
the alcohol until he can get merry, but
not ugly. OF tobacco, would as soon
see a man with a revolver as a boy
with a cigarette. I'd have a law
against them for anyone under twenty
one"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01
Suspicion Confirmed.

A worthy vicar in an English rural
parish who preached one Sunday in
the interest Of foreign missions was
surprised on entering the village shop
during the week to be greeted with
marked coldness by the old dame who
kept 1t.
He asked the cause, and the good
woman, producing a half-crown from
a drawer, and throwing it down be-
fore him, said:
II marked that coin and put It In
the plate last Sunday, and here 1t is
back in my shop. knowed well them
poor Africans never got the money"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01

they would provide the brains as well
The suggestion was sort Of seconC
edition Of one which Count Okumi
made to England a year before wher
he threw out the idea that the Anglo
japanese alliance should become an
economic as well as a military pact
He made practically the same PROPOSE,
tion-"Japan has the experience, Eng.
land has the cash"-but the Britishers
came to the conclusion without any
special delay that they had enough
brains to exploit China with their own
money If they wanted.
Lived in Two Worlds.
Like every old man in Japan, Baron
Shibusawa has lived in two words
a world Of feudalism and two-sworded
samurai and the present world Of,
among other things, banks and limited
companies. He entered the govern
ment service under the old regime
while the emperor who died three years
ago was still virtually a recluse in
KyOto and the empire was ruled Dy the
LOhuSAWu DAiOBullSs OulDuStWH y uTSL
mission out of Japan was an education
al trip to Europe with one Of the Sho-
guns sons who did not dream that his
family's tenure of the sovereignty of
Japan was over. This was In 1S67-6S
when Andrew johnson was president
of the United States in the interval
between LincOln's assassination and
Grants election. He returned and went
into the government after the upset of
ShOgunate and was an official until
1873 when he resigned over a differ
ence with the finance minister of the
day and never entered politics again.
Instead, he founded the First bank, so
called because it was the first bank in
Japan on modern lines. That was 43
years ago and in that long time Baron |
Shibusawa moved on from one tinan-
cial success to another until in 1909 |
he was president of 70 concerns When |
he started the First bank its capital
was million and a quarter dollars
borrowed money-now it is ten and
three-quarter million dollars, or If re-
serve fund is counted in-ffteen mil
lion.
This is not the first time that the
baron has thought Of retiring. In 1901
he was i'll and not knowing whether
he would live, made will in which he
named as successor in the presidency
of the First bank, Mr.. Yunoshine Sa-
saki, the manager who now actually
succeeds his old chief Then in 1905
he was again Ill and he resigned from
many of his positions, but picked them
all up again when he recuperated. His
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01
Two of a Kind.

The dean of a western university
was told by the students that the
cook at the dining hall was turning
out food mot fit to eat"
The dean summoned the delinquent,
lectured him on his shortcomings and
threatened him with dismissal un-
less conditions were bettered.
"Sir," said the cook, ''you oughtn't
toto place so much Importance on what
the young men tell you about my
meals. They come to me in just the
same way about your lectures. ."-Har-
per's Magazine.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01

proud 10 accept It back. and a sim.
pie offer has, OF course, no validity 10
law"
"But II is mine morallyW
"Morally be hanged. No, you haven't
even a moral right after all these
yearsw
Lend me that deed, Mr.. Banks" 4"
said Tom, with war in his eyes.
Take II, my boy. What are you
going to do? Turn Carteret out In the
cold?
Tom smiled, put on his hat, and went
over to the Carteret place. From her
window above Dorothy looked down
In wonder and awe. A minute later.
as he stood before the colonel, Tom
heard the faint swish of her skirts In
the passage outside.
"Well, sir2" demanded Colonel
Carteret.
Read that" said Tom, placing the
document beneath his nose.
The colonel read 1t and he turned
redder than before. He looked up, and
his voice had the growl Of a savage
such a growl as might have been
emitted by Algonquinka.
"It's an infamous forgery, sir And,
even If It isn't, where is the proof that
your grandfather accepted my grand
fathers generous, manly offer"
The door opened and Dorothy came
In. "Tom I" she cried. "You are not
quarreling with father?"
mo, dear" said Tom. Colonel
Carteret" he went on, II admit that
this document has no legal validity.
But 1t shows that II your grandfather
was generous, my own was no less
generous. You can no longer talk
about our different stations in life.
Morally, am the owner Of this place,
and you are-you are secretary to Mr..
Banks"
The colonel was beyond speech. He |
glared as If his eyes would pop out OF |
his head. And just then Dorothy's |
feminine intuition struck the psy-
Geological moment. She ran to her
father and put her arms about his
neck. "We love each other, father"
she whispered.
Slowly the frown faded or the col
Oners face. He sighed Then he got
up and held out his hand.
"YOu'vs won" he said. Il guess
you're che winner In this game. Ny
grandfather always said your grand
father knew how to make the most
IF his"
"Poker hand sir2" asked Tom with
1 smile.
"COnfound you, mol Euchre, EirI
Euchre!"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01
JAPANS FOREMOST
BANKER RESIGNS
Baron Shlbusawa will Devote Re-
mainder Of Life to Charity
Work.
HAD AN INTERESTING CAREER
Lived In Two Worlds, the World Of
Feudaiiem and the Present World
Of Banks and Limited
Companies.

Toklo.-Boron Shlbusawa, president
or the First National bnnk of .Iopon
resigned his position at the annual
meeting Of the bank ana retired Into
private life. lie is seventy-sx years of
age, He proposes 10 devote the re-
manning years OF his life to the pro
motion of charitable works ana the
betterment OF international relations.
particularly between Japan and the
United States.
The baron is well known in Amerlca
to which he made his last visit carly
this year. When In New York he had
dong consultations with leading Ameri-
can hnanciers, his object being 10 In
terest them In the propositions which
Japan intends to exploit in China.
Japan has the brains, America has
the money" was In effect what he said
In trying TO persuade Wall street
mOneyed men to take an interest IN the
business. The proposal was turned
down. New York business men thought
if they were going TO find the money
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01
EuChTed!.
II
Bu
GEORGE MUNSON

Copyright, 1916. by w. G. Chapman.)
When Dorothy Carteret, the only
child of Colonel Carteret Of South
Point, admitted that she was in love
with young Williams, Of the Title In,
surance company, her father was fu,
rlous. He glared speechlessly ut Tom
Tor few moments.
My daughter is destined TO marry a
man Of her own station In life, sir %
he stammered presently. That's all
| have to say to you. Dorothy, | for
bid you TO speak TO this young man
again. Take your hat Off my desk,
STRIP
Tommy Williams threw back his
shoulders. Whatever my position,
Sir, my grandfather was u Stevens"
he said proudly. "And the Stevens
we're quite as highly esteemed as the
Carterets in South Point, even If
your grandfather did win all my grand
fathers money at poker"
"You-yOu-you are telling an un-
truth, sir" shouted Colonel Carteret,
red in the face. 1T is a hideous SLAM
der. 1t was euchre, sir. GoOd-morn-
ing"
Colonel Carteret owned almost the
whole village and the land for miles
around. He was "land poor" Ev-
eryone knew that the Carterets had
barely enough for the necessities Of
life Jim Banks, the Title Insurance
president, could have bought them out
many times over. But the colonel held
his head pretty high, and Tom was
simply an outsider when 1t came to
the matter Of husband for Dorothy.
Tom went away feeling pretty blue.
As he conhded to bis mother:
IF Carteret's grandfather hadn't
been a poker or euchre shark and
feeced my grandfather, all this prop
erty would have been mine, and Dor
othy would have been working for
Banks, probably as his stenOgrapher."
"Tom, Colonel Carteret was the soul
If honor" replied his mother. 81 re-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01
Worked loo WAL

Yes" the young medlco sighed, the
healing profession is full of difficulties.
The other day for instance. l had a
patient who ought to have gone to a
warmer climate. Couldn't afford II. /
decided to try hypnotism. painted
a large sun on the ceiling and by sug-
sestion induced him to think It was
the sun."
"And how did it work." inquired the
listener.
The doctor passed a hand YEARLY
over his brow.
"He's down with sunstroke, "he said,
sadly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01

Shortly after WIN Crooks, the labor
leader. was elected TO parliament, says
an English weekly, he took his little
daughter to Westminster. She was
evidently awed at the splendors around
her, and maintained a profound and
wondering silence all the time. Mr..
Crooks was much impressed.
well" said he to her at last, what
are you thinking so deeply about,
dear2"
Il was thinking daddy" answered.
the little girl, that you're a big man in
our kitchen. but you aren't very much
here"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01

The Baroness Won Hutten, former
ly Miss Betsy Riddle of Philadelphia,
who was arrested in London on the
charge that she was an "enemy
alien"
In court the baroness declared that
she was not German, but American
born. She explained that she had
been divorced from her German hus-
band eight years ago, had lived in
England since, and had believed she
would regain all her rights of Ameri-
can citizenship when she returned to
America.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01
Pnner From Cotton Stalks.

Berlin.-The royal material testing
office at Gross-Lichterfelde suburb
Of Berlin, announces the interesting
discovery that paper can be manufac-
tured from cotton stalks. The discov-
cry is not considered Of much impor-
tance for Germany which produces NO
cotton, but is pointed to as Of vast
Importance to the United States be-
cause Of the shortage Of paper reported
In that country. The stalks were cut
and ground, boiled and bleached, and
the paper-making then proceeded after
the usual methods.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01
Her First Saloon at 1s.

Chicago.-The vision Of a windblown
lass from the Kansas prairies, with
the roses OF the countryside blooming
in her cheeks-a girl of eighteen who
never had seen even the outside of a
saloon until she came to Chicago to
attend the international quarter CEN
tennial convention Of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union of America
brought the thousands of the conven-
ton in session at the Coliseum to their
feet with cheers.
The girl, Violet Andre Of Horton,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01
OF Course NotI

A somewhat befuddled Individual,
who had evidently been lunchlng a
trihe too freely, climbed on board the
car with difficulty.
"What's the matter?" he asked, mild
ly, as he observed the conductors Inn
patience. "Aint this car the one
Want?"
"HOw do I know whether 1t is or
not?" growled the conductor.
"Oh, you must have known 1t, or you
wouldn't have stopped to let me catch
II" said the befuddled one.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01
BLOOD TESTS TO
AID EGG-LAYING
Connecticut Agricultural College
Is Conducting Interesting
Experiments.
RHODE ISLANDS IN LEAD
With lisp for SO Weeks to Their
Credit, They Draw Away From
English Entries-Plan Hen
merry Eugenics.

Storrts, Conn.-The productive and
wealth-prOducing hen is having heI
blood tested at the experiment station
of the state agricultural college here
This, with the idea of improving the
breed OF hens with the hopes that
their progeny which escapes pOaching,
scrambling and so on will be even
more healthy and egg-frultful. In a
/ word, the experiments going on at the
agricultural college will form the basis
Of hennery eugenics.
Hen scientists know that many
chicks inherit an intestinal disease.
To determine the proportion of hens
from which this disease descends, the
scientists of the agricultural college
offered 10 test, free of charge, the
blood Of all the hens entered in the
fourth international egg-laying con-
test now going on at the college,
contest which is nearing its course of
year.
What Tests Prove.
The test has proved, so far, that 30
NuN Va ACO Va lAG Dll Us III LAlC CO1LtSl
are affected with the disease. The
test known as the "agglutlnation meth
cd" involves drawing from a hens
wing vein few drops of blood. After
that chemicals and the microscope
come into play.
Good Americans and lovers of
brOiled chicken and omelets will re-
joice to learn that the Industrious
Rhode Islands are steadily drawing
away from the English pen, entered
in the contest by Tom Barron, the
Poultry King" of Catforth, England,
who has won 50 many prizes In pre-
vlous contests. The White Wyan-
dottes, entered by Obed G. Knight of
BridgetOn, r. l., have total of LISP
eggs to their tally at the end of the
thirty-ninth week, while the English
birds can show only total of 1,695.
Another English pen, the White
Wyandottes Of Abel Latham Of Brier-
field, England, have busily run up a
total score Of 1889 eggs.
Near the Top.
Other pens which stand near the
top are:
Plymouth Rocks--Rock Rose Farm,
barred breed. Katonah, N. Y, 1906;
Albert 7. Lennon, white, North At
.leboro, Mass, 1,474; Jules F. Fran
,ais, barred, West Hampton Beach,
:. l. 1855.
Rhode Island Reds-Pincrest Or
,hards, qroton, Mass, 1,498; A. w.
lumety, Danville, N. H., 1,474 Spring
lale Poultry Farm, Durham, Conn.,,
,428.
White Leghorns-Will Barron, Bar
lie, near Preston, England, 1873;
francis f. Lincoln, Mount Carmel,
)Onn., 1926; Frank r. Hancock, Jack
onville, Vt, 1,463.
MiscellaneOus-Ore Agricultural
ollege, CORVALLIS, Ore, 1893; J.
,ollinson, black Leghorns, Barnacre,
ingland, 1,406; A. Schwartz, Rhine
lnders, Burlinghame, Cal, 1886.
The hens in the contest altogether
i'd $500 eggs during the thirty-ninth
eek, or 20 more than they produced
,gether during the corresponding
eek Of last years contest.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01

Kan.,-she seemed the very picture of
her first name-was embarrassed by
the acclaim and looked vainly about
for way off the platform, but the
leaders would not let her go.
The report Of the Kansas delegation
of SO years of prohibition in its state
the effectiveness Of the law and the
overwhelming sentiment in favor of
1t becoming stronger all the time, ac-
companled by the presentation of Miss
Andre, turned the convention into n
cheering, enthusiastic crowd.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01
sparrows Leave Oiled Street.

Lancaster, Ga.--Maj. James Burn
side says that oiling the streets is the
cause Of the disappearance of the SPAR
rows. These birds get oil on their feet
and then on their eggs. These will
not hatch then. He also says many
sparrows leave town for the country
as soon as the oil is spread In order
to get their dust baths.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-01
COMES BACK AFTER 81 YEARS
Nidler Sees Spot on Site Of Seattle
Where Indians Once Chased
Him.

Spokane Wash.-After a lapse OF
90 years, Franz Nidler of Portland,
Ore, arrived here to find the spot from
which he was chased by hostile Indians
on his former visit now occupied by
thriving modern city of 10000 peo-
pie, Mr.. Nidler, who is eighty-one years
old, came to visit his daughters and to
register for the Colvilie land drawing.