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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28
IS Child CROSS.
FEVERISH, SICK
Luck, Mother! If tongue is
coated, give California
SYrup of EiQs."

Children love this fruit laxative
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result 10
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full of cold, has sore throat.
stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen,
Mother! See if tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful of California
Syrup of Figs" and in few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out Of the sys-
tenn, and you have a well child again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it nev-
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for a 50-eent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed ON the bottle. Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28
Monumental Japanese Lexicon.


It has long been regretted that
Japan was without a great exhaustive
dictionary, but that want is about to
be supplied. At a dinner in Tokyo on
October 19 il was announced that after
fifteen years of assiduous work by
Professor Matsui Of the Tokyo High.
er Normal school the new Japanese
Lexicon" in four volumes is ready for
publication. The first colume had al.
ready passed the last proof reading,
while the other three volumes will be
issued after next year at the rate OF
a volume a year The company was
highly distinguished, comprising many
members Of the cabinet and $50 schol.
ars and educators. Minister of Edu.
cation Takata paid a glowing tribute
to the two indefatigable compilers.
Marquis Okuma, the premier, in his
address, recounted that the first die.
tionary compiled in the Orient was
that completed in the reign of the
Chinese Emperor Shih; its vocabulary
however, containing only 200 words
The Kanghsi Lexicon, an authorita.
tive Chinese dictionary was compiled
in the early stages of the Ching dynas.
ty and comprised some 10000 words
The new Japanese dictionary by Pro.
fessors Uyeda and Matsui is exhaus.
tive, treating 100000 words. It's manu-.
scripts make pile $40 feet high. The
perseverance and energy of the pro-
fessors are entitled to the highest
praise, concluded the premier.-East
and West News.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28
Activities of Women.

Greek women, generally speaking,
have no individuality.
Only one woman finds employment
in Ireland as against IL men.
Mrs Harold Almert of Chicago, ma
tional woman champion trapshooter, is
the mother of two children.
Chinese women have started an ag.
gressive campaign for the restoration
of a monarchy in that country.
Since the no-treating law went into
effect in London the drinking among
women has greatly decreased.
There has been an increase of 25
per cent in the employment of women
in London banks since the war began.
Miss Laura Taylor owns an 8O-acre
farm in Cleveland county, Oklahoma,
where she specializes in hogs and
beeves. While she does not do the ac-
tual labor on the farm, she is head of
the project in every sense of the word,
planning, directing and overseeing the
work
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28

footsteps matted near him, and tht
same merry voice exclaimed:
Wait a minute, jack Look at thi
poor blind mani"
Hurry, then, or we'll be late for thu
show" answered another voice. Z
young mans voice
The next morning. during the shop
ping hour, the young girl halted il
front Of Larkin, and the laughing
voice said, with just a catch of tears
In it:
you brought ma luck last night
blind man. l can't tell you how happy
am, but l am going to give you this
1t is one-dollar bill"
Thank you, Miss. l know the
value" answered Larkin.
How do you know it isn't a five?'
asked the young girl.
Nobody ever gives five to a blind
man, Miss" said Larkin.
The young girl went off, laughing
merrily and after that Larkin would
hear, once in a whae, the same merry
| voice, and a coin would be dropped
/ into his hat. He came to listen for
1t, and when he did not hear it for
weeks together the blind man would
feel disappointed.
Once in a while the blind man heard
the footsteps of the young man who
had been with the girl. He knew
than, nc tho hind mon Iynous etaDs
by their individuality. There was the
least longer interval than the normal
between the stroke of the heel and the
click Of the sole. Larkin was sure
he would always know those footsteps.
Now and again, oftener as the year
went by, he heard the steps of the
young girl and the man as they went
up the stairs to the train which was
10 carry them to the theater. And
then one night they came down the
stairs, right at the time when they
should have been enjoying the play,
and the merry voice was a sobbing
voice
I'll never, never speak to you as
long" he heard the girl say, and he
went home a very detected blind man.
He did not expect to hear the girls
voice again, but on the very next
morning she stood in front of him.
"If l had given you present last
night you might have brought me
luck, blind man." she whispered, chok-
inely. Here. take this And wish
me we'll, blind mani"
She put a fifty-cent piece into the
blind mans hat and went away.
Several times she passed him after
that, but she never left any money in
his hat. The blind man fancied that
she had taken dislike to him. Once
or twice she went by up the stairs, in
the theater hour, with some young
man, but it was never Jack. The blind
man recognized her voice, and it was
never merry any more, even though
she was laughing.
Once or twice Jack passed, but he
never paid any attention to the blind
man. Once he went to the theater
with another girl, and once he was
with a woman whose laughter made
the blind man shiver, 1t was SO hard.
The blind man often wished that the
man and Elaine might meet when they
were alone.
But weeks rolled by and passed into
months, and he never attained his
wish. And gradually new interests
came into his mind. He had almost
forgotten Jack and Elaine until one
afternoon late one wet, foggv after
noon.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28
CONVERSATIONS

Fewer people under twenty and
more people over forty-ave are now
employed in various industries than
was the case ten years ago.
Italian scientists recently recorded
a temperature Of 1873 in the victim of
a lung disease, the highest figure ever
known in human being.
The first half pint Of milk at a milk,
ing contains only 1.07 per cent Of
cream, while the last half pint con.
tains 1890 per cent
I've descendants Of a single pair OF
rabbits would in four years amount
to more than 1,250,0O0.
Mushrooms have been known to
force themselves through q cement
sidewalk.
Apparatus has been invented for
converting gasoline into illuminating
gas and storing 1t for safe use in
places where commercial gas supplies
are not available.
An English inventor has solved in a
practical way the problem Of building
an internal-combustion engine In
which two pistons are forced apart by
explosions between them.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28
Fountains in France.

Who is responsible for the dry foun.
tain? asks the London Chronicle. 4
correspondent cites a case from
Groombridge, in Sussex. Just before
you enter that picturesque town you
see a fountain, with a seat, a horse
trough and even a dogs drinking
place. Alas! never once, on several
visits, could l get a draft of water
from it, though the drinking cup re-
mained to testify to its one-time
beneficence to thirsty wayfarers.
They do these things so much better
in France You will find few French
villages without a public fountain, a
fountain, moreover, that is often a
work Of art. What English villages do
you recall where a free draft of
water is available? Should you desire
SUCH you must summon up enough
courage to ask at a cottage door, to be
confounded, probably, with that nui-
sance of rural life, the tramp. Exter-
nally, we English take water literally
enough; internally, we seem agreed to
boycott it,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28

| +. Houston overmuch? Well the
proof or the disproof Of the validity
of the praise is to be found every
where through the farming regions oi
the United States. Nobody knows bet
ter than the present-day farmer what
Mr.. Houston has tried TO do and has
done. Every housewife on the farm
will make answer to the question as to
whether praise has been wrongly
placed or not. The records are writ.
ten over every field in the United
| States. Their pages easily are turned
and the print is large.
The secretary of agriculture is a
| blunt man when bluntness is an es.
sential to imparting a lesson. lie does
not believe in Modifying men with
soft words when hard words are nee
| essary. Politicians do not get any
great amount of satisfaction out OF
him when they are seeking their own
ends. Here is story in point that
was written by Arthur w. Page.
"A member of congress from the
middle West asked the secretary to
get rid Of the department agent who
was at work in his district. The sec
retary refused But that did not end
the matter. A local attack hampered
the work. The secretary investigated
the situation, satisfied himself that the
agent was not at fault, and then
wrote to the member of congress that
the work could not be done properly
while this attack was going on, and
that under the circumstances the de-
partment would withdraw from the
district altogether.
He mailed copy of this letter to
the governor of the state and to the
rest of the congressional delegates
from that state. They Immediately
notified him that it would not be nee
essary to withdraw the agent. The
state legislature went even further,
and passed a unanimous resolution in
dorsing the agricultural departments
work in the state"
Now it must be understood that
when some members of congress can
not do what they like in the way Of
influencing the heads of the govern
ment departments they can resort, if
they want to, to the petty revenge of
opposing necessary appropriations for
the good work of the depart
ment whose secretary has incensed
them. Secretary Houston never seems
to nave worried much about the ap.
matter as it might be af- |
fected by the action Of men who knew
what they wanted and couldn't get it," |
The truth is that the motives of men
usually are made plain when it comes
to antagonizing good work and most
men are afraid to have their motives
turned to the sun. The result is that |
courageous secretaries Of departments |
in Washington usually have no trouble |
because they have dared to stand out
against purely political opportunities.
David Franklin Houston was abso-
Iutely unknown in political circles |
when President Wilson called him to |
Washington. He was known, however,
to educators and to scientific men gen.
orally all over the United States.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28
PATROL DRIVES SAILORS MAD
Letter From a British Tar In the At
lantle Blockade Makes Pathetic
Reading.

The peril, hardship. cold and loneli'
ness that has driven mad some OF the
tars who man the British blockade
fleet outside the three-mile limit on
our Atlantic coast, has been written
OF by an Englishman riding The Tides
OF Barnegat" aboard the Sydney. to an
old mate In this city, This is the
same Sydney that ran the notorious
German raider Emden ashore on an
Indian ocoQn island and shot her to
bits. The Sydney recently has been
transferred TO the Atlantic blockade
feet, The letter says in part:
Dear Jerry: II looks as though
we were 10 spend another Christmas
on the briny deep. II has been ter
ribly cold out here and we have had
hard time OF II. The other night we
ran short OF coal and had TO shoot
down TO Bermuda.
Jerry. OF all the places God ever
made, Barnegat, or whatever they call
II, is the worst. II It ain't blowing
it's showing or raining, and there is
continual swell running that keeps
your insides snug against your main
companionway for days at a stretch.
Give me the life OF the North sea-
chasing perrys tsubmarine peri
scopes) You could get a bit Of
thrill doing that-and II was worth
while getting hit Out here you might
as well be on a training ship. The men
are mostly sicl,ly and you can't exactly
call them happy. They have nothing
TO think of except the arrival Of the
cutter with papers and letters. Lord
save US from another Job like this.
~ heard some Of the boys IN the
Caronia Cformer Cunard liner, now
converted cruiser) went crazy. and /
don't blame them a bit A lot OF us
will be going the same way before
long, We are looking for the cutter
today and expect to get a supply OF
fresh greens. But she'll smash her
self TO pieces against our side. sup
pose, and lose everything That's
wha. happened last time. Tho bloody
pilot must have been a tram conduc.
tor in Putney.
I'VE lost a man over the side who
was reaching for a sack of lettuce or
something God! He shot down be-
tween us and the rotten little tug so
quick that there was no chance to
save him. He was young fellow, too,
and had a mother living in Fulham
Palace road, Hammersmith.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28
Glass of Hot Water
Before Breakfast
a Splendid Habit
Open slulees Of the system each
morning and wash away the
poisonous, stagnant matter.

Those OF as who are accustomed TO
feel dull and heavy when we arise;
splitting headache. stutfy from a cold.
foul tongue, nasty breath. acid stom
al, lame back, can, instead, both
,oOk and feel as fresh as a daisy always
by washing the polsons and toxins
from the body with phosphated hot
water each morning.
We should drink, before breakfast,
a glass OF real hot water with tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate in
II to flush from the stomach, liver,
kidneys and ten yards Of bowels the
previous days indigestible waste, sour
bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans
ing, sweetening and purifying the en-
tire alimentary canal before putting
more food into the stomach.
The action OF limestone phosphate
and hot water on an empty stomach
is wonderfully invigorating. II cleans
out all the sour lamentations, gases.
waste and aeidity and gives one a
splendid appetite for breakfast and II
is said to be but little while until
the roses begin to appear in the
cheeks. A quarter pound of line
stone phosphate will cost very little at
your druggist or from the store, but
is sufficient to make anyone who lie
bothered with biliousness, constipa-
tion, stomach trouble or rheumatism
a real enthusiast on the subject Of in
ternal sanitation. Try 1t and you are
assured that you Will look better and
feel better In every way shortly
Adv
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28
P0STSCRlPTS

Japan has found valuable deposits
of coal on an island in Nagasaki har-
Dor and close to its Sasebo naval sta
tion.
A fruit corer with a spiral blade has
been invented with which a person
can remove as much of the fruit as
desired.
The germ of smallpox, discovered by
German scientist, is so small that it
passes through the most minute FL
ters.
Flexible tips feature new umbrella
ribs which their inventor claims will
prevent an umbrella being blown in
side out.
Scientists are advocating the use Of
the vast deposits Of seaweed In the
Saragossa sea to obtain supplies Of
potash.
Siamese natives obtain petroleum
from the earth by digging pits about
sixty feet deep and dipping it out with
pals.
Ell shephers, aged eighty, OF Tllton,
ILL.,, is the only survivor OF the 15 sol
diers detailed in April, 1865, to guard
the body Of Lincoln AZ Washington.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28

The blind mans post was In the lit
tie sheltered way between the stairs
and the street. People who passed
almost brushed the blind man. This
afternoon the streets we're almost de-
serted, and hardly soul went up or
came down the stairs.
Suddenly the blind mans keen ears
heard the click OF Jacks footsteps
in the street He knew that Jack was
coming into the little place where he
sat, with the purpose OF ascending the
stairs. But then he heard the man
stop, and knew what was happening:
he was buying a paper to take In the
train.
And Just at that instant he heard
the footsteps of Elaine coming down
the stairs.
The blind man shifted his position
little. 30 that he sat right in the
path OF the girl. She stopped. A
girls mind is not a weighty thing al.
ways, and Elaine had evidently almost
forgotten the past.
You are in the way, blind man."
she said impatiently. "Wll you kind.
ly let me pass?"
The blind man mumbled and be-
gan TO move slowly back. Everything
in the world now depended upon the
factor OF time. The blind man was
very slow In moving.
Suddenly he heard the girl start,
and shrill petition was In her voice.
Let me pass! Let me pass at
once, blind mani"
At that instant the blind man could
hear the clickety-clack OF Jacks foot
steps upon the sidewalk
20 let me pass, blind mani" sobbed
the girl; and then the blind man heard
the start that the man gave.
Dor just an instant the blind mans
heart was in his mouth. The next, he
knew that Jack had taken Elaine in
his arms in the street, yes, right In
the very presence of the blind man.
Darling. forgive me-" he heard the
man whisper.
20 Jack, have been so unhappy
all this long time"
But you love me?"
always. jack"
And we will never be parted again?
There! there!
20 hush, Jack! The blind man will
hear u.s."
- the blind mani" said Jack.
But the blind man felt something
papery dropped into his hand, which
closed on it, do you know what
that is, blind man." inquired the girl
"A one-dOllar BILL" mumbled the
blind man.
"A five" said Elaine. For you have
brought me luck after all, and | al
most love you, you dear blind mani"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28

Fields in which the sacred rice for
the coronation ceremony in Japan is
grown were selected through tortoise
shell divination, an art quite popular
in the Island kingdom, being used up
on many occasions to ascertain the
timeliness or possibility of various
projects. The divination is effected by
first worshiping god called Uravano-
kami. Then tortoise shell is taken,
and scraped inside until thin and the
outside surface polished. In the shell
are several hollow squares in each
of which there is a certain sign
marked in black ink. The whole is
then baked under great heat, causing
cracks to appear in the surface. These
cracks are then studied in accordance
with the formula in the divination
book, the result being sort of code
message from the gods. This is not
the earliest form Of divination known
in Japan. Previously there was a
kind called Futomani in which the
shoulder blade of stag was used in
place Of tortoise shell.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28

Copyright, 1915, ~ w, @. Chapman)
please help the blind" was the in
scription on Harry Larkin's placard
which he wore raund his neck as he
sat day after day at the foot of the
elevated stairs. Sometimes a charita
BILE woman, or a man who was feeling
friendly toward the world. stopped and
deposited n coin. looking sympatheti'
cally at the old man seated with
crossed legs and bowed body his sight
less eyes peering into vacancy.
To Harry Larkin every footstep con-
yeyed its significance. He could tell
the woman shopper from the shopgirl,
the man OF business from the round
er," lie knew a good part of his pa
irons, for generally the same people
remembered the blind man. Especial
ly in the theater hour did he come to
recognize the footsteps and the voices
Of those who Went by his post,
There was the girls voice, for in
stance. 1t was a merry, laughing
voice, and her steps were like fairys
The first time she hesitated in front Of
him Larkin heard a masculine voice
exclaim impatiently;
Don't waste your money on those
takers, Elaine!"
But Larkin only thanked the young
girl, for a beggar is schooled to in.
suits. lie heard the footsteps of the
girl and the man recede up the stairs.
Then, perhap7 a year afterward, he
suddenly fshed Elaine and her father
out Of the caverns of his memory. For
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-01-28
SALTS IF BACKACHY OR
KIDNEYS TROUBLE YOU
Eat Less Meat If Your Kidneys Aren't
Acting Right or If Back Hurts or
Bladder Bothers You.

When you wake up with backacha
and dull misery in the kidney region
1t generally means you have been eat
ing too much meat, says a well-known
authority. Meat forms uric acid which
overworks the kidneys in their effort
to filter it from the blood and they be-
come sort of paralyzed and loggy.
When your kidneys get sluggish and
clog you must relieve them like you
relieve your bowels; removing all the
body'S urinous waste, else you have
backache, sick headache, dizzy spells;
your stomach souTs, tongue is coated,
and when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine is
cloudy, full of sediment, channels oft
en- get sore, water scalds and you are
Obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night.
Either consult good, reliable physi.
clan at once or get from your pharma-
cist about four ounces Of Jad Salts;
take q tablespoonful in a glass Of
water before breakfast for few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon Juice, com.
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to clean and stimulate
sluggish kidneys. also to neutralize
acids in the urine so 1t no longer irri.
!ates, thus ending bladder weakness
Jad Salts is a life saver for regular
meat eaters. It is inexpensive. cannot
Injure and makes delightful, effer-
vescent lithia-watsr drink. ADV.