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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11

English general. With Il smile he ro-
piled:
well you see, if all the English gen
erals were killed, there would be no
one left to make costly mistakes"
shut him up, he was getting toO
fresh for prisoner. After a while he
wInked at me and winked back then
the escort came to take the prisoners
to the rear. ! shook hands and wished
him "The best of luck and safe jour
ney to Bllghty."
/ liked that prisoner he was a nne
fellow, had an Iron Cross, too. l ad"
vised him to keep 1t out of sight, or
some Tommy would be sending 1t home
to his girl in Bllghty as souvenir.
One dark and rainy night while on
guard we were looking over the top
from the fire step of our frOnt-line
trench, when we heard a noise imme-
diately in front of our barbed wire.
The sentry next to me challenged,
Halt, who comes there?" and brought
his rifle to the aim. His challenge was
answered In German. A captain In the
next traverse climbed upon the sand
bagged parapet to investigated brave
but foolhardy deed-"Crack" went a
bullet and he tumbled back into the
trench with hole through his stomach
and died few minutes later. A lance
corporal in the next platoon was so en-
ragged at the captains death that he
chucked Mills bomb in the direction
of the noise with the shouted warning
to us: Duck your nappers, my lucky
lads" A sharp dynamite report, fare
in front of us, and then silence.
We Immediately sent up two star
shells. and in their light could see two
dark forms lying on the ground close
to our wire. A sergeant and four
stretcher-bearers went out in front and
soon returned, carrying two limp
bodies. Down In the dugout, in the
filckering light Of three candles, we
saw that they were two German off,
GERS, one captain and the other an
''unteroffizier," rank one grade higher
than n sergeant general, but below the
grade of lieutenant.
The captains face had been almost
completely torn away by the bombs
explosion. The unterofiizier was alive,
breathing with difficulty. In few min
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11

Equipment for Sheep Breeding.

EQUIPMENT IOT SlCCP OIVC1ibSs
Equipment for raising sheep on
farms need not be expensive. In mild
ATTITUDES little housing is needed, and
the main need is for fencing and pas
lures of sufficient number and size to
allow frequent changing Of tlOcks to
fresh ground to insure health. Where
winters are longer and more severe,
buildings and sheds are necessary to
furnish protection from storms, though
no special provisions are needed for
warmth. Dryness, good ventilation
and freedom from drafts ere the first
requisites of buildings for sheep. Con-
venience in feeding and 7hepherding
must also be held in mind in locating
and planning such buildings or sheds.
Small flOcks can be careI for in Sec
tiOns of barns having stahing or feed
storage for other stock. but with a
flock of, say, 100 ewes, separate build
ings are desirable. The interior ar
rangement of these buildings should
be such as to require a minimum OF
labor and the least possible moving OF
the ewes in doing the feeding and
caring for them during the lambing
season. A building of this type can
also be utilized for fattening pur-
chased lambs to be disposed Of before
lambing begins in the regular farm
flock. A good supply of feed racks,
grain troughs, etc, can b0 provided at
small expense and will save labor and
prevent waste of feed.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11
CHAPTER XIx-contInued.

At one point of the line where the
trenches we're very close, a stake was
driven into the ground midway DE-
tween the hostile lines. At night when
IL was his turn, Tommy would craWi
to this stake and attach some LONDON
papers to 1t, while at the foot he w0uld
place tins of bully beef, fags, sWeets'
and other delicacles that he had re-
ceived from Blighty in the ever looked
for parcel. Later on Fritz wouid come
out and get these luxuries.
The next night Tommy would go out
to see what Fritz put into his stocking.
The donation generally consisted OF
paper from Berlin, telling who was
winning the war, some timed SauSages'
cigars, and occasionally a little Deer'
but d funny thing. Tommy never re-
turned with the beer unless 1t was In
side of him. His platoon got whlf OF
his breath one night and the offending
Tommy lost his job.
One night young English sergeant
crawled to the stake and as he tried TO
detach the German paper a bomb ex-
ploded and mangled him horribly. Fritz
had set a trap and gained another VIC
tim which was only one more black
mark against him in the book OF this
war. From that time on diplomatic re-
iations were severed.
Returning to Tommy, think his
spirit is best shown in the questions he
asks. 1t is never "whO is going to win
but always chow long will 1t takeT
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11
LONG HOLY PLACES
ShrineS That Are Held in vener-
alton by MoSIems.
All True Followers Of Mahomet Eager
That Their Last Resting Place
Shall Be Near Those Of
Their Great Apostles.

Near 10 the resting place Of the
first great apostles of their faith It Is
the dearest wish of all piOus Moham'
medans 10 lie after death.
The shrines of Nujaf, Kerhela and
Kazimain, the resting places of ALL
HusSein, and the seventh and ninth
Imams, lie on the edge of the desert
in the country British troops now oc-
cupy in MesopOtamla.
One often meets Il corpse on the
road packed in II long crate or bundle
of palm leaves and slung across the
back of m ass. says Edmund Chahd'
Ter, the press representative In the
MesopOtamian forces, The pilgrim be-
hind is taking his relative 10 swell the
population of the cities of the dead
by which these sancluarles are sur
rounded.
OF the three ShrineS, Nu1Hr Is the
richest, and to some minds the most
sacred. Like KaZiuain, 1t is aP
preached by horse car line. The cars
are not of the pattern of those that
ply in European cities ] believe the
few British soldiers VINO have seen
them rank them with the Clock tower
In the mosque as first among tie Hons
Of MeSopOtamta.
IN peace time The dead come from
wide radius The donkey with the
bundle like a mig carpet bag on its
back draped III waffle or rich SILK
according to the means of the pilgrim
may have come all the way from Box
hura. \ few years ago corpse ar
rived from the Persian embassy at
Paris.
The rich as Il rule are buried IN
the shrine itself. The fee for inter
ment in the mosque is $3.50. For
burial outside the walls Of the city
the pilgrim pays anything from four
to ten rupee (two 10 five dOllars). ac-
c0rding to the distance he has come.
Many pilgrims buy houses ia Ma
laf, ana thus the place is gradually
becoming city of the dead. Nine
houses out of ten have graves In them.
Sometimes the building is nothing else
than tomb.
Najaf has proved impregnable to
| Wahhabi ana Beduuin. 1t Is believed
to be fnbulously rich There are two
! stores of treasure. The old treasury
! has not been opened since the visit OF
Slur Nusir-ud-Din, 80 years ago. 1t Is
| buried in II vault and built over with
brick and lime. with no door or key or
window by way OF entrance. The new
| treasure Is in the Keeping of the KIND
dar-g0ld and silver and jewels, and
precious stones, silks, and shawls, and
pcurled curtains.
one of the first gifts for the shrines
to reach Bagdud after our troops en-
/ tered the city were four curved
swords of gold, with diamonds on the
sheath and hilt They had been dis
| patched from COnstantinople to Bag
! dad when the British menace was re-
gurded as madman's dream, and bore
the inscription, From the servant Of
all pious MOSlemS Enver Bey.'
No doubt they were intended to
symbolic the might whereby the
Turks would defend the city against
their hated foes, the Christians.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11
Has Artificial Ventilation.

A French fort at Verdun has ar
riticiuI ventilation. II Is described
by Mai. Gen. Charles A Clement,
L. 5. A., who visited the hring line.
A fort, looked on us the best that
French engineering skin could build,
was made of re.enforced concrete, eX-
tending lnuny feet under ground. ana
stood near the site of the stronghold
referred to. 1t was smashed TO al
ons by tile GerInahs but the French,
even as the pieces We're dying about
them, constructed a new subierra-
mean fort Of rock ana granite which
etfecuIaly resisted the attacks of the
enemy This fort General Clement de-
scribes as somewhat resembling an an
thractte coal mine He said that The
air in the forts hospital was pure and,
despite the fact that no sunlight ever
penetrated the place. the conditions
compared favorubly with those of sim
liar institutions on the surface Of the
earth
The foregoing description gives us
a glimpse Of French efficiency display
ed in their defense Of Verdun.-POpu-
lar Science Monthly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11

Mrs. Scott Lee, an aged negro wom-
an, is happy because she has found n
way at last to cheer the soldiers on
their way as they pass through here en-
route from camp to coast for overseas
service, according to an Ashtabula dis
patch to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mrs. Lee, who lives near railroad
track, looked wistfully at the troop
trains as they sped through, wondering
if there was any way in which she
could make long trip more pleasant
for the men. But the trains went
through so fast she almost despalred
until she finally hit upon a scheme that
works to perfection. She got a long
pole, and to it she fastens bundles Of
magazines and lunches, and as the
trains whiz past she stands on the
station platform and reaches her gifts
to the men as they lean from the car
windows.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11
MIGHT HAVE BEEN STARTLING
Just a Possibility That There Was
Method In Passengers Remarkable
Exhibition OF Drowsiness.

One afternoon, in a train running
over an Illinois line. an amusing con-
versatiOn took place between the con-
ductOr and passenger who appeared
TO be under the influence of liquor.
The passenger was looping against
the window sill and acting sleepy.
"Wake up and gimme your ticket"
grOwled the conductor.
No move.
Once more the pasteb0ard collector
adm0nished his snoopy (Or boozy) pas
senger to awaken and dig up some sort
Of transportation.
Still no move.
The conductor went through ne
train and punched the local tickets.
Then he returned by that time The
train had gone past two stations.
Say, now, come out of the dumps
and give me your ticket or off you go!
snorted the conductor aS he grabbed
the fellow rudely by the arm. The
passenger revived slightly. but quick
ly sank back agaiEst the window sill
again.
where is your IicketT demanded
the tranman gruiiiy You certainly
have one somewhere about your per
son -
The fellow offered no answer. At
mat the conductor grabbed him by the
collar ana yanksd him 10 his feet, but
he sank back Imply into the seat.
SEEING the man by the collar again
the conductor shook him roughly and
yelled with mouth close to ear:
"Confouhd your pesky skin; I've
searched all Of your pockets and you
haven't ticket anywhere on you"
The passenger, slightly awakened
from his stupor, blandly replied:
We'll, then, never mind. Let er
go. / amt g0in great way any
how !" And he wasn't. He stepped
of at the next station.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11

The aged joke about the milkman
who was wont to increase the product
of his cows by frequent manipulations
Of the pump handle has served its day,
and it is hoped that no basis for it
exists. But it is still true, and always
will be true, that the milking COW re-
quires plenty of water. The water,
however, is given to the COW, and Is
not administered directly to the milk.
Stale or impure water is distasteful
to the COW, and she will not drink
enough for maximum milk production.
Such water may carry disease germs
and make the milk unsafe for human
use or be dangerous to the COW.
In cold weather, when cows are
stabbed most of the time, they should
be watered two or three times day
unless arrangements have been made
to keep water before them constantly.
If possible, the water should be Is or
20 degrees above the freezing point,
and should be supplied at practically
the same temperature every day.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11
(To BE CoNTINUEDl
ADDING HORROR TO SITUATION
Conversation as Reported by Boston
"Humorist" Would Seem to About
Approach the Limit.

1.-THE coal situation is getting very
accuse, isn't it?" asked ma, as she
looked over the morning paper.
"Yes," said Peggy. Il was reading
where Mr.. StOmorrOw, the fuel demon
stratOr. is trying to get coal from the
minds"
''But the paper says there is short
age of anthrax COAL" interrupted ma.
"and that we should use voluminous
coal"
Not 'voluminous,' ma corrected
Peggy, "buytoomany coal"
"I don't care what they call it," said
ma, "you can't get any, anyhow. It's
Just too aggregating for words. A
pound Of sugar or hod OF coal today
Is worth more than all the wealth OF
the ancient inkstands."
"Who we're them?" asked Peggy.
~Them was Indians as used to live
down in Texaco," ma told her. "It does
look as II this war would never ter
minal."
''It win be terrible If the Russians
continue their armature with the Ger
mans, wouldn't 1t, mai"
"Oh. he's a terrible, terrible man"
sighed ma.
Whom is?" asked Peggy.
why" said ma, as she went to geo
dinner, "who but the geyserT-Joe
Toye IN the Boston Post
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11
IA Above Gosslp.

Gossiping is about the most useless
kind of work one could possibly en-
gage in. How much better and more
charitable 1t Is to turn a deaf ear to
cruel truths, to honorably keep silent
about what we have heard, and at the
same time give the unfortunate person
in the case the benefit Of our doubt
"Small wits talk much" is an old say
ing and a true one. The girl or woman
who would be truly happy. and who
incidentally would make others happy,
should wisely think twice before she
speaks, and then should put into words
only thoughts that are cheering and
charitable.-New York Evening Mail.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11
Straw Hat Memories.

The steel helmet has its uses when
it rains shell fragments. But its little
days will pass like every fad. The
campaign hat is picturesque, but can
1t hope TO match It's charRs against
the lid of hay? The bonnet de police.
vest pocket size. is quite the proper
thing these days, but it will hardly
take the place in future years of thar
boon of civilian life. the straw.
So here's to the grass top, and to the
time when thrones, autOcracies, spiked
helmets and the like are laid upon the
scrap heap and we stand before the
mirrOr-shirted, shaved and snug. and
as we fit straw pile to our mob, de
mand, How does she fit, old boy?"-
From the Spiker, France.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11

st. Louis has catacombs. like those
of Paris. The mining Of clay for brick
and other products has left many
chambers and tunnels beneath the out
lying districts, us the quarrying OF
stone for building materials long ago
has undermined certain European
cities. But ST. Louis has taken warn
ing from the unstable foundations OF
Paris and Rome and has abandoned ii
bill authorizing further excavation un-
der Forest park, in the belief that al
sufficient problem in the hundreds OF
acres already undermined is left as
legacy to future st. Louisans." The
actuality Of the danger has been shown
by frequent caveins but New York
still goes serenely on over the thin
crust that covers nothing but "cata-
combs."-New York Evening Post.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11

From New York he had gone to Lon
don. where he worked as a waiter in
the Hotel Russell. Just before the war
he went home to Germany to see his
parents. the war came and he was con-
scripted.
He told me he wns very sorry to
hear that London was in ruins from
the Zeppelin raids. 1 could not con-
vince him otherwise, for hadn't he seen
moving pictures In one Of the German
cities of st. Pauls cathedral In ruins.
1 changed the subject because he
was so stubborn In his belief. II was
my intention to try and pump him for
information as to the methods OF the
German snipers, who had been caus-
ing us trouble In the last few days.
broached the subject and he shut
up like clam. After few minutes
he very innocently said:
German snipers get paid rewards
for killing the English"
l eagerly asked, What are theyT
He answered:
"For killing or wOunding an Engilsh
private, the Sniper gets one mark. For
killing or wounding IN English officer
he gets Ave marks, but II he kills Red
Cap or English general, the sniper gets
twenty-One days tied to the wheel Of Il
timber as punishment for his careleGs-
ness"
Then he paused. waiting for me to
bite. suppose.
bit all right and asked him why the
sniper was punished for killing an
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11

utes he opened iiiD eyes and blinRed ID
the glare OF the candles.
The pair had evidently been drink
Ing heavily. for the alcohol fumes were
sickening and completely pervaded the
dugOut. l turned away In disgust
hating TO see man cross the Great D'
vide full OF booze.
One Of our officers could speak Ger
man and he questioned the dying man.
In a faint voice, interrupted by fr'--
quent hiccOughs, the unteroffizler told
his story.
There had been drinking bout
among the officers In one Of the Ger
man dugouts, the main beverage being
champagne. With a drunken leer he
informed us that champagne was plen-
tIful on their side and that II did not
cost them anything either. About seven
that night the conversation had turned
to the Contemplate" English, and the
captain had made a wager that he
would hang his cap on the English
barbed wire to show his contempt for
the English sentries. The wager was
accepted At eight o'clock the captain
and he had crept out into No Mans
Land to carry out this wager. I
They had gotten about halfway
across when the drink took effect and
the captain fell asleep. After about
two hours OF vain attempts the untcr-
ofTizier had at last succeeded In wax
ing the captain, reminded him OF his
bet, and warned him that he would bo
the laughing stock Of the officers mess
II he did not accomplish his object but
the captain was trembling all over and
insisted on returning to the German
lines. In the darkness they lost their
bearings and crawled toward the Eng
lish trenches. They reached the barbed
wire and we're suddenly challenged by
our sentry. Being too drunk to realize
that the challenge was in English, the
captain refused to crawl back. Finally
the unteroffizier convinced his superior
that they were in front Of the English
wire. Realizing this too late, the cap
tain drew his revolver and with NUT
tered curse fired blindly toward Ou7
trench. His bullet no doubt killed our
captain.
Then the bomb came over and there
he was, dying-and a good job too, we
thought The captain dead? Well. his
men wouldn't weep at the news.
Without giving us any further infor-
nation the unterofTizier died.
We searched the bodies for identtfi-
cation disks but they had left every
thing behind before starting on their
foolhardy errand.
Next afternoon we buried them in
our little cemetery apart from the
graves of the Tommies. If you ever
20 into that cemetery you will see two
little wooden crosses in the corner 0t
the cemetery set away from the rest.
They read:
Captain
German Army
Died - 1916
Unknown
II. /. p.
Untcroffizier
German Army
Died - 1916
Unknown
X. /. z.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11
Mo Mosnuitoes on Hoo Island.

officials of the United States ship
ping board state that they believe that
Hog island, now the center of vast
shipbuiIding industry, is effectually
rid Of mosquitoes. The work involved
the draining of marsh 25 miles long
at q cost of $250,0OO New Jersey has
been reluctant to take. such steps. but
since witnessing this achievement it
has decided to expend $15O,0O0 to
drain the Newark meadows near the
Submarine Boat Corporation plant
and has instituted work at the Cam
den yards across the river from Hog
island,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11

The authorities of Albany, Ore, and
everywhere else are trying to declpher
this message:
"P-n-7-3-a-r-ll-w."
1t was written Oh piece of note
paper brought here by a strange car
rier pigeon, which died very soon after
it was found on the street.
The bird was identified as species
of California desert quail, not found in
any part of Oregon save possibly in
the southeastern portion. The bird
refused food and water and was ex-
hausted.
A piece of string which bound the
message to the birds leg was olive
lrab in color and might have been un-
ravpled from an army uniform.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11
CHAPTER Xxx.
"chats With Fritz"

We were swimming In money, from
the receipts of our theatrical venture,
and hud forgotten all about the war,
when an order came through that our
brigade would again take over their
sector of the line.
The day that these orders were is
sued. our captain assembled the com
pany and asked for volunteers to go TO
the Machine Gun school at st. Omar.
I volunteered and was accepted.
Sixteen men from our brigade left
for the course in machine gunnery.
This course lasted two weeks and we
rejoIned oVr unit and were assigned to
the brigade machine gun company. 1t
almost broke my heart to leave my
company mates.
The gun we used was the Vickers.
Light 1903, water cooled.
was still member Of the Suicide
club, having jumped from the frying
pan into the fire. l was assigned to
section /, gun No. 2, and the first time
"ln" took position In the front-line
trench.
During the day our gun would be
hismounted on the fire step ready for
instant use. We shared dugOut with
the Lewis gunners. At "stand to" we
would mount our gun on the parapet
and 20 on watch beside 1t until "stand
down" in the morning. Then the gun
would be dIsmounted and again placed
in readiness ON the fire step.
We did eight days In the front-line
trench without anything unusual hap
pcning outside Of the ordinary trench
routine. On the night that we were to
"carry out" bombing raid against the
German lines was pulled Off. This raid
ing party consisted Of sixty company
men. sixteen bombers, and four Lewis
machine guns with their crews.
The raid took the BOches by surprise
and was complete success, the party
bringing back twenty-one prisoners.
The Germans must have been awful
ly sore, because they turned loose a
barrage of shrapnel, with few Min
MES" and "whlzz bangs" intermlxed.
The shells were dropping into our front
line like hailstones.
To get even, we could have left the
prisoners In the fire trench, in charge
Of the men on guard and let them click
Fritz's strafeing but Tommy does not
treat prisoners that way.
Five of them were brought into my
dugout and turned over to me so that
they would be safe from the German
nre.
In the candlelight, they looked very
much shaken. nerves gone and chalKy
faces. with the exception of one,
great big fellow. He looked very much
at ease. liked him from the start
rot out the rum jar and gave each
a nip and passed around some fags,
the old reliable WoOdblnes. The other
prisoners looked their gratitude, but
the big fellow said in English, "Thank
sou. sir, the rum is excellent and ap-
preciate It, also your kindness"
He told me his name was Carl
schmidt, Of the SIxty-sixth Bavarian
light infantry; that he had lived six
Tears in New York (znew the city bet
eOr than | dld), had been to Coney
Ialand and many of our ball games. He
was a regular fan. couldn't make him
believe that Hans Wagner wasn't the
best hall player In the world.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11
The Indians Idea.

John RAFT, full-blood Cherokee In
dian of Cherokee county, Okla, being
drawn in the draft of selected men,
was sent 20 Camp Travis, Tex, for
training. After he had been in camp
for several days, he was hailed before
the adjutant for failing to salute an Of
ficer. and gave the following eXplana-
ton for his default ME live at
yelling. When me meet man there
naybeso speak to him one time. No
peak amy more to same man all day.
Down here me salute 1t every time me
pass II man. II EVerybody's Magazine.