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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
The First Aerial anmhs.

II may be remembered that Garros
came TO the United States in 1911 and
amazed vast audiences by his au-
daciOus flights. From here he went to
Mexico to entertain the pOpulace there.
1t occurred to him on arriving that,
since fighting seemed to be the favoritA
pastime of his Latin brothers, he would
be making a lasting hit" with them If
he could only arrange for an aerial
sham battle. To his good luck, he
found the general in command of the
army, then in Mexico City, a willing
listener Accordingly, one day he was
seen flying over the Mexican batteries,
armed with baskets Of juicy oranges
that the quartermaster had given him.
Suddenly the batteries opened fire and
sent shot after shot at him. The i'm
mense crowd became wildly enthusi-
astic, although they knew, of course,
that only blank cartridges were being
used. Garros then started to let go the
oranges upon the artillerymen. To his
surprise almost Immediately they be-
gan to scatter in every direction. The
quartermaster had not realized that
juicy orange dropped from so great
height would rival a small bomb. The
first aerial fight unquestiOnably was
won by bombs of ripened oranges
Popular Science Monthly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
PROPER SHOES DEMANDED
If Infantryman's Footwear Is Not
Right He Cannot Last With a
Moving Command.

The old saw about an army moving
on its belly is all wrong. An army,
horse, foot, and gun, moves on its feet
and marching and walking-as the av-
erage civilian, not a policeman or a
postman, understands walking about
his daily vOcatiOn-are two very diff
ferent things. An infantryman on his
feet carries about sixty pounds of dead
weight-forty-five pounds or so Of
pack, eight pounds or so Of rifle, and
the rest in ammunition or separate
equipment. He cannot choose his own
gait, and he has to negotiate all kinds
of ground, winter roads corrugated
with frozen ruts, slippery trails of mud
and water, rocks, hot sand. And more
than half the time a change Of shoes
is for him luxury; he is very apt to
keep the same pair on night and day,
wet or dry. If his shoes are not right,
or If his feet are not sound, he cannot
last a week with moving command;
and 1t is entirely possible that he will
even have trouble in trench.-The
Worlds Work.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
"CASCARETS" ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiOuSness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 1O-cent box.

Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing q
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg.
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out Of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents box from your store.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
More Pay Asked at Princeton.

Material increases in the salaries of
professors at Princeton university are
urged in the report Of a special uni
versity committee. According to the
report the average salary of the two
hundred members Of Princeton faculty
is $3.50, although a full professorship
pays at the present time an average
Of about $4,000. This represents an
increase of only about 20 per cent in
the past u years, whereas, according
to he committee, the price of food
stuffs and other commodities has dou-
bled in price during this period. The
highest salary paid a professor at
Princeton is $4,000, and the lowest
paid half-time assistants salary is
S40O a year.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
THACKERAY AS A REPORTER
Records the Case Of Pat Foaarty, Who
Thrashed Enemy With a
Horseshoe.

Thackeray once acted ms police re-
porter for the London Dlogenes and
performed his work in no perfunctory
way. How the future novelist must
have enjoyed observing and recording
this bit Of courtroom humOr!" exclaims
writer in the Los Angeles Times.
Pat Fogarty went all the way from
Manchester to London In order to
thrash Mick Fitzpatrick, which he did,
winding up the performance with the
assistance of an lawful horseshoe" !"
He was detected and brought before
Mr.. Justice Simpleman.
"Well, sir" began the court, 'you
came here from Manchester, did your
"HOur honor has answered correct"
You see the cOmplainant's head; It
was cut by sharp instrument. DO you
know what cut it?"
"Aint your honor afther sayin' that
a sharp insthrumint didT
81 see you mean to equlvocate," said
the court, becoming restive. "NOw,
sir, you cut that head; you came here
to cut II, did you not2 Now, sir, what
motive brought you to LOndonY
"The locomotive, your honor"
"Equlvocatlng again, you scoun-
drel !" said the court, waxing warm.
Raising up the horseshoe, and holding
1t before Pat, he said, do you see this
horseshoe, slr7"
rs 1t a horseshoe, your honor?"
Don't you see 1t is, sir? Are you
blind? Can you not tell at once that 1t
Is a hOrseshoe?'
"Bedad, no your honor"
"No| angrily.
mo, your honor; but can yersilf tell
IT."
"Of course l can, you stupid Irish
man."
"Oh, glory be TO goodness, see what
education is" solilOquized Pat, aloud
"Sure, your honor a poor, ignorant
creature like mesilf wouldn't know a
horses shoe from a mares"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
Fifteen Acres of Daisies.

Despite the fact that we buy them
by the dozens in the cities paying a
dollar or so for a small bouquet, dais-
les are a menace to the agriculturist,
and a patch or field Of them is any
thing but welcome. The Popular Me
chanics Magazine describes the expert
ence of a Nebraska farmer, near Be
atrice. Wishing to obtain a good stand
of Kentucky blue grass in his pasture,
he last season instructed a well-knOwn
mail-Order house to ship him several
bushels Of seed. He prepared 10 acres
of land and planted it, exercising par
ticular care. The spring rains came,
and following them 10 acres of yellow
centered daisies, luxuriant crop. The
unusual sight attracted motorists from
miles around and hardly a day passed
without parties stopping to pick arm
loads of the blossoms. 1t is not clear
how the mistake occurred, but mistake
and a serious one-it was. The
company, needless to say, promptly
made restitution so that the farmer in
the end got a liberal return for his un-
expected and undesired crop.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
$4,000 SOUP FOR HOSPITAL
Cooking Main Is Raided Near Pitts
burah and Birds Sent to Hos
pitaI for Broth.

Pittsburgh.--"Feeling badly today?
Try a little of this ten thOusand-dOl-
lar broth"
Such was the cheering suggestion
handed to patients Of Pittsburgh hos
pitals by nursie the other day.
Sportsmen in various sections of The
country stood treat-involuntarily.
The biggest cooking main held in the
United States in years was raid
ed by officers Of the Western Pennsyl-
vania Humane society at Keller's
Grove, and birds valued at $4,000
seized. 1t was decreed that they must
20 under the AK to make soup for the
hospital and despite fabulous offers
from their owners, the decree was car
ried cut.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
RoumanIa,s Country Girls.

The girls of ROumanian country dis
tricts take great pride in a clear,
healthy complexion, and just as the
girls in our own rural districts a gen.
GRAFTON ago would get up before break
fast and steal down unobserved on the
first day of May to wash their freckles
away in the dew of the morning, so the
girls of ROumania take red and white
threads, twist them into cords, from
which they suspend coins around their
necks. Phese talismans they wear
from the dead Of winter until they see
the first blossoms of spring, feeling
sure that thereby they will guarantee
themselves milk-white complexion,
rosy cheeks and ruby lips.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
The Nature Of Genius.

In an article contributed TO the New
York Medical Journal by DR.. A. @.
Jacobson, are given what are termed
"some possible clews 20 the nature OF
genius" Doctor jacobson bases his
theory on Freudian psychology thus
establishing il on a somewhat firmer
basis thon many other theories which
are purely speculative. He finds a
relation between genius and so-called
trance mediums, in that both may be
possessed Of dual personalities, the
one inferior to the average, the other
superior. The genius, according to
this theory works through a second
ary superior personality. He goes
into sort of trance, and produces
work which no other person can pro-
duce by the mere application Of skin
and labor.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
GERMAN PLOT TO START WORLD WAR
AT HAITI FAILED BY HAIRBREADTH
Scheme PreCate Conflict Through Attack on United States
Frustrated by Ausan-Serban observation-disclosures Re-
veaIed Involving Mexico Throw Light Wilson's Atti-
tude on Other International Issues
FLEW 1000 MILES
IN SIXTY HOURS

Mobile, Ala.-Thc two mallard
ducks wearing silver bands on
their legs killed near here by
DIR. Sheldon G. Frederic some
time ago were released origin
ally by Jack Minor of Kings
Vile, Ont. Doctor Frederick
has received a letter from Mr..
Minor giving details of the re-
markable record in flight made
from Kingsvllle to Mobile. The
ducks were released at five
o'clock in the afternoon Of De-
cember Ia at Kingsvllle, In Ca
NADIA, according to Mr.. Minors
letter. They were killed here
on the morning of December II,
the mallards negotiating the
flight of approximately 1000
miles in 90 hours.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
CAUGHT the Post.

Pat was walking along the road,
when, hearing a whir, he looked back,
and saw Larry flying fast and furious
on a bicycle.
"Hl wait a minutew shouted Pat.
II want TO spake to you"
II can't. I'm In a hurry. l want
10 catch the post" cried Larry, flying
by.
Suddenly the bicycle swerved, and
crashed into a telegraph pole on the
roadside, and Larry and the bike lay
in a helpless tangle. AS Pat came on.
Larry was extricating himself from
the wire puzzle.
"Begorra !" said Pat with a grin, 81
see you caught the post"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
Cant Cut OFF My Leg"
Says Railroad Engineer

''I am a railroad engineer about 20
years ago my leg was seriously injured
in an accident out West. Upon my refus-
was told it would be impossible to heal
the wound. I have tried all kinds of
salves and had many doctors in the past
20 years, but to no avail. Finally / re-
solved to use PETERSON'S OINTMENT
on my leg. You cannot imagine my as
constituent when 1 found 1t was doing
what over 100 things had failed to do Ny
leg is now completely cured. Gus Hauft,
1893 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, N. 7.
"It makes me feel proud to be able to
produce an ointment like that" says
Peterson. Not only do l guarantee Pc
tersons Ointment for old sores and
wounds, but for Eczema, Salt Rheum
Ulcers, Itching Skin and Blind, Bleeding
or Itching Piles, and 1 put up big box
for Is cents, a price all can afford to pay
and money back from your druggist If
not satisfied Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30

decided to try bottle of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound 1t worked
from the first bottle, so 1 took a second
and q third, also bottle of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Blood Purifier, and now am
Just as we'll as any other woman. ad-
wise every woman, single or married,
who is troubled with any Of the afore-
said ailments, to try your wonderful
Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier
and am sure they will help her to get
rid of her troubles as they did me. -
Mrs. ELSIE ]. VAN DER SANDE, SO No.
York St, Paterson, N. ].
Write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co.,, (confdential) Lynn, Mass, if you
need special advice.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30

in Scotland, he says, the year before
George Washington went out of Of
fee.
He was member of Sir John Frank
Inns Arctic expedition, walked to the
polls at the recent election, and he is
still an excellent swimmer. He was
married at fifteen and was a father
and widower at sixteen.
He has one wife buried in Scotland
one in Canada and one in the United
States. Drysdale was converted and
Joined church at the age Of one hun
dred and two.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
WIDoWER AT IS is NOW 12O
Oldest Man In West Virginia Walked
to Polls on Election Day and
Is Swimmer.

Baileysville, w. Va.-''If live un-
III the twelfth Of next August I'll be
one hundred and twenty-one," declared
John Drysdale, who is aged one hun
dred and twenty years, and the oldest
man In West Virginia. Drysdale, hale
and hearty, was born August ~, 1796,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
Nineteen Sons in Ten Years.

Corning, Ark.--Frank Scott and his
wife of Hensett have been married ten
years. Nineteen boys have been born
TO them. Six died at birth. OF the
13 living there are three sets Of trip
let's and two sets of twins. The par
ents have been partial to the letter
"a" in naming them. Ashbell, Archer
and Austin are four and half years
old, Arthur and Arnold three ana a
half, Alfred, Albion and Adolph, elgh-
teen months and Abel and Abner six
months.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
In the Wrong Place.

An old gentleman walked up to the
pretty girl attendant at the counting
room of daily newspaper Office a few
days ago and said:
'AIiss, would like to get copies of
your paper for a week back"
"You had better get a porous plss-
ter" she abstractly replied. "You get
them just across the street"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
Stubborn poa STONED Train.

AS a passenger train on the Carey
Findlay branch of the Big -Four neared
Huber, o., the brakeman called the
town. Then the train stopped sudden
ly. A couple of passengers alighted and
looked for the town. They couldn't
see 1t. They then discovered that the
engineer had stopped to remove a
small but stubborn dog from the track.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
pnIIne WlreIena statlnne

With an eye toward making her
police system more efficient, the city
of New York has installed a wireless
system at police headquarters. The
apparatus has range of 500 miles.
In the near future, every police sta
tlon in the city will have its own wire
less outfit.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30

German Coal Supply Twice Britain's.
Professor Letiner an Austrian, esti-
mates that at the present rate Of con-
sumption the coal mines of Great Brit
ain will be exhausted in 720 years,
whereas Germany has enough coal, in
Guiding the invaded territory, for
eighteen hundred years.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30

from It at one time
while in Vancouver,
but overcame it by
a persistent use Of
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Finally l was COM
pletely cured. 1 oc-
casionally use the
remedy now in or
der to keep the kid.
neyS regulated, I
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30

nave Hlh'le me Well
and healthy. Some
time ago l felt so
run down, had pains
in my back and side,
was very irregular,
tired, nervous, had
such b ad dreams,
did not feel like eat
ing and had short
breath. read your
advertisement In
Az. ngs.as.a w.ngsa aAA
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30

have the highest praise for Dodd's. Be
sure to get "DODD'S," the name with
the three DIS for deranged, disordered,
diseased kidneys, just as Mr.. Fergu-
son did. No similar named article will
do.-Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30

An Essential Step.

The republic Of Panama has had
its first bank failure, and feels that
it is cutting its teeth as an infant in
the family Of nations. The process Is
never wholly pleasurable, but It has
to come.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
uneie Ehen

"Some people" said Uncle Eben, Ere
CARDS truth de same as jewelry. Dey
admlres 1t very much, but only uses 1t
on special occasions"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
Very Much 70 IL

whats in a name? The rose, you
know, will smell as sweet by any other
name."
eyes, but it won't taste like one to
call it a potato"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30

A motor-driven machine has been in
vented that polishes a cuspidOr in half
a minute.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30

Beautiful, clear white clothes delights
the laundress who uses Red Cross Ball
Blue. All grocers. Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
THE 8 DIS IN DODD'S

Mr.. Robert w. Ferguson, bingham,
Mass. writes: 1 suffered from kid
ney disorder for years. Had incessant
backache and trouble. Nearly died
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30

Nearly all of the work in one Of
Germany's greatest breweries is done
by electricity.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30
WOMAN NOW IN
Perfect HEALTH
What Came From Reading
a Pinkham Adver-
tisement.

Paterson, N. IL thank you for
the Lydia e. Pinkham remedies as they
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-30

Covers for Plants.
Folding covers, easily put into use,
have been invented for protecting
plants from cold.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-09-13
"Day o." 4 Winner

Day O., a green horse owned by
Charles W Day of this town is
causing a sensation thruout the rae
ing circles of the State by her per
formances at the Bangor and Lewis
ton Fairs This is the same animal
for which Mr. Day twice refused an
offer of $1,000 and 1t looks as tho he
we're justified in so refusing
At the Bangor Fair, Day @, was
entered in two races and won both
in straight heats At Lewiston she
came under the wire a winner in all
races in which she was entered, win
ming all races by a narrow margin
it is true, but with enough reserve
to show that she has some real rae
ing blood flowing thru her veins.
Stacked against some of the famous
horses of the State they look alike
to Day Q. This animal will appear
at the Somerset Central Fair in
Skowhegan and racing fans will have
a chance to see her in action.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-09-13
Special Town Meeting

This seems to be a year of special
town meetings and the third thus far
will be held in the auditorium of the
municipal building at p. NJ, Satur-
day The warrant contains the fol
lowing articles the disposition OF
which are important to all voters of
the town
Article To choose a moderator
Article TO see if the town will
vote to build bridge at East Skow-
hegan in the Richardson district, so
called, and raise a sum OF money
for the same and pass all necessary
votes respecting the same.
Article 3-To see if the tou-n will
Vote to join with the town Of Canaan
in building bridge in the Richardson
district, and raise a sum of money
for the same and pass all necessary
votes respecting the same
Article Ito see if the town will
vote 10 rescind che action OF March
-. 1917, whereby it was voted to Ii
nit the amount Of coal to one ton to
each purchaser at any one time and
pass all votes necessary respecting
the same
Article 5-ro see what action the
town will take as to regulating the
quantity of coal to be furnished each
person, and pass all necessary votes
respecting the same.
Article Ito see if the town de
sires to continue the enforcement of
its traffic laws, and if SO, to raise a
sum of money for the same and pass
all necessary votes respecting the
same
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-09-13
BONUS FOR SPINNING WILL EM-
pLONEES
Christmas viii he Glad Day ior Hun
dred> Employed in Local Will

Notices have been posted by the Of
fcers of the Maine Spinning Company
to the effect that employees of the
local mill are to receive a substan
tial bonus at Christmas time.
A schedule for distributing this eX
ira money has been made out and the
method employed is somewhat as fol
lows. If an employee of the Com
pany has been rendering service for
two years, he shall. at Christmas
time. receive double his weekly sal
AIRY pus the money coming to him
for the week If he has worked
three years, he gets three times the
salary and if he has worked for the
Company 10 years, he receives 10
times his weekly salary plus the
weekly salary itself, making II weeks
pay in one.
This bonus is To be declared each
year until otherwise ordered by Of
ficers of the Company
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-09-13
TIE AMERIC RED CROSS
Somerset Chapter Asks You to Read
the Following

This ,haptor has been organized in
order fb5f tbc neople Of this c9aHan-
ity may work in a united. systematic
and enaefual manner for the reliaf Of
the soldiers and sailors now engaged
in the var Every man woman and
child should became members af The
organization Members a-4Hne but
one obligation which i. 10 pay 81
membership fee of one dollar pcr
wear Whatever else j. done j. pure
lv voluntary
,rha wort al thp cbantar cuu-.i-t-
i'm making and forwarding fer d. -
tribution among the soldiers and sail
or. i'm the field and in the hospital.
sweaters socks. VrIzter-. haspit.l ]
shirts paiamas. landapa. surgical
dressings and the fH-a- other things
necessary in preser.iIa the life Of
tine Uaan4led and adlme L. the
comfort of the wounded and nn-
wounded alike.
This is an aupeal t. every person
who reads this article to abandon the
idea that he has no duty to perform
in this war II is the duty of every
nrrson to do what he can to assist
in winning this war. Somerset
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-09-13
Walter Bullock at the Lewiston Fair

several somerset County citizens.
WHO Sd" young Bullock ny at Lewis
ton last week enthuslastieail} ae-
ei4in MN the eieVerest aviator ever
seen III Maine IN one hIsht, II
seems ne sailed directly away from
'ne Erahu S'3ha ana " little later dis
appeared oeHeha some woods on the
nofl@oh' lhe races ana all other ae-
Invites ceased - "aieh Tor his re-
turn he "as gone So long that II
Was Freely predicted that he had
come To tile ground. away on north,
and would noi be seen or heard from
ohli I"ie evening o.. the following
morning Aoou' ms time someone
caught Sisht ei " Speek in another
quarter oi the heaven Iar to the east.
II came r"PlaiE nearer and was soon
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-09-13
CHANGE IN TEACHING FORCE
Several New Instructors This Year
at the ParOchial School

Many changes have been made in
the teaching force at the local Par
ochial schools, which are to open
September Il. But one of the form
er nuns remains in the local Con
vent of Our Lady of Lourdes Sis
ter Angela last year in Brunswick
comes here to assume the principal
ship of the educational department
with Sister Stanislaus from Fair
field as principal of discipline meth
ods
One more new grade Is to be add
ed this Fall, making in all a total
of seven grades But four teachers
will be required however. Sister
Emilda, the only nun here last year,
will continue her duties at the school
and Sister Clere will be the fourth
member of the teaching force
Sister Philip will be in charge of the
domestic department of the Convent.
Sister Eucharist, who has for some
time been dominant feature of the
life at the local convent, is now an
instructor at Mt Meriei at Water
Vile Sister Marie is also now To-
Gated at Mt Merici.