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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Cohan,a Verse Wins $500.

George NJ. Cohan won a bet of a
$500 Liberty bond the other day by
producing the following verses in Is
minutes: "Its a Long Wet Swim to
Broadway" 81 wonder what they're
doing in the old home town, New
York City, U. S. \. DO the folks
with bottled bubbles all their troubles
try to drown, along the Great White
Way? Do the chickens go to roost
at the break Of newborn day? Are
the Holsters still a-coming with the
ale? Do city guys with clever schemes
part rustiCs from their kalc? Is it
just the same Broadway? It's long
wet swim to Broadway, the street I'd
love to see; it's a long wet swim to
Broadway, the land so brave and free.
If Jonah comes along with his whale
submarine I'll stow myself away in
that fish's intestine; it's a long wet
swim to Broadway. New York City,
U. S. A" The words will likely be
put to music and sent to the boys in
the trenches.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Work of Bull Association.

The bull association cannot give 8
farmer something for nothing but II
can furnish him a shfre in five $500
bulls for $50. These Eulls cannot in
crease the production Of the cows the
farmer has, but they may double the
production of the daughters. The
daughters of association bulls and
grade cows can never be registered
but in every other respect they may be
the equal Of purebreds. The bull as.
sociation cannot compel a farmer tc
join, but If he does join he will soon
own a better herd and become bet
ter farmer.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

three little letters, NJ U D. The floor
of the dugout was an inch deep in
water. Outside 1t was raining cats and
dogs, and thin rlvulets were trlckling
down the steps. From the air shaft
Immediately above me came drip
drip, drip. Suicide Annex was a hole
eight feet wide, ten feet long and six
feet high. 1t was about twenty feet
below the fire trench; at least there
were twenty steps leading down to it.
These steps were cut into the earth,
but at that time were muddy and Slip
perry. A man had to be very careful
or else he would "shoot the chutes."
The air was foul, and you could cut
the smoke from TOmmy's fags with
knife. 1t was cold. The walls and
roof were supported with heavy square
cut timbers, while the entrance was
strengthened with sandbags. Nails had
been driven into these timbers. On
each nail hung miscellaneous assort-
ment of equipment. The lighting ar
rangementS were superb--one candle
in a reflector made from an ammuni-
ton tin. My teeth were chattering
from the cold, and the drip from the
airshaft did not help matters much.
While was sitting bemoaning my
fate and wishing for the fireside at
home. the fellow next to me, who was
writing letter, looked up and inno-
Gently asked, "Say, Yank, how do you
spell 'confiagration'?"
looked at him in contempt and an-
swered that did not know.
From the darkness In one of the cor
ners came a thin, piping voice singing
one OF the popular trench dittles en-
titled:
Pack up your Troubles in your Ola Kit
Bag, and SmllaA Smile, Smile"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
CHAPTER TX.
Suicide Annex.

was in my first dugout and looked
around curiOusly. Over the door Of
same was a little sign reading "Sui-
eide Annex" One of the boys told
me that this particular front trench
was called "Suicide Ditch" Later on
I learned that machine gunners and
bOmbers are known as the Suicide
Club"
That dugout was muddy. The men
slept in mud, washed in mud, ate mud
and dreamed mud. had never before
realized that so much discomfort and
misery could be contained in those
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Feed and Labor for Cow.

Old MoOley spends most of her time
In eating and drinking in order that
she may furnish us with milk. You
can see her chewing away almost any
time OF the day. She has been de-
veloped to consume immense quanti-
ties of feed that supply the materials
for milk making. Indeed, judges of
dairy cattle give due credit for ca
pacious stomach.
The dairy division of the United
States department Of agriculture
studied the subject for two years on
number of dairy farms in Indiana.
The following figures show the amount
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

1t was q comfort to get back to Brid-
get and Margaret! Names are not ar
bitrary combinations Of vowels and
consOnants; they have, or should
have, significance, q historic setting, a
personal and family relationship, that
dignifieS them.
To invent fantastic labels for pet
dogs may be allowed; but human be-
tngs ought not 10 be put on that level.
SO, tnisspellings of familiar names,
Christian or family, seem either undig-
nifed or ignorant, now when fixed
spellings have been accepted. Can
some one explain Ga Nun and U'ReII,
both of which variants fatigue me?-
Living Church.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26


by the average COW, producing annual
ly 5000 pounds of mllk-about 2,79O
quarts.
Grain ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ,7i9 pounds
Hay, fodder and other dry
roughage ..................... 2,74O POUNDS
Silage and sucCulent roughage 6,225 pounds
Total ........................10,6 1854 pounds
Besides these feeds, each COW had
over 50 worth Of pasturage during tt5
summer, which replaced approximate
ly $50 pounds of grain, 1000 pounds
of hay and fodder, and $3.50 pounds of
silage, which would have been needed
if pasture had not been available. It
can be seen from these figures that In
year each COW ate from eight to ten
times her own weight of feed Tex
elusive of pasturage)5 and she con-
sumed nearly four pounds of feed for
every quart of milk she produced. In
spite of this, the dairy COW "HOover
ICES" better than any other domestic
animal, for she returns a greater
amount Of human food from her feed
than the steer, pig or sheep.
Nearly all the feed consumed by the
COW is unsuitable for human food uR
til it is transformed into milk. Hay
cornstalks, silage, grass, etc, are thus
made available for our tables. OF the
grain used for cattle feed, the greater
part consists of by-prOducts which are
not adapted for human consumption.
Bossy also requires considerable at
tentiOn. She must be fed and watered
groomed and cleaned, driven to pas
ture, cared for when sick and MIXED
Her stable must be cleaned and aired
and her milk strained, cooled and
hauled to market. According to the
Indiana records, COW producing 5000
pounds of milk yearly requires 147
hours of human labor and 10 hours OF
horse labor each year. This is equiva'
lent to about Is days of ten hours each
for one man and 11s days for horse
For this feed and labor the dairy
COW produces her own weight in milk
Hats off to her-foster mother of the
world, and the original food cOnserva
ZIONIST!
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Hittites Evidently Traders.

That the Hittites were in constant
communication with other nations is
shown by the fact that Egyptian scar
abs and amulets, Phoenician pottery
and Greek terra Gotta figures are found
in the tombs of different periods, says
the Christian Herald. Bronze daggers
and jewelry are fairly common, and
one archeologlst proudly exhibits a
safety pin, 5000 years old, that will
still work.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
BUTTERMILK LEMONADE

A delicious variation may be
made from ordinary buttermilk
by the addition of lemon juice
and sugar.
Buttermilk lemonade usually
requires the juice of three lem
ons to one quart of buttermilk.
The quantity of lemon and
sugar, however, should be varied
to suit the taste of the indi-
vidual.
The beverage is delightful and
is especially refreshing on hot
summer day.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Sheen Need LITTLE Grain

One factor in favor Of sheep produc.
ton in these days Of high-priced feed
is the fact that sheep require com
paratively small amounts of grain
While pastures and rOughage are i'm
portant in the production of cattle and
hogs, these animals require more con.
centrated feeds than sheep.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Diuuinu.

1t is seldom that men discover rich
mines without digging. Nature COM
monty lodges her treasures and Jewels
in rock ground If the mattor be
knotty and the sense lie deop. they
must stop and buckle TO It. an6 stick
upon It with labor and thought and
close contemplation. 0rd not leave It
until they have mns;ara3 the dlEErully
and got possession OF the truth
Locke.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Muscular Activity and Heat.

Owls and other birds which are active
at night show rise Of temperature
during the hours Of darkness and a fall
during the day. This is a result Of the
well-known fact that muscular activity
means an increased production Of
heat.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Sire viii Grade Up Herd.

A good sire will rapidly grade up o
herd to high production; any pure
bred sire will not do-he must be able
to transmit producing ability to his
offspring.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Balanced Ration Essential.

A balanced ration is very essential
for economical feeding. Especially il
this noticeable in feeding dairy cows.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
1--WE .STOCK]
A1

Those who are able to save a sur
plus of feed might well consider in
creasing their flocks and herds.
=
1t seems obvious that the types of
horses which should be given particu-
lar care on the farm are the heavy
1rafter and the lighter general-pur-
pose horse.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Skim milk has proved one of the
cheapest supplements for young pigs.


The lambs should be fed a good ra.
tion of grain and pasture so they will
continue to thrive.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

Care should be taken that sheep do
not eat too much when first turned on
grass.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

The lambs should be weaned gradu
ally, thus partly eliminating the neces
slty of milking the ~wes.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

synops-Fred the sinking of the LusaLa with the loss Of
American Arthur Guy Empey American living Jersey City
ens in the British After
officer London he is to train
acquaintance coote After brief period Of training
the fOntne trenches where he takes
his turn bullets whz overhead
death turks always in the trenches
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

Empey goes "oVer the top" for
the first time and has a hand
to-hand fight with a giant Prus-
sian. In the next instaIIment he
tells the story Of this thrilling
charge.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-06
Member Of the Associated Press
MR.. SPROUTS OPPORTUNITY

MIR. SPROUTS election to the govern.
Az orship is a triumph for decency. His
plurality is so large that there can be no
doubt whatever of the sentiment of the
Commonwealth. The attempt to capitalize
the influence of the whisky ring to adj
vance the political fortunes of one of the
littlest men who ever received a nomina-
ton for the governorship from a great
party has failed. The decent elements in
the Democratic party repudiated the in
decent efforts of Bonniwel months ago.
His defeat has demonstrated the whole
someness of the sentiment of the voters
Whether we ratify the prohibition amend.
ment or not we are not going to have
Governor whose sole purpose was to tic up
the State to the rum interests.
Mr.. Sprouts great plurality should give
him some indication of what the people
expect He has an opportunity and COM
mission to do for the State what has need
ed doing for a long time: that is, to clean
house in Harrisburg and give US an ad-
ministration for the next four years which
will send factionalism into the background
and bring public service to the front He
has the ability to do it, No man is better
Informed than he on the needs Of the
State. No man has seen more clearly than
he what wreck has been caused by the
use of the power Of the Governor to serve
factional ends. He is expected to be the
Governor Of the whole people, Democrats
as well as Republicans, and not the Gov.
ernor of a faction of his own party. Ii
he lives up to this expectation he will make
1t possible for Pennsylvanians to be proud
Of the government of their great Com
monwealth. His future for success or
failure, is in his own hands We wish him
xura1l
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formally come into being until March 4
next. Actual hostilities will probably be
over long before that time, so that the
new members will have little to do with
war-making. But the momentous prob
lens of peace will fall into their juris-
diction and the country will expect the
loftest sort of legislative ability in deal
ing with these. They will tolerate no
quibbling and flibustering for party
advantage. They will expect patriotic
and busincss-like action. Nothing less
will do.
That is the responsibility which now
falls upon the Republican leadership. 1t
must match the leadership of the Presi-
dent in high-mindedness and construc-
tive genius or it will in turn find itself
rcpudiated upon that day two years
hence upon which all the ambitions and
hopes of the two major parties will now
be conferred
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-06
SURCINC TOWARD SEDAN

CONTINENTAL and practical considera-
~ tions in war have seldom so harmoni
| ously dovetailed as in the now impetuous
advance of the American armies toward
Sedan. The imagination is kinded by the
prospect of German disaster near the
battle-ground from which, even more than
from Sadowa, the Hun drew his tradition"
Of military arrogance Atonement for
Sedan has inherently little concern with
the moral factors involved in the opening
campaign of the FrancoPrussan War.
That struggle, although ruthessly TO-
mented by German chicanery, began as a
contest between two monarchs for Euro.
pean mastery. But France, through the
bitter agency Of defeat, soon realized how
she had been duped. With Napoleon III
ousted. the democracy reborn in the hour
Of poignant humiliation came to interpret
Sedan as its own cup of bitterness apart
from association with the bungling Bona
parte. The battle became a symbol of out.
rage to a beacon of civilization, France.
/ Germany capitalized her victory in char.
acteristic style Her subsequent career
OF bullying was largely based on that sue
cess. As her presumption became more
domloving peoples that the Hun triumph
in 1870 was the most dangerous thing that
had ever happened to civilization for CEN
turtles. And that is why the thought OF
the retribution which may be in store for
the armies of barbarism on the Meuse
is today so pregnant with meaning.
France naturally dreams of eXpunging her
sorrow. The sane world, while sympa-
thizing naturally with that view, sees in
the situation now thrillingly presented the
opportunity to nullify a vicious and sinis-
ter precedent
The strategic reasons for a new Sedan
are equally as sound as the moral obliga-
tion. Victory in that region wo.,d com
pletely cut off one OF the exit routes o. the
German forces. 1t would sever all connec-
ton, save the most roundabout, between
Metz and the Hun battlefront and would
split the German army into two imperiled
sections. To its lasting honor the Ameri-
can army has been chosen to perform this
stupendous task, which it is on the very
verge of performing with inspiring speed
and dispatch. The vital Montmedy railway
line is already under fire. Stenay, invalu-
able to the invaders, is half surrounded,
The Meuse has been crossed and Sedan
itself is not more than seven miles from
our advanced units. The grand strategy
Of the war, coupled with French and, Brit
ish successes further north and west, is
being masnfcently unfolded. The weary
armies Of invasion may yet be caught
Poetic justice would desire nothing more
ecstatic than springing the trap at Sedan
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THE LAST CARD

I'fiE moral isolation of Germany is made
complete by the note which President
wilson sent yesterday to Berlin. The
remnants Of autocracy are left desolate.
In pitiless light adequate to reveal even
to the Germans themselves the ugliness
ana the terrific cost of the thing they toll
Grated For under the conditions explicitly
stated the full burden Of future responsl.
bility for the sins of the Hohenzollern
dynasty is shifted 20 the shoulders of the
people. They must pay to the hllt-in
shame. in sacrifice, in money. There is
to be no saving of the Hun face. The
Berlin Government, If it accepts conditions
harsher even than those imposed upon
Austria, must go to Foch in the attitude
Of supplant and ask for an armistice
/. and for peace. Otherwise the war will
30 on.
II is plain that this public statement Of
fnal terms and conditions and the cul.
minating message with which the Presi-
dent definitely ends the correspondence
with Berlin had a double purpose. The
note must be read not only as a fat and
hard statement addressed TO statesmen. II
Is an answer and a challenge to the rest
less and questioning opinion in Allied
countries and in Germany itself which
would be disposed to become critical if
the conflict were continued indefinitely. Il
places the necessity Cor q decision in
Berlin. It is outwardly and in form a
statement. In effect 1t is a ringing ques.
tion. 1t is the last card Of a series boldly
and masterfully played. Germany faces
the necessity for what virtually is uncon-
AL H..
one hand ard annihation on the other
And no one is left with shred Of doubt
as to where full responsibilities for future
bloodshed will lie
The note further shows that the Allied
nations are in full accord in relation tC
the far-reaching principles already stated
on behalf of the United States conditions
which imply the necessity for a complete
" revolution in the methods of European
politics and diplomacy and the creation o.
new and formal code based upor the
simple sense of common justice TO guild,
nations. big and little, in their various
relationships. This acceptance by Euro
pean craftsmanship Of an altogether nev
outlook and its frank expression through
the medium Of the Supreme War Counci
Il profoundly significant 1t wipes on
Germanys last hope, which was to Great
discord in the Entente.
Yesterdays note will have tie effect 0
political bombshell in Derlin. 1t say
nothlng more Of the Kaiser. II the Gel
man people can tolerate the Hohenzoern
after this they are indeed mad and unh
for any OF the duties Of government or na
tsonality. It still remains with them
- I,aIr ha
they are not actually unft for any stat
f |but one OF blind vassalage And wha
!. '<>rir course will be under the whip Of thi
'ec>sssfy. IN these days OF terrible count
4 81 cost. Il Is easy 20 imagine
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The Piker

We had a friend once who always cele-
brated elections by laying two five-dollar
BETS one each way. OF course, he always
lost one and won the other. Thus his own
pocketbook remained in statu quo, he had
the pleasure of collecting from one friend
and gave another friend the pleasure Of
collecting from him. He slept soundly on
election night, for he felt safe whatever
should happen
The question in our mind is, Did he or
did he not increase the sum total OF human
happiness, which is supposed to be the only
worthy aim in life for conscientious man?
Our theory is that he did, for though
the pleasure caused by his shelling out to
the man who had won may be said TO
have been Cancelled by the pang OF the
chap who had TO surrender to him, still
he himself derived a certain amusement
from his two-faced financiering.
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WORDS DO NOT CURE

WHETHER the political proclamation of
w the Interchurch Federation is any
thing more than a bunch of words will
not appear until the next municipal cam
paign begins. 1t was issued on election
day, when only State officers were to be
chosen, assuming that Congressman, as
well as those men who will perform their
duties within the boundaries of the Com
monwealth, are State officers; but it was
an exhibition of municipal conditions and
an arraignment of the clergymen and
churchgo for neglect Of duty.
It's significance lies in its revelation of
the state of mind of group of religious
leaders. They at any rate are no longer
content with existing conditions, and they
are not afraid to utter their protest. This
Is good, so far as it goes
But they have said nothing new. We all
know what is the matter. We allow
the politicians TO make the nominations by
selecting the men who will do their bid
ding. We think that we rule ourselves,
but we do nothing of the kind. We merely
accept such rule as those who make a
business of politics have the grace to give
us. We have stood for so much that they
are persuaded that we will stand for any
thing.
If the protest Of the clergymen is to be
anything more than mass of empty
words il must be supplemented by a con-
structive program intended to bring
| about better state of affairs. While we
| put up with the present conditions, we
would be glad to have them bettered. But
| no one seems TO have the nerve and the
| organizing genius to offer to the voters an
| adequate alternative which promises
something different. When we have to
| choose between two evils we have usually
| chosen the evil with which we are
acquainted in preference TO an evil the
possibilities Of which we do not know
Now. II the clergymen, as citizens, not
as representatives OF organized religion
and If the leading men in the churches, who
accept the leadership Of the clergymen
will unite and work for the next two years
to create an organization of voters de
termined to redeem Philadelphia they will
accomplish something. But they must
work with the same zeal and persistence
for the public good that the politicians
show in working for their own pockets
otherwise the next mayoralty election viii
be as great farce as the last one.
|
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4 HYMN OF HATE

(Hurried In accordance tcith the NOUS and
ieith no apologies to Ernst Lissauer)
TURK and Bulgar they matter not,
l. Nor Austro-Hun whom Diaz got,
We fear them not,
We cheer them not,
We hold Trieste and the Stamboul gate,
And just at this writing we've but one hate,
With precious few days to announce with
gun
That we've one foe and only one
He is known to you all, ne has flown from
you all;
He has seen his "exalted a..ies" quit,
Preparing the way for his destined fall:
And stuffed with surprise, but depleted
in grit,
He whines to escape the judgment high
Pronounced serenely In Versailles.
No oath of bronze need we to take.
No oath while decreplt Kingdoms breah),
For facts and battalohs on the run
Have neatly reduced our foe to one
Germany!
At the Sauerorau in the town of Zug
Are stacked (richly mon ogramed) trunks
that plug
The hotel doorway from floor to roof
Wait they for Berlin's Whiffenpoof?
Is that Karl Rosner, wrapped In gloom,
Warding the "Abdication Room?
Mid Alpine fog
Be this the long.expected Tag"
Which game has shown
The player. who is at" alone
Germany?
Aye this the sport we speed to play,
While war is spinning fast away;
This be the gist of the battle log
In twin significance tits "Tag'!
Turk or Bulgar they matter not
They pay for the sorrows their sins begot.
We fight one battle. we crave one meal
Before the time that fair peace will seal.
You, while the hatins still good we hate.
We will hate to forgo that hate.
Must we when the marshal cries "Too
late!
Not hate by water nor hate by land;
Not hate by head nor hate by the hand;
Not hate dull hammer nor still duller
crown;
Not hate seventy millions toppling down?
Let's hate ere Withdrawals" a scuttling
run;
Quick. concentrate on the foe, Just one
Germany!