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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-24
live Stock Quotations

CHICAGO-HOGS - Slow; bulk,
$17.10017.65; light, S17.10Q11.75;
mixed, S1695d 17.10; heavy, $1,000
1875; rough. $1610@166O: pigs,
25G17.25.
CATTLE-Weak; native steers,
S1O.S5617.25: stockers and feeders,
$S.30G1 go: cows and heiferS, 81 40
Q13.90; calves, S9@1475.
SHEEP-Eirm sheep, $13@1l.S5
lambs, S16.5O@21.SO
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-24
Hun Offensive May End in May.

Ottawa, April 24.-Reuter's limited,
correspondent at British headQuart-
ers in France, says according to Ger
man prisoners, leaves of absence will
be resumed in the German army early
in May. "Such action the despatch
says, suggests the enemy anticipates
a decision or the abandonment of the
offensive by then"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-24
Pure Blood Means Perfect
Health.

The average druggist has handled
hundreds of medicines in his day,
some of which have long since been
forgotten. :,
But there is one that has been sold
by the druggists throughout this
country, for more than fifty years,
and that is S. S. S., the reliable blood
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-24
Sabotage Bill Signed.

Washington, April 24.-President
Wilson signed the sabotage bill, car
rying penalties of $4,000 and thirty
years Imprisonment for destruction of
war materials or interference with
war industries
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-24
Protest Against Prize Fight.

st. Paul, Mimi, April 24.-More
than 100 Twin City residents, mostly
women ard clergymen, same to the
capitol, marched to the governors of
flee and formally protested against
the proposed Naturalization fight in
ST Paul on IulY 4
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-24
Hungarian Troops in West.

Washington, April 24.-DiplOmatic
dispatches from Berne said Hungari-
an troops have arrived in Belgium.
Many troop trains, it was said, have
passed through Licge. The presence
of many AuStrians was reported also
at Antwerp and GhenI
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-24
BASE BALL SCORES
Following is Result Of Games Played
Yesterday.
AMERICAN, LEAGUE.

At WaShington-Athlet 5 Wash
ington, 0. Batteries-MyerS, McAvoy ;
Dumont, AinSmith.
At EoS. on-BoSton, 1 New York, D.
Batteries Bush. Agnew: Thormah-
len, Hannah.
At Northumberland 8; st.
Louis. > Batteries-COmbe, O,Neil
Gailia. Nunamaker.
Chica go-DetrOit-Rain.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-24
The Weather.

Forecast fo" this section: Partly
cloudy today and probably tomorrow
westerly winds.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25
stoppinq the Ex.czar's Express.

The ex-czarina's belief in the I'M
speakable Rasputin proves that she
was of a strongly superstitious turn
of mind, and she is generally regarded
as the true maker of the revolution in
Russia, but an incident which occurred
whilst the ex-czar was travelling from
PetrOgrad to Moscow proves that the
superstition is not all on her side.
1t appears, says writer, that the
ex-czar wears ring in which he be-
lieves is embedded a fragment of the
true cross 1t was originally one of
the treasures of, the Vatican and was
presented to one of the czars prede-
oessors for diplomatic reasons. The
value he places on this suppositious
relic was proved when he accidentally
left it behind him when travelling to
Moscow. He had the train stopped
instantly, special express chartered
and trusty messenger sent post-haste
back to fetch the missing ring, nor
would he allow the train to bulge an.
inch till his messenger returned. hours
afterward, with the relic!
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25
Horse Breeding in Brazil.

Any project which has for its pur-
nose the betterment of animal breed
ing is certain to attract attention in
Brazil. since the country has come to
realize It's full possibilities in ranch
ing and similar operations, writes Con-
sui General Alfred L. NJ Bottschalk
Rio de Janeiro. The development has
been going on slowly and almost i'm
perceptibly for several years. Some
ranch owners at their own expense
have imported various types of cattle
and experimental individually with
crossbreeding. Work in this direction
also has been done by the National So
ciety of Agriculture in Rio de Ja-
neiro, seconded by state cattle asso-
Citations and ranehmen's leagues.
Recently a commission appointed by
the president of Brazil for the study
and conservation of the national re-
sources has been at work on census
of live stock, taken from the reports
Of municipalities.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25
Ship of Mystery.

The manufacture of large part of
machinery to replace anything broken
is almost impossible in the limited
space of the battleship's machine
shops. But wOndrous feats are per-
formed in the repair ships that ac-
company fleets on stations remote from
dock facilities, states British war
correspondent.
The repair ship is a huge floating
smithy and machine shop packed with
everything that the wit of man can
concentrate into the space for treating
wounded battleships. These ships EN-
ploy some of the best artificers from
our naval dock yards, and are scat
tered in every quarter in which the
British fleet is stationed remote from
dock facilities. The Boche has moth
ing like them, and it has been stated
that no inquisitive Boche has ever
been allowed to intrude his nose
aboard one to investigate its myster-
les and take the information to his
employers of how the strange feats
performed by the repair ship are eff
fected. The repair ship is the abode
of secrets.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25

in the case in the rear seat Of the au-
tomobile, and in the haste Of getting
away the girl l had befriended had ac-
cidentally carried the parcel away with
her own bundles.
l did not sleep that night. 1 saw the
futility of locating a girl in hiding. I
tried to secure a continuance of the
case in court the next morning, but it
was refused. The court was fairly in
session when q bailiff came into the
railinged space, where l sat, gloomy
and wretched, and handed me a note.
1t read: "Send officers to detain the
man in a checked suit near the door,
if he tries to leave. Meantime, see
me-"
l lifted my eyes. A woman wearing
a heavy veil had arisen and moved her
hand as If to indicate that she was
my mysterious correspondent. / went
to her side. Her first astonishing act
was to hand me the missing package; /;
her next to lift her veil. She was the
companion of my midnight automobile
drive.
81 am Elsa Deane," she said simply.
81 fortunately looked over those pa
pers and was fully enlightened. The
man in the checked suit yonder is the
one of the conspirators who signed the
agreement which certified"
Her evidence sent the forger and the
promoter to prison and saved my client
thirty-fve thousand dollars. We
spared the relatives who had held her
captive for a bribe.
We needed q stenographer at the Of
fee and I told Miss Deane so, and the
firm, approaching her splendid part in
the case, made her an unusual salary
offer.
And In four months l found l need
ed a wife, and who should l look to
but Elsa, who had helped me win my
first case
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25

collect her bundles. Then she gave me
a grateful glance.
II thank you from the bottom OF my
heart" she said, and somehow | longed
to know more OF her, as she vanished
around a corner from my view,
l longed 70 see her far more urgent
ly an hour later. Why, shall have TO
explain. was young lawyer and ]
was due at the city the next day ON my
first test case, or course / represent
ed my firm, but II met with success
II would be a great start In a prOmls'
Ing legal career
Briefly, the case was this; Adam
Moore, lifelong client Of the firm,
had died, and the week following dis
reputable mining promoter presented
his note for thirty-flve thousand dol
lars. due on demand. for half inter-
est in a patent of no value, hnwked
abound the market unsuccessfully for
some years. The promoter showed
also q signed agreement proving the
deal. This was duly attested by q
stenographer and notary public, Miss
Elsa Deane.
There was no doubt but that Mr..
Moore had held some correspondence
with the promoter but the daughter
and legatee of Mr. Moore declared that
upon the day note and agreement were
dated, her father was automobiling
two hundred miles distant and could
not have been In the city on that day.
Further, although the signature was
well counterfelted. 1t was a forgery.
One contention was that the prom teg,
hearing of the death of Mr. Moore, had
hurriedly set up plot from VIII he
hoped to reap a rich harvest.
A singular circumstance was that we
had not been able to locate this Miss
Deane, who had given up her position
by telephone the day after the agree
ment was acknowledged.
And now for the climax! / haG set
my satchel and a roll of documents
comprising copies of all the papers
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25

monsters, and the air by winged crea'
lures. The submarine and airplane
are merely limitations, and the very
cOlorS and shapes of these forms have
been found TO be the most protective.
In the gIistening snowy wastes of
the North, He has taken upon itself
through long ages of trial and error
white raiment initiative of the white
stretches surrounding them. This Is
both protective and destructive in its
use.
Take. for example, the polar bear.
Swimming through ice-brOken seas, or
clambering over snowy mountains, 1t
is enabled by its color to approach
within striking distances of its prey.
Other animals of the far North or of
snow-covered countries, like the white
fox the penguin, the ptarmigan and
the white owl, are armed with the
same adaptive covering.
In the tropics and jungle regions are
found the most astonishing examples
of imitation and mimicry. Here is a
prOfuse specialization of color and pat
tern to harmonize and fuse with the
usual environment, in order to render
the bearer indistinguishable, or to sim
ulate with fidelity some particular OBJ
iect. The spotted skin Of the leopard
dull orange and black, is natures way
of protecting this animal from the eyes
of the hunter, for the colorations are
in harmony with the mottled lights and
shades of the sun-flecked jungles. The
tiger, giraffe, zebra and other African
Wild beasts, are covered with stripes
representing the barred lights of safar-
Hand.
The camoufage of the butterfly is
the most astonishing of any creature.
Notified wings, gay-cOlored markings
initiate the hues of flowers on which
the butterfly rests and feeds. A pass
ing bird, ever on the lookout for some
such dainty morsel, passes over, seeing
only a vivid-hued mass of petals. Bur
nished beetles, painted dragon flies,
green katydids, lichen spiders and
countless other forms of life which in
habit the plant sphere, might be cited.
Everyone is acquainted with the
grass snakes, sand snakes and tree
snakes, which hide easily In their re-
spective environments. How like some
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25
HOW CAMEL WAS PERSUADED
Beast, Resented Carrying Bushman's
TealSettle, and Was Lead to Be.
Ieve Rider Did the Work.

In 1866 camels from India were first
brought TO Australia for general sery-
ice says Norman Duncan in his book,
australian Byways." II was happy
experiment. A herd OF more than GOO
arrived with their Afghan masters In
1884. II Is estimated that there are
now 10000 camels at labor In the dry,
back regions OF the commonwealth, An
Australian loves horse and respects
the sturdy worth Of bullock; he re-
CARDS camel, however, with tolerance
rather than appreciation, and will not
employ so outlandlsh and perverse
beast except to the great advantage of
his needs.
1--WE used to think" said Jerry, the
camel driver employed by the author,
that we couldn't get along without the
'Ghnns."
"Surely they know how to take care
Of camels7" asked.
"No fear!" Jerry scoffed. "They had
a lot Of uperstitions-like curing
camel with a necklace of blue bends
and that's about all. The government
breeds better camels now. That's only
natural; we're white. don't mean to
say, though, that we've bred the devil
out of our camels. Sometimes l lose
patience with the brutes.
"a couple of years ago I was travel
ing to the north Of this with q train
Of four pack camels. One morning
when was packing found that had
forgotten to stow away a billy can
(Bushman's teakettle). When I picked
that little billy can up and made for
the nearest camel, meaning to hang 1t
on his pack he began to double and
groan, as If it wasn't his billy can and
he wasn't going TO carry more than his
share, and what did / mean anyhow
by proposing to overload Il poor camel
that way? So to make things easy
switched off to the next camel. And
he began to grOan. They all groaned.
Not one of them would have that little
billy can on his back.
"Well, I was disgusted. Instead of
hanging it on pack / mounted my
riding camel, with the billy can in my
hands. He was Mortified. Goodness,
how he bawled! When he got up he
was bawllng still. Wouldn't move
step! And then ! leaned forward and
shook that billy can in his face. And
that satisfied him. on he went with
out murmur. Why? l reckon he
thought / was carrying that billy can"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25

deadly snake Is the long, smOoth-bar-
relied gun, lying In wait behind Il pre-
pared mound Of surf for the enemy to
appear.
COncealng of trenches is but an lml.
tation of the instructive protection pre-
pared over the burrows and holes of
wild animals.
When fighting in a desert land or an
arid country, the trenches are hidden
with sand emplacements-if the vi.
cinity Is wooded or brush covered, hur-
dies Of woven withes, faselnes, shrub
berry, and hedges are employed to hide
the actions of the opposing forces.
The uniforms which our soldiers have
adopted are those which most readily
fuse into the topography.
A comparison of the natural instinc-
tive cOncealment practiced by the hunt
er and hunted animal, with the ca
mounage OF our soldiery, will render
more clearly the imitation practiced
by man.
In the jungle a huge python lies
hidden from its prey. waiting. 1t re-
sembles some twisted, fallen branch,
and Is unnoticed by the small-furred
creatures which pass near. Suddenly
the python strikes, the captured crea'
ture is crushed and disappears into
the gorge of the hunter. Another in
stance is the tree toad, which cllngs
like some green bough of tree, and
seems to be a knot or lump in the
wood Through the entire day 1t will
hang there, while flies and butterflies
hover near without fear, only to be
snapped up by n long, fOrked tongue,
the prey of the willy hunter.
One of the adaptable and known
forms is the chameleon or salamander,
which changes its hue to fit the color
of the object on which it rests.
Fish of the stream and lakes are
dappled or striped with coloratlon
which fuses into the bed or rush-cov-
cred depths of the water, whereas the
fish of deep seas are frequently dark
in color to render them indistinguish-
able from their enemies.
Man has constructed the submarine
TO course the ocean depths, initiating
in shape and dark hue the sea mon
sters. He has produced winged ma
chine, along the lines Of a bird or but
terfly, and has painted it white that
he may speed among the clouds un-
seen. Recently, however, a new mode
of mimicry has been used by the war
ring nations. Just as many of the
bright-plumaged birds and gay butter.
flies use their brilliant raiment for at
traction, squadrons of our war air
planes are being lavishly coated with
Kaleidoscope cOlors to attract the en-
| emy into a danger zone, where su-
periority of numbers lie.
The old way of fighting battles and
of laying siege with all due formality,
is past. The weapons utilized in the
present day force the cOntending ma
tions to invent every manner of shell
ter and protection. No longer do ar
mics meet armies on the open plain,
necessitating usually stronger force
| to win the battle. Science in every
phase has stepped into the ranks and
! forced the warriors to become elec-
tricians, sappers, chemists. Invention
today is the mainstay of fighting prog
ress, and yet, what is our invention
but a means of overcoming as nature
has taught her children for aeons?
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25
HONGKoNG USING M0TORCARs
Automobile Boom Reported in the COL
ony and Many Cars Being Or
dered From United States.

The use of motorcars in HOngkong
is comparatively limited, but at pres
ent there may be said to be almost an
automobile boom in the colony. Ihe
colonial government, recognizing the
increased demand for automobile roads
as q means of healthful recreation, ana
also as a means of opening up resi-
dental sections not now in use, mas
announced a comprehensive policy OF
road building and road Improvement
which in fact already is under way
according to Commerce Reports. Sew
eral enterprises are on foot in the col
ony which demand increased and I'M
proyed means of transportation to and
from the outlying districts. The
wealthier Chinese residents have ia
ken to automobiling most enthusiastic
ally. and are by far the best customers
os the public garages. The use of au-
tomobiles by private owners also Is
generally on the increase.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25
JUST COUNTS IDEA OF Joke
Ghastly Trick Played on Maud Allen
During Performance OF "Salome"
in Budapest.

There are, of course, jokes anu
Jokes, especially practical ones aS
Miss Maud Allen, the dancer, found 10
her cost when giving a special per-
formance of "Salome" at Budapest
some time before the war:
AS she approached the dellrious
climax of the dance, where Salome
kisses the severed head of John the
Baptist, she suddenly realized that she
was holding the actual head of dead
man.
She managed to go through the few
remaining movements until the fall OF
the curtain. Then she collapsed.
Inquiries elected that certain
Count Zichy, a great Hungarian noble
man, had substituted the head of
recently executed criminal for the
papier-mache head usually used in the
dance.
ut was" adds Miss Allen dryly IN
telling the story, 1.-The counts idea of
n practical joke"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25

During the past few months the
number of cars in use has grown rap
idly; there are more garages, and
good volume of orders has been placed.
There are now licensed in the colony
125 motOrcars and 118 motorcycles,
compared with 1O5 cars and 81 motor
cycles in December, 1915. A canvass
of the dealers and garages indicates
that between 25 and 30 new cars have
been ordered, all from the United
States. Most of them are popular
priced machines, but there is an In
creasing demand for the higher-grade
ones. An order for IL placed by one
garage included five of high grade. In
spite of excessive freight rates, the
demand promises to continue for
some time, although the market may
easily be OverstOcked.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Has been used for all ailments that
are caused by disOrdered stomach
and inactive liver, such as sick head
ache, constipation, sour stomach,
nervous indigestion, fermentation of
food, palpitation of the heart caused by
gases in the stomach. August Flower
is gentle laxative, regulates digestion
both in stomach and intestines, cleans
and sweetens the stomach and alimen-
tary canal, stimulates the liver to Sc
crete the bile and impurities from the
blood. Sold in all civilized countries.
30 and 90 cent bott1es.-Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25
irish Crop Report.

According to the agricultural statis-
tics of Ireland the total acreage under
crops in 1916 was 4.806,575. The acre
age under crops the past year was
$50, ,453, showing an increase of 763,-
S7S acres, or 16 per cent. The total
area under potatoes in 1917 was 7O9,-
28S acres, as compared with 5S6,3O8
acres in 1915, an increase of 122,955, or
81 per cent; under hay, 1852, ,723 acres,
as compared with 2,406,247 acres in
1915, an increase Of 126,476 acres, or
5.3 per cent.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25
Enr Achinn Feet.

For burning, swollen feet soak them
every night In a solution Of soda wa
ter. Put a handful or more OF bicar-
Donate of soda in the foot tub VII
sufficient very hot water to cover tie
feet. Keep adding more hot water
as needed. After this, rub well into
the bunion and other sore joints
iehthyol ointment. Wrap feet in cloth.
or put old stockings on to protect bed.
Use some kind of foot ease in your
shoes,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25

A new electrically lighted egg can
dler prints names, dates or other in
scriptions on eggs with a rubber stamp
as they are inserted into it.
The high price of gasoline is said to
be creating new demand for electric
vehicles for both pleasure and CONNER
cial purposes in the United Kingdom.
On April H. 1885, the first vedalia
were allowed to escape from tent in
an orchard in southern California. In
two years this lady bird had cleaned
the trees of the devastating icerya or
cushiOny cotton scale.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25

Pulverized limestone continues to be
In favor as q soil sweetener or fertil-
izer, according to the United States
geological survey. Since the figures
of production were first compiled in
1911 the industry has steadily In
creased, and the output for 1915 Of L.
O6e,376 short tons, valued at 81, 49,
$50, represents a gain of 512 per cent
In quantity and 400 per cent in value
for the six years.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25

identifying you? Nobody would care
a rap whether you were Pete or Jim
or the kid that lives over the bakery.
The real purpose of the head is to
be a packing case for the brain, and
the brain is machine for the manu-
facture of thoughts. So you want to
learn how to run 1t and how to keep
it clean and well oiled. You want to
learn how to use 1t, no matter what
comes up-in an emergency just as
well as in contest to guess how many
beans there are in Jar. There's
heap of difference between thinking
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25
Gratitude EverYwhere.

Livingstone, who spent most Of his
life in a hostile wilderness among VIII
lainous slave traders and cruel heath.
en-, nevertheless said: "A kind word or
deed is never lost" There is no ex-
cuse in civilized surroundings, notes an
exchange, for the complainer who ina
Eists that everyone iS ungrateful.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25
HEAD AND BRAIN 1T HOUSES
Thought Machine Should Be Kept Well
Oiled and in Good Condition for
Duty 1t Must Perform.

Every boy has head topside his
neck. This head was not put there
by accident, nor as ornamental bric-
a-brac, says The American Boy. OF
course, the head, being equipped with
a face, is useful as a means of identi-
fication, but If that was all it was
good for what would be the use Of
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25

Australia is reported to be the CHIEF
source of the worlds wool supply
though it is said that South America
and Australia have about the salne
number of sheep, approximately 1oo'-
100000.
The method of cultivation of SILK, the
rearing Of the worm and the reeilns
and weaving have not materially
changed in China for hundreds OF
wears. Old Chinese prints show that
the methods in vogue today are much
the same as those employed 5000 years
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25
"a "a Va "a A R "a "a pa - VA
TRUMPET BLASTS
nnnmnnnR "a A "a IA Ea "a

The law in Switzerland protecting
rare plants is so strict that to be found
in possession of specimens illeglti-
mately collected is penal offense.
Sex distinction in animals has been
known since the dawn of history, but
proof of the sexuality of plants was
first made known by Camerarius In
1901
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25

Joppa, the port of jerusalem, con-
tains several mosques and churches,
converts, and fine gardens. 1t exports
chiefly oranges, corn, wine, and soap.
II figured largely in the Crusades and
in 1899 was captured by Napoleon. The
population is estimated at nearly
10000,