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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
FIRST HUMANS BLACK HAIRED
interesting Theory Formulated by
American Expert on Conditions In
the Tropical Regions.

Lieut.. Col. Charles H. Woodruff,
whose long experience as chief medi-
cnl officer of the American army In the
Philippines makes him an expert on
tropical conditions, has written book
called Medical EthnOlogy," In which
he advances some interesting theories
on dnrk-slSlnned and white-sklnned
rnces. The Lancet, in reviewing the
book, says;
"The author holds that the first hu-
man beings were black-haired animals
but not black skinned, as their seat OF
development must have been In a cold
country where conditions Of life were
hard, necessitating great develop
ment of brain, since only the most In
telllgent could survive. They were
originally cave-dwellers. After time,
when the earth was largely peopled
with this race, there arose large
blond type In northern EurOpe-Nletz-
sches "blond beast h the Teut0nle SUI
perman-who established himself In a
dominating position in many countries
by right Of conquest.
"To this race belonged the ancient
Greeks, the original Romans, the rul-
ing race in Egypt, and so forth. Un-
fortunately this type tends TO die out
when II migrntes from It's native cli-
mate, and so In time the Romans died
out and their empire fell TO pieces and
the glorious period of the Greek intel
lect was short-lived. In the same way
white races fail at the present day to
establish themselves permanently In
tropical climates"
The Lancet quotes also some OF
Colonel Woodruf7s opinions on the eff
feet of light, which he considers al
most wholly harmful TO white men.
"The dark skin of tropical races
serves as a protection by cutting or
the rays Of light; 1t also assists the
body IN radiating heat, but at the
same time favors absorption from Il
hot environment so that dark races
stand such heat as that Of a stokehOle
worse than light-skinned people.
Contrary to common opinion, the
author holds that bright light is bad
for children at school, rendering them
restless and irritable. The neurasthe-
mia which affects white residents in the
tropics and their children is due, he
considers. largely to excessive light,
aided doubtless by high temperature"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26

Here is potato theft which
showed the cop to be a real humani-
tartan: A little, frail, white-haired
old woman, her bent shoulders COW
cred with a small shawl came down
an Eastside street toward the corner
grocery store. In front Of the store
she stopped and glanced hastily
around. Her trembling old hands
came out from under the shawl, seized
two or three potatoes on the top Of
basket and were drawn back under
the shawl again. For a second she
stood there, her thin lips moving as If
in prayer, then she went on. Not ten
feet away stood a big patrolman with
his back turned resolutely toward the
store and his gaze fixed across the
street. The storekeeper was singular
ly unObserving. As soon as the little
old woman had gone the big cop
turned to the stOrekeeper and re-
marked "She's fixed for the day,
eh?" Eyes, all right for tOday!"
laughed back the storekeeper.-New
York Times.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
BITS OF INFORMATION

The new bridge across the Tiber at
Rome, having a span Of 32S feet, is
the longest re-enforced concrete arch
In the world.
Since new telegraph cables to Cey-
ION have been opened messages have
been transmitted from London within
half an hour
Metallic titanium, It has been
k,omd, will cut and mark glass, leav-
ting an ornamental silvery streak
where 1t has been used
Apparatus that simplifes the ex-
animation of paper money under a
magnifying glass has been patented
by q California woman.
Chinese ship fresh eggs icug dis
tances in good condition by coating
them with q paste made of sea salt,
vegetable ashes and water.
The larger part of Mexico consists
of an elevated plateau, with noun
Trims ON the east and west. This
plateau is of volcanic origin.
Russian engineers soon will begin
experiments that will cover three
years TO ascertain If sugar beets can
be rais i, proftably "a Siberia.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
Bonus sYstem In japan.

The highest salaried man I'm Japan
does not receive enough money In that
form TO pay for gasoline used by his
automobile. for salaries Of the man
ayers Of business corporations are In
significantly small, says the Japan
Times. Salaries, however are not the
total income Of business men. Under
the japanese custom there is a liberal
bonus system, and the bonus amounts
to 300 or 400 times the monthly salary
In some cases.
The Mitsui company Is regarded as
the biggest corporation In Japan and
their directors are noted for their
large incomes. Each director is said
to receive in the form of a bonus
about 100000 year, although his
salary may be only $3.50 month.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26

the state is called when the three
bodies are in line.
From now ON until May however,
conditions will become Increasingly IA
vorHblc for observation. In n few
months the comet should be visible to
the naked eye in parts of the earth
suitably situated.
At present the comet is approaching
the earth at n rate of more than mil
lion miles a day-but not in direct
line. In the month Of December its
distance from the earth decreased by
nearly 5O,OOO,OOO miles, astronomers
calculate.
1t is now situated in the sky just
north Of the constellation Libra and
about - degrees northwest Of the up
per end of the Scorpion. These CON
stellations are near the sun, appearing
in the early morning hours just pre-
ceding sunrise.
On January the comet was still
more than 3OO,OOOOOO miles away. It's
perihelion passage or nearest approach
to the sun, is due next June. The path
Of the comet has not yet been accu-
rately plotted, but dozens Of astrOnO-
mers are working on it with complex
tables and extensive mathematical cal
culatiOns.
While comets which make a name
for themselves are few, the telescope
records a large number. Some of them
are old friends paying us another visit.
These are called periodic comets. They
arrive more or less on schedule time.
Their periods of journey about the sun
are in some cases hundreds or thou
sands of years in length. Donati's great
comet of 1853 takes 1000 years to re-
turn to the same spot after its journey
over a great elongated ellipse
Astronomers have not decided
whether all comets return to the sun
or not. Some Of them appear to have
parabolic orbits and fly off into space.
never to see the solar system again.
But their supposed psrabollc orbits
may simply be elliptical orbits Of such
great size that the few observations
which can be made Of them do not
disclose their elIiptical character. The
ares Of the ellipse and the parabola
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26

are nearly the same for short dis
tances.
But there are great numbers OF COM
cts known TO be permanent members
of the solar system. They accompany
the sun and its planets in its onward
journey through space. While the "r-
bits of the planets are nearly circular,
all comets fly alone in greatly drawn
out ellipses.
Some planets are satellites Of the
larger planets and fly about the sun.
If a comet happens to come close to IA
major planet on its journey toward the
sun. II may be "captured' and from
then on have its orbit permanently
changed TO include the planet. Ju-
piter Is known 10 have quite large
family Of captured comets.
The comet with the shortest known
neriod is Enckes. This comet never
gets farther from the sun than in
side the orbit of Jupiter. Halleys
comet. which created the sensation Of
1910. has the longest period of all the
comets classed as periodic. All the
great. conspicuous comets are Of the
non-periodic class-that is, they are
not certainly known to return to the
sun regularly.
The comets are the largest in size
and the smallest in mass, per unit of
size. of all known heavenly bodies.
Almost every comet consists Of a
bright nucleus, coma, or "hair' sur
rounding the nucleus, and long tail.
The tail always points away from
the sun. The comet comes up to the
sun, goes around it with the tail max
ing a great sweep and finally backs"
away, facing the sun with its tail be-
hind 1t.
The nucleus, although it appears
sometimes as bright as first-magni-
tude star, its believed to be no more
than a swarm of meteoric particles.
These are evidently bound together by
a loose bond of gravitadOn.
The coma, or hairy gaseous envelope
of the nucleus, is often of great size,
even as heavenly dimensions go.
The head of Donati's comet was
100000 miles in diameter, while the
head of the comet Of 1871 measured
more than a million miles through at
its greatest magnitude. AS the comet
close to the sun, the head
seems to diminish in size.
The tail develops as the comet ap-
prOacheS the sun, and the head con-
tracts. The great comet Of 1S43 had
tail over 2O0OOO,OOO miles long.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
FRANCE EXPECTING TOURISTS
Is Preparing Actively to Receive an
Unprecedented Number of Visitors
at Close of War.

France is preparing actively to re-
ceive an unprecedented number of
tourists at the close of the present
war, reports Uncle Sans commercial
attache at Paris. Various new organ
izations are devOting themselves to
the task of improving hotels and rail.
way facilities, Of advertising French
health resorts, of bettering the innum-
erable agencies designed to attract for
eign visitors and to satisfy their de-
mands in such a manner that they
may acquire the habit of visiting
France in large numbers.
Perhaps the most interesting of the
new offices is the Office National du
Tourisme, enlarged and reorganized,
which recently held it's first meeting
at the ministry of public works. At
this meeting were represented, under
the direc ction of the minister of public
works, the Etats Generaux du Tour
isme, the Touring Club of France, the
Alpine club, the Automobile club, the
General Automobile society, local pro-
noting organizations, and OrganiZa-
tions Of hotel owners and managers.
A former minister of public works and
of agriculture has been made president
of the administrative council Of the
new organization, which proposes to
set at work Immediately upon the num-
erous tasks confronting it.
1t is not unlikely that the govern
ment of France will exercise supervi-
sion over the whole subject and may
sanction the imposition of "cure" taxes
and "sojourn," or visitors taxes.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
Presidents Flag Now
Flies Over White House

The presidents flag has been
run up on the White House and
hereafter will fly when the presl-
dent is in Washington. The new
flag will not replace Old Glory,
which will continue to fly from
a staff surmounting the center of
the White House roof.
An ornamental touch is added
to the White House by use Of
the presidents flag. The flag
shows a facsimile of the Ameri-
can seal, of which the eagle is
the most striking figure, on a
blue field. Thirteen stars, repre-
senting the original colonies, en-
circle the seal.
Decision to fly the presidents
flag to denote his presence in
the White House was designed
to meet the objections to the
present plan of lowering the
American flag whenever the
president is out Of Washington.
Arrangements to fly the new
flag from a staff at the front Of
the White House were made by
Col. w. w. Harte, engineer of
ficer in charge of public build
ings and grounds.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26

Do you know that straw trims serge
costumes? That is what a renowned
French clothes artist has evolved in
he way Of novelties for this season
The straw, heavily plated, is applied
al three.inch bands to the bottom of
skirts and to form outstanding collars
Eapecially stunning is a suit in bic
serge garnished with half-inch-wide
natent leather bands, finished with
still narrower straw edgings Does
the straw chip away, ahatter or other
sise diBinte%ratei AssuTedV not.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26

To enable prospective buyers Of
pianos to learn how much room they
will occupy paper patterns the exact
size Of the bases Of instruments have
been invented
An American chamber of commerce
has been recently established in Rio
de Janeiro for the purpose of further
ing the industrial relations between
the United States and Brazil.
The government Of Argentina has
made the heating Of passenger cars
on railroad trains in the winter
months compulsory.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
American Hardware PopuIar

Uncle Sam informs the world that
Peru is the one country Of this hemis-
phere where American hardware out
sells all it's rivals. 1t appears that
Peru's total imports of hardware in
the last normal year, 1913, were val
ued at $2617,207, of which the United
States furnished S1040,749. Then
came England with $842,357, and Ger
many with a little less than half
million dollars.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
VIM ENGLAND is called John RuII.

Every country has nickname, and
is represented in pictures by an ami
NAL. The British lion is the animal
which stands for England, and John
Bull is it's owner and master. The
lion is the country; John Bull is the
nation. The name John Bull comes
from a work written by John Arbuth-
not, witty doctor and writer, a great
friend of Swift and Pope. He was
born in Scotland in 1867 and died in
1875. The sketch that he wrote dealt
with the political affairs of Europe at
the time and the countries were made
to appear as If they were men and
women.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
Here's a TIP About Hotel Guests


in the American Magazine a writer
says:
Here's n funny thing, by the way
that I've noticed about hotel guests:
You have a soiled towel in a roomy
and the guest will probably complain
But you can leave a bucket of paint
and a paperhanger's scafold in the
hallway, and compel the guest to
crawl under a stepladder to get to his
room, and he will put up with 1t
cheerfully-because he knOwns you
ure painting or papering by way Of
making an improvement, and he is In
sympathy with that. 1t doesn't cost
much to make over a carpet so that
bare spot in front OF the dresser
will be eliminated, but such little de-
tails are a vast help in making q
hotel prosper"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26


when HalIey's comet returned in 1910
Chinese mobs trying TO frighten away
the uncnnny visitor with flaming
torches and savage races falling on
their knees in gibbering prayer to the
supposed deity.
We may even have absurd sCares
among usually well-balanced people,
who believe the tail Of the comet will
sweep the surface Of our Mother Earth
with devastating effect. The tenuous
source of minor danger as asTono-
mers agree, and we have little to fear
from the vast mass of nebuIous mate
rial, even though enveloped in it.
Comet 3. 1916" is the name Of the
stranger 1t is so called because it
was the second comet discovered this
year. Professor Wolf of KOenigstuhl
detected the rushing body's faint pic
ture on a Photographic plate last April
and proceeded to telegraph the news to
observatories all over the world with
great joy.
The statement that the new comet
will be Il monster rests principally on
the fact that it was discovered when
fully 4OOOOO,O00 miles from the earth,
Just within the orbit of the great plan
ct Jupiter.
All comets increase greatly in size
and brilliancy as they approach the
sun If such proves to be the case this
sime, Comet B, 1916" should make
great impression.
1t is useless to 60 out and look for
the comet tonight, as it is now on the
other side Of the sun, whose greater Iu-
minance conceals it. Earth, sun and
.Omet have just passed conjunction, as
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
GOOD FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN

Children love Skinner's Maearonb
and Spaghetti because Of its delicious.
taste. 1t is good for them and you.
can give them all they want. 1t is a
great builder of bone and muscle, and
does not make them nervous and irrl-
table like meat. The most economical
and nutritious food known. Made from
the finest Durum wheat. Write Skin
ner Mfg. Co., Omaha, Nebr., for beau
tiful cook book. 1t is sent free to
mOthers.-Ady.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
Quaint Outline.

-tound, full skirts gathered az the
waist become more and more popular,
and almost invariably these skirts are
accompanied by tight bodices which
are buttoned or laced up the front
from waist to throat A quaint outlluO
but exceedingly attractive
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
unbreskable Windows.

Repeated coats of raw or boiled lih-
seed oil applied to newly meshed wire"
fabric will give a good substitute for
window glass. The wire may be used,
for many purposes, and is especially
good where glass might easily be-
broken. The fabric may be dipped
in the oil instead of applying it with a.
brush.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26

Argentina and Brazil are expert
menting in the manufacture Of dyes
from native woods and other sources
with apparently good prospects Of
success.
The commercial failures in Argen-
tina in the first half of 1916 show la-
bilities of less than one-half those of
same period of 1915 and One-fourth
those Of 1914.
Both an electric range and a refrfg-
orator are included in new Kitchen
cabinet, but are hidden from view by
doors when not in use.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
Her Customary Weapon.

"WOman's sphere" began Mrs. Gap
johnson of Rumpus Ridge, who had
been reading and ponderlng. 'Wom-
ans spear!' CALCULATED her husband
in astonishment. "Well, say what's
the matter with using the AK, same as
you've always done?"-Kansas City
Star
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
Germany Exports copper.

Ironmongers in Holland are contin'
uing to receive copper utensils export
ed from Germany. People in Holland
are much astonished that so great a
quantity of copper is still being ex-
ported from Germany.-London Globe.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
Mo Marvel.

81 read the other day about man
who fell out of window while he
was eating mnce pie"
"That's nothing. I've often been
knocked out by mince pie myself"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26

We claim to be just as honest as
anybody, but right at this time, If a
neighbor's hen were laying in our barn,
we'd be the last person in the world to
tell the nelghbor about it.-Fort Worth
Star-Telegram.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
REn cRoss RALL RInE

Ins1ros snowy white beautiful clothes
on washday. Buy Red Cross Blue,
not Just cheap liquid blue which makes
your clothes greenish yellow. Red Cross
BAH Blue large packages cost only
cents. All good grocers sell it.-Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
A Cynical Miss.

She-Tell me a story.
He-Once upon time before people,
married for money
She-Oh, that's too ancient; that
must have happened before money was,
nvented.-Boston Evening Transcript.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
Great Skipper.

Redd-I understand the American
mountain sheep are the greatest skip
pers in the world.
Greene-Forget 1t! Come around
some day and listen to the engine in
my machine.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
OF Course.

There's always a fly in the oint-
nent."
Jaw that idea is out of date. Amt
the druggists using screens ?"--Louis-
Vile Courier-JOurnal.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26

Though heavy. it is flexible. Neither
does the patent leather with which, at
times, it is mingled become rusty and
lend shabby appearance to the entire
frock.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26

Tongs that grip door frame have
been invented for hanging babies
chairs or swings In doorways.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26

Adam had one thing to he thankful
for. 1--we didn't buy aim box Of cigars
for Christmas present.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-26
A Word In Time.

"Hey, Mike, don't come down on
hat ladder on the north corner. took
1t away.'--Leland Stanford Chaparrnl
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-17
SCHOLARSHIP AS A VOCATION.

Once scholarship was life pursuit and was
credited as such by the intelligent world; IN the
middle ages the scholar was esteemed among
the peers of the social organization, probably
more for vague respect for knowledge SO IN
common as was his than for an accurate realza-
ton Of what that knowledge was to mean IN
social and industrial progress. We have
greatly increased the number Of scholars among
us. but we have lost our estimate Of scholarship
as necessary vocation, and the loss is a threat
ito an enlightened future unless our estimate OF
values is speedily revised. Today we are ap-
preaching universal education, but we are at
the same time putting all our emphasis on max
/ ing that education turn itself to practical ac-
! ton, to the business of making money for itself
] and others, to the ideal of increasing material
means to production.
Even the scholar has abdicated his vocation
| al place; we have few men bold enough to pro-
claim their life work to be the accumulation OF
knowledge, the thoughtful relation of that
knowledge to present day life. It is the bust
ness of the scholar to keep knowledge alive,
and this is far different from making knowl-
edge work for a living Any society needs IN
lit men who devote themselves to discovery OF
abstract fact and to considering facts abstract
Ily From scholarship has come vision, as dis
tinct from mere foresight; and from visions OF
men who were counted as dreamers have come
many of those foundations on which we have
built the life Of the twentieth century. An edu-
cation that does not produce scholars and an
educational theory that does not assign to
scholarship the rank of real vocation will pro-
duce generation without the power of vision
And without vision the coming years will be be-
reft Of expanding life
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-17
REV. BACON
is INVITED
Pastor Of First Christian Church OF
keokuk Asked to Deliver
Series Of Sermons.

Rev. Wallace r. Bacon, pastor OF
the First Christian church OF this
city, has been invited to deliver a
series of lectures at conference OF
ministers to be held at Drake univer-
sity of Des Moines. Iowa, immediate
ly following commencement. This Is
quite compliment to Rev. Mr.. Bacon
whose work in the keokuk church
is being noted in ministerial circles
throughout the state.
Rev. Mr. Bacon is presenting a
unique service each SunSAy. At the
forenoon service he gives a short
sermon for the benefit OF the young
people, who, following this sermon.
retire to class rooms for the work
of the junior church.
On each Sunday evening, following
the sermon, the pastor presents mo-
ton pictures. These are Of high
grade religious subjects and are
being very favorably received by the
congregation. Mr.. Bacon is learning
to operate the machine and is be-
coming quite proficient as an oper-
ator.