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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16
Ten Billions in coaI.

The Nenana coal fields, Alaska, will
be tributary to the government rail-
road now under construction from
Seward to Fairbanks Though the coal
in this field is Ignite, and hence OF
low grade, yet it has great. value as a
source of fuel and power for Fairbanks
and other Yukon placer camps. The
field is about sixty miles south of
Fairbanks. 1t is estimated by the
United States geological survey, de-
partment of the interior, that the Ne
nana field contains some ten billion
tons of Ignite. The Nenana coal field
lies in what is known, as the BOnni-
deld region, which also contains some
gold placers- that have been mined in,
small way for the last ten years.
Chis district is described in a report
entitled "The Bonnifield Region, Alas
ka" (bulletin SOD, which can be OBJ
tanned on application to the director of
the geological survey, Washington.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16
EFFORT TO ERADICATE RAT
Government ofIelaIs Make Pebble q
Report on the Work Of ExterHk
mating National Plague.

The connection between rats and
plague Nus led to the accumulation of
Information regarding the frequency OF
their association with human hablta-
tl0ns as we'll as their destTuctiveness.
Studies have been made which throw
hight on the question of the number
Of parasites which have been permit
ted through carelessness to exist In the
Immediate neiglbOrhoOd OF man. Until
these comparatively recent inwestiga-
tiOns scarcely anyone would have be-
lieved how large n number of rodents
find a means OF livelihood for them
selves In our cities and towns, espe-
clally those which have series Of
docks and wharves. A special report
of plague eradication work at New
Orleans, made by the surgeon in charge
of the United States public health serv-
ice work ut that point contains rath-
er startling Illuminating facts concern
ing these parasites, says the Journal
of the American Medical Association.
',rhe total number of rodents cap
tured up to November ID Of the last
year runs up to 497,9S3," says the
writer "Some Idea Of the Immense la
Dor and the meticulOus care required
for thoroughness in sanitary work may
be gathered from the fact that over
100000 OF these rodents had been ex-
amined up to the same date, and,
though altogether only 265 cases of ro-
dent plague were discovered, Is easy
to understand how much Of danger
for the dissemination of the disease
these animals were. Until the actual
report, 1t would have been almost inn
possible to believe that city like New
Orleans, with It's 100000 rodents, ac-
tuany harbored n larger population Of
rats and mice than 1t did Of human
beings.
New Orleans is probably no worse
in this regard than most of the coast
cities of the southern part of the coUn-
try, at least, and 1t is probable that as
careful hunt for the creatures would
reveal their presence in proportiOnate
numbers even In many Of the towns Of
the interior.
"Coast cities like New Orleans, San
Seattle and some Of the 9TH
er towns on Puget sound have been
compelled to take up the problem Of
obliteration of their rodent parasites
by the occurrence Of plague. The Jour
nal Of the American Medical associ-
alton thinks, however, that it would
be well worth while for health author
tiles In other towns and cities to face !
this problem frankly before it becomes
health"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16

the man charged with contempt suffered similar fate The magistrate then
fined the confused and asonhed witness
which
deciding that justify
1 a higher
On the policeman before
charge dsodey
at the magistrates order because he refused stop the traffic Fifth
and let the magistrate his The policeman
humby apoOgzed He said he didn't
navely
that traffic policeman
hestated with
individual
Upon receiving his explanation and apology the magistrate permitted him
under suspended
slight that the operation Of their of but
really
authority preliminary
bench But they have them since
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16
IsraeIites Were Fed by Bugs

Until a later trip, however, the man
ner in which the mama was carried
to the neighbOrhood of the fleeing Is
raelltes was unknown.
However, Miss Oldroyd observed pa
tiently. She eventually surprised the
insects in the act Of flying away with
the little bars Of sap, or mamma, and
following in the wake Of their flight
she found that the first thing a swarm
of the insects would do, If they were
frightened or met something strange
in their path, would be to drop their
mama.
Plain to Scientists.
1t is perfectly plain, now, say the
learned scientists, supporting PrOfes-
sOr Robertson, to whom Miss Oldroyd
reported and sent two dead bugs and
a sample of the mama they had been
caught carrying away. A swarm of
hoppers started from the forest with
a load Of mama, met the children of
Israel and dropped their load. Moses
was caught in the shower and called
upon his followers to eat thereof.
The specimen Of mama sent by Miss
Oldroyd is four inches long and two
inches thick. 1t is sweet to the taste
and has the same food properties as
maple tree sap.
Miss Oldroyd is a member of the
faculty of Henry Thoburn college, Cal.
cutta, India.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16
Gulf Fish Killed by Gas.

Reports received by the United
States bureau Ot Ls!s- o"'c., show that
there were two recent periods Of heavy
mortality among the fishes on the west
coast of Florida, between Naples and
Sarasota for Is or 20 miles off shore.
Outbreaks of this phenomenon, which
appears to be due to natural causes,
occurred on October and October IS,
1916.
The beaches were lined with wind
rows Of dead fish. Persons living in
the vicinity were affected with In
fiammation of the mucous membrane
induced by some gas, presumably sui
phur diOxide, given off from the wa
ters. There is ground for the belief
that the conditions are attributable to
subterranean disturbances and the re-,
lease Of poisonous gases which rise
and pollute the waters.-All Outdoors.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16
Spectacular Career Of Boston r.
nanoier Who Has Been Much
in Public Eye.
RAN AWAY FROM SCHOOL
Making and Losing Of a Fortune Com.
mon Thing TO Lawson-Has Pic
turesque Command Of the Eng
llsh Language.

New YOrk.-Of no man In American
history can II so truly be said that the
making and losing Of fortune was Il
common thing TO him than Thomas w.
Lawson.
The Boston financler who has been
the center Of the political stage in the
last month. by reason OF his accusa-
tions regarding wrongful use of secret
diplomatic information to gain mil
lions in Wall street, has been a kind
of financial volcano, erupting fitfully
but powerfully, for 25 years.
No one can say how many tens of
thousands have made money-and how
many more thousands have lost-by
paying heed to his widely advertised
stock-market advice.
He has been attacked savagely time
and again In the public prints, while
his own onslnughts on "the system"
(of which he confesses he was once a
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16
penmark's Exports Of Eggs.

Denmark exports 100000 eggs a
year-a number which puts her at the
head of egg-exporting nations. The
high reputation of the Danish egg is to
be maintained by a further develop
ment of the wide and close organiza-
ton which unites the producers. Cen
tral collecting depots for eggs have
been established in the smallest towns.
AS each farmer brings in his eggs they
are stamped with his number and a
letter standing for his particular
branch. From there they go to larger
stations, where they are candled,
graded and sorted for size. Any stale
eggs that are detected can be traced
to the producer by the letter and num-
ber. For a first offense the guilty farm
er is fined! for second one he is
liable to expulsion from the associa-
ton.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16

the billiard there the
electric light of the
he swu
Then the other thought he of the chair that had been
he a
spread
a
snached
o.
billiard
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16

his stables 10 Europe, and raced II
many countries.
No sketch OF Lawson would be COM
plete without the story OF how he built
n city, was elected its flrst mayor, and
sold lt-eharter. highways, city hall,
police department, fire apparatus,
wharves, public franchises and all-foF
gOodly sum.
In 1890 he became interested In the
rich coal and iron bearing region In
the state of Kentucky along the banks
Of the Tennessee and Cumberland riv-
ers. lie conceived the Idea Of city
in that portion of Kentucky lying be-
tween the two rivers. by coincidence
this bIt Of land was then also the
center Of population of the nation. He
named his city Grand Rivers, and
hustled II into being with no delay. He
was a great sight rushing about his
municipality In sloueh hat, flannel shirt
and top boots.
But life In Grand Rivers soon irked
him. He sold out and came to New
York for real actlOn-which took the
form of a spectacular bear campaign
In General Electric.
Million in Sugar.
In March, 1899, Lawson made
million dollars, lac admitted, by specu'
latlon in sugar stock; but he said this
was no more than he had lost In this
same stock on previous occasions.
How Lawson does things was shown
I'm his purchase of the bay geldins
B0ralma. In October, 1892 the fnan-
cier paid visit to Lexington, KY, for
the purpose of attending the running
Of the Kentucky Futurity. Boralma'
who had stepped the mile In 2 2:O9' was
pointed out to him as the probable WIN
ner.
So he bought the horse for $4,000,
on condition that Boralma won the Fu-
turity. Then he entered the betting
ring and put up $4,000 on his pur-
chase. Boralma won, and Lawson not
only got fine horse. but much more
than enough to pay for 1t.
In the midst Of the Amalgamated
Copper consolidation Lawson flashed
into the public eye by riding from Bos-
ton to New York In a special train at
the rate Of 90 miles an hour for the
entire distance. He did it in four hours
and fifteen minutes, while the fastest
regular train takes five hours. He SAID
Rogers and Rockefeller had tele-
phoned him they needed him immedi'
ately for important business.
Lawson's office in Boston looks more
like an art museum than a brokers'
sanctum. Fine flowers, bronzes anc
rare books surround him and compete
for room with the stock ticker. One
Of the great sorrows Of Lawson's life
was when he failed to secure the four
famous brOnzes by Julian exhibited IN
1 French salon.
Three or these, 80 inches in height,
ook down on him in his private office.
They are Caesar Crossing the Rubi-
,on" and two equestrian studies of |
Frederick the Great and George Wash7
ngton. The fourth piece, Napoleon,
vas purchased by the municipality Of |
Paris before Lawson could arrange to
,uy the quartet. He had to be salts
led with a replica of the Napoleon.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16
Kansas Woman, a Foreign Mis-
sionary, Makes an Important
Discovery.
CARRIED MAMA TO PEOPLE
How Moses and the Children Of Israel
Were Fed During Flight From
Egypt Is Explained by
Miss Oldroyd.

And when the dew that lay was gone
up. behold, upon the face Of the wild
erness there lay a small, round thlnsI
as small as the hoar frost on the
saw it, and they said one to another,
it is mama; for they wist not what
it was. And Moses said unto them,
this bread which the Lord hath given
YOU to eat. -. But some Of them lett
It until morning, and 1t bred worms.
=, and when the sun waxed not II
melted.-EXodus l6.
Kansas City, Mott took a Uni
yersity of Kansas woman graduate,
Miss Roxana Oldroyd, of Arkansas
City, to prove that the Israelites were
fed mamma in the desert on their Hight
from Egypt-by bugs
Miss Oldroyd is now missionary.
Her interesting discovery was pub
lished to the world by Prof. W. L.
Robertson of the geological depart
ment Of the university.
First, trees made the manna-that
was already well known in scientific
circles.
Then. second, the bugs that were
thereabOuts waxed industrious and
served 1t.
Cousins of Green Hopper.
The bugs in the case are Indian
cousins of the American green hop
per. Their average length is three
quarters of an inch the female being
larger than the male. The bugs are
a pale green. These insects, Miss
Oldroyd reports, have been observed
to attack a tree in great numbers
when hungry. The trees in question
excrete through the holes in their
bark made by the insects, small par
ticles of sap, which, after short
time, CONCEAL in oblong formations on
the outside Of the bark.
When Miss Oldroyd, on a vacation
tramp through the northern hills in
India, saw these small, round particles
attached to the sap-bearing trees, she
tasted Of them and found them
palatable. A little probing soon con-
vinced her that here was mama and
the manner of it's provision. In this
she was supported by scientists.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16

The South American bird-eating spi-
der is as big as a mouse, and
it's furred feet are so formed that it
can walk up glass with practically no
difficulty.
Bohemian brewers have perfected a
process that natures beer and makes
it ready for use in from to 12 days,
instead of the usual three months.
A Minneapolis restaurant robbed
the other night, was found next day
to have suffered only in the bean sup
ply, due probably to that commodity's
high nrlce.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16
HOW TOM LAWSON ROSE TO WEALTH
were distributed by Republican cam
paign committees.
First Financial Undertaking.

FIRST Financial Undertaking.
His first financial undertaking was
the reorganization Of the Lawson
Story Service company. He lost a large
amount just after this successful coup
when he tried TO rebuild the Rand
Ayary Publishing company. But he
recouped quickly by operating In West
inghouse Electric.
He lost another fortune In southern
land "booms" especially the Grand
River Land company. Then came his
great Bay State Gas operations. which
made him thousands of enemies and
thousands OF friends. Out of the maze
OF conflicting stories IL is impossible
to determine just how much Lawson
had to do with what happened. Suffice
II TO say that under Lawson's master
hand the stock of this company gy-
rated to giddy heights and then sank
into the abyss, having today nominal
value of II cents n share.
Lawson's operations had now be-
come gigantic. He entered the "sys-
tem," as he himself explained, with
the object of combining all the copper
interests of the country.
Here one again becomes involved in
mass Of disputed details. Lawson
sold Butte and Boston Copper stock
short from $40 a share to 20 cents,
cleaning up fortune. Then he began
to buy, and urged his friends to buy,
saying he believed in the future>6f the
company. He paid $40 a share assess
ment, acquired a majority of the stock,
and soon was invited to join the group,
including II. II. Rogers, John d. Rookie
feller and others of the STANDARD OH
crowd in consolidating all the cop
per companies of the United States.
What happened Lawson describes at
length in "Frenzied Finance" but few
Of his statements regarding the matter
stand unchallenged.
Made Great Fortune.
At any rate, Lawson pulled out with
a great fortune, and changed from a
to a hostile attitude toward !
the standard Oil crowd" whom he
now vigorously denounced.
He built up a great financial fol
lowing" of investors and smah specu-
ators, whom he influenced by spread |
eagle newspaper advertisements in
iambOyant style.
OF late years his name is not heard |
50 often, and his financial influence has
declined.
Besides finance, Lawson is intensely
in flowers, paintings, bronzes
'achts and horses. And he has one
'ther great hobby-his six children.
For his wife, who was Miss Good
Willie Of Cambridge, he paid $4,000
o get the famous flower now called
he Mrs. Thomas w. Lawson pink"
He bought the yacht Dreamer and
ther craft and built a beautiful Mas
achusetts country mansion, Dream
world. He bred famous thoroughbreds
n his Massachusetts farm. He took
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16
'CASCARETS' FOR
LIVER, BOWELS
For sick headache, bad breath,
Sour Stomach and
constipation.
Get a tO.cent bog now.

No odds how bad your liver. stomach
Or bowels; how much your head
aches, how miserable and uncomfort-
able you are from constipation, indiges'
ton, biliOusness and sluggish bowels
you always get the desired results
with CasCarets.
Don't let your stomach, liver and
bowels make you miserable. Take
Cascarets tonight; put an, end to the
headache. BiIiOusness, Dizziness, nerv-'
ousle ess. stick, sour, gassy stomach.
backache and all other distress;
cleanse your inside organs OF all the
bile, gases and constipated matter
which is producing, the misery.
A 1O-cent box means health, happi'
ness and a clear head for months.
No more days OF gloom and distress
If you will take a Cascaret now and
then. All stores sell Cascarets, Don't
forget the children-their little in
sides need a cleansing. too. Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16

prominent member), the Standard Oil
interests, and the money trust" are
matters of recent history.
His command of language - both
slang and the kings English-is re-
markable. He has spent millions in
promulgating his opinions through big
advertisements in the newspapers. He
PANT remember, he says, how many
hines he has been sued criminally and
civilly for libel-yet he has won every
case brought against him.
A Boston newspaper once printed a
six-page attack Of lurid character on
Lawson. The financier got out an in
Junction, but the newspaper proprietor
barred the door against the injunction
server; the presses ground out the edi-
zion, and Boston read the story. The
effect was slight. Lawson continued
on his way serenely-although what
would be serene and ordinary for
Thomas w. would be a trip through
the Whirlpool rapids of Niagara for an
ordinary man.
SSei wv iIlpGoAuOuoiys
His career started tempestuously, for
he ran away twice in a finally sue
cessful effort to substitute business
for school.
Lawson is New Englander by
birth and a Southerner by descent.
Three of his uncles were Episcopal
clergymen. He was born in Cambridge,
Mass. in 1852 and brought up by his
mother after his father was killed on
a battlefield Of the Civil war.
When he was twelve years old he
skipped from school and got place
as an errand boy in the banking house
Of Stevens, Amory & Co.. In State
street, Boston. He was speedily ap-
pretended and returned to his books,
only soon to make another break for
the realms Of trade. This time his
guardians decided they had better let
him stay at work and get sick of it.
But he didn't get sick.
Instead he had meteoric rise-if
this simile was ever appropriate. At
twenty-one he was an operator on the
Boston "street" At twenty-four he
was a man Of great wealth, and sat
around green tables with millionaires
as director in big corporations.
At thirty he had become a man to
be watched by the big financial inter
ests, for he was "a speculative factor
Of importance"
Meantime he had turned out large
number Of successful mechanical in
ventlOns. When hardly more than
boy he put on the market a substitute
for playing cards, which had quite a
run Of success. He also wrote, printed
and published a booklet on baseball,
Of which he Is an enthusiastic devotee.
The book was called "The Krank His
Language and What 1t Meant" and for
the work he invented a special paper,
"blood parchment"
He took a prominent part in the
presidential campaign Of 1888. In 35
days he compiled a campaign history
Of political parties, with facsimile re-
productions Of many letters from Re
publican party leaders expressing their
views. OF This about $4,000 copies
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16
TRIES TO LIVE ON
1OCENTS A DAY

Dover, O.-Davis Gartman,
age sixty-three, worth $4,000,
died as a result Of being under
nourished, according to physi-
clans who have been attending
him. Gartman was a noted ex-
ponent Of cheap living. On
one occasion he won a valuable
prize for the best article on
"How to Live Cheaply." For a
long time he is said to have sub
sisted on an allowance of 3
cents a day, but since the cost
Of living had increased this sum
was increased to 10 cents a day.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16

would make billiard rooms if all
ghosts of lovers of the sport should
return to them, the facts are these:
The Century associations negro
servitors (termed servants in less
learned places) are so positive that
Doctor Flint's disembodied spirit
visits the billiard room there that they
are afraid to set it to rights in the
late evening or early morning hour
unless a clerk goes with them.
Two of these negro servitors went
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

Sheep that are used as beasts of
burden in northern India carry loads
Of 20 pounds.
There Is enough salt in the oceans
to cover the United States to depth
Of $500 feet.
A complete bed for infants has been
Invented that can be folded fiat for
easy carrying.
A German colllery has Installed a
canteen 500 feet below ground to save
It's miners time.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16

in restaurants. Two young men in Jail
here confess they stole 40 overcoats Of
diners in downtown restaurants. With
their apprehension the police hoped
the thefts would stop, but they keep UP
at about the usual rate. A special
squad of detectives has been assigned
to combat this particular form of de-
pravity. The watch Your Hat and
Coat" sign crop is blooming.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16
cave LIfe to Avert Wreck.

lola, Kan.-Richard Moore, a sec
ton hand, recently sacrificed his life
here to prevent the wrecking of a Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas passenger train.
Hearing the train, he remembered that
he Lad left some timbers stacked on
the track and ran to remove them. As
he cleared the rails he was struck by
the engine.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16

Alfred r. Liedtke, twenty years
old, 1S0 Keefe avenue, is the posses
sor of the physique perfect. His claims
to physical perfection are not made by
himself, for he is rather backward
about things Of so personal a nature.
But G. S. Minter, physical director
for the Y. NJ. c. A., is authority for
the declaration that the masculine
perfect thirty.six" is personiied by
the Keefe avenue youth.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16

ton. This includes roast mutton, roast
beef, oxtalls, pork, stewed kidneys, OK
tongue, lamb tongue, ham loaf, veal
loaf, OK marrow and summer sausage.
In all $4,000 cans of food will be car
ried on the voyage. During the trip
each of the ten explorers will consume
400 pounds of coffee, If he drinks his
share. The ship viii carry two tons of
it and two tons Of sugar.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16
Heatlnn Water by EIeetrIeIty.

Water in kitchen tank may be heat
ed in the summer time without start
ing a fire in the range, provided there
Is electricity in the house. A rod about
an inch and a quarter thick and about
fifty inches long filed with an insulat-
ing, nonoxidixing fluid in which re-
sistance coil is submerged is connect
ed with electric wires and inserted
in the tank. When the current is
turned on all the energy supplied to
the rod is dissipated in the water IN
the form Of heat.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-16
CARE FOR YOUR SKIN
And Keep It Clear by Daily Use Of
Cutic1ra-Triai Free.

A hot bath with Cuticura Soap fol-
lowed by a gentle amounting with Cud-
cura Ointment clears the skin or scalp
IN most cases of eczemas, rashes and
itching of children and adults. Make
Cuticura your everyday toilet prepara-
lions and prevent such troubles.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.--Adv.