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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-07-20
TOWN OF 5000, WITH IA
SALOONS, VOTES ON PRO
HIBITION TODAY
OBy United Press Association

(By United Press AssOclatlOn.)
Lexington, Mo-, July 15.-Lexington
today is voting on local option. With
a population Of less than 5000, this
town has IA saloons, IL of them in
one block,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-07-20

Mrs. Newman is visiting with rela-
tives in Richfeld.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-12-22
DEVICE MAKES FOR COMFORT
No Longer Need Lazy Man Roll Out
From Warm Bed to Start
Fire in Furnace.

Nobody need run shivering to the
cellar in n house which has been
equipped with one of the new furnace
starters. TIE head of the house stays
in his warm bed and sets the furnace
to heating the house by merely press
ing a push button at his side. Or. il
If he is given to oversleeping, his alarm
clock will perform the same service
for him, says an exchange. The APP
paratus for regulating the furnace con-
sists of weight attached by ropes to
the damper and drafts, a light strip
Of wood to hold the weight, two mag"
nets, an armature and pulleys to les
sen the rope-friction. The strip OF
wood which holds the weight Is wide
at one end and pointed at the other.
The pointed end rests on heavy strip
of soft iron which moves on two tin
rails. When the push button in the
bedroom is pressed a circuit Is closed,
and the two magnets draw the piece
of iron, or the armature, from under
the supporting strip Of wood, causing
the weight to fall down and pull open
the drafts. An alarm clock may be
used to take the place of the push-but-
ton. The clock can be set to complete
a circuit at a certain hour and them
open the furnace drafts.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-12-22

priyates caught the limp figure Just be-
fore Il struck the ground, and they laid
him tenderly upon the dirt door or
Trench %.
They've got him. go. He's not
dead. though" Captain Monta-
que kneeled beside the lad and bent
over him. And a corporal with some
knowledge OF hrst.ald procedure un'
dertook TO stop Guys bleeding. He
was seriously wounded-that much
was clear. And he was unconscious.
"Beastly dul"-so Guy had been
writing Georgy Wagstatr. "Awfully
hot-no excitement, Haven't seen a
German or any decent food, But that
doesn't matter Tell mother Pm being
careful"
"Poor kid" Charlie Brown ex-
claimed. 10 was a grim business
war!
"Sad-very sadr' the captain agreed,
But perhaps he'll pull through; and II
he doesn't-well! forgive me, Mr..
Brown, II seem heartless-but re-
memberl this Is new 10 you aud he's
only one, and I've seen so many"
Captain Montague noticed that the
American correspondent was white
and somewhat unsteady.
II feel a bit shaken. DO you mind
II | go back nowT" Charlie asked.
Certainly notr
"If come across the surgeon or any
OF the Red Cross, you don't mind II |
send them back, do youY" Charlie
wanted 10 do what he could 70 help bis
friend.
The captain readily gave his assent.
I'm through with war" Charlie
Brown said as he shook hands with
Montague. I'm or 10 London. I'll
see his mother there. and that kid girl
OF hls-and then so TO New York,
where there's no war, thank God! And
you know, Cap. when I'm home. sit
ting at my desk. looking down over
Broadway where war only means some
more headlines on the front page about
some unpronounceable places. and you
turn over the paper TO see how stocks
closed. or who won the game-when
I'm back there and the war stuff
comes over the wire, I'll be thinking OF
you fellows over here under fire, and
I'll be wishing you luck, old man, the
best OF luck"'
The captain thanked him: and they
said good-by.
Charlie fingered for one last look
at the wounded Guy
81 hope you pull through, old boy!'
he said; he knew. though, that Guy
could not hear him. "Do what you can
for him, won't you?' he asked the cap
tain. II know his mother. This
whole business is hell, isn't it?"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-12-22
MAKING A SIMPLE HEDGE

A very satisfactory hedge, which
did not cost very much either in mon
ey or in labor, has been made OF
AmOor privet. For a hedge 100 yards
long, 100 plants were bought at cost
of "a. These were set out one yard
apart. The planting cost about a cou-
pie Of dollars.
First, the roots of the plants were
soaked for few hours before plant.
ing. Next, a furrow was run with a
twO-horse plow and then the holes
were dug in the furrOw line.
1t was not found necessary to fol-
low the dealers instructions and plant
closer, nor yet to use an enriched soil,
The plants started into vigorous
growth. The tallest shoots were
trimmed the first year or two. After
that the hedge took care Of itself, and
in six years had made a screen 10 or
u feet high.
Not only did the hedge make an ex'
cellent screen the entire year, but at
fOrded a shelter for the mOcking birds,
re1bfrds and other sOngsters, that
added to the profit Of its planting.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-12-22
BULB CULTURE EASY
BY ELIZABETH VAN BENTHUYsEN.

One of the chief delights of the work
Of raising bulbous plants is that al
most any novice ought to make a sue
cess Of the venture without trouble.
There Is no particularly intricate de-
tail to master and no unusual condi-
! ton to face.
One does not need n greenhouse, or
sun parlor, or yet the south window
| 10 make the bulbs do their duty. In
the ordinary house the flowers Will
! thrive on precious little care. or
course If the house, or room, has a
lower temperature than the ordinary
living room heat the plants profit The
advantage Is particularly shown after
the bulbs begin TO form tops because
the sturdy growth and longer life OF
the individual flower is assured.
In the high temperature the blooms
will come sooner, but they will not last
so long as those that thrive in a tenn
perature of from five to ten degrees
less and If they can be kept between
80 and 60 degrees the advantage is still
more marked.
The novice in bulb culture has the
pleasing assurance that he does not
have to feed the plants. This is one
reason why good results can be ex-
pected without expert knowledge. The
man who grew the bulbs attended to
this detail, for as a matter Of fact
the bulbs are only specialized buds,
charged with food for the reproduction
Of the plants that they contain in their
elementary form. The novice should
supply the conditions that are favor
able to growth.
These are notable medium for the
development of roots, such as sand,
moss or soil, a favorable temperature
and, at the beginning, darkness
The question of fertility need not be
considered. Bulbs will grow even
among charcoal or pebbles if the other
conditions are prOpitiOus. The most
important thing is to choose good
bulbs. This, of course, Is matter
largely of confidence in the character
of the dealer who sells them. The
price is no criterion because some of
the lOw-cOst bulbs are just as good
as their higher-priced fellows. The
best gauge is the weight of the bulb
The heavier the bulb the more likely
1t is to give proper reward for the
pains of handling it.
Ripening Of bulbs to be ultimately
placed in garden borders is often
profitable. While bulbs grown in the
greenhouse or in the home do not often
make as good plants the first year
after being forced as the new bulbs
will produce, in another year or two
they will do we'll in the garden border.
The ripening process consists only
in keeping the plants growing well
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-12-22
Ask for and Get t.rI'6
SKINNERS
uiE HIGHEST QUALITY
MACARONI
16 Ase Recipe Book fee
SKINNER MFG. Co. OMAHA, U.SA
URoIg rAcAoia EhcIoRY N AAiRiA
KEEN MEMORY FOR FACES
Colonel Roosevelt Remembered, AFTER
Two Years, Man Whom He Hao
Only Met In a Crowd.

Colonel Roosevelt has one or the
most wonderful memories ] ever hearu
Of particularly for faces aud nalhes'
said @. Il, Embree of the Maine f"r'h
ers Union. ~ first met him SOME
where about 1906 at Riverhead' Long
Island, when perhaps 3OoO persons
were introduced 20 him.
"About two years later ! met MN on
the street at oyster Bay lie was IN
his shlrtsleeves, swinging along TO the
postoflice, and being hailed by every
one who saw him, old and young
said: Good morning, sir as we met
"He passed, rather squlnted at my
face and slowly replied: Good morn,
ing. Your name Is Embree, Is 1t not
| admitted IL, in astonishment at MS
memory and asked: But where ala
you meet meg and as quickly as u
flash came: Rlverhead, wasn't itF
But you met 5000 men that day. 'O'
that doesn't make any difference
"The next meeting with the colonei
was in 1912 at Nashua, n. IL. l was
passing around one ear to take an
other and stepped little one side
TO allow man TO pass. He casually
looked at me and sang out with
smile: Hello, Long Island y ana was
gone. It is wonderful to me, that mans
memory of names and faces. .'-kenne-
bee Journal.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-12-22
DON'T HURT THE WORMS

The Chinaman has been noted for
centuries as a careful gardener and
worker of the soil. He gets more
from a little patch of ground than any
other known fieldworker. One of his
maxims Is that one should always be
careful in digging never to injure earth
worms.
Maybe the stolid, uncommunicative
Chink knows why he takes care of the
worm; maybe he doesn't. Darwin
and other scientists who thought more
and dug less than the Celestial breth-
rem, have told us why the worm is safe
from the Chinese spade.
Worms always indicate rich soil.
They help make it. By forming ali
passages in the ground they improve
the earth and make it richer and more
productive.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-12-22
ouakers Once warIlke.

Conscientious ObjectOrs in the past
have sometimes modified their anti
war views to meet the circumstances
of the time-as, for example, in
Pennsylvania, in the middle of the
eighteenth century, says "The London
Chronicle" Here long line Of can
non defended the old Quaker capital
against French and Spanish Privateers
on the principle That II defensive
war" was justifiable. "The Pennsyl-
vania Assembly" says Lecky, in
which the Quuk"rs prPj0nnlnated re-
pentedly votpl military aids 10 the
Crown during the frelCh wars, dis
guislng theiI act by voting the money
only for the kings use and "n one
oc;mslon For the purchase Of bread,
flour. wheat or other grain the lat-
Ter being understood 70 be GunpoY'
DER"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-12-22

Gods sake let me telephone" he
begged.
At last Captain Montague was con-
vinced.
Quickly then-telephone" he said.
And while Streetman sprang to the
instrument, the British officer ordered
his men to their stations. Keep your
eyes open-and give 'em the best we've
gotw be urged them.
Meanwhile, out there in the moon
light between the two lines of trenches,
that dark figure crawed nearer. Rife
fire cracked out from the German
watchers, and the skulker broke into
stumbling run.
They're tryin' to pot him from the
other sidew one of the Britishers cried.
Another trick to fool US" Captain
Montague observed.
ITO BE CONTINUED)
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-12-22
WHERE THE SEARCH CEASES
Demand for the First-Rate Man, So
Marked in Commerce and Indus
try, Not Extended to Politics.

In recent years our periodical liter
rature has devoted much space to dis
cussions Of problems of efficiency
writes Meredith Nicholson in the At
lantic. We have heard repeatedly OF
the demand, not for twO-thousand-dOl.
lar men, but for ten and twenty and
ffty-thousand-dollar men In the great
industries. The efficiency engineer
has sprung into being in my own city
several hundred employees of an auto
mobile company are organized into
class of which a professor of psychol'
ogy Is the leader, the purpose being
| the promotion of individual and cor
porate efficiency. The first-rate man
is in demand, as buyer, a salesman
a foreman, manager. One OF the
largest corporations in America pays
| its employees bonuses apportiOned on
q basis of their value as displayed
from month to month. The minutest
economies are a matter of daily study
| in every manufacturing and CONNER.
cial house the hunt for the tirst-rate
man is unceasing. Executive ability,
a special genius for buying and selling
need never go unrecognized. Recent
ly New York bank spent months
searching for bondseller, and finally
chose an obscure young man from a
western town who fell by chance un-
der the eye Of a scout sent out to
look for talent. But this eager search
for the first-rate man, so marked in
commerce and industry, only rarely
touches our politics. 1t is only in pol
itics that the second-rate man finds the
broadest field for the exercise of his
| talents.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-12-22

means. AMI There's your neid
telephonel Let me communicate with
headquarters! They'll understandr'
He started for the telephone.
But Captain Montague sprang In
front of him.
"Keep away from that Instrument
he commanded. And. turning TO the
sergeant, he ordered him 20 take the
prisoner TO headquarters. "You eau
explain TO them" he Informed Street
man.
"By then II may be too late" the
fellow replied, Their attack was to
be at midnight"
"Indeedw the English officer ex-
claimed dryly. hts past midnight
now" And straigntway he became
more doubtful thsn ever OF the
strangers story.
"Then they're likely to charge any
minute" the spy declared with we'll
simulated alarm. I've got TO tele-
phone. It's for England! | beg OF you
10 believe me! Let me inform head
quarters-let them decide DO you
dare take the responsibility
one OF the priystes on guard sud
denly called out.
"Somethin' crawlin' out there, cap.
tain! Looks like q manW
The sergeant faced to the front
with gun ready for action.
He's comm this way" another sol.
dier cried.
Streetman saw another chance for
his plan TO succeed. and he quickly
seized II.
"You see, captain, it's the start Of
their attackw he said excltedly. For
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-12-22

his men-and especially his officers
unnecessarily. And he warned Guy
that he might get picked off by a Ger
man sniper.
mot a chancer' Guy protested.
"PIease! It would be ripping really
to do something"
The captain perceived that the in.
action Of waiting for an attack was
fast setting Guys nerves on edge. And
at last he gave his consent.
For little time Guy called out di-
rections to the captain, who stood at
the telephone reaying Guys instruc-
tions to the battery. In the light fur
nished by the British bombs the youth
full lieutenant carefully watched the
effect Of the shells that whistled over
their hpHGs and burst increasingly
nearer 10 the Teut0u artillery.
fright on glln.'' Guy shouted NJ
asi II saw II rrnnple! rhat's it'
Keep the range aC lweu,y-ninr iiftyr'
Tile words were hardly uul OF hiI
uouth. before be came Ionpllng from
lis perrh. The captain and nn. 0f The
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-12-22

Yes! came over with the first
batch-bribed the recruiting sergeant
Apd here | am! But what are
you doing az the front?"
Charlie explained how he had fallen
into the hands OF the Germans, how
they had set him free and started him
| toward BRUSSELS, But his rebellious
nature had revolted; and having hid
den by day and Travelled by night, he
had made straight for the place where
he understood the British TO be In
trenched.
Mr.. Brown had scarcely finished his
brief recital when there followed an
ominous whistle, which seemed 10
come from over his head, on In the
distance there was a fash and an ex-
posion.
whats that?" the American asked
"Oh, just one OF our shells travelling
somewhere TO our friends, the enemy,
the captain Informed him.
THAT will probably start their eve
ming song" Guy remarked.
They needn't hurry on my ac-
count" Charlie said
For n few minutes they stood there,
discussing the war.
whats 1t forT" the newspaper man
asked There's no individual hatred
no great, soulstlrrlng emotional
crisis behind IL all"
"But England was forced into II, y
Captain Montague interposed.
"And | dare say France and Russia
and Austria all feel they were forced
into II. too" Charlie replied. That's
the whole trouble Each nation be-
lieves honestly that it's in the right
and in some way | suppose each OF
them is. l don't know-Im
not a big enough man to attempt to
say. And what good is 1t alp
1T is that militarism shall cease
that never again can there be another
war like this the English captain
told him.
As they talked, a doctor, accompa-
MED by two stretcher bearers, en-
tered the trench, and, finding that
there was no need for their services
in that quarter, they passed on.
That's the Red Cross" Captain
Montague explained, noticing the jour.
nallsts interest in the trio. Following
close upon his words came another OF
those sinister whistles.
That's one of their shells" the
captain continued, meaning the Ger
mans.
At the information Mr.. Brown
promptly ducked and huddled down
upon the bench under the oyerhang of
the trench.
"You needn't duck, old man! II
wouldn't do you any good the elder
officer remarked. Anyway, that
shell was on its way toward one OF
our batteries" he added, pointing to
their rear.
"Wer. now they've started, any
how" Guy said.
sometimes they fire only one or
two shots-and then again they go on
all night" his senior officer explained
Stepping to the field telephone
which rang insistently, Captain Mon.
tague received a message from the
battery posted some distance behind
When Guy Falconer learned that some
light bombs were to be let off, he
begged the captain to let him climb
the tree that rose near one end Of the
trench, in order that he might try to
get the range of the German guns.
The captain did not like the idea
He had been cautioned not to expose
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-12-22

after they flower until their leaves be
gin TO turn yellow. Then they should
be watered with care, taking pains not
to use too much water. When the
green has disappeared from the leaves
the pots should be laid on their sides
in a cool, shady place until the soil
has become as dry as dust. Then the
bulbs should be separated from the
soil, the trash cleared away and you
are ready to store them in dry, airy
place until autumn, when they may be
planted out Of doors. 1t is useless to
try to grow them in the house second
time. They will not produce good fiow-
ers twice in succession.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-12-22
ToRTURING SKIN TROUBLES
That Itch, Burn and Dlshgure Healed
by Cutlcura. Trial Free.

Bathe with plenty of Cuticura Soap
and hot water to cleanse and purify.
Dry lightly and apply Cuticura oint-
ment to soothe and heal. This stops
itching instantly, clears away pimples'
removes dandruff and scalp irritations'
and heals red, rough, sore hands.
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-12-22
PRESSING Question.

We see that the slinky person is to
be the style throughout the coming
season, and we suppose We shall soon
be face to face again with the prob
lem Of where a fashionable matrOn OF
about forty-two size puts herself when
she gets into her new gOwn.-OhiO
State Journal.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-12-22

A lazy man is always prematurely
cid.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-12-22

Titan, the great artist, was painting
pictures at the age of ninety-nine.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-10

new offensive from Belfort and expect
to be able to cross the Rhine north Of
Basic In short time, but this report
ID evidently another ruse.
The real intentions of the Allies are
probably disclosed by an article writ
tan by an unnamed French admiral
ana published in IL Information" a
few weeks ago. The admiral says that
the new strategic plan Of the Allies Is
to exhaust the German power OF re-
INSTANCE by attacking on as many
fronts as possible and he continues:
We must create new fronts to COM
pei the enemy to thin his lines every
where. An effective way to accomplish
this result will be the landing OF a
large British army on the coast of
Belgium. This can be done. II the Eng
lish sea power Is fully used. The land
Ing Of strong British forces on Dutch
soil north of Antwerp, also appears
advisable. There Is hardly any doubt
that the consent of the Dutch govern
ment to such landing can now easily
be secured. II the necessary pressure
Is used, because Holland knows that
Germany Is doomed and will go to
any length to gain the good will of the
allied powers
Evidently the allies will not hesitate
to violate the neutrality of Holland If
they consider this necessary to carry
out their well laid plans. All signs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-10
GERMAN EXPERT FEARS
ATTACK VIA HOLLAND

Berlin. Sept s.-The fear that 4
large British army may be landed IN
Belgium and Holland to attack the
German forces in Flanders and France
from the rear and recapture Antwerp
has been revived, One Of the foremost
military writer's says in the "Armee-
und Observation-Disclosures" (Army and
Navy News:)
The general Offensive Of the Allies
on all fronts keeps our armies busy
The British and French attacks on the
western front, which have their center
and greatest force in Picardy, do not
sufficiently disclose where our enemies
intend to strike their main blow. 1t is
possible and even probable that the
Big Rush" on both sides OF the
Somme Is only feint.
The French and British army leaders
must have become convinced during
the first two weeks Of their offensive
that the German lines cannot be brok-
en- on the short front east OF Albert,
where they started to use their batter
ing ram. From the fact that they are
continuing their fruitless attacks in
spite Of their heavy losses we NAV
safely draw the conclusion that they
are only making their large sacrifices
with the intention OF hiding their
real plans and preventing the con-
centrajon of German troops at the
points where their decisive blows are
to fall
French and English military experts
admit that the German front on the
Somme will not break and they hint at
sensational events at other points In
the near future. The British press re-
ports that the French are preparing a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-10
FREEZING NOTES

freezing. Va. Sept. s.-Larkin
Rife. of lager. W. Va. 10 visiting
relatives at and around Freezing.
Joseph B. Baker. OF near Clint
wood. is a visitor at this place
Kenton Phipps of Chapmanville.
W. Va. IL Visiting relatives in Dick
enson County The young mans
father. Joseph Phipps. was formerly
a citizen OF this county. where he is
largely connected.
Mr.. and Mrs Abram Newsome. of
F1atwoods. Ky. are visiting the lat
ter's sister. Mrs. Martha Phipps.
William w. Beverly has just re-
turned from Hanover. w. Va, where
he has been with relatives during the
summer.
Rant Mullins, OF Georges Fork, is
a visitor at Freezing.
Mrs. Nancy p. Kilgore is reported
quite i'll at the home Of her daugh-
ter Mrs. Mary J. IApps. Mrs. Kill
gore Is the oldest person In this sec
ton. her age being about ninety.
Miss Minnie McFall visited her
grandmother. Mrs. Lucy Fleming. Of
Byrne. during the week.
Robert Mullins, OF Etty. Ky. Ia the
guest OF his brother. Alexander Null
Inns
Wiley b. Trivitt was visiting friends
at Osborns Gap during the week.