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

level, unhurried tone. Tho latter
transmits more figures TO the soldier.
who has resumed his telephoning
Suddenly the field patch Is covered
with scurrying dots, like a mass OF
excited ants. rushing forward across
the light. out of the picture into
the darkness. II is the enemy charg-
ing at last.
Then a dense thunder-cloud covers
everything. The searchlights rays
beat vainly against its yellowish
walls. The glass trembles In my
hand.
Like nightmare vision, conjured
by magic amid the smoke, a horrible
scene is revealed; first dimly then
clearer and finally very distinct, in
the sharp white light.
The field, the dark line and the rush
ing ants have disappeared, In their
place a ragged hollow, wherein blocks
of earth like huge tree trunks roll and
quiver
Among them the tiny dark things
are writhing like fallen leaves nut
tered by the breeze. Those shapeless
objects are German soldiers.
AS the smoke cleared distinguished
arms raised In agony or supplication.
Some try to crawl upward; they form
heaps, sliding back together as one
mounts another and drags him down.
Meanwhile from the right of the
scene what seems to be an immense
blacksnake creeps forward In the
ray OF tae light it glimmers, and the
observer beside me muttered: MY
God!"
1t reaches the lip of the hollow and
the mass of crawling men quiver with
a new agitation. 1t is the water Of the
Meuse overwhelming the Germans by
the same concentration Of melinite
that ruptured the rivers dikes. With
frantic gestures the Germans tight up
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
LONG JOURNEY OF AN EGG
Consumer Paid Twenty Cents Dozen
More Than Producer In
Kansas Got.

Russell. KAMA. J. Olson, a Russell
county farmer who sells hundreds oil
dozens of eggs annually, on February
Q wrote on an egg a request for the
consumer to write him and inform
him where the egg was purchased at
retail and what the cost was.
Olson sold his product to a Rus
sell dealer for 25 cents a dozen. The
eggs we're then shipped to Ellsworth
from where they were shipped to Pen
dleton. Ore. by express.
The Oregon retail merchant paid
34ls cents a dozen, and they were re-
tailed at As cents, that being the price
paid by the woman in Oregon who
broke the egg bearing Olson's letter.
Olson received a letter from her re-
Gently. and she gave the details of
the eggs career and end in the far
Northwest.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
KILLS THREE BIG WOLVES
Lives of 525 Deer Estimated to Have
Been Saved by Work of Ore
gon Hunter.

Portland, Ore.-Three gray wolves
killed by Jake Dumont Of Tiller, Ore,
will net him 70. The state pays a
bount of $40 each and the county pays
$5 additional.
The pelts were received at the Office
of the state fish and game commission
and showed the wolves to have been
of unusual size. One was fully seven
feet from tip of nose to tail and the
two others were not more than six
inches shorter
Carl D. Shoemaker, state game war
den, estimates that the death of the
wolves saved 525 deer. He says that
one wolf would kill an average Of IT'S
deer year.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05


background for orchids the madenhar
the willis quickly that must
Mrs Wilson's quantity placed available
White House
perfection There several
which be beautiful than the
The great the White House
dotted
trees species the whole is iron fence directly
planted during the administration of
this fvor hedge shrub grow that already
those enjoy seeing the presidents
will not be
before the White walled the grounds
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

several trips to the Woodlawn neigh
borhood in the past few weeks.
Woodlawn is located about sixteen
miles south of Washington and there
are splendid roads for motoring be-
tween the two points.
The Mexican situation and neces'
sity for frequent conferences with his
advisers over European war problems
that confront him give color to the
gossip that the president may find it
advisable to spend the summer nearer
washington than the summer home
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

One and things started
struggle ragged The multiplicity OF wives OF eah OF te
bese stood on their toes
Kennedy
reeniOrcements
roosteTs was ho de combat
The other vny trying
firmly attached to the end his a even
the door when he came in
overba nothing Mr. Kenneds ROSTERS once they get
good holt"
The roosters prd released The pnon
exchange perfectly good prize rooster suitable only o
other the in captivity
is nemaiveIy watching swearing off chickens
and the poultry Northampton doubocng their coops
keeping a weath morning squaWks
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

For sixteen years McClickie has
been confined to a wheel chair because
of an injury to his head when he fell
down mine shaft near Uniontown.
Following the injury a silver plate
was inserted in his skull and he suf-
fered from dizziness. During the last
sixteen years he was unable to stand.
Recently he requested that the pray
er services be held at his home, and
the other night the members of his
church held the weekly service there.
During the services he got out of his
wheel chair and sang hymn. After
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

ward. There comes a fash and an
other cloud.patch, half yelling the
chaos of earth and water and drown
ing men.
Then the shells begin to fall rap
idly and the searchight abandons
the struggle against the smoke
swinging higher along the bare hill
side. A few moments later 1t returns
/ see a placid pool glimmering be-
meath the ray, save whore a glimmer'
ing spot of blackness is floating mo-
tionless.
look at my watch, Three hours
have passed since we entered the
post. That is what saw Of the great
est battle for Verdun.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

Invasion of the fair. Girls, scores OF
girls, and women, old women, divided
Into squads, marched and counter
marched upon the polished floor, di-
rected by smiling young soldiers.
In the middle stood Gen. Mrs.
]. Hungerford Milbank, head Of the
American Woman's League for Self,
Defense, with clanking sword at
her side and martial fire blazing from
her eyes. Major Thiery glanced from
the general to Col Miss Ida Vera
Simonton. whose khaki skirt, designed
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

became worried about the insidious
activities Of the first serpent
During the years that he has been
connected with the billroom of the
house, Colonel Hall has handled bills
and resolutions covering almost every
topic under the sun.
But here was bill, introduced by
Congressman Maher of New York, to
curb the practice of podiatry and pro-
posing, furthermore, Ito protect the
people from empiricism in relation
thereto" The new man in the bill
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

Roosevelt chose to have It lifted with
so-called old-fashioned flowers. while
Mrs. Taft preferred only roses.
The flower associated with Mrs.
Wilson is the large orchid, the cultiva-
tion of which in this particular garden
would be out of the question. Mrs.
Wilson has worn the orchid at all So
ciety affairs, and, indeed, all times
since her engagement to the president
was announced. Before that time she
was usually seen with great lunches
of vinlets as a corsage bonauet. or
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

through the jungles of Africa
shorter approved. snored
% he "whatre these do
with this mean?'
General
soldiers
the feld-yes, Mexico If necessary
Thery,
overheard telling his sub
drilling
stahter straight their The girls sad
barrie themselves a lot better than the men did
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
IS RESTORED BY PRAYER
Confined to Invalid Chair for 10 years
Man Is Able to Walk After
Service.

Greensburg, Pa.--A remarkable ex-
perience took place in the life of Wal
ter McClickie, seventy years old, Of
Youngwood, following congregational
prayer service recently at his home,
which was conducted by Rev. John
Watson Of the United Brethren church
II YounRweOd.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

strangers He could hardly keep
their sympathetic and inter
he informed them that he had roll OF 66 IN ms pocket
indeed, he felt big JOKE
he turned
the ahabe strangers
blackjack the oher
noved the money andve
trouble the hospital proupty
barber the direction OF Chcago
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

Masonic street engine company, from
whose large and varied menagerie OF
nets they had escaped. The battle
field was the fancy hennery Of j. j,
Kennedy on King street, and the other
combatants were two of his prize
rOOsters.
It was in the small hours of the
morning when the two miscreants
sneaked around the hennery door and
peeked in. There, roosting in neat
orderly rows, was their breakfast.
They stealthily entered Each picked
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
CANDLE DRIP eETRAYs THIEF.

Of
are Of water discovery and
Albert
nan 6as been admits the crime and has been committed to Jail in
$4,000 ball j, !,
is believed Myers intended to sell them to
49,, concern-Yok (Pa. Dispatch Philadelphia Record.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
couahInn chanaes IIIs voIee.

New York.-By repeatedly coughing
and clearing the throat person with
falsetto voice may change Il to barry
tone, if he persists in the treatment,
declares DR.. Frank M. Halicck of Cor.
nell university medical school.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
SHARK BIT THE ADMIRAL.

charles surrat sailor Twenninth
Admiral William N Little u s. NJ retired
The charge obtaining under false peenses
Admiral Ldes
wearing the uniform Of
ne sa attached to ship lying Boston
Of to his
Admiral Little indored
oS v sturatt found good
Nav World.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

and it is possible that Virginia may wrest
the Northern state
1906 by Mai Lawrence Lewis and his
saeies Of all Of the
D Potomac
NJ. spends
Paul Kester the play
fine old the hills
vaPlookine the north of Alexandria
Raster and Miss Sharpe
Woodlaw
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

examined with powerful telescopes or whh
spectohelgaph the surface
slight changes
of time depending
axis and the periodic recu
renee o the uni minima
phenomena Represented " e
he basis O the socal
received IN e
prints full specifications concern
received
scientific Moreover
with strongest
conducting mesusa
hoes
that the deductions and conclusions
based
kind described do not nave any
particular place. ahu eOe
canno be made the basso o. orecasing
spacious and to the oedness
dominate
which display weather forecasts TOT
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
Jailed for a Laugh.

New York-Because he laughed
when Magistrate Groehl imposed
one-dollar fine, John Oste, charged
with disorderly conduct, was sent to
fail for three days.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

the service he found he was able 10
walk about the house. The next morn
ing he went to the coal shed and car
ried in a bucket of coal for his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ralph Ross, without expert
encing any dizziness.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

the boat over how he was going to
fool all the crooks in Gotham.
While in Norway he did as the
Norwegians sometimes do and raised
a crop Of whiskers which afforded him
a disguise that would not result in
some crook shouting take EN- off.
Len, we know you" He was aching
to get to work behind his King Lears
and took a room at a cheap hotel near
the steamship piers. He donned an
immigrants cap and started joyously
10 Sherloek Holmes around Two af.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

healthy worth from $500 $2OV eaeh ]
the before the valued solely py h
sale the slave martS at
Orleans Richmond Mdgeve, and other places were e aS "e
broken and decrepit
old the about the entrance ot ne S % %
this bright probably remembered being brought to p
underneath the PULASKI hote @
old This hotel within stone 'o
Of distributed and had great
the big hotels OF
might his charges ana turn t
ackeys with the knowledge that wh e @
and women would De turned
well cared for The Pulaski MADE spe
cellar far under the ground money
sufficient be comoap Dut
in bGcness itself Light seldom peneuates
the times
entertainment there more
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
Chicago SIicker Has an Adventure in New York

Anew YoRKLeon those ickers from Chicago who
the other
and he Just ucked all the way over on
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
Bill to Regulate Podiatry Stumped Colonel Hall

ga practice podaty in the District OF Columbia
n the house OF representatives.
the habit Of perpeNed since Ada
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
Duck Makes Record.

Verone, N. PEGGY" duck, has
laid 325 eggs in 343 days, and is said
to hold the record.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
Woodawn Mansion May Be Summer White House

yxT home of Nellie Curtis Lewis the historic
Mount Vernon Virginia will be the summer
President Wilson and his wife have made
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
Mrs. Wilson and Flowers of the White House

White House chatean have been de-
bit of
with the flowers each has liked best Mrs
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
Northampton Rooster Captures Bad RacOon

NORTHAMPTON MAssA and two
rooers sbroket morning The
coos had search by the members OF the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
New York Women Are Drilling for Possible War

NEW YoRK-aor and in his regimenta stood in the
witt disdan upon his face watched the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05

slaves gathered in front OF the huil'c
ipal building 20 receive from com
mittee Of Savannah citizens gifts OF 8
substantial nature that had been pro
yided for them by the business mer
along the famous Bay street. where
so many wealthy cotton factors ana
others do business. None was less
than eighty years old and some
claimed to be ninety goin' on a hun
dred." They were mostly men, bL'
there were one or two women amone
them. Women who as young and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
Warning Issued Against False Woatht

HyHtems, INe HUIUU "0'"1'"
proves disastrous TO farmers ana
other folk whose enterprises are at
fected by atmospheric or other weath'
er conditions. The warning against
these fallacies says;
"The latest misrepresentation OF
this character now being presented to
the people of the country is an al
legged new system Of longrange wealth
er foreeasting said TO be based ON the
riffs and spottedness Of the sun and
-. 3 t .a1totfnp NVhen
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-05-05
Scene in Savannah Brought Back the Old Days

GA-Receny there in Savannah which brousn
any ourshng days slavery when man
auged by negroes he owned group OF former
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
THE WAY TO RAISE DAHLIAS
Ry HENRI REAuTiEN.

A good dahlia must bloom from July
until frost, and If 1t does not, discard
it. l saw some beautiful flowers on
some plants in July and August, very
double, fine striped. BY the middle Of
October the flowers were half the size !;
what were striped before, at that time
were of one color, and nearly single.
We had Keynes White for several
years; it grew four feet tall: last
year it grew eight and ten feet. A
plant like that is no more good.
Dahlias can be grown from seeds {;
they grow stronger than from cuttings
and roots, only it is hard to find good
seeds, now we are in the cheap-Seed
business but the man who has good
article does not sell 25-cent packages
for 10 cents.
If you want dahlia roots for next
year, plant them in small pots and let
them remain all summer. Keep them
over winter like old roots, and start
them again in the spring. / do not
say this is absolute, but it is the best
way to raise dahlias so far.
Lie SpSCldllSL uOeo IL, anu II 10 Ally
experience since 1867.
1t is claimed by dahlia growers that
dividing the roots will degenerate al
most all varieties; that is the reason
we have so few good flowers.
Of course, good many will believe
that cutting will not flower and
make roots to keep over winter, but
it is true; they were raised that way
many years ago, and that is the way
they are raised today in England,
France, Germany and other countries
except the United States.
1t is the reason, too, that the Amer
leans do not care much for the dahlia !;
they have been deceived too much.
They buy old roots and get an old,
degenerate plant sometimes six feet
tall and more, and not a blossom in
sight.
In October, when the nights are cool,
the degenerate shows buds, and if the
frost does not catch them, they will
flower, maybe two weeks, and the
flower will be deficient in color and
size.
They blame the weather, ETC.; it is
not the weather altogether but the
mode Of planting.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Cut Trees by EXPLODING Dynamite.

Instead of an ak and saw to re-
move the tops of trees that are to be
used as masts in logging operations,
dynamite is used to shoot off the tops.
After the branches have been removed,
rigger climbs the trees, with q set
Of irons, to the point where it is neces-
sary to cut off the top. Here the
trunk is usually about II inches in di-
ameter. The rigger ties a string of
dynamite cartridges, fastened end to
end like sausages, around the trunk at
this point, inserts a blasting cap with
about 20 feet of fuse in one of these
sticks, lights the end of the fuse, and
descends before the explosion takes
place. The tree top jumps into the air
with the explosion and the trunk is
left ready for attaching the rigging for
dragging In and loading the logs
Engineering Record.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
OLD MINE RADIANT CAVERN
Shafts in Thuringan Forest Filled
With StaIactites Are a Beauti-
full Sight.

An old abandoned mine near Saal-
field, in the Thuringian forest, which
In the time of Luther was worked for
silver, copper, alum and vitriol, has
been discovered by Berlin geoIogist
to have developed into one of the most
beautiful caverns. In the course of
centuries the water percolating
through the minerals has built I'D
throughout the mine a wonderful
labyrinth of stalactites and stalag-
mites, thrown together with a profu-
sion and brilliance of color which is
said to be without parallel.
Deep green's, vivid blues, the purest
white yellows of all shades-in fact.
the entire scale of color is reproduced
over and over again, and yet the col
ors melt into each other so gently
that nowhere is the impression of dis
agreeable contrast produced.
Although unknown before the war
this fairy grotto has already become
famous among the scientific men of
Germany. The aged Haeckel has had
himself carried through it in his in
valid chair, and has agreed with other
scientists that it is the most remark.
able natural curiosity in Germany.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13

Her reply was more distant "On
an island, somewhere. It's uninhabited,
/ think"
He could only echo in bewilderment I:
can island = Uninhabited
i" Dismay assaiIed him. He got
up, after q little struggle overcoming
the resistance of stiff and sore limbs,
and stood with hand on the coaming
Of the dismantled catboat, raking the
island with an incredulous stare.
She stirred from her place and Of
fered him a hand. "Please help me
up"
He turned eagerly, with feeling of
chagrin that she had needed to ask
him. For an instant he had both her
hands, warm and womanly, in his
grasp, while she rose by his aid, and
for an instant longer-possibly by way
of reward. Then she disengaged them
with gentle frmness.
She stood beside him so tall and fair.
so serenely invested with the f1awless
dignity of her womanhood that he no
longer thought of the incOngruity Of
her grotesque garb.
you've been up there?" he asked,
far too keenly interested to scorn the
self-evident.
She gave comprehensive gesture.
embracing the visible prospect. "All
over. When l woke, l thought
surely / went to see, found
nothing living except the sheep and
some chickens and turkeys in the farm
yard. And the farmhouse-apparently
it's ordinarily inhabited. Evidently
the people have gone away for visit
somewhere 1t gives the impression OF
being a home the year round. There
isn't any boat"
''No boat !"
mot a sign Of one, that can find
except this wreck" She indicated the
catboat.
"But you can't do anything with
this" he expostulated.
The deep, wide break in it's side
placed it beyond consideration, even
if it should prove possible to remedy
it's many other lacks.
"No. The people who live here must
have bOat-I saw mooring buoy out
herewith a gesture toward the wa
ter. "Of course. How else could they
get away?'
'The question is, how we are to get
away" he grumbled, mOrose.
you'll find the way" she told him
with quiet confidence.
81! I'll find the way? How?"
81 don't know-only you must. There
must be some way of signaling the
mainland, some means of communion
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Nantucket in the ineIjohf

Nantucket, scene of Germany's
latest submarine exploits, has taken
a front place in many previous wars.
Beginning life as whaling station,
the Quaker island built up a fleet of
nearly $50 vessels by the end of the
eighteenth century. In 1885, however,
the British took or sunk 1874 of these
ships. To add to Nantucket's misfor-
tunes, tallow oil began to displace
whale oil for the making of candles,
and in 1912 the whaling fleet again suf-
fered destruction during this second
war. The famous old Puritan town or
village owed it's whaling industry to
the accident of Christopher Hussey
having been blown out to sea, and thus
provided with an opportunity of tack
ling the sperm whale afar from shore.
The industry persisted so years ago,
giving place to the hotel and the board
ing house.-London Chronicle.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Autoist Attacked by Coyote.

That a coyote that will attack the
front end of any automobile travelling
80 miles an hour, allow itself to be run
over and then get up and attack the
driver Of the car, who, out of curiosity,
stops to see what damage is done, must
be mad, is the opinion of P. Y. ellison,
who enjoyed this experience On Lake
view hill, near Carson, New, the other
night.
The coyote was game, according to
ellison, but was SO badly cut up that
1t was easily driven off with rocks be-
fore it bit anyone. ellison was ac-
companied on the trip by County Com
missioner Heinrich.