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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02

flush little st this, but however the
stolen apples tasted, the twins had no
difficulty In dlsposing Of them. Then,
full almost beyond the point of COM
fort, they slid down the hay chutes.
went out the back way, turned the cor
ner, and came quietly in through the
front door Of the parsonage.
Prudence was In the kitchen prepnr-
Ing the evening meal. Fairy was in
the sitting room, busy with her books.
The twins set the table cOnscientlOusly,
filled the woodbox, and In every way
labored irreproachably. But Prudence
had no word OF praise for them that
evening. She hardly seemed to know
they were about the place. She went
about her work with pale face, and
never smile to be seen.
Supper was nearly ready when Con
ME sauntered in from the barn. After
leaving the hnymOw, she had found Il
coy corner In the COrncrlb, with two
heavy aprobes discarded by the twins
in their flight from wolves, and had
settled down there to finish her story.
As she stepped into the kitchen Pru-
dence turned to her with such sorry,
reproachful gaze that Connie was
frightened.
"Are you sick, Prue" she gasped.
Prudence did not answer. She went
to the door and called Fairy. "Flnish
getting supper, will you, Fairy? And
when you are all ready, you and the
twins go right on eating. Don't wait
for father-he isn't coming home until
evening. Come upstairs with me, Coz
ME; ! want to talk to you"
Connie followed her sister sobery.
and the twins flashed at each other
startling and questioning looks.
The three girls were at table when
Prudence came into the dining room
alone. She fixed a tray-supper quietly
and carried it off upstairs. Then she
came back and sat down by the table.
But her face bore marks of tears, and
she had no appetite. The twins had
felt small liking for their food before
now each mouthful seemed to choke
them. But they dared not ask a ques-
ton. They were devoutly thankful
when Fairy finally voiced their interest.
what is the matteri Has Connie
been in mischief?"
ITS worse than that" faltered Pru-
dence, tears rushing to her eyes again.
"Why, Prudencel What in the world
has she done?'
81 may as well tell you, l suppose
you'll have to know it sooner or later.
She-went out into Avery's orchard
and stole some apples this afternoon.
l was back in the alley seeing if Mrs.
Moon could do the washing, and l saw
her from the other side. She went
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
'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 a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor OH 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 a box from your store.
Millions Of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and nerer
have Headache, BiliousneSs, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion. Sour Stomach or
CONSTIPATION. Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
Mistletoe.

In ancient times garlands and bou-
quets of the mistletoe were hung in
taverns and doorways to ward off evil,
and by many worn as an amulet at
tracing good influences. This aver
sion doubtless sprang from a Christian
prejudice against a plant deemed sa-
cred by the pagans, a legend of the
monks holding that the mistletoe bough
was cursed and never again permitted
to grow as an Independent growth,
since it had been the tree from whic'
was fashioned the cross of the cru
cifxion. In the West of England mis-
tletoe is not allowed TO enter into
church decorations
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02

from tree to tree, and when she got
through the fence she ran. There's no
mistake about it-she confessed The
twins looked up in agony, but Pru-
dence's face reassured them. Con-
stance had told no tales. 81 have told
her she must spend all Of her time up
stairs alone for week. taking her
meals there too. She will go to school,
of course, but that is all. want her
to see the awfulness of it. told her
| didn't think we wanted to eat with
a thief-just yet | said we must get
used to the idea of it first. She is
heartbOken, butt must make her
see It'll"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
CHAPTER ~.
A Secret Society.


Carol and Lark, in keeping witt
their twinship, were the dearest chum
and comrades. To them the great
rambling barn back of the parsOnag,
was most delightful place. 1t had {
big cOwshed on one side, and horse
stalls on the other, with a heavenly
haymOw over all, and with "chutes" fOl
the descent of hay-and twins
Now the twins had a secret society,"
of which they were the founders, the
officers and the membership body. Its
name was Skull and Crossbones. LarE
furnished the brain power for the or
ganlzation, but her sister was an en-
thusiastic and energetic second. Car
OILS club name was Lady GwendOlyn
and Larks was Sir Alfred AngelcOurt
ordinarily, although subject to frequent
change. The old barn saw stirring
times after the coming of the new par.
sonage family.
"Hark Hark !" sounded a kissing
whisper from the corncrib, and Connie
eavesdrOpplng outside the barn, shiv-
cred sympathetically.
"What is itl Oh, what is it?" walled
the unfortunate lady.
Look Look Run for your life ~
Then while Connie clutched the barn
door in frenzy, there was a sound of
rattling corn as the twins scrambled
upward a silence, low thud, and. an
unromantic "Ouch!" as Carol bumped
her head and stumbled.
"Are you assauIted?" shouted the
bold Sir Alfred, and Connie heard a
wild scuffie as he rescued his compan-
ion from the clutches of the old halter
on which she had stumbled. Up the
haymOw ladder they hurried, and then
slid recklessly down the hay chutes.
Presently the barn door was flung
open, and the society" knocked Con-
ME flying backward, ran madly around
the barn few times, and scurrled un-
der the fence and into the chicken
COOP
little later Connie, assailed with
shots of cOTncobs ran bitterly toward
the house. "Peeklng" was strictly for
hidden when the twins were engaged
in Skull and Crossbones activities.
And Comics soul burned with de-
sire. She felt that this secret society
was threatening not only her happi-
ness, but also her health for she could
not sleep for horrid dreams of Skulls
and CrossbOnes at night and could not
eat for envylng the twins their secret
and mysterious joys.i Finally she ap-
piled to Prudence, and received assist
ance
The afternoon mail brought TO the
parsonage an envelope addressed to
misses Carol and Lark starr. the |
Methodist Parsonage, Mount Mark. |
Iowa." and in the lower left-hand cor
ner was a suggestive drawing of
Skull and Crossbones. The eyes Of the
twins twinkled with de-
light when they saw it, and they car
ried II to the barn for prompt perusaI.
1t read as follows:
Miss Constance Starr humbly and re-
spectfully Graves admittance into the An
clent and Honorable Organization of
Skull and Crossbones.
The twins pondered long on a fitting
reply and the next afternoon the post
man brought letter for Connie, whit
Ing impatieutly for 1t. She had ap-
prOached the twins about II at noon
hat day. 1
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
TEN FOLD AND TIN FoILS
tlon on Words She Supposed She
Had Heard.

Little Anne, who is just old enough
to be proud of her ability to read small
words and spell out large ones, ac-
cOmpanied her mother to the neighbor-
hood 'mOvie" one evening recently.
During the progress Of the picture the
little girl heroine hands over her hard
earned savings to the old man who
has befriended her and who needs just
a little money to put them both in the
way to a comfortable living. The old
man takes the money and says:
II will be able to return this ten
fold"
After The lines disappeared from the
screen little Anne said:
Mother, what are they going to do
with the tin foil indianapolis News,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
II you were in Prudence's
place would you turn in and give
Connie and the twins each a
sound spanking-as the most
effective sort of punishment?
tTo BE CONTINUED
Pleasure in Mell.poinn.

Pleasure has way of coming indi,
rectly-where least you look for her
and when least you expect her. She
turks in the happiness of work Well
Done. She fingers in the consciousness
Of honest bookkeeping with life, and
she ,Nlways is to be found in the joy
of grcwth and progress. In all these
ways hCuest pleasure is to be found.
This is,N't meant to be dull preach
ment against anything but work. But
it does meal to say that happiness lies
in doing and LAe consciousness of we'll
doing.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
FOR PIMPLY FACES
cGtvura Is Best-samples Free by
Mail to Anyone Anywhere.

An easy, speedy way to remove pim-
Piles and blackheads. Smear the affect.
ed surfaces with Cuticura Ointment
Wash Off in FIVE minutes with Cuticura
Soap and hot water, bathing some min
utes. Repeat night and morning. No
better toilet preparations exist.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
Missouri's g,sSd output.

The demand from. Europe in 1918 for
lead TO be used ftr war purposes
caused the output OF Missouri mines
to break all previous Necords in the
quantity of lead ore placed on the mar
ket that year, the amoun; being 1885,
GA tons in smelted or reaned shape
which was worth S1S,3S9, HJ6, or just
about enough to build and equip an
up-to-date dreadnaught for the United
States navy.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
Cane Nearly Century oid.

William A. J. Gi,as of Concord, ~.
H., bought cane in an auction shop,
some weeks ago, to help him in his
lameness. He supposed it was an or
dinary cane, but William II. Harris,
when inspecting it, pulled Off the hou-
die, and with 1t a steel blade about 10
inches in length On the blade was en-
graved the words; "William Mattncks,
June 2, 1892"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02


forced to use a
cane. For these
disorders I am
glad to say I used
D odds Kidney
Pills, which proved
to be the proper
remedy. / am "a
years old, feel
fl n e and once
again stand as
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
Second Choice.

"Pm writing a story for one of the
leading magazines" remarked Scrib-
son, with a lofty air.
Indeed" replied his caustic friend.
"And which one of the inferior maga-
zines do you thing will publish it?"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
CURRANTS ARE PROFITABLE
By ELIzABErH VAN eENrHUYsEN

BY ELIZABETH VAN BENTHUYSEN
While we are trying to get all of the
Art out of the ground that is possible,
it may not be out of place to take a
little of the profit as well as the pleas
ure. In the line of commercial fruit
growing, currants offer many pOssibil-
ities. 1t is one of the very easiest
plants to propagate, and yet it is as
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
A Pertinent Query.

Cant you spare me dime. mister7"
''Not today"
II hain't had a bite since yesterday"
Cant help It."
"Why can't yer do a little fer meT"
Il haven't any change"
"No changer"
That's what / said"
"Den why ther dickens don't yer go
to workT-Boston Evening Trans
crlpt
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
Didn't Need II.

The farm hands were taking turns
at the pump for their morning wash.
All scrubbed off except the new man.
"JOe," said the boss, aren't you go
ing to wash up this morning?'
"Shucksl" was the reply. 1T don't
make me dirty to sleep. p."-Pathfnde
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02

straight as an arrow. Dodd's Kid
ney Pills deserve great credit" Be
sure and get "DoDD's," the name
with the three DIS for diseased, disor-
dered, deranged kidneys; just as Mr..
Benton did. No similarly named article
will do.-Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02

Not Lono Enouoh to Reach Here.

BILL see by this paper that China
has the longest National hymn.
Jill-Ever hear it?
"Oh, no, I've never been over there"
"Well, it can't be so awful long il
1t hasn't reached here yet"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
How They Seemed to Serve.

No one at Peggy's house wears ear
rings. When the caller who was wear
ing them noticed Peggy's curious inter-
est she took the little one on her lap
so she could examine the pearls more
closely. After puzzling over them lit
tie while Peggy solicitously inquired /:
'Does 90 has to button 90 ears onY''
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02

There Should Be a Limit Somewhere.
"Bein' eonrented wifi yoh lot" said
Uncle Eben, "aIn' no excuse foh not
hustlln to git de mortgage off'n it,
Washington Star.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
GAVE HIS CANE AWAY

Mr.. S. P. Benton, Kerrville, Texas,
writes: For several years prior to
1906 I suffered from kidney and rheu-
matte troubles. Was bent over and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02

Lightness Is the chief claim for an
aluminium billiard cue that q Nebraska
Inventor has patented
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02

wIdOwer Methodist minister, assigned
Mount Mark Ia He has
house, Fairy Carol Lark
Constance curiosity Mount Mark
Ladies' Aid getting acquainted
million questions Prudence
mlsehievous twins Connie
vaany good congregation sua
eest an s needed 10 he family
The Coconino sun., 1917-07-27
REAL ECONOMY

Walking down any of the business streets of Flagstaff on an afternoon it is hard to realize that the country is actually at war-the biggest job the good old U. s. A. has ever tackled The fact that the war is far away is subject for remarks, but a close an- alysis of the situation reveals the fact that is it coming closer to our homes each day.
 The organization of the National Council with all its auxilliaries is the one great thing that will bring the war home to us in such a way that violent commercial readjustments such as suffered in England will not be necessary. We have profted i'm mesurably from the experience of our allies.
 Probably the most important auxil- lary of the National Council is the Commercial Econmoy Board. It is at least the auxiliary that will deal with the people more directly than any other branch of the National Council.
 Wheat and men were the immediate need of the country at the outset of the war and when these two great wants have been filled arrangements will have been made to take care of other comemrcial factors through the Economy Board. The first work of the Economy Board was to eliminate the waste of three million bushels of wheat, hitherto wasted in the grind ing up of unsold bread, not to mention the saving of labor, fire, butter, sugar and hauling.
 This great saving was brought about through cooperation with the bakers and merchants. The bakers baking just enough to supply the de- mand, and the merchants ordering just enough to supply their trade. The baker and the merchant were as sisted in this by the cooperation of the housewife who placed her bread orders one day ahead.
 Had this been Germany instead of free America an imperial edict would have ended the waste overnight, how ever, we would not consider an ex- change of governments to gain such an end.
 We are going to win this war through the cooperation of the folks at home as we'll as by the strong arm of our fighting men across the water.
The Coconino sun., 1917-07-27
WOOLEN IMPORTS
AND EXPORTS

According to the latest bulletin of Secretary Marvin of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, Our imports of all manufacturers of wool during the ten months of the year 1916-17 amounted to S14,480,386 and our corresponding domestic ex- ports for the same period, rags, ready made clothing and "all others" to S15,074 ,597, an excess of imports over exports for the period of S594,221. Previous monthly statements have shown a large excess of exports over imports, the excess occurring mostly in the early part of the fiscal year. There has been a marked decrease of exports of woolen fabrics and woolen clothing. In fabrics the decrease was from S27,512,907 in the ten months ending April, 1916, to $10,250, ,904 in the corresponding ten months of 1916- F. The decrease in exports of wear ing apparel was from $18,S41, ,722 to S3, ,396, a falling off of $15,086,- 326. For time the war was a great help to American wool manufacture, alike in the decrease of competitive imports and the large increase of ex- ports of fabrics and clothing. When the war ends the imports will, of course, increase, owing to the low duties of the Underwood Free-Trade Tariff, while the exports will be of little consequence. The wool manu- featuring industry will soon feel the need of a Protective Tariff.
The Coconino sun., 1917-07-27
BAIL. ROW OR GO ASHORE

At the last census the United States contained two and quarter million white males, twenty-one years of age or over, who were not citizens and had not declared intention of becom- ing citizens. Many of them are sub jects of the Central Powers. But many others are subjects of the Allied Powers; and a recent act of Congress authorizes the enlistment and recruit. ing of them for military service under their own flags.
 The enlistment and recruiting ought to proceed briskly. This is a poor time for man without a country.
 The man who chooses to live in the United States because he finds it off, fers him attractions and opportunities superior to those in his own country, and who yet rejects its citizenship, is always in the rather dubious position of the passenger who insists upon keeping his seat in the boat, but de. clines either to bail or row. If he did not find superior opportunities here he wuold not be here; yet he refuses to acknowledge any obligation to the community that made the opportuni- ties.
 Sometimes-according ot our un. fortunate experience-the man who grabs American opportunities with one hand and waves off American citizenship with the other finds it necessary to justify himself by whole sale and chronic disparagement of the country he prefers to his own, so far as living in it is concerned. He does not like his own country we'll enough to live in it, and he does not like this country well enough to express any obligations toward it or approval of it.
 Apparently nothing short of heaven will satisfy him to such a degree that he can really accept it.
 This is a poor time for such playing heads-I-win-tails-you-lose with citiz- enship. Some pretty big issues are astir in the world today. Let a man choose a Flag!-Saturday Evening Post.
The Coconino sun., 1917-07-27
CANNOT REACH FOREIGN
 SHIP OWNERS

The Presidents price-fixing procla- nation singled out only one branch of industry for specific mention-ship- ping. And here American business men can plead an almost complete alibi. The shipping trade of the world is not in our control. Nor is it wholly in the control of any one peopple. Consequently, no single power of leg islation or of administration can reg ulate it's evils; and ocean. commerce therefore falls inevitably under the operation of the law of supply and demand. With the opening of the war in Europe the shipping of Germany and Austria was swept from the seas in a single night. Coincident with this diminution in the available tonnage came a tremendous and immediate in. crease in the volume of goods to be shipped. Freight rates went up until every aid tramp could earn her cost in single voyage and venerable re- lies from the basins of the world were dragged out, patched up and put un- der steam. Even the ocean beds were dragged and salvaged hulls were set afloat. Then the U-boat began taking its toll. To the burden of increased shipments and diminished ships was added the menace of death. And along with all of this went the mount ing cost of ocean insurance. The in- exorable conditions of economic law all operated at once to send ocean freights kting. Yet the President adduces this as text to read lesson in patriotism to Americans who own so few ships that our flag in the merchant marine of the world is a tragic joke.
 The President may be able, by com- mandering and otherwise, to compel American ship-owners to accept low rates. But he cannot reach foreign owners; and the only effect of what ever he has in mind will be to pen alize Americans on the sea, where they have had sorry time of it even under the best of conditions-thanks to the Seamen's Act and kindred leg islation.
The Coconino sun., 1917-07-27
A SECTIONAL TAX

A scrutiny of the income tax re- ceipts for the fiscal year just ended reveals the same old story-a few States, thrifty and enterprising, pay the bulk of the tax, while a large number of States possessing political power go with small returns. The total of individual and corporation in- come taxes paid last wear to the Federal government was S330,565,- CPS. Of this sum, nearly a million dollars day, the four States of Mas sachusetts, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania paid 94,S79,034 or more than one-fourth. Eleven other States, namely, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missis- :sippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, paid only S16,S75,O15, or a little more than five per cent.
 As we have said, this is an old story. The tax returns have told it tNtT SlilCc Illt lliob SOi pOlotAO se@N was established and called an excise measure. It will be repeated, we sup pose, with every annual tabulation of the tax returns, until Congress is elected which will regard taxation as a burden to be borne equitably by every citizen in proportion to his abil- ity to pay. Under pressure of war necessitating largely increased reve- nues for the Federal Treasury, the present Congress has taken steps to reduce the income which may be ex' ~empted from governmental levy, thus bringing more incomes within reach and adding materially to the sun which next years report will show This is fair and equitable; and if tho income tax is to remain as featur' of our taxation system, the end of tho war should not be made an excuse tc go back to the old method of penal izing the thrifty and industrious There will be enough of that in any tax system which is politically drawn
The Coconino sun., 1917-07-27
PRESS SUPPRESSION

Acting under the powers conferred upon him by the so-called espionage bill, the Postmaster General has de- nied to several publications the use of the mails. This amounts, of course, to virtual suppression. The periodicals affected are those of radio al or socialistic tendencies; and their utterances in opposition to the select i've draft furnish the excuse for MT. Burleson's action. In the case of the Masses, a monthly magazine, radical in tone, Mir. Burleson is quoted as having told its publisher that the general tenor" of many newspapers, objectionable and that, accordingly, it would be barred from the mails. The Postmaster Generals language in this instance is unfortunate. Even in war time it is doubtful if offences punish able by law or by ministerial decree should be so vaguely described. Sedi- tion should be as susceptible of legal definition as any other crime. The "geenral tenor" of many newspapers, we. doubt not, is objectionable to MT. Burleson. We, ourselves, have prob ably printed and circulated some statements which MT. Burleson would deem objectionable, in that they have not shown sufficient appreciation of the wisdom and capacity of the pres ent administration. Yet, if we were to be turned away from the local postofice upon so shadowy an accusa- ton, we would be quick to appeal to the courts, as, doubtless, will the pub fishers whom MT. Burleson has al- ready marked taboo.