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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
PARAGON OF DOGS
Steamboat Captains Pet Was In
Class by Itself.
One Performances, However, Brought
Argument Whether He Was Wlsest
OF His Kind or Plain
Canine Fool.

The bulldog OF the Esmeralda, packet
freIghter for the settlements between
Portland and Machias, In intelligence
and accomplishments, Is reckOned n
paragon OF dogs. In Portland he walks
uptown with the captain and returns
alone with any purchases and newspa-
pers which may be lntrusted to him.
He even brings back meat, and this
quota of sefrestraint puts him In Il
class by himself, Holman Day writes
In Harper's Magazine.
one day, according 10 legend, this
dog was actor in an affair which has
been debated warmly ever since; 1t
gives rise to the argument whether the
dog Is the wlsest of his generation or
Just n plain canine fool. There Is no
middle ground among the disputants
along the water front. The event Itself
was sufficiently grotesque to merit
mention.
The captain decided to test the dogs
intelligence as n shopper. Therefore
he put n coin Into n basket which he
hltched to the animals collar, and then
raped his knuckles on an outspread
newspaper, getting the dogs undivided
attention. Lastly, he pointed up the
wharf and told the dog to "Glt" Fido
obeyed with alacrlty and went up
the wharf's roadway in a cloud Of dust.
At the head Of the long wharf there
was a bold terrace Of a little park
whose Irish caretaker had turned out
to Craze his pair of pet goats, hitched
together with n short leash. The dog
dashed up the terrace and overlook the
frightened goats setting his jaws on
the leather leash with his best grip.
The goats leaped from the embank-
ment, carrying the dog with them, and
landed on n fruit pedder's doing
horse, goat on each side, like saddle
bags; the leash held, and so did the
bulldog. Down the wharf went the
outfit, and the terrified horse did not
pause when he reached the end; he
leaped over the rail of the Esmeralda
and went fiat on deck in n tangle Of
harness, goats and dog.
After matters had been set right, in
Guiding pay to the fruit merchant and
apologies to the goat owner, the cap
tain took Fido TO one side and dispar-
aged his intelligence, rapping his
knuckles once more on the newspaper
and informing the canine shopper that
he had not been sent for goats or ba-
nanas.
"JuSt minute, sirw broke in the
cook, who was listening "Do you no.
tice what you have been rapping your
hand On?'
The captain looked at the sheet. It
carried a big advertisement of book
beer with goat rampant in the middle
Of It.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
Its Oriuin.

"Good morrow. friend Brewster 90
Iuoth one Of the Pilgrim fathers, meet
Ing another on the streets of Salem.
"And where hast thou been this fine
nOrning?"
81 have tarried while at the jus
ice court, Friend Hooker. where with
right good will I did hear Justice
WinslOw, that gOOdly man. passing
sentence upon certain rOgues and
runagates, pestilent fellows and sturdy
beggars."
"And what disposition made the
good justice Of the case of Dame
KezIah, who was charged with being
common scoldw
"IIe did adjudge her guilty, and en-
treated her harshly withal. His SEN
tence was that she be bound in the
ducllng stool and immersed ten times
In the waters Of the bay"
"Ten times? Now who would have
believed that he would soak her that
hardw
Which was the origin of the express
siOn.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
Helmets Save Soldiers, Lives

A British medical correspondent
commenting upon some recent French
statistics, says: "Out of 50 cases of
head injury it was found, for exam
pie, that AZ occurred in soldiers who
wore no helmets. Among the AZ there
were % fractured skulls. The remain
Ing 10 cases suffered from severe scalp
wounds. Among the 13 cases which
wore helmets there was not a single
fracture of the skull; eight showed
some cOncussion effects, and five had
slight wounds. A considerable num-
Der of the unprotected cases died;
none Of the protected died. The most
significant fact which has emerged
since the helmet was introduced was
emphasized by Doctor Roussy at the
Academy of Medicine last year. He
said that the percentage of cases show
ing wounds in the head had increased.
The reason was, of course, that the
number of sudden deaths from the
cause had markedly decreased"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
$4,000 for Care Of Poodle.

Charleston, S. C.-Care of pet dog
will cost the estate of the late Mrs.
Frank Leslie, widow of the publisher,
$4,000, If the suit instituted by Miss
Anna S. Simons of this city is sue
cesSful.
Mrs. Leslie left the bulk of her
81, 100000 estate to suffrage, but she
also beQueathed $4,000 to Miss Sim
ons for services to her pet poodle.
This the Charleston girl spurns and
insists that the trouble she has to
undergo for the sake of the dog is
worth at least $4,000. On one oc-
casion, Miss Simons says, she was
abused by Mrs. Leslie because she
refused to take the dog out for ex-
ercise on Broadway while dressed only
in kimono. She claims she was
forced to take the pet out while clad
simply in a kimono and a raincoat.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
ChildrenIs Music.

We need more good music for chill
dren. We need music that will do
more than entertain them with Mother
Goose tales and simple incidents of
nature life. We need music which, in
the days when they are wax to receive
and marble to retain, will lift and in
spire them to the real thoughts that
are deep in our own hearts.
The great sentiments, the great
truths are simple. They are not too
hard for children. Many of these
things can be understood by children
alone. In our education we have
erred. We wait too long to tell our
children the big things of life. We
clutter them up with trifies. SO also
in music.
Minds, like bodies, can only grow
on real food.-New York Evening
Mail.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
Bathe In MoonlIoht.

The pale moonlight that bathes each
night the several hundred frame build
ngs at Fort Benjamin Harrison which
house the student officers and the reg
ular army men, shines also over the
rents Of two Indiana National Guard
companies, the first Indiana field hos
pltal and Ambulance Company No. /.
Late I'm the afternoon is bath time
with the student officers. and with the
regulars and the lighthouses, one for
each company, are about the busiest
places at the fort, especially after
round of trench-digging. But the men
Of the field hospital don't care for
bathing in the afternoon. Night time
Is the time for them. Their bnth-
houses are ms open as the air, the
bathing facilities provided consisting
only of showers set up in the open
back Of their camp. So, late in the
evening, guards are set ont, and forms,
pallid In the moonlight, emerge from
the tents, run to the showers, shlver
in the cold water and beat a hasty
retreat to the tents. - indianapolis
News.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20

Mr. Fuller In substance he is said
crucial times
benooves and all to the food supply
q Fuller Mr.. Fulers absence
Mr. Fuller home and put it
ohm T Mathis
which prohibits putting thus Quoth
"Apyst slgn?' Mr. Fuller demanded.
cantre Mr.. Mathis conceded
thatsa all
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20

WAR FACTORY OF $4,000
ARISES IN 18 MONTHS

London. - Leading Germans
admit that England's Industrial
mobilization for war was quick
er and more efficient than Ger
many's. What draws this aston
ishing statement from England's
enemies may be judged from the
following description of single
munitions factory, a plant in
Scotland, recently inspected by
King George:
Eighteen months ago the fac
tory did not exist; today it en-
ploys more than 1900 men and
5000 women operatives and a
staff of 700 men and nearly 500
women, while 10000 men are
still engaged in completing its
construction.
1T comprises an area of IL
square miles and has an internal
light railway system of nearly
100 miles. Two townships have
been built up by the munitions
department for the workpeople.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20

less than ten seconds we had fired our
first shell at her.
Passengers hurried for their life
preservers, but no one was unduly ex-
cited. Some say the first shell we
fired hit her, hut that was something
no one could tell. At any rate our
guns continued to fire for sevSR or
eight minutes, letting go thirteen
shells in all, and after that, there be-
ing no further sign or sight of the u
boat, we continued on our way.
"The captain Of our ship, at the first
warning. started to hit a zLgzag
course, and all the other measures
now used on liners to circumvent the
undersea boats were brought Into
play while the danger threatened.
Some of these measures are very
novel and ingenious and have helped
other ships as well as ours In wardlng
Off attacks. It was the opinion on
board that to escape as we did, with
the perlscOpe so near us was miracu-
lous.
1llC WIN oAEhNNN NAN hN@N
scope was the lookout on the port
gun. He had been scanning the
waters some time with his glasses
and was about TO lay them down for
minutes rest. However, whim
struck him to first count some ships
which lay together at anchor close to
the shore. He called to his mates as
he did so, beginning: 'One-two'-
then his glasses accidentally slipped In
his grip and fell on the precise spot
where the periscOpe was just poking
up its nose. He was so surprised
and taken aback that 1t was some sec
Onds before he could blurt out Perl
scoper No one else saw 1t, and
1t is certain that If he did not spot 1t
at the moment he did 1t would have
gained the necessary time to swing
into position to launch its torpedo.
Ruses to Lure Victims.
"The remainder of our trip passed
without exciting incident, although
we received the usual scares that are
passing up and down the ocean these
days.
"One of the ruses of submarines to
lure ships to destruction is to fit a
false exterior to the submarine and
equip her with a sail to present the
appearance of a small fishing boat.
Another is to put a cOllapsible lifebOat
in the water filed with dummy fig
ureS to look like the survivors of a
torpedoed ship and hide the periscOpe
behind her. Another is to capture a
small vessel, put an officer aboard and
maneuver her to conceal from an ap-
ship the half-submerged
which lies alongside.
There are others which 1t would not
be proper to disclose. A favorite
strategy of the submarine, which,
however, can only be worked at GER
tain hours of the day, Is to lay well
off in the path of the sea and when
a ship is seen and her course and
speed noted, to submerge and come up
at a convenient angle and
torpedo her"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20

of the the first floor but returned again
Of the hotel Mrs Hud
sad Of bold
Pepper
Mr. Hurd, that different
Pepper
unbeoming
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
Impor,an, to Mothers
PUPIL GAVE TEACHER AWAY
Told How Instructor Managed to HaVe
Students Always Make Perfect
Record in Examinations.

A schOOlteacher was recently COM
plimented on the success attending
the examination Of her pupils. When
n question was put every hand in the
class was raised. Although more than
n score of questions were asked, in no
instance was an incorrect answer
given.
One of the teachers whose pupils
did not acquit themselves very credit
ably made an investigation and sue
ceeded in gaining the. confidence of n
scholar under the care of her success
full colleague.
"NOw." she said, chow is 1t that all
Of you are able to reply to the ques-
tions?"
"But we're not"
"At all events you put up your
hands as If you WERE"
"Yes, we all put up our hands. But
those who don't know the answer put
up their left hands, and those who do
put up their right hands. The right
hand boys reply; the others don't"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20

him. Back of Charley Hart
shop made by pedestrians.
the Immediately
the skull
H. W. Reier
ground
pick reassembled itself is waiting night
proptious fol a roof.
history straight and the shadow of
declared skull
a but came a college cadaver
they
a vertebrae from
placed butcher jolly youths
make a
And
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20

A Philadelphia oyster dealer bears
the appropriate name Of Shellem.
To take machine Oil out Of white ma.
terials, dip the spot into cold water
while 1t is fresh.
The sleeping hours Of the animals
vary as greatly according to the fam
lilies to which they belong as do theil
other characteristics and habits.
With prices soaring everywhere,
MiddletOwn, DEL, has the distinction
Of being a town where a price hah
come down, dealers having reduced
milk from to Q cents q quart.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
The LItanx of Reduction.

The litany of reduction is exercise,
diet, abstinence and persplratiOn." Ex-
ercise continually. Exercise until you
are tired, and then don't rest, but get
up and exercise some more. Acquire
the art Of perspiring. If you once
make up your mind to it, you can re-
duce to the exact figure you desire.
But II takes patience and resolution.--
Exchang~
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20

that knoll the the of Storm
Island Atlantic sweeping beyond that
he made
New York 5GOdd the Dyckman
things
connecting with certain other public that of Fort Washington
which lies the southwark along the river
X. G. Billings
Dyckman street. at its northeast boundary
mile At the
price nothing
a thousand dollars Of S20O0O00"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
CONVERSATIONS

Rake over bare patches in the lawn
and SOW with good lawn grass seed.
An annual loss Of crops from in
sects in the United States is estimated
at s., POO, 100000.
Indications are that the hazelnut
and almond crops Of Catalonia, Spain,
will be normal ones.
Dealers throughout Australia note
an increasing demand for women's
hats and sports coats Of American
make.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20

A. L. Knisley of the United States
food laboratory here says that a much
smaller percentage Of bad eggs are
found in these shipments from China
than in the local commodity.
Two companies-one English and
one American-shell, pack and freeze
the eggs In China.
The eggs cost at least one-third less
than locals, 1t is said, because of the
smaller cost of production-not on the
part Of the hens-but Of laborers who
gather, pack and distribute them.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20

AstOr HOleI COmpany, New lOrk. Tie
action was tried before Justice Platt
and jury, and was brought as the re-
suit of alleged humiliating treatment
the plaintiff received from the hotel
management after embracing her hus-
band at the door of her room on the
evening Of August II last.
Mrs. Hurd was at the hotel with
a woman friend. Her husband arrived
at the hotel, and coming upon him un-
expectedly as she opened the door of
her room she threw her arms about his
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
Banluke Is the Latest.

In San Francisco the biggest musical
novelty of the season is the banjuke,
which looks like banjo, and, an en-
thusiast says, has all the "jazz" and
pep" of banjo, while it has the ap-
pealing sweetness of the ukele In
time, no doubt, it will move eastward
from the coast. Meanwhile, we can
wait. Boston Globe.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20

where Heller has been exercising
"watchful waiting" for many moons,
there was found a few days ago a
leering skull and bones, all pointing to
death and constituting basis for an In
vestigatiOn. From then on, according
to the best information available, the
disciple of Sherlock Holmes has fol-
lowed his pursuit, stalking ancient
clues to fruitless end.
One day found him so busily en-
gagged that an energetic telephone
central was unable to announce any
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20

up his pony or have the coachman stop
the horses when he got TO the top of a
high knoll not far from Dyckman
street and situated between Broadway
and the Hudson river, and he would
say to himself:
''This is Il view that everyone in
New York ought TO see. And some
day I'm going to buy all this land
hereabouts and give 1t to the public
as a park, so that everyone may en-
Joy It."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
prinoAas Many serves soun

London.-Princess Mary has been In
the garb of a munitions worker and
has rubbed shoulders with girls in the
factory and served them soup. Her
experience was got somewhere In Md
dlesex."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
Observation-Disclosures
7 BROTHERS DEAD OR
HURT, PASTOR ENLlSTS

Greencastle, Ind.-Rev. Thorn
as Young has resigned the pastor
ate of the Presbyterian church
of this city to enter the English
army. OF eight English broth
ers, he Is the only able-bodled
one left. The others have been
killed or wounded in the service
OF the British empire.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
nasrs KIll Ploc and PouItrv.

Nelson, B. C.-Black bears are raid
ing the farming districts in this vlcln-
ity. One big bear entered a pigsty,
killed a porker and ate part of the
carcass. Pigs and poultry have been
missed by many farmers.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
FROZEN EGGS FROM CHINA
Millions of Them Reach United
States by Way Of Pacific
Coast

Seattle, Wash.-Frozen eggs, ship
ped from China without shells, are
helping combat the high cost of living
on the Pacific coast and throughout
tie middle West.
In the ports of Seattle and San
Francisco S4,5OO,OO0 eggs arrive annu-
Nlly in tin cans containing 10 to so
pounds each.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20

and the impairment OF MT, FuIIeT
amiability. So one day week ago
he spent some ostentatious moments
In the garden and then went to the
front yard and put up a sign with big
red letters:
"Poison in this back yard. Look
out for your dogs and cats"
And the garden fourished and Mr..
Fuller beamed, but the Perslans and
the Spitzes languished indoors, and
such outdoor exercises as they got was
nt the end of stout. short tethers.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
Hasv Action Costs Hotel Management $2,5OO
And they made it.

AWLNG Dsbrow Hurd wife of Robert c. Hurd
in $500
Pnghkeepe her action for OOO amges aganst the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
Merry Youths "Panted" Bones to Make Story

CT PAULwhOse sku' That the question John Heller chief
Heller
deopmen
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
"Poison" Warning Effective as the Real Thing

Y a Ernest A Fuller had in
dapaon of the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20

When q widow makes up her mind
10 marry again, it is as good as done
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
His SpeclaltN.

Daughter-Mr. Herbert may not say
much he is man who does.
er-Yes-anybody he can.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
Palesef GOTHAM
i y5theECITIES /! e r
John D., Jr, Makes Princeb Gift to New York

NEW YoRKwhen John Rockefeller Jr little boy and went
this
noe OF Manhattan andhe used to pull
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20

1t is not so difficult to check the
high cost Of living when a fellows
checkbOok holds out.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
MISHAP REVEALS U.BOAT PERISCOPE

Of night laying mines, and every man.
jack of the IL of the crew were lined
up and shot.
Turned Back.
''The rest of the day passed without
incident, but at eight o'clock at night,
while under full heavy headway, we
deserted a dim light some distance in
front of us. AS it got nearer we could
see that 1t was a destroyer. She
hailed us and asked who we were. Our
bridge answered, and she then said :;
Turn around and go back to Blank
bay. You can't go out tonight"
We Immediately turned around,
and, when within talking distance of
her, were told the reasons for our be-
Ing detained. A ship two hours ahead
of us had been sunk, and during that
day six submarines had been charted
in the waters for which we were
headed
"The destroyer said she would lead
us to our anchor for the night. She
warned us to follow her wake exact
ly, as we were In waters prOfusely
sown with mines. Needless to say,
we went slowly, and straight, and an
chored in the place picked out for us.
"An order given by an officer to q
sailor was not reassuring: Put two
men out instead of one. 1t Is more
dangerous here than out to sea-
"And dangerous it seemed and
smelled! On shore searchlights were
continually playing, and out of the
darkness Morse signals occasionally
flashed.
Next morning the weather was
warm and clear and the sea perfectly
calm. All around us we saw the va
riOus agencies at work to combat the
submarine, but it would not be proper
for me to mention here the methods
and devices that are being used. 4
"Along about noon we noticed some
thing of a cOmmotiOn on the water
about a mile away, ships hurrying
and scurrying, and the boom of sew
eral guns being heard. What it was
all about we (the passengers) could
not tell, but some time later 1t leaked
out that 1t was submarine trying to
get into position to launch a torpedo
at us. In this aim she was frus-
trated by the vigilance of the patrol
and aircraft, which forced her away
from the locality.
'PeriscopeI'
"At five that evening we got word
to sail. We had no escort, being left !
to the protection of our own
guns. AS we passed out to sea we
were surprised to note an utter alb
sence of war or aircraft of any de- |
1t assuredly did not con-
duce to our peace of mind. Our ship |
was all eyes. Wherever you looked |
there were lookOuts, and passengers |
We'd with ship officers and men in
scanning the waters.
"At seven o'clock the lookout on the
port gun startled us all with the cry
Of 'Periscopen 1t was on the star
board side at the time, and we rushed
lcross the deck in time to hear the
Lieutenant from the bridge CALL
Two! Let her gO!'
1--WE looked to where the boys were
and there, off our port beam,
about half a mile away, lay the peri
scope, standing about three feet out of
water. At the command Let her gor
he gun was swung around, and in
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-20
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING.

On October 10, 1867, just fifty years
ago, J. N. Groshong and Susan Barnes
were married at St. Louis, just one half
mile from their present home. They
have always lived in Oregon.
The day was spent talking OF olden
days, and visiting. Ice. cream and cake
were served. At five a big supper was
served and the evening was spent in
PLAYING '"HG0''
About eleven the crowd departed
parted, wishing them many more years
of happy welded life.
A number Of useful and valuable pres
ents were received including china and
gold.
The following gentlemen with their
wives were in Atendante: j. N. Gros.
hong, J. B. Barnes, Il. o. Hickman,
Jasper Truliger, H.. " Koester, Chas.
Wampole, R. Alvin, H. Kirkwood, Gal.
braith R. 8. Marshall, A. Coffin, B. J,
Miller; others present were Mr.. Rigdon,
Mr.. Joe Groshong, AIRS. Vim. Bennett,
Mrs. L. Eppers, Mrs. Assesen, Mrs. Han
sen, Mr.. Christensen, Mrs. M. j. Who
berry, Mrs. Jane Basel, Mrs.. Joe Martin
Mrs. Nellie Eppers, Mrs. Briggs, Miss
Opal Whobery, Hazel and Edith VAN
pole, Leslie and Helen Eppers, Carl
Louis and Henry Kirkwood, Rodney and
Claude Martin, Katherine Marshall. An.
ME Baseel, Genevieve Briggs, Lorain
Atcheson, Constance Goffin.--Gervaie
Star,