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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-07-14

why, / wonder what cen have be
come OF father" spoke Huldah. "Ohl
Seth! There he is lying in the road F.
The old man had fallen, or had been
knocked from the wagon-the latter,
It seemed for there was a mark near
the temple suggesting a blow from
some blunt instrument. His pockets
were turned inside out, his watch ans
the old purse he always carried were
gone. They carried him into the
! house.
It became known all over the dis
trict the next day that two thieves
had followed Mr.. Bingham from town,
in some way aware that he carried o
large amount of money around with
him, and had robbed him OF the mort
gage money-$2,0O0.
Jared was dazed when he came back
to consciousness. He recalled being
assaulted by two men just as he left
the wagon to secure the horse 10 the
hitching post
81 had the money from the bank in
two onethousand-dollar bills he
said. I'D put them in an old snuff box
and kept that in my coat pocket,
where | could constantly feel ii, They
must have got it, yet-yet-" and he
tried to think hard-"it seems to me
that their coming at me warned me,
and clutched the box, and-and-no;
it's no use, | cant remember! It's
four years more hard work to make It
up, but I'm thankful they spared my
life"
They never discovered any trace
Of the thieves. II broke up the old
man considerably to realize the tre.
mendous loss with which he had met
81 hope his mind is going to be all
right spoke Huldah anxiously to her
husband one day.
why should you think otherwise?"
asked Seth.
why, every once in while father
stops work and goes out to the spot
where he was knocked from the wag-
on by those men. He will stand star.
ing there for a full quarter of an hour
at the hitching post, as if it were a
sort of an oracle he was consulting
Well 1t was a great shock, the
robbery" said Seth, but it will wear
off with father after a time"
Seth had bought a new horse, a
great powerful animal. and he hitched
him up one morning to go to town.
The rig was all ready in front of the
house while the family were eating
breakfast. Suddenly, glancing out of
the side window, old Jared sprang
quickly to his feet and ran out of the
house.
THAT road roller is coming"
shouted, "and I'll bet it scared the new
horse Too late! Too late! Slam
etty-bang! The animals gone, hitch
ing post and all"
The announcement was true. The
new horse had pulled the hollow post
up and was speeding down the turn
pike with it swinging behind him.
Seth started in pursuit Father and
daughter stood staring after. Sudden.
ly Jared uttered a strange cry He
stopped over and from the scattered
dirt where the post had been pulled
from place picked up-his old snuff
box
why, l remember, clear as day,
now!" he shouted. "Huldah!" and
he opened the box and the two $1,000
bills were safe and sound.
1t was true, and Just then the con-
Meeting link in the mystery flashed
into the old mans mind When the
robbers had attacked him he had
slipped the box over the edge into the
hollow tube, and time and circum-
stances had proven it to be a safe
hiding place.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-07-14
Electricity Kills Insect.

A process has just been developed in
the department of agriculture by
means of which insects and pests may
by killed by electricity. The process
consists in the application of salt wa
ter to the ground that is to be treated,
and then causing a current of cleo
tricity to pass through the soil. The
current generates a gas which will in
stantly kill all germs, larvae and in
sect pests in the soil, without in any
way injurlng the vegetation. A large
area of ground can be treated by dig
ging shallow trenches in which pow
erful current can be developed.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-07-14
Get a Trial Tube Now
Prove These Facts Yourself

That "SPEARNIINTO" Tooth Paste
is best for teeth. NO ALCOHOL-NO
SOAP-NO GRIT-NO COLORING or
other injurious ingredients. Contmas
the only known harmless ingredient
that prevents the FORMATION Of
TARTAR. That is why you clean
your teeth as TARTAR is the chief
cause of decay. Send your Dentists
and Druggists name, for free sample
Of "SPEARAIINTO" Tooth Paste. Ad-
dress The Spearminto Co., 1886 West
63d ST., Chicago, Il.-Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-07-14
CARE FOR YOUR HAIR
Frequent shampoos With cutIcura
Soap VIII Help You. Trial Free.

Precede shampoo by touches of Gu.
hcura Ointment If needed to spots
Sf dandruff, itching and irritation of
the scalp. Nothing better for the COM
plexion, hair, hands or skin than
these super-creamy emollients. Also
as preparations for the toilet.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-07-14
Business and Pleasure.

''Do you think man ought to iat
pleasure interfere with business2"
Certainly not" replied Mr.. Dustin
Stax. Anybody who enjoys business
as much as do couldn't find any
pleasure to equal It,"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-07-14
The Rioht Word.

'Ma husban's very poly, ma'am. He's
got dat explanatory rheumatism"
"You mean inflammatory, Martha.
Explanatory Is from eXclaim, which
means to cry out"
Eyes, ma'am, dat's what it is. He
hollers If anyone gets near him."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-07-14
Little Illusions.

"This investment will pay better
than 10 per cent"
"You will not miss the easy monthly
payments"
"One bottle will greatly improve
your condition and three will cure
you"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-07-14
His Wish.

$50 you prefer to be cremated when
you die"
II certainly do?"
"Why"
$50 that my remains may be mingled
with the ashes of the CRATE"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-07-14
The Drawback.

"Why did you discharge your chauf-
feur? Wasn't he good oneY
"Fine. But he took too much time
off to go to Jail"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-07-14

The less veracity a man has Of his
own the more he admires it in other
men.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-07-14
Plenty of II.

My dear sir, am an agent for
this wonderful heater. VIII you not
let us keep you in hot water in your
homer
"Thanks-quite unnecessary. My
wife attends TO that"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-07-14

HIS Field.
what is the subscription price Of
your paper?' asked the stranger, en-
tering the editorial sanctum.
1.-TWO dollars year" replied the
editor briskly.
"Do you cater TO any particular class
of readersY
"Yes; to those who have the two
dollars"
The best some people can do is think
near thoughts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-30
Knockout for Stop Watch

Thomas F. Logan in Lesl1e's.
BY large ajority the House re-
Gently approved the Tavenner amend
ment to the fertilization bill, provid
ing that no part of the moneys al
lotted should be used for the payment
of wages to any superintendent. fore
man or other supervisor who would
utilize a stop watch or other device
for measuring the time consumed by
any workman in given task. The
amendment applies to all contractors
doing work under this particular APP
preparation bill. If enacted into law it
will do away with bonuses and pre-
miums for special efforts on the part
of the employees. Many of the employees
themselves protest against the abo-
lition of the bonus system which &C
companies the time measurement sys-
tenn. They said that 1T would be the
loss of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars annually to employees in many of
the arsenals and that it placed a pre- =
MUM on laziness. The system to which
organized labor has thus dealt dead
ly blow is known as the Taylor eff
cheney system and it received the APP
prevail of both former Secretary Garri-
son of the war department and his sue
cessor, Secretary Baker, the present
incumbent. General Crozier. chief of
ordnance, also approved of the sys-
tenn, showing how great Improvement
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-30
How France Has Changed

! Nine. Leone al
Cartoons magazine.
| For the second time the Partisan car
| toonists have opened their annual exhi-
bition under this title. The paramount
| interest of the visitor to the galleries in
| Rue de la Boetie lies in judging to what
extent the attitude of France has changed
| during the year. For there is no better
| barometer by which to gauge the fluctua-
| tions of public opinion than these
sketches recording from day to day the
emotions of the people.
f! Last year the keynote of the exhibit,
expressed with almost savage fury, was
horror, indignation and astonishment at
/ the butchery, pillage, incendiarism and
ruthlessness of the German inva sion. One
left it oppressed as on awakening from
a dream too terrible for human contem-
plation
This year. though some gloomy pictures
such as Steinlen's "Servia Crucified,
which dominates the whole exhibition
still hold before our eyes the inhumani-
ties of war, NOSE of the mreflect ray
of resurrected hope and joy
One might almost call this exhibition
the apotheosis of lie poilu." For he it
is who forms the center around which
the plea santres and the tender humor
of our artists revolve.
1t seems as though French art had dis
covered that she knew but imperfectly
the sons of her own soil, and with over
flowing love had begged forgiveness.
HERNIA Paul's. Steinlens. Poulbot's,
Forain's. Abel Faivre's sketches devoted
to the golden lads of the third republic
will remain monument even more preci-
Gus to coming generations than Raffet's
"grognards the "grumblers,' as the old
guards of the Napoleonic era were affec-
tionately nicknamed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-30
"SEVENTFEN'

A tale of youth and summertime and
the Baxter family-especially William.
BY Booth Harrington. Harper Broth
ers publishers, New York.
Booth Harrington, always deliciously
refreshing, always charmingly interest
ing, proves himself a past grandmother
in the art of entertainment in his latest
story, Seventeen"
Under all the laughter that the story
provokes there is such complete compre-
hension of the boy, such sympathy with
him, that now and then a little fearful
catch checks the shouts of mirth. Moth
ing less than the genius of a man with
the inspired heart of a boy could depict
as Booth Harrington. in Seventeen his
latest book so literally, searchngly and
alluringly. the seething emotions, the
secret ambitions. the bitterness of defeat
and of being misunderstood, the supreme
citation of spirit. the poignant sensitive
ness deeply hidden under a cover of il
phlegmatic self-containment and indif-
ference, as exist in the makeup of the
average boy of seventeen
AS in a previous story, "Penrod," Mr..
Harrington took a small boy and made
dramatic and poignant and amusing his
attitude of conflict with his little world,
it's misunderstanding of him, his out
ragged feelings, and his private and per-
sonal compensations, so here he inspects
and turns round about the studies from
all sides and investigates through and
through the mind and feelings of the lad
who is just ceasing to be child and
just beginning to be a man. And he.
makes out of it a deliciousv funny story,
even more provocative of laughter than
was 'Penrod."
The scene is a small midland city, the
kind of town where, if such thing can
be found anywhere in this conglomerate
country, the general spirit is essentially
and Enthusiastically American William
is the central figure, and the reader sees
him as a sort of composite figure, as
he looks to himself and as he looks to
his more or less Disguised bewildered,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-30
GREAT WAR WILL
END CODE DUELS
Frenchmen Will, Perhaps
Never Again Engage in
BlOodless Fights

| Paris, July O-(Correspondence 70
of the ancient institutions of France
that has fallen into neglect during the
war. The last sensational encounter on
the field of honor"--a bloodless one
| took place after the election of the
Chamber of Deputies in 1914, not long
! before hostilities broke out. 1t was be-
tween NaillauX, former minister of
! finance and his unsuccessful opponent,
Louis d'Aillieres. Caillaux fired into
the air and dAillieres fired into the
ground
Since that meeting NJ. d'Aillieres has
been grievously wounded on another
! field of honor Acting as intermediary
officer between the firing line and the
command in the rear. he was hit by a
fragment of a shell that MANNED him,
probably for life.
1t is attributed to the fact that so
many Frenchmen, like M. d'Aillieres,
have shed their blood on the battlefield
that the duel has been abandoned and
there is a we'll defined sentiment that
it has come to an end for good and
all.
Some credit the sacred union" of
parties and classes with this reform
while there are certain proofs that it
is due to popular depreciation of per-
sonal conflicts between Frenchmen
while the Germans are still at Noyon."
The sacred union" has not prevented
disputes and provocations.
Two men contesting for a favorable
place from which to witness a review
of trOOpS on the ESplandae DIES InVal-
des came to blows and one of them
tossed his card to the other.
"If you are so eager to fight" cried
a bystander, why don't you do as those
boys did, pointing to some armless and
legless soldiers lined up before the
troops to be decorated
Two young men in a popular cafe
exchanged sarcasms, followed by in
suits, blows and an exchange of cards
"To Verdun with them cried the
spectators. Put them outo'
The manager threw both of them into
the street where the idlers jeered them
until in common defense they made up
their quarrel and walked off together.
There are two hypothesis regarding
the duel after the war. In some cases
the disputants have both been COM
batants in the great war and Will md
it ridiculous to make a show of cour-
age against each other after having
already shown it together many times
against a common enemy.
If they are not both combatants,
they will. one or both of them, have
been heroes of the rear to whom
public opinion will say NO! No fight
ing!" If you were so thirsty for blood
and so particular about honor, you
would have gotten your satisfaction
out of the Germans"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-30
1916. by the Mcclure News

Copyright, 1916. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
The purpose of this department is to
help you with your remodel problems. |
will be glad to answer questions to
supply ideas for your individual require
ments A description of the color and
style of your old gown. together with a
description of your figure and colorng
will enable me to reply to yoLr questions
more intelligently and in greater detail.
Address Gertrude Be- esford, care of this
paper, and enclose a stamped addressed
envelope for direct and prompt reply.
Whatever may be the demands Of style,
the dictates of the weather will be found
q stronger influence in the choice OF
clothes If a woman looks cool on a hot
day, half the battle with the temperature
is won. / am told by the most exclusive
shop in New York that a gown of supple
satin in black or midnight blue is the
last cry in smartness. These gowns are
made with wide. cream satin collars
pointing toward each shoulder and many
times reaching beyond the shoulders
Sometimes these cape-like collars are
high in the back, like the collars of the
Directoire period. You will find these
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-30

collars in strong demand this fall. These
gowns are lovely and adapted to eli
mate where the mercury is not playing
tag with the hundred mark. For those of
us who, perforce, must dwell in semi
tropical heat until the cool winds of au-
tumn bring relief, | recommend some
thing more transparent
FROCK OF TAFFETA AND NET
In the sketch of the girl wearing a
hat. | have shown a very simple method
of adding cool sleeves to a dress of char
| meuse taffeta. The new material used
here is figured net. but plain chiffon
cloth or Georgette crepe would also be a
good choice. The original of this gown
was pink taffeta. 1t is, of course, a
gown for dressy occasions, but the same
idea carried out in navy blue with Geor-
sette crepe to match could be used on
the street or even for travelling. Parts
of the skirt and old waist were used to
make the bibike front which fastens on
the left shoulder under the little belt
| which joins the back and front of the
| jumper, If you have sufficient width of
goods, the tab-like belts may be cut in
enc with the back. If not, make two
straps with rounded ends and fasten
them with four buttons. The. collar is a
plain sailor and may be booze around
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-30
THAT INSURE
SUCCESS IN POULTRY CULTURE
Mastery of One Unit of OPP
Grafton Means Mastery
of Many Units-Success
With Fifty Fowls Plus
Organizing Ability Spells
Success With Five Thou
sand
by G. II. SMITH
Author and Practical POuItryman

Is poultry culture safe venture? Is
success "easy?" Is it impossible to make
big money with hens? Thousands are
anxiously asking these questions. 9th
ers are losing and some are winning.
Only within the last two decades has
poultry culture been attempted as an
exclusive business. The problem is
still somewhat in the experimental
stage. Let us see if we can discover
two or three of the 'keystones" in the
unraveling of this riddle
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-30
"CHUDREN OF HOPE"

BY Stephen Whitman Illustrated by f.
r. Gruger. The Century company, pub
fishers, New York.
Aurelius Goodchld of Mr. stephen Whit
mans very attractive book entitled,
.'Children of Hope has tried many
things he has been a photographer, an
artist a scientist, an inventor, and a
business man. He is learned in history,
in the natural sciences, in philosophy and
literature, and in many other things. But
financially he has never prospered. SO
his daughters have grown up sharing
his own ardent dreams and enjoying their
own, having little else to share or enjoy.
Aglaa, the eldest, has her hopes of an
operate career Euphrosyne is bent upon
writing a great novel, many great novels,
and Thalia, the youngest just turning
20, is devoted to canvas and paints.
The three daughters and Aurelius, form
the title of Mr.. Whitman's novel, Chill
dren of Hope" and they are well named
for they are in deed and in fact the
"Children of Hope"
At the opening of the story comes the
amazing expected, the miracle--a legacy
to Aurelius of 100000. and the four of
them rush off to Europe, where they
can have the artistic atmosphere they
long for and the girls can secure the
needful training for their respective ca
reers The story is concerned almost
wholly with their experiences in Europe,
mainly in Paris and Italy, and it proceeds
against a background of wonderful rich
ness, while across the stage troops an
army of characters of the greatest va
riety. The author has provided Aurelius
and his three daughters with innate re-
finementf dignity, and charm, while their
own nalvete and formerly secluded lives
throw them into strong contrast with
their new surroundings and acquaint-
ances. 1t is all done with delicate
and subtle touch and with that tender
and whimsical humor that makes the
reader love them, although he is con-
stantly smiling at them. Love stories, a
number of them develop, and very soon
pleasure in admiration and courtshp con-
tends with ambition in the hearts of the
three girls. And so warmly has the
readers interest in all of them, even in
scheming Aglaia been enlisted that he
hastens to find out whether or not these
guleless maidens going to he caught
in the nets of sophisticated world.
The girls are strongly differentiated In
character and tempera ment, and each one
is imbued with the glowing colors of life;
but, for that matter. almost every one
of the troops of people in the book is
an individual. vital creation And that
is noteworthy achievement in any
novel. Aurelius himself, unique and in
terestng conception that he is, is uneven
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-30

1.-THE SEED OF THE RIGHTEOUS
BY Juliet Wilbor Tompkins; the Bobbs-
Merrill company, publishers. Indian
aoolis.
A new book from the gifted pen of
Juliet Wilbor Tompkins always means
a good book, and The Seed of the
Righteous" is no exception to the rule
for it is one of the very best books of
the year
Many criticisms of THE Seed of the
Righteous" have been published since
the book made it's appearance, but, per-
haps, the most forceful and the most
vital is that by Joseph Mosher from
the Publishers Weekly Book Review"
in which the following is said:
"The Seed of the Righteous as Jul
liet Wilbor Tompllins entities her re-
cent novel, has a rather formidable
sound. One braces oneself as for a good
trouncing. 1t is therefore doubly pleas
ant except to those who demand ser
mons (even) in running brooks to find
the story a most genial and captivating
one. The subject matter. moreover is
sufficiently unusual to arouse real
concern in the fate of the characters,
You undoubtedly recall your curios-
ity as to what the gods might provide
for Mr.. Micawber-that Dickensian in
carnation of 'watchful waiting Very
likely you remember also Mrs. Rawdon
Crawley, nee Becky Sharp, who man
aged to get along very comfortably on
nothing a year, as Thackeray puts it.
Well, the Gage family, which furnishes
the chief dramatis personae of The
Seed of the Righteous, might logically
be the offspring of Mr.. Micawber and
Miss Sharp. OF course, all sorts of al
lowances must be granted me in the
matter of time, propriety, etc., but L
plead the word logical in extenuation.
Anyway, the Gage family, all ex-
cept one member are always looking to
others for their bread and butter; and
they get along more or less famously
without any visible means of support.
1t must be said in their behalf that as
survivors of the late lamented Serene
Gage, Friend of Children they worked
for divers and sundry causes. Mrs.
Gage specialized in diet kitchens and
babies outings; Sabra, the eldest
daughter, was whip for the eugenic
party; Ralston the son, strove to up
lift art by writing lamentable dramas;
and delightful and whimsical little Clo-
tide, even if she was the exception
above mentioned, made her sutton walk
the chalk-line for many a weary week
because he called her mother "a CRATER.
But she was right and he made amends
most admirably after Mrs. Gage, at the
cost of her life, proved to all her critics
that hers was heroic Soul-in spite OF
the fact that she attended conferences
and habicually borrowed the ice cream
freezer"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-30

To all accounts. the Indian Runner
Duck was a product of India. At any
rate. the first of these to reach England
were brought by ships captain from
that country. They derive their name
partly from India and partly from their
gait. Runners are very active and car
ry themselves more upright than other
ducks. From this latter popularity
they were first termed Penguin"
ducks. They were not popular at first:
in fact. it was not until 1896 that their
heavy laying possibilities brought them
publicity. Their fame then spread to
America. In the meantime the original
color, faWn and white, had been main
tanned, but the market duck men OF
England made crosses on this variety
with the Rouch in order to increase it's
size, as it weighs from to Az pounds
The result was conflict among breed