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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

opinion
Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, the
devil and all the old charter members
of the original garden are there, done
forever in cement; also, for the sake
Of variety rather than consistency, l25
more figures, Biblical and otherwise,
perched in concrete trees in his front
yard and glowering down in their i'm.
passlvity on villagers who pass that
way by day, but who sedulously avoid
it after dark.
In the center of the Garden of Eden,
in the midst of all this ghostly array
OF cement creations, is Mr.. Dinsmoor's s
cabin home, a log house" built of
stone from native ledges. One of the
two porches is ornamented with ce-
ment beer bottles and jugs and mugs
as a sort of merry jibe at Kansas pro-
hibition laws One of the many in
laid tables in the cabin home is a
small one which contains 162 pieces
of wood. over the door in the living
room is what the old gentleman calls
a wooden sermon. 1t is the motto:
Home Is What You Make It."
Outside, as he facetiously explains,
the sweep Of his hand taking in the
petrihed Garden of Eden, are 1870
stone sermons. 1t took over 43@
tons. or 1870 sacks, of cement to make
them, and the cost so far has been over
$1,000. But even at that Mr. Dinsmoor
declares he is far from being through.
There is a system to everything about
the place The garden to the west
represents the creation and fall Of
man according to Moses. The front,
or north, represents modern civiliza-
ton, how one animal preys on an
other down to the little worm. There
are eight cement trees from 80 to 40
feet high lighted with 20 electric
lights. For the grape arbor, flag,
devil and rambling rose to stand on
there are 10 trees from to 20 feet
high.
1t all seems to represent lot Of
hard work. But Mr.. Dinsmoor is a
philosopher 1t wasn't work, he says,
but play. Work, according to his
theory, is doing something you don't
like to do. He worked for so years
Then he went to playing. He found
when he fed pigs for play they got
fat: if he fed them for profit he fed
too much, and they died. He figured
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
rransmutatlon Of Metals.

"The alchemists vainly sought to
change mercury into gold. We now
know" wrote John Candee Dean in
Popular Astronomy, that mercury
might be changed into gold if we could
expel it's atoms one alpha particle and
beta particle; or If the metal thai
lium could be made to expel an alpha
particle It would become like atoms of
gold. This has not yet been done, but
it is possible that 1t might be done by
the application of an electric current
of some million volts"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

Now 10 the Time to Get Rid OF These
sFlu

There's no longer the slightest need Of
feeling ashamed of your freckles as thS
prescription othne-double strength is
guaranteed 20 remove these homely spots
Simply get an ounce of Othine-dOIbls
strength-frOm your druggist, and apply
little Of It night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun 10 disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. u is seldom
that more than one ounce is needed to com
pletely clear the skin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion
BE sure TO ask for the double strength
othine, this is sold under guarantee OF
money back IL it fails to remove freckles.-.
Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
Hard to ReIleue-

She-'T want you to forget that
told you l didn't mean what | said
about not taking back my refusal to
change my mind. I've been thinking
it over, and I've decided that l was
mistaken in the first place" do you
really mean that, Isabel?"-Life.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
Doing a ThIna Well

The way to do a thing well is to
just start out and do it as well as you
can. Every succeeding time you will
do It little better. Soon It will be
done as well as It should be done.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

Among the ce.
ment wonders the
most notable is a
flag four by eight
feet done in red
white and blue ce
ment and weighing
nearly half a ton
1t swings in the
breeze on ball bear
ings, making a
weather vane. An
other odd feature ID
a cement pyramid
on which strawberry
vines are planted
in the spring. The
cernpDt Is abOut one
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
Trauedy.

Friend-When is joke not a joke?
Humorous-Wheu you are depend
ing on it to pay your laundry bill and
some cruel editor turns it down.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
Compliment.

Waiter, this soup tastes like wa
ter"
THANK you, sir. That's the first
kind word I've heard about that soup
today"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
reat 81 Patrlotlsm

And you call yourself patriot"
81 do"
"Can you prove that?"
Eyes. never smile when the United
States army is mentioned"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
So He Gets Around.
ment,

why do you lace so tight when
linton comes around?"
"Oh! the poor fellows arm is so
short"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

Madam-Have you any references?
The French Maid-zee husband of
zee lady where ! last worked he give
me an automobile.-Life.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
somethInn AceompIlshed

BaCnh-Do you believe he'll ever
learn to write a good hand?
Egbert-No | guess he'll be able to
make his mark
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
ADVANTAGE OF
SQUARE HOUSE
Avoids Wasted Space, While Pro-
Viding the Greatest Possible
Accommodations.
ATTRACTIVE INSIDE AND OUT
Care Bestowed on Designing Of Deco
ratiVe Features Make II Dlstlne.
tive and orisnal-AttraotlVe
and Cozy Arrangement
of the Floor Plans.
Ry WILLIAM A. RApEoRp.

Mr. William A. Radford viii answe
questions and give advice FREE Or
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide experience
rs Editor, Author and Manufacturer he
Is, without doubt, the highest authority
On all these subjects. Address all Inquiries
to William A. Radford, No 1927 Prairie
avenue, Chicago, H., and only enclose
-wo-cent stamp for reply.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

The square-built house is one OF
the best plans for general efficiency
in a cold climate. While many peo-
PIE prefer to have various little wings
an alcoves that extend out from the
plan, the addition Of these increases
the outside wall space to a large de.
gree and consequently makes the
house much harder to heat than it
would be if 1t were built with square
corners.
1t is also possible to get the most
room for a given cost If the outside
lines are square. No space is wasted
and tho floor room will be found to
be unusually large even when the
house is built on a rather small lot.
Many different and attractive ways
of finishing both the exterior and the
interior can be found in houses built
in this way, as can be seen by study
ing the perspective view and the floor
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
BY ROBERT H. MoULToN.

p. DINSMOOR Of Lucas,
kan, calls it the Garden
of Eden, and being seven
ty.three years old, a great
grandfather five times, a
survivor Of IS battles and
nonhyphenated, all of
which he freely admits,
he has a right to his
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

Woman Is The natural ''rib" roast.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-10-06

power viii continue 10 fight for that
purpose.
Is it not a fact that much personal
property shus taxation but real es.
tate does not? It cannot be hidden
ny fraud or otherwise Now had the
Boards prediction came true and the
Board of Public Works would have
placed back upon the railroads $226.
10000 they took off and left the $780,
000a0 on they took off this year and
we gained over $20O.0O000 in per-
sonal property this year would this
uet have made a halfmillion and
twenty SIX thousand or equal to about
the same amount we took off with 5
per cent.
Il JOHN w. D0DD.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-10-06
W. VA. EVENING JoUR

tate is at 100 per cent. Is not the
Board as liable to err as ltbe Asses
sor, who visits the farm and prop
erty before he lays a value The
facts are that. the members of the
Board of Review have simply chang
ed their minds but l have not chang
ed mine aud as a prophet about what
the Board OF Puplie Works was going
To do is better known by me report
which was submitted on August 6
and instead OF putting baaG upon The
railroads the increase yalus of S226.-
10000 that Board reduced the rail
roads another Si0000000 making it a
reduction for the railroads Of S32G,-
600 zoe or S76.O00.00 more than a
quarter Of a million Now Mr.. Tax
payer | believe that pubic office is
public trust and if anyone can con
vince me why less than oaojhird al
the real estate should have thjs large
reduction and the other t8a3hirds not
made equal | am ready To listen to
that argument but I thiub =win take
more than Paul before KING of
Grippa TO convince me anal also to
convert ven.
Some political critic perhaps may
say thai favor the reduction for
political influence. / wauf Ia say
emphau5ally that If tbs reduction
had have been made i'm tafs from fhe
railroads Waald have favored the
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-10-06

three men namely. Frank Wilson,
Frank Seibert and Charles Eubaui
for doing this work and they worked
night after night February and March
ana / met them and insisted that It
must he done by April Isl SO That
when W. commenced to copy the new
books the reductions would be placed
therein During the assessing season
when | and my deputies were at work
we naturally told many people that
their real estate was reduced per
cent and now since the time has ar
rived that the Sheriff will present 10
you yeur tax bills you VIII find that
these reductions are rot upon the tax
bills. is il not fair to myself aud my
deputies that should publish this
various places where | made state
ment that we werc going to reduce
the values / asked If there was any
one present that was opposed to hav-
ing his real estate reduced, was to
simply hold up his hand and we could
take note and let ii remain the same,
These statements we're made when
members of the Board of Review were
present and never was one hand raised
in oppositi0n take il for granted
that if the tax payers were all of that
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-10-06
Zone set of taxpayers with

to f,yIone set of taxpayers with
out reducing the other am now go.
ing to call your attention to some of
the values Of our sister county. JEFF,
ferson No farm land in Jefferson
county is assessed over $65.0O per
|aere. not even any of the Henry Day.
.eupcrt estate now owned partly by
Messls Wall and Burns. the Ebert
land Just east of the show grounds At
Charles Town with fine orchard and
barn and | know it because helped
e build the barn. which sold some
years ago at public auction for $t39
per acre, is assessed At $4,000 \
little further from town William Me
Quilbcn with fine orchard Frank Me
quicken, Staley heirs. D. L. Magrud-
er and Charles Lemeu all Of this
land is close to our border assessed
from $4,000 TO $1,000 per acre and l
could give many more incidents bur
do not want to take any more Of
your valuable space. Some critic may
apain say that | am advocating 4
raise of Jefferson county property l
want to say that jefferson county is
known TO have the best roads in the
state no toll gates and is getting by
with values from 20 to 30 per cent
less than Berkeley county aud she
deserves 10 he congratulated, but
ma looking To the future with the
Virginia debit staring US in the face
is II right That Berkeley county
hauld pay mere than her share and
no orchard land in jefferson county
is increased on account of orchard
ever their farm lands VIII that not
inmre The sale Of cur fruit land when
| 81 is known that we have some fruit
land here assessed as high as $4,000
per acre.
In conclusion want 70 say
that this letter is not written with
! ANY personal malice toward any mem
/ her of the Board of Review We
have always been friendly and pro.
pese to try To continue the same but
! djncr from them in their Judgment
| in regards 10 values in this county
Now kind readers since ! made the
oral statement last spring throughout
the county at the various sales and
I
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-10-06
D0DD MAKES REPLY
ABOUT ASSESSMENTS

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
per hundred than for years before and
/ asked them if they did not think it
fair if the railroad was to get a reduc-
ton OF nearly a quarter of a million
and they alone owned so much less
than oue-third of the value Of real
estate in Berkeley county was it not
fair that the other two-thirds should
have a reduction? The whole mat
Ter was gone over and the proper
means how to proceed to do it was
discussed.
One member of the Board Of Re
view made a proposition that we re
duce the town property of Martins
burg Is per cent and all the country
property 10 per cent, whereupon S. L..
Dodd made a calculation of how much
this reduction would come to which
quickly showed that the reduction
would be SO much that the court
would have to increase the levy and
this we did not want to do. ] frank
ly stated that I was opposed of Civ
ing the town any greater reduction
than the country and an understand
ing was finally agreed upon that 5
per cent would make a reduction of
about one-half million. At this meet
ing was present S L. Dodd L. c,
Hoffman, T. II. jefferson Miss Flor
enee Hudgel, who worked in the Of
flee, myself and the Board of Re
view
The following week I went out in
the country auctioneering sales and
at these sales l made an oral state
ment setting forth all the understand
ing with the Board OF Review and
told the people a per cent reduc
ton would be given upon their real
estate, Sometime later one member
of the Board of Review came to my
office and as | was not present but
wrote a letter and left it for me With
Miss IIudgel, whom | did not see for
some days after the letter had been
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-10-06

YOU ever had picture Of your heart,
Hard and ealloused, matted down, no
love, no tears, no tenderness, no
seeking His fact. no prayer, no fruit,
no seeking the lost.
You have neglected your heart.
You are almost a stranger to it, and
to your own true condition.
Examine yourself. Freak up. That's
what We need, a breaking up, a plow-
ing deep of Gods pillow, a turning
over. Break up the fallow ground.
There is no use until we do. You
ieannot do it without Gods help.
Break up the fallow gorund How?
2 Cor 1875. Examine yourself. Ex-
anime me oh Lord, try my reins and
my heart
Take a piece of paper and pencil.
Go over your sins. Some are sins Of
omission.
/ Ingratitude. toward Cod How
.ungrateful and thankless. How many
grateful people do We find today
God has been SO good. He has answ-
led your prayers, and you did not
take time 10 thank Him. You have
wife and baby and you do not thank
Him.
? Want of love for God. Think
how grieved you would be if you dis
covered any tagging of love and az
feetion on The part Of husband wife
or children. To see some one else en-.
gross heir time
/ 3. Neglect Of the Bible. Book
untouched. Shallow and little Oh
the shalIowness Of our lives.
4. Neglect of prayer That's whore
backslidinc begins mother. eGod
fades from the vision of the man
who does not pray" II you do not
pray what have YOU more than OH
Iers2
3 Tnbelief. Doubted God. Nc
faith, same old rut. Town could &c
plum to the devil before Won wonld
move out Of your rut or old beaten
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-10-06

written, because l left too early to
see her before she came to the Of
fee When she delivered the letter it
stated that it would cost me consid-
cradle and advised me not to make
the change this year; that he was
satisfied that the Board of Public
Works would raise the assessment of
the railroads the amount that they
had taken on the year before but now
kind readers and tax payers if there
had not been an understanding why
did this member of the Board write
me letter at all? l have this let
ter in my possession. l interpreted
that letter then just as I do now that
the Board of Review did not know
what the Board of Public Works was
going to do any more than did and
If ! did not reduce it in 1916 how did
II know who would be assessor in
1917. My card was not in the paper
as a candidate at that time nor did I
know whether my party would re
nominate me and if nominated | was
not unmiudful OF the uncertainty of
the election Of Berkeley county
considered that it would not be hon
est in me believing that reduction
should be made and 20 out of office and
growl With the next man about a
reduction II the county deserved Il
reduction ii was my duty to do il
while / was in authority AM on thai
record ! stand
In the article published on July
Il1th which is signed by every mem
her Of the Board of Review they
state that ] arbitrarily made the re.
dnction ! do not like that term II
! ! was not courteous why did / call
the Board of Review and ask their
counsel? In the same article is stat.
n that the Tax Commissioner had
been notified of the reduction and
they sent one Mr. IIouEh, a state
representative, to see about it.
want to say that I met this gentle
man and my interview was not at all
pleasant and when | had been work
ling and my deputies, no doubt also
rom twelve to seventeen hours per
lay he first commenced by asking
ne why / was not through and my
reply was thar YOU could not make
house canvass and assess every in
aiyidual in ninety days and that
| lid not propose to work any harder
han | was working and | asked him
| if that was his mission He ther
said No but commenced to repri
mand me for making per cent re
iuction then asked him where hC
lived and he told me Buekhannon
West Virginia, and do not deny that
said 10 him very emphatically thai
I did not want and did not propose
10 heed the dictates from anyone
from the hucklehcrry and buekwheal
fields of BuckhanHon to tell me the
values of read estate of Berkeley
county; thai l believed l was a pas
master over him in that capacity il
this county and our interview eam'
10 an end at once.
Kind readers may ! ask who noti
fed the officials at Charleston thai
he reduction was being made, who
wrote the letter or carried the mes
sage, who sent for Mr., Hough TO sec
to it that your taxes should be made
higher in this county? I did not
Now let's come to a close. In the
Board Of Reviews letter they state
hat ] reduced the property to %
per cent and they put If back 10 1oC
per cent Is this not a considerable
amount of presumption? Who is the
authority to know when all real es
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-10-06
MRS. JOHN A. WHEN
AT BERKELEY SPRINGS

Mrs. John A. Wien, Of South RAJ
eiah street, wife Of The well-known
funeral director, is now al Berkeley
Springs for a few weeks for the bene-
fit of the mineral baths Mrs W'ilen's
health has not been very good for
some time past, and it is believed
he effects Of the baths viii prove
beneficial
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-10-06
"Kaporize" Group
or Cold Troubles

Vapor treatments for cold troubles arc
better than internal medicines, rs the va
pors carry tho medication direct to tho
lungs and air passages without disturbing
the stomach.
When Viek's "Vap.O- Rub" Snlvc 10 APP
piled over the throat and chest, these va
pors, released by the heat of the body, are
inhaled with each breath. 25c. to $l.O0.
WCkS'W'0sgBSA LXE
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-10-06
PAY DAY SATURDAY.

Saturday viii be pay day at the
interviewer Mills
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-10-06

JOHN w. DODD.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-10

baugh's exposure of the attempt to
blackmail him into abandoning his
efforts for a reunited Republican party
has come a flood of commendation
from newspapers and prominent men
throughout the State. At the same
time many men who were either hold
ing aloof or were lukewarmly in
terested in the Governors efforts to
restore Republican harmony have
rallied to his support.
Telephone messages, kilograms and
letters from all sections of the State,
and personal visits to the Capitol, have
brought with them heartiest commen-
dation of the Governors exposure of
the contemplate methods used by his
opponents. Nothing which could have
happened could have done more to
crystalline sentiment favorably for the
Governor than the manly, straightfor-
ward statement he made in connection
with the effort to besmirch his un-
assailable character"
Now that the Governor has spiked
their biggest gun before they were
able to shoot it. they are in greater
desperation than ever realizing that
the Brumbaugh movement for re-
united Republican party has already
caught the great mass of voters of the
State, and that they are solidly with
the Governor in his efforts TO bring
harmony and fair dealing for all the
people of this State.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-10
Alba B. Johnson in
Letter to Brumbaugh and
Penrose Urges Harmony

Philadelphia. April 1O.-The Ledger
News Bureau to-day says:'
Governor Brumbaugh to-day said
he had received a letter from Alba B.
Johnson, head of the Baldwin Loco
motive Works, candidate for delegate
at-large. asking him to withdraw from
the presidential race. The letter fol-
lows:
my Dear Governor: In writing
you at this time i do so out of a sense
of the supreme importance OF restor-
ing harmony within the Republican
party to the end that Pennsylvania
may present a united front in the Chi
cago convention.
You will readily agree with me thai
the Interests or the state and the ma
ton are involved in sane party action
and recognition of the vital prin-
ciples which are at stake in the great
contest of this year.
individuals may differ as to meth
ods. but there should be no question OF
the necessity for unity, and so strong
is my own conviction on this point as
is also the conviction of many asso-
ciates for whom i know you entertain
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-10
SAILORS CRAZED
WITH THIRST
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CONTINUED From First Page
into deaths face, were saved by the
crew of the Dutch steamship Wester-
dyik. on March %, in fearful driving
gale.
The Westerdyjk warped into its
berth here yesterday. two days late,
because of its errand of mercy, and
the first report of the rescue was
given out. The rescued men were
landed at st. Miguel, in the Azores.
The sufferings and hardships of the
hardy Russian seamen, who for nearly
a week licked the dew drops from the
broken spar of the ship to quell their
burning thirst; the bowling of the
mascot, big shaggy dog, in the black
hours of the night; the ultimate
rescre of the men were vividly de-
scribed by Captain De Jong, of the
Westerdyjk, whose log verified the
narrative.
The schooner Ekonom commanded
by a Russian sea captain, was bound
from Apalachicola, Fla, to White
Haven, England, and was loaded with
heavy logs of pitch pine. From the
time the schooner put out until it
was overpowered by the mighty forces
of the ocean, storm after storm was
encountered.
The most severe was encountered in
mid-Atlantic. The rail of the
schooner. one of the masts and a part
of the superstructure were carried
away leaving the vessel and the
crew at the mercy of the waves and